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! CIVIL SERVICE - AVAILED. 1 1 'ONE DEFENDERS IN THE HOUSE. . - --, ri" - - - Representative Hepburn Goes So Far ; t to uner an AiuenumtaH to etnao t Oat the Aprtrowriatlan, for the Com- .ndasion -Minority Lender ? William 310RKELL FOLLOWS PLATT.' 'I Also Inveighs Amlnst.the tdtlnae Hyatem'' Secretary Salary Put , flack to $9,260 Much Discussion ot r Retrenching the Expenses of the ; JEpenses of the House, - Washington. Dec. , . The . annual -fight on the Civil, Service Commission wti begun In the House to-day during . consideration, of tW legislative appro prlat.on bill. . The v' opposition -came ' from Mers. Bartlett, of Georgia, Hep ,' bum, of Iowa, ; and 'Grosvenor, of Ohio. The leglslaUve bUl was scrutinised carefully In consonance" with the Pres ident's ., recommendation ' against ex " ; travagance. . Mr." Bingham, In charge of the hill, was required constantly to ? explain some particular appropriation, i The pay of the; stenographers to com mittees Of the House was reduced from 13.600 per annum to $3,000, and the House refused to accept the provision Increasing the pay J6f the sect elary to the Civil . Service Commission. But little progress ,,was made 'on the bills. The provision, Appropriating the salary for a janitor to. the House committee on' the library met , with some: Demo cratic opposition;? led by Messrs. Bart- lett, of Oeprglafr Maddoof Georgia, and Clark,? of ! Missouri;! and precipi tated a discussion.1 by the opposition generally. .The tatter paid ,here were many supernumerary t officials around the House who ought to be gotten rid of. The President's message, he said, had urged economy, and Mr. Clark contended that if the House was going to economise, 'the ; .best iplace to com mence was ' the House ' Itself. In a few vigorous remarks, Mr. Liv ingston, of Georgia, defended the ap propriations committee In the prepara tion ot the bill. He replied to a criti clam, by Mr. Maddox, that the mem bers had not had sufficient time to examine tne pnnteq dui, oy saying that even If tha members were given a week to examine it hey would "come In here as Ignorant as a man from Porto Rico." He lamented the fact, however, that bills appropriating mil lions of dollars should be ' hurried through In 52 days. This hurried ex planation ought to stop," he declared. Congress, he suggested ought to meet n May and thus give a decent time to the legislation of the country. When the first of December was fixed, he said, thefe were not 20,000,000 peonle ro legislate for, but wow there were 80, 000.000, ' The paragraph relating to the Civil Service Commission elicited from Mr. Maddox, of Georgia, severe criticism, because of a) proposed Increase of 23 employes to constitute the rural car rier examining board. He declared there was no necessity for them and that it was the duty of this Congress to retrench If the statement of the Secretary of the Treasury be true. "God., knows," he said, "I want this government to stand and be able to pay Its debts without issuing bonds or raising additional taxes." This utterance brouarht from Mr. Llttauer, of New,. York, an endorse ment of "Mr.? Maddux's f, retrenchment ideas, but he said . the case In point happened to be one of those where re trenchment was, brought about by the action of the committee, because the 23 clerks referred to already were at work by detail front other officers. The discussion shifted to the ques tltMJ of the salary of the secretary to the commission. The committee had Increased .it from 32,260 to 33.000, but nn additional hill by Mr. Bartlett, of Georgia, putting It back to the former amount was adopted. Mr. Hepburn, f f Iowa, offered an. amendment to strike out the appropriation for the com mission, and in bitter terms denounced the Civil Service Commission. He was not. be said, opposed to a proper civil service,, but he declared, in comparing the old spoils system with the present merit system, the civil service was not being Unproved. It-was not, he said, as good as it was 20 years ago. It was constantly deteriorating, becoming ev ery year more and- more and more of an expense and lesa ana less enective. Mr. Glllett, of Massachusetts, d 'fendedf the commission. After Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, the minority leader, had offered a sug gestion that It would be an improve ment over the present system to fix a pertain period for which an employe jdiould serve the government, Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, referred to a, pack age of papers which had come to him tio-day from a . rural carrier who had been propounded certain questions by the commission as to whether or not he had used bis Influence In behalf of he election of President ."Roosevelt in the Ohio campaign and whether or not on a certain day he 1 toad jturned over his route to his substitute and gone to the polls and worked for the Republl ,can ticket. ."Now" think of holding a poor devil ot a rural carrier like that." The. man had simply gone, to ithe polls and voted. - " ' 1 In Jocular. veuCMr, . JVlUlams, direct ing his remarks t$.Mr..,Goyenor, said he had been wondering II. Mr. Grosven or could punish the-House with such a hard luck story out in ; Ohio, because If a fellow had shown political, activity In the ease of President' Roosevelt, what might possibly have been the fate of a fellow, who had dared to have shown political activity In behalf of Mr. Parkers This- reference to Judge Parker BUI 'to Reduce lleprtMentatJon Intro duced Into the House More General - In lis Term Than (tie Senate Meea ' ore ' .. x s ---. . .Washington.' Dec. 8. Representative MorrelL of Pennsylvania, to-day introduced- a blH, to reduo representation In ; States -where : cltlxens .are disfran chised.. The bUl is moru general than that Introduced by Senator Piatt yes terday. 'and its .provision apply to any State limiting suffrage, I The bill. If enacted Into law; would reduce the representation In Congress of any State which denies the right, of suffrage to any of ita male Inhabitants, or. In any way abrldgea such right, "ex cept for jwrttelpa tion in rebellion or crime." The bill provides .that from and eftep March 4, 10T when the right to vote at any election lor thf choice or electors for President and vice Pre Went . or 'Represenatlves in Congress, the executive or judicial' officers of' the State or the members of the State Leg tslature shall be denied or abridged by any State, "the basis of represan tatiop therein shall be reduced In the proportion which the number of such citizens shall bear to tlW whole number of male cltlxens 21 years of age In such State.". . -'--yjW&iX;'. 1 The bill makes It the duty of the Sec retary of Commerce and Labor to as certain through the census Bureau, by means of a biennial ; census, the num ber of such cltlxens In each Stale to whom the right to vote is so dented or abridged, and to report the same-to the Speaker of the House, of Representa tlves on the 4th day of March, 1907, and biennially thereafter, a Provision Is further - made for the reading of the report in open Session at the beginning of each - Congress, which shall form the basis Of calcula tion In determining the number of Rep resentatives to which a.- State shall, be entitled In that Congress. "If it should appear, the bill further provides, "that the number of Repre sentatives that have been accredited, by -any State exceeds the number to which It shall be entitled according te the rule or apportionment herein pro vlded. none of the persons so accredit' ed as Representatives shall be entitled to seats In the House of Representa tives, .but a vacancy In the entire rep resentation of such State shall be 1e clared by resolution of House, and the executive authority of such State shall issue writs for the election of a num ber of Representa tives-at-large for the same, equal to the number to which it may be justly entitled as declared by the House of Representatives." STATUS OP CRCM CASE. PABT RETORTS ADVISABLE. ANSWER TO COTTON EXCHANGES produced considerable laughter on both side of. the chamber. - .-.Xi : , "Tbe indications are.'' replied Mr. Grosvenor, causing a renewal of .laugh ter. "there were a great many of them terrified." ,. ' -, -".. .'FYom tht numerousness - of their scarcity at . the polls J responded Mr. winiains, aniMi more laugnier, i im agine a great mtnjr of them must have been terrified. Whether, through the rural free delivery service or; In some othec way, Z , shall not undertake ,to say.. , - , le was. Inclined, he said, to agree Kh Mr" Hihili-rt an aaM that tliA oi spous system was as good as xne '""" nwunuiw mvwmuuh, m 'Chinese system," now irt vogue, H commemoration of the settlement - of favored the appointment of men to of- Jamestown and appropriating $5,000,000. flee who wert In sympathy with, the 'nd t-epbrt to thefiill committee some party In power. '',- ' - -i suitable form ot commemoration -of the The mil was laid aside arid th Hous r"11 vwcr "" "" uiinuu- Piatt Bill Introduced in the House. Senator Ttllnmn Brings ITp a jDlscns Hion by Asking for a Committee Ke ort on Itocese ApixUitments Will Not Make Factious Opposition. Washington, Dec. 8. The Senate held only a short session to-day, and ad-y journed until Monday. ; During the open session an attempt to. secure con sideration of the pure-food bill w.8 de feated by a demand of "Mr, Aldrich that the bill be read at length. ; which brough an objection from Mrs .Tillman, who did not want the time consumed. Mf. Tillman brought the case of Wil liam D.' Crom, the colored man nomi nated for collector of Charleston, S. C, Into prominer e by asking for a report from the committee on. Judici ary as to the status of recess appoint ments, such as that made In Crum's case in the first and second sessions of the present Congress. Responding, Mr. Piatt. said that the resolution had failed to receive con sideration during the past session be cause of the illness of Senator Hoar, then the chairman of the committee. He promised to bring tne matter up at; the next meeting of the committee.' 'Has the committee power to refuse to make a report when under Instruc tions from the Senate to do so?" Mr. Tillman asked, but before Mr. Piatt could make reply Mr. Snooner respond ed with another question,, which' was directed to Mr. Tillman. He asked the South Carolina SenAor whether the resolution carried a time limit, to which the Senator replied In the negative. He added the conviction that it would be "possible to stir the matter up occa sionally In the. Senate, even though no report should be made." After the colloquy between Mr. Till man and Mr. Spooner, Mr. Piatt said that he did not feel called upon to an swer a hypothetical question as to the powers of the committee. He could only promise at this time to ask the committee to consider' the resolution, and If it should take action and that action should not' suit tne purposes of the Senator from Soutn Carolina that Senator could, of courttc," follow any line of action which might commend Itself to him. Replying, Mr. Tillman said that he Director of the Census North Declares Ttmt to Abandon the Installment Statement Plan Would Deprive ttw Market of a Ktradying Influence Full Report Might be )ela'ed by Lack of ltetnrns From a Few Oottn ties Plan Will be Abandoned, How etcr, if Not Clearly Satisfactory. Washington, Dec .8. Director of the Census North to-day made a statement setting forth the position of the Census Bureau In connection with the resolu tion adopted by the Memphis Cotton Exchange mid concurred in by the ex changes at Vlcksburg and Charleston, requesting that the Census Office aban don Its present plan of publishing the cotton crops' reports In partial state ments, and withhold all information until reports have been received from every county In the cotton belt. Direc tor North says: .;Vc ' "Since the Census' Bureau undertook the collection and publication of the statistics of cotton ginned, only two objections have been urged to It plan namely, that too much tlm elapsed between the collection' and the publi cation dates of the rfrts, CONGRESS FEELS THE STIR. -. . iv .-.'";' - j lliriT OXK EFFECT- OF THE MESSAGE. Well Street Excited Over the Ueoom inetHlattoit of tlio President Tbsfe Site - Inter-state Commerce rommi$4inti be. Given . Power- to 1x ttartroad , ltatct -.Vturnce Have BcenUlven to Interested lartlce, Honvtr, Utat (Xnurrrss Will Io Nothing of Uie KIihI SAistor Simmons Inquires About His Immigration Rill More Jefferson Bibles Way be Printed. By W. A. I1ILBEBHAND. Special (o The Observer. Washington, Dec. 8, The stir on Wall street excited more Interest at the cp- Itol to-day than any consideration of politics or legislation, members being chiefly concerned over the report that the slump In stocks, which has been no ticeable since Monday, had Been precip itated not so much by the Lawson let ters as by' certain paragraphs In the President's message. The street luul the decline In prices to that clause In and thati the message which recommended that the exlgem les of the cotton trade re-iih in-i-.siat t'mmaio p,mmi..i,,t quireu reports more, irequenuy muni once n month. "The change was made .to- meet these two objections. It is impossible to give out complete reports intil aU the agents have made their returns; and. day. and It seemed that the leading as facilities for travel and other con- spirits of the House and Senate were be vested with power to regulate fareN and rates of railroads. Long distance telephones between the metroi oils and the capltol were, in constant service to- ditions differ widely throughout the cotton-producing States, It often hap pens that a few county reports are lata, and the publication of the full report thus, delayed several days. Under the new plan, Information is 'given to the public as fust as received and com piled. Incidentally, the returns are thus protected from the possibility of 'leakage' or any suspicion of leakage. "The plan also meets the second ob jection by giving the public more f re much Interested In and remarkably familiar with the affairs of the street. It will also Interest ' the country to know that the gamblers hud received assurances from congressional leaders that the recommendations made by the President need not be regarded seri ously. A SIGNIFICANT UTTERANCE. The Republican Star this afternoon published this slgnflcant paragraph: "I quent reports and gradually prepared 1 "uppose," remarked a well-known mem all concerned for the complete monthly statement giving the total quantity ginned to a given date. The prelimi nary report of November 22d gave an accurate forecast of the full report and gave notice to producer and manufac turer, as to what might be- expected bers of the House, who keeps in touch with high finance, "that Wall street will be damning Roosevelt again and charg ing him with spilling the fat In the lire as they did when he ordered the prose cution of the Northern Securities case, but it wont do; there Is no' occasion In the final report issued November; fox alarm at anything In the Fresl 30th, and in consequence there were no; dent's message. Wall street has been sharp and sudden fluctuations In prices during that time. As a steadying In fluence upon the marKct. the partial reports have been abundantly justified already. 'The estimate of the United States Department of Agriculture, estimating the year's growth at 12,162.000 bales, appeared on December 3d. The public, therefore, had ten days In which to prepare for a large crop estimate. It would appear that the effect of the partial statement was to prepare the public for conditions now appearing, and to prevent wide fluctuations in prices, which must otherwise have oc curred. 'The office has received abundant testimony that the new method Is re garded by the producers and consum ers of cotton as an Improvement and advantage. 'However, the plan of issuing tnese partial statements is Meperimental, and if at the close of this season its results are not regarqeri as cieany advanta geous to producers anu consumers, It w II be abandoned tnoreaiier. ne census reports are primarily made for the benefit of these classes, and thus far have unmistakably so resulted." told that, and yet keeps on in Its panic of fear." Such testimony as this would Huggest ; marshal's office awaiting- a bondsman, that the "frenslcd financiers" cannot !Mrs. chadwlck, for the first time since MRS. CJIAIlWICK IN PRISON sritETY FOR $15,000 LACKING. No Friend Owning Manhattan Ileal Etttaie Could bo Found. Following J lie Arraignment Early In the Mocn Ing Tlio Woman's Condition Iltta bly Wek-Comfortect by Her Son's Presence at the Incarceration Says Kite Would Not Care to live if Mie Bid Not Expect to Meet Ohio OblU gutlons. , New York, Dec. I.-Mrs, Chaste U. Ohadwlck Is to-night occupying' ons of th scantily-furnished cells In the Tombs. After a fruitless search all day for ball, her attorneys gavs up the right to-night, and Philip Carpenter, her chief counsel, stood In the corridor of the Federal building; at 8 o'clock, when United States Marshal Ilenkel threw open the double doors ot his office and led the' woman out on bar way to prison. Mrs. Chadwlck was wan, tired ana almost fainting. She made her Way across the hall to the elevator, lean ing heavily on the marshals arm and thot of her son, Rmll. Behind them came her nurse, 'Freda "Swenson. and Deputy Marshal Kennedy. The party passed through a double row of curious people to a carriage which was In waiting on the Broadway side. They were driven directly to tho Tombs. Arriving there, Mrs. Chad wlck was half carried up thssiep Into h building. Warden Flynn mat the wrty, and after the usual pr Ilmlnartca had been attended to. ths woman asked permission to have her nurse remain with her. This Wns d. tiled, the warden saying that sh should have no privileges not allowed other prisoners. Mrs. Chadwlck gave a hand-bag and a few trinkets to the nurse, and whis pered some Instructions to" her son. Marshal Henkel formally turned his prisoner over to the warden and she was taken to the matron's room, fthtt asked to say god night to her son, and the lad eagerly rushed to his mother, and wrapping his arms about linr, gave her a long .mhrnce. Thou she was led away to the Inner officer, where her pedigree was taken and she was aswlgned to a cell. The son and nurse etircred a carriage and were driven to a hotel. While lying on a couch In the United States DEATH BY FALL FROM TRAIN. Body of Wealthy Indiana Man Fonnd 15 Miles From Atlanta About luo Yards From the Track. Atlanta, (la.. Dee. 8. The body of John Rcmly. a well-to-do citizen of Crawfoi dvllle. Ind.. was found to-day near Mableton, On,. 15 miles mrth of Atlanta. It was discovered In a corn field by a farmer, about 100 yards from the tracks of the Southern Railway. It showed a concussion of the skull, which Is likely to have caused death, also many bruises about the body. The body was clothed 'n the nsn 'l garments, ex feptliK ;i co-it. in the pDckets were found about $1S in nrre'icy 'ind chanee and also New York enhance for 36o0. payable to .lohn Remly. It appeared that the man had ff lien from a p4sslnsr well shake their grey locks at the Re publican leaders In Congress, who ad vised the street early In the week that they need not ttcel alarmed ,ovcr any thing the President might say, a pro ceeding which. In the opinion of the Democrats, Ipoks more or less discred itable to somebody. It Is said by well informed men at the capltol t!ia,t then Is no likelihood whatever, of Congress enacting the recommend'itlon of the President lo vest such wide power In the Inter-State Commerce Commission. The question was threshed over by lad Injr spirits of the House nnd Senat" last session when bills were Introduced. It was arffued then that It would be Impolitic to vest such wide discretion ary powers In a body such as the Inter- State Commerce Commission and th t before the discretion wss granted tha basic organisation of the commission would have toekenlarged. CAUSE OF THE RECOMMENDATION The recommendation of Monday's message Is accounted for by those who are Interested In the subject on the smre of the Influence of the three West ern Governors who recentlv talked with the President Van Zant, of Minnesota: I.aFollette, of Wisconsin, and Cummins, of Iowa. In Ihepe three States the question of railroad rates Is paramount at this Mire. The situation would Immediately- become Interesting, however, If th? Prcp'dent should Insist on some Hctlori In line with his recommenda tions. SENATOR SIMMONS' BILL. Senator Simmons to-day conferred with Senator Dillingham, chairman of the committee on Immigration, with reference to the immigration bill which the North Carolina Senator Introduced last session, and the passage of which he so earnestly advocated. Senator learned to-night that a charge of Dillingham said he had recently talked forgery would very likely be made her name has been before the public, consented to talk for publication and gave the representative of the Asso ciated Press a statement in which she denied relationship to Mrs. York, ot Sun Francisco, who gave out an In terview to-day, telllnM of the eartKr lire of Mrs. chadwlck. In justice to her son, Mrs. Chadwlck said she would not make a statement about "this Madame De Vere business" at the present time, but promised that later "Madame De Vere's whereabouts and everything else In connection with this case will be shown. Mrs. Chadwlck also told of the Wade Park and obcrlln Bank matters. Re fctrlng to the fallurti of the latter In stltutlon, she said: "I would not like to live a minute If I did not think 1 could iay these, poor people back." When asked concerning Andrew Car negie's connection with her financial affairs, she declined absolutely to talk, referring her Interviewer to her coun sel. This has, no doubt, been ono ot the most momentous days in Mrs. Chad wick's history. It commenced with her early departure from her hotel for the Federal Court building, and ended with her Incarceration In the Tombs. In the Interval she had been arraign ed before United States Commissioner Shields and held In 313.0OO ball, which she was unable to furnish. All day long lawyers representing her Inter; ests hud sought In every quurter for some one owning real eatute In Man hattan who wotdd sign her bond, and the marshal had, out of sympathy for the woman, kept her In his office hours after she should have been removed. The endeavors of the lawyers were un successful, rendering her Imprisonment necessary. To add to her cup of woe. it was rovn held Fort trial. s . Rtftttlt 1 of Testimony ot sit Alleired Member of a Month Carolina aloh The HiiutllMx Situation Growing Se rious. KspeclMlly In Marlboro Coanty, ' Observer Burwltf, . - VjH MUl Hrt, , Columbia, k a., -.dm. i. r Edward, tin iiUpkmI Kuttwvllt lynctwr ftho has turned Stain's evklcnce. gv tin roi'tint ttlm:iy at the ha-ftig ber or AtiuMHlrttt'" MeTy at Cloorre's to-day Kd wttrds brought la by penitentiary niiird iid l'indiatdy- sfter giving his Ifiniimny, left the ulae In a buaav. His evidence ctnlled In Andrew Martin, Eas u na, I'iney Martin and Folk-Mnan Palnwr being hwld fv tri ll. Th prtorMr will at wee unfjly for hall, ffdwards said that Butler and Plney Martin wni not eresent t the drowning of Urn negro Jt.K-kbdrdt. but n In.plt. nt'-d I'lney Martin, who Had Wn arrested. According to Edwards, KaMons. f'Mlmor and the Msrttn tied the bar of Iron to Honkhnrdt' bodv arid row ed him out Into the stream nnd thrsw him oveWxur i. The witness dented ttmt the body wn tmitllald. Ffi;-! .itvl i'lformntlcii brought out at the nntm il m-etlng to-day of the Stat lieiird of health show that the smaiipoi sltiintinn li rapidly stowing more serious Ihrmighoiit th Ptnte.- The mortality pr itintHge ha bei-n mure than trebled since I In flrl of January and there ura tnaw new In nmrllenlly every county In the Mtite,, The situation Is at prasont partlett Inrly serious io Ueorcetown and McColl, in the lower part of the Htals, "Secretary H'.tun reported that the mortality has ln "td'sed to .Hi per (Mint, since the first of 'anuary. is against a highest prevktus 'wold of J pt cent. Th virulenc of tha lis .'nun is alir ranldly inii-aliig In the Northern Htnten. the mortality In some be in us hlith i s iO per pent. So far this ui' the secretary reports lM'i eases and " iteiuti. n 4talnit. l,ts cases the pre "!" ear The Marlboro OMinly MdJcd kicety (mi petitioned both the Qovernor a tul the Statu board of heqtth to quaran Mim the town uf McColl, In that ooufltv. Hctivtary Kvans reported to the board 'Ms mo it di itr ilmt when h was at Mc-Ooll 'bout two u''k- ngu he saw two men at work In the hnittlng mill In the seventh lay of eruption, lie warned the author! H"s then thnt the town would soon lie full of the dlsenMo. but the physicians .lis iKienliiR as to tlte dtniinosia nothing wns h ne to prevent the spread of the Infea tli ii. The h.jnrd Is without authority to order n place qu trantlned unless thore are tnstructtons to that effect from the CJov Minor, but the recrotary was directed to cull the ntunllon of tho town autliorltl-s to the faet that the State law compel thm to adopt preventive measures against the spri ad f nn Infectious dlsense. In f matter of the qttiirnntlne stations at Charleston, h-ifrgetown, Itenufort. Port Uciyal and Helena, the bo-ird decided td rner.Hirlail(! th" next legislature to idvt i he board lh aiilhoilty to tran-fer by Irnse or xnle thewe stations to tbe Frtdrnl fovernmeiit, tie Htntp to be relieved of the expnse of keeping them up, but to re tain a supervl-lon over them as was done Ir the cafe of the Ft-trlda stntliina. The South rnrnlliia steit,,i,)i ari. worth In th i Rftregnie armttt 7a,(im. the Secretary of Slate to-dnv authorised the Kelinettsvllle & Chernw Kallrond Com neny to amend Its charter to as to allow, it to extend Its lines "from the town uf j Hi nneltavillB in a aoutlierly direction 10 Mono point on the Car.illn-t . Northern! rond nnd Mrrrlll's Inlet en the Atlantic 'on-i. JAPAN At'dCPTS INVITATION. Will tilmlly Participate in The Hague Conference, Provided It Bts Not Meddle With the Fur Kastern War. Wftshlnirtoti. Dec. 8,-Th charge d'af faires of tho Japanese legntlon to-day in ft rmid tl.p 8ejtarv of Btate that the Jai'tinoso government cm-dlally , ymp.i-thlrt-s with the beneficent purpose that Inspired the Invito tion of tha President to the socoin' H:gU'v,ttntewnt'C The Jtiu it ticwtj govtirnment does not find irilne fnrt that they nre engiiged In war any KUfrteleni reason why they should not. on dir the ;irei'-:it clivumstances. take part In the proposed conference, provided that the oonforeiico to be assembled does not take, or assume lo take, any action rela tive lo or :irfei'tti(- In Hey w:iy the present con'llet. Muhjict lo these reservations, thif imperini Kovernmeiit tfladly accepts tha invitation. SLEEPING FAMILY MtltDKU FOLUnvi.l) I.. train, slrud- on the head, and h-.nl hls mat ter over wit h Iminlgr.ttinii Com-Hgalnst the woman In Ohio, biscd on nitssloner Hargeaut, who n:ut statelitie Carnegie notes arm other paers that the department was as ardently In Kven as securities for loans. Efforts favor of the passu ge of this hill, as anylto get ball will continue to-morrow, although Mrs. Chadwlca expressed the wandered the short distance before sue cunbhiK fln.'llv to the wounds that caused cleat h. A coroner's turv found a verdict In accordance with tbe fi"cts stated, de claring that denth w'as due to accident. The bodv has been embalmed" and will be sent to the Indiana home. BANK RORBKRS IN MARYLAND. An Iron Sjfc Was Blown to Piece, but the Boblars Were Frightened Off A Man From Wilmington. Among tlM 22 Arrested. .Frederick. Mil . lice. s.--At an early hour this momliiK an attempt was made to rob the Ikiount Airv (Mil.) Dank. The Iron I.I ..... .. .. nl. luifon. I I... did not. in tend to make any factious , robbers could men an inner door of the oppoositlon to the Crum nomination for the purpose of thwarting the will of the President; that ne - felt called upon antagonize confirmation until the committee' report 'couldrbe" received. The Senate, after an executive session. adjourned until Monday. . MMESTOWN PLAN DISAPPROVED House Committee 'Will Not Itecom mend an Appropriation for Pro posed Industrial F-ipoHltion, but Will Devfe-e Some Other Plan, ' r , ; Washington, Dec, S.-The House com mittee on Industrial arts and exposi tions, at its meeting to-day, decided not to recommend to tbe House the authorisation of an Industrial . exposi tion to be held at Jamestown, Va., In commemoration of the first English settlement there, or to report; any bill authorising the appropriation of any money for ,an Industrial exposition there. . ,f . s , It was directed, .' however, by tho committee that, a sub-committee, of three, of which Mr. Tawney is to be chairman, shall be named to take up 'for consideration the Maynard bill. vault, beyond which lnv the money mil securities, tbe thieves were f ri-hten-il awnv by the citizens of the town, attracted by the explosion. The front of the safe was blown to pieces. Several taps from a hammer easily dishstged the door, and the cashier removed HODO in bank noten, which lav within easy reach of the rob bers. The local police, assisted liv railroad de fectives, have arrested 'JZ men In this City in connection with the attempted rob bery.' Complete sets of burglars' tools, In eluding, besides revolvers, flash lights. "Jlmmta," "wedges"' and dynamite car tridges, were found in possession of some of the men. Among- the men arrested were James Klnr. of Norfolk, Va.; John Col lins, of Wilmington. N. C, nnd Chas. Kr.orri of Alexandria. Va. The police think - they have captured a dangerous gangi . . -Li no w' pending. The bill proposes to es tablish on Kills Island nn Immigration station wherein can be kent exhlhlts of products of the various States, and wherein will be stationed representa tives from States whose duty It will hs Wreck Delayed Trains A ' Trains from Winston-Sal A and Statesyllle were delayed sevei t hours last night by a south-bound freight wreck which took place late in the af ternoon one mile the other side of Da vldson. Six or seven cars were torn up pretty badly, but no one was in jured, f. At a little before 10 o'clock a wrecking train from Oastonla passed sloner 8argeant as saying he was thor oughly alive t ) the necessities of farm and factory labor In the South, to which Senator Sltrmons refilled that New England was none the less directly In terested In the measure. Senator Sim mons' theory Is that number of the New England cotton mills have closed down because of the high price of cotton and that the South Is producing Just us much cotton as Is possible under pres ent labor conditions. Senator Dilling ham wanted to know If It was true that negroes were leaving the Southern cot ton fields In considerable numbers. MORE JEFFKRSON BIBLES. Senator Ijodge has Introduced a res olution calling for the printing of 10.000 more copies of the Jefferson Bible. Sen ator Overman to-day urged the Mas sachusetts benator to make his resolu tion read 40.000 and If this suggestion is not enacted an effort will be made to have the resolution amended In the House. Representative W. W. Kltchln said lo-day there was a vacancy at West Point which he has the privilege of filling. desire to-night to go to Cleveland as noon as jiossllile. She sold she would go voluntarily, were it not for the con trary advice of counsel. Mrs. Chadwlck dined at 7 o'clock to- to furnish information to Immigrants. lnKht In Marshal Henkel's ofllee under senator uiiitntrniim nuotea l ommis conditions In strange contrast to the manner In which she lived at the New York hotels. Her dinner consisted of nn orange, a ham sandwich and a piece of cake, brought to her by her son from a Broadway lunch counter. She lay on a hard leather couch, in a room filled with desks, chairs and die c:ish. A deputy marshal stood watch while her nurse took tho meagre lunch from a paper bag and jieeied the orange. TIIHI i; MOIlK SHIPS KINKING BattlcMlilpM Pohlcdu and Rctviuin and Cruiser Pallada Seriously Danugcd ny diiane j,miii jiatterlcH. Toklo, ieo. x. K p. m. The following re P it from Hie (.'omrrmnder of the leading buttery In front of port Arthur was r-ci-lved lo-d,iy: "The battleship Pobleda's middle Is seriously damaged. The vessl Is Muting nfl, nnd Is aiibmered to he stern walk. "The battleship Ketvlran Is listing to starboard nnd her upper deck Is nearly submerged. "The protected cruiser Pallada, which I i lying betw. en the Rtttvlzan and ihu Amur, cannot he dltitlnctly seen, but there e. ms to lie n Blight sinking." KNABI.Kl) TO HOLD COTTON. Texus Banks tJencrally Willing to .lve lannersi KcnHonublc Rates A IVh DiNHldClltS. lioiiKtoii. 'I ex., Dec. 8.-Interviews over thlT filato to-day show that the bunk Kii ernlly ire wlllov to advance money ut a leiiHoimble rate of Interc-st to etiablu fanners and merchiintN to carry their cot l on for a year. If m ccasnri . M'hlle tin re die sotnf; who oppose the plan, thos f;t ni rnlly do ro on the ground thut the t-rcat amount held will result In contin uing the conditions brought about by a crop too big .i) he absorbed, whereas by marketing tne true crop th" size of the crop could ho definitely known, (lenerally, the reports to daily papers from country correspondents male that farmers will cou t)i:i:e to hold. ClMtrmt Remain of Mr1. 1'.. I : Bis Wife and Tw Diiik ' In tlie Kmnkin Itulot ot i . In the iMiter of Xren-o, i . A Bullet Throttgh tit- Aj."i'- and tlm Hk nils of the Woi f el Bobbery the feit:.o. ,l . . Ciov. Heyward Offers a lie v. . . Augusta, Oa., Dec, 1 A ; ; .1 ' Ths Cbronlcls from Wjeflel ! : 'The most ldeous of all hunn l.i rors occurred -at Trenton last r squat In horror, to the 8tateb'.i r. ralr.. If ths gneral acreptel tht .iy i true that ths victims were t'H i dered before the house was fired. At 6 o'clock this morning (he resid .uce f Mr, B. B, Hughes, centrally ivx In ths town, was discovered, on t :. Neighbor rushed to tbs scene, but t firs had ; progressed so far tha e en trance to th hoim was fmpos-tibie. At onre Inquiry, was made as to t whereabotrts ,of .th Inmates, It t- ; thought that' they had mads their -caps In- their night clothes. As i as the firs had diet down sar.1 wvv,, a featfut ats met the yc of t', beholders, Titer lay, the c"iarj,l nr 1 almost , unrepognl-ahfa bodies of t; entire family,, ' ens sting, tt i't. Hughes, his wlfi fSva, and two yon: daughters, Emmie, aged It, and Ha uie, it years of age, Mr, Hughe' bo- lay Just below whr -was sltuitel t : door leading from tils im lo the h;.:i. with a' bullet hols, through the upper part of his head. " A p'stol with i. empty chamber taw near by. ' Part of his charred clothes were" on his per son, showing that h was dressed at the time he met death. Tb body of his wife was on ths bed springs, while tho. of the 'Sung ladles were shnl- tarty .situated V Ths su!lt of these three were crushed as If hit with an ax a or Borne blunt Instrument, Their bo l! when - found , occupied a most natural position, with nothing to Indicate a struggle, showing- that they had been struck r.d dons to death while asleep. The news spread Ilk wildfire Arid soon the entire surrounding country was on the scene..', . 1 -.- t. f c - . "Under the directions of Solicitor Thurmond, a coroner's jury was Im paneled, but ss yet no testimony hn been taken, it being .thought: best to await further developments, tt w.3 ar id three tracks were discovered lead ing from ths Held Up to the fear of the houe. Ths county blood hounds were secured and put on the. trail, but this effort has avatled nothing. The hor ror Is veiled In mystery. Every ex ternal evidence aoes to show that the family were ail killed before ths house was fired, . Ons theory Is the house was entered for - ths pSrpose of roti- bii;4nitrnpr. jln-,l.4'wvettd.. tb robbers aecSmplIblied ths murders and fired the house. Excitement runs high, but nothing' rash will be done, . Upon the request of Solicitor ' Thurmond, Qovernor Heyward has offered a 'rer ward for the apprehension of the guil ty parties. . adjourned until to-morrow. - 1 Iredell Man Bies Suddenly at Gaston la Special to The Observer. Statesvllle, Dec, 8.-wMr. John A. But ter, who lived In Iredell county, about three miles from Harmony, died this morning at Gustonla, aged about 60 years. ' The hour of his death is not through Charlotte on its way to the .known, us he was found dead, in bed. scene. .5v . (Deceased had been in poor health for , some time.' He went to Gastonla the Death of Mr. John R. Wlllmn. day after Thanksgiving to look after ,Mra W T.. Jordan received last nhtht business Interests there. Mr. J. . A. a telegram Informing her of the death iButler went to Castonia to-day and of Mrv John R, Wllbon at his home in 'will return with the remains to-mor-Rirhmnnd v. nt .iha kjra nf nhont as .row. Interment ' will ; take olace ' to- '!' Washington, Dec Representative yara Mr. Wllbon wss well known in (morrow at the old family r, burying and . near-by towns. He ground near Huntersvillo. xHls wife, two Stock Kxchanam'FMIure. New .ITork Iac. S.i-W K.. Rndemt.-" nns 'ok,, a xr, vA.i. . . in, 'm....i-i. SI.?!. icd L-,n wJ SiJ-SJK (uce bill Identical with that Intro- traveled for Cofis A Co., of Richmond, five daughters and two sons Km 1 1 sot by In silence and ate a fcwi w ihj,,,,. for tle )ricnt .Mill tlttl'M (f th'- MMIIfl Wll'll. I .... ......... ml a;r. J. 5. Urtrdhiu of iMrTiiv r .hnTlisnV whire, ed' : !? -nlved in the city to take' Vharge ilte ..any vm.ge onaylood all the excitement, hastened to his PROBABLY HUGHES' OWN ACT. Little Benson to Doubt Ttmi tlie Hus band and Father First Murdered His Family and Titen Committed Hnlctde. . Columbia, S. C. De& 'l-B. U. Hughes, aged 42 years; his wife, Eva, about the same age, and , two-daughters, Emily and Hattle, 19 and U years of age, respectively, constituting an entire family, are dead .at Trenton. Ekigefieid county, and no ono remains to explain the mystery of the tragedy. Citizens of the town were aroused at b o'clock by a frre at the Hughes' house and upon reaching; ths nouse ths tlames had gained such headway! that it was Impossible to enter the burning build ing, and not until the fire had, burned itself out and ths walls had collapsed was It discovered that the family was dead. Tho bodies of tne .'two younjr ladles were found In their beds with their heads crushed In. Ths body vt Mrs. Hughes was found In a ro" i across the ball. Her bead Was at.i.j irushed with a pillow over it. whila that of Hughes lay near the door with i bullet wound through the loft tem ple. A pistol with Ana empty chamber lay near his right hand.' Hughes was a merchant and fanner, supposed to be prosperous. There Is no reason known why he should have been murdered, as ho was on good terms with the white and colored people of the com munity. , The surrounding: conditions nil point most strongly to Hoghes as the murderer of hi entire famUy and to a subsequent suicide. . . The town of Trenton to-day "was as mother's side and qulpted her with kisses. Thus the sad trio waited the announcement of Mrs. Chadwlck's counsel that she must go to Jail be cause surety for $15,000 could not be had. of the Orient Mill In the capacity of hounds were brought to the Scene, but president and manager. Mr Wardlaw 'could find ho trail, and In the absence la successor to Mr. 11. D. Wheat, who resigned the presidency .of the mill on accoount of Ills Interests at Ottffuey of a motive those who held to the' theory of murder could not solve the mystery. There was no sigh that any CBl .MPACKKR KKEN I'HIXIDKNT. Effort Mulo to FJillst the tlilef Ex ecutive's Influence In the Proposi tion to Reduce Southern Represen tation. Viushlngton. Dec. . An effort Is being made to enlist the Influence of President Roosevelt In promoting the proposition to reduce the representation of certain Southern States In the Mouse of Repre sentatives. Representative Crumpacker, of Indiana, one uf the advocates of u re duction In Southern representation, had a talk with the President to-day regarding the matter. Ho declined to muke any statement about the resiitt of his. Inter view. He probably will have a more ex tended conference with the Presidant at a later date on the subjt't. Tlia, Presi dent baa net Indicated what hla attitudn may be toward the proposed le:lliitloi's : v , The Melodrama Lat Night, ;H' A small audience witnessed the usual wooly presentation of a Western melo drama last night at the Academy. "At The latter will retain his Interests In ion had , left the ; house artor the fire the mill and continue on the board of .started, , -,. r . directors. The charred remains wllV be placet Mr. Wardlaw la a mill man of con- ,n coffins and. taken, this afternoon to aiderable experience, through his con- tne Baptist church "o the . vllluge, nectlon with the Oaffney Manufactur-lwfHsr to-morrow, a quadruple funeral lng Company. He Is at present staying at the home of Mrs. J. P. McCombs, on West Seventh street His family will follow him In the spring. Thieves Enter StationAgent -Been Poisoned.. Had will be held. Reward Offered . for Capture ot IX- faulting Cashier. Macont . 0a., . Deo. - 8. -A ; reward t S3C0 and expenses has been offered f '-r the capture of Maro S.' Potter, the Houston. Tex.. Dec S.Statlon Agent faulting and fugitive cashier of th Kelly, of the Missouri. Kansas tt lunk at Davisboro.s Oa., where he i Texas Railroad at Brookshlre, who was alleged to be more than I20.WH) short l i poisoned by unknown persons, died to- his accijunts.' The reward is of day. Thieves broke into the station by the offlciala of the bank, office, stole ninety tickets, ransacked Potter la' only 22 yea.v old, n and carried away . numerous merchan- 200 pounds wtid ha.s light hair and i diss and express packages, attacked eyes. He Is very popular, 'an! the express safo unsuccessfully cut friends express surprise at his open two-mall sacks said to contain . J ,,;.v,,,,w-,.:; : ,-.,r,. registered matter, and opened many '. Ilank Itoblicry In Okhtlion. i. letters taken therefrom: . - (.Enid. Ckla. Dec. . The Tr i ) 'i '.,.-". - State Bank, ot Lambert, bus tev., 1 ' bmlth-Alten. " Ded by three men, who dynnmit i) A iaulet home marriags Wtis that of safe, obtaining $3,000 is -their Miss Carrie C, fmlth, caughter of Mr. While , two robbers were u IA.Im.1, .ImaI, l ; Ik. iMiima rtalld 'jilh, ' anil V-n - .1 T : Klmlth tjv 'm T jw.tr lv hlr-rt f-Mu wl .11 1 them hcl'lir.-r t: tr-tmana tmi inn,,j w ,.;iT I""4- s.-o"'! iCTvn ttwi witn tnai iniro-.: iravciea tor vons tt .o., or lucntnonu, ,hto iu-u-uici- wu ; -wir, iwoiwih- . - .e.4 v V . . .r : " " " "rr , ,. RchanJe iffWsissh! by -Senator Piatt in the Senate, and was a very popular man. . There. brothers-JRev. W. 1 Butler, of Shet- story, - and there's little need be, said Allen,' a rural .free' delivery carrier. The robbers-escap!, took. Esau's 'Sltles 'ZwwSa ' wJtJctas;' ' the', .represshtatlon of South- are many in Charlotte who win learn byvllle. Tenn. and Mr. James A., But- about it .There were the usual "bad , which took place last evening at V-a Oloss mountains. A I s,f small. fid i'l1 ; '? "-eitl- 'with deep regret of his death.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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