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111 m i " - SUBSCEIPTION PRICE: $8.00 PER YEAR. CHARtOTTEN., GTHITRSpAT MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1906. TRICE .FIVE .CENTS. n " i - ' - f i 1 i . I . TRUE '" BILLS - r BETUBNE. BLACKBURN" ? TO ' FACE CHARGES Federal Grand Jury at Asheville Re- 1 'turna r. Two True 11 Bllla ; Attaint i CongrewMnan From - the - Eighth fore DeMirtmeilts-Aneced That Ha llecelved Fees o( $100 and $300 for Appearing for Dinkiiw and. Davis, Men .Indicted for . Violation of I Revenue,- Law Statute Voder - Which Indictments Are Made. t t Asheville. ' Feb. S 1. Two Indict ment were returned by the Federal V grand Jury to-day against. E. Spencer : Blackburn, Republican Congremman from the eighth district, charging " practising before Departments of the ' government and accepting fees for ' the service after his election to the House of Representatives. The Indictments allege that Black burn appeared before the Treasury Department and the Commissioner of ..'later Revenue, .as attorney, and se cured a compromise of "the cases against Ace Dink ins and P. A. Davis, two meh charged with violation of the laws governing the making bf - 'whiskey in the fifth North Carolina district. It is allegod that Blackburn ' was paid $100 by Davis for his ser vices and the date of acceptance of these fees Is placed in February and March 1905. j- The indictments'' are based on sec tion 1782, of the Revised Statutes of the United States, which1 says: - "No Senator, Representative, , or delegate, after .his election and dur - Ing continuance in of dee, shall receive or agree to receive any compensation whatever," 'etc The Indictment of Congressman Blackburn is the sensation of the day. The bills were sent before 4he grand Jury yesterday by District Attorney Holton. The bills were drawn by DIs- C trlct Attorney Holton. They must have been drawn some time ago,, at least before Mr. Holton came here yes terday. It is said that the indictment ot Congressman Blackburn will result in a trial similar to that of Senator Bur ton, of Kansas. A number of people who had an inkling of what the grand . jury was about to do talked freely of the matter. Some are of the opinion that the thing looks spually for Mr Blackburn: that the matter is serious and that fie has a hard tight before him. Others who have expressed them- selves on the subject, in some instances friends of Mr. Blackburn, say that the indictments will not amount to much. They charge that personal feeling has entered largely into the matter and that, withal, politics is playing no . small figure in the whole affair. When court adjourned' for the noon recess at 1 o'clock this afternoon no action had been taken relative to the Indictments. There hjtve been no war- reni wuea inr jar. oiwKDum. xno indictments returned by the grand Jury as true bills, were handed to the court during the morning hour and turned over to Clerk Hyams as official papers. It is not .known Just what eteps will now be taken. It is also not known when the cases will be called for trial, although it is believed that Mr. Blackburn will be called upon the etand at a special term of court, or at , the term to be held here in May. . The action of District Attorney Hol ton in indicting Congressman Black burn means open warfare between the two prominent Republicans. It means a tight, a bitter tight, to the finish. c In the opinion of a well Informed Re publican, who expressed himself on " the matter, it means that there will . be more indictments forthcoming. One Republican declared that Mr. Holton -was graft-mad. It is expected that 7 "When Mr. Black bui'h talks he will say something- harsh and withal sensation- al. His friends intimate as much. It is rumored on the streets here to day that Mr. Blackburn and his fol lowers will retaliate and that Mr. Hol ton will be indicted. It is known that . certain of Mr. Blackburn's followers - have been in Asheville since yester day in an effort to secure evidence " against Mr. Holton. The charges that - will be preferred are not stated speci fically. A Republican in a position to be ' informed said this morning that an effort would be made to call a special term of Judge Purnell's court when the district attorney should be Indicted. It is evident that there is a great row on.. The Democrats are watching the : movements of the Republicans with no little Interest. J ? HIS NERVE SUPERB. f When Informed That True Bills of ; f V " Indictment Had Been Returned Against Him Mr. Blackbnrn (shows si-fi.'.? No Sign of Emotion Will Issno ':r 1 Statement Perhaps To-Day. ' ' ' Special to The Observer. if-', Washington, Feb. 21. The informa 'r'KIon that the grand Jury at Asheville had returned true bills of indictment ' v , galnst Congressman Blackburn was i'jt I contained In p. telegram to the writer. : This message was shown to Congress vti an Blackburn. Mr. Blackburn per- ' f ttsed each word Intently but the hand Ijthat had the fateful bit of paper was steady, while, his countenance under ' went no perceptible change. If there u twaw an element of tragedy in the pro , ':';;; ceedings, he appeared oblivious of the i '- fact. He turned and wrote a telegram MS to ma' of his friends. In the State and : ..till there was no tremor, of his hand. jfH Mr. Blackburn is carrying about ; If film ' the consciousness of guilt, his p montha, ' and he" has not only never aought to make terms with his enemies ,f ,tut on the contrary,, his activity in op . : posing them ha increased with the passage of , time. To-day he joked about ':$ the matter with his colleagues, many of whom facetiously offered their legal .aervlcea..-';1 ;;v?;-. a,--' .- S t All. the Washington papers have al laded; to Mr. Blackburn's popularity 4M the capitol, and It Is-easily appar Srfeynt that members have not, up to - this writing, taken the Indictment ser- .'i louelv. Other members vhn ha uun IIS Indicted -upon similar- charges nave ( dropped out. of life at the capitol very largely, but til friends cay Mr. Black- --4: ttMM,' ttfflll h fitting In hi mam mm . . . ... m.m m,, m iinuti 1. i5-Tbe mars hall cannot. It la stated aerve papers upon fclm while Congress is In session, but the belief obtains JtKii bf"-'' some" quarters that ". he v will viot wait antll Congress adjourns to de zX roand hearing. Very soon,' perhaps ito-morrowv Mi Blackburn will give lii out a ajtatement explaining . his "i con , nectlon 'with tho cases mentioned In - the bills of Indictment.. He still denies the receipt of any fee. ;Mr. Blackburn J foa said to nave already MUST ABM OB, QUIT CHINA ALARM: SOUNDED IV THE HOUSE In Presenting. Army " Appropriation Rill, Mr, Hull Urge Necessity of v Complete:. Preparedness In Army and Navy for Tronble In the Orient Due to Transition Stage In Clilna Would Better Use Sliare of Boxer Indemnity-. for Building Battle- ships 'Than Return It Xo jClilna Kentackuui Attack- AntlAmcrlcan Teachings. Among Immigrants. - 'Washington, Feb. , xl. Chairman Hull, of the military affairs commit tee, In . presenting the army appro priation bill to the -.House , to-day, urged the necessity of complete pre paredness as to our army and navy for trouble in the . Orient. He de clared, that any nation not 'prepared to defend. Its position In China might as.-well haul down Its flag and quit the Pacific. k Speeches on tariff, Immigration and the Payne customs house? bill con sumed the balance of the day. Mr. Hopklns.of Kentucky.uncovered many methods of inducing immigration to the United States, much of which he declared to be decidedly undesirable. Mr. Sheppard, of Texas, urged tariff reform to obviate retaliatory tariffs by other nations. Mr. Powers, of Maine, spoke against the abolishment of -customs houses as a matter of economy and Mr. Macon, of Arkansas, answered his argument taking his party. to task for not favoring the Payne bill. MINISTER ROCKHILL'S ERROR. Mr. Hull had read a newspaper dispatch from Pekin, which had been sent him from' the Orient and which he vouched for .as entirely accurate, which gave an account of an inter view between Minister Rock hi 11 and Mr. Na Tung, president of tho Walwupu. Mr. Rockhlll reminded the Chinese official that the United States intended to return the twenty million pounds sterling, Its part of the Boxer -indemnity. Mr. Hull characterized these utter ances on the.parttof Mr. Rockhill as -injudicious." I do not believe that the represen tative of this government had a prop er conception of the character of the Chinese people," continued Mr. Hull, when he offered them a bribe of twenty million pounds, or whatever the United States' shares of the Chi nese indemnity may have been, to be good." WOULD THINK WE'RE AFRAID. "They are a people," he said, "that In my Judgment would take any such offer as that as an indication of our being rather more afraid of them than otherwise. And it seems to me that a man oceupjvng his position should have let whatever information was necessary come from the govern ment of the United States direct, and not have given it to the newspapers." Mr. Hull said he had been in formed extensively of the Chinese J..M.U. U MAM.4 M li.H(hu the author of which he declined to divulge, which rebutted the Idea that Japan was causing trouble In China. Mr. Hull endorsed this view and also the proposition in the letr that the Boxer indemnity ought rather to be used to build battleships for the United States than be returned to China. Mr. huh pointed out that it was decidedly to the interest of Japan to preserve order in China in order to retain her own markets In that coun try. China, he said, was passing through a transition from ancient. to modern civilization, "and while that is going on every government that has business relations with her must be ready to protect themselves or else pull down their flag, leave the Pa cific ocean and destroy their trade." SPEECH ON IMMIGRATION. Mr. Hopkins accused the Hungar ian government of teaching anti Americanism in this country. He quoted Herr Franz Kaltenbrunn councilor of the Ministry of the In terior of Austria, who recently visit ed Austrian colonies in this country and urged them not to become Amerl can ' citizens and to be frugal that they might soon retuVn to their coun try and also advocated no aid from the New York bin to Austrian! ex- ept those who remained Austrian. He also quoted Rev. Beta Lorlck, a Hungarian priest officiating at Con nellsville, Pa., to the same effect. "The dissemination of such state ments with their evil effect, coming as they do from the head of both State- and Church, should not be tol erated ! our land," declared Mr. Hopkins. The House adjourned until to-mor row. For Battlefield Park at Petersburg, Washington, Feb. 21. Representa tive Souttmll, of Virginia, to-day in troduced a bill providing for an in vestigation of battlefields 'about Pe tersburg, . Va., to determine whether battlefield park should be estab lished. - OFFICERS OF CliYDE USE CO. Stockholders Name Directors, Who Elect Calvin Austin President and T. G. Eger General Manager, y . .. New York. Feb. 21. At the annual meeting of the Clyde Line Steamshln Company, held In the conmanv's office in this city to-day, theV following Doara 01; directors were eiectea; C. W. Morse, Calvin Austin,; John Eugtls, C. M. Schwab1, Thomas Clyde, Harry Morse, -John F. Gatee, C, M. Wlrtney and J. F. Sweasyl At a subsequent meeting of the board of director, officers o the company were elected a followatt president, Calvin Austin: vlcePresI- dent and general manager, Theodore Q. Eger; secretary and . traaurer. N. H. Campbell; assistant secretary, E.A. ular that he, who had done no wrong, should be singled out for prosecution, when others higher ap were known to known to ibe guilty, and he will en deavor to enow that there Is nothing In the whole movement save politics. Washington, Feb. 21. Representative Blackburn ' to-night authorised a de nial In tot of the charges contained in the Indictment returned - against him to-day at Asheville. N. C. alter ing that he practiced before the Treas ury Department and racelved fees for such services in violation-of law. Mr. Blackburn declared that he has- not committed any offense He declined to answer specifically the charge to-night yOT DICTATING BATE. BULL PRESIDENT" RELIES ON VETO V - - " 1 . Authoritative Statement Is Forth , coming That Chief Executive Will Not Attempt to Prevent Amendment . of Hepburn Measure In Senate, bnt Will Not Iet It Become Lnv If . Too Much WeakenedWith Aid of Two- Democrats, Advocates of Ju dicial Review Now Expect to Con ' troi Report of Committee, -' Washington. Feb. 2 1 When the Senate committee on inter-State com merce meets on Friday to vote on. a railroad; rate bill the announcement will be made authoritatively that President Roosevelt will not attempt to prevent amendment of the Hepburn- bill; that he will leave the com. mlttee free to exercise its best Judg ment and If1 possible compromise Its differences; that if a bill Is reported which does not meet his approval and , in that form Is -passed by Con gress h--will' content himself to exr erclse his vote power. This announce ment will be made as the result of a conference to-day between the Presi dent and the mfst active persona supporting the House bill without amendment, but will be delivered to the committee by a Senator who has supported an amendment providing for judicial review of an order of the Inter-State commerce commission. - The conference at the White House is one of many that have been held In the last week on railroad rate ques tion. It was attended by Senator Dolllver and Clapp, Speaker Cannon, Representative Hepburn and Attorney General Moody. They had under consideration an amendment said to have been drafted by Senator Knox and revised by the Attorney General. The draft in its revised form, how ever, is said not to be satisfactory to Its author. It was offered in a -spirit of compromise and the President and Attorney General desired to know whether it would be acceptable to the members of Congress who are making a fight to prevent the adoption of any amendment which they believe would interfere with the operation of the measure they purpose to enact into law. Briefly stated, the amendment alis to give to any complainant authority to file a petition in a Circuit Court asserting that a rate fixed by the com mission was in fact illegal, or that an order of the commission was in reality unlawful, and authorizes the court to hear the milt to decide whether the commission acted 'with in its authority, and whether the con stitutional rights of the plaintiff had been violated. . After Senators Dolllver and Clapp returned to the capitol they told cer tain colleagues that they would go in to the committee on Friday and make a firm stand to have the bill report ed without amendment. When asked concerning the attitude of the President they said that they believed he is satisfied with the bill as it stands, but that it was too much to say he is opposed to any amendments whatBverr -The' President- was df scribed by them as ready to consider any amendments that might be of fered and willing to listen to any proposition up to the time the bill is placed on its final passage. Conservative members of the com mittee assert that" they have the necessary votes to amend the Hep burn bill. If they are left free to ex ercise their Individual judgment so that they will not be put In the po sition of opposing the President's policy. Under these conditions It Is nald- tha't Senators Elkins, Foraker, Crane, Kcan, Aldrich, Carmack, Fos ter and McLaurln will vote for an amendment providing for Judlolal re view. Seven votes is a majority . of the committee. WAS MURDERED IN BRUSSELS. Detective Sent to Search for Young Albert M. Bard, Nephew of Former California Senator, Returns With Belief That Foul Play Was Used Found No Trace. New York. Feb. 2l. That Albert M. Bard, a nephew of former United States Senator Bard, of California, has dropped completely out of sight In Brussels, Belgium, and that he is believed-to have met his death through foul play, .was the statement made to day by Detective John I. Fogarty. De tectlve Fogarty arrived here on the steamship Zeelnnd from Antwerp, af ter six weeks spent m jueigium in a fruitless search for the missing young man. He went abroad at the request of young Bard's family. He returns without having found a trace of Bard. dead or alive, but with, the, conviction that the young man has been mur dered. Young Bard was an accomplish ed violinist and went to Brussels in August last to take further Instruction from a master of that instrument Fog arty brought back among other ef fects of the missing man two valuable vlplips owned by Bard one worth $1,000 Tney were round in tiara's room in the, Brussel's house where he lived. At the hotel he learnd that just before Bard Intended to sail for New York he had drown out his deposit of 11,000 in the Brussel's bank where he had business.. He learned, too, that the young man had become Intensely In terested, in his snort stay in Brussels. In a young French woman, a muslo student like himself, and who lived In the same hotel. The officer also made an unsuccessful search for the French woman- . ,r ' 1 r PRAYS TOTk WILKES. ' Revi Dr. R. A. Taney f' hy Rcmiest, oner i rayer iieiore i4irge-i'iiiia delphla Andience for Wilkesboro and the "State of Wllkea." , Special to The Observer. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. tl-Tbe State of Wllkea" came In for special prayer from the evangelist,- Rev. Dr. R, Av Torrey, at hf afternoon service attended by pearly 5,000 people this af ternoon. "Here la a request for pray er," said Dr. Torrey, "from a, man who baa been to this revival and be writes on board train, on ws way , back ' to North .Carolina, He gay pray for revival In my town,- Wilkesboro. N. C. There I a great deal of whiskey: made and tdtunfc In both the town and county so that It -has com to be call ed "Whiskey Wilkea." Dr. Torrey himself, offered, the prayer,: and said XAU pori, Mesa Wilkesboro, K.'.C, The .devil Is powerful but Thou art more powerful and he cannot hinder Thy. work. JJght the fires of revival In that eomrminlty and county and Amen." . . i OSURE OF SOF COAL STRIKE. Positive ," .'.Statement by President MitchclL - ot Jiluers' Union Non Committal as to Prospect, In An- ' Uiracit0)Fleld. , , : Pittsburg. Feb, 21, "As far as I knOw now, there will be , a strike." President Mitchell, Of the United Mine Workers of America,' who arrived hera to-day from New York, made the above statement 'to' the Associated Press . to day. ' r '. J "Will there be a strike on April 1?" President MitohfJl was asked. .!A far as I know now," answered President Mitchell, with considerable hesitancy, "there will' be a strike." "In both the bituminous and anthra cite -fields?" he wasiasked. ."I will - positively "may nothing more." Mr. Mitchell denied that he was here to confer with bituminous operators. President' Mitchell gave out a state. ment in which1 he said: "The miners1 convention of district 6 having removed -the president, vice president, secretary-treasurer and exe cutive board, the national organization recognises their riglSIt to do so. Mr. Dolan is no longer president of district of the United Mine Workers of America, 'Pending the result of the election which has been Ordered. I have an notated a committee of three to take charge of the organization work in this President Mitchell left this cRy for New York to-night. Before boarding his train he said: "A strike in the . bituminous fields is Inevitable." Francis RobblnS, 'chairman Of the exe cutive board ot the Pittsburg Coal Com pany, left on the eamo train. Anthracite Operators Say Mitchell is BIURing. New York. Fb. 21. "It Is the natural thin for Mitchell to say at this time." said an anthracite mine operator, to day, in regard to the. statement from the president of the. United Mine Work ers that as far as he knew there would be a strike. "The miners' committee Is at work drafting demand behind- which they must make -a show or standing firm. I do not believe, however, that there will be a strike in the anthracite districts." The long delay or the miners com mittee in presenting Its demands is thought by the operators to be due only to the difficult poslton of the committee In having to satisfy all parties among the mine workers. HEARING IN PATRICK CASE. Two Texas Witnesses. One a Woman, Testify to Having Heard Valet Jones Declare That the Convicted Lawyer Had Nothing to Do Willi Rico's Death. New York. Feb. 21. Afbert T. Pat- Hick's hearing: for a new trial on the charge of having murdered Wm. Marsh Rice, was resumed to-day. Patrick himself was not present, being confined in Sing Sing, where he is n prisoner under the death sentence. Robert Loe, of Houston, Texw who was on the wit ness stand yesterday, and who said ithat Rice's valet Jones told IJlm in Texas that Patrick did not kill the mil lionaire, was recalled to-day. "You say you have known Jones a long .time?" asked District Attorney Jerome. (i "Well, a month -or. so. We boys call a month a long time." ' "And that Is What jrou mean by a lonrnime in, -your anrioawitK;, Yerslr" Miss Minnie QaiUard. of Harris coun ty, Tex., describing a plcnle at which she met Jones, said that while sitting at the same table with him she over heard him say: "I lied to beat the" band on Patrick." She heard him boast now he fooled everyone and heard him tell how neith er he nor Patrick had killed Rice, but that he turned State's evidence to save himself. "Jones had a reputation of being 'gassy,' " said the witness, "and I thought all his talk Was braggadocio.," Miss Galllard said that the last time she, saw Jones he was on a street car at Houston and with him was Mayor Rice, of Houston. They were on tho sent Iq front, of her, she testified. "Did you know that Mayor Rice was a nephew of Millionaire Rice, who was killed?" "Yes. I knew that." "What did they say?" ''Mayor Rlc slapped Jones on the back and said to mm: You certainly studied those instructions well.' Jones said: 'You bet I did.' Mayor Rice said: 'How are your coffers fixed?' Jones said: 'Not very well,' and then Rice 'said to him: 'They will be supplied.' " FOR . HIGHER RANK. Congressman Gndger's Son Seeks Pro motion lu Naval . Service -Mr. Bradshaw Pleads Mr. Frasler's Case Before I "resident. Observer Bureau 1417 O street N.W. Washington, Feb. 21. Judge Prltchard and Congressman Gudger went to. the White House to day to talk to the President about pro moting Emmet Gudger, the congress man's son, who Is seeking higher rank in the naval service. The young man stood an excellent examination, and Senator Overman has Introduced a bill to get the matter straightened out. While these gentlemen were at the White House they ran into Mr. D. Sam Bradshaw, who came to urge the President to deal Justly with Mr. Fraa ler. He told the President that a great wrong had been done Mr. Frassler by those who had endeavored to besmirch his character. The President undoubt edly hears many things. He was un der the Impression that a number of men under indictment at Greens boro were at the point of pleading guilty put wnen tne application of Fratler was announced, they braced up and kept quiet because they tnougnt things were coming Mr Black burn's way. The President also seem ed to think The Industrial News should be, given encouragement, and wanted toi know if Mr.- Frasler had assumed an antagonistic attitude 'tOwarda that institution. Mr. Bradshaw assured the President that Mr. Frazier was a "Quaker who was not given to an-, tagonlslng anything. The President said he would think carefully over the matter and dispose of it in a few days. - Mrs. Prltchard will receive with Mrs. Fairbanks to-morrow. WILL BUILD ORPHANAGE. Junior Order Institution Will Proba- - My Go to Durham, Which Make Best Offer Next Meeting of Coun veil al Fayettcvlllc. Special to The Observer. Salisbury, Feb, it The State Coun cil of the Junior Order r of ; United American Mechanics, at It session to night.- definitely decided to build and maintain an orphanage. The election of a site and the working out ot detail have been placed : in the handa of a special committee which will . report later. - It is the concensus of opinion that the orphanage will go to Durham, which has so far made the best ofllen $6,000- in cash end'-- 10-acre olte. At to-nJght'a session it.waa unanimous! decided? to hold next year's session at Fayetteville. The council will adjourn to-morrow, -probably by coon, - DB. MOBBIS VS. PBESIDEN INCIDENT IS THRESHED OVER Husband . of Washington Lady Who ,Wa Ejected IVom White House lor Hysterical Conduct Writes De manding i Public Apology for "Damnable Outrage," but Finds No Change in Official Attitude Secre tary Loeb Replies That President Carefully Investigated the Matter and Finds Officers Blameless Letters Given Out by Dr. Morris. Washington, Feb. 21. Dr. Minor Morris, whose wife some weeks ago was ejected from the White House, where she had gone to present alleged grievances to the President, to-day gave out for publication the corres- pendence which recently passed be tween nimaeif and the President, re garding the case. Mr. Morris' letter follows: To the President of the , United States: Sir: "Having waited patiently a num ber of weeks that you might have ample time to ascertain all the circum stances, connected with the Insult re cently offered my wife at the White House and that you' might make some expression of deprecation which would naturally be expected. It is now in cumbent upon me as husband and citi zen to demand a public apology for this outrage on woman and common decency, It is -unthinkable that such bru tality would be tolerated anywhere In this country, biTt above all In the White House. 'That my wife has been confined to her bed six weeks from the shock and injuries of. this damnable treat men is bad enough, but I can say to you in all calmness that had the original or ders from the White House been car ried out as to her longer incarceration her life would have been sacrificed. "It is therefore Incumbent upon me to repeat my urgent request that you take action at once suitable to the circumstances which have shocked the entire nation. Respectfully, "MINOR MORRIS." "Feb. 16, 1906." The following was Secretary Loeb's reply: "The White House, Washington, Feb. 19, 1906. 'Sir: "In reply to your letter of" the 16th Instant the President directs me to state to you that he had the superln tendent of police of the District of Columbia, Atajor Sylvester, make a, careful investigation of tho circum stances of the arrest of Mrs. Morris for disorderly conduct at the execu tive office and the superintendent sub mitted to the President all the affida vits of the persons whom he had ex amined. The President carefully went over Major Sylvester's report, and the affidavits and also personally saw Ma jor Sylvester and some of the persons making the affidavits. He came to the conclusion that the' arrest was justifi ed and that the force used in making the arrest was caused by the resistance offered toy Mrs. Morris to the officers In the discharge of their duty and was no greater than was necessary to make the arrest effective. Under these circumstances the Pres ident does not consider that the offl cers are properly subject to blame. He thing that could be done to Mrs. Mor ris and her kinsfolk was to refrain from giving any additional publicity to the circumstances surrounding the case. Yours truly, "Wm. LOEB. Jr., "Secretary to the President TWIGGS CONTRACT RELEVANT. Judge Speer Rules That Government May Show Prosecution by Carter as Evidence of Conspiracy With Greene ami Gaynor, Though Not Alluded to Indictment. Savannah, Oa., Feb. 21. Judge Speer listened to rurther lengthy arguments in the Greene and Gaynor case this morning; the defense sought to pre vent A. J. Twiggs, of Augusta, Oa. from telling how he was persecuted and oppressed, as the government termed It, in the carrying out of a con tract he had secured In 1893 from Cap tain O. M. Carter for the Improve ment of the Savannah river near Au gusta. After retiring to prepare his decision, the court read at length his views upon the arguments submitted and upheld the contention of the pros ecution that the evidence was admls sable and relevant to the main Issue of conspiracy, even though the Indict ment made no allusion to the Twlgg's contract specifically. This Twlgg's contract was the only one during a term or ten years ot the many let by Carter that went to a con tractor other than Greene and Gaynor or some one connected with them, and the government has deemed it of great ImDortance in showing how the alleged conspirators sought to both punish Twice for his failure to permit him self to be bought off and to make an example of him which would deter oth er contractors from attempting to get Improvement work In ,the Carter dis trict Twiggs letter to Carter and Carter's reply relative to tne Augusta con tract were read. Twiggs says he came here in 1893 to bid on a con tract for Savannah river work and that he had a conversation with Ed ward H. Gaynor, a brother of John F. Gaynor, one ot the defendants. who offered him $1,000 to go home and not bid. He refused, saying he had come to bid and expected to do so. The witness said that to get the character of material Carter de manded of him, he had to cover an area extending thirty miles from the point from where the work had been going on. nap ne oeen permitted, he said, to use such material as Car ter allowed Greene and Oaynor to use, ne couia nave secured all he needed within half a mile of the work, thereby saving a great expense to which he was forced. Sarah Bernhardt Makes Proposition to Salisbury Theatre Management. Special to The Observer. Salisbury, Feb. tl. Manaaer Munh of the local theatre, has just received a reply from Sarah Bernhardt to the effect that she will aooear bur rn guarantee of $1,000 and 86 per cent, ot the receipt over that amount Man ager Marsh to-night made another of- ter to nor manager wmch, It is believ ed, will be. accepted and SallsburUns thus given an-opportunlty to gee and hear the 'divine Sarah.", . - White Man "Arrested as Accessory to Aawaeui ' . , Nashville, Tnn Feb. 21, A dis patch from Andalusia, Ala., say that a white - man named Cox - has been arrested pn suspicion of being an ac cessory to the assault on Mrs, J. L, pray v at mat piaca yesterday, ror which the negro Pedigree was shot to death by a posse yesterday. Cox was arrested at Georgian, Ala." ' -, UBE FOOD BILL PASSES VOTE IN THE SENATE 63 TO 4 After 15 Years of Intermittent Con sideration of the Subject, a Measure Is Passed Banning Manufacture or Sale of Adulterated ' or Misbranded Foods, Drugs, Medicines or Liquors In Territories and Islands -. and Shipment Between States Receipt of Such Goods Also Prohibited Fonr Opponents ' All Democrats. Washington, Feb. 81. After 15 years of more or less serious consideration of the subject, the Senate to-day passed a pure food bill, by the de cisive vote of 63 to i. The Vote wae taken after aday devoted almost ex clusively to debate of a desultory character on the measure. Several efforts were made to amend the bill and the committee accepted a number of suggestions, but only those thus accepted were Incorporated in the bill as passed. The bill makes it a mis demeanor to manufacture or sell adul terated or misbranded foods, drugs, medicines or liquors in the District of Columbia, the Territories and the Insular possessions of the United States, and prohibits thfe shipment of goods from one State to another or to a roreign cuntry. It also prohibits (the receipt of such goods. Punish ment by a fine of $500 or by Imprison ment for- one year, or both, is pre scribed. Much of the debate was devoted to considering the effect of the word "ad dedV as applied to the Ingredients In whiskey. There was so much diver gence of opinion on the subject that there was no dissent when Mr. Tillman said that the indication was that the Senators had confined their acquain tance with the article under dispute to mere theory. Mr. Spooner expressed the opinion that Mr. Tillman had spent more time In gaining his Information on the sub ject than In Imparting it. r. Tillman expressed the opinion that tho bill was crudely drawn and should toe re-committed to the commit tee on agriculture. He thought the bill should fix standards and not leave It to Dr. Wiley, of tho Bureau of Chemistry, to do so. Mr. Heyburn re plied that no absolute standards would be fixed because the States have dif ferent standards. Mr. Ralley said that the inter-State commerce provisions of the bill were Invalid. He said we needed better prosecuting attorney rather than mote government bureaus. "Begin as you are doing in this bill and you will soon have a Department as powerfu as the Postofflce Department," he said and added: "I doubt If any despotism In the world vests In one Individual as much power as we give to the Postmaster (leneral, who can close any man's busi ness by an edict from which he has no appeal." He declared that the American government was rapidly be coming a bcreaucracy. On the final roll call the bill passed by a vote of 63 to 4. Messrs. Bacon. Hall,., HV.m.a .wl Iflllmn. nil T cmHBeTng-rmr ottiy- wenators to cast their votes In the negative. The Senate adjourned until to-mor- roW. Favorable Ilcport on Roanoke Build Ing Knlnrgcment. Washington, Feb. 21. The Senate committee on public buildings and grounds to-day authorized a favorable report on tho bill making an appro prlatlon of $85,000 for the enlarge ment of the building at Roanoke, Vs. NO COMMUTATION FOR 1IOC1I. Professional Wife-Murderer Must Die According to Sentence Says He Has Been Sacrificed. Springfield. III., Feb. $1. Governor Deneen to-day. acting on the recom mendation of the State board of par dons, denied W Ife-murderer Johann Hoch's petition for commutation of sentence to Imprisonment. Chicago, Feb. 21. Hoch has been confident that he would Jse granted either a pardon or a new trial and the news that a reprieve had been denied htm came as a great surprise. He winced perceptibly when the news was told him. "I have been sacrificed." he said, "to save the reputations of three men States' Attorney Henley, Assistant States' Attorney Olson, and Governor Deneen. Justice is all a mockery. If I had been tried on that evidence be fore the Czar of Russia, I would have been acquitted. Never mind, Johann Hoch is not dead yet, and he will have Justice. BIG MEMPHIS BUILDING BURNS. Equitable Life's Office Structure In Tennessee ity lias its tour tipper Floors mirnett out Dy tiro Orlgl tutting In Storage Room IjOss $200,000. Memphis, Term., Feb. a. The four upper floors or the hjqultable Life As surance Society office building at the corner of Jefferson and Main streets were burned out hy a Are to-night wnicn onginaico in a Bioragn room ad joining tho offices of the Bradstreet's agency on the second floor of the oullrting. The loss is est mated at tMOMO. The lire was discovered nhnut o'clock and witnjn a Tbw momenta th entire upper noors ot tne building were in names. At ii' o ciock tne nre is well under eon. tnil and confined to the mumr flnnn The building was Ouilt in 1KXS iit a cost of $160,000, It Is situated In the henrt of the business; district and was occu pied almost exclusively by attorneys as onrices. GROSVENOR'S CAREER ENDS. - ' - t- Veteran of Over 20 Years' Service in Congress is Defeated for lie-Nomination. Lancaster, O., Feb, 21. After a ser vice of over SO years In Congress, Gen eral Charles H. Grosvenor, the "sage of Athens," was defeated for re-nomi nation to-day on the first ballot by Albert Douglass, of Chlllicothe. Ross county, the vote being 78 to 20. The defeat of urosvenor was render ed the more bitter from the fast that his own county, Athens, did not give him a single vote and ne did not get a solid delegation from any county In the district. - The-man who defeated General Gros venor Is 13 years old and a lawyer of Chlllicothe. He 1 a fine orator and has dominated tne politics ,ot Ross county-for years, rr, -:r Favor Increase tor Brunsw ick light Washington. Feb. : v 2tThe House committee on . inter-State and foreirn commerce made a favorable report to day on the Adamson bill, ' Increasing from I90.UW to stao.uw tne appropria tion for a lightship, at Brunswick. Ga, DIVOBCE CONFESS' ;V0BK SHOCKED BY WESTERN WOMAN Convention Declares Itself in 'Favor of Having Al Hearings la Open Court, That Two Years Should be Minimum for .Change of Domicile and That Divorce Merely From Bed , and Board Should Exist in , AU States Number of Women Leave Upon Reading of Unnlc Statistics South Carolina Defended by Zach M'Ghee. .V'4'V Washington, Feb. 21. Te con-;;' gress on' uniform divorce laws for1 -the several States and Territories to- - - day expressed Itself in favor of ail t f. hearlngs and trials in divorce cases' in open court. It was declared that, such public hearings' would have a ' " tendency to do away with collusions between parties to the suit for di- , , vorce and that publicity would tend , ' to decrease applications for divorce ' Dy people who would shun such pub licity. Other resolutions adopted follow! "If conviction of a crime be made " , , . a cause for divorce it should be re- , quired that such conviction should ' be followed by two year's continuous Imprisonment; a decree should not.? De granted a vinculo for Insanity art. " Ing after marriage; desertion should c . not be a cause for divorce unless per- , . sisted In Tor at least two years; a t -divorce should not be granted unless' the defendant has been given full and v, fair opportunity by notice brought ' , home to him to have hln dnv in rourt .- ' when his residence is known or can, be ascertained; any one named aa5;,- co-respondent should In all cases pTr'vT given an opportunity to intervene." v " It was decided by a considerable majority of the delegates that not . ' less than two years' residence should :? - be required on the part of a plaintiff ' who has changed his or her State t.' domicile since the cause of 'divorce; arose, where jurisdiction depends on -the residence of the plaintiff. '''- v A warm discussion was precipitated , over the following: ". V "An Innocent and injured party, husband or wife, seeking a divorce should not be compelled to ask for a i dissolution of the bonds of matri mony. but should be allowed at his . "vs. , or her option to apply for divorce , from bed or board. Therefore, di- ' vorces a mensa should be retained i where already existing, and provided. for In States where no such rights r" exist." .V" A number of women left the room' " when Miss Fannie Leak Cummlnga, ' . of tho State of Washington, declar- 't. f Ing that the resolution would put a f;" premium on vice, produced a number i""1 of statistics In support of her argu ? ' ment. The resolution finally was ,r adopted with an amendment allowing the Innocent party to apply for, di vorce from bed and board "at any, time." Zach M'Ghee, of South Carolina, the only State having no divorce law. re sented what he called a slur on his State when It was said on the floor . of the congress that. South Carolina has a law limiting the "amount ' of money a man may leave to a concu bine. POPE'S ATTITUDE TO FRANCE. At Secret Consistory Held Chiefly to Creute 19 French Bishop the Pontiff lellvera Allocution Declar-. ing the Repudiation of the Con- cordat Contrary to Divine Law. ( Rome, Feb. 21. The Pone held a se cret consistory to-day chiefly to create. nlnteen French bishops In the, dioceses' vacant llirougn tho Franco. Vatican ' struggle. ine whole ceremony was in ,-, line with the Vatican's attitude towards iTance. The Pontiff delivered an alio.! ' cntlon summarizing the ideas sex forth) ". in inn rweni encyclical, snowing inav . necessity hastened Its annearance. "'as certain niibllcitUns may have deceived- - tns tnltnrul regarding the real Intra tlons and feelinirs of the Holv See.' j evidently ulluding to the pastoral letter of Mobslgnor Bonomelll. archblshon tit , u rVcmnla, who advocnted , the brinciela ; of the separation of Church and State. - The Pone was much affected whlla - delivering his allocution. He said h ; ' was compelled to accomDlish a Dalnfut . duty of his office and summarised his ' recent- encvcucni. saying that the law providing for the separation of Church- and State in Franc- was contra rr to divine rhrht and contrary to the wel- rare or society, wnicn must live in p-aes with religion. The concordat, he addiwi. was -bfofeen In an un worth v manner and It would De difficult to form another. The Pontiff solemnly condemned the separation law as being as Injurious to the Church as the law established to control tho exercises of public worship, " which was not recognized by the Popo and the bishops. This, however, said the Pone. In con. elusion, would not prejudice the Inalien able rights of the Church. He expressed the hope that better time would come. HOPE YET AT ALGECIRAS. Ambassador White. Head of Amerl--can Delegation to Moroccan Con-i fcrcnec. Not Affected by Prevailing Pessimism. r Algeria. Spain. Feb. 21. Although to'h continued Franco-German dead7 , lock caused a feeling of depression and discouragement among the delegates , to the Moroccan conference. Ambassa dor White, head of the American Mis sion, maintains full confidence that an ultimate agreement will be reached and says there Is no reason whatever to regard en understanding as Imoas-. , ible. His strong otlmum la In rather marked contrast with the esslmlsm revalllng In other quarters, arttcularly among the French and British,, who take the view that the usefulness of " the conference Is virtually terminated. This Is artly exlalned by the dissatis faction In French and British quarters 1 . over Germany'r rejection of the French proposals. The Germans continue to urge that the conference should pro- , ceed with Jts work until definite - re- ' suits are secured. - . v 4 -. ) 1.- ... , u TALESMEN ALL FOR PRISONER. ' Slow Work of Obtaining Jury to Try , Young . French 1 !H Who Killed Man Who Forced Her to Lead Im moral Life Finally Ends. i - , New Yorkv Feb. t--The work of ob taining a jury for' the trial of Berths Clatche, the young French girl Indicted for the murder last July of Emli Gor don, who hvaald to have enslaved fcor in an Immoral life, was finished late to day in the criminal branch ot the Su preme Court- before Justice, Davis. An adjournament -was taken until Morul i morning, - .. , V -.v-vVv-'j.iv-- - .There was such difficulty m select ing, a Jury rowlng to the franks with which the talesmen expr- their Sympathy for the prisoner. ' declared that they would not couv the girl under any circumstances. in ail, mni jpururw wrm vn--'t t ing the day. in spite of the fat t v Challenges were frequent. ; mm it , y4 aald to have already suggested to hut iU pjakaia S aUtementi- tooiJm nW!UtJr t . the Attorney General that H was a1n'lTOW;fe ved, ' a , M.s ",' 1 ; . -'-
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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