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t A ' : . - a y ,1 t . i 1 v, 1 j;Siiw mm mmmt-mmi mm PRICE FIVE CENTS. PBMbENT ON MB. STOBER 'a. nana, letter TO EEC. BOOT The Secretary and Other Member el , - tbe Cabinet, He Says, Should Know ; r Certain Facta the Deposed Ambjw ' sador Either ' Suppresses vor Mia-!- J state--No Use New for Dlscusstag -5 Necessity for HI RemovaJh-Lette Cf to the Secretary lEmbody' Oorrea tT pondenoe Between the President , W and Mr. and Mm, Storer .Facta In . tbe Case Are Brteny Bima x. ' ' Wuhtnrton. Deo. I-Aa a rwiult ef , ' th Duhlloatlon ef the "oonfldenUal ', ? pamilsf which Bellamy Storer, for A. werrAmerlcan amsaaaaaor w viennq. ' 1 iMt week aent ta the Prealdent, mem '. bera ot tbe cabinet and member of v the Senate committee on foreign re- ; w jauons, Kiviog eeruun wiwn J , 'the President and Mr. aad Mra, Btor ' ni In which a noneatlon for lnflnen. ' " . cina-lthe Vatican In ArchbUhop Ire- i V land'f hebaJf, is dlacaeaed, Prertdent t;, -'- Rooeevelt to-nlght made public a long '- X letter he addreaaed to BecreUry Root, . - V embodying tbe correspondence. - In ' r thle he ara: '.,. think It as well that you and 'v tier member of the cabinet ehould , ( V know certain ftcta wnicn ne toiorer; ' j. either roppreseea or mleetates." i T .The Prealdenfe letter to Mr. Root .-, . 'la dated December 2. ;i : 'The Prealdent give the State De partment's final message to Mr. Stor er at the time he was removed from ' . ; ' hhi post aa the American representa- V tlve at Vienna and declares that, at ' ' this time, there Is no necessity for discussing 'the ' necessity of removing ; the ambassador. The statement' given out at the . White House says "It Is never pleas ant to have to discuss personal af fairs, or to quote or explain from per . sonal correspondence; which- Is one reason why It Is held to be a peculiar ly ungentlemanly thing to pnbllsh private correspondence. But as Mr. Storer In hla extraordinary pamphlet prints various letters written' himself, ''by me, and by Mrs. gtorer, I shall set . forth briefly the facts of the case, glv-"- Ing certain letters which are neces ' sary In order to understand clearly those which he prints." THE LETTER IN PART. The letter in part follows: "The White House. "Washington, Dec 2, 180. "My Dear Mr. Root: "In view of the fact that Mr. Bel lamv Storer has sent to each member of my cabinet, as well aa to myself, a pamphlet under date of November, 106. purporting to give an account of those relations of his with me which lead up to his removal from the position aa ambassador at Vienna, I. think It as well that yau and the other members ot the cabinet should - - Know cenin secis wwsy awnis suppresses or misstates. As to the necessity for removing him from his position, I suppose there is no need of discussion An ambassador Who refuses to answer the letters of the President cannot remain an'arabassa- dor. His statement that my letters to him were of a character such that tie could not answer them needs no further comment than to point out that In such case it was his clear duty .instantly to resign. His publication of the various private letters between his wife and himself would furnish any additional justification, were such needed, for his summary separation from the service. He does not give . the State Department's final letter to him. which runs as follows: "'Sept 10, 190. "Hon. Bellamy Storer, Paris, France. " 'Sir: Tour letter of August S does not require any comment as a whole, . but by direction of the President I answered It as regards one point " 'Ton assume that in the letter of December 11 the President wrote you not as one official of the United States to another,' but a purely personal and private letter, and you state thanhis letter shows on its face that no an swer from you was asked for, suggest ed or expected. " 'It Is hard to understand your making such a statement,. In view of , ' the fact that the letter yon quote de ;1 rives Its entire Importance from the t ' 'sccompanying letter, which you were asked to read and hand to Mra Storer, v., In which Mrs.' Storer was Informed that unless she took certain definite action your connection with the diplo matic service would Jiave to be ae 'vered. It Is, f course, unnecessary to discuss, and It ought to be unneces sary even to aiiuae to, any proposition 'so absurd aa that this severance of L.iyou from the service would be asked lor. not cy we rreeiaeni, as rrestaent - but In his private capacity. The Prealdent was anxious to treat both ' you and Mrs. Storer with the utmost .1 gentleness and consideration, and It v.' seemed to him that hla end could be , achieved In the way easiest for you by following the course which he ac tually did follow. The letter to Mrs. . 'Storer, of course, became part of the matter of which you were required to , take cognisance. In it Mra Storer - was asked to fulfill certain conditions, failure to fulfill which would require, she was Informed, your severance from the service, which conditions she "never fulfilled. Tou were requested . to read thla letter and hand It to her. It Is difficult to stigmatize merely as folly the proposition that under the conditions the President's ' letter re " quired no answer. -1 have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant. 'ROBERT BACON, Acting Sec'y,' FACTS BRIEFLY SET FORTH. "It Is never pleasant to have to dis cuss personal affairs, or to quote or ,. explain from personal correspondence (which Is one reason why It is held to ' be a peculiarly ungentlemanly thing ."' to publish plvate correspondence. ' But as Mr, Storer, j In his extraordl . nary pamphlet prints vsrious letters written by himself,, by me and by Mrs. ' Storer, I shall set forth briefly the i facts of the case, giving certain letters derstand clearly those which he ''print. ';'' " V "I first met the Storers whlls I waa . ; cml v service commissioner, and he had come to Washington as a Con- ' iv nHimin. .! -The were then kind snrf friendly In their relations with me , and my family, I submitted to con duct from Mr. and Mra Storer. ti which X would have submitted from ' po other ambassador and his wife: V until it kuit evident thai - iha were likely to damageAmrlcan In terests.' . - . 1 .- v.,;.' -,.'".. .'; f j , "About the time of my aoesslen to me vice Presidency, J, wrote, at sres lesnt MeKnueys request, to Mr. and Mra. Storer' taer the president desir ed me to say that Mr. Storer was ul timately t fe made an ambassador. Mr. and Mra. fitorer war arrsatlr in terested in securing the promotion of Arcnusnop Ireland to ae caramel.. I had, and have, a sincere respect and admiration for Archbishop Ireland, a respect and admiration 'which I have often publicly expressed. The letters from .me to Mr., and Mrs. Storer quot ed In Mr. Btorer'a pamphlet give with precision my views both upon Arch bishop Ireland and upon the possibil ity or propriety of my faking In hla behalf tbe steps which the Storers asked, and I can add nothing to what these letters themselves show, WROTE PRESIDENT M'KINLET.' "When they first wrote to me on the subject I waa Governor of New York, . Not being President myself and not having thought out with clearness the exact situation, I ask' ed President McKJnley whether he could properly do anything to help Archbishop. Ireland. He responded that It waa not a matter with which we could with propriety Interfere, al though he expressed himself as hav ing tbe same high opinion of the (vhhlahon that I had. I bad a fur ther conversation with the Preeldsnfl on the subject, either Just before or just after my election as Vice Pres ident In which he stated what he felt was the proper position, a position with which I absolutely agreed. Mr. Storer asserts that he and Mrs. Stor er and various other people, after conversations with me, put down memoranda as to what they remem bered I hd said. If such action was taken. It was, of course, simply dis honorable. As a matter of fact the statements they allege 'me to havo made were not made, save In so far as what they allege me to have said agrees with- what, before and after, I wrote to them." The President says both the Stor ers continually made attacks upon all sorts of people, especially digni taries of their own Church. "At one time Mrs. Storer wrote me with great bitterness against the Protestant mis sions rles who were being sent to the Philippines, at the same time re questing me to champion Archbishop Ireland because he had been loyal to the United States during the war with Spain, which she asserted was not true ss to another Catholic arch bishop whom she named." The President replied saying: "As you know I always treaf Catholic and ProteBtant exactly alike, as I do Jew or' Gentile, or the man of native American, German; Irish or other parentage." STORER' 8 APPOINTMENT URGED. "On September 21. 1901," he says, "Just eight days after President Mc Kinley died, Mra Storer wrote me urging that. I should appoint Mr. Storer to the cabinet The letter ran "please give, him either the navy or war." "She wrote me on October 17, sug gesting the embassies at London- md Paris as fit places for her husband and stating that Mr. Choate and Gen eral Porter were not proper persons tti- i SrtnhdaaartonL In view of tha fntensendlrnAtlon of Mr. and Mra Storer at his being removed from of fice now, there is a certain element of the icomlc In their attempt thus to set me to remove you or Mr. Choate or Mr. Porter for the purpose or giv Ing Mr. Bhorer either a cabinet po sition-or the embassy In England or France. "There remains for ma to discuss but one matter, and that is Mr. Stor- er's assertion in' his pamphlet that although In my letters I persistently refused to ssk the Pope to promote Archbishop Ireland to be a cardinal,' I nevertheless gave aim a verbal message commissioning htm to make the request oa my behalf of tbe Popo. Mr. Storer also asserts that President McKlnley took a similar course, com missioning a gentleman whom he names to ask the appointment of Archbishop Ireland as Cardinal 'as a personal favor to him,' the President, and ss 'an honor to the country.' This Is the direct contrary of what President McKlnley told me was his attitude in the matter. "As for Mr. Storer's assertion that I authorised him to make such a statement as he says he was author ised tomake to the Pope, it is un true. I aave him no such authorisa tion. Mr. Storer proceeds to say that he at once wrote me a letter giving a full account of his visit' to the Vatican and of the message he per sonally gave the Pope. A careful search of. the flies In my office falls to show any such letter from him and neither I nor my secretary, Mr. Loeb who receives and examines all my correspondence, have any remem brance of ever receiving such a letter. I never received from him any letter giving any such account of hla visit to the Vatican and hla conversation with the Pope aa he now says he sent me, OnJDecember 10, 1901. the Presl- dent wrote .Storer. referring to a let ter which Storer had written con cerning the dismissal of one. Hurst In this the President aays: REBUKB FROM PRESIDENT. "Secretary Hay has sent me over a letter (ot yours) to Senator Hanna, Which the latter put before the De partment with a request thst he be given In order to answer you. Sec retary. Hay feels, of course, exceed ingly Indignant - over you having written In such a manner to any outsldec and feejs that there should be some official rebuke. Because of our personal relations, I write in this way to you Instead. Ot course, this amounts to a bitter attack upon the administration, of which you are a psrt You make charges of a grave nature against the Secretary of state and the President under whom you are serving. If these charges were true, that would not. In my opinion. Justify you In writing to the Senator In such fashion., As It happens, they are sbsolutely without foundation." " 'Let me repeat to you that, In reference to matters affecting the Catholic ; Church, events have con clusively shown that while you are ambassador you must keep ebe lute ly clear of any deed or words In Rome or elsewhere . which would seem to differentiate . yqur . position from that of other ambassadors. . .1 shall ask you not to quote me to any person In any shape or way In con nection with any affair ot the Catholic Church.v and yourself not to take action of any kind which will give ground for the' belief that you as an ambassador, are striving to Interfere In the affairs of the Church. ( , ), "With ove to Maria, v. -" -, Kl" u vvv ' "Faithfully yours,' 0 THBODORB? ROOSEVELT.' "In response. Mr. Storer wrote me a " letter' tendering his resignation This. letter of mine shows that I had then never heard from him that he called at the Vatican: and hla abso lute silence at the time show ' thj J STANDABD OIL CO, PBOBEI) r, H, ' . I : REPORT Or 9AKES R. GARFIELD Oensmlssioner of Corporations Give . Special Attention to Investigation , and Transportation of Oil and Op J eratlon of Htaodard Oil Co. WUle- spread System of Railway DlscrUn lnatlona DlMoovered -'3oin petition Largely Eliminated ' Throughout ' Country Because of Retee Given Sundard by Rallroda--KstabUsh-ment of Federal Inspection of Greater Industrial Corporations En gaged In Inter-SUte Commerce Again Urged. Washington, Dec. I. The annual report of Commissioner of Corpora tions, James IV Garfield, made public to-day. devotes' special attention to the Investigation of - the transporta tion of oil and the operations ot the Standard Oil Company. "During the Investigation of the oil Industry," says the report, "it was dis covered that a very widespread sys tem of railway discriminations exist ed in favor of the Standard Oil Com pany, affecting a very large proportion of the country and resulting substan tially In giving to the Standard Oil Company an overwhelming advantage In transportation In almost all sec tions ot the country; that this sys tem had been In existence for a num ber of years, and that largely by vlr ture of It the Standard had been able to restrict or eliminate competition throughout many parts of the coun try and hereafter reap the benefits of monopoly. These railway discrimi nations took various forms, often very ingenious in their nature, and so fully concealed that their existence was very rarely suspected even by the ac tive competitors of the Standard, al though such competitors knew that In general they were doing business at a disadvantage. As a result dur ing the fiscal year indictments con talning 8(193 counts were returned by the various grand Juries. "A most striking; and Important re sult immediately followed the Invest! gatlon of the bureau; the railroads cancelled substantially all the sea ret rates, illegal or Improper discrimina tions, and In many eases the discrim inations In open rates. The shippers of oil advise ths bureau that for the first time In many years they are now rapidly obtaining equality of 'treat ment from the transportation com' panles. "Work on the other phases of the oil industry and the investigations of the tobacco, steel, sugar, and coal in dustries are well advanced; special reports thereon will be made in due course. An Inquiry Into canal and water transportation has been start sd." Commissioner Garfield urges again the necesslty-for the establishment of Federal inspection and supervision of the greater Industrial corporations engaged In Inter-State and foreign commerce. He says It will not inter fere with the power and authority of the States over the corporations cre ated under State laws, and Is not an Invasion ef private rights, but msrely will "restore Individual responsibility and prevent the corporations from being the hiding place of the Irrespon slble, dishonest or corrupt manager." Denial of the rights to engage In Inter-State commerce Is suggested as, the penalty for proved violation of the law. Capt "BUly" Wilson Dead. New Orleans, Dec. 9. Captain "Billy" Williamson, famous ageu turfman, died at the St Charles Ho tel to-nlght Captain Williamson was it years old ana was born in Rich mond, Va. He was prominent on the Confederate eide during the civil war ana accompanied tne Walker expe dition to Nicaragua. Captain Wil liamson ownea several race horses and was noted for placing big beta.' Two Killed at Railroad Crossing. Murfreesboro. Tenn., Dec. 9. While In a buggy attempting to cross the Nashville, Chattanooga A St. Louis Railroad tracks, near here this after noon, j. tu Jjava and wlfa, of Nash ville, Tenn., were run down and kill ed by passenger train No. , south bound. The same train at L rurm. 16 miles north of here, struck mA dangerlously Injured John Elder, a ne gro. . Montgomery, Que., lias $400,000 Fire. Montaromerr. One.. Dsn.' e iri-. . day burned out three buildings In the wuuiesma ary gooa section ef the city. The total loss is 1400,000. The heaviest losers were Canadian Under wear Company, 176,000; Matthews. Tower Company. 195.000: York shlre Importing Company, $80,000. what he says now on the subject la a pure after thought t"On January l, 1904, Storer wrote the Prealdent, aaylng that hla writ ing any letter in the terms he did, 'was inexcusable, 'Inclosed a note of personal apology to Secretary Hay, declared 'all this is no excuse,' eta, and added: "'But for your own sake I should wish thst my leaving the service might be made to appear a volun tary one, In the spring or early sum mer.' , "There could be no fuller confes sion, of wrong doing or more absolute throwing himself upon the mercy of his superiors. . It wss this letter which I, answered saying I 'would treat the Incident as closed and would not accept his resignation and that I wss sure that John Hay felt as I did. With peculiar perfidy Mr. Storer now seeks to turn this act of cordial, and I think I may add generous, friend ship on my part. Into an attack upon me by treating my refusal to. accept his resignation as an Indorsement of his position In the matter of the Va tican, to which there Is absolutely no allusion whatever of Vy kind or sort In his letter of resignation. "This bare recital of facts la In It self the severest possible condemns tloq of Mr.' Storer's dlslngenuousness. v.v, ' 1 ("Very truly yours, ; . tHEODORK, rooskvelt.: i ,"MOT ELIHU ROOT, -:; ,:;.;. "Becretarjr at Btate,-; DYNAMITE Bii INGIESSEVEN TRAGEDr IX AU B. Jt W. TUNNEL The Victims One White Man,. Five Negroes and.' an Indian, whose " Names Have Not Been Ascertained Man' Ordered to Open Up a Box of Dynamite and Complies, With tlie Result that Only a Hmall Frag ment of Hla Remains Is Faund j Mule and Car Hurled Through the ; "Tunnel, and Down the Mountain Side and While the Car Is Wreck ed, the Mule Emerges Unscathed. Special to The -Observer. Marlon, Dec- I.1 The explosion of two cases of dynamite In one of the tunnels on the construction work of the South. & Western Railway Friday night, ' resulting the death of one wthlte man,' flve'xhegroes and one In dian and serious Injury to seven oth ers, deserves more than a passing no tice. .1 The explosion occurred about two hundred feet from the point of the tunnel and about the same distance from tlfe end 'Where the. air drills were being; operated. One of the men was ordered to open up the dynamite and while hammering t'ne lid of one if the cases it xuddenly exploded with terrific restults. The men working on a horizontal line with the explosion were all killed and horribjy mangled. Only a few small fragments of the man who caused the exposlon were found. One man was hurled entirely out of tfne tunnel. Those working above a hor izontal with the explosive were not killed, but were Injured, some severe ly. Every man In the tunnel was more or less Injured. .A mule standing hitched ts a car near the explosion was blown, with Che car, hrough the . portal of the tunnel, and down the side of the mountain. The car was a complete wreck, but the mule came out with out a scratch and after disentangling itself from the wreck, returned to the tunnel, but after sniffing the odor of the explosion and viewing tine scene of death for a few minutes kicked up Its heels snd made a bee line for the stable. The Indian waa sent last night to wnutlcr for interment . The names of the dead and Injured cannot be learned ewlng te the failure to get telephone connections. CAUSES PANIC ON CAR. Man Demented KUJa One Pasaeitgcr and Fatally Wounds Another, and is Himself Mortally Shot by Police, Jackson. 0.r. Dec. . Elmer Mc Ifeal, a demented, coal miner, armed with two revolvers, to-day shot In discriminately at passengers in a crowded trolley ear, Instantly killing Harry White. . . probably, mortally wounding J. D. Van Atta, of Nework, 0.,and severely wounding J. E. Kin nison, superintendent ef the public schools of Jackson. MoNeal waa finally thrown from a car window. Reloading the pistols, he went up town pursued by officers and citizens, who shot him through the head, mortally wounding him after a running fight at Main and Drldge streets. McNeal was twice a patient at the Athens Insane Asylum, but was not violent. He waa not known to any of the vtotlms. A $225,000 FIRE AT MACON, GA. Burden, Smith A Co., Dry Goods Es tablishment Completely Destroyed The Establishment Einployed 135 People. Maren, Oa., Dec. 4. Fire broke out at 9 o'clock to-nlght In the large re tall dry goods establishment of Bur den, Smith & Co., completely destroy ing the Immense stock and building, which fronts oa three streets. The building and stock were completely destroyed, entailing a loeaof f 115,000, and the estimated Insurance about m6,000. The origin of the fire Is not known, though It was discovered on the lower floor of the building snd soon enveloped every-' department! The establishment employed 1(1 peo ple, as an immense stock ot holiday goods had been opened. At 11 o'clock the fire Is underi control, and further damage will be averted. INTENDED LETTER FOR PUBLIC. President Says Mr. Storer Had No Desire to Keep Contents of Letter a Secret Washington, Dec. . President Roosevelt to-nlght requested the Associated Press to say that no hint or intimation of the Bellamy Storer pamphlet containing the correspond ence between thePresldent and Mr. and Mrs. Storer, was given out at the White House. The-fo basss- dor. the President stated, not only sent his "open letter" to members of the cabinet, but to atoleast a dosen members of the Senate- and House. He added that Mr. Storer had no de sire to keep the contents of the pam phlet a secret ana mat undoubtedly it was his desire that the letter And Uts way Into print THE ARGENTINA WATERLOGGED Cantala and Wife and IB Members of Crew Rescued by the Elder-Dempster Steamer So koto, Nassau, N. P.. Deo. ' 9. Captain Frederlcksen, of the Norwegian bark Wellington, his wife and It members of the crew of the vessel were res cued December . In an ' -exhausted condition by the , Elder-Dempster steamer Sokoto, In latitude IS V., longitude W. The Wellington, which sailed from Oulfport Miss., oNvember 12, with a cargo of lum ber for Rosarlo, Argentina, was wa terlogged when deserted. The Soko to -wilt tsfxe Ike, rescued persona to Havana. ( ,. 'm'. - New Assistant Auditor of Atlanta A West iMlnt Railroad. Atlanta, Oa., Dec. The Atlanta A West Point Railroad management will to-morrow announce the appoint ment of w. it. ttmiw assistant au ditor. While thla appointment will be an assistant, It la generally conceded that- Mr. Smith will sucseed F A. Haley, assistant auditor of the' road, January 1, the resignation of the lat ter taking effect on that date, , . - 111 " t..- - -. "Memorial Service to Students. , . . Ithaca, N.' T., Dee. A memorial service for the tour - students and three others . who loat their Uvea In tlfe fire ' that destroyed the Chi Psl fratsrnltv lodse WSS held III But chapel,, on Cornell .campue to-day. Dr. Jams F. - Broaie, ot AUDurndaie, MtlaV pmohed .the germou, MR. BlaELOW'S NEW IDEA . , :..' .-. , : v 'r. "" ' EX -PRESIDENTS AS . SENATORS Th'o Project Excites Much Discussion in Wauiington, But la Not Consid ered Practicable -An Amendment From a Senator The Last of the ' Hough Riders Irovided With Plums Politicians Interested In the . Formation of the ' Roosevelt Third -Term Ixsgue -Intercut In the Forthcoming VNIt of Governor-Elect Hughes to the Capital. Special1 to The Observer. Washington, Dec. 9. A pamphlet recently Issued in New York by John Blgelow, advocating an amendment to the Constitution which would give retiring Presidents geato In tine Unit ed States Senate as "8enators-at-large," .without the neceslty of elec tion by any State, has aroused a great deal of discussion in Washing ton. It seems to be generally agreed that though desirable, the plan Is not practicable. The chief obpection ap pears to be that It would disturb the "equality of the States." upon whlcfn representation In the Senate is based and which, In the' early days of the republic was considered one of the most vital principles of the SRovcrn ment. Historians recall that had not equal representation In the Senate been provided, the constitution would protjably have failed of adoption, hs the smaller States were extremely Jealous of the larger ones and fear ful of their larger representations In the House. A NEW SUGGESTION. One prominent Senator Is forward with the suggestion that ex-Presidents be given seats In the Kenate and voice, but denied the right to vote. While such sn argument might meet the objection against disturbing tine equsllty of the States, It probably would pot prove attractive to ex-Pres- Idents. It would mako tne wearer of such a cut-off togn even of less consequence than Is the Vice Presi dent, snd tho desirability of in some way Increasing the Influence and prestige of the vlre presidential office has long been recognlr.ed. A writer with a taste for research has pointed out that inad It been arranged at the beginning of the re public that retiring Presidents nhnuld become- Senators, there would have been In the chamber during the pe riod of 1841-62 five members of this class Van Ruren. Tyler. Fillmore. Pierce and Buchanan. In 1 8 2 ! -2 6 Adams, Jefferson. Madison and Mon roe would have been sitting; In 1 857- 61 Van Buren. Tyler, Fillmore and i DUma CMnA 1 C C 9 t n niimh.. nf , c.m.inn nt thn ev.nraaMontini ria would never have risen above t wo. I It Is possible that tho very fewness of survivors of presidential term. In any recent time has militated against na-I iioohi action inai woum necp un-m in public life. PLUM TO A ROUGH H1DEK. It was agreed some time ago that the last- of President Roosevelt's Rough Riders had been appointed to Federal office, but tho incorrectness of the agreement waa demonstrated u k nn It var a u a nnonneiiil hhat IiVtn A ! Mi llhennv of New Organs, had been I selected-for-civll-servlce commissioner As a member of the now famous regi ment Mr. Mcllhenny won renown through his brave deeds In the San Juan fight and Mr. Roosevelt as commander of the regiment person ally complimented the young private and elevated ihlm to a second lleuten ancy That was wnen Mr. Mclinenny was comparatively unknown to Col. Roosevelt, but the letter In hie book on tne Kougn rciaers, manes eiaoo- Qauyra, last Monday. The Prost rate reference to the "gallantry and dent Is described as being very 111. daring of John A. Mcllhenny." He made the trip from Caracas In After the Spanish-American war bod. When ho arrived at Macuto ho Col. Roosevelt communicated with appeared to be absolutely uncon Mr. Mcllhenny. and following tjnl w.loUB. u , generally believed that came Bevarni viviia iu iicw i ui k .i the request of the Rough Rider com mander. An Intimate friendship was established, and when Mr. Roosevelt wen ent Into the White House the visits continued. In return tor this hospl- c tallfv Mr MoTlhonnv and In Is famllv lV.i.-i'j V.i'l Tii.. ii i. tUlritllIlU OllBW AllLtl iVUUBr.vru ill ihe wt Uiere to attend the carnival festivities. She spent two days on the Mcllhenny plantation on Avery Island, Iberia Parish, and became fast friends with every member of the Mc- llh.nn. kmiuhnlil WHan Prml il o n t Roosevelt made his hurricane tour of the South last year Mr. Mcllhenny wss delegated as one of the escort to the President from Washington. snd Mr. Roosevelt wss a guest at the home of his friend wlhlle In New Orleans. Avery Tsland Is named for the mother of Mcllhenny. Mr. Mcllhenny Is 36 years old. He Is a Democrat and a member of the Louisiana Ren ate from Iberia parish. THE THIRD TERM LEAGUE. Pollticans In Washington sre more than ordinarily- Interested In the for mation at Chicago of the Roosevelt Third-Term National League, the purpose of which is to secure the con tinuance in office of the present Chief Executive. The avowed purpose of the league to secure five million mem bers and to Ignore the politicians. Is riot calculated to weaken Washing ton Interests. Everybody would like to know what Mr. Roosevelt thinks about It but Mr. Roosevelt won't tell. Of recent months he has displayed such mani fest annoyance when the subject of a third term mentioned that no one now has the temerity tn broaoh the matter in his hearing. Mr. Roosevelt talks a good deal at times, and at other times he keeps his own counsel with a pertinacity most annoying for tlnose who would like to know his thoughts. The President's position regarding a third term Is very sim ple. Having snnounced that he did not want and would not accept a third term, there Isn't anything, he could say now except to repeat un less there should be a change In his position. Mr. Roosevelt Inlmself out lined this as his position to a gentle man who called on mm at Oyster Bay last summer, and he supplement- d It with the statement that should he change his mind he would at once take the American people Into Wils confidence. Until the President anounoes there- fore-, that, his mind has chsnged. lt Is only fair to reckon him out of the presidential ronslderatton. Such or- gsnlsatlons aa the Chicago Third- Term League might Inelp the Prosl- dent to change ii iiiiiiu. uul ne iimm , i . w . . . w not as yet given any Indication that he Is weakening in nia stand. VISIT OF MR. HUGHES'. People who are Interested In New York politics, and 'most people are, are looking forward to the announc ed visit Of Governor-elect Hughes to Washington for the purpoae of con ferring with President Roosevelt Sev eral oenfllctlng statements (have been - Mmupiins Th i vrm mAi ki.n . tw that he waa coming to Washington at thla time was emphatically -donled by the senior Nsw York Senator. -The latter stated that he had received, letter from Mr. Hughes to this effect The ' Oovernor-elect, however, states thai Mr. Piatt 1 taUtaken about tha letter; that ha haa' written no letter and that the accepted' an invitation some time ago to dine 'with Mr. Roosevelt on the evening; of Decem ber 11. '. ' , ' "I believe," ald ! itepresentatlve Fassett of the Elmlra," N V., district, "that Governor Hughes la going to make good In every way In the Gov ernor's chair. He Is a strong, able, and fearless man. He Uiaa a great opportunity before him. . My oplnon has been that Mr. Roosevelt would almost be forced to run again, but next to Mr. Roosevelt the most com manding figure that will be on the Republican horizon In 1908 will be Charles B. Hugties. In other words. If circumstances and conditions do not compel Mr. Roosevelt to take the nomnlatlon for President Governor Hughes, it seems to me, would be the most likely man to be selected." Justice Harlan's denial that ifte haa any Intention of running for Governor qf Kentucky, has disposed of what promised to be sn Interesting political situation. Just how the story originated Is what a good many people would like to find out. Justice Harlan is eligi ble for retirement on full pay, but his health Is good and he Is In love with his work, and his friends say that 'tie has not the slightest Idea of retiring for many a day to come. After Mr. Moody Is confirmed two members of the Supreme Court will be appointees of Mr. Roosevelt. The possibility of the question of the con stitutionality of an Income tax again coming before tho Supreme Court in the near future makes any changes In tho personnel of tho court of more' than passing Interest. TRAGEDY AT HIGH PoivT. One Negro Shoots Another to Death Ylctlni Was Attempting to Use a Knife On His Assailant When Fatal SliotH Wore Fired. Hpcx-Jitl to Tin' Obsvrver. , High Tolnt, Dec. 9. - This morning at ll'JOo'clock Chas. I-ybtirn shot to death Jim Snides, both parties being colored, in the "hollow" In the eastern part of the city. Five shots wore tired In rapid suc resslon, one of them prnelrHUng the mouth and going through the hraln, which caused Instant death. In the dead man's right hand was held a knife with a long shap blade and which Clyhurn claims, as well as eye witnesses, that Snides waa attempting to use on him when tha latter was killed. As soon as t'lyburn emptied the con tents of till pistol and saw Hnldea fall 1 to the ground he ran up town. loadlnn his pistol ns he wunt and followed by a crowa or iiii rmes. rne omcers who naa r n n 1 1 I H 01 1 i f Mis hrwtl lrr nrarn haat enlng in the direction whsn thev met ...h.IPn t V. - I K V. . ( dlatelv surrendered himir tn th nr. ,: nis person was rouno a pistol w'"1 ,!Thlhnm.brjMl0'.'3,t1 th .ft' ro ..oh excited sVclS me g. In. 4 ttiat h ,BI jU8tlned in killing his an- tagonlst. Clyhurn has somewhat a reputation ss a. "shooter." having shot two men In the past few years. Not long ago he shot I negro In I-ane.iHtrr and served a sen tence for it. anil Inter shot his cousin In the leg at this place for which he served a three-months sentence on the county ruHu PRESIDENT CASTRO VERY ILK Moved to Little Seatcoast Village of Macuto Made the Trip In Bed Insurrection Movement Being Or ganlsed by .(imur-ifmcmdm, anEf i (evolutionary. Fort de France. Martinique, Deo, Reliable advices received hers from Venezuela set. forth that Presl- dent Castro was moved down to tha mtlo seaport village of Macuto, near ho has no chance of recovery, Violent worded posters have been circulated In Caracas declaring thai no one Is to-day deceived regsrdtng n f Pre8ldent Ca8tro.B , ess and Insisting thst the exercls. r . .. g that tne exercise of the executive power be assured through a Vice President, as Is pro- vldcd for In the constitution For a long time past, the poster continues, only routine government matters havo been attended to and Important questions are being held In abeysnce. General Paredes. an ex-revolutlon- ry. tiow In exile. Is organising a serious insurrectionary movement and declares that he will soon take the field. Ho claims to have 15,000 rifles at his disposition. HODGE HELD FOR MURDER. Clyde Jones, Wliovn He Shot Dies of Ills Wounds His lAt Statement Waa That Shooting Was Unpro voked Murder. Observer Bureau, The Hollaman Building Raleigh,. Doc. 9. Clyde Jones, Snot last evening in the abdomen by Ed Hodge on the street here, died to-day. His state ment wss that the killing was unpro voked murder, and that there had been no previous quarrel. Hodge claims It wss accidental. The police say Hodge Is a tough character and that they are told hla father made him leave home. They say also he was drinking when he committed the murder. Jones was employed by a farmer nine miles from Raleigh, and his character Is said to have been ex cellent. Hodge, when he ran and tried to force his way through the city to his horse, threw sway hla pis tol. He hsd nearly fifty rsrtrldges on his person. He Is held for murder In the first degree. MUST REFUND MONEY. Matnal and New York Life Insur ance Companies Called Upon to Refund Money Paid for Flection eerlng for Administration Ticket Nashville, Tenn., Dec. t State Commissioner of Insurance Folk yesterday sent telegrams to the Mutual and New York Life Insurance companies, giving them 10 days in which to refund certain amounts of policyholders' money. The Mutual, he charges, used several thousands of dollars as compensation and ex- penses for agents to electioneer foe thB administration ticket and eltea tn evidence. To New York Life offlru 10 days are given to turn nto , treasury money spent for .. .,, rir,tli.tinir 100.000 ad. ministration ballots. MiHi - iMiinn . wm Feud Between Russian Nationalist and Socl-lists Grows, , . Lods, Russian Poland, Dec. l.--By the recent closing down of factories here. SA.000 persona ar without food, demonstrations by - lawless persons are t Increasing and the feud he J. "Z b-lns renrwed; M Laborera laborer -la being reneweo. iiKrera the Nationalist and-Hociailst Ave Nationalists and wounded ,19. , ui ,i ' ii i ii 1 1 ii i ' -i r ' 't - Ferdinand Bmnetler Ded. s .' iparl;.'';!).: .-i-Ferdlnand .Bru'n? Here,' the Academician and write;, la dead. Ua nra born la . FACES A BUGI0US CBISIS DEADLOCK IS MOW COMPLETE. Pope's Eleventh-Hour Rejection of the Government's Final Proffer Under, Which Catholic Worship Could Bo -Continued I'ndcr the Common Law iToves Only Too True Parlth i I'ricRts Must Remain In Churohe . Until Driven Out By Violence Of iitial Confirmation of the Conununi- t ' cation Has Created Sensation Both';'"-, in Government and Catholic Clr- clea. Paris, Dec. . France to-nlght, ' . seems to face an alarming religious crisis. Last night's report of the Pope's eleventh-hour rejection of the ' , government's final proffer under which- Catholic worship could be continued' under the common law turns out to 4 ' be only too true, and the deadlock 1 now is apparently complete. Action -to tho Holy Father's declaratons under, i' tho law of 1 K 1 are prohibited, but''- ' the parish priests must Temaln In ; their churches until driven out by ' violence. , v The official confirmation of this"'' communication has created a sensa-'; " tlon, both In government and Cath- " , ollc circles. Cardinal Lecot. arch-, '. ' bishop of Gordeuux, Archlblshop Ger-' ' -main and others who already had ad vlserl compliance v.tth the law, have' " "' hastily Instructed the ii.irlsh priests" of their diocese th;i t ih-ir former ad- vice Is null and voiil, and t-,'ay In ' all the churches of Paris, bishops and i priests, after mass, read the letter '' from Cardinal Richard, on construe- ' tlon In view of communlcatlong the 1 decision of the Holy See to "K us vices' ,r In the churches, hut annum from any "' doclaraton," and Cardinal Richards' " own Instruction In view of the order Issued by the prefect of tho Seine yesterday not to permit for the pres- f cnt the employment of ceremonial - draperies at marriages or funerals. I The Chtarch wardens, whose legal. existence expires next Tuesday, were ':, thanked to-day from the pulpits of the various churches. Prayers were jj. offered for the protection of God dur- v, Ing the coming period of persecution. yV Tho government regards the action , r of the pontiff as little lees than a . " summons of the French Catholics to ' open rebellion, ss rendering the sit uation exceedingly grave and pos sibly entailing the ' most desperate consequences. Premier Clemenceau and M. Brland,' minister of public worship, were In ; conference all day to-day. There is no sign of the government falterng, i but it recognizes that It may be fore- ed to resort to extreme measures. M.i Hrland said to-day that the decision of the Pope was entirely unexpected, j "Tho encylical is very grave," said Mr. Brland. "While condemning the . law of 1906, It ad vised Recourse te the (. common law. Although the refusal : to form cultural associations wss. In . my opinion, an error, and to the detri ment of the Church, It was the ,. Church's legal rght so to refuse. In a spirit of conciliation, out of re. . spect to tho conscience of the French Catholics, snd In order to do nothing f to disturb peace and tranquility, the - government thereupon prescribed thla -easy means of continuing worship by ". a single declaration In accordance. -with the law of 1881. . ; "The Pope's brutal order to tha " Clergy, to rejest-this offer practically v Incites them to violate the laws of the country. 1 He no longer acts ss tha -sptritusl head of the Church, as tha -canonical objections sgalnst the law. " of 1906 cannot be Invoked against that of 18 81. The Pope now assumes a' - -political, leadership, and the vital1 question Is whether the Catholics of.'". France will consent to follow him or not. If they do the government will' I-. act with even greater energy because, of the tolerance it has manifested. ,'.' heretofore. Every violation of the law will be prosecuted and further more special measures, legislative and' otherwise, may be taken." The especial measures referred to ' v by M. Brland are those Intimated by ' '-. Premier Clemenceau in the Chamber; '. of Deputies, namely to strip the clergy ';",. of Its privileges, compel them to per-' '' form military service, and as a last resort, to treat them as foreign sub v; Jccts. Militant Catholics are rejoicing at';.:, the stern attitude of the Pope. A re- '" llglous organ says the faithful caa ' now face the future with serenity aad "show ths persecutors of the Church . thst the Daughters of Eternity die- daln the efforts of wicked men and ' " will triumph In the end. ? The decision of tho Vatican, which" ts In the form of answers to specifier ' ' questions, may be summarised aa fol- v , lows: Parish priests, vicars, etc., must r- '','? main passive snd may not co-operate In any act of sequestration, but If the) " bishop considers thst the refusal of -the treasurer to surrender the keya ". may cause grave consequences he can permit them to do so on condition ; -that they do not sign any document-,. consecrating the spoliation: bishop may authorise Catholo officials to., participate In sequesters if the refus al would endanger positions necessary ", -" for maintenance of their families, but ' ' ' parish priests and other Catholics , cannot participate In acts of seques- tratlon In any manner unless tne ae : . ... questered ecclesiastical property is permitted to pay rent to the publlo , ,'' admlnlstrstor, or unless the contract cannot be broken without heavy lossf ' churches, presby teries. Episcopal man-1- . slons. seminaries, etc., which are sets- ed cannot be rented except in case of . . absolute necessity and after the ad . mlnlstrstor hss signed a declaration not to attempt In any case to abridge ' the liberty of the lessee; If called to. the colors ecclesiastics must respond. - DR. W. L. DUDLEY PRESIDENT. ) Will Serve Next Term aa Head of, ,, Inter-Colleglate Athletle Assocla- . tlon Clctnson College .Next Meet ing Place. -i'. - , -': o - run ' a A . . iwa : PDWHIUVl AVIIB,.. V U annual meeting of the Bootaern In- . ter-Collegiate Association. Just closed here, Dr. W. L. Dudley, of Vanderbllt University, was elected president and . Clemson College, the second Friday la December, 1107, was chosen aa the place and - time foe the next regular meeting.. . " .The , "constitution 4 r ""V, amended to .limit to four ykrs. i participation of a student in inter-, coleglata - contests. The rVMgnatlon . of Tulone and the Florida State Uni versities were accepted.', "The Agri cultural and Mechanical College at. Ralelgin, N. C having been black listed because of . violation of a by law, the president was empowered to remit ", the penalty apon receiving promises of no further vlolaUons ot the rules of the association. - . . , i It was declared the sense of the association thst students should not be permitted, to engage In poet-season football. ', v ' , , ', . ". Shah's Condition Unimproved. A Teheran. Dec tv The condition of the Shah waa no worse to-Usy. par liament has demanded an lmni l ! answer from the government w ii. - -ee tha CoastituUen la to be skn not , v,' ;,.: .j--- i. . V f . V' ,'';' ' ' . .,v". :,'..; '-;' rC - V. '. '' . i' . ' ' ' ; 1 . -, ri r
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Dec. 10, 1906, edition 1
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