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The Weather Todays Showers. The News and Observer. Volume LV. No. 98. ILaswOs aOQ Ktoipttfo ©aupceDßnnai IMOy Pffl[p®DPß fi® E®ftDn ffitmaO ©dremOffiflta BREAKING LINKS IN THE DEFENSES n*'lt S * Tk ree Forts at Port Ar —- thur Captured. SUCH IS THE REPORT It Lacks, However, Official Confirma tion—The Capture of These Forts is Said to Have Followed An All Day Battle Sunday. (By the Associated Press.) Tokio. .June 29. (3:30 p. in.) —It is unofficially reported that the Chlk- Wan-Shan, Chit-An-Shan ami So-clio shau forts southeast of and part of the Port Arthur defenses were captur ed on Sunday after au all day light, beginning with an artillery duel. .So- Clio-Shan, it is added, was first cap tured and tlie other forts fell soon al ternants. The Russians retreated west, leaving forty tlead. . The num ber of wounded lias not been ascer tained. The Japanese force consisted of all branches of the service. The Japanese lost three officers and a hun dred men killed or wounded and cap tured two guns and a quantity of am munition. The officials here do not confirm the report. General Japanese Advance. (By the Associated Press.) Hai Cheng, June 29.—The Japanese are continuing’ to advance from Siu- Yen and Feng-Wang-Cheng. General Oku is also moving north from Senu- Chen. General Samsonoff is contest ing his progress, but is not offering serious resistance. The Japanese force advancing from the Mo-Tien-Pass (?) is composed of at least three regi ments and ten batteries of artillery. A force of equal strength is advanc ing from Fen-Shiu Pass on the high road to Liao Yang. The flank move on the latter is supported by a col umn marching from Saimatsza. Russian Ironclads Collide. (By the Associated Press.) Oronstadt, June 29.—The Russian battleship Navarian, while returning to her anchorage today was rammed by the Russian iron-clad Xetron Menia. which struck her amidships. The damage to the Xavarin is not se rious. though it may he necessary to dry-dock the vessel. It is believed mat the period required for repairing the battleship will not be a long one. Conditions In Port Arthur. (By the Associated Press.) Chicago. June 29.—A special to the Chicago Daily News from Chefoo. says: Eight refugees who left Port Ar thur in a Chinese Junk were picked up this morning. They belonged to the upper class. The information they gave seems reliable, they stated that the Russian fleet now consists of the following ships In good condition: The Czarevitch. Retvizan. Pobieda, Peresviet, Poltava. Askold, Diana. Bayan. Xovik and twenty torpedo craft and smaller boats. The torpe do transport Amur is damaged and the battleship Sevastopol slightly damaged, hut they can soon be re paired. There are 12,000 sailors and 40,000 soldiers in the fortress. Women are la-gely employed as nurses. There are 250 artisans and 24,000 citizens. These 24,000 have now been drafted into the army and are drilling daily. There is plenty of food, but tho gov ernment is controlling prices in order to prevent speculation. The refugees also stated that owing to the jeers of the army the fleet was forced to make its recent demonstration of June 23 in order to preserve the morals of the garrison. STATE ACIHTOII'S REPORT. This Issued Yesterday for the Fiscal Year Ending September JO. 1903. . The annua' report of tho State Au ditor, Hon. B. F. Dixon, was issued yesterday. This is for the fiscal year ending November 30, 1903. It is is sued in two parts, tho first contain ing 330 pages, the second 228 pages. The report shows tho condition of the State Treasury on tho first of De cember. 1903, when th.# total cash balance on hand was $161,259.79; the source of educational receipts, the cash balance of whi-h was $31,957.09. tfir amount loaned for building school houses being $63,413.78; the disburse ments Tor educational purposes, re ceipts and disbursements of the pub lic funds and the amount of receipts and disbursements for each fiscal year from IS6S to 1903, inclusive, this showing total recipts in 1903 of $2,- 371.636.60. disbursements $2,322,404.- 24. In part two the number value of the different subjects of taxation are given, with gross tax for State., pen sion. school and county purposes, with comparative statements, and a full re capitalation of returns by counties. The statement of the interest bear i„g and non-interest bearing debt of the State is given as follows: Four per cent consolidated debt bonds $3:408.950; four per cert prison debt bonds, $110,000; four per cent orison farm bonds. $60,000; four per cent State debt bonds, $300,000. Total four per cent interest-bearing debt. $3,878,950. Total six per cent inter est-bearing construction bonds, $2 - 720,000. Total present interest-bear ing debt. $6,598,950. The old fund able bonds not yet presented will re quire. if all are presented, four per cent consolidated bonds, $210,520; six per cent ojd .construction bonds unre deemed, $22,000, making a total debt, interest and non-interest-bearing, $6,- 831,270. DELEGATES AT LARGE. The Votes These Received in the State Convention. There has not as yet been pub lished the sum total of the votes re ceived by tho several gentlemen who were voted for at the Democratic State convention in Greensboro as delegates at large and alternates to the Democratic convention. The total vote of each, and the se lections were as follows: Delegates.—Locke Craig, 1,033 1-2; Julian S. Carr, 986; John E. Wood ard, 74 9; E. J. Hale, 74 7 1-2. Alternates.—C. L. Watson, 707; Kope Elias, 434 1-2; C. O. MeMichael, 160 1-2; J. A. Lockhart. 3S. Other votes were; George Roun tree, 14 from Duplin; John R. Web ster, 10 from Burke; R. A. Dough ton, 5 from Alleghany. AT MOREHEAD CITY. Rumor Has it That the State Military Will Encamp There. Xo official notice is as yet available as to where, the State military is to hold its encampment this year. The “war department” of the State is “mum” in the matter. It is rumored, however, that More head City has been selected. It is not known how authentic this Is. but the report is published for what it is worth. IT IS WILLIAMS As Temporary Chairman He’ll Sound the Dem ocratic Keynote. By FHED L. 'MERRITT. Washington, D. C., June 29. Though the temporary chairman of the Democratic National convention cannot be formally chosen until the executive committee meets in St. Louis next week, it is a practical cer tainty that Representative John Sharpe Williams, the minority floor leader in the House, Avill he selected for that honor. In that capacity Mr. Williams will sound the key-note of ihe campaign. His record as his par ty’s leader In the last session of Con gress shows he is eminently qualified to do this. He has the confidence of his party and is deemed the best man in it to reply to the speech delivered by Mr. Root at the opening of the Re publican convention, and to attack the Republican platform and record. Coming to Diamond Shoal. Lightship. Xo. 72, Captain John Hansen, has sailed from Baltimore, bound for the lightship station on the Diamond Shoal, off Cape Hatter as, to relieve lightship Xo. 71. which is just completing a fewr months trip of duty. On July 1 light vessel. Xo. 72, will be placed on the station about five and three-eighths miles southeasterly from the Easterly point of the outer Diamond Shoal. Among the Various States. The million dolars appropriated ny Congress to provide arms and equip ment for the organized militia was to day apportioned. among the various States and Territories. The sum al loted to North Carolina is $23,937.24. A similar amount is given to Vir ginia and Tennessee. South Carolina gots only $17,952.53, while Georgia s shaie is $25.932.01. The largest ap propriation goes to New York, which receives $77,796.03. Pennsylvania’s is second largest, $6<,822.18 and Illinois is third with $53,858.79. The small est appropriation is 55,234.54. received by Delaware, Idaho, Montana, Ne vada, Utah and New Mexico. Church at Pine Forest Dedicated. (Special to the News and Observer.) Goldsboro. X. C., June 29.—Pine Forest's new church was dedicated last Sunday. Rev. W. D. Sasser, of Kenansville, preached in the morning and Rev. Dr. F. D. Swindell, of this city, in the afternoon. The new church is a beautiful building and will stand as a monument to the un tiring efforts of those good people and will shed its influence over and cast its arms of love and protection around them and their children long after many of us have gone to our reward. The Bay Mi nett© and Fort Morgan. (By the Associated Press.) Mobile. Ala.. June 2 9.—The organi zation of the Bay Minette and Fort Morgan Railroad company has been effected with a capitalization of $200,- 000. The incorporators are T. P. Han son, W. W. Gluey and W. D. Staple ton. of Baldwin county. The road is to be sixty miles long, running from Bay Minette on the line of the Louisville & Nashville Raii road to Fort Morgan, on the Gull. Heal Estate Transfers. Two transfers of Wake county real estate were recored yesterday as fol lows: J. Brown and L. J. Brewer, of Mecklenburg county, conveyed to B. F. Sanders, of Wake, twenty as-res of land in Swift Creek township, the consideration being $l5O. W. N. Jones, trustee, of Raleigh, conveyed to John Spence forty-five acres of land in St. Mary's township tlie consideration being $l5O. Sometimes the proof of the pudding is the undertaker's little bill. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1904. DEATH FOLLOWS PANIC ON DELFIN Over a Score Drowned in Russian Boat. IT WAS A SUBMARINE Water Splashing Into Manhole Created .. . i Consternation Among Novices on Board, and Efforts to Es cape Resulted in the Tragedy. (By the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg, June 29. —6:02 p. m. —The submarine boat Delfln sank at her moorings in the Neva, off the Bal tic. shipbuilding yard at 11 o’clock this morning with the loss of an officer. Lieutenant Cherkasoff. and twenty men. The accident was due partly to the excessive number of the crew, mostly inexperienced men, and chiefly to the unfortunate attempt of a man to escape while his comrades were screwing down the manhole. The officers and men detailed for submarine boat instructions had as sembled at the Baltic yard and three officers decided to go down in the Delfln, although her captain was not present, relying on the experience of her skilled crew. A score of novices were anxious to go with the three officers. The Delfln’s nominal capacity is ten men, instead of which thirty two entered the boat, bringing her manhole in dangerous proximity to the river level. Just then a tug passed sending a heavy wash against the boat. As soon as the water splashed into the submarine boat's Interior, it created a panic among the novices, and one of them tried to get out of the manhole, which the older hands were screwing down preparatory to the descent. 'V submerging compartment having ready been opened. The water rush ed in, and as the submerged vessel sank like a stone, the officers and some of the men were saved by being blown up through the manhole by the rush of escaping air. The Delfln shortly afterward was raised. Lieutenant Elaguln, who was one of the officers saved, said to the correspondent of the Associated Press: “The tragedy was like a dream. I remember a sickening sense of suffo cation from the fumes of the storage batteries and then a rush of air and water. The next thing I knew was that I was ashore." The Delfin Is Russia’s best sub marine boat. She was designed by Naval Architect Boubnoff and Captain Beklemisheff and underwent a suc cessful trial in 190 3. On the Diamond. (By the Associated Pess.) National League. At St. Louis — R. H. E. St. Louis ...00000000 I—l 8 2 Chicago . . .laoso 00 11 —8 17 1 Batteries: Sanders, ti’Neill and Grady; Lundgren and Kling. At ew York — R. H. E. Boston .. ..00 1 00000 o—l 5 2 New York ..01 110 10 0 *—4 8 4 Batteries: Willis and Needham; Mc- Ginnity, Warner and Bowermau. At Philadelphia— R> IL E. Brooklyn . ..03300000 2 —B 10 2 Philadelphia 0120200 0 I—6 7 3 Batteries: Cronin and Bergen; Dug gleby, Sparks and Roth. American League. At Chicago — R- H. E. Chicago .. .0 0022 10 0 I—6 13 2 St. Louis ...1 2000 011 2—7 7 3 Batteries: Smit and Sullivan; Siever and Sugden. Southern League. At Atlanta — R. H. E. Atlanta 0113 00 0 0 * —s 5 4 Nashville.. .0 0020 00 0 o—2 4 4 Batteries: Bridges and Clarke; Freeman and Bennett. At Memphis— R. H. E. Memphis . . .0 0000 00 5 * —s 7 3 New Orleans 10002000 o—3 8 1 Batteries: Ehret, Hurlburt and Fritz; Lee and Fox. South Atlantic League. At Augusta— R. H. E. Jacksonville 30000000 I—4 5 3 Augusta .. .0 0010 01 0 2—4 7 2 Batteries: Persons and Curran; Lu cas and Roth. (Game called for Jacksonville to catch train.) At Charleston — R. 11. E. Charleston 001001000 o—2 2 0 Columbia ..0 000020 0 0 o—20 —2 5 2 Batteries: Childs and Lehman: Reynolds and Shea. (Game called, darkness.) At Savannah — R. H. E. Savannah . ..0 0104 00 1 o—60 —6 11 2 Macon . . ..00000010 o—l0 —1 3 2 Batteries: Welch and Holmes; Whipple and Quinn. A Wealthy Planter Killed. < By the Associated Press.) Mobile, Ala.. June 29. —A telegram was received in Mobile today telling of the killing of John H. McDuffie, a wealthy planter at River Ridge. Mon roe county, by Sonny English, anoth er planter. Details are lacking. Mr. McDuffie was highly regarded. He assisted in the capture of Rube Bur rows, the noted outlaw and train rob ber, several years ago. CASTLE OH BOTH SPITS BRIMSTONE “Teetotle” Birds War ble Wrathfully. CHIRPS FOR MILES Some Desire Him For President While Others Are For Oliver Stewart— Meanwhile Castle Blows Sul phur Over Democrats and Republicans. (By the Associated Press.) Indianapolis, Ind., June 29.—The boom for General Nelson A. Miles for the Prohibition nomination for presi dent, was given a decided forward movement by a public meeting of dele gates and visitors at the State House, following the adjournment of. the af ternoon session of the convention. Fifteen hundred people were present, of whom over four hundred wore delegates badges. Alonzo E. Wilson, the Illinois State chairman, presided. John G. Woolley, of Chicago, editor of The Voice, gave evidence as to Gen eral Miles’ position. He said he had been in close communication with General Miles during the past six weeks by letters, visits and conversa tions. “I do not know that he will accept the nomination,” said Mr. Woolley, but I believe be will. I told him I was coming to Indianapolis to assist in his nomination unless he forbade. He did not forbid me and if he were to allow me to come under these cir cumstances and then decline the nomination he is not the sensitive gon tl man he should be." Conversations with General Miles w re related by Mr. Woolley, i.i which < neral Miles said the Prohibitionists .lid w co' ' i • *oi „ ’’ this one issue. General Altlefc was quoted as saying there would soon be a breaking up of old parties and in the realignment the liquor question would he one of the vital issues. General Miles was quoted on au thority of the Jlev. D. B. Turney, of Illinois, as having said he voted the Prohibition ticket in the last election and as being for the past four years a total abstainer. The new National Prohibition com mittee, elected today, met tonight and organized by electing the following officers: Chairman—Oliver W. Stewart. Chi cago. Vice-Chairman —A. G. Wolfenbarg er, Lincoln. Neb. Secretary—-James A. Tate, Harri man. Tenn, Treasurer —Samuel Dickie, Albion, Michigan. It was stated by an official of the committee that a majority is opposed to the nomination of General Miles, and in favor of a single issue plat form. The National committee includes these members: Florida —A. K. Izler, Francis True blood; North Carolina. Edwin Shaver, J. M. Templeton; Tennessee. James A. Tate. A. D. Reynolds: Virginia, G. M. Smithdeal, J. W. Bodley. The eonvention was called to order by National Chairman Oliver W. Stewart, of Chicago, who p resented Homer L. Castle, of Pittsburg, as temporary chairman of the conven tion. Mr. Castle said in part: “That canker worm of the West polygamy, today bolus at bay our Uni ted States Senate and its power is so great that the greatest law-making assemblage of this country, composed of Republicans and Democrats dare not strike because there is a national election at hand. This problem must De solved by a braver lot of men than Republican and Democratic Sena tors.” Referring to the saloon problem Mr. Castle asked; “Where is the political aggregation that can be trusted to cope with these evils? Shall it be that crowd of in sane, be-collered men who gathered last week in Chicago to do the bid ding of the hero of bloodless San Juan and place a Democratic secretary in charge of their National committee and coax some one of even semi national reputation to agree to run second to this despoiler of every trust except the whiskey trust? Shall we trust that crowd of uncaged hyenas who will convene next week in St. Louis Their chief occupation seems to bo to dig in some grave yard and cover the bones of some by-gone dead issue.” At the aft? noon session, A. G. Wolfenbarger, of Lincoln. Neb., was elected permanent chairman. Mr. Wolfenbarger in his address said he hoped the convention would adopt a platform broad enough but not too broad. Continuing, Mr. Wolfenbarger said: “I am not afraid of this convention bein° stampeded to or from any man If it” is right that this convention choose the grand old Indian lighter (prolonged cheers) who was turned aside by the hero of San Juan Hill with a sneer although no mark stood against him. well and good. If we do not choose to do that, we need not confine ourselves to military men Wo have been at masterful and matchless leader of America’s young manhood! Oliver W. Stewart." (Pro longed cheers, delegates standing and waving hats, handkerchiefs and Hags). Alr Wolfenbarger mentioned seve-, rJl i ‘; her party leaders and some one shouted "»" d Wolfenbarger. of Ne- braska.” There was another prolonged demonstration. After the reports of credentials and rules were adopted a recess was ta ken until 8 p. m. lIE S BRINGING THE ANTS. It is Now Time for the 801 l Weevil to Get White In the Gills. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, D. C., June 29.—Sec retary Wilson and Dr. B. F. Galloway, the Director of 'the Bureau of Plant Industry, today received the first ad vices - from Dr. O. F. Cook, the depart ment's traveling agent, since the latter started from Guatemala with the new ly discovered ants intended to wipe out the boil weevils in the cotton dis tricts. Dr. Cook cables from Puerto Cortez, Mexiso, that he will arrive at New Orleans on July 4th, with 89 colonies of these ants. Ik will imme diately proceed to the Texas cotton districts to begin the campaign against the weevils. The experimental colonization of these ants probabl ywill be instituted first at Victoria, Texas. The location of the colonies hinges largely on soil questions, the shade-like soil being most conducive to the success of the experiments. A letter received by the department today from Dr. Cook says that the colonies should he located in districts affording a loose and moist sub-soil, but well drained. He says the ants will have to be kept under careful observation for a considerable period and must be protected from birds and other dangerous birds until the colonies have had time to increase materially. The ants come from the department of Alta Vera Paz, Guate mala. Dr. Cook writes from Salama and says that contrary tomany re ports there is no field culture of cot ton there. THE NEED OF DIXIE A Notable Address at the National Educational Association. (By the Associated Press.) World’s Fair Grounds. St. Louis, ><>.- The ” :C-nal Educa tional Association, wnich began its second day’s session today will not reach the election of officers until to morrow. No candidates for the presi dency have been announced, but in dications point to the election of W. H. Maxwell, superintendent of schools of Greater New York. O. J. Kern, superintendent of schools of Winnebago county, Rock ford, Ills., discussed at length “The Educational Possibilities for the Country Child in the United States.” “The Educational Need of the South.” was the subject of an address by Jbhn Herbert Phillips, superin tendent of the schools of Birmingham Ala. Superintendent Phillips said in part: “The public school as a factor in Southern life is a comparatively mod ern Institution. Outside a dozen cities there can be found today but few men and fewer women who have re ceived even a part of their training in the public school. The masses who patronize the schools of the South to day do so on account of their grow ing faith in the State supported school as an institution of democracy. The primary need of the South to day is a mqre liberal infusion of this spirit of true democracy as repre sented by Jefferson a hundred years ago, the realization of the American ideal which opens wide for every child, of whatever ,race or color, the door of opportunity. “A second fundamental condition of educational progress is found in the Southern industrial and economic development. “The third condition of educational development in the South is found in her complicated sociological problem. Here lies the chief obstacle. While the South is not indifferent 1o the problem of negro illiteracy she has reached tho deliberate and solemn conclusion that her greatest and most serious problem is the illiteracy nf her native white population. While the Southern States have only 24 per cent of the total white population of the United States they have 64 per cent of all the white illiterates over ten years of age in the country. The needs of the rural South are today enlisting the earnest attention of our best thinkers, and the present edu cational movement in the breadth of its scope, the earnestness of its spirit and the intensity of its ardor is with out a parallel in Southern educational history.” MONEY TO ARM AND EQUIP. Tlie Militia ol’ This State Will Get $23.9J7. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, June 29,—Acting Sec retary Oliver, of the War Depart ment, has made the usual annual al lotment of the $1,000,000 appropriat ed by Congress to provide arms and equipments for the organized militia of the United States. The money is apportioned to Southern States as fol lows: Alabama, $21,942; Arkansas, $17,- 952; Florida, $9,973; Georgia, $25,- 932; Kentucky. $25,932; Louisiana. $17,952; Mississippi, $19,947: North Carolina, $23,937; South Carolina. $17,952; Tennessee $23,937; Texas. $35,905; Virginia, $23,937. Lineman Has ;» Bad FalL (Special to the News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C. f June 29.—Wil liam Smathers, lineman of telephone company, late this evening, while de scending a pole, struck his head against a swinging live electric wire. The shock caused him to lose his hold and he fell to the ground, a distance of twenty feet, sustaining serious in ternal injuries. / Price Five Cents. FULL OPINION IN THE DANIELS CASE — C Judge Pritchard Hands Down the Decision. COURT HAD NOT POWER Judge Pritchard in His Opinion De clares That the Court Exceeded Authority Granted in 1831 and the judgment Was Void. (Special to News and Observer.) Asheville, N. C., July 30.—Judge Prichard today handed down his opin ion in the famous Daniels contempt case, which was heard in Raleigh three weeks ago. The opin ion in full is as follows: United States of America, Eastern District of North Carolina, in the Circuit Court. In Equity—At Ral eigh. John P. Cuyler, in behalf of himself and other stockholders of the At lantic and North Carolina Railroad Company. vs. The Atlantic and North Carolina Rail road Company. In re, Josephus Daniels, for con tempt. Pritchard. Circuit Judge: In order to determine whether the petitioner is entitled to the relief pray ed for in the petition upon which the writ of habeas corpus was issued, it is necessary to determine two ques tions: tl) Did the court which imposed the sentence in this case have juris diction; (2) Does this court have ju risdiction to hear and determine this case on a writ of habeas corpus? The section under which the court based its action is 725 of the Revised Statutes, which reads as follows: “The said court shall have power t<* impose a"i «..t : Dil neet,ssnr> oaths, and to pumsn, by line o im prisonment. at the discretion of the court, contempts of their authority; Provided. That, such power «.o punish contempts shall not be construed to extend to any cases except the misbe havior of anv person in their pres ence. or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, the mis behavior of any of the officers of said uourt in their official transactions, and the disobedience or resistance by any such officer, or by any party, juror, witness, or other poison, to any law ful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of the said courts.” This act not only limits the power of the court, but, employs language which clearly defines the power of the courts with respect to summary pun ishment for contempts and applies to all courts, except perhaps the Supreme Court. It applies to the Circuit and District courts, inasmuch as they were created by act of Congress—their pow ers and duties being granted by the act creating them and subsequent acts enlarging and diminishing their juris diction. The act of 1831 is a chart j l>\ which these courts are to he guided ! in cases where summary punshment for contempt is to be inflicted. Justice Fields, in ex Parte Robin son. 1!) Wall, at page 510. in referring to the act of 1831, says: * * * “It limits the power of these courts, in this respect, to three classes of cases: Ist, where there has been mis behavior of a person in the presence of the courts, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice; 2nd, where there has been misbehav ior of any officer of the courts in his official transactions; and 3rd, where there has been disobedience or re sistance by any officer, party, juror, witness, or other person, to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command of the courts. “As thus seen the power of these courts in the punshment of contempts can only he exercised to insure order and decorum in their presence, to se cure faithfulness on the part of their officers in their official transactions, and to enforce obedience to their law ful orders, judgments and processes.” Kent's Commentaries, Volume 1, note on page 340, at bottom, it is said, in speaking of the act of 1831: “That act had withdrawn from the courts of the United States the com mon law power to protect their suit ors, officers, witnesses and themselves, against the libels of the press, how ever atrocious, and though published and circulated pending the very trial of the cause.” In the case of Savin. 131 U. S., page 27 4, Justice Harlan, among other things says: * * '* “The act of 1789, did not define' what were the contempts of the authority of the courts of the United States, in any cause or hearing before them, nod did it prescribe any special procedure for determining a matter of contempt. Under that statute the question whether particular acts constituted a contempt, as well as the mode of pro ceeding against the offender, was left to he determined, according to such established rules and principles of the common Jaw as were applicable to our situation. The act of 1831, however, materially modified that of 1789. in that it restricted the power of the court to inflict summary punishment for contempt to certain specified cases, among which was misbehavior in the presence of the court, or mis behavior so near thereto as to ob struct the administration of justice.” In Ex Parte Poulson, Volume 19, Fed. Cas., No. 11,350, on page 1206, Baldwin, Judge, says: “On March 2nd. 1831. (4 Stat.. 487), Congress passed an act declaratory of the law, con cerning contempt of court. * * * ‘The history of this act. the time of its passage, its title and provisions, (Continued on Page Four.)