THE WEATHER:
. ' AIR.
vol; XXV. NO. 90.
PERKINS WILL
LOOK OUT FOR
CORPORATIONS
Senator Will Be in Better
Ppsiticm to Get Results
"Than Ever.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
v IS BEHIND IHM
Will Be Made Chairman of
r. if
Committee on Naval Af-
fairs, it is Rumored.
BY TAV
(Spclal Correspondent of The ClUzen)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. The fact
that tb4 republican California state
legislature has Just returned George
C. Perkins to the United States aen
ate for another six years Is of direct
interest to every state in the union,
because It meanu the special Inter-
zests have not lost their grip on con
gress.
The majority of the members of
the California legislature are as much
controlled by the Southern Pacific
railroad company as if they were re
celvlng at salary from . that concern
instead of the people. In the United
States senate, therefore, Mr. Perkins,
of San Francisco, looks out for the
Southern Pacific, and as a side Issue
the big steamship Interests.
Senator Perkins is the same Perk
ins who, according to Francis J.
Heney, went before the grand Jury in
Ban Francisco previous to the arrest
of Abraham Reuf, now under a 14-
year aentenc in the penitentiary,
and swore- he had known said Reuf
a number of years and did not believe
there waa a simple blot on his private
or public life. -
Can Get Results.
Senator Firkins' six year extension
Is particularly Important because of
the fact he will be cne of the leaders
in the senate, and will be in a better
position to get results for the corpor
ations than he ever was before. The
tip Is eut he is to be made chairman
of - the committee On. naval affairs.
He tanks-second from point of senf
., ority to the present chairman, Halo,
01 inain. naa m iu psuti uum-
mated -this commutes to a greaer or
. legs degree.. . , - ,
When campaigning In California
Senator Perkins never fails to claim
full credit for tho appropriation of
some $14,000,000 for the building and
maintenance of tha Mare Island navy
yard, which Is within his district.
There are but two naval shore sta
tions on the entire Pacific coast.
which means that in time of war they
would have to' be depended upon as
a base for any fleet that might be
operating In the Pacific.
The value of Senator Perkins'
Mare Island navy yard In euch a crMs
I may be conjectured when it Is under
stood that no. first-class battleship has
ever been able to reach the yard be
cause of a lack of deep water across
Ban Pablo hay and through Mare
Island straits, ami naval experts de
clare it never will be possible for ves
sels of deep draughts to reach Senator
Perkins' naval shore station unless a
fleet of fifty dredgerc Is kept at work
constantly.
Being on an islar.d. Mare Island
navy yard has no railway connections,
which la declared to bo Imperative to
an efficient base In time of war. Sup
plies must foe ferried to and' from the
yard, which means the handling und
rehandling of freight.
There Is but onj dry dock at Mare
. Island, and as It ;s Inaccessible to
large ships, it Is available only for
'small craft. A 77:, foot dry dock
Is under course of construction, but
may never be a success, because at
the site selected n.; bottom can be
found.
Just why the experts acquiesced to
the building of Mare Island on Us
present site, which Is not on the bay
proper, bat at a point big ships can
not reach and has a waterfront that
Is not large enough for a fleet to
anchor If It could reach It, Is one of
the unexplained mysteries- The site
was authorized from a minority re
port. ,"In time of war Mare Island would
Is a white elephant on the nation's
hand," said a naval officer to the
writer during a recent visit of Mare
Island. "Navy offlctrc ridicule the
place as having any semblance of n
bane for a battle fleet, but do not dare
publicly criticise It, for that woolrt lay
e. m nnefl to ennrr martial.
4
t to
He Gets It.
Many attempts havs been nwle
. rtnmtmom f.iiM amtrnnrlaiinff
!HTrill iviih.tai. ....... nfi" o
i further money on the Mare- Island
yard, but each time Senator Perkins
has argued that his navy yard is one
of the finest In the world, and millions
have continued to go to Marc Island.
(Continued on page five.)
URGES EXTENSION
CONSUMPTION OF U. S. COTTON
(By Associated Press ) '
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 17. Presi
dent W. B. Thompson of the New Or
leans Cotton Exchange, has forwarded
. ' Secretary of Agriculture Janice Wil-T
iin me nuniRKiwi " 1 --' . - .. .
.Tor action dv me oeiwr irum i.
, lutlons oi tne exenange, 'i -tew
days ago.' favoring xfnsH W
tha field for consumption oi Awiencan
cotton. .The object Is t have the
nrtmnt statr a campaign of adaca-
tion as -to the Innnmorabla Ww.to
rhidi cottoa can bo put ta placa ot
THE,
ROOSEVELT IS
CHARGED WITH
PADDING ROLL
Congressmen Get Busy , and
Find Presidential Barber
as "Accountant."
MESSENGER IS
PAID AS "ENGRAVER'
Present Relations Between
Congress and President
Cause of Research.
(By. Guy W. Finney.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17 Presi
dent Roosevelt's chastisement of con
gress has resulted in certain little
measures of retaliation that promise
to stir up additional strife between
the chief executive and the legisla
tive branch of tha. government. This
retaliation,: while petty In form, has
caused the president considerable an
Anoyance and may prompt him to vent
his iro on certain hapless .congress
ional heads. In so many words, sev
eral members of ths house, smarting
under the recent executive rebuke, set
about to "get something on the presi
dent." They did a little "gumshoe
work" on their own account, with the
result that the president stands charg
ed witn employing the services of a
barber who is carried on the; rolls of
the navy department as an accountant
In the office of the' auditor at a salary
of 11,600 a year, and Mrs. Roosevelt
with having as a private messenger
man drawing government pay as
an employe of the bureau of engrav
ing and printing. The' members ( of
me nouse appropriation , committee
wno made this duaovery threaten to
air the situation In the house at the
first sign of an, overt get coming; from
the white house. They admit of cow
siderable cbagrid , because they tjld
not discover these facts before the
legislative, executive and Judicial bill,
in which' the salaries of the two men
are carried, was prepared, that the
two men's names might be stricken
from the federal payroll. ,
in .Treasury licparuncnt,
White conducting a qatet search to
?sui!--the 'drp"OB' tha nresiAnnt.
to speak, 'a member of the approprla
tions committee loooked in on the
treasury department. Where the rec
ords of expenditures are kept. Now
it is won known that Secretary Cor
telyou would walk miles out of his
way to avoid trouble, so the desired
Information of these employes was
forthcoming. It seefns that the man
now Mrs. Roosevelt's private mes
senger was .formerly carried on the
census office rolls, but he was recent
ly "Dy request," transferred to the
bureau of engraving and printing at
an advance of $200 a year in salary,
making his present annual stipend
$950. After some close auostlonina.
the
congressman learned that Jack
son, the man In the case, was "still at
work at the white house.
t lv jrrwsiueui.s private oaroer,
wno answers to the name of Wlllla
ueianey. that S a somewhat thread
bare story here. H.flfent the rounds
about a year ago, and besides giving
tne presidents political enemies op
portunity to make. a little campaign
capital. It caused tome discussion as
to the propriety of tho president im
pressing a department clerk Into his
personal-service. But nobody, Iri or
out of congress, seemed inclined tn
regard Mr. .Roosevelt's offence. If, In
ueru, uiai icrm can De applied, as a
serious breach of the law-
The stir over Delaney's employment
was regarded as "a tempest In a tea
pot, ana the accountant-barber has
since been allowed to scrape the pres
idential face without Interruption.
TRAINS COLLIDE:
ENGINEER KILLED
(By. Associated Press.)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 17.
Rock Island passenger train No. 43
ran into an open switch and crashed
Into a switch engine near here today,
killing the fireman of, the switch en-f
gtne. J. M. Woods of Argentine, hnd
partly demolishing both engines. En
gineer. John Morrison, and Fireman
W. D. Doraaett of the passenger train
jujnpeu oeiore.'tne crash and -were
only slightly hurt.
PRESIDENT'S STRAIN
OF IRISH BLOOD
(Bv Associates Press.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1 7. President
Roosevelt, who boasts of having a
strain of Irlslj b Isid In, his veins, yes
terday paid notable trlbuje to that
race when he declared to members of
the American Irish Historical society,
who were received at the white
house, that the sons of Ireland have
prayed an important role In the af
fairs of the American nation. '
OF FIELD FOR
V
articles of foreign import now used In
American manufactures. . r , f. ,v
Mr Thompson says:-''. . "
"H Is not 'only the universal wish of
the Southern peOptet bat believe . It
will meet eri kthteshrdluwfDsceicmar
win meet wtth tho approbation nt the
eotratry at target-, if .steps, are,! lakn
molrtng -to tho subatitatlon- of cotton
de-jwheree possible for innumeraple at;
tlctea, tb composkioa of which Is how
morsvof less, of sUer material Of for-
eura origin. ,-...
ASHEVI
ASHEVILLE, N.
COM! (JACK
fTOTMCT!
BITTER FIGHT IN
TENNESSEE AHEAD
'rohihitionists Now" Trying
to Pass.' Bill Prohibiting
ManufacDure of Liquor.
(By-Associated Pre.)
NA8HVILU2. fenh.. Jan. IT. By
coincidence the trial of Col. Duncan
B. Cooper and hl en Robin for, the
murder pf former United Btatc Sen
ator Carmack. which mwHer - 1
aused Indirectly -by the prohibition
question, comes up for hearing Just
as ths fight for state-wlda prohibition
If at Ita height. !
The prohibitionists, by tweaking the
damocratlo caucus, forced a stato-wide
bill through the legislature last week
ana tne mil now awaits governor fat'
terson's action. The prohibitionists
are now trying to have another bill
passed, prohibiting the manufacture
of alt. "hot, malt or vinous Mqnors In
Tennessee. The measure known
the staje-wide law simply prohibits
the sale of liquor wlthla four miles
of any school house. The prohlbl
tlonlsts say that If there Is a spot tn
the state which is not within four
miles of a school house, they will
have a school house built there.
PROMINENT FAMILY
IS WIPED OUT
Believed That Seelejv In
. satie, Killed His Wife and
Daughter With Hammer,
(By Asoelate Press.)
SEATTLE. Wall., Jan. 17 W. X,
Beeley, an attorney and forhiSr na
tional bank examiner of Illinois; his
wife, Mrs. Kate M. Seeley, a member
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, and her daughter. Miss
Irene Seeley, a student at the Unl
varsity of Washington, were found
dead In a bath room, of their home
In the fashionable Capital Hill quar
ter today. ,
ins victims nan peen aeata si nee
last Thursday. The womnn, clad In
night robes, had anoarentlv .been
murdered with a hammer. There was
no mark of violence on Seeley. He
is' believed to have been partly chloro
formed and then drowned In the bath"
tub. That Seeley killed his wife
and daughter while Insane with finan
cial worries and then committed sui
cide I the theory of the police. Ills
Right gown,' blood-stained from . the
Bodies of tho two women, was found
beneath a clean pill ow Irt the room
occupied by him and his wife. The
pillow on wjilch Mis. Seeley had been
sleeping was saturated with blood.
eeelcy .came, here ea than two
years ago from, St. Joseph, Mo, l
moved there from Ottawa, III. He
was (5 years, dlt hi wife 'about thre.
years hi Juniorand his daughter 2s.
HME. CALVE GOES TO
THROAT SPECIALIST
SAVANNAH, Oa, Jan. 17. Mad
ame Emma Calve, prima donna, has
been under the care of a throat soe-
eiallst In Savannah for four days.
though -her presence here was known
to less than a half osen persons, even
members or her own company who
went to- Jacksonville last Wednesday
knowing , nothing of the singer's
Whereabouts. '- She .disappeared . Wed-
nssday and only trie Indiscretion of a
maid, who, ostensibly leaving- for' Co
lumbia, p. C; doubled back front Hal,-.!
qeeviuey to oavannan. enabled a news
paper ipan- to trail Madame Calve to
a suite, ht. rod'fn' at iha Oglethorpe
sanitarium. : , -
Th ingef declare herVolce tt tne
same as ft was many yean ago and
that aha will . continue' her 'concert
tour. 'r-r-i 'V:
C, MONDAY MORNING,
Hz Wants In
SIX GARAGES BURN;
V 348 AUTOS LOST
Fire Spreads to Old Train
Shed. Tdlal Damage Esti
mated at $800,000. -
.'f : :
(By Atsorltttd Press.)
BOSTON,, Jan. 1,7. A puff of flam
shot up from the rear of the Most ex
tensive automobll storage and rspalr
plant la the cHy, located near Park
square, shortly before dawn today, and
half an hour later ever 141 automo
biles, valued at 750.9, were a mass
of tangled; steel and Iron,. The fire
spread to the old! train shed , of the
Park square railway station and de
stroyed the Merely track and a large
eavlliOn used foi ihlWtlon tiraoaea.
Th. A.mM-.A; i.ii.. J,nr,rinTi,. .nit.it.
' T?" ' TT.T . "''r z " . .! .." .
the total lorn to above 100,000.
There were sin aurages, Including
those -used chlelly tor repairs In the
big storage station, the principal oc
cupants being the. Park Square Auto
company, tho Hoston Motor company,
the Rambler Motor' eompany, the
Boston Automobile exchange, the
Concordv-Motor i'ar company and the
repair shop of the Marmon company.
All the larRe MiKht-seeing automobile
In the city, numbering upwards of a
dozen, were burned, as also were be
tween thirty and forty expensive cars
of the LlmouKine type. Out of tho 3E0
automobiles stored In the building only
two were saved. A majority of the
owners were hm partly Insured. The
twenty workmen In the builillng man
aged to get n .vuy safely, altlinugh sev
eral haxl nurreu- escapes. The tsre-
mon had tn uuUl hard to keep the
flames from 'Mending to the bust
ness blocks on 1 olumbus avenue, and
fully one-hnlf the entire available
apparatus sw.s entered on that side
of tho lire ar n
TRIES TO RESCUE
CAPTURED BROTHER
Lee Qui n n Opens Fin
!!
PohVeiii;i!i in Train. Pas
scnger l'";i tally Hurt.
FORT HMITT
rk Jan. 1 7. Knt'-r
"i Iron Mountain t tji i n
today, In which his
Julnn. sat hsmlcuffi'd
r Burgess 'or this c ity.
Qulnn to I.ltile ico'k
er to the mllitmy an-
serter, Le yulnn op
it officer. Kur,-ess re
nd" several of the ps
- his avSlstHnee. Qulnn,
lis pistol, b-aped from
'lllade one of the pns-
Milade one of the .
Itrsssfleld of Mull.erry,
What lM helievi'l will
und. BjirgeKn was un
(Inusd to Little u oik
r.
ng the car nf
near here i :(f
brother, Oram
t(f Police fit!:.
who was tHkni
to bo turnol i
thorltles as .
ened lire on ''
turned the li'e
rWengers cane- '
aft-r emptvin.-
During tie '
During tM '
sengers, Ir i
Ark., recciv i
prove a fata I v
njured and '
With his prln' '
TRKSThK 'I;LAPSE8; B5 l)K.D
(By a
KACRAMi:
reported
todsted Pri.)
I, Cal.. Jan. 17 It
25 labor- were
destruction by Hood of
xtle between Sacra
Is. .
drowned In. tn-
railroad n
mento and I . 1
(FAIR
WASHINGTON.. Jaa. U. Forecast
for'- North CaroHnsM' Jalr . M onday
and "Busaday; warmer tn west por
tlea Tuesday; moderate .north west
winds, bscaniac variable a r
CITIZEN
H
JANUARY 18, 1909.
WIDELY KNOWN MAN
KILLED BY NEPHEW
Yonnir MeTTonald Rnrrrtn-
X OUIlg MLVOU&IQ. DUrrpn-
Acin, R.,. OUI WB
ju.(riJ4J ""ft ao
Done in SelMefense,
(By AssoelstsC Preu.i
VIENA. Oa., Jan. 17.P. O. M.
Donald; farmer, merchant and, general
trader, and one of the most widely
known men In Dooly county, was shot
and Instantly killed this evpnlng at
.I0 o'clock by W. Theodore McDon-1
aid, his nephew. Young McDonald
surrendered Imiwedlately to the sherlflt
and was lodsed in Dool count fall.
Ha refusu.1 to miki a ilil.niMil r.
tardlflg the shooting or his unci tu.Tri?"r. ."rP
ther iuan to aula the kllllnv was Ann.
me ongin or tns trouble which
terminated tonight In ths killing was
a disagreement over some business af-
fair which began, a week ago. W. T. no question of the right of an Individ
McDonald wsa a clerk In his Uncle's ual to brine such an action. u I.
store here. He also Ilwd with his
uncle, and up to a few day ago there nn record In the Goodwin ease as de
was no Intimation that the men were nylng the pwer of a United HUtes
not on friendly terms. The shooting circuit court to take Jurisdiction In 'a
occurred In a room In the McDonald
nome. Mrs. p. u. McDonald, " her
ewo oaugnwrs ana a young son were
In the hqme
enacted.
when tho tragedy was
DEVOTING HER LIFE
TO PRISON REFORM
Mrs. Mnybriek Was Releas
ed l('roiii English
Five Years Ago.
Prison I
(By Associated Prsit.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Mrs.
rior-
ence K. Mayhrlck.
an English prison
whose release
the years sk
frorn
was
due to the efforts of American women.
declared here today that she was de
voting her life work to prison reform.
......
on MHiurosy she appealed to congress
to provide the federal prisons with
humane and sanitary facilities.
"I hope that many statesmen who
have honored my case with their In
terest, sympathy and support," she
continued, "will use their Influence In
furthering the Interests of the prlson-
rs whose cases, unlike mine, have not
become
the focus of two continents
and who
dumb cries I am now
voicing."
Mrs Mayhrlck came, here to confer
with her lawyer, Knmuel V. ilayden.
regard to the status of the appeal
made from the decision of the I'nlted
States federal court at Hichmond,
giving the posscHslon 'if valuable
umber and mineral land. She left
tonight for Stamford, fonn., .where
her mother is III In a sanitarium. Bu-
foro her departure she denied the ru
mor that he was engaged to bo mar
ried.
IS CRUSHED
BETWEEN CARS
f'HATTANOfXJA, Term., Jan. 17.
It. C. Ollmorc, a brakeman on the
Norfolk and Western railroad, was
crushed to death between a freight
car on an engine at the entrance to the
round house In Bristol today. Gllmore
leaves two children at Chrlstlansbnrg,
Vs.
TILLMAN MAY
INTRODUCE BILL
WAHftTVflTCVkr l-n . 1 7 . TlmmA
.... . hit. a.
Tillman tA.. ,. ih. ..nat w.
nn inietM .ce.rt. (o hi. rnn.t
ah Investigation of "ths charges made
against him by President Roosevelt In
connection With the Oregon land cases,
the senator announced that If neeee-
sary to obtain an Inquiry he would I
himself Introduce ft resolution provld-
tag for It. " -.',', XXi, -v's' 1
SUIJ AGAINST
THE N.Y. WORLD
BY PRESIDENT
Imported That Government
is Not Plaintiff in libel
Case.
RIGHT TO ENTER
SUIT QUESTIONED
Lawyers Think Government
Cannot Figure in Case of
This Kind:
(By Auoolatsd Praia)
WABHINQTON, Jan. 17. The 1st
est and moat Interesting suggestion re
garding the sensational development
of yesterday Involving the service of
subpoenas upon a aumbar of newspa
per men in this city and elsewhere. Is
that an Individual hd not tha rrnit.A
States government Ml the real plaintiff
n case, is irue tnat ths subpoe-
nas servea nere f read "The Ifnitmt
mates vsT The Press Publishing com
pany, dui, it tne proposed action Is
criminal In charactsr, as is aeneraiiv
assumed, that would be the form of a
subpoena, even where an individual Is
tne complainant, according to the
practice in th district of Columbia. .
The Identity' of this individual, or
inmviauaia, ror there may be more
t!!", on ot ,hm' Py':'e matter
of Speculation, for ths publlo will have
? : MJ-U promised
statement ot Attorney Qeneral Bona
parte to get any accurate understand
ing of this remarkable case. Possibly
rresioent nooseveit Himself is the
complainant, or it may He that the c
lion was brought hy WHIIsm Nelson
LTOfnweil. ; or INtUSlaa j Noblnsnn. nr
I nr or tne person named In : the
J original newspaper publications In an
Invidious way. A singular fact la thai
Mr Cromwell ' was In Washington
wnn the notion was taken yesterday
" rving eunpoenas, but left during
v " ' 1 or
! VutuA State FroeerateT
I " "'" ' w w"!
. 'i" r i'
4mjHsittM Htat mnnt
I to prosecute a criminal trlsl nrnert.
,ns aeai either .n irtiM.;.i .
.. ,hih i. .r .
bon. of contention for W
criminal libel case. On the other hand.
while It Is admitted that there Is no I
statutory law warranting suen an so
tlnn by the government, It certainly
does enjoy such a right under the
common law, as an absolutely neces
sary measure of power to protect the
very cxlsteo.ee of tho government.
The officials here remain mute ind
there were no developments In the
case today to be learned. The district
attorney remains snow-bound In his
country home. Inaccessible to report
ers snd cut off from the telephone; the
attorney tteneral of the United Htatos
Is at home In Baltimore, and at the
white house thero was a flat refusal
lo dlscuxa the matter.
IPOE'S GENIUS
IS PRAISED
; (By AHoclrtsd Prsis.)
CUM RL( ITTKH VILLK, Vs., Jan. 17.
Edgar Allan Poe's genius was prslsed
today In the centenary exercises being
held at the I'nlverslly of Virginia,
Rev. William It. Harr of Lynchburg
In his sermon In tho university chapel.
paying a heimtlful tribute to the po
et's memory. The chapel was crowded
Although the principal part of the
centenary exWclses will not be held
until Tuesday, a host of visitors have
aVrlvml at t'lutrlottesvllln to pay their
homage to the memory of the I'nlver-
slty of Virginia's nfost famnu son. A
stream of letters continue to (low In
from Europe nd various parts of this
country praising the genlua of I'oe.
Many of these will be reail at the
closing exercises Tuesday eveninir
OFFICERS VISIT
ANCIENT CITY
fBy Aftociatcd Press.)
HMYItNA, Jan. 17. A parly .'im
posed largely of officers of the Amer
ican battleships fyoiilslaiia and Vir
ginia, ws conveyed today by a, ()'
clal train provided by the Amerh in
residents, to Kpheaiis, a famous an
cient city of Asia Minor, the ruins of
which stand on tho hanks of the Cay-
ster. Another party rninle a vlult to
the great lake.
The American consul general, Kr-
nest V. Harris, has instied Invitations
for a reception tomorrow at the con
sulate.
VERDICT OF CORONER'S JURY
IN CASE OF 65 DEAD MINERS
(Bv Astoclstsd Press.)
BLUEFIKI.D, W. Va.. Jan. lT.--
The coroner's Jury arrived at a Her
diet early today
l result of their
Investigation Into the death of the
slxty - flve men who wera
Lick Branch mine explosion last
Tuesday. The Jury decided the
plosion was caused by an ower-charge
shot of gunpowder In room No. Ml,, of
the mine, ana that tne sixty-ore men
came to their death through no fault
PocHonta Consolidated Col-
A Citizen For Rent Ad
Will Rent That Vacant
Room.
TRICE FIVE CENTS.
COOPER MURDER
TRIAL IS SOON
TO COMMENCE
Vague Rumors ori" Part of
Defense to Secure Fur- ;
ther Delay.
TRIAL TO PROBABLY
START WEDNESDAY)
Both Sides Will Do AU in
Power of Money, Brains
and Influence. ' ;
N A DIIV1T T tn . . ' ... .
Tan
With carpenters Working overtime t
get the new criminal court room
completed, with. deputy sheriffs busy
summoning witnesses sad with tha at
torneys on both: aides .making their
final preparations, it is very probable
that the Cooper -Carmack: murder
trial will be commenced here Wednes
day morning. True there have beeq .
vagua rumors of an attempt on the
part of tho defense to secure further,
delay. But the missing witness, whose
absence secured the last postponement
is In the city. Th case will be tried be
fore Jnda William M&rt. Iha Unit a,m..
nent .legal counsel In tha state hard
been engaged upon one side or the
other. All that money and brains and
Influence can do, will be done on one -hand
to oonvlct tha defendants, and
on ths other to free them. . -
-The parties to the ease enjoyed na
tlunal repuutlon. Colonel Duncan B.
Cooper, his son Robin, a young lew- .
yw smd former ,n Bherlft John IX
Sharps, re Jointly Indicted for the
laying of former United States Hena-,
tor Kdwgrd W. Carmack. Colonel
Cooper lias been prominent In stale,
and national politics for years. He Was
friend at President' Cleveland Presl-
dent Roosevelt Tears ago he brought
Carmack to Nsshvllle as an editorial '
writer on The American, which Coop
er then owned. But those who know i
say 'that ths) men were - never very
friendly and latsr Carmack became :
connected with a rival paper. In poll- , '
tics . thej belonged 'to rival fuc!,..r). 1
yen Cooper's enemies admit that he
was a dominant man. Oar mack whs a
man of coavUitlons und did. yt uikl
tatn 19 eprees them, i tows, j, .
No serkiug differences between tha .
men occurred until ths recent guber
natorial campaign, when Carmack p-.
posed Patterson for the office, ' . The
ssue was statewide prohibition, which
Carmack advocated, and Patterson '
opposed. Carmack realised that he
was beaten, but he was aonftdent that
prohibition would carry. Carmack, as
editor of The Tennesseean, denounced '
the effort of the anti-prohibition forces
and criticised Colonel Cooper editori
ally. The latter, who managed Patter
son's campaign, sent word to Carmack 4
that he would kill him If the attacks , ,
continued, Carmack told his friends
that If he compiled with Cooper's de
mands he would be branded as a cow
ard all over the state, consequently he
would 'refuse. The nest editorial that
Carmack wrote resulted In his death.
The Cooper forces swear that they
mm nini.fi vui r v.Rr vius ui seiiua
fense. The state on the other hand
claims that it will prove that the kill
ing was the result of a conspiracy to
assassinate. The feeling In the stats la
Intense and sentiment ! nearly equally
divided.
The greatest difficulty will be expe
rienced In securing a Jury. The law
provides that any one who has talked
with a witness or talked with some
on who purports to tell what the
witness saw or heard. Is dlsqustlfled
as a Juror. The snprnma court has '
held that a man who reads what pur
ports to be a verbatim newspaper re
port of the testimony disqualifies him
self. The defense applied for ball,
forced the state to put Ita witnesses
on the stand and then several newspa
pers printed stenographic reports of
the testimony. Whether there are
enough men In the county who did
not read the testimony to make up a
Jury remains to lio eien.
CASTRO SAYS HE
WILL RETURN
It Kit LIN, Jan. 17. Cypranlo, the
forfner president of Venesuelu, quee
iloned concern nig his plans for the fu
ture. Mid.
"My present intention Is to return
to Venezuela as soon as my health
will permit mo to make the voyage. I
will travel aboard an ordinary liner.
' My plan Is to live as a private cit
izen In my native land. If It Is desired
to take proceedings against me. I will
txt there.' The Idea of starting a revo
lution of any kind has not entered my
head."
Henor Castro Is still confined to bed.
wh.-re, according to Dr. Israel, It will
be necessary to remain at least an
other fortnight.
fliery company, owners of - the 14c ;
Branch colliery. - ' v ; "
The Inquiry was conducted -by Chief
Mine' Inspector. Lalnff, ' pr. 'J, A.
Mitchell, bf a special legislative com
mittee: C.iE. Crebs. mine ' expert;
Charles Connor, formerly chief mine
Inspector, of Pennsylvania, and four
deputy -mine Inspectors.
Dr. Mitchell will make a report on
the result of the ;n j;iry to the stiite
legislature. ' i