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THE ASHEHLLE CITIZEN so THE WEATHEJt: BAIN. The Want Ad Phone VOL. XXV. No. 101. ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNLNU, JANUARY 29, 15)09. IMilCK FIVE CENTS. SOME BIG MEMBERS OF "BEEF TRUST" MAY LAND IN JAIL; Wireless GENERAL JOSE MIGUEL GOMEZ INAUGURATED PRESIDENT OF RESTORED CUBAN REPUBLIC RESULT OF INVESTIGATIONS Federal Grand Jury Indict ments May Be Expected Anv Time. ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THE KATE LAW Revelation That Packers Have Been Keeping Du plicate Books. BY TAV. (Special Correspondent of The Citizen) WASHINGTON. Jan. 28. The United State government Is going to ask for Jail sentences ami fines for some high-up members of the beef trust. As a result of tho activity of V. 8. District Attorney Simma In Chi cago before the federal grand Jury Indictments may be expected any day now. The Chicago cases are the result of investigations made by the Interstate commerce commission. Agents of the commission have been gathering evi dence for some time, and It Is now known that the principal case against the Chicago packers will be for vio lations of the rate law In the giving and taking of secret rebates. Evldefice will also be brought before the court throwing light on the manner in which the beef packers conspire to regulate and manipulate prices of live stock. The most startling disclosures In Chicago Is the revelation that the packers have been keeping duplicate books. It is now learned that the books which Mr. Garfield examined when commissioner of corporations. snd on which he based his famous report on the beef packing Industry, were merely the "public." or what might be called virtuous set of books kept by the packers. Another set, keeping track of their shady opera tions, entirely escaped Mr. Garfield. This set has been captured by the .gents of the Interstate commerce commission, and its entries have been explained to the Chicago grand Jury. It was not an easy matter for the rovcrnment to secure possession of hese secret books, and after they had been located and the district attor ney's office had been Informed as to what accountants keep them, a num ber of subpoenas were issued, to gether with orders requiring that these books be delivered to the district at torney. Great Secrecy. The subpoenas and orders were is sued with great secrecy and were served simultaneously, taking the packers by surprise. Detectives at the same time were stationed at the packers' offices to prevent any de struction or hiding of)the books and papers desired. The pnekers refused for soveral hours to give up the books, and only did so after Mr. Slmms had Informed the officials of the Nelson Morris company that they would be Jailed for contempt forthwith ss inuy uoeyea ine oraer or me court. This brought up an express WHgnn loaded with books from the stock- yards to the district attorneys office. ; drnk ,)pforfi hp wm.( ftnjsh tf)e It is underwood that part of the , Jjpw who na8 ,KlpJ ,u,ar books were missing, but enough were i Ja,.kgl)n for twentynvc y,.,irBi 8aw secured, for the purposes of progeou-j hm 8(lbr (mrc n , u ,ntv.nve tlon I HI years. "I'sc of Fal Claims." At th,H po)nt , ,,,.,,. admitted The governments evidence will dl-!hat Ja,.kHon W1U , ,, ,,mSenteil close a number of ingenious devices t0 ,ls dismissal employed by the packers for securing; j,,.forc f,'irthr (.XH,nlalion , rebates in evasion of the law. One ; tliesm,.n. lh ras(, f Jlirr Wnll. b-en largely rmplfiynl. the unn j t)f false cluinia acainFt the railroad j companies, Yimbtnrrt with this was t hn fivur.ualii'i I Inn ,f u )i i nrti eni a IT v- Irig sent a ormsignmmt over a c-t- i tain road at the legal rate of freight, j the packer would lix up a false claim1 . . . i. . .v.-' railway Accompan ving the claim, or . ' .. . ... following It speedilv, would be a letter demanding that the claim, tie settled immediately upon penally of a diver sion of the packer's business to some other line of railway. It la strongly susi"etod here though there is no official confirma tion or this fact that the railroads i suggested by this hill, would be to en are backing the prosecution of the tirely emasculate it and for all prac packlng company officers. While j t tc I purposes render it nugatory n? railroads are moved by their desire ' tt remedial statute. Criminal prose to get business to compete with "ne ; cutiona would not lie and civil rnne. another and in their competition are! dies would labor under the greatest tempted to cut rates, they do not as doubt and uncertainty The h. as it a general thing like to cul rates or exists is clear, compn in fiiv certain give back money in rebates which they and highly remedial. It practically have received for shipments. ; covers the field of federal Jurisdiction It has always been the claim of 'and Is in every' respect a model law. railroad traffic officials that they! To destroy or undermine It at the were forced by big shippers to give I present Juncture when combinations, -rebates. It appears that the beef on the increase, and appear to he -i.-u-u-i--i-q-njLn-ijT.-i -1 .T.-i.-jT.-ji ' "-' oblivious as ever of the rights, of (Continued on page two.) the Public, would be a calamity.'' TESTIMONY IN HEARING TO DISSOLVE HARRIMAN MERGER CONCLUDED (By Associated Press.) PITTSbL'KG. Pa.. Jan. 2R. The taking of testimony in the Pittsburg hearing of the government's suit to dissolve the alleged 500.000,000 Har riman railroad merger was concluded today. The next hearing will be held In Cincinnati on February . The testinmony of the witnesses ex amined today seemed to bear out the governments contention that compe tition between the Southern Pacific railroad and the Cnlon Pacific Is not COOPER-SHARP PANEL FALLS OFF IN5 DAYS Jurors Leigh and Jackson Dismissed for Drunken ness and Bias. WILL ASK COURT TO DISMISS WHOLE JURY Defense Holds That Leigh Case Has Prejudiced Members. (By Associated Preat.) NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 2.. With the Jury numbering two less than It did five days ago, the ninth day of the trial of Col. Duncan H. Cooper, Robin Cooper and John l. Sharp, accused of the murder of for mer Senator K. W, Carmack, ended today with every prospect of a fur ther depletion. The court excused Jurors Leigh and Jackson, charged with drunkenness and bias, today and intimated that Juror Whltworth would be excused tomorrow. The latter has been 111 for several months and two physicians have signed cer tificates that If he remains In the box his life may be forfeited. The state opposed Whltworth's re lease, and the court ordered the phy sicians summoned to testify. They will appear tomorrow. At the same time the new venire of five hundred men will appear and an effort will be made to get from them the balance of the Jury. Following Juror Leigh's releaso from the bog he was arrested on a charge of perjury and released on 11.500 bond to answer before the Juror Leigh's case was first dis posed of -without argument by the at torneys. The court said: Juror Biased. I have given the rase careful con sideration, weighing the testimony for and against the Juror. The charge of drunkenness Is controverted, but It Is evident that the Juror is biased, and as such the retaining of him would make the Jury a prejudiced one. Therefore, 1 excuse Mr. Leigh from service." The defense served notice that It would ask the court to dismiss the eight men left on the Jury on the ground that the dismissal of Leigh had prejudiced the others against th-- iJfendants. The formal motion to this effect will be filed later. jac)gon The first witness against Juror swore that the juror, who Is a blacksmith, would put a shoe or two on a horse, collect for the work nn.l err. Ihrna mil.... .. ,..,... t,.w n will he disposed of the cour CONCERNING THE ANTI-TRUST LAW WA..,.y ".rlat,'d Pr" ' AMI I.Nf ; r .. Jan. liv Senator Vi.lsun nn l.r.lw.lf ..' V. . . .... r.. it . .. . r. ... , . , . 'he judiciary has presented a report to the senate recommending tin- In definite postponement Hie bill amending the Sherman antllrust law After giving manv reasons why the law should not I,, i-hanged at thlf time the report sajs: To amend the anti-trust ait. as as keen now as It was prior to 1901. B. H. Thompson, traffic manager of the Oil Wells Supply company, said he could not see any change in the attitude of G. C. Herring, the agent here for the Cnlon Pacific and South ern Pacific, since the merger Is alleged to have taken place, but he later ad mitted, when questioned by C. A. Sev erance for the government, that com petition would stimulate business and that Mr. Herring could hardly com pete with himself. . . . 1 - k TROUBLE BETWEEN CHILE AND PERU Rupture in Diplomatic Rela tions Signalized by With drawal of Chili's Minister. (By Associated Press.) VAI.PARIASO, Chile, Jan. 28. The rupture of diplomatic relations be tween Chile and Peru, signalized by the withdrawal of Senor J. M. F.ch enliue, the Chilean minister at Lima, has aroused more or less excitement here, and the old animosities between the two countries, dating back to the war of 187!) and the consequent oc cupation of the Peruvian provinces of Tacna and Arlca by Chile, have to a certain measure been revived. It is declared here this morning that the Chlremt notmTflnn under Ad miral Wilson, now In the Strait of Magellan, has been ordered north. The difficulty between Chile and Peru came to general notice when the Perm Ian goviernment a few months ago 1 ef used to permit Chile, repre sented by Senor Keheniuue, to place a tablet on the monument erected by Peru to the memory of her soldiers who lost their lives in the war of 1 8 7 St. Senor Kchenlnjic was then recalled, and he passed through Arlca Chile, on his way home yesterday. R. R. COMMISSION GIVES REPARATION On A.vouni of Alhwl Un- reasona!,I' Kates on Lum ber From South. (By Associated Press) WASH I NOT, (X, Jan. UK. By far thf larKi'M Hju rilir a Mnwu nr of re paration vr Mnirmil by Hie int r- 9ta- cfrriiiMTci' ' .inminstn was in;,'!.- today wh'-ri tint Im-Iy n .r. el a m t th tm nt hkh rnrfit of $M;r,Ono jn wit tHfJirtiun of th'' faim on thr m count of t hi unnjisuhalilc nitH on IutiiImt Hhtppr. f r"fn Southern iiiUIh, Involv ing ahout J2.1 riiH'H anil eleven oMffei -ent railroads of the South. The- are said to he ahout ime-third of tint-lain. 8 of the same kind penrllitK h' foro the commirtKi'iri. They involve the two rent ihff. rern e p, r hurnln d pounds hetwt en the advanced rate, made effec(p.e in the nurnttir r f 103, and thos years pt i ffi t for a numher of r th'ieto. tin HhtpTnentH that moved 1m t wef, Iniie of the ;,d vance and Oh summer of 1107. when. after the titi;il fheiion of tlw I'ntted St a tes Mipreftic i-..iirf joist a in j nj? the dee is ion; of the eomrniHtdon af t r ;i cnti thc of u pp a , the p (v. ec rn l es were r stored. The i lumi.s wi ri heretofore dei id' d by the tommihMoii in it h reports by f'oin mission f r ( 'l merits In u hat ; re known as the Yelloiv I'ine as.sot i;ition and Tift eases. RACE QUESTION IN FATAL FIGHT (By Associated Pret.) CINCINNATI. .. Jan. l' -Itar-f l:ne. i' is M.ud. In.xplri d a fiyht ht-twr-fri hil boy and a nf'Kro ymth In frnnl "f th- Hunt NiKbt H'ti'inl In Woodward slrr:t laxt nlKht hi-h ul mlnatcd in th- death of William Wi' bold. HRt-d s pnti en; thf probable fa tal Injury of William Dorsf-y, BK'-d twenty, and thn sr-rlous Injury of Charb-s Ituff. r-li?htfn yara old. The aHcRi-d nnirdi rr. Atlas L. Ford. at;'d twrnty years, a f-ft,m hlnh nchool student, employed as houiic man for Judjre Thompwm, of thp federal court, has h-en arrested. He. derlare that he cut the whitp hoys In self-defense. V. H. t-HIl-S LtlWE. (By Associated Pr.) ALOIERS. Jan. 2. The I'nlted States repair ship Panther and collier AJax left this evenlnf for Gibraltar. ALL WRONG. SAYS BROTHER .CHARLES C P. Taft Declares lie Had Nothing to Do With Pan ama Canal Purchase. (By Associated Press.) WASHlNOToN. Jan. 28. Charles P. Taft has entered a vigorous denial in connection with the charges of Kepresentatlve Kalncy, of Illinois, that he was In any nay Identllled with the Panama canal purchase. In a tel egram to Mr. Kalney today, Mr. Taft declares as unfounded tl'e statements associating him with the transaction. it was Mr. Kajney's purpose to read the telegram and make an explana tion In the house toduy, but as no op portunity fail ufforded him lo do so, he will present the matter tomorrow. PRESIDENT TURNS OVER LETTERS Relating o Alleged Violat- .Slicnnan Law by d "SiiKar Trust." So-Cal V'ASIIIN'JTON. Jan- 2 It.-s-po'iilini; lo Senator 'ulh rson'B reso li.l on r.ill iiir upon the attorney K' U ernl for o.i renpiin'l' no1 relating to tin alb-K'd v iolatlm? or llo- Sherman law liv Hi.- w-rallei "MiKar IrilHt." In I'linni ! 1 1 ' . n with the failure of the I : f ;i I i .Mtii I. Truat companv of 1'hiln d,.hia. 1'i.ldent lio..i'i. H wnt to the s. mi. a Hperlal liiescaKi- iiinl all cm epoii-l' nee relHtlriK to the ra-si . The pre- I- nt Hald : "In a. . ..rdanre with my direction alloni. . (reneral endowed ' renolutlo :, 1!I0!I .senate ( i. In the ha forwarded j.a h' rx lii n-H- h of thi Henutl in reference lo pi. h of ail cor d haitlnent of III' tie . II l.i I V II, ' Jan ' ii K to a n all- K d viola -act of .lull J, IMKl, bj hi Kut(ai It' litiin i oni a.nectlon with an ull.-K" d company to "ic Scal, in I ll llSed HX ' Ml "My tllele- r lly of the ai-ital atock of lanla Su-ar I'.etlnin t 'h votiliK pow. r thereon, .vhlch it Is all- d an as fn'iere.J into that th. m Sua r I : tin iiik ..in i not le;ik'e in 1 . 1 1 - i 1 1 1 - H . ith tranio:i tin in to tin loan ).. 1 u hn h v... for a no. t'.e I'. I. i-oh. pa l, i.w liM'1' H L'rei ho n I-. i. II-. I. p.iliy 'I.' alel I I.. H hat' " The le IT is ; bull Ulll ' 'I le 1, t . r I' II , l.ai i I ; t'ale "I I Ilia, v.l.i ' f ol in. I l.e U . . I, I .or a pai i(. went "d that It lip lat. ponden. I In table ;!!.. i .eh - lnali h I. oit-e ' the R'.ll f I'hihul. I and ihi Karle and i ' riasseil h. i . .1 r , reci : r of 'o ' corn iia n v of i. I' failed in I !.:. .rid Ih-( w i t ii i; ' ' ,'lify ;.h. i -i I 1 I , i f le and A'l'.rn elv an. I 1 o 11. ral Aff.rsT KIlIyMOM' IXIINt. MfKI.Y MOW ViltK, Jan. 21. - Aiiiriim It- i -mont h . .'elition, an report. l ai ih icti.r.ii M-morlnl li ' . ; .i r .1 1 tonight, im r.. M-:I He paaHcd a Iiollv M.ltlH factory d''.'. Ho whm of.er.itcd uj.on yesterday f-r sppendlcitis. WAHHINOTON. Jan. 28. Forecast: North Carolina, Unsettled Friday and Katurday with- probably rain, warmer Frldav. colder In went portion Satur day; brisk south winds. S iwni II JURY DISAGREES ON MARSHALL VERDICT i t After Beiug Out 1(5 Hours Jury Is Diseharged Ten for Acquittal. (By Aitoclatsd Prssi.) I'NtON (MTV, Jun, 28. Aftor bs i.'K out for sixteen hours tho Jury In tho trial of 'Ed" Mamhall, al leged nlRht rider, reported today that thfy could not agret on a verdict. "Do you think you could agree 1n two days or six months?" anked Jiidge Jones. "No sir." was tho response of the foreman and tho Jury was at ones discharged. They stood ten for c qulttaj and two pt jnaxivr In , th sci'ohd degree. " Annoudcement was mado by the priecutlnK attorneys that they will i nclcnvor to have tho hearing of oth ers clinrged with having had part In the Iteelfoot lyako lynching defer red until May. Ii Im the plan of the state to pre si nt u motion to Judge Jones tomor row ordering the removal of the six teen men confined In the military barrack and three In the' county Jin1, to otli. r points In thin Judicial dii trlrt, pending their trials. N. Y. GRAND JURY MAY TAKE CASE Fairly Certain That (Joverri menl Will (live OverN. Y. World Libel Suit. (By Afttoclited Preti ) NKW YORK. .Ian. Z A.---f f nrf-rtu Inty to wli.it iietiori would bp (Hkrn on the ne. nt NilKK ."to n J II rl r by Jfislrl' t Attoi tiev J. rome In th mki of thr ei niri nt "n nui nKiilnwt Tin- ,w York WorM for lib I, thai thf fefb rnl IMJthontleM HDMJ.elHl their (tetivlfb'H ;tiol iMfinii hint to procfrrl In their Hte;i(j, V-.HM In a measure rernoverl by fhe simtirtK of an dfThJuvlt by OoukIhh KoMriv.,n, hi'other-in-lirV at the. i-p-hI- ft Is h It- vei) Mr. KohlnHon'K nltrn HiK Hie affiijvjt rnnHiiH lo ha i eiited Mr. Jerorne'M proponltlon to ap Iear an a "inplalnlriK wltnen aRairiHt I Im H'tM, ati'J ttiHt the grand Jury of the toiintv of New Vork U pr:pur iuk l take Om matter In hari'l. Mr. It"bttiMon whh cioiirted with the liMtu'i Jitioro-y (or n'-arly an hour to-J.iv. bit n ither would di' uhh thr Hjli i I of th, r extended eonferenee. Mr. .1' rorne de lared. h'-vt- r, that li h.ol ri'eiv't no reply from Itbef ii"Hirv 'Jefn-tal Itonaparteor t'nitef -it h ' ( -h ! iMt i'm t Attorney llcnry It -'tiin'Ol UN to Ah.if lourii the KO'Vern- nn nt proprsed ttikniff In regurd t tilft HUk'f'-tl'ill that (h Mta.tr procffllllKS o. Kiven the ri'ht ff way In the mat t r I'ntjl Im reiwd nnsura nee that oj h rijrht of v. woiibl be Kiven hlin he . ould do nothioK. he dtear d, even though bin oHmt HUKK"tl"n to the effe. t that. Mr. llohliiMon ;ipp nr an e o r n p I -1 i 1 1 1 n k witro mm, w-re to be fol lowed. UNKNOWN YEGGMAN KILLED BY POLICE l By Associated Pnu I I.AI'ItKNH. S. '., Jan. Xh. An un known yengman Is dead at tho police station and I'alrolman McDufTle Stone Ing at the point of death with five platol woijii'Ih l the story of an en- ount'-r early today In the railroad yards of thin city. Patrolmen Wal ker and Stone were on their usual rounds when Stone encountered the suspicious charaetcr and, accosting him. wan shot. Walker, who had gone down the opposite side of the track, arrived In time to encounter tho burg lar, whom Stone, through weakness, was ahout to let go. Walker killed the unknown man, shooting blm four times. SALARY BILL IS PASSED; VETOED BY COMMITTEE House Passes Measure to Raise Commissioner's Salary to $2,500. TO ALLOW COUNTY TO BOND INDEBTEDNESS Bill Involving Buncombe's Finances Introduced by Mr. Gaston. rtpselsl to Ths Cltlisn.) II AI.ICK1II, N. (., Jun. 21. Aftsr it lontr, lnatid dsbuts that tmielifd much nn poll lies, th house toduy turned down ths report of tho committee on 4pproprtntlons, with all nmi'iuimenls, and pHiwi'd tho bill Inori'RsInK tho sulary of tho coinmlsslonnr of labor and printing, exactly es It had passed on second reading some days ago when the house disregarded the fa vorable report of the committee on salaries and fees- on the hill Increas ing the salary from St.fiOO to IJ.r.00. and uflssed Representative Collrn's amendment for $2,000. Mr. Dowtl made a strong effort to get an amendment for $2,400 adopt ed. Messrs. Julian. Henderson, Tur lington, Connor, Hayes. Gordon and VVonten helped him. Mr. Cottrn spoKS for his compromiser measure, express ing disapproval of the principle In volved in an officer trying to get his salary raised Immediately after com ing Into office. Measers. Coxe of Anson and Kil- llan of Catawba were for abolishing ths position of assistant and paying the commissioner $W-&0 or $1,600, land RftenlrM MibIisjiSj sssws-the ds- bute and urged It on the ground that It wss simply a matter of business. Politic had been Injected Into ths discussion by Grant, Dowd, Julian and others. The speaker frankly ac knowledged that he was ashamed of tho results shown by the iioinriment In the last ten years. Mr. fVrry of Vance waxed sarcas tic In a speech against any Increase. h'lnally the younger member from Iredell. Mr. Turlington, came to the defense of Mr. Vnrner with much feeling, saying that hn whs his friend and had made a capable officer. The spleen and mollce shown In the at tacks that had been made on the former commissioner needed no de fense at his hands. Mr. Dowd's $3. 400 amendment was wited down on a roll call by 42 to 1 The vote on the hill was 7 to 20 on division. The speaker announced the com mittee on private hills, Mr. Floyd or Kranklln, chairman. Mr. atnn introduced a bill to j authorize nunrombe county to bond Its floating Indeldednens. Today's session of the Iihumo wan: the long""! yet I In I he Hcuafc. i The m-mite riaseed the dniinuge hill; 'in Beeond reading; aliei the Kinple j hill, preventing the sale of riuatl and grouse for two years. Tin- hill pro viding for the appointment of lnnj'C tors of cle. trie, Kan and witter meleri In rillee mid towns wns prinKcd or final rending hy the upper branch, as win. the hill lniToanlng the salurv of the tiKMlHtiint slate lihranrian from "$00 Kr $ne a -yesr Among the new hlilK Introduced In the houHc, one l.y Mr. Morgan wouh make if unlawful for any 'rnplo or a railroad to take from a rnlleaKc hook more th.iri Hie aelnal mllea t" be travel. -d, iolnton to he minlMhed hy fine of JIO'i to $1,000 and llahily to aggrieved party In penalty of $'.'0 0 A Mimil-ir Mil was Introduced In the I senate by Senator Oodwln. ITri'l' T Hie title "For the Heft, rtltl'lil of I'irlili. IiooIm nod Tiainlne; or 'hlldr. ri for Life Work," l;( preterit alive I', rrv of Kl.iden ml I .! i. . . a' dog tux b.lli Hj. m i pi... ,) I., gu to th iiinl , i. hoo fiiii'l;., Mr Iiavji. (Continued on page three.) COURT OF ADMIRALTY TO DECIDE IN STEAMSHIP COLLISION CASE (By Associated Preia ) NKVV I'nilK, Jan. 2k. Just which Khlp was reMponlhle for the Nantuck et collision In which the White Star liner Jtepuhllc and the Italian liner Florida figured, and which company shall pay the damage will he decided by the court of admiralty. Hoth companies tiled suits today That of the owners of the Kopuhllc claimed dam iges of 12,000,000 and recited In legal form the story of the recent sea disaster. The blame for the collision was placed on the Florida and the claim made that the last nam ed ahlp was going ahead at "an im moderate rate of speed" when the crash came. The owner of the Florida also filed Within Half Hour After Taking Oath American Officials Leave Island. MOST IMPRESSIVE .SCENES DURING DAY Cuha Begins New Period of Independence Under Pro-' pitious Conditions. (By Associated Prsss.) HAVANA, Jon. 2). Major General lose Miguel domes was Inaugurated p:tsldent of the restored Cuban Tf' pi l'llc today at noon and within M hour after he had taken the solenm uth of office administered by th chief Jusllcs of ths supreme courts the American officials who had bssn In control of affairs sine ths autumq of 1908 had departed from th Island, The American provisional govsr- ti'.r, Charles n. Magoon, who esoort- d Gi'tieral (Jiimex to th palace and tl.i rc turned over to him th Nina of government, sailed on th new Maine. The Main was followed by. the battleship Mississippi and th ' arm) transport McCellan. An hit nu nse crowd gathered along th aft nulls to witness ths spectacl and perfect swarm of yachts, tuga anil boats accompanied ths ship to th open sen, where full speed ahead was signalled and the fray fighting v' del and white transport soon toft ti e little flotilla behind, with a chorus of whistles screeching farewell sJ utes. ''" '' A Cuban gun -boat also accompan ltd the ships soma little dlManee Vt ma, with a band on board Dlayln from time to time th Cuban luial anthem. The acene o tilled Kith significance, waa a moat tmprss- slvs one, but the crowds ashore took on In characteristic, silence. Hear Iter In the day when Governor Mfoon and President-elect Oomeg were seat ed s)d by, aio In, the caxrlags n rc ute to th palace In th wake of a galloping esoort ot rural guards or native cavalry there waa th cam sllcrce on th part of th holiday inrnr.ga woo lines Mas staewiim, Hats were lifted a th carriage"' S'i'ept hy, and the! salutes were re nin cd In the same maimer by th governor and general Oomea. ( Tonight fireworks are burning tl imtghout the city In th em pro- ft.slon that characterise th Foultn of July In the United State and th cafes are gay with music and Ulg - Ing Trooiw nn Island. ,. - i AIhiiiI three thousand troops r sllll on ths Island, under command, of Major fleneral Thoma U Barry. Tl.ise will be returned to the United Kluten as fast as the transport servlo will permit, the last of th troop Ii .i Imk on April 1. ; Culm begins her nsw period or Kl . depi ndene- tinder conditions which stem ns propitious as could be evolV- d prfi- reigns from the weetern extremities of Plnar del Rio to th cnMern firomontorlcs of Santiago pro vince, and no disturbing; element I an: where In evidence. American control of affair ha In in sharply criticised from tlm to' tuin, and Governor Magoon has bertk widely cartooned, but the authorities sent hy Washington have endeavored to bull. up the Island and have spent inoiiey freely on good roads and pub" I'c Improvements of various sort , ... . . . .1,1., V, ..... .... v lk it i i nun o villi., . . i. t' , have left a comparatively empty tr ixnry. The Island Is prosperous niiil the revenues are Increaslnfc ntepiiity, which In a great measur Ik compensatory. The Inaugural ceremonies began at o'clock In the morning. At It o'dick, Alfredo Zayas was Inducted Into office at vlc-prcident of th r .i,liie in the senate chamber. Th Iruii.Kuratlon of the president at the peine,- wiui enceedlngly brief. The re c. lion hall of the palace was crowd ed to II full capacity with brilliant ly uniformed diplomatic representa tive' nnd iirmv officers, bliu'k-gowned Jn.-llren of the Nuireme court and COO v .iiiorialiy attired civilian).. .onic Takes Onlli. f. re ral "I'linc. stepped out on the piihiee t.ai.ony. a'eotnpanl-'d by Oov e'nor Maroon and tho sttfireme court je le eH. The crowd cheered him Iniiilllv and then there was silence as tie chief jiii.llce read the oah of oinii, and (Jineral fioines pledged (Continued on psgs flvs.) a III.. 1 suit and u petition for vllmlta tion of li.il.iuty agalnnt the Florida. The petitioners asked that their liabil ity. In r ase the suits are decided agalnnt them, he placed at 1:24,00 the damage value of the Florida. Later the Florida's owner applied for and obtained an order from Judge Adams In the United -States circuit court, staying all suits for damage against the steamship Florida, on the ground that their petition for limita tion of liability had been filed ahead of the $2,000,000 libel suit of the Oceanic Hteamshlp Navigation ' com pany. ; ' ,;' ''.: In their suit proper, th Florid owners allege that th collision waa due to the neglect of th Republic- officers. '.';.'i ......