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157 t? "VOL. XXXIX jSTo 98. WILMINGTON- N. C, DECEMBER 21,' 1906 SI .00 PER YEAit I III! ft I II 1 I I I: III : A ILATED THE II Cabinet Members Attempt to Justify Their Course. EXPLANATION DIBIT CO Secretaries Wilson and Hitchcock ' Before Senate Committee. Claimed They Had Best Interests of Indians at Heart in Withdrawing Land From Allotment Had Sus pended a Statute of the United States in so Doing- "If we Have Violate? the Law I ant Sorry for it.' Says Hitchcock. Washington, December 19. Admit ting that they had no authority of law for the withdrawal from allotment of nearly 4,000,000 acres of lands belong ing to the five civilized tribes in the Indian territory for the purpose oT cre ating a forest reservation, two mem bers of the president's cabinet Secre tary Hitchcock, of the department of the interior, and Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture, en deavored today to justifj- their course by stating they had the best interest of the Indian at heart. The explana tion was made before a select senate committee, which is investigating af fairs in relation to the property rights of the five tribes, but the committee declined to accept it and Senators Clark, of Wyoming, Teller, Long and Brandegee declared that the interior department had suspended a statute f the United States without authority and that it was the duty of Secretary Hitchcock to immediately eance! his order withdrawing the land from al lotment. The same senators said to .Secretary Wilson and Chief Forester Gdfford Pinchot that it was his duty to withdraw their request on the sec retary of the interior for a suspension of the allotment. The order withdraw ing the land from allotment was issued early in the present month. The pur pose of the withdrawal was not stated publicly at the time, but it developed during earlier inquiries by the com mittee that the department of agricul ture planned to create a forest reserve within the withdrawn lands, whicn would contain about 1,500,000 acres. These lands would haw to be pur chased from the Indians through some plan yet to be presented and appro priation by congress would be required. Secretary Hitchcock was first called to the stand today. He said that he had asked the forest service, a division of the agricultural department, to re port upon a request of Jack Gordon, of Paris, Texas, and associates, that they be permitted to buy 200.000 acres for a game preserve and that in making an adverse report on that proposition the forest service had asked for the withdrawal of the lands for a forest reserve. Mr. Hitchcock said that in granting the request he had only temporarily suspended the operation of the law re quiring that the lands in question be allotted. The tentative suspension, he said, was for the purpose of investiga tion with a view to determining what was the best interest of the Indian. "You have no right to suspend, the operation of a statute one hour, nor one minute," declared Senator Teller. "If you had the right to temporarily hold up the application of a law. you could suspend ts operation for a month, a year or two years." All of tho members of the committee took part in condemning the action of the department in suspending the law, and finally Senator Teller said: "I challenge any one to show any statute which permitted the suspension of the allotment in question." "If we have violated any law, I am sorry for it," said Secretary Hitchcock. Turning to Secretary Wilson, who had been an interested listener to the examination of his colleague in the cabinet, Senator Lodge asked: "We want to know under what authority you requested the withdrawal of those lands from allotment?" "I never look at an authority," re plied Secretary Wilson, "I made up my . mind that we had a better proposition .for the Indian than to turn his land into a game preserve. The right to withdraw the land was a matter for the lawyers of the interior department to pass upon. He made an investiga tion and then a recommendation. It is up to you gentlement to say whether you take it or not". "No," responded Senator Clark, "It is. up to the secretary of the interior to do as the law tells him to do." Chief Forester Pinchot was called to the stand and after he had explained the proposition members of tho com mittee declared emphatically that he . oald not hope to get his plan, through congress. He was told also that his - tecrueBt had been out of place inasmuch - as ft suggested a violation of law. "Secretary Hitchcock should not take thirty minutes in telegraphing an order to the territory to permit the allotment to proceed' concluded Senator Teller, and Seniors Long, Brandegee. and Clark assented. HEARING ADJOURNED. Complaint of the Nortli Carolina Case Workers Asocial ion Postponed Un til Next MondSay. Washington, December 19. After hearing evidence all day offered by the defense, the interstate commerce com mission today adjourned until next Monday the complaint of the North Carolina Case Workers Association against various southern and western railroads doing a transcontinental b.is iiess and involving the application of the $1.70 commodity rates on shipments of 20,000 pounds. The question of the readjustment commodity rate with an established minimum of freights is to be taken up at the meeting of th-3 transcontinental freight bureau on the 18th cf January and at this conference reports of the Suthorn and other rail ways are expected to be present. It is hoped at this meeting that somrj ar rangement may be arrived at whereby the causes of the complaint cf the oasa workers will be to some extent obvi ated. This work will begin by the 1st of February. In view of this fact the commission suggested that a tem liorary arrangement be entered into by which the present rate now alleged on a carload minimum of 20,000 pounrls will be applied to a car load minimum of 1G.000 pounds when loaded in CO foot car when the larger cars that may be asked for cannot be furnished by the railroads. . The attorneys represent ing the defendants asked that the commission give them until Monday in order that they may make inquiries of the companies they represent as to whether this would, be agreeable to them. During the day the Southern railway introduced evidence to show that they have increased their rolling property in proportion to their traffic and they have a sufficient number of the class of cars demanded by the furniture shippers, but that most of these ears are in the hands of western railroads having been sent loaded to the Pacific oast It was stated that the roadj did not feel warranted in increasing the number of cars of the class demanded by the shippers in which the 20.000 pounds minimum freight may ne carried. Fire works of every kind at Plum- mers. it debt moke than $2,000,000. National Wire Corporation Placed in Hands of Receiver. New Haven, Conn., December 19. On the allegation that' it is in debt more than $2,000,000 the National Wire corporation today was placed in the hands of receivers. The receivership was instituted at the request of the National Steel and Wire company of Portland, Maine, which is the holding company of the local concern, and other similar plants in Maine and at Columbus, Ohio. In petitioning for a receiver the Maine company aside from alleging that the concern is more than $2,000, 000 in debt The Maine company asked that Henry L. Hotchkiss. the president cf the H. I.. Candee Rubber company of this city and Homer Wise, of New York, vice president of the Maine com pany, be named as receivers temporari ly. To this motion Judge Thayer in the superior court acquiesced. The plant of the National Wire corp oration is one of the largest of its kind in the ean and it; employs 1,500 hands The total assets are given as $9,625,379 and the surplus as $94,445. Plummers is the place to buy your Xmas candies and fire works. -tt MUST VACATE THE ALLEY. Negro Denizens Ordered to Leave Their Present Homes by Justice Borne mann. On warrants sworn out by E. N Edens. who lives in the neighborhood! Constable Savage shortly before mid night on Tuesday night arrested five negro men and women, denizens of Blakes alley,, which leads from Fourth to Fifth street, between Church and Castle. All the warrants charged dis orderly conduct, in the use of loud and boisterous language, cursing, etc., and they were issued by Justice Borne man n against tthe following persons, Gabe Hill, Lizzie Smith, Elisha Scott, Rosa Bellamy and Amanda Scott. They were all taken to the cicy pris on and yesterday morning were brought! to trial before Justice Borne- t mann. j The evidence against the negroes was . conclusive and they were each fined $20 ; and the costs, this sentence to hang j over their heads for six months for Jgood behavior and they are to vacate the places where they lived within the period of 24 hours, or else the full judgment would be enforced at once. All the parties have promised to va cate the premises and this news will be a source of gratification to all the peo ple in that neighborhood. Directors Chosen Mobile, Ala., December 19. At a meeting of the stockholder of the Mo bile, Jackson and Kansas City Rail road company today, the following directors were chosen: W. L. St rat ton, Alexander McDon ald, Bird M. Robinson, B K. Stalle, R. W. Jones, Jr., Charles E. Levy, New York; E. E. Jackson, Baltimore; J. W. Whiting, C. D. Willooghby, T. F. WhlTry and W. H. Mcintosh, Mobile, BURGLARS STRIKE DHlUaSOl Residence of Mr. Jshn A. Pope Robbed. SUPPOSED ROBBER CAPTURED. 0 ' Believed to be the Burglar who Ha Been Operating in Ea,sicxn Part, of the State Answers Description of Escaped Criminal From Virginia. (Special to The Messenger. j Williamston. N. C, December 19 The citizens of Williamston awoke Monday morning to find that the wave of burglary that has been sweeping over the adjoining counties had struck the town. The residence of John E Pope, had been entered by cutting a blind and raising the sash of the win dow. Mr. Pope was sleeping in the room but was not aroused. The pock ets cf his pants were turned and con tents gone, fortunately he had only a small sum Later Mr. Wilson G. Lamb reported that his suit case and overcoat had been taken from his dining room which was unfastened. Early in the niorning,a section hand on the railroad met a man enroute to Jamesville who enquired the distance of him. Just outside of the town near the railroad the man later found Mr. Lamb's case and overcoat. The authorities putting the clues together decided to trace the man seen on the track Chief of Po lice Page phoned to Jamesville to look out for him and Sheriff Crawura started in pursuit. The man was ap prehended by Policeman Ward at Jamesville who secured him till Sheriff Crawford arrived. He was brought to Williamston and lodged in jaiL Upon investigation it was found that he was wanted in Hertford county for burglary and by communicating with the authorities there Sheriff Crawford learned thaa he was wanted in Virginia for murder done at Tuttle, Va.. on June 5th, 1906 He answered to the description wired here and in con versation with the sheriff paid that he had been delivered to the Virginia au thorties by Sheriff Garrett, of Hert ford county, and had escaped from the Lynchburg jail. Sheriff Garrett arrived on Tuesday night and identified him. He is known as William Ruffin alias Jesse Ruffin, alias Jim Wright. He murdered the postmaster at Tuttle, Va , and for safe keeping was taken to Lynchburg, from whence he escaped Sep. 6th, by filing the bars. He made the hole after three wei?s work. To hide the cut bars, be filled the places with bread and dyed it with ink, so as to escape detection. The prisoner is a dangerous character and has been operating, no doubt:, in the counties of Pitt, Halifax and Edge combe before reaching our county It is suspected that he was the samerob ber who was at Robersonville Saturday night. There is a $400 reward for him in Virginia and arrangements are be ing made to carry him there this week. Reserved seats for the Princeton Glee Club will be on sale at Munas" Drug store Friday morning. Everything you want at Plummers, and the cheapest and best place to buy. 4r. RESU1T OF ELECTON. Policy Holders of Equitable Life Vote for Directors D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, Elected Member of the Board. New York, December 19. Thirt. thousand ballots were cast by policy holders ol the Equitable Life Assur ance society today for 2S directors of that society. Every ballot was for the administration ticket which was the only one in the field and was composed of the names of men whom the trus tees, headed by former President Grov er Cleveland, had already placed on the board of directors to fill vacancies. The ticket was nominated by Mr. Cleveland, and his associates The directors elected are: For one year: Emanuel W. Bloom ingdale, New York citjy; Joseph Brian, Richmond, Va.; John D. Kerna, Utica, New York; James McMahon, Brooklyn; William E. Fayne, New York city; Tom Randolph, Si. Louis; William whitman, Boston. For two years: Abraham Pratt, New Orleans; Charles E Littlefleld, Rock land, Me.; Edwin V. Robertson, Co lumbia, S. C; Jacob C Schmidapp, Cincinnati; Daniel A. Tompkins, Char lotte, N. C; Frank S. Witherbee, Port Henry, N. Y.; TJSarles N. Zen der, Philadelphia For three years: John Branch, New York; James B. Forgan, Chicago; Alexander C. Humphrey, New York; John T. Mansen, New Haven; William C. Redfield, Brooklyn; Ferdinand W. Roebling, Trenton, N. J.; George F. Vcitor, New York. Four years: Thomas A Gillespie, New York; Willis McCork," Pittsburg; Eugenius IL Outerbridge, New York; Wallace L. Pierce, Boston; Thomas Spratt, Ogdensburg, N. Y.; J. Edward I Swainstrom, Brooklyn; Eben B. Thoma, Fountain Hill, Pa. James B Forgan, is the only one of the directors elected today, will serve on the board under the old man agement of the society. The finest 50c candy at 25c a 10, on sale the 22nd to 24th, only these elates, I at Plummers. It DEATH OF MB. ERNEST F. MB Expired Suddenly at Florence, S. C, Yesterday. ATTACK OF HEART DISEASE Married Ix-ss xiian a .Month His Death a Most Severe Shock to' His Youii W ife, who was Miss Laura. Harrell. of Kinston Remains Taken to Itiiistnn for Interment. (Special The Messenger.) Florence, S. C, December 19 Mr. Earnest Frederick Hines, a well known and most popular young man of this city ,died here this afternoon at the Central hotel. Mr.-TIines was the day clerk at the Central, and at the dinner hour, not feeling well, wen; to his room. He was lying across the bed talking with his wife when suddeniy he was seized with a pain about his heart He called quickly and told his wife to send hastily for a physician which. she did. But before the phvsi cian could get to him and relieve him he had breathed his lasr. Mr. Hines was married cn Nov 20th, to Miss Laura May Harrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Samuel Martin Harrell, at Kinston, NC, and arrived in this city with his bride during the early part of the present month, being mar ried less .than one month. The shock to the young wife was a most severe one. The remains will be carried on this evening's train to Kinston, N. C , for interment, Mr.. Hines was a son of the late W. it.s Hines was a son of the late W. R. young man. He leaves a wife and one brother, Mr. Edward R. Hines, of this city, formerly wiri the Coast Line at Wilmington The news was a giedt shock to cur people and his genial face will be missed from behind the desk at the Central. Burglars broke into the store of Win. M. Gregg & Co., near Claussens, in this county last night and with the use of dynamite blew open the safe, secur ing a few dollars therefrom. ' Engraving in an up-to-date stylr on any article I sell at short notice. J. T. Burk'?. Jeweler and Optician, 27 South Front street. PRESIDENT HAD AUTHORITY. Secretary Tal't Answers Senate Resolu tions of Inquiry Regarding: Dis cliarge of Negro Soldiers. Washington, December 10. rn ie porting to the president on the'several senate resolutions of inquiry as to discharge of negro troops, Secretary Taft enters into an exhaustive discus sion of the law and the evidence In the case. He quotes the authority for the president's action, and with regard to the new evidence presented says he has examined it with care and that he does not. find anything contained in it which should lead to a different con clusion of fact from that already stated in his annual report. In answer to the contention which the secretary says has been put forth that the president had no power to' mako the order of dischargiag "be cause, if he has, he may disband the army," it is argued that there is a clear distinction between disbanding a company, a battalion or a regiment and the discharge of certain of it3 members. In the case cf the raen of the Twenty-fifth infantry, the secre jtary says the order named iie persons who were discharged and did not em brace all members of the three com panies, and that immediately upon the discharge of the men an order was issued filling up the three companies by transfec from the other companies -of the regiirferit, "so that the entity and service of the companies are continued in the army. I have got the Goods .of Quality. Come and see. J. T. Burke, Jeweler. UNION STATION AT LUMBERTON. Seaboard Air Line to Pay Four-Fifths of Expense. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh. N. C. December 19. Gov. Glenn left this afternoon for Washing ton, accompanied by Mrs Glenn. He goes to see the secretary of state on business. The corporation commission makes an order following the conference with it of the representatives of the Sea board Air Line and Raleigh & Charles ton railways by fixing the amount to be paid by each road on the union passenger station at Lumberton. The order directs that the Seaboard Air Line pay four-fifths of the expense. The work is ordered to begin on cr before February 1st. Contract Awarded. (Special to Tho Messenger.) Raleigh, N C, December 19. The North Carolina commisisoaers to the Jamestown exposition awarded the contract for the North Carolina build ing to J. D. Elliott, of Hickory, at $1S, S00. Commissioner General r Pogue says the contract will, be thoroughly and promptly carried out and the building will be ready April 2&Si, when the exposition opens. The federal court adjourn today for the term I Candy Be a pound, at Pltrmmers. 4t BISHOP McCABE DEAD. Passed Away In New York Yesterday. Was Popularly Known as "Chaplain -McCabe. New York, December 19. Bishop Charles C. McCabe, of the Methodist Episcopal church, died in the New York hospital at 5:20 a. m. today. Death was due to apoplexy, with which the bishop was stricken December II, while passing .through this city on his way to his home in Philadelphia. The night before he was stricken by apo plexy, Mr. McCabe had delivered his lecture "The Sunny Side of Life in Libby Prison," at Torrington. Conn. Services over the body of Bishop Mc Cabe will be held at St. Paul's Metho dist Episcopal church on West End avenue tomorrow evening. The inter ment will be at. Evansville. Ind.. on Saturday. Bishop McCabe was born at Athens, Ohio, October 11. ISP;. He entered ttie Ohio conference of the Methodist church in 1SG0 and two years Utter be came chaplain of the 122nd Ohio in fantry. He was captured in the battle of Winchester and spent four months in Libby prison. His success as a money raised Is remarkable, and later a.s secretary of the Methodist Missionary society he J added half a million dollars to the an nual income of the society. He was chancellor of he American university at Washington. For more than HO years, lie was pop ularly known as "Chaplain McCabe." and the title clung to him even after the general conference of the Methodist church in 1S9G made him a bishop. See Plummers extra fine line of can dies at 5c to 23c a pound. !t CELEBRATED THE ANNIVERSARY" Sailing of Expedition Which Laid the Foundation of American Republic Commemorated. a yji w, uctciuucj 1.7. 1 uc vw- ginians." with a dinner at Delmoni co"s tonight, com in:ii med anni versary of the sailing from Eiiglapd'of the expedition which was destintedjto lay the foundation ol the Anu-ricn le public at Jamestown in 1607. Thre hundred years ago today three small vessels the Susan Constant, kdspeed and Discovery set sail from Black wall for Virginia, The anniversary will be celebrated with the Jamestown exposition next year. Some 150 diners were present tonight. The hall was decorated with the British coat of arms to the right of the Virginia coat of arms, with its motto "Sic Semper Tyrannus" and the two insignias flanked by the national colors and the New York municipal flag. Among the speakers and toasts were Harry St. George Tucker, president of the Jamestown exposition; "Captain John Smith;" Dr. Ernest Sterres, rec tor cf St. John's church, ' The First Representative Assembly in America, July 30, 1619; James Alston Cabell, "The Cavaliers." GovSrnor Claude A. Swanson, of Virginia, was unable to be present. Go to Prammere for the best an cheapest assortment of fire works, it THE REPORT ERRONEOUS. Colonel Clond Not Executed by the Honduras Government. Mobile. Ala , December 19. Colonel Charles Loud, late of Georgia, now a resident of Honduras, is in Mobile. Colonel Loud was reported to have been executed by command of the Hon duras government on Ostober 17. At the same time it was reported that Generad Lee Christmas was shot by officials of the government. Colonel Loud claims that he is authorized by General Christmas to deny the report of General Christmas death. Colonel Loud desired it published that no at tempt was made by the officials of Honduras to execute him Colonel Loud said: Manuel Bonilla is now president ci Honduras, and General Lee Christmas is comniiinder-in-chief of the army. The form of government is similar to ; ours. The people are allowed a rep-' i seatative and alternate for every ; TO RELIEVE MONEY MARKET. Bill Introduced in Senate by Mr BUdns. Washington, December 19. A bill designed to extend relief to the money market along the lines of recommenda tions made by the secretary of the treasury, was introduced in the senate today by Senator Elkins. It author izes the deposit in national banks of receipts from customs as well as from internal revenue, requiring the banks to pay 3 tax on such deposits, and making all national banks equally elig ible for designation as depositories. The bill also expressly authorizes the sec retary of the treasury to make trans fers of public moneys from the treas ury to the banks, which has heretofore been done by the secretary on his own responsibility without authority of law Senator Elkins explained that his purpose is presenting the bill at this time was to afford an opportunity to consider It during the holidays and in hope that congress might take it hp after re-convening In January. Requisition Honored. Columbus, O , December 19. Gover nor Harris has honored the requisi tion of the governor of Tennessee, for William Henry, the colored murderer. Henry -will be aent back to Knoxville, Teniw for trial. It la understood that Henry wilt fight the case In the courts at Cincinnati. He claims to fear he will be lynched if he is taken to Knox Yiile. - SENATE IS CHOICE Reprint of Panama Message Ordered in Hormdl Spelling. FORAKER IS fIDT SATISFIED Wants Further Investigation of Discharge of Kegro Troops. l.hc Debate Follour,i Reading of President's ici;',. on I lie Subject. Forakcr Wauled it stit to Commit tee. Claiming That Wlmt Appeared lo T-timoii was Really tun Tes timony FJlorts to Increase Clerical l"orc in HiMisc Oppose hy Dimiio. eiats. Washington, December 19. Presi dent Roosevelt's message dealing with his action in dismissing from the army the negro troops of tho three companies of tlie 25th infantry, furnished the one topic of interest in the senate's session today. A lively debate followed the reading of the message a.s to vhit should be done with it. Mr. Forakcr wanted it sent to tho military commit tee with instructions to make further investigations should the commlUtre deem it necessary. He said that in re ality much more appeared to -be testi mony that was really not testimony, uh much of it was not under oath. On objection from Senator Clay, the sea. ate postiKMied action until tomorrow. The pension calendar was cleared by the passage of more than 200 private pension bills. At the suggestion of Senator Lodge, Presfdent Roo.sevek'.i Ianama message will be reprinted lor the senate in "normal spelling." in tht: HOUSE. The house unexpectedly ran against a snag today in an effort to- increase the clerical force in the office of the enrolling clerk, the democrats led by Mr. Clark, of Missouri, opposing the passage of the resolution. A resolution reported from the committee on ac counts was adopted giving tho com mittee on enrolled bills ap additional clerk. There was little or no debate on this resolution but when it was foHowfcd by another Increasing the fore in the enrolling clerk's office de termined opposition arose. The abscne of a quorum was disclosed when the house divided on the passage of the resolution. Representative Clark who had inveighed against the "senseless Christmas holidays" insisting that a quorum should be present if the reio lution was to be acted upon. 'Speaker Cannon saw how useless it would bo to direct a call of the house and ad journment at 1 o'clock followed. Previous to taking up the resolutions Mr. Littlefield of Maine, endeavored to secure consideration of a bill requiring all corporations engaged in -interstate commerce to make returns to the inter state commerce commission, but Mr. Clark, of Missouri, objected and it went over. Mr. Mondell, of Wyoming, had a similar experience with his bill to ex tend the time in which homesteader on the Shoshone Indian reservatiorr may make final residence. Representa tive Mann., of Illinois, in. this instance objecting to its consideration. j)E7t:ted for doi.nt; his pitv. President Roosevelt Sccuril SherinT Merrill a $1,200 a Year Ioltlon. Washington, December 1. Thi following letter of the president to At torney General Bonaparte was given cut at the White house today: "The White House. Washington, Dec. 17, 1906. "Dear Mr. Bonaparte:- "Some three years ago Sheriff J. 1. Merrill, of Carroll county, Georgia, lost his chance for re-election by his action in beating off a mob of several hun dred white people who were trying to take a negro out of jail and put him to death. Sheriff Merrill and his lepu tles fired on the mob, killing and wounding several men and beating the others off. Because of this he defeated for re-election. Congressman Adam son brought the matter to ny attention, saying that he hated to mv a man who had done such a service as a public official defeated because of the very fact that he had rendered the service. He told me that Governor Terrell had offered Merrill a plae . the best he had to give, which carried a salary of $50 pe? month: I told the con gressman I thought I could better that, and got him a place at a year as custodian of the urouud of the federal prison at Atlanta. I hear he has done well. Can't we give him a promotion? Sincerely yours. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Hon. Charles J. Bonaparte. Attorney General. A specialty: Ladies Lockets. Ladles ajid Gents Signet Rings. Signet Scarf Pins. Engraving 4ae free. J. T. Burke, Jeweler tnd Oftlclan.
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