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Km ji r" Q "I " J I i X -Ji AOL. XTX. NO. 86. WILMINGTON. N. C., . SATURDAY, APRIL 14. 1906. FIVE CENTS 4 YEARS IN PRISON. Sentence Passed on Greene "and Gaynor.. AHAPPEAL VrLL BE TAKEHI Each of the Men Must Pay a Fine of $575,794.90. This Need Not be Paid if On Oomplet- f) ins the Sentence the 3Ien Make Affi davit That They are Not Possessed Of $20 They Then 3 ray Serve Thirty Bars Longer By Good Behavior the Prisoners Can Reduce Their Term of Service to Three Years Re marks of Judge Speer in Sentencing the 3Ien. Savannah, Ga., April 13. Benjamin D. Greene and John G. Gaynor were sentenced by Judge Speer in the fed eral court today to serve four years in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., and to pay each a fine of $375,743.90, the amount they were charged with hav ing embezzled. Uport one indictment the sen tence was to two years and upon each of the Indictments four years, but the court directed that the sentence might all be served .concurrently, which reduced the term to four years. With the; allowance of three months off each year during which the behav ior of the prisoners may be good, the sentence may be further reduced to three years. The fine need not be . paid If, on completing the sentence, the j. prisoners make affidavit that they are Y not possessed of more than twenty dollars. In Hen of paying the fine, they then may serve thirty days longer. Counsel for prisoners announce that an appeal will be taken. An order of court grants ten days for the filing of bill of exceptions, upon which a mo tion for a new trial will be predi cated. Judge Speer in sentencing the pris oner said: "The most painful judical duty is the Imposition of a sentence to pen al servitude. This is peculiarly trne when those convicted are men of fine intelligence, men of affairs, men who have had the opportunities of educa tion or who hav"e been trained by the teachings of experience. Peculiarly painful is that duty when the convict ed have filled positions of responsibil ity, of honor and trust. All of these conritions are present in the duty be fore me. One of the prisoners has been distinguished by his state, has been an important official of one of the great political parties, a man of large acqpalntance, perhaps with multitures of earnest friends. The other is a graduate of distinction of our great military academy at West Toint and A8 at one time was a captain in that jCamous corps of engineers whose ros ter bears such names as Robert E. Lee anil George Gordon ileade, a corps whose record was stainless be fore the occurrences which have been developed in evidence here. -I am told that it has been cynically said by & famous New Yorker that no man who has a million dollars can be convicted of crime in America. The verdict of this Jury of plain, clear sighted honest Americans has falsified such pessimism. Of that jury it may be said that there Is perhaps not a man who cannot trace his ancestors to a patriot of the revolution which estab lishes American independence. "It is true as I have often declared that to the homogenous Americanism of these southern state! when they are plainly shown their duty, our country may ever look with confidence for the enforcement of its laws and for the maintenance of Its institutions.. Nor can It be questioned that these insti tutions are in jeopardy if such flagrant spoliation of the publlc treasury as proven in this case could go unwhipped of justice. The settled policy of our national legislature to appropriate large sums for the improvement of the revenues of inter-sfce ancj foreign trade and commerce which are under (Continued on Fifth Page.) FIGHTS HUES' WMWU Four Formal Charges Filed With Committee by Tillman. THE 3IRS. 3IINOR NORRIS CASE Figures Prominently in the Charges. Barnes is Charged With Inhuman and With Slaking False Statements and With 3Iaking False Sthatements . About the flatter Tillman Asks That Seven Witnesses be Examined. Washington, April 13. Senator Till man today filed formal charges with the sub-committe considering the nom ination of Benjamin F. Barnes, assist ant secretary to the president to be postmaster at Washington and pro tested against his confirmation. These charges relate to the expulsion of Mrs. Minor 3Iorrls from the executive of fices and assert inhuman and brutal treatment of the woman and also al leges that Barnes made a false state ment about the case. The charges are four in number and are as follows: "That Mr. Barnes is lacking in gen tlemanly and manly consideration for ladies which .caused him to to abuse his authority so far as to order the ex- pulsion from .the executive offices of 3Irs .3IInor 3Iorris on January 4, 1906, without any justification or good rea son therefore. That having issued the order he stood by and saw it executed in a most brutal and outrageous manner without Interference, compelling the . ... policemen to drag and finally, with the aid of a negro employed at the White House to carry her, with the ne gro holding her by the ankles and with her limbs exposed, the entire distance from the executive offices at the wes tern end of the White house to the eastern exit where she was thrust Into a cab and sent to the house of deten tion, by which brutal treatment her life was endangered and health ser iously impaired from shock and injur ies received. . "That after this tyrannical and out rageous abuse of his authority lodged charges of Insanity against Mrs. Mor ris and compelled her to remain in prison for more than four hours, thus adding insult to injury and producing in the public mind Impressions deroga tory to both her reputation ana her mental condition. "That he made a statement to the press" which was mull of falsehoods and which proves hlrr e lacking in that integrity and high character which a high government official should have." Senator Tillman asks tnat seven witnesses Including all the newspaper men at the White House at the time be summoned before the committee. BASEBALL. National League. At St Louis vs. Pittsburg, no game, rain. ' . Cincinnati. April 11. Two errors each followed by a home run were re sponsible for four of the five runs scored by Chicago in today's game. The score R H E Cincinnati ............... 1 5 3 Chicago .. ... .. .. .. 5 5 0 Batteries: Harper and Schlei; Wick- et mm nme iwu iiuuia. uiiifirt; I Johnstone. Attendance 2.000. Brooklyn. April 13. Brooklyn suf fered her second defeat at the. hands of the Boston team here today. , The st:ore - R H E Boston .... i. 7 10 2 Brooklyn . . . . . ., . . . .4 6 4 Batteries: i Pfeffer and Needham; Stricklett and Bergen. Time 1:50. Umpires Conway and Emslie. Atten dance 4.500. Philadelphia. April 13. New York and Philadelphia had an exciting con test today, which ended in victory for the local team after ten innings play. The score R H E New York .. ...... . .... .4 9 1 Philadelphia 5 11 4 Batteries: j McGInnity and Bresnhan: Sparks. Duggleby. Kane and Dooin, Time 1:40 Umpire O'Day. Attendance 10.041. Southern League. At Atlanta Atlanta 2, Montgomery 2. 12 innings.' At Birmingham Birmingham 8. Nashville 2. At New Orleans Little Rock . vs. New Orleans. rain. At Memphis Memphis vs. Shreve- port rain. : At Charleston Charleston (S. A) 18. Battleship Texas 0. At Washington Washington (Am.) 2. Princeton 0. At Atlanta Georgia Techs 5, Van derbilt 4. At Baltimore Columbia 4. Johns Hopkins 1. At Washington Leh.Igh 23, George Washington 8. At Roanoke Roanoke 7. Baltimore Yanlgans 2. At Greensboro Guilford College 12. Wake Forest 3. At Norfolk. Va. Yale 11, University of Virginia 10. n s iiu cuts Acrimonious Discussion of a Resolution in House. CALLED OOWN BY CAll Unparliamentary Languge Order ed Stricken From the Record The Discussion Arose Out of the Use or Certain sentences usea in a Speech by 3Ir. Hopkins Expunging Resolution Finally Passed Sharp Criticism of 3Ir. Hopkins by 3Ir. Goldfogle Postoffice Appropriation Blll Completed southern ast 3iau Provision Retained in the Bill. Washington, April 13. Speaker Cannon was distinctly in his element T ivanla. Mr7w5 oi Ml-I slppl. over the use of certain sentences in a speech made by Mr. Hopkins, of Kentuck. Immediately after the journal had been read the house plunged into the consideration of a resolution offered 1 W Mr. flardnpr. r Massachusetts, tol r " " " 'z' tain remarks reflecting upon the in teeritv rf Mr. Bennet. of New York. Acrimonious words were general. The debate grew in intensity of ex- pression and the minority leader. Mr. Willlams. had severely impugned the J vocates of rate legislation, would In motives of Mr. Bennet who had se-Jsure a speedy determination of any cured the passage of a joint resolu- tion some days ago waiving the im- migration laws in the case of Fannie Diver, an idiot. Finallv Mr. Dalzell. of Pennsylvania. was drawn into the discussion and there seemed an imminent clash be - tween the Pennsylvanian and the Mis - slssippian when Speaker Cannon or - dered b9th gentlemen to their, seats and directed that the unparliamentary language used by Mr. Daizeii ana Mr. Williams be stricken from the record, of order. The expunging resolution was finally passed. The postoffice ap- propriation bill was completed during the day, after a roll cal on the South-Iment ern fast mail subsidy provision which' was retained in the bill. Mr.. Goldfogle. immediately after the reading of the resolution, in a speech bristling with anger said that the gen tlemen from Kentucky. Mr. Hopkins, had "meanly misrepresented" j him; that he had taken advantage of the right given by the house to "extend his remarks in the record," and had in- J serted in the record insinuations that were "unqualifiedly false." -J I The house was in confusion over the statement. The sneaker rapped loudly for order, but Mr. Goldfogle. insensible, to the pounding of the gavel, insisted as he took nis seat mat "it was me TLTr. TTonkins relied that on several occasions both Mr. Bennet and Mr. Goldfogle had injected remarks Into hls STjeeches on immisrration. and had v, .- txi.n.cil un.aoiwn tu uui mill "i"6 "c fore the people of his district and he would not stand for it . Mr. Goldfogle said that while the Sciiueiiiiiu xroni xveiiiuuity. in . ? nuy- j i t i i if. tt I kins, "endeavored to so frame his re marks to show that he was opposed only to the admission of undesirable aliens yet any one reading the speech of the gentleman from Kentucky might readily observe that there ran through , It the spirit of a bigot and a know nothing." . Mr. James, of Kentucky, was instant ly on his feet, calling Mr. Goldfogle to order. He demanded that the words be taken down. The speaker sharply called Mr. Goldfogle to order warning, him that he must keep within the rules! of the house. Mr. Goldfogle apologized for words. t the ; "A good deal of legislation takes place on honor," said Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, the minority leader "and great deal by unanimous consent So" far from this house being called upon fected when Mr. Moon, of Tennessee, to consider a resolution to expunge entered a motion to re-commit it to the certain remarks from the gentleman postoffice committee with instructions from Kentucky. Mr. Hopkins, it ought to report the bill to the house imme to be called upon to consider a resolu- diately with the Southern railway mail tion to expctJie gentleman from New-subsidy stricken out On this motion, York. Mr. Bennet for having acted In Mr. Crumpacker. of Indiana demand bad faith with his colleagues on this ed afroll call, which was ordered., floor." - Mr. Moon's motion to defeat the Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, and subsidy was lost 96 to 99: present 7. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, became This retained the subsidy In the bill, involved in an altercation as to the and without further objection the bill words. used by 'Mr. Williams in criti- was passed. clsm of Mr. Bennet until there were The house adjourned until tomor- calls on all sides to have the words row. i GOfiFEREflEE AT WHITE HOUSE. Rate Discussion With Simmons, i Overman and Nelson. TO! STRENGTHEN" HEPBURN BILL j The President Thinks it Wise to At tach to That Measure Either the Amendment Offered by Simmons or That Presented by 3IalIory Presi dent Declines Invitation to Visit Charlotte. Washington, April 12, Railroad rat? legislation again was a topic of important discussion today at the white house. The president talked over the subject with Senator Nelson of Minnesota, one of the staunch sud- porters of rate regulation, and later discussed it with Senators Simmons and Overman , of North Carolina. I Tha nwM CT,o c Nelson that in his Judgment it would ! be (Wise to attach fn h TTanhnrn MIT I .J.. , ..- "1 . I either the amendment offered bv Sen- ator Sjmmoils or that by Senator Mal- Ioiy of Fioriaa both of which are I designed to nrevent unusual dela v in t . . " the consideration of applications for I temporary injunctions. The proposed I amendments provide that proceedings '1 Umnr Injunctions must e oi ZZ' h50"""' SOes " sa proceeding ittri rate fixed by the commission and the notification has been received. Ten days then are allowed for the taking j I w ""J u IBlura Ui ers- In thirty-five days all the facts in I . rf anvr tyiikt ho r&nrir tYt on hmis- " ""'" " sioa iu me courx on motion ior temporary injunction. buch an I amendment, it is believed by the ad- given case and would prevent delays wnh they fear T-tAr wh o'PTiatnra "slinm(m. ntld a maQ WIU1 a ueiesauoa ol j Charlotte, N. C, men to invite the 1 Prudent to deliver an address on the 1 occasion of the celebrauon of the j Mecklenburg declaration of indepen- dence, on May 20 an , invitation the president felt obliged to decline he with regarding the pro- posed amendment. It is known the President told them about what he uau f W1U wuawr xwbuu. iv- I garded as likely that such an amend- may be adopted. Death of Richard Garnett. London, April l&v-Bichard Garnett, Engiisu author, died today of in ternal he mora ge. He was 71 years old. taken down. The speaker closed the incident by stating- that the words would not be taken down because both gentlemen were out of order. The vote was tlien taken on the res- olution to expunge and it was adopted,! ayes j 165. noes 91. I The house resumed consideration ofl the- postoffice appropriation bill. ltinU to rlwnv maU w rearh. Pd; a half dozen members from the south rose for the nurnose of still fur-1 ther IventiiatJno- th .niniect nf the stie-1 , v,- c..t I fiai icl&L IXiaii UIOV1H1UH UL ixic OUUlU" ern railway. Notwithstanding that the J "subsidy" had been considered for a I number of days the interest seemed T x . L j j- - . i j.i -n il o ue just as Keen as wiien me iirst i sneech was madf nn the suhlect. On a vote being taken, on the mo- tion fof Mr. Moon, of .Tennessee. . to strike out of the bill the appropriation j for special mail facilities between Washington. Atlanta and New Orleans the motion was rejected 102 to 106 Mr. Aiken, of South Carolina, en deavored to get the salaries of rural carriers increased from $720 to $840 a year and to grant them 15 days an nual leave. He also proposed ' an amendment to insure rural deliveries six days a week, but this was ruled out of order and the other proposi- tions were defeated. ; Ah effort by Mr. Flood, of Virginia, to put Confederate veterans on the same preferred class as other veterans, for positions as rural carriers, was unsuccessful. The bill was finally per- IS Mount VesuYius Gives no Sign . of Life. DF THE DEAD People Give Fervent Thanksgiving for the Danger Past. pe eruption xias namea mp or the Associated Press Representative Over the Belt Affected by the Fall of Ashes Conditions at Naples Greatly Improved Exhumation of the Dead at Boscotrecase Being Car ried on by Soldiers. I Naples, April 13. The period of dan- ger has passed and only desolation decllnmg remata. Mot Vesuvius has ceased to give any Ugu of life. The volcano seems to have lfc5ef in one eaormoua vulaion'. Diiiiector Mattueccii. who hpmi.:il hTd . . nh. at0ry believes that the eruption has ended and every outward indfcation confirms this view. No more rumblings from th wela of the earth. giving terrifying warning to the in habitants. The volcano is hidden be hind a thick curtain of smoke, which rises from' the crater! and then spreads and falls, enveloping a vast circle in semi-darkness. Naples is just beyond this circle, and today the city was ISathed in sunshine while the ugly pall rung to the westward over a belt midway between Rome and Naples. Vjesuvius today belies all popular pictures which represents the mountain clearly outlined against the sky vomit ing smoke, and ashes by day and fire by night Tjoday not the slightest outline is visible of the crater, crest or foot hills, all being swallowed up in a dense mass of smoke. There is the same obscurity tonight, unrelieved by flashes or reflected light such as are seen during quieter periods. Vesuvius quiescent is picturesquely grand, but active or smouldering It is terrible, only in its blacknessi and obscurity. The Associated Press correspondent traveled today in the belt over which ashes continue to fall. This lies to the north of Naples, as the wind now carries the discharge away from the city. At Rome there was sunshine, but twenty miles south', a thin veil of smoke made near by mountains dimly visible, their snow peaks soiled and sooty. -The zone of semi-obscurity beean 9 miles above Naoles. Hehe 1116 SUn' tUOUgn SUining, was iuviu.o. Its Sht seemed to come through smoked glass shedding a sickly glare nnon whitened vegetation. Everything rm, WAS COVereU WlLU UVWUC1. -L 1JC! 1UW- motives were coated as though they vvv.q v.wv.v Trettv K5fa , " .,nilw w rtrin- nmw uao uuvv- xr ping witn mua ana pwpie busy on the roofs shoveling off -the ashes. The crowds at the stations resembled millers, their clothing cover- wih nowder. The Campania pre sent3 appearance of a Dakota. prairie after a blizzard except that everything is gray instead of white. The ashes lie in drifts knjee deep. Villas trees and churches have been beaten with ggray mud in the sides ex posed to the volcanic storm. Ten miles north of Naples the train enters an nrea of semi-riight BU- lows of thick smoke roll from the I direction of the mountain. The rail- I , , k invisibl'ft twenty feet away. The train move with" extreme precaution to avoid col- lision. Breathing is difficult and the J smoke makes the eves water. This ooscuruy lasts uum a , i i . a. a. : 1 . - A I rfo n sa iiut lu ui iaiiiTO, o vmj v,. and normal conditions are resumed. las No better evidence of the improved I to j.. 41, aoirvn hv I condation of affairs m the section by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius can be presented than the following tele- I gram from Director Matteucci, sent mis evening - . w the side of the volcano: "Last night and today the activity ou I IfOLGIO QUIET, OOrIE iD VGLIVA ' MATT AGREE. Peaceful Settlement of the Trouble Seems Probable. ZION PROPERTY FOR CHTJRCn Dowie Agrees to Retire if Granted Five Per Cent of the Property, Amounting to $1.800,000 The Church Will Get $19.000.000 Statements 3rade by Counsel for Dowie and Valina. Chicago, April 13. Peaceful settle ment of the strife between John Alex ander Dowie and those of his follow ers who recently rebelled under the leadership of Wilber Glenn Vollva is in, sight, according to statements made tonight by. the legal advisers of both Voliva and Bowie. After an all day conference, Emil C. Wetten, rep senting Dowie, tonight said: We are nearer a peaceful solution of this question tonight than we have been at any stage of the proceedings. we have changed our minds relative to filing of a bill in equity, declaring the the -transfer of the ownership of the property of Zion City by vollva to Deacon Alexander Grander jo be void and will wait further developments. Today, as a matter of formality, wo filed a paper in the circuit court of Lake county, declaring that the power of attorney to General Overseer Vol lva by John Alexander Dowie was absolutely void, inasmuch as Voliva had not acted in accordance with thd instructions given him in reference to the execution of the powers delegat ed to him by Dowie. Dowie, before the transfer, sent Voliva a telegram revoking the power. of attorney. This telegram said: Inform all Zion that your appoint ment is on the face of it temporary. and that your instructions do not per mit you to change my policies in any department." Jacob Newman, attorney for Voliva said: Dowie and his advisers admit that 95 per cent of the Zion properties be long to the Christian Catholic church. and he has acquiesced in the , propo sition that if he is given five percent, of this property, after he has been In stalled in temporary, control, both ecclesiastical and financial, he will retire." "In other words, Dowie desires to be vindicated, reinstalled with full powers attending the first apostleshli of the Christian Catholic church, whereupon he will issue an edct. de claring that 95 per cent of the prop erty of Zion- City belongs to th church and that five nr ont hAln to Dowie. This would give to Dowie $1,000,000, and to the church $19,000,- 000." Vesusius and the agitaton at the sur face of the volcano sensibly diminish ed. Electric discharges ceased today, and the discharge is less ; abndant From the presumed formation of the crater and other indications, and if the news coming to jne is true of the cessation of lava at Boscotrecase I pre dict with reserve that in two or three days volcanic calm will reign." : fThe publication of this assuring despatch has brought joy to the peo- pde and tonight's Good Friday ser vices at the churches, which were at tended by lare congregations, took the form of fevent thanksgiving for dan ger past Conditions at Naples were so much better today that. the people were al most incredulous of the tales of ter- rr told by these who had' escaped i from the town, villages and country farther within the zone of devasta tion. The weather was fine and the wind had shifted so that the clouds of ashes from the volcano, instead of enveloping Naples were carried in the no reflection of the terror which had sions of the populace gave place to a smiling confidence, in which there was noreflection of the terror which had prevailed for the past week. But In other quarters there is no the exhumation of the dead is being carried on by. soldiers, who, owing to "ie advanced state of decomposition more -than an hour at a1 time. The wwrs. la one or great nnanciai cose well as of danger andlarduousness those engaged in it Many of the ooaies are merely snapeiess, unrecog- , . whUe others are but little disfigured, As quickly as possible they are buried In quicklime, to lessen as far as may i ,n work of recover- ing the rpseg permitted in the- vicinity. '4L,
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