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J- - - .- . - . . For North Caro lina: Showers. i Temperature for L the past 24 hoars: Max; 80; Mm. 69. Vol. XII TNESS URBER TI Jones Did Not lnMir lLr rvilUW VVIIU Killed Him-A State's Witness Arrested on a Charge of Perjury By It. SI. PHILLIPS TYiison, X. C, June 20. Special. The p,ost sensational incident so far in the murder trial here came this afternoon When Judge Shaw recalled Luther Farr?5. a state's "witness who had just !cf: the tand, and , placedhim under arrest for perjury. A bond of $200, justified, was quickly given. Mr. Barnes is proprietor of the Orient saloon. It -was in evidence that Barnes had' purchased a hat for Morgan, one sf the defendants, the day after the J kiiline of Jones, from Ed Peoples, a'-- 11m ir ne had any state- :!?rk, and that he told Peoples 7 what UrJ rf lint "TnT-trn n ir-antcrl I h': name cut in the sweat band, and then told Peoples to say nothing about :;. The new hat was supposed to re place a hat lost on the nightXof the homicide and afterwards found. The request was to get a new hat just like the one lost. Mr. Barnes denied in substance the foregoing. Mr. Peoples followed him o:i the stand and testified.to practically ;he foregoing state of facts. Mr. Spruill, it counsel for the state, made a state rent to the court, in the absence of the jury, to the effect that Barnes ad mitted to' him the day before that all that was sworn to by Mr. Peoples was ;rue; and though reluctant in doing -, Mr. Spruill said he would testify to the same. . - It was then that Judr-e Shaw had Fames recalled and placed him under arrest. Wilson, N. C, June 20. Special The rate began the Introduction of evidence In the murder trial here this morning. The court room was packed almost to lufTocation all day and unusual quiet ras maintained considering the intense teat .of the crowded building. When court met Solid to Daniels an nounced that the state would not ask for a verdict of murder in the first de cree against the defendant G. D. Ward, tut would; try, all the defendants on a charge of murder in the second degree. This was another decided surprise In the proceedings In this Interesting case. Mr. Uzzell of counsel for the state, called the long list of witnesses for the ?ro?ecution. Solicitor Daniels arraign ed the five defendants, Morgan, Allen, Ward, Rich andiWhitley for murder in the- second degree. The examination of witnesses began with James W." Tay lor, surveyor of Wilson county, on the stand. He testified that he is a surveyor, nd exhibited a plat of the Fryar building End other buildings in that vicinity. It was in a rear room of the Fryar sulkling, upstairs, that T. Percy Jones 's ki!led. As Mr. Taylor began his testimony Mr. Spruill said to the court that he hr,ped remarks of counsel, made in the hearing of the jury, would not be per mitted, that all tne attorneys were in hearing, and it was not right for re marks not directed to the court to be le about the case so that the jury. " . , . v . . , tion as to whether the entry was a t 'i them" ' . 'correct transcript of the Judgment by Judge Sh&w said he knew of.no such . . .-y- 1lM ng being: done, but if it was tempted it would not be allowed. -Ir. s. A. Woodard said he hoped his V, - t. r- 1 -u,,r prum wouia ano un. aeiense to confer among mem ielve? Yes, sir," answered the judge, "the :ourt will do that. Let counsel under hand that the court Is running this t.vj.'! ' ! Ijr. Albert Anderson, coroner of Wil o.; county, who made the post mortem lamination when Jones was wounded, testified to the locatipn of the wound, ke ball entered the abdomen and pun- tared the intestines in three places. I'eaih was caused by bleeding from Jones' forehead, but no other pistol aot wounds. Saw Jones, soon after he i He 'as conscious of his -condition, and I he realized he was going to die. J'e said he wanted to be relieved of his j ndition and have the ball taken out. I told him he wa too weak then, but I v.ouw c r ,a ir, H1,ch wi.t ii, x V-VFIA1V1. V -Edition that it could be done. After nsultation with Dr. Dickinson I told iirn I did not think he could stand an deration. I told him it was very doubt about his living.1 He said he was g to die- if we did not do some lhJrig for him and he wanted" something tif e as quick as possible. He was con ious until I left him and he kept re teati,:,r that ne wanted something done L'-U I left. Soiicitor Daniels asked Dr. Anderson hat the wounded man said about the fanner in which he received the inju The question was objected to, and dur'ig its discussion Judge Shaw re q'1:,"d the jury to retire. Cases were (Id therein it was held that the dy ' deriaration of a wounded man after - had given up all hope of recovery 1? competent-- Judge Shaw said the .estioa to be determined here is TESTIFY .-, r n-ha4V... -r . - 'I " C"1CX ones naa given up hope. When ' jmt rSOn toId him it was very doubtful about; his getting well the wounded man made some such declar ation as "My God, I hate to die." I asked him,' said Dr. Anderson, if he would make a statement as to how it occurred and he said he 'didn't know anything except a crowd c?f men broke into his room and he was shot. Said he didn't know who shot him. The men broke into the room. Jones pointed to the hole in the ceiling where' the shot fired by him entered. On the point of ; the : competency of Jones' statement Mr. Pou argued that it was incompetent because the 'evi dence showed that he (Jones) was1 all the time clinging to a hope that- he would recover and; begging the doctors to do something for him. Solicitor Daniels said he did not so understand the; testimony. That Dr. Anderson told him.. -it was very doubt ful about his liviiig. - After Jones ex claimed, . "My Godt I hate to die," Dr. 7. V v" ulL uul lo majce L ' , i. ;.'". .J The court held with, the view taken by the state and defendants excepted. The jury was brought into the box and Dr. Anderson;? repeated the statement made to the court ;as to Jones' declara tion on being, told that the only thing that could be done for him was to stim ulate him. -. .; Dr. Anderson said he had another pa tient that night at the Sanitarium, John Allen, one of the defendants Couldn't recall ail who wre there with Allen. Another one of the defend ants, Mr. Rich, was there with others. Allen was very bloody from a wound through his. left shoulder. The ball en tered near the : left 'c'ollar bone in front and went., through the fleshy part of his shoulder. I din't probe for the ball or stop to dress the wound at that time. The ball ranged downward and back ward. Don't think Allen made any statement about how he was shot. Dr. Anderson testified ! to the good character of two witnesses, one of the nurses at the Sanitorium and Mr. R. D. Alley, ; a carpenter; who are to be introduced for the state. Mr. Pou cross-examined Dr. Ander son, in which nothing new was brought out. , S. R. Chapman 'was "the next witness. Said he was near Keel's marble, yard the ' afternoon -before . the - night of the killing. He saw; defendant Whitley there' and with him .wW a printer and a man named Leonard who clerks in a bar. He couldn't tell who else was there Whitley told him he' had been in some trouble and that he was going to be put under a peace bond. Whitley said he had some trouble with Jones and he had threatened to horse whip him Whitley- said tie didn.'t care- what he did r for. the law or for anybody, and that he would -whip Jones before 12 o' clock that night. That was about 3 or 4 in the, afternoon before the murder. Cross-examined by Mr. Finch, Mr. Chapman said Whitley :was drinking at tne time he made" threats against . . I : ! ' . Thomas E. Keel testified that he is a j justice of the peace and that he had j issued , a peace warrant for ; Whitley. (Was asked to produce j his docket and defendants objected on the ground that a memorandum iri a magistrate's docket is irrelevant and hot competent except as to Whitley, and is immaterial. ,-It Jwas shown' that .the entry was not in ine swe onerea inej onguiai papers in the peace warrant proceedings, and the same objection, was made except ?ag to handwrltln J The court 4admltted the original pa pers for the purpose of showing that ! peace bond proceedings were instituted the day before the homicide. Mr. Keel further testified that he heard Whitley say he Inteded to whip Mr. Jones before he left the office. This was about 3 o'clock iri the afternoon preceding the night, of Cross-examined, sMr. the murder. Keel said. he did riot hear Whitley deny that he had threatened to: horsewhip Mr. Jones. Eugene Williams was ' next' ' called and counsel for the defense asked to - mc, nruiicasv j"1 c,o- ;ed to retire ana mr.' winiams was asKea u : -ne e "iA ITuS tht of an Almighty God. He relied that, believed In justice to humanity "Awer the nd re said Mr. Connor. "Do , yAi. believe In . the existence of an Aimignty uoa: "I can't answer fht question," said Mr. Williams. 4 f . - r' ' ' Mr. Williams was standing with his hand on the book, and Mr. Spruill sub- 'mitted that any man who was willing to , swear, with his hand on the Bible was1 a -competent witness. ' This is not an ecclesiastical tribunal, may it please your- honor, to . try a man's belief or his conscience. This man is willing to subscribe to the forms of the law. Mr. John E. Woodard said no person was eligible under the law to swear upon th-Bible without believing in It. The Quakers do not swear, but affirm. The orthodox Jew will not swear upon the New Testament. The Chinese will not swea'r upon our Bible. The question was left open and Mr. Williams temporarily stood aside. Berry Hinnant was called. Said he was in his fish stall at the market the RALEIGH. N. IN AT WILSON j day before the homicide, and - saw Whitley, Piver and Barnes around there. Mr. Hinnant started to tell something he heard Piver say, when objection was raised. ' Judge Shaw ordered the jury taken out again. He stated that he could see -how the defendants' case would be prejudiced by statements tending to show what was said by others in their absence. The jury was ordered back to the box. ' . Eli Felton, constable of Wilson town ship, said the defendant Whitley was arrested by him the afternoon pre ceding the killing. Had Whitley ' in buggy with him. They passed Jones, who was standing with another man named Moore. Whitley called out: "Haul it away from here." ross-examined Mr. Felton saidJ Whitley was right smart and drinking. E. L. Moore was the next witness. Had known Whitley ten , years. Said Whitley told him he had been appoint ed by a committee to wait on Mr. Jones and tell him to leave town. Said he was going to see the. police and se it they would interfere in case he made any attempt to. move Jones out of town. He came back and said he had seen the police and they said they would turn their back. This was early in the morn ing before the night Jones was killed. Whitley asked me if I would like to take supper, with him and takei part in it. I don't know what he meant by it. I told him I wasn't hungry, f I saw Jones in his room the next ' morning. He was lying on his bed. I asked him what was the matter and he saidhe was , shot and that he was dying. He died about three-quarters of an hour afterwards. He was . conscious when I was there, and knew me all right; I asked him where he was shot' and he said right here (indicating).' I asked are you seriously hurt and he said "Yes, I am and I'm dying." . Said he didn't know who shot him, that there was a crowd of men there, but who it was he didn't know. 1 Mr. Moore said he knew the defendant G. D. Ward, was at one time in busi ness with him. The solicitor exhibited a hat and asked if he recognized it as Ward's. "I do not," said the witness. - Mr. Mewborn cross-examined Moore, who said that the morning before the killing when he saw" Whitley that he (Whitley) was drunk. : . -, Ephraim Harrell, an officer,- was called next. Said' he saw Whitley the (Continued- on 2nd page.) SIX THOUSAND MOORS SLAIN Forces of the Sultan of Mo rocco Defeated With Heavy Loss London, June 20. A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco, today reports a bat tle between Moorish troops and tribes men at Amniedinna. The Moorish general and 6,000 men are reported , to have been killed. . ; The civil war in Morocco has been going on for a year with varying suc cess. At one . time Bu-Hamara, the Moorish .pretender, who is heading the revolting tribesmen, was at the gates of' Fez, the sultan's capital. About six weeks ago, a dispatch stated that El Meiebhi had started on an expedition to give battle to and crush the revolters. Since then his progress has . been attended by very conflicting reports, but he was believed. to be making headway. This crushing defeat, if true as reported, will deal a staggering blow at the sultan's power. It is probably, however, exaggerated. Easy for Reliance New York, June 20. The race today of the 90 footers resulted In a com paratively easy victory, for the Reli ance. She crossed the line first and was in front all around the course. She beat the Constitution 4 minutes 17 seconds and the Columbia 7 minutes 31 seconds. ' The course was triangular. The wind was light; varying in strength from. 6 to 10 miles an hour. At times it .was rather flukey, but one yacht was not favored more than another. ; Auto Records Smashed Indianapolis, June 20. The world's records for automobile driving on cir cular tracks were sent flying inVthe automobile races held at the state fair grourid today, when Barney Oldneld and Tom Cooper, the noted drivers, met for their great contest. Oldfield broke all records up to five miles in his second heat, and in the first heat clipped 112-5 seconds off the previous record, which he held. Coop er, although finishing second In both heats, broke the previous records also. Burglar Kills Policeman ; New Rochelle, N. Y., June 20. Po liceman Maurice Ahearn was murder ed early this morning by a supposed burglar whom he encountered coming out of Rochelle park, a fine residence section of that city, carrying a bag on his back.' The burglar, after kill ing Ahearn, riddled his body, with bullets. C; SUNDAY, 3TFNE 211903 SIXTEEN PAGES SERVIAN INDIGNATION A Way Suggested to" Satisfy t turopeanj Demands Belgrade, June 20, J-M. Kalievitch, the minister of foreigpi affairs, has is sued a statement whfch may be re- , lMC uudi. muduon oi gomers coal shaft at Senecaville, 16 the views of the goyemmenr In regard t1Tliies south Qf here. Hiram Wilson, to recent even tf. ilh reference to thesm Hartop. RusseU Hartop. Hayes recall of Sir Ge&rerm Rdnhnm. th T!i-'t- Iti..i..i . i, . , U w rJZZ 7 " ,7" J-n V,, . ."".v., ulca.. dixi, 4iiuiv uy un nct, io noia ine present bervian government, responsible for the murders. " . k x UnlessKing Peter isr prepared to, al together ignore the - foreign demands for the punishment Gf the . assassins of King Alexander and Queen Draga his only means of-satisfying any re quirements appears t0 be to persuade the criminals to absent themselves un til quiet is restored, when they will be permitted to resume their places in the army. , The" provisional government holds of fice solely at the will of the army, and should King Peter promise to punish the officers implicated it -is as likely as not that the army . will force the withdrawal of the invitation to occupy the throne. ' y : It is suggested iri official -circles that Russia may possibly Advise the offi cers concerned to so absent themselves. RUSSIA DENOUNCED -. - A London J Mass Meeting Adopts Strong Resolutions - London, June 20.-f A " 'mass meeting attended by about 4,000 people, mostly Jews, was held iri Whitechapei tonight to protest against the Kishineff mas sacre. A resolutions was--adopted de claring that the responsibility for the affair rests' on the Russian government, whicha supports anti-Semitism by the enactment of - anti-Jerish laws and subsidizes a press which instigates an outbreak, the government hoping there by to dfvert the growing discontent pf the rion-JewisHx masses7 into false channels and frighten the Jewish work ing classes away from a revolutionary struggle. lit "V v. NO LAUNCHWJGSMONDAYk Complications in Respect to the Cruiser Galveston Richmond, i Va., June 20. The cruiser Galveston, concerning "which there is a dispute between thefederal authori ties . and state, -coorts'vrlll not be launched Monday; No 'work was done on her today and it will be impossible to get her ready in time. It is understood that the United States , will . give a bond indemnifying the creditors of the Trigg Shipbuilding Company which, is now in the hands or a receiver, and Judjre Grinnan, of the chancery court, will then rescind his order restraining the United States from launching the vessel. The United States court today hand ed down an opinion, to the effect that the . Trig Company is not bankrupt. This decision leaves Its affairs in the hands of the chancery court of Rich mond, which last December appointed a receiver for it. MOONSHINING Revenue Officials Will Take Measures to Prevent It Asheville, N. C, June 20. Special. Many of those concerned in the service have predicted of late that small dis tilleries would take to the woods to make their whiskey when the Watts bill becomes effective. Tonight' it was stated in revenue circles that a large force of officers would be stationed throughout this mountain country in anticipation of such a move on the part of distillers. Revenue officials are de termined that moonshiners shall riot regain the ground they lost yeA-s ago. These special men will be sent out the first of next month. During the session of Y. M. C. A. summer conference this afternoon the matter of erecting the proposed Associ ation building at the State University was discussed. C. A, Russell, Z. V. Judd, and R. M. Harper announced that they would begin the work of so liciting funds for this purpose in Ashe ville Monday and later would visit qther cities of the state. - Recognition Withheld" Washington, June 20. Until the new Servian monarchy has been firmly and forhially established, the United States government will adopt no measure to ward entering into diplomatic rela tions with it. John B. Jackson, who was ' appointed United States minister to Greece, .Roumania and Servia, is now at Belgrade, but the credentials which he bears are null and void,' as they accredit him to the late King Al exander. To secure recognition of the existence of diplomatic relations be tween the two governments it would be necessary for him to present new letters of credentials ,to King Peter rKarageorgevitch. DEADLY COMBINATION Lightning Strikes Dynamite Resulting. in Many Fatalities Cambridge, Ohio, June 20. At 2 o'clock this- evening lightning struck 3,000 pounds of dynamite stored at the 1 a uen waon ana win Mahny were instanly killed. Fifteen , otners were r a tally injured and a large number seriously hurt. Four of the in jured have died since the accident. The shaft is half a mile south of the vil lage. The force of the explosion was northward and. the village was almost demolished. Every window in every house was broken and the Odd Fellows Hall and the Kellar building are badly wrecked. Later reports say that nine men are dead and that 17 others are fatally in jured. The people of the village are walking the streets in wildest confu- tdor and pome have gone Insane. Phy- siclans from all near by towns are be ing rushed to the scene. STANDING IN COURT I he Western UniOn in Flffht- . A" J ing AttltUde Baltimore. June 2Q.1 The United States supreme court" "has now taken a hand in the contest between the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and Western Union. A lofcal reflection of this contest is the case now pending before Judge Morris, of the United States circuit court, in which the West ern Union, through its counsel. Attor ney General Rayner, has asked for an order enjoining the Philadelphia, Bal timore and Washington Railway from Interfering with its telegraph lines along the railroad. The United States supreme court has, however, granted an inlunction re straining the Pennsylvania Railroad from interfering with any of the lines of the telegraph company. NOlSLAVERY People -of Alabama Have No Sympathy With' Peonage New Orleans; June 20. The' Alabama Commercial and Judicial Association, in session at Mobile,, has adopted the following resolution apropos of the Al abama 'peonage cases:, "Resolved, that while this associa tion strongly supports, the enforcement of law and very greatly deplores the violation of the law, referring to the cases of the indictments of some twen ty persons, citiens of two coxmties of Alabama, we repudiate the charge that the whole body of our citizenship is involved in these lawless practices, and we very much regret that politi cians and partisans have seen it to their interest to stir up discord by making it appear that the southern Ieople' are seeking to return the ne groes to a state of slavery. We de clare that there is no truth in the ac cusation, and that the people of the south have no purpose of tbis sort and do not sympathize with any who for gain may -have overstepped the law which guarantees the freedom of the. citizen whether white or black." DENTISTS ADJOURN - Dr. Fleming of Raleigh Elec ted President of the Society Winston-Salem, (N. C, June 20. Spe cal. The North Carolina Dental Socie ty adjourned its annual meeting at 1 o'clock today.' It was decided to hold the next annual session at Morehead City. The exact dat will be decided' later by the executive board. The of ficers elected are as follows: President, J. M. Fleming, Raleigh; first vice pres ident, J. A. Gorman, Asheville; second vice president, J. B. Little, Newton v secretary, J. S. Betts, Greensboro; treasurer, R. H. Morrow, . Burlington; essayist, P. E. Horton, Winston-Salem; The old examing board was re-elected. The members are Dr. V. E. Turner, president, Raleigh; Dr. R. H.' Jones, secretary. Winston; Dr. S. P. Hilliard, Rocky Mount; Dr. J. E. Matthews, Wilmington; Dr. C. A. Bland, Char lotte; Dr. . E. J. Tucker, Roxboro. Several papers were read and dis cussed at the closing session. The re port of the board on the papers filed by the thirty-one applicants j'for li cense to proctice dentistry will be made in a week or two through the secre tary, Dr. R. H. Jones of this city. Dr. Jones tells me that the work and pa pers of the young applicants, was far above the average. Last Link in Cable. San Francisco, June 20. Within a week the last link , of the Commercial Pacific cable will be laid between San nvjiTiHseo and Manila. 'and the United States will have direct communication with the Philippines. TTTV TlTl 9 tx&s to tine Revenue Officers to Lose their Heads Mr, Roosevelt Gives an Exhibition of Smallness Contest Evidence Printed BY TDOnil J. PEKCB Washington, June 20. Special. This afternoon Judge James E. Boyd had a conference with the president by ap pointment and recommended the par don of Lawrence Pulliam, iormerly cashier of the National Bank of Ashe vllle, who was sentenced to nve years Imprisonment on the charge of default Ing. The application of Mr. fuuiam for executive clemency is very strongly supported, all of the jurymen who sat in the case having endorsed it. In 1893, because of ill health, it is stated, .he took funds from the bank and disappeared to have an operation of his health. For more than five years he was absent and the bank was not acquainted with his whereabouts. He j livea ln California ana eisew nere, oui his health did not improve to any ex tent, and several years ago he return ed to his home state and surrendered himselL. At the present time his health is shattered. Judge Boyd, who is fa miliar with the facts, having presided at the trial, has urged Mr. Roosevelt to grant the a plii cation for pardon. All the papers in the case are with the attorney general, who will present them shortly to the president with a recommendation. , The annual allowances for the of fices of the two collectors of internal revenue in North Carolina -were made today, and as the result of decrease in the clerical forces, much commo tion is likely to result in revenue cir cles in Tar Heeldom. Collector Har kins of the western district loses one deputy with a salary of $1,500, two more deputies who draw $1,400 each, and another whose cornpehsation is $1,000. In addition another deputy in tlarkin office ;is reduced from $1,200 to $1,000 salary. ?; : Collector Duncan of the easternr dis trict is little 'less fortunate and like wise suffers a reduction in his official force. He arrived in Washington be fore the allowances were finally rnade and partially recouped. It was first decided by Commissioner Yerkes to abolish two of the office force' and three of the division deputies in the eastern district. After- a conference be tween the commissioner and Collector Duncan it was decided tor dut off only one clerk in the- office and to make provision for an additional olerk at st salary of $1,200 under the revenue agent at Greensboro. S. A. Hodgin, whose office as clerk in Raleigh is abolished, will receive "the Greensboro appoint ment. Collector Duncan has not yet Will Hanna Be Chairman in the Next Campaign? That Is a Question Involved in Doubt Beveridge and Taft Discussed as Candidates for' Washington, June 20. Gossip about the probable resignation of Perry S. Heath as secretary of the Republican national committee, in view of the dis closures of wrong doing during his administration as first assistant post master general under the Mckinley ad ministration, naturally brings up the question whether Senator Hanna will continue to act as chairman in the campaign of 1904. It can be stated On authority that this matter has hot been determined upon or formally discussed recently. It being certain that Presi dent Roosevelt will be the Republican candidate for president, his wishes as to the selection of a chairman of the committee, of course, will have great weight. 77 . " It has been generally supposed that when the president was Senator Han na's guest during the wedding festiv ities of .his daughter this subject was talked oyer and some understanding arrived at. It is a fact, however, that the question was not discussed between the president and the senator at that time. Some months ago Mr. Roosevelt did talk to Mr. Hanna about the chair manship and expressed a desire to have him continue his services. But the senator stated with some emphasis that, owing to the state of his health, he did not think he ought to serve through another campaign. This con versation took place before the recent flurry over the endorsement of Roose velt by the Ohio Republican conven tion. There Is some reason to believe that the misunderstanding and ill feel- j ing engendered by that incident has No. 16 u C! decided which three division deputies he will fire. There are eleven in his district. Collector Harklns recommended the 1 abolition of the office of stamp depu ty at Statesville, .but Commissioner Yerkes today decided against thla course and reduced tb salary of tha Office from $1,200 to $1,000. The total allowance for the fiscal year beginning July 1st in the eastern district is $42,830, and in the western district $47,S70. ! Collector Duncan had; a talk with Mr. Yerkes regarding the Watts law and its operation Speaking of this subject, he said: "While thera are nominally 450 storekeepers andi gaugers in North Carolina, i I do not think there have been over 250 at work during the lasflwo years. Reports re-' ceived by me from division deputies in the eastern district Indicate that by October first there will be within 25 per cent as many stills in operation in the district as there were last year, and they will have a capacity to pro duce 'more whiskey. I think the effect of the Watts law will be quite a dis appointment to heavy whiskey dealers in other states, as I am sure they an-' ticipated more benefits from the law. than' the moral forces did. The London bill was the Ideal of that element. The result will be that the Watts law will be a disappointment to both." rv Collector Duncan will return home to morrow afternoon. - President Roosevelt has recently "sur prised his friends by an exhibition of a trait of character smallness which it was not ; known he had developed to . -such an extent! The other day-one of. the reporters of a local paper, regularly, assigned "to do" the White House, re ported a story to the effect that Sena tor Scott of West Virginia had snubbed the pesident. It seems that Scott had an engagement with the chief execu- tive and was kept waiting longer than" he had expected. Shortly, after leaving - :. the White House the president noticed ; Scott's absence arid sent his messenger : after him. Scott replied that he was too busy to return at that time. Tha ' reporter told the story just as it oc curred. The next day the president demanded the removal of the reporter, . and being persona non grata ' at trie , White House, he was transferred to another field. Presumably the presi dent would 'have" been "delighted" had the reporter written up a.fakeaccount ' of a cordial meeting between him and the West Virginia' senator. This Is a fine example for one , to set who goes . moralizing over the country, claiming ; a monopoly of honesty and patrlotisni. The depositions in the, Moody-Gudger? contested election case have been print ed. They only fill the modest space of 631 pages, exclusive- of the Index. Tho clerk stated today-that all the evidence- was printed with the exception of newspaper clippings and documentary, evidence. These will go before the commission the same as if thfy had been printed. Hugh M. Howard of North Carolina has passed the examination for ap pointment as second lieutenant ln tha marine corps. . . had its effect upon the program to put the campaign in 1904 in Mr. Hanna'a charge. No agreement has. been reach ed, however, and it is understood thaC the subject will not be formally brought up and discussed again until the fail. The statements made by public men! who have talked with President Roose velt since he returned from his west ern trip confirm the popular belief that lie is inclined to regard Senator Bev eridge of Indiana as the most available man, all things considered, for tha vice presidential nomination.. Thli statement is made with the knowledge that President Roosevelt has a wanner regard for Governor Wm. H7 Taft oil the Philippines than for almost a nyj other'man in public life, and that her would under some circumstances prefer-, to have him for a running mato next year. It may be, too, that cir cumstances will so change during tha next six or eight mqnths that Judge? Taft will be substituted in the presi dent's mind, as the best man for the second place on the Republican ticket At present Judge Taft's mission is la the east, and, so far as can be learned he proposes to stay there. The presl ident has the highest regard for Gov ernor Taft, not only as a friend, but as an Intelligent, loyal public servant, and If he does not come home to ac cept the vice presidential nomination, he will sooner or later become a mem ber of the United States supreme court. Recently the rumor has been revived' that Chief Justice Fuller would retire at the opening of the October term, he having been eligible for retirement since January last, and that' Judge; Taft would be appointed to . succeed him. There is rio foundation for' this story and it is not believed that Chi; Justice Fuller has any intention of re tiring in the immediate future, lie: - . over, . if he should : retire "now, Jc Taft would not be appointed to bucc him, as the president' could not sistently give , two Vacancies - r j .n -ntia bench toOhlo, and Judo D.?; ton was appointed cr.Jy-a'f ego. if ;.; 4 :- .
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