; ... 7 ' ' . ; ;--.. 7." ,7 . - s, TttEUHER TODAY: I "T FT" I I T t I m 1 . f3f North Carollni : f f 1 "TJ H Tj TT "T ""TT'TV )) VV, rrmn TttlPEIUTURS: jsCJ 1- HE. VolVT RALEIGH. 1 131904, 7 Xo 5Q ... -.j j 1 1 - Report to "the ffomse oa Bristow cent of Using Improper Influences The Min ority Hauls Bristow Over the Coals April 12. Representative rrr.an of the special com- i nf Pnnrrrnee lnnn.ldn,y without any notice to Its r:niwti uwniSi wo .I...U members. Their correspondence has been brought to the iignt witn tnat ae- partment .of the government with which- their relations are most Inti mate. In no Instance Is it likely that they expected the letters which they wrote would be published. These let ters were written under a greet variety of circumstances in haste, and some doubtless by the private secretary of a member; some of them formal and some of a personal nature. "It Is to the credit of the membership of 'the House that correspondence of ri .eri nppoimca 10 inquire this character thus collected togetner , .:.-srI Bristow "charges should conialn so little of an unfavor r . : .rs of Congress." submit- ! nb character. Undoubtedly there are i I!vi?e this afternoon the J letters which were carelessly written. : 1. has b"n awaited with so j Theactlon In some cases was not well :-'. The report presentei J considered. The statement found In :r ; Ii is the unanimous ver- 80me instances in letters from the exec-t;.- committee and is signed utlve office, that what was done was ...:-r-j committee, as follows: j done as R favor to the member might !::::. Burton. Metcalf. McDer-l.vn have htn resented. But there Is :!:: a and Richardson. - Thejnolninff jn any of the cases considered "v...w..f , ,nni rer.ee i s upon me integrum ui me - l Richardson, presented a membership of the House of Tlepresen- ; : :aiernent in wnicn mey i tatives . j;-i:rtv severely to task fori ... ... . r ,r...iJer extravagant guW- M.nonty Views Are Rather Severe - r i.nns not borne out by the t The views of the minority go further I than the main report In its strictures rvrrt of the committee 1 upon Mr. Bristow for his course in the -'u!n that It is highly : matter of the Increases In clerk hire i ih membership of the at Kingman and Kria, Kansas, which t".- exjxve of supposedly tiiHn his recommendation were fixed T-pu!-nce with the Dost ' fnr In excess of the legal limit. The ; -rrrrterit has shown so little minority report also condemns Mr. . l . any way be termed ir- j Bristow and his force of Inspectors for re port acquits the mem-; the existence of the postal scandals. Rouse and but mildly crlti-1 if the army of inspectors under "his : :r:h assistant postmaster j control. It s.nys, had been a vigilant minority report Is not j body, directed by a vigilant commander, r ith Mr. Bristow, but the rcrvice would have escaped many emitted from "his report I of the scandals with which It had re- r: rrr.e denrtment cases cently been tainted. They should have -xv th law was tx!ng rlo- i been able to prevent many of the r r iys -t f money. abuses mentioned in the Bristow re- r: n: ue of the report Is porf. among them the "wanton de r n!.::ns the connection of 'utruction of Ink." excessive shipment of -h th- business of the postnic to various post offices, illegal use r r: . r.:. This finding Is as J of penalty labels; that "C5.0CO ink pads were of Inferior grade;" that various . -r-'ft:l consideration cjf all j offices had received excessive quan - 1 In the report, numbered j me9 of pa(js, ink and other supplies; r ;ri if the post office com-' that "the department was bulling the h ir.-s against members oftwIne market and storing twine;" that . r.ir as they relate to ; tne bureau of supplies was criminally U rs of the House, which extravagant; that the public funds - . u:ne to ba the limit j were being wasted in purchasing In- : - ;,-1,v'- ir-c n3e unani-; fcr1or manifold books. tr.f conclusion mat ..lin trit!tr t hnsim" the ALABAMA 'RETURNS Hobson Pushes Bankhead for the Nomination Birmingham, Ala., April 12. Further returns from yesterday's Democratic primary Indicate that a majority of the delegates elected to the state Dem- Female Minstrels Arrested Af ter Performance in Wilmington Wilmington, N. C, April 12. Special. ocratic convention favor sending an j Charged with having presented an in- (MRAL SHOW Mate. sos ' to lEYesiiaate FrMads uninstructed delesratlon to the national decent and immoral show at the local convention. It is generally understood j theatre Monday night. Proprietor Dun that those who are not for instructions are also against Bryan, Cleveland and Hearst. Additional returns from the sixth congressional district show that the apparent majority of Representative Bankhead has been reduced. Bank- head's own county, Fayette, is now re ported as doubtful. Walker county has gone for Captain Hobson by 100 ma jority. In Sumter county, where Bank- can Clark and nine members of Clark's female minstrels were arrested heie this afternoon as the company was about to depart for its next engagement at New BerrC The warrant was issued under instructions of Mayor Springer, who had many complaints today of the indecency of the production. The com pany was arrested aboard its special car as ithe train was about to leave. Ten defendants are held under surveil- Republicans Resist All Ap peals to Inquire into tha Post Office Department Rottenness- Canal Measure Taken Up head was thought to have a majority ance oc officers aboard the car until Of 200, his majority IS now placed at hv ran Ha Mvpti trial in th miiniH- i .1 110. Hobson's majority in his own county. Hale, Is considerably less than was supposed. As nearly as can be estimated, Bankhead's majority now appears to be In the neighborhood of 400, with the chances that more com plete returns will reduce it. Representative Burnett won in the seventh district, while Secretary of State J. Thomas Heflin is in the lead for Congress in the fifth district. In the supreme court race Chief Justice T. N. McCIellan was renominated with out opposition. pal court at noon tomorrow. The pen alty forj violation of the ordinance un der which they are indicted is $50 and costs eich. The company had pre viously appeared in Greensboro, Dur ham anfe Fayetteville. Among the counsel here from the eleventh district attending the supreme court this week are Hon. C. B. Watson, Hon. Clement Manly, Mr. L. M. Swink, Mr, J. S. Grogan of Winston-Salem and Mr. C. O. McMlclTael of Madison. iver Held Past Under - Sixty feet of Water connection j report concludes, "they should have I X4 st ; ?..irr I In ! . that would Justify the discovered that the post office depart h .t any ir.-mVr of the House t , being used to violate the h s profited nnan-1 r-.-..- trpll dJrected. they should have arrested and prosecuted those who were using the mails for "I r tnlivf t' 'f;:tt A'-crr. cr th it : n.i r-l'ty of improper i:i .n-ct:.n t!l-r'w,th--orj 'fraudulent schemes, popularily known r r hvs .lone in cennee- t aa get-rich-quick' concerns; without r.y rf sa!J cases fjf ' worklnK more than eight hours a day ' T-ir rt b wlhln the th. hnv. nrnted or dlscov- il-.!uty. arrorvllng to;wd flnd punIthed ncarly evcry fraud 1 iii in runt, iiiciiii'Micu in October reportl The business of this ' t.;;5 conc!ulon. the department Is to watch and guard all - tr-: I to add that 1 other departments' of the postal ber-I- uouM be well to 'vices. Its chief merit must be found, mry 1w. and to ' not In the result of special investlga i t - n.-irrowe.t possible ; tlons of demoralixatlons that have be . ; . ?.,. mJxn. in con-j come so great as to challenge general : oT.-e an I details of public attention, but rather In the air - r. it:r. and that sv-' of a vigilance that will prevent wrong Nr from work of that doln. , : aucment the efficiency j Both reports were read in the House, f irpreentatlvNi. and without debate were placed upon iJ. crr?imlttc would the calendar. They may be called up i ?. th- fact that this j for consideration at any time, as ine nj-on the House sud-J matter Is privileged. Japanese Lose Iwo Small EBs(as(ements . ft Eoonton, X. J., April 12.- William Hoar, a diver. Is imprisoned and prob ably dead sixty feet below the surface of the Boonton water reservoir, having been sucked Into an opening by the rushing water at that depth after hav- J Ing gone down in his diving armor in an endeavor to shut off the water. Divers say they cannot live more than twenty-four hours under water at that depth, but Hoar has been at the bot tom of the reservoir since 3 o'clock Monday afternoon. All day divers and others have been trying to rescue Hoar, but in vain. His signals were heard up to noon today, but after, that time no response came from him In answer to signals from above, although the air s still being pumped down to him in the faint hope that he may vet be aliva. In the middle of a four-foot pipe at the bottom of the reservoir is a gate valve which got out of order and could not be closed. A great ball was sent down In the expectation that it would be sucked into the pipe, and thus stop the rush, of water so the gates could be repaired. The ball was sucked into the pipe, but a four-inch, chain got entan gled with It and there was still a big leak. Hoar was sent down to fill In the openings with sand bags. It was while putting these sand bags in place that Hoar's left leg was sucked into the opening and held fast by the sand bags. He signalled to the helpers above to pul him up, and they pulled, but they could not budge him, and finally another diver had to be sent for. He was .brought from New York by special train and went down and endeavored to pull Hoar away from his perilous position. The diver, William Olsen, worked for-five hours endeavor ing to get Hoar loose, but he finally had to give up and go to the surface for more help. . Hoar recognized Olsen when he went down and shook his hand as a token that he understood him andrthat he knew Olsen was doing his best.. Olsen himself was caught in the suction and had one hand crushed. More divers are at work to night. It is believed Hoar is dead. Washington, April 12. The Senate took up the post office appropriation i bill today and Mr. Lodge moved to lay on the table the amendment offered yesterday by Mr. Gorman, providing for a postal investigation. Mr. Gorman demanded a roll call. The vote stood: Ayes 40; noes 19; so the amendment was tabled. The vote was on strict party lines. Mr. Teller offered an amendment pro viding for a postal investigation by a committee of five senators. Mr. Teller pointed out that his amendment re moved the objection made by Mr. Alli son and others that the Senate should abdicate its authority to the House. The form of his amendment followed the precedent of one hundred years and he denied the statement that specific charges must be made before an inves tigatlpn can be ordered. Mr. Aldrich The precedents for the hundred years that the senator is talk ing about are Just the other way. Spe cific charges have always been made. Mr. Teller Oh, my word is as good as the senator's. If the senator; does not lenow that charges of corruption are made against the post office de partment, he has not read his party press nor the debates in anqther branch of Congress. I have just seen In a great Republican paper the charge that more than one hundred senators and members of have been caught in Bristow's trap. I know this amend ment would be voted down "or laid on the table, because the majority here has determined not to permit an inves tigation and will not allow it under any pretense. Senate Debate Varied bv Exchange of Hot? Words Tit'- " r rr nnfl Stated Russians "'n the Tables on tie Enemy at Yongampho 'il IZ I a. m. The silence r Russian and Japanese e.nrpared here with the rrrcds a cyclone. Specu ' l on the probability of r xh. the storm will burst. .cl ients In the nclghbor . i -ire merely regarded us r"Mlns. The unofficial 1 ."" St. Petersburg report n,.nts of troop and the " '-"re much attention, in- i is avowedly not cen " to foreign newspi- - v.uruty of Port Arthur "'l r -tark Is ascribed here ';-'r. of 'rough weather. ' ' : ; Admiral Togo to the Klliott Islands or r h!- with a fleet 'ot ' : r l. No importance Is rrm.-r from Chinese M Port Arthur Mon- hin h.T been receive! Man artillery fire Sunday night, owing to their mistaking signal, resulted in the sinking of a Junk with S3 hands on board, , In audition to the casualties previously rcpcrteJ. A dispatch to the Morning Post from Xcw Chwang Mates that the Russians regard the next ten !;ivi nm rritlrtil. . believing that if the expected attack In the Llao valley is her. Washington, April 12. Messrs. Teller and Hopkins became involved in a vicious quarrel In the Senate today over a letter written by the late Gen. H. H. Thomas, recently removed from the office of appraiser of the port of Chi cago. Mr. Teller read part or tne let ter. In which General Thomas charged the secretary of the treasury with vio lation of the civil service law. . The letter made severe reflections upon Senator Hopkins, but Mr. Teller did not read that portion. Mr. Hop kins entered the Senate chamber, and evidently believed Mr. Teller had read the offensive portion of the letter, as he sharply Interrupted Mr. Teller and declared that General Thomas letter was an unjust reflection upon the sec retary of the treasury. "I knew General Thomas and have his letter here," remarked Mr. Teller shortly, "and I would believe him as quickly as I would the senator from Illinois." "I suppose the senator would believe anything coming from the slums or anywhere e'-e to carry his point," re marked Mr. Hopkins. "I guess the senator's connection with the case In point is something that he is not proud of," said Mr. Tel- and he replied: "If the senator's con nection with the departments were as' ruption in that department Republicans Afraid of an Investigation Mr. Aldrich I wish to deny the state ment that this side is opposed to mak ing an investigation of any charges. No such statement has been made before.- -...:..;-,,,'.. - Air. Teller Then I make It now. The Republican " side of this chamber dares not order an investigation because it fears, more corruption will be discov ered that will have an effect on the next presidential election. . Mr. Aldrich asked Mr. Teller to make some, specific charge or name some one who is suspected. Mr. Teller Mr. President, it is an insult to me as a senator to ask me to j name somebody. On my responsibility ! act rt aonanr T plinrifft Vint V nrfv ia . clean as mine he would have occasion to be proud." Mr. Mallory interrupted to call atten tion to the resolution offered early in delivered it will be within that period. The New Chwang correspondent of the Express, referring to the same Idea, says that the Ru?sinn resistance will be very determined. The whole line from Kalplng to Llao Yang is held in great force. The best defensive points have been continually strengthened. There is a great concentration of troops at Tashlehla, the-Junction of the rail ways. WIJu lies In a hollow two miles from the river, from which it is sepa rated by a hill. 1 lapantse Scouts Surprised and Slaughtered St. Petersburg. April 12. A small en gagement occurred ast Friday on an island opposite WIJu. and a Japanese patrol, numbering fifty men, was prac tically wined out. General Kuropatkin has telegraphed to the czar to the effect that General Krasnalinskl. on the night of April S, sent a party of sharp shooters across the river. Instructing them to land op posite WIJu. The detachment reached the island of Samallng. in the middle This Increased Mr. Hopkins anger be reported from the committee. Mr. Aldrich How does the senator "That is a gratuitous Insult," Mr. ; the session by Mr. Penrose, chairman President," said Mr. Teller, with flush-1 0f the committee on post offices and ed face. "Until the senator from Illin-ipost roads, recognizing the current re- ois learns the manners that are ob- j p0rt of corruption in the post office served In this body I shall decline to j department and providing for an inves be Interrupted further by him. When j tigation if found necessary, the senator speaks of the ' slums he j ; Mr. Teller That resolution will never is simply degrading himself. I knew General Thomas well, and his char acter was as good as that of the sena tor from Illinois, and I am not dep recating that either. If the senator had been here when I read the letter rvr Viirl t n L-on ilia t rni lhlo 4-n fttrt xtit- I what I said he would not have been led into the mistake he has made." Mr. Hopkins remarked," with forced calmness, that he has served eigh teen years in public life and had al ways observed the rules of politeness. know? He is not a member of tha com mittee. Mr. Teller Because I know, and the senator from Rhode Island dare 'not say that he thinks that It will be re ported. Mr. Alurich Mr. Penrose ald he never thought an investigation wai neoejssary and never said so. Mk Teller Then the senator ha changed his attitude. The Introduc tion of the resolution waa a demand Ir an investigation. - liver; -na knows that! the senator was in favor 'of an Investigation and that h was vutdj down in the commit. 33. It I was enough for Mr. Aldricn to know, continued Mr. Teller, that the people of the United States, the press and the House of Representatives were satisfied that there was corruption in tho'post oflloe department and that an investigation was necessary. Mr. Teller's friends. by this time hd provided him with the Record contain ing Mr. Penrose's remarks on his reso lution Jn which he . declared that it might not be a bad thing to have an Investigation, that he steadily voted for an investigation and that his amend ment was offered in good faIth. "If influences were brought . to bear upon the senator from Pennsylvania to in duce' him to ch&ngr hi.3 position," swiil Mr. Teller, "it does act act remove the fact that he-had heard enough to con vince him that there was corruption in the post office department." t The Amendment Shelved "In our own time, in our own way, when we think It is proper to do so, we : shall provide for an Investigation,' re marked Mr. Lodge. "We do not pro pose to add this to an appropriation bill. I therefore move to lay the amendment on the table." A roll call was ordered on demand of Teller, and Gorman. The vote stood: Ayes 35, noes 15. So the amendment was laid on the table. The post office appropriation bill was passed without further amendment and the Panama canal zone government bill was taken up. The majority and mi nority reports on the fclll were read. The Senate agreed to an amendment reported by the committee on finance, imposing a tax of 1-4 of 1 per cent, each half year on the average amount of national bank notes in circulation based on the - deposit of canal bonds, which under the amendment , are en titled to the rights-and privileges given by law to other 2 per cent, government bonds. .. . .'. ;"':..'. -V ' -''-'V: ' "' Mr. Morgan's amendment, In the na ture of a substitute for the bill, making the canal zone a government reserva tion to be governed by the canal com mission, was read.VtMr. Morgan asked that the bill be laid 'over until Thurs day in order to give senators an oppor tunity to read the majority and minor ity .reports on the .bill. He remarked that there was: much information need ed by the Senate from the depart ments and intimated that the debate would be greatly prolonged if the infor mation were not forthcoming. One of the matters upon which he wanted light was a report on the negotiations be tween the department of justice and the New Panama Canal Company. Mr. Kilttredge of South Dakota ob- , jected to the request of Mr. Morgan and gave notice that he would call the bill up tomorrow. "All right," remarked Mr. Morgan. At 5 o'clock the Senate adjourned until tomorrow. I An Anarchist-Stabs .the. Spanish Prime Minister miliar with the 'letter and was sur prised that a senator of Mr. Teller's eminence should read it and accept it as showing that the secretarv of the treasury was a violator of the law. Mr. Teller replied, more quietly, that the secretary of the treasury owed it to himself to take . cognizance of the charge. HELD INQUIRY TO -.A . BEHIND CLOSED DOOMS Nothing Will Be Given Out Until the Committee Reports to the Governor of the river. There they saw three r; rt that the Japa-, boais containing fifty Japanese scouts fn j.-en moving to- - approaching the east side of the Island. The Russians hid themselves and 1 1 .t r. f - N"v Chwang Indicate J waited until the Japanese had landed. 't there are very alert, "tt.-rfc In that nelghbor ""pn.nt of The Times l;;S says that the Rus- Then they flreJ upon the enemy and charged them. Nearly all the Japanese were cither, shot. bayonetted (Continued, on page 2.) New Bern. N. C, April 12. Special. The special committee appointed by Governor Aycock to act in conjunction. with the board of public Improvement.-? In investigating the affairs of the At lantic and North Carolina Railroad are progressing with their work. The two committees, acting Jointly, have, how ever, decIdeLto conduct the entire in vestigation secretly. The public will be denied all Information as to devel opments until after the investigation has been completed and the report made to the governor. All newspaper men are excluded from tho hearings, and the members of the committee, as well as the lawyers connected with the or I hearing, respectfully decline to discuss I the matter with any one- Barcelona, April 12. While returning from a requiem mass for ex-Queen Isa He insisted that he was entirely fa- i bella, Senor Maura stopped his carriage at the palace of the provincial council to superintend the distribution of $600 which King Alfonso had given for the benefit of the poor. Almost immedi ately Joaquin Miguel Artal, nineteen years old, a sculptor, pushed his way through the police, and, approaching Spnnr Maura, said: "Good day, Don Antonio." The prime minister turned when he heard the youth speaking to him, and Artal stabbed him in the ribs near the heart, at the same time shout ing: "Long live anarchy." Senor Maura cried: "Stop the mur derer." Then .he threw the weapon on fthe seat of the carriage and instinctive ly pressed his hand upon the wound. Evidently realizing, however, that his injury was not serious, he alighted from the carriage and mounted the steps of the palace. A majority of the onlookers were not aware of what had taken place. Meanwhile Artal had been secured. Dr; Alaberu, who is traveling with the king, hastened to attend therlme minister and "found him stanching the wound with a handkerchief. After ex amining the wound Dr. Alaberu told Senor Maura that he had had a very narrow escape. The wound would have been mortal but that the dagger, which had been well aimed for the heart, had been deflected by the thick gold em broidery of the prime minister's offi cial uniform. - The doctors are con vinced the wounds will soon heal unless the dagger was poisoned which it is hot supposed to have been. " Senor Maura was ordered to take complete rest, and he is now in bed at the palace. The king visited him there shortly after the attack. His majesty saw the commotion from the wlndovf of his residence and heard the people The sessions of the committee are be Ing held In the auditor's ofHce of the- road, up stairs over the passenger sta tion. Mr. O. H. Guion has been con ducting the hearing for the road, and Mr. W. W. Clark, it is understood, is present on the part of Messrs. McBee and Finch. Mr. Guion wa? called out of the city tonight. Other counsel will take his place until he returns. It is not known how long the hearing will last. I learned to night that President James A. Bryam was questioned at the hearing today. Mr. R. T. Gray, who was reported sick yesterday, was well today. Mr. Lee has been suffering with a severe cold, but is better today. shouting that somebody had been ar rested, but he did not' suspect what had really happened. The crowd cheered the king coming and going. It is believed the outrage was direct ed against Senor Maura personally. As the representative of j clerical doctrine he has been pilloried in a local Repub lican paper as "meat forepaid for the anarchist." Artal denies that he had any' accomplices. It Is tat ed that he was seriously Injured in attempting to. commit suicide after hie arreet by dash ing his head against the wall of the cell in which he is confined. New York for Roosevelt New York, April 12. The Republican state convention, held In Carnegie Hall today, elected the following- delegatee at large to the Republican convention to be held In Chicago June 21st: Thomas C. Piatt, Chaunoey M. Depew, Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., Frank 8. Black. The convention did not instruct the delegates at large for President Roose velt in the old-fashioned manner of thei Republican party since its organization fifty years ago. The convention plat form sends the delegates at large to Chicago with this injunction: "TVe tiereby direct that the delegates use al honorable means to bring about his nomination for president at the na tional convention to be held in June." Governor Odell was master of the con vention in every detalL The commit tee on platform included .. - Governor Odell's closest political adherents. ! Graham Remains Dry Graham. N. C. April 12. Special In the whiskey election here today tht result was:' saloons 107; anti-saloons 167. Good order prevailed during 'the day. 1 . 1