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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-
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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.-
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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
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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.
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