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Vol. IX
RALEIGH. N. C.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1905
No. 114
11
NT JUMPS OF
ntUSTCOMPAN
idw.T. Perrine's Paper Before
American Bankers
70N0ERFUL FIGURES
a 1S94 There Were 224 Trust Com
panies With $705,000,000 Re
sourcesNow There Are Over
1,1 15j Companies With $3,802,
000,000 Resources
Washington, Oct. 10. The trust com
li.y section of the American Bankers'
'onvtntion was called to order in the
an klet hall of the New - Willard at
a:"0 this morning. After prayer by
tov. Robert M. Moore of Washing-
0 D. C, E. .J. Stellwagen- of the
Jnion Trust Company, Washington,
). c., welcomed' the visitors. The
ft -ker suggested that Washington
h.uid be the permanent place of meet
ig for the American Bankers' Asso'
lation, "because here at the capital
1 and must 1 always remain the in
pi ration, direction and control of our
rr. it national system of finance."
11 expressed the hope that among
h - "useful subjects to be considered
y our trust company section the
u Ption. of protective laws and meas
;n s may. receive positive and particu
ar consideration and by protective
av.s and measures, I ,mean those
rhich are at once protective to the
ri'iipanies . and to their clients and
!f positorsv" j
The speaker referred to the marvel -growth
of trust companies and
heir added responsibilities. , "With
his rapid growth and development in
oimber, in scope, in favor, in influence
.r.d weaUh has come a corresponding
ncrease in responsibilities,' in tempta
ions and dangers," ' said he, "which
re so unfortunately emphasized in'i
recent disclosures of corrupt and cor
rupting pracetices connected with some
orporate -institutions and their man
agement." ,
lie advocated that something be
irged in the way of regulation, but
mitted specific recommendations.
Edwin A. Potter of Chicago, presi-
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lent of the trust company section, instation.
c jf ondir.g, paid a glowing tribute to j The battle between the negro and the
'resident Roosevelt, which called out detectives was followed by a struggle
he first appaluse of the meeting. j with the crowd, which made an effort
"Much has been said and -written of
an." said Mr. Potter, "about placing
n:st companies under federal super
i -ion. The honorable secretary of the
rcasury in his last report to congress
C' omrr.ended legislation that would
nab'.e trust companies to incorporate
n.or the general law3. While I -do
tot care at this time to express an
: iiiion on this subject I do want to
;o nn record as advocating frequent
rl rigid official examinations, whether
tate or federal." - j
The most interesting paper before '
he trust company section of the
Jankers Association was a statement
f 'the growth of the present status. of
rust companies in. the United States
y .Edward- T. Perrine, general man
ner of the Audit Company, New
crk. This article was read by Clark
Vi llains of New York. ;
'.Thirty, year?, ago, when the first sta
Istifs on trust companies were pub-'shf-d,
there were thirty-five trust com
ani?s. in the United States with re
ources of one hundred and twenty-two
i!Hions. . They were divided as fol
jws: New York, 12 companies; Mas
afhustts. 5 companies; Connecticut,
companies; Rhode Island. 1 company;
V-nnsylvania, companies. New York
fd trie list, having sixty-nine million
f the one hundred and twenty-two,
aillions aggregate resources.
; In 1889 the number of companies had
nereased to one hundred and twenty,
fith resources of four hundred and
orty-one millions. At that time, six
een, years ago, the total resources
fere less than one-eighth of the pres
r.t trust company resources, andtho
pfs n-mber of companies only one
pr.th the present number.
t "The figures for the smaller states
fere given as unofficial, but would ap
ear to have been gathered with con
iclerable care, and the noticeable facts
je that the New York companies had
wo hundred and thirty-six millions
f the resources, Pennsylvania com
ianies sixty-nine millions, Massachu
setts sixty-three millions, and no other
Jate had as much as twenty millions.
J "The real growth in numbers of trust
ompanies began in the early nineties.
rhe comptroller's report for 181)4 show-
d 224 companies with $705,000,000 or
esources. The next year the number
ncreaaed to 569, about one-half the
iresent number. During fivo years,
rom 1!9 to 1903 inclusive, five hundred
lew trust companies were organized
r as many as during the entire three
quarters of a century.
"The collection of trust company sta
Istics, made by a leading New York
rust company in 1903, showed 912 com
anles with resources and liabilities of
:wo billions, nine hundred and ten
millions of dollars; loans aggregating
$1,463,000,000; stocks and bonds $627,-
yju.uco; .cash on hand and in bank
t435.0OO.CO0; mortgages $173,000,000;
value real estate and banking houses
S74.000.000. Offsetting these were capi
tal stocks $127,000,000; surplus funds
and undivided profits $362,000,000 ; de
posits, including amounts due banks
and bankers, $2,183,000,000.
"In June,- 1905, the report showed 1,
115 companies, capital stock $349,000,000;
surplus funds and undivided profits
$425,000,000; deposits $2,S47,000,0000; cer
tified checks $15,000,000.
"r "The" present total of liabilities and
corresponding resources amount to $3,
b02.C00.0O0. "In each of eight states there are up
wards of $100,000,000, of resources Mis
souri being lowest with $141,000,0000.
"The growth in New York for the
first six months of the year has been
$146,000,000. and in two years and a
half has been $470,000,OCO.
- "In New York state $62,000,000 of
capital stock accounts show $160,000,000
of paid in and earned surplus and un
divided fronts..
"In Pennsylvania $92,000,000, of capi
tal stock accounts show $110,000,000,
surplus and profits.
"rh New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Missouri and Rhode Island the
book value of trust company shares is
in excess of 200 per cent-, of par, while '
the average for the entire country is!
the approximate book value of 221 per j
cent. i
"Not until the year 1897 did the 3,607
(Continued on Page Two.)
ON DEADLY RANPAGE
Frenzied Negro Slayer Bar
ricades Himself
Captured by Police After Terrific
Struggle, Started by Killing His
Girl Siot Two Other Negroes
and Killed Police Sergeant
Chicago, Oct. 10. Robert Newcomb,
a negro, after murdering a negress,
causing the death of a police sergeant
and seriously wounding two negroes,
barricaded himself in his room at the
rear of 1261 West Sixty-first street tonight,-
where he held at bay Assistant
Chief Schuetler and a squad of detec
tives armed 'with rifles. The building
was riddled with bullets and the door
to the-room broken in. Newcomb dared
the detectives to enter, and leveled a
revolver at the policemen. In a des
perate struggle that ensued he was dis
armed and taken to the Englewood
; to lynch Newcomb. The negro was hit
on the haed, but was saved from mob
violence .by policemen with drawn re
volvers. The affray took place in the neigh
borhood of Sixty-first and State streets
shortly before 6 o'clock tonight, and
thousands of persons saw the deadly
duel and subsequent capture of the
desperado.
Newcomb-, who attributes his crime
to jealousy, made a full confession,
The dead are: John P. Shine, ser-
geant at Englewood police station, shot
jn the abdomen and died as the result
of an operation at the Englewood Hos
pital, and Florence W. Poor, 28 years
old, colored, shot in the head.
The wounded are: Walter Blue, col
ored, 40 years old, shot in the abdo
men, may die; "pe"g" Dudoe, 28 years
old, colored, shot in the mouth, condi
tion serious.
In" a fit of jealous f renzy Newcomb
went to the room of Florence Poor,
with whom he had been on intimate
terms. In the room he found J. C
South, colored. Without warning New
comb pulled a revolver and shot the
woman through the head, killing her
almost instantly. Newcomb then went
to a nearby saloon and, meeting Blue,
picked a quarrel with him and shot
him.
Big Schooner Stranded
Mobile, Oct. lot A report was re
ceived here today from, Ship Island that
the three-masted schooner Harry W.
Lewis, 337 tons, had stranded on the
west end of the island and would
prove a total loss. The vessel sailed
from-this port on September 26th for
Sagua le Grande, Cuba, with 263,791
feet of lumber and was detained in the
lower, bay until Sunday, when she
sailed. The Lewis is owned by the
Sumner Companyof Moncton,: N. B.
Fears are also entertained for the
safety of the British schooner Bona
firm, owned In this city, and for the
big three-masted - schooner David W.
Baird of New York. These vessels
wonttn pia with the schooner Emma
Knowlton, but put back on account of
bad weather. A wind blew like a tor
nado fourteen .miles west of Mobile and
an enormous amount of timber was de
stroyed. .
Port Arthur Generals
St. Petersburg, Oct. 10. According to
a newspaper here, General Stoessel,
who surrendered Port Arthur; Major
General Fock, who had command of the
advance works, and Major General
Reiss, Stoessel's chief of staff, have
been cashiered f rpm the army.
QUAKERS TOOK SECOND
"
Score Again 3-0, But on the
Other Side
Game Was in New York Yesterday,
and Today Will Be in Philadel
phia Again Attendance 25,000.
Another Pitcher's Battle
New York, Oct. 10. The baseball
fans turned out in force today to wit
ness the second game of the cham
pionship series between the Philadel
phia Americans and the New York
Nationals. The score of today's game
was exactly the same as it was in Phil
adelphia the Lxy before 3 to 0 but
this time in favor of the Quakers.
Tnmnrmw th fnnfltM shifts kerain to '
Quakerdom, and with the question of
superiority no nearer settlement than,
When the series was begun.
' Like Monday's contest, today's was !
a pitcher's battle. Bender, the Indian ;
box man of the Quakers, shut the j
home team out. McGinnity, too, pitch- j
ed a good game, and while the New
Yorks made no runs, not a Philadel
phia run was made that was not the
result of 'hard work and the closest
attention to the word at hand. Mc
Ginnity, indeed, would have had as
clean a slate as Bender to his record
had there not been : costly errors be
hind him.
Clean fielding by the New Yorks
would have seen a battle that would
have extended into darkness. The Ath
letics, too, made errors, but they were
not as costly. The work of the um
pires, Messrs. O'Day and Sheridan, was
such that there was no occasion to
find fault.
While the Philadelphia runs had
their origin in errors, two of them were i
only indirectly chargeable to misplays.
The errors furnished opportunities, but
the visitors supplemented them with
the necessary hits to realize on thi
openings. Their victory was deserved.
Schrcck, Hartzell and -Lord were the
boys whose stick work made runs for
the visitors. Schreck also shone as a
backstop, and his handling of Ben
der's delivery was a high-class exhibi
tion. The two teamed together like
clock-work.
kMuch has been said about McGinnity
being easy for American League hit
ters, but with his assortment of curves
he was not at all easy today.
Dahlen's work was a feature of New
York'? game. He was the best batter
cn the New York side and was the
only New Yorker to reach third bde,
which he did twice.
The attendance numbered 25,000. The
boundary fences were hidden from
sight by thickly massed tiers of root
ers. The crowd was in carnival mood.
Tremendous cheering and waving of
thousands of blue flags greeted Mc
Graw when he came across the field to
the New York bench. Mathewson,
Mertes, Gilbert and Browne also carpe
in for their share. There were plenty
of cheers for the Athletics, too, for the
crowd was fair-minded.
The' score: R.H.E.
Philadelphia (A.) 0 0100002 03 6. 2
New York (N.) .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 5 1
Batteries: Bender and Schreck; Mc
Ginnity and Bresnahan. Umpires,
O'Day and Sheridan.
A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT
Little Boy of Seven Kills His Nine
Year Old Sister Playing Indian
Eastport, N. Y., Oct. 10. Mary, the
nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Tohmas Garrett of Watermill,
was shot and instantly killed at her
home, her seven-year-old brother, while
playing "Indian," having killed her.
Her father, who is a longshoreman,
had neglected to remove the cartridges
from his shot-gun after returning
from a hunting trip and had allowed
the weapon to remain standing in the
corner of the kitchen. About three
o'clock, when the parents were in an
adjoining room, Thomas in a playful
mood, said to his sister: "Let's play
Indian," and after seizing the gun
and stepping off into one corner, aim
ed it at his little playmate and pulled
the trigger. A loud report followed
and Mary fell to the 'floor,, the top of
her head blown off by the charge.
The mother, who heard the discharge,
rushed into the room and almost faint
ed at the sighl of the harrowing
spectacle. Thomas is, almost' insen
sible of the gravity of his act through
grief at the loss of his sister, and sobs
piteously over her death.
High Priced Colts Sold
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 10. Peter Dur-
yea, acting for the Patchen Wilkes
stock farm, sold today to George D.
J Sherman of Port Henry, N. Y... the
lour-year-oia uay cun nuivom auuu
bon, by J. J. Audubon, dam Silhouette,
by Mambrino, and the Carling chest
nut colt by J. J. Audubon, dam Lydia
Thompson, by Guy Wilkes. The price
paid for the colts was not made pub-
i lie, but the former colt is the nignest-
' priced colt sola by tms rarm in recent
years.
Maj. B. G. Thomas, the Nestor of the
American turf, will retire permanently,
from the ranks of breeders at the end
of the present year, and all of the
horses owned by him, including the
noted stallion Dr. McBride,w have been
consigned to Fasig and Tipton, the sale
to be held here in December. Major
Thomas Is retiring from,, the breeding
ranks because of 111 health.
Will Be Foreclosed
Baltimore, Oct. 10. -The Richmond
Passenger and Power Company, which
is the holding company for the trol
ley and electric power- properties at
Richmond, Va., will j be foreclosed.
Baltimoreans are interested in the un
derlying bonds of this company, the
position of which is not affected. The
Central Trust Company of New York
will issue negotiable receipts for all
Richmond Passenger and Power Com
pany consolidated 5 per cent mortgage
bonds deposited, in order that holders
may be represented in the pending
foreclosure proceeding with it under
the terms of the bondholders' protec
tive committee on or before November
1st.
Echo of Goebel Murder
Washington, Oct. 10. An echo of the
noted Goebel murder was heard in the.
supreme court today when counsel for
the commonwealth of Kentucky asked
the oourt to advance out of term.; the
appeal of James B. Howard from the
judgment of the Kentucky court of
appeals affirming his conviction and
sentence to death for participation in
that crime. The court took the motion
under advisement.
A FEVER HERO DEAD
Dr.
Chas. M. Shanley, Who
Worked in Barataria
Dr. White Irsues Proclamation Dis
continuing all Measures for Get
ting Rid of Mosquitoes and Fumi
gation No Longer Necessary
New Orleans, Oct. 10. Dr. White Is
sued today a proclamation discontinu
ing the oiling of cisterns and all other
measures for getting rid of the mos
quitoes and all general work of fumi
gation. He gave notice that the house-to-house
inspection ."i has -heretofore
been carried on,. be abandon
ed after October 15. These changes are
made on the ground that the fever
is so well under control that the sani
tary work formerly required is" no
longer necessary. The fever is -now
restricted to a very few well estab
lished foci, which can be watched by
the marine hospital service, and anv
further -cead of the disease prevent
ed. The order throws some four hun
dre doilers and fumigators out of em
ployment. Dr. Charles M.i Shanley died at his
home on Bayou - Barataria flast night
of yellow fever, one of the heroes of
the epidemic. Although not an im
mune and knowing nothing of the fe
ver he discovered its existence in the
Barataria country, volunteered for ser
vice and worked earnestly among the
fishermen of Bayou Barataria and the
various camps scattered through the
swamp. There was a good deal of
fever there . scattered over a wide ter
ritory, separated by miles of swamp
and reached only by water. In a small
launch . he went from point to point
and soon checked the progress of th;
fever. On September 18 he himself was
taken down and started at once for
New Orleans, -where he appller for
admission to the Emergency Hospital.
He was treated and cured there.
As soon, as he was discharged from
the yellow fever hospital, although still
weak, he started down the Bayou on
his launch. The work he undertook
proved too much for him. and he suf
fered a relapse, from which he died
last night. Dr. Shanley was 36 years
old and a native of Ohio. He moved
first to Ledgewood, N. D. Coming to
Louisiana two years ago on a pleasure
trip he bought the Ida plantation. He
had abandoned medicine, but when the
fever came he devoted his time to the
suffering again.
COMMISSION RETURNING
Believed They Will Recommend a
Tide Level Canal
Panama, Oct. lO.-The quarantine at
Punta Arenas, v Panama, Port Limon
and Colon has been raised.
The, isthmian canal commission,
which has been studying along the line
of the canal, will leave for the United
States early tomorrow.: It is believed
a tide level canal will be suggested
by the commissioners, but their stay
has been too limited for them to
make a conscientious reliable report.
The river problem Is considered the
greatest obstacle, but Is believed
net to be insurmountable.
General Strike in Buenos Ayres
Liverpool, Oct. 10. A firm of ship
owners here received a cable dispatch
from, Buenos Ayres today saying that
a general strike is in progress and
that business is suspended. A later
dispatch from Buenos Ayres says that
a state of siege has been proclaimed.
EXPLOSION KILLED TWO
Fifteen Hurt,, Some Fatally
in Hazel Kirk Mine
Near Washington, Pa.- Some One
Carried a Naked Lamp into the
Shaft--Imprisoned Men Brought
up Unconscious
Washington, Pa., Oct. 10. By an ex
p'osion in shaft No. 2 of the Hazel
Kirk mine, located fifteen miles from
this city and owned by the Schoonber
ger Steel Company, two men were
killed late this afternoon and fifteen
others were injured. John Kiosko and
Joseph H. Kiosko, brothers, are the
dead men. The bodies of the two are
badly mutilated.
The fifteen injured, all of them in an
unconscious condition when they were
brought to the surface through an air
shaft, were removed to their homes.
The Injuries of a number of them are
of such a serious nature tha tthey can
not -recover. The mine is on five, add
it is believed that it will be weeks be
fore it can be gotten under control.
The explosion was caused by the
carelessness of some person, as yet un
known, who carried a naked lamp into
the shaft of the mine.
There was a terrific explosion In the
front of the mine. The foreman in
charge of the miners called to them to
huiry to the air shaft, the opening of
the mine being a mass of flame. While
they were on their way to the shaft
there was a second and more , terrific
explosion, caused by the after damp.
The unfortunate miners were hud
dle dtogether at the foot of the air
shaft, constantly in fear of a repeti
tion of the explosions. A relief party
was quickly organized and fresh air
pumped in to the imprisoned men.
Then a small f cage was constructed
which was sent down the air shaft. In
this small cage the miners were
brought to the surface one at a time.
All of them were found at the foot of
the air shaft unconscious. It is be
lieved that all were rescued, as only a
small force was at work today, owing.
to the car shortage. '
TOBACCO MEN'S APPEAL
Declined to Answer Questions and
Were Held in Contempt
Washington? Oct.' 10. In the supreme
court today Solicitor General Hoyt, on
behalf of the government, ' asked for
the advancement and direct hearing of
the appeals of Edwin F. Hale and Wil
liam H. McAlister, officials and direc
tors, of the. American Tobacco Com
pany who declined to answer questions
put by the federal grand jury at New
York, in an investigation of charges of
conspiracy in restraint of trade, and
were held 'in contempt of court for
their refusal. They based their action
on the around that the testimony might
tend to incriminate them and appealed
from the judgment of the federal court
that that did not constitute a valid
excuse for declining to testify.
The manifest public importance of an
earyly decision on the question of com
pleting the testimony of witnesses, said
Mr. Hoyt, Justified the application for
advancement out of the regular term.
He suggested the middle of November
as a suitable date for the argument of
the cases.
He also suggested the same date for
the advancement and heading of simi
lar cases against Alexander, Whiting,
Stuart and Harmon, officials of ' the
General Paper Company, who likewise
declined to give testim'ony or produce
books in the proceedings against the
so-called western paper trust. Counsel
for the appellants in these cases joined
in the motion for advancement, i
Visit N. Y. Press Club i
Chicago, Oct. 10. Seventy members
of the Press Club, newspaper men, au
thors, journalists, left Chicago at noon
foday as guests of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad to visit the New York
Press Club for three days, stopping en
route at i Washington and Baltimorej
Mr. Mandel Sener, press agent of the
railroad company, is in charge of the
party, which has the best special train
that the road could furnish. The train
will reach Pittsburg early tomorrow
morning, arriving in Washington at 9
o'clock. Leaving Washington at 1
o'clock in the afternoon, the train will
arrive In Baltimore at 1:45. The party
will leave the Monumental City for
New York city, arriving at 9:45 to
morrow night in the new Twenty-third
street terminal. .
SUED FOR DIVORCE
Robert C. Davidson, Former Mayor
Df Baltimore the DfSssadant.
Baltimore,' Oct. 10. Former Mayor
Robert C. Davidson, who aained a great
Wl of notoriety In Uav last as the
reSUlt P t31upMK5IlL CB9iiyilu, TTjjiia
sued for absolute divorce today by Mrs.
Eliza C. Davfisdn. The suit is brought j Williams Distilling Company, set forj Memphis, Tenn., Oct 10 Dud Ell
on statutory grounds, a woman whose ' October ?4th, Involving allegedlraud8 ling, a negro 27 3rears old, was har.frofl
name is given as Gertrude Schmldfbe- of thousands of dollars against the by a mob at Bmnswick, Term.. t'."'2y
ing named a co-respondent. , government and which will take two He attempted to assault a wltit
Mrs. Davidson betide seefetag an b Greeks, it is estimated, to dispose of 11. man.
solute divorce, asks the court to allow
her alimony, stating that Mr. Davidson
is possessed of a large estate. The
domestic difficulties of the r Davidsons
first became public last May, when Mr.
Davidson, who retired from his posi
tion as president of the Baltimore Trust
and Guarantee Company, left Balti
more, accompanied, it was alleged,
by Miss Laura B. Noyes, a trained
nurse who lived near Port Deposit, Md.
Mrs. Davidson charged- that her hus
band had gone to Europe with Miss
Noyes. During the summer. Mr. David
eon returned to ,the city and it -was
announced that a reconciliation had
"been effected between himself and his
wife, but a few weeks ago a rumor
gained circulation to the effect that
he had again left the city. .
Former Mayor Davidson is said to
have taken up his residence in New
York.
Montana Will Wait
Helena, Mont., Oct. 10. Montana will
not revoke licenses of any of the New
York life insurance companies, now un
dergoing" investigation, nor will the res
ignation of the officers be demanded by
this state,. State Auditor Cunningham,
in an interview, said: "I have no com
ment to make on the action of the in
surance commissioners of Nevada and
Missouri, but so far as Montana is con
cerned I will await the completion . of
the examination in order to have prop
er foundation upon which to act. Re
voklng the license of a company at ?s0-000 to the Republican national cam
this time would not help matters." j paign fund in the three last cam-
MURDER WAS ABROAD
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Five Died by Violence )n
Mississippi County
All On Last Sunday-7-TwO Killed in
t j
vuei, une in a rizm ana xwo
Murdeerd in Cold . Blood Good
Citizen at Death's Door
Mobile, Oct. 10. Five people met
death ;by violence in Sunflower county,
Mississippi, on Sunday last near Wood -
burn, Miss.
Sid Goodall and Jim Hodges engaged
In a duel over a woman... Both were
killed.
F, ... F. Harwell and Frank Fuller,
both white, had a difficulty in Ruleville
which threatened to be serious, but
friends intervened
Harwell tq go home.
and induced Mr.
He had proceeded
DUt a snort aisiance wnen ne as
overtaken by Fuller, who shot him off ;
his mule, breaking his leg. Fuller then J
advanced to finish his bloody deed, j
when Harwell turned over and, pulling ;
his gun, shot Fuller throngh the heart, j
killing him instantly. ', J
jjctier in vue xa.y wic juuiig duh ui i
Harwell had occasion to go to Rule- j
ville, when C. Z. Dennett, a friend of
the dead Fuller who had secreted him
self, with a word of warning, emptied
both barrels of a shot-gun into him,
killing him instantly.
Two white men, S. T. Allen and Jim
Decker, had a difficulty over the c.o ac
tions of a dusky damsel. . Decker was
foreman in a mill
and Allen was a
laborer. After they had been paid off
Allen walked up to Decker and, with
out a word, plunged a knife into his
heart .almost tearing it from his body.
He jerked the knife out and at the next
stab severed his jugular vein. But he
was not content until he had stabbed
him several times. .
The killing of young Harwell was
one of the most cruel and cowardly
murders that has ever occurred in that
county. The elder Harwell is at death's
door. Mr. Harwell is one of the best
citizens of this county, and his being
shot down on the highway is greatly
regretted. , . .
ACTIVELY ASSIST HOLTON
Hays Will Return to Greensboro in
January Holton to Rest
Greensboro, N. C, Oct. 10. Special.
Solicitor Hays will remain here a day
or two, it is reported, fully acquaint
ing himself with facts and consulting
witnesses present and the department's
special agents who worked up the evi
dence resulting in so many , sensa
tional indictments. He has found such
conditions existing and the cases so
much more important and serious
than they had been represented to 'thei
department at Washington that he;
will return to actively assist District
Attorney Holton in January.
District Attorney Holton, accom-
panied by his wife, left for his home
in Winston tonight under orders f rom ; ln Texa3- In Centrai Texas and in
his physician to abstain from, mental portion. ,of Oklahoma, Alabama, Gebr
labor as long as possible. Assistant gla and. Florida open cotton was dam
District Attorney Price is representing aged by rairir which also caused sprour
the government in cases now being , of boUs m portions of Mississippi
tried. The court will possibly get and lLouisiana. .
through tomorrow. The average condition of tobacco on
At Statesville next week Mr. Price October. 1 was 85.8. as compared with
Will again completely relieve Mr, Hoi- 85 x one month ago; 85.6 on October 1,
ton, and the week following court will J904. 82 3 on October L-1903, and a five
again meet in special term nere, wnen
the district attorney will be called
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N. Glenn Williams and the Old Nick j
MUTUAL LIFE'S
CONTRIBUTION
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$90,CGQ for Last Three Cam
paigns to Republican land
CONFIDENTIAL SERVICES
$100,000 a Year for at Least Two
Years Turned Over to Mutual'a
Gen'l Solicitor for "Confldential" '
Legal Services of Whose Details
Officers Professed Ignorance
New York, Oct, 10. The Mutual
Life Insurance Company contributed-.
paigns. -This fact was disclosed today,
at the hearing before the Armstrong
insurance committee. Of the total
amount $40,C00, or $8,000 less than wa
contributed by the New York Life,
went to the campaign of 1904. Th
Mutual's payment in 1900 was $35,000
land in 1896 515,000. '
President Richard A. MoCurdy ant.
Vice Presidents Robert A. Grannisaf
and Walter R, Gillette of the Mutual,
i who were examined today, each de
clared that in his opinion the con-
tri butions were justifiable as a means
Tof, protecting the policyholders inter-
ests against the free silver menace
and the St. Louis platform.
It was shown further today thafe
amounts aggregating 100,000 a year
had been turned over for at least two
years to the Mutual's general solicitor
for us In "cnnflclontla.1" lpe-nl sprviopa.
; The offlcers examined professed entire
; ignorance of any of the details of
; these 'confidential services. They had
the most implicit faith in the com
pany's general solicitor, E. L. Short,
and paid him the money upon his
requisition without any question. Mr.
Short is dead now.
President 'McCurdy's knowledge of
the company's affairs, as disclosed in
his testimony, was surprisingly j in
complete. He did not know until re
cently what commissions were paid
Dy the Mutual to the firm of C. H.
Raymond & Co., the Mutual's general
agent8 for the New York district. I He
had never inqulred either of his son,
Robert Hf or of his son-in-law hoV
much they had .made as partners In
the firm of Raymond & Co. It was a
complete revelation to him that Mr.
Thebaud, who succeeded President
McCurdy's son in the firm back in
1893, had made as much as $147,000 out
of the firm in one year.
As to 'the raise in h'is own salary
from $100,000 to $150,000 in 1900, that
came to him entirely unsolicited as a
result of action by special commit-
i OI tne finance committee. He felt .
that his salary of $150,000 needed no
justification. His work for the com
pany entitled him to it.
The Mutual's people practically re
fused, today to produce A. C, Field
as a witness.. Field was the Mutual's
! superintendent of supplies and has also
had a hand in supervising legislation.
The Mutual's counsel notified the com
mittee that it would have to sub-
'poena Mr. Field if it wanted him.
GOOD WEEK FOR PICKING
Little Change in Cotton Condition,
But Some Deterioration Noted
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Washington, Oct. 10. The weather
bureau issued today the following re
port on the condition of cotton: '(
Over most of the cotton belt the
weather conditions during the greater
part of the week ending October 9
were favorable for picking cotton.
Rains interrupted picking, however,
during the early part of the week In
portions of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisi
ana, Mississippi and Florida and in
local areas ini Alabama and South
Carolina. ,
The -eports indicate that the general
cnnrlHInn nf rntfnn ni-ci" most of tha
. v, ,
s - t1lo rAViftii- wppIt a
slight! deterioration is shown in Florida
and fn portions of the central and
western districts, where insects have
Vipon vprv dpstruotlvp. . the boll weevils
; Vl1 rrt(1(1 ,n lnrVeasecl numbers
year aVeraee of 89.1.
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