North Carolina Newspapers

TWtLYr PAGES. : : c .;-:;-ss hears the message sent-. , gov. lvfollehe'fqur jiysteries paid sjs.ooo to mcdo:;.: . .BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY, 10 LOilSlAIIEj . lOEifRJW TO QUIET POLICY HULL ealiic::. k. c. ?u: ay, crcnirtx a, A" .i Uzz iKCtxcit Veil la .4 D:th Biancfca cf As , scnMy at Ncca CRQVi'DS IS BI.LLERT ' ViHER HDUH ABR1YE0 Tlv tYraMra Dm XwiUWd el II link Thai Ha Ma Wa JtaaOnd ad II Kmwb-4 1MiU ' leading rulloarj Mat lMrM latere by ItrpaUa-aa and I rraia Mtaor JJ-ltrr Ih-fui (W tuklrra. (PY ! Aaamlalad Pr) Waahiagtoa. Da. . Preaideet Roovrrult tftoon to-day st to both hottvr-s el Congreaa his nrawpt whka aa road and received with maraud attention from la Republl ran aid Demcn.tic stdea and froaa the rrowda la the galhwl. The even, marked tbe-lormal beglnalag of the Flfty-NMnlB Cougroaa, which fia aaanjblcd la regular eeaaloa to : deal with matters of tremendous im port. ? . ' " : . The President tu aotlfVod at 11 o'clock to-day by a Joint committee consisting of benators Allison and Morgan and . Representatives Mc Cloary, Llttauor and Williams that Congreas had assembled and organ ised and ' waa ready to retire any moasage which be might desire to deliver, to It. , V i . The President expressed hli gratl flrailoit at the convention of Con urea nod requested th oomniltteo to present- hi a compliments to the two brunches,-and to tar that he would cotnmuniraM .with them tat once in writ Inc. '"' '.-' r. .. .. Xs- 4 ; ; Invthp .''' r. : . ' ' Wahlngton. Dm.' ATh annual tneaange of the President waa read to "tbd Pcnata to-day vry'aoon after tti cgnwtjng or that body. vThe document . waa delivered by 'Secretary BarncaAnd followed Immediately upon . an ' an- .. hotineemeiit by .Mr.' AUIaon, chairman of the committee, appointed 'to s wait - upon the President pnd notify hlni thot . - Congreva waa orgaulied and prepared ' to trannct bualness. ' ', , , "In making tbo' announcement of tho eommlltee a call- at the -Whit House Mr, AUIaon Bald that thft president had asked that "hie greeting be extended to . the mombera of Congress Individually V" and collective!:'." . .-. i-.:'.--.-' There .waa ah exceptionally large' at tendant of Benatore and moat of them ; followed chaely the reading of thb mea -v sage by Secretary Pennett and hts rb alB'anta. . .!.; '..',".v ,-a'- -IS?"" ' -ThO readlna : of , the meRsage was . iireded by the shearing In of Sena tor Orahdegpe, of Connecticut, and the "- retirement of Senator Prootor from the ' ".Commlttoo on Military .Affairs. "' (. J s1. Ju tho Hoaac. ' , . r Washington, r pec." 8, W hen - th s House met at noon to-day. there was full attendance of membe'rs present md ' the - gftllerleo were 1 comfortably filled In anticipation of ho reading of the metisago of President .RooBevQltY Representative ' Humphries, (Miss.), . and f'laude Kltchln.TW. presantod - theniaelves and took the oath of office. Mr. MoCleary," (Minn.), reported , as s t chairman of the; Joint committee that . Presldent Roosevelt had been notified of the- convening or vongvess. ? -. r N i ' Feuding the receipt of the President' . message,; tho House, after the reading ot 'thee Journal took a recess for ten ' - minutes. ' i ' ki-- " ' t' The reading of President Roosevelt's ; message wbb begun In the jHoura at ' 12-25 o'clncKi It having been delivered ftt that time by Mr. Barnes, assistant secretary to thee President. , Printed cojiles of the jnessase wcro at once distributed to members and the reading was .followed with attentive Interest. ,rllt JiNomiat0na to Swiato. , - ' i'!Cflrt,lrgtn,"Dec: ' 6.-The; president . u'to-day,wiitJ'the folldVltig nominations '"to fno" Senate ' " !,,J '" lailtS.iiiMitary. of SUJMEIih '.'Root.Jiot hoMewi'TprJs.' ! ' hliiiW' 'If ' " -; MrllSieortery -oi theN4vy Chsrle. JOsJ i f ln iBoi a pa rt , . of iM tiry land. :. t n! 1( (,,JUnlt(5d. .Statefli Abtorney-i"linstflflVL. : ' Xiewl.eastfjrn district ot VJrgfnla., r. Interstate ' Commerce Conmisslon v v Franklin Lane, of California. ' " In addition to ho above nominations !, ' all of tha recess appointments made " since the Benflte adjourned last March ; were sent to tho Senate. These include ... " offlenrs iii the diplomatic and consular '' service, treasury officials, postmasters, interior department officials, army and (Continued oo Page Five.) niKSIIiKXT THKOHORE lUKJSKVtl.T. TO EXCLUDE JAPANESE The Usual Wail Ccrces ' Kow '. from California " Delegation In rongrraa Aprcce,U . Rill (a Kccf) 0:t Korrnna and Jap aad Cal Attcntloa lo the Thrrafc nrl MriuMr from .tirii' KnrHx . ' (By. tba Aaaoctated rreaj ' Waahmston, Dec. 5. Tbl CAIIfornla delegation in the ficna'.Oi and House held a meeting to-day and agreed on a. bill for the exclusion from the United lutes of Japanese and Koreans. The bill will be Introduced l the House by Representative . McKinley, a nev.iy elected member, who for the past four years Waa Assistant United Btutm Dis trict Attorney "in San., Francisco, charged with speclul duty ot enforcing I he C'hlfieno exclusion ncu It la stated by tho members of tha delegation that there are 60.0CO Japa nese In California and nearly $100,000 lo tlife United States. , Dnrlng tho, last year over 8.0C0 Japanese tamo to tills' country from the Hawaiian islands. Members , of the delegation say the rapid Influx of. Japanese U regardad as a menace to American labor . ' .; The conditions which inspire thia 1)111 are said to bd the Barno aa those which brought about the Chlrteao exclusion act twentyVtwo year ogo. Th bill will extend all of the laws now In forco l",i he 'United States and Ha terrllorlea. excluding Chinese iamrers 10 tnu japa peso and Koreans.' y -' . ' SANITARIUM FOR . " CONSUMPTIVES. . ' v : '; (By the Associated Press.) , V Washington DeC. , -B.An appro riatlOn 9 , $100,000 for a. national tuberculosfs aanl'taHttm .14 provided for In fa bill lntrod need by Repro sentative Wiley, of Alabama. The bill provides that the sanitarium to bo open to indigent persons of 4oth races who arcJ eHfforinfe from tuberculosis of th lungs' ftnd. w .to admit all persons, of the army and nfivy as well as those honorably dis charged from the service. . , Florala, Ala is designated as the Blte for tho sanitarium and It is pro vlded that the surgeon ceneral of the Public Health and. Marlnet Hospital Servicers to have full charge of . the sanitarium. 1 ' , - ' ' " 4 ' Dr. MeMuntay Dead. t : (By the Associated Press.) ,'Nashvilfo, Teim.. Detf, 5,--Dr. Wi J TtfcMurrajr. president of the State Board of Health, .and prominent ,ln' i'ederal veteran circles, died? here at' i :lMni. I I V . .' .'. '1 " ' a law jjuui iumi. iii&iii.. ... -i i , -Ti - - ? 4 : Senator Clny liettor. , . . ', : (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 5.--Se.nator Clay, of Georgia, who on Sunday last was fakn seriously III . with an Cttack of acuta indigestion,, is . reported to-day to be much Improved. , :;''VV;:';i'-Ar,:''s'i?'' TWELVE TEAMS STICK Six Day Riders Are Behind " ' Hie Record - fho Itkllait Vanont,' rlRlitlna: Spirit - of the Ivarrre, Iljid to Quit on Ac " j jnt yt Wa Partner Bmmlnx ! HiRtmvd -Many fiixs Utom Jlave lliioalard FroniHtsrt. (By the" Axsocloted Press.) New Tork, Dec. S. Twelve teams out i ot the eixtecn tht started had sur vived the arrtilonls ami exhaustion of the 'fjitt thirty hours of the six day bicycle raca fit Mudlson Square Garden und still remained. In the raco when the jiati rose to-day. " , White twelve of th? men rested the other, twelve pedaled around the aau-cer-shsped trark with drawn checks, CrackitiS lips and tyes shielded by dark glasses." 'Throitghtoiit the night there werw-oncaalonal lulls as some tired ridel1, ; fulled to steer his machine accurately, but th?ic wire no serious Injuries, i To-day'j ciYiwd of dpectators b'iran to unh-e before the all n!?ht watch enr had left. In fart, many of the spectators have bocn In the garden .continuously since th? rpec started at midnight -Sumlfiy. The twelve teams left In the race were tied for first position at 0 o'clock, which was the eml of the thirty-third hour, They were then a fraction more thaw ctghty-flve miles behind the world's. record for thirty-three hours in a Isix do? RW. .They were conl'mously dropping be hind the . record iiiMtetnl ir creeping up.' This. was partly due to the with drawal at midnight Inst night r t'has. Vanonl, the Ilaliun rider, who was the lighting- spirit of thu r.teers and the leader '.oil neorlv all spurts during tho carjy houvs of the rare. This rider was firsi . member of the Swiss-Italian team, and after his partner In that team hurt a broken rib joined the Mex ican loam, -wheivi an Injury left a vacancy.-, Ujtl, at '..midnight b'red Castro, of Mexico, fila new taimi mate, bocame exhausted,' and Vanonl, wan coinpolled to 'drop rout because he had no one to ride with. After he left the track tlie otlie.rs rodo slowly, resting themselves for several hours. - ' The other teams which have . with drawn Tram the ruce are the.German. American; tcamT feprosented by Krebs, of New'ark. and. Peterson .of Chicago, and.. the' '.'Afro-American tcnni, repre sented, by two New York riders, Dove and ficott, , ( CUT, WIFE'S THROAT, ' tinAND HIS OWN. i i",lr i, !) .1 -.(LI (i iTrefnttHU'' N. J .Dpo. 4.--Edward LovbU; former isealer of weights and measures of .t h is sit jv to-day u killod his wife and then committed! suicide at their home here. ' , . ' Lovett slashed' . hi wife's throat (ind then' severed his Jugular vein, with the . same . . Instrument. : , Tho woman survived a few mfnutes. i ? No cause for the act is known cx t.oyt that tno couple did not live to - gother happily. : Lovett was about 60 years old. lkK::!3 Qcctlie. bfS'.Vlcllish DvErXcJfrjrcKd . WANTS INVESTIGATION DEATH IN CHINATOWN kr Mr Ua . i Kbmki Trwih ktt-mt aajr lkra4la ll iat laxt'lrf J ll' i HtU m t-mfmi (H Ih At-- 1 1 Madtoua. M la.'. O lieltnrt K. la t'. liar bt-foiw ti e o1bi i raciit lofl.'.talart . towalOa. aad m ! nf jt.l lt- iii rtira i Jiall The OoTPia.x A large rrowj In iriadiBg a aambor : ti trj. In- I. r ill ' iii -ii, uod nnlvrrJtr. B.sar V ii i wimwa ,nd rr!j t, n. Ilrrra ao4 ejnloi Afur readisg. kn , leiaiatitra-OoTomor 1 a ataUMBoat tukt 1: I tba lnlted KUt which ha waa kIrtiH 10 thi oil :t' utado x.Mild axept n.iiorohlp to in ih.- hlla- tare at the laat n-Win Governor l-a "olli-iti- i.-iKtiatioi 1 wll) take ffexT duiliu lln. pr-si'iit I aupcUl a ml on 'of the Sun.. Ujlkla lure or at tbo ead ir oksIhb ; Tha Invest Wtmtioa f i wn i -rortratlona aad 'teaj:nr..-i- ninpunri' la use of tha tmt Important rratu.vn ' of the Unvertor'a Yn. m i; Mo takit tha rallioadt U, task f .1 i iMiMalmne : what he ralla xpenl e I. hire and nr I JcalMlrtg the prompt p.:nent of tsx-'f. "Tlw peopla.ot vVlaio:iaHi hav a. least aa good a-right to know just -..hat money haa bee exp.ndivi hy tho rat. roavda and iithar public tervlce crpo.-j-llona of thm Bute in sHlnrte. in lob bying, In political Carn'.ialgns and leg. lalallve.entertalriraant." says tbc mes aare. "ai tba pJorJw of New York nave 14 kaoW'in aWitu;twltb.reapiit to the Ufa insurance companies of that rttate. It )s no more a betrayal of a trust relation for tlrb president of a life Insurance ccmpatfy to pay hlme:f a silary amounting to plundering of policy holders, thun for a railroad pr. a ideQt to pay- hlmrelf a salary In ex cess of tha value of the servbes h -renders to the railroad compjny." He auggests th.it ft leela utive invcr ti (ration which would uncover all fui'.s With'relatto to Hie Import tnt subj.-ri will require nwi h time and lab.ir. hu that no money :o expended wou:d b wasted. Every f ict aa to the expen ditures Which hnc bearinj upo i tr.ir.. portatlnn rates will be of material nhl to' tho railroad t ommissIOn. Ii." tliinl :. such btl lnvesllKitlofl Will be wli.nr 'eoma in hs pub i lesson.1 Ho dlscusrtf ai Inngth the inn.u in scandals of New Vork.,'. VTha subject ol' insurance lgl.-l : t arid expcpdltiirci of public smice : potations opens up cuelr-a wide ti M l. he says, and there' is sUeh nevd for u thorough , in vestlKiitlon, that f r. coi.. mend that a committee' With power to oummon , W-i(nisv.i,- examine Ii " . And with all power necessary to im '' llgute expendltun and methiHl.i ( : ing bnslncss be appointed anil insl: ;i -cd to make n complete report in in.' Governofc on or before November I. 1!)08,' Wftrf shdll submit the aanic lo the Legislature at lis nckt s;s."ion w.'h any ryommeni!ations ; he may ia..-.-theroun.". , SEVEN miners; ' SUFFOCATED. Chjrleiton, W. Va.,. Dec. r. At Hoi ton onCaiflin Creek, In this county, late yesterday, seven coal miners were suf- .... m. ,. . . t.i. i .i,.ir, I IwalHl. - lliev w ecu iiuiaiiiu ill a ion. mine when the wooden -stack of the ventilating furnace caUgbt lire and ivai consumed. . " . . The "men onlslde busied thainaelves with tryhiK to put out the fire, and fail tug in that, with keeping It from spreading to other Btructvrces In the Immediate neighborhood, - paying no heed to -those in the mlno, not sup posing them to bo in dangers But there was-a Btnmg draft from thi burning stack d!rctly Into the-mouth of the mlneand -tho smoka rushed- In with overwhelming fury. , t The miness who werein the more re mote sactlons of tha mine were unable to get out and were overcome with tho rtmoke. ThBro were seven otthesa, . The flortori mine is tho propertyNrf the Oar-i dift Coal Company, .which has eight of ten. mines In tho Calslrt Creek- field. 7-. r- ; : ,sjCoal is Short, A ' v (Dy the Associated Press) s i Norfolk, Va.. Dec,. 5.' A number' "f large coasting Schooners i an oth. cool carrying craft with carrying ca pacity of -approximately 1 100,000 j tins ! are held up here as the resu'.t of what I the shipping masters. say is .' a i coaj J famine. mtlwsf MrMMf tt.tawtsa 1 WVir M fcWw wf I "lilniMia 1 Maa lrK-J Irna lUtrr US j rVMlBrxd "kali Hixua tlxam! ' al.Jl t.-t. Iliy th Aa.lti.l I'lfha ) N. V.uk 1 t TUn-r 9 N T.-tk Ktrl tilti.i ihr iit. ih-' ui,.r, a 1 . .11 1 .1 iall ai.1 I hr tit mJ ill ilmt armixit kii n aa I'litna tiia :i mi ti lui lilOiMt a u in !( I., J.l 4n lu i ax thr nilmii anJ I'hlna loan i1-alh hd rwiir h-lw-i, iUr v t. 1 1 ma and tlx- tnxrktlrnlora In th mat Uf x!ii li. 1 1 itn mai.glrtl Ikk!'. .if a tnuti aho l hf liutl.1 lilmarlf bal.'if a raHill riH'Vl.ia ti,ii:i ha.t tiik-n rvar pn-au-tk.n to thaatt thr !t..rta nf the ofll itia tu pnliibUait hi I. lent II T Ilia ilnlMlij. uiimlaiHkHti.y !. br m' a alnRlv llimiiiluim mtik. mil nt f.n a tiluklrt .i f.iun.l In anv of the :torki.l. Tha nun a iitut forty yar of sup. v tithlnai 1"" pounds, waa five feet nine Imbm In hrlxht. had dark hlr and blue ey. anil thi arrupulous rate with which be waa ilreaaed lndloatd Hint hr waa not a laNirer. Beyond , h... innnuid ,ij,iqiii h.tTvmr n,itliln k.n Xl, mn t.imil .tlrenlv In front of a train aa It swung Into the ICTth Street and Broadway station of the subway. Hia body waa literally around to plere. . The Chinatown mystery was the ;1eath of a woman. Lottie Lane, a white woman, whone husband, a Chinaman, died a short tlm ago. Since then sha has been living In Pell street. In the house of Mock Dwelt, mm rrf tKav mo notoilous of the Chinese leaders In New Vork. who is now under arrest await ing trial on a eharare of murder. Lottie Lame had three callers last night. a Chinaman and white man and u white woman. During the night these callers summoned a physician and notified the police that their hoatess had fainted while fhe was en tertalnUin th m. The physl.lin. who found her dead when he arrived, regarded the death as susplrlous. The police put the three callers under arrest and bcnaii an In vestigation. The central figure In the myRtery or the river is William Haiiinsor. aged i went y-clsht years, a market man. who sirs his home is in Yonkers. lie was dragged from the Enst River near the upper end of Hell Gate early this morning, more dead than alive, by a tug lxut captain, who heard hla cries for -e':v llallinger raid he came down from Yonkers yesterday with a load of pro duct!, and after disposing of his wares started out to enjoy himself. He told the po'ii that he remembered little Horn late last night until he was found slmgrjltnK In the water. At the hospital it was fouwl that the mm ! l 1 a fin i t tired sk't'.i. Mabel Weber, a twenty years old dlrl. was the fourth victim. Lying bound and fragged, senseless in me hallway cf the house In West 41st street, when- she resided with two girl companions, she was taken lo a lios- I pital. Kit hours sha was unable to j give (he police nnv information which I would assist them m locating hor as sailant. WOODBURY KANE DIES SUDDENLY. (Bv the Associated Press) New York De- 5 --Woodbury Kane, widely known in social, yacht - ing and club circles, died suddenly at his home in West Forty-seventh street to-day Mr Kane was Ihe son of the late DeLancy Kane and he was related li i-inny of New York's so cially prominent families. He was best known ns a yachts man, having besn prominently iden tified with : yachting ; matters for many years. During the Spanish -ar hecsdrtfed as a captain with the Rough Riders in Cuba. He married last Marcor Mm ..uallle Hargous Elliott, tho divorced wife of Duncan Elliott;!'' The? wedding took place at Aikont S.' d ."'---..I. - T ' ' ', ', : X-'-. .' . ' Turkey Yields in Principle. . (By- the Associated Press.) ' Constantinople, via. Soda,- Bulgaria, Dec. B,--The council of mintstersi Viae agreed N to-yield to-the demands of the powers n principle, but the Sultan hja not : yet1 issued an trade approving of thia action. i HAD fllletB Imti Tlrcc May Die r. lal I atrm. r ,4 M Wai I.U.vnt U I'm Ii. am I laiMa Ir.'ta . kj tw Mil 4 iM.a j ' l i I lull ! t'.i i-a n.-a .1 .-,.hh. .. ta ! hr ( lli!i n.!lnt I I-1 ant a i at f r m I V r s dir Tiir r a ; ill wi'itit.ar. lit H ,. m .-r ( om pars i -' r-t tbd M l.ki "i I I a l.uli .i .l 1 1 all) m a a Uf-rJ t I i; a i old I at of i ir'l Into u (..tiiu.H of i;mirn metal I In Ibi in.tii -lia'i in Hull uf ll.i fur nar- a! Hie iiim mit n.'n ano ulkltifc If" I""" apr.ouklt Injur!1 err in the furriee pit AIN OF M Kiillo UK the ii.:uinn rbao ( I nlind 8tata faearaJ avppralaav for r. lmiMl In I be futnaiv room for - the ort of Near Tork. was tba f rat rial mUiuii- Molten m.-tul tu altoeaa befor (k Ufa I a or Bra ta hurli'd i.Uuut the room, and the Tnatffatloa romralttaa to-day. amok and fire thai shot from tht j lust ek Hr. McClelland laatlfled furnnt'c fille.1 ih room so that tho that ha had never bea employed by workmen vrr nnub! for aevrral the Equitable Life Aaaoraaea 8o nrlntitea to And the exiti With the rlety. He waa the abowa a voacbr groans of their wounded fellows In for tba pay meat of fl.lM to him ty their ears they groped about heli- tba Equitable Society on a water c leasly, ktumbllng over I how who had count. Mr. McClelland then aald ha been proatraied by the blast. From the furnace chimney the flames shot high Into tho air and could b soja for mllea. Thlan ... nnt Anrr,..nA in anv 'great extent. A RIGID ENFORCEMENT jUty Ordmacce Against Leavr ! ing Horses on Street ;Flne Imposed cn an Offender This Morning Was Driver oa a Coco- paid $700 for It ' ' ' Cola Wagon Manaiter Polndexterj Morae'a Dig Allowance. ProtcstiHl Police to Arrest All George D. Eldredge,- vice president Violators. jot the Mutual Reserve Life Insttr- i , lance Company, next testified. He Orders have be?n given tor a rigid said that Fulton B. Mors waa gen enforcement of the city ordinance eral manager of the agency depart against leaving horses unattended or ment of the Mutual Reserve Life In- uuuncnou in ine mroars ana one 01 I 'he firRt cases came up In the police 1 Justice's court this morning, with i tho result that the maximum fine of ! $5.00 was imposed. The offender , was George Strickland, who drives a wagon for the Coco-Cola Bottling I Company. Mr. I). T. Poindexter, manager for the company, attended the trlul and protested vigorously i against what he termed snap judg- ment in the case of his driver. He ueciarBii uiai u inure was sum an ordinance it had for a long while him were $236,000. ' Mr.' Eldredge been a dead letter: that he had seen said the company had vouchers 'for, flagrant violations of It on every all of Morse's advances "tq agents. -hand rieht in the fac? of the police,' In reply to questions ' '" by;. ' Mr. too. Hughes Mr. Eldredge said that J. S. J Judge Badger told him all he had Hoffeckur, an auditor of the Mutual , to do was to give the names of the Reserve Company, resigned frotftthat' violators and lhe negligent police company In 1898,' after, having. re and ho would see that there was full fused to make, an audit of Baltl-' and fair investigation; that he pro- more agent's account as Withes had posed to punish every violation of the ordered1 him to, male it. 1 , ordinance brought into his court and Mr. Hughes read letters front Mr. would insist that the police make Hoffecker to: President Frederick A arrests in ull cases that come under their observation. Mr.' Poindexter raised the question of tho existence of such an ordinance, :but it wan nromntlv shown to him. J 80 that there was nothing for him to i do uut Pv tl10 "ne for his driver, 1 Tho ordinance, which is of special i in,erC3t jst at tuis tlme- roliows: ' "Section 21 No wagon, cart, dray i or olher Vehicle shall be permitted to siauu in any street wiien not. in use, and no wagon or dray shall stand upon Fayettoville street, unless being loaded or unloaded; occupy with his dray or wagon more than ten feet of the width of any other street, and no dray or wagon shall stand m rront or any bunaing ex- cept while loading or unloading. If the occupant of said building shall ..r-iH th,8 ordinance shall be fined $5.00, Other cases disposed ', of in the court this morning were: John Ar- ma1i.im1 fturtnt anil A 1 ar-t Z rVuaon tU "?arnT iamos Wllllamsi drunk and disorderly; SfV.k anderSB: Ate BarhOtt. drunk, on the street; $6.36.. .inhn Svkes. not euiltv Df an assault on Phills Saunders. AEltatlca Aca::! L::,: Advances lo Ma:::r ' cf Accnis AUOITOB EEFUSEO TO MM 0!iE ACCi-.'.T oka tliataVaal arhaaa, a MaiaU krn, TW Mmr laWa 4 ( Vi . MMi Havatr tHaTrr mm Mat-k." a..! TW Hr Kmrw mt mm Maaiy V. ituaalaV Traaartaam Apror4 I p Mr. haredaaa TVad Ha OaavVd aa l..ir Way H Uh taw Cjxaay. iir th AaasvUl4 Praaa) w York. Dec. t.Torm But' I Konuior Charia) P. atcCUllaud. torn did not remember the vouckar. Today ha taatlflod that he recalled the voucher, and that Andrew C. Tiolda, superintendent of the aupi ly department of the Mutual Ufa In surance Coop any, had told htra U:c Celland) ' that th frork McCleiland waa doing for the Mutaal Life 1, aurmnce Compaay had bekeQted ti.e Equluble Society' also; . that, aa ad- ' iaattneat of ih natter was being made by tht" companies, and that Fields naked him to elgn the voucher -aa tha qultable'a share dt -wkat k Mutual.- .... r,T7.. ' f'. ' Mr. McClelland amid he rertrofiont ed Empire Ufa tnaoraoce Corrpar.y aa well at the Mutual before the In su ranee Department and Attorney General of New Tork 8tate and Waa surance company in lss f, ror Which he received 85 por cent, of the first year's premiums and $1.60 pof $1,000 of renewals' on one class of policies and 60 per fcent. of the ftnt year's premiums 'and 76 cents per $1,000 on renewals for (We years. Morse was also allowed $3,600 a, week as advances to agents and a salary of $100 a week. ' '," i The total commissions paid to him in 1897 aggregated 1460.000. ' and in ine same year me auvanceg to Isurnham, In which Mr, Hoffecker i wrote that he could-not audit as re-; quested, that "our Idea of common ' honesty differ so mucn'V and that he knew of so manv nuestlnn&hle trana- action approved by'-. Mr. hfittrbham that he could ho longer Btay With the company. . , ,' ': '. - Hush Money Paid. - Mr. Hughes asked If Hoffecker was y then dismissed. ' Mr- Eldrldge aald ' nonocKer was utsmissea after he 06' manded an Increase in salary from, $36 to $100 a week and practically ' said that he knew 80 much it would bo safer for the company to keep nlm. Mr. Eldredge Said a brother or C0Usin of Hoffecker .in Delaware or-- eanised the solicv hotdra anil that ..one McDonald" la. Philadelobla and' Hoffecker In New York 'were active ' the fnovement of poUcy-T,older, which threatened' ' to; move against ' the' mdtagement of the Mutual Re serve Life Insurance Company and'r appointment of a "It was In the nature " of extof a.d - Mr. Eldredge -'but we ,hatd to consider th expense and. the twesU of the policyholder. ; W j ' Continued ou Page Seven.) ;