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'Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon' Papers in Circulation. LAST EtHTlOtf. ALL THE MARKETS. THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES. VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1906. PEICE 5c. WHY MR. SMOOT WAS KICKED OUT Senate Committee on Elec tions Makes Report THE CHURCH AND STATE Church Officials Control Politics Influence of Church 'and Mormon Leaders Hus Not Reen Directed Against Perpetuation of Polygamy As Claimed. Hy I ho Associated Press.) Washington. V. C. June 11 The reasons for the, action of the senate ''"committee on privileges and elections in declaring by a majority vote that Recti Smoot Is. not entitled -to a seat in the senate, as a senator from Utah are stated In a report submitted to the senate today by Chairman Burrows and signed by Senators' Burrows, Dol liver, Dubois, Pettus. Bailey, Overman and Frav.ier. to be us follows; 'That Mr. Snioot is one of a self ptrpetuatlns body of men, known as the first presidency and twelve apos tles of the church of Jesus Christ or Latter. Day faints, commonly known as 'the. Mprmon church; that these men claim tdivlne authority to control the members of snld chinch in all things, temporal us well as spiritual; that this authority is and has been for several years past so exercised by the said llrst presidency and twelve apos tles as to encourage the practice 01 polygamy and polygamous cohabita tion in the state of I'tah and elsewhere, contrary to the constitution and laws or the state of I'tah and the law of the hind; that the said (list presi dency and twelve anostles do now control and for a Ions time past have controlled the political affairs of the state of I'tah, and have thus brought about In said state a union of church and stale, contrary to the constitution of the , United States, and that Said ttccd Smoot comes here, not as the accredited representative of the state of Utah In the senate of the United Slates, but as the choice of the hier archy which controls the church and hns usurped the functions of the state in said state of Utah." The report 'snys it Is shown beyond reasonable doubt that the authority of the llrst presidency , and twelve apos tles is so exereiaod over the members of the Mormon church as to inculcate i...ti..f in the divine origin of polyg amy and polygamous cohabitation. 1 Quotations from the book of Mormons and other publications are cited to prove the alleged Mormon belief that the revolution on the subject of polyg amy is of higher authority than the manifesto forbidding the practice. "It is very evident," the report says, "that if polygamy were discounte nanced bv the leaders of that church it would very soon be a thing of the past among the members of that church. On ' the contrary it appears that since the admission of Utah into ' the union as a state the authorities of the Moiiiuin church have counte nanced and encouraged the commission f the crime of polygamy instead of preventing it, as they could easily have done." A sufficient number of spViflc In stances of the taking of plural wives among officials of the Mormon church since the manifesto of lS'JO have neen shown by the testimony, says the ma jority, "to demonstrate that the lead ers, the llrst presidency and the twelve apostles connive at the practice: of taking plural wives, and have done bo ever cilice the manifesto was issued which purported to put an end to ihe practice." One intensely interesting chapter of the report is devoted to the charge Unit testimony was suppressed by Mormon Uaders, through the sending out of the country of apostles and other officials who- were charged with taking plurat wives since the manifesto. The report . says: '..' ': "It would be nothing short of self stultlfieation for one to believe that all these most important witnesses chanced to leave the United States a? about the same time and without ref erence to the investigation. AH the facts and circumstances surrounding the transaction point to the conclu sion that . every one of the witnesses named left the country at the instance of the rulers of the Mormon church end to avoid testifying' before the committee. It is! .furthermore,' a fact which cannot be questioned that every one of these' witnesses Is under the direction and control of the first presl- dency and twelve apostles of the Mormon church. Had those officials Been fit to direct the witnesses named to return to the' United States, and give, their testimony before the com mittee, they would have been obliged to do. so. The reason why the said wit nesses left, the country and have re- : fused to come before the committee is easy to understand, in view of the testimony snowing the contracting of plural marriages by prominent officials of the Mormon church within the past few years. - ."Aside Ji'qm this it was shown by the testimony and in such a way that the fact could not possibly be contro verted, that a majority of those who give the law to the Mormon church are now and have been for years living In open, notorious and shameless polyg amous cohabitation. The list of those who are thus guilty of violating the laws of the state and the rules of pub lic decency is headed by Joseph P. Smith, the first president, 'Prophet, S-eer and Revelator' of the Mormon church." i The majority report characterizes as wholly untenable the position that because Smoot himself does not prac tice polyg'amy, and there is no evidence to show, that he has personally and Individually encouraged the practice in others, he ought not to be condemned because Of the acts of his associates. It is charged "that Smoot is an In separable part of the governing body of the Mormon church the first presi dency and twelve aiostles and those who compose that organization form a unit, an entirety, and whatever is done by that organization is the act of each und every member thereof, and what ever policy Is adopted and pursued by the body which controls the Mormon church Mr. Smoot must be held to be responsible for as a niember of that body." The report declares that Smoot knew the polygamous practices of President Smith and other church officials he has sustained by his vote as an apostle, and at no time uttered a word of pro test against the conduct of his asso ciates, but on the- contrary has sus tained them bv his silence. "In the Judgment of the committee," the report pays, "Mr. Smoot is no more entitled to a seat In the senate than he would be If he were associating in polygamous cohabitation with a plurality of wives." The report discusses political domi nation of Hlie first presidency and twelve apostles of the church, which It described as most Injurious to the in r trusts of tlm state. "Not only is Mr. Smoot one of those by and through whom the. political affairs of Ulah nre dominated," says the reiiort. "but his election to the senate was. It Is believed, the result of finch domination. When Mr. Smoot concluded to become a candidate for the senate he was careful to obtain the -consent' of , the llrst presidency and twelve apostles to his candidauy. But this so-called 'consent' of the rulers of the church was naturally re garded 'by. the" people of Utah, who were familiar with the ways of the Mormon high priesthood, as being, under the circumstances,-equivalent to an endorsement, and made it impos sible for anyone else to become an (Continued on Page Sevan. ) ARMY MEAT CONTRACTS The Matter is Receiving l Careful Attention If the Pending Meat Inspection Iiill Becomes Law Commissioner Neill Snys There Will Be No Second Report. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, June 11. Although announcement recently was made by General Sharpe, commissary general of tho navy, that so far as his In spectors had boon able to discover there was no complaint to make re garding the filling of government meat contracts by the packers, the matter evidently has not been al lowed to rest there. It was ascertained today that tlto subject is still receiving the most careful consideration of the war de partment officials,'- General Sharpe was In conference today with Chas. P. Neill, who Informed the officer that lie and Mr. Reynolds recently saw some army contracts in coulee of being' 'filled,- hut that they did not follow the carcass through ; Its en tire treatment. In speaking generally of the sub ject today Commissioner Neill said, regarding the impression that there would be a second report, that in all probability, if the meat inspection bill now pending becomes law, there will bo no need for a further report. BISHOP DELANY OF MANCHESTER DEAD. (By the Associated Press.) Manchester, N. H., June 11. Right Rev. John D. Delany, Roman Catholic bishop of the, diocese of Manchester died today at the Sacred Heart Hospital In this city. Bishop Delany was operated upon for appendicitis last ' Thursday and was thought to be recovering until yesterday when he was seized with a sinking spell and from then until his death there were frequent intervals or unconsciousness. He was barn In Massachusetts in 18C4 and was or oained a priest in 1890 and became bishop of Manchester in 1904. Killed in Fight Willi Hottentots. (By the Associated Press.) Berlin, June 11. Two German om ctrs and eight men were killed and ten men were wounQcd June 4 in a fight with Hottentots, between Warmbud and the Fish Klver. RATHER SUDDEN LAUGHED BRYAN Informed of Action of State Conventions TALKS OF SOCIALISTS And Distinguishes Between Dcmoc racy and Socialism The Meat Trust Ni'hrafltan (iocs to St. Pe tersburg Tomorrow Evpected to Reach New York August 20. (By the Associated Press.).'" Perlin, June 11. "This Is too sud den,"". said . William . J. Hryan witn a Ifiunh when he 'wr-i told today of the adoption by recent slate democratic conventions of resolutions favoring bis nomination for the ..presidency of the United States in IMS. 'Thl3 i3 the llivt announcement of thif; news to me. Mr. liryan eontin ned. "1 have been off the main cara van route for some time and h iv. been absorbed in wlw.t. I have teen s:e lug- anil doing." .- Mr. Ihyaii had been moving sc. tap idlv since he left Vienna on i-Tiuay that letters and tilegiuiiis for him did not reach him until today. As to th possibility, of. his nomination lie had little to say, . declaring it is too early to sii.k of that question., but takln;; up the subject of the political. .require ments of the day lie said: 'Before leaving home I tried to dis- inguish between democracy and what i an properly be called socialism ljemocracv i ec , nlz.es .'competition as legitimate and, tries to protect 'the competitive principle from attack. Socialism ''Sees -competition ss iw evil to be eliminated by public ownership and -operation. of all means of produc tion and. distribution..'. While this dis Unction between democracy and social ism should not be overlooked, the deni octatii' platform must be one of progress ami reform and not merely of opposition to republican podcles or socialistic Ideas. In our fight for the absolute elimination of private monop olies and for tin- regulation of corpo rations in general it is necessary that the parly shall be free from any sus picion of alliance with the corpoi.it. interests that have been dominating American politics. .. To tills end cam paign contributions must be limited to those -who have the public Interest to advance. 1 trust that public s.-nti meat will require all parties to keep books open so that hereafter no piuty will be under private obligations to shield' corporate offenders." Alluding to conditions in the meat Industry Mr. Bryan said: "The beef trust is not different lit character and -methods from other trusts.- The Inevitable tendency of a private monopoly Is to increase the price of a product and to lower its quality. Why should any one .expect anything else from a trust than the lowering quality when a monopoly is established. Observe, I have used the words private monopoly, not public. In a private monopoly a private in terest is set up against those of the whole people. Quite a different piin ciple comes into operation when the interest of all is alone in view." Herman Bidder of the New York Staats Xeitung and Mr. Bryan had a long talk today on the political situa tion in the United States. Air. Bryan will leave here for St. Petersburg -tomorrow and from there will visit Sweden and Norway. He will arrive in England early In July and will then visit France, Italy and Switzerland. He expects to sail on the steamship Princess Irene from tjibrnltar on August L'L' and to arrive in New York on Augu.-t 29. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS RETURN TO THE PATHS OF PEACE. (By the AssociateVl Press.) Odessa, June 11. Since the com mencement of the- retraction of the troops which took part in the war with Japan 152,900 men, including the Rus sian prisoners from Japan, have been landed here and distributed throughout the interior of the country. The most stringent precautions .were observed during the whole period In, order ta prevent the slightest Intercourse be tvveen the returning troops a,nd the townspeople in case of fears of .mu tinous demonstrations us it was unde niable that the troops coming home were largely disaffected. Special trahu awaited each troop .. ship, Cossack guards cordoned the landing stage, the soldiers were marched direct from the ship to the train and were dispatched to their destinations with the utmost expedition and without the chance of fraternization with the Odessans. The sol rlt of disaffection was even more noticeable among He ' officers than It) the men. The former frankly expressed the opinion that if parlia ment can hold its own until the spring It will be able to count on the army to support its demands. MINERS USE FIREARMS Strikers Fired Fifty Shots at Coal Co. Plant Fonr V itig watch,,,,,, at the Time, Hut None Was Injured Officials Send Guard to Protect Property of Company. (By the Associated Press.) Dillonvale, Ohio., June 11. An at tack presumably by strikers, was made early today on the check bouse of the M. A. Ilaima Coal Company at -Dillon-vale, when fifty shots were fired fiom a hill two hundred felt distant. There were four .watchmen In tin- building but no one was Injured, Officials of the company Who w ere healing a con ference with Mayor Ebeile ut the time of tile attack organized a parly and went to the mine to protect their prop erty. Not a shot was lilvd by Ihu mpany men. - Dillonvale, O., June 11. Not one per son responded to the blast of tho whistle this morning notifying the strikers to return to work under the scale that expired April 1. and the situation at Ramsey and Rohyville Is the same as at Dillonvale. The miners are firm in their relusal to accept any- tiling but the 1903 scale. Superinten dent Fred Hornickle of the Hauna Company says that ten unhm men in Dillonvale are controlling the miners and are intimidating them from re turning to work. He asserts that the attack of early today was made 10 frighten the fifty men who had in tended going into the. mine this morn ing. It is now the company's inten tion to import strike-breakers and re sume operations -Thursday, providing tlie strikers refuse to accept tho. 1904 scale. . INTO AN OPEN SWITCH One Killed and 21 are , Injured Locomotive mid Two Gars Toppled Over An Embankment Smoking Cur Wrecked While ICuniiine, at High Speed. fUv the Associated Press.) Red Bank, X. J., Juno 11. The Central Railroad of New Jersey's At lantic City Flyer due in New York at 11. SO o'clock ran into an open switch near here this morning at 10.20. The engine and two cars top pled over and rolled down a ten-foot embankment. The fireman and ono assenger was killed and twenty-one njttred. The passengers killed were: Otto Meso, of 310 East Eighty- seventh street. New York. The smoking car in which most of the injuries were suffered was torn into two parts when the forward end of the train went off the rails. The train . passed through Eatontown without stopping and was going at a rapid rate when the accident, hap pened. COMMITS SUICIDE (Bv the Associated Press.) Macon. Ga.. June 11. Mrs. Felix Dunwoody, wile of Felix Dunwoody, one of the leading citizens of this city, shot herself shprtly after midnight while locked in a room alone. Her husband belongs to the Dunwoody family to which President Roosevelt is related. The suicide, who was 18 years old, was Miss Mary Parker, of Ozark, Ala., niece of Congressman II. li. Martin of Alabama. She had been married eight months. No cause is given for ihe suicide. ANOTHER NKW TRIAL IS DENIED PATRICK. (By the Associated Press.) New York, June 11. Recorder Goff toduv denied a motion for a new trial In the case of Albert T. Patrick, the convicted muruerer oi. nnuum Rice. Pni rink's law vers It is said, were prepared for an auverse aecision win have papers ready for an application to the United States supreme court for a writ of error ana lor a writ oi habeas corpus. These applications would again delay the carrying1 -out of the death sentence and would make the fifth postponement for Patrick who has, now been in, the death house In Sing Sing for mure than four years. The last resort In the effort to save Patrick will be an application to Gov ernor lllgglns for a commutation of the death sentence. SHOTHOWHO ASSAULTED HER Courageous Deed of Selma Telephone Girl GIVEN GOLD REVOLVER By Citizens of Selma Who Also Pre sent Her With a Medal Miss Pearl Jones the Heroine of Desper ate Encounter With Negro ISrulcs, An Accomplice in Jail. Ch'peclal to The Evening Times.) Selma, N. C, June 11. A negro named Bud Richardson was shot and fatally wounded herj about mid night Saturday night by Miss Pearl Jones, the telephone operator at the Bell exchange of Selma, whom he at tempted to criminally assault. An accomplice has been arrested and lodged in jail. Today the physicians say that Bud P.ichaidson, the wounded negro, can pot live, us he grows steadily weaker. Everything is quiet heie and likely to remain so. Story of the Tragedy. The following story of the tragedy at Selma Saturday night is taken from a special printed in the Char lotte Observer today: The telephone office is located in a narrow room between a large store and the bank fronting on Main street. In the rear of the office, en closed by a high board wall, is a small back lot private to the opera tors. This lot is entered through a screen door in the rear of the office and I here is also a door through the wall in the rear of the lot which is kept fastened by a hook on the in side. About two weeks ago a negro was caught climbing over this high wall and scared away by one of the operators. Three nights afterwards, as one of the young ladies stepped into tho back lot from the ' office, she was confronted by a negro man. 'i'his time there happened to be a young man in the operating room who ran to her rescue, only to see the negro's back and give a fruitless chase. Fired Five Shots. Hearing of this second attempt the young men oC.the town 'decided to guard the office at night, which they did regularly, taking turns, mil il hist night, the two men assigned to this duty were sitting in front of the drug ! store awaiting for the stores to close so they could take their positions, when at 1 1 o'clock they heard a pis tol shot, followed hy four more in quick succession. These two, with the chief of police, ran to the office, when they found the young lady with the pistol in her hand. She told them she started out into the back lot and some one started toward her, then she jumped back into the office, grabbed the pistol and fired once.. By the aid of that fire she could plainly see some one crouched in the corner. Then she aimed at him and lired the other four shots as ho went out the door and thought she hit him wilh the last one. Brother Furnished Clue. The crowd that had gathered by this time began the search for the negro, wlirJti some distance away they saw a negro boy coming on the run toward the drug store. When he was halted he said he was going after the doctor for his brother, who had just bean shot. Not waiting for the doctor they made him lead them back to where the boy lived. They found him at home lying on the bed, groaning and praying. He confessed the whole affair then and there be fore the doctor came. The doctor's examination showed that the ball went through his left arm and into his body between the third and fourth ribs. The bullet was probed for, but could not be lo cated. The wound was bleeding and he was broathing through the hole. The doctor says ho will not live, but eighteen hours later he is still living and is conscious. Three of this ne gro's associates were arrested and held in the lockup until this after noon. At 4 o'clock they wore all given a preliminary hearing before a mag istrate, resulting In two of them be ing released ad two held. At the trial the wounded negro, realizing his condition, said he was ready to make a statement, which he did in the form of an affidavit as follows: Wounded Ncgi-o's Confession. "North Carolina, Johnston county: Bud Richardson, being sworn, says: Jim Merritt and I went into the back lot of tho telephone company's of fice Saturday night, "June 9th, for the purpose of committing rape on Misses Pearl Jones and Jessie Hunt, who were night operators for thj company. I got shot and Jim told nie he had been thare twice before for the same purpose, but could hot succeed by himself. No one else was with us. (Signed "Bud Richardson." Jim Merritt emphatically denied having been with the negro at all that night, but. said he went home at 10.25 with another negro, Haze Richardson, who took the sland and corroborated Jim. Henry Barrow, a reliabl'? white man, swore lie was passing along tho street back of the telephone, office at 10.15 and saw Hud Richardson and Jim Merritt standing in an alley looking directly toward t lie rear of the office, and til II o'clock, when he was almost home, he heard the five pistol shots. Maggie Barefoot, who lives in the nearest house to Richardson, swears she saw two men pass her house shortly after 11, one half-carrying the other. Then one ran back to the road and pretty soon another man ran towards town. Excitement Kan High. On this evidence Jim Merritt was bound to court along with Richard son. There were two or three hun dred white men at the trial and ex citement was running high, until they knew the result of the hearing, and Jim Merritt was hurried off to jail. At this hour (S o'clock) things are quiet and thaer is very little fear of a lynching. Miss Jones is a most excellent young lady and her closest friends were agreeably surprised at the won derful amount, of courage she show- j ed. She has reloaded her pistol and says she will continue to tto iter uu- ! lies as ti notning naa nappeueu aim fears no further trouble. A subscrip tion list is rapidly growing, the ob ject of which is to present, her with a handsome gold-mounted revolver, a gift from the citizens and visitors of the town. The operators up and down the line are contributing money to purchase a gold medal for her. Senator (Jormon's Successor. Washington. June 1 1. Hon. W'il linm Pinckney Whyte of Maryland took his seat today in the senate as the successor of the late Senator Arthur P. 'Gorman. NATIONAL RIFLE MATCH A Big Event is Planned for September Adjutants General of Every State Urged to Have Representatives Present The Importance of Good Shots in the Army Illustrated. (By the Associated Press.) Washington,' June 11.-Assistant Sec retary Oliver, one of the first, author ities in military ride shooting, is mak ing every effort to have the national match to be held at Seagirt, N. J.. this year, beginning September 4lh surpr.'ss in point of attendance any .., i.,n .ii.nt of this kind. There fore he has addressed letters to the adjutants general or every state and territory urging them to provide for the participation of a ritle team. The assistant secretary points out that accurate ritle shooting is S'i points out of 10, in the figure of efflclency of a. soldier for the line of battle and while the state teams cannot all win mixes the men wouM at least he brought in contact with the best talent in the country and upon their return to their own states would be able to carrv back to their fellow euardsmen information relative to good shooting of the greatest value and interest in ritle shooting would be stimulated. General Oliver says: "At the outbreak of the Spanish American war the members of our small regular army were, as a class, the finest, military rifle shots in the world, and when an enemy showed his head or body at a distance of 400 or 5ik) :a ids and often much farther he was generally put out of action. On the oilier hand our men charged over open ground to the Spanish ritle pit', with comparatively few casualties be cause the Spaniards had never been taught to shoot. "This tine shooting on the part of the army was due mainly to the com petitions which officers and enlisted men had to attend." I lie asNistaoi. wTirunj ,ulj each slate and territory unending to be represented In the Approaching com petition should bold a preliminary competition two or three months In advance, in order that the best shots mav be selected, and every man chosen should obligate himself to devote at least two half days each week to practice, taking care however not to overdo the practice and lower the nervous force. NOW in im v. '.--v.y. : Order by the Corporation Commission Futile DISREGARDED BY ROAD Southern Hallway Kan No. Ill Through Raleigh Sunday Night On New Schedule As Advertised find Made the New Connection Shorten ing the Time to Asheville. Train No. Ill of the Southern Railway ran through Raleigh Sun day night promptly on the new schedule, namely, at 11.59, Instead of waiting in this city until 1.45 a. m., as has been done heretofore. The Southern Railway carried out its new schedule notwithstanding an order or injunction issued by the Corporation Commission Saturday night and. served on Col.. A. B. An drews, first vice-president ot th Southern Railway, at his home here. The commission's order recited that the change in the schedule of No. Ill would break the connection here between that train and Ntf. 88 of the Seaboard Air Line, that peti tions and complaints had been filed with the commission and the railroad had not yet made answer, therefore "It Is ordered by the Corporation Commission, That the said connec tion be not broken until the com plaint, petitions and answer thereto can be heard and a thorough Investi gation be made by the commission." The Southern Railway ", had an nounced for today its hew train to Asheyille, with which No. lli.would connect, and this announcement to the public was carried out last' even ing although the commission had sought to prevent the execution. . Qf the new schedule. The Southern Railway has until the night of tomorrow, June 12th, to file its answer with the commission to the complaint which was served upon the Southern by the commis sion on Saturday, June 2d. When the news spread last night that ihe Southern would run Us train at. 11.59 as advertised It cre ated great interest among the people who were around the hotel and at the depot. No effort was made to prevent the train from leaving the union station, so No. Ill arrived and left on its new schedule time, to-wlt, at 11.59. In fact one man got left since ho acted on the supposition that, the commission's order would hold the train. Col. W. B. Rodman of Charlotte, division counsel of the Southern Railway, arrived in Raleigh today and it is presumed that he and Mr. F. H. Bttsbee, counsel for the road here, are preparing the railroad's an swer, which will be filed with the corporation commission. Commission Preserves Silence. Chairman Franklin McNeill had nothing to say on the situation when he was seen by a Times' representa tive. At 3 o'clock this afternoon he stated that the corporation commis sion had taken no action since the order made Saturday night and fur ther than this he had no statement to make. However, it was observed by one of the corporation commissioners to day that the corporation commission did not regard the action of the Southern Railway in running No. Ill on the new schedule last night as any affront to the commission or Its or der. The commission, It is admitted, has no power to Issue an injunction and the railroad has ten days In which to except and file an answer to any order. Under this interpreta tion the corporation commission did not expect the Southern Railway to hold No. Ill last night although the order so read. '':', The Southern Railway's ahswW to the complaint had not been filed at 4 o'clock this .afternoon, but will be filed either this afternoon or tomor row, it was stated. The attorneys for the railroad had no statement to make on the matter, V Government ..Crop Report. .. (Ttv the Associated Pre"s.) Washington, June 11. The crop estimating board of the department of agriculture today Issued the fol lowing crop report: Spring wheat Condition," 93 ; ac reage, 17,989,000; winter wheat condition, 83 on June 1. Oats con dition, 86; acreage, 27,678,000. Bar ley condition, 93 5-10; acreage, 133,000 more than last year.