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WEATHER . Fair, colder; Saturday fair, slightly warmer; light to fresh west winds becoming variable, .,,' VOL.1TI. NO. 88 E Complete Change In Front on the Revised Penal Law . 6111. MR. GAINES SAYS HE IS ALWAYS IN EARNEST When It Comes to Attacks on the Repub . lican Ramparts He's Johnny on the Spot and the Rude Republicans Sim : ply Laugh. .,...' Vashington, D. C, Jan. 16. A com plete change of front was exhibited by the majority in the House of Repre sentatives today in the consideration of the bill to codify and revise the penal Jaws of the United States. The pacific '-spirit displayed , by the committee on revision of laws toward the close of yesterday's session, when it appeared as though the several amendments strength ening certain provisions of the bill re garding alleged corruption in the ap pointment of persons to public offices would be adopted, had vanished and in stead every inch of ground was fought over to keep amendments out of the bill. "When adjournment was taken at 4.00 ' o'clock- additional pages had been 'disposed of and but one or two verbal amendments by the committee had been inserted. At the outset of the debate Mr. Hard -wick of Georgia, offered a substitute for the Williams amendment pending yes terday when the House adjourned, re garding payments to any person for his (Continued on page Two.) HOUS QUICKLY SHUTS ALL AMENDMENTS COURT ORDERS HARRIMAN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OF COM M ERC E COMMISSION Railroad Man and Banker Kahn Must Furnish Part of the In- t formation That They Refused to Divulge Last February. Judge Hough, in United States Circuit Court, Hands Down. Decision in Case That Has Attracted Attention of Nation New York, Jan. 10. Judge Hough, of tho United States Circuit Court, handed down today an opinion directing Otto H. Kahn, a member of the hanking firm of Kahn, Lcob & Co., to answer all ques tions propounded to hiin by the inter state commerce commission. E. H. Harriman was directed to answer all questions except those relating to the purchase of Union and Southern Pacific stock in connection with tho dividend of August, 1000. , While the exceptions were regarded as Important questions by the government lawyers who were investigating the Chicago and Alton railroad reorganiza tion, they constituted, only a small pro portion of those that Harriman refused The clash between the witness and the commission occurred an February 25 of last year. : The grounds assigned by Messrs. Har riman and Kahn for their refusal are thns summarized by Judge Hough: First The questions propounded are not pertinent, relevant or material to any inquiry stated or defined by the resolution of the interstate commerce commission. Second Said resolution or order was an improper method of originating in quiry by commission. Third ' the commission is not empowered either to pass the rcsolu- FLORIDA EXPOSITION OPENS JANUARY 25 INTERNATIONAL SHOW IN BIO BUILDING ON THE ST. JOHN'S KIVES. . Jacksonville, Fla, Jan. 16.The Florida Mindwinter International Expo sition will be formally opened here on January' 25. The large building on tho banks of the St. John's river is now com plete, and the various exhibits hav been Arranged. Florida will be well repre sented, as well as various Japanese ex-, fcihits and displays from well known manufacturers. , '" t The exposition Is to remain open un til the latter part of April. : ,' ' .: , r- " j ', 1 J, . ..-j ' ' Yes Advertising Does1 Pay. laitf LAST EDITION. NO TIME FOR GUTTING RATES TEXAS Truce Entered Into Calling Dismissal of he Railroad ' Suits. for COMMISSION DISMISSES ITS REDUCTION ORDER Chairman May field, of : the . Railroad Commission, Declares That He Regards the Present As An Unfavorable Time For the Lowering of Rates. Austin, Tex., Jan. 10. A truce was entered into today between the railroad commission . of Texas and the railroads in the state, which calls for the dis missal by the railroads of the fourteen suits brought by- them against the com mission enjoining all the rates of the commission, which are pending in the federal courts. 1 The commission on its part dismisses the motion to promulgate an order re ducing passenger fares in Texas from 3 to 2'3 cents. Chairman Mayficld stated that he was convinced from the evidence submitted by the railroads that the present time was unfavorable to lower fares in Texas, and he dismissed the motion. The suggestion that the commission should- cancel its' former order reducing the tare of the Houston and iexas ( an tral to 2Va cents, led to a final adjust ment of all the differences. V Zjdirt'd H. Harriman. tion or make the order or ask the ques tions by a statutory granting of power. Fourth If, however; Congress lias as sumed to grant statutory power author izing such procedure then such congressional grant is unconstitutional inasmuch as Congress itself could not repress those questions, because they do (Continued on page Two!) tPECTlTO BOB IT ORDERS OFFICIALS OUT OF INSTI TUTION AND BEGINS TO FIRE ' IS FATALLY WOUNDED. Lonview, Texas, Jon. 16. Alex. Walk er, a negro of this place, today walked into the Citizens National Bank, told the bank officials to get out and began to shoot. The shooting attracted Sheriff Little, who, with the assistance of Presi dent L. 1: Everett, succeeded in over powering tho negro. '-. . . :. .. " ' ... The negro succeeded in firing one shot and slightly wounded 'Sir. Everett, tint was dimwrned and in a volley which fol lowed ; was, . probably fatally wounded. THINKS A 1 4 GBEENSBOEO, N. MOTHER FEARED T P V Old Letter Written to Schoolmas ter Tells of Her Appre hensions. NONARRIVAL OF IMPORTANT WITNESSES DELAYS TRIAL Afternoon Session Abandoned and Morn Session Curtailed Littleton Says That Case Will Be Hurried From Today to Its Finish. New York, Jan.' 16. The nonarrival of important witnesses who are hurry ing to New York by steamer and train caused an abandonment of the afternoon session of the Thaw trial today and cut the morning sitting down to less than two hours. Mr. Littleton, leading counsel for the defense, announced that beginning to morrow he would hurry the case along as rapidly as possible. It was necessary, he explained, that all the evidence hav ing to do with Thaw's alleged irrational acls of the past several years should be introduced before tho medical experts are called to the stand to express a scientific opinion as to the defendant's mental condition at the time he killed Stanford White. . Mrs. William Thaw, mother of the ac cused, arrived from Pittisburg today and if strong enough may take the stand tomorrow. She has been ill for more than a month, and at ono time it was thought she would not be able to at tend the trial at all. Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit (Continued on page Two.) REPBESEHTAT1VE FOWLER JALKS DF THE HEEDS OF DDR CURKV SYSTEM Chairman of House Committee Declares Present Scherre Worthless. URGES PASSAGE OF HIS BILL Boston, Mass., Jan. 10. "The Cur rency Problem" was the subject of an address delivered by Representative Charles N. Fowler, of New Jersey, chuirman of the committee on banking and currency, beforo the Commercial Club, of Boston, at the New Algonquin Club tonight. On January 8 Mr. Fowler introduced iu Congress a bill "to establish a simple and scientific monetary system, founded upon gold, guaranteed bank notes, and silver, with uniform banking and bank reserves in gold coin or its equivalent; to guarantee all deposits and note is sues; and to fix certain rules and regu lations wtcrcby the financial operations of tho 'government shall cease to bo a 'disturbing factor in . trade and com-m-rec." ' In his address 'tonight,' Congressman Fowler said in part; "There is no consistency or uniform ity in American banking as a whole. Too little is actually known about the condi tion of our banking business. The sit uation has already become appalling and demands a uniform banking system with uniform reserves ih (!'d coin. This re Hiilt will be secured by the bill now un der consideration by the committee on barking and currency. "To economically, and adequately pro vide for tho production, transportation and sale of such n vast amount of mer chandise as we are producing annually, we should have a simple and scientific (Continued on page Two.) 30 SUPPOSED TO HAVE EONE DOWN WITH SHIP BRITISH VESSEL FROM LIVERPOOL TO SEATTLE BELIEVED TO ' HAVE SUNK. Seattle, Wash. Jan. 16. The British ship Hartfield, from Liverpool to Seat tle, is believed to have gone down with all on board oft the west coast of Van couver Island. A wireless message :re norts that the vessel's deckhouse and several boxes washed ashore this .morn- in i. :. ' '. ! The ship's captain Is A. S. Anderson, and his wifo and family probably were on board. In all. about thirty persons were aboard the snip. ,. .... ... , Ask the Man FOR HP IS BOY O, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1903 B0YERT01 PLANS FOR BURIAL OF Death List May Finally Reach s Two Hundred it Is Now Feared. MYSTERY DEVELOPS IN IN COURSE OF SEARCH Bcdy Found in Man's Clothing Is That of Woman As Features Arc Burned Beyond Recognition, Solution Now Seems Impossible. Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 10. This little borough, which lost one-hfteenth ol its population in the operahouse horror Mou uay night, today turned to the task of burying its dead. Because of the con dition of most of the bodies the boroiiL'li authorities have asked the bereaved re-1 lations to bury the dead within three day '' All night long scores of men worked in the morgues, preparing t'he identified bodies for removal to their former homes or to the cemetery. As early as live v ciock a lung line ui ueaiu wagons moved here and there about the town, distributing the corpses, and before nightfall most of the dead will be ready for interment. , The relief qpmmittee, working in con junction with relatives, has removed more than fifty bodies from the morgues. It is a common sight to see a man car rying through the streets charred bodies on boards covered by a blanket or quilt. It rained slightly this morning, and there was a little fall of snow, but this did not deter tho work of digging graves. For Unidentified Dead. The borough has decided to buy eight lots for the burial of the unidentified dead. In the center o the plot suffici ent space, will be left for the erection of a monument. The scenes about the morgues today are much thp same as; yesterday. Day light found crowds arouud the entrances clamoring for admittance. About seven o'clock the doors were opened and the gruesome work of identifying the dead was again taken up. It is believed that more than fifty bodies will never be identified. The death list continues to grow, and it is now feared that the num ber of victims will reach 180, and pos sibly higher. Today' Mrs. James Fryer, who was injured by leaping from the burning building, died, making 'the to tal number of known dead 172. Coroner Strasscr's list this afternoon shows that of the dead -112 were females and 15 males. There are fifteen bodies so badly burned that it is impossible to distinguish their, sex. Twenty-Two Are Children. There are twenty-two bodies of chil dren included in the list of males and females. The coroner stated that this (Continued on page Two.) SIMMONS SAYS THAT E Declares That Position of Peop e Is Sure and Special Session Should Act. SEES NO REASON FOR DELAYS BY JOHN E. MONK.. Washington, D, C. Jan. 16. Senator Simmons believes the legislature at the extra session should pass a prohibition bill for the state. In an interview to day ho said: "It must be apparent to every one that the sentiment in the state in fa vor of prohibition is so overwhelming that nothing can prevent the adoption of state prohibition as the policy of the state. This may be accomplished by one of three ways: by an act of the legislature at the special session which meets next Tuesday, or by its submit ting a constitutional amendment to the people to be voted upon at the next general election, or by an act of the next legislature. . "Whatever be the views of some as to the, effectiveness of the local option pro visions of the Watts law in bringing about ultimate prohibition, it is evi dent that a vast majority of the people are unwilling to await the slower pro cess of this method, and that we are to have state prohibition in the near fu ture by one1 of the three ways I have mentioned, seems to do certain, "I have had some doubt about what the extra session should do with refer ence to this matter, but after thorough and deliberate consideration it seems to me that, under all the circumstances, giving full consideration to the interests of temperance, the state and the party, , i (Continued on page Two.) THEATER V MS : : , . ...... . ,. . i ..... .......... :, - .... .... , . ........ ; . .... ....... v..,v,s Who Advertises in the Daily Industrial News. He Knows MA Named Receiver i RV 1 E. C. DUNCAN. PRESIDENT PERSONALLY TELLS DUNCAN OF REGRET A T H I S R ESIGNATI ON Congratulates Retiring Collector on His Excellent Record. Martin's Name Soon to Be Sent In Judge Adams Talks of United Party BY JOHN Washington, P., C, Jan. 16. The President informed Collector E. C. Dun can today that he very much regretted to see him retire from the government service, complimenting him on his twelve years' excellent record in his of fice. The President was more than cordial to Mr, Duncan, who called at the White House with Judge Adams personally to tenner bis resignation. The President promised at an early date, to send the nomination of Wheeler Martin, of Wil liamston, as Mr. Duncan's successor, to the Senate. Mr. Martin returned home tonight. Mr. Duncan went to Richmond and Judge Adams left for home. Mr. Duncan will go to Raleigh to morrow to wind up his official business as collector. Judge Adams told a Washington Post man today .that Secretary Taft is cer tain to receive the nomination for the presidency on the first ballot. He also TREAT PLEDGES SOUTH ALL POSSIBLE AID IN T OF United States Treasurer Spends the Day In Columbia. s. c. REPRESENTS THE PRESIDENT Columbia, S. C, Jan. 16.-M3iarles H. Treat, treasurer of the United States, who delivered the annual address at the Columbia chamber of commerce dinner last evening, spent today in Columbia, leaving tonight with Commissioner of Internal Revenue John G. Capers for Washington. Mr. Treat visited the state capitol, and upon invitation addressed the Sen ate on the financial situation. He said that the present administration was anxious for currency legislation to be on nonpartisan lines. He. pledged ( the south its full quota of all assistance that could be legally extended by the United States treasury for crop-moving and development. His department, he declared with great feeling, knows no sections; we are one country and one people. He had come to Columbia, he said,' as the representative of the President, and had been urged by the President to ac cept the invitation to visit Columbia, and was very gratined at the cordial re cent ion tendered him and the keen in' terest displayed in financial matters by this people, He said that he advocated the passage of the Aldrtch bill with ma terial help. One of them was making the interest for .short time expansions very low and increasing it by gradua tion. This would insure, the retirement of money no longer needed, and that re tirement was necessarv to elasticity. He thought it wise also to eliminate rail I road bonds as securities. Si . V LAST EDITION. of the Seaboard E. MONK. let the fact be known that North Car olina Republicans are enthusiastic for him. ' Judge Adams emphasized the fact that the party in the state is in a strong, healthy condition, and that if all the Republican voters paid their poll-tax this year they could carry the state. THREE STILLS DESTROYED; ONE BLOCKADER ARRESTED Revenue Officers W, W. Harkins and S. A. Sides returned last night from Durham and report the destruction of three illicit distilleries near Rougemont. One of the stills was of ninety gallons capacity and another of seventy-five gal lons. The stills had been removed from the furnaces and no beer was found. One moonshiner was arrested and he gave bond for his appearance before the United States commissioner. Call for Yacht Club Meeting. New York, Jan. 16. At a general meeting of the New York Yacht Club tonight, a callwas issued for a confer ence of all the ' yacht clubs of the At lantic coast, to be held in New York January 20. This "Atlantic Conference" has been in prospect for some time. The club, it was announced, now has 3,361 members, with 525 boats in the fleet. Atlanta Certificates Called In. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 16. The Atlanta Clearing-House Association today called in all clearing-house certificates issued by its members to meet the recent finan cial stringency. Only a small amount of these certificates remain in circulation. Names Register of Land Office. Washington, D. C, Jan. 16. The President today nominated J. Ernest Preda for register of the land office at Natchitohes, La. SAYS HE KILLED SEVENTEEN TEARS AGO NEGRO WANTED IN STATESVILLE SURRENDERS TO WHEELING, W. VA POLICE. Statesville, N. C, Jan. 16. A man wanted in Statesville for murder has surrended in West Virginia. A tie gram received from the Wheeling, W. Va., police Tuesday evening, read: 'TVe have under arrest John Jones, negro. Claims he killed Uus. Murkinson in fight in "04. Do you want him T Answer." Sheriff W. A. Summers immediately wired stating that Jones was wanted, and asking if he would come to States ville without requisition papers. A mes sage received Wednesday morning stated that Jones would ctme without requisi tion and Sheriff Summers left yesterday morning for Wheeling to bring him to St ptsnvilla. The murder of Murkison byf Jones occurred in Statesville on Saturday night, August 23, 1890 seventeen years ago last August: . The Newi-A paper for all the people and for the people all the time. Read , it and keep posted. . , PBICB FIVE CENTS SENATE CLEARS CALENDAR FOR 11 Will Receive No More Communica tions From Department Heads Except as Law Provides. AIMED AT MEASURES OFFERED BY GARFIELD Post's Nomination to Governorship of Porto Rico Confirmed Bill Carrying $3,500,000 for New York Postoffie Building Is Passed. Washington, D. C, Jan. 16. The Sen ate calendar was cleared of nearly every bill upon it today, and the bill to re vise the criminal laws of the United States was taken up and discussed until adjournment, which was taken at 4.30 o'clock until Monday. : The Senate today passed a resolution declaring that no communications from heads of departments, chief of bureaus, or other executive officers, will be re ceived by that body unless they are sent in compliance with law or are transmit ted by the President. : The resolution was reported from tho committee on rules by Mr. Lodge yes terday, and was the result of objec tions made by Senator Heyburn and Senator Hale to the reception by the Senate of bills sent by Secretary Gar field in connection with a communica tion. The Senate today ratified and made publ.c a treaty between the United States and Spain, wherein it is agreed that Spain shall, upon requisition, de liver up to justice persons charged with any of a list of certain crimes, ranging from murder to slave-traaing. The nomination of Regis L. Post to be governor of Porto Rico was today confirmed, as were all the other Porto Rican territorial nominations. The Senate passed a bill te provide for the erection of a postoffice build ing in New York city to cost $3,500,000. There was a running fire of criticism of the bill to revise the criminal laws of the United States, which Senator heyburn, chairman of the joint commit tee which framed the bill, met with many explanations. ( Senator Bacon claimed that the print (Continued on page Two.) IS BT GRAND LODGE MASONS WINSTON FULTON CHARGED DB. MOCK WITH ALIENATING AF FECTIONS OF HIS WIFE. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 16. The Grand Lodge of Masons, befoj-e adjourning to day, received and adopted a report from the committee on propositions and grievances, giving Dr. J. H. Mock, of Thomasville, a full and complete vindica tion in the case from Thomasville where in Winston Fulton charged Dr. Mock with alienating the affections of his wife. This action ends the matter so far as the Grand Lodge is concerned. It is of interest to note that, January 8, Mrs. Fulton started in the Guilford County Court action for divorce against Fulton, In addition to Mr, Fulton's suit for divorce, there is in Guilford an in dictment for slandnr against 'Mm grow ing out of the charges he has mado against Dr. Mock and Mrs. Fulton. FOBESTHT FOLK FAVOR BILL BEFOBEJONGBESS ASKE EVERY SOUTHERN STATE TO 'SEND DELEGATIONS TO WASH INGTON TO URGE ADOPTION. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 16. The convention of the Appalachian Forest Association and allied organizations which brought ' together here today representatives from many cities in Georgia, Alabama, Ten nessee, KentuckyNorth and South Caro lina, adopted , resolutjopj asking every southern state to send , delegations to PENALLAWSBI Washington. with a viewtq securing the approval of .the. . Appalachian-White. : Mauntairi forest bill by the agricultural committee ' of the national House of ' Representatives. Governor Hoke Smtih, of Georgia, pre sided at both sessions of the conventions. Letters and telegrams of indorsement ' were revived from the ffovemora nf North and ' South Carolina, Virgin!, West Virginia, Alabama and Kentucky. .
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