The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, June 13, 1906, Image 3
PALMEI AffAIRS
Occurrences of Interest from
All Over Sotuh Carolina
MANY ITEmS f STATE NEWS
A Datch of Liv: Paragrapbs Cover
ing a Wide Ringe-What is Going
On in Our State.
General Cotton Matet.
3alveston. qui-t-----.....11 -S
New Orleans. duiet.... .. ..10 13-16
Mobile, steady-- -.--..10 5-4
Savannah. quiet.. .... .. ..10 7-S
Charleston, qLiet..........10 5-S
Wilmington. steady.. ......10 3-4
Norfolk. steay.... .... ...... 11
Baltimore. 110inal.. ....11 1-4
New York. qiet- ----..-. .11.20
Boston, quiet. - - ..11.20
Philadelphia, skady . - .11.45
Houson., easy.. . .- ------- 11
Au(Yrza. stEady ---.----i
r Memphis. aiet..-.-.-.--.-.-11
Cinvinnati . ... '- -- --
Louisville. firm. . -- -11 3-S
Qharlo'tte C tton Market,
Tiese prizes re resent the prices
paid to wagons:
Good middling.. ..----''-.
Striet middling...-.----.--.--11
Middling.... ..--.
4Good midling, tine d........111-8
Stains.... .... . ..9 to 10
?!:ans for Te h Building.
Newberry. Specia. The plans for
the building donate to Newberry
-oliege by Mr. And w Carnegie for
the engineeuing depai tment were sub
mitted to the commi ee and accept
ed. The structure w 'll be three sto
ries high, of a beaut ful type of ar
chitecture, and will ha e a floor space
in each story, 50x100 feet. It will
be fully equipped with all modern ma
chinery esential to a t chnical school,
with cupola, forge, etc The corner
stone will be laid next uesday after
noon with appropriate ceremonies.
Rev. W. C. Schaeffer, D. D., pastor o.
the Ascension, Savanna Ga.. has
accepted the invitation t deliver the
address.
.illed by Lig mug.
-eeuwood,- Special.-Newton Y.
Nauley, a Confederate veteran, agec
-60 years, was _-ruck and instantly
killed by lightning near Poplar
Springs church three miles from
Wares Shoals Thursday afternoon.
A very heavy rain fell during the
thunderstorm. Mr. Manley was an
excellent citizen and is spoken of in
the highest terms by his neighbors..
The burial took place at 4 o'clock in
the afternoon at Poplar Springs. He
left a widow and several children.
Chester Man Takes His Life.
Che.ster.. Special.-Willie Mobley.
Jr., a youing farmer residing a few
miles from Chester,. was found deac
in his bed room with a discharged
gun by his side and a ghastly wound
in his abdomen. He lived alone. HE
had recently been heard to declare
that he intended to take his life. The
verdict of the coroner's jury was
that the deceased came to his death
from gimshot wounds by his own
hand.
Governor Orders ?rosecution.
Columbia, Special.--As a result of
the disclosures before the dispensary
investigating committee Governoi
Heyward authorized the Attorney
Genieral to prosecute H. H. Evans, L.
N. Bovkin and J. B. Towell, Armer
members of the dispensary board for
malfeasazrce in officee. The committee
djourned and the action of the Gov
el. immediately followed.
Farmers t Their Cotton.
Spartanburg. Special.-President E.
L. Archer of the Spartanburg county
branch of the- Southern Cotton Asso
eiation has issued a statement to the
farmers that it is the intention this
year to sell their cotton in bulk. It
hias been estimated that there are
about 5,000 bales to be marketed this
year in Spa rtanbucg county, which
will be held in 20 to S0 bale lots.
Negroes Administer Poison.
Chester. Special.-William Reighly
was found dead two days ago in a
field, near Fort Lawn. Coroner Leck
ie made an investigation and found
aba two strollig ngrees, Ed. Bai
ley and Dennis Cole, have been ar
rested and comminted to jail.
A Negro Burned to Death.
On thc premises of Mr. W. H. Har
Sdin, near Chester. a negro cabin was
burnedi in which a negro boy was
. burned to death, arnd a child of the
same family badly burned was res
eued.
Items of State News.
The colleres of the State have
mnostly heldi their commneme~nts dur
Cgra~. 'aws w::s :arge and the intceet
.o~ .l by ::) nulic in the exer
vi'was unu:i. i~arge crowds at
Struk by Lightning.
Rorsv1ill, Special.-Durinz a
heavy r.~:i and1 Celectrienl stormif Sat
STARTLING REVFLATINS
Thursday's Sessicn of South Carolina
Dispensary Investigating Commit
tee Brought Forth Some Sensation
al Incidents Relative to the New
berry Situation.
Columbia. Special.-The most start
la2, revelations that have yet clgra-e
tLeized the dispenary iivestigation
were made when the much-talked of
Newberry situation was entered upon
for the first time in a really aggres
-.ive manner. Bribery direc and fla
rant is charged against ex-Directors
Evanz, Boykin and Towill.
C. C. Davis, a Newberry contrac
tor who had worked on ex-Chairman
H. H. Evans' fine new house in New
berry, in a cool and somewhat relue
tant manner, told of Evans admitting
to him, that, on various occasions, he
had been getting presents of various
kinds and great wads of money from
the whiskey houses he took care of
on the dispensary purchasing board.
Evans showed him, on several occas
ions, big bunches of greenbacks of
all sorts of denominations, bills as
high. more than one time, as $1,000
and several of these in each bunei
Or. one occasion when witness told
Evaii a certain door in the house
had better be moved, Evans pointed
to a beaver hat sitting on the floor
full of greenbacks of large denomi
nations, and asked if he did not think
that would move it. Evans never
did call it rebates or graft, but ad
mitted he got the cash as well as
the presents and said they were in
consideration of his services on the
board to these houses. Among the
presents was a handsome suit of fur
niture with a $500 poker table among
the pieces, which Evans admitted get
ting as a present from Blthexathal &
Bickert, of Atlanta. Witness denied
that Evans told him he bought the
big Kinard plantation in 'Newberry
with dispensary graft. and also denied
that Evans said he used poker play
ing as a blind, denied that Evans told
him that on one occasion he won
10,000 in a poker game with some
whiskey drummers. A whiskey man.
Jonah Loeb, told him that, in order
to get a showing, he paid Evans $2
a case on several thousand cases.
A Direct Case of Bribery.
The most important part of Davis'
testimony was perhaps that involving
a direct ease of bribery against Evans
associates on the board. John Bell
Towill and L. W. Bovkin. Witness
said Evans told him that Evans was
not getting the proper showing for
his friends in the purchases and he
and Bridge Wilson. of the Richland
Distillery here. laid a trap in which
they caught Towill and Boykin.
Evans' whiskey friends got Tow'ill
and Boykin in a hotel room here and
Evans and Wilson standing on a
table in the hallways, saw the other
two directors paid the money.
Parkers: Statements Corroborated.
E. W. Robertson, president of the
National Loan & Exchange Bank and
of a number of other Columbia enter
prises and interested as director in a
number of cotton mills throughout
tthe State, wvas on the stand. He cor
robated the testimony of L. W. Par
ker, as to Samuel J. Lanahan having
Director Rovkin as his State middle
man. but there was a decided differ
ence as to what Lanahan said about
having a middleman now who is a
State offeer but not connected with
the dispensary. Mr. Parker said Mr.
Lanahan 's statement was made in
New York in the nresence of Mr.
Robertson, but Mr. Robertson did not
rememb~er this and though Mr. Parker
must have been mistaken as to this
point. The committee did not insist
on Mr. Parker giivng the name, al
though the Supreme Court had just
ruled that he could be compelled to
answer questions.
Evans Says He Bought Newberry Del
egation.
Contractor Davis went back on the
stand. He testitied that ex-C'hairmnan
Evans told him that the Newberry
delegation of his r'e-election but that
lie "fixed' them all, and bought 'em
1mighty cheap. Evans said he bought
Senator Blease by employingr him as
his attorney and that he paid for the
balance and got 'em at bargain prices
Dr. McIntosh. of the Newberry Say
ines Bank. was on the stand but he
had a poor memory and Mr. Lyon
did not get much out of him. He
saidl Evans never did have a cent on
dteposit in his bank in his own name
and he was not asked as to whose
name he did have (deposits nor the
amounts. Mr. Lyf'n reminded Drt.
McIntosh that he had said Evans told
him he got the horseshoe diamlondi era
vat pin lie wore from a whiskey man,.
but the doctor couldl not remember
having told Mr. Lyon that. However.
if he did tell him it was so..
Secretarv Wicker of the F'armeris'
Oii Mill a't Newberry, of which Ev
ants is president. testified that Evans
Iha negoi itiated a loan of $-d.UOO for
th i'll at live per' (cnt. tromP A. and
N. M. Block .thie wvhiskeyv mn iiter
e-ted in the Ri4hlanld Dist illery and
thec brc ing conicerni at Macon. ( a.
The mil, capitalized1 at $90.000f. stood
tor the loan. Interest on the loan
i' in regunlarly paid. Jr. Lyon
read an affidavit fr'om an msurance
an amed Norenulf. 4. - Minetta. Ga..
is hic Noretum dem~iiled a coner
btith had~ wi ; members of thle
Itu're C omp any of Atla1nta who 144 id
it of funiture-.a]~ hipd 4 ti' tewerr
..E.an. ' The funi\r peiopl sai
S(IJH CAROLINA CR(WSF
Condition of South Carolina Crops
for Week Ending Monday, June 4,
1906, as Given Out by the Db.
partment.
The weather was generally cloudy A
ind showery over the State on the
arst day, and on the last two days
-f the week while the intervening T1
four days were generally clear, wth
light to freh southerly to southwest
rly winds.
There was a wide range in temper
ature during the week over the en
tire State, except along the immedi
ate coast, the first half of the week of
having been unusually cool and the po
iast half was quite warm with daily de:
maximum temperature generally wc
above 90 degrees except in the ex- stc
treme northwestern cunties where gr
they were between S5 and 90 degrees. alt
The highest temperature for the week ga
was a maximum of T degrees at tic
Bowan, Florence and Sumter on seD
Jne 1st; the lowest temperature for soi
the week was a minimum of 49 de- -n
grees at Greenville on May 30th. The ye
avarge temperature was slightly be- th
lo.: normal. th
There were showers over nearly the in
whole State on the first day and on to
the last two days, the precipitation
having been heavy in Barnwell, Lex- Th
ington, and in places in adjoining
counties on June 3rd. with amounts
ranging from one inch to over two Mi
inches of rain in one hour. The Cc
week's average precipitation was be- sp
low the normal amount for the same to
peri 4, with the least rainfall along th
the immediate coast and in the north- 'tb
eastern counties where the weekly pr
amounts ranged from a trace only no
to slightly more than half an inch. of
The weather was cloudy and threat- in
ening as the week ended. tic
th4
Union County Parmers to Pool Their y
Cotton.
Union, Special-The Union County pr
farmers g:nerally are in better con- mi
dition financially than they have been Th
in decades, if ever, for at a meeting sh<
Saturday ot the county cotton asso- Ch
ciation it was brought out that there .
are still on hand, scattered in differ- 1s
ent sections, about 500 or more bales tei
of cotton, the owners waiting for sh<
higher prices, the number of bales the
these farmers still have varynig from to
1 to 100. That they are now able to .
be independent enough to hold back
and sell when they think they are get- re<
ting a good price speaks volumes for tic
the effectiveness and value of organiz- A
ed effort among. them. The regrular of
monthly meeting held Saturday was
nor largely attended, the farmers wise na
ly staying at home to devote att en- we
tion to their crops, only those being shi
present who had to be in town or- sui
other business. Perhaps the most im- ti
portant feature of the meeting was
tie decision to have a special ineeting a ~
of nil farmers, who still have cotton m
on hand, on next S'aturdar. June .9. an,
at 12 o'esock at the court liouse. for ne
the purpose of listing everv bale re- s
maining unsold now, confirming the.
authority given Judge J1. M. Greer to
represent all holding farmers to re- B
ceive bids from cotton buyers and noQ
close out the cotton when the desired wi
price is reached, it being so mutch :
easier to get better prices if cotton is ~
sold in bulk than when sold separate- re<
ly in small amounts by different per- pa
sons. The matter of a warehouse was st:
taken up. and the committee recently fr<
appointed has acured an option on a be,
large buildine near Rice's Mill, and ter
the question of purchasing will be de-. du
finitely settled within twvo weeks- no
Killed by Infuriated Bull. co
Greenville, Special.-Major John lal
Ferguson, formerly a merchant of this du
eity, was gored to death by an in
furiated Guernsey bel early Thurs
day morning at his country home in
Piekens county. Mr'. Ferguson was ya
65 years of age. At one time he ke
was prabably thie largest merchant in th
South Carolina, outside of the big '~s
wholesale houses in Charleston. da
'a,
Politics in Pickens. p
Easicy. Special.-Pickens is ex- ma
peting lively times in the political pri
campaign this suimmer'. Hfon. C. H. the
Carpnter is in the race Lotr reelec- Co.
tion to'the Sente and he is to be op- ap
prisd by Hon. Laban Mautldin atnd ri
Hon. (hatrles E. Robinson. Mr'. Car- ins
penter is a dispene~ary candidate while ing
Muldin and Robinson at'e both anti- the
dspens-ary men. Judge James P. foi
C(rv will be' in the race for the hottse vi
Msr.Robinson and Cary represent- ins
ed Pie~kens county in thte supreme me
court last winter when~ the dispensaryv St:
elec(tion wa- conitestedl and( wont for fie
rohibitioni against thle dispensarv . a
May Help the Boat Line. su
Columbia. Special.-The cfficrs of e
the Columbia boat line are veryv muchl ne
impressed withi the~ scheme to buili to
a trolley line in Orangeburg county in
hat will t ap a ric sectiton to conn eci to
withI t he boa;t l i'. andl piresidenit WV.
J. MJurrav 'aid thr as soon as' th Ia
line was :m as.,a~ c*? l' t a cnrenclCe en
would bo held 'ith t' l)rD"nver's andl .t
le
N'ew Enterprises. ft
('hicorat (ollee, of Greenvtiille. was th
ohrf rb the sertar y ';~'(b of *tate th
This os tht femin semnar 'of th an.
PG raian of e othern par. p
EEKJNG WITH fILTH
ig Packing Houses a Menace
to Public Health
BLOT ON CMMON DECENCY
w Report * Gmkr Pwlimipary, the
President Ee2ig Anxious for Spe
eia Legslation-More is to Come
-Revelations That Will Concern
The Peopl. -
Washington, Speciale-The ieport
Messrs. Reynolds and Neill, ap
inted a special committee by Presi
nt Roosevelt to investigate the
>rkings of the packing houses and
>ck yards, was presented to Con
ss by the President. The report t
hough confined to personal investi- i
tions and giving only sgh informa
*n as come under the personal ob
.vation of the e-mmittee, reveals
ne startling facts. Messrs. Rey
Isds and Neill explain that the in
stigations are not yet ended and
it inany reports in cGnnection with
unsanitary conditions of the pack- v
houses and stock yards are yet
come out.
The Presidents Message. t
. Senate and House of Representa- s
tives:
I transmit herewith the report of
r. James Bronson Reynolds and j
mmissionr Charles P. Neill, the
ecial committee whom I appointed a
investigate into the conditions in
stockyards of Chicago and report
ireon to me. This report is of a
fliminary nature. I submit it to you
w because it shows the urgent need
immediate action by the Congress '
the direction of providing a dras
and thoroughgoing inspection by
Federal government of all stock
rds and packing houses and of their
)ducts, so far as the latter enter a
;o inter-State or foreign commerce..
,e condition shown by even this
yrt inspection to exist in the p
icago stockyards are revolting. It n
imperatively necessary in the in- C
-est of health and decene- that they
>uld be radicalLy changed. Under f
existing law it is wholly impossible
secure satisfactory results.
When my attention was first di
sted to this matter an investiga
'n was made under the Bureau of
ilmal Industry of the Department
Agriculture. When the prelimi- t
ry statements of this investigation
re brought to my attention they
>wed such defects in the law and
~h wholly and unexpected condi-t
ns that I deemed it best to have
further immediate investigation by
n not connected with the bureau,t
d secordingly appointed Messrs.
'ynolds and Neill. It was impos
le under the existing law that sat
actory work should be done by the
reanu of Animal Industry. I am
w, ho'wever, examining the way in
ti the work actually was done.
Before I had received the report of
~ssrs. Reynolds and Neill I had di
sted that labels placed upon any
ekege of meat food product should
ite only the carcass of the animal
>m which the meat was taken had
mn inspected at the time of slaug~h-a
-If inspection of meat food pro
ets at all stages of preparation is
C secured by the passage of theI
~islation -recommended I shall feel
Enpelled to order that inspection
>es and certificates on canned pro
ets shall not be used hereafter.
Premises not Kept Clean.
Tha report shows that the stock
rds and packing houses are not
pt even reasonably clean, and that
Smethod of handling and prepar-t
i food products is uncleanly and1
ngerous to health. Under existing I
r the national government has no
wer to enforce inspection of the
Lfny forms of prepared meat food
>ducts that are daily going from
Spacking houses into inter-States
nmeree. Owing to an inadequate
propriation the Department of Ag- a
ulture is not even~ able' to plaee
~pectors in all establishments desir
; -them. The present law prohibits
shipment of uninspected meat to
reign countries, but there is no pro
ion forbidding the shipment of un
~pe'eted meats in inter-State com
ree, and thus the avenues of inter
ate commerce are left open to traf
in diseased or spoiled meats. If,
has been alleged on !seemingly
od authority further eils exist,t
eh as the improper use of chlemi
Is and dyes. the government lacks I
wver to remedy themr. A law is
eded which will enable the inspec
cs of the general government to
;pect and supervise from the hoof
the can the preparation of the
~at product. The evil seems to be
.ch less in the sale of dressed ear-c
ses than in the sale of canned and
'icr prepared p)roducts.t
In my judgment the cxpense of the
spection should be paid by a fee
ried on each animal slaughtercd. If
is is not done. th2 whle. purpose of
e law can at any timnehedef'eated
rough an irnfTleient aprpiain
d wherever there wa noi particular t
.bice interest in the subjest- in woulid
not .only eas: but nai:Vral thns to 1
ike the apporot ion inuffiicien t.
it we're not for this considerat ion
should favo~r the go-:erent p~ay-t
t fr it.
Th alC armr expressd in certain
i law, will the cost of inspection ex
:eid 8 cents pe head.
I call speoial attention to the fac
that this repor$ i6 preliminary, an<
that the investigation is still unfinish
d. It is not yet possible to report o
th.e alleged abuses in the use of de
eterious chemical compounds in con
'ie-tion with canning and preservin
meat products, nor on the allege(
iortoring I'n this fashion of taintec
neat and of products returned to tho
ackers as hving grown unsalable
)r unfsable Pfom age or from othei
e.;sons. Grave alltations are mad(
n reference to abuses of this nature
Can't Mop Abuses.
Let me repeat that under the pres
Eir law there is practically no metho
)f stopping these abuses if the3
;hould be discovered to exist. Leg
slation is needed in order to preveni
he possibility of all abuses in the
ulure. If no legislation is passed
hen the excellent results accomplish
d by the work of this special com
ni tee will endure only so long ai
he memory of the committee's worli
s fresh, and a recrudescence of thE
Lbuses is absolutely certain.
1 urge the immediate enactment in
'o law of provisions which will enablE
he Department of Agriculture ade
u.tely to inspect the meat and meat.
ocd products entering into inter
stz.te comnerce and to supervise the
nethods of preparing the same, and
o pre'eribe the sanitary conditions
incer which the work shall be per
oped. I Therefore commend tc
ro r favorable consideration and
irge the enactment of substantially
he provisions known as Senate
mandment No. 29 to the act making
ppropriations for the Department of
Lgriculture for the fiscal year ending
rue 80, 1907, as passed by the Sen
te, for this amendment being com
ao:aily known 4s the Beveridge
imendment.
THEODORE ROOSVELT.
The White House, June 4, 1906.
The Report.
The report of the special commit
ee is quite lengthy, dealing with the
arious phases of the work of pack
g houses. It shows that they are
nutterably filthy and unsanitary.
'he revelations brought to light show
ha. unwholesome and decayed meats
re packed: that deleterious chemicals
re employed to freshen and prevent
anri her decay, and that the govern
.ant inspection is used as a blind to
erjetrate a fraud upon the custo
iers. It is enough to shock the en
ire American people, and doubtless
'ongress will be quick to enact leg
laEion to remedy the great evils
Duid.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Tie crater of Vesuvius is falling In.
Thae Coffin Trust has raised prices
we nty-five per cent.
Greek remains a compuisory study at
labridge University by a vote of 747
o :41.
A mong 42.390 stude..t:- C t Germany's
niersities this spring there are 3555
oreign.
A seaside hospitaI'b cost $100.000 is
o i.e built at Santa Mlonica. Southern
>iforni".
The pay of the Vice-President of the
uban republic has beei' fixed at $15,
K0 per year.
Mayor McClellan says the city of
Ce York has yet a bocrrowing capac
ty of $132,000,000.
David Rankent. .Jr.. has given $2.000.
)00 to found a great industrial train'mg
;cht~I at St. Louis. Mo.
It is proposed to construct subways
mdrneath crowded streets ini Paris
*or the use of pedestrians.
The United States Gohvernmlent is
bot to take a hand in 1the investigal
ion of the Lumber Trust in Miseis
ipp.
H. E. Iu-xingtoni gave 6.%t.000 for
he r elief of the professionmil ;-asses in
>overished by the San F-rancisco dis
It has been1 discovered that 125.000
olumes of the Sutro Library, in San
~racisco. supposed to have beeni de
troed. have beeni saved.
The demands of the colored inhabit
ts of the Trainsvaal and Orange
liver colonies for ful! politient rights
re tecomaing more insistent.
It was annonnewed at the laying of the
ornr-stone of the new Red Cross Hos
ital. New York City. that alcohol
ould not be used in it except in baths.
By a decision of the Supreme Court
he Wisky Trust must par' the Sugar
Trust $141,000 for stopping the mann
acture of whisky from inoiosses by
be t tter.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Jui:tice Brown reached th'e age- of
evety last March.
Rbert Hunter. a social worker, is
oing abroad to study.
Mark Twain wp1l work two hours
aily 4n his autobiography, his final
Maor McCiellan. of New York City.
as taken to old-fashioned qluill pens
a signing public documients.
K~ir.g Alfonso of Spain is devoted to
he pleasures of the table aind keeps a
ook on duty until 4 in the nforning.
Former Presideait Castro. of Vene
uela. has issued a pyroclamationi to an
oune that he has retired permanently
o pr.vate life.
President Woodrow Wilson. of
'rineston University. is bing talked
bout ai good deal nouwadahys n' a pos
ible Demora:tie candidate for Presi
The 1Rev. Henry Wmnder, pastor of
t. Uaurs Evang~eli! Lutheran
:lurchi. of Chica. h..nSt Ccluded
ifty-lour yearS ats pastor of that
:burc.
Pat:iek I-'. Mc~owai. Pres~denit of
e Board ft Aldermien. will he. Acting
.Iaro- of New York for more itn tfwo
ton ths this su:nmner whiile Mayor Mc
:;ellan ii s in E-urope'.
Thomas Shjaw, the new Lord Advo
ate if London. is a self-maide man.
'he s n of a baker. he earnied his own
fring as a Ilawyer's clerk while at
ndig the university.
Net to IPr. J. Brachtieid, of Pity
murg. who is the talIlest maa In the
irtnnthl Congress. is "Cy Sullo
vay, of Newv Hlampshire. wvho is six
et three inches, or two inches less
~a :3rachficid.
~iard Burton. lecturing at Boston
>n G Bernard Shiaw, satid: "Hie i
-eait a seriouS hlinker,. who puts On
e nisik of thle fool and humorist: but
iderying~ his cap an'i bells are really
~ogi .ad serious purpose.''
A. P. GORMAN DEAD
- Maryland's Senior Senator Is
Taken Away
WAS A SPLENDID TYPE Of MAN
When He Suffered Last Atta He
Had Taken Nourishment an our
Before.
Washington, Special-Senator Ar
thur Pugh Gorman, of Maryland,
died here Monday morning. At 9
o'clock the Seator was stricken with
an attack of heart failure similar to
the series of attacks suffered a week
ago. A physician was immediately
summoned, but the Senator expired
before relief could be administered.
He was conscious when stricken with
the last attack and had been taking
nourishment and hour before.
A week ego Saturday he suffered
an attack, but recovered under
prompt medical attention. After that
time conditions improved and Sun
day plans were made to remove him
to his country home at Laurel, Md.
There were present at his bedside
when the Senator expired, his wife,
daughter and nurse, and messages
were immediately dispatched for the
other ehildren,
Senator Gorman had not been out
of the house since Junuarv 16. His
ailment was diagnosed as a stomach
trouble with heart complimations.
The Senate, at 12:10 o'clock, ad
journed out of respect to the memory
of the last Senator German.
Senator Gorman, in a written re
quest addressed to Mrs. Gorman, ask
ed that no State funeral should be
held. He said that he did not wish
his body to be brought to the cap
itol, as he wanted his colleagues al
ways to think of him as they knew
him in life as an active Senator.
There he was always cheerful and in
variably smiling, and it is regarded
as characteristic of his disposition I
that he should desire to be so remem
bered. . I
Senator Gorman had long been a
notable fieure in the national Con
gress. He first took his seat in 1881
and served continuously for eighteen
years, and nearly all of that time he
was the leader of his party in the r
Senate. Winning an early reputation j
for sagacity and the keenest judg
ment in congressional affairs, he at
tained prominence, not only as a lead.
er in the Senate, but in the country 1
at large, and by many men was con
sidered thie most available man in hise
party for the presidency. He was
chairman of the executive committee
and managed the campaign that re-i
suited in the election of Cleveland ini
1884.
Defeated the Force Bill.
The most notaable contest of his
congressional career, and one which
attracted to him wider attention than,
anything else, was when he led th?e
Senate minority in 1S90-.91 and de
feated the Federal election bill. To
his sagacious leadership and adroit .
management his party friends attrib
uted the defeat of the measure whichr
was so obnoxious to the South. r
When the Democrats had control of
the Senate Gorman was the recogniz
ed leader of that body. It was at
that time that the tariff bill of 1894
was passed, and although the Mary- 3
land Senator was not a member of the
finance committee, he had so much to
to do with shaping that measure that
his name is often given to it and in
fact it is frequently called the Wil
son-Gor-man tariff. '
Natiornal Grain Dealers' Convention.
Chicago. Ill., Special.--The annual
convention of the National Grain
Dealers' Association open'ed here I
at the auditorium, with a large' dele
g-ations from nearly every state in
the Union. Ohio practically controls<
the organization and has a larger del-I
egation than any other state. Many.
matters of great interest to the grain
trade will be considered.t
Confict Han Been Obviated.
St. Petersburg, Special.--The pos-1
sibility of a conflict between the low- i
er House of Parliament and the gov- I
ernent over the abolition of death
penalty, accordir.g to The Rech, has
been obviated by the decision of the
misistry to support such a measure,
due to the inititiative of Minister of
Justice Chteheglovitoff. It is dou.bt
ful. however, the paper says, whether
this will extend to cases under mar
tial law, which is exactly the point
desired by the House.
Landlord is Buried Alive.
Venna, Austra, By Cable.-A land
owner named Labonie, at Szilzeghun
da, refused to allow peasants to use
land caused the outraged tenants to
make an attack on him. He. with 33
servants was seized and buried, head
dwnward, in ground, leaving the legs
protruding. A great many peasants
have been arrested. and the authori
ties are 'tying to place the blame for
the outrage.
To Stamp Out Anarchy.
Washington, Specia.-The United
States will enter into an international
compact for the obliteration of an
archy. Many American statesmen
would endorse angl actively se pport
any movement, international or ir:di
vid::a!. asomii the powers, whiah
loo to the suppressio: of~ the comn~r
evil and Congress wo uo:less
pa'ss lines supplemer;tal to leiczsla ti.1
nic fe.iowed Mcile' de~at'i la
fatr:>.ra..ce of such mneasu:es.
Jff Of SENATOR GORMN
I Prominent Factor in Political an&
Financial Affairs.-A Successful
Life.
Mr. Gorman was a native of the
State in whose service he died. har
ng been born in Howard county,
Maryland. -His early sdralntazes
ieem to have been few. and it isprb
ible- that he was inii q;-aliiteI to be
inown as a "self-made nii.'' Aner
ittending tie pubiic schools of his na
;ive county for a brief period, he was,
:n 1852, appointed a page in the Sea
Lte of the United States, in which ea
)aeity he served until 1866. when he
became postmaster. On the 1st of
September he was removed froin this
position and immediately appointed
sollector of internal revenue for the
ifth district of Maryland. which of
lce he held until the incoming of
:he Grant administration. in 1869. In
he same year he was appointed a di
-ector in the Chesapeake & Ohio Ca
ial Company. In 1875 he was -elect
-d to the State Senate and was re
lected in 1879 for % term of four
rears. In January, 1880, M. Gor
nan was chosen United States Sena
:or to- succeed William Piukney
Whyte, taking his seat March 4,
[881. He was re-elected in 1S86 an&
[892, and was suceeeded by a Repub
iean. In -1902 he was again elected,
mcceeding George L. Wellington. Re
publican, and took his seat March 4,
L903. His term would have expired
kfareh 3, 1909.
Senator Gorman was for a number
)f years a national figure in Demo
-ratic politics and his name i.as on
nore than one occasion mentioned for
?resident. He had no time for Bryan
)emocracy. but managed to tolerate
t to the extent of remaining in pretty
air standing even with the extrem.
sts.
Senator Gorman was fully as sue
,essful in business ventures as in poI
ties, .is estate being worth at least
P2,000,000. This he made in real es
ate, railroad and general investments.
:e has been describsd as loving pow
r a great deal more than money, and
or this reason he became a politician
-ather than a mere captain of indus
ry.
MTx & 00.'8 COTTON REPORT
Lcreage and Condition of the Crop
to June 1, 1906.
Through the co-operation of a large
tumber of correspondents, widely
cattered and disirterested, Messrs.
filler & Company find that the con
ition of the cotton crop up -to May
1, averages 82.9 per cent., with a net
nerease in acreage of 6.1 per cent.'
Th increase in the use of commer
ial fertilizers is about 10 per cent.
[he general condition as compared
eith last year, would indicate a slight
mprovement over the same. This
mprovement is based upon the better
hape of the crop, letter stands and
'etter cultivation up to~this time.
Burton Besigns.
Topeka, Kan., Special.--United
itates Senator Joseph R. Burton. of
Lbilene, after a conference here Mon
av morning, with several close
riends, placed his resignation in the
ands of Governor Hfoch. The resig
ation, which was sent to the Gover
or shortly before rnoon, was extreme
~brief, and read:
"June 4, 1906.
"Sir: I hereby resign as a UEnited
tates Senator for the State of Kan
as. to take effect immediately.
"Very respectfully,
"JOSEPH R. BURTON.
To His Excellency, Governor hE. W.
Hoch."
Governor Hoch appointed F. D. Co
urn Senator to succeed Burton.
Coal Car Disenination.
Philadelphia, Special.-The Inter
tate Commerce Commission resumed
ts investigation into the alleged dis
'rimination in the distribution of coal
ars. E. V. 'W. Rossiter, vice presi
lent of the New York Central and
{udson River Railroad, in charge of
he financial department, was the first
!itness. Commissioner Clemients ques
ioned Mr. Rossiter concerning the
>olicy of thae New York Central as to
ts officials holding stock in the coal
nining companies. 'He said that
here was no absolute rule, but that
t was tacitly understood to be against
he policy for officials to hold stock
Cardinal Gibbons Presides.
New Haven. Conn., Specia.-Fol
owing the celebration of the Pont&
aol High Mgss at St. John's church,
>resided over by Cardinal Gibbons,
he National Convention of the
Knighits of Columbus assembled at
:he new national headquarters. The
~onvention was opened by the Sn
yreme Knight Edward L. Hearn of
his city.
The Dewey Goes Forward.
Washington, Special-The Navy
Department received news of the safe
progress toward Manila of the dry
dock Dewey, through a cablegram un
der date of Colombo. Ceylon, June
5. from the commander of the tow
in' fleet. It is estimated that the
Dewey wi'J touch for coal and suip
p6ies at Singuapore about June 21st.
Shreveport Also Coamemorates.
Shireavepor~t. La.. Specia .-Con fed
erate MeImria! Day' was fittingly o'o
:erved in Shreveport by veteran. of
the civil war. Daughters of the Ccn
:'ederacyv and local miltary coacmanies.
Ai nartici) .s in the c'zermon:es~
at the oper'a hcase and at Oak.iwn