% *^ % 'j&ix ;r-*vV';; v ~ vr%
THE FORT MILL TIMES
VOLUME XVIII FORT MILL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1909 NO. 17
I
OUT IN THE COLD
? 1
No Consus Jobs for Democrats
I I In this State.
WILL GO TO NEGROES
Aid Those White Men Who Are
Willing to Help President Taft
Build Up a White Republican
Party In the South and Can Get
the Bosses to O. K. Them.
The Washington correspondent of
The News and "Courier says applicants
(or positions as supervisors <
of the census in South Carolina
hould apply to L. W. C. Blalock and
J. O. Capers. For some time The
News and Courier correspondent has I ;
^ made repeated efforts to ascertain i
a Sri^Uhhat line of policy Director Durand,
*** ?-< ???." kami). would follow
with regard to the appointment of ,
eeaaus supervisor* in the South, especially
In South Carolina. Mr. Du- ,
rand has apparently been as much
in the dark as any one else, but grad- ,
ually little by little his plaus are
unfolding. I
To members of the South Carolina 4
delegation in congre?B, who have
importuned Mr. Durand for some in- |
dlcation as to what he would do, |
the latter has been exceedingly stin- ,
gy with his information. A few days ,
ago, however, it was learned through (
one of the South Carolina members ,
that Democrats are to fare very poor- (
ly when the appointments are made, |
if, Indeed, any at all are recognized; ,
that ail applications, whether from i
Democrats or Republicans, must (
h?v? the Blalock-Capers "OK" be- j
fore they will be given couotdara- s
tlon; and that lastly, in counties (
like Beaufort and Charleston, where
there is a large negro population, (
the latter are to be rewarded with <
appointment as enumerators in many (
of the sections whore the negroes |
outnumber the whites.
Representative Patterson, who ss.\\ 5
Director Durand a few days ago
about the matter, informed the di
rector that it would not do to ap- ,
point negro enumerators, and he
further informed him that so far as ;
the white people of Beaufort and ,
other counties in South Carolina are
concerned, they would not stand for
it. It was then practically decided
nnornha uhnul/L unrk mil V ill
negro sections and white men in
white sections. It came out in the
interview that Capers and Bialock
would probably advise all applicants
before final action.
'Mr. Capers has acted with con- j
lderable courtesy to the members of
the. delegation who have approached
him about the matter, taking into
consideration the fact that be could |
hardly be supposed to fall in with
their plans for the appointment of
Democrats. There is no fault therefore
with him.
.From all over South Carolina applicants
for these places arc pouring
in, but no appointments would be
made, this correspondent was informed,
before October 1.
P. H. McG.
ATTACKS TARIFF MEASURE.
Chump Clark Prepare* Statement for
Camnalim.
Representative Champ Clark, of
Missouri, minority leader at Wasnington.
is preparing a statement dea.ing
with the tariff bill as it passed
the House, as amended by the .Seaate
and afl finally agreed to in conference
and adopted by the House. 1
The statement will be sent out by
me iHfmwrauc rHiiipai^n coninuue1;.
Mr. Clark endeavors to show that
the hill can not be called revision
downward as the people were promised.
and that It is more protection
in spots than it is a tariff for revenue.
And. furthermore, the bill,
la Mr. Clark's opinion is not a reveaue
measure pure and simple, but
rather a measure authorizing bonds
to raise revenue to meet the expenditures
of the government.
This feature of the bill, It is
claimed by the Democrats, is a confession
on the part of the Republicans
who formed It that it will
not produce sufficient money to run
the government.
SCORES WITNESS SUICIDE.
Young Man Wounded in Effort to
Save His Friend.
A hundred passers-by in a busi
noen ancoi ni niunuy, v?a., n. lew
days ago saw Homer Santipher, aged
24, shoot himself in the breast with
a pistol after a friend, Walter Keaton,
had vainly struggled with the
young man to prevent the act.
Keaton was shot through the left
hand In a desperate efTort to deflect
a bullet Santipher tried to send into
his own body. Keaton's wound prevented
him from saving his friend.
The two men were sitting quietly
together talking when Santipher
suddenly jumped to his feet, cried,
"I believe I will kill myself," and
pulled his pistol. The second shot
he fired struck beneath his heart
and ha will die.
HITS US HARD
SOUTH DISCRIMINATED AGAINST
BY REPUBLICANS.
Bagging and Ties Used by Oar
Farmers Taxed, While Twine
Used by Western Farmers is Free.
Thursday morning after the vote
on the general tariff bill, in which
bagging was laced upon the dutiable
list. Senator Culberson offered an
amendment to a resolution introduced
by Mr. Aldrich restoring it to the
free list. After some remarks by
Mr. Culberson, Senator Smith of
South Carolina said:
"After the promises made by the
Republican party, or at least that
element of it supposed to be represented
by Mr. Taft, that the new
administration had entered upon a
period of reform and that there
would be no sectional differences,
and in all legislation and admlnis
irauon so rar as was possible there
would be absolutely no sectional differences,
yet when the question of
grauting favors to the different sections
arose, the Western farmer?
where there was a Republican sentiment?was
given free binding twine,
while the Southern farmer was denied
free bagging.
it must be born in mind that this
twine and this bagging are made
nut of identically the same material.
The argument had been made that
In case the duty was removed from
bagging the American factories
would be destroyed and that the forslgn
manufacturer would so raise
he price that the American consumer
would pay more for his bagging
than he was doing at present. If
that were true, then the question
would have to be answered why the
A'estern farmer had got his binding
wine after it was placed upon the
free list at half the price he was
laying before !t wns placed on the
tree list.
The truth is that is is the same
>ld sectional difference, and the
southern cotton grower as well as
ither Southern interests which are
)eculiar to the South are to be dis rlminated
against in favor of other
;ections of the country.
"Under the operation of the law
f population and wealth the time
vill come in the fullness of justice
vhon the South will have the priviego
of retaliating and I hope it will
lot do it?for I believe that the
loctrlne of the Democratic party
tnd the character of the men who
tand behind It are broad enough
ind Amprtciin nnn.i?t. " * *
?.. vuuu6u nia.1 it me
ccasion should ever come, as It will
:ome, when they are lu power, they
vlll apply their laws to all sections
iqually, In spite of the provoking
>xamples of the partisanship of the
Republican party."
CHILDREN* STOLEN.
father Is Prosperous and so Is
Uncle.
The kidnapping of two children
vithln a week from the same family
ias led the police of New York to
elleve that efforts are being made
o blackmail the parents.
When Stephen Guardino, four
ears old, was stolen from in front
>f his home in Spring street on Sunlay
afternoon, kidnappers apparenty
stole the wrong child, because
le was released the following mornng
and was picked up on a strange
dreet and returned to his parents.
At 2 o'clock the same afternoon,
Stephen's 6lx-year-old brother,
\nthony, was sleeping In a bedroom
>f the Guardino flat when a 6trange
nan entered and carried him awav
A'ithout awakening him. At the
:lme the other members of the famly
were visiting a neighbor.
Anthony has not been found and
he whole police force of New York
dty is seeking him. The father
is prosperous and owns the lease of
'he tenement house in which the
amily lives. He has a brother in
Brooklyn, who is rated as wealthy.
ind the family believe with the police
that a demand will he made
for the missing child's ransom
CAUSED INDIGNATION.
Citizens of Mississippi Town Deny
Preacher's Story.
Indignation was caused at Ethel,
Miss., a few days ago by a dispatch
from Cincinnati quoting the Rev.
Frank B. English as saying that Tin
was threatened with mob violence
md driven out of Ethel without anything
to eat when he came to take
he presidency of Rust University at
Holly Springs.
Leading citizens of Ethel admit
that Mr. English was told to leave
town because he was seen shaking
hands with negroes and acting familiarly
towards them, which they
believed would excite the blacks and
stir UD race strife
They say, however, that no mob
was formed and that no threats
were made. They say Mr. English
became frightened when told that
it would be better for him to leave.
Lightning Bolt Kilta Two.
Lightning struck a fodder stack
on a farm near Madison, Fla., a few
days ago. instantly killing Napoleon
Artis and his son, colored, who were
rushing to get the fodder stacked
before the storm broke.
CUT IT OUT
i
Drug Stores in Many Towns
Selling Near Beer
IN VIOLATION OF LAW
Wagon Loads of the Staff Being
Handled by the Drug Stores in
Greenville?'The Drink Contains
Three Per Cent of Alcohol and
Intoxicates.
The Columbia Record says they
have found a soothing balm for prohibition
pain up in Greenville in
the form of a sort of near beer
known as Wurtburger Malt, * which
is destined to become rapidly popular
throughout the State if its seizure
is not ordered by the State administration.
A Columbian in Greenville a few
days ago saw a two-horse load of
the etuff in barrels being unloaded
at the rear of one of the Main
street drug stores, and investigation
rllcrlnao/l ihof K 1? ? ? ?
wswv?v?\;U vuio ou^fp 1J W tlB Ci"
pected to last this particular store
only three days, and that it was being
sold at scores of places throughout
the city at 15 cents a bottle, and
was eagerly sought as a substitute
for beer.
He was Informed that the Greenville
sheriff and mayor had agreed
that it could be sold as a tonic regardless
of its being used as a beverage,
though the dispensers of it
were cautioned not to allow it to
be drunk on the premises, and It Is
not being kept on ice.
The Record further Bays that
Chairman Murray of the dispensary
commission frankly stated Thursday
that his wholesale drug company
is selling this malt in various parts
of the State, but he was not advised
that It was being sold as a beverage
or used as such. The Columbia
druggists are not selling it. being
ordered last spring to cut it out.
The drink contains three per cent
of alcohol, and Attorney General Lyon
is under the impression that he
has rendered an opinion aganst the
sale of it under the name it now
bears, but he could not get at his
records handily Thursday morning
to confirm this.
Any way, if the stuff contains any
amount of alcohol, and is being used
as a beverage, whether sold as such
or not, its sale is in violation of law,
and the venders are liable to the
penalty under the new law providing
for a fine of not less than $100
for the first offense, and imprisonment
without fine for from one to
five years for subsequent violations.
If this is the same near-beer that
is being sold in Georgia it should
he cut out. It is as bad or worse
than lager beer, and should not be
allowed to be sold anywhere in the
State. The Governor should have
the matter looked after at once.
STABBED DURING PLAY.
Mile Dar.le Unable t<> Assist Company
Because of the Accident.
Mile. Dazie, an aeress, will not be
able to assist her company in the
production of a pantomime for some
time, following a serious stab wound
she received in the breast in full
view of the audience in a theatre at
Rockaway Reach, N. Y.
Mile. Dazle's Jealous rival on the
stage was supposed to stab her to
the heart with a dagger, and for
this purpose two weapons were employed,
one with a shining steel
blade to impress the audience and
the other with a rubber blade for
the actual use of the jealous rival.
In some manner the rival, Mile.
Lina, grasped the wrong dagger at
the critical time and plunged the
steel blade into the breast of Mile.
Dazie, inflicting a wound four inches
long. The audience on hearing the
shriek of the wounded actres? and
seeing the blood, became wildly excited,
but was calmed by a statement
from the stage manager.
Doctors in the audience dressed
the wound, and said that while it
was not mortal, it was sufficiently
serious to prevent the actress' public
appearance for some time to come.
Freakish Work of Lightning.
Lightning did some freakish work
at the home of Mr. David Strother
.1 ?? '
at isu urtwiJ ?v ruin-Mlity. DfginilinR
at a corner of the house it tore up
the weather hoarding and knocked
off plastering. Darting from the upper
story into the kitchen it shattered
the safe door and did injury
to other woodwork. A negro girl
was in the kitchen washing dishes
but was not even shocked, neither
were Mr. and Mrs. Strother, wh>
were in the house as the electric current
ran from room to room.
Itohher and Pursuer I>ead.
1 Following the bold and partialis
successful robbery of the Firsi
State Bank of White Rear, Minn.
Henry Paul, the robber, and Fret
Yarkins, one of the pursuing citi
zens, were shot and instantly klllet
: and William Butler, of the posse
' was shot through the abdomen, ant
i is said to be dying. One other mai
? received a wound in the thigh ant
I still anothor was shot through th<
i wrist.
WANTED MONEY
AND THREATENED TO BLOW UI
* A RAILROAD TO GET IT.
A Very Hot Letter Written by Hln
to the President of the Fennsyl.
rani* Railroad.
This Is a declaration of war. M>
life is openly staked on the result,
for I am prepared to meet you al
any time and place you may name,
The weapons I shall use are dynamite
and other high explosives."
Thus wrote Abram C. Eby. mayor
and referee In bankruptcy, of Purkevllle,
Va., to the "president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia,"
on July 23, naming $45,000
as the ransom for the safety of the
railroad. Its steamships and the travelling
public and otherwise threatening
the Pennsylvania Railroad. Following
a carefully laid plot of the
Federal postal detectives, Eby was
arrested, while In company of Oswald
J. Derousse, chief clerk to President
McRae, who acted for the lat
ter in Inveigling Mayor Eby to Philadelphia.
He was given a hearing
before United States Commissioner
Craig and held In $10,000 bail for
September term of court.
At the hearing Wm. L. Calvert,
postofflce inspector, of Richmond,
Va., furnished ovldence showing that
Eby mailed threatening letters on
the Richmond and Charlotte Railroad
postofflce.
All through the hearing Eby sat
unmoved, and eald simply that he
could not furnish ball.
In his letter Eby said he would
meet no one except the president or
some high ofllclal of the road. Ho
designated the sign of a secret order
to be UBed in the insertion of a
"personal" as an answer in the
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
A "personal" was Inserted by
postofflce detectives and Eby's demand
of $ir>0 and transportation to
Philadelphia was acceded to through
Mr. Derousse, Eby reached Philadelphia
Wednesday night and wrote to
Mr. Derousse, making an appointment
to meet him at noon Thursday.
About 12:30 o clock the men
met. and Mr. Derousse took Eby
to the Third National Rank, where
he secured a certified check for $30,000
and $300 n cash. These he offered
Eby, but the latter refused
saying: "Keep them for awhile. *
Chief Postal Inspector Cortelyou
then made the arrest.
Inspector Calvert said:
"Mr. Eby is not crazy. He has
long entertained a spite against the
Pennsylvania Railroad. His father
held stock in a branch road in Vir
ginia, and Mr. Ehy believes that by
the reorganization of the road
through the Reading and Pennsylvania
Influence his father lost some
$200,000."
SINGULAR CASE OF MR. HARRIS
Why His Friends Think Re Has Not
Been Guilty of Any Criminal Act.
Ther are no further developments
in the Calhoun Harris alleged embezzlement
case at Anderson, other
than that several friends put up the
$22,500 bond, and he has been released.
The accountants are still
checking his books in their cotton
mill otflce and have not announced
any further irregular results. Harris
secured an expert accountant
to represent him In the audit of the
books, but the accountants left
Anderson Wednesday afternoon
without taking part in the work.
The accountant claims that he was
given no show; that his duty as
pointed out by auditors of the American
Audit Company was to sanction
their work as tiiey progressed.
The attorney for the mills 6uid
that there is on the minutes a reso
lutlon adopted by the board to
allow Harris, his attorney, or expert
accountant to be present at all times
and watch the audit of the books.
Harris* friends are disposed to think
that he has brooded so much over his
mistakes that his mind is unbalanced.
They say that many things have
been unearthed that would not have
been done by a sane man, and that
the discovery of so much money
stored away in old boxes and bags In
the vault, with every appearance ol
having been there for years, shows
that there was no criminal intent on
Harris' part.
Harris is at his home on South
' Main street and Insists stoutly thai
the accountants will find that not a
single dollar has been mliannrnnriot.
ed when they complete their audit
President Hammett aald: "Ever
1 If the shortage Is found to ho flftj
1 thousand do'lars, the Orr Mills wil
not be crippled at all. Wo hav?? t
1 surplus of a little more than foui
hundred thousand dollars, and th<
shortage can he charged off wlthou
depreciating the value of the stock
Our mills are capatallzed at elgh
r hundred thousand and are worth on<
t and one-half millions."
1 Buildings Rocked by 'Quake.
An earthquake has been reportei
1 from Brest and vicinity, says a dls
. patch from Paris.
1 A number of buildings were roc*
i ed by the 'quake and people wor
i thrown into a state of panic, hut S(
a far as is known the disturbance^!
not serious.
TAFT SAYS BILL
5
1
Fullfllls Campaigns Pledges ol
Republicans
MADE TO THE PEOPLE
But Apologizes to the Country by
Saying That While the Measure
Is Not a Perfect Tariff Bill, or a
Complete Compliance With the
Promises, It Will Have to Do.
President Taft gave out a state1
ment Thursday night embodying his
views of the new tariff act which
Is designated officially as the "Payne
bill" in accordance with past custom
of giving recognition to the
framer of the mesaurg in the house
of representatives.
The president declares that while
the bill is not perfect by any means
nor "a complete compliance with
promise made, strictly Interpreted,"
it Is nevertheless a sincere effort on
the part of the party to make a
downward revision and to comply
wltn the promises of the platform.
The statement In full follows:
"I have signed the Payne tariff hill
because I believe It to bo the result
of a sincere effort on the part of the
Republican party to make a downward
revision, and to comply with
the promises of the platform as they
have been generally understood, and
as I interpreted them In the campaign
before election.
"The bill Is not a perfect tariff
bill, or a completo compliance with
the promises mado strictly Interpreted,
bat a fulfillment free from criticism
In respect to a subject matter
Involving many schedules and thousands
of articles could not bo expected.
It suffices to say that except
with regard to whiskey, liquors and
wines and in regard to silks and as
to some high classes of cottons?
all of which may be treated as luxuries
and proper subjects of a revenue
tariff?there have been very few
increases in rates.
"Ileal Decrease."
"There ha\> been a great number
of r< ;.l i!e roases in rates, and they
constitute a sutflc.ient amount to justify
the statement that this bill is a
substantial downward revision, and
reduction of excessive rates.
"This is not a free-trade bill. It
was not intended to be. The Republican
party did not promise to
make a free-trade bill.
"It promised to make the rates
protective, but to reduce them when
they exceed the difference between
the cost of production abroad and
here, making allowance for the
greater normal profit on active Investments
here. I believe that while
|this excess has not been reduced in
a number of cases. In a great majority
the rates are Buch as are necessary
to protect American industries,
but are low enough. In case of abnormal
Inrroooo -1 1
vi ucumiiu, ana
raising of prices, to permit the possibility
of the Importation of the foreign
artlcTe and thus to prevent excessive
prices.
"The power granted to the executive
under the maximum and minimum
clause may be exercised to secure
the removal of obstacles which
have been Interposed by foreign
governments In the way of undue
and unfair discrimination against
American merchandise and products.
"The Philippine tariff section 1
have struggled to secure for 10 years
last past, and It gratifies me exceedingly
by my signature to give It the
effect of law. I am sure It will
greatly Increase the trade between
the two countries and It will do
much to build up the Philippines Into
a healthful prosperity.
"The administrative clause of the
bill and the custom court are admirably
adapted to secure a more
uniform and a more speedy final construction.
"The authority to the president to
use agents to assist him In the application
of the maximum and minimum
section of the statute nnd to
. enable officials to administer the law,
, gives a wide latitude for the acquisition,
under circumstances favora
ble to Its truth, of Information In
i respect to the price and cost of production
of goods at homo and
l abroad, which will throw much light
i on the operation of the present tariff
and be of primary Importance at
i officially collected data upon which
1 future executive octinn 41 ?
v. . W >?%.VIV/*1 UIIU CACt Ulivt
t recommendations may bo based.
"The corporation tax Is a Just and
equitable excise measure, which It Is
i hoped will produce a suffleen
' amount to prevent a deficit and
I which Incidentally will secure valu
i able statistics and Information con
r cerning the many corporationr of th<
3 country, and will constitute an 1m
1 portant step toward that degree o:
publicity and regulation which th?
1 tendency in corporate enterprise Ir
' the last 20 years has shown to b<
necessary."
PonflscAting Contraband.
J They are rubbing it Into the blind
- tigers In Columbia. Raids at foui
places by the police Thursday yielde<
- several two-horse wagon loads, valu
e ed at $1,200, and a joint raid b:
a constables and police at seven othei
s places was productive of about th<
same quantity.
TAFT SIGNS BILL
Tarriff Measures Made a Law
by His Signature.
CONGRESS ADJOURNS
Roth Houses Quit After Putting Finishing
Compromise Touch on tlio
Tariff Rill ami Sending it to the
President for His t.nm.v.1 wnn.i.
BOOZE JUG TRAED
IS DANGEROUS IF NOT DONE ACCORDING
TO LAW.
Any Railroad or Express Agent Solicking
Business is Subject to a
Fine of $5,000.
Since the prohibition law went
into effect it Is probable that the
1 "Jug trade" In dispensary counties
will increase to a great extent, as
it has done in the heretofore dry
1
counties. The United States laws
in reference to the shipment of
whiskeys into the State and the receiving
of it are very strict.
Literature setting forth the seductively
low price at which the stuff
that cheers can be bought in "plain
packages" in Jacksonville, Louisville,
Richmond and other places, s
pouring into the malls in a steady
stream thirst looks happy If he still
has the price.
Since the prohibition law went
into effect the United States laws in
reference to the shipment of whiskey
into the State and the receiving
of it will prove very Interesting.
The delivering of whiskey to any
other than the consignee or upon a
written order from the consignee
is punishable by a heavy fine. It
is generally understood that many
order whiskey under a fictitious I
name. The following is the law:
"Section 23 8. Any ofilcer, agent
or employe of any railroad company,
express company or other common
carrier, who shall knowingly deliver
or cause to bo delivered to any person
other than tho person to whom
it has been consigned, unless upon
the written order in each instance of
the bona fide consignee, or to any
fictitious persons, or to any person
under a fictitious name, any spiritous,
vinous, malted, fermented or
other intoxicating liquor of any kind
which has been shipped from one
State, territory or district of the
United States, or place noncontiguous
to but subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, into any other State,
territory or district of the United
States, or place noncontiguous to but
subjected to the jurisdiction thereof,
or from any foreign country into any
State, territory or district of the
United States or place noncontiguous
to but subject to tho jurisdiction
thereof, shall be fined not more than
$5,000 or imprisoned not more than
two years, or both.
"Sec. 289. Any railroad company,
express company or other common
carrier, or any other person who, in
connecton with the transportation of
any spirituous, vinous, malted, fermented
or other intoxicating liquor
of any kind, from one State, territory
or district of tho United States, or
place noncontiguous to but subject
| to the jurisdiction thereof, into any
other State, territory or district of
the United States, or place noncontiguous
to but subject to the Jurisdiction
thereof, or from any foreign
country into any State, territory or
district of the United States, or place
noncontiguous to but subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, shall collect the
purchase price or any part thereof,
before, on or after delivery from the
consignee, or from any other person,
or shall in any manner act as
the agent of the buyer or seller of
any such liquor for the purpose of
buying or selling or completing the i
sale thereof, saving only in the actual
transportation and delivery of
the* same, shall be fined not more
than $5,000.
"Sec. 240. Whoever shall knowingly
ship or cause to be shipped
from one State, territory or district
of the United States, or place noncontiguous
to but subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, into any other
State, territory or district of the
United States, or place noncontiguous
to but subject to the jurisdiction
thereof, or from any foreign
country into any State territory or
district of the United States, or place
noncontiguous to but subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, any package of
or package containing any spirituous,
vinous, malted, fermented or
other intoxicating liquor of any
kind, unless such package be so labeled
on the outside cover as to
plainly show the name of the consignee,
the nature of its contents,
and the quantity contained therein,
I shall be fined not more than $fi,00;
and such liquor shall be forfeited to
the United States, and may be seizoH
n n i\ 1 ' "
( -..v. wiiuciii ucu liy litW ror I no
soizuo and forfeiture of property imported
into tho United States contrary
to law."
1 RIDES HORSE INTO HOTEL.
s
\
I California Millionaire Creates Sensation
in I/onrion House.
? Frank Jay Mackey, tho well
known California millionaire, who
f has resided chiefly in England for a
) number of years, has been fined $10
i and costs in a London police court
* for riding a horse into one of the
hotels, according to a cablegram received
at new York.
Mr. Mackey is said to have made
! a wager 'that he would Aide the
r horse into tho hotel and around the
I billiard table. He did so and was
- cited to a policeman and taken to
/ the police court.
r In paying his fine he said he was
3 satisfied because he had won the
wager.
-I I"? ?! "'"V"
Ho Very Promptly CJave.
The tariff has been revised and
the extraordinary session of confess
has been brought to a close, lloth
houses adjourned sine die officially
at 6 o'clock Thursday night. The
actual adjournment was taken in tho
house at 5:38 p. m.f and in the Benate
at 5:58 p. m.
Tho closing hours of the session
wero attended by 6cenes of a most
uninteresting character. Tho revision
had been according to tho desires
of some, and with the hearty approval
of otherB, and tho last two
days had been consumed by members
of tho senuto in expressing their
satisfaction or dissatisfaction.
The conference report on the bill
was agreed to by tho senate by a
vote of 4 7 to 31. Tho vote was taken
at 2 p. m. and soon afterward
the concurrent resolution making
certain changes in tho "leather schedule
was adopted by both houses.
President Taft arrived at the capito^
at 4:45 p. m. It was his first
appearance there since his incumbrency
as president and thero was a
constant nroppsslnn of Vinri,i_oV,oiri^?
statesmen through the president's
room from tho time of his arrival
until his departure at 5:30 o'clock.
Just as the hands of tho gold
clock in tho president's room reached
5 minutes past Ave, tho Fayno
tariff bill, as the measure will be
known, was laid before the president.
He picked up n pea supplied
by Chairman Payne of the house
ways and means committee, which
was used by both the vice president
and the speaker in signing the bill,
and attached his signature.
After writing "William H. Taft."
the president added, "Signed five
minutes after 5 o'clock, August 5th,
l y uy?w. H. T."
Pending over the president as ho
afTlxed his signature were Secretary
Knox, Secretary MacVeagh. Attorney
General Wickersham , Postmaster
General Hitchcock, Secretary Nagel
and Secretary Wilson. Standing
about tho table were Senator Aidrich,
Representative Payne and
many other members of the senate
and house.
Mr. Payne stood with hand extended,
waiting to receive the pen
with which the bill was signed. He
took it with a picture of boyish glee
overspreading his face. Another pen
was handed to the president and ho
wrote tho word "Approved," and
handed the pen to Representative
I,angley (Ky.).
A number of interesting incidents
occurred in the president's room
I pending the signing of tho tariff
i bill. The president had something
of a personal nature to auy to each
senator, and good nature appeared
to bo overflowing.
SHORTAGE OF FOOD.
I,abor Conflict. ItringK Distress to
Stockholm.
Tho town of Stockholm is suffering
seriously from the shortage .
of food which so far is most the notable
result of tho labor conflict.
The stock of bread already is almost
exhausted and meat is scarce
and expensive. >
Restaurants have raised their
prices and tho figures are prohibitive
except for persons of ample means.
The strikers themselves are living
practically on fish. Thousands of
them are camping out. some in tents.
but many without shelter. on tho
shores of Lake Malar and tho islands
of tho archipelago, where they spend
their time in angling.
LEADING LAW Kit TO PRISON.
New Orleans Attorney Forged to Extent
of Over $150,000.
To begin serving a sentence of
fourteen years Robert J. Maloney,
formerly a leading lawyer of New
Orleans, will be taken to the State
penitentiary shortly.
Maloney was charged with forgeries
exceeding $150,000. Many of
the clients whom Maloney defrauded
petitioned tho governor to let
him remain in New Orleans, wilh
the hope of straightening out some
of the tangled transactions of which
they were victims. This was done.
The governor decided a few nights
ago, however, that six months was
long enough for such assistance and
ordered that the penitentiary term
be begun at once.
MinlsU-r Heavily Indicts!
Thirty-one indictments against the
Rev. John J. Holtgreve pastor of the <*
\ Catholic church at Flaquemine, La.,
i were returned by the grand jury of
Iberville parish.
\ Twenty-eight of the counts charg!
od grave crimes and the other three
allege criminal libel.