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LOBBY IS D 8CL0SED I iriiiranc: i eople Formed Pool to Influence Solons. I I HAM ITONWASTHECHIEFi | Schiff Says Equitable Finance Committee Was Simply "All Hyde, All Hyde and Alexander" and No Others. I "When the legislative committee oa i the insurance investigation adjourn- ; i ed at New York Friday until Wed- ! ?nesday, October 4, it concludes a j week in which gre>:er progress has I i been made than in any week since' the investigation was begun. At Fn- j day's session, when Alfred W. Maine, : an associate auditor of the Equitable . Assurance Society, was called to the i stand it was disclosed that the Equit-! able Life, the Mutual Life and the j New York Life companies had formed . a pool to look after legislation before the various state legislatures. Andrew Hamilton, to whom President McCail of the New York Life j paid several checks, was one of the i chief members of the legal staff for : these companies and was employed j i and received money for services from j - . the Equitable amounting to $65,596 i in eight years. Edward I. Devlin, the real estate ; manager of the New York Life for , the United States a.*d Canada, testified as to the cost of the building in Paris. It was brought out that the Paris building was carried on the books of the company at a valuation j of $1,102,604, whereas with the orig~ j nal cost and improvements on the \* building, actual money to the amount j of $2,533,104 was paid, over $LO0(V j 000 being charged oft the valuation on ! ' the books of the company. 1 The most important witness was j Jacob H. Schiff, head of the banking j f : firm of Kirhn, Loeb & Co. As one j point after another was brought out he grew excited and vigorously de-; fended his attitude while a director j of the Equitable society and claimed j his firm had acted in a conscientious manner in all its dealings with the society. Mt. Schiff asked to he allowed to V make a statement. He made an im' . i passioned attack on the st^te superintendent of insurance and statements ;. he had made concerning Ku'hn, Loeb & Co. during the investigation of tfie Equitable. * j The entiire finance committee was at the mercy of one man. "It was all Hyde," said Mr. Schiff, "all Hyde and Alexander. Mr. Hyare wrote the messages regarding the offers made by - my firm for participation in syndicates. Mr. H-yde signed all the re- I ceipts. Mr. Hyde wro.e all the let- j ?r ters." In the matter of James H. Hyde and rssociates syndicate, Mr. Schiiff j accused Mr. Hyde of trying to shield j 'himself. He said: "The vice of the i 1 entire insurance situation has been j irresponsible power." During the testimony, too. Mr. Schiff j 5- 11? -1 tVa wviniitoo nf I mace me cii<ugc mat. mc unuuivo the finance committee regarding a certain meeting were false. He later I qualified this, however, by saying if the transaction under sonsi deration, one in Union Pacific preferred, was I actually made, he did not hear it, though he was present at the meet. J ing. . FORGER HOLDS ON TO BOODLE, i P * ' . No Effort Made to Dispose of Stolen Securities Worth $360,000. 1 So far as could be ascertained at New York, no attempt has yet been ! Jmade by the thief who got possession! 'of $360,000 worth of securities by pre- i * senting a forged check at the national J city bank to dispose of them. Detectives and the financial men interested in ihe loss are making every effort to prevent the negotiation or sale of the securities. OPEN SHOPS AT CHARLOTTE. Employing Printsrs of the City Claim to Have Wone Victory. The members of the Employing Printers' Association of Charlotte, N. C.. are jubilant over the claim that they have w-on a victory over the local typographical union in a strike which has been on for a week or ten days. They state that several union men applied for reinstatement and were given positions. This is denied by the print err.. All employing printers in the city have declared open shop. i _ council after automobilists Atlanta City Fathers Tackle Question of Amending 'Speed Ordinance. A new ordinance governing the operation of automobiles was iutroduc* eu in the Atlanta City Council Menday, which makes many important * changes in the regula ions. By its terms no p-rson shall be allowed to run an automobile who has not passed an examination, and the speed limit is reduced from fifteen to twelve miles an hour in the city. OVATION TO ROOSEVELT.1L President's Departure from Oyster Bay and Arrival in Washington Occas.ons of Laudable Scenes. j (J Y."i:h the cheers and good wishes -f j his neighbors and friends following j him, President Roosevelt, his vaca- j tion ended, left Oyster Bay at 10 ' o'clock Saturday morning for Wash uigiuu. ^ The farewell given the president by the residents of his heme town was notable. Throughout the village, j residences and business buildings were decorated and Audrey avenue, over which the president passed to the railroad station, was hung with 1C large American flags at intervals of le twenty feet. At the railroad, over the entrance to the waiting room, a white dove with outstretched wings perched on an American shield, had been placed. Beneath this emblem was the ^ one word "Peace." The whole was j * entwined with the national colors of 13 Russia and Japan. 1 At the station hundreds of the neighbors and acquaintances of the president and his family had essem- 0 bled. Scores of school children were ' massed about the platform, each wav- 10 ing a little American flag. Within a l part of the platform which had been w roped off to enable the president and ? ci Mc nirtv tr? roa^h thp train were twenty young women attired in white, trimmed with ribbons of red and blu?. ' As the .president boarded the train they sang "God be with you till we meet again." The president was accompanied to n. Washington by Mrs. Roosevelt and ei their children Ethel, Archie and Quen- ei tin. ti Secretary and Mrs. Loeb, who have V been living at Seawanhaka Yacht ft Club, on Center island, this summer, w were obliged, on account of the se- ? fcous illness of Mrs. Loeb, to go to g Jersey City by water, making ^Uhe h fcrip on the naval yacht Sylph. On the trip to Washington Mrs. Loeb was under the care of a trained nurse. R Thousands of his fellow-citizens 3 turned out to welcome the president ti to the national capital Saturday evenlag and made his homecoming the % occasion for an ovation from Che time P he was sighted on the platform of ^ his car until he passed within the doors of the white house. lj The nresident was touched by the u welcome, and especially by its spon- b taneity. . ^ "It was awfully kind of them to c' come out to greet me," he remarked to some friends at the white house, ? "and I was deeply touched by their welcome." s A mighty cheer went up as the crowd inside the depot caught sight of the .president, which was taken up a by the crowds outside of the station v and had passed along the line as tha 0 president was recognized. He shook c. hands first with the cabinet membem j. and other officials, then giving Mrs. s Roosevelt his arm, he walked slowly t, to his carriage. As he reached the 0 engine the president thanked the engineers for his safe trip, and stopped to shake his hand. The president frequently arose and p bowed to the cheoring crowds on ^ both sides of the avenue and during v the latter part of tne drive the "hur- 13 rahs" became so enthusiastic that the 1 president stood most of the time. Mrs. G Roosevelt also was greatly pleased ^ with the greeting, and her face wa? p Fadtemt w she bowed right and left 1 i: THE MISSISSIPPI LAUNCHED. 1 New Battleship Glides Into Her Ele. ment at Philadelphia. n In the presence of a distinguished J party of guests, the battle ship Mis- n oJaelnni rwmo lonn/vt ? CJn 1 yv. . 1. rf ao iauu\/UC\i oa^Ui Ud/ ai UKf 1 yards of the William Cramp Ship and > Engine Building company at Philadel- c phi a. c The vessel's sponsor was Miss Ma- c be! Clare Money, daughter of United d States Senator Money. Owing to the s prevalence of yellow fever in the s south, Governor J. K. Vardaman of c Mississippi and his staff were unable r to attend the launching. ? P SUSPECT TAKEN IN TOW. First Arrest in Boston Dress Suit 1 Case Murder Mystery. The first arrest in connection with s the finding in the harbor near Win- i throp, Mass., oil September 21. of a c dress suit ease, oortfakivng the torse s of a woman on whom the medical ex- 1 t aminer states an Illegal operation had j, been performed, occurred Sunday t when the police took into ooobody on suspicion of being an accomplice in s the case William A. Hay nee of 53 Chambers street. West End, Boston. PARALYSIS DOWNED DOWIE. ; Fake Second Prophet "Elijah" Stricken While on Train. , John Alexander Dowle, who claims ( to be the reincarnation of the Proph- . ei H/llJttU ?MJ.U IV IMVe UlVliit! puwn ; to cure all diseases, has been fatally stricken with paralysis. Dowie was on his way from Chicago to Mexico and the disease attacked him while i on the train. i IEROIC ROOSEVELT Indaunted by Yellow Fever, Will Visit New Orleans. HNERARYIS ANNOUNCED rescent City People Rejoice Over ?* e..?wi5pu of Announcement?oun>...?./ , Fever Situation as Reported for Monday. i I A Washington special says: Preslent Roosevelt will go to New Organs, despite the yellow fever epiemic. This official announcement was iade at the white house Monday by ecretary Loeb, after a conference iih the president at which the artngements fcr Mr. Roosevelt's trip irough the south were arranged nally. In order to avoid any complications rer the quarantine regulations of the arious states in the south, the preslent has decided to make New Or>ans the final stop on his trip. He ill be in New Orleans on the 26tfi istant. After the ceremonies in that ,ty he will go aboard a cruiser of te Cleveland type and make the rurney from New Orleans to YWashlgton by water. Itinerary Partly Changed. In the making of this new and defiite arrangement it was found necssary in part to rearrange the itin ary as it had been made in a tentave way. The president will leave Washington on the lSth instant. As ir as St. Augustine, Fla., the trip ill be made as previously arranged, rom St. Augustine the president will o to Mobile, ins:ead of to Birmingam, as previously scheduled, thence 3 Tuskegee and Birmingham. From Alabama he will go to Little ock, Ark. There the party will be isbanded, the presiaent ana seeieiry Loeb going to New Orleans for ie ceremonies in that city on the 6th instant and the remainder of the arty returning from Little Rock to Washington. It has not been determined definitej yet what vessel the president will se on his return trip to Washington, at it probably will be the Cleveland, "acoma or Galveston. In deciding to ome to Washington by sea the preslent was influenced by his desire .ot to come into conflict in any way rith the quarantine regulations of the outhera states. Announcement Cheers City. A New Orleans dispatch says: The pnouncement, of President Rooseelts decision to visit New Orleans j> his forthcoming trip to the south aused profound gratification, and it 3 regarded as certain to give fresh timulus to the fight now in progress o drive out the fever before the end f i.he present month. Five Cases at Pensacola. Five new cases of fever were reported in Pensacola up to six o'clock Icnday with one death. The death fas that of a 9-day-o!d infant, whose aother was taken down with fever *o d2ys before the child's birth, ireat difficulty is being experienced y the health authorities in getting >rompt reports of fever cases and he officials are nearly worked down -v on a-PF/vn+ + a onxror rrniind J4? au vuv/i L W vv ? v* VMV o hemselves. Situation in Mississippi The Mississippi yellow fever sumaary Monday night was as follows : Natchez, new cases, 11; deaths, 2; ,ew foci, 6; one case beyond city imits; both deaths were negroes, loss Point and Scranton, no new ases, no deaths. Vicksburg, new ases, 8; deaths, 1; new cases m ounty, 8. Gulfport, new cases, 3; leaths, none; no new cases at Misissippi City or Handsboro. Port Gibon, new cases, 3; deaths, 1; new ases in county, 2. Hamburg, no lew cases, one death. No reports from toxie, Harrison and Rosetta. FOUR THE VICTIMS OR FIRE. .odging House in Now York Bums and Roomers Lose Life. Two men were burned to death be they slept, a third was so badly mrned that he died in a hospital, anther is in a dangerous condition and everai others suffered seriously, but wobably fatal injuries in a fire in a wo-story saloon, restaurant and lodgbouse in New York Saturday light. All the occupants of the house vere alkws and longshorwnen. CHADWICK FEES APPROVED. I I \ASlim of S10.? MTOrney lcsoci >vu ??... T ,.F 712, But Gets Only $6,151. In the United States district court it Cleveland, O., Friday, Judge Taylor ipproved allowances made by Refer?e *n Bankruptcy Remington In the natter of fees for the receiver and attorneys for Mrs. Cassie L. Chad svick. The total fees asked for by Nathan Loeser as trustee and receiver, anc by the attorneys, was $10,712, and tht total allowed was $6,151. [ REVENUE MEN GAFFED. | Ninety on Trial for Conspiracy in North Carolina?One is Fined $24,000 and Goes to Jail. I At Greensboro, N. C.f Monday morn- | ing, the federal court, Judge J. E. J Boyd, presiding, convened in regular i session. Special interest attaches to this j term by reason of the fact that over j ninety cases involving revenue offl-N j. | i j cers are to be tried, the most im- j i j portant of which are the cases i | agains: G. W. Samuels, R. H. Har- j : den, Starkey Hare, L. S. Davis, G. H. j Walker, J. W. Hasty and A. C. L Bryan, former revenue officers, charg- t ed with conspiracy with distillers to defraud the government out of large sums of money. These men were indicted at the recent special terms of federal court at Greensboro, and are ': all out under heavy bonds. The town i"1 is filled with lawyers, witnesses and j defendants. No cases tried in the state in years j have elicited as much interest as ! these. |1 The most important case disposed j of Monday was that against D. L. } Arey, a wealthy Salisbury distiller, j who was sentenced to pay a fine of $22,000 and serve a sentence of three months in prison, he4 having been convicted at the June term of court in Charlotte, Arey appeared and voluntarily surrendered himself and left Monday night for Salisbury to serve his sentence. He took with him $22,000, the amount of the judgment against him, and will also pay a fine of $200 and costs, amounting to over $1,600, making altogether over' $24000, which this defendant pays to the government. Desperate efforts were made by Arey and his friends to have execution in this case stayed, but without avail. BALES GINNED TO DATE. Census Bureau and Cotton Ginners Issue Simultaneous Reports. The census bureau at Washington Monday issued la bulletin showing the quantity of cotton ginned from the growth of 1905 to September 25 to be 2,358,031 bales. These figures were compiled from telegraphic reports of special agents of the bureau who have canvassed the ginneries of the various states and territories and the report is one of a series which will be issued regularly hereafter until the completion of the ginning of the crop of 1905. The report is earlier than any made in 1904, rendering comparison impossible. The cotton report of the National Ginners' Association was also made public at Dallas, Texas, Monday. It indicates that ginning is from 75 to 90 per cent over in the southern part of the cotton belt" and there will have to be a lafe frcst to make any top crop at all. Many gins are idle in some sections due to short and late crops. Summarized the report shows that 29 per cent less cotton has been ginned to this date than at the same time last year. The condition of the crop is 34.16 short of last year and there is practically no top crop. KING APPROVES OF DISUNION. Oscar Makes Conciliatory Speech Before Swedish Ricksdag. A Stockholm dispatch says: After the king's speech from the throne j hat been delivered at the opening of I . -U ? ~ anvprrvmAnf ' I lilc 1 mouckg iuvuua/, ?V i introduced 'a motion requesting the house to approve the proposal that the arrangements entered into between Sweden and Norway should go into force from a date which was I blank when Norway took similar action. - . The king will submit a proposal | authorizing the dissolution of tbe union and conferring on his majesty full power to recognize Norway as an independent state. ORDERED TO SHOOT STUDENTS. Wild College Boys of Wisconsin State University Court Trouble. As a result of an attempt by a crowd of students to break up a carnival company showing at Madison, Wis., Mayor Curtis gave orders to the police to shoot any student resisting arrest or assaulting officers. President Vanhise of the state university, urged officers and courts to show no discrimination against students and said he would expel every student convicted in court and woaid suspend all arrested. MR8. COBB QfVES BON a Member of Grand Jmry One of the ! Signers?Amount to $1(^000. Mrs. Amanda Cobb appeared in court at CanveaWlle, Qa^ Frhiay and a motion wee made for bail. Ten thousand dollars waa the amount j agreed on and bend vrae made prompS- f ly. One member of the grand jury! signed her Load. Mrs. Cobb's attorney j says $100,000 bond could have been I made with ease. ' SCMrvJCMCSMSJlMCMCMI I SOUTH CAROLINA I \ STATE NEWS ITEMS. ltCNJrsJCN2IMrJ?\>CNirslFailed to Identify Suspects. , At Columbia, John Garey and John Lurskie, the Chicago men, held by the police suspected of doing the recent diving hold?ps in the city, were arraigned in court ard 'onfrontEd by Judge Gary. The smallest man was extreme;y rervous in the judge's presence but though the judge said this man was rhe size of his assailant, he could not positively identify either and they were both released from custody. * ? * Sand and Mud in Dock. On account of the giving way a few days ago of a portion of the temporary supporting structure, on the south wall of the new dry dock, now being constructed at the Charleston navy yard, a great quantity of sand and mud drifted into the dock, and it is estimated that the contractors will suffer to the extent of $25,000. The government, having a contract, will not lose lose anything, and the delay in getting the dirt out will amount to about two weeks loss of t'me. No one was injured. * * Alleged Lynchers Give Bond. The preliminary examination of John M. Ashley, J. R. Moore, John Moore, William Moore, Hugh Bower., and Sam Bigby, charged with lynching Allen Pendleton, a negro, near Honeapath on September 17, ^ ; ? A A n fanr ^ o TTC? VV ci b IIdU Jli AIIUCIOUU CL XV TT V ago. After hearing evidence, the judge admitted the men to bail, placing bond at $7,000 each, which was furnished. Pendleton killed Jim Moore (white) while fn a fight on the public highway. * * Business Block Burned.' The business block west of the public square in Rennettsville was consumed by fire one night the past week, with the exception of the Planters' bank building. The fire was started by the explosion of a gas brazier i? a bicycle shop, and the less will aggregate about $100,000. The buildings burned included the postoffice, T.hich was of wood, a large brick building occupied by W. P. Breeden, as harness and buggy store and stalls, and Excelsior Hardware company, Wetherly dry goods store. The man working the brazier was injured, and narrowly escaped with his life. Insurance, it is stated, covers about half the loss. I * * * To Make County Map. Two parties of surveyors were in Gaffney the past week engaged in explorations in the vicinity of Gaffney and other parts of Cherokee county. One party began work on Broad river locating certain points for a syndicate that is considering developing 4- T-? , . MilfAW TV /v UCI la-lil JJ-.ll KJL I lie llVCil AUU VUi^l party is composed of Messrs. J; A. Drake and H. L. Belden, who are government surveyors who are engaged in locating roads, towns and other points of interest throughout Cherokee county, their purpose being to make a map of the county in which all distances, etc., will be exact. The map will also contain much of interest concerning different soils in the county. It is expected that it will be com pie'ed in about a year. This work will be of incalculable beneiit to the county and will be a verv interesting map especially to " residents of the county. ? * * High Court to Hear Complaint. A Charles on special says: The question of the right of the dispensary investigation commission to inspect the private papers of Dispenser James Farnum will now soon be with the supreme court. The reference by Special Master Izlar to inquire into the facts Df the case has been concluded, and he will prepare at once his report, including the testimony which was taken in several sessions during the past two weeks. Counsel ior Farnum has admitted that he advised his client against allowing the commission to examine the letters, which are declared by the defence to be "private." Farnum came to Charleston origi? nally from Macon, Ga., where he was the manager of a brewery. <and as the holder of a beer bottling privilege in Charleston, and the manager of the only licensed distillery in the state, or rvimmhin the commission thinks I that certain letters which he has in his possession will prove valuable in showing up the dispensary system, as it has been conducted for the past two or three years. THE ANSWER. Teacher?Now, Tommy, if your father had twenty dozen e?gs in his sCore and found that eighteen of them were bad, how much would he lose? Tommy?Nothin'. I guess you don'f Know pa.?Cleveland Leader. / a ROYAL WELCOME FOR WITTE. S Peace Envoy Accorded Hearty Rece|> ception on Arrival in Capital. Mr. Witte arrived in St. Petersburg at 8:25 a. m. Thursday and was ac- J, cordej a hearty reception by a large crowd of officials and others. In a brief speech replying to a welcoming address Mr. Wit.e showed clearly that he was deeply touched by the tttirv ntKlhVi ho TV q c rappiv^H VVAcXS VT iliCil iiV Vf uw * vvv?r v?M When he left St. Petersburg in July last a small delegation of officials accompanied him to the railroad station to bid him farewell. There was * . no public demonstration wha.ever. On his return there were seven or ' ^ eight times as many officials, despite the early hour of arrival, and an enthusiastic crowd of five cr six hundred people. The crowd had collected near where Mr. Witte would descend from the train, and when he appeared they 7f> broke out into long and loud cheers, I for which Mr. Witte bowed acknowledgments. The spokesman then . advanced and read tbe address of welcome, all in the meanwhile standing ' bareheaded. The address read: "You have accomplished your difficult ta3k, and the natidix Is grateful J to you. You have given (the credit - r~| for your success to Emperor Nicholas, y :|jl President Roosevelt, Emperor "William . 'iM of Germany and to the press. You .f; have forgotten only yourself. "We, however, fully appreciate your services to your country. The tree planted - ^ at the Washington homestead at Mt Vernon will serve as a token of the union between the two nations. You have done much. "For ourselves and for those who - ^ are absent we will once more shout a - ^ hearty hurrah." v When the cheer had died away Mr. . Witte who seemed aeeply moved by the sincerity of the welcome, advanced a few steps and delivered his re-.. ply. He said: "I was sc little prepared for thi? ^ kind of reception that I must aek ,*11 your*pardon for the incoherence pf yt|i my words. I have performed my duty --Ja well, because I have1 atrictly obeyed as his majesty's instructions, because cir- 0 cumstances favored me, because th^ y|| world is weary of this bloody war, because all classes of American so- . ciety from President Roosevelt down :$i were in sympathy with^my and our "*|| cause, because I was true to my couotry and her and our interests." M*. Witte's last word was followed by further loud and hearty cheering. >3j| FIVE BRUTALLY MURDERED. Mother, Daughter and Three Sons Vic/ tima of Assassins in Texas. Mrs. A. J. Conditt and four chit ^ dren, a daughter of 13, and three boys froift 6 to 10 years old, were murdered . iJ| in cold blood at their home near * ^ Edna, Texas, Thursday. The mother and daughter were as- i saulted and their bodies brutally dis* V figured. " A baby about two years old, whs - 'j| the only one left alive. All of ihem A seemed to have been murdered with so?e blunt instrument, their heads were crushed and their threats cut - " with a knife or razor. The girl and' mother were killed in the house, the boys were killed about one hundred -|? yards away. Mr. Cooditt was away from home <i| working in the rice fields. A negr6 boy about 12 years old was plowing ^ Tg in a field near the house at the thne cf the killing and heard the children screamiag; he saw a man running '- ? J after the woman, who was running around tne house. Being afraid to go \ to the house, he ran to a neighbor's -?A house and fold what he had seen. Hie party inform?-* ran to the place , ; / and found the five members of the / '% family killed. Officers were informed ' : >% at once and the entire county start- -rg ed out In posses in search of the murderers. It is supposed there were two of them. ... f t3 i 2, J.' 58 . :?. Peckham Trial Postponed. The case of Frederick A. Peckham ' J of New York, who was arrested in j connection with the cotton report . 11 scandal, has been indefinitely pos*; poned. Peckham is *:.! under $10,0CG bail. HOLMES AGAIN INDICTED. % Grand Jury Makes Case Stronger Against Ex-Statistician. *' % The federal grand jury at Washing- , | ton, Monday, reported new indictments in the cotton crop report leakage case against Edwin S. Holmes, Jr., former assistant statistician of the agricultural department, Edwin A. Peckham and Moses Haas, of New York. ij They cover the same ground as tho other indictments, but are believed to be more specific* and have been prepared with greater- care. I ' -* * * TO REDUCE FEVER FIGHTERS. New Orleans Will Dispense. With Sur plus of Heaitn t-orce. > A New Orleans special says: "With the steady improvement in the yellow fever situation there is expected to be a gradual reduction of the forces now employed under the auspices or the government in the struggle co eradicate the disease. / I . i