The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 05, 1905, Image 3
LOBBY IS D 8CL0SED
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iriiiranc: i eople Formed
Pool to Influence Solons. I
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HAM ITONWASTHECHIEFi
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Schiff Says Equitable Finance Committee
Was Simply "All Hyde, All
Hyde and Alexander" and
No Others.
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"When the legislative committee oa i
the insurance investigation adjourn- ;
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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'
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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
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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.
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FORGER HOLDS ON TO BOODLE, i
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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.
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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 ?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. '
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\ 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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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ROYAL WELCOME FOR WITTE.
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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
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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.
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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.
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* 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.
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