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CAUSED MUCH TALK xtl ~ - -- \ >^ < . V ; : ~~ : * Ejection of Woman From the , White House a Sensation. -r INDIGNATION EXPRESSED - (&*- . Under Pressure Secretary Barnes Mattes a oiacsmeric Vtmcti Differs Kadicany From Story Told J v.' By Mrs. Morris. The forcible ejection of Mrs. Minor ; ' N Moms irem tne wcite no use m Washington last Thursday, nas since ucu : ine universal $ujjecc 01 Couversauou ,r; f iu tiie city. la *eieet society the .. affair has been taixeu about and alV '> ^ ' -most without exception extreme criticism is expressed of the whole affair. secretary'Barnes, who seems to ;v ' -have been responsible for at least the commencement of the proceedings, isV. jsned 'a statement*.Friday regarding Yy > affair. His statement differs ma Y. s lorially from the story told by Mrs. . .Morris and some of the eye-witnesses, v Y \ . *: (grouping the stories, however, to ' V fibme extent, the facts seem to be that Y* */ >.. jjprfc Morris, a respectable woman, aidt insane, whose husband had been Y; an officer in the army medical corps, S&sY and who had been dismissed, went 4 ta the white house in an effort to lay YY lifer case before the president. Y Y. ;YShe saw Secretary Barnes, who told . ' her the president could not see her, M; -v .and, then, after some conversation, de . ~ SCriD^Q Oy Ciycrutcir^ dui UCO as uiov^' ^v:^i-S <*?rly, &e ordered the policemen to remove her. \ This ejection was carried out with m fefi -Treat vigor. Mrs. Morris, being car rled and dragged from the white house 1^^. '; - * across the asphalt walks and Anally {fgl^L bundled into a cab and taken to the ' house of detention, two policemen and . ; sl colored man taking part in the re fo^^-;"'lhoVaJ. General opinion expressed was that the president would order an investigation of the affair which would be thorough and serious. Mr. fearnes' statement, in part, is as fol ; \ "Mrs. Morris called at the executive office Thursday at about 1 o'clock and asked to he allowed to see the president At the- time Secretary Loeb was - engaged with the' president, and Mr. if. "Barnes saw her. Upon inquiry as to the nature of her business she stated with considerable reluctance that her hbshaiid had been unjustly dismissed % frrah'a branch of the war department; that she.did not propose to have any7. *7 thing to do with the secretary of ^ war concerning it, but that* she want* v < ' , od the president to take it up and '?4?'r- that justice was done. f.v 7 "'' "She was informed that the presi dent could not give personal attention %o such a matter and that the decis'^ : ion of the secretary of war would be . flaai She insisted that she must see < the president, and was told that that * was out of the question. "She replied in a low voice that she; would se; him and that she would ' stay there untH she did. She was then advised to drop, the matter and go A away quietly. This, in still louder tonea; she refused to, do. She was then told that she must either leave the Office at once, voluntarily, or it would he necessary to have her put out of the building. At this she shrieed at'the top of her voice: " 'f Vn! not he put out,' rushed to I" a chair, thre* herself into it, and j ahouted, *Dont ycu have any hands laid on me; I am going to stay here ~ unti'V I see th9 president.' " "The officers repeatedly asked her . /%* ' to stand up and walk quietly with them so that they would not have to ' - " force her, but she refused to do so, and defied them in shrieks that were * Y heard throughout the white house. "There is no truth whatever in the YY t statement made by many of the Fri<iay morning papers that a negro laid hold of Mrs. Morris, and assisted in carrying her. One of the colored mesv sengers of the office followed the po^hceman, and gathered up small artl, ", des such as were dropped in the wogw man's struggles, but there was no ^ other foundation whatever for the k\ statement" i wre?k takes two lives. ? _ Engineer and Firemen on Southern jirf ,t v Engine Crushed to Death. ' ;r ?' . A through freight on the Southern Ir railroad was wrecked near Fair For| . [ est S. C., Wednesday morning. The I engine left the' track, turned over, [ v and the cars piled on top of one anI other. r -X . Engineer J. A. Lucas of Greenville I and a negro fireman were killed. Oth| ers of the crew were fatally injured. A washout apparently caused the wreck. wedding r>ate is set. Nuptfate of Miss Roosevelt and Nick Longworth to Occur February 17. *. A Washington special says: The president and Mrs. Roosevelt have announced. that the wedding of Miss Alice Roosevelt to Representative Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati, will occur on Saturday, February 17, at 12 o'clock roon in the east room of the white house. k V r v jSIXTEEN ACRES TO PLOW Is Pledge of Georgia Farmers Made .'at Annual Meeting of State Cotton Associtaion in Atlanta. District organizers will be sent inte each congressional district of the state to more strongly organize the Georgia division of the Southern Cotton Asociation in every county of Georgia during 1906, and the work will be pushed as it has not been before since the association was organized. This important step was determined upon by the Georgia division, which J met in annual convention at tne siais capitoi in Atlanta. Wednesday. Among other resolutions passed by the convention was one prescribing a pledge for the Georgia members that they will not, during 1906, plant more than 16 acres of cotton to the plow, and that they will besides raise at home a full supply of provisions for home consumption. President M. L. Johnson and prac ticallv all of the old officers of the Georgia division were re-elcted to serve during the new year. Every speaker had something to say about the prosperous conditions prevalent in the state, and alluded to the fact that there is more money in the country now than there has been since 1860. This was particularly noticeable in the strong address of President Jordan, who also warned the association against the danger of allowing politics to enter its deliberations, because the history of other associations of a like character showed their wreck had been due to this very fact. A resolution endorsing President Jordan for re-election to the presidency of the Southern Cotton Association at the coming meeting in New Orleans; endorsing Richard Cheatham for reelection as secretary of the central association and indorsing John D. Walker of Hancock, treasurer of the Georgia division for the position of treasurer of the national association, was unanimously adopted. This resolution will be transmitted to the New Orleans convention. DEMANDS DEPEW'S RESIGNATION This is Purport of Resolution Before New York Legislature. The New York state lsgislature started off at Albany with a rush Wednesday. Aside from the reading in both houses of the annual message of the governor, the most important developments were the election of Speaker James W. Wadsworth; a long debate in the senate over a resolution requesting the resignation of United States Senator Chauncey M. Depew, on the ground of disclosures in connection with the Equitable Life Insurance Society, which ended in the withdrawal of the resolution for the time being. _ __ BIG ORDER FROM SOUTHERN. Contract Given Out for Total of 8,729 Cart for Freight Service. One of the first steps taken by the Southern railway for the> year 1906 was the placing of an order for 8,729 cars for the freight service. This order has been necessitated by the tremendous growth of freight traffic in the large portion of the south fed by the Southern railway. While the exact figures could not be learned, it is known that the contract exceeds $5,000,000. ORR GETS McCALL'S PLACE. New Head of Insurance Company Will Get Only $50,000 Per Year. John A. McCall offlcialy resigned the presidency of the New York Life Insurance company Wednesday, and Alexander E. Orr was appointed in his place at the salary of $50,000 a year. Mr. McCall's salary was $100,000. The board of trustees also cut down the number of vice presidents, so that hereafter there will be two of these officers instead of three. PAYNE PLEADS FOR FILIPINOS. New York Representative Makes Extended Speech in H?use. The house resumed its sessions on Thursday after the holiday recess. The cause of the Filipinos was advo cated on the floor by the republican leader, Mr. Payne of New York, for nearly four hours. He presented the views of the majority of the ways and means committee on the Philippine tariff bill reducing the duties on sugar and tobacco to 25 per cent of the Dingley tariff rates and admitting other products of the islands to the United 'States free of duty. LANDSLIDE CAUSES FATALITIES. Three Men Killed and Others May Die of Injuries. A dispatch from Richmond, says: On account of recent heavy rains a landslide occurred Wednesday on the South and Western railroad, in process of construction, near pine Ridge, N. C., killing three men and fatally injuring two others. The bodies of the dead men have been recovered. SLAVS' CHRISTMAS! Proved to Be a Quiet Day Throughout All Russia. TROUBLESAREFORGOTTEN Reds Seem to Have Quieted Down. Witte Deplores Exaggerated Press Heports?American Property Damaged. Fine snow sifting clown from a cold sky furnished ideal weather for the Russian Christmas, which was ushered in Sunday, January 7. All the theaters and ether places of public amusement, even the restaurants,were closed in St. Petersburg, and the day j was given up .to the proverbial Rus| sian nospitahty. The dissensions which have torn and distracted the country seemed to have disappeared for the moment, and even the radical newspapers, animated by the sentiment of peace and good will to all, silenced their gun3. The day passed quietly and without untoward incident. The religious services in the churches were largely attended. At the palace of Tsarskoe-Selo, the emperor himself presided at the Christmas tree., Later, accompanied by the imperial children, his majesty - . visited the quarters 01 nis imperial i Cossack escort to the members of which he distributed presents. According to the Novce Vremya, the revised budget as submitted to the emperor makes the revenues for 1906* $1,014,000,000, as against $1,027,000,000 for last year. The expenditures are estimated at $1,055,000,000 as against $1.2000,000,000 for last year. Mr. Meyer, the American ambassador at St. Petersburg, received from consuls at Moscow and Odessa detailed reports of the injuries suffered by American property during the recent riots. A statement of the damages claimed will be forwarded by Mr. Meyer to the state department for instructions. Interviewed by the Official Telegraph agency Sunday, referring to the situation in Russia, Count Witte protested against what he characterized as the unfounded and sensational reports spread in the foreign press, and expressed the conviction that Russia would emerge from the present crisis- rejuvenated. He concluded by declaring that France continued to display towards Russia sentiments of friendship and good will, swhich Russia reciprocated. * BATTLESHIP IN COLLISION. Alabama Crashed Into Kentucky While Latter Was Aground. While the battleship squadron under command cf Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, was proceeding to sea from New York Sunday, the battleships Kearsarge and Kentucky ran aground in the lower harbor off the west bank light The Alabama aifd Illinois were following next in line and before' they could alter their course tne Alabama collided with the Kentucky, striking her a glancing blow. The 'Illinois just got clear of the tangle and proceeded down the bay anchoring outside the bar with the flagship Maine. The accident occurred shortly after 1 p. m. The Alabama remained by to render assistance to the Kentucky and Kearsarge and wireless messages were sent to the Brooklyn navy yard for tugs. At 2:45 o'clock the Kearsarge and Kentucky both were floated and started for sea accompanied by the Alabama. The Kentucky, however, was ordered back, and returned to Tompkinsville. A wireless message was received at the Brooklyn navy yard Sunday night from the battleship Kentucky, stating that the starboard side of the vessel, above the waterline, had been quite badly damaged in the collision with the Alabama. THREE WOMEN BURN TO DEATH. Burning Boarding House in St. Louis troves raiai i rap. i A boarding house conducted by Erskine Reed in St. Louis, Mo., caught fire from the furnace and three women boarders perished, a fourth breaking a leg in jumping from an upper window. The throe bodies were later found in the bath, the wos^en apparently groping their way through the smoke in trying to find an avenue of escape. COLOR LINE IS SUSTAINED. Kansas Supreme Court Upholds New Separate School Law. The Kansas supreme court has decided that the law passed by the last legislature providing separate high schools for the whites and negroes at Kansas City. Kans., i3 valid. The decision paves the way.for the legislature to pass an act separating the whites from the r.egroe3 in all the schools of the state. s. ... * . IOROAN RILES SPINNERS. Manufacturers Take Exception to the Remarks of President Jordan of Southern Cotton Association.. In an interview at Boston. Mass., Thursday night on the proposed preliminary conference between cotton growers and" manufacturers in New York, January 24, J. R. MacColl, president of the New England Manufacturers' Association, took exception to remarks said to have been made by President Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association at Atlanta Wednesday. President MacColl said: "The remarks attributed to President Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association, in a speech at Atlanta, are misstatements cf fact, and I trust he has been incorrectly reported by the newspapers. He is stated to have said: 'Now these spinners have to come to us for a conference with the view of arriving at a satisfactory price for cotton.' "At the Atlantic City meeting of our association, held in September, Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Association, said: " 'The policy of the Southern Cotton Association has been since its inception to cultivate friendship and better trade relations and understanding with the manufacturers of our great staple crop. "'To that end, the association has appointed a committee from among its most intelligent and competent members, to confer with you at such a time as may be convenient to a similar representative committee from your body to take under consideration such matters as vitally affect the interests of both. I feel that much lasting good will result from such a con ference.' "As a result of this and other suggestions a preliminary conference of delegates from manufacturing and cotton growing associations have been arranged for January 24 in New York. "The purpose is, if deemed advisable, to formulate plans for a joint conference of cotton manufacturers and growers to be held in April, at which there will be present a representative frcm the international federation of Europe. Fixing the price of cotton is, in my opinion, not likely to receive much attention. This will continue to be determined as it always has been by the old economic law of supply and demand, but apart from this, there are many matters thsft; can well be discussed at such a gathering, and with beneficial results to all the interests represented." SCHIFF PREDICTS A PANIC. Well Known Banker Declares CurrenV | cy Reform It Imperative. Unless there is currency reform, a J panic, beside, which .former panics i will seem insignificant was predicted J by Jacob Schiff, head of the bank- j tag firm cf Kuhn, Loeb & Company, in a speech before the New York chamber of commerce Thursday. Mr. Sehlff said he did not regard such a panic immediately imminent, but believed it will come unless some thing is done to remedy the lack of elasticity of the present currency system. / EXPRESS POUCH WAS LOOTED. 8um of $18,000 Swiped in Transmission from Augusta to New York. It developed in Washington Thursday that about $18,000 was taken from an express pouch between Augusta, Ga., and New York. The Southern Express company received the package at Augusta, from there it went to Columbia, S. C-, and it arrived in Washington early -Sunday morning. The Adams Express company then sent it to New York, and there the loss was discovered. Officials of the express companies are making an investigation. Philippine Conditions Deplorable. A telegram Beiuug tuna ed deplorable condition of the sugar planters in the Philippine Islands was transmitted to.the senate Thursday by President Roosevelt EXPRESS FRANKS ARE OFF. Companies Will Follow the Lead Set by the Railroads. The express companies have decided to join With the railroads in refusing to issue passes for the carrying of business free of charge. Announcament to this effect was made in New York Friday at the office of the Adams Express company. 4 The action of the railroads in cutting off free business has made it practically necessary fbr the express companies to do likewise. WAR MONEY FOR GEORGIANS. Cash Ready for Troops Engaged in Spanish-American Fracas. Announcement is made by treasury officials at Washington that the claims of the Georgia troops serving in the war with Spain will be paid within a short time. The money will bo sent to Governor Terrell for distribution. The total amount claimed is $62, 824.62, of which $19,764.95 is for the first regiment, $24,704.09 for the second regirr. nt, $1,209.82 for battery A. ar.d $1,220.82 for battery B. j - V BACON SEEKS LIGHT!' ... 7- ? Asks for Information Anent Moroccan' Conference, ?? ~ I' FEARS AN ENTANGLEMENT i' Resolution Calls for Reasons That Led to Appointment cf Delegates to the Conference and Powers j Conferred. ; A Washington special says: Critl- t cisrn of the president's foreign poll- J : c.es took a new turn Monday^ when [ ? Senator Bacon introduced a resolu- | * tion doaigned to bring out all the | { facts concerning the action of the ,j executive in providing for this gov- c ernment's participation in the con- ] ference of European powers over Mo- ] rocco. Coming as it did on the heels of ,j Senator Tillman's'effort to throw the < light of investigation upon Santo Do- 1 mingo; of . Senator Raynor's fiery i excoriation of the Roosevelt interpre ( tation of the Monroe doctrine, this Mo- < rocco resolution caused adminlstra- < tion senators so much discomfort that \ StilKilUr IjOUgtJ WSi YCU liumx u^uu uig senate that he would hereafter insist i that all discussions of questions bear- i ing upon foreign relations be discuss- < ed only behind closed doors. There are evidences of strong protest, net confined within democratic lines, against < the president's action ip permitting i this government to take a hand in the Algeciras conference. Republican senators who have excused* the president's policy toward ? Santo Domingo on ithe ground that the Monroe doctrine places upon the government the duty of acting as policeman with this hemisphere seem to think that representation at the Morocco conference is an altogether needless and unwarranted, if not dangerous injection of this government into the quarrels of Europe. Senator Bacon recites in the pre-' amble of hfs resolution that the situation in Morocco and in Europe foreshadows a war and recalls the fact that our relations with Morocco are purely commercial. The powers Interested in the political affairs of Morocco, he says, are plainly preparing for war. The invitation they have extended to the United States to send delegates to the conference in Spain together with the president's appointment of in a/v?nrdance with the in vitation are taken by Senator Bacon to be of such important nature in view of tlie pending war cloud over Morocco that the senate should be informed by the president as to the exact powers that will be placed in the hands of the American delegates to the conference. To secure this information the resolution calls upon the president to furnish the senate with copies of invitations sent this country to participate in the conference any papers showing ,the subjects with which the conference is expected to deal, all instructions sent to the American delegates and the names of said delegates power of the delegates to bind this and also the limitations placed in the power of the delegates to bind this country to the agreements that may be reached by the conference. LITTLE COTTON IN THE FIELDS. Only Two Per Cent Remained to Be Picked on January 1. President Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association has just issued a bulletin showing that practically all of the south's cotton has been picked and ginned. According to this report, which i3 based upon statements received t>y the association's correspondence in all parts of the south, only 1.61 per cent of the cotton remained in the fields on January 1, 1906, and only 2.45 percent remained to be ginned. ABDICATION FOR MORALES. Dominican President Proposes Surrender to Escape Punishment The state department has advices from Santo Domingo ity to the effect that the government there was disposed to accept the proposal of President Morales to surrender his office and quit the republic if he were net arrested or tried on the charge of treason. It is believed Morales will be deported to insure the observance of the terms of his abdication. WANT GERMAN SERVANTS. Movement in Atlanta to import Large Number of Girls from Chicago. There is a movement on foot to Import 100 German girls from Chicago to Atlanta in the hope of remedying the present servant problem, which has developed into a serious phase. Those directly interested in the proposition refuse to say anything regarding their plans and have tried to keep the matter as quiet as possible. j> . *."* ' - S - ; ;jti'y --i - \ V MTACKS JUDGE SPEER, ireene and Gay nor File Ptea in Abato? > -Jlj ment Demanding Production of a Telegram They Sent Knox. - r Preliminary to the trial in Savannah of Benjamin D. Greene, John r. Gaynor, William Gaynor and Edvard F. Gaynor, on the charge of era- . ^ >ezzling and receiving seme two milIon dollars that belonged to the Uni ed States, the defense Monday after- ^ 10C.1 tiled a plea in abatement to the " ||? ;vro indictments that were found last November and served Special Assist- \-JSj mt United States Attorney General -^JjS vlarion Erwin with notice to produce :he original of a telegram Greene .:<3j ind John F. Gaynor claim that they >ent to Attorney General Knox while :hey were in Quebec early in 1902. The plea in abatement is based .. aSjB Tpon the contention that the grand 1 fury that found the last bills of In- ' ";Jj| iictment against Greene and the Gay- -'^1! lors had no .legal existence for seve- ; .4|g :al reasons, which are enumerated. The defendants say that the indictnents should be quashed. One of the contentions is that the members o? he grand jury were drawn fromv the 30uthwestern division of the southern . district of Georgia, instead of the eastern division. Sections of the fed* ' "- djpBI cral statutes are quoted to support the contention. ^ Another contention is that the : v;||5 names of the grand jurors who re; , , turned the indictments were improp- r>? erly prepared; that Judge Speer ap- * pointed a special jury commission to prepare a list of the jurors for this. . vfjflB case and that he had not authority to . . * ''jsfl moi*i3 enoHal nnnnftitments. to investigate morris case. 31 Expulsion of Woman from the Whiter . House Subject of Strong Resolution. ' M Representative Sheppard of Texas J introduced the following resolution in . the house Monday, regarding the re- ^ cent expulsion of Mrs. Morris from J'% the white house: Resolved, by the house or repro- Ji sentatives, That a committee of re-." '* V..publican and democratic members of * the house be appointed by the speaker to investigate the recent violent expulsion of an American mother from the white house offices, and grounds, by executive officials and employees, while she was seeking an audience with the president of the United *|1 States; that said committee have, now*' -* vyqM er to summon witnesses and report y? as soon as possible to the house. ' -^jpf * Mr. Sheppard made the following -.} 7^ statement concerning the resolutions: "I introduce this resolution, in the name of the American motherhood and American womanhood. The oc- Jgjj currence which is tiie cause of this resolution was a violation of every +tiof <?inriflps American: ' dCUUUi^Ut VUMV - . manhood and American chivalry. Tho brutal treatment of this lady, who W*fS was but acting within her rights, \ TffiM seems to me to be outrageous and indefensible. The American congress ought not to permit the matter to rest without the most thorough and r||| searching investigation. It involves the most sacred element of American - "'SffiBfl.j life, the respect and deference wliich *?3 every true American citizen accords. the American woman, and especially ' $ the American mother. "V^hen the presr ident of the United States, with all ^<|| the glamor of his great office, steps * Ji into the presence of an American -J mother, he is in the presence of his " fjj superior. This action of his subordi*. nates should Certainly be investigate<L" The resolution was referred to vffijH the committee on rules. $ PRESIDENT COURTS SCRUTINY. | Is Willing for All Light Thrown on Isthmian Canal Affairs. The senate gave attention Monday to the Panama canal, the situation in Santo Domingo and the merchant ma- ^ rine shipping bill. The canal question came up in con- ? f?8 nection with a letter from the president, in which, among other things, ^j|H he invited the closest scrutiny into all that had been done by the gov- 1^1 ernment in the isthmus of Panama. ? ' . > 2s / , I AUTOS FOR RURAL CARRIERS. Postmaster General Cortelyou Ap- >*|J? proves Such Suggestion. Postmaster General Cortelyou has ['"yzSk approved a recommendation of Fourth Assistant DeGraw for the use of. rural . carriers of automobiles in serving their routes. The postmaster general, ,. however, reserves the right to require rural carriers to discontinue the U3S\0? vehicles prescribed by the reg- . r$SKM ulations, if complaint is made of on- . / ^^a satisfactory service arising from uie |||j use of automobiles. '' ^ff EQUITABLE SOCIETY WINS. Suit of Maryland Man for Appointment of Receiver Dismissed. Judge Hazel of the United States circuit court at 'New York, has de- ./ cided against J. Wilcox Brown of* Maryland in his complaint against the Equitable Life Assurance Society * in a suit for the appointment of a re- ^ ceiver for the Equitable and a divis- ; vffl ion of the surplus of the society - among the policy holders. Mr. Browa ^ waa insured for $25,000 in the society.