The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 11, 1906, Image 3
CAUSED MUCH TALK
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* Ejection of Woman From the
, White House a Sensation.
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INDIGNATION EXPRESSED
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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
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^ ' -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"
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wre?k takes two lives.
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Engineer and Firemen on Southern
jirf ,t v Engine Crushed to Death.
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Ir railroad was wrecked near Fair For|
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[ est S. C., Wednesday morning. The
I engine left the' track, turned over,
[ v and the cars piled on top of one anI
other.
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. 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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BACON SEEKS LIGHT!'
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Asks for Information Anent
Moroccan' Conference,
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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.
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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
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moi*i3 enoHal nnnnftitments.
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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: '
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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.
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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
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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.