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ASKED FOR APOLOGY
And Got Decided Call-Down
from President.
MORE OF MORRIS AFFAIR
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Woman's Husband Requested Tbat
Roosevelt Make Public Apology
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t from White House.
A Washington special says: Dr.
.Minor Morris, whose wife, some weeks
ago/wa-s ejected from the white house,
'where she had gone to present alleged
grievances to the president, gave
out for publication Wednesday the correspondence
which recently, passed between
himself and the president regarding
the case.
Dfr. Morris demanded a public apology
of the president "for this outrage
en womanhood and common'decency."
Secretary L?oeb replied to the letter,
stating that an investigatiQn by the
chief of police showed tnat ine arrest
. was justified and that the kindest act
to Mrs. Morris and her kinsfolk was
to refrain frcrn giving the case additional
publicity. The letters follow:
'To the President of the United
^ ' States?Sir: Having waited patiently
a number of weeks that you might
have ample time to ascertain all the
circumstances connected with the insult
recently offered my wife at the
white house and that you might make
some expression of deprecation, which
would naturally be expected, it is now
incumbent on me ae husband and citizen
to demand a public apology for
this outrage on womanhood and common
decency.
"It is unthinkable that such bru
tality would be tolerated anywhere in
this country, but above all in the
- \ white house.
"That my wife has been confined to
her bed for six weeks from the shock
and injuries of this damnable treatment
is bad enough, but I can say to
you in all calmness that had the original
orders from the white house been
carried out as to her longer incarce>
ration, her life would have been sao
- rificed.
* "It is therefore incumbent on me
to repeat my urgent request that yo*
take action at once suitable to the
circumstances which have shocked
the entire natioh. Respectfully,
"MINOR MORRIS.
. "February 16, 1306."
t The President's Letter.
"The White House, Washington,
February 19, 190G.?Sir: In reply to
your letter of the 16th instant the
president directs me to say to you
that he had the superintendent of po\
lice of the District of Columbia, Mar
jor Sylvester, make a careful Investigation
of the circumstances connected
with the arrest of Mrs. Morris for
disorderly conduct at the executive
office and the superintendent bubinrtted
to the president ail tn? affidavits
of the persons whom he had examined^
The president carefully went over Major
Sylvester's report and the affidavits
and also personally saw Major
Sylvester and some of the persons
making the affidavits. He came to the
conclusion that the arrest was justified
and that the force used in making
the arrest was caused by the resist*
?. ar.ce offered by Mrs. Morris to the
officers in the discharge of their duty,
and was no greater than was necessary
to make the arrest effective.
"Lnder these circumstances "(die
president does not consider that the
officers are properly subject to blame.
He was also satisfied that the kindest
thing that could be done to Mrs. Mor.
ris and her kinsfolk was to refrain
from giving any additional publicity
to the circumstances surrounding the
* case. Yours truly,
"WILLIAM LQEB, JR.,
"Secretary to the President"
Money for Brunswick Lightship.
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce has made a favorable
report on the Adamson bill increasing
from $90,000 to $130,000 the
appropriation for a light ship at
L Brunswick, Ga.
* LEGAL ACTION RECOMMENDED.
New York Life Will Be Asked to Refund
Campaign Boodle.
Recommendations that legal action
be instituted to recover campaign
contributions made by the New
York 'Life Insurance company were
submitted to the trustees of that convpa'ny
at New York Wednesday by the
^ special investigating committee headed
by Thomas P. Fowler. <It is recnmmomWl
thnt tbp morpv no rr>nnw>.
ed from such officers and trustees as
counsel shall decide are liable therefor.
MAY RETAIN BOTH SETS.
The Two Departments in Washington
to Continue Statistical Work.
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tistics, those from the department of
agriculture and those from the census
bureau, should he continued wa3
the expressed opinion of the representatives
of all interests as given to
the house committee on agriculture.
That congress should take the necessary
steps to perfect the present systems
was also the universal opinion.
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DAGOES MOB VANDERBILT
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Millionaire American Ran Over Boy
.. ? While Speeding Auto in Italian
Town and is Attacked Fiercely.
A dispatch from Florence, Italy,
says: W. K. Vanderbilt is detailed :tt
Poilnt Edera, on the road to Pisa,
having had an automobile accident
in the street by which a boy was
injured. The boy was not seriously
hurt. The incident involved the deKrkfh
nf Mr and \Trs. W. K.
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Vanderbilt, Jr., and,thedr chauffeur,
and turns cut to have been much more
serious than at first reported.
Mr. Vanderbilt and his chauffeur
were mobbed; and the former drew
a revolver and both Mr. Vanderbilt
and the chauffeur were arrested and
taken to the police" station. Mrs." Vanderbilt
was escorted to a hotel.
In the iiiidst of the excitement it
was reported that the child was dead
and the townspeople became so enraged
that they attacked the chauffeur..
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In fact, matters reached a very critical
stage, and Mr. Vanderbilt, believing
that the lives* of the party
were in danger, drew a revolver.
Before h9 could use the weapon,
however, several men jumped into
the automobile, disarmed Mr. Vanderbilt
and kicked and cuffed him.
Eventually an officer of gendarmes
with reinforcements arrived on the
scene and after the townspeople had
cnmpwliflt raimed down, succeeded in |
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rescuing the autoists, who were taken
to the police station, followed by a
crowd cf shouting people.
The leaders protested vigorously
against the alleged carelessness of
the autornobliists, -and said that it
was time to put a stop to such incidents,
involving the loss of life, which
were constantly increasinug in numbers.
BODY CF RAPIST CREMATED.
One Negro Burned and Another Doomed
to Gallows in Louisiana.
A mob of 500 men shot to deattp
Wiltz Page, a negro, aged 30 years,
and afterwards burned the body near
the town of Bienville, in Bienville
parish, Louisiana, Saturday afternoon.
The negro was captured during Friday
night, suspected of being the one
who attempted a criminal assault on
Sarah JGant, the lH'ear-old school
girl, Friday afternoon.
Page was identified by the girl, and
when a deputy sheriff started to jail
with him, a mob overpowered the officer
and took the negro. He was taken
to the scene of his crime, where he
made a full confession. The mob then
stood him up against a tree and shot
him to death, riddling his body with
bullets. More than 500 shots were
fired. After the shooting, a fire was
kindled around the body of the negro,
and the mob remained until it had
been cremated.
A military company ordered by Governor
Blanchard from Homer, La.,
reached the scene of the lynching.
When they arrived, the mob had dispersed,
and quiet was restored.
Charles Coleman, the negro charged
with having assaulted and murdered
Miss Margaret Lear, was oonvicte* in
court at Shreveport Saturday, atfter a
trial lasting three hours. Governor
Blanchard, who attended the trial,
signed the death sentence. Thursday
between the hours of 9 a. m. and 2
p. m. was fixed as the time of execution.
A jury was secured in the ease within
a comparatively short time.
The evidence introduced was conclusive,
and a verdict was returned three
minutes after the case was given to
the jury, and Judge T. J. Bell, who
presided, immediately passed the
death sentence on the negro.
Four military companies were on
guard about the court house during
the trial, and every person who attended
was searched as he approached
the building. There was no demI
onstration, and, while feeling Is still
Intense, it is believed the law will
be allowed to take its course.
The military will remain until after
the execution.
THREE NECKS ARE SAVED.
Georgia Prison Commission Acts on a
Trio of Capital Cases.
As the result of rehearings before
the Georgia prison commission Wednesday
in three capital ca3es, two of
the defendants will go to the penitentiary
for life instead of to the gallows,
while the third, Eurrell Patterson, of
Heard county, was given a respite by
Governor Terrell until March 16 for
further investigation.
The sentences of Hem Greer cf
Spalding county and Jim Carter cf
Bulloch county, were commuted from
death to life imprisonment.
ALEX LEGLER GOES TO JAIL.
Georgia Boy Held in Jersey City for
Murder of His Brother.
Judge Higgins of Jersey City at a
hearing decided that Police Chief
Murphy had presented a prima facie
case against Alex Legler, and the
young man, who is accused of the
murder of his brother, Carl, was committed
to the county jail. Prosecutor
Speer will submit the evidence to the
grand jury.
BOXERS AT WORK
Yellow Rioters in China Start
on Bloody Crusade.
MISSIUIMAKItS AKt SLAIN
Mission Houses Fired, English Family
Butchered and Fourteen Americans
Escape Same Fate Only
by Flight.
Consul General Rcdgers at Shanghai
cabled the state department on
Monday that the American missions
at Nanchang, in the province cf Kiangsi,
have been destroyed. Telegrams
state that the fourteen American missionaries
there escaped, but the Kingham
family,'English, two adults and
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two cnnaren are repurueu lu
been killed.
The American gunboat, El Cano, at
Nankin, has been ordered to proceed
immediately to Kiu Kiang, where she
will probably arrive by Wednesday.
The scene of the trouble is about 400
miles up the Yangtse river.
Mr. Roberts later cabled that the
inland British missions are reported
safe.
It is alleged that after long continued
disputes between the Catholic
priests and the Chinese magistrate of
Nanchang the priests invited the magistrate
to a banquet, where they tried
to compel him to sign an agreement
for the payment of a large indemnity
for the destruction of the Catholic
Inission property. According to
one report, the magistrate became iiv
dignant and committed suicide, but
the Chinese assert that a priest attacked
and killed him. The officials,
fearing to arrest the priest, called a
public meeting, whereupon the Catholics,
according to the Chinese version
of the trouble, set fire to their
own premises.
The public meeting of the Chinese
developed into a riot in which, ac
cording to one story, six of the Catholics
were killed, though a later account
says the number of Catholics
killed was four.
H. C. Kingman, a Protestant missionary,
and his wife, also, were killed
and of their two children was wounded,
the other being rescued. The
only Protestant mission buildings destroyed
were those of the Plymouth
Brethren.
Fourteen Americans escaped in a
boat.
- A Pekin dispatch says: According to
a Chinese official occupying a high
station, the finding cf dynamite in
the street outside the gate leading to
the royal palace on Friday, February
?3, followed by the receipt of a warning
against revolutionist students arriving
in Pekin has precipitated a
panic in the palace.
The reception of many newly appointed
officials scheduled for Saturday
was hurriedly countermanded lest
there be revolutionists among them.
Military precautions were taken, and
whenever the dowager empress has
walked in the grounds of the Forbid
den City since Friday she has heen
escorted by a guard of eight soldiers
carrying rifles.
The officials in Washington accept
Consul General Rodgers* suggestion
that trie trouble at Nhnchang Is lo-1
cal, as has been the case with the
last two preceding attacks on foreign
missionaries in China. Therefore,
there is little apprehension that the
trouble will spread. However, it is
realized that the incident itself appears
to justify such operations as
are now under way from a military
point of view.
The report that English subjects
have been killed is the most serious
phase of the affair, for it is said that
this fact may be made the basis of
forcible measures on the port of the
British government that might enfiame
the entire Chinese population.
Nanchang, where the missions were
destroyed, lies on the shores of Lake
Poyang, in the northern portion of
the province of Kiangsi and the
Yangtse river is navigable to that
point as well as the lake itself for
warships of considerable size.
FEUDISTS TO FACE COURTS.
An Echo of the Famous Breathit
Cniintu lntf>rnArin? W.IP.
A feud echo of sensational proportions
was heard at Jackson, Ky., a
few days ago, when the Breathit county
grand jury rendered indictments
against Judge James Hargis, Ed. Callahan,
B. F. French, John Smith and
John Abner, charging murder and accessory
to the same in the death of
Attorney James B. Marcum two years
ago. Senator Alex Hargis was not
indicted.
REX IN NEW ORLEAtNS.
Carnival King Arrives and Mardi Gras
Festivities Begin.
With the formal entry of Rex, the
carnival was in full blast at New Orleans,
Monday. All records in the
matter of attendance promised to be
broken. The streets traversed by the
naereant receDtion to the king were
congested, and there was an immense
multitude on the levee to witness the
naval parade and the landing.
TO CUT REPRESENTATION I
Of South in Congress is Purport of
Bill Introduced in House by Representative
Keifer.
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A Washington, special says: Repro j
tentative Keifer cf Ohio introduced a j
bill Monday to reduce tho number of i
representatives in the house from
southern state, because of the dlsfi-ancbisement
of negro voters. The bill
makes the reduction as follows:
Alabama from 9 to 5
Arkansas from 7 to 5
Florida from .. 3 to 2
Georgia from 11 to 6 j
Louisiana from .. 7 to 3j
Mississippi from 8 to 3 j
North Carolina from 10 to 6
South Carolina from 7 to 3
Tennessee from .. 10 to S
Texas from 16 to 12
Virginia from .. .. .. .. ..10 to 8
While Keifer's bill aims at all the
southern states, it is thrown out as
a tentative feeler along the line of
the reduction of representation of
those states in which it can be shown
that there are distinct provisions
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aimea at uie negro, it i? piuuauic
this bill will be followed by the introduction
of a resolution calling for
investigation into the educational and
grandfather clause disfranchisement
provisions of those states where they
have been adopted, because republican
leaders believe those most vulnerable
to attack.
Representative Crumpaeker, who
has made a study of the election laws
of the southern states, holds that Georgia,
Texas and Tennessee have nothing
in their constitutions or their laws
that make them vulnerable to attacks,
but he and other republican leaders
seem convinced that a test of the educational
qualification laws with their
grandfather clause attachments openly
discriminating against the negro,
would result in their being declared
unconstitutional. Keifer proposes to
press his movement for an investigation
looking to a reduction of the
representation of the southern states
in congress, and in the electoral college.
He has been active in working
up organizations in different parts of
the north, and there are evidences of
a systematic movement toward reducing
the representation of the south
The present strife inside the republi
can party is regarded by tne wisest
political leaders of that party as auguring
badly for republican success
this fall and in 1908, and this movement
to strike a blow at the south
and the democratic party is likely to
have much more vitality than has
been in evidence at any time in recent
years.
BLACKBURN IS UNDER BOND.
North State Congressman Submits to
Jurisdiction of Court.
Congressman Blackburn of the
eighth district of North Carolina, submitted
himself to the jurisdiction of
the United States district court at
Asheville Monday in answering to
the indictment returned against him
on the charge of having practiced before
the treasury department and received
fees therefor.
Judge Waddell issued an order
transferring the case to Greensboro.
The trial will be held about the middle
of April, at which time a special
term of the court will be called.
Mr. Blackburn's bond was fixed at
$1,000 and was signed by E. J. Har*
tryy crnvpmnr
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MORGAN AND CROMWELL CLASH
Alabama Senator Angered at Refusal
of Witness to Answer Questions.
The examination of William Cromwell,
who has figured largely in connection
with the sale of the Panama
canal property to the United States,
was begun by the senate committee
on interoceanic canals at Washington
Monday.
There were freqifent tilts between
the witness and Senator Morgan because
the former was not more specific
in his answers to questions by
the senator. The latter declared Ut>
would deal with the witness in the
senate. Mr. Cromwell replied with
some warmth that that was the "only
safe place to do it"
VICTIMS OF TRICHINOSIS.
Poisoned Hog Meat Kills Five People
and Others Are Sick.
Rufus Woods of Collins is at the
Savannah, Ga., hospital recovering |
from trichinosis. Mr. Woods and his
wife recovered from the disease thaj
Has carried off five of the Woods family
since Christmas. 'From eating
meat of a sick hog containing theanimalculae
trichina Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Cowart of Collins, the parents of
Mrs. Woods, and three of their daughters
have died.
HITS RAILROADS "ON PAPER."
Land Grants to Be Taken Away When
Buiiding is Delayed.
To clear the titles of land granted
to railroads, existing omy on pa^ci,
Representative Lacey of Iowa lias introduced
a bill for forfeiture of land
grants made by the government to
railroads, where the same failed to
build their proposed lines within five
yeare after location.
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DEMAND REFORMS!
Armstrong Insurance Committee
Makes Its Report.
,S A LENGTHY DOCUMENT
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Most Important Recommendation is j
Actual Control of Companies by
Policy Holders?Department
Censured.
The committee appointed at the
last session of the New York legislature
to investigate life insurance
made its report Thursday. The report
is extremely voluminous, being
in the form of a printed pamphlet. It
embraces a long review of the testimony
taken by the committee and
its recommendations and conclusions
as to remedial legislation.
In addition there is a chapter devoted
to the state insurance department,
in which the committee declares
that it would seem that the superintendent
of the department has had ample
power to ascertain the transactions
of insurance companies, but that the
supervision by the department has. not
proved a sufficient protection against
extravagance and maladministration.
Instances are given of reports made
on the affairs of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company, the New York Life
Insurance Company and the Equitable
Life Assurance Society, in which it
was brought out to show the conditions
developed in the testimony given
before the committee.
No substantial amplification of the
powers of the department seems necessary
according, to the committee,
which holds that most of the evils
which have been disclosed by the investigation
would have been impossible
had there been a vigorous performance
cf the duties already laid upon
the insurance department.
The remedial legislation commended
by the committee proves for -the
safeguarding of rights of policy holders
in mutual companies in the election
of directors; recommends that
stock companies be given authority
to retire their stock and become mutual
companies, but that such mutualization
shall not be compulsory; various
regulations are urged to prevent
unwise investments and improper
syndicate operations; the sale of
prohibited securities within five years
is advocated; a recommendation for
the limiting of new business to $150, ,
000,OUO a year is maae. ine committee
favors the prohibition of contributions
by insurance companies for
political purposes; lobbying is condemned
and the wisdom of economical
management is urged, but the committee
does not deem it advisable
that the legislature should attempt to
prescribe the expenditures of insur[
ance companies.
Further recommendation are made
on the valuation of politics, surrender
values, surplus, forms of policies
and publicity of all facts pertaining to
a company's business.
to the penal code is recommended to
provide that the person receiving a
rebate should be equally guilty with
the one who gives it In its detailed
report of the investigation of the companies,
the committee says that the
acts of the mutual insurance companies
should be thoroughly examined
in order that the extent to which
moneys have been misapplied ;and the
responsibility for any misappropriation
which may be shown may be determined.
reunion date unchanged.
Confederate Vets Will Gather in New
Orleans on Schedule Time.
The dates for the confederate reunion
to be held in New Orleans April
25, 26 and 27 have not been changed,
as has been erroneously published.
At a meeting of the local committee
Thursday the following was given
out:
"The attention of the committee being
called to a conflict of dates between
those of the reunion and the
date of Memorial Day in certain states,
it was moved and carried that the
matter be referred to Genial Stephen
D. Lee, with the statement that it is
the sense of the committee that it
is impracticable at this late day to 1
change the date of the - reunion."
Adjutant General Mickle said he had '
authorized no announcement of a
change of dates.
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WOMAN ADMINISTERED OATH. ;
Alabama New Chief Justice is sworn
in at Montgomery.
Judge Weakly, the newly appointed
chief justice of the supreme court
of Alabama, took the oath before Miss
Mamie Offut, a notary in the office of
the governor at Montgomeiy Thurs- ,
day. He at once announced for elec- ,
tion to the position next fall. j
MOB EASILY DISPERSED.
Crowd Had Gathered to Lynch Negro
in Shreveport Jail.
A mob gathered abcut the jail at
Shrsveport, l.a., wecmesaay ior me
purpose of lynching the negro, Coleman,
who killed a school girl. The
militia cn guard dispersed the mob '
without serious trouble. The grand
jury met at noon to act on Coleman's
case, and an indictment quickly followed.
HOUSE SNUBS GEORGE.
Motion to Adjourn In Honor of the
Birthday of Father of His C:untry
is Voted Down.
The house of representatives re
fused to adjourn in celebration oT.
Washington's birthday and its members
participated in a general field
day of debate on the army appropriation
bill.
The speeches took a wide range.
First, the system of promoting and %
retiring army officers was attacked ^
by Mr. Prince of Illinois, who elicted
many interjeoted comments from
members in disapproval of the methods
for which he said the president %
and senate were responsible, and
which, he painted out, has resulted 31
in a retired list, costing yearly $2,700,- '
000, consisting of officers who, he said, |jl
were holding the flag with one hand ^
while the other was in the treasury
for money that had never been earned. .
An exhaustive discussion of ship Jf
subsidy was made . by Mr. Gilbert of :|J
Kentucky, who declared the American
merchant marine is now the finest of
any nation, and included the 136 Mor- <|||
gan ships under the British and Ger- v'.$||
man flags. In case of war, he said,
their only protection would be the
United States, wherein belonged their
owners and the capital invested. 4
Mr. Clark of Florida made a
speech against the house organization
and was replied to by Mr. Grosve-' ./-J?
nor of Ohio. Mr. Clark dwelt at length
on the merits of his bill, which prohibits
internal revenue officers from ^
receiving special taxes and granting
liquor licenses in prohibition or lo* -^|8
cal option sections.
Illustrating the necessity of the
measure, he said that in prohibition
Maine in 1904, 640 federal liquor It
nencjeq wArft issued, in 1905, 3,024
were issued iu Kansas, also a prowhition
state, and that in Conneclcut, ->;Jag
not prohibition, in 1905, 3,2-69 federal .
licenses were issued, while the &tate ; ; '-j|
licenses numbered 2,19-1.
Mr. Clark's criticism of the rules ' s&jffl
was the subject of reply by Grosvenor,
who cited the record to show that
there had been more debate so far this
session-of congress than ever before,
and contrasted it with a session of \^Jg|
congress controlled by the democrats,
when, he pointed out, a bill repeal* -'|||
ing the resumption act and making .:<J6
paper money equal to gold; a bill for
the free coinage of silver and an appropriation
act carrying $19,000,000 |
were ail passed without a single word
of debate.
Mr. Clark interrupted eo ovuuc um? - j~,
ten day6 of debate at the present sea* sion
was on a bill unanimously re* '- gMM
ported and favored by both political \J|8
parties, and on which no debate was
necessary. } "'taB
"0, yes," replied Mr. Grosvenot, .
"members tbcught debate very ne> y^BB
essary for their constituents. I made
one speech myself, but I don't think , '$3m
it did a particle of good. (Laughteo)
'T am exceedingly sorry that it did
not avail in the gentleman's case,"
replied Mr. Clark, amid applause.
The day concluded with a lively discussion
of the Payne customs bouse
WORK OF FIRE IN 'FRISCO. '
Power Plant Burned, Entailing Low
of Nearly a Million.
A flre Thursday in the central sta- ^?|jS
nf tho San Francisco Gas and hUflj
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Electric company caused a loss esttmated
at nearly a million dollars, be- "-vfjH
sides crippling many commercial and ' . fj
manufacturing establishments. All ol
the evening papers were without pow- J||
er, and after a long delay succeeded < *
in securing power from nearby plants. Jj|
TWO BAD PRISONERS ESCAPE. ^||
James Coieatao and Jesse Harris
Break Jail at Greensboro, Ala.
James Coleman, under sentenoe ol
death for mauder, and Jesse Harris,
charged with xnarder, escaped from ' VJI
jati at Greensboro, Ala., Thursday
night by picking locks of their ceUs
and digging through walls. '
PRESIDENT HIGHLY ELATED. '
Greatly Pleased at Turn Taken by ths tJ|j
Hepburn Rate Bill.
President Roosevelt is said to be
[n excellent spirits over the favorable
report of the Hepburn railroad rate ,-j9
bill by the senate committee on inter*
state commerce.
The president is delighted," is the :
way Representative Hepburn, the
author of the measure puts it. .
"The president is greatly pleased,", *
said Senator Dolllver, a member of
Lhe senate committee, after his con- a?
ferar.oe with President Roosevelt
SONS OF VETS CALLED.
Will Meet With Their Confederate
Sires at New Orleans. M
In general orders ;No. 5, issued
at Montgomery, Ala., Dr. Thomas M.
Owen, commander in chief of the
United Sens of Confederate Veterans,
calls the eleventh annual reunion of
the organization for New Orleans, on -J
davs icining with the United Confed- ;
erate Veterans?April 25, 25 and 2T? yp|j
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