The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, January 14, 1909, Image 1
?AT, JANUAKY 14, 1909
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Tbe npnintoodeBt of ? ?
HtHaUBiy, Capt. IX J.GdflHb, kaa
Mphtid his annul report on
ecipts and expenditures for tlM year
1906k The peport shows that vnder
lbs prssant official fores His institu
tion has ??"" * sbls noMy
and ths affairs were eondneted en the
aast businesslike basis Ths sbowinf
it all tbe more remarkable becaaae~of
ths dsstraetion of the August freshet.
Tbe statement c? tbe caak oa hand
and ths expenditures U given as fol
Cash on band De
cember 31st,
year 1008. . . .f20.262.24
Cash reeeipts for
year 1908. . . . 85,795.43 ?"
$115,017.72
Expenditure* ?
Expenses for year 1908,
eash. . $ 63,669.00
Permanent improment, .
1908.. .. 10,956.29
$74,025.29
Cash balance on band De
cember 31, 1908 40^92.43
197 bales eotton on band
December 31, 1908. ..... 13365.00
Aceouhts due snd available .5,000.00
Total on band and available $68,757.43
Ths perms nent improvements in
clude the reformatory building at the,
Lexington farm, costing $4,347.89;
boiler room at same, $1,875; beds for
re forms tory, $1,003.29; South Carb
lina Industrial school at Florence,
$543.98; Rcid farm mill,, $530; mill
equipment, $113.70; also repairs to
women 'a building at the State prison
and varioua incidental expenses ioei
dent to heeping up the penitentiary
buildings snd outbuildings, making
ths totsl of $10,956.29 for permanent
Improvements.
By the flBod the oiite penitrntfiiy
farms lost about 20,00 bushels of corn
a a well aa five or 10 tons of hay, and
had it not been for this disaster ths
profit from tbe penitentisry this yesr
wenld have been at leaat $75,000. As
it is the showing of the yesr is the
best in the history of the ipetution.
Andsrson Fanner Suicides.
Anderson, Special. ? News reached
the city Sundsy of a suicide, which ,
occurred in the northern section of I
Gsrvin township, nesr the Pickens
county line Saturday. Mr. W. A. i
Young, a white man about 60 years!
eld, with spparently no reason except
that he was tired of life, slashed his
throat with a razor and was found by
members of his family a short dis
tsnce from the house gasping for
breath. He was taken into the house
and died within a very short tiifie'. Mr.
Young was a farmer and last year ,
was a tenant on the plantation of Dr. |
W. A. Tripp. ?
Laurens Merchant Fail*. ,
Laurens, Special.-- -Former State!
Senator O. P. Goodwin, fanner and
merchant, Saturday made a general
assignment for tMrbeneflt of his cred- 1
Itors. Robt. A. Cooper of the firm of
Simpson, Cooper & Babb, attorneys,
being the asaignee. Aaseta oomists of |
two farm* Ind some aurburban town
property, including a store house. The ,
?ehedule of liabilities if incomplete |
hut MV. Goodwin 'a friends believe he
will be able to save his home. How
ever, it ia made without reservation,!
the homeetead privelege being waived |
and dower rights renounced by Mi*.
Goodwin. It is practically certain
that creditors will be paid in full.
Governor Calls For Contributions.
Columbia, Special.-J-Governor An
sel Tuesday afternoon iaaued an ap
peal to the people of the State to con- ,
tribute to the relief of the Itslian
earthquake sufferers through ths ,
South Caroling representstives of the )
Red Cross. Governor Anael himself i
bat sent forward a contribution, j
which was acknowledged in a dispatch
from an Italian newspaper.
Fir* Hear Rock Hffl.
Rock Hill, Special.? The home of
Mr. Will Biggers, situsted on ? his
farm, about four miles north of the
city, with sll its contents, was burned
Wednesday night between 10 and 11
o'clook. Mr. Ed Biggers was the only
person at home and he awoke barely
in time to save his life. The Ore
caught nesr the chimney in the roof
snd the falling timbers waked the
sleeper. The inaursnce csrried on the
house and furniture is not more than
50 per cent of the value and Mr. Big
gers' loss is consequently hesvy.
Raiding Blind Tigers.
Spaftanburg, Special. ? The police
of Spartanburg, who have been active
in running down blind tigers, b*v*
commenced to put on ITSe screws tight
er. This yesr promises to be a hard
one for the dealers in liquor. Mayor
Floyd has employed seversl plain
clothes men to aid the regular mem
ber* of the police force in enforcing
the law. Several arrests hsve been
made within the last twenty-four
bourn.
Omrlaaton, SpedaL? A _
?ad wny And was made Wadan
daj afternoon by Sexton Conklin in
?mm marsh land jmfettt of the 8t
Lanrsiiea Cemetery, when be stumbled
over the partial skeleton of a human i
beings scattered in pieoea oyer thov
ground. Immediately after the dia
eovery Mr. Conklin oommunieated
with tike eoroner. The thigh and ahin
bonea,. together with a portion of the
tew bones of the skeleton were found
qrini vithin a distance of three feet
apart. Nearby a eoat, hat and lady's
in evidence, wrapped up
in i part of a sheet very mueh dt
eayed and covered with quicklime.
Further on a paint brush was also
picked dp. The eoroner was at a^
loss to aay whether any foul work
had been done or not. That the
ghaatly object was not there last Sun
day afternoon is positively stated by
the sexton, who had occasion to in
spect that part of the grounds at that
time.
Knifed to the Heart.
Columbia, Special. ? What promises
to turn out a sensational scandal is
the finding . Sunday afternoon of the
body of Mr. Mann Phillips, a promi
nent young Oconee man, two miles
south of the town of Walhalla, with
a knife wound in his heart. Very
meagre details have reached here so
far' about the tragedy, but it is evi
dent that Oconee county is jjreatly
stirred up over the killing. Enogh
evidence has been gathered to warrant
the arrest of two prominent young
men for the murder, De Witt snd Cleo
Vandiver, of Westminster. The
theory is that young Phillip's body
had been earned to the spot where it
was found after he had been murder
ed. He was not armed and had on
bia heavy driving gloves and an over
coat. It is believed htf has been dead
since Hiunday night.
Triad to Shoot grain Hand.
Blacksburg, Special. ? On Sunday
night three boys got on a freight train
at Gastonia and proceeded to beat
their way South. On the way to
Bessemer a train hand was walking
the top of the cars back to the cab
and the three boy tramps shot at him.
One of them, Charley, Boy les, was
lying ? flat on top tff?a^tSir shooting
when the conductor came ap behind
and secured him and brought him on
to Blacksburg, where he was locked
up. A deputy came down from Gas
tonia and carried him back to jail in
Dallas. He gave the names of the
other bays who had escaped. They
have probably been caught by this
time.
Three Persons Faint in Court. I
Spartanburg, Special. ? Laboring
under intense ipental strain, three
Grsons, closely identified with cases
ing tried in the court of general
sessions, fainted in tho court house
Wednesday. They were: MfsT M. E.
Loopcr of Greenville, appearing as
complainant against Oulla and Dan
iels; Elmore Daniels, defending him
self on the chsrgo of defrauding Mrs.
Looper of $2,600, and Mrs. S. S
Tiner, wife of the Pacolet man who if
being tried for the murder of Ed.
Kirby.
Farm Product*.
The report of Commissioner Wat
son to tbs Legislature puts the total
value of farm products in the 8tatr
for 1008 at something over $118,000,
000 exclusive of cotton and live stock
and live stock products. The yeai
just closed will also be a bumper cot
ton year, the yield going over a mil
lion and a quarter bales.
- - $000,000 For Good Roads.
Spartanburg, Special ? At a well at
tended meeting of representative cit
isens of Spartanburg county Tuesday,
a resolution was passed suggesting to
tho Spartanburg delegation that s
bill be introduced authorising an elec
tion to vote on the question of issuing
bonds in the sum of $500,000 for the
purpose of building good roads in the
county.
Spartanburg Levy Filed.
Spartaaburg, Special. ? The board
of connty commissioners have asked
the Spartanburg delegation to the
Legislature for a levy of 5 1-2 mill*
for this year. The commissioner*
pledged themselves not to go outside
the amount tb be raised by this levy,
provided the delegation made sucl
provisions as they deem necessary tc
pay off the present floating indebted
ness. Tho indebtedness is betweer
one hundred and fifty and two hun
dred thousand dollars.
Quake in Chester County?
| Chester, Special. ? Some of the cit
isens of Lewis snd other sections o1
the country think they felt a sligh*
earthquake shock lsst week at about
the same time that the great Italia?1
disaster occurred, and wh^le no dam?
age resulted to life or property, w<
understand that the quiver was quit<'
perceptible and caused considerabh
alarm in certain quarters. ,
Cm it WI, Smmu SU to
Death.
OTHER TWO GOOD FOR 20 YEARS
IMfaa Ac Hnr Trimi OnriiM ?
T^? of th? flick* to SmiOTMii
to Pitoi lihf Bauwy of Oxto
iuliW Tfeir Oiftm.
Union City, Tenn., Special. ? With ?
verdict of gnSIty in varying, degree
the jury in tha night-rider trials re
port id at 8:49 p. m. Thursday.
The twelve men fonnd Garret John
spa, Tid Burton, Boy Hansom, Fred
Pineon, Arthur Cloar and Sam Apple
white guilty of murder in the first de
gree with mitigating eireumstanees,
and Bud Morris and Bob Huffman,
the other defendants, guilty af mur
der in the second degree and fixed
their punishment at twenty years in
the penitentiary. The punishment of
the six first named defendants was
left to the court and may be death ox
life imprisonment. The defense filed
a motion for a new trial which was
set for hearing Saturday and which
will be overruled, aa indicated by the
eourt when sentence will bepronoune
ed. The court will sentnece the six
first named defendants to death.
Thus is ended, in the lower court,
one of th* most vigorously contested
j^nd notable criminal trials ever heard
in this 8tate, the outcome of a reign
of lawlessness, the culminating act of
which being that of which men were
found, guilty, calling forth the muster- ]
ing of the militia of the State, under ,
the personal direction of Governor
Patterson, to the aid of the civil
authorities in the ferret in?r out and
the taking into custody of thoso who
were charged with the commission of
the crime, the so-called "night-rider
clan" of Reel Foot lake.
The operations' of the night-rider
bsnd began with the burning of fish
doteks ettending to the inflicting of
corporsl unishment on those whom the
leadors in their counsels demed guilty
of actions in opposition to the wishes
of the clan, finding a climax in the
lynching of Captain Kanken.
MRS. ERB A, FREE WOMAN.
With Her Sister She is Acquitted of
the Murder of Oapt. J. Clayton Erb
by a Jury in Meida Court.
Media, Pa., Special. ? Mrs. Florence
M. Erb, wife of Capt. J. Clayton Erb,
and her sister, Mrs. Catherine Beigell,
who were charged with the sensation
al murder of Captain Erb on the night
of October 4th, 1908, Thursday walk
ed from tho Dcleware county court
house free women. After tho jury
had been out nearly eighteen hours it
brought in a verdict of not guilty in
the case of each woman, both of
whom had been charged separately
and jointly with the shooting of the
captain.
During the morning the jury filed
into court and asked for further in
strustions on the question of self
defense, soon word cams from the
Juhy room that the men bad agreed.
Tho defendants were sent for at
onoe, but there was a few minutes'
delay before they arrived.
When the foreman announced the
verdiet of aoquittal there was a sec
ond 'a pause, a dead silence and then
with half a scream, the sisters fell
in each other's arms. Women wept
as they looked st the pathetic scene.
In an instant the women were sur
rounded by their frien4* and attor
neys and overwhelmed with' congratu
lations.
Fnnd Distributed.
Durham, N. C., Special. ? The larg
est per capita distribution of school
funds in the history of the State was
made Wednesday by the county
Board of Education. It "was |4 for
every child attending school. Forty
thousand dollars wai apportioned to
the publie schools of the county. Dur
ham leads the State in this respect
Bared By a Parrot.
Naples, By Cable. ? Queen Helena is
taking particular interest in a six
year-old girl who was rescued from
the ruins under remarkahlo eireum
stanees. While some Italian sailors
at Messina were climbing over wreck
age tbev heard weak cries of "Maria I
Maria I" After much work they
reached a room where they found a
parrot continuing to utter cries of
''Maria." The seamen turned to
leave, but ns the uariot persisted in
its cries, they brolte into an adjoin
ing room and found a girl lying sense
less. She and the parrot were taken
on board the battleship Regina Elena.
Hill Pays Carnegie's Oift.
Berlin, By Coble. ? David Jayne
Hill, the American Ambassador, paid
into the Seehondlung Hank, Wednes
day Andrew Carnegie's gift of $125,
000 to tho Koch Institute for Tuber
culosis Research. Mr. Hill also com
municated to the president of the in
stitute Mr. Carnegie's cordial ac
knowledgement of the gratification he
felt upon having been elected an hon
orary member and his good wishes for
the success of so benefioient a work.
IK NEWS M BRIEF
Wire and G*le
emma mum to my
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Uvi Mpi Ooratai Btnto ?f lfeit
?r Lm> Xntamft H Bnm tat
AteMi %
Washington, N. C, had a $20,000
nam Fndij morning.
The United State# Ms the world
in the production of lead.
- The eleven-year-old eon of Wm.
rillmui, of Chatham County, commit
ted suicide with a (on last week,
because his father punished him.
Si* Tennessee night riders have
beep convicted of murder in the
Jrst degree and two in the second
degree, with Jury penalty of 20 years
imprisonment, all for the murder of
Capt. Rankin.
Sheriff Van Pelt, of Pcnsacola, has
had to stop street cat* from nmning
on Sunday to conform* to1 the law. ,
The Virginia Portland Cement Co.
has started up in foil Torce again,
with 500 hands and ' hfcpes to double
its force soon. vl
Hampton, Va., voted on Wednes- I
day to issue $100,000 ip bonds foj
sity purposes.
An address from the people of
8pflttsylvania, Va., will be issued
soon, calling on the people of the na~
tion to nnite in erecting a grand mon
ument at Bloody Angfe, in honor of
Gens. R. E. Leo and U. 8. Grant.
Hon^ John S. Henderson, reeeiver,
announces that affairs at Whitney,
N. C., will soon be straightened out
and woA will begin on the great
electric power plant.
The American Battle Fleet, as soon
as it came out of the Suez canal,
tendered its services to Italian au
thorities to aid at Seicily but were
declined because not needed.
Hon. Bert M. Fernald was inaugu
rated Thursday as governor of the
State of Georgia. jF
Hon. Oben S. Draper took his seat
as Governor of Massachusetts on
Thursday. The inaugural assembly
*as unprecedented. ]
, The North Garolina legislature lias
increased the salary of- the Governor
from $4,000 to $6,000.
The annual ineome. of the late
CUu8 Speckles is
$275,000 per month. Pending the
probate of the will the widow is to
have $4,000 per month.
Dr. Roseburgh of the Jefferson Med
ical College, Philadelphia, has made
a wonderful discovery about tuber
culosis germs, and hopes soon that an
anti-toxinc will be in use to which the
dread disease will yield.
The South Carolina Penitentiary
shows a net balance of $20,495.19 fori
I907' nfter losinff about
fl 5,000 by flood and making perma
nent improvements to the extent
of nearly $11,000.
Half starved dogs in the stricken
cities of Italy are dangerous to the
crippled, and they eat the dead like
hyenaa.
The next meeting of the Cotton
Manufacturing Association will be
held in Richmond, Va., on the 4th
Tuesday in May.
A head-on collision occurred on
th? Southern at Canegte Tuesday, in
which Ave persons were hurt, one of
them probably fatally.
A late pitched battle between vig
ilantes from Mexioan ranehee near
the California line and a party of
?tock thieves resulted in the kilUnc
of the four thieves.
The Virginian Railroad Is now open
from Norfolk through Roanoke, Va.,
320 mile*
James Treanor, a printer, was
burned to death with the loss by Are
of Central Hotel, Covington, Tenn.,
on Tuesday. A score of others made
narrow escapcs.
Senor Castro Venezuela's deposed
ruler, is fast recovering from an
operation, which he has undergone in
Berlin, and has promise of health.
Congress has appropriated $800,
000 to the earthquake suerers in
Itsly.
A semi-annual dividend of 3 1-2
per cent on North Carolina Railroad
stock was declared at Greensboro on
Tuesday.
A sanatorium^ for consumptives hai
been opened atr Red Springs, a Vir
ginia mountain summer resort.
C. P. King, famous in finance, wa*
convicted of larceny in Boston. He
gave bail of $35,000, and came out
of jail, but soon one of the suretie?
surrendered him to custody again.
Tie is in jail.
A convention of the Virginia ami
Carolina Hotel Association convened
at the Jefferson, Richmond, Va., on
Wednesday.
Congressmen will be limited this
season to 10,000 packages of vege
fable seeds to send to their consti
tuents instead of 12,5000 as before
500 packa/es of flower seeds are still
allowed to each.
The Brownsville trouble which has
been so much agitated, has cost $15,
100. and the end is not yet.
It is reported that Geo. F,. Milton,
of the Knoxvilte Sentinel, has pur
chased the CI ittanooga News con
sideration, $175,000.
PRESIDENT DEFENDS
no roMoon as 10 xcrct acr
^ . vice Irregularities
GIVES INS ANSWER TO CONGRESS
;? \
Holi ltiroadeziuod ud MUquoWd
nu Great Bmm| for Oomti 11
Good Work of Boeret flenrloo? It
b ? Koco*ity--IJrie? Frneot R?
?tricttoaa Jtafcowd.
. Spseial. ? Unusual at
BB ?? P?u in lh? Hou?. <5
Reprwentative. Monday t0 the nJf
m* of . message from the fCjC
32sc to ? a?* of tEr&r;
"Wp? npon bin for an .??/.. :V?:?
*?? ?XR8S
Nf ijg jrsstfsrs.'r
loT^"dfn? T^'"" reference*
V Measrs. Taw
sSrtCT J} ??e,fUi S,ni",? ot Iowa ;
New vLk e? ,, 5'.V*nd
I the ??????(? f" provision for
Um ?? operations of
X^a^o* 7r.%XdiX
?Cm oMsP?Cr "rheT' 2**^ "
oed KPvtroi #- . 0 8P*aker ran.
iped se\era] dmes vigorously for or
I 3a says:
I ?*??,! ?? ot a loss to under
lain*! concluding portion of the
resolution. I have made no charges
ftgajnst con^r
So?? If T T??ber ?/ the P^nt
ruDO^n -Li Pr0?f of 8uch cor"
Sf ? a?ectln* a?y member of the
Federal11 " to ^ich t?e
Ltt? J?L'rnment baa jurisdiction,
I""''0* Wo?!d -t once be brought, as
Mitefe?*. '3 ih? CMCS of Senators
I tatives Willi on? _and Represen
Dri?^ S^SST": ?ermann- and
i/nggs, at different times sinee T
I ^T?. This woali
Sn f "y duty in the *?
I 2?i? i enforcement of the laws
without respect to persons. But I Jo
OT thfir " .WiVhin ,he Province
the President to
report to the House "alleged delin
| qnence... of members ?
%? czn,pL a?!inn" "f ? n>c?
r 111 ms official capacity." The
membership of the House is by the'
er nf h n p,aced wUhin the pgw
er of the House alone. In the prose
mentV thCn.nUna,Suand the enfo"?'
L laW8 the Presi<lent must
stJtH." 8 of ths Unitefl
s J?* ?,rTe8ident quotes from his mes
inSni^a. ? j -yearLan amendment was
inirforHi 10 ! measure provid
^fj0r#,th? ?ecret service, which pro
from th* I"6 8h?U,d bo no deta?l
/CCref 8cmce and no trans
rinSStft^m T,,at ftct he doims
anT thor f* efflCIenCV ?f tbo 8ervicc
and therefore was of interest chiefly
<o wrong doers. 7
th?? * ^rbade the practices
that had been followed to a greater
or lesseotent by the exeet.tive^head,
years Ta t1epartment.3 for twenty
years. To these practices we owe the
ST* ?f ]h.e 6vidence "hi<* cn!
of hn.?" 7* 81:601 lotteries out
I bSSSTS ?ind W a <uart" ot
a million doUars in fines from their
ahlS ? j*ie Praotices have en
a ft*d Au* to di?cover some of the
tTofi wuVfP0.? in conn?c
land .n ] J ?/ Rovermnent
?i ^overnment timber by great
SB"*K and individual..
Anew practices have enabled tis to
Jf t.b# ?videnco indispens
ntV"?TAtLt0 ,ecure tbe wnvietion
JiiJLj T#a , !e,t ,nd mo,t formidable
has to* d?n k 7u?H the R?vernnaont
oas to deal, both those operating in
othere!0" ?f tb# ftnti"tro8t and
He refers to the fact that through
be secret service both a senator and
ITEY? <?ere c?nvicted of
ahnd ;raud8 in Oregon. He believes
u-Ij a i Roverament should be al
li ?il?i,,?ale a11 branches, but
pleads that Congressmen might be
?ut eutHnJ^S ?n i? de8ired' with
out cutting off so much of the power
of the secret service as to cripple its
usefulness in other spheres.
that AT ?j*or?9ly that he said
wif^ ? k^?i y ?.f con*?** did not
want to be investigsted and says on
tho contrary I have always not onlv
Hepr?Ciated but. vigorously resented
Practice of indiscriminate attack
Con5rCM- and indiscriminate
trJ'lT? ?f aU r<5nRressmen.
St^i flt ftnd "nflt, good
thmn T ?i a - one realizes more
than I the importance of co-operation
between the Executive and Congress,
and no one holds tbo authority nnd
dignify of the Congress of tho United
Mates in higher respect than I do. I
arc not the slightest sympathy with
the practice of judging men, for good
or for ill, not on their several merits,
but in a mnss, as member* of one par
ticular body or one caste.
In defense of his terms in the mcs
*age that argument in f?vor of the
Co?*~m?n
wuh '? ?>? in
I5l x !* ?*?ret Mrrid qcb. h?
2?? '? 'Mi that when
'2? P*?"** "*? Wo* dUeimed I be
**** *? ?"?. ?? n. b,
a SL2tTT " <We?
?fj ????? ?? Mji In would n?(
E^Le'S^T .. . artie
lea, bat for the fact that it is de
manded.
the folio wi up
from the CteafO Inter-Ocean. written
fctwa Washington by L W. Busby
imrrta see ret a 17 to tbe Speaker of
?ho House:
He (the chief of the divisionn
?nd his men art deairons of doine
the secret deteetive work for the
whole government, and are not par
ticular about drawing the Jine be
tween the lawmakers and the law
weaker*. They are ready to ahsd
fonu?r a? well a? the latter."
Then, after saying that Congress
will insist thr.t the men shall only be
wed to stop counterfeiting. the ar
Uelo goes on: ?
_ dor* not to bsrr
e V anj oth*r fctod of inin
'r?;?,Apoh? be used by the ex
ecutive departments sgalnst the legis
lsUve branch of the government S
& nd ? " -???
that it has been so used iweently. ?
c?. legislative b?neh of tht
government will not tolerste tbe meO
dling of detectivea, whether tbe\
represent the President, Cabinet o?
ncers, or only themselves ? ? ?
Congressmen resented the secret in
terference of the secret srvicc men
ho for weeks shsdowed some of the
?US S^>Tted*mVnbIn ot th? House
snd Senate. ? ? ? Wh*n :*
mere*?* thlt ***** eerriee men
mere shadowing Congressmen there
T.nifi ["Ration at the
capitol find I the bureau came near
cut^oi ? ^ "d lh* aPProP"at'on
5? k ? \ ! M mother time
r?? u a Wcret wrvic? had his
men shadow Congressmen with a view
IoJm u,* t,bem in sandals that
would enable the bureau to dictate to
them as to the price of silence ? ?
- me secret service men nave
shown an inclination again to shad
thL"^^. ?f Con*r"*> hnowinp
them to b? law-makers, and this if
ZJ? \ f?"1 of "?a departments
have asked Congress for secret fundf
for investigation, and the Treasury
Department wants the limitation re
moved from the appropriation for sun
pressing counterfeiting. This show*
a tendency toward Foucheism and
ihuShSjt* "* ?"1" oflki?l? ?.?
This the President considers an
index to what seems an enimus o I
tongress to the secret service.
? k^Vu6" ?My,: "In eonnection with
he Nebraska prosecution the gov
ernment has by decree secured the
?n,rn *ke government of over a
million acres of graring land; in Col
orndo of more than 2,000 acres of
mineral land, and suits are now pen
dlHfr involving 150,000 acres more."
/ The President follows with a Jong
list of crimes against the government
brought out in his administration
through the secret service detectives
?n which even wealthy men have been
punished with fine and imprisonment.
He then specifies o number of con
victions by the secret servioe sueh as
the selling of fraudulent naturalisa
tion papers, (which congress has
since remidied except that the appro
priations are still too low for full
effectiveness. Green and Gaynor
have been brought to justice and are
in prison. In the State of Nebraska
alone sixty defendants were indicted :
and of tho thirty-two cases thus for
brought to trial twentj-eigbt have
rosulted in conviction,
The secret service was nsed to as*
sist in the investigation of crimes
under the peonage laws, and owing
partly thereto numerous convictions
were secured and the objectionable
practice was practically stamped out,
at least in many districts. The most
extensive smuggling of silk and
opium in the history of tho Treasury
Department was investigated by
agents of tho socret service in Now
York and Seattle and a successful
prosecution of ths offenders under
taken. Assistance of the utmost val
ue was rendered to tbe Department of
Justice in the beef trust investiga
tion st Chicago, prosecutions we*t
followed up and fines inflicted. The
eotton-leak scandal in the Agricul
tural Department was investigated
and the responsible parties located.
The destruction of tho Honduras
lottery Company, the successor to
tho Louisiana Lottery was affected
and $300,000 fines collected. The ink
fraud contract in the Durcaij of Print
ing was discovered and $100,000 a
year was saved, while the total ex
penses for the official and field force
of the gecret service hat year was
$1 35,000.
Tho President says: "Such a body
us the secret service, ?uch a body of
trained investigating i.gents, occupy
ing a permanent position in the gov
-rnment Mrviee, and separate from
oeal investigating forces in different
department, is an absolute necessity
f the best work in to be done against
>riminaK It is by far the moat eA
ilftt instrument possible to use
igainst crime." He avers that Cdn
rress should hold itself in readiness to
nrestigate the executive department
it any time, and adds that any. abuse
of the service employes themselves
should bo vigorously prosecuted.
He says: "To use the secret service
n the investigation of purely private
-?r political matters would be a groas
ibuse. But there has been no single
.nstance of su<h abuse during my term
is president.
In eonclnsion, he says, "I most ear
nestly ask, in the name of good gov
ernment and dcccnt administration, in
he name of honesty and for the pur
'?os$ of bringing to justice violators
of the Federal laws wherever they
ray be found, whether in public or
private life, that the action taken by
the House last year be reversed. When
this action was taken, the Senate com
mittee. tinder the load of the late Sen
ator Allistcr, having before it a strong
1y worded ptotest (Appendix D) from
Secretary Cortelyou like that he had
nent to Mr. Tawncv, accepted the Sec
retary's views; and the Senate passed
the bill in the chape presented by 8cn
ntor Allison. In the conference, how
ever, the House conferees insisted on
the retention of the provision they
had inserted, and the Senate yielded.
The chief of the secret servicc is
paid a salary utterly inadequate to
the importance of his functions and to
the admirable way in which he has
performed them. I earnestly urge
that it be increased to $0,000 per an
num. I also urge that the secret ser
vice be placed where it properly be
longs, and made a bureau in the De
partment of Justice, as the chief of
the secret service has repeatedly re
quested; but whether this is done 01
not, it should be explicitly provided
that, the secret servicc con be used to
detect and punish crime wherever it
is /ound.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The Whife House, January 4th,
1900.
Stamp Clerk Short in His Accounts,
Anniston, Ala., Special ? According
to a statement of postofliec inspectors
here Wednesday, Ed D. Smith, stamp
clerk in the Anniston postofllce, who
suddenly left here Saturday night,
was short in his accounts between
$1,800 and $2.00(V It is said that
friends of the young man will make
good the shortage. Nothing has been
heard from Smith since the recepit
of a letter MVmday, saying that he
left because he could not stand
trouble. He was last seen in Bir
mingham Sunday night.
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Montana on Endurance Test.
Norfolk, Va., Special. ? The cruiser
Montana left here Monday on an en
durance run of several days which
will bring her back to Hampton
Roads to join the North Carolina
after repairs to the latter. Both
cruisers will then proceed to Charles*
toll from which point Presidentelect
Taft will start for Panama.
ihftft at Fort Mahone.
Petersburg, Va,, Special. ? Pennsyl*
Y?nia i* having oreoted on tbo cite of
Fort Mahone, in Prince Oeorge couq?
ty, a granite shaft in honor of the
memberi of the Third Division, Ninth
Army Corps, who were killed in bat*
tie in front of Petersburg during the
Civil War. Tho shaft is 00 feet
high and is of Bnrre granite It will
be unveiled in May next, at which
time an address will be ramie by tho
President of tb9 United States.
Wilbur Wright Smashes All Aero*
piano Records.
Lemans, France, By Cable. ? Wil.
bur Wright, the American aeroplanist,
beat all previous aeroplane records
here Thursday with a magnificent
flight that lasted for two hours, and
nine minutes. He covered officially a
distance of 73 mtyfcs, but as a matter
of fact, counting the wide curves, he
made over 00 miles. Mr Wright's
feat was the more remarkable because
of the intense cold. AtVor breaking
the record Mr. Wright wtnt aloft
again with M. Barthou as a passen
ger.
Tour States Go Dry.
State-wide prohibition laws went
into effect Friday in three Southern
States, North Carolina, Mississippi
and Alabama. Georgia is 'the only
other Stato wherein statutory prohib
ition exists, the law having been in
operation ono year.
Burton Named For Senator.
Coluirbtu?, O., Special. ? Theodore
Burton of Cleveland was named as the
next senator from Ohio by the Repub
lican senatorial caucus Saturday.
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