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GANG RAPPED
BY ROOSEVELT
President Gives Explicit Orders to
Probe Cotton Leak Scandal.
A CAUSTIC ARRAIGNMENT
Crooked Work of Holmes Designated as
Worse Than Stealing--Instructions
to the Attorney General.
ITeaidon: Roosevelt h;.s determined
that tlii' < audit! growing out of ihe
cm: ton report leaks la t!ie department
of ugrieui;ure M.ai.l Lo probed to the
bottom. lie holds tha* the man or
men re.tponHible for the leaks are
even in a gieatcr degree culpable
than they would iiuve keen had they
stolen money outright Jn-iri tue gov
ernmen . >i> propwae. 1 that Assistant
Statistician Heines, against whom se¬
rious allegations are made, shaii be
punished if It shall be found possible
lo M-ente his arrest, and conviction
under jir< sent iaws.
The pri sldent has followed nil* ,
work of tiie investigation conducted
by Score ary Wilson with keen inter¬
est. The general results have been
pn sen ed to him. together with su£h
reeoniniendations ns Secretary Wil¬
son hud to make. The president took
prompt and decisive action. He re¬
ferred the mater to the department
of justice, with mat rue Ions that ft
should be givi a immediate and care¬
ful attention. In a< eordaui e with
that order, Solicitor General Holt is
making a thorough inquiry into the
case.
To reinforce his formal order, Pres¬
ident Roosevelt wrote the following
pointed letter to Attorney General
Moody:
“My Dear Mr. Moody: 1 most earn¬
estly hope every effort will he made
to bring Holmes to justice in connec¬
tion with the cotton report scandal.
1’lense go over the papers yourself.
The man is, in my judgment, a far
greater scoundrel than if he had stol¬
en money from the government, as
ho used the government to deceive
outsiders and to make money for him
self and for others. Hineorolv vours.
Hill, s lot*
4 <^al biuoiiy replied;
Mr. President; I have received your
letter July 12. and note with care the
anxiety you express t.liat Holmes, the
trending official In the cotton case,
be brought to justice, if possible. 1
have kept, through correspondence
witli tin* solicitor general, In close
touch with this investigation. It
shall receive my most earnest per¬
sonal attention. 1 will not now ex- !
.
press an opinion, as j ’ n
to await the result of some investiga¬
tions now in progress in the depart¬
ment of justice. At the first season¬
able moment, I wil] communicate to
you the progress we have made and
the prospect of indictments. Very re
specially. WILLIAM II. MOODY.”
Cotton Men in Conference.
Harvie Jordan, president of the
Southern Cotton Association arrived
in Washington Saturday, anil imme¬
diately went into conference with
Richard Cheatham, secretary of the
same association, and Henry Q. Hes¬
ter, secretary of the Now Orleans
cotton exchange, who are at the cap¬
ital In connection with the probing
The cotton men met at the rooms
of Colonel Hester, at the Ebbitt
House. None of them would state
tho character of the business under
consideration beyond saving that the
officials of the two organizations in
every way possible will assist the
investigation of the charges which
are being conducted by the depart¬
ment of justice.
New Acreage Report Ordered.
Secretary Wilson was in lengthy
conference Saturday night with
Messrs. Jordan and Hester, as a
result of which it lias been decided
to issue a new cotton acreage report
to take the place of the report issued
in June, provided there are sufficient
funds available to do the work.
SALARIfS \\HACKED BT MORTON.
Chairman of Equitable Reduces ivpcnses
\e d r\ 5200,000.
Swccp'ng ri ’netions in the salaries
of various i m; , s of the Equitable
Society have been announced bv
Chair.n;u' Mon* •.. Tl. ihvreuse* will
amount to 20 per cent or all salaries
over $15,'TO per annum; 15 per cent
from ah ;• '-’.r.r s o we n $ .'00 and
$15,000 - h inclusive, and 10 per
cent dec - from all salaries above
$2,500 and e’.ow $ 9,000 per year.
These changes become operative on
August 1 and offer; a saving of $130.
000 to $200,000 a year.
Ban on Saored Sol!.
Recently a sacred bull was brought
from India for exhibition at the Cry*
tai Palace, near London. But the
Brill.-h authorities refused to let it
be landed, except in the form of beef.
FITS T r-rman'*r t j or jt^rvo’i--
after •' * r - ilav’« s- > 'o\ i: -i Great
Nr*rV‘*I Ui^to- r rdTifUL • * 'if f r f j'3
Ur. K. U. K;,i:<k Are**! -:F tila., Pa.
TIic nvciP D - ’ try of a jrofessor in
Harvard is a IhLd 1 than &10QO.
BABY’S TERRIBLE SORE
llodv Itavr With Humor—fau*«(l fiKold
Afcon}—Iloclor Mid No Good — Moil,or
IM.oouriiKwl—Cutirni'a Cnrnl at Ouco,
“My child was a \■■:•>• delicate baby. A
terrible sore and humor broke out on his
body, looking like raw flesh, and causing
the "child untold agony. My physician pre
scribed .1 various remedies, ... . i.. none no of • f which wliirtVl
helped at ail. I became discouraged and
took the mat ter into my own hands, and
tried Cuti Min t aip and 1 ulicuru Ointment
with alm'ist ; nunci!iat«? success. Before
the second u. !: bad passed the soreness
was gone, not leaving a trace of anything,
Mrs. .bannette li. Block, 281 Ilosedale .St.,
Rochester, N. V.”
Charity covers a multitude of sins, but
it doesn't remove them.
riit.i: TO OIK It It A DK its.
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catarrh, or any blood or skin
disease, w advise vou to lake Botanic Blood
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where all else falls, heals every sore, makes
the blood pure amt rich, gives the skin the
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express Bloou prepaid. Sample sent free by writing
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trouble ami free medical advice sent lo
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paid.
The Nashville American thinks that
the mercenary spirit is growing; that
! we are tending more and more to
measure everybody and everything
by money. It pleads for and looks for¬
ward to a higher standard: We are
j living anil have been living in a period
of wealth-developing, of money-rnak
ing, of industrialism and commercial
Ism lsm in in which which have have grown grown .up up colossal
fortunes through ihe development of
the enormous natural advantages of
this wonderful country. In such a
period of industrialism success is apt
to be measured by individual wealth
or earning capacity. But we shall
come more and more to understand
and appreciate the true standard; to
estimate men —not in dollars and
- - ' »- *>1 ,,lr'— 1
.
on* have betm men who Tived ar.ii
artist, the scientist, the teacher,
moral exemplar, these in the
greatness of t'neir work, make the
mere money grubber seem meanly
small. i
!
HE KNEW BETTER. I
Weary Willie—Dls paper sez dat
yer kiu tell be de bark at de foot of
a tree how old it is.
Frayed Freddie—Huh! I guess de
man dat wrote dat wuzn’t never up a
tree under dem circumstances. Dat j
ain’t no way ter toll a dog’s ago.— j
Phila «%V)hia Press. !
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RESPONSIBILITY. 1
SHIRKING
Jack—Is that artist conceited?
Dick—No; he gives his wife credit
for most of his work.
Jack—That's no sign! You evident¬
ly don’t know his work.—Detroit Free
Press.
Does Tobacco Cause Blindness?
A doctor stated in an English coun¬
ty court recently that he considered
one and a half ounces of tobacco quite
sufficient to impair the eyesight, and
that he had known a case where a
man of middle age was a sufferer from
the effects of half an ounce a week.
COMES A TIME
Whtn Coftee Show# What It Has Been
I>oing;.
“Of late y*enrs coffee has disagreed
with me.” writes a matron from Rome,
N. Y„ “it’s lightest punishment was to
make me ‘logy’ and dizzy, and it
seemed to thicken up my blood.
“The heaviest was when it upset my
stomach completely, destroying my ap¬
petite and making me nervous and irri¬
table. and sent me to my bod. After
one of these attacks, in which I nearly
lost my life, 1 concluded to quit aud
try Dostum Food Coffee.
“It went right to the spot! I found it
not only a most palatable and refresh
ing beverage, but a food as well.
“Ail my ailments, the ‘logincss’ and
dizziness, the unsatisfactory condition
of my blood, my nervousness and irri¬
tability disappeared in short order and
my 'sorely afflicted stomach began
quickly to recover. I began to rebuild
aud have steadily continued until
Have a good appetite aud am
in sound health, which 1 owe to
use of Dostum Food Coffee.”
given by Dostum Co., Battle
Mich.
There’s a reason.
Read the little book. “The Road
Wellville,” found in each pkg.
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SIX SAVED FROM MOB.
Attempt Mi it to Get at Negroes Held
in Montomery Ja.il for Assault and
Murder fcf White Woman.
At 10 o'clock Sunday night Govern¬
or Jeiks at ‘lemtgomery received the
foiowing telegram from Gadsden,
Ala.: (
“My jail gnd prisoners confined
therein threg tened by mob. Prison
era ia jail ■ wjhi fa •harged with rape and
murder of Tte woman. Need mili¬
tary assistance. Answer.”
The govejhor immediately wired
Captain L. Raney, commanding the
Gadsden «oM pany of the state troops,
—
to P lace ^Mfcompany at the disposal
nf tVlf* the sher|g, nrtel and to keep 1/oa.e thrj the aeon exec
utive office ivis»ed of further devei
opments.
The neg A jn the Gadsden jail
are: Vance Ihrldner, Will Johnson,
Ed Alford Johnson and [Bu:|ik [nnl* Richardson. The victim Jell
Mayo.
of the crimi Assault and murder,
which they ,a|lleged to have com
mitted, was K. J. Smith, white, a
widow.
The ^eed ■ committed Saturday
early night, hour but wa Sir ^ t discovered until an
. v morning, when on®
of the neg now under arredt,
found Vance the Ganlnep deniN** Tdy eported that Smith. he had
of Mrs.
Chief of P<p| White and several
officers went once to the scene,
and discovered! the nude body of tire
woman, lying, : partially concealed, in
some bushes U,- the roadside, about
three-quarters jof i'
a mile from Gads¬
den.
The evidence ICt i obtainable shows that
Mrs. Smith vtLs attacked on the up¬
per side of tbrV road, and after hav¬
ing been repeatedly assaulted, was
dragged by her hair down an em¬
bankment, overlooks and stumps into
a clump of effof;^ brjfhes, where she was
left, after bad been made to
conceal her b| ,Jy. Her shoes and
\ iZTTnlnlnl'T* beea lo ™ / r °> her an(i he '’ false
’
+ teeth were louAfi j n the road. , The wo
man’s neck wr ;s broken.
The ground at‘the scene of the
crime showed ’'hat the woman had
put up a desp fate struggle for life
and honor ai a pair of scissors and
a caseltnlfe \ re close to her body,
weapons wl i she b -1 evidently
used aga.nsf i
on 8a f -
sons gRtor'iie*-; v ' "Gadsden.
These hoys fpr’Srro midW^meen
drinking, and sW became separated
from them. Alter making inqivries
as to their whereabouts without avail,
she started home and took a path
which w-as nearer .than the usualroute,
and as she was emerging from the
path inio the road she was attacked
by te men.
Vance Gardner, who claims fo have
under arrest, and who claims to have
discovered the woman’s body, • says
that, about midnight Saturday he was
passing and was aroused by cries of
“Help” and “Murder.” Going to the
scene he found Mrs. Smith prostrate
0 n the ground, with a negro stand*
jpg over her and endeavoring to stuff
a towel into her mouth. He says that
he called to the men to stop, but was
told to leave immediately.
A mob of 200 people gathered on
Broad street in Gadsden at dark and
late Sunday night marched on the
jail, demanding that the doors be
opened. Sheriff Chandler and Judge
J. H. Disque w-ere prepared for them.
Company C, with First Lieutenant
Brindley in charge, was called out
a nd had pickets out immediately. Con
gressnian Burnett and Judge Disque
made talks and the mob dispersed,
there being less than 100 men pres¬
ent. The mob lacked a leader, which
undoubtedly prevented bloodshed.
MAINE SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE.
Seismic Shocks Rattle Things Over Large
Portion of the State.
An earthquake shock, affecting a
large portion of Maine, occurred at
5:10 a. m., Saturday, and was no¬
ticeable for about ten seconds. The
trembling awoke many people from
sound sleep. It was reported from
Bangor to Kittery, and from above
Farmington to the coast at Rock¬
land. N
THIRTEEN PEOPLE SUCCUMB TO HEAT.
j York Mas the
Death List in lev. Thursday
I nhickv Number.
Thirteen deaths attributed to the
hot weather were recorded in New
' i' y Ti. rsTay. in addition a
score or more of persons were over¬
come l y the heat end are under treat
mem in the city hospitals.
The high humidity and the contin¬
uance throughout the night of temper¬
atures varying only slightly from those
of the hottest hours of the day hav*
cans 1 te heavy fatality attending the
picsent hot spell in the city.
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Wffli T - 4ft
YOUR FATE.
If you must marry money, choose an heiress
who's meek—
If you don’t, you’ll be down on all fours;
Shell allude to house, horses and servants
as “mine,”
And the poor uglv kids will be “vours!”
—Life.
AMBITIOUS.
Dolly—“Is he very ambitious?” j
Daisy—“Well, lie wants me.”—Judge. i
EVENED UP. !
“Strange; one-half the world doesn’t I
know how- the other half lives.”
“Well, neither does the other half.”
—Philadelphia Ledger.
TOO EARLY.
“Do you think yon are going to like
your new neighbors?”
“I don't know: they haven’t hung
out their washing yet.”—Milwaukee
Sentinel.
NONE MISSING.
“Do you think that mosquitoes carry ■
malaria?” j
“I ,dunno,” answered Farmer Corn- j
tossel. “They never took any away
from here.”—Washington Star.
HIS CONCLUSION.
Knicker—“So your wife went to th?
country to study nature’s book?”
Bocker—“Yes, and from the size of
her hotel bill it must lie among the
best six sellers.”—New York Sun.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Meekerton—“ ’Enpeek has just been
made independent for life.”
Mrs. Meekerton — “Indeed! Some
lucky speculation, I suppose?”
Meekerton—“No; lie sued for a <11
vsree and got it.”—Chicago News.
SLOW FELLOW.
“So the engagement is broken off?’'
‘ Yes. It seems she told him one
evening that she wasn’t beautiful
enough to be his wife, and he didn’t
deny her statement quick enough to
suit her TJ vvv,
~
A TANTALIZING situation
No wonder tlioso enormous ruffs
went out of fashion—London Tatler,
ANOTHER ONE.
“Dc you l:now what you are trying j
to say,” queried tho editor, as ho :
glanced ever the copy, “when you
speak of a man going to his long rest
at the untimely age cf eighty ?“
“Sure,” answered the new reporter.
“He ought to have been chloroformed
twenty years ago.”—Columbus Dis*
patch. - %
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ENCOURAGEMENT.
“But,” complained the young arm,
“if you don’t care for me. why have
you been encouraging me all this
time?”
“Encouraging you?” she answered;
“why, I haven’t been doing that. Of
course, I have let you hold my hands
some. but. gracious, if you call that en¬
couragement, you ought to see me
when I'm with Jack."—Chicago Record*
Ilcrald.
A GENTLE REBUKE.
Dapa Bass—“Now. mg con. be rrrd
to keep out of danger aud always look
before you bite.”
Little Finney Enss—“But, papa,
there’s no danger just now. Isn't this
the close season for our family?”
Papa Bass (sarcastically)—“Why. so
,it is! And if a fisherman is fined for
'having you in his possession, you get
half the fine to heal your wounded
1 feelings!’—Brooklyn Life
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(Dept. I.) Chattanooga, Tennessee. ,
A WOMAN'S MISERY.
Mrs. John LaRue, of llo Paterson
Avenue. Paterson, N. J., says: “I was
troubled for about nine years, and
Us '* 7
the the back ache Mas been so
bad that it brought tears to my eyes.
The pain at times was so intense that I
was compelled to give up my household
duties and lie down. There were head
aches, dizziness and blood rushing to
my head to cause bleeding at the nose.
The first box of Doan’s Kidney Pills
benefited me so much that I continued
the treatment, The stinging pain in
the small of my back, the rushes of
blood to the head and other symptoms
disappeared.”
Doan’s Kidney Fills are for sale by ail
dealers, 50 cents per box. Foster-Mil¬
ium Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
WHIST ON THE SIDE.
“I see that a woman’s debating club
has just been farmed in Philade?
phia.”
“How is it to be conducted?”
“Why, I suppose they meet once a
week and play whist.”—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
TEMPERED JOY.
“I suppose you wil be glad to sea
your Congressman back home again.”
“Yes,” answered Farmer Corntossel,
“we’ll be glad to see him. But the
chances are he’ll insist on our listen¬
ing to him as well.”—Washington
Star.
The Swigs-Sranish commercial treaty ex
nires August 31. 1905.
Jdo not believe i’iso’s Cure for Consump*
tionhasanenual for coughs and colds.—J ohn
F.Boyeb, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900.
African epicures consider the tongue of a
young girutte a great delicacy.
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kidney eom
plaint, but
without deriv¬
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relief. Often
when alone in