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JORDAN OF GEORGIA.
SHREVEPORT, La., Dec. 12.—After
Leins almost hopelessly deadlocked In
a parliamentary tangle over the ques
tion of permanent organization, the
first session of the National Cotton
convention today finally adjourned un
til 8 o'clock tonight without selecting
permanent officers.
More than four hundred delegates,
representing every cotton growing
state In the South were assembled at
the grand opera house when the con
vention was opened at 3 o’clock this
afternoon.
Temporary organization was effect
ed by the nomination and election of
Hon. \V. G. Bolton of Rapides. Louis
iana, as temporary chairman, and Pro
fessor J. H. Connell of Dallas, Texas,
as temporary secretary.. .
The convention was called to order
by Judge J. C. Pugh, chairman of the
executive committee, who voiced the
purposes of the gathering.
Judge Pugh said that the delegates
had been called together to consider a
question of vital importance to the
welfare of the South, and Indeed, to
that of the nation.
Temporary Chairman Bolton, in a
brief address, made an earnest plea
to the delegates for action. Mr. Bol
ton then read the following telegram
from Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
at Washington:
“Hon. J. C. Pugh, Shreveport, La.
“Dr. Howard, entomologist of this
department, who had had wide expe
rience In boll weevil work in Texas,
goes to represent me at the Shreveport
convention. I would be with you If
my duties here did not imperatively
keep me In the city. I hope your de
liberations will^ be Instructive, helpful
and conservative. I go before the
house committee on agriculture today
to urge the appropriation of a large
amount of money to deal with the boll
weevil In the Southern states, partlcu
larly Louisiana and Texas, for the
coming year.”
The reading of the message was
greeted with an outburst of applause.
Gov. Blanchard's Address.
Governor Blanchard on behalf of the
state welcomed the delegates to Louis
iana. and among other things said:
“The question that has brought you
here to hold this great convention is
not one affecting merely the cotton
growing region of the South. It affects
Intimately and directly the whole coun
try. If the cotton crop of the South
Is to be destroyed by this pest—If the
growth of cotton as a commercial pro
duct In the South Is to cease ns the
result of the Invasion of this »n*ect—
It will prove a world-wide calamity.
It will affect ruinously large commer
cial Interests; It will affect disastrous
ly every commercial Interest and every
line of trade ttys world over. More,
perhaps, than any other single product
of the soil, cotton permeates and ad
justs and regulates the balance of the
world's trade.
“Its culture and harvesting. Its pre
paration for the market, Its transpor
tation to market. Its marketing, Its
manufacturure and the sale of Its fab
rics give employment to millions of
people In our own country. Its trans
portation abroad gives employment to
many thousands of ship-huilding and
seafaring men, and Its manufacture In
to cloth In foreign lands, and the sale
of such manufactures, give employment
to millions of men and women there.
“As a merchantable product, it Is
well-nigh Indispensable to the world's
trade. But more than this. Thi con
tinued growth of cotton In these South
ern States seems absolutely Indispen
sable to the convenience and comfort
aye! even almost to the existence It
self, of the people of the world. In the
Jar greater part the people of the
world depend on cotton fabrics with
which to clothes themselves.
“Their reliance is on the Southern
States of the great American Republic
for that which clothes them, for here
In the South we have the practical mo
nopoly of the growth of the cotton
plant.
“Great effort and vast expenditures
of treasure have been made to de
velop Us growth In other regions of the
world's surface, but without success.
“The cotton In th*» world grown out
ride of the United States has scarcely
an appreciable effort on the cotton
market. The eyes of all are on the
South’s cotton. What Is the Ameri
can crop going to be? what the price
It will likely bring? These are the
questions men ask of one another the
world over. ' ♦
"The South, gentlemen of the con
vention. Is the clothelr of the world.
Let Its crop of cotton fall for three
years consecutively and the people of
the world will go In rags and naked-
' n«ss. Suppose, now as threatened by
this pest of the boll weevil. It falls
. permanently: and what will the people
do for clothing? Wool and silk
ranils fabrics will not go round, as
rfaple articles of clothing, to more than
a third of the world's population. Are
the people to go naked?
“That Is not too broad a question
to ask. and to ask here and now.
view of the terrible menace which
overhangs the South In this plague of
the weevil.
"The cotton crop of the South Is
worth to the people of the South In the
z raw six hundred millions of dallors per
annum. It Is worth four times that
when manufactured. As a mine of
wealth It exceed* all the gdtd mines
ever discovered. The gold mines be
come exhausted In. time. The soli of
the South that produce* the cotton
does not exhaust. The cotton crop,—
this mine of wealth, with its output of
six hundred millions—has been cc/rlng
every* year. It will continue to come
©very year, only Increasing annually.
If saved from destruction by this In
sec r. --
“This cotton mine of ours will make
the mouth the richest cf cour.ule* if
preserved. It Is bound to be so. With
the monopoly here of the growth of
cotton and the dependence of the
world upon It to clothe its nakedness,
a golden stream must continue to flow
into the South. That golden stream
turns the balance of the world's trade
In favor of the United States. It makes
Held Thst the Lino of a Railway is
Private Property and That the Law
of Eminent Domain Does Not Apply
—Justice Harlan Delivers a Dissent
ing Opinion in the Case.
DIFFER AS TO
SWAYNE CASE
Vanety of Opinions Among;
the 0bmmltteemeu
SMOOT’S CASE
HAS AN AIRING
New Facts of Mormon Prac
tice Are Elicited
ON ONLY ONE POINT
DIVORCING THE DEAD
Was There Unanimous Agreement, and
That as to the Resonableness of His
Charges for Traveling Expenses—
Eight Republicans See Very Little
Impeachablo in the Csss of tha Flor«
ida Judge.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—The au-
credltor nation. Let it fall and | pr eme court of the United States to-
we become ft debtor nation. The <>«»- I day decided tile case of the Western
truction of- tne Mexican boll weevil I . _
thus become a great national question, Onion Telegraph Co. vs. the Fennsyl-
and congress and the nation should vanla Railroad Co., Involving the right
take hold of It. Let this convention I of the railroad company to remove the
point the way.” I telegraph company’s poles from Iti
Harvie P. Jordan of Georgia presl- , n faV or of the railroad
dent of the Cotton Growers Protective ' , . . . .
association of the United States, res- company. The opinion *;was handed
ponded to Governor Blanchard's ad-[down by Justice McKenna. In the de
dress of welcome. He said the Gear- rlsion the court held that the congres
gla delegates had traveled a long dis- I R { 0 nal act of 1888, which controlled in
tance to lend their aid in preventing
encroachments of the boll weevil ln ,he CMe ' doo “ not * rHnt < ‘ mlnent d "'
•Southeastern cotton growing tb ' «elegraph companies ove^ the
states, and to lend their advice and aid private property of railroad
In helping destroy the ravaging insect. I panies.
At this stage of the proceedings a Justice McKenna's decision followed
Texas delegate moved that the conven- the pre „ ndcnt of Pensacola and
tion proceed to the election of perma- 1 * _ . _ _
nent officers. A dozen delegates were I caseR decided many years ngo
on their feet In an Instant clamoring b y the supreme court. He refused to
for recognition. One of these moved adopt the argument of telegraph com
an adjournment, while another ques- J pnny's counsel tending to the conclus-
t>roprl<>ty ot the convention ion , hat rallrond rlBht of wny pub .
going into permanent organization be- .
fore the credentials of the delegates 1,c pro P* rty -
had been passed upon. Finally after I ' ^ always been recognized,
much confusion It was agreed to re- I continues the opinion, "that a railroad
cognize delegates wearing a bnrdge, j right of way Is so far private property
and- a motion to name a committee on I n8 to be entitled to that provision of
credentials was voted down. A Shreve- .. ...
port delegate secured the floor and fa- th , e . c0 "" ,l,ut,n " ' vhlch fnrhld " >*«
vored a motion for adjournment. He I * a klng, e* c ®pt under the power of
created a stir by charging that a num- I Omjnent domain and upon payment of
her of delegates were attempting to I compensation. The right of way of a
Inject politics Into the selection of a I railroad was recognised ^Tts private
permanent presiding officer. I property In th£ Pensacola case."
Quiet was Anally restored and ad- I Justice Harlnn delivered a dissent-
Journment was taken until 8 o'clock I Ing opinion, holding that the act of
tonight. The only name mentioned on I 1866 glves6 to telegraph companies
the floor In connection* with the per- I the unequivocal right to construct and
manent chairmanship was that of E. I operate lines not only upon the pub-
S. Peters of Colvert, Texas, president 11c domain but along any post road of
of the Texas Growers association. the United States and he contended
Among the delegates present Is Dr. I that If today’s decision was to stand
Gagzow, Imperial German agricultural I the United States government could
and forestry expert, representing Baron I not. itself enter upon the rights of
Von Speck Von Sternberg, the German j way of railroad companies,
ambassador to thp United States. j The supreme court also decided the
Dr. Gagzow Is on the program for nn case of the Western Union Telegraph
address. To a representative of the I Co. vs. the Pennsylvania Rallrond Co.,
Associated Press, he Mild he was here I involving the right of the telegraph
to prbflt by the* deliberations of the I company to condemn a part of the
convention. . He twas accompanied by J railroad's right of way In western
several of his countrymen, all of whom I Pennsylvania and appropriate It for
are taking R lively Interest In the boll its lines. In opposition to the telegraph
weevil problem. I co upany’s contentions. This is u see-
At the night session of the National I ond case In the controversy between
Cotton convention ' tfermnnent organ!-I these companies,
zatlon was effected by the unanimous This case was decided against the
election of E. 8. Peters of Texas, as I telegraph company, the court denying
president and Prof. J. H. Connell ns | the contention of counsel for the
Things That Wore Not Known Before
Being Brought to Light—Religious
and Civil Conduot of Members are
Altogether Different Matter, it
8ooms—What Rev. Dr. J. M. Buck-
ley Learned In Salt Like City.
secretary and treasurer and three Western Union that It had the right
delegates from each state represented to maintain Its lines over the railroad
and were named as committee on company's right of wny upon muklng w * r * considerably less than the
resolutions. I compensation, so long as much use ? moun *" certified, wnlch were uni
Aftr listening to addresses by Hon. I did not Interfere with travel on the ^ orrn ly *1® n ” * think the law
Harvle P. Jordan of Georgia and D. | railroad.
*“ Smith of South Carolina, the con-
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Eight Re
publican members of the house Judi
ciary committee, Representatives Par
ker (N. J.); Jenkins (Wis.); Alexander
(N. T.); 1 Littlefield (Maine); Thomas
(Iowa); Oillctt (Cat); Pearre (Md.)
and Warner (Ills,) today submitted to
the house their views In the case of
Judge Chas. Swayne of the Northern
district of Florida. While disagreeing
In some particulars with the views sub
mitted for the full committee last week
by Representative Palmer (Pa.), they
say thst the question of charging $10
a day for expenses was brought out for
the first time In life additional testi
mony taken since Hast session and laid
before the committee with respect to
tne record on that point they “are of
the opinion that an Impeachable of
fense has been made out." This makes
the committee practically unanimous
!for Impeachment although differing on
I {he ground.
The views submitted gv Messrs. Par
ker. Jenkins. Alexander. Littlefield,
Thomas. Gillette, Pearro and Warner
are as, follows:
■'We',do not think that the ndditlon-
tcstlmony strengthens the mao
against Judge Swayne except In the
particulars herein after referred t
On the contrary we. think 't materially
eqkens it. In the iurt’cular* retied
upon In the formed report. As to those
particulars In oue opinion, the ev dene©
wholly falls to Justify impeachment
proceedings.
‘We not only do not approve, hut we
distinctly and emnhntlmlly dliotpr rn\e,
ho wove*-of the matter of iho use of
the pi Ivgte car in onarge of the receiv
er Durkee. In 1892. We think the
Judge's action In the us** .if the proper
ty and employes of the receiver, Is
legitimate and proper object of ndver
criticism and censure, but p'nee there
Is nothing In the rororl that tends to
show that the Judge vns Influenced In
any of his judicial nets either direct
1y or Indirectly, or was attempted to
he Influenced thereby, we do not think
the facts present n cose of such gravity
nn to justifytorpenrlunfiit on that
ground.
“The making of filss certificate* for
reasonable expenses for travel and at
tendance' Is now pr-sentsd for the first
time. The testimony establishes the
fact thnt In several * Instanc es, th* Inst
In 1903, his disbursements for expenses
| VARDERMAN’S FIERCE
DEFI OF THE NORTH
South's Defenders 8hould Say.
ventlon adjourned until tomorrow.
SHREVEPORT, La., Dec. 12.—Im
mediately after the adjournment of
the National Boll Weevil association
convention here tonight a mass mect-
Irtg of cotton growers was held to tnek ,
action with regard to the present low N «0 ro W' 11 Nevor sh * r ® A "y 8ov ® r
price of cotton. Over two-thirds of olgnty or Dominion”—What tho
the delegates to the convention were
In attendance. Harvle P. Jordan of
Georgia, president of the Southern
Cotton Growers' association, presided I JACKSON, Miss., Dec. 12.—Governor
and mad* a speech which wa* favor- Vaidaman today road* th» opening
ably received. He raid the people of _„ h . the-rotten nnh rom rami
the South are facing a crl.l* In the " at t “** Cot,on “ n<1 Corn Carnl-
low price* offered for cotton and he val - and af, * r « r «*e®mln* the vleltore
advocated a movement to check In a I branched off Into politic* end made a
meant!re at leaat the preaent declining I very eenaatlonal utterance. In touch
price and adopt way* and mean* for Ing on the attitude that Southern rep-
eome united battle of action to that I resentatlve* should assume In their
end. A resolution wa* offered to the I light againat the reduction of Southern
meeting advlalng farmer* to hold their representation the governor eald
product for higher prices but before ’ And Instead of going to the con
action was tsken a motion to adjourn gross of the United State* and saying
until tomorrow night was favorably that there I* no distinction made In
acted upon. | Mississippi because of cdlor or pr*
vloua condition of servitude, tell the
Secretary Wilson Favor* $225,000. I truth and aay this: ‘Wo tried for
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Secretary many years to live In Mississippi and
Wilson today recommended to the I "hare sovereignty, and dominion with
house that an appropriation of 1225,- the negro and we saw our Institutions
100 he made to meet the emergency I crumbling: we saw the public fund*
caused by the ravages of the cotton I "quandered; we saw the civilisation
boll weevil and of ether Insects ond I ,ha t our forefathers had fought for
diseases affecting cotton and to study Pa"»lng away, and the law of self-pre-
the diversification of crops, the aecre- I aervatlon being the tlrat law, we oh-
tary of agriculture to he authorised to "erved It; we rose In the majesty and
expend the money In > o-operatlon with I highest type of Anglo-Saxon man-
stata experiment atattona and practical hood, and took the rein* of government
cotton growers.
COLLEGE CLASSMEN
RESIGN IN A BODY
Regard the Dismissal of a Member as
Unjust—130 of the Boye Walk
Out of tha V. P. I.
out of the hands of the carpetbagger
| and negro, and. ao help us God, from
, now on we will never share any
| ereignty or, dominion with him
| again.* *’
The remarks of the governor have
| created a sensation. They are din
metrically opposed to those views of
minority leader Congressman John
Sharp Williams of this district.
COAST LINE SURGEONS.
| Elsct Officers in Thslr Annual Con
vention.
SAVANNAH. Oa.. Dec. 12,-The
[ surgeon* of the Atlantic Coast Line
(system of railways met here today In
annual convention and elected officers
the association of surgeon* for
ROANOKE. Va. Dec. 12.—A special
to The Times from Blacksburg. Va
says: The Junior class of Vlrglni
Polytechnic Institute, composed of 130
men, resigned from the Institute this I
afternoon. The cause of, the action I ,905 * 8l*ty*flve surgeons were pres
wa* the alleged unjustifiable dismiss..! I _ r * p . r ”l 1 n . ,l . n * lhe territory from
of one of their member*. The sopho- *■££* for next year
more and senior classes have also be- were:
come Involved, and It Is very likely] President—Dr. Southgate r.eigh.
that they also will resign within the | Norfolk. Va.; first vice president. Dr.
next few day*. The whole corps Is |R- °nJe»by, Waycroas. Oa.: second
indignant at the action of the faculty I T ' *• R* 1 "
and serious result* are antiatpated. | W . A Monw
HOANOKEVa., Dee. I2.-W. T '
Body*, a student at Virginia Polytech- I Executive commtlfee-.o ,,
Die Institute arrived here tonight from | Thompson. Wllmlnrten v r ' Dr V
the east on hi* way to Blacksburg, a. Culpepper. Po-mmo.dV V-. • Dr
He say. the name of the eadet who j.me* Eran»: wSSTg r Dr W
wa. dismissed I, B W. Coulter, of W. Bsern. Alban! - Dr r£mag
Richmond. Virginia, and thst hi. of-1 Ciasor. Donofdsvliie. ^' Dr. John
£. Boyd, *faik«onvtU« ( TU,
ten** wu breaking * military ruii.
doez not authorize a district Judge Hm
der such circumstances to certify nioro
than his actual disbursements ni cx
rentes. * It does not authorize him
certify actual dlsbursememn even un
less they are ‘reasonable.* Until ex
plained, there does not appear to bo
any justification for making these cer
tlflcntes and receiving the money ap
pearing to be due thereon. Evidence
us to the alleged pratlce of oilier
judges In this respect wss offered, an
excluded, nnd we think properly
would have been competent for hlin
when a witness In his own behalf
have stated why he made thoso c(
tifleates. As a witness, he anawered
and explained every other charge. This
charge he made no effort, hn a wiinesa
to answer or explain. The Infcronc
from the record. In general principles,
Is that the charge Is admitted to be
true and that he has no expiandtiin
or answer thereto. Whether a sat
isfactory explanation can be made wo
do not say. We must take the record
as It stands. Upon this record unan
swered and unexplained, we are of the
opinion that In this particular nn im
peachable offense has been made out.”
PILING UP TROUBLE
FOR CHADWICK WOMAN
AGED SECRETARY REYNOLDS OF THE WADE PARK BANK TAKES
THE STAND—TOLD ME SHE WAS DAUGHTER OF CARNEGIE—NO
REASON YET TO DOUBT HER INDEBTEDNESS WILL BE PAID—
THE $5,000,000 NOTE PRODUCED IN COURT-+TWICE INDICTED IN
CUYAHOGA, OHIO.
NEGRO POLITICIAN
WAS CONVICTED
Opened s Decoy Letter When s Postal
Clerk—Candidate .for .Congress .at
the Lett Eleetion.
CHARLESTON, B. C„ Dec. 12.—
Aaron P. Prloleau, colored. Republican
candidate at the last aleetlon for con
gress, In first district, wss convicted
In the United States court today of
violating section 2811 R. H., Interfering
with and opening a decoy ldtter, while
a railway postal clerk In 1802. The
Jury, Including one negro, first stood
to 1 for conviction, but later
brought In a verdlet of guilty with
recommendation to mercy.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.—Three
witnesses were heard today in the case
of Senator Reed Smoot before the sen
ate committee on privileges and elec
tions, the committee resuming Its in
vestigation after a long recesss. The
first witness wus the Rev. J. M. Buck-
ley. editor of the Christian Advocate of
New York, who told of a Mormon
meeting ho attended in Salt Lake,
Utah, last summer In which President
Joseph Smith declared he would not
give up Ills plural wives. George Rey
nolds. a high official of the church,
testified In regard to ceremonies thnt
have taken place In the endowment
house and concerning ecclesiastical di
vorces granted by the church, and John
Henry Hamlin told of tho plural mar'
rlage of his sister, Lillian Hamlin, to
Apostle Abram Cannon, which cere
mony he said he understood to have
been performed by President Smith
since the manifesto of 1800. Most of
the testimony related to the Inside
church policy, but did not connect Sen
ator Sntoot with any of the alleged vlo
latlons of state or national statutes.
Buckley told of a speech o
President Smith on the subject of mar
riage. The witness snld Pffkfldent
Smith declared that the mothers of his
own children had been given hlni by
God nnd were saints of God. Dr. Buck
ley snld President Smith defended the
Mormon marriage, and declared that
polygamy was not adultery, hut was a
system of marriage. President 8mlih
wns quoted by the witness ns saying
thut he could not give up any of his
wives.
in, answer to questions by Senator
Oevermsn Mr. Reynolds snld marringon
were performed with dead persons In
the Endowment house.
Mr. Taylor then asked If divorces
were granted In the Endowment house.
“The church grants divorces to those
who have been married for time nnd
eternity, hut does not divorce legal
marriages until the courts have acted.''
said Mr. Reynolds. “Plural marriages
are dot recognized by courts nnd there
fore the church does not consult the
court In granting divorces in cases of
such mnrrlnges."
Senator Pornker nsker If such di
vorces are granted from dead persona.
“In a few Instances only I should
sny.” said the witness.
“For something done after death or
before?" the senator asked.
“In life time."
“Is the deml person given an oppor
tunity to be heard?" the senator asked.
"No sir; It Is because such cases are
held to be unjust to the dead accused
that so fow divorces of this kind are
grunted,” snld the witness.
“Is nny one appointed to defend the
accused
“Never; but the complainant Is given
a hearing If satisfactory evidence la
furnished to the church.
Mr. Reynolds testified that the pres
ident of the church always has the
authority to Issue ecclesiastical di
vorces.
Mr. Taylor showed the wltnesa
contract of separation between George
T. and Ellen Watson, which Mr. Rey
nolds acknowledged he executed
1897. He stated that he does not know
now whether the marriage he dis
solved was a plurnl one or not.
Are you a polygamist?" Mr. Taylor
asked.
“Yes, sir,” answered Mr. Reynolds.
“Have you any children married In
polygamy?”
“I believe so; one daughter,'
Mr. Reynolds testified that he has
twenty-six children.
Mr. Reynolds gave |he names of the
seven presidents of the seventies, of
which he Is the fourth In rank.
He testified thnt three of the seven
were polygamists. Senator Du Bols
asked:
You have two wives now, I believe,
Mr. Reynolds, your first wife being
dead?”
“Yes, air.'
."If you were to marry another wo
man tomorrow which would be your
legal wife?”
'The one last married.”
“Would not that be adultery?”
“It would be If I continued to live
ns the husband of the other woman,
but I do not sustain auch relation
with more than one.
Mr. Reynolds said he understood
that the manifesto of 1890 permitted
him to live with his plafal wives
without violating the laws, but thnt
no further wives could be contracted.
Despite this testimony It was brought
out that the witness has had children
CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 12.—Trouble
for Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwick Increased
at a rapid rate today. She was twice
Indicted by the grand Jury of Cuya
hoga county and her old time friend
Irl Reynolds took the stand in court
and made evident his intention to
shield and protect her no longer.. The
aged secretory of the Wade Park bank
presented a pnthetlc picture as he an
swered question after question, which
brought out his own Implicit faith In
the woman whose financial transac
tions have well nigh ruined him In for
tune, and caused him such Inflnlt
not steel bonds.”
When asked what they were, Mr.
Reynolds said:
“There were five $1,000 bonds of tho
Home Telegraph Co., of Niagara. N.
Y., and six certificates of the Buckeye
Fish Company.”
At one time she had made a written
statement, he said, to his committee
that she had over two millions In
bonds In the safety deposit vault In tho
Wade Park Bank.
He had read the trust agreement,
but had never seen the signature. Mrs.
Chadwick had told him the original was
In the package he held. He confident
ly believed everything would bo paid
■ P®| ■ t up to a week ago. and had no suspl-
trouble. He gave evidence thnt he c | on of anything wrong until a few
NEXT U. C. V. REUNION.
To be Held in Loufsviffo, Ky.—Date
Not Yet Settled.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 12.-Gen.
Wm. E. Mickle, adjutant general Uni
ted Confederate Veterans, authorizes
the announcement that the next re
union of the veterans will be held In
Loulnvlll. Ky., but that the date has
not yet been settled.
still believes his trust wss Justified.
Only one query he attempted to evade.
This was when he was asked how much
of his personal estate had passed Into
the possesion of Mrs. Chadwick. His
eyes filled, and he requested that he he
excused from answering. The question
was not pushed.
The formal Indictments voted against
Mrs. Chadwick this afternoon, are
bnsKd. one. upon the Carnegie note for
$250,000, which was made payable at
the office of Andrew Carnegie In New
York city, nnd the other upon the Car
negie note for $500,000 which wns pay
able at the National Bank of Com
merce In New York. Under onch In
dictment are two counts, one charging
foregery, the other uttering of forged
paper.
Information of the Indictments was
n't once wired to New York by County
Prosecutor Keeler, and he requested
that Mrs. Chadwick be Immediately
arrested If Hhe secured ball on the
other charges hanging over her. The
examination of Irl Reynolds, treosurer
nnd secretary of the Wade Park Hank,
before Referee Remington In the bank
ruptcy court- today failed to disclose
nny asset thnt might he secured by
Receiver Loeser, appointed by the fed
era! court; but brought from Mr. Rey
nolds In reply to questions, tho follow
ing answer.
She told me she was the lllegltl
mnte daughter of Andrew Carnegie."
Later Mr. Reynolds In detailing his
transactions with Mrs. Chadwick snld
In all my transactions with Mrs.
Ghndwlek I believed from what she
told me thnt Andrew Carnegie was
hacking her nnd all her Indebtedness
would be pnld."
He then added:
“And I have not had anything yet
to make me doubt It.”
In detailing how he came Into p**-
sesslon of the $600,000 note bearing the
name of Andrew Carnegie, he said:
“Mrs. Chadwick called me to her
house and said she wished to Intrust
to me some securities. Hhe snld she
had been*advised to place them 111 tha
possession of a third party, nnd she
wanted me to take care of them."
This Is the package thnt wns opened
last Friday night In the presence of
Mr. Reynolds and Attorney Htcarn by
Attorney Andrew Squire. The pack
age was produced In court and Mr.
Reynolds Identified the Carnegie note,
the mortgage deed and tho copies of.
an alleged trust ngr»*ment.
Continuing the witness seld:
“Hhe then handed mo n pnper to
sign."
This paper witness 1ld not have with
him, but as near ns he could remember
It read:
ertlty thnt I hold In trust for
Mrs. Cassle I*. Chadwick securities
nnd a not** for $5,000,000.'
Mr. Reynold* would not swear to the
wording, but It was to thnt effect.
The note was not Indorsed, but he
had no doubt that the alleged maker
of the note was back of the woman.
The contents of the package were
Identified separately by Mr. Reynolds,
and nt the request of the examining
counsel he mnrked each paper ns
exhibit. Asked ns to other transac
tions, Mr. Reynolds snld:
There Is one. It Is a little hanking
secret, fait I'm willing to tell nil. Hhe
came to me. I th’nk It wns In 1904,
and said she had $12,000 In p«P**'
nble nt the Prudential Trust ComMy.
If I would let her have the tnoney^he
would put up United States Steel Cor
poration bonds In the morning «*,col
lateral. I consulted my eomnittlee,
and with their consent I loaned her the
money. The next day she brought a
package which contained $200,000 In
United States Steel bonds nnd n $250,-
000 Certificate which I waa to hold In
truat for her under the name condi
tions as the previous package. I held
these until aMnonth ago, when In the
presence of several gentlemen they
were opened. It was about the time
Mr. Newton Began his suit. They con
tained bonds all right, but they were
days before Mr. Newton brought his
suit. * •
“She has fooled me, and many men
smarter than me; she hn* pulled tho
wool over everybody’s eyes."
Then with n faint smile as though
the humor appealed to him despite
his troubles ne said:
Once she wrote to me to ask if I
needed any help because of the run on.
the bank.”
SUM another Incident was detailed
by the witness. “When Mrs. Chad
wick was In Europe," he said, “she
wrote that Dr. Chadwick wns In the
hospital, seriously ill, the daughter was
also 111. and she was In sore distress.^
She cabled me thnt she hnd no moneyjS
nnd I sent her-$15,000. When she or-TB
rived here she was thought to he dying■
She then tojd me where. If anything!
happened to her. I would find a letter *
to Mr. Carnegie and he would settle -
all her Indebtedness.”
Witness had seen no other notes.y
hut had seen a check which was senE
to his house when he was 111. It wan
for $60,000 and had Andrew Carne
gie's name signed to It. Whether any
money wns ever procured on It he did
not know. •
As to the value of Mrs. Chndwlck’a
household fittings Mr. Reynoldn
thought they might be worth thou:
$200,000.
He said he took a chattel mortgage
about two years ngo but hnd nevei
recorded It.
Continued on Page Two.
STRENUOUS AMERICANS
Sixteen .pffhem Dispossess 100 Cuban
Lodge Men.
-TAMPA, Fla., pec. 12.—Serlour
trouble was nnrrowly averted tontyl-’
between the Cuban nnd American
members of the secret order of th^
Knights of the Golden Eagle, when n.ti
Injunction, secured by^ the American
members.«4Vlis served on officers of the
lodge—till Cuba ns—prohibit Ing their
•xhrclsing the functions of officers any
longer. The lodge has 100 Cuban and
sixteen American members and the
Americans claim the Cubans were run
ning things with a high hand, having
by-laws and ritual translated Into snd
conducting meetings In the Spanish
language, hence their appeal to the
courts. When the writ waa served f.
the meeting a row occurred and the
Cubans were put to rout, leaving the
lodge room precipitately with the
Americans In sole charge. THe latter
proceeded to reorganize.
\ !
8EABOARD AIR LINE.
Plane Doing Perfected to Roorg.inize
tha Property.
NEW YORK. Dec. 12— James A.
Blair, head of the banking firm of
Blair A Co., nnd chairman of the exe
cutive committee of the Seaboard Air
Line railroad, said today thnt plans,
were being perfected to reorganize the
financies of the Seaboard Air Lino
rallrond.
Tn 1903 Blair A Co., Thomas F. Ryan
and Boston Interests purchased con
trol ot the property from the Wll-
Ifams-MJddendorf-BaltJmore share
holders.
Coast Lina and Charleston.
CHARLESTON, H. c.. D* c . 12.-
Prqeldfr.t Erwin ot U * Atlantic Coast
Wne, Third Vlre-Prosldefit Culp, C. If.
Aokert. general manager, and T. c.
Powell, freight traffic manager of the
Southern, are In Charleston for con
ference concerning betterment of
Cahrleston terminals now owned
Jointly by the two roads. They will
Inspect the water front tomorrow.
Improvements asked for are to rn-+i
Qt# Increased commerce of the port.
gy?”
“Yea, air.”
“Then as I understand It." said Sen
ator Burrows, “when this revelation
came from the Almighty, the gram
mar was bad and you correcled It?”
The witness said the phraseology
by two wives *ln**e the manifesto of I had not been Inspired; but was Preal-
1890, and he acknowledged the truth-I dent W*.-draff's own. This testimony
fulness of these statement*. In an- I kept the rommittee room In an uproar,
swer to questions by Senator Me- I Mr. Hamlin said he was the brother
Comas, Mr. Reynolds sold he had nev- I of Lillian Hamlin, who, the protes-
er preached ag.?inst polygamy nor had I tents have tried to mow, was married
he tried to get others to do so. I to Apostle Abram Gannon, on the
Mr. Reynolds said he did not know high seas In 1898. Mr. Hamlin said
of any effort made by any offlica! of i It wa* the family conviction that his
the church to carry out provisions of I sister mam married to Mr. Cannon In
the Woodruff manifesto putting an | the summer of 189$, and that the
end to polygamy. | ceremony was performed by President
Mr. Reynolds said that he wa* one I Smith of the Pacific coaat. Lillian
of the advisers who aided In perfect- I wa* said by her brother to have been
Ing the Woodruff manifesto, which I qn attractive young woman. He said
was first submitted fn president j he had not heard from her tor four or
Woodruff’s handwriting. He testified I five years and did not know where
that the committee had revised the I she was. Hhe has one child, he said,
manifesto. “I believe the manifesto I a daughter who goes by tbe name of
is said to have been Inspired?” asked ! Martha Cannon.
Schooner Captain Killed.
NEWBERN. N. C.. Dec. 12.—Car
Franklin Mann of the srhoon
Blades, wss accidentally Hilled
vessel in Pamlico Hound Saturday
Ing at 4 o'clock. Owing to change
he was shifting M|d, from on« *idi
other. It came bark. entnngl*'f| h
swayed .violently back and fouVth.
Ing him on deck until Injured go
lived but two hour*. Mate A. i:
tho cap tain's cousin, brought tht
to Newborn, t'apt. Msun's bod* vs
to hla home at Elisabeth City, N.
Secreatry Taft's Return.
PENSACOLA. FU».. Dec. 1
cruiser Columbia having on bo.i
cretary of War Taft and a partj
fir lain h«*| this riort from 1
shortly after 9 o'clock tonight.
Secretary Taft will come up
city otr the Columbia tomorro
will probably dspart at noon for
fngton.
Sully'a Seats on Cotton Exchange.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.—The four
seats on the cotton exchange held t>v
Daniel J. Hully A Co. were auction, l
off toady on the floor of the #xchan«.»
for $40,100. The three seats held m
the name of Daniel J. Hully were sold
for $10,000 each.
Mr. Brook’g Condition.
RALEIGH. N. C.. Pee. 12.-Dr v Her
bert H. Royster, who remains M
Mortimer Brooks, at Plttsboro, ’
tonight thst there Is little change in
the condition of he wounded man.
Reginald Brooks and Dr. Folk left
r New York this afternoon.
Chairman Burrow*.
“It was a revelation from the Al
mighty,”
“And you changed It?”
“Not the meaning.”
"You Just changed th) phraseolo-
“Weil. nobody doubt* that the child
I 1 Is Abram Cannon's daughter?” asked
Mr. Taylor.
“No. sir.” was the reply.
I The commute® adjourned until to-
S morrow,
Bank of Elko.
for a charter for the B
Houston county, the c
Which in to b* $25,000. T
are W..E. Means. J. D. ?
and It. Wilson of C
county. Klko Is In her
h population of only ITI.
can t leave her off the ms
nk of Elko tn
Point today
tu:. / will 50
