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BUSCH TURNS STATE'S
EVIDENCE.
Several Men Very Prominent in Mis
souri Politics Named Who Have
Profited Handsomely by
Boodling Operations.
Busch Confessed.
St. Louis. May 15.—Triable to bear the
strain of mental torture which he has
Buffered since the grand jury investiga
tion into the boodling was Instituted,
former State Senator Frederick L. Busch
went before Circuit Court Attorney Folk
today and made a complete confession of
his connnection with the deals extending
over a period of eight years. Busch's dec
larations involve several men of promi
nence and he names those who have been
conspicuous at the capital as distrib
utors of boodle.
letter Busch was taken before the
grand jury, where he remained an hour.
At h n he emerged from the jury room
tears were streaming down his cheeks.
With his face buried in his handker
chief. h' hurried down the steps to the
Eleventh street exit of the building.
Bus, h prt faced his remarks by saying
that ..11 sorts of money was used at the
time to influence legislation.
“Money,” he said, “was offered on pret
ty nearly every item of importance.”
“The steam and street railway inter
ests we: ■ always very active and their
representatives paid us.”
Bus h named several senators who
proli: handsomely from legislation at
the lx;'9 s--s. :on and included one or two
who are nivn-.b .. of the present assem
bly.
lie brok, d'vvn twice while confessing
to Mr. Folk ami weeping bitterly, said;
“I am telling these things only to ease
my mind.”
doing ..ick to the thirty-eighth as
sembly. when the bill to create a school
book ombin .tion was one of the principal
issues before the legislature, Busch said
that the school book trust put up a big
fund.
"1 got sl,<W he said, “and others got
just as much, and some maybe more.
“On one occasion.” he said, “there was
a resolution present- i to have all bills
held in committee. 1 got $250 for holding
up the resolution.
“Killing bills by smothering them in
committee wa.- . r. ■ .mnion, ’ he said
Because of th. statute of limitations,
which i• ■ prosecution three '■ ears
aft* r th- crime is committed one of the
men against whom Busch is testifying
cannot be indict -d.
COLUMBUS IS SHORT OF COTTON
Only ■Seventy-Five Bales Left in the
City Warehouses.
Columbus. Ga., b‘> (Special.) By
actual count, there are now seventy two
bales of sab able cotton in the ware
houses of Columbus Thi: is a situa
te i almost unpro.-ed.-nt< <1 f >r May. and
tie f ■ct that th-- st"- k has been practical
ly wiped out is all the talk jji cotton
circles. The stock has been very low
l-T the t ast f. v, weeks, but it was re
duced to praeticallj m hing by a deal
y. -terd-ay, Shot Sanders, Swann & Co.,
through their t olumbus representative,
C. Il Sims, bought over 300 I.ales from
a local firm, paving the equivalent of
11 1-4 cents.
Columbus' cotton receipts are practical
ly over for tie- present season. It is
doubtful if ns many as 500 bales will
... r. ■ . d b.-iw - n now and Septem
ber J. tlie opening of tjie new season.
The stock this time last year was some
7.of»i tales.
There is pt-anti ally no cotton left in
th< small ur. "imied t"\vns thr '.ighout.
tills territory The ware houses at most
of those sntflllor places closed out their
stocks several weeks ago.
It is said that the stock of the local
i ottm; mills is only medium by no means
in round numbers the receipts of th»
■ y ' ■■ houses this -■ is<>n have
JACK JOHNSON IS ROBBED.
Office of Ticket Agent at Birming
ham Entered and Looted.
Birmingham. Ala. May 16 Burglars
ent< ■ . . f Jack W.
seng. •• station, at an early hour this
m rmrig and abstracted s7,eeii from the
A; the time the b irgl.iry is supposed
to h.c." taken place A. It. Cook, a
clerk w •> was >n rhe night watch, says
he bij'i ’.-. v n a nap. ris no Hains were
goirg •.a at that hour. There were
thr-• or so r wat i’.n:"n n the station
at tnd there were
sevet n ■ t thi waiting room
into whi A the !>. ket offi'-e opened. Af
ter securing several small boxes in the
or burglar.- es aped through a small
window whi ,t opens ->n Morris avenue.
The robbery was not discovered until 5
o'clock, when Mr Cook went to the
safe to make • deposit.
Colombia Loses Her President.
Panami. I'nlomh i. Ma-, 11. It is re
ported h'l - tb.lt President Marroquin has
b /impelled to resign office on account
of political troubles, and that General
Repi -1 Roy.«. second rice president of
-olombia. will assume the presidency.
Friends of the canal are anxiously await
ing confirmation of tins r. port
It is current y reported here that the
Panama ■ ' in.-- c.'mp.niv has offered the
Colombian government sl'_.ui)o.oim of .he
?40.0(«' 000 the comp my f ' -Ives from the
I'nited States government for the canal
Dr, Shoop's
Rheumatic Cure
Costs Nothing If It Fails.
Any honest person who suffers from
Rh< limatism is w. iconic to this offer.
I am a specialist in llii-umatism, and
have treated more cases than any other
physician. I think. For 16 years I made
■ '<«• experiments with different drugs,
testing all known remedies while search
ing the world for something b'-irer. Nine
- ears ago 1 found a costly chemical in
Germany which, with my previous dis
coveries' gives me a certain cure.
I don't mean that it can turn bonv
joints int “ ' ■' • ut it can cure the
at nnv stag", completely an( j for .
, I have done it fully liv.ii-'ii times.
t know this so well that I will furnish
my -emedv on trial. Simply write me a
Postal for tnv book • n Rh,umatism, and I
will mail you an order ot your druggist
for six bottles Dr. Shoops Rheumatic
Take it for a month at my risk.
If i succeeds, the cost is onty $5.50. if
!> fails I will pay the druggist myself—
and v" ir mere word shall decide it.
I mean th.it exactly If you say the
results are not what I claim, I don’t
expect a penny from you.
I live no samples. Any mere sample
that " in affect chronic Rheumatism must
be dragged the verge of danger. I use
lin < :■■! drugs, an lit fHy to take them.
Yo ; must get the disease out of the
’*My remedy does that even In the most
difficult, obstinate cases. It has cured the
nhL-st that 1 ever m-t. And in all
mv ‘ Pvn.-rienre-in all my 2,000 tests- f
A>un<! another rompdy that would
cure ono chronic case in ten.
Write me and I will send you the order.
Tr mv remedv for a month, as it can't
harm vou anvw.iy If ft falls ft Is free
-X / idrr-«R f>r. Shnnp, Box Mh Racine. Win.
Mild cases not chronic, arc often cored
b- ..nc or two 1 'tiles. At all druggist,.
FLORIDA DEVELOPS J
BOODLE CASE
Tallahassee, Fla., May 15. —(Special.)—
A few minutes after the house of rep
resentatives met for the afternoon ses
sion today a strong reminder of the boodle
business which has attached itself so in
separate with recent Missouri legislation,
was presented by the introduction by
Representative Strozier, of Marion, of a
bouse resolution, which -was adopted, call
ing for the appointment of a joint com
mittee of live to investigate the charge
that Jefferson B. Browne, chairman of
the Florida railroad commission and pros
pective candidate for governor of Florina
next year, had accepted a fee of SI,OOO
to lobby through the legislature a bill
appropriating SIO,OOO to purchase for the
state from Monroe county an armory site
and building In Key West.
The bill in question has passed bmn
bouses and become a law. Mr. Browne.
In a quiet way, was very active in its
support while It was pending. A vn
bill passed, Senator Hunt Harris, of Mon
roe county, received a telegram from ms
uncle. Dr. Vining Harris, superintendent
of schools for Monroe county, advising
him of the contract between the county
commission.™ and Jeff Browne, to pay
the latter 10 per eent of any amount he
could got out of the legislature. This
seems to have been the first intimation
Fenatoi Harris and Repr< sentative Rob
erts. also of Monroe, had received that
Mr. Browne's activity was prompted by
a money connideration.
Mr Browne drafted the bill in question
and It was introduced by Representative
Knowles, of Monroe. st.it
mentsare made as to what Mt- Knots .e
--knew of Browne's arrangement for le',
Senator Harris took his telegram to Gov
ernor Jennings, and on account of the
high official position occupied by Jed
Browne, the governor asked that he be
advised direct by the county authori
ties as to the truth of the Harris tel
egram. It was duly confirmed and the
governor wired for a certified copy of the
minutes of the Monroe county commis
sioners embodying their agreement wltn
Mr. Browne.. Al Hie earnest solicitation
of the Monroe county delegation, the got
ernor approved the bill and it b'- 1 amo
law.
When- Strozier introduced his resolution
this afternoon demanding an ’ n '
tion of the matter, because o;- the l.tcl
that Browne is a high state official, being
chairman of the railroad commission it
was bitterlv attacked by St. cl.dr Abra
hams. of lAike. who contended that
Browne h id a perfect right in his personal
ami professional capacity as lawyer to
render this service; that it had no con
nection with his official position or duties,
and that it was a matter with which the
house had no proper concern.
In reply. Strozier defended his resolu
tion with vehemence. He called attention
to the scandalized feeling with which the
report of Mr. Browne's conduct h id been
received on all sides. He claimed that ii
Browne is innocent of the current charges
he Is entitled to vindication by a com
mittee.
St. Ciair Abrahams moved to lay the
motion on the table, but this was lost by
a \ ote of 11 to 41. and the resolution was
adopted without further opposition. It
Is learned that the administrative depart
ment has taken the matter up with the
county commissioners of Monroe and is
inv< stigating and conferring as to what
steps, if any, should be taken.
POSTAL CLERKS TO PUSH CLAIM
It Seems They Are Entitled to Have
Road Expenses Paid.
Tuscaloosa, Ain. Max 111. -D. T>. Ni k
olson, postal < lerk. who lives In thi city
and runs on the Alabama Great Southern
railway between (ffiattanooga. Tenn.,
ami Meridian. Miss., says that the postal
clerks of the I'nited States have a very
unique claim against the I'nited States
postoffice department for actual and nec
essary expenses while on duty in each
of their respective runs and that no
clerk while in service has ever been
paid for these expenses.
This claim is being pushed by a law
firm in Kansas >'.ty and will be tried
before the I'nited States court f claims
at Washington. The claim is based upon
the following section of the postal laws
and regulations:
■Section 135»9, Arti de II -Chief clerks
am. railway postal clerks shall lie paid
their actual and necessary expenses while
actually traveling on business of the de
partment and away from their designated
headquarters.
The claim will amount to something like
sl4.e('o, ! X?o.
ANTI-TRUST LlkW OF TEXAS
Two Test Cases Before United States
Supreme Court.
Washington. May 16 -Two cases intend
ed to test tip. validity of the Texas anti
trust law wore d. keted tod.iv in tho
I’nited States supreme court The cases
are those of the state <>f Texas v the
National Cotton S'-ed Oil t'ompatvv and
the Southern Cotton Seed oil Corqpanj,
both New Jersey corporations The two
coirqiani'S were consolidated and the con
solidation a.-qnlied other oil f.-.ctori.-s, the
combination resulting in the formatiop of
a trust, as alleged by the state and
not denied bx the -’ompanies. It is stated
that one result of the combination was
the fixing of the price of cotton seed at
11 14 per ton. The combination was pr<
nounc.-d illegal by the Texas courts, and
the oil companies bring the eases to the
supreme court on writs, of error, alb ging
that the T'-xas anti trust laws are in
contravention of both the federal and tho
state constitutions
Drubbing Given Girl’s Suitor.
Fort Smith, Ark . May 16.—(Special.)—
Today at noon Mrs. Levi Overstreet
horsewhipped Frank Hines, a well-known
man about town
She ran him across Hie main thorough
fare through a dry goods store, laying .1
quirt across his head, and the blows rain
ed upon him hard and fast. He. ran out
of the back door of the store into an a I
joinir.g store, shutting the door and lock
ing it.
Mrs. Overstreet smashed the glass in
tl,.- door m her mad effort to get at the
young man and seeing him making ba
the front door to escape, she ran througli
an adjoining store in time to intercept
him and administer a f.-w more blows
before a deputy constable to.-k hold of
her. The young man took advantage ot
the interruption to make good his es -ape.
Hines had b<- n forbidden the house
and was paying attention to a daughter
of Mrs. Overstreet clandestinely. The
young lady work- in a prominent Ury
goods store and Hines was in the habit of
j assing the noon hour in her company
there
Today Mrs. Overstreet concealed her
self in the store and when Hines made
bls appearance she charged upon him.
REPORTING SHIPS IN GULF,
Washington, May 15.—Beginning tomor
row, all vessels entering or leaving the
gulf of Mexico can be reported by a
weather bureau station at Sand Key, Fla.
The station will be opened tomorrow for
mcteorogical observations and for re
porting passing craft. It Is in cable con
nection with Key West. 9 miles distant.
The new station is in the direct track of
vessels, and its establishment was sought
in a petition sent to the government by
marine interests. Tho station will be open
night and day, and two observers have
been detailed there by Acting Secretary of
Agriculture Moore.
THE WEEKLY ATLOTA. WAo, MAY 18, 1903.
MARION ERWIN STILL
AFTER GAYNDRS
He Says Case Against Greene and
Gaynor Hasn’t Been Dismissed.
Release of Captain Carter.
Ramifications of the
Harbor Trust.
Washington, May 14.—(Special.)—Hatted
States District Attorney Marion Erwin,
of Georgia, was here today, and had a
lengthy consultation with Solicitor Gen
eral Hoyt relative to the case of Cap
tain A. M. Carter. Mr. Erwin says it
is not true that tho government has
already recovered SBOO,OOO of Captain Car
ter's money and securities, whidh is said
to bo sufficient to make good the loss
the government sustained through the
gay captain's financial performances at
Sa vamiah.
The amount which Captain Carter is
supposed to owe the government aggre
gates something like $750,000. Mr. Er
win says thus far about $500,000 of that
amount bus been recovered and placed
in the hands of a receiver.
Still After G eene and Gaynor.
Mr. Erwin further says there is no
foundation for the report to the effect
that legal proceedings against Messrs.
Green and Gaynor hive been abandoned
by- reason of the belief that Carter has
made good the losses sustained by the
government through the Green and Gay
nor and Carter frauds in connection with
the Savannah harbor improvements.
Messrs. Green and Gaynor are supposed
to b>- still in Canada beyond the juris
diction of the I'nited States.
When I’aptaiu Gillett ■ w s recently
relieved from duly in connection with
tlie. river and harbor Improvements at
Savannah it was said that the fact of
his transfer to anotlu r field of duty
was in the nature of an acknowledgment
that the government had practically
despaired of bringing M> . is. Greeu and
Gaynor to Savannah for trial. This re
port is also denied by Mr. Erwin and
tie engui'-er ofii" ■ ai tlie war depart
ment. Captain Gillette's transfer to
Newport was the result of a general
shake up in the ingineering corps and
had no b' iring wha;- ver. it is said,
on the Green and Gaynor case. Cap
tain Carter is due to be rebased from
the I'nited States prison at Leaven
worth tho L’Stli of November nr-.xt. This
is in accordanee with tuu- regulations
wl'ii.-h allows him two months out of
e.ii-h year fur s"od '-on'l’.iet. As i re
sult of hi- eX'-ellent : "havlor while in
prison ten months is to be ent off of
bls sentence.
The River and Harbor Trust.
Some of Carter's frieri'is, who wield a
great deal of influence in national affairs,
still a-sort that Captain Carter was the
innie.-nt tool of designing persons and
at the expiration of his imprisonment
may seek a. vindication by moans of a
speei.il act of congress. There are
others who contend that lie still has
an inter st in tlie great river and harbor
contract trust in which Messrs. Green
and Gaynor are still believed to be fiiuin
ciaiiy int'-rested. Various attempts have
b'-en made io demolish this trust, but it
is believed to be in a flourishing condi
tion today, and some of the subeontraet
fors are indirectly representing the Green
and Gaynor trust, which, it is alleged.,
for many years virtually had a monopo
ly of all the great river and harbor eon
tracts along tlie Atlantic coast from
M ime to i 'lori.l i. The r i nifi<-"ti'-r.s . f
this trust were so gnat that even warm
: exi teiice ' ■ ime known t tin gm
rrnment authorities it was so manipulated
that tlie trust, by indirect methods ami
putting up dummy oontruetors. managed
to sei uro nearly all of the big contracts
which were worth having.
Release of Captain Carter.
Mr. Erwii thoi
as to wheth-r Captain Carter's term of
imprisonin' nt legally expires next No
vember. He was condemned by court
martial in general ord. r 172. headquarters
of tho army, September 2!l, 1899. Ordi
narily his imprisonment should have
dated from that period. Captain Carter
in resisting the sentence of the court
martial by writ ot habeas corpus and
other legal pr0...-offings, delayed his con
finement io the I'nii'd States peniton
tiary for nearly six months. The ques
tion is now under eonsidcra tion by th"
war department and the ib partim-nt of
justice as to fixing the date of the re
lease of Captain Carter from prison. The
question to be determiner! is, does his im
prisonment date from the lay the presi
dent approved the sentence of tho court
martial or from the date he actually en
tered tho prison at Leavenworth. The
legal authorities of tho two departments
ar" at present noncommittal on this suu-
FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL ROOM.
"W H. Love, Popular South Georgia
Man, Dies at Waycross.
Waycross. Ga . May 16. (Special.) -W.
H. Love was found in his room .at the
I’hoenix hotel about 7 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, showing symptoms of havi: g
taken poison of some kind.
lb- had been In his room sine" the night
before brut the hotel people had no sus
picion that anything was wrong until
last night
The door was forc'd open end Love
found lying on the bed in a dying condi
tion I 'll y ii'-ia ns wire quickly summon''!
and work"'! for several hours to arouse
I. but without success 11. died at 11
<'clock T.ie physicians believe that death
was caused by poison but state that it
might, have b.-en apoplexy
Waycross people do not believe that
Love intended suicide, but think he unin
tentionally took an overdose of morphine.
Like the Wind Harriman. Fled.
Sall Lake. l'i.,h. May 14. Traveling at
tho rate of 50 miles an hour tho special
train of E. H. Harriman, president of
the Harriman lines, shot through Ogden
late last night and con inued on its j-»ur
ney from San Francisco to New York.
This was the first time on record that
a train has passed through Ogden with
out stopping at the union station, and
was at the ro<p>est. of J’r sident Harri
man, who learned earlier In the day
that a deputy I’nited States marshal
was awaiting his arrival in Ogden to
s erve papers in connection with the suit
of the heirs of former Governor Durkee
against the (’antral Pacific railroad In
volving something like $27.006.(K>0
Learn the truth
Fvcry man and \v< man.
i« ularly thone s>n
<‘<■•l upon matrimony.
Inhould posses a < ■ py of
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I bl.v . of th'* -. \o-
I b'k'H’ai relations of Loth
! x< as "■<■!!. how
f r an<i v to advise son
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/ Vnoqualcd • tidorsr niont of
( the ]>ro>s, ministry, Jega] and
\ n,■•■dical pmf«'■Mions l><» you
\ \ X Lnou that the main cause of
\ \ \ unhappiness, ill-boalth, sickly
K 1] c). Idrcii. .and divorce is admit
ted by j>’iysicians and Hhown by
court records to be ignorance of the laws of
self and sex.
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ROOSEVELT IS HEEDED
EAST Ml,
’ San Jose, Cal., May 11 —President Roose-
I velt today traversed the beautiful Santa
I Clara valley after crossing the Santa
I Cruse mountains and tonight slept in his
* car in San Jose. From Del Monte the
I president circled around Monterey bay to
! Santa Cruz, then crossed the range, halt
: ing long enough on the way to see a
grove of sequoias and then passed un
the Santa Clara valley- through tho vaw*
flelds of sweet peas and verdant orchards
to the. metropolis of the prune Industry to
San Jose, ancient capital of the country
of California.
Enthusiastic receptions greeted the pres
ident at every station. People e.Tme from
! miles around to see the head man of the
nation. At San Jose great preparations
bad been made for 'he reception of the
president. Flowers had been strewn broad
cast and women carried loads of blos
soms to the special train. Every nook of
! the president s ear was piled high with
: gorgeous, sweet flowers, and tonight Mr,
I Roosevelt slept in a rich bed of petals and
; oriental distillations.
I Tlie presidential train left Del Monte
! early today. At Fajaro the train stayed
a. few minut/'s and Mr. Roosevelt made a
i brief speech.
j The train then proceeded toward Santa
’ Cruz, a seaside resort, on the northern
i shore of Monterey bay. On tho way a
I stop was made at Watsonville, where
watermelons grow like weeds. I hen a
special bore the presidential party to a
grove oi big ' rees at F< n. in t he i >ot
lulls. There an open-air luncheon was
served by a score of California’s beauti
ful young women.
Some one told the president that the
Spanish beans served at tlie luncheon
5 hail b* *-n » "oke*l by Mrs. J M. Gesi-ttei
i est, mother of thirty-four ■ li’idrcn. I’res
! ideiit Koosevilt laugh' d leartily and said
i that .Mrs. Gesetterest shc-Td be elected
' pi' snl. nt of some society, h did not know
I exactly what one.
President Butler. of Cffiimbia unl-
I verslty , was Jlr. Roosevelt s only com
' panion during his walk among tlie big
I redwood trees.
When Roosevelt and Butb-r returned
I from their walk the !'■■"."(-rs secretly
presented him with a si’.'i plate and
I dedicated a free in his h"i c. Tlie train
tlu ii returned to Santa ‘ Tuz. and the
I president's special train left for San Jose.
| The reception comniitt' ■ ai San Jose
1 tool, Mr. Roosevelt for a drive through
the valley.
At Santa Cruz the old .!■ ait college was
visited, and at Campb'i: many fruit
raisers wer< greet'd. On u-turning to
San Jose at dusk Mi. Roosf.-v. lt reviewed
Hie school ( hildren of the city at .Mc-
Kinleys monument. St. James park. To
i morrow morning til" pn -' .. nt will star'
for San Fran -isco. ealliic: at Iceland
i Stanford, Jr., university, Palo Alto and
, at Burlingame.
—.
Negro Troops to the Front.
i San Francisco, May in. lb irlier greet-
I Ing was never given a pr. -id"nt of the
i I lined States than that oft-i'd today by
the city of San Francisco to Theodore
Roosevelt Through miles "d miles of
: dens, ly packed, cheering humanity, the
j president pass'd bowing his acknowledg
ments. evidently wiirit’d by maintaining
I an erect position in his carriage, but
| buoyed up by the impres'is eness of the
I demonstration. It was a magnificent
ovation.
W'nen the presi'lential train, drawn by
I a handsomely ii" ■ .rated b"--.motive, ar
' rived tile president was w-lcomed for-
■ mally by’ Mayor S hmitz M. H . I>e
I Young, president of the itizens’ recep-
I Hon committee.
' .Mr. Roosevelt <x; t-; ; his thanks to
i each in a lew w a .1 was then in
t t r." 111 e--d I" Ada:, al r ai ci. 'f the
Britisli I’aciUc sqiia'iroa, who conve.. ed
' tlie goon wishes of King Edward and
! said that the arrival of the flag ship of
| the squadron to assist in the greeting
! was another inst-incc of the eoi'ili.il re
: latipns existing between til" two uiliotis.
j i’resident Roosevelt said he appri.eiali.-d
J th" evidence of : Headship, and ... ■ a
that his good wism s be giv< n ' ■ his
' majesty.
i Bebne returning to Ins carriage Mr.
j Roosevelt sb-ppeo up to the io om dive
and warmly shook u.inils with iliui:.'i.-r
i MeGrail and I'lieni-in Everly, who pi
i luted him sat'ely from th- south.
j In the parade tile line was li'-ided by
i a troop "i colored cavalry, this being the
; first instance m tlie west, where negro
.-".di..', tiave held the posi'.ion of li'.nior
in a punlic procession. Following the
' presid'-nt came l intiii Stab's troops from
i Hi.- local posts, sailors and marim s from
war ships in the harbor and at Man isi ■
I and, regiments of trie state militia and a
■ number ot setni-miliutry o: ganiz itioris.
I A notable feature was the fancy mareh
-1 ing of the i.TeVcl.imi Grays, wlio came
! from Dido to participate in the Cali
! forma greeting.
i Alter revnwing the para le, the presi
dent was escorted to 'll'’ 1 M. I.'. A.
building, wnere a throng had assembl'd
i to participate in the burning . t mort-
■ gages unci notes representing Hie total
indebtedness of $11.>.-"' 1 ' upon the property.
I 'l’lie president, by request, touche.! a
lighted match to the documents, and as
i th" dames licked up the papers he joined
; with the assemblage in singing “Praise
: God, From Whom All Bb -sings Flow.”
i The president made a brief address.
i 'lllO president was banquett. d tonight
I at th" Palace hotel by the citizens’ com-
i mittee.
Address of President.
1 President Roosevelt in his speech at tho
i banquet tonight said
“We nave attained our present position
I of leadership in the intern ational busi-
■ ness world in a tariff polj.-y which 1
I think our people as ,i whole have ac
j quiesced in as essentially wise alike from
th" standpoint of the. manuiacturers, the
■ merchants, the farmer and the wage
■ worker. Doubtless, as our needs shift,
it will bo necessary to reapply in its de-
- tail this system, so as to meet these
slutting needs; but it wi'iifil certainly
seem from the standpoint of our busi
ness interests, most uii'-vise to abandon
I the general policy of th" system, under
I which our success has be. n so signal.
I In financial matters we are to l>e coii
i gratulated upon having definitely deter
mined that our currency system should
i rest upon a gold basis; for to follow any
I other course would have tn.ant disaster
SO widespread that it would be difficult
ito overestimate it. '1 here i••-, however,
’ unquestionable need of en.ieting further
1 financial legislation, so ■ to provide
i for greater elasticity in "fir currency
■ system. So, in my .j’.uigni"ir., the con
gress that is to assemble nexi tall should
take up and dispose "t : ne ;c -.--ing quo -,-
: tlons relating to banking and currency.
Roosevelt Spoke for Expansion.
! San Francisco, May 13. President Roose
: veil tonight addressed an Immense crowd
I in Mechanics pav lion. His reception was
enthusiastic.
I The president said:
“Before I saw the Pm ili slope 1 was
an expansionist, and after having seen it
1 fail io understand how any man who
is confident of his country .- greatness
and glad this country should challenge
with proud confidence our mighty future,
can be anything but an expansionist. In
.In century that is opening tlie commerce
and tlie progress of tlie Pacific will b?
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i the greatest of all the oceans bids lair to
I become in its turn the first in point of
importance. Our mighty republic has
1 stretched across the Pacific, and now in
I California. Oregon and Washington, in
i Alaska and Hawaii and th" Philippines,
! holds an extent of coast line which makes
I it of necessity a power of the first class
i on the Pacific.
“The extension in the area of our <lo-
I main has be°n lir.mense; the extension
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sure our peaceful domination of its
wai'-rs in Hie future if only we grasp
with . ulli. i, n: resolution the advantages
of this position. We are taking long
strides m this direction; witness th" ca
bles We are laying and the great steam
ship lines we are starting.
“Wo n.iv: taken the first steps toward
digging an isthmian canal to be under
our own emtio!, a canal whi li will make
our Atlantic and Pacific coast lin'-s to all
>nt"Ut and purpose continuous and wi.l
add immensely alike to our commercial
and our military and naval strength.
Speaks of Philippines.
“The inevitable march of events gave
ns the control of the I’hilippims at a
tini" so opportune that it may without ir
rev.-ra.nee be. held providential. Unless
we show ourselves weak, unless we show
ourselves degenerate sons of the sires
front whom we sprang, we must go on
with the work Hint we have begun. I
■ arnestly hope that this work will always
bo peaceful in character. We infinitely
desire peace, and tlie surest way to ob
tain it is to show that we are not
afraid of war.
“We should deal in a spirit of fairness
and justice with till weaker nations; wo
should show to the strongest that w-e
are able to maintain our rights. We
: must keep on building and maintaining
a th roughij effieii n 4 navy with plenty
i of tho la-si and most formidable, ships and
I witli an ample supply of off: ors and men.
j Only thus can we assure our position in
I the world at large and in particular our
; position here on the I’aciti -. It b'-hooves
I ali men of lofty soul who are proud to
."■l..in. i i a mighty natim to see t" it
tliat W‘- lit ourselves to take and k"ep a
pleat position in the world, for our prop
ii pl.o" is with tlie expanding nations
and tin- nations that are to be great, that
wo ne, .pt with i-.in'idcneu a place of
leadersliip in the world.
“All our p'-opie should take this p.-st
j tlon. b it - pecially you of (’alifornia, f* r
■ much of our expansion must go tlvrongn
; the Gohlen Gate. au<‘ the states of the
t in it able
| whi.-h would be most benefitted by tne
growth of Arnpricaii inthioiior* to‘-
i ec.ists and islands of that mighty ocean
i where east and west finally become < ne.
Farewell Said by Roosevelt.
j San Francisco, May II - President
' Roosevelt hade farewell to San Francisco
i tonight and started for Yosemite valley
■ to spend several days. His last day in
! San Francisco, like the oth, rs. was so
'completely taken up that it. serv'd to
'verify th" smiling remark he made yc.-,-
t.-rday tli.it tin- city of 'he Golden Gate
I bad giv. n liirn every thing except sl' - p-
Earlv tills morning the presidential
Ij-.irlv, with an escort "f sailors and
i murin's. left the Palace ho.-l and pat
iticipated in the dedication of the monu
'no nt <■-.mmemorative the vi'-toiy of
j ('omni'i'lor. I h we y.a nd his fleet at Ma-
I nila bav. Here flic president spoke
j strong.y on the necessity of a stronger
I navy and of practical training at sea.
i Then a trip was taken across th" bay
1 to Berk'-ley. the home of tlie 1 niversily
! of ('ulifo: iiia, whir" tlie president .-, "I-.--
(p, eoinnu nc nu'iit i xercises and re
ecived Hie degree ot doctor "f laws. I lie
■, 11 ly.eus of I 1.ik1.-'.nd next claimed Mr.
; A’miowffig ‘ "".ime a visit to Vallejo.
I where 'he corner stone of the navy young
; Men’s Christian Association building was
: ‘ inspection was then made of tho Mare
i island navy yard and th" party returned
at 7 o'clock 'to attend tlie Union League
• i Tul> banquet at th' Palace hotel. ‘
i wore laid for 300 and tlie guests included
,n,,u Os th" judges of the stat" supremo
Jeourt. President rtooscvelt responded to
: an address of welcome.
Roosevelt in Big Tree Region.
Wawona. >'al-- May 15. Pr sident Roose-
■ velt for the second time since be left
I Washington on his present trip is cut
■ off from communication with the outside
lie is camping in the Big Tree country
: and will remain secluded until Monday
morning. His special train arrived al
Raymond curly this morning. A detach
. ment of the Ninth cavalry, which is sta-
I tioned at Wawona, was at the station
I and will be his escort in the. Big Tree
I country.
: Tho president and his party board'd
i stages and started on their 4i-milo rid. to
;ho Big 'l'ree country, where tin- nigh: was
i , l.e spent. An exciting incident occur
1,. 1 during the ride from Ahwahnee to tae
Big Ti 'i- grove. A small forest file was
raging close to the trail, causing a heavy
pall ,7f smoke to obscure the road. The
iriil nt this place runs along a steep
: -ide of the mountain. Tho driver lashed
th"- horses and the president was .- ■ ..n
mt of tlie fire zone. When the party
I reached tlie Big Tree grove the president
! .pent two hours admiring these wondi rs
>f nature. He will spend the night in the
’ Big Tree grove, sleeping in the open air
i wrapped in blankets.
Roosevelt Caught in Snow Storm
I Yosemote, Calif.. May 16.—A heavy snow
i storm struck the mountains this after-
I noon and is raging furiously. The presi-
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dent is quartered at Glacier Point hotel.
It is believed that he will remain there
tonight. Tlie remainder of the president's
parly, numbering about thirty, will be
; forced to go to the valley, 4 miles be
low. as accommodations for not ex
ceeding fifteen persons can be provided
at the hotel. The t'u-phone to Glacier
Point is out of order at pr-sent and no
communication by wire can be had.
Shortly after noon today tlie presiden
tial party, occupying four stages, enter
ed tlie Yosemite valley. The president
himself did not accompany the party. He
e tided a large crowd awaiting jjim in the
valley by tajjing the train with a few
members of his party at Chinquapin, 15
miles from here.
Th. colored troops o.” the Ninth cavalry
broke tlie trail t.iirogh the snow, wiiicii
was quite deep in places. The remainder
of the party numbering about twenty
four, took ipjr.-es and mules at the foot
of the trail for Glacier Point In ac
cordance with the president's desire to
enjoy Ills outing In private, his mo\■ -
nu-nts were jealously guardejl by ah of
-1 liciais.
j The president and party took lunc-h
--. eon today at Glacier Point peak, 3,3'JU f". t
above the floor of the valli v. Prepara
tions had been made for tjie prisident
I to stay ai Jorgensen s studio, in the in
-1 terior of the valley, and the ej-owds w- re
greatly surprised and disappointed when
the presid-nt did not appear. At no-m
Governor Pardee and Pr. sident Wlie- U r.
ot the I nit- rsit' of California, arriv-d at
the Sentinel hotel.
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SPEER WARNS ROADS
NOT TO RAISE RATES.
. : M e an. Ga Maj' 16. Argume:.* wa - con
. I eluded today in the case of G" <gi: Saw
• j -Mel .V-se iation against th ' Son: (Atistern
I Freight Association and the several rail
| d companies comp'isittg ft.
I Judge Speer stated that he had nt fir t.
j decided to take the case unib r advisetn- at.
hut owing to the importance ot the inter
' J ' -ts involved he had decided to hand down
I an opinion.
1 I Th. defendants filed a demurrer to tiie
I jurisdiction of the court, on tae ground
’ i that the facts in tlie bill of complaint did
I rot state or make si eh a cause as en ti th d
them to seek relief in a court of equity
of the i'nited States.
The demurrer was overruled, pudge
1 Speer holding tliat he eutertaim-d r>
doubt of the court’s jurisdiction to 1 \
; si rain the ens. r eluent of rates Hindi in
violation of tlie interstate commerce la a
Governed by this view lie dissoived :l:e
• j temporary injunction against the rail-
roads, but in • a« t Hi" raia'".ids siiail en
force the rate complained of the .. at
' j reserves th., right, upon a pro;,"r a;
-I tion of th',’ ,-aw mill associaiios, l-> io
■ join the railroads from nutt'ng - i.-h i.ite
into effect pending- a hearing 1., fore the
■ interstate vommerce commission.
WOMEN - ARE SOLD VERY CHEAP.
Prices Range Low' in the Congo
Free State.
New York, May 16 Xfter
missionary work along the I\a--ai river
1 in the interior of the Congo Free Stall ,
the Rev. William Morrison, of the Amer
ican Presbyterian mission, returned to
day on the Etruria.
Mr. Morrison 1' ft Luebo > arly in April
and on hearing his story of abuses, li;-
London Society for the I’rotietion of
the Aborigines took up tlie matter and
Mr. Morrison furnished a report to For
eign Secretary Lansdowne Tlie report,
aci-ording to Mr. Morrison, will be tak"n
up by parliament on May 20.
“1 come here to lay the ma't.cr before
I the secretary of state.” h<- said, 'and I
I believe that the action of those in an
thority. both here and in England, will
I result in better conditions in the Congo
Free State, it is not a free state. in
Luebo, where 1 have bcm working, you
can buy a woman for $lO.
“I have not seen men sold, for their
services are too valuable. They ar" pra<-
1 tically forced to work and this amounts
I to virtual slavery.”
RED HATS IN STORE FOR THEM.
j Prelates To Be Created Cardinals at
Next Consistory.
Rome. May 12.--The pope has definite
ly decided to appoint cardinals at the
next consistory. The following prelates
have already been informed of the inten- ■
tion of the pontiff to bestow the red hat
on them:
Mgr. Novella, secretary of the college
of cardinals; Mgr. < vic-'hioni, secretary
of the congregation of the council; Mgr.
Taliani, papal nuncio at Vienna; Mgr.
Ajuti, pa.pat nuncio at Lisoon; Mgr.
Katsehthalcr, archbishop of Saiz 'Urg,
and Mgr. Fischer, archbishop of Cologne.
The consistory is likely to take place
June 15 or June 22.
LARGEST BATTLE SHIP AFLOAT
The Commonwealth, Being Built for
Britain, Is Launched.
London, May 13.—The Commonwealth,
the largest battle ship afloat, was floated
at Govan, on the Clyde, today. She is the
first vessel of the British navy to have
1 "i- 10-inch guns protected by an extend
ed barbett. instead of by casemates. Iler
other armaments consists of four 12-
Inch guns, four 9.2-inch guns and twenty
four small guns. The new battle ship's
speed is to bo 18.5 knots per hour and she
will carry a crew of 755 men. The Com
monwealth is of 16.5511 tons displacement
and engines of 18,000 horse power.
; |DO MAY GET
i THEJANAL.
Washington May 12.—Dr. Thomas Her
ran, Colombian 'barge d'affaires, said to
’ day that he had not been advised by his
government that 1 ’r< ddent Marroquin had
r-signed, as r pr j in dlsnat. ties from
I’a Hama.
If it shall ■ • ' ■ • : :’:
1 lombian govi rnmeat is to con
summate the ti- ity, or is disposed to de
ter liiml action beyond the “reasona >le
- . time ’ mentioned in tlie S. ooner act, the
, state department will at once endeavor
to reopen negotiations with Ni tragua
and Costa Rica with the view of se iuring
control of the alternate route for a canal
' through those countries. In fact, Seereta
' ry Hay has already within the, week
talk- 1 with Senur Corea, Hie Nicaraguan
minister, and S niitor Cai'.-;, the minister
from Costa Rica.
1 It is said by parties to th.- negotiations
' that .f they are resumed it will in upon
‘ the distinct ui .h r; i.indnig that the Cniteii
Silt. I I.m-lit det,,:: ■ ■ ’. ■ 1 ■ tTi
Panama route, no min-h ill-f-'elmg w. 13
excit' d in Ni- .iragiri and Costa lira by
, the dropping , f the Ni ii'igiin r nite afier
the yrol. • -ns h :■! I" n < a.v, :i. , 'ucng ‘ >
loath to iak up the subject again w’ limir.
an * xurees agreement that th-.y -re not to
, be d to 1 !uij the Coiuniiii.m government
i The "fir ials here, however, feel wrV
j conli I. t i-iat it will not be necessary : •
’ I resort ag tin t - tb.'? Nicaraguan route, for
■ they believe that the pn.i-nl difficulties in
\ ’ th"' i'unam.i negotiations are solely attri-
i but.l bit- to efforts on the part of lii" >'•>-
1 lornbi: ns to niak-- the m-isj of the oppor-
- ; tunny to induce the Panama Canal Com-
i puny to divide with it some ; art. of tho
I .s,|i\iiio,i'».H p , received by the company
Rejection of Treaty Predicted.
c.'l.in. May T - Newsp ijicrs just received
from Bogota, the capital contain articl-o
I adverse, [o the J’n.ajnn canal treaty and
GPi-ivi'e letters from *Bog<ea,. of re.-ent
' date, I'-f'-rring to the g .wing opposition
■ there to tii" tr -aty, affirm tii.it cv< “ a
certain numbci of the governni'-nt offi. ''rs
■ ar,; wavering in theh' adherence to tho
C. !. -nbian congress in its pres '.t farm.
Discussion in the Cabinet.
■i C .’."H. M.ny I " Mail Nows from F g"'i
I say: there is niiiclt d he cab-
| in t. Ceii.ri; Fernandez has resign-ii the
portfo er of state (premier),
■ Franeisim M.-ndoz.i, 11 is m- pte.l
Former Fl .- dent i'ir.i has a.l',andm.md
' ’ his usual atiitmle of reserve and is now
i iiking a promine nt part in the discussion
| of r> hiical affairs.
| In the opinion of many persons General
, l-'r ri-,a-;ilez resigned in or.b r to offer him
: sei, a- .■'. candidate fur the presidency at
I Gcr.er.il Reyes, see .nd vi'o president of
I Columbia, who recently return.-d to iho
I capital, after a long absence in M- xieo
i and other places, is meeting with a
I hearty re option at Bogota,
Denial Made by Cromwell.
: Washington, May William Nelson
I (’’romwell, general counsel . f the new
j Panama Canal Company, today mado
■ public a statement regarding current re
i ports affecting tiu company, including
. that emanating from Panama, tliat the
I company had offered the Colombian gov-
I eminent 1:5000.000 of the s4o.i‘ooi>hi the
: company is to receive from the I ijted
> States. Tiie statement is as foiljws:
i “Tho new I'a;:.ma Canal c■mip.iiiv lius
i not made a proposal to ; :...■ ■ ■
i any sum whatever, to tie Colombian
: government, n r to any parties vvii.it. >-
j i.-vi r. lor, or in connn.-tion with tiie ra'di
l < ation ut the pending treaty. Statein nts
j to tlie '<>ntr.iry are absolutely without
i the slightest foundation.
I “There is no occasion for the < 011 idera
! tion of the subject from that standpoint.
I Colombia has alreadv given its full' ■ 'n-
I sent to the purchase by the I'nited States
This is a matter of public record. Tiie
■: ' olombian congress lias just been called
into extraordinary session for June J", to
I deal especially with tie treatv made bv
i its ministers with tho I’nited Status, and
: we have . very reason to expect that tho
i congress will not only confirm the pro-
I posals and action of its president and
I cabinet, but also of its ministers. Silva,
Con-It: and Herr.in snecessively. especial
ly empowered to negotiate and coneluda
the pending treaty, which is of such vast
concern tn the Colombian nation In this
mailer the now Panama Canal Company
Is not a party. It is a matter between
the two governments which have already
reached an explicit treaty agreement.
I'p to this hour I have no confirmation of
tho report that President Marroquin has
resigned, but if it was true the obliga
tions of Colombia tn the I’nited States
under the ponding treaty negotiations
would not be affected. "
GEN. HOWARD FEUD FIGHTER.
Riding Through Eastern Kentucky in
Effort to Step Bloodshed.
Middlesboro, Ky., May 16.—General O.
O. Howard, founder of the Lincoln Mem
orial school at Cumberland Gap and
other institutions, is riding alone through
tho mountains of eastern Kentucky to
investigate conditions with a view to end
ing feuds.
General Howard will ride though
Breathitt, Letcher and Harlan counties,
ending his trip at Grant-Lee hall, Cum
berland. Gap.
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