LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH Domestic Samuel P. Shane, freight traffic manager of the Erie Railroad, with' headquarters In New York, has been: appointed general manager of the1 Gilchrist Transportation Company, of Cleveland. Hary Gllmore, 70 years old, who j has spent 36 years In prison, ac cording to the police records, recelv- I ed a sentence of eight years in the I Hudson l ounty court ot sessions iu Jersey City. The City Council at Port Arthur, Tex., gave to John W. Gates, on his request, two plots of grounds, on one of which Is to be erected a co educational college to cost $100,000. The Empire Theater, now under lease to Charles Frohman, was sold under the hammer, together with three other buildings on Broadway, New York, for IS5U.000 to Al Hay nian. The Fort View Hotel, of Winches ter, Ky., was destroyed by fire, and a body, supposed to be that of H. L. Euls, an employe of the Burley To bacco Society, was found in the ruins. ' Hussein Kiazitn Boy, the first am bassador appointed by the Turkish government to the United States, was a passenger on the steamer Oceanic, which nrrived at New York. Miss Nellie O'Donnell, a former cashier for the Schwarzchild & Sulz berger Ueef and Provision Company, Kansas City, Mo., was arrested on a charge of embezzling $4,000. The American Locomotive Com pany has purchased a plot ot 130 acres of land at Gary, Ind., from the i uary Land Company, a subsidiary ( As they turned to return to their company of the United States Steel places in the prisoners' dock a faint, corporation, ana pians are oeing half-hearted smile played on the THE NIGHT RIDERS " ! . ARE SENTENCED I Six to Be Hanged and Two Get 20 ! Years Each. TKE EVIDENCE WAS COMPETENT. Elltnce In Court as the Judge Pro. nounces the Death Sentence Bis Times In Bucession-Declares the Cass Ha Bristled With Prejury Appeal to Higher Court. Union City, Tenn. (Special). Without a tremor six men of Reel Foot Lake heard Judgment passed condemning them to pay with their lives the penalty for the part they were convicted of having in putting to death Capt. Quentln Ranken at Walnut Log, the deed of a band of so-called Night Riders of which six men were declared to have been the leaders. Whatever may have been their emotion, they faced the court to receive sentence with the same stole expression as has been their marked characteristic duriHg the trial. When court convened, shortly af ter noon, the room was crowded with people from the lake. With small ceremony, as anticipated, the motion of the defense asking a new trial was overruled by Judge Jones. Then, amid a death-like quiet, the six men Garrett JohnBon, Sam Applewhite, Tld Burton, Bob Hansom, Arthur Cloar and Fred Pinionconvicted of murder In the firBt degree, each in his turn faced Judge Jones to hear the mandate of the court and Fri day, February 19, Bet as the day of their execution. ffmiL-n for a nan. ntant whlnh rf1taTm ' of the locomotive company say wilt be the most complete and best equip ped locomotive works In the world. Charles O. Wagner, reported to have become engaged to marry Mrs. Florence MaybricVc, who was con victed in England on the charge of poisoning her husbund and sentenc ed to life Imprisonment, and who since her release has been lecturing in the United States, denies that he is to marry Mrs. Maybrick. Miss Bridget King, of Newark, N. J., surrendered herself to the police of that city on a charge of aiding in the abduction of Juliet Testa, the 17-year-old daughter of Pasquale Testa, it Is alleged, by Rev. Father Nicholas Slanl, a curate of St. Roc co s Catholic Church, of Newark. Anselm R. M Younger and James brothers' raid ot ; fuiuiiiejii, Minn faces of Pinion and Johnson, but beyond this they could not have shown less emotion were they men of stone. The proceedings ended, the court room was quickly emptied, and, through the crowds of their kins men and friends, the men were led back to jail to await the carrying out of the court's decree, should a higher court not intervene An appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court, where the legal strife will bo just as vigorous as in the trial Just ended. The others of the men Bud Morris and Bob Huffman found guilty of murder in the second degree, received the sentence named by the Jury 20 years in the penitentiary In passing sentence Judge Jones declared that be could see no mltlga ting circumstances as mentioned by the Jury In the return of the verdict and considered it but a compromise to some members of the Jury who A 1 I'M T- a trn dropped dead of heart disease When' hesitated to pass the sentence of the raiders beean shooting I death. Thus he felt that the re took a gun from his hardware store BPon8lbIllty had been placed on him, and wounded Cole Younger and nhot ' a duty wnlch ne would not shirk, Bill Stiles through tbe heart I and to 6,10,1 he declared the sentence The RDPcini .rrBnrt trv I ' the court would be that "You on Monday by Justice Dowllng re- haSg by lYn TC?, n.ntJl yoku re dead turned an indictment against the Sar Company, publisher of William R. Hearst's New York American, a charging criminal libel. George J. L. Wolff. Baltimore manager for the Crowe-Levick Com pany, detailed the rivalry for the oil trade of Baltimore In the suit to dissolve the Standard Oil Company.) W. C. Brown, who was a section hand on the Chicago, Milwaukee and Bt. Paul Railroad, was chosen presi dent of the New York Central. Edward D. Shurtleff, who boltedj the Republican caucus, was elected speaker of the Illinois House with' the aid ot Democratic votes. President-elect Taft heard a re port on generul conditions of child labor in tho South by A. J. McKol-' way. j The arguments of counsel for the defendant and of the judge advocate' were completed in the court-martial of Commander CharleB C. Marsh, United States Navy, who was in com mand of the cruiser Yankee when she ran axbore at the entrance of Buzzards Bay. Thornton J. Halns admitted on the stand that he believed William J. Annis and Mrs. Halns had been in timate years before he spoke to Cap tain Halns on the subject, and that be did not reveal the story until An nis snubbed him. Jr orelgn , The mysterious disappearance ot Miss Violet Gordon Cbarlesworth, who claimed to be the heiress to $744,-. 000, and who was reported to have been killed on an auto trip, has' caused a sensatlou in London. The American relief party, headed by Ambassador Griscom, sailed for. Messina from Civlta Vecchia witn, supplies for the earthquake sufferers. Hear Admiral William P. Potter, commander of the fourth division,' U. b. A. fleet, and other oflicers paid a visit to the Khedive at Cairo. The Archbishop of .MeBslua con ducted a funeral service at the burial of 1,300 bodies In a grave 100 feet wide and 30 feet deep. ' The losses In Messlua and Reg glo provinces, l'.uly, by the earth- quake are estimated at Jl, 200,000, 000. It is reported that the Shah ot Persia has again Issued a manifesto revoking the constitution. Continuous earthquake shocks and. fire have completed the destruction' of Messina. The Italian authorities will isolate Messina to prevent an outbreak of serious Illness. A Portuguese army lieutenant warned King Manuel of a plot to dethrone him. David Jayne Hill, the American ambassador, paid Into the Sitehand lung Bank, Berlin, Andrew Carnegie's gift of lUC. 000 to the Koch Insti tute for Tuberculosis Research. Communication has been establish ed between the wireless station on the Eiffel towur and the French bat tlshlps Justice and Veiito, which are now at Messina. Government troops have finally repulsed tho Insurgents and mutinous soldiers In the Mukden district of Manchuria, according to messages re ceived at Amoy. The Foreign Office at Toklo does not consider that the resignation of luao Sbl Kal is likely to prove a disturbing factor In the Chinese sit uation. Former President Castro of Vene zuela was slightly Improved, and Is now believed he will recover from the operation he underwent Monday. Mr. and Mrs. David Baum, of New York, were reported to have been In. volved In thu' Italian earthquake, have arrived at Paris. Premier Clemenceau believes Franc will become Involved in a war wlthla the next few months, according to tho Inmnstgeant. and may God Almighty have mercy on your souls." Union City, Tenn. (Special) With a verdict of guilty in varying degrees, the jury in the Night Rider trials reported at 8.45 P. M. The 12 men found Garrett Johnson, Tld Burton, Boy Ransom, Fred Pinion, Arthur Cloar and Sam Applewhite guilty of murder in the first degree with mitigating circumstances, and Bud Morris and Bob Huffman, the other defendants, guilty of murder in tho second degree, and fixed their punishment at 20 years in tho peni tentiary. The punishment ot the six first-named defendants was left to the court and may be death or life Imprisonment. The Jury had been out since 2 P. M.; but, because of the Illness of Juror Rosson, had not been able to consult until C P. M. There was a difference ot opinion among the Jurors as to the degree of guilt of tho defendants, hut an agreement was reached quickly. Court was convened at 8 P. M., and the jury sent word that it would be able to report shortly. The room was crowded, as it was during the argument. The minutes passed, and at 8.45 P. M. the bailiff called for the county physician. Juror Rosson was in a state of collapse and needed attention. It was half an hour before Ros son was revived, the Jury filed in and six deputies were summoned to carry in the bed upon which the sick Juror reclined. The foreman an nounced the verdict, the defense call ed for a poll, which was made and the judge dismissed the jurors. The defendants took the verdict with calmness, as they had been ex pecting it since the closing of the arguments. Attorney Pierce turned to them when it was announced and said: "We will tear this case to pieces lu the Supremo Court." The State expected a verdict of Bret degree murder In all eight cases, and was visibly disappointed. Bob Huffman, one of tfao men to escape with 20 years, is the man who, ac cording to the confession of Frank Fehringer, fired tho shot which kill ed Captain Hanken as he was being drawn up with the rope. Kins Manuel Warned. Lisbon (Special). During a ban quet given by officers of the army In this city, at which King Manuel was present, a lieutenant publicly warned Hie King that a plot to de throne him was in course of prepa ration. The offlser declared that the King was surrounded by splos and traitors. Extra guards are on duty around the royal palaoe. Ueil Kiver Kndaagcr Town. Fulton, Ark. ( Special ). Owing to a change In Red River and tile cut ting away of the point of land op posite Fulton, the full force of the current now strikes the bank close to and Is endangering the town and the Iros Mountain Railroad bridge. Several blocks with residences, warehousos and other property have already goie Iruo the river. Tho St. Loute. Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad Company has lout over half a mile ot sidings. i Four Years For MliilKter. Mexico, Mo. (Special). Rev. Clyde Oow was found guilty of man slaughter In the second degree and sent need to four years' Imprison ment. He was Indicted Jointly wttb Dr. W. A. Hemphill for the death of Mlas Elizabeth Uleason, a schoolteacher. Heal For Aboriginal Rare. Monroe, La. (Special). To seek relics) ot an aboriginal rac a party of scientist from Philadelphia has arrived hers and will spend a month or two la ruaeareh aot Monro aad along rb OnackMa Hirer . HARVESTER TRUST LOSES" Highest Kansas Court Upholds Fine of $12,6000. Case Certain to Be Appealed to the Highest Tribunal. Topcka, Kan. (Special.) The Kansas Supreme Court, In a decision Just handed down, affirmed the ver dict and fine of the District Court of Shawnee County agalnet tfce Inter national Harvester Company. The company must pay a fine of $12,600 on 42 counts, each count charging violation of the Kansas Antitrust laws. The decision is far- roachlng. It is certain the case will be appealed to Rie United States 8u premo Court. In the fall of 1906, C. O. Coleman, then Attorney-General of Kansas, be gan the criminal action against this company. Ho brought 7o separate counts. The sales were actually made by Topeka Implement dealers, acting as agent of the International Harvester Company. When the case was tried, 33 of theee counts were quashed on account of technicality. Judge A. W. Dana, of the District Court, sustained each of the other counts, and when the Jury brought In a verdict ot guilty against the company he fined It $300 on each count, making a total of $12,600. Tho company might have been fined $42,000 If the maximum ponalty had been assessed. The chief evidence against the In ternational at the trial were the words of Cyrus McCormlck, of the company, to the effect that his com pany controlled 95 per cent, of the harvesting machine plants of the country, and that he hoped to get nn or them. The company s attorney objected strenuously to this evidence and based Its appeal on these objec tions, but the Supreme Court upheld Judge Dana. Further evidence as to existence of a trust was based on contracts of the company's agents in Kansas. Big Locomotive Plant, New York (Special). Upwards of $10,000,000 will be expended by tho American Locomotive Company in the construction of Its projected plant at Gary, Ind., plBns for which are now in preparation, according to state ments made here by the officials of the corporation. The plant, say the officers, will be one ot the largest locomotive factories In the United States, with a probable output of 1,000 locomotives a year. It will also be the first locomotive plant to bo erected west of Pittsburg. Progress With Gomez. Washington, D. ' C. (Special). Dispatches were received at the State Departmentfrom Commissioner Buch anan announcing that satisfactory progress was being made toward an agreement between the United States and Venezuela for a settlement of the American claims. Commissioner Buchanan had a long conference with the minister ot foreign affairs. It is believed here that the claims will be settled on a baste of arbitration, either by reference to The Hague or by the appointment of a special commission. ANOTHER MOVE IS MADE BY THE HOUSE Will Investigate Secret . Service Expenditures. A FAR-REACHING RESOLUTION, It Wss Adopted By a Unanimous Vote and Provides For a Complete Inquiry Into the Money Spent For Detec tive Work In All Branches of the Government. Washington, D. C. (Special). Without a dissenting vote' the House of Representatives adopted a resolu tion of the most sweeping character introduced by Chairman James A. Tawney, of the House Appropriations uomnmteo, directing an investiga tion of the Secret Service. Under this resolution a select com' mittee appointed by Speaker Can' non will make the investigation. There will be an Inquiry Into every phase of the Secret Service of the Treasury Department. This action 1b the r.1 It ot the sensational dls do by Repreentative wa. In his speech, in god that vouchers bad that accounts had been xpendltures made with y of Congressional en CoMro Grows Worse. Berlin (Special). The condition of Ciprlano Castro, former President of Venezuela, who was operated on at Dr. Israel's sanitarium, took a sudden change for the worse, and his condition Is said to be critical. The operation was for kidney disease. Wreck At Morguntovtn. Morgantown, W. Va. (Special). An open switch on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad caused a freight wreck within the corporate limits. Henry Westfall, who was riding on tho train, was killed, and the engine and many freight cars were demolished. $500 Joke On Mngoon. Santa Clara, Cuba (Special). Santa Clara voted an appropriation of $500 for the entertainment of Governor Magoon from Its "public calamities" fund. This fund is the only one available. , IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE Tonopah's gross output for the fourth week in December is given at $55,990. Charles Sweeney na resigned as president of tre Federal Mining and Smelting Company. Silver metal advanced to 50 cents an ounce. It Is said that India has made a few small purchases lately. First Vice-President W. C. Bnwn was elected president of the New York Central Railroad, to succeed W. H. Newman, who recently retired. John W. Gates advises Congress to cut off entirely t'.'.e tariff on coal, lumber and iron ore and to reduce by at least 60 per cent, the duty- on steel. Treasurer Richard G. Oellers has received from the Amparo Mining Company a check for $10,000, being a part ot the surplus earned In De cember. Cripple Creek's output of gold last years wa $16,000,000 or about $3. 000,000 more Chan In 1907. Since Crippja Creek was first "discovered" the camp has yielded $160,000,000. Reading's December anthracite tojmag was 118.000 tons in excei of that in December, 1907. Pittsburg tonnage of iron ore, coal, etc, fell off In 190S 39.000,000 tons. United Verde Is now paying month ly dividends of 75 cents. Lsst rear the dividend anvmnted to 16.76 a share, bnt in 1907 the amount was : Director of the Mint Leach esti mate the world's gold production in 1908 at $427,000,000, an lnereaw of $16,446,000 as compared With 1907. The output of the United States In 1908 Is estimated at , 313,256, as compared with $89,616, 017 in 1907. Phfladelphla bank clearings in De cern bor were $572,000,000 compar ed with $493,060,000 in that month 1907. This gain amounted to 16 per cent. la PltUburg tho clearing de creased 10 per cent. Vine-PreaMent J. Tarnall Lea, of the Lake Superior Company, s&ys no change in the management have yet been dlaoussed. Arrangements har bona completed whereby Robert Flaming, who renreswnts a British syndicate, hat aoanired all tit hold ings ot h Caaadla Improvement Codipanr of tho Lak Superior One auraUM bond &d Uckft, closures Smith, which I been fa podded out autk. actment. . It it alleged that Secret Service men employed for the protection of the Presidnet of the United States were, prior to the granting of legal autnority tor that purpose, detailed without authority of law. Repre sentative Smith submitted letters to the House to support the allegation that Chief Wilklo himself had tes tified before the House Appropria tions Committee in 1906 that unless legislation were enacted to authorize the detail of these Secret Service men for the guarding of the President Mr. Wllkle would have to continue to "perjure" himself every month in the preparation of his account. PENSACOLA UNDER BLUE LAWS, Lid To Be On Tight In Florida Town. Pensacola, Fla. (Special). 8heriff Van Pelt announced that under the "Bluo laws" there will be ho cigars, cigarettes or tobacco sold, no cabs or transfer wagons in operation and even the meat markets will be closed in Pensacola Sundays, Following this announcement County Solicitor Loftin informed the Sheriff that be must not 'molest the operating ot street cars, public backs, sale of milk or any of the necessities of life Sunday, and wtiere it becomos necessary merchants shall be allowed to dispose of goods, pro vided they do not keep open doors. Overcome By Ammonia. Springfield, Mass. (Special). Eleven firemen were overcome by fumes of ammonia released from the refrigerating plant by a fire in a store on Bridge Street. They were rushed in three ambulance and a "flying squad" automobile to the hos pital, where they are In a serious condition. Holland And Venezuela. The Hague (Special). Official notification has been received here from Caracas of the formal revoca tion by the Venezuelan government of tho trans-shipment decree of May 14, which led to the recent Dutch naval demonstration in Venezuelan waters. The official dispatch bring ing this intelligence adds that the Dutch consuls in Venezuela have had their exequaturs returned. Suved Man To He Kobbcd. Chicago (Special). Mrs. Foster Moore saved a man's life at a fire and now believes that in return he robbed foer of $5,000 worth of Jew elry. She found him In a hallway, apparently overcome by smoke, and succeeded In gettnlg him to the ntreet. Later she saw him running away from the building In a sus picious hurry and soon afterward missed her valuables. 12,470,220 Iinlcs Ginned. Washington, D. C. (Special). The Census Bureau reported 12,470,226 running bales of cotton ginned from tho growth of 1908 to January 1 last, against 9.951,505 a year ago, and 27.3S6 ginneries operated, against 27,276 a year ago. The percentage of the whole crop ginned to January 1 is 90 per cent, for 1909 and 90.4 tor 1908. UNCLE M ftFTER HftRRlMAM Investigate His Control of Traffic to the Pacific. Achlsea Said to Be Part of Darrlman Combination. New York (Special). That E. H. Harrlman and his associates had forced the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe to sell to tho Southern Pacific, two years ago, a road the Santa Fe was .then building in South ern Arizona as the connecting link in what would have made practically a new low-grade transcontinental route for the Santa Fe and, as such, a dangerous competitor of the Har rlman road, was brought out by the goverment attorneys in the hearing before Special Examiner Williams, at the custom house, in the suit brought against the Harrlman roads to dis solve the combination. Minute of the proceedings of the board of directors and stockholders of the Atchison were put in evi dence, ahowlng that the sale of this road and the virtual abandonment of this new line took place Just about a year after the Harrlman Interests had, unbeknown to the Atchison peo ple, bought $30,000,000 worth of Atchison stock and had demanded and secured representation on the Atchison board. H. H. Rogers and Henry C. Frlck were the two mem bers who took their seats on the Atchison board at that time and the minute showed that both voted to sell the road in question to the Southern Pacific. As a part of the agreement then made the Atchison further agreed to go into partner ship with the Southern Pacific in building into Northern California, where they had projected competing lines. It Is contended bv the eovernment in its suit that the Atchison since this stock purchase has practically become a part of the Harrlman rail road combination, which is alleged to be a monopoly in restraint of trade. Frank M. Murphy, oresldent of me anta re, Frescott and Phoenix, owned by the Atchison, was the wit ness put on the stand by the gov ernment to testify as to the manner in which the Southern Pacific block ed the Atchison' attempt to con struct a new line to the coast. The Atchison already had a line running irom its main line in California to Phoenix, Ariz. It was also building a cut-off from Berlin, Kan., south to Alberquerque, New Mexico, and thence to Demlng, Ariz. The link which the Southern Pacific secured was the Phoenix and Eastern Ari zona, which was to run between Demlng and Phoenix. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH Burn $1100,000 In Bends. Dallas, Tex. (Special). E. H. R. Green, son of Mrs. Hetty Green, at Austin registered $2,000,000 worth ot 4 per cent, bonds of the Texas Midland Railroad, of which he is practically the exclusive owner. A bonfire was at once made ot 900, 000 old 5 per cent, bonds, which the new bond Issue replaces.. To Retry Oil Trust Case. Chicago (Special). After receiv ing unofficial Information that Judge A. B. Anderson, of Indiana polls, had consented to hear the re trial of the Standard Oil case, Dis trict Attorney Sims has begun active preparations in the proceedings which is expected to commence with in a week. Alnlraina Fight Begun. Mobile, Ala. (S p e c i a 1). The wholesale and retail liquor dealers of Mobile book their first step in their fight against the Carmlcbael Prohibition Bill when application for a retail liquor llcoase wss made to Probate Judge Prlne Williams, Jr. After arguments Judge Williams took the matter under advisement. The validity of the bill was attacked by the applicant's lawyers on the ground that the oons'ltutlonal pro vision bad not been observed in the matter of the amendments. Quuke At Pnliif.. Pal mi (Special). A short but in tense ea,rth shock was tejt here caus ing tho collapse of standing walls, including those of the Cathedral, which crashd down with a great noise. No one wa Injured, hot th people rushed from their shelter al most erased wkh fright. ArMCraiion Treatta Mgned. Washington, D. C. (Special)! Secretary Root atgaed arbitration treatliaa irtth Boa4o, Boltn aad ttsi Senator Tillman asserts that im portant papers regarding the Oregon land deal have been taken from his desk. Tang Shao Yi, the special envoy recalled to China, made his farewell call on the President, Secretary Cortelyou called in $25.- 000,000 of Government deposits now in national banks. Mr. Depew stated that the Sen ate will preserve a much closer scrutiny of appointments by the President. Senator Culberson, of Texas, in troduced a resolution in the Senate instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to report whether the Pres ident was authorized to nermlt the absorption of the Tennessee company Dy me ieei TruBt.. The Senate Committee on Finance favorably reported the bill to in crease the salary of the President and Vice President. The House committee was not im pressed by the arguments made by naval officials for ordering the ma rines from the warships. Plans for the new home of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing have been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. Secretary Newberry outlined to the House committee a plan for a squadron of monster battleships. Chairman Frye. of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Is opposed to a river and harbor bill at tho present session of Congress. Bronze medal are being made at the mint commemorating the depar ture of the battleship fleet from Hampton Koads. Justice Wright, who sentenced the labor leaders for contempt, has consigned many threatening letters to the waste basket. Senate Committee reported favor ably on the proposition to raise the legation at Peking to -an embassy. A bill providing for the parole of United States prisoners provoked a long discussion in the Senate. John W. Gate declared himself favorable to placing iron ore, coal and lumber on the free list. Several amendment to the bank ruptcy law were favorably reported by tho House Committee. . The nomination of Robert E. Watchorn, commissioner of immigra tion at Ellis Island, to succeed him self, which was sent to the Senate Monday, was withdrawn. It Is authoritatively stated that the United States will proceed with other cases against the Standard OH Com pany for accepting rebates. It Is possible that President Roose velt will appoint an anti-Bryan Dem? oerat to the federal bench in North Carolina. Three Congressional election con tests from South Carolina were de cided by the committee in favor of sitting Democrats. The House committee to which was referred the President's message on the Secret Servleo held several meet ing, but decided on no report. The Naval Bureau has outlined plans for a 25,000-ton battleship larger than any tho far authorized for the American Navy. Itsar Admiral Barnett, superin tendent of the Naval Observatory, Is reported critically in. UNITED STATES SENATE 'T DEFIED BY PRESIDENT Forbids Mr. Bonaparte to Reply to Their Raso'utlon. HE APPROVED THE STEEL MERGER. In a Special Messag th President Ex. plains Why ll Intimated to the Steel Corporation That Their Absorption ef the Tsnnessc Company Woald Not Lead to a Prosecution. Washington, D. C. (Special). President Roosevelt Informed the Senate In no uncertain terms that he bad given his approval to the ab sorption of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company by the United States Steel Corporation and that 'be had instructed Attorney General Bona parte not to respond to the Senate inquiry as to the reason for his fall. Ure tO nrosecutn tho tl mmnnnv The President concludes his message with the statement that he does not conceive it "to be within the au thority of the Senate to give direc tions or this character to the head of an executive department." Commenting upon the Attorney icnor, me rresiaem says Assumes All Responsibility. "As to the transaction In question, I was personally cognizant of and responsible for Its every detail. For the information of the Senate I trans mit a copy of a letter sent by me to the Attorney General on November 4, 1UU7, as follows: " "The White House, " 'Washington,-November 4, 1907. My Dear Attorney General: Judge E. H. Gary and Mr. H. fl Frlck, on behalf of the Steel Cor poration, have Just called upon me. They state that there Is a certain business firm (the name of which 1 have not been told, but which Is of real importance In New York busi ness circles) which will undoubtedly fail this week if help is not given. Among its assets are a majority of me securities ot the Tennessee Coal Company. Application has been urgently made to the Steel Corpora tion to purcnase this stock as the only means of avoiding a failure. Judge Gary and Mr. Frlck Informed me that as a mere business transac tlon they do not care to purchase me stock: that under ordinary clr cumstances they would not consider purchasing the stock, because but lit tle benefit will come to the Steel Corporation from the purchase; that they are aware that the purchase win be used as a handle for attack upon them on the ground that they are striving to secure a monopoly of the business and prevent compe tition not that this would represent what could honestly be said, but what might recklessly and untruth fully be said. They inform me that, as a amtter of fact, the policy of the company has been to decline to acquire more than 60 per cent, of the steel properties, and ' that this purpose has been persevered in for several years past, with the object of preventing these accusations; and, as a matter of fact, their proportion of steel properties has slightly de creased, so that it is below this 60 per cent., and the acquisition of the property in question will not raise it above 60 per cent. To Avert A Panic. " 'But they feel that It is Immense ly to their interest, as to the Interest of every responsible business man, to try to prevent a panic and general industrial smashup at this time, and that they are willing to go into this transaction, which they would not otherwise go into, because it seems the opinion of those best fitted to express Judgment in New York that it will be an independent factor in preventing a break that might be ruinous, and that this has been urged upon them by the combination ot the most responsible bankers in New York, who are now thus engaged in endeavoring to save the situation. But they asserted they did not wish to do this if I stated that it ought not to bo done. I answered that while of course I could not advise them to take the action proposed, I felt It no public duty of mine to Interpose any objection. i " 'Sincerely yours, " 'Ql.n&ll ThanAM U rinoo vol t " 'Hon. Charles J. Brjapvte, At torney General.' "After sending this letter I wis ad vised orally by the Attorney General that in his opinion no .ftcient grounds existed for legal proceedings against the steel corporation, and that the situation bad been in no way changed by its acquisition of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. None Of Their Btndnces. "1 have thus given to the Senate all the information in the possession of the executive departments which appears to me to be material or rele vant en the subject of the resolution. I feel bound, however, to add ttyu I have Instructed the Attorney Gen eral not to respond to that portion of the resolution which calls for a statement of his reasons for non action. I have done so because I do not conceive it to be within the authority of the Senate to give ai rectlons of this character to the bead of an executive department, or to demand from him reasons for his action. Heads of executive depart' ments sr sublect to the Constitu tion, and to the laws passed by the Congress fn pursuance of the Con stitution, and to the directions of the President of the uniiea Biaies, but to nq other direction whatever. "'(Signed) Theodora Roosevelt. "The White House, January 6. 10$.'- persimmon Beer And 'Possum. Atlanta (Special). The Georgia editors hav beea polled a to whetb. er champagne or persimmon beer shpuld be served at the 'possum ban anet to be given President-elect Tsft here on January 16, and the major try of them vote for " 'simmon boer." Only one editor favors champagne. Nearly al1 assert that 'stounon beer Is the only proper liquid with which to wash down 'possum, while a tew say .that corn liquor goo well with the roasted marsupial. TTPHfiiDlEVEOT MESSINA Terrors . of 'Epidemic Add to tho Earthquake Horrors. Th Work of Rescue Is Being Rushed On Bay and Night. "' RESCUERS AT WORK. The work of rescue In Messina I and Regglo Is being pushed I forward night and day and sufferers are still being taken I from the rulna. I Fourteen thousand bodies have been burled In four cemeteries as Messina and 9,000 people are still in the city. Recurring shocks constantly place the rescuers' lives in danger and complote the demolition of I the ruins. I Stuart K. Lupton, the American vice consul, had a miraculous escape when the Hotel Vlttoria I wan destroyed. I An English-speaking family Is I known to have rerlshed when I the Hotel Central, at Regglo, I fell. I Queen Helena has requested that I no celebration take place on I the anniversary of her birth I next Friday. Regrdate Advertisement. Albany, W. Y. (Speoial). -Tns A bill was Introduced la the Honsa I right of tho city anthorttiM l New i:iXj&t"?Lnt 0t Vork to prent tho Fifth Av.nuo Th. House committeo having In oTutooffi w. ebarge the varioa. appropriation bills np.ui la a doelsloa by the Court 71a X. ' mT . w or Appls. Th otty contended that the advertisement on th exterior and taoctSngs. Tb Prttldeut sent to th Raaat th nomination of Col. Oeorg H. Tern of i be urecm general. Modi eaJ Corp. TV aosBlaatioa of Samuel B. pen nelly to be pabllc prlafer wa bold trp la Cha Senate committee ot ib automobile violated a oty ordinance, which prohibit advertis ing track or wagon running on oer tara street. A mfTto taaac I fa psrfae oftn djh3Qjto re after bvfldlag. Messina (Special). Tho first case of typhoid fever have broken out here. This will cause drastic action to be taken in the disposal of the dead. Tho hope of rescuing any oi tho living beneath the ruins has been abandoned. Until the present time all attention has been concentrated upon the removal of human bodies form the streets, while the carcasses of animals killed by tho earthquake and those of dogs and cats shot by tho patrols have been left lying where they fell. The decay of these .car casses has greatly augmented tho danger of th? spread of disease. The outbreak of disease has fill ed the authorities with alarm and apprehension. It Is realized here that unless proper sanitary precau tions are taken at once the disease may spread far outside the ruined districts. According to well-known medical authorities, it is typhoid that has been responsible for the decimtlon of almost whole armies In time of war, and the exciting cause is unwhole some drinking water, and the Inges tion of articles unfit for food. Some physicians are Inclined to think that dysentery Is more to be feared than any other disease In the devastated regions. It was very fatal in the Crimea In 1854, in the armies of the United States during the Civil War and again in the Franco-German War in 1870. Al most perfect conditions for its propa gation prevail at Messina.' Earthquakes occnrrori it riaotrin Tuesday, the shocks being about 20 mlnuteg apart. One of the heavy shocks caused the collapse of a num ber of broken walls and added to the terror of the few survivors who remain there. The work of rescue la being mi sh ed on by night as well as by day, and even now persons alive are oc casionally dug out of the ruins. An ow woman was reinsert from the wreckage of the Church of San Fran cisco. She did not seem to realize that she had been burled so many days. She explained that she thought she was entombed in the chnrch after having died a natural death and that she was living in the hereafter. The official figures compt'ed thus far show that 14.000 bodies have been buried in four cemeteries, that 2,000 refugees have left the city and that 9,000 persons still remain there. Instead of excavating In an en deavor to find the bodies burled be neath the ruins, it has been proposed that every house In which It 1 be lieved persons are burled shall br covered with quicklime. Oral Bequest Valid. White Plains, N. Y. (Special). A Jury has decided that an oral be quest of securities by a person who expect he may soon die Is valid. George W. Cartwrlght Just before an operation said to Daniel B. Tomp kins: I give to you all the se curities in my desk In case I do not recover from the operation." Cartwrlgbt died and Tompkins claim ed the securities, valued at $16,079. The executor contested, but a jury upheld the bequest. ; Merry Widow Is Fatal. New York (Special). Harlem it mourning her prlz waltzer, James Dlneen. Dtneen collapsed while dancing to the strains of "The Merry Widow" In Majestic Hall and died In an ante-room before physicians ar rived. "Heart failure," they said. Dlneen never lacked a partner. Ha never missed a number. Young Dl neen recently took a civil service ex amination and won a custom house appointment. V Boy Burned To Icntli. Rice Lake, Wis. (Special). Four boys, aged 8 to 16 years, sons of Christian Lee, near here, wero burn ed to death in a Are which destroy ed the heme of Mr. Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Lee, wtth three other small children, escaped in their night clothing. Four Firemen Injured. Philadelphia (Special). Four fire men were sertonsly injured by col lapsing walls during a fire which destroyed the hosiery mill ot Bal lantyn Brothers, at JT2 Ash mead 8rre, Gertnantown, a suburb. All of th firemea will recovar. The loss I stlrna(d at 175,000. Eight chirdren wwr rescued by firemen from a frame dwelling which adjoin, ed the mill Abont 100 employe are rendered tdl by the fire. , Yoan Shi Kat Sate. Peking (Special)'. -Yuan Shi Kal, th deposed grand councilor, has es caped from Peking. He I now tn Tientsin, a treaty port, 70 miles to tho southeast, and I nnder th pro tection of Great Britain. Arrange nieat hav been mad for Yuan Sbl Kai's deparrurs for Hainan by way of Oi Hankow Ratlwvy. The govern mwst of Austria ciakea special indoeeatewt to farmer who wfll rsclaini wt land and mak 0 taws.
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