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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-26
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The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16
IN SMOOT CASE
MORMON WITNESSES TESTIFY.
Plural Marriage of Apostle
Cannon

Washington, Dec. 13-Three wit
nesses were heard yesterday in the
case of Senator Reed Smoot before the
Senate committee on privileges and
elections. The committee resumed its
investigations after a long recess.
The first witness was Rev. j. NJ.
Buckley, editor of the Christian Advo-
cate of New York, who told of a Nor
mon meeting he attended in Salt Lake
City last summer in which President
Joseph Smith declared he would not
give up his plural wives
George Reynolds, a high official of
the church, testified in regard to the
ceremonies that have taken place in
the endowment house and concerning
ecclesiastical divorces granted by the
church, and John Henry Hamlin told
Of the plural marriage of his sister,
Lillian Hamlin, TO Apostle Abram Can
non, which ceremony he said he un.
derstood to have been performed by
President Smith since the manifesto
of 1890.
Most of the testimony related to the
inside church policy, but did not CON
meet Senator Smoot with any of the
alleged violations of national or state
statutes.
III. buthIeS lOiu Oh VlSitS 10 ttan IN
1901 and again last June. At that time
he attended a joint convention OF the
Young Mems and Young Women's
Unions OF Mormonism. Those who
spoke were Brigham H. Roberts. FL
mira S. Taylor and President Smith.
The audience was estimated by the
witness at ll,00O persons.
DIR. Buckley read from an article he
tan hn
and quoted from the speech of Presi-
dent Smith on the subject of marriage.
The witness said that for ten to fif-
teen minutes President Smith had
talked of the responsibility of marriage
and how the contract is regarded by
many persons.
President Smiths voice rang out "as
strong as William J. Bryan's," as he
defended the Mormon marriage and
declared that polygamy was not adul-
terry, but was a system of marriage.
President Smith was quoted by the
witness as saying that he could not
give up any of his wives, that 1t meant
eternal damnation to abandon a multi
plicity of wives.
DR.. Buckley said he had made in
quirE concerning Senator Smoot and
he had found no one who said word
against him. Everywhere, the witness
said, Senator Smoot was given an ex-
cellent character.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16
Conductor Killed,

Leadville, Colo. Dec. 13-tSpeciaD
Conductor Richard Harding was in
stantly killed and Conductor Joseph
S. Patton and Car Foreman James j.
Neville were injured, in a wreck and
an accident which followed the wreck,
one mile west of Fremont Pass on the
Blue River branch of the Denver & Rio
Grande road yesterday
The regular train over the Blue
River branch, comprising one passen-
ger coach, baggage and freight cars
: and an engine left here this morning
at $50 O'Clock. One mile west of Ere
mont Pass the train struck a broken
rail and the passenger coach and
freight car were deraied
Conductor Patton, who was in
charge of the train. was seriously
|, bruised about the body. wrecking
outfit was sent from Leadville in
charge of Conductor Harding. Car
Foreman Neville accompanied the
wrecking crew. While the crew was
replacing the passenger coach on the
track the tackle broke and the jacks
under The car gave way.
The coach toppled and fell upon Con
ductor Harding, pinning him against
the bank and killing him instantly.
Neville, who was assisting Harding.
barely escaped being caught under the
car, and suffered severe bruises about
the body and a broken wrist 1t Is
thought several of his ribs are broken.
Both Neville and Patton were
brought to their homes in this city and
cared for. Conductor Harding was
thirty-seven years old He had lived
here eight years. He was single and
leaves a father and mother living in
New Jersey and a brother in Chicago.
The Order OF Railroad Conductors. to
which he belonged, will take charge OF
the remains.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16
Draining Mining Camps.

The success which has attended the
construction of a drainage tunnel in
the Cripple Creek district. whereby the
water level in some Of the mines has
been lowered nearly $50 feet, suggests
that wherever practicable work of that
character be undertaken in all the
great mining camps where develop
ment and mining are impeded by
water.
A difficulty connected with the pros
ecution of such enterprises arises from
the unwillingness Of some mining com
panies to bear their proportionate part
Of the expense, although glad enough
to share in the benefits. In conse-
quence OF inability to reach an agree
ment among all the mining companies
that would be benefited, work is de-
layed, and great expense Is incurred
from day to day in lifting water by
pumps.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16
Treasurer's Report.

The annual report of the secretary
of the treasury says
The revenues of the governm e.t
from all sources tby warrants) for the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1904, were
1854 PA ,37374, and the expenditures
including $50 100000 for the Panama
canal were $725 ,9s4,94565, showing a
deficit Of Sal, ,75O, ,57l.9l.
The revenues for the present fiscal
year are estimated at 500, ,472 060.72.
and the expenditures at $71S,472 ,060.12
or deficit of $4,000 10000.
For 1906 the revenues are estimated
at $725 ,o90,515 and the appropriations
asked by the several departments and
/ offices total s703,260. .367, or an esti-
mated surplus of $22,33O,147.79.
OF the revenues in 1904, compared
| with 1903, customs show decrease OF
$23, ,205, 5,017, and the receipts from pub
| lie lands are less by $1,472,S31.50,
while an increase appears in internal
revenue of s2,093 ,9952S, and in mis-
| cellaneous items of s2,s1S, ,92S.26. The
net result is a decrease in ordinary
revenues for the year of $19 9,764,925.
| The total stock Of money in the
country at the close of the fiscal year
1904 was $2,S03 ,504, 1876. an increase of
| $11S,793,l4S over the preceding year.
The share of gold, which, July l, 1900
was 44.21 per cent, became 47.35 on
| the same date in 1904. A large part
of the increase in gold has settled into
the treasury vaults. Between July l
1900, and July l. 1904, the treasury
has gained in gold s25S, .S49.92, the
total holdings of gold on the latter date
| amounting to $6Sl .S3S ,s21.6O. with a
further increase to 1921, ,253, ,9S7.SS on
October 31st.
The extraordinary amount of si2,
1913, ,2S294 in foreign gold coin and bul.
lion and $29.15S,970.S1 in domestic
bullion was deposited in the mint at
San Francisco during the year.
The money in circulation July
1904 amounted to s2,519. JAP. $50, a pei
capita circulation OF s30.77. The per
centage of gold was 4412.
A notable fact is that, with the addi
tion of IL per cent. to the population
in the year, the increase in the circula
tlon per capita has been AS per cent
By October /, 1904, there was a fur
ther increase in circulation of SAB,
OO6,629, and the circulation per capita
reached the maximum at s3l.1G, while
the share of gold became 44.03 per
cent.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16
LATEST WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
Would Melt Silver Dollars.

The secretary of the treasury. in his
annual report, says: November l,
1904, the amount OF bullion in the
treasury purchased under the act of
July "A, 1900, was 2.742.5S9.71 fine
ounces, which has a coming value in
subsidiary money of s3,79l,3 ,3s0.24.
THE coinage of subsidiary coin dur
ing the last five fiscal years was $780,
30004935
From this it is apparent that steps
must soon be taken to provide bullion
for the subsidiary coinage.
In this connection it may be pointed
out that no provision now exists for
the recoinage Of standard silver dollars
which by natural wear have become
unfit for circulation. Many such are
now in the treasury. They can not be
recoined into dollars without loss, and
there is no authority'to reimburse such
loss. AS the subsidiary coins are of
lighter proportionate weight than the
standard silver dollars. these abraded
and uncurrent coins might be recoined
into subsidiary silver coin without loss.
The small contraction in the circula-
ton Of dollars would be Offset by the
increase in the subsidiary coin. and the
net result of the operation would leave
the total money circulation unchanged.
] recommend that the secretary of the
treasury be given authority for such
recoinage."
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16
National Banks,

The report of the secretary of the
treasury states that since the issue of
the first charter in 1863, 7,417 national
banks have been authorized to begin
business, Of which 5.457, with aggre,
gate capital of $777,741 1885, were in
operation on September 80, 1904.
OF the total number Of banks char
tered, 6,252 were associations of pri-
mary organizations and 1855 conver-
sions Of state banks
The actual failures of national banks
during the year from September 30
1903, to September 30, 1904, numbered
21. The capital involved, however,
was only s1,615,000. Nine other asso-
Citations were temporarily in charge of
receivers.
September 6, 1904, the number of re-
porting banks was SAP. an increase
during the year of $40, with capital
stock of s770,777, 1854 The surplus and
other undivided profits amounted to
s5S3,137,O47; bank deposits, $1,561,-
252,341; individual deposits, $345s,-
216,667; United States deposits, $110,-
$3.50.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16
Favors Limited Package Post.

Washington, Dec. 13.-The postmas.
ter general in his annual report, rec
ommends a limited cheap package de.
with the establishment of rural
mail delivery and the increasing ex.
tension of rural telephone service by
private interests, there has grown up
demand by the patrons OF the rural
service for the delivery of small pack
ages of merchandise, such as food
stuffs, tobacco. dry goods, drugs, ETC..
on an order to the local merchant by
postal card, telephone or otherwise.
The value Of these packages of mer.
chandise is usually small and the
present rate of postage of 1 cent per
ounce is practically prohibitive The
patron or merchant cannot afford to
pay 16 cents for the delivery OF a
pound of coffee or tobacco, or similar
article, but if a special rate were es-
tabliAhed on such matter from the dis
tribut1ng Office for delivery to any pa
tron on the rural routes from that of
flee it would be great convenience to
the patrons and become source of
revenue to the department.
"It is therefore recommended for the
consideration Of Congress that a rate
Of cents per pound or any fractional
ages OF books or merchandise. not ex-
ceeding five pounds, mailed at the dis
tributing postoffice Of any rural free
delivery route for delivery to patron
on said route"
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16
United States Mail Routes.

The report of the postmaster gen
eral shows that on June 80, 1904, the
total number of domestic routes of all
classes was 81, ,513, their length 496.SlS
miles, and the annual travel 500 ,5S5,-
526 miles. Compared with the preced-
ing year this was a decrease in length
of routes of $3.50 miles, but an in
crease in annual travel of 1882, 166
miles. The annual rate of expenditure
for such service at the end Of the last
fiscal year was $67,931, ,429.63, an in
crease of s4,336,8s729.
Since the last annual report pneu-
matte tube mail service has been in
stalled in Chicago and ST. Louis. Prior
thereto 1t had been begun in Boston,
New York, Brooklyn and Philadelphia.
The full service contemplated by the
contract is now in operation In Ros-
ton, but not in the other cities named.
No extensions were made last year in
New York or Philadelphia. The SER
vice which was in operation on June
30th last covered 1875 miles of dou-
BILE tubes, at an annual rate of eXpendi-
ture of $21S,47021
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16
Telegraph Company Loses.

Washington, Dec. l3.-The Supreme
Court of the United States yesterday
decided the case of the Western Union
Telegraph Company VS.. the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company. involving the
right of the railroad company to re-
move the telegraph company's poles
from its right of way, in favor of the
railroad company.
The opinion was handed down by
Justice McKenna. In his decision the
court held that the congressional act
of 1866, which controlled the case,
does not grant eminent domain to tele-
graph companies over the private
property of railroad companies.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16
Will Punish Land Frauds.

Washington, Dec. S.-An official
statement was given out by the Inter
ior Department to-day announcing the
governments purpose to prosecute
every guilty man in the public land
frauds to the full extent of the law
and regardless of position in life. The
statement follows:
THE conviction in Portland, Oregon,
yesterday of five persons for land
frauds, which will be followed next
week by the trial of several others in
dicted for the same offense, is but an
other step toward the consummation
of the public policy entered upon by
the secretary of the interior when it
became known nearly three years ago
that frauds were being perpetrated in
connection with the public lands, to
run down and prosecute the guilty
ones to the full extent of the law with
out regard to their position in life. The
department has encountered many OBJ
Stacles while engaged in this work,
but has moved steadily onward and
has had the hearty assistance and CO.
operation of the Department Of Justice
in bringing the land criminals to JUS
tice.
These frauds have been more far
reaching than the country has sus-
pected, and the task of unearthing
them and securing the necessary
proofs has been difficult one, but
there has been no abatement Of the in
tention to overcome all difficulties and
secure the conviction of the land
thieves. No one will be shielded,
whether high or low, and the work Of
prosecution will be vigorously carried
on"
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16
To Reduce Conqressnen.

Washington. Dec 7.-Senator Plat
of New York to-day introduced bill,
prepared under the direction of the
committee on national affairs of the
Republican Club of the City of New
York, having as its purpose the reduc-
| tion of the representation in Congress
of Southern states that have disfran-
chised the negro voter. The measure,
II enacted in its present form, would
lessen the membership in Congress by
nineteen, according tc the estimate
that has been made by the Republican
Club, which originated 1t.
The bill and an explanatory state
ment issued by Senator Platt, were re.
ferred to the committee on the census.
Th bill provides for the reduction Of
representation in the House of Repre-
sentatives as follows: Alabama, from
to Z; Arkansas, to 6; Florida, to
2; Georgia, II TO S; Louisiana, to s.;
Mississippi, 8 to G; North Carolina, 10
to s.; South Carolina, I to 5; Tes.ncs.
see, 10 to 8; Texas, 1G to ib; Virginia,
10 to s.
The statement says:
This bill is framed upon the lowest
limitation possible and treats as ex.
cluded from the suffrage only the male
negro citizen over twenty-one years of
age classed by the twelfth census as H.
|, literate under the 1900 census tables,
published since the apportionment act
of January 16, 1901.
THE aggregates actually excluded
from the suffrage in each of the states
mentioned are in truth larger than
those used as the basis of this act. If
all negro votables Il. e. male citizens
over twenty-one regardless of litter
acy) should be excluded, the reduction
in representation. figured from the
same tables, would be nearly twice as
great as stated in this bill.
1T requires no evidence beyond the
notorious historical fact for Congress
to adjudge what cannot be denied, that
the class of negro illiterates, to the ex-
tent stated is practically excluded
from the suffrage in the states men
toned in the bill no matter what may
be nominal provisions Of their respect
i've constitutions or election laws. The
bill, therefore, presents the smallest
reduction practicable and Is very con-
servative.
The 'apportionment' remains as
fixed in 1901, and the reduction is to
cease when the facts shall warrant 1t.
THE bill has been prepared under
the direction OF the committee of ma
tional affairs of the Republican Club
Of the City of New York, the club hav
ing at its first meeting after the presi-
Dental election unanimously voted to
request Congress to take immediate &C
tion. pursuant to the representation
plank in the national Republican plat
form"
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16
Coroner's Verdict.

Denver, Dec. l3.-The coroner's in
ques, which was held at Golden yes
terday on the body of Simon Miller,
who was killed by Elmer Cobb near
Littleton Friday night, attracted wide
attention and Coroner Davidson's Office
was crowded with people anxious to
hear the evidence. The jury reported
shortly after o'clock this even
ing to the effect that Deceased came
to his death from certain wounds in
ficted with knife held in the hands
OF Elmer e. Cobb, and that the same
were inflicted with felonious intent"
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16

Carroll D. Wright, commissioner OF
labor, will soon make report to the
President on the Colorado strike. The
report will be exhaustive and will
cover the strike from beginning to end,
including a history of the causes lead
ing up to it. Representatives Of the
Bureau of Labor have been investigat
ing the strike for some time and when
the report Is made 1t will be transmit
ted to Congress by the President in q
special message
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16

Representative Brooks has intro
huced a bill to increase the limit Of
cost of the Colorado Springs public
building to 100000.
Chief Engineer Newell Of the recla-
nation service is in receipt Of petitions
signed by a large number OF residents
Of eastern Wyoming and western Ne
braska, urging prompt prosecution of
The proposed irrigation work under the
Pathfinder project
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16
Grain.

Wheat, choice milling, per 100 lbs,
s1.G5. Rye, Colorado. bulk, per 100 lbs
90c. Oats, bulk, Nebraska, new, white
$1.0G; mixed, s1.05; in sack, Colorado
white, s1.O5; corn, in bulk. SEC; corn
chop, sacked, 94c; bran, Colorado, per
100 lbs, 95c.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16

A census of Loveland, made by di-
rection Of the town council. shows a
population Of 2.4j7 within the corpo-
ration limits. 1t is now incumbent
upon the governor to proclaim Love-
land city, of the second class.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16

Upland, per ton, s9.50m 1000; second
bottom, s7.O0@S.50; timothy, S11.OO;
timothy and clover, s10oO@ 11.00; al
falfa, prime, s650@700; straw, $3.50
@4.0O; South Park wire grass, $11.5O
@12.50.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16
Butter.
Eggs.

Eggs, fresh, ranch, loss off SS.4O
Eggs, fresh. case count. S.00US.25
Eggs, state, loss off ...... 600
The Holly chieftain., 1904-12-16
DENVER MARKETS
Cattle.


Comparative Receipts
Month TO December 9Th. .... G,2O5
Same period last year. r..... 6,I33
decrease. 52S
lsdI 10 Gate -oi ,to-
Same period last year. 2TS,216
The following quotations represent
the range of prices paid on this mar
ket:
Beef steers, choice grassers. S3.50@ 400
Beef steers, medium to good
grassers. ........... 2.75@3.5O
Cows and heifers, choice
grassers. ............ 2.75@S.S5
Cows and heifers, medium
to good grassers ........ 2.4ON2.S0
Calves, veal, choice. ...... 3.T5 q 4.50
Bulls, stays, etc. .......... 1.504 2.25
Feeders, 900 to LOO lbs,
good to choice, F. p. R.. 3.0O@ 3.G5
Feeders, 500 TO 900 lbs.
common to fair, F. p. R.. 2.50d 800
Stockers, choice, F. P. R.. 3.00d 3.G0
Stockers, fair to good. .... 2.40Q 500
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-07-08

served this year. Founded in 1854 to
resist the extension Of slavery into
the territories, the party Of freedom
fought the good fight and kept the
faith. 1t preserved the territories to
human liberty, put down the rebellion
emancipated the slaves, killed the
doctrine of secession and state SOW
ereignty, restored the eleven seeded
states TO their old places in the sis
terhood Of commonwealth and es-
tablished the "more perfect Union
which the constitution trainers star
ted out 10 erect. but which they did
not complete. The Republican party
finished Washington's and Hamil-
toms work. and incidentally have
made the American republic the most
prosperous powerful and progressive
of the worlds great states.