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The evening world., 1909-03-23

oi conspiracy. that ! hal Induced Mr.
curtis to violate some law: vet not a
Few OF the jurors have since stated ur-
der their signature that they believed I
had no criminal intent.
Hounded by Secret Service.
Secret service men have heen unspar-
Ingly detailed to aid the Government in
It's case against ne. II some Of your
dilirent investigators will look it up they
VIII find that since | have been IN this
jail | have been denied the freedom
which the order of the court gave me
and kept in a cell closely confined. They
Will also find that secret service men
were put into a neIghborns cell for
several weeks under sham charge of
violating the postal laws in order 20
pump me and watch my conduct.
Il believe | have been the victim o.
an extraordinary persecution, the butt
Of powerful interests: ana my present
condition 10 he the result Of the frantic
efforts Of both the system and a DEM
asogue to further their own ends-the
one to distract attention from them
selves in time OF panic and the Other
to make capital for popularity among
the people OF the country by putting
behind the bars an innocent man. but
one who had been prominent in Wall
street.
The evening world., 1909-03-23
nNNlfee9

Ar Morse was forced to reach
through the bars Of his cell to aftlx his
signature TO the statement.
Mr., Morse has been out OF the Toni. .
on business but twice, under the order
signed by the Federal Court. on one
OF thes" occasions he was dragged to
court where civil suit was pending
against him. Because would mot
answer certain questions | was
threatened with a fine for contempt :"
he said, relating the incident, But I
tod them ] happen to be In a position
where can tell them TO go to- -
That Suppressed Evidence"
viii you take further advantage OF
the COURTS permission" was asked
They tell me that ! can attend a
directors meeting" replied Mr.. Morse
and he added with pride, but | will
never go to a directors meeting in the
company Of United States Marshal"
Bank Examiner Hanna IN his reports
to Washington cleared me OF any
wrongdoing," replied the fnancIer. II
refer particularly to the Whiting trans
action. Hanna reported this to be a
perfectly legitimate loan. Ny lawyers
subpoensed the prosecution to produce
Hannas correspondence. But they lie.
lied our demand by the power ot their
authority. The prose ,ution knew that
Hanns's correspondence prsduced before
the jury would acQuit me o. any wrong
doing. 90 they rode over our reGues.
roughshoi. and declared the Whitluy
transaction a purchase by the bank
Every day NJ. Morse receives large
number o: visitors. many Of wh9m are
from his old home In Bath, Me. tx.
Gov. H!il. OF Maine, has been to sec
him. HIS new counsel. Martin W. Lit.
Teton, Is regular caller. and no In.
varlbIy finds Morse In good spirits.
Wife Sees Him Daily.
Mrs. Morse and the fnanc!ers eldest
son, Ben, are daily callers. His wife
comes every morning with a large ham.
per containing dinner which has been
prepared In the Morse mansion in Fifth
avenue. Every Sunday Morse Is visited
by his younger boys, Irwin coming
down from Yale and Harry coming over
from Princeton. As for the prison keep
ers, they say Morso 10 the best all
around prisoner they have ever had
The evening world., 1909-03-23
\ AM A VICTIM
Of THE BIC STICK"
-CHARLES w. MORSE.
-CHARLES W. MORSE.
Convicted Banker Declares He Has
Been Prosecuted by Roosevelt and
The System" to Hide Their Share
in the Panic Of 1907.

Charles W. Morse the lancer under n.yea sentence for the
crime Of oons bank that has paid all its epoo dollar TOR dollar
with interest, to-day declared he the victim of the g Stick" Mr.
Morse received representative of The Evening Wc in his cell on the
seventh tier of the TomlS Prison.
anything Mr. Morse has improved personal appearance since the
close of his trial last December He brown suit po nen and
natty red nkt His shoes were polished to the mirror STAGE
The evening world., 1909-03-23


! national code the letters II = u In order
! from top to bottom, and are translated
as Farewell"
Secretary OF the Interior Garfield was
there, officially recognized and greeted
as Good old Jimmy" ElIhu Root was
there, too, and man with thin whisk-
ers called Cabot" said to Se Senator
Lodge Of Massachusetts. So was
TO the chroniclers of the newspapers as
denoting that OF Baron Jusserand.
the Ambassador at Washington
Of the Republic OF France. Police
Capt Hayes, OF the New York Police
Department was greeted as Connie"
which rewarded him for having to,.
lowed Mr. Roosevelt ns volunteer
guard all the way from the. Thirty
fourth street ferry.
The eX-Presldent got into an autono-
bile and with the augmented party OF
followers whirled away to the Hamburg
American piers, while incoming COM
muters and other sidewalk people lifted
their voices In cheers.
There were about five hundred people
at the pier entrance, They made a
rush for the mighty hunter, and In the
turmoil the broad-brimmed hat was
swept of. Mr., Roosevelt made a grab
for 1t and thereby dropped leather
manuscript bag which was said to have
contained ss99 worth of thought at 81
a word, set down while he was be-
tween Oyster Hay ard Long Island
City. The police charged repeatedly,
but they didn't recover either the hat
or the case, which went to enrich the
store of some able souvenir collector. '
Mr.. Roosevelt. after this disturbance,
ran back to shake hands with the
chauffeur OF the automobile which had
brought him from the tunnel station,
desires The Evening World to stote
that Mr.. Roosevelt shook hands with
him and said to hi: You men who han
die the controllers Of these trains bear
a heavy responsibility to the public"
W. E. Fields, a giant negro usher
in the Lackawanna station. hurried to
a reporter returning after the Hamburg
left and asked.
One Who Never Saw Him.
Say, mister, was that President
Roosevelt you went through here with
while ago? Because ! was standing
out here when you all come through.
l was looking at him and he run o. 10
me anI sFaos M y potn M ,.a manus any
sa!s' l" ne' ~ ~ sc suh rS"',.. ~,
nov, Now el IHe nau ny on, marIu siuon uo, y
Was that HIM, honest?'
Al me pIIr ,ners %an rad a ,a,ss b,is ts's "a
tlo,' oi i.aud.s W M''a dsr p,'',v ,,,',ar,po GA GA
reg ana band n1sN @T'p TpsS vv w'ro Ii rom ~ 80 IN
a olass u"I', :. r,.r n,1 ohoored ,,oal
me corner OF 'he per anu t,riG eneereu "'au,
"ufnr'.i u. an, w., giooi.ri :,
suu!eci pL W. a r,o,. With ,hs
Mdi iHes ''u Il Oa'"'' "''' WIS '''
scttplluh' ,rtoo Ia, e., ,,,o,,.
Ialiv,H ft,., rh.n,iore pnoso,sI, and
the United stn,.s.%, ,,,<
NJ ar N.'.t s,,SrEen hrrtnrsn oS ItaIy and
Caiabria :,
81 n, no so,emrly condemn any
crime 1oIe In italys name
- q. ,,s ri,5S" o,rr rnsLaker loy-
oI,, >, S,5pnrican ins,,,rtIors '''
80 ri,,,. Aniorf'a
Tbsrs Trss , feIerstio- from pIts.
hung toaIrI hy. 4 y N9Ire They yrore
Inne veIIor 'hadces. inscribed Ron
V",7ap. IN Then,Iore Poos Volt " and han
n ,u7.n- ,.aru,,r hattie vh,cG ,bov
wan,ed IN nr.sent 10 tho ex.Presidsni
IN fnTtunstsIv .hev had neglected. n
consult fhp police and detectives. who
thought the thing was q bomb. For a
The evening world., 1909-03-23
Plllories Mr.. Stimson.

United states Attorney Stimson, who
claims my conviction as his one great
personal achievement In office, is en-
titled to any comfort he may get out OF
Il at the bar OF his own conscience"
went on Mr.. Morse. Mr.. stmson was
my own lawyer before he became United
States Attorney. The records Of the
Bank OF North America show that he
supplied the legal advice for Its dlrec-
torsn
The evening world., 1909-03-23
POLICEMAN 10 eHoT,

Policeman vlnnah, Valentine was a..
aihsntsIiy stM th!s afternoon In the
ban rovm ui lhe Old Nasi Twentieth
street station, Valentine way IN reserve
ana vas stretched nut un bench, AZ
hV started ~ sst ~ his revolver foil
from his hip pOOssi, u Was discharged,
Inc bullet bnisriag hia lea,
The evening world., 1909-03-23
MAYOR AT DOCTORS DINNER,

Mayor Mcclellan will bs the ohist
GpeaAoF lnls evening at the annual din.
neg II the alumni Of Bellevue Hospital
Ths dinner will be eaten at DelmoRico's
and viii begin al I O'Clock, pr,. Waller
Health department, win probably b.
another speaker,
The evening world., 1909-03-23
By Charles w. Morse.

"I am the victim OF the big stick
But FOR the unusual activity and power
OF President Roosevelt previous TO a"N
during my trial would not now be be-
hind the bars OF prison. 1t has been
by his personal activity In this case
that | have been prosecuted. or, more
appropriately, prosecuted.
United States Attorney Stimson' oy
his own statement, has remained In Of
flee for the past six months at the re-
quest OF our former President to prose-
cute my case, although he wished to
resign some time ago.
1T was fitting that Roosevelt after
he had created the panic in the fall OF
1907. should seek to put the blame on
some one else l was selected as the
victim. The United States Attorney for
the Southern District OF New York
was put on my trail, and for twelve
months or more a force OF secret SER
vice men under expert MOxey examined
every person with whom l had had
business dealing for the past five
years to get something upon which to
base an indictment
The evening world., 1909-03-23
Distorted the Books.

Failing in this effort, 1t was BY mis-
constituting the BOOKS Of the Nationa!
Bank of North America and distort!ng
the meanings In every way that they
performed one of the most criminal
acts ever perpetrated in the United
States. Naturally, therefore the artI-
cles published In The World, evening
and morning editions, regarding the
United States Secret Service have been
very interesting to me,
III the Government will produce the
correspondence which my lawyers sub
poenaed the Comptroller Of the Cur
rency TO produce. and which he refused,
the Governments accusation against me
will fall fiat
Il have broken no laws, but by a sys-
TEN o, consolidation OF Indictments the
Jury. by secret service men. was innu-
enced TO believe, on the general ground
The evening world., 1909-03-23
NOT TO GIVE A eATrLe.sHlP.

MELBOURNE, March 23-The Com
rnonwealth Government has decided no,
70 offer A Dreadnousht to England. pre-.
ferring to adhere to her settled policy
OF defending Australia.
The evening world., 1909-03-23

yNrs rs,s}ENI tu.a i ,..s,is'.a n nr{s I, .v,
as9fs ,sGs,. s'sssi y sssi, z S.iSsis2 rV1
The evening world., 1909-03-23

waved It violently at the thousands and
thousands OF people VINO crowded the
Iiobokcn piers and who howled their
parting good wishes from the decks of
ferry-boats and official and unofficial
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-08-13
Would Instruct White Convicts.

There is an honest difference of opin-
ion among the members of the board of
penitentiary trustees on the question of
providing an instructor for the junior
white convicts on the Rankin peniten-
tiary farm to follow up the work begun
by MISS Emily Butt. Col. Leroy Tay-
lor, the chairman of the body, recognizes
the principle, and in the absence of a
juvenile reformatory system, believes the
precedent set by Miss Butt is a good
one, and if the way was cleared of con.
stitutional and technical barriers, or the
finances were in such condition as to
warrant it, would vote for any measure
within reason.
Col. w. A. Montgomery and his neigh
Dor from Jefferson county, Trustee c. c.
Smith, both faver the plan, the former
directly and outright, believing that they
have plenary power for the handling of
the question, and would have no hest
fancy in the selection of a convict well
qualified to carry on this instruction.
Mr.. Smith is disposed personally to ia
vor the plan, holding that they would
be as fully justified in designating a
convict for this duty as for setting them
apart for other duties, such as keeping
books, nursing in hospitals, or any sim.
liar duty, all being under the general
"trusty" system.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-08-13
Lamar Has Not Resigned.

There is considerable gossip and spec
| ulation going the rounds as to whether
or not l.. @. C. Lamar, register OF the
general land office for Mississippi, who
| has been absent from his post of duty
| for several months owing to Hines, part
| of which time he has been away from
this city, has rendered his resignation,
or whether such resignation has been re-
quested by the secretary of the interior.
| There nave been numbers of rumors, but
SO far as any one connected with the
Federal offices in the city or State is COLI
cerned or has information there is moth
ing tangible. Private letters from Mr..
Lamar to official associates here for the
past few weeks have indicated that he
was slowly recuperating, and that he
hoped to return to his post at an early
date, and consequently his arrival now
or within the next few days would Gre
ate no surprise. Meanwhile, as a va
cancy at an early date is among the
probabilities, the spectators are en-
deavoring to locate the successor to
Register Lamar, several names having
been mentioned and ~canvassed, generally
those who are classified as Republicans,
and the future is rather uncertain.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-08-13
JACKSON.
Busy With Land Redemptions.

While Land Commissioner Gillespie is
over on the Pacific side of the continent,
doing the Alaska-Yukon exposition and
taking a turn through the Yukon coun-
try itself, the forces of his department
are experiencing a carnival of work,
having been in a rush for several days
keeping up with the land redemptions
that have been pouring in during the
past week. This rush has been unprece-
denied, and all the work emanates from
the county of Harrison, or practically all,
being the result of the forfeiture of
large tracts of lands which were delin-
quent in 1906, and since which time
they have been held for redemption.
During the three years the accumulation
of damages has increased with each year,
and, as All illustration, n parcel which
was delinquent in 1906, the taxes and
damages on which amounted to $3.50, is
now held for redemption at $11.2O, in
Guiding county and State redemption
fees. These delinquent Harrison county
lands are all practically within the limits
of Gulfport, and now there is a rush of
the owners who are anxious to reclaim.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-08-13
Staff Gets No Pay.

Gov. Noel has not heretofore paid much
attention to the misconception that
seems to prevail in regard to the part
which the respective stats of the gov
ernor and commander-in-chief and the
m~ajor-general commanding the brigade
of the Mississippi National Guard in
the distribution of the $40, 900 appropri-
ated for the maintenance and support
of the guard.
The governor states that the public
ought to know that no part of the appro-
p%riation for the guard goes either to
the governors or the majorgeneral's
staff. The governor receives nothing for
any expense to which he might be put,
from either state or federal appropria-
tons; neither do the staff officers, ex-
cept when actually engaged at encamp-
ment on detail duty or holding them
selves subject thereto.
The members of the staff receive moth
ing when accompanying the governor on
such expeditions.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-08-13
Name Fish Commissioner.

At the last days session of the board
of supervisors of Coahoma county, Geo.
p. Graham of Clarksdale was appointed
fish commissioner for the county. The
office was created and appointment made
as a result of the contract made by the
board with |. E. Niece of Washington
county for the establishment of a hatch
erv at Moon Lake. The new office car
ries with it a salary of $75 per month.
Mr.. McGee will nave associated with
him in this work of restocking Moon
Lake two fish experts from the United
States government, which, in addition
to the high testimonials brought to the
board by the former gentleman himself,
assures the county of a faithful per-
Torrance of his part of the two years
contract, by the terms of which 100000
game fish will be yearly added to the
waters of this popular pleasure resort
Of Coahoma county.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-08-13
State Capital Notes
Weekly Budget of State News Items Gathered BY Or Special
Correspondent At Jackson.
Lumbermen Must Paw.

Acknowledgement Stirling now holds
in trust for the state of Mississippi the
sum OF $4,000, being the amount tenta'
lively agreed upon and accepted by him
pending decree of the chancery court OF
Holmes county, as the penalty due the
state by fifteen of the firms composing
the Mississippi end of the Retail Deal
ers' Association of Mississippi and Louis.
lana. This is one of the incidents of the
proceedings instituted by former Attor,
ney-General Fletcher against the organi-
%zation, charging that they were in a
combination, which constituted an organ
ization r%epugnant to the laws and stat
utes of the state.
This settlement came after a number
of conferences held between the attorney
general and the lumbermen, who, rather
than undertake to fight the case further,
decided to make settlement in advance,
the agreed penalty icing fixed at $500
each. The money so paid does. not 60
Immediately into the treasury, but will
be held pending the call of the case in
course in Holmes county, where it is
pending, at which sitting the attorney
general will recommend that a decree be
rendered for the amount stated.
There are forty-odd other firms who
were in the compact who decline, as
understood, to admit the laches assumed
by their associates, and the supposition
is that they will continue to resist the
proceedings now pending.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-08-13
Rainfall Light.

The monthly meteorological summary
issued by the Mississippi department of
the weather bureau shows that the total
rainfall in July was only 10y inches,
as compared with a 3s-year average of
$50 inches, a deficit in precipitation
of 1874 inches. However, the rainfall rec
ord is still ahead of the average, the &C
cumulated excess since Jan. 1 being 1914
inches. The deficit for July is attributed
to the heavy excess of rainfall during
the months of May and June.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-08-13
Bond Sale Ratified.

A meeting of the Yazoo-M Mississippi
Delta Levee Board was held at Clarks-
dale. The meeting was called for the
purpose of receiving the report of the
committee appointed to negotiate the
sale of the $325,ooO bond issue. This
sale was satisfactorily effected with the
Manhattan Bank of Memphis, and the
report of the proceeding, duly rendered
at the meeting, was approved and con-
frmed by the board.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-08-13
Railroads Report.

The reports of common carriers on the
business for the quarter ending June 80,
which they are required to furnish the
in slowly. The report of the New Or
leans & Northeastern for the period
named shows total receipts for the June
quarter, 1909, to have been 1921, 1924,
as against $20s,697.73 for 1908. The
total operating expenses for 1909
amounted to $171,s45.O5, while those for
the same period in 1908 were $149 ,967.o7.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-08-13
Loses on Telephones.

The report of the Meadville Telephone
Company for the quarter ending June
80, which has reached the capitol, indi-
Gates that that little corporation has
played to losing business. The receipts
amounted to $365.2o, while the expenses
were SALSA, leaving a deficit of $46.2S.
During the quarter there was paid out
the sum of $54.47 for line extensions, so
that the actual deficit is not so bad as
the figures indicate on the surface.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-08-13
Smith Feeds State Stock.

Information received is to the effect
that Charles R. Smith, the wealthy plant
err who was recently convicted of the
murder of e. A. Laurent and sentenced
to imprisonment for life, has been put
to work feeding stock on the state con-
Wet farm il Rankin county. Mr.. Smith
owns thousands of acres of land in the
rich prairie section of Lowndes county
and hundreds of head of stock, but it is
safe to say that he never filled a hay
rack or ~replenished a corn trough until
he reached the Rankin county farm.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-08-13
Western Union Has Surplus.

The report of the Western Union Tele'
graph Company for the June quarter,
1909, which has just been filed at Jack.
son, indicates a slight surplus revenue
above taxes and operating expenses for
the three months. The total receipts
amounted to $39,693.22, and the operat-
ing expenses S34,570.S5, which, with
$255.O9 paid as taxes, leaves a deduction
account of s34,s25.94, and a net revenue
of ~$4.S67.2S.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-08-13
High School Located.

Lawrence county comes to the front
with an agricultural high school, to be
located at the crossing point of the
Natchez, Columbia & Mobile with the
New Orleans Great Northern Railroad,
about eleven miles south of Monticello.
Announcement to this effect reached the
office of State Superintendent Powers
from County Superintendent T. L. Bishop
of Lawrence, the board OF supervisors
having accepted the proposition of the
property owners and taxpayers, who have
guaranteed a large tract of land, to-
gether with a good subscription OF ready
funds.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-24

The man OF silence saves for him
self many wounds. since others have
not found out where be Is most yul-
nerable.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-24

The reviyalist who promises saliva
ton 10 those who profess Is a dealer
Ina futures-and usually he passes
around the hat for the cash 10 coy
or the margins.
The San Mateo item. (San Mateo City, Putnam County, Fla) 189?-19??, 1909-07-24
FOUND.

One OF the best houses 10 handle
shipments Of oranges and vegetables
Write them today. They are
HEWITT q COMPANY,
10 East Camden St.. baltimore. Md
Bisbee daily review., 1909-08-03
BULLDOG GIVES UP
 LIFE F0R MASTER
.uMsEaMAN. ACCOMPANIED BY PET. HAS DESPERATE FIGHT
 WITH WOlvEs.
CANINE DOES DEADLY WORK
Frank Trathin Gives tip Work. Buys Rife and Starts Out to Avenes Death of Animal by siaush-
 ter of Brutes.

Traverse City. Mich.-Frank Trathir of Emerson. which is 45 miles north ot Newberry. Is mourning the loss of his inc bulldog. and that mourning is none the less sincere because the dog died in the defense of Trathin's life.
 Emerson is only a small place. con sisting of six or seven houses and a sawmill. and the sawmill is the ex cuse for the village. as well as for mum erous camps in the thick woods Toward one of these camps Trathin started rather late one afternoon. The bulldog always accompanied him wherever he went, and in this case it was lucky that he did.
 Trathin has no love for wolves. but despised them for their cowarIice. be lieving that they would no. dare at tack man in the daylight. hence he took no weapon with him After he had gone some distance on his way. he became aware of the fact that he was being followed by wolves. The bulldog was much affected by this and he would run back. growl and then. with ~ Hei' S'aHuihS oh chu. "ouiu use every means at his command to in- duce his master to hasten. The con duct of the dog was such. the animal not usually being afraid c anything cn four legs. that its fears were communi- cated to Trathin. and he started 10 run
 This was the worst thing he could have done. as at once four wolves closed in upon him. He had just time to grab a stout club and back up to a tree when they were upon him. With the assistance of the dog. he managed to beat. them of and make them keep their distance until within sight of the