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SECOND PART PAGES I TO 6 2 1 1 SECOND PART PAGES 1 TOJ3 WASHINGTON TUESDAY MARCH 13 1906 TRUST LOSES USE Witnesses Shall Answer the Questions of Grand Jury MUST ALSO PRODUCE BOOKS 4 i Opinion Rendered on Petition of Gen i eral Paper Company Officials of Corporations in Minnesota and Wisconsin Declined to Give Evidence Pleading Protection Under the Fpnrth and Fifth Amendments to Constitution Supreme Court Through Justice McKenna Denies Contention Paper trust witness will be compelled to testify before the rederalfgi and Jurj Mr Justice McKenna ofjthe United States Supreme Court yesterday handd down an opinion affirming thj decision of the Ciicuit Court of the dlsttiet of Miir ova i ure the charte of corpo atlons who be 1 he aes originated In Minnesota and nartieg to such combination and VTlsx orsin and the officers ofthe General faper ompanj comnvntv known as the astern Paper rust sought to aroid testifying The prosecution ai trought nnHr the Snerman anti trust lew the testimony on the Issues between the partlesJs no concern of theirs The easls of their privilege different from that and entirely personal as we shall presently see That the documentary evidence called for was not shown to be in the possession or turner the control of the witnesses This contentionJsuntenable The ground of 4t 4s that the possession of the witnesses was not personal but was that of the respective corporations of which they were officers Granting this to be so and that the witnesses could faave set up whatever privileges the corporations had ne ertheless they had the custody actual possession of the books and were summoned from necessity as representing the corporations Claimed It Would Be Incriminating That the evidence documratary and oral required to be produced was In the nature of Incriminating evidence which the witnesses and the defendants are privileged from furnishing to the plaintiff under the provisions of the Federal Constitution and the well recognised principles of eqult procedure This contention asserts rights personal to the plaintiffs and rights of the corporation defendants In the suit The basis of both rights is the protection of the fourth and fifth amendments to the Constitution of the United States Te argument submitted Is substantially the same as that made bj appellants in I laid against Henkel and McAllister against Henkel It Is Insisted that the immunity given by the act of rebruary 23 1903 Is not as broad as the penalties and forfeitures to which the plalnUffsln error or the corporations of whlchhey are officers will be subjected If the immunltj it is urged protects from the penalties of the antl trust act of 180 it does not protect nor has Congress the power to protect from the penalties of the Minnesota laws hich make crimiral a combination and conspiracy in restraint of trade and subject to forfeit Tiie oiigmal action was brought in 90 The transaction Inraved took place in ililwnukce Mar 16 before an exatrin 6nt theip to take tetlriionv Anions tl ItncEsec were Aexander retai and trrasarer Georg lilting urst vice president AV biart general Fairs manaper and Harmon ei the Grand Rapids Piflp and Paper omrwnj hev refubed to replv to fcrtJir ques Orm concerning the onrfracv alleged i he government oi io mow ther etaimtne pe sonal piM llegw under inunn ana mm amccaratnip io onstitutkn cf tre nlted Stat wikl A sorted relieved them from lnfmg farts concerning tliev Wete rogated Grounds of the Contention 1 lie also contend that tfl tmpl such iclnmv would amount trtjnn unreason Hle iarch and seizure within tnc mean nj the fourth amndmfp and to re re theni to give evidence egaint them I ep within the meannfj of Uie fifth nmenL similar plea was mad on lat of the Gi ne al faj er Compan The rofrgal of the witnesses to testify I1 TyT as TtpoTrnnttc Cirmfcourt lor tie jers ir tem ditrtct of Isconsln and that tri llunil directed them to rerly tie quests ini to nrrwlnr iho tmots of th nn party as required Prom that decision come parties to such combination and conspiracy The extent of the Jmmunitj and its application to corporations was considered In Hale against Ilenkel and McAUis ler ogaTnst llenkcl and decided aderse 1 to the contention of plaintiffs in error CALEB POWERS PLEA IS DENIED BY COUBT Tfce I riled tites Supreme Cour ves terday decided against Cileb Pow ja wl has been undr sentence of aeat three tiw A ia MKnmA if AnnTlifit In the murder of Governor Goebel of Kentucky JusUce Harlan held that the tas was no remoabl to the Tederal Coirt and must be remanded to the Kentuc State courts The opinion was baed on tin ground that the equal rights statute ecu C4L Itcwstd StatuUs does not appl jnles recogtixed fetate laws or tib trte constitution Justice Harlan saio ti it the Supreme Court of the Ijnited States could take cognisance of the cxis on a writ of orror The opinion wa unanimous There were two cases The Commonwealth of Kertuck Caleb Powell an original action and the Commonwealth of Kertucky Caleo Powi on an appeal from the Circuit Court of the nlted Slates for the eastern district of KentucXv These are Ihe cases rn which the Staf of Kentuc has secure the on the charge the murder nf William Goebel while Powers was oecupjing the office of scre tar of state Was Tried Three Times motion to uuash was based on Tederal Trcunds cannot nn1r tho Iinra nf Ken tucky be reviewed by the Court of Appeals the highest court of that Com monwealth If such be the law of Kentucky as declared by the statutes and by the Court of Appeals of that Commonwealth then after the case is disposed of in that court br final Judgment in resnect of the matters of which under the local law It may tate cognizance a writ st error can run from this court to the tria court is the highest court of Kentucky In which a decision of the Federal question could be had and this court In that ejnt upon writ of error reviewing the final Judgment of the trial court tan exercise such jurisdiction in the caae as raa be necessary to vindicate ajiy right privilege or Immunity specially set up claimed under the Constitution and laws of the United States and In respect of which the decision of the trial court Js made final by the local law that Is ma re examine the Judgment of the A trial court so far as It Involved the Fed eral right privilege or Immunity aserted Sra denied jDisposlnV finally of the ivc cases before the court he remarked Ac are all of opinion that the ordor warding the writ of habeas corpus cum causa must be reversed with directions to set aside that order as well the Oliver docketing the case in the Circuit ourt of the United States also hat the ruic in relation to mandamus must be made absolute the prosecution remanded to the State court and the custody of tha accused sui rendered to the State au thcritie DECISION RENDERED IN CHICAGO TRACTION CASES The Chicago street car cases were decided by Mr JusUce Day of the United States Supreme Court yesterday While tbfc decision sustains the extension of the life of the corporations for ninetj nlne years It opposes the companies conten tion that contract rights which are lim ited to fewer years are also extended The comnanls ln oH ed are the Chicago Union Traction the North Chicago Street Hallway and the Western Chicago Street XUIlwaj Justice Ia held that the lower court had Jurisdiction to return the Judgments for the appointment of recehers that tht appointments were not shown to be collusive that the ancillary bills filed by ho rechers were maintainable to settle wuirovtt sies mat me acts oi isos low pna inw were in rorce and that tne acxi of 186j amending that of 1S59 had the eftect of extending the corporate lhes it Jffirmed the contracts with the citj prescribing rights and privileges In the streets Including time limitation the court held The law of 1859 also recognized the rght of the city and companies to mal contracts including the time of ccupane agreed upon between the counsel and corporations The ordinan es of Jtay 23 1859 granting prix lieges in certain streets to the Chicngo ntv and the North Chicago companies are radically different the court held The grant to the former for the south and west divisions is for twen ty live ears and until the city shall purchase the ame On the north side the term Is for twcnty flVe ears the prlileges conferred upon the Chicago City and grantee being confirmed The nht of the companies to occupy the streets for twentj fhe years Is made to continue On the north side no such right exist AVhateer Tights existed mthe streets ere not lost to the companies byline Uc OFFICERS MUST TALK Supreme Court Passes on Tobacco Cases BOOKS WILL BE INSPECTED Habeas Corpus Proceedings Are of No Avail Where Witnesses Refuse to Answer Questions in a Suit Brought Under the Anti trust Law Against Various Tobacco Companies By a decision of the United States Supreme Court yesterda witnesses will be forced to testify before the Federal grand Jury In the tobacco trust cases The decision of the Circuit Court of the Southern division of New York out of which the cases grew on proceedings for habeas carpus writs was affirmed The proceeding originated In the suit of the goernment against the American Tobaceo Company commonly ltnown as the tobacco trust the McAndrews Forbes Company and the Imperial Tobacco Companj under the anti trust law The titles of the appeal cases are Edwin Hale against United States Marshal Ilenkel and William McAllister against Ilenkel Committed for Contempt Hale and McAllister are officers of the tobaccy companies and when called upon to testify relative to the existence of the so called trust they refused to answer questions or to produce their books The were committed for contempt of court and sought to escape by means of habeas corpus Writs ere refused and the cases were taken to the Supreme Court by the defendants In the hearing they attacked the Jurisdiction of the grand jurj and contended that at the time they were asked to testify there was rlo action pend ing against the companies The jur right to compel answers was questioned on tle grounds that there was no specific charge against anj particular person They also attacked the constitutionality of the act of Februarj 25 1303 granting Immunity to Itneses In anti trust cases Mr Justice Brown delivered the opinion In his opinionn the Hale case Justice Brown said that the cases raised two issues oer different provisions of the Constitution the first Involving the immunity of the witnesses from oral exam ination and the second the legality of his action in refusing to produce the docu ments called for the subpoena duces tecum tlon upon the ground that they would Incriminate the corporation1 itself it would result In the failure of a large number ot cases where the illegal combnatioi was determinable only upon the examination of such papers But ccncedirur tat tne witness was an flier of the corpo ration under Investigation and that he was entlUed to assert the rights of the corporation with respect to the production of its books and papers we are of the opinion that there Is a clear distinction in this particular between an individual and a corporation and that th latter has no right to refuse to submit its books inl papers tor in cxamlnativi az Ihe suit cf the State The individual may stand upon his rights as a citizen but the co poration Is a creature of the State It is presumed to be Incorporated for the benefit of ttie public Its powers are limited by law Jt can make no contract not authorized by its charter Tts rights to act as corporation are onlj preserved to it so long as it obeys the laws of Its creation There is tl reserved right in the legislature to investigate its contracts and find out whether it has exceeded Its powers It would be a strange anomaly to hold that State Jiavipg chartered a corporation to make use of certain fran cnises could not in the exerciseof Its sovereignty Inquire how these franchises had been emplojed and whether thei had been abused and demand the production of the corporate b6ok and papers for that purpose Corporations Amply Protected Justice Brown added that it was not the desire of the court to be understood as refusing to protect a corporation against unreasonable searches and seizures and added It can only be proceeded against by due process of law and Is protected under the fourtn and fifth amendments against unlawful dis crimination He also expressed the opinion that an order for the production of books and papers may constitute an unreasonable search and seisure under the fourth and fifth Amendments and held that the order for the production of papers In Hales case was entirely too sweeping Yet he teld that this point does not Involve the merits of the case ahd therefore affirmed the decision of the Circuit Court Delivered Different Opinions Justices Harlan and McKenna concurred in the result but delivered opinions basing their conclusions on some what different grounds than those taken by Justice Brown In the controlling opinion The Chief Justice and Justice Erew dissented Justice Brewer delivered their opinions saying The corporation of which the petitioner WOULD MODERNIZE SERVICE Postmaster General Seeks to Improve Dead Letter Office With the idea of modernizing the postal service Postmaster General Cortelyou says he will begin In the dead letter office and minimize tie work that It may be easier handled Already an extra force has been employed In this division to handle the vast amount of mail dally received and it Is noteworthy that the clerks here are experts in disposing of the dead letters The monthly report shows that the number of unopened letters on hand February 28 was 43000 while the month previous 230000 remained unopened BREACH IS WIDENING Struggle Between Master and Striking Plumbers Bitter COURTS WILL BE CALLED ON Fourth Assistant Postmaster General was an orucer was chartered bv a State I JLe uraw is bie hlr elated orer th de and over It the general government has crease and promises further reduction iiu ujure vtiuirut man over ukutiuuu vipxii Lsurmg me past monm 3 omen of that State Its powesTto regJ late Commerce does not carry with It a riht to dlsrenpe with lh3 trtnyn fifth amendments to search or seize the papers of an individual or corporation or denrHw him or It of any immunity or protection secured by either amendment It is true that there Is a power of su oervislon and Inspection of the Inside workings of a corporation but It belongs to the creator of the corporation If a State has chartered It the power Is lodgd In the State If the nation then In the nation nnd it cannot be exercised by any other authority It is in the nature of the cower of visitation I think the ordr of the Circuit Court should be reversed and the case re manded with Instructions to discharge tne petitioner leaving to tho grand Jury thfiright to Initiate new proceedings not suojcl A Petition Asking for an Order Restraining Strikers from Picketint and Molesting Nonunion Men Now Being Prepared by Associations Attorneys Journeymen Flocking to the City to the objections to this ar actively Prepare for the coming congress i Members Working Hard for Jamestown Memorial Hall Many Meetings Held Last Week Indian Territory Wins First Place in Seat Drawing List of Committees 000 letters were disposed of In various ways J8 000 eing returned to the senders The dead letter funds delivered to the office of tha Postmaster General amounted to SI3127 for February CORONER TO INVESTIGATE Inquiry to Be Wade Into the Death of JennieBrodofsky Martin Moran Nine Years Old Taken to the House of Detention to Await Result of Inquest com iction 2 albj2SEtaBC of a change fromi anrrnaU to je of compiicltj lit cable or electric cars The grants In Jefferson are limited to he names of the parties to the Min sota cases were Benjamin Nelson aps1 was taken to fthe Supreme He hag tn tried three times oy the I Circuit Court of Scott County aiii each I facts In the Minnesota case were time found guilt once receiving sen mlar but the court proceedings were lepc death and lwice t0 1Ife lmPr1 itrrcnt permitting the fourt to take T1 JJlS ti 7 1 peals interfered in each instance ta pre diction in those caies while It xent the eleJUtion of the verdict Last ild not do so in the Wisconsin Ma the case was presented to JudgL Cochran sittipg In the United StatesvClr cuit Court for the eastern aistrlct of Kentnckj and he granted a writ of lia twis mrniia rrderiner removal from lh oident of the Hennepin Paper Com stat courts t3 hls rwn Anselm Brossardtreasurer and The proceedings In the Suprene Ciurt manager of the Itasca Company and of the United States whl terminated arence I MeNair general manager of to da were nstituted by the fetate of 4e Northwest Paper Companj In his tho purpose of curing the i restoration of the cass to the Stat courts 0 VUUt MPKennSl Practically the onlj quesii ink up the three arlous objections to voUed was tJiat of juriSllction Tco hV ft P1 an Pas1 uP0n modes of procedure were icsorted to One 1T of thes was an PPeal from the order or Thdthe evidence documentarj and judge Cochran granting removal to his wnien tne jtnesscsrwere requires uri and th other a petition for a writ of mandamus directing Judge Cochrin to remand the case to the State courts and restore Powers to the custody of the sheriff of Scott Countj The removal of the case from tne State to the Federal court was secured on Jie produce was not shown to be ma ial to plaintiff case i Three Answers Submitted i There are three answers to this con nuon lit The evidence Is clearlv acceptance of the cities and Mages act The grants by Ihfi supervisor of Lake View are not in perpetult and will not extend beyond the life of the corporation Further right to use the streets must de rive from grants by the council under power conferred by the cHies act jt Messrs Justices Brewer Brown and McKenna united in dissenting opinion Grand Jury Within Rights Taking up the first division of the case the justice referred to the plea Tor Immunity on the ground first that no specific charge was pending before the grand Jurj and second that the answers would tend to incriminate him and with reference to tlgy plea of no charge said after citing authorities While no case has arisen In this court in which the question has been distinctly presented the authorities of the State courts largely Vjriwuucini in aur ox uie uieory ufti uie roiitt 4ury uicl3 net uuqh iniuniiiLuuii Yecet ed by them from the examination of witnesses without a formal Indictment fetes iW ssW TtTTPsbbMsbsssPsbsssbW twenty years having been made after the for other chdrge previously laid before them We deem it entirely clear that under the practice in this country at least the examination of witnesses need not be preceded by an indictment or presentment formally drawn up but that the grand ijory may proceed either upon their own knowledge or upon the examination of Witnesses to inquire for themselves WenpinlnlthlLwil bnether a crime cognizable tfc the court the case elves the following as his In terpretatlon ofthe decision It holds that the acts of the State of Illinois extending the lives of the corporations to ninety nine jears was constitutional but did not operate to extend the respective contracts for occupation of the streets which contracts had been express lj limited in time bj the municipal ordinances permitting the railways to occupy them tl tj i i roun was securea 01 11 JLr ground that Powers had been so dis ne defendan manufacturing corpora i criminated against In the State courts as Tk C0PC denj him the equal protection of 1 iU U1 uuc I Ia as defined bj section 641 of the fie Jin 180 io suppress competition oi ween themselves nd that the ac ompll hed thib purpose bj organizing Oeno al Pap tompanv and gave ertaln controlling powers over the put of the mlls and the prices and ibution their products fore the application to the court he order undei re lew the were rtaln facts established Manv of these were rued and the justice then that by the admissions of the wers the General Pnper Company i red in contracts with other com nies became their selling agent and was cntiled to a certiiii percentage of sales Presumablj he proceeded it exer sed its powers made sales and received ifits In all that it did the manufac Ing corporations were Interested the ned its stock were entlUed to its divl itnds This we may admit for argu sake not prejudging in anv way mav be consitent with ontlnued comr Petition between the companies but it na be otherwise At any rate the man ter which the paper companj executed ts functions maj be links in the evidence tdduced bv the United States and this is twigh to establish the materialin of the nfe Must Produce Books Secessarilj the books contained the nt rmation The paper companj was the emg agent of the Vorthwest Paper ompanj and must havefkept an account or is sales and Into what States the paper of the ompanj was shipped and sold Such accounts are material and rele ant to complainants case Thej ma oj maj not In connection with other idence sustain the charge of the United States Iut they are elements In the proof fea 1ng tendencv enough to sustain trie csmrge to be considered material The claim of immateriality of the testl wion cannot avail plaintiffs against the ders of tlie Orcult Court The fetl jroni is taken io be submitted to the urt where the suit lsjpendlng and all a lections upon the evidence Its materi alitj and sufficiency areto bevdetermlned Mr and after It by an appellate court Thes writs of error are not prosecuted the parties in the original suit but wTtnesse to review judgments of con empt against them for disobeying orders so testlfj Being witnesses mei it is ot open to them to make objections to the tentmonj The tendency or effect of Fatalities Prevented After an accident isej Bucklens Arnica palve It prevents fatal results ualt cut6 burnF eorrs 25c All druggists vised Statutes In support of th con tention it was repreented tht in summoning the Junes In the trial court pref erence was given to Goebel Democrats over Republicans and Independent Democrats Justice Harlan Sums Up After quoting a number of decisions Justice Harlan summed up the result as I follows In each of these cases it was distinctly adjudged in harmony with previous cases that the words In section 641 did iot give the right of removal urless the Constitution or fie laws of the State In which the criminal prosecution was pending denied or prevented the enforcement In the judicial tribunals of such State of the equal rights of the accused as secured by any law of he United States Those cases as did tEe prior ones cxpresslj held that there was no right of removal under section 641 where the alleged discrimination against the accused In respect of his equal rights was due to the illegal or corrupt acts of administrative officers unauthorized by the Constitution or laws of the State as Interpreted by its highest court For wrongs of that character the remedy It was held Is in the State court and ultimate In the power of this court upon writ of error Justice Harlan in discussing the con tention that there has been a conspiracy to take Powers life and that he could not secure aualr trial said It is true that locking alone at the case as made bj tne petition for removal the trials of the accused make an exhlh tkm of misccndjct on the part of admin istntive off errs connected with thos3 trials which may well shock all who love justice ard recognize the right of every hi mar tx tng aicused of crime to ba tried according to law Further the case as ruvde bvttie record it mut be conceded tends to show If it does not Jus tlf the belief that administrative officers nut tag connection with the trial of the accused had In mind at each trial to exclude from the jur to far as it was possible lo do so everv rjerson hnmor competent who belongi to tne amej political party as tne accused Tfot Deprived of Sights Pointing out a means for bringing the caso to the Scprero Cojrt the Justice sala fnder this holding the accused is not depmed of the opportunity to have lUs rights of whatever nature which are secured or gturuitced to him bj the Con stitjtlon of laws of the United States fully protcted by a Federal court But It Is said that the action of the trial court in refusing to quash the indictment or SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS RAILROADS JH NEW MEXICO The case of the Territory of New Mexico against the Atchison Topeka and Sac la Fe and other railroad companies op crating In Grant County New Mexico was dismissed for want of Jurisdiction tv tho Supreme Court of the United States Tho case tnv olved the right of the County fommissionere of Grant County to as sess tax of more than three mills on the dollar to paj Judgments against the cot ntv iu account of previous administrate i The railroad Companies resisted the levy as ccntrary to the Territorial laws 2 he effect of to days action Is to leave in forr the decision of the Supreme Cotc of New Mexico which was foi the railroad COURT DENIES PLEADING OF ANNA VALENTLNA A writ of hibeas corpus was denied by the Unitcu states supreme Court yester day in the case of Anna alcntlna the Italian woman under sentence of death fU Hackensack on the charge of murder This decision affirms the Cir cult Court The Valentina woman was charged with the nurder of Rosa Salza another Italian woman In 1S04 She nleaded guilty ignorant as si afterwards claimed that the law granting the court the power to de termined the degree of the crime had been repe lled She based her appeal en the ground that she did not understand the English language DEAF MUTE DENIED FREEDOM ON WRIT OF BABEAS CORPUS George Feltz tne fieaf mute under life sentence for murder In Winnebago County J1L was denied a writ of habeas corpus he United States Supreme Coutt yestolay lie sppealed from the decision of the Circuit Court of the northern district of Illinois on the grounds that he did not have a fair trial because hecpuld not hear tie testimony against him The de 1 ciston of the lower court was affirmed Suit Against Nebraska Advanced The Surrcme Court of the United States yesterdAy issued an order advancing the cases theT Chicago Burlington ard Qulney Railroad Company against tne va ritus counties cf Nebraska Involving taxes kisd against tneroad and set it fo October 3 nest Five Railway Cases Consolidated Tl Suprejne Court Cf the United States jeetcrday consolidated Ave cases of the Nw ioiL Central Rallrosd Company In volving taxes In the State of New York Kni tset the argument on them for Arril has been committed that the result of their investigations may be subsequently embodied In an Indictment and that In summoning witnesses It Is quite sufficient to apprise them of th names of the parties with respect to whom they will be called to testify without indicating the nature of the charge against them Duties of Witnesses Defined 1 On he point of Immunltj because of a tenacney to seir incrimlnatiMu the opinion expressed the view that an Inquiry by a grand jury is a proceeding under the witness immunity act of 1903 and added that it is not declared that a witness may not be compelled to tes tify to facts which may impair his reputation for probity or even tend to disgrace him but the line is drawn at Testimony that may expose him to prosecution He added If the Constitution were unaffected by the Immunltj statute it would put it within the power of the witness to be his own judge as to what would tend to incriminate him and would Justify him in Refusing to answer almost any question in a criminal case Unless It clearly appeared that the immunity was not set up In good faith The justice admitted that the immunity statute may protect individuals but added that it was not Intended to serve that office tor corporatiors Tho question whether a corporation is a person within the meaning of this law really does not aris except perhaps where a corporation is called upon to answer a bill of discovery As the combi ration of conspiracies provided against bj the Shciman anti trust act ban ordinarily be proved only bj the testimony of parties thereto in the person of their agents or empoyes ths privilege claimed would practically nulllfj the whole act of Congress Of what use would It be tor tne iegiiature to aeciare tnese combinations unlawful if the judicial power may close the door ot access to eerj Photograph Showing the Progress ofc tWofJcff CdHtinental Hall BewjErected by the DaughteVsof the AmericanRevoPutibn Last week wa3 a busy one for the Daughters of the American Revolution who are working hard for the Jamestown Memorial Hall One meeting after another has been held since the president general arrived Monday The credentials committee met Monday afternoon Mrs Knox JPaylor chairman of the ways and means committee Monday evening reported that many checks and encouraging letters had been received The national board convened Tuesday and besides the reports of officers and routine business various committees wer appointed for the coming centennial congress which convenes Monday April 16 at the new Continental Memorial Hall The drawing for seats which is always a matter of Interest took place Indian Territory taking first Dlace An adjourned meeting of the board was held in the afternoon and later a meeting of the orogramme committee took place Wednesday there was a gathering of representative women from various parts of the country who made reports of Work done and cash collected as the result of the open letter sent out for A grand rally February 22 The treasurers Teport showed the total amount of cash handed In up to Wednes daj to be over 50 030 an increase of near ly 4000 In the last month At the last congress 22000 was given to which was added 15000 of the cur tent fund making 37000 on hand at the beginning of the congressional year New Members Admitted More than 450 new members have been admitted In the la3t month and 500 applications have not been passed upon These will make a total 3 865 members In the fifteen jeara since the societys organization August 9 1S90 there have been as many as 55 027 members The National University committee met twice last week The house committee convened at Continental Hall Thursday to consider the best plans for the comfort of the congress DneinBoa maailritr wra 4n nrAtrrAea oil subject6 Murpe lnfirman Pn the day Friday the president presiding at all CXfcpi one iuo question nas wen ire quently asked Why Is there not a bulla Mrs Eiwrd Bcnntlt Bass Mrs Claresdoa Smith Mi Albert Oore Ifra J3ie A Koan a Tlile Entertainment Mn Charles It Terrjr chairman Mrt Ciarlet it Deere Mrs Truemaa Sewber Mm Sphea EJthu xrs Joseph JJ Foraker ilxs 1 DoltlTer Vn John WalW Mr Henry Burnljm Mrg Mary LockwooO illit Virginia MHle MasX Solomons Mrs Blcn srU Adams Mr EJwin A Warflcld Mr Cur tla Child Mr John MclAne lhi Thorn Mrs Sollman irs Stewart StranAhn Mil Hamilton Tebaolt Mrs Howart Mrs Amtler lr Luta worthr Mrs Mrron Parktr Mrs Job Barnard anl Mrs Allen Boyd Others mar be appointed Reception Mrs Ana na Cameron chairman Mra Mitheir Scott Mm John A Murphy Mrs Sydnor Mm Mllbnrn Mrs Chamberlitn Mn Charles Cralchton Mrs Amos Draper Mrs Co Mrs Richard Mr Gardner Mrs Nlchola Mrs Hllra Dustln Mrs Oeorie Munn Mrs Woodbury PuUlfer Mrt Cox Mlas Lathrop Mrs A Farter Mrs William Hardy Mr Henry Bowron Mrs Samuel Amnion Mrs Frances Jones Mrs Henry Muoger Mra John Stewart Mra Becker Mrs Barker Mrs William Peel Mr John Garrlaon Mrs Gerald and Mrs Alerander Jamleson Others may be added I Decoration Mra Kathertn Eacan chairman Mra Harry Gusa and Berks County Chapter juuaic Mrs ccariott Main chairman Mrs Jamea A BounaaTllle Mra John Edaon Bell Mrs Charles Masury Mrs Cajlord Putnam Mrs Curwin Mrs Theodore Bates and Mrs Riichle Charter member Mra Roger A Prior chairman Mrs William Cabell Miss Mary Doha Mrs Jamleson Mrs Kinney Mn Hodge Mrs John Campbell and Mrs Math Others may be added Pages Mrs Robert Park chairman Mrs Uinaton Miss Swinburne Mrs wr Mondell an Mrs Franklin Brook Others may be added An inquest will be held at the morgue this morning to determine the responsibility for the death of ten year old Jennie Brodofsky who died at the Childrens Hospital Sunday A number of children were playing near the Brodofsky home 2811 street northwest February 14 It is alleged that Martin Moran nine years old who lives at 3127 street northwest threw a piece of brick at them the missile striking the Brodofsky girl on the forehead Two weeks later the wound became serious and Thursday the girl was taken to the Childrens Hospital Coroner Xevttt and the police were notified and Private Detective Hess of the Sev enth police precinct made an Investigation As a result the Moran boy was taken to the house of detention where he will be held until after the Inquest SOLDIERS CLAIM SUSTAHTEd Decision by the General land Office Affecting Army Enlisted Men Another privilege has been extended to the men who enlist under the Stars and Stripes according to a recent decision of the General Land Office The Commissioner has decided that inability to lve upon his land op account of being enlisted In the army or navy dre3 not effect a homesteaders claim The matter was brought to Issue bv JjiHpJfngel of Grand Rapids Mich In 1897 Enget made ar homestead entrr upon land in Northe Minnesota but at the opening of the Spanish American war he was forced to tbarrdon It on account of enlistment By reason of the action of the War Department he was unable to return to Ms claim within four ears Upon his arrival In this country recently from the Philippines where he had seen srvice a confoversy arose as to whether he was entitled to the land and an appeal was made to the General Land Office with the result that his clam was sustained PS0BED VALENCIA DISASTEE subject Should Have Asked for Tune The second branch of the case related to the nonproductlon by the witness of the books and papers called for by the subpoena Mr Haje put his refusal on the ground that It was Impossible to collect the papers in the time allowed that he was under no obligation to prepuce them and that they might tend to incriminate him The justice said that If time had been asked It would doubtless nave been granted sThe second objection was considered In Its relation to the fourth amendment tO he Constitution and it was held that it was competent to require tua attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books papera relatin to the matter under inquiry In this connection Justice Brown said If whenever an officer or employe of a corporation ere summoned before a grand Jury as a witness he could refuse to produce the books and documents of such corpora next Italians in Shootinr Affray Punxsutawnei Pa March 12 Annlno Mazzo an Italian wax killed and four others all foreigners wounded In a shooting affray last night at Walston a min fie panel of petit Jurors although the Italians were Involved Is It Your Own Hair Do you pin your bat to your Dwn hair Cant do it Havent enough hair It must be you do not know Ayers Hair Vigor I HeresNan introduction Maythe acquaintance result in heavy growth of rich thick glossy hair And we know you will not be gray Sold for 60 yesrs LwiUSS irg committee this year The president said there was no building committee formed because the last congress passed a resolution taking front the committee the power end Investing It In the Continental Hall committee of which It was a subcommittee A novel feature of the coming congress will be a reception at the Continental Hall to the charter members of the society Mrs Roger A Pryor has neen appointed chairman ot the committee to make arrangement for this reception She Is one of the most distinguished women of the organization and It Is considered a fitting compliment of tlw president general to appoint one of Its earliest members to this position The personnel of tho committees follow i List of Committees Credentials Mrs Charlotte Mala chairman Mrs Dart Mrs Florence Gray Estey lire Helen Mr Boystorv Mrs Bell Draper Mra Marie Wllkuwan Hodgkuui Mrs Bertha Bobbins and Mra May Ruaselt Youaf Railroads Mrs Henry chairman Miss Charlotte A Baldwin Mrs Morgan Smith Mrs Joba 1 Stereos Mrs Harry Cray Mrs Walter Talhot Mlas Minnie MlcUey MIM Eleanor Johnson Mla Norton Mrs Jglehart Mrs Sarah Lounsberry and Mra Thomas Brawn Frees Mrs THea Spencer Mosey chairman Mr Ik Eakln Gadaby Mra Floreito Chase Mlaa Delia Jackson Mrs Lindsay Pattenon Mrs ODonohaugh Miss Ylnlng and Mrs Fes aenden FrogTMuTne Mrs A Ftftas haiirnAsr lira agsn Miss Ellen Mec im Mrt Wllllaii Chittenden Mrs James BolsfOi Mrs Charlie Bryan Mrs Wallac DetaSeld Mrs Donean rutcher JSn Charles TOSS and Mrs JI Churchman IIousj Mrsj HosanL Hidsklrm cMlrnraa Mrs A Wilklnfon ilru 1 Slrwart Jiraleso1 Mrs Jais Pa Earnest Mrs Mary Marti URGES ACTION AS TO CONGO New England Evangelical Alliance Sends Telegram to Secretary Root Boston Mass March li The New England Evangelical Alliance to day voted to send the following telegram con cerning the Congo question to Elihu Root Secretary of State1 The New England Evangelical Alliance of Boston and vicinity in public session deplore the lack of action regarding Congo misrule and urge immediate consideration of most elective way of protest by our government Spotted Fever at Pittsburg Pittsburg Pa March 12 Three deaths have occurred inthls city within the past twenty four hOiir from cerebro spinal meningitis commonly known as spotted fever Two of the victims died within a few hours after being attacked Two others are lying at the point of death and four new cases were reported to day 0 Murray Returns from Oregon and Will File Report Murray of tho Steamboat Inspection Service has returned from the Pacific coast where he was sent by the gqvernment with Smith of the same service to investigate the Valencia disaster Mr Smith has not yet returned but when he reach sr Washington a report will be compiled covering the finding In the premises The report will be made to tha President and no Information will be given out relative to the findings until It is made public at tiro White Horse MUST FACE WEST VIRGINIA LAW Gov Higgina Grants a Requisition for A Henderson Albany March li 3or Hlgfns to day granted the requisition of the governor of West Virginia for the extradition to that State of A Henderson of Iiew York City to answer the charge of selling stocks under false pretenses It is alleged that he was Instrumental In the sale of stock to the value of 100000 of the International Mercantile Company which subsequently became Insolvent The application was resisted majnly on two grounds First that the proceedings were instituted in the effort to collect a debt and second that tho district attorney desired Henderson be kept in this State to give testimony in another case against a man who it is said la not in custodj A petition in InJuretlonal procflnj aiklng the1 court tolssue an order restraining journeymen plumbers from picketing is being prepared by the attorneys for the Master numbers As sedation I have Just eome from a meeting of the association said Caverly yesterday Vnd every jperober Is standing firm Alt talk that there Is any defection in the ranks of the Master Plumbers Association Is absolutely wrong Instead of contemplating giving hi the association Is preparing according to Mr Caverly to combat even more forcefully the demands of the Journeymen While no actual cases ot disorder have been reported serial Instances have been reported to the master plumbers where members of the union have approached men at work on Jobs and endeavored through threats or persuasion to get them to quit The association will endeavor to put av stop to such maneuvers said ifr Caverly by enjoining the officers and men of Local Union No Sfrom Interfering with or annoying In any way the men whom we em ploy The journeymen announced yesterday that three master plumbers had acceded to their demands and would put union men at work These according to Mr Caverly are not members of the Master Plumbers Association As a result of the open shop which has Men declared Journeymen from Balti more Philadelphia New York and other cities are flocking to Washington The announcement ofthe master plum bers that under no circumstances would the striking helpers and apprentices be takan back has widened the breach The lockout of the Journeymen on March and the sympathetic strike of the helpers and apprentices on March has not served to tie up all work When the hep ers and apprentices did not report fop work at 7 oclock yesterday morning thej were blacklisted in every shop in Washington operated by members of the Master Plumbers Association and new men and boys hired Mr Caverly said yesterday that the association meant what it said when the helpers and apprentices were informed if they eveV wanted to work at the plumbers trade in Washington they nw resume their duties by 1 oclock yeste day morning The master plumbers are ready to fight tx fllt trw We wit the striking helpers and apprentices mlgh Just as well move to some other iy he continued If the Journeymen plumbers came to us to day and offered to live up to tho agreement which does not expire until 1908 and would deposit a bond of J1000 to guarantee their good faith we would put them to work But1 if they demanded as a part of the consideration that we would take back the helpers and apprentices then we would refuse their terms If the master plumbers do not receda from their position regarding he help er and apprentices the journeymen plumbers emphatically assert that the trouble will never be amicably settled TO HOLD MONTHLY MEimNa Many Papers Scheduled to Be Read Before Library Association The monthly meeting ot the District of Columbia Library Association will be held in the childrens room of the District Public Library on Wednesday March If at 8 13 The programme will include the following papers Library of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Mr Claud Qulttard librarian of Coast and Geodetic Survey Report on the Recent Meeting of the Bibliographical Society or America by Mr Charles Hastings Library of Congress and The Work of a Librarian in a Private School by Miss Anne Amos librarian of Mount Ver non Seminary It fs expected that some of the delegate representing library interests at the copy right conference this week may be present Those so expected are Mr Frank Hill librarian of the Brooklyn Public library and president of the American Library Association and Mr Arthur Bostwick superintendent of circulation Xew York ubile Library These visitors will also probably speak briefly on subjects of current Interest to librarians FORCE OF LIFE HEARING The Porto Rican Election Brave Women Womens delicate nerve organism subjects them to much sufCeringj As a rule they overtook the wonderful influence their nervous system has upon their general health They are not sufficiently Impressed with the fact that all their Bis are directly traceable to the nervous system That their periodical sufferings and headaches are due to weakened nerves Dr 3IUC8 Nervine Is wonderfully successful in revitalizing the nerves and curing all cases of nervous disorders and loss of vitality was afflicted with female weakness and extreme nervousness At times was entirely helpless Three physicians treated me without results Finally I took Dr KHes Nervine and began to Improve and bottles cured me UBS HATTIE GRABILU 422 th Ave NJi Roanoke Va The first bottle wUf benefit if not the druggist will return yout money Head of the Correspondence Department Never Heard of Woman Specialist New Tork March 12 The hearing in the case of the Force of Life Chemical Com pany charged with conspiracy to uV fiaud through the use of the mails was continued to day Miss May Nlft who was In chatge of the correspondence department was shown a circular which was an alleged advertisement of thit company and which stated that the company had woman specialist whom all women could consult in confidence I never saw that statement declared the witness after looking at the circular i She admitted that she did not rad the The Greatest Safeguard Editor Post Tou surely have been mis Informed In your issue of this date I have read the following paragraph The Island of Porto Rico is now reported to be overrun with grafters and it may be taken for granted that at last all the American Institutions have followed the flag Allow me to state In this connection Air sailor mat to oe ir ana ao justice uterftture to every one concerned the paragraph referred to should read It must ba taken for granted that whatever graft or any other objectionable American insti I tutlons might have followed the flag to I Porto Rico have at last disappeared under i the honest administration of Gov Bcec man Winthrop and Secretary Regis Post Even at the risk of appearing presumptuous I wish to state Mr Editor that at the last elections hold in Porto Rico the only honest one carried out without turmoil and bloodshed since the Inception of civil government and wncn rxw 4ftizn WTA Atltftw t1 frf iwt his vote was elected to Voice the sentiments of my people before Congress and the people of the Vnlted States by S9lt totes the largest vote ever given to any candidate Very respectfully i LARRTVAGA Resident Commissioner from Porta Rica Atthlne rnn Aroh 1 I I for your money Is a secure and reliable a rnr place to ke it lwn you com to Fire Piano Factory ihoose a Rank irr wwrt to piiee your itk i Aamtncra or vnur fartun however up nnran fuctorw of Lehr Co was I or ml don ov rlnok th Importance organ ractory ot it inr i a thorough Investigation of our Bank uesiroyea oj ure uunin we mjui inR JnsutetJon Tft Muunesa standing dwelling houses were aUo destroyed A ot our ottice rs and th plentiful roour watchman heard an explosion in the en of this Rink wlltappU to your sourvlc sine room and when he reached that de JWgmcnt partment of the works the place was in 1 1 flames and he war driven back when hejlreOpIe OVUlgS tiailke niicuiLfgU yev as auiiauiuiri The loss will reach rS0CO partially inured srTui salVi I 4 610 I4th St.