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NUMBER 4349 WASHINGTON WEDNESDAY EVENING MAY 9 1906 PRICE ONE CENTISPIRITED TILT

Alabama Senatora Panama

Witness

BOTHBECOME IRRITATED

Senate Interoceanic CanCommittee Hears Director-

of Panama Railroad-

I will not re T to hypothetical ques-tions If you will bo kind enough toask pertinent questions I will be gladto give you my conclusions upon them

This was one of the first answers Sen-ator Morgan received from WilliamNelson Cromwell when the examination-of the contumacious witness was re-sumed before the Senate InteroceanlcCanals Committee today Mr Morganopened the examination of Mr

by asking to what he was referring-In tho letter he had written to Secretary of Stat s Kay In SB Mr Cromwellanswered that the Ic r spoke for itself

Senator Morgan inter gated himFinally Mr said the let-

ter In question related to the concessionsextended to the old Panama Canal

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action thfn have you queried theAlabamian

I answered the witnessWM1 you kindly state such knowl-

edge to this committee asked MrMorgan

1 OeeHjuj stud Cremwall 1t is conIMenttal

eu dedlng Ueca wee y u were coun-sel for the canal company asked theSenator

I do and also bectutfce such QJ

Is not germatn to theanswered lite within

lie followed hit answer by wiping thatlk IW not appear to answer hypothatl-cift He said that he woujd-1a5jsijar oa5 tens g r oeailjta or questions haf1 fcerttfK tbi9nt-te tan examination being conducted

Bought Shares of StockSenator Morgan then turned his line

of questions toward Mr Cromwells becoming identified with the presentboard of directors of the Panama rail

To his queries Mr Cromwell saidthat he was invited to become a directorand purchased fourteen shares of stockin the company in order to become qual-ified as a director in its affairs thathe not at that time cherish the Ideaof beeemtng counsel for the companyHe referred Mr Morgan to the recordsfor accurate information regarding theissue of bonds from the time he becameconnected with the company

Do you know how many issues ofbonds were made by the companyasked Mr Morgan

I do not saId the witness Thefirst issue was made in iSfft Theywere redeemed Further titan that Ihave not accurate information Thebooks of the company will disclosesuch information

Cbjects to Answers of WitnessSenator Morgan took exception to

the witness method of answeringand his criticisms of the Senatorsmethod of interrOgation Mr Crom-well then referred to a batch of papershe had with him and informed the Sen-ator of a 3000000 bond issue modeIn 1SSO

Senator Morgan then took up thequestion of contracts made by the railroad company with the various

companies Mr Cromwell saidthat such contracts were In vogue atthe time he became connected with therailroad He said that he did notthink that there was more than onecontract In existence that with thoPacific Mall Steamship Company Hisconnection with that particular contract was In his effort to bring it to atermination which he finally accom-plished

Says He Cannot Be RemovedMr Cromwell said that it was be-

yond the power of the President orCongress to remove him from hispresent position with the railroad company The same conditions wore notapplicable to other officers

Can the President and Secretary ofWar relieve you from your position onthe executive committee asked MrMorgan

officers of the railroad companydo that replied Mr Cromwell

vote of your clerk Mr Farnum in case of a tie of the committee onthat question would decide the actionof committee In relieving you fromthe executive force would it notasked Senator Morgan

Let us hot mingle in frivolities saidMr Cromwell

SUcli a remark apparently Irritated MrMorgan Ho Informed the witness thathe was conducting an examination anddesired to be answered In the properwayLot the examination be conducted between us as between gentlemen saidMr Cromwell Ironically

We will let the gentlemen questionout retorted Mr Morgan We willconduct It as between men They

several people connected with canalor railroad affairs who are not all ofthat cloth

You may be able to enlarge yourversions of that question If you choosedeclared the witness Mr Morgan put-a quietus to further exchange of cour-tesies on the subject by advising thewitness that he had rights and proposedto enfroce them

The witness then submitted somehe had with Attorney Gen-

eral Knox dealing upon the arbitration-ot the controversy between the canalcompany and the old company in whichthe attorney general advanced the opin-ion that the President should be thefinal arbitrator Mr Morgan wanted toknow why the of such an agree-ment had been deterred Mr Cromwellsaid it was deferred because the exactamount of excavation made by old com-pany was not known

this juncture the committee ad-journed to meet at 103Q tomorrow

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May Stop Spier FuneralTo Determine If Death

Was Murder or SuicideTheories in Spier Case

Suicide the police say becauseShot was from his own revolverHis financial affairs were

mixedRecently had life heavily

Had trouble at his clubMurdered wife insists because

He had no cause for suicideNot a cloud in his lifeHe loved me no matter

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NEW YORK May 0 Although thepolice Insist that Charles Lu Spier

Standard OH magnate committed suiclde in his home on Staten Island

Attorney John J Kenny of Richmond is dissatisfied with this decisionand it Is more than probable that thefuneral which was advertised to be heldtoday will be held up pending furtherInvestigation This Investigation wiltunleesplans foil consist of an autopsywhen the bullet which killed thefinancier will be prebed for

Bullet Still in the BodyTh statement has been made the

police have Inclined to tile theory thattho bullet that killed Mr Spierfrom his own revolver which was i jindat the side of his body with one cham-ber empty There is no certainty thatthis Is the case The bullet has neverbeen taken from the body CoronerCahill who Is understood to accept themurder theory acceded to the requestof Mrs Spier and did not perform onautopsy to find the bullet

All sorts of stories are currentyoung Splor That he was In financialdifficulties Involving at least 10000 Isclainied by many of his acquaintances

SHIP IN LAKE STORM

Schooner Algeria Was Unable to ReachSafety in Clevelrnf

Harbor

CLEVELAND Ohio Mayschooner Algeria sank two miles off theharbor of Cleveland this morning andpossibly three men lost their lives

The schooner Iron Queen Is in acondition outside the breakwater

and the crow of eight was taken off bytho members of the life saving crew

The stoim night with the hfcavvsea it kicked up was n menace to

outside the harbor The bigsteamers that had been tied up by Utestrike came Inside tho breakwater butthe small schooners could not get InSignals of distress came to the life

station and Captain Motley wontout to the Iron Queen rescuing theeight members of the crew with diff-iculty They could not reach the Algeria

THE WEATHER REPORT

Rain has fallen in the middle AtlanticStates and the lower lake region else-where fair cool weather continues

The weather will clear tonight in thelake region and the middle AtlanticStates and generally fair weather willprevail olsowhpro tonight and

It will be cooler tonight in theAtlantic States and along the south Atlantic coast

TEMPERATURE0 a m M 49

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THE SUNSun sets today 559Sun rises tomorrow

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It has been shown that he inmtred hislife for S7SOCO in favor oX hU wife

made the policies payable to histrustee Alfred Laaterbaeh withoutwife knowing that he had taken out thteextra insurance Yew eo e the story

Staten Island risk recently wjileh became so excited Mr Spier it issaid was naked to leave the dub Ifthe story of this Ineldent ta true it topossible that it had some bearing OHhis deathWife Insists Murder Was Committed

In a statement issued by Spiershe says

were perfectly happy I cannotimagine any reason why my husbandshould take his own life There wasnot the slightest cloud in our lives MrSpier was fond of his hone and ef meWe had no differences I know nothingabout the 76068 insurance he Is reportedto have taken recently All I know IB

that he had another policy to providefor me No matter what they say Iknow that my husband was murderedThe man who shot him could easilyhave escaped out of the rear door andgot down off th porch without leavingany marks or footsteps

NEW CONSUL GENERALS-

Men Named to Travel and Keepan Eye on the Various

Consulates

The President today sent the follow-ing nominations to the Senate to takeeffect July 1 1BQG

Fleming D Ceshlro of New YorkHorace Lee Washington of Washing

ton D CCharles M Dickinson of New YorkGeorge H Murphy of North CarolinaRichard M Bartleman of Massa-

chusettsThose appointments the result ot-

a now law passed bv the sessionof Congress and intended to Improvethe of the UnitedStates The consuls general havea salary of 5000 a year and are sup-posed Or intended to nil theirtime in visiting and inspecting theUnited States over thpworld

It is thought ty the Government thatsuch a system of inspection willall possibility of and misconductIn office complaints ef winch have oftenbeen made in recent years Thesion di not at first meet with Con-gressional favor as it was thought thatit merely added toward the expense listof the government This view chargeHowever when the true purposes of thonew officers were by the De-partment of State

SNOW IN FRANKLIN PABREAKS ALL RECORDS

FRANKLIN Pa May D Snow tellbore for several hours this morningwhich breaks all local records duringrecent years

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THE DRUG TRUST

Files Petition for Injunction Against Three

Associations

OFFICERS AS DEFENDANTS

Conspiracy to Fix PricesCharges Against Manu

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The Federal Govennnjeiit today filedsuit against the drug trust of the UnitedStates

In an official statement on the matter Issued this afternoon AttorneyGeneral Moody says

The Government has tiled inthe Circuit Court of the United Statesfor of Indiana a petition foran injunction against certain assoclalions corporations and individuals com-prising what Is commonly known as theDrug Trust of the United Statesparties defendant specifically named Inthe bill have apapreutly combined

to control the prices atw hlciiproprietary medicines and drugs shahbe sold to the consumer through the retall druggists In violation of the Sherman antttrust law The parties to thecombination include the Proprietary As-sociation of America the Nationalwholesale Druggists Association andthe National Association of Retail

Officers Made DefendantsEach of these three associations haveofficers who are charged with the transaction of the business of the resneotteassociations These officers are madeParties defendant to the suit as well scertain other individuals firms and oor

The bl charges in substance thatthese associations thrfr officers doand members are alta common mdjartaklng to wit the U

renrtetary krtJeles throughout the UnitedStates that these associations and themembers thereof have entered into aconspiracy to arbitrarily fix and regulate the price at whicn such article shaHHave established rules and regulationsto enforce such an unlawful agreementby restricting the purchase and sale of

commodities to those members efthe several associations who shall liveUP to and observe the rules and regulabona thus arbitrarily prescribed by therespective associations

Conspiracy to Fix PricesThere is but one ultimate ebjeet of

vlz to fixwhich shall be observed by all retaildruggists in selling to the consumer the

commodities manufactured bythe several members of the proprietaryassociation The plan by which suchobject is effected is in brief as followsNo retail druggist can obtainfrom a wholesale druc lat or a Manufacturer of a proprietary medicine unless such retail druggist becomes amember of the National Association ofRetail Druggists and In order to become such member he must agree toobserve the estebli1 Trice at whichsuch proprietary m s hall be soldto the consumer

It such retail druggist after becomlag a member of the National Asso-ciation of Retail Druggists cut pricesIn ten sale of such articles to the conpumer he is Immediately placed uponthe list of what is known as aggressivecutters and thereafter such retaildruggist is unable to obtain from anymanufacturer who Is a member of theproprietary association or from

wholesale who Is a member ot the Wholesale Druggists Asso-ciation any of the whichmay be manufactured and sold bv themor any of them

The Loder CaseHenry W Loder of Philadelphia re-

cently brought suit In the United Statescircuit court for the eastern district ofPennsylvania under section 7 of theSherman antitrust act against thesethree associations The evidenceduced upon the trial for the ofshowing the existence of aestablished a case substantially thesame as that In the Govern-ments bills Judge Holland beforewhom that case was tried In hisro jury that such evidence wassufficient to show a combination In re-strain of trade within the ofthe first of the Federal antitrustdct

Tire plaintiff obtained a substantialverdict The court pointed out that theevidence showed a betweenceveral manufacturers to fix the priceof their manufactured articles to whole-salers and a conspiracy among thewholesalers se and thefacturers to fix the price at which theyshould sell to retail dealers and a con-spiracy among the retail dealersse with the wholesale druggists undmanufacturers to fix and maintain priceswhich such retail doaltrs should observein making sales to the general publicthat is to tho consumer

Prohibited by Sherman ActFor several months prior to the

trial of the Loder case in PhilacIolpnuLthe Department of Justice had been engaged in the investigation of this con-spiracy The Attorney General havingreached the conclusion that the combi-nation Is one prohibited by the term ofthe Sherman antitrust act has directed

district attorney for the district ofIndiana to this bill

An injunction is prayed for prohibit-ing from acting Inconsort for purpose of maintaining

and individuals firms endcorporations are members of therespective from acting to-gether for the purpose of maintainthroughout the United Stacs

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MUSCOVITE RULER WHOSE LIFEIS HANGING IN THE BALANCE

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CZAR NICHOLAS OF RUSSIAExtra Precautions Are Being Taken to Guard Him at the Opening ef the

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ST PETERSBURG May 9 Final arrangements have been completed for theformal opening of the national deumewhich takes place temerrow

The most noticeable of thepreparations are the safeguards whichhave been arranged te secr the safetyof Czar Nicholas during Ms visit to thewinter palace to open the dogma inperson

In order tq prevent disorders and protect the Czar the police have made

not to permit even smallcrowds to assemble Every person onthe streets will be closely watched andif the suspicions of officers are arousedno time will be lost in putting the suspicious individual under arrest

The people will not even be allowed tosee his majesty when he arrives In thacity The royal yacht in which the Em-peror will make the trip to the diywill dock at the quay opposite thewinter palace On leaving the yacht theCzar will only have to ascend aof twentyfive to reach the safetyof the palace

Whole Water Front WatchedThe entire stretch of quays the

Neva will be guarded by the police andmilitary and no one will be allowed therefrom early morning until after tho de-parture of the Czar The Emperor willleave the city soon as he has readIlls address from the throne to thedoumn

Street gatherings of every descriptionwill be Squads of avolry wiltdisperse even the smallest crowds thatmay try to assemble All shop and fac-tories and offices will be closed Thegovernment has even gone so far a togive orders that all flags which are displayed must be iiownhigh in the airThe purpose this is to prevent revo-lutionists from getting possession of theMss and using tho ed bunting in thornIn starting counter demonstrations

Every effort will be melee to impressthe members of the with an Idaof the strength of the Allthe leading members of the bureaucracywill surround the Czar as he reads hisaddress from the throne Among thosewho will the Czar as ho per-forms this the ceremony will bemembers of th Holy Synod governorsof the various provinces prefects and

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Republican LeadersAgreeUpon New Method in

Rate Fight

Convinced that It is inapeooRrte fortile Senate to perfect legislation hi egen-sesete the leaders in cenforesee teat night decided thatprogram should open with the recom-mencement of the Elkins proposition fordivorcement of carrying Irem producingInterests

Agreement of practically all the Re-publican Senators secured in support of this plan Yesterday afternoonsexperience had demonstrated that theproposition is extremely difficult andcomplicated antI that with a powerfulelement of Republicans headed by Aidrich and Foraker apparently determined-to prevent accomplishment along this

agreement in the Senate would bevery difficult

Dryden Amendment ModifiedAs soon as the rate Mil was reached

after the opening of this afternoons sosseen the amendment by Senator Drydenwas taken up This provtted that di-vorcement of carrying and producing in-terests hatt become effective January 1

lilt After some discussion Senator Dryden modified this to January 1 ISO

roll tall the amendment as thus mod-ified was adopted 44 to

Senator Hopkins ef HHno4s then madethe motion to refer the entire matterto the Committee on Interstate Com-merce He said the experience yester-day and the opning hour ofsession proved the impossibility ofsatisfactAtily formulating legislation iiopen session of the Senate The roll call

the amendment by the Senator fromNew Jersey has shown how wide IB thedisagreement between different elements

On the other hand he thought therewas substantial agreement as1 to thegeneral desirability of legislation alongthis line The Question as a whole heconsidered scarcely second in import-ance to the general of rateregvlaUpn Whatever legislation ispassed trust be drafted with extremecare Under direction of the Senateand Interstate Commerce Commissionle ROW conducting an Investigation ofthis very gubjoet and if matter isreferred back to the committeebody will have the benefit of the resultsof this investlr fcion

Senator Balfby nose to the pointContinued on Eleventh Page

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FLOGGING WAS COMMON

Everyday Occurrence in HhWard to Whip or Choke

Unruly Inmates-

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Patients at St ElizabethI almost dale beaten chokedand kicked by attendants

j Food unfit to eat butter1 than axle grease

Patients taken over thehills when board of visitorsmade inspection

Deaths that Coronerought to have investigatedpassed over

Testimony in the special Congression-al committees investigation of the Gov-ernment Hospital for the Insane took ssensational turn today Edgar Ballformerly aa attendant in the asylumtestified that he had beaten and chokerpatients and that other attendants

same ever the hospitalHe declared that on occasion h

had been ordered by Supervisor Burclto flog a patient with a strap and thatb did It

Asked whether this the jwuat-KfBs Jia saM St ecBrsear erdpi to ward in which h worked

deOared that the heard of visitorinspected Me ward easy ones In fiveyears when the patients were tat the

He had orders he said topatients over the hill oat of sight

of Ute handing the days that the boardI visitors ws expected to visit the in-

atittttion He resigned Isis job volun-tarily

Dr J Ramsay Nevttt District coroner testified that the staff at the nay

shouldbe more physicians sad more attendants-

to regard to the death of a man named

which the corever should have beencalled hi when the man died but thisaction was not taken Referring to sui-cide at the institution he said he hadinvestigated several and had suggestedto Dr White that some of them couldbe prevented by putting smaller grat-ings at the windows This suggestion-he thought had been followed

Saw Nothing WrongMiss Oraia Cadoll the first witness

employed tile last five years in the laun-dry said she had never seen Mr-Maenche foreman of the laundry drunkor drinking She had never seen Maoacftemistreat any asylum Inmates

Miss Katie Butler employed in thelaundry since last summer said she hadnever Foreman Maenche drunk Hewas always respectful to her

S Dawes Shustortient at St Elizabeths from June li lto November 1906 as he had boon suffer-ing from nervous prostration He waspersuaded to go there by his brother andhis physician After he got there hesaid lie could not got out

He thought the attendants at the asy-lum the worst Imaginable He characterized George Thome as a particularly rough attendant Thorne he declared had sworn at him and en oneoccasion had pulled him partly out ofbed when he was sick Another timeThorne had caught hiss by the throatand sworn at hIm

A brother ef Thorne he continuedalso treated him roughly

The food there said Mr ShustarIs the worm I ever ate and I hope

ell never have te eat anything like Itagain

The witness voice was tremulous andhe exhibited marked emotion

The butter they gave us he said 1

we called The beans theyfed us were as hard as raw chestnuts

Saw Attendant Abuse PatientMr Sinister said he lost some prop-

erty while In the asylum a gold collarbutton ape a penknife At one time hosaw an attendant push downstairs apatient wise had softening of the brainThe attendant became angry when MrShustor pretested against such

District Coroner Nevltt told how hewas requested by the Health Officer lastMarch to inquire Into the manner of

of ope George Brown a St Eliza-beth patient who was reported by ahospital physician as having died ofheart disease The Health Office hadbeen by Attorney Richard PEvans of the Society

few days to his death whichought to be investigated

Dr Nevitt read a letter he hadreceived from Dr J Ford Thompsonwho had examlipd Brown he didnot think Browns injuries from thescalding sufficient to cause death

Dr Nevltt a he hadfrom Superintendent White of

St Elizabeths Brownsscalded had been an

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