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in PAGES 5 l£ TODAY | ESTABLISHED 1887. * THE PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD OF GEORGIA HOW4N ■SESSION. * DR. MORRIS’ SERMON; MODERATOyiECTED Synod of Georgia Began Its Labors Promptly Last Night. ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OFMLEGATES PRESENT Rev. J. H. Patton, of Marietta, is the New Moderator—Two Reading Clerks Were Elected* The synod of Georgia lost no time in getting to work last night. A Urge number of delegates came in -Oi the after icon and early night trains. They were met by committees who escort ed to their proper homes. . . - u Many other delegates will arrive this morning. The feature of last night’s session was the sermon of Dr. 8. L. Morns, of Macon, the retiring moderator. This was followed by the organization of the synod and the election of officers. The synod of Georgia embraces six ipresbyteries, as follows: Athens. . Atlanta. Augusta. Cherokee (Rome in this). Macon. Savannah. It has 105 ministers; 213 churches; 690 ruling elders; 552 deacons and 15,022 ■ communicants. Dr. George T. Goetchius, of this city, has been the permanent clerk of the -synod for ten years. Dr. Stacey has been the stated clerk for about 25 years. Dr. Goetchius, the talented and belov ed pastor of the First Presbyterian -church of Rome, is moderator of the Southern Presbyterian General Assembly, a high position for which he is eminently qualified. Dr. Morris’ Sermon. Dr. Morris’ Sermon received the -closest attention throughout. Be said in part: The text was from Phil .lippians, 3; 13-14: “Brethren, I count PRESBYTERIAN PRINCIPLES. I. —Strict Sabbath Observance. IL —Education for the Ministery, IIL —Separation of Church and State, IV, —Soverignty of God With Divine Purpose, V, —The Word of God, The Only Rule of Faith and Practice, not myself to have apprehended, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are bebicd, and reach ing forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” Following is a syn ■ opsis of the sermon: The conditions cf success for Paul and for the lowliest Christian are ex actly the same as set fourth in the text, “Brethren. I count not myself to have apprehended.” 1. The first condition of success is ■dissatisfaction with pastor present at tainments; “I count not myself to have apprehended. ” All progress is the outgrowth of dissatisfaction. The self-satisfied makes no further prog ress. The scholar who is satisfied with his scholarship will never know more. The man who is satisfied with his wealth will never earn more. The poet who is satisfied with his songs will never sing a sweeter. The Chris tian who is satisfied with his experi ence and attainments will never have any better. The goal reached today was a proper aim last year, or even on yesterday, but the moment it is at tained it becomes simply a starting point for some thing higher. A year ago I stood on the deck of a magnifi cent steamer, floating lazily in the beautiful bay of Naples, and gazed on Mount Vesuvius, wreathed near its summit in the smoke rising from its awful crater. I watched the carriage (THEROnE TRIBUNE. W, ' 4 '• • ■ > - • ' ■ •’ ■"’ "i . •’ i ... •■ :. .... .. e f; -,® je ' ' ‘ t ?. . drive winding upward, amid its rug ged lava beds, till it seemed to termi nate near the summit in a tiny silvery thread. Taking a carriage at the wharf. I drove up along that way un til I reached the terminus. But it was not the summit. Taking ah inclined railroad, I was drawn a half mile by the great steel cable Dearer the summit, but it still towered above. After climbing wearily amid cinders, ashes and lava, at last I stood on the the summit and looked into the seeth ing crater, So in the Christian life, we fix our eye on some goal and climb steadily toward it; but onee reached we must lift our eyes higher still, making our present attainment only a new starting point; and so “rise on stepping stones of our dead selves to higher things.” For the Christian there is no * ‘ne plus ultra,” but always “more beyond” for him who says, “I count not myself to have apprehended. ” 2. Tne second condition of success is singleness of aim. “This one thing I do.” The man of one idea and one pur pose may not be very comprehensive) but what he lacks in breadth he gains m intensity, and is for that reason far more apt to succeed in his purpose. The author of that charming poem, “Lucile,” put his finger on the defect in the charac ter of his here when he writes: “Alfred Vargrave was one of those men who achieve so little, because of the much that they conceive.” The tendency of the present age is to produce specialists. The time is past when one could be a universal genius. The universal man of today must be a specialist, and, selecting one path in life, walk in that to the exclusion of all others. Having occasion a few years ago to cousult the em’nent oculist. Dr. Calhoun, of Atlanta, for uiy eyesight, I saw an object there which 1 can never forget. Parents had brought a little child to the eminent specialist. But he shook his head and said there is no hope. It was at first but a slight defect, but a blundering physician without the neces sary qualifications of a specialist attempt ed to operate and shut up the life of the child in total darkness. 3 The next condition of success is forgetfulness of the past, “forgetting those things which are behind,” Past failures and past successes are alike fatal to future achievements. Some sit down disconsolately amid broken hopes and disappointed efforts, with their eyes turned always to the doad past, forever brooding over their failures, and never able to pluck up heirt, and bravely fac ing the future, arouse their manhood to more heroic efforts. Equally fatal to success are they who dwell complacently on their past victories, resting on their laurels. Let the dead past “bury its dead” failures and dead successes, and turning the eye toward a hopeful future, and “reaching forth into those things which ere before,” let the past be not a on Seventh Page.) tw Jf HSCIMM7OZ ZAtP .3K JttlH f afrOH i HOME. GA„ THURSDAY. SOVtMBEK 11, 1897. INJUNCTION ASKED FOR Some Macon Merchants vs. Southern R,R. ■ BEFORE JUDGE SPEER -0/f.l < ■ -■■■■-. ■ ■ BID is Road By Roland Kilis for These WHO Filed It. i PfiOMINEMT ATTORNEYS PRESENT Petitioners Claim They Have Been Damaged. RAILROAD DEMURRER WITHDRAWN Case Goes Over on Account of More Time Asked For By Bailroad’. Attorneys. No Assignment Made. Macon, Nov. 10.—Ex Secretary of the luterior Hoke Smith, ex-Senator George F. Edmonds, Congressman Charles F. Bartlett, President Samuel Spencer of the Southern railway and a large gathering of greater and lesser lights of the bar and railway world formed a brilliant gathering in the United States court here when the case of sundry merchants and citizens of Macon, asking for an Injunction against the Southern railway and claiming a breach of the poustitutiou of the state of Georgia by reason of combination, was called. Counsel representing the two sides of the case were present in the court on its opening. The lawyers representing the railroad are George F. Edmonds, W. A. Henderson, Marion Erwin, Hill. Harris & Birch of Macon, Deiucy & Bacon of Eastman. For the petitioners are Ba con, Miller & Brinson and Dessau, Bart lett & Ellis. The first step in the case was the read ing of the original bill fiied by the pe titioners. It was read by Roland Ellis, and being a lengthy document, took up some time! The bill goes into the detail of the ownership and control by the Southern of the Central railroad, Geor gia, Southern and Florida, Georgia, Midland and Gulf and the Atlantic untj claims that such o-wnuship and control is contrary to the constitution of the state and has resulted in the killing of competition. It further claims that each of the petitioners have been dam aged to the extent of $3,000. At 12 o’clock counsel for the railway returned into court, after a conference of about an hour in a ro in at the Ho’el Lanier. Mr. Edmonds stated that the demurrer previously filed, on ac count of a surprise contained in the filing of the amendment, would be withdrawn, and he asked for further time in which to flie such, and the pleadings or answer as they might find necessary. Counsel on both sides agreed upon 60 days as the time given in which to file, and the case went over wishoat assign ment ou the docket. RAILROAD MAGNATES Train in Which President Spencer and Others Bode, Rocked. Atlanta, Nov. 10.—President Spen cer, of the Southern, Fran'.is Lynn Stepson and ex Senator Geo ge Ed monds, of Vermont, were here to night They had been in Macon attending the big suit against the Southern. While passing Locust Grove several rocks were hurled through the car windows, and consternation reigned aboard for a short while. The blinds and cartains were drawn down and the train came through without fur ther mishap. President Spencer went to Chatta nooga, Stepson and Edmonds to Washington. Content "egiin Over H Will. San Francisco, Nov. 10.—A contest has begun over the will of Mrs. Lydia A. Spauldiug, formerly manager of the Bella Vieta hotel. The contestants are eastern relatives of the deceased, who claim that undue influence was exer cised over Mrs. Spaulding by Mrs. Au gusta F. Tracy and Mrs. Mary P. Mar shall, who prejudiced her against them. The estate is valued at about $70,u00. lhr«t« !>!• In New Orleans New Orlkanb. Nov. 10.—The official report of the board of health on the yel low fever situation st 1 p. m., is sow mw cases aad three deaths. NO AID FOR CURA NOW ■ I President McKinley Says “Hands Off” FOR A TIME AT LEAST _. Pfrijtf Sigasta’s Reply Eminently Sat isfactoryto Our Cabinet, 1 — ANNOUNCED OX GOOD AUTHORITY 5 , „ —————— Spain Pledges Itself to Correct Cuban Abuses. FEELING FRIENDLY TOWARD U. S. Reply Likely To Be One of Features of Forthcoming Message of the Presi dent—The Situation. Washington, Nov. 10 —lt is stated on good anthority that Premier Sagas ta’e reply to Minister Woodford’s note, the full text of which was read at Tues day’s cabinet meeting, is eminently sat isfactory to this government. In it the Spanish ministry pledges itself to cor rect the abuses of power in Cuba, which was the subject of so much complaint during the Weyler administration, and gives assurance of its friendly feeling toward the American people. It accepts our good offices in its efforts to restore peace in Cuba and in a per fectly' respectful and friendly spirit asks thsS government, so far as possible, to restrain the insurgent sympathizers in the United States from giving material aid to the enemies of Spain in Cuba. The reply intimates that but for the as sistance that has been given them by filibusters from the United States, peace would have been restored long ago. The reply, it is stated, does not con tain a sentence that could give offense, or be construed into an expression of an unfriendly purpose of feeling against the government of the United Stares. Ou the contrary the note is said to be distinctly conciliatory in tone, although insisting upon the right and duty of Spain to put down an armed insurrec tion within its own territory. It is evident that the reply has made a favorable impression upon President McKinley and the members of the cabi net and it is not unlikely that one of the features of his forthcoming message to congress will be a discussion of the Cuban situation from which it will ap pear that there is nothing iq the situa tion to justify present interference on the part of the United States. REFUSED TO RECONSIDER. Home Would Not Take Up Child Labor Mill—Senate i Two Measures. Atlanta, Nov. 10.—Directly after the reading of the journal in the house, Mr. Nevin of Floyd made a motion to re consider the adverse vote of Tuesday on the child labor bill. After a heated dis cussion the motion to reconsider wns defeated by a vote of 29 to 100. This practically sounds a death knell to the bill. The house took nq as unfinished busi ness the bill of Senator Starr, providing for the submission to juries of auditor’s reports in equity as in common law cases, for the trials of questions of fact, the report to be openly prima facie evi dence, the burden of disproof being on the party excepting to the report. A motion to disagree to the adverse report of the committee was carried by c vote of 70 to 39. The bill to satisfy the bonded debt issued by Governor Jenkins in 1866, was killed. The debate on the measure was lively, ana the fight a spirited one. In the senate, a number of minor ap pointments were confirmed and two im portant bills were passed. Both, were by Senator Turner. One prohibits the wearing of buttons or badges or secret societies for fraudulent purposes, and the other seeks to amend the constitu tion of the state so as to enlarge the power of exemption from taxation of all places of religious worship and property of educational institutions. .Caban Victory Report* Denied. Madrid, Nov. 10.—It is officially an nounced that there is no truth in the report eminating from insurgent sources that the insurgents have captured the towns of Holguin and Mayari, In the province of Santiago de Cuba. Gat« Her Picture to Gibbons. Rome, Nov. 10. —The queen of Italy has sent Cardinal Gibbons a portrait of herself in her court robes, with the re ■uest that he will send her copiee of all Bis books. .......... DRAMATIC CONFESSION . ' I ? Jt. A'Mtaaskwr»tSw*k.WMwr-o*i me MX*, a «>mSvu (Jt >5 MAKES A WOMAN WEEP Mrs. Hack Tarns States Evidence in the Cele brated Gnldensoppe Murder Case. THORN LISTENS WITH (NERVOUS AOONY Story of How Crime Was Planned and /Incidents Before and After U theJßloody Tragedy. New York, Nov. 10.—Judge Smith, accompanied by District Attorney Wal ter Jay Cox of Suffolk county, took his seat on the bench when the hour for the opening of court arrived. The 12 jury men then took their places in the jury box, and Thorn, handcuffed to Captain Mathven, came iu, accompanied by hie counsel. The latter informed the prisoner for the first time of the confession of Mrs. Nack, and Thorn’s face flushed. Howe handed his Client a copy of the morn-, ing paper bearing a large headline which read “Mrs. Nack Has Turned State’s Evidence.” Thorn gaaed. intently at it and then he handed back the paper. At 16 minutes to 10 o’clock the main door of the courthouse opened, and Mrs. Nack, accompanied by her lawyer and Deputy Sheriff Deßr.igga. walked up the center of the court. Thorn eyed her closely as she stood within a yard of him, but she avoiaed his gaze. She was placed ou the stand, and under the ex amination of Judge Weller, began the recital of her story leading up to the time that she had left her husband and was living with Guldensuppe at 439 Ninth avenue. Thorn came there to board. Thorn and Guldensuppe had a fight, and Gui densnppe licked Thorn. Guldensuppe kicked Thorn down stairs. Thorn pulled a revolver and fired one shot at Guldensuppe, but failed to hit him. Gave Thorn Gold. “A few day’s later,” said Mrs. Nack, **a man came to my house for Thorn’s clothes. I told the man that Thorn was sick in the hospital, but gave him the clothes. Thorn came back three davi j J| Wm* ■■ a, £ •• i AUGUSTA NACK. later' witn nis race ana' eyes blahk and blue and neck swollen. He asked me for money.” “Why did he ask you for money?” asked Judge Weller. “He got no work and I gave him money,” replied Mrs. Nack iu broken English. “When Thorn went away, I promised ot pay his board bill until he could get work. After that I met Thorn at Twenty-third street and Ninth avenue, when I gave him S2O Thorn was very bitter against Guldensuppe and wanted to kill him. Tnoru said: “ ‘Woman, I love you.’ “I said, T’id a married woman.’ “ ’I know better, you are not,’ replied Thorn. 'Your husband lives iu As toria. ' “Thorn then said he wanted to kill Guldensuppe. I then said: ” ’Martin, don’t kill Guldensuppe: ' kill me.’ “On another day I had a talk with! Thorn and he said he would kill Gul densuppe. Ou that night Guldensuppe ' and I quarreled. He grabbed me by the throat and held me until the blood came from my throat. I then had a talk with Thorn about hiring a house at Woodside. He then went to the house, and Thorn offered the woman who had the key money, but she would not take it. One night we met a man in New York in a saloon. This man owned the Woodside house, and we paid him $25 for one month’s rent iu advance. Thorn gave the name of Braun when he hired the house. Thorn’s Hloudy Talk. “Thorn then took a receipt from the landlord but said he did not kuow when he would move iu. Thorn told me he would, kill Guldensuppe in the Ninth avenue house and put his body th • Mrakrt.. <ta»’t4oiii.at,’ MEDIUM IN J S NORTH GEORGIA J *' Me i 1 “rnorn torn me to Bring crarueußup P _ to the Woodside house and he would kill him there. I had to do all Martin told me to do.”’ Gradually the lawyer led the witness up to the morning of Friday, June 25, the day that the crime was committed. She said that she and Guldeusuppe left New York between 9 and 10 o'clock that morning and after they had crossed the ferry they boarded a trolly oar which left them at the Woodside cottage. “I had the key to the house,” she said. * ‘and I opened the front door. I told Guldeusuppe to enter and examine the house while I went into the yard, lie did so, and soon afterwards I heard , • shot. Martin Thorn came running down and when he met me he said: *' Tve shot him; he is dead.* < “He was very exoited and I was half . dead,” said the self confessed murderess, breathlessly. “What did you do then?” asked Judge Weller. Body In Bandies. “He asked me to go home and come back at 5 o’clock. When I came back that evening Thorn had everything packed in bundles. He handed me a bundle which he said contained Gul densuppe’s clothes took another bundle, which was wrapped up in gray colored paper. He said that it was Gui densuppe’s head and that it was done up in plaster of paris. He took the trolley car and went over to New York on a ferryboat. ” “On which ferry?” "I don't know; I am a stranger to the city and can’t say. When we reached New York I went home and Thorn went to some other place. I cut open the bundle and found clothes.” “Whose clothes?" asked the prosecu tion. “William Guldensuppe’s,” replied the woman, emphatically. “I saw Thorn that evening again, and he told me to meet him the following morning (Saturday) at the Thirty fourth street ferry. .* “Where had he put the head?” “I don’t know; he only told me that he had done away with it. I met him the next day at Thirty-fourth street ferry, and then we arranged about hiring a cat riage. ” The woman then told in detail how the other packages were brought in the gurry and deposited in the river andjhe Ogden woods, near High bridge. Z Thorn Not Touohed. / The woman spoke fairly intelligible English with a very strong German ac cent. During the recital Thorn’s law yers left their accustomed seats near the prisoner and were accommodated with chairs closer to the witness. Thorn listened, his lips closely com pressed, his hands clasped and resting on his knees. Frequently his lips be came dry and parched and occasionally he would moisten them with his tongue. His face bore that same stolid look of indifference which it has worn all through, but his eyes were unrestful. When he was not gazing at his accuser, he was casting furtive glances around the courtroom and up into the galleries, which were crowded with men and women. During her direct examination, Mrs. Nack broke down and cried, but this had no effect on the prisoner, and if anything, he seemed to enjoy her dis comfiture, as his oldtime grin played around his mouth. Mr. Howe began the cross examina tion in a very insinuating way, aud soon made her acknowledge that the house in Woodside was rented for the sole purpose of killing Guldeusuppe there, that she decoyed him there, that when she brought the oilcloth and other wrappings it was for the purpose of packing up the portions of his body after Thorn would have finished hit murderous task. Cro«» Kxemlnar Clever. Adroitly and cleverly the lawyer made the woman own up to the most damaging and coldblooded preparations for getting rid of her lover. "Ami did you cry then?” asked the cross examiner. "Did you cry when yon hired the house?" “No.” The lawyer continued this line of in quiry. leaning up to life moment of the murder, getting the same stolid "no” for an answer eaftlr tune. “And now, may I ask, did you cry when Thorn Colo you he bad shot your lover, Guldeusuppe ?” asked Thorn*! cou;i se)_ (Continued on Seventh Page.) <