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AUGUSTA SAVINGS BANK.
823 Broad Straat.
W. B. YOUNG. President.
J. G. WEIGLE. Caahlar.
Savinga Accounts Solicited.
INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS
VOLUME XL NO. 6.
SECY OF m SAYS
CONFERENCE WAS
RIGHT THING
FIRST
THERE BEING NO INSTRUCTION
FROM HIGHER GOVERNMENTAL
AUTHORITY ON PANAMA BOND
ISSUE. HE ORDERED BONDS
BOUGHT BACK.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. B.—Thu
letter of the secretary of war to the
president, transmitting the annual re
ports of the isthmian canal commis
sion and the presided! of the panama
railroad company, together with their
reports, were received by congress to
day.
In his letter the secretary says, re
garding the issue of bonds by the Pan
ama railroad company, which were
subsequently ordered re purchased by
secretary of war:
"The question of issuing bonds was
not submitted to you or to me be
fore Anal action was taken by the
board of directors. The policy of
selling bonds was a doubtful one. and
should not have been adopted until
after a conference with the higher
governmental authorities.”
Regarding the cancellation and sub
sequent settlement of the contract
awarded J. E. Markel, of Omaha, for
supplying food to the employes of the
canal commission and railway, the
secretary says the matter of settle
ment with Markel should hace been
rubmitted to the president of secre
tary of war for approval. g
HIGHER RATES LEGAL.
SAYS THE COMMISSION
Fact That Reconsignment Rates Vary
Not Foundation for Charge of Dis
crimination.
(Herald Bureau, 206 Corcoran Bldg.) '
WASHINGTON. Jan. B—The inter
state commerce commission, in sn op
inion by Chairman Knapp, has an
nounced its decision in the case of
the St. itouls Hay & Grain company
against the Illinois Central railroad
company and the Mobile & Ohio rail
road company. It appeared from the
opinion that the service of defendants
in handling reconsigned hay at and
from St. Louis is more expensive per- !
formed in case of shipments through
East St. Louis, while the privilege of
reconsigning hay from that point at a
charge less than the established lo
cal rate is of substantial value to
dealers in that city.
The commission decided that the
fact that through rates are less than
the sum of in and out rates is not of
itself a valid - ground of objection, nor
is it unlawful for defendants to main
tain reconsignment rates which are
higher in. some cases than their pro
portions of through rates; and also
that the fact that the reconsignment I
rate is sometimes the same as the
proportion of the through rate does I
BO' warrant an inference of illegal
conduct or support a charge of dis
crimination.
ANNOYS THE PRESIDENT.
New Jersey Man Arrested for Writ
ing Offensive Letters.
MONTCLAIR, N. J., .lan. 9.—John
Peabody, who lives just over the
Orange mountains here, was arrested
by secret, service officers from Wash
ington on a charge of annoying Presi
dent Roosevelt.
For months the president, it is al
leged. has been receiving letters at
tacking him for his position on the
Panama canal, on railroad rebates,
and, in fact, on about every promi
nent public question that has come
up for discussion. These letters are
said to have been very offensive, and
were mailed at different points in this
section, some at Bloomfield, some at
Montclair and others at Verona. The
writer gave his name, but not his ad
dress. and there was much difficulty
in finding him. He was finally found
here in a public library, where he
was preparing another letter, and ar
rested.
Peabody was taken before the au
thorities and after a severe lecture
and upon promising to cease annoying
the president with his criticisms he
was allowed to go. A strict watch
will be kept on his future actions.
TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS.
Fully Two Millions To Be Divided By
City Council.
ATLANTA, Ga.. Jan. B.—(Special.!
Estimated receipts of $2,000,000 will
be apportioned by the city finance
committee at its meeting this after
noon beginning at 3 o'clock at the
City Hall. All the city departments
will make demands upon the commit
tee for increases In the appropriations
made to the various parts of the city
government. An effort will be made
to have included in the January ap
portionment sheet the $75,000 neces
sary to begin work on the Washing
ton street viaduct which it is proposed
shall bind the two sections of the city
together at Waverly Place and Court
land street.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
VICTIM OF MYSTERIOUS DEATH; MAN
HELD AS WITNESS AND LATTER’S BROTHER
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CtPUSsLCS ECdrJAEIXS *
NEW TANGLE BROUGHT OUT
IN CASE OF SENATOR SMOOT
PROBLEM NOW OF WHETHER AC
TION WILL BE EXCLUSION OF
THE MORMON OR EXPULSION
OF THE MAN—IS A CONSTITU
TIONAL QUESTION.
WASHINGTON, I). C., Jan. B.
!It is thought the case of Senator
Smoot, now under discussion, may
bring an interesting constitutional
discussion in the senate. This will
be over the question whether the is
sue presented to the senate is one of
excluding the Mormon senator from
its membership or expelling him. It
is said by those acftve in the pros*;- (
eution of the case that, inasmuch a;
the protest against Senator Smoot
was filed before and against his tak
ing the oath of office, the question ;
is one of exclusion, which would re
quire a majority vote. It is under
stood that this view is held by Sena
tor Burrows, chairman of the commit- j
tee on privileges and elections, while
Senator Bailey believes the case one
calling for expulsion, which, under
the constitution, would call for a two
thirds vote.
Both of these senators are opposed
to Mr. Smoot, their only differences
being as to the method of reaching
the end they desire. The opponents
of Mr. Smoot express confidence that
with a majority against him they will
have the two-thirds of the senate nec
essary to expel hint.
Senator Burrows believes his com
mittee will make its report upon the
Smoot case by March 1, perhaps as
early as February 15. Unless the tes
timony yet to be taken should bring
PROPOSED REORGANIZATION
OF THE CONSULAR SERVICE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. B.—The
wave of reform has at laßt struck a
place where reformation has long
! been needed. From almost the very
j beginning our consular service has
been sort of a dumping ground for
broken down politicians and literary
men. Until a comparatively recent
j period it was not deemed that any
special ability was required in a con
sul, so, when a politician broke down
or some literary man wanted to live
abroad, a sort of honorable exile waa
found for him in the consul.' r ser
vice.
The growth of our export trade with
foreign nations, and the intimate re
lations America is asßummg with the
rest of the world, have drawn atten
tion to the weakness of our consular
service, and for several years efforts
have been made to introduce reforms,
but it has only been since Secretary
Root and President Roosevelt, have
takpn hold of the matter In an ener
getic manner that a prospect has corne
that the; service will be reorganized.
iThe bill introduced by Senator Lodge
providing for a complete reorganiza
tion of this service has awakened
widespread Interest. It has been care
fully drawn, and should It pass It
will work a complete change not only
in the method of apointment to the
service, hut as to the character and
ability of those appointed, and will
bring our service abreast of the best of
other countries. The present system
Is to appoint the applicant to some
particular post, the one for which he
is an applicant, and there Is no grad
ing in the service. The hill of Sen
ator Lodge provides that there shall
be six classes of the consul generals
and seven of the consuls, and provides
that original appointments shall be
made only to the lower grades, and
that ail appointments to the higher
grades must be made by promotion.
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J about a very decided change in the
I sentiment of members, it is (he be
lief of Senator Burrows and others on
! tht committee that the report will bo
against. Mr. Smoot, the minority be
ing exceedingly small.
At its meeting today the committee
determined to summon a number of
witnesses for the prosecution and to
resume hearings on January 25. These
witnesses will be examined with ref-
I erence to the "endowment house’’
j oaths, which play so important a part
in the case, and also concerning the
| divisions in the Mormon church; that
| is, between what is called the Brig
' ham Young church, with its head
quarters in Utah, and the original
church, which has headquarters at
Lantoni, lowa. It is expected that the
testimony of the witnesses summoned
for the prosecution will consttmo
about one week. Should Senator
Smoot desire to summon witnesses ;u
rebuttal he will be restricted to not
exceeding ten days in order that there
may be no unnecessary delay in
reaching a report.
Those active in the prosecution
stent of the opinion that Senator Hop
kins, Dillinglißtn and Knox, who were
at first counted as favorable to Mr.
Smoot, have given reasons to war
rant their now bping classed with
the majority of the committee against,
him. Even Senator Beveridge, who at
the first session of the eommitteo
seemed strongly In Senator Smoot's
favor, is now classed as doubtful. It
is asserted that of the 13 members of
the committee only these four Itavo
since the investigation brought Im
portant disclosures, been regarded as
doubtful, all others being against the
Utah senator.
| Hereafter appointments are to be made
; to a class and not to a locality and
| the president may then assign them
at will. The bill also provides for
the organization of a consular in
spection service, on the order of the
national (tank examiners. Another Im
portant provision is that hereafter
none but, American citizens shall be
apointed or employed as clerks at con
sular offices.
It Is expected the bill will be amend
ed In some particulars before Its pas
sage. One amendment, will provide
that affiliations shall not prevail In
making promotions. The introduction
of such a bill and the favor with
which it has been received marks a
new era in this, that. It is a voluntary
surrender by the senators of what has
always been regarded as their spe
cial patronage, with which the re-
ward their active adherents or to
provide for some family friend or
relative. A story of the workings un
der the present system was recently
related by a gentleman familiar with
the facts. A number of years ago a
newly appointed consul at one of the
European ports thought he saw a good
opportunity to Introduce American
corn as an article of horse feed, and
personally interviewed a number of
livery men and talked up corn. He
then reported it to the government
and suggested that shippers of corn
be notified. Nothing came of it and
to prove the reality of his belief he
sent to America and purchased a ship
load of corn on his own account, and
readily opened up the export, trade he
had advocated. He was promptly re
moved and a working politician sent
In his stead. Not long after the new
appointee took hold he received some
instructions from the state depart
ment, and in acknowledging the same
pledged himself that he would support
the "government with his hole hart."
He retained his place for several years
and was then promoted.
AUGUSTA. GA.. MONDAY. JANUARY 8. 1906.
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As explained by the officials the
conclusions front the inquest so far
show that Mrs. Hiller died leaving an
i estate estimated at between $125,000
' and $150,000 in realty and personalty,
which was to be divided between her
three children, Charles Adlls Hiller,
of Salina, Kan.; A. Maxey Hiller and
Mrs. Edwards, widow of Charles A.
Edwards.
It. waR shown also that the son, A.
Maxey, or “Maxey," as he Is generally
known, was in sole charge of the
property, that he collected the rents;
for the real estate, of which there;
are four parcels in New Haven; that
he attended meeting representing his '
mother, handled the money, deposited
it in banks for her and drew out as |
occasions demanded. His duties In I
this respect, ns well as his political!
ambition, prevented him front attend
ing to his legal practice, and he had .
often been heard to say his mother
had been very kind to him.
This kindness, according to the fam
ilies of the other heirs, was In the na
ture of advances on his share of
estate, for which >hey Intended to
charge him at the time of settlement. .
After the death of his mother the j
son (Maxey), It is declared, deferred
his accounting, alleging at various
times that In his opinion there was
a will in an old safe in his moth
er's house, the key of which was mis
laid, but would surely be found.
Mr. Edwards, representing his wife,
and Charles A. Hiller, who had come
from Kalina when his mother's fulling
health made death Inevitable, took
sides against, him. Insisting on an
accounting and the appointment of an
administrator at once. There were
conferences of the three, tho brother
Charles and Mr. Edwards standing to
gether, and Maxey on the other side,
in which a feeling of bitterness was
engendered. Mr. Edwards made fre
quent visits to New Haven, coming up
on December 30 and again on January
1, when an ultimatum was delivered.
It Is added that Mr. Edwards had
received front Mrs. Mary Hezentson,
former personal attendant of Mrs. Hil
ler, a dairy containing expressions of
the aged woman of the kindness of j
her son, of details of quarrels and i
descriptions of the treatment aecorded j
to the mother by the son; that this
fact was known to Maxey Hiller, and
that Mr. Edwards came to New Haven
on Tuesday ostensibly to attend the
birthday celebration of Mrs. Samuel
Harris, widow of the professor of that,
name, his cousin, but In reality to
have a final conference with Charles
Adlls Hiller ,and that he brought, the
diary with him.
It is now said that a search has
failed to reveal the diary.
Since Mr. Ed wards was found dying
In the nper room of the little old
fashioned house No. 117 College street
Wednesday morning the entire detec-j
tlve force of New Haven has been
drafted by the coroner's office and
more than a dozen men have contlnu-;
ed at work. j
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STANDARD OIL IS
NOW IN RUBBER
BUSINESS
. ALSO
INCORPORATION PAPERS FILED
IN NEW JERSEY FOR COMPANY
WITH CAPITAL OF $30,000,000.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR., IS
PRESIDENT.
NEW YORK, Jan. 8. —Great inter
est is manifested In news from Jersey
City that. Incorporation papers of the
Continental Rubber company of Amer
lea had been filed with the county
clerk of Hudson county. The com
panys' capital Is $30,000,000.
i Although identity of Interests be
| bind the new enterprise was not dls
! closed in the papers filed, it. was learn
i ed last night, thm John 1). Rockefeller,
Jr., Is president, and dominant power
;of the concern rind that associated
with him are Senator Aldrich and the
'Guggenheim Interests.
Mr. Rockefeller has taken an active
interest in the company, which owns
i large concessions In Mexico. The
| company will develop propagation of :
the Mexican rubber shrub, and It pro
) poses to become an Important, factor
I In the raw rubber trade of the world.
Large plants will be built for refining
| the product and extracting the milk
'from the Hhrub. It Is not. believed
the company will enter the munufuc
lure of rubber goods and other prod-1
I nets, which Is now practically con
trolled by the United States Rubber
company anti Its affiliated enterprise,
the Rubber Goods Manufacturing com
puny. ,
Rubber thus produced Is said to
equal African rubber In quality. Ex
perts asserted last night that. It could
not compare with Para rubber of
South America, which Is said to be
the best In the world. Standard Oil
interests are believed by the trade,
however, to have discovered a method
of refining the fluid extracted from
the Mexican rubber shrub which will
greatly add to the marketable value
of the raw product. ,
Interests Identified with the United
Stalls Rubber company and the Rub
ber Goods Manufacturing company
said last night, they did not. fear com
petition from the new sourees, but
welcomed a new source of supplies for
the rubber manufacturing trade.
LEE CELEBRATION.
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. B.—(Special.)
—Atlanta women who are native Vir-j
glnians are to be Invited to part.ici-j
pate In the celebration of Gen. Rob
ert E. Lee's birthday by members of
the Virginia Society of Atlanta, which,
la to take place on the evening of,
January l»th. This I* a departure!
from the old custom and Is auro to i
prove popular. Heretofore the ladles
have played but small part In the cele
brations held by the society. The fol
lowing ladies have been named to!
serve on the ways and means com
mittee In conjunction with officers;
of the society: Mrs. Sam I). Jones,
chairman; Mrs. J. S. B. Thompson,
Mrs. K, B. Toy, Mrs. G. K. Matt
hewson, Mrtff W. N. Mitchell, Mrs.
R. L. West. Mrs. W. W. Landrum)
and Mrs. I. N Mitchell. The society;
has a membership of about 200. j
COMMON CARRIERS OF PANAMA
SHOW 810 INCREASE FOR YEAR
TARIFF LIKELY YET
TO BECOME
ACTIVE
TRUTH IS, APPOINTMENTS SO
NARROWED THAT CONGRESS
MEN HAVE TO WORK THROUGH
RIVERS AND HARBORS TO SUP
PLY PLACES.
(Herald Bureau, 206 Corcoran Bldg.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. -The debate
lon the Philippine hill was chiefly dls
jtlnguishcd for a purely |>olirlcal and
in part farcical character Imparted to
it by ItcprcHcutHttvc Clark, of Mis
souri. whose speech very shortly drift
ed away from Philippine into a. dis
cussion of the tariff question. That
the speech was nn event of some little
significance is witnessed by the fact
that he was able to hold the atten
tion of the greater part of the re
publican members, including Speaker
Cannon, Chairman Payne, Mr. Dal/.ell
anti others.
Aparl front the usual stock argu
ments on the tariff Mr. Clark’s main
point, was found in an appeal to re
pnhllrans to consider favorably the re
vision of the schedules because ot
the Intention of the house leaders to
altsluin from the preparation of either
a river and harbor or ptihlir buildings
hill al this session, owing to the ne
cesslty of keeping the tariff question
out of the field of discussion, there
by cutting themselves off front any
revision that would result in a sub
stantial Increase of revenue.
The eagerness witli which Mr.
Clark's argument was rebutted bv
General Orosvenor and other leading
republicans directly after this point,
had been reached and the general ap
prehension shown by republican lend
era indicated that u very substantial
foundation existed for Mr. Clark’s re
marks In the prevalent dissatisfaction
among republicans with reference to
their Inaballty to get to the pork
barrel. The Reneral narrowing of the
field of appointments through civil
service extensions and the more rigid,
regulations on consular matters havc|
made congressmen doubly dependenl
on buildings and river ami harbor ap i
proprlatlons. There are some signs
that tariff discussion may become ac I
five unless the house managers can
contrive to throw something to the
discontented subordinants.
TO TRY CITY OWNERSHIP.
Bill To Permit Newark To Construct
Experimental Plant.
NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 8. A bill,
j although general in Its provisions and
applicable to any municipality in New
Jersey, hut. directly In the Interests
of Newark, will, It ia thought, he In
I trodneed In the next legislature It
provides for the Installation of an
experimental lighting plant by the
, city and waa drafted by City Counsel
Joseph Coult, of Newark, at the sug
gnstlon of the Board of Worka Com
! mlasloners. Romo months ago export.
, electrlclana were engaged and report
ed that the old pumping station In
Belleville owned by Newark waa avail
j able for Hitch a purpose.
The bill, aa drawn by Mr. Coult,
provides that any city having avail
able site or having auffldent power to
operate It. may construct, a plant, for
' experimental or permanent, lighting
j purposes. Jhe bill gives such cities
the authority to Issue bonds to cover
the cost of such a plant.
LEAVES 114 LIVING DESCEND
ANTS.
WILKES-BARRE. Pa.. Jan 8 —Mrs.
Lydia Rants, of Danville, who died
Saturday, leaves 114 living descend
ants—more, her family assert, than
any other person In the state, and
perhaps In the country. Although she
had only six children, she bad 35
grandchildren, 1)4 great grandchildren
Hnd nine grentgreat grandchildren.
Among the great-grandchildren are
three sefH of twins and one set of
triplets born to her grandson, James
Wert man, of Danville, who haa 18
children.
CUT BY A NEGRO.
ATLANTA, Oa., Jan, 8. (Special.)
—While walking along Peters street
Saturday night, Lucius Davies, a
white man, who resides at, 295 Peters
street,, was painfully but not fatally
slashed by an unknown negro. * Dav
ies wus taken to Grady hospital where
his wound was dressed. It had been
made by a sharp knife or razor, his
cheeks being laid open almost to the
bone. The assailant escaped In the
crowd whuch Is always present on
Peters street Saturday nights.
BORN POLITICIAN.
GAMBRIDGE, Mass.. Jan, B. Then
dore Roosevelt, Jr., is the first man
in the freshman class at Harvard to !
win honors In class politics, A com
mltteo of ten freshmen had been ap
pointed by Bart Stephenson, the pres
ident of the senior class, to arrange
for a series of class smokers for the ,
freshmen. As a result of his foot
ball promlnenc,. Mr. Roosevelt was
appointed to this, and was at once
elected chairman of the committee by
the other nine members.
► THF planters loan
► AND SAVINGS BANK.
► (Opposite Monument.)
► PAYS 4 PER CT. INTEREST.
► GROSS Reaoureta. $851,000.00.
► Dsposlta may be made by MAIL.
OAILYAND SUNDAY. $6.00 A YEAR.
RAILROAD EARNED 18.77 PER
CENT MORE AND STEAMSHIPS
25.17 MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
FACILITIES ARE
OUT OF DATE
When Heavy Movement of Coffee
Opens There Wilt be No Way to
Handle it With Any Degree of
Economy.
WASHINGTON. Jan. B.—The annual
report of the Panama Railroad com
pany for ten months, endad October
:<lst, Inst, was submitted today to
congress, and shows, after payment, of
all fixed charges and cost of opera
'lion, there remains 8354.248. or over
! per c< ni on the capital stock
The earnings show an increase of
18.77 per cent over the corresponding
period.
The I ,-linings of the steamship lines
of the company for ten months show
an Increase of 25.17 per cent over the
corresponding period.
II is feared with the advent, of the
season of the heavy movement of cof
fee, which promises to exceed that
of any previous year, there may be
delays until the new equipment Is
received, as the business of ihe road
Ih no far in advance of itn facilities
as to he beyond ihe power of any hu
limn being to handle It with any re
gard to economy.
TOPEDO BOATS
CRUSHED TOGETHER
During Heavy Wind Worden Wat In
jured by Lawrence—lnvcetigatlon
Will Follow.
NORFOLK, V'a., Jan. R.-Durlus a
■ heavy blow in Hampton Roads yes
terday morning the torpedo boar, des
troyers Worden and Lawrence, of the
first torpedo flotilla, lying off Scwdls
Point, collided. The Worden was
rammed and convoyed to the Nor
folk navy yard by the Lawrence
which was uninjured. At the navy
yard today li was said the Wordon'a
injuries were not serious.
An Investigation will be made by
the commander of Ihe torpedo flotilla.
MRS. T. L. CLARK MOBBED.
I Crowd Attacks Widow of Enterprise
Bank Caehler In Allegheny.
PITTSBURG, Jan B.—An Infuriated
crowd of men In the mill district of
; lower Allegheny mobbed Mrs. T. la»e
. t'lark. wlf*- of the dead cashier of the
wrecked Enterprise National bank.
They wrecked the wheels of the car
riage, and were prevented from doing
violence to Mrs. Glarke only by the
counsel of cooler heads. After her
husband's suicide Mrs. Clark gave up
the handsome home In which they hnd
lived and moved to less pretentious
quarters. She had received SIOO,OOO
life insurance on her husband, and still
kept up her stable. These facts wars
generally known and bad crested
great resentment among the hank's
hundreds of small depositors who had
lost nJI their savings In its crash.
When Mrs. Clark drove Into lower
Allegheny to visit friends her horse*
and carriage were Immediately recog
nized by a crowd of men at work near
hy. The news flow fast, and a mob
of more than a hundred men at once
surrounded the carriage, making
threatening gestures. From epithets
they passed to action, and were
wrecking the carriage In which the
widow sat when business men of the
neighborhood hurried to the srene and
prevailed on the mob to disperse.
RISKED HIS LIFE.
ATLANTA, Oa., Jan. 8— (Special.)
At the risk of his life, O. H. Jones,
manager of the retail department of
the Beck and Gregg Hardware com
pany, stopped a runaway mule and by
so doing probably saved from Injury,
anti probable death, a number of ped
estrians at the corner of Whitehall
and Alabama streets. At this parti
cular corner thousands of persons
pass dally, and there was an unusu
ally large number of men, women and
children In the vicinity of the corner
at the time the frightened animal
dashed down tho street. Seeing the
danger to many, Mr. Jones ran Into
the street, caught, hold of the bridle
and hy main strength, brought the
mule to standstill.
MILDEST WINTER IN THIRTY
YEARS.
BALTIMORE, lan. 8— According to
the local weather bttreati records this
has been the mildest winter to date
that has been experienced In Mary
land since 1875. There has only been
one snowfall In Baltimore and Its vi
cinity, and no freeze tips. The tem
perature has been milder the last two
weeks than just after Thanksgiving
Warm rains and sun shine have stim
ulated vegetation In the M\y parks.
Many trees are budding tffat ordinar
ily show no return of vitality until
March.