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VOLUME XI. NO. 80.
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OUT IODIV FOR
INSURANCE MEN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY JEROME BE
FORE MAGISTRATE MOSS SE
CURES PAPERS TO BEGIN WORK
PROSECUTIONS TO FOLLOW
Criminal Action Against Big Men Will
be Pressed—Not Divulged as Yet
Against Whom First Cases Are to
be Begun.
NEW YORK. N. Y., March 37.
Warrants for the arrest of three prom
inent life Insurance officials were ob
tained by District Attorney Jerome to
day from Magistrate Moss of the
Tombs court.
No names are given, but it. is re
ported that the warrants asked for
■were for the arrest of prominent poli
ticians and insurance officials.
District Attorney Jerome has de
clined to say for whom the warrants
had been issued. His action in ask
ing for the warrants is believed to be
the outgrowth of the sharp discussion
between Judge O’Su’ilivan of the court
of general sessions and himself last
week over the question whether the
officials of the insurance companies
could be prosecuted for making con
tributions to the political parties.
Assistant District Attorney Kresel,
gccompanihd by Vice President Dar
win P. Kinsley of the New York l.ife
Insurance company, appeared before
Magistrate Moss and Mr. Kinsley
made this disposition. Several stih
poenaes in blank were then issued by
the magistrate for John Doe proceed
ings. None of the court officials con
cerned in the proceedings would say
what their proceedings were.
Afterward Mr. Kinsley and Edward
I). Randolph, treasurer of t.ie New
York Life Insurance company, went, to
Mr. Jerome's office at. his request to
make affidavit., it was reported as to
the payment, of political contributions
by the officers of that company.
Judge Sullivan's Position.
NEW YORK, Maroh 27. —Judge
D'Sullivan, in general sessions, Friday
afternoon, told the grand jury that
campaign contributions, such as those
made by insurance officials on policy
holders’ money, constituted grand lar
ceny.
The grand jury was being charged
on its presentment of two weeks ago
regarding the oases of insurance of
ficials, and the judge's opinion dif
fered diametrically from that of Dis
trict Attorney Jerome on the subject
that such contributions did not con
stitute larceny.
Judge O'Sullivan charged the jury to
investigate as to the responsibility for
such contributions.
Mr. Jerome told the court that if
he maintained his contrary opinion
it was up to the grand jury to seek
cause why in dlctments shoud not is
sue against George W. Perkins, for
mer vice president of the New York
Life Insurance company, who ad
mitted giving political contributions,
and against George B. Cortelyov,
chairman, and Cornelius N. Bliss,
treasurer, of the republican national
committee.
"If your honor will sit. as a magis
trate in this case,” said the district
attorney to Judge O’Sullivan, "I will
submit affidavits as to the acts com
mitted by George W. Perkins and will
ask for a warrant, for his arrest.
"A writ of habeas corpus wdll follow
and the case will be taken to a higher
court, where I will retain Alton B. Par
ker as special counsel. Will your
honor issue such a warrant?"
Judge O'Sullivan refused to grant
the warrant.
BOOKS OF ROAD
IN EVIDENCE
The Case of the Augusta Brokerage
Co. vs. the Central of Georga Is Still
On—Witnesses for Defendant on the
Stand.
At the city court today their are
■till on the case of the Augusta Brok
erage Company vs the Cerfral of
Georgia Railway Co. This case was
begun yesterday morning. At noon
today the trial ha dreached the stage
of the defense putting up their wit
nesses. All evidence is being close
ly contested, and every point in the
case fought for all it is worth by
each side. At. the forenoon session
of the court several of the railway
company's books were placed in evi
dence as exhibits. Many Items were
carefully gone over by the '■xamining
attorneys. The case will hardly get
to the argument stage before late this
afternoon. There will probably not
be a verdict before tomorrow.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
JUDGE WHO HAS ASSERTED
OFFICERS GUILTY OF THEFT
/ » \
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The Young Physicians
“Too Quick on the Knife”
SAVANNAH PRACTITIONER DECLARES PUBLICLY THAT THE PRES
ENT DAY DOCTORS TOO EAGER TO CUT AND
SLASH PATIENTS.
SAVANNAH. Ga„ March 27.—{Spe
cial.! —Dr. B. S. Purse, an old practi
tioner, has stirred a good deal of in
terest among the local physicians by
coming out in an interview and endors
ing what Dr. E. G. Janeway, of New
York, says about the tendency of
young physicians to cut. up their pa
tients.
He says that the modern doctor
Disagreement Agreed On;
Great Coal Strike is On
JOINT SCALE COMMITTEE AGRE ES TO REPORT THAT CONFER
ENCE OF MINERS AN D OPERATORS CANNOT
COME TO TERMS.
INDIANOPOLIS, Ind . March 27.
The joint scale committee of the bi
tuminous coal operators and miners
of the central competitive district have
111 MEMORY OF
GEN. WHEELER
Elaborate Exercises In Atlanta Today.
Blue and Gray Convention Which
Meets Tomorrow.
ATLANTA, Ga., March 27.—(Spe
cial.)—The bine and gray reunion,
when veterans of both the Federal
and Confederate armies, will get to
gether "to bury the hatchet,” will be
i gin Wednesday morning and continue
two days.
Gen. Julian S. Carr, of North Caro
i lina. national chairman of the organ
ization, will preside over the meetings
and call the reunion to order.
An elaborate program has been ar
ranged. The blue and gray will be
welcomed to Georgia in an address by
Govenor Terrell, and Mayor Woodward
will welcome the delegates to the city
of Atlanta.
Prominent Grand Army men and
members of the United Confederate,
Veterans of Atlanta, will make ad
dresses.
The meeting of the blue and gray
in Atlanta this time nas more than
usual Interest attaching to i, because
it comes so close upon the Wheeler
memorial exercises.
The Wheeler memorial exercises
occurred today. Promment among
the new arrivals were Gen. Julian
Carr, John C. Brain, of Richmond, the
only Confederate naval veteran in the
city; S. A. Cunningham, Nashville,
editor of the Confederate Veteran.
Commander Brain was thie com
mander of the Chesapeake, the Roan
oke, the sloop of war St. Mary's, and
the blockade runner, Annie. He was
the last Confederate prisoner releas
ed, having been given his freedom on
March 1, 1800.
Rain prevented the parade of vet
erant.s preceding the Wheeler me
morial exercises, but the exercises
took place as scheduled at the Grand
opera house this afternoon. Music and
addresses were given . the chief
speaker being Gov. Terrell in an ad
dress of welcome.
Thomas C o’<sul 1 j van.
wants to cut too much.
There are many physicians in Sa
vannah who pride themselves upon
their work as surgeons and they are
always ready to Jab a knife in search
of a diseased appendix or for ny other
reason.
The Savannah public is inclined to
take Dr. Purse’s view of the matter
and to cry "Abas the knife."
decided to report a disagreement to
the session of the joint conierence of
miners and operators to be held at
2 odeck.
A MILLION LOSS
OK TRANSACTIONS
Bank Officers for Whom Arrests Made
Surrender Themselves This Morn
ing and Give Appearance Bond.
PITTSBURG, Pa„ March 27.
iThomas W. Harvey, former paying
teller of the defunct Enterprise Na
tional bank of Allegheny, for whom
a warrant, was issued yesterday, joint
ly with five others, alleging conspir
acy to defraud in connection with the
failure of the bank, surrendered him
; self today and gave $5,000 bail.
Sixteen charge s have been preferred
against him.
Edward P. McMillan, another of the
accused .also furnished $5,000 bail.
There are eleven charges against, him.
Assistant United States Attorney
Robert M. Gibson said the transao
i tlons disclosed by the Investigation
so far made Involve close to one mil
lion, and may go over that.
SEVERAL FOURTH CLASS
POSTMASTERS NAMED
John H. Lunsford Named for the
Office at Suches, Ga.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 27.
Fourth class postmasters have been
appointed as follows:
Alabama: Mooresville, Mollie
Smith.
Georgia: Suches. John H. Lunsford.
Virginia: Saint Elmo, Fannie B.
Clayton; Yards, Charles W. Butt.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF WEST, TEXAS, CLOSED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 27.
The comptroller of the currency has
been advised that the First National
bank of West, Texas, closed its doors
today.
LOCAL FORECAST: For Augusts and vicinity. Showers tonight and probably Wednesday.
AUGUSTA. GA.. TUESDAY. MARCH 27. 1906.
CARTER DEFENDED
VERY STRONGLY
BY THE EXPERTS
COMPETENT AND RELIABLE WIT
NESS DECLARES WORK DONE
UNDER HIM WAS ALL RIGHT.
CASE TAKING NEW TURN
Savannah Public, at Least. Have Be
come Satisfied That Nothing Crook
ed So Far as Worth of Work Done
Is Concerned.
SAVANNAH. C.a ..March 27. (Spe
clai.) —The Oroone-tiavnor case In
the United Stales which has
been likened to Tennyson’s "Brook.'
and everything else that Is supposed
to have no end. will probably wind
up within the next two weeks. It is
r.ot thought it will go further than the
7h. of April. The defense has had
several days to get in Its testimony
and unless it Introduces some long
winded witness like Expert Account
ant Johnson, whom the' prosecution
presented. It is believed that Its last
witness ran he heard by Wednesday
or Thursday.
The defense has succeeded in prnv
irg to the satisfaction of the public
that the work done by the contrac
tors under C'apt. Carters direction lias
accomplished all that was required
of it.
Engineers ranking high in the ser
vice have testified to this. Major
Curtis McD. Townsend, of the corps
of engineers, has given the work of
the defendants a fine recommendation
and has also said that Carter did noth
ing wrong in his treatemnt of the for
tunate contractors and those who tried
to get the Jobs in and arotiud Savan
nah and Brunswick. The only thing
the defense has not explained yet it
the great sums of money Carter had.
MR. CEO. HAINES
IS 111 AMEHICUS
He is President of Georgia Sunday
School Association —Major George
P. Butler Also There.
Major Geo. P. Butler and Mr. Geo.
Haines, the well known local Sunday
school workers, left today for Ameri
cus, Ga., to attend the 32nd annual
convention of State Sunday School
Workers.
The convention begins tonight anil
lasts through the 29th.
An interesting and Instructive pro
gram has been arranged and will be
carried out during the three days of
the convention. Three sessions will
he held dally, beginning at 9:30 a. m.,
3:00 p. m. and 7:30 p. m., each session
lasting two hours and a half.
Among the interesting addresses
upon the program nre two to be de
livered by Major George Butler; one
on March 29, at 10:45 a. m., entitled
"Superintendent Training,” and an
other on "Organization,” at 8:00 p. in.
on the evening of the same day.
Mr. Geo. Haines Is president and
Major Butler Is secretary of the as- |
soclated Sunday schools. j
The program for tomorrow Is as rot i
lows:
9:30 a. m., devotional; 10 a. m..
The Cradle Roll and Home Depart
ment,” address by Mrs. E. C. Fronk;
10:45 a. m„ "The Ministry and the
School,” address by Rev. Charles
O’Neal Mwrtlndule; 11:30 a. m..
“The Essential Basis of Denomlna
tlonal Co-operation," address by Rev
J. B. Holley; 12:30 P- "> •
ment; 3:00 p. m„ devotlona ' p
m.. "Baraca Conference, led by Rev.
. ...lard A. Jenkins; 4:15 p. ™-, I hiU
thlans,” address by Vt. “ 1 ' m '
5 „ m.. adjournment, 7.30 p. W-.
devotional; 8P- rn .' The l araca r
ganlzatlon," address by Mlss l-ucy
ir*Kv* w• 'so d m., addroHH fry Mr. •
C Pearce- "Pledges for the Work of
the Comlng Year;” 9 P- m.. adjourn
ment. ,
TESTIMONY FOR SMOOT
HAS BEEN CONCLUDED
Argument. Will be Begun Next Week.
Case Long Drawn Out.
WASHINGTON, D. C March 27.
The introduction of testimony in the
1 1 kith Inst Senator Smoot
•SrSSWSw. '"“TV"
made next week. The hearings
five emended over three sessions of
congress.
GOV. PATTISON BETTER;
HE IS GAINING STRENGTH
Some of His Friends Now Assert That
He Will Now Recover.
COLUMBUS, March 27.—Governor
Pattlson continues to gain his strength.
His friends are greatly encouraged and
some declare that he will recover.
THE GOVERNOR OF OHIO
WHO IS CRITICALLY ILL
|.
Puts Blame on Lively
For Rio Grande Wreck
JURY SAYS HE CAUSED SMASH UP, BUT FINDS THAT HE DID NOT
DO SO MALICIOUSLY, AND RECOMMENDS NO CRIM
INAL PROSECUTION.
CANYON CITY, Col., March 27.
The coroner's jury which has been
investigating the Denver and Rio
Grande wreck at Adobe on March 14
yesterday returned a verdict saying:
"The collision was due to the care
lessness and negligence of S. F. Live
The First Rebate Case
Begun in Philadelphia
INDICTMENTS PRESENTED TO THE JURY IN THE UNITED BTATES
COURT THERE THIS MORNING AGAINST RAILROAD
COMPANY AND SHIPPERS.
PHILADELPHIA, Penna., March 27.
—'the first rebate case to come to
trial in this country, in which the do
fondants arc charged with giving and
accepting rebates In violat ion of Iho
Elkins law, began In the United
States court here today.
The Indictments to he presented to
the jury are those against, the Great.
Northern Railway company, charged
WHITE MAN SHOT
DEAD Bl NEGROES
1 Black Men Refused to Give Portion of
Road and Row Followed In Which
Death and Mortal Wounds Result.
VIENNA, Ga., March 20. Mr.
Charles Davis, a farmer, living near
Tlppettvllle, In this county, was shot
and killed Saturday evening by two
negroes, nann-d Burrows. The ne
groes had been to Hawklnsvllle and on
returning met Mr. Davis and Ills 12-
year-old stepson In a buggy. The ne
groes refused to give any part of the
road, and ran Into Mr. Davis’ buggy,
damaging the wheels. Ijavls ? once
secured a pistol and a general light
ensued In which Davis was killed and
both negroes being wounded serious
ly, one of whom It Is believed will
die. Sheriff Clewis brought In one
of the negroes yesterday and placed
him In Jail, the other negro being left
at his home under guard.
SAVANNAH SENDS MANY
TO BIG CONVENTION
Large Delegation of Sunday School
Workers Off for Americua.
SAVANNAH, Ga., March 27.—Al
most every Sunday school In the city
this morning dispatched a delegation
to Amerlcuß to attend the convention
of ttr* Georgia State Sunday School
Association, which opens In that city
today.
Superintendent F. H, Marshall
JUITTJ M.J-XTTIJQNj.
lj. the operator at Swallows; that
said negligence was tioi wilful nor
malicious; that Night Operator Van
Duson should not have deserted his
post of duty; that no criminal prose
culloti should lie against Lively or the
railroad by reason of said collision.''
with offering rebates lo R. D. Wood
m Co., of tills city; ('. E. Marapbell,
its locrl agent; 1,. W. Lake, New
York agom for the Mutual Transit
company; Waller Stuart and Richard
Wood, members of the firm of It. It.
Wooil K Co., and Paul .1. Diver, local
agent for the Mutual Transit com
pany, who is charged with offering re
bate to a coffee company.
CIVIL ACTIONS
HAVE BEEN BEGUN
Suing for Damages Because of Street
Car Tragedy—Cause of Affair Now
in Penitentiary.
SAVANNAH, Oa„ March 27.—(Spe
cial.) —In the superior court thin
morning th ( . case of B. J. Hecitlngor va
the Savannah Electric Co., an action
for SIO,OOO damages, was assigned for
trial, hut went over because Mr. W.
W Osborne, attorney for the defend
ant company, was engaged In the
trial of tin- Greene and Gaynor case
In the United States Court. This
b a very important and Interesting
j case.
Mr. Seckinger was a passenger on
a car of the defendant, company when
Moore, a drunken conductor, got Into
a light with a passenger, and, pulling
■ his pistol began shooting wildly.
Seeking* r was on the car and was
shot In the foot. Mrs. F. F. Wheeler
v/an killed while, standing on the pave
ment in front of her home. Moore la
now serving u life sentence for hav
ing killed her.
There are other suits pending
against the company because of tne
same accident, and for this reason
the Secklnger case is going to he hard
fought by both sides. Twiggs & Oliv
et arc Hecklriger's attorneys.
went, to represent Trinity; Messrs. R.
B Reppard and 8. I-ogan go for Wes
ley and Messrs. L. Arnold, H. A. Cord
son arid Miss Viola Moll went for
Grace. There Is considerable busi
ness of Interest to the church people
of th<- state to bo transacted at this
convention.
TUP PLANTER'S LOAN <
AND SAVINGS BANK. .
Grow Resources .. $1,000,000,00 4
PAYS 4 PER CT. INTEREST. 4
Deposits may bs mads by MAIL, i
L. C. Hayns, Prssldsnt. <
Chas. C. Howard, 'laahlar.l
DAILY AN 0 SUNDAY. $6.00 A YEAR.
FULL RIVER LINER
PREY TO ELIES;
LOSS A MILLION
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE EARLY TO
DAY AT NEWPORT, R. I w IN
WHICH THERE WERE MANY
CLOSE CALLS.
PROPERTY LOSS VERY HEAVY
In Addition to Freighter, Long Pier
Shed , Hoisting Apparatus, Paint
Shop and Old Railroad Station De
stroyed—Fire Burned Very Rapidly.
NEWPORT. It 1... March 27—The
Kail River line's big side wheel steam
er Plymouth was burned to the wa
ter's edge, the freight of the steamer
lily of Is.well wss damaged, a long
pier shed, hoisting shears, pßlnt shop
ami an old railroad station was de
stroyed and the paint watt scorched off
three other steamers—the Puritan-.
Priscilla and Naugatuck—by a fire
early today.
The blaze threatened to wipe out
the entire repairing plant of the own
ers of ihe line, the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad company.
The ln«s is estimated at more than a
million dollars.
No lives were lost, hut thirteen
caretakers, watchmen and firemen on
board the Plymouth were nearly hem
med In. so rapid was the rush of the
Haines through the vessel.
The Plymouth was a side wheel ves
sel of 2,200 tons net burden. She
was built at Chester, Pa., In 1890. Her
hull was const meted of steel snd her
Interior snd fittings were nearly all
wood. She was 267 feet long and was
valued at nearly a million dollars.
Ollier losses aggregated about $60,000.
BREACH PROMISE
SUIT IS BEGUN
Miss Queen Belote Inaugurates Pro
ceedings at Valdosta Against A. N.
Newsome, a Well Known Farmer.
VALDOSTA, Ga , March 27 —A dam
age suit that, has been filed In the su
perior court here by Miss Queen B<*
lote against A. N. Newsome, a well
kuown farmer of the Ouslcjr district
| for a breach of promise. The young
I lady claims $5,000 to soothe her
I wounded feelings.
Besides the suit lor damages a re
straining order has been sought to
prevent Newsome from disposing of
any of his property and to prevent
him from drawing any money out. of
the hank here. It. being alleged that he
Ims a good sized hank account the
result of successful farming opera
tions and economy.
The allegations are lengthy and
highly interesting. They relate to the
relations lhat existed between the
plaintiff and the defendant through
the early part of last. year. It being
rlalmert that, Newsome was engaged
to he married to the plaintiff. wh*h
he turned baek upon her and wan
married to a Miss Hwllley last. August
Both of the parties are prominent
ly connected and the case Is to b#
fought to a finish.
TWENTY MS
SUITE'S PRISON
Robert H. Spriggs Given Heavy Sen
tence—SaHie Bennett Gets 10-Year
Sentence.
NEW YORK, March 27.— Robert H.
Springs, the negro recently convicted
of abduction In detaining white wo
men against their will In a resort
frequented only by negroes, was to
day sentenced to serve twenty yeara
in the state’s prison.
Halite Bennett, who assisted Hprlggg
in conducting the resort, and who
pleaded guilty to abduction, was sen
tenced to ten years.
HORSES AT BENNINGS
SAVANNAH, On, March 27.—(Spe
cial. i—Hnvannah Is getting ready t<»
send a string of running horses to thu
Running track at Waahington. Quite
a bunch of ponies hare wintered here,
and they are to be sent out to show
what they can do.
Tommy Foster, a horse wintered in
Savannah three years, went to the
flennlng track and a "killing was
made on at odds of 200 to 1 by these
"wise" ones. Alex Doyle, who car
ried Tommy Foster to the track at
the national capital Is going to csrry
another bunch this year.
URGINT DEFICIENCY BILL.
WASHINGTON. D. 0.. March 27.
The house today considered the urgent
deficiency bill.