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VALDOSTA, GA., SATURDAY, MARCH 3 1, 1906. DEEP WATER FROM LAKES TO GULF Another Association to Meet in New Orleans Soon. COL. QUINN Chief of the Corps of Engineers go to 8ioux City. Savannah, March 28.—Lieut Col. James 'B. Quinn, corps of engineers, S. A., who has been stationed in Savannah for the past three years left this morning for Sioux City, where he is to be stationed in the 1 j. future. . He gave his testimony for the de- I fense in the Greene and Gaynor case j yesterday and as this was all that It i. an Association to Boom a Pro- k /' PlD f, hlm ln SaT “ nah ’ le ' parted for his new post this morning' ject for Getting Deep Water From j Col. Quinn has had a very pleas- the Great Lake, to the Gulf of ant tlme in Savannab - He contluu' .. , .. | ued tbe work carried on by Captains Mexico—Mean. Much for Trade to j Carter and Gillette and ild it very the South of us. successfully. It was thought he I woul <i be permitted to remain here New Orleans. March 28,-The j until the time for his retirement a recent launching in Washington of jyears hence but the war de- "The Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water ! P a rtment decreed otherwise. | Col. Dan C. Kingman, who will i have charge of the Savannah office Mingle Together in Atlanta. Atlanta, March 28—Veterans of the civil war—both confederate and fed eral—met today in reunion. The meeting wa. presided over by Gen. Julian S. Carr, of North Carolina, the pattonal chairman of the organiza tion of veterans. The aged soldiers of the two arm. ies were welcomed to the city by Ma jor Woodward iTnd Governor Terrell A. B. G., of Connecticut. General J. F. Chese, past depart. Atlanta, March 28—The third Association,” which will hold its con vention in St. Louis in November 7"' “ lue aavannan °“®® ” “ " ,,r “ , „ November, from now on als0 Ie(t today for h|g meeting of the Blue and Gray state has a direct and most important old station at Cleveland, Ohio, where organization, which exxr.t iS Geor- bearing upon the pending convention be will arrange his affairs to locate g|a, Florida, North Carolina and Tex- of the Mississippi Valley Latin- in Savaaa ah permanently, or as long , American Association In New Or- 38 ttle war <Ie P artm ent says he shall I ay or a wo ays stay. j session. Nearly six hundred vet- erans of the north and south are at both of whom made very cordial Francis B. All, of Connecticut; Gen speeches. After the governor and L. B. Poiley, of Teyas, and Judge O mayor had been heard from there IS. Demlng, of Kentucky was a prayer from Bishop Gallor of I The exercises were resumed short- Tennessee. Then came an address on ly after 2 o'clock with a speech of ‘Origin of the St. Louis and Wash- greeting by General Edwin S. Gree. ington meeting,” by E. Henry Byrons, | ley, of Connecticut. ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE VETERANS MEETING YOUNG WIFE DESERTS HOME. A Pretty Young Woman From Birm ingham Arrested In Atlanta. Atlanta, March 28—Charged with deserting her home and husband ln , r „ r Birmingham, Ala., and eloping with ment commander of the Grand Army another man on a midnight train for rn l J?L Re . putll , c ’ of . Flopid »< •P° k « Atlanta, Mrs. Catherine Shivers an on ‘The American Soldier.” Others „ ’ I who spoke at the morning session, , y preUy y0,mE woma ”. '» <•«" I which began at 10 o’clock, were Gen. 1 ta ned al P ollc ® barracks pending ad- Carr, Major-Gen. W. D. Cameron, of 1 VlCes from Birmingham. Mississippi; Major John C. Koster, i Late M onday night the police de- of New York, past department com- partnlent wa “ notlfle - 1 by phone by mander of New York; Commander i ,he chlef of P° 1Ice la Birmingham i that. MrH Sllltrnrn it. a.._s that Mrs. Shivers was on the train due to arrive In Atlanta between 6 and 6 o’clock, in the evening. The police here were asked to detain her and her companion. An officer was detailed, and met the train at the Terminal station. Ho had no trou ble In singling the pretty Mrs. Shiv ers out of the crowd of passengers, tending, including a number of prom inent men on both sides among them Gen. Julian Carr, of North Carolina, | leans, April 5, 6 and 7. in that it will bring to the assistance of the peo- NO LONGER THE RICHEST BOY pie of the great stretch of country ■ between the Rockies, the Alleghen- John Nicholas Brown Loses Title to Ies, the Great Lakes and the Gulf; John D. Rockefeller, 3d. the powerful congressional influence New York, March 28.—John Nicho which is desired to rurther the trade , las Brown, the 6-year-old New York' interests of this vast area with the w bo since he was 3 months of Latin Americas. -age, has been the richest boy in Congressman I-orimer, of Illinois, America was as happy yesterday as Is the prime mover in the enterprise 'though John D. Rockefeller, 3d, had and H. C. Barlow, secretary of the n °t entered the world on We'dnes- Savannah, Ga., March 28—The Deep Waterways Association will bo da.'’, the prospective heir of the Oil I Gr « n «- Ga ynor ease In the United one of the speakers at the New Or! King’s uncounted millions and the > s,ate * Court . which has been liken, leans convention. The proposition holder of the title ’’richest baby I ed to Tenn y» on ’» brook and every- to secure a fourteen foot channel , ln the world.” j thing else that is supposed to have Baby" Brown inherited $L000 000 ! no end ’ wlU P roll> bly wind up within ■ ’the next twoweeks. It is not thought Corporal Tanner and others, repre- ! !!”’! e ‘j cortei1 her to the police bar- r racks in a cab. sentlng sixteen states. i »„ , I M,s ’ Shivers Is apparently about Welcome addressee were delivered .22 yenrs of ago. She Is a brunette by Governor Terrell and Mayor ! wl *h very, high color. She is dress- Woodward, and responses by Gen. | ed Myllsh. She says that her-mar- Carr and nev. nenry Byrons, of Con- 'l^ 0 Bas not as * )ad 119 •$ m tBht necticut. | have been, but she didn’t like Birm- A stronge sentiment exists for the : * nsh ® ln and had repeatedly begged formation of a natlonat organization ‘°l " ,ove t0 Atlan,a - She during the present meeting. ' 6ajS ,hey ha ' 1 ' a The Green and Gaynor Case Now Approaching the End. , tiff the other night j and she decided to leave and go to jher people in Louisville, Ky. She isays she was bound for Kentucky -J when arrested. j Mrs. Shivers denies that she left Birmingham In company with any one. She says the report that she was with a man probably gained cur' ELKS ELECT NEW OFFICERS. Election was Held in (fie Lodge Room Last Night. Dr. N. A. Williams was Unanimously Elected Exalted Ruler of Lodfle-2 Order has Taken In Thirty New Members and About $2,400 In tho Fact Year. (From Tuesday’s Dally.) An enthusiastic meeting of Elk* was held in the lodge rooms of Die order last evening the annual election of officers bringing out a very large attendance. After the regular routine business was attended to, the election of offi cers was taken up with the following result, all of theoffleers being elected; with practical unanimity: ■> ? Exalted Ruler, Dr. N. A. W1U Hams. Esteemed Leading Knight, C. C. . Brantley. Esteemed Loyal Knight, J. E. Springer. Esteemed Lecturing Knight, J. H. Henderson. Treasurer L. W. Shaw. Secretary, F. A. Coburn, Tiler, J. R. Burnhardt. Trustees, J. G. Cranford and from Chicago to the gulf if carried, i — .....e.ueu m.uuu.uuu will more than ever give the great ! fronl his father, the Newport phlian grain growing sections of the west thropist, in 1900. Last February, and middle west an apportunity for j when the boy was 6 years old, this' cheap transportation to point of ex-1 9Um had increased to-$7,000,000. If port and in a similar manner will j his fortune increases at the same lessen the freight cost on machinery, I rate until he Is 21, he will be worth Implements and manufactures of all $50,000,000. sorts; upon clothes and food pro' j The Rockefeller baby, the child of ducts and ail manner of commodi- J Joba D.; Jr., at this moment owns ties, a trade field for which is pro- j Httle except an appetite, but as he posed to be opened by the influence ls 'he direct heir straight In the of the New Orleans convention. It "tale line of the head of the Oil is nee Hess to say that the proposed ’ rrust . whose wealth is In the neigh waterway has received the support borllo °d of $1,000,000,000, the young- of New Orleans as It will Indeed of st01 '. though only C days old, is as the entire Ohio, Missouri and Mis- S n0(l as worth about $10,000,000 slssippi valleys. " ’ ' ' The encouraging feature of. the Lorlmer campaign is that it brings to the support of the improvement of the Mississippi river and its Wh it will go further (an the seventh of April. The defense has had sev eral days gtpt in It# testimony and unleaalt irtjoduoe* Jong winded witnesses ilKe w *xper^- Bot*a*jtant Johnson whom the prosecution pre sented It Is believed that Its last that the work done by the contrac- ! 8 . , a tnan P robab| y gained cur' Trustees, J. G tors under Captain Carter's direction 1 I*? 105 “? m the fact thnt a married Charles Thompson, has accomplished all that was re- helpe<1 hPr wi,h her laggnge The new Exalted Rulor, Dr. Wll- quired of It. Engineers ranking high j! th ° rallway ,tatl °n in Blrmlng- Hams, s a charter member f the loJ"e In the service have testified to this. I aarn ’ | "nd has been ono of the most faith" Major Curtis McD Townsend of the Tuc _. ,-7I I fbl members the order has upon Its Corps of Engineers has given the SURGEONS STIRRED UP. | roll. His election came with onthu" work of the defendants a fine recom mendatlon and has also said that Carter did nothing wrong In hie treatment of the fortunate contrac tor# and those who tried to get the jobs In and around 8avannah and Brunswick. — —• i — • ,^r\. , iic omy xning xne as. Witness can be heard by Wednesday fense has not explained yet Is the or J hur,day ’ great sumo of money Carter had. The defense has succeeded in prov This he always said came from his ing to the satisfaction of the public father. STIRRED UP. ! roll j sinsm from tho members. Savannah Doctors Don’t Like Crltl. j The past year hns been one of the clsm of Dr. Purse. j most prosperous the Elks have ever Savannah, Ga., March 28—Dr. B. had, thirty new members having S. Purse, an old practitioner, has been added to the list ln that time. sllrre.1 a good deal of Interest among | The financial condition of the 10dg“ tho local physicians by coming outls also said to be In very good shape Til an interview nrwi ,.n,ioi..,i n „ ..l.x .mi , » The only thing the 1 pnys,c,ans by coming out j is also said to be In very good shape ot explained yet is the ^ ,nterv,ow and endorsing what. Tho collections last year amounted Dr. E. G. Jane way, of New York, to about $2,400. The lodge Is now about the tendency of young j mnking extensive additions to the physicians to cut up their patients, parlors, so ns to give much bet] He says that the modem doctor facilities for entertaining their lai ' each of the eleven pounds he weigh- when he was born. Entertained Saturday. .,.0 u.u- | Little Miss Eleanor Fry entertain- utnries, the great moral and political j e(1 a targe number of her friends Sat- influence of Chicago and the region l,I *day afternoon at the home of her tributary to it. That section sees Parents, Mr. and Mr. E. J. Fry. » now that its best and most natural West Hill avenue, from 4 to 6. outlet is New Orleans; that the t<h e occasion being her tenth birth- great west and northwest and the ( la. v - The decorations were simple south need not be dominated by the but very attractive. The color excessive rates to the eastern sea* j scheme, pink and green, was very board but have competition to bring | prettily carried out, large vases were about cheaper transportation. There’ | with pink roses all through the • fore it is but natural that the Deep j ha Hs. Punch and candy were served Water Ways Association and the oa the large verandas by Mrs. Hag- i.Ussisaippl Valley Liatin-American lln Patterson and others Misses Algee •Trade Association, Should work ln ! Essie and Sallie Fry served cake and perfect harmony. j cream. The contest in pinning hearts Chairman Porch Is daily receiving °n a large doll in the right plao replies from Intending delegates and forded a great dea* of fun for ihe It is likely that not a Bection in the children, Miss Mamie Lee Varnedoe vast basin between the eastern and 1 being the successful one, re-e-ved western ranges and the Lakes and I th e Prize a pretty bisque figure, the Gulf will be left unrepresented. I Plano music was furnished by Misses Japs Oppose State Ownership. Victoria, B. C., March 28.—Advices received by the steamer to J ab a knir 0 in search of a discns- impress of Japan, say Japan is in political turmoil regardinsiI eJ ap P° n(il)t or far any other reason, the proposed purchase by the government of the railroads of I Tbe Savannah public is inclined Japan. AH the newspapers without exception attack the measure wants to cut too much. There are many physicians in Savannah who pride themselves upon their work of surgery and they are always ready to jab a knife In search of a diseas- friends occasionally. The lodge has several applications now on hand and thei'Ulpe several members to be initiated soon. After the meeting last night, a short social season was held. A committee was appointed to prepare ! Algee and Fry. A Negro’s Foot Cut Off. The Times of Monday afternoon told of the accident that happened to a negro at the Coast Line, but CARTER A DOROUGH TO MOVE. Firm Will Make Their Headquarters in savannah In Future. Savannah, Ga., March 28.—It ls announced that Messrs. Carter and [we were unable a t that time to glv« Dorough, proprietors of the Ludden j the particulars. The negro’s name is and Bates Southern Music House at James Florence anj it is said that hi* Savannah will move their heaJquar-1 home is in Quitman. He came to ters from Valdosta to this city on Valdosta and took on a few drinks April 10th. j of whisky and decided that he would The Valdosta house will be main-! r tde a short distance on the train tained as a branch. Mr. Dorough I He x^ode from the depot to a point will move his family froiy Valdosta i the old depot and tried to jump to Savannah. The capital stock of j off on the south side of the track, the company has recently been in- His overcoat made Jumping difficult creased from $80,000 to $250,000. j and he fell, his foot falling across the track. Fixing up Strickland Park. 1 The wounded negro was taken to The street gang has been at work Hr. Cobb’s office and his wounds levelling off Strickland park and were attended t6. grass Is to be planted there and a 1 — large arc light put in the center of I The citizens of that neighbor- Attacked by Mad Dog. — — —v Mrs. R. Scruggs, of Morven, who hood are going to put numerous set-, Is the mother of Mrs. Jesse Scruggs tees in there, and it is to be made a of this city, w’as attacked by a mad very pretty and attractive place. . dog last Friday, at her home, and Mr. B. F. Strickland has given her clothing was almost torn off by the use of the park to the city and the savage beast. The animal ha! It Is believed that when he sees what j attacked a dog and some hogs and a splenJid place It can be made, as a ! Mrs. Scruggs tried to run it off of public park, he will give the city a the place when it pounced upon her clear deed to it. It would be a lasting 1 tearing her clothing, but did not suc- monumenr to his public-spiritedness' coed In biting her. 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