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Tiik VALIMMTA IIMBJ-. VALDOSTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1010.
SHRINERS IN !HYDE TRIAL IREHEARING IN ICOTTON MILtS FATHER OF LIQUOR ISSUE
NEW ORLEANS! COMES TODAY! TRUST CASES! TO SHUT DOWN THE BRIDGE
Nollies of Ihe Mystic Shrlners! Sensational Murder Case Comes
gather From all Sides i up In Kansas City
Justice Brewer's Successor May; New England Mills to Close
In Appointed Sow. < j town or Curtail Output.
An Inlfrnstlng New York Char
ac*er Has Passed Away.
New Orleans, La., Auril 11.—Th-
city has mirrendere-d to ttie Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine and the latter are
in full possession not only of the key
# to the city, but of everythin*: that
Koes wih it The holding of the Shrin-
era' convention In New Orleans is a
memorable event, as It Is the first
time since the first council session in
1876 that New Orleans has the oppor
tunity to show its hospitality to the
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. In view
of this fact Jerusalem Temple,
• this city, and the citizens In general
have made every effort to give to the
visiting Nobles and their families
and friends a record-breaking wel
come.
The city has assumed carnival gay-
ety and there are forty thousand
Shrlners already here. Fifty thousand
more are expected tonight
The whole city is in gala attire.
Decorations ere displayed every
where In great profusion, numerous
handsome arches, artistically deco
rated and bearing inscriptions of
welcome, span the principal streets
at various points and thousands of
electric lights are In readiness to
shed brilliant light upon the thor
oughfares through which the pa
geants are to march.
The visitors began to arrive here
on Saturday, mostly in small parties.
They continued to come yosterday
and this morning a regular mass in
vasion began. Every train brought
hundreds of Shrlners, many of whom
were accompanied by their families
They wer» reclved at the stations by
delegations of the local Temple and
welcomed with brotherly handclasps
and the already famll’ar slogan
"Glad-U-Kum.” Wherever the visitors
went, they heard this slogan and
cards and signs of every description,
bearing the hospitable greeting, met
their eyes.
Vhe Imperial Potentate, George L.
Street, of Richmond, Va., arrived
here this morning and was given a
brilliant reception and escorted to
the headquarters of the Imperial di
van. His arrival the opening
of the festivities and this afternoon
the fun and frolic was In full swing.
The afternoon and evening programs
Include principally sightseeing trips
through the city and lt» Immediate
surroundings. The business sess'on
of the convention will not begin un
til tomorrow and will occury but a
■mall part of tomorrow and Wednes
day, closing with teh parsed of the
Shrlners In the evening. Thursday
promises to be the gremt day of the
convention. It will be devoted ex
clusively to fun and frolic. Promis
cuous masking will be permitted all
day, from six In the morning until
six In the afternoon and It Is fxpect-
cd that tl\e streets wllj^ be thronged
with gay mummers. In the evening
will be the grand pageant with scores
of gorgeous floats and thousands of
masks and the grand hall at the
French Opera, following the pa
geant will bring the festivities to a
'close.
Jerusalem Temple has arranged
another at the Athenaeum for the
same night, to accommodate the ov
erflow from the Imperial Connell ball
at the opera house. In addition to the
entertainment features- mentioned
there will he prftrol drills, receptions
and numerous excursions to po'nt*
of historic Interest.
Kansas City, April 11.—The
trial for murder of Millionaire Col.
Thomas Swope, began in criminal
court this morning. The work of se
lecting a jury was begun. Colonel
Swope left an estate valued ar four
million dollars.
Thtrt are ' eleven indictments
v Washington, April 1
ted States supreme courti today
elded to give a rehearing in the case
of the Standard Oil Company and the
tobacco trust cases.
This metyOs that Taft wi
bly t appoint Justice Brewi
sor* at once. Chief Justice ' 'Fuller
did not announce the decision fur*
ig.tlnSi.Dr. Hyde, tvi of them •Merg-1ther than to state that the case had
Ing b:n» with niurl-r in the d»\u ,Ie jbeen reassigned to the calendar,
gree .and one of them manslaughter j reasons were given why the
and eight with attempted murder. action was taken, but It is assumed
The most serious charges under | tbat the death of the late Justice
the indictment which the grand jury I Brewer is the caus£ for the court’s
found against Dr. B. Clarke Hyde action.
on March 5, of this year, are that j The general opinion around the
he cnuqrd the death of Col. Thomas
H. Swope and Chrismun Swope by
giving them strychnine. The indict
ment for manslaughter is based up
on the^charge that Dr. Hyde caused
the death of James Moss Huntona ,
cousin of the l«te Col. Swope, by
bleeding him. Perhaps not quite so
serious, but far more sensational are
the remaining eight indictments
which charge Dr. Hyde with having
attempted to murder Margaret
Swope, Stella Swope, Sarah Swope,
Lucy Lee Swope, Nora Bell Dickson,
Georgia F. Compton. Mildred Fox
and Leonora Coprldge by Inoculat*
ing them with typhoid fever germs,
Dr. Bennett Clark Hydo, the de
fendant, la the son of -a Baptist min
ister, now retired, at Lexington, Mo,
He was graduated from the Want-
court was that arguments will not tlon.
take place until Justice Brewer’s '
successor Is appointed. If his suc
cessor is appointed soon a pew ar
gument will be bad at thlt term
the court.
CONSERVATION COMMIT
Plathneld. Conn., April 11.—The j New York, April 9.—By the death
.annoukcement by the Ashland Cqt-i 0 f Dr. Thomaa Rainey, who noenmb-
slSS* ■asrsr a:;-* tj:
S<h?Urge amount of unsoto .lock Dr ^ney known “
on Said. ’ The Father of tho Bridge.” because
Il ls tho beginning of movement I 5, * <1 *P* nt twentydive years of bli
of the cotton manufacturing center I***® ftn< * t 1 *® entire fortune of ffboot
of New England to curtail the pro-1 WOO.OOO, In an endeavor to promote
ductiofta In » manner that will put j U>® building of a bridge across the
twenty-five thousand operators on ! ®*®t Hirer,’ between Manhattan and
Salt thru or throw them o
altogether.
* The high price of ercjton la also; on almost the same altc as that on
given partly rosnonjft'jfrjtor thjanc- which tho 117,000,000 Queensboro
| Bridge how stands. Dr. Rainey, who
) had .bad a varied and Interesting
JROAY. | career nhd h'ad amassed a consider*
*Ms f°rtuno by building and opera t-
: Ing ferries In Brail], dhl not auocoad
Interesting capital In his bridge
project and finaly gave up his effort*,
>m out of Work! long Island City. The bridge was to
I C03t 1MOO.OOO and waa to be built
SPECIAL SER’
Committee Authorized Envoi
Report on Newland's, Bill.
Washington, April 11.—The sen
ate committee on conaervntlon of
national and, historic* today author-
lied a favorable report on the new
fand bill empowering the president
to appoint a conservation commis
sion to Investigate all questions re
lating to conservation subjects. . ,
The commission Is to constat of
_ fifteen members, who will <ierre l
worth Military academy at Boxing- three years wlthoufvcoihpenvi
ALLEGED QRAPTER'8 TRIAL.
Vice President of Mtsml Coil Com*
psny Accused of Bsd Work.
Chicago, April 11.—James P. Con
nery, vice president of the Miami
Coal Company and secretary treas
urer of the Chicago Fire Appliance
Company waa placed on trial before
Judge Baldwin today on a charge of
•Honing money from the city by
IBm pretenses. Connery li charg
ed with contracting with the city to
sell It Tonghlogheny coal, which
was paid for at the rate of 13.50
per ton.
1 The prcseentlon contends that tho
Miami Coal Company furnished a
cheap grade of sereanlngt Instead.
ton, and wont to Kansas City In the
early 90's and studied medicine. A
short time after he had been licens
ed to practice Dr, Hyde waa appoint
ed police surgeon by Mayor Web
ster Davis. Before he hod served a
year he was removed for unprofes
sional conduct. When In October,
1898, several unusually bold grave
robberies were committed,
Hyde's name became connected with
the matter, but no sufficient proofs
were found against him. it was
three or four years later that the an
nouncement was made of Dr. Hyde's
engagement to Miss Frances Swope,
daughter of Mrs. Margaret Swope
of Independence, and niece of the
late Col. Thomls H..Swope.
The engagement was jfirongly op
posed by Mrs.. Margaret Swope, but
Miss Frances was determined to
marry Hyde and even tho fact that
several breach of promise suite were
filed against him, which did not re
flect credit llpon his character, did
not change her determination. She
became the wife of Dr. Hyde, and
after a while, truce was declared and
a fairly cordial entente established
between the Swope faintly and Dr.
Hyde. The door of ihe Swope home
was opened to the young doctor last
summer, and soon thereafter began
n chain of events which caused the
death of three persons and came
near wiping out the entire Swopo
family.
The first victim waa James Moss
Hunton, a cousin and trusted con ft
dant of Col. Swope. He died October
1, 1909 and apoplexy was given as
the cause of his death. Subsequent
Investigation developed the f*ct.
however, that death waa not caused
by apoplexy and the state will at
tempt to show that Dr. Hyde waB In
some way responsible for the death
of Mr. Hunton..
Col.. Thomas H. Swope, a million
aire real estate and mine owner,
who gave Swope Park to Kansas
City, died suddenly on October
1909, shortly after having taken
capsule at the direction of Dr. Hydj.
Drs. Hcktoen and Haynes, of Chisa
go, two eminent experts, who mads
an analysis of the viscera of Col.
Swope found strychnine In his atom-
ach and liver.
In the month of December a per
fect epidemic of typhoid fever broke
out In the Swope honiehold. On De
cember 1, Miss Margaret Swope, a
niece of Col. Swope came down with
typhoid fover. Two daya later
Chrlsman Swope, her brother, devel
oped symptoms of theidlaease and on
December 1, he died In Independ
ence, after having taken a capsule
given to him by direction of Dr.
Hyde. Like Col. Swope young Chrls
man Swop* died after violent con-
first
player
. m. led
a. ’This
Sunday School at
m. Bishop Waxen
___ ___ ed at 8:30 p. m.
mas* &eTrhg under tJie super-
a '«the director* of the W| *
pi entSrprlsfw -waa b<
r presided. Brief
iy a number of
ROOSEVELT
SEESPINCHOT
Ex-President Hears of Politics
and Stands by Taft
Many Police Officers Required
, to Regulate Chinamen.
Porto Maurlzo. Italy, April 11.—
For the first time since he came out
of the Jungle, farmer President
Roosevelt got some first hand Infor
mation regarding the pulltlcal situa
tion In America when he met Gifford
Plnchot this morning.
After the Interview neither would
comment on what transpired. Their
greetings were warm.
After the Interview Roosevelt
seemed to be pondering. It la bellev-
od tbat Roosevelt told Plncbot that
he la entirely loyal to Taft's admin
istration.
New York, April 11.—A detail of
more than ,pne hundred policeman
were sent to Chinatown today aa a
reault of the flaring up again of the
Tong war, after five months quiet.
Four were killed yesterday.
Neutral Chinamen have notified
tlA authorities that the fighting has
been resumed In a war for the ex
termination of the loade s of the In
vading Tongs from the Pacific coaat.
The police are also watching the
Chinese quarters at Boston and
Philadelphia and are making numrf*
oua arrests.
80UTHERN COLLEGE WOMEN.
Southern Association Meets at Najfv
villa and la Welcomed. s-
Nashvlllo, Tenn., April 11.-—Gov
ernor Patterson welcomed the rqijp*
here of tSie Southern Association 1 ’ of
College Women at the opening oljfb
annual convention In this city todtjp.
The association, which has for. Its
aim purely educational work, 'em
braces In Its membership fifteen of
of the leading Southern colleges ter
women.
TOe officers In charge of ihe eon
ventlon are President. Mr., Emma
Garrett Boyd of Atlanta; first vice
president, Mias Ana 1 ? May UlmpjeV
of Montgomery: third vice prhsjqeot.
Miss Deal Martin, of Atlanta; secre
tary and treasurer, Miss Hala-Cea
ton of 8sn Antonio. .
HAWKS SlAY RE CANDIDATE.
strychnine.
Between December 3 and 21 fire
other members of the Swope family
and a colored maid became 111 with
typhoid fever, but all of them recov
ered. All of them are legatees under
the will of Col. 8wope, who left an
estate valued at more than 13,000,-
000. It will be contended by the
state that Dr. Hyde had contemplate
ed to murder these legatees to In
crease his share In the estate and
that he had Inoculated them with
typhoid fever germs which be had
obtained under a plausible pretext
voltlons and an analysts of hla atom- { (torn Dr. E. L. Stewart, a noted bac-
ach also showed the preoence of ^ terlolocjyt, on November 10. 1108.
Another Entry Into Race for State
Treasurer TliU Year.
Atlanta, April 11.—P. M. Hawes,
of Elbert county, la the latest candi
date to enter the field for the noral-
nation for state treasurer. He haa
not made a formal announcement
yet, but states positively that he will
In the race. It seems probable
that Former Stale Treasurer W. J.
Speer and Ben Perry will combine
Interests, running for treasurer and
assistant, respectively.
Mr. Hawes.la a well known man
throughout the elate, and he
have a large following. He repre
sented hla district In tho state sen
ate, and was prominent In the eon
vtct lease Investigation. It 1s hint
ed tbat thsre may be still other an
nouncements for the place.
HUDRON TO ADDRESS FARMERS.
COfltmlasiontr of Agriculture to Talk
to Farmers at 8L Louis.
Atlanta, Oa., April 11.—Hon. T. O.
Hudson. State Commissioner of Agri
culture, has accepted an Invitation tn
address the Fanners of the Nation
at St. Lonls In -M^y. HU subject wIB
he “The relation of the farmer to
the aatkm.” Among other* who will
■peak, during th* trig convention,
win ha United States president w.
JT. Tett
The levitation waa extended Mr.
Hudson by president Chat. S. Barrett
of the National Farmer* Union.
broken In health and almost beggar
ed. Many years later the bridge waa
actually built, and, although he ral
ly had nothing to do wltti'the final
realtiaitlon j)t hi* draam, Dr. Ralnay
always bad a fatherly Interest In th*
structure. On the occasion of the
Ing of the Queensboro
'MgjfW’ffresented with
the Inscription,
|dge." A bronse
... bo placed on tho bridge,
recording Dp. Rainey’s efforU In be
half of thn construction of the
bridge. -
\ TOe fiendish crime, or .which Roth
Wheeler, a young and ..Innocent Mrll
wa# the rlctbn ha* caused
able atlr In klglalattri^polea: It has
posed to eniet a'law Which
le to send young worn-
to apply for positions,
who, al
though shocked by the atrocity of th*
crime, did not allow thomaslres to
be carried to hysterical extremes, are
not In favor of such a law. Thfcy point
to the fact that the fault I* not In di
recting glria to placee when there
may be a chance for them to find em
ployment, but In the rccklea* system
which permit* young girls to go to
strange places unattended and unpro
tected. So long ■* young gtrla are
permitted to go, without restraint or
caution, to all sorts *f strange and
unsafe place* anvl to assoc'te with
strange men, such crimes as the mur
der of Ruth Wheeler are likely to
occur notwithstanding tho most
stringent laws.
While the Easter parade on Fifth
avenue was st Its height, the festive
rresn.agent -got busy.” With cun
ning of a true Oriental he had figur
ed out that fhc preaenc.- of an onor-
moits crowd on' that groat artery of
trafflo offered unequalled opportunt-
tics far free advertising. Acting upon
this theory he packed the eleven men
and one woman of Ih* troupe of Hin
du dancers and Jugglers which he
represents Into automobiles and took
them to the Plat^-, at the entrance
to Central Park, ’there the Hindu
alighted and forming a circle In front
of tho Plasa Hotel, went through
some kind of supposed rellg'oua cere
mony, In which a big inakn played
th* star part. The Hindus, It la true,
arc not In the habit of celebrating
Easier, but "mundus vult decipl” and
the Improvised ceremony was bound
to attract attention to the show at a
certain music ball.
UP IN LINCOLN
Bryan’s Town is In Hie Throes
of Prohibition Fight
Lincoln, Neb., April It Refora
tomorrow morning the people of
Lincoln, the largest city In Nebras
ka under prohibition, will know
whether (heir city la to eonUnue
"dry" or return to the "wefentumn.
Today's election on th* saloon ques
tion follows the fiercest municipal
campaign ever conducted In Nebras
ka. Vor weeks the contest has been
bitterly waged on both sides. Night
ly rallies have been held at which
prohibition and antl-prohlbltlon
speakers of nationnl reputation have
been heard.
Lincoln haa been without saloons
for the past year and the prohibition
law has been rigidly enforced. It la
argued tbat If prohibition la turned
down ut today’s election and the aa-
loons Installed again, prohibition
wBl be considered a failure and
there will be little or no chance for
the antl-aaloon state campaign to be
successful. On the othor hand, It
prohibition In Lincoln la continued,
especially by an Increased vote, the
■tale tyters will look'upon the test
as a success and tho state will prob
ably go "dry” at the next election.
It Is geMrally conceded that th*
aloon iiufalion pill be the chief la-
the approaching state cam-
alglL The'Democrats are more or
ms-split'over the Imu*. Governor
8halienberger Is with the anti-saloon
people, and Mayor James Dahlman
of Omaha, who Is to be Governor
Shsllenberger'a opponent In tho pri
maries, Is for license and a liberal
atatd administration.
lyfcrlng that
on thi
nounci
Frisk'd* ot tbeVgoveiVOT btnST
Dahlraan’s opposition to Bryan will
Insure all the rural counties to Gov.
Shallcnberger In the primaries. Mr.
Bryan docs not favor statewide pro
hibition, but has declared for conn-
ty option. He dislikes the saloons
because, aside from hla strict tem
perance practices, which are well
known, he bellevM that the brewery
and saloon element supported Taft
In Ohio, Indiana, New York and Ne
braska at the last election, and ou
the other hand, supported the Dem
ocratic candidates for governor In
these States.
Tho local campaign has not been n
party contest, aa neither republican*
nor Democrats, have officially, In
dorsed either side. The canvass waa
conducted strictly along Ibo lines of
“whiskey or no whiskey" with no
disturbing side Issues and has been
clenucut between prohibitionists and
the liberal eloifiept, and oach aid*
concedes that na Lincoln goes today,
an will Nebraska go next fall.
SENATOR DANIEL WORSE.
Tlie Virginia Statesman Had a
ItatJacr Rad Day of It Today.
Daytona, Fla., April 11.—A
change for the worse wn* noted It
the condition of Senator Daniels this
morning. He was exceedingly rest
less with a higher pulse and temper
ature. Later he sank l-ito a heavy
sleep.
DR. LEE CHURCH BUILDER.
f
p lias Raised large Hum for New
Methodist Chucrli In Atlanta.
Atlanta, AprR 11.—Dr. James W.
Lee. pastor of Park Hired Methodist
church has through bis personal eh
forts rained 130,000 towards the
erection of a handsome new church
edifice on the site of the present
building, nnd work will begin - at
once. The board of steward! agreed
to put up a, 840,000 structure aa
soon aa Dr. Lee could raise 130,000.
He took them at their word and
went right after the money. It did
not tnke but a few weeks for him
to secure the aura needed.
HALLEY’S COMET ARRIVES.
Oongreiwnen Off to flurries ton.
Washington, April 11.—Thirty-
four members of congress, with their
wives left today for CharlMton, S.
a, where they will assist la the pre-
tatlon to the battleship South
Caro I las of a magnificent stiver ser
vice, a gift from th* people of that
slat*.
It made Its Appearance In Chicago
at Dawn Uila Morning,
Chicago, April 11.—Halley’s com-
ot appeared In the Eastern Iky nt
dawn today. It waa plainly vjslble
with the naked eye.
Albanians Accept Peace Terms.;
Constantinople, April ll.—'Tbr A
banian Insurgents have afiqsptod the
government terms and lurresderedM
according to a dispatch
day from Prastlna.
Two Killed la Expiocli
Ooltewah, Team, April
workmen war* killed la
explosion when press numbei
th* Chattanooga Powder
blow up.