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SOLONS TO MEET
01 OCTOBER 23RD
ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GENER
AL ASSEMBLY WILL MEET
>, IN ABOUT TEN DAYS.
Agropo* of the next cession of the gen
•ral assembly which will meet on Octo
har Sd there is much discussion over the
state a* to the legislation which will come
before both branches of the general as
sembly for discussion and enactment.
Many of the questions which were up in
the last session will again be raised this
year The question of a constitutional con
santion will be one of the Important rea
.•istlons before both houses.
, Last year Senator Roland Ellie, of Bibb,
'tatroduced a bill hl the upper house for a
constitutional convention. Representative
Hardwick presented a similar bill tn the
tower house Neither of the bills came to
a rote
Senator Bills, who was here Friday,
stated that he would urge the passage »i
his MU this year for a constitutional con
vention It to regarded In many sections
’of the state as necessary that the state
should haw a constitutional convention to
remodel the Instrument that has non
grown in conflict with many customs and
coodltons of the state.
In case the bill for a constitutional con
vention falls. Representative P. M. Hawes,
of Elbert, will present a resolution as an
amendment to the constitution limiting
the power of taxation In the state
Under the present laws regulating the
tax rate of Georgia, the general assem
bly is given the right to tlx the maximum
‘for the rate and the exact figure at
which It should be Is decided upon by the
governor and the comptroller general.
Cnder Mr. Hawes’ bin the maximum tax
rate will be fixed and the genera! assem
bly will not be given the discretion of
making It to fit the appropriations.
Another Important bill which will re
ceH’e much attention will be that provid
ing for local taxation for school purposes.
This taw is warmly supported by State
. Bchoot Cosamtosioner Glenn, who Is in a
position to see the needs of the small com
munities of the state. In providing school
facilities for the children of the state.
4 Mr. Glenn has prepared a, special ad
dress to the members of the general as
sembly and embodied it in his annual re
port. This bill will be presented among
the first of the coming session.
Representative Howard, of DeKalb, will
push hta bill for the taxation of public
wtlHty franchises.
The question of finances will consume
much of the time of the session. The state
is now faced by a deficit of about I3CO.‘<W.
Many other questions of great Impor
tance will come before the session The
members of the body are now beginning
to arrive In the city and gathering infor
mation from the archives at the state cap
ital on certain questions which they ex
pect to bring up.
The hail of the house of representatives
is now being renovated as is also the sen
ate chamber. The corridors of the capi
tol are being given the finishing touches
of the annual cleaning and when the ses
sion begins the building will present a
beautiful appearance.
FOUND GUILTY~W
Quick Work of Court In Cartaraville
Prevents Lynching.
CARTERSVILLE. G«-. , Oct. IL— Bill
Jackson, me negro charged with an as
sault upon Mrs. Tom Smith, was tried yes
terday. found guilty of the crime, and
sentenced to hang on Friday. Novem
ber Ist.
The crime was committed on Monday
about 12 o'clock. At 5 o’clock that after
noon the negro was In jail. Tuesday morn
ing the sheriff and his men were out sum
moning jurors and witnesses for the trial,
which was set for Thursday
Yesterday morning the xrr id jury was
imp&nneled and charged r->d this case
presented to them. .... 12 o Jock the court
took a recess until a quarter after 1. When
it reconvened there was a true Mil by the
grand jury charging the negro with as
sault.
Judge J. W. Harris was associated with
Solicitor General Maddox for the prosecu
tion. and for the defense the court ap
pointed Major A. M. Foute. Captain T. J.
Lyon and Mr. Joe Moon
Solicitor General Maddox made a state
ment to the jury. He said the state ex
pected to show that an assault had been
committed on Mrs. Smith by the negro.
i Bill Jackson.
Major Foute. for the defense, said this
duty had teen thrust upon the counsel for
thd negro. They would simply see that he
had Justice done him. If the negro was
guilty, he ought to die.
Mrs. Smith, sitting in an arm chair, was
brought in by two men. An old woman
followed with the baby of the unfortunate
woman. The little one looked with inter
est upon the strange scenes and prattled
at the jury.
A cheap veil was around Mrs. Smith's
straw hat. but at the request of counsel
the veil was r» T.oved. She testified that
the negro. Jackson, had approached
her while «h- was alone in the cotton
patch. He asked her to do his washing.
Bh. refused. He showed her $2 and offered
it to her. She refused It. He then seised
her and threw her backward upon the
ground. She struggled, but lost conscious
ness. She was satisfied that he had com
mitted the crime.
Dr. W. C. Griffin, who had examined
the woman, testified that, in his opinion,
she had been assaulted.
Jack McCoy a negro who drives a car
riage for Rev. Sam Jones, testified that
the negro called him to the road on the
day of the crime and told him that he had
assaulted a white woman. He wanted the
witness to tske Judge Harris’ buggy bsck
Won’t You
Write a Postal
To Get Well ?
Semi me no money, but simply write
me a postal if you are not well. Pay
when you get well.
I will send you a book that tells how
a lifetime of study has enabled me to
strengthen the inside nerves. Those are
the nerves that operate the stomach, kid
neys. heart, womanly organism, etc
Weakness of these organs means weak
ness of those nerves. Nerve strength
alone makes an organ do Its duty.
I will send you. too. an order on your
nearest druggist for six bottles of Dr.
Shoop's Restorative. Vse it for a month,
and If it succeeds pay him $5.50 for It.
If not. I will pay him myself.
No matter how difficult your case; no
matter what you have tried. If my book
shows you that your trouble is nerve
weakness—and most sickness is—l will
warrant my Restorative to cure you.
I fall sometimes, but not often. My
records show that 3> out of 40 who get
those six bottles pay. and pay gladly. I
have learned that most people are hon
est with a ph y sue la.; who cures them.
That is all I ask. If I fail I don’t ex
pect a penny from you.
Mine Is the only way to restore vita!
nerve power. Other treatments bring
but fleeting results at best. If you want
to be well, let roe send you an order for
.'the medicine. If it cures pay $5.56. I
leave the decision to you.
Simply stat* Book No. lon Dy ape pat a.
which book yon Book No. 2 on the Heart,
went and ad- Book No. 3on the Kidney*,
drees Dr. Book No. 4 for Women.
Sboup. Pox MS. Hook Na • for Men.(sealed.)
RSvlt.* Wia , Book N<?- •on RheupißtHm.
to town for him. but he refused to have
anything to do with it.
Tom Smith, the husband of the woman,
testified to seeing the negro close to the
field where he left his wife when he went
to dinner. On his return his wife told him
of the assault, and he saw the signs of a
scuffle in the field.
Jennie Kincaid, an old negro woman
who works for Judge Harris, testified
that Jackson told her he had got in a tan
gle with a white woman and had to run
awav. He did not stop to eat his dinner.
This completed the evidence. No
speeches were made. Judge Fite charged
the jury.
In three minutes after leaving the box
a verdict of guilty was returned.
A burst of applause swept over the
courtroom, a shout of exultation, and no
effort wax made to check it.
Judge Fite ordered the negro to stand
up. He was sentenced to hang on Friday,
November Ist. .
He bowed his head as the sentencelwas
being passed and wept like a child, and
then pleaded with Judge Harris to help
him-
In one hour and a half from the time the
jury was selected the negro had been sen
tenced to death.
Judge Fite made a speech calling at
tention to the speedy trial, and asked ev
erybody who would pledge himself to keep
down excitement and stand by the officers
of the law to stand up. Every man pres
ent stood up.
The judge then called for anybody who
was not satisfied to be man enough to say
so. No one spoke. The Judge then called
on everybody present to still any spirit
of mob violence, and to stand by the court
and its officers so that the negro could be
kept here and not be sent to some other
jail.
Dr. W. C. Griffin, Dr. J. G. Greene and
Dr. F. R. Calhoun were appointed by the
Judge to be present at the hanging of the
negro.
HE TALKED~foo'MUCH.
Better Resign, Buller, Says the London
• Press.
NEW YORK. Oct. 11—Sir Redvers Bul
ler’s extraordinary speech is hailed with
consternation by this morning's papers,
says The Tribune’s London correspondent.
The Standard attacks him severely, and’
tells him that the best thing he can do
now Is to resign his command of the First'
army corps.
The Daily Mall, which considers that
the speech would have been more in place
on the boards of a theater, points out
that the message to Ladysmith is exact
ly paralleled by Sir Parker's famous or
der to Admiral Nelson at Copenhagen to
break off the battle and to retire in order
—a request which posterity has unspar
ingly condemned.
On the whole, Mr. Brodrlck's state
ment concerning the South African situa
tion is fairly well received, but two or
three of the conservative papers are not
satisfied with it, continues The Tribune’s
London correspondent. If ministerial opti
mism was unwarranted 12 months why, it
is usked. should the public haye faith In
It today? If the government cannot con
trive to wind up operations without much
further delay there is little comfort in
the fact that the nation is employing a
great many men and horses and spending
enormous sums of money over the still
unfinished task. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach,
although he did not say much that was
new in his speech, afforded the informa
tion that the special object of the procla
mation of martial taw at Cape Town
was tn stop supplies of ammunition which
have been making their way through Cape
Colony to the Boers.
General Buller talked garrulously about
coincidences and dealt freely in inuendoes,
but he was merciless in attacking his
own reputation. His attempt to connect
the visit of some black mailer of Aider
shot with articles written by men like
Spencer Wilkinson and others of the high
est character, for the press, was farcical.
He does not seem to know that men like
the Duke of Cambridge .have turned*
against him on his own record.
PRESS OF ENGLAND
RIDICULES BULLER.
LONDON. Oct. H —The storm raised by
General Buller's remarkable outburst
yesterday afternoon continues to grow.
The speech is the topic of discussion and
there Is general anticipation that discip
linary measures will follow unless Gen
eral Buller himself takes the advice of
such a conservative supporter of the gov
ernment as The Standard and resigns.
The tone of the press Is generally one of
surprised amaxement at hls Indiscretions.
The people of England have generally
stuck to him throughout, and hta wife’s
social influence has been most powerful
and has even reached the court. It had
been decided that he would be elevated
to the peerage on the next honor list, but
It Is nqw doubtful if. after yesterday’s
confession, that he advised the surren
der of Ladysmith. ”A humiliation com
pared with which." as The Standard says,
■'all other reverses of the war would have
been trivial.’’ either the king or the peo
ple will continue to favor him.
MOB OF 500 CHASING NEGO.
Message From Barnesville Saying That
Cutright Committed Assault There.
• BARNESVILLE. Ga.. Oct. 11.-An at
tempted assault was made on Mrs. John
M. Sims, a well known lady of high
standing living near this city, about 7
o’clock yesterday. Mrs. Sims made
an alarm and the negro fled.
"A posse was soon formed and have
been on the hunt for the negro since
then. Part of the pursuers returned to the
city a few moments ago and stated that
nothing has been learned of the where
abouts of the negro yet, but the hunt is
being kept up. If the negro is found a
lynching Is sure to follow. Considerable
excitement prevails here over the attempt
ed crime.”
GOLD HUNTERS HURRY
FROM KLONDIKE BLAST.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Oct. 12,-Statistlcs
carefully compiled disclose that 9,000 peo
ple went to Nome this season and that
10.200 have returned or are returning,
leaving about 4,000 in the district for the
winter. There were 80 vessels, steam and
sail, engaged in the traffic carrying from
this city E5.C00 tons of general freight.
The estimated receipts for the transpor
tation of freight and passengers are
$1,871,000, and the value of the freight
shipped from Seattle $5,500,000.
About $4,500,000 gold has ben shipped
from Nome this season.
wholesalegrocery”co.
ORGANIZED IN NEWNAN.
NEWNAN. Ga.. Oct. 12.—The declared In
tention of I. P. Bradley, of this city, to or
ganise a stock company to do a wholesale
grocery business has met with universal ap
proval and predictions of Its success.
The capital stock will be *75.(00 and a com
plete and extensive line will be carried.
The managers of the Atlanta and West Point
railroad will erect a three-story building near
Its depot for the company and they will be
actively in business by January 1. 1902.
Mr. Bradley, the promoter and controlling
stockholder, has been a reatc.nt of this city
for a number of years and by live, energetic
and honest dealings has amassed quite a nice
fortune and established himself a wide repu
tation a* a business man. He will carry these
into hls new enterprise and prove a formidable
competitor.
two arTsearching
FOR SAME MAN AS HUSBAND.
There are two Atlanta women In Knoxville
who are searching for a man whom both of
them claim as their husband. One la Mrs. Roxie
Dick, who was a Mis* Roxie Wallace, and the
other is Alice Wilson Dick, whom it is al
leged was married in Knoxville.
The man with one wife too many is Joseph
C. Dick, of this city, who left here last March
for Knoxville, deserting. It Is alleged. Roxie
Dick, to whom he was married by Rev. O.
W. Dgvis in this city June 38. 1894.
Mrs. Dick No. 1 went to Knoxville recently
to look for her husband and there found
that ho had married another woman. She
reported the matter to the police of that city
and they are Investigating tb« ease. Dick has
opt yet been arresteq.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA. GEORGIA, MONDAY. OCTOBER 14, 1901.
STEVENS IS BACK
FflOM THE MEETING
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
TALKS OF THE CONVENTION
AT HOT SPRINGS.
Commissioner of Agriculture- O. B. Ste
vens returned Saturday from Hot
Springs. Ark., where he has been for a
week attending the convention of the
commiMUiners of agriculture of the cot
ton state’.
Mr. Stewcns, Ifi speaking of the con
vention, Mid that it was a splendid suc
cess, waw largely attended and the ad
dresses flail vered and the papers read
were the best he had ever heard.
The members of the convention were well
received and were paid considrable at
tention whpe they were at Hot Springs.
Commissioner Stevens spoke of the nu
merous resolutions which were adopted
by the convention and said., that he be
lieved some 'of them would be of great
benefit to the south if carrhid out.
Mr. Stevens spoke particularly of the
memorial which will be sent to congress
on the matter of sending agricultural cir
aulars and other information concerning
agricultural subjects through the malls
free of postage. Commissioner Stevens
says that if congress grants this right it
will save the suite of Georgia several
thousand dollars a year. Already the gov
ernment has granted through the efforts
of Congressman J. M. Griggs, of thia
state, a rate per pound on agricultural
matter, and this is regarded as a gener
ous concession. Further efforts will be
made, however, to have all mail matter
sent free.
Commissioner Stevens came from the
convention euthuislastic on the question of
apples.
Mr. Stevens 'stated that there was a
barrel of apples on exhibit from Virginia,
and he was particularly struck with the
beauty of them.' He said that he learned
much of the culture of this fruit, and he
is now, as he has been for a long time,
of the belief that north Georgia is as good
an apple growing section as Virginia or
dny other state. ' Commissioner Stevens
says that if the people of north Georgia
will engage in the culture of apples they
will make more money out of them than
from peaches. In a short time Commis
sioner Stevens will likely undertake the
work of encouraging the culture of ap
ples in this state, and thinks it can be
made Into a thriving industry that will
yield large profits to the owners of the
orchards and add another resource to the
northern part of the state.
DISS~DEBAR
LONDON. Oct. 11.—The hearing of the
case of Theodore and Laura Jackson,
alias Horos, who are charged with con
spiring to defraud women of money and
Jewelry by fortune telling, was resumed
here yesterday.
Laura Jackson, formerly Ann Odalla
Diss Deßar, of New York, made a ’strange
appearance. She wore in the dock the
loose cream colored decollette garment,
resembling a surplice, over which was a
pale blue silk robe, which she wore wnen
remanded September 26.
Charles M. Mathews, senior counsel to
the treasury, represented the treasury. He
detailed three charges against the pris
oners, obtaining money under false pre
tenses. procuring girls, and rape. The
offensee. said Mr. Mathews, were commit
ted by the most unique fraud in the an
nals of crime.
The Horos established a religious sect,
called Theocratic Unity, claimed the at
tributes of divine power and Induced girls
to misconduct themselves with the order
under the belief that it was a necessary
part of their religious devotion.
’’Poverty, chastity and obedience” were
the watchwords of the Theocratic Unity,
which was also called the Purity league.
Chastity, however, only applied to married
people. Neophytes joining the unity were
obliged to vow secrecy and profess belief
in the divinity of the Horos, both of
whom, said Mr. Mathews, possessed mes
meric powers and especially Laura. The
latter frequently interrupted counsel with
loud screams of “False!”
A well bred woman, 23 years of age. who,
the prosecutors say, is the oldest of the
many victims of the Horos, testified in
support of Mr. Mathews' statement.
The identity of Laura with Ann Odella
Diss Deßar has been thoroughly establish
ed. Laura Jackson conducted a vigorous
cross examination in her own and Jack
son’s behalf. The court was half filled
with young and pretty girls, waiting to
testify against the oouple.
It has been learned that the accused
were married in New Orleans in 1898, came
to London In 1899 and then went to Paris
and Capetown. Returning to England,
they established the Aaeocratic order here.
Jackson is said to be a convicted con
fidence trick man.
WINNINGS^AT BUFFALO.
I II ■■
Georgia Secures Eight Medals For Ex
hibits.-
Georgia has been more successful at the
Buffalo Pan-American exposition than it
was thought the state would be, owing to
the limited means which were appropri
ated for the purpose of making an ex
hibit. Eight medals were obtained for
Georgia products.
A-gold medal was awarded for the col
lective agricultural exhibit and silver and
bronxe medals for the minerals and build
ing stones exhibit. According to a dis
patch from Mr. M. A. Hayes to State
Geologist Yeates the Southern railway
was awarded the gold medal for the agri
cultural exhibit.
Mr. Hayes has been in Buffalo during
the exposition representing the Southern
railway. In this capacity he undertook to
look after the Georgia exhibit there. Pro
fessor Yeates was unable to remain at the
exposition, and he did not have sufficient
funds from the appropriation to employ
anyone to look after it.
The complete list of medals obtained by
GOOD COFFEE MAKER.
Experience With the Berry.
“I have gained twenty-five pounds since
I left off coffee and began drinking Pos
tum Food Coffee in its place.
“I had become very thin in flesh and
suffered tortures with heartburn, was a
nervous wreck with headache practically
all the time until one dreadful day when
the good doctor told me I must quit
drinking coffee, as he had nothing left to
try, to relieve me.
“I could not drink tea and had tried
everything else, even Postum. but put it
by at the first trial, because it was taste
less.
“Forced to it again, I determined to
see if it could not be made palatable, and
found at once that when I followed direc
tions and boiled it long enough that I
not only liked it but gave it to my hus
band for several days without hta finding
it out. I have the name of making
splendid coffee, and we always used the
best, but of late I have given Postum to
guests many times in place of coffee and
have never been detected yet.
“Our four children have not drank cof
fee for three years, and all have gained
health and flesh since using Postum. One
son, who was always sick, has been great
ly benefited by its use. and, as above
stated, I have gained twenty-five pounds
since taking up Postum. I am healthier
today than I have been for years and give
Postum all the credit. Please do not use
my name in public."
This lady lives In Burlington. lowa, and
the name will be furnished by the Pos
tum Cereal Co.. Ltd., Battle Creek,
Mich., to those Interested.
Georgia products is as follows:
Georgia Agriculture society, Atlanta,
collective exhibit of agricultural products;
gold medd.
Georgia Pine Turpentine company, New
York, city products from long leaf pine;
gold medal.
In the mines and metallurgy depart
ment:
State of Georgia exhibit of minerals;
silver medal.
State of Georgia building stones exhibit;
silver medal.
State of Georgia, collective exhibit of
gold nuggets qnd gems; bronze medal.
In the manufacturers department:
State of Georgia, exhibit of minerals;
silver medal,
State of Georgia, exhibit of building
stones; silver medal.
State of Georgia, exhibit of gold nug
gets and gems: bronxe medal.
State Geologist Yeates feels very much
gratified with the prominence which
Georgia assumed by virtue of the state
exhibit. On account of the appropriation
Professor Yeates was unable to get to
gether a larger exhibit than that which
the state agriculture department keeps
qn exhibition at the state capitol.
This exhibit is one of the most beauti
ful and valuable in the southern states,
and it was on this account that it re
ceived such recognition, but Professor
Yeates believes if he had had funds with
which to collect a more imposing exhibit
showing the resources of the state he
would have been able to secure many
other medali for Georgia.
The gold medal obtained for the collec
tive agricultural exhibit came from the
25-acre farm in Cobb county owned by
John A. Manget. The exhibit contained
174 kinds of products, including almost all
the farm products capable of bultivation
in this state.
The exhibit was arranged by Mr. Man
get and Professor Yeates and occupied a
space of 200 square feet. This is the sec
ond medal obtained by Mr. Manget on
his 25-acre farm. The other one was ob
tained at the Omaha exposition.
The agricultural exhibit of the Southern
railway, comprising products along the
line of the company, was an Interesting
display. The recognition which the state
received at the hands of the committee of
Judges is regarded as commendatory, con
sidering the small amount of funds ap
propriated by the legislature for the pur
pose.
CHEMISTS TO PROVE GUILT.
Graves Are Opened to Aid Officials in
Convicting Woman of 14 Murders.
DAYTON, 0., Oct. 10—Pending an in
vestigation which will determine whether
or not the charge of murder shall be pre
ferred against Mary Belle Wltwer. the
suspected wholesale poisoner, the prisoner
is still detained at central police station,
though habeas corpus proceedings to se
cure her release are momentarily ex
pected.
At sunrise this morning the bodies of
Wltwer, the fourth and last husband of
the suspect, and Mrs. Emma C. Pugh,
her sister, both of whom are supposed to
have been victims, were disinterred.
The vital organs of both bodies were
removed, placed in sealed jars and turn
ed over to Professor Howard, a chemist,
who will make an examination for traces
of poison.
So many circumstances point to the
guilt of Mrs. Wltwer that Intense public
interest has been aroused and the result
of the investigation begun this morning
is anxiously awaited.
TORNADO SWEEPS COUNTRY.
Kansas Wind Hurries Over Land But
Mereufully Spares Life.
CLIFTON, Kas., Oct. 11—The tornado
which struck this section last night, fol
lowed by a heavy storm of rain and
hail. The cloud could be seen approach
ing the town and the inhabitants were
being warned. The town was saved, how
ever, by the tornado passing two miles
west and traveling northeasterly. L. C.
Hoar's house and outbuildings, two miles
west, were swept away, though the fam
ily escaped by taking refuge in the cellar.
Vague reports of casualties are com
ing in, but nothing further authentic as
yet. '
TO RESTRICT IMMIGRATION.
NEW YORK, Oct . 10—Resolutions
against the reckless admittance of unde
sirable immigrants to the United States
were adopted yesterday at a largely at
tended meeting of the Merchants and
Manufacturers' board of trade of New
York. In the resolutions it was stated that
our standing abroad as a law-abiding peo
ple was injured* by immigrants imbued
with the idea that it was proper to assas
sinate presidents.
President Roosevelt was urged to give
the matter attention in his message to
congress.
It was resolved that no immigrants
should be allowed to land in this country
without the production of a proper certifi
cate from a United States consul giving
sufficient information to enable the im
migration officials to pass intelligently up
on the expediency of granting the privi
lege of residence in the United States.
TRAIN CREW IS AMBUSHED.
WAYCROSS. Ga.. Oct. 11—News reach
es here from Nicholls that the force on
one of the Southern Pine company’s log
trains was fired upon Wednesday night
from ambush near Nicholls.
It seems that this is a renewal of old
troubles that began last spring when the
company began to cut timber from cer
tain lands that had formerly belonged to
some of the natives. The right to cut
this timber was disputed, but as the com
pany had a clear title to it there was
no legaL grounds to fight their claims and
threats were made against the employes.
Later there was some of the timber spiked
and a number of saws were ruined when
the logs were sawed.
Now the employes are Intimidated by
new dangers which threaten their Ilves
like the volley of shot that struck the en
gine Wednesday night and it is rather dif
ficult to get men to go into the woods to
cut logs.
FIFTH HUSBAND~FLED.
DAYTON 0., Oct. 11— A dispatch from
Middleton, 0., says the fact has just been
developed that Mrs. Mary Belle Wltwer,
the suspected wholesale poisoner, has had
five instead of four.
John Williams, whose name has not
heretofore figured in the sensational af
fair. left two days after the ceremony had
been performed and is the only one of the
five husbands living. His present where
abouts is unknown.
Mrs. Wltwer secured a divorce on
money furnished by Frank Brown, the
Middletown paper-hanger, who died rath
er suddenly some time after his marriage
to Mrs. Wltwer. The story comes from
a son of Mr. Brown. >
Pending a report from the expert chem
ist who has the intestines of two of the
supposed victims, Mrs. Wltwer is still de
tained at central police station on sus
picion.
YERKES FOR THE CABINET.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 11—It has been
evident for some time that President
Roosevelt held Commissioner Yerkes in
high esteem. The following from The
Washington Post this morning shows that
others are appreciating this fact:
"It is interesting that many southern
Republican leauers. especially those from
the uppermost tier of southern states, are
snuggling up to International Revenue
Commissioner John W. Yerkes, of Ken
tucky. Mr. Yerkes is believed to be very
close to Presideut Roosevelt. He is recog
nixed as a capable and representative Re
publican of excellent Judgment, and with
the reorganlxation of the cabinet, which
is regarded as almost inevitable in the
course of a few months, some think Mr.
Yerkes may be given a portfolio.”
OLD DEPOT TROUBLES
BRING OH SUFFERING
LADIES AND CHILREN WADE MUD
AND GREASE WHILE ESCORTS
ARE BARRED.
Atlanta is again the subject of unfa
vorable criticism at the hands of the
thousands of visitors who are dally com
ing to the city, and again, as usual, the
miserable conditions at the union passen
ger station are the cause. The first ex
perience of the visitor to Atlanta is that
resulting from the incommodious and
ridiculous old shed that is called a depot,
and the last thing that occurs to the visi
tor before leaves Atlanta is the worry
and trouble resulting from the inconven
iences of the rattletrap.
It is safe to say that nothing the visi
tor sees in Atlanta, nothing that is said
or done in his presence, leaves so bad an
Impression of this city and all its people
as the union passenger station.
For a long time the condition of the
union depot and the manner in which it
was handled caused complaint from all
sections from all who had occasion to en
ter the place. Then the complaints became
so frequent that the matter became a hu
mor. and more humor was extracted from
the depot situation at the expense of At
lanta. Now. however, that humor no
longer exists. It is a serious matter, and
unless the railroads take some kind of ac
tion the situation will become still more
serious.
The appearance of the depot, its foul
odors, the countless germs that it harbors
and the diseases that it spreads are bad
enough, but not so bad as the inconven
ience that is being caused the traveling
public, the dangers to which they are ex
posed. the manner in which they are
treated and the total disregard of their
comfort.
So crowded is the depot that many of
the trains are unable to enter it, and con
sequently the passengers are dumped out.
no matter what the weather is, where
there Is no shelter, to make their way
as best they can to the waiting room, if
they escape being run down by the shout
ing truckmen with mall sacks and trunks.
These trains use the tracks that are
immediately south of the depot. There
is no shelter of any kind and none is at
tempted. If it chances to be cold and
raining, or sleeting, the passenger is
forced to get out as best he can. He is
not even allowed the privilege of wait
ing Inside the car until the weather im
proves, because the train that he has
come on must hurry out of t'he way to
make, room for another.
Officials at the station declare that there
are fifteen or twenty trains every day
that stop outside of the depot, and as
many start from the same tracks. No list
can be obtained of these trains, as they
are different, say the officials, almost ev
ery day. The trains are allowed to enter
and leave the city inside the depot if It
is possible, but when the depot becomes
crowded the trains are switched to the
outside.
At night the depot is not so crowded,
and practically the same tri'ns use the
outside tracks every night, x'hey are the
Seaboard, which arrives at 7 o’clock at
night; the West Point from Montgomery,
which arrives at 7:30 o’clock at night; the
West Point from College Park, which ar
rives at 8 o’clock at night; the Southern
from Birmingham, which arrives at 10:15
o’clock at night: the West Point from Col
lege Park, which arrives at 10:35 at night:
the West Point from College Park, which
arrives at midnight; the Southern for
Jacksonville, which leaves at 5:30 o’clock
In the morning, and the Georgia Pacific
division of the Southern, which leaves at
6 o’clock tn the morning.
Another cause for complaint is the fact
that trains stop in the block beyond the
depot, across Loyd street It is usually
the Pullman cars that are stopped there.
In the case of at least two trains this is
necessitated by the fact that the depot is
so small that when the engines are at
the Pryor street crossing the Pullman
cars are beyond Loyd street. This is nec
essary because of the fact that if the
Pullmans were placed Inside the depot
the transferring of mails from one train
to another could only be accomplished by
carrying the mail sacks an entire block.
The trains tnat stop in this section of
the city are the Southern from Washing
ton at 5:10 o’clock in the morning; the
Southern from Washington at 3:55 o'clock
in the afternoon, and the Georgia road
accommodation, which reaches here in
the afternoon.
. Ladies and children who come to the
city without escorts are prevented from
seeing relatives or friends until they pass
through the gates that shut the trains
in the depot. Gentlemen of Atlanta who
desire meeting their relatives are forced
to wait either in the crowded and foul
smelling waiting room or in the equally
as crowded, equally as foul smelling and
cold passageway immediately in front of
the gates.
Os late there have been several cases
in which prominent gentlemen of Atlanta
have been kept from meeting relatives
who have been passengers on trains com
ing into Atlanta. Because of a foolish
rule for the government of the state de
pot women and children are compelled to
alight from the trains and hurry as best
they can through the crowds, the shouting
truckmen and t the moving trains to the
waiting room.
The rule which covers this phase of
the situation at the depot Is as follows:
“No one will be allowed to pass through
the gates while the trains are in the
station unless provided with a ticket or
pass, except on discretion of the station
master.”
This means that if the station master
cannot be found tne person who is not
provided with a ticket or pass, but who
has business in the station, will not be
allowed to enter the gates. Sometimes
there are at the gates men who know
nothing except that the 'station master
is the only man who can' give permission
to pass through the gates. When such a
man is at the gates there is nothing to
do except to see the station master and
argue it out with him.
kt he is himself inside the station there
Is nothing to do except wait job the out
side until the train comes in.
■ tragedyofToveended.
CHICAGO, Oct. 11.—George Dolinski,
convicted of murder, was hanged here to
day.
Doltnski's crime was the murder of his
brother-in-law, Anton Lisle, a year ago.
Dolinski became Infatuated with Mrs.
Lisle', his wife's sister. That his clandes
tine wooing might not be Interfered with,
Dolinski sent his wife on a visit to her
parents in the Old Country.
Lisle, however, became suspicious. No
vember 2(th the two men met in a pas
ture north of Irving park. When the po
lice found Lisle’s body there were four
bullet wounds in it and the throat was
cut.
Dolinski was arrested, but declared that
he and Lisle had quarreled about money
matters and that he had been compelled
to shoot hls brother-in-law in self-de
fense. The evidence against Dolinski,
while mainly circumstantial, was suffi
cient to convince the jury that murder
had been done in order that Dolinski
might marry Mrs. Lisle.
Meanwhile Mrs. Dolinski, in Europe,
heard that her husband had been arrested,
but the report also said that it was for
her own murder. Supposing that she could
get him out of his predicament, Mrs. Dol
inski. with her Infant, hurried back only
to discover the real state of affairs. She
did not abandon her husband, but did all
In her power to aid him. She visited him
in the tail yesterday and when she learn
ed that the supreme court had refused to
grant a supercedeas, she fell in a faint.
How many mothers realize that when
the baby’s advent is expected they need
strength for two instead of one. Wom
en, weak, nervous, "jusi able to drag
around,” find themselves confronted
with coming maternity. They have
not strength enough for themcelves, how
can they have strength to give a child ?
We don’t look for the birth of strong
ideas from a weak mind. Why should
we expect the birth of strong children
from weak mothers?
The way to ensure health and strength
to mother and child
is to use Dr. Pierce’s
Favorite Prescription
as a preparative for
. motherhood. It
' brings the mother’s
strength up to the
' requirements of nat
ure, so that she has
strength to give her
child. It nourishes
the nerves and so
quiets them. It en
courages a natural
appetite and induces
refreshing sleep.
" Favorite Prescrip
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women strong and
sick women well,
. There is no alcohol
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free from opium, co-
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" I with to let you know the great benefit my
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I may say my wife’s age was thirty-three
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to take ' Favorite Prescription ' five months be
fore her ehild was born, we hare a fine healthy
girl, and we believe that this was mainly owing
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according to directions. We shall certainly rec
ommend it wherever we can."
Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical
Adviser, paper covers, is sent Aw on
receipt or 21 one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address Dr.
R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
WOOD FILES REPORT ON CUBA.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—The war de
partment has made public the annual re
port of Major General Leonard Wood,
commanding the department of Cuba for
the last fiscal year. A preceding report
treated of the civil administration of the
island. This report deals with military
affairs entirely.
The total number of. deaths of officers
and enlisted men during the year was 67,
a percentage of less than 1.35. Yellow fever
has now been almost driven from the
island.owing to the energetic war upon the
mpsquitoes and the sanitary precautions
adopted. However, during the past sum
m|er five officers of General Wood’s staff
were taken ill with yellow fever and three
of them died. Among the headquarters
employed there were forty-eight victims to
yellow fever with eleven deaths.
General Wood devotes a good part of hls
report to a statement of the results at
tending the tests of the artillery fortifi
cations left by the Spanish and summaris
ing these, he says:
“The behavior of the guns and carriages
was rather better tnan expected by the
artillery officers."
The old canteen issue is revived in this
report through a substitute report fur
nished by Inspector General Burton. He
said that the exchange is a great comfort
to the soldier tn Cuba, who is deprived
of many of the comforts known to him at
home. The officers generally complain that
the elimination of beer from the exchange
has worked a hardship on the soldier and
has beefi detrimental t 6 good order and
military discipline.
General Burton has some interesting
recommendations to submit, based on the
experience of the American soldier in
Cuba. For instance, he says that the
cavalry pistol is too small in calibre. It
has no stoppihg power, though it carries
unnecessarily far. The general recommen
dation of the service is that the calibre
be Increased above 45 rather than decreas
ed, and given a range of 75 or 100 yards
for effective work. Except for its shock
action the pistol is of little service. The
sabre should be enameled with bicycle
enamel, as should all metal parts of the
equipment, to resist the rust, which rapid
ly destroys steel and iron in Cuba." The
cavalry boot is shunned by all soldiers,
and it Is recommenued that it be aban
doned. The kaki leggings are unsatisfac
tory; they bunch at the ankle, are not
durable and must be laced too tight. If
a legging is to be worn at all it should be
an English leather legging. The campaign
hat has no proper place in the army in
tropical climates. At any rate, it should be
of much better material and lighter. Final
ly Colonel Burton recommends a complete
i evision of the cavalry drill regulations,
which are severely criticised.
TINDALLTO REMAIIfIN JAIL
MACON, Oct. 10.—The sup/eme court
decisions last night contained one more
bit of sad news for Harry C. Tindall,
who Is In Bibb Jail for defaulting with $6,000
of the Macon Hardware company’s re
eelversftiip funds.
Mr. Tindall had appealed to Judge John
S. Candler to let him show why he had
suffered enough for the offense against
the court, and to prove that he is finan
cially unable to pay back the money.
Judge Candler refused to let him have
a hearing, saying it was not yet time to
consider such a move. Judge John P.
Ross, Tindall's lawyer, then appealed to
the supreme court, asking that Judge
Candler be compelled to hear Mr. Tindall.
The supreme court refused to interfere;
and now Mr. Tindall is left to lie in pris
on while hls attorney studies out some
other plan to pursue.
But Judge Ross seems to have exhaust
ed about all of the known remedies pro
vided by law. He has been of the opin
ion for some -me that the law puts a
prisoner absolutely at the mercy of a
judge in such cases; but he continues to
work and try every plan that he can
think of. f
Mr. Tindall's daughter. Miss Fannie
Tindall, Who is one of Macon’s brightest
and most accomplished young ladles, left
last night for Cienfuegos, Cuba to join
her brother. Mr. W. W. Tindall, who has
a school there. She will assist him in
teaching.
BOTHA ESCAPES BRITISH.
LONDON. Oct. 10.—The wholly unsatis
factory situation in Soutti Africa con
tinues to call out the most severe criti
cism. Lord Kitchener today wires that
General Botha has crossed the Pivaau riv
er, twenty miles north of Vryheid.
means that he has again escaped the Brit
ish cordon.
General Bui.er in a speech this after-'
noon complained of the general criticisms,
especially in the newspapers, of himself.
He admittea he had advised Gen. Sir
George White that it would be necessary,
possibly, to surrender Ladysmith, but
bearing in mind all the circumstances of
the case, he was quite prepared to let the
public Judge of the justifiability of the
newspaper attacks.
NORTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE.
ROME. Oct. 10.—Preparations are being
made for the entertainment of the North
Georgia conference which convenes in
Rome on November 29th. The stewards of
the First Methodist church expect at least
500 delegates and arrangements will be
made for this number.
The people of Rome will be glad to en
tertain these men of God and show them
every hospitality. The sessions will be
held in the First Methodist church and
will last one week. Bishop Galloway, of
Mississippi, is the presiding officer. The
bishop was awarded the distinction of
opening the recent ecumenical confer
ence in London with a sermon.
PAT CROWE SAYS
HE WILL GIVE UP
PROVIDED REWARD OF $50,000
IS WITHDRAWN FOR HIS
CAPTURE. - -
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 12.—Chief of PoUca
Donahqe has received from Patrick
Crowe, through a friend of the latter, an
offer to surrender himself and stand trial
in the courts if the reward of $50,000 hang
ing over his head for the alleged kidnap-;
ing of Edward A. Cudahy is withdrawn.'
The chief is now negotiating with him
for surrender.
Chief Donahue did not accept the prop
osition. but made a counter offer to
waive the reward himself, saying nobody
else could secure it. The chief se;w
Crowe is tired of being hunted and is wil
ling to take chances of a trial if the re
ward is withdrawn but expresses the fear
that they would convict him if the reward'
were allowed to stand. He says Crowe ta\
less than SCO miles from Omaha and Is
not with his relatives.
IRON TRADE
CLEVELAND, 0.. Oct. 10.-Cohcerning 1
market conditions The Iron Trade Re
view this week will say: . • p
"Heavy buying of pig iron, and tha
strength shown for some weeks in struc- ■,
tural iron is now more general in-foundry
grades. While foundry furnazvs have not—
yet encountered such a buying movement ’
as that of November, 1900, or March. 1901, |
there is free contracting for 1902 and t'he
recent advance in prices is generally sub- :
talned. Southern sellers who recently
made an advance of 50 cents a ton have
intimated that if present demand is main
tained in the next two weeks a further
advance is a probability. Much will de
pend on the course of northern makers,
who are now selling in some districts be- •
low the delivered prices of southern iron.
The business of the week has been well
settled. In the Chicago district imple- ■
ment makers have been in the market for
large amounts which come on the heels
of liberal buying by malleable interests.
In the central west further large pur-;
chases have been made by the United
States Steel corporation, about 30,000 tons
of basic iron for this year's delivery hav
ing been taken. An independent company
has also bought basic iron. The result
is that the supply of northern basic is
practically taken up for the remainder
of the year and southern sellers have
named a Birmingham price of sl2. equiv
alent to $16.15, Pittsburg. Bessemer iron<
is firm at $15.25 at valley furnaces.
er sales have been made in t'he Pittsburg
district, and we note a sale of 23,000 tons
by an Ironton, 0., furnace to a steel
works in the same district. It is under
stood there has been some feeling of the
market for basic iron for delivery in the
first quarter of next year. Not withstand-‘ 1
Ing the enormous output of steel there is a’
scarcity of billets for early shipment and/
126 is paid, though contracts for the first)
quarter of 1902 can be made at $24, central
western mill. The finished material mark
ets all show great activity accompanied
by firm prices. The rail business for next
year has been further Increased in the|
week, and it is fully certain that 100,000
tons of rails are on the books for 1903
delivery, estimating the tonnage that
must be carried over. By those interested,
it is estimated that two million tong
will be closed before the new year begins
—a record altogether without a prece
dent.
COTTON CROP PLACED
AT 9,500,000 BALES.
HOT SPRINGS. Ark., Oct. 12.-The
third annual convention of the Cotton .
States Association of Commissioners of
Agriculture adjourned here Thursday af
ternoon sine die. after estimating the cot
ton crop, appointing several committees
and selecting Nashville. Tenn., as the
next place of annua] meeting, the time to
t>e selected by the executive committee.
The commissioners estimate the cotton (
crop at nine and one-half million bales,.
which is about one-half million short of
the crop, according to the present gov
ernment estimate on 61 per cent basis.
The estimates of the commissioners are
always 100-cd forward to with much in-i
terest. This year’s estimate is made sub
ject to the influence of early or late frosts.
The officers for the ensuing year, an
nounced Thursday in these dispatches. ( »
will outline their work at an informal |
meeting today.
The delegates left for their various
homes yesterday afternoon.
biloxiTmiss.,suffers
FROM DISASTROUS FIRE.I
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 12.—Fire at 81-'
loxi. Miss., destroyed several business M
houses and threatened destruction of the
place. The loss this morning is estimated
at more than $50,000.
SHOT WOMAN AND HIMSELF.
NEW YORK. Oct. 10.—Mrs. Lucy H. s |
Carroll, who lived with her father at 76
South Elliott Place. Brooklyn, was shot
and seriously wounded at her home early
today by a man known as Captain John
B. Nielson. The woman was shot three'
times. Nielson then shot himself in the
right temple and died immediately. Mrs.
Carroll told the police that she did not
know the man who had shot her.
“I was awakened,” said Mrs. Carroll,
"by seeing a man in my room. I was much
alarmed and cried:
“ ‘What do you want here?’
“Without reply the Intruder drew a re
volver and fired three shots and then
turned and shot himself.
"I do not know him, nor can I imagins
why he should have entered my room.” J
Mrs. Carroll’s husband is said to be a
soldier in the Philippines. Nielson lived at
164 Court street, Brooklyn.”
The police found a portrait of Nielson’ ; ’
in Mrs. Carroll’s room, and when she was
told of this she said she had known Niel- |
son for some time; that he had paid her
much attention and had been very jealous
of her recently. Nielson was about 35
years of age, and was at one titre a sea
captain. Mrs. Carroll is about 39 years old.
Her father, whose name is Kornder. is a
dry goods merchant with a place of busi
ness in Brooklyn.
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