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MORGAN “TRUSTEE”
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
President Spencer Wires
S. M. Inman a Denial
\ That Either Horgan
or Southern Control.
NKW YORK. April 16.-Further progress
was reported today In the settlement of
the L. £ N. matter.
George W. Perkins, of J. Pierpont Mor
van A p*., and J. W. Gates, who claims
coatrof ot L. 4 N., were in conference
during the morning at the Morgan bank
ing house. It is assumed that the lines of
the agreement between the Gates and Bel
mont parties were discussed, but on this
and all mortem dealing with the situation
Messrs Perkin* and Gates were silent.
Samuel Spencer, who said that the
Southern railway had ne interest in L.&
N.. also called to see Mr. Perkins. He
said nothing to add to bls statement of
yesterday
A »e ml-official statement credited to a
member of J.‘ P- Morgan & Co. to the ef
fect that L. * N. k now a Morgan road,
and that its policy will be dictated by Mr.
Morgan was discredited by one of the lat
ter's partners this morning.
•Morgan A Co. will act as trustees of
the L. A N. road." said this party. "That
is all we have been asked to do. and we
do not propose to go outside our province.
We are to be stewards of the property
and will manage it for the best Interests
of the stockholders." j-
The regular monthly meeting of the L.
A N. directors Is scheduled for tomorrow
In this city. It is altogether unlikely,
however, that* the meeting will be held as
the directors are scattered all over the
country and it will be almost impossible
to gather a quorum.
August Belmont had nothing to add to
day to his brief itatanent of last night.
It may be stated, however, that the Bel
mont interests do not admit having lost
control of the L. A N. Mr. Belmont de
clines absolutely to discuss this point and
has nothing to say regarding the state
ment that he too will turn over some L. &
N. stock to J. P. Morgan and company.
The statement of Harris. Gates A Co.
that they bought control of b. A N. im
plies that they are actually holding phy
sical possession of over 360.0t0 shares of
stock Including the stock now out on
• time" contract and deliverable some two
to four weeks off. Effort to get a definite
statement from the Gates interest regard
ing the phase of the situation were fu
tile. This naturally gives rise to the sug
gestion that some changes may soon take
place tn the L. A N. board that Mr. Gates
will be permitted to name several direc
tors. From the highest possible source,
however, comes the statement that no
change is likely to be made in the L. Ar
K. directorate until Mr. Morgan's return
from abroad. Mr. Morgan ia not expect
ed back until the early summer.
One of the latest versions of th* Louia-
-The Gates holdings have been divided
into three parts. J. P. Morgan A Co. tak
ing owe-third and Messrs. Gate* & Haw
ley the remainder a Morgan A Co. take
this interest on the understanding that
L g >• is to be operated in harmony with
Morgan interests in the same section of
the country. _ .1
Ye*t*r«l*y** move in Southern railway is
attributed to Gates' desire to secure an
Interest in that property. He is reported
to have been Informed that the best way
th get it was to go Into the open market,
which he and his followers are reported
to have done to the extent of aoout 200.000
Shares. The substance of these reports
was outlined to Samuel Spencer, president
of the Southern. He appeared to be Inter
ested. but made no comment.
Mr Spencer and Mr. Stetson, attorney
for J. P. Morgan. spent considerable
time at Mr. Morgan A Co.’* office this af
ternoon conferring with Mr. Perkins.
'AH Interested refused to discuss the
terms of the agreement between Mr. Gates
and Mr. Belmont nor could it be learned
when the terms are likely to be made
public.
PRESIDENT SPENCER
WIRES S. M. INMAN
President Samuel Spencer, of the South
ern railway, this morning sent a long tele
gram to Mr. 8 M. Inman, one of the di
rectors of the Southern, also a member of
the executive committee of the board of
director* of the Southern railway, dealing
With the railroad situation as it now ex
ists. He declares positively that the
Southern has no control, and that J. P.
Morgan A Co. have been simply appealed
to as banker* and not as representing any
ot tbetr railway interest*. The following
la a copy of Mr. Spncer'* telegram to Mr.
Inman:
•*B. M. Inman. Atlanta. Ga.:
"The Louisville and Nashville situation,
which 'has been so prominently before the
public and so much dtkeussed in the news
papers in the past few day*, is simply this:
Mr. Gate* and hl* associates, apparently
without any consultation with any rail
way intereat in the south or alaewhere.
and entirely on their own account, bought
in the open market large blocks of Louis
ville and Nashville stock, claimed now to
be a clear majority.
"By reason of a large short Interest,
growing partially but of the sale by the
Louisville and Nashville company. of
to.ooo shares—an authorised additional is
sue of treasury stock—which was not list
ed and therefore not a good delivery on
* th* exchange, a serious corner was im
minent J. P. Morgan A Co. were appeal
ed to to use their influence to prevent
such a dlaastrous condition. After two
days' negotiations this has resulted In an
agreement by whlch\the Gates stock will
be deposited with and* placed under the
control of J. P. Morgan A Co., aa hank
ers and not as representing any **s>~*y
interest, and with no purpose except to
conserve in th* b**t possible way the gen
eral financial and business situation and
avoid the serious complications which
have threatened. The Southern Railway
company has had and has no Interest, di
rectly or Indirectly, present or prospect
ive, in the purchase of the stock or in its
deposit as above with J. P. Morgan A
Co. There Is no contest for the control of
the Louisville and Naahvllle by any other
railway company, and not likely to be
any. certainly not by the Southern. I send
you this in order that you may make the
Situation clear to those who are Inter
ested. and also to the public if in your
Judgment It seems desirable.
"SAMVEL SPENCER -
WALL STREET IS CERTAIN
THAT SOUTHERN CONTROLS
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
NEW YORK. April IC—Despite long and
repeated denials that the L. A N. is to be
eoaae a Morgan road, and that the South
ern railway interest in its management
will dominate in the future. Wall street
and the public are convinced that the con
trary Is true
One reason, according to Wall street.,for
the emphatic and numerous dentals is that
the Morgan interests are afraid that a
knowledge of their plans for the Southern
lines at this time, will Influence the trial
of the government's, case against th*
BI FIBE FIEND
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11 MIL
NEW TORK. April 16—Thirty-one mil
lion dollars In silver bullion in the assay
office, at No. 30 Wall street, has been In
danger of being melted by a fire which
burned in one of the basements sos two
hours. None but the employes knew of
the Are and they finally overcame it with
out assistance. t
Next door to the assay office is the sub
treasury, where the government usually
has from 8100,000,000 to 1200.000,000 stored. In
some way Are in the silver smelting room
was 'communicated to a barrel *f lard
mixture used 'in the smelting process.
There were 23 barrels of this inflammable
mixture in the room and like a flash they
were enveloped in a sheet of flame so in
tense in heat that tt was feared ths great
treasury in a vault of the room would be
melted. There was no time to close the
steel doors of the vault, and the flames
from the barrels were so close that it was
impossible for anyone to approach near
enough to shut them.
Fifty employes in the basement,' thor
oughly drilled for such ar. emergency,
were quickly at work, despite the dense
smoke. All windows and scuttles were
closed to prevent giving the alarm to the
public and when, after two hours' work,
the last vestige of the fire had disappear
ed, windows opening at the rear were used
to carry out the smoke.
J. R. Bishop Die* From Knife Stabs.
ELLIJAY. Gk., April 14.-* R. Bishop
was stabbed to death by Elisha Bramlett
today at 12 o'clock. ,
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It is also said that they have been ad
vised that th* proposed merger has been
accepted with disfavor throughout the
south.
If the government loses its case against
th* Northern Securities eempany. as Wall
street confidently expects, the details of
the merger of southern roads will then ty
given to the public. . . J
“DARE NOT THROTTLE,”
SAYS GOVERNOR CANDLER
There has recently been a revival of the
talk of extending the Western and Atlan
tic ralroad. owned by the state to the
seacoast, which extension was suggested
by The Journal six months agd. Some
people view the suggestion favorably,
while others regard it as impracticable.
Governor Candler stated this morning
that in 1876, when he was a member of the
legislature, he attempted to get a meas
ure through the house authorising the
building of the line on to Brunswick by
connecting the Macon and Brunswick
road with the Western and Atlantic.
The state of Georgia opce owned the
Macon and Brunswick railroad, and it was
at that time that the effort was made to
build a connecting link between Atlanta
and Macon.
Speaking of the matter this morning
Governor Candler said:
"I do not know exactly what to say
about the extension of the road to
the seacoasrt. It would be necessary Wor
me to work the matter out before I could
express a definite opinion. Such a matter
was contemplated In 1871. when I was in
the legislature. The state had come into
possession of the road by being! the en
dorser of the bonds of that road, and
when an effort was being made to sell it,
iwith several other legislators advocated
uildlng a connecting line between Ma
con and Atlanta, which would have given
us a direct line from Chattanooga to the
coast.
"There is plenty of time to look Into
th* matter, however. The railroads would
not dare botue up the state road. My po
sit'.on Is to just let them try it. They may*
merger the big line*.throughout the coun
try and control them, but no railroad or
railroads on earth can control the 8,000,000
of people In Georgia. Whenever any at
tempt is made to bottle up the stat* road,
then you will hear from the people, and so
will the railroads. -Railroads are mighty '
strong and they have lots of money be
hind them, but they cannot afford to trifle
with 3.010.000 people, when the interests
of those people are at stake. I say let
them try to bottle up the state road." |
MALAVAR SURRENDERS
TO AMERICAN TROOPS
WASHINGTON. April 16.—The war de
partment has received a cablegram from
General Chaffee dated Manila today in
which he says:
“Unconditioal surrender of Ma!*var to
day to Brigadier General J. F. Bell. Or
ganised armed resistance to United
States terminated department north Phil
ippines." \
GEN. CHAFFEE CHARGES
( MURDER TO FILIFINOS
WASHINGTON April 16.-The follow
ing cablegram from General Chaffee dat
ed yesterday was trade public at the war
department today:
"With reference to my telegram of Krd,
ultimo, reporting attack by Moros, recon
nalsance under Forsythe, March 15. sol
diers 27th regiment U. S. infantry, mur
dered by Moros, vicinity of Parang-Pa
rang. March 30 two soldiers 27th infantry
having one gun were approached with the
semblance of friendship by six Moror
near Malabon. Rifle seized, one soldier
killed, other severely wounded, but es
caped. Murder without provocation or
Justiflcation in any way. Murderers
known: demand has been made for their
surrender. Thu* far "Datto* refused to
deliver them. Have been to Malajaaug,
CHINESE LAW
KILLED IN
SENATE
THE PACIFIC COAST BILL IS RE
JECTED AND THE PLATT
SUBSTITUTE IS ADOPTED IN
ITS STEAD.
WASHINGTON. April 17.—The result of
the vote on the Chinese exclusion bill was
a decisive victory for those who have op
posed the extreme position coming from
the Pacific coast and who have believed
our interests could be more completely
safeguarded by the re-enactment of the
Geary law. '• Under this the interests of
American labon are fully protected and
there Is no danger of a breach in the
friendly Motions between the United
States and China. Os course the effect
of this is pimply to postpone the fight, un
til the expiration of the present treaty
with China, when the whole question
must be gone inti again. The decisive
character of the vote in the senate today
seems Vo indicate that the house must in
the eud agree -with today's action.
Ins tend of the drastic Chinese exclusion
bill originally framed by the senators and
reprepentatlves from the Pacific const
state*, which met defeat, the senate sub
stituted a measure offered by Mr. Platt,
<sf Connecticut, extending the provisions
of the - present exclusion law, and also
applying that exclusion to all Insular ter
ritory under the jurisdiction of the United
States. The vote by which the substitute
took the place of the original bIH was,
yeas 48 tp nays 33.
OESPERADOESLOOT
1W STORE
DISCOVERED IN THE ACT OF ROB
BERY, THEY TRY TO KILL*'
THE MAN WHO INTER-
RUPTS THEM. *
SPARTANBURG, 8. C., April 16.—The
store of J. J. Frey, at Fair Forest, was
the scene of an exciting robbery last night.
Although little of value was secured by
the robbers, th® details, however, lend the
color of th* true western style.
Alex Beasoa, watchman at the oil mill,
jßhtehnear atoty. . notic *<J
a light ta the building at midnight, and
that faet Attracted his attention; *o he
proceeded to investigate the cause. When
he was on the point of entering the store
he wag confronted by an unknown man,
who held a pistol at Beason's head and
commanded him to stop. He did not stop,
however, and the unknown fired twice.
This brought to ths scene a third party,
who also fired at Beason, who by this
time needed no further argument that his
presence was undesirable.
The owner of the store and Beason re
turned to the scene a few minutes later,
but the birds had flown. Bloodhounds were
secured this morning, but they failed to
track the parties farther than the rail
road. where it is supposed they boarded
a passing freight for Greenville.
BOURKE COCHRAN GUEST
OF HIS HOLINESS, THE POPE
NEW YORK. April 16.—Bourke Coch
ran, of New York, who has just been re
ceived in audience by the pope, says he
found th* pontiff amazingly stronger
than at his last audience, five years ago,
cables th* Rome correspondent of the
Tribune. The pope showed a wonderful
memory, rectfllectlng all the circumstan
ces about his visitor and New York af
falfsl speaking with a firm voice.
From other, sources It Is learned that the
pope expressed satisfaction over the new
bonds of union between America and the
Holy See. from the mission of' Governor
Taft and tke aettlemeht of the Philip
pines question.
POLICEMAN’S SLAyFr -
WILL DIE ON GALLOWS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 16.—Jim
Webb, the murderer of Patrolman W. P.
Walton, was tried in the criminal court
yesterday afternoon and the jury affixed
the death penalty. Webb is an ignorant
negro. Me had threatened the life of an
other negro and Walton went to his room
to arrest him. The officer had no ,dea that
the negro would shoot him. As soon as
Walton opened the door the negro opened
Are on him and shot him dead in his
tracks, hr. Walton was one of the most
efficient men of the force and was univer
sally respected. He left a wife and fam
ily.
Emigrate to America.
CHRISTIANA. Norway, April 14.—The past
week broke records of emigration to America.
Thirtsen hunderd Scandinavians sailed from
this port.
tried to confer with Ahem. Waited three
i days. Dittos failed to come or acknowl
i edge receipts of my request for confer-
ence. Expedition of 1.200 men, Col. Frank
D. Baldwin, cavalry, artillery, being
former, leaving for Lake Lano about
April 28. purpose arrest murderers, punish
insurgents. Absolutely important our au
} thortty respected by these people: that
I sovereignty of United States fully ac
| knowledge. Have addressed letter to this
I effect to Dattos; at the same time in
j formed of friendly disposition of govern-
• ment; that purpose was to puntsh only
I those giving offense; that government
| claims right to explore country between
Iliana andlllimar Ba ya; that we may pro
pose to do so now and at any other time.
“Accomplishment of this object neces
sary to. retain battalion of seventeenth
two months longer. My belief at present
time is that a large majority of Dattos
will not support those implicated mur
derers.."
Parang-Parang is anchorage in Poll*o
i harbor, on the west coast of the main-
• land of Mindanao. Malabang lies about
I twenty miles north on the coast and is
i connected by a miliary cabl*. Lake La
no is situated about twenty-five miles
' northeast of Malabang in the interior.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1902.
WOMANFAINTS
BEFORE JURY
IN COURT
MRS. MOLLIE DUNCAN CRE
ATES A DRAMATIC SCENE
WHILE ON TRIAL FOR MUR
DER OF'HER HUSBAND.
Sensational and startling in the extreme
was the acene in the criminal division
of the superior court last night when
Mrs. Mollie E. Duncan, on trial for her
life for the shooting of her husband, fell
in a faint on the floor In full view of the
Jury and screamed hysterically.
The act,, whether voluntary ‘or Involun
tary, upon the part of the prisoner, may
be instrumental in causing a mistrial In
this, one of the most interesting case*
ever tried in'the <y>urta pf Fulton county.
When Mrs. Duncan had been borne to a
private room dn a sofa, the crowd had
dispersed, and the jury lucked in the Jury
room, Judge Candler, Before whom the
case was tried, mountml She bench and
asked the woman's counsel why" a mistrial
should not be declared there and then.
A vigorous protest wa* made and Soli
citor General Hill declining to request a
mistrial the court announced that the
matter would doubtless be further consid
ered this morning. The jury was recalled
to the box and was InstfuCfefl hot to dis
cuss the cose while tn their room at the
hotel. .
Mrs. Mollie Eady Dupcan was Wed
nesday placed on trial for her life in the
criminal branch of the: Fulton superior
court, with Judge J. 8. Candler presiding.
She is charged with murder of her
husband, James M. Duncan. The entire
morning session was spent in securing a
Jury, and when the coilrt adjourned for
dinner,, at 12:30, all juiiymen had been
selected,-
The case was called at 10:25 and nearly
an hour was lost In enddkvoring to find
three important witnesses for the state,
who had been subpoenated, and who had
failed to ahow up whe* the case Fas
called. Bk \
During this time Mrs. ’Dfincan sat talk
ing with her eldest son, a manly looking
little fellow of about tei.
The aged father of J»mes M. Duncan,
the man killed by Mrs. Duncan, was in
the court, and while waiting for the wit
nesses to be found be over to the
chair where Mrs. Duhcaijwas seated, and.
after shaking hands with her, spoke a
few cheerful words. ;»•
Mrs. Duncan did not afpear at all nerv
ous during the morning eiwion. and bore
up extremely wyfll. 'She sat by the side of
her attorney and took a decided interest
in the selection, of tty m nr who, are to de
cide her fate. y ,
She wa* dsMMd entliHto’ tofWack, and
looked extremely pretty. Mt*. Duncan I*
a tail brunette. She was very pale, and
much sympathy was expressed for her
when she entered the courtroom. During
all the morning she sat at the table wljh
her attorneys, fingering her fan, and now
and tnen speaking to them about the
talesmen. She watched each Juryman
from the time he roa* until he was reject
ed or sent to the Jury room. She never,
for a moment, took her eyes off them, and
more than once shook her head when a
jurymafn was called and the defense im
mediately pbjected. On many of the jury
men, the attorneys for the defense took
more than the one minute allowed to de
cide, and Judge Candler continually called
on them to hurry.
1 The First Witness. 1
Dr. W. C. Fisher, for the state, was the
first witness called. He testified in re
gard to the wounds he found on Dun
can, and said that the bullet was fired
oy a person' who was level with each
other.
H. f<. Granar was then called to the
stand. Granar keeps a boarding house on
North Forsyth street, where the shooting
took place. He was In a room directly
across the hall under the floor on which
the shooting took place. He said that he
heard no scuffle before the shot was flred.
H* heard the shot, but It did not surprise
him, and for one minute he did not move.
Then he started upstairs, and met Miss
Shelnutt, followed by Mrs. Duncan, com
ing down the stairs. Mrs. Duncan had a
pistol in her hand, which he took from
her. She told him she had shot her hus
band, but that she had killed him in self
denfenee. *
Duncan, he testified, was alone In the
room when he entered, and was lying on
his right side. <
POISOnIs?OUNDHN — I ’
STOMACH OF CORPSE
DENVER, Col., April 16.-BtartUng de
velopments have come to light regarding
the death of Representative Albert Ga
brln, who died at his home in this city
early on the evening of January Bth, from
what was then supposed to be acute gas
tritis, superinduced by fermented wine
used In making a mixed drink, which he
and <other members of his family conaum
ed at a family reunion on, New Year's
day.
Shortly after his death Dr. Wilder per
formed an autopsy, rempvljig the stomach
and portions of other internal organs.
These, with samples of the wine used In
the punch, were turned over to Dr.
Hlllkowitz, who made chemical analysis.
He has filed with Dr. Kleiner, the physi
cian who attended Mr. Gabrln when he
died, his report on what he found.
Dr. Hlllkowitz says h£> found large
quantities of arsenic in -the wine and
traces of poison in the internal organs,
especially in the stomach. The chemical
analyses shewed there were three and
one-half grains of arsenic to* a tumberful
of wine. z
Such an amount could never be ascribed
to any accidental ImpuMty in the wine,
says the chemist's report.
The death of Mr. Gabrtn is to be inves
tigated by the Woodmen, of which society
he was a member In good standing at the
time of his death. He carried a large life
insurance policy. The payment of the pol
icy has been stopped pending the result
of the Investigation.
Miss Agnes Gabrln, sister of the deceas
ed, and his father, Herman Gabrln, both
of whom drank wine at the reunion, are
very sitk. and have been since that time.
The condition of the young woman last
night was serious. Dr. Albers, the physi
cian attending them, says they are suf
fering from acetate oir arsenic poisoning
over three months after the fatal dose
was drunk. 1
COTTON SEED OIL
MILL WILL BE ERECTED
PENSACOLA, Fla.. April 15. J. W. Block,
of Montgomery, president of an extensive cot
ton seed oil manufactory, recently visited here
and as a result of his investigations his com
pany has purchased a large tract of land
Just beyond the city limits upon which will
soon be erected a great cotton seed oil fac
tory. The purchased tract embraces seven
acres, and the promise Is held out that the en
tire output will be sent tb European markets
through Pensacola.
FOB FREEDOM
Will LEIP
WHS MADE
CONVICT SPRANG FROM FAST
FLYING TRAIN ANO IS RECAP
TURED BY OFFICERS IN A DY
ING CONDITION.
ANNISTON. Ala., April 16.—Pasaengefa
on the westbound Southern train told a
thrilling atory when they reached the city
this morning of a United States prisoner’s
attempt to escape by Jumping from a
moving train at Iron City, 20 miles east
of this city, at 11 o’clock.
The prisoner’s name was Moses Will
iams, white, and he was In the egre of two
United States deputies, who w4re carry
ing him to Birmingham for trial. He is
wanted In this state on the charge of
counterfeiting, and was arrested in North
Carolina a few days ago.
The scene where he tried to escapp is in
Cleburne county mountains, miles
east of Iron City. <
Williams was unhandcuffed for some
reason, and allowed to sit oh a back seat
of the smoker, while one deputy went to
the front end of the car and the other
went Into the negro car.
A passenger sitting just In front of Will
iams says that he got up, apparently to go
to the water cooler, but made a dash
when he reached it and Jumped fron| the
steps of the train, which was running
down grade at the rate of about 40 miles
per hour. The deputies left the train at
Iron City and went back, and a message
Just received here says Williams has been
Yecaptured and brought to Iron. City in a
dying condition. The deputies were se
verely criticised for the manner in which
Williams was guarded. Williams i* said
to be a dangerous character. >
BIRMiGHMN
HIS LOST HIS MIND
ONCE PROSPEROUS MERCHANT
HAS BECOME MENTALLY UN
BALANCED—TO BE SENT f
TO ASYLUM.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. April 16.—As the
result of an investigation Into his <tondi
tlan. Tom O. BurweJl. *f this city, will
be sent ‘to the state insane asylurfl, as
being non compos mentis. Burwell, Who
jvas formerly a prosperous merchant in
fhis community, the past few years, has
been drinking heavily and lately began a
career of fraud, representing himself as
the traveling passenger agent of ’various
railroads, and borrowing money on that
representation. He was Anally arrested
at Decatur on a charge preferred by a
party in Georgia and taken to Montgom
ery. The criminal charge against him
will be abated. Mr. Burwell comes of
excellent family connections, and they lent
their efforts In th* direction of establish
ing his mental Incapacity, being con
vinced that he ia off. He has a wife and
three children in Jefferson county.
RELATivErMAKEIIEQUEST
FOR FLAGLER ESTATE
YORK, April 16.—Application has
been made to Justice Scott, In th* su
preme court, by three men who claim thsy
are nephews of Mrs. Ida A. Flagler, th*
former wife of Henry M. Flagler, for an
annual allowance of j1,5C0 each out of the
estate of Mrs. Flagler, who was adjudged
Incompetent on August 4, 18S9, 'and is in
a sanitarium. The applicants are William
Taylor, of Nora Springs. la.; Richard W.
Taylor, of Rockford. la., and George W.
Taylor, of Ellensburg Wash., who allege
they are the only surviving children of
Mrs. Flagler's dead sister, Mary Emma
Taylor. ,
They set forth that on the death of their
mother, in 1876, they were placed in the
New Ybrk Juvenile asylum, and in the
same year were sent to lowa and apyren
'tlced to persons. They believe their fath
er is dead. Mrs. Flagler’s estate Is said
to be worth nearly 82.CG0.000. The appli
cation was not opposed, but the court was
asked to n\ake such equitable provision
for the nephews as\pilght seem proper.
Justice Scott appointed a referee to take
testimony as to the questions of fact rais
ed by the application.
ROOSEVELT’S LIFE~
HEAVILY INSURED
NEW YORlt. April 14 Since he became chief
executive of the cation President Roosevelt
has become one of the most heavily Insured
men In • v, e United States.
The president has taken out a policy for
In a New York company, besides continuing
policies for small amounts which he had
taken out long before he was elected governor
of New York. /
President Roosevelt’s policies. It is under
stood. exceed by 115.<X» or 120. CWJ, those held
by President McKinley. Mrs. McKinley was
paid about $30,000 on policies on her husband •
GREAT NORTHERN ROAD
STOPPED BY INJUNCTION
VICTORIA. B. C., April 16.—Another in
junction has been granted to stop wqrk
on the Victoria, Vancouver and Eastern
Railway, the British Columbia branch of
the Grreat Northern railway in the bound
ary district. The application for the in
junction was made on the following
grounds:
1. That work on the line was not com
menced until after the expiratibn of the
charter granted to the Victoria, Van
couver and Eastern Railway.
2. That the powers of the company have
been delegated to an American corpora
tion. viz., the Great Northern Railway.
3. That the present work is not for the
purpose of building the Coast to Koote
nia. Railway, but from Cascade to Car
son. as a part of the line designed to run
from Republic to Marcus, a continuation
of the Nelson and Fort, Shepard Railway,
and instead of bringing the Republic
Camp ores to the Granby smelter at Grand
Forks, a smelter in Canada, it is intend
ed to carry them through Canadian ter
ritory to the smelters of Northport and
other United States points and thereby
frustrating the express intentions of the
legislature in granting the Victoria, Van
couver and Eastern charter.
The injunction will come up for argu-
CHINESE MOWED DOWN
BY REBELS’ BULLETS
I : '
M UNKNOWN
MM KILLED
BI WE
SAN ANTONIO, Tax.. April 16.—An un
known man. about 35 years of age. was
ahot by officers in a saloon this morning
about 2 o’clock. His suspicious conduct
In the place caused the police to be no
tified and Officers Taylor. Harvey and
Hughes responded and located the man in
a rear room.* As soon as the door wss
opened the stranger drew a pistol and
Officers' Harvey and Hughes grappled
with him. i *
He flred at Taylor over Hayvey’s head,
burning the latter’s face. Taylor then
fired three shots, one of them taking ef
fect tn the heart of the stranger, killing
him instantly. Officer Harvey was grazed
by one of Taylor’s bullets.
The dead man appeared to be about 35
years of age, was five feet five inches high,
fairly well dressed and weighed about 1U
pounds.
When searched, two pistols were found
on him. also two wallets, one containing
FICO, tne other 3240 in currency; and $66
in bills was Pound hi his socks. He had
two spectacle cases, one stamped with the
name of a Little Rock merchant and an
other that of a Beaumont flrm. He had
no papers about him by which he Might
be identified.
MOTHER~ANDTWO CHILDREN
ARE CREMATED IN HOME
FRANKFORT. Mich., April 16.—Mrs.
Wallace E. King and her two children
•were burned to death at ttyiir home in
Wallin, a village fifteen miles from here,
early today.
The fire, which started from some un
known cause, destroyed one store and two
houses. The financial loss is fS,OOO.
II6HWH 8 »Z*»l C I I » 1 1
* QUEEN WILHELMINA *♦
•> CONTINUES VERY ILL t ♦
AMSTERDAM. April 16.—The of- 4
4 ficial newspapers here, this morn- 4
4 ing published the following bulletin: 4
4 "Queen Wilhelmina has been in- 4
4 disposed for some days. Her majes- 4
4 ty keeps to her bed and experiences 4
4 a feeling of general lassitude. There 4
4 is a® increase in her temperature." 4
4 LOKDON, April special di*- -4
4 patch from Amsterdam says: 4
4 Queen Wflhelmina’s condition is 4
4 serious. ♦
»J» This afternoon’s official bulletin at 4
<• The Hague, however, declares that 4
4 though the fever continues, her gen- 4
4 qral condition Is satisfactory. 4
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GEORGIA EDITORS HAVE
GALA DAY IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON. 8. C.. April 16.—The
Georgia editors are at the Magnolia gar
dens today. The editors leave for home
this afternoon at 5 o’clock.
The weather Is perfect and attendance at
the exposition very large.
Pennsylvania and Virginia are celebrat
ing at the exposition today.
Governor Stone and Governor Montague,
with their staffs, are here and a goodly
delegation from both states. •
Two companies of the Virginia militia
and the V. M. I. cadets attend the gov
ernor of Virginia.
the exercise* for the two states were
merged and were very simple, consisting
of welcoming addresses and replies by the
two executives, with a pleasant exchange
of compliments.
The Pennsylvanians made their head
quarters at their handsome building and
in the afternoon will hold exercises there,
formally transferring the structure to the
exposition. Several social entertainments
have been arranged in honor of the vis
itors.
Governor Longlno. of Mississippi, is also
here today, having come quite informally
and without attendance, to see the ex
position. He was Included In the party of
Pennsylvanians and Virginians at the ex
pos! ticn.
The city of Savannah Is also observing
today at the exposition and a delegation
headed ty Mayor Meyers is here.
WILL BUILD A SEWER
FOURTEEN MILES LONG
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. April 16.-The sani
tary commission of Jefferson county have de
termined to advertise for blds for the construc
tion of a trunk sewer fourteen miles long to
receive the offal from the town* lying in
Jones valley, including Birmingham. Blds are
to be received jjp to May 29th and the work is
to be completed by December, 1906. It was
also decided to advertise for bonds to be used
in the county sewer system. The legislature
has authorired the county to issue $500,000 al
t together for this purpose. The first bonds are
i to be delivered on July Ist and th* second in
; stallment tlx months later.
ment on May 6, and in the meantime work
must stop. It is only a few days since
the company re-commenced work after a
long w’alt, pending a former injunction,
which they put a stop to by bunching
the land which they were enjoined from
passing through. The present injunction
was obtained by the attorney general of
British Columbia and the Kettle River
railway company which has recently open
ed its line between Grand Forks and Re
public. ,
MAYOR BRIDGES SMITH
USES VETO POWER
MACON, Ga., April 16.—Mayor Bridges
Smith exercised the veto power yesterday
for the first time since he went into office.
He declared that the parks on Poplar
street shall not cease to be used as wag
on yards, until the railroads of the city
enter the same depot. Then he will favor
a more general plan of beautifying the
streets. The council tried to override his
veto, but the vote was a tie.
Council extended an invitation to the
military men of the to hold the
state shoot, urging the same reasons that
the chamber of commerce has urged.
NO. 62.
Two -Thousand Imperial
Soldiers Are Slain by Am
buscade Laid by Anti-
Government Troops.
HONG KONG. April 16.—A courier who
arrived at Canton yesterday reported that
over 2,000 imperialist soldiers, sent by
Marshal Su against the rebels, were am
bushed in a narrow defile and all were
killed or captured.
The situation in the rebellious dlatrict*
of Southern China is increasingly alarm
ing.
The viceroy of Canton haa telegraphed
to Pekin, urging the Immediate forward
ing of reinforcements.
Lack of news from General Ma and
Marshal Su is taken to indicate that the
rebels have surrounded the Imperial
troops and cut off communication wijh
them.
BLOOD OF CHINESE
SPILLED BY RUSSIANS
ST. PETERSBURG, April 16.-An official
dispatch received here from. Port Arthur
dated April 12th, announces that serious
fighting has occurred in the vicinity of
the boundary of the provinces of Mukden
and Kiran, Manchuria, between Russian
frontier guards and Chinese robbers, who
had been raiding railroad stations.
The Russians surrounded 800 Chinese at
Kiang-Tung-Ta 1, and only 30 of them es
caped. The Russian losses were very
small-
GUERRY AT DALTON;
, MANY HEAR SPEECH
DALTON. Ga., April 16.-Hon. Dupont
Guerry addressed an audience of about
three hundred voters at the court houa*
In Dalton Tuesday. Some forty wit
nesses from Dade county present at the
trial of J. G. Johnson, were present, and
together with the citixens of Whitfield
county, enabled Mr. Guerry to reach many
representative men. Mr. Guerry’* speech
was a strong and forceful argument in fa
vor of equalization of taxation, state pro
hibition, anti-lobbyism, and in favor of
the control of the people rather than th*
politicians. Hla speech was greeted with
frequent and hearty applause, showing
that he has many friends in this section
personally, and that the principle* h*
stands for. have many more.
Col. W. R. Rankin, of Gordon county,
candidate for the general assembly, Hon.
O. N. Starr, of Gordon county, Hon. C.
N. King, of Murray county, and number*
of prominent men and politician* from
neighboring counties filled the court room.
The crowd Tuesday manifested more in
terest in the state campaign than has
yet been shown. Judging from many re
marks heard at the conclusion of Mr.
Guerry’* address, he made a favorabl*
Impression upon tho# *
Guerry expressed great pleasure at th*
fact He also paid a high tribute to Hon.
A. W. Fite, judge of the Cherokee cir
cuit, and thanked htm for th* privilege of
occupying the noon intermission of court,
and for a little added time.
brussels”lmperiled
BY TORCH AND BOMB
BRUSSELS. April 16.—The number of
strikers in the chief industrial centers is
estimated as follows: x
At Charleroi, 50.000; In the Central dis
trict, 27,000: at Borinage. 25,000; at Liege.
30.000, and at Verlgers. 8,000.
Later in the day further large accession*
to the ranks of the strikers at Charleroi
brought the total In that district to 60.000.
The glass works at Courcelle* were prac
tically destroyed by fire last night. It 1*
estimated that th* damage will amount to
600.000 francs. It is believed the fire was
started by an incendiary. *
Disturbances were reported from va
rious parts of the country today. Small
bombs were exploded at Liege and else
where. A bottle filled with gunpowder
was exploded at the door of a residence
and at the glass works at' Mariemont,
near LaLouviere. Only trifling damage
was done by the explosion of the bombs.
At Renalx an earthenware Jar with a
fuse attached to it, was discovered on
the threshold of the Catholic club. The
fuse was extinguished by /a passerby. The
only other incident at Renalx was the
throwing of a lighted torch into a school.
The strike is spreading in Brussels.
About ten thousand men are out.
A detachment of civfc guards on duty in
the suburb of Etterbe became disgruntled
yesterday! evening on account of being
kept on duty in the heavy rain and pro
tested against remaining under arms any /
longer. . ,
Several other guards threw down their
arms and shook their fists in the officer*’
faces.
This, however, was an isolated incident.
The civic guards, generally, are thor
oughly reliable. On their behavior de
pends the tranquility of this city.
strikers7re quiet;
SITUATION SAME
AUGUSTA, Ga., April 16.—The strike sit
uation remains unchanged. Mr. Albert
Hibbert, general secretary of the Interna
tional Textile Workers’ union, was ex
pected to arrive here yesterday afternoon,
but did not arrive. Ha is expected to take
charge of the strike in behalf of the strik
ers, and will remain here until it is ended.
His coming Is looked forward to expect
antly, both by the strikers and the citizen*
generally, for it is expected that he will
make a strong effort to end the strike at
once, if it can possibly be done. ,
So far there has been no disorder of any
kind, and it is probably the first strike of
such magnitude that has progressed so far
without disorder. In she mH! district ev
erything is as quiet as on Sunday. Two
revival services are in progress which are
well attended. Not a single arrest has
been made since the strike began > and
there Is no loitering about the streets.
A large number of the idle operative*
have left, and numat-qr of them are leav
ing every day, finding employment in oth
er mills in the Carolinas and this state.
While they are very quiet the operative*
seem also very determined, and do not ex
press the least doubt as to their ultimate
success.
The mills will finish paying the back
time of the hands this week. No strike
benefit has as yet been paid.
QUAY REMEMBERS
FRIEND OF HIS YOUTH
JACKSON. Mis*.. April I«.~The reappoint
ment of Mrs. Llszlc Baldwin as postznietreae of
the city of Canton by the president the other
day recall* the loyalty and frlendahlp of Sen
ator Matt Quay. During Quay’s early days In
Mississippi, when he wa* a friendless school
teacher in Madison county, thia family bs
frlended him. Whatever else may be said of
Senator Quay, he has not forgotten the family
who were iflr, friends when he needed them
most. He first secured Mrs. Baldwin the po
sition of postmistress a number of years ago
and through his Influence she has held it ever
since and handled Uncle Sam’s moil* i* the
highest satisfaction.
