Newspaper Page Text
MS FILL ON
GHUVES OF
HEROES
THROUGHOUT ENTIRE UNITED
STATES DECORATION DAY
WAS FITTINGLY OBSERVED
LAST FRIDAY.
HUI 434444444444
4 U. 8. CONGRESS TO CARE 4
♦ FOR CONFEDERATE GRAVES. 4
4 WASHINGTON. May 30—The na- 4
4 tion’s capital is today engaged in ♦
4 decorating the graves of Union sol- 4
4 diets at Arlington, and the occa- 4
4 sion is made doubly significant by 4
4 the fact that on yesterday, the day 4
41 before the national Memorial day. 4
4 the house of representatives passed 4
4 a bill for the improvement and care 4
4 of Confederate mound in Oakwood 4
4 cemetery. Chicago—the first move 4
4 on the part of the United States 4
♦ government to care for the graves 4
♦ of Confederate dead. 4
4 Representative Loud, of Callfor- 4
4 nia. while offering no objection to 4
4 the measure, called attention to the 4
4 fact that there were buried at Con- 4
4 federate mound twelve Union sol- 4
4 diets and 4.089 Confederates, and 4
4 expressed the opinion that the bill 4
4 would be the first ste<p in the direc- 4
4 tlon of national care for the graves 4
4 of the Confederates. 4
♦ ♦
444»44«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«♦<»»♦ »♦« »!•
WASHINGTON. May 30,-Decoratlon day
was observed here today perhaps more
generally than ever before. The announce
ment that President Roosevelt would de
liver the oration at Arlington brought to
that historic city of the dead a vast con
course of people. The local arrangements
included a parade of all the G. A. R.. and
other patriotic organs, the decoration of
monuments and graves, addresses by
men prominent in the affairs of the gov
. ernment.
At Arlington, where the principal exer
cises were held, a national salute was
fired at 12 o’clock by the Fourth battery.
United States field artillery. Music was
rendered by the Marine band and by the
memorial choir. Upon arriving at Arling
ton. the procession marched to the tomb
of the unknown. The procession then
broke up and the decoration of graves be
gan.
Flowers for Confederates.
A touching feature of the work of dec
oration was the strewing of flowers over
the graves of the Confederate dead who
lie burled in a section of the cemetery.
‘ In the meantime a vast crowd had as
sembled at the amphitheatre where the
services were conducted. The familiar
strains of "Nearer. My God to Thee." by
the Marine band, marked the beginning of
the services, which had been most elab
orately planned.
After the Invocation and the rendition of
several numbers by the band and choir
Mr. E. B. Hay read Lincoln’s Fredericks
burg address.
Band Playa “America.*
General Ell Torrance, commander-tn
chlef of the G. A. R.. followed the presi
dent with a few remarks and then the ser
vices were brought to a close with the
playing of *’America" by the band, the
choir and assembly joining, and benedic
tion by Henry 8. Stevens, department
chaplain.
Immediately after the memorial exer
cises at the amphitheater, the monument
erected to the memory of Colonel Edgar
O’Connor, of the second Wisconsin regi
ment was unveiled. The address was de
livered by representative John J. Jenkins,
of Wisconsin
At the Soldiers' Home at Battle Ground
cemetery near the site of old Fort Ste
vens. and St. Elisabeth’s, where lie
countless numbers of veterans, who lost
their reason as a result of military ser
vice and who were buried in the asylum
grounds and at other cemeteries, appro
priate services were held.
Secretary Shaw delivered the oration at
Battle Ground cemetery, while his assis
tant secretary. Hon. M. S. Alles, made the
memorial address at St. Elisabeth’s.
Representative Gardner, of Wisconsin,
was the principal speaker at the national
cemetery. Soldiers home, where, too. there
was an Immense gathering of comrades
and relatives and friends of deceased sol
diers.
CHATTANOOGA BEDECKS
GRAVES OF FALLEN HEROES
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. May 36,-The
graves of 14.080 soldiers In the national
cemetery here were decorated today, in
cluding the graves of about 200 veterans or
the* Spanish-American war. The G. A. K.
and the Spanish-American, war veterans
conducted the ceremonies and were assist
ed by the Seventh cavalry. regulars,
mounted. The addresses of the day were
delivered by Col. R. B. Cooke, of this city,
for the Spanish-American war veterans,
and J. Richard Boyle, of Philadelphia, for
the G. A. R.
IN FAR-AWAY PHILIPPINES
GRAVES WERE DECORATED
MANILA. May 30.—The military forces
observed Decoration Day as a holiday.
There were impressive services at the
American cemetery, though the bodies of
only a few soldiers are now burled there.
The American club decorated the graves
of the civilians.
It was thought Inadvisable to declare the
day a public holiday.
BUST TO M’KINLEY
UNVEILED FRIDAY
PHILADELPHIA. May »-The feature
of the Decoration Day exercises in this
city eras the unveiling of the memorial
bronze bust and pedestai erected to the
memory of President McKinley by the
Philadelphia letter carriers and postof
flce employes.
Postmaster Clayton McMichael received
the gift from James O'Sullivan, chairman
of the local letter carriers* memorial asso
ciation. Former postmaster general
Charles Emory Smith delivered the ora
tion. The bronxe bust and pedestal coat
over 330.000
SIXTEEN THOUSAND GRAVES
FLOWER-STREWN IN ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS. May. May ».-The graves of
IS CO*) soldiers were decorated in St. Louis
today despite the threatening weather. As
usual, the principal exercises were held in
the national cemetery at Jefferson bar
racks. where most of the soldier dead He.
Grand Army posts.Unlon Veterans’ legion.
Sons of Veterans. Spanish war and Phil
ippine Island veterans.the Woman's Relief
corps. Daughters of Veterans, the Ladles*
Veterans’ legion, the Lovejoy Aid society
and the Elks participated. Detachments
were sent to other cemeteries. Where the
graves of soldiers and the monuments of
prominent officers were decorated.
Floral models of the steamers Cairo and
Louisville were set adrift on the river in
memory of the sailors who lost their lives
in the civil war.
IMPOSING MONUMENT
UNVEILED IN KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY. May 30,-The principal
feature of the Decoration Day exercises
here was the unveiling at Forest Hill cem
etery of an imposing shaft erected by the
Daughters of the Confederacy of this city
to the Confederate soldiers who died at
the battle of West Port, formerly a su
burb of Kansas City. It is the first Con
federate monument ever erected in Kansas
City. Thirteen little daughters of the
Confederacy drew aside the veil, and the
oration was delivered by James 11. Gannt,
judge of the Missouri supreme court.
At the various cemeteries G. A. R. vet
erans decorated the graves of the Union
soldiers, and a detail of the state militia
did like service at the graves of those
who died in the Spanish-American war.
ATLANTA DELEGATION WENT
TO MARIETTA CEMETERY
National Memorial day was observed at
Marietta Friday, where is located a
large national cemetery. Many federal
soldiers are buried there and members of
the G. A. R. are in Marietta in large
numbers.
Two special trains left Atlanta Friday
morning over the Western and Atlantic
railroad laden with people and flowers.
Appropriate exercises were held at the
national cemetery there, and glowing
tributes were paid the federal dead by the
orators.
The Atlanta postoffice and other federal
Institutions observed Sunday hours on ac
count of the holiday. Marietta also ob
served the day.
The Atlantans who went t*> Marietta
Friday returned on special trains.
The members of the G.- A. R- in this sec
tion always observe the national Memo
rial day and large numbers of them al
ways visit Marietta or Andersonville,
where national cemeteries are. This year
there was incorporated in the order re
garding the national memorial day a par
agraph'requesting the members of the G.
A. R. to decorate the graves of Confed
erate soldiers as well as the federal sol
diers wherever it was possible.
It is said that this order was car
ried into effect in every section of the
country, as the day was generally ob
served throughout the United States.
LUOfirSAYS
ALL GOES WELL
IN ORIENT
CIVIL GOVERNMENT IS FAST BE
ING ESTABLISHED AND CONFI
DENCE RESTORED IN *
PHILIPPINES.
WASHINGTON. May 31.-The war de
partment has just received from Acting
Governor Luke Wright of the Philipppine
commission, a resume of the situation in
the Islands which it is believed will do
much to restore confidence of the Ameri
can people in the American policy tn the
archipelago. Governor Wright Is a Demo
crat and a southerner, and It Is believed
that this will add further weight to the
report.
Governor Wright names the provinces in
which civil government will be establish
ed by the Fourth of July, and also those
iri which it is deemed best to allow the
military to control. He also mentions three
or four provinces in which there are still
hostilities, but predicts that they will be
pacified by the first of October.
It is said that Spain never had civil
government in more than seventeen prov
inces at one time. The United States now
have It in thirty-seven, with no change
in provincial boundaries or names in the
meantime. Over a large part of the arch
ipelago the department officials say not a
hostile shot has been fired. From the
facts and figures fiumished by Mr. Wright
It is shown that a greater area is now
quietly enjoying civil rule and recognixe
the authority of the United States than
has ever yielded to any other foreign
power. Governor Wright's report will be
used in the campaign this fall as an an
swer to the asesrtions as to misrule that
will be made by the Democrats.
The people of the islands, it is said, are
beginning to understand that the rule of,
the United States is for the better and
that they will enjoy the same freedom
practically as do the citizens of the Unit
ed States. It is said of late that there
has been * great decrease in the aiu. which
the insurgents in the fields receive from
the cities. There was a time when the
danger to American sovereignty was the
greatest not from the insurgents in the
field, but from those in the city who out
wardly professed to be friendly to the
United States, but were secretly plotting
and planning against us. They now real
ize that this government Intends to do
all It promises and have gradually drifted
away from their allegiance to the insur
gents.
CRUCiFiEDTOTBEEi
NAILED WITH SPIKES
FARMER IS ROBBED BY UNKNOWN
TRAMPS AND THEN NAILED
TO A TREE.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 31.—A special
from Huntsville. Ala., to the News says:
News reached Huntsville last night of
a terrible outrage committed upon Tom
Harless, a white farmer, who lives on
the Essllngcr place, near Berkeley.
Harless had been plowing and was eat
ing his dinner at a spring on the place,
when he was confronted by two strange
men with pistols, who demanded that he
throw up his hands. Tne farmer s pock
ets were then rifled of what money he
had. 34. and the robbers then backed him
up against a tree.
The loose folds of flesh on each side
were pulled out and nailed to the tree
with wire nails.
His hands were stretched above his
head and nailed to the tree, and with his
hands in this condition, the man remained
until dark, when he was rescued by a
farm hand.
Harless was literally crucified, and his
sufferings while nailed to the tree were
almost unendurable.
His hands are ruined and he will prob
ably not be able to work In several
months..*
Guerry at Albany.
ALBANY, Ga., May 30.—Hon. Dupont
Guerry spoke before an audience of some
300 hearers in the chautauqua auditorium
yesterday. He made practically the same
campaign speech that he has made every
where. .
»W4«5+444444444444444
♦ OVER WRECK OF THE MAINE *
4 FLAGS AND FLOWERS MINGLE. 4*
4 NEW YORK. May »—When the 4*
4 people of Havana awoke this morn- 4*
4* ing, says a dispatch from that city 4
4 to The Tribune, they saw on the 4
4> wreck of the Maine the evidence of 4*
4 thoughtfulness and appreciation on 4
4 the part of President Palma, who 4*
♦ ordered last evening that the wreck. 4
4* which stands as a monument for 4
4 more than 200 brave Americans, be 4
4 appropriately decorated to com- 4
4 memorate the day. American and 4
4 Cuban flags, garlands of roses and 4
4 wreaths constituted the decorations, 4
4 and memorial services will be held 4
4 in several of the American churches. 4
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY. JUNE 2, 1902.
SHIN TO IKE
HIS RHINOS
TONI
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
WILL IMITATE PLAN OF CON
GRESSMAN THOMPSON,. OF
ALABAMA.
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Secretary of
the Treasury Leslie M. Shaw has an
nounced his intention to conduct to lowa
for a tour through the state a party sim
ilar In character and purpose to the
Thompson party which recently toured the
south.
The announcement was made to the
guests of Mr. Thompson, who had gath
ered at the Hamilton hotel to present to
the Alabama representative a magnificent
gold watch.
Mr. Shaw was asked to speak on the
occasion and he made a happy reference
to the trip he had enjoyed with the party
in Alabama. He declared the plan which
was conceived and first tried by Mr.
Thompson was one of the greatest ideas
that had been suggested in years and be
believed it would be followed out gen
erally and would result In immense ad
vantage to the entire country.
Mr. Llttlefled, of Maine, made the pre
sentation speech when the watch was giv
en to Mr. Thompson. He spoke feelingly
of the great pleasure and material benefit
the members of the party had received
from their meeting with the people of Ala
bama. Mr. Thompson replied in a brief
speech in which he said he had been hon
ored by a company so distinguished ac
cepting his invitation.
“It is useless for me to tell you that my
people appreciated your coming and en
joyed your presence," he said. “They
realize now, as I did as soon as I learned
to know you, that you are men of honor
and that you are prompted by pure mo
tives and honest purposes. The beautiful
manner In which the people of my state
received you' doubly paid me for my ef
forts to make the trip pleasant for you.’"
CHARGE MADE THAT
THE ROADS POOLED
MEMPHIS, May 30.—The first prosecu
tion of common carriers in the United
States under section 5 of the Inter-state
commerce act as amended, has begun here
with indictments against six railroads, as
follows:
Illinois Central Railway Company.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company.
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
Railway Company.
The Frisco (K. C., M. & B.)
Southern Railway Company.
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Railjray Company.
The indictments were returned against
these railroads and their officials, because
the government contends that the declara
tion by each road is in fact a pool among
them to divide on a pro rata basis the cot
ton out of Memphis and to maintain rates.
This agreement was known among the
railroads as a “declaration."
The government called it a pool and the
evidence of it is alleged to have been so
strong that the gAnd jury returned the
indictments.
United States District Attorney Ran
dolph and J, T. Marchand, special attor
ney of the inter-state commerce commis
sion, are conducting the suits for the gov
ernment.
GUATEMALA EARTHQUAKE
WAS REPLETE WITH HORROR
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31.—Later de
tails of the earthquake in Guatemala only
add to its horrors. Passengers arriving
here on the steamer City of Sydney say
they understood that 1.400 dead were taken
from the ruins of Quezaltenango. One
man who was there, and aided in the work
of taking out the bodies, says that over 1,-
000 had been taken out when he left there
on May 13, 25 days after the city had been
destroyed. Reports of loss and damage
on the coffee plantations are beginning to
.come in. and they practically double the
total reported from the towns. The esti
mated figures run into the millions.
Tapachucula is a city of about 10,000 and
the damage to the town is estimated at
about $200,000. San Marcos, a town nearer
Quezaltenango, was also destroyed, with
great loss of life. There were 140 prisoners
in the jail and every man was killed,
crushed and buried under the falling walls.
In Ilachico, a town of 2,000 inhabitants,
not a house was left standing.
corpus christTday -
OBSERVED PI VIENNA
VIENNA, May 30.—Corpus Christi day
was celebrated yesterday with customary
magnificent ecclesiastical ceremony.
Emperor Francis Joseph, the archdukes,
the principal officers of state and the mu
nicipal authorities were present at high
mass in the cathedral at 7 in the morn
ing. Subsequently the whole body parad
ed the principal streets, headed by the
clergy and banners of every parish in the
city. The emperor walked, bare-headed,
carrying a lighted candle, behind the
host.
A large party of Americans, including
Robert S. McCormick, the United States
ambassador; Chancellor Hale, the secre
tary of the embassy; Capt. Floy W. Har
ris, the military attache, and Judge Fred
erick W. Holls, of New York, viewed the
pageant from the windows of the United
States consulate.
GOVERNMENT
FELICITATES THE CUBANS
NEW YORK. May 30.—President Plaza
has sent this cablegram to President Es
trada Palma, cables the Guayaquil, Ecua
dor correspondent of the Herald:
“In the name of the people and govern
ment of Ecuador I salute you, and sin
cerely feel rejoiced at the advent of the
Cuban republic,”
To this President Palma replied:
“I cordially appreciate your congratula
tions, and wish you and the people of the
republic of Ecuador all happiness and
prosperity.”
YOUNG WOMAN ARRESTED
WITH INFERNAL MACHINE
LONDON, May 30.—A dispatch to The
Central News from St. Petersburg, dated.
Tuesday. May 27, says:
“Secret service officers arrested a young
woman at Tsarskoe-Selo, the summer
residence of the czar, Tuesday, carrying
an infernal machine concealed tn a hand
kerchief.
“The Identity of the woman has not yet
been established.”
MOTHEFUOLLS HER CHILD
AND THEN SLAYS HERSELF
NEW YORK. May 30.-Mrs. Rose Flega
now. wife of a news dealer, killed her six
year-old daughter Bertha today by gas
asphyxiation, and then committed suicide
by taking carbolic acid. The woman had
been a sufferer from a nervous disease for
several years and it is supposed she was
temporarily Insane. /
ROOSEVELTS SPEECH
IS ROUNDLY CRITICISED
WASHINGTON, May 31.—Roosevelt’s
speech at Arlington yesterday over the
graves of the nation’s soldiers has started
the keenest criticism here, not only in
Democratic ranks, but among Republicans
who have a high sense of patriotism.- •
The speech is regarded on all sides as
the keynote of the coming campaign, since
it was nearly all devoted to a defense of
the war in the Philippine islands. It has
already been decided by Republican man
agers to harp on them in campaign fights
and the president’s utterances over the
graves of the dead will furnish the text.
No other orator on occasions of this kind
has dared to utter sentiments like Roose
velt's.
The southerners here are particularly
Incensed at the president’s hitting at
lynchings in the south. He took occasion
to say that “From time to time there oc
cur in our country, to the deep and last
ing shame of our people, lynchings carried
on under circumstances of inhuman cru
elty and barbarity—a cruelty infinitely
worse than any that has ever been com
mitted by our troops in the Philippines.
Worse to the victims and far more bru
talizing to those guilty of it.”
I A more inappropriate utterance, Dem
ocrats declare, could not be conceived.
Some even declare that his statements
following this are directly contrary to the
statements he made In the south. In which
he professed friendship and love for all
parts of the country.
To sum up the criticism heard on all
sides, it would seem the speech is re
garded as sectional, ill-timed and dema
gogic.
Flood . Damage Is Great.
LA JUNTA, Co io.. May 31.—The damage done
to the Santa Fe road through the Arkansas val
ley by the recent flood Is greater than at first
supposed. Near Caddo, 50 miles east of here,
several hundred feet of track Is washed out.
and it will probably be a week before transpor
tation may be resumed. The Santa Fe Is still
using the Missouri Pacific tracks. The flood is
subsiding.
SOUTIfIILLS
■ TO FORM I
COME
F. L. UNDERWOOD, OF NEW YORK,
IS FORMING MERGER—SOUTH-
ERN MILLS WILL ALL
ENTER.
From present prospects *lt appears that
all of the spinning mills in the south will
be merged within the next sixty days.
This was practically decided upon at a
meeting of prominent mill men, held, at
the Aragon hotel Friday.
If this combine Is carried out the south
ern mills, controlled by northern capital
ists, will control the bulk of the yarn
output in this country, and that these
mills, having 1,400,000 spinales, will regu
late the price of cotton for the entire
United States.
For several months there has been a
movement on foot to merge the southern
cotton mills with an idea to a more eco
nomic management and a more consist
ent schedule of prices. The men having
this combine in view were too ambitious,
wishing to combine both the weaving and
the yarn mills. This merger failed because
nearly all of the weaving mills in this
section of the country were in a prosper
ous condition.
The present merger is headed by L. F.
Underwood and Leonard Paulson, of New
York, and Oontgmplates a combine of the
yarn mills only. It Is hoped to get in this
combine many min owners who are now
operating at a suicidal rate and losing
money, and to harmonize the various in
terests, to discourage the building of new
mills which will make a specialty In
yarns, and to enlarge the present mills.
North Carolina, the largest cotton mill
state in the union, was the first state
visited by the promoters. A meeting of
the mill men was held in Charlotte on
Wednesday, and they decided that if 60
per cent of the mills would enter the com
bine it would be the best thing that could
be done for the yarn mills. With this
encouragement Mr. Underwood and Mr.
Paulson came to Atlanta, and a meeting
of the cotton mill men was held at the
Aragon Friday morning.
Mill men representing 207,000 spindles, a
majority of the spindles in this statd, were
present at the meeting Friday. Among
those who attended the meeting were:
8. D. Tyson, of Knoxville, Tenn.; James
J. Hooker, of Cincinnati; T. W. Pratt of
Huntsville, Ala.; M. W. Dunlap, of Mo
bile; Colonel T. M. Swift, of Colurtbus;
J. B. McM.dan, of Talledega, Ala.; W. A.
Robinson, of Anniston; M. M. McCS.ll, of
Opelika; Dr. T. 8. Plowman, of Talladega,
Ala.; T. M. Hobbs, of Athens, Ala.; R. D.
Warren, of Fayetteville, Tenn.; P. J.
Hayden and W. 8.. Witham, of Atlanta;
Dr. R. E. Freen, of Gainesville, Ga.;
Samuel Rutherford and T. E. Fletcher,
of Forsyth; William Parker and Charles
Adamson, of Cedartown; W. M. Harris,
of Hampton, and W. N. Hawkins, of
Hawkinsville, Ga.
Mr. Underwocd called .the meeting to
order, and explained his plan. He said
that fifty mill men were present In Char
lotte and had expressed themselves In
favor of the combine. Expressions were
then heard from the Atlanta mill men,
who stated that they were In favor of the
combine.
Mr. Underwood left that night for South
Carolina, where he will hold a meeting of
mill men.
IMMIGRATIdiTHIGHEST;
IMMIGRANTS ARE LOWEST
REW YORK, May 30.—Immigration is
now at the highest point in the history of
the country and average class of people
coming here is regarded by some of the
officials as the lowest.
Counting thb immigrants on board
steamships due to arrive today and to
morrow, the immigration for the month
will reach the record breaking total of
88.5C0. In May of 1893, the previous record
breaking month. 73.000 people came into
the country in the steerage of the Atlantic
liners.
The bulk of the immigrants are from
southern and southeastern Europe. Im
migration from Ireland, Germany, Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark, has fallen off
greatly. In former years immigrants from
these countries predominated. Seventy
per cent of the Immigrants now coming in
are from Russia, Austria, Hungary and
Italy. Most of these are non-producers.
The Immigration authorities say that
the great rush of aliens Is due to the com
mercial prosperity of this country and In
dustrial stagnation In nearly every Euro
pean country.
SPRING~PLACE MAN
HURT BY A TRAIN
DALTON, Ga., May 30.—Wednesday af
ternoon Mr. C. B. Maddox, of Spring
Place. Ga., was knocked from a freight
train on the W. and A. railroad, near
Graysville, and received severe injuries.
The facts seem to be that Mr. Mhddox
leaned out from the caboose and some
portion of the covered railroad bridge
struck him on the head and threw him
to the ground. Drs. Gordon and Bivings
were summoned when Mr. Maddox reach
ed Dalton, and they had him removed to
the Fincher hotel, where his wounds were
dressed. It is impossible to tell just how
badly he Is injured, but the physicians say
that the Injuries are not necessarily fatal.
Mr. Maddox is a brother of Hon. 8. P.
Maddox, solicitor general of the Cherokee
dnvslt.
ODD FELLOWS
DECIDE ON
mm
NEXT ANNUAL SESSION OF THE
GRAND LODGE WILL BEHELD
IN THIS CITY-GENEROUS
WELCOME OF GATE CITY.
The Grand Lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of the state of Geor
gia will hold Its next annual session In
Atlanta.
The whole souled manner In which the
riders of the goat were entertained thia
year won their hearts, and, despite the
pleas of Columbus and Valdosta, the Odd
Fellows decided that Atlanta was the only
place in the state for the holding of an
Odd 'Fellows cbnventlon.
The finance committee of the Grand
Lodge Thursday submitted its report,
recommending that Atlanta be chosen as
the meeting place for the Grand Lodge.
Columbus and Valdosta, with Invitations
from their mayors and their chambers of
commerce,. begged that the Odd Fellows
meet with them next year, but to no avail.
The secret sessions of the Odd Fellows
are being Jargely attended by the dele
gated to the Grand Lodge, and several
hundred delegates are present. The thou
sands of Odd Fellows from all over the
state who were present yesterday to par
ticipate in the great Odd Fellows parade,
are today spending their time in visiting
the points of interest about the city. They
are greatly pleased with the generous wel
come which has been accorded them, by
the people of Atlanta, and they are loud
in their praises of the Gate City.
The reports of all the officers were read
at the meetings of the Grand Lodge this
morning, and were all adopted. Plans to
increase the numbers of Odd Fellows in
the state were also formulated.
BISHOP CANDLER RETURNS
FROM DALLAS CONFERENCE
Among the delegates who have returned
from the Methodist Episcopal conference
at Dallas are Bishop Warren A. Candler
and Rev. R. J. Bigham, who is presiding
elder of the Atlanta district.
Dr. Bigham talked freely of the confer
ence and remarked that it was much
shorter and much more harmonious than
was anticipated, especially in view of the
fact that the war claim was up for dis
cussion.
“The most surprising legislation,” he
said, “was the establishment of the order
of deaconesses. There will be no ordina
tion, however, but merely a setting aside
of qualified women for -service, particular
ly for hospital and mission work.”
Dr. Bigham expressed regret at being
compelled to leave Atlanta, which he will
have to do on account of his appointment
as senior book agent of the church, with
headquarters at Nashville. In speaking
of his departure he paid a high tribute to
Atlanta and its people.
It is thought that Bishop Candler will
name a successor to Dr. Elghan) as pre
siding elder as soon as he shall have re
turned from Oxford. Miss., where he Is
going to deliver the commencement ser
mon before the State University of Mis
sissippi.
BOWEN GOES FREE;”
NOT GUILTY OF CRIME
BAINBRIDGE, Ga., May 31.—One of the
most interesting trials that has taken
place here In some time was tried In
the superior court yesterday. Ex-County
School Commissioner Robert Bowen was
tried for embezzlement. He was indicted
for embezzling about SI,2M of the county
funds.
There was much interest manifested In
the trial, the courtroom being crowded.
The state’s theory was that Bowen ap
propriated the money to his own use. The
state put in evidence letters that were
written by Mr. Bowen to the Guarantee
and Surety company, who were on his
bond, in which he admitted using the
money and gave as his reason for doing
so, that he had debts pressing upon him,
and his salary was not sufficient to main
tain his .family. The defense met this ev
idence with the contention tnat Mr. Bowen
was almost insane from trouble when he
wrote the letters.
The defense offered no evidence except
the statement of the defendant. The-jury
returned a verdict of not guilty. The de
fense was ably represented by Mr. J.
Sterling Roberts.
dr. andrewUlongshore
DIES IN NEWBERRY, S. C.
NEWBERRY, S. C., May 29.—After an 111-
nesa of about three weeks with typhoid fever.
Dr. Andrew L. Longshore died at his home In
this city last night, at 9 o’clock, aged 33
years.
Dr. Longshore was a graduate of the Medical
College of Baltimore, riass of ’9B. After hia
graduation he practiced his profession at his
home in. Silver Street until January of this
year, when he removed to Newberry. During
his short stay here he had built up for him
self quite a neat practice.
Dr. Longshore leaves a wife, formerly Miss
Emma Riser, daughter of Mr. W. W. Riser,
and one child, besides a host of friends to
mourn his death.
The remains will be interred in Trinity
church yard, near Sliver Street, this after
noon at 5 o’clock, the Knights of Pythias, of
which he was a member, having charge of
the funeral.
RUNNERS OF ALL PUMPS
WILL PROBABLY WALK OUT
WILKESBARRE, Pa., May 31.-There
is every reason to believe that the pump
runners will respond with practical una
nimity next Monday to President Mitch
ell’s order to strike unless granted an
eight hour work day and other conditions
prescribed by the Shamokin convention.
That the operators do not propose to
yield Is evinced by the high fences and
barbed wire which they have placed
around the collieries. Hundreds of extra
coal and Iron policemen have been em
ployed, armed with revolvers. These
armed men are back of the high board
fences and the barbed wire.
federaCgrand jury -
MEETS THIS MORNING
Tile federal grand jury is called to meet
Monday morning at which time the body will
consider a number of cases for violations of the
internal revenue laws. The session will proba
bly last two days.
The United States court will be engaged next
week in the trial of civil cases and no crim
inal business will be brought before it.
CAR RAroVER~NEGROF
VICTIM WALKED AWAY
COLUMBUS, Ga., May 31.—Vlrgel Wright, a
colored teamster from Shack, Ga., was run
over by an electric car in front of the Rankin
house today and to the surprise of everybody
he got up and walked off after the car stopped.
He is somewhat bruised up, but not fatally
hurt.
DR. JAMESON TO RETURN ’
TO SOUTH AFRICAN HOME
NEW YORK. May 30.—Dr. Jameson will
return to South Africa in a fortnight to
remain two years, says a Tribune dispatch
from London. He takes a hopeful view of
the future of the country.
WILL TRY MILLARD LEE
EARLY NEXT WEEK
A swift trial will be meted out to
Millard Lee. who shot and killed Miss
Lilia May Suttles Sunday in the little
church at Ben Hill. The case against
I.ee is the first on the calendar of the
criminal branch of the superior court,
which convenes under Judge John S.
Candler on Monday. June 9th.
Witnesses in this case have been sum
moned for that day.
This is not the only notorious case,
however, to come before this session of
the court, for on the following day is
set the case against Henry King, charged
by the grand jury with the murder of
Ed Battle during the recent Pittsburg
i riots.
1 On Wednesday, June Hth, the Duncan
case is scheduled for trial, if the other
cases can be cleared up by that time.
The first trial Mrs. Duncan was tried
she went into a fit of hysterics just as
the judge had charged the jury and that
body was preparing to withdraw. Judge
Candler declared a mistrial, and although
his ruling was bitterly fought by Mrs.
Duncan’s attorneys Judge Lumpkin up
held it and remanded Mrs. Duncan for
a new trial.
CANDLER AND GORDON
SPEAK AT VILLA RICA
VILLA RICA. Ga.. May 30.—General
John B. Gordon lectured at the college.
chapel last night to a magnificent audi
ence. Scarcely in the history of Villa Rica
have the people enjoyed a greater intel
lectual feast. “The Last Days of the Con
federacy” was the subject of General Gor
don’s lecture, and the lecture was thor
oughly enjoyed by old and young.
Governor A. D. Candler preceded Gen
eral Gordon in a short, but a most enjoy
able speech, and in a few chosen words
Introduced General Gordon. The people of
Villa Rica will long remember the occa
sion as one full of enjoyment and as an
Intellectual feast.
greeneaWgatnor
SAY JUDGE SPEER
IS PREJIDICED
PRISONERS ARE WILLING TO RE-
TURN FOR TRIAL BEFORE ANY
OTHER FEDERAL COURT
JUDGE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 31.—Benja
min D. Greene and John F. Gaynor, Amer
ican fugitives now in prison in Quebec,
of their own choice, to avoid extradition
to the United States to answer the charge
of embezzlement in connection with the
notorious case of Former Captain O. M.
Carter, and the frauds In the Savannah
harbor contracts, have notified the at
torney‘general that they are willing to
return to the United States and stand
trial before any judge of a United States
court, excepting Judge Emory Speer, of
Georgia.
This statement is made here by Andrew
J. Rose, who was one of the leading coun
sel In the case of Former Captain Car
ter, and one of the defenders of Greene
and Gaynor,
Mr. Rose said he was in Canada last
week and saw Greene and Gaynor, who
were perfectly willing to stand trial in
this country before any ojher judge than
Judge Speer.
They hold that they cannot get justice
from him as bls prejudice against them
is too strong to be overcome by any evi
dence that may be presented in their be
half.
Mr. Rose declared that Judge Sneer had
been heard to make remarks in the DeSoto
hotel at Savannah which, in 1:1c lawyer's
opinion, disqualified him from sitting at
the trial of his clients. It was while Mr.
Rose was protesting that the inpocencc of
Greene and Gaynor could be established
before any lair tribunal that the ques
tion was asked:
“Why do they not return to the United'
States and stand trial?”
“They have Informed the attorney gen
eral,” was the reply, ’that they arc will
ing to return and be tried by any judge
in the United States excepting Judge
Speer.”
Judge Newman, of Atlanta, may be
qualified to try the case.
JEFFEISOOAVIS’
BIRTHDAY WILL
,BL OBSERVED
ATLANTA CAMP, NO. 159, AND THE
DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFED
ERACY WILL HOLD EX
ERCISES.
Atlanta Camp, No. 159, will observe the
birthday of Jefferson Davis, which occurs
on Tuesday, June 3rd. Mayor Mims will
be the orator of the day. An excellent pro
gram has been prepared under the direc
tion of the officers of the camp and the
Daughters of the Confederacy, qyho have
joined with the members of the camp.
Mrs. W. S. Yeates is in charge of the
musical program for the occasion. Mayor
Mims, who is a Mississippian by birth,
was a close personal friend of the presi
dent of the Confederacy and his address
on the occasion of the anniversary will no
doubt be a fitting one.
Crosses of honor will be distributed by
the Daughters of the Confederacy on
Tuesday to those veterans who did not
receive them at the last delivery and who
have since made application for them.
The exercises will be held in the senate
chamber at the capltol.
GRAND JURY TO PROBE
EXPLOSION IN BIG MINE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.'. May 30.—A special
to The Sentinel from Clinton, Tenn., says:
Judge W: R. Hicks has instructed the
circuit court grand jury of Anderson coun
ty to investigate the cause of the Frater
ville mine explosion of May 19th at Coal
/Creek in which 216 men and boys lost their
lives. Major E. C. Camp and George
Camp, president, and State Mine Inspec
tor R. A. Shifflet and the men who went
with him on the official inspection last
Monday and members of the first rescuing
party to enter the mine, have been sub
poenaed to appear before the grand jury.
TALBOTTON IS JUBILANT
OVER RAILROAD’S ADVENT
TALBOTTON, Ga., May 30.—Talbotton
is jubilant over the prospects of the com
ing of the A. and B. railroad. Last night
the citizens gave a magnificent banquet
in honor of the surveying corps, headed by
Chief Engineer A. C. Olney. A souvenir
of flowers was pinned on eacji of the hon
ored guests by three of Talbotton’s belles.
Misses Lydia and Lucy McCoy and Miss
Alice Beall.
Covers were laid for 200. The surveyors
are headed for Warm Springs.
11l NIGHTMIRf
MIN SHOOTS
FRIEND
CHARLES E. BELL WOUNDS
HUGH ABERCROMBIE BUT DE
CLARES HE CAN REMEMBEI
NOTHING OF THE AFFAIR.
Struggling in the throes of some weird
frightful nightmare. Charles E. Bell, of 8
Pulliam, Friday night shot and seriouslj
wounded his friend and neighbor. Hugl
Abercrortible.' bookkeeper for J. J. & J: E
Maddox, wholesale grocers. The shootlni
took place shortly after 11 o’clock at th<
Bell residence. Mr. Abercrombie havim
been summoned there by the screams o’
the frightened family. As he entered th*
front door Bell, who was standing in tb<
hall, fired three times. Only one ball tool
effect,, entering the left side and passini
within an inch of the heart, h
The shooting was a most peculiar one
Bell, who Is 36 years of age, has lived ii
Atlanta all his life and has been know:
as a sober and industrious man. Hii
friends and family say he does not drink
For some time past he has been sufferlni
greatly from headaches, which were al
most constant. Nothing serious wa
thought of this, however.
Friday night he retired about 10 o’clocl
and went almost immediately to sleep
Shortly after 11 o’clock Mrs. P. A. Bell
his mother, and the children In the hou»
were aroused by his screams. They wen
long, terrible calls, as though the mat
was in awful agony and fright. Loudei
and louder the calls came, as the mothe:
approached his room- Inside, the mat
was found lying on his bed. screamini
as though demons were surrounding him
In terror the mother seized him and trie<
to wake him up. She called his name
called him “my boy,” shaking him all tiu
while, but being unable to get any re
sponse save the awful screams that wen
rapidly arousing the neighborhood sh<
rushed to a window and herself called foi
help.
Abercrombie lives at 87 Pulliam, nexl
door to the Bell’s, and he soon answered
Mrs. Bell’s summons, telling her he wai
coming. She went to the front door t€
let Mr. Abercrombie in and thought hei
son was still in his room. The demon ol
fear was still working on the man. He
had arisen from his bed, secured a pistol
from his bureau, where it had been kepi
for years, and fpllowed his mother into
the hall. As the front door opened. Bell
advanced with drawn gun and a face
distorted with the agony of terror. Selz
ing his mother about the waist with one
arm, he fired at Mr. Abercrombie, whe
had just entered the front door. The firsl
shot was fired before Abercrombie realized
what was happening. The pistol was sc
close that it burned his coat. The twe
subsequent shots were dodged in that re
markable manner that sometimes happens
during Intense excitertent, but can not be
explained later. Mr. Abercrombie re
members trying td get behind some ol
the furniture in the hall and later that he
retreated out of the dcor. He walked
back to his home, where his frightened
sister met him at the gate.
“I am shot,” he said. “Get a doctoi
quick. I think I have been hit twice.”
His left arm was paralyzed for the time
being, and he thought it, too. had been hit
Meanwhile neighbors 'had notified th<
police, and Call Officers Doyal and Rossei
rushed to the scene. The man still hat
the weapon when they arrived, but fall
mother took it from him as the officer)
entered the door.
When the officers took charge of Bell and
he was told what he had done, he did nol
appear to realize what he had done. He
was taken to police headquarters and lock
ed in a cell. He is charged on the state
docket with assault with intent to murder,
Nothing will be done in the case until it 11
seen how the wounded man gets.
Bell appears to greatly regret the whole
affair and seems unable to yet grasp the
facts entirely.
Bell says he has nothing in the world
against Abercrombie. They are neighbors
and have been friends. It was learned al
the Abercrombies’ home that Bell had of
fered his services every night for week)
when there was illness in the family. The
relations between the two could not hav«
been closer or more friendly.
At 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon the doc
tors removed the bullet. Mr. Abercrombie
stood the operation very well and it is
now expected that he will recover. Hil
condition is very favorable. Unless unfore
seen complications should arise, the doc*
tors say he will get well.
ALL BUSINESS SUSPENDS .
DURING PALMER FUNERAL
NEW ORLEANS, May 30.—The funeral
of Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer today was at
tended by thousands of people of all
classes and creeds. /
No such funeral in point of numbers has
been seen In this city since that of the
late Confederate president, Jefferson Da
vis, who died here.
There were thousands who could not se
cure entrance to the church, but who
stood In Lafayette square throughout the
ceremonies, which lasted from 10 to 11
o'clock.
It was the wish of the dead preacher
that no funeral orations be pronounced
over him. This request was compiled with,
two of the city ministers who had been
his theological students. Dr. R. Q. Mal
lard and James H. Nall, speaking briefly,
but In no way elaborately.
All the street cars of the city were stop
ped 10 minutes at 10 o’clock, the time
his funeral began. This was especially re
marked because Dr. Palmer’s death had
been caused by a street car accident.
All the commercial exchanges were clos
ed as well as many’ places of business
and the flag on the city hall was floated
at half mast.
BANDITS BLOW OPEN SAFE;
BLOODY BATTLE FOLLOWS
BEAUMONT, Tex., May 30.—The safe of
the treasurer of Hardin county at Kountze
was blown by burglars last night and all
the county money stolen.
The burglars and citizens had a battle
at Silsbe, ten miles east, at daylight. One
burglar was wounded, but all escaped into
a big thicket. Kountze is 20 miles north
of Beaumont. The sheriff of this county
with bloodhounds left for the scene on aa
early morning train.
A Runaway Marriage.
CARROLLTON, Ga.. May 31—At th*
courthouse this morning early a runaway
marriage from another was solemi>
ized. Two young people had started on an
eloping trip at 1 o’clock in the night from
Heflin, Ala., 35 miles distant, to find &
marriage license. The young man was
Mr. Jones Evans, a salesman in a store
in Heflin, and the young lady was Miss
Ella Vaughan, a pretty maiden in her
teens. The ceremony was solemnized by
’Squire John T. Norman.
Ellijay Man Dead.
ELLIJAY, Ga., May 30.—Mr. T. G.
Bryant, formerly of this place, died in
Kansas. City last Monday. His brother,
Mr. Victor Bryant, left immediately after
receiving a telegram. He- reached his
brother -some few hours before death
came. The body arrived bare today at
noon.
3
