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TROLLEYS OFF
ANO WHEELS
SILENT
NO CHANGE HAS COME TO THE
GREAT STREET CAR STRIKE
IN NEW ORLEANS AND ALL IS
QUIET.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. L-President H
H. Pearson. Jr., ot the New Orleans Rail
way company, arrives this mornin* from
New- York. He was asked immediately on
his arrival for a statement of the strike
situation, but said he could not utter a
single word more than was contained In
his tele*ram. which he had sent to the
local officials last night. The substance
of that message is that the company pro
poses to stand firmly on the April agree
ment with the employes.
This agreement the employee now desire
to set aside. The reason urged by the
employee for this action is that the com
pany has violated the agreement. This*
the company denies. For three'days the
mayor has been trying to reach a settle
ment of the strike through arbitration
and has attempted to get the employes
to show o roofs of their allegations that
the company has violated the April agree
ment. This the men decline to do unless
they may be allowed to do so before the
cars are started. The company says it
will arbitrate if the men will go to work
In the meantime. Thus the situation is
a deadlock and all hopes of arbitration
seem to be abandoned.
It is expected the company will adver
tise to this afternoon's papers for 900
conductors and motormen to take the
places of the strikers. This advertise
ment has been on the company's advertis
ing hook ever since Sunday morning.
There is no disorder of any kind today.
Not a car is running excepting the two
mail cars, although this is the fourth
day of the strike.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon there had
been no violence of any sort. No cars had
been run. but the three mail cars as yes
terday and Monday.
As soon as President Peterson arrived,
he hurried to the headquarters of the com
pany. where he was met by the local offi
• rials of the street railway company and
First Vice-President Charles H. Ledley, of
St. Louis, who is also the company's con
sulting engineer.
After being in session thirty minutes.
President Pearson gave out to the press
an official statement to the effect that he
was Informing himself of the local sit
uation as rapidly as possible but was en
tirely in accord with all the local officers
of the company.
He refused to answer the direct ques
tion. would the company advertise for men
to take the place of the strikers.
Want Non-Union Men.
It is expected, however, that this adver
teiament, which is already prepared, will
be inserted in the late editions of the af
ternoon papers or tn the morning papers
at the latest.
A proposition to take up further negoti
ations looking for arbitration of the strike
has been made by the union through the
mayor to the officials of the street railway
company. .This proposition was offered at
2:16 o'clock and may result to a settlement
of the great street railway strike.
Big Reward Offered.
The railway companies have just sent to
all the newspapers a very large display
advertisement to the effect that one thou
sand dollars reward will be given for the
arrest and conviction of any party ot
cutting their trolley wires.
BIG REVIVAL WILL BE
HELD AT TABERNACLE
Beginning next Sunday the Baptist Tab
ernacle will inaugurate a bl* revival which
to to be conducted by a western evangelist
and his singer. The evangelist to Dr. Hen
ry Ost rum. of Indiana, who to accom
panied by Professor Hillis, a singer of con
siderable reputation.
Professor Hillis. the singer, established
quite a reputation for himself during a
number of religious campaigns through
the west In company with Rev. B. Fay
Mills.
On the opening day of the meeting at the
Tabernacle, there will be three services.
The first dr these services will be held in
the morning at 11 o'clock. The other ser
vices will be-Xt Ip.m. and 7:» p. m.
The meeting will continue for a week or
ten days and possibly longer. There will
be two services each day. at 3 p. m and
7:39 p. m.
One ot the features of the meeting will
be the slnging tn charge of Professor Hil
lis. who will be assisted by a choir of WO
voices.
Rev. Len G. Broughton, pastor of the
Tabernacle, who announced the arrange
ments for the meeting this morning, said
he was looking forward to good results.
SUPREME COURT WILL
HOLD SPECIAL SESSION
The supreme court of Georgia will hold
a special session this morning to
hear argument in the case of the Atlanta
Consolidated Street Railway company v.
Jones, a case that was brought over from
the .ast session.
All of the judges have returned from
their summer vacations and are now in
the city. Associate Justice Samuel B.
Adams, who was appointed for the ad in
terim term, is also here and will appear
on the bench this morning for the
first time.
The regular session of the court be
gins Monday. Three hundred and sixty
•eVen cases are on the docket for the
fall term, and more will probably be filed
before the close of the fall term. The
justices gre all very much improved In
heaßh after their rests and are ready
tor a long and arduous term which will
last perhaps until next July.
RECEIVER isliAM ED
FOR PEOPLE'S BANK
BARNESVILLE. Ga.. Sept. 30.-Judge
Reagan has appointed Colonel J. F Red
ding temporary receiver of the People's
Bank, successor to Barnesville Savings
bank, and set the hearing for October
kth on permanent receivership.
This action to at the instance of the
attorney for the bond company, which
ij security for Tax Collector Hunt, a
statement of which appeared in The Jour
nal Monday. Dr. J. P. Thurman, vice
president of the bank, has wired Judge
■ Reagan for an immediate hearing and
says there will be no trouble to have the
receivership dissolved. He says the state
is not involved and the bond company
cannot make a case of IL
NO WORD RECEIVED
MISSING I. BOROCHOFF
No word has yet been received from I. Boro
ehoff. the Peters street tailor who disappeared
last Friday The police have been looking tor
him for several days now and have been unable
to find any trace vha;ever
He is said to bare toM soma friends that he
was sot ns to New York, and ft Is new be
lieved he is there.
CHARLES N. CRITTENTON
IS NOW IN ENGLAND
Charles N. Crittenton. the millionaire
New York drug merchant and founder of
the famous Florence Crittenton homes
for fallen women, has not been murdered.
Neither has he been taken ill and been
left out to some little town to the west to
recover.
Mr. Crittenton was in Spokane. Wash.,
several weeks ago. and from there he
wired Rev. C. 8. Mason, hto field evange
list In Helena. Mont., that he would arrive
in that city Sunday and preach.
Two large audiences gathered to hear
him, and ha did not appear. Then the re
port was sent all over the country that
Mr. Crittenton had either been murdered
or had been taken ill in the far west and
been left to some little town, where he
was not known, until he had recovered.
Mr. Crittenton. however, to today in
England, and he Is not ill.
Mrs. Kate W. Barrett, formerly of At
lanta. but now connected with the Flor
ence Crittenton homes all over the coun
try. who to now tn the city for a short
trip, Monday morning received a talegram
from Mr. E. L. Robertson, of Washington,
that Mr. Crittenton had cabled that he
at Oxford, England, that he
was at that place visiting hto daughter,
who is ill. Hto daughter to Mrs. Ralph
Baldwin, and she to in Oxford with her
two sons, who are students at the great
colleges tn Oxford.
Mr Crittenton left this country over a
week ago to visit hto daughter, who is
quite ill and he is now at her bedside.
u,s.coDhTofappeals
MEETS NEXT MONDAY
FIRST SESSION IS NOW ONLY ONE
WEEK OFF—SOME CASES
BEEN SET FOR HEARING.
The United States circuit court of ap
peals for the Fifth circuit, comprising the
states of Georgia. Alabama, Florida, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana and Texas, will meet
at the circuit court room on the third
door of the government building next
Monday morning. This will be the first ses
sion of the court which was established
under a recent act of congress requiring
an annual session of at least six weeks.
The circuit and district courts also meet
at the same time for the regular October
term when the usual large number of
moonshine cases will be called for trial.
The Judges who will sit tn the circuit
court of appeals are Judge Don A. Par
dee. the senior circuit judge, of Atlanta;
Judge A. P. McCormick, of Dallas. Tex.,
and Judge David A. Shelby, of Huntsville,
Ala. The clerk of the court to Charles H.
Lednum. of New Orleans.
In case any of the circuit judges should
not be present ttye other two judges are
empowered to request a district judge to
preside and make the court complete. Un
der this law Judge W. T. Newman, of
Atlanta: Judge Emory Speer, of Macon,
and Judge Parlange. of New Orleans, have
at different times presided In the circuit
court of appeals at New Orleans.
The court will hear appeals from the
different circuit and district courts
throughout the circuit Among the cases
which have already been docketed from
the northern district of Georgia are the
Coco Cola case and the Miles and Bradt
CM®.
The Coca Cola case is a suit against the
government to recover back taxes under
the war revenue act of 1898, amounting to
about 112,000. One other case of the same
company to now pending In the circuit
court which involves *29.000.
The Miles and Bradt case grows out
of a contract with the government in the
construction of the Savannah- postoffice.
The amount involved to about *1.700. A
suit for personal damages against the
Louisville and Nashville railroad by T. B.
Crossley to also docketed.
SUPPED UNDER THE TENT
INTO HALL OF FAME
For slipping under the tent into the Hall
of Fame at the Elks’ fair Saturday night,
George Fulton, a white boy about 16 years
of age, was arrested and Monday morning
Fulton, who lives in a cotton mill dis
trict. said he was the only support of a
widowed mother.
"What were you doing in the Hall of
Fame?" asked Recorder Broyles.
Fulton said one of the musicians had
promised to let him in for a nickel. He
gave the man the money and was told to
slip under the tent. He thought the man
had a right to let any one In the show.
“Well, go ahead, now,” said Recorder
Broyles. “I'll dismiss the case. Don’t
get in a scrape like this any more. The
next time you want to break into the
Hall of Fame, make a dash for the real
thing."
FROM SINKING BARK -
ALL SOULS RESCUED
HAMBURG. Sept. 3u.-The Hamburg-
American line steamer Pennsylvania, front
New York September 16th. which landed
the crew of the Norwegian bark Bothnia
at Plymouth last Friday, arrived here to
day.
The captain reported that the crew of
the Bothnia were rescued in an exhausted
condition September 24th. after having
worked at the pumps for 17 days and
nights.
The bark was on the verge of sinking
when the Pennsylvania sighted her, and
'Captain Hansen, her commander, decided
to set fire to her to avoid the possibility
of her interfering with navigation.
Red Men Expect Fine Time at Fair.
COLUMBUS, Ga , Sept. 29.—The order of RM
Men of thia city will have a fine time during
the coming fall festival. Elaborate prepara
tions are being made for a typical Indian camp
with a trading post tn connection. A band of
real Indians from the Cherokee reservation
will be In attendance and will give exhibitions
for the benefit of the local tribes, of the Im
proved Order of Red Men. An executive com
mittee consisting of twenty of the leading Red
Men of the city has the matter in charge and
will spare no pains to make it the best at
traction of the carnival.
Stuffed Up
That’s the condition of many suffer
ers from catarrh, especially in the
morning. Great difficulty is ex
perienced in clearing the head and
throat.
No wonder catarrh causes head
ache, impairs the taste, smell and
hearing, pollutes the breath, de
ranges the stomach and affects the
appetite.
To cure catarrh, treatment must
be constitutional alterative and
tonic.
*1 was afflicted with catarrh. I took
medicines of different kinds, giving each
a fair trial; but gradually grew worse until
I could hardly hear, taste or smell. I then
concluded to try Hood's Sarsaparilla, and
after taking five bottles I was cured and
have not had any return of the disease
since.” Edcexe Fokbes. Lebanon, Kan.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Cures catarrh—it soothes and
strengthens the mucous membrane
and builds up the whole system.
THE SEMI-WEEKL.V JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1902.
SENSATIONAL
CHARGES
MADE •
ALLEGED THAT LIABILITIES OF
EQUITABLE LOAN AND SE
CURITY COMPANY EXCEED
THE ASSETS.
A sensation was sprung in the Fulton
superior court Tuesday afternoon, when
Judge Lumpkin refused to change or mod
ify hto original restraining order In the
case of P. A. Waring and others against
the Equitable Loan and Security company
because of an affidavit of A. L. Waldo,
an expert accountant and examiner, who
swore that, according to the books of the
company, the liabilities of the company
were *701,211.33, while the assets pf the
company, according to the company s
claims, were only *650.731.56. leaving *40.-
479.77 less than the redemption liability
of the company.
The attorneys for the Equitable Loan
and Securtiy company had asked for a
modification of the restraining order,
which restrained the company from pro
ceeding against members who refused to
pay their regular monthly dues if they
did not so desire. They asked that all
members be compelled to pay their dues,
or that the company should fine them or
forfeit their stock.
When this modification was asked, the
attorneys for the plaintiffs, P. A. Waring
and others, introduced an affidavit from
A. L». Waido, an expert accountant, who
had examined the books of the company,
at the request of the plaintiffs.
In hto affidavit, Mr. Waldo swore that
on September 19th, of this year, he had
begun an examination of the books of
the Equitable Loan and Security compa
ny, at the request of the plaintiffs.
He swore that he had not completed
an examination of the books, but that
he had completed an examination of
every liability of the company, and had
found that the liabilities of the company
were 9’01, 211.33, as shown by the books of
the company.
The affidavit gives the figures of all the
liabilities of the company, and then cays:
“Assuming that the books are correct,
and that the company now has all the as
sets disclosed by them, and crediting the
company with the assets at the valuation
placed up on them by the company, and
deducting nothing whatever for loss or
depreciation, the sum total of the net as
sets thus shown by the company’s books
amount to *660,732,36. Defendant company
claims there should be added to this
amount some earned interests and fines
not collected, but which are items which
do not appear upon the ledger.”
He states that the liabilities of the com
pany as shown are taken upon the basis
of the amount paid In on the certificates,
with 8 per cent Interest on the install
ment.
“The total amount of money required to
redeem all of the certificates upon the
basis of the redemption value, is *701,211.33.
The total net assets of the company, as
shown by its books, are *40,479.77 less than
the redemption liability. Assuming that
the company possesses the assets disclosed
by the books, and that such assets are
worth 100 cents oh the dollar, the company
would now need the additional sum of
*40,479.77 before It could fully discharge
the present obligations to the certificate
holders.”
This affidavit shows that Mr. 'Waldo has
examined all of the liabilities of the com
pany, but has not gone through the assets
of the company, merely taking the figures
as shown by the company.
Mr Ed R. Brown, one of the attorneys
for the plaintiffs, says that he will show,
when the matter is finally put on trial,
that the liabilities exceed the assets by
more than *150,000.
A temporary restraining order having
been previously secured, the defendant
moved to modify the order, and insisted
upon®, hearing of the case, declaring that
they were then ready. Owing to the
crowded condition of the docket, however,
Judge Lumpkin could not set an earlier
date than October 15th.
The afternoon session of the court was
taken up in reading the petition of the
plaintiffs and the answer to this petition
made by the security company. In the
answer the defendant denies all the alle
gations of the petitioners on which rest
the grounds for asking the appointment
of a receiver.
Quite an array of counsel is concerned
in the case, the petitioners being rep
resented by Attorneys Brown & Randolph,
J. L. Hopkins & Sons and Cann & Cann,
of Savannah, and the defendant by Can
dler & Thomas. W. D. Thomson, Rosser
& Brandon, Hoke Smith & H. C. Peeples
and H. E. t W. Palmer.
IMPRISONED TOO LONG
WANTS PAY FOR HIS WORK
Claiming he was imprisoned for a long
er time than his sentence called for, L.
P. Williams yesterday sent in a bill
for one month’s labor, addressed to the
county commissioners.
Williams says he was sentenced Au
gust 7th of last year to twelve months on
the chaingang, but declares that between
his work in the jail, in Its kitchen anil
laundry and hts subsequent work on th»
chaingar.g he was Imprisoned a month
too long, adding that he considers it only
right that the county pay him for the
extra work.
The claim was referred to the com
mittee on public works.
KILLEDHIS FRIEND
DURING CAMP MEETING
CUMMING. Ga.. Sept. 30.—At the camp
meeting near here Sunday, Frank Benson
shot Leonard Strickland through the
neck, killing him.
Strickland w’hen shot ran about thirty
yards and fell dead. Benson says the
shooting was accidentaly, though all kinds
of rumors have been circulated to the con
trary. A coroner's investigation is set
for this afternoon.
Both parties are about 18 years old and
belong to good families, Strickland be
ing the grandson of ex-Sherlff H. W.
Stiickland. Young Benson is the son of
W. D. Benson, a prominent farmer.
GOV. ELECT TERRELL --
RODE GOAT TUESDAY NIGHT
GREENVILLE, Ga.. Oct. L—J. M. Ter
rell is, here came last night. He was
initiated and made a full fledged Odd Fel
low last night by the Greenville Lodge I.
O. O. F.
The goat showed no consideration for
the governor’s dignity, but bumped him
with satisfaction.
The governor will leave for Atlanta to
night.
Five Hundred Are Killed by Wind.
YOKOHAMA. Japan, Sept. 30.—Durin
the typhoon which prevailed yesterday t
tidal wave swept the Adawara distric
nere here, and overwhelmed many houscc
Five hundred persons are reported t<
have been drowned.
The Japanese battleship Shikishima I.
ashore at Yokosuka, fifteen miles fro:.
Yokohama.
It to expected that she will be refioatc
with slight damage.
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NEW YORK DEMOCRATS
TURN DOWN DEVERY
Continued From Page One.
federal government all power which they
now possess upon that subject. Then let
the federal government take charge of
them and the president solemnly promises
that he would see to It that the federal
government would control them.
MUST WAIT NINE YEARS?
"In view of the fact that the processes
of amendment and enactment will require
nearly nine years, it is not too much to
say this is a ‘strenuous’ promise. This
revolutionary remedy would typify trust
development by taking all the power of
all the states and delegating It to the fed
eral government.
“Then when the trusts had elected
enough men who regarded them simply as
•captains of industry’ the states would
be powerless and the trusts would be free.
“The president says he does not regard
the reduction of tariff duties on trust
made articles as an efficient or safe rem
edy, because it would injure the legitimate
as" well as the illegitimate Industries. We
do not propose to disturb; we do not pro
pose to attack legitimate industries; we
do not seek to take away from them any
thing that belongs to them but we pro
pose to withhold the aid of this great
government from them; we propose to
make them stand alone; we .propose to
take away the unnecessary protection
now afforded them by the government and
let the commercial batteries of the world
be trained upon them with the shot and
shfU of competition until they are driven
from their entrenchment of protection out
into the open field of honest trade.
“Rather than do this, the Republican
party now proposes to revolutionize the
government, change its form and further
vucroacn upon right of local self-govern
ment in states.”
COAL STRIKERS PROOF.
The speaker quoted from the tariff and
a ruling of the board of general apprais
ers to show that the anthracite coal com
panies were protected and declared the
present situation brought about by the
coal strike was "but a manifestation of
the irrestlble power of those protected mo
nopolies.”
Continuing he said:
“Are we to wait nine or ten years for
the remedy against such an acute condi
tion of evil? Must the president run about
the country apologizing for the menace
of such concerns, while winter approach
es and hundreds of firesides will be cold
and dark and suffering. Unspeakable suf
fering will ensue. If the tariff has no
more to do with trusts than the penal
code has to with ordinary affairs, how
?an the removal of the tariff be so harm
ful to these great ‘captains of industry?'
Xot only the president, but members of
he cabinet are out crying from the house
ops to the people to pause in their rough
vork, and behold the great prosperity.
I’he secretary of the treasury, having in
o days, acquainted himself with the sim
le problems of finance, is stamping
■.round the country apologizing to hungry
eople because they have no beef and
□al. Why does he not have the courage
f his fellow-citizen of lowa and take up
ie battle to drive these combinations
•om the shelter of a protective tariff ?
he secretary of war is out on the high
ays of politics, willing at all times to
.Jmit that the present administration is
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WHY HENDERSON RESIGNED.
“The speaker of the house. though
scarred by the services in battle, fierce
and indurated to all weighing experiences
of politics, does not care to encounter the
people of his district and give a reason for
the government continuing to support mo
nopolies.”
The chairman then turned to state af
fairs, quoting from the platform adopted
at the recent Republican convention and
denouncing that party for its failure to
observe its pledges.
When Mr. Devery and his friends left
their seats, they hurried up the aisle and
turning at the door the ex-chief shouted:
Devery Hurls Threat.
“We are compelled to abide by the will
of the convention but some of you here
will have cause to regret your action.”
When he reached the street he was soon
surrounded by a large and constantly in
creasing crowd, and he gave orders that
his band strike up and a parade was start
ed through the principal streets In the vil
lage. After marching about half an hour,
the party returned to the United States
hotel.
Devery pushed through the crowd gath
ered there at the steps and then shouts of
"Speech, speech!” caused him to turn and
face the street. He was plainly laboring
under a great stress of excitement.
“I am not able to talk to you,” he said.
“I am a Democrat, but some one will re
gret today's work., There can be no Dem
ocracy where a clique of a few men can
meet in a suite of three rooms and dictate
as to who can be seated and who cannot.”
“This course will insure peace in the
mining regions and remove the cause for
differences leading not only to suffering,
but oft times to bloodshed and insurrec
tion. It Will relieve the consumers of
coal, not only in this state, but throughout
the whole country; insure steady employ
ment and ample compensation to labor;
transfer children from the mines to the
schools; insure, strengthen and preserve
the stability of the business interests and
popular institutions of our country.
Whatever differences in the opinion may
exist over other propositions of public
ownership the propriety of that policy as
applied to anthracite coal mines must be
apparent to every citizen.”
Nation to Own Mines.
The declaration regarding national own
ership of anthracite mines is as follows:
“We advocate the national ownership
and operation of the anthracite coal mines
by the exercise of the right of eminent
domain with just compensation to own
ers. Ninety per cent of the anthracite
coal deposits of the world being in the
state of Pensylvania, national ownership
can but be in the interest of the whole
people.
“Fuel, like water being a public necessi
ty, we advocate national ownership and
operation of the mines as a solution of
the problem which will relieve the coun
try from the sufferings which follow dif
ferences between labor and capital in
the anthracite mines.”
State’s Third Quarter Ended.
The third quarter of the year of 1902 for
the state ended Tuesday night. War
rants have been drawn and signed by
Governor Candler for the salaries of the
statehouse and other state officers for the
next four months. Money derived from
special taxes is also being paid into the
state treasury.
AN INSANE MAN DASHED
TO DEATH AT TOWER
J. S. Coppage, 61 years of age, who sev
eral weeks ago attempted to kill himself
by cutting his throat and who had subse
quently been adjudged insane, leaped
from the balcony on the top floor of the
Tower Monday afternoon while prepar
ations were being made to take him to
the asylum at Milledgeville, and dashed
live stories to instant death. He had
been confined in the hospital ward on the
fifth story since being taken to the Tow
er, a week ago. He was locked in the
ward and there was an attendant and a
visitor with him Monday afternoon. The
key was on the outside of the door and
he slipped his hand through the bars and
unlocked It. From the door to the ban
isters around the gallery Is only a step
and he leaped over these at once. He fell
on the concrete floor, crushing his skull
and shoulders. Jailer Fain and other J
attendants ran to him, but he was already
dead.
Four weeks ago Coppage cut his throat
in the office of the Pierce Portrait com
pany, on the third floor of the building on
the northwest corner of Marietta and
Broad street. He fought then to end his
life, when the knife he had used was ta
ken from him. He was carried to the
Grady hospital, where he staid for several
-weeks. A writ of lunacy was then taken
for him and he was transferred to the
Tower. He was tried and found insane
and would have been taken to the asylum
had he not killed himself.
NIOOrFEBTiLIZEII
USED THIS YEAR
THAN LAST
WHEAT AND OATS EXHIBITORS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
TURE GIVES SOME INTER-
ESTING FIGURES.
The anual fertilizer bulletin Issued to
day by the state department of agricul
ture shows that 483.028 tons of guano
were used this year, against 478,847 last
year. The report also shows that 735
brands of fertilizers were sold In this state
this year while only 640 brands were sold
last year.
The following will show the number of
tons of fertilizers used in Georgia since
1874, up to the present time.
1874- 48,648.00 tons
1875- .55,316.00 tons
1876- 75,824.00 tons
1877- 93,178.00 tons
1878- 85,049.00 tons
1879- 119,583.00 tons
1880- 152,424.00 tons
1881- 125,327.00 tons
1382-3125.377.00 tons
1883- 151,849.00 tons
1884- 170,153.00 tons
1885- 160,705.00 tons
1886- 166.078.00 tons
1887- 208,007.39 tons
1888- '202,869.36 tons
ISS9-90285.112.30 tons
1890- 306-734.00 tons
1891- 296,342.00 tons
1592-3307,519.00 tons
1893- 315,612.00 tons
1894- 326,532.20 tons
1895- 335,617.80 tons
1896- tons
1897- 424,081.00 tons
189S-9,3424(69.30 tons
1899- '412,755.50 tons
1900- 478,847.70 tons
1901- 483,028.00 tons
The bulletin also contains the report
of the state oil Inspector. It shows that
5,433,680 gallons of oil were used in Geor
gia this year, while 5,260,033 gallons were
used last year. This year the state de
rived 39,311 from fees for the inspection
and last year >10,138.
MACON SHIES FROM
THIS CHURCH ROW
MACON, Ga., Oct. I.—The committee on
public property reported on the petition
which was presented to council at the last
meeting relative to the dispute between
Mrs. Ethel Massee and the membership of
the First Baptist church. There was a ma
jority and a minority report, both of
which were voted upon. The majority re
port, which was that council should have
nothing to do with the matter, leaving it
as it stands, was adopted.
It appears, however, that this will be by
no means the end of the matter. The pe
tition, which was signed by a large por
tion of the most influential membership of
the First bhurch, stated emphatically that
there would be no more concessions and
that things would be carried into the
court and fought to a finish if further
insistance was made by Mrs. Massee that
the embankment In front of the church be
removed.
Mr. W. J. Massee stated last night that
he would bring suit against the city at
once on the ground that the projection or
mound in front of the Baptist church at
the head of Poplar street belongs to and
is a part of the street, and that the city
has no right to grant a church or any one
the use of public property when it Injures
the value of private property, as Mrs.
Massee claims is the case in the present
contention.
Several members of the church have ex
pressed the belief that the latter will go
Into court rather than concede anything
further.
METHODIST CONFERENCE
A DECIDED SUCCESS
MACON, Ga., Oct. I.—The first day’s ses
sion of the Methodist Bible conference at
Mulberry Street church was pronounced
a decided success. The attendance has
not been so large as was expected on
account of the inclemency of the weather.
At the morning session Rev. Dr. C. W.
Byrd, of Atlanta, spoke for an hour on
"The Personality and Offices of the Holy
Spirit.” Not a few were moved to tears
by the earnestness and eloquence of the
speaker. Rev. W. W. Pinson, of Colum
bus, former pastor at Mulberry Street
church, spoke on "Prayer.”
In the afternoon Rev. Dr. W. C. Lovett,
editor of the Wesleyan Christian Advo
cate, disucussed "The Limits of Biblical
Criticism.” Rev. J. .B. McGehee spoke on
“The Present Status of the Temperance
Movement in Georgia."
The program today consisted of ad
dresses by Dr. Byrd and Dr. Pinson on
the same subjects as discussed the day
before by these gentlemen. Besides, there
were addresses by Bishop W. A. Candler
on “The Foundation of Missionary Ef
fort,” and Rev. J. T. Daves, on “Epworth
League Work.”
Tonight Bishop Candler will speak on
“Cuba;” also Bishop E. E. Hoss, of Nash
ville, who arrived last night, will make
an address.
LOCKS FOR MISSISSIPPI
WANTED BY THE WEST
COLUMBUS. 0., Oct. I.—The Ohio sen
ate this morning passed a house resolu
tion memorializing congress to provide the
Mississippi and Ohio rivers with locks so
as to make them navigable at all seasons
of the year.
Fire Causes Big Damage.
SEBREE, Ky., October I.—Fire, which
broke out here at 3 o’clock this morning,
destroyed property valued at *75,000 in the
business portion of tho town. Among the
buildings destroyed was that occupied by
the Sebree deposit bank. Th* gause of the
fire is unknown.
CHILDREN IRE
POISDNEOBY
RID MILK
CHILDREN OF THE SAUL BRO
THERS ARE TAKEN SUDDEN
LY SICK AFTER DRINKING
MILK.
Seven children, four of J. J. Saul, of 3U
Whitehall street, and three of his brother
in-law, J. Saul, of 172 S. Pryor street, are
critically ill at the home of their parents,
supposed to be the result of ptomain
poisoning, caused by bad milk.
The children all drank milk which came i
from the same dairy, and were all taken
suddenly and seriously ill about 11 o’clock
a. m. Monday. Dr. L. Amster was called
in immediately end ministered to the chil
dren, all of whom, he pronounced in a
serious condition.
The children were all taken sick about i
the same time, and Dr. Amster said that ■
he thought, from all the symptoms dis
played, that they had been attacked by
ptomain poisoning, caused by drinking
milk.
Some of the milk which the children
drank has been saved and will be (
sent to a chemist for analysis.
All of the children are in a critical con- ,
ditlon, and it to thought that death may •
follow.
BIG RUSH FOR
HORSE SHOW TICKETS
The sale of seats for the horse show,
which will be held from October 14,
through October began yesterday at
9 o'clock with an unprecedented rush,
and all day long there was a steady
rush of boys and young men to secure
seats for some of the most prominent
people In the city.
The sale opened at 13 Peachtree street,
on the viaduct, and to being conducted*
by Secretary Frank Weldon, of the Fair
Association, assisted by several members
of the horse show committee.
The rush became so great about 10
o’clock that a policeman had to be sta
tioned at the door, and only a few buyers
were allowed to enter the store at a time.
A line was formed at 4 o'clock Tuesday
morning to secure seats for the horss
show, but the police interfered with this,
as it was blocking traffic on the sidewalk
and street, and those in the line were fur
nished tickets by Mr. Weldon, giving them
a number, according to which ths tickets ,
were sold yesterday morning.
At 9 o’clock, when the sale of seats
opened, there was a large crowd about
the offices of the Southern Pacific and
Union Pacific Railroad company's office,
where the sale is being conducted. This
crowd was steadily augmented all during
the day, and the sidewalk was blockaded
by the crowd which was present to se-1
cure seats to the horse show.
The seats and boxes are being sold at
a rapid rate, and there is a steady de
mand. which is rapidly increasing. Some
of the most representative business and
society men in the city have boys and
young men in line to secure seats, and (
Atlanta society will be represented this
year even larger than It was last year.
The horse show promises to excel in so
cial significanqe any such exhibition ever
held in the south. The horse show in
Atlanta has passed the experimental,
stage, and has been taken up by the
smart set as one of the most important 1
social events of the reason.
The fact that a troop from the Seventh
cavalry and a platoon from Grimes’ bat
tery will be here to give magnificent ex
hibitions of rough riding has added great
er Interest to the coming horse show
which is to be held here.
J. WILLIAM JONES
IS MADE SECRETARY
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct I.—lt to sta
ted on the best of authority that Rev. J.»
William Jones, of Chapel Hill, N. C., has
been elected by the executive committee
of the Confederate Memorial association
to the secretaryship made vacant by the
removal of General John C. Underwood.
Mr. Jones will take charge of the office
on the 15th of this month. He formerly
lived In Richmond and to chaplain general
of the United Confederate Veterans.
REV. JOHN C. MADDEN
DIES OF BRIGHT’S DISEASE,
CHICAGO, Oct. I.—The Rev. Jonh C. Madden,
pastor of St. Patrick’s Catholic church, at
Highland Park, and for twenty years a priest
of the Chicago arch diocese, is dead of Bright ■
d The*Rev. Father Madden was bom in Baily
Shannon, county Donegal, Ireland, in 1880. Ha
was ordained in 1854 in the diocese of Rapphoe.
He was a priest of his native town for twenty
years and then came to this country, becoming
pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic church, Colum
bus. O. In 1882 he became a membar or the
arch diocese of Chicago.
ROOSEVELT’S CONDITION
IS VERY SATISFACTORY
WASHINGTON. Oct. I.—After Surgeon
General Rixey and Surgeon General
O’Reilly and Dr. Lung had visited the
president this morning Secretary Cortel-»
you announced that the president had
passed a very comfortable night and that
he waa doing nicely.
NEGROmOERER-
KILLS HIMSELF
HE WAS HOTLY PURSUED BY MOB
WHEN HE SHOT HIMSELF
TWICE.
NEWBERRY. S. C., Sept. 30.—George
Caughman, the negro charged with the
murder of Ed Adams, a young white
man of this county Tuesday, died in the
county jail in this city Saturday night
from the effects of two self-inflcted bul
let wounds in his abdomen.
As reported in The Journal at the time
this negro, when hotly pursued by a. posse
with bloodhounds, shot himself to evade
capture. He was found in the woods near
his house in a dying condition and was
brought to the jail where he lingered until
Saturday night. J
Two other negroes have been lodged in
jail as accomplices in this crime.
MACONGiVE'sSSdO~
TO FARMERS’ CONGRESS
MACON, Ga., Oct. L-»At the regular
meeting of the city council last night the
finance committee of which Hon. Bam
Meyer is chairman, made formal an
nouncement that the city would give 3500
to help the farmers’ congress. It was
claimed by the committee from the cham
ber of commerce at the last meeting of
council, that in as much as the city had
taken part in the invitation to have the
congress here it' ought to share th« •*-
pense.