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FITZGERALD READY
FOR OLD SOLDIERS
BLUE AND GRAY ENCAMPMENT
WILL BEGIN THURSDAY AND
WILL CONTINUE FOR THREE
DAYS.
FITZGERALD. Ga.. March 8,-Final
preparations have been made for the Blue ■
and Gray encampment in this city on the [
last three days of this week, and over a
score of northern veterans are already In I
the city to participate in the festivities.
Among those already in the city are Cap
tain John W. Niles, of Sterling. 111., cap-,
tain of company B, Ninth lowa infantry, j
and who is in ail parts of the
south. Colonel Henry D. Capers, of At
lanta. a distinguished Confederate, will
get here Wednesday, as will also Gen
eral Clement Evans, of Atlanta, (ieneral
O. O. Howard, of Washington, is not ex-’
pected until Thursday afternoon. He will
be accompanied by his entire staff.
The veterans have sent for 3W> cots,
which will be placed in rented halls dur
ing the convention Tor the free use of
those veterans who care to use them. |
Many private hnnr.es have been opened to j
the visitors, as the hotels have all the
reservations they care to make. Nothing
has been left undone to make the encamp
ment the greatest ever held in the history
of the organization, and hundreds of doi- '
lars have been spent in arranging for the
entertainment of the guests.
The complete program, which will not
be changed without good excuse, has been
adopted as follows:
Thursday. March Ilth
16:45 a. m.—Reception committee, with i
band, meets A.. B. & A. train and escorts
guests to headquarters.
4:30 p. m Reception committee, with;
drum corps, meets afternoon train and‘
escorts guests to headquarters.
8 p. m.—General reception at headquar- |
ters. .
8:30 p. m Address of welcome by Mayor
J. G. Knapp.
9 p. m.—Response by Colonel E. H. V\ Il-
Hama. of Abbeville.
Fr-day. March I2th
10 a. m.—Grand parade from headquar
ters to Blue and Gray park: mounted po
lice, hand, veterans, city and county of
ficials, school children, clvk organisations.
10:30 a. m.—Music by 100 singers; na
tional and Confederate airs.
11 a. m.—Address. General O. O. How
ard, of Washington.
12 m.—Address by General Clement A.
Evans, of Georgia.
1 p. m.—Basket dinner.
3 p. m.—General business meeting of
Blue and Gray headquarters.
7:30 p. m.—Camp fires on common east
of Lee-Grant hotel.
( Saturday. March I3tli
9:30 a. m.—Music by the band at head
quarters.
10 a. m Address by General Julian S.
Carr, of South Carolina.
10:30 a. m.—Address by General J. F.
Chase, of Florida.
11 a. m.—Addresses by Governor-elect
Brown and others.
2 p. m —Ride through the city, escorted
by citizens.
5 p. m.—Reception and luncheon by!
Women’s Relief corps and United Daugh- :
ters of Confederacy at W. R. C. hall-
The public is cordially invited to par-|
ticipate in the exercises of the three days.
Reduced rates have been granted on all
railroads and everybody can take advant-I
age of them. The rates at hotels and
boarding houses range from 81 per day
up and all can be assured of accommoda
tions at a reasonable rate.
CASTRO BANISHED
FROM VENEZUELA
PARIS. March Senor Jose Paul, the
Venezuelan envoy to Europe, has left
here for Berlin. He is authority for the
statement that President Gomez has for
bidden both Cypriano Castro and his wife
to enter Venezuela. He is of the opinion (
that Castro will proceed from Europe to
Nicaragua to consult with President
Zelaya, of that country, who is his friend,
hoping to get in touch with his partisans
in Venezuela from Nicaragua, but Senor
Paul thinks Castro has no chance of sue- |
cess in this latter purpose.
M. Brun, director of the French Cable
company, that was expelled from Ven-,
ezueia some time ago by President Castro. |
has left France on beard the steamer
Guadeloupe for La Guayra and Caracas. |
with full power to treat directly with the
Venezuelan government in settling the
dispute with the cable company. As soon .
as this is accomplished France and Ven- j
ezueia will sign a protocol referring to
arbitration all questions still pending.
SENT UP FOK LIFE
AND 14 YEARS MORE
CHICAGO. Hl- March fi.-Tl.ree ban- ,
dlts were today held guilty by a jury in
Judge Kersten’s court and sentenced to
prison for life "plus fourteen years.” |
This odd verdict resulted from conviction ,
on two charge The bandits were found ;
guilty of robbery with a deadly weapon. |
which carries a sentence for life, and i
also of robbery under the habitual crim
inal act. which prescribes fourteen
years’ imprisonment.
As a result of the verdict the three de- 1
fends nt.s will never be able to serve out i
their sentences. Judge Kersten declared ;
it the oddest verdict he ever heard of in j
al! his years of criminal court work.
The men convicted are John Rudneck, 1
Joseph Brock! and John Tierney.
All three are young men. but the police
declare they are criminals of the most
dangerous character.
GOV. JOHNSON’CAjrf’
COME HERE ON STH
On account of official duties. Governor
John Johnson, of Minnesota, will find it
Impossible to come to Atlanta on March
8. as planned. The governor at present
has the legislature on his hands
Governor Folk, of Missouri, will be
here on the 25th. and the Young Men’s
Democratic league is making preparations
Ao receive him. He has written that he
Vril' be glad to be their guest on the oc
casion of his lecture here.
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FITZHUGH BRANDS
COOPER AS LOBBYIST;
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est friend, and pleasure that that duty
should be entrusted to such an upright
and impartial judge and such a patient,
honest and intelligent jury.”
Fitzhugh then told the jury that the
realized how anxious the members were
to get heme, but he impressed upon
them the responsibility that had been
imposed upon them and said he was sure
that when they returned to their homes
they would do so- with a consciousness
of a disagreeable duty honestly per
formed.
"On the afternoon of November 9. there
was enacted upon the streets of this city
a tragedy which robbed a woman of the
lendervsl and most devoted of husbands,
a boy of a loving father and the com- i
monwealth of a brilliant statesman I
whose achievements have added luster
and glory to the state. To you has been
charged the duty of fixing the responsi
bility.” i
Captain Fitzhugh then read the indict
ment charging the three men with mur- ;
der in the first degree, and explained
what first degree murder is. He describ- '
ed malice, premeditation and tntent as
the courts define them and quoted from
supreme court decisions.
"I have shown you.” he said, “that it is
murder when a man takes a life upon a
sudden impulse. How much more is it
murder when a man’s heart is so full of
malice and revenge that he spends all day
Sunday and most of Monday devising the
ways and means of taking the life of the
man he hates so bitterly!”
Captain Fitzhugh them described how.
on Sunday night, November 8, Colonel
D. B. Cooper was at the Tulane hotel
to meet E. R. Craig, and how Cooper
made threats about Carmack to Craig,
and how these threats were transmitted
to the dead senator.
"Colonel Cooper met Craig on personal
business, but he brushed the business
aside and revealed what was in his black
heart. He owed his friend Craig money—
he owed all his friends money and he nev
er bothered about money owed. This
didn’t bother him. But he broke and
said: ’lf my name appears in the Tennes
sean again, Carmack or I must die.’
‘‘Self-Confessed Lobbyist"
"Think of it. gentlemen, this man who
is a self-confessed lobbyist for a railroad;
this man who is charged by reputable
men with having embezzled money en
trusted to his care; this man whose name
had been bandied about the state: this
man whose dark and devious ways have
now been uncovered, dared to send to an
honest and upright Journalist the threat
that if his name appeared in the Tennes
sean again, one of them must die. Think
of it!
"And when the tragedy was over, the
defendants began to look for a cause, for
an excuse. Their attorneys searched the
stenographic records. They examined
the joint debates between Carmack and
Patterson. And what did they find?
That Carmack had referred to ’That lit
tle bald-headed angel. Dune Cooper/ had
asked did the angel ’come from above or
from below’ and ’was there the smell of
sulphur on his tvings.’ Is that reason
enough to kill a man? All this was prior
to June 27, and yet he sent no notes and
raved no ravings.
“Why. gentlemen, Harriman. Rockefel
ler and Morgan are private citizens. They
never held an office, but we know they
| exercise a powerful influence in public
' offices. Their names appear daily in the
; public press. Yet who ever heard of one
;of these men demanding that his nam<
ibe omitted? Who ever heard of one of
these men hunting down .an editor ana
assassinating him on the street? Why.
. gentlemen, they have never even chal
lenged the right of the press to use their
names, for they know better. It is the
duty of the press to keep the public in-
I formed, and Colonel Cooper, when ht
i went Into politics, made It the duty of
I the press to watch him.”
Cooper's Anger Sudden
j The speaker told how Cooper never ob
jected to the alleged remarks of Car
mack during the campaign and didn’t
object until after the murder. But after
Carmack became editor of the Tennes
sean Cooper became suddenly angered.
"He told his son that ‘day after day
' his name was used in the Tennessean
and that Carmack was shooting poisoned
arrows at him every day and that it was
becoming unendurable.’ Let us see.
Robin Cooper, his son. says he never saw
; them. His brother-in-law, James C.
, Bradford, never saw them. Who did see
them? They brought only three edi
torials in here, and one of them was
• written October 21, entitled ’An Awful
Threat.’
j ’He objected to this because his name
was mentioned in connection with Ben
Murray and two others. One of these he
swore had been indicted and convicted
and the other, he said, was a gambler.
He had to admit the next day that the
man he thought was indicted had not
been. So Colonel Cooper himself was not >
so careful In making charges. And. as
for the gambling, why. the colonel has
been a gambler himself and won and lost
Urge sums. But it IS not on record that
. h» ever paid a debt out of his large win
nings. and the man who he says is a
I gambler does pay his debts.
Attacks the Machine
"Now. the second editorial appeared
' the same day. and It never mentioneq
' Cooper’s name; it simply •* tacked the
machine. Cooper, in his note to Car
mack. said: ’I am a private citizen;’ yet,
as soon as the machine is mentioned.
; this private citizen roars out in anper,
; ’You are hitting me now; I am thi ma
chine; I am the state.’ and. he says,
’They referred to me anu others as the
' machine.’ Any record, gentlemen, of the
i others referred to going out and shooting
the man who wrote it?
"The third editorial produced by the
• defense appeared on Sunday, November j
■B. and was entitled ’Across the Mudd>
• Chasm.' This editorial simply repeat* j
the charges that Governor Patterson and
S Governor Cox had made against one an
other and says Colonel Cooper is ere
titled to credit for bringing the men to
gether.
"Colonel Cooper, in his cross-examtna
ti n. says this reconciliation was a com
mendable thing; that any one whv
brought it about was entitled to com
mendation. yet he wants to kill the man
who gave him credit for doing a com
mendable t,.ii.g.
"Ail these things had been printed in
other papers, and Colonel Cooper admit
ted it; yet ne never grew angry at any
! other editor—only Carmack.
“But we come to the day before the
killing. Colonel Cooper xfrrote some
notes—but the defense does not produce
them. They lose them. There Is no
original, but at last an alleged copy of a
copy is produced for your inspection.
"Fitzhugn went Into detail on the notes
and then passed to the interview with ex-
Trrasurtr E. B. Craig.
“You Know E<l Craig—as honest a man
as ever lived. He swears Colonel Cooper
sai*: 'lf my name appears In the Ten
nessean again, one of us must die.’
• Colonel Cooper, swearing for his life,
says he said. ‘lf my name appears in the
Ttnnessean again, the town will not be
big enough for both of us.' Now, who
tells the truth? Let us see: Colonel Coop
er went out and borrowed a revolver.
Fd Craig bel’eved his friend's life was in
danger and hastened to warn him. Now.
•who do you believe? Can you imagine
how Ed Carmack felt when he heard the
' threats? What a shock it was to him?
I Why. he couldn't believe that any one
; could be so vicious as to shoot a man for
’ such trifling, trivial banter and for doing
| his duty. But Craig knew-he saw mur
! der in Colonel Cooper’s eyes.
I "Next we find Cooper swearing that
I Craig came back and told him that Car
mack was in an ugly and vicious humor.
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1909.
FARM SELECTION TO
BE DISAPPROVED
GOV. SMITH MAY DISAPPROVE
SELECTION OF FARM WHICH
WILL HE MADE DURING THE
PRESENT WEEK.
On Wednesday the prison commission
of Georgia will make its recommendation
to Governor Smith in the matter of the
purchase of a prison farm for the white
male convicts. So the commission has
itself announced. I
Where the farm recommended will be j
located, has not leaked out. It is known, ■
however, that it will be somewhere in
middle south Georgia, below Macon, and
somewhere within a radius of 60 miles ot
so of Hawkinsville. It Is known, too,
that the commission has narrowed all bids
down to four farms, which it is now |
considering.
The disapproval of their selection by
Governor Smith is entirely possible, not
withstanding that the day is late, and
that very little time remains between
now and April Ist, when the new law
becomes effective. This is indicated by
the governor's knowledge that he will not,
be hurried in his action, and that he will |
look singly to the best interests of the
state, and the generally accepted fact
that he himself .is not responsible for the (
late date of the recommendation, the
commission having had that matter en
tirely in their own hands.
Craig says he never said it and could nois
have said it because there was nothing •
to warrant such a statement. Why should
Colonel Cooper swear he did say It? I’ll I
tell you, gentlemen, because h£ had to
have some excuse for going out and arm
ing himself an hour later. And the only
excuse that would have even a semblance
of justice, was an implied threat.”
During this bitter arraignment of
Colonel Cooper the old defendant sat
quietly, with his eyes snut and his ,
hands folded as though asleep. Not so j
his daughters. Stately Mrs. Burch, I
with tear-filled eyes, cast down. sat
with clasped hands close to her brother.
Mrs. Wilson, petite and active, watched
the prosecuting attorney Intently, her
black eyes flashing angrily, her lips
curled scornfully and her small hands ;
clenched as though she could tear him
to pieces. Robin appeared composed
and smiling. John Sharp was uncon
cerned —no mention had been made of
him yet.
"What next?” queried Captain Fitz
hugh. "Cooper says Craig came back ana
told him ’That his name would not appear
again.* This would mean that Colonel
Cooper's end had been attained and that 1
the trouble was over. Yet what does ha
do? He goes out and arms himself with
a deadly weapon. And where does he get
it? At the Tulane hotel. Where did
Robin get his revolver? At the Tulane
hotel. Where did Cooper meet Craig? Ai
the Tulane hotel. Where is the Tulane’:
Across the street from Senator Carmack'3
office. Anything significant in this?”
Fourth Editorial
Captain Fitzhugh then took up the
fourth editorial entitled “The Diplomat
of the Zweibund.” It was introduced in |
the case by the state. This editorial cred- ,
its Colonel Cooper with "bringing about
the great coalition;” with "welding the |
pew’ter handle upon the wooden spoon,”
with "grafting the dead bough upon the,
living tree and making it bloom and hour- ■
geon with golden fruit, with making
"playmates of the lamb and the leopard.’
with making “boon companions of the
spider and the fly,” with ’ making soda
and vinegar to dwell placidly in the same
bottle," and with “teaching oil and water
how they might agree,” and closed with
the expression—"to Major Duncan Brown
Cooper, the great diplomat of the political
Zweibund, be all honor and glory for
e'captaln Fitzhugh explained the editorial
word by word and showed that it was
humorous and bantering.
"And. gentlemen, this editorial appear
ed on Monday morning. November 9, and
before the sun had set that night, the
brilliant Edward W. Carmack had been
slain for writing it.”
Did Not Send Note
Captain Fitzhugh called the jury s at
tention to Colonel Cooper's exclamation:
• Then, by' God. this note goes.”
I “But it did not go. Why? Because they
wanted to catch Carmack off his gu«rd
declared the attorney dramatically. “Kob
in Cooper, reading that note, told his
father Senator Carmack would resent It,
and the colonel, running his hand down
into his pocket, said. ’I have this to pro
tect myself.’ and displayed his trusty
I gun. But he didn’t send the note, be
cause it would have made Carmack be
lieve that there was trouble and would
have put him on his guard.
"They tell you that they wanted peace,
though at noon that day. Colonel Cooper s
own daughter, frantic with terror and
wild with anxiety, telephoned Dr. With
erspoon that her father ’was armed and
threatening to kill Senator Carmack on
sight,’ and the young woman did every
thing in her power to avoid the trouble,
be it said to her credit. She even ap
pealed to her father, and said she feared
for his safety. What was hfs reply to
that girl’s appeal? He said: ‘He is like
ly to get hurt as I am.’ Ah, gentlemen,
there is a note of confidence all through
the defendant’s talk—a note of confidence,
not based upon chance.
Language of Cooper
‘They do not dare have the colonel
back at Bradford's office that day at 11
I o’clock, so they’ had him at home, but
; they forgot Miss Lee. a pure, good girl.
I who gave up a splendid position rather
(than that truth should be trampled upon,
j She says Colonel Cooper was there, and
1 used language so vile that she would not
I soil or pollute her pure lips by speaking
it. and wrote it only under compulsion.
And you saw how she shrank and covered
her face as the words were read. Those
are the words used by this spark of the
old chivalry, this type of an old south
ern gentleman, in the presence of a vir
tuous, helpless girl. God! Are you not
ashamed of such a man?
“But the significant port in this stage
of the affair was that the only thing at-
I tempted was to keep Cooper from send-
I ing that note. Was any attempt made
I to disarm the Coopers? Was any attempt
> made to notify Carmack of the change of
■heart? Was any attempt made to notify
| Carmack that the note Craig told him
I would be sent to him was not to be sent?
I No. The sole effort was to keep that
note away from Carmack.”
Conference in Bradford’s Office
Captain Fitzhugh next took up the
conference in Bradfords office and
analyzed it. He laid especial stress
upon the testimony tnat Colonel Cooper
was not recalled to the telephone after
; he had left the office, that there was
jno telephone from the governor and
that thereafter there was no excuse
tor the Coopers to be on Seventh ave
nue that afternoon, unless they went
up there to lay in wait for Senator
Carmack, who was wont to pass that
way about 4 p. m. every day on his
' way to his apartments. The attorney
| then followed the Coopers up the
! street, commented upon the significance
of their meeting with John D. Sharp
and the incredibility of the story that
they invited him to accompany them
to a private conference with the gov
ernor. He also pointed out how,, after
Colonel Cooper had promised his son.
his brother-in-law and Governor p-G
terson, according to his own testimony, I
that he would keep away from Senator I
Carmack, he pulled away from his son ■
and sought the sen’ator out.
JUDGE C. H. ELLINGTON
IS DEAD AT THOMPSON
THOMSON. Ga., March B.—Judge C. H.
Ellington died at his home here Sunday
afternoon at 4 ;5<T O’cloeß from paralysis,
with which he was stricken Thursday.
The interment will take place Tuesday
morning at 9:30 o’clock, at the Thomson
cemetery, the A. J Miller lodge, F. and
A. M., of which the deceased had been a
member for a number or years, will have i
charge of the burial ceremonies.
Judge Ellington was only fifty-five •
years of age, but had been in ill health j
for the past five years. He retired front
the office or ordinary in January, which
position he had ably filled for nine
years. During his administration he
built the magnificent roads which extend
to all parts of McDuffie county. In 1894 '
he was elected state senator from this
district. He has always been prominent i
in "business, political and educational af
fairs of the community.
The deceased leaves a wife who was I
Miss Bennett and seven children. Misses
Clare, Edith, Eve and Sarah, and Mas
ter Arthur Ellington, of Thomson, and
Messrs. Carl and Claude EJTfngton, of
Atlanta.
ON THE SCAFFOLD
BATON ROUGE, La.. March 5.-The ex
ecution of seven negroes in Louisiana to
day follows the conviction of six of them
for murder and one for criminal assault
upon a member of his own race.
A petition for a reprieve for Willis Wil- i
liams, convicted of the murder of another
negro in Jefferson parish, was presented
to Acting Governor Lambremont at the
eleventh hour and was denied. One pe
tition of Williams was however, granted.
That was that he might have a bottle,
of wine with his last meal on earth.
Williams’ executioner. Frank Johnson,
claims that he has sprung the death trap
more than forty times.
It was in a fight over fifteen cents, the
stake in a crap game, that Williams kill
ed Willie Brooks two years ago at Har
vey’s Canal, La.
The hanging of two brothers, Wallace
and Ben Jones at Port Allen marks a
swift carrying out of law. They killed
Conductor Hall, of the Texas and Pacific
railroad on the night of January 23, 1909.
Within a few hours after they had been
rushed to the walls of the state peniten
tiary to escape an infuriated mob. a spe
cial term of court was convened in West
Baton Rouge parish for their trial and
they were promptly convicted of mur
der.
Charles Davvis. the third negro to swing
from the gallows at Port Allen today,
in an attempt to escape from the state
penitentiary on May 26, 1908, killed W. H.
Boatner, a gurd.
The execution of Jack Ratler at Frank
lin carries out his sentence for the mur
der of Mary McCoy, a negress in that I
town on October 17, 1908.
At Tallulah, the murder of his wife Is
expiated by the hanging of Andrew Wash
ington.
The hanging of Charles Madison at
Lake Charles follows his criminal as
sault upon Sidonla Kelly lest September.
GEORGIANS GREETED
CORDIALLY BY TAFT
WASHINGTON. D. C., March 6—Led
by Henry 8. Jackson and chaperoned by
frank H. Hitchcock, a dozen prominent
Georgia Republicans called on President
Taft Friday morning. Among those in
the party were Walter Johnson, N. S'.
Marshall, Atlanta; Henry Blinn, Jr.,
postmaster. Savannah; Hugh L. McKee,
assistant postmaster, Atlanta; W. N
Mitcnell, Atlanta; John Martin, internal
revenue agent, Atlanta, and a number
of others of equ«l prominence.
Mr. Jackson led the party to the
I white house and they were all strug
gling with the assembled crowd when
Hitchcock spied them. His influence
was enough to brUtg them through the
lines and five mimites later they were
in the presence of the president. Mr.
Taft was cordial in his greeting. He
i spoke pleasantly of his visit to Georgia
■ and his face broadened with his big
gest smile when mention was made of
j the 'possum dinner at Atlanta.
jSITUTION IN SERVIA
HAS GROWN SERIOUS
I BERLIN, March 6.—The semi-official
note showing the impossibility of Austrla-
I Hungary accepting the good offices of
the powers looking to a settlement of the
disagreement with Servia is discussed by
, the newspapers this morning as meaning
that the quetion between the dual mon
-1 archy and Servia has assumed much more
i serious aspect.
I The Tageblatt says that the discord
I among the great powers gives occasion
■ for grave apprehension. The Cologne
| Gazette in a leading article under the
1 captian. "Keep Cool," expresses the opin
' ion that the attempt of the powers to
summon Austria into an international
I conference involves enprmous danger.
TWO ARE CONFIRMED AS
GEORGIA POSTMASTERS
j WASHINGTON, March s.—Among the
I last acts of the senate before the inaugur-
I ation ceremonies yesterday was an execu
j live session which confirmed the appoint
i ment of Sarah J. Anthony to be postmas
ter at Shellman, Randolph county, and
John F. King, to be postmaster at
I Rochelle.
| Mrs. Mamie Fryer Smith was not con
; firmed. Chairman Penrose, of the Jost-
I office committee, withheld her name from
i consideration. There was no report, on
• the appointment of S. Schwarzweiss, at
; Waynesboro, and he is down and out for
! the present, anyhow.
TAFT 'PLEABES~ FORA K ER
WITH VIEWS ON NEGRO
WASHINGTON. March B.—Joseph H.
Foraker. ex-United States senator from
Ohio, has indicated that he fully ap
proves President Taft’s vi»ws on the ne
gro question outlined in his inaugural
address.
’ “If I correctly understand what he
said,” commented Mr. Foraker, “h«-
realizes fully the serious character of
this question and intends to do all in his
power to bring about a just solution ot
It.”
DOGS ON ( ANAL ZONE
"PERSONA NON GRATA”
I WASHINGTON. March 6.—Dogs on the
| canal zone are hereafter to be classed as
i “persona non grata” with the American
■ government. Chief Sanitary Officer Gor-
I gas has issued an order against unmuz
; zled dogs being allowed at large. This
; applies to the entire zone. The offense.
i committed by the canine trToe. which
| called forth this restriction of liberty, is
j not stated in the communication to the
war department.
HIS LIFE
BY HANGING HIMSELF
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., March 6.
While brooding, it is said, over domestic
affairs. Adolphus Thomas, a well-known
farmer living near here, last night at
tempted suicide by tying a rope around
his neck and then jumping from a win
dow in his barn. He was found this
morning in a dying condition. It is uot
thought that he will recover.
MB. PERINO BROWN.
PIONEER, IS OEM
FUNELAR OF FORMER BANKER;
AND MERCHANT WILL BE;
HELD HERE AT RESIDENCE OF j
DAUGHTER, MRS. PATTERSON.
MR. PERINO BROWN
Who died Sunday morning.
Funeral services of Mr. Perino Brown,
at one time a prominent busines man
here, will be held Monday afternoon at
3 o’clock at the residence of his daugh
ter, Mrs. W. H. Patterson, at 874 Pdach
tree street. Dr. J. S. French, pastor of
the First Methodist church, will offi
ate.
Mr. Brown, who was nearly S 3 years
old, died of old age, near Milledgeville,
Sunday morning. Born in Hall county,
he came to Atlanta as a young man. and
subsequently became a member of the
firm of Brown, Fleming & Co., whos-i
place of business was at Decatur and
Pryor streets.
He later left the mercantile business,
and became a banker, as a member of
the firm of Brown & Wildman, with of
fices at Broad and Marietta streets.
Later he became agent of the Georgia
Railroad bank. He afterwards retired
from active business, and for the past
20 years had made his home with Mrs.
W. H. Patterson, his daughter, in At
lanta.
At the age of 25. Mr. Brown married
Miss Georgia McKeen, of Mobile. She
| died here in 1888.
Mr. Brown is survived by his three
children: Mrs. Patterson, H. H. Brown,
of New York, and Bowdre Brown, of
Chattanooga, and his three brothers, W.
A., Berrien M.. and C. M. Brown, and
one sister, Mrs. Emmie Sanford, of For
syth county.
For a number of years, Mr. Brown was
assistant secretary of the Capital City
club.
WAYCROSS MAKES A
FIGHT ON NEAR-BEER
WAYCROSS, Ga., March 6.—Near-beer
saloons has come Tn for theirs in this city.
The question came up at the last
meeting of council, and was postponed
until the March meeting to consider the
called a special meeting to consider the
matter for Wednesday night, however,
owing to the fact that a saloon had been
opened by veterans. Opening caused de
cided action by several organizations and
representative citizens.
Y’esterday afternoon there was a mass
I meeting of the ladies of the city attended
by over one Hundred well known ladies.
Committees were appointed to secure sig
natures to petitions asking council to for
bid the, sale of near-beer in Waycross,
and between 4 o'clock and 7 more tnnn
seven hundred signatures were secured.
At the meeting ot council, resolutions
from the Ministerial association, from
misionary societies. Trinity and i irst
Methodist churches, from U. D. C., and
i from the ladies’ mass meeting were pre
sented, protesting against the favorable
action in permitting the sale of the article
in question. Protests were not needed,
however, as the mayor and council had
views of their own on the subject.
An ordinance was introduced and pas**<t
without a dissenting vote, placing the fol
lowing restrictions around the sale ot
' near-beer:
“Applicant for license must have the
written consent of all property owners
within one hundred yards of the location
of their place of business. No license
I will be granted in any portion of the
city except about five blocks of Plant
avenue. Any person engaging In the busi
ness will have to give a bond for SS,(XW,
signed by responsible party or guarantee
company. Not more than one quart can
be sold in any one day to any customer.
, None shall be sold to women or minors.
I Sale will be permitted only between 8
I a.m. and 5 p. m. Stands shall be closed on
| Sundays, holidays, election days, etc.,
I screened or frosted windows will not be
I permitted.” The ordinance was drawn up
Iby City Attorney Leon A. Wilson.
1 Former Mayor J. A. Jones Is out today
'in a card. In which he states his regret
I that his father, J. B. Jones, should have
been engaged in the near-beer business.
IHe says the latter went into it against
' his advice, and that he is glad council
and other organizations took the action
they did.
It is understood that the petition of the
Acme Brewing company of Macon for li
cense to conduct near-beer saloons will
come up before council at their regular
I meeting. March 12. The company.* through
! its attorney, will contend that they have
the right to do business upon payment
'of license of two hundred dollars and
general municipal business license of ten
I dollars.
MANY VESSELS BUILT *
IN UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, March 6.—Forty-sev-
I en sail and steam vessels, of 6,334 gross
j tons were built in the United States and
! officially numbered during the month of
February, according to a report by the
' bureau of navigation or tne department
of commerce and labor.
i The distribution of these vessels in the
various waters where they will be put
in service is as folloVs:-
Atlantic and gulf, 25; Pacific, 11; Great
' Lakes, 1; and Western rivers 10. Six of
the vessels are of steel construction,
while the others are built of wood.
; REC ESSATPOINTM EN T S
ARE SIGNED BY TAFT
WASHINGTON, March 6.—The presi
| dent today signed the following recess
■ appointments so that the terms of court
may be held. These designations, is Is
stated at the White House, have no ref
ments:
Edward E. Wagner, to be United
States attorney for South Dakota; Oscai
I R. Hundley, to be United States ju ige
I for the northern district of Alabama;
I Milton D. Purdy to be United States
I judge for the district of Minnesota.
DEMOCRATS THINK
CANNON’S JOB IS SAFE
WASHINGTON, D. C.» March 6.—Al
though a number of influential Democrats j
look with favor upon the proposition ot j
the insurgent Republican members of,
the house to join with them and elect ?
Victor Murdock, of Kansas, or some j
other Republican speaker in preference, [
to “Uncle Joess Cannon, the rank and
file of the minority party hoot the propo
sition as absurd.
The Democrats .would rejoice in the
overthrow of Cannon, but they are un
willing to deliver their entire strength
to a handful of dissatisfied Republicans
to defeat Cannon with some other and
less objectionable Republican.
“Let the Republican insurgents bolt
their party and join with us electing
Champ Clark speaker of the house, ana
we’ll be with them to fare-you-well,”
said a prominent Democrat tonight.
“But the suggestion that we weliver
one hundred and seventy-two votes and
deseft our leader. Is absurd. The dissat
isfied Republicans should do as the dis
satisfied element of the party did at the
St. Louis convention in IS96—bolt ana
join the Democrats. They admit by their
open hostility to Cannon and the ma
jority of their party that they lack con
fidence in their leaders, and then they
come to us and suggest that we take
one of their number and elect him
speaker.”
The insurgents have twenty-four votes,
and they could easily accomplish the
defeat of Cannon if they would decline
to enter the Republican caucus.
The Democrats will have 172 votes in
the new house and should the 24 Re
publican insurgents join them they woulS
have 196 votes in the house, whereas the
RepiAlicans could muster but 195 votes.
Undoubtedly many of the insurgents are
sufficiently determined to bolt their party
to accomplish the defeat of Cannon, but
some of them lack the necessary cour
age and none will bolt unless all agree
to the proposition.
CADETS - ARE GIVES’
SPLENDID BANQUET
■■ ■
The Atlanta cadets, students of the
Donald Fraser school and the Georgia
Military academy, were given a royal
welcome in Washington. The banquet
which the boys were given at the Ar
lington hotel is described by the Wash
ington Star as follows:
"Representative Thomas W. Hardwick,
the principal speaker at a banquet given
at the Arlingtu.l last night, at which
about 200 cadets from the Georgia Mili
tary Academy and the Donald Fraser
Military school at Decatur were present,
after extolling the bravery of the man
hood and the beauty of the womanhood
of Georgia, paid a tribute to Preside"t
elect Taft and uiged his hearers to a
broader national pa riotlsm.
" ‘Although I differ with Mr. Tat* po
litically.’ he said, ’I consider him one of
the most able as well as one of the most
genial men on the American continent. I
believe he is above partisan politics.’
“Col. J. C. Woodward, president of the
Georgia Military Academy, who was
toastmaster, speaking along the same
lines, said:
" ‘We are in the greatest city upon the
American continent. It is not great be
cause of it’s size, but It is great because
it is the capital city of a great and mas
tering people.
“ ‘After fifty years we are now sweep
ing away the party lines that, have been
separating this country into factions.
y“ ‘This is not a time when we should
know a north or a south, but a time when
we should all stand together/ said I’rof.
G. H. Gardner, principal of the Donald
Fraser school, whose father was a grad
uate of the Annapolis Naval academy and
/ought for the south during the civil
war on the Merrimac and the Alabama.
"Short talks were also made by William
G. Brantley. Jr., son of Representative
William G. Brantley, and Col. J. I. Nash.”
MRS. GEORGE BELL
ASKS FOR DIVORCE
DUBLIN, Ga., March 6.—The Dublin
Courier-Dispatch prints the following
i story from Waycross, Ga.:
“Mrs. Rosa Bell, wife of George H. Bell,.
whose long fight for freedom while an in- |
mate of the state asylum for the insane j
at Milledgeville, and recently release
through the efforts of Mrs. Blanche Bur
ton, of Indianapolis, attracted more than
statewide attention, has filed suit for a
total divorce in the Emanuel superior
court.
“Before her marriage, which occurred
i October 19, 1899. Mrs. Bell was Miss Rosa
Folks, daughter of Dr. Frank C. Folks, of
this place. At present she Is employed j
as a stenographer in a local office. Their
one child, a daughter, is here with her
and will probably remain In her custody
regardless of the outcome of the divorce
proceedings. ;
“It was stated that in her petition Mrs. I
Bell charges habitual drunkenness and |
cruelty of her husband as her reason for'
asking the severance of her marital bond. I
The petition was filed by her attorneys. |
Messrs. Wilson, Bennett & Lambdin, of •
Waycross.
“It is understood that Bell will offer no <
opposition to his wife's plea. He has 1
stated frequently that he would never re
turn to his old life with her, and that he
did not care to hear from her. As long as
he was in the asylum, and he charges that
his wife did not do her duty, because she
allowed him to be sent there, she did not
press tor a divorce, but now that he 13
free she will ask for the separation."
WILL USE OLD RATES
ON EXPORT GRAIN
Seven railroads, which compete for export
grain shipments, have decided to use the
same rates which were in effect last season
The roads are the Southern railway. Pennsyl
vania. Norfolk and Western. Erie. Chesapeaxi
and Ohio. Baltimore and Ohio and Cumber |
la The G rates >l wtll apply to export grain shlu-l
ments from points west of the Mississippi
river through Atlantic points and are made to
I meet the competition of lake and rail line.
upon the opening of lake navigation.
1 The railroads claim that they cannot com
pete with a profit with the rates usual,./
made by the lake steamers which carry t
grain on the lake to Buffalo and use th*|
eastern lines from there to the Atlantic ports.
generaiTamnesty bill
IS SIGNED BY GOMEZ
I HAVANA. March 6.—The general amnes'.yl
bill today was slgn-d by President Gomez.
It will tyke efect immediately and provides
for the release from prison of those persons
who have been convicted of other than crimes
i of grave atrocity.
; This will resuit In tne freeing of many pro
fessional criminals, which causes much un-
I easiness in Havana.
The police force tn this city has become
' largely disorganized by reason ot th' d’»-
| charge on Thursday of three captains ana
lof four more captains today, as well »s
; many experienced detectives, to make places
I it is stated, for a number of political wuix
i erß ‘ -
I CUBAN EX-GOVERNOR
IS VICTIM OF PLOT
1 HAVANA, March C.—An attempt was made
I this evening to kill General Emilio Nimex. ex-
■ governor of the province of Havana, while be
■ was passing through San Miguel street.
I Joec CisiK-ros*. a merchant, who has had a per-
I sonal grudge of long s anding against Genchai
Nnncz. fired two shots at him but neither took
vs »uct. /
I Cisneros wes arcstcd and said he had soh-cted
' todav to kill General Xuncx. hecanse ti e latter s
i daughter. Marie, wus to t-c married tonight to
Edgar Karel, sou of a millionaire sugar plan er. <
1 General Nunez was governor of Havana
i the recent AiverUan - intervention. An attempt,
was rnaue to shoot him two years ago.
i height inf eaks’record'
FOR FASTEST RUN!
MOBILE, Ala., March B.—What is con- 1
ceded to be the fastest run ever made by,
any freight train in the south was accom-,
plished Sunday by the Southern railway (
train carrying 1,303 tons of iron pipe foi 1
export to Cuba. '
ELIOT SAYS SOOTH
NEEDS BIG COLLEGE ■
'
GREATEST DESIDERATUM IS UN-
IVERSITY STRONG ENOUGH TO
COMPETE WITH COLUMBIA.
CHICAGO AND OTHERS.
NEW ORLEANS. March 6.—Touching
upon university education in the south I
ifi his address last night at the banquet
of the Tulane Alumni association, retir
ing President W. Eliot of Harvard uni
versity said:
"The greatest educational desidera- <:
turn of the south, yet the greatest adu- I
cational need of the nation, is a univer- .1J
slty in the south of the first rank, which H
should give poise and balance to tlie in- -
lellectual forces of the republic—a uni
versity strong enough to compete in gen- .J
crous chivalry with Columbia, with. Chi
cago, with Stamford and even with Har- *,
vard.”
Dr. Eliot had just had the degree of
doctor of 4 aws conferred upon him by
Tulane, and in addressing the alumni he
spoke as one of them.
“The bonds that bind our universities i
together are growing stronger as the
years go by,” he said. “It could not be
otherwise with an increasing number of
Harvard men in our faculty and an in
creasing number of our graduates com
ing to Harvard for higher degrees. Is it
any wonder, then, that out west and
throughout the couth and up north, too, sjs
in spots, well-inrormed men speak of Tu- . 3
lane as the Harvard of the south? But. >
sir, we cherish a more daring and des
perate ambition still. We shall never be ..J
quite satisfied until far out west and ■ 1
throughout the s<-uth and all over the
union men may speak of Tulane as the
Harvard of the south and of Harvard as ■
the Tulane of the north. Yes. we are -
strong in the hope of a greater Tulane.”
WOMAN’S DEAD BODY
IS FOUND NEAR
PONCE DE LEON
Continued from Page One
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saw a piece of bone sticking out. fram
the ground Sunday afternoon, and ne
asked W. M. Hughes, of Reynoldstown, ■
who happened to be passing down the
path, what it was. The latter investigat- . jj
ed and found the skeleton of a woman, or
rather, a girl.
Sewer Empties Near By
Just a few feet away, a big sewer emp
ties out and the water pours down with
a rear. All around are the woods, with •
hills sloping up on each side. The place
Is fifty yards or more from Ponce de Leon I
avenue, and is just where Jackson street
would be if it penetrated through.
It is believed that the girl was a ne
gress. The body found near it several *<l
weeks ago was that of a negro giffb-about .
16 years of age.
The first liody was found just off the . 9
sewer and only a few yards from Bed
ford Place. The second was found only
a few feet from the sewer and not more 4
than a block away. A part of the Jaw- f
bone is missing and this may mean that -4
the victim was shot and the bullet pen- j
etrated the jaw or that she was struck
with some instrument.
Bureid Weeks Ago
Evidently, the body had been buried
for many weeks. The bones are bleached
and bare and the clothing has begun to
decay. The murders must have buried 3
the body there in that lonely placed and.
seeing that it was apparently escaping |
detection. brought his second victim 4
there thinking it was the safest spot to
be found.
Little boys, playing, discovered both
bodies. In the first instance, a shoe was *<
seen protruding from a trash pile, and, J
when it was pulled, an ankle came out '
from the pile of garbage. The body in :
that case had not been burled for more §
than a day or two and the features were 7
still clear and distinct. Finally it was
identified and several suspects w*ore ar- ■
rested by the police, but all have since
been released. Who murdered the jgtrl la
still a mystery. It is now doubled irt .
horror by the discovery that a second a
victim lay but a hundred yards away.
A Lonely Spot
The place where the first body was dis
covered it just back of one of the most
prominent resident sections of the city.
The back fence of one house is not over I
twenty yards away. But the bones of the /’
second victim were found in a very wild S
spot, though not far distance. Off to the
left can be seen several small lousea,
but there are no dwellings immediately |
about. Several paths wind out from ,
there, and now and then someone passes 3
by, but the place has a forbidding air that H
makes the number small.
Though the clothes tl at lay with the •Jj
bleached bones have begun to decay, j
their quality and color are still disrtln- 1
guishable. They consist of a dark skirt, ‘
a white embroidered waist, a bluj- jack- t
et. with braid, and pockets on C.e out- '<
side, and a black corded belt with a. ,
large imitation buckle. ■
The matter was reported to the police |
Sunday evening and an investigation ■
was made by Officers Hood and Arthur.
Monday morning the coroner held an
inquest.
Lve of soda, heated in a pan impregnated «
with olive oil, led to the discovery of soap. «|
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