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Newspaper Page TextThe Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal VOL. VIII. ABDUL HAMID, DEPOSED AND IN CHAINS, CARRIED PRISONER OFF TO SALONIKI, WITH ELEVEN WOMEN OF HIS HAREM Under Cover of Darkness the Fallen Potentate is Quietly Conveyed from Palace te _ Railroad Station. JEWELS AND FORTUNE HAVE BEEN SEIZED AND HAREM OPENED Constantinople Still Seething With Suppressed Excitement and No One Knows What Is Going to Come Next. (9r A.MKiat*d ) Forma! recognition of Mehmed V.. as rulton of Turkey will be given this gov ernment. A dispatch to that effect to Ambassa dor Leishman probably will go forward tonight. CONSTANTINOPLE. April 28.—Abdul Hamid, the deposed sultan of Turkey, left the capital test night for Salonlki. He is accompanied by eleven women of his harem. He was conveyed quietly under cover of darkness from the imperial palace at Yildiz to the railroad station in Stam boul. Shortly after he was installed on board, the train pulled out for the west. The special train with the deposed sul tan on board left the Stamboul station at 3 o'clock this morning. It is due at Saloniki tomorrow as the run takes about 24 hours. Must Face Trial Enver Rey. a leader of the young Turks, saTT today in connection with the departure of Abdul Hamid, that the de posed sultan would be tried at Saloniki, probably for instigating mutiny and mur der among the troops. It is reported that two of Abdul Ha mid's sons, in addition to the members ot the harem and the large retinue of ser vants, .are with their father on the spe cial train. It is said that Abdul Hamid, upon ar rival at Saloniki. will be interred in the Villa Aliatini. in one of the suburbs. This villa was formerly the residence of Gen eral Robllant, the commandant of the Turkish gendarmerie. Joy All Over Empire A holiday was. declared today to cele brate the accession of Mehmed V. The bourse, the banks and all the public offices are closed. Half the people of the city are wearing badges of red and white, the colors ot liberty, pinned to their coats with a six pointed star. ABDUL AND HAREM BEGIN LIFE TERM IX EXILE ’ SALONIKI. April 29—The deposed sul tan of Turkey. Abdul Hamid, arrived here late last night from Constantinople. He was accompanied by two of his sons and a suite of seventeen persons. Including eleven women of his harem. The party was escorted quietly to the villa in the suburbs set aside for theit use. This villa was occupied until recently by General Robilant, commander of the Macedonian gendarmerie. The governor of Saloniki asked the gen eral yesterday to move out, saying that “a guest was expected.” Change Hailed With Joy Numerous telegrams are being receiv ed here from the provinces, and everyone welcomes the change In sovereigns. It became known today that many Turks of all shades of political opinion whose lives were in danger during the recent upheaval, sought and obtained the protection of the British authorities here. The transformation of the barracks and parade grounds formerly occupied by the troops of the sultan into a residential quarter is being generally discussed. These locations constitute the finest sites tn Pera. It has been suggested laso that the im perial palace at Yiidlx be converted into a museum and that the immense park ■unrounding the palace be turned iflto a recreation ground for the people of the capital. The effect of such improvements would be to transfer the fashionable dis trict of Constantinople some distance further north. There is a strong possibil ity in the early realisation of these pro jects. particularly if the Turls push them with energy. New Sultan Congratulated Mehemmed V„ the new sultan, already has received congratulations from prac tically all the countries of the world on his accession to the throne. The tele grams of felicitation from King Edward and President Fallieres were the first to •rrive. Luiti Bey. secretary general of the for eign ministry, has been appointed first chamberlain to the new sultan; Halidsia Effendi, a well known author, has been made first secretary of the imperial chan cellory. and Remsi Bey, commander of the Saloniki Chausseurs. has been given the position of first aide de camp to his majesty. Three monuments commemorating the events of last Saturday are to be erected in the capital by public subscription. Of ficial notice was given today that hence forward the people of the city would be allowed to remain on the streets until half past ten at night. NADIR PASHA HANGED FROM GALATA BRIDGE; VIEWED BY POPULACE (By Associated From.) CONSTANTINOPOLE, April 29,-Nadir Parha. the second eunuch of the palace under the regime of Abdul Hamid, was hanged at dawn today on the Galata bridge, the great thoroughfare that con nected Stamboul with the quarters of Galata and Pera. The body was allowed to swing until t o'clock in the morning, and thousands of the people stopped to look at the great Nubian, whose name was a terror under Abdul Hamid. The dead man s face showed an under shot jaw and thick heavy lips. In life he had been fully six feet four inches tall. Nadir was executed after a trial by courtmartial on the charge that he insti gated the mutiny of the troops on April 13 He was reputed to be intensely am bitious. subtle minded and insensible to the sufferings of others. He was one of the trio that formed Abdul Hamid's private cabinet under the old regime. The other members of this cabinet were Ixxet Pasha and Fehim Pasha. The former, the sultan’s secret tary, is now in hiding in London, and the latter, who was head of the sultan's spy system, has been assassinated some where tn Russia. Nadir Pasha came to the Imperia! pal ace as a slave and grew up in that hot house of intrigue. Since the departure of luet Pasha and Fehim Pasha, Abdul Hamid has relied entirely upon Nadir, who was regarded as having been the chief conspirator In the events of the 13th of April. XOT A KIXD WORD SPOKEN ABOUT FALLEN POTENTATE CONSTANTINOPLE. April 28-The fetwa. or official decision, of the Sheik- Ul-Islam. authorising the deposition of Abdul Hamid, has been made public. It embraces the questions put by parlia ment to the Sheik-Ul-Islam and his an swers thereto. The text follows: "What becomes of an Imam (the title of the sultan of Turkey as head of the orthodox faith) who has destroyed cer tain holy writings; who has seised prop erty in contravention to the Sheri laws; who has committed cruelties in ordering the assassination and imprisonment of exiles without any justification under the Sheri laws; who has squandered the pub lic money; who, having sworn to govern according to the Sheriat, has violated his oath; who, by gifts of money, has pro voked internecine bloodshed and civil war, and who no longer is recognized in the provinces?” To this the Sheik-Ul-Islam replied: ‘•He must abdicate or be deposed.” Not one of the Constantinople news papers has a good word for Abdul Ha mid, whose life and reign are being held up to universal execration. On the other hand, the accession of Mehemmed V. is regarded as the dawn of a new era. In order to enable the public to indulge in rejoicing, there has been ordered a temporary suspension of the state of siege until 10 o'clock tonight. The city will be Illuminated, but fireworks have been prohibited. The cabinet has been requested to re main in office for some days longer. WASHINGTON NOTIFIED OF NEW TURKISH RULE WASHINGTON, April 25.-The Turkish ambassador, Hussein Kiazim Bey. today formally notified the state department of the succession to the throne of Mehem med Reschad Effendi as sultan of Tur key under the title of Mehemmed V. Similar advices came from Ambassa dor Leishman at Constantinople. Kiazim Bey. himself a member of the Young Turks party, with every evidence of sat isfaction and of delight on his counte nance. appeared early at the state de partment with the information he had received from the ministry of foreign affairs, which he commmunicated to As sistant Secretary Huntington Wilson. He remained with Mr. Wilson some time, which gave the ambassador an oppor tunity to supply the secretary with some interesting facts regarding the new sul tan and to impart some of his views touching the policies which in his opin ion would be adopted in the administra tion of affairs. The ambassador declined to make any commments on the situation as he came from Mr. Wilson’s office. It is presumed that during the day a dispatch will be sent to Ambassador Leishman at Con stantinople. which in effect will contain the formal recognition by the American government of the assumption of the of fice of the new sultan. Capt. Ledbetter Safe Following the receipt of this dispatch, it Is probable that Mr. Leishman will make a call at the Ytldlz Kiosk to pay his respects to the sultan and convey the expressions of good will from the president of the United States. Some concern having been expressed as to the safety of Captain Ledbetter, an American, who is a captain in the Turk ishgnavy and commander of Abdul Ha mid’s royal yacht, the state department telegraphed to the embassy at Constan tinople making inquiry on the subject. The reply came that he was safe. General rejoicing prevails at Trebi xonde, Turkey, at the accession of Wie new sultan, according to a dispatch from American Consul Milo A. Jewell at that place. He reports the district, thereabout undisturbed. YOUNG HARRY' DWIGHT HAS XOT BEEN HURT (By Associated Frets.) NEW YORK. April 29.-The Rev. Dr. Henry O. Dwight, one of the secretaries of the American Bible society, has re ceived a cable message from his son, Harry Dwight, denying a report that he was wounded at Constantinople on Sat urday. Dr. Dwight said his son was undoubted ly under fire. Press reports early this week said that he was in a boat on the Bosphorus near the scene of the battle, and Dr. Dwight said that this story was probably correct, as his son was a special representative of two American maga zines and would have made an attempt to get some photographs of the engagement. Dr. Dwight was himself a missionary in Turkey for more than thirty years. The son was born in Constantinople. TOLD HER TO SHOOT; GIRL SHOT HIM DEAD NEOSHO, Mo., April 29.—" Johnny” Da vidson, a wealthy young woman who kill ed Roy Ramsour here on June 16, 1908, following a quarrel at the Davidson home, in which it Is alleged Ramsour applied an epithet to the girl, is on trial hqpe. Miss Davidson's plea is self-defense. Ramsour was a suitor for the hand of Miss Grace Davidson, the defendant's sister. A few days before the murder the two had quarreled. Ramsour used improper language toward Miss "John ny" Davidson, and when he refused to retract, she got a revolver and confronted him. C. M. Williams, a neighbor of the Davidson's, and who claimed he saw the killing, was the first witness called. "I saw the girl going toward Ramsour, who was leaning with his back against a gate. •• 'Take it back,* she said, *or I’ll kill you.' " ‘Well, kill me then.’ he replied. "With that she shot him as he stood with his arms lying back on top of the palings of the fence. Roy fell forward, catching 'Johnny' and throwing her to the sidewalk and beneath him. They lay on the ground for a moment and then pushed the body over to the walk.” The Davidsons are wealthy. The two girls some time ago were left a fortune by an uncle in the east. FREE DEAFNESS CURE A remarkable offer by one of the lead ing ear specialist In this country. who will send two months' medicine free to porve his ability to cure Weafness. Head Noises and Catarrh. Address Dr. G. M. Branaman, 1248 Walnut St., Kansas City, Mo. ATLANTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1909. HAINS' AGED FATHER ON WITNESS SIAND SWEARS SON WAS ALWAYS NER VOUS AND ACTED IN FOOL HARDY WAY’ DURING BATTLE OF GUAYAMA. « ' i (By Associated Press.) FLUSHING. L. 1., April 29.—General Peter C. Hains, retired, the aged father of Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr., of the coast artillery, who is on trial before Justice Garretson in the supreme court here for the murder of William E. Annis at the Bayside Yacht club last August, took the stand as the first witness for the defense at the resumption of the trial today. John F. Mclntyre, counsel for the de fendant, expects to occupy two or three hours with the direct examination of the general, taking him over many of the incidents of his son's life to show the captain’s Irritable and nervous tempera ment as a child, and his many irrational acts previous to May, 1908. when he first learned of the alleged improper conduct of his wife, Claudia, with Annis. Total Insanity The defense contends that his troubles drove him into a state of total insanity, subject to violent maniacal outbursts dur ing one of which he shot down the man he believed had ruined his home. While his father was testifiying. the prisoner sat with his face toward the jury and paid no attention to him. General Hains testified that he discov ered at an early period of Captain Hains’ life that the boy was suffering from ex cessive nervousness. He said Peter was graduated from the naval academy at An napolis In 1893, but did not enter the naval service on account of defective eyesight. He described the conduct of Claudia Hains toward her husband, the captain, during their early marriage as that of "a loving wife.” He said they were very happy until 1908. During the Porto Rico campaign the captain, then a lieutenant of artillery, was a member of his com mand, the general said, and they all suf fered excessively from the sultry and bad climate of the island. • "Describe your son's conduct at the battle of Guayama,” said Mr. Mclntyre. •He was always getting in my way on the firing line,” replied the witness, "and when I told him to get away he said I had no right to wear that big white hel met on the firing line.” "Then I told him I would have to put him in the ranks if he did not stop bothering me.” Reverting to the earlier years of the defendant s life, the general said he would fly Into a passion when contradic ted and was subject to violent night mares. He fell Into the hatchway of a tteamer when he was 172 years old. striking on his head, and for a long time afterwards suffered from nervous ex citement and depressing headaches. Slight noises always excited the boy and made him turn pale, the father said. Package of Letters In September. 1907. the captain was de tailed to the transport service between San Francisco and the Philippines, the general said. He was away for seven months and returned in May, 1908. The general met his son at the Hotel Astor, New York city, on May 30. "When I asked him what had brought him from the west,” said the witness, •he showed me a package of letters and said he was greatly troubled. He had heard reports from his wife but did not believe them,’* he said. "She may have been Indiscreet,” the captain said, continued the witness, "and I told him she had been more than Indiscreet; that she had been unfaithful. Was AllJJndone “ ’My God! you don’t think that?s ex claimed the captain. He asked me if I believed the reports and I told him she had been away for a week and nobody, not even th eservants, knew where she w*hs. and when she returned she was In b e d a week. "The captain censured me for letting him know about thees things and said he wanted me to help him investigate and settle It. ” ‘We can go to the country where Clatjdia said she had been and find out if it was true,’ said the captain.” The general said his son was greatly excited at that time, but would not say his condition was irrational. The following day, when the general told him he appeared very nervous and looked haggard, the witness salo. "He told me she had confessed every thing.” said the general. District Attorney Dewitt objected to the examination of General Hains In re gard to the infidelity of th ecaptain’s wife and Judge Garretson ruled that the wife’s Infidelity could not be proved un til evidence of prior insanity in the de fendant’s case had been established. Af ter geatting General Hains to say his father died from senile insanity, Mr, Mclntyre excused the witness. Alienist Takes Stand Dr. L. Samuel Manson, the alienist, who who next testified, described an examina tion of Captain Hains which he made in the Queens county jail on September 5, 1908 “I found him sitting on a chair staring into vacancy,” said the doctor. “When I spoke to him he made no response. I put my hand on his shoulder and saind loudly, ‘How do you feel?’ and still there was no response. I put him through sev eral tests and there was no response.” General Hains then was re-called and asked again to tell what happened In his talk with Captain Hains after the cap tain had obtained his wife’s alleged con fession. A long argument ensued be tween counsel on objection by District Attorney Dewitt, on the ground that no evidence of the defendant's insanity at that time had been presented. Justice Garretson said that if the law yers for the defense had any evidence ot hereditary Insanity they should present it forthwith. The court sustained the dis tdict attorney' objections. STILL NO NOMINATION IN ILLINOIS BALLOT SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 28.-On the 77th Joint ballot, the total vote of the joint session was: Hopkins, 78; Foss. 17; Mason. 2; Shurt left, 19; Stringer, 34; Sherman, 2; Lowden. 1; Mc Kinley. 2; William Maloney. Chica go, 7; Representative George Alschuler, 2; Representative Thomas H. Riley, 6; Calhoun, 1; Evans. 1. Constitutional majority of session 103. Majority of those present and voting 96. No choice. CHRISTI SECTION OFADANA IN FLAMES MANY BODIES BURN Ghastly Massacres of Men, Women and Children Fol lowed by Holocaust Which Threatens to Complete Ruins MANY ARMENIAN GIRLS ARE CARRIED AWAY BY TURKS TO THEIR HAREMS Scores of Corpses Are Found Fright fully Mutilated by Blood-Thirsty Devils Who Murdered to Satisfy Their Inhuman Mania. (By AMociated Press.) CONSTANTINOPLE, April 29.—A tele grab received here today from Adana says the fighting which began there again last Sunday continued for two days, that a terrible fire was destroying the Chris tion quarter of the city and that further efforts were being made to stamp out the Armenian population. Conditions in the country surrounding Adana, as a result of the recent fanatical Moslem movements upon the Christian population, are terrible. Bodies are lying out on the fields. Numberless Armenian farm houses have been burned. Condi tions are most unsanitary. DETAILS OF BUTCHERIES SURPASS THE INQUISITION AND STAGGER IMAGINATION (By Associated Press.) ADANA, Asiatic Turkey. Saturday, April 24.—The emergency hospitals estab lished here contain 300 patients suffering from wounds, many of whom are women. The average number of wounds to each patient is four. There is great and im mediate need for food and medical sup plies. Practically the entire Armenian pop ulation of Adana, 15,000 people, is home less, without bedding or clothing, and the food supply in the shops is exhausted. Some of the wounded Armenian women have told Miss Wallace, an English nurse who is caring for them, that they were shot by the Moslems because they screamed when they saw their husbands killed before their eyes. Many Armenian girls were carried off by the Turks as booty. A large number of mutilated bodies have been found In the houses of the city. One Man Responsible During the first five days of the disor ders. while fighting, killing and plunder ing was going on on all sides, the vali of Adana kig*-tha Turkish troops in govern ment house day' and night under orders. On the sixth day he ordered them to put a stop to the fighting, whk-h could have been done on the first day. Stephen Trowbridge, an American mis sionary, said today: "One man is responsible for the disor ders here, the vali himself. He had it in his power to suppress lawlessness and massacre but deliberately refrained from doing so. He said simply, ‘We are not responsible.’ The better class of Turks in Adana, the members of the committee of union and progress, are deeply grieved and saddened ut these dreadful events. Some of them are ready to join us in relief work for the Armenians. Missions YV’ere Refuges “One bey already has opened his house to refugees.” The American missionaries allowed no armed Armenians to enter the mission premises. They confiscated all weapons at the entrances to their houses. During the four days not a single shot was fired from the mission buildings. Immunity was secured for the Armen ians who had taken shelter with the Americans upon the condition that they would give up their arms, and this stip ulation was strictly carried out. The only shots fired from the mission premises were by soldiers who, toward the end of the five days of fighting, fired from the mission grounds and the roof of the servants’ quarters on the rioters. The soldiers explained that this was partly "to communicate with the other soldiers firing from the minarets.” The missionaries have picked fourteen Mauser bullets from the walls of the girls’ school. Few civilians had Mausers. Set Building On Fire The nuns in a building opposite the school sa wan Afghan throwing masses of burning wool soaked In kerosene into the grounds of the American girls’ school, and immediately gave the alarm. It took the missionaries five hours of hard work to put out the fire. It is probable the best elements of Adana will demand the execution of the vail. William Chambers, an American mis sionary, is caring for 700 refugees in his house and on his grounds. One of the most threatening features of the situation today is the garbage and filth in the streets, which have not been cleaned for a week. There ie not enough water for drinking purposes or to dress the wounds of the injured. The local au thorities have recovered much plunder from the looters, but none of It has been returned to the owners. There are great piles of loot in the government house. Scenes of Brutality Scenes of great brutality occurred in the neighboring towns of Bagliche. Os manleh and Hamidleh. In addition to killing the men. the Mos lems carried off women and children for slaves. SOLDIERS ARE HURRIED TO AMERICAN WOMEN (By Associated Press.) MERSINA, Asiatic Turkey, April 29. Two battalions of Turkish troops arrived there who for nearly a fortnight have strong detachment will at once be sent tip the country to Hadjin to effect the re lief of the American women missionaries there who for nearl ya fortnight have been besieged in their mission house by a horde of fanatical Mohammedan tribesmen. CORPSES CHOKE RIVER ON THEIR YVAY TO SEA (By Associated Press.) MERSINA, Asiatic Turkey. Tuesday, April 27.—The river that empties into the sea here is carrying down many bodies of men, women and children. Several corpses are drifting in close proximity to the Italian warship in the harbor. They undoubtedly were thrown into the river in the country above the city. The men from the British warship In the harbor are doing splendid service. COURT REFUSES 10 APPROVE FEE PROBE JUDGE PENDLETON ACTS ON COUNT YATTORNEY’S ADVICE. INVESTIGATION LEGAL ONLY’ TO DETECT FRAUD. Judge Pendleton, of the superior court, on Thursday refused to approve the rec ommendation of the grand Jury that an expert be employed, at a compensation ot ssov, to examine the books ot the va rious county officers with a view of de termining whether or not the fee system is a wise one. The court took this course on the re commendation of County Attorney Luther Z. Rosser. Mr. Rosser held in effect that the Jury had a perfect right through a committee, or an individual member, to examine the books in question to de termine whether the officers were per forming their duties legally and properly, to see that no fraud was being commit ted, and that no excessive fees were col lected. For any other purpose, however, he held that an examination would be il legal, and that an appropriation could not be made for it. Judge Pendleton expressed a doubt Wednesday whether he could approve the jury’s recommendation. He signed the following order Thursday: "The recommendation of the grand jury for the appointment of an expert to ex amine the books of county officers fox the purpose indicated, having been refer red to the county attorney, and in his opinion an appropriation to pay an au ditor for such a purpose is not authorized by law, and the same is not approved. Ordered further that the matter be pre sented and referred to the next grand jury as a recommendation. Let the opinion be filed along with these presentments.” Mr. Rosser’s Opinion Mr. Rosser admits the right of the grand jury to examine the books of the officers, but only to determine whether fraud or illegal acts are being commit ted. "In short,” says Mr. Rosser, "it seems to me that the purpose of this investiga tion was to protect the county’s finances; to prevent fraud: to insure performance of the official duty of the official being investigated.” Mr. Rosser said that if a grand jury recommended the appointment of a com mittee to investigate the books, it would be presumed that it was for this pur pose. "In the presentments of the present jury," Mr. Rosser resumes, "the purpose of the jury in appointing an inspector of the county officers' books is declared to be for the purpose of determining the wisdom of the present law with reference to fees allowed officers. If this was tAo sole purpose of the recommendation, it is certainly extremely doubtful whether the jury, even with the approval of the court, would have the right to charge the county with the expense of such an in spection.” Mr. Rosser suggests, however, that the grand jury might have proposed a regu lar legal examination, with the wisdom of the fee system as one of its purposes. "Then, most likely,” he adds, "the In spection would be one In the power of the grand jury to recommend." "It follows therefore that if the grand Jury recommends the appointment of an inspector for the performance of duties not contemplated by the sections of the code supra, payment for his services would not be justified even under the approval of the superior court.” Mr. Rosser adds that Solicitor C. D. Hill is not a county officer, and the law in any event would not apply to him. The whole matter will be up to the next grand jury to consider, and it in turn will probably make some recom mendation. Solicitor Hill Talks There was a rumor Thursday that county officers were opposed to telling the jury what they made out of the fee system. Solicitor Hill said: “I told the grand Jury when they asked me that they could not employ an in spector to Inquire into the advisability of the fee system, and that they could only do so to determine whether or not the officers were attending to their duties properly. "As far as I am concerned. I am per fectly willing to tell the jury what I Sheriff Losing Money Sheriff C. W. Mangum said: "I will tell them anything I know, and they are at liberty to examine my books. 1 had counted on a revenue of this office of about $30,000 a year. At the present rate it is not over $23,000 or $24,000. I have sixteen deputies to divide the income among, and five hired assistants. My feed bill at the Jail last week was S7OO. This office is not making expenses.” Tax Collector Stewart said: "My books show the exact income of my office, and what I get in fees and percentages. The latter are 1 1-4 per cent up to $36,000 ot taxes collected, above that amount 5-S of one per cent. I get cost fees where 1 have to force the collection of overdue taxes. These are figures that the books will show, and the grand Jury is perfect ly welcome to inspect them, although they have no legal right through a hired Inspector for this purpose. “I will say though that a county offi cer must pay his force, which is large and well paid; that he loses a large part ot his fees, and that the demands of charity on him are enormous. I would be perfectly willing to serve on salary, pro vided it was commensurate with the work.” Tax Receiver Armlstead said: "The only objection that county offi cers would have to telling the jury the amount of income would be the objection that any other man would have to having his business affairs made public. I get no fees, only a percentage on the amount of taxes. Out of this, of course, I have to pay my help, as well as give much to charity. I would as soon go on sal ary, if the salary were satisfactory. My income is a matter of record, and can be got from the books.” Ordinary Wilkinson was out of the city, and Solicitor Arnold, of the criminal court of Atlanta was not In his office. Arnold Broyles, clerk of the superior court, said: "There is no secrecy about the affairs of my office. My books and accounts are open to the grand jury. I appeared be fore It three years ago and told the mem bers what I made out of the office. I told a member of the present jury that I would gladly appear before it and answer their inquiries.” RUSH OF STEEL ORDERS CAUSES PRICE TO RAi - PITTSBURG, Pa., April 28.—Following the announcement made by the Carnegie Steel Co. an increase in prices of their products, other steel manuacturers are increasing prices. It is stated that the reduction made recently i exulted in so many orders that many ot the manufacturers are crowded the work ind the advance has been the general result if the growing demand. Jones and lAUghlln Steel Co., Independent steel makers., have fol lowed the Carnegie Co., and increased prices about a dollar a ton. / RAYNEB ROASTS TARIFF MEASURES MARYLAND SENATOR DECLARES NO DEMOCRAT CAN VOTE FOR PENDING ALDRICH - PAYNE BILL BEFORE THE SENATE. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C., April 29.—De claring that free trade is impracticable in this country, and asserting that not a single Democrat would vote for it if pre sented to him in a bill, Senator Rayner, of Maryland, in the senate today deliv ered an address denouncing the Payne- Aldrich tariff measure as failing to pro vide revenue and protecting the industries controlled by trusts rather than giving any relief to the consumers of the coun try. Mr. Rayner frequently entered upon oratorical flights and concluded with a series of condemnations of the so-called trusts of the country. 'He declared his belief in incidental protection in order to maintain the wages of American work ingmen. ' No Free Trade for Him "I have never believed in free trade between this country and any other coun tries,” Mr. Rayner said. "I think from every practical standpoint it is perfectly preposterous to talk about it. I think the country would vote such a proposition down almost with practical unanimity. “I believe in custom house taxation, and I do not believe any other system will exer take its place to the satisfac tion of the American people. Free trade is not the question before us, and no amount of reproach and adjectives will deter me from stating what the oquestlon really is. "If there were a resolution now boxaly before the senate in favor of the entire abolition of tariff duties I do not believe that the doctrine of free trade would receive a single vote upon our side of the chamber.” Reads the Platforms Reading from the Democratic plat forms of 1876 and 1892, Mr. Rayner said -hey embodied his party’s axiom, "and that is,” he added, "that we have no constitutional power to collect tariff duties except for the purpose of reve nue." The pending tariff bill, he de clared, should be entitled "A bill to en courage the Industries of the United States and for no other purpose.” He did not believe it would add very much to our present revenue collections. He characterized the whole frame work of the measure as protection and revenue afterwards. If he had the tramlng of a tariff bill he said he would levy the lowest tax possible upon the necessaries of life and the highest tax possible upon the luxuries, and "would protect American labor so as to main tain at all times the standard of Ameri can wages. “Throughout the whole bill I would look out for the consumer. You may examine this bill, outside of the free list, and it is almost impossible to dis cover tne consumer in any of its com plicated schedules.” Grows Very Humorous Speaking humorously upon what he declared to be the inconsistence at the measure ip determining what were raw materials he recounted his experience as a member of the house of representatives while the Wilson bill was under con sideration. "The bill will not. and it does not,” predicted Mr. Rayner, "in any substan tial degree lower prices to the consum er; and I make another prediction, and that is that this bill will not in any substantial degree affect the inordinate profits that the protected Industries are now receiving through custom house taxation.” Mr. Raj’ner combatted the idea that the great corporations of the country ben efit the customers by utilizing econ omies or increased wages. On the other hand, he declared of the trusts: "They raise prices, they limit produc tion, they lower wages, they contract the demand for labor, they throttle com petition. they monopolize the wealth of the land, they withdraw it from the channels of circulation, and when they are driven from one state they obtain their franchises in another and then re turn with insolence to pursue their call ing in tfie place from which they are banished. "I can look around in my own state and observe that whenever a new enterprise is started that comes in conflict with them they sweep down upon it as the cormorant does upon his prey, and that their rapacity is never appeased so long as a spark of vitality is left in any com petitor that crosses their path. "I do not find within this bill a line or sentence that weakens their grasp up on the commerce of the country. On the contrary they show their hateful front in almost every schedule of this bill. "As against them, if I had the oppor tunity in the framing of a tariff bill I would open the ports of entry of this re public. I would bring them in competi tion with the markets of the world. It is said that if we do this, we will interfere with other industries that are competing with them. There is hardly a word of truth In that statement, because they tolerate no rivalry and permit no inter ference.” Nelsn Takes the Floor After Mr. Rayner had made an ex haustive speech in opposition to the gen eral protective tariff policy of the Re pulican party, Mr. Nelson took the oflor to present his objections to some of the schedules. He manifested especial satisfaction over the discovery by himself of what he said were numerous "jokers" in the lum ber schedule. While ostensibly the rates of duty on lumber were lowered, he said they, in fact, were higher even than the Dingley rates. NAV A L STORESCONCERN ARE ALLEGED TRUSTS SAVANNAH. Ga.. April 28.—The second day of the naval stores trust trial began this-morning with the taking of evidence. There were introduced witnesses to prove that the American Naval Stores company controlled the naval stores business of the country and manipulated prices to suit itself. The Jury was secured yesterday after noon. There are tnree Savannah men on it. The others are from the country. J. A. Almond, of Montgomery county, was the twelfth Juror selected. He was standing In the court room, when it was suggested by the defense that, as the man summoned for jury duty had not j appeared, a Juror be selected from the spectators. This was done, and Almond was “it.” He stood a satisfactory examination on the part of Judge Sheppard and was sworn in. The taking of evidence this morning resulted in a large crowd being .present, 1 COLLEGE STUDENT j SHOT Wfi GIRL 1 AND KILLED SELF Porter Smith, of Dartmouth College, Shoots Miss Helen Ayer Mar den of Smith Col lege on Campus. GIRL IS HURRIED TO HOSPITAL WARD WHERE SHE DIED Slayer Then Turned Weapon Upon Himself and Sent Bullet Crashing Through His Brain, Dying Almost Instantly. i (By Ataoclated Brass.} NORTHAMPTON, Mass., April 29.-En- | raged because she had brokea her en gagement with him and refused to renew, I Porter Smith, who was graduated from j Dartmouth college last year, today shot ‘ and probably fatally wounded Misa Helen Ayer Marden, a senior in Smith colleg» and then, turning the revolver on himself, committed suicide. The physicians stated that there wag no hope for Miss Marden’s recovery. She is a daughter of Frank Marden, S 3 Boston street, Somerville. Forced His Attentions Smith, whose home was In Chicago, ’ had been in Northampton for several . J days.. It is said he had persistently fol- I j lowed Miss Marden and tried to force hig I attentions on her, but she refused to ; have anything to do with him. j This forenoon, when the majority of the J students of Smith were at chapel, Miss l Marden came out of the students’ build ing. where she roomed. She had stayed away from the chapel exercises, it is understood, bticause she feared she would be further pursued by Smith on the way there. She had gone only a short distance when she met Smith. There were no students nearby and it is not known whether there was any aS conversation between the two. Saw Girl Y r ictim Fall Suddenly workmen not far distant heard a shot and a girl’s scream. Turn ing around they saw Smith standing be side the girl with a smoking revolver in I his hand. Before they could reach the couple, J| they saw Smith raise the revolver and fire two more shots at the girl. Miss Marden sank to the ground and Smith immediately placed the muzzle ot he weapon to his head and fired, falling dead beside the young woman. Two bullets had entered Miss Marden'g 3 back near the neck and a third which it r 3 was feared would prove fatal, had entered i the head. I Miss Marden’s sister, Louise, is a mem ber of the junior class at Smith and one of her classmates is Smith's sister, Misa Emeline Smith. GIRL SMITH KILLED WAS SISTER’S FRIEND . (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, April 29.—Porter Smith, ■ whose tragic act at Northampton today was a great shock to his relatives here, was a traveling salesman for S. P. Smith & Sons, shoe manufacturers. The young man s father, J. N. Smith, up to the time of his death ten years ago, was a mem her of the firm. The latter’s two broth- « ers. Edward E. and J. D. Smith, at pres ent conduct the house. "Porter returned to Chicago from west ern trip only three days ago," said Ed ward E. Smith today. "We thought he ' had again gone into that territory selling I shoes. That he was in the east no less 1 than the tragedy of today is a surprise Ito me. I know nothing of the romance J between him and Miss Marden. "Porter's sister, Emaline, is a student at Smith college, and telegraphed us briefly this morning. The telegram, however, contained nothing but the fact of the shooting." '' The young suicide’s widowed mother lives at the Kenwood hotel, this city. News of her son's death was given to her over the telephone by Edward E. Smith. STATES MAY BE PAID SPANISH WAR EXPENSES WASHINGTON, April 28.-States or territories of the United States which raised, organized, paid or supplied troops for service in the war with Spain, before | or after muster into service, may be re- ■; imbursed for the actual expenses incurred in this work. Senator Guggenheim, of Colorado, has offered a bill making this provision. A certificate -of the governor of a state showing money was expended in good faith for the sole purpose of aiding the United States, would be considered suf ficient for the payment of the claim. | Claims filed after one year from the ap proval of the act would be barred from settlement. GEORGIA HAS BEEN PAID FOR STATE’S AVAR EXPENSES It is announced by the state adjutant general's department that Georgia has already been reimbursed by the United States for the expenses atte-» ‘..g the or ganization of the three Georgia regimmats which were enlisted for service in the Spanish-American war. Georgia was represented by the First, Second and Third regiments during ithe war. The Third volunteer immunes was 1 also composed almost entirely of Georgia men. BIG ORCHARDS CONCERN ASKS FOR CHARTER (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) AMERICUS, Ga., April 29. —Applies- 3 tion was tiled this morning in Sumter J superior court for a cnarter for the *-3 Kaymond Orchards company, capitalized at one hundred and seventy-five thous and dollars, with the privilege of In creasing the same to a quarter of a million dollars. The petitioners are principally Ohioans who already possess great 3 orchard interests near Americus and propose to extensively in?rease them. The principal business conducted will . c growing fruits, vegetables and > bacco and manufacture of produ therefrom. it win be ths largest en terprise of the kind in Georgia. NO. 60.