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BID OF BANGS TURNED DOWN Canal Contract Will Be Awarded Oliver Under Certain Conditions. MUST GET NEW PARTNER Credentials of New York Man Found on Investigation to He Unsatisfactory to Canal Commission. A Washington special says: As -fhe result of an extended conference at the white house Friday, it was decided to reject the bid of Oliver and Bangs, who proposed to com plete the construction of the Panama canal for 6.75 per cent of the total estimated cost, in so far as Anson M. Bangs of New York Is concerned. While no official statement was given out, it can be authoritatively stated that if William J. Oliver of Kaaoxville, Tenn., can enter into a satisfactory arrangement with some other contractor, who is financially responsible, he will be given the big contract. The fact that the MacArthur-Gilles pie company of New York, whose bid was 12.5 per cent, was represented at the conference, leads many to be lieve that a cumblnation may be formed between that firm and Oliver, is Known that the MacArthur-Gil lospie company has convinced Pres ident Roosevelt and Secretary Taft of its responsibility and the canal com mission officials are satisfied that Oli ver is able to carry out his end of the agreement. There would have been no question as to awarding the contract to Oliver and Bangs had the credentials presented by Bangs proven as satisfactory us those fur nished by 'Oliver. The decision means that Mr. Oliver will be given a chance to take some other contractor into partnership. The canal commission, with this require ment met, will not undertake to dtc trate to him who this contractor shall ibe. The rejecting of all bids was dis cussed at Friday’s cabinet meeting, and this decision had been practically agreed upon before the night confer ence. if Mr. Oliver refuses to consider the contract alter the rejection of Mr. Bangs, the canal commission will issue a call for new bfil3. Anson M. Bangs of New .York, Mr. Oliver's associate, was the contractor for the Soo line canal locks. Mr. Bangs is a brother-in-law of John F. Oaynor of the firm of Greene A Gay nor, who were implicated with Cap tain O. M. Carter in the Savannah harbor frauds. Thla fact, however, it Is stated, had no Influence with the canal commission. After the cabinet meeting Mr. Oli ver left Washington for New York, and it is admitted by his ropresenta lives that he will ask the MacAr thur-Glllesple company to join him In submitting a proposal in place of the hid submitted under tho firm name f>t Oliver & Bangs. It is stated that a compromise arrangement will be con sidered by the canal commission, pro vided Oliver succeeds in making a satisfactory arrangement with the MacArthur-Gillespie company to pay 9 per cent of the total cost for the construction of the canal. SLAVS 10 IVAIUAIE MANCHURIA. final Wind-Up fpisodr of the Russo- Japanese Conflict. In a cablegram received in Wash ington Friday Mr. itockhill advises the state department that the Chi nese government has been informed by the Russian minister at Peking j that Russia would complete the evac-1 nation of Manchuria at once, le&v- j ing only the railway guard, which is in accordance with the treaty of Portsmouth. There are about twenty, thousand troops to be withdrawn., BRIBE WAS OFFERED WITNESS. ££l Sensational Episode at Trial of Doctor for Murder of Woman. The first witness in the trial of Dr. Herman Feist at Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, churged with the murder of Mrs. Rosa Mangrum, whose body was Pound in the Ohio river at Cairo, 111., was G. P. Stone, and his testimony proved highly sensational. Stone de clared that Mrs. Truesdale, sifter of the murderted woman, offered him 3500 to positively identify a horse and bucgy which he saw at the union station on the night of the mysterious <ii.-a: . e ur.nce of Mrs. Mangrum. ECONOMICAL. Friend'—Where are tnose beautiful roses that were sent to you yester day? Mrs. Penurious-Thrifty—Oh, they are down in the cellar; they atways keep longer in a cool, dark place, you knew. —Detroit Free Press. JUST LIKE PAPA. Borroughs—That’s my boy, Markley—Yes, he’s very much like you. Borroughs—Do you think so? Markley—Yes, he asked me for a quarter yesterday. Philadelphia Ledger. BRIDGE OF MAHOGANY. Valuable Wood Used in Mexican Structure for Pedestrians and Teams. Aa mahogany is among the most eostly woods in the world, it may well be inferred that this tropical ma terial is not very extensively employed In the construction of buildings, etc. A bridge constructed of solid mahog any is certainly a rarity, a curiosity. There is one, claimed to be the only one in the world, built of that ma terial. This structure is located in the Department of Palenque, State of Chiapas, Republic of Mexico. This district lies in the extreme south western part of Mexico, near the boundary line of Guatemala. This mahogany l ridge is construct ed entirely of that valuable wood ex cept some iron supports, braces and nails that are necessary. The bridge Bpans the Rio Michol and its total length, including approaches, exceeds 150 feet, while the width if 15 feet. It is used by both teams and pedes trians and, though somewhat rude and primitive in construction, it is very substantial. None of the timbers of the flooring were sawed for in that region there are no sawmills, but were hewn and split. In that section of old Mexico there are several very large rubber plan tations and mahogany trees are quite common. In clearing away the trop ical trees the mahogany growths are also cut down and removed. As this wood Is quite abundant, some of it was used in building the bridge.— From the American Inventor, FITS, St. Vitus’Dance: N prvous Diseases per manently cured by Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer. IQ trial bottle and treatise free. Dr. H. R. Kline. Ld.,931 Arch St., Phila., Pa. REST CURE. Bill—Any piece of machinery Is helped by resting. Jill —Yes; I've always noticed that piy watch goes better after I’ve got t out of hock.—Yonkers Statesman. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford’i ■Sanitary Lotion; never fails. Sold bv Drug gists. Mnil orders promptly filled 'bv Dr. E. Detchon Med.Co.,Orawfordsville,lnd. sl. Of all men sailors suffer most from rheu matism. H. H. Orkeh’s Rons, of Atlanta, Ga., are the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the wprld. See their liberal offer In advertise ment In another oolumn of this paper. JGstlmates of the country’s copper production this year place the output At between 940,000,000 and 970,- 000,000 pounds. Laßt year’s produc tion was 901,000,000 pounds. There Is move Catarrh in this section of the country than nil other diseases put to gether, and until the last few years was sup posed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by con stantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science ha# proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured bv F. J. Cheney & Cos., Toledo, Ohio, ie the only con stitutional cure on the market. It is taken in ternally in doses fronj 10 drops tpateaepoon fv.l. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hun dred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address F. J. Ohbnby A Cos., Toledo, O. Sold bv Druggists. 75e. Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. The sea-level canal from Mar seilles to the Rhone River Is to ba completed in seven years at a cost of 13,730,0.00. AWFUIi ATTACKS OF PAIN. A Most Dreadful Case of Kidney Trouble ami How It Was Cured. Thomas N. McCullough, 321 South Weber St., Colorado Springs, Colo., says: "For twelv© a terrible condition, at times a com plete stoppage occurring. I began with Doan's Kidney Pills, and soon felt better. Keeping on, l found com plete freedom from kidney trouble. The cure has been permanent. I owe my good health to Doan s Kidney rills." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box I Foster-Milburn Cos., Buffalo, X. Y. I ;H)NIS QUITS HIS JOB. Resigns as Head of Panama Canal Commission to Engage in More- Congenial Easiness, The resignation of . Theodore P. Bhonts as chairman of the isthmian canal commission was announced at the white house Wednesday, having been tendered to the president and accepted by him, according to corre spondence made public. It will take ef fect not later than March 4, Mr. Shunts having just been elected as I lesident of the Interborough Metro politan company, which controls the Rapid Transit and many surface lines in New York. Mo announcement was made as to who will succeed Mr. Shonts as chair man of the commission, but it was learned authoritatively that headquar ters would be removed from Washing ton to Panama and a high-salaried chairman to serve in that capacity alone will not be named. This being admitted, it follows that John F. Ste vens, the engineer in charge of the construction of the canal, would not be made subordinate to another of ficial on the isihmus. Without definite announcement, therefore, it is regard ed as a certainty that Mr. Stevens will be named as chairman of the commission and will assume his du ties as such in connection with his post of chief engineer. Mr. Shonts’ retirement does not come w'holly as a surprise. It has been rumored persistently as soon as action had been taken upon the prop osition to build the canal by contract that Mr. Shonts would sever his con nection and resume a calling more congenial to his taste. Secretary Taft of the war department confirmed the rumor by saying that Mr. Shonts’ resig nation was voluntary, which fact is Lome out by the letter of the presi dent accepting it. TRUL OF IHAW IS UIGUIM. Salacious Murder Case in the Limelight at Mew York. The trial of Harry Kendall Thaw, millionaire, for the murder of Stan ford White, architect, at the Madison (Square Roof Garden the evening of June 25, 1906, began in New York on Wednesday morning. The examination of talesmen did not fully develop the line of defense, though there were allusions in the questions of the prosecution both as to the law as it relates to the sanity of an accused person and to the “un written law’’ of which so much has been said and written since the trag edy was enacted. During the examination of the first talesman, Thaw’s counsel objected to the form of questions as propounded by the district attorney as to insanity or the unwritten law, but they told the court they did not object to the questions in principle. Scenes approaching absolute dis order attended the opening of the trial. Most of the clashes were between reporters and correspondents and the police. ’Of the newspaper men there were perhaps 20Q and there was a policeman for each. The great 3quad of blue coats was commanded by a police inspector. Only about fifty news paper writers finally were admitted, the remainder of space in the court room being reserved for the 200 tales men summoned on the special jury panel. The trial began before Justice Fitz gerald of the supreme court. THIS ACT Ar VARDAMAN’S HOME. Lynching Occurs in Close Proximity to Gov ernor’s Residence in Greenwood. Information reported in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday evening was that a negro named Henry Bell was lynch ed at Greenwood, the home of Gover nor Yardaman, Tuesday night, by un known parties. The negro assaulted Mrs. Graves of that place some months ago, and had been in the Greenville jail for safekeeping. Tuesday night he arrived at Green wood in charge of a deputy sheriff, and while that official .was taking him from the train to the jail he was sur rounded by fifty men, who took him away and strung him to a railroad bridge. The coroner s jury returned a verdict that the negro came to his death at the hands of unknown par ties. p For Agricultural Pepartment. Representative Wadsworth of New York from the committee on agricul ture reported the agricultural appro priation bill to the bouse Wednesday. The bill carries $7,635,790 for the or dinary and regular routine work of the agricultural department. Sea Superstition. All the old seadogs at Lea^ ft p azree that the new battleship Tennessee Is destined to experience some 6 misfortune. Wheathe comgs- Bion pennant was unfurled on the Ten nessee. Instead of floating oa lone narrow streamer, it wrapped it S? around tie mat. and contitoed to do . every time It The sailors say that this happens rarely but when it does it forebodes evil When the battleship Missouri, on which the disastrous turret explo sion occurred, went into her pennant did the same thing. Philadelphia Record. DOQTORS MISTAKES Are said often to be buried six feet under around. But many times women call on their family physicians, suffering, as they imagine, one from dyspepsia, another from heart disease, another from liver or kid ney disease, another from nervous pros tration, another with pain here and there, and in this way they present alike to themselves and their easy-going or over busy doctor, separate diseases, for which he assuming them to oe such, prescribes his pills and potions. In reality, they are all only symptoms caused by some uterine disease. TheTTbysician,'ignorant of the cause of suffering,Ttgeps up'ntreatment until large bills are nmde. patient gets no wrong treatment, but probably worse: nroner medicinfclikr T)r. PiercpJa Favnritt Prescri yUorudirectcd to the cause would h'age"<*Tit.irc|v removed the disease, there by duelling all those distressing symp tonis, and instituting comfort instead of prolonged misery, ft has been well said, that "a disease known is half cured." Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is a scientific medicine, carefully devised by an experienced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman’s delicate system. It is made of native American medicinal roots and is perfectly harmless iuJts effects in a ! iui comon/m or the temal\ system. Asa powerful invigorating tonic "Fa vorite Prescription” imparts strength to the whole system and to the organs dis tinctly feminine in particular. For over worked, "worn-out,” run-down,” debili tated teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, "shop-girls,” house-keepers, nursing mothers, and feeble women gen erally,Dr. Pierc6’s Favorite Prescription Is the greatest earthly boon, being un equaled as an appetizing cordial and re storative tonic. Asa soothing and strengthening nerv ine "B’avorite Prescription ” is uneaualed and is invaluable in allaying and sub duing nervous excitability, irritability, nervous exhaustion, nervous prostration, neuralgia, hysteria, spasms, St. Vitus s dance, and 'other distressing, nervous symptoms commonly attendant upon functional and organic disease of the uterus. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and despondency. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets invigorate the stomach, liver and bowels. One to three a dose. Easy to take as candy. The only time you can afford to get angry is when you haven’t anything else bo do. WORLD'S WONDER COTTON A new species; first sold last spring ; was planted by 100 different farmers; has pro duced from 2 to Shales per acre; highly pro lifle ; big boll, small seed, good staple; k. Humphreys, Grodwiu A Cos., Memphis, Ten-B. A SURE THING. “Why do you think your new state louse won’t cost more than $6,000,- 000 ? ” In "That’s all the money we have m the treasury.”—Chicago Record-Her aid. Piles Cured in C to 14 Days. Paso Ointment is guaranteed to cure any ogee of Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding piles in oto 14 days or money refunded. 50c. The woman who stoops to marry seldom has time to straighten up again. HICKS' §3jm, CAPUDINE 1 IMMEDIATELY CURES jJ &I Vv H£ADACHE9 AfflT, up COLDS in e to is hours Saule 10*. Ai Onietfa (Ats-’O7) Avery & Company SUCCESSORS TO avery & mcmillan, 51.53 South Forsyth St., Atlanta, Ga. —ALL KINDB OF— MACHINERY Reliable Frick Engine*. Boilers, all Blzes. Wheat Separators. Large Engines and Boilers supplied promptly. Shingle Mills, Corn Mills, Circular Saws,Saw Teeth,Patent Doga, Steam Governors. Full line Engines & Mill Supplies. Send for free Catalogue. FARMER HOSTS CLOSEMEETING Summary of Work Done at Gath ering of Union in Atlanta. THE RESOLUTIONS PASSED Three Days* Session of Union Most Important and Enthusiastic Yet Held by the Sons of Toil. After what has been unanimously described as the most enthusiastic aud important meeting in its history, the Farmers’ Union adjourned at At lanta Thusrady noon amid songs and congratulatory speeches and general good feeling. * Action taken by the convention can be summed up in the following re sume of the three days’ session. An epitome of the more importaut reso lutions is as loltows: That the state business agents be. required to meet annually and for mulate plans to that end. The substance of the report of the committee on coitton crop is, that the next national union fix the minimum price by grades talcing middling as a basis after having given due con sideration to the acreage, the supply of new material and manufactured goods on hand and the demand for said goods. That the establishment o£ cotton warehouses be encouraged by the union throughout the cotton belt; said warehouses to be incorporated under the laws of the several states. The report of the committee on cot ton schools advocates the establish ment of cotton schools in every state in the cotton states, each state to have a separate school, but all states to have a uniform grade. The committee on market recom mends that factories be established and owned by farmers for the man ufacture of certain articles used by the iarmer. This applies particularly to fertilizers. The committee on education stressed the importance of urging better edu cational facilities in the rural schools throughout the south. The committee on fertilizer recom mended that no union man buy on use the fertilizers of any manufactur ers or dealers who refuses to recog nize union agents and sell to them at same price and terms as other agents. By Campbell Russell; That It is the sense of this convention that all poli ticians and others not familiar with the needs of agriculture who may be tendered appointments as trustees or other official positions in connection with any agricultural school or col lege be asked to show their patriot ism by refusing to accept such posi tions for which they are manifestly unfitted. The report of the committee on ag ricultural schools criticizes the man agement of a majority of these state institutions, and recommends that they shall be placed under the direc tion of the board of public institu tions, that the trustees and boards of directors shall be farmers. The committee on warehouses after advocating the establishment of bond ed warehouses recommends the adop tion of some feasible plan of selling cotton direct to the spinners and that tho organization as soon as possible fie established for the purpose of financing and protecting of cotton in die Farmers’ Union warehouses. The committee on diversified crops sails upon all Farmers’ Union mem bers to diversify their crops and ther by refiain from living out of “papei sacks." That a conference of the spinner* of the east and the Farmers’ Union be held in May in the city of Binning, ham or other convenient city in the south. The committee on co-opration rec ommends that the Farmers’ Union co operate with the wool growers and other co-operators of the north and west in the establishment of a co-op erative woolen mill at any suitable point; that the Farmers’ Union will aid in the capitalization of the same and patronage of the same. By the committee on legislation: Resolved, That parcels post system should be established and as a bill will be presented to congress to that end, we hereby urge each local coun ty and state union to send petition* to their respective senators and rep resentatives to urge the enactment of a parcels pest law. Hon. Thomas E. Watson was se lected as general organizer for tho Union.