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FALSE DIVISOR
mED BY ROADS
In Wrighnj: Mail Carried by Them
for Uncle Sam.
GREAT SIM LOPPED OFF
3*
'Congress is Ordered to Make Change
in Tactics Used and Railways Wiil
Loose Sam of $12,000,000.
A Washington special says: It is
■estimated that $12,D00,C00 will be cut
4rom the annual mail pay of the rail
roads by the action of the postoftice
committee Saturday. Seven millions
of this is saved by the reduced rates
of mail on account of the new method
of computation which reckons Sun
day as a working day. Formerly the
mail wan weighed only six days m
the week, and computation made ou
this basis. Representative Victor Mur
dock, of Kansas, started the agitation
against this system last December, de
claring it has cost the government
$50,000,000 in ten years.
Representative Murdock said that
the department was using a false “di
visor” in that it weighed mail for
seven days and divided the amount
by six to ascertain the amount on
which to base the compensation of
roads. The provision agreed upon re
quires that weighing shall be done for
seven days and the amount divided
by seven.
Railroads which have a contract
with the government for carrying the
mails will be required to make th*
schedule time of their mail trains reg
ularly, or pay a heavy penalty pro
vided the bill decided upon today in
vided the bill decided upon is enacted
into law.
The postoffice department now Im
poses a small penalty for delays In
the time of their mail by railroads,
but the congressional committee pro
poses to give them wider authority
in order to force compliance with con
tracts in keeping advertised sched
ules
It was also decided to reduce tho
present mail pay 5 per cent where
the average each day per mile is from
6,000 to 48,000 pounds. Where the
average is under 5,000 pounds no re
duction is contemplated.
The bill will cany a total of $209,-
180,561. This is the largest amount
over carried for the expenditures of
the postal service. The total recom
mended in the bill is more than $3,-
000,000 in excess of the amount estP
mated for the department and is an
increase of $17,509,562 over the cur
rent appropriation.
The salaries of postal clerks and
of both city and rural carriers are in
creased to a total of $7,000,000. A pro
vision is inserted in the bill for the
classification of postal clerks, and the
positions of clerks and carriers are
made interchangeable.
There are various provisions in the
bill intended to reduce the pay of
railroads for carrying the mails. The
bill cuts off all pay to roads for haul
ing empty mail sacks, which is esti
mated will save between $3,009,000
and $4,000,900 a year.
Postmaster General Cortelyou Satur
day reported to congress the record
from July 7 to December 31, 1906, of
all second class mail matter receiv
ed for free distribution at the one
cent-pound rate, in compliance with
a provision in the current appropria
tion act. It was found that morn
than 90 per cent of all second class
matter originated in 429 cities. The
total weight of this ciass of mail for
the period was 370,008,915 pounds.
The weight of the daily newspapers
was 141,123,856 pounds, all of which
was carried an average of 255 miles;
weekly and other than daily
pers carried weighed 77,736,648, haul
ed 440 miles.
Iwfitv in Circulation■
Chief Wilkie, of the secret service,
has announced the appearance of a
new counterfeit S2O national -mnk
note, on the Marietta National Bank,
Marietta, Indian Territory.
D/lOJtt FOKtSIAILtD I>Y DEAIH.
Mew Orleans M.Hionaire Dies Suddenly in
Yankton, South Dakota.
George 11. Meyers, a multi-million
aire of-New Orleans, died in Yankton,
South Dakota, Friday. On his person
was found Standard Oil stocks valued
at $1,000,900.
Meyers arrived in Yankton nearly
six months ago with the Ucrfition of
securing a divorce from his wife. H
sun lacked one week before he would
have become a citizen of the state
when his divorce petition would have
been filed.
ALABAMA SENATE SHIES
At Resolution Passed in House Endors
ing President Roosevelt in Oust
ing Negro Soldiers.
A special from Montgomery, Ala.,
says: The Rattray resolution commen
ding President Roosevelt for disenurg
ing the negro soldiers tor the Browns
ville incident, after being handballed
from the house to the senate for over
a week, was pocketed Thursday by
the senate, when it was referred the
third time to the committee on rules,
with the understanding that it will
stay there.
Before its reference, Senator Moo
dy, a banker of Tuscaloosa, 14 years
a member of the senate, made a
sharp reply, criticizing the president
for his alleged overthrow of the con
stitution on many occasions. He assail
ed the president sharply for his “un
constitutional aid to the Panama gov
ernment,” intimating that Washington
supported a revolution, and declared
there was grave doubt, if the president
had authority to discharge soldiers
from the army.
“We go too far in endorsing the
acts of such an official,” said Senator
Moody. “Besides the passing of reso
lutions is beyond the scope of the
senate’s authority.”
Representative Rattray of Cherokee,
author of the resolution, was a colonel
of the fifty-seventh Illinois regiment,
in the war between the states. He is a
lifelong democrat, and a cit'zen of
Alabama forty years.
PAKAOtO IN KOIL Ot “Pikth”
Is Allegation Against Wimpy Who is Charg •
o With -Srautj"!iq Woman.
Characterizing W. E. Wimpy, a real
estate nian of Atlanta, Georgia
as a “piker,” or a man other
wise known as one with smail means
who gives the impression that he is
operating on large capital, Mrs. Lucy
J. Wade of New York city Thursday
brought action against him in the Ful
ton superior court to recover SBO,OOO
worth of Atlanta real estate.
Wimpy is the man who persisted
in ranting a house in a white neigh
borhood of Atlanta recently to negroes,
and for this reason came into consid
erable notoriety.
Mrs. Wade alleges in effect that
■he was prevailed on by Wimpy, who
“poisoned her mind” against R. J. Grif
fin, her former agent, to give him
SBO,OOO of property without so much
“as a scratch of the pen” to show
his obligation, not even his note. She
declares that he has ever failed to
give bond in the sum of SIO,OOO to
insure certain improvements on the
property he agreed to make.
Not only does the bill allege that
"Wimpy is a “piker,” but it declared
he went to New York with the ex
press purpose of getting hold of the
Atlanta property from its owner by
fraud.
The property in question is a trian
gular block on Peachtree street oppo
site the Candler building and just
north of the Piedmont hotel. It is
claimed that although this property is
worth SIOO,OOO at the present time,
Wimpy secured it from Mrs. Wade by
agreeing to pay SBO,OOO for it at tbs
end of thirty years, and in the mean
time pay her interest quarterly at the
rate of 4 per cent.
Mrs. Wade says in her suit that she
had not been in Atlanta in sixteen
years and was not acquainted with
the value of real estate. Neither was
she acquainted with business methods
or law. In fact the petition alleges
she knew nothing about such matters.
RtCE.VtK NAVSf.D tOO NtW sI’aPI R.
Creditors of Atlanta News Pnb’ishing Com
pany 1 l-vm that ( onr„r;? in so *e t.
Late Thursday afternoon four cred
itors of The Atlanta News Publishing
company filed a petition asking that
it be adjudged a bankrupt, and as a
result of said petition Referee in
Bankruptcy Percy Adams appointed
John K. Ottley receiver of the plant.
The creditors of the newspaper al
lege that The Atlanta News is insolv
ent, owing debts which it is ur.able
to pay, and which it has acknowledged
its inability to pay.
WILL Bf GOO) CASH IHHOV* aWaY.
Cost of Investigation of Brownsville Alfa i
vt-*v : e ftv’r $5 4,00 •
The senate comaiittee on military
affairs is beginning to realize the dif
ficulties in the way of securing wit
nesses for the Brownsville inquiry.
The discharged soldiers are scattered
from Maine to Cilifomia.
Most of them are without funds and
the government must advance the
money for their fare to Washington tc
testify. One member of the commit
tee predicted the investigation wouid
cost more than $50,000.
FINAL DECISION
YET IN THE AIR
In Regard to Letting Out Contract
for Digging Canal.
NO CERTAIN fY ABOUT IT
All Bids May Be Reacted and Task
Delegated to Engineer Stevens.
Erroneous Reports Corrected.
A Washington special says: It is
still possible that the administration
may determine to dig the Panama ca
nal, placing the work in the hands
of Chief Engineer Stevens instead of
having it done under contract. Thb
final decision will rest with the pres
ident and the secretary of war, and
will depend ou their opinion as to
whether the administration is justified
in accepted the bid to do it by con
tract.
It was pointed out Wednesday on
liig'h authority that the government
has not promised to accept the bids of
W. J. Oliver, who has been given an
opportunity to associate himself with
two other contractors to do the work
at his bid of tf 3-4 per cent. The pres
ident and Secretary Taft feel that
the question of cost is net the one
thing alone to be considered, and that
they would be justified in- declining
to enter into a contract to dig the
canal if they felt that the government
interests would be best subserved by
not doing so.
The following statement was made
public at the white bouse Wednesday
by Secretary Loeb;
“Reports in the papers seem to indi
cate a belief that the canal contract
has been conditionally awarded to Mr.
Oliver. This is not so. No decision has
been made even that the contract vmJl
be awarded to any of the bidders. Mr.
Oliver's bid was so hopelessly defec
tive that it could not be even consid
ered, and time was given him to com
plete it in a shape that will enable
it to receive consideration. If it is
put into shape it will be considered,
together with the bid already made by
the Giilespie-McArthur combination,
which may itself be altered, and then
whichever bid, after the most careful
examination, seems meet advantageous
may bo taken, or both bids rejected
and the canal be constructed under
the direct supervision, of the govern
ment. In such case, the government
would, wherever it chose, use contrac
tors simply as agents. The real object
in contracting the work is to have
assembled a large number of the best
specialists in each class of work, and
the prime consideration will be the
ability and fitness shown in a variety
of directions by the men making the
bid. The president and the commission
would not even consider a bid of
merely one or two men. The work is
already going well. Over a half mil
lion cubic yards were taken out of
the CulebriA cut in January, and the
amount being taken out is steadily in
creasing.”
SMALL HOPE IOK DISPtNSARY.
Another Blow is Struck at South Carolina
Institution by Solons.
From present indications the South
Carolina state dispensary, on which
was based the initial prominence of
South Carolina’s senior United States
senator, will be abolished by the gen
eral assembly. At Wednesday’s ses
sion the Carey-Cothran local option
bill passed by a vote of 74 to 48.
The dispensary forces, realizing
their defeat, offered as a substitute
for the local option measure, a pro
hibition bill, hoping to gain tha sup
port of that element and defeat the
anti-dispensary folks. The substitute
was rejected by a vote of 68 to 55.
The fight Is given up in the house
and every conceivable Influence is be
ing used to secure the defeat of the
local option bill In the senate, which
Is closely divided. It is the opinion
of all factions, however, that, what
ever follows, the state dispensary will
be abolished.
Ht MsKUak*>> cO.MaiiiMlON.
->ntli is Charge Lodged Against President
iwiMveil bv Viafvlrtiid Seunf-r.
Disclaiming any intention of assail
ing President Roosevelt and professing
for him profound personal esteem, Sen
ator Rayner, cf Maryland, Thursday
addressed the senate at considerable
length in critical review of what he
terms the president’s usurpation of
governmental functions not conferred
upon him by the constitution. He first
alluded to the recent speech of Sena
tor Root in which was described the
grandual enlargement of federal pow
ers at the expense of the stated.
PITTSBURG LIKE ATLANTA
Incipient Race Riot Raged Rampant in
Heart of Business District of
Pennsylvania City.
C. A. Jackson, a negro, bleeding
from many wounds on the head, was
locked up in the central police sta
tion at Pittsburg, Pa., Wednesday
night, fellowing an exciting auu al
most successful attempt to lynch him
uy. a crowd of several hundred per
sons in Fifth avenue, in the heart
or the business district.
A newsboy asked tne negro to buy
a paper. Jackson shoved him roughly
into the street. The boy threw a
stone and struck Jackson on the head.
The negro jumped to th e street and
began cooking the boy. The street
was thronged with men, tne incident
occurring about 7 o clock, and in a
moment several men caught the ne
gro and began beating him.
Someone cried “Lynch the negro!”
and hundreds of men and boys rushed
upon Jackson.
Stones and closed fists were
chief weapons used by the mob.
Backed up against a building, Jack
son, trembling with fear, shielded him
self with his arms, while the crowd
beat mm and tore bis clothes. About
this time several other negroes took
part in the affair and endeavored to
protect Jackson.
Immediately there cries of “Lynch
them" and “Kill the niggers.” The
mob then turned its attention to Jack
sou’s negro protectors, and soon there
were several rough and tumble bat
tles along Fifth avenue.
The mob crying all the while, “Kill
all the negroes,” caught several oth
er negroes and proceeded to bump
then heads up against tne stone build
ings.
Jackson, bleeding and his clothes al
most torn off, was temporarily forgot
ten, and he ran down Fifth avenue, but
was followed by several persons. He
was rescued by the police after much
difficulty and locked up.
WOULD UKIVt IKOjPs 10 CHURCH.
billy Orders Given by Commandant of
Barracks m Chicago.
There is much excitement at the
barracks in Columbus, 0., because of
au order issued by Col. Glenn, com
mandant, before he left for Texas on
Wednesday, to defend Major Penrose
in the Browiisvile courtinartial, order
ing the Roman Catholic soldiers to at
tend church services. Some of the men
declare that they will mutiny and it
is probable that the matter will be
taken up by the war department. The
order says that “the Roman Catholic
non-commissioned officers will march
the men to and from church and see
that order is preserved during the
services.”
COUKI RtSIKAiNS KAILKOAD
From Double-Tracking, Thereby Preventing
Erection ol $50,004 Depot.
In the injunction suit to restrain
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad from double-tracking Ocmul
gee street. Judge Whipple at Fitzger
ald, Ga., Wednesday morning made
the injunction permanent. This will
prevent the erection of the new $50,-
000 depot, for which the company
bought ground.
ItUbS ASbASSINN NULL Al WOitK.
Governor of Political Prison and Wielder tf
Lash is Latest Victim-
M. . Guidema, governor of the po
litical prison on Vasili Ostroff, a sub
urb of St. Petersburg, was shot Wed
nesday aud died almost immediately.
The assassin, who was a youth of
eighteen, emerged from a tea house as
M. Guidoina was passing on his way
home and shot him twice in the stom
ach. The slayer escaped.
148 Miners Given Up lor Head
The search of the galleries of the
Reden mine at St. Johanr.-omSaar,
Rhenish Prussia, where the explosion
occurred January 28, continues. More
bodies were brought up and identified
as being among the list of 148 men
already given up for dead.
Miib. sA(il. LOMAIt!) A MILLION
le Found New College Department in Hon
or ol Her tale imvbdnd.
At the annual meeting of the Alum
ni Association of the Rennselaer Poly
technic Institute at New York Friday
night, announcement was made of the
gift of Mrs. Russell Sago of $1,009,090
to that institution. It is understood
that yie fund will be applied to the
establishment of anew department ifl
be called the “Russell Sage School
of Mechanical and Electrical Engineer-
Lag:'
PROBING BILL
PASSES hou:
I
Cotton Exchanges Will Be Inve
gated by Committee in Congres
i
COL. LIVINGSTON WINN
Measure Went Through by Nar 1
Margin--Several Speeches Wer
Made on Bill Pro and Con.
The Livingston-Burleson resolu.
calling for an investigation of the
ton exchanges of the country, p
ed the house Monday, with barel
dissenting vote. The work of the
by for the cotton exchanges, wh
Harvie Jordan predicted would bo
evidence, did not materialize.
Representative Fitzgerald of Is
York made a speech, in which he
dared that the New York cotton
change was all right, and its c
tracts and operations perfectly lc\
imate, and that any investigat
should be directed not against tne
change, but against the Southern C.
ton Association.
His attitude seemed to be that
was all right for the cotton exchai
gamblers to depress the price of c
ton, but that for the southern tarn
to attempt to combine, and refuse
make a big cotton crop, and take tj
same money from a small crop tfj
would follow from a bumper crop, w
all wrong. He said the complaint ff
forth in the resolution differed frd!
the usual protests against corpot
tions, and trusts in that the us’i
plan was to enter objection again
putting up the price of a produ.
He said he always look the side
the consumer in such fights. He and
not favor a tariff in the interest I
the producer, and he did not belie 1 *
in the combination of southern eolte
associations in the interest of the pr
ducer. He said llie south was so pro
perous she was becoming rupuciou
John Sharp Williams of Misslssip]
explained that it was not a questio
of a lower or higher price, but tb
object sought was a fixed stapi
price, so that the market would nc;
be continually affected by violei
fluctuations. He protested that thi
fixed selling price, such as the Soutl
ern Cotton Association seeks to matr
tain, was for the best interest of hot
the producer and the consumer, th
farmers and the mill men. He sail
the 'south is not too prosperous, bu
is laying up in fat years for lean
years, putting aside in her years o
plenty for the years of need. He de
clared that if Fitzgerald had lived ii
the days of Joseph he would have
have declared the combination mad<
by Joseph and Pharaoh, at the decis
ion of God, was an iniquitous trust.
Colonel Livingston made a strong
clear presentation of the facts that
led up to the introduction of the res
olution, saying no fight on the ex
changes was Intended, but tne mow. f
ment was simply agaiiißt. some of the
rules and methods. He said;
“When they come to honest coiM
tracts, and ceaee to use the ex
changes to control prices, and ob
struct interestate and foreign com
merce, the object of the framers of
the resolution would be attained. All
they wanted was the square deal.”
In conclusion, Col. Livingston said:
“The cotton producers for thirty
years have struggled for a square
deal in marketing cotton, handicap
ped by the obstinate interference and
manipulation on the part of the col>
ton exchanges. We have begged for
relief, and our appeals have been
treated with silent contempt. Recent
ly when we appealed to one of th*
great departments of the government
for relief, we wer threatened and
laughed at by the New York cotloa
exchange. We were threatened with
libel suits and subsequent Imprison
ment. We appealed for the adoption
of this resolution believing it will ba
a starter at least, and result in tho
cotton farmer being given a square
deal.”
AOULD HAVL ijVliOitvl HI SP.tlfcJ.
Roosevelt lakes Ip light in Behalf of
A..,oier- a-tl .- >n
If President Roosevelt can bring
such a thing übout congress will pass
a lav/ which will prevent discrimina
tion against the uniform of the army
or the navy. Several cases involving
this question are pending in the state
courts, but the more recent case of the
refusal of a skating rink proprietor
at PlaltsLurg, N. Y., to admit two sol
diers in uniform, which, was sustained
l>> Judge Everest, has given an impe
tus to tho movement set on loot.