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PEOPLE'S CASH
FREELY SPENT
By Fifty-Ninth Congress, Which
Adjourned Monday.
PASSED THE BILLION MARK
Short Summary of the Most Important
Legislation Enacted During
the Short Session.
The fifty-ninth congress, which ex
pired on Monday, at noon, has been
most liberal in the matter of appro
priations. The budget for the ex
penses of the government for the li
cal year 19us is in excess of sl,
000,000,C ou.
The river and harbor hill alone
provides for an expenditure of SB,-
000.000, and this work will probably
corne closer to the people at large
and have a more beneficial effect
upon business conditions generally
than any other government enterprise
unless it be the postal service
The appropriation bill also provides
for the construction -of two new
battleships at an expense of about
SIO,OOO,MHO. It includes a raise of
salaries for cabinet otllcers, the vice
president, the speaker of the house,
senators and representatives. Jt also
grants an Increase to ambassadors,
ministers and consuls.-
It cairies a loan of one million
dollars for the Jamestown exposition
and an appropriation for the Alaska-
Yukon exposition. It giants more
pay to the rural free delivery car
riers und increased remuneration to
postal clerks.
The railroads, the packing houses,
the express companies, the high tariff
Interests and the protectionists have
little to regret as the result of
bills enacted by congress the past
few months.
Not only were bills put through
favorable to the "interests,” but rem
edial legislation in the Interest of the
people and urged upon congress by
the president, were not acted upon.
The epitaph over this congress might
be;
“1 have done much that I should
not have done, and J have left un
done those things l should have
done.”
In the immigration bill and in the
sixteen hour bill, for the protection of
railway employees, has this freak
of legislation been resorted to by
the republicans to embarrass and as
tohnd the minority. In its final
analysis it means that five or six or
seven members 6f a conference com
mittee practically assume the power
of legislating in place of the senate
and house of representatives.
An important feature of ?be pres
ent session has been the failure to
pass any extensive legislation affect
ing the railroads. The LaFollette
bill, providing for a reduction of $7,-
000,000 per annum in the payment to
railroads for carrying the mail, was
Introduced in the senate as an amend
ment to the postal appropriations bill.
It was.defeated in the house, and
after a bitter struggle in the confer
ence committee was reduced about
|4,0i0,0H annually.
Senator Aldrich attempted to kill
the denatured alcohol bill, but enough
republicans joined with the demo
crats to reserve to the farmers the
right to operate their own suils for
the manufacture of denatured alcohol
for domestic use.
Despite the demands from all sec
tions of the couotTy for tariff re
vision, there will be no effort at re
vision, It has been definitely decided,
until after the next presidential elec
tion.
Among the measures which have
passed, it might be mentioned in is
capitulation, are those prohibiting
campaign contributions from corpora
tions, the exclusion of Japanese coo
lie labor, granting the government the
right of appeal in criminal cases un
der certain conditions, an investiga
tion Into woman and child labor and
the ratification of the Santo Domingo
and Algiciraa treaties.
DEAIN CLAIMS SP< Akt MARTIN.
Prominent AUbtniii l eijislßtsr ond Stales
miin \icnm ( Pneumonia.
Speaker W h Martin. o£ the Ala
Lama legislature, dual in Montgom
ery Sunlay night. frora j neutnouia.
Mr. Martin was about forty-live
v, ars uf ago anti was a very bistin
gu;?h.:i4 eitlicn of Alabama. K* was
Tot lneiiy ataernov gtra ru.l. Ananut
fc:s notable Mire seifl-ea in the nt. A
ing oi the j ; V - N 'nt ho le, ilia :t •'>.
rtcor-t voiliicet history was ckvua
as s;.r ahe-r vUhoat oVybiiUon.
may be bf>r* with ability.
But he tor •*P ert ® l *® e -
BAILEY IS DENOUNCED
By Opponents in Texas Legislature for
Roast He Gave Them on
F.oor of House.
A special from Austin, Texas, says;
The aftermath of the premature end
ing of the investigation of charges
against United States Senator Joseph
W. Bailey came w'hen the house of
representatives met at 2 o clock
Wednesday in addressing himself to
resentative rose to denounce Senator
Bailey for the language he hau usea
last evening in addressing himself to
the men who had voted against him.
Senator Bailey's assertions were de
nounced as lies, his language as in
decent and abusive, and ms manner
an insult to the house of representa
tives of Texas. Representative SanU
Johnson, one of the minority, de
nounced Senator Bailey as "a wilful,
malicious and premeditated liar.”
Representative Beatty was ex
tremely sarcastic in his remarks, and
spared neither the senator's public
or private records. Beatty claimed
that Senator Bailey had not been all
that was good and noble, iiacic in
Mississippi, and he offered to pay the
expenses of any member of tne legis
lature who wanted to go to Missis-
sippi to find out. The speaker took
exception to Bailey’s remarks, made
by innuendo against a member of
the house, to the effect that “he had
gambled with negroes, and had been
used as an example by the ministers
of his home town.”
Representative Jenkins, author of
the minority report condemning Sen
ator Bailey, pleaded guilty to the
charge of once having been a popu
list, but said he became a populist
when the Democratic party had vio
lated the principles of the demo
cracy.
Representative Driggus, a friend
of Senator Bailey, rose to a question
ot personal privilege to eulogize Sen
ator Bailey. Representative Dodd, a
friend of the senator, also spoke in
his behalf.
In consequence of Senator Bailey’s
caustic speech, Lieutenant Governor
Davidson ani a majority of the minor
ity membership of forty in the house
have announced their candidacy two
years hence, and defy Senator Bailey
to defeat them.
Senator Bailey lett Austin Thurs
day night for Washington.
boaii iimji wilt kiLLtd.
Actress Shot lead and Man With her is
Mortally Wounded.
Lillian Davenport, an actress, was
shot and almost instantly killed, and
VV. H. Brown, a bartender, who was
with her, was also shot, and will
probably die, in a secluded part of
W indsor Park, in Brunswick, Ga.,
Wednesday night. It. L. Davenport,
manager of the Majestic theater, and
husband of the dead actress, was ar
rested, suspected of the killing. He
was soon released, however, having
proven an alibi.
Brown and the actress went to
Windsor Park together. They were
seated upon a bencli in a secluded
part of the park, and had been there
ouly a short wnile, not knowing tlu?y
were being watched, when a pistol
report sounded. Two shots followed
this. Brown was shot twice, and Mrs.
Davenport, who tried to defend him
and started tovar'i to*, assailant, was
herself shot. BtiVw* started io bring
assistance to the wounded woman, but
she died before help could arrive.
Brown told the police that he
thought the shooting was clone by
Davenport. Later, lie stated that he
was not positive that Davenport did
tho shooting.
Brown only located in Brunswick a
short while ago, and is a bartender
at the Mecca saloon.
Davenport arrived in Brunswick
last January with the Parker Amuse
ment Company, and is new manager
of the .Majestic theater. Ue and his
wife came from Illinois.
Mrs. Davenport was known on tho
play bills as “Superba, ’ and was
the leading attraction of the com
pany which Davenport bi ought to
Brunswick. She was about 20 years
of ago.
A NEED Of MOTE WARSHIPS
-IHIIW
To Protect American Interests in Central
American War 2->ne.
Developments in the war in Central
America, with Hie indications that at
least four of the republics have be
come involved, has led the state and
tai'.j department officials to consider
the cxpe iiency of increasing tho
Av-e.rieqn infra! force in those waters
and it i profitrole that willim a few
lays several oilier ships will bo or
-1; j , ,-j - l4j) rf laforcc the Marietta arsd
Cliica-vo inJri'GlveUug American-uur
-& i lie re.'
Georgia Cuttings
Curtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Carworkers Again on Strike.
All the car workers on the Georgia
railroad, who recently returned to
work at Augusta, after being on
strike Ihree weeks for an increase
of wages, have quit work again, al
leging that the company has violated
the articles of agreement.
* * *
Money for Georgia Troops.
The treasury department at Wash
ington has notified Senator Clay that
the claims of the Georgia Spanish-
Americau war soldiers, which have
been pending before the department
for several years, have been settled,
the aggregate of the awards is $29,-
383 and warrant for this amount will
be promptly sent to Governor Ter
rell, who wiii distribute the fund.
Georgia Building at Jamestown.
The contract for the erection of the
Georgia building at Jamestown, which
will be a reproduction of Bulloch
Hall, at Roswell, the girlhood home
of President Roosevelt’s mother, has
been let by the Georgia Jamestown
commission to a Norfolk firm of con
tractors on a bid of $12,000. It is
hoped, however, to scale that price
considerably on account of a large
amount of material, both lumber and
brick, which the commission has had
donated to it to go into the building.
* * *
Taylor County First to Act.
The first county immigration asso-
ciation to be organized in Georgia was
formed at Butler, in Taylor county,
the past week. The organization
meeting was well attended by rep
resentative citizens, and great enthu
siasm prevailed.
Presilent John A. Betjman, of the
Georgia Immigration Association, was
present, and made an address. The
county association will co-operate
with the state immigration associa
tion. Prominent citizens of Taylor
county were elected officers of the
association.
* * *
Bacon’s Credentials Presented.
A Washington dispatch says ; The
credentials of Senator O. A. Bacon,
re-appointed by the governor of the
stale, for the interim between March
4, when the senator’s present term
expires, and the election of his suc
cessor by the legislature, which meets
iu June, next, were presented to the
senate Saturday. The appointment
will maae Senator Bacon’s term con
tinuous, whereas if the governor had
waited ior the legislature to elect
there rvould have been a hiatus of
about four months.
Monument Commission to Meet.
Members of the Gordon monument
commission will meet on March 11th
at the state capitol for the purpose of
opening bids to erect the pedestal and
also to decide upon tho date for un
veiling the statue and arrange the
program for the occasion.
Hopes have been expressed that it
might be possible to have the un
veiling ceremonies? on the 12ih day
of May. It is stated, however, that
the exercises will more likely bo held
some time during the month of June,
probably on the second clay after the
general assembly is convened.
The equestrian statue is now being
east untier the direction of Solon
Borglum, tho sculptor.
* * *
“Unwritten Law” Saved Gilpin.
The jury at Lyons in tho case of
William T. Gilpin, charged with tho
murder c-f W. W. McDonald, a promi
nent attorney of Douglas, brought in
a verdict ©£ not guilty, after having
been out several hours.
Gilpin shot McDonald in his wife s
room at the Rimes House in Vidalia,
one night last October. Ha had con-
cealed himseif in the closet t>f the
loom. After McDonald had entered,
Gilpin sprang from his place of con
unetnent and emptied two revolvers at
McDonald. Gilpin pleaded the “un
written law’’ as his defense. The
stars alleged that Gilpin had consplc
ed to take the life ot McDonald. Mrs.
Gilpin was also under indictment,
but tho ease against her was nol
prossed.
• * *
Quick Actlan Impsrative.
According to Commissioner of Agri
culture T. G. Hudson, it is up to
the Georgia Immigration Association
to get busy quick in the matter of
av. Jug immigrants to the south, lhe
longer tho delay, the more severe the
restrictions likely to fie put upon :iu
migration agents by the foreign coun
tries from which wo are see-Ding t<*
i secure dt sirabio eiiiaons for me
and section.
*T am re.* ably informed.” said Mr.
Hudson, “that the foreign Conneries
from which we propose to draw im
migrants, are constantly putting new
restrictions upon those representa
tives who go there for the purpose
of inducing it. From the inrorma
tion that comes to me, 1 am satisfied
that our immigration officials would
have an easy time today compared
to what will confront them in foreign
countries six months from now, and
! the quicker we get busy the belter.
J The matter is in tiie hands of the im-
I migration association, so far as the
funds are concerned, and as soon as
they indicate to me what they -want
done in the matter of state represen
tatives, I will make provision tor
them.”
* it: *
Location cf Agricultural, Schools.
The following are the accepted bids
for the district agricultural schools
of Georgia:
Ist District, Statesboro —$60,000
cash; 300 cores of land, $20,000; elec
tric lights, water and sewerage,
$20,000.
2nd District, Tifton—Donations
same as first district* except market
value of land probably $30,000.
3d District, Americas —$40,000 cash;
300 acres of land, $20,000; lights, wa
ter and sewerage, $15,000.
4th District, Carrolton —$30,000
cash; 300 acres of land, $15,000;
lights and water, $15,000. (I under*
stand that at least SIO,OOO more cash
will be added to this donation).
sth District, Monroe —$31,000 cash;
250 acres land, $10,000; lights and
■water, $15,000.
6th District, Barnesville —$50,C{.D
cash; 300 acres land, $20,000; lights
and water, $15,000.
7th District, Powder Springs—
Academic building and boys’ dormi
tory, according to architect’s plans,
$28,000; 240 acres of land, $12,000.
Bth District, Madison —$40,500 cash;
300 acres land, $20,000; lights and
water, $15,000. *
9th Distinct, Clarksville—s2s;oGo
and 300 acres of land; telephones.
10th District, Sparta —$47,000 cash;
260 acres land, SIO,OOO.
11th District, Douglas—sso,ooo cash;
300 acres land, $20,000; lights, water
and sewerage, $15,000.
Note —The lights, water and sewer
age are valued at about the cost ot
same, and the land is estimated at
the market vaIue.—JOSEPH S. STEW
ART.
NEGROES CONVICIED BY PENROSE.
Commander at Eruw.tsviile Convinced His
Men “ihai tp” the lovvn.
“Were it iiot for the damaging
evidence of the empty shells and used
clips, J should be of the firm belief
that in.lie of my men were in any
way connected with the crime, bat
with this fact so painfully before nte,
I am not only convinced it was per
petrated by men of this command, but
that it was carefully planned before
hand.’’
Ike above is an extract of a let
ter written by Major Penrose, of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry, to the military
secretary of tho department of Texas,
on August 15, 1906, and introduced
as evidence by Judge Advocate hat
at San Antonio Thursday in the Pea
rose courtmartial proceedings grow
ing out of the "shooting up’’ of tho
town of Brownsville, Texas, in Au
gust, last.
Continuing the letter reads:
“I believe from seven to ten men
were impricateci in this matter. Swme
one of them, must have had ii key
to the gun rack, and after a check
roll call was taken —for all were re
ported piesent at 11 p. m., roll call —
they stepped out of the quaiters, did
tho shooting, returning while the com
panies wore forming, end at some
time during the early morning hours
cleaned their guns."
SPOOYER KtSltiVi f.\OH StNATE.
Aill Return tu Practice of Law.-Action
treated c-reat urpnse.
Senator Spooner has w ritten a let
ter to Governor Davidson, of Wis
consin, tendering lus resignation as
a senator of the Unit'd States, to tas.e
effect May 1, next. The letter created
great surprise, and the Wisconsin
senator at once found, himself tho
subject of many anxious Inquiries.
He had found, he said, that to con
tinue in his present position would
require a sacrifice on his part that
he could not justify hiir.sed in mak
iag. In reply to questions he said
lie would resume the practice of
law.
SENATOR SMOOT REIMBURSED.
Senate Votes Him S 5,600 fer Expenses
c! tautest.
A Washington dispatch says: The
senate Saturday agreed io an amend
ment to the general deficiency bill
nutho: icing tin payment ot sls,l*os to
Senator Smoot tor r --mane rat ion on
account of expenses incurred by him
in die eouicst for firs seat.
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KOBBERi IOOK CHARGE Of TRAIN.
Negro Passenger Drew Gun and Was Shot
Dead--Littie Booty Was Secured.
A Missouri Pacific passenger train,
which left Pittsburg, Kansas, at 7:20
o'clock Monday morning, was held up
by two men in disguise, and Lou
Jeff, a negro miner employed at Camp
31, of the Central Coal and Coke
Company, was killed because he pro
tested, and W. L. Westlake, of Toledo,
Ohio, who, with his wile and two
children, had been visiting relatives
in Kansas, was shot through the hand
by a stray shot that had been fired
at the negro. There were few pas
sengers cm the train, and the robbers
secured but little cash, and a few
watches.
The men were disguised only with
false mustaches and goatees. They
boarded the train at the station in
Piitsburg, and began working the
train as it passed the Kansas City
Southern shops. They commenced
with the smoking car and one walked
ahead with a 44-caliber revolver in
each hand, and quietly asked the pas
sengers to “shell out” to the man
behind, who was closely following.
They were not far behind the train
auditor, and followed him into the
women’s coach.
When they came to Jeff, in the
women’s coach, he pulled his revolver,
and took a shot at the foremost rob
ber, who shot twice at him. The
first shot went wild and struck West
lake, but the second struck the ne
gro in the head, and killed him in
stantly.
They then quietly made the audi
tor stand and deliver, and hurriedly
left the train as it entered the yard3
at Cornell.
EARNER RiLLS f OUR PEOPLE.
Under Bond for Criminal Assault, He Runs
Amuc-ks Wnh dun.
Thomas Baldwin, a rich faimer and
former merchant, of Colfax. 111. Thurs
day shot and killed Charles Kennedy
and wife and Mrs. Sim Eisman and
daughter. Cora. Baldwin was arrested.
Baldwin, who is 68 years of age
and a widower, is under bond charg
ed with criminal assault cn Cora Eis
man, who was but 14 years of age.
He had settled with the girl’s father
for a sum of money, but was subse
quently arrested, and blamed the
Kennedya and Mrs. Eisman for the
prosecution.
SKTUIOkS SIUUN BY JvMIQR.
Dissecting Room of Medical College No
Terror to ih s Negro.
From discoveries made Monday at
the Medical college ot the University
of Georgia, i-t is claimed that George
Harris, the nega’o janitor recently ar
rested on a charge of theft (two very
costly miscroscopes being among the
articles taken ana sold), did not con
fine his systematic robberies to mi
scroscopes, ns it was at first thought,
but included the purloining and sale
of skeletons.
Tne skeletons are valued at about
$.lO £ach, and it is stated, that the
janitor could hardly supply the trade
at that price.
Swettenh ira Husky Quits.
A London special says: The resig
nation of Governor Swmttnhani, of Ja
maica, lias fecrcmo an accomplished
fact and he will leave that island as
soon as his affairs can be arranged.