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OLIVER ADMITS BEING SUCKER Says He Was “Whangdoodled” by President in Canal Game. IS PREPARING A ROAST Illustrates Meaning of Wh mg doodle by Reciting Story of a Spiked Poker Gam: Out West. William J. Oliver, contractor, is mad clear through as the result of the way in' which he has bc-en treated by the administration in the matter of the canal contract, says a Wash ington dispatch. He states very em phatically that he has been “whang doodled,’- and proposes to tell how it was done. He is preparing a detailed statement of the case that will, it is believed, equal in many respects the sensational feature of the epistolary deal between President Roosevelt and th Storers. Mr. Oliver announced that he spent about 540,000 in incorporating the construction company" which was to assume the obligations of digging the canal, being induced to do this by assurances, which he declared clearly indicated that the contract would finally he awarded him. “Do I look like a fellow who would invest $40,000 in rainbows’’ he in quired. Not only Mr. Oliver himself, but several of those who were in his con fidence, have declared that he had pos itive assurance from headquarters that he would get the job, when he straightened his hand. He declared emphatically: “I dug up the men and the dollars. My bid was the low est, and according to the terms re quired. I have been handed a very diminutive line in exchange far $35,- 000 or $40,000 of my good, hard money.’’ Mr. Oliver illustrated his condition by reciting a story of a spiked poker game out west, in which a “whang doodle’’ was introduced and took a jack-pot over four aces, held by a tenderfoot. The next night the rules were changed, in order for four aces to beat the tenderfoot’s “whangdoo dle.” “In this case I’m the sucker,” an nounced Mr. Oliver. “I entered the canal game, made the lowest respon sible bid, called the administration hand, and got ‘whangdoodled out of the job.’’ Because Oliver was too sure of suc cess and indulged in a species of boasting, or because some newspaper men assumed to send out premature reports as to what Oliver proposed to do, is given as the explanation of the president’s action in turning down the Oliver bid. The same explanation is made to ap ply to the acceptance of Engineer Stevens’ resignation. Stevens hail done well, it is admitted, but he wanted to complete the work with out any dictation or intervention by a contractor, and wrote the presi dent that he would resign if Oliver was given the contract. It is de clared he was very much surprised when his resignation was really ac cepted, although another story has it that he really did not aspire to be known as the “man who built the canal,” but resigned to take a posi tion with a western contractor, at twice his present salary. In accordance with the president s instructions as set out in his letter to the isthmian canal comnuss on dm posing of the bids received fo t construction of the Panama canal, Mr. Rogers the law officer of the commit Mon sent a notice Thursday to Mr Oliver, of the decision to rejecb a bids, including his own. Ihe certified check which accompanied. M • evr’s bid was also transmitted to him. but was returned by him to the keep ing of the commission unt OLIVER MAY Slit IOK t XRtNSES. Says Unde Sam Should Reimburse Him for It is rumored in Washington that Mr Oliver will submit a bill to die administration for ?,000 txpondod , by him in forming the Panama Con Action Company- If fro will take his complaint.to ac^ Uhfe. men wm responsibilities of ■ help assume the respui the undertaking. j LIGHT ON QUEER DEAL Handed Contractor O'iver is Sought of President Roosevelt by Senator T liman. A resolution was presented in the senate Saturday by Senator Tillman calling on the president to send to the senate, “if in his judgment not incomputable with the public inter est, all papers of information in his possession in regard to (he proposed letting of the contract for the con struction of the Panama canal, which was bid for by W. J. Oliver, and others, and to state ihe existing status.” In a speech supporting the reso lution Mr. Tillman said the whole country wanted the canal construct ed with as little scandal as possible. “There have been some remarka ble occurrences in connection with this work,”" he continued. Refer ence was then made to the resigna tion of Mr. Wallace, who, he said, was berated and abused by the sec retary of war. “Then came the information that Chairman Shouts was retaining his railroad business; that the canal work v. as insufficient to occupy his entire time, and then the statement that he was going cut. “And then came Mr. Stevens' resig nation. Now comes .the matter of Mr. Oliver’s bid for the work.” Mr. Oliver, he said, was an effi cient and able contractor and his bid was the lowest. “Rut at once hocus p.ocus came info the game. As I understand it Mr. Oliver has com plied with every requirement. I may be a little suspicious, but there has appeared to me a disposition to let in the hiddei’s who were a little too greedy in their first bids. Now Oli ver has disappeared and the army en gineers are said to be put on .lie job. I want a little information.” con cluded Mr. Tillman. Senator Carmack said he had pre pared an identical resolution to that introduced by Mr. Tillman. It seems to him that Mr. Oliver had received very bad treatment. He had spent $30,000 or $40,000 of his own money in complying with .he requirements of the government and had made the lowest bid. # Because of objection the resolution went, over lor future action under the rules. PROBING Of COITON tXCKANGES To Be Started at Once by LSepartment of Commerce end Labor. A Washington dispatch says: In ac cordance with the house resolution providing for an investigation of the business methods of cotton exchnnges dealing in futures, the bureau of cor porations of the department of com merce and labor will begin a gen eral inquiry into cotton dealing im mediately. Representative Livingston, of Geor gia, who has been active foi months in the agitation for reformation in the methods of cotton exchanges, said that he expects to appear before the bureau and present much data which he has collected on the methods of cotton dealers. The department has been supplied by Mr. Livingston with the names of many witnesses whom he wishes to have called, and additional lists will be furnished by representatives of the cotton exchanges and other persons interested in the investiga tion. As the resolution was amended by the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce it does not provide for an investigation of any particular exchange, but is believed by members of congress interested in tile matter to be broau enough to cx* tend the inquiry to the New York, New Orleans and Memphis cotton exchanges. CarWiirkers ot t or.st line Strike. The car inspectors and car work ers of the second and third divisions of the Atlantic Coast Line went out on a strike Saturday mcming in Way cross, Ga. The men recently asked for a 25 per cent increase, which was declined. senaior Galon is ahhoiMti> To Succeed Himself for the Interim Term By Governor lerreu. Governor Terrell of Georgia has ap pointed Senator A. O. Bacon to suc ceed himself for the interim term between March 4 and the meeting of the Georgia legislature in June, at which he will be elected United States senator for another term of six years. In a letter to Governor Terrell Senator Bacon stated that he had found ample precedent for such an appoin tment. BAD SMASHUP ON SEABOARD No. 38 Limited Crashes Into Run away Freight Cars. ONLY ONE LIFE IS LOST Engineer Was Pinned Under Overturn ed Engine and Cremated--Coaches and Freight Cars Burned. Train No. 38, of the Seaboard Air Line, known as the Exposition Limit ed, crashed into ten runaway freight cars l 1-4 miles from Powder Springs, Ga., at 7:04 o'clock Friday night, and in the smashup which resulted one man, Engineer Hudgins, was burned to death, seven persons bcßly injured, the passenger engine and live coaches utterly destroyed and live freight cars reduced to ashes. A few minutes before the acci dent a freight train one mile from the scene of the wreck started to side track in order to allow the com ing passenger the right of way. In some ' way ten of the cars, five of them loaded with cotton, broke loose from the train and started down the track toward the approaching No 33 at a fast gait. One mile from the starting point the brakes worked, and the flagman, leaping to the ground, rushed ahead to flag the oncoming engine. He says he did Hag the train, and it is the opinion of those on the train that either he warned the engineer or lliat Hudgins in some way be came aware of the dangei, for one of the passengers testifies that tnere were three distinct shocks, Iho first when the emergency brake was put on the train. It was too late, however, for the engineer to save his own life, though his action, it is believed, was re sponsible for Ihe safety of the pas sengers, for the next moment the en gine plowed its way into the first freight car. In the frightful shock that followed, tiie engine tumbled down the embank ment, a distance of over fifteen feet, and there fell over on its side, pin ning the engineer under it. The engine being out of the way the first baggage car then hit the first freight car and piled upon it. Another second and the mail car was added to the heap, while the smoker, halfway off the track, continued to hang oit The passengers, shocked and bruis ed, having realized that they 'had escaped with their lives, scrambled out of the cars and crowded out into a field of mud, while a heavy rain storm beat down on them, rendering their situation exceedingly uncomfor table. As the last of the passengers left the cars the trainmen started on their rescue work, the first coach began to burn as if the rain were so much kero sene oil. the maii car, baggage car, engine and first coach blazing with increased brilliancy. The spreading flames soon reached the other coaches, and then continued on their way through five of the freight cars which were ihe cause of the wreck. The five which were ut terly destroyed were loaded with cot ton. The injured were taken to nearby homes, and the passengers looted it through the rain for over a mile to Powder Springs, where all possible was done for their comfort. SIIJUtN UEAIH lOK JIhGE. hesborn Reese, Prominent Georgian, Suc cumbs to Heart Disease. Judge Seaborn Reese was found dead in his law office in Sparta, Ga., Friday afternoon. His death is attri buted to heart djsease. The passing of Judge Reese re moves from the scene of action one of the most prominent men in public life in the state, which he has served, notably, in the capacity of legisla tor, congressman, jurist and citizen. ROAD OHIUILS Mbit A\i>Wlß. Coroner’s Jury Renders Verdict Anent New York Central Wreck. The jury at New Yoik in the coro ner’s inquest into the New York Cen tral wreck on February 16, when twenty-three persons were killed, broughc in a verdict Monday night, holding the operating and construc tion departments responsible. Failing to get names he declared that he would cold the entire board of direc tors and the president of the New York Central an 4 parole them.. CAN CUT OUT BOOZE. Judge Speer Decides Thit Munincipal Councils Have R:gkt to Relume to Issu: Whisky L censes. In a decision Monday Judge Emory Speer, in the United States district court, at Augusta, held that the city of Valdosta, Ga., had a perfect right to pass an ordinance prohibiting the sale of liquor in its corporate limits. The opinion is the result of an appli cation for injunction brought by E. E. West and others, of Florida, that would restrain the council of Valdosta from passing such an ordinance. Counsel for the applicants fully stat ed the grounds of his bill and was then asked: "Is that all?” HiS re ply being in the affirmative, Judge Speer delivered his opinion, w'hich is in part as follows: “This is a bill presented by E. E. West and William B. Roberts, resi dents and citizens of the state of Florida, in which they pray for aid, as stated by their counsel. This is that this court shall grant an injunc tion restraining the majority of the municipal council of the city of Val dosta from enacting an ordinance pro hibiting the sale of intoxicating liq uors within the corporate limits ot that town. They are not directly in terested in the -sale of liquor them selves, bu.t incidentally they claim that their property is benefited by the traffic. One of them is a hotel keeper, or is interested in a hotel, and, presumably, there is a bar in Ills hotel, or if there is no bar there, his receipts are augmented by tbe bibu lous individuals who flocked to Val dosta to allay their thirst. “I’he mayor and council of the city of Valdosta having the right to regu late and grant licenses, presupposes the right to refuse tnem or to re voke them. I think it will he a most excellent thing for the property of these gentlemen, and for the property of everybody In Valdosta, and in Lowndes county, and for their morai status as well, if the city council (or other city councils) would prohibit the sale of intoxicating drinks, would stand steadfastly to that prohibition and enforce it rigorously by due pro cess of law. I believe it would do more to solve the urgent and vital problems which are pressing on our southern people, do more to decrease the volume of vagrancy and crime, give the farming and manufacturing interests of the country reliable and industrious labor, save the unprotect ed women of our country from the hoi ror of wrongs which shake the whole nation, and more to restore us to the simple life and genuine old lushioned Americanism, safety, con tentment and peace than all oilier causes put together. And this will be 1 the last court, that I am aware of, which will entertain an application of this tort to interfere with the city government, in any measure which may stop the traffic in intoxicating liquors.” WHILE tNGiNHR WAS ABStNf Freight Train Rolled From Siding to Main Line and Collision Occurred. With no engineer at the throttle, freight train No. 81 drifted from a side track to tne main line at Howell Station, near Atlanta, Monday morn ing, and was crashed Into with such force by incoming Southern passenger train, No. 143, that five postal clerks, a negro passenger and one of the conductors were painfully hurt, and both engines badly damaged. As is usual the freight train was side-tracked at Howell Station that Ihe passenger train from Greenville might pass. While waiting for the latter train to put in appearance. En gineer Davis made his way to the tele graph station that is but a few yards distant from the place of the wreck, and wai there at the time the collision took place. The siding on which tho freight train lay is a good deal elevated above the principal track, and, with no one at hand to apply emergency brakes or resort to some other expedient, it rolled slowly to the main track, when tho passenger tiain swept down on it. A LOSILY Stf OF WHIbKf.RS. Man Who Lost Hirsute Adornment in Gas > xp’osion is Awarded slOl. Samuel Beatty of Weilston, Ohio, 76 years old, has been awarded dam ages oi slOl by tho circuit court against the Southern Ohio Gas Com pany for the loss of a luxuriant growth of whiskers, burned off in u gas explosion two years ago. Blanch srd i ivepprovio* oi Move. Governor Glanchard Declires. Governor Blanchard of Louisians has declined Lo appoint a commas sion of three from that state to stud; the race question. A Most Valuable Agent. The glyccrino employed in Dr. Pierce’s medicines greatly enhances the medicinal, properties which it extracts from native medicinal roots and bolds in solution much better than alcohol would. It also possesses medicinal properties of its own, being a valuablo demulcent, nutritive, antiseptic and antiferment.' It adds greatly to the efficacy of the Black Cherry bark, Bloodroot, Golden Seal root, Stone root and Queen’s root, contained in "Golden Medical Discovery” in subduing chronic, or lingering coughs, bronchial, throat and lung affections, for all of which these agents aro recommended by stand ard medical authorities. In all cases where there Is a wasting away of flesh, loss of appetite, with weak gtomaffh, as In the early stages of con sumiftihn, there can be no doubt that gly cerino/acts as a valuable nutritive and aids >iie Golden Seal root. Stone root, Quoefjs rolht and Black Cherrybark in promoting digestion and building up the flesh anwisfrength, controlling tho cough and brinrmg about a healthy condition of the while system. Ot course, it must not be eJiiected to work miracles. It will not curetwnsumption except in 'ts earlier stages. Jt will cure very severe.mhslß nalc. hang-on, clin>nti: andmVvngeal iroiiiilcsTitrid chronic spro rilrnarwffli hoarseness, in acute coughs It is iiot so etiecl l ve. ITls In tho lingering hang-on coughs, or those of long standing, even when accompanied by bleeding from lungs, that it has performed its most marvelous cures. Prof. Finley Ellingwood, M. D., of Ben nett Med. College, Chicago, says of gly cerine: ’■ 1 n dyspepsia It servos an excellent purpose. Holding a fixed quantity of (ho peroxide of hydrogen in solution, it is one of the bes# manufactured products of tlio present time in Us action upon enfeebled, disordered stom achs, especially if there is ulceration or ca tarrhal gastritis (catarrhal inflammation of stoniach), it is a most efficient preparation. Glycerine will relievo many cases of pyrosis (heartburn) and excessive gastric (stomach) acidity.” "Golden Medical Discovery ” enriches and purifies the blood curing blotches, phnplos, eruptions, scrofulous swellings and old sores, or ulcers. , _ Bend to Dr. K. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., for free booklet telling all about the native medicinal roots composing tills wonderful medicine. There is no alcohol in it. It is a groat reproach to us as a nation of horsemen and horse lovers that while our London cabmen are perhaps the best drivers in tho world, our society coachmen are probably the very worst. —Cavalry Journal. To recover quickly from bilious attacks, sick headache, indigestion or colds, take Garfield Tea, the mild laxative. Guaran teed under the Pure Food and Drugs law. Jig Dancing Keeps Him Young. If you wish to become a nonagenar lan then dance a little every morning Just before breakfust. This tonic is advanced by Alter Silberman, ninety-one years old, an inmate of the Home of the Daughters of Jacob, situated on lower East Broadway. Silbermann for years has been dancing from ten to fifteen min utes every morning before breakfast. He declares that dancing is tho great est exercise in the world. "Dancing puts more ambition into a man and makes him more cheerful and happier,” said the white-bearded patriarch yesterday, after he danced the “Kotzatski,’’ which is a famous Russian dance. Silberman came to this country years ago. He was wealthy at one time, but. lost his fortune in specula tion. He has been at the Home of the Daughters of Jacob for years. “My advice to the younger genera tion Is that they should dance every morning before breakfast and also just before retiring,” he said. —New York American. AK FOOLISH. “Senator Briscum says he will not tTy to be re-elected at the end of his present term, because he Is unable to live in Washington on $5,000 a year.” “Good heavens,” exclaimed Senator Itoxleigh, “is be one of the fools who think a statesman has no right to re present a corporation between sea aions?”—-Chicago Record-Herald. COFFEE THRESHED HER 15 Long Years. “For over fifteen years,” writes patient, hopeful little Ills, womar “while a coffee drinker, I suffere from Spinal Irritation and Nervou trouble. I was treated by good ph: Eicians, but did not get much relief. “I never suspected that cofff might be aggravating my conditio: I was down-hearted and discourage but prayed daily that I might fir something to help me. “Several years ago, while at friend'v house, T drank a cup of Pc turn and thought I had never tast> anything more delicious. “From that time on l used Posttf instead of Coffee and soon began improve in health, so that now I c i walk half a dozen blocks or more wi ea3e, and do many other things tl I never thought I would be able to f again in this world. “My appetite 13 good, I sleep w and find life is worth living, lnde A lady of my acquaintance said i did not like Postum, it was so wi and tasteless. “I explained to her the dlffere when it 13 made right—boiled accc ing to directions. She was glad know this because coffee did agree with her. Now her folks they expect to use Postum the rea their lives.” Name given by PO3I Cos., Battle Creek. Mich. Read little hook. 'The Road to Wellvil in okas. “There’* a. reason.”