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■OWER RATES
I DECIDED UPON
By Georgia Railroad Commission
After Full Consideration.
{EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER
That Date People Will Be Riding
Cheaper, Barring Possible In-
junctions, Etc., by Roads.
The Georgia railroad commission,
Friday, finally adopted its much-talk
sd-of order reducing the passenger
.rates in Georgia.
The decision, as a whole, was the
decision of Commissioners H. W. Hill,
chairman, and O. B. Stevens, Commis
sioner Joseph M. Brown dissenting
irom that portion of it which put the
railroads named in the 2-' , .ent and 2 1-4-
cent classes. v His opinion was that
these roads should have been put on
the same basis as the others named.
To the rest of the decision, howeter,
lie gave his hearty approval.
There appears to be no doubt from
the comment That the commission has
given the pe>le just what they want
ed. The redactions are material and
at the same 1 time are not too severe
upon the ’-kilroads, though there
seems to bt 'little doubt that they will
be contests} in the courts.
The commission reclassifies the fol
lowing rotds, and promulategs the
following fates for each of said roads
.to becomf effective on and after Sep
tember 2, 1007, to-wit:
The following lines are placed in
joassengfr c’ass A, and will be allowed
to charge tis full fare for the trans
portation . jif passengers between points
in this sfjte 2 cents per mile:
Class A —Atlanta and West Point
Raffrohd company, Western and At
lantic railroad.
Subject to tj foregoing the follow
ing lines are placed in class B, 2 1-4
cents per mile:
Class B —Atlantic Coast Line Rail
. u-oad company. Georgia Railroad com
iay, Charleston and Western Caro
lina company.
Subfcct- to the foregoing the follow
ing lines are placed in class C, 2 1-2
■cents/per mile:
Clas C —Alabama Great Southern
..Railiiad company, Central of Georgia
Railpy company, Georgia Southern
and/ Florida Railway company, Sea
board Air Line Railway company,
-Se/tliern Railway company.
subject to the foregoing the follow
itl lines are placed in class D, 3
cpt per mile:
' /Class D —Atlanta, Birmingham and
Railroad company, Albany
fid Northern Railway company, Au
/usta and Florida Railway company,
Augusta Southern Railroad company,
phattanooga Sou:hern Railroad com-
Jpany, Douglas, Augusta and Gulf Rail
/ road company, Louisville and Nash-
Lville Railroad company, Macon and
■Birmingham Railway company, f,fa
lcon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad
company, Millen and Southwestern
Railroad company, Miiltown Air Line,
Ocilla and Valdosta Railroad compa
ny, Dublin and Southwestern Railroad
company, Flint River and Gulf Rail
road company, Flint River and North
eastern Railroad company, Gainesville
Midland Railway company, Garbutt
and Donovan Short Line railroad,
•Georgia, Florida and Alabama Rail
way company, Georgia Northern Rail
way company, Hawkinsville and Flor
ida Southern railway, Register and
Glennville Railway company, Savan
nah and Statesboro Railway company,
South Georgia Railway company, Tal
boitou Railroad company, Union
Point and White Plains Railroad com
pany, Valdosta Southern Railway
company, Wadley Southern Railway
company, Wrightsvilie and Tennille
Railroad company/,.
Subject to the(y .. mg the follow
ing lines are' plated in class E, 4
cents per mile:
Class E—Fitzgerald, Ocmulgee and
Railway company, Georgia
GAnite Railroad company, Hartwell
Railway company, Sylvania and Gi
rard Railroad company.
'Special Group—The Georgia Coast
and Piedmont, 4 cents per mile, ex
cept between Glennville and Ludowi
ci- Flovilja and‘lndian Springs rail
way, Lexington Terminal railroad,
Smithsonia and Duhlap, and the San
dersvilie railroad ellowed a minimum
charge of 25 cents; Tallulah Falls
Railway company, 3 J-4 cents per
mile; Louisville and Wadley Railroad
company. 4 1-2 cents per mile.
ROOSEVELT’S ADDRESS
At Ceremonies Attendant Upon Presenta
tion of Magnificent Silver Service
for Battleship Georgia.
In accepting the silver service pre
sented the United States battleship
Georgia from the state after which it
is was named, during the Georgia Day
exercises at Jamestown, President
Roosevelt, in part, spoke as follows:
“I cannot express how deeply touch
ed I am at the action of the state
of Georgia, my mother's state, 'the
state from which I draw half tile blood
in my veins, in erecting as the Geor
gia state house at the Jamestown ex
position a replica of my grandfather’s
house at Roswell, Ga.; the house in
which my mother passed her youth
and where she was married to my
father It is an act of gracious cour
tesy and consideration which I very
deeply appreciate; and through the
governor and other representatives of
Georgia I desire from my heart to
thank all her citizens. Georgia’s his
tory is unique, for she alone among
the original thirteen colonies and the
subsequent new states added thereto,
was founded with a consciously be
nevolent purpose, with the deliberate
intent, to benefit mankind by upbuild
ing a commonwealth along carefully
planned lines of social, political and
religious liberty and justice.
“Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia,
was a true apostle of philanthropy and
of equality of opportunity for all. His
set purpose was to found a state the
gates of which should be open to tho
oppressed of every land and creed,
and closed to every form of political,
religious or industrial bondage or per
secution. His colony welcomed alike
those who fled from political or social
tyranny, and those, whether Christian
or Jew, who sought liberty for con
science’s sake. It was a high and
honorable beginning; and I am proud
indeed of my Georgian ancestry, and
of tho fact that my grandfather’s
grandfather, Archibald Bulloch, was
the first governor, or as the title then
went, president of the new state when
the continental congress, of which
he was also a member, declared that
the thirteen states had become anew
and independent nation. Since then
Georgia has grown at a rate even
more astounding than the race of
growth of the nation as a whole; her
sons have stood high in. every field
of activity, intellectual or physical ;
and rapid though her progress has
been in the past, it bids fair to be
even greater in the wonderful new
century which has now fairly opened.
“Perhaps the very fact that I am
half sotuhern Mid half northern in
blood, and that for many years 1
was brought into peculiarly close as
sociation with the life of the gfeat
west, makes it natural for me to feel
with’intensity the scrong sense of kin
ship with every portion of our
common country, which should be the
birthright of every true American.
Since 1 have been president 1 have
visited every state and territory with
in the borders of the union, save such
as can only be reached by sea. I have
traveled from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, from the great lakes to the gulf.
I have spoken at country fairs, to
colleges, to commercial and business
organization, to associations of pro
fessional men, to labor organizations,
to men of every creed and parentage-.
The thing that has struck me most
has been the essential unity of our
people.’’
SECRETARY WILSON A WITNESS.
Head of Agricultural Department Testifies
in Holmes “Leak” Case.
Secretary Wilson of the agricultural
department was the principal witness
before the supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia at Washington Mon
day in the trial of erstwhile Associate
Statistician Holmes, on the charge of
prematurely divulging cotton crop re
ports, Holmes’ attorney made an un
successful effort to show that the sec
retary was prejudiced in his s.ate
uaents.
|WON’T PROSECUTE HARRIMAN.
President Finally Concludes That Railroad
Magnate is Immune.
A Washington dispatch says: That
E. H. Harriman, the railroad mag
nate, is immune from criminal prose
cation as the result of his testimony
before the interstate commerce com
mission recently; that prosecution of
bituminous coal-carrying raiiroads
should be left in the hands of the at
torney general, and that prosecution
of the anthracite coal roads will be
gin in Philadelphia soon, were con
clusions reached at a conference at
tha white house Friday night.
OF MOB’S WORK
JAPS PROTEST
Indignation at High Pitch Among
Officials at Tckio.
ASK FOR REPARATION
Yellow Men Expect Guilty Ones to Be
Punished and Indemnity Given
for Damage Wrought.
The leading papers iu Toklo, Japan,
whose opinions are worth quoting, are
silent on the question of demanding
an indemnity for the so-called bom
bardment of Japanese establishments
in San Francisco. Reparation for the
damage inflicted and punishment for
the culprits is expected and it is be
iieved that the government is caking
proper steps iu the matter.
Though the Tokio public is irritated
at the tardiness displayed in effecting
a solution of the difficulty, opinion lias
not yet reached the stage of making
an appeal to hostile demonstration iu
any form. It is true, however, that
popular indignation has reached a de
gree never before witnessed in the his
tory of Japan’s relations with the Uni
ted States. It is thought by influen
tial Japanese that the quicker the
facts regarding tho negotiations now
on in Tokio and in Washington
are published the better it will be for
all concerned, as a stage has now
been reached when it may prove dan
gerous to keep tj>e people in suspense
or ignorance of what is being done.
The Hochi, which is supporting
Count Okuma in his position on the
American question, publishes the fol
lowing.
“The San Francisco outrages are
worse than the murder of a mission
ary in China, which resulted in the oc
cupation of KJou Chou.
“Who would blame an appeal to the
last measure if an impotency to pro
tect treaty rights is proved?
“We hope, however, that Ambassa
dor Aclci will be firm enough to make
the Washington government take
measures to mete out justice to the
Japanese.”
DIVORCE ROT GIVEN AIRING.
Case of Mrs. Howard Gould Subject of
Argument in Gotham Court.
The case of Mrs. Howard Could,who
has instituted suit for a separation
from her husband was given its public
hearing in court at New York Thurs
day. The occasion was the hearing of
argument on motion of counsel for Mr.
Gould to strike out certain allega
tions in Mrs. Gould’s complaint.
The grounds on which Mrs. Gould
is suing her husband, as shown by
parts of the complaint read by coun
sel for Mr. Gould are, first, abandon
ment of Mrs. Gould by her husband;
second, the allegation tha the habits
and conduct of Mr. Gould are such
that it was improper for his wile to
live with him; third, tha: since Sep
tember last he has neglected his Wife
and refused to provide for her except
that, he paid for her support at a
New York hotel since flint time; and,
fourth, that Gould lias trea.ed his wife
with extreme cruelty, employed spies
to harass her, caused her mail to be
opened; had relations with women of
bad character, and employed an ex
convict and several New York detec
tives to procure improper evidence
against Mrs. Gould.
BURGLAR CAUGHT IN WOLF TRAP.
Meat Market Man in South Dakota Town
Turns I rick on Robbers.
His place having been burglarized
three times in one week, the proprie
tor of a meat market at Mitchell, S.
D., placed four wolf traps near ids
shop. Walter Vandenburg, aged 11,
sprung one of the traps, catching his
fingers. Later he confessed, implicat
ing another boy and a man.
JAPS STIRRING UP TROUBLE.
Campaign of Hate for Americans Being
Launched on Pacific Coast.
A Washington special says: Thou
sands of dollars are behig raised by
the Japanese on Hie Pacific coast to
carry out the compact they have en
tered into with the progressive party
of Japan for the overthrow of the
Saionji ministry, and ultimately of the
exclusion clause in the Immigration
bill and the guarantee of the natu
ralization rigbt3 of the Japanese sub
jects residing in this country.
! OLIVER GETS CONTRACT
For Building New Railroad from Savannah
to Chattanooga, With a Cut-
Off to Augusta.
The William J. Oliver company of
Knoxville, Tenn., the largest railroad
contracting firm in the south, Friday,
signed the contract to build and con
struct a railroad from Savannah, Ga.,
to Chat:anooga, Tenn., with a cut-off
to Augusta, Ga.
The total distance of the road will
be 420 miles, and it will be known
as the Savannah, Augusta and North
ern railway, running from Savannah
to Chattanooga. Work will begin at
once on the construction of the new
line.
William J. Oliver, when asked about
the matter, stated to the representa
tive of the press that he had signed
the contract. The cost of construction
is estimated at more than 512,000,000,
which includes the building of all the
bridges’ and small depots on the line.
The new road will follow tha Sa
vannah river and Us tributaries on
the south side to the Blue Ridge
mountains, and then into Chattanooga.
Mr. Oliver is the best known rail
road contractor in the south, and has
for some time been doing all the work
on the Southern railway. His head
quarters and large manufacturing
plant is located in Knoxville, . and
within a short time he will organize
his force and begin work on this new
line that will open up an undevelop
ed section from a railroad s.andpoint
and give Chattanooga a direct line to
the sea.
When asked when ho would begin
work, Mr. Oliver said: “1 have just
signed a contract for the construction
of the road. Within the next few days
1 will place a large force on the line
and begin work.”
STRIKERS LOSE THEIR FIGHT.
Street Car Men in Birmingham Concede
Victory to Railway Company.
The Birmingham Union of the Amal
gamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employees of Amer
ica, practically gave up the fight on
Thursday afternoon against tho Bir
mingham Railway, Light and Power
company.
A statement was issued calling upon
union men to refrain no longer from
riding the street cars and using gas
and electricity and thanking them for
the support given during the strike.
The statement recites vhat it is re
garded as useless to continue the boy
cott and the members of the commit
tee ask financial assistance from
brother unions until they can succeed
in getting work elsewhere.
Ben Commons, the man who organ
ized the local union and who has been
leading the fight, rode to the baseball
park Thursday afternoon on an elec
tric car.
DOCTOR CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Used Poison in Order to Clear Way to Mar
ry Victim's Widow.
At Henderson, N. C., Friday, Dr. D.
tl. Rowland wan formally charged wfth
the murder by poison of Charles R.
Strange of the Seaboard Air Line,
and a war ran- issuis against him.
Rowland is alleged to have poison
ed Strange about two months ago,
when he was called to attend him.
Within six weeks Rowland and Mrs.
Strange went to Norfolk, where they
were married.
SENATOR KNOX IS WILLING.
Says He Will Not Shy at Nomination fo
Presidency by Republicans.
United Stales Senator Knox of
Pennsylvania has announced his will
ingness to become a candidate for the
presidency in 1908, should the re
publican party see fit to nominate
him. Senator Knox’s position was
made known in expressing his appre
ciation of the action of the Pennsylva
nia republican state convention, which
endorsed him as a candidate for that
office.
ASSASSIN ORCHARD’S PARTNER
/.lie Has Story of Blood to Unfold at the
Trial of Haywood.
Steve Adams, another prisoner wit
ness in the case of W. D. Haywood,
has arrived In Rolse, corning from the
jail at Wallace, Idaho, where his trial
is pending on the charge of murder.
Adams, according to Orchard, was
the partner of the assassin in many
of the "dumping off expeditions.,”
Adams also confessed last year, but
he repudiated the document when he
faced the gallows. Astounding though
it seems those who have seen Adams'
confession, which is in writing, say
that it surpasses Orchard’s story.
GORY NARATIVE ENDS.
Orchard Shows Up Eighteen Murders t
His Credit at Conclusion of Tes
timony in Haywood Case.
Harry Orchard crowned his admis
sions of grave crimes on the witness
stand at Boise Thursday when, con
tinuing his case against William D.
Haywood, he made an explicitly de
tailed confession of the murder ot
Frank Steunenberg by an infernal ma
chine that directly opens the way lor
his own conviction and execution for
the offense. He swore that the assas
sination of Steunenberg was first sug
gested by Haywood, was jointly plot
ted by Haywood, Moyer, Pettibone
and himself, was financed by Haywood
and was executed by himself, after the
failure of an attempt in which Jack
Simpkins had participated.
Orchard lifted the total of his own
murdered victims to eighteen, detailed
the circumstances under which he
tried to murder former Governor Pea
body, Judge Uoodard, Judge Gab
bert, Gen. Sherman Bell, D. H. Mot
fat and Frank Herne. Incidentally he
confessed to a plan to kidnap the child
of one of his former associates.
"Then, under cross-examination by
the defense, Orchard confessed, guilt
of the sordid social crimes of desert
ing his young wife and child in On
tario, lleeing to British Columbia wittt
Hattie Simpson, the wife of another
man, and committing bigamy by mar
rying a third woman at Cripple Creek.
Through the shocking details of mur
der plots, stories of secret bomb
making und#lolails of man hunts, w.lh
sawed-off shotguns and infernal ma
chines as weapons, the witness went
on in the same quiet, off-hand manner
that marked his demeanor on tho
stand Wednesday.
Ills voice dropped to a lowar key
as the pitiful story of the long hunt
for Steunenberg narrowed down to
the last day, and he told of the race
from the Hotel to the Steunenberg
home to beat his victim,with the death
trap, and the meeting in the evening
gloom, as the victim walked utufou
aclously to his doom. 'Through it all,
he winced but once, and that was
when the defense made him name his
six sisters and his one brother, ami
give their residences in Ontario and
New York.
Tho defense fought the story with
a multiplicity of objections and suc
ceeded in beading off an attempt to
tell the story or the murder ot Ar
thur Collins, at Teliuride, and tempo
rarily shutting out the contents of a
telegram received and telegram sent
by Orchard after his arrest. But for
the rest, the state managed to get iu
its story intact.
In an interview at Walla Walla.
Washington, Mrs. Steunenberg, widow
of the former governor of Idaho, says
she hopes Harry Orchard will by giv
en an opportunity to lead a good and
hoiitst life.
EDITORS OF GEORGIA WEEKLIES
Gather in Force at Samiewille, Ga., for
Twenty-Fitta Annual Meeting.
The twenty-fifth annual convention
of the Georgia Weekly Press Associa
tion was called to order, iu banders
vllle Thursday morning by president
Coleman of Ccdartown. /
An address of welcome on behalf of
Sandersvllle was delivered by ilcu.
i. W. Hardwick.
President Coleman made a most ap
iwprla.e response. Mr. Coleman dwelt
upon the Jamestown trip of the edit
ors. He regretted that the railroads
refused to oflfer any, special induce
ments, being hampered, So they claim,
by the provision of the new federal
rate law. In spite of this fact, how
ever, he said many of the editors were
going to make the trip.
Business occupied the balance of the
morning session. At night an elegant
banquet, was given at the Hotel Julida.
There was a suspension of the regu
lar order of business at the afternoon
session to settle the question of the
place of meeting next year.
Gainesville and Douglas entered the
contest. Mrs. Longscreet represented
Gainesville and won. Sentiment is fa
vorable lo Douglas for Ibbb.
GOT BACK PRICE OF TICKET.
Cost Only Twenty-Five Cents to Ear Navy
Uniioim from uauee hall.
A verdict tor 25 cents, the price
of his ticket, was returned by a jury,
by direction of Justice Bweetiand, at
Newport, R. 1., Thursday, in the case
of Chief Yeoman Fred Buenzie, of
he United States naval training sta
tion, who was excluded from a danc
ing pavilion last summer ' because
he wore the navy uniform.