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LAWYERS BACK AT ACCUSERS Say Allegations in Intervention Document are Base Falsehoods. SPICY ANSWER IS MADE The Other Side of a Court Case Brought by Stockholders of Defuict Build ing and Lean Concerns. mils, Wimbish & Ellis furnish the following statement for publication in reply to the intimations contained in the Interventions filed Tuesday in the U. fj. court at Atlanta by W. P. aicCett of Marshall, Texas, aud Fel4- «r & Bois-oree and W. P. Hill, of Atlan ta. as attorneys for A. E. Dixon et al. «tnd Mrs. M. C. Alexander et al., stock holders in the Southern Homo and the Atlanta National Building and JUo&n Associations: To the Public: This morning there appeared an account of an interven tion filed in the cases of the Atlanta NallosiaJ and Southern Home Building and Loan associations. Every intima tion in that intervention tiiat the firm of Ellis, Wimbish & Ellis dissolved far the purpose of obtaining separate positions as counsel in connection with future litigation over the build ing and loan associations is utterly .false. On January 1, 1890, the firm of Ellfs, Wimbish & Ellis was formed Jn Atlanta. Mr. Wimbish still retain ed his Interest, in his Columbus firm. After three months it was ascertained that It was impracticable to do a gen eral practice in both cities, so that La May, 1809, Mr. Wimbish returned to Columbus and the firm of Ellis, Wimbish & Ellis was dissolved. The receivers were appointed for the building and loan association compa in April, 1900, nearly a year after YJae firm of Ellis, Wimbish & Ellis had solved. The firm was reorganized .in October, 1901, afto- Mr. Wimbish had wound up his Columbus business :mad removed to Atlanta to make this eft.y exclusively his homo, and with ifihfWniblishcJ statement that. the ,vart merahi^NcUd.jiot include bidding and Joan litigation. The Intimation in tho intervention that .Mr. Wimbish had any agreement with the board ef directors of the two associations !>;■ which lie was en abled to name the receivers ia equal ly false. The fact that tho boards ot -directors of these companies includ ed such men as 0. A. Cabanlss, Charles E. Currier. Charles H. Kings berry and E. C. Atkins alone wouid have made such an arrangement im portable. The statement in tho intervention that tho National Finance Company was not a chartered organization, and was not the real purchaser is equally false. Tho National Finance Company was a corporation organized under the B-ws of the state of Delaware. having St* principal office at Wilmington, but being permitted under the laws of IJelawaro to nave Its home office in the city of New York. Among other well Known men connected with the corporation may be named Silas B. Dntcher, president, hi' tho Hamilton Truei Company and George W. Ad- Jims. -cashier of the Oriental bank of JVew York. The allegation of tho intervention Chat the corporation is a myth is not oaily false, but any inquiry from either of the receivers or from any repre sentative of the Finance eompany would have furnished the informa tion to show in advance that such a charge would be false. Neither at the time of the purchase of the assets or a* any time pr 'r thereto did Mr. Wumbitvh have any interest in or con nection with the Finance eompany. We had no intimation that this in tervention was being prepared until we saw the publication this morning. No effort was made by inquiry from us or from the receivers to obtain the truth. The vile falsehoods, recklessly and greedily made, which the intsr •veations contained were presented *o the <-o;»rt and made public without an -effort to obtain the truth. CCLOMBIANS RFPTNT TOO LATE. M«d> are Now Willing to Negotiate tor the Canal But Treaty is Bead. Advices received at the state depart neat from unofficial sources indicate that there again hits been a change n Che nentiiueiu “of the Colombian sen .ate respecting the Panama canal. The agents of the state department have found it difficult to plain the fact, even to the Colombians, that the Hay-Herran canal treaty is abso lutely and finally float!, and that no ac tk>n cf the Colombian seuate ear. ros urrect it. Entirely now negotiation' are necessary, and none such' have heen instituted. MUCH CASK IS WAGERED 0a Result of Spirited Contest for May or's Chair in New York City Be tween Low and McClellan, A New York special says: Plenty of McClellan money appeared in Wali street Wednesday, great quantities of it being in evidence about the Broad way hotels. Many thousands of dol lars ware wagered on the municipal election during the day in the finan cial district ana, as the McClell&n money kept coming out in ever-in creasing volume, the Low backers grew more conservative. Late in the afternoon Low money had practically •disappeared and curb bettors who still had big rolls to place on McClel lan had to go up town to look for takers. It was a banner day for election bet ting. C. H. Dewitt, who succeeded .n placing $5,000 even on McClellan, an nounced that he had $50,000 more to bet on the same terms. Later he was willing to give odds. F. H. Brooks, after making some small wagers, declared he still had $50,000 to bet on McClellan at odds of 10 to 9. The biggest actual wager of the day was SIO,OOO by Ennis & Newman or. McClellan, C. E. Laidlow, Jr., taking the Low end. Many wagers of SSOO and SI,OOO were made at even money. F. H. Brooks bet SI,OOO to $1,500 that McClellan would have 10,000 plurality, and $ 1,000 to $950 that McClellan will be elected. C. H. Harris took the Low side. It was announced Wednesday night that Billy Leonard, acting for a syn dicate, had $50,000 at a number of Broadway hotels to bet on McClellan at. odds of 10 to 9. Joe Vendig, at the Hoffman, also had a SIO,OOO roll to place at the same figures. The bet ting at the hotels was active Wednes day night., though Low- men demanded liberal odds. BANKS PROTECT THF.IR INTERESTS. Depositors in St. Louis Must Wait Sixty Days for Their Money. A St. Louis sjiecial says: Just be fore the hour , opening Wednesday the lines of depositors were before the closed or me Mississippi Vallqy "Vast Company, the Mercan .Vi'e Trust Company and the Iqjiissou ri Trust Company. Small crowds were also gathered be fore the doors of some of the other savings Institutions It was observed that most those in line were work ing people, and many of them women, whose savings were not heavy. Owing to the action taken Tuesday night by the officials of the eight trust companies doing business in St. Louis, enforcing thirty and sixty days’ notices of intention to withdraw funds, depositors were not able to get any money. All they could do was to declare their Intention of withdrawing their deposits at the end of the time taken advantage of by the companies und»r their rules. The trust companies also decided not to pay certificates of de posit before maturity. The policemen in trying to handle the crowd pushed many of them into the gutter, ami in several instances personal fights were narrowly averted. CHURCH DICTATES TO VOTING MEMBERS. Western Methodists Champion the Phohi bition Side Politically. The general conference of the West ern Methodist Church of America, -a session at Grand Rapids, Mich., took action Wednesday looking toward the merging of that church with the Free Methodist church. The conference adopted a resolution which requires all voting members of the church to vote the ticket of the prohibition party. Resolutions commending President Roosevelt’s stand in the .Miller case were adopted, ami denouncing the pos sibility of the seating of a polygamist in the United States senate. Costiv Theatre Burns in Philadelphia. Fire early Wednesday morning de stroyed the Grand Avenue theatre, in Philadelphia. The loss is estimated at SIOO,OOO. The Grand was for many years the home of a stock company, but this season was thrown open to road companies. MASONS RE-ELECT OLD OFFICERS. Max Meyerhardt Named by Georgia Grand Lodge for Another Term. The second aay’s session of the grand lodge of the Masons of Georgia nt Macon was called to order Wednes day morning at 10 o’clock by Grand Master Max Meyerhardt. of Rome. The principal business of the session was the election of officers for the coming year. The entire official board was re-elected, there being no con 'st, except for the place of grand malter. About six members were sup ported for this place. Grand Master ' eyarhardt receiving a handsome ma u-ity. i DEPOSITORS MAKE A RUN. Trrce St. Louis Savings Banks Vic tims of raise tumors and Ez perhate a Stienacus Day. From shortly before 1 o’clock Tues day until the closing hour —3 o’clock — runs were made on the savings depos its of three banks of St. Louis, and at :he same time more than the ordinary amount of withdrawals by depositors were noticeable in the other banking institutions. The run, so far as it can be traced, was started by a disquieting rumor .mm the outside that seemed to strike St. Louis shortly after noon iO the effect that the savings institutions named were unsound. With a rush for the corridors of the Lincoln Trust Company, the Mercantile Trust Com pany and the Mississippi Valley Trust Company were filled with men and wo men, all eager to withdraw their mon ey. The s>cene in any one bank was duplicated in the other two. A line of people with bank books in their hands and faces eagerly scanning the little windows of the hank tellers stretched out into the street and in termingled were policemen and bank officials counseling calmness and giv ing assurances of solvency. It is stated that the rumor that started the run came from Chicago, and was to the effect that two direc tors ef the Mississippi Valley Trust Company had recently endeavored to negotiate a loan of $2,000,000 in that oity and had been refused. This rumor was pronounced an ao solute canard by the directors con cerned. As soon as the runs started all other business was laid aside and every facility afforded for prompt pay ment of deposits. The clause which gives the bank the privilege of with holding payment until sixty days after notification was waived and amounts were paid rapidly, regardless of their size. There was no disorder mani fested at any of the institutions, and in many cases depositors who had hur ried to withdraw amounts departed without their money, after having con versed with the officials and had bean confident that the bank would con tinue to do business. At the Missouri Trust Company a number of depositors had collected to demand payment, but the crowd soon thinnod out, and before 3 o’clock the incipient run nad ceased. Presi- of the different national banus assembled u’untng the atternoon and issued a statement in which they an nounced that the baoks of St. Louis are perfectly solvent ano? amply able to liquidate all demands. All the banks closed at 3 o’clock, the usual hour, and announcement made that they would open Wednes day morning at the usual hour, 10 o’clock, and would meet all demands made. LOSSES DROVE HIM TO SUICIDE. Cotton Speculator Got on Wrong Side of Market and Collapsed. James iSwearingen, president of the Phoenix oil mills at Dyersburg, Tenn, and also largely interestefl in oil mills in Memphis and Walnut Ridge, Ark., committed suicide Tuesday in a most tragic manner. Shortly after dinner he took an overdose of laudanum and soon thereafter sent a bullet into his breast. Swearingen had been speculating heavily in cotton, taking the bear side, and Tuesday remarked to his wife that he could no longer stand tho strain. „ Though rated at about two hundred thousand dollars, Swearingen’s losses evidently preyed cn his mind, and Monday's bulge in the cotton market temporarily unhinged his mind. Relatives refuse to say to what ex tent he had invested, but it is not be lieved that the three oil mills are in volved. Mr. Swearingen was one of the most prominent men in his section, and his suicide created a tremendous sensa tion. Negro Convicted on Riot Charge. At Evansville, Ind, Tuesday, Wes ley Burris, a negro, was convicted for taking part in the riot last July. The penalty is from one to fourteen yea's in the state prison. Burris is the fourth man thus xar convicted. PRESIDENT CELESiUTES BIRTHDAY. Chief Executive of the Nation Reechos the Fortv-Fifth Milestone. Tuesday President Roosevelt' cele brated the forty fifth anniversary of his birth. * Many beautiful and touching remind ers of the event came to him from ev ery part of the country. Hundreds of telegrams and letters of congratula tion were received at the White House during the day. When the members of the cabinet assembled they joined in extending cordial congratulations to the presi dent. There is nothing like a wet blanket to distinguish the fire of enthusiasm. FlTSoermanentl v cured. No fit* or nervous ness after first (lav’s use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise! ree, Dr.R.H. Kline, Ltd., 931 ArohSt., Phils.,Pa- From a woman’s ooint of view a poou’.ar man is one who understands dress talk. All creameries use butte- color. Why not do a- they do use June Tint But* teh Color. The ecotist who enjoys his own society is never lonesome. Ixmsure Plso’s Cure for Consu-notlousave l By life three years aire. — Mr.s. Thomas Rob iixs,Maple St., Norwich, X. Y., Feb. 17,8WJ. Luck won’t always boost you over the rough places. .Vfrs Winslow’s Soothing Syruo for children teetbinsr, soften the gum 3, reducesitiQammu tlon,allays nain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle A lawyer isn’t always cross, even in cross-examination. ‘Vt - Chicago in Babylonia. President Harper of the University of Chicago has succeedei in securing from the Sultan the right to explore the yulns of ancient Babylon. The university has now obtained permis sion to excavate in Tel Ibrahim. Ap plication was made to the Sultan for permission to explore the ruins of Babylon and its neighborhood in 1900, and after long delays it was granted. But further delays occurred and the irade was not issued. Then it was discovered that the Germans had re ceived permission to explore the same territory. It is believed that the ruin 3 of the temple in which Nebuch adnezzar offered sacrifices in 589 B. C., and also an extensive library of clay tablets, will be uncovered. 1 Mrs. L. C. 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Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Yours very sincerely, Mrs. L. C. Gloves, 614 Grove St., Milwaukee, Wis.” Vice President, Milwaukee Business Woman’s Ass’n. Women should not fail to profit by the experience of these two women ; just as snrely as they were cured of the troubles enume rated in their letters, just so certainly will Lydia E. Pinkham’S Vegetable Compound cure others who suffer from womb troubles, inflammation of the ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous excitability, and nervous prostration ; remember that it is Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound that is curing women, and don’t allow any druggist to sell you anything else in its place. An Indiana Lady Tells of a Wonderful Cure: “■ Dear Mrs. Pinkham : It is a pleasure for me to write and tell what your wonderful medicine has done for me. 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Address is Lynn, Mass,; her advice is free and always helpful. ftrtfl FORFEIT If we carrot forthwith prodnee the original letters and signatures ot \ Uili jl| above testtjaouials, which will prove their absolute genuineness. Vv V w U X-jalia E. riukham sJcd. Co., lona, Maas. Flour ana Teeth. A valuable letter from a corres pondent drew attention to an import ant and admitted cause of the nation al degeneration of physique which we have striven to emphasize in these columns. The roller mill has indu bitably diminished the dletic value of our bread. The entire wheat grain is of value; the husk (which is a valu able intestinal stimulant), the bnown exterior, and the white central core. Except for certain invalids, white bread is an indefensible absurdity. Better is brown bread, consisting of all but the husk, and best is a whole meal bread, assuming such to be ob tainable. The deficiency of salts in white bread is unquestionabley related to the deterioration —also familiar to our readers —in the national teeth. W e may illustrate this by an argument from Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton. “Why has America the cleverest den tists?” Answer: “Because she hae the best flour-mill makers.” The better the mill is, the finer the flour, the poorer the bread, the worse the teeth, and tne better the dentists. Perfect ly simple. —L-ondon Chronicle. BETTER PLAN. “Did you tell Clarence you would cut him off without a cent if he mar ried that girl?” “No,” answered the wise father, “the idiot would marry her in spite of that. I told the girl.” THE REWARD OF ECONOMY. Kwoter—What’s that old saying? “Take cars of the pennies and—” Newitfc —And the dollars will take care of your heirs. Philadelphia Press.