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The Jones County News.
M. 0. GREENE PUBLISHER.
DEATH CLAIMS REED
Ex=Sp;aker of House of Repie*
sentatives Crosses Dark River.
NOTIONAL CHARACTER GONE
His Notable Career as Speaker Gained
for Him the Sobriquet of “Czar.”
Brief Sketch of
His Life.
Thomas Brackett Reed, former
speaker of the house of representa¬
tives, and for many years prominent in
public life, died in Washington Sun¬
day morning at 12:10 o'clock, in his
apartments in the Arlington hotel.
The immediate cause of death was
uraemia.
It was -stated that Mr. Reed had
been suffering from Bright’s diseaso
Eor soipe time.
Mr. Reed was in Washington to at¬
tend some matters in the United
States supreme court. He was at the
capitol on Monday, December 1st,, vis¬
iting with friends and former asso¬
ciates in congress and witnessed the
convening of the fifty-seventh con¬
gress. Apparently he was enjoying
good health, ijut later in the day he
called a physician and complained of
illness. He grew worse as the week
advanced, and the end came peace¬
fully.
Sketch cf His Life.
Thomas Brackett Reed, thirty-first
speaker of the house of representa-
lives, was born October 18, 1839, in
Portland, Me., in the common schools
of which city he received his early
education. In 1869 he was graduated
Irom Bowden, winning one of the high¬
est honors of the college, the prize for
excellence in English composition. The
next four years were spent by Mr.
Reed in teaching and in the study of
law. Before his admission to the bar,
however, he w as appointed acting
assistant paymaster of the United
States navy, serving on. the“tin-clad”
Sybil, which patrolled uneventfully on
the Tennessee, Cumberland and Mis¬
sissippi rivers. After his discharge in
1SC5 Mr. Keed returned to Portland,
passed the bar, and entered on the
practice of his profession.
Three years later he was elected as
a republican in the legislature of the
state of Maine. In 1869 he was re¬
elected to the house, and in 1870 made
state senator, from which position he
passed to that of attorney general of
the state the same year. In Septem¬
ber, 1876, lie was elected to the forty-
fifth congress of the United States,
Mr. Reed was elected to congress
continuously until he finally declined
re-election. In the forty-sixth con¬
gress his skill as a debater was recog¬
nized, and at this period he made also
a set speech in defense of the pres¬
ence of United States marshals at elec¬
tions in the south.
His influence finally becoming more
strongly marked, the leadership of his
party was finally conceded to him, and
in the forty-ninth and fiftieth con¬
gresses the complimentary nomination
to the speakership was tendered him
by the republicans. In the fifty-first,
that party having attained the ascend¬
ancy, he was elected speaker on the
first ballot. In the first days of his ad¬
ministration of the office much oppo¬
sition was made by the minority to the
enforcement of what Mr. Reed believ¬
ed his constitutional power to count
members present in the house as to
participating in a vote despite their re¬
fusal to use their privilege.
The question of silence constitutinfi
legal absence and the destruction ;
thereby of a legal quorum was, how- j
ever, set at rest by the adoption of new :
rules by the house February 14, 1890. )
In September of Lie same year Mr.
Reed was re-elected to the fifty-second
congress by a large majority. -
serving his .
While Mr. Reed was
first term as speaker he figured in
some of the stormiest scenes ever
democrats, '
acted in congress, the un¬
der the leadership of the late Charles
F. Crisp, of Georgia, fighting the en-
forcement of the Reed rules at every
stage. It was during this fight that
Mr. Reed was given the soubriquet of
“czar."
Remains Go to Portland.
The remains of Hon. Thomas B.
Reed left Washington Sunday after-
noon for Portland, Me., his foimer;
home, where the interment will take j
place. Thev were accompanied by Mrs..
Reed, the widow; Miss Catherine Reed,
tho former speaker’s daughter, and a
few close friends. At Mrs. Reed’s re-
quest, there were no ceremonies
any kind i n Washington.
Martha Washinoton Stamps.
The postofflee department Saturday
began to issue the stamps bearing tho
Martha- Washington portrait. These
stamps will replace the present 8 cent
stamps.
TWO “WIFELESS” BROTHERS
File Suit Together in Common Pleas
Court at Urbana, Ohio.
Alva C. and Alvina A.'Buckles, gro-
cers at Urbana^ Ohio, have filed a suit
in the court of common pleas for di-
vorces. Both brothers reside in the
same township, and both were married
seven years ago and only four days
apart. Both wives ran away after
ing married only two years and
whereabouts is unknown.
SIX DEAD AND SCORE INJURED
Canadian Pacific Express Train
Plunges Down an Embankment,
Causing Frightful Wreck.
The worst train wreck in the his¬
tory of the Inter-Colonial, the Cana¬
dian government railway, happened at
noon Sunday at Belmont Station, 70
miles from Halifax, Nova Scotia/when
the Canadian Pacific express for Mon¬
treal rolled down an embankment,
killing at least six persons, injuring a
score of others, and completely wreck¬
ing the locomotive, the postal, express
and baggage cars, and several pas¬
senger coaches.
The train, which was a Canadian
Pacific express, left Halifax at 8:45
for Montreal, to connect at Adam
Junction with the Maine Central rail¬
road for Bangor and Boston. A num¬
ber of the passengers were destined
for American points.
The accident occurred at 1 o’clock
and was caused by the pilot becoming
loose and falling in front of the engine,
which was thrown from the rails. The
train plowed ahead for fifty feet and
then turned over and rolled down an
embankment. The engine was com¬
pletely wrecked and the cars next in
the makeup were telescoped.by those
in the rear, Engineer Trider was
killed at his post, the only member of
the train crew to lose his life.
The colonist car ran under the bag¬
gage car and the top was cut off the
full length down to the windows.
Every passenger in this car was
either killed or injured. To add to
the suffering of the injured, the weath¬
er was bitterly cold and it was hours
before help arrived.
THOMAS NAST DIES AT POST.
Father of Caricaturists Succumbs to
Yellow Fever at Ecuador.
Consul General Thomas Nast died
at Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sunday at
noon, after a three days' illness from
yellow fever. He was interred at 5
o'clock Sunday afternoon. The funer¬
al was attended by the governor, the
consular corps, the Americon colony
and by many friends, Tlie coffin was
wrapped m the Stars and Stripes. The
.British consul recited a prayer in the
cemetery.
The death of Mr. Nast is deeply la¬
mented by the natives, who held him
in high esteem.
Thomas Nast, the “Father of Ameri¬
can Caricature,” who was appointed
consul at Guayaquil in May of this
year, was the son of a musician and
was born at Landau, Bavaria, Septem¬
ber 25, 1840. When he was six years
of age the family came to this country
and settled in New York.
At an early age young Nast display¬
ed great aptitude for art, and finally
acquired an international reputation
as a caricaturist. Many of Nast’s crea¬
tions are securely established in Amer¬
ican politics. Chief of these are the
republican elephant, the Tammany ti¬
ger and the democratic donkey.
BOSTON NEGROES COMPLAIN.
Inaugurats Move Toward Separate
Schools for Their Children.
It has just been proposed in Boston,
Mass., in all seriousness to establish a
separate public school for negro chil¬
dren.
Strange as it may seem, this pro¬
ject started with the negroes them¬
selves, and it has met with much fa-
vor by the whites who have children
attending the public schools.
The rapid increase in the negro pop¬
ulation has resulted in two large negro
colonies, one in the west end and the
other in the south end. The negroes
^ es j ro se p ara te schools because in the
co ] ore(1 districts many white children
atton(1 schoo]s w!) ere negro children
are pupils. The negro children say
that they are treated as inferiors by
the white children, hence the desire
of the parents of tho negroes to have
sc jj 00 ] s where their children shall have
nQ gocia] or rac j a i superiors.
Knitting Mills Burned.
The Williams knititng mills, one of
j ai -g e gt in western North Carolina,
were destroyed by fire Saturday morn-
jng Therc was lit tle insurance and
^ ]oss £aUs heavily on the stock-
holders.
FATAL ENDING OF JOKE.
--
Bo y' s stomach “Blown Up” With a
strong Pneumatic Puma,
1 r j o{ a i oco
-
motive works in I aterson, N. J.. •
dead as a result of a practical joke
played on him by five of his fellow-
WQr j (men They were arrested, charg-
^ ^ caused his death. It is
alleged that they “blew up” Rult with
a pneumatic pump, hating a pressure
of 110 pounds to the inch. Tne boy s
stomach became greatly distended,
and after several hours of great suffer-
CUBAN KIDS RELEASED.
Mrs. Tingley Will Get the Eleven for
Brotherhood School.
The eleven Cuban children who
nave uctu at New York dur-
1 ing the past several weeks by the i -
j migration authorities, were ordered
released Saturday b> the trcasuiy *>-
-
partment and they will immediate v
proceed to Point Lema university
I brotherhood school in California.
GRAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1902.
HOLOCAUST iN HOTEL
Fourteen Men Cremated in a Chi¬
cago Fire=Trap.
FLAMES BLOCKED ALL ESCAPE
i
Lincoln House Scene of One of the
Worst Horrors of the Kind Ever
Known in tho History of
the Windy City, i
At Chicago, Thursday morning,
fourteen persons among the scores
crowded into the Lincoln hotel at
178 Madison street met death in a
fire which will pass into local history
as one of the most horrible Chicago
ever experienced.
Death came suddenly |to a few,
but with awful slowness to others,
who were penned in the death trap
and suffocated or burned to death.
Some died in their rooms some
chanced ail in jumping and lost, while
others wore found in the hallways,
where they had expired with their
fingers dug into the cracks of the
floor.
The victims were taken to Ralston’s
morgue and all day the place was
filled with anxious people interested
in the dead, or seeking to assure
themselves of the safety of friends or
relatives.
The building was a fire trap of the
worst kind, according to experts.
There were but two exits, a narrow
stairway leading down the four
floors of the building and an uncom¬
pleted fire escape in tho rear.
The fire started shortly before 6
o’clock on the second floor, presuma¬
bly from a lighted cigar dropped on
the carpet. Guests occupying upper
rooms in the front part of the hostelry,
aroused by the screams of a woman,
wore able to escape down the stair¬
way, and about thirty people reached
safety by means of the fire escape.
To add to the horror, however, this
gave way while others were-attempt¬
ing to escape and three men were
dashed to death on the pavement of
the alley below.
For the people in the rear there
was now no escape except by jump¬
ing. The stairway was in flames
and the fire escape gone. Horrpr-
strlcken faces appeared at the win¬
dows and cried frantically for help.
Firemen cried back at them to wait
until nets or mattresses could be
brought and those who did, in most
cases, escaped with slight injuries.
But some, crazed with fright, jumped
to the pavement and were either killed
or badly hurt.
With great difficulty the fire, al¬
though comparatively a small one,
was subdued, but it was some time be¬
fore rescuers could penetrate the
dense bank of smoke which filled the
place. It was an awful scone which
met their gaze. Tho dead or uncon¬
scious lying stretched on the floors
and in somfj, cases, on their beds.
Some had attempted to slip on a gar-
ment before making for tne street,
but had been overcome, but most of
them were in their night clothes.
Every store and other hotels in
tho vicinity was filled with men and
women who had escaped with only
their night gowns, An investigation
will be made. A fire wall around the
freight elevator and other precaution-
ary alterations had been ordered some
time ago, but the matter had been neg-
lected. Little damage was done to
the hotel.
EVANGELIST DIES SUDDENLY.
Rev Rev. Joe Joe Jones Jones, Brother uroiner of ot Rev rsv. Sam °“ rn
Jones, Stricken at Home of Latter.
Rev. Joseph Jones, evangelist and
brother of Rev. Sam Jones, whose
cessful work in all parts of the conn-
try is so well known, died suddenly
while sitting in a chair at tho home
of his brother in Cartersville, Ga.,
Thursday, night about 9 o’clock.
He had been from his own home to
town and stopped in to see his brother,
and the two were sitting in tne lat-
ter’s room talking when he suddenly
showed signs of collapse and fell to
the floor a corpse.
NOMINATIONS TO SENATE.
Another Batch of Appointments Sent
in by President Roosevelt.
The president sent the following
nominations to the senate Thursday;
Robert M. McWade, Pennsylvania
(now consul), to be consul general at
Canton, China; Martin A. Knapp, New
York, inter-state commerce commis¬
sioner; George W. Ellis, Kansas, sec¬
retary of the legation at Monrovia,
Liberia; William Barrett, New York,
consul at Bamberg, Bavaria.
Also a large number of army promo¬
tions and appointments.
KELLEY A GREAT SHOW.
Immense Crowd Awaited Alleged Bco-
dier’s Arrival in St. Louis.
Charles F. Kelley, a former mem¬
ber of the house of delegates, arrived
at St. Louis Wednesday afternoon in
charge of detectives from Philadelphia
where he was arrested some days ago
as a fugitive from justice.
More than five hundred curious peo¬
ple awaited Kelley's arrival at the un¬
ion station.
? I Cream of News.
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each "Day.
—Ex-Speaker Thomas II. Reed died
in Washington Sunday morning, tho
immediate cause of death was eremia,
superinduced by Bright's disease. The
remains were carried to Portland, Me.,
for interment.
—George P. Erwin, secretary of the
Georgia state executive department,
died Sunday after an illness of only a
few hours.
—Negro gamblers fire on officers
near Waycross, Ga., but without effect.
Eleven were captured.
—American machinists on Mexican
International road are given increase
and will be paid on gold basis.
—Thirty thousand acres of timber
land in Walker and Winston counties,
Alabama, have been purchased and
colony of Minnesota and Wisconsin
farmers will settle on tract.
—United States steamship Panther,
reached Hampton Roads Sunday from
Colon, bringing fever stricken marines
who have been protecting railroad
property on the Isthmus.
—Consul General Nast died lafJt Sun¬
day of yellow fever nt Guaqaquil, Ecua¬
dor, where he was consul genera!.
—The Franchise tax bill was passed
in the Georgia house of representa¬
tives Wednesday by overwhelming
vote of 134 to 17.
—Monroe Adams, the negro who
killed his wife and daughter at Ameri-
cus, Ga., has been sentenced to bang
on December 30.
—South Georgia conference met at
Thomasviile Wednesday with Bishop
Warren A. Candler presiding.
—Macon, Ga., board of health is
making war on Chinese laundrymen
who work and sleep in same room.
—Two meen were killed and nine
injured in a wreck on Cincinnati
Southern at Sunlight, Tenn., Wednes¬
day. Five coaches were destroyed by
fire.
—Alderman Ward, of Birmingham,
Ala., petitions superior court for man¬
damus compelling mayor to submit
report of fines remitted and reasons
for same.
—Hon. Thomas B. Reed, former
speaker of the house of representa¬
tives, is suffering from appendicitis.
—Hetty Green has added $1,500,000
to her fortune by selling her holdings
in Louisville and Nashvile to John P.
Morgan.
—By an explosion on a steamer at
San Francisco, Wednesday morning,
twelve men lost their jives.
—Great Britain is Hurrying war ves¬
sels to Venezuela. It. is the intention
of Germany and Great Britain to seize
the custom houses until their claims
are satisfied.
—Sagasta, the Spanish premier, has
resigned. Says the opposition has
treated him with mistrust and that he
will never hold office again.
Special agricultural commiHee of
the Georgia general assembly prepares
unfavorable report on bills to separate
the agricultural and mechanical col-
loge from tho state university.
—Dr. I. T. Tichenor, distinguished
Baptist minister, dies at his home near
Decatur, Ga., after long illness.
—Street car motormen and conduc-
tors of Columbus, Ga., are given an in¬
creage of 2 cents per hour,
—A storm struck New Orleans
Tuesday and followed the Mississip¬
pi for hundreds of miles, wrecking
houses, boats nnd barges. No fatali¬
ties, but several injured.
~ CalIy „ a 13 Tear-oid boy .
sboots ancl kills his grandfather at.
Rock H1 n S , c. He claims shooting
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-Alabama convicts are , leased , , to
Sloss-Sheffleld Coal Co at 43 cents
P fir ton for min ' ng “"‘ }' 2 cents lcss
,han is P aid for freo labor ’
—Drop in silver continues in Mexi-
C o, and there is little hope ot a perma-
ne nt recovery,
—Argentine beef importers will
fight American trust, and meat dealers
in London are jubilant over prospect
of reduced prices.
—President’s message was read to
congress Tuesday.
—House committee on elections de¬
cides to report adversely on resolution
to Investigate the suffrage laws of Vir¬
ginia in disfranchising the negroes.
—Kaiser is ready to strike hard un¬
less Venezuela accedes to his demands
and pays the $2,000,000 at once.
—At Macon, Ga... Mrs. Fitzpatrick
scalded her husband while he was in
bed. She charges him with paying at¬
tentions to another woman.
—A bill has been Introduced in the
Virginia bouse making promiscuous
kissing a misdemeanor, punishable
with fine. It was offered as a health
measure.
—A mail pouch containing about
$25,000 in checks and money stolen at
Danville, Va.
—Street cars of Houston, Tex., tied
up on account of a strike of conduc¬
tors and motormen for shorter hours
and better pay.
—It is stated that early in the com¬
ing year the democrats will hold a
great harmony conference. Grover
Cleveland will be present and other
democrats who have opposed the Bry-
1 an ideas.
DOZEN MEN MISSING
As Result of Frightful Oil Fxp!o»
sion < n Board a Steamer.
DEATH AND DISASTER WROUGHT
Vessel Was Being Changed to Oil
Burner and Hundreds of Work¬
men Were Overtaken by
the Catastrophe,
A San Francisco special says:
While tho steamer Progresso was ly¬
ing at the wharf of Fulton Iron worus
at Harbor View Wednesday morning,
an explosion occurred. As a result
twelve men aro missing. A score were
more or less seriously injured and
property valued at $200,000 was de¬
stroyed.
The disaster occurred at 9; 45
o’clock, while forty mechanics of tho
iron works and twenty employees of
the ship were on board. Below lho
decks the mechanics were busy com¬
pleting the work of changing the ves¬
sel from a coal burning coal carrier to
an oil burning oil carrier, when sud¬
denly one of the tanks blew up. Mon
were hurled against the steel wall and
a sheet of flame came sweeping into
their faces. On the upper deck men
were hurled into the air or thrown into
the water. Throe sailors engaged in
washing paint outside (lie pilot house
disappeared as the cloud of smoke
came up from tho ship and were seen
no more.
Following tho explosion, (lie ship
sagged in (ho center, showing (lint she
had broken in two. In the office of
i.io iron works, 20 feet away, every
window was shattered nnd filing glas3
cut the faces and hands of many of the
officials and clerks as they rushed out
into the open. Survivors, who were
able to help themselves, were leaping
from the ship. A groat crowd of me¬
chanics made a hasty exit from the
works. As soon as tlio panic had sub¬
sided those men set to work to rescue
men from the burning vessel. A stream
of burning oil, running from Hie tanks,
spread out until the ship lay on waves
of fire. The flames crept under lho
wharf and soon lho limbers were blaz¬
ing, adding to tlio difficulty of tho work
of rescue.
As the ship was built of steel, tho
firo was nearly all below tbc dock.
There were fourten oil tanks, contain¬
ing about 400 barrels of oil in all, and
despite tho efforts of the fire depart¬
ment, this continued to burn fiercely
for hours after tho explosion.
Several minor explosions, due to lho
flames going from tank to tank, oc¬
curred at ^hort intervals, but a!’ the
injury and loss of life was caused by
the first.
SOUTH GEORGIA METHODISTS
Meet in Conference at Thomasviile
With Bishop Candler Presiding.
The South Georgia Conference’-con¬
vened at Thomasviile Wednesday,
Bishop W. A. Candler presiding. Tho
bishop led the devotional services. His
opening address was masterful and
witty and wide-reaching.
W. F. Smith was elected secretary.
The bishop notified the preachers
that all who failed to promptly turn
over their statistics ought to be re¬
lieved of making them another year,
for fear of nervous prostration. Fol¬
lowing the reports went rapidly to tno
table.
The chair humorously touched up
two of the elders for speaking of tho
members as “gentlemen.” They were
( b t ho pro f errnf i to call them
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,J. W. Jenkins, of Mississippi; Artemus
Los ter, j. j. Ansley and H. O. Chris-
tjan , of North Georgia conference,
were announced as transferred to
South Georgia conference.
Bank Cashier Held Up.
The Stock Growers’ bank of Carbon
county, at Bridges, Montana, was en-
tered by three masked men Wednes¬
day at noon and Cashier Trumbo was
relieved of $2,000.
MOUNTAIN AGAINST MOLE HILL.
Three British Cruisers to do the Coerc¬
ing Act in Venezuela.
A dispatch from Hamilton, Bermu¬
da, states that V.-e British second-class
cruiser Retribution sailed for Venezue¬
la Tuesday and tho second-class cruis
er Gharbydis, sloop of war Aiert and
torpedo boat destroyer Quail, followed
Wednesday.
The second-class cruiser Tribune
and the first-class cruiser Ariadne art
under orders to proceed to the same
destination.
against the substitute,
in favor of tho omnibus bill and
TWENTY YEARS FOR LOGAN.
Montana Train Robber Sentenced in
Knoxville, Tennessee, Court.
At Knoxville, Tenn., Saturday Har
vey Logan, the alleged Montana rob-
her, was given ten sentences aggregat¬
ing] 30 years. Eight sentences are lor
fifteen years each, to be served concur¬
rently; and two sentences are for five
years each, to be served concurrently.
This reduces his sentence to twenty
years.
VOL. IX. NO. J.
MINISTER A. E. BUCK DEAD.
Our Representative to Japan Expires
Suddenly While on Hunting Trip.
Sketch of His Life.
Tho Japanese minister called at
tho department of stjito at Washington
Thursday to convey to Secretary Hay
a cablegram ho had recoivod from To-
kio, staling (hat while Alfred E. Buck,
tho United Slates minister to Japan,
was on a hunting trip during tho morn¬
ing, lie was taken suddenly ill and
expired.
The state department will take the
necessary stops to see that tho re¬
mains aro brought to Ibis country
for interment. Mr. Huntington Wil¬
son, tlio secretary ro the legation,
was designated as charge.
The deceased minister was born In
Maine, but was appointed to his post
from Georgia on April 13, 1897. His
service covered a critical and import¬
ant chapter in Japanese history.
A dispatch received from Yoko¬
hama was as follows: “United States
Minister Buck died this morning while
at the imperial duck shoot. Tho caiTse
of ids dealli is supposed to have been
apoplexy."
Sketch cf His Life.
A. E. Buck, lho dead minister to
Japan, spent tho greater part of his
political life in Atlanta, Ga. He was
a prominent figure in Republican pol¬
itics in central Georgia in the lata
eighties and early nineties, making a
big reputation by tho masterful man¬
ner In which he continually held of¬
fice after office in spite of the many
and heavy fights made against him.
Colonel Buck was born in Foxcraft,
Me., in 1832. He received n college
education in a Now England univer¬
sity and settled down to tho practice
of law. When the civil war began he
enlisted in the union army, fighting
straight through, in 1864 lie was
married to Miss Ellen B. Coker, of
Hollowell, Me.
At the close of the war Colonel
Buck came south and settled in Ala¬
bama, where In 1868 he was chosen
presidential elector. He was a member
of congress from Alabama during the
reconstruction period.
At lho close of his congressional
caroer in Alabama ho moved to At-
lauta, where, until ’97, when he was
appointed minister to Japan, lie made
his home.
His first government office in At¬
lanta was clerk of the United States
circuit court, Later on he was maue
marshal for Georgia during Harrison's
administration. When President
McKinley was inaugurated lie appoint¬
ed him minister to Japan in 1897.
When Roosevelt came into office ho
atlowod the appointment to stand.
His death came as a great, shock- to
his friends, as it was entirely unex¬
pected.
MINERS KEPT SILENT.
Feared Dismissal if They Dared Re¬
veal Dangers of Coal Pits.
At Thursday’s sessions of the an¬
thracite strike commission at Scran-
Ion the representatives of tho mino
workers continued to call witnesses,
mostly practical miners, who told their
story of conditions as they exist, in the
Hazleton or middle coal fields. Somo
of the witnesses testified that they
were not given their old places and
maintained that men prominent In the
union in the various localities during
the strike were discriminated against.
Tho commission has decided to in¬
vite tho mino inspectors to appear be¬
fore them, because the miners assert,
that the workmen fear to inform the
uHne inspectors of dangerous or un¬
healthy places in the mines, because
(ho inspectors aro usually accompa¬
nied by some representative of tho
company who may cause the man’s
dismissal. Tills is a new point before
the commission.
STREET CAR MEN WIN.
Granted Good Increase at Houston,
Texas, and Strike Ends.
Tlio street car strike at Houston,
Texas, was settled late Thursday af¬
ternoon and the cars at once began
running. The men get a scale calling
for 18 cents per hour for the first year,
19 cents tho second year and 20 cents
thereafter, which is an Increase of
about 6 per cent over the old scale.
BIG BRIDGE3 GONE.
Trains on Atlantic and Birmingham
Forced to Stop Temporarily.
The long trestle and bridge of me
Atlantic and Birmingham railroad over
Sat ilia, river, near Waltertown, Ga.,
seven miles from Waycross, was wash¬
ed away and completely destroyed
Thursday night, as was also the coun¬
ty bridge which crossed the river
about fifty yards above tho trestle.
Ail tho Atlantic and Birmingham
trains were annu.led and it will un¬
doubtedly be several days before the
regular schedule can again be resum-
ed.
ANOTHER BOODLER CONVICTED.
Millionaire Brewer at St. Louis Sen¬
tenced to Pen.
At St. Louis Friday, after two days
of trial, Charles J .Denny, millionaire
brewer and director of the Suburban
Street Railway Company, formerly a
member of the house of delegates,
charged with perjury in connection
with the suburban bill boodle deal, was
found guilty, and bis punishment fixea
at twq years in the penitentiary.
UNCOVER TRUSTS
Littlefield’s Bill Providing Fof
“Publicity ” Favored.
BRINGS IN REPORT
Republicans in Congress Agree to Sup¬
port that Plan for Checking ;
Evils of Gigantic K
Combines. ■Mi
A Washington special says: The
subcommittee to which was referred
tho anti-lrust bills reported favorably
to tho full committee Friday on Mr-
Littlefield’s bill providing for giving
publicity to the affairs of commercial
combinations, wjth certain amend¬
ments. Acting Chairman Jenkins, of
Lho judiciary committee, appointed a
sub-committee Friday consisting of
Representatives Littlefield, of Maine;
Ovorstreot, of Indiana; Powers, of
Massachusetts; DeArmond, of Missou¬
ri, nnd Clayton, of Alabama, to which
all anti-trust bills:, including -the pub¬
licity bill, have been referred.
Provisions of the Bill.
The publicity bill, as amended, pro¬
vides that every corporation, Joint
stock company or similar organization
engaged in interstate or foreign com¬
merce, and every such corporation
which shall be hereafter organized,
shall fllo with the interstate commerce
commission, on or before September
1st each year, aro turn, stating among
other things its name, date of organi¬
zation, and, if consolidated, the names
of the constituent companies, and the
same Information concerning them. If
the concerns have been reorganized,
tho original corporation or corpora¬
tions aro to be named, wlu informs/-
tiou concerning them.
It is also provided that the amount
of authorized capital stock, shares into
which divided, par value, whether com¬
mon or preferred, and distinction be¬
tween each, amount issued and out¬
standing, amount paid in, how much,
if any, in property, and if paid in prop¬
erty a description and cash market
value of the property at the time it
was received in payment, shall be
stated. -Tlio indebtedness, its nature
and for what purpose incurred, is to be
given, also a statement of the assets
at. their present cash market value,
giving upon which the market value is
based.
It also is required that, the total
earnings and income, operating ex¬
penses, Interest, taxes, permanent im¬
provements, net earnings dividends
declared, with rate and date during
the year preceding the 1st of the pre¬
ceding July; salaries of officials and
wages of employees be disclosed.
It is provided further tfiat the treas¬
urer or other officer of concerns affect¬
ed by the bill, having the requisite
knowledge, shall answer on oath all In¬
quiries that may be made in writing,
under the direction of the interstate
commerce commission, relative to ita
financial condition or to its capital
stock. Such answer is not. to he used
as evidence against the person making
It, except- in prosecutions under the
proposed act.
A tax of 1 per cent per annum Is
Imposed on so much of the capital
stock outstanding, which is not fully
paid i.i cash or other property at its
full cash market value, and provision
is made for collecting the tax.
Penalties Imposed.
Any concern contemplated in this
bill failing to pay a tax imposed is to
be restrained on the suit of the United
Slates from engaging In interstate or
foreign commerce. It is made the duty
of the atiorncy general, at the request
of tlio interstate commerce commis¬
sion, to enforce the provisions of the
proposed act, and suit may be brought
in any district court of the United
States at (he election of the attorney
general where an offending concern
has a place of business.
Provision is made that the Inter¬
state commerce commission shall pre¬
pare and publish a statement showing
a list of corporations and disclosing
their condition. The I ill does not ap¬
ply to any concern the amount of capi¬
tal stock of which does not exceed
$500,000.
TO ADMIT OKLAHOMA.
Committee on Territories Leaves Out
Arizona and New (Mexico.
A Washington special says; By ft
vote of 6 to 5 the senate committee on
territories agreed Wednesday to re¬
port a substitute for the house omni¬
bus statehood bill, the substitute pro¬
viding for the admission of one new
state to Include Oklahoma and In¬
dian Territory under the name of Ok¬
lahoma. No mention whatsoever is-
made in tho bill of Arizona and New
Mexico for their claims. The vote in
tho committee was on party lines,
with the exception that Senator Quay
voted with the democratc members
POOR LITTLE VENEZUELA.
Great Britain awd Germany Rush
Mighty Warships to Her Shores.
Great Britain and Germany, accord¬
ing to official statements made in Lon¬
don, have commenced punitive meas-
ures against Venezuela. German war
vessels, it is stated, are already on
the scene of the contemplated action
and Great Britain wifi have a squadron
there capable of coping with any re¬
sistance that Venezuela might offer.