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TILLMAN WILL LEAD
In Senate Fight for Hepburn
Railroad Rate Bill.
DEMOCRATS IN CONTROL
Their Votes in Committee Meeting Did
the Work — Republicans Badly
Split Over the Great
Question.
A Washington special says: By tak¬
ing advantage just at the right time
of the opportunity presented to them
Friday, the democrats of the senate
interstate commerce committee not
only succeeded in forcing a favorable
report upon the Hepburn bill just as
it came from the house, but succeed-
ed in getting possession of the bill,
which has been much touted as the
administration measure.
The net result of the day’s action,
studied from a strategical standpoint,
is that all the credit for taking this
advance toward securing adequate
legislation must go to the democrats,
'thus, in the great fight to come over
the rate question in the senate, the
democrats have all the advantage of
position.
The bill will be in the hands of
Senator Tillman, senior democrat upon
the committee, and under his leader¬
ship the democrats will see to it that
rothing Is permitted to stand In the
way of the enactment of an adequate
rate law.
After the committee had adjourned
Senator Tillman held a levee in his
committee room. There were present
several democratic senators to con¬
gratulate him upon the practical vic¬
tory secured by the party in getting
control of the rate bill, and there
were also present several newspaper
men.
When reference was made to pos¬
sible conferences between him and
the president of the United States
upon whom he loses no opportunity
to empty the vials of his wrath, Sen¬
ator Tillman said:
“Well, it is a rather unexpected
and ridiculous situation, but if any
one has an idea that I am going to
make a farce of it, with myself as
the clown, they are badly mistaken.
Those who imagine I am not going to
fight for an effective railroad bill are
way off their base. I do not see why
my selection as the member to have
charge of the measure should go to¬
wards allaying the feeling throughout
the country in regard to railroad mat¬
ter. I am certainly not going to lend
myself to any scheme of sidetracking
or undermining the efforts to get cor¬
rective legislation.
“The senate should be relieved of
white house dictation, and we should
be at liberty to do our duty in ac¬
cordance with our oaths of office, and
our duty to our states and constit-
uents under the constitution. In all
seriousness, I am not going to put
myself in any position or allow any¬
thing to happen to sidetrack the ef¬
fort to get a good law. My frankness
and reputation, I think, will preclude
the possibility of suspicion that I am
in this bill as a joker.
“This is a democratic proposition,
and the president lent his great in¬
fluence to it. I hope that he will
continue to do so. The democrats in
the house supported the bill unant
mously, and I believe the democrats
in the senate will do likewise, 1
hope there will be enough patriots on
the republican side to help pass it.”
NQ POISON IN STOMACH.
Tucker is Exonerated of Charge of
Murdering His Wife.
Drs. Harris and Daniel, who con¬
ducted the post mortem examination
at Moultrie, Ga., in the case of E. W.
Tucker, have reported that they found
no poison in the stomach.
It was alleged that she had been
poisoned by her husband to secure
life insurance, and under this charge
Tucker has been in jail. He was re¬
leased on an order from the solicitor
general.
THREE NECKS ARE SAVED.
Georgia Prison Commission Acts on a
Trio of Capital Cases.
As the result of rehearings before
the Georgia prison commission Wed¬
nesday in three capital cases, two of
the defendants will go to the peniten¬
tiary for life Instead of to the gallows,
while the third, Burrell Patterson, of
Heard county, was given a respite DT
Governor Terrell until March 16 for
further investigation.
The sentences of Lem Greer cf
Spalding county a^d Jim Carter cf
Bulloch county, were commuted from
doath to life Imprisonment
SUICIDED WITH PEN KNIFE.
Chappell Unwound His Mortal Coll
in a Florida Hotel.
Lamar Chappell, until recently as¬
sistant manager of the Southern Cot¬
ton Oil Company at Memphis, Tana,
committed suicidafin hfs room at the
Chautauqua Hot<fl at fit. Petersburg,
Fla., Tuesday, afternoon by stabbing
himst in the heart with a pen knife.
Death was/ instantaneous. Chappell
was a suff|-er from Bright’s disease.
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H0CHPAYS THE PENALTY.
Chicago "Bluebeard” Finally Dies on
Gallows for Wife Murder—Pro¬
tested Innocense to Last.
Johann Hoch, convicted murderer,
confessed bigamist, and who, if hut
a fraction of the stories of crimes that
are told of him are true, was one
of the greatest criminals this coun¬
try has ever known, was hanged at
the Cook county jail In Chicago Fri¬
day for poisoning his wife, Marie
Wieiclter-Hoch.
He faced death as he has always
said that he would face It—when the
final moment came—camly and with¬
out fear. He stood on the scaffold,
beneath the dangling noose in the at¬
titude and with the placid courage of
a soldier who realizes to the full that
death Is certainly his portion, but is
still unafraid.
Three times respited, Hoch insisted
to the last that he be granted all the
delay that the law conceded him. Un¬
der the wording of his sentence the
criminal was to hang between the
hours 10 and 2 o’clock.
W(hen the last resource of his at¬
torneys—an appeal to the federal
court on a violation of the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution, which
forbids that a man shall not be de¬
prived of his life without due process
of law—had been denied, Hoch aban¬
doned all hope of saving his life, but
still Insisted that he be allowed to live
as nearly to 2 o’clock as possible.
Jailor Whitman, who has long been
a friend of Hloch, appeared in his cell
and remarked;
“It’s all off, Johann, nothing more
can be done for you.”
Hoch replied:
“That is all right. It’s all right,
but I want to have all that is coming
to me in point of time. I’ll go when
1:30 o’clock comes, but if you try to
take me before that time I’ll fight.”
“It would not do you any good to
fight,” replied Jailer Whitman.
“I know that,” replied Hoch, "but I
want all that Is coming to me. I’ll
go all right at 1:30.”
It was exactly 1:32 o’clock when
Hoch, preceded by Deputy Sheriff Pe¬
ters and attended by Jailer Whitman,
Rnd two ministers, stepped on the
scaffold and two minutes later he was
a corpse.
He walked on the scaffold quietly
and stood directly under the noose
with heels together and head erect
l'ke a soldier on parade. He was
pale, but composed and full of cour-
age.
Rev. Burkland was reciting the
prayers for the dying when Deputy
Sheriff Peters asked Hoch to step
back on the trap. iHe took two steps
quickly, glanced down to see if he
was in the proper place and then turn¬
ed his face to the deputy sheriff.
“Do you want to say something?”
asked Deputy Sheriff Peters.
“Yes,” said Hoch, and in a strong
German accent said:
“Father, forgive them, they know
r ot what they do. I must die an in¬
nocent man. Goodbye.”
He chopped off the last words in a
short, incisive manner, and before his
voice was silenced the drop fell.
Death was instantaneous, the neck be¬
ing broken.
ELEVATOR FALLS FIVE FLOORS.
Three of Its Occupants Seriously
Hurt— Accident a Mystery.
An elevator of the Temple court
building, corner Alabama and Pryor
streets, Atlanta, fell five floors Fri¬
day afternoon, seriously injuring three
and slightly bruising a fourth man.
The injured are: Benjamin H. Hill
and John W. Moore, attorneys; Dr.
W. A. Starnes and Irving Wiley, opera-
tor of the elevator.
The only occupant of the car who
escaped without a scratch was W. H.
Turman, a stenographer.
A remarkable fact in connection
with the plunge of tho elevator is that
the cause of the accident is unknown.
The only thing that is known is that
at the fifth floor of the building the
car started swiftly downward, the
brake refused to work and the clamps
on the sides did not operate, The
car fell the entire five flights with¬
out Interruption, and was stopped only
by the concrete floor in the base¬
ment.
NUNNALLY OPENS CAMPAIGN.
Talks of Issues on Which He Aspires
to Be Governor of Georgia.
Dr. G. A. Nunnally of Coweta coun¬
ty, pastor of the First Baptist church
of Newnan, opened his campaign for
governor of Georgia, In a remarkable
address before a gathering in Monroe
Wednesday. He pitched his campaign
upon the high moral ground of the
further extension and proper enforce¬
ment of the prohibition laws of the
state, the necessity for a revision of
the divorce laws, and better laws for
the preservation of the Sabbath day.
He also takes a strong stand in be¬
half of a child labor law.
GBORGIA NEGRO FARMERS
Hold Their Seventeenth Annual Con¬
ference at Industrial College.
The seventh annual farmers’ con¬
ference began Wednesday morning at
the Georgia Industrial College at
Thunderbolt, near Savannah, for a
three days’ sessions, with about 150
of the leading and most progressive
colored farmers of Georgia In attend¬
ance.
GRAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. MARCH 1 . 1906.
ASKED FOR APOLOCY
And Got Decided Call-Down
from President,
MORE OF MORRIS AFFAIR
Woman’s Husband Requested That
Roosevelt Make Publio Apology
for Ejectment cf His Wife
from White House.
A Washington special says: Dr.
Minor Morris, whose wife, some weeks
ago, was ejected from the white house,
where she had gone to present al¬
leged grievances to the president, gave
out for publication Wednesday the cor¬
respondence which recently passed be¬
tween himself and the president re¬
garding the case.
Dr. Morris demanded a public apol¬
ogy of the president “for this outrage
on womanhood and common decency.”
Secretary Loeb replied to the letter,
stating that an investigation by the
chief of police showed that the arrest
was justified and that the kindest act
to Mrs. Morris and her kinsfolk was
to refrain from giving the case addi¬
tional publicity. The letters follow:
“To the President of the United
States—Sir; Having waited patiently
a number of weeks that you might
have ample time to ascertain all the
circumstances connected with the in¬
sult recently offered my wife at the
white house and that you might make
some expression of deprecation, which
would naturally be expected, It Is now
Incumbent on me as husband and cit¬
izen to demand a public apology for
this outrage on womanhood and com¬
mon decency.
"It Is unthinkable that such bru¬
tality would be tolerated anywhere In
this country, but above all In the
white house.
“That my wife has been confined to
her bed for six weeks from the shock
and Injuries of this damnable treat¬
ment is bad enough, but I can say to
you in all calmness that had the orig¬
inal orders from the white house been
carried out as to her longer Incarce¬
ration, her life would have been sac¬
rificed.
“It Is therefore incumbent on me
to repeat my urgent request that you
take action at once suitable to the
circumstances which have shocked
the entire nation. Respectfully,
“MINOR MORRIS.
"February 16, 1906.”
The President’s Letter.
“The White House, Washington,
February 19, 1906.—Sir: In reply to
your letter of the 16th instant the
president directs me to say to you
that he had the superintendent of po¬
lice of the District of Columbia, Ma¬
jor Sylvester, make a careful inves¬
tigation of the circumstances connects
ed with the arrest of Mrs. Morris for
disorderly conduct at the executive
office and the superintendent submit¬
ted to the president all the affidavits
of the persons whom he had examined.
The president carefully went over Ma¬
jor Sylvester’s report and the affida¬
vits and also personally saw Major
Sylvester and some of the persons
making the affidavits. He came to the
conclusion that the arrest was Justi¬
fied and that the foyce used In making
the arrest was caused by the resist¬
ance offered by Mrs. Morris to tho
officers in the discharge of their duty,
and was no greater than was neces¬
sary to make the arrest effective.
“Under these circumstances the
president does not consider that the
officers are properly subject to blame.
Ho was also satisfied that the kindest
thing that could be done to Mrs. Mor¬
ris and her kinsfolk was to refrain
from giving any additional publicity
to the circumstances surrounding the
case. Yours truly,
"WILLIAM LOEB, JR.,
"Secretary to tho President.”
Money for Brunswick Lightship.
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce has made a fa¬
vorable report on the Adamson bill In¬
creasing from $90,000 to $130,000 the
appropriation for a light ship at
Brunswick, Ga.
FIVE MEET DEATH IN FIRE.
Blaze In a Pennsylvania Town Proved
Disastrous.
Five persons were burned to death,
two others seriously injured and four
houses completely destroyed early
Tuesday by a Are which originated In
the home of Patrick Grogan at Tunnel
Hill, Pa. The victims were Mrs. Gro¬
gan and her four children.
Two other members of the Grogan
family were compelled to Jump from
the second floor and were seriously
hurt. The flames quickly spread to
three adjoining houses, burning them
to the ground.
TWO HAVE NARROW ESCAPE.
Wife and Daughter of Alabama Gover¬
nor Thrown from Buggy.
Mrs. William D. Jelks, wife of the
governor, and their daughter, Miss
Catharine Jelks, were thrown from a
buggy In a street runaway In Mont¬
gomery Tuesday, and badly hurt Miss
Jelks has a long cut across her chin
and her mother a cut on the forehead
and a painfully bruised arm. In ad¬
dition both were badly shaken up.
HOUSE SNUBS GEORGE,
Motion to Adjourn In Honor of the
Birthday of Father of His Coun¬
try la Voted Down.
The house of representatives re
fused to adjourn In celebration of
Washington’s birthday and its mem¬
bers participated In a general field
day of debate on the army appropri¬
ation bill.
The speeches took a wide range.
First, the system of promoting und
retiring army officers was attacked
by Mr. Prince of Illinois, who elicted
many interjected comments from
members in disapproval of the meth¬
ods for which he said the president
and senate were responsible, and
which, he pointed out, has resulted
in a retired list, costing yearly $2,700,-
000, consisting of officers who, he said,
were holding the flag with one hand
while the other was In the treasury
for money that had never been oarned.
An exhaustive discussion of ship
subsidy was made by Mr. Gilbert of
Kentucky, who declared the American
merchant marine is now the finest of
any nation, and included the 136 Mor¬
gan ships under the British and Ger¬
man flags, in case of war, he said,
their only protection would be the
United States, wherein belonged their
owners and the capital Invested.
Mr. Clark of Florida made a
speech against the house organization
and was replied to by Mr. Grosve-
nor of Ohio. Mr. Clark dwelt at length
on the merits of his bill, which pro¬
hibits internal revenue officers from
receiving special taxes and granting
liquor licenses in prohibition or lo¬
cal option sections.
illustrating the necessity of the
measure, he said that in prohibition
Maine in 1904, 640 federal liquor li¬
censes were Issued, in 1905, 3,024
were issued in Kansas, also a prohi¬
bition state, and that in Connociout,
not prohibition, in 1905, 3,269 federal
licenses wore Issued, while the state
licenses numbered 2,191.
Mr. Clark’s criticism of the rules
was the subject of reply by Grosvenor,
who cited the record to show that
there had been more debate so far this
session of congress than ever before,
and contrasted it with a sosston of
congress controlled by the democrats,
when, he pointed out, a bill repeal¬
ing the resumption act and making
paper money equal to gold; a hill for
the free coinage of silver and an ap¬
propriation act carrying $19,000,000
were all passed without a single word
of debate.
Mr. Clark interrupted to state that
ten days of debate at the present ses¬
sion was on a bill unanimously re¬
ported and favored by both political
parties, and on which no debate was
necessary.
“O, yes,” replied Mr. GroBvenor,
“members thought debate very nec¬
essary for their constituents. I made
one speech myself, but I don’t think
it did a particle of good. (Laughter.)
“I am exceedingly sorry that it did
not avail in the gentleman’s ease,”
replied Mr. Clark, amid applause.
The day concluded with a lively dis¬
cussion of tho Payne customs house
bill.
WORK OF FIRE IN ’FRISCO.
Power Plant Burned, Entailing Lass
of Nearly a Million.
A fire Thursday in the central sta¬
tion of the San Francisco Gas and
Electric company caused a loss esti¬
mated at nearly a million dollars, be¬
sides crippling many commercial and
manufacturing establishments. All of
the evening papers were without pow¬
er, and after a long delay succeeded
in securing power from nearby plants
TWO BAD PRISONERS ESCAPE.
James Coleman and Jesse Harris
Break Jail at Greensboro, Ala.
James Coleman, under sentence of
death for murder, and Jesse Harris,
charged with murder, escaped from
jail at Greensboro, Ala., Thursday
night by picking locks of their cells
and digging through walls.
STILL AFTER BLACKBURN.
Grand Jury Returns Another Bill
Against North State Congressman.
Another true bill of indictment
against Representative Blackburn was
returned Friday by the federal grand
jury at Asheville, N. C. The bill al¬
leges that Blackburn appeared before
a department in May, 1905, in behalf
of W. R. Kryder, of Rowan county,
and accepted for his services the sum
of $50.
It is alleged a case against. Kryder
was pending and that Blackburn se¬
cured a compromise.
WAYCROSS SHOPS CONTRACT.
Is Awarded to the Pensylvania Bridge
Company.
It is announced from Atlantic Coast
Line headquarters that the contract
for the shops to be built at Waycross,
Ga., have been awarded, Seventeen
firms submitted bids, The contract,
is given to the Pennsylvania Bridge
company of Beaver Falls. The work
must be completed by January 1, 1907.
DEMAND REFORMS
Armstrong Insurance Com¬
mittee Makes Its Report.
IS A LENGTHY DOCUMENT
Most Important Recommendation Is
Actual Control of Companies by
Policy Holders—Department
Censured.
The committee appointed at the
last session of the New York legis¬
lature to investigate life Insurance
made Its report Thursday. The re
port is extremely voluminous, being
in the form of a printed pamphlet. It
embraces a long rovlew of the testi¬
mony taken by the committee and
Its recommendations and conclusions
as to remodlal legislation.
In addition there Is a chapter de¬
voted to the state Insurance depart¬
ment, In which the committee declares
that It would seem that the superin¬
tendent of the department has had am¬
ple power to ascertain the transactions
of Insurance companies, but that the
supervision by the department has not
proved a sufficient protection against
extravagance and maladministration.
Instances are given of reports made
on the affairs of the Mutual Life In¬
surance Company, the New York Life
Insurance Compapy and tho Equitable
Life Assurance Society, In which It
was brought out to show the condi¬
tions developed In the testimony given
before the committee.
No substantial amplification of the
powers of the department seems nec
essary according, to the committee,
which holds that most of the evils
which have been disclosed by the in¬
vestigation would have been Impossi¬
ble had there been a vigorous perform¬
ance of the duties already laid upon
the insurance department.
The remedial legislation commend¬
ed by the committee proves for the
safeguarding of rights of policy hold¬
ers In mutual companies In the elec¬
tion of directors; recommends that
stock companies be given authority
to retire their stock and become mu¬
tual companies, but that such mutual
ization shall not be compulsory; va¬
rious regulations are urged to pre¬
vent unwise Investments and Improp¬
er syndicate operations; the sale of
prohibited securities within five years
is advocated; a recommendation for
the limiting of new business to $150,
000,000 a year Is made. The commit¬
tee favors the prohibition of contri¬
butions by Insurance companies for
political purposes; lobbying Is con¬
demned and the wisdom of economical
management Is urged, but the com¬
mittee does not deem it advisable
that the legislature should attempt to
prescribe the expenditures of Insur¬
ance companies.
Further recommendation are made
on the valuation of politics, surren¬
der values, surplus, forms of policies
and publicity of all facts pertaining to
a company’s business. An ameimuient
to the penal code is recommended to
provide that the person receiving a
rebate should be equally guilty with
the one who gives It. In Its detailed
report of the Investigation of the com¬
panies, the committee says that the
acts of tho mutual Insurance compa¬
nies should be thoroughly examined
in order that the extent to which
moneys have been misapplied and the
responsibility for any misappropria¬
tion which may be shown may be de¬
termined.
REUNION DATE UNCHANGED.
Confederate Vets Will Gather In New
Orleans on Schedule Time.
The dates for the confederate re¬
union to bo held In New Orleans April
25, 26 and 27 have not been changed,
as has been erroneously published.
At a meeting of the local committee
Thursday the following was given
out;
"The attention of the committee be¬
ing called to a conflict of dates be¬
tween those of the reunion and the
date of Memorial Day In certain states,
It was moved and carried that the
matter be referred to General Stephen
D. Lee, with the statement that It Is
the sense of the committee that it
is impracticable at this late day to
change the date of the reunion.”
Adjutant General Mickle said he had
authorized no announcement of a
change of dates.
WOMAN ADMINISTERED OATH.
Alabama New Chief Justice )e Sworn
In at Montgomery.
Judge Weakly, the newly appointed
chief justice of the supreme court
of Alabama, took the oath before Miss
Mamie Offut, a notary In the office of
the governor at Montgomery Thurs¬
day. He at once announced for elec¬
tion to the position next fall.
MOB EASILY OISPER3ED.
Crowd Had Gathered to Lynch Negro
In Shreveport Jail.
A mob gathered about the Jail at
Shreveport, La., Wednesday for ths
purpose of lynching the negro, Cole¬
man, who killed a gchool girl, The
militia on guard dispersed tho mob
without Berlous trouble. The grand
jury met at noon to act on Coleman's
case, and an Indictment quickly fok
lowed.
VOL. XII. NO. 16.
TRUNK LINE
From City of Cincinnati to
Tap Points in South.
IS SCHEME OF SEABOARD
is Backed by the Pennsylvania and
All Arrangements Have Been Per¬
fected for Building a New .,
J Line. +
.
A groat railroad project, destined
materially to change the face of the
Industrial south, will be officially an¬
nounced by the Seaboard Air Line
Railway company In Portsmouth, Va.
The project Is nothing less ttian
tho construction of a trunk line from
Tennessee to the states of Alabama,
Georgia and Florida, and to ports on
the southeast Atiantlo coast. This
Hue will also afford ths west and mid¬
dle wost the shortest route to the gulf
states from Cincinnati^ the gateway
to the south,
Plans for this gigantic undertaking
have boen under way by the Seaboard
Air Line for a long time, but they
have been closely guarded until they
were well enough along to guarantee
that they could not be thwarted.
The trunk line project of the Sea¬
board had its inception In the pur-
chaso of the South and Western rail-
r0 ad of Tennessee, Thls eomparo-
tlvoly insignificant lino Is In opera-
tion between Johnson City, Tenn., and
Spruce Pine, In the same state. With
(l short branch Its operated mileage
| 3 only 76 miles,
Tho Seaboard Air Line purchased
the property, the rights of way ahd
the franchises of this little Tftnnes-
gea ij no several months ago, bpt It
pas | (( . p t the purchase quiet, fearing
t h tt t if It leaked out its rivals would
obtain an inkling of Its plans and
thwart them. Now, however, owner-
shlp of thls llne wl n be ono 0 f the
things announced by the Seaboard In
a few days.
In pursuance of the Seaboard's
trunk lino plan extensions to the
South and Western has been quietly
going on ever since the line was
bought. The work is now being ac¬
celerated liy large. add'ttnna t - the
construction forces, which on Febru¬
ary l were brought up to 10,000 men.
Connection has been made with the
Norfolk and Western at Dante, Tenn.
The road will next be extended north¬
ward through Tennessee to Elkhorn,
Ky., where It Is proposed to connoct
with tho Chesapeake and Ohio rail¬
road, a road allied with the Seaboard
at other points, and over whose tracks
It will obtain entrance Into Cincin¬
nati. i
Southward tho South and Western
will be extended to a point at or near
Columbia, IS. C., where connection
will be made with the Atlanta and
Savannah division of the Seaboard.
When these plans are carried out they
will give tho Seaboard the leading po¬
sition among the roads which reach
the Ohio river from the south and a
great chnnge In the face of transpor¬
tation facilities for the south’s Indus¬
trial section will Inevitably come.
The new trunk line will also glv*
the Seaboard, which has heretofore
confined Itself to eastern coast travel
to and from tho south, an entraug*
Into the middle west., and will make
It a formidable rival to the Louisville
and Nashville and the Queen & Cres¬
cent.. The last named lines, as well
as others between the Alleghenlea
and the Mississippi, will undoubtedly
bitterly resent the entrance of a rival
Into their territory, but the Seaboard’#
project has the powerful backing of
the groat. Pennsylvania system, both
financially and In a traffic way.
The Pennsylvania lines west of
Pittsburg especially will cooperate
with the new line south from Cincin¬
nati, and will glvo it a big freight
and passenger business from the first
days of Its operation.
The extension will be costly for ths
Seaboard. Tho construction of 260
miles of railroad Is necessary to give
the now lino the South Carolina Junc¬
tion to Cincinnati.
It will take about two years, It Is
stated, te complete this construction,
and trains will be moving over tho
now line from the Cincinnati gateway
by tho spring of 1908.
BANDIT8 HOLD THEIR PRI80NER
Ransom Is Paid for Hannigan, But
He Is Still a Captive.
Tho bandits who kidnaped Robert
Hanti’gan, the Doming, N. Mex.,
ranchman, from a stage near Silver
City, N. Mex., are alleged to have
collected $2,000 ransom money to date,
yet they still hold him. Officers fear
to attack them In their retreat In
Mogollon mountain lest they kill the
prisoner.
JOKE ENDS IN TRAGEDY.
Desperate and Deadly Duel Fought by
Fire Department Men.
A desperate duel was fought in
Jackson, Tenn., Thursday afternoon
between E. A. Rogers and W. A. Mc¬
Cann, members of the local fire de¬
partment. Rogers was shot through
the right breast and died of his
wounds. McCann was wounded four
times and will die. A joke about a
woman caused the trouble.
BRIBE OFFERED
Such Is Sensational Accusation Mads
Against Minister Rockhlll at Pe¬
kin by Congressman Hull.
Chairman Hull of the military af¬
faire committee, In presenting the
S
complete preparedness as to our army
and navy for trouble In the Orient.
He declared that any nation not pre¬
pared to defond Its position in China
might as well haul down Its flag and
quit the Pacific.
Mr. Hull had road a newspaper dis¬
patch from Pokln, which had been
sent him from the Orient, and which
he vouched for as entirely accurate,
which gave an account of an Inter
view between Minister Rockhlll and
Mr. Na Tung, president of the walw-
upu. Mr. Rockhlll reminded the Chi-
nese offlolal that ths United States In¬
tendod to return the 20,000,000 pounds
sterling, Its part of the Boxer indem-
nlt.y.
Mr. Hall characterized these utter¬
ances on the part of Mir. Rockhlll as
"Injudicious."
“I do not believe that the represen-
tattve of this government had a prop-
er conception of tho character of the
Chlneso people," continued Mr. Hull,
"when he offered them a bribe of 20,-
000,000 pounds sterling, or whatever
the United States’ share of tho Chi-
nese indemnity may have been, to
be good.”
“They are a people,” he said, "that
In my Judgment would take any such
offer as that as an lndlcatk/.i of our
being rather more afraid of them than
otherwise and It seoins to me that a
man occupying his position should
have let whatever Information was
necessary come from tho government
of the United States direct and not
have givon It to the newspapers.”
Mr. Hull said he had been Informed
extensively of the Chinese situation,
He read a lengthy letter, the author
of which he declined to divulge,which
rebutted the Idea that Japan was
causing trouble in China. Mr. Hull
endorsed this view and also the prop-
osltlon In the letter that the boxer
indemnity ought rather to be used to
build battleships for the United States
than be returned to China.
Mir. Hull pointed out that it was de¬
cidedly to the interest of Japan to
preserve order In China in order to
retain her markets In that country;
China he said was passing through a
transition from ancient to modern civ¬
ilization, "and while that Is going on
every government that has business
relations with her must be ready to
protect themselves or else pull down
their flag and leave the Pacific ocean
and destroy their trade.”
REVOLTING CRIME ALLEGED.
Young Man "Doped,’’ Robbed and
Placed on Railroad Tracks.
Jamos T., alias "Peacsle” Goode,
who has figured before the courts In
several escapades In the recent paBt,
was Jailed at Bainbrldgo, Ga., Wed¬
nesday, under suspicion of being Im¬
plicated In one of the most revolting
crimes In the history of the county.
Since the death of young M. M. Ba¬
ker, who was run over and killed Sat¬
urday night by a Coast Lino passen¬
ger train, In the local yards, officers
have boen at work upon clews Indi¬
cating foul play. It Is now apparent
that. Baker was "doped" and robbed
a short while before train time, and
laid upon the track for the train to
finish the work.
PURE FOOD BILL PASSED.
Measure Goes Through Senate by De¬
cisive Vote of 63 to 4.
After fifteen years of more or less
serious consideration of tho subject
tho senate Wtednesday passed a puro
food bill by the decisive vote of 03
to 4.
The bill make it a misdemeanor to
manufacture or sell adulterated or
misbranded foods, drugs, medicines
or liquors, and prohibits tho shipment
of such goods from ono Btate to an¬
other or to a foreign country, It
also prohibits the receipt of such
poods. Punishment is by fine of $500
or by Imprisonment for one year, or
both.
ADMITTED MURDER OF HUSBAND
Woman Makes Confession and Then
Drinks Fatal Dose of Poison.
In Jail at DesMolnos, Iowa, Just be¬
fore swallowing a fatal dose of poison,
an act of self-destruction, committed
after all hope of securing a pardon
from the Iowa legislature had appar¬
ently vanished, Sarah Kuhn wrote a
confession, In which she admitted put¬
ting to death her aged husband, Ja¬
cob Kuhn, In order to wed a younger
lover, a hope never realized. Two
years ago the legislature was divided
over the question of a pardon.
FOR IMMENSE MARBLE QUARRY
Papers of Incorporation Are Filed
With Alabama State Secretary,
Papers of Incorporation of an Im¬
mense mat-hle quarry In Talladega,
Ala., were filed Tuesday In tho office
of the secretary'of state at Montgom¬
ery. The company Is capitalized at
$306,000, and will va* no marble on aa
extensive scale In Ibilladega. The
Incorporators are H. M. Atkinson, P.
8. Arkwright, R, B. Ommnane \ and O.
Morsttl.