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M. C..GREENE, Editor and Proprietor. 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. \ A antlv ta IV In Chiles, Chiles, ItoitiX^ of on-Friday Round guest, Oak, night Miss Mrs plen9- ^ Ber E Tho coal Clinton County News. 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.