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OFFICIALS INDICTED
Theft and Forgery in Mu¬
tual Reserve is Alleged
FINDING OF GRAND JURY
President, First and Second Vice Pres¬
idents Arraigned in Court and
Give Bond — Spent Money
to Settle Private Claims.
Indictments charging grand larceny
in the first degree and forgery in the
third degree by Frederick A. Burn¬
ham, president; G. D. Eldridge, first
vice president, and George Burnham,
Jr., second vice president of the Mu¬
tual Reserve Life Insurance compa¬
ny, were found by the grand jury at
New York Thursday.
In all, five indictments were
brought against each officer, two for
grand larceny and three for forgery.
The alleged larceny and forgery
were brought about, according to the
indictments, by payments of $9,000 of
the company's money to law firms,
the apparent purposes of which is al¬
leged to have been to settle claims
against the company, while the real
object is alleged to have been to set¬
tle actions which had been brought
against officers of the company as in¬
dividuals.
The Indictments on which a charge
of larceny is based allege that the
officers embezzled two sums, one vt
$7,500 and the other of $1,500, on Oc¬
tober 24, 1901.
The three officers appeared in the
court of general session, where Judge
O’Sullivan fixed their bail at $12,500
for each and fixed upon next Thurs¬
day as the time for pleading.
George Burnham, Jr., when seen at
the company’s office after the jury's
action had been announced, said:
“We had been expecting this and
haVe engaged counsel to defend us.
Aside from stating that if there has
been any crime committed, it is but
a technical one, I do not care to die-
cuss the case.”
In the first case of alleged forgery
the indictment charges that $7,500
was entered in the cash book as paid
to Nicholls and Bacon, attorneys of P.
P. Armstrong, to settle the claim of
Armstrong against the insurance com¬
pany arising out of a contract be-
tween him and the company.
In fact., however, the Indictment
char ges $^e money was paid to Nlch-
WkanA Blwhicl: Bacon in settlement of an
they, as attorneys for J.
. Hss Wells, had previously
brought against Frederick A. Burn¬
ham individually.
The second indictment for forgery
charges that the defendants caused
tho item of $1,500 to be entered on
the company’s books as made In pay¬
ment to James Schell and Elkus for
legal services rendered by them to
the company. In reality, declares the
indictment, the money was paid with
instructions to turn it over to the at¬
torney for J. Douglass Wells to reim¬
burse Wells for disbursements which
he claimed had been made by him in
defending actions brought against him
by Frederick A. Burnham individually
and by G. D. Kldridge individually,
and in order to Induce Wells to con¬
sent to a discontinuance of those ac¬
tions. is
The third indictment for forgery
based on the payment of $5,000 of tho
company’s money on September 24,
1901. That, payment, the indictment
charges, was entered in the cash book
as made to James Schell and Elkus
for legal services. The real purposes
of this payment is, however, alleged
to have been for delivery to Baldwin
& White, attorneys for J. Thompshon
Patterson, for the purpose of settling
one action which Patterson had pre¬
viously brought against the company
and against Frederick A. Burnham and
G. C*. Eldridge individually, and three
actions which had been brought
against Patterson, one by G. D. Eld¬
ridge individually, one by Frederick
A. Burnham, and one by the company.
Tn addition to the transactions of
the Mutual Reserve, the grand Jury
has before it a general consideration
of insurance companies.
RIOTERS FOUND GUILTY.
Eight Men to Be Punished for Hang¬
ing Negroes in Ohio.
The jury In the riot cases at
Springfield, Ohio, found eight young
men guilty of rioting as follows: Har¬
ry Garber, John Pierpont, George Ep-
preeht, Carl Kloehfer, Gien Johnson,
Frank Young, Carl Wise and Kemp
Reeder.
Leniency was recommended, and
the court was asked not to impose
a work house sentence. None of these
found guilty is over 25 years of age.
ADKINS BROTHERS MAKE BOND.
Men Charged With Shooting Aiken
Given Their Liberty.
Me 11 and Alex Adkins, the two
white men residing in Oglethorpe
county, Georgia, who have been in jail
for two weeks charged with the
ing of Benjamin H. Aiken from
bush on the night of February
were released from custody
morning on bonds of $1,000 each.
es i i >unty Hews.
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£**. GA.. THURSDAY. MARCH 15. 1906.
lin E ARE SELLING OUT THE
OF THE DIXIE DEPARTMENT STORE AT
1-2 PRICE
Thursday, Friday & Saturday,
March 15, 16, & 17.
WE CAN SUIT ANY ONE IN
FIT & QUALITY.
AT THE DIXIE
OLD STAND.
Cor. Cherry and Third Sts.
Macon, Ga.
TALKED STATEHOOD BILL
Last Day for Debate on Measure Tak¬
en Advantage of by Three Sena¬
tors Who Occupied Session.
Thursday afforded the last oppoe
tunity for general debate in the sen¬
ate on the statehood bill, and the en
tire time of the session was devoted
to that order of business.
Starting with a speech by Mr. Mo-
Cumber, which began a few minutes
after IX o’clock, there was no ces¬
sation in the speaking until the ad¬
journment late in the evening, The
whole time was occupied by three sen¬
ators, Mr. Beveridge supporting the
bill and Messrs. McCumber and Pat¬
terson opposing it.
The Indiana senator contended that
while Arizona and New Mexico were
unprepared for separate statehood, it
was unjust to keep them out of tho
Union as one state. He took positive
ground against tho Foraker amend¬
ment, which allows each territory to
vote separately on the question of
jointure.
Mr. McCumber opposed the joining
of even Oklahoma and Indian Terri¬
tory, and Mr. Patterson held that Ari¬
zona and New Mexico should be admit-
ted as separate states.
■Mr. Tillman gave notice that as soon
as opportunity offers he will address
the senate on the message of tho pres¬
ident sent to the senate Wednesday
on the coal inquiry resolution recently
passed by congress on Tillman’s mo-
tion. He referred to the presidential
message as “a very remarkable doeu-
ment” and said that but for the pres¬
sure to proceed with the statehood
bill he would ask to be heard at
once.
The house at Thursday’s session
pasaed the Indian appropriation bill
carrying $7,785,528. It then proceeded
to tangle itself up over the bill to
abolish the grade of lieutenant gene¬
ral in the army. The result was an
adjournment for lack of a quorum af-
ter members had been locked in the
hall for a half hour and the assistant
sergeant at arms had been scurrying
to the various hotels in search of
members.
The vote to consider the bill showed
an overwhelming sentiment in its fa¬
vor and as it Is the pending business
tinder call of committees it will prob-
ably be reached and passed in due
course.
SPORTS HELD RESPONSIBLE.
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Coroner's Verdict on Death of Pugilist
Harry Tennebaum.
The coroner’s jury at San Francisco
at the inquest '^over the remains of
Harry Tennebaum, or ‘Tenny,’* who
died after a glove contest with Fran¬
kie Neil, has rendered the following
verdict:
“We find that death was caused by
blows inflicted in a boxing contest
held at Mechanics pavililon on Febru¬
ary 28, 1906, by Frankie Neil, and,
further, that there was gross negli¬
gence on the part of parties having
charge of the contest for not having
the contestants examined by a regis¬
tered physician prior to the exhibition
according to law, and we hereby find
said parties responsible for the death
of said Harry Tennebaum.”
OIL MAGNATES AT WHITE HOUSE
Rogers and Archbold Have Secret Con¬
fab With President.
H. H. Rogers and John D. Arch¬
bold of Now York, vice president of
the Standard Oil company, were In
conference with the president at the
white house Thursday night. Neither
of them would discuss the nature of
their cal). They arrived In Washing-
ton early in the evening,
It was impossible to loam anything
regarding the conference which the
Standard Oil officials had with the
president. Very few knew of their
visit, and the fact of their engagement
to call on the president was not
known.
Fmrty Miners Meet Death.
By the collapse of the gallery stag
:
1 ing in Earls mine at Raibl, district of
* arvis, Austria, forty miners and one
| engineer were killed,
VESSEL IN DIRE PERIL.
Stranded Navahoe Mutt be Unloaded
or Become a Wreck.
The condition of the Clyde Line
steamer Navahoe,which went aground
between the inner and outer bars at
Cape Fear, N. C., is unchanged. The
Navahoe Is in a perilous position
and should be unloaded soon in order
to save her from being a total
wreck,
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AVALANCHE OF PENSION BILLS,
^ our Hundred and Eight Pasted by
the House Friday,
The house Friday passed 408 private
! pension bills and devoted three hours
to the consideration of a bill provid-
ing a uniform system of naturaliza-
tion, the chief features of which re-
quire an alien to write either his own
. | or the English language and to
and read the latter,
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GRIGGS AT HELM
Georgian Heads Congression¬ CommitttfA.
al Campaign
WILL LEAD DEMOCRATS
Unanimously Elected at Committee
Meeting In Washington, Though
He Was Not a Candidate for
the Honor.
A Washington dispatch says: Tuesday Jud$e
Jim Griggs of Georgia was
evening unanimously elected to the
chairmanship of tho democratic con¬
gressional campaign committee, and
upon his shoulders is placed the re¬
sponsibility for the conduct of the
democratic campaign for the capture
of the next house of representatives.
Charles A. Edwards, former secretary
of the committee, was elected. A'l
other candidates for the chairmanship
withdrew from tho contest several
days ago upon the assurance that
Judge Griggs would accept the honor
and responsibility.
The committee was in session about
a.u hour perfecting plans for tho or¬
ganization of the work for the cam¬
paign. This election was unsought by
Judge Griggs. The fact is that when
it was first sugested that be servo
again as chairman he positively de¬
clined. But his fellow-democrats la
the house were so Insistent that he
finally consented.
very
democrats in Washington that they
have an excellent chance of carrying
the house at this fall’s election even
In the fact of tho overwhelming ma¬
jority the republicans now have. This
feeling is by no moans confined to
democrats. The republican leaders ao
knowledge that a democratic victory Is
a possibility, to say the least of it.
With this outlook, therefore, demo¬
cratic members of the house have
been insisting that the chairmanship
of the campaign committee should nifl
be merely a matter of personal favorit¬
ism, but that the man best qualified
for leadership should be chosen.
They regard Judge Griggs the m eta
because of the experience he hay Had
in this same position.
tn the campaign of 1902 the con¬
gressional committee, under the lead¬
ership of Judge Griggs, put up a far
better contest than seemed possible
under the circumstances, and demo¬
crats have always believed the party
would havo been victorious had it not
been for the prominent part President
Roosevelt took at Just the crucial time
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In bringing about a settlement of the
coal strike.
Judge Griggs succeeded in getting
together a very considerable cam-
palgn fund for that campaign, and
the committee was In bettor shape
than it has been at any time In re-
cent years.
While Judgo Orlggs is one of the
most popular men in congress, his
selection to the chairmanship this
year is due to the general belief that
his qualifications make him better lu¬
ted to carry on this campaign than
is any other man In the party.
Mr. Griggs made the following state¬
ment concerning his election:
"There has been much guessing of
late as to tho meaning of my election
as chairman. This generous expres¬
sion of your confidence in me means
nothing but that you want me to con¬
duct this campaign, and I consented
to do it. My election moans nothing
but a fight all along the line for a
democratic house of representatives.
It bears no relations to the political
fortunes of any one or tho success
of auy faction. Let us every one turn
In now and make the best fight In us
until next November.”
AUNT 8U8AN SERIOUSLY ILL.
Well Known Woman Suffragiet Hat
Attack of Pneumonia.
Miss Susan FI. Anthony is seriously
ill at her home in Rochester, N. Y.,
of pneumonia, which developed on
her return from her recent visit to
Washington. She Is Sfl years old. For
a long time Miss Anthony has not
been in ro bust health.
FOR IMMENSE MARBLE QUARRY
Papers of Incorporation Are Filed
With Alabama 8tate Secretary.
Papers of Incorporation of an Im¬
mense marble quarry In Talladega,
Ala, were filed Tuosday In the office
of the secretary of state at Montgom¬
ery. The company Is capitalized at
$366,000, and will mine marble on as
extensive scale in Talladega, The
lncbrporators are H. M. Atkinson, P.
8. Arkwi lgtat, R. B. Gunman# and O.
Moretti.
SLEW WIFE AND 8U1CIDED.
Double Tragedy Enacted in Albany,
Ga., by M. L. Cohen.
M 1.. Cohen, a Hebrew, at an early
hour Thursday morning, after retir¬
ing with bis wife at a bouse on Mar-
ket street, Augusta, Ga., secured a
gun, shot his wife and then himself
He died instantly. The woman neve.
regained ("ugeiousness, and died a
short whilt») oni>*®t wferwards. They w re
married weeks 8i£0
BREACH OF CONTRACT ALLEGED.
MacAfee Sue* Seaboard for $650,000
for Work and Labor.
W. H. MacAfee, assignee, filed suit
in the circuit oourt at Birmingham,
AJa., Monday for $650,000 against the
Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line di¬
vision of the Seaboard Air Line for
alleged work and labor done, and
damages for alleged breach of con-
tract on the construction of lta roaJ
between Birmingham and Atlanta,
PURE FOOD BILL IN HOUSE.
Chairman Hepburn Presents Measure
Passed by the 8enate.
Chairman Hepburn of the house
committee on Interstate and foreign
commerce, Wednesday reported the en.
acting clause of the senate pure food
bill followed by the provisions of the
Hepburn bill, which passed the house
during the last session.
GREEKS ARE DENATURALIZED.
Savannah Judge Revoke* Paper* That
Made Them American Citizens.
An order revoking and setting a«ide
the order admitting twenty-one Greeks
to citizenship was signed by Judge
Norwood, in the city court at Savan¬
nah, Ga., Friday, upon the petition cf
Alexander Akerman, assistant United
States attorney, The petition that.
the order in each case was secured
through fraud was admitted by each
applicant in a voluntary sworn state¬
ment.
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THE EDITOR
liplslm How to Keep Vp Mantel and
Physical Vigor.
A New Jersey editor writes:
“A long Indulgence In Improper food
brought on a condition of nervon* dys¬
pepsia, nearly three year* ago, »o
severe that 1 had to quit work entirely;-
I put myself on a strict regimen oC
Grape-Nuts food, with plenty of out¬
door exercise and in a few months
found my stomach so far restored that
the process of digestion gave me pleas¬
ure instead of distress.
“It alio built up my strength ao tbit
I was able to resume my business,
which Is onerous, a* I not only edit my
own paper, but also do a great deal of
‘outside’ writing. diet
“1 find that tbe Grape-Nuti en¬
ables me to write with greater vigor
than ever before, and without the feel¬
ing of brain-fag with which I used to
bo troubled. As to bodily vigor—I can
and do walk mile* every day without
fatigue—a few squares used to weary
roe before 1 begun to live on Grapa-
Nuts!” Name given by Poatum Co.,
Battle Creek. Mich.
There's a rearou. Read the little
book. “Tbe Road to Wellvllle,” in pkga.