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VOLUME y.
MURDER SPECIALIST
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Negro “Voodoo Doctor” Did Pay¬
ing Business in Quaker City.
SETTLED DOMESTIC TROUBLES
Openly Advertised a “Better Method”
Than Divorce to Rid Wives of
Husbands and Husbans of
Wives—Investigation On.
A Philadelphia special says: Murder
for money', murder for hate, murder
for illicit love, murder for social posi¬
tion, murder for revenge, perhaps thir¬
ty-four murders in all, ae revelations
promised by tho investigations now be¬
ing made into the work of “Dr.” George
Hoossey, the gay-liaired negro voodoo
% man, who was, on Friday, hold without
:« bail for complicity in the reported
1 murder of William D. Dansec. That
;Hoossey has sold very large quantities
I of arsenic, the sort known to the trade
as ratsbane, is an established fact.
That he solicited, and actually entered
* into a contract to murder a woman tor
$100 is true beyond all question; that
ho made no less than thirty-four simi¬
lar contracts Is believed by officers of
a prominent insurance company who
have called in a force of private detec¬
tives to assist the city police in their
investigations.
In his advertisement Hoossey an¬
nounced a method that was "quicker,
cheaper ami more satisfactory than di¬
vorce for those tired of husbands or
wives.” It is charged thai he contract¬
ed to Kill objectionable people by
"slow doses” for $100 each.
To Open Many Graves.
Well known physicians in all sec-
lions of the city have reported cases to
the district attorney that will probably
lead to the opening of many graves,
and as many inquests by tho coroner.
In each of those cases the patient first
appeared with a miner complaint,
which grow progressively worse and
which just boforo death manifested
What are now recalled as the usual
symptoms of arsenical poisoning. In
each of these reported car.es there is a
story of big insurance, disturbed do¬
mestic relations or an affair of next
of kin. /
A clean sweep jbms made Saturday
of all the physiq'ans in the northeast
section certified of the/rily 03 within who the have past signed two
death
years that sr®cify heart lesions as the
cause D f d/tth and seven of these prac-
p litioners were closeted with Assistant
IDistrd' 1 Attorney Shoyer for several
sho>' 3 ’ <3Krin o which time they went
or their office records in the mor¬
tality cases and frankly stated their
suspicions.
In each of these cases a thorough in¬
vestigation was ordered and the local
managers of all life insurance compa¬
nies were asked for information con¬
cerning the policies paid upon these
risks. It. is not beiieved, however,
that “Dr.'’ Hoossey was knowingly a
party to any extensive plan to murder
■eople for Insurance money,
i His specialty seemed to be the clear¬
ing up of disturbed domestic relations
by deliberate murder with the insur¬
ance feature as a secondary incident
of his work. His price, according to
the memorandums found in his shop,
was invariably $100. Some of his pa-
irons are only referred to by numbers,
others by hieroglyphics that nobody
but himself will ever lie able to solve,
but there can be no mistake about the
entry of $100 that appears after each
of thirty-four en'rios made oil the
same record with the $51 entry, which,
admittedly, applies to Mrs. Catharine
Dansec and the $100 entry which iden¬
tified the case of Detective Gavan,
who contracted to have his wife mur¬
dered by Hoossey for $1.00 as a ruse to
The recorder of the burea u of health
shows that Hoossey issued death cer¬
tificates over his own signature as
“George Hoossey, M. D.,” and the au¬
thorities are doing their utmost to dis¬
cover how and from whom Hoossey
obtained the blank forms. All of the
deaths so certified are to be invest!*
gated by Acting Coroner Hammond.
Rare are the stories told by the old
residents of St. Marys street, where
Hoossey once lived, concerning the
phenomenal performances of “Old Voo¬
doo Hoossey,” who, they assert, is ’in
league with the devil. In those days
he sold cure-alls, but later confined
his work entirely to the complains of
women. His colored patrons carried
wonderful stories of his marvelous
cures into the kitchens of well-to-do
white people, and after a time he re¬
fused to treat colored people. Thus,
it is explained, he secured his long
list of white patrons and white vic¬
tims.
JUSTICE DAY 13 ILL.
Newly Appointed Member of Supreme
Court Has Attack of Grip.
The Associated Press is informed by
a member of the family of Justice
Dny, of the United Stator; supreme
court, that he is suffering from a se¬
vere attack of grip. Ilis condition, it
'admitted, is serious. Mrs. Day and
two sons arrived in Washington Wed¬
nesday to attend him.
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Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—The cut in prices at the Athens,
la., dispensary has only caused an
ncrease In the profits of the institu¬
tion.
—Seventeen negroes have l-een ar¬
rested at McRae, Ga., charged with
robberies from the Southern railway’s
freight depot.
—Paster Williams, of Trinity Meth¬
odist church, at Savannan, Ga., Sun¬
day night reiterated his charges that
the Savannah courts arc to blame for
i ho prevalence of gambling.
—A Mississippi man convicted ol'
manslaughter has asked for a new
trial on the ground that a member of
tho convicting jury is not an American
citizen.
—Mayor of Evansville, Ind., member
of labor union, was compelled to shut
off the gas from his house during the
boycott.
—Colonel Cody (Buffalo Bill) writes
to the president, appealing for the pro¬
tection of underbrush on western
mountains from the ravages of sheep.
That unless this 13 done settlers will
have to move.
—Count de Bostari had a joyous
time while circulating $250,000 in forg¬
ed checks in England.
—During a storm in Havana harbor
Sunday, the crew of the Dolphin, Sec¬
retary Moody’s vessel, rescued live
Cubans from drowning.
—King Edward had a conterence
with Colonial Secretary Chamberlain
Sunday and takod about Chamberlain’s
tour to South Africa.
—Tho Ocean Steamship Company
has contracted for two large steam¬
ships which will ply between Savan¬
nah and New York.
—At New Market, Ala., Joe Powers,
a white man, tried to exterminate an
entire family.
—President Roosevelt is considering
the advisability of calling an extra
session of congress to meet in the fall
to consider financial legislation and
the Cuban treaty.
—Secretary Wilson is interested in
silk culture in Georgia, and he will
send Dr. HuwarfF of the agricultural
department,' to Tallulah Falls to in¬
spect the Magi-d plantations.
—Highwaymen hold up a stage in
Arizona, murdered six passengers,
two of whom were women, and rified
the bodies.
—It is alleged that Standard Oil
men are planning to secure control of
the American cotton trade.
—The blockade of the Orinoco river,
declared by President Castro, of Vene¬
zuela, on March 7, has been raised.
—The situation in Honduras has be¬
come so grave (bat a squadron of
American warships has been ordered
thither.
—Secretary of the Navy W. H.
Moody sailed from Charleston, S. C.,
Wednesday, with a party of congress¬
for a cruise of the West Indies.
—C. L. Watson, in Chattanooga,
thrashed a man who he claims spoke
disparagingly of a lady friend. He
rode 600 miles to do the work.
—The strike of the transfer drivers
at Kansas City, Mo., has resulted in
violence.
—It is said that James R Keene, tho
Wall street speculator, is attempting
to get control of the Southern Pacific.
—Mrs. Pennell, injured in tho auto¬
mobile accident by which her husband
war instantly killed, died Wednesday
night.
—The flood situation along the low¬
er Mississippi is still extremely threat¬
ening. If the levees break incalcula¬
ble damage will result.
—Miks Gonzales, a native of Porto
Rico, is held at Ellis Island on the
ground that she is an alien and has no
l/ght to enter the United States.
—The indications are that democrat¬
ic amendments to tho canal treaty will
be accepted and that a vote will be
taken without delay.
—The Cuban-American reciprocity
treaty has been approved by the Cu¬
ban senate.
—Secretary Shaw is in New York In¬
vestigating tho Wall street situation.
For several days tne street has been
urging the secretary to relieve the
stringency.
—Captain Abenheimer, who com¬
manded the Irene at Manila, and who
had trouble with Admiral Dewey, has
been retired by the Kaiser.
—After appearing against the Sea¬
board in a Halifax, N. C., court Tues¬
day, Conductor Miller was crushed
under a train.
—Tito steamship Karamania has
reached New Yorit rrom Marseilles
and Palermo with a disease resem¬
bling cholera aboard. Six persons died
during the voyage.
—Four men charged with safe
cracking were bound over to the Uni¬
ted States district court at Charlotte,
N. C.. Tuesday.
—North Queensland has been swept
by a cyclone. Scores of people were
killed.
—At a meeting of stave manufactur¬
ers in Chattanooga Tuesday it was de¬
cided to advance all prices 5 per cent.
—Hon. James H. Blount, former
congressman, statesman and soldier,
died at Macon, Ga., Sunday.
CARNESVILLE. GA.. FRIDAY. MARCH 20. 1903.
CANAL TREATY SAFE
Ratification of Convention Has
Been Made a Certainty.
Cl'BAN TREATY IS HELD UP
Goes Over to New Congress, in Order
that House May Act Upon It,
Contention of Demo.
crats Upheld. *
A Washington special says: Tho
senate by unanimous consent Thurs¬
day agreed to vote on the Colombian
canal treaty Tuesday, The amend-
incuts to tho Ircaty to be considered
Monday. The request for unanimous
agreement was made by Senator Frye.
Tho agreement is in part as follows:
“That, not later than Tuesday next,
the vote upon the resolution for rati¬
fication shall bo taken without further
debate. That the injunction of secre¬
cy shall be removed from the speeches
of Senator Morgan already printed and
submitted to senators, including that
to be made by him on the response to
the senate resolution calling for infor¬
mation as to the agreement between
the Panama Canal Company and our
government, and they shall bo printed
in The Record, and that the speech
or speeches made for and against the
ratification of the treaty during the
hour cf general debate allowed each
side shall bo printed in The Record in
like manner as the speeches of Sena¬
tor Morgan.”
On motion of Senator Gorman the
injunction of secrecy was removed
from tho agreement.
Many republicans agree that the two
amendments proposed by the demo¬
crats ought to be adopted, but they
fear any changes will endanger tho
treaty. There is every reason, there¬
fore, to believe that the amendments
will be voted down and the treaty rati¬
fied as it stands.
As to Cuban Treaty.
During the day’s session the dem¬
ocrats scored a distinct victory in the
matter of the Cuban treaty by forcing
the republicans to accept their amend¬
ment providing that the treaty shall
not go into effect until it is approved
by the congress. This is the point
tor wi-.iaii th* agmoorats nave been
making their strongest fight, the one
which they have regarded as most im¬
portant of all those under considera¬
tion. The republican loaders for their
own political purposes have desired to
avoid the adoption of such an amend¬
ment to the treaty, fearing it would
load to an embarrassing tariff fight in
the new congress, out they found that
tho best constitutional lawyers on
their side agreed that the democratic
contention was right, and they accord¬
ingly- surrendered and permitted a
unanimous adoption of this amend¬
ment by the foreign relations commit-
tce. This, of course, brought a unani-
report for tho treaty as amend-
The amendment is in these
“This treaty shall not take effect un¬
til the same shall nave been approved
by the congress.”
This amendment removes from this
treaty the grave question whether tho
president and the senate have the pow¬
er to change tho tariff laws by a
treaty made with a foreign govern¬
ment. The original treaty assumed
that the president and senate have
this power and contained no provision
recognizing that an act of congress
would be necessary to make the treaty
effective. The democratic senators
have, from the beginning strenuously
contended that tho president and tho
senate do not have this power under
the constitution, and have insisted
that the Cuban treaty should be so
amended that it should not be effect¬
ive until made so bv act or joint reso¬
lution cf congress. This contention
based upon the constitutional pro¬
reposing in “the congress’ tho
“to lay and collect taxes, duties,
and excises.”
Sons of Vets to Meet in Chattanooga.
Chattanooga lias been chosen as tho
place for the annual meeting of the
Alabama and Tennessee organizations
of Sons of Union Veterans
TRIED TO MURDER FAMILY.
In Revenge Young Man Wounds Two
Women, Baby, Boy and Man.
Joe D. Powers, a young white man,
if New Market, Ala., attempted to ex-
erminate a whole family near that
dace Friday. j
Powers had a difficulty with John
Winkle a few days ago and deter- !
mined to got revenge. Ho called at
Winkle’s home and opened fire upon
the family group through a window,
Five people wore shot, including Win-
kle, a baby and two women. Winkle’s
son was shot in the eye. Immediately
after the shooting Powers took a train
for Texas. ;
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MET DEATH FIRST TRIP.
New Conductor on Atlantic and Bir¬
mingham Road Fails Between Cars.
Edwin Young, conductor on the At¬
lantic and Birmingham railroad, was
instantly killed near Cordele, Ga.,
early Friday morning by falling be-
tween two ears of a freight train,
Young was only 19 years old, and
had just been promoted to conductor,
He was making his first trip when the
accident occurred.
BLOODY \Y0BK OF BANDITS.
Stage Ccach Held Up and All of Its
Six Occupants Killed and
Then Robbed.
A dispatch from Tucson, Arizona,
says: Mexican' bandiu held up the
stago conch which runs between l’ot-
nra and Torln, on the Yaqui river. In
Sonora, killing all of tho six passen¬
gers. Among them was Piliberto Al¬
varado, a wealthy Mexican, who owns
a number of ranches along tho Yaqui
river.
Alvarado and his wife had taken tho
stage from Potam to Torin, and tho
men no doubt thought tlioy carried a
largo sum of money with them. Tho
stago carried very little mail and
scarcely any monoy or valuables.
Tho hold-up took place about half
way between the two towns. Just how
the stage was attacked will never be
known, as all the passengers and driv¬
er were killed. They were picked up
the same aftprnoou of the tragedy and
tho circumstances give evidence that
they put up a fight, else they would not
have been killed. Their bodies were
rifled of everything of value on them.
The traces had been cut and the
horses had been allowed to run wild.
cover and body of the stage were
full of holes.
It is thought by the Guayamas au¬
thorities that the perpetrators were
some of the bandits who have taken
refuge in the mountains back of Ya¬
qui river and were watching for Alva¬
rado. Friends of the murdered ranch¬
er say that he nad little money with
him at the time. Alvarado had been
married only two months. With him
were Sonorita Julia Berido and Sen-
orita De Gonzales, both of prominent
families in that country and both of
whom were murdered.
TRUST SEEKS COTTON CROP.
Alleged that Standard Oil People are
Planning to Control Staple.
A special from Boston, Mass., says:
Back of the present movement in cot-
ion and the coming consolidation of
various cotton product companies, are
Standard Oil men, whose representa¬
tives are backing both sides of the
market and seeking to carry out plans
which the Standard Oil Company has
had for years under consideration of
controlling the cotton crop of the
country through the improved baling
process.
Sully, the big cotton bull, is a pro¬
tege of General S. W. Weld, of Boston,
father of the Planters’ Compress Com¬
pany, and Sully’s broker in cotton ex¬
change transactions. Price’s backer
is A. C. Barrage, of Boston, a Standard
Oil man, who has just been elected a
directors in Planters’ Compress. Bur-
rage backed Price in cotton last year
and profited $1,000,000 by the deal.
Mr. Barrage is a personal friend of
H. II. Rogers, nnothcr standard Oil
magnate, who has an interest in Plant¬
ers’ Compress, and they are working
to secure control of the American cot-
ton trade,
NOTHING FOR THE WIFE.
Murdered Millionaire Burdick Cut Bet¬
ter Half from His Will.
The Will of the late Edwin T. Bur¬
dick, murdered in his home at Buffalo,
N. Y., February 27, was made public
Friday. ,
Burdick cuts off his wife, who he
was suing for divorce, without a cent.
He leaves $2,500 to relatives and the
rest of his property to his three chil¬
dren, share and share alike. The will
was made December 8, 1902. Mr. Bur¬
dick names as executors of his estate
Augustus B. Kellogg, George H. Dun-
sion and George C. Miller. He names
Charles Parke and Risey Tucker, his
business associates, as guardians of
his three children.
Frederick B. Hartzeil, attorney for
Mrs. Burdick, was asked if there
would be any objections to the will so
far as he and his client are concerned.
“I can’t tell yet,” he said. “There may
bo.”
Ten Miners indicted by Grand Jury.
Indictments were returned at Charles¬
ton, W. Va., by the federal grand jury
against ten miners for resisting oill-
rera of the government while trying to
rervo process at Atkinsville, prior to
the battle at .Stanford city.
TURPENTINE WORKERS FIGHT.
Fatal Pitched Battle Between Rivals
in Two Florida Camps.
Assessor Bullard, of McMeekln, Fla.,
reports a desperate encounted between
tho hands of rival turpentine camps
noar Orange Springs.
A contention arose about a matter
Httlo importance between some of
,he negro laborers of Meg’s camp and
those of Law’s camp. Tills aroused
the fur y of tho enlire cl ' ow <l and pre-
cipitated a fight, which ended in a
general battle.
The report is that eight men were
killed and a large number of others
wounded.
STRIKE ON IN KANSAS CITY.
Drivers for Transfer Companies Go
Out and Resort to Violence.
Violence entered into the strike
Wednesday of 211 drivers employed by
the fourteen transfer companies of
Kansas City, who went out for an in-
crease In wages and recognition of
their union. Perhaps half a hundred
men were employed during tho day to
tho places of the str ikers, though
little work was accomplished.
CUBAN SENATE ACTS
Reciprocity Treaty With United
States Wins Easilv.
VOTE WAS SIXTEEN TO FIVE
Three Senators in Favor of Measure
Were Absent—Votes Were Ex¬
plained—Sanguilly Led tne
Small Opposition.
A special from Havana says; Tho
senate Wednesday, by a vote of 1C to
6, ratified the reciprocity treaty with
the United States.
The treaty was ratified by exactly
two-thirds of the vole of the senate.
Fifteen republican conservatives, cr
administration senators and one na-
tionalist voted in favor of the treaty,
and five nationalists against it. There
were three absentees, all of whom, it
is believed were in favor of the treaty.
The ratification required only a ma¬
jority vote, so that there were three
votes to spare. Senor Zayas, the only
nationalist who voted for ratification,
explaining his vote, said it was his de¬
sire to amend the treaty with refer¬
ence to the exchange of similar com¬
modities produced in both countries,
but he had no intention of opposing
the treaty itself. Senor Sanguilly, the
leader of the opposition, explained
that his opposition was designed chief¬
ly to draw out whatever could be ad¬
vanced in support of the treaty and
that the arguments of Senator Busta-
mente, as put forward in tho senate
Tuesday, convinced him that tho
country would be more prosperous
with reciprocity than without it, but
nevertheless his attitude of opposition
and disapproval of the acts of the ex¬
ecutive department of the government
forbade him voting yes.
The vote was taken immediately on
the conclusion of a forceful appeal by
Senor Biistamente. He insisted that
whether the trust or the producers
were the chief beneficiaries of the 20
per cent reduction of customs duties
on Cuban sugar shipped to the Uni¬
ted States, it was not possible that
such differential treatment favoring
Cuban sugar in competition with that
of Europe could result other than fa¬
vorably to Cuba’s trade.
Under the treaty, he said, the Euro¬
pean producer would he unable to
compete with Cuba If the European
nations were really trying to prevent
the ratification of the treaty in the
United States senate, it was not on ac¬
count of the little they would lose in
the Cuban markets, but because they
no longer be able to send sugar
the United States. The
would also provide the protection that
Cuba needed on tobacco. Viewed in
another aspect, continued Senor Bu 3 -
tamente, the treaty would give Cuba
national entity and allow her to enter
into commercial relations with the na-
tion which was hitherto considered
only her guardian.
"I vote,” said the speaker, “for the
treaty, with the conviction that we in
so doing are rendering a patriotic duty
to Cuba, even if the treaty is not ap-
proved by the United States senate. I
do not intend to retire tonight with
my mind disquieted by thoughts of a
weak and hungry Cuba selling her in-
dependence for a bag of money, but
rather with the knowledge that
through our assistance she has taken
progressive steps toward prosperity,
power and the protection of her inde-
pendence and liberties.”
Senator Bustamentc’s speech was
loudly applauded. The custom of ap-
proving the treaty by articles was dis-
pensed with, and tho recommendations
of the committee weie approved in
their entirety.
MOODY RESUMES JOURNEY.
-
Naval Secretary Leaves Charleston on
Cruise of West Indian Waters.
Secretary of Navy V/. H. Moody,
wiih a party of officials from Washing-
ton, arrived at Charleston Wednesday
morning and embarked at once on the
gunboat Dolphin for a cruise in West
Indian waters. The party sailed short¬
ly before noon for the south.
TROLLEY LINE ASSURED
Will Connect South Carolina Capital
With Aiken and Augusta.
Tho huilding of tho much-talked-of
electric railway line from Columbia
to Aiken, S. C., now seems assured.
The proposed line will connect at Ai-
ken with the Augusta-Aiken line, link-
ing Columbia and Augusta. The initial
step toward the building of this lino
was taken Tuesday when the applica¬
tion for a charter was made to the
secretary of state, and a commission
was secured.
Tho line will pass through the coun¬
ties of Richland, Lexington and Aiken,
and will lie 50 miles in length.
HOPEFUL AT NEW ORLEANS.
Cessation of Stormy Weather Brings
Less Danger in River Situation.
The river gauge at New Orleans
Sunday night Was a little over 19.3,
which is only 0.2 below the record of
3897, but the sudden change from
stormy weather to sunshine and
brightness arid has given renewed
hope all along the line.
CUIT0N BEASS AIIE TiU,m
Wild . Scenes on Floor of Now York
Exchange—Hundreds of Shorts
Lose All in Upward Rush.
Wild panic reigned among the bears
of the cotton market at New York Sat¬
urday for half an hour and scenes were
enacted In the pit that had never been
seen there before even by tho oldest
trader. Hundreds of speculators who
had walked Into tho (rap laid l)y bull
leader, Daniel J. Sully, Friday after¬
noon were ruined. Theodore If. Price
and his followers went down in con¬
fusion. During this panic tho prlco
of active options fluctuated from a dol¬
lar to a dollar and forty-live cents a
bale. After tho bears had covered
their contracts at a loss, pnce3 eased
off from twenty-flvo to seventy cents
a balo in two minutes.
Plans for (his “killing” were laid Fri¬
day afternoon when Mr. Sully got im¬
patient at the slurs cast at him by
several speculators who had tried to
follow his lead. He was asked at noon
Friday whether cotton would' go high¬
er, and refused to answer. At once it
was reported that he had turned bear,
and thoro was a raid on the market.
Prices closed at tho bottom, 44 points,
or $2.20 a bale below tho highest for
the week. Every trader In the pit and
one big cotton house went short on
futures. The short interest, was so
great that a crash or a bear panic was
inevitable; it fill depending -on Mr.
Sully’s strength which it should be.
It is rumored that.Nr. Sully cabled
to his friends in Egypt telling oGthe
huge short interest. The Egyptians
wore therefore up early in tho day
booming cotton on tho Liverpool mar¬
ket. By tho time the New York mar¬
ket opened tho Liverpool cables were
from C to 7 points abovo tne local clos¬
ing of Friday. Added to this rains in
the soulli were reported to have de¬
layed planting the new crop, and the
world’s visible supply was reported to
be 650,000 bales smaller than*1ast year.
Tho pit was surrounded by a throng
of brokers long before I no opening,
eacli struggling to get to the center
ready for quick action the moment the
gong sounded. The openinig of the
battle was like the loosening of a pack
of hungry hounds in sight of their
prey, and men grew pale shrieking for
cotton.
There was absolutely none .or sale.
Th'e bull brokers stood calmly looking
on at the frantic bears, waning until
(heir leader gave the signal to se.i, Mr.
Sully stood aside like (he master of
ceremonies at an Indian torture. Sud¬
denly ho nodded to a broker, and the
long cotton bought at tho bottom Fri¬
day was sold back to tiro sellers 01 Sat¬
urday at staggering prices.
COTTON FACTORS ACQUITTED.
Tried on Charge of Selling Staple for
More Than Client Received.
The trial of Henry Newman and
I Harris Hyman for embezzlement end-
od at New Orleans in acquittal. They
were at one time about the wealthiest
and most prominent cotton firm in the
| city, and are still doing a large busi-
ness.
I A year ago Colonel Buckner, a lead-
f ng cotton planter of north Louisiana,
accidentally discovered that some cot-
toll which he had consigned to the
Arm and which their return to him
showed that it had been sold at 9 1-f
cents a pound, had really brought 9 1-2
cents. Ho came to the city posthaste
an d asked a settlement to cover ah
his dealings for some years. The firm
P ai( l him $25,000. Other claims were
a,so made and the cotton exchange ex-
polled them, and endeavored to keep
the matter quiet. But it got out and
then the grand jury indicted tiiem.
Tllis was the trial of the first case
and attracted great interest, besides
giving employment to an array of law-
yers.
The defense was that the money
was paid to avoid litigation, as the
firm had $1,000,100 outstanding among
cotton planters, and not to cover any
that wrongdoing^ when cotton The firm also claimed
was sold In bulk at a
uniform price it was averageu, tho cot-
ton worth more getting above the sale
price. It hold that some cotton sold
with Buckner’s at 9 T-2 cents was paid
for at the rate of 9 8-4, while Buck¬
ner’s was worth only 9 1-4-cents and
was so credited.
FINLEY TO GO UP HIGHER.
Report that President Spencer, of
Southern, Will Have New Job.
The Journal and Tribune, of Knox-
ville, Tenn., prints the following:
‘Samuel Spencer is to relinquish
the presidency of the Southern rail-
way on April 35. He will be succeed¬
od by W. W. Finley, at present second
vice president of tho road,
“While Colonel Henderson, assist¬
ant general counsel of the Southern,
refused to state positively what Mr.
Spencer will do after resigning, he did
not deny that Spencer was to be made
chairman of the board of directors ol
the Morgan group of railroads.”
MURDERED SEVEN PEOPLE.
For Second Time Batson Is Convicted
In Louisiana Court.
The second trial of A. E. Batson
charged with the murder o! seven
members of the Earl family, near
Welsh, La., was concluded at Lake
Charles Thursday evening, the jury
finding the accused guilty as charged.
For a second time Batson stood con¬
and for a second time ho will be
lentenced to death.
NUMBER 18.
AN EXTRA CONGRESS
Said to be Under Consideration
by President Roosevelt.
WANT CUBAN MATTER FINISHED
Enactment of Seme Kind of Money
Bill is Also Wanted—No Dcfinito
Conclusion, However, i3
Reached.
According to a Washington special
President Roosevolt has under serious
consideration tho summoning of con¬
gress in extra session early tills fall.
Apparently no determination lias been
reached, and there is no official an¬
nouncement of such purpose, but ad¬
ministration leaders acknowledge an
extra session is highly probable.
The necessity for the formal approv¬
al by congress of the Cuban reciproc¬
ity treaty will be given as the chief
reason for such extra session, but it is
believed that the strongest influence
tending to bring it about is the desire
in financial circles for the early pass¬
age of some currency measure like
the Aldrich bill with the idea of fur¬
nishing a means to relieve the proba¬
bility of money stringency in Novem¬
ber and December. The conferences
which have been held by J. Pierpont
Morgan with President Roosevelt,
Senator Aldrich and Senator Hanna
are understood to have related princi¬
pally to tills contingency.
President Roosevelt lias been strong¬
ly imbued with the idea that unless
Cuban reciprocity legislation is made
effective at once there will be suffer¬
ing in Cuba. It is said that Mr. Mor¬
gan disabused his mind of this idea.
Mr. Morgan reported conditions in the
island at present most favorable, and
said the outlook for the future was
bright. He saw no reason for imme¬
diate action by congress in line with
the treaty.
Cubans Need Help.
The president has teen so strongly
of the opinion that the Cubans need
help that he thinks congress should
act early this fall, rather than to wait
for tho regular session, which con¬
venes in December. The next crop of
Cuban sugar will bo marueted in De¬
cember and January, and it is his de¬
sire that tho Cuban planters and Amer¬
ican importers be given the benefit of
the reductions set forth in the treaty
on tho coming crop.
It is almost certain if this Cuban
matter were allowed to go over to the
regular session there would be no ac¬
tion upon it before January, which
would mean the postponement of re¬
lief for another year. The desire to
put through Cuban legislation and also
to put through some currency bill will,
it is now confidently expected, bring a
call for an extra session to meet prob¬
in
Friday was one of conferences in the
senate. The republican steering com¬
mittee decided that all republicans
should vote against the proposed
amendments to the Panama canal
treaty. Tho proceedings of the sen¬
ate will now bo taken stenographical-
ly for publication in the Record in ac¬
cordance with tho agreement reached
Thursday. The democrats will strong¬
ly support their amendments designed
to secure absolute American sover¬
eignty over the canal strip with recog¬
nition of the right of this government
to defend its property in any way it
desires, including the right to fortify.
It is positively certain none of these
amendments will be adopted. After
they fail, it is expected a number of
democrats will voto to ratify the trea¬
ty as It stands. A good many republi¬
cans would like to vote for some of tho
democratic amendments, but thoy will
follow the direction of their steering
committee.
Republicans Doubtful.
Some senators who talked with tho
president Friday believe it to he un¬
likely that an extraordinary session
will be called next autumn. They say
many reasons might be cited why such
a session should not he held, tho prin¬
cipal one being that some important
state elections are to be held in No¬
vember and members ol congress will
be busy with political affairs in their
own states
CONVIICTS IN GREAT DEMAND.
All Available Help Hurried to Work
on Mississippi Levees.
Governor Longino, of Mississippi,
received scores of lelegrams irom
the levee district 'Thursday morning,
all of an apprehensive nature. The
levee board at Clarksdale believes that
tho levees in Isaquena county are in
great danger and has asked for more
convicts at once, free labor—betrrg-
scarce. Warden Henry was ordered to
rush all convicts possiblo from the
state farms on special trains. They
will be distributed at weak points
along the line.
THE CITY OF MACON LAUNCHED.
New Vessel of Ocean Steamship Com¬
pany Slides from Her Ways.
The steamer City of Macon, which
is being built at Roach’s ship yard, at
Chester, Pa., for the Ocean Steamship
Company, was launched at 1
Saturday.
Miss Rheta Etheridge, of Macon?
Ga., christened the vessel. Many rep¬
resentatives of the Ocean Steamship
Company were present