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CHILD LABOR BILL PASSED
In Georgia House by Decisive Vote of
103 to 62-Measure in Now
Up to the Senate.
By the unexpectedly large vote oi
103 to 62, the Georgia house of repre¬
sentatives Thursday passed the child
!a!x>r bill by Mr. Bell of Fulton and
after the announcement of the result
the measure was, on motion of the
author, ordered immediately trans¬
mitted to the senate.
The galleries, crowded to the doors
with ladies and others who had man¬
ifested a deep interest in the debate,
gave vent to their approval of the
house's action in loud and prolonged
applause. Frequently during the de¬
bate similar outbursts of applause
greeted eloquent expressions in be¬
half of the bill, and once or twice
Speaker Siaton threatened to clear
the galleries unless order was main¬
tained. But the ladies were bound to
have their way, though they had the
assistance of others in giving vent to
these expressions of approval of the
earn os sentiments spoken in behalf
of rhe measure.
Practically all the amendments of¬
fered were defeated with the excep¬
tion of one offered by the committee
permitting children under 12 years to
be employed only when their fathers
are “totally” dependent upon them,
the word totally being inserted. Fol¬
lowing is the text, of the bill as passed
by the house:
“Section 1. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the state of Geor¬
gia, and it is hereby enacted by au¬
thority of the same, That no child
under tho age of 12 years shall he
employed at labor in or about any
factory or manufacturing establish¬
ment. within this state, unless a wid¬
ow'd mother or aged or disabled fa¬
ther is totally dependent upon the la¬
bor of such child, or in case a child is
an orphan and has no other means of
support.
“No child under the age of 10 years
shall be so employed under any cir¬
cumstances.
“Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That It shall be
unlawful for any owner, superintend¬
ent or other person acting in behalf
of a factory or manufacturing estab¬
lishment to hire or to employ any
such child unless there is first provid¬
ed and placed on tile in the office of
such an employer, an affidavit sig¥Tecl
by the parent or guardian or person
standing in parental relation thereto,
certifying to the age and date of birth
of said child. Any person knowingly
furnishing a false certificate of tho
age of such child shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor.
‘‘Sec. 3. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid. That no child un¬
der 14 years of age shall be employed
or labor in any factory or manufac¬
turing establishment withih this state
between the hours of 7 p. m. and G
a. m.
“Sec. 4. Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That from and af¬
ter the 1st. of September, 1907, no
child under 14 years of age shall be
employed at. labor in any factory or
manufacturing establishment m this
state unless he or she can write his
or her name and s'mple sentences in
the English language.
“Sec. 5. Be it. further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That any person,
corporation or representative of such
corporation who violates any of the
provisions of this act shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor.
“Sec. G. Be it further enao’c * by the
authority aforesaid. That all acts and
parts of acts In conflict with this act,
are hereby repaled.”
TIILTT CHARGE I f ADS TO TRAGFOY.
Deadly Duel Fmiqht By Officials of a Pedu
enh I !<-"Spr r *>ncen.
At Paducah, Ky„ Thursday, H. H.
Loving, president of the Kentucky
Mill and Lumber company, shot and
killed IT. A. Rose, who. until Wednes¬
day night, had been president of the
concern. Tf is said that Rose bad hern
selling lumber by the ear load in Oh -
eago and keeping the money, and this
resulted in the tragedy.
CHADWICK TfES TOO EXORBITANT.
Claims of Receiver and Attorneys are Held
I p B\ Referee Remington.
At Cleveland, Ohio, Friday, Referee
in Bankruptcy Remington took up the
fee claims of Nathan Locser for serv¬
ices as receiver for Mrs. Chadwick,
and also the bills for compensation
rordorpd by Messrs. Dawley, Kerrush
and Thompson, the attorneys who de
fended her. Remington declared nil
the claims too high and said:
’T find a very few items in this
list about which there is even a
question,” said the referee. “Most of
them are wholly unallowable.”
GOVERNMENT’S
AID REQUESTED
By People of New Orleans in Fight
Against Fever.
PROMPT ACTION IS TAKEN
President Vccepts Task and Wires Or¬
ders to Surgeon General W/raan.
Fever Status F'riday Night.
Wifh no intention of admitting the
fever situation to be beyond control,
but, in the Hope of reviving confi¬
dence in the city and the south, the
official and business interests of New
Orleans, Friday, decided to send a re¬
quest to President Roosevelt to have
tho United States government assume
charge of tho struggle now progress¬
ing to wipe out yellow fever from
Now Orleans and Louisiana. Public
sentiment approves the action lak.cn.
President Takes Action.
A Washington special says: Presi¬
dent Roosevelt Friday night forwarded
to Surgeon General Wyman of the
public licaMi and marine service a
telegram from Governor Blanchard of
Louisiana, requesting that the United
States government, take control of the
yellow fevt r situation in New Orleans.
Tho president directed the surgeon
gene rnl to take every step in his pow¬
er to meet tile situation in New Or¬
leans and to notify him v/hat further j
action is advisable and possible for
the federal authorities to take. The .
telegrams in full, is as follows:
"Have following telegram from j
Governor Ulanchard of Louisiana: ‘At
a joint meeting of representatives oE
all eonionittl bodies of the city of ,
Now Orleans and other prominent per¬
sons, at which were present the mayor
of the city, the state health authori¬
ties and the president of the New Or¬
leans Parish Medical association, the
following icaolutiou was adopted:
"‘That this meeting endorse the |
proposition to ask the United States |
government to lake control of the yel- j
low fever situation in New Orleans,
and that the governor of the state
and the mayor of the city be request- ]
ed to take Immediate steps to carry
this proposition into effect; further,
,‘h at JJjfk.Aearty co-operation of the j
,-uai.e ana city hen jj boards and the
parish medical societies and of the
merchants and people generally be
pledged In such action as may be
taken by the government.
“ ‘I am requested by the mayor of
the city, tho presidents of the state
and committee city hoards prominent of health and by a j |
of citizens to
transmit tho above resolution and re¬
quest you to take over on behalf of
the federal government, through the !
proper channels, the yellow fever sit¬
uation at New Orleans. This I now :
do, and urge speedy action on your
part. N. C. BLANCHARD,
"Please “ take ‘Governor of Louisiana.’ j
every step in your
power to meet th-' situation at New
Orleans and comply with the request
of the governor and the other author¬
ities and notify me what, further ac¬
tion is advisable an.l possible for the
federal authorities to take. Would like
full report from jou as to what should
be done. Please confer with the sur¬
geon generals cf the army end navy
if, in your judgment, this is wise.
‘‘THRODORK ROOSEVELT.”
Dr. Wyman acknowledged the pres¬
ident’s telegram and will make a re¬
port to him.
JTVVS HAVE TAlK WITH WITTE.
Ruasifln Tnvov is Ached to Ameliorate Con¬
dition ol Hebrew* in Mi* Country.
Improving the opportunity offered by
the i reRonce in New York of Sergius
watte, (he Russian peace envoy, a del¬
egation of the most prominent Jews
in the country met Friday to bring
before Mr. Witte the question of the
better treatment of Jews. The delega¬
tion was headed by Adolph Kraus of
Chicago, president of the committee
of the Independent Order of B'r.ai
B’rlth.
MORROCO tsKYS U IWiREMCE.
Sultan Come* to Conr'usion That Such a
Gathering i* I nnKftMrv.
Information reaching official quar¬
ters in Paris shows that the sultan
of Morocco, who first p-oposod an in¬
ternational conference, now fears the
discussion among tho powers will re¬
sult in the dismemberment of his em¬
pire. He therefore called an assembly
of ch cftr.ics. who formally decided
that outside In'erference in Moroccan
affairs was not necessary. The sultan
has since shown opposition to the
holding of a conference.
GEORGIA CITIES
PUT UP BARS
Quarantine Enforced by Savannah,
Coiumtus and Brunswick.
AIMED AGAINST LOUISIANA
Passengers frem all Infected Points,
However, Will be Stfcjected to Ia
vestiga ten fcy Inspectors.
Hollowing thp recommendation of
the sanitary commission, the resolu¬
tion of counci' empowering him to
do so. Mayor Myers of Savannah, Ga.,
Wednesday aft - raoon issued a proc
lamat.on decia,.ng a quarantine
against persons and personal baggage
from New Orleans, the entire state of
Louisiana and g; points new infect¬
ed with yellow Inver.
Special sanitary inspectors have
been appointed > board -all incoming
trams and stopp'd persons unable to
show they have not teen in Louisiana
within six days.
Though the proclamation declares a
quarantine aga. ist any place which
has yellow fevey, only Louisiana is
specified in ins ructions to inspectors,
and for the parent the quarantine
is Health against Ofllcertiirunner Louisiana alone.
of Savannah,
who went to New Orleans to investi¬
gate conditions, wired the mayor as
follows:
“Arrived this morning. Inspection of
1 situation warrants close quarantine of
railroads. Alabama and Mississippi
quarantine compels pessengers to go
through these states. Refugees seem
to be centralizing in Atlanta. Advise
careful inspection of Atlanta trains.”
Quarantine, however, had already
been declared It fore Dt. Brunner was
heard from. C! officials have given
notice that the - : ‘y ordinance against
originating or d seminaking false re¬
ports in regar: to infectious or con
! tagious disease- will be rigidly en¬
forced.
The city council of Columbus, Ga,,
l declared a quarantine against all cit¬
ies where yelfow fever exists or may
exist. Officers will he placed on all
incoming trains. The jeriod of absence
from fever infected localities required
will be twenty -ays, otherwise admis¬
sion 4-Q -Cslw. ended. An
ordinance was adopted, broadening the
powers of the sanitary department.
The department is given the privilege
of cleaning private lots when the prop¬
erty owners are tardy in doing so, as¬
sessing the cost against the property.
A vigorous sanitation campaign is now
on In Columbus.
At a special meeting of the Bruns
; wick, Ga., board of health and city
; council, Wednesday, It was decided
to put on a rigid quarantine against
all infected an l suspected points. A
I quarantine was also declared against
; all southern ports, including Savan
j nah.
DEATH CLAIMS BISHOP HARGROVE.
| Well known Methodist Prelate Dies at His
Heme in foashvi-le, lenn.
Bishop R. K. Hargrove of the M. K. I
church, south, died at his home in
Nashville, Tenn., shortly after mid¬
night Wednesday night. He had been
in feeble heajfh for a year past. He
was born in Pickens county, Alaba¬
ma, September 17, 1S29, and, after
being graduated from the University
of Alabama, was for a time instructor
in mathematics there In 1857 he en¬
tered rhe Alabama conference and,
during the civil war was a chaplain
in the confederate army. Later he
was president of Centenary institute
at Summerfleld, Tend., going thence
to the Kentucky conference, returning
from there to accept the presidency
of the Tennessee Female College at
Franklin. In 1S76 he represented the
southern church on the Cape May
commission, and In 18S2 was elected a
bishop. The board of trustees of Van¬
derbilt university made Bishop Har¬
grove its president in 1SS9, in which
position he served until last spring. ;
when he resigned because of feeble
health.
HYDE ASKED TO RETURN HOME.
Former Statistician’? Presence in Wasivnq
ton Requested bv Secretary Wilson.
In answer to a cablegram to John
Hyde, former chief statistician of the
department of agriculture urging him
to return to this country, Secretary
Wilson Wednesday received the fol¬
lowing dispatch from Mr. Hyde :
"Southport, England, August 2, 1905.
—Returning ss s»on as possible. Let¬
ter.” Me. Hyde left. Washington about
the time a special grand jury was j
convened to investigate charge of
leakage in the bureau of statistics.
EVAN P. HOWELL DEAD.
P;ot SEit and Btloved C tizen of ihz
Empire Stale of the South Goss to
His Reward.
Captain Evan P. Howell, former
mayor cf Atlanta, and one of the most
widely known and distinguished citi¬
zens cf Georgia, died Sunday after¬
noon at the family residence in At¬
lanta.
The end came calmly and peaceful¬
ly. Unconsciousness, into which he
sank, late Stturday afternoon, was un¬
broken to the end. During the past
three weeks Captain Howell suffered
with a carbuncle between his shoul¬
ders, this trouble being accompanied
by diabetes.
Captain Ho well is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Julia E, Howell, and seven
children—Hon. Clark Howell, Jr., Hon.
Albert Howell, Jr., Mrs. Robert L.
Foreman, Mrs. Ida Cramer, Miss Rosa¬
lie Howell, Mrs. Byron Bower and
Evan P. Howell, Jr. His brothers
are Colonel Albert Howell, Sr., Charles
A. Howell and Clark Howell, Sr. His
sisters are Mrs. Nathan Lyon and Mrs.
Park Woodward.
News of the death cf Captain How¬
ell spread rapidly through the city
anj during the afternoon hundreds
called st his home to pay their re¬
spects to h : c memory. During the late
afternoon and evening the house and
front yard wort crowded. Among the
callers wore Governor J. M. Terrell,
al] staffe house officials, who were in
Atlanta and many city officials.
Many odd confederate veterans were
among those who visited the residence
to viei# for the last time the face of
their war-time comrade, who had been
their friend, both during the war and
during the forty-one intervening years.
Of Captain Evan P. Howell, ‘‘Fam¬
ous American Men and Women” has
this to say, among other things:
“An eloquent orator, a journalist
of rare ability and a patriot whose
heart is full of love and devotion for
his countrymen* Evan P. Howell is
one of those most distinguished men
cf the south. Captain Howell is a na¬
tive of Forsyth (now Milton) county,
Georgia. At the age of 12 years his
father moved to Atlanta. Here the son
passed with distinction through the
ccmmon schools, entering the C-eorgia
Military Institute at Marietta in 1855.
After completing a two years’ course
he went to Sandersvllle, where he
read law until the end of the year
1S58. A year later he began the prac¬
tice of ’lawn which was interrupted by
the breaking out of the civil war. He
enlisted in the First Georgia Regi¬
ment as orderly sergeant and was
appointed a lieutenant before the ex¬
piration of a month. He was promoted
to the rank of first lieutenant and be¬
fore the second year he remodeled
the company and became its captain.
After the war he served a term as
solicitor general. He was elected to
the state senate in 1873, and. was re¬
elected for a second term. In 1875 he
purchased a controlling interest in the
Atlanta Constitution, -and became its
editcr-in-ehief.”
Under his guidance The Constitu¬
tion at once leaped into prominence
as a national newspaper. He secures
for the paper Joel Chandler Harris,
Frank L. Stanton anj later Henry
YV. Grady, whose brilliance was cou¬
pled with the executive ability and
the able management of Captain Kow
c-ll to place The Constitution among
the foremost newspapers of tha coun¬
try.
About 1S87 he sold his interest in
the paper, and retired from active
business, although he has never
ceased to be prominent in public life.
In 1902 he was called upon by num¬
erous prominent citizens to make the
race for the mayoralty of Atlanta, and
his candidacy proved so popular that
he was overwhelmingly elected.
TREASURY LOOTTD BY MARAIDERS.
Town in Russian Poland financial Victim o
Lerre Body of Bandits. |
Advices frem Opatoff, Russian Pc- j
land, state that early Sunday morn¬
ing the local treasury was attacked
by forty armed men, wno killed or ,
wounded all the watchmen guarding j
the buildings. The robbers secured !
$10,COO and escaped to the mountains, J
TRAIN K CG710N CHOPPERS.
Negro Man end Wife Mangled and Two
Others K-ocked irom Treck.
A ice* Cotton Belt passenger train, i
somewhat belated, crcsh-ed into a par¬
ty of negro cotton choppers, Deer j
Hillsboro, Texas, shortly after mid- |
night, Saturday night, killing Ray ,
Edwards and his wife and badly mang- :
ling Henry Thompson and his wife.
A child of Edwards’ was run over by j
rhe train, but was unhurt.
The negroes tired, from chopping j
cotton, had camped on the track, :
thinking the train had passed, and j
were asleep when struck.
standard oil rife lined.
Tha Cost cf Building and Operating
4C.C00 Miles cf Its Carrying System.
Detailed information as to the cost
cf building and operating pipe lines
is not now available, and no official
figures have ever teen published show¬
ing the total mileage of existing pipe
lines—because it is the settled policy
of the Standard to keep these facta
securely locked against public scrut¬
iny. But the investigation of 1899 de¬
veloped two very significant admis¬
sions. In that year Mr. Rockefeller
stated, under oath, that “to perfect the
pipe line system transportation re¬
quired in the neighborhood of $50,000,
00 of capital.” In the two years im¬
mediately following—1900 and 1901—•
the cash dividends declared and paid
by the Standard Oil Company amount¬
ed to $90,000,000—naarly double tha
sum needed to “perfect” the entira
pipe line system then in use, and with¬
in $4,000,000 of the entire capital of
the company, which is $100,009,000.
That clearly demonstrates the low
cost cf pipe line construction, as re¬
lated to the enormous profits of tha
industry.
In the same year, 18S9, Henry H.
Regers testified as to the existing
mileage of the Standard pipe lines.
“We probably have 35,000 miles or
more scattered all over the country.’’ 1
Since that time many additions and
extensions have been laid in every
oil field in the United States; the oil
regions of Kansas and Indian Terri¬
tory have been largely developed, and
a trunk line is building from the Kan¬
sas fields to Chicago. Thus we are
entirely safe in assuming that fully
40,000 miles of pipe line are now em¬
braced in the Standard oil system.
This means simply that the Stand¬
ard Oil Company is now in complete,
arbitrary and exclusive control of
more miles of transportation facilities
than three of the greatest railroad,
systems of the world! Here are the
official figures, as reported in 1904:
Track
Ry. systems Employes mileage
Pennsylvania ........169,706 19,720
New York Central... 45,842 7,153
Baltimore and Ohio.. 45,090 7,353
Grand totals ____251,548 34,237
But oil is cheap, you say? Yes;
much cheaper than it used to be, be¬
cause of the enormous increase in
production—but not nearly so cheap
as it would be under free and fair com¬
petition..
Tha Difference.
We were pleased with an instance
we came across the other day of. the
readiness of an attache at the British
Embassy in St. Petersburg. At din¬
ner at the palace he had the misfor¬
tune to upset his glass of claret.
“Fait-on cela en Angleterre?” asked
the Czar from the other end of the
table. “Oh, yes,” came the answer,
hut In England, “on ne le remarque
pas.”—London Saturday Review.
TWO VIEWS
“Will It. be possible for Wadleigh
to recover from that railroad acci¬
dent?”
“Well, the doctors say no, but the
lawyers say yes.”—Milwaukee Sen¬
tinel. ,
Shaeen ’Oaba.
The Shaeen Baba is common in
nearly all North India towns. This
follower of the prophet of Arabia goes
about the streets with a hooka all
ready for smoking. He calls out to
the passersby “Bhaia hooka pulao”—
“Brother, have a smoke.” The Hindus
will take the chillum—the bowl con¬
taining the fire—and smoke direct
from it without the intervention cf
the nooka. The Mussulman takes a
pull or two from the snake of the
hooka. Occasionally he gets a copper
or two from those who enjoy his
hooka. He blesses the giv«r with
the words, “Ab&d rahio; khus raho”—
“Prosper in this world; be happy.”—*
Allahabad Pioneer.
BABY’S INSTINCT
Shows He Knew Wliat Food to Stick To
Forwarding a photo of a splendidly
handsome and healthy young boy, a
happy mother writes from an Ohio
town:
“The enclosed picture shows my 4
year-o'.d Grape-Nuts boy.
“Since he was 2 years old he has eat¬
en nothing but Grape-Nuts. Ho de¬
mands and gets this food three times a
day. This may seem rather unusual,
hut he does not care for anything else
after he has eaten his Grape-Nuts,
which he uses with milk or cream, and
then he Is through with his meal. Even
on Thanksgiving Day he refused tur¬
key and all the good things that make
up that great dinner, and ate his dish
of Grape-Nuts and cream with the best
results and none of the evils that the
other foolish members of the family
experienced.
“He is never sick, has a beautiful
complexion, and is considered a very
handsome hoy. May the Postum Com¬
pany prosper and long continue to fur¬
nish their wholesome food.” Name
given by Bostum Co., Battle Creek.
Mich.
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