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i GEORGIA 8SIEFS! I
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Corner Stone is Laid.
In the presence of many Columbus
citizens and quite a party of distiii
guished visitors, the corner stone oi.
the secondary industrial school, the
$50,000 nucleus of Columbus $290,
OO'J technological plant, was laid with
Impressive ceremonies.
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Railroad is Extended.
The F. R. & G. railroad, which
has been operating between Ash
burn and .Sylvester since March 1,
has extended its road to Bridgehorn,
a point on the Albany Northern 14
indes southwest of Sylvester.
The passenger and freight traffic
has increased to such an extent that
it became necessary to put on a • eg
ular freight train. The road is doing
a good business and is pushing its
line on to the gulf as rapidly as pos¬
sible.
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Apprentice Slays Foreman.
J. M. Stewart, section foreman of
the Seaboard, at Bladen, Ga., was shot
and instantly killed by Oscar Knight,
his apprentice, Saturday night.
Knight shot him twice in the back,
and when he fell fired seven sir ts
into his body. The body was found
in front of Stewart’s home Sunday
morning.
Jealousy of his wife and Stewart is
the cause given by Knight, who was
committed to Brunswick jail charg¬
ed with murder by the coroner’s jury.
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Tech Grads in Demand.
During the course of twelve hours
following the Tech graduating exer¬
cises, in Atlanta, 1'resident Miatlie
son of that institution r< reiced three
letters from manufacturing concerns
wishing to place some of the ’03 class
at. munificent salaries.
The reputation of the Georgia Teh
has spread over the entire country,
and none of its graduates exper.osr.- ~
trouble in securing lucrative por¬
tions upon graduation.
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Court Cuts Out Oral Argument.
After having disposed of 666 cases
of the 1,14(1 cases on the docket since
the October term, I90S, leaving 4M(
cases undisposed of, and being new
engaged in reviewing judgments of
14a superior courts and 37 city courts,
which number will be increased by
the audition^ of fast .bills .<yf excep¬
tions ui criminal and civil < ise.-.'v
state supreme court lias 1) -on com¬
pelled to order that oral argument
In remaining cases lie dispensed with
when practicable. The court has is
sued an order to that, effect.
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Wants to Get Nearer Home.
There is probability that Torn Wat¬
son’s Magazine will, at an early date,
be published in the south, probably m
Georgia, possibly in Augusta.
It is not known definitely what Mr.
Watson’s plans ate. but it is under¬
stood. on excellent authority, that he
is desirous of transferring all the me¬
chanical work of his magazine to a
p'ace that will he nearer his home
interests than is now the case.
Printers in Atlanta and Augusta
have received notices from the pulr
lishers of the magazine and are non
preparing estimates that will be sub
milted.
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Atlanta Postmaster in Luck.
Owing to the fact that the post
office receipts of the Atlanta pos,
offlce for the past salary year ex¬
ceeded tile sum of $609,000, Postmas¬
ter Blodgett has received a Invest in
pay of $1,000 a year.
This increase in salary far the
head of the department, making a
total of a year, means that
the Atlanta post office now ranks with
the best in the country, the salary
being exceeded by that of just one
office—New York.
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Avalanche of Wreck Suis.
A total of. wreck snip against the
Atlanta and V >st Pnin; and the fen
tral of Georgia, as a result of 1
recent wreck in \tlani; to a met."
train returning from Pearl Spri * m s.
were file 1 a few days ago annum mg
to $165 < 0. This amount is lar > \
nrohib’y than •*ny other one day's
total against the two roads for ta
recent wreck.
The 'ta! amount that the two ton :
combined w ill have t ' pay. if th'v pay
all that has b en as'- od cf them
to dr,**, on the recent Pearl Springs
wreck, will he $711. p|l 0.
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Farmers to Gather on Fourth.
The farmers’ msPtmo for the I'd’
seffauu .d .i.str'ct Qu.tnan. " o
and Webster o'zi . k 1. n
at Bumpkin on Ja\- .1 and i. i f.
llarvie Jarn Pi cbt: • • A tt’f.ith
of prominent speakers and exp
will be u-esent.
On July 4. the Stewart com >
branch of the Southern Cotton Grow¬
ers’ Association and the dement A.
Evans camp of Confederate Veterans,
will unite in a suitable celebration.
There will be an extensive bad-;'
dinner on this day, with appropriate
speeches, a brass band and other fea¬
tures that will add interest to the
day.
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Look to Farm for Best Men.
Interes* in the agricultural educa¬
tion and the development, of the State
College of Agriculture and the Me¬
chanic Arts to the highest standard
of efficiency has marked the meet.n?
of alumni and friends of the Univer¬
sity of Georgia at this year’s ecm
mencement.
George Foster Peabody, that t.rua
friend of the agricultural intercuts
of the state, in an address made to
the alumni, stated that from the farm
the state must in the future get its
strongest and best men and woiun,
and that every movement for the de¬
velopment of agricultural education in
this state means better citizens ,,uic!
mere prosperity in the future.
Backing up his words by his in¬
terest and mcney, he has given to the
university an additional 350 acres of
land, in order that the university may
have the very best campus in the
south, it now comprising 900 acres.
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Havoc Wrought by Hail.
The hall storm a few days ago
in Clarke and Oconee counties was
heavier than was at first reported.
In Oconee county the hail fell to
the depth of 14 inches on a level,
and even the pine needles cn the
trees were stripped and piled on rne
ground several inches deep. In the
upper edge of Clarke county the loss
was heavy. In Clarke the storm was
about a mile wide and seven miles
long. In Oconee it was two mites
wide and ten miles long. The coru
and cotton crops in the path ot the
storm were totally destroyed.
Monticello and vicinity was also vis¬
ited by a hail storm, doing conside"
able damage. Fences were blown down
iiml on several plantations crops and
fruit were entirely destroyed.
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Lawlessness Alarms Citizens.
Mayor J. L. Allen and other prom¬
inent citizens of Chipley appeared
before Judge William A. Little, m
Columbus, a few days ago, and urged
him to grant a petition signed by
thirty or forty citizens of China-;
and Hamilton asking that a specuii
term of Harris superior court ire
sailed for the purpose of trying the
person^ iirres’eil in connection, jgtfj t
the leeent double tragedy at Chip
ley, and also for tne purpose of sup¬
pressing the lawlessness in the com
nmnity.
Tlie petitioners say that people are
carrying anus openly, and that tire
feeling of apprehens’on is demoral
izing end is injuring the town's busi¬
ness. The petiti 'iters at first applied
to Governor Terrell lor relief, and
he suggested that they cotter with
Judge kittle in reference to a special
term of court. Judge Little reserved
his decision.
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IVl innesata Man En'ichtsned.
Secretary of Agriculture Hudson
has recc.vad a letter from T.
P. Brown of Cocks: on, Minne¬
sota, in which he states
that he and a number of bis neigh¬
bors, some of whom are men of con¬
siderable means, are desirous of com
ing to Georgia to make their honz-s.
Before coming to the promised Inn 1.
Mr. Brown was desirous of aequiru'g
certain information with regard to the
climate, rainfall, etc., and to learn
whether or not. there was any danger
from snakes and insec’s.
Tt being apparent that Mr. Brown
was under the impression wtuen
seems to prevail among the hum,
of the inhabitants of the far north¬
west that Georgia is a sort of tropi¬
cal jungle where it was insufferably
hot in summer and the inhabitants
were in danger from venomous rep
tiles. Assistant Secretary Rotten
\Yrivht wrote him fully in answer
to his quest ions.
Mr. Brown will, no doubt, be sui
prised and pleased to learn that the
mean temperature of South Georgia
is from 64 to 6< degvr's. and Nor;3
Georgia from 52 to 56. while Trie
mean tonvoora'urc of to-" moiratvi
ous pai t of t! s is 32 donees
Mount Airy having about the tem¬
perature In su.r.mer as Ohio, In lia¬
na and tliincis.
j A JJB fOK (OltlGf GRADtAiES.
I
Kansas Wants 8,000 Harvest Hands to
Gather Her Wheat ( rap
Governor Hoch of Kansas Saturday
sent the follow r.g to \Y. J. Black,
traffic manager 0 f the Arch!--on. Vo
-x'ka ,:nd Santa Fe railroad company,
at Chicago, and E. S. McleOttd. chair¬
man of the Wes’ern Passenger As¬
sociation. at Cb .cgr:
"Kansas mas: have S.fHKi harvest
hands within a week, or much crop
will be lost. I appeal to you."
REBATES ARE
HEAVltY FINED
Judge ~~~t —
Imposes Sentence Kansas on Seven
in Court at City,
TOTAL AMOUNT $85,000.
Two Men are G en Prison Terms.
Swiff, Cudahy, i .rmour and Morris
Must Pay Sum of $15,009 Each.
In the United Btates district court
at Kansas City if'riday, Judge Smith
McPherson of R* d Oak, Iowa, passed
sentence on the seven defendants re¬
cently convicted in this court of mak¬
ing concessions, and accepting and
conspiring to accept rebates on ship¬
ments. Judgments in the nature of
fines were assessed as follows:
Swift & Co., $15,000.
Cudahy Packing Company, $15,000.
The Armour Packing Company,
$15,000.
Nelson MKrrfm & Co., $15,000.
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
railway, $15,000.
George L. Thomas of New York
was fined $6,000 and sentenced to four
months in tlw penitentiary.
L. B. Taggart of New York was
fined $4,000 and sentenced to three
months in the penitentiary.
The fine of $15,000 assessed
against the Burlington covered all
four counts, the aggregate amount i.f
the fines in the seven cases totaling
$85,000. |
Appeals wore filed in each case and
a stay of execution was granted un¬
til June 29, until they could be per¬
fected. The bonds in the case of
Thomas and Taggart were fixed .it
$6,000 each, j 'hese two men appeared
in court personally, and, upon being
sentenced, promptly furnished the re¬
quired bond. The bonds in the case
of the packing companies and the
Burlington - were fixed at $15,000
each.
Tne sentence was passed in the va
rious cases after which motions for
new trials were made by John C.
Cowan of Omaha and Frank Hager
man of Kansas City, for the pack¬
ers, and hi Judge O. M. Spencer of
St. Josepl upon behalf of the Bur¬
lington railroad and 'Thomas and
Taggart, j these motions were over¬
ruled. j
The ind sats on which the vari¬
ous defendkOFS were tried were re¬
turned in Kansas City by the grand
jury on December 13, 1905. j
George 1* Thomas of New York
city, a freight, broker, and his chief
clerk, L. E. Taggart, whose case was
the first to be tried, were convicted
of securing reba'es from railways on
shipments from St. Louis to Kansas
City dry goods firms.
In this trial several merchants tes¬
tified to having received various sums
of money from mysterious sources.
Several thousand dollars were thus
I received, ar.d several witnesses admit
i ted the likelihood of its having come
1 from Thomas. The penalty provided
| is a fine of'not less than $1,000 and
1 not more tiian $10,000, or imprison¬
ment for not more than two years,
or both.
LABOR riDERAllOV Of GEORGIA
Names New fllicifds and Passes Several
Important Resolutions
The Georgia State Federation of
Labor, in session at Augusta, passed
resolutions Friday demanding that the
union label be exacted on all base¬
ball tickets and declared unfair to
organized labor the American Ball
Telephone c< tnp^iy.
D. P. O’Oohner! was elected pres¬
ident and Savannah was chosen as
the next place of meeting. Among
the other officers are J. R- Bridwell,
Atlanta, second rice president, and
W. C. Puckett, Atlanta, secretary and
: treasurer.
The resolution to make William R.
Hearst a life;, member of the organ
' ization was p’ v^ited down. anti-Estiil
The body ssed the res¬
olution. the veer bot'le labels resa
lution and the resolution in favor of
the child labfr bill.
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CONFESSION BY A WIFE SLaYER.
Brash Became Enamoured of Another Wo¬
man and Put tpouse Out of the May.
Charged with the murder of hi#
wife and having made a complete
confession of his crime to the police,
William Brash of Rochester. N. \\,
was arrested in Cleveland, Ohio, Fri¬
day.
With Brash was arrested Mrs. Mary
Gilmore, with whom he is alleged to
have eloped. i
The body of Brash's wife was found
in the canal a tRochester several days
ago. and suspicion was at once turned
to her husband, who had disappeared.
SLAYER HANG1D
Notorious Rich Ivens Puys Penalty at
Chicago for the Brutal Murder of
Miss Bessie Hollister.
Richard C. Ivens was Hanged in
Chicago Friday for the murder of
Mrs. Bessie Hollister.
The condemned man until he stood
under the drop faced death in the
same stolid manner in which he has
conducted himself since his arrest.
When he stepped on the scaffold, how¬
ever, much of his courage failed him.
Just before the cap was drawn over
his face he attempted to utter a
prayer, but although his lips moved
convulsively, his voice could not re¬
spond and he was not able to utter
a sound.
It was evident that he was on the
verge of a complete collapse and the
sheriff hastened the last details as
much as possible in order to avoid
such a contingency. Just prior to the
execution the aged father of Ivens
called at the jail and asked to sc*
his son for the last time. His re¬
quest was refused by the guard, and
the father made quite a scene as he
tearfully begged to se-e the young man
once more. It was necessary :.o lead
him from the building. An aged wo¬
man who made her appearance at
about the same time insisted that the
condemned man was about to hang
unjustly, as her own son had con¬
fessed to her that he and not Ivens
was the actual criminal. She was
detained pending an inquiry into her
sanity.
The murder occurred on the even¬
ing of January 12. Mrs. Bessie Hol¬
lister was the wife of Frank C. Hol¬
lister, head of the large printing os- ,
tablishment of Hollister Brothers.
She was prominent in church ant!
social circles. She left her home the
morning of January 12 with ihe in¬
tention of carrying some flowers to
the funeral of a friend. She purchas¬
ed the flowers and performed some
errands near her home, but did not
appear at the funeral nor was she
again seen alive by anyone.
On the morning of January 13,
Richard Ivens, who lived in the vi
cinity of the woman’s home, told his
father that the body of a woman
was lying on a pile of refuse in the
rear of their barn. The clothing of
the victim was torn and disarranged
and she had evidently made a des¬
perate fight before being overcome,
Around her neck was twisted a
slender copper wire and marks of
pressure werfe visible on other parts
of tlie throat. She had evidently been
strangled to death after being mal¬
treated in the most vicious manner.
The conduct of Ivens aroused ihe
suspicion of the police and he was
arrested. Three hours after he con
fessed the crime. This confession he
later repeated at the inquest. He
went into the shocking details in a
cold-blooded fashion that aroused in¬
tense popular indignation. At the
trial Ivens denied his guilt and sail
he had been forced to confess' by
the police. His defense was an alibi
and the claim that he had made the
confession under hypnotic suggestion.
Application to the supreme court
and the governor were in vain.
BlSlIOi* TO RESIJE IN BIRMINGHAM.
Rev. Morrison Will Remove from New Or¬
leans to Alabama Metropolis.
Bishop H. C. Morrison of the Meth¬
odist Episcopal church, south, now
resident at New Orleans, informs the
Associated Press that he expects to
move to Birmingham, Ala., Within
the next ten days. He will make Bit
mingham his future home.
BECKHAM AFTER SFNaTOSI\ l TOGA.
Governor of Kentucky Inters Rnce Against
the Present Incumbent.
Governor Beckham of Kentucky,
Friday made formal announcement of
his candidacy in the primary to he
held -over the state on the date of
the regular election in November
next for the democratic nomination
to succeed James B. McCreary in the
senate of the United States.
Senator McCreary has already en¬
tered upon a campaign for re-elec
Ven.
BIG PACKING PLANTCLOSESDOWN.
Cudahy Resents Newspaper **Wud-Slinginq
and Adverse Legislation.”
The Louisville Packing company,
said to be the largest plant owned
by the Cudahy Packing company of
Chicago, was closed for an indefinite
period Saturday. The plant was es¬
tablished in 1892, employed about 359
men, and had an annual output of
lO.OOO slieep. 20,"90 cattle, and 300,
000 hogs.
The reasons given for closing down
were "newspaper mud-slinging and
adverse legislation.’’
SENATE CONFIRMS BARNES
Man Charged With Ejection of Woman
from White Boise is Now Wash¬
ington Postmaster.
Benjamin F. Barnes, assistant sec¬
retary to the president, was Satur¬
day confirmed by the senate as post¬
master at Washington. The vote was
35 to 16, and by the same vote, a
resolution was defeated providing for
an investigation of the incident in
March, when, by order of Mr. Barnes,..
Mrs. Minor Morris was ejected from
the white house office, where she -
sought an interview with the. presi¬
dent to urge him to reappoint her
husband to a position in the public
health and marine hospital service,,
from which he had been removed.
The nomination had been pending in
the senate since April 2.
The procedure in the senate, though
behind closed doors, was dramatic
in the extreme. Senator Tillman went
.
over the testimony he had gathered
preparatory to offering it to the com¬
mittee on postoffice and post roads,,
but which was declined by that com¬
mittee when It refused to enter upon
an investigation of the Mrs. Morris
incident. He took up the evidence,
discussed it analytically, but dispas¬
sionately. He had read the statement
of eye-witnesses to the affair, and
then drew from under his desk a
black silk skirt worn by Mrs. Mor¬
ris when she wae carried or “drag¬
ged," as he claimed, from the white
house. It was torn and muddy, show¬
ing clearly the imprints of shoes. It
was charged by Mr. Tillman that the
lower part of the woman’s body had
been trampled on by the police offi¬
cers and the white house attendant,_
including a negro, who had assisted
in taking her to a .carriage.
No effort was made by any sena¬
tor to defend the action ef the police.
Senator Carter said that if there bud
been any assault upon the woman
the police alone were to blame, and.;
that it was unfortunate for Mr.
Barnes that he had been involved.
Senator Carter said Mr. Barnes could
not be held responsible for what the
police had done, and that ill-treat¬
ment, if any had been done, occurred
outside of the offices, and after the
woman had passed from his notice.
Two votes were had by the senate,
the first on a resolution by Senator
Culberson, for an investigation of the
incident, and the second on the nom¬
ination. After the latter vote Sen¬
ator Tillman gave notice that, on;
Tuesday immediately after the morn¬
ing business, he would repeat in the
open senate the remarks he had made
behind closed doors.
He said hq would exhibit the tom
clothing of Mrs. Morris in order that
the country should be informed of On?
entire affair. He will find the oc
casion for this exhibition in moving
for a vote on his resolution asking
for an investigation of tlie Washing¬
ton police force, in connection with’
this incident.
During his speech Senator Tillman
-z„* wriS a peculiar coinci¬
dence that the only eye-witnesses who -
defended the white house incident
were Elmer E- Paine, a newspaper
man who had received a "ltvai acad¬
emy appointment for his son. and tlie
police, whose superintendent. Richard'
Sylvester, had received a like favor
from the hands of the president.
HA9ES BR0KF 109SE IN COLON.
Municipal felec’ions Resulted in Spilling
of Gore, as Fxpected
The municipal election in Colon oit.
Sunday was marked by bloodshed. It.
is understood the government was.
victorious, but the results have not
been announced.
The elections were orderly witfe
the exception of a few free fights,,
which were without serious resultv
until late Sunday afternoon, when a
clash took place between the liberals:
and policemen who were protecting
the ballot boxes.
Nine policemen and one Jose Anto¬
nio Paredes, a member of one of the.
bett families in Panama, were badly
wounded, and one liberal was killed.
Forty armed policemen restored or¬
der.
B03Y Of LESTER ENTOMBED.
Funeral and Burial of Dead Congressman
Largely Attended.
The funeral of the late Congress¬
man Rufus E. Lester took place Wed¬
nesday afternoon from St. John’s;
church in Savannah. It was largely
attended, a great concourse of citt
zens appearing at the church to nav
the last tokens of respect to the mem¬
ory of the distinguished dead. The
cortege that fololwed the body to its
resting place in historic Bonaventure
cemetery was of great length, and tha
closing service at the grave was mark
ed by great solemnity.