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JAPS TO SEE FLEET
r dial Invitation of Mikado
Has Been Accepted,
cabinet ACTS PROMPTLY |
!
Washington Officials Believe that Chi
na Will Also Request a Visit,
Thus Making the World
Itinerary Complete.
The American battleship fleet is to
-isit Japan. The desire of the em
keror of the island kingdom to play j
, t to the “big sixteen’’ was laid
iefore Secretary Hoot at Washington
, hursday by Baron Takahir'a, the Jap¬
anese ambassador. which couched in
The invitation, was
ost cordial terms, was made the sub- j
s ct of extended consideration by Pres- .
lent Roosevelt and his entire directed cabinet j
Tiday. Secretary Root was to
ccept the invitation, and the accept
rxe was laid before the Japanese am
assador later in the day.
It is regarded in official circles as
ior0 than likely that China will be
ex t to bid for a look at the fleet, and
aa t should this be the case the in
jtation would he accetped.
•gecretary Metcalf and Admiral Pills
ury, c hief of navigation, are arranging
ie details of the new itinerary. With
ie exception of China, it is believed
> have been determined that all other
ivitations, should any be received,
ill be declined, for, at best, the fleet
ill not be able to reach the Atlantic
util next March.
The intinerary which seems to be
lost direct includes stops at the Ha
aiian islands, Samoa, Melbourne,
vfr.ey, Manila, Yokohama—should
iat port be selected as the stopping
lace In Japan—possibly a Chinese
31% back to the Philippines, and then
tune by way of the Suez canal.
The fall target practice has beeu
aimed to occupy a month at Manila,
[ther before or after the visit to Ja
an A1 though target practice is re
krded as decidedly important, and
3e custom is to have the ships occu
L a month each spring and fall iu
[m practice, the desire to have the
feet return to its home station may
ad to a curtailment of the month
fanned for Manila.
[Japan will have the ships a week,
wording to tentative plans. While the
[ops We in foreign ports so far made
been on an average of ten days’
[nation, a part of that time was oc
kpied in taking on coal".
The acceptance of the Japanese in
[tatlon is regarded in official circles
) of considerable importance In the
jay of a demonstration of the cordial¬
ly existing between the American
fid Japanese governments.
[Late Friday night the state depart
ient gave out the Japanese note invlt
g the American battleship fleet to
Isit Japan and the president's re
Jonse accepting the invitation.
CREEKS WOULD SELL LANDS.
old Convention and Ask for Removal
of Restrictions.
The Oklahoma delegation in con¬
fess Friday were advised that at a
invention of Creek Indians Thursday
Cheoita, Okla., resolutions were
lopted favoring the removal of the
istrictions put upon alienation of
lids of mixed bloods and asking for
ie removal by the secretary of the
terior of the four Creek delegates
id the attorney in Washington who
ive been opposing the proposition.
MISTAKEN FOR SMUGGLERS.
ustom Inspectors Shoot Each Other
Dead In a Duel.
Mounted Customs Inspectors Charles
and Charles Jones fought a du
i in the dry bed of the Rio Grande
^er, in El Paso, Texas, Thursday
Bbt, and both were killed. Their
idies were found Friday. It is suppos
l that each mistook the other for a
nuggler.
SHOT SY KOREAN SPIES.
I Vl - Stevens, American Adviser to
K°rean Ccuncil of State, Wounded.
II Stevens, American adviser to
1 ‘ Korean council of state who was
■t uked by a committee of Koreans
the Fairmont hotel in San Fran
Bco - Sunday night, for favoring the
lurse of Japanese in Korea, was shot
“ ee times by- two Koreans at the
11 on ferry building, Monday, and
l ri °usly wounded. Stevens drew a
k; oi and shot one of the Koreans.
PERUVIANS INVADE CHILE.
med Troops Cross Frontier in Pur¬
suit of Smugglers.
A dispatch received in Valparaiso
Dl " Arica says that a detachment
Peruvian troops invaded Tarata, a
111 It an town in the province of Tacna
(1 m ar the Peruvian frontier, in pur*
f smugglers. The Chilean police
^ nned the invaders, hut later fresh
P'lviai i troops arrived at Tarata and
rtered the houses, searching for arms.
memorial to congress
Presented to Speaker Cannon and‘Vico
President Fairbanks by Delegation
Headed by Sam Gompers.
Speaker Cannon and Vice President
Fairbanks Thursday announced their
belief that the present congress will
pass an employers’ liability act which
will meet and overcome the unconsti¬
tutionality of the present law, pointed
out by the supreme court of the United
States in a recent decision.
1 heso statements were made to a
delegation, led by President Samuel
Gompers, of the American Federation
of Labor, from eighty-seven national
and international trade and labor un
ions and organizations of farmers, as
sembled in a national conference iu
Washington. The delegation called on
the speaker to lay before the house
of representatives, through him, a me
morial entitled “Labor’s Protest to
Congress.”
The scope of this memorial was set
forth in the following opening para
graphs:
“We, the official representatives of
the national and international trade
and labor unions and organizations of
farmers, in national conference assem¬
bled, in the District of Columbia, for
the purpose of considering and taking
action deemed necessary to meet the
situation in which the working people
of the country are placed by recent
decisions gf the courts, now appear be¬
fore congress to voice the earnest and
emphatic protest of the workers of the
country against the indifference, if not
actual hostility, which congress has
shown toward the reasonable and right¬
eous measures proposed by the work¬
ers for the safeguarding of their rights
and interests.
“In the name of Labor, we urge upon
congress the necessity for immediate
action for relief from the most grave
and momentous situation which has
ever confronted the working people of
this country. This crisis has been
brought about by the application by
the supreme court of the United States
of the Sherman anti-trust law to the
workers, both organized and In their
individual capacity.
“There is something ominous in the
ironic manner in which the courts
guarantee to workers:
“The ‘right’ to be discharged for be¬
longing to a labor union;
“The ‘right’ to work as many hours
as employers please, and under any
conditions which they may impose.
“Labor is justly indignant at the be¬
stowal or guaranteeing of these worth¬
less and academic ‘rights’ by the
courts, which, in the same breath, deny
and forbid to the workers the practical
and necessary protection of laws which
define and safeguard their lights and
liberties and the exercise of them ^in¬
dividually or in association.”
MUH0ER CHARGED TO THREE.
Trio of Negroes Bound Over for Kill¬
ing Pawnbroker in Atlanta.
Jim Madden, Tom Frazier aud Wood
son Davis,' three negroes, were bound
over by Judge Broyles of the Atlanta
police court Thursday, charged with
the murder of Jacob Hirsovitz, who
was shot to death in front of his pawn
shop, on the night of February 29
while in a scuttle with a negro who
had entered his shop, and seizing a
pistol, had endeavored to make his
escape through the door.
When on the sidewalk the negro
cried out to two confederates standing
nearby to shoot. This they did, Hirso¬
vitz tailing to the sidewalk mortally
wounded, while his assailants mads
their escape iu the darkness.
HOMESEEKERS IN WRECK.
Two Killed and Several Badly Hurt in
Accident on Great Northern.
Two men were killed and seven oth
er persons were badly injured Thurs*
day when an excursion train on the
International and Great Northern rail¬
road, bearing a party of homeseekers
from Kansas and Oklahoma, en route
Ls Pa’.etenas, Mex., were wrecked
by a broken rail at Pearsall, Texas.
LIBERIA APPEALS TO UNCLE SAM
Negro Republic Wants to Be Protected
Against France.
The government of the little Afri
can republic of LSberia has appealed
to America to protect her territorial
integrity against France, The state
department has been informed that a
delegation is now on its way from
Monrovia to Washington to make a
apneai to the president and
Secretary Root to restrain the French
from forcibly taking possession of a
part of the country lying on the
between Liberia and French
Africa.
ANARCHIST PAPER BARRED.
Daoo Newspaper Published m
N. J, Ousted from Mails.
s0 n postoffica ee
Declining to allow the
partmert bo p»t in the ros.t.on of
to allott the
to mnrSer by ing .n
yubHcatlons which adovente bt.l
citizens by dynamite. Postmaster
Mever has issued an order de
nonmailable the Italian pub
La Questin Soclale. a weekly
at Paterson, N. J.
Georgia Briefs
Items of State Interest Culled
From Random Sources.
Meeting of School Superintendents.
County school superintendents from
all over Georgia will gather in Bruns¬
wick on March 31 and April 1 and 2,
to attend the annual convention, for
which many interesting features have
been arranged.
Dividend of Neal Bank Paid.
The Central Bank and Trust Cor¬
poration has issued checks for the 20
per cent dividend of the Neal Bank at
Atlanta. The amount of the dividend
was $342,388.60, or one-fifth of $1,711,
943.03, the bank’s indebtedness, with
the exception of certain preferred
claims.
Major Palmer Detailed for Georgia.
According to a Washington dispatch
Major Frederick L. Palmer, U. S. A.,
retired, who has been relieved at his
own request from further duty at St.
Joseph’s college at Philadelphia, has
been detailed by order of the president
for duty with the Georgia state mi¬
litia.
Wage Workers Endorse Brown*.
A political surprise evolved from a
meeting <?f wage workers in Macon
when strong resolutions were adopted
in which Hon. Joseph M. Brown was
endorsed for governor of Georgia with
out a dissenting voice. it was a
meeting of the Wage Workers’ Protec¬
tive Association, and a large number
of persons were in attendance.
Cuts Revenue of Subu r ban Trains.
The Central of Georgia railway com¬
pany has filed a petition with the rail¬
road commission asking its permis¬
sion to remove certain suburban trains
running between Atlanta and Jones¬
boro, on the ground that the establish¬
ment of the electric trolley line be¬
tween Atlanta and Hapeville has so
interfered with the business of these
trains as to make them unprofitable.
The Central seeks to take off one
Sunday and two daily trains.
Will Not Canvass from Stump.
Hon. Joseph M. Brown, who has an¬
nounced for governor, states that he
will not attempt to canvass the state
from the stump.
It is Mr. Brown’s purpose to reach
the voters of Georgia rather through
correspondence and the daily press
than by making campaign speeches. He
further sttaes that he proposes to
make his campaign wholly upon the is
sues and that he will not inject into
it anything of personalities.
* * *
Shad Fishery for Georgia.
The senate Saturday passed the bill
of Senator Bacon providing for an
appropriation of $15,000 to establish a
fish-hatching and fish-culture station
for the propagation of shad in Georgia.
The station will he located on or near
the seacoast, at some point to be des¬
ignated by the secretary of commerce
and labor.
In reporting the hill, the chairman
of the committee on fisheries attached
a letter from Secretary Straus, indors¬
ing the measure.
Business Men to Enter Politics.
Following the announcement made
by John A. Murphy, a director in the
Atlanta chamber of commerce, at a
meeting of the directors, that it war¬
time the chamber of commerce was
taking a hand in city politics and see
ing to it that members were elected
from each ward that would represent
the best interests of the city, force-:
have been quietly at work to formulate
‘business men’s ticket,” which will
a
be announced in a short while, to be
voted upon at the coming city primal).
♦ * *
State is Paid in Full.
State Treasurer R. E. Park has re
ceived from the Central Bank and
Trust Corporation, receiver for the
defunct Neal Bank, in Atlanta, a
check for $65,502.90, being the bal
ance due on the state’s deposits with
that institution. The state treasurer
was paid $125,000 some days ago, and
the court ordered that the balance
be paid within twenty days. The de¬
positors who fought the state s claims
to a prior lien on the assets of the
Neal Bank did not give the required
bond to prevent the payment of these
funds to the state, though they have
already appealed from Judge Ellis’ de¬
cision to the supreme court.
Georgia Campaign Book Issued.
As chairman of the Georgia state
democratic executive committee, Judge
A L. Miller of Macon has had com
piled and published “The Georgia
Campaign Book” for 1908.
Every one of the 50 pages of me
book is full of valuable and interest¬
ing information of the organization,
pledges and personnel of the demo
rcatic party in Georgia. It contains
specifically a list of the members of
the state executive committee, a list oi
the members of each county democrat
lc executive committee, the democratic
platform adopted by the state con
vention at Macon September 4, 1906,
and the rules for the state primaries
of 1908, which were adopted by the
state committee at Its meeting in At¬
lanta February 6, 1908.
New Railroad Chartered.
A charter has been granted by the
secretary of state to the Georgia, A’a
bama and Western railroad, a 60-mile
'line to be built between Camilla, in
Mitchell county, to Newton, in Baker
county, thence through Baker and Cal¬
houn counties to Fort Gaines, In Clay
county.
The charter was issued to J. B.
Kauffman, of Atlanta, in person, who
stated that the road was to he bull!
and the bulk of the capital furnished
by C. Sprinkle of Vincennes Ind.
The new road has capital stock ol
$500,000, and the principal offices will
b# in Atlanta. The charter runs for
101 years.
Children Working for Prizes.
Since the Cotton Seed Crushers’ As¬
sociation of Georgia announced the of¬
fer of $100 in gold to the school chil¬
dren of Georgia for the four best com¬
positions on “The Uses of Cotton Seed
and Its Products," the department of
agriculture, at the capitol, has been
swamped with childish requests, in
regard to cotton seed, cotton seed meal,
cotton seed hulls and cotton seed oil.
Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson
and Asistant Commissioner Wright
have answered each of these requests
at once, and furnished all of the in
formation at hand.
The children are limiting their com¬
positions to 750 words, which are being
turned over to their teachers, each
teacher selecting the three best from
that school, and these are sent to the
county school commissioner to select
the best one, from the lot, to be sent
to the state judges, soon to be an¬
nounced.
These judges will award $50 for the
best composition; $25 for the second;
$15 for the third, and $10 for the
fourth.
The children are taking up the vari¬
ous uses of the cotton seed products,
some writing on its as a fertilizer filler,
others tell of its use as a cattle feed,
others of cotton seed oil as a cooking
substitute for lard and still others as
a treatment and cure for consumption.
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
Decided Upon by President Roosevelt,
Which Will Be Put Squarely
Up to Congress.
President Roosevelt has determined
on a legislative program, the enact¬
of which will be urged upon con¬
in a special message. Each of
measures to he proposed involves
difficulties, and each will
far-reaching effect on the busi¬
and economic conditions of the
The program is the produot of im¬
conferences through which the
has been put in possession
the clews of all interests concerned.
the attitude of the leaders
both branches of congress has been
known. Its success depends on
combined effort which he believes
be brought to bear in behalf of
whole plan by those accepted, es¬
by some of its features.
The program includes: A declara¬
in favor of a revision of the tariff
a special session to be held after
4, 1909; an amendment to the
anti-trust law so as to make
concessions to combinations
both labor and capital; limiting the
of certain courts in the use of
injunction in labor disputes; pass¬
of an employers’ liability bill;
of the Aldrich financial hill.
The support of the busines and
interests of the middle west
pledged to the president on this
following an extended confer
held at the white house Friday
A most satisfactory conference
held at the president’s offices Sat
with leaders of the two houses
congress
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TO PROSECUTE “RED” EDITORS,
Suggests Court Action
Against Anarchist Publishers.
President Roosevelt states in an
to an appeal from Mayor Me
of Paterson, N. J., to exclude
anarchist newspaper, “La Ques
Sociale,” from the mails for the
of suppressing the publication
besides directing that ti>e news
be denied the use of the mails,
has requested the department ot
to make every effort to prose
criminally those responsible for
publication.
UNINSTRUCTED DELEGATIONS
Denver Convention, is Advice of
New York Democratic Committee.
As predicted by Chairman W. J.
the New York democratic
committee Thursday voted al
solidly in favor of an uninstruct
delegation to the national conven
But one voice was raised in opposi¬
that of Charles Williams, of Ly¬
who subsequently explained that
stood for Bryan,
DEATH GRIPS BRYAN
Y oung Florida Senator Yields
in Fight Against Reaper,
VICTIM 0FTYPH0ID FEVER
Passed Away in Washington Hospital
After Long Illness—Was in Sen
at But Little Over Two
Months.
United States Senator William
James Bryan of Florida died at Prov¬
idence hospital in Washington at 8:30
o'clock Sunday morning of typhoid fe¬
ver. It was only seventy-three days
since he took his seat as the suc¬
cessor of the late Senator Stephen R,
Mallory, who died December 23, and
thirtyjthree days of that time was
spent in his fight against disease.
Several times during Mr. Bryan’s ill¬
ness his friends despaired of his re¬
covery, but as late as Saturday night
the report w-as given out that his con¬
dition had taken a turn for the better.
His death, therefore, came as a sur¬
prise and a distinct shock.
In physique Mr. Bryan was unfitted
i to withstand a P rotracted fevcr - He
was slight build atld of a nervous
temperament. He came to Washing:
ton early in January from the warm
climate of Florida and from the day
of his arrival was far from well.
'Finally he tvas compelled to give up
and was taken to Providence hospital.
In Mr. Bryan the senate loses the
seventh member by death since the
-adjournment of the fifty-ninth con¬
gress on March 4, a year ago. They
were the two late senators from Ala¬
bama, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Pettus; Mr.
Mallory of Florida, Mr. Latimer of
South Carolina, Mr. Proctor of Ver¬
mont, Mr. Whyte of Maryland and Mr.
Bryan. Curiously, the last two were
the oldest and the youngest members
of the body. Mr. Whyte was 81 years
and Mr. Bryan less than 32 years old.
Although Mr. Bryan was in the sen¬
ate too short a time to impress his
individuality on legislation or to take
a prominent part in the consideration
of matters in committee, it is conceded
that he would have become a forceful
part of the minority.
Mr. Bryan was born in Orange coun¬
ty, Florida, October 10, 1876. He at¬
tended the public schools of his state
and Emory College, Georgia, graduat¬
ing from the latter institution in 1890.
Three years later he -was graduated
from Washington and Lee University
and mi 1899 began the practice of law
in Jacksonville, Fla. Until a short time
before his appointment to succeed Mr.
Malolry in the senate he had served as
solicitor of the Duval county criminal
court. He was married to Miss Janet
Allan of Lexington, Va., who, with one
son, survives him.
< ELEPHANTS ROUNDED UP.
Two Escapes from Circus in Florida
Finally Caught After Long Chase.
The two big elephants which escap¬
ed from the Van Amberg circus in Flor¬
ida were rounded up seven mile? from
Jasper Saturday night, and were taken
in charge by members of the circus.
The elephants were at large four
days and nights, and created much
terror. They were fired upon several
times. They swam streams, broke
through ponds and lakes, walked
through wire fences and tore down
whatever came in their way.
TOBACCO FARMERS IN PANIC.
Fear of Night Riders Cause Them to
Destroy Beds and Stop Planting.
Driven by a panic of fear because
of the warning letters and visits of
the night riders, farmers in nearly all
of the forty-two counties in the white
hurley tobacco district of Kentucky
are busily destroying their tobacco
beds. In many counties huge signs
have been erected on buildings, de
claring the intention of the farmers
j not to raise a crop this season.
TWO PRIESTS SQUELCHED.
*
'ndicted for Attacking Civil Marriago
Law of Porto Rico.
: The federal grand jury at San Juan
Porto Rl c ° Saturday, rc turne an a
dictment agai»st tvo priests, a a
i Juan, Porto Catholic Rico, Saturday, pub ica e ion l rs
a Roman which it
j printing article in was
an contracting
asserted that persons mar
riage under the civil law live in a
state of concubinage and that their
children are illegitimate. The jury
holds that the article In question was
obscene and unfit to be published.
HANGINQ IN WASHINGTON.
Dego Swung Into Eternity for the Mur¬
der of His Sweetheart.
Joseph Paolucci, an Italian, was
hanged in Washington Monday for the
murder of his sweetheart, Elizabeth
< Dodge, in September, 1906.
The Italian ambassador intervened
in P&olucci’s behalf on the claim that
his trial had not been an impartial one,
but the president refused to commute
the sentence,
RATE LAWS BIFFED
By De^is ons Rendered in
U. S. Supreme Court.
WO STATES INVOLVED
North Carolina and Minnesota Courts
Courts Placed Under Jurisdiction
cf Federal Tribunals—Disas¬
trous Results Predicted.
A Washington special says: In re¬
fusing to grant to Attorney General
Young of Minnesota a writ of habeas^,
corpus releasing him from the penalty
imposed by the United States circuit
court for the district of Minnesota on
the charge of contempt of court in
instituting a proceeding in a state
court for the enforcement of the rail¬
road rate law after the federal court
had prohibited such a course, and in
affirming the decision of Judge Pritch¬
ard of the United States circuit court
for the western district of North Caro¬
lina, discharging from imprisonment
James H. Wood, a ticket agent of the
Southern railway at Asheville, after
he had been sentenced by the Ashe¬
ville police court to serve a term on
the rock-pile on the charge of col¬
lecting for a ticket on that road a
greater price than was permitted by
the state railroad law, the supremo
court of the United States Monday add¬
ed another to the series of decisions
.
which have rendered notable the pres¬
ent term of that court.
In both cases the right of the states
to fix rates for railroad transportation
was the issue, and both involved con¬
flicts between the federal and the state
courts. The decision in each case was
opposed both to the states and to
their courts. The opinion of the court
hi both cases was announced by Jus¬
tice Peckham, and, with the exception
of Justice Harlan, all the other mem¬
bers of the court stood behind him in
the announcement of the court’s find¬
ing. Jpstice Harlan read a dissenting
opinion in the Young case, in which
he took the view that the suit was
practically a proceeding against the
state, and therefore not permissible un¬
der the eleventh amendment to the
constitution. He therefore character
led the opinion as era-making in the
history of the court, saying that it
had the effect of closing the courts of
a state against the state itself, and
predicted that the result would he dis¬
astrous.
The two cases were so similar that
both practically were decided in one
opinion. The principal pronouncement
was made in the Minnesota case.
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
Issued Against Federation of Labor
in- Buck Stove Company Case.
The American Federation of Labor
and President Gompers and others of
that organiation were permanently en¬
joined from “conspiring, agreeing or
combining to restrain, obstruct or de¬
stroy” the business of the Buck Stove
and Range company in a decision ren¬
dered by Chief Justice Clabaugh of
the supreme court of the District of
Columbia, Monday, making permanent
the temporary injunction of Justice
Gould against the federation in that
case.
The federation’s counsel immediate¬
ly noted an appeal to the district court
of appeals. Monday’s decision bars
the federation from in any manner
calling the attention of the public to
the Buck company, or its business or
products, and also bars the federation
from placing the company on the “un¬
fair list” or from stating the company’s
products should nc-t be purchased eith¬
er in Missouri or anywhere else.
STAID SENATORS AWED.
Untimely Death of Young Bryan Sub¬
ject of Solemn Comment.
The senate Monday for the fifth time
in the present session adjourned be
cause death had robbed the body of
on e of its members. The announce¬
ment that Senator William James Bry
an of Florida died Sunday was made
by Senator Clay of Georgia, in the
absence of Senator Taliaferro, who left
Washington early Monday morning as
a member of the committee which
accompanied the body to Jackson
ville.
The untimely death of Senator Bry¬
an, who was familiarly known as tho
“baby” of the senate, a title in which
he took pride, came home to the sen¬
ators with more force than any which
had preceded it. The seven sorrows
that have come upon this branch of
congress since adjournment a year ago
were a matter of solemn comment.
COTTON MILLS CUT WAGES.
New Bedford Concerns Post Notices of
10 Per Cent Reduction.
Notices of wage reducTfcffi averaging
10 per cent were posted in ail the cot¬
ton cloth mills in New Bedford, Mass.,
Monday. The reduction will become
operative on April 6.
The yarn mills; which are outside
the New Bedford cotton manufacturers’
association, will, it is understood, take
similar action. About 22,m operatives
will be affected.
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