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THE WAYCROSS WEEKLY HERALD \Vaycro*3, who being •ays that the above and fcresotng .itaement is a true condition of saia Bat*. eh lawn by the bcoks of file »n sworn. TOCHINESS WATERS TO Bi THEIR DEMANDS. Serious Measures May Resent From Present Jap-China Complica tions. By Telegraph To The Herald. Pekin, China, March 3.—The report that the Chinese Government has re leased the Japanese steamer Tatsu Maru, Is unfounded. The report or iginated In Tokio. UNKNOWN MEN CALLED AT HI3 HOME. Said To Have Been Active Against Black Hand. Son and Himself Severly Injured. Chicago., March 2.—Two unknown men, said to be members of thej ‘B.ack Hand,” called at the home of Chief of Police Shlppy shortly after 3'cIock this morning. When George, tne chiefs son, answered the MILLION AND A QUARTER PROP- /The situation between China and j !oor bel1 thoy °P eneti fire with a rc- Japan is serious, the Chinese having | voI V Cr * K * dropped to the Hour fatally ignored thq demand of the Japanese ' vo;mde d- The cleft of po'Jlce tTfen for the release of the vessel, togeth- ran ,ut< er with Indemnity. The Chinese Government will ban*, ly grant terms isasmuch as the Cus toms officials reported without doubt that the vessel was unloading smug gled arms at the time of the seizure. Tne Japanese have already patched four cruisers Into Chinese waters, and if the Chinese Govern ment persists In ignoring or denying their demands, serious measures result. THANKFUL VOYAGERS REACHED SHORE TODAY. New York, March 3.—One hundred and three thankful voyagers • came ashore this morning when the big Porto Rican packet Conma docked af ter having spent a Jay hard ashore at Jones Beach. hallway and grappled viih one of the men. The other lie hot dead. Before ho could turn the evoher on the cthrtr assassin tho hief was seriously stabbed In the ide. The stranger then opened fire at the cihef. A driver named Foley, rushing into: the hall, was fatally wounded. I The police say that Chief Sblppy's | activity against the “Black Hand’* I caused a vendetta to be sworrn > against him gy that organization. ( THREE FATALLY AND DOZEN SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. Attempt Made To Lynch Negro. Had Stolen Gun And Shells From Hardware Store. • Richmond, Va., March 2.—Robert Faulkner, a negro, supposed to be ips&ne, Su.ulay hlght broke Into a hardware store and stole a shot gun ar.J a supply of shells. He then br ed Indiscriminately Into a crowd ol church goers, fatally wounding W. Cautlry and Miss Mamie Siegels and seriously wounding a dozen others. Faulkner shot.down a policeman who was attracted by the shots, and will probably die. Ah attempt was made to lynch Faulkner but the crowd was frustrat ed by the police. JUDGE. SPEAR ANNOUNCES HIS DICISION TODAY. Locker Club Officials Must Return License To City And Promise To 8in No More. Savannah, Ga., March 2.—Judge Speer in the United States Court to day announced his decision as to the indictments against officials of locker clubs, v He said that be would accept a plea of guilty and woulJ suspend sentence upon promise that they would obey the law In future and re turn to the city the license under which they operate. Many will con sent to do this. COMMISSIONERS MAY TAKE UP • MATTER TOMORROW. j Recent High Water Practically Put j . An End to Trade Between Ware| and Pierce Counties j The ware County Commissioners j at their meeting tomorrow will be! petitioned to take up the matter ofj the proposed bridge over the Satilla! river, near the Atlantic Coast Lino} railroad bridge. • The new bridge was considered 1 favorably by the commissioners when j the matter ws3 first brought before’ them some months ago, button r.c-j count of tso scarcity of funds In the I county treasury at that um&, no nc-j Here are somo of the pieia The upper picture shows Tiio Martinlcn Campbell after a two-hours fight. Th • i.-ft I ucknow, where the great battle of Never cf the barracks at Cawnyore. Whea the r( to the owurd. HAD BEEN I THREE AMERICA MONTHS. No that the greater portion off the tax money is in, the county has aaii*3 funds for the work, and thej people of the city would be glxul toj see tome action looking to tho early construction cf the bridge. The high v/ater of the last twe or three mouths almost entirely cut off connection between Fierce and ware counties by wagon road, and the mer chants of this city no doubt lost Pierce county trade b^causo of fact. The new road will shorten o distance between WnycraM j By Telearaph ,~ Th , Hefald , and L’iupkshear about two miles, and ‘ ties this will cut out nearly three milc3 cf the worst sand bed to be found In this state. The Plerco ; couuty authorities are In favor of appropriating their share of the oxp'nse ridge and hav <‘s which arc? htlng thread brcr.dc.'>a? t?; ‘ College, Lucknow, fortified o/the rebel hand middle picture shows Klin tier 17th took place. The lew, .- Hod force under Ilavcloe.t car.!.. gbout England, nd carried by Sir John otidh 5 kent, and river bang, •u v :d.o y-< the battered wulls t.tey put every Sepoy ™ Scores Or Anarchists Fleeing Fro | City, Assascln Was Follower c Emma Galdman. ' BOX PALL ALLEY WILL I Statement of the condition of * CPEN TOMORROW NlGHtJ j The new Box Ball Alley will be; ..ready lor opening tomorrow night,I BlXIi • j and there will be a Liljliunt scene In!. ‘•hat neighborhood If the electric j n * W*)*™*. La., ac ho close j tight* Mr tfv, M n J° f bU3laeS * Febn,a r y U'*. 190t!. Myers Is pdtting l:i are . j ready to be tunfed o.j. Chicago., March 3,—The body ot j The alleys arrivtui today and j the mail who attempted yesterday to in all proballlty be ready for use by j RESOURCES. shoot Chief of Police Shlppey, has been imientlfied as that of Lazarus Averbuch, a Russian Jew, aged twen ty. His birthplace Is Kisheneff, Rub* lor the proposed j 8 j a ^ ftnj j j, e has been in America three promised to grade NINE HOUR RAILROAD LAW NN GOES INTO EFFECT TUESDAY Washington, March 2. -The Inter state Commerce CommUsion has <te- nied all the petitions of the railroads of the country for a postponement or the operation of the nine hour rail road low, and It goes into effect to morrow. The new law gives em ployment to many thousands of tele graphers and other railroad men. the road between the river and Blacx- tfucar. | While the expense of the undertak ing will be sovoral thousand dollars,! ho merchants cr this city would un-j ioabtediy receive full returns for the irpesditure In Increased trade In a* short while. months. , Averbuch was an anarchist and follower of Emma Goldman. He w I employed cue month Ly a produ m herft. Tho attack on Chief Shlppcy was revenge for a rebuff the marchers In the recent “army of tho unemploy ed” received at the hands of the po lice department. No clue has been obtained as to Conflabration Oiglnaied In Boarding House. Forty Acres Business Ard P-cidence Property Burned. Tampa, Fla., March 2.—Forty acres of buslne«H and residence property was laid to waste, thousands of peo ple are homeless and out of employ- wont. and' a million and % a quarter property loss are tlfo results of yes terday’s eouilagration which origin ated la a boarding house in which a Cuban v.-au lying In bed smo*lng a clgureUe. • This morning fluda the city officials actively at work relieving the Buffer- era. Subscriptions arc belli? taken and benefit entertainments havo been arranged at t!;o theatre*. A relief committee haa been selected nnd is In full charge. „ The burned area covered eighteen and a half city blocks, and 333 build ings were destroyed, with a property loss estimated at $1,250,000. The area swept by lire embraced all that portion of the city between Twelfth and Michigan avenues and Sixteenth and Twentieth streets. One futality Is reported, a Cuban woman, who dropped dead during the fire. EDI80N MAY BE OUT WITHIN A WEEK. Now York, Macr 2.—Thomas A. Ed ison is doing nicely and physicians think tho danger of complications has passed. While they believe ho will be out within a week, physicians say; tne operation will not relievo the pa tient’s ear. PORTO RICO LINER IN DANGER- OUti P08ITI0N. High Seas Running But No Immediate Danger. 101 Passengers Aboard. „v York, March 2.—Thirty miles ut of her course In a denso fog, the v York and Porto Rica Liner Coa- today went ashore off Fire Island, between Lono Hill and Fire Island life saving station. \ high sea was running, ami des pite wifeu from Captain Ualton, com manding the Cokum that he was Jn no Immediate dangor, the owuers , fear there Is. A hundred and ondf puj-rseiigers are aboard. It is feared, that unions the fog to enable tugs to reach her, the HAS AR13EN IN CONGRE3S.’the whereabouts' of tbo accomplice of j the dead anarchist. Several arrests Washington. March, 2.—A curious have been made but it is not uellev- situaticn has arisen In Congress witujcd that any of the suspects Arc con- reference to the law regulating the nectcd directly with the plot, hours of service for employes on in* Scores cf anarchists are fleeing terstate rallroadB which was passed!the city on account of arrests made last spring and was signed on March!by the police. 4th, 1907. This contained the pro- ... ... tomorrow night. Tne opening of this most popular and healthful cf all modern games has been looked for ward to with a groat deal of pleas ure by the young people oPfeie city, both ladles and gentlemen, and it Is expected that a larce crowd will be preoent tomorrow night. Mr. Myers has decided to close his name contest on the 10th in&C. an.t all parties who desire to Bend In a suggestion must do so before that date. A committee of prominent cit izens will be selected’ later tp decide on the name and award the $25.00 in gold offered by Mr. Myers. loans and Discounts $130,226,73 Demand Loans 7*i7*»afi . M72.ui> ♦ coama will be driven further in ‘and will go to pieces. 'Overdrafts 98. <6 Furniture nnd Fixtures.... 4,5‘Gy.oO Duo from Banks and Bank ers 6,285.74 Currency S,5~?.Cfl Gold f..... 2,000.00 Silver, Nickel* nnd Pennies 2,103.31 Checks and Cash Items ... ^553.04 Dxcnangtp for tho Clearing House 050,14 Clearing House Certificates 4,750.00 CANAL TO CONNECT RIVER RHINE WITH MARSEILLES Marseilles March. £.—A new canal to connect the river Rhine^ with the port cf Marseilles will pass through a tunnel 4 1-4 miles long. Tne tun nel will he 72 feet broad and 46 feet be unconstitutional on the same u. GOVERNMENT TO 8PEND C2C.CC0 ON EXPERIMENTS. Washington, March, 2.-—In spite of oil the thousands cf dolars which tho govern A cut has expended In krmy end navy target practice It Is a cur ious fact that the ordnance expert- have net yet determined the exac* j position cf a projectile as It strikes j Nctcr the object aimed at. Whether It hits head on or broadwise is still a myste ry, although steps are about lo oe high. The quantity of material to be removed In constructing this tunnel is double that removed Li the ecu- srtuctlcn of tho Simplon. Tho differ ence arises frera the great width and height of the canal tunnel. The time required for dtcglng it is seven cr eight years. The entire canal will cost $:5,C0C,000. The snow is meting hi the North and Northern tourist* is the South are also melting away. vision that 4t should go into effect at NEW MO*TOR BOAT8 TO tho end of one year, so that* It will I GO ON 8ATILLA RIVER, bo practically In epertaien on the 4th t — ■ »■ of thiB month, investigation, which! During the coming spring and sum- haa been carefully carried on by some mer a number cf motor boats will j taken which will solve this question, legislators at tho request of various;liacly bo purchased for use on thej it will cost $20,000 to enable ex labor leaders, points to the certain ( Satilla river near’Waycross. Mr.) perir.cnts to be made to determine conclusions that this act will prove to W. R. Beach will purchase a beat for this point. between Waycross and his mill Total $169,799.11 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid in $75,000.00 grounds, which induced the supremo juut below Burnt Fort. W. H. Bu- Court to declare against the Employ- ciianan and It, O. 8crug.?s will pre era' Liability Act, some weeks ago. j bahiy buy,a motor beat together and ja par y o? young men are building ANARCHIST NOT ALLOWED jc sr.r.-I fconre boai. Email motor rests rrn run with rafe'y in the Sa- i!”r. about ten ninths in the year, Worcheolcr, liois., March J.—!u ;vj with.the cleaning cut cf some of view cf the anarchistic outbreak In the lerr, borta of 1I/.U draft can rurv the Wc3t, the police cf this c7cy will; uii year nrcumb not allow Alexander Batkman. the an- — archl3.‘, to deliver i4s address her® on And they handed Forakcr a very March 12. large lemon In Ohio. That plans are taping made for a strenuous fight on d Isf ranch isomen t of the negroes at the general election In Gctcbcr, is admitted by Republican says leaders in Georgia who declare that .;taement he chance of success appears to bo Bsc*, as s-xwn p*r..l to them. They ducl^re that a said B=r.k. c It. red vote of r.tout 75,000 will te yoiled, and arj» counting cn a white! veto of thirty to thirty-five thousand. | *'. •-n rr.J — this 4th day of The Kansas Republicans say they 1 are for Taft Hie had suspected it Surplus Fund 3,750.00 Undivided Profits, left Current Expenses and Taxes paid. 614.27 Due to Banks end Cankers In This State 3,194.47 Individual Deposits Subject to Check 40,091.24 limes Certificates 11,231.13 Bl’lfl Rediscount ed s.ieloo Tfiils Fry able, Ir.cludl.ig Time ; Certificates representing Borrowed Money 22,550. Clearing House Loan 6,000.03 Wers That Of Man And Woman Who Art Supposed To Havs Been Placed There. Cy Telegraph To The Heratd. Bcrdentown, N. J., March 3.—When the ruins of the unteuanted houses which were burned during the n7ght were Investigated this morning, the charreJ bodies of a man and woman were found. The bodlos are supposed to be those of William Steck, engineer of tho Roebllng works and Miss Lydia Cartoy. The police are working on the the ory that the man and woman were unconscious when they were carried !ut the buiMlny, and the place was ltte- cci on fire. Total $169,793.11 3rr. o of Georgia, County of War ?. P./fur® me came Ward Albertson. Ca&klor cf The McGCE RETIRES FROM CAR FACTORY TODAY. Mr. F. H. McGee today retired a» vice-president and general manager of tbu -lout!) Atlantic Car and Manu- factoring Company. Mr. McGee has filled that position with the car fac*