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Newspaper Page TextMACON TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA! SHOWERS TIIVIISDAY, COOLER IX THE INTERIOR! FRIDAY SIIOWE RS, VARIABLE WINDS. ESTABLISHED IX 1S26 MACON, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1903 DAILY—g7 A YEAR SUMMER SESSION HAS OPENED Tremendous Volume of Business Left Over From Last Session—As Much More Will Be Offered as New flatter—A Bill to Escheat Lands Without Owners to the State for the Benefit of the Schools—Mr. Hall’s Effort to Change Method of Appointing House Employes Fails. ATLANTA. June 24.—'The summer ( a committee of.five frdm the housejand — — - * “"* " J three from the senate to notify* the governor that the general assembly slon of the senate of IMS was called to order at 10 o'clock by President Howell. Chaplain Watkins opened the session with ■ grayer. A call of the roll developed the feet that every member of the aenate wae present, ae follows: Allen. Atkinson. Christie. Clark, Clem ents. Comas, Crumbley. Dodd, Davis. Duncan. Dr. A. B., Duncan. J. T.. Gol den, Harrell. Hightower^ Hopkins, Hud son. Jordan. Lee. Ledford, Lewis, Math ews, McClure, McLean, McMIchacl. Merritt, Middlebrooks, Moore, Park. Perry, Reid. Robert*. Skelton. Smith. Snead, 8tevens, Sweat, Symons. Tsylor, Tlsinger, Turner, Van Buren, Williams, Worsham, President Howell. Senator Williams of the Sixteenth district, who eucceeds Senator Rount* ree. deceased, appeared before the sen ate and was sworn In, Justice Pish of tho supreme court Administering the oath. The usual resolutions notifying the governor and the house that the senate had convened and was ready to Commence business were passed. One house bill was ready for the first time. This wae by M^ssra. Howard and Hicks of Sumter, and provided for the reapeal of an act to establish the city court of Dublin In the county of Laurens. The roll was called for the Introduc tion of new business and brought the following responses. Senator Cornea having the honor of introducing the first measure. t Mr. Comes of the Third—To create a board of road and bridge commis sioners for Appling county, to define their powers and prescribe their duties. By Mr. Smith of the Eighteenth—To provide that all property which Is with out a lawful owner shall belong to the state, to provide the method of escheat- inis' the same, and to make disposition of the proceeds thereof, By Mr. Tlslngcr of the Twenty-fifth— To .regulate the law of year's'supply. of the Thirty-first— GOLD MEN WIN DECIDED VICTORY cfiiifil by tlie Democrat*, Die fo In civil rases In superior, city, county nnd Justl- e courts. By Hr. Skelton of the Thirty-first— To authorize Justices of the pence to change the time of holding Justice courts. By Mr. Skelton of the Thlrty-flrat- To provide the manner of Issuing mar riage licenses. By Mr. Skelton of the .Thirty-first- To amend section *761 of the civil code of 1995. By Mr. Mathews of the Twenty* third—A resolution Informing the sen- nte of the death of Hon. Q. S. Roun tree of the Slzteenth and asking, for the. appointment of a committee of three members of the aenate to draft suitable resolutions upon hts death. The resolution was passed and Messrs. Mathews. Williams, and Moore were named as the committee. At 12 m. the governor** message same In and was read by Assistant Sec retary Hansel 1. The message will le found printed In full elsewhere in The Tele aph. President Howell announced .that Ft-nator Williams of the Slzteenth, the new member, had been assigned to the following committees Agriculture, ed ucation and public schools, general Ju diciary. special Judiciary, penitentiary, railroad and state sanitarium. Mr. Comas offer* J a resolution which was adopted that until further notice the eenata meet at 2d and adjourn at 1 o'clock. Mr. Comas offered another resolution providing that when the senate ad journs Friday It stands adjourned un til Monday morning at 10 o’clock. The election of a doorkeeper for the senate to fill the unezplred term of the late Major Wilson was then ordered. Mr. 8kelton nominated for the ys'.* tlon J. W. Green of Habersham coun ty. Mr. Atklnwm named J. H. Land of Butts for the position. The call of the roll resulted In the election of Mr. Green who received 23 votes to Mr. Land’s If. The following list shows how the senators voted: Yeas—Allen Christie, Clark. Davis Duncan. Hudson. Ledford, l^wls. Me Clure, McLean, McMIrhael, Merritt, ifoore. Perry. Re ! d. Roberts. Shell Smith. Snead, Steven*. Sweat, 8y- ■tnons, Mr. President—22. Nay—Atk'nson, Clements, Dold, Duncan, Golden, Harrell, Hlgbtowtr, Hopkins. Jordan, Lee. Mathews, Tay lor,'Tls’nger. Turner, Van Buren, W U- lams, Worsham—If, The senate then adjourned. In session. The Speaker appointed Messrs. Davis, Calvin, Holder, Stovall and Little. Mr. Slaton of Fulton offered a lution for the appointment of a mlttee to prepare resolutions o death of Mr. Warren, and the speaker ppointed the following: 81aton Fulton. Bell of Emanuel, Phillips of Jefferson, Kent of Johnson and Owen of Pike. Mr. Candler of DeKslb and Mr. Tlg- ler of Muscogee offered resolutions of lympathy on the Illness of Mr. Akin, and both were adopted. Mr. Calvin, of Richmond offered a resolution fixing the hours of the ses sion At ft-om 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. This was agreed to, but was later reconsid ered. * Mr. Ilall'N First Speech The house had been In session twenty mlnhtes when Mr. Hall of Bibb arose and offered a resolution providing thnt the secretary of state should supply the house with one gallery doorkeeper, two assistant doorkeepers, she pages and eight porters, and all the stationery necessary. This was a radical depnrt- from the custom which ha* pre vailed for twenty-five years. Mr. Hall read the statute declaring that the sec retary of atate should provide the leg islature with all the "servants” needed. He called attention to the fact that more persons were paid under the ap propriation act tl\an were authorized In the original resolution of the house, and that these “servants" were ap pointed without authority of law. He wanted the law tracked. It 'was a question of who were servants And who were officer* of the house. Mr. Slaton took the position that the word "servants” meant "menials." He moved to commit the resolution to the committee on rules. b.’t withdrew the motion at the request of Mr. Hall, who made another sp och. He was asked who would make the pages behave themselves, and rerlled thnt this would be accomplished by notice to the secre tary of state. He wanted to quit the •1.way <.f doing things.'* Mr. Flynt of Pp.-ildlng spoke against the resolution, nn<l moved to refer to the commltt'-" on rules Mr Alston moved to table. Mr. Hall called for the •yes and nays. The vote resulted aye* 69, nays IS, and the resolution was not tabled. The vote on the resolution was then taken and resulted as follows: Ayes 66. nays 68, and the Hall resolu tion was lost. Hon. Henry R. Daniel of Emanuel, who wae elected to succeed Represent ative Warren, deceased, was sworn In by Justice Andrew Cobb of the supreme court. Mr. Daniel of Emanuet waa geslened to .the following committees: General judiciary, general agriculture, penal ns, Immigrations and public Horary. Invitation to flnrtwnn Declined Mr. Flynt of Spalding presented an Invitation from the citizens of Griffin to^the legislature to visit Griffin with the governor and his staff Saturday and partake of a barbecue. Mr. Wilson offered a resolution ac cepting the invitation. Mr. Grice of Pulaski offered^ a e’jbetl- tute simply thanking the ' people of Griffin for the Invitation. Mr. Spence of Ware said It would not do for the house to accept an Invi tation to a barbecue after having b;en In session only one day. If the legis lature went to Griffin It woutd be ex pected to go to Augusta, Savannah and Rome. "Do I understand there are four bar becues In sight?" asked Mr. Hall. Mr. Felder of Bibb offered an amend ment that Griffin be notified to pre pare for 175 members of the legislature. This he withdrew. i The substitute was then adopted,’ and the Invitation was not accepted. Mr. Davis of Meriwether offered a resolution transferring $9,360 from the Indigent soldiers fund to the Indigent widows fund to meet s deficit In that fund. This was referred to the com mittee on appropriations. Mr. Grice offered a resolution for the appointment of five from the bouse and three from the aenate to visit and Inspect the camp at Orlffin. This res olutlon, under the rules, weht aver for OMFdajr, DES MOINES. Ia., June 24.—With the delegate* divided upon the reaffir mation of the Kansas City platform.the Ftate Democratic convention was called to order this morning In the new audi torium by George F. Rhtnehart of New ton, chairman of the state 'Central com mittee. J. II. Quick of Sioux City was Intro duced as temporary chairman. At the district caucuses the gold men won a decided victory. Seven out of eleven selected gold men for their mem ber on the committee on resolutions. Ths committee took a vote later on re affirming the Kansas City platform The roll call showed seven votes against and four In favor. This settles the question of reaffirmation. The ticket is aa follows: ^ Governor—J. B. Sullivan, Creston Lieutenant-governor—D. B. Butler of Iowa City. Judge of supreme -court —John R. Caldwell of Tams. Superintendent of public Instruction— A. R. McCook of Howard. Railroad commissioner—W. S. Porter of Harding. The Democratic state convention, by a vote of 463 9-10 to 854 1-0. late this afternoon refused to adopt a minority report, signed by four member* of the committee on resolutions adding to the platform reported by the STATE’S COMPTROLLER SHOWS THE BALANCE r AMOUNTS TO 937T,021.14-TAX LEVY OF 1002 LEAVES LITTLE UN COLLECTED—PROSPEROUS CONDITIONS JUSTIFY HIM IN EXPECTING A LARGE INCREASE IN VALUE—NVIIAT HE SAYS AS TO THE VALUA TION OF CORPORATE FRANCHISES. ATLANTA, June 24,—Comptroller General W. A. Wright this afternoon filed with Governor Terrell his supple mental report shewing tho receipts and disbursements of tho treasury of the state of Georgia from the date at whlcn the last report was made up to Wednesday, the 24th of June. 1903. The rt contains much of interest to tho people of Georgia, ami in It the comp troller general makes suggestions well orth the consideration of the legisla ture now In session. Tho report reads i follows: . To His Excellency, Joseph M. Ter rell, Governor— Sir: In compliance with aw I have the honor to submit what ihould be termed a supplemental report howlng receipts and disbursements at the treasury from the <14'.e of any last annual report, October L 1902, to the 81st day of May, 1903. Tjila report Is made neerssiry l>y the change in the date of the meeting of tie general as sembly from the fourth Wednesday in October to the fourth Wednesday In June of each year. It wifi not embrace any statistical information showing the assessed value for taxation of the dif ferent Items of property in this state, the tax digests containing this Infor mation not being (lied In this office un til August 1 of each year. I rubmlt herewith an Itemized state ment of receipts and <JUbur*?men»» at the treasury during the eight months since the dnte of my last rcDort, and summarize the receipts and disburse ments for your Information: Cash balance on hand October lat, 1902 . 8 511,190.21 Receipts from all sources from •n mem bers constituting the majority of tho committee, a plank affirming the Dem ocratic national platform of 1900, and by a vote of 628 1-6 to 19 1-2, rejected another minority report to tho plank demanding government control of rail way charges, a provision that In caso such control did not prove effective, the national government should acquire ownership of railroads. All the noml nations were made by acclamation. The platform declare* against Impe rialism nnd for self-government for ths Philippines and Porto Rico, condemns the financial policies of the Republican party, protest* agulnst the Aldrich bill Balance In treasury Mny SI. 19*) I *77.624.14 as an effort to give value nnd stability ; included In thin balunce la' $108,000 of to water bonds nnd securities of trusts, I sinking fund. $9,060 of \vhl*h PRESIDENT LAYS THE IRON RULE Total - $3,961,706.18 Aggregate payments on ex. war- rants $3,416,620.66 Warrants speaker of houi president of senate 1 67.461.13 and Insists that be euffte'ent to rn Iness. The platfo rupt condition of vice in tho postn mum t the needs of bua- i deplores "the cor- ho government ser- dapartment and hfiilU b, . tM.ImI tn «l»t I, —llr.l TTlV . publMt, n, to public- properly rund. thu, leaving n n.l punlahmtnt <>r nil ! helnn-e of nvnllnble for the r.mo-I payment of i p- ro r n'IonH made by 1 INC. demands u. thorough investigation of that nnd other departments by a con- grrsalonal commltt *u« h condltlor wrong-doers." It val of the tariff fr- goods, and demand schedules be adjust- tariff for revenue only.” The platform nske for government limitation of rnllway charges to such on extent os will yield a reasonable re turn on the Investment. J In 1901, nnd $l r •n of • hi h i- pi of the principal c There is also lnclut $377,624.14. $1.1 a (ted In 1902, to the payment the pubUc debt. -1 |m i ho b l.i i * v < f rcetlrcd from the EX-CONGRESSMAN INDICTED. Charged With roelvl ey to ed by the fed- NEW YORK. Ju trtssman Drlxg* wi rnl grand Jury In appeared before Judge Thomas and gay* ball. The Indictment grew out of the fn- veatigstion Into poitofflce affair* made by the grand Jury. Four Indictments were found, sit prac tically alike. Each charge* that Drlggs. btweer July 20 and 24, lVO, unlawfully agreed to receive and did recetve a $'</> check from the Brandt-Dent Company for procuring a contract from the United States government for making and deliv ering 880 automatic cashiers for the post- office department. IN THE HOUSE ATLANTA. June 24.—An hour before the time for the house to meet hud arrived the hall was thronged with members The buzz of conversation ns tbs legislators greeted one another after six months of separation was quite animated. Speaker Morris was in the crowd and shaking' hand* with everybody. The Session Open*. The session was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Allen, after which the roll was called. Speaker Morris made a brief ad dress.: He expressed gratification at again seeing so many of the members • who were prerent at the session last fall. He referred feelingly to the death of Mr. Warren of Emanuel coun ty. and to the Illness or«Mr. Akin of Bartow. He wanted the legislature io "get down to business'' and he was con- fld* lit th it the house was on the san. lire. The governor's m^asag** waa received through Hon. B. M. Blackburn, secre tary of th* executive depart mein was read. The members listen the reading with great Interest. When the reading of the message was ended Mr. Hall moved to adjourn un til 9 o’clock tomorrow. Mr. Felder moved that the house ad journ, which meant sn adjournment to CT TO . July Uth. DOUQ1I ATLANTA. Juoe 24. Parker of New York of honor at n banque Atlanta on tho night oi Cud*# Pi guest of tha* Georgia Pistes will coat $10 each nnd ].v> reals will bo- prepared for tho«e who will be on hand. President Burton Smith of the association will deliver the opening ad dress. T. B. Felder. Jim.* D. KiJpatri k. Robert C. Alston and Reuben Arnold compose the committee of arrangement*. asocial loi ucatlon revenue that cannot be by any of our present statute! present law on escheats Is nar ing confined only to admlnlttr estates to which no lawful he been found. application of this act for the first time has been onerous and difficult, but I have endeavored to obtain Informa tion from every possible source and been greatly aided In the per formance of this responsible duty by ailing myself of the experience of other states where similar Jaws are In operation. My Investigation of the re turns of each of these corporations has marked with great enre and a de sire to do exact Justice between the state nnd the large corporate interests nffected by the law nnd I do hot be- :nn be successfully shown thnt my assessments of these valuable prop erties have not been fair. Just, nnd even conservative. I am gratified to state that It has been universally conceded by the representatives of the several corporations required to make their tax returns to the comptroller-general thnt I have had a difficult os well ns an ex ceedingly responsible duty to perform, nnd thnt I hnve done so courteously and patiently. I on the other hand ac cord to the representatives of these corporations the same honepty of pur pose which I claim for myself In the discharge of their duties to the corpor ate interests they represent. In my efforts to execute this Important piece of legislation I beg to say that I am Indebted to the honorable attorney gen eral. Judge Hart, for his hearty co operation nnd his wise counsel nnd valuable suggestions. Tax Lawn. I am required by law to recommend such additions and amendments to our tax laws ns my experience in the ad ministration of our system of taxation seems to demand. 1 In pursuance of thH duty I beg to submit a few suggestions on this lino. Slpce by nn act of tho legislature of 1902 the session* of the general assem bly will now convene cth tho fourth Wednesday In June Instead of on the fourth Wednesday In October, I think the year for making official reports by the officer* of the executive deportmei of the stnte government, should h made coincident with the state'a fisc, year, l. e., from Jnnuniy 1, thus making a much more satisfactory exhibit of th state’s finances. These formal report could bo supplemented with a brief summary of the transactions of tlv several departments from January 1 to tho 31st of May of each year. Considerable controversy has arb over the proper construction of pa graph 16 of section 2 of the general i uU of 1902. levying u tux on dealer* In spirituous or malt liquors. It is claim ed by manufacturers nnd dealers of such goods os are termed "mult ex tracts" and sold as medicinal prepara tions, that they cannot be classed ns malt liquors, bemuse the percentage of alcohol found In these goods Is so small nnd the percentage of malt Is so great that a person tould not drink enough to produce Intoxication before the stomach would rebel against It. I hnve no doubt there nro many of these medical mbit preparations thnt are exceedingly bene ficial, and for thnt reason should not h** subjected to taxation. It might well, therefore, to amend tho law so us to do this. , We have also experienced much diffi culty in enforcing paragraph 21 of the tax act relating to the taxation of agents of packing houses,because many persona representing such parking iiouree claim to be provision brokers nnd hnndle packing house products In the conduct of a general brokerage bus iness nnd are not In the sense of tho law, agents of said packing houses. While this mny be true In exceptional . I .mi of the opinion If it a mere subterfuge adopted by the packing Tells the Attorney-General That He Must Prosecute Those Indicted for the Offenses in the Postoffice Department Most Vigorously—Bonaparte of Bal timore Hade Special Attorney to Assist in the Prosecution—May Be Many Indictments to Follow Those Already flade. greater the accumulations of wealth the greater the Incentive to depress valuations for taxation purposes. Out crude method of voluntary tax returns by tax-payers has practically disap peared from the tax systems of our sister states, and Georgia, the most' progressive and prosperous of nil the Southern states should hasten to put in operation some wlie, conservative sys tem to effectually equalize them. The establishment of local or county systems alone will not accomplish the It. This must be accomplished by ntral authority to adjust lnequall- exhtlng between counties' Insurance Laws, respectfully Invite your attention to the existing statutes of this slate reference to the conditions upon which three classes of Insurance com panies are permitted to do business iff •gtu, the companies referred to be- co-operntlve assessment or mutu al Industrial companies, mutual or as- rassment fire Insurnnce companies nnd fraternal or secret life or accident In surance companies. Neither of tho two first named compa- nle* should be permitted to do business In this state until a deposit of at lenst five thousand dollars In good stocks or bonds, shall have been made with tho state treasurer of Georgia. This class of Insurance nppenls more particularly to our poor laboring people who seek insur ance of this kind because of Its cheap ness and because the premiums are small nnd payable in weekly or monthly Instal ments, amounting In no case to more than ten to fifty cents onch week. In the case of fraternal or secret Ufo Insur ance orders the stHte subjects them to no standard of solvency, and a* tho natural result of such Inx legislation tho stale has hern Invaded with a multitude of *uch companies which appear from an exam ination of thetr financial statements io be uttorly without responsibility. Yet with these facts before nn-, I urn compelled to Issue them licenses to do bittiness when they shall have filed the required papers in WASHINGTON, June J4.-The prealdent has sent tho following letter to the attor ney-general: "WHITE HOUSE. "Washington, June 24, 1908. "Sir: As you know, the charges in con nection with tho poptofflce department ar® now being Investigated by Fourth Assist ant Postmaster-General Bristow, who has had plnccd at his disposal by the postmas ter-general every resource of tho depart ment, Including the services of Mr Robb, whom you detailed from tho department of Justice to the postoffice department sr the ult of this tn\ nl of Mr. stlgs lctment8 have already Is probable that other tercafter bo asked for. greater offence against han « Drench of trust tibllc official or the dls- *nt of his office, and, effort must be exerted by law bl.i has faithfully and : nlously i offlc the hour—10 o’clock. This was l It i i 12:20 • . the BSCIIBATING OF PROFEHTY ATLANTA. June 24.—In the regular proceedings of the senate today will be found • reference to & bill Introduced by Senator J. IV e Smith of th* Eigh teenth district, that deserves more than a passing notice. The caption of the bill reads "an act to provide that all property which is without lawful own er shall belong to ths state; to pre scribe the method of escheating the same, and to make disposition of the proceeds thereof. This set provide* a simple system whereby all property without a lawful owner shall be escheated and proceeds thereof turned over to the board of ed ucation of the county In which said property, *as situated, and la to i - de voted to the cause of education. It pro* idee a method of procedure and v»U bring to the county boards of ed- mihhiage of minors ATLANTA, June 24.—Senator Skel ton introduced a bill in th- Mjatl 10 day which, if pesaed, will to a certair extent decrease the number of marrl ag-* In tbi* -rate when the contracting p.n11**** .ip- iniii' i-s. Under the law as It now stands ordinaries U«ue license* to minora as well aa adult* uoon ap plication. The senator's bill provides that it shall be unlawful for an ordi nary to Issue a license for the marri age of a couple where the young lady is under 18 years of age and the man under 21, unless such application shall be accompanied by a certificate from the parents of the contracting couple that they have no objection to the un ion taking plaf. The senator believes that his bill If it becomes a law will prevent many marriages that later in life proved to be unfortunate. all trust-mnde I the legislature for the fiscal y* that all tariff It will be borne in mind that as the with a view to I public property fund hns been prsrtl- hausted and can no longer be n to pay any port of the prln- Interest of the public debt, the i/gi liture will neresaitlly te compel!' rrl to raise by taxation tho entire amount 4rhlch may he appropriated to m»et the current expenses of the gov ernment. We have been able to mc'"t all the de mands upon the trensury up to date without resort to a temporary loan, and even If a loan be necessary this year the amount needed will be much !•*«« than hns been neceszary for the past several yearn. Out of the entire tax levy for 1902 there remain* uncollected $188,684.06, general and professional taxes, and $96,314.00 of poll taxes. Which bftlgnco mutt be credited with cost of collect ions. error* and Insolvents, thus redu cing very considerably tho apparent balance unco’lerted. This actual bal ance will be collected nnd In tho treas ury within the next thirty or sixty day* I which will Increase the cash balance in | the treasury by this amount. j While I hnve no definite data upon upon which to base an estlmnt* of the probable Increased nreessment* of the . Mme wt> wh|ch -ubJecll various Items of property nxoble In brewing companies and persons sell this state for the current year, t ° I* n * 1 iger beer on consignment. This pa cr.illy pro*!.,rou, ron-tltlon, 01)1«Inin, | gr . ph , hou , d allo ,, t . throughout the country would J u,t ”Y | t„ make cleur the Intent of the law me In expecting a large Increase In the value of all Item* of property which will be returned to the tax revivers of th«» »everal counties In this state. What increase will be realized from the Taxation of franchise* of certain corporations In this state is also an un known quantity, this being tho first year's exper *»nco In the application of this system of taxation, nnd hut llttlo program made so far In ih<* enforce ment of thl* method of taxation. The returns of this Item of property l,y tho several corporations affected by tho law show n total valuation of said Item of property of about $2,606,000, and In iny office, th* 'ifflclal endon the poljcy. of i the *tut< •h they pr ciiseH to (hem, thus affording * jf protection to peraons «»•< Him 3f this kind. Respectfully,' alto tfully Huggef 1 ndment of this paragraph a i persona to this tax. arisen In one cage ovt ) my construction of paragraph 23 of th U6 yvlll subje Nt In the francblfi aid Pla WILL VISIT GRIPPIN Jun.- 24 - The senate to rn invitation from the o> en of the Second and Fourth regiment* the franchise tax n r signed by the cofpor duction of »h“ val/i# from the tangible pr par. tax brewery plants and In nddltlon other persons (whether the agents the brewery or not) who sell beer original packages, on consignment otherwise. Tho latter clause of the graph providing for tho manufacturers of coca coin, » tc„ in th atate, needs amendment. Ah the la now stands, nil manufacturers of hu- goods sold In Georgia, but manufa lured outside of the state, are not ta: td, thus puttlpg a burden in the wt Into all cha ruled department In e amount of work in •< to make It difficult, other important pub- all the time/necessary uf these cose*. I sug- n If you cannot «n- •r*H*nt staff, you ap- ntn In there postnftice take lip the case* In i'nts have been found or In* found, but to exnmlno p* that have been mndo i tn the postal service, with removal and prosecution' ■n in the service and pros it y men, whether in the where tho cases are not statute of limitations. KODORE ROOSEVELT.” inox, Attorney-General." the president'* suggestion, •jiI Knox has appointed upnrte of Baltimore a spe- > assist in the prosecutions, ' turn here Homes Conrad, r-Kcmrul, will b« tendered RE PUNISHED. of the (drone lit. Jury in Can*. lx Mrn Wounded tween Guards RICHMOND, Juno minded tonight, tvvt ly. by street railway who fired Into a cro jmthlzerH at Main streets, Junt outside III,(tie He ll,—Six 1 of thenr company id 1.01 Tiku sym Ida tho city limits. by employes of tl 1 with shotguns, wi point. There had be ll thcr.* a’l tho evening. Ti lalniH that the guards we on. At any rule, they fir- *rowd, and a brisk fusilu At least six persons w, 1 two of them seriously hu: WILMINGTON, Del., June 24.—Ar thur Cornell, who claims his home Is In Hartford city. Ind., and who was ar- n Hled last night on the charge of com plicity In the burning to death of corgi* White, the negro assailant and lUrdercr of Helen Bishop, was ralsased it $:.,0«)0 ball tonight. He will be given further hearing tomorrow. I'opulur feeling ovor the tragedy of Monday night has not entirely dlsap- •d. Tonight about 2,000 persona gathered in front of the city hall, where •ell was confined, and made a dem otion. The police authorities took y precaution to prevent an attempt *H< ulng the* prisoner by the crowd, a police were on rfuty within the police station, and ull the police off- were on hand In case of trouble. The crowd committed no overt act, fver. beyond making a great noise. ed In the br vlth bt While th! Vest End , n tho Eai taking place In the hurled nt the for the night tur- sident i not put upo: era. Paragraph 31 of the act tax upon persons making n titles. Title gunrantee com gage In practically the sarr an i I have field tfi-in to i) this tax, but considerable ob been urged against my rull: !.i A elciul.l be amend d so a terms to' include such pers The ilty foi equalizing the buMc vied, that their ! of H. T. Mill Hugh of this which the police paid no s inquest was concluded when word reached the that the verdict did not well, the authorities de- e bln: on $5,000. This wae ilshed by Thomas Me- city, a wholesale liquor I of this action soon rowd and a great cheer after which the people The rdtc oroner’s Jury was "It* solved. That George White came to his death between the bourse of 10 P m. of June 22, 1903, and 4 a. m. of June 23, Iisi3, by being burned In a field adjoining the read lending from Price’* Corner to the Ferris Industrial School, by :i party or parlies unknown to this Jury." The belief Is growing here that nr* one will ever be punished for the work of the mob. Certain prominent citizens, although they deplore the occurrence, stand ready to raise a fun-1 for the de fense of any one who should be prose- cut-d for the offense. Peter Smith, the boy who was shot while the mob was In the workhouse on Monday night, died this afternoon as a result of his injuries. ASSAULTED A TRUSTEE. Hanker O'Neitl Goes to Jail—Appeal Io Judge Pardee. PKNrtACOI.A. Fla., June 24.—Banker W. C. O'Neal, sentenced some months ago to serve sixty days tn Escambia lty Jill for contempt of court by lilting A. Greenhauit. a trustee In rtruptcy, surrendered himself today was placed In Jail to serve his sen- ibeas corpus proceedings will be Ituted before Judge Pardee In At- a tomorrow to secure Mr. O'Neal's the corpora tio c* If most of all, will be re! ay that the practical Fi »loped and fin Ital find invest! - it must be boi TO TUNNEL LOOKOUT. •rejected t'hnrles- th« Pn Ala.. lty. wt!l if. The Southern had adopted or the extension which em- tunnelling of Lookout moun- prupoaed improvement Witt $5,000,000,

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The Macon telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 188?-1905, June 25, 1903, Image 1