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Subscriber's Paper-Not for Sale THE MACON TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEOR GIA: FAIR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, EXCEPT SHOWERS ON THE COST SATURDAYl FRESH NORTHEAST WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEASTERLY. t ESTABLISHED IN 1826. MACON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1904. OA! LY—17.00 A YEAR 1 i JUDGE PARKER IS IN AN OPTIMISTIC MOOD Candidate Makes His First Public Prediction <A SPEECH YESTERDAY Democratio Leader Discusses State- men of Knox, Cablegram of Wright, and What Taylor Says, Asking a Few Pointed and Pertinent Questions of the American Peojle. THE BEAR AND LION NOT I terrible casualties TO MEET IN CONFLICT NOW 1N A MINE explosion ESOPUS, N. Y., Oct. 28.—Judge Par- iter today made his first public predic tion as to the outcome of the election. In his speech to a delegation composed largely of farmers from Orange and Rockland counties, New York, he In terpolated the following: "Before taking up the subject I wish to discuss, I 'want to assure you that If we work hard enough, If we each do our part, we can win this fight. I have not felt like saying so until lately, but we are growing so rapidly that if our people do their best I do believe victo ry will be ours.” Judge Parker said: "No more satisfactory evidence of the widespread public Interest In the attempt to control the election by mon eys of great corporations and trusts need be looked for than that furnished by the president and his late attorney general, Knox. Knox was bidden to the presence of the president for a consultation. About what? About the Iniquity of the large contributions— contributions being made' by gigantic corporations and trusts? Not at all. But rather to devise means by which the force of the statement of this com- Vnonly accepted fact could be parried. ♦The outcome was an interview by Sen ator Knox. Statement Irrelevant. "Now this long statement of Senator .Knox has nothing whatever to do with the question uppermost in the public mind. "Shall the creations of government- many of which pursue Illegal meth ods—control our elections—control them by moneys belonging to their stockholders—moneys not given In the open, and charged upon the hooks as moneys paid for political purposes, but hidden away by false bookkeeping? "This Interview Was Intended to < nte a cloud of dust behind which he hoped to hide the charge he did not answer, and could not answer. That charge is that vast sums of money have been contributed for• the control of this election In aid of the adminis tration by corporations and trusts." • Judge Parker said trust officials were active In behalf of< his oppopept and- continued: "That activity may perhaps account In no small measure for the ability of both the Populist sml Socialist parties to prosecute campaigns that appenr largely in aid of the Republican party. Wright’s Cablegram. "The administration ulao puts out a cablegram from Governor Wright, of the Philippine commlsstson, in reply to some quotations made by me in a speech delivered on the 15th day of October. The words quoted were the careful utterances of a man who spent four months In the Philippines study ing the conditions there. Ho is vouched for by ..Charles Francis Adams, Carl Schurs, Edwin Burrltt Smith, Herbert Welsh and Moorfleld Storey. • "I ask you, and through you the 'American people, to examine Governor Wright's cablegram if. connection with that report and then answer these questions: •"Do you believe the man thus vouched for by six of the best citizens !p this country? Which is likely to be prejudiced, the man having no motive but to learn the truth, or the governor who may be in some measure respon sible for unfortunate conditions? Is the governor's report of such charac ter; as to Justify an expenditure by the government of several hundred dollars to cable a part of my speech to Manila and to .receive hia reply by. cable? was not government business. It was political business. A Searching Question. •"If , a few hundred dollars may be taken out from the public funds to thus assist the prosecution of a political campaign why may not the money In the treasury be employed for any pur pose that* will help the campaign? How do we know but It Is?* "This is one of the evidences of the growth of imperialism. "The head of the government 'can do no wrong.' "An assault upon his policy is an as sault upon the people, and hence the people's money can be legitimately used for his vindication. "My speech charging Inadmlnlstra- tlve extravagances seems also to have created some excitement. And this ' * time the administration puta forward Horace A. Taylor. He makes a state ment after a call on the president k "Now you will observe that he no fwhere challenges the figures given by me. They cannot be questioned. They Show that, after taking the fifty mil lions paid for the Panama canal and rights, this government spent one hun dred and sixty millions more last year than It did seven years ago under a ^Democratic administration. The de ficit for the present fiscal year to Oc tober 25 is over twenty-one million, as against 81,141,204 for Identically the name period last year. Taylor's Interview. -Returning to Acting Secretary Tay lor's interview: •It would seem as if its purpose—If It had any beyond that of creating a mist—was to deny my assertion that there were 'administrative orders for bidding ogveminent officers from mak ing public any statements of estimates upon which future appropriations are baaed.* My answer is that the treas ury deportment issued this order: "Treasury department, office of the secretary. September 7. IK4. "The heada of bureaus and chiefs of division*; "‘Gentlemen—It is requested that no information bearing upon tho eott* iu.au* of this department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, be made public until the estimates shall have been approved by the honorable sec retary of the treasury. "‘By direction of the secretary. (Signed) *"W. H. HILLS. ‘"Chief Clerk/ "I have copies of orders issued to other departments which I took the precaution to obtain before making public the statement now challenged.” Tariff Discussed. Judge Parker then took up the tariff question which he discussed at some length from the standpoint of the farmer, saying he has suffered even more, possibly, than the wage earner by excessive tariff duties. Judge Par ker referred to the higher prices un der protection as an assess/nent on the consumer and asked: “Now, do you' think the law ought to compel you to, continue to pay an assessment every time you or the members of your family buy an article of clothing or buy anything to use? That Is precisely what we have been doing until we have concentrated the wealth and power In this country In comparatively few hands. There are said to be 453 combinations, or trusts, In this country. In order to make many of these combinations pay good dividends on the watered stock the tariff taxes, they say, must be kept up. And so these combinations tfre trying to give success to the Republl can party, because that party and its president have notified the country that they "stand pat/ as they call it, on the tariff, which means that they will not interfere with it” A JAIL DELIVERY Wholesale ExodUs of Pris oners at Valdosta All Danger of a War Is Now Over ARBITRATION THE WAY International Commission Will Bo Called MR. BALFOUR’S SPEECH The Promier’s Remarks Were Received With Enthusiasm When He An nounced Peaceable Settlement of Af fair, Though Expressions of Disap pointment Could Be Heard. The Incident Occurred While Keeper Was Eating His Supper—Reward Offered, and Sheriff With a Large Posse is Searching for the Twelve Fugitives With Track Hounds. VALDOSTA, Ga.. Oct 28.—There was a wholesale Jail delivery here to night about dark, twelve prisoners es caping from Jail. All were negroes on felony charges except two. Their es cape wqs effected by cutting three of the large steel bars to the cell in two, then picking their way through tho wall with a heavy piece of iron taken from the frame of one of the bunks. A saw which was passed to them through one of the windows was evidently used in cutting the steel bars of the cell. All of the work was done during the day, the work of cutting through tho wall being comparatively caay. The escape waa made while Jailor Ezell was at supper. Several attempts have recently been made to get out of the Jail but they were foiled. Owing to these attempts the Jailer and sheriff have been very watchful. Track dogs have been sent for and the sheriff and a large posse are look ing for the fugitives everywhere. The sheriff has offered a reward of $25 each for the arrest of the prisoners. The names of the escaped are as fol lows: Grant Burton, Fayet Johnson. Robert Wallace, Arthur Young, Bob Johnson. Will Pringle, ^Henry White, Lee Butler, Charlie Dickson, John Tay lor. Will Hill and a mute known as •Dummy." The prisoners were In four adjoining cells on the bottom floor. Football Yesterday. At Gainesville. Fla.—Bast Florida Sem inary, 51; South Florida Military Instl tute, 0. Official Programme SEVENTH CAVALRY DAY. After conclusion of the Cav alry Drill this morning a sterl ing silver loving cup will be presented Troop I, of the Sev enth Cavalry, U. S. A., by Vice President George A. Smith, The sponsers will by Misaes Jose phine Shaw and Julia H^iguenln. Their escorts will be Messrs. Leon 8. Dure and Winshfp Cab- anlss. Balloon Ascension by John E. Baldwin, from half-mile track. Aa It requires a perfect calm to perform this feat, the hour for ascensions cannot be an nounced. 1:20 p. m.—Concert at Grand Stand by Sixteenth Infantry Band. U. S. 2:00 p. m.—Races. 2:00 p. m.—Slide for Life, on The Mall,” by Melvin B. How ard. 2:20 p. m.—Music on ‘The Mall.” by Georgia Industrial Home Band, H. flooding, bandmaster. 2:45 p. m.—High Wire Act on •The MalL” by Howard and Luellita. 0:00 p. m.—Music on "The Mall” by Georgia Industrial Home Band. H. Gooding, bandmaster. 2:00 p. m.—Concert at the Hip podrome by Sixteenth Infantry Band. U. S. A.: John F. Klein, bandmaster.. • 8:20 p. m.—Daring F.xhlbltfon of Expert Horsemanship and Drill by Troop I, Seventh Cavalry, U. B. A.; Lieut. Ralph C. Cald well. commanding. ! Preceding each cavalry drill Vola > the Vollunt will make his A startling leap on a bicycle at ( the Hippodrome. > 10:00 p. m. to 12 m.—Merrymak- t Ing on "The Mall.” ) Dally exhibitions of trotting to S a sulky by Black Diamond, an ostrich from Hot Springs, Ar- % kartsa*. at the Hippodrome. LONDON, Oct. 28.—All danger , of war between Russia and Great Britain has been averted and the settlement of the only point* in dispute regarding the attack by the Russian second Pacific squadron on British trawlers October 21, has been referred to an internation al commission, under The Hague con vention. Premier Balfour, speaking at a meeting of the National Union of Con servative clubs at Southampton to night, broke that silence which had been so long preserved and had brought the people of the united kingdom to a condition of almost desperate Irritation and given rise to misconceptions which Mr. Balfour tonight himself expressed. "The Russian ambassador "has author ized a statement to the following ef fect: Detainment of Fleet. The Russian government on hearing of the North Sea incident at once ex pressed its profound regret and also promised most liberal compensation. The government has ordered the de tention at Vigo of that part of the fleet which was concerned in the incident, in order that the naval authorities might ascertain what officers were responsi ble for it; that those officers and any material witnesses would not proceed on the voyage to the Far East; that In quiry would bo Instituted Into the facts by an international commission as pro vided by The Hague convention. That, Mr. Balfour Interpolated, had nothing to do with arbitration; It waa tho con stitution of an internntlonnl commis sion In order to find out the facts and any person found guilty would be tried and punished adequately. Tho Rus sian government undertook that pre caution would be taken to guard against a recurrence of such Incidents. Special Instructions on this subject would be Issued. The Preliminaries. Preliminary to this court, said Mr. Balfour, there would be the coroner’s Inquest at Hull over the dead fisher men, a board of trade Inquiry and an inquiry by Russian official* at Vigo. The board of trnde inquiry would be specially constituted by tho British government to Include representative men. The Russian embassy had beon asked to send a representative and glvo assistance. Apology and compensation having already been offered, nothing now re mains but to determine which account Is correct, Rojestvensky’s or the traw ler*. Mr. Balfour plainly said that Thursday evening Russia and Great Britain neemed to be on the brink of war, and yet gave the frankest praise to the attitude preserved throughout by the emperor arid Rqaslan govern ment. While the premier waa unable THE ANQLO-RUSSIAN 1 SITUATION. Details ot the agreement be- , tween Russia anj (treat Britain < upon a mode ot settlement of the ' questions urlsln* out of the flr- , In* upon British trawlers In tho North sea by the Russian second 1 Paclflc squadron wero supplied ' by Premier Balfour in a speech delivered before the National Union of Conservative club* at Southampton last night. The ascertainment of the facts for submission to a commission !< formed under the rules of The < Hague peace conferer o will be through the coroner . Inquest at Hull, an Investigation by the British hoard of trade and the examination of officers of the Russian ships which fired upon tho fishermen. In his speech Mr. Balfour rid iculed the official explanation of Admiral Itujcstvensky, hut prnlsed the spirit In which the Russian emperor nnd govern ment had met tho crista In both Russia and Great Brit ain the prevailing feeling Is of relief that there no longer seems to he danger of war botween the nations. Explanation of Rojestvensky. of the adjutant general of Georgia and these will he Bent out at once. The \diniral now regulations simplify Held move ments, changing the distances between ranks and cuts out close order move ments. Between Thirty and Sixty Lost Their Lives GIVES OUT INTERVIEW IMPORTANT ORDERS. EYE WITNESS’ ACCOUNT I Commission Turns Down 8avann4h’a Kick, and Refers Atlanta's to At- Official Tells of Somo Inter- Ntom.y General, ATLANTA. Ga.. Oct. 28..—The Rail- estlllg Tilings ro ® d commission of Georgia today 1 passed two important orders. In one of them the commission turns down THOSE TORPEDO BOATS th ® P® t,tlon b y the merchants of 1UUOU I Savannah asking that circulars SOI and 302 he revoked, on the ground that the They Fired on Hi. Fleet, Say, Com- I rates prescribed In the circular* indl- ... _ „ . . I cated are fair and Just, mander, Injur,n B Two Mon-P.rt of lh , 0 , h(;r ord „ lh# commll ,| on Czar’s Warships Must Now Tarry announces thnt at the request of the Awhile ot Vigo, Spain, to Await Fur- AJJJ 1 *** freight bureau it had looked I Into certain complaints of dlscrlmlna- ther Development* In Matter. | tton against Atlanta made by the bu renu relative to Interstate rates and Exactly How Many Souls Were Hurled Into Etornity May Never Be Known, as Fire is Completing Dire Work and Bodies Will Probably Be Consumed ^-by the Flames. / LONDON, Oct. 28.-~The Dally Chron- to 1 praise the pacific attitude of tho government too highly ho bitterly as sailed Rojestvensky’s report, declaring that It was an insult to Great Britain as a neutral nation and ridiculed Its probability. Received With Enthusiasm. The Immense .-audience received Mr. Balfour's nnnouheement of the nettle ment of the nffalr with unbounded en thusiasm which was echoed through out the kingdom when the evening ex tras appeared and set suspense nt re*t. The day was an eventful one in the metropolis. The population, atlrred by flaring headlines In the morning news papers seemed convinced that war was Inevitable. The cabinet meeting which wns held at noon served to Increase rather than allay anxiety. Throughout the country there had spread n deep rooted, though perfectly erroneous, idea that Great Britain had given Russia a time limit In which to reply and "Charley” Beresbord. Eng land's naval idol, whs bn the spot Many Indeed, thought It) was only question of hours when {he would bo demolishing Russian ships. Without the leafet national deslr4 for wn great naval excitement hud been worked up. t Somo Diaappoir*.«r»ent, In the streets tonight many expres "Ions of disappointment might b< heard because the crisis had not devel oped Into hostilities. This merely voiced the opinion of the thoughtless who comprised a considerable section of the public. Foreign Minister Lana downs and Ambassador Benkendorff probably will be able to decide I bo constitution of the International coni mission and its date of sitting, view of the circumstances neither Jn pan nor Spain Is likely to object to the temporary prolongation of the stay of the section of the second Pacific squad ron at Vigo end tho Inquiry will bo expedited as much as possible. _ hnve referred tho wholo matter to At- fde tomorrow *111 publish .n"tnter*iew I 1[art f ® r pre.entatlon had with Admiral Rojestvensky at Vigo | to the interstate commission, today, which gives a few. Interesting I ' statements not yet published. The ndml- f McCUES TRIAL, ral Is reported as saying that when the vessels of tho Russian squadron found I Son of Defendant an Important Factor themselves surrounded by tho fishing fleet I in the Caco, tho warships had to stop their engines CHARLOTTE8V1LLE, Vo.. Oct. 28. continually ao a. not to JEffS! I — 1 The trial of Ex-Mayor Samuel Mc- frUoiTenffy save waj to tho tliwuiS! chared with tho murder of hla Suddenly tho cruiser Aurora saw abend wife, was continued today, the defen- two torpedo boats coming towards the ^ an fs son; Willis, being on the stand squadron at full speed. She turned on nnrtlnn nf the her searchlights on them and then no- I * great portion or the day. Several tlced two floating mines clone to her. I other witnesses swore to statements An order to tiro on the torpedo boat" having been made to them by the «,.* in/oT th'm ih ?ink and th. oth« hoy which were dammrln* to tho do- escaped and was lost sight of among tho I fense. The defense objected to all tea- trawlers. - timony regarding statements attributed Tho ,,dm!?ir'addTd°the e ro were two |<> Willie McClue, tho court ovorrullnq on Injured on titn n„K»hlp. One. n thorn hut admonlnhln* tho Jury that tho prloat, had a hand idiot off. BIx; shot* teatlmony relative to atatomonta could Wt ifidffitS "Of h. uaeO »*aln»t the defendant, but Arbitration Assured. BT. PKTICRBBimo. Oct. 21. 8:15 p. «. —The North sea Incident will be settled by an International commission. This Is absolutely assured The British pro posal submitted to Rtl*Mia Wsn to refer the question to a commission tinder arti cles nine In fourteen of The Hagti* con vention nnd a certain number of officers of the ItiiHNlsn squadron competent to rive testimony were to lie left behind. Russia's proposition submitted to Orest Britain through Ambassador Benkendorff, declares that the emperor, being desirous yet been repaired. One trawler came within range of a searrhllght and Immediately the projector whs turned skywards nt an angle of 45 degreoH, as a signal for tho squadron not to flro on thnt hnnt. The Are lasted alto gether nine mlnutea. .. u . L , , Touching upon the warship which la al leged to have remained behind, the nd- ilral said: "Any English navnl officer understands that It would be impossible for n Russian war vessel to remain behind considering i presence of hontlle torpedo bouts. Tho irnwlers hud their lights out. need hardly confirm to you my absolute conviction In the presence ot those tor pedo boats. "I nm very sorry for what has oc curred. I did not know of .lt until I ar rived here. 1 sincerely hope ths matter will bo sottlcd amicably.” only for the purpose of Impeachment. THE ALTMAN CASE Arguments in Trial Will Be Heard Today Opinion is Expressed That Defendants Will Either Bo Acquittod or Mistrial Declared, as Jury May Bo Dubious of Negro Witncssos' Testimony for tho Stato. of shedding the fullest light on the North sea Incident, proposes that the wholo | question be submitted to scrupulous In vestigation by an International tribunal. Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, after his nu- llence with the emperor nt Tsnrko-Bolo thin afternoon, officially informed Ambm WAYCROBS, Ga., Oct 28.—All th6 teatlmony In the trial of Hillary Charley Altman wan in before adjourn Imdor * iTardTngiT of "the chafi»cter*’of "the | ment of Charlton superior court at Ruttslan proposal, no direct reply belnf S ven to Orest Britain's proposition. 1 simply a question now of wnlch gov ernment will have the honor of offering a solution, the principle of which both , have decided upon, the outcome of this rd three hours for argument by Judge nppenrlhg unimportant The British pro- „ . , , , that th poenl also provtdee for tho representation * arker and It is figured that in of other ^powers J^M^iJSuoala and Great | will go to the Jury about 4 o'clock In the afternoon. Ill be taken up In the hearing of tho solution, the” principle of which botK I sritument. Each ilde hni heen grant- Britain on the commission. VIGO, Bpnln, Oct. 28.—The Russian warships here finished coaling todny, but no preparations for their depart ure are visible. It Is reported that Ad miral Rojestvensky has received an Im portant Cipher message from Ht. Titers- burg. huve’ fce^tefeSrapfed 'to’viS-Admiral I nultied tor the muni* of J.ckqon “ * * * ‘ * “"to all the I Duncan or there will be a mistrial. authorises This belief Is based on the Ides that —„ - - Aojeatvensky tho Jury will not believe the entjr« tes- hus been Instructed to remain nt Vigo I „ f tho h|l|rrn wltneaaea for the •ending the Inquiry Into the North sea I WWW the negro witnesses rot trie incident. stats. Some of the mwere a little con- ■■ —«■ fused In thrJr teatiimony but two wero New Infantry Regulations. positive In their statement that Hlllnry ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 28.—An ample Altman killed Jackson Duncnn. and supply of roplen of the new Infantry I Charley Altman killed the negro Jim regulatlonn for all of the Infantry of- I Reilly. The killing waa committed In flcors connected with the Georgia I the doorway of tho amoklng compnrt- Hlnto. Home of them were a little con- I ment of the negro coach. There were several white wltnesaea to the row but none could any who committed the murder. \V. M. Duncan, father of the murdered man, testified that his son Informed him Just before I he died that HllJury Altman had killed I him. Another witness stated that the dying man had stated that "Altman I killed me.” Other whlta witnesses who were There was no trouble In securing the twelfth Juror this morning. • Sheriff Mattox had 23 tnltsmen upon the open ing of the court und ths second man examined wns accepted. The opinion la expresed here tonight that the Altmans will either be ac Rojcelvcnsky to detain at Vigo all the warships widen took irnrt In the North sea Incident. The admiralty authorises statement that Admiral Rojentvensky lien Inc! STATE FAIR JUDGES HAVE MADE THEIR AWARDS Spalding County Exhibit Wins First Promiunt With Bulloch Next—Individual Display !,^JSSL W D!IJSI3 ! i Prize Captured by W. 0. Lewis of Houston—Bibb County Man Wins Another. I con«i*u. d « t ^didno\ , Lnl m h'mVp* u *k! ,,, , , ...... .. „• . , .. , ... Rome of the tratlmonjr w«. to th« ef- btock Breeders and Raisers Held Interesting Session lesterday—speeches Wore f«t itn . nc*™ n«m«i am«w mry wax In the alala In the negro coach Juat Made by Several Well Kuown Cattle Men of Georgia—Dorothy Redmond, Red- •^"".’^""hrt'TiTVi* brandi.°hing n « mond’s Black Mare, Driven by Ketcham. Breaks Track Record by Troting a Mile TRINIDAD, Colo., Oct 28.—From thirty to sixty men lost their liven in a terrific explosion which occurred at mine No. 3 of the Rocky Mountain Fuel and Iron Co., at Terclo, forty mllea west of Trinidad, this afternoon. The exact number of dead may nev er be known as the mine Is burning and in all likelihood the bodies will be consumed. A large number of mine officials left here as soon as word of the accident wns received. The company doctors were picked up all along the line, as well as all available physicians. F. J. Foreman, a government store Inspector, was nt Tarclo when the ex plosion occurred. He returned tonight and gave tho following account of the affair: Eye Witness’ Account, ns standing not more than 300 yards from the mouth of the tunnel when the explosion occurred. "The explosion was preceded by a low. rumbling sound, resembling an earthquake, which mnde the earth tremble, and startled the whole neigh borhood. "I looked toward the mine and out of the mouth of the tunnel and two air shafts came a great volume of smoke nnd dust which continued for nearly a minute. Out of the two air shafts, each of which are seven feet in diameter, timbers that were fully two to three feet in diameter were shot into the air and brokon Into splinters. Hocks were thrown over the camp for n <Hh- tanco of a quarter of il mile. In fact. It rained rocka. broken timbers nnd all 1 kinds of dehrlH for fully a minute and many people wero Injured by being struck with theao njjssJlas. Liko Volcanic Eruption. "The explosions, which resembled a volcanic eruption, caused the wlldeat excitement. Men, women and children ruahed to tho mouth of the tunnel and women whose husbands were Ln tho mine had to be brought away by min ers to prevent their being killed by deadly fumes coming from the.mouth of the tunnel.” The mine In which the accident oc curred employs eighty men and It is believed that at least sixty were In tho mine at the time. News of tho explosion brought assistance from tho adjacent campa and tonight hundred* of men were trying to enter tho mine. Deadly fumes overcame tho rescuers frequently but their places Imin, dlate ly were taken by others ready to risk their lives. It was not thought possi ble that any one ln the mine could escape death. It was Impossible to secure names of the desd and Injured tonight. Nearly all the miners employed are al.ivs. Tho explosion la supposed to h tvo been caused by dust. But one body has been recovered, that of T. Duran, a driver who was Just entering the tun nel when tho explosion occurred. in 2:09-»GatPS of Fail- Close Tonight at 12 O’clock. killed by Rory. Spalding flraL Bulloch, iccond. Worth, third. Dodge, fourth. Such waa the decision handed down yeeterday morning by the Judge* of the county exhibit*. It meanx that for Bpaldlng ther* U a check for II..609 awaiting, for Bulloch one for 81.200 and check* of 8750 and 8200 for the counties of Worth and Dodge fbapcct- tvely. The award, were made known hy Vice-President Connor, of the mate ag ricultural xcclgty yesterday mornlns In ner* were made aware of taolrdluet' the Smith Art Halt When the winners wefr made known a- wave of applause swept through the large audience in the building. Since the county exhibits were plac ed over a week ago there was but lit tle doubt ax to the wining display. But few questioned the superiority of the exhibit from Spalding. It waa the race for second and third places that caused the comment. Bulloch wax not far beh’nd the leaders and Worth was not greatly distanced by the coun ty near the. aee. The Dodge county display wax good and will in coming fairs push contestant* hard. In the Individual display the first premium wax taken by Mr. W. C. Lew- __ _ _ _ ^ r -»- Wettxuw. Houston county. Bee- end honors foil Mr. w p Walker of Bpaldlng. The prise of 820 for the best bale of sea Island cotton waa awarded to Mr. A. A. Turner, nf Mil- ton. Messrs B. D. Lum*de n and Thom as Oodley were winners In the on* horse farm dlsplaya. The drat prise was 8100, the second 800. Everyone who has viewed the coun ty and industrial farm exhibits at the fair concede them to bo the best of the kind ever on exhibition at a Geor gia state fair. In one exhibit there are over 1.200 articles. Th# display of Georgia grown rice was one of the fea tures of the agricultural display. The great variety of natural and cultivat ed grasses nine were qf high order. Each exhibit waa well stocked with the product of home Industries, panned and pickled goods, cake and candle*, all.are displayed. . In speaking last night of the Bpald- 'ing county exhibit. Mr. Megel said. 'There ha* been <|Utt« a few rumors afloat of late to th»- effect that a num ber of our articles on exhibit were re- cured from the experiment station at Griffin. Such report* are groundless and we stand ready to substantiate our remark* What we have learned about placing county exhibit* waa tipt found out at the station." Live Stock Breeders Meeting. The meeting of the Georgia Dive Block Breeder* Association was called to order In Hmtth Art Hall at 12 o’clock Immediately after th* Cavalry drill ex hibition In the hippodrome. The officer* In charge were Presi dent a W. Hunt. Vico President John FATAL ACCIDENT. A. Cobb, and Becretary C. L. Wlllough by. The audience comprised more | Explosion of Mill Boilort st Satilla than fifty ot the moat prominent breed- I Bluff Kills Three, era and live stock men In the atale. I BRUNSWICK, Ga.. Oct. 28.— New* After a few Introductory remark* re . rhe a this city today of a fatal acct President Hunt delivered hla annual ,, u ma „ fwl m »es f rom address, remarking on the need for | _ ... . ... more live atock to keep up aoll. fertl!- her*. The_large_bollerj L ln_thejnllll_of Ity, and need for cooperation among tho I the Hllton-Dodge Lumber Company stock growers. Ife made the statement I exploded late yesterday afternoon. The that freight rates are so high on live I mill property waa practically demolish- cattlo sent to Chicago or New York. *d. Three negro workmen were killed that we should make the effort to turn I outright. The body of one man was atock into finished packing house pro-1 blown across the river, ducta in this state. Just as the South I Manager J. A. Foster of this place la now doing In Making finished cotton I left this morning for the scene of the goods Instead of shipping the raw mate- I disaster. He could give no definite de- rial. I tails. The mill was a large one, cut- president Hunt stated that one of I ting forty thousand to fifty thousand the greatest losses to the cattle Indus- I fm per day. Operations are suspend- ry has been Texas fever or tick fever, | ef j indefinitely, but this could now be controlled by preventive Inoculation, and entirely I q, a, r. Programme, stamped out by enradlcatlng the cattle I atiii'NM n*. Ort 28 —The Dro- tlc-ks. Ho favored a united effort to ATHENS, os., w. zx. xne pr stop this pest by stock laws and quar-1 ***• meeting of the Daugaters anttne. With this disease removed, be I of the American Revolution ln this city stated that th<> Southern stockman has I next month has about been completed, all things In his favor In the way of I it will be the sixth annual conference mild climate, long growing season, a 0 f that body and will be held at Beney- profusion of gras* crops, and no need 1 Stovall chapel, Lucy Cobb Institute, by for expensive shelters. I invitation of the Elijah Clarke chapter The next problem Is to secure plenty I 0 f this city, of trained Mbor for live stock farms, I t&s arrangements look to a moat de. and he predicted thla would soon be I Hghtful session, which will have a solved and sureedUuf generations 1 1 - “* ATHENS. Ga.. Oct. 2S.—Th#» convention of the Daughters of Confederacy today adopted resoln protesting against the desecratlo memorial,da?, by gam*H of bai^hal] number of beautiful social functions i football and < tiling on al college the South a fir.e stock prodtKlru: *ec- I W «-H as business sessions. 1 schoo 'authorin• t to di courage tlon and as»nt In holding the cotton I The conference will open Wednes- 1 practice. Retentions were aUo pc supremar * world. 1November 9Uk at 10 o’clock In the I condemning AT STATESBORO NO LYNCHERS INDICTED Grand Jury Fails to Find True Bills, and Judge Daly Expresses His Re grots ThoreaL STATESBORO. Ga., Oct 28.—The grand Jury reported and was dlucharg- 1 today. Following la an extract from the presentments: "We deplore the recent acts of law lessness In our city and community, especially referred to by nls honer. Judge A. F. Daley, fn hla able charge. We have Investigated the matter In tho light of information coming under our personal knowledge and obtained by the examination of a number of wit nesses, but .. have he.-n unable to find sufficient evidence to warrant indlct- mento.” The grand Jury returned no true bills against lynchers. Judge- Daley, In discharging tho Jury, expr- -sed ex- * r** regret that they had failed to lndl« t lynchers and said ho thought they should have carried their Investigations further and that ln his opinion they should have had no trou ble ln identifying the guilty parties. Se al Conde (Coi ‘ nmd r .n Page Five.), I morning. other forms cf la