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MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1908
DAILY, $7.00 A YEAR.
EX-SENATOR CARMACK IS KILLED
IN THREE-CORNERED PISTOL DUEL
WITH DUNCAN C. COOPER AND SON
Culmination of Bitter Feud
Engendered By Politi
cal Strife. <
ASSAULT ON THE EDITOR
STARTED BY THE COOPERS!
I
As Former United States Senator and i
Editor of tho Nashville Tennesseean, i
E. W. Carmack Was One of thej
Best Known Men in the South—Dun
can Cooper is Well Known News
paper Man—Tragedy Grew Out of
the .Bitter Political Fight Waged in
Tennessee During Late Campaign-
All Nashville in Turmoil Over the
Deplorable Tragedy.
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. Nov. 9.—As a
sequel to the recent hitter democrat!© pri
mary for the gubernatorial nomination In
Tennessee. Hon. Edward Ward Carmack,
former United States senator from ren-
neasee. was shot and killed In a street
duel here this afternoon by Robin Coop-
er, a young attorney. Young cooper was
wounded In the shoulder by a bullwC-
from Carmack's revolver, and l* tonight
under police’surveillance In a local hos
pital. Hla condition Is not serious.
Carmack was wounded three times. In
the neck, the breast and left shoulder.
Col. Duncan B. Cooper, father of the
was with his son during the
uui «14 not Are a shot. It Is said
he stood bv with pistol In hand. ’ He* ts
detained tonight at police headquarters.
Cause of Trouble.
The direct cause of tho killing la a
recent series of editorials Ip tho Tennes
see™, a dally *paper. of which Mr. Car
mack became editor after his defeat for
the nomination of governor. The edito
rials In question had been vigorous In
their comment <
leged connect
termed the
Its methods, v.01. vuu»«t »»*-•*-
known In business, newspaper and polit
ical circles In Tennessee and the south,
had. it Is said, notified Mr. Cnrmuck that
the references to him must cease. An
other such editorial appeared this morn
ing.
Fought at Close Quarters,
The men fought at oloae quarters and
there were but few witnesses. It was
past 4 o'clock In the dusk of the after-
north, dhiwliy'tn 1 front tS'tSoWL'LcS'
a fashionable apartment house. Mr. Car-
mark had Just lifted hla hat to .Mrs. Chas.
H. Eastman, a friend, who was passing.
Jn a moment the. flelng began and Mrs.
Eastman was a horlfled witness at close
range. Bo close was she that one of tho
Coopers Is said to have charge Carmaclv
EDWARD WARD CARMACK
was born near Castilian Springs,
Sumner county, Tenn., Novem
ber. 5, 1858; received an aca
demic education; studied law
and began practicing at Colum
bia. Tenn.; was elected to the
legislature as a democrat in
1884; in 1886 joined the editorial
staff of the Nashville American;
In 1388 founded the Nashville
Democrat; aftorwards became
editor-in-chief of the Nashville
American when the Democrat
was morged into that paper; in
1892 became editor of the Mem
phis Commercial; was married
in April. 1890, to Miss Elizabeth
Cobey Dunninqton, of Columbia,
Tenn.; was delegate for the
state at large to the democrats
national convention in 1896; was
' STected to the fifty-fifth and
fifty-sixth congresses; was elect
ed to the United States senate
to succeed Thomas B. Turley,
democrat, who declined to stand
foi re-eletion, and took his scat
March 4, 1901. His term of of
fice expired March 3, 1907.
clean
i the fa-
The tragedy crented tho most Intense
excitement throughout the city and with
in a short time the streets In tho neigh'
borhood were thronged.
.Effort to Silence Carmack.
A statement. Issued by friends of the
Coopers, tonight says, that Col. Cooper
* - * - icentlv talked with K. A. Craig, of
-* ’1r. Cr~
» Mil.
rials. Col. Cooper had told Craig, the
statement says, that he wanted tho ref
erences to himself stopped, that r" —-
private citizen and Carmack had
ISJ
„ r Mr.
Carmack about tho matter and reported
that earmark would consent to no rc -
tlons with Cooper. Mr. Craig, howe
Is said to have expressed the opinion I
the editorial references would cease.
Cooper had a letter which he desired to
Bend Carmack. Jiut friends
against It und urged him to tako
lice of tho edltofial this morning. Short
executive mansion.
.. Seventh avenue, north, for
c-onsultatlon MM
with
Peay, chairman of the democratic state
committee. After the appointment was
made, continue* the statement. "Jos. C.
Bradford and General Tilley Brown again
referred to the CarTnack matter and add
vised Col. Cooper not to go on the streetl
In auch directions as would make proba
ble a meeting with Mr. Carmack. T<
this Col. Cooper nssented. Ho and his
son. Robin, then left the offlco to go to I
the governor’s mansion. To avoid any
possible meeting with Mr. Carmack thcyi
went through tne Arcade and up through]
Union street to Vine. Their purposes In
taking this route was to avoid a meet
ing on the streets. ...
Col. Cooper and his son went through
the Arcade, through Summer, then tcj
Union, and up Union to Vine. Turning
Into Vine. Col. Cooper and hla son sari
Mr. Carmack walking up Vine streetJ
going north on the west side of the street
and In the direction of Col. Cooper and
hla son. though on the opposite side of
the street from them. ,. . _ _ , J
Col. Cooper thereupon sold he would
go over and speak with Mr. Carmack and
see If he would not agree to stop making
the nnnnving newsnnper attacks on him.
"Col. Cooper walked across the street
and approached Mr. Carmack, who wasJ
coming facing him at the time. Op’l
Cooper had Just begun* to speak with Mr J
Carmack when Mr. Carmack drew hla
pistol and began to fire It. wjillo a pass
ing lady was between Mr. Carmack and
Cel. Cooper and his son. who bed run
over when Mr. Carmack began to draw
his pistol. It Is aald that Col. Cooper
asked Mr. Carmeok to come from behind
the *adv. when Mr. Carmack thereupon
J red two shots, both striking Robin Coop-
r. who had Intervened In hi* father’s
protertlon. Then It was after being ahot.
that Robin Cooper fired the fatal shot.
Col. Cooper never lining- n plrtnl nt nll^
"Col. Cooper refused to —
effort being made to secure his release
upon bond for the present. .He said, it
Position of the Body.
NA8HVILLE. Tenn.. Nov 9—Df. Mc-
Fheeter* Glasgow, wno arrived at the
scene soon after the tragedy occurred,
■aid tonight: , , „ _ * ,
"l found the body of Mr. Carmack !v-
Ing on the right side of Seventh avenue.
*- —* —Church street from Un
Ion street. He was lying with hie hearf
facing north and with his right amt
under his head. His pistol was lying Just
out of reach of his right hand and the
■weapon was pointing south. An evening
paner was lying Just out of hla left hand,
which held tha stump of a cigar, which
crushed. I Immediately summonej
signs of Mir when found bv
peered to have been
tor about five
tspre heinw the heart, and remained a
The third bullet, walch I conceive to
be the fatal one, was In the neck. T
wound was one and one-half Inches
the left of the median line and one Inch
below tho hair line of tha neck, posteri
orly. .The bullet entered tho neck and
mart, an exit from the mouth of the de-
The bullet was found on the
' ngue at the exit of
the wound. I think this was the fatal
wound. Two front teeth were also broken
loos*.
I 'think there were two bullets fired
from Carmack’s gun."
Body Lies fn State.
NASHVILLE. Nov. 9.—The body of
Mr. Carmack was prepared for burial
and .removed to the home of Frank Lan
der. general manager of the Tennesseean,
Tho combatants
evidently very
close together when the firing began, but
the question of who fired the first shot 1*
in controversy. Mrs. Chas. H. Eastman,
of this city, and J. M. Kastman, of New
York, were nearby when the tragedy oc
curred. Mr. Eastman's hearing Is not
good and he declared he knew but little
of the affair. Mrs. Eastman ^ald:
9tory of Eya Witness.
••We were walking down Seventh street
lri tho direction of Church street and had
Just passed the entrance to the Polk
flats. Mr. Cr — **" —*
towards us si
He was some —.... r ,
very few people on the street. Mr. East
man and I were near the edge of tho
sidewalk and Mr. Carmack would have
passed between ua and the fence. He
raised his hat as wo spoke. He had Ills
right hand up and was about to make a
remark when somebody said—It was the
older voice—'We.'vd got you all right,’ or
something to that effect • l eant say pos
itively what the exact words were. It
never occurred that It was anything more
than a friend speaking. Mr. Carmack
raised his eyes. Instantly put on his hat
and ran his hand back, when the sanio
said: 'You coward, you arp hiding
If independent Defeats Wood
ward, Believed Primary
System Is Killed.
MANY FORMER OPPONENTS
SUPPORT THE MAYOR-ELECT
They Hold Hit Alleged Offense Would
Not Be Ground For Impeaohment If He
Was In Office and That the Primary
SyAem la Worth More to the City Than
the Fortunes of Any Individual—Many
Participants In Primary, However, De
clare They Will Support Independent.
Charges to Be Fully Investigated by
Chief of Police.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov. I.—Nothing defi
nite has developed In the movement to
wards bringing out an independent candi
date for mayor against James G. Wood
ward. the white primary nominee, here,
because of alleged sensational conduct on
the part of Mr. Woodward during the
past week.
Many are declaring openly that If nn
Independent is announced lie will get
their votes, although they took part In
tho primary. They hold that when Mr.
Woodward, failed to keep hi* promise in
regard to nls habits that he released his
friends from further support and mode
the obligation incurred In. the primary
tlon, and among these i
Mr. Woodward's weaknesses were well
known to the citizens of Atlanta. In that
they were liberally aired during previous
r utids of Impeachment If he
office at the preaent time, and stand
on tho position that, the primary Is worth
more to the material Interests of the city
than the fortunes of any single Individ
ual. This 'atter conclusion Is based on
the theory that to run *
would be bolting the
Independent
primary; which
would probably result In Its nbnndon-
Other Possible Candidates.
John E. Murpbey. the prominent busi
ness man. and r * ~ * *—~
been added to tt
ble Independent <
At a meeting of the Baptist ministers
of the city today strong resolutions con
demning the alleged conduct of Mr
Woodwurd and calling on the city execu
tive committee to withhold confirmation
from his candidacy were adopted.
It was announced that further action
In the movement to bring out an Inde
pendent candidate has been suspended
pending a complete Investigation of the
mayor-elect's conduct. The Investigation
will be made by the chief of police.
behfhd a woman.
Carmnck Jumped
id I Jun
out i
„. _ Jumped Into a gatowny. T
saw that Mr. Carmack had a pistol. I
turned and said: ‘For God’s sake don’t
Mrs. Eastman snld she i
States Senator Edward W. Carmack was
.... mber of the legislature of 1884. Ho
was n delegate to the national democratic
convention of 1896 and a member of con
gress 1897-1901, from the tenth congres
sional district of Tennessee. He served
with distinction In the United States
senate for six years, being defeated for
re-election In the primary a little over a
year ago by former Gov. Robert Taylor.
Senator Carmack then resumed tho prac
tice of law In Memphis, which was then
his home, but within a few months re
moved to Nushvllle.
Championed Prohibition.
Last spring he opposed Governor Pat
terson for the democratic gubernatorial I
nomination, championing tho cause of
state-wide prohibition. Carmack wns
defeated. Shortly nftcr his defeat Mr.
Carmack accepted tho editorship of tho
Nashville Tennesseean and for the last
two months has been at the head of that
^^enator Carmack’s newspaper career
began In 1886 as a member of the editor
ial staff of tho NaShvlUe American. Ha
founded the Nashville Democrat In 1888
and when It was merged Into the Ameri
can he became editor-ln-chlef of tho
American. In 1892 he became editor of
GOVERNORS MEET
IN MEMPHIS TODAY
s V
WAYS AND MEANS TO BETTER
PRICE OF COTTON ARE TO
BE DISCUSSED.
Commercial Appeal st Memphis.
He was married In April. 1890, to Miss
Elizabeth Cobey Dunnlngton. of Colum
bia. Tenn.
Carmack Wasn't Afraid.
NASHVILLE. Nov. 9,-Lapa O. Mc
Cord. Jr., city editor of the Tennesseean,
is quoted as saying that "several friends
of - the senator had advised him to be
careful, and to all of these admonition*
tho senator replied that he did not intend
to show the *whlte weather.’ ••
Mr. McCord also said that In replying
to these admonitions Mr. Csrmack re
marked that he did not think Col. Cooper
Intended to harm him.
Mrs. Carmack Prostrated.
COLUMBIA. Tenn., Nov. 9.—Mrs.
E. W. Carmarck left here for Nash
ville at 5 o’clock this afternoon and
she appeared on the verge of prostra
tion. Her mother. Mrs. Ellen Dun
nlngton. who has been seriously III,
wan overcome and physicians wero
called In. Fears are entertained f.»r
her. The remains of Mr. Carmack
will reach here at 10 o’clock tomorrow
morning and tne funeral probably will
be arranged for Wednesday. It Is
thoyght that Bishop E. E. Hoss. of
His Brilliant Career.
WASHINGTON. Nor. 9.—Senator
Carmack la well remembered In Wash
ington, where he served In both houses
of congress. During hla senatorial ca
reer from 1901 to 1907, he made a
number of brilliant apeeclfau.
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Nov. 9.—Tomor
row the mass meeting of cotton grow
ers. factors and ' fnpfehlintH will be
called to order by Hnrvle Jordan,
president of tho Southern Cotton As
sociation, to discuss ways and means
by which tho price of the south'
great staple can bo advanced.
Mr. Jordun and Rlcherd Cheatham,
his secretary, arrived here today.
Speaking of tho meeting. Mr. Jordan
said he expected a Jargo gathering and
he aald the work of the meeting will
be productive of much good to tho
cotton fanner of tho south.
The night rldor question will bo
taken up and discussed and It Is be
lieved the convention will pass a rcso,
lutlon condemning this outlawry In thq
strongest terms.
IN PISTOL DUEL
CONNELL IS KILLED
MIDVILLE, Ga, Nov. 9.—News hah
Just reached here of the killing, of
Luther Connell by Johr. Hoge at J.
R. Crandall’s saw mill at Gertrude,
Ga.. thLce mllea from hc»*e.
From reports. Connell fired on Hoge,
which he returned, killing Connell In
stantly.
TWO ITALIAN LABORERS
ROANOKE. Va.. Nov. Two Italians.
Joe Chlrlce. and Frank Olol, wars found
this morning murdered near Rlpplemead,
In Giles county., Va. Sheriff Durham, of
Giles, went to the scene of the murders,
but found no trace of the murderers.
A coroner’s Inquest wns held end a
verdict returned that Chlrlce cam* to his
death from stab wounds In the nerk and
Olol frqm a gunshot In the head. th«
wounds being inflicted by some unknown
person or persons. Tho men were
ployed on railroad construction.
other things with tho Jndlanola,
Brownsville and Panuma revolution
Incidents, executive encroachment, etc.,
and hi* speeches on the subject of the
Philippine tariff and In answer to
Senator' Foraker on the negro "shoot
ing up" Incident at Brownsville, ere
among those particularly recalled by
the Tenneseeean's admirers. He was
a minority 'member of the commutes
on the Philippines.
Boyhood Home Shocked.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. Nov. »/~A
special dispatch to the Times from Co
lumbia, ’Tenn.. the boyhood home of ex-
uuiuwci 9| PFWtMfi , Senator Carmack.. shat th® gwnple
though inclined to be sarcastic In somo t ??
•hocked beyond-i
an ambulance, and had.the bodv tarried ™ at the newr of the killing of Mr. Cm
of his utterances he had many friends . mark ln Nashville. • Business has bee
In congress, among both democrat*• m *r>+nded and win not he returned until
and republicans, who admired his ! after the funeral.
arul hU intellectual ,tuin- |
p^p. To.. ,m ^. r rr's,. ' sss? sts-
during hla four ML* 1 ** *°T. r the people received the news tmwe la
house was his brilliant effort In fils j grief than In anger. The dispatch ad Is:
own defense when Josfah Patterson. "It seems the general sentiment her*
father of the present governor of Ten- that the killing wa» fnrtlgnted by the
ntM„. contMtcd c«jm«ek-. Mat. TirnSl»«° , «nd "hw •rTm.n’r'who'mrS
Durtnir hl» MfPWHW.awr k* "tnSSTh.: 1. im
constantly attacked the republican ad-1 orotrote the sassage of temr— ~ ‘ ~
ministration, in connection, among | Ulatlon,**
Governor Appoints Commis
sion to' Investigate Feas-
* bility of Scheme.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov. O.—Oov. Hoke
Smith today made hla appointments on
tho commission which J» to Investigate
tho feasibility of extending the mate road
to the sea with convict Jabor. They
Jnmea R. Gray, of Atlanta.
George Dole Wadlcy. of Forsyth oounty.
Paul B. Trammell, of Whitfield county.
W. H. Burwell, of Hancock county.
The resolution under which the commis
sion was created Instructed tha speaker
of the house ( —~“ u — *
the president
their respective bodies. Those named
From the House—Hooper Alexander, of
The report will be made to the next
RECEIVER FOR
CITIZENS’ BANK
Abbeville Institution Is
Closed On Report of
Examiner.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov. 9—Acting on a
report of the state bank examiner, At
torney General John C. Hart today took
steps to place the Citizens' nank of Ab
beville In the hands of a receiver.
The bank examiner reported the estab
lishment Insolvent, though the assets are
said to about equal the liabilities.
The petition was filed In the superior
court of Wilcox county. State Treasurer
It. E. Park, who Is ex-offlein tank exam
Iner, meantime having charge.
the state text-book commission
In tho office of Gov. Smith today, for tha
purpose of beginning plans for adopting a
now set of uniform books for the public
schools of the state^f|ta^^^M
be made and the coNMHVWHBWVPP
uarv l, when the present arrangements
Neal Bank Matter.
ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. 9.—The appeal In
the cs«e of Booth et nJ. vs. the Neal
Dank. In which the right of tne. state
* ut IBW,r
to prior claim mi m»mii
assets of that Institution, which IsL . .
the hands of a receiver, Is questioned,
whs not heard by the supreme court to- 1
day. ns scheduled. Tho • henring wni
postponed indefinitely because of. the Ina
bility to secure h Judge to take tho plgQe
of Judgo Lumpkin, who Is dlsquallflcd-^H
O.OftO of the
inn yiMiuciuirij i i - in—
.... Loulsvlllo-Atlsnta-New
Orleans circuit will be held nt the Kim
ball Ilnust here Wednesday, for the pur-
post of discussing proposed Improvement*
In the service. About thirty editors are
expected to attend.
Mr. Pound Talks to Ministers.
ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. 9.—Jere M.
Pound, stnte school commlseloner. dcllv-
ered a strong address on behalf of the
public schools at the regular meeting
of the Methodist ministers of Atlanta this
morning. Iln urged thnt some of the
energy expended by the churches for the
denominational Institutions he Used for
tho support und Improvements of the pub
lic schools.
In the course of his remarks, he slated
the better Inducemefits offered In other
AVLRA6E CORN YIELD
26.2 !_PER ACRE
INDICATED PRODUCTION OF CORN
AND FIVE OTHER CROP® SUM
MARIZED BY DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—An average
yield of 20.2* bushels of corn per aero
and an Indicated total production of
2.642,687.090 bushels of corn are prelim
inary estimates announced In the report
of , tho department of ogr Ictiftuie,
Issued today, sumniiirlsjpg com and live
other crops. The yield of com per acre
In 1907 wns 1R.9. as finally estimated,
and averaged 29.6 for ten years, while
the production Is compared with 2.M2,-
220,000 hiiNiiels Anally estimated Ip 1907.
Quality of coni Is K«.9 per cent, compared
with 12.8 ten-year average. About 2.7
per» cent, or 71,124.000 bushels. Is esti
mated to have been In th« farmers' tands
on November 1 agnlnst 4.8 per cent, nr
110.995JOOO bushels a year ago and a ten-
year average of 4.6 per cent.
The preliminary figures for the
United States giving In Imshela the yield
K r acre and total production, respective-
■ Include:
Missouri. 27. 202.8.14.000; Texas. 28.7,
and 201,848.000: Kentucky, 26.2 and 8f.
822,000; Tennessee, 24.8 and 74.747,000;
Georgia, 12.5 and r.8.421,000; Alabama,
14.7 and 44.835.ono: Virginia. 26 and 48..
828,000; North Carolina. 18 and 80,166,.
000: Arkansas. 20.2 and K2.I40.000.
The preliminary estimates of potatoes,
tobacco and rice giving average yields
per acre and comparisons with final esti
mates for 1907 and for period of ten years
per cent against 83.2 per cent last
... erage 87.6.
Tobacco—Yield. 825.2 pounds against
—0.5 pounds In 1997 and a ten-year av
erage of 797.6. Production 829.634.006
pounds against 698,126,000 In 1907. Quali
ty. 87.9 per cent as against »0 per cent
year ago and a ten-year average of
Wee—Yield. 34.7 bushels against 21.•
In 1907, and n ten-year average of 10.6.
Production. 22.718.000 bushels .against
18.728.000 In 1907.
ALABAMA RAILROADS -
GET ADVERSE VERDICT
MONTGOMERY. Ala., Nov. 9.—
Judge A. D. sayre. of the city rourt,
today ruled that the new trunch\e§
tax on foreign corporation* la valid
and that those railroads which are re
sisting payment hava no right to re-
cognize the tax they paid under pro*
tests. He also held that the absorp
tion of certain Alabama jroadx In the
past did not make a domestic corpora-
tlon .of tho Atlantic Cosat Line; that
It J* a foreign corporation and must
pay the tax.
The tax totals SI50,600 annually on
the several railroads.
T
OF 11
Edward M. Morgan, Long In
Postal Service, Victim
of Lunatic.
ASSAILANT iBTHREE
Erlo H. B. Mackey, a Stenographer.
Meets New York Postmaster and
Deliberately Opens Fire-Only Rea
son Assigned For the Deed is Some
Fancied Trouble Maekey Had With
the Delivery of His Mall—Maokey’a
Father it Well Known Literary Man
of Cambridge—Mackey Died In
stantly—The Wounded Offioial Will
Recover.
NEW YORK. Nov. 9.—Edwin M. Mor
gan, postmaster of New York city, who
wns wounded In the abdomen this morn
ing by a bullet fired by K. If. U. Mackey,
uu eccentric English stenographer, who
then committed suicide, was resting well
tonight, and unless complications develop,
he will recover.
Mr. Morgan probably owes hla life to
the quick wit and bravery of hla 14-year-
old daughter, Dorothy, who saw Mackey
draw Ills revolver struck It with her hand.
This deflected the bullet, otherwise I be
postmaster would- have been tutilly
range and fired four shots In nil.
shooting occurred at One Hundred ami
Forty-sixth street, ondoily a sho-.t cus
tom- from Mr. Morgan's home, lie wai
on Ills wsy down town at the time.
An Investigation of the life and record
’ Maekey reveo's that be was of a mor
bid nature, and a former Inmate or ?ut
asylum in Worcester. Maas. Thnt Ills
act was premeditated Is mado certain,
by a letter he left, but asldn from a
fancied grievance against Mr. Morgan
and tho postofflee authorities concerning
the lisndllnx of hls»mnll, nothing lias
come to light to Indicate why ho should
have sought to murder tho poslmastcri
NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Postmaster
Edward M. Morgan, of this city, whs
shot down In tho streets on ho was
lenvlng his home In Onp Hundred and
Forty-Hlxth street for the postofflee
this morning by Eric H. II. Mackey, a
stenographer employed by a down town
law firm, who then a hot nn d Inattmtly
kllUnl himself.
The single bullet which struck Mr.
Morgan entered at the right aide of the
abdomen ar\fi passed out at the left
■Ido without penetrating the walls.
Wound Not Fatal.
There was no Internal bleeding and
there Is every likelihood that, tho
wounded man will recover. The only
excuse known for the shooting was
that Mackey had complained to tho
authorities nt tho postofflee in Wash
ington ’thnt his mall find been tam
pered with and that some one had
turned out an oletrlc light when he was
reading by It in the corridor of the
post office.
Mackey had received a reply that
there was no evidence of tampering
with ihls mall-and that the incident of
the electric light wns nn accident.
Mackey's employers, the firm of Hunt,
Hill &. 'Retts, declared they could ac
count for the tragedy only on the
theory that Maekey was InsAne. Ilo-
sldes a revolver, It wns found that
Mackey carried a dagger and a sling
shot.
Mackey wns an Englishman, 31 years
old, and ho formerly was omployed In
Boston:
Daughter Saw 8hootinq.
The shooting took placo In tho pres-
enco of Miss Dorothy Morgan, the 14-
yenr-old daughter of the postmaster,
who was accompanying him to the
subway station on her way to school.
Mackev had been pacing up and down
tho aldewalk near the corner of Broad,
way and One Hundred and Forty-slxtn
street for two hours before the shoot-
Ing. When Mr. Morgan and his
daughter left their homo and walked
toward Broadway Maekey turned down
tho sldo street and met thorn. Evi
dently ho had never soon the postmas-
ter before, and as ho met Mr. Morgan
he asked:
"Are you Postmaster MorganT*
At Mr. Morgan’s affirmative reply
Mackey draw his revolver nnd fired
ono shot Inlo the postmaster's shdo-
men.- Tho Wounded man fell to the
sidewalk and as two witnesses of 'ho
shooting came running up, Mnckey lay
down on the sidewalk and sent o\o
bullet Into hln head nnd another Into
his heart. He wns dead when tho first
man reached him.
Mr. Morgan was ranVd brio his own
home, physlclnns were hastily summoned
and It was found that the ballet had
merely passed through the fleshy portion
of the abdomen for eight Indies, Inflict
ing a superficial wAund.
Mr. Morgan declared that he did not
know Mackey and never saw Mm before
the shooting. It was learned that a man
answering Msckey's description had
railed at the Morgan home three times
during the past ten days In his absence.
While the surgeons were working oyer
Mr. Morgan at nls home In nn effort to
■are hla life the
fired the shot nnd inen smeu mmoeii.
wSs lying on the eldi-wnlk where he had
fallen. A great crowd hnd gathered at
the scene—but a »Wnll of policemen who
had been rushed to tho plncc Immediate
ly after tho shooting, stood guard over
the body.
Morgan In Service Long.
Mr. Morgan has been connected with
the postal service In New York for more
than a quarter of a century. He began
hla career ns a letter carrier tblrtr-one
years ago and worked hfs way to the fro.
Last year he whs promoted from assist
ant poetmaster b> "/..P 0 "*-
master, to eurceed W llllnm R. Wilcox,
who became a public sendee commission
er. Mr. Morgan Is the republican leader
in the Washington Heights assembly dis
trict.
Maekey, the assailant had been In ths
employ of Hunt, Hill A Betu. lawyers,
of 165 Broadwsv for about four years.
He ram* from England nine years ago.
Worked for a time In Boston and then
came to this c'.tv. At the office where
he was employed In thla etty Mackey
was held In high —
plovers say they a
to Vxplaln his art l 4 .
The only due thu« far ftund which
may have a bearing oh the tragedy Is
contained In a number of letters found In
Mackey** desk. Thane Indicate that
•boat a ymr ago he had complained to
tha postmaster thnt some of his mall
hnd not been properly delivered. Ths
correspondence was signed by one of the
• department rleiks.
ley’s employes* say that so far an
who
killed himself.
regular
Mark.
they know he never met or had any deal]
Ings with Postmaster Morgan. Mr MorF
E mm regained consckmsneaa while tho
SM slrians were working on him. lift,
l he never eaw hfg assailant until
COEDUCATION OF THE RACES
MAY BE REGULATED BY STATES,
DECLARES HIGHEST TRIBUNAL
8,199,728 BALES
GINNED TO NOV. I
As Against 6,128,562 Same
Date Last Year—26,295
Ginneries.
TON. Kov. 9.-
... ginneries and I
of cottou ginned from tho growth of 1908
to November 1.
These figures announced by the census
bureau today are ngolnst 26,069 ginneries
and 6,128.563 bales at tho corresponding
date In 1907. 27.370 ginneries and
hales In 1906, and 27,802 ginneries and
6,457.595 baler In 1905.
The repoit counts round bales as half
bales, and Includes 149.340 round bales
for 1108. 125.715 for 1907. and 169.741 for
1906, nnd 182,870 for 1905.
The number of son Island hales Includ
ed Is 45.495 for 1908. 33.3.11 for 1907. 21.706
for 1906. and 49,161 for 1903.
The corrected figures of quantity of
aotton ginned this season to October 18,
•re 6.:9l,iet boles.
Number of tales and active ginneries
manor lively by states eti November 1,
1908. uro aa follows:
Alabama, bales 894.183. ginneries 3.363.
Arkansas, bales 636,658, ginneries 2,016.
Florida, bales 43,065. ginneries 241.
Georgia, tales 1.885,816. ginneries 4,321.
Kentucky and New Mexico, bulea 954.
ginneries 4.
I^tilslana, hales 200,099, ginneries 1,659.
Mississippi. Italy* 898,546, ginneries
3,309. •
Missouri, bales 30,940. Rlnncrlcs v 69.
Tennessee, bales 199,621. ginneries 605.
Texas, tales 2.604,886. ginneries 4.046.
Virginia, bales 4.667. ginneries 82.
Distribution sea Island cotton for 1908,
by stated Is:
Florida 19.057. Georgia 21.998; Houtli
Carolina 4,440.
HOLYJOLLERS
ARE DISMISSED
But Not Until They Had
Given the Recorder an
Exhibition.
ATLANTA, On.. Nov. 9.— Religious
services wero among the features of
$hn imjrnlng yesslon of tho recorder’s
court horn today. Twenty-six Holy
Boilers, who Had spout Hatnrday ulgl't
and Sunday behind looked doors at
police hcadqunrtera. Insisted on giving
ftn'exhibition to show that their man
ner of worship did not cnnsUtuto din-
orderly conduct. Itncosder Broyles clo
dded that In such a manner alone
cpuld the lastie bo Justly decided, nnd
ho hnd the court loom cleared and
turned ovor to tho enthusiastic roll
er*.
Policemen guarded the doom and a
big crowd occupied tho benches of
tha court room while tho rollers per
formed before tho court. Their an
tics were more llkn an Initiation In a
fpenk secret order than thq worship
of God. They pranced around tho
court room In Indian war tlanco
style, chanting mystorlous hymns nil
tho while. When It was over the court
decided that no such church rltnnl con-1
stftuted a public nulannco und dis
missed the congregation.
They Were arrested Huturdny nftiv-
noon on complaint of a butcher, r:h »so
storo Is located underneath their
church. He declared they were driv
ing his business away.
SEA SWELL AND LADY
ESTHER TAKE BLUE
CINCINNATI. Nov. 9.~flca dwell and
Lady Esther were tne only winning fa
vorite* at l.at'iniii today. Ktlion easily
won tne hamllcHp, tho featuro, from A!
Muller, the favorite. Mysilfler, a loo to
t shot, wop the third event In a drlvo,
from Gresham. Hutninarles:
(First race, five and‘one-imlf furlongs—
point Mae. 7 to 1. won; Muleron. 6 to 1
place, second; Kllvalm y, even show, third
imn, 1:08 4-1.
Second race, five furlongs—Ben Hwrll,
• to 10, won; Miss Crittenden. 6 to 1 placo,
second; Dr. Ifolsbcrg, 3 to 3 show, third.
Time. 1:10 l-B.
Third race, six furlongs—Myatlfler, 160
to 1, won; Gresham, 7 to 5 place, second;
Orlando!, 3 to , 2 show, third. Time,
1 Fourth race, six furlongs, handicap—
Ktlion, 11 to i. won; Al Miller, 2 to 5
K ies, aecond; Dainty Dame, out show,
Ird. Time, 1:12 4*5.
'Ifth race, one mile and seventy yards-*-
\y Esther, 6 to 5. won; Woolsions, 4
t place, second; Csrew, out show,
rd. Tims, 1:42 4-5.
Jlrth rare, ono mile and a sixteenth—
Albert Star, 7 to 1, won; Howard Hhean,
20 t? l^lace, second; Besterllng, 4 to 1,
third. Time, 1:47.
400.EMPLOYES BACK AT
NORFOLK, Va.. Nov. 9-The Amer
ican Cigar Company's large stonunery
factory In this city, which shut down
some three mentha ago, resumed oprr.
atlons today with a force of 460.
General Manager long aavwtei
that tho force would soon be Increased
to 460 and possibly 700.
TO
FOR MEETING
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. M-.mHers
of the Unit'd Daughters of the Con
federacy began arriving In Atlanta to
night for their annual convention,
which will begin In this city on Wed
nesday.
Many women, prominent throughout
the nouth. are expected to attend.
A preliminary meeting will Ln held
Tuesday night, at which It Is exacted
Important plans for the convention
work .will be perfected. •
Suprorao Court Hands Dowa
Decision in Caso Borea '
College, Ky.
STATE MAY CONTROL THE
CORPORATIONS IT CREATES
Case Is Test of Ksntueky Law Prohibit
ing White and Black Children From
Attending tho 8amo Schools—State /
Court* Upheld the Law And tho Decis
ion of tho United Statfs Court Is Re
garded ae Far-Reaching In Its Scope.
Opinion la Rendered By Justice Brew-
era-Justices Harlan and Day Dissented.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 9.—In deciding
the rase of Boren Unllega va. tho state
of Kentucky favorably to the state the
supremo court of the United Htatea today
held that a state of the union may con
stitutionally legislate to prevent the co
education of the white and black races.
The case wuh Instituted tn test the
validity or the state law of 1964 prohibit- ,
Ing white and bluck children from at
tending tho Minin' schools. The higher
stain court took the position thnt the
white ami black races are naturally an
tagonistic und that the.enforced separa
tion of the children of the two la In tho
line of tin* preservation of the peace.
The opinion of the supreme ronrt was
handed down by Justice Brewer and af
firmed the finding of both the Kentucky
circuit court and the court of appeals.
Justice.-* Harlan nnd I>ay dissented.
Opinion of Justlca Brewer. y
Justice Brewer’s opinion dealt entirely ,
ffected by tho
with corporation*
Kentucky, statute, and did not ennshh
estfon of Its nppllcahiu
. proceeding upon the
• Ims complete control i
ratlonx of Us own creAtlon. He then
conatrucs the law of 1904 as In effect an
amendment to tllu charter of Berea Col-'
lege nnd added:
limitations, nnd tlipt under the
_ of an amendment a new contract
not always be enforolhle upon the
f suggestion
id that the hglt.lnture would not
• mo part unless It could
corporation or the stockholders: hut It Is
settled thnt a power reserved to the leg
islature to alter, amend or repaal a char
ter authorizes It to maka nn alteration or
amendment of a charter granted subject
to It. which will not defeat or au..stan-
thilly Impair the object of the grant, or
any rights* vested under It. and whlrh
the legislature may deem necessary in
secure flthor (tat object or any publlgi
r ^’Wo need concern ourselves only with
the Inquiry whether the first section of
the Kentucky law can be upheld as edm-
Ing within the power of-a state over Its
own corporate creature*. We are of
opinion that It does come within that
power.’*-- O—- .-Mur.-x-- - -
S cspondlng to some of Justice Harlan’S
«-tliras, Justice Brewer,aald:
"Thera la nn force In thw suf
that the statute. Hither-*- -•*■*-*-
aide, must stand r
••....
reach nil. That the legislature of Ken
tucky desired to separate the teaching of
white nnd colored children msv be con
ceded*, Imt It by no means follows thnt
ceded, hut It by no mrnn* follow* that
so far ns It could do so. even though It
could not make It effective under all cir
cumstances. Til other words. It Is not st
all unreasonable to believe thnt the leg
islature. nlthough advised beforehand of
the constitutional question, might havo
prohibited all organization* ana corpora
tions under Its control from teaching
white ami colored children together, nnd
thus made nt least uniform official ac
tion." .
Justlca Harlan's Views.
Contending that It would prove lm-
prnctlcnbl*' ad unsatisfactory to sepa
rate corporate from prlvato schools, Jus-
aim Harlan In Ids dissenting opinion,
said the mint should meet tho entire
question squarely Hnd decide whether It
!« ft crime under tiny conditions to edu
cate white children and negrrt children at
the same Institution, fie dhl not concede
that It should lm so regarded.
"Ilnvn Wn,” he asked, "become so Inoc-
(tinted with prejudice of race ttat an
American government professedly bared
on the principles of freedom and charged
with the protection of ,.ll citizens alike
can mnko distinctions betweon such citi
zens In the matter of their voluntary as-
soclntlon for Innocent purposes s'mplv
beenuso of tl.elr respective races?
Further. If the lower court bo right, then
a state may mnko It « crime for white
nnd colored persons to frequent the ssms
market places nt the samo tlm*. or ap
pear In an assemblage of citizens con
vened to consider questions of a puhlle or
iKdltlcal nature In which all citizens,
without regnrd to race, are equally Inter
ested. Many other illnstratlonj might
he given to show tho mis' hlcvous, not to
nay cruel character of the statute In
question, nnd how Inconsistent nueh leg
islation Is wIlli the great principle •»/
equality of ritltenn before the law."
Justice Harlan added that lie did not
want to he understood ss criticizing the
system of separate public schools tor the
races, but (lint Ills censure wns directed
system of separate public schools
races, hut thnt Ills censure was
nt the penal provision of tho Kentucky
law Involved In Ihls case, Ho considered
It unconstitutional.
EARLY, THE LEPER, TO
IHEJ1TH FAMILY
DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS OECIOB
TO BREAK UP HIS STRICT
ISOLATION.
nl liy lliu district mmmlMlon.r. tod»y
to brmk up th. itrlct Uol.tton or John
It. Knrly. tli, |np.r, .nd mimlt Mm to
llv. with hi. family In a .malt brick
houac near I hr Wiuhlnrtcin work houM
It round*. II. will I- und.r lh« a«m« roof
with hi. family, but It win ba nrranc.d
that ttiry can lira entirely apart
-If thla la ilnnr. tha w.lfara of tha
K hllr and nf Karty and hla family will
duty aafrauarded." drnlared Health
Off Ire r Wordward. "and K.rly can reaaa
to bo drbnndrnt on th. dlatrlet and can
aupport ntmaalf and wlfa and child from
hla prnalon monry, which la 122 a
month." ,,
WANT TARIFF REMOVED
FROM JUTE
NEW ORLEANS. Ln.. Nov. 9.—The
N»*w Orleans Cotton Exchange today
passed resolution* calling upon con<
grass to reduce the present tariff on
Jute bagging used for baling cot tan.
’’Thla tax la a direct ourden on
cotton raising Industry of the souih
for tho benefit of a few manufacturers
who are thus enabled to thrive at the
expense of tho most Important class
of agriculturallstii In this country/
declares the resolution.