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- _ The Macon Daily Telegraph WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEOROIAl FAIR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAYl LIGHT WINDS, MOSTLY 8 OUTHWEST, ESTABLISHED IN 162*. MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 17, 1908 DAILY, *7.00 A YEAR, q IF I HAD BEEN THE CANDIDATE I WOULD HAVE CARRIED GEORGIA SAYS ROOSEVELTTO COL HUDSON “I Would Have Gone There and Made a. Few 3 Speeches” BELIEVES HE GOULD HAVE BROKEN THE SOLID SOUTH That He Mined What He Considers an Opportunity of Carrying the 8talwart Democratic State of Hie Mother's Nativity, Seems to Be the President's Only Regret—"I Am Confident the Vote Would Have Been Given Me Had I Been in the Race/* Says Mr. Roosevelt • Convict Lease Approved. ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov.' It—The prison commission has approved a sub-lease ot •convicts made by Baxter & Co., the Far- K lessees, under which fifty men are to used in building a railroad line be tween Haslehurst and Vldalla in south Georgia. v * H. A. McLean In Trouble, ATLANTA. Of.. Nov. II.—H. A. Me- Lean was arrested here yesterday on the charge of.cheating and swindling, being based on a claim that he got SiOLZS from ATLANTA, Ga., Nor . lS.-(Telo- graph Bureau, Kimball House)—"If I had been a candidate for president this time, I would have carried Geor gia and have broken the eolid south," is what President Roosevelt said, or words to that effect to Col. T. G. Hudson, state commissioner of agri culture. at the white house Saturday.. Missing the opportunity of carrying the stalwart democratic state of h’.< mother’s nativity seemed to be the qply regret, according to Mr. Hudson, Mr. Roosevelt feels over his refusal to accept a third term. Confident of It. "I am confident Georgia’s electoral vote would havo been given me. had I been In the race," the national cMef executive said. "1 would have gone down there and made a few speeches, Just to make It certain." "You have many friends In Geor- Hudson's Washington Mission. Mr. Hudson, In company with R. F. Duckworth, went to Washington for the purpose of urging the appoint ment of Charles S. Barrett, president of the Farmers* Union, on the recent ly created country life commission. They presented t'ae many good rea sons whv the Georgian should be hon ored with the ‘appointment, sotting forth that he represented an organ- I izatlon composed of -more than a mill lion farmers, made up In large part of actual workers. Although the claim* of. several others had been urged. Messrs. Hudson and Duckworth had barqly completed’the presentation of.Mr. Barrett’s case before tho pres' Ident signified his intention of acting on their suggestion. The appointment was announced this morning. Purpose of the Commission. The purpose of the commission is to promote Improvement in country life, aiming to make It more attractive. At present the commissioners serve without pay. but It Is said the next congress will be asked to place them on a salary. Mr. Hudson states Mr. Roosevelt expressed much pleasure with the gains msdo by the republican party In the south at the recent election. Messrs. Hudson and Duckworth re turned from Washington last night. Mors Counties After Convicts. ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. 1*—In addi tion to those already published, three more counties have made requisitions for convicts to he used on tm*'r pub lic roads under the new convict law. Tattnall has applied for its quota of twenty-five pnd for fifteen "overs.** New Bank for Cummin*. ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. 11—A charter was granted todav bv Secretary of State Phil Cook to the Farmers’ and Mer chant*' Bank of Cummins. It is to he capitalised at $5B,ooo. It w.is organised by W. R. otwell and other prominent business men of that section. Taylor Is Oil Inspector. oil inspector, to succeed Dr. ... Bryant, of Tumervllle. who has resigned. Dr. Bryant oult the office because all of his time being taken up at the sanita rium of which he la owner. The Inspector has charge of all the sub-inspectors throughout the state, and receive* a salary of 1100 a month, ” ‘ t plac * of the placet which was criticised as a sinecure by 8tats Senator T. H. Fet ing the pln>'ft. but the measure never came up in the house. Returns All In. ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov. II.—All returns of property for state Uses ha~e been received by the comptroller goners!, and his books have been dosed, until they can he tabulated, the total Valuation of the taxable property In this state will not be known but Comptroller Wright is con fident the result will show a falling pff of several millions. The general returns as made to the county tax receivers show an Increase of ( bout lt.otf.MO over those of but year. (nwever. s reduction exceeding the gain will be shown In the fixed valuations of corporate property, ths returns of which are made to the comptroller general di rect. In every case submitted to arbitra tion the value of railroad property was reduced for below the figures fixed for , iso?. In on# esse the reduction amount ed to nearly t2.000.W0. In only onoeno# do the returns go bevond the flsures of hurt year. This Is the Atlanta. Blrmlng- ham and Atlantic Railroad Company and the increase is due to completed tn»eage rather than to natural growth of values. The comptroller rejected no returns which were fixed at figures as high as “STl? practically* certain that taxable values will show s decline this yssr. and for the first time since the Civil War. It will all be dus to the falling off in ths of these, the Central Bank and Trust Corporation, was an appll . - -• • *•- cant for the distinction recently giye: the American National. Under the ruling bf the courts, the state has prior claim on its funds when a d^>ository foils, in case ths depository in a bank operating under a state char ter. When it is & national bank, ths styte ranks as an ordinary depositor. fraudulent means. Mr. Owens Is a local capitalist. It is claimed that on Saturday Mr. Me- Mr. Owens and sold option on bogus property claimed to be -* -—’lead. Leon went option on b located at Buckhei KAISER INTENDS TO RUN ” Says Reichstag Has no Right to Dictate—Knows What’s Best BERLIN, Nov. 1,.—HeedlM. of tho warning of the German reichstag and the federal oouncll of ths German empire. Emperor William is determined to uphold his personal power and to exercise Just as great personal Influence in both for eign and domestic affairs In the future as he has in the past This momentous information reached the German capital today from an aul thorltative source, and occasioned con sternation In government circles, where his peopje and put a curb < In Fearful Rage. activities. Beside himself with rage because of the strictures mads against him.' the etna peror is .reported- to have declared him! self as follows to a* group of courtiers at ths cattle>e( .Prince Fueratsnberg .at Eschingen, where he has been a guest for severs! days: "Despite e.verylhlng. I ehiT.1 go on my way as I see fit It is not for ths rsltfa stag to dictate to me. It Is for mel decidrwhat is best for the fatherland.’.— The report says that tha emperor spoke with great difficulty as his rage was such that he eould scarcely Contain himself. He emphasised his remarks by thumping the table tround with his flsL which the group saL Von Buelow Loses Hop*. Chancellor von Buelow still Intends to go to Kiel to luve a conference with the emperor, but he now realizes that he ta f ;oing on a forlorn mission. He has his etter of resignation already completed and if the temper of the fcaiser Is the same on Monday as It Is now, the resig nation will be presented, even before the chancellor enters into a discussion of the reichstag debates. GOVERNMENT LOOKS TO HIGHER COURT IN OIL CASE CHICAGO. Nov. 16.—District Attor ney Sims today served notice on coun sel for tho Standard OH Company, of Indiana, that on November 30 the gov ernment will apply to tho supreme court for a writ of certiorari bringing the record of the famous rebating case before that tribunal. This is tho case In which the court of sp»- .Is reversed Judge Landis, who of ’$29,240,000 GIRL TOOK HER DIP . DESPITE THE COLD ELSIE CHE8NEY, SOCIETY BELLE, PLUNQE8 INTO SURF AT AT LANTIC CITY. ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. M.-lllss Elsie Chesney, a member of the younger social ■st ot Trenton, caused Boardwalk stroll- era to have a chill when she started out on the strand in and capered SIPES STILL Murderer of Millionaire Rice Gets Adverse Decision From Courtt a t WASHINGTON, Nov. H.—The p»tUI<m of Albert T. Patrick, the New York law yer. who Is serving' a life sentence in the state prison at Sing Sing, N. Y„ on the charge of having murdered the million aire. Win. M. Rice, for a writ ot- habeas corpus, was decked by - the supreme court of. the United States today adverse ly to the petitioner. Patrick charged that the case against him was a conspiracy and urged that lq commuting the sentence of death which the court Imposed upon him to oqe of life imprisonment. Governor lllggens had sorted niel method of punish- Re asked to be released from pAson nn the .theory that the whole proceeding had been unconstitutional and invalid. same old way. After Former Bocame Demo cratic Leader He Scorned His Old Friend can B. Cooper and the lato ex-Senator Carmack, who died with his boots on, and whoso tragic end has tom the south, came three years ago, when tha latter was a candidate for re-election to the senate. Ex-Gov. Bub Taylor opposed him for the democratic nomi nation before the primaries and Coop er supported Taylo* for tho alleged reason that Carmack was building up a machine, the like of which Tennes see had never aeon before. The senator denied the # chargo ve hsnisnUy and question th'o sincerity of Cooper’s attltudo. both In tho press and otrthe atump. The latter had long slnco lost control of tho Nashville American, which he is said to have owned no less than half a dozen times. "Iji the old days, whenever I got broke I bought tho American," said Cooper once during this campaign. ' How did you pay for It?" asked a money and sometimes It did not." Cooper’s Alleged Poker Games. At least 4twice he Is said to have won It at poker. The real oause of Cooper’s oppo' sltlon was said to have been that Carmack knew* hi* ways and blocked his aehemek. Just. previous to this raco. Cooper had resided In New Ys-k for two years *and was Interested In a broker's office, for a short while, neai the Hoffman House. Running for governor at the same time that Carmack was trying to be returned to the senate was Malcolm R. Patterson, son of the man whom he had defeated for congress eight years before, and In turn his successor In th* lower house. Opposing his was Gdv. ernor Cox, who had the support of Carmack. « Cooper espoused the cause of Patter son uproariously, going so far as to start a weekly campaign paper for the solo purpose of booming his candidacy. This was like adding fuul to tho flame for Carmack. He bore tho same hatred toward tho younger Patterson that he had treasured agnlnat his father and hn took the action of Cooper as an added personal affront. Again Opposed by Coopsr. Taylor won and Carmack returned to Memphis, where It was announced that he would resume the practice of the law. „ JeglsNL he was out of politics for good and his best wishers hoped so. Whereas he had made himself i name for himself, he had obnoxious to ivextdent Roosevelt nnd the members of his cabi net flat be was persons non grata frmp end of Pennsylvania n venue to the .._r. But. ths call of public office was too ago found him again on the stump and him. though pattsrson had i Hit Ensmlee’ Trail. Tat ter son won. Carmack got control of the Nashville Tsnnesseean. a paper a neat black bathing suit that was started only a few years ago in the sand for tea. or nf.! opposition to the American, and "hit the rdally unmindful of the trail” of his snemies. Chief of these he teen minutes totally —— chilly northwest_wlnd that_was_Mowjy i POIllld< f* d Coopvr.to ^ and from the and causing promenaders on walk to draw their wraps tightly about “ Miss Chesney ] dren who were digging while wrapped up In overcosta sod gloves nnd leggings. When she had tired of this Mire Chesney rah down to tfce water’* edge, waited for a big bresker and thi n plunged In with- ont the slightest horitaj/on. She swam for about ten or fifteen min utes, ns much at home In the water ■ cold and the exercise. But ue fiid . traded rtui gave e.J dn a ‘ wet bathing clothes. _ merry little laugh and started up South Carolina avenue to the flrtel Iroquois, where she Is spending a fort- Later. when asked. Miss Chesney said the water was •‘not st all fad, but the wind was cold on Mr wet clothes." Asked If she expected to make it a deify practice while hers aha replied: "De pends. Win if the wind doesn’t blog," New State D«po«ltary. Not. 11—The Amwl- It he. been .ppolnted ... Atlanta mdwrth. r.- eentlb* ,n«r*rt] l.w crrnttnj, n third d.- noaltoe* here, (ora. ntneta. tan tan revved I ir the fart of nil tfarta taral ntntn .lmwllortee beta, no Haul tanbe. the other two belt, the Fourth Kao or,1 nnd arjg£EmjaEr~ tof ■KnEWas; south, there ■ art strong local : tfie moat NO FOUL PLAY ATTACHES TO MRS. STAHL’S DEATH ■nn iimn irir day h# took hold he began to "pound" the latter. Senator Tajrlor. who supported him against Patterson, tried to net a* peace, maker, as did other 1/tflmntiel friends In Tritfiaasae. but to all Carmack said he would not listen to any proportion that mount even the consideration of Cooper In eny wav whatsoever. • uny way wnstsoerer. < •Carmack’s place h In the eanrtum/’ said Tsy!*r In dlscusslnr him with friends In Washington n few weeks ago. "Thera he is mors brilliant even, than Walter- If he were to continue In politics he would ill* with his boots on. In both of his most recent campaigns Carmack was an ardent prohibitionist, many who had known Mm'best and longest questioned Ms sincerity. never known as a total nt-stainet the reputation of taking a few more the temperance limit whenever ha felt disposed. That Is on# reason why he so often called Insincere. Cooper Very Prominent. Col, Duncan B. Cooper, father of Robin BOSTON. Nov. M.—After an aotspsy the la—* —“ - that they the local police am ‘ — sttatac Stahl. that Mrs. Charles W. ("Chick the wMosv of thfi American League bast whoa*.body was found . tha' urday*uTa doorway of a hooi banks Boston, died from natural cat QUIET PREVAILS AFTER BLOODY RACE RIOT WILLING TO DIB FOR 3 OHIOKENS ATLANTA, Ga.. Nov. 16.— "Halt, let us see that bag!" cried Policemen Hssslett and Watson to n napro whom they saw walk ing hurriedly' along Foundry 1* street, carrying a „ suspicious T package, early Sunday morning. X “You’ll have. to kill mo *foro A you eeo in this here bag.” the negro replied, increasing his on- down. Ho is at the hospital and may dio. Three dsad chickens wort found in the ba 0 . Tho Charles Lester being h|s name, runs a restaurant on Decatur str««L \ Cooper and'enemy nf Carmack, has for years been one, of the b##l known men in Tennessee. II* was so officer in the Confederate array and afterward one of aen. Forest’s chief-JIAutensnts In the Ku Klux movement. Hit brother, the lato Henry Cooper, defmt«rd Andrew Johnson for the United Htets* senate upon the latter’s retirement from the presidency. Col. Cooper often telle how In the height of that campaign \hls brother would j-aclte a little couplet and put Into practice the philosophy it contained. He taught It to Carmack, and that autesman recited It many tlmea to his friends. It Is as follows: * F • IS HAULED UP Six Suits to Recover Customs Duties—Bad Weighing . Charged NEW YOIUC, Nov. 16.—Tho United States government has brought six suit# against ttlk American Suga\ Com pany to recover customs duties amounting to $3,624,121 on sugar de livered at tho Havcmeyer and other re fineries in Brooklyn during tho pR*t six years. The government alllegea fraud in weighing tho shipments. Tho . com plaints charge that tho checker at the Brooklyn refinery so manipulated tho platform scales uh to conceal tho truo weights. The second and third suit* involve amounts exceeding $500,000, the oth ers vary between $200,000 and $800,000. The first of ths suits wki forj $1,500,000 and wns filed with the courts on October 16, and the others were filed on October 28. tj,.. filing of the actions whs kept from public Knowl edge until after the election,-but waa made known today. •« \ • The American Sugar Refining Com pany has entered a genera) 'denial of the charges. ■ Controls Price of Raw Mater- ial and Sets Its Figures on Product WASHINGTON, Nov. 1C.—Tho tlon that the. so-called sugar trust trols the price paid tho Krowifi* and tho price charged the consumer of sugar; the secretury of war putting himself on . uttlt L champion of frew entry for Philippine sugar ond the general quostl of standpat attitude of the sugar growers S ho appeared before ths commute* of * house, were the features -or today'g hearing fin the revision of the tsrlff as It would tiffed sugar. - . Herrc<ary of War Wright wgs present at the hearlug today. Chairman Psyns asked SfcretAry Wright If he cared to make ohy remarks. "We are now having |In Investigation made In the Philippines, IbftfOOSt or pro duction In the Istumls and dlhtr matters relating to the question.” said Mr. Wright. "From what I have heard, ths principal objection by bast sugar grow ers to the admission free of duty of Phll- - jmls* Ipplne sugar lien In tha dnogi.* that their will b« Inundated by ths Phlllp- markcL >Je. • ■ t, "It Is not possible that'the Philippine Islands could supply 1li#*»f ts4f Increase In demand for sugar; year l»y year, In the United suites." Chairman Payne Indicated that tbs possible action of the committee with re gard to the sugar tehaful* would be to recommend, that n M——‘ * Philippine sugar be IHHBIjSptS up ot du ty each year and that the Present tariff he Imposed on any above that amount.. He.sold that the menace, If any. was frotn the Cuban sugar, which enjovn a reduction In the tariff qf 20 per rent. "The be»-t sugar peoplo ray that ths American Sugar Refining Company, has no Interest in their factories,’’ said the seerenry. referring to the so-ralM "trust, "yet three years ago they sold a trustee under*.ood to reyrSMBt tho American Sugar Hefinlng Company, Own ed 6J per cent of the etoek of all the beet sugar factories. That may be the rea son why the beet sugar Industry In this country has not grewn, rather than ths Imports:Ion of Cuban Bugsu’.*' Cot. 19. r>. i'ofrock, on behalf of tho Louisiana Cane Sugar Growers, wild that the method* by which "the trust" names the prfe.' which it would pay the grower tfasrair*-*—auft— i unfair and "dsmnabl SOUTHERN PACIFIC CASE LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 16.—County Judge Arthur Peter today handed down Mm opinion In the tong standing litigation tffllie commonwealth ngatnst the South- eni I’sHiir Company, involving taxes of 6JSC,i)0#.OO© worth of properly. Judge IV decided In the cose* for tax I assessment cover* all ALL DEFICITS Democratic Funds Arc Not Enough—Chairman Goos in His Jeans NEW YORK, Nov. II.—The contribu tions of ths democratic nations! com mittee during ths presidential campaign recently ended wore not sufficient to ’.neet the expenses of (h« campaign, according to Norman E. Murk, chairman of tho committee. Mr. Mack aald today that lie mid rank* the deficit good out of his n pocket, and that he would ifgnrd It as a personal obligation to see, that every bill was paid. A statement *of the re ceipts and expenditures of ths oommlttes will be filed with the secretary of state at Albany on November 24. Asked who was going to pay for the maintenance of permanent democratic headquarter* which are to bs opened aoon either In Wanhlngtoh or New York, Mr. Mack said: . "The Democratic psrty of the United States ir going to pay for It. I have had offers from every state In the union to contribute to a fund for the purpose." FOR BIG THIEF Chicago Realty Dealer Con fesses to Peculations Which Reach Big Sum CHICAGO, Nov. t«.—Atal.t.nt State'* Attorney Barbour. In n state ment issued today announces that Pe ter Van VHssIngen. for many years one of Chicago’s most prominent real estate dealers, has misappropriated nenrly $1,000,000. and that Van Vllailn- gen. who brought the Information to Mr. Harbour, admits tho theft of $760,- 000. Mr. Barbour’s statement adds: "I am now going before tho -grand Jury to obtain an Indictment against him (Van Vllsslngcn) for forging a note for $4,600. Van VUaalugen Is now In my office and m soon as the Indictment Is voted he will ba arraign ed before Judge MrSurely and h# has promised to plead guilty." The culprit was quickly Indicted, plead guilty before Judge Wlndes and was aentehced to serve fourteen years In the penitentiary. 8p#sdy Justice. CHICAGO. Soar. Peter Van Vllsslngon, a real estate dealer, for years classed among tho first of Chi cago’s prosperous and reputable bush ness men, today confessed to having obtained through forged deeds and notes, more than. $700,000 and a few hours after his nrrest, on his urgent appeal td.be punished, was sentenced to the penitentiary. Tho arrest, the Indictment, the confession and tho sen tence warp the work of less than four hours. Taken In the midst of business from his offlco de*k nt 172 Washington street, shortly after noon, Van Vllssln- gen. a venerable looking man. appeared before the court and !f» tears confessed that for from eighteen to twenty years he had been securing money through the sal# of forged dtrcumontM and that though he had bought back many of these spurious InHtrumcnts without detection, at least twenty-five people would lose an*sggregate of more than $700,000 through tho paper which he has not yet redeemed. In forging notes, he declared, he had perfected an unique device. This consisted of a plats glass desk to be so arranged that nn electric light thrown up from beneath he could readily trace from originals forged sig natures on to worthless paper, Throughout his arrest and sentence the prisoner made no effort to defend himself. Asked If ho bad anything to say before sentence was Imposed, Vi yilselngen, bowing hls head, replied: Wanted Punishment at Ono«, "Only that I fie given my punishment at once." » His term In the penitentiary wn* fixed a« Indefinite, from ono to four teen years. Van Vllislngen. who Is shout 41 years 'old was married February 4, 1907, to Mr*. Jessie RoOMVfelt Blend, who was described at the. time as a distant relative of President Roo#evelt. The bride w»is a daughter of Wilton C. Blend. Van VHssIngen had been n baohelpr, living at the Calumet Club. He was known as being' of a philan thropic disposition, giving special at tention to the welfare of hoys. The specific charge which fed up to the spcctaeUlar effest of Van Vllssln- R en today was made by two man who *d bought forged mortgage notes. They are T. J. Lefens and William C. Zepp. who have offices In the same building as that occupied by Van Vila- sltigcn. To the note* for $4,600 held by them were attached the names of Joseph and Bertha Grossman. Van Vllsslffgcn copied the forger papers from originals which he disposed of to other buyers. Lefen* end Zfepp say they first became suspicious of the note last Haturday. Consulting with Assistant State's At torncy Barbour they decided to delay no longer. OFFICERS NAMED DRARD PRIZE RACE GOVERNOR-ELECT JOS. M. BROWN AND GOVERNOR 8MITH HON ORARY REFEREE8. property upon which tho pay taxes In .Kentucky and that the I county board of equalisation cannot go I t back of that and assess Intangible prop- ■ Savannah Thanks- king Day and for the light car race be cun the <jay of November 25, day's flrtit between officers and ne groes. Hi which five persons were shot to death. The county prosecutor says all like lihood of farther trouble is over. Ur. tbs »frond question. Judg- ...... that the steamship* of the pat company, which ers set out by n*n to* the suit and whirh sggrervte Kooo.c i In value, are tazah;* in Kentucky ai I must be paid ber#.i were determined ut»n today. The honorary rafsrsce Include Gov ernor Hoke Bmlth and (lovrmor-Hrrt Jowoph M. Brown, of Georgia; Mayor Georg* w. Tiedeman. of Hivsnnah; President F. C. Unttey. of the Auto mobile Club, of Savannah; President JC. li. Gary and Vice President Henry IN DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN COLQUITT JN0.H. STORY MORTALLY WOUNDED AND HIS ASSAILANT A SUICIDE Sanderson, ot the Automobile Club of America. nnd Jefferson Demont Thompson, chairman of racing board of the American Automobile Associa tion. The honorary Judges are Walter O. Charlton, Judge of the superior court; Davis Freeman, Judge of the city court of Savannah: Henry McAlpine, of the court of ordinary, Chatham county; Paul E. Sesbrook. Judge of the supe rior court. Atlantio circuit, and John JS. Schwarz. Judge of the recorder's court, of Savannah. Tho timers Include S. M. 'Butlat. secretary of the Automobile Club of America, as chairman, nnd members of the New York Timers' Club. The ((tarter is F. J. Wagner, nnd the clerk of the course is Harry T. Clin ton, of New York, representing tbo Automobile Club of America, The ref eree Is Robert L. Mortal* fif the Au tomobile Club of America. The driv ers in both these races / boga:i their first practices today. PERKINS MILL IS DESTROYED Valdosta Reports Burning of Largo Sawmill With'tio Water Supply VAT.D08TA. Nor. 1*.—A tolophon. menage this afternoon stated that tho large saw mill of W, L. Pc-rkln*. of Jennings. Fla. eighteen miles below here, was belnr consumed by fire. Owing to tho drouth the water supply was short and nothing could be done to check the progresn of tho flames. It could not be learned how tho fire originated. It was also Impossible to find out how much lumber was burned and what the loss will amount- to. The mill was a large ono and the loss will probably run’ up Into the thousntide. taken up reviowlng the wSttiuufVTiwiL'-wM member of. tho Virginia house of dele gate*, on thn convict road' building sye tern of Virginia. He potntnl nut the advantage* of'.the system. Loth In road conntruelTon and to the convict. HOW II IS SECURED DEADLY i-FOOT DU8HMASTER BROUGHT FROM TRINIDAD YIELDS THE POISON. NEW YORK, Nov. If.—After a deeper at* fight with < ouiie of the fonloglcMl park, the llrunx, yesterday, Curator Raymond L. Dltmars end Ms sMlRtant, Charles Snyder, ex tenspoonfui wmm — thin poison (hat the chemist for Whom it was obtained hoe placed It In a safe deponlt vault. The poison will I)* used for scientific P X’"huehmaster I* a reptile that very few annko experts car* to handle and one In captivity I" very rare. Tho offlrlnls of the Zoological p»rk have been trying to obtain one for years, hut up to tho tlm# of ths arrival of this unusually fine upsrl- men from ins Uland of Trinidad their search had been In vain. It required month* of search In the home or thla in up h-fen red repllle befon* sueoea*' wa* mat. Th* buslimaster is about Sight feet long and I* a healthy. Ashling specimen. * Part of the agreement made by Prof. K. W. Runyon, the chemist who gave the S nake to the park. wuS that he was to ave the fleet extraction of venom. . Opening the rage. Mr. Ifltmara grabbed the reptile just hack of Its head. Snyder and other keopera got hold of the snake’s tall and rniTled the Veptlle to Dilmnr’a private office. The snaka’fongbt vicious ly. Isftblng its tall savagely. Pnyder held ths baek of hls head the •nnke waa made to sink hi* fang* Into thle cloth. Thl* waa repeated several time*, and the oolson obtained was Isrted bv Prof. Runyon. ROBIN COOPER IMPROVES NASHVILLE, Tsnn., Nov. II.— Robin Cooper, who shot. and killed former United Htate* Hcnaloi 1 K. W. earmark here last Monday afternoon and was himself woundotj In ths. shout dcr. continues to ImproV#. B. A O. Elects Directors. me&tihg of tha stockholders of ths Bal timore A Ohio Railroad Company, held In this city today, the outgoing director* were rs-elvcted with the exception of Charts* Steele, who resigned. L. P. L*j- ree was chosen In hls place. QUARTERLY DIVIDEND NEW YORK, Nov. !«.—Directors of Uia .Standard Oil Company, of N#w Jersey, which la tha parent, or hold fng comnany. of ths oil combln* to day declared a quarterly dividend- of $10 per share. Trouble Between Tenant and Landlord Over Possession ,r * Bale Ootton STORY CAUSED HELM TO BE ARRESTED A WEEK AGO Tho Latter Was Re)eaeed on Bond, and Yesterday in Company With HU Brother Approached 8tory, Who Was Working st His Cans Mill, Shooting Him Down With a Gun Loaded With 8lug»r-8tory Was Unarmed and Was Fired Upon at Close Rena©—Helm Returned to Hls Homs and Shot Himself Dead Before Making a Statement. MOULTRIE, Oa.. Nov. 16.— Doerun had a double tragedy early this morn ing In th# first or which John II. Story wa* shot down at hi* cano mill by » tenant named Arthur H*lm, tha shoot ing being done with a shot gun 'loaded with slugs, and In the second Helm shooting hlnmoK through tho heart with a pistol after ^turning to bis home. Quarreled a Week Ago. Story, and Helm hod a dispute a week ago about a bain of cotton and Hglm draw a pistol, story had him armnt- ed nnd he gave bond. This morning Helm, accompanied by a brother, and armed with hls gun, returned to the home of Htory and re opened the trouble. Fired at Close Rings. With only a short warning ho rais ed Ids gun and fired while ten feet distant from hls victim, who wn» un armed. Htory had a largo hole torn In hls nlde and buck, and hi* physicians say he cffnnnol recover., Arthur Halm shot hlmsolf dead Immediately on hls rotum to hls home and before making a statement, \ , HI* brother has been placed under arrest. IADD0X OPENS HEADQUARTERS Woodward’s- Oppononts Begin Their Campaign Work With a Bush Woodward, tho primary nominee for Imayor of Atlanta. Carlos IX. Mason and Jerry W. Goldsmith art in oharge of the campaign, which we» startsd^ff with a rush. Thn central commltee of twenty-five met at noon and bsgan mapping out ths plan of campaign. Public meet ings will probably begin tomorroar night. They have already begun or ganising by wards. Mr. Woodward and hls friends are working quietly. Batting is about n, but bets are rare. WHILE IN THE JURY BOX court during the months ngo. Haas, a saloonkeeper. Ruef . tri*IS MvjK3 been summoned as a Juror and waa in th# Jury box. lleney me* and announced tbnt there was a man In ths box who was unfit to serve as a Juror. While the crowd looked on he walk*d over to Haas and showed l»lm a photograph. Han* all but rolls peed and acknowledg ed that It was hls photograph and asked that he be not further exposed. Haney then made It known In open court that the picture wa* that of Haas taken while In prison stripe* In the nenltootiary. The Juror was then ordered from ths box by the Judge and left tourt utterly oruah- by th# expoeure. mmm It svse brooding « w „ B1W _ «... this humflfatJsn that Is said to have driven him to shoot Heney. 2 LADIES HURT IN BAD RUNAWAY Mrs. Geo. Feagle and Mrs. T. A, Murray, of Atlanta, Injured | in Valdosta. ’* •* VALDOBTA. G».. N>r, H.—Tw* run.w.r hont* »«er br.»kta, aw»r from their carrtai*. tan Into . turn In which Mr*. Oeorf. F«.,l» ud Mrt. T. A. Mifrar. of Atlanta, w.r. rldlnf tonight nail imuh.il th. ^h.it, from th* buggy. Th. ronmttatan wn. m irwit that both Ur., tFansl. nnd Mr.. Murray w.r,'thrown xulnly o*«r tlta bora..- Mrs. K«nxt« wu t.vliv hrulcad. but It I. not thought »irlou,ly. Mra. Mur ray ..raiMtl with IlirMnr brulic.. Th, Indlm hid boon to th. d-pot to tfttat mentt—ra of th, F.drratlon of Womrn'a CiuU,. wh«n the .ccld.nt oo- currtd.