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t The Macon Daily Telegraph W WEATHER FORECAST FOR OEOROIA-RAIN AND COLDER MONDAVI TUESDAY FAIR, WITH COLDER IN EAST PORTION! FRESH SOUTH SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST WINDS. ’ A \ ESTABLISHED IN 1829. MACON, GA, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 1008 DAILY, *7.00 A YEAR. TAFT TO RECOMMEND AMENDMENT TO THE SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT GIVING POOLING RIGHT TO ROADS May Bo Put Through at Extra Session With Tariff Revision. , SEVERAL OTHER MEASURES ON JUDGE TAFT'S PROGRAM Among These Are a Law Putting a Limitation on the lasuance of Inter* stat* Bonda and Stocks—Modification of Injunction—Scrutiny of the Books of Great Corporations—Co-ordination of Departments—Financial Reform- Internal Improvement. • HOT SPRINGS. Va.. Dec. (—The principal legislative program of the Taft administration la summarised be low: Tariff revision ja the primary reason for the extra session that will be call ed Immediately after March 4, 1909, but the next president sees do reason why. during that extra session, the Sherman anti-trust law should not be so amended that railroads may make rate ngreCe'gnta under the strict-su pervision \ «xhe Interstate commerce commission. An extra session of congress differs from an extra session of a state leg islature in that congress in such ses sion may taka action on such matters ss it pleases.'while a state legislature is confine^ to (he subjects mentioned In the message or messages from the governor. It Is not likely that more subjects than the tariff und an amend ment to the Sherman act will be named by Mr. Taft In calling the extra session, though Me htay decide later to mention all of the principal laws tfiat he hopes to see enacted. Theso are: 1. A law; putting a limitation on the Issuanco of Interstate bonds and stocks. 2. A law authorizing railroads to make rate agreements, which other wise would be In violation of the anti trust law. subject to the approval of tho Interstate -commerce commission. Modification of Injunction. S. A law defining particular cases In which temporary restraining orders may issue without notice, and pre scribing proceedings limiting their operations to the very shortest day. 4. Such amendments to tho law or ganising the bureau of corporations as shall require certain largo corpora tions doing an Interstate commerce business to submit to the scrutiny and examination of agents of the federal government. 5. A law reorganising tho depart ment of Justice, the interstate com' rnerco commission aod the department of commerce and labor In respect to the jurisdictions exercised hy them over Interstate corporations, both rail roads and others. It Is Mr. Taft’s Idea that the three de partments should work harmoniously and progressively, so thnt no one should ~~ over ground covered by another, and that there shall not be conflict of __ thorlty. Ultimately, cases handled by these departments must now go to the courts, but it is Mr. Taft’s Idea that a large number of cases can be disposed of finally and equitably by the deport ments under the right sort of lr— While he has not mapped out such tnw definitely, it can lie said that genera) idea Is that the bureau corporations of the department of cc merce and labor shall exercise an exam ining Jurisdiction, the department of Jus tice shall act us prosecutor only, and the interstate commerce commission shall act as a sort of grand Jury, with quasi Judicial powers. Financial Reform. •. Reform In the monetary and bank Ing systems of the country. This Is recognised as one of the great problems before the new administration, but It Is not expected that It will be takerf up at the extra session. 7. Conservation of the natural re sources of the country, including the Appalachian bill. The question of the constitutional power of tho federal government In this matter Is not yet dear. It can bo said that Mr. Taft Is In sympathy with the end to be accomplished, but that he will recommend no legislation until he Is sat isfied sf to the exact length to which the federal government can go. j/i. Improvements of rlyers and har- The new administration Is committed _ i an energetic policy of Improvement, particularly of inlnnd waterways.’ The Ohio river nike-foot channel from Pitts burg to Cairo is to the front at present. It will cost $61,000,000 and the next pres ident favors the lasuance of Imnds to push the work. A BILLION DOLLAR CONGRESS THIS PROVIDED APPROPRIATION BILLS RECEIVE SANCTION LEADERS SEEK! Session Will Do Little Except Pass Upon These Meas ures. EFFORT WILLbTmADE TO HOLD THE BIG ITEMS DOWN Harbors and Rivers to Get Small Slice of $30,000,000— Provision Must Be Mode for the Census of 1910—Thera Will be Other Exceptional‘Demands, So That As it Now Looks, Congress Will Do Well if it Succeeds in Hold ing Appropriations for Second 8*s sion Down to Dimensions of Those of the First 8ession. views the legislation of the session of congress which begins tomorrow will Include very little* except the appro priation bilks. These Dills will oarry In the aggregate about $1,000,000,000 and the general opinion Is that In tho time that will be allowed, the two houses will find they can best servo thO country by giving proper attention to these appropriations. There will be a general effort to hold the appropriations down to tho lowest possible limit. It in generally under stood that there will be a bill for the improvement of tho rlvern and bar born, to carry not less than $25,000,000 or $30,000,000, Provision must be made this year for the census of 1110. and thin will require not less than $10,000,- 000. There will bo other exceptional demands, so that as It now looks, con- grm* will do well if It succeeds In balding the appropriations for tbe nee* end session of the sixtieth congress to the dimensions of those of the first session. The house committee on ap propriations already has begun Its work on the sundry bills. Foraksr and Brownsville. The fact that the managers desire to restrict legislation will not prevent other members of the senate and house from exerting their efforts In behalf of favorite measures. The first effort In this direction will bo made In tho senate by Mr. Forikor. who will re new hls attempt to have passed the Mil authorizing the ro-enllstment of the negro soldiers discharged without honor on account of the 'Brownsville riot. This measure would bo tho ape- ct*| order for December Id. Senator Beveridge will make on ef fort to obtain early consideration of Ms child labor bill, end Senator Car ter *>f the postal savings bank bill. New Agreement to Come Up. . It Is quite certain tint the recent agreement between the United State* and Japan will recalve early const ler- atlon In the senate. Already a num ber of senators have privately express ed disapproval of the fact that the compact was entered Into without con sulting the senate. Both houses will receive communlce- Iowa, will take the oath of offlm as the successor of Henitnr Allison os will Carrol! S. Pa*.*, nf Vermont', as the successor of Kmntor Stewart. In th- house the seven members who were elected In November to succeed mem bers who have died or resigned, nro Henry A. Barnhart, democrat, who Uons from the eongreasiaaal monetary succeeds tbe late Mr. Brick, repuhll- commlttce looking to cbowgae In th# can. from the thirteenth Indiana dls* laws retaliating the supervision of na-ltrict; Albert Katoplnal. democrat, who tlonal bank* and the prueent Indies-! succeeds the late Mr. Merer from the t ions era that sort* simple IsekiUt ion for (first Louisiana district: otte c». FY*ik- that purpose will be enacted. rr. republican successor to Mr. Don- There also Is a considerable element well, republican. In the third New la both bouses favorable to auoh Tork district; frank E. Guernsey, re- changes In the Sherman anti-trust law as will provide Immunity for aomo of the combinations like labor unions which have been held to be in restraint of trade and which it is contended arc not injurious. Many also desire tho amendment of the interstate commerco law so os to permit tariff agreements among the railroads and to elimlnato the commodities clause of the Jaw. Tho labor interests will continue their ef forts !u behtlf of a modification of the Injunction laws. There Is opposition, however, to all of these measures. The advocates of separate statehood for Arizona and New Mexico declare they will have tho support of the pres ident for their measures. There will, however, be an effort to pass these measures over to the sixty-first con gress. To Regulate Telegraph Lines. The president will recommend legis lation looking to supervision telegraph and telephone lines. Bills will too of fered bringing them within the Jur isdiction of the Interstate commerce commission. Ship subsidy also will receive attention but the probability of action Is remote. Hammering at the Tariff. There will be much discussion of tho tariff In the cloak rooms and tho ways and theins committee of tho house will continue its efforts to frame a bill, but no measure will receive at tention on the floor of either house until after March 4th, when the pro posed special session will concentrate Us efforts on this subject. It Is even probable that action look ing to a change In the print paper and wood pulp schedules will be positioned until tbe special session. , In the house the question of the change of the rules will he much discussed by indi vidual members although as this mat ter Is Intimately connected with the speakership, its consideration will go over until after the organisation of tho house. Among other subject* which ■prob ably will -receive attention are those looking to the establishment of a por- nvinent waterways commission; pro viding for a national Inheritance tax; looking to the more thorough Investi gation of Industrial disputes; and pro viding means for the Improvement of farm conditions along the lines to be suggested by the president's country life commission. It Is understood that early In Jan uary, the president will send In a spe cial message roebmtrt>nding certain steps for the protection and conserva tion of the country's natural resource* There also will be a renewal of the effort to croate forest reserves j n the Appalachians and the White moun tains. Congressional Forecast. WASHINGTON. Dec. (—'Tomorrow at 1$ o’clock both house* of congress will convene for the beginning of the second session of the sixtieth con- press. Vice President Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon arc both In tho city. Practically no business will be trans- NEGRO THIEF IS TRACED JO COVER Crack in Horse’s Hoof anil Wobbling Wheel His Undoing. . VALDOSTA. Ga, Dec. d—A crack In a horse’s hoof and the wobbling wheel of a wagon caused Jake Higdon, a negro farmer, to be landed in Jail here charged with stealing some twen ty bushels of cotton seed from a ne gro woman named Georgia Vance, who lives on the Briggs place, a mile north of town. Jake made hls visit to her cotton seed house during the early morning hours. She noticed the seed scattered on the ground as she left her house and made an investigation. She colled one of her neighbors. Mr. S. M. Myrlck. and told him of the theft, lie went over and found the fresh tracks leading from the seed house toward town. He followed them a half mile and notified the sheriff. Tho two took the track and followed two miles to one of the oil mills where they found 'Jake unloading hls wagon. He arrived before they did, but had to wait until tho oil mill opened to dis pose of his seed. He was arrested and landed In Jail. The track of tho horse and the wobbling of one wheel, in and out. was so plain that tho of ficers would have to stop at times and laugh at the case with which they were following their man. Jako is a tenant on tho Powell place this year and has been selling rood of hls own raising. Ministers Celebrate. VALDOSTA. Ga.. Dee. 6—Two of Valdosta’s popular ministers celebrat ed anniversaries here today. Rev. J. D. Chapman celebrated the first year of hls ministry at* the First Baptist Church and Rev. Rfclukrd Wallace celebrated the fourth year of his pas toral*) with the First Christian Church. Both churches have prospered wonder fully under the pastorate of these min isters and both are very prosperous today. The Methodist Church was closed today, as the pastor was In atten dance upon conference at Quitman. It Is generally expected thnt Rev. M. A. Morgan, the Methodist pastor, will bo returned here for hid fourth year. The Presbyterians are still without a pastor, though Dr, Forgartle. presi dent of Young Female College, occu pied the pulpit there today. The Presbyterians are building a beautiful church here and will resume the work of construction toeforo very long. publican, successor to Mr. Powers, re publican. from the fourth Maine dis trict; Eben M. Masters, republican, successor to Mr. Parker, republican, from South Dakota at large; O. C. Wiley, democrat, successor to hls brother. A.. A. Wiley, democrat, from the second Alabama-district, and John P. Swasey, republican, successor to Mr. Littlefield,, who resigned during the xoMMion from -tho second Maine district; To Honor Memory Addison, The two houses will appoint com mittees ench to notify the other house and the president that the two bodies arc organized, and prepared to go for ward with • the business of the ses sion. The senate will then adjourn for the day out of respect to the- mem ory of Senator Allison, who died dur ing the recess. The house will term inate Its brief session with resolutions commemorative of the lives of tylcjisr*. Parker, Wiley. Dun well and Powers, who have died since adjournment last May. Tuesday will be given up by both houses to rending the president’s message. As this In President Roose velt’s last annunl message to con gress, there is unusual interest In It. The general report Is that It will prove to be a conservative and care fully prepared document, and It I" net believed that n grant ninny recom mendations for legislation along new lines will be ventured upon by tho president. Census Question First Up Wednesday. It Is expected that* the house will begin business Wednesday morning with the consideration of the hill pro viding for the taking of the thirteenth census, which was pending when con gress adjourned In May. Mr. Tawney, chairman of the committee on appro priations, expects hls committee will be prepared to report tho hill making appropriations for the legisintlye. ex ecutive and Judicial branches of tho government before the end of tho week, and Its consideration will bo begun at the flint practical moment. The senate hns no special order for the week except for the delivery of addresses on Saturday In honor of the memory of tho late Senator Redfleld Proctor. It Is probable only brief dally sessions will be held. For next week the senate hes ngraed to take up the bill for the establish ment of postal savings banks and Senator Foraker’© bill authorizing tbe re-enlistment of the negro soldiers discharged on account of tho Browns ville riot. NEWS FORECAST FOR THE COMING WEEK ... ia* n sixth president of the United States to the national congress will be ing hou The feature of the wlll.be read In both' >greaa on Tuesday, be more popular lop: asm that aft* • were any protpect at tariff revision. In is generally assumed HR bo deferred for an extraordinary session to be called Mi|Hginrtrafguratlon of President rslon ' falls Into the Mr. Taft Is expected to return to Washington this week, but a wider public Interest attaches to hla appearance In New York city, whero he will apeak Monday even ing at the annual dinner of the North Carolina Society of New York. THa sensational “night rider" .casco In Tennessee will come up In definite form Monday far trial of port : recently Quentin Rankin and assault upon —“ “ H The state will try irosecutlon forthwith; /III seek delay. It Is the trials will be Got to p the bell- posl Fi Cas Can to ( ceptlon Of President serious-irergioaj op-! ubjett of Internatlon- - Meanwhile the Dutch warsnipa are maneuvering signifi cantly In tha Venezuelan neighbor hood and thora are (Maly, but un confirmed rumors of an American participation In a projected naval demonstration In that vicinity. ‘Haytl’s last revolution contin ues to thrive since the repudiation of President Nord Alexis and hla narrow escape from violence by flight to a French vessel. It (s Impossible to forecast events be tween now and such time as or derly government may again be Liquor legislation will be discuss ed by the National Liquor League at its sixteenth annual convention wh* folk tom I UBt •ro rk it.it* New Yoi , are say on 1 self* fork city on the likely to have ___ .1 the same sub- icresslng number of represent a problem who deal In liquor >re and more serious. A successor to Bishop Spauidlna. of the diocese of Peoria, Illinois, will be Chosen by Popr Plus. Bishop Spaulding reslgnsd recently on account of falling health. In the field of labor, one event of special Interest Is the vote of the local unions making up the mine workers of America, who will ballot on Tuesday for nation al offlairs: the other Is the appeal which will be heard by the United States supreme court of the American Federation of Labor from tho anti-boycott Injunction from the district supreme court of the Herman Blfllk, after a tremen- KSiSS??™-® gallows at Chicago on Friday f*r the alleged murder of several members of tha Vzral family. Hls case Is rendered the more tragic by the recent death of hls aged mqther, overcome by the horror which clouded her destining years. Only the Intervention of Governor Deneen can save Bll|lk now. Business men and captains of • Industry and transportation will .. gather In large numbers at Wash- ^ Tngton this week to attend the National Conservation Commission, with Ita gathering of governors; the 6outhern Commercial Con gress the Riven • and Harbor* and the National Council of Com merce. ALLEGED DEAL ATLANTIC FLEET AT SINGAPORE Flagship Salutes Port But no Communication Had With Shore.' FIRE DESTROYS SUPPLY HOUSE Wilkins Supply Co., Jesnp, Loses Heavily—Sentinel Is Damaged JEBITp. On.. Doc. C.—Fire destroyed tho building and store of tho Wilkins Bupplv Company today. Tho build ing and store were worth $15,000. in- suranre on store $6,000, and on build ing $2,000. Knight's pharmacy wa« damaged about $1,200. The Jesup Sentinel was also considerably damaged. Mr. W. T. Wilkins, manager of the Wilkins Supply Company, reports that all Halms against the company will be promptly met CASTRO CAN’T LAND T AP0L0I NO OPERATION FOR VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT ON FRENCH BOIL WITHOUT AMAf DS. PA It 18. Deo. If President Castro, of iux he will French s .11 Bordeaux hr will foot on French s #r - hr lias offered a formal opol for the fashion In which h© has determined that iKtminlnli yesterday. ftlmuld he arrive Illness not he ter .1 that exacted from Castro for hls us expulsion of M. Talgn •hnrttc d'affaires, from that *906. land therefore will be Bordeaux and hls the cabinet lias • signal redress .. tn Oastn xpulslon of M. Talgtty, the _j d’affti* January. 1906, Permtssli.. made conditional upon, first, the dispatch •*f au official telegram of apology to the Frem-li government, and uflcr Hint tho Liverpool, panned 7to Santander, cot President OVER STATE OHIO FIFTY-FIVE OF 88 COUNTIES ARE DRY—1,730 8ALOON3 VOTED OUT. CLKVF.LAND. O. of Ohio's 86 counties are wrL This Is tho l _ work ou the part of the Ohio Antl-Hii- loon Leaguu ** ** Fifty-Jlv© ■I. " Haven result of stx months der thnt law It wn* dlsplim law which bns hem siim-e III hr- held In hy the net ill. Voting •nmlnlng 26 •nth*. Counties within the In uniat of population the state Is nearly half dry now. and In tint area two-lhlrds. Most of the dry ties do not rontnln large el ties. Ro far nlKiiit 1.730 saloons have Iter WILLIAM DUDLEY.FOULKB. The President'* Reply. White House, Washington, f>. C., Dee. I. 1968. Mr. I>enr Mr. Foulke: Charges* of Indianapolis News Bring Matter to At tention of President HOT SPRINGS. VaT Dee. (-Cor respondence passing between President Roosevelt and Wm. Dudley Foulke, nvade public hy tho latter, is In part The President. Sir: Tho Indlnnnpoll* News net only during the campaign, hut even afl-r Its close, has been repeatedly and con tinually making s’rloii* charges ngulnst your administration is well us against read It In connect|i Tetters, enclosing qik - , •1 in no polls News, u paper edited li Dels van Hmlth. • • • The News states In one of II* thnt -pruhnbly dealing With the matte have been dr- stroyed. Thin Is false. Not one lisn been destroyed. It states that the last documents were sent over In June of this year, the object of thin partlmi- Inr falsehood being, apparently, to con ceal the matter In some way with the nomination of Mr. Taft. As n mutter of fart the lent paper* thnt we Imvn re ceived of any kind were sent over to us In May of 1*04, and they have been ac- r easlhle to every human being who cared to look# at (hem ever since, amt are accessible now, • • • Public Has Had Knowledge. You quota tha News n* Hinting thnt "Tha paopje have no official knowledge concerning the Panama ennui deal." Tim fact Is thnt the people Itnve had the most minute official knowledge; that every Important ntep In tho transaction and every lmp«>rt©nt document Imva been made piddle In •rominunlcnilnns to con gress and through the daily press and the whole mutter hnn been threnhed over In all Ita detalla again end again and again. • • • The flirt has been officially published again and again (hat the government paid $40,000,60il, and that It paid thin 940,060,- 600 direct to French government, getting •Ipt of the liquidator as appointed hr the French government to receive the same. The United Htnie* government has not the slightest knowledge as to the particular Individuals among whom the French snverninent dlr'rlhuted the This •rnment. The received from French government. SINGAPORE. Dro. (.—The TTnlted Htates Atlantic battleship fleet pasted through here today. The scout rrulw | Yankton, which has been here for a few acted In either house tomorrow, in days, kept In constant communication tha senate Ex-Governor Cummins, or with the fleet during Its passage, but ' otherwise the bat tie* hips did not corn- lowing: “THE PANAMA MATTER." "Tho campaign Is over, and »he pro- pic will have to vnt». tomorrow with out any official knowledge concerning the Panama on mil deal. It hns been charged that tho United States bought from American citlxen* for $40,600,000 property that cost those citigens only $12,000,000. Mr. Taft wag secretary f Hon that any A mark of war at the time the negotiation was ! h# P lr pnr t l gove—--- closed. Them Is no doubt that tho government paid $40,000,000 for the property. But who got the money? We arc not to know'. The administra tion and Mr. Toft do not think 1t right that the propl* should know. The president’s brother-in-law Is In volved In th«* Mcnndal, but ho has noth ing to ssy. The candidate’* brother has been chnrgejJ with being a mem ber of the syndicate; he has It is true, denied It. But he refuses in nppeii to the evidence, nil of which Is In the possession of the administration and The mere supposlj ||MMrrelvcd from rake off" |a It Is I ornmenf. abominable fell" hood, and It ■ The president’s brother-in-law was In- Jvolvrd In ho scandni. Mr. Delnvnn Hmlth and the _othf»r_ people who repented this mvnlcste with the shore. The iagahip Connecticut, when abreast, saluted the pert and tha satete was re turned. Atony launches and small steam- am filled with spectate** escorted tha - _—t — -- - siting for same little distance The Yaak. !f~ D re to this alleged grand')L tan tMs morning rMl«*d a wlrelcea - mrfl ***** fads In .regard to It? wholly Inaccessible to outsiders. For weeks this scandal has been befom* the people. The records nro In Wash ington. and they nro public records. But the people arc not to soa them— till after election. If then." Continue* After Election. Even after the election this has been continued. It being said that Mr. Taft’s "weakness" in Indiana (where he ran many thousand ahead of miy other republican candidate) was du« In great falsehood lied about the president'_ brother-in-law: hut why the fact that Mr. Hrnlth lied ahould l»c held to Involve Mr. Rnhlnaon In e ’scardel’ I* difficult to understand. The scnndai affects no one but Mr. Hmlth; and hls conduct has been not merely srandaP ‘ ‘ * * hi ' i Mr. Robinson iMirt _ but infamous. nd not the slightest from tha Connecticut to th* I Where aro there "inaccessible records?" .rt.'-t ihM <m ■.turflar mwtlnc ,h. fl~tl Wfc»n dirt th.y mm. Inin th« porao- -"m 1 ," 7 ••> ,n ! ‘Inn of Ihn .ov,mm.nl and what tlr SBTuSl. ThP ,h '>' donum? If lh« aUl.m-nm of winiTm. iJrtMSafL'TS-lii’Ula ll» Wh*. nr* true, our people might uneventful. Th# weather %»* line and *° *»mw |t; |f not true they ought tn tha sea smooth, and soma time was given I have unnie just means of astlmsting up la nsaewtrtfig. I what credit should b* given In other nectlon of any kind, sort or description time or uh ter any ciroumatanctm jy It.... . with the Psnamn matter, ’harlee Tnft. Neither did ’Vwt- - — ...tlcau In the f’nlted Htatns thnt to my know! rdg* had any dealings with th# govern- *" “*“"**“‘i and Inasmuch The News All of |. any Impottnnea ns ftlustratlmr any j uro of the trwnanrikm# hnve already been I ms-la public. Those remains a groat ■■PMdoeimiarHa of little or no 1m porianre which the administration la en tirely willing to have published, but whirl I a— and pointIroais— borause of their GSS* r-cared to publish. Any eon have fall secern to (Continued on page Three.) ‘ I’LL STICK TO HER” ENGINEER SAID AND HE GOES UNDER LOCOMOTIVE TO BE SLOWLY ROASTED TO DEATH Alex King Is President. ATLANTA. On., Dec. At the an nual banquet or the Atlanta ltnr Asso ciation licit night Alex C. King was elected president. Other officer# chosen are: Alex W. Smith, first vice pres Merit. Eugene II. Mitchell, second vice presl- “PUT IT UP TO THE JURY” Solicitor Said From Begin ning of Mitchell Case He’d Not Let Up. VALDOSTA. Ga.. Dec. «--■Solicitor General W. E. Thomas returned from Thomasvllle Inst night nftcr having spont a week thnro In the famous Mitchell ease.* which has .been the hardest fought und must Interesting case this section has luut tn a long tint©. Col. Thomas' friends lure met hint at the train und heartily congrat ulated him upon tho tight which made. Pushed the Prosecution. From Ihn time the abduction of Mis* Linton was committed up to the ver dict of th© Jury, he has pushed th© case with all of th© skill that he could command, lln said from th© begin nlng that h© expected to "put It up t«» th© Jury,” and h© kept hls word. In spit© of the powerful Influence of tho accused and hls Influential family connections thora hns • not been tho slightest !et up In the vigor of th© prosecution. Th© solicitor general went over nil of th© ground hlinsclf and had th© friends of th© accused to go over It with him. making an in rate time that It would take, and nlso going Into ©very dctull connected with the affair. Th© result wan that arana was imula out that paralyzed the op position. R startled tha community, for It was stronger than anybody ox- pectod to see. 8ome of Thomae' Work. Cot. Thomas was th© prosecutor In th© Rawlings case, th© celebrated pick pocket cas©. and has be©n called Into th© prosecution of th© Waycms* bank officials. Thesn are untong th© most noted cases that have been tried In tho atato In tho pa"t ten years, nnd the Holleltor has mad© good In ©very one ho far. His frlFflds are naturally elated over hls victory nnd th© more so since, in ench case, they think that only Justice-has. been dppn. SPIRITS FIRM AT QUARTER OFFL Heavy Receipts and Slacken ing of Bnying Support Bring Slight Weakness HAVANNAH. O*.. Dee. 6.—After re maining stationary st J9*/4o for nearly two week* the local spirits of turpentine market toward the latter pert of the week Just ended was manipulated for a declino nnd n loss of Kc from tho pre vious levels was scored. The receipts of turpentine at th© !>ort. ns mentioned from time to time, have G -oven unusually heavy. Considerable tying for European requirement# was noticeable In the early part of the week, hut iKtndon quotations continued to ©sse off. probably assisted by brarlsh manip ulations for American Interests and for th* savon dsys a net loss of 12 penco was seoreil In that market. Buying hupport Not 8o Marked. Following the losses there the buying support here was not quite so marked. Friday morning the American Naval Btoraa Company wer# bidding 39c for supplies, doubtless "feeling" tho market and th# article shifted to steady at 39%© * Toss of %©. The short day’s trading HSturday witnessed tha ch ""F ,n f «b* tone from steady to Arm at fli© final rail and at that time the larger buyers were again In the market and a considerable portion of the total accumulations was purchased. Th* markot opened Monday (Nov. 10) firm at 39Vfcc. Tim ©lose yes terday w«* Arm at $9'Ac. Net loss Ke per barrel. . . Rosins wer© In very good demand snd prices as a whole are "bqv© those of th* Haturdsy preceding. At the rail yester day th* following price* were quoted: Water white, 1166; window elans, $6.40; N. il l*; M. 1*75; K. 16.10:1 14.16; If. 13.40; tl. I2.9la3.lfti; F. $3; E, $2.96; D. $1.90; B. $2.90. , m Th© statistics follow: „ . _ . Receipts: flplr. Rosin. Heir. Rosin, iturduy. .. 016 1.700 630 2,369 WmSl. 4,787 26.172 4.661 1S.2I6 Month. 4.16$ 17.471 4,601 18.216 Hesran .... .201,119 I4I.900 171,121 136.231 Haturdsy ,,, 238 66 267 1,633 Month ..... 1.876 8.466 3.024 7.614 Reason 191.146 661.601 141.443 466.937 Foreign ...117.11* 297.374 71.926 194.71! Htock Hat. . 42.320 169 481 11.141 120^7 0 I<oudon spot lurpontlno reported Sat urday. 21s IQKd. SHOOTING THE FILLS l D« TO DEATH J08. H. PAINTER AND COMPANION L08E THEIR LIVES IN THE POTOMAC. WASHINGTON. Doc. (-Joseph H, Rainier, aged *•. a boliwtlst In the na tional museum, and hi* companion. Robert Wallace, agod 18. wer© drowned today while trying to shoot the rapid* at Stubblefield Halls. In th© Potomn: river, about ten miles north of the ty. The bodies have nut be-iu recover’d. Th# young in*n wer© »m a fishing trip tn a email nano©, which overturn ed In midilrrom with Cieui. due to striking a rock. Both were reeideals I of this city. A. A. Rcppard Dies Like a Martyr Bravely at His 1 Post. BAD WRECK AT AARON, GA., ON S. A. & N., EARLY SUNDAY Tragic Death Overtake^ Reppard While Working Extra as* Engineer—la a Reg- ular Conductor, But Was Atelgned to Run a Light Engine From airfield to Steteeboro—Tender Left Track On Curve, Engine Followed and Turned Turtle— Engineer Wee Werned of Danger When Accident Came, Out Re fused to Leave Hie Engine. HTATKHBORO, 1 (Jn.' Dec. (.—Remain ing at th© throttle nf hls engine, even after danger threatened, A. A. Heppant, son ©f th© latu well known lumberman, It. It. Ilcppard. or Huvannah, was slowly scalded tu death in th© wrack of hls train on© mil© from Aaron tuid seventeen miles from HtatestHir© on the Huviumuh. Augusts eml Northern railroad at an early hour this morning. ■ Engine Running "Light." The train had left (larfleld nnd. mad© up of nit engine nnd a cnboos©, waa hacking to Htutestmro. In th© cab were Mr. Rrppunl, who I* a conductor, hut was sent out as engineer, n negro field for the Georgia and Florida rail- field for the GoorglA and Klolrda rail road. The Accident. Just before Aaron was reached, on a curve the tender left the truck nnd a few moment* Inter the engine turned over nil Its side. The flramiui Jumped tn safety. Mr. MhUicws asked Reppard tn Jump, hut th© latter replied: "nl stick to hnr." Mathews Jumped as the engine turned turtle. lteppard was caught by tho holler lieml. Hls legs were broken In half a dozen places, tho bones sticking through th© flesh. Slowly Cooked to Death. The legn und Innly to th© waist wer© P inned down and covered r.nd Just above Is bend a broken pipe sent down a stream of scalding steam, that slowly cooked th© helpless man. He beagl'd Mathews and nthers to pull him to a pine© of safety, but thny could do nothing lH>for© hs died. In hls agony he tried to reach th© hrnk©n pipe and hold hls tuuid over It. preferring to sacrifice Ills arm, but he could not resell the pip©. RelTef Train Reaches Wreck. No on# els© was hurt In the wreck. A relief train was sent out from States- lK»r«i nnd tho engineer’* body was car- r, Mr. 1 ^Reprar.? 1 ?* a brother of Mr*. D. C. Carson, or Bars nn ah. lie leaves a wife and on© child, who reside nt ltel(svll|e. Jliif wan a mem ber of th© Knights nf Ffthlaa and Wood men of th© Worlds • i ... An Inquiry Into tho ©efts© bf th© wreck showed that th* track on th© curve was In good condition and the* thrro was no spreading of the rails .UMBER TRADE IS OPTIMISTIC Volume Now Bnsiness Good With Prospects Bright for Now Year. HAVANNAH. Go., Doc. (—With a good volume of now business In evi dence nnd will) graat possibilities for the future In prospect th© lumber trade of Hnvnnnuh Is in a distinctly good frame of mind and Is awaiting th© coming of the Now Year confident thnt th© general volump of business at that tlmo will bo fully equal to th© nor m’ll volume which ha* been awaited so ’patiently by th© trad© at large. That th© volume of business now In evidence has shown a remarkable In crease In th© |m*t few wwck* Is con ceded. Prices have also moved up ward rnlhcr substantially with nil things considered and It la well within th© rang© of probabilities that there will h© a further upward movement of th© general price Hat in th© Im mediate future. In fart nt tho mo ment there I© ©very Indication that business will show a further nnd most radical Improvement toward th© be ginning of the New Year now so close nt hand, ©nd th© optimism of the great fraternity Is In consequence also much mor© marked than «t nny time re cently. Northern Contraote Confirmed. Probably tho most hopeful ard en couraging sign of the flmoe I* th© gen eral activity of th© largo yard men of the north In their efforts to confirm contracts. Th© average lumbermen ©f the port has stack* of new business on hls desk much of which has already been confirmed for stipulated deliv eries and thorn Is reason to believe that a grant deal of the business now offering wilt b© taken by th© local firms because tho averag© Interior mill man Is ready to 4U»cept business In largo velum© and thor© 1s now no troubln In plscing any contracts which might look desirable to the whole salers of Savannah. Buyers Are Waking to Situation. Th© prices quoted 1n th© Inquiries received lately nr© distinctly better. Tho nv©mg© yard man of th© north nnd other localities stems to have com© to th© realization of th© fact that th<» prices quoted In th© Inquiries hereto fore were out of tin© with tho trend of the market and tha ralu©anowquot-» ©d conform more strictly to tho actual values to be reasonably expected. Thtw class of business for a long while p*sb was largely lacking ana tha sudden renewal of activity can mean tont on© thing—that the long expected Im provement Is now at hand. Th© roods ar© also In the market for fairly good sized contracts. Taken all in all It must be conceded that general condi tions at tha momtnt tn th© local flehl at least are better than for many a long day past and th© f©ollnr of opti mism aa a result Is becoming more nnd mor© marked with tho paaslng of tbe month. Election Of Magistrates. ATLANTA. Ga.. Dee. 8.-Judge T5dgar If. Orr and Judge H. If, Landrum were r»* ilr’l’.l miMri«tr©tre here vreterdav over strong npooelUon.