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The Macon Daily Telegraph WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA: GENERALLY FAIR AND WARMER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY; FRESH SOUTH WINDS. ESTABLISHED IN 182C. MACON, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1908 DAILY, 17.03 A YEAR. Standard Oil, Republic Oil and Waters-Pierce Barred. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo.. Dec. 22.—The Supreme court of Missouri delivered a de cision ousting the Standard Oil Com pany. of Indiana, and the Republic Oil company from the state, forbidding them ever again to do business In Missouri, snd dissolving the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, of Bt Louis. In addition each of the companies is fined $50,*00. The court declared that the three oil companies had conspired snd combined to monopolise the oil business in Mis souri. The decree against the Waters-Pierce Company is tempered by the proviso that it may continue in business If. by Jan uary 15. 1009, It can show to the court that it has taken steps to operate as an independent concern and lias satisfied the Judgment against it The other com panies are given until March 1. 1909, to wind up their affairs in the state. The decision is so sweeping that At torney General Hadley and Governor Folk, hall it as the end of the illegal commercial combinations In Missouri. Attorney General Hadley, who has f irosecuted the Missouri case since its nceptlon In March, 1905, will become governor In less than a month and then will be cliarged with the enforcement of the decree issued today. Tho attorney general In a statement asserted that attempts had been made to compromise the suit, but he said he refused thp jjffera of the attorneys for the oil companies. Ruling of the Court. In Its decision the court says: “If such abuses as those complained of are permitted to continue untram melled, it would only bo a question of time until they would sap the strength and patriotism from the very founda tions of our government, overturn the republic, destroy our free institutions, and substitute in lieu thereof somo other form of government.” Tha principal indictments against the companies arp: That they have created and become members of a pool, trust agreement, confederation, combination. Is Urged to Interfere With Decision of Justice Wright. 75,000 MINE WORKERS ENTER STRONG APPEAL Different Labor Organizations Throughout Country Wire and Write President Relative to the Sentence Imposed by Supreme Court of the District of Co lumbia on Labor Leaders in the Buck's Stove Case—Lengthy Decision Rendered by Court in Which Scathing Denuncia tion is Hurled at Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison—Mr. Roosevelt Has Not De cided as to Whether or Not He Will Take Action. That they have created embers of wwm confederation, arrangement and understanding ueiwj themselves for the following purposes “First, to regulate, fix and control MV prices to bo paid by retail dealers and others In the state of Missouri for tho refined products of petroleum sold and offered for sale In this state. “Second, to control and limit the trade win refined products of petroleum In this state; . v " “Third, to control, limit and prevent competition In the business of buying and selling refined products of petroleum in 'this state between themselves and others engaged in like business; and “Fourth, to mislead the public Into the belief that they were separate and dis tinct corporations and pursuing an inde pendent business as logltlmuto competi tors in the purchase and salo of the products of petroleum." Case In Court Four Years. Tho- state’s ouster- suit against Standard, tho Republic and tho Watcra- Picrco companies was Instituted almost four years ago. The evidence was taken In St. Louis and in New York. Tho ouster proceedings were begun In the supreme court in the nature of a quo warranto, charging that the three com panies had entered into a combination In violation of tho laws of tho state. After amended relations had been filed the taking of testimony July 20, 1905, by Robert A. Anthony, special commis sioner, in St. Louis, was begun. The re- . fusal of the companies to produce certain books and documents as to business con nections with persons at 2# Broadway, New York, which refusal was made In e insas City, whence the hearing had en adjourned, led to a New York hear ing, which began on January 6. 1906. Meantime additional hearings were held In Joplin, Mo., and St. Louis. At the New York hearing H. II. Rogers was one of the witnesses summoned and his rofusal to answer certain questions sent the case beforo Judge Gildcrsleevc. of the New York supremo court. The entire proceedings were completed and the reports of the commissioner* were finally mado to the supremo court of Missouri late in 1907, since which time that tribunal has had the cose under ad visement. DYING OFFICER MAKES CHARGES Policeman Cain Walters Tom Pollock Shot Him in the Back. Says OCILLA, (3a., Dec. 23—Twenty-four hours after the bloody duel which cost the lives of Leonard Sin i! Chortle Monro and Virgil Moore an adlcted fatal injuries upon Policeman Cain Walters, tho town tonight rests under a death-llke poll with little evidence of the holidoy spirit manifest. Odlla la in sorrow. Tho life of the brave of ficer fast ebbs away. There la chance for hla recovery, physicians state. The community awaits the ter mination of his wounds with tense anxiety. New Developments in Case. Jack Shepherd and Tom Pollock are implicated and are In Jail. Policeman Walters charges Tom Pollock with having ahot him In the back. The trouble arose by Shepherd shoot ing a large firecracker. Being repri manded by the policeman, the Moores and Leonard Smith became involved as friends of Shepherd and the police man, and one version is tbe policeman opened fire and the other veralon Is that Charley Moore opened fire. The facts ora not clear yet, as there was some drinking among the partici pants, and while there were three or four eye wltneuee, yet they do not agree as to the tacts snd beginning of the trouble. It Is rumored that there had been previous trouble between the police man and Charley Moore. The town la shocked over one of the most tragic killings In thle section. I^onard Smith was about II years old, and cam. from Dooly county. Police, man Wallers Is from Twiggs county, i. n.I the Moore brothers were from Meriwether county. They have all lived hero two or three yean. . ROOSEVELT MAY TAKE A HAND IF HE CAN BE CONVINCED THAT GOMPERS’ SENTENCE IS SEVERE WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.—Twelve months In Jail for Samuel Gompers, president nino months for John Mitch ell, first vice president, six months for Frank Morrison, secretary, of the American Federation of Labor, was the sentence imposed by Justice Wright, of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, today for contempt of court In violating an order previously issued enjoining them from placing on tho “unfair" or “we don’t patronize" list the Hucks -Stove and Range Co., of St. Louis, -Mo. All three of the defendants werd Ip court. Notlco of an appeal to the court of appeals of ttfie District of Co lumbia at once wa» J flled, Gompers be ing released on $5,000 bond, Mitchell on $4,000, and Morrison on $3,000. Gompera’ Family Present. In addition to the wife and daugh ter of Gompers, there were present a number of local leaders and others who were attracted by the notlco that a decision In tho fqmoua,,case would be announced today. -Mr. Gompers’ fam ily were visibly affected. With tears coursing down his own cheeks, President Gompers heard tho order of tho court which condemned him to prison for a year. Both Mitch ell and Morrison seemed stunned by tho - sentence, although Mitchell up peared to be the least concerned. Gompers’ Statement to Court. Asked If he had anything to say why sentence should not bo pro nounced, President Gompers declared that he had not consciously violated any law. There was much he would like to say/ ho said, but ho could not do It at that time. Ho added, how ever, that “This is a struggle of the working peoplo of our country and It Is a struggle of the working peoplo for tho right. It Is a struggle of tho ages—a struggle of the men of labor to throw off some of tho burdens which have been heaped upon them; to abol ish some of the wrongs and to secure somo of tho rights too long denied." . Mitchell and Morrison confined themselves to an endorsement of what Mr. Gompers had said. Justice Recite s Conditions. Tho decision of Judge Wright which consumed two hours and twenty min utes In reading was one of tho most scathing arraignments that ever came from the bench In this city. He re cited the conditions antecedlng tho in Junction and referred to the fact that for twenty-five yearn the Bucks plant had operated ns a ten-hour shop and always had maintained an “open shop." Tho court read extracts from num bers of resolutions of labor organiza tions bearing on tho Bucks case as tending to show tho methods of Influ encing members of unions, "And those methods," the court remarked, “seem to bo known as ‘Persuasion.”’ Tho customers of the atov© company, tho court said, had been intimidated, brow-beaten and coerced out of their business relations with thely. custom ers. “By direct Interference with and boycott of their (tho customers) trade relations with their own customers and the public generally." Following an exhaustive relation of conspiracies In restraint of trade, Justice Wright said: What Court Say*. ’•From the foregoing it ought seem apparent to thoughtful men that the defendants to-tho bill, each and all of them, have combined to gether for the purpose of: “1—Bringing about the breach plaintiff’s existing contracts with others. "2—Depriving plaintiff of property (the value of the good will of its business) without due process of law, "3—Restraining trade among several states. “4—Restraining commerce among the several states." The ultimate purpose of tho defend ants, the court said In this conncc tlon, w«9 unlawful, their concerted project an offense against tho law and, it added, they were guilty of crime. Coming to the question of the vio lation of the court’s injunction. Jus tice Wright said: Violation of Injunction. “That Qompet* and others had In advance of the injunction determined to violate it if issued, and had In ad vance of tho injunction counselled nil members of labor unions and of the American Federation of Labor and the public generally to violate It in case It should be issued, appears from the following which references point out also the general plan and mutual understanding of the organisation and their various members.” The court here read a mass of ex tracts from reports of proceedings of conventions of tbe federation reports of President Gompers. editorials from the columns of tho American Feder- atlonlst and the labor press generally In support of his ststement that there war a pre-determination to violate. The court, after quoting at great length the attitude taken by Mr. Gompers since the injunction was issued, his writings. Interviews and public addresses, remarked: “All of which was done, all of which was pub lished, all of which was circulated In wilful disobedience and deliberate vio lation of the injunction, and for the purpose of Inciting and accomplishing tho violation generally, and in pursu ance of tho original common design of himself and confederates, to bring about the breach of plaintiff's exist ing contracts with cottiers; deprive piulntiff of property (the good will of Its business) without duo process of law; restrain trade among the several states; restrain commerce among the several states." Frank Morrison’s Part As to Secretary Frank Morison, the court declared that ho had full knowl edge of all that was being done, took part Jn the preparation and publica tion of the American Federation 1st of April, 1908, with complete knowledge of its contents. Raps Mitchell. Concerning Mitchell, the court point ed to various acts by him, which, ho said, placed him within the pale of the law. Continuing as to all three of the de fendants, the court said: 'In defense, of the charges now n bar. neither apology nor extenuation Is deemed fit to bo embraced; no claim of unmeant contumacy Is heard; per- s’sting In contemptuous violation of the. order, no defense is offered save those; “That tho injunction (1) Infringed on tho constitutional guaranty of free dom of press, ami (2) lnfronged on the constitutional guaranty of freedom of speech." In connection with the consideration of the contention that tho injunction in- waded tho right of free speech and of the press, the court held in part: “The position of tho respondents Involves questions vital to tho preservation of social order which smite tho founda tions of civil government, and upon which the supremacy of tho law over anarchy and riot verily depend." In the* opinion of tho court, even where a tribunal had fallen Into error In tho determination of a cause which It won Invested with jurisd'ctlon to hoar and determine "tho duty and ne cessity of obedience remained never theless the same.” In conclusion the court said in part. “iRefore tho Injunction was granted theso men announced that neither they tior the American Federation of LaboF would obey It; since it issued they have refused to obey It; and through the Amerlenn Federation of Labor disobedience lias been success fully achieved and the.law has been made to fall; not only has the law failed In Its effort to arrest a wide spread wrong, but tho Injury has grown more destructive slnco tho In junction than It was before. There is a studied, determined, defiant con flict precipitated In the light of open day between tho decrees of n tribunal ordained by tho government of the federal union, nnd of tho tribunals of another federation, grown up In the land, ono or tho other must succumb, for those that would unlaw tho law are public enemies." Sentence la Passed. In passing sentence on tho defen dants tho court said: "It would seem not inappropriate for such a penalty as will serve to do- tor others from following after such outlawed examples, will servo to vindi cate tho orderly of judicial tribunals and establish over this litigation tho supremacy of law." Tho Bdcks Company’s prosecution of tho officials of the fedcrat'on began In August, 1907. Tho original action was a test caso wherein it was sought to enjoin the labor unions from using tho "unfair” and "wc don’t patronize" lists in their fight against firms and Individuals Justice Gould, of the su preme court of the District of Colum bia, issued an injunction which was later mado permanent forbidding tho publication of tho company’s namo In these Hats. President Gompers, in hn editorial in the “Federationlet," of last January, made known his intention not to obey the court’s order, contending that the Injunction Issued was In dero gation of the rights of labor and nn nbuso of tho Injunctive power of tho courts, Gompers, Mitchell and Mor< rison subsequently were cited for con tempt and th's phnEe of tho case has been beforo tho court for many months, tho proceedings taking thiv form of a hearing of testimony before nn ex aminer and many arguments. President May Take Hand. Whether President Rooaevelt will lake any action as lie liaa been urged in tele ? :rams received from different labor organ cations throughout the country in Judge Wright’s decision has not been decided, it was stated at tho white house today. There war an intimation, however, that some action might be taken If he should bo convinced that the scntenco Is un just, if it should be affirmed upon ap peal. Tho Illinois TTnltcd Mine Workers sent this telegram, signed by Prealdont John II. Walker, tho vice president, secretary treasurer, and members cf tho execu tlve board: "In the name of 75,000 mine workers In Illinois, we desire to protest against the recent decision committing to penal ser vitude those great commoners and rep resentatlves of the American labor move ment. Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison. These men may be guilty of a breach of law, hut a law that denies tho use of free press and ful speech Is a breach of the fund&mcnta principles of.our country. Such decisions only tend td create enmity and class ha- We respectfully solicit your influ- MISS HELEN TAFT JOINSPARENT-S Family Together for First Time Since Election of Mr. Taft. AUGUSTA, Ga.. Dec. 21—Mlaa H*l- en Taft, the only daughter of the room to dispose of tho weapon, president-elect and Mrs. Taft, arrived **" r here today front Bryn Mawr. where aha Is uttendlug school. Shp will spend the holidays with her parents. With the return from Savannah to morrow of Robert Taft, the entire fam ily of tho president-elect will be to gether for the first time since his nomination for the presidency List June. The Terrett cottage presents u holiday appearance, the decorations having been added to by the holly •and mistletoe brought In by country men, and cut flowera from the neigh bors. Christmas dinner Will be par taken of by the Tafts at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Landon Thoma.% No preparations for a celebration of the day have been mado. After partially deciding on a twenty-ifcllo trip to Aiken, S. C., tomorrow us the guest of the Augusta and Aiken T Jolley Road. Mr. Taft said tonight ho believed it would be Impossible for him to go at this time. Tho trip may. be made later. A Distinguished Caller. Sir Horace Plunkett, head of the Irish department of agriculture and knighted for his Interest and service In educational and agricultural mat ters, kept an appointment with Pres! dent-elect Taft today which was made for him by President Roosevelt. Sir Horace camo on a lato afternoon train from Washington nnd began his return to that c ty two hours later. The object of hla visit to Mr. Taft, ns explained by the latter, was to as certain to what extent the next presi dent Is Interested in the question In volvod in tho conservation of tho na tural resources of tho country, and particularly regarding tho latest com- mission President Roosevelt has ap pointed which Is charged with tho duty of reporting on the comforts of rural lifo nnd how they may he in creased. Sir Horace hag been making a close personal study of tho work or Chief Forester Pinchot and expressed himself as both highly pleased and greatly benefited by what has boen demonstrated to him In th’s country. While Mr. Taft did. not mAke a statement of hla position* for publica tion on tho subjects discussed, he in dlcated that his visitor departed 'i good spirits, tho only regret being that hecauso of the delay of tho arriving train his interview wad cut short. PITTSBURG’S CRAFT EXPOSURE DISCLOSES THE STARTLING FACT THAT OFFICIALS EASY TO REACH tomoy ..nt .h, out of th. cou.t “R enc i,jng” Required Only Sums Ranging From dlers he was told by some men that he knew about the murder. They udth*d that they would not bo under guard al ways and they often punched him’through the tent. The men who did this wcio not soldiers but citizens. He thought they were riders; The court declined to let tills testimony go beforo tho tuvy. Witness Threatened. The state attempted to show that Hus- boon so threatened, but as the proaecu- ■IMMHIlUSPSRPWISgli <lor a strong guard of soldiers and depul I ties. Morris said he was sworn Into the hand by Garrett Johnson, one of tho de fendants. and accompanied the riders on ncnrly all of their night rides, as roa Rankin was murdered. Other Witnesses Corroborated. Ilia story was a close corroboration of ail that Fehrlnger nnd Russell had told. Morris said lie recognised nt tho Ran kin murder 8am Applewhite. Garrett Johnson, Bob Hoffman. "Bud" Morris, Frank Fehrlnger und eight others not ynt on trial. Cross-examination failed to shako tho witness on any detail. Mershell Hogg, another night rider who has turned state’s evidence, followed und for the fourth tlmo tho story of the night rider’s outrages culminated in the Hunkln murder was told to tho Jury. irotectlon of tho atnte if he would tell riders, told of making ono raid with tho RYAN QUITS-34 CORPORATIONS Yielding to Advice of Phy sicians Throws off His Load. NEW YORK. Dec. 22.—Thomas F. Ryan? admittedly ono • of the grentest powers In tho financial world, unnouncod today that, yielding to tho advice of Ids physlotnns, ho had resigned from the di rectorate of thirty-four corporal Ions. Tho only enterprises In the management of which Mr. Ryan retalna a hand nro the Morton Trust Company, tho National Bank of Commerce and tho American Tobacco Company. Mr. Ryan’s action was tnken in pur suance of a policy of retirement first adopted two years ago when ho was told by his physicians that the multlpllc ity of cares devolving Upon him nr chief steersman of so many organlsa .... were more than sufficient In themselves to tax the endurance of any ono individ ual, nnd wan rnpldiy undermining his health. After n busy career of forty years, most of which had been spent In mapping out and carrying to successful Issuo construction of street rnilwny nnd lighting Interests of gigantic magnitude. Mr. Ryan felt that ho could unharness ldmsolf from his many business respon sibilities and devote tho romninlng years or hla lifo to compnrutlvo leisure. Mr. Ryan’s Statement. Mr, Ryan said today: “This step has been taken after long and mature deliberation. There Is nr significance to It other than that my doc tors told mo I ought to let up. They first advised me to unload some of my re sponsibilities two yearn ago and since then I have gradtially withdrawn from tho directorates of thirty-one corpora- tlons. My recent resignations are but tho continuance of the policy adopted two yearn ago of unloading business respon sibilities as rapidly as I can In Justl the Interests involved." Among the corporations from the direc torate of which Mr. Ryan has resigned are the Commercial Truat Company, of Philadelphia: the Continental Rubber Company, or America: the Mercantile Truat Company, of New York, nnd the Seaboard Air Lino railway. DEFENSE TO BE ALIBIJOR EACH Night Riders Will Attempt to Prove They Were at Home. i to prevent the Incarceration of these ence ( men.’.’ Fitzpatrick Notes. FITZPATRICK. Ga^ Dec. 23—Misses Juliet and FI eta Fitzgerald leave to- morrow for Cochran, where they will fense will be an alibi for each of the spend the holidays with their aunt. * ITNION CITY, Tenn.. Dec. 22.—When tho state asked for an adjournment of the night rider trial late today. It an- nounced that tt would close I is case on Thursday. The judge declared that In stead of adjourning tomorrow until Bat urday It might l>e better to adjourn un til Monda^«^M|igim|mrfiffl||f a chance - - . .—. . - dun -111 bft ilei-ld-d tomorrow. Tim 3in. J. H. Mullla, Jr., after which Ura. Mullla will return with them and (pend ttvrnl d»y« with her ftlitor. Mrs. It. H. Pltipatrlck. Mr. Benjamin Kltapatrlck. Jr., I, at horn, from the n«or*ta Military Col- Irxe for tho holidays. Mr,. A. J. Wood I, vltltlni her hus band. Dr. Wood, *t tho Mscon hospital, whom we ar, glad to know I, much Improvad, right defendants. Member, of their fnm HIM Will swear that the men were at home end In bed during the night of October H. the night thftt Cspl. Quenlln Rankin wee murdered. No attempt will Imnd. CARMACK’S PISTOL HAD EMPTY SHELLS OFFICER TESTIFIES WEAPON HAD BEEN RECENTLY FIRED—INTER EST IN HEARINQ. $100 to $5. IN RAPID SUCCESSION SENSATIONS ARE SPRUNG At tho Trial of 8#Vin Councilman Shock ing Developments Come Out Which Are Mere Preliminaries to What Is to Fol low—Bank Pays Councilman Klelne $17,500 to Get City Deposit#—Sixty Councllmen Receipts $45,000 Rake-off to Pass One Ordinance—Suits of Clothes and Street Car Tickets All Necessary to Buy Some Members of the Council. PITTSmftta. Pa.. Dec. 23.—With suddenness that startled Pittsburg from end to end, tills city today moved Into first placo in the role of corruption and municipal graft. Lato tonight, ninny hours after tho thunderbolt in tho simuo of sensational testimony were exploded, the peoplo of Pittsburg uro dumbfounded. It Is stated the shocking developments here today uro mere preliminaries und subsequent steps against additional coun- counelltnen are "easy to reach * nnd the “reaching" necessitated only small sums, ranging from $100 to $3. in the passage of one ordinance alone It was testified that Ci) councllmen had divided $45,000. Succession of Sensations, Sensations followed one another in rap id succession during the hearing of the seven councllmen and two former bank officers arrested on charges of bribery, corrupt solicitation and conspiracy Inst Monday night.’ VV. W. Ramsey nnd A. A. Vilalck, former president und cashier or of the Oerman National Bank, were first placed on trial. It was testified that they had hern approached by Cf/tipcllman John inicrcoc win inamivaiea muujr iu mu ® * »lt V,i? fm* hearing of the application of fchto tWo L*E. , 2k2 e ('ooperH nwX Jnhn U..81.ftn..J 1 .ld <m„th. fe^f l0 iJSJ%Tk W W.!ld n S 0 ft. oUur banks have done.” After soveral confer ences, tho bankers placed $17,500 on a tnblo in a room of tho bank. Councilman Klelno nnd a companion' entered the room and a short time Inter left the bonk. The hankers then visited tho room utul the money was gone. Bankers Arrested. At tho request of tho directors of tho bnnk both men resigned last Saturday. worn held for court In tho sum charge of murdering former Senator Car mack. for ball beforo Judge Hart In tho crimlnnl court. Henry Bell, a negro, waa tho first wit ness called today. He was on the sceno Immediately after tho Killing and told of Mr. Carmack's pistol, u 38-caliber hammerless being handed to him by Lieut. Winston Pitcher. Tho weapon contulned two empty shells, which had been recently fired and tnreo loaded cur- Cross-oxnmlned by Gon. McCam, tho witness said ho did net search Col. Coop er nnd that Col. Cooper snld nothing or did nothing about surrendering ids own pistol. BELT SAMUELS GETS LONG TERM SENTENCE EX-SALOON KEEPER GIVEN EIGHT EEN YEARS FOR KILLING NORTH CAROLINA SHERIFF. DANVILLE, Va.. Dec. 22.—A vordlct of murder in the second degree with pun Ishment fixed at eighteen years in prison, was returned today by the Jury in *.hu o of W. Belt Samuels, who has iwjen . trial here for tho past week for killing Sheriff wm. V. Flannagan, of Draper, N. C. Samuels, who la a former Dnnvlllo sa loon keeper, allot and killed Flannag.ih hero on October 24 in front of tho house of Eva Boyd, ft white woman. Jealousy over tho Boyd woman was said to liavc been at the bottom of the killing, account of Having been convicted i,, federal courts for perjury. Samuels was Uhrred as a witness In ills own behalf. The caso was given to the Jury yester day afternoon and after remaining oui an hour and a half, a disagreement was reported and court adjourned until 9 o'clock this morning. Tho Jury remained out thirty minutes today before ret Ing a verdict. CHRISTMAS TREES BRING JOY TO LITTLE HEARTS trsfvd. as the defendants are indicted only for tbe murder of Rankin. Had Huoe Revolver. When William Russell, the self-con fessed night rider, wm called for croes- examination today, a huge revolver pro jected from Me pocket Tbe e •’* si- COLUMiBUH, (la., Dec. 23—Forming a striking feature of the Christmas week In Columbus, thirteen kindergar tens held Christmas tree exercises to day. Hundreds of mothers wero in at tendance. Three of tho largest kinder gartens are supported by cotton mills of tho city and tho entire expense of the celebrations in those Institutions was borne by tho corporations. NEW ADMINISTRATION FOR CITY OF AMERICUS AMERICUH, (la.. Deft. 28—The near city udminletratlon, Mayor John Keldcr and Aldermen Columbue llriwk'.nft, Carroll J. Clerk aod Elmore l-oole recently elected to council, were ■worn Into oftic- tonight and mummed the reins of municipal government. Mayor Iiugen,. A. llawklns for el* year, chief executive, retire*, voluntar ily from office with a record of pro*, re** during hi, ,1* yearn’ adminUtra' tlon a, mayor of Americua. Dr. Field in Extremi*. Dr. J. Clinton Field, one of th< leading physician* of Americua, re. main. III, the mutt of recent euddan attack, and death at any hour would orcaalon no eurprlee. Relative, reald Ing eleewher* arc at hi, bedelde. They of ft4.1 000 bnII each. Innoy nnd Ferguson, of common council, and Atkinson, of select council, were then called for trial. The prlnclpnl wit ness was Robert Wilson, n prlvnto detect ive nnd superintendent of the Municipal League of ttrmnton, I’n., who Is employed by the Voters' League, Pittsburg, which brings tho prosecution ngnlnst tho nine defendants. Mr. Wilson's testimony sensational. Detective at Work. Aided by un assistant. Wilson cngngnd Then a serl»s of meetings arranged with councllmen. Ills assist ant. Herbert Jones, posed as a business man desiring certain ordinances passed, nnd during Ids conferences with the conn- flhnnn, Wilson and a stenographer were stationed In tho next room making a full record of the transactions.' During these conferences Councilman Klelno liad great deal io say regarding how com plete councils were controlled by the cused men. the detective said. It was also testified tiy Klelne and Brand each accepted $500 from Jones In payment for securing the passage of an ordinance. Splitting $45,000. At a meeting held In another inenl hotel Klelne. It was testified, told Wilson how hard It wns to divide money among Die councllmen. Councilman Klelne told of how 145,000 had to he split lndwcf-n 60 coimeilinen. Tills money was received In connection with the construction of filler hods at the new filtration plant of Pitts- burg. Councilman Klelne. Mr. Wilson testified, said that the councllmen had different prices. Some councllmen. Klelno told him, wonted $100, somo $75. some $25 and nn Klelne, W wero known i Juit Any Old Thing, It waa niso possible to secure some counellrnanla votes on some measures In return for a suit of clothes nr for street car tickets. With tho exception of Klelno and Wasson all of the defendants imme diately renewed their bonds for appear- once for court trial and wore released In the Aggregate, tho bond amounting to $118,000. Application Is Made For Charter For Line Val dosta to Moultrie. ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 23.—(Tele graph Bureau, Kimball House)—Ap plication for charter was mado to Secretary of State Phil Cook today by the Valdosta, Moultrie and West ern Railroad Company, which plans to construct and operate a line between Vnldosta and Moultrie, a distance of forty miles. The capital stock Is to bo $100,000, and tho Incorporators aro Frank Rob erts, W. B. Conoly, John T. Roberta,. W. L. Roberts, O. L. Davis, W. IL Davis, A. F. Langford, D. I. iRffimm and J. L. Gibbons, of Lowndes county. Georgia, and W. P. Roberts, of Du val, Fla, Handsome Christmas Presents. ATLANTA. Dec. 23.—One of the- handsomest Christinas gifts mado by capitol attache's this season was sent' to Thomas G. Hudson, commissioner of agriculture, this morning. It con sisted of a dlamotjg ring In a Jewelry box for Mrs. Hudson nnd a handsome- dlanioml stud for tho commissioner; The two cost ulmut $300, .which was contributed by the fertiliser and oir inspectors, together with the offlc* force of that, department. John Brown Pardoned. ATLANTA, Dec. 23.—John Brown, a negro who wn» sent to tho ponlten- tlury from Richmond county on a murder charge twonty-soven ycar» ago, >was ordered released on n par don from the governor this morning. Tho case -was brought to the atten tion of the commission by the deputy warden having the man In charge, ami It was worked up by Judge Wil liam F. Eve of tho city court of Rich mond county. In 1882 Brown was nrrested for kill ing nnd robbing another negro on th& M Wedge villa road near Augusta^ Judge Claiborne Snead presldt*d over the supertbr court then, and -Boykin Wright wus solicitor-general. The- evidence was purely circumstantial but the negro was convicted. • At the trial F. W. Capers and Jas. P. Vcrdery, one by appointment of tho court and the other voluntarily, represented the defendant. In n letter to the commission they state that thfr verdict should have been appealed, but they thought It safer to let It go into effect and apply fur pardon a few years later. Unfortunately ho mat ter was overlooked until brought t<> their attention .recently. Tho negro went tp the penitentiary, being then 48 years of age. According to the authorities, ho hfis served faithfully, having boen given only ono whipping during his ontlro confine ment. Tho commission asked Judge Eve to look Into the cose. Judge Snead wrote, — the IRATE HUSBAND TO NORTH CAROLINAN TO PRESS CASE AGAINST HIS WIFE AND HER “AFFINITY." WAYCROSS, Ga., Dec. 23—Chag Goddard, who was arrested and held hero after a commitment trial, on a warrant sworn out by M. D. Bailey, of Winston. S. C„ was acquitted In the city court today. Immediately after the acquittal of Goddard, warrants were served <»i both him and Mrs. Bailey for a mis demeanor alleged to have been com mitted In Wayne county. Bailey, husband of the woman ar rested, is still In Waycross and sayi he Intends to prosecute them to tho full extent of the law. !f» says he will also push the black mail charge and will have warrants taken out for them In Charieiton, uverugo life In the penlten- ary. Henry O. Johnson, a young white mnn- convlctcd of burglary In Thomas county snd given four yritrs In two cases, wne niso pardoned toda yiwrs olu „ He will be V. . December 27. and Is said* i of reputable family. to be a i Rough on Huabsndt. ATLANTA. Dec. 23.—A husband In good health and able to earn a livelihood not entitled to alimony from hln wife ider tho laws of Georgia, according to- .. decision Itnnded down today by Judga Joint T. Pendleton, of the Fulton supe rior court. The opinion was rendered after an Interesting hearing of tho can* nt Mrs. Mary J. Blmmons vs. Almand Blmmons. which In somo respects boro- resemblance to tho great case of Jaun- dyeo vs. Jaundyre. Mrs. Blmmons brought suit for divorce, alleging among other things cruel treat ment. Mr. Blmmons tiled nn answer In which hovel allegations and claims wer» made. It wns on a motion of Mrs. Sim mons' attorneys to lmve the startling al legations and claims mado In her hus band’s answer stricken that tho hearing - came up today. . . . . .. , Mr. Blmmons set forth the claim that nt the time of the wedding he.waa about 40 years old and his bride was about 60. He said the fact that Mrs. Blmmons to look after It was the controlling - Influence that led him to propose mar riage. lie also alleged that Mrs. Blm mons had on throe previous occasions taken unto herself a husband, and that each of his predecessors had escaped, ono by divorce und two by death. He claimed that he Is largely depend ant upon bis «wlfe for support and arked for temporary and permanent alimony, Tho judge ordered the unusual feature* of tlie answer stricken and denied tns claim for temporary alimony. AlOAniA, vm.. I«W. is coming Into the state coffer* by 1eL and bounds from the different counties of tho state. Approximately $22,000 has- been received from Bibb eounyr withlrv tho last few days, and a check for $2,500 came in from Clarke this morning. Chat ham sent $68,800, and smaller sums wero, received from a dozen or more. Thieves Visit Capitol. ATLANTA, Ga.. . I>ec. 2*.—Burglary who hove been making night a terror of dread In Atlanta during the past two weeks, quit tlio city proper last night and Invaded tho precincts of the state capitol. Bo far ts known only one offlcs entrance. The doors were found loexed as usual, nnd tho windows wero haired. Capitol watchmen claim they saw nov stranger enter or leave the building. ^ When Mr. Cook reached his offices he. found his desk In a tumbled condition, and the stamp drawer on a table empty. Tho stamps being tho only thing of mate rial value left there, nothing clso wa* taken. The thieves were painstaking In their efforts, even taking a lot of a dozen stamps left by tbe clerk In Iho front • rri- About fifteen other small burglaries or attempted hold-ups wero reported last night. 3t«s In Hard Luck. id, Dec. 23—The Brlt- kwood. which arrived i Savannah and N »r- HULI Ish utcamer i here today from Savannah folk, experienced severe w tho passage end mi stained cc damage. A quantity of ros rets stowed on tho deck Wi overboard.