Georgia Historic Newspapers

    TUESDAY. JANUARY 1. 1907.
THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
SECRETARY SHAW WRITES
LETTER OF ESP
Seven Factories
Close Their Doors
WASHINGTON'. Deo. 29.—In i let
ter to a correspondent residing in
Nashville, Tenn.. Secretary Shaw
repudiates the suggestion that the
United States TreasuV ever has come
to the relief of stock gamblers. The
corTespondent in question, whose, name
is. withheld, insists that such relief
has been given gamblers and money
sharks, "the real cause of high money
In New York," and asks how long
will the practice continue. To which
the Secretary made the following re
ply:
"Your letter of December 23rd Is re
ceived, and 1 note your sentiment
with respect to stock gamblers. Your
letter is so courteous and voices so
accurately the view of many well in
tended people that ( am constrained
to answer it somewhat at length.
“You seem to proceed ,upon the
theory that the existing monetary
stringency is caused solely by ’stock
gambling.’ In this you are in error.
Some people gamble in storks, some in
cotton, others in wheat, corn, pork or
lard, and some in land. When times
are good people will speculate in any
thing and everything that possesses a
market value. The proportion of
speculation as compared with neces
sary and legitimate business is very
small, however, and is probably no
larger in New York city than in
N ashville, Tenn., where you reside, or
iri 1 ’ , ' rd. , 7, la., where I live. The
fcgJjlA&stimatea I can get place the
aw'.unt of speculative transactions In
York city at from 2 1-2 to 5 per
item of the aggregate.
* i‘’t'The treasuiy has never come to the
Wrtel of stock gamblers and probably
V'J'.er will, though the relief which the
treasury grants frequently aids those
who gamble on the bull side of the
Stock market and the bull side of the
wheat market, the cotton market, the
corn market, and every other market,
but it is equally harmful to those who
gamble on the bear side of these re
spective markets. Both hulls and
bears Importune the Secretary, but the
, (at nature of the advice usually indicates
~1*'1he side of the market on which they
; \/arc operating. Naturally these com-
.eSnTiunlcations have no intluance what-
IW iVer. The real business situation is
/'"‘the sole consideration.
"During the dull season of 1904, the
Secretary of the Treasury withdrew
sixty millions of the people’s money
and locked it up. This would have
been a crime if he were not willing to
release it when it is needed. By ap
propriate use of the money In the
vaults or th • treasury I have facili
tated the importation of a hundred
millions Z gold ■ thin the last nine
months, and hav■ released, or arranged
for the release of fifty million more.
This was done, as I say for the pur
pose of aiding legitimate business.
Ihough it has helped the bull side of
the market as much as it has damuged
Hie bear side. I care as little for
either of these considerations as do
you. hut I am intensely interested in
the appropriate business interests of
the country.
"It is for the relief of business that
the treasury has restored to the chan
nels of trade the money which it with
drew when the people had no use for
it except for purposes of speculation.
It was then x wanted for speculation and
I withdrew it. It is now needed for
business and I restore it. The last
$10,000,000 deposit went almost exclu
sively to the cotton producing States
and the exceptions went to cotton
buying cities."
Roosevelt's Life
Is Threatened
RAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 29.—Secret
service agents here had their attention
onll-d this morning to an inflammatory
address published in Rerkely. by Japa-
aese. entitled "The Revolution.” in which
die assassination of the Mikado. President
Roosevelt and others in authority, is ad
vocated in plain language.
Marked eopies of the paper were sent
through the mall to the Board of Eduv-
'Jon In this city. The paper was mail'd
,n Rerkely. It Is printed in both Japa
nese and English. The articles advocat-
•ng^ assassination are in English.
The Japanese paper contains an article
In which reference is made to the attitude
Of President Roosevelt on the ,Tn :
^chooi situation. The follow 1 ig Ian • (9
is used: "We believe that cuch a thin?
as tlie trilling legislation which the
capitalist class may from ti- ■ to time
fling to the workers will prove of no
avail; that it is as ineffective as the tiny
Ftream from a baby's water gun thrown
Into a raging fire.
"Our policy Is toward the overthrow of
the- Mikado. King and Presirent as rep
resenting the capitalist class. ns soon its
possible, and we do not hesitate as to
the means.”
Marked copies of the papers were sent
to tile Board of Education in this city
and by them turned over to the Federal
authorities.
TWO CARDINALS DIED
OF PARALYSIS AT ROME
HOME, Dec. 29.—Cardinal Cavignia
was found dead in- bed this morning,
having succumbed to paralysis of the
her.st.
Cardinal Tripepi also was reported
to have died of paralysis during the
night, but after remaining unconscious
f n short time,' ’fie revived partially.
,-dinal Tripepi died later in the day.
lardinal Luigi Tripepi was the pre-
t of the congregation of indul
gences and sacred relics. He was born
in Italy in 1S36 and was created a
carldnal in 1901.
Cardinal Felice Cavignia was born
in Italy in 1S41 and was created a car
dinal in 1901.
CHINK’S PRESENT
T0 0°V. TERRELL
ATLANTA. Dec. 30.—Yum Woo, a
prominent member of Atlanta's colo
ny of Celestials, has sent Governor
Terreil a Christmas present, which con
sists uf a table cover and a dozen nap
kins. They are made of silk and beau
tifully decorated. Woo ordered them
llreot from China. The designs are
such as to leave no doubt as to where
the table cloth and the napkins came
from.
Lum Woo feels very grateful to Gov
ernor Terrell for helping him out of
iome trouble several months ago. The
New Orleans h;g’’M:-d v-.e after
Woo. an.! secured an indictment against
him, charging him with the crime of
murder. Woo was arrested in Atlan-
t i and resisted the effort made to take
him to New Ot leans. He produced
lulte a number of affidavits showing
that he was in St. .Louis at the time
the murder was committed, and had
never been in New Orleans. In con
sequence >f his no; having been in
New Orleans, it was argued that he
eouWii.it be i’ fu-•:!.'• from that R: to.
ft ” a !• r.gthy hearing before the
Governor the tiou: I'.n was turned
d"an ' Lam 1 -ft •' •• execu'.ivi of
fice the life'long friend of the chief
executive of tee State, telling him that
SOUTHERN HANDLE COMPANIES
FOR BIG COMBINATION
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 29. — The
Souihei n Handle Company, of Mem
phis, and Royal Handle Company, of
Harrisburg, Ark., the Southern Handle
Company, of Huntsville, Ala., and the
Bern ir Handle Company, of Manor,
Pa., have been merged into the Con
solidated Handle Company, with a cap
ital of one million dollars. Memphis
will 1»e the headquarters of the con
cern. M. R. Grace, of Memphis, ispres-
i ident of the new company, and the
other officers are: Edwin E. Rabbins,
! Pittsburg, vice-president; W. J. Ber-
! nar. secretary and treasurer. Ten fac-
' lories, scattered through Tennessee,
Arkansas. Alabama, Virginia and Penn-
j sylvania are owned by the corporation.
CALVIN TO HAVE CHARGE
OF EXPERIMENT STATION
GRIFFIN. Ga.. Dec. 30.—Hon. Mar-
; tin V Calvin, of Augusta, who was
. recently elected director of the Georgia
Experiment Station, is expected to ar-
j rive In Griffin in time to assume con-
i trol of the affairs of the station on
i January 1.
j Colonel Calvin ami his excellent fam-
i ily will receive a cordial welcome to
i Spalding C unty, and under the ex-
j celient management of the new di-
' rector the interests cf the station will
j not diminish. ,
I Col. IL J. Redding, the retiring di-
I rector, who has served the State with
| gro.it efficiency for 17 years, will move
to the city, and for the first half of
1907 will act as advisory director of
the station. The new director has
not announced his plans for conduct
ing the station.
Sangainary Encounters Are
Frequent and Situation
Is Acute
RAILWAY DIRECTORS
ROASTED BY STOCKHOLDERS
HARTFORD. Ct„ Dec. 30.—Denounc
ing the action of the directors of the
Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail
road Company in relation to the plan
evolved for subscription to an Increased
capital stock of the corporation as "ar
bitrary, illegal and unjust to the stock
holder.;." resolutions to that effect were
adopted unanimously at a meeting of
stockholders and others at the board of
trade rooms today.
The resolutions state that in the opin
ion o' the board of trade common hon
esty on the part of the directors o. sa'.l
railway company demands that to each
stockholder shall be restored the right of
which he has been deprived. It requests
the company to extend the time within
which the stockholders may subscribe
for or sell their right to shares of new
stock. The meeting was attended by a
large number of capitalists, many of
whom made speeches condemning the ac
tion of the railroad company.
LODZ. Dec. 29.—The situation here
is rapidly becoming acute. Sanguinary
encounters were frequent during the
day. Six persons were killed and
twelve wounded. It is generally an
ticipated that the workmen will event
ually secure the upper hand over the
Socialists, drive out the agitators and
resume work within a few days.
The proprietors of seven of the
largest factories here, employing 100,-
000 persons, today closed their estab
lishments in consequence of the sys
tem of terrorism inaugurated by the
extreme Socialists. The announcement
caused great excitement among the
inhabitants generally, of this city as
well as among the better classes of the
factory employees, who fear that
when this great army of unemployed
persons begins to feel the want of
bread, rioting will occur. The factory
employees, as a rule, are without any
means to support themselves and
their families during the hard winter
prevailing. The Socialists murdered
no less than a score of Nationalist
workmen in this city and vicinity and
they threaten to organize street riots
and compel citizens at the points of
revolvers to feed and lodge the unem
ployed.
The manager of the Scheiblers cot
ton mills and the foreman and engi
neer of another factory were murdered
during -the night by Socialists and the
engineers of those and other estab
lishments, fearing assassination, re
fused this morning to return to their
work. Consequently, all of the cotton
mills and other plants have been closed
down indefinitely.
The workmen are dispersing quietly.
The authorities are concentrating a
'large number of additional troops.
Many of the workmen are declaring
they are willing to accept the em
ployers’! erms, but the extreme So
cialist among them prfevent resump
tion of work by threatening to mur
der all the men who yield.
UNITED STATES CONVEYS AN
NOUNCEMENT OF WELCOME
TO JAMES BRYCE
LONDON. Dec. 29.—The formal ac
ceptance by the United States of
James Bryce as British Ambassador at
Washington, in succession to Sir
Mortimer Durand, was received in a
cable dispatch from the American
capital, which reached the Foreign
Office here during the night, and
thereupon it was determined this
morning that Mr. BYyce’s appointment
should be officially gazetted on Mon
day.
This clears up an apparent official
misunderstanding. President Roose
velt's announcement that Air. Bryce
was persona grata was received some
time ago, but Great Britain had been
awaiting his formal acceptance as the
successor of Sir Alortimer, which has
now been received.
T
SAVANNAH. Ga., Dec. 29.—Hon. O.
B. Stevens, Railroad Commissioner of
Georgia, is here investigating the con
gested condition of freight and the
cause of it. He spent this morning
in consultation with the officials of
the Central Railway and this after
noon with those of the Atlantic Coast
Line. Air. Stevens said that the con
gested condition of freight everywhere
over the Stata and in fact, all over
the country, is bad. but that the local
lumber situation is very deplorable.
He is optimistic, however, and believes
that in thirty days everything will be
running smoothly and that the condi
tion will be the same as it was be
fore the congestion of freight began.
Air. Stevens said that the railways
may .be largely to blame for the con
ditions. but they are not wholly re
sponsible.
"I have spent the entire month,”
said Air. Stevens.."in the interior in
vestigating the conditions at various
transfer points, and shall devote my
entire time to trying to relieve the
situation. After I have thoroughly in
vestigated the causes of the congestion
I will try to get the connecting lines
in closer touch with each, other and
try to bring the business men closer
to the railways. '
"The people in the interior have the
impression that they cannot ship any
freight into or receive any out of Sa
vannah over the Central of Georgia.
This is an error, but the lumber sit
uation may require some time for dis
entanglement.”
Secretary Wilson’s Inspec
tion of Baltimore Distil
leries Does Good
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Secretary
Wilson said today that his visit to
some of the Baltimore distilleries yes
terday, in company • with Dr. H. W.
Wiley, Chief of the Bureau of Chem
istry, and Geo. F. AIcCabe, the law
officer of the Agricultural Department,
has been productive of good results.
They examined the operations of two
distilleries, one blending and a gin
still, with a view to ascertaining pre
cisely how the liquors are made. They
got information they had not been able
to obtain by conferences with distill
ers. At the gin still which they visi
ted, only six barrels of the liquor is
manufactured each day. It is pro
nounced pure by Dr. Wiley, but not a
gallon of it is sold in the market. It
is sold exclusively to blenders who mix
the pure gin with neutral spirits and
some of the flavoring material and
that product is put on the market as
gin. As another result of their in
vestigation it has been discovered that
three-fourths of the straight whisky
made in this'country is sold to blend
ers. who use it in connection with
spirits and flavoring coloring matter
to make their products. As a conse
quence of the investigation which Sec
retary Wilson has been conducting, it
is quite probable he will not recede
from his decision based on the pure
fo :>d and drugs act. in which he held
the so-called "blended whiskies”
artificially colored and flavored were
urlous imitations” of whisky and
that "the mixture of such an imitation
with a genuine article cannot be re
gard* d as a mixture of like substances
within the letter ana intent of the
JAS. POLK OF JASPER
KILLED BY YOUNG MAN
MONTICELLO. Ga., Dec. 30.—News
has just reached this place that Air.
Jas. K. Polk was killed at his home by
Air Kirby Waldrep. The particulars
are meager and conflicting. The re
ports which are most relied upon as
being true are as follows.
Air. Waldrep, against the desire of
Air. Polk, carried his daughters to a
party last night and they returned
rather late. Air. Polk had removed
from the buggy of Air. Waldrep a bot
tle of whisky and when the young peo
ple returned he carried the bottle to
the buggy of Waldrep and handed it to
him, Waldrep insisting that he keep
it Words became hot and Polk shot
at Waldrep, Waldrep returning the
shots and killed Polk.
Air. Polk was 65 years old, and Air.
Waldrep a young man, but maimed in
his hand. Mr. Polk was the head of a
family of young girls whose mother is
dead. Mr. Waldrep is the mainstay
of an aged father and mother and de
pendent sisters.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE '
IN NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK, Dec. 30—The stub-
bornest and most spectacular lire that
New York fire department has had to
deal with in some time, .kept a large
number of firemen and engines busy
for several hours today. Before the
fire had been brought under control
it had destroyed nearly all of the down
town block, bounded by South. Alont-
gomery. Water and Clinton • streets.
The total loss is roughly estimated
at $300,000. Originating in the boiler
room of the National Biscuit Compa
ny’s factory, the flames wiped out ev
erything inflammable about the seven-
story brick structure, and spread to ad
joining property. Several nearby tene
ments caught fire with much result
ing excitement, but no injury to their
occupants.
SUGGESTS CASTLE. GARDEN
FOR GEORGIA IMMIGRANTS
ATLANTA. Dec. 30.—Why not have
a Castle Garden located on some island
near the city of Savannah, and make
the place a general distributing point
for immigrants coming to the United
States who desire to locate in the
Southern and Southwestern States?
The Georgia Castle Garden need not
be pitched upon as extensive a plan
as the New York Castle Garden, but
proportionately it will do as much good
for the country at large, and a vast
amount more good for'the South. There
are several islands near Savannah suit
able for such a-purpose, and it would
not be such a hard matter to secure
an appropriate place for immigrants
to land and spend their first night
under the protection of the Stars and
Stripes. Their stay would be quite
limited as there would be no trouble
in their securing employment.
THINKS PRESIDENT MADE MIS
TAKE IN DISCHARGING NEGRO
TROOPS.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 30.—
“Roosevelt does not know anything
about the negro, and every time he
touches him he makes a mess of it.
He had no business discharging the
negro troops at Brownsville before
making a careful investigation. I
doubt very much whether or not he is
vested with the authority to take such
matters in his own hands, anyway.”
Thus spoke Benjamin R. Tillman to
day, after his arrival from Dothan,
! Ala., where lie spoke Friday night,
i Senator Tillman addressed a large
i audience here last night which cheered
the vigorous sentiments he expressed.
The Senator talked on tho negro ques-
: tion largely, and said that the white,
men owe all their good qualities to the
women of their race.
“The negroes have not such women,
possessing qualities which will make
them high minded, and this has been
their greatest drawback.”
Speaking of lynching, which he said
would continue as long as certain
crimes continued, the Senator ex
claimed; “With the oath on my lips to
uphold the law, I would lead a mob
any time to lynch a man, black or
white, who had ravished a woman.”
False Entries in
Books of Company
Sensational Affidavits Have
Been Filed By Former
And i tor
Telegraphed for Aid j Oklahoma, Uncle Sam’s
But Came Too Late\ Forty-sixth State
MOBILE. Ala , Dec. 29.—T. L. Chad-
urne, Jr., a member of the New York
firm of attorneys representing the re
ceivers of the Mobile, Jackson & Kan
sas City, and E. R. Stewart, former
auditor, have filed sensational affida
vits in connection with the receiver
ship. The former alleges that the old
management charged for extra ser
vice^ and had the railroad company
admit liability by contract with a se
curity company on fraudulent and un
warranted claims. The latter claims
in his affidavit he was ordered to
make fraudulent entries to show earn
ings instead of a deficit.
He alleges that he was a stock
holder in the road and a large owner
of stock in the Alabama Securities
Company and was an active factor in
the affairs of both concerns: that the
Securities Company purchased the en
tire stock of the Chicago & Gulf Rail
way Company for $270.0001 that Alex
ander AlcDonald, W. D. Stratton and
E. K. Stallo own or control a major
ity of the stock of the Securities Com
pany, but that by reason of his inter
ests in the Securities Company up to
the latter part of 1903, he was entirely
familiar with the transactions of the
Alobile. Jackson & Kansas City Rail
way and the Securities Company and
owing to his interest as a bond and
stockholder of the Chicago & Gulf
Railway, he has. since the above date,
kept in touch with the transactions of
Stratton, Stallo and AlcDonald, and the
companies they control. He alleges
that they had made charges against
the Alobile, Jackson & Kansas City
Company in favor of the Securities
Company for alleged extra services and
expenditures aggregating $1,163,361.
and that by virtue of their control of
the railroad company and the Securi
ties Company they have had the for
mer admit liability by contract with
the Securities Company to the extent
of $500,000 on fraudulent and unwar
ranted claims, and further that they
caused the Securities Company to be
credited with $3S4.S51 on claims equal
ly as unwarranted and fraudulent.
Air. Chadbourne avers that the Se
curities Company has no assets in
Alabama that can be reached by law
and that the Alobile, Jackson & Kansas
City and the Chicago & Gulf Compa
nies are hopelessly insolvent.
E. R. Stewart, formerly auditor of
the Alobile, Jackson & Kansas City
Company, who resigned a short time
ago, makes affidavit to the effect that
under instructions from the president
of the road at the time he was audi
tor. he was ordered to make fictitious
Entries to the credit of permanent im
provement with countercharges against
operating expenses- so as to make the
earnings of the road apparently exceed
its operating expenses and fixed
charges, and that these fictitious en
tries caused the books of the com
pany .to show net earnings instead
of a deficit.
ATLANTA, Ga.. Dee. 29.—The na
tional convention for the extension of
the commerce of the United States
will be held at the New Willard Hotel,
in Washington City, next month. The
sessions will commence January 12th
and extend through the 14th. Georgia
will be represented by a delegation
which was appointed by Governor Ter
rell this afternoon. The delegation con
sists of Dr. Jeff Davis, of Tocoa; F. B.
Gardner, of Columbus: David Wood
ward, Atlanta; Nathan F. Cole, of
Newman; Samuel C. Tate, cf Tate; H.
P. Alickleham, of Lindale; S. B. Brown,
of Albany: J. F. Hanson, of Alacon: J.
H. Estill, of Savannah, and J. Phinizy,
of Augusta. Governor Terreil was in
vited to attend the convention, but he
says it will be impossible for him to
go. The purpose of the holding of
the convention is to device some plan
for extending the trade of the United
States into foreign countries, and in
this convention it is possible that a
ship subsidy will be discussed, 'l'ne
convention is called by a committee
consisting of Cdrnelius N. Bliss,
Franklin Alurpliy, H. A. Aleiz, Chas.
A. Aloore, William AIcKerroll. Lewis
P. Nixon, Henry G. Peabody, Chas. A.
Scliieren and Isadorc Strauss.
While Barricaded In Office
Blacks Fired Into tlie
House
SPARTANBURG, S. C„ Dec. 29.—
Telegraph Operator Porter, in charge
of the block station at Alount Zion, six
miles from here on the main line of
the Southern Railway, was taken out
of his station tonight shortly after 7
o’clock by a crowd of drunken negroes
who tied and whipped him.
The mob surrounded .Porter, who
barricaded himself in the station, and
shot out the windows and lights. The
operator wired the train dispatcher at
Spartanburg to send help. He had
scarcely finished sending the message
for aid when the negroes broke into
the station, seized and dragged him
outside and beat him.
Sheriff* Nichols and a party of offi
cers left on a special train, but when
they arrived at Mount Zion, the
negroes had dispersed. The posse is
searching the woods for the members
of the mob who took part in assaulting
the operator. No arrests as yet have
been made.
Another Account of the Affair.
COLUAIBIA, S. C-, Dec. 29.—A spec
ial to The State from Spartanburg, S.
C. says:
“At Alount Zion, four miles north of
Spartanburg, a crowd of negroes en
tered the block office and made the
operator dance, injuring him to some
extent The operator telegraphed to
Gaffney for help, and a posse gathered
at the depot with the intention of
boarding train No. 97. For some rea
son the train at Gaffney was given
the white light and left the station
before the posse could aboard, leaving
them standing at the station. It was
stated later that the negroes had left
the block office and that the Sheriff
had been ordered to the scene.”
Day at the Jamestown Exposition has
been fixed for Monday, June 10, 1907,
with President Roosevelt as the orator
of the day. Georgia's building at the
exposition will be a reproduction of
Bulloch Hail, the former home of Pres
ident Roosevelt’s mother, and the front
steps of the original building will be
a part of the reproduction From these
steps the President will speak, taking,
it is expected, as his subject. "The
Commercial Growth and Progress of
the South.”
FORSYTH. Ga., Dec. 29—Air. O. L.
Harper, of this city, died Christmas
Day, and was buried Thursday mbrn-
ing at this place. He was thirty-five
years old. and leaves a widow and five
small children. He was reared in Sum
ter County. He had been a citizen of
this county for several years. He was
clerk of the board of road and reve
nues of this county.
NORFOLK, Va„ Dec. 29.—Accident
ally shot through the head by his older
brother. Wm. Jenkins, aged 11 years,
son of Jno. B. Jenkins, an attorney of
Norfolk, died within an hour today.
The children had secured the pistol in
some way unknown, and were trying to
open it when it exploded. The trag
edy occurred at the Jenkins home.
RICHAIOND. Va., Dec. 30.—Judge R.
Carter Scott today appointed Thomas C.
Gordan receiver for the affairs in Virginia
of the German National Insurance Com
pany of Illinois. The receivership was ap
plied for by the Virginia State Insurance
Company and other creditors. It is set
forth In the petition that' tlie German
National lias heen declared bankrupt in
the State of Illinois, and is unable to meet
its obligations in Virginia. The insol
vent company has on deposit with tlie
Treasurer $10,000 to secure the Virginia
policyholders against loss, in such a con
tingency as has now arisen.
UNION CITY. Tenn., Dec. 30.—Lee
j Holder, 18 years of age, has been ar
' rested, charged with the murder of ais
father. Rev. J. R. Holder, who was found
dead Thursday night.
FORT WORTH, Tex.. Dec. 30.—The
first test of the sentiment of the peo
ple of Texas as to the return of Sen
ator Bgiley to the Senate was held
today in Comanche County, where the
result of the primary vote showed 997
for Senator Bailey and 390 against
him.
ernor
_*i Geor-
Tke blenders object seriously to this
di. ?,op. end h v r'ed to induce Sec
retary Wilson to recede from it, or at
.. . t- modify but the indications
are that he will stand by it squarely.
BUSINESS TRANSACTED IN
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Nearly twen-
i ty million more shares of stock were
! bought and sold on the New York
Stock Exohange in 1906 than in 1905,
according to statistics made public to
day. The business done in government
bends during the past year also ex
ceeds the record of 1905. but the trad
ing in State and railroad bonds and
unlisted bonds has been very much
smaller. The record for 1906 was as
follows;
Listed stocks. 220.345,977 shares,
i a gain of 8.4S6.177; unlisted stocks. 59.-
i 253.878 shares, a gain of 10.S93.421;
government bonds, $1.7S3.450, a gain of I
$149,820; State bonds and rail
road bonds. $333.038.500. a io=s of S200.-
, 16J.200: unlisted bonds, $38,628,380, a
1 loss of I14L696.S20.
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also renew for the year 1807.
News in Paragraphs
ST. PAUL, Alinn., Dee. 29.—The
Alaska Garnet Alining & Alanufactur-
ing Company, of Afinneapolis, filed ar
ticles of corporation with the Secre
tary of State today. The board of
directors is composed entirely of wom
en, in fact there does not appear to be
a man connected with the company.
The company is capitalized at $1,000.-
000, and it will mine and manufaer
ture garnets. Alamie R. Fowler, of Alin-
neapolis, is president of the company.
CHICAGO. Dec. 29.—A special to the
Chicago Daily News from Tokio says:
“The wedding of Post Wheeler, Sec
ond Secretary of the American Embas
sy, and Hallie Erminie Rives, the nov
elist, which took place at the embas
sy today, was a brilliant success. The
attendance of invited guests was very
large, including many prominent Jap
anese and foreigners. The presents
were elegant and numerous.”
. HAZLEHURST. Ga., Dec. 29.—Wal
ter Carter shot and fatally wounded
Elias ATobley today. The trouble grew
out of Carter having shot Afobley’s dog.
They met in the road. 1 Alobley cen
sured Carter for shooting his dog with
buckshot, and Carter said. “I will shoot
you with the same,” and fired one bar
rel into Alobley’s thigh and one into
his head. Bloodhounds, the Sheriff
and a doctor have left for the scene of
the trouble.
BIRAIINGHAAL Ala., Dec. 29.—At
the annual meeting cf the directors of
the Southern League of baseball clubs,
the championship of 1906 was awarded
to Birmingham. The meeting was
harmonious, the numerous ’ protests
lodged during the playing season hav
ing been withdrawn.
DANVILLE, Va., Dec. 29;—Joe Pet-
rello. Alaggie Sullivan and Lawrence
Sullivan, the twelve-year-old son of
Alaggie Sullivan, were brutally mur
dered at a camp of railway laborers
near Hurts, Va., early this morning.
The parties arrested for the murders
are Fred Arr.moto and his son. Allie
Ammoto. The killing is the result of
a bitter feud between the two fami
lies.
PENSACOLA, Fla., Dec. 30.—Gen
eral Alarcus T. Atiller, United States
army, retired, died at Fort Barrancas
late today of heart disease.' aged sev
enty-one years. General Aliller grad
uated from West Point Alilitary Acad
emy in 1858. and served with the army
of the Potimiae in the Fourth Artil
lery throughout the Civil War. He
was subsequently engaged in numer
ous Indian campaigns and in 1898
served as brigadier-general of Volun
teers in the Philippines.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 30.—A spe
cial from Alazatlan says: The crew
of the British steamer S. Drumming,
coal laden, now in port here, have mu
tinied and thirteen sailors have been
arrested at the request of the British
Consul, to whom the captain declared
he was afraid the men would murder
him.
The men maintain that if forced to
reship on the boat they will kill the
captain and the mate, as they assert
they have been treated as slaves and
given improper food.
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 30.—Upon the
principle of “small favors thankfully
received, and larger ones in propor
tion.” President J. C. Solomon, of the
Anti-Saloon League, has written Afay-
or Woodward, complimenting him
upon his action in closing the saloons
on Christmas Day. He tells the A'av-
or he has by doing this contributed
largely towards making the day an
idea! one in every respect, and that
if one day’s closing will do so much
good, why not close the saloons per
petually?
DANVILLE, Va., Dec. 29.—Joe Fa-
trillo, an.Italian laborer; Alaggie Sulli
van. an American woman, and Law
rence Sullivan, the tweive-year-old son
of Alaggie Sullivan, were shot to death
at an early hour Saturday morning at a
camp of railroad employees, aDOut a
mile from Motleys station, which is
about thirty miles from Danville.
The murders are the result, it is be
lieved, of a bitter family feud.
Joseph Jerome, who has died at Kid
derminster In his ninety-third year,
was the oldest carpet weaver in Eng
land, having worked at the loom for
more' than eighty years.
ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 29.-—Georgia
Cabbage plants, cele
ry plants and all kinds
of garden plants cheap.
They are raised in the
open air. will stand
great cold. Express
grates cheap. We will
give you the exper
ience of growing cab
bages of the most suc
cessful grower in. the
world. You can make
money growing cab-
JSbages in your garden
“or farm. Particulars
free. Address
N. H. BLITCH COMPANY.
The Largest I ruck Farm in the World,
Meggetts, S. C.
Ira E. 'Bennett In Knoxville Sentinel.
No State has ever been admitted in
to the Union with more of the attri
butes of greatness than Oklahoma. On
November 5. in accordance with an
act of Congress of June 16, 1906. the
Territory of Oklahoma and Indian Ter-
ritory voted in favor of admission into
; the Union as a single State. Delegates
. to a constitutional convention were
i elected, and at the proper time the
| constitution will be submitted to the
j people for their ratification. The con-
| stitutlonal convention is composed of
| men of high character and ability, and
! it is reasonable to expect them to
; draft a constitution that will meet the
I approval of the people,
j Upon the ratification of the consti-
I tution and the certification of the
! vote, the President will issue a procla
mation announcing the result, and
‘‘thereupon the proposed State of Ok
lahoma shall be deemed admitted by
Congress into the Union, under and by
virtue of this act, on an equal footing
with tlie original States.”
The jointure of Oklahoma and the
j Indian Territory brings together two
‘ communities of distinct character. One
might be called the finished product,
and the other, the Indian Territory,
is in the rough. Conditions are crude
and the struggle of the white man for
existence has been almost intolerable.
Ever since the right was given to the
Indians, ten years ago, to lease lands
for grazing, farming, mining, etc., the
white man has been in the territory
solely by sufferance. It affords a re
markable instance of thai forbearance
that characterizes tbe American and
his determination to stick doggedly to
a thing until he works out success, no
matter how adverse may be the sur
roundings or how discouraging the
prospect.
These lessons gave the white man
simply tbe right to farm or otherwise
develop the lands he held: beyond that
he secured no rights that belong to the
farmer elsewhere. There are no
schools for the white children, except
such as are maintained by private sub
scription; no roads, for if roads were
made an obstinate Indian could fence
them up. and there was no authority to
invoke against him; no courts except
those of United States Commissioners:
and these officials are widely scattered,
and their authority in many eases ex
ceedingly doubtful: no hospitals, asy
lums or other institutions for the care
of paupers or others who might be
come a public charge.
Under such conditions. 500.000 Amer
ican citizens have moved unto the In
dian Territory, leased lands, and en
deavored to build up the country. In
this Territory there are 80.000 Indians,
each with an allotment of 500 acres of
land, making 40.800.000 acres of the
most fertile land in all the country, tied
up so that no white man can secure
title to a foot of it. If the agricultural
lands and the rich mineral resources of
this Territory have been developed
largely under such uninviting condir
tions. what may be expected when the
benefits bestowed by the enabling act
become a reality?
Under the provisions of the last In
dian bil!. nad the act providing for the
admission of the two Territories as a
State, the titles to the greater part cf
these Indian lands may change hands.
The Indians, by this legislation, are
permitted to alienate their allotments
with the exception of forty acres, which
they must hold as their own homestead
for twenty-one years. This provision
was intended to prevent the Indians
from disposing of all his holdings and
making himself a public charge, on
the general theory that if permitted, he
would convert all his property into
ready cash, thinking only of the joys
of today and forgetting the necessities
of the future. These two acts, there
fore, throw open to American citizens
through purchase from the Indians.
36,000,000 acres, and endow the Terri
tory with the legislation that will at
once lead to the establishment of those
conveniences and legal institutions that
! work to the saisfactory development
i of a State.
| The Indian Territory and Oklahoma
| are about the same size. Indian Ter-
| rilory is far richer in agricultural and
! mineral resources. There are Im-
I mense areas of coal lands, particular-
I ly in the territory of the Choctaws and
! Chickasaws. Oil is found in abund
ance in the Creek and Cherokee na
tions. There are extensive timber
lands and asphalt deposits, marble, etc.
All kinds of crops are raised, among
them cotton, corn and wheat. Nature
has dealt generously in bestowing her
bounties on the lands of these wards
of tlie nation.
Under the provision of legislation
enacted a few years ago, the white
man was permitted to hold property
in town sites, and a number of these
towns were laid out in suitable por
tions of the territory. Aluskogee is a
fair sample of these Indian Territory
towns. Afore Indians may be seen in
the streets of Washington than in the
streets of this town. It has electric
lights and power, electric street rail
ways, waterworks and every other ne
cessity of modern civilization, while
without Tts boundaries are lands be
ing developed from which the white
man can haul his crops only through
the sufferance of full-blood or half-
breed Indians.
With the admission of this territory
these conditions will pass into history
and form another of the memories con
nected with the development of the
empire of the west. In Oklahoma there
are no more lands to be had. There
it will be simply a question of devel
opment. In 1901 the northern border
of the State was thrown open to set
tlement through one of the most spec
tacular lotteries ever held under the
auspices of the Federal Government.
Over 125,000 farms of 160 acres each
were awarded to settlers by lottery.
The figures show that nearly all of
these went to people from Texas, Alis-
souri and Arkansas.
Oklahoma, wisely following the Tex
as pattern, has set aside an unusually
large proportion of her lands for school
purposes, and it is to the credit of the
Territory that the sentiment of the
people is almost unanimous against
any proposition looking to their sale,
in the face of a clamor from outsiders
for their disposition. Two sections in
each township are set aside for the
schools, and in addition there is a lih r
era! allowance for State institutions,
normal schools and colleges. There are
a number of Indians in Oklahoma, but
they form an insignificant portion of
the total population.
The political complexion of that por
tion of the new State which is now In
dian Territory depends entirely upon
the section of the. country from which
it draws its immigrants. There are
now 500.000 white people there, chiefly
from the Southern and border Demo
cratic States, and as it stands today,
Indian Territory undoubtedly is Dem
ocratic. Within the next ten years an
other half-million people will invade
this Territory and buy homes. If they
are farmers of Illinois, Iowa, Idiana,
Kansas and Nebraska, the political
complexion of the Territory may
| change. Some of the Indian chieftains
I are powerful among their tribes, and
in the Congressional Districts where
1 the more populous tribes reside it is
reasonable to presume that a full-
blood Indian may soon have a seat in
| Congress. The preponderance of white
I people... however, precludes the idea
• that any one other than a white man
I will go to the United States Senate.
! In some measures at least, the In-
1 dians of the Territory are fitted for
- celX-governmenL They were made
citizens a few years ago, and for »
long time have been controlling their
tribal affairs, and election, which have
been fairly and honestly conducted.
Tribal relations recently ceased under
the provisions of the Curtis act.
The Territory of Oklahoma has all
the economic requisites for the making
of one of tbe richest agricultural and
industrial States in the Union. It has
a cosmopolitan population, drawn front
the most substantial elements of the
older Commonwealths. It Is made up
M men who sold their farms in the
East, North and South, after making a
success of them, and sought a larger
opportunity than the old conditions
afforded. If Horace Greeley were liv
ing today he would be more specific in
his advice to the young men, and tell
them to go to Oklahoma, for it is in
such a new community of splendid re
sources and progressive spirit that
success is found.
The total population today is about
900,000, distributed mostly over tbe
farms of the State. The 427.000 re
maining homestead lands were taken
up in 1905. A half-million acres of
the remaining Indian lands will be sold
under sealed bids in 100-acre tracts
early in December. This land is situat
ed on the southern border next to the
Texas line, and is considered as rich
as any in that section. It is part of
the original Kiowa. Comanche and
Apache Indian reservations, and was
used by the Indians for pasturing their
horses. So great is the demand for
this soil that tbe land office officials
expect to do a real land office busi
ness at $50 on acre. This wili be this
last of the extensive tracts thrown open
to the public in 1891 and 1893. In the
fourteen years up to 1905 a total of
21,298,354 acres had been taken, the
balance of the 24.71S.351 acres of land
surface of the State being for school
purposes under the Statehood act.
Agriculture is the foundation rock
upon which stands the prosperity of
the new Commonwealth. Wheat "was
the chic^ crop immediately after thn
"great opening.” but the secretary ot
the Territorial Department of Agricul
ture soon brought in a carload of cot
tonseed. with the insult that the North
ern farmers learned from the experi
ence of the Southerners how to raise
the staple. From that time cotton-
growing has extended, until this year
nearly 500.000 bales are being mar
keted.
Without the prejudices of the older
communities, tlie farmers of tlie new
land quickly adopted the most up-to-
date methods. This is especially true
in the raising of corn, which in the nry
State is not in danger of killing fros’s.
as it matures by September 1. The
crop this year will amount to more
than 50.C00.0nc, bushels. The total in
come from all agricultural products .a
Oklahoma this year is estimated at
$69,000,000, a healthy asset for the Ici
est. of Uncle Sam's family.
Those farmers who have migrated
from New England and the Aliddlv
States have tried to transplant some
of the conditions they knew at home.
Hence the extensive orchards of ap
ples, peaches, pears, plums. . grapes
and cherries, the products of which are
shipped to New Orleans. Kansas City,
and St. Louis. And as the climate of
the new State enables the gardener to
supply tbe table with fresh vegetables
seven months of the year, from April
to November, truck gardening has be
come a:; important industry. Oklaho
ma. melons are famous. Two crops of
potatoes are grown or. the same ground
in one season. In 1900 five carloads
were sent North. This year more than
600 carloads were shipped. Oklahoma
live stock raisers took some of the
best prizes at the St. Louis Exposition.
Oil is a big industry in tlie north
ern or Indian Territory portion of the
new State, but during the past few
months it has fallen off temporarily,
because the supply has exceeded the
demand. It is claimed that the Stand
ard Oil Company has reduced prices in
order to make production unprofitable.
The further growth of the oil indus
try seems to be dependent upon the
upbuilding of manufacturing towns.
The people of Oklahoma Territory
alone have been taxed only 6.4 mills
on $93,130,721, which is only 16 2-3 per
cent of the total valuation of $500,-
000.900. The people of tlie new State
will be equally free from heavy taxa
tion.
The growth of the new State has
been so rapid that the railroads have
been unabie to keep pace with it. de
spite the fact that during the past
year and a half about 1.000 miles have
been added to the transportation fa
cilities of the State. Every county in
the State will be well supplied with
transportation, and govern! cities will
have from three ta five lines running
in and out. thus placing the producer,
manufacturer, and merchant in com
petitive touch with the markets of the
larger cities.
Two lines to tne Gulf being the mar
kets of Europe within reach. Seven
teen new roads were chartered in 1905.
The Atchison. Topeka & Santa F<*.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and
Frisco roads are the principal trunk
lines. And yet it is a fact that Okla
homa shippers, are hamnered because
of want of cars to haul their products
to market.
AH the railroads throurhout Oklaho
ma are heavy carriers of passengers.
The people of this region are restless,
wide-awake. keen-eyed Americans.
Tradition has no weight with them.
Thay tire f.md of smashi* g precedents.
The newspapers of Oklahoma are up-
to-date, inclined to be sensational, and
always outsnoken. Some of the larger
cities arc .as finished, in spots, as the
cities of the East. Trolley lines run
everywhere, uniting country and town,
and illustrating vividly the change
that has come over rural life in the
United States. Isolation is becoming
a .memory.
WOULD RUN FOR OFFICE
IF OPPORTUNITY AROSE
WASHINGTON. Doc. 29.—Secretary
Taft made the following statement to
day concerning his Presidential as
pirations:
"For the purpose of relieving the
burden imposed by recent publications
upon some of my friends among the
Washington newspaper correspondents
of putting further Inquiries to me. I
wish to say that my ambition is not
political; that I am not seeking the
Presidential nomination; that I do not
expect to be the Republican candidate,
if for no other reason than because
of what seems to me to be objections
to my availability, which do not ap
pear to lessen with the continued dis- |
charge of my own official duties, biar
that T am not foolish enough to s:/y
that in the Improbable event that tne
opportunity to run for the great l>f-
fice w>t; 'n come to me. 1 should /de
cline it. for this would not be t^ue.”
Cotton Receipts.
ATHENS, Ga., Dec. 23—The cotton
receipts at Athens for past seasons
have never gone beyond 93.000 bales.
That record was established last year.
This season, however, will witness tlie
making of a new record, for already
the receipts are above 88.000 bales,
with eight months of the season yet
to come. It is believed that the re
ceipts will go well beyond the ino.onn
mark, if not to 110,000 bales. This in
crease In receipts is now due to ther
size of the crop, for the wagon re
ceipts are not up to those of last sea
son, but the railroad receipts have
been very largely increased this sea
son, Athens receiving cotton from
many sources from which she bad
never received it before.