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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. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa per. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and 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.