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WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA—SHOWERS FRIDAY, EXCEPT FAIR ON THE COAST, COLDER IN WEST AND NORTH PORTIONS; SATURDAY FAIR, COLDER, FRESH SOUTHWEST TO WEST.Wl'NDS.
CULBERSON DEFENDS
BROWNSVILLE PEOPLE
WASHINGTON. Jan 3.-—Soon aft^r
th^ Sonata m*t today Senator Foraker’s
resolution providing for an inquiry by
the Senate into the discharge of th*s
negro troops of the Twenty-fifth In
fantry on account of the Brownsville.
Texas, episode was laid before the
Senate, and Senator Culberson made an
address on the subject. He said that
9 he would have kept quiet but for the
fact that great injustice had been done
the people of Brownsville.
Mr. Culberso: «aid the conduct of
the negro soldiers had been very irri
tating to th* Brownsville people and
espcciallv so to the women. He re-
la* or] that on August 4. last, the day
before the “shooting up” of the town,
a criminal a~s.«uli had been commit
ted by one of the soldiers on the wife
of a reputable citizen, and he said that
no ;.rr rsis had been made for the
crime. Mr. Culberson defended Cap
tain McDonald of the Texas Rangers, to
rhom Mr. Foraker had referred be
cause of Major Blocksom’s reference to
>i,j y\. i m i who was "so brave that
n 1 would not hesitate to charge hell
N.Y.C0TT0N MEN
TALK OF SOU
FOR LIBEL
ST.
PREFECT WAS
KILLED
GRIEVED OVER
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In defend,ng
* hli^dlMnIsjal
bers*Yi said the fact tha
ivere negroes had nothin
their discharge. Confusi
legal questions involved was, he said,
responsible for the statement that the
President had no authority to make
the discharge. The President's consti
tutions authority and the authority
given him by the articles of war, clear
ly covered the case and .made his ac
tion legal, he declared. He contended
V tf-jit discharges for criminal offenses
•"HA covered in the articles of war, he
/ also discharges made to effect pun-
iment.
No Lover of Roosevelt.
Mr. Culberson said there was a dis
tinction between a "discharge without
honor." and "a dishonorable discharge.”
In the former case the President could
exercise his discretion, as he had done
in this instance, while a "dishonorable
discharge'' could only be made as the
result of 1 court-martial. He in
stanced several ases to sustain his
position. To establish the motive ac
tuating the negro soldiers in creating
the alleged disturbance, Mr. Culber
son read resolulons recently adopted
by negro citizens of Boston, which ad
mitted that the soldiers "shot up” the
town and said they "were determined
to do for themselves what the uniform
of their country would not do—protect
them from insults and punish at the
same time the authors of their misery.”
Disclaiming any partisanship for the
President, Mr. Culberson created a
wave of merriment by saying: "I have
nothing to do with the President in
this matter. 1 care nothing about him.
My persona) relations with him are
about as cordial as those of the Sena
tor from Ohio" (Mr. Fornker). In all
fairness, Mr. Culberson said, the coun
try ought to know that the report
nude to the President was reliable.
After reading much of the testimony
taken before the Brownsville grand
Jury. Air. Culberson drew the conclu-
f eion that tne fact that no indictment
was returned, was not an evidence of
.he weakness of the case, but rather
_ of thq'Aiirness of the people of Browns-
9 .'lie. who did not wish to do injus
tice to the innocent. The evidence,
he contended, proved beyond a doubt
that the shooting was done by tile
negro soldiers, but failed to identify
the guilty ones.
Dangerous Problem.
He concluded his speech by a brief
reference to the negro question in gen
eral. saying it had existed from the
t.irly history of the country down to
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—President '
Hubbard, of the New York Cotton !
Exchange, announced today that Hen
ry W. Taft has been retained by the
Exchange to represent it in any pro
ceedings which may grow out of the
application for a fraud order filed yes
terday with the Postmaster General at
Washington by Representative Living
ston. of Georgia, and Harvie Jordan,
president of the Southern Cotton
Growers' Association. The following
resolution was adopted todav by the
...
ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 3—Major-
General Von Der Launitz, prefect of
police of St. Petersburg, was shot and
killed by a young man at the Insti
tute of Experimental Medicine this af
ternoon.
Von Der Launitz. at the invitation
of Prince Peter Alexandrovitch, Duke
of Oldenburg, brother-in-law of the
Emperor, was attending the consecra
tion of the institute chapel. During
the services ard while mingling with
several officials, the. prefect of police
was approached from behind by a
young man who drew a revolver and
shot him in the base of the brain. Von
Der Launitz fell forward and died in
two minutes. As the assassin turned to
flee one of the officers present drew
his saber, cut him down and killed i
him. The identity of the assassin has
not been established.
The assassination of the prefect of
board of managers of the Exchange:
"Resolved. That the counsel of the | police was preceded by an attempt to
with j Exchange, Henry W. Taft, be consult- [ kill Dr. Dubrovin. president of the re-
the I ed as to the advisability of bringing actionary league of the Russian people,
suit against Leonidas L. Livingston, i A revolutionist attacked him on the
Congressman from Georgia, and Har- i street, while he was returning home
vie Jordan, president of the Southern tost night, firing several shots, without
Cotton Growers' Association, for libel, ' <-ffect. Gendarmes on duty at the
and if possible for criminal libel for T'arskoe-Selo railroad station l^tst
the communications they have ad- nlsrht arrested a suspect who was dts-
dressed to the postoffice departmental gulsed in a police uniform. The pris-
Washington requesting the issuance of oner is thought to be a member of the
a fraud order against the New York | organization which is responsible for
Cotton Exchange.”
THE CLANCARTY
COUNTESS’
LONDON, Jan. 3.—The Countess of
Clancarty, who died here yesterday at
38 years of age, was better known as
Belle Bilton, a music hall singer who
had considerable vogue because of her
marriage in 18S9 to Lord Dunlo, son.;- of
the Earl of Clancarty. When the Earl
of Clancarty died in 1891 the singer
became a peeress and retired from the
stage.
A sensation was caused by a divorce
suit started by. her husband during
the time she was on the stage, he
naming Isidor Wertheimer a# co-re
spondent. Lord Dunlo was utterly un
able to prove his charges, and at the
close of the farcical trial Lord DunlQ
asked to be forgiven and Miss Bilton
graciously reinstated him in her favor.
The young lord in defending his ac
tion said he had begun the suit in or
der to get on a financial footing with
his fathe who had cut him off because
of his marriage with the concert hall
star. The suit, however, had the effect
of increasing the notoriety of the
singer, and her salary was raised to
$500 a week, a very large compensation
for a woman of her ability.
' The patrons of the music halls vied
with one another in paying homage to
-- -— .. —— the singer. She drove to and from the
the present time, and still continued theatre in a fine equipage, and when
be the most important and the
most dangerous question which con
fronts the American people. He re
ferred to the growth of this question
her titled husband was not beside her,
Wertheimer, who had been named as
co-respondent, acted as her escort.
This caused considerable gossip, but
i., * . of artillery in tne wooiwicn man-acas,
continued, in spite of_ the | an(3 her mo ther had taken part in the
Its conflicts and sacrifices. I amateur theatrical affair? at the army
leading to the Civil War. wherein near- j there was no mo re divorce proceedln
!y a million white men lost their lives. Four children, three bovs and a girl.
Today, he said, the condition of the wer e born to the Clancartys.
Mack race with its. ages of slavery, its jj'elle an d Flo Bilton were brought up
ignorance and poverty, excited the , | n an atmosphere of singing and danc-
deepest sympathy of the great body I | Their father had been a sergeant
of the white people of the South. 0 f artillerv in the Woolwich Baft-acks,
“But,” h~ —
past, with
sorrows and destruction of life
property, this problem is still the i " j n that ]j ne They developed
greatest with which we have to deal. ' aptitude, and while still in their
*« lal ? 0 F; education,, suffrage. , “ P to Lo ndon and appeared at
social order, civil liberty, setf-govern- j :T_ Z. ,,
ment and the integrity of the white | tn * £7 did ncrt attract any particular
Anoe. The end no man can see. South- , ° and did not reap much finan-
^7s e ^ce Ce probTem y anfits Pr Smm\te ™ ! Sia?advantage till Viscount Dunlo. the
WV’is race problem ana its ultimate so- SQn Qf the Earl of C i anca rty,
| Senator Foraker at once took the ! began to show attention to Belle Not
'{floor, remarking that it belittled the much mportonce was ^ached to thls
Vresent question to make it a vehicle I until in 1689 young Dunlo suddenly
Vir discussing the race question. He j married the_ singer, Much to the dis-
did not propose to discuss that question Fust of his family. The Earl made an
of the merits of the Brownsville hffalr. Mtempt to separate the couple, but his
He wanted his resolution adopted, . son was infatuated.
which would Insure further inquiry. Then the Earl threatened to cut off
and his present purpose was but to , the youngster unless he got a separa-
defen* himself regarding the criticism i tion, and in a fright the young man
charged against him for mentioning i started the divorce suit that fell
Captain McDonald. | through.
Commenting on Senator Culberson’s j —
statement that Senator Foraker's
speech two weeks ago had offended
/ eenktn Texans, and had reflected par-
ticu.arly upon Captain McDonald, the
Ohio Senator said he did not know
what McDonald resented, unless it
was the term "gentleman.” Mr. Fora
ker read from the Cincinnati Enquirer
an account of Captain McDonald’s re
sentment. commenting freely as he
progressed. Among other things.
Senator Foraker said: "I don't know
MORE SAVANNAH CITY
EMPLOYES “FIRED’
SAVANNAH. Ga., Jan. 3.—Several
more city employes were fired from
their positions today because they are
not in line with the city administration
in the municipal campaign that is now
what Captain McDonald would charge : being waged with such relentless en-
hell with one bucket of water for, un- ; orgy and determination to win. The
less it was that he had no other use citizens' Club had carried these em-
the assassinations of General Alexis
i IgnatMf and Prefect Von Der Launitz.
j r.nd it i= believed that he was going
; to Tsarskce-Selo on a similar errand,
i Vladimir Von Der Launitz served with
distinction during the Turkish war of
1887-88. He was decorated for brav
ery and in adition to holding the rank
of major general was one of the equer
ries of the court. Though Von Der
Launitz acted with severity against
the revolutionists, he was not especial
ly execrated personally, like the late
General Trepoff. The assassination of
the prefect of police is part of the ter
rorist plot to bring about a state of
general intimidation.
Terrorist Not Identified.
The police have not yet succeeded
In identifying the terrorist who shot
and killed Major-General Von Der
Launitz. prefect of police of St. Peters
burg, at the Institute of Experimental
Medicine this afternoon, and who
turned his revolver on himself while
he was falling under the sabers of the
prefect’s escort. The authorship of
this crime, however, like the recent as
sassination of Count Ignatief and the
unsuccessful attempt to blow up Pre
mier Stolvpin with a bomb, has been
traced to the fighting organization of
the social revolutionists.
The organization issued the custo
mary proclamation today avowing and
justifying the killing of General Von
Der Launitz. which was accomplished
with an ease and simplicity that has
struck terror Into the hearts of all
other officials on the revolutionary
death list. The man who committed
the crime was about 22 years old and
apparently belonged to the intelligent
working class. The police affirm he
was a Jew. He was provided with a.
card of admission to the dedication of
the church, but this card bore no
name. The authorities have been un
able to learn how he obtained the in
vitation to the ceremony, which was
extremely select, only 150 invitations
having been issued.
Presence Not Generally Known.
The fact that General Von Der Lau
nitz was to attend the consecration of
the institute was not generally know'n,
and the socialist revolutionist must
have learned the fact from sources in
the department of police. The prefect
was accompanied to the church by his
usual bodyguard of secret service men,
but not one of these had the slightest
suspicion of the murderer, although
his toil-stained hands were completely
out of harmony t^ith his faultless
evening clothes, a garb which every
body attending official ceremonies in
Russia mu't don. The fall of General
Von Der Launitz was followed by a
scene of indescribable hysteria and
confusion.
Desperate Encounter With Assassin.
The Duke of Oldenburg, who was one
of the few men who retained their
composure, seized the assassin’s hand,
after he had fired twice, and several
succeeding shots-were discharged into
the celling. But before the Duke of
Oldenburg -could disarm him, one of
the officers who accompanied the pre
fect drew his saber and struck the as
sassin a powerful blow which com
pletely cut out a portion of his skull.
As the man was falling he shot him
self in the stomach with the last bul
let in his revolver. His death was in
stantaneous. but several officers con
tinued to hack frenziedly at his pros
trate body until the Duke of Olden
burg struck up their swords and forced
them to desist.
In addition to two arrests made
within the church, several other per
sons _were taken into custody in a
neighboring instrument factory, which
is believed to have served as head
quarters for the terrorists.
^or the water."
Mr. Foraker concluded his remarks
by putting the interviews in the record
and asking for a vote on the resolu
tion.
Senator Culberson replied briefly by
ployes and a number of otheri who
were dismissed three days ago fur
years, on the city’s payroll, and the
leaders were so wrought up over the
defection of those they had cared for
ith city pap that ;hev determined to
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 3.—Harvey
Hill, of this city, who she: and se
verely wounded Dr. F. U. Ridley, Jr.,
at LaGrange yesterday afternoon, re
turned to Atlanta today, accompanied
by his father and mother and Reuben
Arnold, with whom lie is associated in
the practice of law. Hill was released
on bond shortly after the shooting.
He expressed his deep gratification that
Dr. Ridley was not fatally hurt, but
refused to discuss the quarrel that led
to the shooting. Solicitor-General C.
D. Hill, father of Harvey Hili, is quoted
as saying that the difficulty was a per
sonal one, and no public explanation is
necessary or wise. Dr. Ridley’s inju
ries are reported, to be comparatively
slight, and his recovery is assured with
careful nursing. He is reported to
have requested that no legal proceed
ings be taken against young Hill.
Mr. Hill .was visibly affected by the
number of friends' who were at the
train to meet him, among whom was
Dr. Robert B. Ridley, Jr., who is the
first cousin of both parties to the un
fortunate difficulty.
He was asked for a statement, but
declined to give it. He simply said:
“I am broken-hearted over tha af
fair, and I thank God from the bottom
of my heart that- Dr. Ridley was so
slightly hurt. I could do nothing but
what I did under the circumstances. I
regret the occurrence as much or more
than he possibly can. I do want to
say, however, that an article in one of
the Atlanta papers of Wednesday af
ternoon was infamous."
Hon. Chas. D. Hill, father of young
Mr. Hill, said:
“I have no statement to make fur
ther than to mention the profound sor
row which fills all the members of
both the Hill and Ridley families. No
one regrets the occurrence more than
my son. The father of young Frank
Ridley and myself are like brothers,
and have been friends from boyhood,
and such' a thing has only filled me
with the deepest sorrow. The diffi
culty was a personal one between the
two young men, and no explanation is
necessary or wise.”
Judge Ben H. Hill spoke of the sad
occurrence in the most feeling manner.
"Nothing in my life,” said Judge
Hill, “has grieved me as this unfortu
nate shooting. Harvey’s grandfather
and Frank Ridley;? grandfather were
the closest and (he dearest friends.
Their children have continued this
friendship, as have their grandchil
dren. on terms of the closest intimacy
and personal affection. And this diffi
culty between Fjank and Harvey has
broken the hearts of us all. The diffi
culty was purely a personal matter,
and Harvey, together with every mem
ber of his family, is thankful to God
that the wound has proven to be so
slight a one.
"It was a sad and unfortunate oc
currence, but could riot be avoided un
der the circumstances. . Harvey was
only acting in self-defense, and could
do nothing but what he did.”
Reuben R. Arnold, who was Mr.
Hill's bondsman, and who went to La-
Grange Wednesday afternoon, as soon
as he heard of the shooting, said:
"The affair is all over. It was most
regrettable, and all parties are most
sorrowful that it happened. None
more so than Harvey. Young Dr. Rid
ley is not seriously wounded, and all
of us are happy beyond expression at
this fact.”
E T
STILL UNDE
FIRE
MARCELLUS MARKHAM
SURVEYOR OF CUSTOMS
saying the country was to be felicitat- | R re them out of office. The recalci-
cd on the fact that the Ohio Senator j trant employes had turned to new gods
had turned his attention to derision of : and were paying fealty to the People's
a captain of Texas rangers. . i Democratic League, which won the
An amendment was offered bv Sena- election in June last and which they
tor Lodge to confine the Inqultry by j believe will win the election to be
the committee on military affairs to a , held on January 8. The dismissal of
question of fact as to the conduct of ) t he many employes who had shifted
the negro soldiers. In that it recognized j tbeir political views is the talk of the
that the order was issued by the Presi- c ; :v
dent, “in the exercise of his constitu
tional authority as commander-in-
-hief.” This would have the effeot of
preventing an investigation of the con
stitutional questions involved in the
President's order dismissing the
tr'ops. Mr. Taodge asked that the fur
ther discussion of the question be
j, -rpc-ii 1 until Monday on account .if
hi.- inability to speak today because of
a sot e throat. Although Mr. Foraker
had previously objected to deferring
'■ms,deration of the resolution, he at
■ re-iatansented to the postponement.
J’-ien .Mr. Lodge placed his request
RUMOR THAT COREY
WILL RESIGN IS DENIED | lumber concerns today
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.—The Presi
dent sent to the Senate today the fol
lowing nominations:
Assistant Attorney-General, Edward
T. Sanford. Tennessee.
Pension Agent at Washington, D. C.,
John R. King. Maryland.
Surveyor of Customs. Marcellus O.
Markham. Port of Atlanta, Ga.
Brigadier General, to be major gen
eral. J. Franklin Bell.
Collector of Customs. Daniel W. Pat
rick, District of Pamlico, N. C.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—The prosecu
tion in the case of the MacAndrews &
Forbes Co., the J. S. Young Company
and Karl Jungbluth and Howard E.
Young, charged with violating the
Sherman anti-trust law in an attempt
to .monopolize the sale of licorice paste
in this country, was continued today.
An announcement that the prosecution
was ready to rest was made by the
; Government attorneys after Judge
■ Hough had sustained the Government's
' contention that the ease should go to
the jury on all three of the counts
specified in the indictment. One of
■ the counts charges the defendants with
: effecting a combination, and another
! that it "entered into a conspiracy” and
j the third that it “attempted to monopo
lize the paste industry.”
I Among the spectators in the court
! room when Attorney Julius Parker
; made the opening argument for the
! defense was James B. Duke, presi-
: dent of the American Tobaco Compa
ny, in which it is charged the Mac-
| Andrews & Forbes Co. and the J. S.
i Young Company are subsidiaries. Mr.
! Duke was called by the defense. He
j said he was president of the American
• Tobacco Company and had been since
! its formation. He suggested to Mr.
I Jungbluth. president of the MacAn-
! drews & Forbes Co., a corporation eon-
; trolled by the Continental Company.
1 to buy out the Weaver & Sterry Co.
i Owing to difficulty they were experi-
! enclng in getting raw root, Mr. Duke
! said he objected to selling paste to
1 others, as he did not deem it wise to
j furnish them wtih root and paste when
their own supply might at ar.y time
| be curtailed. Air. Duke also said that
i he told Mr. Jungbluth that he did not
! consider it good business to sell the
paste to competitors without making
a fair profit in view of the large in
vestment they had in the licorice paste
industry.
They finally agreed upon 10 cents
per pound as a fair price for the paste.
He insisted there had been no at
tempt to raise the price to an unrea
sonable figure.
Mr. Duke concluded his direct ex
amination by saying that at his sug
gestion. the MacAndrews & Forbes Co.
purchased the Young Company's busi
ness.
"Who owns the stock of the Mac
Andrews & Forbes Co?” was Air. Park
er's final question.
“The Continental Tobacco Company
owns 70 per cent of the stock. The
remaining 30 per cent was given by
the Continental Tobacco Company to
the men actually in charge of the
business of the concern.”
“Why did Air. Jungbluth object to the
increase of the price of licorice?” quer-
ried Mr. Taft. “He thought we had
better supply the independent dealers
at a How price, so they would not be
induced to go into the root business and
therefore interfere with our.own sup-
j Ply.”
' Air. Duke said they bought out
! Young & Lewis to get control of their
| root supply. "You wanted to keep
everythihg else out of the business?”
I "It was a matter of supreme indif-
| ference to me whether we sold to the
: independent dealers or not,” said Mr.
! Duke.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY'S
DEMURRERS OVERRULED
of affairs, for a time at least.’ we
hereby tender our services as above
set forth, and sincerely trust that this
resolution will be accepted by the pro
hibitionists in as frank and honest
spirit as it is offered. '
"Not with any great degree of pleas
ure we have bidded our time in silence.
We have held our tongues patiently,
relying upon the judgment of an intel
ligent and upright people, and believe
that we can conscientiously say that,
however honestly any man or set of
men may have acted to our injury,
they are just as clearly and just as
honestly mistaken in their views, but,
however, we have suffered and borne
it in patience, and are now willing to
abide the judgment of an enlightened
public."
SPEAKER CANNON fiOT
SEPARATED FROM GAYA
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3—Within fif
teen minutes from. the time the gave!
of Speaker Cannon fell today, calling
together the House of Representatives,
after the holiday recess, the lower
branch of Congress adjourned until to
morrow. the absence of a quorum
bringing about the early adjournment.
The House was a trifle late in meet
ing, due to the absence from the Speak
er’s table of the badge of authority, the
gavel, and in consequence the small
membership of the House present were
kept standing a minute or two longer
than usual until the Speaker obtained
the “hammer.” but when the gavel
was received, a resounding whack
brought the House face to face with
what bids fair to be a'busy session.
W. F. Englebright. of the First Cali
fornia District, and Chas. G. Wash
burn, of the Third Alassachusetts Dis
trict. were sworn in as members of
the Fifty-ninth Congress to take the
places of James Norris Gillett, of Cali
fornia. resigned, and Rockwood Hoar,
of Alassachusetts, deceased.
EM LIQUOR»
WILL WE t FISH!
HEARING OF CHARGES
MAY TAKE SOME WEEKS
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.—It may be
several weeks before the charges filed
last evening with Postmaster General
Cortelyou against the officers and
members of the New York Cotton Ex
change reach the phase of a hearing.
In the ordinary'course of procedure,
inspectors of the department will
make an Investigation of the charges
and the hearing, if one should be held,
will be based on their report in con
nection with the charges filed by Rep
resentative Livingston and Air. Jordan.
In this case the proceedings will be
facilitated as much as possible in or
der that a final determination of the
question of issuing a fraud order
against the parties complained of may
be disposed of without unnecessary de
lay.
INVESTIGATION INTO
CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT
ALBANY. N. Y.. Jan. 3.—A sweeping
investigation into the question as to the
compliance with the corrupt practices
act by candidates and party committees
concerned in the November election is
promised by the new Attorney-General.
Wm. S. Jackson, in a statement Issued
today. The statement was made in
explaining his reason fo r summarily re
voking the designation by Attorney-Gen
eral Alayer. on December 28. of Gherardl
Davis, of New York, to represent the
Attorney-General in proceedings brought
by the association to prevent eorrunt
practices at elections against Wm. R.
ITearst. to compel him to tile more com
plete details as to the expenses of his
campaign for election as Governor.
COMMISSIONS ISSUED FOR
BEN HILL COUNTY OFFICERS
ATLANTA, Jan. 3.—Commissions
were issued today from the executive
department to the officials of the new
county of Ben Hill, who were elected
January 1, as follows:
Ordin'ary, C. M. Wise: Clerk Superior
Court. D. W. M‘. Whitley: Sheriff, W.
H. Fountain: Rural Tax Receiver.
Earle Gibbs; Tax Collector, W. L.
Smith: Treasurer, J. H. Goodman: Sur
veyor, Oscar Barron: Coroner, William
AIcCormick; Commissioners of Roads
and Revenue. W. R. Bowen, W. R.
Walker, H. M. Warren.
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT
BEFELL MISS EMMA DAVIS
ATLANTA, Jan. 3.—Aliss Emma Da
vis. of 209 East Hunter street, met
with quite a serious accident yester
day afternoon, late, when she was
returning home. While about to step
from a ear she tripped and fell in
such a way that her left leg was
c-aught under the wheel and crushed
so badly between the knee and the
ankle that the limb had to be ampu
tated.
DOES NOT END MATTER
A. C. L. ENJOINED FROM
UNLOADING LUMBER
SAVANNAH, Ga.. Jan. 3.—Local
secured tem-
I porarv injunctions in the Superior
NEW YORK. Jan. S.—The report I Court’ before Judge Cann. restraining
that W. E. Corev was expected to re- j the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Corn-
sign the presidency of the United , pany from unloading certain carloads
States Steel Corporatisn w?.< revived i of lumber in its own yards. The Coast
todav. but was quiekff denied by one j Line has had the ears in its yard:
facts
n Eu:
re:urn
let;
ir >n personal grounds. Upon motion
of Senator Half the resolution will be
taken up on Monday next and pressed
to <a conclusion. The Senate then
w'-nt into executive session and at 2:33
\p. m. adjourned until Monday,
steel eorpora-
follows: "Mr.
id expects to
1. When he
v w York h- had no intention of
ing (luring h's absence, and his
' friends do not think be has changed
i his mind. Thought of his vacating the
j office of .the presidency c.f 'be steel
I corporation has not been • ons derefl or
hinted at bv any one connected with
-the company.”
for some days and has been unable to
get the Central of Georgia to receive
them in the latter’s yards, the Central
having instituted an embargo upon
freight movements here. The lumber
men claim that they have suffered great
loss and that this damage continues
to be inflicted. Thg, Coast Line on
the other hand wants the use of the
[cars that are loaded with lumbt..
Tpe arguments upon the injunction
srders are to be made on January 12.
RALEIGH, N. C., Jan. 3.—Governor
Glen today said that he would first
investigate’ the statement of Congress
man Blackburn to the effect that he,
Blackburn, was not responsible for the
charge-that the Governor was guilty of
corruption in connection with the
school book award, before deciding
finally what criminal action should be
taken. “As the matter stands now,”
said Governor Glenn, "Mr. Blackburn
has denied that he gave out the let
ter containing the accusations, but I
am advised that it was furnished the
press by his private secretary. Mr.
Blackburn’s retraction does not end
the matter, so far as I am personally
concerned.”
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.—Clement Man
ly. of Winston-Salem. N. C.. attorney for
Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, ar
rived in Washington todav to make an
investigation for the Governor regarding
the authenticity of the letter which was
printed in a number of newspapers last
Sundav over Jthe alleged signature of
Representative E. Spencer Blackburn, but
which Mr. Blackburn declares unauthor
ized by him.
Mr. Manly today conferred with the
newsnarr-r correspondents who tele
graphed the letter'to their papers last
Saturday night.
SITE FOR TERMINAL
OF BRINSON RAILWAY
SAVANNAH. Ga.. Jan. 3.—George M.
Brinson today accepted an- offer from
the city of a tract of. land west of the
corporate limits to be used as a ter
minal ’site for the Brinson Railway.
President Brinson says that he will
have trains running into Savannah by
the middle of May. The price of the
terminal site is $5,000. Springfield,
Effingham County, will be the first
town of any importance the road is to
strike after leaving Savannah.
ATLANTA. Jan. 3.—The Retail Li
quor Dealers’ Association has declared
in favor of a prohibtion election and
will unite with the prohibitiohists in
a call for an election to settle this
issue. For a year or two the saloon
men have been kept upon the anxious
bench, not knowing what to expect,
due to the fact that the question of
doing away with the sale of liquor
was being constantly agitated. Now.
they say they want to see an election
held upon this issue and will join in
the call for one.
A meeting of the association was
held last night, at which there was
a large attendance. By a unanimous
vote the following resolution was
passed:
“Resolved, That whereas the Retail
Liquor Dealers’ Association of Atlanta,
a fraternal association in the city of
Atlanta, having been and are now be
ing. as we feel, unjustly and without
cause, unfavorably legislated against
by the municipal authorities of the
city of Atlanta, and said legislation,
although perhaps not intended to be
unfavorable or unjust or detrimental
to the interest of said association and
our members, nevertheless the same Is
and leaves us and our members in a
state of uncertainty as to what will
mature.
“With reference to the present seem
ing dissatisfaction from alt elements,
and all parties at interest, and there
being no probable substantial adjust
ment in the near future of the differ
ences existing, on the part of the
municipal government of this city, and
the prohibition element thereof (as can
be easily inferred from the daily press)
with reference to a prohibtional elec
tion, and it appearing that, if the
present ordinance recently introduced,
shall become a law, it will not only
work a hardship to many, and would
not only be unjust to them, but would
practically annihilate many of the
smaller moneyed interests in the whis
ky business, and make it possible-that
a monopoly in this line be created in
favor of the few, and this being so.
would create an injustice to the many
and in favor of the few. and would not
onlv do this, but would still leave the
question of th% proper regulation and
sale of whisky in an unsettled condi
tion to be agitated, legislated, or. dis
cussed. and thereby continue the im
practicable disturbance of the present
time, and do so for an indefinite time:
?.nd therefore , in order to bring about
a settled state of affairs, and to cause
peace and quiet to be in our commu
nity, we, the retail liquor dealers of
Atlanta, pledge ourselves heartily and
sincerely to assist the prohibitionists
of this city who desire an election in
the premises to use our utmost en
deavor to see.ure names to a petition
or petitions, or such other instrument
of writing as may be desired of the
prohibitionists to secure sufficient
amount of names to obtain a prohibi
tion election from the proper authori
ties of the county of Fulton, and to do
so at the earliest moment, so that an
election may be had, as early as prac
ticable and legal.
"We frankly admit that we are not
desirous of prohibition, but with a
^.view of bringing about a settled state
ANNUAL MEETING OF GATE
CITY’S FREIGHT BUREAU
ATLANTA, Jan. 3.—The Atlanta
Freight Bureau will hold its annual
meetlngf January 8. at which time a
banquet will also be given to the mem
bers of the organization. Secretary
Harrv T. Moore has announced that
among the leading speakers will be
Governor-elect Hoke Smith, S. G. Mc-
Lenondon. the newly-elected member
of the Railroad Commission, and Hoop
er Alexander. Senators Ben Tillman,
of South Carolina, and LaFollette, of
Wisconsin, were invited to be present,
hut for some reason will not be here.
BENJ. SHIVELY TO RUN
FOR VICE-PRESIDENCY
LAFORTE. Ind.. Jan. 3.—A close
friend of Benj. F. Shively, of Soutlj
Bend, formerly Congressman from the
Thirteenth Indiana District, is authori
ty for the statement that when the
proper time arrives Shively will for
mally announce his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for Vice-Presi
dent of the United States. He was
his party's nominee for Governor in
1896. and was the Democratic caucus
nominee for United States Senator
against Albert J. Beveridge.
YOUNG WHITE MAN
STABBED BY NEGROES
DUBLIN. Ga., Jan. 3.—This morning
Henry Stokes Burch, a young white
man,’was severely cut by two negro
bovs named Stanley. The cutting took
place on the farm of Harrison Burch,
a few miles from the city. The ne
groes escaped. Young Burch is pain
fully but not necessarily fatally
wounded.
J. M. Thomas a Roanoke Man.
ROANOKE. Va„ Jan. 3.—J. M.
Thomas, whose dead body was found
yesterday in a deep ravine near Dan
ville. was a Roanoke man, and not a
Lexington, N. C., citizen, as reported.
He was superintendent of steam shovel
work for a railroad contracting firm,
and left here several days ago for
Danville. His son, Rice Thomas, is
a cadet at Virginia Military Institute,
Lexington. The family believe he met
with foul play.
CHICAGO, Jan. 3.—Judge Landis, in
the United States District Court to
day. overruled the demurrer of the
Standard Oil Company to eight of the
rebates indictments pending against
that corporation, but sustained the
demurrer as to two other indictments
because of technical defects.
The court ruled against the defend
ant's contention that the Elkins law
was eracted really to prohibit the em
ployment of indirect methods to obtain
preferential rates," it being the de
fendant’s contention that it was not a
violation of the law, if a railway com
pany dealing directly with a shipper,
gave that shipper a cut rate. The
court ilso ruled against the defend
ant's claim that the provisions of the
Elkins law requiring shippers to ad
here to a published rate was void as
being against that provision of the In
terstate Commere law which required
carriers to trans.srrt property for a
reasonable rate, the court holding that
carriers and shippers were both re
quired to adhere to the published rato
until such rate was publicly changed
in the manner prescribed by law.
The court ruled against the defend
ant’s contention that the provision of
the Interstate Commerce law requir
ing carriers to publish terminal
charges was not operative upon con
signees, holding that in respect to such
terminal charges, inasmuch as the con
signor would have only little, if any
interest in the question, the law plainly
was intended to be binding upon con
signees. After observing that the El
kins la v was repealed by the rate law
and tb it. unless there was a statute
keeping aliVe tiie future prosecution
of offenses which had been committed
against the Elkins law prior to its ap
peal, the court quoted section 13 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States: “This law.” said the court,
"has been attacked Het^ as an unwar
ranted attempt by the Congress that
enacted it to curtail the authority of
succeeding Congresses by limiting in
advance the effect to be given to their
enactments. It is rather the substitu
tion of a new rule to be observed by
the courts in the construction of stat
utes thereafter to be enacted. That
until such old rule is restored each suc
ceeding Congress intends that the
courts shall he guided by the rule
in giving effect to their amendments,
seems to me beyond question.’’
“It is the duty of the court." said
Judge Landis, “to enforce the will of
Congress as expressed in the written
enactment. In the ascertainment of
that will, I am not at liberty to ig
nore the ultimate objec- of tlie law.
That object was the establishment of
uniform railroad rates, reasonable in
amount. The former law had failed
to accomplish this, and was therefore
strengthened. Instead of being wiped
off the books as having served its pur
pose, additional and severe liabilities
were created and more drastic reme
dies and penalties authorized. .
“My opinion is that the so-ealled
saving clause in section 10 will he
inserted for tiie sole purpose of defi
nitely prescribing the rule of proce
dure that should control t He prose
cution of causes then pending in vari
ous stages in the courts, thus avoiding
the confusion and controversy, which,
as experience has shown, must other
wise have resulted."
WORST III YEARS
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.. Jan. 3.—The
floods through Central Arkansas are the
worst known in *J0 years. I .it tie Rock and
Hot Springs are practically isolated. No
trains have been operated to o r from Hot
Springs since Wednesday afternoon. Not
until last evening the Rock Island
able to operate train^ out of Little Rock,
and all through trains on the Iron Moun
tain .are detoured via Texarkana and .
Camden.
^Many farmers in the vicinity of Little
Koek have been driven from their homes
and hundreds of hogs, cattle and live
stock have been drowned. All streams
in the county are out of bank, and many
bridges are reported to have been washed
away and the city is isolated from the
country precincts. Throughout the day
the water continued to rise in the south
ern portion of th.e city, and although the
rain ceased at 2 o’clock, it is still rising
tonight. It is believed, however, that it
is practically at its high stage. No loss
of life has teen reported, but it is feared
in the southern part of the city one or
two negroes who live near the Fourche
river may have been lost.
NEGRO RINGED AFTER
SENTENCE CMITED
DeCost Guilty of Perjury.
FITTSBURtr. Jan. 3.—Wm. DeCost,
the negro tailor who was arrested for
perjury immediately after his testi-
mony in the Hartje divorce trial, was
found guilty by a jury this afternoon.
Sentence was not pronounced.
Hoadley President Iron Company.
BALTIMORE. Jan. 3.—It was an
nounced todav that Joseph H- TloadPy.
of New York." has been elected president
of thf> Alabama Consolidated Coal &
Iron Company in place of Col. T. C. Bush,
of Birmingham, Ala., who resigned several
weeks ago. ”
VICKSBURG, Miss., Jan. 3.—Will
Harvey, a negro, was hanged at May-
ersville. Miss., today, three minutes be
fore notice that his sentence had been
communted reached the Sheriff of Is
saquena County.
Today Harvey’s attorney was noti
fied by GoverniTr Vardeman that the
negro's sentence had been commuted to
imprisonmen. for life. He hurriedly
called up the Issaquena Sheriff, but the
latter did not reach the telephone un
til three minutes after the drop fell.
Harvey was sentenced to be hanged
for the murdjr of a negro named Feta
Bromo, in March last.
FATAL E
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3.—The allega
tion is made to the Interstate Com
merce Commission by the Southern
Grocery Company of Moultrie, Ga.,
against the Georgia Northern Rail
way Company, and other lines that the
defendants levy higher rates of freight
upon shipments to Moultrie from Cin
cinnati, Louisville and Memphis than
they levy upon like shipments to other
contiguous points in Georgia. The
complainants require that the discrim
ination be abated.
VALDOSTA. Ga.. Jan. 3.—Parties from
Edith, in Clinch Co-niy, report a fatal
encounter between Eulice Allen, a mer
chant of the place, and a white man.
named Swearingen. The men. it seems,
had not been upon good terms, and last
night the trouble was renewed. Just
what led to it could not be learned. Re
port says that both drew their pistols and
fired, a bullet from Swearingen's pistol
striking Allen on the hand in which he
held his weapon, and ranging up his arm
and out near the elbow. The bullet from
Allen’s revolver struck a vital spot' and
Swearingen fell dead. Both were well
known in the county, and Allen is quite
a prominent citizen. Sheriff Sweat passed
through here this evening on liis way to
the scene to make an investigat ion.
CHARLIE TAYLOR WAS
KILLED BY JOE DEAL
DUBLIN, Ga.. Jan. 3.—A negro by
the name of Charlie Taylor, died this
morning rin the plantation of A. H.
Adams, five miles west of the city, as
a result of a blow on the head, given
by another negro named Joe Deal,
last night. Deal escaped.
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