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TWICE A-WEEK TELEGRAPH 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 AFFAIR x; 1 a ha ket iter. Cult 'aid sident Ri til h‘‘ knew ntlemaPT. osevelt for Mr. Cul- the tro< .‘M Mejor Blocks,, 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. taasaasssmasm