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FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1907. THE TfiTICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH i I VR. F. M. RIDLEY, JR., SHOT * TWICE BY HARVEY HILL ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. «- La Orange says Dr ley, Jr of that pin, e, v —A special F. M. Rid- - shot and .«!> wounded shortly after noon by Harvej Hill, of Atlanta. The ng occurred at the 'home of c /here the m: ic Ridlt susin •f th : i be.-n orated. -re pressing forward irggtulations. The t to have arisser. ove tter, of *hich Hill r the wnund'-d mn n w; discuss. Th< wounds inf two shots are reported r sarlly fatal. loth men are uellknown talk, an to tin no lar • of Mmh wounded 1 as the to tender rouble r a per fused to ts unable ictM by ot ’ Lo bo In At- as to what Ich occuVred Dr. dharlio sen it. tint, wno /* W.f njpsdav as Judge i of peals. He Is a Reports are conflicting ^ U . up to the shooting, wl $ c: e back veranda of Ridley's home. A party was gathered at the wed ding of Mr. Be; Swanson and Mi's Elite Ridley, and it is stated, that after the ceremony, Mr. Hi!! and Dr. Ridley had some words concerning the reported marriage of Hi!l and Miss Mary Ridley, sister of Dr. Ridley. After the shooting Mr. Hill gave himself up to the Sheriff, and is now In jail. The affair has thrown the whole city into intens- excitement and groups of men are gathered everywhere dis cussing it. No young man in La. G’aRi^is—Jrfred more than young Dr. jjdley. Harvey Jail] is one of the best-known youriVc lawyers of Atlanta. He is the ^ son of Solicitor General Charles D: Hill, of' Atlanta, and a nephew of Judge Ben II. Hill, who was sworn in r>f the new Court grandson of the late United States Senator Benjamin H. Hill, and practices law with Arnold <fc Arnold. Mr. Hill has been president of the young Men's Democratic League of Fulton County, and is one of the most prominent young lawyers of the State. He is very popular socially, and only n feu days ago was painfully Injured In a runaway accident, when he jumped frnrn the flying carriage to rescue MHs i.nnette Swift, who had just leaped the vehicle. iDr. Frank Ridley, .Tr.. the young man _ was shot by Mr. Hill, is the son fof Dr. Frank M. Ridley, of La Grange. nnd practices medicine with his father. He is a nephew of Dr. Robert B. Rid ley, of Atlanta, and also of the late Dr. Charles B. Ridley, of La Grange. He is a first cousin of Miss Eleanor Ridley, the bride of the occasion, who is the daughter of the late Dr. Charles B. Ridley. Dr. Robert B. Ridley, the uncle of the wounded man, and also a connec tion of Mr. Hill, will leave by the first train fop La Grange. Dr. Ridley Resting Easy. T.A GRANGE, Ga.. Jan. 2.—Dr. F. M. Ridley, Jr., who was ’shot this after noon hv Mr. Harvey Hill, of Atlanta, Js resting easily. His physicians ex press a hope that the wound will not prove fatal. Dr. Ridley Is possibly tire niisi beloved young man in La Grange. Mr. Mill is now in the county jail. It If impossible to get the facts con nected with the shooting. Harvey Hill is the grandson of the late Col. Dan G. Hughes, of Macon. and nephew of Hon. Dudley M. Hughes, of Danville. SUCCEEDS A. J. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa mper. It tells how you stand on "the hooks. Due from date on the Isabel. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 2.— James MeCrea. of Pittsburg, first vice- president of the Pennsylvania lines vest of Pittsburg, was today elected president of the Pennsylvania Rail road Company by the directors of the latter corporation to succeed the late A. J. Cassatt, deceased. After the meeting of the board of directors, president MeCrea authorized the following statement: "The policy of the Pennsylvania Railroad dots not depend upon any one man. It continues unchanged from year to year. It will be my pur pose to promote, as best I can, the same progressive development which was conducted so ably under President Cassatt and those who preceded him.” Mr. MeCrea had been selected to fill the vacancy at an informal 'meeting of all the directors after the funeral of Mr. Cassett on Monday. At that time it was decided to formally meet today and ratify the selection. While the board went through the fomality of electing a head for the great railway system, Mr. MeCrea. who returned from New York early in the day, remained in the private offices of the late President Cassatt. After he had been elected he was escorted in to the board room, and congratulated by his fellow members of the board. So far as can be learned, Mr. Cas- sett'a position as president of the Penn sylvania lines west of Pittsburg and other companies affiliated with the sys tem will not he filled until next week. It is certain, however, that President MeCrea will be elected to all the places made vacant by the death of Mr. Cas sett. The question of fillig the vacan-t cies created by the elevation of Mr. MeCrea has been left to a committee of members of the board who will con sult with Mr. MeCrea as to his wishes in the matter. The two men most mentioned for Mr. McCrea's place as first vice-president of the Pennsylvania lines, are Joseph Wood, of Pittsburg, second vice-president of the western lines, and Wm. W. Atterbury, of Phila delphia, general manager of the Penn sylvania Railroad Company. Appoints Officials Tammany Opposed NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—John T. Dool- <ng was named by Mayor McClellan today to succeed John R. Voorhis as president of the 'Board of Elections. Rudolph Fuller was appointed to suc ceed Michael J. A. Daily, and Charles B. Page and Wm. McGuire were reap pointed members of the Board of Elect ions. In announcing the appointment of Mr. Dooling. Mayor McClellan threw down the gauntlet to Tammany Hall nnd its present leader. Chas. F\ Mur phy. He declared that he cannot rec ognize the existing control in Tam many or to tolerate any relations with its present leader. "I should like to have the support lof the Democratic organization,” he said, "because I have always been a |helie\-er in party responsibility in ad- linistrat'.on. hut If 1 cannot have that [support under conditions which favor [clean and efficient government, then I content to do without it." Wise Counsel From the South. “I want to give some valuable advice to those who suffer with lame back and kidney trouble," says J. R. Blanken ship. of Beck, Tenn. "I have proved to an absolute certainty that Electric Bitters will positively cure this dis tressing condition. The first bottle gave me great relief and after taking a few more bottles. I was completely cured: so completely that it becomes a pleasure lo recommend this great rem edy." Sold under guarantee at all drug stores. Price 50c. Blackburn Denies Reflections on Glenn Blackburn Mnst Be Indicted or He Must Be Im peached Him BUCKET SHOPS ARE CLOSED l ATLANTA. Jan. 2.—The Atlanta [ w Commercial Exchange is a new enter- r fritt laun, hed here, by Custis N. An- I dcriln. who. for some years, has op erated an exchange in Atlanta. He was forced to close his place of business i because of the passage of the Boykin [ law, which went into effect yester- day. | In speaking of the concern, which opened today, Custis X'. Anderson, | whose brokerage office closed with the beginning of the new year, and who Is Interested in the new exchange, said today: ( ^ “We have from thirty to fifty mem bers who will be given the privilege t of quotations which are to be fur- ■ nished by the Odell wires in our of- I fice in the Prudential building. The Western Union will have an operator In the room and those desiring to place orders ran. through that com pany, telegraph them to other cities. As the Ode!! Company furnishes the wires, it will be expected that the members of the exchange will give them their orders. "The money for the orders can be sent through the banks. "We consider this entirely within the provisions of the Boykin bill and anticipate no trohule. This is legiti mate dealing ard the act specially provided that there was no desire that business of that kind should he interrupted." Chamber of Commerce. m Negotiations for wires for the Cham- P Per of Commerce, which will furnish quotations to its members in a similar method, are still going on. Secretary Walter G. Cooper stated ’this morning that nothing definite had , open d"ne. however. The new offices the hUhamher of Commerce in the 9 hnpire 'building have been fitted with juotation boards and it is probable hat as soon as the wires ire secured ,he exchange will be opened to Its Jnembers. J It is stated that still another ex change will be opened on similar lines. FRAUD ORDER WANTED FOR COTTON EXCHANGE How.to Cure Chilblains. "To enjoy fre dom from chilblains,” writes John Kemp, East Otisfield, Me., "1 apply Luckier s Arnica Salve. Have also used it for salt rheum with excel lent results." Guaranteed to cure fever sores, indolent ulcers, piies. burns, 'rounds frost bites and skin diseases. 25c at all drug stores. RALEIGH, -X. C„ Jan. 2.—Governor Glenn announced today that he would ka\d> for Greensboro tonight to appear before the grand jury which will be asked to indict Congressman E. Spen cer Blackburn, of the Eighth District, on a charge of criminal libel. , "I have not been nble to hear from the Solicitor of the district," said the Governor. This action follows charges made in a letter from Blackburn sent out from Washington on Saturday last. ir. which he stated to Congressman-elect R. N. Hacket. the Democrat elected in the Eighth District, his grounds for" con testing the election, alleging among other things that there had bean a conspiracy in which Governor Glenn used his influence to secure Hackett's election, and as a member of the State Text Book Commission, voted to put hooks of the American Book Company on the State list of public school books, in return for which the American Book Company contributed large sums of money to corrupt the voters of the Eighth. Congressional District. While in return Haskett was to use this in fluence to nave Governor Glenn elected United States Senator to succeed the present Senator from North Carolina. Overman. In a card published today. Hackett denies Blackburn’s -charges. "I shall prosec ute Blackburn to the j full extent of the law,” Governor Glenn said to tile Associated Press. "One of two things must he done. I must he impeached, or Blackburn must be sent to jail." This afternoon Congressman Black burn sent the following s-.aterr.ent to Solicitor Brooks: “The statement in last Sunday morn ing's papers concerning ,rr,y notice of my contest upon Mr. Hackett and the reflections upon Governor Glenn, is without my authorization. My notice to him signed by myseif will be suf ficient for public scrutiny. Thus far any signature appearing in the papers purpoiting to be mine is a forgery. In the notice of my contest which I have issued there will be found no accusa tion of corruption on the part of Gov ernor Glenn. The notice will speak for itself. (Signed! "E. SPENCER BLACKBURN.” WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—Charges of fraud were filed late this afternoon with Postmaster General Cortelyou against the officers and members of the New York Cotton Exchange by Representative Livingston, of Georgia, and Harvie Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton Association, of At lanta. On the charges they filed they base a request that the Postoffice De partment issue a fraud order against the officers and members of the New York exchange in order to bar them from the use of the United States mails in conducting what they charge are fraudulent practices. The Post master General referred his callers to Judge Goodwin, Asssltant Attorney- General of the Postoffice Department. It is likely that a hearing on the charges will be held by Judge Good win before a determination of the question is reached. Representative Livingston and Mr. Jordan submitted to the Postmaster General the follow ing letter accompanying the charges: "Washington, D. C., Jan. 2, 1907. "Hon. George B. Cortelyou, "Postmaster General. "Washington. D. C. “Dear Sir: We, the Hon. L. F. Livingston. M. C.. of Georgia, and Har vie Jordan, president of the Southern Cotton Association, Atlanta, Ga., here by respectfully request the issuance of a fraud order by your Department against the use of the United States mails by the officials and members of the New York exchange and present our reasons for the same, in the fol lowing charges as outlined below: and to which we most respectfully invite your carefuLattention. “Tours truly. "L. F. LIVINGSTON. "HARVIE JORDAN." Following are the charges presented to Mr. Cortelyou: Purely Gambling Exchange. “1. We charge that New York has ceased to be a commercial spot cotton market and that the New York Cotton Exchange, operating under its present debased and fraudulent contracts, has developed info a purely speculative or gambling exchange, and that the grades of cotton shipped to New York and tonderable on the contracts under the rules of the New York Cotton Ex that he had asked Postmaster General Cortelyou to send him copies of any complaints which might have been made to him against the New York Cotton Exchange. This action was taken upon the publication of reports that an application would be made to the Postmaster General in behalf of cotton-growing interests in the South for the issuance of a fraud order against the New York Cotton Ex change denying it the use of the United States mails. It was said to have been charged'that cotton delivered on con tracts and sold on the Hoor of the New York Cotton Exchange is not of the grade called for by the contracts. On publication of these statements Presi dent Hubbard first sent a telegram to Mr. Cortelyou and then on December 31 wrote to him as follows: “I confirm my telegram of this morn ing reading. 'Referring to the telegram in the New York papers yesterday from Washington, may I request you to favor the New York Cotton Exchange with copies of any complaint made against it, in order that proper action may be taken to protect its interests against such unwarrantable attacks.’ "To this I would add that it is de plorable that such assaults upon the New York exchange, a chartered insti tution of over thirty-five years stands ing, founded by merchants of this city, or such implication as to the integrity of its members, should be made under any pretext or for any purpose what ever. “Our members are of the best known merchants here, for the trade in the South and abroad.” the letter con tinues. "They are proud of the past and the present of their organization— they are upright business men. They need no defense or apology—and they ask the nature of the charges which are ignorantly made. They will Hill were candidates, and as Judge | I Russell had announced that he was I going to vote for Judge Powell, no one could see very clearly how Judge Hill could be elected to the position, unless ' , he voted for himself. When rumors ; j reached Judge Hill's ears, it is said he j j declared he would never have the of- i | fice, if it had to come to him that way. I The adoption of the rule which vir- i I tually elected Judge Hill, gave him the j for himself. . j Headache “About a year ago,” writes Mrs. Mattie Allen, of 1123 Broadway, Aug.ista, Ga., “I sutfefed with blind, sick headaches and backaches, and could get no relief until I tried 0AR00 NORTHWEST WINE OF Woman’s Belief WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.—The causes but not the cure for the car shortage in the Northwest and the consequent coal famine in North Dakota have been ascertained by the members of the Interstate Commerce Commission participating in the recent hearings at Chicago and Minneapolis. Franklin K. Lane, who served as chairman of the investigating committee today, filed his report with the full commission and sent it to President Wood, of tile in quiry. He finds: "It is a fair inference from all the testimony that the real cause of the coal scarcity in North | Dakota was such an abundance of west-bound traffic at the head of the lakes that cars were not available, ow ing to the congested state of that (ter minal for the carrying of coal to North Dakota—a comparatively short haul for a low-class commodity.” In his letter of transmission to,the j pro- ! president, Mr. Lane says that the re ject “themselves*" and they" indignantly i P or t will be followed in due course by protest* against the calumny jeh is : th® special resolutions of the commit- calculated for their injury.” j tee as a whole as to whatever legis- It was recalled on the Cotton Ex- ' lation, if any, may be deemed advisa- change that an agitation somewhat i bl °- That the coal shortage was due similar to the present one was stirred 1 tn tv “' nf * — -n«-W"n- to the presence of a trust or combina tion between dealers in coal who fixed prices in the Northwest and refused to sell to outsiders and irregulars was not proven by the inquiry. It is de clared, however, that the commission up against the exchange fifteen years ago. At that time a committee inves tigated the question whether or not the contracts ought to be changed so as to exclude the delivery of low grades of , . . t , , cotton. The committee reported j sained indisputable proof of an agree- change. cannot be used for commercial | against the proposed change and de- m ® nt between dealers to maintain spinning purposes, ard that such ; elared the contract was adopted in or- ! P r ‘ ces und to boycott all who do not grades of cotton are used solely to de- i der to give the producer an opportiini- j so a » ree ' press the price of spinnable grades in j tv of securing a price satisfactory to | . , ~ ~ Z T- ., the South: to further tile speculative j him for his growing crop? and it ena- I ~P. 9cl . a ‘ Announcement Regarding the features of the New York Cotton Ex- bies hirn t0 deliver a!! merchantable change to the heavy detriment of the ; grades. To restrict the delivery to a entire iegtimate cotton trade of the j grade not below low middling, it was United State?. | declared, would do the producer great "2. We further charge that the said injury. New York Cotton Exchange, through [ * its officers and members, is daily Chronic Constipation Cured, using the United States mails for the I One who suffers from chronic con- purpose of transmitting and advertis- j stipation is in danger of many serious I immediately commenced to improve, and now I feel like a new woman, and wish to recommend it to all sick women, for 1 know it will cure them, as it did me.” Cardui is pure, medicinal extract of vegetable herbs, which relieves and frankly, describing female pains, regulates female your symptoms, we wiii functions,tones up theorgans consider your case and give u you free advice (in plain sealed tO cipiOPLj St3t0 Ol ntdltil. envelope). Don’t hesitate, but Try it for VOUT trouble, write today. Address: Ladies’ Ad- " . .. . _ .. visory Dept., The Chattanooga Medi- EVCrV uF1Ig£>lSt SCllS it dne Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. ill $1.00 fcOttlCS. WRITE US FREELY THIRTY-FIVE PERSONS WERE KILLED IN TRAIN COLLISION Winder. Ga. Both banks are reap pointed for a term of four years from January 1st, 1906. LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Jan. 2.—Heavy rains have caused washouts on practi cally every division of both the Rock TOPEKA. Kas.. Jan. 2.—Thirty-live persons, all Mexicans but three, were killed, and fifty-five were injured, and the bodies of thirty Mexicans were in- Island and Iron Mountain systems and J road near einerated early today In a collision of two passenger tra ChieagJ, Rock Island and Pa ad-on ific Rail- ins tain trains in ail directions are delayed. j Th^ National Pure Food and Drug Lav/, j We are pleased to announce that ! Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs. ! colds and lung troubles is not affected j by the National Pure Food and Drug I law, as it contains no opiates or other ! harmful drugs, and we recommend it ! as a safe remedy for children and adults. H. J. Lamar, near Exchange Holland. ?ck occurred while both Two passenger trains due in this i trains were running slowly on a curve city from Oklahoma and the West over ; in a cut where the grade was steep, the Rock Island are reported to be j All the killed were on the southbound marooned between washouts some ! train, except a tramp, who was on the where near the State line. The Iron I baggage car of the northbound train. Mountain yards at Bald Knob aro • This tramp nnd a workman accom- under water and hundreds of small | partying a gang of Mexican laborers washouts are reported in all sections j were the only Americans killed so far of the State. as known, although a passenger says that a woman and a child were burned ing their business to the legitimate j ailments. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup cotton trade of the United States, and ! cures chronic constipation, as it aids we charge that said business is frau- 1 digestion and stimulates the liver and Bank. dulent and ’said officers and members of the New York Cotton Exchange should he denied the use of the United States mails. We refer you to conies of letters hereunto attached. "3. We further charge that the quo tations sent out daily on the debased contracts of the New York Cotton Ex change exercise a predominating in fluence over the legitimate cotton trade to its great detriment and injury. ”4. Wo further charge that New York city has ceased to be a spot cot ton market for commercial, spinnable grades of cotton, due to the present debased contracts of the New York Cotton Exchange, ajid ’"as proof of the charge we cite to you the fact that from the first day of September. 1906. to December 31, 1906, there was only delivered from that market 10,046 bales* of spot cotton to shippers out of a total of practically eight million bales of American cotton placed upon the markets of this country at other points. "5. We further charge that under the present debased and fraudulent rules of the New York Cotton Exchange a largo number of unspinnable low grades of cotton are tendered on the contracts of said exchange, which are not permitted under the rules of any other cotton exchange in the world, and we affirm that such rules are fraudulent. Quotations Fraudulent. ”6. We charge further that the offi cial daily quotations sent through the United States' mail by th^ officers and members of the New York Cotton Ex change to their customers and others, both as to 'futures' and snot prices, are fraudulent, in that neither repre sents the true and actual value of spot bowels, restoring the natural action of these organs. Commence taking it to day and you will feel better at once. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does not nauseat or gripe and is very pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes. H. J. Lamar, near Exchange B'ank. ■ News in Paragraphs HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Jan. 2.—The heaviest rain ever recorded here fell in almost a continuous downpour last ■ night and today, washing away many ; bidges and houses in the northern part , of the city. The merchants along I Central avenue, where the storm [wrought the-greatest havoc, were dam aged to the extent of at least $75,000. j Central avenue, which is the principal | thoroughfare of the city, was for hours , a seething river, carrying debris of all : descriptions and flooding all cellars. Three houses on Water street were washed away, as til so was the grand- WHEELING, W. Va„ Jan. 2.—Forty- eight passengers on a suburban trac tion car on the 'Wheeling and Elm Grove line were bruised, two seriously, today at Fulton, near here, when the car jumped the track and plunged over a four-foot embankment. The two seriously injured are men who leaped from the car when it left the track. NORFOLK. W. WJ1 the Methq announces ops Tigert op Galloway and the impaireJ health of Bishops Key and Dimean, will put the work of holding the arnuai conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, on Bishops Morrison. Hoss. Candler. At kins. Ward and himself. This may ne cessitate a change in the dates of some of the annual conferences so that bish ops now in active, vigorous life may oe able to preside over the deliberations of these bodies. ! in a tourist car. There were thlrtv- j two Mexicans and five Americans, composing a gang of railroad workers, I in the smoking car of the southbound J train. These thirty Mexicans were • burned in the wreckage and two died j later. Thrown to Floor by Emergency Brakes. Most of tlie injuries were due to the setting of the emergency brakes. Most every passenger in tne southbound ; train was thrown lo the car floor by ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla., Jan. 2.—The j the quick setting of- the brakes. The | Florida Eant Coast Railway, through northbound train was running ter its vice president and general manager,! nli ) es an j, our up gra de. J. R. Parrott, has,, authorized an ad- , . The Mexicans were pinioned undci vance in wages or seven per cent, ap- i tll0 seats and the doors were Jammed plicable to all employees of record Jan- , so they c( s u ld not get out. In the chair nary 1, 1907. This road operates a j Par a [ so ma ny passengers were held I line from Jacksonville to Miami. 3S6 | down hv tl!p seats . The train caught ATLANTA; Jan. 2.—The Prison Commission will hold its next meeting on Tuesday, 15th instant, at which time, in addition to the transaction of the usual volume of routine business, the commission setting as a board of pardons will consider and pass upon quite a number of applications for j executive clemency. From what can ! be learned no cases of unusual im- I portance will come up during the ses sion. company. It is the first road in Flori da to Increase wages. More than one thousand men are affected by the in crease. ✓ stand at Washington park. , _ _ At least twenty bridges were swept ' cotton, but that the same are from’ss [ down stream and in the lower part of the to S7.50 per bale less than the market city, lumber manufacturers lost many ' NORWICH. Conn., Jan. L—Frederick Camp, one of the most prominent mill i men in Eastern Connecticut, and agent of the Pdnomah mills, the largest cotton mil! in the country, took his life by shooting today. He had bc-m ill for 1 about si>: months with Bright's disease i and had been despondent. EAST ST. LOUIS. Jan. 1.—With one blow of his fist. Charles Smith tonight killed -D. F. Myers on the street. Mrs. Smith told her turn band - that Myers, had atempted to flirt with her. Smith struck ! Myers-on the jaw. and Myers' neck was ' broken. Smith fled. thousands of feet of lumber. There ! ; were no trains in or.out of the city : after the early morning trains arrived, : j on any road. The Rock Island’s after- : noon train, after proceeding about five ; miles, was forced to return to the city. . | The Little Rock and Hot Springs i western track is under six feet-of water , j for a distance of 600 yards, a short dis- | j tance from the city. Tonight rain is- . , still falling and further damage, it is ! hale, said difference clearly feared , result . ° , d. A our attention is ! Cabbage plants, cele ry plants and all kinds of garden plants cheap. They are raised in the open air. will stand great cold. Express rates 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 bages in your garden or farm. Particulars free. Address N. H. BLITCH COMPANY. The Largest Truck Farm in the World, Meggetts. S. C. wm price at which spinnable grades cf cotton could.he purchased in the South and shipped for tender on said fraudu lent contracts. In an exhibit attached hereto we specifically call your atten tion to the wid& difference existing between quotations of futures market a.nd spot market on December 28. a_s existing in the New York Cotton Ex change—a difference nf ifi3 points $S.15 per showing a fraud also specifically called to the official quotations in said exhibit of the fu tures market and spot market of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, noting the close proximity between futures and spot of that market. Unfit for Spinning. “7. We further charge that out of the advertised stock of cotton at pres ent stored in the warehouses of New York City, amounting to 114.000 bales, fully seventy thousand bales of said spinning or manufacturing purposes and that a considerable portion of said cotton has been in said warehouses for years and is totally unfit for any pur pose whatever, except to be tendered on the fraudulent contracts of the New York Cotton Exchange to the se rious detriment and injury of the le gitimate cotton trade of the United States. “We therefore ask that you. as Post master General of the United States, send a representative of your Depart ment to the warehouses of New York City and have all the cotton stored there inspected and graded in order to officially determine the character of the unspinnable and unmarketable grades of cotton stored in that market to be tendered under the fraudulent contracts of the New York Cotton Ex change. “Your petitioners further state that they have no desire to jeopardize any legitimate transactions that are made through any of the cotton exchanges of this country. This is no fight against the New York Cotton Exchange as an exchange to be used for the purpose of safeguarding, protecting and further ing the legitimate cotton business of the whole country, but the charges here preferred and efforts made are directly and solely against any and all debased and fraudulent contracts and transac tions which are at present practiced by those who are in authority in mak ing effective the present rufbs and methods of that exchange to the detri ment and injury of the legitimate cot ton trade of the United States." In addition to the formal charges, many letters and affidavits in support of them were submitted to Postmaster General Cortelyou. Representative Livingston urged prompt and decisive action in the mat* ter. and Mr. Cortelyou said the charges would be given attention by ihe De partment. ATLANTA, Jan. 1.—The bonds of twenty-five Tax Receivers and sixteen Tax Collectors are still shy at the of fice of Comptroller General Wright, when the law requires they shall bo filed not later than January 1st. A good many bonds came in 'this morn ing and doubtless nearly all of the de linquents will be on hand within the next day or two. MAN FOUND DEAD IN DINGY BASEMENT ATLANTA. Ga. Jan. 1.—In a dark and dingy basement, whore the floor was carpeted with dirt, and* the walls fes tooned with cobwebs, the mutilated re mains of William Day. an aped black smith. were found yesleiday afternoon by Mary Deebe Andrews, a 12-ycar-old girl, who was peering through a hole in a window tha't looked out upon the side walk of a building on Magnolia street The appearance. • f the body indicated that the man had been dead for several days. Portions of his body showed evi- i dence of having been gnawed upon by ! rats or mice. Day lived the life of a recluse. It is beliex'ed that he died from i natural causes, or was frozen to death I j during the cold spell. j Two chairs, a few sticks of wood, some soiled clothes In the corner, a can of to matoes. a pair of shoes by the cold hearth . and a cot upon which the body lay com pleted the contents of the room. The door was locked, and Officer Johnson, ! who Was called by the terrified little girl, had to break down the door. BEN HILL NEW YORK. Jan. 2.—Walter J. Hubbard, president of the New York Cotton Exchange, announced today ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. 2.—The Court of Appeals has organized and is ready to commence business Monday next. Here is the roster of the court: Hon. Benj. Hill, presiding justice: associate . justices, Hon. Richard B. Russell. Hon. j Arthur G. Powell: clerk of the court, Logan Buckley, of Atlanta: deputy clerk of the court, W. E. Talley, of At lanta; sheriff, J. H. Pittman, of At lanta. until October 1, 1907. and P. W. Derrick, of Blakely, for four years from that date: stenographer, W. A. Cameron, of Sylvester, for Justice Powell, E. C. Hill, of Atlanta, for Jus tice Hill, and Marion Bloodworth, of Barnesville, for Justice Russell. This morning the three new judges went into the office of Governor Ter rell where they qualified by taking the oath prescribed by law. Logan Buck- ley was elected clerk, and the consid eration of other business was post poned until 1 he organization of the new court was not perfected until after 4 o’clock. When the question of selection of a presiding judge came up. Judge Rus sell suggested that the position be drawn for in the same manner as the terms of the judges of the court were agreed upon. This proposition did not meet the approval of Justices Hill and Powell, and as a substitute. Justice Powell offered a rule that the honor be conferred upon the senior member of the court in point of age. which sub stitute was adopted by the votes of Justices Powell and Hill. Justice Rus sell dissenting. The adoption of this rule made Judge Hill the presiding justice of the court. In addition to this he has also the long term. For some time there has been a good deal of gossip about the Statehouse. as to who would be elected the presiding jus’tice of the court. It was known that both Judge Russell and Judge NEW YORK. Jan. 2.—Wm. Rosser Cobbe. for many years a well-known char acter along Park Row. and who was said to have held at one time a position of prominence in educational and social cir cles in the West, was found dead in a hallway just off the Bowery today. Cobbe was more than 70 years old. Of late he had made a precarious living by doing odd jobs in a big business building in West Twenty-fifth street. 'It is said that he was a native of Elizabeth County. N. C.. and that one of his brothers was at one time a member of Congress from that State. He had a wife and daughter, who are believed to be now in Chicago. Cured of Lung Trouble. “It is now eleven years since I had a narrow escape from consumption." writes C. O. Floyd, a leading business man of Kershaw. S. C. “I had run i down in weight to 135 pounds, and I sober. At about coughing was constant, both by day | morning the and by night. Finally I began taking Dr. King’s New Discovery, and con tinued this for about six months, when my cough and lung trouble were entirely gone and I was restored to my normal weight. 170 pounds.” Thou sands of persons are healed every year. Guaranteed at all drug store?. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Every man and woman on tried to rescue the unfortunate, but the flames soon became too hot to per mit of approaching the car. The in jured were removed from the chair cars with less difficulty and appar ently all were rescued alive from these cars. Wm. Gane, conductor of the south bound train, has a broken collar bone, and is much bruised about the face. He said: "The train‘was just pulling clear of the Voliarid yards and was traveling about thirty miles an hour. I dropped into the front scat of the smoker and dozed. There were thirty-two Mexi cans. sitting two in a seat, back of me. also Link, an interpreter, a foreman and five paid fares. "I was awakened by the setting of the brakes. T jumped head first out of i the window and struck on my shoulder. | When I turned and looked at the train I saw flames leaping fifty feet high from the smoker." The foremost tourist sleeping car of the southbound train also burned, hut all the occupants escaped serious in jury. John Lynes, 19 years old. tele graph operator at Vplland, who let the southbound train get by his station, where it was to pass the. northbound train, tonight gave the following statement before beimr taken to jail: “I had been awake all night and was 4 or 5 o'clock this RICHMOND. Jan. 2.—After an In dependent existence of nearly a century, the Virginia Bible Society becomes a part of the national organinztion, known as the American Bible Society. At a meet ing to be held here tomorrow, the stens necessary to transfer of the affairs of the State society will be taken, and the new order of things will be installed. Rev. W. S. Campbell, who has for vears been secretary of the State Society, will he succeeded in that office by Rev. Donald McLaren, D. D.. one of the most distin guished ministers in the national body. Dr. McLaren is in the city, and will take charge of the offices here. JOPLIN, Mo., Jan. 2.—At a boarding house here today, F. W. Troy shot his wife through the head and breast and ! shot Ralph Quinn through the shoulder. Mrs. Troy probably will die. Quinn will recover. Troy fled, but was captured and taken to Carthage for safe keeping. He refused to discuss the shooting. Mrs. Troy is the daughter of:Harrison Bliz zard. formerly of St. Joseph, but now of Omaha. OAKLAND, Cal., Jan. 2.—A collision today between an electric car and an automobile. George B. Young, of .Alameda, was Instantly killed, and Mr. and Mrs. ^ A. T. Swain, of Oakland, and Mr. and 2 o’clock this afternoon. I Mrs. L. M. Martin, of -Alameda were in jured. Mr. Young was a wealthy tractor. con.T LEXINGTON. Ky„ Jan. 1.—Eight people were seriously injured and twenty-four others badly shaken up in a wreck on the Louisville and At lantic Railroad, forty miles from Rich mond, Ky.. today. The most seriously injured are: Albert Wilson, his two sons. Ed ward and Clohsey, the wife and chil dren of Edward Wilson, all of Lexing ton, and three unknown passengers. The wreck was caused by a broken flange on the pony trucks of the en gine. The engine and one coach jumped the track. ATLANTA. Jan. 2.—Governor Ter rell today issued orders reappointing two Stare depositories, the Tnccoa Banking Company, of Toceoa. Ga.. and the Winder Banking Company, of FIRST DECISION UNDER RATE LAW HANDED DOWN WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The Inter state Commerce Commission today handed down its first decision in a case brought under the new railroad rate law. The finding was for the complaint in the case of the Frederick (Md.) B'rick AVorks against the North ern Central Railway Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. In January, 1906, the complainant shipped from Frederick. Md., to Elbe- ron, N. J., 372,200 pounds of red brick. The rate charged was a class rate of $3.80 per ton, which was alleged to be unreasonable and unjust. Pending the controversy before the comrabsion the carriers reduced the rate to $2.75 per ton. The commission holds that the original rate was unreasonable and unjust, and awards reparation to the complainant, based on the difference between that rate and the rate subse quently put into effect. ho dispatcher gave tne four the southbound train to trains at |ollarid instead of orders for meet two at Alta^VM;i as previously arranged. Thp-southbound train headed into a •l)ntch and let one train pass, backed out of the switch and headed down the main track without waiting for the other train. I thought it was going to stop to take water as triins have been doing, but instead it went by about ten miles an hour. The southbound board was at 'danger,' according to the lever in the office but the train did not stop and I ran out with my lantern, but with two swings across the rrack it went out I then ran to the pump house, grabbing the pumper’s lantern, waved a few times and it also went out. I went back and told the dis patcher that the southbound train was by' and we waited to see if it was going to come back or hit the north bound train. I told the dispatcher that I was calling Topeka and was trying to get them when arrested.” State Normal School ATHENS, GA. Session begins again Jan. 3. Tuition free. Dormitory charges, $90 year. Registration fee, $5. New Dining Hall. Three School Buildings. Three Dormitories. Eighteen Departments of In struction. Twenty-seven Instructors. Apply at once for places. E. C. BRANSON, President. SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON MANUFACTURERS IN SESSION SPARTANBURG. S. C. Jan. 2.—The South Carolina Cotton Manufacturers’ Association convened here today, one hundred delegates, representatives of the cotton mills throughout the State. being present, representing capital of $55,000,000. Ellison Smith, president of the Pol- zer Cotton Mills, is president of ;he association, and made the opening ad dress. which was responded to by A. B. Calver, president of the Drayton Mills. The meeting was held behind closed doors. The subjects under dis cussion are the labor question, includ ing immigrant labor, child labor, com pulsory education, etc. The Bouth Carolina Manufacturers' Association today adopted resolutions for the support and encouragement of Immigration to this State. The Legis lature at the next session will be asked to make a provision to enable Com missioner of Immigration Watson to carry on immigration work. The as sociation recommended the passage of State laws providing for compulsory education and for registration of births and marriage licenses. President War ner of the National Civic Federation of . New York, addressed the conven tion on civic improvements at mill vil lages. Addresses were made by Elli son Smy'he. president of the associa tion: A. B. Calvert. Spartanburg: D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, and Prof: Doggette. of the textile department of Clemson College. A banquet visitors was given. the