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•HE TWICE- A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1907.
Want No Living i It Is Claimed to
Picture of War j Be Their Turn to Go
dATEBJH PROGRESS
SI SOUTHERN LIFE
» .
BOSTON. Jar., 5.—A length
test by members of the advisory board
of the Jamestown Exposition against
the •’diversion of the exposition to the
pro- ! WASHINGTON. Jan. 5.—The Ninth
oard i nnt! Tenth Cavalry and the Twenty-
:if:h Infantry in lading all the negro
soldiers in the regul. trrny in this
service of militarism.’' was Issued to- | country, have been ordered to prepari
night. The protest is made by Carol! i for service In the Philippine# and
I). Wright, president of Clark Colleg- ; !
Edwin It. Mead and Rev. Everett Hill. I
V. D.. of Boston; Cardinal Gibbon:.
een Mar.
The oni
of Baltimore: John Mitehell. president
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica; Mis: Jan> A.l.irr--. of Chicago:
president of
M.
Mis
Urvn Maiv:
the New Vor
Tallinr,1. of X
M. Woodwi
Chae. Zeuhii
Chicago. :■ nr
The dorun
"Ext rr. vagan
Of the coad:
Willi
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rd.
n Couper
rt Prof, .lames H
ms: Jhofessor C
Louis: Piofessoi
c University oi
Iji as follows:
>T 3he program
l: Expesltloi
ns
last fev
•«p.d
wnihs,
to a g: it bod?
pie.
**We pc!:r \ > tit
this program of
of the many slat
sitlon's Journal a
months, has come to :
the American people
prise It is a program
from that given w h.
the Jamestown Expo
submitted lo the publl
"Thai an inter:.ati<
mllltir? celebration w;i
splcuous pla.-e In the
gram as provided for
granting aid for that
was well known, and
] hull*
o thre
different times bet
.7 ..nd June 3. of this
other regiment composed of negroes,
the Twenty-fourth Infantry, is now
doing service in the Philippines. Oth
er troops ordered to the Philippine#
are the Sixth t'nvnirv the Eighteenth.
Twenty-sixth. Twenty-ninth and Thir-
tieth Infantry. The troops which will
he roe-:ved by the sending of these rnv
regiments will I.- the Eourth. Seventh
and Eighth Cavalry, and the Ninth.
Thirteenth. Fifteenth. Sixteenth and
Nineteenth Infantr?’. It wa# stated by
Major General Bell, -h'ef of the staff,
:h t ’he negro regiments are being
eui to the Philippines because it is
’la-ii turn to g.. and not because of
sire to get them out of the
I . a taieB at this time,
negro troops are to sail for the
Philippines before most of the whit*
organizations, the last of which will
leave this country’ early in January,
1908. The following statement was
Issued from the War Department In
explanation of the orders:
• There was a time, between 1902 and
f i 190.1. when the colored regiment# were
t 1 not sent to the Philippines at all. Jn
| 190.1. however, tills policy was tenta-
an ’ ; lively changed, and ihr Twenty-fourth
■on- 1 Infantry colored regiment, was sent
pro- I to tin Philippines and is now there,
s In I The service of the Twenty-fourth In- ‘
purpose in 190.1 ; fantry in the Philippines has been en- \
onvention- tir ly satisfactory and ft Is thought I
profound
A merican
pe.-
f
Unite
Thr
knowledge
thi# is one
In the expo-
tins In thesi
f
quartern
#u r-
r-rly d iff ere
the plan
n was fir
BALTIMORE. Jan. 3.—In its issue
this week, among its reviews of South
ern material progress on many line#,
the Manufacturers’ Record says:
"Ever-increasing interest in the
progress of the South. Inspired by the
notable progress .t has made in re
cent years in manufacturing, in min
ing. in lumbering and in railroad con
struction. not Infrequently loses sight
of that section's agricultural import
ance, present and potential. When its
gricuiturc is considered, one’s mind Is
prone to dwell upon the cotton crop.
That crop in its value is second among
the great crops of the country, but it
is in such world-wide demand, and the
comfort and happiness of so many mil-
llons of persons drppnds upon the
great industry of which it is the basis,
that it is natural f.,.- it to overshadow
at times other crops which the South
raise#, either as specialties or in com
mon with other parts of the country.
But leading as it does the agricultural
South, cotton has some valuable allies,
as shown by the following values of
other crops in 1906:
Corn
Wheat
Hay
Tobacco -.
he basement will be used as a restau
rant, barb. : shop. etc.
In speaking of the new building.
President Budd. of the Consolidated
Exchange, said: "The idea of putting
up and occupying a structure of our
own has m"t with the unanimous ap-
News in Paragraphs
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 4.—R. C.
provai of the board. \\ e have been Flower, alias C. H. Dalney, who has
here at Broadway and Exchange Pi
for over twenty years, but the building
stands on leasehold ground and there
seems to be every reason why we
should arrange to own our own home
and be In absolute control of our prop
erty.”
been a fugitive from New York since
1903. where he is wanted to answer
Charges of grand larceny and swin
dling credulous Investors out of about
$1,000,000 on alleged bogus mining op
erations, was arrested In this city to
day.
gaged in a friendly bout, in the pres- Gilmans live at 230 Lake street, this
ence of the family. The father was city.
laughing when he apparently got the I ’
best of the hoy, but immediately after
ward a deep cut was discovered in the
young man’s throat. The father is said
to be dazed and nothing can be learned
from him.
SAVANNAH, Ga
Mrs. D. R. Quigley
basin with water a!
.1—Last night
etiring, placed a
l inch deep in it.
beside her b.
Shi
INSPECTOR-GENERALS’
APPOINTMENTS.
hi this
13. the
rtion
city
•at#
. .$390,921,625
. . 62.329,774
.. 14,8^9,200
.. 39.924.8J5
.. 28,341.394
’ tile military eompa-
ii] lie on February 12
or beginning his work
at Jackson. Ga.. on January 11.
An order lias been Issued by the State
Adjutant-General's office' assigning the
dates for the Inspection of the different
troops of the iTationai guard of Georgia.
The inspections will he made by Inspect
or-Gen. \V. G. Oh:*ar and a United State#
Ulcer, who will be designated by the
MILLEDGEVILLE. Ga.. Jan. 5.—Mr.
William L. Bethune died last nigh; at
6 o'clock of Bright's disease after an
illness of over eighteen months. He
was in his sixty-second year and
leaves a wife, who was formerly Miss
| Florrie Carr of this county, and one
1 daughter, Mrs. Logan Frlswold, two
i sons, Air. Benjamin T. Bethune. of
I Pittsburg, Pa., and Mr. Royal Bethune.
! of this city. He was a brother of Mr.
j Ben T. Bethune, superintendent of the
j State Reformatory fer Boys, and of
I Miss Mary Bethune of this citv.
asleep, and did not awak
after t o'clo.-k, when she ii
for her babe. He was mil
a light,
found th
until shortly
ork, when she Immediately felt
>'e. He was missing. Striking
id waking her husband, they
little one with its face in the
Election in Vidalia.
VTDALLA, Ga., Jan. 4.—Vidalia wit
nessed one of the liveliest elections
ever held in this city when the people
were called on to say whether we
should have water and lights or
whether our town should remain in
darkness. The people went almost sol- j NORFOLK, Va.. Jan. 4.—The position
idly to the polls and \ oted for bonds. of Kenera [ transfer agent of the Seaboard
thus settling a question that has been ! Air Llne KaiI , vay h ., s bepn created and
before our people for several months, e. m. McClure.‘of Richmond, nns'neen
For bonds, 128; against bonds. 50. j appointed to the position with genera! #u-
pervision over freig-ht transfer stations at
THOMASVILLE. Ga., Jan. 4.—Will j Hamlet N. C ; Jacksonville. Fla.: JIow-
Royek. a voting Russian, despondent ‘ !?-’ - Gn ” and .Monroe. N. C. At Hamlet
and without money, committed suicide
bottom of the basin Picking the child
up. they found that it was dead. Death
had resulted from strangulation. The lit
tle one was but four months old.
LONDON, Jan. 5.—Karl Hau. of the
George Washington University, whose
extradition to Germany on the charge
of murdering his mother-in-law, Frau
Molitor. a; t’.advn-Pnden. was recently
granted, left London for Hamburg this
afternoon in charge of two Scotland
yard detectives, who had instructions
to watch the prisoner closely.
tial
ival
Irish potatoes
Rice
Rye
ha Vi
•xp<l
ingre
va#
ally proper, hm ; he purpose to make
Ihi# great exposition primarily a naval
and military spectacle t<> intoxicate
tin American people for six months by
r» ‘great living picture of war with
all it# enticing splendor#,' encouraging
the nation thal war is a tiling of splen
dor, a paveant and a game, instead
of .i horror, and today almo#; Inva
riable a crime, was not known, was
th:
the
rvfc
•In
of the other regiments
subject,
upon this
not
d ha
trl>
gradually evolving purj
rying out, a- now adve
work Lumen
try. Wc solemn!
nn?
mse, whose car-
rtlsed, can only
:f to the coun
test against it.”
NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 5.—The protest
by v#n members of the advisory
board of the Jamestown Exposition
against "(he diversion of the exposi
tion to the vi c of militarism.” as
Issued from Boston last night, was
torlaj answered on behalf of iho Expo
sition Company by Barton Myers, gov-
ernor of wavs and means of the Expo
sition Company. Myers issued thi#
stuff
”W<
til
of I he advisor.\
Cleveland i* th<
position mo nag
:■ opinion
hoard, oi
chairman,
meni Is
of members ,
which Mr. j
a nd : he ex-
11 ways glad
in receive suggestion#. There are one
hundred members of that board. Eleven
appear to have signed the protest
against militarism at the exposition.
"Ho far from this exposition being
a war-like inspiration, it will lie the
grentesi peace congress that has ever
assembled. Representatives of all the
nations are expected here to unite in
celebrating the hlrth of this nation; as
sembling of their ships and crack mili
tary companies will he one of the
prominent features of the fraternizing,
but they "ill also assemble here ex
hibits of their resources and Industrial
products of pence with historical docu
ments ttnd reli
"Probably tli<
reporting
G ' era! Wood states: ’I recently visi
ted end mode an inspection of the de
partment . r Vlsayas and Mindanoa
and found the Twenty-fourth Infantry
very well liked by the civil authorities
the neighborhood of Its various sta
tions. Iti fact, at Taclohnn, the Gover
nor expressed particular appreciation
of the fine conduct of this regiment.’
“Beenus, of this report and exper
ience. the general staff recommended
and the department decided it to be
wise to return to the former policy of
equal foreign service for all the regi
ments of the mobile army.
"The present assignment of the
other colored regiments to the service
is merely for nn equal distribution of
foreign service. They have not been
there for four years, and It becomes
fair i i them and to other regiments
that they be assigned to the Philippine
Islands in their order.
••Foreign service, it =hould be stated.
Increases the pay of the nion 20 per
cent and counts double time for retire
ment. Ii was pointed out at the do- -
nnrtment, therefore, that the idea that
these orders were prejudicial to the
colored iroops or was made on account
of the Brownsville affair, was utterly
absurd.”
Total $610,783,931
"The value of the South’s corn crop,
$390,921,625, wa? more than half the
value of Its cotton crop and nearly a |
third of the total value, $1,166,626,479,
of the corn crop of the country. The !
Southern crop, 729.600,894 bushels, was
United States War Department.
The Inspection will begin on February
11. and will continue until April 23. The
dates for inspection follow:
February 11. Jackson: Ga.: Company A,
Second Infantry,
February 12. .Macon: Headquarters and
Company B. Second Infantry.
February 13, Macon:. Companies F and
C Second Infantry.
February’ 14. Dublin:’ Company K. Sec-
171 q 9*329 j onr! Infantry.
• • • — . February 15, TcnnJUe: Battalion head
quarters and Company D. Second Infan-
February IS. Augusta
some time within the past thirty-six
hours here. The body was discovered
last night, showing this.
The jury rendered a verdict saying
that he came to his death from lauda
num administered by his own hand.
He was said to be a cook for the
Stuart House.
•lls. Ga.. and Monroe. N. C.
will be established the largest and nv
modern transfer statb'n south of the Po
tomac. These appointments are made:
F. E. Fetter, of Petersburg. Va.. transfer
agent at Hamlet. X. C.; G. H. Fuller,
transfer agent a t Howells. Ga.. and H. S.
DedenhofT, transfer agent at Monroe,
N. C.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-—A number
of representative men of Savannah to
day called on Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Newberry and conferred with
hint regarding the presentation of a
silver service to the battleship Geor
gia. Although nothing definite was ar
ranged, it is probable that the vessel
will be sent South In the spring.
16.121.29S
1,145,596
: i ri/iu.uj jo, .-vutiu.-'id. ■ itTGuquartors hnmr*
and Companies K and H. Third Infantrv. 1 ’
I February 19. Augusta: Companv j, °* a ’ ,
! Third Infantry, and Troop K. First Cav- ra;
DANVILLE. Va.. Jan. 4.—J. V. Vance,
charged with the brutal murder of his
j wife one night last September, was today
SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan 4.—Conductor I found guilty of murder in the second de-
C. C. Stuart, o fthe Atlantic Coast f his punishment fixed at 15 years
airy.
Line, died of heart disease aboard his
train, at Raceton. this afternoon. The
body was taken to Jacksonville, his
home. Mr. Stuart was fifty-five year#
nd had been in the employ of
ilroad all his life. He leaves a
widow and two children.
February 2rt. Waynesboro: Companv E
First Infantry. DANVILLE. Va., Jan. 4.—Fred
C*&ry Guyton: Troop c. First Amarto, the Italian, who has been in
‘r.'pbrukrv 01 Savannah- Headnnor-/,,-- charge of the commissary for Oliver
within a few millions of a quarter of j an ,, Troon A. First Cavalrv and the i Brothers, railroad contractors, was In-
the total crop. 2.927,416.091 bushels, of j Chatham Artillery. ‘ ] dieted by the grand jury at Chatham,
the country. _ ! February 25, Savannah: Headquarters ■ the county seat, today, for the triple
"Less than half a dozen of the j and Companies A and B. First Artillery, j murder which occurred in the camp
Southern States can be classed as _ February 26. _ Savannah: Companies C | a j Motlev’s. on December 29. The
in the penitentiary.
wheat-growing ones, though that grain
was raised last vear in all of them but
Florida. Here Texas, which led the
South in corn growing, also led in
wheat growing, with 14.126,186 bush
els. taking the place which Maryland
held in 1905. The South increased its
production from 62,923.404 bushels in
1905 to 78,086,639 bushels, while the
whole country made a less increase
proportionately, from 692,979.489 bush
els to 735.260.970 bushels. At the same
time, the total value of the Southern
wheat crop increased from $56,299,021
to $62,329,774, while the value for the
whole country decreased from $518.-
372.727 to $495,332,760. Every State,
except Maryland and Mississippi,
showed an increased production, and
Hiere is no reason why the total for
the South might not be doubled with
profit *0 the growers.
"The hay crop of the country was
, and D, First Heavy Artillery.
February 27. Savannah: Headquarters
; and Companies D and H. First Infantry.
February 28. Savannah: Companies I
and K. First Infantry’
March 1. Savannah: Companies L and
M. First Infantry.
March 4. Savannah: Naval Battalion
I (by State Inspector only).
March 5, McIntosh: Troop B, First
; Cavalry.
March 6, Ludowlci:
Cavalry.
victims of the murder were Joe Pa-
trello, an Italian laborer: Maggie Sulli
van, with whom he lived as man and
wife,And her twelve-year-old son, Law
rence Sullivan.
Jesup: Troop I, First Cav
March
airy-
March S. Brunswick: Company G, First
Infantry.
March 11, Way-cross: Company F. First
Infantry.
March 12. Fitzgerald: Company
Fourth Infantry.
March 13. Valdosta: Company B. First
Infantry.
March 14. Thomasville: Headquarters
Company K. Fourth Infantry.
March 15. Moultrie: Company B. Fourth
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 4.—General Su
perintendent Tinsman and Division
Superintendent G. W. Roiurle, of Rock
Troop E. First J Island, today placed responsibility of
the wreck at Volland, where more than
Infantry.
March IS. Albany: Battalion headquar-
valued at $592,539,671, nearly $98,009,- ters and Company E. Fourth infantry.
TO RID PHILIPPINES
000 greater than the value of the wheat
crop. But the proportion was not
maintained in the case of the South,
whose hay crop brought $54,899,200,
less than a tenth of the total for the
country, $592,539,671. though the crop
itself was nearly 200,000 tone less in
1906 than in 1905, and amounted to
March 19. Dawson: Battalion head
quarters and Company H. Fourth Infan
try. i
March 20. Fort Gaines: Company
Fourth Infantry.
March 21. Cuthbert: Companv
Fourth Infantry'.
March 22, Americus: Company
Fourth Infantry.
March 25. Columbus: Battalion liead-
L,
OF
4,211,113 tons of the total, 57,145,959 quarters and Companies C and G; Fourth
lire of the exposition will be the con
gresses and conventions of fraternal
organizations, of which 104 have al
ready been engaged. Amongst the
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The au-
>#t prominent feat- ! thorltles in the Philippine# are deter
mined to rid the islands of :\1I undesir
able characters, and to this end they
have decided to account for all dis
honorably discharged soldiers. It is
are a large number of religious or- > stated mat after their discharge th
ganlzatlons and ’churches, some of the
largest In the United States. The op
portunlty has been offered by th
Exposition Company to religious or
ganizations to erect permanent struc
tures on the grounds, which will not
men have been accustomed to hang
around the garrisons and they add to i of the South. 64.701,695 bushel
tons, of the country'.
"In tobacco, though still preponder
ating as a producer. 467,613.880 of the
total 6S2,428.530 pounds raised in the
whole country being its share, the
South had In 1906 a less favorable
showing to its credit as to values than
had the country at large. For its more
than 467,000.000 pounds brought less
than $40,000,000, while the 216.000,000
pounds in the rest of the country
brought nearly $29,000,000.
"The comparatively small oat crop
valued
Company I.- Second
Infant
March 26, Perry:
Infantry.
March 27, Forsyth: Companv M. second
Infantry.
March 28, Barnesville: Companv G.
Second Infantry.
March 29, Thomaston: Company H,
Second Infantry.
April 1, Griffin: Battalion headquarters
and Company L. Second Infantry-.
April 2. Atlanta: Headquarters and
Companies A and B. Fifth Infantry.
April 3, Atlanta: Companies C and D,
that class of the population which is
neither a credit nor a profit to the
islands. The military courts that here
after sentence soldiers to dishonorabl
nly afford them opportunities for as- j discharge will also Impose a term of
embllng and doing religious work dur
ing 1 he exposition, bin continuing it
n Bernard.
"One or two of these protestors have
been prominently Identified with move
ments looking to universal peace, dis
armament of the nations, etc. They i
are, doubtless, so deeply imbued with !
the Importance of the movement to
which they have consecrated their ef
forts, that they are over sensitive.
The exposition management has here- j
tofore received letters from a few of !
them individually, protesting against !
imprisonment, and during this time the
prisoner will be transported to tlm
United States. In this way it will be
come impossible for u dishonorably
discharged solder to be set at liberty
on the islands, and it will rid the Phil
ippine community of their undesirable
presence.
HARVIE JORDAN INVITES
EXCHANGE TO PROSECUTE
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 5.—"I sincere
ly hope the New York Cotton Ex
change will issue a warrant for libel
at $28,341,394, out of the total in the
; country, 964,904.522 bushels valued at
$306,292,978, finds explanation in the
facts about the hay crop, involving, of
, course, the fact that cotton-seed pro-
1 ducts are fed to stock more largely in
the South than elsewhere, and also.the
fact that the South is not raising ns
much stock as it should.
"Pennsylvania alone raised in 1906
j nearly as many’ Irish potatoes as all
' the 14 Southern States, whose crop was
‘ 24,331.545 bushels, valued at $17,199,329,
j the crop being something more, than
Fifth Infantry.
Anril 4. Atlanta: Companies K and M,
'if Hi Tn^fintrv
one-thirteenth of the total, 308.038.3S2
bushels, of the whole country, and its
value being nearly a ninth of the to
tal. $157,547,392. There is indication in
the assembling of the ships and soldiers j against me, as ii threatens, for this
here. j will bring out In the courts the charges
"There Is nothing like so much In- j J have made against It and result to-
centive to war or display of the pag- ward its own undoing."
eantry of war in such an assemblage j This statement was made by Harvie
a# anticipated here, as in the sham Jordan, president of the Southern
conllicts which are held frequently, ; Cotton Association, on his return from
like that at Manassas about two years ; New York and Washington today,
ago. I "Before I left Washington agents of
"While it will be exceedingly inter- the Postoffice Department were au-
esllng here to see the various typos of I thorlzed to inspect the warehouse of
warships and also of yachts, motor- j the New York Exchange and make an
boats and other specimens of marine examination of the grades of cotton
architecture, and to have comparison stored there. Tills will disclose the
that that the South is capable of doing Infantry.
Fifth Infantry.
April 5. Atlanta: Companv L. Fifth In
fantry. and the Second Field Artillery.
April 8. Atlanta: Squadron headquar
ters and Troop L. First Cavalry.
April 9, Marietta: Company F. Fifth
Infantry.
April 10. Rome: Battalion headquarters
and Companv I. Fifth Tnfantry.
April 11. Lindale: Company E, Fifth
Infantry.
April 12. Cedartown: Company G. Fifth
Infantry.
April 15, MUledgevllle:
Third Infantry.
April 16. Sparla:
Infantry.
-April 17, Madison
Infantry.
April IS, Athens:
Infantry.
April 19. Elberton: Company F, Third
Company E.
Company A. Third
Company B, Third
Company L. Third
Troop F. First
Arril 22. Gainesville:
Cavalry.
April 22, Atlanta: General headquarters
| NOTICE TO' SUBSCRIBERS.
much better as an Irish potato grower,
though It already produces probably SO
per qent of the sweet potatoes of the and Governor’s Staffi
country.
The South raises all the rice of the
country, and its crop last year was
17.854.768 bushels, valued at $16,121,-1 _
29s. thq quantity exceeding that of! Examine label on your pa-
1905 by nearly 5.000,000 bushels, and j T i j. ♦*. ± *
the value being nearly $4,000,000 ! PCX*. It tCllS ilOW yOU St£LIld OH
greater than that of th4 preceding books. Due from date On
of the crack military companies of our
own ami foreign countries, ii will all
bo for the purpose or extending
tual courtesies and cementing
I bonds of friendship and peace.”
ILIMM PRISONS
81111111HIU
truth of my allegations. I believe
Secretary Cortelyou will investigate
thoroughly the charges I have made
and the fraud order I have asked for,
I believe, will be granted.”
MANY POSTMASTERS
NAMED IN GEORGIA
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Postmas-
j ters appointed:
; Barrettsvllle. Dawson County, John
| A. Chastain, vice M. \V. Chastain,
I dead: Hickley, Ware County. Walter
Smith, vice M. W. Bennett, resigned:
j Farmville. Gordon County, Jas. C.
| Stewart, vice W. H. Hardy, resigned:
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Jan. 1.—Dr. I Geneva. Talbot County, Lee D. John-
Fhlrlcy Bragg, president of the Alahima j *01'. vice N. L. Norris, resigned: Gravel
Convict Board, in a report to the Govcr- Springs, Forsyth County. James M.
nor. mad* public today, says that v.ur.vtn-< Terrv. vice D. M. Grice, resigned:
& , d Ved " 1 TV "--W 1 Greenwood. Henry County. Harvey H.
nwe humane and fur beiter," ' Fields - vic< “ w - D - resigned:
•to stake a prisoner out with a ring 1 Lewiston. Wilkinson County. Nancy J.
about his neck like a wild animal than to ' McWilliams, vice J. L. McWilliams,
confine hint in places we call jails, that ’ resigned: Longstreet. Pulaski Count?',
reeking with filth and disease, and 1 James F. Armstrong. vice S. M.
TESTIMONY CLOSED IN
SOUTHERN LUMBERMEN CASE
NEW ORLEANS. La„ .Tan. 4.—Tak
ing of testimony closed tonight in the
hearing of Southern lumbermen before
the State Railroad Commerce on the
claim that $1,000,000 annually is lost
to lumbermen through overweights
charged by railroads on lumber ship
ments. Arguments will begin tomor-
the label. Send in dues and
also renew for the year 1907.
Mr. Hewes testified that a ear
shipped from Jeanerette to New York,
via Algiers, was hdied at 60.000 pounds,
while actual weight was under 41.000.
Attorneys for the railroads sought to !
Oil
thirty persons were killed, on John
Lynes, telegraph operator at Volland,
where the trains were to have passed.
Mr. Tinsman said that in his ap
plication for a position with the Rock
Island, Lynes gave his age at twenty-
three. In Lynes’ sworn statement since
the wreck, lie gives his age as eighteen
years. Lynes is still in custody at
Alma.
SELMA, Ala., Jan. 4.—Marion Phil
lips was shot and instantly killed by
L. S. Burch in a saloon here tonight.
Both men are white linemen. They
had had frequent quarrels and after a
dispute tonight. Phillips knocked
E'uch down, whereupon Burch opened
fire, killing Phillips.
B'urch came here from Jackson,
Miss. Phillips has a wife In Savan
nah and relatives in Augusta, Ga.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 5.—Judge John
F. Phillips, of the United States Dis
trict Court here, today denied the ap
plication of attorneys of Mrs. Aggie
Myers, for a writ of habeas corpus.
Mrs. Myers, now in jail at Liberty,
under sentence of death for the mur
der of her husband, and Frank Hott-
man. in Jaii at Kansas City, for com
plicity in the crime, will be executed
on January 10, unless Governor Folk
interferes. This afternoon the attor
neys for Mrs. Myers said they would,
on Monday next, file an appeal to the
United States Supreme Court from the
decision of Judge Phillips.
DENVER. Col.. Jan. 5.—After a
quarrel with her husband, Helen Con
ger Stanley Stephenson committed
suicide today by shooting herself in
the head. She wa# a daughter of Ed
ward D. Conger, of Waco, Tex., and Is
said to have been a cousin of E. H.
Conger, formerly United States Minis
ter to China.
Ja
EL PASO. Texa
buildings were wrt
mining machinery destroyed In 1
ell, .\near Hisbec. Iasi nigh:
ijie accidental explosion-^!’ dyg|
In a mine warehouse. t#<’ v far a:
pobted no lives were lost. All
windows in town were broken.
-Nine
much
t.ow-
parts, Jan. 4.—As a result of the'se-
ceipt of reports of numerous scandals.
Premier Ciemenceau has decided to take
drastic action against certain gambling
houses and clubs in Paris, conducted
mostly by foreigners. It Is declared that
a number of people, some of them from
high circles, have been fleeced in these
places, and a dozen establishments will
be closed and their malingers for most
ATLANTA. Jan.’6.—Although JanV
uary 1 was the limit of time allowed
by law, for the filing of the bonds of
State and County Tax Receivers and
Tax Collectors, quite a number of
these officials are still on the shy
list. There are stil! fourteen Tax Col
lectors and eight Tax Receivers that
have no: filed their bonds. Some of
these officials have written the Gov
ernor explaining the reason for their
failure in doing so.
ATLANTA. Jan.
-Judge
part being Americans, win be expelled F. Gober of Marietta
from France.
George
made
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 4.—As the re
sult of arbitration of President Diaz
and Vice-President Carot. the strike of
the textile workers was today brought to
a close. Monday 28.000 workmen will re
turn to the 54 factories which have been
closed down, either completely or in part,
and within 16 days the new agreement
will be signed. The term# under which
the, settlement was effected have not boon
given out, but the men have been assured
an increase in wages and shorter hours.
j quite a handsome donation to the
! eleven district agricultural college's of
: the State, the gift being fifty peach
j trees of the most popular varieties to
- each of these institutions.
I The announcement of Judge Gober’s
I donation was made by Governor Ter-
I roll. This action of Judge Gober will
{ ensure each college an acre er more of
fine fruit. The trees will he set out
I as soon as the ground is made ready
for them.
MILTON. Ohio.. Jan. 4.—Mrs. Lulu
Brandenburg' Keefe, twenty-five 'years
old, wife of William Keefe, proprietor
of a brokerage establishment, killed
herself tonight. While her husband
was talking to a traveling man, she
stepped up to him, kneeled, and shot
herself through the heart.
LEBANON, Pa., Jan. 4.—Daniel Gar-
man died here today of paralysis, aged 72
years. He served 30 years as'an engineer
of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It fell to
Garman’s lot to bring President-elect
Lincoln on the eve of his inauguration
through that perilous midnight journey
from Harrisburg to Washington.
FORT DODGE. Iowa, Jan. 4.—Star
tled by a friend, who suddenly slapped
him on the back, A. R. Hayden, of
Gilmore City, slipped on an icy pave
ment and fell', sustaining injuries that
caused his death’ an hour later.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4—Jim Flynn,
of Pueblo, won a decision from Jack
(Twin) Sullivan, of Boston, before
the Pacific Athletic Club tonight after
twenty rounds of terrific fighting.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—It was an
nounced here that Andrew Carnegie
has given $750,000 for the construction
of a building to be used by the Bureau
of American Republics. Provision for
the site already has been made by the
United States and the South American
repubiicr
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Jan. 4.—George J.
Gould, president of the Missouri Pa
cific and Iron Mountain Systems, and
his brother, Howard Gould, who ar
rived from New York last night, left
this morning on a special train on a
tour of inspection of the Gould lines
in the South. At Tampa, Fla., George
Gould will meet his wife and younger
gjiildren. who will leave soon on a
yachting cruise.
CHICAGO. Jan. 4.—A coroner’s jury>
today held Herman Belelc, a fortune tell
er. responsible for the deaths of three
members of the Vzral family, and Beiek
was hold to the grand Jury. It was de
clared by the jury that Beiek caused ■ •
deaths of Mary. Ella and Rose Vzral by
administering to them arsenic in small
doses. It is said by the police that Beiek
in conjunction with Mrs Vzral, the moth
er of the girls, poisoned the girls to ob
tain small sums of money for which their
lives were insured. Mrs. Vzral committed
suicide as soon as it was made known to
her that the deaths of her children were
to be investigated.
j RALEIGH. N. C., Jan. 5.—At a meet
ing tonight of L. O’Branch Camp of
Confederate Veterans of Raleigh, a
• resolution was passed petitioning the
; incoming Legislature to pension worthy
I negro servants who followed the for-
I tunes of the Southern Confederacy and
rendered valuable service.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.—The Interstate
Commerce Commission concluded the
preliminary portion of its ’ inquiry into
the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
Railroads and allied Harriman lines
in this city today and adjourned to
meet again next Tuesday morning at
Chicago. The testimony taken today
tended further to show the great scope
of the power conferred upon Presi
dent E. H. Harriman by the boards of
directors of the various lines under
Union Pacific control.
AUSTIN, Tex.,-Jan. 6.—In the spe
cial Democratic primary election held,
in Travis County Saturday the candi
dacy of United States Senator Jos. W.
Bailey for re-election, failed of in
dorsement by 100 votes. Only a small,
vote was polled.
HOI AFTER BAILEY
AUSTIN. Tex.. Jan. 6.—Attorney
General Davidson last night issued a
SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 4.—“There
will be no. money spent around the
polls for votes or workers on next
Tuesday,” said Mayor Myers today.
The law passed by the last Legisla
ture Is quite drastic In every way.
put all citizens on notice that the
law will, be enforced and that I per
sonally will see to it. I am glad to
note that good citizens of both fac
tions are in favor of this, and it will
be my purpose to see that their wishes
are carried out.”
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 5.—Demand
ing a loan of five thousand dollars and
failing to get it, a man, who has not
yet been identified, dropped a bomb
the Fourth Street National Bank
today, blowing himself to pieces, in
stantly killing Cashier W. Z. McLear, !
and injuring six others, one or two of j
whom may die. The only clue to I
the identity of the bomb-thrower was i
a bunch of keys found in a portion I
of the clothing, attached to which was I
a plate inscribed, "R. Steele. Garner, 1
Iowa.”
ATLANTA, Jan. 5.—President
Matheson, of the Georgia School of
Technology, has secured enough money
to buy one of the two lots adjoining
the campus upon which he held an op
tion and has had the option extended
upon the other tract of land for a lim- ^
ited period. He needs o small omoujj
of money, to add to some already on
hand, with which to make the second
purchase, and feels sure that #ihe
friends of the school will raise it.
LODZ, R. P., .Tan. 6.—Tho continua
tion of the strike la resulting.. In a
frightful increase in the distress, and
crimes, also, are augmenting. The am
bulance society is refusing to send am
bulances into the suburbs to succor the
men wounded in street fighJs, because
the hooligans threaten to murder tlio
attending physicians.
show that these overcharges occurred
during the Southern Pacific clerks’
strike and that the railroads billed the
cars at their marked capacity. They
claimed also thnt their companies have
ninety days in which to settle claims.
statement in reply to Senator Jos. W.
Railey. in which he declares that .all
vouchers, documents and letters that
he possesses regarding the Waters-
Pierce Oi] Company, or any one else,
are originals, and not copies, and that
.VALDOSTA, Ga., Jan. 4.—News was
received here this morning of a de
structive fire at Madison. Fla., the
large hotel there being destroyed last
| night. The building was comparative-
j ly new and was well kept. The loss
! wl]! amount to probably $20,000, par
tially covered by insurance.
BROXTON, Ga.. Jan. 4.—In a Closely
contested municipal election held here
SAN SALVADOR. Republic of Salvador.
Jan. 5.—Hondurans residing in Nicara-
f ;ua and Salvador started the recent revo-
ution in the Government of Honduras,
which was suppressed by Nicaragua and
Salvador. The Central American Repub
lics are anxious to maintain peace by all
means. President Escaion, of Salvador,
made an important declaration to this
effect today.
Ex-President Poliearpo Bonilla, of Hon
duras, who was compromised in the revo
lution. has been Imprisoned'.
ATLANTA, .Tan. 6.—Governor Ter
rell has appointed two trustees of
District Agricultural Colleges for terms
of six years each, commencing Sep
tember 22, 1906. One of these was
to fill a vacancy and the other is a
new appointment. V. B. Ake. of Folk
County, is appointed to succeed Judge
Peek, of that county, on the board of
trustees of the Seventh District Agri
cultural College, and D. T. Paulk, of
the new county of Ben Hill, is made
a member of the board of trustee:j of
the Third District Agricultural College.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—The block-
signal system employed by the Balti
more & Ohio Railroad, with particular
reference to the wreck last Sunday at
Terra Cotta, in which a number of per
sons were killed and injured, was
further inquired into today by the In
terstate Commerce Commission. At the
conclusion of the day’s testimony, Com
missioner Clements announced that the
investigation would be adjourned until
January 14,
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.—The committee
composed of representatives of rail
road employee#, which has been In ses
sion here for two days considering de
mands upon the roads for advances in
wages, and for an eight-hour day, ad
journed today without taking action.
KENOSHA. Wis., Jen. 5.—In an explo
sion in the grinding mil at the Lafiin &
Rand Powder Mill Company, in—Pleasant
Prairie. Kenosha County, four perso'itg
were killed outright today and two we-c
fatally Injured. Two others were badly,
hurt. One of the dead is Ralph Ander
son. the other three are Russians, names
unknown. The financial loss is about
$10,000.
1
Hi , ,'re.- i wh#» r T^nv f I S „,. 1 , 5°’!. i Brown, resigned: Pearl. Camden Conn
men and women remain for months with- | I - v ' Oranville Shiell. vice J. A. HawK'nS
and
means for washing their face
hutids."
Of the inequities of the county convict
system, long held to he a blot nn civiliza
tion of the State, the doctor says "If
the State wishes to kill it- convicts’ it
should do it directly and not indirect!? - ."
He also had grave doubts as to tile ud-
visiabllity of working convicts In the
mines because of the constant menace to
life.
resigned: Sihley, Turner Count?’. Jas.
M. Sims, vice W. H. Woodson, re
signed: Springfield. Effingham Count?’,
C. A. Jerrald, vice B. E. Mingiedorff.
resigned: Vanita. Hart County, David
M. Denny, vice S. T. Roberts, resigned.
TOPOGRAPHIC WORK
: IN GEORGIA
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.—Topogra-
uATinKiai DiriDD«c«i ! phers o{• the United States Geological
NA r ° nrui mi.or »»»««. i Survey have only recently returned to
DEMURRAGE ASSOCIATION Washington from their field work in
_ I - i Georgia. During the past season, they'
CHICAGO. Jan. 5. Two hundred ! completed the survey of the Stilesboro
delegates representing Boards of Trade | quardranglo. which 'covers an area of
and commercial organizations In all
pari# of the country met here today
to form the "National Reciprocal De
murrage Association," and to take steps
to force the railroads of the countrv
to furnish sufficient cars for the ade
quate movement of freight. The dele
gates adopted the following resolution:
"Resolved. That it is the sen
this convention that Congress
pass a Federal law making It the duty
of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion to make proper rule# for recip
rocal demurrage.”
The objects of the association were
announced, as follows: To make the
railroads equal sufferers with shipper#
when cars are delayed: Increasing the
demurrage from the $1 contemDlated
in the Madden bill soon to come be
fore Congress to $5. when more than
a reasonable time has beer, taken by
the common carriers. Increasing the
obligation from sixty miles a day to
seventy-live miles; not permitting
wrecks to operate as excuses for de
lay In deliver)-.
250 square miles in Bartow. Paulding
and Polk Counties, and brought to par
tial completion a survey of the Ace-
worth quadrangle, nn arear of sim
ilar extent, in Cherokee and Cobb
Counties. The finishing touches on the
Ace worth survey will be added during
ion: tile coming spring. A survey was a!#.'
o: i made of Columbus. Ga.. and its en-
hall virons. Work in this vicinity will be
resumed next ?-ear b?’ the Survey when
an effort will be made to finish the
mapping of Muscogee Count?- and to
cover a part of Chattahoochee Count?-
also.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
I NEW STOCK EXCHANGE
i FOR WALL STREET DISTRICT
NEW YORK. Jan. o.—Wall street’s
financial district is to have a new ex-
I change. Foundations have be^n begun
for a building of imposing design for
the Consolidated Stock .and Petroleum
i Exchange, to stand on the southeast
: corner of Rroad and Beaver streets,
two blocks south of the New York
Stock Exchange. The location of the
new structure is attracting much at
tention because it marks the begin
ning of tho expansion of the financial
district in a new direction and will
gire a decided Impetus to the develop
ment of lower Broad street.
The price paid for the site is report
ed lo have been $800,000. which to
gether with the $300,000 for the struo
ture its“!f will bring the total expen
diture up to $1.100 090. The exterior of
the building will be of limestone on a
base of granite, topped b?’ a dome
thirty feet in diameter and surround
ed b?- sixteen massive Ionic columns.
The interior will be protected from
fire h?’ the safest methods of fireproof
construction, the specific itions calling
for the use of unburnable hollow tile,
such as forms the floors and parti
tions of skyscrappers and other build
ings which must be absolutely safe
from fire.
Fne feet above the F’.’road street
level will be the board room, reached
by steps running the entire 100 feet
on that side and giving access to the
members' entrances through three
| the?- are genuine documents. Second- ! ?-esterda?'. the successful candidates
1?-. that he learned of the existence of | were: Mayor, W. R. Frier: couneil-
these documents August .23. 1906, and : men. K. C. Campbell, W. A. McCo?-. C.
he came in possession of them on No- ■ p. Collins and A. L. Wilson: clerk and
vember 17, 1906. anu that he had never ; treasurer, P. L. Moore. Dr. Quitman
called upon the defendant in these Holton, retiring mayor, served two
cases to produce a single document ; years and was not a candidate for re-
whlch he has in his possession. The election
Attorney General says further that all
efforts to have the cases postooned
were made by the defendants, and that
he and his force are now and have al-
ways been read?- to go to trial on the
merits’of the case. Attorne?- General
Davidson intimates that be has" re
frained from giving publicit?' to facts
in his possession until the present time,
because of present conditions here and'
elsewhere In Texas as to special pri
maries called to decide whether the
Candida-'?- of Senator Bailey should be
endorsed.
An effort, it is said, will be made to
secure a Legislative investigation of
Senator Bailey's connection with the
Waters-Pierce Compan?- shortly after
the Legislature convenes next week.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—To meet a
great public demand for the recent
message of the President to Congress
narrating the events of his trip to the
Isthmus of Panama last fall, the Gov- i
Reward for an Incendiary.
ATLANTA. Jan. 5.—Governor Ter
rell has offered a reward of $100 for
I the arrest and conviction of the un-
HATTIESBURG, Miss.. Jan. 5.—The ; known incendiary, who caused the de-
vacant clerkship in the Hattiesburg j struction of the gin house and fouti
postoffice, to which the negro, W. F. | bales of cotton, the property of J. ’IT
George, was appointed, has been filled j A?’Cock, on his farm, near Anderson-
b?- a white clerk. George recently no
tified the postofficn department that
lie feared personal injury if he accept
ed the Hattiesburg position. The va
cancy was filled after George had been
notified to appear and failed to respond.
White residents of Hattiesburg claim
file,
last.
on the night of November 4
ATLANTA. .Tan. 5.—Henry A. Mitch
ell, a well-known citizen of Atlanta,
b?- reason of the fact that he had been
continuously since 1850, ?vith the ex-
that George’s fear of violence was not I ception of tho time that he was ;
well founded. . member of the Gate City Guard in Vjr
1 ginia, died vosterday at the age o
BOLINGBROKE, Jan. 5.—George H. ; sixty-seven. He served with Cobb:
ernmeht printing office has prepared I Hancock, aged 6u, committed suicide | Legion. For several years his health
an edition ?v!th seven appendixes and j this afternoon at 4 o’clock at the home j ha# been such that he has been con-
twenty-six full page illustrations, { ^5 * 1S , ^adle?’. i fined to his home,
making what is denominated a text- ~ * *
book on the subject of the canal, which
will be sold to the public b?’ the Su
perintendent of Documents upon .appli
cation for fifty cents per cop?’.
, large doors. The trading floor will be
Examine label on your pa- 95 h >' 8 - feet - giving an ares of about
per. It tells how you stand on
the books. Due from date on
the label. Send in dues and
also renew for the year 1907.
7.909 square feet. The room will
unu^uall?’ well lighted b?' a central
skvlight dome. The Beaver street side
will consist of four fl~ors which •’ ill I
be devoted to the Exchange Clearing
,... ninnrs and -11 kind# approaching municipal election. Under he was peculiar, living as a reel
of warden plants chean the la?v recently enacted the grand i although their were man?' friend:
The?' are raised in the 1 jury considered the State, county and i his ?-outh who often tried to re
SAVANNAH. Ga.. .Tan. 4.—The
grand jur;.’ tonight adopted resolutions
| condemning in unmeasured terms the
j practice of bu?’ing votes in elections,
■ as it has prevailed in Savannah dur-
j ing hot voting contests, and
' upon the people to prevent
open air. will stand
great cold. Express
rates cheap. We will
give ?'cu the exper
ience of growing cab
bages of the most suc
cessful grower in the !
He died in bed without an?- evident
struggle. Ill health ar.d despondency
are supposed to have caused him to
end his life.
Mr. Hancock was a former resident
of Macon, his mother having been for
many years connected with Wesle?’an
College. He was a cripple for many
years and a sufferer, having been par,-
tiall?* paral?'zed some thirt?' ?'ears ago.
His life was devoted to literature, be-
calling ; ’ng a contributor to a number of pa-
1 per# and magazines. In many respects
recluse,
ds of
enew
city authorities are permitted to adopt j that friendship, he always shunned
extreme measures to prevent such vlo- j them. While it was known that he
lence. ! was a prolific writer and was the au-
j thor of many sketches, he tried in
WAYNESBORO. Ga., Jan. 4.—Ma- every way to hide the fact.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 6.—Geo. T.
Gover, of Washington, who has been
retained In the defense of Mrs. Anna
Bradley, the sla?*er of former’ Senator
Arthur Brown, departed for Washing
ton thi# evening, having in hi# posses
sion a formal written statement said
to have been made by Arthur Brown
in 1S05. in which the writer acknowl
edges the paternity of two of Mrs.
Bradley's childrpn.
rion Parker, a negro, shot and killed
Fanny Brown, shooting her four times.
TAZWELL. Va. Jan. 9.—E. E.
George, clerk of Tazewell Count?', was
found dead near hero early toda?’.
His throat had been cut and his bod?'
thrown into a creek. His watch and
pocketbook are missing and the mo
tive of the crime undoubtedly was rob
bery.
DRESDEN, Saxon?'. Jan.
-It
^ SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Jan. 5.—Th.
world. You can make ! The cause is supposed to be jealousy. ( Bulletin tonight publishes an interview j understood that a widow named Star!
money growing cab- | t - t-- r th > vUlage "of Pernersdorf,'has de
bages In ? - our garden
NEW ORLEANS. La., Jan. 5.— 1 belle Gilman, the actress, to the ef
farm Particulars f Thomas O’Connor. Jr., was killed to- 1 feet that he intends to start next week | for
too Address ! night, his throat being cut. while scuf- j with his two daughters. Pearl and Eu-
, .... , w j t jj father. The elder Thomas j nice, for Paris, where they will wlt-
N. H. BLITCH COMPANY. I O’Connor has been arrested, charged | ness the wedding of Miss Mabelle Gil-
House and quarters for the officers 1 The Largest Truck Farm in the World, I with the murder of his son. Father and j man to William Ellis Corey, of the
and committees. The greater part of j Meggetts. S. C. «on, after discussing wrestling, en- j United States Steel Corporation. The
termined to sue the King of Saxony
the support of herself andl>!?ix
minor children,- because the King,
?vhile out riding In an automobile, so
badly frightened her eldest son’s horse,
that the son was thrown and’ trampled
to death. T
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