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1 •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 ill l. 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 ( <<