Twice-a-week telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1899-19??, January 11, 1907, Image 1

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TWICEA-WEEK TELEGRAPH WEATHER INDICATIONS FOR GEORGIA—FAIR FRIDAY, AND WARMER IN NORTH PORTION; SATURDAY FAIR, WITH VARIABLE WINDS. ESTABLISHED IN 1826. MACON, GA., FRIDAY, MORNING, JANUARY 11, 1907. TWICE A-WEEK, $1.00 A YEAR. TOOK ON APPEARANCE OF THE “WAR CONGRESS 99 Mahon, of Pennsylvania, Handed Gaines, of Tennes see, “the Pie" WASHINGTON. . latf today ;.„,k on the cl*.sing . Cor.prr--. on.*. ■ * “War Ongrr •-- " ! tween mcmbfi's Gain's, of Tenney.-, nf Penr.y.v ivanis. w n.i ■ t;t.tr tr 10.—The House appearance of he Fifty-fifth t. own as the .)ti r< ations be- f sequent Mr. nd M*. Mahon, only prevented otial encounter d her rr.embi rs. fen e from the ♦wit.el by hoi it to h!.< rviden: et charged .Mr. Ma fr«v, the u njs( t linV. Pr na tion. Mr. Galne from the rerorr wlthholding of i /rhitd Cnngre-s . hen had fray, d and of i hr as bei •hair hi KNOWLES TO BE TRIED BY COURT WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Secretary Taft has telegraphed Brigadier Gen eral McCaskey. commanding the de partment of Texas, with headquarters at San Antonio, to try at once by military eourtmartial Corporal Knotvles company A. 25th infantry, colored, who is now undc-r arrest at El Reno, on a charge of having murderously assaulted Captain Macklin of that reg iment, Th*s action was taken by the secretary upon representations by General Mvt’askey that, owing to a defect _n the t< rritorial law. no pro vision is made for the crime of at tempted murder and that the only way of punishing Knowles, if he is guilty of th • assault, is through a court- martial. MET DEATH IN MOLTEN METAL IN STEEL WORKS Investigation Did Not Reveal Actual Fatalities at Eliza Furnace PITTSBURG. Pa.. Jan. 10.—Partial in vestigation to ascertain the number of fatalities that occurred at the Eliza fur nace of the Jon^s and Laugtilin Steel Company. Limited, list night, when an accumulation of gas exploded, bursting the base of the large furnaces and show ering tons of molten metal over 10 men, was comDteted tonight, and shows that the bodi* s of 12 men. horribly mutilated, have been recovered; from Id to -0 me; are missing, it being generally “TRUST GUILTY BUT, NOT INDIVIDUALS i \Jind read *>n W Mr Motion tiro? thr- Kiri.-I! gre ■ y p d and i had $ th;ii th* then him f'*r 1 rdf-r .in th count. whl l! was. t • • f• rt ing tc Gainey chh.rgp. lie "Any man wlm i being away fret <'oni nf tli* time. Mr. Gaines sti from his seal. J lie," era lain:.* 1 Mr. Mahon, of in I he Fift e pan Mr. M time. 1 concluded. Mr. lamed how. in Kifiy-fifth Con- li'in due him and . Crisp. had given sercer.nl at arms was paid. Then he crux of Mr. d: "The! I •K: J. E. WILSON WILL SERVE TERM IN PEN itinderi targes ALBANY. Ga., Jan. 10.—J. F. Wil son, postmaster of Poulan, who yes ferdav pleaded guilty to violating the j cause ct the explosion has not been de- NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—The jury in the "Tobacco Trust” cast tonight re turned with a verdict of acquittal as i against the individual defendants, j Karl Jungbluth and Howard E. Young, j and a verdict of guilty as against the j corporate interests, namely. The Mac- i Andrews & Forbes Company and the | J. S. Young Company. The corpora- • tions were found guilty on two counts, believed j one of forming an illegal combination, were consumed hy the ( and the other of being a mnnoply. The hot metal, and 10 men are in hospitals. ■ corporations were acquitted on the i terribly burned, four of them expected i count charging conspiracy. Counsel : v.,. . . .u , i f° r defense at once made motions for . ^ killed W.^ev.r be known! From pres! j an , ar . re « judgment and asked for ent indications. 15 men were caught like j a sta >. Judge Hough fixed Monday to rats in a trap by th** fiery metal whim i hear arguments on the motion, flowed over their bodies to a depth of j The cases were .prosecuted for the Gov- six feet. No trace of them, it is said, i eminent by Special Assistant Attorney- will ever be found. Of the dead bodies i _ , „ now in the morgue, several are nurtus j General Henry M. Taft. The eviden\e arms, legs and head, while the others are was largely documentary, the Government burned and twisted beyond recognition, having in the presentation of its evidence of U e inj .'. lr< : <1 Is Pitiful. A , introduced, over 275 exhibits, consisting number of men .lave tnetr eves burned | a f private letters passing between the out and others were so badly injured that . various defendants relative to licorice amputation of arms and limbs was nec- p aB te business. These letters the Gov- essary. .... . .■ . ernment forced the defense to give up A gruesome story is told tonight by after a fight, which were carried to fhe Deputy Coroner Laidley. who says nfie , United Stat e s Supreme Court in Wash ington. The defense contended that there to di i 11 foreigner, apparently a youth, becam crazed by his injuiies, and before he could be prevented, leaped Into a pot of molten metal and was incinerated. Tit. me this teils nod House 95 per n untruth." own the aisle in can tell rru- enne.seean. =. who was in in the alterca- >n. Both Mr. irdered wing th j T'nitod States postal laws, was today sentenced in the l.'nitcd States court I to one year and a day in the federal j prison in Atlanta and to pay a fine ■ of $207. Mr. Wilson is a prominent j citizen of Worth county and his sen tence. while regarded as just, is gre.it- i ly deplored by a wide crcle of frends. Wilson pleaded guilty to violating the to their I postal laws e com chnmb t lie Pc W1 nes stood two enter of the fist and head at enn.- r*n o tnian. tail been restored Mr. avlng hid his attention *.air to the fact that it e rules in address a econd person, he meas- saying tie would speak *erson.” He said: if the gentleman from I am away from this nt of my time is a de • Mahon rose 11 called by the cl was against th member in the s tired his words, in the "fourth j "The charge ' Tennessee that Mouse <15 per ce liberate falsehood." With a rush Mr. Gaines reached the center of the chamber, making direct ly toward the gentleman from Penn sylvania insisting as he went that no man could call him a liar without per sonal chastisement. The house was in an uproar by this time, the (hair adding to the noise If not to the confusion by pounding the desk with his gavel. His efforts finally caused the head of the gavel to fly and It bounded int • the body of file house almost striking one of the members Tim rush of Mr Gaines upon his ad versary brought a dozen members be fore the speaker's desk. Messrs. Ctllie James, of Kentucky. Ta-lor, of Ala- 7* I inn. Bell, of Georgia. Williams of (Mississippi, the minority leader. Stafford, of Wisconsin, grubbed <: lines, who resisting vigorously borne back to his seat. Mr. M: An inspector examined his accounts a short time ago and found him short. He had used the money thinking he would replace it in time, having an understanding with the bank that he could secure money for this purpose. termined. HENRY JENKINS and Mr. deeding in publican sid Impact whh Gaines hack v.ar.lnn cent: nation .as to fleeted with (statute com] pav for tbit Me s.ald th a way from time was : he was the ns every m could .aseer Mr. Lace statute reh members pt Mr Gres vc ed the r-a Me Armond. minority vl minee on While thi the friends h : were er about a re the Isle the Re anted tr t he PENNSY RAILROAD CO. TO INCREASE CAPITAL NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—Stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany will be asked by the management of that company to authorize the issue probably of $109,000,000 additional cap ital stock and $100,000,000 in bonds. The question will come before the stockholders at their annual meeting rn .March 12, according to an an nouncement made by the management today. It was stated that the com pany is not planning any large im provement.- beyond those already an nounced. In the formal announcement which will be made, the stockholders of the Pennsylvania will be informed while it may not be necessary to is sue any of the proposed new stock or bends during the current year, the company derires to have the authority from its shareholders to make such an issue if circumstances req re. SAVANNAH. Ga.. Jan. 10.—Henry W. Jenkins, proprietor of the Marshall House, this city, was acquitted in the Superior Court tonight of the murder of his unqle, Samuel J. Jenkins, who died three weeks ago following the infliction of a wound by his nephew. Counsel 'for the nephew set up the contention that Samuel J. Jenkins was a "bad man." that he had killed five men and had wounded by shooting or cutting 17 others. This Henry Jenkins knew, and the jury held that hb was justified in shooting the older man when the latter came to t'ne hotel and acted in such a manner as to induce the proprietor to apprehend that an attack might be made was no actual attempt at monopoly or re straint of trade or discrimination against the independent tobacco manufacturers. Special Attorney-General Taft, in the con cluding argument for the Government, said he regarded this as the most import ant case tried in this jurisdiction in many yea rs. A fine of not more than $5,000 or less than $1,000 can be imposed for each vio lation of which, the corporations have been found guilty. ATLANTA HAS CASE FOR SHERLOCK HOLMES r-liJi'-A ' BUT MURDERERS WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Milton Purdy, assistant to the attorney gen eral. who was designated to make an investigation of the Brownsville affair, returned to Washington today from Texas and Oklahoma and reported to Secretary Taft. He expects to submit this evening a written report on the Brownsville incident supplementing and concluding the long telegraph and mail reports he has presented, but it is stated that these reports will "not be made public until they are printed and transmitted to the senate, probably next week. It is understood that the president will accompany the report with a special message on the subject of the Brownsville incident, and from some inquiries that have been mad? it expected that he will indicate that he has decided to amend the original or der dismissing the battalion of the th infantry, so as to remove the bar tainst the future employment of the men in the civil service. The reason for the change is believed to be a con viction that there is a reasonable doubt as to the right of the executive, though clothed with the power to regulate ad mission to the civil service, to pro scribe by name indivduals from em ployment therein. tern colls TRUSTEES MEET CHARLES CITY. Ia., Jan. 10.—De nouncing as murderers the men who last night stormed the Charles City jail and hanged James Cuiien, slayer of his wife and stepson, from the Cedar river bridge. Judge C. H. Kelley today instructed the grand jury to conduct a rigid investiga- :gnt oe macie . tion with a view to placing the blame. It was brought out that the eider Jen- I nidge said: kins had even shot at his mother, and at brothers and sisters. NINETY ACRES OF LAND DONATED EXPERIMENT STATION ATLANTA. Jan. 10.—The- directors nf the Experiment Station at Griffin held a meeting yesterday and accept ed ninety acres of land donated to the enterprise by a citizen of Spalding.. ... , County. The directors also accepted ! steps toward bringing his murderers to from the United States Government The crime of which Janies Cullen was accused and which was doubtless coen- mitted by him. pales into insignificance when compared with the deliberate act of an organized mob. You now have noth ing to do with the guilt of innocence of James Cullen. His case is in the hands of God. But he wa smurdered, gentlemen, and every person who actively partici pated in the act or who aided and abetted it, is equally guilty of murder and upon you rests the duty of taking the first TRIED TO ELOPE WITH 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL GRIFFIN, Ga., Jan. 10.—Jerry Simp son Moore, a young farmer of Stock- bridge, was arrested in this city yes terday while attempting to elope with •Miss Minnie Webb, the pretty fifteen- year-old daughter of Mrs. Queenie Webb, of Barnesville. Soon after they arrived in the city it was learned that they were contemplating getting mar ried. The childish appearance ’ of the girl caused the arrest of Moore on suspicion of kidnapping, notwithstand ing that he insisted that the girl’s mother had consented to the union. A telephone message from that lady, however, was to different effect. Moore was fined $5 for being drunk, and will be tried later for carrying concealed weapons and kidnaping. The girl stated that she would glad ly return home, which she did this aft ernoon. Moore will make an effort to give bond. ATHENS. Ga.. Jan. 10.—The agricul tural trustees met here today but they are not giving out anything as to the election of a dean. Still it may be said to be true that Dr. Andrew M. Soule, of Blacksburg. Va., has been chosen and that his answer is about all that keeps the board from announc ing that fact. Dr. Soule is here and has been in consultation with the board during the day. It is certain that he has not told the board that he would accept the place, but it is be lieved that he will make up his mind to come to Georgia. The. regular board of trustees of the University assured the agricultural trustees that they might expect $15,000 a year for the agricultural department after July 1. The board of trustees passed a res olution, offered by Gov. Terrell, setting forth the curriculum adopted for the agricultural high schools, and a com mittee, consisting of Chancellor Bar row, the dean of the agricultural col lege yet to be named, Prof. Stewart. President Parks, of Milledgeville and Trustees J. M. Terrell. D. M. Hughes, A. J. McMullari and L. G. Hardman, was appointed to pass finally on the course of study for these agricultural high schools. INVESTIGATION OF THE iia«» lues Residence Robbed of Jewels and Money to Value of §10,000 FINAL ACTION TAKEN ON PAYMASTER’S CLERK PORTER 1 justice tTie experimental station located at Wayeross. This plant now becomes the property of the State and will have that ! to be maintained by the State. The j.;- i plant at Wayeross ’ cost the Govern- 1 inent a good sum of money and the I State can well afford to accept it for : its maintenance. at AY i til M r. the Penns ri ch of oxpla- : to be con i' of an oM rs to forfeit i the hons". that he was id :hn! FIRE SPREADING IN MINES CAUSING SERIOUS DAMAGE. ; CONNELLSVILLE, Pa.. Jan. 10.— Th" fire caused by nn explosion of gns- ; mine in the Painter mines of the H. C. Fricke Coke Company, at McClure station yesterday, has spread to near- • by sb ifts and is causing serious dam- ' nco. Last nighi four men were carried cot of the mill mine of the United States sheet mil tin plate company and today two were carried out of the hrune pit of Stauffer and Murray, near Fi ottd.ale. All were overcome by >:’a<k damp, driven into the mines by the McClure fire. Their condition is setF-us. .TcVm Visconti and Frank AVar- r:i:rnn. foreigners, cirried out of the l*.o shaft will die. The flames are spreading rapidly. The blaze was started by a explosion of gasoline used In a pump. ■Wi re so question > f r stated fh.lt be pusrn the m*vi\ Gaines to u:;•■*:■ about his ab‘cr as desir'd n : vs s Ineorrert. ui offer d t: he IBu' stai d that the -error* oh lined hi: irf-rmp! sented the fa, !?. Not to be outdone it Gaines immediately ros deep feeling slid that to 1 He im- Mr. truth e house, but s informant o desire to , Tennessee bis friends. - to under- m whom he misrepre- hivairy. Mj. rd showing • gentleman SUITS T IERGER OF r hi- Vi Pei beyond on on a form F-*r V-ii had .always h-mu that he had beer good- itrance. rot only f Jay - occasion. He regretted * turn affairs had taken, satisfied with that?" he tg to Mr. Mahon, r. Mr. Mahon rushed imber. The two men amid loud .applause. Mr. va. facetiously remarked r had been the subject day’s proceedings result- - persona! encounter” he t thought the house was in no temper j tr* prnepo^ further with the fortifies- J tions bill and he accordingly moved j that the committee rise. Accordingly i the house adjourned. i ire aim. mi OF GEM RUST KEPT CSSS SAVANNAH, Jan. 10.—An order was passed by Judge George T. Conn in the Superior Court tonight directing the Central of Georgia Railway not to re fuse to accept carloads of lumber from the Atlantic Const Line. The order was an injunction, that partook of the nature of a mandamus. The Central was enjoined from refusing to accept the cars offered by the Coast Line. Several days ago the lumber dealers | usurpat of Savannah secured an injunction j againrt the Coast Line to prevent its j Bank Charter Amended, th-..wing off nt its own yards car- ATLANTA. Jan. 10.—The Merchants Ic-.+js of lumber that were Intended for J .and Farmers Bank of Sparks. Berrien delivers* t * the Central. It was brought County, was granted an amendment to out that the Cent-:.!, owing to conges- Us charter today by So. rcturv of St. e tion of tr-Mf' o, would not receive them, i Cook. The amendr •'r. ; allows the Tie ord-ton*.?'.; is intended to e:>- ; bsr.k to increase its <■*:■ -at st-ck from force the Central's reception of the j Sfie.ObO to *.70.300. Tee Me: bants and cars. * Farmers Bank was chartered in 1904. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 10 — Suits to dissolve the alleged merger of the Wabash. Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain Railway Companies and the Pacific Express Company, and to re voke the licenses and charters of the Pacific Express Company, American Refrigerator Transit Company. Wes tern Coal and Mining Company. Rich Hill Coal Mining Company and Kansas- Missouri Elevator Company, were filed in the Supreme Court hy Attorney Gen eral Hadley today. The defendants mi:*i make an answer January 23. The petition alleges the stocks of the companies named are owned by the same interests, the Goulds, in viola tion of provisions of the Constitution a: d the laws of Missouri. Concerning P e nature of the suit. Attorney Gen eral Hadley said: “These suits are brought for the purpose of forcing a discontinuance of the ownership of the stock of the Wa bash. Missouri Pacific and Iron Moun tain Companies and the control of thoso th*ee companies, two of which are paralleling and competing lines, by the same interests and to force a dis con titi nance of the ownership of the stock by these companies in the Pacific Express Company. Western Coa! and Mining Company, and the Kansas- Missouri Elevator Company. By this stock ownership, these roads have, in fact, been engaging in business not authorized bv their charters and pro hibited by the Constitution and laws of the State. The forfeiture of th? j charters of the coa! mining companies ; and of th-' Kansas-Missouri El va'.or Company is prayed for the license of ' the Pacific Express Company and '.he I American Refrigerator Transit Com- I panv to do business in the St :te is i asked, but the forfeiture of the char'- | ters of tire railroad company is asked j for only in case they should fail to dis- ] continue within a given time, these j should ihc , curt so order. ! IR LOVE WITH WOMAN ROANOKE, \ r a., Jan. 10.—Wallace C. Mays, aged 25, unmarried, today shot and killed Mrs. Etta Murray, aged 30, the wife of Frank Murray, and then blew out his own brains, failing dead at the feet of the woman he murdered. Mays and Mrs. Murray were cousins. The tragedy was enacted in the Mur- j ray home, while Murray, who works at ; night, was asleep in an upstairs room, and was witnessed by Miss Leila Witt, a sister of Mrs. Murray, and the lat ter's three year old daughter. Mays was madly in love with Mrs. Murray and letters addressed to his mother and found on his dead body, told of his plan to kill both Mrs. Mur ray and himself. He entered the Mur ray home from the rear and finding Mrs. Murray in the kitchen fired a bullet through her head. He then turned the revolver on himself and sent a bullet through his own head. Both died instantly. Mrs. Murray leaves five small children. Mays came here recently from Staunton, Va., and boarded with the Murrays until a short while ago. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—Secretary Metcalf today took final action in the case nf paymaster’s clerk, A. S. Por ter, who was tried at the Boston navy- yard 'for embezzling $2,000 from the battleship Rhode Island, and for at tempting to bribe the navy yard offi- CHICAGO, Jan. 10.—Attorneys for the government who are conducting the investigation into the management of the Harrinnin lines, announced to day that they had determined to take steps to prevent E. H. Harriman. Hen- C. Frick and H. H. Rogers from leaving the jurisdiction of the commis sion. In order to prevent this, steps will be taken to cause the issuance of writs of ne exeat directed against the men named and they will be compelled to remain within jurisdiction of the commission until they have testified Before the board. At. today's hearing before the inter state commerce commission, the wit nesses called were Julius Kruttsschnitt, director of maintenance and operation | of the Union and Southern Pacific sys- i criminal selected the choicest gems, tern. T. J. Hudson, general traffic | leaving about a dozen other pieces of manager of the Chicago. Milwaukee 1 jewelry, which Mr. Ryan says are and St. Paul. I worth at *3,000. The testimony today as on yesterday I Airs. Ryan has made a practice of was to the effect that in all essentials : keeping her pin money in the secret the freight conditions between the j box and as a result, the burglar Union Pacific and the Southern Pacific ** ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. 10.—A mys terious robbery, which occurred at the residence of Stephen A. Ryan, on Peachtree street last Tuesday morn ing. was made public today. Jewels and money to the value of nearly ten thousand dollars were taken, evidently by a porch climber, who left no clue except finger marks in the dust on a window seat. The jewelry taken in cluded several pieces set with dia monds, and other vaiuble stones. A large reward has been offered for the recovery of the gems. The robbery is the biggest and one of the most daring of Its kind ever perpetrated in Atlanta or this section, and has created an intense sensation. Police and detectives are working assiduously on the case, hut so far not the slightest trace of the stolen gems or the thief Has been discovered. Mr. Ryan nas had 500 circulars printed, giving a complete description of the missing jewels, and these are being sent out to every chief of police throughout the country. In these circulars the announcement is made that Mr. Ryan has offered a reward of $100 for the recovery of the jewelry. The only clow to the porch climher is furnished by an impression of his hands in the dust on the window sill, made as he climbed into the window. The impression of his fingers is very plain-and clearly shows that one of his thumbs is deformed. Marks made by his hands and feet are also shown on the column af the front porch, which he climbed to gain the second story window, but these are not so plain as the impression on the window sill. Police and detectives are exerting their efforts to find a man with a de formity about bis thumb, but no such individual has yet been corrnled. The valuation of the stolen gems, given in the printed description, is less than the real valuation fixed by Mr. Ryan. This is accounled for by th? fact that Mr. Ryan gave the value of the jewels at the time he purchased them, years ago. Since then the valua cf diamonds has increased to such an extent he says his jewels are worth fully twice as much as they were when he purchased them. One of the most puzzling features connected with the big robbery is th? queer prank played by the burglar in leaving untouched in the secret jewel box jewels to the value of about $3,000. Why he failed to take these jewels Is a profound mystery. The discrimlnat- have not been altered by the consoli dation of the two lines. Competitive conditions between the Southern and the Union Pacific, they asserted, had cials at Norfolk. Porter, was convicted j ex j s ( ec ] before the consolidation and BROWNSVILLE RIOT TO BE ACTED ON SATURDAY WASHINGTON. Jan. 10.—Senator Foraker gave notice in the senate to day that he would make an effort to secure a vote Saturday on his resolu tion providing for an investigation of the Brownsville riot which resulted in the discharge by the president of the negro troops of the 25th infantry. In the same connection. Senator Till- WASHINGTON. Jan. 10.—Much an noyance was caused in the United States senate yesterday by a buzzing sound which kept the engineer at the capitol on a still hunt all day. Sev eral nervous senators protested against the noise which became stronger and continued through last night, defying electricians and plumbers who exam ined wires and pipes for the mysterious buzzing which seemed to come from everywhere, but from no particular spot. This morning the noise still con. tinued until a sharp-eared page finally decided that it was emerging from Senator Pettus’ desk. A search show ed that a new device which the Ala bama senator has to enable him to hear the proceedings of the senate was the cause of the disturbance. The sen ator's ear equipment resembles the head gear worn by telephone girls and is connected with a small storag? battery which fastens under the coat. In laying the apparatus away in his desk Senator Pettus placed the ear piece and the battery in contact and the result was the buzzing sound. and sentenced to dismissal from the service, after being imprisoned at hard labor for five years. This sentencs was so far modified as to provide for a remission of hard labor and a reduc tion of the term of imprisonment to two years, at the end of which time the dismissal is to take effect. still exists. The hearing of the case was adjourned until January 21 Seattle. C. HOUSE SAVES Ft COLUMBIA, S. C„ Jan. 10.—By a vote of 79 to 40 the House of Repre sentatives. today declined to concur in the resolution introduced in the Sen ate by Senator Cole L. Blease and passed by that body 21 to 16 yesterday, approving the course of President Roosevelt in summarily dismissing the negro troops implicated in the Browns ville riot. When the resolution was called up, it was urged that the resolu tion was intended as a rebuke to the senior United States Senator from this State, and that such an indirect and covert method of indicating to the Na tional Representatives of the State the wishes and opinions of the House would be both undignified and insult ing. MOHAMMED All MIRZA IS SHAH OE PERSIA EXPLOSION OF POWDER •DESTROYS BUILDINGS TEHERAN. Jan. 10.—Almost imme diately after the official announcement of the death of the Shah at 9 o'clock this morning, Mohammed Ali Mirza proceeded to the palace, where he was formally acknowledged as Shah by the man gave notice of a speech on Sat- j Grand Yisier and other princes of the urday on the subject. It is understood royal family and by a large number of there will be other speeches, but the | high court and Government officials. Ohio senator announced his purpose j The enthronement or’ the new Shah, to hold the senate for a vote on that | Mohammed Ali Mirza, has been fixed for the Cbadir festival, the festival of the lake, which will be celebrated on February 2. The selection of this date is regarded as very auspicious, it being the anniversary of ihe day upon which the prophet, standing at the side of the lake, proclaimed that Mohammed Ali Mirza was his own flesh and blood. L'p to this evening no disturbance of any kind had been reported, and the ceremonies in connection with the fu- AJ] of rhe i nera ] and interment of the late Shah were proceeding in the customary manner. HOLIDAYS BURG. Pa.. Jan. 10.—Th? plant and buildings of the Standard Powder Company, of Pittsburg, located at Harrell station, four miles from Hol- idayshurg, were destroyed by an ex plosion today. No lives were lost. The explosion was caused by a fire which started in one of the buildings. After a hard fight of several hours, the fire was brought under control and a change in the direction of the wind removed from the store house any dan ger of igniting. Ten buildings were destroyed and thirty-five farm houses in the Frankstown valley were dam aged. Five thousand kegs of powder went up in the explosion. The damage to the powder plant is upward of $100,000. Writs Probably Not Issued. NEvV YORK. Jan. 10.—United States District Attorney Stimson, who will have direction of the proceedings taken here in behalf of the Insterstate Commerce Commission, would not say today whether or not the writs or warrants ne exeat to prevent E. H. Harriman.' Henry C. Frick, H. H. Rogers and possibly Wm. Rockefel ler from leaving the country, have been issued. "That fact cannot be officially an nounced.” he said, ‘‘until the warrants are served and become a matter of public record.” Writs of ne exeat may be issued by either a Judge of the United States Dis trict Court or a United States Commis sioner. the person against whom the war rants are issued must then appear either in court or before tiie commissioner and give such bail as may be fixed by the judicial officer. James *S«iSlman, who had been mentioned during the In terstate Commerce Commissioner sessions in this city, and who was expected to be a witness, sailed for Europe on Tuesday on account of III health. Messrs. Harri man and Frick were shown the dispatch from Chicago. The!? each in turn as serted that they had not thought of leav- Jng the United States at this time, even for a short period. CAROLINA DRUGGISTS WILL SELL PURE DRUGS day. after the conclusion of the dis cussion. B. & 0. R. R. EMPLOYES HELD FOR TRIAL ■WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad employes held by the coroner’s jury to be joint ly responsible for the disastrous wreck at Terr?. Cotta. D. C.. except Harry H. Hildebrand, the engineer of the extra which caused the wreck, and Frank H. Russia and Great Britain Willing. LONDON. Jan. 9.—It was declared in official quarters tonight that the un- H ffmeir, conductor of the extra, both derstanding between Russia and Great of whom were released on bond late last night, were brought before Jus- ; tice Barnard in the criminal court to day and their bail was fixed as fol lows: T. F. Den:, assistant train dis- , patcher, Baltimore, $1,000; W. M. Dut- j row. operator at Silver Springs, $2,000; : J. W. Kelly, division train master at i Baitimore. W. E. McCauley, assistant ! division operator at Baltimore. B’. L. j Vermillion, engineer of train No. 66 I and George W. B. Neagle. conductor 1 of :r?.’n No. 66. were released on their i personal bonds. ! Deo: and Dutrow furnished ball and were released. Britain relative to the existing status in Persia, includes an agreement to the effect that Mohamqaed Ali Mirza, who succeeds to the throne, is well suited to his high office and that he. therefore, will have the support of Russia and Great Britain, the two powers most directly interested in Persia. WANT SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY EXAMINED ATLANTA, Jan. 10.—Secretary Har ris and Dr. W. F. Westmoreland, presi dent of the State Board of Health, have been appointed a committee of two to draw a bill to be introduced at the next session of the Legislature, amending the act creating the State Board of Health, so as to provide for an examination of the sources of all of the waters of the State. The board deems this a necessary measure to les sen the danger of typhoid and malarial fever. The proposed examination is to be made at the expense of the State. HOUSE PASSED ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL. CHARLOTTE, N. C., Jan. 10.—A meeting of the wholesale druggists of North and South Carolina was held in the Manufacturers Club this afternoon to discuss the pure food laws which went Into effect January 1. Those present were J. A. Burgess, Charles ton Drug Company; A. J. Geer, Charleston, S. C.; J. A. Crain, Mur ray Drug Company, Columbia. S. C.; G. W. Tolleson. Crutchfield-Tolleson Company, Spartanburg. S. C.; ?4r. Crutchfield. Vaughan-Crutchfieid Com pany, Winston, N. C.; Mr. Aherns, Aherns Drug Company, Wilmington, N. C.; R. L. Justice, Justice Drug Company, Greensboro, N. C.; John M. and Walter Scott. W. L. Hand, R. A. Dun and M. M. Murphy, of Charlotte. W. F. Holliday, of New York, member of the National Association, also at tended the meeting. The druggists unanimously affirmed their position that only standard United States phar- macopea goods should be manufactured or sold under their labels. AN AGED PRINCESS DIES IN AUSTRIA Big Corporation in Mexico. CITY OF MEXICO. Mex., Jan. 10.— A ten million dollar corporation, head ed by Enrique Creel, has been formed to take over an electric power and irri gation enterprise about twenty-two aiiles above Santa Rosa, Chihuahua. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—The house today passed the army appropriation bill, and began the consideration of the fortification bill. Several amendments were made to the army bill. The fortifications bill was taken up but no progress was made, the time of the house being con sumed by the statements of Represen tative Smith, of Iowa, in charge of the budget; Mr. Fitzgerald, of New York, who represents the minority in the ap propriations committee, and Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee, in a speech on his “docking” biiL GMLiNDEN, Austria. Jan. 10.—Prin cess Mary, of Saxe-Altenburg. former Queen of Hanover, who had been suf fering for some' time past from in guinal hernia, necessitating an opera tion which was performed January 6, died this afternoon. onfisrated $200 in cash, in addition to the diamonds. The looted jewel box is in a small closet, which adjoins the bed room of Mrs. Ryan, on the second floor of the house. It is made into the closet wall, together with other drawers, and was supposed to be successfully hidden, proof against the ravages of burglars. This box was considered so secure that Mrs. Ryan did not hesitate to deposit all of her jewelry and money theie. Two locks had to be passed to gain access to the jewel box. the lock on the closet door and the one on the drawer, a different key being required for each lock. Notwithstanding this fact, these difficulties were easily brushed aside by the bold porch climb er. who in some mysterious manner had obtained possession of keys that turned both locks. At the time of the daring robbery there was no one at home with the ex ception of a negro servant girl. Mr. Ryan had gone down town to his office about 7:30 o’clock Tuesday morning, and shortly after 8 o'clock his little girl went to school. About 10 o'clock Mrs. Ryan was driven down town in her brougham by her negro driver and spent some time in shopping. Mrs. Ryan returned home about 12:30 o’clock and during the afternoon made preparations to go calling. After dress ing she entered the closet in her room and opened the jewel box. intending to don some of her diamonds. Site had worn none of the jewels in the morn ing. As she opened the secret box she was horrified to discover that it had been robbed of her most valued gems. Greatly excited, Mrs. Ryan hurried to the telephone and notified her hus band. who wasfat his office. Mr. Ryan promptly notified the detective depart ment, and in company with two sleuths went to his home. An investigation showed that the Job had been done by a clever porch climb er. and his work displayed the ear marks of a professional. When Mrs. Ryan went down town in the morning she had carefully locked both tlje closet door and the JeA-el drawer, carrying the keys with her. This fact renders the crime all the more puzzling. How the burglar came into possession of duplicate keys and the knowledge of the location of the jewel box and how to. reach it aro questions the detectives would like very much to have answered. Wife Tells Story Against Husband Princess Alexendra Mary Wilhel- mina, of Saxe-Altenburg, was born at Hildeburghausen. April 14. 1818, and was married at Hanover, February IS, 1843 to Prince George, afterwards King George V, of Hanover, who died June 12. 1878. The deceased Princess was a cousin of the present King of England. In 1866 the kingdom of Han over. was annexed to Prussia and King George V. was dethroned because the Hanoverians took the Austrian side 4n the war with Prussia. SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 10.—E. Leslie Rotureau, a well-known young man of this city and of excellent connections, was arrested-tonight and held without bail on a charge of shooting his wife. Mrs. Rotureau is at a hospital, with a bullet wound in her side that may* .* prove fatal. The attending physicians are not able to say what the result of the wound may be, because of the course the bullet took. At first it was stated by both Rotureau and his wife that the wound was the result of an I accident, which happened while they were trying to clean Rotureau’s pistol. Fearing that she might die. however, Mrs. Rotureau told a sister a different story, saying that she and her huS-yv"^ band had quarreled at their home.' claiming that jhe had struck him with a whip, which he had caught and used upon her in retaliation. Then she caught up the pistol and they strug gled for its possession. It was fired, the bullet striking Mrs. Rotureau, after slightly injuring her husband's hand. The case has created much In terest. . * Rotureau is a lumber inspector and was a member of Company B. of th« 9 j. Second Georgia Regiment in the Span ish war. J TNLISTINCT f] ; , jj