Twice-a-week telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1899-19??, January 11, 1907, Image 1
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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 .
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tween mcmbfi's
Gain's, of Tenney.-,
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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 .
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and
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as bei
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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
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Gainey chh.rgp. lie
"Any man wlm i
being away fret
<'oni nf tli* time.
Mr. Gaines sti
from his seal.
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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
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the
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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
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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.
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