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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 180'S,
SPOONER HANDS TILLMAN
MOST STINGING REBUKE
MARTIN F. ANSEL
WASHINGTON, Jap. 15.-Oo»W in
frequent lnterruptiena from Mr. Tin
man, the speech of Mr. Bpooner In
th« Sonata today on the resolution for
♦he investigation of the riot at Browns
ville was changed from a constitu
tional argument in defense or Presi
dent Roosevelt's course In discharging
a negro battalion of the army to a
severe arraignment of the South Caro
lina Senator. He quoted from Mr.
Tillman's utterances defending lynch
ing as a means of controlling negroes
and said thnt to encourage such mob
violence was a disgrace to ctvHlzatlon.
Mr. Tillman was not permitted to reply
to this crltlc'sm at the time, but at
♦ he conclusion of Mr. Spooner's attack
declared that at an early date he would
take occasion to defend himself against
the "Insulting allusions" made by Mr.
Spooner. The bitter feeling provoked
bjr the colloquy between the Senators
makes it Impossible to any when a vote
can be had on the resolution. It Is ex
pected the debate will be continued.
Mr. Spooner took the position that
'Article ♦ of the articles of war gtvws to
the commander-in-chief of the army
the power to dismiss the troops in the
manner employed. He referred to tho
affray at Walla-Walla, Washington,
(during President Cleveland's adminis
tration artd said that the Investigation
of that disturbance resulted In a reso
lution that the four companies involved
fee dismissed. He said that the. only
reason these men were not dismissed
was because there was then no authori
ty for such action. The order provid
ing for dismissal "without honor,” said
Mr. Spooner, was made to meet Just
ameh oases.
Bsoon’e Point s New One.
"1 newer heard until yesterday,” said
Oir. Spooner. That the President had
feot the power of sending forces where
fie chose. I never heard that that was
amt a port of the power of command
gjntU this au proclaimed yesterday
fey the Senator from Georgia.” (Mr. Ba-
oon.)
The point was made by Mr. Spooner
Chat the Constitution does not say that
Congress has the power to govern the
military forces, but to make rules for
the government of the army. He claim
ed that (he words “to make rules”
meant that the enforcement of the reg
ulations for the government of the
army rests absolutely wtth the Preel-
4ant so commander-in-chief. In cases
Where Congress bee agreed to reap-
feolnt men to the army and navy, Mr.
Bpooner said that K merely gave to the
(president authority In his discretion to
reappoint men or permit (heir re-enlist
ment. On this subject he engaged in
a brief colloquv with Mr. Bacon, in
which the General Fits John Porter
rase was referred to. and It was re
called that President Arthur had
Vetoed the first act of Congress concern
ing General Porter, on the ground that
Congress had no right to pass an sot to
compel him to reappoint any man by
name.
“Mr. Spooner declared that Mr. Ba
con’s position was in utter disregard
«f the constitution Itself; that abso
lute pswer has to be lodged In the
Government somewhere, and In the
case under discussion this absolute
mower had been divided between the
President and Congress. He said the
question of whether the 1*7 negro
soldiers had been discharged from the
army by en order not in accord with
the President's constitutional author
ity could fee tested any day. Those
men may go into the Court of claims
and sue for their pay and there test
the constitutionality of their dis
charges.
Messrs. Bpooner and Baoon agreed
that there ere etMutory provisions au
thorising the President to take the
coarse he did, and Mr. Bpooner said it
was not necessary, therefore, for him
«o say whether the constitution em
powered him to discharge soldiers for
the causes provoking the dismissals at
Brownsville. Discussing tho great
discretionary powers placed In the
hands of the President as comroander-
in-ohlef of the army and navy, Mr.
Bpooner said that he agreed that in
fend hands that power might protect
the vlleat of murderers, the most dan
gerous assassins: but it was necessary
to locate this great authority some
where, and it was thought best to
trust the respenalblllty to the execu
tive of the people.
"If the President abuses his privi
leges." said Mr. Spooner. “If he violates
his oath of office, this 1s not the place
to question his course. Method for his
punishment Is provided for through
the other end of the eapltol.”
Mr. Spooner said he wished the pro
cedure In discharging the negroes had
keen different. It would have been
much better 1f there had been a court
of Inquiry, where all of the suspected
soldiers could have been examined and
the witnesses against them or for them
press-examined.
Mr. Tillman sought recognition, but
Mr. Bpooner first undertook to learn
the length of the question he pur
posed to ask. Mr. Spooner had criti
cised the course of the officers of the
feattalton and spoken of the President's
confidence In Major Penrose.
‘•I’ll make my question like a bul
let." aaid Mr. Tillman. The question
was an to why the President had not
adopted Major Penrose's recommenda
tion for the ferreting out of the guil
ty.
'The President of the United States
will never require any defense from
the attacks of the Senator from South
Carolina,” was Mr. Spooner’s reply. "He
had developed a mania for attacking
the President. I did not Intend to
branch off on such a discussion, but
1 have never been »o surprised by any
man’s attitude as I have by that of
the Senator from South Carolina."
The South Carolina Senator was
then subjected to one of the most di
rect and stinging Indictments ever de
livered by a Senator against a col
league. Mr. Spooner quoted from Mr.
Tillman's utterances defending the
burning of negroes at the stake, and
said: "No man ought to encourage
such a horrible thing as that. It is a
crime against civilization to encourage
It.” Continuing, he said he had looked
with admiration upon the efforts of
Governor Vardaman and other exec
utives of Southern States to suppress
mobs seeking the lives of negroes with
out giving them trials, on ncrount of
the crimes they were suspected of
having committed.
"I have been shocked.” he said, "bv
the attitude of the Senator from South
Carolina on more than one occasion
when he has spoken hero in justifica
tion and support of the continuance
of lynching. If there is one man who
ought not to encourage It, It w the
man who sits here as the maker of
law*.”
Disclaiming any intention to abuse
Mr. Tillman, the 'Wisconsin Senator
aaid it was his purpose only to make
a plea for good Government. He said
he had not intended to be led into
such a discussion, but had been goaded
to It by Mr. Tillman himself.
"And I wan* to say here." he con
tinued. ’’that any man who encourages
lynching murder and lawlessness will
have much to answer for. and the
higher his position and the mightier
his influence, the more will he have to
answer for. No man can come here
" lih good grace to Impaach the Pres
ident for his dismissal of men because
they were not identified as criminals,
■vho comes to that accusation from a
lynching hee or who justifies one."
Mr. ft noon rr concluded his speech
"■'**> -i brief discussion of the race
euestlon. declaring hla belief that the
majority of the people of the South
did not entertain the radlcAl views
which had been expressed by Senator I
TUlman. He admitted the difficulties
and hardships of me race problem in i
the South, and said the people of the j
North felt the best way to aid in the
solution of these difficulties was for j
t.nem to refrain from discussing them.
In this connection he did not believe |
the agitation of Senator Tillman could ;
have the effect to quiet the situation, t
Mr Spooner quoted a newspaper re
port of one of Senator Tillman’s lec
tures in which he referred to negroes
as baboons and said, when asked "how
about the law,” replied "to hell with
such laws." ,
When Mr. Spooner took his seat Mr. I
Tiiiman remarked that he had expect- !
ed o have a few words to say to the ,
Senator from < Wisconsin "In view of
the direct personal attack he has made
on me this afternoon. But the latter
part of his speech has widened the ;
scope of the reply I wish to make and. I
therefore. I will take occasion In the 1
near future to have something to say :
on this question and in answer to some :
of the insulting allusions he has made." j
Wise Counsel From the South. !
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drug stores. Price 50c.
E
SEEKING IBf MS
MID JEW SEEDS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—One of
the important branches of the work of
the Department of Agriculture is that
of exploring foreign lands for new
crops. At present this part of the ser
vice is not as large as the department
would like, but It is hoiped Congress
will make provisions for an extension
at this session.
During the past year a trained man
has been in cultivated fields and wild
mountains of North China and Man
churia searching for new plants and
seeds worthy to be transplanted to this
country, and for wild forms of our cul
tivated fruits and vegetables whieh
may have characters of hardiness or
unusual vigor which will make them
useful for plant breeders qf the United
Btates. Shipments of scions and of
seeds representing hundreds of inter
esting things have been sent by him
and are now undergoing trials at the
gardens of the department in Wash
ington.
Among those secured are new hardy
Pekin persimmons, Interesting varieties
of English walnuts, tho Chinese pis-
taehe. wild and cultivated apricots, the
wild peach from its supposed original
home, hardy apples and edible fruited
hawthorns, millets and field beans, a
lawn sedge, and a. very remarkable lot
of Chinese varieties of grapes, as well
as a collection of ornamental frees and
shrubs, suited to the climate of the
Eastern and Middle States.
What Is believed to be a discovery
that will be an epoch in the agriculture
of the Northwestern prairie regions of
this country ^as been made by the de
partment’s ekplorer, Professor N. E.
Hansen, of the South Dakota Agricul
tural Experiment Station, of a Sibe
rian alfalfk, an excellent forage plant,
with yellow Instead of the usual blue
flowers. This plant Is native of the
dry steppes of Siberia, where the mer
cury sometimes freezes without .snow.
It Is said the plant cgn withstand a
temperature of about 40 degrees below
j zero with no protection. Dr. Hansen
I is making a study of the plant with a
view to Its cultivation in this country,
and has sent the department quanti
ties of the seed which will be given a
thorough trial at an-early date. It will
supplement durum wheat In a rotative
system and avoid the necessity of sum
mer fallowing.
Arabian alfalfa Is being grown in
California and the Southwestern
States, but on account of its lack of
hardiness is unsuited to the colder
parts of the country. A species of
vetch, called the Tangier pea, has
proved superior to all others In Cali
fornia In Its luxuriance of growth,
having yielded as high as nine tons of
green food per sere. On account of Its
great amount of herbage. It effectually
chokes out weeds. A large quantltv of
this seed is being selected and tested,
with a view to its Introduction next
season.
A Thousand Dollars Worth of Good.
A. H. Thurnes. a well known coal
operator of Buffalo, O.. writes: “I
have been afflicted with kidney and
bladder trouble for years, passing
gravel and stones with excruciating
pain. I got no relief from medicine
until I began taking Foley’s Kidney
Cure, then the result was surprising.
I A few doses started the brick dust like
' fine stones and now I have no pain
across my kidneys and I feel like a new
man. It has done me $1000 worth of
good.” H. J. Lamar, near Exchange
Bank.
STATE PRESS VIEWS
I* It lonesome up there on the water
wagon?—'Meigs Review.
Poetry Is the “catchlngest” thing -we
know of.—Dalton Citizen.
Soon the legislator will begin the
preparation of his little bill.—Fort
Gaines Sentinel.
Everybody "worked" father during
the holiday season and the old man
begins the new year a financial wreck.
—Newnan News.
Notwithstanding Teddy’s slmplylng
proclivities. England seems to have no
fear In (sending her man of letters to
■Washington.—Walton Tribune.
Kansas has a woman that is presi
dent of a State bank, at Girard. Hur
rah for Kansas. She'll have a woman
Governor next.—Willacoochee Sun.
The great and good Congressional
Record has failed to put In an appear
ance at this office this season. Hope it
hasn't kicked the buckdt.—Darien Ga
zette.
When Bishop Potter wants to Bella-
my-Storrr a man. he says "the state
ment Is a gratuitous and Impertinent
reference without foundation In fact.”
It sounds better for a bishop to say It
Shat way.—Mijledgeville News.
The negro problem Is becoming na
tional in Its scope, with a returning
sanity in the North giving promise of a
just settlement of the question. The
odore Roosevelt is teaching fool Yan
kees a few things.—Alpharetta Free
Press.
Governor Glenn of North Carolina
reads his own messages to the Legisla
ture. Maybe he writes the “Greely
hand” and no one else can read them.
Anyhow. Teddy would do well to look
to his laurels.—Thomasville Times-
Enterprise.
“Was th' wurruld lver anny more
simple thin it is today? I doubt it.
I her ye there was a good dale iv ta'k
about Adam, an' Eve dhres.-in' osten
tatiously an' having' th' King of Bil-
jum's ancesther Jo super with thiro"—
Dooley.
COLUMBIA. S. C., Jan. 15.—Martin
F. Ansel was inaugurated Governor- of
South Carolina today in the presence
of a large audience, gathered from
every section of the Stale. The inaug
uration of Governor Ansel marked a
new era of South Carolina politics, in
that he is the first chief executive in
fifteen years who has essayed to op
pose the State dispensary system,
which was enacted fifteen years ago
under the leadership of Governor B.
R. Tiiiman. which has since been tho
leading issue in State politics.
Governor Ansel was elected on an
anti-dispensary platform, which car
ries with it the abolition of ;he State
dispensary system, leaving the ques
tion to the munties to decide for them
selves as between county dispensaries
and prohibition.
In his inaugural address today Gov
ernor Ansel, in no uncertain terms,
recommended the abolishment of the
present liquor system, which under
Slate control, has grown to be a four
million dollar business.
"Whether or not the dispensary will
he abolished depends upon tho action
of the general assembly now in ses
sion. In the House there Is an ad
mitted majority in favor of its extinc
tion. while in the Senate both sides
arc claiming n majority.
Among other recommendations of the
Incoming Governor are the abolishment
of bucket shops, a system of rural po
lice, liberal appropriation for the pub
lic schools, more drastic punishment
for criminal nssaillt upon women, and
liberal support of the department of
immigration. A pathetic feature of the
Inauguration was when the newly-
elected Adjutant General, Col. J. C.
Boyd, came Into the hall on crutches,
aided by friends, to take the oath of
office. Col. Boyd Is a Confederate sol
dier and was stricken with paralysis
only a few days ago, :l being feared
that he would be unabtn to assume
office.
Chief of Police
Halloway Wounded
AUGUSTA, Ga_, Jan. 15.—A special
from Springfield, S. C.. says;
"William Fleming, a photographer,
was shot through the hip and stomach
today and fatally wounded: Chief of
Police Halloway is shot through the
thigh, and Calvin Cooper is seriously
wounded In the thigh. During the
afternoon Fleming and a friend,
while drinking, began tormenting
horses of farmers left in a wagon lot.
When the Chief of Police attempted
to arrest the two men, they resisted,
drawing guns. Cooper was pressed
Into service by the officer and imme
diately a battle ensued. Fleming took
Halloway unaware and fired a bail
through his thigh. Then turning his
pistol on Cooper, he wounded him in a
serious manner. While on the ground
Halloway shot Fleming in the thigh
and stomach.”
Re-enslaved Under
Threats of Hanging
MONTGOMERY. Ala. Jan. 15.—Hon,
B. B. Comer, formerly Railroad Com
missioner. was inaugurated Gov
ernor of Alabama. The Governor was
escorted to the eapltol by 2.000 State
militia, and the inaugural ceremonies
were witnessed by a crowd estimated
at 20.000.
A feature of the Inaugural address
of Governor Comer was his recommen
dation for greater liberality for educa
tion. He said he would endorse any
reasonable recommendation on the
treasury for help to the schools of Ala
bama. He said the nine district agri
cultural schools and the Polytechnic
Institute at Auburn should have all the
State is able to give and the tag tax
should go to the ten, equally divided.
He urged that the rural schools he
made so good that people would leave
the towns for the country to educate
their children, instead of coming to
town from the country. He urged that
the university be given every dollar
necessary to put It on a high plane,
and asked that the Girls’ Industrial
School be made such as to give poor
girls every equipment for the strug
gles of life.
Governor Comer is not enthusiastic
over Immigration. He gave a caution
against cheap foreign labor. He call
ed attention to the troubles exper
ienced already with 40 per «ent of
cheap negro labor.
The Governor would have timber
lands, and land held by corporations
for Investment, taxed to market values
and would have railroads assessed on
a basis of stock reports rather than on
the returns made for taxes.
He asked for $300,000 a year mope
for Confederate soldiers' pensions and
asked better care of the veterans.
He urged bills to bring about reduc
tion and abolition of passes, save to
railroad employes. He favored a law
making the waterways available to the
people, thus giving emancipation from
“the railroad bondage and boyoott.”
| WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—The De
partment of Justice today gave out the
following statement in regard to a
peonage ease in Mississippi:
1 "Tlie Department of Justice has re-
. ceived details of a peculiarly atrocious
j case of peonage alleged to have occur
red in Rankin County, Mississippi. It
appears from testimony taken before a
! United Btates commissioner that a
negro named Dan January was in debt
! to one Levi T>. Carter, a whit? farmer.
Carter, with some companions, seized
: January, bound him hand and foot,
: and beat him most brutally, the assail
ants taking turns In doing so until they
were exhausted and their victim uncon
scious. January’s children having re
moved him to liis brother's home. Car-
ter followed him there the next day,
produced a rope and threatened to
hitftg him unless lie consented to -be
sold, with his entire family. Another
white farmer, named Patrick, bought
them, paying Carter about one thous
and dollars. Patrick. Carter, and two
of the latter's accomplices, named re
spectively Williams and King, were ar
rested, but Patrick was discharged at
the hearing as January testified that
he had not been forcibly detained by
any of them in captivity: inasmuch,
however, as he will probably lose 01,000
he may not escape sufficient punlsh-
1 ment. Carter, whom the evidence dc-
I plots in a most revolting light, waived
: examination and gave bail in 33,000,
and his companions were also held for
the grand Jury in less amounts.
Victims Are All Negroes.
[ “In Mississippi the victims of these
outrages appear to be all negroes, hut
Assistant Attorney General Russell is
now In Florida engaged In prosecuting
a number of offenders under the peon
age lews, who have held white labor
ers in captivity, and it is said treated
them with gross barbarity.” .
The Attorney General expresses him
self with great indignation as to those
! cases, declaring that communities
which would tolerate them were about
throe thousand years behind our civi
lization and unworthy to share in tho
government of a free country. He
added that everything the Department
of Justice could do to break up these
infamous practices and to bring the of
fenders to adequate punishment would
be done, and that any lukewarmness on
the part of Federal officials in aiding
the prosecutions would be promptly re-
I ported to their superiors.
FOR EXTENSION OE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—The na
tional convention for the extension of
the foreign commerce of the United
States began here today with a large
and representative attendance. A num
ber of addresses were delivered and
permanent officers were elected as fol
lows: President, Wm. McCarro’.l, of
New York; vice-president. James W.
Vancleave, of S.t Louis: Cornelius N.
Bliss. New York; Francis B. Loomis,
Springfield. Ohio; Dr. W. P. Wilson.
Philadelphia; Henry G. Davis, Elkins.
W. Yu.; S B. Packard. Marshalltown.
Ia.. and C. W. Pridy. Norfolk. Ya.: sec
retary. Francis S. Goode. New York:
sergeant at arms. Jos. E. Block. Mis
souri.
Mr. De-Lima, in an address, said the
convention had been called together by
the New York Board Trade and Trans
portation to "consider and devise meas
ures for the enlargement of our foreign
trade and to promote the demand
abroad for the products of our farms,
and workshops.”
The temporary chairman. J. W. Van-
Cleave. of St. Louis, appealed to the
convention not to permit itself to be
stampeded on any question that might
come before it, but consider each prob
lem impartially and judicially.
News in Paragraphs
CHARLESTON. W. Va.. Jan. 14.—
Stephen B. Elkins today received the
Republican caucus nomination for his
third consecutive term as United States
Senator. Elkins’ nomination is equiva
lent to election, as the Republicans
have S4 to 3 votes on joint ballot. The
election will be held January 22.
NORFOLK. Va., Jan. 15.—Confer
ences were held today in an effort to
bring about an end to the strike of the
plasterers at work on the Jamestown
exposition grounds who demand an In
crease of from $5.50 to $6.50 per day,
plus 20 cents car fare, and the bring
ing of their weekly wages to the scaf
folds about the grounds.
The work principally affected by the
strike is on the 'War path” buildings.
So far the conferences have resulted
in a wider separation rather than an
agreement.
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: WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The na-
ehinist McIntyre was drowned while
: bathing in the stone basin at the Pen
sacola navy yard this afternoon. The
body has not yet been recovered and it
is believed it drifted out into the bay.
McIntyre was transferred here about
i ten days ago from the Norfolk navy
yard. He was in the third class rank.
CLEVELAND. O.. Jan. 14.—In a tele
gram to the Leader, Booker T. Washing
ton, president of the Tuskegee. Ala.. In
stitute. gives his opinion of the actions of
such colored people of the North as have
engaged in intemperate criticism and
abuse of President Roosevelt on account
of his dismissal of tho colored troops in ______
We?canno^expeat' to win our battles/or the^rrest and delivery to tbe sher
in the South or North by a policy of iff of Pulaski Count> of the unknown
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ATLANTA, Jan. 15.—Governor Ter-
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Music Gives Appetite.
London Cable to Chicago Examiner.
The healing power of music is the
subject of a lecture delivered today in
London by Dr. G. Norman Meachen,
who described how different melodies
could be used in the treatment of cer
tain disorders.
"There is a distinct connection be
tween music and medicine,” said Dr.
Meachen, “dating from the first re
corded instance of musical treatment—
when David played before Saul to
soothe his madness.”
The lecture was illustrated with mu
sic. and Dr. Meachen explained the ef
fect on patients of the different pieces.
Thus Mendelssohn’s "Wedding March”
quickened heart beating and respira
tory movements: the seventeenth cen
tury "Tarantula Dance" is good for
the bite of the tarantula spider; Cho
pin’s “Nocturne in E flat,” and one of
Stavenhagen's “Pastorales” are able to
soothe excited brains and induce som
nolence, while Godard’s “En Courant”
dissipates nervous weariness.
“Music,” explained the doctor, "en
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causes the blood to flow more freely,
whereby the digestion is stimulated.
Thus the effect is seen of an orchestra
at meals.
Dr. Meachen quoted cases where mu
sic had cured a child of screaming fits,
reduced febrile temperature, and
soothed the Insane, and he declares
the banjo had cured in three days an
apparently hopeless case of neuras
thenia. He also believes that music is
a cure for alcoholism.
Guns to Be Mounted
More Men Needed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—The House
of Representatives spent almost the
entire day in considering the fortifica
tions appropriations bill, and completed
only six pages of it. Amendments look
ing to defense of the mouth of Chesa
peake Bay and for the purchase of ad
ditional ground at Fort Hamilton, N.
Y., were voted down. The House also
refused to incorporate an amendment
increasing to the extent of $1,000,000
the appropriation for the construction
of seacoast batteries in the Hawaiian
and Philippines. Speaking upon the
merits of the bill, Mr. Smith, of Iowa,
remarked that to man the guns pro
posed to be mounted by the Taft
board, would take more than 55,000
men and to do so would cost $66,000,-
000 a year.
'It is because of the rapid growth
of an institution which Is expensive.”
remarked Mr. Smith, “not in what it
costs to establish It, but what it costs
to maintain it, that I have 'always re
sisted too rapid progress in fortifica
tions. I am a hearty believer in the
“Big Stick,” but I do not believe in
carrying a stick so large that we will
be worn out with its mere weight and
cannot wield it when the hour of emer
gency comes. It is important that we
shall not squander military resources
in time of peace, but reserve some
strength for use when the hour of
struggle comes."
Mr. Maynard, of Virginia, offered
an amendment to the bill appropriat
ing $3,000 to make a survey of the
shoals between Cape Charles and Cape
Henry at the mouth of the Chesapeake
Bay. The amendment went out on
point of order.
LEVENWORTH. Kan.. Jan. 15.—
Rock Island express train tonight met
a freight train head-on near TValdron.
A fireman and an expressman are re
ported dead and one engineer missing.
It is reported that a number of pas
sengers were injured, but no one was
killed.
sassinated Evans Holton, a highly re
spected negTO of that county. Holton
was called to the door of his house j Important function is that h» has to he
and shot to death.
bridge.
Interviewed by a representative of
“The Tribune” yesterday, tile Mayor of
Camberwell, Mr. John George, con
sented to answer the question. “What
are the duties of a London Mayor?” and
his experience may be taken as typical
of that of his twenty-seven confreres.
“His official duty” Mr. George explain
ed, “is to preside over the meetings of
the Council and to keep himslf au fait
with all points of order. But his most
RALEIGH. N. C., Jan.
Democratic caucaus of the General
Assembly of North Carolina tonight
renominated the present United States
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—Illuminating
gas which escaped during the night I P enaenc '
from a small stove used for heating,
caused the death of Meyer Rubin, aged
fifty years, his wife Rosa, fifty-eight,
their son, Philip, seventeen, and daugh
ter Rosa, aged thirteen. The plight, of
the Rubin family was discovered ear
ly today by neighbors. All four mem
bers of the family were in bed in the
gas-filled room. An ambulance surgeon
who was summoned, found that Rubin,
his wife and the boy had been dead
for some time.
at the beck ahd call of everybody in
| the borough. He lias to take part in
IS.—The ! every phase of the life of the borough.
from a Salvation Army gathering to a
dance, from a smoking concert to a
prayer meeting.- In fact, he must con-
Senator F. M. Simmons for United sider himself part and parcel of the
States Senator for a second term. Ho i borough during his year of office,
will be elected, as the General Assem- I “I have put in as many as four pub-
bly has 141 Democratic members, , 11c engagements a night," Mr. George
against 28 Republicans and one inde- continued, “each widely differing from
! the others in scope and character. Yes.
[ the Mayor of Camberwell receives
tlary of
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 15.—William
J. Bryan and President E. A. Bryan, of penses. This sum can 1
the Washington State College, were requirements of
thrown into a snowbank at Pullman though one of m
today. The team drawing them from
the college to the station ran away and
the sleigh was upset. Neither was
hurt.
ATLANTA, Ga.. Jan. 14.—Pat. Hag
gerty. a young white man. was Indicted by
the grand jury of the United States Court
today upon the charge of using the United . my bill of expens
DUBLIN. Ga., Jan. 15.—Ed. Wilson. States mails in an effort to obtain a re
negro, is in Jail on the charge of ' ward for the return of a $1,009 bracelet
jail on the charge
robbing a store and postoffice at
Springhaven. a store and postoffice at
Catlin. the Macon. Dublin and Savan
nah depot at Rockledge and three
stores at Condor. He has confessed to
several of the charges against him and
probably will be given a term of years , f®''the "police*Court “hi
stolen from Mrs. John E. Murphy some
months ago.
W. F. I,ooper was also indicted for rais
ing a one-doliar bill to a ten-dollar note.
he penitentiary. He has confessed
I to the robbery of which two Mormon
: elders last week were arrested on sus-
j piclon.
When arrested Wilson had in his
possession a rifle stolen from the store
of W. B. Snow at Catlin.
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SAVANNAH STEAMSHIP LINE DE
MANDS CONCESSIONS IN
RATES.
Special Announcement Regarding the
National Pure Food and Drug Law.
We are pleased to announce that
Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles Is not affected
by the National Pure Food and Drug
law, as it contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs, and we recommend it
as a safe remedy for children and
adults. H. J. Lamar, near Exchange
Bank.
NARROW ESCAPE OF TWO HUN
DRED MINERS UNDER
GROUND.
CLINTON. Ind., Jan. 15.—Seven dead
and three injured miners, victims of an
explosion, were taken from mine No
7 here today. Search for the dead is
continuing, but It is believed that all
have been taken out. Two hundred
miners had succeeded in descending to
the mine this morning and shortly aft
erward there was an explosion, which
shook the interior of the mine. There
was a rush for the bottom of the shaft
and as rapidly as possible the miners
were hoisted to the surface. It is be
lieved a miner set fire to a keg of pow
der by a spark from his lighted lamp
and the explosion ignited gas in the
mine. Four of the dead men had fam
ilies.
NEW YORK. Jan. 15.—The Ocean
Steamship Line, whieh plies between
New York and Savannah, has become
a thorn in the side of the Western Im
migration Bureau, maintained here by
roads west of Chicago, and may cause
almost endless trouble and disturbance.
It seeks concurrence in rates and
commissions on Immigrant traffic by
way of Savannah from Europe to
points in the South. West and South
west. handled through an independent
outside agency in New York, with
which the Western roads refuse as ;>
body to do business, although some of
them are suspected of surreptitiously
doing so.
Chairman McLeod, of the Western
passenger committee, is making an in
vestigation. How serious the situation
is. as well as the danger to the perpe
tuity of the immigration bureau, is
shown in an appeal to Western roads
that may have had secret deals with
the agency to stop doing so and save
the bureau from dissolution that will
become inevitable if irregularities con
tinue.
SPARTA. Ga., Jan. 15.—The Georgia
Railroad depot at this place was bur
glarized last night. Some boxes of
freight belonging to the railroad and
the ticket agent’s overcoat was stolen.
The robber robbers effected an en
trance through the agent's window by
tearing away the bars. No clue as to
the identity of the burglars.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—It Is an
nounced from the headquarters of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
that, effective January 1, a general In
crease lias been made in the salaries
of clerks, agents, trainmasters, dis
patchers, section masters, etc. The
percentage of the increase has not yet
been computed, the object having been
to make the advance general In all de
partments. without regard to recent
Increases for efficiency and length of
time in some branches of the service.
The advance affects several thousand
employes on the three divisions of the
systems and will increase the operating
expenses of the road more than a
ciuarter of a million of dollars per year.
The reason given for the general ad
vance is the increased cost of living.
COLUMBUS. Ga.. J in. IB.—Mrs. Ar.n
J. Howard, aged eighty years, one of
the most prominent women in Colum
bus. died .his afternoon at he“ home
in Bealhvood. Sue leaves nine chil
dren, RIehavl Howard, and eight sis
ters. Sh? was a fi'e long member of
the Presbyterian church.
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 15.—The
State Board of HeaRh tonight an
nounced the first of its precautionary
measures against the importation of
yellow fever during 1907. An inspec
tor will leave here next week for Cen
tral American countries to watch for
possible outbreaks in those places.
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“ ‘Well, he’s a good man. an' I'm with
him.' said Mr. Hennessy. Don': ye
think he's right whin he wants to put
a limit on how much money a man
can have?’
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.—The Presi
dent sent to the Senate today the fol
lowing nomination of postmasters:
North Carolina—W. P. Edwards,
Franklinton.
FJorida—F. M. Taylor. Titusville;
Mary B. Bishop, Eustis: D. N. Bradley,
ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. 14.—Two negro
clubs doing business on Decatur street
netted nearly $?00 to the city in fines paid
In the Police Court this morning. Ttie
proprietors of them paid $100 each, and 66
patrons yielded up a total of $592.50.
DOVER. Del., Jan. 15.—Henry Rich- !
ardson. of this county, was tonight ‘
nominated for the United States Sen- i
ate on the ninth ballot of the caucus ;
of the thirty-sixth Republican assem- ' s , , .
blymen of the lower branch of the Del- j v5.„„
aware Legislature. The ballot result
ed: Richardson, 20: Allee. 10; Burton
1; Mhrshall, 1; Addicks, 1; Layton, 2;
Pennewlll, 1.
LONDON MAYOR’S DUTIES.
00 to cover his civic tex-
made to meet
of tile situation
predecessors spent
an additional 200 pounds out of his
own pocket. The Council decided six
years ago to grant the Mayor an al
lowance to prevent the office from be
ing confined exclusively to well-to-do
people. Subscriptions to local socie
ties. which seem to be expected froir:
a Mayor, form the principal item in
Then it has to
cover meals for committees at work,
which, if incorporated in ihe Council's
accounts, would be surcharged to us.
No fewer than forty dinners of this
kind have come out of the Mayor's
purse this year. The system has work
ed very well in this borough, and is
scarcely likely to be abused."
Hampstead and Woolwich are the
only other boroughs with salaried
Mayors, and in cacti case the experi
ment has justified expectations. Wool
wich, with its Labor majority of 1903,
was practically obliged to make some
such provision for its work-a-day
Mayors, and the fact that the Inde
pendent Council of middle class Hamp-
recognized the principle of
j bringing the highest office in the bor
ough within tlife reach of all is an
argument in favor of the general adop-
I tion of the principle,
j During their brief existence it has
I been the practice of the borough coun-
j elis to select, as far as possible, their
j Mayors from among the Aidermep and
I Councilors. This rule insures that only
men who have had a good grounding in
: tlie work of municipal administration
tall be elevated to the presidency of
ly, and the co-option tho-
"What are the duties of a London
Mayor? The question is an interest
ing one .in view of the election of
twenty-eight London Mayors soon. As
explained in The Tribune yesterday, i the
a peculiar circumstance this year is I ory has broken down so badly !n cer-
•that. owing to the intervention of the ! tain provincial boroughs that the new-
municipal elections the names are at ! er creations of the metropolis, which
present known of but one or two of 1 "" *- • . ’ -
the coming occupants of the mayoral
chair. The new councils will have to
make a hasty selection.
Aspirants to the metropolitan may
oralties are as yet underterred by the
inevitable contrast between the drab
commonplaces of their office and the
picturesque magnificence of the Lord
are still to some extent only feeling
their way, arc chary of running the
risk that would thereby be involved.
There have, of course, beep exceptions,
but the rule has only been broken to
meet an emergency or to honor dis—-
tinguished men. The Duke of West
minster and Lord Cheylesmore as May
or Westminster, the Duke of Bed-
Mayor, who rules in the ball cf Gog ford as Mayor of Holborn, Lord Cado-
and Magog. The Lord Mayors can can as Mayor of Chelsea, and Fir
trace a continuous succession from j George Barham as Mayor of Hamp-
1189. when Henry FitzAilwvn was in- j stead, arc among the select few who
stalled in his high office. The Mayors j have been apointed from outside the
to be elected will only be the seventh ’ Council. Such appointments convey the
of their line. The Lord Mayor re- ! greater compliment, because they are
ceives a grant of 10.000 pounds for the j tho exception to the customary prac-
expenses incurred during hLs year of tice.—London Tribune,
office, and It is roughly calculated that
In an average year he spends about
twice that amount. Three of the
Mayors receive a salary of 200 or 300
pounds—a sum which fairly repre-
cents their immediate out-of-pocket
expenses in the discharge of their .
public duties. The remaining twenty- . hospital
five are unsalaried. ! feature-
But it is the entire absence of the
picturesque element from the civic
life of the metropolitan Mayor which
makes so vivid a contrast with the
triumphal progress of the Lord Mayor.
There Is no November procession for
Blood-Letting F or Lockj aw.
A patient who entered St. John's
Hospital, long Island City, on October
5. to he treated for lockjaw, was dis
charged yesterday as cured, after a
treatment which it was said at. the
contained one experimental
that, of blood-letting.
Richard Miller, of 433 Flushing ave
nue. Long Island City, the patient,
stepped on a rusty nail in a. building
in which he was employed as a carpen
ter. At breakfast or October 5, he
found he was unable to firee his jaws
the Mayor, no round of sumptuous 1 further i-art th a an inch. He was
| banquets and princely entertainments. ! taken to St. John's Hospital and soon
I no reception of kings, statesmen and [after his admission his musclos as
warriors, no trips to Wales or Paris
[ His are purely local ceremonies, as
may be gathered from the following
Green Cove Springs: G. E. Koons, Pai- | jottings, taken at random from a
motto: G. F. Foernald. Tarpon Springs.
Virginia—W. B. Alfred. Clarksville;
R. A. Anderson, Marion; J. H. Lindsey,
Bridgewater.
ATLANTA. Jan. 15.—Secretary of
State Cook today granted an applica
tion for a charter for the Southern Ag
ricultural Fire Insurance Company of
Atlanta. The enterprise is to be op
erated upon the mutual and co-opera
tive plan, and in consequence is not
reouired to have any capital stock.
The charter was granted upon the ap
plication of Henry S. Reed, of Atlan-
mayoral Journal
May 9—Concert and musical evening.
May 17—Opening of public library.
Whit Monday—Cart horse parade.
June 27—Unveiling tablet to lacol
volunteers.
July3—Complimentary dinner to ex
overseer.
October 18—Private view of new
baths.
October 29—Official visit to P. S. A.
November 12—Official attendance at
Divine service.
January 4—Mayoral dance.
uliar to the dis-
i ease. The antitoxin treatment was
j tried without apparent result.
■ On October 5. Dr. J. R. Galvin, chief
i bouse surgeon, bled the patient In the
I right arm. After that the man's im-
I provement was steady.
I It was said at the hospital that the
| blood-letting had been resorted to to
reduce the increased blood pressure due
! to the squeezing of blood from con-
| traded muscles. No sovereign virtues
i were ascrilu d to the expedient, but it
j was hoped :hat the results of this ease
! might be borne out by subsequent
; cases. The disease in this instance
j having developed within in a week
after infect! n. would ordinarily be re-
January 23—Opening of canal foot- gurded as incurable.