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FORAKER FORCED BY i
BLACKBURN TO MODIFY
Some Caustic Compliments
Exchanged Between Sev
eral Senators.
Brethren Dwell
Together in Unity
Washington. Jan. 21.—in accord
ance with an agreement reached today
tv Republican Senators, a substitute
resolution on the Brownsville question
in the Senate todav
The substitute reads
In r
m 11 i;
t,..s Introduced
by Mr. Foraker
as follows:
'•Resolved, Til
the legality or
t!:e President
committee 011
bv authorized
committee or
have printed,
of os. ertalning
reference to or conn
fray at Brownsvill
night, of August 14.
mitiee is authorized
und papers, to adm:
during sessions or roc
ate, and, if d. > nn d
Brownsville f ,r eisewhe
of the investigation t«
the contingent funds
without questioning
dice of any act of
at ion thereto, the
•y 1 (fairs is here-
■'tnd dire p ci bv sub-
cfbcrivv.., t.> take and
timonv for the pur-
il the facts with
■ted with the uf-
Texas, on the
1906. Sabi cont-
’ send for persons
ster oaths, to sit
original provision so as to make it meet
with the views of his colleagues and he
added that the modification now pre
sented was for the same purpose. He
Relieved that the present change did
not in any way alter the effect of his
previous resolution or narrow the scope
of the proposed inquiry.
"When the facts are ascertained,”
he continued, “we will be in the situa- , SA\ANNAH. Ga., Jan. .1. Mayor
lion of not haying raised the question j Tiedeman and th. e new Aldermen were
i:i any wav and we wiiln ot be preclud- I induct , ed nt ° ol * lce today,
ed in any way." ; Tonight after heated contests the
Senator Lodge expressed his entire [ following city officers were elected:
satisfaction with the modified resolu- City treasurer, C. S Hardee; city en-
tion. and withdrew his pending amend- . 8l ne er, J. W. Howard; city attorney',
ment to the original Foraker resolution. ; Samuel B. Adams; city marshal, Fred
Senator Blackburn, the author of the: vessels; city physicians, white. Dr.
much discussed Blackburn amendment, i -«awrence Lee and Dr. R. Martin;
asserted that the. modified resolution clerk of the market. Troup. Durham;
was satisfactory' to him. ‘‘There is not director of public works, Harry il-
a sha l )w of difference." he maintained, harbor master. John Carr; health
“between the amendment which I of- officer, Dr. W. F. Brunner; chief sani-
fered and the modification to the reso- i ta ry Inspector. Henry G. Green; keeper
lution which is now proposed." * oity dispensary. F. B. Durham; mes-
He claimed credit for securing the ! s cnger of . council, Charles Gradot;
change. An exchange of cordial com- j plumbing inspector, A. Robider: recor-
piiments was then indulged in be- * der ; J - E. Schwarz; superintendent of
tween Messrs Blackburn and Foraker, i Police, Capt. W. G. Austin; superinten-
which led Mr. Tillman to remark that dent of fire department. Thomas Bal-
the incident reminded him of the Bibll- | lantyne; superintendent of waterworks,
cal passage, "How sweet it is for breth- Joseph P. Figg; chairman of tax asses-
ren to dwVll together in unity." Con- ! Kors - J* Ft. Dillon; tax assessors, two, J.
tinuing, Mr. Tillman declared that “the \ Dryer and F. X. Douglass; clerk to
Senator from Massachusetts has squerz , police court, W. D. Morgan; keeper of
CITY, OPEN
THE
if the
Sen-
iden:i
•Pt
advisable. • at
e. the expenses
be paid from
ttie Senate."
1 k<
vltb that
r on Dn-
'declara-
The resolution i:
introduced by Sen
cemhep J9 last, ex,
lion against raisqig me question of
legality of the President s act. The
words "without questioning the legality
or justice of any aq ,,f the President
in relation l.hereto." were inserted as
the result of the conference .ailed to
harmonize the differences of Republi
can Senators after rite introduction hv
Senator Blackburn ..f his amendment
to endorse the President.
In presenting his resolution he said
that he had heretofore amended his
ed through a very small hole to get
hack to tlie majority of his party.” j
He also said: "The Senator from
Kentucky. Mr. Blackburn, has squeezed 1
otit of the very same small hole to get i
hack to the consciousness of rectitude :
and non-partisan purpose for which he j
offered his amendment. I congratulate
the Senator upon the fact that all of
us are united for once."
Senator Carmack expressed the hope
that some Republican Senator would
give the details of the midnight confer
ences In whicli he said the compromise
had been formed.
Senator Scott remarked that the
negro Soldiers involved would all he
dead before the Senate committee could
get to work on the investigation.
Senator Tillman said he knew that
the whole South would tumble over it
self to support the President, because
we don’t want negroes in the army at
all.
Laurel Grove cemetery, A. B. LaRoche;
clerk of council, N. P. Corisli.
TILLMAN’S FUNNY
GOT HIM INTO
TALK
TROUBLE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21.—Few feat
ures of the spectacular were missing
from proceedings <• r :ho Senate today.
The Brownsville affair was the .sub
ject of controversy, and the day be
gan with the announcement of a com
promise resolution whicli brought both
Republican and Democratic Senators
together on ibe basis of ordering in-,i.|^ a ^?
vestigatlon Into the fact '
without questioning the authority of
tlw j«t«>T«o ■wMwpjwfc. thgj negro
troops.
jVhen the 1 "Harmony” ycstimonials
were all in Senator TiilmAn ;ook the
floor ntxj delivered a speech in reply I ephon
ler of the usurper, at the White House
and who lias made the sparks fly in
manv an onset; hut his Spearhead is
broken off: he has been unhorsed, but
before retiring from the lists he seizes
a garland of flowers, and placing it on !
his headless weapon (now, alas, no I
longer of any use!, he lays it at the i
feet of the victorious Roosevelt as a i
fferirg and joins the minstrels |
» •> ,: * st song to the victor of ,
flray. | Brownsville who whistles Democrats I
I to come to the WhjLu House and Tick
■ the hand which so often smote .
I them. His specialty is a song “Renom- j
iinnte our idol, or give us back our
! platform.’ ” ,
•Next is the negro preacher and tel- |
artist in the show, who on one 1
with
occasion gets in eommunlvat
the White House on the wire and arts
as a receiver and a repeater, a verita
ble chameleon in his accuracy in repro
ducing White House conversations, we
have a Fens tor hailing from Massachu
setts. the home of the sacred cod
where tile Adams’ vote for Douglas and
walks with the Almighty.
Belittles Senator Clay.
‘As the middleman we have the pom- ■ tion in
Lode
f roin Georg
never answer
a, whose
any ques-
voice
padour artist
specialty is
tion and who depends upon his
to carry conviction to his audience. I
"Then comes the star of the troupe.
‘Gum* Shoe Bill,’ from ‘Old Missouri.’
He can dance the highland fling on top
race and never touch the
ten rail
to the reAWit criticism /if himself by
Fenutor Spooner. This speech began
•with a satirical picture of the Senate,
as a "minstrel show," which Mr. Tin
man later said was his first and last
attempt to he "funny.” an attempt
which at Its conclusion brought a
stinging denunciation from Senator
Carmack In resentment of allusions to
him. This' was preceded by a serious
reply from Senator Spooner on the at
titude taken by Mr. Tillman on the
race problem, all finally resulting in a
session of -nearly two hours behind
closed doors.
The secret session was followed by
a brief open one. in which Mr Tillman
made a profuse apology 10 Mr. Car
mack, to all Senators whom he had
brought into his "first 1 ay in th-
line of humor," and filially to the
Whole Senate.
Tillman Makes Apology.
*T very much regret that I ever un
dertook to he funny, and 1 will never
do so any more."
Mr. Tillman then withdrew all he
had said in his "funny cssnv." and said
it would not appear in the Record.
This apology was at or.ee accepted hv
Mr. Carmack, who regretted he had
questioned the motives of his friend,
and he too. withdrew words he had ut
tered in protest.
Mr. Foraker made a final attempt to
get a vote on hi® resolution, hut ob
jection was made, and the matter will
be taken up tomorrow immerMa; oly
tifter morning business has been dis
posed of. Mr. Cam'll k remarked jocu
larly that there were not more than
fifteen or twenty Senators desiring
talk, and Mr Foraker, feigning s<
done, and no Senator has complained 1
mole often or more bitterly of having ■
been made the victim of offensive re-
I mark. , No Senator upon either side of
j the chamber has ever made remarks
| about the Senator from South Caro-
1 lina as studiously offensive, as the
; Senator from South Carolina without
j provocation whatever has aeon fit to
| make of a number of his colleagues
1 in this chamber. The Senator from
j South Carolina saw flt to include me
j in his personal remarks without any
- provocation whatever, so far as I can
..onrp- j j u( jg, e j have no feeling of resentment
| toward the Senator from South Caro
lina. for without making any personal
dipped in the filth of the gutter. I am
glad to say that that shattered spear
will be withdrawn from here unstained
with dishonor or unstained by any act
| of mine with anything that ap
proaches that name.”
When Mr. Tillman rose lo reply Sen
ator Teller moved that the doors be
closed and the audience excluded. The
motion was seconded by several Sena
tors and the Senate went into closed
session at 4:15 p. m. The closed ses
sion was devoted entirely to an ef
fort to have expunged from the Con
gressional Record that portion of Mr.
Tillman's remarks relating to other
Senators which he characterized as
“the minstrel show.”
Tillman on Spooner.
At this point Mr. Tillman turned his
attention to Senator Spooner’s recent
attack upon him. He had not intend
ed to speak again on Brownsville, hut
"the unprecedented actions and utter
ances from the Wis.oonsln Senator had
made it necessary.” Mr. Tillman de
clared that in Senator Spooner's recent
speech “his manner was insulting as
it is possible for a Senator to assume,”
and that the attack on himself was un-
paralelied. intentional and in cold blood.
It was acting worthy of "Uriah Heap."
Mr. Tillman asked: “Since when did
Senator Spooner become the censor of
Senators?” Explaining the conditions
in his State during the “carpetbag”
government in justifying the riot and
"ballot, stuffing," Mr. Tillman said:
fWe have not shot any negroes in :
S»uth Carolina on account of politics j
fince ’76—we have not found it neces- ‘
1 sar.v. He said lie would'not call the
| negro a haboon. “T helieve they are ;
: men.’’ he said, "yet they are so akin j
to monRevs that scientists are looking 1
I for the missing link yet." 'j
Mr. Tillman declared that the South
j had nothing to fear from an investiga- j
I tion of the whole race question in the |
I South. “We court such an investiga- j
tion.’ he said. |
I If the Filipino was unfit for suffrage, |
bf asked, how could tile negro be fit for ;
; it? He said there was a grave question
! as to whether the fourteenth and fif-
I teenth amendments to the constitution
; ‘were ever legally adopted. He doubted
i if there would ever be a change in the
j constitution. Mr. Tillman wanted the
j negro to have equality under the law,
~ right to acquire property and protec
ion
ATLANTA, Jan. 21.—The executive
committee of nine of the eleven boards
of trustees of the district agricultural
colleges of the State met in the Sen
ate chamber this morning for the pur
pose of receiving bids for the erection
of an academic building, and two dor
mitories, oS* for the giris and the other
for the boys in each district. Govern
or Terrell was present at the meeting.
Hon. J. L. Hand, of Pelham, presided,
while Hon. 11. L. Duggan, of feparta,
acted as secretary. A lar^e lumber
of bids were opened, the aBomints run
ning from $44,000 to $65*Mm for the
three buildings. There one bid
from an Atlanta firm ofijfcentractors
to do all of the work for tlfiplump sum
of $496,000; After the bid<»vere open
ed, all outsiders were eiKused from
further attendance upon tlfigpieetlng.
In executive session thecmze of the
bids was discussed. The prevailing im
pression seemed to be that the propo
sals were all too high. The idea of
giving ail of the work to-one firm of
contractors met with little fayor. as it
was believed that the quickest way to
i get the buildings was to let no con-
; tractor have more than the three buiid-
I ings of a district.
j After some discussion itiwas decided
I to reject all of the bids, and call for
: new ones, to be opened and passed
! upon at meetings of the boards of
I trustees to be held later. It was also
. agreed to allow each district to act
independently in the mattpr of giving
i out contracts. ■
j A schedule of dates w&s then ar-
1 ranged for meetings of the several
■ boards of district trustees, at which the
Governor will be present, and at which
| new bids will be opened land passed
j upon finally. Here are thp dates:
Fifth District—Monroe, ^Wednesday,
January 23.
j First District—Statesboio, Friday,
January 25. ?
Sixth District—Barnesville, Saturday,
January 26. *
Tenth District.—Sparta^ Tuesday,
Thurs-
BIDS FOR THAW’S TRIAL IS
COLLEGE POSTPONED TO
LDINGS WEDNESDAY
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—The trial of
Harry K. Thaw, charged with the mur
der of Stanford White, was today post-
i poned until Wednesday morning at
j 10:30. The defendant was held in the
! prisoner’s room in the Criminal Court
j building during the time the roll of the
! three hundred talesmen summoned in
j the special jury panel was being called,
i He was up bright and early, anxious
j for his trip across the bridge from the
; Tombs prison to the court room. His
1 wife arrived at the prison too late to
i see him. She did not go to the court
] house. The prisoner appeared happy
[ anti confident and walked with a
‘ springy step. He was accompanied by
\ his counsel. District Attorney Jerome
i appeared before Justice Fitzgerald and
explained that counsel in the pending
case, that of Matthew Hilgert, the
maker of'“Magic Boots,” believed they
could conclude the trial by Wednesday.
He therefore asked that the special
, panel called for the Thaw case be ex
cused until next Wednesday morning.
The court ordered that this.be done,
j All persons other than the two hun
dred men from among whom the jury
, of twelve is to be selected were ex
cluded from the court room. Even the
1 newspaper men were held outside the
j court room during the brief proeeed-
! ings.
I Thaw’s sisters, the Countess of Yar
mouth and Mrs. Geo. L. Carnegie, visit-
; ed him in the Tombs this afternoon,
i Clifford L. Hartridge, Thaw’s chief
counsel, is quoted as having said today
; that he will place experts on the wit
ness stand during the coming trial to
; testify as to Thaw’s sanity. Howard
Nesbitt, brother of Harry Thaw’s wife
REFUND ORPHANS’MONEY,
EXCLAIMED HARDWICK
EDWARD GRATEFUL
[TO ADMIRAL DAVIS
LONDON, Jan. 21.♦-By a singular co
incidence, Admiral Davis happens to be
the officer to whom England has hereto
fore felt the deepest gratitude as his
course while the American member of
the International Arbitration Court at
Paris, upon the sinking of British fishing
vessels lri the North Sea by the Russian
fleet, practically controled in shaping
a decision favorable to Great Britain.
Some phases of the arbitration were not
sealed at the time as they might have
proven irritating to Russia. It is known
that Admiral Davis’ staunch support of
the British contention turned tin? scales
at the decisive moment. His views were
accepted by the Austrian admiral and
this, with the vote of the British mem
ber, Admiral Beaumont, made a majority
which determined the character of the
final decision. King Edward, on the con
clusion of the court, communicated an in
vitation through the British Ambassa
dor at Paris to Admiral Davis to come
to Buckingham Palace, where marked
honors would have been shown him. But
the desire to avoid anything which might
be construed as wounding Russia led
Admiral Davis not to accept the King’s
invitation.
Bill to Stop Corporation Con
tributions Passed the
House. ~
Democrats Score
G. 0. P. Corruption
JUDGE 0. W. BUCHANAN
LOSES SUIT FOR SALARY
■WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—The ease
of O. W. Buchanan, against the State
of South Carolina, involving a question
as to the amount of the salary of
Buchanan as a State circuit judge in
j South Carolina from 1895 to 1899. was
j dismissed today by the supreme court
came here from Pittsburg today and i 0 f the United States for want of iuris-
■went to the District Attorney's office | diction. The dispute was due to the
where he was questioned by Assistant | f a( .t that there was doubt as to which
Attorney Garvin. It was stated unoffi
ciallv that young Nesbitt might be
called as a witness for the prosecu
tion and his testimony would be in de
fense of Stanford White’s reputation.
-Dougips
January 29.
Eleventh District-
day, January 31.
Second District—Tifton.^Triday, Feb
ruary 1. -j
Fourth District—Carroflton, Tues
day. February 5.
Third District—Amerlcug,' Thursday,
February 7;
Eighth District—Madisojl, Thursday,
February 14.
It will be noticed that the Seventh
and Ninth districts were not repre
sented at the meeting. The reason of
this is that Cob County his agreed to
construct the buildings on the plans
adopted, and pay for them, and the
Ninth district has not as yet decided
upon a location for the school.
BAD NEGRO CAME TO
GRIEF NEAR VIENNA
VIENNA, Ga.. Jan. 21.—George Ham
ilton, a negro, shot Pleas Bryant, an
other negro, on the plantation of T. T.
Morgan near here Saturday night.
Pleas Bryant has since died.
Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Fireland
and his deputy, C. I. Bennett, went
out to arrest George Hamilton. They
met him in th’e road and without any
ceremony George opened fire on them.
He missed them, but they did not miss
George. George was shot four times,
from which it is probable that he will
die. He Is now in jail.
Soutli Carolina statutes con
trolled ill the matter. One of these, a
general law. was approved December
22. 1903, and fixed the salaries of cir
cuit judges at .£3.000 per year, while
tho other, a regular appropriation bill,
which became a law the next day, pro
vided for them at the old rate of $3,500.
The suit was brought for the difference
amounting to $500 a year. The extra
sum was denied by the supreme court
of South Carolina, and today’s decis
ion has the effect of affirming that rul
ing.
OUTBREAK EXPECTED
AT CARACAS BARRACKS
AN EFFORT TO SUBSTITUTE TROOPS
WAS INEFFECTIVE.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY DEPOT BURNED
the
gglt-r
sup-
lieen
VI-‘-n Mr. Spooner took seat Senator
Teller was recognized but said he
would yield brifly to Mr. Carmack, who
i was also, addressing the chair. Mr.
1 Carmack said:
"Mr. President, T was not in the
chamber in the early part of the speech
the pursuit of happiues
happiness does not
mine."
“The South.” he said, "was offering
up anywhere from forty to one hundred
maids and matrons to the modern
beast,” annually. Race hatred, he said,
was growing. The North today.had a
billion dollars of capital invested in the
South and self-interest made it the
duty of the North to move, to do some
thing to relieve the situation. At his
conclusion Senator Tillman was ap
plauded.
Mr. Spooner said that he had no
doubt Mr. Tillman would regret some
of his expressions of today when his
anger subsided. He declared himself
ground, but his greatest feat is
on • ggs without breaking the
“Last we have the artist fr
Badger State, an acrobat and
of international reputation. He
pie. sly and foxy, anil having oi
a lawyer, is noted throughout the land
for his ability fo get on either side of
any question and maintain the negative
-ronf force and "fervor }\' th ^ without malice or without any deliber-
a,so. soprano £ U afcft j 5??^
j Carolina Senator had charged. He de-
! ciared that Senator Tillman had today
; gone beyond any utterances that he
i had ever before heard when the latter
] had said that as Governor of South
Carolina he had not used the machinery
i of the State Government to prevent the
, . „ - j violation of the laws. “To lapse from
made by the Senator from South Caro- j ] aW- j s to lapse into barbarism." he de-
,ma (Mr. Tillman).^ I believe that no* dared and added that the man who
nator here has given more frequent ; justifies such a course offends against
CARACAS. Venezuela, Jan. 2f>, via Vii-
! lomstad. Ciiracoa, Jan. 21.—During the
| night of January 18. Second Vice-Presi-
, . ,, -. , . ; dent Gomez and Minister of War Araujo
tnd the right to having, reason to believe that an out^l
s ;— Provided his ; break was .impending, attempted to
interfere with I change the officers at the Trinidad bar
racks here and to place in that building
200 of their own soldiers. Commandant
Baza, a distant relative of President
Castro, who was in command at the
barracks, refused to allow the change to
be made, declaring he would shoot the
first man who trie., to enter. Not being
desirous of bringing about a crisis at the
present moment, Gomez stationed trops
to guard all the noints of egress from
the barracks and prevent the removal cf
war munitions, which it was suspected
Commandant Baza contemplated sending
to \ Gen. Alcantara, the Administration
candidate for dictator. The situation is
now quiet. Baza remaining undisturbed
at the barracks but an outbreak is be
lieved to be possible at any moment.
COLUMBUS, Ga., Jan. 21.—The Cen
tral of Georgia Railway depot at Fort
Mitchell, Ala., was burned early this
morning and a considerable quantity
of freight was also destroyed. Agent
Stevens was sleeping in the building
and had a narrow escape. He was
awakened by the smoke and barely
escaped jvith his life. Stevens went to
Fort Mitchell from Guerryton, Ala-
only last Saturday. It Is supposed
that the building was fired by sparks
from a freight train.
tors need not think the Democratic
ship of the chamber could monopolize
the ta'king. Mr. Carmack explained
that he was only trying to be funny.
1ha‘ it was his first attempt and tie
would never make another. As Sena
tors were laughing heartily over this
parting sel’v. adjournment was taken
nt 6:15 o’clock.
During the entire day th“ galleries
of the Senate were crowded to their
capacity, and the debate was also lis
tened to hv sceming’v a majority of
the members of the House
sedatives who occupied all available
fps’s and standing room in the cham- !
foPT j
Scored as Burnt Cork, Artists.
Senator Tillman, in that portion of
his speech containing the offensive re
mark-- which he later withdrew, with
a:; .ip’-itv to th- Senate sahl the press .
had denominated him the "Burnt cork
nr!i-t of tlie Senate." and he added if
he were en’’’i d to thi- appellation or
to that of "Pitchfork Ren." at one end
of the minstrel line, certainly "Fire
Aharm .Toe" (Senator Foraker!. ought
not to be ignored at the other. “AYe
both do the Orlando and Furioso act
admirably." *
Benatnr f'ulherson was designated
pc performing a solo "on the hones.”
Senator Da i-i «•"« called "The hr ti
ll-.nt md i-oii’-.tv Senator fr'm. Virginia,
v-iov-e sneeialTv is oratory and who
w"-ks hi- '•'"pToric overtime." "Next.”
s id Mr. Tillman, "wo have tile dying
s \ >n. sn'|l'”g Tom of Colorado, the
Star.- r*H-eT»tlv bought at auction bx‘
Ik and Mr Foraker feigning ser - , 9 ^' ere t r revocation for retort than our civilization.
’"ness^retoHed hotly’ .hat':he"sem'- 1 I
P.H,
r.
is
<r<-pnbejm.
d’-ge-for the
North stabb
and
Ipeo ‘s
th*:
Hi
indeed
id
he swan's song Sen-
g Democracy of 0 hai
i its vitals by j that
act is very n-a-
into the eve s of tt
A !
"Next we
'•* brings tears’I gonth r
ann’ication I wish to say that with re
spect to some men it is a misfortune
rather than a fault that they do not
know how to sneak the language of
courtesy and goad feeling.
"The Senator from South Carolina
saw fit to allude to the fart that T
had been defeated for re-election. It
was a retort so obvious, so ea=i!v with
in the reach of the most crovellirg con
troversial facultv that T am not sur
prised that it sbnnid have been sug
gested to the intelligence of the Sena
tor sro-v* South Carolina.
S»vere Yet Gentlemanly Retort.
"The Senator from Son'h Cnrnlmn
did not need to lift his hellv from the
dust to a’.’.ain to 'h e height ..f that
great retort. I believe it to he
Mr. P’--»s ; dent. and I say it with Tr’de.
that the fact th
nates is a mat’*
everv Senator imon thi- side of -he
chamber, and I believe to most of He
Senators un in the other side of -ho
I doubt verx- much
be tr’iThfuilv sam with re-
b“- side if the Senator from
ENTERED PLEA
OF GOUTY
BUMPED TOGETHER
By the abrupt bumping of a switch
engine int# a box car upon which he
was standing, at the Bay and Fourth
street crossing last night. George Hud-
gins. a negro, was thrown between two
cars to the ground below, his body com
ing violently in contact with the tracks,
rendering him ' unconscious. Fortu
nately, the engine ceased motion by the
contact with the. car and the man was
dragged from his perilous position. He
was taken to the hospital, where an ex
amination proved that he was badly,
but not seriously injured.
INDIA NAPOLI S. Ind., Jan. 21.—
Philander H. Fitzgerald, a wealthy at
torney of this city, who was indicted
at the last session of the Federal grand
jury on the charge of using the mails
with intent to defraud, appeared be
fore Judge A. B. Anderson today and
entered a plea of guilty. He was fined
$1,500 and costs. The indictments re
lated that the alleged fraud was in
relation to the ”1904 colony.” located in
Georgia. It was related that this col
ony had been established at St. George.
Ga.; that Mr. Fitzgerald had the town
of St. George surveyed and platted and
had sold a large number of lots. From
I t ^ 1€ ’ sales so made it was alleged Mr.
j Fitzgerald received about $70,000, of
tpruni- i which $35,000 was not accounted for
nearly
LOST LIFE
CHARLESTON, S. C„ Jan. 21.—News
was received here tonight of the wreck
and destruction of northbound special
New York and Florida vestibule train
No. 88, Atlantic Coast Line, at 8:20
o’clock, at Yemassee, a junction point
fifty-nine miles from Charleston. The
train, which was running at a fair
speed, went into an open switch and
crashed into the engine of a freight
train on the siding.
Engineer Johnson, of Florence, on
train No. 88, was killed and Engineer
Horton and three train hands of tho
freight were injured. The train, com
posed of a baggage car and several
Pullmans, caught fire at once and all
exc-vpt one car were burned. It was
said that there were only a few pas
sengers northbound on board and only
one was hurt. The name of the pas
senger and extent of his injuries could
nyt be learned tonight.
Capt. C. C. Tilghman was in charge
of the vestibule train and Conductor
Stuart Heisenberger in charge of
freight.
NEGROES CHARGED WITH
CRIMINAL ASSAULT.
ROANOKE, Va., Jan. 21.—Sheriff
Beard, of Amherst County, came here
today and took back to Amherst for a
preliminary hearing, Robert Steptoe
and Peter Hudson, two negroes ac
cused of outraging Miss Gladys Shel
ton, near Monroe, two weeks ago. and
who had been held here for safe keep
ing. Hudson was identified by Miss
Shelton, as her assailant, but detec
tives declare Hudson is innocent, and
that they have sufficient evidence to
convict Steptoe of the crime.
FINED FOR COCK
FIGHTING IN CUBA
HAVANA. Jan. 21.—Gen. Jose- Miguel
Gomez, ‘the. Liberal Presidential candi
date, ex-Congressman Mendieta and
General Monteagiido, the two latter
also being Liberals, were fined $50 each
this morning for cockfighting. General
Pino Guerra, the ex-revolutionary lead
er. was to have appeared in court on
the same charge, but excused himself
on account of i.lness.
The defendants claimed that they
did not intend to break the law. but
only wished to make a demonstration
of Cuba's national sport to some high
American army officers.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21.—Discussion
of the Serate bill to prohibit corpora
tions from making money contributions
in connection with political elections
took the form of campaign stum;
debate in the House today, but this did
not prevent the passage of the meas
ure. Democrats, under the lend of Rep
resentatives Williams, of Mississippi.
Robinson, of Arkansas, and Hardwick,
of Georgia, criticised the alleged activ
ity of Republican National Chairman
Cortelyou. during the last Presidential
campaign, in soliciting funds from cor
porations.
Mr. Hardwick recalled the charges
made by Judge Parker, the Democratic
candidate, and the defense by Presi
dent Roosevelt. The Georgia Repre
sentative called upon (he Republicans
to refund “to widows and orphans” the
$48,000 contributed to the fund by the
New York Life Insurapce Company,
the facts of which were brought out in
the recent insurance invesigatlon in
Now York. He referred to Mr. McCall,
the late president of the company, and
“Andy" Hamilton, who was said to
have received money from insurance
companies for use in politics.
Mr. Sherman, of New York, put into
the record that iioth of‘these gentle-,
men wore Democrats.
Mr. Williams declared it to be a still
sadder commentary on the ex'il prac
tices of the Republican party when it
could go outside its own ranks to “cor
rupt. - ’
Mr. Mann, of Illinois, opposed the
bill on the ground that corporations
should be permitted to contribute to
election expenses if rich individuals
were to do so.
The Democrats applauded a question
by Mr. Williams as to whether any one
doubted Mr. Roosevelt’s ability , to
bring about a. return of contributions
by insurance companies, "if he exercis
ed his great power, influence and pop
ularity."
Replying to this question. Mr. Robiti-
snn said it is a well-known fact that
tho Republican chairman has been
promoted in office and he had not been
asked to make restitution of the funds
"taken from widows and orphans."
Represen 1 a tive Grosvenor, of Ohio,
said he would vote for ihe'bill so as to
give the people an opportunity to see
how bad a failure it would be.
The bill was passed, two-thirds hav
ing voted for the measure.
The bill to reorganize and increase
the efficiency of the artillery corps of
the United States army was taken up
under suspension of the rules and
passed. A bill was passed authorizing
the. Secretary of Commerce and La—-
bor to investigate and report upon the
‘‘industrial, social and moral, educa
tional and physical condition of women
and child workers in the United
States.” Tho measure has already
passed the Senate.
After the passage of a number of
hills, under suspension of the rules,
the House passed the District of Co
lumbia, appropriation bill and at 5:10
p. m. adjourned.
FEDERAL LEGISLATION
IN MATTER OF PEONAGE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—Federal
legislation to more certainly define tho
status of the employer and employed,
particularly with reference to the al
leged practice of peonage in the Soutli,
is being formulated by Representative,
Sparkman, of Florida, for the House.
In a statement today Mr. Sparkman in
dicated the extreme difficulty of draft
ing a bill which would give adequate
or in fact any measure of relief, par
ticularly to the employer of labor, tvho,
he said, was often placed at great dis
advantage owing to the rigor of peon
age prosecutions in the Federal courts.
It was a frequent occurrence, he said,
for negroes to make charges of mal
treatment against their employers.
SENATOR TALBERT STRIKES
AT ROOT OF DISPENSARY
•It'tWgstff
AUGUSTA, Ga., Jan. 21.—A Colum
bia Special says: Senator Talbert, of
Edgefield, rather surprised the South
Carolina Senate today when he intro
duced a joint resolution, which provides
for tlie complete abolition ot the South
Carolina dispensary, which has been in
operation thirteen years, and tho ap
pointment of a commission to ascertain
the condition and wind up the affairs
of the institution preparatory to clos
ing it out. He introduced a compan
ion measure calling for an amendment
to that section of the constitution of.
the State under which the dispensary
is operated, providing that it shall be
stricken from the constitution. A
measure providing for a change in the
dispesary system has been rathei* ex-
petted, but was not looked for in the
Senate at this time, and there seemed
to be no anticipation of‘the length to
which the Senator from- Edgefield
ENORMOUS AMOUNT
TO PAY PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—'The House
committee on appropriations today re
ported the pension bill carrying appro- !
priations of $138,138,560 for 1008. The
appropriation for pensions in 1907 was
$140,245,500. In the bill, appropriation is
made for only nine of the IS pension I
agencies which now exist. The Presi
dent alone, under the law. has authority
to decide what pension agencies are to
be discontinued. Members of the House
committee on appropriations say that it
is President Roosevelt’s desire that the
number of agencies be reduced one-half.
simply for the purpose of being s'uin- j would go in his effort to bring about
the reform over which the State has
fought two hot campaigns. The feat
ure of his effort lies in the fact that
he also introduced the original‘Child's
hill, providing for prohibition through
out the State.
Ail of the measures have been re
ferred to the committee on dispensary.
moned as witnesses in the Federa
courts, for which a fee is paid suf
ficient to support the negro in idle
ness during the nendency of the suit.
There were, Mr. Sparkman maintained,
many other points where injustice re
sults from the present mode of legal
procedure in determining charges of
peonage for which correction is needed.
Mr. Sparkman has not completed the
draft of any measure which as yet
meets his approval.
JOHN SKELTON WiLLIAMS
DENIES HURTFUL RUMOR
audience,
st Carmack,
the -edoubtable Ten-
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v»rv 7-T >t«v"r in the Usic. whose rpeir
bus rung true and clear upon the vis-
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broke
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has never been
AUGUSTA, Ga.. Jan. 21.—John Skel
ton Williams was asked about a press
dispatch from Atlanta. Ga.. stating the
MISTRIAL IS DECLARED x j road was being promoted to be sold out
IN SHEA CONSPIRACY CASE j rather than developed and operated.
He replied:
CREVASSES IN LEVEES
OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 21.—Three small
crevasses in the Mississippi river levees
about 60 mile^ below here, were found
today. The section which will he inun
dated. if these crevasses are not stopped
up. is an oyster country, and the water
would not probably do great damage.
, A number of levees in the Grand Prai-
the | rie and Buras Districts are. however, in
grave danger of breaking, in which event
fruit and truck growers for many miles
along the river would be heavy" losers.
All of the imperilled levees are far below
the city and the danger is due largt-ly
to the fact that the levees were incom
plete when the rise came.
EXCHANGE
ABS BY-LAWS
THOUGHT IT WILL REDOUND TO
INTEREST OF THE COTTON
TRADE
BONDS OF TAX G
HAVE N
w*
ERERS
BEEN FILED.
CHICAGO. Jan. 21 —The jurv in the
eonsriracy trial of Cornelius R. shea,
president o’ the International Teamster
Brotherhood, reported a disagreement this
afternoon. The jury was discharged.
The jurors stood seven for acquittal and
five for conviction. Notwithstanding the j business with the object of unloading
pe'nsive* trial hi the hisnuw ofCoSk Co“l i an irr ! rature undertaking on possible
ty. the announcement was made by the I competitors, as has been suggested by
S^ato’s office that arrange
ments will be made for a second trial
CHARLESTON NEWSPAPERS
DENIED CERTIORARI
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—A petition
for a writ of certiorari in the case of
Annie Oakley, against the Charleston
(S. C.) News and Courier and the Eve
ning Post of the same city, was denied
by the Supreme Court of the United
States today.
It was in relation to damage suits,
in which the newspapers sought to
have the court review the proceedings
unfriendly and probably rival in- j of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the
teresL” . fourth circuit
"The report is of course silly and
unit tie. We have taken hold of the
Georgia and Florida Railway enterprise
for the purpose of developing and oper-
; ating it. We have not gone into this
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—The members
of the New York Cotton Exchange to
day approved several amendments to
the bylaws of the exchange as pro
posed by the hoard of governors and
ordered a meeting to be held Wednes
day for balloting on the amendments.
The objects of the amendments, it was
stated, was to secure a revised fmm of
contract that will redound to the in
terest of the cotton trade generally as
well as the exchange. Summarized,
the amendments are:
The elimination of the following
grades front those deliverable "n con
tract: Strict, good, ordinary, tinged,
low middling, stained and all 'quarter
grades. Deduction by the classification
committee or appeal committee
classification f<
half grade or
quarter grade
ATLANTA, Jan. 21.—Although the
law requires that the bonds of State
and county tax receivers and tax col
lectors shall be filed with Comptroller
General Wright by January 1 of each
year, the bonds of six tax receivers and
three tax collectors are still to come
in.
The tax receivers are of the coun
ties of Fannin, McDuffie, Putnam, Tel
fair. Thomas and Walker:
The tax collectors are of the coun
ties of Fannin, Putnam and Walken
The Governor has the power to de
clare the offices vacant, under the cir
cumstances.
CAPT. R. E. L. SPENCE
ASSIGNED TO DUTY.
ATLANTA, Jan. 21.—Capt. R. EJ. L.
Spence, of the United States army, re
cently retired, half pay, has been as
signed to active service which emtltles
him to full pay and assigned to dutj’
as commandant of the cadets of the
Georgia Military Institute, at MHledge-
DATES FOR THE BAPTIST
ANNIVERSARIES IN MAY.
NEW YORK, Jan. 21.—General ar-
rangemer.is for the Baptist anniver
saries in May, 1907, were announced
gin cutting to be one- | today, as follows: Meetings of the
ore. instead of one j Missionary Union, the Home Mission
more. 1 Society and the Publication Society, at
Washington. D. C.. May 14-21, lndu-
Georgia Postmasters. sive: meeting of the Southern Baptist
WASHINGTON Jan. 21—The Presi- (convention, Richmond, Va.. May 16-21,
dent today seru to the Senate the nomi- | inclusive: meeting of the general con-
nation for postmaster of H. C. Newman I vention of the Baptists of America
1 Jamestown, May 22-23,
ax Eastman, Ga.
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