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TWICE A WEEK TELEGRAPH WEATHER F0RECA8T FOR GEORGIA—FAIR TUE8DAY, WARMER IN NORTH PORTION; WEDNESDAY FAIR, WARMER IN SOUTHWEST PORTION; LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS. ESTABLISHED IN 1828. MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1907. TWICE-A-WEEK, $1.00 A YEAR. 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- ,r v -> » « once 3 kl'ig’lt. 3 v»rv 7-T >t«v"r in the Usic. whose rpeir bus rung true and clear upon the vis- rhf ■d Thn broke lnp'i rf "--.-0-3 rt-oi to tho Y’hife Dolls broken, that spear that h-.A-p,, st) o, r ■ RrcVo.. »m- 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. INDISTINCT print 2