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TUESDAY MORNING JAN. 22, 1907. THE TWICE-A-WEEK telegraph I < t BRANCH AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIC: ATLANTA, Jan 20. rell has hande out f< copy of th> hill ir.tr gressman A flan. son. of trict. In the Hou-e of —Governor Ter- r publication a ducod hv Cm.- th<* Fourth dis- Rrpre.vni.'i; l ves dolu Bol< ;rd t ■n, st ith postal at Washington, January 14. prov.dinc for an appropriation by th" national Oovernmtnt of $2,500 annually /or the maintenance of branch agricultural eocperlment station . Whi'e this b:Ii Is introduced in the intere-t of the Congressional district col.'-cos of Georgia Its appropriation is of course made general In its character. Here is printed the bill in full: I A Bill—To provide for at. annual appropriation for brand'. agrl ittura: experiment stations, and regulating the expenditures tie r. for. I’.e it enacted by the Senate and House „f Representatives of the Uni- tod States of America, in Congres- Rssembled. That there shall be. and hereby is, annually appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid. as hereinafter provided, to each State and Territory for the maintenance of branch agricul tural experiment stations, under the direction of the agricultural experi ment stations now established or tvhlch may hereafter be established in accordance with the act of Con gress approved March 2, 1887. the sum of two thousand, live hundred dollars for each branch experiment stati n established under authority of the Plate or Territory: Provided, how ever. That no branch stations shall be entitled to the benefits of this act ex cept such as arc- located in Congres sional districts largely intere-ted in •’sgrloulture. as decided by the Ferre-, tary of Agriculture: And provided fur ther, That no State or Territory shall he entitled to the hereflts of this act until its Legislature shall by law pro vide for the establishment of at least one branch station, and shall also pro vide annually for the equipment and maintenance of such branch stations ft sum at least equivalent to that ap propriated annually to the State or Ter-ltory under this as:, and the sum paid to each State or Territory under this act shall he applied only to pay ing the necessary expenses of con ducting or verifying, at said branch experiment stations, experiments hear ing directly on the agricultural indus try of the United States, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States or Ter ritories-. Section 2. That tlio sums hereby appropriated to the States and Terri tories for the maintenance of branch agricultural experiment stations shall be annually paid on the first d iy of July of each year by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the warrant* of ‘the Secretary of Agriculture, out of the treasury of the United States, to the treasure or other officer duly ap pointed by the governing boards of said experiment stations to receive the same, and such officers shall he re quired to make to the Secretary of c hi Id fig could gang get. LU: •vhen as • said. • 'bout et house, but 1 : [den ' le straight of it. I ply ship “Celtic”, laden with beef for the relief at Kingston, i Governor Swettenham arrived at j that moment, there was a brief private : meeting and the Govern©.* escorted. Ren- Admiral Davis to his carriage. Saluta'ions wppe exchanged and the Governor, rep-lying to Rear Adm'r.J Daivs' regret that he was unable to do more for Kingston's aid, “Ail the more, to your l.or. >r." adding a deep bow, evi dently in reply t.. Admiral Davis' ref- < rer.c • to his departure and meaning that he wettid do the same if in the MUBlim [News ill Paragraphs HMD IS SHAH duced the oil magnate to the stewards of the church. a dr n Dav; and Taunts and Sneers at Friendly Gffices Bumptious British Govern ment Rejects Aid Offered in Mumanity’s Name. unerir KINGSTON, Saturday. Jan. 12.— Rear .ylmiral Davis's mission of mer cy to stricken Kingston came to an abrupt and painful conclusion today, in consequence of Governor Swetten- h.atn's objection to the presence of American sailors engaged in the work of clearing the streets, guarding prop erty and .succoring the wounded and sick, culminating in a letter to the admiral here peremptorily ordering him to withdraw all parties which had been landed. Admiral Davis was great ly shocked and pained and paid a for mal visit to Governor Swettenham to- day, informing him that the United States battleships Missouri and Indi ana and the gunboat Tankton would sail this afternoon. To the Associated Press Admiral Davis said that immediate compliance with Governor Swettenham’s request was the only coursi consistent with the dignity of the United States. Beginning of Friction. TEHERAN. Jan. 19.—The coronation of Mohamed Ali Mirza as Shah of Persia took place here today with im pressive ceremonies and a brilliant dis play of Oriental grandeur. The sc ne within the throne room, as the Shah ascended the famous pea cock throne of gold set with jewels, surrounded by princes, nobi- s and mul lahs. was one of rare m ignificence. Ac- cordirg to ancient custom, the royal procession entered the throne room one hour after midday. Mohamed All Mirza ascended the throne while the Persian official.- and the diplomatic representatives formed themselves in a i circuit'r group. These Included the i representatives of the United States. 1 Minister Richmond Pearson, and those ' of Great Britain. Russia, Germany and oth.or powers. , _ . The Shah took his seat on the ) . urge n Norton. ol tae | f nrnne ar!( j removed his hat. The prime minister then advanced and placed on his head the jeweled crown which the | late Shah once threw to the ground •; because of its great weight. In the | meantime the chief Mullah began to in tone slowly from the koran. He then ■trretted th h-'-i'i'il had v. >'i:'.d"d and fission to the Work of Hospital. ich< ster nark on the property -suits. Thursday, under the ; and in charge of Fleet Sur- ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. 19.—Judge Pendleton, in the Superior Court today, granted a petition for the appointment of a receiver for - the Georgia Mutual Fire Insurance Company and named Samuel P. Evins as temporary receiver, fixing January 26 as the date for hear ing arguments. The petition was filed by H. C. Powell, who alleges the com pany is insolvent. NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 19.—In Rio Janeiro, during the week ending De cember 6. there were thirty-two cases of bubonic plague and eight deaths, according to the bill of health records of the steamer Dunblane, which arrived here early today from that port. In the same week in Rio Janeiro there were three cases of yellow fever with one death, and also three deaths from leprosy. | NORFOLK. Va.. Jan. 20.—The most I spectacular hre in the history of tla- city occurred today when a spark from I n locomotive of the Norfolk and West-in i Railway s-t tire to grass near the plant of the Atlantic Crcosotins Company and fanned by a 40-mile wind, the flames < x- tended to the great lunt’ er piles and oil ! tanks of the company, causing a as of - $60,000. and the* probably fatal injury of ; , one man. Seventy-live thousand gallons ‘ of creosoting fluid in tile tanks < xpio led • and 2,300 barrels of the oil were con- . sumod. together with several hundred i ■ thousand feet of ervosoted timber and I piiin.g. valued at about $25,000. | Jan 19. —At le death | freight train and the C nati. Chicago and St. la Flyer.” which left Chic Ten persons w. re serin several more slightly lui ger train was running . and consisted of a c u three sleepers and a 1 ear. occupied by M: s. C of the viee-pta .?i<Ikjit of train was destroy, d by Four pi :. schaff. railroad, , m car itid Missouri, and titled by Si? tors of Charity. The hospital received more than fifty sufferers, including persons with fractured bores and skulls, cases of blood poison which had resulted from neglect of wounds, etc. Governor Swettenham and the local medical men were greatly opposed to the American hosoita! insisting that there was no necessity for it. as all the wounded already had been attended to. 1 Surgeon Ames said the local medical men were very ready to accept medi cal supplies, but wished no American interference with the woupded. Con sequently there was much suffering i which the American officers, in the 1 name of humanity were anxious to re- [ lieve. A party of American sailors worked at repairing the hospital build ing to the last moment, when they hauled down their ting, the Jesuits tak ing charge, and returned to their ships, [ the Yankton saiFng at 1 o’clock fol- j lowed by battleship? at four, j Swettenham’s Course Deplored, i Gov. Swettenham’s attitudp toward a friendly American officer’s assistance is . greatly deplored by many of the resi dents .of Kingston, some of them even suggesting that the governor be peti tioned to resign. His action is con strued by some as inspired by resent- | ment of President Roosevelt’s attitude toward Jamaican negroes on the Pana- • ma canal. Others ridicule the govern- ohjections to the landing of Arner- The ROME. Ga„ Jan. 19.—Will Kennedy, j of th, 20 years old. was killed at the plow j of the victims were te: factory here today. Elmore Mahan, a 13-year-old boy, during a quarrel, • TERRE HAUTE. Ind. struck him in the head with a plow | Four .officers tonight Tibly burned. handle, killing him instant! AMERICUS. Ga.. Jan. 19.—Americus had a wholesale jail delivery late last recited a poem by the laureate which night when eight negro prisoners sawed ! from Sanford that | ploded on a sidin; | passenger train, burnt wre Til ting The friction between the Governor and the admiral began with the ar- lean sailors^ armed or not arm rival of the American war vessels, insecurity of the city is evidenced by when the Governor objected to the the attempt last Friday night by six firing of a salute In his honor on the I negroes to waylay a midshipman from ground that the citizens might mis- the Missouri, who drew his revolver take the firing for a new earthquake, and put his assailants to flight. He also declared there was no neces- j Last night the streets of the burned sity for American aid. that his Govern- | district still reeked with .the stench of ment was fully able to preserve order • decaying bodies. The burned ruins attend the wounded and succor the | were illuminated only by the baleful was followed by the doleful strftins of another poetic legend. This con cluded, the procession was formed again and the Shah descended from the throne. As His Majesty retired from the mid-t of his gorgeously clad retinue the imperial band plaved the national anthem and the brilliant ceremony came to an end. WOULD BE WITNESS AGAINST EXCHANGE their way to liberty and escaped. Evi dently a key was provided by which they unlocked the massive door guard ing the row of steel cages. Three other prisoners in the same cells de clined to leave and these gave the alarm two hours after the eight crim inals had departed through a barred window, cutting the steel bars. Two of the escaping prisoners were under long sentences for felonies, while six were In for misdemeanors. AUGUSTA, Ga., Jan. 19.—A special from Columbia says:* Mrs. C. W. Blair was committed to jail here this aft ernoon on a warrant changing her with the murder of her husband, based on the verdict of the coroner’s jury re turned at 3 o’clock this morning. Capt. Blair was fatally wounded at his home Thursday during a quarrel with his wife, which he said in the hospital in which he died, was about another railroad conductor. Mrs. Biair denies that there was another man concerned or mentioned, and says her husband was accidentally shot while The freight train carrying the car of powder also was destroyed, it is believed that several people were killed and a score more were injured. Relief trains have been sent to the scene. NEW YORK. Jan. 21.—Commodore Morton F. Plant, the Railroad and Steamship Magnate, narrowly escaped with his life in a collision between his cab and a Lexington avenue car at Forty-sixth street and Lexington ave nue tonight, in which he was thrown to the pavement and received a bad scalp wound that required dressing at a hospital. homeless. Rear Admiral Davis, however, land ed parties of bluejackets who patrolled the streets, cleared the debris, razed the ruins, attended mony of the wound ed and won the highest praise from citizen? and military officers for ex cellent work. On the afternoon of the salute incident Rear Admiral Davis wrote Governor Swettenham as fol lows: Admiral Davis to Gov. Swettenham. Agriculture, on or before the first day j “My dear Governor: I beg you to of September of each year, a detailed Accept my apology for the mistake of statement of the amount so received the salute this afternoon. My order and of Its disbursement, on schedules was misunderstood, and the disregard prescribed by the Secretary of Agri- I of your wishes was due to a mis- eulture. The grants of money author- I take in the transmission of my order. Ized by this net are made subject to | I trust the apparent disregard of your legislative assent of the several States wishes will be overlooked, and Territories to the purpose of said "I landed working parties from both grants. 1 ships today to aid in clearing the vari- Seetion 3. That if any portion of ous streets and buildings, and purpose the money received h.v the designated landing parties tomorrow for the same officer of any State nr Territory for purpose unless you expressly do not the maintenance of branch agricultu ral experiment stations, as provided in this act, shall by any action or rontingency bo diminished or lost or be misapplied it shall he replaced, by stfid State or Territory to which it he- j longs, .and until so replaced no sub sequent appropriation shall he appor tioned or paid to such State or Ter ritory: and no portion of said money, shall be applied, directly or indirectly. •; under any pretense whatever, to the purchase or erection of any building or buildings or to the purchase or rent- ! Ill of land. It shall be the duty of ! each of said station?, annually on or | desire it. I think a great deal may be done in the way of assistance to pri vate individuals without interfering with the work of yourself and Gov ernment officials. As the only object of my being here is to render such assistance as I can I trust you will justify me in this matter for the cause of common humanity. "I had a patrol of six men ashore today to guard and secure the archives of the United State? consulate, to gether with a pa’tv of ten clearing away wreckage. This party, after fln- shing it.? work at the consulate, as sisted a working party to catch thieves, before the first day of February, to ] recovering from them a safe taken make to the Governor of the State or . from a jewelry store, valued at '5,000. Territory in which it is located a full From this I judge that the surveillance and detailed report of its operations. ! of the city is inadequate for the pro- including a statement of receipts and 1 tection of private property, expenditures, a copy of which report ; “Actuated by the same motive, name- shall be sent to each of said stations. ! ly. common humanity, I shall direct to the Secretary of Agriculture, and the medical officers of my squadron to to the Secretary of the Treasury of 1 make ail efforts to aid cases of dis- or before the tcli year after the Secretary (rtain and cer- u lit*- k-mv i t i.w .> ' . n- I if loUl V | * ‘ * ‘ each State and Territory wh'eth- of ln V action in thi Is complying with the provisions “Your abediei the United States. Section 4. That first day of July, the passage of this of Agriculture shnll tlfy to the Secret as to er: er It I of this net and is entitled to receive 11s share of the annual appropriation for branch agricultural experiment stations under this act, and the nmount which thereupon each is en titled, respectively, to receive. If the Secretary of Agriculture shall with hold n certificate from any State or Territory- of it? appropriation the facts and reasons therefor shall he reported to the President, and the amount in volved shall be kept separate In the Treasury of its appropriation, the facts and reasons therefor shall he reported to the President, r volvod shall he ki treasury in.til the Congress, in order Territory may. if appeal to Congress nation of the Secrf If the next Cotigres? sliail not dir such sum to be paid it shall be eov cred into the treasury: and the See tress whieh perhaps do not come un der the observation of your medical officers. “I shall have pleasure in meeting you at the hour appointed, at hend- quarters house. I trust you approve matter. Tit servant. "C. H. DAVIS. . “Rear Admiral.” Gov. Swettenham to Admiral Davis. Gov. Swettenham responded Friday as follows: , "My Dear Admiral: Thanks very much for your letter, your kind call and all the assistance given or offered u.?. While I most heartily appreciate the very generous offers of assistance, 1 feel it my duty to ask you to re- emlmrk the working party and all par ties which your kindness prompted vou to land. glow of the corpse-fires linin; roadways. Today- these bodies yvere indicated through the action of vul tures which perch in flocks on the ruins beneath which their prey is buried. Funeral Pyres. As fast as they are uncovered the bodies are thrown on the funeral pyres and slowly consumed. The total num ber of recovered dead is about 450, and it is believed there are at least 150 persons who have not been accounted for. Food is coming into the city from the country districts, but a famine Is great ly- feared. The filthy conditions of the camps on the parade grounds and race couse, where thousands of persons arc cuddled under improvised tents, roofed over and sheathed with palm leaves, causes grave apprehension of an out break of typhoid fever. At present there is a most urgent need for tents for several thousand persons, but the government Is not supplied yvith these arid is not making endeavors »to obtain them. Rain is now threatening and if it should come it will involve untold suf fering on the homeless thousands. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Jan. 19.—After a lengthy conference with the execu tive committee. Harvie Jordan this aft ernoon accepted the presidency of the Southern Cotton Association for an other year. The convention was ad dressed by B. B. Comer. Governor of Alabama, who characterized the New York cotton exchange as "An enemy of the South.” Governor Comer, who is a manufacturer of Cotton goods, told of buying 21,000 bales of cotton through the New York cotton exchange, sh© and Capt. Blair were fighting for and of trouble he had in getting it. possession of the revolver with which i When it arrived he said not 5 per cent - ne had threatened to kill her. of it was spinnable. ATLANTA. Jan. 19.—The bursting of a pulley on a line of shafting at the Exposition cotton mills caused the death of F. S. Whitworth, an employe of the mills. A fragment of the yvheel struck Whitworth on the head, crush- ing his skull, and he died almost in- j least force them to furnish cotton on stantly. Whitworth yvas employed run-’ contracts.’’ j ning the freight elevator and was in when piece SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. Jan. 21.—The board o' immigrant inspectors. before whom Juan Jmo Arrendondo. the Mex ican revolutionist, was tried to determine whether .-r not he G qualified to become a citizen of the United States, agreed today to suggest to the Secretary of Com merce and Labor that Arrendondo be de ported. SAVANNAH. Ga.. Jan. 20.—Whole sale prosecutions of the alleged naval stores trust are soon to be launched, if indictments that are to be sought in the federal court in the Southern Dis trict of Georgia and in New York, are returned by the respective grand juries. “If you can drive the New York cot ton exchange to the courts” he added “You can have me as a witness. There is no cotton about it. The whole thing | is a fraud. I cannot bo quoted too ; strongly, and I can give names. We ought to enforce a law which will at De»p Regret Expressed in London. LONDON. Jan. 21.—There is a feeling of deepest regret here over the un'ortu- nate incident that led to the hurried de parture of the American warships from Kingston. Governor Swettenham. it is believed, acted entirely on his own initia tive. The last dispatch to the Secre tary of the Colonies, Lord Elgin, to Gov ernor Swettenham, which was dated Jan uary 18, gave the Governor full liberty of action. Tile morning newspapers regard the in cident as most unfortunate and regrot- nble, but several refrain from SDeaking editorial’y pending further information, evidently being desirous to carefully avoid anything calculated in the slightest to jeopardize the 'riendly feeling between the United States and Great Britain. They all, however, reiterate expressions of gratitude for the invaluable services of the American surgeons and landing parties. According to the Daily Mail’s Kingston corr»'spondent. the people of the town are widely protesting against the withdrawal of the Americans, as there is still great need Of food and still greater need of medical assistance. This corre spondent relates that it was at the re quest of tlie Governor's deputy that American marines were landed to quell the disorders in the penitentiary. Gov ernor Swettenham. however, repudiated hi? deputy’s action. The Daily Mail describes the incident as a deplorable blunder on the part of Governor Swettenham. The Story Denied in Washington. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—Acting Sec retary of State Bacon tonight, when shown the dispatch from Kingston re garding Governor Swettenham’s attitude toward Rear Admiral Davis, who went to Kingston with two battleships, a crui ser and torpedo boat destroyer to admin ister aid to the stricken people, at once declared it was not true. He charged that the newspapers were trying to make trouble between Admiral Davis and Gov ernor Swettenham. “There is not any lie said emphatically. Governor Comer then said that Ala- : the act of loading the elevator bamans proposed by law to take a i an overhead pulley burst and : hand in naming freight rates. | 0 f it hit him on the head. "We are going to help name the prices which send cotton across the deep blue sea. •* SOUTHERN FAILS TO Ali ITS BILL NEW YORK. Jan. 19.—Mrs. Flor ence ■JJavbrlck has accepted an offer from a Chicago lecture bureau and will make a tour of the country. A num ber of prominent Americans have ta ken an interest in her work. GRIFFIN, Ga.. Jan. 19.—One negro musician, dead his beloved banjo silent and two negro men in jail, are the principal results of a negro dance in Union district, this county. Friday night. When Andrew Westmoreland tried to collect 5 cents from Dean Starr and John Foster, dancers, objec tion was raised with fata! termination. Starr says Foster killed Westmore land. Foster insists that it was Starr. ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 19.—On the re fusal of tlie Southern Railway to amend the bill filed by* it against the Georgia State Railroad Commission, Judge Newman in thei United States District Court today signed an order j It is thought that the witnesses will sustaining a demurrer! filed by the : decide on the hitter. commission and dismissed tlie bill. The ! attorneys for the railroad company an- \ LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 18.—Suits pounced that an appeal will he taken for alleged violations of the anti-trust to the' United ' Slates Supreme Court, laws of the State were filed today by The order signed today defines the the District Attorney against Armour right of the commission to change the & Co., the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, freight classification of the Southern the Hamond Packing Company, Morris by which a reduction of practically 10 & Co., and the Cudahy Packing Cam per cent in intra-state freight rates pariy for amounts aggregating $1,833,- was made by the commission. | 000 each.. GREENSBORO. N. O.. Jan. 19.—Judge I WINTERQUARTERS Utah. Jan. IS— Boyd, in the United States Circuit Court’ll™; SyluKla Earl, widow of Herman H. today, overruled the demurrers to com- | plaints in the suits for penalties against ; ij arn Brown, a negro harbor, who after- tlie Charlotte mill men. charged with ini- wards killed himself by shooting. The porting laborers in violation of law. and j negro had been annoying the white worn BRONWOOD. Texas. Jan. 21.—The “Record Train.” on the Frisco rail road was derailed ten miles north of j Bronwood today while running 30 mile.?,; an hour. The conches went into the j ditch, except the Pullman sleeper. The | cars turned completely over, injuring a score of passengers, some of wnom may be seriously hurt. Spreading rails is said to have caused the wreck. LAWRENCEBURG, Jan. 20.—The situation hero today was most alarm ing, the conditions, almost approximat ing those of the llood of 1SS4. With the waves of the Ohio splashing over the levee which protects the town and the certain knowledge that rains al ready fallen will bring the torrent over the barriers within a few hours, the people left in this city passed a sleep less night. • AURORA. Ind.. Jan. 20.—This city was last night entirely cut off from railroad or traction connection with the outside world, though the telephone and telegraph wires were still working. The people can only get in or out of the city by boat. About 1.800 in all were rendered homeless by, ihe llood. but those whose homes are still high and dry are gener ously throwing them open to the refu gees. Great suffering is throatendd in case of a sudden cold snap. sustained the demurrer as to a part of j nil with his attentions, and she ordered from u, jt the case in the indictment for conspiracy, him to keep away from her house. .Airs, j afternoon. One of the cases will be made a test case ; Earl leaves three j-oung children. mode to carry to the higher court at once. The j | miiue. BEAUFORT, S. C., Jaif. 20.—The most disastrous fire in the history of Beaufort occurred this afternoon. The loss is estimated at between $500,000 and $700,000, about one-third covered bv insurance. The fire originated in WASHINGTON. Jan. 21— Surgeon General Rixey. of the ntfvy, Mrs. Rixey and a woman friend, while driving this afternoon, were run down by an elec tric car on Connecticut avenue and miraculously escaped serious injuries. The carriage was badly smashed and they were thrown heavily to the ground, but beyond being considerably shaken up were not hurt. L1TTLT ROCK. Ark.. Jan. 21.— Charles F. Hartley, a retail grocer of NewAIbany . Ind.. was robbed of $6,000 by four pickpockets while stepping Rock Island train here this Two arrests have been carry decsion of Judge Boyd was announced at 1 o’clock, after the demurrers had been argued at great length by atorneys for the defendants and the Government. ATLANTA. Jan. 19.—The railroad commission will not for the present j BUFFALO. N. Y., Jan. 20.—A ter- ■ rific gale, which blew ninety miles an ' hour at times, has swejit this city for i eighteen hours, and has done $1,500,000 I damage to shipping. pass upon the question of demurrage ; the barn and stables of F. W. Scheper, In inter-state shipments brought be- on Bay street, and its spread was rap- fo.re that body by R. J. Southall, of id. as a high wind was blowing. The Augusta. Some months ago the com- water supply failed and efforts to fight mission decided that it had no juris- the flames were fruitless. They only diction in such matters, but the ques- stopped when they had nothing more tion was reopened at the request of Mr. to feed upon in the direction in which Southall. tjj e amount in- I ^ in consideration of the American j rate in ; Vice-consul’s assiduous attentions to i - f ,hp next I his at his country house, the .; ; 1P g (nt0 ’ American consulate needs guarding, in I truth ~ v>’l so lesirr ! J’ OUI ’ opinion, although he was present 'know what I am talking about. There is pV 'l.p i,i and it was not guarded an hour ago 'not the slightest kind of trouble or foun- ' V ; ‘ i have no objection to vour detailing a dation for it in any way. shape or man- • Agriculture. I force for the soK . purp ose of guarding ner - Th, ‘ slli P s have not sailed- I know but the mrtv mmt h’.vo no flnonnmc I exactly what happened, and,” he added. ' L‘ ' .v h no firearms. , - there is n0 foundation for it in any man- and nothing moie offensive than clubs | ner. That is perfectly straight. If you SUED WHILE HE held Bier id ins they were being blown. "WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.—Bv a vote of’133 to 92 the House today voted that the salaries of Senators, Representa tives and the delegates from Porto Rico. Hawaii and Alaska, be increased to $7,500 per year after March 4. 1907, and fixing the salaries of the Vice- President. Speaker and members of the cabinet at $12,000. COLUMBUS, Ga., Jan. 20.—While he was holding his baby in his arms Lester Henderson, a young man of Girard, Ala., was cut from temple to jaw by PREVENT TYPHOID PITTSBURG. Jan. 17.—Twenty-one additional cases of typhoid fever were reported to the Bureau of Health to day. making a total of 1,021 cases within the jurisdiction of the city au thorities. The bureau being closed us ually at noon Saturday, most physi cians will not report cases found until Monday. The average of cases report ed in January is sixteen, so today’s figures were taken as proof of the as sertion of Superintendent Edwards retnry of Agriculture’s hereby charged with the proper administration of this law. Section 5. That the Secretary of Agriculture shall make an annual re port to Congress on the receipts and expenditures and work a«rricuRural expertn-ent of the-Sta es and T-"" ; whether the nnnron or Territory h;s 1 if so. the rens'n t Section 6. That any time, amend. or staves for this function. i are looking for the facts, those are 'the "I find your working party this i facts.” morning helping Mr. Crosswell clean ' Mr. Bacon would not disclose the source his store. Crosswell was delighted * 1 ' s information, but indicated a possi- ,ha, ,h, SMS If >our excellency should remain long , jean ships sent there for the relief of the stricken people of the Jamaican cap ital and the remarkable correspondence ; ion *s. and also f am- State hheld; and ss may or repeal ns of this WANT BILL FOR PROTECTION OF BARBERS PASSED ATLANTA. Ga.. ..Tan. 20.—The Re publican Poll Tax Club. No. 1 Frog Town, with headquarters at 22 Bryan street, west. Savannah. Ga.. has writ ten Governor Terrell, requesting him to use his influence with his ' brother senators. Clay and Bacon." and Con gressmen Brantley and Overstreet to secure the passage of a bill for the pro tection of barbers Ju.-, °* ac “; nature of the bid tae secretary of the club C Bolden, fails to say. He in mates, however, that have been sent tives in Wa-diingtf clone nothing with his communication asking him the govern... . scna - answer. “Don t ” Ge oies of tlie bill i’s representa- ih.at they have ildin con ■ ? io a veernor by VinVed question, which will doubtless decline to enough. 1 am sure’ almost all the pri the branch j vate owners would be glad of the ?er- tion? in all | vices of the naVy to save expenses. No Question of Humanity. “It is no longer a question of hu manity. all the dead died days ago. and the work of giving them burial is merely one of convenience. ”1 would be glad to accept delivery of the safe which it is alleged thieves had possession of. The American vice- counsul h id no knowledge of it; the store is close to a sentry post and the officer of the post professes ignorance of the incident. “I believe the police surveillance of the city as adequite for the protection of private property. I may remind your excellency that not long ago it was discovered that thieves have lodged in and pillaged the residence of some New York millionaire during h:s absence in the summer; but this would not have justified a British admiral landing an armed party and assisting the New York police. "I have the honor to ge, with pro found gratitude and the highest re spect. vour obedient servant. “ALEXANDER SWETTENHAM. that led up to that step caused a pro found sensation in Washington tonight. Naval officials to whom the word of the unexpected culmination of this Govern ment's efforts to relieve the victims of the disaster was communicated early ex pressed astonishment, but beyond that fully refrained from expressing their views for publication. Secretary Metcalf received the first news of the action of Admiral Davis from the Associated Press. Ho said the news was a surprise to him that he had bad no advices on the sub ject tlTTouch official channels, pending which he did r.ot 'eel at libertv to. make any comment on the Jamaican Governor’s action. At the Navy Department it was stated positively that aside from Admiral Da vis' message under gate of the 18th. no dispatches had been received from King ston today or tonight. At the British embassy tonight it was stated that no word had reached there regarding the Kingston incident. SAVANNAH, Ga.. Jan. 18.—Jung Lj'e, who recently came to Savannah and opened up an opium joint on State street, was fined $500.00 and costs, with i tv , e t - i o-1 i • or. th George S. Smith. Jn that city this after- ! twelve months alternative. In the city The Pittsburg Bureau of Heall noon. The knife, which was curved at cour t tod; D'- u P° n conviction for con- I nc ” the end and driven with terrific force ! du , otlh B an opium den. The Chinese by Smith. laid tlie whole side of the I colony was in evidence and an inter face open, going to the bone and at j P re *- er was used by the defense, one place cutting through to the mouth. The deed occurred on the street in the ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. 20.—Between 3,000 „ , and 4.000 delegates are expected to at- presence of Mrs. Henderson, and Hen- i tend a rally ana executive session of the derson, who was holding the child was National Farmers’ Union, which will be- powerless to defend himself. The : Kin here Tuesday and continue for three cause of the trouble is not known. Smith claims that Henderson called him out of his house and started the difficulty. "Witnesses say that Smith drew a pistol on the other man after slashing his face. Smith was after- those of the North wards arrested in Columbus. I nent sneakers CENTENARY OF R. E. LEE OBSERVED AT SPARTA, GA. days. According to President Barrett, the purpose of the meeting is to have a grand rally and discuss plans for bet tering the condition of the farmers. All of the States of the South and South west will be represented and most of Among the proml- dc President Bar rett. Thomas E. "Watson and John Tem ple Graves. SPARTA. Ga., Jan. 20.—Th© cen- I tennial anniversary of Gen. Robert E. I Lee was appropriately observed this ! morning, beginning at II o'clock at the court house. The celebration was j under the auspices of the Sparta chap- ; has been prominent in political affairs ter. United Daughters of the Confed- °f the State since the war. He leav eraey and the Clinch Camp of Cou- BIRMIXGHAM. Ala.. Jan. 20.—Gen. Charles M. Shelley died here at an early hour this morning after a lingering ill ness. He was born in 1S33, in Sullivan County. Tertn.. and served through the Civil War. being, a brigadier-general in the Confederate army Gen. Shelley served through four terms ill Congress lma, Ala. , a daughter. Miss Elizabeth Shel - , ... _ _ i a son. Lieut. J. E. Shelley, of the 1 federate \ eterans. C mmamlant ... D. g_ who is now stationed In Cuba. Rogers presided. Tne following pro- j gramme of exercises was carried outj j NEW YORK. Jan. 20.—The gathering of supplies here for the Kingston earthquake sufferers by the New York- Kingston relief committee it is expect ed will be discontinued tomorrow, for ime being at least, in view of tar or congressman fat bill that wil .»« a do hi? public and co. and ’ a 1 ‘O do public body is not good pn en or Heaie. Do c h to be in Heav thrnk so” of the legis- Waited Fifteen Minutes. When Admiral Davis called at Head quarters house this morning to bid farewell to Governor Swettenham. he waited 13 minutes. H" then informed tb.e Governor's aide that he would wait no longer and requested h2:n to tell the Governor that in consequence of his attitude in not desiring American aid. ho had countermanded Presdent Goternor. i refusal on the part of Governor Swet- nham. of Jamaica, to accept aid fr American war vessels, it is quite prob able that the supplies now on the way to the steamers Allegheny and Prinz Joachi will never reach that port. Both steamers have been ordered to call at Port Antonio and there await further instructions. A special meeting of the relief committee will be held tomorrow when the situation will be thoroughly Invocation, by Rev. S. R. Creigland song. “Maryland.” by choir: memorial to I.ee. by Sidney Lewis, read by Judge F. L. Little; song, “Lorena,” by Mrs. G. C. Beil: recitation in concert, “A Soldier of R. E. Lee.” by girls of the seventh grade Sparta high school; a song of the sixth--- by choir: "Eulogy of Lee” speech, by Lewis Thomas. At the close of the exercises the | Daughters of the Confederacy served i luncheon. j COLUMBIA. S. C.. Jan. 20.—A telegram was receiver] early this afternoon by Governor Ar«e] from the authorities .it Beaufort, asking that the. nival mbit’a be ordered out to keep order at that place. The telegram stat >d that race trouble was feared, although it gave no further details. It Is presumed that the , trouble a:r"w nut of the big dire which j occurred there yesterday. Onlv once b"fore. during the great flood ; of 1893. has there been any friction be tween the races at that place. .The ne groes greatly outnumber the whites at Beaufort. h sent representatives today to some of the fever-infested towns up the Alle gheny River to lend assistance and counsel. Oakmont and Verona, con sidered the worst pest spots, will be assisted to clean their streets, an^ an effort is being made to have sewage at these points, which are right above Pittsburg’s intake water pipes, placed elsewhere until the fever epidemic can be got in hand. The upper towns were flooded today with handbills ask ing every family to boil every bit of the water to be used in the house. The Legislature, now In session, will be asked to increase the amount of money formerly contributed for main tenance of indigent typhoid cases In the vicinity of Pittsburg. Some citizens who had received or ders to boil drinking water at till haz ards asked Superintendent Edwards today if filtering would not accomplish the same result. The superintendent replied: “No; the ordinary filter which is placed in the house will not do at all. There is only one known way to get the germs before they get you. and that is to boil the water. The water being furnished Pittsburg is the worst I have ever known. It must be boiled” Charters Granted and Roads Building ATLANTA, Jan. 19.—A remarkable story of railroad development In the future in Georgia will be shown in the annual report of Score ary of Stato Phil Cook, shortly to be issued by the State printer. From time to time as charters were granted new railroad ventures in the State the fact was noted in the pa per? during the past year. But the total figures for the year stagger even those cognizant of the facts In the way mentioned. While it is a generally accepted fact that many charter.? represent “paper railroads,” It i? believed that a very small percent age of those for 1906 are to be so classed. Not a few of these lines chartered are ,-hort links going into big systems, while still others represent the begin ning? of yet other big lines. The facts and figures contained in this article have been compiled from the records in the office of the Secretary of Stats, and are authentic in every way. During 1906 no less than thirty-sev en separate and distinct lines were chartered. Of this number thirty-flve represonted steam roads, while two were long interburban electric line?. Work has already commenced on one of the electric lines, and work Is to begin on the other shortly, so it is said. "Work lias also commenced on a considerable percentage of the steam lines. These thirty-seven lines represent a total mileage of 2,775. and a capital stock of $9,710,000. The longest line Is 350 mile? and the shortest two. The largest capital stock is $1,000,000 and the smallest $10,000. Kelow is given a complete list of all lines chartered, principal office, cap ital stock and number of miles: Atlanta. Buford and Gainesville Electric Railway Company: principal office Buford: capital stock $100,000: length 5S miles. Lumber City and Oeonee River Rail way Company: principal office Lum ber City; capital stock $50,000: length 12 miles. Tlie Sparks Railway and Construc tion Company: principal office Sparks; capital stock $150.00; length 25 miles. Statesboro and Midville Railway Company: principal office Savannah: capital stock $50,000; length 60 miles Waycross. Sal ilia and St. Marv s Railway Company: principal- office Waycross: capital stock $100,000; length 150 miles. The St. Mary's. "Waycross and Nash ville Railroad Company; principal of fice Waycross; capital stock $1,000,000; length 150 miles. IBostwIck Railroad Company; prin cipal office Bostwiek; capital stock $30,000: length 6 miles. Thomnsvillo and Gulf Railroad Com pany; principal office Thomnsvillo: c.mital stock $75,000: length 120 miles. The Valdosta and Nashville Railroad Company: principal office Valdosta: capital stock $300,000: length 30 miles. Hartwell and Washington Railway Company: principal office Hartwell: capital stock $250,000: length 56 miles. Vidalla and Southwestern Railroad: principal office Augusta: capital stock $25,000: length 28 miles. The Dalton and Al'endale Railway Company: principal office Dalton: cap ital stock $500,00; length 22 miles. Augusta Connecting Railroad; prin cipal office Augusta: capital stock Sioo ooo: length 6 miles. Franklin - Southeastern Railroad Company: principal office Brunswick: capital stock $200,000; length 21 miles. Brinson Railway: prlncinal office Sa vannah'. capital stock $1,0(10,000; length 180 miles. Gate City Terminal Company; prin cipal officer Atlanta: capital stock $500,000: length 3 miles. The MIona Spring? Railway Com pany: principal office Fort Valley: capital stock $100,000: length 26 miles. Georgia Central and Gulf Railway Company: principal office Savannah:- capital stock, $16,000; length 75 miles. Georgia and Florida Railway; prin cipal office Augusta: capital stock $1,000,000; lengih 350 miles. Atlanta and New Orleans Railroad Company: principal office Atlanta: capital stock $100,000; length 56 miles. Augusta and Northwestern Railway Company; principal office Augusta: capital stock $100,000; length 90 miles. The Georgia Southwestern and Gulf Railroad Company; principal office Al bany; capital stock $300,000: length 155 miles. The Wilkes and Lincoln Counties Railroad Company: principal office Washington; capital stock $250,000; length 50 miles. The Pelhant and Havana Railroad Company; principal office Pelham: capital stock 3250.000: length 40 miles. Statenvillo Railway Company: prin cipal office Statenvillo; capital stock $70 000; length 14 miles. Atlanta, Griffin and Macon Electric Railway Company: principal office At lanta: capital stock $100,000: length 93 miles. Augusta and Louisville Railway: A principal office Louisville: capital^ stock $.700,000; length 28 miles. Atlanta and Carolina Railway: prin cipal office Atlanta: capital stock $50,- 000; length 170 miles. The Georgia Eastern Railroad Com pany; principal office,. Vienna; capital stock $100,000; length 82 miles. The Atlantic .and Western .Railway Company: principal office Hinesville: capital stock $250,000; length 65 miles. The Albany. Cairo and Gulf Railroad Company; principal office Cairo; capi tal stock $200,000: length 180 miles. Athens Terminal Company: principal office Athens; capital stock $25,000; length 2 miles. Savannah. Statesboro and Western Railway; principal office Savannah; capital stock $1,000,000; length 120 miles. The St. Mary’s and Kingsland Rail road Company; principal office St. Mary’s; capital stock $50,000; length 10 miles. Western and Gulf Railway; principal office Americus; capital stock $200,000; length 85 miles. The Waycross, Baxley and Vidalia Railroad Company; principal office Waycross; capita! stock $200,000; length 55 miles. Abbeville and Northwestern Railroad Company; principal office Abbeville: capital stock $100,000: length 50 miles. From present indications Georgia will figure prominently in the matter of railroad building this year, which fact will show that this State is mov ing along with the others of the union, when it comes to enterprise and pros perity. \ the label. Send in dues and I »•! — j -,f tfl6 I68T1S- • ''*"1’ • '• * j u. JIT-II Lilt; T-*: ILICLLU *!i will UV i;j(JrOll"niV . 9 x* rl, A f\f\r7 During the last • Bp> ' ” . <enate we re Roosevelt s order dispatching the sup- J gon* ov*r and definite action taken. ‘ 1 3iSO renew lor tlie year 1007. lature, the members ox t-i- - AUGUSTA.. Ga.. Jan. 20.—John D. Rockefeller today attended services at a negro church. Having an aequaint- T . . I, i , , . ance with the “Rlaek Spurgeon.” Rev. per. It tells now you stand on C. T. Walker, who preached in New thp hooks Due from datp nn Tork f° ur years, Rockefeller attended me DUUK.&. BUB XIOUl aate on Wa i ke r'.= church today, heard the ser- NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa- tr.on. made when the c a generous Election was contribution •taken and ITALIAN RAILROADER ALLEGED TO HAVE HELD LABORERS BY FORCE. ROANOKE. Va.. Jan. 19.--Giovani Sa- ruli, a railroad contractor filling a con tract with the Tidewater Railroad near Roanoke, was arrested yesterday on a charge of peonage by United States Dep uty Marshal Aliff in Bedford County, and came here, where he was held by United States Commi??ioner White in the sutn of $1,090 for his appearance at a 'tear ing here January 25. Tlie charge was preferred by Filomone Seneca, an Italian banker of Philadelphia. It i? alleged that Sarnli held a dozen Italian laborer.? against :heir will and placed an armed guard ixer them with instructions to snoot them if they at tempted to get away. The men "scaped in the night and went to Philadelphia, where they recit"d their story to Seneca. The latter, it is said, places labor with ntractors over the country. Santli dc- latw -talked with Walker, who Intro- (dares there is nothing in the charges. An Epitaph. From the New York Press. Here is a whole sermon in an epi taph that was copied from a tombstone in a Brooklyn cemetery, verbatim fft literatim. We do things more ab ruptly those days: “Here lie? the no more to he ani mated and everlasting remains of Apollos Nichol, born in Smithtown, April IT, 1776. the same month, 1811, departed and entered up to the ele mentary menstruum of dissolution, naught Resurrection and Ascension. “Conspicuous example of unavoidable fate, who, after his having been tired of experiencing eight months various diseases, in expectation to find allevia tion to his painful existence, started in quest of relief, and. firm in his re.seV- tion, notwithstanding an inconsiderable distance, contended nearly three weeks against the progressive obstacles «(