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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH TUESDAY MORNING JAN. 22, 1907. ( he had massed over 100,000 for as saults upon Oen. Lee’s fortified posi tion. Gentle reader, £o to history for details. Burnside disappeared and “Fighting Joe” loomed up th* military hori- Eon as the n. vv Son of Mar'-* to head the Army of .he Potomac into grand er results. It was rhen Gen. Tao punctuated history with the most brilliant action Ir. military anna) «’d C'hrtncetjnrsvfHe lu-'tre around th;* n Fortune *«* of nnv oth- • world's his- Th enf-ive?” T Telegraph ity That strong eristic of the plans of battle t. They were w "Mveiv executed ■Tided at Geri. T •Tics show# d -n bilitv of Mo -her y that surprised of military criti * tfukn shed a lialo *f brig*, the head of Gen. I threw around fer er military man i': tonr Was Ghane«*iio»*svi cannot afford to *;■ with detail®. This h. summation of That ly marked the t ha great Virginian. “Fighting Jr •• Tied merit in th deviled, hut in« world Htood - awVioilv. Hi- disregard of '!>< Ms ponderous ;i Tnos; conferva ti An this battle w is the trr'Ti hltbe’ if those wonderful miii of ('*■ n. T.op, I should :lkc to hut fpri.-f- forbids. \ • reader will he un ply repaid 1 the details of this rra-.'-r- that master mind, in l'tlz Lee's "I of hi* great rind gbiriou- uncle. FiTty-three thousand th.ec bun «*u! thirty-throe seasoned. hut ra: gray wtetmv;. nut .v.>i i, . the ar • k of Hof»V-r’s poinloi army of 1 :{:t.^ I Mm- Rcddiors. ..i della: of burpatl- prepared plans. 11: • '. ! and drove across ihp Rappai.annk '.hit mighty blue nut '.' and "glory" in hor gr. milr-' ' exaltation. rested upon Hip st ir crossed banners of the Army of Northern Vir ginia. Can Win? hestor, with strongly de fensive works, sionia-d fcy :> part of Leo's army in June ’ft?, lip placed in tho eatagory of "defensive” action of the great commander? Can critic plane Gettysburg In that same list? Consult the iiwi .-. road the histories of thl- oft-exploited battle— •he turning point of tin- war- .and show li'ni C.on, l.cp's t.a tii ■ core “defen sive." Continent and criticism .till in no way change or alter the facts of history'. And now v.'p romp to that part of his tory where 'lip '‘Hammer and Rapier, ns John Kstin Cooke defines these two great characters, faced each oilier. Hen. f. Grant had been called from his successes in the West and promoted to Lieutenant-General and placed such troop. Interwoven and interlink ed. blending in one grand heroic har mony. tiieir records furnish the bright est pages of history. The South will never cease to venerate the memory of the great Virginian nor will her love grow less for the gallant soldiers who followed his flag for four years. notice^ to Subscribers. Examine label on your pa per. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for tbs year 1907. | and ar. ’nc-rca.e | year before last ( HEATH OF CfAPT. W. A. DAVIS. tin- i-"-=t last yea: Capt. W. A. Davis di day morning 'at his Orange street. . ?d early yester- residence on NEWS ADN GOSSIP FROM THE NATION’S CAPITAL TRADE IN .Vi- Co Dn brief announcement tells of the of one of the best beloved and ist men of Macon. Known to --ly. a familiar figure on the always courteous, always with a word, as readily approached by to all. there was a pathos in the hat passed the word from one to :• : esterday that Captain Billie was dcfld. mins have been patched up and that ! then under Manhattan Island Into tho these two honored sons of his native great Pennsylvania station. From th®* State soon will be puffing at the pipe point they will go west, ^till under of peace. Despite ihe fact that re- . Manhattan Island, and then under, the . } peated denials have been made of this Hudson river into New Jersey, giving WASHINGTON. Jan. 10.—A isitors in especial phase of the Iowa situation, j the roads direct entrance both east and Mr. Copeland declared it would not be i west, at all surprising if the Legislature were to elect Governor Cummins to the United States Senate in place of Sen ator Dolliver. As to Mr. Shaw’s eligi bility as a Presidential candidate in 190S, Mr. Copeland is emphatic in his statement that there is “none better.” luring but ntur for Imp tion w trance command of all tho Fedei forces, then aggregating more than yoofi.000 men in the field Meade was nominally in command of the Potomac A* my. Gen. Grant took position with that armv to conduct the seventh “on to Richmond.’* When spring threw her gr^en banner to ihe breeze, announcing nature’s readiness for th* renewal of the death i{ruggle v the Federal commander re ported 1 <19,104 troops marshalled under his 1 lag. Against this massive and well ap pointed army William Suinton, the Potomac army historian. says ;ho Arn.y of Northern Virginia could mus ter but ”52,626 of ail arms.’* Glance at the disparity of forces, then know that disparity of appointment in muni tions and material was even greater, hut patriotism in the two armies may he classed in inverse ratio. Does history show that Gen. Lee a ted on the defensive when the Poto mac army*' t ossing the Rappidfin essay ed in Us movement through “the Wil derness’* to envelope Gen. Lee’s right, took a. “defensive” position Again military critics* wonder at the audacity* that prompted Gen Lee lo .issuin' the aggressive. With Hill and F.weil well up, and with bur 2S Q00 muskets this wonderful inan. this audacious soldier, savagely assaulted the great mass of blue sol diers. That audacity was so rank neither Grant nor M«<ade believed it a real attack, but simply that of a divis ion of the Army of Northern Virginia was attempting a diversion to hold the Potomac army, while Gen. Lee was hastening to the North Anna to secure another “defensive" position. So hot became the attack, the ad vance was checked and line of battle at right angles to the line n{ march compelled the Potomac* army to assume “the defensive.” Again let me send the reader to his tory. Carefully review those three days of blood in “the Wilderness." then ponder upon the genius and audacity of Gen. Lee in this momentous battle of "mind against matter.” As a result the record of the surgeon- general's office at Washington gives Grant’s losses at “7.737 in killed and wounded in his infantry alone, and this for but two of the three days of in tense battle. It is a well known fact that Gordon on the Confederate left enveloped the Potomac army right, attacking with his characteristic vigor threw that part of Grant’s arm* into utter route and confusion, making In ret* captures. Have you ream rs e.. .* calmly esti mated the potential power of the* little word "if?” If night ':u\ n«»t stopped Gordon on the left, and if _ Longstroot had not beer desp*-rat« ly w 'ittided on the right at the psychological moment, ■what would have been the result at the Wilderness’.* From Spottsylvnnia to Aonnmattox fabri s improved as e more seasonable, 2 week are most ir- of varying temper- ni in tlie Traffic kod by snow block- lies have made good I j progress, and new business for spring 1 j delivery is coming to jobbers and \ j wholesale houses in large volume, while I j collet • show some improvement. - j«(I;n--ugh still slow in many Itnes. ? 1 Manufacturing returns could not well be more favorable, contracts in many cases covering deliveries into 1908, while at some steel and cotton mills orders are not accepted for shipment during ’ iie lirsi half ..f R»07. A f*-w !a - bor disputes are in progress, but wage earners are fully employed and several lib.-ial ad*. in pay w-re innour.e- ed during The week in prominent in dustries. The consumption of pig iron exceeds production, despite the great est rate of domestic output over re corded. as attested by the heavy Im ports without any depressing effect on quotations. High price? still prevail in primary markets for cotton goods, yet the ele ment of speculation is not conspicuous, many lines being in a position where no severe reaction is to be feared. Thus far few cancellations have oc curred and manufacturers arc strengthening the situation by conserv atively declining orders that‘appear to largely of a speculative nature. of i mills, bus far against pond- It for 1 fami miss heal I people al ! There Is also a disposition to distri- bute sales among numerous buyers so that the risk with any single customer j may be minimized. A little more ex- J port business with China has been ao- I complished, but the total is still small. As to woolen men’s wear, buyers oper ate cautiously and the opening of more j now lines has attracted little atten tion. Weekly Bank Clearings. NEW YORK. Jan. IS.—The total bank clearings in the United States for the week were $3,441,401,977, 1 per cent un der last week and 10 per cent below the same week Inst year. Excluding New York City, the total is $1,248,182,998, 1,56 st week and r cent over last year. Inc. '474.000!..’ 129.4 Richmond . Savannah . Atlanta ... Norfolk ... Augusta .. Charleston Knoxi Ule - Jacksonville Macon .... Dec. 1.9 with two or thrr paucity of number polled to at ; on t So wholesome a of Northern Yirgi minds and hearts of the Potomac us the verdict of them, the night of tie. was “failure”—v e\( Gen. Lee defen^ix read had tions ra? f rom com- 1 SC.000.... 2.8 3,112,000....31.5 2.197.000.... 4.4 1.704.000.... 4.2 1,703.000.... 4.0 1.G30.C00.... 7.0 900,000... .54.6 Weekly Bank Statement. NEW YORK. Jan. Is.—Tlie statement o' tho clearing-house banks for the week shows that the banks hold $18,400,700 more than the legal reserve requirements. This is an increase of $9,820,000 ns com pared with last week. The 'statement follows: Increase Ijonns ...$1,068,937,800 $15,148.*" Deposits 53.631.900 .500 required.. I. deposits. 192.010.000 27^.069,300 . •joo.oos.6on 18,400.700 22.535.025 83.512.000 ■*59,000 3,! S9.000 15,009.000 1S.1S9.000 8,378.000 9.820.000 9,820.750 M Decrease. The continued strength of foreign ex change indicated an extension of this process. Money rates also rose In Lon don. Weekly Interior Cotton Towns. NEW YORK. Jan. IS. -The following is ihe movement of spot coton at the loading interior cotton towns for the week ending Friday. January 18: •ul Army in the ank and tile winton tells ▼less” to Ge.lv Vt. tl'.e rmy. •the Wild Die third day’s bat- I all ports turn again to the north bank of the Rappahartnod Hut the new commander t mil becloud his laurels with such a shad Ills Government had placed th brawn and treasure of the country at his disposal and demanded success for such a gift. From Spottsylvania on through the ten-month until the 9th of April. 1805. Let*, from disparity of forces, was com pered "to the defensive.” and upon i Hruns* that experience Gen. Grant based the | ^. , ! t 1 TOWNS— - Middling. i 5 1 X T fi Albany . . . * 153 367 73929 Athens . . . . 2^71 36 IS 307 18136 Atlanta . . • . lo--.. •it? ! 4243 .... 139SC Brenham . - • 126 231 2514 Charlotte . . . 10% 8! 0 31u ... Columbia . . . 1Si3 13 < 9 16500 C'.^umbus. Ga. 16 100S 769 7G9 22750 Colmr... Miss... 1900 1 >alla s .... 5749 .... 4500 Greenville 1847 3547 11905 Greenwood .... sr»s 3’»3 205 3955 Helena . . . . 2511 .... 17126 little Rock ... 9% •*N >‘t sir; .... 4SP69 Macon . . . . 10% 216 336 .... 6392 Meridian . . . av 2S41 3S354 Montgomery • . 9% :.21 6301 6391 27171 ion 3 "6 HI 724 Xatchez . . . 23 12 37*7 1S9S 12544 Xt wbtnv . . . 39 39 1704 Raleigh . . . 10% o:n 493 .... 1470 Rome •JFiiO *2t*C2 5514 ■>'] 1 r *•; r, 5S31 Shrov'-jiort •••• lO 1 ^ ’.'43 6»’f.O YiuVvhvrc' 9997 32 ”7 32997 Yazoo City .... 1S7; 1S26 13306 N . not j 5?" bloi'fl. Wilmir .. ■■ i'- Raltimore Cotton Rsceio‘3. NEW YORK, J:tn. i$.— 1 The following total net receipts of cotton tit since September 1: Bates Orleans I.5S6.02C . ms .1.175 owport News . hiltulelphia • • • • ■.n Krnneisco .. runswiek nsend .. e 1 'ittio.T stocks K-it over ai tlie ports the interior towns from the lost i. nrnl tlie number of hales brought siith; tnus fur from the new crop, supply to date is 9.451,-144 bales nst 8,071,768 for the same period last known that he had been sick tys or more because one so ind well known would be ut the inquiries after his cited no answers that con- • intimation that his sickness serious, nature.' Thus the erday came as a shock to the :d to ttiore who were close to ■ujarht a moisture to the eye. It now develops that a cold contract ed last summer laid the foundation for the Illness that resulted fatally. The sickness following the cold left him weak, but in spite of this he plunged into his business with the same vint and determination lie had always used. The strain was too great. The strength of the younger man had been dimin ished, and he succumbed. It was not until after midnight did the family feel alarmed. It was then that the physician saw that the end was near, and all that skill or tender nursing could do was of no avail. Capt. Davis was a native of Bibb County. He was born on a farm eight miles from the city, near Strong creek. World’s Visible Supply. NEW ORLEANS. .)un. IS.—Secretary H^sfrrs sti -.*«*?nt >f tin? worlifs visible* supply of ootf*nr« -I •**••* • t *nl visible to bo 5.479.706 against 3.874.127 last wetu and 5.425.431 last year. Of this th»* total or American coton is 4.343.706 against 4.26S.127 last week and.4.042.431 last -ear, and of all other kinds, including Egypt. Brazil. Irdi**. etc.. 1.180.000 against 1.106,. 090 last week and 1 383,000 last year. Of the world’s visible supply of cotton, j.- i» afloat and he t * *. Britain and continental Europe 2.810,090 against 2.S33.000 last year; in Egypt. 245.000 against 200,000 last year; in In dia 475,00e against 737,000 las*, year, and in the United States 1.944.000 igalnst 1,655,000 last year. j promoted to a sergeantev and held that NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. j position until the surrender. His com rades in arms speak of him as being a model soldier. Anxious for an education, he took up his studies at- Allentown, in Twiggs County, under one of the old time ed- the Senate gallery this week were treated to a pretty oratorical duel be tween Senator Spooner and Senator Tillman. Not since his sensational at tack of several sessions ago on the “pitchfork statesman" from South Car olina has Senator Spooner invoked such bitter invective in excoriating Tillman's attitude on the race question. S. n.itor Spooner had for his text Mr. Tillman’s attack nn the President in the Brownsville affair. He started to make a calm speech based on the le gality of President Roosevelt's action in discharging the negro troops, but he branched off quickly into a direct at tack on Senator Tillman, a diversion for which he afterward apologized. His arraignment was scathing in the extereme. He denounced Senator Till man as the "enemy of declared him to be the one man in the country who was doing all he could to make a roll race war inevitable. How ever, no blood is likely to be shed as the result of any speeches Mr. Suooner may hurl at the head of Mr. Tillman, or Mr. Tillman, in turn, launch at th Jovian-brcwed Mr. Spooner, for the floor of the Senate the two men are the best of friends and each has the highest respect for the other's attain ments. INTERESTING GOSSIP ' FROM MODERN GOTHAM Examine label on yoitr pa per. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. In all likelihood Alexander Grant, who hails from Monroe. Mich., will be appointed general superintendent of the railway mail service within the next week or so. Mr. Grant for a long time has been assigned to this branch of the Postoffice Department, and has April' 4. 1S47. where his boyhood was j been acting as an assistant to General spent. He attended school in JefTer- j Superintendent James E. White, who sonville, but in 1SG3, at the age of six- i recently resigned. Since Mr. White's teen years, he felt as if his services ' resignation Mr. Grant has been car'ry- were needed by the Confederacy and ■ ing on the duties of that office, and so tit that early ago he enlisted, becoming successfully that his appointment to a member of Company B qf the Sec- 'it permanently is regarded as a fore- nd Georgia Cavalry. Later he was j gone Conclusion His record is a highly satisfso*'_ i ^—ne, and his knowl edge of tliai es.-eeial brarch of the postal service is declared to be greater than any other one man in Washing ton. _. . - Those who declare that the .Panama ucators. James E. Crossland. Later lie i hat is as much a thing of the past as returned to the farm to take charge of i the old-fashioned “toddy.” are con- his father's affairs. ... futed bv the letter of Consul Demers of It was about this time that he first * Rnrranouilia, Colo—fitia. .iust made entered politics. Elected to represent . public by the Deoartir-out of Commerce Twiggs County in the General Assent- an(3 Enbor Consul Demers declnr°s blv, he served with distinction on sev r ,l that „ Pt ]ess . than S4 n 0 C oo worth of cjav, A WMATT j importal ? committees, and as inj, hc?e ha ts were• exported from Colon,- POWER- ON SAVANNAH, j after, years, he was always looking i bla . last year> the ind,,,try ranking in ! a £ tnr . ^ le interest of the public. To his j m p 0r t ance with coffee, gold, hides, BALTIMORE, Jan. 18.—Approxi- ; efforts, perhaps more than to those of catt ; 0i tobacco and rubber. These hats nately $4,500,000 for construction work ® ther ' r ' !in ', IS ,‘] uc th f lC c '?? on o£ I are not made in factories but are involved in initial development ot | bL^fr^^n beco^ina 1 ” 0 ” 1 "'*"” 5 -^ ' turned out by tbe P^ant women in $4,500,000 FOR WATER IS _ water powers in the Savannah river by a consolidation of three companies, announced in this week's issue of the Manufacturers’ Record, which on that point says: ‘•This construction work will include the building of dams and power houses, machinery and equipment and trans mission lines, and the expenditures will be divided as follows: Gregg's Shoals, $350,000: Cherokee Falls. $550,- 000; Calhoun Falls. $2,500,000. and Hat ton’s Shoals, $000,000. These four powers will be developed at present for about 59.000 horse-power including 35.000 horse-power at Calhoun Falls, 4.000 at Gregg’s Shoals, 10.000 at Cher okee Falls and 10,000 at Hatton's Shoals. The surveys indicate possl- XEW YORK. Jan. 19.—Every few months Wall street develops some new towering figure whose actions and His tory- are chronicled with all possible detail in the newspapers, and who is vilization” and | the target, in turn, for all sorts of at tacks. • Just at present this fi H. Harriman, who has risen in a short time front comparative obscurity to a world-wide reputation, and he is find ing that the white light of publicity is discomforting in many ways. In this off respect his experience is exactly like that encountered by J. Pierpont Mor gan. Thomas F. Ryan, August Belmont, John D. Rockefeller and H. H. Rogers long ago. Mr. Harriman is paying in a way for many years of unbroken suc cess. His success reached a point where it made him a ger'ral target, and apparently there are several broadsides yer to be fired. In Wall street there are many men who look on smilingly at the hard blows which Harriman is receiving from the United States Government. The smiles are caused by the recollec tions of the many years during which Harriman rode roughshod over every body who stood in his way. He \yas the son of a por minister and was a dork in a broker’s ofnee until, 36 years ago, when Stodc Exchange mem berships wore cheap, he managed to get one, and launched himself in earn est on the sea of finance. Since then he has developed into the most power ful rilroad figure this or any other country ever has known. Harrlman’s rule is through fear. It is safe to say that there is not a man under him, in any of his vast proper ties. who possesses any warm feeling of friendship or affection for his chief: but there is the deadly fear of Harri- man’s vengeance when crossed. Stuy- c'ssant Fish in the old Stock Exchange days, materially aided Harriman in getting his first real start toward success. Gratitude, in this as in many other cases, does not form a part of high finance ethics. Today Harriman is the boss of ap- The Development of New York as an underground city has not been without its toll in human lives. The records of the coroner's office for 1906 show that 08 men lost their lives in tlie construction of underground tubes in this city. There were 43 deaths from caisson disease, falling rock and drowning in the Pennsylvania tunnel work, and there were 20 men killed on work in | the Belmont tunnel, of which four were I drowned. Tlie tunnel front the Battery 1 to South Brooklyn cost two lives, and j the McAdoo tube under the Hudson ! river has caused three deaths, all of | caisson disease. As the work of tunnel | building progresses from year to year. the resulting deaths will probably form ! a considerable part of the records of is Edward j tj ]0 coroner's office, although for 1906 these deaths only amounted bo about 1 per cent of the cases of sudden death reported to the coroners. During the year there were 105 chil dren killed by being run over in the streets, 37 being killed by surface cars, six by automobiles, and 452 by other ve hicles. There were 1S2 persons killed in fires, and 204 bodies were taken from the rivers, of which number only 133 were fully identified. 'Hi t 11 1X1 | * ,,, ri„ n * t-i ,-tc TJIV.T. * their homes, the women trading them proxlmately $2,750,000,000 of invested evmnt v in .'he P^uietore We wo^^n ' «t the stores for heusef.old necessaries, wealth, of some 25.000 miles of rail- ' H it >s,nnv sa tisfaction to the man who membe. of the last House, and ins , p; , yq ,' 12 go for a hat that costs ?3 in the Central American republic, he may like to know that the bats are made from the fibre of the palm known lo cally as “jipa-japa,” the name of which is pronounced by the benighted heathen work there was that of an able and fearless representative. For six years he served as an Aider- man of the Cjity. four years of which he held the position of Mayor pro tem. While in Council he was alive to th city's progress and Interests, and the tlio^e parts as hinpe-h; ... j . i • . • rannni'm s#>nr li<*r nrsf Pr?r records show that Ills services were valuable, and that by voice and deed he did his part in the upbuilding of the city of his adoption. For many years he was a road commissioner of the county. It was in 1880 that he settled in Ma con. Some few years later he engag ed in the cotton business, first with M. rannui'ia sent her first Panama hat to the United States in 1S99, since which time the-trade has grown enormously and is likely to continue to increase, according to Consul Demers. The hordes of aliens that are flock ing to this country continue to increase in number. A statement just made puhlie hv the Department of Commerce and T^abor discloses the fact that S5,- 4fifi foreigners entered the ports of the lie added at any time, according to the ) Davis has held many positions among j United States last month, as compared demand for power which will be sup- . the commercial institutions of the city. bilities of from 100,000 to 150,000 horse- j c. Balkcom. and later in the firm power and the power houses will be so | known so long throughout this section constructed that additional units can | as W. A. Davis & Co. In addition Mr. •-happy.” Bar- plied to cotton mills and other indus tries in western South Carolina end a nortion of Georgia, the transmission line in complete circuit covering about 200 miles. “Tlie dam. 13t-2 feet high, and power house at Gregg's Shoals, are nearly completed, all machinery and equip ment have been purchased, transmis- The great pleasure of Capt. Davis | was his fraternal connections In Ma sonry he was a saining light. He had filled the chairs from worshipful mas ter to grand master, and in the chap ter, being a past priest of Constantine Chapter of Royal Arch Masons; past eminent commander of St. Omer Com- mandery, Knights Templar, .and grand lines and construction ancl power , senior warden qf the grand lodge. estimate his son gives u And Gen. U. S. Grant had a large e>;- pertoiue upon which to make that esti mate. it was noi an altogether fair test, in every effort to break through Gen. Lee’s “defensive" line Gen. Grant paid terrible tolls in blood. Napoleon had said: "In battle men count as nothing, a man everything." Gen. Grant apparently adopted the Na poleonic maxiutn for iron were not considered when he hoped to attain re sults. His tosses -from the inception of "the Wilderness" cumpai. ' until he pst.aiilisheq his fines for the investment of Petersburg were about 100.000 men of double tlie forces of Gen. Lee's army, as given by Swintot*. That Gen. Lee with his reduced forces was able by celerity of movement and rapid attack or defense, ta confront the ponderous army of the Potomac only brightens the luster that halos his mighty genius. When completely exhausted from overtaxed energies, then the in evitable came, but that can never tarn ish the glory of that "clarum et venera- boric nomen." fer on down the agss. must the spiendor of Gen. Lee's genius and manhood gather luster as time, in his ceaseless move mak-.s history. That Gen. Lee was "greet is a de fensive soldier" goes w: his wonderful career air but his old soldiers greater in offensive ta. splendid effects if his Arthur and Sabine Pas Jacksonville, Fla I.aredo. Texas Minor ports Total will be delivered from this plant with in the next 30 or 60 days. Immediately following this, work on the Cherokee Falls dam. 25 feet high, and power house will be smarted under plans from the same engineer who has made com plete surveys and plans for the devel opment at Hatton’s Shoals, where the dam will have a height of 53 feet. Pre liminary surveys and plans for the power house and 75-foot dam at Cal houn Falls have been made Tlie en tire development covers a distance of about 40 miles along the river border ing on Anderson and Abbeville Coun ties. South Carolina, and Hart and El bert Counties. Georgia. The Hatton’s Shoals are the highest up. being on the Tugaloo river, a branch of the Sa vannah river, while 35 miles below are the Gregg's Shoals and Cherokee Falls developn’ents. and about three miles farther down the Calhoftn Falls devel opment. “The dams will all be of Cyclopean concrete construction and the power houses of steel concrete. Materials for construction are abundant and close to the sites of th? power plants, while the bed and banks of the river are of solid rock giving excellent foundations for abutments dams and nower houses. Water wheels ard electrical generators will be installed of sufficient caoacity to supply immediate demands for 'power, but the power houses will be so constructed that additoinal units can he installed at any time. All of the power houses will be connected by transmission lines, so that in case of accident at any power house the other plants can temporarily carry the load, thus insuring uninterrupted service, which is extremely important to the users of power.” . Discussing the movement of bread- stuffs for export as a tr.auge of the trend of things in American con-ymeree. the Manufacturers’ Record savs; “The figures for the calendar rear just ended point to the steadv growth of Southern ports in this respect. Dur ing 1906 hre.adstuffs to the value of *180.462.232 were exported from 23 of the principal customs districts of the country, an increase of *34.34.349. over 1905. Comparison of the situation in the two years at six Southern norts is made in the following table: He was also a member and past offi- | cer in the Odd Fellows, the Elks and i the Eagles. To him is due as much as to any i other Mason, the location of the Ma sonic Home at Macon. To him is due in a large measure the establishment of ; the Georgia Industrial Home. ! Of liis fraternal affiliations, one of his friends says: “Xo man valued friendship and all that the word implies more than Capt. Davis. He loved the fraternal ties that bind men together in one great brotherhood, and if the obligations that men take in fraternal organizations would permit, it would be known to what extent that hi's voice has been heard time and time again in the earn- with 62.116 that came-in in the cor responding month of 1935. The immi gration from Russia continues to in crease, the .report showing that in De cember, 1906, nearly 14.P00 had fled here from the Czar’s doom in, a gain of 7.454 over December, ions. The vast influx of Foreigners is causing consid erable une a “iness in certain Quarters'. Unfortunately the class of prospective citizens is not nearly so good as it has been in former years, when tlie -tide of immigration was setting in from the northern countries of Europe and Germany and Great Britain. Tt i« this phase of the situation that is causing the anxiety. A convention of vast importance to fh° business interests of the United States has been in session here this week. Tt is the American Commerce Convention, and its object is to develop further the foreign trade of tlie coun try. As an auxiliary to the main con vention. the National B'road of Trade is holding its tbirtv-seventh annual meeting. A peculiar fact is that prom inent business men from throughout , , , the entire country, attending the con- « Mention as delegates, profess-to see in the present commercial unrest the greatest menace to evisMpg prnsperjtv among men and charity for all. In his daily life, even when absorbed by bus iness cares and worries, no man in dis tress ever applied to him in vain, to my knowledge. Scarcely a day passed that he was not seeking to find employ ment or in some way relieving the dis tress of the unfortunate.” It uas In 1S68 that Capt. Davis mar ried Miss Mary R. Summers. Of this union there were four children. Hattie, Tn Ms address to tbe X^t'enal Board of Trade President Prank Tt. Ea T.anne. of Pbiladeinbta. made a powerful n’ea for the establishment of a better feel ing and better undo-standing between corporate interests and labor. He de clared that this was essential for the betterment of both. A number of Edwin, Mabel and Gussie, the last j ot ^ er speakers pointed out that the named died several years ago. ! present unrest was certain to precioi- named died several years ago. The father of Capt. Davis was Elisha Davis, of sturdy stock, who had in his day served his people In the General Assembly. He died in 1S66 on his farm near Macon, at the age of sixty-one. UNITED STATES UNDERTAKES TO ENFORCE PROVISIONS OF TREATY. tate business stagnation if not business disaster were something not done to bring the American people to fheir senses. All of the sneakers deplored the tendoncy of the general public to attack all corporate interests, irrespec tive of whether the’ - were honestly conducted or not. Both conventions are working to th“ same end. and their hone is that United States will yet WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The Uni ted States lias begun two suits in San Francisco for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the treaty with Ja pan giving to the Japanese equal school advantages. One of the actions is brought in the supreme court of the State of California in the name of a lead the worm in foreign markets. .. .8,793.030 N< Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW v ORK. Jan. H.—The following is I'.c comparative statement of cotton for he week ending Friday. January 19: 1997 ' emts Set-! Reel!- i Exports Exports Stock ail F. S. por Stock nt int. town Stock nt Liverpool. Aran, afloat for G .6.' .129 ]S 32X ,499 • 1602 99-1 i ”10 Districts. TtMtimore $i Newport X«ws . X’folk &- Ports . Gnlveston Mobile New Oriean: 190 5 - 990 6.7*1 09- sn 9it4 7.995 tn.fi 3.rt.t.n<;'7 13.959.312 1986 5?.t ’99 .349 8.973.190 2.706 1 69 16*344.918 2.794.004 18,906.671 The disastrous earfbopake that this week devastated a portion of Kingston. Jamaica, was recorded here in the Government obser T 'otory. end tbe seis mograph at the Johns HoeVins Uni versity in Baltimore also showed the T ..... , „ .movement. Profes-or C. F. Marvin. Japanese child for tae purpose of ob- {he Governm , nt observer, reports that ...tmtng a ui.t of mandamus to com- j tj-je -hock was of moderate Intensity pel his adrnisison to one of the pub- | aTl(J the ae]lc: . te instruments did not lie schiolsfrorm-which he ts excluded show pc CTO * t disturbances as when by the action of the board of educa- j the eart hom.Ves in Ran Fr-ncisco. and, tion. The proceeding in the second ]ater In Valparaiso, occurred. Tt is suit is w tae Federal circuit court. In bellevefl , ie re that Rear Admiral Evans which the members of the board of education, the superintendent of schools and til <f the principals of the vari- roads. many steamship lines, and enough employes to populate a State. But, not long ago, lie aroused the an ger of President Roosevelt and his present entanglement with the Inter state Commerce Commission is the re sult. As long as Roosevelt remains President. Harriman will be in hot water. That is why Wall street, filled with victims of Harriman’s mailed fist, smiles. For a long time erroneous opinions have prevailed regarding the attitude of the New York Stock Exchange and conservative Woll s+reM houses gener ally, towards investment and specula tion in mining shares. The idea has become widespread that the Stock Exchange Insistently has set its face against mining properties, but tb’s is not the case. The consensus of oninion in Wall street, among the lead ing- houses there, is that good proper tied are worth trading in, whether they are railroad, industrial or mining prop ositions, but. they must be open and above hoard, and possessed of financial responsibility. If they are otherwise the Stock Exchange 'yjll not indorse them by permitting them to be listed and they Will not allow their members to trade in their issues. Properties of ■ the wildcat order, which are nothing more than prospects •and posse-s no virtues other than those attributed to them by their promoters: properties which are not developed and give no promise of becoming paying investments: properties which are not backed by responsible men and have no material value: and properties which do not issue monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or yearly statements, and which do not have a standing in the financial, railroad, industrial or mining world, properly are frowned upon by the New York Stock Ex change, and it will not permit its mem bers to trade in their issues nor allow its members to receive trades on be half of customers. Beyond this the exchange does not go. After a long ocean trip a baby rhi noceros. onlv six months old. has been landed as the star attraction in the Bronx Zoo. The newcomer, which came in on the Ceflric, is named Mesovlro. which in Banto means “one who is found wan dering.” The rhino, on his trip, had a cage in the hetween-deck section for ward and was a great pet on ship board. H. O. Lanf, a German explorer, brought h ; m over and attracted gen eral attention during the trip by walk ing around the decks followed by the rhinoceros, which romped and played like a dog. The little fellow is very fond of play and has kept many of the youngsters at R'ronx Park busy since his arrival. He is as strong a= an ox. and when he bumps into his human playfellows, they go down like nine-pens. Columbia’s two new buildings. St. Paul's Chapel and Hamilton Hall, are now so near completion that the uni versity authorities are at last able to fix upon a date for their formal open ing. IVith the possible exception of the library and the unfinished Univer sity Hail, these buildings are the most Important In the history of the insti tution. Hamilton Hall was given anony mously two years ago as a permanent home for the academic department of the university, which was the original' nucleus from which the institution grew. Established before the War of the Revolution ns King's College, the college changed its name to Columbia College to fit the new order of things after its royal patron ceased to rule this country. As a fitting tribute to one of Its most famous alumni, the building which is to house it after its long and varied career will beer tbe name of Hamilton Hall. St. Paul’s Chapel is to provide for the religious exercises of the institution. An imposing edi fice. it will contain one of the finest or gans in the country. Chanel service will he held every morning, and on Sundays there will be more formal ser vices. Many important additions have been made to tile possessions of the Metro politan Museum of Art during the last few weeks, in the line of paintings of the foreign and American schools, classical antiquities of the Greek and Roman period, sculpture, and various pieces of textiles. Chief among the recent accessions is a rare col!°ction of 124 pieces of Gre cian and Roman art. acquired during tfce year. It includes 72 Tanagra fig- m-ines of unusual grace and beauty These statuettes are arranged in twi cases containing four groups each ami some of the Images are believed tq have been models for sculptors about 450 B. C. Western men now In the metropolis have organized the Rocky Mountain Club of New York for the purpose of* providing a home in this city for resi dents and former residents of the Reeky Mountain States. The organization of the chib was suggested about a year ago at the an nual dinner of the Montana Society of New York. The Montana. Society proved so great a success that it was determined to enlarge its scone and provide an organization to which a!) 1 In command of the Atlantic squadron, j Rocky Mountain men would be e'jgible which was in Cuban waters at f""e ! for membership and which would be ous primary and grammar schools of San Francisco are made defendants. To .350.0 to 976 .146.107.993 R. .1,279.477 9.11 S24 . 659.291 717,001 — 1,159 000 246,000 New York Cotton Exchange Statistics. NEW YORK. Jan. 19 —The fallowing stati'Mcs on the movc-ment o' cott”n for the week ending Friday. January IS, were -’emptied by the . ew York Cotton Exchange: Weekly Movement. . mill tal ing?. .-st 66 - i-k last interior towns. 14.142 tn-.iut ijuosti.in: piy proves this. '■ .hu iie was tics, where th-' wonderful mili tary genius found greater scope and verified this contention of his soldiers of the won lerful and elastic Army of Northern Virginia. For no soldiers over followed such a NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 18.—Secretary Hester s w ->-k!y cvdlon statement, is? -. a , . ... , , today, shows tor the 18 days of jnn- ieader, nor did general ever command uary an increase over last year of 676,000 ight for w< .447.941 219. Total Crop Movement. Port receipt? 542 5,51 ’-GO To mills and Canada.... 697/66 19.--47 Sou. nii’.l taking? t-s:.. . 1.1,--■: • 0 int. stek ex. Sept. 1.... 520.029 539,356 Into sight for season.. .9.175.628 7.642.433 $7.2 928.282 180.462.232 G ’he Sm’thp’-n s-as from 850.046 975 to $73,928.- 282. or $23.SS!.3P6. *equal to 47.7 per cent, md at the ot'-er principal ports from $96/69.907 to $106,533,950. of $’0.- 473.043. eoual to 10.9 rer cent. The greatest increase amo"g ail the p-rre; we? at Galveston. $9 350 112, with. "Phil adelphia second. 37 589.308: Baltimore third.. $6,784,427: New Orleans f ut"’h. $4 947 259. and New York fifth. 34.566.- cn 9. There were decreases at Boston. Portland. Me.. Wil’amette Chicago, Du'nth. Superior -a-’ yr,-,'Oitm. 7-. 13.05 Son'her” n?r: s was 34 p.-.r cent of the total v.-i'-'e at ail por*-. and in 1996 between IPO.5 and 1 806 .at the ® ! x Sou’hern parts was 69 per cent of the total increase at all ports.” Steamers Collide, One Sinks. DOVER. Eng.. Jan. 19.—The Red Star steamer Vaderland, from New York. January 9. for Antwerp, col lided with and rank the Dundee steam er Nawarth Castle last night, four miles east of the South Goodwin light ship. So far as known all the mem bers of the crew of tho Nawarth Cas tle, but four were rescued. hops- P’--*d W A SITING') ’ )N. after passing unanimous cor of bill? on ::: v.l’.-r nmr.ter 1 nn the life t. of TeuneSBM. Numb” Bit's. Jen. 19.—The House, number of bills under t. took up consideration rivite orfindar and at ’11 •"! •••: tomorrow. Negro Scales Prison Wall. ATLANTA. Jan. 19.—Fred Edwards, .a negro being held as a prisoner at tile Fulton County jail, upon the charge of assault to murder, made his escape by scaling the wall enclosing the prison today. _The negro bad been turned out of his cell to do some work, and unno ticed he slipped by one of the guards. With the aid of a long plank he climb ed the wall and secured his freedom. Dyer Acquitted of Embezzlement. ST. LOUIS. Jan. IS.—D. P. Dyer, Jr., suspended sub-treasury teller, was acquitted by a jury in the Federal court on a go rge of having embezzled $61,- 500 of Gov. ri’uiant funds. James Ward Hanged. RICHMOND. V?..- .Tan. 18.—James Ward, color...:. , v .-s '■’■’•’g'd hen t->- -■ senator Gate, I d«y for the murder of Carrie Meekins, \gIao colored. time hurried over to Jamaica mith his fv»"n fierh + ^e force to reo<i r T aid if neccs«?orv. Thi« is not tho first time that Uorted St^t^s warships have been the first on errands of m*rcy to strieVon West Indian communities, for in 1302 when Mont Pele^» created such h*avop ot ^erre. in + hf> auxiliary cruiser Dixie loaded with sueniies was the first to reach the stricken city. " T ' T ” to ’"-’i-tni’’ n otitb house in New York where Westerners could live while In the city. It is the purpose of the organizers of this club not only to provide-a social organization, but to take an active in terest in furthering the interests of the Western States in the East. The club Intends to onen a house shortly in the neighborhood of Thirty-fourth street. Snow fell in Washington this week! This statement may not create any wild excitement in the West, but a fall i of “the beautiful” in the District of | Columbia is a decided curiosity. Wash ingtonians do not take kindly to snow. . and the exodus from the slushy streets of the Capital was prompt. A number : of society people, believing that win- 1 ter has really set in, are preparing to ' seek the balmy climate of Florida. It is not unlikely that these bird? of pas sage scarcely will spread their pinions for the Southern flight before Wash- ; ington shakes off its mant’e of snow and the usual springlike breezes will , return. George D. Copeland, a member of the Iowa State Central Republican Com- j mittee, brought the news to Washing- | ton this week that Republican politics : in Iowa was al! harmony and peace. Mr. Copeland announced authoritative- I ly that ail the part differences between SON CONPRSRRS TO CRIME FOR PURPOSE OF ROBBERY. RALEIGH. *N. C., Jan. 19.—Make Smith and his son Chari'-s. seventeen years old. have been arrested and will be tried for murder next week at Troy, N. C. on the charge of killing Mii- ton Bunnell, a Confederate veteran, for his money last week. Bunnell called at the home of the Smiths and exhib itor? «nmo gold coins. When he start ed home the Smiths, according to the son'? story, planned to kill and rob him. They followed Bunnell and ivhen they caught up with him Charles Smith struck him with an axe. They then rifled Bunnell's pockets and placed the body on the railroad track, where a train ran over it. Make Smith de nies participation in t’v crime. PRESIDENT'S n’Sr.HA lr 'C v OF THE NEGRO TROOPS IS COMMENDED* LITTLE ROCK, .Ark.. Jan. 19.—Sen ator Legate, the only Republican mem ber of. the Senate, presented a resolu tion today, which was unanimously adopted, endorsing the action of Presi dent Roosevelt in dismissing the com panies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry for participation in the Brownsville riot-* ing. The lower branch of the Legislature passed a bill fixing a maximum rate of two cents a mile for first class passen ger rates In the State. And Even Nenrocs Endorse It. BATON ROUGE. La., Jan. 19.— Speaking for 50,000 negroes, which compose its membership, the Grand Council of tlie National Industrial As sociation of America in convention here today, adopted a resolution indorsing President Roosevelt's action in dis missing the negro soldiers at Browns ville. GOVERNOR-ELECT SMITH PRESENTED WITH PETITION ATLANTA, Jan. 19.—Governor-elect Hoke Smith, six months in advance of his going into office, is already getting a taste of tlie sweets that go with the bestoival of patronage. Today a strong petition signed by a large number of the commissioned officers of the Na tional Guard of the State, was pre sented to him requesting the appoint ment of Assistant Adjutant-General Scott to the office of Adjutant-General of tlie State to succeed Judge S. W. Harris. It being regarded as a cer tainty that Judge Harris will not ba reappointed, the friends of Col. Scott desire to see him get the place. Colonel Scott is a young man, but has had much experience. He has been assistant adjutant-general of the State for the past few years and has made an efficient officer. He was formerly a citizen of Albany and once commanded a company the.re. During the.Spanish-Anierican war he was an officer of a Georgia company. GOVERNOR GLENN ASKS PRESIDENT TO INTERVENE. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, today asked the intervention of the President in be half of m.iil owners of his State with threatened civil action in connection with the bringing to the United States of certain women mill workers in al leged violation of th" immigration laws. The President had nof time to go into the matter fully with the Gov ernor and asked him to write him a Work on the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel under Manhattan Island has progressed to the point where the two headings have been joined under Third avenue at Thirty-third street. The un derground passageway is now contin- _ uous from Fifth avenue to the East I statement, giving the circumstances of river. , the case and he would examine then The Joining of these two headings, j at hts leisure. The Governor wants on which work has been in progress j the President to have the cases dis- for less than a year, was done with I missed. such nicety that the line was only a j _— small fraction of an inch out of plumb, j COL. ROBERT P. EBEPHAROT One gang of workmen had been boring DIED IN ATLANTA YESTERDAY, from the east and another from the | ATLANTA. Ja IS.—The death of ■vest, but the calculations of tlie en gineers proved to be almost mathemat ically exact. Tbe tunnel under Manhattan Island i? 42 feet wide and 21 feet high. Fur ther west, between Fifth and Bov-nth avenues, where the work now is in progress, the tunnel will be larger :,nd will accommodate three tracks Through these tunnels, when com pleted Pennsylvania and Long I--’"'d Railroad trains will pass from Long veteran Gearaguan Secretary Shaw and Governor Cum- i laland City under tbe Hast river and J daughters. j Co!. Robert P. Eberhardt, I of the civil war, and of the I campaign, occurred last night at' his home in West End. The deceased was lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-eighth Georgia in th” Amy f Northern Vir ginia. under Gen. Robert E. Lee. Col. Eberhardt came to Atlanta some years ago from Oglethorpe County, and en gaged ,n the wholesale shoe business. He died at the ago of seventy-two leaving a wife, four sons and thr&a