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NEGRO RACE CONFERENCE
IN SESSION AT COLUMBIA
Booker Washington
Leading Speaker
The Occasion.
The
of
Sensible Advice
Given Negroes
4
HU. FARMER’S UNION
CLOSED IIS SESSION
IT ADOPTED RESOLUTIONS FA
VORING LEGISLATION AGAINST
CHILD LABOR.
TEDIOUS WORK SELECTING
JURORS FOR THAW TRIAL
Defense Seems Willing to Ac
cept Talesmen on Reason-
ble Answers.
COLTTMRIA. S. C.. Jan. 24 —Booker
T. Washington. president of the Tus-
kegee Institute, today addressed the
first negro rare conference ever held
in South Carolina.
Washington spoke in the afternoon
• t Allen University, a negro institu
tion of this city, and tonight addressed
a large audience at the Columbia
theater. Seated on the stage were sev
eral prominent white citizens, together
with a large number of negro leaders
from this and other States.
Ir Washington, .after praising the work
'of Rev. Richard Carroll., ttie moving
spirit of the conference, said that the
holding of this conference in .South
Carolina, was in his opinion, evidence
that the friendly feeling between the
races was steadily growing. Washing
ton said in part:
"I was born in the South, my early
boyhood was spent in slavery here in
the South and there is no spot on earth
so dear to me a> the soil of our South
ern Prates, where we of both races for
so many years have lived and toiled.
We of both races are lo live here in
the Pouih side by side for all lime, no
matter what theories may be ad
vanced and emphasized. This, lo any
sensible man. It seems to me. is the.
fa.-t which we must fa.-e. Since we
are to remain together, the ques
tion whieh we should constantly con
sider. is how can we do it in peace, in
harmony and in a way that each race
nail serve i he best interest of the
oilier, in a way that each ra e will he
marie more happy, more prosperous,
because of the presence of the other?
l! is the extreme of folly then, and
almost a crime, for any Individual, or
group of individuals, to pursue a course
whieh will encourage, racial Ftrifc when
two peoples are to remain together for
all time.
“I was glad to see that a brave,
strong white man from Mississippi a
few days ago at the Southern Cotton
Convention held in Birmingham, stood
tip and saiil that he had gotten to the
point where he was tired of hearing
♦ he negro continually abused. That
opinion represents the attitude of
thousands of our best Southern white
people.
“The negro rare is given a free op
portunity to enter the educational anil
professional field and can succeed as
many are doing in the city of Colum
bia.
"But we must not rest satisfied with
what we have accomplished in the
past. I want to emphasize with you
tonight a few matters fiat directly
concern our future in this community
and throughout the State. In the first
p + tc we must face the fact that con-
sitn-rahle criticism is constantly
brought against us as a people because
it is said 'the negro is not reliable as
a laborer. - The leaders and teachers
of our people must see to it that there
is a change in this respect. No section
of the South Is more interested from a
financial point of view in the success
of the negro than is true of this State.
In the fi rst place, it is tremendously
Important that the negro he happy,
♦ hat peaee exist between the raees. be
cause there can be no satisfactory
labor when the white man and the
black man are at daggers points. The
more the laborer is satisfied the better
service will he render.
"I have referred to the subject of
making negro labor reliable. One way
to do It (and that is what the Tuske-
geo Institute has been doing among
other things! in the first place is to
teach the negro laborer the digriity of
labor. I am glad to see that in South
Carolina these lessons arc being instill
ed Into our people. There is not a
white family in South Carolina that
should not be vitally Interested in the
Improvement of negro women, espec
ially in the improvement of the negro
cook, the negro nurse.
"Right here in Columbia there should
be a large central training school for
the training of domestic servants.
Such a school should be in every large
city in the South. We could furnish
the teachers for these institutions.
"The food that goes into the bodies
of,the majority of the white families in
South Carolina is prepared and served
three times a day hv the hands of the
negro woman. It is mighty Important
that this woman who prepares and
serves the food which is to make blood
and bones and flesh and brain for the
white people, as well as members of
tier own race, be just as intelligent,
skilled and conscientious as possible.”
William E. Gonzales, editor of the
State, snoko to the conference at the
rtoon session, expressing gratification at
tjie meeting held in Columbia. Obser
vance of law by both races was the
surest guarantee of harmony in the
{South. It Is the province of white lend
ers to impreas the necessity of the lew’s
observance on the whites: and of negro
leaders to teach their race the vital Im
portance of being law-abiding.
ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 24.—With the
adoption of resolutions favoring the
adoption by different States of the
country of legislation against the em
ployment of child labor and favoring
the eight-hour law and the strict en
forcement of these enactments, the Na
tional Farmers’ Union adjourned today.
The executive committee of the union
will be in session several days, dis
cussing and settling matcers which
have been left to it. Among these
will be the choice of a place for the
annual meeting, which is to be held
during the coming spring. A resolu
Unwritten Law
May Play Part
trial panel of twelve will Anally be
filled. The order of the court that the
jury must be kept together under the
care of bailiffs had the apparent effect
of making many of the talesman re
luctant to serve.
Various excuses were issued today,
one man declaring that to be locked up
for two months would so wreck his
nerves as to make a calm consideration
of the case an impossibility. He was
excused.
The nineteen talesmen examined
yesterday and the thirty-one today
I bring the total thus far called for ex-
! amination up to fifty. If the ratio con-
, 'tinues it will require two or three days
NTTW. YORK. Jan. -4. After trying yet w comp i e t e the jury. There was
for more than four hours of the morn- ‘ a feeling after the adjournment of
ing and afternoon sessions to secure court tonight, however, that both sides
an additional juror to try Harry K.
Thaw, for killing Stanford White, and
just when counsel and spectators, and
even the defendant himself, were
drowsy from the monotony of the pro-
would try to facilitate matters as much
as possible. Of the thirty peremptory
challenges each allowed the prosecu
tion and the defense, the former has
used eight and the latter six.
Will Unwritten Law Figure?
.. .. . , The defense today seemed willing to
ceeding., there came a sudden change accept any talesmen who made reas-
in the tide and within the last three- j onable answers to the questions pro
quarters of art hour, three new jurors i pounded by the district attorney. The
were accepted ana sworn in. ! fact that Thaw s attorneys asked sev-
When court adjourned for the day I era > the talesmen if they had any
. , , , , „ : prejudice against any particular line
five jurors had been accepted. Twen-
or character of defense was taken by
CENTRAL TRAIN
E
Accident at Columbus
Which Many Were
Jolted.
1U
MAIN MACHINE AND CAR
SHOPS FOR CENTRAL
i
OF LOTTERY LAWS
PLATES AND PRINTED MATTER OF
HONDURAS CONCERN SEIZED.
tion was adopted favoring the selection I ty-three talesman had been examined many to indicate that the defense may
of Atlanta for such meeting. It was 1 without success when tile unexpected be either the so-called "unwritten law”
?\
recommended that a national legisla
tive committee, to look after legisla
tion affecting the farmers, to be com
posed of one member from each State,
be appointed by the executive board.
SENATOR ALGER
Although Not in Good Health,
His Death Was Unex
pected. *ȣ
happened and two talesman in succes- j : ° r emotional insanity ora combination
• of both. Thaw’s attorneys again today
| offered no objections, however, to the
Attorney Jerome, representing the peo- | district attorney’s questions as to
pie. and the defendant’s attorneys. | whether or not the proposed jurors
Then followed the drawing of five more i would be guided by the Actual law as
talesmen, who were excused for one j laid down hv the court, 'io the exclu-
reason or another. Harry C. Harney, i s j on ot - any fanciful law they might
i piano dealer, about 55 years of age, themselves import into the case. Each
was the thirty-first talesman to be j of the accepted jurors .promised to
called and as he had never formed an j abide by the interpretation of the
opinion in the case and had read but i court.
little about it in the papers he was j Mrs. william Thaw, mother of the
quickly accepted. The other jurors I defendant, was not in court today. She
chosen today were Geo. Pfaff. 34 years | was greatly fatigued by the long ses-
of age. a dealer in machinists’ supplies. | sions of yesterday and was on the
and Arthur S. Campbell, 42 years old, I verge of a collapse at one time Wed-
a superintendent of telegraph and tele- nesday -night. She remained in her
phone construction. The two jurors apartments today, where she was at-
selected the first day of the trial were j tended by her daughter, the countess
Doming S. Smith, a retired manufac- | of Yarmouth. The other members of
turer, who will serve as foreman, and j the family wore in their accustomed
Chas. H. Fecke, a shipping agent. Each seats in court behind t|c defendant
of the jurors is married and has a Howard Nesbit. a brother of Mrs. Har-
family. try K. Thaw, also was in rourt, sitting
Selection of Jurors Is Tedious. J well in the rear with tie man who
The tedious manner in which the se- was Stanford White's sect etary. Neith-
leclion of jurors proceeded today makes 1 or he nor his sister glatced at eault
it difficult to predict just when the other. ^
'SCARED OF NOTHING’
TO COST $10,000,000
APPROPRIATION OF
_ PROVIDED FOR IN
NAVAL BILL.
$95,000,000
THE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.—An appro
priation of about $95,000,000 is. provided
for in the naval appropriation bill
agreed upon today by the House com
mittee on naval affairs. The bill pro
vides for at: additional battleship of
the type agreed upon in the naval ap
propriation hill of last year. It also
makes provision for two torpedo boat
destroyers and appropriates $2,000,000
for submarines. This $2,000,000 is ad
ditional to the $1,000,000 for submarines
provided in the hill last year, which
has not yet been expended. Provision
is made far about 3.000 additional sail
ers and 900 additional marines.
The new battleship provided for in
the bill is to be a sister ship of the
monster authorized by Congress last
yea^. which the hill required
should he "A first-class battleship,
carrying as heavy armor and as pow
erful armament as any known ves
sel of its class, to have the highest
practicable speed and greatest prac-
tie-Vle nf action." —
The . o-r ,.f tho new battleship is es
timated at $10,000,000. ^
Sudden Attack of
Oedema of Lungs
WASHINGTON. Jan. -24.—United
States Senator Russel A. Alger, of
Michigan, died suddenly at his resi
dence In this city at 8:45 o’clock this
morning following an acute attack of
the lungs, with which lie was stricken
shortly after S o'clock. Although Sen
ator Alger had not been in good health
for some time, his death was unex
pected. The Senator last night was
apparently in his usual health. Dur
ing the day he transacted considerable
business and was at the War Depart
ment up to a late hour yesterday aft
ernoon. At the bedside when he pass
ed away were Mrs. Alger and their son,
Capt. W. M. Alger and wife.
Senator Alger attended the session
of the Senate Tuesday and remained
in the chamber until about 4 o'clock,
listening to the debate on the Browns
ville affair. The news of the death
was at once communicated to Presi
dent Roosevelt and Vice-President
Fairbanks. The funeral services will
be held at 2 o'clock Saturday after
noon at the family residence in this
City. The body will be taken to De
troit, Mich., for burial.
Senator Alger is survived by his
widow and five children as follows:
Mrs. Chas. B. Pike, of Chicago: Mrs.
H. B. Shelden. of Detroit: Mrs. Wm. E.
Bailey, of Harrisburg. Penn.: Russell
A. Alger, Jr., of Detroit, who is now in
Florida, and Capt. W. M. Alger. Al
though entitled by army regulations to
a funeral escort composed of one reg
intent of infantry, two troops of cav
alry and a battery of field artillery, tho
family of General Alger has decided
that the escort shall be confined to a
squadron of cavalry. In Detroit the
troops at Fort Wayne will furnish the
escort. The family of the late Senator
are making efforts to communicate
with Russel Alger. Jr., who left Jack
sonville, Fla., yesterday for St. Au
gustine on the naphtha yacht Glenda.
President Expressed Condolence.
When the President was informed of
Senator Alger’s death he address a note
of condolence to Mrs. Alger and accom
panied it with a floral offering. The for
ma! announcement of Senator Algers
death was made to the army by Secre
tary Taft in the following order:
"The secretary of war announces with
deep sorrow the death of the Hon. Rus
sell Alexander Alger, which occurred on
the 24th inst. at his residence in this
city.”
"General Alger was secretary of war
during the administration of President
McKinley from March 5, ’.897, to August
I. 1S99: a period during which the admin
istration of the war department was
brought into great prominence through
its activities in connection with the war
with Spain and the military operations in
th“ Philippines that succeeded It.
"General Alger was patriotic, earnest
and most devoted to the interests of the
army, and especially considerate of the
welfare of enlisted men. He was a gen
tle. kindly rrmn. witn great confidence
in his friends and associates and was
much beloved by his subordinates. He
was the subject of unjust criticism be
cause of the country's lack of prepared
ness for war when war came, although
for this he was in no wise responsible.
His record as a soldier in the civil war
was long, useful and highly honorable.
Flags at Half Staff.
“As a mark of respect to his memory,
it is ordered that the flags at al! mili
tary posts be displayed at half staff on
the day of the funeral.”
The session of the senate today was
held entirely with reference to the death
of Senator Alger. Rev. Dr. Edward Ev
erett Kale delivered a special prayer af
ter which the reading of the journal of
yesterday was interrupted by Senator
Burrows, who presented resolutions of
regret and sorrow of the body at tin-
sudden death and providing for a special
committee of twelve senators to repre
sent the senate at the funeral and at
tend the body to Detroit. The resolutions
were agreed to and the senate imme
diately at 12.17 p m. adjourned as a
further mark of respect.
SOUNDED DEATH BANDIT RAlSUU
KNELL STATE
South Carolina Senate Has
Majority Against the
System. i
This
Was Shown
by a Test Vote
COLUMBIA. S. C., Jan. 24.—What is
believed to bo the death knell of the
South Carolina State dispensary was
sounded in the State Senate when on
a test vote it was shown that there
was a majority of that body against
the institution.
Senator Cole L. Blease, a recently de
feated dispensary candidate for Gov
ernor and Bill Clerk J. R. McGhee al
most came to blows just after the vote
was taken. Blease criticised McGhee
for what he called running about the
floor and counting the votes, and
Miss Bertie Davis
Painfully Injured
COLUMBUS. Ga|, Jan. 24.—As the
Central of Georgia Railway passenger
train from Andalusia. Ala., was back
ing along the “Y” at the corner of
Tenth avenue and Ninth street early
this afternoon, a Southern freight
train, in charge of Engineer Henry
Johnson, of Atlanta, dashed full tilt
into the train. The second class pas
senger coach was demolished and the
rear of the first class coach was bat
tered in, while the freight engine was
wrecked.
Numbers of passengers sustained
slight injuries, although none was se
riously hurt. The most painfully in
jured was Miss Bertie Davis, who was
returning home from a visit to Mont
gomery, Ala., and wtjo occupied a' ser\t
near whe.re the engine crashed into the
first class coach. •
In the negro coach there was a stam
pede. and as the car turned partly over
negroes jumped out of the windows.
The accident seems to have been the
fault of the Southern engineer. He
was injured, but not seriously.
SAVANNAH MAY HAVE
CIVIL SERVICE RULES
ATLANTA. Jan. 24.—Secret Special
Service Agent- Harry T. Donaghy seized
and confiscated in tire- office of the South
ern Express Company hero, this morn
ing two large boxes containing plates and
printed matter evidently to be us- d by
some one in connection with the Hondu
ras lottery. The plates and printed mat
ter constitute the outfit that brought
trouble to eighteen printers and press
men in Mobile. Ain . Tuesday: The con
traband material was brought to Atlanta,
by the Atlanta and West Feint railroad,
and was evidently en route to Cambridge.
Mass., and Boston, Mass. One of the
boxes was address.-d to J, H. Curtis, 131
Otis Street. Cambridge, and tho other,
to Arthur O. Clevering. Boston. While
Special Agent Donaghy would not say
what action had been taken to arrest
the parties to whom the boxes were nd-
dtess'yd it is presumed that they are in
custody already or else the officers are
endeavoring to locate them.
"The raid was planned several months
ago." said tile agent, ’and warrants are
out for different parties in many differ
ent parts of the country. The stuff in
tlie boxes which 1 seized contained
plates and printed matter which caused
so many printers and others trouble in
Mobile last Tuesday. There will lie no
local arrests. So far as we know there are
no lottery connections in this ter
There won’t lie anything doing hero
less you can put us on to something,
The two boxes are now in the po :
sion of Walter H. Johnson. Fnited States
marshal, and they will be held pending
instructions front the secret service de
partment in Washington.
The Seventh Street Matter
Has Been Definitely
Settled.
Council Grants
Central's Petition
The establishment, of the main ma
chine and Car shops of the Central of
Georgia Railway system in Macon is
now tin assured fact.
Some months ago tho Central ap
plied to the Mayor and council for
permission to close Seventh street, and
by so doing add the entire width of
that street for the distance of one
block, from Hawthorne to Pino street,
to their present machine shops and
round house. For the reason that ob
jection arose from property owners in
the locality who said they would ho
bottled up without any outlet, and for
the further reason that somd action
might be needed by the Legislature,
the company sent in an amended po
king for an
ttorv
BY ENEMY
Troops Burned a Number of
Villages in Their Advance
Upon Outlaws.
Chief's Stronghold
Well Defended
SAVANNAH, Ga..' Jan.' 24—Mayor
George W. Tiedetnan announced today
that- it is his purpose, if possible, to
have all of the city positions put un
der civil service rules, and the tenure
of office made dependent upon the ser
vice performed. Promotions, too,
should be made in the same manner.
The Mayor strongly opposes the old
plan of having politics rule the filling
of the city positions.
HARTWELL INSTITUTE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
HARTWELL, Ga.. Jan. 24.—The
Hartwell Institute was burned this aft
ernoon. Loss about $4,000. partly cov
ered by insurance. The pianos and all
fixtures were saved, but badly dam
aged, and also the home of Mr. J. B.
Alford, in the country, about four miles
from Hartwell, was burned at the same
houf. Mr. J. B. Alford was badly hurt
by falling off the top of the house.
'The fire occurred about 1 o’clock.
A TRAGEDY
THAT
ATT
Young Man Slays Pioneer in
Department Store Enter
prise.
No Motive known
For The Crime
TANGIER, Jan. 24.—Raisuli at
nightfall yesterday was surrounded by
Kaid Mehallas’ forces In Raisuli’s
stronghold. A courier who arrived here
today reported that Mehallas’ troops
advanced and burned a number of vil
lages of the rebellious tribes before
striking the mansours in force. The
latter were driven from their position
by the Government artillery, losing
fifteen captured by the troops.
El Ghainit, brother of Zellall, made
a stand in one of the villages but was
threatened to introduce a resolution tp driven out after tw.o hours’ fighting
FRANK PHILLIPS FOUND
GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER
ROME. Ga.. Jan. 24.—Frank Phillips,
who shot and killed Will Morris, his
brother-in-law. at Lindale. Christmas
eve. was today found guilty of man
slaughter. Sentence wil' gassed to
morrow.
have McGhee expelled from the Sen
ate. McGhee was very much agitated
and but for the prompt interference
of friends there would have been a
personal encounter.
CONDEMNED MURDERER
ESCAPES AND.RECAPTURED.
BRISTOL.- Va.. Jan. 24.—-Wesley
Wilkie, the condemned murderer of
Otis Ross, who mflde a sensational es
cape from jail at Gate City. Va., De
cember 17, while awaiting the execu
tion of his sentence to die on the scaf
fold February 21, was recaptured at
Salisbury. N. C., yesterday and will at
once be returned to Gate City and hung
on the original date set for his execu
tion.
WASHINGTON THEATRE
ALMOST GUTTED BY FIRE.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24 — The
Academy of Music at Ninth and D
streets, northwest, was almost com
pletely gutted by fire of unknown ori
gin, which broke out about 5 o'clock
this morning. A number of offices
were located in the building, as was
also the Spencerian Business College,
None of these were damaged by fire,
but were flooded by water, the fire be
ing confined to the stage and audi
torium of the theater. The loss is esti
mated at $80,000. The building was
insured for $73,000. Two horses, draw
ing engine No. 20, were killed in a
collision with a street car while on
the wav to the fire. The Academy of
Music was a popular priced theater,
and the attractions usually offered were
of a melodramatic character, the bill
this week being "The Secrets of the
Police.” A11 of the scenery properties
and wardrobe belonging to the produc
tion were destroyed, causing a loss of
$28,000.
COPPER MINE CASE
WILL BE ARGUED SOON
abandoning a dozen dead and a score
ot wounded men. The loss of the
Government forces was two men killed
and several wounde. El Khainit was
wounded by the escapes.
Toward night Kaid Mchalla reached
Zellall fortress, where Raisuli had
assumed personal command. An at
tempt was made to storm the strong
hold, but it was unsuccessful. Dark
ness then intervened. It was an
nounced that another attack on the
rebel fortifications would be made at
daylight today, hut there is much skep
ticism among the foreigners here who
generally regard the pursuit of Rai
suli as being an opera bouffe perform
ance. believing that the bandit chief
will be allowed to escape and Mehalla
will return here empty handed. «
ATLANTA, Jan. 24.—The Duektown
copper mine case will come up for
argument in the Supreme Court of the
United States February 25. This is
the case brought by the State of
Georgia in behalf of certain property
owners near the Tennessee line in
that they claim that the forests and
vegetation on their property is being
injured by the smoke, fumes and
gases coming from the smelting furn
aces. There are three hundred pages
of fwidenre in the case. Attorney Gen
eral Hart will represent tbe State,
SAILOR KNOCKED OVERBOARD
WAS RESCUED BY SCHOONER.
CHARLESTON. S. C.. Jan. 24.—Wil
lie Povenven. a sailor, knocked over
board from the barkentine Frances
January 18. when the vessel collided
with the Clyde steamship Comanche
in a dense fog, while off Diamond
Shoals lightship, was brought into port
today by the schooner Gracie D. Buch
anan. Capt. Harrington. Povenren was
found struggling in the water, perfect
ly nude, and about to give up when
taken on board the schooner. It was
bitterly cold but the sailor, who Is a
powerful man, had withstood the cold
and the strain of swimming in the
ocean for over an hour. He was about
fifteen miles southwest by west of the
lightship when picked up. Povenren
said' that the foremast and all head-
gear of the barkentine were carried
away in the collision. The Frances
was bound from New York to Savan
nah.
BUCKNER SUPERINTENDENT
SOUTHERN EXPRESS CO.
ROANOKE. Va., Jan. 24—The ap
pointment of Robert A. Buckner, as su
perintendent of the eastern division of
the Southern Express Company to
succeed the late V. Spalding, was an
nounced semi-offeiaUy today. Mr.
Buckner has b°en assistant superin
tendent for some time, and was for
many years Roanoke agent of the
company. His territory covers 3.000
miles of road, and .includes 600 agen
cies. Mr. Buckner was formerly Mayor
of Roanoke. His headquarters will be
here, and official nnnouneement of ap-
pnintme-t win be made in a day or so,
U is said.
Chancellor Day on Side
Corporate Wealth
* Necessary.
of
as
Mad Rush to Crush
Great Enterprises
•NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—The four
teenth annual dinner of the Manufac
turers’ Club of Brooklyn was held at
the Union League Club in Brooklyn
tonight. There were about four hun
dred present. R. J. McFarland, presi
dent of the association, presided. The
principal speaker of the evening was
Chancellor Day, of Syracuse Univer
sity. Among other things he said:
"No individual can use such capi
tal or furnish the executive ability for
such achievements as the times now
demand. Men must be incorporated
and money massed into thousands of
millions for such purposes.
"The man who is shouting himself
hoarse over trusts and corporations
and swollen fortunes will take his
place in history with the men who
smashed Arkwright’s loom and Whit
ney's cotton gin and the pamphleteers
who ridiculed George Stephenson’s lo
comotive. It makes little difference
whether you destroy the great forms
of business by direct enactment or reg
ulate them to death.
"The mechanics and working men's
interests are being imperilled by a spir
it of rampant investigation and busi
ness persecution today far more than
are those of the great corporations.
"It is stupendous folly to talk about
giving individuals a chance to act alone
by forbidding individuals to work to
gether.”
"If we want to reduce 'swollen for
tunes’ ‘we had better look about for new
and greater uses to which to appiy
them in opening to the thousands of
unemployed the unusual resources of
our country, and in philanthropy, edu
cation . and in promoting common
thrift, than in the socialistic idea nf
confiscating them above a certain sum
to be used by our Congressmen.
“Millions have taken the place of
hundreds of thousands as a measure
of wealth. Billions will displace j mil-
Hoob before the century, closes.”
LONDON, Jan. 24.—A dramatic
tragedy startled London today when
William Whitely. one of the most
unique and at the same time one of
the most prominent figures In tho bus
iness world, was shot dead in his store
by a youth claiming to be his son.
The assassin then attempted to blow
out his own brains. The name of
Whitley has become a household word
in England, owing to the enormous
department store run in London by a
company, of which Mr. Whitely was
president, and was the pioneer in such
enterprises.
The crime occurred shortly after
midday. An unknown young man was
accorded a private interview with Mr.
Whitely in the latter’s private office,
where the two men remained closeted
for a few moments. As Mr Whitely
emerged from his office it was ob
served that the young man was fol
lowing, and importuning him while Mr.
Whitely $ was waving his visitor off
and threatening to cal! the police. Sud-
denlv the young man whipped out a
revolver and fired two shots pointblank
at Mr. Whitely. The bullets lodged in
Mr. Whitely's head and he fell dead.
Before the assassin could be secured
he turned his weapon on himself and
indicted what is believed to he a mor
tal wound.
The personality of the assassin and
the motives for his crime are enveloped
In much mystery. He gave the name
of Cecil Whitely. hut relatives of Wil
liam Whitely disclaim till knowledge
of him. The police found no papers
or other written matter on his per
son to lead to the establishment of his
identity, but discovered his place of
residence and learned that he never
had called himself Whitely there. The
clothing of the young man bore the
initials "H. P.”
The police are of the opinion that
the motive for this crime, when dis
covered. will show that there were
present none of the elements of re
venge for personal injury, but rather
that the attack upon Mr. Whitely was
a result of a fancied grievance.
HARD FOUGHT PEONAGE
CASE LOST BY GOVERNMENT.
tition asking for an encroachment of
some fifty feet on Seventh street. This
encroachment would add considerable,
with other land tn the vicinity belong
ing to individuals as well as the city,
to the grounds on which their present
shops arc located, and thus gve them
room for the contemplated improve
ments. amounting to something like one
- | million dollars.
s 1 Both petitions were referred to tho
old and new street committees of coun
cil, together with the encroachment
committee, with Alderman Dure as
ehnirma n.
Two meetings were held by this
committee, at tlie first of which the
railroad officals and the property own
ers that would be affected by granting .
the encroachment began negotiations.
The second meeting was held yester
day afternoon. There were present
with the committee President J. F.
Hanson. Superintendent T. S. Moies
and other officials of the road.
The matter was carefully gone over
and thoroughly discussed. After a con
clusion had been reached the follow
ing report was drawn and the Mayor
requested to call a meeting of council
for the purpose of receiving it.
"That the petition he granted as ap
plied for and to include the encroach
ments to and the purchase of lot 1.
block 1: and lot 1. block 67. now owned
by the city, and that are required by
the company for these purposes, as
well as encroachments to other lots on
other streets, as are being acquired by
the company, at the rate of $600 pet-
acre. and with the agreement with said
company that the property rights of
private owners or others have been
satisfactorily arranged for. credii. to
be given said company at the rale of
$600 per aero as may he conveyed by
said company to tho city as outline:’
in their amended petition. The plans
of the underpass on Pino street, to he
approved by the Mayor and council."
Considerable disqussion followed the
reading of the report. No opposition,
developed to the adoption of the report
except that some of the members
were desirous of a strong guarantee
that the shops would he located witi?-
the city. Alderman Bowjiro said-
wanted the shops, but he wanted
some penalty or guarantee that the
shops were a certainty. *
Alderman Griffith said that while tho
report of the committee was his own
motion, he was not quite satisfied with
it. He thought it should contain a
clause compelling the company to put
in good condition the twenty-five-foot
street that was tn be left on Seventh
street, from Hawthorne to Poplar.
Alderman Jones thought with Al
derman Bowdre. that there should
something tn compel the location of
tho shops after the city had sold the
land at as. low a price as $600 per
acre.
Alderman Dime and Alderman Wil
liams stated that President Hanson had
assured the committee that the shops
would he located in the city if the
acquisition of the lands required could
be made.
Finally the following was added ta
the report:
“That the Central of Georgia Rail
way Company enter into an indepen
dent contract that in ease the pronosed.
shops are not built in the oity of Ma
con within the next five years the said
company shall pay to the city of yin-
con the sum nf $2,500."
Tho rules governing the granting of
encroachments were suspended and the
report adopted.
This latter clause is not to he in
corporated in the deed of transfer, hut.
was adopted as part of the renort for
tho purnoso of a guarantee that the
shops would be located and built in
the city.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 24.—
The trial nf F. T. J. O’Hara in the
United States court here on the charge
of holding men in peonage, ended to
day with a verdict of not guilty. The
Government made every effort to se
cure a conviction in this case, send
ing Assistant Attorney General Charles
W. Russell here from Washington to
help in the prosecution. There are
four other indictments against O’Hara
yet to be tried, besides cases against
John P. Lynch. Charles Davis. J. J.
Geiger. P. M. Harp. Joseph Clayton
and C. F. Burrill.
The jury in the case just ended were
kept together during the entire time
of the trial, twenty-three days.
STATE COURT OF APPEALS’
FOURTH CALL OF DOCKET.
ATLANTA. Jan. 24.—The State
court of appeals has issued the fourth,
rail of the docket for Monday. Febru
ary 11. when it will have arguments
in all cases transferred from the su
premo court, from tho Northern. West
ern, Northeastern. Blue Ridge. Chero
kee! Rome and Tallapoosa circuits, be
ginning with No. 79 and going through
107. excepting 100, which has been
withdrawn. The second call for Mon
day January 26. was announced soma
days ago. and takes in cases No. 157.
through 133. and the third, for Febru
ary 4. from No. 54 through No. 77.
FANNIN COUNTY HOG
HAD PORK MEASLES.
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA ROAD
MAY BUILD TO SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH. Ga.. Jan. 24.—Presi
dent John Skelton Williams, of the
Georgia and Florida Railway, which is
now in course of construction, was in
Savannah today. In an interview he
stated it is the purpose of his com
pany to either build into Savannah or
make trackage arrangements with the
Savannah and Statesboro from Savan
nah to f’uyler and the Seaboard Air
from Cuyler to Savannah,
ATLANTA Jan. 24.—J. C. Powell, of
Morganton. Fannin County, a few days
ago killed a hog and while cutting it
up found some of the intestines cov
ered with blisters. He brought a sam
ple to the office of the Department of
Agriculture today, when Dr. A. J.-
Kavne pronounced the disease pork
measles. The sample will he sent to
the department of animal industry at
Washington.
Court Dignfearies Dined. ^
ATLANTA, Jan. 24.—Associate Jus
tice J. H. Lumpkin of the Supreme
Gourt gave , an informal dinner last
night to the members of the Court of
Appeals. Kt the dinner were all of the
members of the new court, all of the
members-of the Supreme Court, except
Chief Justice. Fish. ex-Justice .John S.
Candler of the Supreme Court, aad At-
^or&sy, fiefic/sil JoJu C. .