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1±£E TWICE-A-W fckni. TELEGRAPH
■FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1907.
T
ARE FIRST TO
ARRIVE
SAVANNAH. Ga.. Jan 29—Two
Bcotchrmn. the Oral of the foreign lm-
mlgratlon' to at’ive In Savannah as a
i..*uit of th> iti-s of th<* Georgia
Immigration A-?-• iation reached this
city today »<> sto.ai.4hip from New
York. li.iv:ic- . «>nI t that port from
Scotland und, i tiranaement made
with the ari.i of (hr association
abroad
Throe concern? here Immediately up-
cn tlie at rival of the immigrants, who
were high-class workmen, made bids
for their labot A bug*;, factory se
cured them. They ar<- young men. 2.7
Wants Child-Made
Goods Prohibited
Decision Against
R. R. Commission
Beveridge Concludes Speech
Senate on Child
Labor
in
Central and Wadlej’ Not Un
der Continuous Mileage
Buie
MARIETTA. Ca.,
Jan. 29.—Judge
VASHFNGTOX, Jan. 29.—The Sen- • F * Gohri. it\ the Superior Court
toilay began it.- session -.rith ;t lec- : °* Cobb County, today decided against
the- .State Railroad Commi. w si«>n in the
injunction «uit brought by the Wadley
Southern Railroad Company against
irk
nator Hal
[>0 much t;
was being
f»rence to t
who
id no
He
HIT BODIES snu
REMAIN IN MINE
BATH FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINB
Jan. 29.—A dispatch to the Zeltung from
Saarbruecken. whore the disastrous ex
plosion occurred yesterday, says there
are still 72 bodies under ground in tr.e ■
Xrden mine. Of the !.■ .l:e. hr>>-ght out.
only 24 have been rrccialzod, the others
art so burned that their identity cannot ,
b- ••St»:>J|s|,ed. Om VV'-IVIII lie,
nient.d when she wa.- ot*front'.i h\ :,-r
hnsband nliv-. sbe had believed him to
be among the dead. A number of Swiss j
and French newspaper correspond nts
have reached Saarbruecken The man
agement of the mine announced today
PROfllNENT HOSPITALS SAY
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IN RELIEVING ALL CATARRHAL DISEASES.
Railroad and the Wadley
uthern under the continuous mileage
•articular reference to his inabiliiv
**• uie the pa^a^f- of the diplomatic
n«l consular and fortifications appro
bation bills which were on the cal-
i.dar. Before the session ended these
wo measures had been disposed of.
Senator Beveridge coriviudf-d his , _ .
peech Jn advocacy of hi* child labor ! :o th « Central of Georgia and Wadley
111. which has occupied three days.
the commission to prevent it from en- : that tn ;‘ dead probably would reach 14 .
rcinsr Its order putting the Central of I 2 ' ,:e number may be greater The
n .itZZLA ,„h W.4I.V I tir „ e , ln mine is under control and the
work of rescue has commenced.
: Some time agothe Railroad Coramis-
■ slon applied Its continuous mileage rule
and 26 yi
John A
dent of the a
welcome them
that at the ci
ventlon to he
would be limn
who would be
Rome. Atlanta
■how the con.
citizen* who i
Georgia.
Betjeman, of Albany, presi-
.soctet ion, was here to
Mi. Bet je man said
i,ling immigration con-
heid nt .M.icon. there
grants recently a rrivfed,
jroughl from Savannah,
and other cities, toj tog
■nti»n the class of jiowj rented, ;
re being secured for ; tlon of ;
i point
Ilfs argument today was devoted to
the constitutional power of Congress to
prohibit Interstate commerce in child
made goods. He was questioned some
what closely by Senators who hold that
this power does not exist and. in re
plying. took the broad ground that the
power, of Congress over interstate and
foreign commerce was absolute; that
Southern on the ground that the Cen
tral owned a majority of the Wadley
Southern stocks.
Judge Gober’s decision holds that this
canno; b- done as long as the Wadley
Southern is allowed to operate under a
separate charter. In other words, if
the State grants the Wadley Southern
a charter separate and ’distinct within
itself it must bft allowed to operate as
FOUR ITALIANS WERE .
KILLED BY A BLAST
urh commerce could be prohibited al- : a separate railroad und cannot be com-
TERRELL AND PAGE
SPOKE AT SPARTA
SPARTA. G.v. Jan. 2ft.
Terrell and the trustees of the
district agricultural commission ar
rived here this moning and were the
guests of the city for the day. At 10
o’clock they were driven to Granite
Hull farm where the new school will be
local ed. At noon a reception was ten
dered the distinguished visitors at the
tnurt house. Iairge delegations Of town
and country people were present. Gov
ernor Terrel), Prof. H&rk. of Milledge-
vllle. Pi of. Stewart, of the State Uni
versity, mio lion Walter H. Page,
editor of World's Work, spoke on the
encouraging outlook for agricultural
and Industrial education. The party
was entertained at dinner at the Drum
mers' Home uftcr which a business
se.alon was held by the trustees. The
contract for the erection of the build
ings wan awarded to Algernon Blair, of
Montgomery, Ala., whose bid was
n i.ooo.
fur as the power teas con-
thut in all cases the ques-
r and not of power was the
onsUIered.
Senator Beveridge presented
j ber of affidavits setting forth condl-
l tions In Southern cotton mills and as-
| serted that many children unden 12
I years of age were working in those
j mills. In reviewing the many indorse
ments. which, he said, had been given
I his bill, he aaid hearty commendation
i of the measure had been made by “the
j man who will be the next standard
bearer of the Democratic party.” and
Governor , also by the present President of the
Tenth j United States.
”1 want to know about endorsement
of the next standard bearer of the Re
publican party,” suggested Mr. Car
mack.
"My dear—” began Mr. Beveridge,
and then as the remark caused laughter
—“I was going to say, my dear boy,
there are many things you want to
know which I am not going to tell you.”
lied to haul freight as a part of an
other railroad line, even If that railroad
does own it. Judge Gober’s decision
practically knocked out Rule No. 1 of
num- i the Railroad Commission, known as the
‘ continuous mileage rule, under which
lower freight rates are made where twa
connecting railroads have the same
practical ownership.
rOIIIB DDV BOUND
TO GRMR HDD GAGGED
NEW CUM BER BAND, W. Va., Jan.
29.—Unconscious, gagged and bound to
« chair, Mis* Nelli- Campbell, chief
operator at the locnl telephone ex-
i hangs, was found nearly dead at her
home today. She has not yet rallied
sufficiently to tell who her assailants
were and It Is still doubtful whether
she will rocover. Miss Campbell lived
with her widowed mother, Mrs. W.
D. Campbell, and her slstars and was
ulon“ in the house. Apparently tile
girl’s assailants wore burglars, who
lied and gagged her and then ransack
ed the house, taking several articles of
value. The police of New Cumberland
and all the adjacent towns are at work
ori the cose.
Armed Guards
Patrol Levee
th
NEW ORLEANS, La.. Jan. 2».—At
wo low points along the business
rater front of New Orleans. Canal
treet and Jackson avenue, respectiyr-
y, the river today rose to the top of
levee. Several hundred sand bags
were used to hold back the water. In
past rises, the game points have been
protected successfully with sand bags
against water overtopping the levee by
three feet. Tonight the water is scarce
ly an inch above the levee, the stHge
being slightly over IS feet, with predic
tions for a rise of a foot within ten
day s.
Outside the city armed guards have
begun to patrol the levee*. The Pnn-
eh.i train levee board controlling
levees northward to Baton Rouge, to
day appropriated $25,000 for emergen-
Ohio River Water Gauge.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2ft.—- Special
bulletin: The Ohio river at Cairo this
morning stood a: rtt’tj feet, a fall of
foot since Monday not ning. It will
continue to fall slowly for a day or
two. and then more rapidly. The Mis
sissippi nt Memphis stood at 57.S feet
tonight, a rise of .9 foot since Monday J
night. A stage above 100 feet in lndi-
. tied witthin a week if the levees re- j
main input. Stages Tuesday morning j
at places lower down were as fol
lows:
Arkansas City. 49 2 and Greenville j
4:t.4 feet, a rise of .3 foot at each place; i
Vicksburg 40.4. a rise of .4 foot:
Natchez 45:2. a rise ot .2 foot: Baton j
Hedge 32.1. a rise of 5 foot, and New
Orleans |b 0. a rise of .2 foot, stages
as follows are now indicated below
Vicksburg within ten days; Natchez i
4v Raton Rouge 35 and New Orleans
19 feet.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 29.—Rep
resentative Lever, of South Carolina,
stirred up a hornet’s nest in the house
wher ho offered to the agricultural ap
propriation bill an amendment appro
priating $3,000,000 for the purchase of
the Appalachian and White mountain
forest reserves. He said twelve states
were Interested In the movement and
many governors had personally solici
ted the speaker of the house to permit
the bill to come before the body on its
merits. But on account of some mys
terious influences, he said, the speaker
was continuing to hold the bill up and
he wanted the country to know the
facts about the measure. Mr. Tawney
objected to the personal attack on the
speaker, and said h#*’ would object to
further consideration.
"Oh, it is not a personal attack on
the speaker.” replied Mr. Lever. ‘Tts
an outspoken statement as to whore
the objection to the bill is. Personally
I have profound regard for the speak
er, but he and some of his henchmen
arc blocking the consideration of this
bill and by the gods E propose that the
people shall know it.”
Mr. Tawney replied that he was
not questioning the motive? of the
gentleman from South Carolina, but he
was questioning the language used.
Mr. Lever tried to make it appear
that the agricultural commission was
unanimously in favor of the bill, but
Mr. Haugen, of Iowa, with considerable
warmth replied that ho had not voted
in favor of the measure and he gave
notice that he would vote against it if
the bill should ever get before the
house.
"You vote against four-fifths of the
good propositions that come before this
house." hotly replied Mr. Lever.
Mr. Wadsworth made a point of or
der against the amendment, which was
sustained, but not until Mr. Lever had
been heard.
The agricultural appropriation bill
occupied the house most of the day and
as usual when the amendment striking
out the free distribution of seeds was
readied, the members from the farm
ing districts out-voted those from the
cities, by a vote of 136 to S5 and re
stored the paragraph as has been the
law for a number of years.
The resolutions of the commission of
agriculture to increase the salaries of
the chief forester. Gifford Pinchot, and
the chief of the bureau of chemistry.
Dr. If. W. Wilev. from $3,560 to $4,500
went out on points or order.
An important amendment was adopt
ed that no part of the money to be ap
propriated for expenses in the enforce
ment of the national pure food law,
should be paid to any state, city or
district official, the amendment being
based on tlie theory that the states
should execute their own pure food
laws and thp government to do the
same.
The house today passed the senate
hill increasing the board of customs
appraisers in New York from ten to
twelve and also passed the senate bill
making provision for converying a
strip of ground in St. Augustine, Fla.,
known as ’the lines” for school pur
poses.
Railroads Lost
About $20,000
The second day's session of the in
vestigation being conducted by Inter
state Commerce Commissioners Clem
ents and Harlan for the purpose of de
termining whether or not the transpor
tation lines have been guilty of dis
criminating against peach shipments to
Eastern markets, representing the
Georgia fruit interests, was resumed
terday morning in the United States
'BRISTOL. Va., Jan. 29.—.it camp
No. 4, of the S. Walton Contracting
Company, In the South and Western
railway near Moccasin Gap, a few
mile? west of Bristol, four Italians,
whose names are unobtainable were
killed at an early hour this morning by
a delayed blast. The force was work
ing in a cut on the South and West
ern ' right of way and had prepared
three blasts in a massive rock. The
fuses were lighted and the workmen
retired to a safe distance until the ex
plosion came. The men then returned
to work when one of the charges that
had failed to axplode went off. killing
four Italians and injuring several oth
ers. The bodies of the victims were
terribly mangled. The remains of the
men will be burled near the scene of
! the accident tomorrow. The Walton
i Contracting Company sent to Bristol
j this afternoon for a Catholic priest to
conduct the services.
HOSPITALS ALL OYER THE CONTINENT FiSD PE-IiU-.YA VALUABLE IX TREATING ALL CATARI!HAL DISEASES y
GULF STREAM HAS
CHANGED ITS COURSE
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 2ft.—The fact
that the Gulf stream has made import
ant changes in its course was announced
today by the Gulf Division Of the Hydro-
District Court room with S. L. Green, (graphic office. In charge or- Capt. John
traffic manager of the' Southern Rail- I . Soley. These changes are noted be-
o
way, upon thp stand.
J. J. Waxelbaum, the inspiration of
the investigation, and who has/been
so ably prosecuting his claims through
out. questioned Mr. Green as to why
the West received a smaller 'rate for
shipments to the East than the South.
Th.- reply was competition and labor
conditions were practically to blame
for the difference.
Roads Lost Money.
When asked if the handling of
peaches had proven profitable to the
transportation lines, Mr. Green replied
thal with the exception of 1904. the
roads had been disappointed »wUh the
results for the past several years. He
praised the peach industry, but stated
that the roads would have been better
off without it during the past several
years. On account of the enormous ex
pense incurred in operating the cars
the losses for last year amounted to
$20,000. to the best of liis knowledge,
principally caused by delays,
lays.
Upon being requested Mr. Green then
read the comparative freight rates from
Georgia, Texas and California on ship
ments to. New York. -By Mr. Green’?;
figures it was shown that Georgia pays I
ft.2 for 100 pounds per hundred miles to
tween tho time the stream leaves the
north coast of South America until it.
enters the Atlantic. A man embodying
the changes will be Issued next month.
BEVERIDGE STATEMENT IS
INCORRECT, SAYS WILKINSON.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. 29.—In dis
patches'named from Washington pub
lished today Senator Beverage, of In-
, diana, is reported to have said in a
! aaeech made in the senate yesterday
that the Georgia Child Labor bill was
: a farce, and a "dead letter’ among oth-
• or things on this line Senator Beve-
: ridge declared t that since this law went
■into effect, on .January 1, forbidding
1 children between 10 and 12 years of
age being employed in mills, unless
they were orphans or children of in
digent parents, more than 3,000 ap
plications for, permission to work
children in tbe*TniIIs of Fulton county
: had been received, by Ordinary John
R. Wilkinson, of Fulton county.
When Judge Wilkinson’s attention
was called to the matter today, he
laughed and stated that the senator
had his figures far too hfgh. that so
far application had been made to al
low only ten children to go to work in
tile cotton factories of this county.
He said he had no ide,» where tho Sen
ator got his information from.
New York; Texas pays G.8 cents for-,
100 pounds per hundred; miles no Newi QippERETic^T^i?
4-7 ;
York, and California has a rate of
cents for the same weight and distance.
Following Mr. Green the stand was
taken by the following railroad and
refrigerator car lin? men in the order
name* R. A. Brand, traffic manager
of the Atlantic Coast Line; F. W. Ellis,
vice-president and general manager
Armour car lines; J. M. Fleming, gen
eral southeastern agent, Georgia Rail
road, and W. A. Win burn, vice-presi
dent and traffic manager Central of
Georgia Railroad.
The general trend of the testimony
of the railroad men was to the effect
that the present rates are not exorbi
tant, and defended their interests by
stating that the rates were justified on
account of the high cost of special
service, extra trouble of having cars
iced and reiced, carrying of ice with
out compensation, excessive weight of
refrigerator equipment, and that a
large percentage of the cars are inva
riably returned to the territory un
loaded.
The refrigerator men justified their
charges on the grounds of heavy losses
they claim to have sustained in the
past by inabilities to furnish equip
ment when wanted and uncertainties i
generally of the business.
N. &. W. 1
WERE NOT ADJUSTED
ROANOKE, Va., Jan. 29.—President
L. E. Johnson and other officials of the
Norfolk and Western Railway returned
here today from Columbus, Ohio, where
they met the heads of the brotherhoods
of Locomotive Engineers and Locomo
tive Firemen with a view to settling
difficulties existing between the Nor
folk and Western and the enginemen
and firemen.
It was said today that the differences
have not been adjusted. It is learned
that one of the chi@f contentions of
the men is for an eight-hour day.
ATARRH of the respiratory’ or- |
gaps is a common ailment in !
Canada for at least two-thirds of the .
year. f
This condition is no doubt caused by j
the long, severe winters experienced in j
this part of the continent.
Therefore, when Peruna was discov- j
ered by Canadian people to be a relia- ;
ble remedy for these catarrhal dls- |
eases, it at once became a popular
medicine, not only among Individuals
and in families, but in the great hos- •
pitals, where it was used as a preven
tive and- relief in hundreds of cases. |
These institutions do not hesitate to
give their endorsement of the remedy
which has been so helpful in the treat
ment of their poor and sick.
Among these institutions is that of
the Sisters of Good Shepherd, who
gave the following endorsement:
The Peruna Company,
Columbus, Ohio,
Having used Peruna for the past few
months, for our sick and poor, we are
happy to say that it has given us great
satisfaction.
The Sisters of the Good Shepherd,
August 20, 1S03.
Montreal.
After a continued use of the remedy,
this institution has found no reason to
change its good opinion of the remedy
and expresses its satisfaction in the
following terms:
experiencing much fatigue. Now I can
walk a mile easily.
“Through these three cases we desire
to make known to the public the ef
ficiency of your remedy.”
Hospital St. John, of St. Johns.
Province of Quebec.
A later letter received from the same
Institution reads as follows;
“Three weeks ago I wrote to tell you
how satisfactory we found Parana.
recommend it highly for colds, coughs,^
catarrh and neuralgia.
"I have used It myself as a tonic
with the be* results, taken as directed,
ljalf a teaspoonful every half hour.”
Mrs. Etta Booker, Dundurif, Sask.,
N. W. T., Canada, writes:
"I suffered with pelvic catarrh, until
I wrote to Dr. Hartman, and after tak
ing treatment as he advised, I can say
I am now cured of this most trying
"We are happy to tell you that your ! affliction, for which I am truly thank-
Peruna has given us satisfaction, ful. I think Peruna tho best medicine
Three patients have tried it, one 68 for catarrh. I never felt better in my
years old. Renoui Dupuis, afflicted with life than I do at present.”
catarrh, is much relieved, more than ; Peruna not only promptly relieves
he has been for a number of years. < coughs and colds in their first stages.
“A young girl, 15_ years old, had an but Is equally prompt and efficient for
obstinate cough, which half a bottle of catarrhal diseases in the chronic stage.
Montreal, Nov. 7, 1903.
We found Peruna a relief in several
cases.
We can say it is a good tonic and we
are very thankful.
Sisters of the Good Shepherd.
When catarrh once fastens itself
upon the system it becomes an obsti
nate disease to eradicate.
A systematic remedy—one that
reaches every internal organ of the
body—is an absolute necessity.
Peruna is just such a remedy. It
searches out the cause of the disease,
healing and strengthening the mucous
membranes, and thus giving Nature an
opportunity to perform her part of the
restorative process.
One of the’ many hospitals which
■have found Peruna of value in treating
old and obstinate cases of catarrh is
the Hospital St. John, who write, as
follows;
Peruna caused to disappear.
“As to myself, two bottles have con
vinced me that Peruna is magnificent
as a tonic.
“Before the treatment I could not
walk for a quarter of an hour without
! Of course, it is only reasonable
suppose that a great deal less medicine
will be necessary to cure a slight at
tack of catarrh than would be required
to relieve the ailment after it had
been allowed to become chronic.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna Almanac for 1907.
Still Three Vacant
Chairs in Box
Two of the Jurors Already
Selected Excused From
Service
APOLOGY FOR LETTER
LONDON, Jan. 29.—the Associated
Press -learns that the international
phase of the Kingston incfdent lias
been finally closed by Governor Swet-
tenham formally withdrawing his .let-
Plalnljr the feature of the session was j ter to Rear Admiral Davis and express-
the testimony of Inspector Smith, of j npr his regret for having written it.
the Interstate Commerce- Commission. I Swettenham’s withdrawal of his let-
wlio gave records of over 600 cars of t^r a!nd his apology followed volumin
ous telegraphic communications to him
FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE
LOGAN E. BLECKLEY ILL
CLARKBSVTLLE. Ga.. J*n. 29. -
Ju<l*A Logan E. Bleckley, former i-hief
justice of t 1m* Georgia Supreme Court,
is vary 111 at his home here. The pres
ent attack came Monday, following a
similar illness about two months ago.
HI* advanced age and the infirmities
attendant are causing the most seri
ous fears for his recovery.
JACK JONES, CAR INSPECTOR.
INSTANTLY KILLED AT GRIFFIN.
GRIFFIN. Ga.. 29.—Jack Jones, a
far Inspector in the employ of the Cen
tral of Georgia railway, at this place
was Instantly killed last night vt tide
repairing a brake rod under a car box.
which wa* on a sidetrack. An engine
was switched off the main line on to
he side track and collided with the
string of cars under which the in
spector wa* working. He wa* 32 vears
of age and is survived by a widowed
mother, one sleter and two brothers
No one seem* to know how the engine
left the main line.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Represen
tative Livingston, of Georgia, appear
ed before the House committee on in
terstate and foreign commerce today
and urged favorable action on his reso
lution providing for an investigation
by the Department of Commerce and
Labor of the fluctuations in the cotton
market with the particular object of
ascertaining whether such fluctuations
have resulted from “the character of
i contracts of alleged sales and deliveries
made on the New Ybrk Cotton Ex
change.”
The extensive dealing in futures was
; denounced by Mr. Livingston, who said
i that the cotton growers and cotton
! spinner? of the t.’nlted States are abso-
I lutely at the mercy of cotton specula-
I tors. He mentioned the thirty classi-
j firatlor* of rotton which formerly ex-
! Isted and called attention to the fact
that eleven of these classes have been
: dropped recently. Mr. Livingston
- spoke of his attempt to have cotton
| manipulators barred from the mails as
' frauds and said be was threatened with
I a libel suit because of his action, but
advised representative cotton operators
; that he would furnish $500 to assist
I In the prosecution of a suit against
himself and had heard no more of the
threat
i Many quotations were made by Mr.
, Livingston from a report of the Senate
! committee on agriculture and forestry
j on the condition of the cotton Indus
try made in the third session of the
i Fiftv-thlrd Congress.
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DR. REST ON TRIAL
FOR KILLING WOMAN
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Jan. 29.—The trial
of Dr. Herman Fiest. charged with the
peaches upon which he kept a record
of the quantity of ice used in shipping
from Fort Valley and Marshallville to
New York city. Mr. Smith showed an
actual average ice consumption per car
of ten-ton 39S pounds, against twelve-
tons claimed by the refrigerator men to
have been used in shipments to the
East.
Mr. Waxelbaum took the floor and
tried to have the different railroad
men verify the fact that apples fre
quently come Into this territory under
refrigeration. Also that bananas are
frequently refrigerated as well. The
railroad men failed to verify Mr. Wnx-
elbaum’s statement, and he then intro
duced bills and bills of lading showing
that npples had been refrigerated and
that charge? were assessed upon the
actual quantity of ice used only. Mr.
Waxelbaum also exhibited freight bills
showing bananas to have been refrig
erated and charges had been assessed
for Ice used only.
Mr. Waxelbaum, turning to Mr. Win-
burn. said: "Mr. Winburn. will you
verify that such existed?”
"Those cars apparently did,” re
sponded Mr. Winburn.
At the conclusion of this the com- ,
mission took a recess until 9 o’clock
this morning, when it Is stated Mr.
Waxelbaum will introduce additional j
evidence.
The fruit interests will probably be
concluded by 11 o’clock today, and the .
from, the colonial office. The dispatch
which has now closed the affair was
sent by the Governor to the colonial of
fice, whence it reached the State De
partment at Washington through the
foreign office, and Charge d’Affaires
Howard in the usual course.
was accepted by the defense in spite
of the fact that he knew Stauford
White and many of the dead'archi
tect's friends. He also had formed an
opinion in the case and expressed it
many times. These facts, Mr. AValker
declared, ljowever, would not prevent
him rendering an entirely fair and im
partial verdict. He had not seen
White for a year before his death
Thaw's attorneys set a high water
mark for peremptory challenges today
When they summarily excused from
service seven talesmen who had been
declared_legaily competent by the
court.
he felt he could comprehend such a
defense. The talesnnni thought he
could, but the defendant's attorneys
were not satisfied.
J. Sfmondinger had a letter as an ex
cuse.
William H. Moeller, a decorator und
painter, was ’examined by ’ John B.
Gleason for the defense. • v
“Do you mean by decorator that you
do such work as that on these walls?"
asked the attorney, pointing to thar, pic
ture of “The Three Ftates.”
“Is that a cause for challenge?” in
terposed District Attorney Jerome
Mr.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—The first big
surprise of the trial of Harry K. Thaw
came today when Justice Fitzgerald,
on the motion of the District Attorney
and with the consent of the attorneys
for the man accused of the murder of
Stanford White,' announced that two of
the jurors selected in the early days of
the proceedings would bo excused from
further service.
"Without any reflection on the jury
men whatsoever.” said the presiding
judge, "jurors Nos. 4 and 6 will be ex
cused."
The men in question are Arthur S.
Campbell, a superintendent of tele
phone construction, and Harold R.
Falre. a printer and publisher of a
pamphlet circulated in Wall street. The
court room was crowded for the open
ing of the afternoon session when the
announcement was made.
“By agreement,” said District Attor
ney Jerome, "the reasons for this ac
tion will not be made public, but they
are of a business nature. Counsel rep
resenting the people and the defendant
have conferred with the court in re
gard to the matter and a unanimous
j decision was arrived at.” -I ner, Mr. McPike. were absent from the
When the excused jurymen left the ! defendant’s counsel table when the
The state challenged peremp- laughingly. “It may be.” replied
torily but once. The defense now has : Gleason, in a jocular wav.
thirteen of its peremptory challenges j Mr. Moehler had a decided opinion,
left and the state has seventeen. The ' however, and this let him off without
members of the Thaw family were all further discussion, as to the artistic
in court today and for. once disarmed quality of the court room decorations,
those who had circulated reports of a i There was a slight disturbance in the
serious break in the family relations.
Mrs. Wm. Thaw, mother of the prison
er, conversed and chatted with Mrs.
Harry Thaw constantly. The counters
of Yarmouth also talked freely with
young Mr?. Thaw at intervals during
the day. Miss May McKenzie was a
participant in several of the family
chats, notably during the luncheon re
cess, when the party sat for a time in
a circular group and carried on general
conversation. The prisoner seemed to j
court room as the new juror. Walker,
was taking his place in the box. One
of the talesmen on a rear bench was
trynig to close the upper sash of a win
dow when a bailiff spied him.
"Sit down,” called the officer. Jus
tice Fitzgerald rapped for order and
stopped the proceedings.
“But judge, your honor—” protested
the talesman. “Sit down,” replied Jus
tice Fitzgerald,’ with a rap of his gavel.
“The next person who causes an tu
be in high spirits and the fact that the j terruntion here will get
actual hearing on the case had been : trouble.”
put back a full day or more by the 1
court’s action in excusing two of the
sworn jurors, did not seem to have
the Iea?t effect upon him. It is now
believed that the taking of testimony
cannot be reached before Thursday af
ternoon or Friday morning.
Both Attorney Delmas, who is suf
fering from a cold, and his law part-
into serious
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2ft.—Officials at
the State Department refuse to discuss
the report that Governor Swettenhgm has j said
withdrawn his letter to Rear Admiral
Davis, and ha* apologized therefor. It
1* pointed out that the President has tak
en every mean* known to him to make
it evident that he regards the Kingston
affair as a closed incident, so officials
decline to comment upon it in any phase
at tills time. Secretary Taft has re
ceived the fo.iowlng cablegram from Gov
ernor Swettenham. dated Kingston. Ja
maica:
•'.Most grateful thanks for supply of
tents just received from Cuba in charge
of Capt. Battle. U. S. A.; service most
highls - appreciated.”-
The tents referred to are those for
warded from Santiago by Brig.-Gen.
Wint,
court room they were besieged by
questioners. Mr. Faire created a mild
sensation in the corridors when he
asserted with positivene3s that he was
utteriy in ignorance of any reason why
he should be asked to Btep down. He
OVERFLOW OF THIS RACE MAY
DESTROY USEFULNESS OF
INSTITUTION.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan. 2ft.—From pres
ent indications the state reformatory
will ?oon be top heavy with negro
juvenile criminals, which may largely
destroy its usefulness. There are now
thriteen inmates in this institution, and
“The announcement in court was the
first knowledge I had of the Intended
action. In passing through the court
house corridors this morning I heard
a man remark that two of the Thaw
jurors were to be excused today. I
morning session opened. This left
: gap of two vacant chairs on the priso-
; ner's right and gave him a clear view
1 of the jurors thus far sworn. He profit-
i ed by the opportunity to study their
faces for some time, When he ex-
; changed confidences with Mr. Pea-
! body, who sat on his left.
Mr. Jerome questioned the talesmen
today as to the extent they have been
reading the papers since the trial began
and if they had been influenced in any
way thereby. None of the men put
iDennee as a Juror.
j NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 29—The se-
• lection of John S. Den nee, a native of
j this city, as a Thaw juror has aroused
! comment here because of the extent ;.> -
i which the unwritten law is believed In
1 by people of this State. Mr. Denltct. , w
| was chairman of the New Orleans tte-j j
: publican Club here in 1896. He was-i^.
in Hawaii and enlisted as a soldier on '
i the revolutionary side in the revolution
; which overhtrew Queen Liliuokalani.
had no idea that the remark could in- : under examination in the early part of
elude me. About three years ago when the proceedings would admit that they
I was connected with a brokerage con- ! had attached importance to anything
ease of the McRae Grocery Company C f this number eight are negroes. The
will be commenced. The McRae case
lias been instituted on the grounds of
alleged excessive freight charges on
merchandise from New York to Geor
gia.
cern two detectives from the District
Attorney's office who said they visited
the places which sell unlisted securi
ties dropped in on me, asked some im
pertinent questions and wanted to
know if I would be willing to go up to
the District Attorney's office any time
I might be wanted. I said, ‘yes,’ but
that was the last time I ever heard of
tlie matter.”
Mr. Campbell, the second of the ex
cused jurors, declared he “had too
much respect for the court to givo an
interview.”
It was generally reported that Mr.
Campbell had asked to be relieved. He
begged to be excused when first placed
Mu-cogee furnished six of I on the Jul T- ° ne new Juror had been
negroes Sy wlre ^t added to the trial panel when the ex-
Snnprinr cuse of Fairo and Campbell was an
nounced and a second one was subse-
ouentlv secured, thus off-setting the
Aaaault With Intant.
WAYCROSS Ga.. Jan. 29.—Grady
Thrift, a vourg white man, was ar
rested and lodged in jail last night by
Sheriff Woodard on the charge of an
assault with intent to murder another
young man by the name of Griffin. It
said that Griffin was seriously i dominate
• tabbed by Thrift.
county of
the eight
there by Judge Little, of the Superior
Court of Chattahoochee circuit. As
the law allows the judges of the state ;
to sentence juvenile criminals to the ;
penitentiary it may not be a great j
while before the reformatory is over- I
flowing with negro juvenile convicts, j
While in designing plans for the insti- ;
tution provision was made for the j
care of both blacks and whites, it was
believed that the
numbe
outside of the actual proceedings in
court.
i Sidney H. Salomon, a young business
! man, loomed up as a possible juror
until he' struck thnt portion of tho
District Attorney's examination which
has to do with the difference between a
reasonable and a possible doubt. Salo
mon was not sure as to where the dis
tinction should be drawn and he was
excused by consent. Samuel Popper, a
manufacturing Jeweler, went through
the regular examination by both the
prosecution and defense, but he finally [ A In.; $29.0inl-theater, Bessem
came to grief against a peremptory J fir
challenge exercised by Thaw's lawyers, j ing EnsJey. AD f hirtldtng? to h<
Popper was the first man of all in the | ot cost of about $100,000, Statcsb
big-panel originally summoned to de- | theatt-r. Montgomery. Al :.;
clare that he had neither formed an | Greensboro, Ala.; banking hou?
opinion nor had heard one expressed. [remodelnff Miliedgevil!e. Ga.; 4-*
Mr. Hartridge. for the defense, again j remod^ed C "t roV Srsts ooa h °«-
indicated by his questioning- of this Q a . two school bufldlne--.' twn‘
ACTIVITY IN TWO
SOUTHERN STATES
COLUMBUS. Ga., Jan. 29.—The Geor
gia and Alabanrt Industrial Index will
say tomorrow in Its regular weekly is
sue:
"Reports to tho Index of buildings pro
jected during the past week show that
jictlvtov in construction lines', is general
throughout Georgia and Alabama and il
lustrate the fact -’hat the upbuilding . of
citie* and towns with ornate businoSs
houses, handsome residences and sub
stantial public structures is keeping
pace with the rapid arid extensive indus
trial development in progress in the two
States. Among the projected buildings
reported this week are the following:
“A 7-story apartment house at Mobile,
Am., in addition to the 12-storv apart
ment house to be' erected in that city,
and for which an architect has Must been
commissioned to draw plans; apartment
house. Atlanta. Ga.: $200,000 docks. Mo
bile, Ala.: $50,000 5-story office building.
Fitzgerald, Qa.; buildings to be remod
eled for use a* department store. Troy. .
1 renn
M this Ga .
loss of the two previously sworn jurors. : talesman, that there may be more than (-11V hell and num<-
When court adjourned there were nine ; one excuse offered by Thaw for his
men in the jurv box and threo vacant J killing of Stanford White,
chairs. Forty-six talesmen were called j “Would you object to two or more
before the two satisfactory Jurors defenses?” inquired the prisoner’s
were obtained. This exhausted the ori- | counsel.
ginal panel of 200 men and used up I “No,” replied Popper. After a con
bridges
. Con
srectio:
murder of Mr?. Rosa Mangrum. whose
body wa? found in the river at Cairo.
Ill.. 1ms crowded the court room for two
<lny*. Judge Mart ha? ordered Flest's
bond Increased from $ 1. P < *0 to $10,999.
The m,-eo Important testimony .ohlm-ed
was given by Pr. W. N. Holm?? who
testified 'hat on one occasion ne ! #it Dr
. i«st and Mr*. Mangrnm s shadow? on
a frosted door In loving embrace and paa-
Joseph A. Higgins Promoted.
ATLANTA, Ga.. Jail. 29.—Announce- i
ment was made today of the appoint- !
ment of Joseph A. Higgins to be as- !
slstant general passenger agent of the j
Atlanta and West Point railroad, a j
newly created position. Mr. Higgins
has been with the road for some time I
and is a native of Richmond. Va.
datlons were made accordingly. As It
looks now. however, the order of things
should have been reversed. The legis
lature at its next session will be called
upon to make an appropriation for the
maintenance of the institution, and
the members may have an attack of
cold feet upon this proposition when
the roll of the inmates is called.
white? would ore!! I eighteen of the new panel of 100,
and accomnw- ! summoned yesterday and in court to-
Call for Condition of Banks.
WASHINGTON’. Jan. 2*. — The Comp
troller of th#- Currmicy today a rail
for a statement of the condition of ail
bank
uary 2*.
at the close of business on Jan- i Roan and placed in jail
k ' in* the jewels.
Diamond Thief Brought Back.
ATLANTA. Ga.. Jan ?9.—Rval L. Dil-
ffer. th«=* younsr white man who two weeks
asro robbed Mrs. Xorm t Dinnett of about
$loo.i vverth of diamonds end th«n skinned
out to Cincinnati was ^ro^ebt b-ick from
hat city this mnrnir.r by Officer Zaek
He admits tai-
,BHi H reslden
tracts* have been awarded for t!
of a 7-i<tory office buUding a.
Ga., mentioned in the Index o* Septembei
19; for SXft.QOO club house. Atlanta. Gu.
and S4S.C00 State Agricultural' Colleg;
buildings BarnesvHle. Ga.,also previously
reported.
“Among other things reported this week
are: Canning factory. Andalusia. -Via.:
planing mill plant. BarnesvHle.
sultation among the defendants attor
neys the peremptory challenge was en-
day for the first time. The two new I tered. Only one of the state’s alienists
jurors- sworn In today were: j was in court today,
No. 10. John S. Denne, traveling I His associates. D
agent 3S years old and unmarried, a | Mahon, have hitherto attended, every j Roannv e . Ain.:
native of New Orleans, La. < session of the court and have scruti- I dry. Rome. Ga.; capacity
No 4 David S. Walker, real estate j nized the defendant closely. Barlow S. ! ^during otfti't at .ycr
broken ’34 years old and unmarried. A I Weeks, one of the lawyers who de- : dm’.br-i; arrangements u
• — " He was fended Roland B. Mollneaux, was an ■ -> * l,n b n |
lay, Mr. Austin Flint. LT?!, Uf ’" at Btmtingv-m. Ala., of $100.-
Srjftgo&d and Dr. | t^chfae “hoos
son of John Brisben Walker,
chosen during the afternoon session
and replaced Juror Campbell.
Thaw seemed to be particularly well
pleased yvith the selection'of both Den
ne and Walker and smiled when the
prosecution withdrew all pending chal
lenges against the talesmen. As soon
as Mr. Denne said he was a Louisian
ian. Thaw was seen: in earnest consul
tation with ills lawyers. Mr. Walker
interested spectator of today’s proceed- j Ga??°six* turpentine 1 !
ings. in businews In Alalr
The original Juror panel was exhaust- : lard don! near Am
ed when the twenty-eighth talesman land oil mill. Slberto
chine si
ompanfs
rictia. C
Ga.
f
was examined today. The last of the j Whitfield County. Gy.; tobacco farm. P.
old list was Henry Peacock, who was
challenged peremptorily by the defense, j Y s ..'..,: i; ..... h , w i. '
Mr. Peacock was asked hy Mr. Glea
son, of Thaw’s counsel, if lie had .1 :>
objection to a defense of insanity or if
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