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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1907.
THE TVTICE-A-W'EEK TELEGRAPH
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SOCIALISTS
NEW MARTINSVILLE, W. Va., Jan.
SO—Claiming: that God had Instructed
hijn to born the town of Smlthfleld,
U. Va., thirty roller from here, a man
wl.o gave the name of Harry Howard
made to llr
W. A. Lewi-i
Fi.'ink. the A:
how
lost
to fla
tingu!
Smithfield
store and
nes. The
shed with
efore
p Hired, at
wounds. After he had been placed In
the lockup, a mob atacked the building
for the purpose of lynching him. but
the crowd was driven off, and later
Howard was secretly brought to the
county jail here.
The men wounded by him were Earl
and Grover Hildebrand, W. EL Smith,
chief of police, and Charles Edge)?,
constable. The Hildebrand brothers
will probably die.
HETY MEN ENTOMBED
mm
PETERS BURG, Jan. 3d
Governor of the political
off. a suburb of this
the main street of
island today and died almost lm-
lately. The asrassln, who was a
>uth of eighteen, also shot and mor-
lly wounded a prison warden who ac-
>mpanled M. Guldema. and who pur-
sin. The latter disap-
pplice have been unable
ce of hihr.
sentenced to death by j
or the merciless meas-
h In suppressing the j
which the prisoners on ]
dared a fortnight ago !
rainst the killing by a |
toner who was leaning i
peared and the
to' find any t:
Guldema wa
NEW YORK. Jan.
disconrinne the pre
Strauss opera, "Saloi
politan opera house
at a conference beti
the company otvnlni
and the representatl'
Metropolitan Opera
leases the building.
The conference wo
letter sent by the i
owning company, p
further presentation
Conreid announced I
give
30.—A decision to
sentation of the
tie," at the Metro-
sras reached today
veen directors of
: the opera house
,-es of the Conreid
Company, which •
s the result of a
Jirscfors of the
rr-resting against
of the opera. Mr.
ater that be had
Island
protest
guard
out of a window.
Union Springs No
Competing Point
Railroad Men Said Rates Could
Not Ee Changed Con
sistently.
CHARI.ESTON, W. Va,. Jan. 30—There
were 91 men in the Stuart mine In Fay
ette. where an explosion of dust occurred
yesterday. It
the mon will be taken out alive, the
force
ns to wreck the entire inner woik-
lnsa
So far the cage In the mine has been |
lowered within 50 feet of the bottom.
Repairing will
The taking of testimony in the case
It Is not believed that any of | J- J- Waxelbattm against the trans-
dll bo taken out alive, the porta tion lines for alleged discrimina
tive explosion being so terrific ; tion against peach sipments to East-
. .... prn mark( , t5 . was coni; i uded before In-
| terstate Commerce Commissioners
Clements and Harlan yesterday.morn-
have to bo done before ! * n F about 11 o’clock, and the commis-
the cage can be let entirely down. The sion Immediately took up the hearin"'
St ! mr , t F olU 27 Coi nPany has already re- In the case of the merchants cf Union
celved 60 coffins and has ordered 25 more.
It Is thought that the mine is on fire,
but this cannot be determined until later.
The heat and smoke from the shaft is
Intense nnd the men could not be reached
Springs Ala., against the railroad
I charging the latter with excessive
| freight rates.
Early yesterday morning Mr. Wax-
decided not to give 3atome" in this
city in- any theater. It had been sug
gested that he might produce the
opera at some other opera house, than
the Metropolitan, but this he does not
care to do. No decision has been
reached as to the performances of
"Snioine” scheduled for other cities.
The company owning tlje building
was represented at the conference by
J. P. Morgan. D. O. Mills. W. K. Vaa-
dei blit. August JBelnqont and others.
Otto H. Kahn. Robt. Goelet, Rawlins
Cottenet. H. R. Wlnthrop and Jasv
Speyer represented the opera company.
It was agreed that the productions of
the opera entire within the provisions
of the lease, thr.t the operas must be
approved by the owners of the building
and that nn performance can be giyen
if objected to by them.
WARSAW. Russian Poland, Jan. 30.
—Socialists today undertook and car
ried out the execution of a bandit who
made an unsuccessful attempt to se
cure $500 from tne Commercial Sank J
of Warsaw. The man entered the [
bank this afternoon and asked the dl- „ . , „
rector to give him $500. His request ! Wednesdiv
was refused, whereupon the man «*„r * . . oining, when a terrific*
j jar and a lurch of the vessel caused
everybody aboard to run ut>
deck.
The bank officials feared to’aMc the ! fo l?“ ‘ 3 L at ,’' le And rcw had
n1u*p fnp hplu and nllmvArl \ .. \ whale, and.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30—A trussle with
a huge waterspout and the running
down of a mammoth hammerhead
whale were two incidents- of the pas
sage of the Belgain steamship St. An
drew, which arrived today ■ from Ant
werp. The steamship had been making
was refused, whereupon the man sat
down in the waiting room and an- ' -—
pounced his intention of remaining j deck J ’ 1 ard *° run up t0
there until he received the money.
police for help and therefore allowed j Hrt- ln the di "}
him to stay. A Socialist member of i-A’ 1 ? ar T* dawn the sea could
the bank's staff, however, called up
Socialist’s headquarters on the tele
phone and explained the situation.
Two men from headquarters at once j !t r , opa .two sailors lowered
came over to the bank. They ap- ! i hemse ! ves down . to the water’s sur-
proached to
quickly
ver. The police have pot interfered ® lJl e stern of the liner that-one
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be seen streaked with blood. The ship
was stopped and one of the life-boats
taken from the davits. At the end of
with the men who did the killing.
Members Eager fo
Hear The Speech
Representative Wadsworth, in
His Speech, Flings Brick
at the President.
BALTIMORE,
return today of
of the propeller blades was later found
bent and twisted under the great blows
of the dying whale. For an hour- the
ships crew labored at cutting off the
head of the whale, which was found to
be of the hammerhead variety and be
tween 80 and 90 feet in length. The
S II? t head was br3 ught to the deck, pickled
H V and brought to this port today. It
II * will be presented to the Museum of
18 s j Natural History.
At 2 o’clock on the afternoon of the
same day Chief Officer William B.
Spicer sighted, from the bridge, a great
waterspout three chips lengths off the
starboard bow. The snout was; ac
cording to Mr. Spicer and- Captain
Fitzgerald, who was hastily summoned,
fully 1,000 feet in circumference at the
base and fully* a mile in circumference
PURELY VEGETABLE
Jan. 30.—With the
the city tug Balti
more from a two days’ fruitless search
fer some clue to the five men who have
been missing for the last ten days, all
hope for- them ..has been abandoned.
The disappearance of the men came , ,, , ----- --— --- -
as a climax to a day of pleasure, spent I , K : s which reached up into the
'together at. a fishing shore which tiiqy - c !® u ® 8. All around the base of the ter
for a day or so even if the shaft was in elbatim introduced some more and de-
worklni- order. cidedly different evidence In the shape
Later advices received from the —* -* *— .. ..
scene of the disaster at the Stuart
Collier Company mine at Stuart,
Fayette County, is that the number of
victims will be about sixty instead of
aeventy-flvo or eight as wa-s first esti
mated. The list of those known posi
tively’to have been in the mine at the
time of the explosion, includes thirty-
eight white miners and ten colored
miners. Besides these there were a
number of foreigners whose names are
not known. There is very little hope
expressed that any of the entombed
men will be found alive.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.—The House
completed the appropriation bill today
after adopting sundry amendments.
of showing up the time consumed by j The feature was a speech in justifica
CONTRACTOR OLIVER
WAS COLUMBUS MAN
COLUMBUS, Ga.. Jan. 30.—Capt. B.
TI. Hardaway, the woll-krfown Colum
bus engineer and contractor, has re
ceived an offer to be associated with
W. J. Oliver, of Knoxville, Tenn., in
the digging of the Panama canal.
The Government required that Mr.
Oliver associate with himself in the
contract two other engineers who
were experts In the kind of work to be
7lone si the canal, with which he was
not personally familiar. Captain Hard
away was selected as one of the engi- v
neers on account of his great knowl
edge of masonry work. He has
executed a great many contracts over
the South In which the masonry work
was very heavy.
Captnin Hardaway was out of Co
lumbus today and could not be seen,
-but the impression prevails that he
has about decided to decline the offer,
although ho has not as yet given Mr.
Oliver his final answer.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.—It is still
possible that the administration may
determine to dig the Panama canal,
placing the work in the hands of Chief
Engineer Stevens, instead of having
It done under contract. The final de
cision will rest with tho President and
the Secretary of War, and will' depend
on their opinion as to whether the
administration is justified in accepting
the bid to do it by contract. It was
pointed out 'today on' high authority
thnt the Government had no. prom
ised to accept the bid of W. J. Oliver.
who has been given an opportun’ty to m
associate’himself with two other con- | ^February'ln“ Washington; - 1)7 C.
tractors to do the work at hit bid of i _ ...
3—J per cent. The President- and
the transportation lines in making de
liveries in some instances. Mr. Wax-
elbaum first read from the roads’
pamphlets the advertised time, con
sumed in making deliveries, and from
another record which had been clev
erly compiled by him, read the time
that it had actually taken shipments
to his personal knowledge to he de
livered by the lines. In all instances
it was clearly shown by Mr. Waxel-
baum that the railroads had consumed
twice and treble as much time In mak
ing deliveries as was advertised to
take.
Mr. Waxeibaum, who has prosecuted
his claims all through the investiga
tion alone, h^s demonstrated that he
carefully prepared for the case, which
The Union Springs case \yas then
commenced. The contention la this
case is that freight from the West is
shipped to Eufaula. forty miles fur
ther than Union Springs, l'or a less
rate, and that Union Spring's mer
chants can consign to Eufaula. and
then pay local freight back to Union
Springs and save money, while in one
instance a witness swore a car load
of oats passed through Union Springs.
The Union Springs people also claim
that they cannot ship any cotton com
pressed at this time to Savannah be
cause the Central of Georgia railroad
won’t receive it as compressed cot
ton. alleging that the railroad wants
it to go to Montgomery to be com
pressed by the Atlantic Compress
Company.
Several railroad men testified that
the present rates were reasonable and
that a change could not be consistently
effected and be in keeping with the
law.
S. P. Green, traffic manager of the
Southern railway, then took the stand
and testified that the rates from the
Wbst are based on a combination and
received the approval of the Alabama
commissioners, and in his opinion
were reasonable. Upon beiryg inter
rogated he said that a competing point
is where two lines compete for traffic
and that Union Springs did not come
under that head.
At 5 o’clock Mr. Baxter, attorney
for the railroads, said as the time to
adjourn had come and that there was
another case to try tomorrow'- he
would not impose on the commission
any further.
Judge Clements said it may he pos
sible to consummate arrangements- by
a quorum of the commission to hear
arguments in thees cases the last week
tion of the present meat inspection law
by Representative Wadsworth, of New
York, who retires from Congress With
the close of the session. He took the
President to task for the latter’s letter
of last summer in criticism of the
bill. Mr. Wadsworth, who is chairman
of the committee on agriculture, spoke
owned' jointly. In the evening the
men embarked in a small boa$, and
started . t’3f row to the terminus-'Of.'the
bayshore cjir line. A strong northwest
wind whs 'blowing, and an hoift" later
they were -seen far out in the bay,
struggling against the wind. This was
the last seen of men or.boat. The miss
ing -men. all of whom were residents of
Baltimore, are Andrew Lorber. 24
years: Jehu Lorber, 48 years; John
Lorber, 34 years: Goarge Sauer, 38
George Sauer, 3G years.
other. The elder John Lorber has a
wife and eleven children. John Lor-
bqr No. 2 has a wife and three ehil-
years- George Sauer, sc years. i the spout until the third shot fired at
All of, the men were, related to each - tbe .‘l u 5 e c ? unin of . water t00 * < effect
jury.
“Tell the newspaper men.” Thaw
said tH one of his counsel, “that I ad
vised my mother and both my sisters
to stay home today and take care of
themselves."
Mrs. Carnegie disobeyed the injunc
tion, however, and was present. Eve
lyn Nesbtt Thaw, and her companion.
May McKenzie, were early in the
court room.
Justice Fitzgerald threw something
of a bombshell Into tho camp of the
newspaper artists in the court this
morning by announcing through the
court officers that no sensational
speeches should be made during the
trial. This came as a complete sur
prise. Artists from most of the prin
cipal cities of the East have been In
court from day to day and have not
been restricted hitherto In any way
whatsoever.
. When Clifford Hartridge, Thaw’s
leading counsel, came into sourt. young
Mrs. 'Thaw extended her hand and
greeted him cordially. After a brief
chat Mr. Hartridge escorted Mrs.
Thaw • and her companion into the
prisoners pen, where there was a
touching scene between the accused
man and his wife. The two sat to
gether for ten minutes or more con
versing, and the woman had returned
to the court room when Justice Fltz-
and if the shapeless mass in the water- : gerald took his place on the bench.
rifle spout the sea was lashed into fury
and mountains of water were sent up
as if from geysers. '
Captain Fitzgerald hastily, ordered
the mounting of the six-pounder, and
as soon, as the gun was fixed on the
bridge shots were fired into the spout,
which was rapidly moving toward the
Saint Andrew. The moments p re
ceding the bursting of the waterspout
were anxious ones for those on the
steamship. Nearer and nearer came
Caught on
the Wing
U1 lilt CUulilUllCv UH lUUUui t, ajlUftt, | • , . , T » •». .......
in vindication of himself and that com- J dren, and Andrew Lorber, a widower.
mittee for the work done in connection
with the inspection bill and in doing
so evoked pronounced approval.
“Last June." said Mr. Wadsworth,
“when the meat inspection legislation
was under consideration by Congress,
the chief executive saw fit, in a letter
addressed to the chairman of the com
mittee on agriculture of the House of
Representatives, in unmeasured terms
and In language conveying a threat,
and In words intimating a doubt as to
the sincerity and honesty of purpose of
the members of that committee, to con
demn tha meat inspection bill reported
by;the committee on agriculture for the
consideration of the House.”
Members of the House who were In
the cloak rooms sought the floor and
crowded about the speaker’s desk and
filled the aisles near where Mr. Wads
worth stood. Mr. Wadsworth sent to
the desk and had read tho President’s
letter and Mr. Wadsworth’s reply.
Mr. Wadsworth resuming said: “As
has one child..
Husband Arrested
And Said Accident
snqut, had struck the Saint Andrew
there would have been nothing left of
the steamer and not a soul aboard
would have escaped with his life.
Waycross the ‘Scene of Most
Horrible Murrder Ever Re
corded in That Section
WAYCBOSS. lia , Jan. 30.—The must
horrible crime this section has ever had
to record was the Killing tonight of Mrs.
Lites and the probably fatal shoting of
her 4-month-old babe by her husband,
H. E. Liles. The shooting occurred just
after" dark at the Liles place on Eads
, street, in the center of the residence see
the House well knows, the very bill i tio n of the citv.
condemned so severely by the executive
in his letter to the chairman of the
Secretary Taft feel that the question
of cost is not the one alone to be con
sidered, and that they' would be jus
tified in declining to enter Into a con
tract to dig the canal if they felt that
the Gcvcrnmgil) In this would be best
subserved by not doing so.
Tin- following statement was made
public at the White House tonight by
Secretary Loeb:
Does Loeb Speak by Card.
“Reports in the paper seem to indi
cate a belief that the canal contract
has been conditionally awarded to Mr.
Oliver. This is not so. No decision
has been made even that the con
tract will be awarded to any of the
bidders. Mr. Oliver’s bid was so hope
lessly defective that it could not be
even considered, and time was given
him to complete it in such shape that
will enable it to receive considera
tion. If it is put into such shape it
will bo considered together with the
bid already made by the GIHespie-
McArthur combination, which may it-
pelf be altered, and then whichever
hid. after the most careful ex-ami-
uition, seems most advantageous, will
h. taken or both bids.
The canal may be constructed
under tha direct supervision of
the Government. In such case,
the Government would, wherever it i
chose, usq contractors simply as agents.
The real object ln contracting the work ;
is to have assembled a large number
the f j'i-t-- in ea -h , 1. «s f
work; and tho prime consideration will
be the ability and fitness shown in a
\ - • of directions by the men mak- I
ing the. bid. The President and the J
commission would not even consider a ’
The session adjourned until S:30
o’clock this morning, at which time
the commissioners hope to get down
to business in earnest in the hopes
ure my words—increased its effective
ness, was signed -by him on June . 30,
1906, and is now the law of the land.
In further justice tQ, and in vindica
tion of, the committee on agriculture of
the House of Representatives, and in
view of all the circumstances and, the
use that has been made of the execu
tive’s letter, I may be permitted to say,
injustice to and in vindication of my
self. I offer the testimony of the Sec-"
rotary of the Agriculture as given by
Dr. Melvin, of the bureau of animal
industry.”
He read from the testimony of Dr.
Melvin, who Is chief of the bureau,
wfio testified to the efficiency of the
measure. Mr. Wadsworth 'closed as
follows:
“So that, after seven months of study
of its provisions, during which time
many questions arose and had to be
settled, and many rules and regulations
promulgated, and after four months of
active enforcement of the bill, the Sec
retary of Agriculture has not found
it necessary to suggest or recommend
a single amendment to make it more
effective—not one. So far, at least,
the bill has been found to be an honest
of finishing in time to allow them to I one - ar *d an effective one, just as I
leave for Little Rock, Ark., at 1 | promised you. last June, on behalf of
he has presented in a most logical and
I forceful manner.
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the committee of agriculture, when,
without reading it, you passed it under
suspension,of the rules. That is all."
The diplomatic and consular appro
priation bill was sent to conference,
the managers on the part of the House
J being Messrs. Cousins, of Iowa, C. D.
Landis, of Indiana, and Howard, of
Georgia. The river and harbor appro
priation bill, carrying $84,000,000 in
round numbers, was . taken up. No
j time was agreed on for the close of
| general debate. At 5:15 the House ad
journed.
Representative John Sharp Wil-
! liams introduced a bill for the investi-
■ gation by the Department of Com-
j merce and Labor of the so-called
“paper trust”
There were no eye-witnesses to the kill
ing. but- the evidence before the Coroner's
jury tonight is to the effect that Liles
’’"■da double barrel shot gun to the
side of his wife's face, and pulled
tlie trigger. Mrs. Liles had her babe in
her arms at the time, and as she fell the
babe was dropped. The second barrel of
the gun Liles fired into the babe as it
lay on the floor, tearing: its left arm off.
Liles Is proprietor of a barber shop
here. and. according to the evidence of
another family who occupies part of the
house in which he resides, has often
beaten his wife during the past few weeks
and more, than onee-'hhs' threatened to
kill her and the babe.
Tills morning -idles came home drunk
and locked his wife up in a room, telling
her that neither she nor the babe would
leave the house alive. Shortly after he
went to sleep, when Mrs. Liles escaped
with her baby, going to the home o’ her
uncle. .Mr. Henry Arrington, on Jane
street. She told that her husband had
threatened to kill her. but later in the
day Mr. Arrington thought he had set
tled the ^trouble by Mr. Liles promising
to agree to allow his wife to go to her
former home near Moultrie
Shot Wife ard Child.
Late this afternoon Mrs. Liles walked
witli her husband up town. He stopned
in a. restaurant and secured his shot gun
and they returned home together. It
.was immediately after they entered' the
front porch of their home that the 1 shoot;-
ing occurred. Mrs. Liles was lying' oh
the porch with the side of her hfe'ad
blown awav am, the .babe was on the floor
nearby with its arm shot off. The pow
der had blackened the wound and her hat
w?3 set on fire. The second shot went
through the baby’s arm and went through
tho floor.
• T IPs was standing near the head of his
wife's body when arrested and didn't
seem to be very much worried over the
matter. He said that he dropped his gun
and that the shooting was an accident.
He was not drunk when arrested, but
seemed to be recovering from his drunk
of ti-is morning. The Coroner’s jury is
in session, but up to a late hour no ver
dict. had been returned.
Mrs. Liles is a daughter o’ Mr. John
son. who resides near Moultrie, and was
a granddaughter of Mr. Tom Redding, a
prominent man of that section She was
a young woman, almost a girl, and neigh
bors say has been a very good wife. It
is stated tonight that Liles recently has
been a habitual drinker of “jui'-e.” a
substitute for whisky, which is sold here,
and was drunk on that concoction to
day.
ing well.
January
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men. The
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'tYASHIXGTOX. .Tan. 30.—Senator
Warren, chairman of the Senate com
mittee on military affairs. Senator
Foraker and Secretary of War Taft to
day conferred in relation to investiga
tion of the Brownsville affair, which
will bee:.', next Monday. The confer
ence was for the purpose of coming to
nn agreement so that the day for cer
tain witnesses would not conflict with
a similar demand for the same wit
nesses at a courtmartial of officers of
the battalion discharged, which court
will be in session at the same time.
They went over the list of witnesses
with Col. Ranscieil, sergeant at arms of
the Senate, and it was finally arranged
that the witnesses wanted for
courtmartial should first testify
Brownsville and then come to YJa
ington as early as possible.
The inquiry by the S -n.i'- committee 1 health,
will begin with the examination of en- *“
listed men and non-commissioned offi
cers of tho discharged negro battalion.
DIES n CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C.. Jan. 30.—
While delivering an address before
the city federation of women's clubs
in the St. John Hotel this afternoon,
Major Julian Mitehel, chairman of the
school board, and probably leading
criminal lawyer of Charleston bar,
dropped dead from a stroke of apo
plexy. Major Mitchell had just read a
chapter from a book on Charleston,
and was beginning liis discourse when
the I he fell to the platform, causing con-
at j sternation in the large audience. Major
=h- Mitchell was in his seventy-sec--nil
! year, and was supposed fo be in
Thaw's Wife and
Mother Not in Court
Nesbit prior to the slaying of the
architect.
Thaw’s Attorney May Reply.
Thaw’s attorneys probably will not
reply to Mr. Jerome tomorrow, re
serving their opening until the State
has finished its ease. Two jurors were
added to 'the trial panel today, making
eleven in all. In an effort to com
plete the jury, the attorneys exhausted
the second special partel of talesmen
summoned for the trial.
A new panel of one hundred was
ordered and will be in court tomorrow.
The twelfth juror will be chosen from
the new list. Sixty-five talesmen were
examined today, breaking al) previous
records of the trial. The highest num
ber' on any previous day was fifty-
one.
One juror was secured" during the
morning session, and one near the close
of the afternoon sitting of the'court.
Harry C. Brearley, an advertising
agent, forty-five years of age. and un
married, was the first talesman to qual
ify . today. He took his place as ju
ror number 6. the chair made vacant
by dropping of Harold R. Faire from
the jury yesterday afternoon. Mr.
Brearley told the attorneys of the de
fence that he had no prejudice what
soever against a plea of insanity, and
that in judging such a plea, he would
be guided by the principle of allowing
the defendant the" advantage of every
reasonable doubt. The afternoon ju
ror, Henry I. Kleinberger, a silk. mer
chant, forty-two years old. and un
married. said he,knew very little about
the subject of insanity and would have
to be • guided by the instructions of
the court in arriving at a conclusion
in such a plea. He did not think his
judgment would be unduly swayed by
sympathy or emotion: The manner in
which Thaw’s attorneys continue to
dwell upon the subject of insanity in
their examination of varied talesmen
seemed to indicate that a plea of tem
porary insanity, which would be a le
gal defense, will eventually be en.
tered.
In developing this claim that Thaw
wrl insane at the time of the tragedy
the defendant’s attorneys may bring in
such details as they and the prisoner
believe will influence the sympathy of
the mefi who may have an undefined
belief in the so-called “unwritten "law."
There is much speculation as to what
course Mr. Jerome will pursue if
Thaw’s counsel begin to develop their
plea of temporary insanity. He is
prepared to combat their alienists, but
there is a possibility that he may
bring the proceedings to an abrupt halt
and apply for the appointment of a
commission to decide whether or not i
the defendant is insane at the present
time. Or he may let the matter be I
fought out in open court, expert for
expert. In that event the trial
drag out to a great length.
Neither Mrs. William Thaw. the
prisoner's mother, nor his sister, the
Ccfuntess of Yarmouth, was in court
today. The day opened stormy, after
a heavy snow fall, and as both Mrs.
Thaw and the Countess are- nursing
colds, they decided not to risk their
health today by being in court during
the dull proceedings of selecting a
Mrs. Harry Thaw again visited her
husband in the prisoner's pen dhring
the luncheon recess, while May Mc
Kenzie sat and talked with Mrs. Car
negie and Edward Thaw.
Thaw carried a telegram in jiis hand
as he entered court after luncheon and
tossed it on the table in front of him
as he sat down and removed his heavy
brown plaid ulster coat.
Largo Corruption Fund.
There was a wild story going the
rounds of the criminal courts today
to the effect that there was a fund of
$100,000 for use in corrupting a juror.
It was given no credence whatever in
any responsible quarter. It was also
stated that the talesmen who are yet
to be examined 'are under tlje surveil
lance of county detectives, but this
cbuld not be verified. The statement
of Harold R. Faire, one o? the jurors
excused yesterday that lie could offer
no explanation as to why he was re
placed in the jury box, was repeated
on manv sides today, and it was ru
mored that he might demand in court
an explanation of the action taken in
hi-- case.
For the first time talesmen called
today', were asked specifically if they
had been aporoached by any one in
connection with the case since being
summoned. Heretofore talesmen have
been asked whether or not they had
discussed the ease with any one after
coming to court. None of the tales
men said he had been, approached in
any way. *
Thaw Wants Trial to Begin.
Thaw said today that he had good
hopes that the real business of his
trial would begin on Thursday. He is
anxious for the taking of testimony
to begin and especially anxious for
the testimony of witnesses in his own
behalf.
Thaw was especially annoyed by the
excusing of Harold. Faire. the broker,
who had made a good impression on
him. By advice of his counsel. Thaw
refrained todav from reading any of
the newspaper articles giving explana
tion of Faire's removal from the jury,
and at once took his counsel’s expla
nations that considerations of health of
the two jurors caused them to be ex
cused.
The examination of Henry W. J. Tel
fair, a marine insurance agent, took a
new lino because of the statement by
the proposed juror that he knew De-
ianev Xicoll. the attorney whose name
has "several times been mentioned by
Thaw’s attorneys in questioning men
called up for jury service. Mr. Xicoll
is said to have acted as Stanford
White's attorney on several occasions,
and Is commonly believed to have
known of the existence of the alleged
affidavit which it is said Evlyn Nes-
bit signed when she contemplated an
action for damages against Thaw after
the return of the pair from a trip to
Europe.
Nicoll Will Not Be a Witness.
The talesman declared his acquaint
ance with Mr. Nicoll was such that if
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■d-d"?ri.-S"l"l,I"l.’l"I-’I"W”H—h*
By JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET.
The members of the Bar Association
of the City of Macon can say. with
sadness and in truth:
“How fast has brother followed brother.
From sunshine to -the sunless land!”
The memorial services held by the
Macon bar on Monday in honor of th*
late Buford M. Davis, make me re
trospective. The bar association of
the City of Macon was organized on
December 14, 1S96, about ten years
ago. During this period fifteen of its
members have gone to “the undiscov
ered country from whose bourn no
traveler returns." Among tho dead nre
men who ranked as profound lawyers,
eminent jurists, polished scholars ai d
gifted speakers, and distinguished in
high political office. The firsi name
on the roil of the fifteen lawyers is
that of Frederick William Glover. He
died August G, 1S97, not quite ten years.
The others come as follows:
Judge Clifford Anderson, DecernL r,
189?.
Tracy Baxter, June, 1900.
Hope Poihlll. March, 1901.
S. A. Reid, August. 1902.
A. B. Small. Jr., November. 3902.
‘N. E. Harris, Jr., December 1902.
James IT. Blount, April. 1903.
C. A. Turner, September, 1904.
Washington Dessau. April. 3903.
Judge T. J. Simmons, September,
190S. ,
Judge C. C. Kibbee, October, 3905.
W. B. Hill, December. 1905.
Buford M. Davis. June. 190G.
Clem P. Steed, January. 1907.
It is true that when Judge Simmons
died he was Chief Justice of the Su
preme Court of Georgia, hut before
going on the Supreme bench he had
for years been judge of the Macon Su
perior court, and was considered a
member of the Macon bar. He died
in Atlanta, and his remains were
brought to Macon for burial, and the
Macon bar a’tended his funeral. The
same, in substance, can be sajd of
Judge Kibbee, who had practiced for
years at the Macon bar, was an honor
ed member thereof, and when he died
near Atlanta his body was brought,
here for interment, and the bar of Ma
con joined in paying tribute to his
memory. .Walter B. Hill was elected
vice-president of the bar association
of the city of Macon at its organiza
tion, and held the position until ho re
moved to Athens to become chancel
lor of the University of Georgia. When
his spotless soul winged its fight to
“That land wheer a thousand wings
aro hovering o’er
The dazzling wave and the gilded
shore,”
the Macon bar appointed a committee
to go to Athens to attend the last ob
sequies over his mortal remains.
Washing to Dessau was (he first pres
ident. and Walter B. Hill was the first
vice-president of the’ Bar association
of the City of Macon, but iheir lips
are now voiceless, and their bodies
have returned to silent death. A. B.
Small, Jr- died in Texas, and the Ma
con bar paid appropriate respect to the
memory of their former colleague
when his remains were brought to this
city to be placed at final rest.
All the foregoing teaches that the
Great Judge who presides in the Court
Omnipotent has sentenced us, each and
every one, to die. There is no exemp
tion from death.
jood
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CART FR S YT LL S.
Ga.. Jan. 30
1th I
During the war between the
tates he served the Confederacy on
the start of Gen. R. S. Ripley. He
was secretary of legation at St. Pe
tersburg under the Hon. Samuel B.
Pickens. He was a member of tho
State constitutional convention in 1S55,
and had for many years been promi
nent in legal and educational work.
' , , PISTOL DUEL RESULTED
a* comicted o: in death Ol
lege
OF HUSBAND ; the •
>.—'Will j by ey
NEW YORK. Jan. 30.—There was
but a sing!- chair vacn”t In 'ri.-.r,-
jury box when court adjourned today,
and It is expected tha: tomorrow ■./.
ernoon at the latest, District Attorney
Jerome will begin his opening address
to a completed jury.
Then the defendant and his wife and
ail the members of hi- family who are
able to be in court, must listen to the
story of the roof garden tragedy, told
in all its dramatic details, and as im- I
pre sively as lies within the power of
the prosecuting officer to portray it.
The length and breadth of the 1
ground the district attorney will cov
er have not been disclosed. Just how
far back he will delve into the his
tory of the principals in the famous
case ho one but -Mr. Jerome knows.
He has not related the plan of his
Opening address to any one, though
it has b>::-n intimated authoritatively
that the direct evidence of the prose
cution will be of the briefest possible
character, dealing only with the inci
dents leading up to the killing or of
staiion here
U bud take
jie prominent ln this section.
tragedy itself, as seen
; witnesses. One or two wit-
may be heard as to the alleged
for the crime. It remains for
fense to open the way lo tes-
.vhich has to do with any re-
which may have existed be- ■
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B'ut quite a number who were fomer-
ly active practitioners at the Macon
bar, and are utill in life, are no longer
engaged in the actual exercise of their
profession in this city. For instance.
There is Hon. A. O. Bacon, who de
votes himself to his high duties as a
senator of the United States; and there
is Hon. C. L. Bartlett, who has given
up the law for the calling of a con
gressman: Dupont Guerry left the bar
for the presidency of Wesleyan Fe
male College: J. H. Gerdine preferred
tho life of a missionary in the Far East
... i - i to that of a lawyer in Macon: .T. L.
will he appeared in the case as a witness Ho] „ fleld finds j ourn alism more oon-
he would attach great weight to what J genial; J. Monroe Ogden is occupied in
he said. "But Mr. Nicoll will not be a , ge m n& railroad cars; Fritz Jones
witness,** announced District Attorney i seems fascinated with the life insur-
Jerome. This was the first positive j ance business: tV. R Birch is dPniin?
statement to that effect since the trial : j n hardware: Herman Brasch became
started- Justice Fitzgerald held charmed with metropolitan lif<* and has
Telfair to be a competent juror and i located in New York: Malcom Aver
Overruled a challenge for cause by i burned his attention to mining: In Aln-
Thaw’s attorney’s. 1 hey thereupon j hama; the glamour of Atlanta caugrhfc
challenged peremptorily’. ^ James L». Anderson and he united with
Chas. I>. Anderson, probably 75 years his brother, Clifford, in the practice of
old, with a long white beard, 'vent ] aWt and now and then rubs up against
through the examination o. District politics: R. V. Hardeman is practicing
Attorney' Jerome faultlessly ana an- j n and farming: Bob Ryals 1s
s we red his Questions in a highly oigni- . business in the West,
fled manner. He had no scruples j The above list of names, both of tha
against the infliction of the death pen- dea(1 an(1 the ] Ivln& may nof be en _
olty. find in the case at is-ue haa , tj re iy accurate, but it furnishes an
formed no opinion tnat could not be j j dea G [ (he changes that have occurred
overcome by evidence. j at the Mnoon bar during the past de-
Wnen taken in hand jy Mr. G lea - cade _ These vacancies, however, have
son, however, it_ developed that Mr. | [, een fln e d by other men who have
Anderson is a citizen of Florida, and i become members of the Bar Associa-
he was excused by consent. He said tion rff tbe city of Macon. V, T ho of the
he was working on a h.story of the i p resen t membership will be the next
State, and was regarded as a historical
authority.
STATE PRESS VIEWS
to be removed by death Is known only
! in the eternal councils of the Al-
! mighty.
The tivo TYaxelbaum brothers, Julius
and Mannie, are in the lime light. Ju
lius is engaged in conducting an in
teresting fight in Macon before tha
Interstate Commerce Commission, in
which he alleges discrimination on the
part of the railroads in the shipping
of fruit. E. A. (Mannie) Waxeibaum
has a case before Judge Speer, of the
, tI . , , . , United States Court, at Maicon in
The Farm°rs ^ jn! ? n ^ as hbon in ses- I v'hich he has enjoined the railroads
sion m Atlanta t..is vee^. If the | from increasing the rates on shoes
from Eastern points to Macon from 85
"What was the matter with Hanna?”
Why, they had a big wedding down at
Th'omasville last week.—Camilla Enter
prise.
How will the card of the new politi
cal firm read—Tillman and Foraker or
Foraker and Tillman?—Woodbine
Southeast Georgian.
this week. If
Farmers' Union will steer clear of pol
itics it means much to the South.—
Mansfield Leader.
Several gentlemen have recently
asked us why we objected to Mr.
Bryan? While we think Mr. Bryan a
good man all right, our principal rea-
! so: 1 , is that he has had ids turn twice
and is not an available candidate.—
j Blakely Reporter.
cents to $1.02. Injunction proceedings
were taken in May. 1905, and the case
is still pending. In the mean while
Macon has a rate of S3 cents on shoes
from Eastern points. 'Atlanta has a
similar rate as merchants in that city
hive also enjoined the railroads. Mr.
Waxeibaum is making the fight alone
in Macon. Cities in Georgia other