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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1907. THE TVTICE-A-W'EEK TELEGRAPH > 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 BLOOD POISON CURE YOURSELF AT HOME Most persons who are afflicted with Contagious Blood Poison hesitate to go to a physician for several reasons. In the first place the expense is heavy, and they know that the inevitable treatment will be mercury and potash, strong minerals that act with disastrous effects on the delicate parts of the system, and which do not, after all, really cure the disease. What they want is a safe, reliable treatment that can be taken at home and a per fect cure made of this loathsome disorder without unnecessary exposure or expense. Such a remedy is S. S. S.—it is the only medicine that goes down to the very bottom of the trouble and drives out the last trace of the poison so that there are never any signs of its return. Itdoesnot contain a particle of mineral in any form, and after removing the disease from the circulation builds up every part of the system by its line vegetable tonic properties. S. S. S. attacks the trouble at its head and not only permanently cures the disease for the one afflicted, but so purifies the blood that future offspring is insured against infection. S. S. S. may be taken in the privacy of your home and a perfect cure made of this hateful and loathsome trouble. For the assistance of those who are curing themselves with S. S. S. we have prepared a special book on Contagious Blood Poison which contains instructions of great value to all blood poison sufferers. We will be glad to send a copy of this book free, and if additional instructions or advice is wanted, our plij’sicians will furnish it without charge. THE SWiFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. 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. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa per. It tells how you stand on Due from date on Send in dues and the books the label, also renew for the year 1907. FIB 10 ifSME 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 ?.i out Is men. The Over haif iken out of and the idil, in- '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 -i- 4* ■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 i JOHN ALDREDGE IS CONVICTED OF NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label cn ycur p-a- $cr. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on the label. Send, in dues and al30 renew for the year 1907. 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- ■ Stanford White and Evelyn Plant Wood’s Garden Seeds FOR SUPERIOR VEGE. TABLES & FLOWERS. Twenty-eight years experience —our own seed farms, trial grounds—and large warehouse capacity give us an equipment that is unsurpassed anywhere for supplying the best seeds obtainable. Our trade in seeds both for the Garden arid Farm is one of the largest in this country. We are headquarters for Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Oats, Seed Potatoes, Cow Peas, Soja Beans and other Farm Seeds. Wood’s Descriptive Catalog gives fuller and more complete infor mation about both Garden and Farm / Seeds than any other similar publica- / tion Issued in this country. Mailed /, free on request. Write for IL |/ T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, RICHMOND, - VA. 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