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TW1CE A-WEEK TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA FAIR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY; UGHT VARIABLE WINDS MOSTLY WEST. ESTABLISHED IN 1826. MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12. 1907 TWICE-A-WEEK, $1.00 A YEAR. JEROME BLOCKED STORY TILL FOUNDATION LAID Delmas Asked Expert Alienist Record Breaking Hypo thetical Question Good as Speech To The Jury NEW YORK. Feb. 11.—Answering a hypothetical question, covering every detail of the testimony up to this time. In the Thaw trial, including Mrs. Kve- lyn Nesblt Thaw’s narrative of her life history to the defendant. Dr. Charles G. Wagner, superintendent of the State hospital for the insane, at Binghamton, I New York, declared on the witness ! stand late today that, in his opinion, Harry K. Thau did not know that the t was wrong when he shot and killed I Stanford White. Hr. Wagner stepped I Aside for later cross-examination by I District Attorney Jerome, and as court j adjourned for the day It was announced j that the defense would proceed ’ with | the testimony of other alienists'tomor row. The taking of Dr. Wngner’a opin ion of a hypothetical question, the man under co: .< idem lion being the author of t .« leliers whl -h have been introduced n; emanating from Harry Thaw, dur- i-'K the period of his estrangement from Evelyn Xesblt after their re turn from Europe In 1903, followed a day of almost continuous legal spar- i ng between Delphln M. Delmas for ' the defense, and Mr. Jerome, for the prosecution. Jerome Blocked Evelyn’s Story, Mr. Jerome effectually blocked the > nmpletlor for the time being, of fne direct testimony of Mrs. Evelyn Thaw by insisting that before she should go further competent testimony as to Thaw’s unsoundness of mind should he placed before the jury. Mr. Delmas * tried to carry forward the young wife’s story, hut the district attorney was on his feet with nil objection fo every question asked. Mrs. Tha w, had been retailed as the third witness of the day. One of her predecessors \va* J. J'. T,yon, vice president of th“ Na tional Bank of Pittsburg, who stated that he had.received Harry Thao’s will from the latter’s own hands sonictime prior to April 1. 1906. and had held it in a safe deposit hox until late in No vember last, when he directed his sec retary to forward it to .John R. Glea son, of Thaw’s counsel. Mr. Gleason I followed Mr. Lyon on the .stand, and said he had received the will by mail I on December 11. 1906. and thar nbso- j lufely no changes had been made in | the Instrument during the time it had been in his possession. Mr. Jerome ndmitted the progress of the will from Mr. I,yon to .Mr. Gleason without the | neressjtv of bringing the former's see- l retarV as a witness. Mr. Delmas did , not offer the wilt in evidence today. however 1 , owing to the fact that it has rot In Its entirety been proved a.s bating been legsUy-Vxecuted by Thaw. Note Written by Evelyn. IVben young Mrs. Thaw was called to the stand she was dres c ed precisely its when she oecupied the witness chair last week. As she was taking her teat. Mr Delmas turned to the dis trict attorney, and renewed his <e- tnai'd of Wednesday last that the note which was passed by Mrs. Thaw to her husband at the cafe Martin the night of the tragedy, should be pro duced. Mr. Jerome upon the occasion of the first demand, had remained si lent. Today he was on his feet at onoe. saying he would send for the slip of p iper. It was brought from his office Was identified by Mrs. Thaw and then read by Mr. Delmas. as follows; ’ The h — was here a minute ago, but went out again." The contents of the note caused a surprise only as to the exact wording. Jt had generally been supposed that the note read: "The b is here." Mrs. Thaw testified today that the L——— “meant the blackguard." as Thaw always referred .. to Stanford White, whom she had seen on the balcony nf the. cafe. .Only one other pssential point Mrs. Thaw was allowed to bring out" in her testimonv. which was the. statement that the defendant never rarried a pistol except in New Ye "When on the steamer, do you re member whether Mr. Thaw told you anything about a certain young girl and what happened to her at the hands of Stanford "White?" "Yes.** The court sustained another objec tion by Mr. Jerome, and the witness was not allowed to tall the story. When did Mr. Thaw make his last proposal of marriage to you. the one which you accepted?" "I think t was about April 1. 100a.” "What did he say to you at that time?” Again the district attorney objected and was sustained, a document was shown .Mrs. Thaw who said that it was first shown to her by Harry Thaw, in January. 1. 1906. she thought Did he make to you any declaration regarding it at that time?” Another objection was sustained. "Did you ever hear Mr. Thaw refer :o statements he had made to the So ciety for the Protection of Children or for the Suppression of Vice?” Evelyn Temporarily Withdrawn. Mrs. Thaw was not allowed to an swer. Mr. Delntas then announced that as the court's ruling prevented him from going further into these mat ters because of a lack of preliminary foundation, he would ask leave to with draw the witness for the time being and proceed along other lines, reserv ing the right to recall Mrs. Thaw ia- ter. District Attorney Jerome agreed to the temporary withdrawal of Mrs. Thaw. After compelling the defendant to go into Ihe taking of expert testimony as to Thaw's insanity by his objections to Mrs. Thaw's testimony. Mr. Jerome next proceeded to block the testimony of Dr. Wagner as to the results of his six visits to the defendant in the Tombs and his tests as to the latter's mental condition. Dr. Wagner was not allowed to go into the conversation he had had with defendant nor the conclusions he had reached from these-conversations. He was confined by Mr. Jerome's continu ous fusillade of objections to stating what he actually observed and he de clared his observations were so close ly interlaced with his questioning of the defendant that he did not knojy if he could separate them. A long argument over the point re sulted in Mr. Delmas withdrawing any further questions as to the tests, con tenting himself with asking Dr. Wag ner to give his opinion on a hypotheti cal question covering the evidence in the case. The question was almost record breaking in length—a compre hensive resume of the entire case, in cluding Mrs. Thaw's personal narra tive. As a basis for a portion of bis hypo thetical question Mr. Delmas handed Dr. Wagner ail the letters written by j Harry K. Thaw which have been ad- ■ mitted in evidence. It was deemed I best by both Mr. Delmas and Mr. Je rome that ;he witness should refresh his memory by roatling all the letters Dr. Wagner's examination of the let ters required more than a half-hour. "Have you examined these letters as to their tendency to show the men tal condition of their author? asked Mr. Delmas." “I have." Mr. Delmas then proceeded with his hypothetical question. "I will assume, doctor." he began, "that the author of these letters on .Tune 23 last, was in his thirty-sixth or thirty-seventh year; that one of his uncles was insane: that when lie himself was a child he had suffered from the usual children's dis eases. including St. Vitus' dance; that he was always of a nervous tempera ment: that he slept badly and often required the attention of two nurses: that in 1901 he met a young woman of between sixteen and seventeen years of age: that he paid honorable court to her and had gone to her mother professing his love and his desire that the girl should become his wife; that the young woman, having undergone a serious operation, the man went to her bedside, knelt and respectfully- kissed her hand: that after her recov ery he arranged to take her and her mother to Europe: that in Europe dur ing her period of debilitation follow ing the operation he nursed her ten derly. carrying her to a carriage and up all stairs in his arms: that in June. 1903. he made formal offer of his hand to this young woman, lils social po sition at that time being one. of af- CORRALED CO CALLER TWISTED CRESCENT CITY SAVANNAH. Ga., Feb. 11.—“Unfortu nately, your honor, my clients were not very sagacious business men." said An ton P. Wright, attorney for Simon & Sternberg, to Judge Speer this morning. In the hparing of a petition for a re view of the finding of the referee in bankruptcy, who refused to allow Jacob £ Ain berg, one of the partners, a home stead out of the assets. "They seem to have been sagacious enough to corral a large amount of money belonging to others," was the terse reply "It appears like a deliberate attempt to swindle from the beginning,” said At torney P. J. O’Conner, representing the creditors, a few minutes iater in the course of his argument supporting the finding of the referee. Judge Speer seemed to thoroughly agree with this opinion of the attorney. After looking over the report of the referee a short time. Judge Speer, speaking with unusual emphasis and with much deliberateness, said: "Fraudulent bankrupts will get no com fort or consideration in this court. 1 am much inclined to think that counsel for the creditors In this case will not do his full duty if he does not interview the United States District Attornev on the situation, while the grand jury of this court is in session. ' The firm was well jtnown in jewelry business in Savannah. GOVERNMENT LOAN TO EXPOSITION CO. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Officials of the Jamestown exposition today- filed with Secretary Shaw a contract providing for the disbursement of S1.000.000 loan by the Government to the exposition company. Under the act passed by Congress the loan is to be secured by- the receipts of the exposition at the gates and from con cessions. The act requires that the exposition officials execute a contract with the secretary- of the treasury bind ing the company- to the terms of the law. Alvah Martin, first vice presi dent. J. T. Wool, general counsel. C, Brooks Johnston, chairman of the board of governors and Barton Mey ers, governor of ways and means and exploitation, called at the treasury de partment today and executed the con tract required by the law. Secretary Shaw accepted the contract and ap propriation of Jl,000.000 (for the con struction and completion and opening of the exposition will be made imme diately available. Tile money is to be disbursed by the exposition officials under the supervision of an official of the treasury department. To super vise the disbursement of the fund Sec retary Shaw has designated Frederick Grosscup. of Charlestown, W. Va. The expenditure of the money will begin at soon as Mr. Grosscup can reaefc Norfolk, Va.. which is to be his head quarters during the exposition. OF SOCKET EATOXTON, Ga.. Feb. 11.—The death of Ruby Knowles, a 12-year-old girl, yesterday- afternoon, was an un usually sad termination of an accident which occurred a little over two weeks ago. George Owens, a young man, while visiting the child's elder sister, was told some playful remark she had made about him. Calling her to him, lie began to twist her arm, as is often done, trying to make her take back or deny the re mark. She would riot do so. and he continued to twist Ijfer arm until it was torn from the wte-ket and turned around. Attending pbyiscians say the leaders of the arm were literally- wrenched apart After intense suffering Ruby went to bed, blood poison set in and as stated above she died Sunday- after noon. George Owens, protesting thait he was playing with the girl, was not ar rested at first. After seeing her con dition, he claimed to receive an impor tant message calling him to Atlanta, skipped out and has: not been seen since. ( Sunday afternoon, while out riding with ttvo young boys, one his uncle. James Allen Clark, the two year old child of Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Clark, fell out of the buggy and was run over. Fortunately no serious injuries beyond a bad gash in the forehead have yet de veloped, and the many friends of the family are earnestly hoping none will develop from the accident. IIVAL FOIL BLAST NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 11.—With blue skies and the warm weather the glittering Mardi Gras carnival pageants wer* witnessed by fully' two hundred tlihusand persons today. Following the traditional customs of ■Rex. King Rex arrived via the Mis sissippi this afterhoon. Tonight was gfven up to Proteus and his mystic Krew with twenty- gaudy floats, rep resenting one of the Arabian Knights tales, the masked band of Proteus pa raded the streets. The story- illustrated was that of the realm of the queen of serpents, the Ecen&s including the giant, the strange fruits, the island of apes and the castle of jewels. Following the street parade, the Krew held its annual masked ball at the French opera house, after which came the general ball, participated in by- both the maskers and other society leaders. Assistant Secretary of the Navy- Tru man H. Newberry, accompanied by- Mrs. Newberry. Mrs. Victor H. Met calf, wife of Secretary- of the Navy, and naval aide to the secretary, Vree- Iand, arrived here late today. They were at once taken to the yacht May flower. where they- will make their home for the next few days. STATUE OF GEN. SCREVEN TO BE ERECTED AT MIDWAY FATHER AND CHUN WERE BURNED TO DEATH ALLENTOWN. Pa.. Feb. 11.—Edwin W. Reldnauer. a baker, and his four children, Percy, aged S years. Fanny, aged 6, and Arthur, 2 years, were burned to death tonight in a fire which destroyed their home. Reidnauer was frying doughnuts when the fat boiled over, setting the house on fire. The children and their mother were asleep in an upper room. Reidnauer endeav ored to rescue his family, but was overcome by smoke and before the firemen reached the house all of the inmates, with the exception of Mrs. Reidnauer, had been burned to death. The latter rushed from the burning dwelling to summon the firemen or she would have probably- have met the fate of other members of the family. II. s. THE SHAH IS BESET WITH TROUBLES London, Feb. 11.—It was an nounced in a special dispatch from Te heran this afternoon, that at that time Government bands had seized the am munition stores at Tabriz and that fac tion fighting was proceeding in the streets. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11—The fol lowing statement was given out at the White House today: ; “The President has communicated with Postmaster General Cortelyou, to know whether It is feasiblo to bar from the mails the papers that give the full, disgusting particulars of the Thaw- case. He .does not know- whether it is feasible, buE "ff it is, he wishes it done*.” Postmaster General Cortelyou has received the ic-tter from President Roosevelt, but he declines to discuss the matter or to ind'eate what, if any action, will be iaker>-'.»y the depart ment. The President's letter will be referred to Assistant Attorney General Goodwin of the Postoffice Department for a legal opinion. It is expected that the legal division nf the postoffice de partment will expedite the matter and that if action is to be taken by- the de partment it will be done soon. ..... 1 I i'll.*- uenif; uiie. oi ai- Ineludinx man? fluence and flis family being a family in. hiding many stories she of po5itioil . both , n thls country and • lrionc them jr ur opc. which might be generallv termed enviable; that she declined his suit, and when pressed for a reason informed him that when she was about sixteen years of age. a certain man in New York introduced himself , into her life in the guise of a benefactor, expressing the utmost solicitude for her welfare: that this man displayed before her childish fancy- she hav- 7 j ing been brought up in poverty, ali i ims: ions, including many stories she ]■ :.] dis- ussed with Thaw, among them the alleged fate of a girl known to them as ' the pie girl" a; the hands of St inford White, but Mr. Jerome block- r 1 every question with a sustained ob jection. May McKenzie Mentioned. Taking up another line of question ing Mr. Delmas said: “Mrs. Thaw. Ihe name of May McKenzie has been mentioned a number of times in thi Will you state when you firs met her?" "I think it was 1n loni.- "Did y >tt ever tell Mr. Thaw of a Visit to May *M Kenzie when she was sick in a hospital and when Stanford Writ!to was present?" plendors of apartments sumptu ous In their fittings and furnishings, and after thus establishing himself in her family he had persuaded the mother of the child, her only- natural protector, her father being dead, to absent herself front New York anji go on a visit to Pittsburg, her former home: promising to care for the child ns though he was her father, protect her from all harm: that one day he invited her to his apartments, and there by means of drugs, rendered her insensible and ravished her; that this "State what you told Mr. Thaw." Mr. Jerome objected, claiming that tis was niYother case of piling up jmulativo evidence without the cssen- al fact being first shown. "The defendant under this ruling ts i an unfortunate condition." said Mr. . . . , .. elm "Wo too trvine to n-nvo the revelation made to the young man who tental-"condition of the do*dint ’ v ) Iia<1 oiTered his hand, plunged the suit- - look- and acts and de ’a-’V-ionr : c ” into the utmost grief, causing him e was momentarily insane and we to walk the floor in an a sr’ :tated man- re trving to prove it by a series of i ner and e * elaim —'Oh. God: oh. God'; ■ that he remained a long time with the young woman, bemoaning what had 1 happened to her: that after their re- |vpr _ j turn from Europe the young man was bfm . told that the man who had ravished j this girl had so blackened his charac- r mid stan- I tcr to tne Kirl that she would no-longer married and I see him: lhat heard the man had TEHERAN. Feb. 11.—The Shah to night sent a message to parliament granting all the popular demands, in cluding formal recognition that the country- is under constitutional Gov ernment. This message was tele graphed to Tabriz, where the people had seized the arsenal and closed the Government offices. All is now quiet. Justt d declarations Insane and w< by- a series o na after this occurrence.’ tgorald sustain’d the oh- ’..aid yoi ->tSr husb: ’tr marr d. sta tppily with •ome's object Mr. D Jur husband, j Jerc.rts's Ob’eciion Sustained, that Evelyn Thaw did not state that she was drugged, but that the wine tasted bitter and that in two minutes at the outside she’ became uncon scious. Both of these points were changed to agree with Mr. Jerome’s demands. He also objected to saying that White was attempting to renew relations with Mrs. Thaw. He said that this had not been shown in the evidence. Mrs. Thaw hud seen White but twice and that there was nothing to show that White had attempted to renew relations. In reforming his question Mr. Delmas said that Mr. ■White's cab turned around and follow ed her on the second occasion that she saw him. Mr. Jerome produced the transcript of the testimony. “There is nothing in the testimony- to show that both cabs were not going in the same direction." said Mr. Jerome, "nothing to show that Stanford -White was not building a house in that street at the time." After considerable argument, the question was amended to conform with 1 the testimony. "Now doctor.” said Mr. Delmas. "considering *. the amended question what is vour opinion as to whether the man who committed the act complain ed of. knew it was right or wrong?” Thaw Didn't Know It Was Wrong. “My opinion.” replied Dr. Wagner, with much deliberation, "is that he did no; know the act was wrong." "You base your opinion on the fact that he must have been suffering from such a defect of reason as to not know the act was wrong?” "I believe his reason was so defective he did not believe the act was wrong,” came the reply. "That is all.” said Mr. Delmas. During a break, in the proceedings for Dr. Wagner to examine the origi nals of the letters. Thaw sat engaged in lively conversation with Mr. Pea body. of his counsel. He seemed ex-, ceptional'.y bright, smiling from time to time, nodding his h“ad in.emphasis now and then. After conversing with J Mr. Peabody for about fifteen minutes. Thaw turned and talked with Dr. i Evans, one of his alienists. Dr. Evans j always sits at the defendant’s right. tme object return front Euro him: that h threatened his iife: that durin_ period of his estrangement with the :1 . ?0 j girl, he wrote letters which have been \ introduced in evidence and which you vlth I have read: that he persevered In his ;n j suit through the intercession of friends v ;!_ i and finally, on April 4. 1903. married j the girl; that upon the occasion of a subsequent visit to New York the man the I ’•'•'ho had accomplished rhe girl’s ru:t nfid i sought by means that have been tes- titled, to re-establish communication :ur- l wi,h her—" an- ! M>'- Delmas continued to narrate the e, t : events leading up to the Madison r.,y Square Gatden tragedy, and asked Dr. Wagner t ■ state his opinion as to the | mental condition of the man who shot tf) „ j Stanford White. i Jerome's Objections, j Mr. Jerome was at once on his fe°: vss { with many- objections. He objected t first on the ground -hat the question in < embodied several matters which he j but to no avail. Th i n j- declared were not in the evidence. He | had direct orders this ;he | said the evidence did no: show that i them implicitly. As a. ’ one of Thaw’s uncles was insane, but we;--- empty benches in tl tiia'- he was of unsound mind, and ! all day. Should Be Barred From Mail. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—President Roosevelt has received a nuvhber of protests from persons who think that the newspapers printing the fuil de tails of the Thaw case should be pro- i hibited transmission through the mails. 1 One of these was a long telegraphic protest from a newspaper the name of which, however, was not given out at the White House. The recent discus sion of the quostion in Canada notably in the Canadian parliament and the statement of the postmaster general «t Ottawa, who was reported to have said, that any newspaper publishing such evidence as that given in the Thaw case last Thursday would be guilty of a misdemeanor under the Canadian law, was brought to the attention of the President. Newspapers to Be Prosecuted. NEW YORK. Feb. 11.—United States District Attorney- Stimson, of this city, today served a notice upon the publish ers of all the principal newspapers of this city- that he intends to bring be fore the United States grand jury for criminal prosecution ail violations of the federal laws against the ’clrcula--. ticn of obscene matter in reporting the Thaw trial. Stimson's notice read as follows: “Information has been brought to me indicating that some of the newspapers of this city under the guise of re ports of the pending Thaw trial, have been sending through the United Staets mails, lewd, lascivious and obscene matter, in violation of section 3S93 of the revised statutes. I beg^ to advise you that the mere fact that such mat ter purports to be an account of judi cial proceedings furnishes no excuse for a violation of the statute in ques tion in regard to the mails, and that I propose to bring before the federal grand Jury of this district for criminal prosecution all such violations which mav occur.” SAN ANTONIO. Texas, Feb. 11.—Dr. F. J. Comb. Mayor of Brownsville, Texas, testified before the court-mar tial today that after the raid he made his way- to the post with an escort of soldiers, who had come up with Capt. Lyon. witness saw Major Penrose and told him the troops had shot up the town. Penrose expressed surprise, say ing lhat it had been reported to him that citizens fired on the post, Capt. Macklin came up. saying he had been asleep. On cross-examination of H. T. Dominiguez. it developed that the .police at the time of the raid wore khaki uniforms, similar to those of the soldiers. G. E. Starck, a customs in spector at Brownsville said the gun shots sounded like the crack of high power gnns. Bullets went through his home. He saw a policeman that night dressed in khaki. HESS' CARRIAGE RAH OVER LIULE BOV BERLIN. Feb. 11.—A little boy ran under the hoofs of the horse? attach ed to the carriage of the young Princess Victoria Louise, daughter of Emperor William, while she was out driving at Potsdam today. The child was run over and the princess left the carriage and was following a person who was carrying the child into a shop when a policeman harshly ordered the princess to move on. As she looked up in astonishment a servant told the po liceman that he had been speaking to the princess and she was allowed to take the child home in her carriage. The boy was not much hurt. Oil Mill Burns at Anderson. COLUMBIA. S. C.. Feb. 11—The People's Oil Mill at Anderson, this State, was damaged by lire today to the extent of about $27,000. The loss is practically covered by insurance. The fire is supposed to have been started by- a spark from a big locomo tive. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—The Sen ate today passed tile army appropria tion bill carrying $S1.600,000. Tha amendment which permitted the Gov ernment to a.-cept .reduced rates on army supplies and permitted officers and enlisted men P> a ■cev; reduced transportation "as dvi'caP’d on a point of order interposed b\ Senator Mo- Cumber.- after the day had been spent In discussion. An amendment offered by Senator Dick increasing by 20 per cent the pay of officers and enlisted men was de feated by a point of order made by Senator Hale. Amendments were ac cepted to build monuments to revolu tionary officers a? follows: To Gen. John Stark, an equestrian statue at Manchester. N H., S-tO.nna. A statue to Gen. James Screven, at Guilford Court House. X. C.. $13,000. A Statue to Gen. James Scrlvon. at Midway. Ga.. $54,000. In the debate on the amendment allowing'reduced rates. Senator Spoon er took the position that the Govern ment was not bound by the rate bill, and that if it was so contended tha present amendment ought to be ac cepted to clear away any doubt on that point. Senator Aldrich opposed the amend ment. Incidentally he brought in the discussion of tariff on importations for the Government, which led Senator Spooner to remark: “While I am as good a protectionist as any one. I have thought for some years the tariff should be revised." Senator Beveridge took issue with Mr. Spooner In a statement that there was “no United States commerce." Mr. Beveridge argued that there was commerce of the people" which was not a state commerce, and which was in • all essentials national In character. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS FELT IN VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE. Vfl.. Feb. 11.— An earthquake of considerable violence was felt throughout this section at S: 12 o'clock this morning. In Charlottesville dishes were rattled at the breakfast tables. The shock was recorded at the University of Virginia by Frederick W. Reed, assistant u> Professor Or mond Stone, director of the Lcandcr McCormick Observatory. The tremor lasted about twenty- seconds. INDICTMENTS RETURNED AGAINST TURPENTINERS HAYTI DOES NOT T WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.—Believing in the justice of its position, the Haytian Government does not expect any serious difficulty with Germany, growing out of certain transactions of Hermann & Co.. German bankers of Port Alt Prince, and a syndicate of Hayiians. Germans and others who have received considerable sums from Hayti in cash and bonds, ac count of various public improvements. Mr. Leger, the Havtien minister to the United States, has been kopt fully in formed as to the facts in the case, which is an old one and which lias been before the Haytian courts, Hayti in both in stances being sustained in her conten tions. The trouble arises out of the alle gations on the part of Hayti that the syndicate and Hermann &r Co. received sums in excess of those to whicli they were entitled on account of an alleged conspiracy which, it is stated by Minister Lemer, involves a former minister of. finance. After the case was tried in the Hay tian courts, the Hermanns were ordered to refund a part of the moneys received by them, as well as to pay $5.00<* damages and a fine of $800. but it is stated that SAVANNAH. Ga.. Feb. 11.—Indict ments were returned In the United States Court this afternoon against the following persons and corporations for I violation of the anti-trust laws: S. P. Sliotter Company. Patterson- [ Downing Company. Atlantic Invest- j ment "Company, Standard Naval Stores Company! Globe Naval Stores Com- I pany, Antwerp Naval Stores Company. | National Transportation aanl Terminal Company, I And Spencer P. Shatter, president of the S. P. Sliotter Company, now chair- man of the board of directors of the ! American Naval Stores Company: J. F. Cooper Myers, vice-president and gen eral manager of the S. P. Sliotter Company: J. E. Driscoll, domestic man ager of'the S. P. Shot ter Company, now with tile American Naval Stores Company; Herman V’eibert. Savan nah. manager of the Antwerp Naval Stores Company: H.. A. Sdiroeder, manager of the foreign department of the Paterson-Downing Company; Har ry H. Bruen. formerly of the Patterson- Downing Company, but now with the American Naval Stores Company: Alexander Knight, of London, of the firm of Xicoll & Knight: E. H. Tro*-' dale, of Savannah, and Karl Moler, of Jacksonville, Fla. A11 the defendants who could be reached were notified, ap peared and made bond. In the sums of $10,000 each. But one Indictment, eon- taining eight counts. was returned against each of the def/-ndants. Rid SUPPED FACE OF HUSBAND III CM ATLANTA, Ga.. Feb. 11. -The record er's coprt room was the scene of an tut- usnal occurence this afternoon when Mu. B. A. RpMltson slapped her hueblnd In the, fate, following the decision of Judtfe Broyleer to give the custody of thWtr child. Morris. 5 years old. to the fathe.r, pending the adjudication of a divorce suit now of tile in the Superior Court. The mother was alleged to be an unfit woman to care for the chlhl. After her attack on her Tniaband. she was arrested for contempt of court. IMMIGRATION SAID TO BE EFFECTED BY PROHIBTION Held Many Offices of Honor and Trust the Haytian Government, in a spirit of conciliation, remitted three-fourths of both the damages and the fine. TTip amount which the court ordered the bank ing house to pay back was $135,000 in cash, hut the Haytian Government ex pressed its willingness to take one-third of it in cash, and the rest of it in cer tain Government bonds which had been turned over in payment for the work. This offer the Hermanns refused to ac cept and made a counter proposition which has been declined. Hermann & Co. then laid the matter before the Gov ernment minister and the whole subject is being threshed out by the two Gov ernments. Was Attorney-General of Geor gia During the Reconstruc tion Period, ATLANTA. Ga.. Fe.b. U.—Col. Henry Pattilio Farrow, who was closely con nected with the most stirring political history of South Carolina and Georgia, died here late Sunday, aged 73. Colonel Farrow came to Georgia from South Carolina in 1856 and in 1360 was a delegate to the national Democrati • convention in Charleston. During the civil war he was superin- and the two seem to have established I tendent of the Confederate States ;i v.-a-m friendship. Thaw's manner nitre and mining bureaus in Georgia, toward Dr. Evans is always cordial ! South Carolina and Alabama. He was Women Barred From Court. A new rule by Justice Fitzgerald barring from the court room all women not engaged in active newspaper work went into effect today. Many of those who. bedecked in gay costumes, rad occupied front seats heretofore, were hrigrr ana early this morning. court officials me and obeyed Attorney General of Georgia during tiie reconstruction government, and was later appointed United States Dis trict Attorney for Georgia by Presi dent Grant, which office he held eight years. He was Collector of Customs ir. Brunswick, then postmaster of Gainesville. During bis life he fought one duel near Augusta, and almost en gaged in a second one. Before the :-sul: there j war he was a supporter nf Stephen Douglas for the Presidency of the court room j United 08R ISSUES STATEMENT TO THE POtICy HOLDERS NEW YORK. Feb. 10.—A circular letter issued to policy-holders by Alexander E. Orr. president of the New York Life Insurance Company, was made public to day. Mr. Orr declares the company's affairs are being: economically conducted. Mr. Orr declares the company’s repre sentatives, were forbidden to use the policy-holders' funds or to take up time of salaried employes in business hours and that to fho best of his knowledge “Not a dollar of the policy-holders money was Improperly spent." also stated that the ehargre against the com pany of impeding- the progress of the re cent elections ot trustees is equally un true. Mr. Orr says that in 1906 there was a heavy shrinkage of bonds of unexception able quality, but the company suffered little as a result, because its statement placed the bonds at their book value. Not withstanding: this depression, he asserts that the assets have increased nearly 539.000,000 in 1906 and the gross excess of assets over legal liabilities is nearly 510.0no.000 more than it was at the close of 1905. President Orr concludes: “If my wishes are observed, and I think they will h**. my connection with the company in any official capacity will be short.”* BERNE. Switzerland. Feb. 10.—An tlre family of seven persons perished to day fn a conflagration at the Morerentha! brewery at Steinbnch. Lhkf Constance. Eight other tamilies narrowly escaped a similar late* ATIiAfNTA. Feb. 12.—Probably un conscious of the fact, or possibly with a full knowledge of what they are do ing, and believing: that the end justi- Ties the means, the people who are tak ing a leading part in advocating the cause of prohibition in this State, are iiot helping along the movement to bring immigrants to Georgia, and make them satisfied with their surroundings . after they get here. I The average European is as much I opposed to intemperance as he is to * prohibition. All of them want their ! mug of beer or their glass of wine, I just as the average American wants i his, cup of coffee. They see no more harm in drinking a mug of beer or a glass of wine than in tossing down their throats a potion of buttermilk, or some soft drink common to them at home. . . . Their . mode of disposing: of their liquid refreshments differs vastly from that of the American. They drink slowly and have something to say as a sort of period to every swallow, while the American quite frequently gets rid of his drink in a single ef fort. Now it can just be put down ! as a settled fact, that immigrants are not going to be satisfied in Georgia If I they have to live in a community where it is considered a crime to wish for a bottle of beer or a glass of wine. As soon as they get the lay of the land they will pick up and go to some other State, where they will have more free dom. An Atlanta man who visited Germany some years ago. in discuss ing this subject with The Telegraph's correspondent, said lhat it was quite a common sight to see a mechanic make his mid-day meal on a bottle of beer and a loaf of brown bread, and feel perfectly satisfied. These people will expect to find con ditions here as good, or better, than at home, and as soon as they are giv en to understand that . certain inno cent things they are allowed to do at home are outlawed in this country, they will simply pick up and leave, advertising Georgia wherever they go as a good State to keep out of. Does anyone believe that the great and pop ulous Western States would be what they are today under the banner of prohibition? The first immigrants when they went there, found things to their lik ing. and these soon brought others, the result of which has been that this sec tion of the Union has outstripped the South in point of wealth and popula tion. Georgia has the climate, the soil and numerous resources, and presents an inviting field to industrious immi grants but they will quite likely want something else, and when they find that they can't get it. they will leave and go where the surroundings are more •to their liking. IN RUNNING EIGHT HIGHWAYMEN DEFEATED SOUTH BEND. Ind.. F*b. 11.—In a run ning: fight. In which shot nft^r shot was exchanged, four men who attempted to hold up a Lake Shore and Mississippi Southern freight train were captured to day near Terre Coupe. 12 miles w r est of here. The men boarded the freight train While, it was passing* Terre Coupe, and proceeded to throw merchandise from the train. The train was stopped and the crew' remonstrated, but to no avail. The citizens of Terre Coupe and New Car lisle hastily formed a posse and engaged the robbers in a running: fight, in whl eh both pursued and pursuers flr«»d a. l^rg« number of shots. Finally exhausted by the chase and out of ammunition, th® robbers gave up. $25,000,000 of Public Loan of 1907 Will Be Purchased. WASHINGTON. Feb. 11.—Tha Sec retary of the Treasury has modified his offer of December 10 and will now accept $25,000,000 of United States fours of 1907 at 101.5 for both regis tered and coupon. Official notice re garding the attitude of the Treasury Department is as follows: "The Secretary of the Treasury hereby gives public notice that he will purchase United States registered and coupon 4 per cent bonde of the pub lic loan of 1907 to an amount not ex ceeding $25,000,000 and will pay there for 101.5 flat. Holders ol the bonds de siring to avail themselves of this op portunity to sell their bonds to the Government should forward them to the Secretary of the Treasury, division of loans and currency. “Registered bonds must be assigned in due form to the ‘Secretary of the Treasury for pure base.’ and the assign ment must be dated and witnessed by one of the officers indicated in the note printed on the back of the bond. Where payment is to be made to any person other than the payee, the assignment .should be to the "Secretary or the Treasury for purchase for account of . (Here insert the name of the person to whom payment is to lie made.)” JACK GOLDSWAIN KNOCKED OUT PAT DALEY IN FIFTH LONDON. Feb. 11.—-Tn a twenty round boxing contest for rhe light weight championship of England for a purse of $1,500, at the National Sport ing Club tonight. Jack Goldswain, London, knocked out "Par" Daley, ar> American, in the fifth round, iftTWfir mu