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n TUESDAY, FEBRUARY «. THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH Wants Limit to Sum to Be Used _ Root of all Corruption in Pub lic Life is Use of Money in Elections. PEOPLE'S INSTITUTE AID ITS NOVEL WORK i-1, inr»l a • supj r? tms.in to of training that would •ar. In Hi in gen- | it: NEW YORK. K arris. the tton jf.—Social evolu- dramatic enter- rices. or, in other and elevation of me ne.i WASHINGTON, F»1 •;vr. -.vtllui.n Ran.in’, ■ slied a - ignert stale: sasona for urging the II intr s<“ of nion< Mr. Hears “It seems irruption in publi national t.— Reprepr n- Henrst ha* giving ills ct men! of his the corrupt In pat lat the rool life 1‘. the money in elections. The evil merely the use of corporation in ehin-. * i.,. ■ ■.(. ,,f of Individuals, but the use <•' nt all to influence the vote of ti r.ens on election day. To Ilh what I mean let me cite the las York election. The use of soir over a million dollars In the Stan paien Is admitted by the varleui m It tees of the Republican pen Of all use of in s and bv i-hicli did ■ s the purpose of a movement now well established in this city and soon, it i- planned, to be introduced in a general wav throughout the c 'untry through local committees working in union with the central committee here. Thus far. In this city, the idea has been extraordinarily successful, and the theater managers, on the whole, have welcomed It no lets enthusiastically than the people who want of capital to invet show, have been obliged to stay home or else to indulge in the dubious delights of “tjueen of Chinatown." “King of the Moonshiners" and other East Side apologies for a play. Actually the movement has revealed a popular passion for Shakespeare. The proof of this lies in the fact that the most successful period so far was the week, not long ago. during which Robert Mantel! appeared in Shakes- a roles at one of of the lopal RIFLE PRACTICE IS IBM10 EE DESIRED “The thorized several number rifles, e; ary of War is hereby au- ■?u"e to Governors of the s and Territories such prins’fieid breech-loading forty-five one hundredths of an Inch, as are required for arm ing all the regularly organized and equipped militia fgenerally known as the National Guard), of each State, and Territory that are not already supplied with this arjn.” During the short war with Spain some of the regfments of volunteers . , raised by the several States having the. or„anization | ta < Ken | n to-the service the arms is- WASH1NGTON. Feb. 10.—The awak- nlng of interest equipment of the National Guard i sued to-the militia, and the Govern- leretofore, for Guard, from t in a first cl is almost universal in all the State-, ment having retained, the arms whe and is calling for the very favorable I the regiments were mustered out. the attention of Congress. Ir. this conncc- j War Department’ was authorized to tlon the story of the American National ' replace such arms so retained, by new beginning will be of j rifles of the same model, the provis- interest to all readers. It is the theory ion of the law being -that: of our form of Government that i:i ease “On application of the Governor of the from ery hills! to Stands his views In the whole country, and that ev- le hamlet has paid tribute rd Oil. but at the same time are interesting, course of his reply to the News in Paragraphs ,n axe. and C. E. Tucker see- tnger of' the death of Bayne, rge Walton, who had charge ‘k, and lit 1 found it necessary 10.—Work- Georgian Mr. Ednic “With nil due respect t :• Mr. Roeke- felier's intentions, believing that he has made his gift with the best motives. I regard such a vast power in the hands of any body of men. giving them abil ity to influence educational work In the South and in the country at large, as fraught with very great dangers. With such a vast sum at its com mand it is possible for such an or ganization to become a dominating in fluence in every school willing to ac cept its gifts, tied, as they are, by such contracts as it has been making j NORFOLK. Vn.. Feb. 9.—So that they ! in the i»ast. may be here when President Roosevelt | “I have a copy of a contract offered ! makes Ids address on the industrial prog- | to a denominational college, in which ! ress of the South on June TO. Georgia it is provided that in consideration of j Day. at the Jamestown Exposition. June the money given contingent upon the ^ cohege raising three times as much. | PoilU Mi litarv Academv at the exposition. the trustees of the college hind the ! - institution that this money shall never j YONKERS. X. Y. Feb. 10.—Percy B. PATERSON. X. J., Feb. men who broke the seal of a freight car in Benson’s lumber yard today found lying on the floor of the car a man who had died from starvation. There was nothing found on the body to reveal the man’s Identity. He was about 40 years old. The car was sent here from Xorth Carolina and had been a week on ti e way. It was filled with lumber and it is supposed the man crawled into the car and was sleeping when freight hands placed the seal on the door. 'hoot the n shot took wound is ■gro tc efr« it in ive Bayne, and the shoulder. qtu RALEIGH. lUgt X. X’. C\. Feb. 8.—At today Henry Dickerson James Harris, the top of off by a load of net in front of a Dickerson swore 'If you curse me was killf his head being blov buckshot. The mer store’and quarreled at Harris, who said again I will kill you.” Dickerson repeated the offensive words '.ml Harris, who had a shot gun in his band, find poiniblank at Dick erson, tile charge taking effect in the upper part of his face. Ru- PEXZEA. Alexandrovsky. Gc was shot and kill as he was leavin A. a. Feb. 8 vernor of Penzea. <1 by a young man i the theatre last | night. M. Alexandre well-known as chief ! the Red Cross in th< 1 war between Russia just stepped front th< ! atre when a youth i sky. who was commissioner of field during the and Japan, had door of the the- pushed uid- of money -pent by individual ■ emi-political organizations v not come tinder the restrictions o eje-tion laws. This amount of it cannot be spent properly in mere! forming voters of the campaign, in guarding the ballot on election day. and therefore, the greater part of It must be spent improperly, indirectly or directly influencing the vote of the cit izens. My bill Is framed to limit strictly the amount of money that can he spent and the uses to which It can be put and my bill defines any other expenditure of money as bribery. It furthermore contains .i, clause which I think will be absolutely effective In the detection of this, bribery and im proper use of money. The per-ori guil ty of this improper use of money is. under my bill, punishable by a fine of lot more than $10,000 nor less than $2,000; half of which amount snail go to the informer, together with immu nity. thus there will be a constant re- n a ^' r< l'.!„ °'r i I? r ‘ working girls eager to hear him dis- ' r ',_ /UmnJ 1 inT mn?enver C the ' ruas the Question whether Homer was money in elections. And moreover, the man who gives the bribe automntieally offers the reward for his detection. Every time a man offers a bribe or commits one of these acts defined as | should constantly receive the approba- cent war with Spain, and have beep j pfr«ct"*n irredeemable 0 mo Vg'i>-e" on tion and encouragement of the govern- retained by the United States” the soul of every Institution that ae- 1 SYRACUSE X Y Feb io-At 1-45 After awhile a new model was | oepts It.” 1 thismorningone of 'the most des^uc- "ir the denominational schools of the i tive fires known here in years broke out in the heart of the business sec tion of the city. The conflagration through tile crowd and shot him the neck. He fell dead on tl pot. ing authorities. Until within a com paratively few years Congress has been very remiss in its treatment of the mi- j litia. Exiept in most of the wars with doors but for the pleasure-loving He- ! ernmen brews. Such a condition no longer bee exists. As a matter of fact, the man- ! want of a well organized and trained aging director of the People’s Insti- I militia. adopted by the Givcrnment Tor the arming of the regulars, and the toliJS- • South stand hat in hand begging aims j tia were again put at a di=advant- j 0 f a general organization of this kind, i onM a more on 0 \n°eauali S t\^so 9a for hC « whIch h:ts no airect connection with j sUr ted in the Mowr.v Hotel, a six- Oa.ce more on an equality so raj as | the spirit and work of the denomina- j ^r 0r v brick buildimr , , ,. , armament went by replacing the arms tion tying themselves up in such a ’ ? building, lat the regulars did not^issued at the close of the war with contract tVs they will become Urn l "mL - n b , U -rMn ! ’nr 0 ,,^7 ^’Prise.T'Spain. with rifles of the new model, i puppc . tts ’ to b e moved ‘as the control- but a small portion of the forces of the Tne act providing as follows: , . | , J elements in the general education ,-ernment. In all the wars the Gov- “The Secretary of War is hereby j bnLdsh a nin the future nuH ment has been engaged in it has j authorized to issue, on the requisition I vti- ; n"-= ” ^ n handfeapped very greatly by the of the Governors of the several Suites I’ . “’ ’ theaters. Xn less than 3.500 ticket were sold through the dramatic de- i the Indians and our recent war with pnrtmcnt of the People's Institute. ' Spain, it; has been the volunteers and which is the organization behind the , not the regulars that did most of the movement, and 1.000 of these tickets j fighting, not were for the last night alone. It used to be said of Xew York i «“<• “ »«<■«»■ >.<«> ■-? nm.« HW i Hre na JWuv:J!BS SS i . elements in the general education heaters that they would close their I Government. In all the wars the Gov-j “The Secretary of War is ftetffhy | board shall in the future pull the tute. Charles Sprague Smith, is of the opinion that a theater offering a clean entertainment at popular prices cannot have too many seats. More surpris ing things than a popular passion for the classic drama have developed. I Congress very early recognized the need of an organized militia, and took some steps toward encouraging such an organization. But. in the early his tory of our Government lack of means made these steps very small and inad- Only the other night, at the rooms of j equate for effective work. The first the People’s Institute Club A. in the heart of the East ^Slde. Mr. Smith, who was formerly professor of modern languages at Columbia University, found an audience made upe chiefly of bribery, he thereby offers to any on a man or a myth and whether the Mlnoan Thalassocracy really did much for Crete. It was. furthermore, through co-operation with the People’s Institute that symphony concerts at 25 I "V ■■ ■■•’ ■■■” *• 1” 1 I cents a season ticket—at the rate of , iam a proper quanury oi poivoor aim f aware of his felonious i. I r ^ vr ,f, r ‘! four and one-sixth cents a concert— ! hall: or with a. good rifle, knapsack. taw on the subject will prove a curios ity in tbes days of great achievements. One section reads as follow?: “Every citizen so enrolled and noti fied. shall, within six months there after. provide himself with a good mus ket. or firelock, a sufficient bavonet and belt, two spare flints, and a knapsack, a pouch, with a box therein to con tain not !es« than twenty-four cart ridges, suited to the bore of his mus ket or firelock, each cartridge to con tain a proper quantity of powder and of from $1,000 to $5,000 to convict him j of this felony. “There i.; a further clause in my bill which offers a somewhat similar pun ishment for false registration and ille gal voting. According to this provis ion, upon conviction of the accused, the informer secures one-half of the fine of $1,000 to $5,000 and immunity. Thus, :h continual reward of from $500 to $2,500 Is offered by the election criminal for his own detection. There are also jail penalties for these crimes, snd I am absolutely positive that if this hill wero passed it would prevent the corrupt use of money in elections, which, as I have said and believe, is the most serious menace to our repub lican form of government. "I say that the use of money hy cor porations Is not the only evil that threatens us: the use of money hy any individual, or any, collections of Indi viduals. may he as great, as improper and as harmful to our institutions and to our political Independence." WHAT ABOUT GLANDERS IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA The Journal and other publications jn Atlanta have stated that glanders prevail in Georgia, without saying in -what town or county It exists. The following, from the Journal of Saturday is published In order that further light may be thrown on the subject: ’ Glanders Is abroad in Georgia. Glanders Is the worst possible thing a mu‘:e can have, and it is catching. Let a mule have the genuine glanders for a week, and it’s all up with him. poor creature. Ills eyes turn watery and pensive and he goes about with a dull, hacking cough that touches even the hogs with pity. Then his tail drops off and that’s the last seen of him on the farm. "From every quarter of the State, particularly the southern counties, comes the cry to the commissioner of agriculture that glanders is paying hagoc with the mules of Georgia. ■Within the past few months more mules. It is said, have passed away with this dread disease than during the two whole years preceding. Sev eral times in the history of the State ’there have been epidemics of the blind staggers, the scours, liog cholera, pfp, spavins and the like, but never before has glanders broken out with such fury. Many farms are one mass of sore? as a result, “XVh.it adds to the a!i*m the pesti- >nre is causing is the fact that men as well as animals, are liable to its contagion. One whiff of a mule’s breath, if that mule has the glanders. 1? said to he capable of producing glanders in his drivpr. Then the man will grow watery about the eyen and go around with a dry. hacking cout^i and probabiy follow his faithful beast in th*' exodus from the farm. “The department of agriculture has already dispatched veterinary sur geons to as mnn.v farms as possible, and is preparing to make a hard fight against the epidemic. The disease, however, is under way and will doubt have been offered to people who. ex cept when at church, had perhaps never heard anything but a barrel or gan or a German band. If the insti tute had a house or auditorium of Its own. with 3.000 seats, the place would be filled every Sunday night, in Mr. Smith’s opinion. Last year this popular theatre move ment drew 10.000 people, most of whom had never teen inside a Broadway playhouse hi fore, to see Maud Adams in “Peter Pan.” and at present it S s drawing hundreds of East Siders nightly to one of the new American dramas. In two weeks, recently, it caused the sale sale of 3,500 seats at the theatre where for two weeks George Bernard Shaw's satirical “Cae sar Cleopatra” was beng performed: It sent 5.000 people in seven weeks to see the drama made out of Lew tYf.l- lai e’s “Prince of India,” 3.000 more in two weeks to see a revival of Shakes- peare’s rarely performed “Cymbeline.” and 2,000 in the course of eight days to see a presentation of "Midsummer X'ght's Dream.’ The same movement lately afforded some COO high school pupils an opportunity to attend mati nee performances of Browning’s “Pip- pa Pas«es.” This new movement, in some instances, has actually been re sponsible for the success of a play. In all but the theatres that cater especially to the social ivhirlers, the People's Institute element is hemming larger week by week, much to the re lief of managers who have been taking chances with dramas of the simple life. A few years ago. when Beerbohm Tree, the English tragedian, was mak ing his first and only visit to America, he proposed giving some performances of “Hamlet," but the theatre manager, fearing rows of vacant seats, flatly re jected the proposal. But now. since’i the People’s Institute has brought the purveyors of the drama and the once neglected "common people” together, Shake?peare is no longer a scarecrow, and any theatre manager in the city would be prepared to consider the pro duction of one of the old classics to morrow if the modern show at present on the hoards of his theatre should prove a failure. The movement so far has been lim ited in its extent, hut now that it Is successful hevond doubt or peradvent- ure. it will be extende to include not only the public schools, hut also labor -organizations, church ^societies, and department stores. A general commit tee. of influential membership, has been organized, and. through local committees, it is planned to extend the movement to other cities. Tl is all a part of Director Sprague Smith’s sys^ tern, outlined when he founded the People’s Institute ten years ago. of helping his fellow men by bringing them together in assemblies of all kinds, political, rligious, and' intellec tual. and giving them an opportunity to better their relations with one an other. The Institute started with nothing; received $S00 in contributions the first year, and at that time this new brotherhood of man idea seemed j doomed to pass away; but last year shot pouch and powder horn, twenty and Territories, or of tile commanding ! TX7Tk 1 W’C’w r A TAT tnp’PV general of the militia of the District ! WUMiiN uilix of Columbia, such number of United T TTTT V "RV VOTTUfl States standard service magazine iiXJ-AiaiJ Di VUlimx arms as are required for the army of the United States, for arming all of | WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—Lady Cook, the organized militia in saiii States . ° r England (formerly Miss Tennessee and Territories and District of Colum- j Claflin) had an audience Saturday bin.” | with President Roosevelt making a plea “Similar authority was given the I to the President for the support of the department bv the aft of 1904 con- movement to give suffrage to women, tained in the army appropriation bill. | shp declined to,-sav what reply Mr. It provided that: j Roosevelt had made to her representa- “For the purpose of furnishing the ; tions - Olive Logan accompanied Lady necessary articles requisite to fully i Cook to the While House and will ac- arm, equip and supply each regimenh I company her when the latter returns battalion, squadron, company, 'troop, j to England. The two ladies will make battery, signal, engineer, and hospital : an effort to get a hearing before a corps and medical department of the ! Congressional commitee in behaif of organized militia of the several States i women’s suffrage before they sail, and Territories, and District of Colum- ! "My. interview with the President bia. with the same armament and ] was a most charming one, and I am equipment as are now prescribed for j perfectly satisfied as to the results. I . - corresponding branches of the line or | can understand now his wonderful pop- balls, suited to the bore of his rifle, and J staff in the regular army, ... the liularity with the people. I feel that I ?, quarter of a* pound of powder.” Secretary of War is hereby authorized j have been amply repaid for my trip This act was passed in 1789 and it . . .to issue the said armament and to America.” declared Lady Cook in will he seen that the militiaman was | equipment to the organized militia.” describing her conference at the White expected to furnish his own arms and Now that another change has been ! House today with the President con- ammunition. and equip himself thor- • made In the arms of the regular?, once j cerning the suffrage question. oughly at his own expen?e. In those ] more the old inequality exists as the ) The interview between the President days nearly every man had a riffle or | militia have the Krag and the regu- i and Lady Cook covered a broad range rfcgu . musket, as it was necessary for the | lars - the New Springfield, model 1903. | of subjects in which the President It is held by the WalyDenartmefit that j interested, such as marriage and di- it has no power to issue the new'arms j vorce. the perpetuation of the race to the militia without Congressional I and kindred questions. Incidental y action. The department recognizes | the President took occasion to speak the importance of exchanging the old j in the highest terms of women. Krags of the X’ational Guard for the! “The President .told me he had a id win aount- .although the expenses of the Institute less materially affect the cost of mules were -14.500. only a debt of about $500 next spring. j Was incurred. The late Abram S. Hew itt was one of ihose who helped Pro- The attention of Mr. Morris Water man was directed to the article and he was asked If the disease, prevailed among horses and mules In Macon and Bibb County. ‘No. siree! Not a case has rlevo - o^ed in this county, nor in this section of the State, and lence in Georgia.” “You will notice." continued Mr. Waterman, “that the Atlanta papers have not. so far as I have seen, io- . ated the disease, but assert In a gen eral way that It ’is abroad in Georgia.’ This is too vague an assertion hut ■ ■Me tha: «■’’ do Inesleu'.able harm to the mule and horse marts In tills? State. In Atlanta where these publications are made there arc thousands of animals In stables and stock yards and if glan ders breaks out among them the loss will he enormous. ’’Here in Macon the same condi tio!- prevail. This is a mule Center.* and if the disease gets .1 htddi here the ' •!•••!•? in ltd", ami adjacent counties would he ruined in their farming op- ir Smith in the beginning. He it was who invited the founder and his ' friends to use his house as a meeting place, and he also gave the free use of the large hall of Cooper Union for the experimental course of lectures and defense of his family and the com munit.v against Indian raids. But the section in gard to the arms and equip ments of the officers is more of a cu riosity than the others an d refers to somp equipments the National Guards man of today would he at a loss to know the use. Another curiosity in the section is the provision that the militiaman should hold his arms and equipments exempt from taxes or pay ment of debts. It read?: “With a sword or hanger, and escon- toon: and that from and after five years from the passage of this act. all muskets for the arming of the militia, as herein required, shall be of bores sufficient for bails of the eighteenth part of a pound. And every citizen so enrolled, and providing himself with the arms, ammunition and accoutre ments. required a? aforesaid, shall hold the same exempted from all suits, dis tresses. executions, or sales, for debt, or for the payment of taxes.” A few years later there came a breath of war with France, and on the seas several encounters took place be tween American and French war ves sels. The prospect was so strong that it was felt best to strengthen the mi litia and the sum of $400,000 was ap propriated to procure 30.000 sands of arms to he sold to the several States for the armament of the militia. These arms were to be held for sale, but if not sold, they were to be delivered to the militia when called into the service of the United States. It was also pro vided that for artillery and cavalry the Government would “loan” guns and equipments to the States. This was the first direct appropriation for arms for the militia, and it will be seen the Gov ernment did not propose to supply the arms, but to sell them to the States. As early as ISOS the relations be tween this country and Great Britain were so strained that it was thought best by Congress to take some active measures toward arming the militia, and a law was enacted making an an nual appropriation of $200,000 for “the purpose of providing arms and military equipments for the whole body of the militia of the United States.” The arms and equipments were to be purchased or manufactured at the Government arsenals. In 1816 Congress made this a continuing appropriation, providing that the unexpended balance of any year should not be covered back into the treasury, but carried forward to the credit of the fund, to be expended in the future. This condition of af fairs continued for about forty years without material change. But the mi litia spirit was not very strong among the people, and but few States had any real organized body. Under the exist ing law the arms were distributed just as they might he called for. or as the Secretary of TYar thought best. In 1855 an act was pa?sed regulating the method of distribution, providing, among other things, that the arms should be apportioned to the Various- States In proportion to the number of their Senators and Representatives in Congress. For the Territories and for the District of Columbia the President was to u?“ his judgment as to the num- new Springfields and is very anxious to do so. A law of Congress provides for an annual national rifle match, where teams of the regular army, na vy, ma rine corps and the National Guard compete with each other, and it does appear that action should promptly be taken to put all branches of the serv ice on an equality as regards arms. With the National Guard using the old Krags it can be readily seen it can not compete on an equality with the regulars who use the new Spring- fields. The second war with Great Britain, that with Mexico and that with Spain caught the .Government without a well organized militia, and the consequences were the Govern ment wa? put at a great disadvant age in each instance. The young tnen of the country are now displaying a most commendable spirit in entering heartily and earnestly into the ' work of the .National Guard, and nearly all of the State Governments are making liberal appropriations for the better organization of the guard, and it de serves to be placed in all respects as to arms and equipments on an equal ity with the regular force. Bailey Borrowed; Francis Paid It great admiration for women.” said Lady Cook, “and declared they were the power behind the throne.” Presi dent Roosevelt led me to believe that i£. after. a careful consideration, of ijie bill and the question of suffrage for women he thought it would advance them, he would lend his influence in behalf of the measure." she said. “The President -told me that he did not see that much good had come as a result of giving women the voting power privilege where it had been ex tended to them, notably in Colorado and other Stc • ?. He could not see that the mere tact that they have this right is going to be their redemp tion.” PARIS, Feb. 10.—The rumor that ! Count Boni DeCasteliane had ap- j pealed from the decision of . the court I of last November granting a divorce j to hip wife, who was Miss Anna Gould, of New York, is confirmed. The period 1 under the French proeeedure In which ' such an appeal can be made expires -February 14, and the notice of appeal j entered in behalf of the count prevents j the decree from becoming definite on ! that date, thereby keeping alive Count | Bnoi's hope of reaching an agreement until his appeal is finally decided. * i BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Feb. 9— Four men ire known to be dead as tlio n — suit of a collision at a crossing on the East Lake eleertie line tonight. A wild string of freight cars struck the trailer of the electric car at tlm Twenty-seventh street crossing with terrific force. The cars Were piled in 1 heap and it is believed that more bodies are still under the wreckage. MAHONE BAY, N. S.. Feb. 10.—Two railway employes were killed and sev eral persons injured in a head on col lision between a. passenger train and a freight on the Halifax and Southwest ern railway at Mahone Junction to day ATLANTA. Feb. S.—State Treasurer R. E. Park ■ has prepared a statement showing that the:receipts of the State of Georgia from all sources for the year 19D6 were $1,503,409.71. and the expenditures $4,714,500.64. showing an excess of expenditures over receipts of more'than $SO0.000. This is accounted for by the fact that a large portion .if the school fund due for last year has to be paid out this year, and It makes quite a difference in the treasury show ing. it is • expected that tile Slate Legislature will ;.ike the matter un n't the coming session, and see If some remedy of this situation cannot he de vised. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 — Chief Mas ter at Arm's W. H. Belknap. Seaman John Kelley. Boatswains Mate W. ( passenger? slightly Procknow and Water Tender C. Kel- when the expi ner. .on behalf of crew of the U. S. S. Louisiana, Saturday presented to Mrs. Rooseveit a large silver loving ctip. ATLANTA, Feb. In.—At a meeting of the Georgia Marble Retail Dealers As sociation held today officers were named for the year, J. N. Johnson, of Quitman, being made president. SEVERE STORM ON THE CALABRIAN COAST era ’I d.’ veterinaria y, •F: evt qtu ...... 1 — her supplied. Under the act. some of I non tit its preva- j discussion*. Samuel Gompers, of the the States, not having anv organized American Federation of Labor, has also militia, did not draw'theii- quota, ai- lent a helping hand since the first ) though thev were entitled to do so re days. doing much personally besides gardless of the fact that they had taken securing the support of organized labor ; no steps to organize the niilitia force, in general. The institute Is dependent, to a great j extent, upon the annual subscriptions I of its friends, and will grow, of course. : in proportion to tlieir growth. It j caters to every wholesome desire. Its i non-sectarian religious meetings at the j Cooper Union Sunday nights are re markable for the fact that they/attract j crowds of people who have practically ! abandoned the established churches: , and 95 per cent of these large congre gations are men. The Institute has successfully undertaken many projects for civic improvement, and it has wielded a powerful influence not only locally hut at Albany in regard to legis lation affecting the people’s rights. Likewise it has promoted civic and so cial righteousness bv means of clubs for the young as well as for adults. The institute represents not revolution, but evolution. It? platform reads ns fol lows: The People’s Institute, recogniz ing fraternity as the fundamental sacial truth, democracy as the highest known form of human government- and national worth as dependent upon individual wort ST. LOUIS. Feb. 9.—A special to the Post-Dispatch from Austin. Tex., says: ' Former Governor D. R. Francis, of Missouri, was the star witness today before the Bailey investigating com mittee, and repeated his denials on be half of Senator Bailey, Senator Han ger, attorney for Bailey, read to Gov ernor Francis the second clause of the Cocke charges referring to the pur chase of the Gibbs ranch. “Is that charge true?” asked Senator Hanger. “Absolutely false.” replied Francis, “except that I did assist Bailey to buy the ranch." He later told of paying Senator Bailey's obligations to H. C. Pierce. Senator Cocke asked Francis if he was the medium through which Pierce was to procure Bailey’s political or legal influence to allow the Waters- Pieree Oil Comapny to re-enter Texas. Francis emphatically said that he had nothing to do with tjie Waters- Pierce Oil Company. He insisted that the charge was a reflection on him and he wanted the charges proved or with drawn. Francis then went on to re cite that in April, 1900. he wired Bailey at Gainesville to come to St. Louis apd that he gave H. Clay Pierce a letter of introduction to Bailey. His purpose in wiring Bailey was to bring about a meeting. Mr. Pierce had asked, the confer ence hy telephone. Fierce had told the witness of his Texas troubles and asked about a Texas lawyer to help him. Francis recommended Bailey. “What, that Texas politician?” said Pierce, according to Francis’ testi NAPLES, Feb. 10.—A severe storm has caused serious damage on the Cala brian coast. At Marina di Catanzaro. a fishing village, a tidal wave swept ia and practically carried the village away. The loss of life was slight. The wave was preceded by a torrential downpour of rain, a fierce wind and constant flashes of lightning. This served to warn the people of the village, who began to move back from the shore. The wave flooded th”'village, while the fleeing people looked back in terror. t- Seven hundred feet of the shore line was inundated. Several houses collapsed entirely and the rush of r*ter carried oft everything portable. Many of the build ings were undermined. The people an still in a condition of terror and panic. One woman is reported dead and four persons were Unaccounted for. The school house has been transformed into a hos pital and shelters a score of wounded persons. The people of the village have sought refuge in the surrounding hills, some clustered tonight about the village church which stands on high ground. At Messina, also the storm was severe ant cSIfsed considerable damage. Bridges have been swept away and railroad com-’ implication is interrupted. A landslide at Guldemanri hurled a house and three persons lost tlieir lives. The’crops have been destroyed by the floods. Reports from Teranto sav there is great appre hension concerning the rate of eight fishing boats that have not been seen since the storm. WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.—Through the Russian embassy ill this city. Secretary of State Galkine-Vrasskoi. the plenipo tentiary of tile Russian famine relief com mittee, has transmitted an appeal to the American people for financial assistance to the starving peasants, who number into the millions. It is requested that contri butions be forwarded to Galkine-Vrasskoi, the secretary of state. Shukowski street 27. St. Petersburg or to the chancery of the famine relief organization in that city. Nadeshdinskaia street 41. Receipts will lie acknowledged in the "Official Mes senger." and all other newspapers which have opened subscriptions for the relief fund. OSSINING. N. Y., Feb. 8.—The en gineer and fireman of the Adirondack and Montreal express of the New York Central road were killed mid several injured tonight ted into the rear of a freight train two miles south of this place. A relief train was sent to the scene. NEWARK. N. J.. Feb. 8.—Eugene R Pinchbaek. son of former Governor Pinch hack, of Louisiana, was arraigned hefor United- Slates Commissioner Bigelow, o a charge o' forgery. He. was remand*' until next Wednesday. He i? a gradual of Harvard College class or ipnt'. In tlm year lie was admitted to the bar of Mis slsslnni arid in 190.7 he was admitted 1 tile liar of Illinois. Ho lieft -Chicago 4at in 1903 under charges of Irregularities i liis prnetloe. : i . LAWRENCE. Mass.. Feb. S - Pat rick F. Burke, of Grovelaml. Va.. bui'ri- ing contractor, was found guilty in lho superior court today of offering a bribe of $500 to Alderman Frank B. Good win, of Haverhill, while the alderman was a member . of a committee on plans for a high school building’. Til-' court allowed'counsel for the respon dent tim.e In which to file exceptions, deferring sentence until February 14. Seven WASHINGTON. Feb. 9.—Represen- j tative John Franklin Rixey. • of the j urir i,-pgR iprp Pa Feb 9 Eighth Virginia District, died shortly pre enUmdicd In No. 19 conierv before 9 o’clock this morning at the 1 tI , P I.etifgh and Wllkesharre Coal Obi residence of his brother, Surgeon Gen- pnny at Wanomie, and miners acquaint eral Rixey. of the navy, in this city, with the workings of the colliery s his death being due to tuberculosis of ! |h p £e ’Jrescuing the throat and lungs. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 9.—Dr. Everett H. Merwin, 3S years of age, who had spent several years on British steam ships as a surgeon, and Miss Maud Slater, aged 23 years, a patient of the doctor’s, were found dead in Merwin's office in the Hall building today, and all available evidence points to the theory that the girl shot and killed the physician and then committed suit cide as a result of insane jealousy. them. Fire burned flic fourth lift of t shaft arid • inert caught in I he low lifts cannot lie reached until the flam are extinguished. 1THICA. N. Y. Pel). 9—Spreading ra il? today threw four ears of a Lehigh yalley passenger train from the track at a curve near Hutchins Crossing into a ditch, where they turned upside down. The lo comotive and the Pullman remained on the rails. Of the comparatively few pas sengers aboard, one- was dangerously and others seriously injured. BIRMINGHAM Ala., Feb. 9—Lim ited passenger train No. 203 on the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, due here at 5:20 o'clock this morn ing from Kansas City and Memphis, ATLANTA. Ga.. Feb. 9.—J. M. Cox. a private detective, was fined $50 and cost in the Recorder's Court this afternoon as Hie result of happenings of last night. Cox- arrested a negro on some trifle charge, but when he toolc him to the police sta tion. tie was in turn arrested on struck a broken rail eight miles west charge of being intoxicated The negr PROHIBITION AND GOV.-ELECT SMITH of Birmingham, and with the excep tion of the rear sleeper the entire train was wrecked. as released and the tine followed. NEWCASTLE. Pa., Feb. 9.—Tlie Newcastle Savings and Trust Com pany, capitalized at $300,000. was emsed today by Bank Examiner .T. C. McClain, under direction of th« State Banking Commissioner Burkev. The T , depositors, it is said, will be paid in j . RIO JAixt!KU. i-eo full. There are about 300 stockholders. VARIS. Feb. 9.—It is currently re ported that Count Boni DeCasteliane, from whom his wife, who was Miss Anna Gould, of New York, secured a divorce in the French courts last No vember. is about to appeal against the decision of the court. SAVANNAH. Ga.. Feb. 9.—Effective at midnight tonight the following changes are announced on the Atlantic Coast Line: Morton Riddle, general superintend ent of the second division at Savannah, succeeds H. A. Ford, general superin tendent of the third division at Jaek- The Brazil ian Government lias decided, in order i to avoid possible disagreeable Incidents, to exclude negro sailors from the Bra zilian squadron which is to visit the United States. The opposition news papers attack the Government for this : step. LOUISVILLE. Ga.. Feb. 9.—In a shooing affray on Main street here to other States, however, did draw their j niony. Francis said that Pierce later full quota under exactly the same cir- him that he had !er, t money to cumstances. while still others, with one ' Bailey. Francis found in his ietter or two companies, would draw guns for ' hook that on November 22, 1900. he had a thousand or more. Thus t'ne arms I P a >fi Pierce S3.300. Bailey directed him were very naturally distributed. When 1 to do so. Francis told of his confer- tlie war between the States came some i enee with Pierce, in which he said: of the States had hardly a musket in j “Clay, you are not going to let Bailey their armories. What they did have do that "'Ork for you for nothing?" were usually of the old flint-lock style, I Pierce replied that Bailey would not changed to percussion. They were, i ^ a ke pay, but he (Pierce) -had lent him c there and wi n decia x any gun- not until a s jt? preva- !n this ate is free rri No gland :ion, and I believe the the disease." will be noted that the above ex- ■: from the Journal contains the I however, practically the same class as I used in t'ne regular army at that time. 1 The Civil War was slow in producing results favorable 10 the reorganization of the militia, and it was not until 1SS7 that a change was made in the law of 1855. The change consisted in making the quota of arms distributed to a State dependent upon the fact that the State had an enlisted and organized militia equal In numbers to 100 for each Senator and Representative in Congress. It was not until after the Spanish-American war that the people money. Mr. Francis recalled a letter to Pierce in which he sent S4.S0P to pay Bailey’s obligations and that Pierce returned the bills of Mr. Bailey's obli gations. South's Manhood Will Suffer From It ATLANTA. Fob. lO.—Hecontlv a number of persons interested in the Anti- Saloon Leag-ne movement have inter viewed Governor-elect Hoke Smith on his attitude toward prohibition, it at that time, beinjr tho intention of the league fo introduce into the Legislature an act prohibiting the sale of liquor in Georgia. He stated.' however, that he would not advocate in his message of. acceptance as Governor or In.a message, to the Leg islature the passihe: o" such an act. and for this reason, at the last meetinsr of the Anti-Saloon League of the State, held in Atlanta, it was decided instead to introduce a bill calling for the. mattor of prohibition to be submitted to the people at an. election held for this purpose. sonville. Ford is assigned io other dix- i night F. .T George. contractor, shot ties at Wilmington, N. C. J. N. Brand, j an d killed S.- A. D. Brown, a farroe,. now superintendent of transportation : Just what led to at Savannah, succeeds Riddle. E. R. ^ ne seems to knovi AVootten. now superintendent of the hy an eye witness that Broun "as n - Richmond division, succeeeds Brand. rhe difficulty r but it is statf WARSAW. Russian Poland. Feb. .0.— At Slavkoff. in the province of Kielce, a band of terrorists today forced two workmen to enter a church and then orered them to kneel before the altar, him of While the men were in this position j they were bound by the terrorists and j then shot dead. The terrorists escaped, i It is believed that the victims were 1 suspected of betraying party secrets. vancing on Georgia with a drawn re volver when George shot him down. George was not injured, but was taken in charge by Sheriff Smith. Brown did not die instantly from the shot, but- lingered an hour before death relieved uffering. ROLLICKING. Mortimer Lewis In Houston Whv dear. 1*11 tote Miile TO MY FRIEND. Xew* York Times. If I were wretched and you knew My agony the while. I wonder w'ould I get from you The pleasure of a smile! If I were tempted and you knew The world mv sin had scanned I wonder would I get from you A friendly, firm right hand! Were I to struggle and you knew I fought the fight alone, I wonder would I get from you One word to back my own! If I were starving and you know That all my strength was spent, I wonder would I p-et from you The offer of a cent! PELHAM. Ga.. Feb. .9.—A negro, liv- j ing here, gave an exhibition of strength j in • this place this week. He weighs one hundred pounds, and lifted a piece j of iron weighing 990 pounds, or the J equal of two ba os of cotton. The peo ple were so well pleased that they | made a large donation. Including one month’s supplies given by Mr. C. R. | Akrldge. A-oick-a-pack; dearie. Come up now and I’ll Go Ralloumg here and Go galloping there. And you can hold fast If you wish to my. hair; Or I* will get down On my hands and my knees, When you give the word WASHTNGTOX. Feb. 9.—Attorney- General Bonaparte today transmitted to the Senate a letter stating that the rec ords of the Department of Justice do not show th*»t any persons by the name of Charles S. Hanks has ever be^n employed in any capacity by the department. The ! Attorney-General says no payment has j been made to him from the public funds i under his control. The communication was in response to a resolution intro duced hy Senator Tillman. ATLANTA. Feb. 9.—In a te egrapnic pt* of the Sts counties, doner of playing brunt ised *: •d pile the southern • to the comn ^iat g nnders mules of Georgia.” ia: South Georgia beat the disease. .:rd hope ther* 3 Is a “rigger in th “a cat in the meal tub hor.'e and mule mark® and 'aceful work hn.- Tnqu jrv fails ro supnort anv statement, and Mr Waterman c’lred. in a parting sentence: ‘•Rav for rre please there b glanders In Middle Georgia—n"ne. Jfive’v none.” ks to promote. the co-operation of good men ditions and occupations, the p« lution of a society based upo-i rition of the inter* 1 .••pender with man.” It welcomes the a type o' evolutionist, though ir.g the sea! of approval on r- hut i' bars th*' .anarchist. It slrealy «*>r^ < 5d heyor.d the < shape of people’s forums. On® offshoot has been, estabilsher a« far West at Port land. Oregon. What the director hopes to have some dav is a fin® big home for the Institute, with club rooms and class rooms, and an auditorium with a seating capacity large enough to accommodate the v■ , .tha* attend the Cooper Union meetings, j and Congres* took the interest in per- reply to the Georgian, an afternoon footing the - organization of a National I paper. Richard H. Edmonds, editor of Guard commensurate with its Import- for ISAS there has been two funds purchase of arms—one con sisting of the $200,000 before men tioned, and its accumulations, and the other of a changing appropriation for arms for the regular establishment. Thepa two funds have always been kept separate by the Secretary of War, and ‘here wa? a time when about the only 'uroished the militia were those the Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record I today discusses John D. Rockefeller’s i gift of 542.000,000 to education through NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa per. It tells how you stand on the hooks. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. Reflections of a Bachelor. From the New York Press. It’s foolish to be a poet uni you the Southern education hoard. Mr. Ed- I are rich enough to he able to afford it. monds doe? not believe that the South j should accept any part in the distri- i bution of this fund or of any. other j siven by Northern persons for the cause of education, because he thinks j the Fou:h i? amply able to take care j of this feature of its tvork, and that I the acceptance of such donations will discarded by the reyular army. By 1 stifle its manhood and pr igressiveness. 1897 the Government had accumulated It is true that Mr. Edmonds loses si(fht a iersre reserve supply of arms and the of the fac: that the money which Mr. militia began, clamoring- for a better; Rockefeller is giving was codected When a, man will admit his coffee is cold it's a sign the honeymoon is over. A woman doesn’t have to get the Legislature to change her name; a minister can do it. _ No matter how many time? a ^j r i dream?, it’s either about a pearl neck lace or orange blossoms. A sleeping car company could make lots more money if it hung the pas sengers up on pegs, and they would sleep just as well. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 8.—Lynd- hurst. tiie handsome country home of former Postmaster General John Wan- amaker, at Chelton hills, near Jenkin- towrj. was destroyed by fire tonight, entailing a loss estimated at $750,000. RALEIGH. N. C.. Feb. S.—J. H. [ Hodge?, white, convicted of wife mur- j d»r. and Freeman Jones-, negro, found , guilty of burglary, were hanged at | Durham today. Frank Bohannon, a j negro, convicted of murder, was hanged at Greensboro. j WASHINGTON. Feb. 8—A new high record in the way of the passage of private pension bills was made by the It's a go-as-you-please. It's a go-as-you-please, TJiis life is. for you. A palli all be-b!ossome(l With roses and dew, M'ilii a (lad you can love And can coax and tease Till lie grabs you and lift Right up o:i hi? knees. Or up on bis shoulder. And ea flops ■with you. And who feels repaid By a giggle or two. A dad witli a pocket That's never ton tight For a babe's dimpled hand To creep into at night, And never so eniptv But what in its deeps A nickel is waiting The wee hand that creeps So 1 wishingly for it; And the life is all glad, A nickel for you and A kiss for your dad! Come, hop up! Come on. n** I’ll to?? you up high And gallop you. dear. Till your yellow curls fly This way and that way. and Are trousseled and down; Oil. this is tl:e way tnat The horses down town Go gallop-gaiumping That way and now this: Now nay your fare, lassie, A hug and a kiss. ou House today when t-■> ed in an hour and a ha Tdai DOVER. Ga.. Feb. Yr about 11 o'clock, while a bunch nf rr- a were cutting a right-of-way in the Ogeechee swamp for the Southern Beil Telephone and Telegraph Company, near this place, a negro named Charlie Bryant attempted to kiil M. G. Bayne, I NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa per. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907, .