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TWICE A WEEK TELEGRAPH
WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA CLOUDY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, POSSIBLY RAIN WEDNESDAY; FRESH VARIABLE WINDS.
ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1907.
TWICE-A-WEEK. $1.00 A YEAR.
HARROVIAN ON THE GRIDLE
OF COMMERCE COMMISSION
MEW YORK. F<
rirr.an. of the Uni
dates
Cun': in
which In behalf of the
•3 Government is investl-
gai ng t: 10 consolidations and combi
nations of carrier*. relations between
carriers and community of interests
therein, their rates, facilities and
prn tlco". Special counsel for the
Government made particular attack
upon the reorganization and financ
ing of the Chicago and Alton Railroad
by the Harriman syndicate and their
action, with a challenge by counsel for
the railroads of the right of the Inter
state Commerce Commission to in
quire Into the private transactions of
an Individual, constituted the two im- ;
portant events of the day's proceed- i
Harriman Declined to Tell.
Rv direction of counseL Mr. Harri
man declined to tell what proportion
of the preferred stock of the Alton sold
to the Union Pacific belonged to him j
Individually, aftd the way was paved
[tur taking the question int
jrtil courts.
Th<- point raised involves a material
limitation upon the inquisitorial power
.if the commission and Is of serious
Importance to the whole question of
Interstate corporation Investigation.
There was an effort to show by Harri-
man’s testimony and the records of
the company that there had been an
enormous Inflation of the stock, secu
rities and liabilities of the Alton, that
the Harriman syndicate had taken un
fair profits by declaring a dividend of
i 30 per cent from the proceeds from the
first sale of bonds amounting to $40.-
000,000. that the syndicate had sold it
self the bonds at an unreasonably low-
figure only* to resell them at enormous
profit, that the Harriman syndicate
had capitalized the losses of former
stockholders In the Alton and the
money which hus been spent by the
old management for betterments, over
a period of ten years, and already
charged to operating expenses, that
the books of the company had been
"doctored." and that for an Increase of I
the stock and liabilities from rough- 1
ly. foi millions, to about one hundred j
and sixteen millions, there was noth- ]
Ing to show except an expnedlture of j
twentn-two millions in improvements .
on tho property.
Denial of All Charges.
Mr. Harrlman’s testimony was a de- ‘
* nlnl of all the charges, and toward the I
close of the afternoon he had made an
extended explanation and defense of
the entire transaction, which he con
tended was fully justified by conditions
and circumstances at the time, and he
asserted had been conducted entirely In
the open.
Hnrrlipan’s examinations lasted for
five hours, and it went to the end in
good spirits, unmnrked by acrimony.
The witness throughout the entire day
declined an attempt to get from
an explanation In detail of the Alton
operations and constantly referred his
questioner to the records of tho Alton
company.
Commissioners Knapp. Clements.
Lane. Harlan and Prouty presided, and
at file counsel table sat Frank B. Kel
logg who examined Mr. Harriman. and
C. A. Severance for the Government,
and John O. Mllburn. Paul D. Cravath
nnd Maxwell Evarts for the railroads
and members of the Harriman syndi
cate.
-E. H Her- ] stock ar.d testified that he had served
lfl system. : on the committee which had fixed the
: price at St 1-2. He then wa asked
-,e financial ; If he had owned any of the stock when
i it was deposited, and Mr: MUbum ob-
Commerce jecled. Mr. Mllburn said that his cli
ent was ready to lend every possible
assistance to the enquiry and that they
rejoiced that it gave them the oppor
tunity to clear away scandalous and un
just reports that had been circulated
and published concerning the financial
operations Involved. He denied, how
ever, that the question put to the wit
ness had any bearing upon the ques
tion of interstate commerce. He said
that the commission had great powers,
but that there was a limit where those
powers might be exceeded and he
thought It was to the interest of the
commission to properly define Its pow
ers.
Chairman Knapp said the suggestion
of Mr. Mllburn seemed to dra w a dis
tinction between the transaction of the
company and the action of Its offic
ials, and asked if this could be called
the transaction of a private Individ
ual.
There was an extended discussion of
Fed- I the question participated In by Com
missioner Prouty. Commissioner Clem-
NAVAL DISPLAY
AT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Major
Genera! Frederick Grant, commanding
the Department of the East, called at
the War Department today and had a
short talk with Secretary Taft and a
longer one with General Bell, chief of
staff.
General Grant is in Washington in
compliance with orders issued last
Thursday for him to report to the
chief of staff to confer relative to the
army participtatlon in the approach
ing Jamestown Exposition. His visit,
therefore, was not brought about by
any happening at the recent dinner at
Philadelphia, when he was reported to
have made a reference to the Presi
dent’s treatment of the Japanese
question. However. Incidentally talk
ing with Secretary Taft, General
Grant took occasion to say he had
been misquoted or misunderstood.
After seeing Secretary Taft. General
Grant visited the Navy Department
and met Rear Admiral Harrington, re
tired. and Captain Potter, of the navi
gation bureau, both of whom are mem
bers of the board charged with the ar-
ATLANTA'S DAILY DOPE
OVER NEXT POLICE CHIEF
tors left the city today at noon for
Chicago, where they go to attend the
annual convention of the department
of superintendence of the National Ed-
ATLANTA, Feb. 25.—The many
speculators over Atlanta's prospective
new chief of police have at last gotten
bacK again to the present chief, Henry u C ation Association. Included in th
Jennings, and another confident pre- I party were Supt. Lawton B. Evans, of
diction is now made that he will sue- Augusta: Supt. E. A. Pound, of Way-
ceed himself. Rumors have connected cross: Supt. <3. G. Bond, of Athens,
... “J ... ‘ „ . Supt. A. B. Miller, of Americus; Press-
\ ith the position the name of almost ,j en t e. q Branson, of the State Nor-
every known available man, among m al School. Athens; President G. R.
them E. A. Nye, the Bertillon expert Glenn, of the North Georgia Agrlcu.-
at the Federal prison. Major W. J. College. Dehlonega; and County
WRECK ON 6. S. & F •
DAN C. FARMER KILLED
__ rangements of the program for the
ents, Mr. kelTo’gg and Mr. Severance I "U'L 1 practice at tho exposition,
and In the end it was stated that the Admiral Harrington, who will be di
commission would confer and announce rect * 5 ’ in charge of the execution o.
its decision later. At the afternoon
session the question was renewed in
another form, and the commission de
cided that it had a right to make the
inquiry. Objection was noted in the
record, and the witness formally de
clined to make answer. The exami
nation of the entire Alton transaction
then began and consumed almost all
of the afternoon.
Examination as to purchases of Al
ton stock by the Union Pacific com
menced on the eve of adjournment.
The witness
Tho witness stated that the
first purchase of Alton by the
syndicate was made without
reference to the Union Pacific and when
Mr. Kellogg produced a circular is
sued In 1899 setting forth the advant
ages of a- Union Pacific connection to
tho stockholders of the Alton the wit
ness denied knowledge of its issuance.
Mr. Harriman will continue his testi
mony tomorrow.
BAILEY SCONES
IN THE SENATE
AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 25.—By a vote
of 15 to 11, the Texas Senate today
discharged the investigating commit
tee which as been in session several
him , weeks looking into charges again
•nil
testimony of Mr. Harriman he
alth the issuance of one hundred
million of convertible bonds by the
Union Pacific for the purpose primarily
of paying for the Southern Pacific in
1901. and then led through the pur
chase in connection with the Oregon
Short Line of the Northern Pacific
stock.
Harriman identified a statement
showing thnt since the first day of last
July the Union Pacific and Oregon
Short Line have purchased stocks at
n cost of one hundred and thirty-one-
million dollars, and Mr. Kellogg sought
to show that, figured bv prices in the
mark- t today, there had been a loss of
eleven million on the Investment. Mr.
Harriman said that this was possibly
true, nnd when further questioned
asked permission to explain.
Harriman’s Explanation.
"In the first place." said Mr. Harri-
United States Senator Joseph TV.
Bailey.
The anti-Bailey. following had offer
ed a resolution Instru ting the com
mittee not to bring in a report at this
time, but to send a sub-committee to
St. Louis to secure the testimony of
H. Clay Pierce, of the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company, and to embody such evi
dence in the committee’s final report.
Adherents of Senator Bailey prompt
ly offered a substitute that the Inves
tigating committee be discharged at
once without making a report, and
that Senator Bailey be fully endorsed.
After a rather heated debate the
substitute resolution was passed by a
vote of 15 to 11.
I the naval program, subject, of course,
. to the orders of Rear Admiral Robley
I D. Evans, the commander-in-chief of
! the Atlantic fleet, had come to TVash-
I ington overnight from Norfolk to talk
I with Secretary Metcalf and some of
| the naval bureau chiefs about the
| preparation which he has in hand. Ad-
1 miral Evans will bring North his
| entire fleet, now maneuvering in the
I Carribean sea. to Hampton Roads, ar-
- riving there by April 26. the day .the
j exposition is to be opened, and pro-
! senting the grandest pageant of arm-
; ored fighting ships ever gathered un-
1 der the American flag. Being fresh-
; ly from a comparatively long and hard
/hon : cruise in tropical waters, including ex
tended drills and target practice, the
big fighting ships may not be as spick
and span as American naval vessels
are wont to appear, but perhaps they
will be the more interesting to the
general public from the fact that they
bear the marks of hard work at sea.
TVihtin a few days after the opening
of the exposition the great fleet will
be dissipated, the vessels scattering
to the various navy yards to undergo
repairs, which always are neceesaary
at the expiration of such a criuse as
they are now making. The program
contemplates, however, keeping a few
ships at the exposition throughout the l
I summer, and this nucleus will be re-
| Inforced by other vessels whenever the
exposition is visited by vessels of for
eign navies, which is expected to oc
cur at intervals from the beginning
to the end.
General Grant left Washington to
night by steamer for Norfolk, where
i he will tomorrow confer with Presi-
; dent Tucker of the exposition and per
sonally visit the site selected for .the
military encampment, and give the
necessary instructions for its prepara
tion for the reception of the troops.
TRIAL OF J. H. HOLMES
BEGUN
Kendrick, of the United States Army,
Major E. E. Pomeroy, of the State
militia, John W. Ball, former chief,
whom Jennings succeeded, and any
number of others. The most likely
prediction seems to be that concern
ing Nye. but there is no telling what
a day’s dope will bring forth. The se
lection will be made by the police
board the latter part of March.
Silver Service Selected for Battleship.
ATLANTA, Feb. 25.—Ten of the
eleven Mayors appointed by Governor
Terrell, one from each congressional
district, for the purpose of taking some
action in the matter of presenting an
appropriate silver service to the new
battleship "Georgia" met in Governor
Terrell’s office at the capltol today for
the purpose of devising some definite
plans in connection with the matter.
The only one of the mayors not pres-
net was W. M. Dunbar, of Augusta,
who was detained on account of the
illness of his wife.
It was decided to present the Geor
gia with a silver service to cost $10,000
male after designs furnished by
Charles Crankshaw. of Atlanta. The
service will consist of ten handsome
pieces and forty-eight silver cups.
The punch bowl will be given by the
State. Atlanta will give a candelabra
to cost $1,000 and Savannah will make
a like contribution. Other cities of
the State will make contributions ac
cordingly. Various designs, includin
the coat of arms and flag of Georgia,
nnd products and industries of the
State will appear upon the different
pieces. Miss Louise DuBose, of
Athens, who has taken a prominent
part in the matter of getting up this
siver service, was present at the meet
ing.
It Is the present plan to have the
presentation take place at Jamestown
on Georgia day, June 10, it .having
been decided to have the new battle
ship go there at that time instead of
coming to Georgia waters,, where she
could not get nearer the shore than
some five miles off T.vbee Island at
the mouth of the Savannah River. At
least that was the verdict of the offi
cials of the Navy Department.
Following the meeting of the may
ors the visitors and Governor Terrell
were entertained at luncheon by May
or TV. R. Joyner, of Atlanta,
School Superintendent M. L. Brittain,
of Fulton. They will be away all the
week.
MASTERSON PUT
m
"In the firs
Nort
e." said Mr. Harri-
the result of tho
surckase $82,000,000
of Northern securities stock at about
| $79,000,000. Our annual report, our
statements will show that. Then we
were forced to take, by the decision of
the Supreme Court—unjustly, it may
have been legally—Great • Northern
which we did not want, and a itwritr
amount of Northern Pacific than
SAVANNAH, Feb. 25.—The case of
J. H. Holmes, a music dealer of Sa
vannah. charged with the embezzle
ment of $6,000. under the indictment,
of the funds of the bankrupt concern
of McArthur Son's & Co., but charged
in the warrant under which he was
arrested with having embezzled $15.-
000, was taken up in the Federal court
today.
Holmes was trustee in bankruptcy,
having been nominated by the credi
tors to take over the bankrupt stock.
When a settlement was sought some
weeks ago. Holmes was unable to
make it. It developed, during the
progress of the trial today, that
Holmes’ defense will be that two of
his former clerks entered into a con
i',1 with the Northern Pe- spiracy against him. taking the
and for which we re eived ihe amount of the shortage and agreeing
time ! to make it appear that he was guilty
and : of the speculation. This was shown
ESCAPES LIABILITY
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.—The' case
of the United States against William
B. Kirk, surety for John F. Gaynor,
whose extradition from Canada on ac
count of the charges against him in
connection with the alleged frauds In
the public works at Savannah. Ga.. oc
casioned so much annoyance some
years since, was decided by the Su
preme Court of the United States to
day favorably to Kirk. The amount
of Gaynor’s bond was $40,000, and
Kirk, who resides at Syracuse, N. Y..
was his only surety. When Gaynor
failed to appear in the Savannah court
in 1902, as pledged by his bond so to
do. proceedings were begun in that
court to collect on the bond. Kirk
resisted payment, on the ground that
he was not a resident of Georgia: that
his property was located in New York,
and that he had had no personal serv
ice. The District Court for the north
ern district of New York and the Court
of Appeals for the second circuit took
this view, relieving Kirk from respon
sibility. and it was sustained by to
day’s decision, which affirmed the de
cision of the Court of Appeals by a
divided court. •
Northern Securities
that stock, the Gr
the Northern Pacifi.
fore
of i
Just
the
cd upon us—it !
bout $100,000.00
a minute. We
lock. At the
N irtbgrn
vas given to
1 a market
I will go
ad subscrlb
000.000
Does Not Vitiate Gaynor Bond.
SAVANNAH. Ga, Feb. 25.—It is re
ported by officials of the United States
District Court here that the action of
the Supreme Court of the United
States does not vitiate the claim of
the Government against William B.
Northern Pa
We sold !
went up,
turns fron
us— 1 >n a statement made by the_attorney : Kirk, of Syracuse, New York, as bonds-
~ man in the sum of $40,000 for John
F. Gaynor. who forfeited the bond by
his failure to appear in the court here
with Benjamin D. Greene at the stipu
lated time, going to Canada instead.
Proceedings were instituted against
property of Kirk under an execution is
sued from this court. It is now said
that this proceedure haying been pro
nounced illegal, the GoVernment will
seek the collection of the bond by suit
in the Syracuse District Court. It is
alleged here error was made only in
the method of proceeding to collect
the bond.
for Holmes, who charged A. D. McCall
ba ‘k and A. H. Alnutt with the alleged con-
icd in spiracy. He declared that he could
G"f-nt ; show that the two men were about to
had been offer- | enter the pia no business for tliem-
m.iklng tho :n- selves: that their salaries had been
Great Northern j so small that they could not have
we had about saved enough money for that purpose,
f disposing f it and that it must have been secured
It until the mar- : from the bankrupt concern. There
value to s me- ; were practically no bookkeeping meth-
9 to $154,000,000. j ods followed In the Holmes, store; it
gradually as i: was >hown. any sort of a memorandum
value :h> re- ' sufficing us a note for a?: important
ern Pacific and transaction. Holmes was under arrest I
less than 3 per recently in New York. It is claimed I
i. Therefore we I it was then that the conspiracy was ;
- better to sell entered into and carried out. He
the same i came to Savannah some years ago.
dies that would 1 from Chicago.
Prison Board Will Hear Petition.
ATLANTA. Feb. 25.—The Prison
Commission has arranged to hear to
morrow an application for executive
clemency on behalf of John Bullard,
who is sentenced to be hanged at Ma
rietta Friday for the murder of his
daughter. The crime was committed
near Powder Springs, in Cobb Coun
ty, and no reason for it was ever
given by Bullard nor has any been
discovered. Following his conviction
a board of physicians appointed by
Governor Terrell declared him to be
of sound mind. Hence his only re
course is to apply to the Prisoii Com
mission for recommendation to clem
ency In the hope of securing commu
tation to life imprisonment.
Railroad Commission Meets Today.
ATLANTA. Feb. 25.—The State
Railroad Commission will meet tomor
row for the purpose of taking up for
some definite aotion the petition of
Bowdre Phinizy, of Augusta, asking
that an investigation be made of the
physical condition of the Georgia Rail
road. particularly as to its alleged un
safe condition for travel.
The commission will decide at this
! meeting whether it will take up the
matter for an oral hearing first, and
the presentation of testimony along
the line of the various charges made
by Mr. Phinizy, or will proceed at once
to make an investigation of tho track
and other property complained of.
It is the commission’s purpose, it is
stated, to give the matter of Mr.
Phinizy’e complaint the fullest inves
tigation. to determine what, if any
thing, ought to be done In the prem
ises. and. if it has the authority, to
enforce such determination Not only
this, but it is expected that the Geor
gia Railroad case, whether the charges
are sustained or not, will lead to simi
lar Investigation of other lines in the
State with a view to seeing that all
possible safeguards are thrown about
the traveling public.
Another matter of interest to come
soon beforo the Railroad Commission
is the petition of the Georgia Farmers’
Union for a reduction of the rate of
passenger fare to 2 cents per mile.
This is to be presented by Judge J. K.
Hines, but wehther it will cpme be
fore tomorrow's meeting has not been
determined.
State Banks Flourishing.
ATLANTA. Feb. 25.—Not only aro
SAVANNAH. Ga., Feb. 25.—A. TV.
Masterson, a prominent local tobaccon
ist, was arrested here this afternoon
upon a charge of conspiracy with oth
ers to advertise the Honduras lottery
and sell Us tickets. Masterson gave
bond of $500 for his appearance tomor
row afternoon for a hearing before the
United States commissioner, when he
will announce whether he will fight
removal to the jurisdiction of the Fed
eral Court at Mobile, whither it is
proposed to transfer his case for in
dictment and trial. It is said that such'
arrests have been made elsewhere
where agencies of the lottery company
have been conducted. As ^American
headquarters of the lottery have been
at Mobile, it is expected to try the
cases there, even though the accused
have not been within the courts’ ju
risdiction.
CHn OF ACCIDENTS
TO ROOSEVELT MR
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—President
Roosevelt arrived in Washington at
1:36 p. m. on his return trip from
Boston and Groton. Mass, where he
went to visit his two sons, who are
attending school. The President was
at once driven to the White House.
The private car occupied by the Presi
dent and his party formed part of the
Federal express on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, which left Boston at S
o’clock last night. It was almost four
horn's’ late in reaching Washington.
The delay was due to a number, of
causes. The President, however, made
the best of the situation and spent
his time reading the morning papers,
number of which were brought
aboard the train at Philadelphia. At
the executive offices a number of com
missions and nominations for offices
were awaiting his signature. The train
was about two hours late in leaving
Jersey City. At Philadelphia it was
still further delayed by the shifting
of the President’s car in order to at
tach a dining car to the train and by
the discovery of a disarrangement of
the hand brake and the dropping qf
the brake bar at the observation end
of his car. N There was still further de
lay seven miles north of Baltimore,
because of a slight wreck in the Penn
sylvania tunnel, making it necessary
to shift the train to the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad track's.
The hand of fate piloted another train
to practically total destruction yester
day morning, when the big -engine of
the Georgia. Southern and Florida pas
senger train, No. 3, southbound. left the
track between Unadilla and Pinehurst,
at the forty-seven-mile post, pulling
with it five coaches to be subsequently
consumed by fire, and the life of the
brave engineer sacrificed, while his
form lay buried over three feet in mud
under - the wreckage.
The train was speeding at a lively
rate when the accident'took place, and
it seems singular that the casualties
were not greater. Train Dispatcher
Scott, of the road, who was asleep in
one of the two Pullman cars, the only
cars which didn’t leave the track, at
tached to the rear, was thrown from
his berth to the floor by the impact,
and was one of the first to recover
himself sufficiently to administer suc
cor to the injured.
Hardly had the engine pulling the
cars gone off the embankment before
the wreckage caught fire and the res
cuers were forced to quick action in
saving the injured. The night was raw
and cold, and by the light of the burn
ing cars the rescuers fought valiantly
and managed to get Messengers Smith
and Conner, the negro fireman Will
Owens, and others out beyond danger.
It was felt certain that Engineer Dan
C. Farmer was lying under the debris,
dead, and as soon as possible the work
of uncovering the tons of heavy iron
parts- of the engine was commenced.
Lying cola in death, deep under the
mud and wreckage, was the dead en
gineer. -
• Saved the Two Pullmans.
As soon as this was accomplished
Conductor FJourney, assisted by the
uninjured members of his crew, and
the passengers, went back and detached
the two Pullman cars from the burn
ing wreckage, and by a concentrated
effort With crow-bars, managed to push
the Pullnian cars away to a safe dis
tance.
As soon as notified officials of the
road immediately left for the scene of
the accident, and began an investiga
tion. At first it was thought that the
wreck was due to a new spur which
had been placed in the track in that
vicinity, but closer investigation did
not strengthen this theory.
The' Georgia Southern and Florida
Shoo-Fly brought the remains of En
gineer Farmer and the injured to Ma
con. Traffic was blocked until 2:30 services at the grave.
o’clock yesterday afternoon, and trains
are now being operated on the line oa,
reguifir schedule time.
Report of Master of Trains.
Master of Trains Marsh, was ques
tioned as to the cause of the wreck,
and the following is a summary of
what he said:
Train No. 3 left Macon at 12:50
o’clock Monday morning, south-bound,
and'was derailed, near the forty-seven
mile post, between Unadilla and Pine
hurst. The' engine left the track and
turned over on the right side, aqd tho
two express cars, combination baggngo
and mall car turning over on left side:
the two coaches left the rails, but did
not turn over. The wreckage caught
fire in the express cars, and all five
cars - were burned. The two sleepers
in the rear did not leave tho rails, and
were uninjured. Engineer D. C. Far
mer was caught under his engine and
killed. Fireman Will Owens, colored.
Express Messengers Smith and Con
ner were slightly hurt. The cause of
the derailment has not yet been as
certained.
Passengers from the' derailed train
were taken to their destination by a
special train. The Dixie Flyer and
Jacksonville Limited, due to arrive at
Macon at 4 o'clock this morning, were
detoured via Cordele. and Seaboard Air
Line to Americus and Central of Geor
gia to Macon.
Curran • Ellis on Train.
Mr. Currari Ellis, of this city, was
on the wrecked train, but was not in
any way injured. He was on Ills way
to Valdosta, where he is superintend
ing the construction of the passenger
depot «at that place. As soon as lie
could reach a telegraph station he
wired information of the wreck and
that he was not hurt, as lie was in
one of the sleepers not derailed.
The remains of Mr. Farmer were
brought to Macon yesterday, prepared ter
burial and then carried’to his late resi
dence at Crump's Park, Owing to inabil
ity of his father and brother, who live in
Oliio. the funeral will occur Wcdni "lay,
notice of which will appear in tomorrow’s
issue of The Telegraph.
He bad been. a. resident of Macon for
more than 25 years and was regarded as
one of the best engineers of Simpson Di
vision No. 270, of which lie was a mem
ber, and much beloved by his associate
brothers. He was a man of sterling char
acter and a true friend to Ills associates
in every walk of i.fe. He is survived l>y
liis wife and four children. Ho will be
buried by the Brotherhood of. Locomo
tive- Engineers, who will conclude the
EVELYN THAW'S ORDEAL
DRAWS TO A CLOSE
THE PACKERS ESCAPE
PAYING INSPECTION
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.—The Sen
ate today passed the agricultural ap
propriation bill, carrying nearly $10,-
000,000, the postoffice appropriation
bill, carrying $210,000,000. the pension
appropriation bill, carrying $145,000,000
and the bill authorizing the establish
ment of an agricultural bank in the
Philippine Islands. The principle fight
today over the agricultural bill, took
place on the Beveridge amendment,
requiring the packers to pay the cost
of administering the meat inspection
law. This amendment waY defeated on
a point of order. Mr. Eeveridge se
cured the adoption of an amendment,
which requires the date of canning
and inspection to appear on the label
of the can containing meat products.
The postoffice bill was passed in an
hour and fifteen minutes. Amend
ments adding $1.28S.759 for the exten
sion of the pneumatic mail service and
requiring postal cars to be lighted
with electricity, were adopted. Mr.
Lodge secured the passage of the Phil
ippine agricultural bank bill. An
amendment to this bill, offered by Sen-
. , . . . ... j ator Culberson, declaring the intention
new banks being chartered all over j of the Unit ed States to abandon the
the ^tate. but many of those already j j s ]ands as soon as a stable, indepen-
business are increasing their I dent Government should be establish-
waJ drfealei The Senate a , s0
SCORE GUESTS BAD TO
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GREEN5BORO. N. C.. Feb. 25 —
Hickory Ir.n. a: Hickory. N. C., one
of the largest hotels in the western
section of tiie State, ar.d a noted sum
mer resort, was destroyed by fire at
5:30 ■•''clock this morning. When the
fire was discovered it had made such
headway that escape ty the stairway
and third fioors. Of the forty-guests
in the hotel about twenty were frrceJ
| windows Five r six were badly in
jured by jumping, ore. a traveling
the j man. probably having his back
zed broker. R. H. Nomu.t, of Richmond,
her j V-'.. jumped forty feet ar.d sprained
both ankles severely. Not a piece of
bag..ge or furniture was saved. Tnou-
sands of dollars' worth of samples were
lost The building which was built
of wood, after the model "f most sum
mer hotels, is a complete wreck. The
•xpl.lined the sale of loss will exceed $50,009.
A Clean Transaction.
he purchase by Union
i i:i trie Alton w...« then
this led the way !o The
,<f counsel for Mr Har-
:> as to the amount of
ha.! held in A to:.
PASSENGERS SAVED
BUT CREW PERISHED
CANEA. Island of Crete. Feb. 25.—Ail
the passengers on b:\trd the Austrian
Llovd steamer Imperatrix. which ran on
a rock Friday evening near Cape Ela-
Phonisi. were saved. For:y members of
the tew. of whom thlrtv-two were Aus-
trains and eight were Indians,• perished.
Among those rescued are the captain,
the doctor and the firs: engineer of the
Imperatrix.
Fu clgn warships brought 63 survivors
to this port ar.d others were transferred
to the Austrian Lloyd steamer Catore
:hc- work f rescue. 5- --ra! persons who
were injured at the time of the disaster
..re being attended here.
I: has been learned that the first boat
launched from the Imperatrix was
swamped immediately.
The vessel carried a valuable cargo of
timber and sugar.
passed a bill granting a service pen
sion to army nurses. Those who are
disqualified to earn a.livelihood an^
have reached the age of sixty-two are
to receive $12 a month, at seventy
years $15, and at seventy-five years
S2C.
JOHN A. CHANLER
WANTS HIS FORTUNE
Mexican Archbisnon Dead.
MONTEREV. M-.-x.. Feb. 25.—After a
short illness of grip and pneumonia.
Archbishop Santiago De La Garza Zam-
bro. of the Archbishopric of Linares, died
here iate today, aged 69 years. He was a
member of or.,' of the >id“-t anti most
widely-known families in Northern Mex
ico.
doing
capital stock. Almost every week two
or three banks in various sections of
the State make additions to their cap
ital stock that are indicative . of the
prosperity of the institutions and their
sections.' Today an amendment was
granted to the charter of the Bank of
Eastman under which it will increase
its capital stock from $80,000 to $100.-
000, and a capitalization of that sort
is way above the average in small
cities the size of Eastman.
Reward Offered.
ATLANTA. Feb. 25.—Governor Ter
rell today offered a reward of $100 for
the arrest of Solomon Fondron, who is
wanted at Waycross for the murder of
! Nancy Gail on February 12. Fondron
I is a half breed negro and Indian.
Railway Charter Granted.
ATLANTA. Feb. 25.—A charter was
granted fcv Secretary of State Phil
Cook today to the Atlanta, Stone
Mountain and Lithonia Railway Com
pany. which proposes to build a line
about twenty miles long from Decatur,
in DeKa'b County, through the towns
of Irtgleside. Clarkston. Scottdaie ana
Stone Mountain to Lithonia. It will j man was appointed guardian of his
be an electric trolley line, and it is ; estate, which is estimated to be worth
presumed it will make connection with J $1,000,000.
the Georgia Railway and Electric j Chanler escaped from the asylum at
Company’s line now running to Deca- j Bloomingdale and now resides in
lur. The capital stock will be $50,- f North Carolina. He asserts his san-
000 and among the incorporators are | ity and desires to take legal steps to
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.—In behalf
of John Armstrong Chanler, formerly
of New York, a petition was filed in
j the Supreme Court of the United
States for a writ prohibiting the New
York courts or their officers from
molesting or arresting him while on
a contemplated visit to that Sta-e
which Mr. Chanler desires to make in
prosecution of a suit which he has in
stituted against Thomas T. Sherman,
of New York. Chalner was adjudged
insane in New York in 1897. and Sher-
A. O. Venable. .-
Thompson. S. H.
others.
.. B. Kellogg.
Venable and
Ea’ucators Leave for Chicago.
ATLANTA. Feb. 25.—State
Commissioner W. B. Merritt
party of well Known Georgia eduMP
R. M. ! recover his property and asks for
dozen j protection of the Federal courts
against arrest by the New York au-
I thorlties while in that State. A brief
was submitted in behalf of Mr. Sher-
S. hool j man, in opposition to the r"’-ition. The
and a j court took the matter under advise
ment.
NEW YORK. Feb. 25.—Except for
one brief moment, Mrs. Evefe-n Nesbit
Thaw had a decidedly easy day of it
today during her cross-exanilnatlorr"by
District Attorney Jerome. When ad
journment was taken the prosecutor
announced that he had practically con
cluded with the witness. Mrs. Thaw
will be temporarily excused tomorrow
to enable Mr. Jerome to introduce
Abraham Hummell to identify a pho
tographic copy of the affidavit Evelyn
Nesbit is alleged to have signed and
which charges Thaw with many cruel
ties during their-1903 trip to Europe.
The District Attorney got the contents
of the affidavit before the jury this
afternoon by reading certain of its
statements in the form of questions
and asking Mrs. Thaw if she told such
things to Mr. Hummell. In each in
stance she declared she had not. She
also denied ever having signed such
an affidavit, admitting that she had,
however, signed some papefs ■ for
White in the Madison Square Garden
tower, of whose nature she was not
aware.
.Jerome Plays Strong Hand.
It was during the morning that Mr.
Jerome played his strongest card c.f
the dav. Mrs. Thaw had denied most
positively that she had ever been to
see a Dr. Carlton Flint with Jack Bar
rymore.
“Call Dr. Flint." commanded Mr.
Jerome- to a court attendant.
The doctor entered from the witness
room and was escorted to within a
few feet of the witness chair.
Did you ever see that man before?"
Mr. Jerome asked Mrs. Thaw.
The witness seemed just a bit start
led, looked quickly and Intently at the
physician, then turned to Mr. Jerome
and shook her head,
“Never,” she declared.
Thaw was intensely interested In
this incident and when it was over,
he turned to the newspaper men sit
ting nearest to him and whispered:
"That man made a mistake in com
ing here. He stood there a liar. Do
you catch the point—a liar.’
Mrs. Thaw was in much better spir
its when she took the stand today anil
looked decidedly better physically than
she did last week. She seemed thor
oughly at home in the witness chair,
and with a foot stool and back cush
ion, appeared quite comfortable. She
had all her wits about her and did
net fare at all badly at the hands of
the District Attorney who was more
gentle in handling the witness.
Evelyn Makes Gains.
Instead of further hurting the cause
of* her husband. Mrs. Thaw managed
to make two decided gains. When
court adjourned last Thursday it ap
peared from her own statement that
she had used a letter of credit from
Stanford White while touring in Eu
ropa, and had turned the letter over to
Thaw. Today she explained that
haw took the letter of credit from
her. saying the money was "poison
ous" and neither she nor her mother
would touch it: and that he would pro
vide them with funds.
Whatever had been spent of the mon-
•, s he declared, was for her mother.
The. second point Mrs. Tha-.v made was
teeming the cablegrams which Thaw
is said to have sent to Stanford White
from London. It appeared Thursday
that these cablegrams were requests
to White to use his influence in keep
ing Mrs. Nesbit from ‘raising a row"
and interfering with Evelyn continuing
in company with Thaw. Mr. Jerome
took up the subject again today, but
his questions elicited the information
that the letters did not concern Mrs.
Thaw at all. but related to a man—a
secretary of the American Embassy-
in Londan, whom Mrs. Thaw said had
• sneaked up to mama's bedroom and
insulted her.”
Thaw Went After Insulter.
She said the man had .also insulted
her. and that Thaw had gone in search
of him. but failed to find him. To
day's proceedings dragged a great deal
and it was evident long before he an
nounced the fact, that Mr. Jerome was
nearing the end of his cross-examina
tion. Tomorrow's proceedings, with
Air. Hummell oa the stand, should be
more interesting. The defense on cross-
examination, will attempt to discredit
the witness who is under indictment.
It may be iate in the -afternoon before
Mrs. Thaw will again take the stand
for Mr. Jerome’s final questions, which
will have to do with the affidavit.
Should the defense decide to proceed
with the re-direct examination of Mrs.
Thaw and Mr. Jerome should take up
the cross-examination Mrs. Thaw may
be kept on tho stand all of Wednesday
and Thursday. There may be an at
tempt, however, to Intersperse the last
phases of her testimony, with further
statements from the experts. Mrs.
William Thaw, mother of the defen
dant, and Mrs. Carnegie, his sister,
were at the court house today for tho
first time in ten days.
Mrs. Thaw has been suffering from
a severe cold.
Senator Elkins Presents Com
prehensive History of
American Railroads.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Senator
Elkinf, of West Virginia, has just
completed and filed in the Senate his
minority report on the railroad rate
law, for the report was not legally
admitted in June last, but immediately
withdrawn for further elaboration. It
now presents a comprehensive history
of the economic development of Amer
ican railroads, together with exhaus
tive tables which tend to -how a con
stantly decreased freight and passen
ger rate, and the relation between
such rates and the price of commodi
ties and cost of labor. As to the de
crease in rates the report says:
"The average passenger rate advanc
ed slightly from 1870 to 1880. There
was a net decline from 1870 to 1904 of
16.14 per cent, and the decline in t$e
average rate per mile, per ton of freight
was 58.71 per cent, with a net saving
to the shippers averaging 11.09 mills
per ton half-mile.”
In comparison with the Increase in
wages of from an average wage oi
$5,67.25 in 1900 to $630.80 in 1904. th«
report says that the service in 190|
was so much more efficiently organized,
that the labor contributed by the aver
age employe accomplished 23 per cent
more in the movement of passenger?
and 24 per cent more in the movement
of freight than in 1880. The report
says the figures “show a decided ten
dency toward more careful methods of
i financing these properties. “They
show," it adds, “that American rail
ways carry freight for rates that aver
age but 57.14 per cent of the average
charged in France; 62.30 per cent of
that in Germany: 60.32 per cent of that
in Austria; 61.29 per cent of that in
Hungary: about 50 per cent of that in
Italy and about 90 per cent of that in
European Russia. Since 1890 Ameri
can rates have declined 59.15 per
cent: French rates 13.64 per cent;
Germany rates 8.98 per cent: Austrian
rates 9.35 per cent, and Hungarian
rate.; 10.14 per cent.”
As to the increase in equipment the
report says that during the last four
teen years the increase in the number
of cars and locomotives has been rel
atively much greater than the mileage
increase.
Both cars and locomotives are much
larger than formerly.
WOULD NOT SIT IN SENATE
TO BE DISGRACED
RALEIGH. X. C-, Sept. 25.—Senator
Graham, of Orange, author of the bill
for two classes of railroad fares, today
denoun, ^d Lieutenant-Governor Win
ston. president of the Senate, for not
appointing him one of the conferees
h the House on the railroad rate
reduction bill, and said it was an in-
: to the Senate, that men not fav
oring the Senate bill had been ap
pointed. and that ho would not sit in
the Senate and lie disgraced. No ac
tion was taken on Graham’s resolution
to dismiss the Senate conferees, and
the matter rested. No one else spoke
on the subject.
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