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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 JUMP FROM WINDOW The tanner :e Ba!:i- r which ir. March varna at- 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. \ INDISTINCT PRINT