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TUESDAY, F7EBRUARY 26, 1907.
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SLOW PR06RESS
THE TWICE-A -WEEK TELEGRAPH
Foolish Sion Was EXPANSION OF LUMBER
Denied By Mrs. Thaw BUSINESS IN TEXAS
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NEW YORK. Feb. 23—New ob- j and the consequent necessity for plac- I
staclea seem to develop every few days i lng a large number of the pupils in
to block the city in its attempt to pro- J part-time classes has caused the
reed with the construction of more j greatest cone rn.
ritpid transit subways. It is now six | Appropriations aggregating $15.-
y, ars since work was begun on the | 000.000 have been made in the last two j
present subway, which has been open (years for additional schoolhouses. but. ;
to the public for nearly two and a half | as has been the case for years, every i
years. j school for which provisions was made. !
In spite of this lapse of time the city ! actually was needed in a completed !
has progress' -! no further in subway I state at the time the appropriation | grows that Mr. Jerome is continually
construction train to prepare plans and was voted The result is that, far t pointing his efforts in that direction.
specifications for twenty new rout. -, from showing any diminishing of over- ; He may have Deen influenced by this
idea in making his cross-examination
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.—Counsel for
I Harry K. Thaw spent a good part of
■ today denying the usual crop of recess
; rumors which spring up during .every
week-end adjournment of the trial.
The attorneys were particularly anx
ious to have it understood that they
, will light any attempt on the part of .
; District Attorney Jerome to halt the
j trial ami have a commission in lunacy
; appointed to inquire into and report .
| as to Thaw’s present mental condi- I
tion.
Despite this, however, the belief
BALTIMORE. Feb. 23.—Correspon
dence from Rusk, Texas, in this week’s
issue of the Manufacturers’ Record
dealing with expansion of the lumber
industry in Arkansas, Louisiana and
Texas, says:
"During the twelve months ended
December 31, last 162 new mills of
large capacity were built in the States
of Louisiana and Texas alone, with
prospects of an increased number be
ing built during the present year. In
addition quite a number of old mills
Tossed to Teddy
ft Taffy Bouquet
BALTIMORE Feb. 23.—The princi
pal address at the annual exercises
today commemorative of the open
ing of the Johns Hopkins University
was delivered by Hannis Taylor,
former minister to Spain. Mr. lay'-
]or is professor of international anc
constitutional law at Columbian L ni-
versity. Washington. His subject was
"The Relation of the South to Pend
ing Problems.”
He regarded the thirteenth amend
ment to the constitution as a declara
tion of independence, because it set
the South free from a dying institu
tion. The first great mistake, he ee-
practicall]
to be rev
the men in
tion com pan!
t< rations a»
11 of
the new contracts Wh
apjear? to be ready to
work, whirl) is not
people s
hich now may have
•d to meet the wishes of
control of the lot ai trac-
ho insist upon the ai-
liiions for bidding on
iwded
.■or the city
to go ahead with
fun. the traction
■I iv things fntt
conditions. the situation
grows worse from year to year.
Superintendent William H. Maxwell,
who is In charge of ail the public
s bools of the city, has reported to the
of Evelyn Thaw perhaps unnecessarily
cruel when he was dwelling upon her
intimate relations with White. He
hoped that the attorneys for the de-
the
minably. This situation has exlsti d .-a
long the public is becoming convinced
the local traction men are not anxious
to expedlt- the construction of new
subways whib they can continue col- I A bomb has been thrown in
lectlng far- :« from every strap hanger ranks of the local traction managers |
or. the existing elevated, surface and j by a decision rendered by the Appell-
sufowav lines j ate Term of the Supreme Court to the |
It was expected that the Rapid effort that street car transfers given
Transit Boi:-l would finally approve at :!! point* must be g.,nd in both di-
w subway ten days , rectlons. so that a person may go by
t once to ad- whatever route ho chooses, no matter
ago and would j
vert is,- for bids
work. All, sup|
Board of Education that eleven per ] fense might profit by this first show
cent of all tie children in the public ] 0 j severity and agree to the appoint-
schools are being taught upon the part m ent of a commission. When they
time plan. This eleven per cent, ag- j f a j] et j t 0 <jo this, after the first session
grerays 86.417 pupils, an increase of Iast Thursday. Mr. Jerome manoeuv-
p’®?» f r°7" * >Par aK °’ And no relief ; ere( j j n another direction,
is in sight for years to come! Jerome Revolted Against It.
He himself declared openly that he
had no taste for the ordeal to which
he was subjecting the frail young
I woman, and wanted to have her tes-
) timony stopped long enough to put
' upon the stand Drs. Deemar and
; Bingaman. physicians
{ brandies of the prisoner’s family—the
destroyed by fire were rebuilt - on ^ ^
much larger scale. In the meantime dared, was in the disfranchisement of
. in _ j bose entirely unprepared for citizen-
the number of mills ranging from 10.-
000 to 30,000 capacity which were
erected in the year exceeds by far the
number of large ones built. For in
stance. in one east Texas county alone
more than twenty of such small mills
were put in operation and in another
county there are something more than
thirty of these small mills, not one of
which will exceed 30,000 capacity per
days. Ten thousand a day per mill Is
a conservative estaimate for these
mills, and allowing that there were run
five (fays each week they "would give
ship. The basic principle upon which
the new Southern constitutions rest is
that as fast as the negro citizens be
come qualified by education, or prop
erty, or both, for the franchise, they
shall be endowed with It. Intelligent
ar.d responsible minorities of negro
voters thus introduced into Southern
electorates could never menace, in the
speaker's judgment, the political su
premacy of a race endowed with a
genius for domination. Along with a
just and gradual bestowal of the
for this one county a cut of 7,500,000 a f ranc hise should go an earnest effort
year. There is a belt of country run- to advance the negro race through
ning north through eastern Texas and pub]ic education. The South, Mr.
Taylor maintained, had reaped tre-
n<“?. when,
sentatlves of
stepped In ar
u rn lions in
The changes
the construction
upposedly, was in readi-
i the last minute, repre-
the traction combine
-1 urged many radical fil
th" proposed contracts,
which the company de
sire. if made by (lie Rapid Transit
Commission, will place the city in
about as disadvantageous a poslton, as
far as control over the subways Is
concerned, as it is in the present sub-
Thr cltv believed it would have com
plete control of the present subway,
under the contract for its construction,
ii: return for furnishing the money
with which to build the great work. In
till'-, however, it found itself greatly
mistaken, and the traction magnates,
who got control of the nroperty, have
been running things their own way
ever since. .
Various propositions have been ad-
vanced to safe-guard the city's inter
ests In the new susbways. but it does
not seem likely that any of them will
b.- adopted. One of the best of these
reform plans was to have the new
subways built and equipped In their
entirety by the city and then to
award to the lowest bidder contracts
for op (rating the linos. Under such
■ ontrncts the city would collect its
own fares from passengers and would
pay the operating ompany a fixed
charge for running the trains.
Goodness knows tho city'of New
York needs new subways and at once,
for It Is growing at the rate of 350,000
a year. and. in regard to traction fa
cilities. it is now Is like a big. fat boy
wearing the clothes of his little broth
er. In view of the many obstacles
presented, however. there is grave
question ns to when contracts for the
now subways can be awarded, espec
ially ns at least three different inter
est? are waiting with legal sand-bags.
In the ?hape of injunction proceedings,
to hold up the contracts because of
unfavorable provisions as soon as the
bids are In.
Allowing for all these delays and al
lowing also for the time that will be
required for construction work, it Is
< ertnln to be three years before any
new subway of any sort can he in
operation nnd It is more than likely It
will be twice that time.
One section of the metropolis which
now is undergoing a most radical
change is along Park avenue from
Sixtieth street to the Harlem river.
The big terminal improvements of
the New York Central Railroad are
responsible for this, as the substitu
tion of eleetrie power for steam in
bringing trains through the Park
avenue tunnel to Grand Central sta
tion will mako It possible to cover
completely all of the tracks now
sunken in Park avenue.
When the work is through a hand
some and unbroken thoroughfare will !
he left, with no more sign of the pres- j
once of trains than are to be found I
now on the street surfaces over the j
subway lines. From Sixtieth street
south to Forty-second street
avenue will be given over to the rail
road terminal, hut north of Sixtieth
street Park avenue soon will become
a fine residential street like the same
nv< tote Is today from Thirty-fourth to
Fortieth streets. The rebuilding of the
avenue from Sixtieth street north as
a residential section already is well
under way.
Elihu Root, Secretary of State, re
cently finished the construction of a I
massive five-story house at the corner j
of Seventy-first street, nnd rented it to I
Paul Motion, president of the Equit
able Life, for the time Mr. Root is in (
how circuitous, from the point where
he hoards the car until he reaches his
destination.
Tho opinion. Is a sweeping one and
upsets the equilibrium of the traction
managers, who. of course, will carry
the case to a still higher court, in
hopes of knocking out the ruling
_ already made. Under the decision a
i man can use different car lines and
transfer around three sides-of a rect
angle if he desires. In fact, there
| would be nothing to prevent the pas
senger from completing a trip to en-
I circle the entire town every' time he
hoJrded a car, and this Is the feature
I of which traction people strongly dis-
[ approve.
For a long time the traction com
panies in New York have had things
! pretty much their own way and thev
1 wore able for many years’ to block
the Inauguration of any transfer sys
tem. Now the tables appear to be
turned, and while this latest decision
may in some respects be an injustice
to the companies, the general public
is making the most of Its opportunity
to smile.
The action of the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies In
withdrawing the special rates which
for years have been In force between
the stock exchange and like boards In
this city and the principal business
centers of the country, will make lit
tle or no difference to the Wall street
houses, which have leased wires, as
their rates will not he affected.
The action of the telegraph compa
nies will, however, fall upon the cus
tomers of the various brokers, who
will be compelled to pay full commer
cial rates on all orders and other dis
patches which they send to their brok
ers. The amount of business being
carried on by Wail street firms over
private wires Is enormous. For in
stance. fully twenty wires between
New York and Chicago are leased reg
ularly by different firms. These wires
each cost $16,000 a year, and each
wire, In addition to the business of
the first lessee, carries business from
otijer brokerage houses which make
individual arrangements with the firm
controlling the wire.
New York firms having New Or
leans connections have to pav $36,000
a year for each wire while St. Louis
and many points in the South are con
nected at an annual expense of $25,000
for each wire.
Outside of the regular stock houses
former to the Copleys. Mrs. Wm.
Thaw’s parents, and the latter to the
Thaws. It is said that Mr. Jerome’s
idea was to build up on the testimony
of these two physicians the ground
work for his application for a lunacy
commission. The defense objected
strenuously to the physicians taking
the stand at this time, despite the fact
that they were summoned from Pitts
burg in behalf of the defendant. Mr.
Jerome was so insistent that Drs. Dee-
mar and _ Bingaman should be called
that Justice Fitzgerald was led to
inquire: “Are they your witnesses.
Mr. District Attorney, or were they
summoned by the defense?”
Mr. Jerome replied that their testi
mony was of such vital importance to
the case that they might be his wit
nesses if the defendant’s counsel were
not willing to have them go upon the
stand.
Defense Changed Purpose.
Some days ago Mr. Jerome was
given permission to examine the two
physicians in his office, the idea being
that their testimony might he taken
in the form of depositions. Evidentlv
something occurred during the exami
nation to cause the defense to take a
new view of the matter. The District
Attorney in insisting that the doctors
be heard declared that it was neces
sary for them to take the stand, be
cause the introduction of depositions
was not possible without the consent
of the other side. In his anxiety to in
troduce the testimony of the physi-
sians last Thursday, the prosecutor
went to the extent of declaring that
he had reason to believe that {hey
were about to depart from the juris
diction of the court. He further de
clared that under a decision of the
New York Circuit Court of Appeals
It was impossible to extradite wit
nesses from another State. even
though they had left the jurisdiction
while under subpoena. Mr. Jerome all
the while had the personal assurance
of both Drs. Deemar and Bingaman
that they would return at any time
and he had full confidence In them, as
he indicated later in the day when his
stand threatened to cause the court to
sit on Washington’s birthday and to
day. It Is believed that Mr. Jerome’s
anxiety to have the doctors testify at
the earliest possible moment can have
but one meaning—that their evidence
has to do with the defendant’s state
of mind, as shown through hereditary
taints in both branches of his family.
Earlier in the trial, before Mr. Jerome
had examined the witnesses in person.
westeitn Louisiana from the Gulf of ±a y lor mmuiim
both iIexico far up into Arkansas which m Vndous benefit as a result of terri-
will probably average 150 miles in torial expansion. He continued:
width, and which contains some of the
finest pineries In the United States.
Within the last thirty days some big
timber deals have been made In this
territory. Including one of $400,000 for
8,000 acres of long leaf pine, another
for a pinery estimated to cut 150,000,-
000 feet, and a third for 50,000 acres of
long leaf pine.”
Exploitation of timber lands is in
volved in quite a number of important
railroad extensions under way
are
NORFOLK, Va.,Feb. 24. Tho inter
est aroused among the amati ur oars
men of the country, imbued perhaps
as much from a desire to s e the expo
sition and the great naval and mili
tary spectacles as by sporting enthu
siasm, promises a place to aquatic
events not second to any feature of
the exposition.
Despite some opposition to tho se
lection of the Hampton Roads course,
the National Association of Amateur
Oarsmen will row at the Jamestown
Exposition and the throngs of visitors
will learn to feel an inter, st in .some
thing they s?e talked or written about,
but have known nothing of, in the way
Elat personal observation excites.
There will also be on the water
yacht racing, motor boat racing and
swimming cont.sts. The courses se
lected by a committee which recently
went over the waters near the exposi
tion in a steam launch are two in
number—a short course, lying along
shore, inside Willoughby Spit and par- — — ------ - - ..
allel to the Spit: the other at right can find the best accommodations
angles to it along the exposition the grounds. The Inside Inn is one of
grounds, toward the Elizabeth river.
The exposition boulevard along the
shore of Hampton Roads is more than
200 feet wide, and on it front the many
! beautiful Slate buildings with th ir
colonial pillared verandas from which
thousands of visitors maj view the
K S yerv large number drawn to the
exposition by rowing will find espe
cial interest in the round of ath.etie.s
und r the auspices of the Amateur
Athletic Union. . „
Of the aquatics the inter-city races
will be looked to with great interest.
Boston. New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore will undoubtedly have
picked eights President Pilkington
has taken up this matter with vi:n
and is pushing it to what must he a
successful conclusion.
That the ’varsity regattas are to he
held means that generations of college
men are going to see the Jamestown
Exposition.
.Boat houses are being erected by tho
exposition company and tho oarsmen
and extending from the Government
pier at the exposition to a point near
Crancy Island light.
These courses, within the protected
roadstead and additionally protected,
the first Tty the Spit and lying entirely
within Willoughby Bay. and the other
with the long Government double pier
acting as a breakwater, will afford at
nearly all times smooth rowing, while
the magnificent boulevard along the
water front of the Jamestown Exposi
tion grounds will afford a vantage to
the crowds of onlookers unexcel'ed by
“When all of its antecedents
duly considered do you think that the
South should set her face against tllis
policy of territorial and commercial
expansion, from which she Is now
reaping such a harvest, upon the
grounds that It is contrary to tho
teachings of Southern and Democratic
statesmen?
Should the South lay the axe at
the root of a tree that Jefferson planted
— . --- - - [and C'eveland watered? Is it not al- . a eep?ie, wane uic BnuiKuiawny in-
planned in the Appalachian South, • most time for the impracticable dream- i calculab]v bettC r than the Harlem
among the latest of which is the devel- ers w ho rail at this policy to perceive rlver wi i h its turns bridges and traf
opment of timber and coal lands lying that the growth of a nation, like that ! flc
mostly in Kanawha County West Vir- n f a plant. Is inevitable and the pre- '
ginia. along the line of a new railroad destined outcome of natural law?
which already serves a number of coal j when Intolerable coalitions forced
tipples and saw' mills. This activity I president McKinley to intervene in the
in railroad extension for the purpose of affairs of Cuba he dll not he-fita~o to
tapping the mineral fields of the Vir- i strike the blow which severed those
ginlas. Kentucky and Tennessee. is.re- : islands from Spain and )Jded to cur
fleeted In the Carolinas, where the dominions Pcrto Rico, Guam and the
course of the South and Western now Philippines. Since the advent of Pres-
belng pushed through the mountains of jdent Roosevelt I have hear 1 no rom-
North -Carolina after it reaches the plaint whatever of his hostility to the
South Carolina line is being speculated policy of expansion. At the head of
on and where it Is thought that it may this great end growing nation we now-
make connection with the Three C’s. have an enlightened and progressive
A line known as the Greenville and statesman who has been equal to all
Knoxville is now being constructed out ! hi? opportunities and who is regarded,
of Greenville, with tracks laid to with- j certainly ill foreign lands, as the fore
in a short distance of Travelers’ Rest. I most living An erican. When through
about twelve miles. Some of its equip- this happy and friendly Intervention the
ment has been ordered and trains will | war between Japan and Russia was
be running in the next few months : closed bya treaty executed upon Amerl-
into a splendid country now without ’ can soil he gave to our diplomacy a
an outlet but with fine timber proper- place It had never occupied beforo in
ties to be developed. Connection be- i the world’s politics. In judging him
tween Greenville; S. C., and Knoxville, the South should not forget that he
Tran., will be shortened if the plan is ! has never lifted either his hand or his
carried out for the construction of a i voice, so far as I know, against the
settlement of that question of questions
which she has embodied in her new
constitution.”
the finest shore hostelries on the
coast. The Government’s double pi.-r
will be one °f 1,10 attractions of the
exposition, 1.600 feet long. Its two
arms. S00 feet apart, are connected at
the outer <*nd, forming a basin, the
walk around which will be 3.200 feet.
From this pier, which will be the naval
landing, visitors may also see the boat
races.
The committees from the National
Association, while in Norfolk, were
cared for bv the Portsmouth and the
Elizabeth River Boat clubs.
The canoe trail, several miles long;
the Japanese and Philippine roserva-—
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line through North Carolina from
Knoxville to Greenville and from
Waynesville to Rutherfordton. In all
that section of the Piedmont South
there are vast tracts of virgin timber
yet to be brought under the lumber
man’s sway and great reaches of fer
tile farming lands only needing the
railroad to be converted Into important
contributors to the Increase. In South
ern prosperity.
the wire business of the bucket shops h was opposcd to and blocked most
onnrmonc Ann »f 1 *
enormous. One ef the largest of
these concerns in the country is said
to pay $35,000 monthly to the tele
graph companies for its leased wire
privileges.
Much criticism is being directed at
the New York Board of Health frtr its
continued refusal to aid in purifying
the milk supply of the city. All ef
forts on the part of medical and civic
organizations to have the board of
health insist upon pasteurization,
seterilizatlon or even sanitary inspec-
ireet : t j on of a ]j m ;]ij use d in the city have
Pnrk I been irt vain.
This is in suite of the fact scientists
I agree raw milk contains more germs
nf tuberculosis and other contagious
diseases than any other source of com
munication. The New York Board of
Health gives no -adequate explanation
for its action, but continues to use
its inspectors for the sole puroose of
detecting diluted milk, whether the
water u
not permit these inspectors to do any
of their testimony. Now he Is more
than anxious to get it upon the rec
ords.
Thaw’s Family Would Stop It.
It is also reported today that Mrs.
■•William Thaw and other members of
Experiences
Municipal Owning
NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—XV. H. Mal-
lock. who is giving a series of lectures
at Columbia University under the aus
pices of the National Civic Federation
discussed the relation of municipal
ownership to socialism after one of his
addresses. “Of course,” ho said, “I am
not going into municipal trading, as it
is called in England, from the stand
point of the accountant; but that is
hardly necessary, for it is a’ well
known fact that municipal trading has
the Thaw family are anxious that the ! a tendency towards the wrong side of
trial, with all its shocking revelations, : t be ledger. The now notorious exam-
shall stop. District Attorney Jerome
has just begun to show the strength
of his hand, it Is said, in testing the
credibility of young Mrs. Thaw, and
will have much evidence to offer con
cerning her relations with the defend
ant before their marriage.
When the trial is resumed Monday
Morning Mr. Jerome may again try
to induce the defendant's attorneys
to allow Drs. Demar and Bingaman to
go upon the stand. If they follow
Thaw’s wishes, however, they will op
pose this move. Mr. Jerome is not
likely tc ask for a commission until
more medical testimony is taken. The
breaking of Mrs. Thaw’s story will
ny course in the country, not accept- ,
ingr those nt New London nnd Pou.^h- .tions, nnd the Indian and \v i.tl West
keepsie, while the straightaway is in- shows; the reoroducti n of "Old
“ ' Jamestown,” the battl“ of the Monitor
and Merrimac, reproduced on Hamp
ton Roads under the direction of the
The events must of necessity have navy: the countless congresses, and
enormously larger crowds of specta- finally the “War Path ' will make
tors than are erdinariry drawn to re- Jamestown—by that is meant the ex-
gattas, and the sport must inevitably position on Sewell’s Point, some fifty
give a great spur to rowing among miles from Jamestown proper, the isl-
people who had not had their inter- land where once stood the little village
est aroused sufficiently to take it up of tho first settlers—a memorable year
and in the same proportion are the to the oarsmen who have their re
boat makers likely to profit. gattas this year in Virginia waters.
Miss Ela Boyd Met Horrible
Death on Central Road to
Columbus.
pie of the Thames steamers in London
is too well known to need comment.
“Lord Avebury, formerly chairman of
the London County Council, in his re
cent book on municipal and national
trading, compares two cities, one of
which operates its lighting plant and
the other of which is lighted by a pri
vate company.
x “The city where the lighting is being
done by a municipal corporation is suf
fering from increased taxation with no
reduction in lighting costs, while the
other city is getting better light and at
much lower rate.
“The London County Council has in
, *. ruv, „ I jjjLga. s-js- ffarasisf j
COLUMBUS. Ga„ Feb. 23.—Miss El
la Boyd, aged forty-nine years, was
killed by a Central of Georgia Railway
passenger train en route from Macon
to Columbus at 5 o’clock yesterday
morning, in a cut a few hundred’ feet
from the station at Box Springs, Ga.
Indications are that it was suicide.
Miss Boyd was visiting at B'ox Springs
and arose before day and went down
to the railroad track. She is supposed
to have flung herself under the train
just after the engine passed her, from
the fact that there was no blood or
flesh on the front part of the engine.
The wheels of the tender was covered
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Ohio is
determined to be in the van in pushing
forward candidates for Presidential
honors in 190S. Not satisfied with put
ting up political lightning rods for I
Secretary Taft and Senator Foraker, i seems to bo the fashion these
a third was erected here this on <j a y 3 a t least so far as “crank” letter
behalf of Representative Nicholas W riters are concerned, to ignore Pres-
showing the “big stick” with the dove
of peace perched thereon, tho whole
surmounted by a Rough Rider’s hat.
might meet with the Presidential ap
proval.
Nicholas
Longworth. Melville Gillette, ttfiio hai| s iflent Roosevelt and direct their atten-
from Newark, Ohio, believes the bald- tj ons to Speaker Cannon. A day or so
headed, good-looking son-in-law of
President Roosevelt possesses the es
sential qualifications and would prove
a strong candidate before the people.
Mr. Longworth, being of a retiring dis
position, has not expressed himself
the Speaker’s mail contained
letter from a man in Utah, who ad
dressed him as “Dear Uncle Joe.” The
letter read:
“We respectfully petition your hon
orable body, the United States Senate,
with regard to his admirer’s activities, { 0 grant us a special charter to openly
and it is probable that he is not taktn
the matter seriously. At last reports
neither Secretary Taft nor Senator
Foraker were said to be losing sleep
over the prospects.
conduct the Holy Protective Inquisi
tion. I request you to understand I
am king. I am. I am going to waddle
upon my throne in Baltimore. Ruler
of the world! Tribble king, sire!
Every one must give way to and ac
cent my faith. The Constitution is all
soft wool and a huge joke, then there
Senatorial courtesy got a rude jar
this week in tho debate on the agri
cultural bill when Senators Beveridge l j s tbe unwritten law; then there is the
and Fulton clashed. The Senator from divine, ecclesiastical, and. lastly, the
Oregon was speaking when .ujr. Bever- , c j v j] law. That is the kind of a stool
idge sought to interrupt him. The Ore- (pigeon we are. Ain’t we a fine pea-
gonian agreed to yield, “but not fora ; CO ck with tail feathers spread to the
speech.” Mr. Beveridge’s propensity wor ld?”
to make long and high-flown addresses r Sneaker Cannon grinned, when the
with blood and pieces of flesh and the * s proverbial and he resented it. There '■ ] e tter was brought to his attention by
body was most horribly mangled. “’ ao " '* ,aa " then Later in t.ie
Miss Boyd’s mind has been deemetj
unsound for some time, in one respect,
the
thing to prevent the selling of milk ( ant, which is the real issue of
that may be laden with microbes. : case.
In view of the various scarlet fever ! If a commissioner in lunacy is not
wr u:„„. ^ t u- , epidemics that have been reported appointed the trial may run along for
ashing,on. .Tames J. Higglnron has J from li , fr( , rnnt parts of tho country an
a result of impure milk, all possible
pressure is being brought on the local
board of health to change Its tactics.
purchased another corner of Seventy- I
tlrst street, and will ereet a handsome
residence. Just north of Seventy-first
street Douglas Robinson, who is a
brother-in-law of President Roosevelt,
anl Miss Helen Roblraon are build
ing handsome dwellings on adioinng
plots. J. Edward Davis is building at
the corner of Seventy-second street.
Robert S. Brewster at Seventieth
street, and George S. Brewster diag
onally opposite.
T«and in this section now ranges in
value from three to four thousand dol
lars a front foot and. in less than five
years, the whole section promises to
In- transformed into ono of New York's
handsomest residence districts.
four or five weeks yet.
Cruel Fake Story.
but what member of the London Coun
ty Council has become famous through
his knowledge of the electrical indus
try? What member has helped to ad
vance that business a single step?
Some of the borough of London have
already taken over a number of elec-
So great has become the demand
for American-made motor cars that a
that^WOoTor. 11 is^Tbe 1 settled upon trt “* “"'^takings with the distressing
Mrs. Harry K. Thaw by her husband’s
family for the position she has taken
in the trial the following official state-
new form of business has sprung up ment was given out by Mrs. Thaw, the
by which some active men arc making ! prisoner’s mother, through her attor->
handsome profits. j neys:
The industry developed because the ! “Mrs. William Thaw desires it un
factories turning out
are so busy they are
orders until several months after the ] or any other Inducements to Mrs.
time they are received. Some shrewd
men started in months ago and in- j taken is untrue, unwarranted and un
vested each in several machines of just.”
popular makes. They filed their orders j In giving out the statement Clifford
and made their payments. When the j Hartridge. the attorney, said:
result that while they are almost uni
versally losing money, the consumers
arc forced to pay higher rates than in
the boroughs where tho lighting is
done by private companies.
"The members of the Countv Council
she being menially unbalanced over
the thought that she was to be sent
to the insane asylum. She was a school
teacher twenty-five years and was aft
erwards governess in the family of the
assistant superintendant of the Florida
State Asylum. What she saw at the
asylum made a deep impression upon
her, and when her mind weakened she
became horrified over the thought
that she might be sent to the a«ylum.
She had resided in Columbus for sev
eral years. On one occasion she took
laudanum at the Columbus hospital
with supposed suicidal intent.
She constantly begged her guardian.
Dr. Bard well, of Talbottnn, not to send
her to the asylum. She was the
daughter of the late Dr. Boyd of Tal
botton. She left no near relatives.
The funeral was at Talbotton,
was a slight clash then. Later in tne . b j s secretary, enclosed it in an official
debate Mr. Fulton adverted to the fact , looking envelope, addressed to Mr.
that Mr. Beveridge had said he was a j Fairbanks, as President of the Senate,
farmer and had deserted the farm only j on(1 sent it over to the other wlnff of
for politics. - ) the capitol marked “urgent business.”
“I cannot imagine the Senator from ;
Indiana going upon a Western farm j President Roosevelt has decided not
where no one could hear the sound of j to attend the Negroes* Industrial Fair
his voice,” said Mr. Fulton.
“If I could go somewhere and avoid
hearing the sound of the voice of the
Senator from Oregon I would go glad
ly.” retorted Mr. Beveridge.
“I can understand how one so pleased
always to hear his own voice would
which is to be held la Columbus. Ohio,
in June. Hq has informed Representa
tive Taylor, of Ohio of his decision.
The President has had the matter un
der consideration for some time and
was dissuaded from accepting it by
certain influential Ohioans who de
desire that all other voices be silent,” , clared that the fair was promoted bv
I’eterted Mr. Fulton. - [ a c ]j oue of gamblers, who reaped a rich
hear the Senators voice too harvest from the crowds that attended,
often here in the Senate,” snapped Mr. : They sni(1 that the invitation to the
, . , ,. ,, , , , ! President was extended in the hope
Things looked decidedly cloudv for a
A Storm of Oratory Broke in
the House Over Appro-
* priat-ion.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—Over
“Monument Hill,” near Greeneville
who were elected on a socialistic plat- ' Term., the last resting place of An-
ponular makes ! dors ood tha The'^ statement that she form hav ? h «n twitted by a socialistic ! drew Johnson, a storm of oratory broke
popular tnakes derstood tnat tne statement tnat -no body—the Social Democratic Federa- i today while the House in committee
■ unable to fill j or any of her tomHy an> money tIon _ on . not ,£3E5. at ail: ! of the whole was considering the sun-
Eve"'vn '“haw for the part she has but on extending the area and dry civil appropriation bill. The place
taken is untrue, unwarranted and un- th ? that, from the laborer’s ■ "’as made a national cemetery a year
Fifth avenue and Broadway, from
Fifty-ninth street south a!*o are being
practically rebuilt. Handsome new
ten and twelve-story office buildings
are being constructed every three or
four blocks, while operations now un- I „„„„„„ ,
dor way indiate that within the next |L ‘ , Thorn u
. . , of the factor.’es. There is
time apnroaehed to have their machines
delivered they sjld. for prices rang
ing from $500 to $1,000 above the price
of the ear. their rights to the machines
about to be delivered.
The purchasers In each case were
order lists
one mfin
“Mrs. William Thaw was very angry
and provoked that a statement of that
kind should be published and hastens
to deny it. Mrs. Evelyn Thaw hasn’t
received a dollar, not a single dollar,
from the Thaw family for her testi
mony.’
ture
One of the great obstacles that has
stood In the way of rebuilding these
streets has been removed through
the change of policy on the part of the
directors of the Astor estate. This
estate controls large blocks of realty
in all of the different business sec
tions, nnd for years its managers re
fused to gta-e long-term ground leases
except on terms that were practically
prohibitive. Now they have adopted
a more liberal policy and there Is a
decided boom In the construction of
business buildings, at least a dozen of
which are now going up in Fifth ave
nue between Madison Square and
Central Pnrk.
Handsome big steel-framed office
buildings, all the way from eight to
fortv-six stori-s in height, are being
built on Broadway from the Battery
to Central Park, while east and west
of Fifth avenue handsome old dwell
ings are being torn down by the
wholesale to make room for tenements,
flat houses and apartment hotels rang
ing from six to twelve stories in
height.
Builders estimate that fully $600.-
000,000 worth of new buildings are
now being constructed on Manhattan
Island alone.
Try as the city officials will, it
seems to be impossible for them to
build new schoolhouses fast enough to
tak.- care of the children of school age
who apply each year for sittings. For
years the overcrowding of the schools
point of view, Is mere ordinary capi- j a S°- and there is a paragraph in the
talism. I budget carrying $32,000 for a superln-
“The point on which I would insist ! tendent’s lodge, roadways, walks and
myself, is somewhat different from I enclosing walls. Mr. Gardner of Mieh-
theirs. It is that municipal employ- 1 igan. moved that the paragraph be
ment is practically financed bv ab- i stricken out for tho reason that there
stractlons from the products of private : are but four Union soldiers buried
employment. Thus the London Coun- ; there - He said that the appropriation
ty Council’s steamboat enterprise , was really an ingenious way of tak-
would not have gone on for a month ' ins car e of the grave of Andrew John-
Mr. Hartridge in speaking of the re- j If tbe losses entailed by it had not been son -
— ’ - - This objection brought into the de-
Mr. Brownlow. of Tennessee,
report j persons.”. ' j nephew of Parson Brownlow, who rep
on his present mental condition, said: '
Hartridge Talks Some, I TH J^^.?°M P4N ' ES OF STATE
“If that suggestion came from the i piSBAND-
ton vc'u-' practically overv one of the ' f nr this venr has sold rights ! port that District Attorney Jerome was i rTia( ^ e by rates levied on wealth T-
old buildings on these thoroughfares j t fi ’ v * cnrs turned out bv one factorv frofng: to apply for any insanity com- ? produced by the enterprise of private bat
will be replaced by steel-frame struc- j * * j mission to examine Thaw and report persons. . j nep
MOUNTED OFFICIALS
EXAMINE TENDERLOIN
SAVANNAH. Feb. 23.—The new
municipal authorities show no incll-
! nation to. in a manner, regulate the
j tenderloin section of Savannah. At
i midnight tonight Superior Court
| Judge George T. Cann. Chairman G. A.
1 Gordon, of the police committee of the
City Council, and Chief of Police W.
G. Austin, all mounted on horseback,
made a round of the red-light district.
It was the purpose of the officials to
see that order Is kept in the district.
: and that nothing was done after mid-
; night that would serve as a violation
‘ of the Sabbath peace and quiet. It
is probable tha: revised instructions
to the police regarding conduct in this
district will be issued soon, as a re
sult of the round made by the offi
cials.
District Attorney’s office it is.peculiar,
to use a mild word. Harry Thaw is
certainly not any more insane now
than when the trial began. It would
be a peculiar thing to do now when
they are beaten. Of course the de-
ED WITHOUT INSPECTION.
ATLANTA, Ga.. Feb. 23.—While Col.
W. G. O’B'ear, inspector general, de-
■ dines to State what he will do in
__ advance of making his report. It is un-
fense will fight any application for the derstood that the Augusta Volunteers,
appointment of a commission. Before Company I, of the Third infantry, will
resents the district once represented
by Andrew Johnson. He spoke earn
estly against the motion of Mr. Gard
ner. and told the story of what East
Tennessee had done for the Union
army.
“The Congressional district of which
Greeneville is the center," said Mr.
Brownlow. “sent more men to battle
for the Union than any other Congres
while, but opportunity for further ex
changes of pleasantries was lost in the
laughter that greeted the petty
squabble. _
Representative Leeey. of Town, has
issued a warring to eld soldiers against
the scheme of an nlleged swindler who
is said to be onerating from Golumhu
Ohio. This man
sn vs writes to th
the payment of $1
sentatlve to register for him. so that
he may participate ip the drawing of I
lands on the proposed opening of the I
Flat Head Indian Reservation. Mr. j
Lacey is emphatic in his declaration I
that this work is being undertaken !
merely to exploit the veterans and j
they should be warned In time.
that he would be present, thus insuring
for greater attendance and eonsrouent-
ly more victims fnr the light-fingered
gentry. Whether this nreaentatlon of
the matter convinced the President or
not. the fact remains that the Negroes’
Industrial Fair will not be graced by
his presence.
aung rrom cotumnus.
SS AJNT Silt S VEIVS
mm
n » Tin 5 ,!
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Latin-America anr.ears anxious to
enlov closer commercial relations with
the United States. In a report just
received by the Bureau of Manufac
tures from Consul-Gererol Anderson
at Rio Janeiro, it is set forth fiat Bra
zil has made a 20 per cent tariff reduc
tion on a large number of American
manufactures ranging from walking
sticks and condensed milk to pianos
d wind mills. Thi= 1* practically
the first break in the tariffs of South
American countries, and American
manufacturers are already beginning
to take advantage of the cut. British
and German products practically have
controlled this southern market for
many years. American goods can com
pete successfully with these foreign
products, despite the greatly increased
increased cost of manufactures here
due to higher prices for raw materials.
Somebody had born talking to Aunt
I Su-- about the immigration convention.
I and had probably told her that one of its
, objects w;is to replace the present negro
t cooks with girls from the old country
She ha<l been in the service of a Second
street family for many years, and, as is
tile ease witn her kind, had become sreat-
: ly attached to the family. This is her la-
i ment as overheard: .
“Dur now, whut 113 poor niggers gv-ine
; ter do now. Dar allers sump n gwine on
i ter hit us niggers, fus’ one t ins an sen
sump n else. Ef hit haint d.s. den hits
•m. all de time sump n.
rie Nashua want ter tele ^‘".^rashun
’ us. an’ now comes dat Emma Grasaun
want ter tek our job 'way fj'om’us.
the trial began people wouldn’t be
lieve me when I said that if any ap
plication would be made for a commis
sion it would not be by the defense.”
He also denied a report that the
Countess of Yarmouth had deserted
her brother's cause. This report ap-
sional district in the country, and they
be recommended either for probation we i’ e one hundred miles within the
or disbandment. This was the onlv I Confederate lines.”
one of the Augusta companies which
made a poor showing on inspection.
and this is thought to have been due
to the loss of its captain some time
ago. Lieutenants Burdel! and Court-
Passing to a discussion of Andrew
Johnson and his contemporaries. Mr.
Brownlow said amid great applause:
“I desire to say right here that In
my opinion. Andrew Johnson was the
patently grew out of the fact that the ney tendered their resignations on the greatest patriot of the Civil war.”
■ ’ ■ “Brownlow, Maynard and Nelson
stood shoulder to shoulder with John
son in his fight to preserve the Union
and retain the old flag.” but Mr. Brown-
Second infantry, at Thomaston ~4 of Iow expressed the opinion they did not i the export trade tor Iasi 1
the Fourth, at Cuthbert. and H of the deserve the credit that Johnson did. gated almost $1,800,000,000.
Fourth, at Dawson. These companies because they were Whigs and had been
de nigger 1* gittin’ so triflin’<Jat dey mas
sen- over yonder side de sea an’ git de
scrollin'.* ter do de cookin an de plowin
an tel do all de wuk. Deysont over ter
Afriky once an got us. an new
de good Lord, some of cm halnt sans
fled wit! us. Dis may do tor se m « 'te
neoDlo dese here hifalutin klne er p* o-
| and the fact that the American wa*es ? pf e P but yer heer my horn Calline. dar
are the highest !n the world. The con- halnt no scrapin’s from ’way ofC yana« r
solidatihn and concentration practiced ylt been born dat kin cook er meal» v) -
by American manufacturers permit £l <-s lah we ole time s(-e ... m
them to contest for markets with for- lem me son ’em
eign rivals, whose product is turned
Countess has not been at the trial for
several days.
"That is all nonsense,” said Mr.
Hartridge. "The only reason that she
has not been at the trial is because
there is no place for her to stay, the
itness room being crowded as it is
day of inspection, but they have not
i yet been accepted.
The adjutant general has issued an
order disbanding Companies H of th.e
out by cheap labor. In fact, it
necessity of capturing this foreign
trade that brought into existence the
corporation, which, in many instances
is referred to as a “trust.” The theory
has been highly successful as Is evi
denced by th? report of the Department
of Commerce and Labor, showing that
aggre-
She has not visited him in the Tombs had run down through lack of inter- educated along the line of the pre-
tv. L. Copc!y. who was followde from
New Orleans v det-etives. who thought
he inny be William F. Walker, the miss
ing New Britain. Conn . hanker, today
went to the home of his son a resident
of this eity. Mr. Copelv arrived yester
day and registered t a hotel from New
Britain. On his arrival he established his
identity, and was not arrested.
for several days because he is in court
all the time that visitors are admitted
th-re. She has come thousands of
miles to help her brother, and left
everything to be with him. There la
*o truth in any statements to the con
trary."
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw visited her hus
band early today and remained with
him the full three fours allowed vis
itors. She appeared to be in much
better condition physically than at the
fitne of her visit yesterday.
est. and were ordered disbanded with
out having been inspected.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Examine label on your pa
per. It tells how you stand on
tbe books. Due from date on
servaiion of the Union, while Johnson
had been a Breckenridge and States
right Democrat.
Mr. Gardner’s motion was defeated in
a vast chorus of "noes.”
F : r* Chief Graham Dead.
SUMTER. S. C., Feb. 23.—W. S.
Graham, chief of the fire department.
. . who was injured yesterday by tha
the label. Sena in dues and I collapsing of the wans in the tire
„, „ , m ., „ -m/v7 which destroyed Beck Bros. & Co.’s
also renew for the yesx 1907. I bunding, died today.
President Roosevelt probably will go
down in history as ‘The Gre?t Re
former.” The energetic occunint of
the White House Is never satisfied un
less he is reforming something. His
latest work along this line is the Plan
ning of a change in the design of the
country's gold coin. Augustus St.
Gaudens, the sculptor, has oremred a
design which ha? been submitted to
the Pre=ident by Director Robert? of
the United States mint. It is not known
whether Mr. Roosevelt has approved of
it It has been suggested that a design
bile er not er coffee. Jem me
b-ile er beefsteak, an’ tty some ham an
aigs. er bake er pone er bread. t« ar j *
be llttin’ for er dog ter cat I know whut
done hit. Hit’s dcse iow do^n triflin
niggers whut won’t wuk an* lays ’roun
mekkin out d-vs wukkin. Dey dress up
an’ put on air's an' trainse ’roun town
biggern Cuffee, an’ de Lord onl} now*
how dey do It. Dis frock I got on I <i. ..e
had four year, an my ole Miss ffin it tui
i me. but den) gals Ise talkin erbout you
can’t ketch one of dem wearin m si-c-
{ om-han’ frocks Iak dey use ter I hair.t
I er keerin* fer myself, knse me an my
1 o’e man is gittin’ ole an’ feeble an tin
•' ready ter tek our seat in der soici n cn'ir-
. iot. Do mVrv in our lint*? rutm wus-
i ser an’ wusser. but whut s bodderin me
now m'V d oT * all I c who s *rwln© »er coo.c
• my white folk’s vittles! Shohr dey can't
‘ !• ;n -s dem white grds fum
yander gwine ter cook. Hit sho will Kil!
; W”
Cold
my* friends have gi
der.—Journal Am us