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THAW TAKES JEROME
TO TASK IN PUBLIC CARD
Reporter Looked Over His
Shoulder and Garbled
His Statement.
This Caused Him
To Give It Out
NEW YORK. Feb. 28.—Harry K.
life's tC
, and In
Thaw’s
above Hi,
rutlng (
A-as Just
rri,
1 today bv gi.;ng out
ien a brief statement
used District Attorney
n g made unprofes-
In court, asserted that
Iraony was absolute
ncluslon declared that
.rural "reul goodness"
im prehension of the
•fore
djournment was
taken f,,r the flay and after many
hours of expert testimony as to what
v as the meaning of extracts from
eight letters written by the defendant,
with their relation to the sanity or in
sanity of the writer, that Thaw gave
out his statement in court. The cir
cumstances attending the delivery of
the statement to the newspaper men
were about as Interesting ns the state
ment itself was, which reads:
Thaw’s “Second Statement."
"This Is Mr. Thaw's second state
ment since August 10.
"With chances millions to one
against her, after the catastrophe in
1001, It is wonderful that Mrs. H. K.
Thaw prevailed in tlie- cross-examina
tion against the prosecution, backed
by blacklegs.
my
•’Her te.stini,
"Our evidern
The cross-exa
more usual n
rat
nluti
of ct
an has
i truth.|
sa tions. 1
ted the i
riding his informants
falsifiers, con lulled
ethods which Is to
some of his ques- j
nf Ills unprofessional ,
it appeared clearly I
and real goodness of 1
love his comprehen- i
“that the writer had been traveling
through Europe with the young wo
man as man and wife, though not mar
ried have any effect upon your opin
ion 7”
So." replied Doctor Evans. “For
a man under those circumstances may
love the woman just as much as
though .-he were bound to him by
holler ties.”
Two other letters were shown Dr.
Evans, in me of which he found evi
dences of ,n unsound man. The oth
er, he said, di 1 not, taken by itself,
show such evidences.
Of another he said: “In my opin
ion there are evidences here that the
writer was not mentally balanced.”
Th>- subject of the reports of his
examination of Thaw made to the at
torneys of the defense came up, and
Dr. Evans admitted that he did mako
one report, but that it was a personal
and private report and that he had
never been forced to produce such re
ports.
Read Part of Thaw’s Letter.
Mr. Jerome directed that a subpoena
be served on him directing him to
produce the report tomorrow. The
letter which Thaw wrote from Paris
after Evelyn Nesbit had told him her
story, was produced and Dr. Evans
was asked if it showed evidence of
insanity. Taken by itself, the doctor
said, it would not enable him to say
positively whether the writer was in
sane or not. Dr. Evans started to
read part of the Paris letter saiyng
“Mrs. Aator was here last week, but
went away again. There are lot of
beauts—"
Mr. Jerome Interrupted. “I did not
ask you to read the letter," he said
sharply.
Mr. Hartrldge of Thaw’s counsel
said later that while the name sound
ed like Astor, he did not think the
name was mentioned. Dr. Evans was
given a typewritten copy of Mr. Dol
mas' hypothetical question, which he
promised to read before tomorrow
morning, when Mr. Jerome will exam
ine him on it. Thaw daily receives
hundreds of letters, nearly all of
which express hope and the belie:' that
he will be acquitted. He brings many
of these to court with him in big
brown paper envelopes and spends a
good part of the day in reading them
with evident satisfaction.
The Two Brothers Who
Avenged Sister's Wrong
Make Statement in
Court
this
the
olns th
c! and
with t
it print*
nu ll cht
In court hi
He -aid
of the trial
ippi
;nt
led that
later.
Reporter,
i cell In th
s statement
grinod. To
re;. i-.rter to
tot intended
lie until the
her asserted
tred in the
that was
he might
RICH FARMER
SLAYS FOUR
Angered on Account of Be
Prosecuted He
Sought Kevenge.
mg
and to
,1 spoke
>ked ov
ir many
inflclence
his
dra
whom
ided tin
BLOOMINGTON, Ill., Feb.
I Thos. Baldwin, a rich farmer,
mbs 1 former merchant of Colfax, III.,
and killed today Chas. Kennedy
wife and Mrs. Sim Fisinan
lop.
il the stat
said Tiinv
; the Hap.
cent up m
"and wrilo ;
I am goin
loulder,
to an-
li no iv n
lie had
■ news-
28.—
and
shot
and
and
daughter. Cora. Baldwin was arrest
ed. Baldwin, who is 6S years old and
a widower, is under bond charged
with crime. Baldwin blamed the Ken-
nedys and Mrs. Fisinan for the prose
cution.
cd i want you
he original anil
■v will lie given
if Thaw’s law-
-f Thaw's stateme
r.vp It out until th
but w >uld
ifendant din
TRAIN WRECKED
hE THEN BURNED
>ewritten cojm
court. Attent
them by Th;
\v to his news
; him
K mr
imp.
tiv.
tat
The coun
fondant. One ot t
over, picked up th
eft the court roo
f. ’lowed by other
the stntoi
newspapo!
ac
hed
tily
try
lie copie;
ind That
have th
throughout tin* coun-
ud the original were
hen said he was con-
Lawyers Were
T >
counsel,
er they
element
.djournment
he j ONLY ONE MAN KILLED IN MOST
•cd REMARKABLE ACCIDENT.
PITTSBURG. Pa.. Feb. 28.—Train No.
4f* on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
running: 40 miles an hour, was wrecked
tonight at Indian Creek,. six miles east
nf Connellsville. Pa.
The engineer was killed and many pas-
st-n^urs injured. Fortunately, the train
left the rails to the left and was ditched
«at the foot of the mountains. To the
l ight was a 50-foot embankment and wa-
t**r. The wreckage took fire and the en-
tiro train, including the private car of
R<v\*.rr J. Finney, superintendent of the
Pittsburg: Division, was burned.
A long distance telephone mesage.to the
Associated Press says ir was one of the
most remarkable accidents on record. In
asmuch as only one person was killed.
It is said to be even more remarkable
• an the wreck of the Pennsylvania spe
cial on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Min
eral Point last Saturday morning:.
FOUR KILLED AND
HOUSE WRECKED
Feb. 28.—Bi
ll. nk<
fens.
■s indefii
will res
spent
r eight lot
;ng out of
Evan.- !>.
.'hiklren of
d. Mr. Tit
ter. h id the
in explosion
J. Tittle, his
o killed, and
were fatally
s a Baptist
n his house.
: in blowing
was totally
RED CROSS REMITTANCES TO
CHINESE FAMINE SUFFERERS.
WASHINGTi iN, Fe
This
nrk.
x.i mine pr
of Day's Work.
and for
e permitt
Sh inch:
entire r
be
7entral re!
finance
ban
!ttc e at
dministei
icf comm
—The Amer
ce forwarded
for the relief
f that coun-
loun: $40,000
5 of the mis-
i: Chinkiang
stored by the
Tills
thin
was received
irniug from Dr. Louis Klopsch. of
i Christian Herald, who in his le:-
of transniis-i.sn states to this date
» Red Cross has cabled to China, re-
f the famine sufferers $110,000
d has sh’pped to China $10 000 worth
flour nr.,1 7.500 barrels f wheat
lich w..s in most par: contributed.
CULPEPPER, Va., Feb. 28.—Mrs.
Edward L. Gaines, sister of Mrs. Viola
Bywaters, was the first witness called
by the defense this morning. She was
recalled to the stand to verify certain
points in her testimony given yester
day.
Jas. A. Strother, one of the two
brothers charged with the murder of
Wm. F. Bywaters, was next called. He
was permitted to tell his story with
only occasional questioning by his
chief counsel, John L. Jeffries.
"How did you regard Bywaters?”
he was asked.
• “He had always enjoyed our full
confidence,” he replied.
“We knew that Viola loved him and
regarded them as practically en
gaged.”
His story continued with a state
ment concerning the demand he made
on Bywaters to marry Viola, and By-
waters’ ready assent.
“I thought then that everything
would end all right, but after the cer-
j emony By waters became indifferent to
Viola an.] insolent to Mrs. Gaines.
! He seemed to think his obligation to
Viola was over when he married her.”
| Bywaters Became Abusive.
I The witness said Bywaters grew
! abusive when a demand was
j that he remain with Viola on the
night of the tragedy.
I “Did you insist on his remaining
! with vour sister?” asked Attorney
Jeffries..
“I certainly did,” answered the wit
ness.
“I realized that Viola was desper
ately ill and that it was Bywaters’
place, as her husband, to be with
her.”
“What did he reply?”
“Ho said, Jim Strother, I’m not
afraid of you."
At this juncture, the witness stated,
Mrs. Gaines said to Bvwaters: “Will
Bywaters, you are the lowest dog
alive.”
Edward L. Gaines, the witness said,
followed his wife’s reference to By
waters’ conduct, saying: “Bywaters,
you have violated every obligation of
an Odd Fellow and a man of honor.”
This so enraged By waters, the wit
ness said, that he tried to draw a
knife on Gaines.
“Bywaters,” he continued, “then
went up to Viola’s room, leaving
Gaines in the dining room.”
“What happened when you went to
your sister's room?” he was asked.
Fired at Fleeing Husband.
“I asked him what he intended to
do. I told him that we intended to
watch him to see that he did not get
away. He sprang from Viola's side,
tearing himself from her arms and
made a dash for the rear door. The
next I heard was a shot. Philip fired
at Bywaters as he ran down the
stairs."
Bywaters returned to the bedroom,
the witness stated, followed by Mr.
Gaines, who he added, prevented By
waters’ escape by the stairs. Bywa
ters ran across the room arid out the
window.
“Both Philip and I then opened fire
on Bywaters.”
“Did you fire on him while he was
in the room?” asked his counsel.
“We did not fire on him until he
had gotten out of the window.”
A pathetic interlude In the testimony
came when the defendant, after com
pleting his story of the tragedy, told
of his mother’s admonition to him on
her death bpd, “to always protect our
girls, Jim.”
Commonwealth Attorney Keith then
took the witness in hand for cross-ex-
amnation.
“When Bywaters re-entered your sis
ter’s room, after his attempt to escape
by the stairs, were you between him
and the window?" he asked.
"If you were in front of him why
didn’t you stop him?”
“I wasn't exactly in front of By
waters ” replied the defendant.
"As I have said, everything was in
confusion, and as far as I can remem
ber I was standing near the wall.”
“Why didn't you prevent Bywaters
from reaching the window?” asked Mr.
Keith.
“I didn’t hax'e time to think.” re
plied the defendant. “No man on earth,
standing where I was, could have
stopped him."
Bywaters Attempted to Escape.
Witness said he fired twice as By-
waters got through the window. It was
too dark to see whether they hit him
j or not.
| ’ “How many shots did your brother
Philip fire at this fleeing man?” queried
Mr. Keith.
“I don’t know," replied the witness,
“though I remember that he continued
to fire after he had run down stairs
intending to head Bvwaters off."
The balance of the cross-examination
: concerned certain minor points of the
i scene in the bedroom which the com
monwealth’s attorney wished to bring '
i out more clearly.
The defense next called Philip
Strother, the younger defendant. Ho I
was examined by R. Walton Moore, for
the defense. As to the shooting of |
Bvwaters. the witness stated that the j
first shot was fired bv himself as By- !
ters attempted to escape down the
rear stairway.
As to the exact position in which he :
stood when Bvwaters returned to the
bedroom with Mr. Gaines, the rec-M- '
lection of the witness was not clear.
He maintained, however, ‘hat his suc
ceeding shots were only fired because
he was convinced that Bywaters was
deserting his sister.
Murderous Attack by Dis
charged Negro—Skull
Fractured.
FITZGERALD, Ga., Feb. 28.—Yes
terday Mr. C. T. Lane, section boss of
the Seaboard Railroad at this place,
was attacked with a spade by one of
the negro section hands, and his skull
was fractured. He was taken to Ocilla,
the nearest place, where he was tre
phined and several pieces of bone re
moved from the head. He was brought
to his home in Fitzgerald last night and
it was thought that he would die. Di'.
Dorminy states that he is resting well
and will likely recover. The attack was
the result of some trouble between the
boss and the negro, and the negro was
discharged. The negro! has left for
parts unknown.
American Girl in China
Won Heart of Man in
Chicago
JAP CRUISERS SET
OUT FOR JAMESTOWN
THEY WERE GIVEN AN IMPRES
SIVE SEND OFF AT YOKO
HAMA, JAPAN
YOKOHAMA. Feb. 28.—The Japa
nese cruisers Tsukuba and Chitose
left at 11 o’clock this morning for
Jamestown, Va. They got an impres-
, sive send off. Naval Minister Vice
made Admiral Salto, Admirals, Togo, Ito,-
Inouye, the naval attache at the
American embassay, Consul General
Miller and local Japanese officials
were present upon the occasion.
The Emperor and Crown Prince
sent their special aides-de-camp with
a fafewell message to Admiral Adjuin
on the flagship Tsukuba. The pier,
which was decorated, was lined with
an interested but undemonstrative
crowd. The squadron was escorted
by the two torpedo boats with a naval
band on board to the mouth of Tokio
bay.
CHICAGO, Feb. 28.—The voice of
Cupid, calling 12,000 miles over land
and sea has been heeded by a Chicago
irl, who was teaching in a mission
school in Shanghai, China, and as the
result a courtship carried on by let
ter for over two years was followed
by a wedding in Chicago last night,
when Miss Flora LaFrienier, the
young woman in the romance, was
married to John D. Phillips, at the
residence of her father. F. M. LaFrie
nier. The ceremony was performed
by Dr. Nathaniel Butler, of the Uni
versity of Chicago, who is a Baptist
minister.
Miss LaFrienier gave up her posi
tion and traveled half way around the
world for the wedding. Miss LaFrie
nier went to China in January, 1905,
to take the position of kindergarten
teacher in Miss Jewell’s mission
school. Her pupils were the children
of English residents there.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips will leave to
day for Iroquois. S. D., where Mr.
Phillips has a ranch and where they
will reside.
GOVERNOR TO BE KEPT
BUSY ABOUT BULLARD
CHARLOTTE MILL MEN
CONFIDENT OT CAUSE
EVIDENCE OF THE ALIENS AD
MITTED OF COSTELLO'S
PROMISES TO THEM.
YACHT
SAVANNAH. Gn.. Feb. 28.—Tonight the
wireless station here was in communi
cation with the yacht Mayflower, lying
at Port Royal Naval Station, and haying:
aboard Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Newberry and party. The departure“\of
the yacht was delayed because of fog",
which made it undesirable to put out
during the night. The yacht will lea ^
at daylight tomorrow morning for
Charleston for coal and will likely then
proceed to Washington.
Urged by Brothers and Oth
ers to Give the Man
a Respite.
Batch of Current
Gate City News
S.—Pat and Mnlly
•s .if J. lin Bul-
ATLANTA, Fob.
Bullard, two broth
lard, who is sentenced to
at Marietta tomorrow for
of his daughter, were at
Terrell's office this mornin
cede in his behalf. Among
M. K. Phillips, of Bremen, Hon
Griffith, former Representative
Haralson County. \V. D. Upshaiv,
lisher of the Golden Age. anil R
BURNED TO DEATH
11 ben mu corny
FITZGERALD. Ga., Fel). 28.—While
temporary absent from a log fire which
he was looking after yesterday afternoon,
Mr. ' c. A. Fussell’s 3-year-old. son. in
some way was burned so seriously that
he died. His father dill not know that
the boy was anywhere tibout the fire
when he left, and although absent for
but a few minutes, it was long enough
for the accident to occur. The family
live near Evergreen, in this county.
JAMESTOWN .DESIGN ON
NEW POSTAGE STAMPS
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28.—Postmas
ter-General Cortelyou today approved
the design for a one cent postage
stamp, which is to be of the series of
stamps commemorative of the James
town Exposition. The denominations
of the stamps will be one cent and
two cent. The design for the latter
was approved by the Postmaster-
MAY TRANSFER CONTROL
QUARANTINE STATION
NEW ORLEANS. La.. Feb.’ 28.—Ship
owners here have launched a movement
to bring about a transfer of the- quaran
tine station for this port from State
to Federal control. They say quaran
tine stations in Alabama. Florida and
South Carolina. States which have com
peting ports, are under Federal jurisdlc-
•tion. It is contended that with the New
Orleans station under State control, a
uniform quarantine cannot be main
tained.
GREENSBORO. X. C., Feb. 2S.—Al
though the Government introduced a
number of witnesses today and a con
siderable amount of testimony was ad
duced in the case against the Char
lotte mill men who are being tried in
United States Circuit Court for al
leged violations of the immigration
act. the defendants ore tonight more
confident than ever of victory.
Judge Boyd today admitted the
stories of the aliens and the promises
made them by T. M. Costello, the im
migration agent, as evidence that the
offense had been committed, but not as
evidence against Edward A. Smith and
Sumner B. Sargent, the defendants in ; L. Motley
the test case now being tried. Ten or ! offi-t- to u
more of the aliens who came over in 1 respite for
August, 1906, to labor in the Charlotte ! month,
cotton mills, and about whom the suits ' 1 “ e principal ground
were brought, testified today that Cos- the request for respite
tello, the agent of the defendants, pre- i that ot humanity, it be
paid their transportation from Balton, I Bullards condition is
England, to Charlotte, N. C., after per
suading them by false promises of big
wages to come. The Government will
probably rest its case the first of next
week, when the defendants will offer
a motion to non-suit. Counsel for the
mill owners contend that the Govern
ment is not entitled to recover the
hanged
mu tiler
jvernor
inter-
ers Dr.
n. Ed.
front
i', pub-
v. R.
al
) visited the Governor s
ro that Bullard be given a
two or three weeks or a
upon which
was put was
tg stated that
■lich that ne
will die front consumption within the
next few' weeks. Governor Terrel!
told them, however, that under the
present circumstances in the ease he
did not feel justified in interfering.
He stated he did not well see how ho
could do so unless a respite was rec
ommended by the judge and solieitor-
$71,000 for several reasons. Among oth
er things, it is alleged that there were
not skilled laborers unemployed in this
country, that Costello had been ap
pointed the immigration agent of North
Carolina and was not the agent of the
defendants, and that there was no un
lawful agreement to violate the law—a
necessary element of the offense
charged.
The test case now being tried, in
which able counsel are contesting every
point, will determine all of the eases.
Besides the cix'Il suits, the mill owners
have been indicted for conspiracy.
Thirty of the aliens are here to tes
tify.
tin
case. So far
that effect has
them. Further
:i Bullard's be-
general wlin
ijo recommendation t.
come from either of
•efforts will be made
half and there is no doubt that the
Governor will be kept busy with the
case right up to iho hour at which it
is expected that Bullard will go to the
gallows.
LOST ENGAGEMENT RING
AND COMMITTED SUICIDE
LEXINGTON. Ky.. Feb. 2S.—Because
he lost the engagement ring of Forest
Hall and Miss Kate Goddard, Barney
Goodwin committed suicide today, drink
ing carbolic acid. Goodwin came hero
from Chattanooga, Tenn.
E TRAGEDY AT
BRUNSWICK, GA.
BANGS IN TROUBLE
CONTRACTOR ABANDONED CON
TRACT WHEN THE WORK
WAS HALF COMPLETED.
LILIAN DAVENPORT! ACTRESS,
KILLED, AND W. H. BROWN,
BARTENDER, WOUNDED.
ATLANTA, Ga.. Feb. 2S.—Lilian Da
venport was shot and almost instantly
killed and TV. H. Brown, a bartender,
was probably fatally wounded late 1
night at Windsor Park, this city.
The
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—On the
recommendation of Lieut. Col. Marshall,
corps of engineers, in charge of Gov
ernment engineering works in the vi
cinity of New York city, Gen. Macken
zie, chief of engineers, has annulled the
contract with Anson M. Bangs, as the | the tim
successor of the firm of Hughes Bros.
fk --Bangs. for dredging a forty-foot
channel off Red Hook and Bay Ridge,
New York Harbor, because of delin
quencies in the work. Under the terms
of the contract twenty-two million cu
bic yards of material were to be ex
cavated from the channel at the rite
of ten cents a yard. When the work
was about half completed the con
tractors suspended operations, and rr-
Terrell Will Appoint Bacon.
ATLANTA, Feb. 28.—Governor Ter
rell will appoint Senator A. O. Baron
to succeed himself for the interim
term between March 4 and the meet
ing of the General Assembly in June,
at which he will be elected United
States Senator for apother term of six
years. It is expected That the ap
pointment will be made tomorrow.
Governor Terrell lias been«In corre
spondent with Senator Racon regard
ing the matter, and there seems to he
no reason why the appointment should
not be made. Tf there is any question
about it. it will, of course, be up to
the United States Senate to .settle the
matter.
Died From Lack of Morphine.
ATLANTA. Feb. 28.—The verdict of
the coroner's jury today in the case of
Til'S. E. W. Pcltus was that she died
rather from the lack of morphine than
from having too much of it. Several
physician testified that Mrs. Pettus
had been addicted to the use of mor
phine, and the probability was that
if the necessary amount of it had been
given her, she would have been alive
today Just why Pettus ran away at
of the coroner’s inquest is
till very much of a mystery, unless
he explanation bo in the statement
n be
de before the
the
jury today that he has ;
living at Bay Beach, N. J
donee tending to show this fa
introduced.
wif.'
me
General several davs ago. The stamps I tie Theater, is charged with the double
• 1 crime, which he denies. Windsor Park-
will be rectangular in form, the one
cent being green in color and the two
cent carmine. The one cent stamp
will bear a vignett of Captain John
Smith and the dates of his birth and
death. 1580 and 1631. In the upper
left hand corner will be a profile of
Pocahontas, and in the upper right
hand corner, a profile of Powhatan.
Tile two cent stamp will bear a fine
engraving of the landing of the first
settlers at Jamestown. The stamps
will be placed on sale at postoffices
throughout the United States on
April 26, the date of the opening of
the Jamestown Exposition.
woman’s husband, manager of the Ma.ies- j pjoved all -heir dredging apparatus
having realized that their rates wei
is an amusement resort near the city, and
it was to this place that Brown and the
actress went last night’. They were
seated on a bench In a secluded spot when
they were surprised.
RONALDSON BROWN A
NATIVE OF AMERICUS
HENRY R. JOHNSON SHOT
HIMSELF THROUGH FOOT
AMERICUS, Ga., Feb. 2S.—While
shooting doves near Americus this
morning Henry R. Johnson, a promi
nent merchant, was shot through the
foot. Johnson was resting the muzzle
of his gun upon the toe of his boot
when the piece was accidentally dis
charged, producing a bad wound.
ONE OF PLACES RESERVED
FOR NEGRO IS OFF LIST.
AMERICUS, Ga., Feb. 2S.—Ronald-
son Brown, who was shot and mor
tally wounded at Brunswick last
night, was a native of Americus and
brother of Joseph Brown, a promi
nent caterer here, who left imme
diately for Brunswick to attend the
dying man. Particulars of the shoot
ing are not known here yet.
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS
NAME STATE TICKET
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—The nom
ination by the President of Amos Smith
to be surveyor of customs at Cincin
nati removes from the list one of the
places to which the President still has
under consideration the question of
giving some well-known negro an of
fice ill Ohio. i
U. S. SENATE ACCEPTS
INVITATION TO JAMESTOWN
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2$.—The Senate
today agreed to a joint resolution accept
ing with the House the invitation to at
tend the opening or the Jamestown Ter
centennial Exposition. It provides that
10 Senators and 15 representatives shall
be appointed to represent tiie Fifty-ninth
CongTess on this occasion.
Funeral of John R. Shaw.
AMERICUS. Ga.. Feb. 28.—The fu
neral of John R. Shaw, of Atlanta,
was conducted here this afternoon,
the interment being in Oakgrove
cemetery. A vast concourse attend
ed the obsequies, the deceased having
resided for thirty years in Amreicus
as a prominent merchant prior to re
moving to Atlanta six years ago
FLINT. Mich.. Feb. 28.—The Demo
cratic State Convention, this afternoon,
placed in nomination the following ticket:
Justices of tile Supreme Court, George H.
Stone, of Ithaca, and John R. Carr, of
Cassopolis; regents of the University of
Michigan, Woodbridge N. Ferris, of Big
Rapids, and Judge Henry A. Harmon, of
Detroit: member of the State Board of
Education. Stanley E. Parkhil. of
Owosso.
The resolutions adopted were in favor
of non-partisan Judiciary elections, direct
popular nominations of United States
Senators. Congressmen and all State and
Municipal officials: demanded that the
Legislature provide for non-partisan dele
gates to the proposed constitutional con
vention, favored the initiative and refer
endum. and demanded that the Legisla
ture enact a law empowering municipal
ities to own and operate all public utili
ties within their limits, if they desire to
do so. The resolutions condemn factional
fights and partisan controversies in the
selection of the regents of the University,
thus taking a fling at the Republicans,
the recent Republican convention at
Grand Rapids having developed a fight
in which Governor Warner's influence was
largely instrumental in defeating Levi L.
Barbour, of Detroit, for renomination as
regent and nominating in his place Frank
B. Leland. a Detroit attorney.
The resolutions contemplate a radical
extension of the primary elections sys-
| tern.
The existing law. adopted largely, as an
! experiment, provides for primary nomi- j
I nations only for Governor and Lieuten- j
i ar.t Governor. Other State officials are j
nominated in convention.
two low, and they were losing money
on the contract. Mr. Bangs was as
sociated w'th Mr. William J. Oliver in
his original bid for furnishing labor
for the Panama canal, but was com
pelled to withhdraw from the firm be
cause of his alleged delinquency in
Government work.
Mr. Bangs will be held account' ole
for any extra expense which may he
involved in the completion of the work.
WANT CONTINUOUS FREIGHT
RATES OVER M„ D. & S.
Will Issue Additional Bonds.
ATLANTA, Feb. 28.—The Seaboard
Air Line and the Atlanta and Bir
mingham Air lone, whieh is the Sea
board’s line from Atlanta to Birming
ham. today filed a statement with the
Secretary of State under which they
declared" their purpose to issue an ad
ditional $150,000 of the bonds which
were authorized by the directors of the
company last year. The total issue
was $10,000,000. of which $5,760,000
have been issued. The remaining $4.-
000,000 will be issued in the future at
the rate, of not exceeding $3,000 per
mile.
Railroad Surrendered Charter.
ATLANTA. Feb. 2S.—The Fitzger
ald, Ocmulgee and Red Bluff Railroad
ATLANTA, Feb. 28.—A petition Company today filed a paper with
from the people of Jeffersonville has j Secretary of Stare Philip Cook sur-
been brought before the Railroad j rendering the rights which it had
Commission asking continuous freight j acquired under Its charter. The corn-
rates over the Macon, Dublin and Sa
vannah and the Seaboard Air Line
railways.
Action on the matter was deferred
by the commission until a decision is
heard from the Supreme Court on the
Yv’adney Southern case, which is
pending, and whiqh involves a claim
parallel to that being made by the
town of Jeffersonville.
MACON PRESBYTERY
To Convene in Columbus, Georgia,
April 16.
COLUMBUS, Oa.. Feb. 28.—The
springs ession of the MaconPresbytery
will meet at the First Presbyterian
church in Columbus on Tuesday even
ing. April 16 and the meeting will last
several days. It seems probable that
Dr. I. S. McElroy, pastor of that
church, will be moderator of the ses
sion.
TENNESSEE HORSEMEN MAY
HAVE TRACK IN GEORGIA
CHATTANOOGA. Feb. 28.—Several
horsemen, temporarily out of business
at Nashville and Memphis by legisla
tion prohibiting racing in Tennessee,
are here planning to establish a race
track just across the Georgia line,
five miles away.
pany had failed to comply with the
law which requires that fifteen miies
of thf proposed line shall be built and
in operation within two years from
the granting of the charter, and in the
event of failure it must be surren
dered. Among the incorporators were
J. W. Garbutt. F. J. Garbutt, B. J.
Rciil and others.
GOVERNOR TERRELL
APPOINTED BACON
ATLANTA. Ga.. Feb. 28.—Governor
Terrell today appointed Senator A. O.
Bacon United States Senator for the ad
interim term between Mareb 4th and the
meeting of the Legislature next June,
when he will be elected for another full
term.
SCHEDULE OF NAVV
BASEBALL GAMES
TOM HARRIS CONVICTED
OF MURDER OF MRS. MORGAN
Trivial Evidence of Unsound Mind.
Dr. Evans went in: > lor.g , xpla
»;:.»n of the rcas n for his theor
OAKLAWN JOCKEY CLUB
WILL TEST THE AMIS LAW
HOT SPRINGS. Ar
todai
if unsound mind, in
w: s suing,
juid the fact,'
t.ry in A New Tribe,
r, av.'.t. Dr. Evan.- COLU MBUS. Ga.. Feb. 28.—A new
he letter was ad- tribe of the Improved Order of R d
! w.mso hand the Men. making the fifth h" Columbus
and vicinity, is to he organized in
usked Mr. Jerome, Girard, with 50 members to begin with.
COLUMBIA. S. C.. Feb. 28.—A special
to The State from Gaffney says:
The jury in the Tom Harris case, alias
Tom Childress, the NorF' Carolinian, who
•’or.fessed th- murder of Mrs. Hort-msln
Morgan, today, after deliberating less
than an hour, rendered a verdict of guilty
of murder without recommendation ta the
mercy of tiie court. Judge Aldrich ar
• •nee sentenced him to be iiang.-d o:i
March 28th... If there is no interference
with this sertence. it will be : le* firs:
hanging'that has ever occurred in C!:cr-
oI “c County.
Harris was charged with killing a Mrs.
Morgan.
Seriously
COLUMBUS. Oa.. F
man Pease one of :r
chants of c-'”-
pneumonia.
III.
. 28.—J. Nor-
lending ner-
New Cocks at State Sanitarium.
MILLEDGEYILLE. Ga., Feb. 28.—
Th-.- State Sanitarium has recently
made some changes in it- culinary de
partment that seem to give entire sat
isfaction to all parties concerned, of
ficial. attendant, patient and every
one else in any way interested. Five
first-class e-oiks have been imported
from up North somewhere, and what
they don't know about fixing up things
to eat must have b“en left out of the
book. The “ch Mr. D. J. Sullivan.
Is from Manhattan Slate Insane Hos
pital. XVurd? Island. N. Ah. where he
served in a simi! t capacity. The four
head cooks ivh • serve under him arc-:
J. J. Sullivan. Th >mas Muilhoiland, Mr.
Bre. ke. Mr. Augostein.
Chef D. J. Sullivan superintends all
the kitchens. It is sa‘d lie can rake a
;•’»(■■- "f hncon ind a qu irt of peas and
tv: y.-ur order for anything front oyster
fries to turtle soup.
EX-COTTON KING SULLY
MEXICO WILL PARTICIPATE IN
JAMESTOWN NAVAL DISPLAY
NORFOLK. Feb. 28.—Mexico will
participate officially in the naval fea
ture of the coming Jamestown Expo
sition by the sending to Hampton
Roads in July for a stay of ten days
or two weeks of two Mexican train
ing ships bearing some thirty or more
IN CRITICAL CONDITION ! voung naval officers
NE1Y YORK. Feb. 2 s .—At the home of
Pnniol Sully, the broker, who i= ill with
condition is serious. He revived some
what last night when oxygen was admin
istered.
GOV. BLANCHARD DECLINED
TO APPOINT COMMISSION
BATON ROUGE. I.
or Blanchard todav
as declined to anpo
hree f:om Louisiana
uestion. Th- “tigge
lev. John K. White.
innouni
28.—Cover
ed that he
nt a commission or
to study the race
stion was made by
of Atlanta.
Mr. J. Norman Pease Dead.
COLUMBUS, Ga.. Feb. 2S.—J. Nor
man Pease, one of the most prominent
merchants and best known citizens of
Columbus, died today after a short
illness of pneumonia His book and
stationery business, which was found
ed a half century ago by his father,
the late J. W. Pease, is one of. the
best known establishments of Its kind
in the State. Mr. Pease is survived
bv a wife and nine children.
ANNAPOLIS, Md„ Feb. 28.—Man-
j ager G. E. Hugh has completed the
! schedule of games of the naval iicad-
; emy baseball team for the coming sea-
j son". All of the games will be played
I at Annapolis except the one with the
West Point endetr, which will he
; played at West. Point. The schedule
• follows:
March 23. St. John's College: March
I 27, Columbia: March 28, Yale; March
j 30, Cornell: April 6. Gallauda: April
' 10. Virginia Military Institute; April
j 11, Dartmouth; April 13, LaFayette;
| April 18, Harvard: April 20, Johns
I Hopkins University: April 24. Uniy r-
; sity of Georgia: April 25, St. John’s
• College: April 27. Maryland Athletic
’ club: May 1, North Carolina A. and
M. College; May 2. Randolph-MaconTV
. May 4. WalJbrook Athletic Club; May
8 University of Pennsylvania! May 9,
; Washington and Lee: May 11, Dickin
son; May IS, West Point.
ARTHUR MOBLEY CAUGHT.
Mrs Benson Dies at 94.
COLUMBUS. Ga.. Feb. 28.—Tele
grams announce the rle3th of Mrs.
Nancy Benson, formerly of this city,
at Sanford, Fla., at the ripe old age of j
94 years. -.
PIQT'A. O.. Feb. 28.—Amy Roekhold. a
Virginia skive. 102 years old. who died
today, remembered many stirring inr;-
dents of the War of 1812 when she nursed
many wounded and tattered American
soldiers.
Negro Who Killed .Bud Walsh in Ben
Hill County.
FITZGERALD, Ga.. Feb. 2S.—Sheriff
: Fountain ’his. received a message front
Lakeland. Fla.; that the police had cap
tured Arthur Mobley, who killed Bud
Walsh sometime ago. and for whom Gov
ernor Terrell had offered a reward for his
capture. The Bheriff wired for the mas
io be brought here.
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