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6 THE TWICE- A-WEEK TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, MAROH 8, 1907. TRAVELING SALESMEN TION CASE SHOW IH COURT FOR ^-RESIDENT WASHINGTON. March 7.—E. H. HaTimar.. the railroad magnate. who hap hern in Washington since last Friday, tonir.-.t granted a farewell In terview to 15 naw'nnper man. an num, ing a: the time that he will return to New York tomorrow and stop talking for publl itton. Mr. Har- rirr.an discussed transportation prob lems. railroad legislation, the tariff. _ the currency Question, the attitutde of ! Tf the public toward the railroad corpo rations and the probability of a panic 1n the future. “I notice that the afternoon papers say that the New York Central hold ings and the old W&ssennan pool in the Rending Railway were taksn over last night. This Is not true. I have not purchased a single share of rail- rood stock since I have been In Wash ington.” He refused to answer the direct Question as to whether he had secured Control of the Reading. A" to the currency and the tariff, Mr. Harrfman said: Hard Times May Come Again, "I think that the currency and fftrilt questions should be settled In a more definite way before Congress and the present administration devote so much precious time to regulating the rail roads. The Interests of the country demand that there should be some definition of the tariff, but I fear that the prospect for such legislation Is not very encouraging. The United States will not always enjoy the prosperity that has prevailed during the last de cade. Hard times will certainly come again unless Congress and the people change their tactics toward the rail roads and corporate interests.” As an argument against the ten dency for a wholesale reduction In railroad rates. Mr. Harrlman called attention to the increased cost of everything that enters In the main tenance of railroads. "Even money Is higher." he said, "than it has been at any time in the last fen years. This is Just the same to the railroads as if the oost of labor and material is raised.” Admitting that the railroads to a great oxtent are responsible for the hostile movement that is now sweep ing over the entire country. Mr. Har rlman said that the only way to solve the problem was for the Government . and the great corporate interests to get Into closer harmony and to try to . tiring about a solution that would be to the Interests of the Government $md the railroads a a well. Mr. Harrlman commended the HtAfid taken by President Roosevelt In a recent message to Congress when he advocated a "reciprocal agreement” between the Government and the rail roads. ‘It was a vary bold and cour ageous stand for the President to take.” said the railroad magnate, "and the only thing for the adminis tration to do Is to give us a law that will legalize our combines.” .. March 6.—In large number f nr.tendents. oth- saJesmen. Gov. Introc iced as a efore I GREENSBORO. N. } addition to c.'.aminir.g j cotton mill owners. j i:i I er officers and travel! I 1l. B Glenn was witness for the defend mt? n t su.'.fc Kga'.:.it Bdw.rJ A S , tier B. Sargent, the Charlotte I charged wltn violations of the : lion laws, which are helr.g ti i Judge Boyd. In the United Staler cir Court. <’■ veroo: file:;", wa ur. ' ■ ; but a few minutes, und was not o r -..- s _ , examined by c'-raal for rh* O 'verr.rr.- I The Governor staled ; ..it he had ret .v--i visit from the two defendants and omas M. Costello. At the request of these gentlemen he commissioned Mr. Costello iTTimiprH.-.t .-.ger.- for rh- Slate of North Carol.r.a H- r.ls i I <■ \ snendence he b«d with the imrr.igrari an f.ff.oi..:s. notify:: a th-m of ; , appoint ment of Mr. Costello. Twenty-nine wit nesses for the defendants were on the stand during the day. and this afternoon tin da the d f n ! * • t» ’ ■ i.-< strong* r •>. n ever. Among those who gave evidence today were many prominent cotton mil! man from every section of the South and traveling salesmen from every section of the Union. They all said that during the year 1906. there was a great scarcity of cotton mill operatives In every section of the country, varying In different locali ties from 10 to 35 per cent short of the number actually necessary to keep all of who late this afternoon decided that Sheriff O’Neil! had not shown due diligence In producing Reuf for trial and appointed Coroner Walsh to serve a bench warrant for Reufs appearance in court. The coroner was ordered to make a return of service tomorrow afternoon. the machinery In operation. WOMEN AGITATORS RELEASED IN ENGLAND, LONDON, March 6.—The woman ' suffragists, by Insisting upon martyr dom, are placing the authorites in an i embarrassing positon. Mrs. Dospard, a sister of Gen. French, and several •of her fellow agitators, were released from prison today after a term of con finement for participation in the recent agitation at the House of Commons. James Keir-Hardle, M. P„ who has a reputation for eccentricity, presided to day at a public breakfast given in hon or of these women. . Several of the suffragists delivered speeches in which they announced their purpose of forc ing the authorities to keep them in prison by commiuing breaches of the peace whenever tiiiY opportunity offer ed, until such time as suffrage legis lation is enacted. Since the Eritsih law s no respecter of persons these women of refinement have shared the prison life of the com mon criminals of their sex. and the regime of English prisons is remark ably severe. The question of woman suffrage will come up'before the House of Commons next Friday and prepara tions are being made for another dem onstratlon on that day. I PITTSBURG, Pa., March 7.—Judge Nathaniel Ewing, of the United States Circuit Court, filed an opinion today to the effect that if non-residents are to enter suits in the future against American companies there will have to be farther treaties made between this and foreign countries. Mayer Zeiger, a citizen of Zenta. Hungary, entered suit against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for $50,000 dam ages as the result of the death of George Zeiger, the sole support of the plaintiff, who was killed In a wreck on the Pennsylvania Railroad at Harris burg on May 11, 1905, in which a score of persons lost their lives. Judge Ewing said: “We cannot legislate for perosns be yond our jurisdiction. When the law intends to concede to non-resident aliens the rights which our own citi zens have under and by virtue of the act of April 26, 1855, it will say soi* We have a number of statutes which expressly confer rights upon aliens, but none which confers them by im plication or inference.” The court says that the courts of the United States cannot look after the interests of other than its own citizens, and that the only way an alien can use our courts is through . — - - treaty between this and the other that during the -day one of Reufs at- JUKE DIMES REUF IS HRJ HIGH SAN FRANCISCO, March 7.—Attor ney Abraham Reuf, jointly Indicted with Mayor Eugene Schmitz -on charges of extorting money from keep ers of French restaurants, is tonight I according to superior Judge Dunne, | train plunged over a twenty-five-foot NINE INJURED WHEN TRAIN MADE PLUNGE WARREN, Pa., March 7.—Train No. 33, on the Western New York and Pennsylvania division of the PennsyJ^ vania Railroad, was wrecked tonight between Irvineton and this place. The embankment and nine persons were injured, none fatally. The train was : running behind a freight from Irvine ton to Warren, and when three-quar- I ters of a mile from Warren, the freight ran onto a siding to allow the pas- 1 senger train to pass. After the freight ; was on the siding the passenger etart- After two adjournments had been j ed through the switch, which is set taken today. Assistant District Attor ney Francis Heney presented to Judge Dunne a lengthy affidavit signed by himself in' which he asserted the al leged facts: That Sheriff O’Neill is a close personal friend of Reufs; taht Reuf “recognized as the political boss of San Francisco” had procured O’Neill’s nomination and assured his election, and that consequently O’Noid was under obligations to Reuf, unfitt ing O’Neill to serve as the arresting officer. Similar assertions were made regarding the sheriffs deputies, who it ’ was alleged, had been named by Reuf. Assistant District Attorney Henry also stated that he had been informed GOES 001 EXISTENCE OXFORD. Ala., March 7.—Hobson Cit>* the only town governed exclu sively by negroes in the South, has gx>ne out of existence with the passage of an act by the legislature making it a part of Oxford, he town was lo cated ten years ago and had at one time a population of 1,000. In recent years it has languished and there is little of the original town left. WAS IT WALTER T. COLQUITT? from a tower about a quarter of a mile away. The switch was not entirely closed, and two cars were thrown from the rails and down an embankment into a pond. Near the railroad track runs a pipe line of the Pennsylvania Gas Company, carrying two hundred pounds pressure. This pipe line was broken and the coaches filled with nat ural gas. There were four passengers in-the rear coach which was turned completely over, and they had a nar- , , .... , , . row escape from suffocation by gas I s0 overwhelmingly outclassed bj the fumes. Had the lamps in the coaches i brains in an unmentionable part of his been lighted an explosion would have Mr. Louis Pendleton, Who is Writing • History of Stephens, Thinks it. Was He Who Threatened to Swallow Alex. To the Editor of The Telegraph: I have been interested in the discus sion in your correspondence .columns of the identity of the man who threat ened to swallow Alexander Stephens, and who refrained on being curtly in formed that after that operation the handful of brains in his noddle would countries which have never yet been made, governing just such happenings as the one Involved in this suit. Depew Denies Sale of Holdings, WASHINGTON. March 6.—Senator C. M. Depew, upon Tils return to Washington, tonight from New York, denied that the New York Central had sold its holdings in the Reading to E. H. Harrlman. EXILES MAT GO FREE ST. PETERSBI’RG. March 6.—The pre sentation by the Lower House of Parlia ment fit' a unanimous petition for amnesty for nil political offenders except those guilty of actual murder, probably will re sult from a conference of the Conserva tive Deputies ledd tonight. At this meet ing It was decided to support any request made by the Liberal membors of the House for the pardon of all persons im prisoned or exiled for revolutionary agi tation or propaganda whose hands were not actually stained with blood. The Radicals desire to make this demand In clude those guilty of murder, but In order to secure a unanimous vote they will con sent to a separation of the two classes and present an appeal for the Terrorists as a separate motion. The Central Commission Of the Agri cultural Department also held an import ant meeting today to hear the report of M. Golovin. President of tho Lower House, on his audience with Emperor Nicholas today. The Emperor’s cordial reception of M. Golovin, and his devia tion of good will toward Parliament, created an excellent Impression on the central committee and dispelled the lin gering fears that the governing body was seeking only a good opportunity to dis perse this second Parliament and rule the country until a successor be brought to gether. PRESIDENT CASTRO IS SPEEDILY RECOVERING. CARACAS, March 3. Via San Juan, P. R.. March 7.—The wounds from the last operation performed upon Presi dent Castro hayp healed, and with the permission of all his doctors he sat up today for a brief time. Unless un foreseen compllcnti.-ns occur. It Is pre dicted that the President will teturn to Caracas within a month. This does not mean, however, that he will com pletely recover, for It is certain that President Castro never will be the same man again. His disease had reached a stage where death follows only by the alow destruction of the tissues and ev ery authoritative source unites in the statement that the immediate danger Is over. Important administration changes are promised when President Castro returns to Caracas. This means those ministers who acted upon the as- oumption that President Castro would (lie will he made after all to give an account of their husbandry. The influence of Senora Castro al ways has been exercised toward bring ing about a reconciliation between her husband and Vice President Gomez. The situation, however, required Senor Rivas, whose bold accusations of in trigue convinced President Castro of the Vice President’s sincerity and the reconciliation speedily was effected. CAPT, THOS. H. FRIERSON DIED FROM APOPLEXY. BUTLER, Ga., March 8.—Capt. Thomas Frierson, one of the most prominent citizen of this place, died at his home here last night at 11 o’clock. Several months ago CapL Frierson had a stroke of apoplexy, but had seemingly recovered from this attack, when, a few days ago he had a similar attack, and from this he rallied, only for short Intervals. He was born at Athens, Ga., where his two sisters. Misses Sarah and Mary Ann Frierson, reside,, the former of whom has been librarian of (the Uni versity of Georgia library for many years. Both of his sisters were at his bedside at the time of his death. He leaves an interesting family, and is. survived by his wife, and several grown children. They are Mrs. James Hall, of Macon; Mrs. H. P. Wallace and Mrs. Clyde Bateman, of 'Butler; and his sons are Messrs Robert, Herbert and Flem Frierson. . Capt. Frierson went to the front In the Civil War with the Athens Guard, afterwards Company K, of the Third Georgia regiment, which company he served as captain, and besides the part he took in many sanguinary battles, fought with gallant distinction at Get tysburg, in which great battle all of his company were killed except three. He came to Butler about thirty* three years ago. where he has since resided, during which time he has held many positions of trust and honor. He was for years the cashier of the Bank of Butler. Many years ago he was tax-receiver for this county, and was Mayor of Butler for more than one term. He was a Mason and a Knight of Honor. JAPANESE WAR LOAN TO BE FLOATED IN FRANCE. PARIS. March 7.—The credit Lyon nais is to handle the largest portion of that half of the Japanese conversion . loan of $115,000,000 alloted to France, j.Dunne so ordered. The loan will be issued at five per cent, and the issue price will be 99, 99%. As Japan is expending large sums in Europe for war ships and other war material, a number of the French firms during the negotiations concerning the placing of this loan here, tried an agreement by which they should receive a proportion of of these Japanese oredrs, but whether or not they succeeded has not yet been known. torneys had applied to the district court of appeals for a writ of prohi bition, declaring at the same time that if this writ was granted the missing attorney would be produced. For these and other similar reasons, Henry asked that Sheriff O’Neill be replaced by Coroner Walsh as the officer delegated to produce Reuf in court, and Judge taken place. Nearly every rasseriger on the train was bruised and several were taken to the hospital here for treatment. JUDGE GESUiES IGIESS: BLUE LAWS OF 2,500 B. C. From the Chicago Inter-Oeean. The members of the Bartzen graft investigating committee and the agita tors for a strict enforcement of the Sunday closing laws were probably too i busy yesterday to pay a visit to the ' opening session of Professor George E. Vincent’s cla=s in sociology at the Uni anatomy. I have found no written record set tling the question, but in my forthcom ing volume on Stephens for the Ameri can Crisis Biography Series, the man uscript of which was delivered to the publisher on the last day of 1906, I relied on the statement of Georgians I the equinoxies. who knew Stephens personally that Judge Walter T. Colquitt was the man. and that the incident occurred during the Congressional campaign of 1843. I also noted in the manuscript that "Stephen’s quickness of wit and origi nality of method are not rendered any less marked by the fact that his fa vorite Scott had long before caused the dwarf in ‘Kenilworth' to make varsity of Chicago. But if they had they might have obtained a few inter- i J t „ „ j;a• _„_j__a j _ i-1-, - v •] m I virtuallv the sumo retort to s. ditions projected upon a background of i j,onoen Elian h*th's THE SEISMS ^ As the month proceeds the retreat of winter before the northward advancing V. sun becomes a rout. Bluster as he may. he must go. and stand not on the order of his going. On an average of the month the sun each day stands higher in the sky at noon by a measure equal to about two-thirds of his own disc. On March 21 at 1 p. m. the sun will reach the equator, and winter must literally get off the earth. Everywhere days and nights will be of equal length, and at either pole the sun will just Show above the horizon, at one the sunset beginning six months of night and at the other the sunrise of an equally long day. As the sun shines steadily on age upon age. regardless o*. the gyrations of the little spinning eareh 90,000,000 miies away, the latter always must have one-half its surface, and no more. Illuminated. It is evident also that at one point on the earth’s surface, the, center of the Illuminated half, the sun-* must appear in the zenith. Also it must appear east of half, west of half, north of half, and south of half the illuminated portion. Where the sun is In the zenith, there for the moment It is noon. At the eastern edge of the illuminated portion is sunset: at the western the sun is rising. This condi tion is constant, but tho center of illumination Is forever shifting, moving constantly westward at rates varying at from less htan a mile a day at the solstices to thirty-five miles a day at As the surface of a hemisphere is twice that of a circular plane having the same diameter, it is obvious that the illuminated half of the earth re ceives only half as much light and heat as it would if it were spread out flat. This heat, too. is very unevenly distributed. The surface immediately . overhung by the sun’s disc is snhall, \ tlons projected upon a background of I forty centuries. Professor Vincent told a few inci- j dents taken from the happenings in | persecutor during Queen Elizabeth’s visit to the Earl of Leicester’s country seat.” Doubtless a parallel, or more or less of a parallel, of the incident B’abvlon about 2.500 B. C. to illustrate b ® ~ d that laws are not always SECRETARY TAFT MAY PERMIT COCK FIGHTING IN CUBA WASHINGTON. March 6.—One of the questions that will probably confront Sec retary Taft upon his arrival in Cuba in the course of a few weeks will be the propriety and policy of abrogating Gover- "° r „ to "the” order and “so ~dld“ the "defend- JACKSON, Ky„ March 6.—Judge Carnes entered an order today direct ing that the cases of the Common wealth vs. James Hargis. Elbert Har gis, John Smith and John Abner, be transferred to Elliott county, in the Thirty-Second Judicial District. The Commonwealth waived an exception even among the records of the an cients. The persistent connection of Toombs i into space.. the fact obeyed. “A few centuries hence,” said the ndav eincincr lows ! poll.ically, except in Georgia s secession I what u being about equal in area to Westches ter County. This small surface receives practically the same rays which would fall upon a flat surface but all the rest of the illuminated portion receives less and less, until at the edge the sun ap pears at the horizon and here only a feeble fraction of his rays are received. I the rest passing over our heads and off with the incident is surprising, for Ste cock fighting in Cuba. An overwhelming majority of Cubans themselves demand an ts. The change of venue was I may find* the Sunday closing laws i there, and draw conclusions. They will probably be at fault, but it will not be ; their fault.” I For some of the “blue laws’’ of the | ancient students were referred to the “code of Hammurabi.” which was in the right to fight their chickens as they granted on motion of the Commo- j about 2 500 B’ C and which has have done for many years, even since the wealth’s attorney. while Attorney application of the Wood decree though Young, for the defense, favored the just recently been t.amslated bj Pro- the sport has been necessarily conducted clandestinely. Probably Secretary Taft will adopt the expedient of permitting cock fighting out side of Havana and the larger Cuban cities just as he did in the Philippines to the satisfaction of natives and their em ployes. action’personally but for the sake of ! Harper of the ELECTIONS FOR TESTING NEW CUBAN ELECTION LAW. his client wanted the trial held here. Judge Carnes said: "In view of all the facts and what I know. I am convinced in my own mind of the state of lawlessness here and that this case should be changed from Breathitt County.” University of Chicago. I Here are some of the "blue laws” I they found: j Capital punishment may be inflicted j for a false accusation of a capital i crime: a causeless cur* or .ban: aiding a slave to escape; kidnaping: the de- WASHINGTON, March 7—Municipal and provincial elections probably will be held in Cuba within a few months j for the purpose of testing the new elec- j tion law and discovering the exact tem per of the republic before trying a ! national election. This has not been ! decided upon positively, but is being I considered in administration circles and a decision doubtless will be reached shortly after Secretary Taft’s trip tp Cuba, Porto Rico and Panama, on which he will start March 24. In case it is decided to give the Cu bans a trial on municipal and provin cial elections it is likely that these will be held not later than July this year, and if the experiment proves successful a national election will be held six months later. Elliott is totally Inaccessible by ! « e £ ,on o£ his dut y b >' “ offlcor of the telephone, telegraph or railroad and i . . , . , its county seat, Sandy Hoo_k. has less ” hnn«»hSidl U SSf! than 200 inhabitants. Judge Carnes will leave for his home tonight. The militia will go with him. IMPOSSIBLE TO MEET FRANCE’S DEMANDS FOR RECIPROCITY. VICTIMS OF ENRAGED HUSBAND’S BULLET DIE. INDIANAPOLIS, March 7.—Mrs. Fred Schwomeyar and Edwin Gill died today from bullet wounds inflicted by the husband, who returned unexpected ly to his home at Ben Davis yesterday and found the two together. The two men have been close friends for years. Schwomeyer had started for Indianap olis but misled his car and returned home. Looking through a window he found his wife and Gill together. Thrusting his arm through the glass he began firing. Gill was shot five times and the woman once. Schwo meyer was arrested. KING EDWARD OFFERS TROPHY TO WINNER OF YACHT RACE. NORFOLK, Va„ March 7.—President Harry St. George Tucker, of the James town Exposition, received a cablegram from Sir Thomas Lipton tot?ay, in which the noted Irish sportsman an nounced he had been authorized by King Edward to inform the exposition authorise; WASHINGTON, March 7—The exec utive branch of the Government has aoandoned all hope of finding any con cessions which it can offer the French Government to prevent the application of the maximum tariff rates on Ameri can products not specifically exempted therefrom by existing arrangements. Officially It stated that the situation as to France is therefore similar to that as to Germany, in neither case can this Government at present meet a de mand for reciprocity treaty as the price of minimum tariff rates for American goods and products. Through their em bassies at Washington the Governments of the two countries named have been made aware of this fact, and also that it remains for Congress to decide whether it cares to divert these blows at the American export trade by ap proving reciprocity treaties with France and Germany. PROMINENT ASHBURN. Ga.. March 6.—G. W. May, a prominent and wealthy citizen of this county, was waylaid and killed near his home last night. A negro whom Mr. May had employed the day before is suspected of the murder and the Sheriff and a posse are now in search of him. The body of Mr. May was discovered today. It had been dragged from the roadway and concealed in the. bushes. This was within 200 yards of his homo. The body showed that he had been struck on the head with an axe. Mr. May had been to this place and drawn $150 from the bank. It is pre sumed that the negro was aware that the money was on Mr. May’s person. The pockets had been rifled when the body was found. and negligent householder, her hits band shall divorce her and reduce her to the rank of a servant in his house. If a woman has “gadded” she shall be drowned. If a man steals furniture at a fire, thrown him into the fire. If an officer or a,constable is or dered on an errand of the kind and hires a substitute, put him to death. If a wine seller does not receive grain as the price of a drink, but receives money or gives' short measure, throw her into the water. If there is a brawl in a wine shop and the wine seller does not cause the arrest of the offenders, put her to death. If a priestess enter a wine shop or keep a wine shop, burn her. If an officer absents himself from his own ward for more than three years, let some one else have his property. PEACEMAKER STABBED TB GET IMMIGRANTS BATON ROUGE, La., March 6.—A plan which contemplates supplanting negro plantation laborers of Louisiana wity Slate-imported white immigrants from Europe, was announced today by Charles Schuler, State commissioner of immigration and agriculture. This _ plan is an outgrowth of the fact that j not contesting thi3 argument, insisted NANTES. France, March 6.—A po lice court judge today inflicted fines of $3.20 upon each of twenty-seven Ursu- lirte nuns and a fine of $5 upon the Mother Superior, for persistently re fusing to quit their convent In com pliance with the law dispersing relig ious communities. The defendants pleaded that both the grounds and the buildings them selves belonged to the order which had been authorized to carry on edu cational work. The prosecution, while labor is scarce and it is furthered by upon obedience to the act of congre- The accidental stabbing of a young man who endeavored to intervene in a that the King would offer i fight 'between two of his friends, oc- a silver trophy cup to be contested for | casioned a crowd of people to gather in the international yachting regatta to J at the corner of Mulberry and Second A. B. A. ENTRANCE TO ATLANTA ATLANTA. Ga. March 7.—It is announced here today that negotia tions looking to the use of the tracks of the Atlanta and \Vc et Point road oy the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlan tic, from LnGrnnge Into Atlanta have terminated in failure and that the A. H. A. will not secure its Atlanta connection until it builds here. Several reasons are given for fail ure to negotiate the deal through which this new road would have got ten Into Atlanta a year in advance of its building here, but the most likely reason is *said to be fear of competi tion on the part of the Central of Georgia, which is a controlling in fluence in the Atlanta and West Point and which Is said to have officially blocked the deal. be held here during the exposition./The King’s cup will be the prize for" the swiftest twenty-two-footer. The an nouncement was not a surprise to ex position officials, as they had been in formed informally some months ago of King Edward’s intentions. Other cups for yachts have been of fered by President Roosevelt. Emperor William and Sir Thomas Lipton, and several by the exposition. CLOSING COLORADO RIVER BREAK GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT. WASHINGTON. March 7.—When shown the Associated Press bulletin tonight announcing that another storm had broken out over the Saiton Sea. and that the - Southern Pacific tracks are under water. E. H. Harrlman. head of the Harriman system of railroads, said: “That reminds me that I was asked today by one of the Interstate Com merce Commissioners what I regarded as the greatest achievement in my rail road experience. My reply was that I considered the closing of the break in tho Colorado river an February 11 as the most remarkable achievement of recent history. "In the handling of rock and stone our engineers made a record which is likely to stand for many years to come. The time actually consumed in making the closure was fifteen days and two hours, during which interval 77.000 cu bic yards of rock gravel and.clay were handled. •Temporarily, at least, the Colorado had been conquered, but like the Mis- ' sisslppi in Us delta region, it will bear watching always. "If the storm reported tod iy results ■ in another break I will do the work I oyer aagin with the determination that when completed the work will be an even greater achievement than that ac- . complished in February.” streets, yesterday about noon. From information gained, it seems that Ross Hackney, in company with a young lady, passed a group of young men Tuesday night, when it is claimed Hendrick Beeland, one of the group, passed a slighting remark about the young lady with Hackney. About noon yesterday, Hackney met Beeland at the aforesaid spot, and when the former asked the latter for an explanation of his conduct the night previous, a fist fight ensued. Julian Peacock, a friend of the fight ers. happened along at this juncture, and began to act the role of peace maker. In some manner Peacock was accidentally stabbed by Hackney in the thigh, inflicting a painful wound, from which blood flowed profusely. Peacock walked to the Taylor-Bayne drug store, where his wound was dressed, bein hospital. The principals are all well known young men of the city, and the affair is regretted by their relatives and friends. the establishment of the immigration bureau recently authorized by Congress to be establish.d here. The State pro poses to enable the Louisiana planter to engage immigrant labor in advance and with a fixed wage without violat ing the contract labor law. B’y July 15 next every planter desiring such la bor is to deposit $150 for every fam ily he wishes, this sum to be a guar antee to the State that he will rep?-y it for its expenses in bringing over the immigrants. A State employe will then engage in Europe the required number of immigrants and the State will pay their way to this country. Found at Last. J. A. Harmon, of Lizemore, "West Va„ says: "At last I have found the perfect pill that never disappoints me: and for the benefit of others afflicted with torpid liver and chronic const’pa- tion, will say: take Dr. King’s New Life Pills.” Guaranteed satisfactory, 25c at all druggists’. gations and at the same time gave warning that further refusal by tho nuns to leave the buildings would be followed by ejection. During the trial the courtroom had to be cleared because of the demon strations of a crowd of Catholic sym pathizers who, at the conclusion of the hearing, accompanied the nuns back to their convent with cheers. iLliH UNDERWENT FOR ANNULMENT SALE OF HANDSOME PICTURE, GENOA, March 7.—The courts have begun action against the Marchioness 'Boncompagni, the Marchioness Bardi and Count Dalverne, the present guar- later removed to the : dians of the Cattanne children, to bring to an end their administration of the estate of the children. The court pur poses to appoint new guardians who will take steps to \bring about the an nulment if the recent sale of several famous paintings by Vandyke to J. P. Morgan by the Cattanne family. SAVANNAH, Ga, March 6.—Chas. V. Hohenstein today decided that he did not care for Judge George T. Cann of the Superior Court to give the rea sons why he would not appoint Ho henstein to the posit on of magistrate. Several days ago Judge Cann declined to appoint Hohenstein. The latter filed a reuest that the Judge formally de cline. The Judge did so. Hohenstein convention, in January, 1861. They were life-long friends, and Toomb’s admi ration for Stephens’ commanding’ in tellect was always sincere and of gen erous proportions. The incident fits perfectly into the campaign of 1843. for then the young Whig orator, Stephens, was almost un known, and when he met on the stump the experienced, able, proud and con fident Democratic champion. Walter T. Colquitt, v the latter, little dreaming of the drubbing he would receive, was naturally stirred with contempt for the frail and diminutive “boy.” who dared to face his betters. To be mistaken for a boy. and to be addressed as "son ny” or “buddy” was a common ex perience with Stephen? during that campaign, but before it was over the "boy” of thirty-one was known as the best informed man among the Geor gia Whigs on the issues of the day. as well as on the history and theory of the Government of his country and he at once became one of the acknowl edged leaders of his party. In the old Georgia Journal (Mil- ledgevllle), of October 24. 1843. I have found the following editorial comment: "We must not forget in rejoicing at the late Whig vlclorv in Georrra to justice to this gentleman [Stephens] for the arduous and able service which he rendered to that cause, of which he is so nobie an advocate. To the course pursued by him. in small degree, may be attributed the great change which has taken place in the mountain region of Georgia. His attacks upon the enemy and their principles were so overwhelming that whoever engaged him at one place dreaded a repetition of the same work in another. The Whigs of Georgia owe to his exertions a debt of grati tude.” LOUIS PENDLETON. Philadelphia, March 2, 1907. , [Mr. Pendleton has devoted much la- ber for two years' in the work of looking up data for hi? history of Stephens and much time was spent ■with those nearest the great commoner that are yet living]. Who Swallowed Alex Stevens. To the Editor of The Telegraph: The only proof I have as to the iden tity of the gentleman who proposed to devour Mr. Stephens is that I heard the story over sixty years ago from my father, who was an ardent Whig, and I also heard it told time and alrain in my boyhood by different gentlemen who also named Mr. Alford as the one who proposed to perform this gastronomic feat. Now, if he was not the man isn’t it a little odd that he was the only one named until this latter day. And I am thoroughly sat isfied that if It were not Mr. Alford it must have been no other than the great unknown who struck Billy Pat terson. S. F. MANN. Was It Walter T. Colquitt? To the Editor of The Telegraph: Gol. Flem Jordan, a prominent law yer of Monticelio, and a man who take? a keen interest in Georgia and her distinguished men, said today that when he was a boy it was common talk what "Stephens said to Walter T. Colquitt." Col. Jordan’s father, Charles Jordan, used to tell of the days of Whigs and Democrats. Mr. Stephens had ap pointment in Forsyth, a large crowd had gathered to her “the boy.” as some had gathered to hear “the boy,” as some through the country in his buggy and asked for division of time. The'“boy” Whig readily granted it. Colquitt was a large man and attempted th* humor ous at Stephens’s expense—laughingly told the crowd how he could swallow that thin lad, and then came the quick retort. Col. Jordan says all his life long he has understood that Walter T. Col quitt was the man and Forsyth the hfs Clears the Complexion. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup stimu lates the liver and thoroughly cleanses the system and clears the complexion of pimples and blotches. It is the best laxative for women and children as it is mild and pleasant, and does not gripe or sicker.. Orino is much superior to pills, aperient waters and all ordinary cathartics as it does not irritate the stomach and bowels. H. J. Lamar & Co., agents, near Exchange Bank, Ma con. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS Examine label on your pa- ' fr per. It tells how you stand on a? the books. Due from date on Fultan Nominated for Congress. GEARY, Okla.. March 7.—E. L. Ful ton. of Oklahoma City, was nominated | the label. Send in dues s>nd for Congress tonight by Democrats of the Third district J also renew for the yeax 1307. j seaboi/d A^uneRau'way? FREIGHT TRAIN AND ICO BALES COTTON DESTROYED BY FIRE. RALEIGH. N. C-. March 7.—The j freight station at Youngsville, N. C., i together with two loaded car? and 100 bale? of cotton on the platform ad- ’ joining the station was destroyed by ; fire that broke out after midnight. A message was sent to this city for aid fire department, but before a pedal train could be sent out. the as under control. The loss is probably $20,000. The cotton was the property of Percy and Patterson, but was pla'ed on the platform for ship ment. so the loss will fall on the , SEVEN WERE INJURED IN TRAIN COLLISION. NEOGA, Ill.. March 7.—Seven per son- were injured, four seriously, in a collision on the Toledo. St. Louis and Western Railroad this afternoon when an east-bound passenger train ran into j a freight train. The ioc- motive of the passenger was ! demolished. The seriously injured are: Edward | Kennedy, engineer of the freight train: : Mrs. Corn Welton, Greentown. Indiana: .-'lien Gaskell Neoga, III.: Mrs. E. E. : Ford. Deiphor, Ohio. then announced that he would take the j _ h ,° Ka J’ s matter to the supreme court, as the grand jury had recommended his ap pointment. Thereupon Judge Cann announced that he would state in full his reasons for refusing to appoint Hohenstein. Hohenstein adhered to his determinat.on for two days. Then he changed his mind, deciding that he did not care for the Judge to go into matters that had brought about Ho- henstein’s indictment sometime ago for malpractice in office as a justice of the peace. The cas? had never come to trial, as the ind; ctments had beeh dismissed. Judge Cann announced that he would pursue the matter no further in view of Mr. Hohenstein’s decision. father used to tell him. when he was a youth, that Mr. Stephens completely routed the gi^at Democratic champion j on that occasion. “Sayvoyard” says Alexander II. Ste phens is the idol of the South. Any- i how, what pertains to him interests I the people. And the life of Mr. Ste phens, now in press, by Xouis Pendle- ! ton, is looked for with deep interest Pollux, the Heavenly Twins, and near Before we lament too greatly tho hich is lost it is well to think ot- ould happen if such were nijL the case. Half the time—no more, nc' less, when the year is reckoned—we are turned away from the sun, with one part of the earth radiating away into space the heat which it has received during the hours of sunshine. In spite of this fact, the actual heat con stantly received from the sun is suffi cient to maintain an average tempera ture of about 500 degrees above the absolute zero of space. The man who is anxious to have the temperature raised by another 500 degrees carries his dislike of cold weather to the verge of fanaticism. As a matter of fact there would be no. possibility of living at the equator if it were not for the interchange of winds modifying the heat of those regions. On the whole, we would better take the present ar rangement as it is even with an occa sional cold February thrown in, before we ask for another of our own devis ing. The splendid constellations of winter are still with us, but evidently are pre paring to depart. AVe look south now to see the finest of all—the incompara ble Orion—and unless we look early we shall see him “slowly sloping toward the west.” Except the the Big Dipper, Orion is. perhaps, the easiest to identi fy of all ‘ the bright configurations of the sky. The bright second-magni tude stars arranged in a row, each be ing about three moon breadths from its neighbor, form the famous Belt of Orion or Yardstick. The latter de-tr stsmatlon no doubt comes fro-* tb" fact* that, bein^r three degrees in length. It serves the student excellently for- J purposes of comparison. At a distanco of about ten degrees on either side of the belt, to make immediate use of our lesson, we find a brilliant first-magni tude star, while two other stars of lesrer magnitude complete a quadri lateral inclosing the belt, the two first-magnitude stars being diagonally opposite each other. Of these bright stars, the one higher in the sky Is named Betelgeuse, the other Rigel. The belt points downward toward Sirius In the constellation ’Canis Major, and up ward toward Aldebaran in the con stellation Taurus. These two stars, with Betelgeuse and Rigel form a vast diamond-shaped figure, whose ma jestic outlines can be better realized now than at any other time of the year. The color contrasts are exceedingly fine, Betelgeuse and Aldebaran being of a deep red color, while Sirius and Rigel are the purest white. ' Sirius, also known as the Dog Star, is the brightest of all the fixed stars. Its constellation, Canis Major, has a number of bright stars, but these re ceive less than their due'share of at tention. because their low latitude causes them to skirt close to the south ern horizon. They are now at their greatest altftude in the early evening, and may be studied with ease. Taurus is now moving toward the west. An hour ahead of the Aldebaran is the f beautiful little group known as the Pleiades. Aldebaran is at the end of one arm of the V-shaped figure called the Hyadea.an asterism of great beauty and interest, and containing one of tho few naked eye double stars; that is, a star which on extra clear nights Is seen as two stars very close together. Turning from the south to the north we see the Big Dipper acts of the Polo with its handle pointing toward the eastern horizon. Looking In that di rection when the evening has well ad vanced we see a brilliant star, which at once compels attention. This Is the mighty Arcturus, the leader of4 the \ constellations of spring and summer. The outer stars in the howl of the Big Dipner point toward the North Star, which is so near the Celestial pole that it seems to maintain the same position all the night through all the nights of the year. The same stars point back ward toward the great constellation of the Lion which does not bear any ex traordinary resemblance to the beast from which it derive* its name. It contains a group calleed the Sickle, however, which is exceedingly w.-)_i|j named, though unofficially so. The~ bright star in the end of the Sickle is named Regulus, and Is interesting as the star whose changes of position led Hipparchus to the discovery of the procession of the equinoxes. Near the zenith we find Castor and our not only by Georgians, but by whole people. The charm of romance rests about Mr. Stephens His wonderful speech | by we find the constellation holding as j temporary guest the planet Jupiter. As J this planet outshines all the fixed stars there Is no trouble about his before the Georgia Legislature against ! identification. High in the sky be- secession, his Hampton Roads mis- I tween Taurus and the zenith may be sion, his mission to Washington on 1 ?een the constellation Auriga, marked an errand of humanity, and Stanton's by a pentagonal fig’’re of bright stars. How to Remain Young. To continue yumg in health and strength, do as Mrs. N. F. Rowan Mc Donough. Ga.. did. She says: “Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured me of chronic liver and ?tomach trouble, ; complicated with -such an unhealthy condition of the blood that my skin ; turned red as flannel I am now prac— , tically twenty years younger than be- I fore I took Electric Bitters. I can now I do a!! my work with ea in my husband's store." Guaranteed at all druggists'. Price 50c. Changed His Tune. ! From the Cleveland Leader. “My dear,” murmured tbe siok man to his wife. “I am nearing the golden streets. I hoar strains of sweetest music, un- I earthly in Its beauty. I ” | “John.” said his wife, “what you hear : is a phonograph in the next flat.” I “So it is. Darn those people, anyhow. . No consideration for their neighbors. Go and tell 'em to stbp that inferno! racket j at once,” NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa- ; per. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on anT assist | the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. refusal to let him enter the city, or I Mr. Lincoln, his writing books in his ! feeble condition to liquidate debts, and I helping so many young men, his strong friendships and his love of country! : all combine to add lustre to his fame | and keep green and fresh his mem- ' ory. After the war. a Northern man vis ited Crawfordville. Before presenting himself at Liberty Hall, he met on the j street an old negro. “Do you know Mr. Stephens?" he asked. “Ef you takin’ 'bout Morse Ellick. ye? I knows talkin’ ’bout Marse Ellick. yes I knows “What sort of a man is Mr. Ste phens?” “Who? Marse Ellick? Ef you talkin’ ’bout Marse Ellick. he Is dis sort of a man; He treats dogs better than other folks do people.” V j. c. I one of these being the first magnitudo : star Capella. In the west the constel- ’ lations of autumn the Royal Family, is sinking into obscurity. Of the planets Jupiter is now alone 1 in the evening sky. Saturn, who has I borne him company for two months past, being now in the daylit sky. Mars rises shortly after midnight now. and will be with us next summer, when Ju- niter has departed. Venus is Morning Star, and her surpassing brilliancy af fords all necessary irlentiflcatkgi. Mer cury may be ?een for the first"two or [ three evenings of the month If th®^^ weather should happen to be unusuallyf fine. Those are the only conditional under which Mercury deigns to appear. Look as soon as possible after sunet in the part of the sky whence the sun has just gone down. If you see a star, It is Mercury.