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f THE TWICE-A- WEEK TELEGRAPH DELMAS WON POINTS IN BATTLE WITH JEROME NTJW TOP.K. March 11.—On ' ihf* St.v of Harr ••rm-' ca: iK'in'l * Jerom y K. T.r me to { he pra *v den .• hfg:: Th. r.* * •lpriin M. Delma for the j Ft ice Fi young 1 > beffir ifrs. Th as tend have ha r falsity is not ne tried to avol ;rence— donee as i to far * story— that I lossibly have tol the it Lai . at the end upheld the in ins of t he aw's story ing to show d In unbal- d, and that material, d this rule oring mere- by circum- ts and de- Irs. Thaw d the story to her husband. Although he will doubtless be blocked by the same rule KjjjfH the time comes, it is said the District Attorney may attempt to prove nn alibi for Stanford White on the right h< is alleged to have maltreated young Miss Nesblt, A Day of Argument. Nine-tenths of today s sessions were spent In argument and In nearly every ifisMs when' the smoke of conflict TrfTsfl away. Mr. Delmas had won his point as to "the law, while Mr. Jerome Mp the very argument Itself had got before the Jury a perfect knowledge to what his witnesses would have testified to had they been permitted. The District Attorney called ten wlt- n_^0^5 during the day, but aside from drawing from the State’s eye-witnesses to the tragedy the opinion that Thaw seemed rational the night he shot and killed Stanford White, little real head way was made. Lining up nil his forces In rebuttal. Mr. Jerome decided to open his fight on tho defense by attacking the story told the jury by Evelyn Nes- blt Thnw. He called to the stand Fred W. Long- JfaBow. {armerly an attorney’ for Thaw, nnd asked him first concerning the case In which Ethel Thomas Is ai- AGED BO COUPIE rtSTERBAY Little Dan Cupid has been up to some of his frivolous tricks again, and this time he took as his bulls-eye the hearts of Uncle Jake Eliis. a familiar old ante-bellum negro char acter around the city, who claims to have seen the seasons change for eighty-, ig.rt y,-..rs. ar. l his closest friend. Jennie Amerson, who says she Is only thirty years Uncle Jake’s Junior. Yesterday afternoon the heart pangs could not be endured any lon ger. and armed license, the aged selves to the office of Dr. Scovin Fourth street, where the simple cer emony which made two hearts beat as one was shortly performed. Uncle Jake has no fine house In which to usher his bride, but as soon as the ceremony was performed It was evidenced that the felicity would be Just the same. "Ise rathur be er ol’ nigger’s dar- lin,’ ” said Jennie after the ceremony, “then er yung nigger's slave.’’ and with that she tenderly spoke to her new aged husband, and the two went away as happy as one would like. II BE SUE Daughters of the American Revolution failed to get the site of old A fight in which the aggressor was forced to turn defendant, was e-nact- Fort Hawkins on which to erect a I ed on Cotton avenue, near First street. monument. Very reluctantly the Macon Gas Light and Water Company, at their last meeting decided that in view of a probable tower being placed on Foyt Hawkins Hill, they could not the request. It was then suggested that the mon ument be placed on the site of the old block house, which stood near by, and which had been removed by the late W. H. Jones to his place and after wards burned. The location of the exact site on FINE NAVAL DISPLAY AT JAMESTOWN EXPO WASHINGTON. March 10.—In addi tion to the great ironclads of the At lantic fleet, commanded by Admiral ’ Evans, the naval display at the James town Exposition will include some of the finest vessels of foreign navies. These are mostly of the cruiser class, but as the armored vessels of this type Irgcd to have sued Thaw for dam- j are equal to battleships in size and •>ecs because of cruel treatment. Mr. { scarcely less formidable in appearance, Delmas objected to questions along the ■ they will make an attractive show, line under the professional privilege of , The Navy Department has been ad- lawyer and client, but before Justice j vised up to date of the coming of the Fitzgerald sustained the objection and | following foreign ships: out the evidence, Mr. Jerome d/i with a marriage I which the block house stood was be- ouple hied them- ; ing discussed yesterday, and Mr. A. A. ' Subers. known as ,-Old Sarge, was pres ent. Having as boy and man roamed all over East Macon, from Cross Keys to Black Ankle, Old Sarge knew he could put his thumb down on the very spot. Mr. Joe Cannon remarked that he could do the same thing, and'that he had engaged In an encounter wit) the red man, and had been wounded, and on his face, near the eye, was the scar of battle. As Mr. Cannon does not appear to he more than twenty-five or thirty years old, his remark caused a silence to come over the group, and all eyes were turned on him in wonder. Then he explained that when a hoy, and the old block house was standing, the boys of his neighborhood had a sham battle. Those on the inside were whites and those on the outside wore Indians attacking the fort. Mr. Can non was on the inside as a white man. The weapons were reeds cut out of the swamp, and one of them going through one of the loopholes, struck him on the side of the face, and the scar is there yet. last night about 8 o’clock. A negro woman by the name of Mat- tie Mitchell in a wagon hitched to a belated animal, drove up to a fruit . stand on Cotton avenue, rfr.d no sooner grant j j ia( j s ji e ,j rawn the turnout to a halt than Julian Rountree, a sturdy built ebonite, approached and with an im polite and abrupt grasp pulled Mattie from the seat, and whipping out an ugly looking razor began to flourish it at close quarters, threatening the life of Mattie at the same time. This kind of proceeding was not in keeping with the dignity of Mattie, and by some peculiar, and altogether efi feetlve maneuver, she wrested the razor from Rountree’s grasp and proceeded to make the latter’s clothes resemble a map of the Ten Thousand Islands. Mattie proved too much for Roun tree. and he took to his heels and ran. Officers came up about this time and placed Mattie under arrest, after which a search for the man was instituted. A peculiar thing about the fight was the fact that although the clothes of both were cut and torn Into rags, neith er was badly cut or injured. PETROLEUM REFINING IP I&IPOO* FROM INJURIES Lester Hudson, the young man who was thrown from his bicycle and se riously injured internally near Bethel Church late Sunday afternoon, died yesterday morning at 9 o'clock at the family's residence, on the Thomason road. From what could be learned about the accident it seems that young Hud son had told a group of friends good bye and mounting his bicycle he start ed on the return trip home. He com menced propelling his bicycle at a rapid gate and was some distance away when one of his friends waved a final good-bye. Instantly Hudson turned his head and began to return the sa lute, when his wheel veered from the path and collided with a crosstie of the trackage of the M. & B. Rail road. He was knocked, unconscious by the fall, and friends who came to his assistance readily saw that he was badly injured. Lester Hudson was seventeen years old, and leaves his parents, Mr. ant} Mrs. J. F. Hudson, besides four broth ers and two sisters. The funeral will take place from the residence on the Thomason road, this morning, and in terment will be made in Society Hill Church ‘Cemetery. PUPILS IN SCHOOLS BIBO COUNTY 8.543 Son of Citizen Turns Footpad Inrcd: “The story of the gir] tied to ! Good Hope, flags'hlp; Hampstead and COLUMBIA, S. C.. March 10.—C. B. Green, 45 years old and married, a „ . JH, - . merchant of Shandon, a suburb of Great Britam^The armored cruisers : this city, was waylaid and killed last post and whipped by Thaw is ■the story of.Ethel Thomas. This poor girl la now dead." Alleged Cruel Treatment by Thaw. Here Mr. Delmas interposed an ob jection to the District Attorney’s re marks, and the latter began an attack along a different line. He showed Mr. Longfellow the photographic copy of the affidavit Evelyn Xesbit is said to have signed in the office of Abraham Hummel, alleging that Thaw treated her cruelly while abroad in 1903. be- cause she "Would not tell lies aginst Stanford White." Mr. Jerome followed this up by ask ing the witness if Mrs. Thaw had not turned over to him certain papers to which she had subscribed. Mr. Longfellow said she had. There was a long argument between Mr. Jerome and Mr. Delmas at the conclusion of which Mr. Longfellow turned his entire examination to naught by declaring that Mrs. Thaw had never shown him a paper similar to the Hummel affidavit in any way. He thereupon was excused without cross-examination. Police officers who saw Thaw the night of the tragedy declared he acted rationally. Many of the wit nesses called by the Stnte during the presentation of the case in chief was recalled today. All declared Thaw seemed to them to he rational. Overruled Jerome’s Contention. After the nfternoon recess Mr. Je rome called to the stand Dr. Rudolph Wilthaus, a chemist and expert in poisons. The District Attorney fram ed a hypothetical question covering Evelyn Nesbit’s description of her night with Stanford White in the Twenty-fourth street studio house and asked if there was any known poison which would cause insensibility in two minutes nnd permit of the quick re covery testified to by Thaw’s wife. Around this vital point the storm of argument raged for nn hour or more. Mr. Jerome pleaded with Justice Fitz gerald at great length. Mr. Jerome said he was not attacking the truth of the story. He was calling for an expert, opinion to the effect that no known drug would produce the effect testified to by Mrs. Thaw. Justice Fitzgerald sustained the objection in- terposed hv the defense. When late in the afternoon Mr. Je rome called Jas. Clinch Smith, a brother-in-law of Stanford While, to ,tho stand, another long argument on- pued. Mr. Delmas objected to Mr. v jjmith’s testifying, saving he should fcave been Roxburgh, under command of Rear Ad miral Neville. France—Armored cruisers Kleber and Victor Hugo and another cruiser to take the place of the Jean - Baryt .re cently wrecked off the African coast, commanded by Rear Admiral Thierry. Japan—The cruisers Tsuguga and Chitose. under command of Vice Ad miral Ijuin. Those vessels are expected to arrive fn Hampton Roads May S. Portugal—One cruiser, probably the Don Carlos. Austria—The armored cruiser Charles VI. and another cruiser not yet named. Canada—One armored cruiser and one protected cruiser, yet to be desig nated. Sweden—One warship not yet named. Brazil—One to three warships not yet named. Argentina—One to three warships not named.' Chili—The cruiser Zenteno. Belgium will send a military dele gation and China a military and naval delegation. TTO HARRMTO ANSWER WASHINGTON, March 10.—Chair man Knapp, of the Interstate Com merce Commission, said tonight that so far as the commission is concerned the taking of testimony in the investi gation of the Harriman lines is closed, but tho commission has under con sideration the advisability of asking the United States Circuit Court of the southern district of New York to com pel Mr. Harriman to answer certain questions which he did not answer to the satisfaction of the commission when he was on the witness stand In New York. Pending such action Mr. Harriman’s counsel asked to be heard before the commission April 4. which request was granted, and that date was recently fixed for arguments. Chair man Knapp explained tonight that the commission alone has power to con clude testimony in the case, and that it will reserve the right, if it sees fit to reopen the case at any time. Mr. Harriman will have a conference with President Roosevelt next Thurs day, when Mr. Harriman’s counsel ask ed for the hearing on April 4. at which produoed during the pre- I time they want to present arguments tat Ion of the case in chief. Mr. regarding the contention that the Union Jerome said Smith was in Europe Pacific and Southern Pacific are par-I •when the State's case was presented. I allei and competing lines, it was un- i He threw himself upon the discretion j derstood by the commission that if Mr. ; of the court and the matter was pend- i Harriman’s counsel desired to submit ; Ing when adjournment until tomorrow I additional testimony on that date they night by Edward Marshall, who him I self was killed by Green. Robbery was the motive. The shooting otjeurred about 11 o’clock, but the bodies of the men were not discovered until about o’clock this morning. When found Green’s clothing was on fire, his body being badly, charred around the heart and side, where the bullets took effect, and a roll of greenbacks were burned in twain. The feet of the men were less than a foot apart, showing that they faced each other when they were killed. At Green’s right hand lay a 32-caliber revolver, with four empty chambers. Near Marshall’s right hand was a 41- caliber six-shooter with five emptv chambers, while a 3S-caliber pistol whicli had not been fired, was at his left hand. Under his body was well-made leather slungshot or sand bag, having two pounds of small shot in the end. Near his head lay two burglar’s masks, one having two bul let holes in it, and was clotted with blood. Marshall was shot twice through the head and once through the right, breast, while Green had three bullets through his heart. The back of his hand was covered with blood, indicating that he may have had a struggle with his assailant. Several pieces of silver were found scattered about Green’s body. The finding of the two masks and three hats leads to the belief that Marshall had an ac complice, but up to this time no ar rests have been made. Marshall was 24 years old, unmar ried and the son of the manager of the large department store of J. L. Mlmnaugh of this city. From the fact that Marshall had a pistol in each hand, it is hard to understand how he was able to manipulate the sand bag. The tragedy has caused a great sensation in this city. morning was ordered. OVER II SlIRI $650 HIS ADVENTURE AS A “COTTON LIFTER" RESULTED BADLY might do so. and also if the commis sion desired to bring out any new point it would, but that any such additional testimony, Jf at all. would be brief. Asked If Mr. Harriman was likely to go on the stand in such an event Chair man Knapp replied that if Mr. Harri man desired to take the stand he would be permitted to do so. Will Plummer, ed a part in tho stealing scheme who confessed t< the negro who plav- mest novel cotton | yet invented, and j ’ it all. was before the rotor He was Court in .counts ai fact, and Of $ l r,0 : da ler yester lay morning, bound over to ihe Superior the sum of $250 on two an ac 'essory before the to t aa City Court in the sum s aivessorv after the fact, total bond of $650. .1 in The Telegraph of Sun- im -tiled of stealing cotton was simplicity itself. At the dinner hour, when th' clerks were away, the tag, the only means of marking bales of cotton was torn from a bale and it was trucked on the platform in a posi tion to indicate that it had just been taken from a wagon. When the weigher dinner there was the bale of cotton with the statement that It had been brought in by Mason Thomas, a Jones County negro farmer. The bale was weighed and receipt given. The re ceipt and sample was then given to Will Plummer to take to the office and get the money. For his share of the proceeds Plummer says he got ten dollars for one bale and twelve dol lars for another. In the meantime the cotton in tho warehouse was checked up short. The re ord showed so many bales pur chased, but the bales were missing. FATHER AND TWO DAUGHTERS WERE KILLED BY TRAIN, BUFFALO, N. Y„ March 10.—Mi chael Bower, a well-to-do farmer, and his two daughters, Isabella and Rosa, were killed on the crossing of the Erie Railroad at Lancaster today. Bower’s daughter Rose, is dying from her injuries. The Lackawanna Railroad line was j blocked by a small wreck early in the , day, and a fast Lackawanna passenger train was being detoured over the Erie. : The watchman on the crossing did not expect it, and gave no warning as Bower drove on the tracks. Exciting Sunday in Americas, Ga. AMERICUS, Ga., March 10.—Po lice Officer William R. Morris, of the Americus police department, was shot and perhaps mortally wounded at 4 o’clock this morning by a negro. Will Reese, whose arrest he attempted. Officers Morris and Ross went to Reese’s house before daylight, expect ing to find him in bed, as he was. Ross guarded a rear door while Mor ris entered the house, striking a match. As 1 the match flicked Reese fired twice from the bed. The first bullet struck Officer Morris in the abdomen, while the second shot pene trated the left side of his neck as he fell to the floor. At the sound of the firing Officer Ross entered at one door while Reese escaped by the other, and is still at large. The bad ly wounded policeman was conveyed to the city hospital and given surgical attention. The two wounds are re garded as most serious, and death may result. Reese was wanted for some slight offense and might easily have been caught otherwise. Morris has been on the force several capable and faithful WASHINGTON, - March 11—Accord ing to a bulletin issued today by the census bureau on petroleum refining in the United States, for the calendar year 1904, there were 104 petroleum re fineries in operation. Their total ca pacity was $136.2S0,541; they employed 16,770 wage earners: paid 'in wages $9,989,367; used materials costing $139,- 377,213; and manufactured products to the value of $175,005,320. As Compared with 1900. this is an in THE 2-GENT RATE ABERDEEN, S. D., March 11.— While revival services were in pro gress in the auditorium tonight fire ■ started under a platform on which 300 | members of the choir and several j preachers were sitting. The place was ! packed by 20,000 persons.. When smoke was seen several walked out j and Rev. R. E. Johnson, leader of the revival, at once began singing. The I choir took up the refrain and preach- | ers went among the congregation, ad- ; vising them to leave quietly. Some of The maximum rate of 3 cents a mile charged by the railroads operating in the South, for ordinary transportation, is not the rate on which the railroad companies base their receipts, accord ing to S. H. Hardwick, passenger traf fic manager of the Southern Railway, who was in the city for a few hours yesterday morning, says yesterday’s Chattanooga Times. Mr. Hardwick was en route to Washington from Nashville, where he went to testify be fore the railroad committee of the Ten nessee Legislature. Mr. Hardwick said that the average amount received per mile by the Sbuthern Railroad was 2.4 cents. The difference between the maximum rate of 3 cents and the rate on which the receipts of the company is based, he at tributed to competition, as the rate between two points is computed on a short line basis. In addition to this, special rates to conventions, parties, excursions, and to charities, proves an Important factor in lowering the aver- ' ago. I He said that his company had shown I a disposition in the past to work with ' the people, and that it intended to , continue the policy. His company, he stated, has always and still is desirous of being made ac quainted with the wants of the people, and if it is in the wrong, that it is wil ling to adjust itself to those wants and needs. He hardly thought that it was equitable that the responsibility should be placed on the common carriers to decide whether it is expected of them to furnish regular transportation at a rate of 2 cents a mile and special rates for excursions and charities. No Complaint Ever Made. Mr. Hardwick then spoke of the rec ord made by the passenger departments of the various roads during twenty years of thel life of the Interstate Com- crcase in number of refineries of 38.7 i the more exc j ta ble people made their merce Commission. He. said that sta. exit through windows and in ten min- i tistics would show that no formal com utes the immense hall was empty. Before the choir and evangelist left the platform the rear portion of it was in flames. Firemen fought the fire for an hour, finally subduing it after most of the platform had been burned. No one was hurt. per cent; in capital 43 per cent; and value of products 41.2 per cent. The total volume of refined products for which quantities were reported in 1995 was 50,638.490 barrels, of fifty United States gallons each. This included 34,344.522 barrels of burning oils and 5.811,2S9 barrels of the naptha and gasoline. The various classes of products show substantial increases in value between 1900 and 1905. except neutral filtered oils, which decreased 13.9 per cent. Crude petroleum produced in the Uni ted States in 1904 aggregated 117,063,- 421 barrels, of which 2,647.000 barrels were exported and 66 9S2.862 barrels used by refineries in this country. Black Roof Cotton Mr. R. I. Smith, State entomologist, informs us that they have just finished sending out over twenty-five bushels of “Black Root” or “wilt” resistant cot ton seed, to over seventy-five cotton planters in different parts of the State. This seed was grown on their experimental fields at Zeilobee and Vienna, Ga. The board of entomology has been working on this disease only two years, but some important* facts have been secured. They have tested over twen ty varieties of cotton tb see if any of them were naturally resistant to the disease. Sa far the Jackson is the only IMEI EOILFISTESS I8SSE3 GP EL PASO, Tex., March 10.—All five of the Women bullfighters whose fare- well appearance in the ring was the attraction at the Juarez Plaza Del Tores, this afternoon, were injured by being gored or tossed by the bulls. Oniy one, however, -was seriously in jured, Scnorita Herrera. Her' injuries were not fatal. Five thousand persons witnessed the exciting coptest. ANNIVERSARY OF MINE DISASTER CELEBRATED LENZ. France, March 11.—The an niversary of ihe mine disaster at Courrieresi, in which more than a thousand miners lost their lives, was ■ . . ...... . . celebrated today by a great demonstra- one that has proved, to be naturally ; tion b y the m j n ing population of the resistant to\ any great extent They | department of PAs De."Calais. Headed hate also found that by caie,.ul selec- ; bands of music and waving ban- t! ° n _ *he natural resistance of a cotton j ners processions marched to the greatly improved, and also^that : cemeteries in the district where the by this method of selection a strain of i soc j a j ts t deputies, Basly and Lamen- d |n - violent speeches against the ant to the disease, from most varieties of cotton. The Jackson has been im proved by selection until only from 10 to 15 per cent of it will die, where from SO feo 90 per cent of the Russell big bol! will die. ■ f\t\ By selection they have secured sev eral strains of cotton that are very resistant to the disease. For instance the Peterkin from unselecled seed, 81 per cent of the plants died, last year, wh’le the progeney from a selected stalk of this variety only 16 per cent of the plants died. This shows what may be done by selection. In the last two years Mr. A. C. Lewis, assistant entomologist, has made a number of crosses, of the Jackson with other varieties of cotton. By the method they not only hope to increase the resistance of the cotton, hut also to make it more productive. So are the results very ineouraging. Last year some of the hybrids were very resistant to the disease, and also very well fruited. In fact some of them were the best fruited plants in their experimental plots. The results of the two years’ work are set forth in their bulletin No. 22, Black Root Disease of Cotton. This may be secured without cost by writ ing to Mr. R. L Smith, State ento mologist. Capitol building. Atlanta, Ga. companies owing the mines. There were no untoward incidents. BIG FIRE AT MOBILE ENTAILS HEAVY LOSSES MOBILE, Ala., March 11.—Shortly before 1 o’clock this morning, fire broke out in a cafe on lower Dauphin street and soon enveloped a three- story building in the heart of the block which ha : suffered more from fire than any other block in the city, being the scene of the Leinkauf and Strauss million dollar fire in 1S93 and the Battle House fire ten years later. The fire communicated to * other buildings and drove the guests out of the St. Andrews Hotel. The fire de partment made a hard fight and at 1:30 a. m. the fire was under control. INDICTMENT AGAINST SON OF VICE PRESIDENT QUASHED. piaint had been made to that commis sion against the passenger departments during the twenty years of its exist ence. He held that this ought to be considered an excellent record. He did not mean by persons, but that the roads had either shown that they were in the right, or if in the wrong adjusted themselves to the com plaint. Mr. Hardwick then gave some sta tistics furnished by the Interstate Com merce Commission. During the past year 750,000.000 journeys were taken, or an average of nine journeys for each person in the. United States. The average length of the journey was twenty-two miles, in round numbers the amount received was 2 cents a mile, and if anything a fraction less. “When the Interstate Commerce Commission was organized twenty years ago,” said Mr. Hardwick, "the accounts of the expense of the opera tion of the passenger and freight de partments of all the railroads were kept separate. This was continued for six years. In 1893 when the last re port was issued the average cost for transportation of each person for one mile was given as 1.99 cents. Since {hen no attempt has been made to keep the expense accounts of the two departments separate.” impossible at 2 Cents. With the development of the rail roads in the South during the past few years, and the necessary adtVtionni cost of operating. Mr. Hardwick said that it would be impossible for a rail road furnishingi the kind of aecommo- : dations needed Jn the South at a max- imum of 2 cents a mile without los'ng money on the passenger department. Until a recent date, he said, the rail road facilities in the South have not been equal to those offered in the North . and East. He pointed out that his road for instance, had spent large sums of j money to give the proper service, be- j lieving that It would greatly assist fn I the development of the country, and that such a development would nat urally be a. benefit to the.company. The exact cost of transportation of passengers to the company could not he estimated, he said, except on an ar bitrary basis, as the expenses of the passenger and freight departments could not be kept separate. He gave as a reason for this, the maintenance of general offices, general agents and construction of roadways and bridges, as it could not be determined what per cent, of the cost to place to the credit of one department or another. The total enrollment of pupils In the schools of Bibb County is S.543. Prizes for the best cotton and corn raised by pupils of the Bibb County schools will be offered again this year. A display of work done In tho schools Is to be exhibited at the com ing session of the Georgia Educa tional Association. The election of teachers on the Monday following the June meeting of the boards is in the hands of the committee on rules to report at the April meeting. Tho arrangement of the course of study at the June meeting is also in the hands of the same committee. These were the main features of the regular meeting of the Board of Education held last evening, at which the following members were present: President T. D. Tinsley. Judge A. L. Miller, Judge W. H. Felton, Mr. J. W. Cabanfss, Col. C. R. Pendleton, Mr. J. H. Hertz, Mr. Henry Horne, Mr. W. H. Smith, Mr. C. B. Willingam, Mr. W. T. Morgan, Col. C. M. Wiley and Mayor Smith. The report of Supt. Chapman show ed that since the last meeting of the board 115 new pupils have entered the schools, making an Increase of 535 above the same date last year, or an increase of 62 above last year’s total, when the enrollment was tho largest in the history of the schools. The present enrollment is 8,543. In the past ten years the increase in enrollment has been 2.917, or 44 per cent., the increase in the teaching force 23 or 15 per cent. The superintendent recommended that the election of teachers bo held on the Monday following tho June meeting of the board, so that tho teachers can make their summer plans. He also recommended that the course of study be passed upon at the June meeting of the board so that the teachers, should they wish, may re ceive instructions or perfect themselves only in such studies as may bo adopted. Roth of these matters were referred to the committee on rules, to he re ported on at the April meeting. In his report the superintendent said that Chancellor Barrow, of tho State University, has requested that a display of the work done in the Macon schools be made at the coming session of the Georgia Educational Association to be held at the audito rium April 25, 26 and 27. As there is always on hand at the different schools specimens of daily work and written exercises, such a display could be arranged for. said tho super intendent, without interfering with the regular work of tho schools, and ho therefore recommended that the dis play be made. The recommendation was unanimously adopted. He also recommended a renewal of tho prizes offered last year for tho best specimens of cotton and corn raised by children of the schools. He said that statistics show that sur prising results have been accomplish ed in several States where plans sim ilar to those now in operation in Georgia for the study of agrieulturo have been adopted. Responding to this movement last year the board of fered $30 in prizes, two first prizes of $10 each for cotton and corn, and two $5 second prizes. In no county in Georgia did the pupils of the rural schools enter into this comest with more enthusiasm than in Bibb. In making his motion to adopt the recommendation. Col. Pendleton said he hear.tily endorsed the plan of en couragement of the pupils in the study of agriculture and wished that the board could afford to offer much larger prizes. The motion was car- , ried. • *■ i The contest will be made without reference to fairs, either local or State. If not exhibited at a fair an arrangement will be made for the ex hibition in Macon, and judges will bo secured from among tho farmers. Tite finance committee submitted’ a list of the buildings belonging to the board, with the amount of insurance carried on each. In many instances the committee thought the amount inadequate, and for the purpose of adjustment the superintendent will make up a list of the buildings, with a careful estimate of their values, and the figures for which they could bo re placed. The question of changing the mini mum number of pupils required for the opening and continuing of coun try schools, taken tip at the Feb ruary meeting, was, after a discussion, laid on the table. CLERK SUSPENDED FOR ACTION IN FORMING B. P. C. UNION. SAN FRANCISCO. March 11.—Hugh M. Shaug. a railway postal clerk, whose run is between Los Angeles And El Paso, was informed yesterday by Di vision Superintendent Stephens, of the Officer railway mail service, that three days ‘ would be given him to show cause why morning mortally ‘ wounded Police Of ficer Wiliam Morris, was shot into doll rags at 7 o’clock tonight, his body being fairly riddled with buck shot and pistol balls. Shortly before dusk it was ascertained that Reese was concealed in a dwelling on Dav enport street, a negro suburb. A de tachment of five policemen and Depu ty Sheriff Fuller went hastily to th point designated and quickly sur rounded the house. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 10.—It : Deputy Fuller and Policeman Willis is expected that the charter of the rushed the door, whereupon the negro Oakla-.vn Jockey Club at Hot Springs ■ Reese, opened fire with a revolver, will be attacked in the Legislature to- j Reese advanced firing upon the offi- years and is a capable and faithful I ^ ,e should not be suspended. Shaug officer was an active promoter of the Broth- di erhood of Railway Postal Clerks, and Reese Located and Surrounded. induced many of the men of the local . S fl^ w? run ’ department to join the order. His con- to the death like a. demon at ba> Bill , f j UC f j s declared by his superiors to be Reese, the negro desperado who this | prejud!cial to the discipline of the service. ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE MAY ATTACK RACING CHARTER. row. this bein, returned -from j tion looking to th of the Amis anti-pool selling bill. Senator Amis, author of the bill, says that he will confer with acting Gov. Moore tomorrow, and if it is nec essary will introduce a resolution in the Senate, authorizing the Governor to send troops to Hot Springs to en force the law. the last civil ac- . cers and Policeman Willis received a rigid enforcement bullet through his right hand. At this the other officers opened fire with guns and revolvers and Reese fell prostrate with innumerable bullets, expiring instantly. The body was brought immediately + H , h . rEf . rt to the police barracks, where hun- I WeTry valued DOUBLE TRACKING OF A.. B. & A. WILL GO ON FITZGERALD, Ga.. March 10.—A telegram has just been received stat ing that the injunction against the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad’s double tracking Ocmulgee ; e I street has been settled. The road ' will now go on with the $50,000 pas senger depot which was projected be fore the injunction was served. The idea of a union depot on East Cen tral avenue which has been talked of the past few weeks will not be car ried out. STEUBENVILLE, O.. March 11.— The indictment for subornation of per jury against Frederick C. Fairbanks, son of the Vice President, in connec tion with his marriage of Miss Helen Scott, of Pittsburg, -was quashed in a decision handed down today by Judge ! room several persons had been known R. G. Richards. The decision holds to see him, and among them was CHARGE AGAINST HARTF1ELD WAS DISMISSED YESTERDAY The case against Warren Hartfield. charged with taking $20 from a hotel guest, was dismissed yesterday. The evidence disclosed that the particular guest, who did not ap pear in court, had been paid $20 in four five dollar bills. While in his that no facts had been set forth to show that Fairbanks had committed, any crime. ROOSEVELT SENDS MESSAGE TO GOVERNOR. SACRAMENTO. CaL, March 11.— Governor Gillett sent to the Senate to day a message from President Roose velt complaining that the recent ac tion of the ’Legislature would have a most unfortunate effect upon the Pres ident’s efforts to secure exclusion of Japanese laborers by friendly agree ment. The President asked the Gov ernor to secure suspension of further action until receipt of a letter from the President. The Governor asked that the assembly give the matter very careful consideration. Hartfield, who was a bell boy. Some time Saturday night Hartfield asked the night clerk to give him a ten dollar bill for a five dollar bill and five in silver. Thus when the guest report ed his loss, the fact of Hartfield hav ing been in the room an later asking for a ten dollar bill for change, excit ed suspicion. Hartfield, however, made a good showing as to how he got his money and the case was dismissed. YOUNG MAN CHARGED WITH THEFT Or JEWELRY NEW YORK, March 10.—Bert Cur tis. aged 27 years, was arrested here with having stolen , , „ , . jewelry valued at $6,000, during a call dreds of curious people are viewing | ^ t tonight. Willis. the policeman FRANKLIN WAS REARRESTED CHARGED WITH FORGERY. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa per. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. PHILADELPHIA. March 11.—Frank C. Martin, alias ’Judge” Franklin Stone, who was arrested in Buffalo aft er nearly a two-years’ search by the postal authorities, charged with con spiracy to defraud, in connection with the Storey Cotton Company, of this oi:v. and who was released on bai! Sat- urdav. was arrested today by Phila delphia detectives charged with tip fnrc>-rv of a check for $80 oea on the Brooklyn. X. Y., National Bank. He was given a hearing and held await ing requisiton papers from New York. shot, was not seriously wounded, i Police Officer Morris, who was shot by Reeeo this morning while resist ing arrest, is in a precarious condition ! tonight at the Americus Hospital. The killing of Reese bj- the officers tonight created considerable excite- j ment. but no trouble is apprehended. Miss Lockwood’s private boarding school for girls at Scarsdale. It is alleged that Curtis visited the school last Thursday and secured permis sion to see one of the students. Two hours later the theft from a dormi- torv was reported. The principal and two students made identification upon which Curtis was held. OFFICIAL CANDIDATES SUCCESSFUL IN SPAIN MADRID. March 11.—The first day of the elections of the special electo ral bodies which elect half of the Senate the last week of April result ed generally today in the success of the official candidates. E. O. E. O. Cowan, aged 38 years, of South ■ Macon, died yesterday morning of appen- I dicitis. at Fitzgerald, Ga.. where he was I at the time. vi=!tinp. f[.■ leaves a wife and son. E. V. Cowan. The b dy will pass through Mae-.n this morning for Jackson, Go., where the fu neral and interment will take place. BIG INCREASE SHOWN IN MONTH’S IMPORTATIONS. "WASHINGTON, March 11.—A state ment issued today by the bureau of statistics shows that the importations of manufacturers’ materials continues to increase. The value of the im ports of raw materials for use in manu factures in the seven months ending with January. 1907, was $262,000,000, against $223,000,000 in the same months of last year, while manufactures im ported for further use in manufactur ing amounted to $158,000,000. against $123,000,000 in the corresponding pe riod of last year. Raw cotton imports aggregated $8,500,000. Railroad to Anderson, S. C. ATHENS. Ga.. March 10.—Judge W. L. Hodges, of Hartwell. sp»nt yesterday in Athens on business with the citizens here concerning the proposed road from Athena to Anderson. S. C. The people of Hart well are determined to get another rail road and this is the line that has been de cided to be the best and most feasible. It will probablv be a steam road, though some advocate an electric road. The busi- ress men of Athens take to the proposi tion very enthusiastically and will give all the 'aid they nossibly can to th building of tha road. MET REVENUE OFFICER Uncle Billie, the Tybee blind tiger, has non-plussed one of Uncle Sant’s officials and continues business at the “same old stand.” The city and tho State have tackled the rheumatic for selling booze without a li cense. but as he is unable to move hand or foot on account of inflammatory rheu matism he has escaped arrest and punish ment. In the sale of “the ardent.’’ Uncle Billie does not handle the stuff, hut each customer pours from a bottle the quan tity desired and places 10 cents in Billie’s hand in payment. The matter was reported tc the internal revenue officer and he proceeded to visit Billie, saying he would show the "old vio lator” a thing or two about taking out a license. He found Biilie. but when he took in the situation at a giance he threw un his hands and abandoned the case. So Uncle Billie goes scot free again. BABY RUTH BOUND OVER ON CHARGE HORSE STEALING TY. L. Taylor, otherwise the negro known as Baby Ruth, was bound over to the Superior Court in the sum of $250 for horse stealing. This is the case when the blind negro said the team had be«!i turned over to him to have a good time with. He could not see to drive and let the mule have its ora way. He claimed that a white man named Miller h,ad placed the team in his charge, but Miller declared In court that he found CHICAGO, March 10.—A touch of the ostentation that marked the rule of John Alexander Dowie in the Christian Apostolic Catholic Church in Zion, which he founded, will be observed during the funeral services of the deposed leader. The white robed choir which was shorn of its vestments when Overseer Voliva as sumed control in Zion City will take an active part in the ceremonies, which will occur on Thursday after noon in Zion tabernacle. Judge V. • V. Barnes, one of the few elders of the church who remained faithful to Dowie, will conduct the services and will deliver the funeral sermon. Dur ing Tuesday and Wednesday the body will lie in state in the reception hall of Shiloh house, the Dowie residence. The burial will be at Lake Mound cemetery at Zion City, beside the grave of Dowie’s daughter, who died several years ago of burns caused by the explosion of an alcohol lamp. No memorial services for the deceased were held at Zion City today, the only public reference to his death being a. tribute paid' Dowie by one of the dea cons at the early morning church ser vice. The regular order of services was observed. Mrs. Dowie and Gladstone, her son, arrived at Zion City early today. STRUCK NEIGHEOR ON HEAD WITH AXE. Mrs. Emaline Kent Dead. COLUMBUS. Ga.. March 11.—Mrs. Emaline Kent, aged seventy years, die ! ; the negro in charge of the at midnight la?t night at her home near Lodonia Church.. west of Columbus. The funeral will take place Lamorrow morning. wagon. The evidence was somewhat mixed and muddled but the court thought there was sufficient to commit the blind negro, and it was so ordered. CORTLAND, N. Y-, March 10.—Ar thur Potter, a farmer of Blodgett’s mills, was arrested today charged with as.-ault with intent to kill upon Leon Stafford, his nearest neighbor. Staf- ford, who was struck on the head with the square end of an axe blade, was believed to be dying tonight. Today’s storm helped to pile up the drifts that have made the roadways that skirt the adjoining farms of the two men almost impassable in places. Stafford had turned from the highway and was driving his team across Pot ter’s land when the latter closed a s tie in front of Stafford's team and warn 1 the other not to open it. Stafford^lt is alleged, tried to force the gate, a::d was struck down. Friends of the two men then inter fered. After making an antemortem deposition -Stafford lapsed into uncon sciousness.