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TWICE A WEEK TELEGRAPH
FORECAST FOR GEORGIA:—CLOUDY AND MUCH COLDER FRIDAY, RAIN IN EAST AND SOUTH PORTIONS; FRESH TO BRISK NORTH WINDS; SATURDAY FAIR.
■ BTABLI3HED IN 1326.
MACON, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1907.
TWICE-A-WEEK, $1.00 A YEAR.
DEPOSITS CONTINUED
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Secretary of the Treasury Cor- j £ at they shou '- d b6 returned to the
telyou Makes Important
Announcements
asury subsequent to February 1,
11-07. ar.d $16.000,000 relates to addi
tional circulation engaged tor retire
ment. These amounts, together with
$15,000,000 United States 4 per
bonds, which the Secretary today
$71,000,000 Left
With the Banks
PART PITTSBURG
DEEP UNDER WATER
DAMAGE TO PERISHABLE GOODS
WILL AMOUNT TO $1,000,000.
PITTSBURG, Pa., March 14.—The
greatest flood in the history of West
ern Pennsylvania. West Virginia and
ffered to redeem, make a total of j Eastern Ohio, is being experienced to
ft:.uoo.ooo either left with the banks or j night. At 7 o’clock the water reached
offered to be placed with them as the | a stage of 34.6 feet at Herrs Island ! in particular.” The resolutions declared
SOIITB ICE MED
“VIEW WITH ALARM”
ATLANTA, Ga., March 14.—Before
adjourning its annual convention to
day the Southern Ice Exchange adopt
ed resolutions viewing "with great
alarm the action of national, State
and municipal governments in the pres
ent progressive movements against
all invested wealth In general, and cor
porations and transportation interests
DID HARRISON
MURDER THE CHILD
INTERESTING TRIAL CAUSED BY
DISAPPEARANCE OF 9-YEAR
OLD BOY’ .
'WASHINGTON, Marc
tar: of the T:e:>
August
culatiot
< Vynpt.
sire sr>
s< • uri; j
further notice. But thr
14.—Serre-
Treasury Cortelyou today
following announcement:
etary of the Treasury has
n lunced that any bank
- -1 its circulation under
if the department's an-
of October 22, 190C
d thereby to retire
tlie months of Mareh and
retain said additional clr-
>n due notification to
of the Currency of Its de-
l->. without change as to
public deposits until
result Ql the redemption of the 4 per ! and 34.3 feet at Market street. The
cent bonds. j waters continue to rise about two-
The first paragraph of the above an- j tenths of an inch an hour. At the
noun etnent relates to the offer made headwaters the rivers are now sta-
by Secretary Shaw la?t October to tionary. The crest of the flood is ex-
bring about soirm degree of elasticity pected to reach here about midnight,
in national bank note Issues. He per- when thirty-five will be recorded. This
initted certain depositary banks that stage is thirteen feet above the dan-
had not yet availed themselves of the ger mark.
full circulation privilege to substitute At 4 o'clock this afternoon the thir-
certain approved State, municipal and ty miles ice gorge at Parker broke,
railroad bonds as security for public and is moving toward the city. The
funds lodged with them on condition immense gorge in the Clarion river
that the United States bonds thus re- has also started down stream. Both
nd leased be Immediately pledged as se- gorges, however, are old and the ice
he curity for additional circulation. j S soft. On this account the arrival
1'nder this plan national banks took here is not expected to cause much
out about $16,000,000 additional circu- ; damage,
the ].ttlor. which they agreed to retire at Conditions in this city tonight are
the then authorized of $3,000,000 a (he worst ever recorded. The whole
CHARLOTTE. N. C.. March 14.—
The trial of Joshua Harrison, white,
charged with kidnaping and murder-
thaT“legisiatve "shortenng" ofhours' of , * n f Kenneth ^Beasiey^ the ^-year-old
labor, the interference against the em- "* "'* ”*
APPEALS TO PRESIDENT
TO CHANGE ATTITUDE
creating a new militia district in Heard
County, No. 1657.
ployer in behalf of the employe by
legislative action and the attempt to
interefere with all kinds of business
through the law, are undermining con
fidence in business investments and de
preciating the qualty and the standard
of labor and labor's product. It was
directed that a copy of these resolu
tions be forwarded to President Roose
velt.
The annual election of officers of the
exchange resulted as follows: Presi
dent, TV. J. Rushton, Birmingham;
vice-president, Leon Burton, Helena,
Ark; secretary-treasurer, E. E. Egan,
Atlanta.
The selection of the next place of
me?ting was left to the executive com-
ith, beginning with March and > lower down-town district is under wa— mittee, which will meet tomorrow. A
banks
kfrlr.g to retire their additional ircu-
latlon obtained In this wav will be re
quired to withdraw the State, munici
pal an-1 milt' ad bunds now lodged
v. it!, tile Treasurer >>f the United
S ate? is securities for public deposits
and substitute the bonds released by
reason of retirement of their addi
tions 1 circulation.
tiding with August, 1907. Upon such ter and people are moving about in
do- retir ment these banks were obliged to wagons and skiffs. Duquesne, Penn-
replace In their depositary accounts sy i V ania avenue and Liberty street,
in the United States bonds which they running parallel with the Allegheny
had been permitted under the order river, are submerged to a depth of
to use against their circulation with- several feet. Hundreds of business
drawing Irom the treasury the State, houses located in this district are
municipal and railroad bonds which flooded. In a number of instances the
they had been allowed to deposit. Un- water is almost up to the second floor,
dcr the recent Aldrich act. however, 1 The da magd to perishable goods and
the limit of retirement was raised 1 property in the Pittsburg district alone
The amendment to section 5153 of from $3,000,000 to $9,000,000 per month w jji amount to $1,000,000 and prob
and presumably owing to the high a biy more. In addition to this much
prices of Government bonds in the destruction is being done to property
for customs,’ market, engagements for the full re- throughout Western Pennsylvania and
Treasury Is tirement during March have been west Virginia. At Conneilsville, Pa.,
ide and $4,500,000 have been engag- the damage to the coke region is es-
i- is found to be desir- ed for retirement during April and t j mated tonight at $2,000,000.
their receipts with na- smaller amounts for succeeding
statutes by th
proved March 4. 19S7, eliminated th
words 'except receipt
and the Secretary of
now instructing collectors of customs
at places where
able, to deposla
tionnl bank depositaries already estat
lished in some < ities as the
"The Secretary of th
to Issued
Treasury has
banquet was tendered the vsiting del
egates by the local members of the ex
change tonight.
ATLANTA MAN CHARGED
WITH EMBEZZLEMENT
ATLANTA, March 14.—M. M. Tur
ner, former City Councilman and sec
retary and treasurer of the Georgia
Redemption and Loan Company, was
arrested here late today on a warrant
charging embezzlement.
This charge grows out of the ap
pointment of Eugene R. Black, as tem
porary receiver of the company a few
months. It is believed at the treasury , SLOSS-SCH EFFIELD STEEL CO.’S
custom that this plan will keep in circulation > ANNUA! RFPGRT FOR iqnfi
the full $1.6.000.000 originally engaged! ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1906
for retirement, although the privilege j NEW YORK, March 14.—The an-
:r ular announcing that has been given the banks to retire ' nua) report of the sioss-Scheffield I weeks ago. The receiver’s inVestlga-
M.h interest, to Jul> th^ circulat on if they so desire. The gtee] Companyi made pub u c j n this ! tion. it Is said, showed a balnce in
deposits of customs receipts in accord- > clty> s hows t b at f 0r the year 1906 the ; bank of only $S2. The books of the
am-e with the provisions of the Aid- ■ grosg sa ] es and earnings were $6.- ! company, according to Receiver Black’s
"t-™ 1 ! 29°.°14, the operating expenses, taxes, I report, show a total of $95,239 having
\enience to tne collectors of customs (4 933 268, making the net earnings ' been paid into the treasury and $52,-
on of State Senator S. H. Beasley, of
Currituck County, was called this aft
ernoon in Pasquotank Superior Court
at Elizabeth City. The father of the
missing boy was the first witness, and
by him the State established the mo
tive—the feeling between Beasley and
Harrison over certain liquor legisla
tion which Senator Beasley had pro
mulgated in the General Assembly. It
was established also that Harrison had
made threats against Beasley. The
State will endeavor to show that he
kidnaped the boy and afterward killed
him, concealing the body. Kennevth
Beasley disappeared mysteriously from
Poplar Branch High School in Cur
rituck County nearly two years ago.
The lad had permission to go home
at recess for lunch and started, but
never reached home. Despite the
most thorough search which has been
continued intermittently since no
trace of him has been discovered.
Currituck is a coast county, sparsely
settled and the lad’s home was some
distance from the echool. The path
laying through the forest.
Requsition for John Wallace.
ATLANTA. March 14.—Papers have
been prepared for granting a requisi
tion from Governor Ansel,Of South Car
olina, for John Wallace, who is wanted
in Laurens county for the murder of
Darwin Leak in May. 1905. Wallace is
under arrest in Atlanta and will be
turned over to the agent from South
Carolina as soon as he arrives.
President Completes Data
From Keeent Interstate
IiiYestijrations
Trustees of New College to Meet.
ATLANTA, March 14.—Governor
Terrell today issued.a call for a meet
ing of the .board of trustees of the
South Georgia Agricultural, Industrial
and Normal College for the purposes
of organization and such other busi-
Panic Conditions
Sweep Wall Street
WASHINGTON,March 14.—For mow
than 4S hours the White House and
treasury department have been flooded
with appeals for President Roosevelt
ness, as may come before the board, j and Secretary Cortelyou to take some
to be held at Valdosta, Friday, March j action to avert the "threatened disas
ter” in the financial world.
It can be stated authoritatively
ROOSEVELT FULFILLS
PACT WITH SCHMITZ
1, the date of their mautrity, any reg
istered and coupon bonds of th** 4 per
cent funded loan of 1907 to an amount rich act Is Intended largely as a con-
1-5,000,000. The bond
may b«* presented at once for redemp
tion and the registered bonds should
dnl> .i:-sign* <1 th«- >v rotary ><(
tlie Treasury. A copy of this circular
will be mailed to each owner of reg
istered bonds.
"The circular of February 11, 1907,
provj ling for the purch
bonds nt 101U flat li
cities named which are already depos
itaries for Government funds will now
of these j receive the customs collections in the
been re
scinded."
Under t!
which w.l
J4f». 000.000
In circu In 1
have been
this nmni
se announcement and that
mndi* yesterday about
i'III be allowed to remain
banks last fall under
ed In
ament
same manner that internal revenue
and miscellaneous receipts have hith- ~* r. . -
erto been deported with them. That i £ a L 1U .” _ to ,_ s _ e . c „ u /®
portion of the Secretary’s announce
ment which relates to the redemption
of 4 per cent bonds. 1907, at a price
equal to the principal and interest to
maturity Is the measure intended by
the Secretary as the principal source
of relief to the money market.
President Maben says in the report \ used to retire certificates and to pay
that the furnaces produced 31.000 tons ! expenses. Turner was
less than last year, that the output of • $2,000 bond,
coal decreased 90,000 tons and that of | «■ ... =
coke 20,000 tons. He adds that the
WASHINGTON, March 14.—Comply
ing with the provisions of immigra-
j tion act approved February 22, last.
President Roosevelt today issued an
executive order that such citizens of
Japan or Korea, to-wit: Japanese or
Korean laborers, skilled and unskilled,
who have received passports to go to
Mexico, Canada or Hawaii, as come
therefrom, be refused permission to en
ter the continental territory of the
United States.
This order was issued by the Presi
dent in fulfillment of his promise to
Mayor Schmitz and his associates from
California when the negotiations re-
released on j garding the Japanese school question
were had In Washington. .
This is a new college to be founded
on the order of the North Georgia
Agricultural College at Dahlonega. j that President Roosevelt will not
The Legislature at it slast session pass- change his attitude toward the rail
ed act recognizing the institution and roads, though it is admitted tha he
providing for the appointment by the administration has no intention of en-
Governor of a board of trustees, but terlng into extremely radical attack an
did not at that time make an appropri- | the railway corporations.
ation toward its support. It is expected
however, that this will be done later.
The trustees of ths new Institution
are: Chancellor David C. Barrow.of the
State university; State School Commis- j countrv in regar
sioner W. B. Merritt: W. S. West. C. tion’s attitude t
R. Ashley, E. J McRee, W E. Thomas,
of Valdosta: H H. Tift, of Tifton: J. D.
Sutton, of Woodbury: John R. Merecr,
of Dawson; Fondren Mitchell.of Thom-
asville, and Prof. Otis Ashomre, cf
Savannah.
Carlton Hudson Will be Released.
ATLANTA. March 14.—The prison
While it is known that the visit of
J. P. Morgan to the White House l&scv.
Monday night to induce the President ■
to Issue reassuring statement to the •
ard to the adntinistra-
oward the railroads,
and the apparent failure of the finan
cier’s appeal, has had much to do with
the panic condition that swept over
Wall street todav. President Roose
velt has repeatedly said that he is
not an enemy of the railroads and that
those that obey the laws have nothing
to fear from the Government. While
it has not been definitely decided, the
DR,
FLINT SAYS THAW
KNEW ACT WAS WRONG
Prosecution’s Expert Gives
Directly Opposite Answer
to Hypothetical Ques
tion
Abe Hummel
Sneaked Answer
NEW YORK. March 14.—Answering
precisely the same hypothetical qu
tion In response to which the alien
ists for th. d,•!'<■!!• i- do -..ir.-S that Harry
K. Thaw was sufferng from an unsound
mind and did not know the nature
quality of his not when he shot ;
killed Stanford White, T >r. Austin Flint,
the first expert called today by Dlstr
Attorney Jerome in rebuttal, declared it
to be his opinion that Thaw positvelj
did know th ■ nature and quality o
liis aet and knew that the act wa
wrong. When court adjourned for th
day, Mr. Dolmas had not begun his
cross-examination of Dr. Flint, who
the first of six alienists to he called by
Mr. Jerome.
Question Took Over Hour.
After repeating to Dr. Flint the same
ov.es;but Mr. Dehnas put to the expert?
f,,r the defense and having him d
, l r ■ that Tha was sane on the a
sumption of th>* facts stated therein.
Mr. Jerome had road tQ the witnegs
the prosecutions' hypothetical ques
tion. which contained some 15.000
words and which required one hour
; >-:d eighteen minutes in the reading
Dr. Flint sad agan without qualifica
tion that Thaw knew his act was wrong
and is therefore liable for the murder
in the first degree under the statutes
of the State of New York.
Mr. Dehnas indicated that he would
cross-examine each expert searchlngiy.
Mr. Jerome’s sanguine prophesy that
the taking of testimony would be con-
cuded by tomorrow night has been
abandoned and those concerned in the
case again look to April 1, as the earli
est possible moment of closing the long
drawn out trial.
Slipped it in Recording.
Abraham Hummel was on the stand
again today, and before Mr. Dehnas
could object to a question put to him
by Mr. Jerome, the prosecution had got
in the record the statement that Eve
lyn Ncsbit told him that she toid Harry
Thaw in Paris in i:>(>3 that Stanford
White positively had no: drugged and
betrayed here. Sir. Delmas moved that
the question and answer be stricken
from the record but ns the district at-
tt.vney so nied about to consent to this
pi. a. Mr. Delmas insisted that the an
swer stand.
Hummel's further testimony was
halted until Mrs. Evelyn Ncsbit Thaw
again takes the stand to testify as to
whether Huir.tr*! was acting as her
attorney when she made the statements
to him which were afterwards embod
ied in an affidavit.
Roth Mr. Jerome and Mr. Delmas
wre Irritable today and had frequent
clashes.
Jerome May be Witness.
It was reported tonight that District
Attereny Jerome may be called to the
witness stand in sur-rebuttal by the
df nse.
'She purpose, it was said.was to ques
tion Mr. Jerome as to certain actions
against A bra ram Hummel, who was a
v■■•ness todav. This move was tak-m
r :t reason'for ’.hi defense allowing
t >ich of the Hummel testimony to
stand today.
MACON MAN MAY HEAD
CONTROL OF WOODMEN
| JACKSONVILLE. Fla., March 14.—
Head camp “T,” Woodman of the
World, with delegates from Georgia
and Florida, closed its annu
here today and decided to meet next
year in Atlanta. Officers were elected
as follows:
Hoad council, C. W. Campbell, of Ma
con, Ga.: head advisor. R. T. Boozer,
Lake City, Fla.; head clerk, W. C.
Bennett. Atlanta: head banker, F. H.
Hanne, Jacksonville: head escort. W.
H. Fifer, Savannah; head watchman.
J. B. Rrooks, Gainesville, Fla.; head
secretary. A. W. Shattuck, New
Smyrna.
Managers for Georgia division: R. R.
Martin. Dawson, Ga.: George T. Chid-
sey, Rome, Ga.
Managers Florida division: G. R.
Calhoun, Sanford: W. E. Bachning,
Tampa; W. H. Langford. Pensacola.
pig Iron forced the company to carry
over a large tonnage into the present
year. As no securities were issued
during the past year, he reports, all
improvements and additions have been
paid for out of earnings or working
capital. The working capital is given
in the report'as $2,052,114 net.
mi
SET BACK
CONFLICT WITH AUTHORITIES OF
LAKE MOUND CEMETERY.
CHICAGO. March 14.—Arrangements
for the funeral of John Alexander
Dowie have received a set back by a
MOTHER OF MRS. JACKSON
MAKES A STATEMENT
commison today decided that it would J president may Issue a statement nut
have to release from custody Carlton | u n ing his attitude after ho has con-
Hudson. a negro who has served only j f errod w |th Presidents McCrea, New-
five years of what was intended to bo
a sentence of ten years for burglary.
Hudson was convicted on two charges
before Judge John S. Chandler in Ful
ton Superior Court in April. 1901. De
spite the fact that it is apparent that
it was Judge Candler’s intention that
he should serve two sentences of five
years, one In each case, the wording of
the sentence was such that under the
law they had to be served concurrently.
The matter was referred by the prison
commission to Attorney-General Hart
today, and it is upon his opinion of
the matter that the commission de
cided that it would have to order Hud
son’s release.
CHANGES ANNOUNCED
IN CANAL COMMISSION
Says if Divorce Suit is Filed
There Will Be a Counter
Suit
Batch of Current /
Gate City News
ATLANTA, March 14.—Mrs. E. O.
Speer, of Griffin, mother of Mrs. Ren-
froe Jackson, made an. . interesting
l Georgia conflict with the authorities of Lake j statement todav regarding the report
al session Mound Cemetery, wnere Dowie is to . , ,, ‘ niL «,„•> for
be interred. The cemetery Is not a ! that 1Ir - Jackson would file a suit for
part of Zion City, although the city ! divorce against her daughter, coupling
has been built around It. The Dowie j her name with that of another man.
family lot is located In the Lake ; jj rs s P eer stated she was leaving to-*
Mound Cemetery, although the Zion her daU ghter. who is in
City Cemetery proper Is In another ; lu , J , .
part of the city. Today workmen who j Pennsylvania, and that if there -a as
are constructing the vault In which j anything to connect her daughter
the bodj- of Dowie is to be placed.broke with any other man she would not be
open the gate of Hie Lake Mound J goinr to j oin her .
r, , .. <tj f any d jvorce suit is filed against
my daughter by her husband,” Mrs.
Speer said, “it will be answered by a
countersuit. I am now leaving to join
my daughter in Pennsylvania, and if
there was anything to connect her
Representatives to sovereign camp ! for the arrest of young Dowie under : with any other man, I would not he
Cemetery. The company controlling
the cemetery had issued no permit for
the construction of the Dowie vault,
and they at once ordered the work
men from the place, and demanded a
warrant for the arrest of Gladstone
Dowie, the son of John Alexander
Dowie. The police took the request
■WASHINGTON, March 14.—The
President today received the resigna-
| tion as members of the Isthmian Ca-
I nal Commission of Rear Admiral N. T.
spent by the Railroad Commission in • Endlcott, B’rig.-Gen. P. C. Haines and
hearing cases of claims for demurrage i d. M. Harrod. to take effect tomorrow.
In which payment had been refused by ; To fill the vacancies he announced the
the railroad companies. There were j appointment of Mr. Stevens as chair-
some fifty or sixty of these demurrage ,man of the commission, to succeed Mr.
claims, and a number of shippers ; Shonts, and as commissioners of. Lieut,
from various parts of the State were col. Goethals, Majors Gaiilard and Si-
here to present their cases. j bert, Civil Engineer Rousseau, Dr.
J Gorgas and 'Jackson Smith. Former
J. T. Dargan Filed Answer, Senator Blackburn will have to await
ATLANTA, March 14.—J. T. Dar- the retirement from the commission of
gan. former president and now one of Mr. Stevens, which is expected to oc-
the receivers of the Atlanta-Birmlng- cur about April 1, to receive liis ap-
ham Fire Insurance Company, today pointment as a commissioner.
filed In the United States Court his' —YTT
answer to the suit of the seventy-two NORTH CAROLINA COMPANIES
San Francisco policy holders, who UNDER INVESTIGATION
brought suit for his removal from the
position of receiver.
Mr. Dargan makes emphatic denial ;
WASHINGTON, March 14.—Com-
_ _ missioner Prouty, of the Interstate
that he spent any of the company’s .' Commerce Commission, conducted a
money for wines or liquors while he > hearing today of representatives of the
was traveling in its service. He says j Laurinburg Oil Company and the Lum-
that no such charges will bo found on berton Cotton Ginning Company, both
which meets in Norfolk: Head repre
sentative. C. D. Mills, Jacksonville:
delegate at large. J. M. Dillon. Thom-
asville, Ga.; alternates. C. H. Dame.
Ocala, F’la.; R. M. Stewart, Dawson,
Ga.
OFFICIAL DENIAL THAT GOV
ERNORS HAVE BEEN CALLED.
WASHINGTON. March 14.—Official
denial was given at the White House
tondv to the Intimations that the Fresi-
conslderatlon, but stopped work on the
vault until the permit was secured.
PRICES CRUMBLED ON
PHILADELPHIA EXCHANGE
going to join her.
‘‘There are two sides to the mat
ter. The truth of the matter Is that
any of his vouchers.
Regarding $1,000 which was paid to
M. A. Newell, of San Francisco, Mr.
Dargan says this payment was au
thorized by the directors for Newell’s
sa.-vlces in arranging for reinsuring a
certain amount of the Insurance car
ried by the Atlanta-Birmingham Co.
He also states that the reinsuring of
part of the risks carried in the com
pany, in the Prudential Fire Insur
ance Company was done in the com
pany's interests and by authority of
the directors
Regarding the charges as to his
drawing his salary in advance he
showed that this was permitted un
der his contract with the company, as
it was provided that he was to be
my daughter is in ill health and has given six months’ notice at any time
been for some time. It was for this jfls services as president were to be
reason she left her husband in order j dispensed with. His salary was paid
——— | to be as far away from him as possi- , a t the rate of $500 per month.
PHILADELPHIA, March 14.—There ; ble." | It is expected that the hearing upon
was a violent break on the Phlladel- ] Renfroe Jackson has placed the , the California petition for Mr. Dar-
phia Stock Exchange today, following ! matter In the hands of Attorney Hew- ■ gan’s removal will be heard by Judge
the panic in New York. Although the , lett, who stated that he was not pre- j xewman the latter part of this week
come to Washington for consultation
ith him as to uniformity thereof.
The name of Governor D. neen. of Uli-
has been menlioned in that con
nection. but it was stated that he is
coming here Saturday morning at the
President's request on an entirely dif
ferent mission. No time has vet been
_ les were not heavy, prices crumbled pared as yet to take decided steps. It
and at the close the market appeared j 1s known thatGnquiry has been made
to be in a semi-demoralized condition. ! as to the whereabouts of a young man
a wide dash here
automobile. He is
figures. United Gas Improvement fell J supposed to be in Kansas City. He
.1 *•>« ,1,. uc in t*. a:la cunuiliuii. 1 ah lu tne \\
he Stotes bS whose S °eg slatures Readln * led the decIine ’ the P rlc * *>r j who for a time cut
:ur !f I that Stock following the New York I with an expensive a
regulating mens or- ; are pending to _ TT„ttoa r.iq fMi 1 in
or the first of next.
Boy Caught Bullet for Burglar.
ATLANTA. March 14.—Austin Dil
lon. a 13-year-old boy is in the Grady
- . > Hospital as the result of a bullet
from 88 to SO^j; Cambria Steel from , was last seen in Atlanta on February! wound j n his leg. The bullet was
39?i to 32%: Electric Sotrage from 54 j 28th.
to 471A; Lehigh Valley from 63 to
Lehigh Navigation from S3 to 80, and
others fell from 1 to 3 points. The
close was almost at bottom figures.
fired by Carson Campbell, who keeps
a store out on the Marietta road some
! three miles from the center of the
F. G. Mauiding Killed in Wreck.
ATLANTA, March 14.—The second I city, and was intended for a fleeing
section of an extra freight train, ) burglar whom Mr. Campbell found in
_ ^ The prices quoted for some stocks are northbound on the Western and At- i his store last night. The burglar
fixpd for the conference "of the four i * be lowest they have sold In several . jantic Railroad crashed Into the rear ; dashed out of the store and down the
railroad presidents named by Pier- j years.
of North Carolina, in the investigation
of charges that the companies had vio
lated the interstate commerce act by
underbilling and underweighing ship
ments of goods over the Seaboard Air
Line Railroad. The hearing was con
ducted behind closed doors, and no
information of the nature of the tes
timony taken was disclosed. If, in
opinion of Interstate Commerce Com
mission the evidence warrants a pros
ecution. under the law, the matter will
be referred to the Department of Jus
tice for action. The law provides a
penalty for underbilling and under
weighing of n fine not exceeding $5,000
or imprisonment, or both in the dis
cretion of the court.
CHANGE OF PLACE OF MEETING
OF SOCIETY OF GOLDEN CROSS.
NORFOLK, Va., March 14.—The
executive committee of the supreme
commandcry of the Society of the Gold
en Cross has at the request of many
delegates changed the place of meet
ing of the next executive session of
the commandcry from Nashville, Tenn., - which the
to the Jamestown Exposition on May
20, 21 and 23. Eight hundred delegates
are expected to attend.
U. S. BUYS MISSISSIPPI RIVER
QUARANTINE STATION.
r»mt Morgan upon the occasion of his
visit to Washington Monday night last.
EX-PRESiDENT CLEVELAND
ENJOYING HIS DUCK HUNT.
COMMITTEE TO PREPARE
BUFORD M. DAVIS MEMORIAL
ATLANTA. March 14.—On motion
of Walter J. Grace Esq., the Supreme
GEORGETOWN. S. C., March 14.— I Court appointed the following eom-
of the first section near Kingston this j road. Campbell fired three shots,
morning shortly after 5 o’clock, caus- : missing the burglar, but one of them
ing a disastrous wreck. The engine ■ struck the leg of young Dillon, who
plowed its way through the caboose j was at the time walking down the
and six cars, setting fire to the debris. . road with his father. The wound is
F. G. Mauiding, of Tunnel Hill, was not considered dangerous,
sleeping in the caboose when the
Commodore E. C. Benedict came to the
mi General Alexander's shoot
ing preserves at Forbes, Point and re
ports that former President Cleveland
njoying thoroughly his outing there,
and that he is in good health and the
best of spirits. The weather s too
warm for good duck shooting but Mr.
Cleveland and Admiral Lamberton
bagged quite a number each day. The
party will visit th? club house and
preserves of the Santee grun club dur
ing the next few days.
mittee to prepare and present to the
court, on the next call of the ’ Macon
circuit, a memorial of the late Buford
M. Davis. Esq.: W. J. Grace, C. C.
Duncan. Hoke Smith. E. A. Hawkins.
W. M. Hammond. Joseph B. Cumraing,
P. W. Meidrim, A. L. Miller.
crash came. He was killed and his
body partly cremated. Fireman Wad-
Ground Broken for Postoffice.
ATLANTA, March 14.—Ground was
ARGUMENT IN CASE WORKERS
AGAINST SOUTHERN RAILWAY
WASHINGTON. March 14.—Addi-
ioncl evidence and ora! arguments
cere heard today by the Interstate
Commerce Commission in the case of
North Carolina Case Workers' Asso
ciation against the Southern Railway
and a large number of other railroad
companies. The complainant alleges
ha: the minimum carload weights
which the defendant companies per
il it to put in cars destined for Pa
cific coast terminals subject it to ex
cessive freight charges and asks that
the charges be made reasonable and
At the conclusion of The hearing
briefs will be filed with the commis
sion by both sides.
FLAMES DESTROY
OLD LANDMARK IN GRIFFIN
•J
ley, whose home is at Marietta. Ga., broken today for the excavation and
! was severely injured and Fngineer . foundation of the new million dollar
Cutt. of Atlanta, was bruised about j pos toffice and Government building on
I the head and face. Mauiding was a j s j te a t 'Walton and Forsyth streets,
young man and was serving as an ap- j postmaster E. F. Blodgett wielded the
prentice flagman, learning the busi- j fl rs t brick. The contractor Is Am-
ness. brose Stannard, of New York, and un-
The first section of the train had | der jbe contract he is to have the ex-
stopped to throw the switch to enter | cavations completed within sixty days.
| the siding, and the second coming j
along close behind plunged into it. I Commission for James N. Beil.
The track was badly torn up for cor.- | ATLANTA, March 14.—James N.
j Bell
GRIFFIN. Ga., March 14—The op story
of Almah hall, which was built a few j siderable distance and a wrecking j B e u i 0 f Griffin, was today issued _
years prior to the Civil War, was com- | crew was dispatched at once from At- , commission from the adjutant general's
pletely wrecked by fire yesterday before « lanta to repair the damage. ^ Presi- j 0 ffj ce a s second lieutenant of Company
NEW ORLEANS, La..March 14—The
sale of the Mississippi river quarantine
station to the Unted States for $100,000
was announced today by the State
board of health. With the sale of this
station control of quarantine in this
State passes to the Marine Hospital
service. The government in making
this purchase has agreed to maintain
four other quarantne stations on the
Lousiana coast new kept by the State.
MONTICELLO, GA. MAN WILL
GET THE APPOINTMENT.
WASHINGTON, March 14.—It has
been practcally decided by Secretary
Strauss to appoint J. L. Benton, a well
known young business man of Monti-
cello. Ga., as a special agent of th,- de
partment to go abroad and investigate
the market for cotton seed products.
flames could be subdued. The build- j dent J. W. Thomas and Supt. McCon- j second regiment infantry.
ing bos been used for almost every pur
pose known to man. and at the time of
the fire was occupied by Sawteli's job
printing office, insured for $3,300; the
Griffin steam laundry, insured for $500; J.
Schott Cheshdre s drug store, colored, in
sured for $200: F. H. Weams, a locksmih.
with $200 worth of tools, ar.d no insur
ance: office of the Griffin Echo, a negro
paper printed ir. Atlanta, and four negro
lodge rooms. The laundry, job office ar.d
drug store were on the flrst floor and
were not badly damaged. The building
was the property of Mrs. F. D. Dismuke.
and was insured for $1,000. Excellent
work of the tire department prevented th
neil were there when the wreck occur
red. and took part in the rescue work. | Militia Districts Established.
— I ATLANTA. March 14.-—Governor
New Depots at Bremen, Ga. j Terrel! issued an order today declaring
ATLANTA. March 14.—The State I and establishing the following militia
Railroad Commission today decided to | districts in the new county of Ben Hill,
direct the Southern Railway Company | of which Fitzgerald is the county
and the Central of Georgia to erect | gfat: Williamson District. No. 1171;
new depots at Bremen. Ga.. in Haral- j Bowens Mills, 433: Dickson’s Mills,432;
son County. The two roads cross at i Fitzgerald, 1537; Vaughns, 1658; Ash-
this point and now use the same depot ton. 1659. Only the last two named
which Is considered wholly inadequate. • are new districts, the others having
It is expected they will build a joint j existed under the numbers given in
depot. The people and the railroads | the counties from which the territory
flflames from spreading to one of the > j lad p rac ticallv agreed in the matter, was taken. It requres the residence of
.^ ,n |Xmon OC street n e ea C r t> ihe juncttaTS but there had been colsiderable de,a V «Jfast 100 vote™ to authorize the
Hill, ar.d several hundred peoule were at- I about it. creation of a n.w militia d strict,
zracted to the scene. The greater part of the day was The Governor also issued an order
Metcalf Sailed for West Indies.
CHARLESTON. S. C.. March 14.—
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf spent
a few hours in Charleston today mak
ing an informal inspection of the navy
yard, boarding the Dolphin about 3
o'clock and sailing for the West Indies.
The Secretary came by rail with Sen
ator Flint and Chas. Glover, of Wash
ington. Senators Hale, Penrose and
Carter were on the Dolphin, which ar
rived here about noon.
Death of Mr. Wells Coleman.
SPARTA. Ga., March 14.—Wells
Coleman, thirtyrtwo years of age. the
only son of Mr. and Mrs. Harper Cole
man. died this morning after a. week’s
illness of pneumonia. He was assist
ant postmaster for a number of years,
and was attentive to business and
faithful to every trust. Besides his
parents, five sisters survive him. HR-
funeral will be conducted by the Odd
Fellows Friday morning.
man. Mellen and Hughitt.
Magnates to Confer With Teddy.
The conference with the four rail
road magnates, -which was granted
by the President at the earnest re
quest of Mr. Morgan, will be hold the
early part of next week. It is under
stood by those close to the President
that the railway officials will tfrjJR.Mr.
Roosevelt to take some steps to' arfay
the public anxiety now threatening to
obstruct railroad investments and con
struction and as to the relations be
tween the railroads and the Govern
ment.
Since Mr. Morgan's vist to tl>e
White House the President has he!fl
numerous conferences with Chairman
Knapp and members of the interstate
commerce commission in order that t 10
may be in a better position to present
the administration's side of th© ques
tion when he meets the railroad prest-
dents next week. .
The administration is firmly? eon- •
vinced that the unrest in financial cir
cles had been brought on by the argu
ments advanced by the railroad . In
terests in trying to prevent ''hostile
legislation” in the various States and :
not by the attttide that the ■ Federal - > "
Government lias taken to enforce the
laws relating to the common carriers.
E. H. Harriman. when -lie was in this
city recently, and President A. R.
Sticknev.of the Chicago Great Western,
who called at the; White House, today,
have expressed the same opinion.
The President is fortifying himself
with regard to all the facts the inter
state commerce commission has dis
closed during its various investiga
tions. In this way h>' will- tie able to
meet argument witii argument and fact
with fact.
Roads Show Increased Earnings.
The President, it is known, takes the
same proposition assumed when ho
I sent his message to Congress Inst De
cember and called attention to the
fact that during the last five months—
within which the new law was opera
tive at that time—"the railroads have
shown increased earnings and some of
them unusual dividends.” £££: ',<•
This the President believes refutes
the claims of.the railroads at the time
that the new law would ruin them
and emphasizes the fact that ratojeg-
islation. either by Federal or State
Governments, is not the cause of the
present panic conditions. The Presi
dent. too, has referred- significantly to
another part of his message in which
he said: “It must not he supposed
however, that with the passage of
these laws, it will he possible to stop
progress along the line of increasing
the power of the national Government
over the use of capital in interstate
commerce.”
In pointing out these and other pas
sages from his recent message to
those with whom he has talked, the
President has indicated that he has
taken no backward steps in his views
as to the advisability of making the
regulations and laws still stronger
along certain lines.
To Relieve Financial Stress.
Although believing that the condi
tions in New York are due to nothing
dministration is re
sponsible. the President believes he
has done everything that eonsistentlv
can be done to give relief to tho
rronev market. The order-issued by
Secretary Cortelyou followed’ bv the
order today prevents the withdrawal
of large sums belonging to the Gov
ernment and provides the .vnv for tho
use of additional funds in Wall street.
The first order put a quietus on the
rumor that the treasurer >vas to im
mediately withdraw the additional de
posits put in th" banks last October,
amounting to $30,000,000. Today Mr.
Cortelyou issue an order that the $18,-
000.000 additional currency taken out
bv the national banks could b» hold
by them, without substituting Federal
for the State and other bonds with
which it is now secured. This, it is
pointed out. will prevent a sharp de
mand for Government bonds for de
posit as security.
Another step which put about $1.-
oon.000 a day in circulation is the de
posit of customs receipts in the de
positaries as provided under the new
currency act.
The Secretary has also notified bond
holders that he will redeem with in
terest to July 1. when they will ma
ture anv bonds of the 4 per cent
funded loan of 1907, to an amount not
exceeding $25,000,000. These bonds
may be presented at once.
INTERNATIONAL SPINNERS
WILL VISIT THE SOUTH.
JACKSON. Miss.. March 14.—Secre
tary W. H. Woods, of the Southern
Cotton Association, announced today
that International Spinners' Asoocia-
tion will visit the cotton States this
fall in company with representatives
of the Southern Cotton Association
and Farmers’ I’nion. Secretary Woods
says thf purpose of this tour is to
bring about a thorough understand
ing between the spinners and cotton
producers. relative to methods of
handling the crop. The spinners of
Lancashire. England, New England and
the South will be represented.
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