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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. unnsifflCT print