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TWICEA-WEEK TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA—PARTLY CLOUDY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, PROBABLY SHOWERS WEDNESDAY IN NORTH PORTIONS; FRESH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ESTABLISHED IN MACON, GA.. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1907. TWICE-A-WEEK, $1.00 A YEAR. FOUR RIFLES OF CO. B. WERE USED IN AFFAIR FI* iUfill 3Iicroscopic Examination of Shells Aliened to Establish This Fact, '.•■nee at the Springfield arsenal, and I have directed the foremen of the gun cleaning squad at the arsenal tc# be prc.'>‘nt at the disposition of the com mittee.” I HULL Experts Ready to Explain on Stand WASHINGTON. March 18.—Four rifles from Company B. Twenty-fifth Infantry, were used In the Brownsville affair. If the ordnance department of the army can substantiate reports sent to the Senate committee on military affairs today concerning the micro scopic examination of the thirty-three shells' picked up In the streets of the town on the morning following the • hooting. All of the rifles In the possession of the battalion at Ft. Brown on the night of August 13 were sent to the Springfield arsenal and two shots were fired from each. The shells used were unlst-U I Ui! ornov u i uli t arum lULnO a “tm» n 5 aiVL. VICE-PRESIDENT WAS CENTRAL FIGURE IN CHICAGO’S ST. PATRICK CELEORATION. SALVADOR ALLIED RIO 110 DISASTER TO IEIM CJkSSEI IT HESS CHICAGO March 18.—Vice-Presi dent Fairbanks who was today the central figure !n the St. Patrick’s Day celebration under the auspices cf the Irish Fellowship club, made in various j parts of the city, four addresses and 1 attended a luncheon and a banquet. | This morning a large delegation of the I club called to meet the Vice-President at the auditorium annex. An improptu ! reception was held, lasting for 30 min- j utes and. then entering an automobile, J the Vice-President was taken to St. | Ignatius college on West 120th street i where he delivered a brief address to WASHINGTON. March IS—Chair- I tJ ? e students, the members of the fac- 1 uity and a large number of invited CHIEF OF POLICE SO CHARAC- TERiZESE THE ALLEGED CON FESSION OF GRAY. man Warren, of the senate commit tee on military affairs which is in vestigating the Brownsville a fir ay-, to day received from Secretary Taft copy of a dispatch from San Antonio, Texas, as follows: “The Adjutant General. U. S. Army, Washington: "Chief of police, Glaveston, has jus wired me confession of Gray, suppose discharged soldier, appearing in paper today, is a fake. (Signed) "BLOCKSON. Maj.-Gen The dispatch relates to an alleged -hen compared with those picked up at j confession printed in a Galveston Brownsville and tho officers making | newspaper and sent broadcast throug the tests reported that It has been J the country. Senator Foraker. who monstrated beyond dispute that four guns of Company B were used in dis charging all of the thirty-three shells. The reports were made a part of the committee records and Lieut. Hawkins of the ordnance department and C. A. Spooner, expert inspector of guages used in the manufacture of muskets nt tho Springfield arsenal, are ready to go on the stand to explain their re- ; ports and be cross-examined concern- , lng them. Two of Company B rifles, said to have been used in tho affray, were kept In the store house under lock, tho key of which was in the posses sion of former quartermaster sergeant. Walker McCurdy, and the other two rides were said to have been issued to Private John L. Wilson and "Thomas Taylor. Senator Foraker immediately- had subpoenas issued for Taylor and ’.Vllson and for tho recall of McCurdy. He asked also that the War Depart ment be Instructed to send for Lieut. Laurisen who commanded Company B nt the time of the affray. Secretary Tuft in a letter to the company point ed out that the men who did the shoot ing may have used any guns they could sc ure and that Tny-lor and Wil son cannot he held to be guilty bo- enuse of the showing made by the tests nt the arsenal No members of the Twenty-fifth In fantry were examined today and no testimony was given which had any <1 t h.-.iring n:: lk-> shooting except that of Henry Watson, a private of Company M, Twenty-sixth Infantry. He testified that he was left behind as f guard .-it the posts when the Twenty- | sixth Infantry moved out and that ho j saw loose shells of both the Krag and , FKingih'ld type lying about tho liar- ; racks. He said that he also saw thir- i ty-elght caliber revolver ammunition | lying around, and that the barracks I were open so that citizens could se cure access to this ammunition. On cross-examination he admitted that it is always easy for soldiers to secure extra ammunition if they desired it. The committee today took up tho question of going to Brownsville, in connection with tho investigation. It was decided that It probably would be necessary to visit Brownsville, but no action was taken townrds fixing a time for tho trip. Examined Shells by Microscope. Reports of experts of the Ordnance Department of the army who exam ined the thlriy-three discharged shells picked up in the streets of Browns ville on the morning following the af- frav. were laid before the Senate Com mittee on Military Adairs today by the officers win examined lie shells at the Springfield arsenal under glass and microscope. The conclusion of the War Department, expressed in a letter to Chairman Warren from Secretary Taft, which was presented by Lieut. Hawkins >f t lie I >: dn-.ttn . !' ■; .irtment. is til it (he shells were dls barged from Spring- field rifles which \\ re in the hands of members of Company B. one of the dis charged companies of the Twenty-fifth infantry. Secretary Taft’s letter says the shells were examined by Lieut. Hawkins and C. A. Spooner, expert in spector of guages. used in the manu facture of musket trsenal. All the rifles in the possession of the three companies of the Twenty- fifth infantry on August 13, were In the hands of these experts and two regular Pull cartridges were discharged from each rifle, and the discharged shells subjt ctcd to full examination. Who Used the Guns. Secretary Tuft stated, further that from tui official list cf companies B, C j and D. and number of guns assigned to them on August 13, it appears th it ' .wo of the guns, one from which eight of these shells v.\ re discharged and one I front* which eleven of the shells were ! discharged, were guns in the storehouse | of Company B. which had not been is- | sued to enlists was taking the leading role in the de fense of the negro soldiers, said today that he would order a subpoena for the editor of the Galveston newspaper in order to secure a statement from him concerning the story. * NEW YORK, March 18.—James Henning, of Chicago, a first cabin passenger on the steamer Cedric, which arrived here today from Eu rope, became violently insane yester day and was brought in under close guard. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital when the steamer arrived. Henning told acquaintances on the steamer that his wife and several chil dren lost their lives In the Iroquois theater fire. He was stricken during the usual Sunday service on ship board yester day. In the midst of the service Hen ning sprang to his feet, began waving his arms wildly and raving about his family. He rushed to the upper deck where he was, overpowered and taken to his state room, where he was held under restraint. BELIEVE THEY HAVE FI DOVER. Del.. March IS.—The au thorities of Erie, Pa., sent for Dr. Hor ace Marvin tonight and notified him by telephone that they believed they had little Horace, the missing child. Two exhaustive Interviews over the long distance telephone resulted be tween Erie authorities and Dr. Harvey Marvin, who was in Dover, awaiting messages and telephone calls for hi father. Neither the Marvins or the detectives would divulge any of the conversations. The boy. it has been learned, had been shadowed from Can ada down through Port Huron, and finally to Erie. Deputy Attorney General Hastings the state prosecutor during the illness of Attorney General Richards, con ferred with Governor Lea today and later announced his intention of visit ing the scene and co-operating with the detective force at work under the governor. The state legislature passed a reso lution today asking "That President Roosex-elt be requested to issue an or der instructing postmasters in various parts of the country who may receive notices intended to add in the discov ery of Horace Marvin, to hang suqh notices in their respective postoffices and to see that such notices are not the Springfield j torn or destroyed." ... , President Roosevelt will be seen to- morow by former United States Sena tor J. Frank Alice whom he has an appointment with, and Mr. Allee will request the President to co-operate with the Delaware authorities in searching the country over for young Marvin. POLICE DENY STORY THAT BOY HAS BEEN FOUND ERIE. Pa.. March IS.—The police of the city declared tonight that they knew nothing whatever of the report that Horace Marvin. Jr., was located 'a >s- j ; n tHis city. County Detective Frank i men but were in charge H. Watson also denied that he hail re- :he quartermaster sergeant and that ! ceivod information or had communica- third gun from which eleven of the | ted with Dr. Marvin, father of the ils were discharged was assigned to ] missing boy. Themes Taylor, a 1'roate of Company | j ; W as learned late tonight that a 1 telephone message had been sent from ! this city this afternoon to Kitts Ham- I mock. Del., hut the officials deny that j any messages to Dover, or to any part ; of th. State had been filed. The Asso- j elated Press was informed at mid night that a detective from a private agency at Buffalo was en route ro i this city. Rumors are rife tonight that the kidnaped boy is in the cus- physlclan on State street th e she qned lamp. Jo: ourth gun from which liseharged was a gun h L. Wilson, a private Concerning this evi dence, the Secretary’ says: "Of c ause, the v. rv reasonable hypo thesis that the men who did the\^2ioot- ing used such guns as they could get on the night of August 13. and would not necessarily ave used the guns effi- eially assigned to them, makes this evi- | toi j v donee weigthy in showing rather that her ' e pome members of the battalion did it. j than that the individuals above named were guilty." Hawkins’ Final Report. ort of Lieut. Hawkins cartridge shells dis- gatr.s of the Twenty- which preceded the negro i-nsville, had no marks ■<1 them with the shells on. The lieutenant also testion as to th ind lands which would 1 e made by the bullets discharged from each gun of the three companies of guns of tile Twenty-fifth infantry and he has samples charged into sawdu T\vvn:y-fifth infantry. The bullets dl =- charged by Lieut. Hawkins from all of th,. rides of the Twenty-fifth infantry, according to the report, had the im pression of the lands of the riding, quite as plainly marked as the bullets aken from the Brownsville houses. Regarding this, Secretary Taffs let ter s.ivs "Lieut. Hawkins has idviset me tha- in his judgment a reasonable from thr. guests. From St. Ignatlu3 college the Vice- President was escorted to the univer sity. where he also spoke. Mr. Fair banks declared that he had several times been invitqjl to address the students of the university by the late President Harper and had provisionally accepted the invitation. Various circumstances, however - he declared had prevented -him from vis Iting the university and he now came to fulfill, in an Informal way. the promises he had previously given to President Harper. The remainder of the Vice-President’s speech was de voted to an eulogy of President Har per whom he declared to be exception ally worthy of imitation by all young men. From Chicago university after a ride through the parks and over the South- side boulevards the Vice-President was escorted to the rooms of the Chicago Press club on Madison street. Here a luncheon was given In his honor and he made a third address of the day. rWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED SALVA- EXPERT MAUDIN ADVANCES NEW DOREAN SOLDIERS HAVE LANDED AT AMAPALA. THEORY CONCERNING EX PLOSION OF MAGAZINE. PANAMA, March iS.-According to ,Y RIS - * arch t Ma “ d ‘ n ’ reliable information received here from ^ceT a ‘ne^fhVry"regardthe' Salvador that the country has allied ; cause of the disaster to the battleship, itself openly with Honduras in the war ; Iena, whose afterpart was destroyed with Nicaragua. On March 10, 2,500 i by the explosion of a magazine on Salvadorean soldiers landed at Ama- I March 12. resulting in considerable loss pala and proceeded the next morning in I of life. He says that at the time of the the direction of Choluetca. This body ! explosion it was noted, that powerful of men came from San Miguel in Hon- I wireless currents were passing and he duras and are under the command of believes that the vessel’s isalation in THAW WHIPPED EVELYN UNTIL SHE SWOONED nose, large ears, wore nose glasses, chewed tobacco, the number of his laundry mark was S90 and the num ber of the case of his Elgin watch was 4,520 306. Whether the man is Walker or not the police are satisfied that there is some deep mystery surrounding the suicide yet to be developed. General Jose Dolores Presa. WHOLESALE ESCAPE OF SUMTER CONVICTS the dry dock here resulted in the ac cumulation of secondary Hertzian waves in the “B" powder magazine from the ship’s wireless apparatus and that an outside current communicated a high tension spark. PRINCE HENRY ASKED AFTER RESCUED ONES BERLIN, March IS.—Prince Henry of the Netherlands, who is here as the guest of the emperor and empress, called today at the apartments of Frau Schroeter, the opera singer, whom he helped to rescue from the wreck of the British steamer Berlin, which went ashore off the Hook of Holland Feb. 21. resulting in the loss of 12S lives. Frau Schroeter was not at home when the prince reached her residence, but he waited until she had been summon ed by telephone and then inquired about all the rescued persons who were living in Berlin. BRYAN PRAISES THE TRADE UNIONS PAID TRIBUTE TO ORGANIZATION TO WOMEN IN THIS CONNECTION. CHICAGO. March 18.—William J. Bry an. at the closing conference yesterday in connection with the industrial exhibi tion, expressed the opinion that trade un ions have done more good for this country than any force in this country- "The unions have made some mistakes, but they have accomplished more good.” was the keynote of his speech. He paid a tribute, especially to the organizations of women in this connection. "When we consider that through trade unions wages have been increased, hours hortened and comfort afforded the work ingmen in greater measure.” he said. "I think we have a right to say the benefits resulting from the unions cannot be over estimated. Perhaps no other force in the country over has been so effective for im provement in the citizenship and general moral qualities of our people. "The Australian ballot system for one thing is largely due to the agitation of trade unions. I almqst feel safe in say ing that had it not been for the interest taken in this reform by the organizations, we might still bo employing the old sys tem of voting. If the labor union had never done anything else than raise the age limit of employment for children In the mines and factories in the Nation. I believe the accomplishment alone would Justify its existence. No influences in this country has ever been so evil in its effects as the tendency to crowd our workshops with children of tender years. It is a most destructive tendency and one that the public conscience should protest against.” Referring to women in industry, Mr. Bryan said the women might accomplish as much as men througli unions. HOW GROVER SPENT HIS 70TH BIRTHDAY GEORGETOWN, S. C., March IS.— Former President Cleveland, Commo dore E. C. Benedict and Admiral Lam- berton, who have spent some days at the home of General Alexander, at South Island, left here Sunday for the club house of the Santa Gun Club, where the party will remain for a few ays. Today is the seventieth birthday of the former president. He is in fine pirits and has enjoyed the past week thoroughly, though in a more quiet way than usual, as on account of the ad- anced season ducks are scarce. The arty probably will leave for home on Thursday. AMERICUS, Ga., March IS.—Anoth er wholesale escape of county convicts from Sumter's chaingang was made here today when five men broke a bar in the prison pen and escaped. Going to the railroad shops they secured tools wherewith to sever the shackles. There have been numerous jail and chaingang escapes here recently, with the result that seventeen misdemeanor convicts are now at large besides the murderer, George Bundrick and other jailbirds. NEGRO SHOT HIS AGED MOTHER-IN-LAW FIVE TIMES. AMERICUS, Ga.. March 18.—Jack Hill, cclored shot his mother-in-law, tin aged negress five times yesterday with u revolver and the woman will probably die. Hill sprinted away with a sheriff's posse in pfarsiut, but has escaped arrest. Hill doubtless shot the woman in a spirit of pleasantry as is frequently done among negroes here. WHITE BOY KILLED BY YOUNG NEGRO Will Stay in Jail or Pay Alimony, ATLANTA. March IS.—Albert S. Whitfield, a young white man. is in jail with the prospect of staying there for sometime unless he pays alimony and attorney’s fees as ordered by the court under his wife’s suit for divorce. The court directed him to pay $20 a month alimony and $25 attorney’s fees and upon his failure to do so, he was sent to jail under a writ of ne exeat. Whitfield is now fighting the- ne exeat with habeas corpus, and the case is to be heard before Judge Pendleton who will decide whether he will be allowed his liberty or remain in jail until the money ordered paid is forthcoming. Abe Hummel Swears That She So Stated in Affidavit. End of Case Is In Sight VIENNA. Ga., March IS—Several children, among them a little son of Mr. J. T. Murray, Jr., were out hunting near Richrwood Saturday afternoon. A little negro boy by the name of Plias Kennedy came up with them. He ask ed one of them to let him see his gun. He did so and the negro hoy told them he would show them how to play war. He pointed the gun at Mr. Murray’s boy and fired. The load entered the boy’s side and he was dead in a few minutes. The sheriff has put the boy in jail. He is about twelve years oid. A negro got tanked up on booze yes terday and raised cain at the section houses of G. S. & F. railroad here. He cut one negro very badly. Mr. J. A. Bryan, of Atlanta, ad dressed the children at the school house this afternoon about the James- totvn exposition. STATE R. R. COMMISSION WILL MEET TOMORROW Fifty Negroe Refused to Work. ATLANTA. March IS.—Fifty negroes who were employed on the exvaea- tions for the new Government build ing, under a subcontractor positively refused this morning to work for $1.25 a day. whereupon the foreman called on the police and had them chased off the works. This left less than half a force at work, only a small portion of the men consenting to remain at work at that price. They demanded , $1.35 for a ten hour day and some of ! much them wanted $1.50 which the railroads i which, with th are paying right along and are eager } r< ; a(J to get men at that price. Returned Georgia Flags. ATLANTA. March IS.—It has been decided by Governor Terrell to have the two niejies originally intended for statutes, in the lobby of the capitol and on the north side of the dome, encased with glass and to place inside the Georgia flags which were recently re turned to the state by the United States Government. Complaint of Bowdre Pliin- izy Against Georgia R. R. is to Be Heard. Batch of Current Gate City News ATLANTA, March 18.—The State Railroad Commission will meet special session on Wednesday for the purpose of hearing the complaint of Bowdre Phinizy against the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. It is presumed the case will be In shape for hearing by that time. It is the pur pose of the commission to go at the gist of the matter In so far as It can from the testimony to be presented, and then determine what sort of an investigation, If any,-Is necessary. It is generally- expected that some sort of inspection will be arranged for, the expert employed to be paid by the Georgia Railroad under resolution of Us directors. While this course is a little out of the ordinary, the State laws make no provision for -the com pensation of an expert in theso cases, and the method suggested seems to be satisfactory to both parties. The report of the directors of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, who, in company with experts, recently made an inspection of the property, will be filed with the commission at that time, but what weight it will have in determining the commission's action cannot now bo told. The filial rep sh< iws that th< ch:i trged in the MX! [h infhntr: y w soli lit ry at I Sr cp *iv h h*h identi ur Yr ex.ur.i € \'.l mined th r qi ine erroov t's ; MATCH IGNITED LOAD OF COTTON NEW YORK, March IS.—By order of Mayor McClellan the national. tate and city flags were run up on the city flag staffs today in honor of former President Grover Cleveland, who is 70 years old today. This com pliment is said not to have been paid to any other private citizen in the last half century. I a SAVANNAH, Ga.. March IS.—A re markable fire occurred at Broughton marks , and Bull streets at noon today. Many people witnessed it, the location be.ns one of the most prominent in the city. A truck loaded with cotton bales ran . over a match and ignited it. The blaze two bullets dls- ’ flew to the cotton at once. A call for or water from j the department was sent in. quick re sponse was made a*d water was thrown upon the load a’fter all the bales had been damaged. The mules had been unhitched from the burning load. The cotton was owned by Floyd & Co. CHEATHAM APPOINTED ASST. GEN. FREiGHT AGENT. BIRMINGHAM. A!a„ March IS—R. j. Cheatham has been apointed assist- : general freight agent of the Sea- hoard Air Line, with headquarters at Nor;' >lk. The apolntnent is effective April 1, and was made by Vice-Presi dent and Traff'c Manager L. Sevier, while in Birmingham today. Mr. Cheatham is now with the Durham and Southern railroad. State Troops Encampment. ATLANTA, March IS.—The Fourth Infantry Regiment, headquarters at Thomasville, and the battalion of heavy artillery at Savannah, will he the only State troops to go into camp this year. They will go to Ft. Screv en, Tybee Island, near Savannah, for tour of a week or ten days, some time in July. Gov. Terrell today received a letter from the War Department stating that provision would be made for a tour of duty for the heavy artillery and for four companies of infantry at Ft. Screven where instruction will be iven in the work of coast defense and general militarj- tactics. Owing to the fact that this Is the year for the exchange of troops in the Philippines, and changes will also be made in Cuba and Porto Rico, no general en campment ftf troops has been provided for by the War Department. Hence this encampment of the heavy artil lery and- Fourth Infantry will be the only encampment of Georgia troops this year. When the matter was brought to his attention today Gov. Terrell promptly decided to send the Fourth Infantry on account of the fact that it has not bfeen in camp since 1903. There are now only six companies remaining in the regiment, several of them having been recently disbanded, and these will be combined into four companies, the number specified by the War De partment. The exact date of this tour of duty has not yet been fixed, but it will be some time during the month of July. houses of Dr. H. M. Sale on March 5 1907, and of E. H. Jackson on Decern ber 29, 1906, in the northwestern part of Wilkes County. The people in that section of Wilkes County have been so troubled with incendiaries of late that they have begun to conclude that some sort of a conspiracy has been formed against tho neighborhood. In addi tion to the rewards offered by tho Governor, rewards for the arrest of the gujlty parties will also be offered by tho people interested. Delegates to Interstate National Guard ATLANTA, March 18.—Gov. Terrell today appointed the commanding offi cers of the six militia'regiments, the heavy. artfUery. at Savannah and two of the officials in tho Adjutant’s Gen eral’s office as delegates from Geor gia to the Interstate National Guard Association which will hold its an nual convention in Columbia. S. C., March 25 and 26. The Georgia dele gates, therefore, will be Cols. G. A. Gordon, W. A. Harris, John D. Twiggs. R. L. Wyliy, Clifford L. Anderson, of the five infantry regiments. Col. P. W. Meldrim, of the First Cavalry. Maj. W. B. Stephens, of the heavy artillery, Col. A. J. Scott, assistant adjutant- generai, and Col. W. G. Obear, inspec tor general of State roops. Practi cally all the legislation which has gone through Congress in aid of the State troops has originated with the National Guard Association, and it is expected that many matters of inter est to the militia over the countrj’ will be brought up at the coming meeting at Columbia. Capt. Sam McGowan Comoieted Work. ATLANTA, Ga., March 18.—Captain Sam McGowan pay inspector of the U. S. Navy department, who has been here making arangements for the in troduction of the a new system of ac counting for the property issued to the various slate -naval reserves, completed his work with the adjutant general’s department today and left for New Or leans on a similar mission. Upon his return to which due notice will be given, he expects to visit Savannah and confer personally with the offeers of the Georgia naval militia regarding this matter. The Georgia naval re serves are making an effort to have the navy department assign a warship to their station, as has been done in the case of several states where such organizations are maintained. An ef fort wil be made to induce Captain McGowan to make a recommendation on this line. VENEZUELAN CHIEF MAGIS TRATE RECEIVED AN OVA TION FROM HIS PEOPLE NEW YORK, March IS.—When the Thaw trial was adjourned this after noon there remained but four expert witnesses to be examined before the taking of evidence closes. Three ex perts were disposed of today in a lit tle more than an hour, so it is gener ally believed that the last word of evi dence may be uttered in the famous case tomorrow. In that event the summing up by Mr. Delmas for the defense will begin Wednesday morn ing. District Attorney Jerome will re ply on Thursday. Justice Fitzgerald may proceed immediately with his charge to the jury or lie may defer it until Friday. Unless tho unexpected happens there should be a verdict by Friday night. The case for the people was finally closed today by the introduction of the discussed Hummel affidavit, consent of the defense, full to the jury. Tito affidavit proved a surprise only in the alleged severity of the assaults Harry K. Thaw is said to have made upon Evelyn Nesbit* during their trip through Europe iu 1903, when, accord ing to the testimony of Abraham Hummel. Miss Nesblt would not sign statements which Thaw had prepared accusing Stanford White of having drugged and ruined her. i haw Lashed Her With Cowhide. In this affidavit Miss Nesbit charges Thaw with having attacked her with a cowhide whip while they were stop ping at an old castle in the Austrian Tyrol and lashing her bare skin until she became faint from tho pain and swooned. He repeated the attack the next day, according to the affidavit, | and afterward in Paris he beat her at i half hour Intervals throughout one en tire day, leaving off only when she would faint away and could no longer understand what was happening. Miss Nesblt is alleged to have sworn in the affidavit that she was in daily fear for her life and that Thaw acted as a demented person during some of the assaults. The affidavit was in some ways a direct contradiction of Hummel’s recent testimony upon CARACAS. Venezuela. March 16. by way of Willemstad, Island of Curacao. J Hummel's recent testimony March 18.—President Castro, finding Stand. In order that the d the air of Macuto growing hot, return- [ might, not prevent him from telling ed to Caracas today, giving evidence J the story of the making of the affidavit of wonderful improvement in his I he stated positively that he was not health. A bed had been placed in a j acting as Miss Nesbits attorney when special train, but the President refus- j he drew up the document: that he was ed to occupy it and sat up during the I acting solely in the interest of Stan- two hours’ trip, gazing at-the marvel ously beautiful mountain scenery. When the train arrived here, thous ands of people lined the streets and a regiment of troops guarded the rail road station. President Castro walked unassisted from the train to his car riage, strolling on the platform for a few moments before entering the vehi cle with his sister. As a president’s salute was fired by a battery of artil lery the carriage rolled away over the rough coblestones to the music of hands and between lines of soldiers. Airs. Castro. Drs. Revenga and Baldo and others followed. The President’s enjoyment of the sun and music and of his return to public life was shown plainly in his bright eyes as he answered the cheer ing. with which his appearance was greeted, by * repeatedly raising his Panama hat, but his face was paiid and his grey tweed suit hung loosely on his shrunken frame. The resolution of the President to come to Caracas was taken suddenly yesterday. He decided to live at the i villa Ignacia, which is situated in a beautiful part of the city. The pro gress of President Castro from the railroad station to the. Villa Ignacia was one continuous ovation. HE LEFT COURT TO END HIS LIFE PLANS FOR PRESIDENT'S SUMMER VACATION WERE DISCUSSED Death of Mrs. W. H. Battle. COLUMP.L'S. Ga.. March 18.—Mrs. W. H. Battle, who was a prominent j ^ music teacher in Columbus for many [ years, dic-d today at the city hospital I D tg live minutes, as shown by the exper- Rafter a long illness. WASHINGTON. March IS.—The tenta tive plans for the President’s rummer at Oyster Bay have been discussed at the White Hcus". As now contemplated, he will leave Washington for that place somewhere between the 2''th and the 25th of June. If he can conveniently get away he will do SO his trip to India n- snd Lansing. Mich., and two trips to the Jam-stewn Exposition, are cn the program bef j’- *a- • o-oetjent’a vacation begins. Fort Gaines Guards to Disband. ATLANTA March IS.—The Fort Gaines Guards, Company D, of the Fourth Regiment Infantry, will be dis banded by order of the Governor. The company recently held a meeting at which lack of interest was evident in the vote taken. Thirty-nine of its members voted for disbandment and one against it. It has been decided to comply with its wishes and the dis bandment will he ordered at once in advance of the date set for its inspec tion. so that it will not have the effect of lowering the general average of the State troops. This will make the third company of the Fourth Regi ment disbanded in advance of inspec tion for the same reason. the two ethers being those at Dawson and Cuthbert. New Militia District. ATLANTA, March 18.—Governor Terrell today issued an order crating and establishing a new militia district in Richmond County, nubered 1660. This is the exact number of miltia dis tricts now existing in the state. News Items Gave Trouble. ATLANTA, Alarch 18.—An apparent ly innocent little item which appeared in the papers Sunday has given Gov ernor Terrell and Superintendent J. H. Hall, of public buildings and grounds, no little trouble. It was stated the information coming from the state treasury department that the new building for the Academy for the Blind, had been completed and that $120,000 of insurance would have to be placed upon it this week. Superintendent Hall and -Governor Terrell were be- seiged by insurance agents today and had difficulty in convincing them that thev were not ready to place this in surance yet. The truth of the matter. Air. Hall said, is that the buijding will not be ready until June or July, and the amount of insurance which will not be placed until that time, will not he more than $30,000. COLUMBUS, Ga.. March 18.—“I’ll never be here any more,” said Hogan .Sedberry, engineer of the steamer Queen City, to the police sergeant, as he paid a fine imposed upon him in the recorder's court this morning for dis orderly conduct. Going home he took chloroform and laudanum and died this afternoon from the effects of the drugs. ARRESTED FOR MURDER COMMITTED 16 YEARS AGO. KATHLEEN. Ga., Alarch 18.—The old adage. "That murder will out" was verified this afternoon when an officer from Jackson. Ga.. and the local officer of this place jumped, and after a short. ford White and that no legal action was contemplated in behalf of the young woman who is now Harry Thaw’s wife. Abe Hummel's Duplicity. There was considerable surprise consequently when Air. Jerome today read the opening words of tho affi davit, which were: "Supreme Court, County of New York. “Evelyn Nesbit, plaintiff, against Harry Kendall Thaw, defendant.” The action contemplated when the affidavit was made, was the recovery of certain property which it was alleg ed Thaw had wrongfully taken from the girl. In dictating the affidavit, Hummel referred to himself as Aliss Nesbit’s attorney, she being reported to havo said: "I have received certain letters and cabigrams from Thatv which I have turned over to my attor ney. Air. Abraham H. Hummed.” The affidavit is also endorsed: "Howe and Hummel, attorneys for plaintiff.” When Air. Delmas began the intro duction of testimony in sur-rebuttnl, he Introduced first of all the record in the trial and conviction of Hummel on the charge of conspiracy. Ha started to read the entire record, but had not reached the remarks Air. Je rome made at the sentencing of Hum mel, and which Air. Delmas wanted to present to the jury, when Air. Je rome said he would- admit the entire record without objection. Save It for Summing Up. Allr. Delmas then said he would save the District Attorney’s references ^ to Hummel for the defense's summing up. Next Air. Delmas put upon the stand three policemen ,vho saw Thaw the night of the tragedy or early in the morning after and they all declar ed that he either looked or acted irra tionally. To two of them be com plained of hearing young girls’ voices. The witnesses admitted on cross-ex amination that there were seven women of the street in the station house the night Thaw was there and that they were making considerable noise, but could not be heard from Thaw’s ceil. After this testimony had been presented Air. Delmas passed to the final stages of the trial by intro ducing the first of seven alienists em- hard race captured a negro named ! pioved by the defense, three of the ex- Charley Jinks, wanted for a murder pc r ts being new to the case. Dr. ..I...j j n u enr y County sixteen : - Governor Offers Reward. ATLANTA. Alarch 18.—Gov. Terrell day offered rewards of $100 each for '-ghe unknown persons who burned th© Mystery Surrounds Suicide. ATLANTA, Alarch 18—Deep mys tery seems to surround the identity of the man who committed suicide in the Kimbal! House yesterday afternoon. The police are now working on the theory that he may be William F. Walker the absconding officer of the New Britain, Conn., bank, for whose arrest such a large reward has been offered. The description of the man seems strikingly like that of Walker. The man was registered under the name of A. R. Atorgan. of Norfolk, Va. Before he killed himself, however, he destroyed every possible trace of his identity, so far as paper* or articles in his possession might serve to iden tify him. The man was about 45 or 50 years old partly bald, had a full beard and brawn eyes, was six feet tall, weighed about 150 pounds, had Roman Graeme AI. Hammond and Dr. Smith Ely Jelliffe. who have been in the case from the first, and Dr. W. A. White, superintendent of the Government hospital for the Insane at AVashington. were today's witnesses and were all interrogated on tho hypothetical ques tion framed by the District Attorney. All three of the experts declared Thaw was so mental]v unbalanced at the time he killed Stanford White that he did not know the nature or quality of his act, and did not know that the act was wrong. None of the three would classify the form of insanity from which they said the defendant was suffering. Tomorrow the experts will be Drs. Evans and Wagner, who have hereto fore testified for the defense, and who will now be asked to give an opinion on Mr. Jerome's long question, and Dr. Chas. W. Pilgrim, of Poughkeepsie, president of the New York State Lu- i prosperous Jas- ! r.acy Commission, and Dr. Alinas Gre- and Samuel H. | gory, superintendent of the psycopa- Hardeman. also a prominent citizen rf i thic pavilion at Bellevue Hospital, the same county, were arraigned before | committeed years ago. W. J. WEST, PROMINENT BANKER OF ROME, GA., DEAD ROAIE, Ga., Alarch IS.—W. J. West, a prominent banker of this city, died of heart trouble here today, aged 45 years. JASPER MEN FACE PEONAGE CHARGE MOSELEY AND HARDEMAN EACH PLACED UNDER $300 BOND. Alfonso F. Aloseley per county farmer. United States Commissioner AYilliam Alartin yesterday on the charge of peonage, resulting in each of the de fendants being held under a $300 bond. At the trial it developed that Alose- ley took out a warrant in Justice T. P. Shv's court against Will Hurt, alias Will Brown, in an effort to retain the services of the negro on his farm. Hardeman, it is alleged, served the- warrant- which was never returned to the justice of the peace. The -defendants testified at the pre liminary trial yesterday tint it was not the intention of keeping the negro in bondage, but to insure his fulfilling h;s con tracL SAVANNAH CARPENTERS j RETURNED TO THEIR WORK SAVANNAH, March IS.—Most of the 350 carpenters who went on strike Friday, because the eof tractors would not agree to an eight-hour-day. re turned to work this morning, accept ing the contractors' offer of a minimum wage scale, of 28% cents an hour for an eight hour day. Some of the carpenters are still out because of the inability of individuals and contractors to fix the day’s pay, the men in some cases demanding inore than the minimum.