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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
TU18DAY, MARCH 19, 190*.
THE SOUTHERN STATES
and the Panama canal
All the Parties
Prove Taciturn
Mysterious Conference
Supposed to Relate
Railroads
Held,
to
ATLANTA, March 16.—In response
to an Invitation from the Progressive
Union of New Orleans. Governor Ter
rell today appointed as delegates to one
of the most Important convention*
planned In the South In recent years—
twenty-five of Georgia'." most promi
nent business men and beat known cit-
isen*.
The gathering proposed Is that of a
Southern States and Gulf Coast Pan
ama Conference to he held In New
Orleans on March 25, and it proposes
to <Ual with the relation* of the South
ern States, present and future, with
tho Panama canal- The importance of ,, ,,
this project to the Southern States Is WASHINGTON. March 18—Ques-
well known and It Is proposed in this i lions affecting the railroad situation
conference in take step* to preserve to ' occupied more or >ss of the attention
the South the advantage* which right- of President Booseve.t today. During
fully belong to It as the result of this the morning there were Informal talks
great ar.d Important project. i with some of hU caller* on tne subject.
Tbr delegates named by Governor | A d 1 s p a t c h c a m e f rom President Mel-
t of whom it Is believed i° n> York, New Haven and
ATLANTA HOPES
TO HOLD FAIR
DESPERATE AFFAIR
tluui!
LOST BEASLEY BOY?
Terrell,
wjtl attend this conference on account :
of It* Importance to the whole people :
of the South, are a* follows:
J. N. King. Rome; IV. E. Ragan, At- j
junta. G. Gunby Jordan. Columbus; H.
H. Tift. Tlfton: C. Downing, Rrun.-t-
wick; W. J. Massee. Macon; W. W.
Gordon. Savannah; R. K Hopkins,
Brunswick; G. W. Deen, Wsycross; J.
M. Rpthwell. Augusta; E. P. Denmark,
Valdosta: George W. TIedeman, Sa
vannah: Harry Hodgson, Athena; Jno.
Bi Donaldson, Ilainbrldge; M. F. Cole,
NmrnAn; JP, S. Arkwright. Atlanta; J.
P, Haneon. Macon; E. P. Callaway,
fja. Grange; H. P. Medklaham, Undale:
J. W. Ogleeby, Quitman; 8. B. Brown.
Albany; D. B. Dyer, Augueta: Dr. Jeff
Davis. Toeooa, and W. W. Williamson,
Savannah.
This is a strong delegation and there
•will be strength in it, whatever number
of them may attend. Governor Terrell
considers this conference one of the
utmost Importance to the Southern
States, and particularly to Georgia, and
for that reason he exercised great care
In the selection of delegates, at the
same time andeavoring to have every
section of tit* State represented.
There will be In attendance on this
conference the Governors of a number
of State*. United State* Senators and
Representatives of Southern States,
mayors and representatives of the
commercial bodies of the larger cities.
The day of March 25 will he given up
to the business of the conference and
at night .there will be a smoker for the
entertainment of the delegates.
The invitation to Governor Terrell
both to attend In person and to name
delegates came from If.' B. Trezevanl,
secretary of the New Orleans Progres
sive Union.
The invitation sets forth the fact that
union of interest* Is absolutely neces
sary in the fight which must be made
agslnft the discriminations of the
Tgthmlan Canal Commission. It Is pro
posed. howovor. that the conference
shall take a much wider scope than
this and shall deal with the future In
tercsts of the South In connection with
the canal, In order to forestall discrim
ination In favor of the East under
•which It might eventually be able to
control trade passing through the Pan
ama cannl. while the South though
nearer and having superior advantages,
would be left "to hold the bag.”
Each of the delegates names! by Gov
ernor Terrell will be notified personally
by Governor Terrell who, in his letter
of notification, will urge them to at
tend.
Hartford railroad, asking when It would
be convenient for the President to see
him, and In the afternoon there was
a visit from Governor Deneen and At
torney General Stead, of Illinois. A
semi-official denial was made that the
Governor and the Attorney General
talked either finance or railroads. From
statements, however, which have come
from authoritative quarters preceeding
the Governor's visit, the inference Is
drawn that there was some reference
during the talk with the President to
the Chicago and Alaton deal, which fig
ured prominently j n the recent Harri-
man Investigation by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The President
is known to be availing himself of
every opportunity to become acquainted
generally with the- railroad situation
and specifically as it exists In certain
directions and the impression is general
that this question was touched on to
some extent at least In the conference
with Governor Deneen. The latter would
make no statement on the subject.
Rumor as to Statement.
A rumor gained currency today that
the President intended to issue a state
ment defining. Jn positive language, his
attitude.on the relations of the Govern
ment to the railroads. An impression
to this effect apparently got abroad
from the fact that the President had
read to some of his callers extracts
from speeches he had made and letters
he had written bearing on some feat
ures of the railroad question. Ail re
ports of this character, however,
proved to be groundless and later it
was ascertained on the best authority
that the President \youid not Issue such
a statement today nor did he have any
such idea In contemplation.
One of the President's early callers
today was James Speyer, of New York,
the head of the firm of Speyer & Co.
To many his cal! looked significant as
it closely followed on that of Wed
nesday. It was impossible to ascer
tain either from the White House or
from Mr. Speyer, the purpose of the
latter's visit. Gov. Deneen and Atty.-
ATLAXTA, March 16.—While con
siderably disheartened, the directors of
the Atlanta Fair Association have by
no means abandonee their efforts to
raise the $15,000 necessary to Insure
the State fair for this y-ar. The Stale
Agricultural Society gave the directors
Of the Fair Association until the 15th
instant to raise the money. This date
has come and gone and only $0,000 of
the required $15,000 has been guaran
tee by the citizens of Atlanta, leav
ing a balance of $6,000 yet to be placed.
The directors had no trouble in secur
ing an extension of time for two weeks.
Somehow or other the people seem to
be indifferent in this matter. The j
amount that has been subscribed as
guarantee fund came from
Whitehall street merchants. Proper
owners gave nothing, and the hotels,
is claimed, are not disposed to go very
deep ip their p*.Probably this
indifference is largely due to the fact
that Atlanta is going to get the fair
this year no matter how much money
is raised, as no other city in the Slate
wants, it, as was shown when proposals
for locating the fair tor this year was
asked for. As was the case with the
Macon fair last year, the Atlanta enter
prise came out on the wrong side of the
ledger. v.:itfc an indebtedness of several
thousand dollars. The directors hope
by raising $15,000 to be able to pay off
the debts of the association, pay the
State Agriculture Society its $23,000,
and have money enough left to offer a
good premium list, which, however,
will not contain any large and attract
ive premiums to scrap over.
The debt hanging over the associa
tion is a serious handicap, as a good
many people do not relish sending good
money after bad, and almost every one
expresses a preference for the other
fellow to meet this obligation. The
fact that pool selling is now prohibited
I cuts the directors out of an opportunity
to sell the pooling privilege at a good
figure, and the result then will be no
racing of any consequence:
COLUMBUS. Ga„ March 16.—In a
personal difficulty on Broad street this
afternoon Hon. William K. Schley,
former Representative of Chattahoo-
ehee County in the Legislature, was
slashed and stabbed by Henry Epping,
a promin n; ColumbU' citizen A dis
pute arose regarding some matter and
tJTe lie was passed. Mr. Epping at
tacked Mr. Schley with a knife, and
despite the latter * efforts to ward him
off with a pitchfork held in his hand.
Epping cut Schley in the throat and
also stable d him in the stomach, the
latter wound being the depth of the
knife blade.
While the last mentioned wound is
dangerous Mr. Schley will in all prob
ability recover.
WILL APPOINT RUUD
WATERWAY COlllO’H
sH SAILOR'S PISTOL
I ELIZABETH CITY, N. C„ March
i 16.—The defense in the trial of Joshua
! Harrison, charged with kidnaping and
• murdering Kenneth Beasley, the 9-
[ year-old son of State Senator S. H.
Beasley, of Currituck County, rested
today.
Mrs. Harrison, wife of the defen-
: danr testified that her husband was
, at home all Monday, the day on which
the boy disappeared. A large number |
of the witnesses, testifying to an alibi
for Harrison, said they saw him on ! WASHINGTON. March 16.—Com-
the two days following "and other wit- j plying with petitions presented by nu-
nesses swore that the person in the | mer0U s commercial organizations of
buggy, seen riding away from the „ _
school house with a boy was not Har- j Mississippi valley. President
rison, nor was the boy Kenneth Beas- ! Roosevelt has decided to appoint an
ley- I inland waterways commission, whose
Mrs. S. M Beasley mother of the duty lt „ n be t0 rGpar e and report a
lost boy, called in rebuttal, testified
NEW YORK, March 16.—Charles
Schiller, deep sea skipper with a per
sonal cargo of kummel and schnaps,
corralled fifteen men, women and
children at the corner of One Hundred
and Eleventh street and Third avenue
at 11 o’clock last night, and caused
them to execute a hornpipe, which he
punctuated with revolver shots. They
were only blank shots, but the fifteen
victims did not have the consolation
of this knowledge: neither did a crowd
of men and women who looked on at
the wild dance, and tried to surround
the joyous sailor.
Schiller hove to at the corner and
anchored for a long time against a
lamp post before he cleared for action.
His first victim was an innoeent-
that Mrs. Harrison visited her a week
after the boy disappeared and gave
as her reason for doing so that Mr.
Harrison had been away all the week.
The court then adjourned until Mon
day morning.
Batch of Current
Gate City News
ATLANTA. March 16— Col. W. G.
Obear. inspector-general of State
troops, who is in Atlanta today, re
ports that last night Company B,
Fourth Regiment Infantry, at Moul
trie, Ga„ failed to show up for inspec
tion, though the inspecting officers
were there to do their work. This is
the first company during this year’s
inspection that has failed to put in
appearance. Such action on the part
of a company usually means its dis
bandment. Capt. Thad Adams stated
that the company had lost interest
through a Jack of encouragement, and
, , . . . , , that it was practically impossible for
looking man with a market basket, at i h)m t0 ge t the mcn 0 ' ut
sight of whom the jovial skipper drew | Comnanies M at Fitz
PEONAGE CHARGE BOBS
OP IN FLORIDA AGAIN
NEW YORK, March 16.—Eduado J.
Trlay, head of the labor department
of the Florida East Coast Railway,
and Francesco Sabbla. an employment
agent of this city, were arraigned be
fore a United States commissioner in
this city today charged with peonage
in the employment of men for work on
the extension of the railway from
Miami to Key West. They both were
held In hall for trial on indictments
found by the United States grand
Jury.
It i* alleged that Sabbia has shipped
a large number of men to Florida and
that Triay has distributed them along
the line of the railroad construction.
At various times some of the men so
employed have made complaints that
they were forced to perform -work
other than that promised, and of the
hardest kind, that they were not per
mitted to leave the Islands, and kept
1n constant debt bv means of exces
sive commissary charges and that
many who finally succeeded in reach
ing the mainland were pursued and
irralgned on the charge of attempting
to avoid the payment of debts Incurred
by trade. It Is said that . In frequent
Instances, the men arrested were con
victed and sent back to the Island to
grork out a sentence.
Gen. Stead were with the President
for fully an hour. The Governor was
at the White House at the President’s
request to discuss "certain questions,”
the nature of which he declined to dis
close. After the conference the Gov-
ernor called on Senator Cullom and i ator R- U. Pettigrew, of, South
later took the 5:15 o’clock train for kota.
BOSTON. Mass.. Starch 16.—Wr. Jen
nings Bryan was the guest today of
•the Democratic State committee of
Massachusetts, and at a banquet this
afternoon in the Quincy House deliv
ered an address in which he touched
upon various points of Democratic
doctrine which..he declared, had been
vindicated by recent events. After
spending the night at the home of
George Fred Williams, Mr. Bryan
came to this city to confer with offi
cers of the New England Democratic
Progressive League for the purpose of
arranging for a series of lectures in
New England. The dinner followed
reception at which 2,000 Democrats
were introduced to Mr. Bryan. Among
them was former United States Sen-
Da-
Chicago.
Nothing Agreed On.
Neither the Governor nor Mr. Stead
would make any statement regarding
their interview with the President, the
Governor only admitting that nothing
had been agreed upon that would re
quire immediate action. Gov. Deneen
gave the newspaper men who saw him
to understand that he expected the
President to make a statement about
the interview, but nothing in that form
was given out at the White House. It
Mr. Bryan was given a great dem
onstration, all those present standin;
and cheering repeatedly. State Demo
cratic Chairman Feeny introduced him
as "the foremost figure in American
statesmanship,” and expressed his
doubt if any office which Mr. Bryan
might hold would make him any
dearer to the American people.
Taking up the story that he was the
author of the Democratic paltform of
1896, Mr. Bryan declared that he wrote
but little of that platform and deserv
ed little of the credit for it, but that
whs explained there that the arrange- j he had had more to do with the plat-
ments with the Governor for his visit form of 1900.
to Washington had been made before "I think," asserted Mr. Bryan, “that
the recent flurry in Wall street. ! if we had had a vote unpurchased and
Thursday next the Preaident is to have j intimidated in 1896, I would have been
ERECT MONUMENT TO
TDGAR ALLEN POE
conference with President Mellon of
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad. The interview is to be
had at Mr. Mollen’s initiative. Mr. Mel
lon is one of the railroad presidents „„
whom J. Plerpont Morgan asked Mr. i fund that was ever
Roosevelt to confer with as to “what I palgn.”
steps might bo v taken to allay the I No one rejoiced more than he in the
public anxiety as to the relations be- vindication that has come to Demo-
tween the railroads and the Govern- j cratic ideas. Far dearer to him than
elected President by an overwhelmin
majority.” He went on: "I shall not
dispuss the amount of fraud that was
perpetrated in 1896, but .we had
against us the largest corporation
used in a cam-
any office was the triumph of the
ment."
So far as ascertained at the White | things for which thev had been fight-
House Mr. Mellen Is the only one of ing. he said.
the railroad presidents who has asked ! "And X rejoice so much,” said Mr.
for an interview and it is not known j Bryan, “That I never lose an opportu-
thero whether he represents himself [ nity to thank the President for what
alone or all four of the presidents j he has done. The President was one of
named by Mr. Morgan. j my opponents. No one ever used harsh-
It was said at the White House late , er language than he did toward our
today that nothing had been heard { cause. Yet I want no man in the com-
from E. H. Harriman ag to his pro- ; munity to anticipate me in hearty com
posed second call on the President. j mendation of anything he does that
~~———————— J j believe Is right. I do not know what
the President’s attitude will bo In the
coming campaign, but it is certain that
he cannot take back what he h?^ said
about our ideas. Ten years ago they
called our ideas insanity, yet on no
question that we ever discussed have
we been more vindicated that our idea
that more money would make higher
prices and better times.
"The Republican party has been in
power for ten years, with undisputed
rule. If it has not done anything that
TWO DEAD TAKEN FROM
WISE CODHiy HE
mines at Greenough today, after sev
eral miners had entered their work
ing places. This mine is located on
the Norfolk and Western Railway,
, | seven miles east of Norton, and Is
Riruvovn v« 1(5 u„v n , °' vlied an<1 operated by Bond & Price.
RICHMOND Vn., March 16, Major of \\ ise. As far as can be learned at
Met arthy of this city today signed the j this hour ten miners have escaped,
ordinance appropriating $=>.000 and : slightly injured. Two dead have been
granting a *Ue for the proposedenonu- ! taker, from the mine and four are
RICHMOND, March 16.—A special
to the Times-Dispatch from Norton, j...
Va„ says tin explosion occurred at the ought to have bemi done, it’ is
fault. What Is the result? We find
the Republican party not so popular
today. The party has gone on the to
boggan slide, so that now it has just
one man whom it regards as popular
enough to be the candidate for Presi
dent. Why is it that the President
alone has escaped the paralysis that
has fallen upon all rest? There is onlv
forth his shining gun and began to jig
and sing "zing zing, zing.” like a deep
sea pirate. The man with the market
basket tried to side-step, but the muz- j
zie of tho revolver followed him in a !
half circle, and the joyous sailor sang !
out:
“Not so fast, cap’n; get in step •
there. Now dance!”
"Bang” went the revolver. ■ and the
prisoner, in sheer terror, fell into the
jiff-
Made Women Dance, Too.
A few small boys crept in to see j
fun. and before they knew what was i
happening, they felt an imaginary re- j
volvet bullet singing between their j
toes, and under orders from the skip-
Companies M at Fitzgerald and K
at Thomasville, of the Fourth, inspect
ed this week, made splendid showings,
there being much improvement over
last year. Col. Obear says he does
not expect at present to make any re
port regarding the inspection of State
troops until the inspections have been
concluded the latter part of April.
Phinizy’s Evidences Arrived.
ATLANTA. March 16.—A jute bag
half filled with what is supposed to be
fragments of rotten crossties taken
from the Georgia Railroad, at Grove-
town, was delivered at the office of
the railroad commission today. They
were sent by Austin Branch, attorney
for Bowdre Phinizy, who has filed
per, they .lined up with the first pris- j complaint that the Georgia Railroad
oner. The sailor was delighted. He
corraled a man who was edging by
in the middle of the street. Fie hailed
two frightened women who tried to !
run. but who were too scared, and in I
a jiffy he had them in line and jigging |
to the tune of his “zing, zing, bang!” i
In five minutes he had his line com- !
plete, stretched across the sidewalk, ;
and he threatened pain of death to any :
of the onlookers who attempted to in- 1
terfere. He was sparing of hi shots, j
but the muzzle of his revolver was j
everywhere. The prisoners in their i
fright danced themselves into exhaus- j Naval Cadets on Georgia Day.
tion, and vainly called on the surround- I ATLANTA, March 16.—Gov. Terrell
ing crowd for help. vMen in the street j has received a telegram from Presi-
tried to circle the drunken sailor.. but j dent IV. N. Mitchell, of the Georgia
he, without losing a bar of his horn- , Jamestown Commission, stating that
pipe song, swung this way and that, i he. has secured the consent of the
is unsafe for travel. It is supposed
they were sent here to be offered in
evidence before the railroad commis
sion when the hearing is had next
Wednesday.
Question was raised today as to the
right of anyone to take from the raod-
bed of a railroad any crosaties, parts
of crossties or spikes, no matter what
their condition. If they were so taken.
On the other hand, It is urged that if
they are discarded crossties or spikes
they would be valueless as evidence.
comprehensive plan for the improve
ment and control of the river system
of the United States. Eight public
men have been asked to serve on the
commission, and Representative Bur
ton. of Ohio, chairman of the rivers
and harbors committee in the last
Congress, is to be chairman of the
commission.
In a letter which he has addressed
to each of these persons the Presi
dent sets out that he is influenced in
creating the commission by broad
considerations of national policy; that
the railroads are no longer able to
move crops and manufactures rapidly
enough to secure the prompt transac
tion of the business of the nation and
that there appears to be but one com
plete remedy, the development of a
complementary system of transporta
tion by water.
Mr. Bankhead, of Alabama, one of
the members of the commission, has
just finished his tenth term in Con
gress from Alabama. The other mem
bers are Gen. Mackenzie, chief of en
gineers of the army; F. H. Newell, di
rector of the United States reclama
tion service; Gifford Pinchot. chief
forester of the United States; Herbert
Knox Smith, commissioner of corpo
rations, and W. J. McGee, an an- j
thropologist and geologist, formerly in !
charge of the bureau of American I
ethnology and formerly president of J
the National Geographic Society.
ATLANTA, March 16.—The good
that will result to Georgia in the
event that the movement to bring .1
large number of immigrants to this
State cannot be overestimated. Every
industry needs laborers, and millions
of acres of land are laying idle wait
ing for the hand of industry to come
along and make it of some value to
its owner. Several croakers have
croaked in the papers recently, ex
pressing fears that the bringing of
immigrants to Georgia would do more
harm than good, as there would be an
over-production in cotton, corn, fruit
and other products, and then the bot
tom would fall out of these. These
croakers seem to fear tho industrious
class more than they do the loafers, on
the principle that the industrious class
would be the producers, while the
drones, by reason of their distaste for
work, would do no harm, in this line.
Immigration has not had any dam
aging effects upon the West and the
money crop of that section of the
Union, wheat, seems to be in a very
healthy condition, besides which the
people of Georgia and other States of
the South have to depend upon the
West for practically all of its meat.
So there would be no fears on the
line of over-production, and lower
prices, and the few croakers may as
well sit in the country ahd view the
procession of immigrants as they come
into the State. Manufacturing enter
prises. municipalities, business organi
zations. land owners, and in fact every
citizen of the State should get behind
movement.
Money given to, this will bring larger
dividends than money subscribed to
exhibiting the resources of Georgia at-
expositions in this country or decorat
ing rooms In Georgia buildings at ex
positions. and these dividends will be
on the increase every year. If the im
migrants find things congenial in this
State, letters home will bring others.
Displays of the resources of this
State' at expositions held in tho sev
eral States of the Union of course do
a vast amount of good. This must bo
admitted, but they do not bring the
results that the immigration move
ment now on hand practically guaran
tees. The purpose of the former Is to
BOY BITTEN BY SUPPOSED
MAD DOG AT AMERICUS _ __ _ J
AMERICUS Ga., March 16.—The j uproo t a citizen in another State and
young son of Hon. James Williams j induce him to come to Georgia, while
was bitten thi3 -afternoon by a sup- j the object of the latter Is to offer em-
posed mad dog. While the animal ex- ployment to industrious people who
hibited no very marked evidences of• want work or hand to people who
hydrophobia it was killed immediately ! desire to better their condition. These
always with the protection of a wall
at his back, and when he was out of
breath, he laughed himself hoarse.
Polloeman Faced Ball Cartridge.
He fired four shots, and it happened
that these four were blanks, as after
wards was found out. It happened
and the head expressed to the Pasteur
Institute for examination.
William Barfield, an industrious
negro, while watching an approaching
Seaboard train here this morning was
struck by a Central Railway freight
approaching from opposite direction.
Barfield’s arm was ground off and
this, with other injuries inflicted, will
doubtless prove fatal.
FOR UNION MILLINERY.
Navy Department to order the naval j ion.
are the people that the promoters of
the immigrant movement are after
and these are the people most likely
to embrace the opportunity of coming
to Georgia.
There should be no trouble in secur
ing by popular subscription all the
money needed, to commence opera
tions. and it is dollars to apples, that
If this matter was presented clearly
to the Legislature in June by a com
mittee of prominent business men of
the State, that a good healthy appro-
Chicago Dispatch to New York Times, priation would be made to help the
Never before in the history of or- j movement along, and insure its suc-
ganized labor was a union born under cess,
such promising circumstances as those
which will usher into life the millin
ers’ union of Chicago on Wednesday
afternoon; Its backers aver that Mrs.
Potter Palmer has given it both mor
al and material support, and that she,
with a score of other society women,
has agreed to demand hats that are
the product of members of this un
cadets from Annapolis to Jamestown
on June 10, Georgia day. It was pre
viously arranged to have the army
cadets there front West Point, and the
two bodies will form part of the
escort to President Roosevelt who will
also that the fifth was a solid shot, make the principal address at tho
and he was inciting his prisoners co j Georgia building. This escort will be
fresh antics when Policeman Akst. of j com p 0se d largely of Georgia troops.
the East One Hundred and Fourth ;
street station, appeared.
'Ha, ha,” roared the sailor. "Cops
are my meat.”
•He turned from his line of dancers,
who fled into the crowd. As Akst
Battleship Gaorqia Will Be There.
ATLANTA. March 16.—Acting Sec
retary of the Navy Truman H. New
berry has written Gov-. Terrell stating
, . * that the new battleship Georgia will
rushed at him the sailor poked the j positively be at Jamestown on June
muzzle of the revolver with its one re
maining solid shot, 'under the police
man's nose. What might have happen
ed in a minute no one knows. But the
right arm of the cop checked whatever
was going to happen. A big fist caught
the joyous sailor on the point of the
jaw and down went Schiller, revolver
and all, and before lie got up half a
dozen pairs of strong arms had him so
he couldn’t move.
He was .joyous when he came out of
his trance, and related with many a
veil of laughter to Akst, how he had
danced the line of fifteen. A crowd of
five hundred followed him to the Sta
tion to see him locked up for the
night. Schiller was too happy to tell
anything about his name and occupa
tion.
A11 , an /? e ’ i known to be in the mine and suppos
on condition that $5,000 be raised by j e ,j lo be dead
the Poe Monument Association of this 1
city, which has the project for the mon
ument In hand. Tha association I
made up of prominent men and the plan
for the monument has been endorsed by
President Roosevelt in a letter to a
leading member of the association.
PRESIDENT AND OOV. DENEEN
CONFER ON WALL ST. PLURRY.
WASHINGTON. March 1«.—An ex
tended conference look place this aft
ernoon between President Roosevelt
and Gov. Charles S. Deneen and Atty.-
<3en. W. H. Ste«d. of Illinois. The
Governor c»r»e to Washington at the
Invitation of tha President
The cause of the explosion is un
known and rescuing parties fullv
equipped are on the scene assisting
the operators and miners, together
with physicians and everything that
can be done is being done for their
immediate relief. This is the first
mine explosion that has ever occurred
in tho Wise County coal fields.
ATHENS. GA„ WAS VISITED
BY TWO DISASTROUS FIRES.
ATHENS. Ga., March IS.—This aft
ernoon at 3 o'clock this oily was visited
by two bad fires at the same time, the
.. firedepnrtment being divided into two
to discuss , parts in order to fight the flames. Th<
I fpartrn^u^m =g the
K C r Go ' * I though the loss was very high. The
•rnor had been invited here before ihe : flre w - nK at the Athens compress,
recant flurry In Wall street occurred, where !,500 bales of cotton caught. The
COnf*rej»$e closed at 3:45 o clock, . damage there was $1,000, but much of)
and tha Governor and the Attorney i the property was endangered.
an explanation and that is that h*s
popularity is due to. his following the
Democratic doctrine.”
Mr. Brvnn charged that the slump
stocks of which the men in high finance
complained was caused by the very
men who are now complaining.
"If I may venture a prediction,” he
added. “I would say that in the fight
that Is coming the Democratic party
will be looked upon a« the protector
of the small Investor ngainst the ma
nipulation of the sharks that have ob- j t .' v .° ^’f ar,i
talned power In Wail street.”
Mr. Bryan was given a second ova
tion when he concluded his address.
BILL FILED TO OUST
STANDARD OIL C.O
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 16—A
bill seeking to inhibit the Standard
Oil Company from, doing business in
Tennessee and to oust that corpora
tion from the State was filed ’today in
the Chancery Court of Sumner County
at Gallatin.
Attorney-General Charles T. Cates,
Jr., brought the suit under tile provis
ions of the anti-trust act of the Leg-
slature of 1903, which act has recent
ly been sustained by the Supreme
Court of Tennessee.
10, Georgia day, when the presenta
tion of the silver service from the
Statp will be made. The report to the
contrary recently sent out from Wash
ington, Mr. Newberry stated, was un
founded. The battleship has already
been ordered to be there at that time,
and arrangements are being made to
that end. President Roosevelt, it is
expected, will be one of the spectators
,of the presentation.
New Building for Blind Ready.
ATLANTA. March 16.—The new
building of the State Academy for the
Blind at Macon has been completed
and is ready to be- turned over to tne
State. There will have to be placed
upon it $120,000 of insurance, and this
matter will probably bo attended to
next week by the Governor and super
intendent of public buildings and
grounds. This! building was not In
cluded when the State’s insurance was
placed a short time ago, because it
had not then been completed and
turned over to the State.
The milliners prophecy that in a
short time all the best shops in Chi-
> cago will be compelled to handle only
union made hats. Then, they believe,
the spetacle of Chicago’s ”400" asking
to see a two-hundred-andiflfty-dollar
picture hat bearing the union label
will be a common one. (
At a meeting at Hull House today
Miss Helen Mahon, an expert miUine”.
who first presented the plan to Mrs.
Potter Palmer, told of the hopes and
plans of the union. • As many^of the
3,000 milliners in Chicago as can be
accommodated in the office of Mrs.
R. G. Paterson will meet there Wed
nesday afternoon and learn the first
principles of unionism. Officers wjl
be elected and plans will be laid for
affiliation with the American Federa
tion of Labor.
Miss Mahon explained that the per
sons who assisted In the manufacture
of a $25 picture hat were the buyer,
who got $3,000 a year: the designer.
$30 a week; the copyist, $20 a week:
maker, $10 a week: preparer, $6 a
week, and saleswoman, $12 a week.
The apprentices who help get nothing.
“After the designer and the buyer
have got in their work the other per
sons named will turn out 8 to 15 hats
at. say. $25 each. That means at
least $250 a day to the shop from
workers, whose combined salaries are
$S a day.” said Miss Mahon.
The women who attende the meet
ing agreed that if opportiinity were
given them they wduld not think of
buying any headwear which did not
bear the stamp of unionism. Neither
would they permit a milliner to return
their ojd hats until she could show a
union card.
Capt. Sam McGowan in Atlanta.
ATLANTA, March 16.—Captain j NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Sam McGowan, pay inspector of the _ . . , ,
United States Navy, who is a South | EX8JI11I16 I&bGl OB yoUT pa-
ATIIENS, Ga., March 16.—The attend
ance of the University of Georgia and Its
different branches this year foots up a
i total of 2.930. and is the largest in tho
'History of the lnstituion and the sys
tem.
The attendance is divited as follows:
In Franklin College. 119;, In State Col
lege of Agriculture. 207; elective studeiw;.
42; gratduato school. 3; law department.
57; pharmacy department, 6; Summer
School, coo—734.
North Georgia Agricultural College at
Dalilonega—In college classes, 76; sub-
Freshmen classes. 129—203.
School of Technology, Atlanta—College
classes. 367: apprentice class, 171—558.
class. 387: apprentice class. 171—538.
Mllicdgevile—College classes, 312; eub-
Freshmen and preparatory clas3cs. 114—
126.
State Normal School—In normal depart
ment 440.
Industrial College for Colored Youths.
Savannah—In college classes. 10; normal
department, 74; preparatory department,
204—288.
The Medical College. Augusta. 9S.
In Practice Schools—State Normal
School, 105; Industrial College for Colored
Youths. 76—181.
Total number receiving instruction—
College grade. 1,156; professional grade.
975: preparatory grade, 648: practice
schools, 181—2,930.
i Carolinian, is in Atlanta for the pur- ti folio l. nw vftll cfcsnfl nn He r p sards Federal regulation as the
pose of conferring with the Adjutant- ; - 1 ' 1, foils iiuw > <■ u. aim uu ultimate ideal and believes that a got-
AS TO RAILROAD REGULATION
BY STATE AND GOVERNMENT.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 16.—In view
of the proposed extension of Federal
uthorlty In the regulation of railroads.
Gov. John A. Johnson today suggested
that a national conference be.called by
President Roosevelt to reach an under
standing as to the powers to be exerted
by the individual States. Gov. Johnson
was a moving spirit in the national
insurance conference, and would have
the transportation conference along the
same lines with representatives of the
various States and of the Interstate
, Commerce Commission in attendance.
I He regards Federal regulation as the
pose L — , -
General’s department regarding the : DOOkS
adoption of a uniform system of keep
ing accounts of the property issued to
the naval militia by the Government,
j Capt. McGowan is visiting all States
which maintain naval militia with the
same end in view. He will conclude
his business with the Adjutant-Gen
eral’s office here early next week.
Due from date on
thejabel. Send in dues and
also renew for the year 1907.
SCISSORS WORKED OUT
AT WOMAN’S THIGH
WICHITA, Kas., March 16.—A pair
of five-inch surgeon's scissors were
_ token from the thigh of Mrs. W. R.
General went at once I '•“uo.ugcicu. The WSiite, of Braman. Okla., at the Wieh-
G«neral went at once to their hotel, j other fire, wnich originated in the lum- | its hospital today. She was operated
her yards of the Lyndon Manufacturing 1 on for a tumor four years ago and the
Company, caused a loss of $18,000. The 1 scissors were left in the abdominal cav-
Lutnber Company lost $3,000 and the ity. The scissors worked through her
Standard Oil Company lost thousands j body to the thigh, causing excruciating
of gallons of oil and its warehouses, tho ■ pain. Thev were discovered with the
value of which was $15,000, all of which ‘ ‘ “
was covered by insurance, except the
lumber.
preparatory to leaving for Illinois on
the 5 O'clock train thl* afternoon. They
declined to say anything as to their
interview with the President, but ex
pressed the opinion that Mr. RooseteH
might *ee fit to make * statement on
the subject. The Governor said that
nothing h«a been agreed upon or de
termined which would require imme
diate action.
MEMORIAL DAY ORATOR
AT BARNESVILLE, GA.
BARNESVILLE. O*., March 16—
The Barnesviiie chapter of the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy has announced
that Hon. A. P. Person*, of Talbotton.
Ga- has consented to deliver the ad
dress here on Memorial day this year
He is a splendid speaker and the se
lection of the ladies meets with hearty
approval among the people. There
b* *■ J ar *e audience to hear him.
WASHINGTON REAL
ESTATE BROKER FAILED.
WASHINGTON. March 16.—Walter
Hiesion. a real estate broker of this
city, today filed a voluntary petition In
bankruptcy. His liabilities were stated
to be $632,000 and assets $39,5 n 0. It is
said that the majority of Hieston's
creditors are Washingtonians. The at
torneys of Mr. Hiesion stated that the
latter's failure was due to the slump
this week in the Wall street «tock
market. Miy Hiesion is a member of
tho Washington Stock Exchange.
aid of the X-rav.
SENATOR BURTON WILL EXPOSE
ENEMIES UPON RETURN HOME,
ABILENE. Kan. March 16.—Ex-Ben-
ator Joseph R. Barton is expected to
return to -his home here next week
from Ironton. Mo. where he is now
in jail serving a six months sentence,
and has engaged the local theater for
March 23. when he will deliver a pub
lic address. Senator Burton has for
some time threatened to expose those
whom he charged with being respon
sible for his conviction, and it Is said
that hi- speech wlil prove sensational
Mr. Burton will be released from the j
Ironton jail on March 22.
PHILADELPHIA, March 16.—Lying
side by side on a bed in their home
here. Thomas Sheriow, sixty-eight
years of age, and his wife Annie, sixty-
tge, were found dead
this afternoon being asphyxiated by :
illuminating gas. A fox terrier lay j
dead beside them.
A deputy sheriff, who had gone to !
the house to serev a summons for debt, i
made the discovery. Judging from the !
fact that Friday's newspapers were j
still on the doorstep, the police are •
inclined to believe the couple have been
dead since some time Thursday night. 1
The stop cock of a gas Jet in the
kitchen was turned on and the house
was filled with gas. Sheriow had a
good position and had no apparent i
reason for suicide, save the few debts !
which the deputy sheriff went to the |
house to cMieet. Y.'hen last seen '
Thursday night, both tne old man and
his wife seemed to be in good spirits j
and the policemen who are investigat- i
ing the case are Inclined to believe the j
asphyxiation was an accident.
The fact that the couple were fuliy |
dressed when found, however, and were i
stretched crosswise of the bed lends a j
touch of mystery to the case.
Hearing Postponed.
ATLANTA. March 16.—The hearing
of the embezzlement charges against
M. M. Turner, as secretary and treas
urer of the Georgia Redemption and
Loan Company, and former member of
the City Council, was again postponed
by Justice Orr this morning, on ac
count of Turner’s illness. Turner’s
physician. Dr. J. W* Hurt, appeared
in court and testified that he was
unable to appear. Dr. Hurt during his
examination by counsel stated that
Mr. Turner had also been suffering
from a mild form of insanity.
“Has he a brain-storm?” counsel
"No, I do not think it was so serious !
as that,” Dr. Hurt replied.
Justice Orr allowed the continuance )
upon the showing made. Turner is ;
under $2,000 bond.
HELICON HALL
WAS DESTROYED
L
CASE AGAINST FAIRBANKS
KAS BEEN NOL PROSSED.
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, March 16.—
The indictment against Frederick Fair
banks. son of Vice President Fairbanks,
accusing him of swearing falsely to
obtain a license on which he was re
cently married, was nol pressed' today
by Judge Richards. The case is con
sidered closed.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
CAUSED RIOT IN CUBA
HAVANA. March 16—A dispatch to the
Havana Post from Santa Clara says a
fight occurred there today between some
men of the rural guar,l_ and a number of
American soldiers. Five persons sus
tained serious injuries. The altercation
began in a circus and grew into a riot.
The police were unable to cope with the
situation.
ROCKEFELLER DENIES GIFT
TO CHINESE SUFFERERS.
AUGUSTA. Gr... March 16.—In regard
to the report wired here today from
the North that he had given $50 000,-
000' to the Chinese relief fund Mr. John
D. Rockefeller, through his secretary,
said the story was all rot. Further
than this he refused to be interviewed.
ATLANTA THREATENED V/.'
ting together at this time would do
much to bring about a harmonious re
sult. pThe Governor expects to place
his iea in definite frame and submit
it to President Roosevelt.
ENGLEWOOD, N. J., March 16— . __
Helicon Hall, the home of Upton Sin- j lanta hoard of health passed stringent
Clair’s colony was destroyed by fire j ehUdren outsid^'theTfflk-ted
today. The blaze was precec.e<* b> an j f anl j]y will be barred from funerals.
explosion which seemed to occur in
the hall room which was at the ex- ! mrs BOHNEFELD MATRON
treme of the building from the boiler i AT ATLANTA POLICE STATION
room. The flames spread with such i ATLANTA. Ga.. March 16 Mrs. Mary
rapidity lhat the fifty-five colonists I Bohnefeld was this afternoon appoint ’
ATLANTA. Ga.. March 10.—The Anti-
Saloon League has practically suspended
its plans to bring on a local option elec
tion in Atlanta, and proposes to devote
Its energies for the present toward the
movement in behalf of State prohibition.
Their efforts will be directed towards
securing Legislative sanction for a State
election to determine whether or not the
sale of liquor shall be abolished from the
State.
While final action has not been had In
the matter, the executive committee of
tlie league has prepared a report which
will be submitted at a meeting to be held
next Thursday looking to the pursuance
of the course here outlined. The report
of the executive committe. which is
signed by J. L. D. Hillyer, A. R. Holder-
by. E. C. Cartledge. J. B. Richards and
C. L. Stocks, says in part:
“In view of the fact that every man.
woman, college student, and child in tho
public schools should have his or her
name on the petition, and inasmuch as
EPIDEMIC OF MENINGITIS I °:’ r Ie ?f™ e *' w ' by every oou-
ATLANTA. Ga., March 15—The „ t - I •“iteration _nf duty to support the cam-
BANK CASHIER DISAPPEARS
AND SHORTAGE IS $130 000.
BERLIN, Mass., March 16.—Ua.shier
Speyer, of the Mueller Industrial Bank
of the city, has disappeared, leaving a
shortage of $130 000. It is considered
probable that he lost the money in
stock speculations. The bank suc
cessfully met a run on it which began i
when the news of the defalcation j
reached the depositors. 1
was this afternoon
v,. i police matron of Atlanta to succeed Miss
had to flee for their lives without hav- | SandPr , nn . an ,i has taken charge,
ing time to save any of their belong- !
Ki i S „ 0 ^m P yffro 0 m n windows" ‘ a NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
workman named Briggs is said to be i Examine label OD VOUT Da-
missing. The Sinclair co-operative col- i ^ , - 1 ....
ony was established last October, and Per. It teliS ROW yOU Stand On i Si-
included a number of men and wo- , Z-t— Dup from date nn i nr.
men engaged in literary pursuits. The j tiie D00 ’ i:s - uaie On | pr*
co-operative servant plant was adopted the label,
the meals being served in common in '
a large dining-room.
j palgn for State prohibition, find
i campaign for State prohibition involves
j methods that would lead to Inevitable
j confusion and hindrance, if tho campaign
j for local option should be carried on at
j the same time, and since the campaign
I for State prohibition has actually begun.
1 and we of this county must of necessity
support the larger campaign, vour com-
; mittee recommends that our league ~us-
j pend its work for Ideal option in Fulton
j County for the presertt, that we file away
our petitions calling for an election, and
[ that for present at least we co-cr>^-
! rato fully with tho Ptato kaguc in th»*
! effort to secure State prohibition, feeling
that tho transcendent importance of
e prohibition makes the demand that
give our individual strength for ;he
ent to the larger cause. But we wint
end in dues and ! ££.,^--.43:
our efforts for local option in l-uiion
•also renew for the year 1907. County.” '
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