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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.” ' INDISTINCT PRINT