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TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1907.
THE TWICER-WEEK TELEGRAPH
CREST OF OHIO RIVER
DUE TODAY AT 65 FEET
CINCINNATI. OhI
«*tAt?-* of sixty-one
t* *s believed that
ihlo river flood was i
as'.-i I; ■ ■ r i - - I
ble crest at rixty-thtcr
March 17.—W.th
the
iced the prob-
rtvi
ha *
Lo
r r r i:
rful^ness at lower river point',
cannot be eivea, although they
avy and extensive. The prea-
ad has come from unprecode at-
c-avy rains on a soft soil, the
being an exc^'slve amount of
■hich l as settled on all flooded
y. Persoral suffering has n-»t
xce-.-1.o .in ac-' •ant of m.I 1
r and al'hough many thousands
-»-n Jriven from that" home*, •»!*<:
in has been bearable. '■ Reports
p the river 3a.y that the worst
at point* above Cincinnati al-
t.-.t.agh the suffering df , the HWMBless
h .1 unesiipioj • i minuc Several
days. The Cincinnati administration
has asked for authority to Issue'bonds
for $150,000 for the relief of flood
tuffererr. The city suffered a loss of
ebout $150,000 today by the collapsing
of the Xfighth street viaduct over the
railroads of the mlU creek quarter.
Three flfty-foot spans of this viaduct
vent down. Into the flood, but the high
water is not believed to be the sole
cause of the disaster. There was no
one on the bridge. Several electric
car-lines use this viaduct and all have
been compelled to make a wide de
tour. In the earthing away of the,
bridge 110 Western Union telegraph
wires were broken •and telephone- corns
munlcatlon with several suburbs was
temporarily cut off.
It Is now thought that the active
flood damage will be over by tomor
row.
YOiG Ml WAYLAID
ASSESSMENTS ARE HEAR
TWENTY MILLION IAS
ONE OF MEN WHO SHOT UP
BROWNSVILLE CONFESSED
SEW YORK,
Preston Green an
sengers
•ch 17.—Arthur
Charles Rohrer, j
ns steamer-- Amerlka, I
With the aid of a counting machir
dull season to help pay their Wash-
! GALVESTON, Tex., March 17.—The
-Galveston News - today printed the
alleged confession of a discharged
r.egro soldier in explanation of the
CIVIC LEAGUE WAS
. , , . Last year, the figures were $1S,4S2
CHARLOTTE, N. C., March 17.—A | prisoners had failed to declare, was The increase is S 1074,171.
young white man. 35 years old, was
found dead with his s^ull crushed in
the public highway toil'.- miles from
Charlotte tonight. A team hired from
a local stable stood in the road near
by. Shortly after the dlscoyery of the
crime the Sheriff arrested J. T. E.
Kimball, who lives within a short dis
tance of the scene, and locked him up,
charged with the murder. ,
The murdered man, who* Is supposed
to be one Stephenson, a moulder,
drove to Fort Mill. S. C, this morn
ing to • visit his mother and while re
turning Is presumed to have been
waylaid and murdered by Kimball.
Stephenson's attention to Kimball’s
*■252122? ^nd m .-he T men ya iefd b, ^r W ev e There is no surprise in these figures.
d and lhe men held f ° r 6 ; has been previously stated lr. The
.„ v, - K „ ' ' Telegraph that the increase over last
.T-'°“5il r year would be about ,one million dol-
fj?"* h?fL lars. The assessors have thought-^t>.
Si j. L i? t i C ^i but 11 needed the machine addition to
that they are wanted abroad In con- , }
1 When 'the finance committee of Coun-
»the‘t onflini-’fl« i?' hf*«*n cil wcre making their appropriations,
and the London authorities have been Th . v o-Hmnted that with the cmn-ih
notified. On Wednesday the police re-
. ceived a cablegram from Scotland Tard
asking that Green and Rohrer be de-
; tained upon their arrival on the Amer-
ika. Police detectives accompanied the
■ treasury officials to quarantine and
I made the arrest after the meri had de
clared that they had no dutiable be-
they estimated that with the growth
of the city and the rising values, even
at a small per cent, the revenue from
taxation would amount to between $13,-
000.000 and 519 000,000.
The report in detail will be given
to Council on next Tuesday night. Not
until then will it be known the sep-
wife is ascribed as the motive for the ; ^SngTThedetectlves had been in- ■ arate amounts of real and personal
crime. The 'murder was done with | J™*™- The de^tlyes had bwn In- ; p r0 perty.
the butt end or a shot gun. j temooraril? detained two women nas- '■ 11 is P° ssibIe that these fibres may
temporarily detained two women pas- . r .„in,. Pr1 hv Council in the wav of
GEORGIA WILL PLANT
PARKF.RSRT.TRG, W. Va, March 17.
The bodies of John F. Francis, his son
Henry and daughter Della, who were
drowned Friday night while fleeing
from fhelr flooded home, were recov
ered today.
The river has fallen two feet, but the
flood situation is little improved there
Is much suffering and the city is with
out stroet cars, gas, electric lights or
water.
HUNTINGTON. W. Va.. March 17.—
The Ohio River reached Its highest
point this afternoon with 58.3 feet.
After remaining stationary two hours
It began to recede slowly. The stage
exceeded by six-tenths of a foot the
January flood. Much lesi* damage was
done at this point than in January,
when a high wind added to the de
struction. Some 500 homes In Hunt
ington and Central City' were sur
rounded with water. Cattlettsburg,
Ceredo and Proetorville are flooded.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
not run a train Into Huntington since
Wednesday.
sengers who were pointed out as hav
BUMPER CORN CROP. ! ing been seen In conversation with
COLUMBUS. Oa.. aJIrch 17.—Col. J. S. | Green and Rohrer during the trip. An
Garrett, postmaster of Columbus, who has examination of the baggage of these
a large plantation in the eastern part of women did not reveal anything to con-
SffiSK£“Sia?«"" | “7."i
says that if fair weather prevails this films. ** n, i when they werq taken to
week there will be more corn planted in police headquarters they convinced the
Georgia than was ever known of before. | Inspector that their knowledge of the
H" says that on all the farms extensive ; prisoners was limited to a casual ac-
prermration... for eorn planting have been qua | n tance cn shipboard.
mate, and he thinks that with .favorable Gw;en described himself as a sales
man. thirty-one years .of age, with a
home in this city. The police allege
that he has repeatedly been arrested
for shoplifting and has served three
years’ imprisonment in Wisconsin.
Rohrer gave the same age and oc- i
cupation, but said that Philadelphia
was his home. According to the po
lice he has a record including arrests
in Philadelphia, and for robbing Miss
Evelyn King at Atlantic City, and
again on March 19 1898, for robbing
Miss Theresa Schwartz on a street in
Philadelphia.*
| the corn crop will break all rec
ords in the State. More ideal weather for
the farmers has never existed in this sec
tion than the flrat months of the present
year. The farming operations are fur
ther advanced than they have been at
this stage of the season in a good many
years. The tendency to increase the corn
acreage is quite noticeable.
be reduced by Council in the way of
granting appeals from tax-payers for
reduction of assessments, apd possibly
corrections. All these appeals will first
pass through the committee on tax and
license before being acted on by Coun
cil.
The assessors, Messrs. W. B. Chap
man. Morris Harris and John F. Toole,
are congratulating themselves in hav
ing finished their labors this early.
From the great amount of work on
hand they did not think' they could get
their report in before the middle of
April. Every year the work grows
heavier and heavier. Every house that
Is built or improved, every increase In
business and every new concern adds
that much to their wo tlx
FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAY
NEAR BIRMINGHAM, ALA
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. March 17.—As the
result of a shooting affray at Wylam.
near this city, today J. B. Brown is dying
and W. M. Stinson, of Ensley. is crit
ically wounded. Brown is known to have
shot Stinson, but it is not known whether
Brown’s wounds were inflicted by himself
or by Stinson.
Stinson and E. R. Britton, of Greens
boro. Ala., who had been at Brown's
house, are said to have become offended
at a request of Mrs. Brown and went
away. Later they decided to return and
apologize.
Britton started to leave when he heard
shooting in the kitthen. Brown had evi
dently shot Stinson and then tried to kill
himself. Stinson and Brown have been
friends for years.
PORTSMOUTH. O.. March 17.—The
Ohio River tonight was at a stand
here, lacking but three inches of
reaching the January stage of 61 feet.
One-third of the city was submerged.
Thousands of people put In the day
boat riding through the principal
streets. The Ohio is certain to recede
rapidly and factories and business
houses hope to resume Tuesday. There
have boon no fatalities reported and
little actual suffering. The railroads
have hfen the chief sufferers and doz
ens of flood bound passengers are
quartered at hotels.
SCHOOLMATE OF THAW
CODES 10 HIS AID
ENTIP.E BUSINESS SECTION
OF BLOCKTON, ALA.. BURNED.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 17.—The
entire business section of Smithfield,
a part of Blocktor Ala., was destroyed
by fire today, e. iling a loss esti
mated at $100,000. In addition to the
business houses burned twelve rest
dences were consumed. The fire start
ed about 7:30 o’clock tonight in a ne
gro restaurant and,spread rapidly. In
eluded, in the list of burned buildings
was the City dispensary, a number of
general merchandise stores, two meat
markets and two restaurants. Smith
field practically a town within itself,
although really a part of Blockton.
Fifty Million y
For New York
SEW YORK. .March 17.—Harry K
Thaw soon! a quiet Sunday in the Tomtis
This afternoon Lawyer Dan O'Reilly vis
ited Thaw and helped him prepare In
duplicate a statement sent from Lewellyn
Gilliland, of Van Wert, Ohio In which
the latter denounces as an injustice the
stories which lie says were sent out last
summer from Wooster, Ohio, where Thaw
and lie were schoolmates at the Wooster
University.
As Mr. O'Relllv was leaving the Tombs
ho gave out eoples of the statement sent
out by Mr. Gilliland, who s.gned a note
to the; effect that the Interview was au
thentic. Mr. Gilliland says:
"The college escapades of a man whose
life Is regarded ns a success are looked
upon by the world ns good Jokes: let that
same man afterward fall from grace and
those same pranks are regarded as crimes,
and thus It Is that the escapades of
Harry Thaw, who is now on trial In
New York City for the slaying of Stan
ford W ilte last summer on the roof of
that noted architect's most famous
structure, are being depicted as criminal
and that Thaw's career as such was lie-
gun while a lad in kr.ee trousers In his
early college days at Wooster. Ohio.
Mr. Gilliland then at considerable
length reviews Thaw’s school life, point
ing out that Thaw has been credited with
many pranks in which ho never partici
pated and that ns a -matter of fact the
prisoner's life at Wooster was in every
way praiseworthy.
It Is .now said to he definitely s<V-
tled by the lawyers defending Thaw
that there would be.no cross-examina
tion by the six experts retained by the
State all of whom pronounced as their
opinion that Thaw's sanity, when he
killed Stanford White, was established
beyond question by the facts presented
to them in the District Attorney's
hypothetical question.
This announcement was generally
regarded ns a victory for Dolphin M.
Delmas, the one lawyer for Thaw, who
it is said. Insisted from the first that
Jerome’s experts should not be ques
tioned at all by the defense.
COW BEATS BUTTER RECORD.
FOND DL' LAC, Wls.. March 17.—
1- tes* held under the personal su
pervision of a representative of the
Wisconsin Experiment Station, a Hol-
stcin-Friesan cow owned by W. J.
GU '-tt has broken the world's butter
record by forty pounds. The official
t «: shows 5 $36.7 pounds of milk and
"60.5 pounds of butter. The cow gave
birth to a calf December 19, and the
tes: wns commenced on the fifth, day
of lactation. 1: was continued sixty
days during which period every milk-
in-' was w.,.. bed. quantity of milk
I. > samples :.!k,m and tested
i ■ a representative of the experiment
s:a ;ion.
The phenomena! yield was such that
Sul i rintondent M. H. Gardner, of the
advanced registry, ordered-two separ-
c* - retests the first of which was for
tv nty-four hours and the second for-
'y-. !ght hours, during which time ad-
ddianal representatives were sent from
:1 ■■ experiment station. The cow was
un ter constant supervision day and
• : g t; to preclude tinv possibility of
fraud. Thi best day in u.dh was Iff.
j utids. The best day in butter 5.
NEW YORK,, March 18.—The Her
ald today says that according to
a member of John D. Rockefeller
Jr.’s Bible class, an'd who is also a
personal friend of John D. Rockefeller
and in a position to know of his af
fairs. the hitter proposes to make a
princely gift to the city of New York.
It will amount to at least $50,000,000.
It will be partly charitable and partly
educational. The Herald will say:
"This man informed a Herald re
porter that when Mr. Rockefeller was
conferring with his son at Lakewood.
N. J.. a fortnight ago, the meeting was
not for tho purpose of discussing any
immediate gift, but was on the sub
ject of Mr. Rockefeller's will, which
document the oil king was then com-
plefing with the aid of his son and his
lawyers. It was said that' this docu
ment will astonish the world when it
is made public. It will, it is declared,
donate no less than $250,000,000 for
charitable and educational purposes,
and It will be so 'bestowed that the
benefit therefrom will almost be per
petual. The manner in which these
bequests will be bestowed is said to
be mainly educational and charitable.
While there are some contributions
for religious purposes, it is stated that
Mr. Rockefeller does not think it nec
essary to extend any great financial
aid to churches. To his manner of
thinking the churches arc growing
stronger and stronger and there is no
danger that they will need any great
financial assistance from one man.
Mr. Rockefeller, however, is said to
be much in favor of the growth of ed
ucation and to the furtherance of this
end. he has done much in his will. He
believes that education -will make this
other man than Roosevelt,” said the
New York Senator. "He is the stron_
cst man In the country today, and were
he to indicate that he would take
would get the nomirifuion by acciama
tion. There -re a number of other can
didates in the field, all' of whom are
friends of mine, and I could live in har
mony, peace and affection under any
one of them. But I do not see hotv any
one of them can get the nomination
Roosevelt will take it. Only twice
my memory have I seen cases where
the people's mind seemed to be made up
a year in advance of the convention.
The first case was that of Grant, the
second that of McKinley. In . both in
stances the country knew a year ahead
who was to be nominated. Now,
year In advance of the canTpaign year,
the country seems to have made up its
mind that Roosevelt is the man. I know
he has said that he would not take ;
and I believe him to be sincere in say
ing so. But I have also known in
stances where a man has had to take
the nomination against his will. One
such instance, occurred at Philadelphia
w-hen Mr. Roosevelt was forced to take
the vice-presidential nomination.”
“He may take the nomination,” said
Congressman Clark, “but I'll be sorry
to see him do so, for no man will ever
be elected President for the third time
until this republic is on its last legs—
and that time is a long way off.
“I believe that the President was
honest in his statement the night of the
election In 1904 that he would not ac
cept another Presidential nomination,
and I do not believe that he could be
persuaded, in the ordinary acceptance
of the word persuasion, to accept an
other nomination, but I do believe that
if he can be convinced that unless he
is nominated some reactionary will be
nominated, then he will accept.”
WORST WEEK BOURSE
mm
BERLIN. March 17.—“The worst week
the-bourse has had in thirty years.” is
the verdict of one of the financial re
viewers in summing up last week's
movements in the stock markets. The
events in Wall Street made a profound
impression in Germany and were rein
forced by the declaration in the Deutsche
bank's annual report issued early' in the
week, that the world boom could not
last through the year, owing to tho
stringency of money. Tills utterance
played a great role in the week's mar-
keL Willie the fall in the prices in
Wall Street brought heavy losses to Ger
man holders of American securities there
was renewed buying for German accounts
brought about by the low prices reported
by the cables. Many orders were sent
to New York and London after Thurs
day’s low water prices were reported.
The poymeqt for these and transfers of
American balances to London caused
heavy demands for London exchange and i ,, *
hrlni'inff tho pvnnrl of r-olrl nnnurftnfU. IcII*
With eyes that bespoke sincerity as
they looked up at you between occa
sional sobs, Mrs. Sallie A. Freeney, in
her cell at the Bibb County jail, yes
terday afternoon, told to a Telegraph
reporter a pathetic story of her life—
the brunt she had been made to hear
by false reports, which subsequently-
led to alleged insult by a man whom
she. in a spirit of self-preservation of
pride, shot to death and now awaits
the ordeal of being tried for her life
for murder.
On March 9 Mrs. Freeney shot and
killed W. P. Harrell, a prominent
farmer of Dodge County, in her home
at Eastman. Conflicting reports of
the cause of the tragedy were circu
lated, one of which was to the effect
that Harrell had gone to the home of
Mrs. Freeney to collect the amount of
rent of the house which he owned, a
dispute arising between the twq re
suiting in Mrs. Freeney shooting Har
bringing the export of gold apparently
near. There is much apprehension mani
fested here lest New York begin the
week by importation of gold from Eng
land. This and the steady advance in
the private discount rate renders an ad
vance in the Reichsbank's rate not im
probable.
Secretary Loeb Denies Pub
lished Reports About
Deneon’s Visit
Following is in substance the story
of Mrs. Freeney as told to the repor
ter yesterday afternoon:
“My life has been extremely sad,”
said Mrs. Feeney, "and for years
have put up with the non-support of a
worthless husband, until my endur
ance was taxed to the limit. Some
months ago I decided, to separate from
my husband, and engaging a six room
house I began to conduct a boarding
house in Eastman. I wns very care
ful whom I took into my house, and
was extremely careful of my conduct
toward my boarders. Despite this,
my husband circulated around tho
neighborhood ugly reports of relations
between myself and several of my
boarders. However, my friends came
to me and told me to be brave and no
mind the name my husband had tried
to brand me.
“It must have been due to believing
these ugly. reports, for I know
WASHINGTON, March IS—Secre
tary Loeb la'.-t night denied published
statements that the White House con
ference, In which Gov. Chas. S. Deneon
and Attorney-General Stead partici
pated, was for the purpose of promot
ing the candidacy of Secretary Taft
for the Presidency. The story origi
nated, it Is said, from the fact that
Secretary Taft and his brother. Chas.
P. Taft, of Cincinnati, called at the
executive office while the President I other reason, that could prompt Mr.
was in conference with the Illinois of- ' Harrell to come to my home last Sat
fieials and were introduced to the j urday a week ago. I had known Mr.
President's visitors. The only -refer- j Harrell for a long time and considered
once made to politics during the con- j him one of my best friends, but upon
ference was that the President asked i his entering my home I readily noticed
Gov. Deneen regarding the Mayoralty j that his demeanor had assumed 'a
fight in Chicago. ! careless and altogether strange tenor.
B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the board i A short time after being in the house
of directors of the Chicago, Rock ; he made a most insulting remark to
Island and Pacific Railroad, who con- I me, and because I did not encourage
ferred with President Roosevelt last him and ordered him from my home,
week on the railroad situation, was at he struck me violently with his fist in
the white house again this week. Mr. my chest and once on the arm,
Yoakum, who has announced himself rendering me into somewhat of
unreservedly in favor of closer rela- j dazed state.
tions between the railroads and the j “Recovering myself sufficiently. I
Federal Government, will again urge i ran into my bed room, where I seized
the President to issue a reassuring ’ my pistol from under a pillow and
statement outlining his attitude to- ; rushing back I fired twice at him. one
ward the railroads. i bullet of which. I understand, entered
President Chas. S. Mellen, of the : somewhere in his chest and resulted in
New York. New Haven and Hartford ' death.
Railroad, will call on the President : “I am sorry that it was neeessary
Tuesday afternoon and it is still the j for me to kill Mr. Harrell, but if a
belief in official circles that the other j woman can’t protect herself in her
three railroad presidents, with whom ] home, she is no woman at all.” And
the ! she broke down and wept piteously.
th.ar t eve^ e c?nT te eontrlbSted VOI toward i President "to* discs'Uw^a^roadsitua- I When asked by the reporter why
CuJ^hriWnr beUer I “St’UfKdfS ! an! not ^TinTe^e^nM
cinzens ana De«er . plain to a cabinet officer, with whom . replied that she did not know. “I be-
was said some time ago that Mr.
Rockefeller had in mind building
model tenements for the poor, such as
have been erected in some European
cities.
“In his will.” the Herald's informant
states, "Mr. Rockefeller has provided
these three things—bequests for relig
ious purposes, though nqt of large
sums: liberal bequests for education,
and what are described as princely
bequests for charitable purposes. It
is said that there is scarcely a man.
woman or child that will not benefit in
some way by these prospective dona
tions.”
FRANKLIN COUNTY CAN'T
COLLECT TAXES IN STEPHENS.
ATHENS. Ci. March 17.—Som • time
sine.- the county of Franklin attempted
t.* collect certain taxes from those cit
izens of the new county of Stephens who
hn.l formerly reshied in Franklin County.
The citizens of Stephens County resisted
was interesting, and ranged over
variety of subjects.”
Gov. Deneen did not deny that the
interview had much to do with the
railroad situation in Illinois and the
Mississippi Valley, but made it plain
the collection of tax- s and injunction i that anything farther on the subjecl
proceeding was taken oi:L The ease has /would have to come from the White
been fought with much energy by Judge ' House.
J >hn J. Strickland. of Athens, represent-
ir.g the people of Steph-ns County, :nd
Judge W. R. T.ittle. of CamosvIIle. and
Hon. J. H. Skelton, of Hartwell, repre
senting the eounty of Franklin
Judge Brand handed down hi« decision
he has communicated, that he will lieve my friends and acquaintances
visit the White House as an individ- ! helieve that I was right,” said Mrs.
ual and will not undertake to repre- ‘ Freeney, “and as a number of them
sent McCrea. Newman and Hugliitt, had expressed their indignation at my
or the railroad corporations generally, arrest and confinement. I suppose the
As yet no one of the other three officials were apprehensive that I
presidents has asked Mr. Roosevelt to might get assistance from the outside
receive them, though It is believed that . before the matter came before the
some word may be received from Mr. courts.”
Hughitt tomorrow. Mrs. Freeney seems to be sincere In
; what she says, and in her cell yester-
CHICAGO. March IS.—Gov. Chas. S. : day she received many sympathetic
Deneen, of Illinois, reached Chicago j .smiles and expressions of regret from
tonight from Washington, where ho j visitors.
conferred with President Roosevelt, j Mrs. Freeney has been married
He was not at liberty, he said, to dis- j twice and has a married daughter re
cuss the specific questions taken up at i siding in Macon. Mrs. W. A. Martin, of
the conference, which, he asserted. ! S12 Third street. As Mrs. Freeney
was only brought to Macon yesterday
about noon, she has not had an oppor
tunity to see her daughter, and seem
ed extremely anxious of having her
daughter visit her at the jail as soon
as possible.
When Adolph Jackson, a Fourth
street bootblack, collected for his last
shine Saturday night he transferred
his scene of operations to Dunlap Hill
on the east side of the river, beyond
the city limits, and called out all hands
'round for & ball.
The word had been passed around
that a ball would be given in a house
on the hill, and only a small admission
fee would be charged those \yhO
wanted to dance. There was a large
gathering of the colored contingent of
East' Macon, and at midnight the rev
elry was at its highest.
•Toe and Bill Davis resented the idea
of niggers on the west side of the river
_iving a dance on the east side without
their permission. They loaded up wltii
pistols and liquor and went out to see
about it.
When they reached the top of the hill
and saw the festivities they sailed in
to break it up in true cow-boy style.
They shot off their pistols, tore down
the chimney of the house and broke
up everything they could lay hands on,
including the chairs. There is no tell
ing what might have happened had not
Deputy Sheriff Tom Jones, who had
called on Detective Jenkins to help
him. arrived on the scene.
The arrival of the officers put a stop
to the fight which was general In
character. The Davis brothers hid out,
but were later captured and lodged In
jail. They will answer to the charge
of getting drunk and shooting on the
public highway.
News in Paragraphs
GENOA. March 17.—Fire in the har
bor here today destroyed 15,090 bales of
cotton and also damaged several vessels.
The loss is estimated at more than
$1,000,000.
MOHCOVA. Mexico, March 17.—After
raging for several days, a forest fire in
LaGlbria raneh has been extinguished.
Much of the timber destroyed was either
pine or cedar, and the loss will be heavy.
The conflagration is supposed to have
resulted from the carelessness of,»some
shepherd in leaving his fire unwatched.
The range was covered with valuable
WADLEY, Ga„ March 17.—This
morning about 9 o’clock Mr. Ben
Davis, a carpenter, employed by the
Wadlev Southern Railroad, fell from a
building that he was assisting to erect
for the company and sustained inju
ries that caused his death in four
hours. He never regained conscious
ness. Mr. Davis has been a citizen of
Wadley for several years and was a l
upright man. He is survived by an
aged mother and one si3ter, Mrs.
James Shepard. He was over 50 years
of age, but a very active man.
soldiers to two reporters and tha
after seven months of investigation b;
the authorities of the United Stat
what appears to bo the true versiot
of the riot has come to light. The
discharged soldier admits that he par
ticipated in the riot. This man ha
been living In Galvestiyi since he and
many others of the Twenty-fifth In
fantry .were discharged without honor
by order of president Roosevelt fron
the military service.
According to the alleged statenien
made to the reporters the outrage w:
not premeditated, but was tho rosul
of an alleged Injury done one of the
soldiers -by 'a white man in Browns
ville about a half hour before the riot
started. The negro, the story say
was struck by the white man at a re
sort in Brownsville. The negro, re
turning to the barracks, sejzed his
rifle and announced that he was going
to kill the white man. Several other
negroes promptly volunteered to s
along to wipe out old scores again
white citizens on account of injuries
they had suffered. The negroes re
turned to the barracks after commit'
ting the assault on the town and many
sotdiers assisted in the hurried clean
ing of the guns for the inspection
which followed soon after the shoot
ing ceased. According to the alleged
confession the soldiers from only one
company of the Twenty-fifth Infantry
participated in the riot, although
nearly the entire battalion, later dis
charged, knew that soldiers had done
the shooting.
Many of the negroes belonging to
this battalion enlisted in Galveston
during the summer of 1903 and
turned to the city after being' dis
charged from the army. The return
ed soldiers, it is said, were advised by
negro politicians to avoid newspaper
meff. but two reporters finally procur
ed the alleged confession through the
fact that the negro concluded that
they were United States secret service
detectives and let the secret out.
The man who talked to the repor
ters said his name was D. C. Gray and
that he was formerly a private in
Company B of the Twenty-fifth In
fantry-
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. March 1
The Judge Advocate of the Penrose
court-martial, which is being held here
has ordered the arrest of the negro
D. C. Gray, who. it is alleged, made a
confession regarding the “shooting up”
of Brownsville last August. Gray, It is
said, will be brought here as a wit
ness before the court-martial.
WASHINGTON, March 17.—Senator
Overton said that tomorrow lie will in
sist that the Senate Committee on Mili
tary Affairs summon the former soldier,
who is alleged to have marie a confes
sion, to Washington to testify before the
committee. „
"WASHINGTON .March 17.—Senator
Overman, of North Carolina, who is a
member of the Senate committee on
military affairs, which, is investigat
ing the “shooting up”, of Brownsville.
Texas, tonight when shown the dis
patch from Galveston telling of the
lleged confession of a discharged ne
gro soldier, said that the committee
received information two weeks ago
that a former member of the Twenty-
fifth Infantry had expressed a willing
ness to majee a full confession if he
could receive some assurance from the
Government that he would be protect
ed. Senator Overman says that, this
Information was forwarded to Secre
tary Taft with the suggestion that it
be investigated by tho War Depart
ment.
“All the discharged troops who tell
the truth about the affair.” said the
Senator, “will certainly be protected by
the Government."
Neither the Senate committee on
ilitary affairs nor the War Depart
ment has received any official report
arding the alleged confession of
the discharged negro soldier. .
Rhea, a cornice maker, returned from
Fort Worth last night and this after
noon walked into the - confectionery es
tablishment of A. Nowall, in the prin
cipal street of the city, and fired five
shots at the proprietor, killing him in
stantly. Rhea stepped over arid put out
the powder fire In Newell’s clothing and
then stopped out in the street and sur
rendered to the chief of police saying:
“I would kill any man who ruined my
home.”
WHEELING. W. Va.. March 17.—
Eighteen persons are known to have
lost their lives in the early morning
fire that occurred Saturday at the plant
or the Warwick Pottery Company,
hich is lopated in the flooded district.
I ••' ‘.:
STRIKE OF POSTAL EMPLOYES
AT NEW ORLEANS ENDED.
NEW ORLEANS. La.. March 17.—
At a conference tonight between of-
TALK OF THIRD TERM.
SIX PERSONS LOST
THEIR LIVES IN MINE
KNOXVILLE. Tf
March
Ya
rn
w:
• ked the
near that
coa
min-
of
ltur-
Bruee & B
day. The de.-.l are James and Robert
Snow, hre: of Tacoma: Cleveland
and Bo'.iver Nconehester. brother-, of
R.t^Stone Gap. and two whose names
have not been learned.
Owing to a mass of slate blocking
the entrance to one portion of the
mine that portion has no: yet been
reached by the res'uers and i: is the
impression at Tacoma that as many as
six other miners may be entombed.
COLUMBUS HOPES TO CAPTURE
10,000 HORSEPOWER PLANT.
O.i.. March 17.—Col. J. S
o -antore a manufacturing
• that it renulppj 1" '‘'00
turn its machinery. The
i ; ion rims twenty-f"
of
11
differences were satisfactorily settled,
and the men will gz back to work.
The strike was the result of the an-
nouncement that the increase of 10 per
cent in the wages of the operators
would not apply to the extra men. It
was agreed at the conference not to
issue a statement, but it developed
soon afterwards that the extra men
will receive the increase and that other
concessions will be granted them.
"rs• -power t,
da
• plant is loca
distant State and the company
ing of moving to tin' South, ’u
got ip touch with Columbus as
of the advertising campaign ina
samp time ago in behalf of this ■
Columbus Powi v Company ;s net
respPr.d*-r.cc with the company, gi
information regarding this city.
day
and
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Tribune.
Senator Depew, of New York, and
Representative Champ Clark, of Mis
souri. offered widely divergent views on
the third term” auestion today at the
AVhite House after they had had talks
with tb- Fr'- 'idcnt. Their views, how
ever, they said, were their personal opin
ions, unbiased by anything they had
heard or learned in the President's of
fice.
There is no man ..in sight but Presi
dent Rocfecve'.t. He will be nominated
b~ acclamation if he gives the word. H -
may he compelled to take it whether he
wants It or not.—The gist of Senator
Depew’s Interview.
The President may accept another
nominate.n. ' If he does he is likely to
be defeated. I am his persona] fri-nd,
and hope he won’t try for another term.
—Champ Clark's interview boiledJown.
Congressman Clark was the first call
er at th White House office, and came
to say goodbye to the President before
leaving town. He will go on a lecture
tour in the summer, and expects to
meet in joint debate a number of prom
inent Republicans who are similarly
employed in earning a few dollars in
ST. LOUIS. March 17.— It was de-
eloped through testimony Saturday at
the coroner’s inquest into tho suicide
last night of Liebling Slocum, aged 10
PENSACOLA, Fla.. March 17.—Ed-
ard Van Horn, first mate of the
American bark Helen A. Wyman, will
sent tomorrow to the Federal prison
Atlanta, where he will serve thir
teen months for inflicting corporal pun
ishment on members of his crew while
South American waters.
RICHMOND. March 17.—Harry H.
Rogers, a prominent railway ticket
agent, of Denver, Colo., was taken ill
a train while passing through
Richmond on his way to Newport
News today, and was moved from the
train to a local hospital while in an
unconscious condition, and was report
ed from the hospital that he died at
12:30 o’clock. His ailment was nep
hritis.
He was identified by means of let
ters in his pockets, and his father,
who was in Denver, was informed by
wire of his condition. The latter is
now hurrying to his son's bedside.
SAN LUIS, Potosi Mexico. March
17.—Dispatches from Rio Verde state
that a prominent ranchman of that
place named Juan Futano assassinated
his sweetheart, the landlady and her
DUBLIN, Ga.. March 17.—A civic
league, having for Its purpose the pre
vention of assaults Upon women and
the prevention of lynching, procuring
quick trials for persons accused of
assaults and the taking of the testi
mony of victims of assaults outside of
the court House, and the suppression
of crime generally, has been organ
ized in this city.
The civic league was organized im
mediately following a strong address
by ' x-< ’ov. V. .1. Northern A good
crowd was present and tho closest at
tention was paid to tho speaker, who
spoke for two hours. Ho talked from
thej shoulder. He was strong in his
condemnation of assaults and equally
strong in his oondomnation of
lynching. He made reference to the
burning of a negro at Paris, Tex., the
burning of tho two negroes at Statv --
boro and Sam Mose at Newnan and
said that savages had a hand In the
burning, that civilized people never
take a hand in a mob. He said that
the man at tho tail end of the mob
was as guilty of murder ns the load
er. To kill a man by mob law, ho
said. 1s murder. Ho spoke of the At
lanta riot and mentioned the fact that
not'a vagrant negro was killed, but
that'rill of them wore hard-working
negroes and had jobs. lie charac
terized as little savages the boys and
girls at Statesboro who raked in the
tshes after the negroes were burned
there for some souvenir of tho burn
ing. He said that the people of tha
North were responsible for the devil
that is in the negro and that ho had
told them so in his Boston speech.
He said that the negro bated the
white man and the white man hated
the negro and that the reason was be
cause "trie devil is in the white mail
and hell in tile negro." He said that
white men and negroes must be pun
ished alike if the negro is bettered in
his condition. He said that white men
are acquitted now and the negro found
guilty. This caused trouble, making
the negro feel that he cannot got
justice In the courts.
There were a number of negroes
present and Gov. Northen called upon
them to aid in suppressing the . va
grant and strange negro and handing
him over to the law. He said that
the negroes must aid in the enforce
ment of tho law if lynching be stop
ped. He said that there were good
negroes and that they must assert
themselves.
Gov. Northen stated that he had
been in eighty-six counties during tho
past few weeks and that civic leagues
had been organized in all of them ex
cept three. He felt sure that he could
organize a league in Warren County
on his next visit. He is^ very much In
earnest and his speech made a very
great • impression upon all who were
present. After the close of the ad
dress the following were elected offi
cers in the civic league:
President—C. Whitehurst.
Secretary—H. M. Stanley.
Executive Committee—George W.
Williams. W. L. Mason, J. T. Smith,
C. Whitehurst and H. M. Stanley.
of the dispute between Nicaragua, and
Honduras, which is threatening th"
peace of all Central America originated
in the theft of a mule from Senor
Irenee Salgado by thirty-five Nicara
guan cavalrymen. Official notes were
exchanged by the minister. 1 of foreign
affairs of the two countries and the
quarrel finally ended In a war.
DUBLIN. March 18.—John O'Leary,
the llterateur, is dead. He was born in
1S30.
COLUMRUS, O.. March 18.—Her
bert Davij=sin, 19 years of age. today-
confessed to the murder of Effio Ma
son. who was found strangled to death
her room a month ago. Davisson
as arrested last night when lie went
into a pawn shop to redeem a watch
that had been identified as belonging
to the murdered woman.
NEW MARTINSVILLE, W. Va.,
March' 18.—The plant of the New Mar-
insville Glass ‘Company and several
Ijoining buildings were destroyed by
fire tonight, causing a loss of $125,000.
LOS ANGELESE. Cal.. March 18.—
Uninterrupted by hundreds of people
ho passed the corner of Sixth and
Spring streets last night, two men en
tered a jewelry store in the Hotel
Hayward, took jewels valued at $2,500
an<i escaped.
Wm. Kinney, proprietor of the store,
and IS. R. Hamilton, a clerk, sto
against the'wall in obedience to ordiys
while one of the men rifled a shmv
case. Kinney was then ordered to
open the safe and one of the robbers
took several unset diamonds.
WILKES B A R R E. Pa., March 18 —
John Boshus. aged 30 years, a Rus
sian, was murdered Saturday night at
Brookside, a suburb of this city, by
Petro Komieck, aged 33 years, a Pole.
Komieck came home about midnight
and it is alleged, found Boshus in the
company of Mrs. Komieck. Komieck
secured his mining pick and literally
tore Boshus to pieces and threw 111s
body Into Mill Creek. Komieck es
caped.
years, that she had entered into a j daughter at the house whoro she was
suicide pact with Gertrude Harper, I living. Jealousy Is ascribed as the
also 10 years old. ! cause for the deed.
BUCHAREST, Roumania. March 17. j RICHMOND, Va., March 17.—As a
—The peasants are continuing ex- : result of ptomaine poisoning, caused
cesses in several districts of Moldavia. : by eating canned peaches. Melvin Ives
The Jews of that section are in great ' aged 13. and Leonard I,ee Ives, aged 7,
distress, have telegraphed King ! sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ives, of
Charles and the premier imploring j Hampton. Va., are dead, and their
their protection. i mother is tonight believed to be dying.
| The mother and boys were stricken
ATLANTA. Ga.. March 10.—Comply- i last Wednesday. Leonard died yes-
ing with request of Mrs. Martha Ata- ! terday; Melvin this afternoon.
lanta Lumpkin Comptor of Athens, for | 1 —
whom Atlanta was twice named, the i ATLANTA, Ga.. Me-eh 17.—A man who
city will provide for her a last resting ; registered .at a loeal hnfe] hate
place in Oakland Cemetery. Mrs. f 5 s r J- .
Compton has often expressed herself ! h y ‘shooting 'dlile'-' u ' K onv-'" Vim"
as desirous of being buried in a ceme- during the night. Nothing is known ol
terj* belonging to the city named for j the man here and there were no letters
her. j or payers found to Indicate the cause for
I the suicide.
BOSTON Mass., March 17.—Receiver ; _ ,, _
Jeremiah Smith, of the Consolidated j ATACCIO. Franc". March 18—Dur-
Ubero Plantation Company, announces . the maneuvers last night without
ATLANTA March 18.—'William Con-
rove, president of the Atlanta Gas
Light Company and one of the most
prominent and highest salaried men in
Atlanta, has resigned his position and
will take a trip of several years to
Europe having made up his mind ts»
completely retire from business.
ATLANTA. March 17.—James F.
Norwood, fifty-four years old, was
found dead in a room on Decatur street
this morning, and at the Inquest held
this afternoon it developed that he had
forecasted his own death, telling his
wife and son that he expected to die
in a short time.
was found
today that valid claims against the
coroifany may not exceed $25,000. in
which event the creditors will receive
about 50 cents on the dollar. The com
pany was placed in the hands of a re
ceiver about a year ago. following the
arrest of Ferdinand Borges. Its presi
dent. was subsequently sent to prison i
for swindling. Former Congressman j NEW YORK
Owen, of Indiana, who was indicted in • morn ; ng pap
connection with the case, was never ap- | lowln
prehended.
lights the torpedo
rammed torpedo boat
steam pipe on the last named vessel
burst killing two men and mortally
injuring another. The Epee towed
the torpedo boat ashore, where
was beached.
lest rover Epee
No. 263. A
he
March 18.—A Jewish
night received the fol-
eablegram from Podihilo, near
j Jassy, Roumania
WILLEMSTAD. Curacao, March 17.—A
dispatch received her" from Cimara. Co
lombia. announces that a powerful revo
lution has started in th" state of Tnchira.
Venezuela, with General Juan Psh'o P"n-
“Terrible massacre since last Thurs
day. Town totally destroyed. All the
Jewish population are ruined and
houses pillaged.”
as
leadc
EL RENO, Okta., March 17.—W. R.
WASHINGTON. March IS.—Accord
ing to official communications re
ceived in Washington the chief object
LIBERAL PARTY PROTESTS
AGAINST INCREASING FORCE
HAVANA. March 17.—The Liberal
party has protested officially to Gov
ernor Mngoon against the proposal
made by Secretary Tafi to increase tho
rural guard of Cuba to tO.OOO men. The
principal objection is that the mem
bers of the rural guards are constantly
in contact with the people and often
are detailed to carry out the law. Their
present strength is sufficitnt for police
duties. An increase would mean ex
cessive vigilance which would result in
Irritation among the people. Th" Lib
erals suggest that instead of augment
ing the rural guards, a regular army be
established, ibis army to be 4.000 strong
and kepi in garrisons, but carefully
drilled for the purpose of repelling in
vasion or of nutting down insurrection.
The plan for an army submitted by the
Liberal party provides an annual ex
penditure for maintenance of $4,716,000.
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