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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 NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa- ! per. It tells how you stand on j the books. Due from date on j the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907. Washington Dispatch- in New York 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. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Examine label on your pa per. It tells how you stand on the books. Due from date on the label. Send in dues and also renew for the year 1907.