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TWICE A-WEEK TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA: FAIR TUESDAY; WEDNESDAY FAIR; WARMER oN THE COAST; FRESH EAST TO SOUTH WINDS. ESTABLISHED IN 1626. MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING,. MARCH 26, 1907. TWICE-A-WEEK, $1.00 A YEAR. SLUMP IN WALL STREET CAUSED BY INSANE FEAR 4Jnbridled Impulse to Sell and Almost Entire Paralysis of Demand. y*No Check Offered Selling Frenzy N'E W YORK, March 25.—Today’s stock market drfle? any clear analy tic. The surface facts upon which , there is no room for dispute are that I there ivns an unbridled immiise tn sell I were believed to be touched by the de clines. Holders of Amalgamated Cop per and of United States Steel seem ed to be suddenly awakened to the recollection of past performances in those securities following the quick transformation from the condition of great prosperity in their trades to acute depression and rapid shrinkage of earnings. Bear Saturnalia. The operations of the bear contingent in the market are believed to have been taken on the proportions of a saturnalia. Individual operations on the short side in at least one instance were believed to be of prodigious pro portions. These operations seemed to be entirely unopened on behalf of the controllers or insiders in any property. A striking feature of the situation, in an unbridled Impulse to sell | seemed to be the concensus among securities and an almost entire 1 the major interests that supporting paralysis of demand The con«e- i measures would be futile to check the quence. lo prices were such as might I f ell l ng , fren 5 y ' Engagements of gold . . . * 8 in London for import allowed by the f ‘ » nrin K' nr ‘d. That any urgent neces- j Secretary of the Trea5ury in the 3e- A.ty was for ing holders of securi- I enrity for government deposits, al- ties to part with them did not appear though promising to hold the money T REORGANIZED ARMY HE INTENDS TO MAKE PRLONG- ED RESISTANCE TO NICA RAGUAN FORCES WASHINGTON'. March 25.—Presi dent Bonilla, of Honduras, has reor ganized his army and intends to make a prolonged resistance to the Nicara guan forces. This news reached the State Department today from Philip R. Brown, secretary of the American mission to Honduras and Gautemala, who is now at Tegucigalpa. from any facts known to the public. The banks were no; calling loans and the withdrawal of credits by money lenders could not he ascribed as thi Impelling cause of the slump. Of course the violent decline and the shrinkage In collateral caused a read justment constantly of loans and this shrinkage of course forced vulnerable holdings upon the market In the course of the fall. Rut stringency money was not the primary cause In forcing any liquidations. So far as the dread of failures at the coming 4Mock market settlements in London and Berlin was concerned, the situa tion was admittedly' improved over nst week. Early prices of Americans reported from London showed some market through, were entirely ignored Influential men in the banking world dl not hesitate to characterize the sell ing as prompted by "Insane fear.” In formation from commission houses of the terms in which some of the selling orders were couched gave color to this characterization. Fears of a coming prostration of business and. of the stripping of powers of management and control for corporations were al leged as principal grounds for the MANAGUA. Nicaragua. March 26.— A few details of the capture of the Honduran-Salvadorean position at Coluteca by the Nicaraguan forces have been received. The Nicaraguans captured 1.500 rifles, a large amount of ammunition and quantities of field equipment. The Hondurans and Sal vadoreans had 200 men killed and about an equal number wounded. Some of the Nicaraguan wounded who were captured by the enemy before President Bonilla fled are reported to have been hanged and their bodies barbarously' mutilated. President Zelaya has issued orders to the Nicaraguan forces that all wounded prisoners are to be treated with proper care. SAVANNAH FAILURE DEPARTMENT STORE THE BUSINESS OF P. T. FOYE IN THE HANDS OF A RECEIVER f | alarm. It was Inte in the day before prices reached the lowest level, but the actual closing reflected a nervouB feeling among shorts in the feverish rebounds caused by their rush to take profits. The Secretary' of the Treasury' an nounced today that he would accept in HONDURAN CAPITAL HAS BEEN CAPTORED WASHINGTON, March 23.—Senor Corea, the Nicaraguan minister tonight received a dispatch from President uhstitution for Ujlited States four per j Zelaya of Nicaragua announcing the Raaasupinn la •,« ! clflc bonds District of Columbia bonds ; day was predicted by the Nicaraguan aasu mg Mavices. a t par> an( j Hawaiian bonds at 90 per j foreign office yesterday', following the Reassuring advices from the high- cent also State, municipal and high ( capture .of Choluteca. the most strongly eat quarters in the financial world grade railroad bonds, such as are legal | fortified town in that country and th.e abroad were received ns to the im- i investments tor saving banks in the ■ flight of President Bonilla, of Honduras. States of New York and Massachusetts. Only the bare announcement of the on the basis of 90 per cent on their capture of Tegucigalpa was received, market value. It is understood that | It did not reach here until late tonight any such bonds thus withdrawn must but the news had been expected hourly be assigned to the Secretary of the j by Mr. Corea. Treasury for the redemption, under the provisions ot the department circular of March 14, 1907. SAVANNAH, March 25.—P. T. Foye, proprietor of a large department store, has failed. A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in the United States Court this morning. The busi ness was placed in the hands of George W. Owens, as receiver, and will be continued under the orders of Judge A. H. MacDonell, referee in bankruptcy. for this district. Mr. Owens will remain in charge of the bus iness until the first meeting of the creditors, which will take place about April 5. He may then be made the permanent trustee of the concern. Assets of the concern are given at $113,361.49 and the liabilities at $111,- 23.01. The largest creditor of Mr. Foye is the Citizen^ Southern Bank, to whom he owes $30,401.42. This is the only claim secured. The unsecur ed claims aggregate a trlffe over $80,- 000. The largest other creditor is the H. B. Claflin Co., of New York, to whom is owed $11,590.12. ATTORNEY AND CHIEF OF POLICE HAVE TIL SIX CASES FOR SUNDAY LIQUOR SELLING IN SAVANNAH <> . POLICE COURT SHORTER TRUNK LINE ■P'ROM THE GREAT LAKES TO GULF NORFOLK, Va., -March 26.—A spe cial dispatch from Bristol. Tenn., says Bird M. Robinson, president of the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Rail way, was in the city today and con firmed the report that his road would build a trunk line from New Orleans to connect with the Frisco and Rock Island forming a new and much short er trunk line from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. The Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City will build' from its pres ent Southern terminus at Mobile to New Orleans and from Middleton, Tenn., to Joppa, Ill., or Paducah, Ky. SAVANNAH, March 25.—Six cases for Sunday liquor selling were made by' the police yesterday, and today hearings were held in police court. These were against August Gerzihow ski. the DeSoto Hotel. Herman Kean Eli and Geo. Veruki, F. Viering and Adam Winn. F. Viering pleaded gull ty and was fined $200; Herman Kean was discharged and the case against the DeSoto was continued until Wed nesday. This case seems to be technical violation of the law only Others were bound over. A heated tilt occurred between At torney' Dan Charlton, for one of the defendants, and Capt. W. G. Austin chief of police. The attorney' inform ed the chief that he could not intimi date him as he did others. PRESIDENT AND GERMAN AMBASSADOR ON HORSEBACK WASHINGTON. March 25.—Taking advantage of the fine weather today the President, accompanied by Ambassador Speck Von Sternberg and the two older Roosevelt boy's, Theodore, Jr., and Kar- mlt. took a long ride. .Baron Sternberg was a private in the Franco-Prussian war at the age of 16, and when the President was engaged in assisting in the organization of his cavalry regiment for the Cuban service, he frequently consulted his friend about the work. The President is an expert horseman and especially fond of taking the jumps. He wants his boys to become equestrian experts and toward this end the Ger man ambassador is to teach them some of the Jumping tactics of Germany. provomonl In the situation. Berlin was alleged to have completed neces- ' lary arrangements for the April 1 I settlements which hnve been tile dan- I ger point dreaded. Rumors of an im- ! portant house in London In financial difficulties were said to be disproved ! by the moat careful investigation. ! Large orders were executed In (his I market to buy stocks for foreign ar- I count, but it had hardly more than a momentary effect on prices. One par- lirular in which London did offer a depressing factor was disorder in her metal market. Copper and tin both showed heavy declines and specula tion in cotton and relative committ ments in the copper market were said to be Involved. The large speculation in copper securities in th(„ market has been based on the confident as sumption of sound conditions in the mete! market. This confidence was shaken and the metal Industrials prov ed extremely vulnerable including the United States Steel stocks. Large poo>d holdings of these securities BREAK IN WALL STREET CAUSED WEAKNESS IN LONDON REV. WM. M’CORKLE WILL RESIGN SAVANNAH PASTORATE SAVANNAH. March 25—Rev. Wil liam P. McCorkle, pastor of the First Presby'terian Church of this city, to day' announced that he would resign LONDON. March 25.—The break in ! ^ i3 Pastorate to accept that of the prices in Wall street produced a weak- ! Presbyterian Church at Martinsville, ness in the street prices of Americans i \ a - ^IcCorkle has been here for here today. Otherwise the stock ex- ! f , x an ^ ^ as greatly endeared change surmounted the first day of himself to this congregation. the dreaded settlement with much greater ease than was expected. Money was plentiful and the carry oyer was easily arranged. The speculative accounts open proved smaller than was feared and only one important failure was registered. himself to this congregation. He came to this city from Graham, N. C; The influx of the general investing ; been ra BIG FOREST FIRE WAS CHECKED NEAR STELLA, VA. DANVILLE. Va., March 25.—A tele phone message from Martinsville today i says that the big forest fire which has public at the ruling low prices helped to sustain the market. HOKE SMITH TAKING NO PART IN THE RACE aging in Patrick County since Friday night was checked yesterday afternoon near Stella, 15 miles from where it started. The total damage is unknown. The burning of leaves on the Plantation of the Stuart Or chard Company caused the fire. The devasted territory is six miles wide. May Favor Caucus to Select Candidate for President of Senate. rhis Will Depend On Contingencies FIGHT BETWEEN YAQUIS INDIANS AND SOLDIERS SAN ANTONIO, March 25—A re port from Guayamas, Mex., says: “In a fight between a band of Yaquis In- tions were then entered into to see if ! dians and soldiers and Rurales in the some satisfactory' agreement could j hills of the Barrigonna district, north not be reached such as Mr. Golsby- i of this place yesterday, two Indians moving his place of residence to At- I were killed and several Indians and lanta. So far. however, the matter i six soldiers were wounded. The sol- has not been compromised and Mr. ! diers. under command of .Col. A r illa- Golsby is still watting to find out what ; real, are reported to be in pursuit of his intended bride is going to do. Up j the fleeing Indians, who. it is thought, FRENCH TROOPS ORDERED TO MOROCCAN FRONTIER Demands Made for Reparation for the Death of Dr. Mauchamp. French Warships Received Orders to the present time she has declined emphatically to leave home. ATLANTA. March 25.—Gov-elect Hoke Smith gave out an interview to- Jny in which he states most emphati- .'ally that he is taking no part what ever in the race for president of the State Senate, and that he will not do so except In certain contingencies, which he explains. Mr. Smith said: "A publication appeared yesterday In The Telegraph and some other of tiie papers sent out from Atlanta, to the effect that I was secretly' support ing one of the candidate.' for presi dent of the Senate. "The report was entirely without foundation and seems to have been circulated with the purpose of placing me in a false attitude with the candi dates and the Legislature. “The Democratic convention at Ma- ,A.n adopted a platform desire to see legislation passed to carrv out the principles of that plat# form, and I believe that both Houses of the Legislature should be organized with men who will help make Into law the platform adopted by our party. "So far as I know, all the candi dates for president of the Senate will support such legislation. I shall take no part betweon the candidates unless I reach the conclusion that there is danger of the selection of a man who will not support the party platform. Under such circumstances I would favor a caucus of the Democrats who _ cases would support the platform, and I would publicly give all the aid I could to the nominee of such caucus." This, of course, will be Interesting and satisfactory news to the candi dates but that certain ones among them have been under impression that the influence of the Governor-elect would go to one among them, there can be no doubt, for they did not hes itate to give notice to such belief. The statement contained in the arti cle in question simply sought to call attention to the gossip for which the statements of candidates themselvea was the foundation. A. C. L. Arrangement with Central. ATLANTA. March 25.—A dispatch received in Atlanta today from Wil mington, N. C., signed by President T. M. Emerson of the Atlantic Coast Line, says that system has concluded a satisfactory traffic arrangement with the Central of Georgia Into At lanta by way of Albany, but that it has no trackage arrangement with the Central. It was the conclusion of this agreement with the Central of Geor gia which resulted in the sale of the Macon. Dublin and Savannah to the Seaboard Air Line. *and this latter rond is now about to conclude either a traffic or trackage agreement with the Southern through which It will se cure an Atlanta connection. are seeking reinforcements and an en gagement is expected.” Wants to Die Quietly. ATLANTA. March 25.—William O'Connor, who has been here for sev eral weeks suffering from diabetes, today begged Secretary Logan of the Associated Charities not to send him I earnestly j back to Augusta. He said he would much rather go somewhere in the woods and die quietly by himself, as he could expect no attention there. O'Connor has been trying to get to Peoria. III. The Mayor of Augusta furnished him a ticket as far as At lanta and here he had to appeal to the Associated Charities. Atlanta has frequently given notice that paupers should not be sent here and dumped on the city, and if such were done has stated they would be sent back. It has not yet been determined what will be done in O'Connor's case. Atlanta has had a number of similar but in no instance. Secretary Logan says, have they been dumped on any other city. In one instance. Secretary Logan sent a family of three all the way to Seattle, Waoh. Governor to appoint expert accountants to examine into their condition. Viola tion of the law is made a misdemeanor. But buidin-g and loan companies and other companies of this class, are not required to make deposits or to secure a State license. The company with which Turner was connected claimed to have been of this class for if filed no statement with the Comptroller Gener al nor did it make any deposit. The Comptroller General has urged that the foregoing law be repealed and that something effective and protective be enacted in its place, but up to the present time the Legislature has given no heed to his recommendation. Golsby Waiting for Bride. ATLANTA. March 25.—W. B. Gols- by, of Salisbury. N. C.. a railroad man. who was to have married Miss Josle Leamon here yesterday afternoon, at the home of hes, parents. 145 Chero kee avenue, is still here waiting for his bride, who has not yet decided whether or not she w'ill marry him. Miss Leamon. who is the only child of her parents. left her home yester day and did not return until two hours after the time set for the wed ding because she said she did not •v n: leave her home and her At lanta relatives and friends. Negotia- No State Law. ATLANTA. March 25.—It appears there is no State law under which sup ervision is exercised over the class of companies of which the Georgia Re demption and Loan Co., the funds of which are alleged to have been em bezzled recently by one of its officials, M. M. Turner, a former member of the Atlanta city council. The only law on the subject was one passed in 1904 which requires invest ment companies which issue certifi cates bonds, debentures or certificates of interest or Investment securities, to provide a redemption fund of not less than 75 per cent of the amount collected as premiums and also that they shall deposit with some State depository or trust company $25,000 either in cash or bond* for the protection of investors. When such deposit is made and a state ment of their assests is filed with the Comptroller General, he is required to issue them a license, but he has no Jurisdiction over them beyond this The only supervision even over this class of companies is authorization given the previous appearances here. Dr. Brown, One of Judges. ATLANTA, March 25.—Although not yet officially notified himself it became known today that Dr. J. Lewis Brown director of the May-June Music Fest val. which will be given here May 29 30. 31 and June 1. has been apointed one of the judges who will pass on the col lege Glee club, symphony orchestra and choral contests at the Jamestown expo sition. Besides Atlanta Baltimore, "Wash ington and Richmond, each get an ap pointment. The appointments were made by Director Sexton, of the board ot governors of the exposition. Dr. Brown's work at the exposition will not be solely that of a judge. He will, in addition, give organ recitals and conduct concerts—about twenty in all. His seleetion by the expoistion man agement is a credit both to himself and to the State as only three other States will be so represented. W. H. L. Nelms, soliciting agent of the Seaboard Air Line, has just return ed from the exposition. He announced today that he had seen Mr. Sexton, and that the later had informed him that Dr. Brown had been apointed. Dr. Brown will receive an official notifica tion in the next few days. Contestants will enter the various competitions from ali over the coun try and the musical program at the exposition promises to be a brilliant one. Especial emphasis will be given the encouragement of young muscians and those who have such aspirations. His work in Jamestown, however, will in no way conflict with Dr. Brown’s direction of the May-June festival. His call for a chorus issued Saturday even ing last met with a liberal response, and rehersals will be held this week. Plans are now being drawn from the seats, boxes and stage of the auditor ium. Dr. Brown is also in correspon dence with the various soloist* who wi'.l assist those stars already engaged for the festival. It may interest the large public which has heard previous festivals to know that Comnanarl the distinguish ed baritone, will sing again his Torea dor song from Carmen, with which he has made such pronounced hits on his PARIS, March, 25.—-As a result of the cabinet meeting today, it was de cided to send French troops to occupy Oudja. a frontier town in Morocco, until the Moorish Government gives full satisfaction to France for the assassination of Dr. Mauchamp. The French demands for reparation will be forwarded to Fez immediately. Thd decision Qf the French Government to occupy Oudja means that troops will immediately cross the Algerian fron tier from Tlemssen, where considera ble forces of Allarms are stationed. The decision was reached in order to compel a Moorish response to the repeated demands of F^tmce for the depression of disorder and reparation and abuses of power, crimes, and as saults affecting French citizens, resi dent in Morocco. The Moroccan Government has Dersistently refused to execute' the agreements concluded with France in 1901 and 1902 and has absolutely ignored the French Gov ernment’s representations on the sub ject. Prepare for Occupation. Telegraphic instructions were sent this evening to Algeria, notifying the military authorities to prepare a col umn of troops for the occupation of Oudja. Gen. Liautey. the commander of the troops in South Oran, will prob ably lend the column occupation. The Temps says the steps contem plated by the Government involve not only a naval demonstration, but direct coercion. The armored cruiser Jeanne D’Arc and the cruiser LaTando, which sailed from Toulon yesterday for Tan gier, carried field equipment for ma rines. The French foreign office has dis patched a note to the powers explain ing the situation. A German-ophobe sentiment has been aroused by the intimations that Germans inspired the attack which re sulted in the assassination of Dr. Mauchamp at Morocco city and this has been fanned by War Minister Plquart's transfer of Gen. Bailloud from the command of the Sixteenth corps of the army to the east for a speech which the general delivered on the occasion of retirement of a colo nel. in which he referred to the "in evitable coming war with Germany, when France would have an opportu nity to win back Alsace and Lor raine.” The Chauvenistlc papers accuse the war minister and Premier Clemenceau of cowardice in disgracing a gallant officer because his words might dis please Emperor William. Will Continue Occupation. The decision of the cabinet today to send French troops to occupy Oudja in Morocco was unanimous. The oc cupation of this point will be contin ued until full satisfaction has been accorded. The French demands include the punishment of the murderer of Dr. Mauchamp. indemnity for the family of the victim and of a large sum for the foundation of the charitable institution in Morocco memory of Dr. Mauchamp. Full instructions have been telegraphed to the military authorities in Algeria re garding the formation and dispatch of a military column to occupy Oudja. THREE YEAR OLD BOY WAS FEARFULLY BEATEN ON HEAD BARNESVILLH, Ga„ March 25.— Today about noon the 3-year-old boy of Mr. John Sims was found in the hall park here in an unconscious con dition, fearfully beaten about the head. A piece of plank was found near him with blood and hair on it, clearly showing that he had been foully dealt with. The little fellow was given immediate medical atten tion and it is the opinion that he will recover. So far no evidence connect ing any one with the deed has been discovered, although diligent efforts have been made by officers and citi zens. It is believed, however, to have been some 12 or 14 year old negro boy. Mr. Sims Jives near the park. SLIPPED UP BEHIND .ENEMY AND DEALT DEATH BLOW ASHEVILLE, N. C., March 25.—For reasons that he has not yet divulged Zeek Austin, a notorious character of the Weaver Dam section, stole up be hind George Gady. while the latter was seated on a log near the 'Elk Mountain Cotton Mills, five miles from this city yesterday afternoon and struck his vic tim two heavy blows on the skull with a club, from the effects of which Gad dy died shortly before 10 o’clock last night. Austin was arrested 10 minutes later and now lies in jail charged with murder. If Is stated that the men had quarrelled during the afternoon, and had apparently finished their argument when Austin made his unexpected at tack. ARMY ENGINEERS WOUND UP IN COSTLY RED TAPE Contractor Oliver Heard at Southern States and Gulf Coast Panama Conference Resolutions Were Adopted NEW ORLEANS, March 25.—Dele gates from a large section of the South, assembled at the Southern States and Gulf Panama conference here today adopted the following res olutions: The natural economical route for a large part of the United States for passengers and materials intended for Panama is via the ports on the Gulf of Mexico. The Isthmian Canal Commission has been operating what is practical ly a Government owned steamship service from New York to Panama and this exclusive service via New York places the industries of the South, the Gulf States, the Mississip pi, Ohio, Missouri, Alabama and Georgia valleys and contiguous terri tory at a prohibitive disadvantage. The Southern States and Gulf Coast Panama conference represents to President Roosevelt that at least two of the Government's steamships should be operated out of a Gulf port, because of its closer proximtiy by some six hundred miles to Colon than New York. We strongly protest against the discriminations of the purchasing department of the Panama railroad steamship line, whereby the large majority of orders are confined to the Eastern States. The resolutions concluded by peti tioning President Roosevelt to investi gate “the reason why the preponder ance of purchases for account of the Panama steamship line are made in the Eastern Sta'tes.” Former Senator Joseph Blackburn, of Kentucky, member of the canal commission, and representative of Secretary of War Taft at the meeting said that the steamers could not he divided between New York and a gulf port without impairing the service to the detriment of the workers on the canal. He said there is no discrimi nation against the South. At tonight's session W. J. Oliver, the contractor, made the following criticism of the canal work: “It is greatly to be regretted that the administration has decided to place the construction of the Panama canal in the hands of army engineers instead of committing its fate to con tractors. "No matter how capable the army engireers may be their training has not been along the lines of construc tion, direction on a large scalo, they are totally without organization to draw from and will always be wound up in costly red tape.” MEN OF 25TH INFANTRY " SHOT UP” BROWNSVILLE A. C. L CENTRAL MAKE DEAL Says the Courtmartial Which Exonerated Major Pen- rose, Soldiers Able to Get Cartridges DR. WILEY HELD CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WASHINGTON. March 25.—Dr. Har vey W. Wiley the chief .of the Bureau of Chemistry, held a half hour confer ence with the President this evening. He excused himself from talking about his interview with the President on the ground that it would not be proper. As the doctor was about to leave the executive office a messenger brought from the vicinity of the Secretary’s of fice a large box in which reposed a dozen or more bottles that had been covered with a napkin. Dr. Wiley took them back to the Department of Agri culture. NEGRO MENACED BY MOB FOR ASSAULT ON NEGRO BOY AUGUSTA, Ga„ March 25.—Ar thur Butler, a negro, is being held for assault with intent to kill an 8-year- old negro boy, whom he had first beaten almost into insensibility and was later in the act of hanging. A rope had been thrown over the limb of a tree and the boy was being drawn up when neighbors interfered. Butler was pursued by a mob of blacks and whites bent on lynching him, but he was safely landed in Jail. The boy was no relation to Butler and no motive for the deed has been learned. Railway traffic deals seem to be fre quent recently. The sale of the Macon, Dublin and Savannah road to the At lantic Coast Line was a matter of com ment' In railway circles. Later the sale of the same road to the Seaboard Air Line came as a surprise and cause for more speculation as to the objects tc be attained by the purchasers. It Is announced that the Seaboard has made trackage arrangements with the 'Southern to Atlanta in exchange for similar use by the Southern of a por tion of the Seaboard system to the coast. Now it develops why the Atlantic Coast Line disposed of the M., D. & S. road. It is said that the Atlantic Coast Line has completed arrangements ith the Central of Georgia system .. herebv the Coast Line will secure en trance Into Atlanta by way of Albany and Macon. This announcement was given out in a statement that explained the sale of the Macon, Dublin and Sa vannah road to the Seaboard Air Line system. . When the arrangements will go into effect is not yet know, but it will prove to be one of the most important changes In the railroad and traffic sit uation that has taken • place in this erson explained™that^the Macon, Dub- the transaction in reference to the lin and Savannah was bought in order ? a ’ < U °J' c - artrl< ^ es to the Brownsville to get into Atlanta by an extension innk dealer the witness said he he* from Macon. The surveys had been made when most favorable arrange ments were completed allowing his road to get Into Atlanta over the Cen tral. The Macon, Dublin and Savannah was then sold to the Seaboard. This allows an almost complete crystallization of all the Atlantic Coast Line interests in Georgia. The most important amalgamation will be the connection between the Coast Line and the Louisville and Nashville, of which the Coast Line owns a controlling in terest; also a Southern extension for the Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Louis, of which the Louisville and Nashville owns a controlling interest. The Atlantic Coast Line and the Nashville, 'Chattanooga and St. Louis, jointly own the ninety-nine-year lease on the Georgia railroad fr.om Atlanta to Augusta. Macon and Athens. From Albany the Atlantic Coast Line has a direct line to Brunswick and Savannah and the Atlantic seaboard. The new arrangement will give a direct line from Ohio river gateways to the At lantic seaboard hinder the most favor able conditions. WASHINGTON, March 25— That 'the soldiers were invariably able to secure extra cartridge's and sometimes had extra rifles as well, was asserted today by Wm. Ryan, corporal in Com pany K. Twenty-sixth Infantry, in the Brownsville investigation before the Senate committee on military affairs. Ryan was at Brownsville prior to the coming of the negro soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. He was serv ing as the artificer under the quarter master sergeant, at whose orders, he said, he sold 1,000 rounds of Govern ment ammunition to a junk dealer in Bhownsville. Under the same man's orders he said that he defaced the numbers on six Krag-Jorgensen rifles, which had been secured in the Phil ippines with fourteen others,, as sur plus guns. The defacing was done and the guns held out at the time the order was issued for the surrender of all the Krag type of rifles. In reply to a number, of questions he declared that he did not consider that he had done wrong in aiding in the sale of Government property. In detailing STUDENTS HURL "STINK BOMBS” DURING ST. PETERSBURG RIOT. NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION IN MOVING PICTURE SHOW GREENFIELD, Ind.. March 25.— Twenty-six persons were injured, some seriously, and a two-story building, oc cupied by a 5-cent theater with mov ing pictures, was wrecked tonight by a explosion of natural gas. used to heat the building. About 200 persons were in the theater at the time of the explo sion and in the panic that followed the appropriation ! men. women and children rushed for ' the doors, trampling on one another. PROMINENT FLORIDIAN FOUND DEAD IN HIS OFFICE PENSACOLA, Fla., March 25.—Attil- la F. Mallory, one of the most promi nent citzens of Pensacola and a broth er -of United States Senator Stephens R. Mallory, was found dead in his a£Lice late today. A workman entering his office shortly after Mallory's return from dinner found him on the floor in | _ _ Mr. Mallory’s fath- battleship Georgia which will delay the j er was secretary of the Confederate EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP GEORGIA NEWPORT NEWS. Va„ March 25 — The outbreak of measles on board the j a dying condition. _ ‘ departure of the vessel for Guantana- j navy during the Civil War. mo scheduled for tomorrow, has de- eloped into an epidemic, more than 50 men having been taken from the ship to the naval hospital at Portsmouth, Va. Cel. Albert L. Meyer Promoted. WASHINGTON, March 25.—Col. Albert L. Meyer. Eleventh Cavalry, has been selected for promotion to the rank of brigadier-general to All a j W. Penrose, the eommnmi'ng oftU' vacancy caused by the death of Gen ; the battalion of negro soldiers at Fort Jl’inL NEGRO SOLDIERS SHOT UP BROWNSVILLE SAN ANTONIO. Texas. March 25.— That certain members of the Twen ty-fifth infantry shot up the town of Brownsville Texas, in August last, is declared by the Penrose court-martial in their verdict exonerating Major C. ST. PETERSBURG. March 25.—The! high school of sciences, situated on Vasili island, was the scene today of a series of explosions, which fortunately, brought no serious casualties in their train. The explosions were engineered by members of the senior and junior classes, whom the faculty were ahouS to expel bodily for offenses against dis cipline. The first deafening detonation occurred in the lecture hall during a lecture. Several cupboards containing apparatus for chemical research were blown to sulinters and the instruments hurled out over the heads of the classes. During the rioting that followed some of the students hurled "Stink bombs” filled with ill-smelling materials, at un popular members of the faculty, and at the same time smaller boobs were ex ploded in other parts of the school and in the street in front of the build ings. Nobody was seriously hurt. The school was closed and the police search ed the dormitories. WANT RAISE OF WAGES FOR WORK ON CANAL. NEW ORLEANS La.. March 24.— C. J. Baker, of Danville Ill., one of a dozen trainmen and engineers arriv ing from Panama, said that between 1 200 and 1,500 engineers firemen, trainmen and cranesmen employed on the canal have asked the commission for an increase in wages and have offered their resignations if the raise Is not granted. junk dealer, the witness said he had taken the cartridges, which were in the original Government package and had placed the box Inside a kerosene box. He insisted in reply to questions by Senator Warner that he had no idea why this precaution was taken by Sergeant Cheseman and neither did he consider that he was doing wrong. Senator Foraker then asked the wit ness if he meant he had done no wrong in assisting In the sale of Gov ernment ammunition, and Ryan re plied that he had proceeded upon the orders of his superior officer. “If my superior officer should tell me .to Jump in the river,” he said, "I would do it, but of course I do not say that I would not swim out again.” The extra guns which were in the possession of Company K, Twenty- sixth Infantry, the witness said, ori ginally numbered twenty. He thought Capt. Kiiburn, the company comman der. had given some of them away, that one had been sold by Cheseman and that Capt. Kiiburn still has one. He said he could not say what had become of the others. When the session adjourned for the day Thomas Taylor, a former member of Company B. Twenty-fifth Infantry, was on the stand. The expert exami nation of shells picked up in Browns ville is declared to show that his gun was used in firing eleven of these shells. Taylor denied that his gun had been fired since his company left Fort Niobrara, a month prior to the shooting. The Senate committee on military affairs today received from the Act ing Secretary of War a copy of a tele gram from Brigadier-General McCas- key, commanding the department of Texas, concerning the Maj. Penrose courtmartial. The telegram says that Penrose was exonerated, but the court found that the "shooting up” of Brownsville was done by men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. This is the text of the telegram: “Major-General Ainsworth: unuu “Maj.-Gen. Ainsworth: “Maj. Pen rose was exonerated by the courtmar tial. but the court found that the shooting in Brownsville was done by the men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry* The finding approved by me. “(Signed) • “McCASKEY, Commander.” i ELEVEN RACE HORSES ARE 'BURNED TO DEATH. Brown at the time. PROMINENT PHYSICIAN KILLED IN HIS OFFICE SPARTANBURG. S. C„ March 25.— Dr. William Linder, a prominent phy sician of Union. S. C.. was shot and killed today by Lucy Litse. who walk ed into the physician’s office, closed the door and fired a bullet into his i>ack. The woman was arrested. NEW YORK, March 24.—Eleven race horses were burned to death in a fire which destroyed three buildings today. Among the horses destroyed were Fine Cloth, Lady Prudence, Sir William Johnson and Star of the Ocean. These horses were all In the stable of Thomas Watt. The loss is estimated at $80,000. MINERS BURrED UNDER SNOW FOUND DEAD. ■BELLINGHAM, Wash.. March 25.— Eight miners were buried alive in an avalanche of snow at the Brlttania mine on Howe 'Sound, forty miles north of Vancouver, yesterday. Four were taken out dead and four wex« rescued. ^ . — — INDISTINCT PRINT