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THE TWICE-AAVEEK TELEGRAPH
FRIDAY, MARCH 29 ,1WT.
EXPLOSION IN ATLANTA
FATAL TO FOUR NE6R0ES
itlanta. Ga
and Pink M
had just b<
also ne-
min in charge
d to be
Is sup-
■as lifted up and
a a section of the
. The force of the
idles of the d"fd
•lenkjns’ Icit was
llding several hun
ger pieces of his
a dozen different
illars." blit even an
v- estimate cannot
larht In the ware-
ry Care First on Merits.
ANTA. March 27.—As the re
ft conference between the at-
engaged In the case, held In
th United Kt.o.es court this morning.
It was agreed that the suit of tho Cen
tral of Georgia Railway Co., and that
of the Southern Railway Co., against
the State Railroad Commission. In
which Jt Is sought tr. enjoin the en
forcement of circulars 31G and 217,
Shall be trlf-d on their merits before
Judge W.' T. Newman before any ap-
cxtr.T. ones. In addition to those an extra
large number return l»l had ?•> hr
sent th:- year, almost every Tax Receiver
asking for aa Increased number. The
indications are. therefore, that there will
probably be a healthy increase In the ven-
eral tax returns. There were 615 pack
ages of digests and blanks, each weigh
ing about 73 pounds, and it required seven
of t!ie large two-horse express wagons
to convey them from the cap!to! to
express office. The total costs of tbs
gesls to the State was {1.431. or somethin:
more than J2.20 each. The cost of th
retm i blanks was about J1.500. It took
{3s.;,j worth of paye r and twine to wrip
up the packages, and the expre-s char,
on them amount to about $250. All of
the digests should be delivered this week
to the Tax Receivers in the various
counties. The Jax Receivers are re
quired to return ore of the digests with
out C03t to the State, but in many in
stances they send them back C. O. D..
ar.d the State has to pay express changes
before it can get them.
NEGRO SOLDIER TELLS LIKE PRESIDENT’S STAND i LUNACY COMMISSION
HOW SCARED HE WAS AGAINST RAILROADS ALL READY TO TRY THAW
TERMINATION OF LITIGATION
AFFECTING M. J. & K. C. ROAD
torn*
peal
the
frott
Cla
Judge
In the
ken. These circulars change
fleation of the roads named
is C to Class B. which in-
a reduction of approximately
cent In the local rates of freight
they are allowed t> charge.
Neivman overruled tho demurrer
Central's case after hearing ar
gument, and appeal was about to he
taken to the circuit court of appeals
In New Orleans. As a result of this
agreement, however, there will be no
appeal pending a hearing of the case
on Jte merits. The Central’s case will
be the first one heard, the date set
being April 2, and on the Anal decis
ion in that case will largely depend the
result In the ease of the Southern and
also of tho Atlantic Coast Lino, which
has a similar Injunction proceeding
pending.
Governor of V/isconsin Here.
ATLANTA, Ga. March 27.—Governor
Tames O. Davidson of Wisconsin, arid |
n party of eight prominent officials and
iltizens of that State who reached At
lanta last night, left the city at ft
o’clock this morning for Tate, In Pick
ens County, where they go to visit the
famed North Georgia marble quarries.
Tho object of this visit is to inspect
the quarries and the North Georgia
marble with a view to putting It Into
the new' Wisconsin State capital soon to
bo built. The party was accompanied
by President Sam Tate, of the Georgia
Marble Co. They returned to the city
tonight expressing themselves as high
ly pleased with' the results of their
Inspection, and will leave tomorrow to
return home.
Col. Rodding Apointed.
ATLANTA March 27.—Colonel R. J.
Red'ng. of Griffin, former director of
the State Experiment'Station has been
appointed by the executive committee
of the Jamestown Exposition Commis
sion as superintendent of the Georgia
building and Georgia exhibits at James
town, and will be located there in
charge until the close of- the exposi
tion. In .edition to this appointment
A. G. White, of 'Bartow County, has
' been appointed to take direct charge
of the agricultural exhibit and S. P.
Jones, formerly connected with the
State Geological Department, will have
slmllnr charge of the geological and
forestry exhibits. Preparation of the
historical exhibit is in charge of Dr.
W. IV. Burroughs of Brunswick. Tho
shipment of the Georgia exhibit to
Jamestown was begun this w.eek and by
the middle of next week the entire
eight ear loads of It will have been for
warded.
NEW YORK. March 27.—Attorneys for
Messrs. Morrell. Morrison Sz McLeod, the
Gulf and Chicago Railway protective
committee, announced today the termina
tion of the litigation affecting the Mo-
■>ile, Jrckson and Kansas City Railroad
Company and the Gulf and Chicago Rail
way Company. The suits brought for re
ceiverships of these companies will be
withdrawn and Messrs. Monell. Morrison
and McLeod have been elected members
of the board of directors of the Mobile
and Jackson and Kansas City Railroad
Company.
WORK SOON TO BEGIN
ON WESTERN AND GULF ROAD.
AMERICUS. Ga. March 27— Presi
dent Crawford Wheatley, of the pro
posed Western and Gulf Railway,
from Amerlcus to Hawkinsville, gave
out today a gratifying statement rela
tive to early construction upon the line
Officials of the railway are negotiat
ing with contractors ar.d the belief Is
expressed that the railroad will be
constructed during the spring and
summer. Amerlcus will bo head
quarters.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
REACHES OUT IN EUROPE
LONDON. March 27.—The Standard Oil
and the European Oil Union have, ac
cording to the Pall Mall Gazette, reached
a mutually satisfactory agreement which
will end the struggle hitherto waged for
the European markets. Under the agree
ment, which will become effective April
1. the Ftendnrd Oil Company will control
many additional important oi! tank in
stallations in such centers of distribution
as Antwerp. Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
WASHINGTON, March 27.—Al
though several white officers of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry will have just
concluded their attendance at the
Penrose court-martial at San Anto
nio reported to the Senate committee
of military affairs today, the commit
tee continued Its examination of
former negro soldiers.
Thomas Taylor and Jos. L. Wilson,
both former members of Company B,
whose guns have been identified by
experts at the Springfield arsenal
with shells picked up In the streets of
Brownsville, were on the stand. Their
examination was intended to show
that thbir guns were in good condi
tion when inspected the morning fol
lowing the shooting and that they
could not have been used in the shoot
ing affray.
Spotswood W. Taliaferro, formerly
sergeant-major of the Twenty-fifth
Infantry, also testified concerning in
cidents at Fort Brown on the night of
the shooting.
Taliaferro said that on the night
of the shooting he was asleep in the
administration building and was
awakened by a single shot which he
thought came from the town outside
the garrison wall. He said he put on
part of his clothes and ran out of the
building to find Maj. Penrose, and
heard some one near the garrison gate
say three times in a deep voice: “I
want all of you.”
The witness said -he was greatly ex
cited. but he ran to Maj. Penrose's
quarters and then to the barracks,
where he found the major and report
ed to him. He secured a gun and
went back to his post at the adminis-
WASHINGTGX, March 2$.—A com
mittee representing the Illinois Manu
facturing Association, headed by C. H.
Smith, of Aurora, president called on
the President by appointment and
extended to him an invitation to ad
dress at Springfield, Ills, at the ear
liest possible date, a convention ot
representatives of the manufacturing
and mercantile interest of Illinois and
the Middle West. The conference
interests and in reconstructing the un-
there was a free discussion of the rail
road situation.
dent that it fully appreciated and en
dorsed the very great work which he
had done and was doing in behalf of
the people of the whole country, in de
manding fair dealing of the railroads
in their relations with the shipping
interests and in recinstructing the un
fair and onesided conditions that had
so long prevailed.
“The committee submitted to the
President that the present disturbed
railroad financial situation was creat
ing a feeling of timidity and appre
hension to such an extent. It threat
ened curtailment of banking and busi
ness credit, which had heretofore been
extended to the business interests of
the country at a time when greatest
possible demand for the further ex
tension of credit prevailed for the de
velopment of the increasing demands
of manufacturing and mercantile In
dustries of the country.
It was shown to the President that
the manufacturers, in the enjoyment of
their unprecedented credit, had largely
extended their business In the making
of purchases necessary to fill orders
which, require many months for their
comp><tion, that the manufacture
us no uri msE
FOi! HARLEIH MEH DIES 01 MB TOUR’!
NEW- YORK, March 28.—Indict
ments charging manslaughter In the
second degree were returned today
against the New York Central raii-
NEW YORK. March 27.—A dispatch
was received here today from Tokio.
anouncing the death of James Henry
Smith, one of the wealthiest capita
lists of this city. At the time of his
At its conclusion, the committee r 0 ’ a(] C V McCormick cenernlenner »ets of this city. At the time of his
gave out the following statement: vU » , ° rmlc general super- : death, Mr. Smith was on a wedding
"The committee stat' d to the Presi- ^ Smith one^o^rh^viei^iMeo- ! tour around thc wnrld - His bvide was
**• *?ne \ ice-presidents I the divorced wife of Wm. Rhinelander
of .ho road, in connection with the i Stewart. Mr. Smith’s death occurred
wreck or the Brewster express on the yesterday at Kioto. Japan. A dispatch
Harlem division of the railroad last received here Monday said that Mr.
month.
ground and that he took the sound for
the approach of artillery.
tration building. Some amusement , an( j n -, ercan tiie interests were appre-
was created by Taliaferro when he j hens5ve that a feeling of distrust was
told of the confusion and excitement. geltln „ a foot hold which would lead
He said he heard thes cavengers cart . to flnanc { al curtailment and such re-
antl mule coming across the parade , s t r i c tion of credit as to threaten dan
gerous results to the great prosperity
that now existed in all avenues of
industry. It was urged upon the Pres-
PROM1NENT AUGUSTA BROKER ident that very great good would come
DROPS DEAD IN NEW YORK ! to a jj interests alike if he would sig-
NE3W YORK, March 27.—While en- J n [f y ihis willingness to express In a
gaged in a business consultation at public address, as soon as possible, the
the offices of J. H. Lane & Co., com- : kevnote of his creative and construc-
mlssion merchants today, John W. i tive policy.
Chaffee, a cotton operator of Augusta, J “The President was informed by tho
Ga.. was stricken with apoplexy and ; comittee that, though the country's
died at the Hudson Street Hospital. , prosperity was very great, it would
Chaffee was here on a business trip. ; .soon become seriously impaired by the
i creation of man’s uneasiness on the
WISCONSIN PARTY i part of the banks and investors, and
ATT ANTA EC Mareh"°”?—Da E wou,d Irad t0 suoh distrust as to P re '
vi^In of Wisconsin, and" a large party ! the supply w «cessary
of Wisconsin people, were in Atlanta to- j moneys to satisfj existing \vants.
night, having come to Georgia to inspect j “At the close of the conference the
marble which may be used in the con- President thanked the committee for
struction of a $6,000,000 capitol in Wis- j its frank statement of the existing con-
consln. The marble will be secured either dit!or , s as they appeared to the com-
from Georgia or Maine. J m j tte9 an( j promised that within a few
days he would determine whether his
present engagements would permit him
to accept the committee’s invitation,
which he expressed himself as anxious
to do If he possibly could.”
G. B. Burhans Testifies After Four
Years.
G. B. Burhans of Carlisle Center, N.
Y., writes: “About four years ago I
wrote you stating that I had been en-
WASHINGTON, March 28.—An im- tirelv cured of a severe kidney trouble
portant conference was held at the by taking less thari two bottles of Fo-
White House tonight at which the . i ey ' S Kidnov Cure. It entirely stopped
railroad question was generally discuss- j t h c brick dust sediment, and pain and
ed. Those present were Secretary of! svmptoms of kidney disease dlsap-
... , the Treasury Cortelyou, Secretary of j peared.. I am g.ad do say that I have
killed in an encounter between pea- the Interior Garfield, Assistant Secre- j never had a return s*f any of those
sants and the military at Stareskieand j tary of State Baco>, Chairman Knapp j symptoms during the four years that
there have been two bloody battles at " M |M ■ tt ' M
Mastenestir, in one of which Lieut
Jonilescue lost his life. The peasants
tore tho body of the lieutenant to
pieces and danced around the bloody
remnants to wild music.
Similar atrocities are reported from
the districts of DimDrovitza and Dolj,
where numerous villages and farms
have been burned down. The situation
ln» Galatz Is most threatening. The
long shoremen there are fraternizing
with the peasants. The prefect of
Galatz has ordered all the shops closed
for three days and the people are in a
state of panic.
McCormick find Smith entered pleas
of not guilty and were released on
510,000 bail each.
The grand jury also handed up a
presentment containing man recom
mendations to tile State Railroed Com
missioners concerning restrictions up
on railroad operation in this State
The grand jury declares that the rail
road company “Feloniously, wilfully
and carelessly, with gross culpable
negligence and misconduct, omitted to
ascertain at what speed it was safe
for the train to pass around the
curve.”
It charges also that the company
omitted to exercise any effective meas
ures to prevent the train passing
around curve at a speed faster than
was safe, and that it placed the train
under tho control of an engineer not.
Smith was dangerously ill of heart
disease. In the party with Mr. and
Mrs. Smith were the Duke and Duch
ess of Manchester.
A few years ago Mr. Smith inherited
from his uncle. George Smith, a for
tune estimated at $50,000,000. Some
thing more than two years ago Mr.
Smith bought the house at the corner
of 57th street and 5th avenue, owned
and operated by the late Wm. C. Whit
ney. The lavish entertainments given
by him during his bachelorhood days
ware among the most notable in New
York fashionable circles. Prior to
coming into the estate of Ills uncle, he
conducted a brokerage business, and
was known ps “Silent Smith." Mr.
Smith and Mrs. W. Rhinelander
Stewart, of Baltimore, were married
at Inverness, Scotland, on September
13 last, and shortly afterwards started
uiiuei Lxiu uuiiLiUi oi an engineer iiul» ... . . ... . , .. . ,
properly trained and experienced and ?' lth his wife and several friends on a
not competent to run the train with "^L° n ^ e ^rexel
rp_ yacht, Margarita, which Mr. Smith
, J b 0 th L, h ‘nL®had chartered. Mrs. Smith was Miss
Si d ™ °L Annie M. Armstrong, of Baltimore and
a_.d the death and injury of the pas- j PhIlade i phla . In ls79 ahe Jn! >rried W.
sengers.
Twenty-four persons lost their lives,
and more than a hundred others were
more or less seriously injured in the
wreck. The train was one of the new
electric type which recently replaced
those drawn by steam locomotives in
the Central’s suburban service. At
Woodlawn curve the second car of
Rhinelander Stewart, from whom she
obtained a divorce In South Dakota In
August, last year. A few days after
the decree was granted she sailed with
her daughter. Miss Anita Stewart, for
England and her marriage to Mr.
Smith occurred In the following month.
George Smith, the founder ot the
great fortune which fell to James
the train jumped the track and it and . Henry Smith upon the old man’s death,
BERLIN, March 2S.—According to
the Czernowltz correspondent of the
Local Anzeiger. the situation in Ro
mania grew worse yesterday. The
number of persons killed daily is grow
ing enormously.
Three hundred persons have been
E
those that followed were piled up In a
heap beside the track. Some of the
witnesses estimated the speed of the
train at the time of the accident as
high as 70 miles an hour.
MOST DANGEROUS BANDIT
KILLED AND GANG SCATTERED
DURANGO. Mex., March 28.—In a
desperate right between rurales and a
band of outlaws under Gumersindo Ortega
in the Sail Juan Del Rio Mountains, Or-
tegu. wli" w.i.-i eonslder,',! rn - or the most
dangerous bandits in Northwestern Mex
ico. was killed, and his band driven into
the mountains with the rurales in close
pursuit. From tlie district in which
Ortega and his band have been operating,
numerous reports have been received of
murderous attacks and robbery.
was one of the pioneer bankers of
Chicago and the Northwest. One of
Mr. Smith’s most profitable invest
ments, probabiy was a purchase of a
large amount of Argentine bonds
which he obtained at 20. per cent and
sold at par. This single investment Is
said to have netted him more than
$10,000,000 profit. Mr. Smiih never
married, and at his death the bulk of
his great fortune went to his nephew.
James Henry Smith's inheritance was
estimated at $50,000,000. but his for
tune has increased steadily since it
fell into his hands In 1899, and the es
tate now is estimated at, between
SGO.OOO.OOO and $75,000 000. His body
will be brought home for burial.
GH RAILROAD HATTER
VIENNA. March 2S.—Press dis
patches received here from Czemowitz
on the Moldavian frontier, say that con
ditions in certain parts of Ramanian
are more serious. Grave disorders are
reported to have broken out on estates
of King Charles at Poina and troops
have been sent to the Royal domains.
It Is rumored that large numbers of
peasant rioters have been killed in con
flict near Braila arc. It appears that
a large number of rioters on trying to
enter the town of Galatz, were repulsed
by soldiers near the village of Losaveni
with a. loss of twenty men killed. Infor
mation received here at a late hour
tonight,, indicates that order is being
slowly restored particularly in the
northern part of Moladavia.
45,000 TRAINMEN ON
VERGE OF STRIKE.
Roti-mani Will Call Meeting,
ATLANTA, March 27.—John A. Bet
jeman. of Albany, chairman of tho
Georgia Imigratlon Association, will be
here tomorrow and will arrange to call
a meeting of the executive comittee
to bo held next week with a view to
getting more actively to work in tho
matter of securing desirable foreign
Immigrants for Georgia. Owing to
numerous obstacles the work has been
progressing very slowly up to the pres
ent time but It is thought there is
nothing now to hinder the pushing of
a more active and vigorous campaign.
$70 000 Demurrage Claims Filed.
ATLANTA March 27—Representing
Pennington ant Evans of Bnrfield, Ga..
large lumbermen. Ju igo Spencer K.
Atkinson has filed with the Railroad
Comission demurrage claims against
the Augusta and Florida Railroad Co.
aggregating more then $70,000. The
read against which this heavy claim is
made, is one of the short lines which
will ho absorbed in the Georgia and
Florida Railroad now being constructed
under the direction of John Skelton
Williams, from Augusta to the Gulf
Coast. Th!.« extensive claim is based
on the alleged failure of the road to
furnish freight cars for the sh’pment
of lumber. The amount of demurrage allied workers. When the railroad of-
nllowed under the rules of tho Railroad ! fleers declared their offer was the best
Commission after due notice has been j that could be mane the conference
given, is $1 a day per car. It is claim- j came to an end as the men by a refer-
od by this'firm that the number of cars j endum vote taken last week has de-
which U has ordered placed for lumber I cided not to accept anything less than
shipments multiplied by the number of '
days delay after due notice had been
given, make? the amount of demurrage
to,which the firm Is entitled more than
$7&.09 n . This is perhaps the largest de
murrage claim ever filed with the rail
road Commission’, and hearing in the
case has been set for April 18th. Tlie
recently passed Steed hill will figure
in tills case. This is the law under
which thc roailreods are required to
receive. receipt for and forward
promptly all freight offered for ship
ment. The shippers are required to
give th« railroad in question due notice
in writing of the number of cars want
ed. and if the railroad fails to comply
the law prescribes a penalty cf $253 for
failure in each case. The penalty, how
ever can only be enforced by bringing
suit in the courts.
and Special Counsel F. B. Kellogg, of i j, ave e'apsed ar : I am evidently cured
Interstate Commerce Commission and ; to stay cured, and-heartily re'comm»nl
ail the members of the commission ex- I Foley’s Kiiney Cura to any one suffer-
cept Messrs. Prouty and Cockrell, who j ing from kidney >- bladder trouble.”
are out of the city. The conference H. J. Lamar & Ch agents, near Ex-
lasted two and one-half hours.
After the conference adjourned it
was stated that the meeting was call
ed to outline a scheme to be presented
to the next Congress for the Federal
regulation of the railroads of the Unit
ed States.
change Blink, Macon.
EDITOR ASSASSINATED
BY YOUTH IN MOSCOW
MOSCOW. March 27.—Dr. Jollos. editor
of the Russki Viedmosti. was assassinated
here today by an unknown youth, who
shot him with a revolver as he was ieav-
The plan proposed by Jacob H. Schiff j ing his residence. The murderer escaped,
for remedying the railroad situation. ! Dr. Jol'.os was a member of the Lower
which has attracted a great deal of I House of the first Russian Parliament,
attention was not taken nn nt tll % . Jollos was a friend of the late Prof. Hert-
I zenstein. who was assisinated by Reac-
conference. Mr. Ke.logg, it ho has j tionaries in Finland: July 31 last. Ahe
charge of the Harriman investigation . murderer was seen coming out of the
denied that this question was brought: house of a man named Terropoff head
up at the conference.
TORN
Fill THE BODY
NEW YORK. March 2S.—A spark
caused by a blow from a hammer
ignited a quantity of explosives in the
composing rooms of the Consolidate
Fireworks Company, at Gainesville, S.
•CHICAGO. March 2S.—The forty- L, today and in the explosion that fol-
five thousand trainmen of the West- | lowed one man was torn to pieces, a
cm railroads seemed nearer a strike j boy and two girls were probably fatal-
tonight than at any time since the ne- ! ly injured, and several other persons
Foliations were begun two months ago j were burned.
for an increase of 12 per cent in wages ' Arnold Ruff, aged 30 years, was
and a work day of 9 hours. The con- , killed instantly. His head was torn
ference today between the representa- | from the body, Henry Paul, a boy,
tlves of the men and the railroad offi- : was burned from head to foot, as were
cers lasted four hours, but was a fail- j Helen Decker, aged 17 years, and Har
are in bringing about a solution of garet Koski. 19 years old. Those three,
the trouble. The railroads offered the j it Is though cannot recover. Hazai
men increase? |of 7 per cent to passen- Decker, twin sister of Helen, was the
ger conductors and 10 per cent to ' most seriously burned of the others,
br.akemen. firemen, baggagemen and The monetary loss was small.
NEGRO WHO MURDERED - ’
CHIEF POLICE CONVICTED.
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C., March 28.
—Tom Walker, the . negro murderer, of
Chief of Police Cbason and Officer'
Lockamay on March 2, was tried to
day and convicted of .murder In the
first degree. Ho was sentenced to be
hanged on April 15. -The troops that
have been on duty for the past twenty-
four hours as a precaution aaginst
possible violence' have been with
drawn.
STEEL GIRDER GAVE AWAY
INJURING SEVEN WORKMEN
NEW YORK, March 28—A steel gir
der slid from the top of a power house
under construction for the 'Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company today, and in
its descent carried away a scafforld
on which a dozen men were working.
Seven of the men .were badly Injured,
two of whom will die.
CINCINNATI SOUTHERN
MACHINISTS GO ON STRIKE
NASHVILLE. Tenn., Mar. 2S.—Be
cause of differences over the employment
of non-union labor in the shops of the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad at Oakdale
and Somerset, Ky„ the machinists have
walked out. It is reported' that other
shopmen throughout the system will join
tho strike.
PRESIDENT WILL ADDRESS
AT UNVEILING CEREMONIES.
WASHINGTON. March 2S.—Presi
dent Roosevelt has promised to make
an address at the dedication of a
statue to the memory of the Rough
Riders to be erected at Arlington Na
tional cemetery on the afternoon of
April 12. The cornerstone of the mon
ument was laid today and in it was
placed a brass box containing Presi
dent Roosevelt’s history of the Rough
Riders, a United States flag and silver
coins of 1906. Those present at to
day’s ceremony included Mrs. Allan
K. Capron, the widow of Captain Cap-
ron, of the Rough Riders, and Mrs.
Totvne, the wife of foremr Represen
tative Towne, of New York.
STREET CAR MEN STRIKE
IN MONTGOMERY, ALA.
MONTGOMERY, March 2S.—After
desultory efforts tt> operate a few . under way without any delay what-
“ on femei v an( j w j]j pre ga the inquiry to
NEW YORK. March 27.—After the
jury which has been trying Harry K.
Thaw for more than two months past,
was excused today until next Monday
morning, and the members of the lun
acy commission named yesterday by
ustlce Fitzgerald to inquire into
Thaw’s present state of mind, had
been sworn in. there came the sudden
announcement late i:t the afternoon
that former Superior Ccurt Juptite
Morgan R. O'Brien, the chairman of
the commission had resigned.
In a letter to Justice Fitzgerald.
Judge O'Brien s;aLd that upon re
flection, he was forced, because of the
condition of his health and professional
engagements previously entered into,
to decline to serve as a member of the
commission. Justice Fiutgoraid made
a new order appointing David Mc
Clure. a well-known attorney of this
city, and a member of former Police
Commissioner McAdoo’s advisory
committee of citizens, to fill the va
cancy.
Mr. McClure met the other members
of the commission this afternoon and
was selected as chairman. Later he
announced that thc first session of the
commission would be hold tomorrow
at 2 o’clock in the court room where
the trial has been in progress. The
commission's inquiry will be an open
one although there will be executive
sessions from time to time.
Tlie announcement of Justice
O'Brien's resignation cante as a com
plete surprise. When the Thaw Jury
reported In court this morning at 10
o’clock. Justice Fitzgerald was en
gaged In his chamber with the mem
bers of tho commission whose appoint
ment ho announced yesterday. These
were former Justice O’Brien, former
District Attorney Peter B. Ohrtey and
Dr. Leopold Pit’zel.
.Justice Fitzgerald administered the
oath of office to the commissioners,
and talked with them concerning thfl
case and their duties in connection
with the inquiry, they were about to
undertake. The interview lasted for
more than an hour, and then Justice
Fitzgerald convened court, and 4h«
three commissioners filed in and took
their places near the clerk’s desk.
Harry K. Thaw was brought into court
end found all the members of his fam
ily awaiting him. Ho-looked sxoeed-
ingly well physically and smiled
greeting to his mother, his wife, hls ;
sisters and brothers. '
Justice Fitzgerald in discharging the
jury- until next Monday, warned thsm
to be careful not to discuss the case
in any way or to read any newspaper,
accounts of what is taking place. It-
was said that In directing the Jury to
report next Monday. Justice Fitzgerald
did not wholly expect that the com
mission would be able to render an
opinion by that time. If the commis
sion’s inquiry Is prolonged, the Jury
will be called into corfrt every few
days 1n order that It may be kept in
tact for a resumption of the trial,'
should Thaw be declared sane at the
present time.
Following the proceedings in court.
Justice Fitzgerald had another con
ference with the three commissioners
originally selected and when they left
Ihe criminal court’s building at lun
cheon hour, it was announced that
they would reassemble at 3 p. m. At
that hour Mr. Olney and Dr. Putzel
put in their appearance. Mr. McClure
arrived soon afterward and was ush
ered into Justice Fitzgerald's cham
bers. His presence was unexplained,
however, for mere than an hour.
Then came the announcement of
Judge O’Brien’s resignation and the
appointment of Mr. McCIue as his suc
cessor. Messrs. McClure. Olney and
Putzel conferred for some time and
finally announced that their first for-,
m'al session would be hold tomorrow
afternoon and would be open to the
public. The commission hones to get
BRISTOL. Va„ Mar. 28.—Standing on
the square of a grave in East Hill ceme
tery tonight, Lillie Davis,' aged 20, and
of Johnson City, Tenn., was fatally shot,
dying an hour after the tragedy. In
company with iter sweetheart, Aek Hale,
of this city, the dead girl had been
walking in the moonlight. Hale, who is
held on suspicion of mudering Miss Davis,
maintains that she took her own life,
and says that she had beon despondent
all day. The police are in doubt a.-j to
who fired .the fatal shot. The Cloyd
brothers, living . nearby, and to whom
Hale ran asking aid, say that he asked
them to hasten and take iter statement,
and this 'is accepted by, some as proof
that the victim is a suicide. ‘Both prin
cipals aro well known.
DOCTORS OF HAVANA, CUBA.
PROTEST ENTRY OF AMERICANS
HAVANA, Ma. 28.—The doctors of
Havana this afternoon met and entered a
protest against the recent action of Gov.
Magoon in licensing two American doctors
to practice in Havana without first pass
ing an examination in the University of
Havana, as is required by law.
their original demands.
Late tonight, it was announced that
arbitration under the Erdman act will
be asked tor by the railroads to pre
vent a strike. As a strike of the men
would Interfere with interstate com-
RECENT FINANCIAL CRISIS
EXPLAINED BY ENGLISHMAN.
LONDON. March 2S —Tlie financial
expert of the Daily Mail has written
a story of the recent financial crisis
which he sasy is accepted in reliable
quarters. “One of our big banks.”
the writer says, “had lent a huge sum
to one of the American magnates, the
security being mainly Union Pacifis.
The bank decided this loan should be
POLICEMAN SHOT MAN
WHO HAO STOLE BREAD
PHILADELPHIA. March 27.—Mm. iuc-
Elroy. aged 17 years, shot and fatally
wounded by a policeman here todav.
while resisting arrest for stealing bread.
The policeman detected McEIrov robbing
a grover’s bread box. and placed him
under arrest. He attacked the officer and
the latter drew his revolver. In the scuf
fle his .'vile! was discharged, the bullet
entering McElroy’s brain.
street cars today, the Montgomery
Traction Company desisted tonight
find street car traffic was at a stand
still.
Of one hundred and fifty men em
ployed as motormen and conductors
only seven remained with the com
pany. tho rest going out on the strike,
called at noon.
General Manager Ragland an
nounces that 90 strike breakers from
the East will' reach Montgomery to
morrow.
the speediest possible conclusion.
In resigning from the lunacy com
mission, former Justice O’Brien wrote
to Justice Fitzgerald as follows:
“My Dear Justice Fitzgerald:
“When you honored me by asking
me to consent to becoem a member of )
the commission in re Thaw and sug
gested that bv ?o doing I would be \
rendering a public service. I acceded
to your request notwithstanding my
disinclination to again assume publia
duties.
“Upon reflection, however, I am re
luctantly forced to the conclusion that
in view of the present condition of my
FAMOUS INVENTOR
DIES IN PITTSBURG
PITTSBURG, Pa , March 23.—John
Brislin, 73 years old blind, and a well j an Vprof^Vlonar^‘en^gemeni’s
known mien tor died here odaj. . It. j , j accepted, and involving ob-
Brtskn was the inventor of the Brts- K " t other? which I cannot
lln-Vinnac table. The contrivance is ^ust decline the sendee
one that permits large pieces of struo- I eva de. L
tural iron to be returned into the j ^
rolls after having passed through. It |
works both laterally and vertically.
This and other features of the patent
permitted the manufacturer of the ma
chine rolled heavy beam. It also Mil
itated the manufacture of structural
material of almost every type.
WASHINGTON, March 28.—The
State department today received the
following cablegram from. Philip R.
Brown, secretary of the American
legation at Tegucigalpa, the capital of
Honduras:
“Tegucigalpa was abandoned early
yesterday, precipitately. It was oc
cupied last night by Nicaraguans and
ONE FATALLY. THREE OTHERS
HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT
PHILADELPHIA. March 27.—One man
was fatally injured and three others wore
hurt on Broad street early today in nn
automobile accident which tlie nolice say
was due to reckless speeding. The chauf
feur attempted to turn a corner while
going at great speed and ran the car
into a telegraph pole Stephen Hettel
sustained a fracture of tho skull and is
otuerwiie so seriously injured that tho
doctors say he cannot live. Thc other
three who wore hurt are Robert Mad
den, Joseph Manning and James Carr, all
In arriving at this determination,
I assure you that I have not undc-
valued the importance to the public
of the service which you have so kind
ly requested mo to undertake, and my
conclusion has been reached only after
careful consideration of ihe present
conditions of my health and other ob
ligations previously assumed by me.
“With sentiments of epteem and an
preciation of your expression of confi
fidence, I remain. Gratefully yours, ff
"MORGAN J. O’BRIEN.”
nterce, railroad officials believe that [ repaid, but, on meeting with refusal,
they can prevent a strike by asking! it resolved to liquidate the securities
the Government to step in and take
command of the situation.
The Eruman act passed in 1S98 pro
vides for the arbitration of labor dif
ficulties where interstate commerce is
involved, by the chairman of the in
terstate commerce commission and
commissioner of corporations.
Commission Heard Case.
ATLANTA. Ga.. March 27.—The P:at
Rai’raad Commission today granted
postponement of the hearing in tlie ea?
of t’’e Atlanta Birmingham and Atlan
tm Railroad Company, whlcfi has Wen i
railed ott to show cause whv it should not !
ho t 'rnsferred from Cl.as.- r> to Class C. |
involving -a reduction of about fi per cent
in the local rates of freight whieh'it is al
lowed ti charge. General Fr-and
Rasse-wr Agent It. C. AteF.adTHn ap
peared for the read and promised that the
railroad would he ready for the hearing
on An-il 17. the same dot- which has
Prrn se* for similar hearings in the ops. s
of the ?e-thoard Air Line and the Georgia
Southern ar.d Florida. The postponement
to that time was granted
Oar catalog t
information for the trj
goianc.- of farmers K*
an.l garden-rs. It ha*
been a great help to
thonrands—has hee:: the means of turning
many a failure into success.
The great variety cf vegetable and floorer >•
csedt. inelude the best i f :'.e old standard V;
and saeh ne-.v * ,,«« a* have proved &
by selling the Union Paefic shares in
Its possession. An attempt to get rid
of them in large blocks on the other
side of the Atlantic by private nego
tiations failed, and consequently a very
large quantity was put upon the mar
ket. Those knowing these circum
stances formed the natural conclusion
that trouble would ensue and sold oth
er securities.
“The resultant fall In prices and the
all around collapse caused many dif
ficulties among stock .exchange firms,
including one of the highest standing.
Ip this case, however, the account was
taken over by a big Anglo-American
bouse which is associated with all that
is powerful in finance?’
WRAPPED TOWEL SATURATED
CHLOROFOP.M AROUND GIRL.
oi tjuuc lij Actual tcit.
J. J. H. GREGORY A SON.
Marblehead. Mass.
ylirtfyy
L.avt of Tax Dlnosta for 1907.
atm NT A. Ga.. Msrch 27.—Capt. W.
TT Harrison of the Camot-oller Ge"-’ra!’s
office. |« ora'i'l d nr.d much relieved over
the fact th-f to,<-
tx di
to > e ?■>-; out ,-vrrv year by the Corma-
tro’lcr GeTrraJ. three to each county and
in case of the larger counties one of two
DR. J. J. SUBERS.
Permanently located in the specialties
vencri.tl Lost energy restored. Female
Irregularities and poison cax. A cute
gunrar.ie--u. Address In confidence, with
stamps, 310 Fourth »t.. Macon. Ga.
NEW YORK. March 2S.—While pre-
part or to make a deposit yesterday In
the bank in Asbury Park, for assistant
SupL Hat es. of the Metropolitan Life
Insurant's Company, whose office is in
the Pcstc-ffice buildings Mrs. Percy B.
Wilcox, s typewriter and clerk in Mr.
Hayes' office taas held up and robbed
by a negT - who wound a towel, ?at-
urated with" chloroform, about her
mouth. After a struggle in which two
of her front teeth veer broken. Mrs.
Wilcox became unconscious. The ne
gro escaped with $175. The facts were
not made public until today. The rob
bery occurred in the busiest part of
the day, in one of the biggest office
buildings in Asbury Park.
TRAINMEN KILLED OUTRIGHT
IN DERAILMENT CF TRAIN
LINDEN, Ala. March 27.—Engineer
Fitzgerald was killed and B’aggage-
master Galt and one uassenger were
injured in the derailment of a west
bound Louisville and Nashville pas
senger train half a mile west of Thom-
aston late. today. It is alleged that
iron piled on the track caused the en
tire train to leave the track.
BRITISH SQUADRONS SCON
SAIL FOR JAMESTOWN
LONDON. March 28 —The first cruis
er squadron, which will represent the
British navy at the naval review to be
held at Hampton Roads in honor of the
inaugurs ticn of the Jamestown exposi
tion. will leave England April 3, for
Bermuda, whence the squadron will
sail April 23. for Hampton Roads. The
warships will remain there from April
25 to May 5.
Honduran revolutionary forces. I aa- j c f this city. Arthur Jones, the chauffeur,
sumed charge in the interval with the i was arrested.
aid of the consuls and preserved order. !
The Bonillan Government no longer j EXCITEMENT IN MUSCOGEE
exists.” | HAS QUITED DOWN
Mr. Creel, the Mexican ambassador \ MUSCOGEE, L T., March 28.—Ex
today confirmed the press dispatches ! eltement over the killing of thc two
of this morning that Salvador has ex- ’ negroes by United States Marshal Lod-
pressed a desire for peace in Central j better and his posse in a street fight
America and is anxious to have Mexi- here yesterday has queted down. Jack
co exert its good influence in ending ■ son and Brown two of the wounded
the war involving Salvador, Honduras negroes, and John Cofield, the white
and Nicaragua. i policeman, are not expected to live, j
The desire of Salvador for peace Is : The marshal’s posse today Is hunting j . , .
regarded by diplomatists as an indica- for other members of the “United So- ' accept his moderate measures they
m WS
WITH Mill
WASHINGTON. March 27.—Andrew
Carnegie, who is in Washington for a
few days' visit, today expressed the
following opinion on the railroad situa
tion:
"I absolutely endorse the President's
attitude toward the railroads. He is
the best friend they have and they
ought to realize it. Tho railroads had
better stand with hint. If they do not
tlon that the was is practically ended cialists,” the secret society that led to
because Honduras is not strong enough j the trouble,
to continue tt single handed. This
action of Salvador will doubtless pre j
vent Guatemala or Costa Rica from
taking any part in the support of Hon
duras.
NEWSPAPERS START
PUBLICATION AGAIN
BUTTE. Mont, March 28.—Having
adjusted all differences with the labor
unions, the newspapers of B'utte and
Anaconda will resume publication to
morrow.
FEEL WEARY
AND ALL RUN DOWN
Then get a' bottle of the Eitters from
your Druggist. Grocer or General Deal
er and let it clean out ail impurities
collected in your system during the
winter months.
RANCHMAN REPORTED DEAD
HAS TURNED UP ALIVE
EL PASO. Tex., March 23.—H C.
Everson, manager of a large ranch in
Western Sonora, Mexico, belonging to
MRS. SAGE ADDS $100,000 I Philadelphians, who was reported mur-
G!FT FOR Y. M, C. A. BUILDING. ! dered by Yaqui Indians reveral months
NEW YORK. March 28 —At a meet- [ ago, arrived today. It was the report
Ing todav of the international com- I of Everson's supposed murder that
mittee of the Young Men’s Christian : caused the Mexican Government to for-
Association, it was announced that bid Americans to enter the Yaqui eoun-
Mrs. Russell Sage has added $100,000 try for a time.
to her recent donation of $250,000 for'
the building of a home for the com- : SPAIN IN ACCORD V. ITH
mittee. When Mrs. Sage examined the ;
FRANCE’S MOROCCAN ATTITUDE
plans prepared, she decided that an j MADRID. March 28. Tne Spanish
additional gift would be required. : Government has issued an official note
: expressing its whole-hearted concur-
TENNE'^-EE REFUSES REQUEST ! rence in France’s desire to stop the in-
TO REMOVE ASHES OF EXPLORER i tolerable disorders in Morocco, and
NASHYILL.E. Tenn., March 27.—The j with that end in view it has form;
HOSTETTSR’S
STOMACH BITTERS
is a splendid Spring medicine. It invig
orate? and renews the enti’-c' system
and thus cure? General Debit ty, Dys
to that State fer interment. Capt. Lewis
is buried in Lewis County. Tenn.. where
the State has erected a monument to his
memory.
the international police force in Mo
rocco.
CHARGED WITH THEFT MAN
SHOOTS ACCUSER AND HIMELF
MONTGOMERY. Ala., March 28 —
may be confronted by a man in the
White House v/ho will appraoch the
question of the railroads from an en
tirely different standpoint. I regard
the President's influence as to rail
roads wholesome and conservative,”
Mr. Carnegie lunched with the Pres
ident todav. Others present were
Vice-President Fairbanks, Secretary
Cortelyou Assistant Secretary of State
Bacon, and Robert S. McCormick,
former ambassador to France.
DECATUR COUNTY
DRV BY BIO VOTE
WOMAN TOOK STRYCHNINE ,
FOR HEADACHE AND DIED. ! gni. West, an engineer, today shot and
CHICAGO, March 27.—While suf- ' killed Engineer Fraser and finding
ferin.g^ from a headache the wife of escape impossible turned the pistol on
Dr. W. J. Blewett. of this city, went to himself, dying a few moments later,
a cabinet where her husband kept a ‘West was accused of stealing a dia-
supply of medicine and took a tablet mond ring from Fraser and the trial
containing a grain of strve'nnine. Dr. ■ was set for this afternoon in police
Blewett was visiting a ps '-nr at the : court. The tragedv occurred in the
time and on his return he found his most crowded retail thoroughfare in
pepsia. 1 ndiqestion, Costiveness, Colds .wife dead. Mrs. Blewett was 30 years i the presence of a large crowd of Eas-
and Grippe. We guarantee Us purity. * old. • ter shoppers.
BAINBRIDGE. Ga., March 27.—Thf re
sult of the election In Decatur County
yesterdav, out of a total vote of 1,47a. was
"wet" 467, "dry," 1.00S—a majority of 541
for prohibition.
INCIPIENT BLAZE
QUENCHED IN HILLSBORO
HILLSBuRO, Ga.. March 28.—Mrj.
Willie Ridley's residence on North
avenue, caught fire a day or two ago
over the din'ng room and had it not JJ
been for the timely assistance of neigh
bors it would have burned down.
NO MORE NEGROES
ACCEPTED IN THB ARMY
HOUSTON, Tex.. March 27—Announce,
ment was made today at the local recruit
ing station that orders have been re
ceived from the War Department <gt
Washington, instructing that no negroes
be accepted for service in the army.
The announcement tv:ts also made that all
negro troops In the United States will b«
dispatched to the Philippines.