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THE TWICE-A-TVEEK TELEGRAPH
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INTERESTS OF RAILROADS
AND PEOPLE IDENTICAL
GREENSBORO, N. C.. -April 3.—At
Itf- annual banquet of the merrhar.'s
r.d manufacturer* riub of Greensboro
"'night, TV. TV. Finley, president of the
outherr, Railroad Company, responded
i the toast: "North Carolina and its
elation* to the railroad problem."
After discussing the interest of North
arolir.a Improved railway transporta-
on and pointing out the need of ad-
itlonnl all wry co"n>:tru''tlon In tho
tate, Mr. Finley spoke of the Identity
1 the interests of the public ar.d tho
lilwayn and showed what would be
< effects on both of some of the pro-
1 legislation. He said:
Identical Interests.
■"The interests of. the railway and of
■jc prop.le dependent on It for trans-
n are so completely Identical
U 1 have no hesitation In saying
• •» every legislative proposition that
. 1ml al to the railroads will be |
,iind on careful examination to be j
uually Inimical In Its ultimate ef- j
eels, to the Interest of the people of,
■e v-rrltorltle* served by their lines ” |
Mr Finley said that while the capl-
ihz.ul : of each railroad must be
n; Idered on Its merits, he was con- I
-cod that there was serious popular 1
iror in supposing that th're 1« any
anslderable over-cap 1 tallzatlon of rail- !
i.-ids In the United States. He pointed !
ut that some of the arguments as to !
: capitalization there would he no rea
son why any road should not earn div
idends on Its capitalization and thus
i forever abolish receiverships and
; bankruptcy.
Impracticable Scheme.
“In all the discussion about the sup-
1 posed relations between railway capi
talization and rates. I have been un
able to find that any one has attempt-
: ed to formulate a comprehensive and
I practicable scheme for basing rates on
capitalization. I am convinced that if
! any one should seriously undertake to
j work out such a scheme he would
oon find It to be absolutely imprac
ticable. Take the case of two rail
ways competing for business between
two common points. One of them
may be a line constructed through
I comparatively level country at a rela-
: tlveiy small cost and the other may
be constructed through a mounutain-
ous country at very heavy cost. The
capitalization of the mountain line
may, very properly, be two or three
time as great as that of the low grade
line. If rates should be based on cap
italization the rates on the mountain
line would be two or three times those
on the the other, and the mountain
line, because of Its high rates, would
be put out of business between the
competitive points. The loss .of Its
business between these points would
IRS. EDDY PLEASED
10 ME TRUSTEE?
CONCORD. N. H.. April Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy issued a personal note
tonight bearing upon her appointment o:
trustees to handle her estate as ax-
nounced In the motion filed in the Merri
mack County Supreme Court yesterday
In the action brought to compel an ac
counting of her property. This pot
which was sent out from “Pleasant
View," bearing the signature of Mrs.
Eddy, is as follows:
"I am pleased to say that the following
members, constitute the board of trus
tee* who own my property:
“Hon. Henry M. Baker, who won a
suit at law in Washington, D. C. for
which, it is alleged, he was paid the high
est fee ever before received by a native
of New Hampshire.
“2—Archibald McClellan, editor-in-chief
Of the Christian Science periodicals cir
culating in the five grand divisions of
our globe: also in Canada. Australia, etc.
"3—Josiah E. Fernald. Justice of the
Poa-o and president of the National Cap
ital Bank. Concord. N. H.
“To my aforesaid trustees. I have com
muted the hard earnings of my pen—the
fruit of my honest toll, the Hboe that is
known z>- its fruits—benefiting the hu
man race, and T have so done that I may
have more peace and time for spiritual
thought and the higher criticism.
“MARY BAKER G. EDDY."
"Pleasant View, Concord, N. H., April
S, 1307."
BRIDAL COOPIE
BURNED TO DEATH
OH HfflEYBOOl
SUTTON. W. Va.. Ap _
Mrs. Llovd Gare were burned to death
nd John Martin, of Fairmont. W, Va
narrowly escaped a similar death, tonigh
when the Riverview Hotel was destroyed
by fire, causing a monetary loss of
;’i«.000.
Dr. and Mrs. Gare were married yester
day in Moundsville, w. Va., where a wed
ding supper awaited their coming.
Mrs. Gare was Miss Elizabeth Win-
grove, of Moundsville. Dr. Gare was 28
yeirs of age. and had just finished his
medical education.
The fire originated in the laundry of
the hotel, and within a few minutes the
building was enveloped in flames John
Martin had an interior room, and when
heard the cry of Are. he made his way
Into the room occupied by Dr. and Mrs.
Gare and leaped from the window. He
said tho two bodies were lying on the
floo*.
over-capitalization were ba“ed on es- ! probably make It Impossible for It to
tlmates of average cost of construction
that might 1-c ample for lightly built
and llgh'ly equipped roads In level or
pearly level country with a few
bridges and tunnels and without expen*
1 ivo city terminals. Continuing he
said:
“When the entire facilities of the
carriers are considered. Including
rights of way through cltit.-s. towns
and eleswhere. terminals, yards, road
bed. tracks, structures and equipment,
I think It will be admitted by all per
sons acquainted with the cost of rail
road construction thnt the property of
these carriers could not generally
speaking, be reproduced at a cost equal
to tho'r capitalization. -But, leaving
aside the qu-'tlon as to whether the
railroads of this country are over-cap
italized, I wish to say to you that the
Idea that rates are controlled by capi
talization is entirely without Justiflca-
catlon. Capitalization may affect the
intrinsic value of a company’s secur
ities and thus affect the investing pub-
lie. It cannot control a carriers rate
and hence cannot affect the shipping
public.”
Quoted President Hadley.
He supported this statement by quo
tations from President Hadley of Yalo
and from Chairman Knapp of the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Mr. Finley gave examples of the
competition of producing localities, of
markets, of carriers and of commodi
ties to show that railway charges are
tho outgrowth of economic laws and
commercial conditions. “No rate,” he
f lid, “can ever with proper considera
tion for the business of the country or
for the carriers be made independent
ly of these economic laws—not by leg
islation arbitrarily fixing the rate and
not by capitalization of the carrier
likewise arbitrarily fixing the rates.
In a broad sense, therefore, the man
agement of a railway is powerless to
fix Us rates. It must accept the rates
thnt are the resultnnt on ticonomlc and
commercial forces which an ,<f ah-
solutely beyond the control of Its man
agers as the tides of the ocean. That
this Is truo is further shown by the
fact that many railroads have never
been able to pay dividends on all of
their capital stock, while others are
unable to pay nny dividends at nil. and
still others arc not able to pay inter
est on their bonded indebtedness. If
;■ railway could adjust Us rates to Us
earn from non-competitive business
alone, enough to pay the Interest on
its bonds. It would go Into the hands
of a receiver with no prospect of ever
getting out. This presents only one of
the minor difficulties in the way of
basing rates on capitalization. A per
fect maze of the most intricate prob- . .
lems would be presented if it should
SENT AH INFERNAL
MACHINE TO RIVAL
SCHENECTADY, N. Y.. April 3.—By
to nfHnxt rates on dif- I Heved by the police to have been sent
l? ZzEZzJilff? „ him by a rival for the affections of a
nf commodities on any 1 woman, Daniel Miller. of 431 Liberty
street, was terribly injured tonight. If he
recovers he will be blind and a cripple
for life. John Hallanan Is muter arrest
charged with the attempted homicide.
The machine was sent to Miller by ex
press from North Adams, Mass. It 'was
handed to him when he returned from
his work at the American Locomotive
plant. He took It to his room and a
few minutes later there was a terrific ex
plosion, which practically wrecked the
house. Sillier says that he unwgapped
tho package, and that Is all he remem
bers. The small wooden box which con
tained the explosive was filled with cop
per nails and a dozen of these were blown
Into the young man’s body.
Miller was to have been mnrried to Miss
Lillian A. Bedard, of this city, in June.
He expected to leave tonight for New
be undertaken
rerent classes of , .
such basis. Still another set of dif- 1 street, was terribly injured tonight. If he
Acuities would be confronted In fixing
the rates to and from different! points,
whether competitive or non-compet
itive. The rate maker would have to
know In advance just the tonnage of
each class of commodities that would
be carried, not only as a whole, but the
tonnage of each class t oand from each
station."
As to Watered Stock.
Referring to the argument that rates
are kept up In order to pay dividends
on watered stock and that If these
payments are not made earnings could
go to improvements and betterments,
Mr. Finley said that,this was ep en
tire misconception of the financial sit
uation of the railroads and he greatly
feared that an exaggerated idea of the
earnlngd and wealth of the carriers
was at the bottom of much of the ex
asperated public sentiment and hostile
legislation.
“The Southern Railway Company
since its organ'zation twelve years
ago," he concluded, "spent or contract
ed to spend and Is In the act of spend
ing more than twenty-six millions of
dollars for its additions to Its facilities
and for capitalized betterments and
Improvements. This means that on Its
present mileage it has spent or thus
contracted to spend within a fraction
of fourteen thousand dollars per mile,
wheras if every cent of its net earn
ings, after the payment of interest and
without paying one penny of dividend/
or carrying one penny to surplus, had
been expended for these purposes it
would have amounted to only thirty- 1
six hundred dollars per mile upon its
present mileage. The tact Is that prop- ;
or dividends should be paid In order to
create the credit on which a carrier can :
provide itself, in the money market !
with the means to add to Its facilities
in those particulars which are essential
rot only to Its own interests as a car
rier but to the Interest of the public
at large.”
350 COUNTS DISMISSED
AGAINST STANDARD OIL
CHICAGO, April 3.—As a result of 19
motions for a dismissal of counts in the
indictments against the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana, charged with accept
Ing illegal rates on shipments of oil.
Judge Landis. In the United States Dis
trict Court today ordered that 350 of the
counts be stricken out. because of defects
in the drawing of them. In most of the
instances whero the motions for dismissal
were upheld, attorneys for the Govern
ment admitted that there had been, either
a mistake in the Indictment or that there
was something lacking in the evidence.
The Government attorneys expressed lit
tle concern at the dismissal of the 350
counts, saying that there are still 1.550
counts on which the indictments can
stand.
MA8HBURN SHOT WHILE
ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE
ALBANY, Ga.. April 3.—L. P. Mash-
burn. a white man, who recently moved to
Albany from Carrollton, was shot through
the knee this afternoon while attempting
to esc" pe from officers who had arrested
him on a warrant charging larceny.
Mash burn had jumped from the buggy
In which ho and an officer were riding,
and was running when shot. Physicians
fear that the leg will have to be am
putated.
MOTHER KILLED HERSELF
AND CHILDREN WITH POISON
WILLIAMSPORT. Pa., April 3.—What
Is believed to be a double murder and
suicide occurred at TVestnort. Clinton
County, where Mrs. John Conner and her
two cnlldren were found dead today from
strychnine poisoning. Mrs. Conner had
been in poor health for several months
York to buy gifts for bis prospective and frequently expressed a f"ar that she
Bride. Tho police say that Hallanan and i might die and leave her children without
Miller had quarrelled over the girl. the care of a mother.
PHIL BROWN PUT STOP
TO THE BOMBARDMENT
BLOW TO TRUCK FARMERS
AROUND SAVANNAH, GA.
SAVANNAH. Gn.. April 3.—Reports
frorlV the farms in this vicinity are
that great damage was done by the
eold of tho last two nights. That of
last night was particularly disastrous,
and almost all of the crops that had
appeared above ground have been kill
ed. Replanting will be necessarv for
corn, melons and cantaloupes. Truck,
too, was badly damaged peas, beans
and potatoes being partialis' or totally
killed. The trucking Industry Is -an
Important one around Savannah and
the .blow to the farmers Is a serious
one.
I Osterhaus, now a member of the naval
j finspeetlon board, has been selected
■ as captain of the battleship Connec-
| ticut" in place of Captain Swift and
j will proceed to take command of tho
j ship at once in order to make ready
for her participation In the ceremonies
attending the opening of the James
town exposition.
Vegetables Killed at Ferry.
PERRY. Ga.. April 3.—There is ice
nnd frost here this morning. It Is not
thought the peach crop is injured, but
fruit, potatoes, tomatoes, beans and
corn are cut down; In fact, all our
gardens are about ruined.
Vegetables Killed in Alabama.
MONTGOMERY Ala.. April 3.—
Reports from Dothan. Ozark and other
points In southeast Alabama state that
fron killed early vegetables and fruits
and that truckers will lose thousands
of dollars.
Cured Hemorrhages of the Lungs,
"Several years since my lungs wero
so badly affected that I had many
hemorrhagos.” writes A. M. Ake, of
I Wood. Ind. “I took treatment with sev
eral physicians without any benefit.
T then started to take Foley’s Honey (
| and Tar and my lungs are now as |
sound a* a bullet. I recommend it in
advanced stages of lung trouble.” Fo
ley’s Honey and Tar stops the cough |
and heals the lungs, and prevents sor-
tious results from a cold. Refuse sub-
j stltutes. H. J. Lamar & Co., near Ex
change Bar. k. Macon.
WASHINGTON. April 3.—Mr. Corea, !
the Nicaraguan minister, called at the j
State Department today and Inquired j
as to what authority Philip R. Brown,
Secretary of the American Legation to.
Guatemala and Honduras, had for his
Interference with the bombardment of
Amapala, Honduras, by the Nicaraguan
forces. Mr. Corea’s advices from his
Government show that Mr. Brown went
to Amapala by the courtesy of the Nic
araguan officers; assuring them that
he hoped to persuade President Eonil-
la of Honduras to surrender, thus end
ing the bombardment of the city. The
Nicaraguans consented to cease firing
for twenty-four hours. Before that
time. Mr. Brown went to Launion, Sal
vador. and from there he directed a
protest on behalf of Salvador aginst
the renewal of the bombardment of
Amapala, saying that Salvador would
regard such action as a declaration of
war by Nicaragua against the Salvadora
republic. It is the desire of the £iica-
raguan Government to learn by what
j right Mr. Brown is acting for Salvador,
i Such interference on his part Is a radi-
j cal step and Central American repub-
j lies are much interested in the out-
I come. State department officials have
refused t ■> disclose what Mr. Crown’s
I instructions have been. Pres'dent Bo-
j nilla is still surrounded at Amapala. so
j far as the State Department knows, but
i the bombardment of the town by Nic-
; araguan gunboats has ceased, accord
ing to dispatches received today
Philip R. Brown, secretary to the
American legation to Guatemala and
Honduras. The United
tunas raises By
SKIM
SAVANNAH. Ga., April 3.—Chief of Po
lice W. G. Austin made good on his prom
ise to raid all of the gambling rooms in
Savannah. He made a clean sweep, hav
ing a large detail of police assigned to
the duty and rounding up a numerous
crowd of the sports. It has been asserted
during former administrations that the
police were powerless to raid the places,
and that they would be proceeded against
only through the machinery of the State
courts by securing indictments and ar
resting the offenders under these indict
ments. Mayor Tiedeman's administra
tion. however, has taken a different view
of the matter, and Chief Austin showed
himself amply competent to put it into
execution. The police wero armed with
battering rams, a la Jerome, and his New
York raiders.
When the police appeared at the doors
of the joints, all of which were promptly
located in the business section, they were
met by the out-peering faces of negro at
tendants. who hastily lowered the covers
to tho peep-holes and shouted “police.”
giving tne Inmates the cue. Thev scat
tered as best they could, but all means of
egress had been carefully closed by the
police when stationed to Intercept every
body attempting to escape. The raids
were made simultaneously by squads un
der sergeants. Then the chief made the
rounds of the places In his automobile,
having the patrol wagons accompany him
and loading them up with the prison.-rs
secured. They were all taken to police
headquarters, where they busied them
selves In efforts to secure bond.
The police took charge of all the gamb
ling apparatus that was in the places
that they raided. There was a vast deal
of this, consisting of crap tables, faro
lay-outs, roulette wheels, poker tables
and other devices. One of the joints
pulled was an" alleged club, all of the
elegibles being sunplied with keys and
none other than holders of these key:
being admitted. It is said a fight will
be made against the raid under the club
claim. Frank Bibb. “Col.” Harris. Frank
Butler. ’’TVang’’ "Wallace. Charles Ed
wards and 20 others were In the net that
the police drew tonight.
TAFT IN WIGHT
PANAMA. April 3.—Secretary Taft con
ferred at the Presiendia yesterday with
President Amador and Secretary of State
Aras from 0 in the morning until 2:30
. m. Mr. Taft agreed that the com
missary department should Import only
articles of first necessity required for
feeding the employes and that no liquors
should be imported. The United States,
the Secretary pointed out. desired that its
employes should enjoy the benefits of a
first-class hotel, and also that Americans
wishing to visit the Isthmus should be
enabled to see how the American tax
payers' money was being spent. Mr.
Taft '••is informed thnt a certain amount
of ill feeling existed among the Panamans
because of the great distinctions made
by the commissioners between Panamans
•and American and foreign, and even Ja
maican employes, not only regarding sal
aries, but in general treatment. The
atement surprised the Secretary, who
said that his informant might rest as
sured that a stop would be put to any
injustice.
“The Matilda Zelgler "Magazine for
the Blind,” published in the Interest
of these unfortunate people of the
country, as a benefaction by Mrs.
Matilda. Zelgler, for whom the maga
zine is naemd, is sent to all the in
stitutions for the blind In this country.
Yesterday a Teleghiaph man was at
the Georgia Academy for the Blind,
where several copies of the magazine
are received monthly. The raised char
acters are easily read by the advanced
pupils, thus enabling the children to
•ad of the affairs of life outside of
text books. Helen Keller hp.s a letter
in the last issue of the. magazine, and
as every blind child has been given a
history of the achievements of this
wonderful young woman, the story she
has written will be read with more
than ordinary interest.
Professor Oliphant, who is in charge
of the Academy, reports the health of
the pjupils as good and they are well
cared for and
properlp instructed,
from There are now eight "teachers <to look
after the little unfortunates. The man
ual training department and work
| «« crulset | room are not yet completed.as they will
Chicago and the gunooat Princeton are i be in the wings of the institution. As
both known to be lying near the island ! soon as these departments are ready
which Amapala. 1 s situated and th pres- I f° r occupancy teachers will be em
ence of these two American warships
is supposed to be largely responsible
for the halt in the bombardment.
INVADERS PLUNDERED
AND COMMITTED MURDER
Heavy Frost nt Albany.
ALBANY. Ga- April 3.—Tnere was
a heavy frosi here list night. Grow
ing vegetation has Veen damaged, but
tho opinion of the planters and
differ as to the extent.
Small Fires in Fort Valley.
FORT VALLEY. Ga., April 3.—Yes-
I terday morning the parsonage caught
' on Are and the house was partly
i burned, hut not badly damaged.
The homo of Mrs. D. B. Duke on
j Anderson avenue also caught and tha
• roof on ono side was partly burned
■ Both houses were covered by lnsur-
• ance.
SAN SALVADOR. Republic of Salva
dor, April 3.—According to reports cir
culated here from Honduras, when the _ _
Invading Nicaraguan and Honduran Rev- j contracted"to nlant trie<5*“SheiiM»»ev
nlnrinnerv armies n-runied Totrur-igalnn OOIliracieu lO Plant trees Shrubbery
ploved for thrm.
There are fifty-four pupils in the
academy, while there is ample room
to accommodate one hundred." The at
tendance will doubtless *y. increased
as soon as weather" conditions are
more favorable.
The grounds have been surveyed for
beautifying but this work will be done
slowly. Mr. Berckman. of Augusta, has
olutionarv armies occupied Tegucigalpa,
they plundered the place and murd«*red
several persons. The children of Gen.
Teofilo Carcamo. it is added, was hanged
by the invaders.
others
[der&bl
Frost in North Alabama
G \DSDEN. Ala.. Anril 3.—Com
harm was felt here for the safety of the
rtfit crop, hut tho largest growers claim
' it the crop was not injured, although
I „ n , v.'- : e In -omc localities A stiff
■ ind blew nnd the trees are more nd-
aneed with foliage than ever known
. f.is season of the year, which afforded
hr voting fruit nmele protection. Two
f th.> largest and most sn cessf i! peach
re' , n -is arc located In this county and
• e jo s ef the cron would have amounted
i thousands of dollars.
i a
Bitten by a Spider.
Through blond poisoning caused by
spider bite. John Washington of Bos-
queville Tex., would have lost his leg.
which became a mass of running sores,
bad he not been persuaded to try Buck-
len’s Arnica Salve. He writes: “The
first application relieved, nnd four
boxes healed all the s-res.” Heals ev
ery sore. 25c, at all druggists.
Wlni
'KSON,
fruit crop.
Ssve Fruit Crop.
IIss„ April 3—Wit
CUBAN CHIEF
ASSASSINATED
HAVANA
btef of p
April 3.—Jose Ayala, ex-
ico of Gullies, Havana Prov-
as?assinatcd at Guincs this
Melons Have Suffered.
TIFT OX. Ga.. April *?.—Tt is not thought
that fruit !:i this section is severely dam-
ac* d by the col l alth i it Is probable
tb it rv 'c? ari'l cartoloup^s thr.t were
n.«t pronctort kUbvl. There was r.o
b”T a little iwai noticed In
places. The hiffh winds prevented frost.
was
morning.
The crime, apparently, was political,
ns the victim led the Governmental forces
in tiie vicinity of Guincs during: the Au-
■tevoiution. thereby incurring
enmity that he went to Mexico,
SHOT II RIOT
WHITES WERE WALKING ON SIDE
WALK WHEN JOSTLED INTO
BY NEGROES.
and flowering plants after the grounds
have been prepared and laid off ac
cording to plans of the surveyor.
The building is patterned" after the
Overbrook school, the Pennsylvania
Institute for the Blind. While the pres
ent academy is simply used as one
Institution, that is for boys and girls,
i it is so constructed that when tho
attendance of both sexes becomes very
large and adults are among them, one
wing can be used for males and one for
females. The building has been con
structed so as to have separate schools.
It Is said l he Ov»rbrook building is
the best in the United States. It cost
a half a million dollars. While the
Georgia institution is small in compar
ison .and equipments, yet the design
is similar to the Pennsylvanla'bulldlng.
LYNCHBURG. Va- April 3.—A small
riot occurred at 9:30 o’clock tonight at
Fifth and Main streets In which two
The Richest Man in the World.
The richest man in the world can
not have his kidneys replaced nor live
without them, so it is important not to
neglect these organs. If Foley’s Kid
ney Cure is taken at the first sign of
COLON. April 3.—Secretary Taft
reached Colon on the east side of the
Isthmus this morning. He met a depu
tation of the house owners of Colon and
other citizens, who protested against tho
alleged unjust hardships imposed by the
sanitary authorities ;ftid asking relief
from the “unjusf and intolerable condi
tions imposed In the carrying out of the
sanitary improvements here."
Secretary Taft has made a thorough In
vestigation of conditions on the Isthmus
during the trip. At the Culebra cut and
the Gatun dam the operations of the
steam shovels and the progf-ss of this
work were exploined by Superintendent
of Excavation Little. At Gatun. Secre
tary Taft visited each test pit. He
watched Rep. T. E. Burton as he was
lowered in tlm largest holo that goes to
the bottom of tho loek. When Mr Bur
ton came to the surface. Secretary Taft
surprised every one present by Inking off
his coat and stepping into the bucket. He
was lowered to the bottom of the test
nit in the center of the middle lock. F
F. Ma'.tby. first assistant engineer on the
canal, and Wm. Grieg, who Is in charge
of the Pacific division, accompanied the
Secretary In his descent and explained
to him every aspect In the soil and the
work In hand.
A UMIME3BM
BLOOD DISEASE
Catarrh Is usually worse In Winter, because of the cold, damn and
suddenly changing climate. Colds are contracted, aud neglected and as the
SKreuons from the different inflamed membranes are absorbed into the blood
Lie unpleasant symptoms of the disease commence. The nostrils are
stopped up and a constant dropping of mucous back into the throat keens
up a continual, hawking and spitting. The patient has dull headaches
nnging" noises in the ears, aud often slight fever and a depressed hab"--iek
feeling accompanies the disease. The blood becomes so fully dirr-eu with
catarrhal matter that stomach troubles are brought on, the kid ire vs and
bladder are afrected, and if the blood is not purified of the, poison tho lun-m
become diseased because of the constant passage of impure blood through
them. Catarrh cannot be cured with washes, sprays, inhalations and such
treatment; these cannot reach the poison-laden blood where the real cause is
located, and can only give temporary relief-
and comfort. A disease which affects the
entire blood supply as does Catarrh, must
be treated with a blood purifier. S. S. S.
is the best remedy for Catarrh, which has
grown to be a universal disease. It goes to
the bottom of the trouble, rids the blood of
the catarrhal matter, reinvigorates the cir
culation, and cures this disgusting disease permanently. When S. S. S. lias
purified the blood every part of the system receives a supply of fresh
healthy blood; then the inflamed membranes heal and every symptom of
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WASHINGTON, April 3.—President
Roosevelt discussed with a number of
his callers today various features of
the controversy between Mr. Harriman
and himself growing out of the publi
cation of the “letters between them.
He desired not to be quoted in the
matter.
To his friends today the President
made it plain that his version of Mr.
Harriman’s visit preceding the elec
tion of 1904 was that Mr. Harriman
wanted assistance from the Republi
can National Committee to help out
Chairman O’Dell in the New York
State campaign, towards whose ex
penses he (Harriman) had raised $100.-
000. The President promised to com
municate with Messrs. Cortelyou and
Bliss to see what could be done. Ho
did in this case, he declared, just what
he had done in other instances where
he had been appealed -to help in State
campaigns.
To some of his visitors the Presi
dent referred to thes tatement made
public last night by Judge Alton B.
Parker, in Albany, in which ho said
that it has never been denied that
$150,000 was turned over by the Equit
able. Mutual and New York Life in
surance companies to Mr. Cortelyou’s
committee and that Congree has re
fused to make nn investigation into
the corporate contributions of 1904 or
pass a law prohibiting such con
tributions in the future. On this sub
ject, the President referred to a state
ment which he made November 4,
1904, in which he said in part:
Not the Question at Issue.
That contributions have been made
to the Republican committee, as con
tributions have been made to the Dem
ocratic committee is not the question
at issue. Mr. Parker’s assertion is in
effect that such contributions have
been made for improper motives either
In consequence of threats, or in con
sequence of improper promises, direct
or indirect, on the part of the re
cipients. ■
“But there is not one particle of
truth in the statement.” etc.
Neither Mr. Parker nor his support
ers, the President declared, have been
able to traverse or question the state
ments made in that answer.
The President said that to his own
knowledge, about a dozen contributions
offered by corporations had been de
clined by Chairman Cortelyou, but that
others had been accepted. A contribu
tion by the American Tobacco Com
pany. he said, liad been accepted. A
prominent man. he said, had made a
contribution of $2,000 to the Republi
can campaign fund. Subsequently this
mad had made known his desire for an
appointment In the diplomatic service
in the event a Republican President was
elected. As soon as his motives were
understood the national committee re
turned his contribution.
Tho President asserted to his callers
that none of tho corporations that con
tributed to the campaign fund in 1904
had come to him for favors, either di
rectly or indirectly. In this connection
i the President referred to the legislation
enacted egardlng corpoatlons duing the
last two years as disproving nny Im
putations that immunity would be
shown them for their contributions.
Harriman Wanted to be Senator.
It was authoritatively declared at the
White House today that the real rea
son for Mr. E. H. Harriman’s interest
in the election of the State ticket in
New York In 1904, reference to which
was made In the communications which
passed between him and the President,
was that he desired to advance his own
ambitions. It is asserted that Mr. Har
riman wanted the position of Senator,
now filled by Mr. Depew and that "this
j was the reason why he was anxious to
j have "him appointed ambassador to
Paris’. The inference from Mr. Harri
man’s attitude as to the statement
made at the White House, was that if
Senator Depew could be Induced to go
to Paris, that Governor Higgins was
prepared to appoint him to the va
cancy.
white men and two negroes were shot, danger the symptoms will disappear
gust
much
from
which country he had just re
turned.
The assassin, who was a member of th-
late Rebel army, escaped
Veoetables Kilted at Eatonten.
EATONTON. Ga.. April 3.—The tomper-
rtare dropped to 32. B<g frost and con-
si.lerable 1 resulted. Corn nipped, veg-
etables killed, tender shrubbery every
where killed. Great anxiety felt for the
fruit crop.
Peach Crop Injured.
AMERTCUS. Ga . April S.—Considerable
1- • and frost uproar" 1 here. Orchardmen
> \rrrs? h lief that the poach cron is In-
• —! winds prevailing for two
days dried the blooms of moisture provi-
e .y accumulated.
EARLY VEGETABLES KILLED:
FRUIT WAS UNINJURED.
MONTEZUMA, Ga.. April 3.—Heavy
frost Tuesday and Wednesday morn
ings killed most of the early vegeta
bles In this section. Fruit men claim
that the peach crop is uninjured.
CAPT.
HUGO OSTERHAUS
SUCCEEDS CAPT. 8WIFT
WASHINGTON, April S.—Capt. Hugo
AIRS. HARDIN DIED
EARLY LAST NIGHT
Mrs Oshie Bardin, aged 13 years, wife
of W. H. Hardin, died at 6:40 o'clock last
night at the residence. 1054 Ash street,
after an iilr.ess of only a few days.
She leaves, besides her hushmd. two
children and a father and rco'her. She
was a constant Christian ail'wotei
member of the Pecor.d Baptist Church.
The funeral will take place at 2:30
o’clock this afternoon from the residence.
Rev. J. R. Philips wi’l officiate, and the
interment will be in Ebenezer cuvneTery.
Killed His Infant Daughters.
MONTREAL. April 3 — Wm. M. Fimn-
son. a prosperous young fartre- of St.
Charies. yesterday afternoon during his
wife’s ahs r.ee. shot and killed his two
infant daughters and then tried to kill
himself by put'ing two revolver bullets
in his body. He Is very low today
Physicians say that excessive affection
(or his children caused insanity.
the negroes' wound probably being fatal.
All have been removed to the City Hos- I
pital. '
Three white men were walking on Fifth j
street and they were jostled off the
sidewalk bj- four negroes, one
white men being knocked down in the
gutter. A o.uarrel ensued and general
shooting folowed. 39 or a dozen shots
being exchanged.
A street car approaching was struck a
number of times, the gla^s in the vesti
bule being shattered. How Motorman
Bruffy. who was operating the car. es
caped being struck is a mystery, as glass
on both silo and front of him were shat
tered.
The wounded white men are A. L. Weir,
who was shot in the lip and left leg. and
S. C. Crawford, who was struck in thr left
him. The wounded negro is John Has
kins. who was struck in th= abdomen.
An unknown negm. who escaped, was
shot through tho wrist.
and your health will be restored, as it
strengthens and builds up these or
gans a* nothing else will. Oscar Bow
man. Lebanon ICy., writes: "I have
the i used Foley’s Kidney Cure and take
great pleasure In stating it cured me
permanently of kidney disease, which
certainly would have cost me my life.”
H. J. Lamar & Co., near Exchange
Bank". Macon.
Cotton North and South.
From the Washington Post.
That, the cotton manufacturing In
dustry of the United States will event
ually be solidly centered in the cotton-
producing section may be regarded as
a thing decreed by natural and eco-
nomis laws New England will be
compelled, to substitute other indus
tries for her great interests in cotton.
The process of transfer from the East
the South, which began some de
cades ago, and has not been halted, is
bound to go on to a finish. ‘But that
consummation will not arrive In GTe
immediate future. The Yankee is not
easily ousted from any enterprise in
which he has secured a solid footing.
He has been both surprised and dis
gusted at some of the results of the
war of the early 60's. It did not occur
to him when he was importuning
Pres’dent Lincoln to put an end to
slavery thaF a free South - would reach
out a long and strong arm and grasp
his great industry of manufacturing
raw cotton into innumerable varieties
of goods. Perhaps he might have been
just as zealous for freeing the slaves
If he had foreseen all that, but a doubt
on this point is not altogether unrea
sonable. At this time the cotton in
terest of . the South "flourishes abund
antly. and rejolceth even with joy and
singing.” All tho mills are crowded
with work, and are paying good divi
dends. New mills are going up all the
time. And the cotton producers are
quite as satisfactorily situated. The
Chicago Tribune mentions the cheer-
ng fact that, according to present in
dications, this year's cotton crop will
bring a rturn of more than $700,099,-
000. an amount exceeded by $300,-
000,000 the total gold production of the
world for 1906. The larger part <of
this money will come from Europe.
And further the Tribune submits that
when a comparison Is made between
the cotton crops of the last six years
ard those of the six years preceding
that period it is seen that there has
been an increase in aggregate value of
more than a billion and a quarter dol
lars.
INSPECTION OF GA. R. R.
WILL BEGIN TODAY
ATLANTA, April 3.—W. O. Jack-
son, chief inspector of railways of the
Ohio State Railroad Commission, ar-
rievd in Atlanta this morning, and un
der direction of the Georgia Railroal
Commission will begin tomorrow tho
much talked of inspection of the prop
erties of the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Co.
Mr. Jackson, accompanied by Rail
road Commissioner O. B. Stevens.
inspection owing to the fact that It
was not definitely known until he ap
peared at the office of the railroad
commission this morning that he
would uq^ertake the work. ITc came
hero direct from Hot Springs, Ark.,
where he has been on account of his
health, but sent the commission a
telegram yesterday announcing that he
would be here today. For some reason
this telegram was not received at tho
General Superintendent W. S. Brand j office of the commission until this
and Roadmaster Robinson, of the
Georgia railroad, and Bowdre Phinizy,
of Augusta, if he desires to accora- j one instance, at least, of the telegraph
morning after Mr. Jackson had walk
ed In and introduced himself. This is
panv the party, will leave Atlanta to
morrow at 7:30 o’clock, following the
regular passenger train, a special car
and engine being turnished for the
purpose by the railroad company. This
special will be absolutely at the com
mand of Mr. Jackson and will make
such stops as he directs. Mr. Phin
izy by whom the complaint against the
road was made, charging that it was
unsafe for travel, was notified today
that the inspection would begin tomor
row and invited to join the party.
This inspection will probably occupy
about a week and, it is stated, it will
be a thorough one. Mr. Jackson him
self insisted on the members of the
commission, or at least one of them,
accompanying him on this work.
Announcement was not made of the
Selection of Mr. Jackson to make this
wires being slower than the railroad
schedules.
Air. Jackson has had twenty-five
years experience in railroad work, be
ginning as section foreman and going
gradually up. He was for thirteen
years a railroad engineer operating
limited trains, and for the last six
years has been the chief inspector of
railways of the Ohio Railroad Com
mission, consequently engaged In the
very work for which lie is wanted by
the Georgia commission.
The railroad commission selected
Mr. Jackson solely on the ground that
he occupied a position which Indicated
that he must have a considerable
knowledge of railroad properties, and
its members feel now that they have a
man who will make an able, true and
accurate report.
JUVENILE PROTECTORY
m HOW IT WILL WORK
B’ut Massachusetts is still erecting j by u £Vwl,l be neces
ThC " >0 .^T n ^ nra ‘ d of 1 for volunteer probation officers, 1
e 30th ultimo says. "Mr. Foss tes- , ‘
cotton
the
tifles to hi
abounding faith in the fu
ture of Boston by rutting, with asso- . ;
from S4 090 000 Oct 2.1 OOO OOO ;
INCREASE OF WAGES LOCAL
SOUTHERN FREIGHT CLERKS.
into a group of cotton mills at East j
Boston. He predicts among other !
things, that the product will fill some .
of those ballasted spaces In outgoing |
vessels. Success to ^enterprise!” su , pe nsion of sentences. To illustrate:
Judges Felton, Hodges and Cabanlss
will be requested to co-operate with
the Juvenile Protectory of Bibb Coun
ty. organized on Tuesday afternoon.
Until the bill now pending is passed
sary
both
white and colored.
The recorder’s court is usually a
the other courts, and it Is
through this court that many cases
pass. With those committed by Judge
Cabanlss he cannot do anything with,
but with the violators of city ordi
nances he can exercises his right of
You will re
ceive the high
est degree of
s a t! s f a c tion
from a trial of
the Bitters in
cases of
It is reported that the clerical force
in the local freight department of the
Southern Railway have been notified
that their salaries had been Increased
10 per cent effective on March 1.
This increase in wages has been ex
pected for some time and comes to
the irmn not as a surprise, but as a
recognition of their faithful service to I cratic tariff bu
the company.
JOHN A. BETJEMAN
Probably this Mr. Fos . „
a Republican, is one of tho strongest j
opponents of the standpatters, and
insistent a tariff revislor
ernor Guild. It is not believable that
any of the Massachusetts revisionists |
are In favor of cutting down the cot- l
ton schedule. They count, as well they j
may, on the retention of high duties on ;
all manufactures of tftis textile. The '
graceful manner in which the Domo- j
dors of 1S94 accented j
girls. Rev. TV. G. Johnson, pastor of
the First Baptist church, colored,
writes:
“For three years I have been at the
: head of a movement to check crime
among the people of color in this
State. I have labored to cure juvenile
criminals as far as possible. I have
had great success though hampered
by existing laws. I write to ask you
if the Juvenile protectory and proba
tion idea prevails, that you recognize
the efforts of those who are already at
work, and who are contributing much
time, money and labor to thi3 work
among the negroes.”
SAVANNAH BOARD OF TRADE.
the schedule prepared bv the Ark wig
j Club, and offered bv Fenator Aldrich.
ADDRESSED ] was just what will barmen when. If
there comes another Democratic
DlirrlitS
Spring Fever,
Colds, Grippe,
Indigestion,
Dyspepsia,
Ccstiveness or
Malarial Fever
Try It today, j left for New York this afternoon.
revision of the tariff. Abolition or du
ties on manufactured cotton would kill
SAT ANN AH, Ga.. April 3.—The an- the cotton Industry “a 1 ' dead ns a door
meeting of the Savannah board rail" both North’ and South. The
of trade was held today and was large- ; Southern Democrats ronlize th’= as in
ly attended. A fea.ure of the meeting ! telllgently and feelingly as the New
van ap. address by .John A. Betjeman, j Eneiand Renuhlicirs. The tariff being
chairman of the Georgia Immigration j a local Issue in the sense that local
Association. He talked of th n advan- j interests dlot.nte th ft schedules by core-
tag-s of Savannah as a shipping point I fui log rolling comblnaMans, such as
and urzed the beard, not to give over have been ? factor In notional lesri-lo-
i:s efforts to have Savannah made an j tion ever s’nce the F"r=r Conyro=s.
immigration station. Mr. Betjeman (there is no danger of opening our ports
for free cotton goods.
Tommy Tucker is arrested for
breaking a shade tree, chunking
__ rocks or playing ball, or for something
1 more serious, say for fighting. The
recorder fines Tommy ten dollars, but
“ I suspends sentence and places him In
charge of the probation officer. Now
Tommy must report once or twice a
week as may be required, to the of
ficer and give an account of himself.
In the meantime the officer looks after
the boy, finds who his associates are
and his surroundings, and also visits
and consults his parents. He must
show the boy that while he Is an of-
fiicer of the law. he is his friend, and
that it is not punishment he wants to
inflict, but friendly advice and guid
ance.
At the end of the probation period
the officer makes his report to th±
recorder. If Tommy has been good,
the sentence is wiped off the books.
If bad. the sentence is carried out.
This is the manner in wh.ch the
VIOLENT EARTHQUAKES IN
ISLAND OF ST. MICHAEL
' PONTA DEL CADA, Island of St.
! Michael, Azores Islands, April 3.—Vlo-
i lent earthshocks prevailed throughout
; this island during the night. The
I worst disturbance occurred at Villa
. Franca, where the panic-stricken peo-
! pie fled to the outskirts of the town.
; The wealthier inhabitants are leaving
' TT'.la Frar.ca, the ancient capital of Sf.
Michaels, which was twice previously
• destroyed by volcanic eruptions, be’ng
. practically swallowed up by an erup-
[ tion of mud in 1522.
FROST NIPPED TENDER
PLANTS IN TRUCK GARDENS.
Protectory hopes
The effect of the cold snap the past
few days was visible, in the truck gar
dens about the city. Captain Bush
to
good, the illustration is furnished by
a member.
In refernece to the negro boys and 1
lccomplish ! Lumsden’s fine cabbage patch was
badly damaged. He brought In a num
ber of leaves yesterday to show tha
effect of the frosL