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THE TWICE-A-TVEEK TELEGRAPH 5 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 Catarrh passes away. V* rite for our book containing information about Catarrh, and ask for any medical advice you desire. No charge is made for either ‘ THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLAnTA, GA. ROOSEVELT TALKS BUT MUST HOT BE QUOTED PURELY VEGETABLE 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