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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH FRDIAY, APRIL 12, 1907. HARRY K. THAW'S FATE ROM SCHOOL HOUSES IN HANDS OF THE JURY, AND SCHOOL GARTENS Judge’s Charge Filled Prisoner and His Friends With doom Palid With Fear He Awaits Verdict NEW YORK, April 10—Harry Ken dall Thaw's fate Is In the hands of the jury. The trial which had been In profrrees since January 23, came to an end at 6:17 o'clock this afternoon, when the twelve men who are to pass upon ptanford White's slayer retired to de liberate upon a verdict. The general Impression prevailed that a decision would be reached before morning. Af ter considering the case for an hour and a half, the Jury was token to the Broadway Central Hotel for dlnnerand. In the meantime. Justice Fitzgerald ad journed court until 9 o’clock. He then did not Indicate how long he would re main at the court house. Thaw's Worst Day. Today will go down as the most try ing Harrv Thaw lias ever experienced. From the opening of court until the Jurv retired, the fates dealt unmerci fully with him. Beginning with Dis trict Attorney Jeromo’s final argument, and throughout the Judge's charge, Thaw had to listen to a scathing attack upon his character and to a narrative drawn from the evidence, which meant to strip his deeds of the halo of chlvalrlc glory which his own attorneys had thrown about them. The judge's charge, lasting about an hour, was a concise outline of the law and gave to the Jury the alterna tive of rendering any one of the fol lowing four verdicts—Murder in the first degree: murder in the second de gree: manslaughter In the first degree, or not guilty on the ground of Insan ity. The statute governing the plea of Insanity was defined clearly, much to »xLeld d 20 r years y j WOMEN HELD SWAY AT EDUCA TION CONFERENCE YES TERDAY. ; imprisonment not to exceed 20 years, i If the verdict should be one of ac quittal on the ground of insanity the disposition of the prisoner would rest ' with Justice Fitzgerald. Thaw having . already been declared sane by the rc- j port of a commission, which Justice ' Fitzgerald has approved and confirm ed, It would seem that the prisoner j must be released. tyb Agreement at Midnight. NEW YORK. April 10.—Charged with the responsibility of deeldding the fate of Harry Kendall Thaw, the jury PINEHURST. N. C., April 11—The interest in today's session of the con ference for education was centered In the afternoon meeting, which was given over to the women. Mrs. Lind sey Patterson, of Winston-Salem, N. C., presided and a plan for the promo tion of the work carried on by the wo men's associations for the improve ment of public schools in the Southern States was discussed. These organl- which since January 23 has been sit- i zatIons are interested in the building ting In Judgment on young slayer of ; of better rural school houses, and es- Stanford White, retired at 5:17 p. m. . tablishment of kindergartens and today to begin the consideration of sc hool gartens. Reports were submlt- thelr verdict Six hours later they had | j ed an( j plans discussed for the coming failed to reach an agreement and ! year the State delegations held shortly after 11 p. m. were locked up I meetings today. for the night in the Jury room of the i At tonight's conference. President criminal court building. Justice Fitz- Alderman, of the University of Vir- gcrald. who had been waiting for some | Lj nIa presided. Chancellor Kirkland, word from the Jury room, became con- Vanderbilt University, in an address vlnced at that hour that the chances j declared the Southern institutions of receiving a verdict tonight were too ) hav e not recognized the obligation of remote to warrant his remaining up I enforcing right educational standards any later. Justice Fitzgerald had ear- | pnd that States should aid by refus- ller in the evening gone to his club jn _ charters to unworthy institutions, uptown and had held an automobile in j ^he conference tonight adopted reso- readlness to make a quick trip to the j i ut ions commending the work of such court house, should he be needed. His j organizations as the school improve- Snstructlons regarding the locking of | mrat league and arguing that they he .k_ * - -* r -| - extended to embrace the whole citizen ship of the several States in their membership and Include “in the scope of their purpose all the factors of educational problem.” The conference recorded its grate ful recognition of the services of Rob ert C. Ogden, of New York, and ex tended its congratulations to State superintendents and others charged with public education throughout the South for the Improved standard of Jury wore given by telephone. •It was said that when Justice Fitz gerald’s message was received at the court house, the officers on duty there put the matter up to the Jurors them selves. asking If there was any’ possi bility of their arriving at a verdict within the next few hours. Tho reply from the jury room was strongly negative. The Jury was said to be almost hopelessly divided and none of those connected with the case PALMETTO SHERIFF HAD HARD DEAL IN GEORGIA He Was Arrested and Tried for Carrying Concealed Weap ons. tonight would venture the hope of ! efficiency. anything bolter than a disagreement as ] TJl0 conference also recorded appre- the climax of the long drawn out trial. c i at jon of tho Improtant contribution Harry Thaw sat in the prisoner's t popular education made by the col- pen adjoining the deserted court room ! j * s 0 f the South, bv the State instl- during the long hour3 of the Jury'3 1 tut i on3 an d by the private denomfna- dellberatlons. By his side was Ills I tiona i colleges. Officers of the con- wife and his counsel who remained ! f erence will be elected tomorrow. A with him until all hope of a verdict to- l message was read front/ President Og- night was abandoned. During the early aen in resp0 nse to the greetings sent Vtre^belng laid on the fact’Vhat~nn ■ al I, of the u Tb {F"l far ?i ly . Y er , a i by the conference yesterday. Irresistn'ble Impulse to kill had no place "f Ith bUt bcf ? re 10 ,° ♦L 00 , lc Tlio morning session was given oyer n the law. The Judge also Informed the ‘ h e>\ ma(Je thclr wa V U P ttwn t0 the!r to the superintendents of education hotel. from the Southern Staes, S. A. Myd- Thaw Very Hopeful. s of Knoxville. Tenn., presiding. Thaw at 10:30 p. m. was in the pris- jievorts 0 f the work of the past year oner's pen on the second floor of the _ e j; e submitted and plans outlined for court house with hi3 wife Mrs. George tho improvement of education. The L. Carnegie, his sister, Mrs. Carnegie suggestion of agricultural departments Josiah Thaw, and members of his j n the high schools is meeting with counsel. | favor among the educators and vis- Jary that an Illusion, unless the illu sion. If true, might result In the Injury of the man suffering from it, could not be accepted as an excuse. Charge Adverse to Thaw. Altogether tho charge, while consist ing principally of a complete explana tion of the tew, was considered by those who have followed the. trial, ns adverse to the defendant. The attorneys for the defendant took exception because ♦he Judgo had failed to Include any of their prayers. Thaw was much depressed by tho Judge's words and could not suppress his feelings. He left the court room de jected. The District Attorney’s summing up was a comprehensive and forceful re view of all the evidence adduced. He declared at the outset, that romance ancT sentiment dl not enter Into the Is t-u.■; it was not a question of Stanford White's character or Evelyn Thaw’s sufferings: It was a plain matter of fact homicide. “A common, cowardly, tenderloin murder.” as he termed it. The novel plea of "Dementia Ameri cana" made by Attorney Delmns at the very close of his argument was attack ed by the District Attorney and he repeatedly referred to It in tones of sarcasm. Mr. Jerome dealt mefeilessly with Evelyn Thnw. to whom he referred as "The Angel child.” and to Thaw, wfiom he termed alternately “St. George” and • Sir Galahad.” Gloom Among the Thaws. The atmosphere about Thaw and the members of his family was heavy with gloom during the Judge's charge. The defendant sat In a dejected mood, his head bowed, his face pallid, and his en tire appearance denoting a nervous, ap prehensive state of mind. It seemed as thought every vestige of hope had been taken away from him. AH confidence and cheerfulness which were so strongly in evidence yesterday had disappeared. Fear and doubt had supplanted them. A eimpFte change had come over him by the time the Judge had concluded his charge. He began to realize that real danger men aced him: that his acquittal was by no means a certainty, and as he was led out of the court room the debonair style which marked his entrance yesterday morning had entirely disappeared. The members of Thaw’s family were equal ly ns low in sp'rlts. They recognized the fact that the judge's charge was by no means favorable to Harry: they could not even construe It that way. Counsel Depressed. None of Thaw's counsel would dis cuss. but they shared In the gqperal opinion that it was unfavorable to their client. Shortly after visiting Harry in the pen. Mrs. Evelyn Thaw left the building with Dan O’Reilly, after telephoning for a moment. Thaw’s counnel denied a report that the best they hoped for was a hung Jury. After the ease had been given to the Jury. Mr. Jerome’s attention was called to the nervous state of the de fendant. Discussing the situation with a numbtr of friends, the District At torney said, referring to Thaw: "The poor fellow thought the Judge would simply tell the jury to let this St. George—this Sir Galahad business go and that’s all there would be to It. Now, I understand, he Is sitting In his cell, all in a mess his head bowed, worrying about the outcome. I’m sor ry for him, but more so for his mother.” The Thaws remained In the court house for a short time after the jury had retired and the family, with the exception of the younger Mrs. Thaw, returned to their hotel for dinner. The young wife remained and had din ner with Attorney O'Reilly at a near restaurant. The others returned short ly after 8 o’clock and went to the Tombs' waiting room. Jury Considering Case. The Jury at 7 o’oeloek went to the Broadway Central Hotel for dinner and returned to the eourt house at 8:52 p. m. They Immediately went to the con sultation room, where they continued the discussion of the verdict. When It became apparent that there was no possibility of a decision being reach ed by 9 p. m.. Justice Fitzgerald went home and left word that he would re turn whenever the Jury desired him. The court room was emptied and the dqora were locked. As time wore on. the crowd awaiting the verdl-t grew smaller and smaller. At last the court house corrlders were all but deserted, only the newspaper writers remaining. Mrs. Wm. Thaw grew wean’ of the long vigil and went back to her apart ments in an uptown hotel. Evelyn re mained at the eourt house ready to he by her husband's side when a verdict was rendered. By 10 o'clock the streets about the court house, which during the afternoon had been crowded, were entirely deserted. It seemed to be the 1 general Impression everywhere that there was no possibility of a ver dict being reached before tomorrow- morning, If then. Degrees of Murder. Under‘the statutes of New Tork. murdered In the first degree is punish able with death, murder in the second degree by imprisonment for life, and Thaw was said at this time to have entirely recovered from the depression of the afternoon and was the most cheerful and hopeful member of his party. The long delay In reaching a verdict seemed to him to preclude the possibility of his conviction. He laughed and chatted with his relatives and attorneys and commented at times upon the District Attorney's address and Justice Fitzgerald’s charge. The latter. Thaw believed was not wholly Impartial and he said he feared it might have a bad effect upon the jury. Thaw’s family were fearful lest un der Justice Fitzgerald's charge the jury, might bring in a verdict for one' of the lesser degrees of murder, or for manslaughter, as outlined by the court. Harry Thaw was amused when ho read in a late edition of one of the aft ernoon papers that upon leaving the court room he had fallen, failing upon the floor. “The boy has wonderful nerve ” said Mr. Peabody, of his counsel, “and it Is standing him in good stead tonight." Tombs Chaplain Wade visited Thaw In the pen shortly before 11 o’clock tonight. He and Thaw have become firm friends since the latter was in carcerated. * , Thaw's Sympathy for Guard. One of the prison guards with Thaw tonight received word from his home that his little girl, who has been ill for several days, was dying. Thaw- turned to him and expressed the great est sympathy. "You are in a worse predicament than I am." he said to the guard. “I am very sorry." A few minutes after II o'clock Justice Fitzgerald called up Captain Lynch, of the court police squad on the telephone and asked if there was any liklihood of a verdict being reach ed tonight. Receiving a negative re ply, he ordered that tho Jury be locked up In the Jury room until tomorrow morning at 10:30 o’clock. It Is believ ed. however, that should the jury reach verdict tonight. Justice Fitzgerald will consent to come down town to morrow morning at an earlier hour than that set tonight itors attending the conferenfce. Gov ernor Terrell, of Georgia, was among the speakers. INDISCRIMINATE SHOOTING AT YOUNG JEWS IN RUSSIA LODZ. Russia. April 10.—A panic was started among the Jewish population here this morning by an unknown man who commenced Indiscriminate shooting at young Jews passing in tho streets. Two of them were killed and three were wounded before the shooter disappeared. INTERSTATE COMMISSION SET CASE AGAINST GEORGIA RAILR ■WASHINGTON. April 11.—Tho In terstate Commerce Commission set for hearing In this city on April IS, the cases of the Interprise Manufacturing Company against the Georgia Railroad Company and others, alleging unrea sonable and discriminating rates on cotton from various Southern points via Pacific coast terminals t6 Shanghai, and other points in China and Japan, and also a practically ' similar case against the sme railroad filed by the China and Japan Trdlng Company and others. ASSEMBLAGE LUNACY BOARD SCARED MAN TO DEATH. TIREDJF UFE Meier Mathews Stabbed Her self in Temple, But Failed to Die negro woman, 23 years old. Meier Matthews, attempted suicide in a most deliberate and determined manner last night about 9:30 o'clock. Site was livins In a room. 1219 Fourth street, alone, but her conduct aroused suspicion. She used a pocket knife to in flict what she thought would be a fatal wound. She had sharpened the blade on a whetstone and and with a vigorous stroke planted the keen pointed blade In her right temple. Fortunately, her skull was toe think and hard to allow the point of the blade to reach the brain, and the result was a powerful flow of blood, the fight of which made the wom an relent and securing a hack, she was driven to the residence of Dr. Scovin. The doctor was not at home, so she de cided to return to her room and bleed to death. Returning to her quarters, she entered the room, locked the door, and sat Sown to die from the loss of blood. Negro \ neighbors had learned of her first attempt j at suicide and as Meier had locked her- i self In. they decid eer and force the door and prevent any i . «. further effort to become a suicide. An ■ tcueu LOGANSPORT, Ind.. April li. — Summoned to the office of Dr. John W. Ballard, supposedly for a friendyl call. H. F. Stoughton, a farmer, found Bal lard and others assembled yesterday as a lunacy board to inquire into his sanity. "My God, John, would you send me to the mad hosue?” he screamed, then fell unconscious from his chair. When resuscitated, he was speechless and totally paralyzed. He died last night. “In the spring a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love," so the poet has Informed us. BUt, from even more reliable evidence it may be deduced that in the spring a woman’s fancy se riously turns to thoughts of clothes. It would not require the clever dis cernment of a Sherlock Holmes to dis cover that the women of Macon, at any rate, are thinking of spring raim ent, for on any bright day may be seen a throng of this city’s fashion leaders Invading the attractive style parlors of the W. A. Doody Company in Cherry street. And. just at present, there are unus- ally attractive reasons for a rush to this store, for a rebuilding sale is In progress and bargains that appeal to the feminine taste and purse are of fered In generous profusion. So, no wonder that the Doody store has the appearance, these days, of a continuous society "pink tea.” Batch of Current Gate City News ATLANTA. April 10.—A South Car olina sheriff who recently visited Jef ferson County, Georgia, to get a pris oner for whom a requisition had been issued In favor of the Governor of that State, writes an interesting tale of woe to Governor M. F- Ansel, as the result of his Georgia trip. Sheriff T. P. Raborn, of Aiken Coun ty. S. U., went to Louisville, Ga.. for the purpose of arresting and taking hack to his State one Sam Harrison, wanted there for larceny after trust, the crime consisting in the theft of a 520 bicycle which was the property of ex-Senator George F. Edmonds. Sheriff Baborn got his prisoner all right, but he states as he was going to the depot. Sheriff J. J. Smith, of Jef ferson County, arrested him on the charge of carrying concealed weapons, haled him before the Judge of the city •court where he was convicted and fined $20 and costs amounting to $35.50. Sheriff Rabom entered an emphatic protest but paid the fine, and now wants to know if South Carolina of ficers who come to Georgia, after pris oners are to be given that sort of treatment. He assures Governor Ansel that he carried his pistol, a large one, in a holster which was strapped to his waist where It could easily be seen, and that In no sense could the weapon be considered concealed. Governor Ansel has written Govern or Terrell a letter enclosing him a copy of the letter received from Sher iff Raborn. and asked him to investi gate the case, and whether the Geor gia law is such to prevent officers of the law from carrying weapons in the manner stated. Governor Terrell will take the matter up for inquiry upon his return from North Carolina. commit peonage, are very much out raged over some remarks made ques tioning their motives in finding their verdict of acquittal. Fellowirg the finding of tho Jury four of it smembers were going down In an elevator when a man turned to ward them, and said: ••'Well, you made up your minds mighty quick ” One of the jurors replied, it is said that they had found in accordance with the testimony and that there was nothing else to do. The stranger Is said then to have made some more remarks, such as. “You must have framed up your verdict before you went out. We’d have fixed ’em all right if we had ’em In New Tork” After the incident one of the jurors remarked. “I don’t like the way Kllnky talked.” It was said the man who had done the rash talking, was Secret Ser vice Agent Kllnky who had helped work up the case. At all the events the matter was re ported to the court it is stated, and Judge Newman stopped In the midst of he trial of a case and held a con ference In his private office with Dis trict Attorney George Shepp, from Florida and Assistant District Attor ney. J. H. Henley, of this district. Every effort was made to keep the matter as quiet as possible, on account of other peonage cases which are pending In the courts, but according to the best authenticated report the judge is said to have advised that the secret service agent in question be dismissed from further connection with tho work. T0 e 1 1 © THE % l/o 'O CUBAN MINISTER Recommends Pe-ru-na. Co. B Oredcred Disbanded. ATLANTA. April 10.—Company B of the Fourth regiment Infantry, at Moultrie, was today ordered disbanded, as the result of a request to that ef fect made by Captain Thad Adams and the other officers and men. There hase been a decided lack of Interest In the military organization at Moultrie of late, and the captain wrote notify ing the inspecting officers that the company would not turn out for In spection and asking disbandment. This makes six Infantry companies which have been disbanded this year for sim ilar reasons, and all of them have gone out of tho service prior to inspection, and so will not affect the general aver age of tho State troops. The com panies disbanded are those at Dawson, Cuthbert. Fort Gaines, Thomaston, Rome and Moultrie. Roswesll Will Remain in Bibb. ATLANTA, Ga. April 10.—Under a Supreme Court decision rendered to day. the town of Rosewell will remain In Bibb County, although the citizens of that town, under the act of August 7. 1906. voed to go Into Milton County. The act in question provides that wherever a town is divided by a county line, part of it being in one, and part in the other county, the vo ters may hold an election to deter mine which county they will cast their lot with as a whole. It was claimed that a small part of Roswell within the extended limits was In Milton County. The election was held nnd carried in Milton’s favor. A citizen named Ezzard enjoined the declaration of the result, contending that no part of Ros well was In Milton county. The Supreme Court in sustaining tho injunction which was granted by Judge Cober. bases its decision principally upon the act of 1854, creating Milton County in which act it is clearly set forth that Roswell is in Cobb County and a part of the boundary line between the two counties. It is held, in effect, that no part of tho town Is in Milton County, and that therefore the election held under the act of 1906, is null and void. Senor Quesada, Cuban Minister to the United States. * •Senor Quesadn, Cuban Minister to flho United States, is an orator born. In an article In The Outlook for July. 1S99, by George Kennnn. who heard Ques.a- da speak at the Esteban Theater, Matanzas, Cuba, he said: "I have seen many audiences under the spell of eloquent speech and in the grip of strong emo tional excitement, but I have rarelv witnessed such a scene as at the close of Quesada’s eulogy upon the dead patriot. Marti.” In a letter to The Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., written from Washington, D. C-, Senor Quesada says: “Peruna I can recommend as a very good medicine. It is an excellent strengthening tonic, and it is also an eli’ic- acious cure for the almost universal complaint of catarrh.”—Gonzalo De Quesada. V GAS EXPLOSION KILLED M. D. CLAY IN ATLANTA. ATLANTA, April 11.—A gas explo sion shortly before midnight caused the death of M. D. Clay, a stationary engineer, and the serious injury of R. G. Matthews, a bookkeeper. Mat thews smelt escaping gas and went to the bathroom with a lighted lamp. On opening the door there was an explo sion. Clay, who is said to have been drinking, is supposed to have turned on the gas and failed to light it. Governor Terrell at Pinehurst. ATLANTA. April 10.—Governor Ter rell and State School Commissioner W. B. Merritt are in Pinehurst. N. C., where they have gone to attend the meeting of tho Southern Education Board, now In session there. The meeting will be In session practically all the week. Governor Terrell, how ever, will spend only one day there, returning to Atlanta tomorrow. Convict Camp Matter. ATLANTA, April 10.—The prison commission which Is now holding its monthly session, will await the action of the county commissioners of Sum ter County in the matter of the local convict camp before giving the sltua^ tlon any official consideration. The questions which the Sumter County authorities aro said to be Investigating are alleged truel treatment of’ mis demeanor convicts and the frequent escapes which have been reported. The State prison commission has authority to summon the entire board of county commissioners to answer to the charges, but will not do so. It is stated. If the Investigation and action taken by the board prove satisfactory. Atlanta Bond Election. ATLANTA, April 10.—Tho success ful issue of yesterday’s election In At lanta for $350,000 water bonds. Is ad mitted to be in great measure due to the activity displayed by the Atlanta Georgia and News, which, when It was apparent in the afternoon that a large number of votes would be needed to carry the election, called up some 700 voters by telephone and urged each one of them to go to the polls. It was the late afternoon vote that carried the day. IN NEW YORK HOTEL MRS. GEO. B. COX SAYS THIEF TOOK JEWELS WHILE THEY SLEPT. CATARRH OF STOMACH.—Mr. J. TV'. Pritchard. Columb'a City. Ind.. writes: “I have been cured of catarrh of the stomach by Peruna. I could hardly eat anything that agreed with me. But. thanks to your Peruna, I am now completely cured, and can eat anything I want without any of the dis tressing symptoms." jimu IT MUST BE PROPERLY LABEL ED UNDER NEW PURE FOOD LAW. ky,” an imitation under the pure food law, free from fusel oil and other Im purities. "In the third specimen. It Is assumed that both the whisky and the alcohol are distilled from grain.” Hot Pudding. A good pudding can redeem a poor dinner. What housewife does not have occasional bad luck with her cooking, or who is not obliged to serve warmed over dishes? Those are the nights to make a good pudding which will make to summon n^n offi- ; tI p f or all the deficiencies which pre- nd send people away from fficer responded at once, the woman was : table with .action and a good taken in charge and sent to the City taste. If the dinner is hearty and hap- Hosnital for treatment. I pens to be all right, serve a light des- When n«kod why she wanted to end her I serf, but meagre vegetables and warm- life she said: Four ^ eal 7. ag X 1 ’ ed up roasts demand a warm and full With my father, mother and brother. My , c Vothln"- sunnk’os this wont lMr« mother died, my brother was shot to i/Hush. No.n n-, - p, ‘- S t.... w..nt death at D-v Branch about a year ago a good pudding, and fortunately pud- and then ray father passed away. These dings are easily made. Children al- boreavements prayed on my mind eontir.- ways love them, and few grown-ups -t week still another misfortune ’ refuse an attractive pudding with a I was arrested for flzh tng. rich befell m This mined used my h: ly existenc was mv fir have to put a: st. Then I d. ore trouble, so I : end to this earth- ! Beat five eggs to a froth and then l stir in a pint of milk to which a pinch j of salt has been added. Have ready j a number of slices of bread cut a good thickness: butter thes-’ and place a ! lover of them In a well-buttered pud ding dish. Scatter seeded raisins and | currants over the slices and sprinkle i on a little sugar and spice: then put on more s’ice= of the buttered bread, cures indigestion nnd sick headache and repeat this alternately until the and chronic constipation. Orir.o Laxa- ' dr*h is filled. Then pour over the cus- tive Fruit Syrup does ret nauseate or tard made at first and bake for about gripe and is ir.i'd nnd pleasant to take, j half an hour. To vary this recipe, use Refuse substitute?. H. J. Lamar & Co.. . sliced apples and a little more spice near Exchange Bank, Macon. j instead of the raisins and currants. Stomach and Liver Trouble Cured. Orlno Laxative Fruit Syrup citr-s stomach and liver trouble as It aids dl- gestion. and stimulates the liver and bowels without irritating these organs like pills and ordinary cathartics. It Investigation of Georgia R. R, Closed ATLANTA, April 10.—The railroad commission considers the ease of the Investigation Into the physical condi tion of the properties of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Co. closed. A copy of the report made by Expert W. O. Jackson, chief Inspector of railroads for the Ohio Railroad Commission.was today mailed to Austin Branch, of Au gusta, attorney for Bowdre Phlnlzy, who made the complaint with the statement that the commission had adopted the report as its official action in he matter. This action of the com mission was forecasted in these dis patches yesterday. The appointment of an expert to in vestigate the condition of the Georgia Railroad was decided on by the com mission chiefly as a result of the con flict in the testimony which was pre sented at the hearing several weeks ago, and with a view to getlng at the actual facts from a standpoint which could In no sense be considered preju diced. This investigation has been concluded and the report made. The only thing left for the commission to do was to adopt and approve the re port made by its own agent and this ha3 been done, which practically amounts to a vindication of the road. Mr. Jackson left the city this after noon to 'return to his home In Ohio. This was his first visit to Georgia and he was much interested in it. A ma- ternal uncle of Mr. Jackson's was a member of the famous Andrews raid ing party which captured the Western and Atlantic engine “General” at Big Shanty and started for Chattanooga with it. The ‘raiders” were captured and Mr. Jackson's relative, Samuel Slaven. was one of the seven members of the party who were hanged in At lanta by the Confederates Mr. Jack- son was especially interested in his visit to the evclorama of the Battle of Atlanta at Gran Park. | Ta'ked of Peonago Verdict I ATLANTA. April 10.—The jurors i who in the United States eourt yes terday acquitted the half dozen de- fendans charged with conspiracy to CINCINNATI. April 10.—According to the latest information $30,000 was a modest estimate of the value of jew elry stolen from Mrs. George B. Cox, of this city, two weeks ago in the Knickerbocker Hotel In New York. Mrs. Cox said that she placed the value of the jewels at $35,000 in round num bers. Mrs. Cox disclaimed any know! edge of how the robbing occurred and said she was at an "absolute loss for some one to suspect” in the case. X'When we woke up and found that our room had been burglarized,” Mrs. Cox went on, “I did not know just what jewels had been taken. Mr. Cox and I retired between 10 and 11 o’clock. I gave him three rings, one set with a large diamond, another with an opal, a ruby and two diamonds and a thlr.d with a valuable pearl. He placed them in a chamois bag and put them in his trousers pocket. While we were asleep some one entered the room and rifled Mr. Cox’s clothing, which was hanging on a rack a short distance from the bed. Robbers Were Silent. “We heard nothing during the night, and when we awoke in the morning we discovered our loss. The rlng3 were handsome ones, and we valued them highly, even abovo their Intrinsic worth. Mr. Cox. had something like $500 in his pockets, and the money was stolen. So far as the published list of articles Is concerned, I did not have them all with me, I am very thankful to say, and as a consequence we aro not as bad off as I at first feared we would be. “One thing I am particularly thank ful for, and that Is that the pearl neck lace that I took to New York with me was overlooked. The necklace is a handsome and valuable piece, costing over $4,000. As I went to bed I placed It on the center table in the room and threw a handkerchief over it. In some way the thief or thieves missed the necklace and I found it ir. the morning where I had left It. A peculiar thing about the robbery was that the buarglars did not touch Mr. Cox’s watch, which was left in his vest pocket, taking only tho money and the chamois bag containing the Jewels. They emptied the bag and then placed it back In the pocket where Mr. Cox had originally put it. I am at a loss where to put the sus picion of the theft. It Is usually sup posed that the guests are safeguarded in one of the great hotels of New York city, and we rested on the belief and did not take any unusual precautions to care for our valuables. Mrs. Cox Puzzled, "It 13 possible that some one con nected with the hotel, a chambermaid or a porter, entered our rooms in the morning while wo .were in the bath in an adjoining room, where we could not hegr, and took the jewels at that time. We didn’t know our loss until Mr. Cox dressed himself and felt In his pocket for my rings. "When we discovered the loss we Immediately notified the hotel manage ment. There were a number of doors opening Into our suite of rooms, and It was possible for any one connected with the hotel who had the keys to enter any one of the doors and ab stract the jewelry while we were in another room. Again, It might have GOV. GLENN NOT REFERRING TO MAN, BUT THE POSITION RALEIGH. N. C„ April 10.—Gov. Glenn returned today from Pinehurst, where he had delivered an address at a conference for education in the country, and con cerning tho statement published that ho WASHINGTON, April 11.—The long expected opinion of Attorney General i lla d said that he "considered President Bonaparte concerning the proper la- ’• Roosevelt the greatest ruler the world beling of whisky under the pure food I has ever known,” said: law approved June 30. 1906. was made I "In tho course of my remarks at Pine- public at the White House Wednesday. ' hurst, I said that I regarded the Pre 3 i- Its purport is briefly told in the follow ing letter addressed by the President today to the Secretary of Agriculture: "My Dear Mr. Secretary: “In accordance with your sugges tion. I have submitted the matter con cerning the proper labeling of whisky under the pure food law to the depart ment of justice. I enclose the Attor ney General’s opinion. I agree with this opinion and direct that action be taken in accordance with it. Straight whisky will be labeled as such. “A mixture of two or more straigth whiskies will be labeled blended Whisky or whiskies. "A ’mixture of straight whisky and ethyl alcohol, provided that there Is a ufficient amount of straight whisky to make It genuinely a ‘mixture’ will be labeled as compound of com pounded with, pure grain distillate. 'Imitation whisky will bo labeled as such. "Sincerely yours, “THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Tho Attorney General's opinion as to the proper construction to be placed on the law has been awaited with great Interest by distillers and recti fiers all over the country. Before the question was sent fo the department of justice, it was very thoroughly In vestigated by the department of agri culture. The questions at issue arose In connection with the labeling or branding of the different kinds of spirit, claimed by their manufacturers or proprietors to be entitled to the name of “Whisky” with or without qualifying words. The mixture of a spirits properly designated as "Whisky” with another spirit which, standing alone, would not be properly designated as "Whisky,” such as ethyl alcohol, must be labeied or branded as a "Compound" or as Compounded.” The Attorney General declares that according to the true intent of the pure food law, a mixture of whisky with a neutral must be deemed “ a compound” and not a “blend.” although the spirit mav be a distillate from the same sub stance used to furnish the whisky, and that such a mixture stands on the same footing as a mixture of whisky and brandy, or of whisky and rum. The definition of "whisky” as a neutral spir it. he says “involves as its corrollary that there can ‘be such a thing as imi tation whisky If the process were fol lowed of which we spoke in connection with artificial wine, namely, if ethyl alcohol, either pure or mixed with dis tilled water, were given, by the addi tion of harmless coloring and flavoring substances, tho appearance and flavor of whisky, it is impossible to find any other name for the product. In confor mity with the pure food law than “Imi tation whisky." The Attorney General says the most difficult question was “whether a mixture of a liquid such as has been described or indeed, a mix ture of ethyl alcohol itself with whisky ought to be labeled ‘‘whisky’’ at all. “I conclude that a combination, of whisky with ethyl alcohol supposing of course that there is enough whisky in dent of the United States, whether Dem ocratic or Republican, ns tho greatest ruler In the world, and did not refer to Mr. Roosevelt or any President by name. I was speaking, not of an individual. Jmt of the power and greatness of the posi tion.’’ Gov. Glenn recalled other addresses In which he had referred to tho President of the United States as the greatest ruler In the world. CAPTAIN EGAN AND SON LOST IN CHESAPEAKE BAY NORFOLK, Va.. April 11.—The tug Dixie, which in the gale of yesterday morning lost in lower Chesapeake bay tho barges Frank W. Cummiakey, Jr., Perryvllle, Delaware: J. H. Marvll and Magnolia, which she was towing from Norfolk to ‘Baltimore, today located the Marvll and _ Magnolia. The Norfolk agents havo located the Perryvllle and Delaware near Cape Charles City, Va.. in safety. One man whoso name is not given was washed overboard from tho Pcrryville and drowned. The Cuni- misky sank with Captain John Egan and his son. The Cummlsky hailed from Philadelphia. Union Depot at Vaughn. GRIFFIN. Ga.. April 11.—The Chat tanooga division of the Central of Geor gia Railroad and the Atlanta and Flori da division of the Southern Railway, have completed the erection of a union depot at Vaughn, In tho western por tion of this county and and a joint agency has been established. been a professional hotel sneak thief. It to make it a real compound and not who entered the room while we were the mere semblance of one, may be sleeping. The rings which were stolen ' called “whiFky” provided the name is were made In this city by Jeweler accompanied by the word "compound” Herschede, and were valued at some- j or “compounded” and provided a sfate- thing like $35. I cannot tell just the | ment of the presence of another snirit value of the property lost, but I think j is included in substance in the title, that a conservative estimate is $35,900.” “The following seem to me approprl- As soon as the theft was reported to | are specimens 'brands or labels fer (1) the management of the Knickerbocker ! "straight” whiskv: C2) ’’a mixture of Hotel Mrs. Cox was asked to make a • two or more" straight whiskies: (3) a list of the p'eces of Jewelry stolen and mixture of ‘‘straight" whisky and ethyl their relative value. As she had not . alcohol, and f4) ethyl aicoho! flavored taken all of her Jewelry - to New York. I and colored so as to taste, smell and leaving much of it in a safety deposit ; look like whisky: vault in Cincinnati, she could not. tell (1) "Semper Idem Whisky,” a pure just what pieces were stolen, but she straight wh'sky mellowed by age. furnished a list of Jewels that she (2) “E Plurlbus Unum Whisky,” a thought must be among the number i blend of pure, straight whiskies with missing. This list was given to the 1 all the merits of each. New York police, who Immediately : (3) "Modern Improved. Whisky.” a communicated with the Cincinnati po- : compound of pure grain distillates, lice and gave the list of lost jewels In . mellow and free from harmful impurl- order that the local police might look ties. up any clews at this end. I (4) “Something Better Than Whis- LOSES LIEUT. The military of Macon, as well ns the many friends of Lieut. Holmes Mason, will regret to learn his r6gisnation as first lieutenant from that popular com pany. As an officer, he ha3 made hinf- self most popular, not only with the men under him. but In the .State Militia. His reason for giving up the offlqe is a pressure of personal business. It Is said that when the resignation was forwarded to the adjutant general's office. It Is un derstood that asst. Adjt.-Gen. A. J. Scott made a personal request for Lieut. Mason to remain in the service. And to add to this high compliment by Gen. Scott, Cnpt. Wheeler, of the Hussars, in srjetxiag of the resignation, stated that ho fjlt the loss keenly as did all the m mbers of tho company, and that Lle^t. Mason was one of tho most valuable officers In the regiment. Lieut. Mason was the best rifle shot in the State. He won the State champion ship last year and ha3 represented tho Second Regiment on tho Seagirt team for two years. Ho was a thorough soldier in every respect, and his absence from tho company will be greatly missed. E. F. SIMMS lEFf Hi A week ago C. F. Simmons, a member of the Bibb Plumbing Company. left the city for Vai-.osta, since which time he has not been heard from. Telegrams have been sent to various Georgia towns but nothing can be learned of hi3 wherea bouts. Simmons married a young Indy of Co- dartown. and as her husband cannot be located, she has returned to Vr home. Her brother. Fred Collins, of Codnr: Jm Is here looking after his business nff iirs as well as trying to find his missing brother-in-law. The books of the plumbing company are all right, and so far no r *a on" can he assigned for the s'.dden dl .v’poarance and continued absence of Mr. Simmons.