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FRDIAY, APRIL 12. 1907.
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; Sj.iare roof car:-::, the story of his
wife’s wrong 0 overcame him. He pic
tured In an instant—as a dying man
may picture his past life—all that
Stanford White had dom—the train
he had wrought, and he struck;
struck as the tigress strikes in defense
I of her young; struck for the home
struck for American womanhood
struck for humanity and Stanford
White fell.
"An. gentlemen.” the advocate went
on. "if Harry Thaw believed he was
the instrument of Provldnce, who will
say he was mistaken?"
, Mr Deimas discussed but briefly
: the testimony of expert witnesses, de-
■ daring that whatever weight might
' attach to their utterances was on the
I side of the defendant. He declared
! the burden of proof of Thaw's sanity
at the time of the homicide rested
with the prosecution which had failed
to make out its case.
Corning to the question of reasonable
doubt. Mr. Deimas said:
"Gentlemen, take your minds back
to the day when examined and when
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h» paid
jl r . the learned justice said to you are you
asked whether nny. an,] if : ready to give this defendant the benefit
lat stock belonged to him- ' of every reasonable doubt? and on
bought It and what price oaths that you were, you were ad-
■ hi! rn,t,pd *o the jury box. Before you
■n which the Commission senfi the young man to his doom, you
whether or i
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riy of must he satisfied of his guilt beyond
every reasonable doubt.
What is a Reasonable Doubt,
"What is a reasonable doubt? The
term seems to define itself in its own
words. A reasonable doubt Is a doubt
| which a reasonable man may have.
DF.T.MAR APPP1AT C! TO 'PTTP You arp ;i!1 reasonable men, and when-
AJlblaiYIAD HI rLALb i.U mr you doubt you can ^ lt
i TTicptma Ynttnw*vr t iwt ii is a reasonable doubt, the benefit of
UNWRITTElT LAVT. which the law says you must give
to the defendant. A great English
Judge once said that it is better that
ninety-nine guilty men should escape
NEW YOP.K. April 9.—One more day ( rather than one innocent man should
nnd the concluding chapters of the be punished. If there is one chance in
trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder a- hundred that this defendant was of
of Stanford White will have been writ- such unsound mind as to not to know-
ten In history. With an oratorical ap- ; the nature of his act, then you must
peal to both the written nnd the "un- ■ Five him the benefit of the doubt. I
written law” for the Justification of his : ask you in the name of the law which
clienr. Dolphin M. Deimas, the Call- j 1 Invoke—I ask you in the name of
fornla attorney, concluded his exhaus- j humanity, I ask you in the name of
tive summing up address to the jury 'religion o resolve whatever doubt you j
this afternoon. When court convenes j may have In favor, of this defendant.”
tomorrow morning at 11:30 o'clock, one i 11 was In discussing Thaw's mental
hour later than usual. District Attor- state that Mr. Deimas came at last to
ney Jerome will go beforo the Jury and tbe "unwritten law.” “The district
In a three or four hour address Is attorney will make light of the experts
expected to make a plea which will be because they have not defined the
accounted one of the best efforts of his . species of insanity from which they
life. Justice Fitzgerald would not say I say Harry Thaw is suffering,” Mr.
today whether or not he would charge Deimas declared.
the jury directly after the District At- j "I will suggest Its name. I would
torney's closing remarks, but the gen- < call it dementia Americana. It Is
era] impression Is that he will do . _ _
In that event there seems little doubt recognized in everv State of this
BIG MEETING FOR
COTTON MEN CALLED
NEW YORK, April 9.—An interna
tional conference of cotton growers,
manufacturers and dealers will be held
at Atlanta, Ga., on Oct. 7, S and 9, next.
This was decided upon today at a
meeting in this city of the presidents
of the National Association of Cotton
Manufacturers, the Southern Cotton
Association, the American Manufac
turer's Association and the Farmers’
Union. It was announced that ar
rangements have been made for an ex
tended tour by special train through
the cotton raising district by the Eu
ropean and American delegates to the
conference. Invitations will be extend
ed to domestic and foreign associa
tions.
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS
CAUSED BV HEAVY GALE
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 9—In
a heavy gale last night the ocean
steamship George Pyman, was blown
against the schooner George P. Hud
son, 'badly damaging the Hudson. To
day the Ryman dragged anchor again
and is now ashore off Point Breeze
just below the city. The steamer Van'
Schuyler, on the line between Pine
Beach and this city, is reported ashore
off Pine Beach and the service on this
line has been discontinued. About two
hundred small boats on the oyster
grounds, a few miles above the city,
are reported sunk or blown ashore. All
small craft in the harbor is in danger
of sinking unless the storm abates.
No lives have as yet been reported as
lost.
AFTER THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON. April 9.—Mrs. Ida
lc a. ■ VonClaussen, who made a com-
specles of insanity which has been j t0 ® ta * e Department against
- - Minister Graves, at Stockholm, be-
that the case will be turned over to the Union. It is that species of insanity cause be declined to present her to
jury by tomorrow evening. With the | which makes the American man be- I Kins ° scar - was at the White House
excentlon of the moments when he j lieve his home, his wife, his daugh- I today ln an effort to obtain a per-
was reading from the minutes, Mr. ters, are sacred, and that whosoever ' sonal interview with the President to
Dolmas’ effort today was one of sus- stains tho virtue of his threshold, vio- j slate her case - This was refused her,
mined oratory. He threw about the 1 ] a tes the highest of human laws It ! whereupon she left with the officials
form of Harry Thaw the cloak of chiv- i is a species of insanity which has 1 the . following letter, at the same time
alrous knighthood. been recognized ln every State of this ' Savins a copy to the press:
Why.” he shouted, “should we. who Union—fromsCanada to Mexico, from i “Washington, D. C., April 8, 1907.
admire the chivalry of the knights of ( the Atlantic to the Pacific I " To the Rt - Hon. Theodore Roosevelt,
the middle ages who went about re- i "Ah, gentlemen” said Mr Deimas President of the United States,
dressing wrongs and rescuing maid- ! dramatically, turning Jo the alienists " Sir " Mrs - VonClaussen is in
ens In distress and withhold our sym- who testified for the prosecution, “if cei P t of President Roosevelt’s refusal
pathy from this brave man?” you desire a name for this species to see her and redress the insult offer-
Bitteriy Assailed White. of insanity, let me suggest it call it 1 ed ber b $’ bis representatives in Swe-
Bltterly the attorney again assailed j dementia Americana. 1 den * 1Ir - and Mrs. Graves. She can-
StnnfOTd White. He declared White ! "That is the species of insanity I not a PP eaI again to the State Depart-
sought to play with the girl so long as i which makes every American to be- i ment * 23 she received Its final decision
her beauty remained and then would lieve his honjato be sacred- that is the ! bcfore sbe left Sweden,
have thrown her away “like a dirty species of infanity which ’makes him ! "Mrs. VonClaussen begs President
rag lo 11 oat down life's sewers to a believe the honor of his daughter is I Roosevelt to at once appoint a com-
gravo in the potters field.’ sacred; that is the species of insanity j mittee of experts to make sure that
"Again,” he said "Harry Thaw had ' which makes him believe the honor of i she ls of sound mind before she pro-
snatched her from the old lecher who ( his wife ] s sacred; that is the species feeds further In this case, for she
saw in her but a toy to gratify a mo- j of insanity which makes him believo knows well, from previous reports,
ment s- Just ana then be cast aside , that whosoever invades his home, that that when President Roosevelt is ‘cor-
whosoever stains the virtue of his nered’ he has a habit of appointing
threshold, has violated the highest of s “ cb committees to help him out of
human laws, and must appeal to the b l s difficulty. Therefore not caring to
mercy of God, If mercy there be for • la >' herself open to further criticism
him anywhere ln tho universe. ! Mrs. VonClaussen demands that such
"That Is the species of insanity ! a committee be appointed at once,
which has been recognized by the otherwise she will call the experts in
courts 1n the cases of—” * ! herself.
Mr. Garvan was on his feet with an
objection, saying that the argument
was taking too wide a range.
'You understand,” said Justice Fitz
gerald to Mr. Deimas.
The latter waived his hand and
turned again to the jury.
“Remember, gentlemen, the law is a
human law. I violate no law when I
ask you to take the oldest of all laws,
the golden law—the law that is at the
urn, -,ne wu „e — foundation of all laws—‘do unto others
emotions he might have felt at tho as you would have them do unto you.’ j her hotel. Her demeanor was court
time in a public place and in the pres- ! "D° not send this man to death ’■ ? ous and dl smfied throughout, though
once of his friends, and the incident j wbat ba did. I now with all solemni-
had no further significance for the time : ty l eave i n your hands the fate of Har-
helng. j r .v K. Thaw.”
At the Roof Garden. | Thaw arose from his chair, went to
"Thaw had bought four tickets for a i where his mother and wife were sit-
roof garden entertainment that even- tins- grasped their hands, confidently,
lng. He went there with his partv. on I and then with head erect, made his
the wav picking up another friend, who way to the prisoner’s pen and across
occupied one of the seats, leaving Mr. the Bridge of Sighs, his prison guard
Thaw without a seat. He being of a following close behind him. Thaw he- j _
nervous temperament, walked about ! lleves his case to be won, and freely j ing it would receive his careful consid-
Batch of Current
Gate City News
ATLANTA, April 9.—Considerable
fear is expressed as to the effect of this
most recent cold snap on the crops
and fruit.
Assistant Commissioner of Agricul
ture R. F. Wright says practically all
the garden truck north of Macon has
been killed. He has found this so by
observation In Elbert County and other
places.
Light frost in North Georgia is pre
dicted for tonight, but if the high
winds which have prevailed for twen
ty-four hours continue, it is believed
that all of tho peach crop which has
weathered the gale up to this time,
will escape.
State Senator J. T. Peyton,of Haber
ham County, who was at the capitol
today, said that much damage had al
ready been done the peaches in his
section by the previous cold snap. Up
on cutting open some of the young
peaches he found them black inside
showing destruction from cold.
General opinion, however, seems to
be that not much damage has been
done the peaches over the State up to
the present time.
The present cold weather is feared
more than was the last snap.
GOOD SENSE
IN THE USE
OF MEDICINE
Peonage Tried.
ATLANTA, April 9.—The trial of the
peonage cases in the United States
district court drags wearily on. Fol
lowing Louis R. Robinson, agent of the
immigrant or labor bureau In New
York, the defense today put H. L.
Zeigier. one of the defendants on the
stand. Robinson described the work
ings of the bureau, which sent the
alleged victims of peonage to the
southern factories, and asserted in de
tail that they were told just what they
■would have o do, and what wages
they would recive. in fact all about
how they would he treated. Mr. Zeig
ier is a mmeber of the firm of Thomp
son Bros. C’o., manufacturers near
Newnan. He described in detail the
treatment of the men who had been
sent to his company through the la
bor agency, denying practically all
the changes which they made. The trial
will continue throughout the week, and
it may be a verdict will not be reached
before the first of next week.
to go her way down the paths of fallen
women.”
Bringing the narrative of his argu
ment down lo the events of the night
of the tragedy—the 25th of June last—
Mr. Deimas told of Thaw and his wife
dining at the cafe Martin with Trux-
ton Beale and Thomas McCaleb.
■‘Stanford'*White, by accident or de
sign—lime now can never tell which—
cams into the room where tho party
sat; Thaw did not see him. but when
Stanford White left the place the
young woman called for a pencil and
wrote to her husband saying ’the <B
was here a moment ago. but went out
again.’ When Thaw read this his first
thought was of his wife. He said to
her: ‘Are you all right?”
“When he received her assurance
that she was. he mastered whatever
"IDA M. VONCLAUSSEN."
1 Mrs. VonClaussen appeared at the
I White House about 10:30 o’clock this
' morning. She came in a closed car
riage and after getting out at the
executive mansion, sent her card to
j Secretary Loeb. The secretary dele
gated his assistant, Mr. Foster, to talk
to Mrs. VonClaussen, who stated her
wish to see President Roosevelt. When
this privilege was refused her. she
left the White House and returned to
it was evident that she was very
much disappointed, saving as she left
the offices that the President had fail
ed to assist and protect her and that
he must take the consequences of his
refusal.
Mrs. VonClaussen stated tonight
that Assistant Secretary of State Ba
con telephoned her that if she would
present her side of the case in writ-
Both Sides Claim Victory.
ATLANTA. April 9.—Both sides
claim a victory in the order passed by
Judge W T. Newman in the United
States court in the case of the Atlan-
ta-Birmingham Fire Insurance Co. un
der which J. T Dargan, president of
the company is removed as co-receiv
er. but all the charges which were
made against him by those who sought
his removal, have been stricken from
the record »
The order provides that A. C. Sexton,
insurance commissioner of Alabama,
shall be sole receiver of the company,
but Mr Dargan, it is stated, will con
tinue to assist him in the administra
tion of the company’s affairs and will
receive a fee for his services when the
final accounting is made. The reason
given in Judge Newman’s order for the
removal of Mr. Dargan'is that he was
president, director and stockholder in
both tho Atlanta-Birmingham and
Prudential Fire Insurance companies,
and this was objected to by some of
the creditors. The attorneys repre
senting the San Francisco creditors of
the company express themselves as
satisfied with the turn of the litigation
as do also the attorneys and friends
of Mr. Dargan.
How Prepared Household
Remedies May Be Intelli
gently Employed and
Proof of What One of
Them Has Accom
plished.
There are some who will not employ
a doctor under any circumstances, and
others who argue that we should not
so much as take a simple cough mix
ture without calling on a medical
practitioner to prescribe it.
As usual the truth lies between the
two extremes and common sense is all
that is required to find it. Safe fam
ily remedies, tried by time and proved j confession to the police in which he
valuable by experience will always | implicated Leopold. He admitted hav-
have their place in the household and ing killed Mrs. Leslie to rob her of her
CHICAG-O, April 9.—Howard Nichols
and Leonard Leopold were today con
victed of the murder of Mrs. Margaret
Leslie, the acretress. Nichols was sen
tenced to life imprisonment, while Leo
pold was given a 14-year term in
prison. Robbery is said to have been
the motive for the crime. On October
19, last, the dead body of Mrs. Leslie
was found in her room at the Palace
Hotel, with an undergarment tied
around her neck. The room was filled
with gas which came from an open jet.
A verdict of suicide by gas poisoning
was rendered by a coroner’s jury. The
finding, however, did not meet the ap-
provad of the woman’s father. Marvin,
of South (Bend, Ind., and he demanded
that the case be re-opened. Nichols
who had been connected with Mrs.
Leslie In several theatrical ventures
was arrested as a suspect. He made a
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Did Not Show Up
State Railroad Commission
May Adopt Report at
Once
looking for another seat. This he
found beside the witness. Smith, who
has testified before you and sat there
about half an hour. Then he return
ed to his party, talked about the play
and its lack of interest. They left, Mrs.
Thaw nnd Thomas McCaleb in front.
Truxton Bealo and Thaw following.
Mr. Beale saw a friend and stopped to
speak to him.
"Ho left Thaw to proceed on his way
alone. Remember at thin point, gentle
men, the unbroken testimony of all
the witness, s Is to the effect that the
manner and demeanor of Thaw was
perfectly calm and composed and that
he walked, quietly down the aisle.
When he reached the paint of exit, he
espied to his right the form of Stan
ford White, intently looking at the
performance on the stage. Mr. Thaw
turned, walked slowly and quietly to
ward him. faced him and fired three
shots whieh caused his death. He then
slowly and deliberately, and I wish to
call you attention to this circumstance,
ns testified to by Moyer Cohen, who.
sai l that as soon as the body of Stan
ford White had fallen to the ground.
Thaw turned to the audience, spread
out his arms in the shape of a cro^s
nnd stood composedly there—a circum
stance whieh has not been dwelt upon
by the learned experts called as wit
nesses by the State, but which denotes
the character of the execution that
took place.
Stood Like a Priest.
"Mr Thaw stood ns a priest might
have stood after ceremony of sadriflcalJ
duty saying, ‘All ls over.’ and dismiss
ing the congregation. He turned his
pistol barrel down to indicate to the
audience that there was no danger
to them. He walked slowly where his
wife stood and when she said. ’Oh.
Harry, what have you done?’ he re
plied: ’It is all right, dearie. I have
probably saved your life.’ As he said
this he stooped nnd kissed her. When
he was disarmed he said. ’He ruined
my wife.’ When tho policeman came
he -aid. ’He ruined my wife.’
’ I have dwelt upon these incidents,
gentlemen, to cal! your attention to the
fact that the safety of his wife, whose
menace was implied by the very pres
ence of this man was uppermost in his
mind.
"To him this man who had met the
young wife on the street, had followed
h-*r to the rnfe Martin and to the roof
garden. This was the man who had
boaster he would get the young wife
away from her husband. Po it was
that after he had shot, the first great
thought that welled up within him
in the storm and stress of the moment
was that at last my wife is safe I
have saved her lifo. And then when
he.answered the officer and said he i
ham ruined mv wife, what was the
condition of Ills mind? What was it.
then, as quietly and peaoably walking
down he turned and saw the hideous
form of the man who had been the :
cause of so much suffering"’’
Wife’s Wrong Overcome Him.
With dramatic emphasis Mr. Deimas I
expressed himself to his counsel. [ eration. She said she would prepare
i An adjournment was ordered bv i the statement, but that she will not
I Justice Fitzgerald until 11:30 o’clock call in person at the State Department
tomorrow morning, when District At
torney Jerome, who was not in the
court room at any stage of today’s
proceedings, will begin his summing
up speech. The case should be in the
jury’s hands tomorrow evening.
WILL IT GET GREESE
Hi 6AYN0R FREE?
SAVANNAH. Ga.. April 9.—Will
Greene and Gaynor he set free?
This is the question lhat is agitating
their attorneys here since the decis
ion of the United States Supreme
Court in Washington in which it was
held that a man extradited for one of
fense from Canada and indicted and
tried for another in this country was
illegally convicted.
The case in question is that of C. C.
Browne, who was extradited from
Canada to New York on one charge
and. on arriving there, was indicted
on an entirely different charge, yet
bearing in the main on the cause of
the warrant for his extradition.
to present it.
DUBLIN, GA., POSTPONES
MEMORIAL EXERCISES
DUBLIN. Ga.. April 9.—Owing to the
illness of the president of Smith Chapter.
Daughters of the Confederacy, it has been
decided to postpone the Memorial Day
exercises. It Is possible that no exer
cises will be held at all this year, but at
a later date the chapter may decide to
hold exercises.
The city authorities are now figuring
on a meter rate for the electricity to sup
plant the present meter and flat rate.
On June 1 the city will install a dav
current and it will be necessary at that
time to increase the flat rate or abolish
it altogether. It is probable that here
after only a meter rate will be charged.
The city will be prepared to sell or rent
meters to all of the users of electricity
in the city.
The members of the Knights of Pythias.
Odd Fellows and Red Men have combined
on May 15 for their annual picnic at
Idylwlld. A special train will be used,
and It is probable that several hundred
will be in attendance. The secret order
men of Wriglitsvifle. Tcnniile. Hawkins-
ville and other points on the line of the
WrighsviUe nnd Tennille Road may be
invited to participate.
Police Litigation at an End.
ATLANTA, April 9—There will be
no further litigation over the recent
election of a new police force by the
board of police commissioners. Orion
Nunnally. former police commissioner,
today instructed Alderman and Attor
ney James L. Key Yfh9 has been rep
resenting him in the litigation.to with
draw he suit for injunction, and this
will end the fight. A preliminary in-
jpnetion was refused by the superior
court In the meantime the election
was held and nothing could have been
gained by continuing the litigation ex
cept a rather valueless decision as to
the merits of the two contentions The
present police board will put the civil
service sysem in to effect at once.
Wind Stops Clocks.
ATLANTA. April 9—Since last night
the wind has been blowing here from
20 to almost 50 miles an hour, and a
curious effect of this has been the
stopping of practically all the clocks
in the Atlanta skyscrapers. This was
due to the sway ing of the buildings.
One of the clocks In Weather Forecast
er Marburv’s office stopped this morn
ing on this account. Pictures on the
taken to doing* the pendulum stunt.
Mr. Marbury made careful calcula
tions today and found that the Empire
building in the top of which his of
fice is locatted fourteen stories high,
sways two inches each way.
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diamonds, but laid the burden of the
crime on Leopold. Some of the dia
monds which had belonged to Mrs.
Leslie were found on Nichols and Leo
pold.
FRd PISTOL SHOT
AMERICUS, Ga., April 9.—John A.
Cobb. Jr., whose death resulted at
Cordele this morning from a pistol
shot In the temple, was a native of
Amerlcus and only surviving son of
Hon. John A. Cobb, judge of the Court
of Ordinary of Sumter and member of
the illustrious Georgia family of that
name. Young Mr. Cobb was a visitor
here three days ago and announce
ment of his tragic death causes gen
eral sorrow in Americas.
EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE
HELD AT PINEHURST, N. C.
OIIITED STATES JUDGE
WASHINGTON, April 9.—President
Roosevelt today appointed Oscar
Hundley, of Huntsville. Ala., to be
United' States Judge for the Northern
District of Alabama. The President’s
action ends a long contest for this place
for which there were a number of appli
cants. both Republicans and Democrats.
There was said to be considerable oppo
sition to Mr. Hundley from members of
his own party, and Senator Pettus, who
has taken an active- part in the fight
against his opponent, recently lodged a
vigorous protest against him declaring
that the feeling against Mr. Hundley
was participated in by a large contingent
of the Republicans Of Alabama.
Accompanying the announcement of the
appointment. Secretary Loeb gave’ to the
press a long list of endorsements filed by
Judge Hundley with his application for
appointment to the office. These include
members of the judiciary of Alabama,
former members of the judiciary of the
Supreme and Chancery Courts of the State.
Wm. D. Jellcs. the then Governor: Gov.
Roberts, of Connecticut; Gov. Curtis
Guild. Jr., of Massachusetts, various State
a ad .city officials of Alabama, and well
known citizens of that State.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MET.
NASHVILLE, Term.. April 9.—The
executive committee of the Presbyte
rian church in the United States "met
here today. Miss Annie V. Wilson with
her sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, of
Richmond. Va.. wore appointed mis
sionaries. The annual report of the
general assembly was adopted, over
turning the assembly to organize a lay
mans missionary movement in the
Presbyterian church and asking that
an effort be made to bring the con
tribution to one million dollars per an
num for missionary work. The re
ceipts for the present year amounted to
$276,000..
SCHOONER LOUIS BOSSERT
ASHORE AT KILL DEVIL HILL.
NORFLOK. Va.. April 9.—Newport
wreckers on the tug Coly, which have
'been standing by the stranded Brook
lyn schooner Louis Bossert. ashore
south of Kill Devil Hill life saving sta
tion on the North Carolina coast, were,
as the result of high winds and rough
seas, still unable today to get a cable
to the Bossert, which is well on the
beach. The seven masted schooner
Thos. W. Lawson, patroleum laden.
which became separated in the late
storm front the tug Paul Jones, towing : ATLANTA VOTES FOR
her from Sabine Pass, Texas, to Mar
cus Hook, Pa., was sighted today off
tile Chicimicomo life saving station on
the North Carolina coast under her
own sails, making fair time and ap
parently safe.
Captain Girvan. commanding the
British steamship Lord Iveagh, reports
having sighted on April 4. in latitude
29.25 north, longitude 79.49 west, the
iron Norwegian barque Ennerdale of
ArendaLwith her main mast gone bulk
heads missing and her deck house
Preacher Talked Too Much.
ATLANTA. April 9.—Because one of
the Jurors. Rev. Chas. M. Wilkinson, a
preacher, said he would hang the de
fendant if he got on the jury, and
afterwards got there, a new trial was
granted by the supreme court today to
Arthur Glover, a former detective, who
was convicted in Richmond superior
court of the murder of Maud Dean, a
cotton mill employe, and sentenced to
serve a life term in the penitentiary.
Glover entered the cotton mill where
the young woman was at work at a
loom and shot her down. He' shot her
five times. He was convicted of mur
der. but given a life sentence. The
supreme court puts its reversal of the
lower court entirely on the ground of
the remark alleged to. have been made
before the trial by the preacher juror.
The supreme court today confirmed
the life sentence of Jack McLeod con
victed in Telfair County of the mur
der of Joseph Studstill. - McLeod called
Studst’ll to the door of his home and
asked him for a match. As the match
was handed to him he proceeded to
knock Studstill down and then killed
him with an axe.
GOV.-ELECT HOKE SMITH
SAILS ON KAISER WILEHLM ll
NEW YORK, - April 9.—On the
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II. which
sailed today was a party consisting of
Gov.-elect Hoke Smith", of Georgia;
Wm. W. Williamson, president of the
Savannah Chamber of Commerce, and
G. Gunby Jordan, president of the Im
migration Society of Georgia. They
are going to study the immigration
question with a view to developing the
resources of Georgia.
$350OCO MUNICIPAL BONDS
ATLANTA, Ga.. April 9.—At a spec
ial election held here today the propo-
I =i;ion to issue $350 000 municipal bonds
for the improvements of the Atlanta
j waterworks, was carried by 62 votes
I more than the necessary two-thirds
j all votes cast.
There were no signs of life about the
Ennerdale.
LESTER H. JONES. PAST EXALTED
RULER OF THE ELKS. DEAD
OTTOWA, III.. April 9—Lester H. Jones,
past exalted ruler of the Elks, died
suddenly yesterdiv in this city, a post
mortem examination has been held and
parts •of his body sent to Chicago for
chemical analysis. The Corcr..r's jury
will not return a verdict until the result
of the examination ls known.
HARVARD STUDENTS FINED
FOR DISTURBANCE IN THEATER.
BOSTON. April 9.—-Robert T. Lee
and Henry - Watson. Harvard students,
were each fined $40 in the municipal
court today after pealing guilty to a
charge of creating a disturbance at
the Majestic theater last night during
the opening performance of “Brown of
Harvard.” Three other students who
pleaded not guilty had their cases con
tinued until Thursday A sixth student
was charged with drunkenness, but
was released as it was his first offense.
Gordon Monument Commission.
ATLANTA. April 9.—A meeting of
the Gordon Monument Commission was
held today in the office of Governor
Terrell at the capitol for the purpose
of completing the program for the un
veiling ceremonies on May 2.5. The de
tails of the urogram were discussed at
length, but final completion of it was
left to another meeting which will be
held at the call of the Governor.
The contractor who is building the
pedestal gave assurance that he would
have everything in readiness for the
unveiling on the date named.
It was unanimously decided to invite
General Stephen D. Lee to be present
on this occas’on and make a short ad
dress. The principal address of the oc
casion will be delivered by Genera.!
Clement A. Evans, General Gordon’s
comrade in arms and life long friend.
A large number of well-known Confed
erate veterans will be invited to be
present from various sections of the
South A committee on invitations
was named, the financial reports were
read and approved and the meeting
adjourned.
All of the local members of the com
mission were present, but of the three
out of town members only Captain
John W. Clarke, of Augusta, attended.
DIG OVER LOSS
KER TOOK OWN LIT
NEW YORK, April 10.—-Broken
hearted, as he said, over losses follow
ing the recent slump in Wall street,
Samuel "B. VanSicklin, a curb broker,
36 years of age, shot and killed him
self tonight. VanSicklin with his wife
lived in Manhattan avenue, and in the
absence of his wife, fired a bullet into
his brain.
A note left for his wife read:
“My Dear Wife: Forgive me for
this great wrong but my heart is
broken over my break in Wall street.
I wish you good luck and happiness as
we have been happy together."
PINEHURST. N. C. ( April 9—Better
educational facilities, more school
houses and continued war against illit
eracy was the slogan of the speakers
at the conference for education in the
South, which convened here today in
tenth annual session. The speakers at
tonight’s session, at which Foster Pea
body, of New York, presided, included
Governor Glenn, of North Carolina: Dr.
S. Mitchell, of Richmond; President
Judson, of Chicago University; Dr. F.
W. Hunett, Lexington, Ky„ pdesident
of the Central University of Kentucky,
and President F. Wickliff Rose, agent
of the Peabody fund.
Governor' Glenn discussed the atti
tude of the South toward the so-called
education movement, and in referring
to the loyalty of the South to the union
remarked that the Southern people to
day considered President Roosevelt the
greatest ruler the world has ever
known.
ATLANTA, April 9.—Expert W. O.
Jackson, chief inspector of railways of
the Ohio Railroad Commission, today
completed his inspection of the physi
cal properties of the Georgia Railroad
and Banking Company, and made his
report to the Georgia Railroad Com
mission.
Mr. Jackson's report shows the road
to be in good physical condition and
safe for travel. He takes up each
branch of the road in detail, describe?
it and concludes with brief comment
He found repairs needed in several
places in the matter of crossties and
bridges. In some instance these have
been recently made In others they are
being pushed as rapidly as is ordinar
ily done 'by any railroad.
Speaking of the main line, ho said
special attention was given to the al
leged dangerous points In the track,
"But I failed to find anything to indi
cate that the track was unsafe.”
Summarising conditions in "his con
clusion, Mr. Jackson says “On the en
tire system the alignment and eleva
tion of the track is exc optionally good
and the track conditions would be
rated at a good SO per cent of tho per
fection among the railroads with which
I have had to do for the past six years
as chief Inspector for the railroad com
mission of Ohio, therefore, I have no
hesitancy in pronouncing this road safe
to that degree and do so without fear
of successful contradiction.”
Mr. Jackson found tho depots nicely
kept and ample to take care of the
traffic. Locomotives and rolling stock
he found in a fair condition, consider
ing that congested traffic has kept
them in constant service for many
months.
While the commission has not taken
formal action it is indicated from a
preliminary discussion of ihe report
this afternoon that it will be adopted
as the report of the commission.
The failure of Bowdre Phinizy, of
Augusta, who made the complaint to
accompany the inspector after urgent
invitation caused considerable com
ment. a- .
BACK TO CUBAN
HAVANA, April 10.—It appears to
night that July 4, 1908, will be the
date when the control of Cuban affairs
is given back to the Cuban people.
The Liberals are anxious that the
final elections be held in December,
1907, and the Government turned over
May 20, 1908, the anniversary of the
inauguration of the first Cuban repub
lic; they also want the municipal and
provincial elections held simultan
eously.
The Conservatives, on the other
hand, desire that the final elections
be held later than next December and
that the municipal and provincial elec
tions be held six months apart. In
view of this divergence of desire, a
compromise will result in the turning
over of the control of Cuban affairs on
the .American holiday is probable.
It’ is known that Secretary Taft in
sists upon a thorough census, consid
ering such a step absolutely necessary
before successful elections can be held.
This undoubtedly will require more
than four months, the estimate of time
therefor made by the Liberals. Con
sequently the municipal elections
would fall in October or November,
but as December is the month for har
vesting the sugar crop, it is recogniz
ed that in October or November are
impracticable as they would pretty
thoroughly disorganize the community
at just the time when the greatest
number are needed in the fields. The
wishes of the planters, therefore, will
be heeded and the next Cuban sugar
crop will be gathered under American
control.
Eli PAROGNEO
ATIANTA. Ga.. April 9—The nnliee
rommi'tP*' of Council and Mavor Joiner
rifle ->r-crn"on rejected some 22 applica
tions 'Tu- for barrooms on the
-round the there are already fnonah of
th-m 1" 'tl-.ntn. and announced th-t no
more licenses for saloons would be
granted this year.
Texas Lumbermen in Session.
HOUSTON. Tex., April 9.—More
than 500 mill men and pine and hard
wood dealers are in Houston in attend
ance on the annual convention of the
Texas Lumbermen’s Association. It is
the twenty-first annual meeting of the
organization and the largest in its his
tory. Every section of the State was
represented in the assembly that filled
Turner Hall when the convention was
called to order at 11 o'clock this morn
ing.
Mayor Rice greeteed the visitors, for
whom appropriate response was made
by the president, Ernest Steves, of San
Antonio. The remainder of the morn
ing and the greater part of the after
noon Were given up to the reports of
the various officers and committees of
the association. The convention ex
pects tot conclude its business tomor
row and the following day will be de
voted to excursions and other forms of
entertainment.
TOPEKA, Kan., April 10.—Governor
Hoch has granted a conditional par
don to Willie Sell, the quadruple mur
derer who has been in the Kansas pen-
tentiary since 1888 serving a life sen
tence. The principal condition of the
pardon that Sell must not in any man
ner exhibit himself for the purpose of
making money.
Sell was convicted of the murder of
his father, mother, brother and sister.
The family were murdered at night and
all four were cut and slashed in a hor
rible manner. Willie stoutly main
tained his innocence and declared the
murders were committed by a man who
attacked the victims while he slept. He
had, he declared been awakened and
had chased the man as he fled from the
house. In defending .Sell, his attor
neys argued that it would have been a
physical impossibility for him to have
committed the crime as he was sickly
and developed no more than a boy of
13 years.
CHICAGO, April 10.—"Appomattox
day” was celebrated here last night by
the Hamilton club, with a banquet at
the Auditorium hotel. Tho program in
cluded addresses by Congressman F. W.
Cushman, of Washington, Congressman
A. O. Stanley, of Kentucky, and former
United Stales Senator Wm. F. Mason,
of Illinois.
Jubilation over the election of a
Republican mayor of Chicagq was
made a feature of the banquet, al
though Fred A. Busse, the mayor-de-
jure, was unable to attend on account
of sickness. Congressman Cushman,
responded to the toast “Appomattox
Day.” The next speaker was Congress
man Stanley, who paid an eloquent
tribute to Lee and Grant, the leaders
of the two armies whose contentions
ceased at Appomattox, forty-two years .
ago today, saying:
“I rejoice that tonight upon the an
niversary of the fateful day the South
contemplated the scene without shame
and the North without exultation.
"Many have been the reasons for the
war assigned by statesmen and histo
rians, yet they are all but the many
results of one great cause. The North
had ceased to know the South; tho
South was a stranger to tho North.
“Had New York and ’New Orleans,
Richmond and Philadelphia, Chicago
and Memphis been connected by great
trunk lines of railways fifty years ago.
the chambers of commerce of those
cities would have averted a catastro
phe which baffled the wisdom, the elo
quence and the patriotism of sages and
statesmen.
• The North and South, I believe soon
Will be bound by ties stronger than
girders of steel. The Mississippi river
converted into a deep water way to
the gulf and the canalization of the
Ohio from Pittsburg to Cairo will open
a new chapter in industrial history of
the world and with the completion of
the Panama canal what an indescrib
able vista of commercial and maritime
supremacy opens before us.
“North and South have more than
forgotten the losses and wounds and
anger of yesterday, for the all sufficient
reason that like glorying in their
strength, blessed with prosperity and
wealth and exultant ill the anticipation
of a still brighter day, they simply
have no time to remember.’
HE PUT THE BLAME
ON THE WOMAN.
TEXAS LEGISLATURE PASSED
ANTI-BUCKET SHOP LAW.
AUSTIN. Texas. April 9.—Both
branches of the Texas Legislature to
day passed a law absolutely prohibiting
the opeartion of bucket shops, cotton
exchanges.or any dealings in futures in
Texas. If approved the law becomes
operative 90 days from April 12. the
day of the adjournment of the Legis-
latura. _ _■ -
!R NEWSPAPER
RILLED
EVANSVILLE. Ind.. April 9.—Thrown
into a state of nervous prostration by
reading an account published in a news
paper of her supposed death. Mrs. Louiax.
Duley, aged 49 years, expired last night.
Through an error the death of a woman
of the same name was reported as hav
ing occurred’ in Mrs. Duley'.s home and
as she read the story, she fell from her
chair to the floor. A physician was called,
but was unable to learn the reason for
Mrs. Duley’s collapse. She became ra
tional later and after talking a few min
utes began to cry: "I am dead. I am
dead. I saw it in the paper," and died in
hysterics. ...
VALDOSTA, Ga., April 9.—"The wo
man pluckc-d the fruit and I did eat."
was the burden of the defense put up
in United States Commissioner Powell's
court yesterday in the case against
Dave Sutton, an aged citizen from
near Fargo, who was arraigned for
illicit distilling. He was arrested by
Officers Myddelton and Norton and
brought here for trial.
To the commissioner he said that ho
had nothing lo do with tho illicit
whisky except to drink a little of it.
‘My wife run the still,” he said, “and
made all of the whisky that was made,
took a leelle dram onco In awhile,
just as she did.”
Sutton is an old Confederate veteran,
and the still which was found on his
place was of the pot variety and with
a capacity of thirty-five gallons. He
said that he never sold any whisky and
enither did his wife. They were eld.
he said, and needed a dram occasion
ally to keep them up. They had no
way to get it except make it and they
did not know it was against the law
where they made it only for their own
use.
His bond was fixed at $150 and he
promptly gave iL He will have to ex
plain the situation to Judge Speer at
the next term of the Federal Court.
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER JEWS
PLANNED BY RUSSIANS,
ST. PETERSBURG. April 9.—At a
meeting of the union of Russian peo
ple held here today, it was resolved to
demonstrate at Easter time (April 28)
especially in localities where the Jews
are "numerous, and if the authorites in
terfered to start anti-Jewish attacks.
The signal for these attacks shall be
the appearance of a black flag in the
Znamya, the organ of ;he union. The
attention of the Government has been
called to the fact that thousands of
I Jewish families in the Southern prov
inces of Russia are selling-their homes
and departing in anticipation of whole
sale anti-Jewish attacks at the Rus
sian Easter.
VALUABLE DOGS POISONED
IN SUBURB OF ATLANTA
ATLANTA. April 9.—In Battle Hill
and the western part of the city for
ty-seven valuable dogs have been
poisoned in the last few weeks and the
oWiners are up in arms, having offered
large rewards for the arrest of the
guilty party. The humane officers ara
after" the strychnine users.