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TWICE A-WEEK TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA FAIR AND WARMER TUESDAY; WEDNESDAY SHOWERS, FRESH SOUTHWEST WINDS. ESTABLISHED IN 1826. MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1907 TWICE-A-WEEK. $1.00 A YEAR. RALPH H. BROWN'S DEATH ID. H. R. CONGRESS BY HIS OWN PISTOL VOTES FOR PEACE Mystery of the Tragedy Complicated by Burglar Theory. Batch of Current Gate City New: jg I that he thought this an excess've valu- ■ aiion but would make it If the Comp- I trolier General insisted on It. ! The Comptroller General replied ask- j Ir.g for this return and it will be made. ! Herein evidently lies an indication of ! the course Comptroller General Wright j intends to pursue In the matter of tax eturns this year, and it is expected hat considerable advances will be ask- d from corporations all over thesstate. ATLANTA. April 15.—Ralph H. Brown. 38 years old. an expert audi tor and accountant, was found In the dining room nt his home No. 261 Forrest avenue, about 3 o'clock this morning with a bullet hole In his right side, front which death resulted before medical aid could be summoned. There is considerable mystery about Frown's death and several theories have been advanced to account for it. He was discovered by b's wife and Ills mother-in-law. Mrs. W. D. Bizzell, ns he was faintly gasping for breath. The bullet which had entered his right e de had evidently come from his own pistol, which was in his right hand coat pocket. This has led the city de tectives, who have investigated the matter and members of his family to believe that the shooting was an acci dent. There was a theory advanced also that Rrown met his death while trying to use his pistol on a burglar. Brown has been In the habit of getting out of bed about 3 o'clock in the motnlng and going down to look after the' Are In the hig heater in the hallway. He , did so this morning and shortly after ward his wife and her mother were groused by whnt seemed to be a con versation or some other noise. They decided to Investigate and on going down stairs found Mr. Brown lying on ♦he floor unconscious and near to death. Physicians were hurriedly sum moned. hut he died before they could reach the house.. The burglar theory grew out of the fact that the back door was found standing opOn, and It v is thought by some that Brown was shot with his own pistol In his effort to dispose of the burglar, who made his escape through the open door. The pistol was so rlose to the body when the shot was flred that the clothing caught fire and was burning when the hody was found. The dead man was a member of a well known firm of ac countants here. Georgia Road Moves Granite. REPRESENTATIVE RICHMOND P, HOBSON MADE BEARER OF THE RESOLUTION TO THE PEACE CONGRESS. ATLANTA. April 15—The Georgia Railroad has moved seventy-five car loads of granite from Litbonla since Friday, Railroad Commissioner O. B Stevens stated today, and he expressed i the congress in behalf of peace, was 1 ,hat * he -remaining forty cars delegated as" the special envoy to pre- would be moved today. This will mean | , ent the reso lution to the international that the road has disposed of the en- peace congrcss in Xew Tork city . T he WASHINGTON, April 15.—The con tinental congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution today adopt ed by a unanimous vote a resolution in favor of international peace. This was the principal feature of file after noon session. Representative Richmond P. Hobson, .of Alabama, who addressed tire 115 cars which Commissioner Ste vens found there on Friday, within four days including Sunday. In view of this fact it is interesting to note that the Georgia Railroad au thorities claimed that it was practi cally impossible for them to handle fhe granite promptly on account of the congested condition of the Atlanta yards, and because their connecting lines refused to accept it from them. Noth withstanding this practical Impos sibility the granite has been moved and the tracks at Lithonia are now com- partlvely clear. Railroad Case Argued. President of Dairymen. ATLANTA. April 15.—The Atlanta Dairymen’s Association has elected Kd. L. Wight, of S.vmrna. as president for the ensuing year. They have fixed lhe price-of milk at 11 cent- per quart cream 45 cents per quart and butter milk at 20 cents per’ gallon, to the re tail trade. This scale, which is an In crease of 10 to 15 per cent, went Into effect today. II Cruel Father Betrayed Himself. r; it ei <■ "rt VTLANTA April 15.—H. L. Rurford. No. 5 Woodward avenue, had a *'t or stirring experience in. police this morning. He had been summoned there to answer to Charges of cruel treatment of bis children, three little girls, aged 14. 12 and 7 years. It was charged that both he and his present wife.^stepmother to the children, had been cruel to them, and that the back of the oldest, Liz- rlo was scarred where he had beaten her with a strap. The evidence, how ever. did not seem sufficiently conclu sive to warrant Immediate action, and Recorder Broyles allowed Rurford' to go with a warning. As he was going out of the court room he was seen to give the oldest of the girls an unnec essarily severe Jerk and heard to threaten them with a good whipping when he got them heme. Recorder Broyles immediately sent out and had hint brought back. For tills burst of temper the recorder not only fined him nnd costs, hut ordered ajl the chil dren-taken away from him and turn ed over to their grandmother, who had expressed a desire tc> take them and to bring them up. ATLANTA, April -15—The caso of the Georgia Railroad Commission aginst the Wadley Southern Railroad Co., was argued in the Sdpreme Court today. This case was brought up on appeal by the Railroad .Commission from Cobb Superior Court where it was first heard before Judge George F. Gober. This case Involves the very Impor tant power of the Railroad Commission upon which is based its Rule 1. know: as the continuous mileage rule. The stock of t'le Wadley Southern having been acquired by the Central of Geo gia, the Commission issued an order putting those roads under theicontinu ous mileage rule, involving a reduction in their local freight rates on hauls made over parts of both lines. Judge Gober granted an Injunction aginst the enforcement of the order, bolding that Rule 1 was invalid and void, and that the Commission had no right to make such requirement, appeal was then taken to the Suprent Court. The case was argued in the Suprem Court by Lawton & Cunningham on behalf of the Wadley ‘Southern and the Central of Georgia, and by Attor ney General John C. Hart and Judge J. K. Hines for the State. Hon. Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb, who is attorney in imilar case pending against the Ma eon. Dublin and 'Savannah and the Seaboard Air Line, ws present during the argument. Reward Offered. ATLANTA. April 15.—Governor Ter rell today offered a reward of $100 for the arrest of the unknown person Who on the night of April 11. set fire to and burned the barn of T. V. B'allard. of Harlem, Columbia County. A horse a mule, a cow and ofher property were destroyed in the barn. INSPECTORS TO INVESTIGATE CRUELTY TO CONVICTS Habersham Peach Crop Gone. ATLANTA. April 15.— A. M. Kitch en. a well .known peach grower of Baldwin. Habersham County, who was in Atlanta today, stated that Haber- ,i nn , would scarcely turn out a sin- rl' . rate of peaches this year. "There is not a crate of peaches left on mv place,” he said “and I am sat isfied there is not in Haoersham Countv. I am satisfied the loss in Habersham County alone this year w jll bo $260,000. •■Of hi-s. I know only what T have heard as to other sections of the Ht.iie. but the indications all point to a general destruction of the peach crop by the recent severe and con tinued cold weather. T \ Hall, of Calhoun, superinten dent of public buildings and grounds y Georgia, who has peach int AMTJRTCUS. Gil., April 15.—State Penitentiary Inspectors Burke and Dedweyler reached Americus this af ternoon and tomorrow wil.' officially inspect the Sumter County chaingang. Roeent disclosures of the cruel whip ping of convicts, as a result of the vestigation made by the county com missioners. Is doubtlessly responsible for the presence of the penitentiary in specters here tonight Citizens her are considerably aroqsed over the rev elations resulting from the official in vestigation by the commissioners and Insist strongly uporr the institution of promised reforms in the chaingang management. FRUIT IN LOW PLACES WAS KILLED OUT RIGHT AT CALHOUN CALHOUN. Ga.. April 15.—A heavy frost here this morning with a freeze. Fruit in low places was killed outright, and it Is estimated that only 25 per cent of the crop remains in the or chard situated on higher ground. Heavy- orders for crates were made, based only on weather conditions until May 1st. Orders now for crates will be counter manded. The smaller fruits are killed, and we can count on only the old “stand by. the persimmon"-to appease our ap petite for some kind of fruit. >n -.i \ nc peache H. He Mars i left in Gor- > had praeti- hor for the past ten s. he said and it ha* ar them to survive it. 1 known peach grow- e. telephoned Atlanta would not be more cent of a crop in that COSES FOI HI SEE! PRESIDENT GUERRY. OF WES LEYAN OFFERED INVITA TION TO MEET IN MA CON resolution sets forth the regret of the Daughters’ congress that, on account of its present meetings, it could not accept the ^invitation to participate directly' in the arbitration peace con gress: endorsed the Bartholdt resolution adopted at the London congress of the inter-parliamentary union in 1005. and -adds: "Resolved that the present general is hereby authorized to appoint a commit tee to present to the peace congress at New York, a copy of the resolutions and also to present to Mr. Carnegie the great flag tendered to him as an ap preciation of his sercices to the cause of peace. That the continental congress advocates the proposition in regard to the ten nations contributing to the cause of peace about »ne-tenth of one per cent of the sum devoted to war and endorse as well the peace pilgrim age recently suggested by Wm. T. Stead of London:” On behalf of the continental con gress, Mrs. McLean, the president, said it was an unusual honor for a wo man's organization to be invited to par ticipate in a movement looking to un iversal peace among the nations of the earth. The credentials committee by Mrs. Charlotte E. Main, of this city*, chairman, and the program committee by Mrs. Alexander E. Patton, of Penn sylvania, •chairman, were read and ap proved. This evening the daughters attended a musical reception by the memorial continental hall committee. GEORGE SUTTON WAS EXPELLED FROM PARIS PLEA FOR PEACE WANT NO MORE WARS NOTABLE SPEAKERS PEACE CONFERENCE YORK, AT THE IN NEW NEW TORK. April 15.—Warned by President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Root that If success Is to crown the efforts of those who are working for peace among the nations o£• the world, their endeavor must be along practicable lines that they must not, by insisting upon the impossible, put off the day when the possible can be accomplished the National arbitration and peace conference which is meeting In this city’ under, the presidency* of Andrew Carnegie, began today its real activities with two crowded sessions in Carnegie hall. Secretary* Root also took occasion in his speech to point out the propositions which the TJnitPd States Government will have to make at the coming con ference at The Hague. He warned his hearers not to expect tna much at this second conference. The President in a letter to the congress expressed the hope that the coming conference will result in the adoption of international arbitration treaty*. Secretary Root, af ter seconding th's hope, declared the United States thought it proper to urge again the discussion of the subject of the limitation of armament of the na tions on land and sea and the aboli tion of the practice of using force in the collection af debts owed by one na tion to the citizens of another. MISS ROURKE DEAD FROM HER INJURIES CASE AGAINST PERSONS RE SPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT BECOMES MORE SE RIOUS ' ' SEISMIC SHOCKS CARRY DEATH AND DESTRUCTION TO A CITY IN MEXICO SAVANNAH. April 15.—The cases against the railroad men and the chauffeur and lecturer of the sight seeing automobile that was run down Saturday by* a Central Railway* erigine were not heard by the police recorder today, but were continued until Wed nesday*. Criminal negligence Is charged against them, but the cases have be come more serious now because of the fact that this afternoon Miss Mary Teresa Rourke. of Brooklyn, N. Y. died of the injuries she received in the accident. The five others who sus tained injuries are said to be better and in a fair way toward complete recovery. Miss Rourke’s remains will be sent to Brooklyn tomorrow. Sev eral of her relatives had come to the city* and were with her when she died. SUPREME HELD TRAVERS MARRIAGE WAS LEGAL Carnegie’s Tribute to President. PARTS April 15.—George Sutton, the American blllard player who re cently conducted a .school for billiards in this city, and against whom the police issued an expulsion order under the law for the prevention of gam bling. l.eft Paris this morning. Ac cording to Sutton’s partner in the bil liard school, the player did not apply to the embassy in order to secure postponement of the order for his ex pulsion though he was accorded six hours delay by* the police. MONEY BROKERS SECURE INJUNCTION AGAINST CITY SAVANNAH, April 15.—A . tempo rary* injunction was secured in Judge Cann’s court today* against the city restraining it from selling the proper ty* of money* brokers which had been levied upon because of their failure to pay the $250 license exacted by* the city*. The brokers claim they* are bankers, and are liable only for the $50 license bankers have to pay. On April 20 Judge Cann will have'a hear ing to let the defendant show why the injunction should not be made perma nent. CHIEF OF POLICE OF NEWARK COMMITTED SUICIDE NEWARK. N. J.. April 15.—Chief of Police John Adams, of this city, shot and killed himself in Branch Brook Park today. Adams had been on the police force 32 years, and two years ago he pas made chief. With the three former police commissioners, two captains and several plain clothed men Chief Adams ■ as indicted recentlv for non-feasance in office in having failed to close alleged disorderly houses. It had been tfimored that the police board was to have su: pended all of the indicted men at _ meeting this afternoon, nnd it is thought that this may have made the chief des perate and caused him to take his life. Mr. Carnegie paid a tribute to Pre dent Roosevelt and expressed the wish that Mr. Roosevelt might be the peace maker of the future. He declared, how eve'r. that Emperor William is the man among all men. who holds the peace of the nations in his power. In this connection Mr. Carnegie said it was unjust to speak of the Emperor as menace to the peace of Europe, add ing In twenty* years upon the throne, the German ruler had spilt no blood nor caused an international war. At the afternoon session the speak ers were Secretary Root Gov. Chas. E. Hughes, of New York; Mayor George B. McClellan, of New York city*, who made the address of wel come. and Mr. Carnegie. Tonight the speakers included Baron D'Estourneiles DeConstant member of the French Senate and head of the international conciliation commission, and Secretary Oscar S. Strauss of the Department of Com merce and Labor. President Roosevelt in his letter to the congress urged that its-efforts be devoted to the practical side of' the question it had undertaken to dis cuss. “An impassioned oration about peace ” he declared; “which includes an impassioned demand" for some thing which the man who makes the demand either knows or ought know cannot as a matter of fact be done, represents not gain, but loss for the cause of peace; for even the no- blets cause is marred by advocacy which is either insincere or foolish." Hoped for . Arbitration Treaty. WRIT TO TAKE SULLY CASE TO THE SUPREME COURT WASHINGTON. April 15.—A petition for a writ of certiorari was presented to the Supreme Court of the United States today in the ease of D. H. Miller, trus tee in bankruptev. of the'New York firm f Daniel J. Sully & Co. vs. W. O. Mc Cormick and others, involving some of details of the alleged effort to “cor ner the cotton supply of 1904.” The court took the petition tinder advisement. Spokane Rate Case Again. bv Letters from Elbert t.tt fully 75 per cent • re have been killed County* .one perhaps more. Through ih nnd others made to oxtf Mt s efforts preparations ! nd the canninc is vear. but t ad Kitchen been lustrv thev state the br nothing left tr •an. Second Corporation Returns. ATLANTA. SAVANNAH. April 15.—The Wo man eign Missionary* Board of the South Georgia Conference of the Methodist Church tonight decided to increase their subscription to the cause from $15,000 to $35,000. The invitation of DuPont Guerry, president of Wesleyan Female College, to hold the meeting next year at Ma con was accepted. Mrs. Geo. W. Mathews, of Hawkins- viile president, and Mrs. L. H. Burg- | hard of Macon secretary, were ap- i pointed a committee to atren> the meeting of the board ef the Methodist Episcopal Church South, which is to be held next month at Richmond. PORTLAND. Ore.. April 15.—The taking of testimony in the so-called Spokane rate case, which was begun the Interstate Commerce Comm! Ion in Chicago last month, was re- utned here today preliminary to the hearing of arguments in the case be fore the full commission at Washing ton. The principal question involved whether the Interstate Commerce Commission is authorized by the Rate aw to reduce rates, not alone on ingle commodity, but on all commo- from the East to Spokane nnd her cities of the Inland Empire. The municipal Government and the Cham- of Commerce of Spokane are the plaintiffs in the case and the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads are the defendants. The Pacific Coast Jobbers* Association. composed of wholesale merchants and shippers of the coast cities, has intervened in the case in favor of the Tailroads. declaring that the rates as now constituted are just and should not b» changed. Kept Wedding Secret Year. April 15.—Comptroller Wright has received the •poratlon tax return of tre of the Columbus Wa: a which returned its total t $inp.000. •'’;•■ ;f 0 t>,A h< ConvHrol"er ' 0NE ITALIAN KILLED AND TEN OTHERS INJURED. run 1 exp. sos in- on amt and jonds. PHILADELPHIA tuiseppe Gasnirq wa !her Italian laborers Pa.. A pril WINSTEAD, Conn.. April 15.—In order that she might finish her course in the high, school. Miss Crissle Haupt, 19 years old. and Asa C. Burlison as sistant paymaster at the Coe Brass Works, in Torrington. kept their mar riage in New York more than a year I ago a secret until today. I The young couple >tole away* from town last March and had the cere mony performed, agreeing to keep the affair secret un;i1 the bride bad re ceived her diploma from the high rent, and turn of $3 A > tion in AL rich: ml Wricht three- fifths Trl. therefore were injured in istruction trains da and Western outside the city and car going s of the road at s in the ity ran The President closed by stating what he hoped to see at the coming conference at The Hague, a general arbitration treaty among the nations adopted and The Hague Court greatly increased in power and pfermanency. the judges in particular being made permanent and given adequate sala-. ries. Secretary* Root took for his subject the American sentiment of humanity. Gov. Hughes followed Mr. Root in a speech welcoming the congress in the name of the people of the State of New York. Andrew Carnegie, presi dent of the congress, made the open ing address. The great hall w^s filled to over flowing when AndrevV Carnegie came in the meeting. Proceedings were de layed until a flash light picture taken. Mr. Carnegie tonight-■ introduced Baron D'Estourneiles De ' Constant, who began his address in French, but soon changed to English. He was fol lowed by Oscar S. Strauss, Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Consul General Geo. W. Roosevelt Dead. WASHINGTON. April 15.—The State Department received a dispatch today announcing rhe death of George W. Roosevelt, a cousin of President Roose velt. at Brussels, where he was consul general. Mr. Roosevelt was appointed consul at Auckland in 1S7S. at St. Hel ena in ”1879. at Matanzas In 1S80. at Bordeaux in 1881 and at Brussels in 1SS9 and promoted to Counsel General at that port on March 14. 1905. He was borne in 1814 and served with dis tinction in the Civil War. WASHINGTON. D. C'„ April 15.—In the case of Amelia C. Travers vs. the Sisters of the Visitation, involving title to property* in the District of Colum bia. the supreme court of the United States today dealt with the irregular marriage of James Travers to Sophia Grayson, which occurred in Alexan dria. Va., in 1865. holding that not withstanding the defects the two were husband, and wife. The opinion was bv Justice Harlan who held that in view of the fact that the couple had lived together as man and wife for 18 years they* were such in law. In reach ing this conclusion he considered the effect of the laws of Virginia where the two were supposed to have been mar ried: those of Maryland where they lived the greater portion of 18 y*ears, and of New Jersey where Travers’ will was made in his wife’s favor. In Vir ginia there is a requirement that there shall be a marriage license and in Maryland that there shall be a relig ious ceremony, hut both of these ex emptions were disregarded and the New Jersey practice recognizing the union as legal was allowed to control. MURPHY SELECTS SACHEMS WITHOUT OPPOSITION NEW YORK April 15.—Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, met with no opposition tonight in the selection of sachems for the ensuing year, the ticket going through at the annual meeting without a dissenting ballot. The ticket elected was: Sachems— John F. Ahearn, Wm. Dalton. Daniel F. Cohaian. John Fox Asa Bird Gard ner, Randolph Guggenheimer. Daniej F. McMahon. Patrick Kennan. Chas! F. Murphy. George W. Plunkitt John J. Scannell and Timothy D. Sullivan; secretary. Thomas F. Smith. The grand sachem will be elected by* the acheins after their installation in May. FRUIT MD TRUCK ICE FOUND IN ATLANTA Al KILLING FROST REPORTED SOUTH OF MACON. Earth Continues to Rock at Intervals, Completing Work of Ruin. ' ATLANTA. Ga., April 15.—The cold weather of the past three days, ex tending throughout' the State of Geor gia and reaching as far South as Jack sonville, Fla., appears to have done enormous damage to fruit and vege tables, and injured cotton to a consid erable extent. The lowest temperature ever recorded here in April, 2S*4 de grees. was reached here Sunday morn ing. Sunday* night the freezing point was reached. Ice was formed here and killing frost is reported some distance south of Macon. Reports indicate great damage to peaches throughout the entire northern part of the State. Temperatures as low as 26 degrees were reported from several points. Number Casualties Not Ascertained Killing Frost at Eatonton. EATOXTOril Ga.. April 15.—Super intendent W. C. Wright, of the Eaton ton Public Schools, who keeps an offi cial record of the weather here for the United States weather bureau, reports the thermometer at twenty-six degrees Sunday* night with a killing frost Mondhy morning. Fruit growers here have abandoned all hopes of a peach crop, gardens are being ploughed up and replanted and farmers are re-planting cotton. There are a number of large or chards in Putnam and the general loss will be a heavy* one. CHTLPANCIXGO, Mexico, April 1 15.— This city* has been completely destroyed by one of the most serious earthquakes that has ever visited this section. Up to jhis evening the known dead num ber eleven, and the badly* injured seven. Among the dead is the wife of the Postal Inspector Leopold Lopez Guerra and the child of Jose Aleman, the post master of the city. , Jose Lomez Martinez, manager of the Federal telegraph office, was struck on the head by a block of stone and badly injured. A panic prevails every* where and people are fleeing to the open coun try. The earth continues to rock at half hour intervals, the many minor shocks completing the work of destruction. All telegraph communication with the out side world ceased shortly after 11:50 o'clock last night when the first shock was felt. The telegraph operators have Install ed temporary* quarters In an open square. Word has reached here that the town of Chilapa, forty-two kilo meters to the northeastward has also been destroyed. Number of Casaulties Not Known. Fruit Materially Damaged. KING EDWARD’S CUP FOR 22-FOOTERS CONTEST LONDON, April, 15.—King Ed ward’s cup, presented to the James town Exposition authorities for com petition between twenty-two footers, has been shipped to New York by- Thomas W. Cridler, the representative of the exposition, on board the Ameri can line steamer Philadelphia, which left Southampton April 13. The trophy is a handsome silver gilt copy of a cup of the early Georgian period, weighs 27S ounces is 22 inches high, and measures 22 inches from top to top of the handles. GRIFFIN, Ga.. April 15.—Investiga tions made by fruit growers and truck farmers in this section yesterday indi cate that the fruit crop is materially damaged and the vegetable crop al most completely destroyed as the re sult of the cold winds and freezing weather of the past few days. Opin ions on the condition of the fruit crop vary, but all agree that vegetables are practically* destroyed. The truck farmers will suffer a greater loss than any one else for but few people in this section devote much attention to the fruit industry. Corn was nearly all killed and early cotton may have to be replanted. . Farmers are apprehensive that the. damage may extend beneath the surface of the soil where the seed have, been ■ planted some length of time. Fruit Damaged in Virginia. DANVILLE. Va., April 15.—The re cent cold wfeather experienced In Dan- yillfe and vicinity* during the past sev eral day’s has done great damage to fruit trees and to growing vegetation. Reports from the surrounding country are that practically all o fthe peach plum, cherry and pear crop has been destroyed. The apple crop in this sec tion has not suffered much, owing to the fact that very few trees, are in bloom. As yet no details have boon received as to the number of dead and wounded, but it is feared that the number \H be large. This city is the capital of the State of Guerrero, and four years ago was visited by an earthquake which killed and wounded many* of its inhabitants and destroyed a large part of the town. Tho population of the town is 7.49S. The population of Chil apa is 15,000 and that place is the hom- of bishop of Che Catholic Church, who administers the ecclesiastical affairs of the entire region. No word has been received from the bishop's palce and it is not known at this time whether or not he. was a- victim of Che shock. Midway between the cities of Chilpan- cingo and Chilapa is the city of Tixtia. This is: a prosperous and progressive community* and as no word has been received that Chat 'place It is fearod that it also has been destroyed. A message was sent to the Federal tele graph office in Mexico City from Chil- pancingo: “Our boy’s are working ih a public garden. A terrible panic pre vails as the earth continues to tremble at regular intervals. Send us tents tha 1 we may establish a temporary office.” All communication with the west eoast has been cut off since the mo ment of the first big shock, and it is not known to what extent that region suffered. The nearest big town. Aca pulco. which is 131 kilometers to the southwest of this place, has not been heard from. People Fear Other Eruptions. ANNUAL MEETING DISTRICT GRAND LODGES I. O. B. B. TOUCHED GOLDEN KEY FOR NEW MASONIC TEMPLE WASHINGTON, April 15.—Presi dent Roosevelt tonight touched a gol den key at the White House and turned on the lights at convention hall in this city, where for the next two weeks, the members of the Masonic was fraternity* are to hold a fair in the in terest of the building of the new Ma sonic temple. The contract for its erection has recently been let. It will cost half a million dollars. The golden key* used by President Roosevelt was the same used in open ing the St. Louis and the Portland ex positions. CHARLESTON. S. C., April 15.— The thirty-third annual meeting of district grand lodge No. 5, Indepen dent Order B’nai B’rith, is now in ses sion at the Charleston Hotel. National President Nathan S. Mey er. of Washington, presided. The dis trict Includes North and South Caro lina, Virginia, Maryland, and Georgia and District of Columbia. About fifty delegates are present. An address was made today* by the Hon. Simon Wolf, of Washington, chairman of the Hebrew Orphan Home at Atlanta, and it was decided to increase the. per capita tax for support of the home from $1 to $2. Many social attentions are being shown the delegates. SERIOUS DAMAGE TO CROPS BY COLD IN NORTH CAROLINA JAIL GUARDED TO PREVENT LYNCHING LEXINGTON. Ky.. April 15.—The jail at Beattyvllle, Lee County, was guarded today to prevent a mob from ynching Clay Thomas and his father- in-law. Levi Reynolds, who are charged with killing Jesse Abner. The men have confessed and were held by the grand jury without bail. The killing was a result of the old Hargis-Cockrill feud. Abner was of the Hargis fac tion. . RALEIGH, X. C.. April 15.—Ice formed everywhere in North Carolina last night with serious damage result ing to crops. In the Wilmington dis trict strawberries have been hurt and shipping season delayed. Vegetable truck crops have been almost ruined in the central and western districts. Wheat was badly damaged by* the freeze, in some localities as much as 50 per cent. There will be no fruit this year ex cept possibly* some late blooming ap ples. A number of localities report snow, flurries. Snow fell here Sun day* at 2 a. m. EM TUI ill TELL SI08y Both the .volcano Colima and Jorullo pre in this region and the people fear that the recent eruption of the earth may cause these mountains to become more active and to destroy much prop erty and many lives. The first named volcano is in the State of Colima along the coast to the northwest of this city. Jorullo is much nearer and is lo cated almost due north in the State of Michoacan. The inhabitants of this region are known as “Pintos” because of the “spots” on their faces. It is noted for their hardy warlike spirit and for their stoicism and fanaticism, but the recent catastrophe seems to have completely unnerved them, ns they* have up to date lost all discretion. The city is 97 kilometers from the nearest railroad line and it will be im possible for the people to flee" except on foot or on horseback. This fact caused a considerable amount' of anx iety because the State is inhabited by a great number of Americans who are engaged in prospecting for mines. Th : nearest railroad terminal is at Tguula across the Rio Balsas, nnd 97 kilome ters to the northwest of Chiipancingr The distance between Chilpancingn and Mexico is 335 kilometers. Five Hundred Lives Lost.. CITY OF MEXICO. April 15.—T!l j National Bank of Mexico has reoei IT WILL BE GREATLY STRENGTH ENED BY DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE. JUDGE RHEA, OF BRISTOL, TO SUCCEED JUDGE BEVERLY. D. A. R. Congress in Session. Judge Walter C Beeks Orator of Day. Ga. • d Comptroller G ilar in. flat n both After t train ra r The rt :e company wortae bound long grade and Guiseppe Gaspiro replied debris. .vith GRIFFIN. Ga.. April 15.—Judge Walter C. Beeks of this city* has ac cepted an invitation from the Daugh ter; of the Confederacy to deliver the arnua! memorial address on April 26. Stop, the east- ! An excellent program Is being per- tr.ls down a | fected and a large crowd will be in at- 5 he track. I tendance. There are about 500 sol- burned in the j diers buried in Stonewall cemetery in j the suburbs of this cltn WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 15.— The sixteenth Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revo lution convened in this city teday with bout 1.000 delegates and alternates in attendance from all the States of the Union. The congress will be in session throughout the week and promises to be one of the most Interesting in the history of the society. Today was given over to the formal'ties incident to the opening. Prayer was offered by* the chaplain general. Mrs. Teunis Hamlin, after which there was an address of welcome by the president genera!. Mrs. Donald McLean. The appointment of the necessary committees ^gi other business of a routine nature occupied the remainder of the session. The re ports of the officers will be presented tomorrow. RICHMOND. Va.. April 15.—Govern or Swanson today announced that he would appoint Judge Wm. F. Rhea, of Bristol to succeed Judge Beverly T. Crump as chairman of the State cor- >ration company. It is not believed that the appointment will become ef fective till about the middle of May. College Benefactor Aged 87.. CHICAGO. April 15."—Dr. Daniel K. Pearsons, millionaire and benefactor of small colleges, celebrated his STth birthday* today. Many* years ago Dr. Persons became convinced that it is the wisest course for a man of means to be his own administrator, and to dispose of his property in his own life time. Act’ne in accordance with this idea the aged philanthropist has helped nearly fifty* institutions, in twenty- four States, the endowments, including the amounts raised in order to meet D*. Pearsons’ conditions, reaching a total of about $15,000,000. Dr. Pearsons st'll ha* several million dollars Which he expects to distribute among the smsll colleges before he dies. The doc tor is a native of New England. In 1857 he came West and soon accumu lated a large fortune in the real estate business in Chicago. NEW YORK. April 15.—"If after an other -trial is held it lias been agreed that the same line of defense its that used in tile first trial will lie followed. Evely’n Thaw will tell her story again, but her testimony will be greatly strengthened by documentary evidence that was not used before.” This is the statement credited to Law yer Dan O’Reilly, of Harry K. Thaw’s counsel, tonight. It has been reported j a cHiof rtf thp rib. ' a. telegram saying that five hundre ! lives were lost In the destruction r -< Chilpahcingo and Chilapa. The io!~- gram adds that both cities were oom.-r pletely destroyed. Tn Governmental circles the report is not credited. It is admitted that both cities were verely damaged, but it is not thought that the death list will even approx! mate five hundred owing to the that the houses are massive affairs built of stone in ordc*r to resist earth quake shocks. The Federal authorities here have been appealed to by the Government o* districts of Bravos and Chilapa for tents as the inhabitants in the stricken cities are now living in the open, hav- - I ing constructed dwellings of palm that O'Reilly would be chief of the « ^ ferfse when the trial is nailed again, but I leaves and branches, this report was not confirmed today, j The Government of the State of Ouer- and it was even stated semi-officially j rero has dispatched military engineers and troops to the destroyed district and that none of the lawyers who officiated at the last trial had been dispenses with by Thaw. On the other hand, it was said that several of them had been paid stip ulated fees, and while there would not be a formal announcement of their dis missal by Thaw, they would not reappear in tho case. As to Mr. O'Reilly’s documentary evi dence. it was said tonight that he re ferred to a letter written to Evelyn Nes- bit by Stanford White. the work of rescue and sanitation 5s being carried on in a systematic man ner. B’nai B’rith in Session. Howard Nesbit Reoudiates It. PITTSBURG. Pa.. April 15.—In a sworn statement today. Howard Xesbit, brother of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, denies that he wrote that portion of his. letter made public in New York last Saturday, which ead: "Perhaps I but i«; wrong in coming, responsible for that, his affidavit, young Nesbit avers the above sentence as quoted was added to what purported to be a copy f the letter as it appeared in the news- c4r.o r by some person other than him- el!. CHARLESTON, S. C.. April 15.— Charleston is today entertaining the "District Granfl Loflge of the Independ ent Order of R'nia B'rith. which is foremost among the Jewish fraternal and charitable organizations in Ameri ca. The annual session is attended by about 199 delegates from North and South Carolina. Maryland, Georgia and the District of Columbia. To Deal in Many Stocks. Mississippi Club Women. NEW YORK. April 15.—The *mw stock department of the New York Produce Exchange opened for business today. The list of industrial stork and securities to be dealt in by the ex change aggregates about seventy-five, in addition to between 115 and 120 mining stocks. Residence Burned Near Griffin. MERIDIAN. Miss., April 15.—The advance guard of delegates and visitors has arrived in the city to attend the ninth annual convention of the Mis- ippi Federation of Women's Clubs. GRIFFIN. Ga.. April 15.—Th The gathering will open -tomorrow and | dence of H. L. Mangham. a farmer re- remain in session until Friday. A i siding one mile north of th? city was splendid program has beep arranged j completely destroyed bv fire at 12 and all indications point to a success- o'clock Sunday. The fire is supposed ful and interesting meeting. Private I to have originated from the chimney, homes will be thrown open for the en- j The loss, is $609 with insurance to tertainment of the visitors. • cover $350 of that amount INDISTINCT PRINT