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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
TUESDAY. APRIL. 18. 1907.
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BRYAN COMPARES
THOS. JEFFERSON
WITH HAMILTON
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va.. April 14.
Tnr chief event of-Founders’ day at
the University of Virginia waa the vis
it and address of Wm. J. Bryan. He
was the guest of Dr. C. W. Kent, with
whom and Judge Duke he drove to
Montlcello. Mr. Bryan wan greeted by
.a great audience in Cabell hall' and
spoke for nearly two hours. He dis
cussed Thoa. Jefferson and his political
philosophy and incidentally put it con
trary with Hamilton.
The vice of Hamilton’s plans, he said
was a lack of sympathy with the peo
ple at large and his unwillingness to
trust them. Jefferson for his day was
a rich man but the money in his pocket
did not color his views of Government
nor destroy his sympathy with the com
mon people, he was one of the best
educated men of his time, and favored
conferring the benefit of education on
the people at large. He especially dis
liked the Idea of shearing people of
their power, prefer: !ng frequent ap
peals to the electorate in order that the
people could keep their hands on their
servants.
While frankly discussing policies Mr.
Bryan avoided all personal allusions.
He referred to 1 the California school
case, he said, only to show that the
Jeffersonian way of settling that would
have been to leave it in the hands of
the people of California.
Mr. 'Bryan’s reception was cordial in
tho extreme. After his address he was
entertained at a banquet by the Delta
Chi fraternity and later he left for
Washington, where he is scheduled for
threo addresses tomorrow.
city today to arrange for the coming
encampment of the university corps
cadets at Gainesville, beginning April
20. The cadets will remain In camp
for one week as has been the custom
for several years past. TheJState will
furnish the tents for this encampment.
Reversed Decision.
ATLANTA. April 13—The Su
preme Court today reversed the decis
ion of Glynn Superior Court in the
case of the board of education of
Glynn County against Mrs. Elizabeth
Day. in which the title to a certain
tract of land upon which Is located a
public school, is Involved. The land
formerly belonged to J. F. O'Shaugh-
nessy and a third interest in it was
claimed by Mrs. Day and her children.
The board of education of Glynn
County brought suit for trespass
against Mrs. Day. and Glynn Superior
Court refused to admit in evidence a
deed presented by -the board as well as
certain ither testimony and granted a
non-suit. The Supremo Court re
verses this ruling, the effect of which
Is to gpant a new trial in favor of the
board of education. .
OWNERSHIP BY STATE
A FAME IS EUROPE
Senator Isidor Raynor, in an article
In the Baltimore Sun. says:
"I have been studying for years with
all the statistics that I could gather
Governmental ownership of railroads
in Germany. Austria-Hungary, Russia
and Australia. It has been a practical
failure in all these countries. The
Prussian Diet in 1870 authorized the
PLENTY OF AIR
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Dr. D. E. Salmon, late chief of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, has pro
duced a valuable report on “Tubercu
losis of the Food-Producing Animals,"
which the United States Department of
Agriculture has just published.
Dr. Salmon calls attention to the fact
that while there has been in the past
much difference of opinion as to the
Jury Stood Seven for Mur
der and Five for
Acquittal
Government to begin the purchase of ; effect of animal tuberculosis upon the
the entire railway*system pf Prussia: j public health, the majority of students
in Hungary the State owns 82 per cent [ of the subject are now convinced that
of the railways: in Russia upward of * bovine tuberculosis may be communi-
63 per cent. ; eated to human beings, and that, there-
"What Is the result? Germany to- j fore, greater precautions should be
day. with it3 agriculture, its manu- j taken to protect human beings from
faetures and its trade, rests upon the ! animal tuberculosis than are now gen-
waterways and not upon the railways. ; eraliy followed^ The careful inspection
The Government has reduced the rail
ways as feeders to the rivers and ca
nals. In Russia there is the same con
dition, with resulting recourse to
of meat producing animals at the time
of slaughter and of the cows from
which milk, cream, and butter are pro-
•iJueed is urged, and practical advice is
transportation by river. In Australia f given as to the methods of eradicat-
under its system its expert and im- j ing tuberculosis and of caring for cat-
port trade Is virtually confined to a j tie in such a way that the disease will
s’ngle seaport city. Von Miguel, as j not spread through herds. Dr. Salmon
great a man almost as Bismarck, j makes the following statement:
Prussia’s minister of finance from 1890 j “The idea! conditions for health and
to 1900, openly proclaimed that Govern- ! for resistance to tuberculosis contagion
mental ownership was a disaster and j are life in the open air, and an abun-
a calamity. dant supply of nutritious food. The
"The great city" of Bremen, statistics i greater the departure made from these
show, lost a large part of its trade and j ideal condlt'ons the more Is the devol-
linrlor tTlP cvctnm anrl lr» ; nnnmnt r\f tnhAfAnlAcIe ffU’OrPfV"
Batch of Current
Gate City News
ATLANTA. April 13.—As the result
of a week's deliberations concluded to
day, tho prison commission recom
mended executive clemency In six
rases and declined it finally in four
teen.
Among tho cases recommenced and
upon which the Governor will net fa
vorably is that of Perry Mitcham, of
Morgan County, who has served about
four years of a fifteen-year sentence
for voluntary manslaughter. Mitcham
was only 18 years old when convicted.
He has been confined nt the camp of
the Flowers Bros. Lumber Co., at
Jnkin, Ga.. and has developed, one in
stance at least, in which the peniten
tiary has accomplished good results.
Mitcham has learned to be an expert
saw sharpener and ’’has a standing
offer from the company in whose camp
he is now serving of $6.30 per day as
soon ns ho secured his freedom. ' This
having now been given him he wl'l
remain at the camp at a salary of
about $40 per week, not bad by any
means for a young man of 22 years.
Mitcham will probably visit his moth
or who Is seriously fil at Madison be
fore taking up his work.
In this connection 'it may be inter
esting to recall an Instance of
former Georgia convict who is now
earning a salary of $23,000 yi year in
New York city.
The other cases in which clemency
was rerommemloil and will be granted
by the Governor, amounting to practi
cal pardons, are those of Isaac Elling
ton. of Laurens, given one year for
voluntary manslaughter: Will Mont
gomery. of Heard, simple larceny, 12
months; Lee Reedy, of Floyd larceny
from the house. 12 months; Gus Wash
ington. Hancock, cheating and swind
ling. 12 months and W. L. Beaudrot,
Chatham, assault with intent to mur
der, four years.
The cases in which executive clem
ency was declined were as folows:
Henry Westmoreland. Fulton, assault
with intent to murder, twenty years;-
Bob Weston. Cobb larceny and burg
lary. 12 months and ten years; Andrew
Guyton, Decatur murder, life; F. R.
Richardson. Miller misdemeanor. 12
months; Paul Williams Fulton, forg
ery four years; Garfield Jackson, Ful
ton vagrancy. 12 months; Louisa
Lewis. Raldwin murder. life; Gus
Blount. Bibb, murder, life; John Sax
on Oglethorpe murder, life; Lucius
Smith. Paulding, murder, life; Berry
Fosky, Pulaski, voluntary manslaugh
ter. ten years; Walter Snow. Polk, as
sault with intent to rape, twenty
years: Lewis Lamar. Dooly, assault
with intent to murder, five dears: J.
M Lawitpnce, Dawson, murder, life,
and Chas. Fields, Muscogee, murder
life.
Judge George T. Cnnn. of the supe
rior eourl of Chatham County, ap
peared, before tho prison commission
this morning and asked that body If
it could receive nnd provide for a
seventeen year old white hoy at the
State reformatory. The commission
expressed regret that under the law it
could not take a boy of that age, the
limit fixed ' in the statute being 16
years.
Situation at Lithonia.
ATLANTA, April 13.—While he has
Insisted upon the removal by the Geor
gia Railroad of tho 115 carloads of
granite on the side tracks at Lithonia
within ten days. Railroad Commis
sioner O. B. Stevens said today he
really believed the situation would be
cleared up within five or six days.
Commissioner Stevens took hold of the
matter with a view to straightening it
out with as little friction as possible,
and every one seems agreed to do his
part to relieve the situation. Of the
115 cars which he found" at Lithonia , . ■ , ,—. „ , ,, .
yesterday thirtv-two of them were for to the Prussian minister of railways 1 it, but its influence is favorable and re-
Atlanta and forty for New Orleans. tha * untler Governmental ownership the | duces the chances of infection to the 1
The great trouble he said has been Galician oil fields were farther from j smallest proportion, while at the same
found to be In the Atlanta yards i Germany than were those of the United time it places the diseased animals un-
where tho congestion Is something | States In five years ending with 1901. der the best conditions for recovery '
enormous. Tho Georgia Railroad now I ™ ore ‘ ha " P£ r cent of the shipments * “*- M “ nr ,,f " ” r '
has COO cars in its yards here and is H la ‘- Austria-Hungary sent into the
— Elbe territory of Germany, which by
cofnmerce under the system, and in ■ opment pf tuberculosis favored
1900 the Chamber of Commerce of Po- Life in the open air for cattle, as with
sen. a port on the Oder, near the Ga- ! man, is not always sufficient to prevent
lician frontier, stated in a memorial j infection with tuberculosis or to cure
NEW YORK. April 12.—Hopelessly
divided—seven for a verdict of guil
ty of murder in the first degree and
five for acquittal on the ground of in
sanity—the jury which since the 23rd
of last January had been trying Harry
K. Thaw, reported today after forty-
seven hours and eight minutes of de
liberation that it could not possibly
agree upon a verdict. The twelve
men were promptly discharged by Jus
tice Fitzgerald, who declared that he
too believed their task was hopelesp.
Thaw was remanded to the Tombs
without bail to await a second trial on
the charge of having murdered Stan
ford White, the noted architect.
No Date for New Trial.
When this new trial would take
place no one connected with the case
tonight could express an opinion. At
torney Jerome declared that there
were many other persons accused of
homicide a waiting trial and Thaw
would have to take his turn with the
rest. As to a possible change of venue
the district attorney and counsel for
Thaw declared they" would mako no
such move. Thaw's attorneys will have
a conference tomorrow with the priso
ner to decide upon their next step.
They may make an early application
for bail. Mr. Jerome said he would
strenuously oppose it. He added the
belief that as seven of the jurors had
voted for “guilty" his opposition prob
ably would be successful. In thht
event Thaw has another long summer |
cramped for switching room. Tho
other roads refuse to handle the traf
fic when it is offered to them on ac
count of congestion on their lines. But
the Georgia road has agreed to make
every possible effort to satisfy tho
peop’le at Lithonia and work on it is
said already to have begun.
Lively Times With Police.
ATLANTA. April 13.—Alderman J.
S. Holland will introduce a resolution
in Council on Monday to abolish the
city board of police commissioners and
Councilman J. W. Mangum has pre
pared a resolution to restore to their
places on the police force the twenty-
two members who were dropped at the
recent election. These resolutions
promise some more lively times over
rail comprised Berlin and Hamburg,
consisted of what is known as neigh
borhood traffic.
“One of the best informed political
economists of the day has stated that
in all these countries the result of Gov
ernmental ownership has been to
transfer from the field of business to
the field of politics the perplexing
question of trade rivalry and jealousy
precipitated by the annihilation of
distance by means of the railway. In
other words, foreign systems have
been an u£ter failure, and today they
do not compare either in point of fa
cilities or low rates or any other way
with the American system of private
ownership.”
£”, A ^n't;r^r r r“«’1SlTlie War Department anil
> years. It is not considered likely, I ,
i-ever. that either one of them will COIlgreSS Appealed tO By
Roster Commission
two
how
be passed.
SUM COUNT WAS 1
F
GOLDFIELD. April 12.—The re
cent killing of Count Constantine Pod-
horsky by John C. Hines, one of the fa
miliar figures on the Pacific coast and
in Alaska, continues the, staple of con
versation in all circles here. The trag-
edv occurred two weeks ago, and any
thing that can hold Interest hereabouts j ~ >7,7 the'work‘ which "is" then “to be
for so long a period must necessarily j done b jts employes Gf course such
possess elements far out of the ordi- 1 a demand is preposterous and out of
Both the slayer and his vicitim were • thR fluesrion.
ATLANTA. April 13.—The Georgia
roster commission is up against rather
a difficult as well as interesting propo
sition in the matter of securing from
the United States War Department at
Washington copies of the muster rolls
of some fifty or sixty Georgia com
mands which took part in the Civil
War.
The War Department, or the records
bureau of that department, having
shrewdly defeated Georgia’s, efforts to
get congressional consent for the mak
ing of copies of these rolls, now wants
the State to deposit with it $11,000 to
In most stables the conditions of life are
unfavorable to the extreme and radically
different from what they are in the open
air. Most stables have no provision for
ventiilation; either there are draughts of
aid upon The animal favoring the produc
tion of colds and csfarrh. or there is an
Insufficient supnly of oxygen. This has an>
important bearing on the spread of tu
berculosis in cattle, for where there is no
ventiilation disease germs carried into a
stable are likely to remain there until
they infect the animals. It is just as de
sirable that there should be ample pro
vision to let light Into the stable, for the
direct rays of the sun are of especial
value for destroying the germs of con-
sumntion and increasing the resting power
of the animals. In addition to this, the
sun's rays aid in drying and disinfecting
the stalls. Light is also necessary to ona -
hie those who care for stables to sec the
dust and filth and nut it info proper sani
tary condition. Dark stables are almost
universally dirty, ilanm and unhealthy.
A stable must be clean to he sanitary.
Cleanliness is the.very first principle of
sanitation and it must be continually k?ot
in view. Not only must the filth on the
surface floors be removed, but there must
be no channels by which it can gather
hetween or beneath the flooring to fer
ment. pntrify and pollute The atmosphere
With unhealthful gases.
The dust which gathers noon the walls
of many cow stables is often more objec
tionable than the filth upon the floors. In
infected stables the dust is certain to
contain tubercle.bacilli and these are in
condition to-he oasilv floated into the
atmosphere and breathed into the animal's
lungs. The first thing 1= to have the stahl-;
so constructed that it is easy to clean
it thoroughly, and tin; second thing is to
see that it is frequently cleaned and that
it is occasionally disinfected.
that we are living in a civilized com
munity.”
Thaw’s Wife Can’t Understand It.
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw said: “I can't un
derstand ft. I can’t see why they should
not have come to some agreement."
A reporter said to Mrs. Thaw: "The
Jury stood seven to five for conviction."
"I don’t believe it," she cried em
phatically. "They ought to have ac
quitted him on the evidence.".
Mrs. Wm. Thaw, mother of the pris
oner. declined to say anything for pub
lication at this time. The story of the
proceedings in the jury room as they
were learned tonight far outranked in
interest the brief court proceedings
which brought the famous trial to a
close. It developed that the jury had
considered everything connected with
the case except “the unwritten law.”
Basing their judgment entirely upon
the evidence, they voted either for or
against murder in the first degree when
they cast their first ballots. The first
vote was S to 4 in favor of conviction.
Then the jury tried to reach a common
ground upon a verdict of manslaughter
in the first degree, the punishment for
which ranges to a maximum of twenty
years’ imprisonment. The men in fa
vor of acquittal—largely on the ground
of insanity, it is said, would not change
their ballots and in the end won over
to their side one of the eight who fa
vored conviction. During the nearly
forty-eight hours of deliberation, only
eight ballots were cast. The final bal
lot—taken just before the jury report
ed its disagreement in court, was as
follows:
How Jury Stood.
For conviction of murder In the first
degree: Messrs. Denting B. Smith,
foreman: George Pfaff, No. 2; Chas. H.
Fecke. No. 3: Harry C. Brearley, No. 6;
Charles D. Newton, No. 8: Joseph B.
GEORGIAN BELIEVED
WILMINGTON. April 14.—W. C.
Lyuley. of Powder Springs, Ga., and
Lloyd Andrews, of Seven Springs, N.
C., both young men Insurance solicitors
are believed to have been swept out to
sea and drowned in a 15-foot launch,
which was found today stranded on the
beach near Middle Sound, twelve miles
below Wilmington.
With a party of friends they were
at the sound for an oyster roast anti
rowed out yesterday. They were seen
to approach the inlet and are believed
to have been caught in the strong cur
rent and carried out where their boat
was capsized by the breakers.
before him in the city prison, for his . .
case on the already crowded criminal j 111 and T> ernarc * Gerstman,
AfllondAp Mnnnt nncslhlv lie reached No. 1—
calander cannot possibly be' reached
until some time next fall.
Scenes Robbed of Theatricalism.
The scenes attending the announce
ment by the jury of its inability to
For acquittal on the ground of in
sanity: Messrs. Oscar A. Finlt. No. 4;
Henry C. Harney. No. 3: Malcom S.
Fraser. No 7: Wilbur F. Steele. No. 9,
and John S. Dennee, No. 10. The sos-
agree upon any sort of .verdict were j sions of the jury were not altogether
robbed of any tlieatricalism by the I pleasant and peaceful. There wore
general belief that after -their long de- , many stormy arguments and at one
liberation and reports of a wide divis- f time charges of inconsistency^ and
ion of sentiment the jurors'could make j breaking faith with, the orders of the
no other report than one of disagree- ! court were made, but at no point of the
ment. Thaw, surrounded by the mem- deliberations did the foreman lose con-
bers of his family—the devoted aged ! tro! of the. situation. He successfully
mother, the pale young wife., the ti- j held the twelve men in cheek and was
tied sister the Countess of Yar- ; the first to suggest when it was seen
mouth: Mrs. Gt«trge Carnegie and Ed- ; that that there was no possibility of a
ward and Josiah Thaw, the brothers, i verdict being reached that they report
received< the news in absolute silence, j the matter to Justice Fitzgerald and
When it became known that the i leave the. further disposition of the
jury was about to make its report and j case to his judgment,
that tho case would be x disposed of. | Considered Insanity Question.
Thaw called his wife to a seat .by his I wilbur F. Steele, juror No. 9, said:
side, and sat with his right arm j considered insanity in
thrown about her until he was com
WILL INVESTIGATE CHARGES
AGAINST GOVERNMENT OFFICERS
WASHINGTON .April 14.—Commis
sioner Green of the Civil Service Com
mission, will go next week to North
Carolina, for the purpose of making a
series of investigations to ascertain
the facts bearing upon the charges
made by United States Senator Sal
mons, as chairman of the Democratic
Central Committee of that State, to
the effect that many of the Federal
officials of the State arc actively en
gaged in politics. Mr. Green will begin
his work at Statesville "on the 20th and
will conclude it at Elizabeth City on
May 4. in the meantime visiting Con-
eor I, Greensboro. Winston Salem,
Wilkesboro, Raleigh, Beaufort and
Newborn. .Mr. Simmons allege- that
many of the postmasters. letter carriers
postoffice clerks and deputy Internal
revenue collectors devoted a great deal
of time to promoting the interests of
the Republican party during the cam
paign of 1906, says that many of them
were candiates for offices and that
others were very active In the party
'conventions. He asked that a thorough
investigation be made ant a discipline
administered if the charges are found
to be true.
if THREE PERSONS
irown about her until ne was com- phases, but did not give the subject of
...ended to stand and face the jurors. : wronged womanhood any lengthy de-
Smiling and confident as he enured : hate; in fact, scarcely any. The ques-
WAS THE LAST RECONSTRUCTION
GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CARO
LINA DEFEATED BY
HAMPTON.
soldiers of fortune and were well
known from San Francisco to Nome.
The Count, by reason of his connec
tions, moved in the best circles, and
Hine3, because of his winning person
ality and accomplishments, was well
received everywhere. Both were men
of fiery spirit. The Count was of the
nobility and Hines was a native Ken
tuckian. so that there was little to
choose between them when it came to
daredevil gallantry and love of adven
ture.
Count Podhorsky came to Goldfield
At the request of Gov. Terrell, form
er Gov. Candler and other members of
the Georgia roster commission Con-,
gressman Livingston of the Fifth,-in
troduced a resolution in Congress to
give the State authority to make
copies of the muster rolls of Georgia
soldiers and sailors on file Ip the War
Department, and which are necessary
to complete the work the commission
IS now doing—the making of a com
plete roster of all the soldiers and
sailors from Georgia who took part in
th<- war between the States.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va.. April .13.
—Daniel Chamberlain, who was Gover
nor of South Carolina during the tur
bulent times immediately following the
reconstruction era. died today at the
home of William Chamberlain, near the
University of Viriginia. He was taken
ill of cancer of stomach last fell upon
his return from a pleasure trip * to
Egypt. He had recently disposed of
his properties In Massachusetts with a
view of locating in Virginia. He was
a graduate of Yale and of Harvard law
school and was seventy-two years old.
the court room he sank limply into
his chair when ,Foreman Deming B.
Smith, in response to a question by
Clerk Penny, as to whether a verdict
had been agreed upon, said:
“We have not."
Sad Family -Scene.
The mother, her features hidden be
hind a dense veil of black sat stolid
and motionless. In ill-health of late,
she had felt severely the strain and
stress of the long hours of waiting.
The wife, by her husband’s side, grip
ped his hand tightly as the jury fore
man spoke and then when he sunk
down by her side she tried to cheer
him as "best she could by saying that
he would now be admitted to bail and
that a second jury would surely set
tlon which was considered at unusual
length was whether Thaw was insane
at the moment he shot Stanford White,
and whether at that moment he was re
sponsible fer is actions.”
Juror Joseph B'olton. said: "There
was no question oi the unwritten law
or the 'Dementia Americana’ in our de
liberations. We considered the case
from a purely legal standpoint. We
were not swayed by emotion.”
"The jury when considering the case
took no stock in brain storms.” said
Juror Geo. H. Fecke.
“We did not pay any undue amount
of attention to the testimony of alien
ists. either.” Mr. Fecke added.
It was after Mr. Dennee had read
some of Thaw’s letters, that the latter
decided that there was a reasonable
him free. The mother the sisters and , . . _
brothers pale and well nigh exhaust' d j doubt as to Taaw s sanity Dennee then
by their tedious, nerve-racking wait Joined the four men who had stood foe
several months ago. He represented , , The War Department promptly in-
himself as a former lieutenant in the I formed Congressman Livingston that
Judge Disqualified.
ATLANTA April —Judge George
F. Gobor. of tin' Blue Ridge circuit,
nnd Judge' George T, Cann. of the
Eastern circuit. Savannah, sat on the and his wife went to a French restau-
bonclt of the State court of appeals rant here conducted by Victor Agan.
Czar's body guard. It is said that his
father, now dead, was once Russian
ambassador to Great Britain. Tile
Count was a bachelor and claimed to
be a-man of wealth. However this
may be,‘it is certain that he was al
ways well supplied with money. While
he made no heavy Investments here,
he was understood to be financially in
terested In several Alaskan ventures.
It was probably in the far north that
Hines and the Count first met. 'Both
had spent several seasons in Nome and
had also met during the winters in Se
attle or In San Francisco. Hines has
been engaged at various times in busi
ness in San Francisco and elsewhere,
but during a gofld part of the time has
managed to live by his wits. Several
years ago he was married to Miss Edith
Marr. belonging to a prominent Cali-
congressional action in the matter
wouid not be necessary; that the only
necessary thing to be done was for
the Governor of the State to make a
request upon the War Ueaprtment for
the copies in question; that there was
a law passed years ago which required
the furnishing of these copies when
so requested,' under such rules and reg
ulations as the Secretary of War
might provide.
Thereupon the effort to secure con
gressional consent was dropped and
the War Department was relied upon
to make good its promise But the
phrase in the law in q.M.tion “under
such rules and regula ,; >ns as the Sec
retary of War may pc-.-'ide,” set up an
insurmountable barrier to 1 the accom
plishment of the task.
The War Department replied to
fornla family, and the granddaughter ; Gov. Terrell’s request that it would
of Henry Meiggs, who built the Meiggs
wharf at San Francisco. Mrs. Hines is
a woman of striking beauty and it was
sho who was the direct, though proba
bly innocent cause of the tragedy
which resulted in the killing of Count
Podhorsky.
On the night of the tragedy Hines
today In the places of Judge B. H.
Hill and R. B. Russell, both of whom
W're -li-MU. 1 •'- || in. .ns.- ,.f :!)••
Evcrett-Ridle Co. vs Holcombe, which
was taken up for argument.
| the wrestler. Hines walked into the
barroom, while his wife entered the
dining room. Count Podhorsky was
furnish the State with copies of th
muster rolls in question, but that tho
work would have to be done by em
ployes of tho department and not by
employes of the State and that as a
prerequisite the cost of making the
rolls something more than $11,000,
would have to be deposited with the
War Department in advance.
As a result of this arbitrary and un
just demand, the Georgia roster com
mission Is no better off than it was
before, and it will now be another
seated nt one of the tables and. seeing j year before the rolls can be secured, if
i her, inviteed her to partake of dinner • then. An effort will undoubtedly fie
| with him. She had just taken a plana ) made at the next session of Congress
JUDGE WHIPPLE WILL- HOLD at the table when her husband enter.'1 to secure the necessary consent for
COURT IN STEWART, -and. without hesitation, walkeci toward • the making of these copies without
i the Count, and when within a few feet ! the payment of so exorbitant amount
ATLANTA April 13.—Judge U. V. 'of him, drew a revolver and killed i The War Department claims in jus-
Whipple. of Crisp superior court, was him. ! tification of its course that its object
today designated by Governor Terrell : Immediately after the shooting. : is to preserve the records from harm
to hokl court in Stewart County next ! Hines, his face almost obscured bv the I or destruction through handling. It is
terrified patrons of the restaurant and i also stated that the department pro
smoke of the revolver, turned to the , poses to publish them in due time,
excla'med: j Unless some relief can be secured'
"Ladies and gentlemen. I want to j through Congress it looks as if tho
say that this man seduced that wo- . Georgia roster commission would have
man.^ pointing to his wife. "He ruined ■ to await the pleasure of the War De
my life and now I am prepared tot pay j partment in making its promised pub-
. — i the penalty for slaying the dog." : jication.
Chief Justice Fish Returned. j Publie setltirnent appears to be In ' -
ATLANTA. April 15.—Chief .Tustfcc j favor of the prisoner, and the general PEACH CROP CUT DOWN
William H. Fish of the supreme ; opinion is that, by pleading the un-
ronrt has returned to the city from I written law at his trial, the verdict
Florida, where he has been for some | will probablv be one of not gulltv.
weeks on account of his health. Justice ! :
Fish lias gained twemv-five pounds , GOVERNORS TO SPEAK
In weight a d is eompletely restored AT JEFFERSON DINNER
to health. He will resume his duties i
on the supreme court bench on Mon- | XKW YORK. April 14.—It n
day morning. j nounoed today that the list of
week for Judge Z. A. Littlejohn, of the
Southwestern circuit, the appointment
beng necessitated by Judge Little
john's Illness. This is the first time in
ten years that Judge Littlejohn has
been incapacitated for duty on ac
count of illness.
CHARLESTON. S. C„ April 13.—
Daniel H. Chamberlain was born in
West Brookfield, Mass., June 23, 1835
graduated from Yale in 1862 arid a
year later from the Harvard law school.
Entering the army as a lieutenant of
a negro cavalry troop, he saw service
in several States and at the end of
hostilities was captain. He came to
South Carolina in 1866 as a cot’on plan
ter. but soon gave his attention to pol
itics. being a delegate to the State
constitutional convention in 1S6S and
becoming Attorney General the same
year. Retiring from this office in 1872
he took ,up the practice of law at Co
lumbia.
In 1875 h° was elected Governor by
the Republicans. While < Governor,
Chamberlain made an earnest effort to
give a decent, orderly Government,
bending his efforts to prevent corrupt
protices by officers. In 1875 he refus
ed to issue commissions to two judges
who had been elected by the Legisla
ture and who were condemned as cor
rupt and unfit for the bench. For kbis
action he was' publicly thanked by the
people of Charleston. This and other
official acts won for him the regard of
many of the leading Democrats and
when the convention in 1S76 was ap
proaching a strong movement was pro
moted to have the whites support
Chamberlain for Governor, believing in
his honest effort at reformation of con
ditions. This had the support of thq
Moderates. But the convention decid
ed upon a Democratic candidate. Gen
eral, Wade Hampton being chosen to
bear the standard. Hampton was elect
ed. but Chamberlain refused to recog
nize his election and with the aid of
Federal bayonets held the State execu
tive mansion For a period there were
two Governors in the State. Hampton _ .
heading one and Chamberlain the other<4 uation as offering no hope and then
TO TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT.
Bank Chartered.
ATLANTA April 13.—Secretary of
State Phil Cook today granted a char
ter to the Planters' and Merchants'
Bank of Warrantor!. Warrent Countv,
with a capita) slock of $25,000. I. D.
BARNESVILLE. Ga., April 13.—A
closer inspection of the fruit orchards
of this vicinity have fully confirmed
the views expressed a few days ago
j that the peach crop has uffered serN
an- i ouslv from the recent cojd. Fruit men
•ak- : who have examined carefully the or-
ers at the Jefferson dinner of the ; chards say that there will itot be
Brooklyn Democratic Club next Tuos- I more than a fourth of a crop in this
day night has been increased, at the I community, with the exception of the
reqttes: of Wm. J. Bryan, so as to in- I large orchard of V. O. Marshburn.
elude Gov. Glenn, of North Carolina. I which does not appear to be hurt
Gov. McMillan, of Tennessee Gov. People who have gone through the
at i-re-n- t o’ ■*. i Warfi'ld of Maryland, and former Marshburn orchard say that he will
5Ii (,recn. .1 < Jarnng.n w. R. Maner t g 0 v. Jolks. of Alabama. get a full crop, unless further injury
I occurs. With favorable condifons he
ATLANTA PORT COLLECTOR I would probably get 100 cars. The or-
TO DEPOSIT MONEY THERE ‘churls of the Staffords. Fleming. Rut-
i ler and others are badly hart and it is
ATLANTA. Anri! 14.—Hereafter the i t believed now that they will get a
Atlanta port collector of revenues will vi 'ld of more than per cent. The
deposit money received in th? Atlanta loss to the community will therefore
National Bank instead of sending it to ; be quite heavy.
the sub-treasurv in New Orleans. ~
This is considered in Atlanta as giv- FULTON DAIRYMEN FIX
ing the Gate City something like a I DEFINITE MILK PRICES
branch sub-treasury. ! ATLANTA. April 14—Th? Dairv-
j men's Association met tonight and
Commissioner Yerkes Rosiqr*. i fixed definite prices for the milk trade
ar.d nthr
incorporators
Valdosta Videttes Transferred.
ATLANTA Apr!
been issued from tl
General F W. I
Company R of the
Intent at Valdosta
desta Videttes, to
Regiment, in which i:
same letter. The trans
—Orders have
lice of Adjutant
is transferring
: Infantry Reg-
wrt .as the Val-
Foiirth Infantrv
“r is made to
take the peace of the Moultrie com
pany recently disbanded. This now
gives the fourth regiment a total of
seven companies as at present consti
tuted.
I.lout. J. M. Kimbrough, of the
Twenty-seventh United States In
fantry military Instructor nt the State
rsity. Athens, Ga., was in the
WASHINGTON Ap
Yerkes. Commissioner of Inte-nnl Revnue
has resign- d and his r. slgnntion has.be-n
.lec nted hv th- President. He leaves the
service of the Government to enter the
His successor has not
| of Atlanta, this action being the
suit of a meeting one week ago. at
| which an increase of from 10 to 25
p r cent was determine^ upon. Milk
will now cost the retail trade of
city 11 cenu a quart-
the
The whites, paid their taxes and other
money to the Hampton officers. Bloody
clashes had occurred during 1876 be
tween whites and blacks and on Octo
ber 7 Chamberlain ordered the riflek
club to disband. The Democratic com
mittee answered tiiTs. denying that rifle
clubs were employed to iniimidate tho
negroes and influence the election. Af
ter the c'ection the returning board
disregarding an order of the State Su
preme Court, whose authority it denied,
declared the Republican ticket headed
by Chamberlain, e'ected, throwing out
the vote in Edgefield and Laurens
Counties on the ground of fraud an>l
intimidation. Democratic members
were refused admittance to the house
and thereunon organized by themselves,
declaring Hamnt.'it Governor and pro
ceeding to perform Legislative func
tions. With the inauguration pf Pres
ident Hayes, the Federal troops were ;
withdrawn and Hampton was Governor
in fact a? well as in name. Later.
by ..
for a verdict, smiled wanly at. Thaw
as he was led away again to the
Tombs. They were permitted to speak
with him for a few moments to bid
him be of good cheer before he cross
ed the “Bridge of Sighs” to the Cell in
the prison which until a few minutes
before he had hoped that he was
about to quit forever.
Outside the Court.
Outside the big sauare criminal
evourts building, only a few hundred
persons were gathered. Thousands had i
been there earlier, but police reinforce
ments had arrived with instructions to
keep every one moving and thin had
soon tired the idly curio t.s into a will
ingness to depart. Inside the building,
in the gallery and overlooking the court
and gathered along the corridors—were
groups of more fortunate persons who
had been able to make their way past-
tlie vigilant police guards. The court
room itself was half empty. Only tae
newspaper men, the court attaches and
a few favored friends were allowed
to enter to hear the verdict.
Justice Fitzgerald feared a demon
stration of some sort should the gener
al public be admitted and he gave
strict orders about this.
It was 4.25 o’clock when the jury fil
ed into court room. Harry Thaw had
been waiting for a summons to face
the jurors ever since shortly after 10
o’clock this morning. He felt that to
day would bring a crisis and that
either a verdict would be reached or
Justice Fitzgerald would discharge the
jurors from any further consideration
of the case. This was the general be
lief and the only' remarkable feature
of the case wa,s the dogged manner in
which the jurors continued at their task
and declined to ask tb be excused. Jus
tice Fitzgerald had determined to Igt
them fight it out among themselves
until they should call for assistance.
Jury Gave in.
This appeal came at 4:15 o’clock and
then followed a hunt for- counsel, both
District Attorney Jerome and the at
torneys for the defendant having tem
porarily left the building.
When Thaw arrived Justice Fitzger
ald notified them of the jury’s commun
ication that a disagreement seemed in
evitable. Every one connected with the
case seemed willing to accept the sit-
acquittal on the grounds of insanity.
NEW YORK. April 14.—Angered be
cause he had been reproved for leaving
a window open near iris bed last night,
many Frederick Muttheson today shot and
probably wounded George Hoffman,
with whom he has lived, Mrs. Hoffman
and Arthur Goubleman, a nephew of
the Hoffmans.
Mattheson was recoving from a se
vere attacks of pneumonia and when
Mrs. Hoffman entered his room today
and 'found him lying in bed Gcantllv
clad and with the damp air blowing in
on him from an open window she
spoke sharply to him, a few minutes
later Mattheson came down stairs and
entered the dining room. He had on his
overcoat, and as he entered the room
he pulled a revolver frorri his pocket
nnd fired at Mrs. Huffman The ball
struck her in the back. Hoffman grap
pled with Mattheson but a second shot
laid him low. Just at that moment
Goubelman rushed downstairs and
Mattheson turned and sent two bullets
into the young man’s abdomen.
He was arrested and held without
bail. Mattheson is 58 years old and
was employed by the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company.
ALLEGED CONSPIRACIES
BREAKING LOTTERY LAW
IN
MOBILE. Ala, Aoril 14.—A Federal
grand jury today issued twenty-four
indictments for alleged conspiracies in
violating the lottery law. The follow
ing have been arrested and have giv
en bond, among them being a number
of millionaires of New Orleans. Los
Angeles. Boston and other places:
Albert Baldwin Sr. president of the
New Orleans National Bank: Chapman
Hyams: Frank T. Howard, receiver of
the New Orleans waterworks: David
Hennen Morris; Albert Hennen Mor
ris; Edward L. Pennac: Lewis S. Gra
ham; Paul Conrad: Wm. P. Johnson:
Jas. Rea: E. J. Demarest; W. F.
Demarsst, and John M. Demarest, all
of New Orleans; Robert K. Thompson,
Mobile. Ala.; Wm. C. Henderson. Har
ry W. Henderson, formerly living in
Brooklyn, N. Y., but now residents of
New Orleans; Francis Fitzpatrick,
Boston; James L. Shaw. Washington:
Gen. Wm. L. Cabell Dallas. Tex.
United States District Attorney W.
H. Armbrecht refused to give the
names of the others indicted until
they should be arrested.
Five of those indicted are estimated
to be worth $100,000,000. Three hours
after the indictments were issued by
the grand jury yesterday the parties
were under arrest and allowed to give
bond.
Francis X. Fitzpatrick, of Boston
pleaded guilty today and sentence will
be passed the fourth Monday in May.
followed the brief court room proceed
ings at which the disagreement was
announced, the jury dismissed and the
prisoner remanded.
Thaw, when he had returned to tho
Tombs, prepared and gave out the fol
lowing statement: ,
Thaw’s Statement.
”1 believe that every man on the
Jury possessing average intelligence,
excepting possibly Mr. Bolton compre
hend the weight of >vldence and bal
anced it for aeouittal. All my family
bid good bye with courage. I trust
we may all keep well.”
To his attorneys Thaw said he was
deeply disappointed.
“Bit I could hardly expect anything
else in view of the events of the past
few days,” he added. EarlPr in the
day Thaw had given out another state
ment in which he said he had desired
that his fate should he judged upon
the “written laws of the State of New
York." He declared that the- evidence
Surrendered and Gave Bond.
NEW ORLEANS La.. April 14—Mr.
Baldwin and Mr. Hyams immediately
on hearing of the indictments return
ed against them at Mobile surrendered
to an officer and appeared before
United States Commissioner Chtapella.
Both pleaded not guilty, waived exam
ination and were released on $10,000
bonds to appear at the court at Mo
bile. Mr. Baldwin in speaking of the
lottery company said for himself and
Mr. Hyams:
“We do- not own a share of stock in
it and we do not know a thing about
the matter.”
The indictments grew out of a re
cent raid by the Federal authorities on
the Mobile office of the Honduras Lot
tery Company. Mr. Baldwin is com
modore of the Southern Yacht Club
and is one of the wealthiest and most
prominent citizens of New Orleans.
WANT WHITES IN CIVIL
SERVICE EXAMINATIONS
CHICAGO. April 14 —The. Standard
Oil Company, of Indiana, which has
been on trial for six weeks before
Judge K. M. Landis of the United
States District Court, tonight was
found guilty on 1 463 counts of receiv
ing rebates from the Chicago and Al
ton Railroad on shipments of oil from
Whiting. Ind., to East St. Louis. Ill.
There were originally 1.903 counts In
the indictments. If the verdict is sus
tained. the oil company is liable to a
maximum fine of $29 260,000. as the
Elkins law, which the indictment
charged the company violated. pro
vides a fine of $1,000 to $20,000 for
each offense. Pending a new trial,
which John S. Miller, chief counsel for
the defense, announced would be made
immediately no penalty will be fixed
by the court. Each count related to a
carload shipment.
When the case came to trial, the at
torneys for the defense endeavored t'o
have all the counts in the indictment
thrown out on technicalities, but the
court ordered that each count be' taken
up and considered separately, which
was done. The 400 counts in which
errors were found were dropped.
The defense then put all its efforts
toward proving that they were un
aware of the fact that the 6 cent rate
had not been filed with the Interstate
Commerce Commission, as provided by
the Elkins law. Evidence was offered
by the Government showing that it
was the duty of the company’s officers
to see whether the rate was in the
hands of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. The jury was out less
than three hours and reached the ver
dict on the first ballot.
Chamberlain returned to Charleston as j ndduced had convinced even District
receiver for the South Carolina Rail- Attorney Jerome of his innocence un
road rnd continued to reside in South i der the strict letter of law.
Carolina for several years. Attorney Delmas. who conducted
I " _ Thaw's case in court and who in ma!t-
STEVFNS SAVS PANAMA ing Ins address to the jury appealed
CANAL .VILL BE COMPLETED ; moE t directly to the "unwritten law”
YEW YORK. Anril 14—John F. Ste- or ",i eme ntin Americana,” as he term
ed it. was not in court today when the
jury made its report and was dis
charged.
Hartridge’s Statement.
Clifford W. Hartridge. the nttorney
of record and warm personal friend of
Thaw, gave the following statement to
: the Associated Press: ,
“Mr. Thaw has already expressed
; himself desirous of a trial under and
I in accordance with the laws of the
Sta.i- of New York. I c?n add nothing
i to that except to say that I entirely
agree with him and hope that we shall
have a new trial speedily and that the
next time it will not be necessary for
verts, who recently resigned as chief
engineer of the Panama Canal arriv-
hero todav on the steamer Panama
from Colon. When Mr. Stevens was in
formed that i story bed boon publish
ed here to the effect that his resigna
tion was due to a realization that the
nnl never would be completed, he'
replied: “That’s nonsense. The canal
will be completed just as sure as you
are alive.”
WASHINGTON. April 13.—Civil Service
Commissioner Mellhenmy. who is a
Southerner and a Democrat, is entering
upon what he terms a camnalgn of edu
cation In the South In regard to the func
tion nnd character of the commission. He
found that one of the greatest difficulties
in securing efficient service for the Gov
ernment in the South was that fact
that the whites have conceived the idea
that the service Is meant especially for -
negroes and as a consequence, when an tion restraining the companies from
SEMES IKE RIGHT
OF GEORGIA 10 SUE
WASHINGTON. April 14.—Attorney
Martin H. Vogel, of counsel for tho
Tennessee Copper Companies and oth
er smelting companies located at Duck-
town. Term., in the original case of the
State of Georgia aginst those compan
ies, which is expected to be soon decid
ed by the supreme court of the United
States has filed a brief in which ho
denied the rigat of the State to bring
suit and also declares broadly that no
appreciable injury had been done. The
suit was instituted to obtain an injunc-
xamination for positions Is held it
generallv attended targelv by the negroes.
This condition is not regarded by the
Commission as wholesome, arid Mr. Mc-
Ilhenncy has set himself strenuously to
counteract it. While in Louisiana re
cently. he addressed the State Teachers’
Association, explaining the situation, with
the r’sult that he secured The promise
that a course should be established In
the schools looking to the preparation of
applications for the civil service emnloy-
nient. He also found that there was a
feeling that only Republicans could se
cure public situations under the Govern
ment regardless of the law. and found
opportunity to correct this view. "We
are not seeking to discredit the negro.”
he said, "but rather to set the whites
right. We want to correct erroneous
opinions and to administer the law im
partially to ail. white and black.” "
Ex-Mayor Col'eoe Park Dead.
ATLANTA Anril ’’4.—J. Y. Walker
I years old. ex-Mayor of Cellege
Park and of" of the most prominent
clt'zens jf that place, died this after
noon-
MONUMENT AT BAGLEY
TO BE UNVEILED IN MAY
the presiding judge to charge the jury ' the dedicatory address.
RALEIGH N. C.. April 14.—A monu
ment to Ensign Worth' Bagley, who
lost his life 'on the. torpedo boat Win
slow, in the Spanish-American war,
will be unveiled in the capitel square
on tho 20th of May. Congressman
Richmond Pearson Hobson, of Alabama,
has accepted an invitation to deliver conies from the coa! mining regions
♦ J/>o f/antr bj’»
carrying on their operations because of
the injury alleged to have been dono
to surrounding vegetation across the
Georgia line. The case has -ettracted
much attention as it is contended that
the decision will have a direct bearing
on the smelting of copper all over the
United States.
Referring to the effect of adverse de
cision on the community. Mr. Vogel
says' the country is naturally sterile
and desolate, and adds:
"It is shown that the people, realiz
ing the advantage of the higher prices
prevailing in the Ducktown district,
have abandoned their farming lands, or
have given up their meagre agricul
tural pursuits and have moved them
selves and their families Into the
the Ducktown mining district. The pay
roil of these defendants is shown to be
approximately $1,000 000 per annum, all
of which goes to the benefit of the im
mediate neighborhood. The proofs 4
showed that supplies purchased by
these mining companies exceeds $1,-
000:000 per annum, that he supplies
consist of wood timber, varius pro
ducts of the immediate country ar.d
fuel, such as coal and coke, which