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6 THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH TUESDAY. APRIL. 18. 1907. a pi 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 T 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