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FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 190X.
THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
HOUSES DESTROYED
ISO IISES LIST
The Royal Arcanum as* mbied in the
Odd Fellows' hall yesterday for the Geor
gia meeting of the order. The purpose
■>f ihi
la to Interest men In insur-
CITT OF MEXICO. April 18.—Today
the Associated Press was In commu
nication with several towns in'lf.e
•-n>.e .or tneir tanuiiee. The session as
sembled at 10 o'clock yesterday morning;,
when, a number of interesting nddrc=nss
were listened to hy 'the m* mbar* Hon.
John ; T, nolfeulllel delivered an eloquent
address of welcome, and Hon. A. O. Bla-
lork^/.f Fayetteville, responded to It.
Grand Regent L H. Chappell, of Co
lumbus. delivered the annual address of
•he ■ chief regent, in which he cllseu-.sod
at length the work of the organisation.
Its growth and what it stood for. He
a > Ri e a list of recommendation* for
»• ensuing year, after which various re
pot id of committees were listened to. in
which the work of the Arcanum was dls-
and pl&nnod.
Deputy Sunrome Regent W. Holt An-
v;.t, of the New Jersey Legislature and
a prominent attorney of Trenton, was
received with grand honors. Deputy Ap-
K.ar Is here to Install the officers of ,ne
Grand Council, which will lake place at
the Odd Fellows Hall at in o'clock this
morning.
A' special session was held In the Ea
gles' Jiall last night, at which Deputy Ap-
gar delivered the speech of the evening,
In which he discussed the work In the
VnRod States, and showed how this fra
ternal Insurance order had progressed.
After his apeoeh of abhut an hour. Hon.
w. ,r. Simmons, of Rome; Judge P. K-
Tallnferro. of Sandorsvlile. and Col. J. M.
Paco, of Co*lngton. delivered speeches
on .the work, all of which were, well re
ceived.
Election of Officers, With
Judge R. B. Russell at
Head
MOHOXK LAKE, X. T.. April IS.—
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president
of Columbia University, will preside at
the thirteenth annual, meting of the
Lake Mc&onk Conference on Interna
tional Arbitration which meets here
next month. The program, so far as
completed.* gives prominence to dis-
distrlct most affected by the recent cussion of the coming Hague Confer-
earthquake. These telegrams make It l once and to consideration of America’s
. , .. " ... i interest in Internationa! arbitration.
certain that the death list will exceed j Arnong the speakers will be Hon. Wll-
one hundred. j Ham L Buchanan, chief United States
There are a number of small towns j delegate to the second and third Pan-
yet to be heard from, but up to date i American conferences and one of the
the* fatalities at these places have
ranged from nine and twelve and. the
Injured from thirty to forty. A tele
gram from the city of Chilapata today
In the State of Guerrero, which was
totally destroyed states that thirty-
three persons were Injured and 779
buildings were destroyed. One pecu
liar phenomena which has just been
made known is that after the first
great shock the air was filled for many
miles with a sickening, sulphurous
odor. This caused great distress to
the survivors. There are many spec
ulations as to the cause of this and
some consider it as a proof that the
earthquake had its origin in some sub
terranean explosion. For this reason
considerable anxiety will be felt until
news is received from the section sur-
delcgates to the coming Hague Confer
ence: Hon. John. 'Barrett, director of
the Bureau of American Republics;
Hon. Francis B. Loomis, former Assist
ant Secretary of State; Senor Enrique
C. Creel, ambassador from Mexico: Se
nor Ignacio Calderon, min'ster from
Bolivia: Hon. Richard Bartholdt. pres
ident of the American section of the
Interparliamentary Union; and Dr.
Benjamin. F. Trueblood, of Boston. Ad
dresses are hoped for from Dr. Andrew
D. White and Judge George Gray.
The relation of colleges and univer
sities to the arbitration movement will
be d'seussed. Many leading educators,
among them President Eiiot. of Har
vard: Angel], of Michigan: Denny, of
Washington and Lee: Thwing. of
Western Reserve: James, of Illinois,
and Rhees, of Rochester, are expected.
I well under way and will soon be com
■! pleted. There are how twelve of the
| ninety Inmates of the homes in the.
i hospital, and of these seven are prac
! tically hopeless paralytic's. Three in
j mates have died during the last quar-
ter. four were discharged. ‘ two were
dropped from the .rolls bgeeause they
went away on leaves of absence and
never returned; ar.d six new members
were received. The members of the
board of trustees now feel that they
have practically eliminated whisky
drinking, at least of the dangerous
sort, from the institution.
There were present at the meeting
President H. W. Bell, of Jefferson,
Vice-President W. S. Thomson, of At
lanta. Hon. John Triplett, of Thomas
ville. Judge R- A. S. Freeman of West
Point. Judge C.- M. Wiley, of Macon
Gen. C. D. Phillips, of Marietta. Judgt
A. C. Pate, of Hawkinsville. Secretary
W. H. Harrison and Treasurer Amos
Fox.
rounding the active volcanos of Coll- | Dr. Elmer Ellsworth Brown, United
Yesterday the Royal Arcanum of Geor
gia elected and Inatalled officers for the
next year, and after transacting some
other business, adjourned.
Hon. R. B. Russell, of Winder. Ga.. was
named grand regent and his election was
followed with a burst- of enthusiasm by
the delegates.
Atlanta wns named as the convention
elty for. next year.
The officers for the new year are:
Grand Regent—R. B. Russell. Winder.
Oa. • —
Grand Vice-Regent—W. S. Simmons.
Rome,
Grand Orator—J. B. Daniel,' Dublin.
Grand Secretary—R. P. Lester. Cov
ington
Grand Treasurer—E. P. H. Ruhland.
Augusta. -
Grand Guide—C. L Duval. Augusta,
Grand Chaplain—J. B. Wallace. At
lanta.'
Grand Warden—H. S. West. Athens.
Grand Sentry—W. de Brn/n Kops.
Savannah.
Trustee—John Berkle. Atlanta.
The following resolutions were passed
Just before adjournment today:
"Resplvtjd. That the thanks of this
Grand Council of the Royal Arcanum of
mas and Jurlllo. Up to the present it
Is Impossible to calculate the amount
of the property loss at Chilpanclngo,
because with the exception of the city
hall and about twenty other houses,
the whole city Is In ruins. The shocks
continue at long Intervals and al
though not strong, they spread panic
among the inhabitants. '
Last night there was another shock
at 10 o’clock, accompanied by subter
ranean noises. From Chllapa came
this telegram: .4
"Thirty-one houses were destroyed.
’Seven hundred and seventy-nine
houses are partially destroyed, in
cluding the cathedral, the various
churches, the city hall and other build
ings amounts to over 83,000,000. The
whole population Is panic stricken and
nobody la thinking of* rebuilding the
destroyed houses. Since Sunday twen
ty-five distinct shocks have been
felt."
A movement is under way In the
City of Mexico to furnish relief to
those who were rendered homeless
and destitute in Guerrero.
SEVERAL STATES
DEEP IN
Georgia he and They are hereby tendered IT WAS FIVE INCHES
'•* >be local lodge of the Independent |
fird> i. of Odd Fellows for the courtesies I OMAHA, NEB.
of the use of their haii for this session. I
Macon Lodge of the Order of j OMAHA. Neb.. April 18.—Five inches
also to fh A _ >t | ||{ PH
^.n l [aneon«Vv P tende?ed r (o P |'hi« f eI,,^ l | l l of » n!>w during^iai t night and con
jure! the unexpected emergency of gold- tinued today. The fa.l was general
Jntr an op^n s^aalnn at night whan the over Eastern Nebraska and .s tine heav-
O*id Fellows' Hall was necessarily not lest known In April for many years.
BV "Ib>ble The snow extends over a wide area.
£ !52 ri “" are hereby tendered to the according to advices from points ill
M^eon who h2?e^end^ed"their l-«nee-- lOITO. Kansas. Missouri end Colorado
Ive courtesies to ou r members, and here- ** tf* 6 south which reports a light snow-
wlth beg to place upon record this ex- fall, while Northern Nebraska, South- .
presslon of our appreciation of Macon as ern South Dakota, Northeast Wyoming |
States Commissioner of education. Dr.
Andrew S. Draper. New York State
commissioner of education, will speak
on the relation of public schools to the
movement.
One session will be given to delegates
from chambers of commerce and
boards of trade representing all parts
of the United States. Others expected
are Justice Brewer, of the United
States Supreme Court: Chief Justice
Simeon E. Baldwin, of Connecticut: W.
W. Douglas, of Rhode Island, and W.
D. Beard of Tennessee; Senator Hey-
hurn, of Idaho: Representatives Bur
ton, of Ohio; Smith, of Illinois; Gold-
fogie. of New York, and Granger, of
•Rhode Island: Bishops Lawrence, of
Massachusetts, and Coleman, of Dela
ware; Senor Eplfanio Portela, minister
from the Argentine Republic, and Se
nor Enrique Cortes, minister from Co
lombia; Dr. Edward Everett Hale^Hon.
Lambert Tree and Henry C. Morris, of
Chicago: Hon. Bartlett Tripp and Gov
ernor Coe I. Crawford, of South Da- j
kota; Hon. Samuel R. Thayer and
Mayor Jones, of Minneapolis: Gover?
nor Glenn, of North Carolina; Hon.
John D. Long, ex-Sccretary of the
Xavy: Rear Admirals C. F. Goodrich
and A. S. Barker, U. S. N.: Hon. Chas.
P. Neill. Commissioner of Labor.
Conference at Capitol.
ATLANTA, April 18.—Following up
the meeting of the prominent Georgia
educators at Pinehurst. N. C.. during
the session of the Southern Educa
tion Board, at which the organiza
tion of a Georgia Educational Asso
elation was determined upon Gov
Terrell former Gov. W. J. Northen,
S. M. Inman, of Atlanta, and State
School Commissioner W. B. Merritt
held a conference today in the office of
the latter at the State capitol for the
purpose of discussing plans looking to
perfecting this organization. The
principal action taken at the meeting
was the selection of a committee of
fifty well known Georgia educators,
who will he requested by Mr. Inman
to meet in Atlanta on a date to bo
fixed early in the summer, probably
about the time of the meeting of the
State Legislature. At this convention
plans will be discussed and acted
upon looking to the extension of the
scope and Influence of educational
work in Georgia.
Biitep by a Spider.
Through blood poisoning caused by
a spider bite, John Washington of Bos-
queville Tex., would have lost his leg,
which became a mass of running sores,
had he not been persuaded to try Buck-
Ien's Arnica Salve. He writes: "The
first application relieved, and four
boxes healed all the sores.” Heals ev
ery sore, 25c. at all druggists.
DATA OF DAMAGE
(Continued from page 1.)
a desirable convention city,"'
ALL OFFICERS OF D. A. R.
PROBABLY RE-ELECTED
WASHINGTON. April 18.—While
the vote of the continental congress
for national officers of the' Daughters
of the American Revolution will not
he announced until tomorrow morn
ing, it Is freely admitted by both fac
tions tonight that Mrs. Donald Mc
Lean hap been re-elected as president
general of the society. Mrs. McLean’s
supporters claim that the entire ad
ministration ticket will be elected by
an overwhelming majority. The voto
receivod by Mrs. Elizabeth Eleanor
Ho ward, of Alexandria Va.. who was
nominated by the "Insurgent” faction,
her friends declare, will make her the
logical candidate to succeed Mrs. Mc
Lean at the next session of the con
gress.
At 11 o'clock tonight the tellers
who are canvassing the vote announc
ed that their work would not be com
pleted for several hours. The official
report, they declared, would not be
made public until submitted to the
congress tomorrow.
Only two candidates were put In
nomination for president general. Mrs.
Donald McLean, the present incum
bent. and Mrs. Elizabeth Eleanor
Howard, of Alexandria. Va. Mrs. Mc
Lean wns placed in nomination by
Mrs. A. A. Kendall, of Maine and Mrs.
Chas. Terry, of New York, speaking
on behalf of a majority of the dele
gates from that State, seconded the
nomination.
The surprise of the occasion, and
avhich Indicated that Mrs. McLean did
not have the unanimous support of
her own State delegation, wns the
nomination by Mrs. Little, of Roches-
: \ i. of Mr*. Howard for the
presidency general, and the second
ing of It by Mrs. J. Herron Crossman,
also of New York.
After the balloting began Mrs. Mc
Lean. the president general, said that
■she bad been informed that many of
the delegates had filled out their bal
lot*- before coming to the hall. She
declared that she was astonished upon
hearing the statement and that she
would appoint a committee to find out
if possible how the ballots came into
the possession of delegates. New bal
lots were distributed and the ballot
ing proceeded.
and Black Hills are covered with
blanket of snow six inches deep on
the level, which Is still falling. At
northwestern railroad headquarters
here was said tihat the storm Is prac
tically the same over the entire system
west of the Missouri river.
Opinion as to the effect on fruit and
early vegetables varies. Along the
. Southern and Central belts, cherries,
j peao'xes, plums and berries are said
i by some to have been ruined almost
ARE ' entirely while other growers and deal
ers report that fruit was not far enough
advanced to be seriously endangered.
In grain circles It Is believed that the
snow will kill all the green bugs which
(have been threatening tho winter wheat
crop.
NEW NEGROES KILLED
IN ROW IN RAILWAY CAMP
Chas. F. Malone Dead From Menin
gitis.
ATLANTA. April 18.—Charles F.
Malone, of the firm of Ragan, Malone
& Co., a well known wholesale house,
was found unconscious in his room at
the Kimball House this morning, and
died without being revived. Mr. Ma
lone's. death was due to a sudden at^
tack of meningitis. It has been Mr.
Malone’s custom for several years to
open the store in the morning and
when others arrived today and found
him not there and immediate inquiry
was made with the discovery stated.
Mr. Malone was S3 years old. The
Bank Chartered.
ATLANTA, April 18.—The Farm
ers' and Merchants’ Bank of Milltown
Ga,. was granted a charter today by
Secretarv of State Phil Cook. The
new bank has capital stock of $25,000
and P. T. Knight, J. C. Wilkinson and
others, all of Berrien County, are the
incorporators.
Claim for Demurrage.
ATLANTA, April 18.—Pennington
& Evans, lumber dealers of Barfield.
Ga., went before the State Railroad
Commission today to press their claim
for $70,000 demurrage against tho
Douglas. Augusta and Gulf Railroad
Company, one of the short lines which
is going to be merged into John
Skelton Williams’ Augusta and Flori
da Railroad.
This gigantic claim for demurrage
is based on the charge that the rail
road company in question failed and
refused to supply the necessary cars
for transporting lumber after due and
legal notice had been given. The de
murrage charge is $1 per day, and it is
claimed that the total number of de
linquent car days amounts to more
than $70,000.
The lumber firm was represented
by Spencer R. Atkinson, of Atlanta,
Smith. Hendrix & Christian and Alex
ander & Gary, of Nashville, while tho
railroad company was represented by
W. H. Barrett, of Augusta. Consider
able detailed evidence was presented
on both sides, and more than half tho
day was taken up with the case.
It will probably beIseveral days be
fore a decision is rendered.
The railroad commission also heard
the application of the people of Hutch
ens, a station on the Athens branch of
the Georgia Railroad, for .a depot, and
reserved decision.
JACKSON. Miss.. April IS.—News
was received here today of a riot at
the Hutchinson railroad camp near
Byram last night In which two negroes
were killed and a wthHe man wounded.
A negro assaulted a white man who.
though badly beaten, managed to kill
his assailant. This started a general
row and one other negro was killed.
Hutchinson's ramp is three miles south
of Byram on the line -of the New Or
leans and Great Northern Railroad.
ATLANTA, April 17.—Several con
tests over the reduction of rates, both
freight and passenger, were fought out,
in part at. least, before the State Rail
road Commission today, though no de
cision have yet been rendered.
The Georgia Southern and Florida
and the Seaboard Air Line appeared to
show cau£e why they should not be
changed from Class C to Class B of tho
. J. I . . „ commission’s classification which would
body will be sent tomorrow to Brook- j involve a reduction pf approximately
M» ss '' f° r interment beside that | jq per-cent in the local rates of freight
of his wife. —■ j which they are allowed to charge. The
. T _ ! G. S. & F. was represented by Judge
. £' r * J" s . ura , nca „ C ,° mp *" y Sues ' , ' John T. Hall, of Macon, and Vice-Pres-
ATLANTA. April 18. Attorneys for : j<j ent g p Parrott, while there appear-
the California Fire Insurance Com- ; C( j f or t»j e Seaboard. Attorneys E. T.
pany today filed in the United States ; Brown , j. j. Spalding and John D. Lit-
C ' 0U rl a ,/ Uit *? r 531.1.4.48 against tho t] e an( j General Freight Agent C. R.
stockholders of the Atlanta-Birming- J Capps- and Assistant ■ General Freight
ham Fire Insurance Company. The
suit is based upon a California law.
Which makes the stockholders of
Agent J. A. Pride.
In a general way it was argued in
behalf of these lines that instead of a
corporation liable to the amount of i decrease there ought to be an increase
their capital stock holdings. It is j in rates on account of the increased
claimed the Atlanta-Birmingham Co. operating expenses, the result of which
became a stockholder in the Califor- j j s to prevent an increase in their net
nia company when it got the latter revenue. It was also contended that
with headquarters in Atlanta, a mu
tual company without capital stock.
The charter members of the company
are R. E. Currie, B. S. Calhoun. IV. E.
Currie and B. J. Calhoun, of Mont
gomery' County, and J. F. Anthony, of
Atlanta.
JUDGE HART
ifil!
(Continued from page 1.)
Peach Crop Sold for $10.
"It is not my purpose now -to suggest
ELEClROGUTEO FOR
TRIPLE MURDER
■COLUMBUS, O., April IS.—Dr. Oliver
HP _ wH. _ Irook Haugh, of Dayton. O. convicted
MUtor cash^ This should be amended, and' especially as o* the murder of his father, mother and
what Mr. Tate think*! to those corporations that look for j brother, at Dayton, Ohio, on Car night
• the fruit bv the cold their future sustenance by taxing the i of November 4, 1905, was electrocuted
atlai '.’TA. April 17.—According to 1 a remedy for that unhappy phase of
a well authenticated statement made at " the situation, but to advise and reo-
the capital today. James Tate, of El- ommend that laws should be enacted
bert County, who owns an orchard of staking imposs'ble in the future a rep-
10.000 peach trees in that countv has edition of this injustice. The laws rel- _ , „ ^ „ ,
sold the entire crop of this year to a ntive to tho creation of corporations of Dayton. O., convicted
banker of Eiberton •*— —* - —-
is Indicative of
has been done to the fruit bv tho cold t - - » — , . .. . .. ...
weather. He does not think a crate i Public. The law should not suffer cor- I ,n *be annex in the Ohio penitentiary
of good peaches will be secured fro-n ■ poratione to be organized and flood the i a ^ ew minutes after midnight tonight,
his entire orchard. The money has country with stock at a nominal value, ! A break In the machinery at the Co
passed, it Is stated, and the transaction ' when the corporation Is of that char- ! lumbus Public Service Plant, threw the
Is a bona fide one. acter that the holder of the certificate * big prison into temporary darkness,
could insist on his right that the pub- i but did not interfere with the electro-
Pike Has Right to Hold Election lie should be taxed that he might earn eution. Dr. Haugh continued to man-
ATL\\’T-\ Vnril 17 c,, ’ * a dividend on Its par value. To invest \ fest t0 the vey last on apparent
At LAN I A. April 1,.—The Supreme j 10 eeints for & certificate of Stock and : ference to his fate. All visitors w« re
excluded from the annex at the peni
tentiary today and Haugh had seen only
his spiritual adviser. Dr. Haugh never
admitted the crime for which ho was
executed. He never discussed it, r >
his attendants say, since he entered
tho annex.
The murder of his parents and broth
er occurred November 4, 1905. The
Haugh's home at Dayton was burned
and when search of the ruins was made
the bodies of the elder Haugh, his wife
and a son were found. Circumstances
Indicated that the family had been mur
dered and thhe house burned to con
ceal the crime. Dr. Haugh's de
fense was Insanity, but he was legally
declared sane. It was brought out,
however, that he was addicted to the
use of a drug known as Hyoscone-hy-
dro-bromate. Attempts were made also
to connect him with the murder of sev
eral women at Cincinnati who were
mysteriously strangled. He was also
said to have been Involved with a Mary
Twohy, who died under suspicious cir
cumstances at Lorain. Ohio, and with
a Mrs. Annie Patterson, who died mys-
j , , . . ; cBiua lur u tBruiiwic ui mwa. Mill
todav? ?hll ,L n a „ dec .® 0I i ba nde , d down i demand a return on a dollar is a pal-
in^i' l i 18 has the ; pable fraud on the public, for this is to
r ‘Snt to hold an election under i 'gather where they have not sown, and
the act of 1906. to determine whether -- —- - -
the dispensary for the sale of liquors.
operated by the city of Barnesville.
shall continue or be put out of busi
ness.
The act of 1906 gave to counties in
which dispensaries ar,e located the
right to hold elections to determine
whether the dispensaries should be
continued or abolished. A petition in
legal form was presented to the Ordi
nary of Pike County. J. w. Means,
asking him to call an election that
the people of Pike might pass on the
dispensary at Barnesville. Now It
happens that the city of Barnesville
runs this dispensary and gets the
profits from it. and the county has
nothing to do with it.
The City Council of Barnesville.
therefore, sought to secure an injunc
tion from the Superior Court to pre
vent the Ordinary from calling the
election. This injunction was refused
and the Supreme . Court upholds tho
lower court in its refusal. The Su
preme Court holds that the act of 1906
relating to elections on dispensaries
is constitutional: that it applies to
Pike County just as .to any other
county wherein a dispensary is locat
ed, and that It makes no difference
that the dispensary Is owned by tho
city of Barnesville and not by the
county, the people of the county nev
ertheless have the right to say wheth
er it shall stay there.
The Supreme Court’s decision means
that an election will be held to de
termine whether or not tho city of
Barnesville shall continue in the dis
pensary business—an election in
which all the voters of Pike will have
a right to participate.
Jamestown Exposition Incomplete.
ATLANTA, April 17.—The James
town Exposition will hardly be com
pleted before June 1. according to
State Geologist W. S. Yentes, who is
back from Norfolk for a few days In
order to look after some features of
the Georgia exhibit.
Nevertheless the work is being
pushed rapidly,” he stated, "and me
exposition will be in fair shape for the
opening on April 27. Contractors have
had a great deal of trouble in getting
labor and material promptly, and are
behind on this account.
"But when it is completed it Is going
to be one of the finest shows ever
given in the United States. It is
beautifully located and attractive In its
every detail. Georgia is going to have
one of the finest exhibits at James
town." *
to reap where they have not strewn.'
The public, quite willing to pay freight
and passenger tariffs which will ena
ble the investor to earn a fair return
on the money actually invested in the
road and its equipment, naturally and
reasonably objects to being taxed to
pay dividends on stock which represent
nothing more or less than water. That
there are millions of dollars of such
stock In Georgia no Informed man will
deny, stock perhaps now in the hands
of innocent purchasers for value. That
the public should object to being taxed
to pay dividends on this watered stock
is only natural, and yet it must be con
ceded a 'hard remedy to say that the
honest investor should lose his money
when he had purchased this stock in
the open market, paying value therefor,
and issued in pursuance of the laws
of the State. This evil can be corrected
by amending the law relative to the
Incorporation of transportation com
panies, and it should be. for our present
law makes it possible, if it does not en- i teriousiy at Chicago. Haugh a wife
courage, this scheme generally called i ' n ,°' v divorced, and two children, aro
‘financiering,’ but in reality nothing j ”vlng In Dayton.
short of ‘fraudulent practices.’ This j *
should be stopped. Stringent laws i
might temporarily restrain railroad de
velopment, but in 'the long run would ■
accelerate it, for if the investor knew I
that upon money honestly invested in
War on Theatrical Trust.
ATLANTA, April 17.—The appear
ance of Mary Mannerlng in "Glorious
Betsy," at the El Dorado theater here
on April 26 will be the entering wedge
in this State to the war on the great
theatrical trust. Miss Mannerlng
comes under the management of S. S.
and Lee Shu bert who are fighting the
trust. It is stated this will he the
only show sent here by the anti-trust
people this season, but they propose
to follow it up with a fight all along
the line next 'year. The El Dorado is
Marietta street house which ' was
built primarily for cheap attractions.
company to reinsure a large amount
of its insurance in that State.
Consolidation Denied.
ATLANTA, April 18.—The stock-
t holders of the North Georgia Elec-
XF7W YORK. April IS.—Abraham Ben- | trie Company, which Is just about to
edict, of the law firm of Guggenheim, bring its power into Atlanta over cop-
Untenneyer & Marshall, counsel to the per wires strung on steel towers from
international policyholders committee. I _
called upon Acting District Attorney ! Vainest Hie, n .11 meet tomorrow for
Smythe rt the District Attorney's offieo ! the Purpose of arranging to submit a
today, and laid before Mr. Smvthe ccr- bid to the city on street lights for the
tain evidence by which it is alleged for- | next five years period. President A.
gerv had been committed in the elections
held recently by the Mutual Life Insur
ance Company and the New York Life
Insurance Company. The District At
torney's office, it was stated, would in
vestigate the matter.
BARACA AND PHILATHEA
UNIONS IN SESSION
MRS. MARY GARDNER
KILLED BY LITTLE SON
JACKSONVILLE; Fla.. April IS.—
Mr-. Mary Gardner was shot ar.d killed
thi- morning by her little five-year-old
son. who was playing with his father’s
■.'nit gun, which was accidentally dis-
PEACH CROP SHORT
75 PER CENT
ATLANTA, April IS.—The National
Baraca and Phllathea Unions held sep
arate afternoon sessions and concluded
their work wltfj a joint meeting to-
nifht. "Young women standing by the
Bible school," wns tho theme for dis
cussion -at the Philathea meeting, inter
esting addresses being made by Miss
Carrie Misner, president: Mis** May
Hudson, secretary, and M. A. Hudson,
National president of iue Baraca union.
At the B'araca sessions a number
of short addresses were made on topics
of Interest to the 'Baraca.
A. B. & A.
MAY EXTEND ITS
LINE TO SAVANNAH
J. Warner of the North Georgia Com
pany. Indignantly denies that there
has been any consolidation with the
Georgia Railwaj- and Electric Com
pany and says there Is not going to be.
If satisfactory terms for the city
these properties are not over-capital
ized, and the statement was made that
they were ready to meet that issue at
any place and time that it might prop
erly be brought up.
Minter Wimberly, of Mac-on.'attorney
for the Macon. Dublin and Savannah,
accompanied by Vice-Pres'dent • and
General Manager James T. Wright, ap
peared to oppose a reduction in the
rate of passenger fare as asked for by
the George Farmers' Union. Mr. Wim
berly stated that road could not at this
Dynamite Fell From Wagon.
ATLANTA. April 17.—The explosion
of a stick of dynamite under a Ma
rietta street car the other clay result
ing in the wrecking of the car and the
narrow escape from injury of several
passengers, led to an investigation by
the police with the result that there
ere picked up some twenty-five
sticks of dynamite further along on
Marietta street and on the road.vmt-
side the city. It has been discovered
that this dynamite fell from a wagon
belonging to Lane Bros. A defective
package became broken and the dan
gerous explosive was scattered In tho
street for a distance of half a mile or
more. It is considered miraculous
that more damage was not done.
S. E. C. PRESSLEY
DIED LAST NIGHT
SICK TEN DAYS—FUNERAL AR
RANGEMENTS ANNOUNCED
LATER.
Mrs. Ella Coggins Pressley, aged 30
years, the beloved wife of Rev. D. M.
Pressley, pastor of Mablo White Memo
rial Baptist Church, died at S o'clock last
night at the residence. 2520 Second street,
after an illness of 10 days.
She was the only daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Coggins, and was married
at Palmerville. N. C.. seven years ago.
She was mother of four bright children,
two of whom survive her. little Martha T-.
and Daniel. She also le.avcs two brothers.
She was a oonsister— Christian, and be
ing an active worker .in the church, was
of groat assistance to her husband in
his pastoral duties She was a beloved
member of the Ladies' Aid Society, and
her presence in that association will bo
sadly missed.
Owing to relatives being out of the city,
the funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
Additional Judge for Fulton.
ATLANTA. April 17.-*-Under a re
cent constitutional amendment provid
ing for additional Superior Court
judges in circuits where the exten
sive business warrants it, the Legis
lature will be asked to pass a bill at
its coming session providing for such
an additional Superior Court judge for
time stand such a reduction. It is not i Fulton County the Atlanta bar will
strongly recommend Capt. W. D. Ei-
4his public enterprise, he was to have
a fair return thereon, -the field would be
more inviting to conservative capital;
but regardless of .the effect such a pol
icy would have on railroad develop
ment, it is nevertheless an honest and
just one and in the end would be ben
eficial both to the carrier and to the
public.
"The public should be willing to pay
just and reasonable rates of freight
and passenger -tariff to the end that the
owners of railroads should receive a
fair return on an honest investment.
. . . Perhaps no question affecting j
our commercial prosperity is-more im- j
portent than the question of trans
portation. The railroads of the coun
try have been, and must continue to
be. the great agency and tho potent
faotor In our reaching the commercial
greatness we aro destined to attain.
“The public owes It to itself and to
tho railroads to -treat them with abso
lute justice. The public would greatly
injure itself and gain nothing by
wrecking them, for their exists a com
ity of interests between the public and
the railways. The railroads, -however,
are essentially monopolies and prop
erly subject to Governmental super
vision, and upon property legitimately
and honestly invested the owners are
entitled to a fair return, but a rate
based upon a fictitious or dishonest
capitalization from the standpoint of
the public, manifestly can never be the
basjs of determining what is a just and
reasonable tariff."
Venue in Criminal Case9.
Important change 1-n Georgia’s crim
inal law is suggested in the following:
“It Is impossible perhaps to legislate
so -as to entirely prevent delay in the
enforcement of the criminal law*: nor
would it be just to declare a wholesale
denunciation of every effort to secure
for one's client an absolutely fair and
impartial trial, though it may work de
lay and the client may be guilty. It
is to the interest of the citizen that
every safeguard should be thrown
around l ! fe and liberty and the duty of
every lawyer to see that his client has j
a fair and impartial trial, even though i
he be guilty.
"Our present criminal procedure,
however, could be improved in some
respects and at the same time without
cheapening life or liberty, or waiving
any reasonable duty devolving upon
the State to make good its accusation
pw^See'smd^ruTe*of 1 procedure that the ! THREE DECREES AND SEVERAL SEC-
State should recede from by appro- j OND VERDICTS GIVEN BY
priate legislation. In view of the fact j SUPERIOR COURT.
that the court itself by its own adjudi- I -——
cations has fastened the rule I shall ! The Superior Court was tn session only
shortly mention, the court in the ab- j a half day yesterday, and all attention
senee of legislation feeis no doubt un- ! was devoted to divorce cases, resulting
authorized to correct the evil. I refer j in the following verdicts and decrees bc-
to the rule which requires the Supreme 1 in«r made: '
Court of Georgia to grant a new trial ! _ J- F. Bush vs. Mrs. J. F. Bush, wilful
MRS. WM. THAW GIVES UP
HOPES OF SON'S RELEASE
PITTSBURG. Pa.. April 18.—Mrs. VTm.
Thaw, mother of Harrv K. Thaw, accom
panied by her daughter, the Countess of
Yarmouth, and Josiah C. Thaw, a half
brother of the prisoner, arrived here to
night from New York. The Thaws left
the train at the East Liberty station of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, and were Im
mediately driven to "Lyndhurst." the
family home.
It was learned that Mrs. Thaw had
given up hope of having her son released
from jail on bail pending a new trial.
FOUR CHILDREN BURNED
TO DEATH IN NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE. N. C.. April IS.—Four
children of Mrs. W. H. MoDade. at Hen
rietta. Rutherford County, were burned
to death tonight in their dwelling. Moth
er and father were fatallv burned in ef
forts to rescue them.. Tho mother and
father may die.
at present paying anything on Its bond
ed debt, he said, all the net Vevenue
going into improvements.
The Seaboard Air Line also made an
argument against the reduction of the
lighting are not secured from one of , passenger rate, and Judge J. K. Hines,
these companies, Atlanta will proba- I of Atlanta, appeared as attorney for the
bly make arrangements to erect her ' Farmers’ Union, and urged the reduc-
own lighting plant. I tion asked for in the passenger fare.
General Manger TV. S. Erwin, of the
Peaches Saved by Fires. i Tallulah Falls Railroad and Attorney
ATLANTA. April IS.—A dispatch i Jack B'owden. of Clarksville, appeared
from Baldwin. Habersham County, j before the commission to oppose a pe-
says that although nearly all of the [ tition from people living on_ that line
peaches In the county were destroyed l railroad for reductions in freight
by the recent freeze, there was one and passenger rates. The Tallulah
orchard of 10.000 trees In which the j FaIls Railroad has been allowed to
crop or a large portion of it was snv- ch “rge somewhat higher rates than
ed by keeping up fires throughout the | ° {np r lines owing to tho expense of its
orchard on the nights of April 10. 13 construction through the mountainous
and 14. This Is the Fhilbrick orchard ' country through which it runs. The
and it Is said that at least two-thirds ' passenger fare on this road, for In
stance, Is o cents a mile.
The Ware Orchard Co., of Sumter
County, presented a petition asking for
the removal of the Centra! Railroad de
pot at Maddox in Sumter County, a dis
tance of several hundred yards from its
present site. The railroad company
has expressed a willingness to move
it if authority is given by the commis
sion.
The commission took all these mat
ters under consideration for decision
at a later date.
The-hearing as to the reclassification
lls for this position, and it Is stated
the appointment, which will be made
by Gov. Hoke Smith, will go to him
when* provision for it is made.
of It is in fine condition as the result
of this effort.
Trie! at Soldiers’ Home.
ATLANTA, April 18.—At the quar
terly meeting of the Confederate Sol
diers' Home held yesterday at the
home, there was an Interesting trial
of two former inmates who had been
suspended for drunkenness. The board
of trustees went regularly into a trial
of the case, hearing evidence on both
sides. Capt. Robert L. Barry, the su-
BROXTON. Ga.. April IS.—The A. E.
* A. system owns valuablo terminals
in Savannah and It is generally believ
ed that the sale of the Ocilla and Val
dosta Railroad to parties whom Mr. H.
C. McFadden represents as general sup
erintendent, really means that the A. B.
* A. will extend its line from Fitzger
ald to Savannah.
Mr. McFadden Is one of the biggest , . ine-nearins »*■ **j ue reuassmcaiiou
railroad men in the South and it is I pe ' lnt ~ nt ' staded th *-‘ he had done n f the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlan-
that a man of his j PtP th< r J n r\. ! " tie was postponed until next week on
account of recent changes In the traf-
"Pneumonia’s Deadly Work
had so seriously affected my right
lung.” writes Mrs. Fannie Connor, of
Rural Route 1. Georgetown. Tenn..
“that I coughed continuously night and
day and the neighbors’ prediction—
consumption—seemed inevitable, until
my husband brought home a bottle of
Dr. King’s New Discovery, which in
my case proved to be the only real
cough cure and restorer of weak, sore
lungs." "When all other remedies ut
terly fall, you may still win in the bat
tle against lung and throat troubles
with New Discovery, the real cure.
Guaranteed by all druggists, 50c and
$1.00. Trial bottle free.
in a criminal case because the venue
was not sufficiently proved, although
no complaint was made a-t -the trial, nor
as for that matter, before the judge in
the motion for a new tr'al. Under a
general assignment of error that the
verdict is contrary to law, the court
has ruled that It would be obliged to
declare a new trial when the record
failed to disclose affirmatively tho
venue of the offense. The court has
held in Cooper’s ease (106 Ga. 619) that
‘proof that the crime was committed
in Lawrencevllle did not establ'sh the
venue beyond a reasonable doubt.’ In
the case of Murphy vs. the State (121
desertion, second verdict and decree.
Sam Holmes vs. Jane Holmes, alia*
Jane Odom, wilful desertion, second ver
dict and decree.
Mattie Dame vs. J. W. Dame, cruel
treatment, first verdict.
Mrs. Hcnnie Hagan vs. husband, cruet I
treatment, second verdict.
8am Cook, wilful desertion, second ver
dict and decree.
John W. Davidson vs. Katie May Da
vidson, desertion, fir.-; verdict.
Sam Moore vs. Mnhaley Moore, unfaith
fulness. first verdiet.
Serious Accident to Mrs. Eason.
FITZGERALD. Go. April 18.—Mr*
Eason, wife of Col. Tom Eason, a prom-
Ga. 142) that the venue was not suffi- ! Inent attorney of this city, met with .a
ciently proven though a witness tes- serious aec.dent yesterday which irev
ATLAX
tomo].''i.':st
from the
•A. Ga..
Smith t
Impossible to believe „ .
caliber would accept the general sup- | Question to keep peace and order, but
erlntendencv of a road onlv .about for- being unable to do so had asked their
ty miles long If he did not know that Suspension at the hands of the inves-
great developments were Immediately t 41 gating committee. hue the charges
ahead. * were found to he well grounded, the
The road purchased includes the line ; two men were permitted to return to
from Broxton to Fitzgerald onlv. and 1 the home under probation, with the
does not include that section from warning that they would be perma
Bryan in New England.
HARTFORD. 'Conn.. April 18:—Con
necticut, which is the home of the
New England Progressive Democratic j “nd before'Vhe'vcrdicL
League, is receiving a two days visit ) ~ This SUKKe stion T trust will meet
from William J. Srjan which tne Ae- ; tli the approval of the General A>-
braska leader will follow up w:th a ' b ly. To go through with a long
speaking tour of all the New England aru ] expensive trial to the State, and
I although the fact of the venue was
~ " established, but In the preparation
tilled that ‘the crime wns committed
in the city of Atlanta.' The court it
self recognizes that we should get
away from these decisions, and says
if the question was now open it would
rule to the contrary, but is constrained
in view of the past decisions of this
court to so rule. The court suggests
that it takes this occasion to call at
tention to the General Assembly of the
propriety of legislation declaring that ....
ne'ther the judge of the trial court nor horrible accident. Mrs. Edison wi!
of the Supreme Court should be re- | probably return to Atlanta for furthei
quired to render a judgment to tho treatment,
effect of which is to grant a new trial
in a criminal ca-se because the venue
was not sufficiently proved, unless it
appears from the record that this ques
tion was definitely made at the trial
result in the loss of her eyesight. Mrs.
Eason has been suffering with her eyes
for some time, having recently returned
froha Atlanta, where she was under the
treatment of Dr. Calhoun. The light
being excluded from Mrs. Eason's room,
the person waiting on her secured the
wrong bottle, with the result that three
drops of carbolic acid were poured in
her eyes Instead of the right medicine.
It is too early to tell the m ult of the
$65 000 Fire at Spring Hope N. C.
RALEIGH. X. C.. April 18.—The
Owens Hotel, eighty-eight hales n!
j cotton, two frame buildings and five
stores were burned at Spring Hope.
X. this morning wirh a loss of
j $65,000. Partly insured.
by
April 18.—State Kn
d.av received report
tch growing dist-lct
nary of which shows 1 m0
cent of the crop has , Rai
rcent cold weather, j operating under tl
I the building of th
and' Savannah Railroad. : goes into tt
charter will be applied for . ment of th
fic department of that road.
Cooper D. Winn. Jr.. Commissioned.
ATLANTA, April 17.—Cn"P'-r D.
Winn. Jr., was today commissioned bv
the Governor captain -of Company B.
cond infantry- Macon, in place
Eroxttn to Hazelhursi. as this was sold j nently expelled for a repetition of their captain Baxter Jones, who has been
PLAGUE OF DEAiH , Hazl-i.:
K SMITES PARTS OF INDIA ; hu: a r
the Ocilla ar.d Valdosta several , offenses
ths ago to the Georgia an.! F'.. rlria ^ The annual report of the trustees to
way. The new management is ! the Governor was read over and ap-
the name first used in : proved. It will be sent to the State
e road—the Broxton. ; printer for publication. This report
details of the manage-
home for the twelve
promoted to be lieutenant colonel of the
second regiment subject to examina
tion.
.at once so as to allow the change nec- ' months ending December 31. 1906. It
RTMLAL India. April 18.—There were essary in building to Savannah. It Is deals with the legislative Investlgn-
" "eat'as from the plague in India generally believed that the road will be j’.-in and. in effect, answers tho
k ending Anri! 13. Rev- | built from Broxton through. Baxley. ?harses which were made against th"
during th
en:v Mousand of th
caL the Ur:" d Pro
jU The epidemic.
red
and
jab in Oct
a mil on
<aurred.
n Ben- Glenvllle
? Pun- | open un
■ Pun- | Oe--rgiu
nearly roads, a
and Hinesville. ns tljis would
t'ne larg-'t section of South
ns yet unpenetrated by rail
'd will give Sooth Central
ind a half deaths have oe- Georgia the outlet cas
I so long neded.
management of that institution in
ccnne tion with the investigation.
There is. however, nothing sensational
about i:
that has been J mpp r.ew hospital building, for which
B3nk Chartered.
ATLANTA. Apr!! J7.—Secretary of
Stare Philip Cook today, chartered a
new bqnk and an insurance company.
A charter was granted to tho Farm
ers’ and Merchants’ Bank of Douglas-
viilq. DoucDs County, with a capita!
stock of J25,00 n . The incorporators
are W. C. Abercrombia. F. M. Stewart.
R W. Johnston. L. O. Upshaw and J.
Q. Enrrekin. all of Douglas County.
barter was also granted to the
4 the contract was recently awarded, is New South Mutual Life Insurance Co*
believed it worth while to make two
extended visits to this section of the
country in as many months is thought
to be the forerunner of important po
litical developments having a bearing
on the national campaign of next year.
PUBLIC CONSISTORY HELD
AT VATICAN YESTERDAY
ROME. April 18.—A public consistory
took place at the Vatican today with
great ceremony. This being the season
in which Rome Is crowded with tourists,
the demand for tickets was extraordinary.
The procession accompanying the Pope
was long and interesting, being mrr.r>"="d
of many notable personages. The Swiss
Guard headed the procession and the no
table guard surrounded the person of the
Pontiff, who was dressed in white. He
was preceded hy the cardinals in full
red robes and followed by the bishops and
archbishops. When the Pontiff wns seated
on the throne, th" six new cardinals ad
vanced. one by one. to receive the red
hat. Each prelate knelt at the feet of
th" Pope while the master of reremonies
held a magnificent red hat ove- the car
dinal's head and the Pope saying: “Ac-
cipe Galerum Rubrum.” etc., rose nr-d
gave the papa! embrace. The only cardi
nal created at the secret consistorv of
April 15. who was r£pt present was Mgr.
RinaldLni, the papal nuncio at Madrid.
Gen. Markiey Retires.
-WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 18 —
Having reached the statutory age limit
for active service. Brigadier Genei'nl
Alfred C. Markiey was placed on the
retired list today. Few officers of the
army have seen longer or more varied
service than has Gen Markiey.. A na
tive of Deyle*imrn. Pa., he entered as
private in the Twenty-fifth Pennsyl-
: vanla Infantry during the firid year of
the Civil War. He served in the oper-
; ations before Richmond. Y.a.. was pres-
i ent at the siege of Petersburg and was
- at Appomattox. During the summer of
I 1863 he was with the “Army of Obser-
■ ration.” which was s"nt to drive the
i French army out of Mexico. Then
I came several veers of Indian fighting
| on the frontier. In the war with Spain
I he commanded a regiment of San Juan-
I Hill. After the war he was in com-
j mand of Fori D. A. Russell. Wyo., and
: Vancouver Barracks. Wash. In 1899
I he went to the Philippines, returning
MONTGOMERY, Ala.. Api! IS.—The I in 1902 to take command of Fort Mo-
strike of the employes of the Montgo-m- | Dowell. The vacancy in the grade of
ery Traction Company was settled late [ brigadier general resulting from the re
today and fie men will return to work i tirerr.ent of General Markiey has been
tomorrow as non-union me and at the ! filled by the promotion of Col. Charles
same wages as they received before the j Morton. Seventh Cavalry, now in the
6trike. ' Philippines.
the medion for new trial and the brief
evidence the fact was overlooked and 1
the record is silent on this point, and :
although no complaint was made in the ;
lower court and counsel for the first i
time discovers in the reviewing court, j
"In he preparation of the brib" by ,
himself he has omitted to Include the | “
evidence relative to th" venue, springs
the question under the general assign
ment that the verdict was contrary to
law. the court is powerless to do other-
w'se in view of its past decisions, but
reverse the case and grant a new trial.
This practice often involves a miscar
riage of justice ar.d cannot be sup
ported by either rhyme or reason.”
MONTGOMERY TRACTION
COMPANY’S STRIKE ENDS
^INDISTINCT print”