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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”