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TWICE A-WEEK TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEOR GIA—RAIN FRIDAY AND ON THE COAST SATURDAY, COLDER SATURDAY, LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS. ESTABLISHED in 1826. MACON, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1907. TWICE-A-WEEK. $1.00 A YEAR. PENROSE PAID VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE Host Bourne of “Conspiracy” Dinner Saw President About Same Time. LOEB GOES INTO ELECTRIC COMPANY None of Parties Would Talk SHINGTON, April <?. of Pennsylvania. -Senate I’hO! Ion wttl of the d against y mentio ?lvlng av of a:i all dent Rc White led in connect- ay ct a dinner ged conspiracy jsevelt, was a House today. This is Senator Penrose* s first visit to til.- White Hour c since t he publication of tile story wh oh he dt nled a day or two afterwards. When the Senator lArrw- out he vns Iran led lately sur- rounded by a gr >up of n< iwspaper men. The Senator wa s not at all communi- cative and deola red aRa in and again lh.it in- ii.ol noil ins to m y of any con- "What Is the object of your visit. Senator?” "It was purelj social. I had a very nico visit. “Did you explain to the President why tlie Pcnns> lvanir. L eglslature ro- fused to endors e him for a third term?" "I did not.'* "What do you think of tho third term proposition ?** "Don't think.” Willie Senator Penros i was at the Executive Offle e. Scnat or Jonathan. Rourne, of Oreg in. came in. He went direct to Seer etary Loeb’s office. Senator Bourne. it has been commonly reported was th > host at the dinner at which the details of the so-called con- to ha' Bourn' ever. fer< i gal net the President were said been given out. Senator saw the President after Mr. had left. He declared, how- that there had not been any con- .•een the President. Senator Penrose and liimself. and that he had lot seen Mr. Penrose during his visit o the White House. Later President Roosevelt discussed national politics and some of the busi ness of the national Republican com mittee with its acting chairman. Harry S. New. who remained with the Presi dent some time. With the newspaper men he would not talk politics. Representative Burton, of Ohio, who accompanied Secretary Taft on liis trip to the Panama Canal and the West In die.-, talked with the President for some time today. Mr. Burton scouted the suggestion that politics were con sidered. WASHINGTON. April 25.—An impor- ' t int change in the control of Washing- | ton Railway and Electric Company of ■ this city will occur.at the annual meets I ing next January. It became known j today that a number of the local capi talists. had purchased a majority the stock. Simultaneously with this I announcement, it was rumored that j Wm. I. •••!•. Jr., secretary to the IT" I dent, had been determined upon as the I president of the corporation. The fact ! that the purchase had been made did j not become known to the public until | after Mr. Loeb had departed on the > Mayflower with the President for the Jamestown exposition. The recent re- I port of his connection with the com j pany could not be confirmed, inasmuch j as the brokerage firm which negotiat ! ed the purchase of the stock were mute I on the subject of who the purchaser: j were or whether they were commit ted to Mr. Loeb. A similar rumor re j gardlng Mr. Loeb’s affiliations with the company has been in circulation for several months, but not until today did it take definite shape. Former Repre sentative McDermott, of New Jersey, is now president of the company which heretofore has been owned largely by New York. New Jersey and Philadel phia capitalists. WAS DISCOVERED SECRETARY TREASURER OF WOONSOCKET ELECTRIC MA CHINE COMPANY PROMPT LY RESIGNS BENJAMIN F. MOORE DIED SUDDENLY VALDOSTA. Ga.. April 25.—Benja min F. Moore, a prominent citizen of the Naylor district, died suddenly this morning. He had been out looking after some work and was seized with a coughing spell. He went back to his house and feeling weak went out on the porch to get some air. His wife started after a chair when he toppled over and died in a few minutes. . He had many relatives and friends in the county. He was about 75 years of age. BULLET THAT KILLED * SURE DECEASED STATED BEFORE HIS DEATH THAT MRS. DEMAS- SEY SHOT HIM NEW YORK. April 25.—The bullet that killed Gustav Simon, the shirt waist manufacturer, who wsa shot to death in hi- factory In Braodway and j i -1 November was exhibited in court inday where Mrs. Anisia DeMaasey is on trial charged with having taken I his life. While the deadly missile was passed • r0 m hand to hand by the jurymen she v it chatting with her counsel and from time to time making notes In a mem- | or.ondum book. Mr- Anna Polnnzn. who had work- the defendant in Simon’s said that when Simon, after shot, was being removed from his officee to the elevator she heard a policeman, pointing to Mrs. DeM.as- NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BUILDING AT VALDOSTA VALDOSTA. Ga., April 25.—The first shovel full of dirt on the new Presby terian Church was lifted yesterday and work upon the church is to begin in earnest now. The dirt was raised by Rev. Charles C. Carson and there were many members of the congrega tion on hapd to witness it. The material for the new church is coming in daily and the work Is to be pushed very rapidly. The church is to be -of colonial sty'.e and is to cost ■about $25,000. exclusive of gifts from several of the wealthy members. One of them offers to furnish eight great stone columns for the front of the building, and another will install a handsome pipe organ to cost several thousand dollars as soon as the church is completed. The building is to be erected on Pat terson str.ect, two blocks from the bus iness center and near the central rest j dence portion. Though the seating ca pacity will not be as large as two other churches here, the new church promises to he the prettiest In this sec tion of th& State. WOONSOKET, R. t, April 25.—A shortage of about $92,000 in the ac counts of Woonsocket Electric Sla shing and Power Company was re vealed today by the issuance to the stockholders of the company of a cir cular letter announcing that a heavy shortage had been discovered. The letter which was issued by order of the directors, further stated that the resig nation of Levi Cook Lincoln, secretary treasurer and general manager of the company had been accepted. John J. HeiTernan, counsel for the directors of the company, said: ”1 believe the amount of the shortage is about 592,000. Mr. Lincoln has re signed and has turned over to the company property which he claims is wrth $40,000:”. After reading the circular letter of the directors and the statement of Mr. Heffernan. Mr. Lincoln said: "I admit the situation is substant ially as stated. Further than th's 1 must decline to be interviewed. I take this step upon the request and the ad vice of our directors and the purchas ers.” , Recently negotiations have been un der way for the sale of the business to the firm of Esterbrook & Company, and the circular says, that the alleged embezzlement will not interfere with this sale although the stockholders may be called upon to make good any deficiency. The circular leter sent to the stock holders says •'Woonsocket. R. I.. April 25. 1907. "It lias this day come to the knowl edge of the board of directors of the Woonsocket Electric Machine and Power Company that there has been an embezzlement from the company of a large sum of money and the resigna tion of Levi Cook Lincoln, as secretary treasurer and general manager of the company has been accepted We ex pect in a few days to be able to make definite report to the stockholders.” F WINDOW INTO | DETECTIVE’S ARMS AN ALLEGED KIDNAPER KIDNAPED BOY LEONARDO IN IDENTIFIED DI COURT ROOM. FARMERS’ UNION DID NOT ENDORSE PLAN ATLANTA, April 25.—J. G. Eu banks, State business agent of the Farmers' National Union, today denied that the union had endorsed the pro posed cotton warrant exchange to be located in Birmingham, as reported from that place. Mr. Eubanks says that officers and members of the union were invited to attend the con ference. but on learning the details of the plan refused to endorse it. AMAPALA TREATY WAS RECEIVED AT WASHINGTON FUNERAL OF CAPT. WM. MOORE WAS LARGELY ATTENDED ivith TV. as if thn tvas fired the shots. •'Yes.” said Simon men: Madam Delin' On motion of cottr fense. and with the prosecution, tl ross that site that is the wo n' shot me" 'i for the de- ■onsent of the statement of the wit- vd Simon declare the shots striek. fired hv the defendant was n from the record. Front an- witness, Elizabeth Veronica H-'V who was employed by Simons company up a designer, however, the pro-ecuilon got about the same tes- timonv. Mis- Hale said she was m the office when Mrs. DeMsasey was brought In by a policeman after the ' ' with the defendant COLUMBUS. Ga.. April 25.—Tho fdneral of Capt. William R. Moore took place this afternoon from his late residence and was very largely at tended. He was one of the most pop ular men in Columbus and grief at his shoVingly sudden death is general and sincere. Capt. Moore’s life was marked by incident and adventure. During the war. then a young boy in his teens, he was on “the steamer Shamrock on the Chattahoochee Riv er when a steam pipo on that boat blew up, scalding him. Later he was injured in an explosion In an ice fac- ' ! torv in Apalachicola. Fla. He retired from the position of general manager of the Columbus Steamboat Associa tion eighteen months ago. and from then until the time of his death look ed after his interests and investments in Montgomery and various cities in Florida. He was also interested in an ice plant in Havana. Cuba. What was i hen she was brought •The officer took her before Mr. St- asked hint if this was the ho had shot hint.” replied nflm and woman i the witness. -What did Mr. Simon sa "Yes. that is the woman me: take her away: 'eke he "Did Mr-. DeMassey sa "She smiled and said: hire..’” The court adjourned. MR. T. L. MERCER KILLED R. WATERS IN SELF-DEFENSE SANDERSVILLE, Ga.. April 25.— News from Oconee has just reached here that Ralph Waters, a young white man. was killed last night by Mr. T. L. Mercer. The shooting was done in asked Mr. self-defense. Waters was intoxicated and attempted to enter the home of Mr. Mercer in the latter’s absence. Falling to gain entrance he went away but met Mr. Mercer and began curs ing. He drew his pistol and followed Mr. Mercer to the house. Again he at- that shot I tempted to gain admittance, knocking • away.” I down the door. Mr. Mercer seized a .ny thins?" ; gun and shot him. He died immediate- I didn’t shoot j Iv. The coroner held an inquest and the jury rendered a verdict exonerating Mr. Mercer on the ground of self-de fense. WILSON NAMES BOARD OF FOOD INSPECTORS WASHINGTON. April 25.—Secreta ry Wilson today created by executive oriipr hoard of-food and drug in spection. whosedu ty it shall be to ad minister the national pure food law. The board consists of Dr. Harvey W. Wilev chief of the bureau of chem- , 5r . v ' chairman: Dr. Fred. L. Dunlap, whose committee chemist dates fron P. M -Cabe. solicit nient of Agriculture. Secretary Wilson ha tlcally impossi > ' , ~ “ time to go lnt tails imposed the J. M. THOMAS KILLED AT ROEDUN BY A. H. FUSSELL WASHINGTON, April 25.—Details of the treaty of peace and amity be tween Nicaragua and Salvador, which was signed at Amapala on Tuesday last were received at the State De partment today through a cablegram from Philip Brown, charge of the American legation at Guatemala. The treaty is similar to that enter ed into a year ago and known as the Marblehead pact, and it includes provision for a general Central Amer ican peace congress ■ to be held in Nicaragua and Salvador. It is the expectation of the officials here that as a result of the comin congress about to be held here, there will be no further disturbance in Central America at least for many years to come. The nows of the sig nature of the treaty of Tuesday was received here with the greatest satis faction by the whole Central Ameri can diplomatic contingent, who today called at the State Department to ex press their gratification at the out come. NEW YORK, April 25.—After a search extending over three months, de tectives today arrested Ignasio DiLeo- nardo and his wife on a charge of kid naping. DILeonardo was taken into custody in the yard of a Brooklyn ten ement house after he had jumped through a second sjory window in an attempt to escape white the police were forcing the door of It is room. He landed in the arms of a detective when he jumped. DILeonardo is charged with having kidnaped the six-year-old son of Sal vatore Saitti, a wealthy Harlem Italian. The little fellow was stolen on his way to school and afterward the father received a number of letters declaring that the boy would be mutilated and then killed if $1,000 was not forthcom ing. Three weeks from the time the boy was stolen he was found wander ing alone on Park Row by the police. It was the belief of the police that Saitti had paid the money demanded by tho kidnapers and that the lat ter had returned the boy. Saitti would" not admit this. At police headquarters the Saitti boy picked DiLeonardo out of a line of thirty prisoners. "That’s him,” the little fellow said, as he walked up to DiLeonardo; “that’s the man that stole me.” DiLeonardo declared in -court today that he has been very friendly with Saitti and that the boy come to his home voluntarily and paid him a friendly visit. DiLeonardo was held for further examination. ITALIAN TESTIFIED HE PAID “BLACK Ui” WITNESS FAILED TO IDENTIFY LONG STRING OF PRISONERS. REVOLUTION MOVEMENT QUELLED IN SALVADOR SAN SALVADOR. April 25.—A rev olutionary plea, headed by General Po- tenciano E-calon, and an American cit izen named George Noisant was dis covered April 23 at Sansonate, fifty miles from this city. Escalon fled, but Noisant and others Implicated were arrested. Escalon’s plan was to sur prise the troops at Sonsonate in the southwestern part of the republic of Salvador and capture the arms stored there. MATES OF STEAMERS WILL QUIT WEDNESDAY BALTIMORE April 25.—A. D. Steb- bins, vice-president and general man ager of the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company, said today that he could not say just what his company would do if the mates of their steamers quit on next Wednesday to enforce their demands for Increased wages. But at this time there Is no in tention of granting their demands. Capt. L. Cullen, first vice-president of the American Association of Master Mates and Pilots, said the men are just as determined to get the increase as the company is not to pay it. Capt. Cullen Intends to remain here until the case is settled. TORRENTIAL RAINS FLOOD NEW ORLEANS ? an associate oday. and George of the- Depart- rf .fivo a salary oi ;hest that can v. and will devot ■ administration found itj prac- ,1,. t > take the required i all the necessary de- n the adminisration of law. Dr. Dunlap will v of $3 500 a year, the an be paid under the evote his entire time to pure food VALDOSTA Ga.. April 25.—A. H. Fussell, of this city, was notified today that hi? brother. J. B. Fussell. had shot and instantly killed J. M. Thomas in the hotel at Doerun. Fussell is agent for the Georgia Northern Railroad at Tieknor. and Thomas was superinten dent of the large saw mills of R. J. Corbett & Co., at that place. They had a quarrel over a business matter when the shooting followed, j The wife and children of the deceased I were in the dining room at the time i and witnessed the killing. One report j of the killing said that Fussell was ! justified in it. though it did not state | the grounds of his justification. Livery Stables Burned. VIDAL!A. Ga. .April 23—The barge i,cables belonging to ,he i ■ Di\ estate was destroyed hj loe t.us oi,.ruing at 1 o’clock. As yet .he lo. - morning Is not known, ance. Arkansas and Its Waterways. LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. April 25.—Ar kansas. which Is one of. the most fa vored States of the Union in the mat ter of navigable rivers on or within Its borders, now propo-es to permanently improve these waterways, and partic ularly the Arkansas river and Its trib utaries. A conferen.-i with this end in view was held ht r< today to organize junction with the National Govern* meat. State and w.i hcinal officials and the various trade ir.die- .mi busi ness organization- :b--oigh u: Ark.-n- n.-ur- | sas are taking an active Interest in the movement. NEW ORLEANS. April 25.—A tor rential rain flooded many sections of New Orleans today and the heavy downpour continued tonight. Water was more than a foot deep in parts of Canal street, where the big stores are located. •Water backed up in some sections over the deep glitters and covered sidewalks. St. Charles avenue, the finest street in the city, was a run ning river for blocks, many residences being completely surrounded. The precipitation was estimated at over three inches early tonight, with no re lief promised until tomorrow. WILKESBARRE. Pa.. April 25.—At the “felack Eland" trial today an Italian named Salvadoria Scommoca, living at Dunmore, Ltickawanna County, testi fied that he had received threatening letters from the “Black Hand” organi zation, whose headquarters were sup posed to be at Pittston. The letters demanded that he pay certain persons $60. He paid $50, but refused to pay the other $10. He was asked if he could identify any of the prisoners to whom he paid the money. He look ed ' the defendants over, but said the man to whom he paid the money was not among the number. Mrs. Ross Cregonzi who was known to have paid money was tho next wit ness. She said she had received threatening letters demanding money. LYLE MURDER USE IN HANDS OF JURY JURY ALLOWED TO VIEW SCENE WHERE MURDER WAS COM MITTED. WAYCROSS, Ga., April 25.—Upon the reconvening of court this morning Judge John T. Mayes addressed the jury in the Lyle murder case for the defendant and was followed by Col. W. W. Lambdin for the State. At twenty minutes to noon Judge Parker completed his charge to the jury and the fate of Harry K. I.vie. charged with the murder of his wife and baby, was placed in the hands of the twelve men who are to decide whether it is life or death for the prisoner. The case oc cupied the entire time of Ware Su perior Court for two days and at no previous time, either civil or criminal, has there been such marked interest as In this case. Judge Parker's charge was forceful and impartial. The twen ty minutes he consumed in charging the jury he covered all the vital points in the evidence and just as he went to close his charge informed the jury that there could be no intermediate verdict returned; that their verdict had to either be an acquittai or murder. He informed them, however, that in case they found Lyle guilty, a recommenda tion to life imprisonment could be made and that the court would be bound to observe the recommendation. At 4 o’clock Judge Parker granted the jury permission to go to the house on Eads streets, where Lyle killed his wife and baby and view the surroundings. Jury Still Out. At - a late hour tonight the jury in the Lyle murder case were still tied up and no verdict Is expected before morning. Judge Parker gave them until 10 o’clock to report tonight. There are various rumors on the streets as to how the Jury stands. Late this afternoon a ballot showed seven for murder and five for peniten tiary for life. A later ballot showed seven for murder, four for life impris onment and one for acquittal. At 10 ■o'clock it is reported that the jury stands ten for murder, without recom mendation, and two for acquittal. Just after the jury retired today, Lyle stated to his attorney that he ex pected a verdict of murder with a rec ommendation to life imprisonment. TAX RETURNS OF FIVE CORPORATIONS REJECTED Pullinan Car Co. Only One Out of Six Received. Batch of Current Gate City News CAME TO WED AND FOUND HER BETROTHED DEAD RALEIGH. N. C.. April 25.—Miss Thelma Lindgren. of St. Paul. Minn., who was to have been married here Saturday to Capt. - Hans Thorson, ar rived today only to learn of her in tended husband’s death by drowning. Tuesday at Buckhorn Falls. N. C.. when, with others he was swept over the falls in a scow. Telegrams sent had failed to reach her. The bodies of the four men have not been recovered. Anarchist on Trial. PATERSON. N. J.. April 25.—Much interest is manifested in the case of Luigi Galleani, the anarchist, which was called for trial today before Judge Francis Scott. The police department has taken great precautions to prevent any outrage or demonstration on the part of the local anarchists during the trial. Galleani is accused of having taken a prominent part in the great silk riots here in 1902, which resulted in loss of life and the destruction of much property. After the riots he fled - «.........a,,muucj. , from Paterson and was only recently She did not like the tone of the letters I found in a Vermont town, where he and went to New York City to live. was editing a paper. ROOSEVELT AND PARTY OFF FOR EXPOSITION President Will Press Gold But ton and Open the Great i Show. Part He Will Take Today China Missionary Conference. SHANGHAI. Arri; 25.—Practically all the foreign mission boards and .so cieties of America were represented at th- opening here today of the China Centenary Missionary Conference, held to commemorate the centennial anni versary of the beginning of mission effort in China. The conference will last two weeks, during which time a sp-.-i ial topic relating to mission work will be discussed each day. Dr. Frank P. Webster Dead. NORFOLK Va.. April 25.—Dr. Frank P Webster, aged fifty-four, a promi nent physician of this city and proprie tor -if the All- gheny Hotel, at Goshen. Va.. died suddenly at his home in Nor folk today of heart failure. WASHINGTON, April 25.—Presi dent Roosevelt, members of his fami ly and a party of friends left the Washington navy yard at 3:10 o’clock this afternoon aboard the yacht May flower for a visit to the Jamestown Exposition. They are to return Sat urday morning. On Saturday the President and Mrs. Roosevelt are to make a trip up the James River on the dispatch boat Sylph. The Con gressional party, comprising a joint committee of the Senate and tho House,and their families, preceded the Presidential party this morning. Secretary and Mrs. Metcalf and others left earlier In the afternoon on the United States Dolphin, and the diplo matic corps, whose members are to he the guests of the Jamestown Ter-Cen- tennial committee, followed tonight. President’s Party. The President’s party was made up of Mrs. Roosevelt Miss Roosevelt, Masters Archie and Quentin Roose velt, Justice Moody, of the Supreme Court. Secretary Loeb. Assistant Sec retary Bacon and Mrs. Bacon. Assis tant Secretary Latta, Mrs. Ralph Cross Johnson. Capt. Lee. one of the Presi dent's military aides. Capt. Key one of the President’s naval aides. Lieu tenant Commander Long and Dr. Oehning. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt, with their children, reached the yard about 3 o’clock, and were met by Commandant Leutze and Capt. Long of the Mayflower. President’s Departure. It took but a very few minutes for the vessel to be loosed from her moor ings and the President and his guests standing on the after starboard side of the ship waved a good by to the crowd As the ship pulled out a Presidential salute of twenty-one guns announced the President’s departure. While the arrangements were being made for the vessel’s departure the crowd, among whom were a number of children, surged near the ropes which held her. notwithstanding the warnings of the officers. The Presi dent showed deep concern for their safety and advancing to the rail of the vessel, admonished the children to keep back. Program at Jamestown. The President will take an impor tant p3rt in the opening of the expo sition and the exercises incidental thereto which are to begin soon after he arrives at Hampton Roads tomor row. In the morning there Is to be the review of the assembled men of war and the reception of the flag officers and commanding officers of the for eign ships. At half past ten the President is to leave the Mayflower, and is to be met at the end of the Government pier by the officers of the exposition and a military escort, and will be saluted by the United States artillery station on the exposition grounds. An hour later he is to go to the reviewing stand on Lee’s parade in the rear of the audi torium building, where a program of the exercise?, including the adress of President Tucker of the exposition, and of President Roosevelt and the press ing of the button, opening the exposi tion is to take place. Lunch and Review. In the afternoon there is to be lunch to the President and his party in the auditorium building, review of a parade of the soldiers and sailors, and the National guard, and a reception to the President by the officers and di rectors of the Jamestown Exposition ■Company, after which, at five p. m„ the President returns to the Mayflow er. In the evening at 3 o’clock the Pres ident and Mrs. Roosevelt are to dine with President Tucker in Norfolk. Saturday will be a day of compara tive rest for the President, he and Mrs. Roosevelt taking a trip up the James river on the dispatch boat Sylph, re turning to Hampton Roads in time to board the Mayflowers so as to start for Washington about seven o’clock in the evening. The Mayflower Is sched uled to reach Washington Sunday morning about 10 o’clock. During the afternoon the dispatch boat Sylph left the navy yard for Hampton Roads. Secretary of-the Treasury and Mrs. •Cartelyou. the A assistant Secretary of War, Mrs. Oliver and the Misses Oliver, the Secretary of the Interior, and Mrs. Garfield, the Secretary of Commerce and Labor and Mrs. Straus, the Assistant Secretary of the Treas ury and Mrs. Winthorp. the chief of staff of the army and Mrs. Bell, As sistant Secretary of State and Mrs. Wilson, and substantially ail the mem bers of the diplomatic corps in the party left Weshington this evning on the steamer Newport. They will ar rive in Norfolk tomorrow morning. TWO MEN INJURED IN FREIGHT WRECK COLUMBUS. Ga.. April 25.—East- bound freight train from Birmingham to Columbus.' over the Central of Georgia Railway, was wrecked at 1:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon at a point forty-five miles from this city. The engine left the track and turned com pletely over, its nose ploughing the mud at the bottom of a ten-foot em bankment. and seven freight cars also left. the track. The injured: A. V. Brown, negro fireman: scald ed from his waist down and also one arm; injuries serious but will recover. Dan M. McCook, engineer ankle slightly sprained and briused about the shoulders: injuries quite oainful but not necessarily serious. ATLANTA. April 25.—Out of six corporation tax returns submitted to Comptroller General W. A. Wright to day, substantial increases were de manded in five cases while the return in only one case was accepted. The accepted return was that of the Pullman Car Company, which showed a substantial increase over that of last year. In the other cases the Comptrol ler General wrote the various companies that as the value of practically all prop erty in Georgia has advanced from 15 to 25 per cent within the last four years, and since the values of these corporation properties were fixed by arbitration, their returns should now show some indication of this increase instead ■ of remaining what they have practically been from year to year since 1903. The Comptroller General also in formed these companies that it made no difference to him how the return was divded between physical property and franchise so long as the aggregate is a fair valuation of the property. The Pullman 'Car Company returned Its property in Georgia at $455,000 of which $325,000 is physical and $130,000 intangible property. The company real- claims that it has no franchise in Georgia. The return is arrived at by taking that proportion of the total value of the company’s property which is placed at $25,000,000. found by the comparison of the Georgia mileage. 2.476 miles, with the company’s total mileage in the United States which is 193,000 miles. This return is an in crease of $133,000 over that of last year, and was accepted. The return of $156.S19.2S made by the Augusta Union Stafion Company, was declined. The company has issued upon the property $225,000 four per cent bonds. The Comptroller General •wrote the company that he would ac cept a return of approximately $200,000 on this property. The return of the Augusta and Sum merville Railroad Company which con nects the railroads entering Augusta, at $61,045 of which $15,000 is on fran chise. and a return of $S0.000 was de manded. The Monroe Railroad, owned by the lessees of the Georgia Railroad and operating ten miles between Social Circle and Monroe, which was recent ly rebuilt and the gauge broadened, was returned at $57,717 of which $1,755 is franchise. A total return of $100,000 was demanded by the Comptroller Gen- | eral. The Macon and Dublin Telephone Company returned its total property at $1,993 of which $100 was franchise. The Comptroller General demanded a re turn of $5,000. The Dublin Telephone and Tele graph Company, of Dublin, Laurens County, made a total return of $10,036. It showed earnings last year of $2.- 777.04. The Comptroller General in this case demanded an aggregate re turn of $20,000. These cases pretty well the Comptroller General’s policy this year, and there is every indication that similar increases will be de manded all along the line. covered with a pair of brass knucks concealed on his person. In the ase of tho Southern Railway vs. Montag, affirming the decision of Fulton Superior Court, the Court of Appeals says even though under a contract for transportation over sever al different lines, each of the linos is made responsible for the goods while n its possession, the burden is m >ai ■ initial line to show that the loss damage occurred after the property had left its terminus. In the case of Brooks vs. the City of Atlanta, from the City Court of Atlan ta, reversed, the Court of Appeals holds that where the plaintiff was injured by falling on a sidewalk as tho result of obstructions placed there by an abut ting property owner of which the city had at least constructive notice, there is ground for an ation against the city and the court erred in granting a non suit. Police Looking for A. Hirsch. ATLANTA April 25.—The police of Atlanta are looking for A. Hirsch. a lawyer, who came to Atlanta from New York several months ago, with strong recommendations from Judge Alton B. Parker and Lawyer Abe Hummel, who recently figured in the Thaw case. Hirsch came here and entered busi ness and isnppeared a few days ago following a raid on a hotel where he was stopping. There are several At lantans. it is said, who hold somewhat worthless paper which they wore in duced to accept from Hirsch. and they are anxious to locate him. Sam Johnson Recaptured. ATLANTA. April 25.—According to Information received at the office of the Prison Commission. Sam Johnson,' a former negro preacher and life con vict, who led the escape of twelve con victs a few days ago from the Durham Mines camp in Walker County, has been recaptured. It was orroneoulsy stated that one of the negro convict? was killed in effecting the capture, but it it stated one of them will die at the result of wounds received. The commission has information leading tc the belief that one of the white con victs who escaped, R. E. Turnago, sent up from Atlanta for fifteen years foi attempting criminal assault, has been located and will be captured. Eubanks Attacks Harvie Jordan. ATLANTA, April 25.—J. G. Eu banks, State business agent of the Farmers’ Union, has just returned from Birmingham, where he .went to attend a meeting said to have been called by bankers and spinners with a view to organizing a cotton warehouse movement. The announcement was sent out as a result of this meeting, that a plan was agreed upon which had tho indorsement both of the Farmers’ Union and the Southern Cot ton Association. “Nothing could be further from tho truth,” said Mr. Eubanks, speaking of the matter. “State Business Agent Parker, of Alabama, has already sent out a denial of that report. “The truth of the matter is we found the meeting all cocked and primed by the Southern Cotton Asso ciation.' The invitation had come from others, evidently because the South ern Cotton Association feared to take the lead on account of its odorous connection with Mr. Hoadley, of Wall street. “We wish to make it plain now that the Farmers’ Union cannot and will not co-operate with the Southern Cot ton Association as long as it is offi cered by men as close to Wall street as are some of Us head officers. In evidence of this we have only to call attention to the recent statement of Mr. Hoadley that he was in almost daily communication with President Harvie Jordan of the association, who kept him informed as to what was going on. “The Birmingham warehouse move ment contemplates a cotton exchange for handling warehouse receipts. The Farmers’ Union proposes to deal only in spot cotton and sell direct to the spinner. As soon as we found that was at the bottom of the Birmingham movement, we politely withdrew and notified them we could have nothing to do with it. “If the Southern Cotton Association only knew it, it is working positive injury to the farmers of the South by its constant alignment with Wall street men and with the spinning in- Reduction Will Be Enjoined. ATLANTA, April 25.—Notwithstand ing the intimation of one of the rail road attorneys who spoke against the reduction of the present passengei fare in Georgia, that whatever action was taken by the commission in thal direction, its enforcement would be en joined in the United States Court, th? Railroad Commission has gone to work on the proposition before it, and pro poses to sift the situation to the bot tom before reaching a decision. Members of the commission were not at ail surprised at the Intimation that if they should see fit to reduce tiie rate, it would be fought by injunc tion. One of them said today: “While, of course, I can in no sense forecast the action of the board, be cause I do not know what we are gains to do. I can say this much, and thal it whatever we do we will take care insofar as is possible, that our actior shall be such as will stand the tesi In any court hr which it may’ be tried “The question is a big one and thert are many details to be considered. \V> propose to go into it thoroughly and then to take such action as may seeir proper under all the conditions.’and |l Is our purpose insofar as our judgment illustrates 11$ capable of doing, to make it an ac tion which cannot legally be set aside I do not anticipate that we will react a conclusion under a week or ten days and then it will be after constant con. slderation of the facts and figures be fore us.” There seems to bo a general belie) that there will be some reduction in th? rate of passenger fare ordered by th« commission, and while there has beer no intimation to that effect, commor consent seems to have fixed upon 2% cents a mile, as about the figure which will ho adopted. Should a reduction to this or an? other figure be ordered by the commis sion, there is no doubt from what ha< been said, that a fight in the courts wil follow and many months will possiblj elap.-e before a final determination it reached. Cotton Seed Soiling High. ATLANTA. April 25.—Commissionoi of Agriculture T. G. Hudson, who left the city today for the Jamestown ex position, stated that during his rcrent visit to Southwest Georgia he fouric that in many places cotton ceed wer« selling at 60 to 75 cents per bushel and hard to get at that, while the usual price In the plentiful season is 25 tc 30 cents. The present demand for seed is occasioned by the large amount ol replanting made necessary by the April freeze. • FORMER GOVERNOR BULLOCK REPORTED SERIOUSLY ILL ATLANTA, Ga., April 25.—Formei Governor Rufus H. Bullock, of Geor gia. is reported to be critically ill n1 Albion. N. Y. His son, V. V. Bullock, a^tstant postmaster here, left tonighi to join his father. Rioting in Progress. KINGSTON, Island of St. Vincent B. W. I., April 25.—Considerable ex citement was caused here today by the embarkation of a detachment oi St. Vincent police and volunteers for Castries, Island of St. Lucia, where, according to the report which re&ched here, serious rioting is in progress. German Parliamentarian Coming', BERLIN, April 25.—Dr. Barth*.' the well known parliamentary leader, sailed today for the United States, in terests. We have our own warehouse j which country and its political institu- plans which will be worked out in due i tions he has for years been deeply in time and which we believe will ac complish what we aim at—a stable and a fair price for our product.” Court of Appeals Decision. ATLANTA. April 25.—The State Court of Appeals hapded down a large batch of decisions today, but there is iittle in them of extraordinary inter- In the case of Dorsey vs. Redwine from Fayette Superior Court some rather unusual facts are presented. Dorsey paid the fine of a man con victed" of a misdemeanor upon his agreement to work it out. The total amount paid was $50. Redwine bought the contract from Dorsey, giving him a note, and the man worked out the time. The suit involved a dispute over the note which the Court of Appeals holds terested. He proposes to deliver sev eral public addresses in America, and, incidentally, will study the develop ment of the trusts and social life. Trust Companies Merge. NEW YORK, April 25.—The merger of the Colonial Trust Company in the Trust Company of America was rati fied today by the stockholder? of the two corporations. The parent com pany is to have a capital ?tock of $2,000,000. a surplus of $10,000,000 ant deposits of $70,000,000. Penn Memorial Day. CARLISLE. Pa.. April 25.—Dickin son College today celebrated with be coming ceremonies tho 225th anniver sary of the granting by William Penn „ „ valid obligation and must be I of his celebrated “Frame of Govc-rn- paid. I ment” for the colony of Pennsylvania, In the case of Cunningham vs. the one of the remarkable political docu- State from the City Court of Bain- | rr.ents of American history. President bridge, the Court of Appeals affirms j George E. Reed presided over the mo tile lower court in the conviction of ■ moria! exercises and the principal nd- Cunningham of the offense of carrying I dress was delivered by Dr. Moncure D. concealed weapons, because he was dis- Conway, of New York city INDISTINCT PRINT