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0 Friday, April 28, 1907. THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH SECOND DAYS’ HEARING THREE WOMEN KILLED SHE KILLED EORIHIER FOR RATE REDUCTION WHEN BIG STACK FELL One of Petitioners' Attorneys fiI ? d y* ln t!,< ? ,f ase °, f a frc J \ iv ho had married a clave wi ! who was permitted to purchase the freedom of his wife, if he became negro ifc and Fell Asleep During Dis cussion Batch of Current Gate City News BIG SMOKESTACK CRUSHED THROUGH ROOM IN WHICH GIRLS WERE WORKING. financially able to do so. MILLVILLE. N. J.. April 24.—Three Governor Terrell’s Plans. irwneh Wnployed at T. C. ATLANTA. April 24.—Governor Ter- Wheaton & Co. glass factory in this roll h-.s been several times approached city were killed today by the collapse on the subject as to what he intend- 0 f a sm oke stack which crushed to turn his attention to following through retirement from the executive of fice the latter part of June. To all such queries he has uniformly replies: "J have given the matter practically no consideration and the fact is I do not know." Governor Terrell’s profession is that of the law, but there are many who do not believe that he will return to It, though when asked upon what they base their belief they can give no good reason. It Is known that Governor Terrell has been tendered the presidency of ATLANTA. April 24.—Half a dozen prominent passenger men participated In the continued argument before the State Railroad Commission today, as to why the passenger fare In Georgia should not be reduced. W. S. Erwin, general manager, spoke in behalf of the Tallulah Falls Rall- •oad which, he stated, was built at ; a well known South Georgia bank, but /rreat expense and was likewise ex- i this he has practically declined. Doubt- pensive to operate on account of the ; less he has some matters in view which mountainous country through which it . he Is considering, but It appears evl- runs. For these reasons he stated, it , dent that he has yet reached no deter- tould not stand a reduction. It was j mlnatlon. shown that the Tallulah Falls road i He has been prominently spoken of charges 5 cents a mile passenger fare ; in connection wirh the race for th in Georgia and only 3 ( cents in North i United States Senate, but there are Carolina. j reasons for believing, coupled with what W. J. Craig, general passenger agent , he has himself said on the subject, of the Atlantic Coast Line, said that that he has no Intention of en!< ring A reduction 33 1-3 per cent In that road's passenger revenue could not be made up short of a fifty per cent In crease in travel, and this is not to be expected. because the road runs through a sparsely settled country with only 12.4 population per square mile from which to draw passengers. He •poke of the extensive Improvements which the road Is making including tho ■icw shops at Waycross where 4,000 men will be employed. Vice-President W. A. Wlnburn. of the Central of Georgia, submitted an txtenslve and Interesting argument. He asserted the Central could not <tand a reduction In the rate of pas senger fare at this time. If such were made, he snld it would he necessary for tho road to cut expense at many points. He said the Central would have to take off Its trains, particular ly those which are now operated sole- nr/wtare ‘no JOEt* He^T^nuM l 8 *” 1 wh * Ch held On the exposl- produce no profit. He said it would i t , grounds. Among those who will slso be necessary to dispense with cerr •nln employes and to reduce wages. He made this statement, he said, not in the nature of a threat, but because it was well-known that In all lines of business retrenchment necessarily fol that campaign at the present time. It Is understood that the Governor has had several Interesting and Matter ing offers, but if he has cone udel to accept any one of them, he h-ts up to the present time kept It a profojnd secret. That the Governor will retire with the good will of thousands of Georgians, there is no question. It Is already known that a number of his friends, well known Georgians, are planning to pay him a prettv compliment ln tho shape of a splendid banquet about the time of his retirement. Hudson Goes to Jamestown. ATLANTA. April 24.—Commissioner of Agriculture T. G. Hudson, will leave the city tomorrow for Norfolk, where he goes to be present at the opening of the Jamestown exposition, and also to attend on Friday. April 2G. a meet ing of the Georgia Jamestown commis lows reduction of revenue. Mr. Wln- ourn snld the average passenger rate In Georgia Is now far below 3 cents, in account of reduced rates and short line mileage. In response to questions from Hoop er Alexander, attorney for the Farm ers' Union, Mr. Wlnburn said there was no established principle for rate making. It was not an exact science he said. Rates are usually low enough to move the business and high enough to bear the expense of operation and pay fixed charges. Ho saw no reason why passenger rates should not be reg ulated In the same manner as freight rates. If conditions were to change so that the Central of Georgia should earn J4.000.000 instead of $2.500;000, lie did not think that would justify tho commission in reducing tho rate be cause the road had had its bad years, and it ought to be allowed to mnke up its deficiencies when good years come along. Judge John l Hall, of Macon, spoke along somewhat similar lines In the Interest of tho Georgia Southern and Florida. Chas. L. Stone, general passenger ng*y)t of the Louisvillo and Nashville, took as his text the Atlanta. Knoxville and Northern division of his road. He produced a statement from the ac counting department In which the road showed a deficit In every department. Other Stntcs, he said, were being made to bear tho burden of the failure of this road to pay operating expenses. The proposed reduction In the passen ger rate be said would mean a loss of one-sixth of the entire revenue qf this rond Ho stated the average passen ger rate In Georgia Is now 2 1-2 cents a mile, which he regarded as low enough. What the commercial travel ers and the people generally want, he snld. Is good service rather than re duced rates. During Mr. Stone’s remarks consid erable amusement was created by the fact that Hooper Alexander, attorney for tho petitioners, went fast to sleep and was only finally awakened by a particularly strenuous point made in behalf of the railroads. Passenger Traffic Manager S. H. Hardwick of tho Southern Railway, presented an interesting and carefully prepared argument somewhat along the lines of that made by Mr. Win- burn of tho Central. Fort Valley Saved 50 Per Cent Peach Crop. ATLANTA. April 24.—Returning to Atlanta after a visit to Fort Valley and Marshallvllle, Commissioner of Agriculture T. G. Hudson said today he was gratified to be able to an nounce that a much larger crop of peaches will be had from those sec tions than was anticipated Immediate- lv after the freeze. "T was Informed by several of the peach growers.” Mr. Hudson said, “that there would be approximately a 50 per cent crop at both of those points. A well-known Mnrshnllville grower stat ed that at least 150 cars would be shipped from that point, and with the smaller tax on the trees, the fruit will. 1n all probability be of a finer flavor. "There is not doubt ahout the fact, however." Mr. Hudson <*ontinued. “that cotton lias suffered severely. I know of several instances where th* planted after the first freeze, failed germinate and rotted In th be present at this meeting on the open ing day will be President W. N. Mitch ell, State Geologist W. S. Yeates, Hon. S. R. Fields of Cordcle, and Commis sioner Hudson. Steps will lje taken to push the work on the Georgia exhibits and get them in shape at the earliest possible date. Commissioner Hudson says the Georgia building will be com pleted within about ten days. Choctaw Chief Died in Prison. ATLANTA, April 24.—Solomon Hote- ma, an Indian chief of the Choctaw na tion. died last night at the Federal pris on near Atlanta, where he was serving a life sentence for murder. Hotema’s record was an Interesting one. He be came a college graduate and a Presby terian minister as a such was highly respected in Indian Territory by the ■whites as well as his own race. His daughter became ill with typhoid fever and died from the effects of it, and this seenied to drive him into inanity. He imagined that four persons whom he picked out were witches and were re sponsible for his daughter’s death, and he did not stop until he had siain the entire four of them. He was given life sentence for his crime, and several efforts had been rrnde to induce Pres ident Roosevelt to pardon him. Hote- ma was fifty-five years old. His body will be sent to his Indian Territory homo for burial. room in which they were working. The Dead: LENA DOUGHTY. LYDIA THURSTON. SYLVIA GALLAGHER. The accident occurred during a wind storm. The velocity of the wind was estimated at 60 miles an hour. The, stack crashed through the roof of the plant and into the grinding room oc cupied by several men and the three young women. Ail were buried under the debris. The crash was heard for several blocks and workmen from oth er parts of the plant went to the res cue. Among the rescuers were George Doughty, whose daughter was in the ruins. Her body was quickly uncover ed, but life was extinct. Miss Thur ston was taken out alive, but died shortly afterwards. Miss Gallagher was dead when her body was found. The other employes escaped injury. ROOSEVELT TALKS TO LABOR MEN ABOUT MOYER MATTER SWEETHEART HID SEIF ROSS WAS TO HAVE BEEN MAR REID ON DAY OF TRAGEDY. WASHINGTON.Aprll 24.—The Pres ident today talked with two of his vis itors about the attitude toward labor organizations. These persons were S. B. Hamer, chief conductor of West Virginia, of the Order of Railway Con ductors: and R. H. Graham, an attor ney, representing the West Virginia conductors. After the presentation of the visitors by Senator Scott, the President gave them a talk about the Haywood and Moyer eases, taking the same posilim as he did in the letter made public year.erday. The President told the railroad men particularly of what he had done for the benefit of railway organizations in his advocacy and sup port of the railway employers liability bill, and the safety applicance law. The two men left the White House expressing their satisfaction with the position the President had taken in the Moyer-Haywood controversy. REMARKAKBLE RACE BETWEEN A TRAIN AND A BARN Notes in Favor of Russell Sage, ATLANTA, April 24.—Among the claims against the Chattanooga South ern Railroad, which has just been placed In the hands of receivers by Judge Don A. Pardee of the United States Circuit Court, were two notes, one for $1,000 and one for $300 in fa vor of the late Russell Sage. These were among the obligations upon .which It was alleged in the bill, there has been a default in the interest. There was another note in favor of the American Equipment Co., for $25,000, The bill was filed in behalf of the Pa cific Improvement Co., of California, hut which has offices in New York. The attorneys were JnJine, Larkin and Rathbone. of New York, and Law- ton and Cunningham, of Savannah. The Chattanooga Southern runs from Chat tanooga. Tenn. to Gadsden. Ala., a dis tance of 86.25 miles, through the States of Tennessee. Georgia and Alabama. It was alleged that there were claims against the read In all these States which might at any time lead to a re ceivership. The road is capitalized at $3,000,000 of which $750,000 is prefer red. There is $150,000 of floating in debtedness. Six Years For Burglary. ATLANTA. April 24—Oscar Ahlgreen. the Swede who a short time ago en tered several Atlanta homes, where he did not belong, but who for some rea son did not steal anything from any of them, was tried before Judge Roan in the Superior Court today and given six years for burglary. ground, necessitating STRANGELY SUDDDEN DEATH OF MR. ROBERT S. THOMPSON. SAVANNAH, Ga. t April 24.—Robert S. Thompson, of Marlow, died strange ly this morning. He called at the home of W. P. Lee to drive the latter to Meldrim to show some timber lands. As Mr. Lee came to the door Mr. Thompson complained of a pain in his chest. He moved to a chair and sat down. When Mr. Lee reached him he was dead. Tho body was left sitting in the chair on the porch for an hour until seed i the coroner arrived. Last night Rev. William R. Thomp- old damp j son. a nephew of Robert S. Thomp- LEXTNGTON. Ky.. April 24.—Engi neer Scannon, of a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train was the hero yes terday of a thrilling race between a train and a barn, with several lives at stake. Seannon’s train was passing Tobbs sttion near here at a good rate when the big wind which was blowing lifted a tobacco barn from Its foun dation and started it rolling down hill toward the railroad, half a mile away. Scannon saw the danger-and immediately threw the throttle wide open in an effort to outrun the barn. The heavy train was on the down grade and soon attained great mo mentum but just as it looked as though the peril would be outrun, the big bam crashed into the caboose, smashing it. The impact also shat tered the barn which collapsed in the tracks. Trainmen on the caboose saw their peril in time to escape by jump ing. MAURICE BURKE GIVEN 25 YEARS FOR MURDER. I OIL CITY, Pa., April 24.—Thaddeus E. Ross, 25 years of age, a clerk in the postoffice here, was shot tonight -by Miss Isabell Stroup, 2S years old. a former sweetheart, who immediately shot herself through the heart Both victims of the tragedy were of pormi- nent families in this part of the State. The shooting occurred in the office of Dr. George W. Magee, where Miss Stroup had called Ross by telephone while he was dining at his home. Dr. Magee knew nothing of the tragedy until he returned and the two bodies partly prevented the office door being opened. Miss Stroup was employed in a hospital in Bradford, Pa., and arrived here at noon. She went directly to the physician’s office from which place she called Ross. Three shots were fired at Ross, two lodged in the fore head and one in the heart. Ross was to have been married to night to Miss Drusilla Sampsell, of this place. There were no witnesses to the shooting. Ross was dining at home with his family, discussing the coming marriage ceremony, when the tele phone rang. His father answered the call and a woman’s voice made inquiry for ‘‘Thad.’’ Mr. Ross called his son and the young man after answering picked up his hat and informed the family he had to go to the doctor's office for a few minutes, but would re turn as soon as he could. This was the last time his parents saw him alive. What took place in the office, no one will ever know. It could not be ascertained from persons who were in the building at the time that any loud talking took place between them or that they had a quarrel. Story of the Tragedy, When Dr. Magee returned from lunch and opened the door he found the dead bodies. In a chair in a cor ner of the office’ sat Ross his head lying back on the chair and blood streaming from a bullet wound in his neck. His forehead was burned with powder, where a bullet entered his brain. Another ball had pierced his heart. Miss Stroup was lying a few feet away face downward, where her body partly blocked the office door. Blood was flowing from a would in her left side. Ross had seated himself in a large chair, and apparently while talking to the girl, had placed both hands in his trousers pockets. The girl wore long black kid gloves, but before doing the shooting had slipped, both her hands from the gloves and they hung loose from her wrists. It is thought she walked over to tho chair in which Ross was seated and shield ing the 32 calibre revolver with her dress fired the first shot at his heart. Wishing to make sure of her work the girl fired two more" shots. Standing over her victim she then shot herself. The revolver dropped from her hands and was found near her body. Miss Stroup was born in this county 28 years ago. Both her parents are dead and she Is survived by one sister and two brothers who live at Coal Hill. Rose was 35 years old. He was employed in the postoffice here. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American war and later served in the Philip pines. BISHOP BLENK HIS INVESTED HIIIU PALLIUM DISTINGUISHED EVENT ASSEMBLE ID BOSTON PRESIDENT McCALL CONGRATU LATED THEM ON CONTINUED ACTIVITY OF INDUSTRY. CARDINAL GIBBONS PLACED PAL LIUM UPON MOST REVEREND PRELATE'S SHOULDERS. WASHINGTON. D. C., April 24.— Twenty-five years imprisonment. 20 of which shall be at hard labor, is the sentence of the court martial which recently tried Maurice Burke, a sea man attached to the cruiser Tennessee, for murdering James A. Douglas, chief master-at-arms, and assaulting and attempting to kill Wm. McCool, mast- er-at-arms both of that vessel. The sentence was approved by Secretary Metcalf today. Burke’s crime was committed on the night of February G, last, while the Tennessee was lying at League Island navy yard, Philadel phia. NEW YORK. April 24.—In the trial of Anisia DeMassey, a young French wo man, charged with having shot and killed Gustave Simon, her one time em ployer, Assistant District Attorney Elly in opening the case of the prosecution today said he would show that the kill- He returned in an intoxicated 1 jpg of Simon was a deliberate, pre condition after being given shore leave, j demitated act. While it would not be and when summoned before his supe- necessary for the prosecution to prove rlors, drew a revolver, killing Douglas j a motive, nevertheless he would pre BARONESS DEiASSEY ON II PROSECUTION CLAIMS KILLING OF SIMON WAS PREMEDITAT ED ACT. NEW ORLEANS, La., April 24.— Before a distinguished representation of the Roman Catholic Hierarchy of the United States including Cardinal Gibbons, two archbishops and sixteen bishops. Archbishop Blenk, of New Or leans, was today invested with the pal lium. The insignia is the official rec ognition by the church of the archbislv op’s succession to the function and au thority of the late Archbishop Chapel- lo, who died during the yellow fever epidemic here two years ago. The cere mony took place in the old St. Louis Cathedral. The edifice was bedecked in the papal colors, yellow and white, interspersed with the American colors and the archbishop purple. About 10 o’clock a solemn procession of 150 of the clergy wended its way to the thronged cathedral, where following a celebration of hjgh mass, the pal lium was placed upon the altar. It is a band of white wool with two pendants of the same material and bears four black crosses. It was brought here from Rome. With the pallium were three jewels, an amethyst, a topaz and a ruby, each set in a pin for fastening the insignia upon the archbishop’s garments. Con trary to custom, these jewels were not sent from Rome, but were with the Pope’s permission, gifts of an old New Orleans family, friends of Archbishop Blenk of many years standing. After the mass, Archbishop Blenk renewed his oath of alegiance and fidelity to the holy see and then Cardinal Gibbons placed the pallium upon the most rev erend prelate’s shoulders. In addition to Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop’s Glennon and Blenk. the following were present: Archbishop Moeller, of Cincinnati, and Bishops Es trada, of Havana, Cuba; Scannell, of Omaha. Neb.; Hennesy. of Wichita, Kansas: Janssen, of 'Belleville. Ills.; Orrelly (Auxiliary of Peoria, Ill.: (Co- djutor) of Little Rock, Ark.; Byrne, of Nashville. Tenn.: Carrigan, of Sioux City, la.; Kenner, of St. Augustine,Fla.: Verdaguer, of Brownsville, Texas: Dunne, of Dallas. Texas; Gallagher, of Galveston. Texas; Merchart, of Guthrie, Okl.: Heslin, of Natchez, Miss.; Allen, of Mobile, A!a.; and VanDeven, of Nachitochez. La. ‘BLACK HAND” TRIAL AT WILKESBARRE, PA. BOSTON, April 24.—The eighty-sec ond annual meeting of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers in Hutington Hall, Massachusetts In stitute of techonolgy today. Many Im portant papers on the cotton Industry has been prepared, and for the chief event of the gathering, a banquet was arranged for the evening at the hotel Brunswick. The first session was called to order by President James R. MacCall, of Providence, R. I. President MacCall's adress followed and among the other speakers were Everett W. Burdett, of this city, who spoke on the '‘Corpora tions and the public welfare;” Harvey Stuart Chase. Boston, on “The cost of maintenance and depreciation in cot ton mills,” and Henry IC Rowell, also of this city, whose topic was “Taxation and valuation with reference to Indus trial plants.” In his adress President MacCall said: “I am glad to congratulate you upon the continued activity and prosperity of your industry. This condition seems to be world-wide. There is adequate consumption or at least demand to em : ploy every spindle and loom. A year ago we recorded England’s increase of 6.250,000 spindles. The latest reports show 10,000,000 spindles added or pro jected within five years, which equals the growth of the previous thirty years. In our own country there has been a normal addition of spindles; imports of cotton manufacturers-were increased during 1906 as compared with 1905, $14,500,000 or 26 per cent; exports have diminished $13,500,000 or 24 per cent; yet there is no evidence of over supply or glutted markets. Extension of for eign trade is for the movement ig nored, on account of the home de mand absorbing ail the output. “Everything that enters into the cost of production is getting on to an ex cessively high level, tl is hardly to be expected that the present tariff can prevent large importation of foreign goods, unless we can maintain our lead in the use of labor saving methods and devices. But the fact is that our for eign competitors are keenly alive to the situation and are rapidly adopting American Improvements and there are already many mills abroad that are ful ly equipped with every American de vice. As soon therefore as there is a reaction, we may expect a reaction here.” President MaeColl discussing cotton exchanges said that in his opinion the time had come when a cotton exchange should be established in New Eng land, where two-thirds of the spindles of the country are locatd. ‘ With their excellent port and railroad facilities.’ 1 HITCWCK DID TM POLITICS on HISJDIP SOUTH HE WAS SURPRISED PRESIDENT DID NOT DIRECT Hll MOVEMENTS AS STATED BY THE PRESS, WASHINGTON. April 24.—First As sistant Postmaster General Hitchcocl returned to Washington today from thi South, where he had been for the pas week, primarily on an inspection ton of Southern postoffices. Mr. Hitchcocl said he had learned only today that hi trip had been given a political signifl cance in newspapers in the North ii which the statement appeared that h' was on a mission for the President b ascertain at first hand regarding an; new direction in the Republican senti ment of the South. Mr. Hitchcock do nied with emphasis that the Presiden had directed his movements: “It is true,” he continued, “that whil> the visit was primarily one of inspec tion and which I had plannei months ago, I discussed politics to som extent This was only natural as I wa called on by many Southern Republi cans officially connected with the Gov ernment and otherwise interested, saw no evidence to Justify publishei reports of disaffection in tho ranks o some of the Republicans in the South such as organization of opposing move ments and that sort of thing which w have been hearing about for somi time. “In those States which I visited— South Carolina. Georgia and Florida— the Republicans arc in hearty accort with the administration. They an Roosevelt men through and through. Referring again to the question o opposing organizations. Mr. Hitchcocl remarked that of course there .core few disgruntled and generally dlscred ited men” who have dropped out o the old organizations, but that sucl were in the decided minority. Furtho details of his observation, Mr.__ Hitch cock refused to give, except' to sa; a few words of praise of the working, of his department in the sections vis- ited. WILKESBARRE, Pa.. April 24.—At the “Black Hand” trial this morning | f ie said, “either Boston of Providence Joseph Rizzo, one of the main witnesses should grasp the opportunity that is for the commonwealth, was put through - - - - a severe cross examination. The law yers for the defense tried to draw from and wounding McCooI. DUBLIN ODD FELLOWS WILL CELEBRATE 88TH ANNIVERSARY sent evidence to show that there had been a quarrel between Simon and Mrs. DeMassey only a few minutes before the fatal shot was fired. Mrs. DeMas- .sey who frequently since her arrest has been referred to as the "Baroness De- DUBLIN, Ga.. April 24.—-Friday night Massey” had been employed by -Simon the members of Dublin Lodge or Odd i j n his shirtwaist manufacturing depart- Fellows will celebrate the eighty- : me nt as a designer. She had left his eighth anniversary of the order. The ; employ a few days before and on the celebration will be at the court house , day 0 j t j, e shooting went to Simon’s and will be open to the public. Ad- office to collect $30 which was due dresses will be delivered by Rev. Wil- .her. Her call was made early in the 11am F. Smith and Capt. L. Q. Stubbs, j afternoon and Simon told her that the and the occasion promises to be an in teresting one to all who are present. Dublin lodge is strong numerically and money due could not be paid at that time, but would be paid at 5 o’clock, when the other employes in the factory the witness the admission that his house was used for gambling purposes, that Italians lost money at gaming tables and for revenge dynamited the dwelling. Rizzo denied that there was any gambling in his house, and on the whole his direct testimony was un shaken. Mrs. Joseph Rizzo, wife of the pre ceding witness, told a long story of how her family and the other inmates of the house had been terrorized" by their enemies. Mrs. Rizzo said the night their house was dynamited she. saw -Ohas. Carmella and another Italian in the rear of the house. She said Charles Gongaza and WRAPPEDMUKSIHl DANVILLE, Va„ April 24.—'The las victim of the tragedy enacted in th- servant’s room, at the residence of Rev W. II. Atwill, a Methodist presidim elder, when three negroes were foum stretched out on the floor dead and an other unconscious, died today, whei Lillie McCain died at the general hospi presented. With regular steamers be- tal at about 11 o'clock without ro tween England and New England ports gaining consciousness. The death o carrying cotton one way and taking 1 the woman makes four fatalities, twi back New England maufactures, the j men and two women. The coroner’; existence here of a central reserve of ! jury will investigate tomorrow after the raw material, in my judgment there i noon, when It is thought that the phy would be an important economy in money and time.” Sauel T. Hubbard, of New York, dis cussed, "The New York Cotton Ex change and its contract for delivery of cotton.” He said: “Our market is usually described as not a cotton market. It is well to note last season that we' sold more spot cotton to exporters and spinners than any market except New Orleans. Savannah, Houston and Memphis. “We have become the great clearing house of the world, our transactions ■Samuel Luchina were in front. All had j represent cotton in Bombay and Alex- guns. She said several shots were fir- , a ndria as well as in Bremen. Liverpool, ed into the house. Guiseppe Guittano of Rochester, N. Y„ testified that he lived near the Rizzo home when it was dynamited. He attended a meeting once at the house of one Charles Volti. He overheard them say that “He. (Guit- tano) was a spy” and they would fix j i-Tet Newell Wardle, of Philadelphia* him by cutting his head off. He was later warned by letters to leave the country. He gave up a good position at Pittston and took his family and went to Rochester. and the South. It is the highest devel opment of commerce that such a clear ing house exists and that contracts are carried out to the letter. Among the other speakers were G. A. Gordon, of Savannah, and Miss Har- WANTS ROOSEVELT TO ACCEPT NOMINATION financially, and is thought to be one of : were given their wages. Angrv words the best lodges in the State. | followed and then Mrs. DeMas'sey left ! the office. MITCHELL TO UNDERGO SURGICAL OPERATION CHICAGO. April 24.—John Mitchell. President of the United Mine Workers of , America, is ill at the home of Frank i office in which the tragedy took place. The prosecution claims that she re turned a few minutes later and shot Simon. After witnesses had testified as to the wounds which caused Si mon’s death and the location of the Shell, a friend. In this city, and an ope ration will he necessary. The labor lead er came to Chicago three days ago en route to Washington. He contracted a severe cold, which aggravated -an -old trouble to which Mr. Mitchell has been -abject. Dr. W. W. McCIearv, who is Rea Fauchere. cashier of the Queen : Shirt Waist Company was called to the ; stand. She identified Mrs. DeMassey : as a former employe of the company and said that Simon at that time was president of the company. She saw , anting. Of course replanting where needed will be general hut it will bo found in many cases that tenants and croppers, especially negroes will not replant where they have left even a fourth of a crop, and in other cases replanting will have to be done with inferior seed. For these reasons I am I of the opinion that the final crop re sults will be materially affected by the April cold weather.” Curious Inquiry. ATLANTA. April 24.—Judge C. J. Wellborn. State Librarian has just re ceived a rather curious inquiry from the North, and one upon which he would like to get some definite and specific information. The inquiry is as to whether dur ing the slavery period, free negroes w. re ever allowed, in Georgia, to own and hold slaves. Ja ige Wellborn has found several people who insist that such was the case, though none of them have been able to give him any specific Instances of it. Captain R. E. Park. State Treasurer, is one of those who says he is satisfied that such privilege was permitted. Wellborn has made an exam ination of the laws on the subject with a result that the Indications are rath er to the contrary. He found that the Georgia statutes, practically up to the the time of the war forbade free ne groes to own slaves. The only excep tion to that rule which he was able to third j son. died at the Savannah hospital. The two were devotedly attached to each other. PLACED COTTON WARRANT EXCHANGE ON ITS FEET attending the patient, expects to perform | Mrs. DeMassey when the defendant the operation early next week. Mrs. , called at the office on November 19, s i for the money due her. and heard a bolide tonlsnt from Sprinsr * fi 1 If*y. Ill. , _ KAf rjt_, „ __ j ’If the operation is successful.” said ; conversation between Mr. Simon and Dr. McCIeary lousy. “Mr. Mitchell ought ■ Mrs. DeMassey. Simon tola the defen- to recover completely and be in shape to j dant to go away and return later in the resume his work within a short time.” day for the money. She refused, saying she would remain right there until she was paid. The woman was finally induced to leave the office, but NEGRO CONVICTED - CRIMINAL ASSAULT DES MOINES. April 24.—In a letter adressed to George E. Bowers, of Or ange, la., a Republican editor. Governor Cummings dec'ared that President Roosevelt should withdraw his state ment that he will not accept a re-nomi nation. The letter written reeentlv in response to an inouiry concerning Pres idential possibilities says: “There is a great deal being said and a great deal being written w’th regard to the candidate for President, but it is vastly more important that we suc ceed in announcing a platform that will be expressive of our purposes than it Is now to determine who shall be the candidate. Personally. I believe that it is President Roosevelt’s plain duty to withdraw his former statement, and to say that under the demand now made, and the evident state of the public mind he will accept another nomination, if it is tendered to him with practical unanimity.” sicians performing an autopsy on th. stomach, of one of the negroes will sub mit a report that death yvas due to poi son. Geo. Moore, husband of one o the negro women, cannot be located He and his wife had been separatei and he is suspected of being implicate* in the affair. Missouri Ouster Suits. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., April 24.- The suit instituted by Attorney-Gen eral Hadley to dissolve the allege* merger of the Gould railroads and othe Interests In Missouri came up for hear ing . today before the Supreme Cour sitting enbanc. Mill® OF ESTES ■"Mira SQUAD OF ARMED POLICEMEN ON HAND TO PRESERVE ORDER. WANT FARMS ESTABLISHED FOR JEWISH IMMIGRANTS MEMPHIS. Tenn.. April 24.—At the final session today of the Grand Lodge of the seventh district. Independent Or der B’Nai B’Rith, resolutions were adopted importuning the order as a whole to act in concert with the Grand Lodge of this district in establishing farming districts throughout the South PITTSBURG. Pa., April 24.—As a pre cautionary measure. 22 detectives and a squad of armed policemen were stationed in the Carnegie Music Hall during the address of Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina, who discussed the race problem before the Park Avenue (Alle gheny) Athletic Club. Several exciting incidents occurred during the address, but no trouble resulted. There were but 10 negroes in the audience, which filled the music hall to overflowing. At the close of his address, in which lie declared the races in the South were gradually becoming more opposopd to one another,' Senator Tillman called for a vote of the audience as to whether the negro was the equal of the white man. The entire audience, except the 10 ne groes,, voted in the negative by rising. One man took exceptions to Tillman’s remarks and made several interruptions. Tiilman had him admit he came from Europe and then bitterly denounced Euro peans in America who undertake to judge questions concerning this country. In speaking of whether the negro can be educated. Senator Tillman declared that Booker T. Washington was the harbor of refuge and safety to which people flee when other places fail, and that Booker T. Washington was one negro in ten mill ions, and was half white at that. McDONOUGH. Ga., April 24.—Buck High, the 17-year oud negro, who on March 26 criminally assaulted four year old Mary Donnell near here, was today convicted and sentenced to be hanged May 29. The little girl is still in a critical condition. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. April 23.—At the conference held here today to discuss plans for the establishment of a cotton warrant exchange, the project was placed firmly on Its feet by th-; liberal subscrip tions to the proposed organization. Prom inent eo ion m-n wen ’■e^ert trum as far North as Virginia and as far South as Texas. The plan contemplates the establish ment of warehouses throughout the South from which warrants will be Issued on cotton stored showing uniform classifica tion. A cotton warrant exchange is to be started in Birmingham upon which trad ing will be done on tht.se warehouse’s warrants. Both the Southern Cotton Association and the Farmers' Union were represented by prominent officers and members, and . - — b.--th organizations heartily endorsed the Macon, and A. B. Donoxan. of Wadley. “Dole,” as he was familiarly known by his host of friends, will be greatly missed. Death of Mr. Dole Wadley Donovan. WADLEY, Ga.. April 24.—Mr. Dole "Wadley Donovan, the popular con ductor on the Wadley and Mount Ver non Railroad, died at his residence here yesterday, aged 36 years. Mr. Donovan is survived by a widow and four child ren. two sister and two brothers, Mrs. Ciaud Shumake and Mrs. John Owens. Atlanta, and Wiliam O. Donovan, of Pittsburg Sportsman’s Show. .... ...... . PITTSBURG. Pa.,April 24.—Visitors among which to distribute the Jewish • 0 p 6 ning session of the Pittsburg immigrants arriving in this country. ; S p 0r t sm an’s show todav found Du- The delegates were entertained tonight j que5ne Gardens converted intto a won- at a banquet. i derland of forest and stream, hunter’s once began rapping on the door for re- [ cancer caused by X-ray' ■ oam P and stamping ground for the admittance. “The rapping continued I CANCER CAUSED BY X RAY I hunter, trapper and angler. ‘Expe- got into the elevator to go to the bank for the money for the payroll.” said the witness, "and when I returned the place was in an uproar. Several police officers were there and the defendant was sitting at one of the desks. Mr. Simon, who had been wounded, was lying in his private office.” An adjournment was taken until tomorrow. PRESIDENT BONILLA SAYS HE WILL CONTINUE FIGHT. movement. | Cured Hemorrhages of the Lungs. “Several years since my lungs were | so badly affected that I had many I hemorrhages,” writes A. M. Ake. of | Wood, Ir-.d. “I took treatment with sev eral physicians without any benefit. I then started to take Foley’s Honey and Tar and my lungs are now as sound ai a bullet. I recommend it in advanced stages of lung trouble.” Fo ley’s Honey ar.fi Tar stops the cough and heals the lungs, and prevents ser ious results from a cold. Refuse sub stitutes. H. J. Lamar £z Co., near Ex- ; change Bank, Macon. INVENTOR OF HAMMOND TYPEWRITER AT BELLEVUE NEW TORK. April 24.—James Bartlett Hammond, inventor of type writer bearing his name and presi dent of the Hammond Typewriter Compaaiy. was committed to the psyyb'inathic ward at Bellevue for oS- servatton to*L - ?•’ complaint of his brother. Thomas Hammond. Mr. Hammond was born In Boston •ixur years ago. SAN ANTONIO. Texas, April 24.— A special from Coatzacoalcos. Mex ico. says: Former President Manuel Bonilla, of Honduras, arrived here last night. He states that he will await here the arrival of a friend from the South and then will proceed to Beiiz and from there back to his own coun try to ake up arms. He takes a most pessimistic view of the conditions and outlook in Central America. KILLED WALFRAM FUCHS i rienced visitors pronounced the exlii I hition to be one of the best of its kind CHICAGO. April 24—Wolfram C. Fuchs, ever given in this country. There is a an expert in the use of the X-Ray. died i perfect rifle range, and an exhibition here today of a cancer which he con- ; 0 f birds, fish and wild game of every tracted three years ago in contact with J inn Floe cectlon of the crarden the X-Ray apparatus. Since Dr. Fuchs became affected with cancer, he has sub mitted to a number of operations, sev eral of his fingers having been amputated. These operations were unsuccessful and the disease steadily spread to different' parts of his body. COLLEGES DEBATE MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP OF RAILWAYS CHAPEL HILL. April 24.—By a unanimous decision the University of North Carolina won from the University of Virginia in the debate tonight. The question debated was the municipal own ership of rallwavs in which :he Carolin ians took the affiimative and the Virgin ians the negative. The Caolina represen tatives were: J. J. Parker and E. S. W. Dameron. while H. M. Peck and J. P. Smith represented Virginia. The judges were: Dr. Edward Mims, of Trinitv Col lege; Clarence H. Poe and J. W. Bailey. QAPT. J. J. SLADDE NOMINATED BY MUSCOGEE DEMOCRATS. COLUMBUS. Ga., April 24.—Captain J. J. Slade was today nominated by Muscogee County Democrats as Rep- presentative in the General Assembly to succeed the late Peter Preer. He defeated his opponent H. C. McCutch- en by about three hundred votes. Capt. William R. Moore Dead. COLUMBUS Ga., April 24.—Captain ■William R. Moore, one of the most prominent ciitzens of Columbus, died suddenly this morning of heart failure. Cotton Men’s Annual Meeting. BOSTON, April 24.—The National Association of Cotton Manufacturers began its annual meeting in this city today and will continue in session two days. Leading manufacturers of the description. One section of the garden is given over entirely to camps, tents, log houses and Indian vifages, with a realistic "background of mountain scenery. In the center of the immense garden is a huge water tank, in which will be given water sports—canoeing, swimming, water baseball, log rolling, etc. The show will continue open for ten days. EX-GOV. JENNINGS ENGAGED IN A FISTICUFF TALLAHASSEE. Fla.. April 24.—Form er Governor Jennings, of Florida, and President Lincoln Hulley, of Stetson Uni versity. at Deland, came to blows tonight in a hotel lobby. The trouble was over a movement in the Legislature to secure an amendment to the university's charter to prevent the board of trustees prepetu- atlng itself. The lie was passed and the clash followed. The combatants were separated before either had suffered ma terially. Memorial Day at Gainesville. GAINESVILLE. Ga., April 24.—Long- street Chapter, Daughters of the Con federacy, have arranged an interesting _ program for the observance of Me- South, as well as New England, were norial Day Friday. Major J. M. Kim- present. In addition to receiving re- brough. commandant of the University ports, the association will discuss a Cadets, now in camp at Chattahoochee number of questions of importance to . Park, wil! be chief of staff, and direct the cotton growers and manufacturers. I the military forces. JUDGE LOVING PROBABLY ACTEt TOO HASTILY IN MATTER. DANVILLE, Va., April 24.—A. state ment has been sent out to vaviou newspapers signed by John . II. Ship man, of Livingston, Nelson County. Va on behalf of young Theodore Estes. wh< was killed Monday afternoon by Judg* AV. G. Loving, protesting against th* accounts of the tragedy heretofore pub lished. which, he says, are almost whol ly inaccurate. He declares that th* statement that the daughter of Judg. Loving was drugged and assaulter by Young Estes is false and. further more, that Judge Loving in his state ment before the bail commissioner, d.i* not make such an allegation. On th morning after the buggy ride taken h; Miss Loving and Estes, he says ih* latter called at the home of Count; Clerk E. L. Kidd to take her home, bu she was unable to go on account n feeling unwell. Shipman is acting in behalf of th' friends and relatives of young Estes who are apparently determined to slf the affair to the bottom. He claim: that the only provocation Judge Ldv ing had was that Miss Loving had be. come intoxicated from a drink of whist ky given her by young Estes. Additional Particulars of Affair. LYNCHBURG, Va., April 24.—Then is great interest throughout Nelsor Countv in the case of former Judge W C. Loving, who at Oakridge Mondaj shot and killed Theodore Estes whoti he charged with wronging Miss Eliza beth Loving, the 19-year-old daughtei of Judge Loving. Aubrey E. Strode, o: Lynchburg, who conducted the prose cution before the Legislature som* years ago in the Impeachment tria. of County Judge Campbell, has ber. r retained by Judge Loving as counsel The funeral of young Estes will tak* place tomorrow from the Estes home Mrs. Estes, mother of the victim, was quoted today as saying: “f hope Judg* Loving is freed, if he does not slandei my son. If he does, we will fight t<- the bitter end.” Several members ol the Estes family and friends of that family have expressed their doubts oi the story of the assault. The Estes family claims that wher he drove from his home into Lovings- ton Monday morning, to Oakridge, tc attend to business, Theodore Estes wen! to the home where -Miss Loving spenl the night and volunteered to accompany her home. She said she did not fee' well, and she did not go home with him but remained there until her mother called for her and took her home. Miss Loving, at the time she went •for the drive, during which she allege; the assault occurred, was visiting Miss Annie Kidd, daughter of County Clerk E. L. Kidd. Stomach and Liver Trouble Cured. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup . ures stomach and liver trouble as it aids di- gestion, and stimulates the liver and bowels without irritating these organ? like pills and ordinary’ cathartics. II cures indigestion and. sick headache and chronic constipation. Orino Laxa tive Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or grine and is mild and pleasant to take. substitutes. H. J. Lamar & Co„ near Exchange Bank, Macon,