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THE TWICE- A-WEEK TELEGEATE
FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1907.
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—thre« hundred
ns of floating steel—was
Tuesday to receive the tlrst
ig foreign battelships and
which are from time to time
rai„ take part In the celebration which
n ill mark the progress of the James-
"I'tr.v.T. Ter-Centennlal Exposition.
U>n For the opening of the exposition—
• a *Frlday, ' ie -'6th, the war vessels of
1 'Croat Britain, of Germany, and of
""Austria are expected. One of the vls-
ing G -mans the dark hulled cruiser
' r i;-< men. clmmanded by L.-utenant
'"V'nrnma der Alberts. Is already In the
"'Vondstead awaiting the arrival of the
•'itoon, tt i.:g armored cruiser typical of
“"ih<- modern flghtlng craft In Emperor
t William's ns .ay. All of the Amerf-
rot a n ir vessels at anchor belong to
* jhc Atlantic fleet. There are probably
n ,|we r . >-five bnttleahlps and cruisers In
•"Itno far-flung line which is headed by
PSha Connecticut. .Admiral Evans'
• f 'flagship Just off the Government pier
nov,, Fortress Monroe, and which trails
n, V.vay almost to the vanishing point
•**up to the broad channel way leading
' r to Norfolk. The fleet has been ar
ranged to give the visitors to the ex
:r *posltIon the best possible opportunity
’ r ’lfor viewing the flghtlng strength of
vn the American nnvy.
h0 Every Type of Craft.
m Practically every type of- flghtlng
’"’-raft In the American navy Is repr*-
v!?>eritf'd In the present rendezvous. The
. Ajatt . ships range from the 16,000 ton
y nonsters of the Connecticut and Lou
isiana class—the forerunners of the
, lr ;T>r» ad naughts about to be added to
N * *th*‘ navy—down to the nil but aband-
y'Wd old Texas, the oldest American
[•pattloshlp and sister of the Maine.
? which was wrecked In Havana har-
, nr.r The Texas was built at the Nor-
'.rfolk navy yard many years ago and
.. being a local product. Is to remain at
Y the exposition as ft permanent feature
...Sf the naval exhibit. The cruisers of
' -who fleet are all modern craft though
, AT Jhe variance In size between the
..largest and the smallest Is as great as
yA that which marks the heavier vessels
.. of the battleship class. The armored
.• r ',-ru users Tennessee and Washington,
Tench of 14,500 tons and mounting
. twenty guns, are the heaviest of the
. c crulsera. They can hurl a weight of
. nt fnotal almost equal to the first class
, (battleships. while at the same time
;.- r yhev possess the fleetness of the ocean
,yrreV hound—the massive throbbing
hpengines In their holds being capable of
, ,the development of 20,000 horse power,
v. .The smallest crlusers are the Denver
ft '^nd the Cleveland, 3,100 tons each, the
■jthlrd class of tho protected vessels of
irithe navy.
ho Schley's Flagship,
foij In the crulsor class the most inter-
f'r^vsting veasel Is perhaps the Brooklyn.
Tthe flagship of Rear Admiral Schley
Win the ha::!e with Ccrvera’s squadron
prpoff Sant lag > Cuba. The Brooklyn,
ri shea ring on her after turret the memo-
’rorlal plate simply and eloquently In
scribed “July 3, 1898,” will also re-
»■ main a permanent naval exhibit dur-
veling tho exposition.
p..r President Roosevelt will review the
raegnttiered American fleet nnd the vls-
iblltlng foreigners from the bride of the
Mayflower on Friday morning before
Wohr lands on the exposition grounds,
to The foreign vessels will be given posi-
I'Ttinns ..f h"f! • r :.i = l the Imig t'v.vep-
e|ng elrcle of American ships during
* Dtielr stay In the roads. Fifteen hun-
hlflred blue Jackets Will land from tho
proAmerlean vessels to take in the mlll-
."nJkary and naval parade Friday after-
f'FVioon which will be reviewed by the
'President from the grand stand on the
•exposition plaza known as Lees Pa
rade.
towsky. Noel Gordon Hurtel and Dud
ley Glass. A floral emblem, a “30” In
whits flowers, with a pencil laid down
across It. wsa sent by the club in
memory of the well-known writer who
has sent in his last work and has
stopped for his long rest.
FAIRBANKS BROTHERS
HAVE $350,000 FIRE
SPRINGFIELD, O.. April 24 —The
Indianapolis Frog and Switch Com
pany. a large manufacturing concern
owned by Vice-President Fairbanks
and operated by his brother, N. H.
Fairbanks, nnd his brother-in-law, M.
L. Milligan, was totally destroyed by
Are late last night. The building cover
ed three acres. N. H. Fairbanks said
the loss would reach $350 000. Ha
could not state what insurance was
carried.
The Kelly Road Roller Company and
the Fairbanks company, another large
concern owned by the Vice-President
and devoted to the manufacture of
piano plates, were in danger, but both
were saved from destruction.
ARCHDUKE TIRED OF WIFE'S
“FANTASTIC UNDRESS”
GENEVA. April 23.—Herr Woefing.
who at one time was Archduke Leopold of
Austria, and his wife, from whom he Is
seeking a divorce, owing to her eccen
tricities. appeared In court here today for
the usual attempt at reconciliation prior
to granting the decree. Both parties
decline to resume congular relations, the
former Archduke declaring he was tired
of the fantastic undress and other fads
of his wife. The case consequently will
take Its ordinary course.
FAR REACHING DECISION
ON “PARTY RATE TICKETS"
WASHINGTON. April 24.—A far
reaching decision was rendered today
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion respecting “party rate tickets."
Various railroads of the country have
been proceeding on tho theory that
such tickets applied only to theatrical
or amusement companies.
The commission holds, however, that
the transportation of such amusement
ccmpanles on party tickets would be
similar to transportation where the
same persons not belonging to such
companies offered to travel and that
therefore the tickets mus. be open :o
tho use of the general public. The
innjority opinion of the commission
was rendered by Commissioner Prou-
ty. Chairman Knapp and Commission
er Harlan dissenting.
NICARAGUA DEMANDED
SATISFACTION FROM SALVADOR
SALVADOR. April 23.—The Gov
ernment of Nicaragua demanded sat
isfaction from tho Government of
Salvador for its part In the recent
war between Nicaragua and Honduras
as well as the free interchange be
tween tho two countries of their re
spective products. The refusal of
these demands has brought In Its train
more or less strained relations be
tween Nicaragua and Salvador, and
there Is a possibility that open war
may result.
WAYCROSS.Ga.. Arril 23.—The trial
of the State case against Harry E.
Lyle, the alleged wife and child mur
derer. was called In Ware County court
at 2 o'clock p. m. Tuesday, immediate
ly after the reconvening of court from
the noon recess. Lyle was brought in
to the court room from the Jail a few
minutes before the court was called to
order. He did not appear to be affected
from his week confinement in Jail. His
hands are white, But indicates health,
and the confinement seems to hav
affected his complexion little. Lyle
had on his eyeglasss. as is his custom,
and seemd to enjoy glancing around
the courtroom, viewing the faces of
many of his acquaintances who knew
him when he was proprietor of a bar
ber shop on Plant avenue.
Probably the largest crowd ever be
fore in the Ware County court house
was 'present when the case was called.
Every seat was occupied, the aisles
crowded to the doors with spectators
who could not obtain seats and many
unable to gain entrance looked through
the open doors. Several young ladies
were present and seats were obtained
for them inside the railing.
Mrs. Allen Johnson, of Moultrie,
mother of the murdered woman, was in
the court room and was seated with
the attorneys for the State Solicitor-
General John W. Bennett. Leon A. Wil
son. and W. W. Lambdin. Lyle sat with
his attorneys. Judge J. L. Sweatt and
John T. Meyers. There proved to be
very little difficulty in securing a jury
for the case.
Solicitor Bennett made the opening
argument for the State and was fol
lowed by Judge Sweatt for the de
fense. Judge Sweatt stated that the
defense would endeavor to show that
the killing was an accident; that Lyle
in taking the gun from his shoulder
just before entering his house acci
dentally discharged one barrel which
killed his wife and that the second bar
re] which killed the baby was dis
charged as the gun dropped to the
floor.
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DISASTER AT TOULON
THIRTY MEN INJURED
T
tbs
DRESS HER ORLY CARE
NEW YORK, April 24.—Late Tuesday
» jury was i:••; a:n■'i» >1 fur the trial f■ >r
U?'murder of Ani-ia L.uis D.'M:t?scy. a
r ,% - ldow and In many respects the most
-rmarkable prisoner who has occupied
'S cell in the Tombs. The woman is
J'fi-harged with having fatally shot Gustav
"'Simon. a shirt waist manufacturer, in
"$ils Rrondway office on November IS,
'Vof last yi iv. Th. State a.leges tliat
8 .ho prisoner had quarred with Simon
™\" f Svrr compensation due her for design
ing done for the shirt waist firm. The
'defense maintains that the shooting
jVas done «by another. There was but
Sne witness, a salesman, and he has
''■-erased to swear .-iiively that the ac
cused flred the fatal shot.
During the five months spent in the
Tombs, the prisoner has refused to dis-
,s.
PROVIDENCE. R. I., April 24 —Until
January next Rhode Island- will have
but one United States Senator, as the
result Of the failure of the Republicans In
the Legislature to agree upon n candi
date. The Joint Assembly adjourned to
night at the end of tbe Sim ballot, which
showed that the deadlock was as com
plete as before. The final ballot stood
as follows: Col. R. H. I. Goddard. Provi
dence (Democrat). 40; Col. Samuel Perry
Colt. Bristol (fteppbUean). 39: George
Wetmore. Newport (Republican). 30.
The contest was the most prortracted
and stuboe. nly fougn: in •!'.•> po-lilcul
history of the State. Twenty-five ballots
were taken at today's sitting, none show
ing any particular change in the line-up.
l.r
"puss herself or her case except to ns-
p *ert her innocence and has steadfastly
lined to satisfy the curolsity of
who have become interested in
if case. It is reported that she. is a
icendant of a noble French family,
hen she entered court today her only
ncem appeared to l>e lost the news-
per men should make her ridiculous
an imperfect description of her
.ress. She gave them a minute dis-
va kcrlptlon. The motive alleged by the
’"'‘prosecution for the killing of Simon is
^"•*;he fact that he owend the woman a
^mall sum of money for working one
G’llnce nnd hid come to him for the
'•■Yvages. He put her off telling her to re-
' a 'urn In two hours. Shortly afterwards
“'*?lmon was shot nnd the woman was
,(% ^rrosted as she entered an elevator.
T PUT
INTO 1 PRISON Gill
NEW YORK. April 24.—Another step
intended to explain the disappearance
of -bonds valued at about $140,000 from
the Trust Company of America, was
taken by the police tonight, when they
formally placed in custody Oliver M.
Dennett, a brobker of 42 Wall street,
i William O. Douglass, an assistant loan
' clerk for the Trust Company, is al
ready under arrest, charged with the
theft of the bonds and the warrant up
on which Dennette was detained by de
tectives alleges the receiving of stolen
goods. It Is charged that he received
-sixty-one bonds of the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific Railway Company,
each valued at $1,000 and of tho issue
of May 1. 1903. It is complained also
that Dennette knew that the bonds
TOULON, Fiance, April 24.—For the
sixth time within a few months this port
has been stricken by disaster from tire,
but fortunately this time the resultant
damage is principally material. Shortly
after midnight last night, a sentry at
the arsenal noticed the glare- of flames
in a store house used for rope yam. The
lire spread with incredible rapidity. The
buildings in the vicinity of the store
house contained 200,000 pounds of material
to clean machinery, 60,000 pounds of
oakum. 3.000 sponges, enormous quan
tities of ballast baskets, hampers, sail
cloth. turpentine, linseed oil and other
inflammables.
It was late this afternoon before the
fire was under control. It is reported that
30 men have sustained Injury front fall
ing walls. The cause of the fire has not
yet been ascertained. The finding of two
pieces of fuse of the kind not used in the
French navy, lias aroused suspicion that
it was not altogether accidental.
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Macon.
DECK OFFICERS OF STEAMERS
HAVE TENDERED RESIGNATIONS
BALTIMORE, April 24.—It became
known that on Sunday the deck officers
of the steamers of the Merchants’ and
Minors’ Transportation Company pre
sented their resignations to take effect
May 1. This is in support of their recent
demand for increased pay and is the usual
course taken under such circumstances.
Vice-President Cullen, of the American
Association of Masters and Mates of
Steam Vessels, is here, and it was an
official of local Harbor No. 1 who stated
that the resignations had been oresented
It is understood here that similar action
has been taken by the deck officers of
the vessels of all Atlantic coastwise lines,
the headquarters of which are in other
cities. General Manager Stebbins, of the
Merchants’ and Miners’ Company refused
to discuss the situation further than to
say that he has received no petition from
the men.
«POSTELL HI
REST IN SAVANNAH
■, ATLANTA. April 23.—The body of
. ! j3teve W. lvst-'ii. wit-ran nwspaper
an who d •' ! last right at his ri-si-
ence, on Martin street, from can-er
f the tongue, v . s taken tonight to S.i-
nnah. via Contra! 1 f Georg: u u r
nterment In the family burying ground
ere. A b: !• :' service conducted by
ev. A. R. Holderby was held at the
iOusc. after which the body was taken
;o the Terminal station and placed on
train. A large number of friends,
eluding many newspaper men. nt-
ended the services, and there were
iult a number of handsome floral do-
ilgns sent including those from the
itlanta Press Club nnd from the State
Xipltcl officials among whom Mr. Pos-
ell hr.il so long worked in. the Interest
if the Macon Telegraph. The body was
iccompnr.ied to Savannah by his wife
ind friends.
The palibeerers, chosen from mem-
>ers of the newspapr staffs and f: i n.-ls
if Mr Postell were C. M. Hook. H. W.
.*>nr. Flunk Meyers. R. C. B-’schc.
Yalter R. Brown. Prod Lewis. Walter
Taylor. John C Rees. Ed. C Brutfney.
Valter Bnrtholdt, Smith Clayton and
Sam W. Small.
Captain J. C. rostell. a brother, is
it Macon, and will Join the funeral
lagfy there and accompany his body
o Savannah.
Tho escort from the Atlanta Press
flub was composed of Harvey Johnson-
lalph Smith Paul E. Wilkes. Howard
9. Weaver. Hal Steed. J. D. Gerta-
The arrest of the broker had been
forecasted because of charges preferred
to the police by offices of the Trust
Company after their investigation of
the larceny, and because of the alleged
recovery of $20,000 worth of the miss
ing securities in Dennett’s room at the
Manhattan club. Dennett was placed
in a cell for the night. He was visited
by his attorney. Forbes B. Hennesset.
who said on leaving: “Neither I, nor
Mr. Dennett will make any statement.
One, however, will be issued tomor-
I row.”
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SPARTA. Ga.. April 23.—W. H.
Burwell was today elected as again
T. L. Reese to represent Hancock in
the Legislature. ,
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WILLIAM BURGE HANGED
FOR MURDER OF HIS WIFE
WASHINGTON. D. C., April 24.—
William Burge, a negro, was hanged
here today for the murder of his wife,
Daisy Burge, in January. 1905. After
the murder Burge attempted suicide,
and then escaped from the hospital
where he was sent under guard. He
was tried twice, feigning Insanity dur
ing the second trial. In many respects
the Burge case lias been the most re
markable ever tried In the district
court. Twice he was convicted of
murder: twice declared sane, by lu
nacy commission, on three separate
occasions sentenced to be hanged, and
seven times was the date of his
execution postponed. The last was ill
order that his case might be brought
before President Roosevelt with an ap
peal for life imprisonment. This ap
peal was denied.
THREE NEGROES DIED FROM
POISON AFTER EATING FROLIC
From the Washington Post.
The death of Galusha Grow, which
occurred recently at this home, Glen-
wood. Pa., recalls to the minds of the
oldest inhabitants the so-called "Na
tional Hotel poisoning case." which in
1S57 held the public attention, and. in
fact, for a time gained national fame.
Mr. Grow, who was then serving his
second term as a Congressman, to
which office he was elected in 1851,
was stricken, with the many guests of
the old National Hotel. They were In- ,
explicably seized by a mysterious mal- j
ady, which struck proprietor and guest,
servant and statesman alike, the cause
of which has never, oven to this day,
been explained, though many thories
have been advanced.
During the winter and early spring of
1S57. the guests, employes and propri
etors of the National Hotel were the
victims of a strange epidemic which
finally became so violent as to lead
to the closing of the hotel for nearly
a year. The matter has gone down in
District history as the “National Hotel
poisoning case,” owing to the fact that
at the time a widespread beliefe pre
vailed that the strange Illness was due
to arsenical poisoning.
Guests and Employes Stricken.
The epidemic set in during the latter
part of January. 1857. the closing period
of President Pierqe’s. administration.
Guests and employes were suddenly
stricken by a violent form of dlarroea,
vomiting, headache, and slight fever.
With the diarrhoae there was a notable
absence of pain, and the malady was
further peculiar in that it did not yield
readily to medical treatment nor to or
dinary remedies.
Persons stricken with the malady
would be removed from the hotel, but
this did not stop, much less cure, the
disease. For weeks afterward they
would experience a recurrence of the
illness, lasting usually a day or two.
The cooks were the first to fall vic
tims to this strange epidemic, and at
one time the entire force of cooks,
stewards and waiters were on the sick
list.
At the outset the steward, Joe Gau
tier. acting on the suggestion of some
of the guests, laid in an entire new sup
ply of sugar, tea and coffee, as well as
dishes, table cutlery and copper cook
ing vessels, but this failed to stay the
progress of the malady in the slightest.
In February the city experienced a
period of mild weather, during which
the windows and doors of the hotel
were thrown open. and. curiously
enough, during this short spell of warm
weather the malady completely disap
peared. About a week before the in
auguration of President Buchanan the
weather turned cold and remained so
until late in April. It was then that the
epidemic returned with renewed vio
lence. and at a most unfortunate time
for the proprietors, Messrs. Guy &
Briggs, as their hotel was filled with
people who had come long distances
to attend the Inauguration.
Creates Great Excitement.
On the day of the inauguration,
March 4, nearly three-fourths of the
guests were sick, and the matter cre
ated such an excitement throughout the
city that on March 16 Charles Abert
introduced a resolution before the City
Council to have the place investigated.
The resolution passed, and in accord
ance Mayor W. B. Magrr.der appointed
Dr. W. P. Johnston, president of the
board of health: Dr. Charles L. Colt-
man and Dr. G. F. Force to investigate
the matter. In the mfantime the Na
tional Hotel had ceased taking board
ers, and on March -21 was closed, and
so remained until 1858.
The committee began taking testi
mony. and on March 24 submitted its
report. This report 1 stated that, con
trary to a notion' then prevalent, there
was nothing to indicate arsenical or
any other form of mineral poisoning
in the cases examined, and that, all in
all. the matter was very much of a
mystery. Some of the sufferer? who
testified before the committee said the
intense thirts and h. a craving for
acid drinks had been a notable feature
of the epidemic, -a'while prominent
"Washingtonians who boarded at the
hotel during the period of sickness had
experienced no illness nor inconven
ience whatever. ; -
The committee was unable to find
anything at fault with the drinking
water, but it did find that the hotel
was overrun with rats, that the venti
lation and sewerage was of the worst
possible character: that the cellars
were damp and weti- and that this,
coupled with a lack of care and want
of ordinary cleanliness indoors, was
the probable oaSise of the epidemic.
Mayor Orders Improvements.
A Mr. Ferry.a sewer h'dider.testified
that a large sewer opened directly into
the cellar and filled the place with nox
ious gases, and that going near the
same the poisonous air (carbon diox
ide) was of sufficient strength to put
out a lighted candle in his hand.
Upon this report the mayor and
council ordered many improvements for
the National Hotel neighborhood. Dur--
Ing the summer the furniture of the
hotel was sold, the place refurnished
end renovated, and final’” leased to a
Mr. Scranton, of New Haven. Conn.,
who opened it during the spring of
1S58. With the closing of the hotel the
disease disappeared.
Up to April S there had been no
deaths that could be traced directly to
this cause, but a number of sinister ru-
more were in the air, and it was said
that several persons who had come to
the inauguration had died, on their re
turn home, of the illness contracted
while at the National Hotel. In view
of. this the board of health. April 8.
appointed a committee, consisting of
Dr. Robert King Stone and Dr. James
E. Morgan, to ascertain whether or not
any of the "•National Hotel poisoning
cases” had proved fatal, but of this
committee and its labors nothing def
inite is known.
RIVER DRIED UP
LAKE DISAPPEARED
SEVERE VOLCANIC ERUPTION
SANTIAGO. April 33.—Severe vol
canic eruptions continue in the South
ern part of Chile. The town of Caidi-
via is covered with ashes and overhung
with clouds.
Valdivia is the capital of the province
of Valdivia in which the Puyehue vol
cano, which has been In eruption re
cently, is situated. The town has a
population of about 10,000 and is on the
Valdivia river. The volcanic eruption
has destroyed many cattle and. numer
ous farms. Deposits have been falling
150 miles from the volcano, a river !s
reported to have dried up. and a lake is
said to have disappeared, ‘hut there has
been no loss of life reported up to the
present.
BONESTEEL, S. D., April 23.—A
glance at the calendar of the Gregory
County Circuit Court, which convened
for its regular term today, is sufficient
to show that there is nothing in the
popular belief that the red man is in
capable of adopting the white man’s j
ATTACKED {FOUR WENT ID DEATH
KS LIZZIE FLOVD
OVER RIVER FALLS
RALEIGH. N. C., April 23.—Swept
over the fails, four men were drowned
in Cape Fear River today at Buckhora
Falls. Chatham County, thirty miles
j from Raleigh. The dead are:
j Hans Thorson. of St. Paul. Minn.,
general foreman of a construction
FITZGERALD. Ga., April 23.—Miss
Lizzie Flodv, a sales lady In the Em
pire Mercantile Co., while on her way
home about 7 o’clock last night was at
tacked by a negro. It was raining and
the young lady carried an umbrella,
and as she passed a negro. In crossing j company erecting a power plant: E.
a vacant lot, she was seized by the B. Brady, of Moncure, assistant fore
throat and struck a blow on the back j man. and two negro laborers. Tha
of the head. As she fell to the ground, bodies have not yet been recovered,
she broke away from the negro and | Thorson was to have been married
screamed, he made a second attack, but | here Sunday and his fiance. Miss Thel-
was frightened >by her screams and ran. j ma Lindgren was to have left St. Paul
The lady went to a store nearby and today to .join him in Raleigh,
told her story and showed the finger I The men were In a scow tr.vlns with
The alarm was poles to force It from the river bank.
prints on her throat
given, but nothing could be found of
the assailant
FIE STUMPS DUO UP
FOR 5-STORY SCRAPER
COLUMBUS. Ga., April 23.—Tho
Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index
will say tomorrow in its regular week
ly issue: •
In making excavations for a five-
story office building in a city In
Southern Georgia this week, pine
ways. No fewer thaii twenty divorce | stumps were dug up and cast aside,
cases are on the docket in which In- j B - v n ° means is the city “on a boom.”
dians are the principals. This is re- Railroad shops are being constructed
garded as a good record even in South j there at a cost of $1,000 000, and it has
Dakota. It is the first session of the I numerous large and orna te business
court under the new law which abol- j buildings. But the incident serves to
ishea the Indian courts and required j Illustrate in a measure the rapid
that all Indian cases shall be tried by i through substantial, upbuilding of cit-
whites. j i es and towns in Georgia and Ala-
The complaints would Indicate that j bama. In the great majority of the
the Indians apparently have better rca- | cities and towns of the two States
son for desiring that their marital ; new buildings, including residences,
bonds be severed than is oftentimes tho } are being planned in increasing num-
case with their white brothers and sis- j bers, as is shown by the columns of
ters. For instance, James Ghost Walk I construction news published in Tho
wants a divorce from his wife, Bessie ! Index from week to week. In one city
Ghost Walk, on the ground that she j of less than 15.000 population, 137
eloped with Walking Soldier. The facts | residences are being built. Municipal
in the case Ghost Walk expects to I Improvements are being made gener-
prove by Thomas Two Stocks and WU- ' ally. In addition to business buildinss
Uam Bear. The complainant also asks ! and residences, including thirty-three
for. the custody of his child, Mollie j of the latter in Atlanta, Ga.. The Index
Three Thighs Ghost Walk. ■ reports this week among other pro-
A case in which the wife is the com- ] jected structures: Four hotels, inelud-
plainant is that of Alice Good Muskrat, i ing two of five stories, each, at Mo-
•who asks for a divorce from her hus- | bile, Ala.; theater, Adel. Ga., sanita-
band, Henry, who is charged with elop- j rium, Anniston Ala.: building for mil-
ing with Flora Walks as She Jumps. ; itary institute, Selma, Ala.; $10,000
The plaintiff wants her maiden name j school building. Nichoiis. Ga.. $so.ooo
of Alice High Kicker restored. • apartment house. Atlanta Ga.; four
Another case is entitled Poor Man i churches, including two to cost about
Star Boy vs. Jennie Star Boy. Poor | $40,000, each; paving plans in five cit-
Man alleges that Jennie ran away from j jes; enlargement of two waterworks
him four years ago and took up- her j svstems; sewer systems and exten-
abode with an Indian named Walking j 6 ions in two cities and two land and
Thunder, with whom she is now living, j improvement companies which will
His witnesses in the case will be Three erect residences.”
Dogs. Kicks High and Three Moons. . j n industrial lines The Index reports
Kate B’elt, after waiting three* years u, e following to be established: Bug-
for Anthony Belt to return, sues for a j gy factory, Savannah, Ga.: candy fac-
divorce and ahmony in the shape of a j tory, Summerville, Ga.; canning fac-
slice of Anthony s land and some of his | tories Talladega Ala. and Gdrdo,
ponies and blankets. Mule Driver,
High Hawk and Walks Over will bo
the witnesses for 'the plaintiff.
Holy Track wants a divorce from
Never Stampede, who is alleged to have
■belied his name by stampeding with
Anna Buffalo Pipe. White Belly, Three
Toes and One Tail are expected to
prove the facts alleged by Mrs. Holy
Track.
One of the most peculiar eases on
the docket is that of Josephine Dog
Soldier, who gives most novel reasons
for desiring a .divorce from her spouse.
She declares that when she was sick
Dog Soldier bought a coffin and made
preparations for her funeral, and when
she got well Dog Soldier became very
angry, threatened to shoot her, knocked
her leg out of joint and finally drove
her away from home. She expects to
prove these allegations by Left Handed
Thunder, Whistling Crow and Rattling
Shield.
Other cases that will be tried before
the term of court Is ended are those of P° rtp ?,l hat Southern_Railway w-ill
Picket Pin ys.-Mary Picket Pin: James
! 3ull Tail vs. Bear Bull Tail: Helen
Turning Bear vs. Fred Left Hand: His
Horse Standing vs. White Whirl Wind,
and Hail Fast Horse vs. Fast Horse.
TRIAL OF BLACK HAND
CASES WAS RESUMED
WILKESBARRE, Pa.. April 24.—The
trial of the "Black Hand” dases with
Charles Rizzo on the witness stand,
was resumed in the Luzerne County
court today. The witness gave dam
aging evidence against some of the de
fendants, identifying several of them as
the parties who intimidated him and
threatened his life if he did not give
them certain sums of money. Rizzo
held to his story throughout a long
cross-examination. Joseph Rizzo cor
roborated the testimony of his brother
Charles, and identified a letter to the
Rizzo brothers in which the defendants
threatened to blow up their residence
if they did not do as requested in form
er letters to them. One letter demand
ed $400 in cash to be taken to No. 4
Ala.; $200,000 improvements on furn
ace in Gadsden, Ala., district; ice
plants, Savannah, Ga., and Sanders-
ville, Ga.; refrigerating plant. Way-
cross Ga.;. knitting mill. Bishop, Ga.;
mining operations. Gadsden, Ala..
Lynn, Ala., and Villa Rica. Ga.; oil
wells, McWilliams, Ala.; corset fac
tory, Atlanta. Ga.: light and power
plant. Enterprise, Ala.; four lumber
companies which will establish saw
mills; three timber land purchases in
volving $207,000; purchase of 3.120
acres of timber land and of 15,000.000
feet of lumber: 516,000 turpentine
company; three land companies; pur
chase of 9S-acre suburban tract for
$30,000. Mobile Ala.; two banks; bond
issues- and thirty-two new corpora
tions with total minimum capital
stock of $563,000. An election will
probably be ordered upon the issuance
of bonds for building a $750,000 coun
ty jail at Birmingham, Ala. It is re
establish a car wheel manufacture
plant near Rome, Ga., upon a tract of
land which it purchased recently for
530,000. Citizens of Troy. Ala., are
considering the erection of a $50 000
hotel.
Miss A. T. Jeanes,
Quakeress, Donor
PHILADELPHIA. April 23.—A gift
of one million dollars for the estab
lishment of a fund for rudimentary
schools for Southern negroes was an
nounced here tonight The donor is
Miss Anna T. Jeanes. a Quakeress of
this city. Booker T. Washington,
head of Tuskegee Institute, and Hollis
Burke Frissell. president of Hampton
Normal, and Industrial Institute, are
named as trustees of the fund, but
neither of the institutions they repre
sent will share in the gift. The in
come of the million dollars Is to be
used for the sole purpose of assisting
in the "Southern United States com-
with the purpose of reaching a lower
landing. The scow was caught In the
current and carried over the falls.
SHAKESPEARE’S ANNIVERSARY
DAY AT STRATFORD-ON-AVON.
LONDON, April 23.—The 343d anni
versary of the natal day of Shakes
peare was Joyously observed at Strat
ford-on-Avon today, and, although the
celebrations were scarcely on so" lavish
a scale as in some former years, they
were eminently successful. The old-
world town was gaily decorated. The
charming ceremony of decorating the
poet’s grave was participated in by
several hundred devotees. The mayor,
the trustees of Shakespeare’s birth
place, members of the Shakespeare
Club and a number of deputations
marched in procession from Holy Trin
ity church to the'grave. The vicar re
ceived each wreath separately from tho
donors and ret them In place while the
organ played “The Legion of the Avon
and the Light of Love,” the traditional
melody said to have been Shakespeare’s
favorite song.
Doing Business Again.
“When my friends though I was
about to take leave of this world, on
account of indigestion, nervousness
and general debility” writes A. A. Chls
holm. Treadwell. N. Y.. "and when It
looked as if there was no hope left, I
was persuaded to try Electric Bitters,
and I rejoice to say that they are cur
ing me. I am now doing business
again. Best tonic medicine on earth.
AMERICAN BRANCH OF PEACE
ASSOCIATION ORGANIZE.
NEW YORK, April 23.—With Mrs.
Baker G. Eddy as its American found
er nnd Andrew Carnegie, Seth Low,
Nicholas Murray Butler, and othor
American publicists identified with tho
movement, an American, branch of the
association for international concilia
tion was organized today. Officers for
the American department of the as
sociation have been opened at 542 Fifth
avenue and from there a pan-American
propaganda will be drculatetd. With
International peace as the object of its
plea, the asscoclation aims J.o secure
workers in every national hall of legis
lation in the cause of peace. Andrew
Carnegie and Andrew D. White are tho
honorary presidents of the associa
tion, Nicholas Murray Butler is presi
dent; Congressman Richard Bartholdt,
vice-president, and Robt. H. Franks,
treasurer. A letter which Mrs. Eddy
wrote from Concord, N. IL to her
church in Boston, accepting her desig
nation as founder was read in today’s
gathering.
DEPUTY SHERIFFS ENGAGE IN
DUEL AND SHOOT LADY.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 23.—J. B.
Marshall and Wrn. Reeves,deputy sher
iffs, engaged in a pistol duel on the
stairway of the Allen building this
afternoon in which a half a .dozen shots
were exchanged. Neither of the com
batants were hurt, but Miss Lucille
Gayle, stenographer for a title and
guarantee company, who was passing
on the side walk below, was shot in
the leg and severely wounded. The
duelists were arrested. They had quar
relled over a law suit.
, munity, country and rural schools for
shaft near Pittston to be concealed I the great class of negroes to whom
there in a certain place. RizzO and a | the small rural and community schools
TAFT REMS TO HIS
POSI ID WASHINGTON
few friends all armed with guns and
carrying the money went to a spot, de
posited the money and then hid them
selves in ambush, but up to a late hour
that day no one appeared. They re
turned home and since then were ask
ed to give up $500 to a man who would
meet Rizzo alone on one of the promi
nent streets in Pittston.
SHERIFF’S REQUISITION
PAPERS DEFECTIVE
MIDDLETON. N. Y.. April 24.—
Sheriff J. C. Lyon, of Abbeville Coun
ty, S. C., who came here today with
requisition papers for E. G. Renne,
who is wanted in South Carolina for
alleged forgery and larceny, has
turned South without Renne. Earn
est W. Hewitt, legal adviser to Gov
ernor Hughes, refused to honor the re
quisition. saying it was not properly
executed. Renne will be held In. the
Goshen jail until Sheriff Lyon returns
with corrected papers.
DANVILLE. Va.. April 24.—The dead
bodies of John Dandrldgo. Edna Moore
an.i William Pprncgms. and the unonn-
ions form of Lillie McCain, all young
H'-cr,.' 1 ' :\v. ■■ ■: ir.d 1". V'-nrs nM.
•e found stretched out on the floor and i ,, n o p _
the bed In the servants' room of Rev.
\V. if. Atwill. piv■■siding eider for the
Danville District of the Methodist Church,
this afternoon. When after repeated
mocking at the door, no response was
tade. the door was battered down. The
oodition of the room indicated that the
artv hail been on a drinking and eating
frolic last night, and that the victims
died while asleep during last night
n P'dsonir.g. Mystery surrounds the
case, and the police have been at work
-i several clues. Negroes acquainted with
te dead apparently know more of the
luses leading up to the deaths than
ley will divulge. Th«v are on the look-
it’for the husband of one of the women,
ho pad been separated from him. An
utopsv will be performed on the dead
WASHINGTON. April 24.—Return
ing to Washington after a month’s
absence. Secretary Taft resumed rou
tine duties at the War Department. It
Is doubtful if in his Washington exper
ience, the Secretary has had to deal
with more newspaper men than he
saw today. Of course they were in
terested in his Southern journey, but
they were mainly desirous to learn
Just what the Secretary intended to
do In answer to the challenge jvhich
Senator Foraker had issued in regard
to the contest in Ohio.
The Secretary, however, frankly
told his newspaper callers that he was
disadvantage of a consider
able absence from the country, with
only scanty news of the important po
litical events that had occurred. He
did not feel under the circumstances, WASHINGTON, April 24.—President
that it was proper for him to make | Roosevelt will leve the navy yard here
any kind of a statement as to his po- at half past two o’clock Thursday aft-
litical opinions and plans. Replying ! ernoon on the yacht Mayflower for the
to a direct Inquiry, the Secretary ! Jamestown exposition. Accompanying
stated th.i: it is his intention to sail j him will be Secretary Loeb, several of
for the Philippines about September 1. the President’s children, and perhaps
next. I some other guests. The review of the
The Secretary reiterated his state- . American and foreign ships now in
MIKE SULLIVAN DEFEATED
MELLODY AFTER 20 ROUNDS
LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 23.—
Mike (Twin) Sullivan, of Boston, de
feated Billy Mellody. after twenty
rounds of fighting, for the world's
welter weight championship here to
night. The fight was fast and fu
rious. the men standing toe to toe and
slugging between clinches and ex
changing hard blows at close quar
ters. They were weighed in at 145
pounds at 3 o’clock.
ITINERARY OF PRESIDENT’S
TRIP TO JAMESTOWN SHOW.
lie McCai
i::n! enr.di:! n at th- h '-y I:
mble to maa..* a statement.
il and- ;s
ment of last night that he intended to
go to Ohio next Friday and would
make three speeches while away from
Washington, but the Secretary added
with :i smile that rone of the speeches
would be in any sense political.
Chesapeake Bay will occupy an hour on
Friday morning and the reception on
board the Mayflower by the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt to the officers of
the foreign men of war will begin at
9:30 a. m. on that day.
| are alone available.” The deed of gift
| was executed yesterday and in It
Washington and Frissell are empower
ed to appoint a board of trustees. The
Pennsylvania company for insurance
on lives and granting annuities of this
city will act as fiscal agent for the
trustees.
Miss Jeanes, the donor, is about SO
years of age, and comes from an old
and wealthy family that has been
prominent for more than a century in
the Society of Friends. She has long
been Interested in the welfare of the
negro and has been a contributor to
institutions for their education. She
has known Booker T. Washington for
a decade.
In a statement signed by Booker T.
Washington and Hollis Burk Frissell,
they say that “while we cannot speak
definitely, we feel quite sure that it
will be the aim of the trustees of this
fund to work in hearty sympathy and
close co-operation with the county
and State officers in assisting schools,
and it will be the policy of the trus
tees to use the interest of this fund
in a way to stimulate self help, and
not replace local schools, but to sup
plement the money being appropriated
by Southern States towards the edu
cation of the negro.”
BAD STEEL RAILS
CAUSE MANY WRECKS
GOST DIB 5250
PORT JERVIS. N. Y..April 23.—It
cost Hank Smith $250 to destroy twen
ty snakes yesterday, an average of
$12.50 a snake. Smith, who is a farmer
near Acedalia, Sullivan County, hates
snakes and kills one whenever he gets
a chance, but always with the expen
diture of a little muscle only. He cal
culates the cost of his snake holocaust
thus: To maple sap, $60; sap house
and contents, $200.
Before winter took a fresh hold.
Smith had killed, with a club, several
rattlesnakes and black snakes near his
sap house. But he had not seen a snake
recently and concluded that, with all
the serpent's cunning, they were hiber
nating again. He started a roaring fire
in his sap house yesterday to boll down
many gallons of sap to maple syrup.
As the atmosphere grew warm two
rattlesnakes thought winter had quit
lingering and crawled up through a
knot hole in the floor. Smith grabbed
a billet of wood and killed them. The
temperature quickly rose and Smith
was surprised to hear a hissing like
that from the top gallery when the
villain seems about to kill the lovely
heroine of the melodrama.
Angry, squirming snakes, seventeen
of them, were gliding from every cor
ner of the house. Smith took refuge
on top of a barrel filled with shavings
and kindling wood and yelled for help.
His son. Edward answered his cries
and thrust through the door a long
ladder. In his anxiety to reach the
ladder. Smith upset the barrel, and Its
contents added much fuel to the fire.
Smith escaped, but the snakes, sap and
sap-house went un In smoke.
“Twelve-fifty per.” Smith moans.
CAPTURED BIGAMIST
SAID TO HAVE 17 WIVES
CHICAGO, III.. April 23.—Bad steel rails
are causing many of the disastrous
wrecks on American railways, according
to a statement made today by some of the
operating officials in the United States
who are in Chicago to atend the spring
meeting of the American Railway Asso
ciation tomorrow. Aided by chemists
and metallurgists, a committee has Inves
tigated this matter and has come to the
conclusion that an exceedingly danger
ous percentage of the steel rails manu
factured today have the later flaw which
causes them to snap and break under im-
racl of a fast train.
-> Dry Ticket Won at Radford.
ROANOKE. Va.. April 24.— In a local
Option election, held today at n.ulford.
Va . the “dry” ticket won.by a majority
of 153 votes. The- campaign has been a
warm one.
•MARSHALL Mich.. April 24.—John
A. Carver, alleged bigamist, who is said
to have at least 17 wives, was captured
yesterday at Ft. Smith, Ark. Carver is
charged with defrauding his wives out
of $150,000. The specific charge on which
be was arrested was that of defrauding
Mrs. Lota Davis, of Battle Creek, out
of $2>.noo. Carver married her on Oc
tober 16. 1906. at Battle Creek. Mich.
He went with her to New York and
they decided to buy a boarding house.
He told his wife to go home and ra!re
all the money she could on her property
and forward him a draft and he would
make arrangements to have her come on
In two weeks after all details had been
settled. He got the money, it is claimed,
and disappeared.
CHAS. A. PEABODY RE-ELECTED
HEAD MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO.
NEW YORK. April 24.—C. A. Pea
body was re-elected president of the Mu
tual Life Insurance Company at the first
meeting of the new board of trustees
tojav. All the other officers of the com
pany also worn re-elected. H. JJcK.
Twombiy. of this city, sent a letter to the
board of trustees declining the office of
trustee, for which he had been named.
John S. Phlnns. another of th • new
trustees, tendered his resignation and
Judge George Gray, of Wilmington, wrotq
that his distance frpm New York mrl Hs
judicial position prevents his acting as a
trustee.
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