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THE TWICE- A-WEEK TELEGEATE FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1907. MEAT AMERICAN NAVAL VnJ f 1 FLEET IN HAMPTON ROADS IHMIYLE OH Tfflll MAN'S DEATH RECALLS FOR WIFE BIRDER '•cl Norfolk. La If rra :< |r,r >v.-r . r-’bf H • r ' >f lhoui-; ■■a*nade '"'•of inf Va, ■ f A rr. < I In tF Roadi 24.—Th April •lean war thmU • historic waters —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. The Richest Man In the World. The richest man in the world can not have his kidneys replaced nor live without them, so it is important not to neglect these organs. If Foley’s Kid ney Cure Is taken at the first sign of danger, the symptoms will disappear and your health will be restored, as It strengthens and builds up these or gans as nothing else will. Oscar Bow man, Lebanon. Ky., writes: “I have used Foley’s Kidney Cure and take great pleasure in stating It cured me permanently of kidney disease, which certainly woyld have cost me my life." H. J. Lamar &, Co., near Exchange Bank. Macon. 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. Notice to Our Customers. We are pleased to announce that Fo ley’s Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recommend it as a safe remedy for children and adults. H. J. Lamar & Co., near Exchange Bank, 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.” W. H. BURWELL.WILL REPRESENT HANCOCK SPARTA. Ga.. April 23.—W. H. Burwell was today elected as again T. L. Reese to represent Hancock in the Legislature. , So Tired It may be from overwork, but the chances are Its from an in active LIVER —- With a well conducted LIVER one can do mountains of labor without fatigue. It adds a hundred per cent to ones earning capacity. It can be kept in healthful action by, and only by TutfsPills TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. “Pneumonia’s Deadly V/ork had so seriously affected my right lung,” writes Mrs. Fannie Connor, of Rural Route 1 Georgetown. Tenn.. “that I coughed continuously night and day and the neighbors’ prediction— consumption—seemed inevitable, until my husband brought home a bottle of Dr. King’s -New Discovery, which in my case proved to be the only real cough cure and restorer of weak, sore lungs.” When all other remedies ut terly fall, you may still win in the bat tle against lung and throat troubles with New Discovery, the real cure. Guaranteed by all druggists, 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. 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. L