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FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1907. THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH Y VX, MINE EXPLODED UNDER LEGISLATION AIMED AT PRESIDENT CABRERA AUTOS CONTEMPLATED GUATEMALA CITY. April fra da Cabr era president oi mala, narrowly escaped ns-- today, He loft his private at 7:30 In the morning for torr.nrv drive, accompanied ndt While alo avenue, between Sixteenth enteenth streets, .an exploali supposed to have been c.a bomb occurred, killing the tached to the Presidential wounding the -E- | | natie Idem his ng South and Sev an at first used by a horses at- i carriage, coachman and Injuring rev»ril staff officers. Including Gen. Orellana, the .-hief. of staff. The President, who -was not Injur ed. displayed great presence of mind. Alighting from the carriage he in- . COREY RE-ELECTED HEAD OF STEEL TRUST NEW TORK, April 30.—Wm. Corey was re-elected president of the United States Steel Corporation at the an nual meeting of the board of directors in this city today. AJ1 the other offi cers whose terms expired were re elected. Regular dlvdends of 1% per cent on the preferred stock and % of 1 per cent on the common stock were de- d the surroundings and then re- , clarad. The net earnings for the quar- turned on foot to hf: residence. A j ter ended March 31 were *39.122.492, careful examination showed that the j an increase of *2 488,002 over the same explosion had been caused not by • a quarter last year. The unfilled orders on hand amount to 8.043.858 tons, an Increase of 1.025.146 tons as compared with last year. These figures show a considerable decrease from the last previous quarter, but are in excess of those of any corresponding quarter in the corporation's history. I ATLANTA, April 30.—A member of ! the Incoming Legislature who was I'here today threatens to Introduce a bill at the coming session of the Leg- I lslature aimed at the automobilfsts. The proposed legislation, however Is similar to that which has been adopt ed in a number of other States and which. Indeed, seems to be in popular favor in many sections. I think the law now of force in the under construction in Taylor and Ma con counties, ?S,000. Applicats for Medicine. ATLANTA. April 30.—The State Board of Medical Examiners, known as the regulars, are engaged today and to morrow in examining a class of 8S ap plicants for license to practice medicine in Georgia. The examination is being conducted in the hall of the House of majority of the States requiring the 1 Representatives, and the applicants are bomb but by a mine. The conspira tors dug a tunnel from one end of a group of houses rented by a man nam ed Rafael Rodll. placed explosives un der the roadway and connected them by a wire with a battery in Rodil's house, and from there discharged the mine. Many suspects have been ar rested, but It Is not known whether the would be assassins are among them. The President has received many j congratulatory messages on his 05 ‘ } third annual session of the Farmers' cape. Peace prevails throughout Gun- I- — • . - — temala and the Government officials FARMERS’ INSTITUTE AT DUBLIN FRIDAY. DUBLIN, Ga„ April 30.—Friday the Institute for the Sixteenth Senatorial .. . .. .. ,, , District will convene in this city. The ay they have the situation well under j f 0 ]; 0 wing program has been arranged '' n,rn „ , , i for the occasion: Pr fooc nt ° f ! Morning session—The conditions o< control.. Cabrera waa elected Guatemala September 9, 1898. sue cceding President Barrios, and In March. 1905, he assumed the Presi dency for a second term. He was said to be very unpopular was reported to have been shot and wounded in April. 1905, and the following month It was again rumored that an attempt had been made to assassinate him. the South and the Cotton Association, Harvle Jordan, president of the South ern Cotton Association: Insects and Diseases of Crops and Fruit Trees, with best remedies for extermination and cure. R. I. Smith. State entomolo gist: Fa^n Records and Accounts, Hon. Daniel G. Hughes. Danville. ] Afternoon session—Maladies of the registration of owners of toutomobiles with the Secretary of State, is a wise and proper one.'’ he said. “The auto mobile is a vehicle of a wide range of travel, and city ordinances can only control them within city limits. It i3 true one or two counties have local acts under which they can restrain them, but really the only proper way to do It is through State regulation because they travel not alone in one county, but through several, some times through the entire length of the State. "The laws in other States to which I refer require the registration of each automobile with the Secretary of State also the registration of the name-cf the chauffeur or other persons who operate the machine. For this principally graduates of the two medi cal colleges in Atlanta. The board will conclude its work here tomorrow and wiil meet in Auguta Thursday and FVi- day for the purpose of examining the graduates of the medical college there and any others who may desire to ap pear before it. The members of the board are Dr. J. B. S. Holmes, Valdos ta. president: Dr. E. R. Anthony, sec retary: Drs. F. D. Patterson, W. D. Travis and F. M. Ridley. Boifeuiilet Heads Board of Visitors. ATLANTA. April 30.—Governor Ter rell today appointed the annual State Board of Visitors to the State Acade my for the (Blind at Macon. The board of visitors will meet the trustees of the - academy at the institution at such time registration a regular fee is charged. as the trusees may designate, will in- Starnes. experiment station: Women and Youth in the home and on the farm, Mrs. J. H. L. Gerdine, editress of Home Circle Department in Cotton Journal, Decatur, Ga. ^ Officers will he elected. Later It was stated that the President | peachi crown galls, etc., Hon. H. X. had been accidentally shot in the leg. In May. 1906. a revolution broke out against the administration of Presi dent Cabrera and Guatemala was in vaded by the revolutionists from four points. ’After a series of encounters, in which the regular troops of Salva dor took part, and were Joined later by the armed forces of Honduras, the good offices of the United States were accepted by the belligerents, hostilities ceased and a treaty of peace between Guatemala Salvador and Honduras was signed July 20, on board the Uni ted States cruiser Marblehead. off San Jose. Guatemala. Cabrera is declared to have ruled despotically and to have never ap peared In public without an armed guard. A number Is assigned to the machine which it must carry conspicuously posted upon the rear at all times, and for any accident or damage that is caused’by that particular machine the owner of registration is held respon sible. "We ought to have a State law on this subject and also regulating the speed of these machines, for the pro tection of the public on the highways of the State, and I am going to see if I cannot get it through at the coming session of the Legislature. I do not propose to make such a measure drastic, but rather to follow what has already been accepted in other States.” WASHINGTON WORRIED OVER CONDITIONS IN GUATEMALA WASHINGTON. April 30.—Ambas sador Creel, of Mexico, and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon today con ferred at length concerning the situa tion in Guatemala. Advices received in Washington and Mexico City agree on the point that affairs are approach ing a crisis in Guatemala and at any moment there may be an uprising which the present administration there will be unable to control. The nssassination of the former Guatemal an President, Barrlllas. in Mexico: the attempt on the life of President. Es trada- Cabrera In Guatemala /City and the alleged anti-Mexican and anti- American feeling that hns been engen dered in the Cabrera Government hns caused complications in Central American politics, which, it is believ ed here, must be handled by a firmer hand than ran be found in Guate mala. Indications of an uprising against the Cabrera Government are giving the United States and Mexico some concern, as o revolutionary movement now probably would em broil the whole republic in conflict. It is believed here that an agreement will he reached between the two coun tries bv which Mexico, with her troops already on the border, will police Gua temala Just as the United States po liced Nicaragua and Honduras in the recent warfare between those coun tries. ARIB BIDS ARB MOVING 08 CAPITAL NORFOLK, Va.. April 30.—Chief of Po lice Boush announced today the capture of two negroe highwaymen w> n made a | murderous tour across Berkely Ward of Norfolk Saturday night, resulting in the death of one man with two or three others assaulted still lingering between life and death. The alleged assailants are William McIntosh and Tom Lassiter, together with Lizzie Fisher. Irene Jones and Helen Williams, all of whom were today brought to Norfolk, the women be ing held ns accessories. McIntosh has made a confession to the police, admitting his own participation in the crimes, but throwing most of the blame on Lassiter. The crimes are said to have been con cocted in a Norfolk negro dive. The nlan It is alleged, was to go through Berkeley Ward, strike down and rob every man. white or black, who came in contact with the gang wlio. it is now believed, included several, and divide the spoils at a meet ing place on Sunday. ANISIA L DEMSSEY Commission Interested in Decision. ATLANTA, April SO.—Members of the State Railroad Commission were much interested in the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, announced in this morning's Wash ington despatches, in which it was held that the railroad commission of North Carolina had the power, right spect the institution and make report to the Governor to be transmitted to the Legislature. The chairman of the board will notify its members of tho date upon which the meeting is to be held in Macon. As the new buildings of the academy for the blind are about to be completed, Governor Terrell thought it proper to appoint at this time a board composed largely of bus iness men. The board of visitors nam ed by the Governor is as follows: Hon. John T. Boifeuiilet. Macon, chairman: Major H. M. Comer. Louis ville: Dr. J. P. Prescott. Lake Park: Hons. J. 5L Mullins, Stinson: J. P. Nichols, Griffin: George W. Jenkins, Harris: A. M. Caskey, Ellaville; J. G. Blitch. Statesboro: L. B. Mann, New- nan; Rev. R. H. Blalock, LaGrange. STARTED ON THEIR CAPT CHANDLER IS MAKING AERIAL OBSERVATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT the Supreme Court decision is not enough In the absence of a State law giving them the requisite power to make such requirements. The Geor gia commission has. in its annual re ports to the Legislature, persistently appealed for a law conferring on them this authority, and several years ago a bill to this effect was introduced, but never reached the point of passage. "If you will consult our, annual re ports,” said Chairman H. W. Hill, "vou will find that from year to year we have urged the Legislature to give us authority to deal with schedules, in order to enable us to require the railroads to give the people better ser vice. But no attention has ever been given our requesL There have been and doubtless are now in this State many instances of bad schedules and unkept connections which, ought to be dealt with but under .the present law we are powerless to do anything. "Under the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States we are not. of course, authorized to take any ac tion, as that was based upon the-'law of North Carolina. But if we had the NEW YORK. April 30.—The unau- North Carolina law, or that particular thorized visit of George Guernsey, one ! feature of it in Georgia, there would Negro Fooled the Police. ATLANTA, April 30.—Charles Lee, a negro, created consternation In police circles this morning by runnings to the police station and reportig that a gang of highwaymen had appeared at the Union Passatjger depot, and were en- and authority to require a railroad to ^ gaged in cleaning up everything in establish a passenger train conneetjon j sight. Policeman Hamilton and several with a connecting line at a junction j other members of the force hurried point, even though it necessitated put- there posthaste with drawn clubs and ting on an extra train to make such | billies, ready to charge upon the des- connection. j perate characters described to them. The railroad commission of Geor- | They were the more aroused as the re gia would like to have the very same i su it of having read of a recent similar sort of authority. The members say j.ho’d-up in a jvestern city. When they . ST. LOUIS, April 30.—With a sharp, raw wind blowing, and heavy clouds banking the sky. Capt. Charles DeF. Chandler, United States Signal Corps, and Aeronaut J. C. McCoy, of New York city, started tonight on their de layed long distance balloon trip. The start has been scheduled for three days. They hoped the wind would carry them eastward that they might land near Washington, D. C., but the bailooon took a southerly course, veer ing slightly to the west. Capt. Chandler is making aerial ob servations for the Government which is interesting Itself in army balloons. Aeronaut McCoy hopes to ’ win the Lahm cup offered for the longest con tinuous flight. Several carrier pigeons were taken by which messages will be sent back to St. Louis. Capt. Chandler said that they expect to be in the air about for ty-eight hours. Provisions to last three days were - taken. The start was even, the balloon rising straight in the air until higher than surrounding buildings. It then veered sharply to the south and continued in that direc tion until beyond the vision of those on the ground. The America, In which McCoy and Chandler ascended, is the largest bal loon in the United States. The Amer ica has a displacement of 78,000 cubic feet and a lifting power of 3,500 pounds. On the flight this lifting ca pacity was divided among the equip ment, provisions and supplies, the aeronauts, and ballast, as follows: Bag and basket. 100; anchors, ropes, drags and drag ropes and other equip ment that could be thrown overboard in an emergency, 240; provisions, clothing, bedding, instruments, etc., 200; McCoy and Chandler, 350; ballast 1,700. U. S. AND FOREIGN NAVAL OFFICERS ENTERTAINED RUSSIAN DUMA VOTES PRESIDENT APOLOGIZED FOR M ZURABOFF’S ATTACK ON THE GOVERNMENT. ST. PETERSBURG, April 30.—The lower house of Parliament today passed the recruiting bill by 220 to 194 votes. President Golvin apologized in behalf of the house for the Incident last night, during which M. Zuraboff. Socialist, made a savage attack on the army and the government, which for a time threatened to precipitate a dis solution of Parliament and which end ed in M. Zuraboff being deprived of the right to the floor of the house and be ing formally rebuked. M. Golovin said that in view of the reflections on the army he considered it to be his duty to announce that the house re garded the army, which was true to the fatherland and whose supreme head was the Emperor, as deserving of all respect and gratitude. It was understood that the apology was ac ceptable to Premier Stolypln. The house next took up considera tion of the bill appropriating $3.000.0'f0 for famine relief. The Government was asked for the immediate appro priation of the money on the recom mendation of the family relief com mission, as free kitchens are without funds and scurvy and typhus are in creasing. The appropriation was voted by a large majority, only the Socia lists opposing it. The house unani mously passed the law abolishing trials by drum head court martial. The house then adjourned for the Russian Easter Recess. arrived on the scene of the alleged "stick-up" game, they found every thing quiet and serene and not a high wayman in sight. Nobody had seen any such characters. The policemen got their revenge by arresting Lee and holding him in the barracks upon a charge of lunacy. of the jurors In the case of Anisia Louise DeMassey. who is charged with killing Gustav Simon, to the building where the shooting occurred only served to delay the trial for a short time today. Justice Blanchard called be nothing further in the way of our controlling passenger schedules throughout the State in the interests of the people. “Before we are able to do anythin? in this matter the Legislature will Guernsey into his chambers and after J have to pass a law giving us the au a brief talk with him directed that the entire jury be taken to the building and allowed to inspect the stairway which Guernsey had already inspected. Attorneys for both the defense and the prosecution accompanied the jurors. | hut the defendant waived her right to be present. Soon after court recon vened the prosecution rested and de fense opened its effse. The taking of the defense’s testimony wiil begin to morrow. After the return of the ju rors the trjal was resumed. thority in this direction for which we have persistently asked.'’ Other members of the commission confirmed the statement of Mr. Hill and said if they had now the author ity which they had long sought to ob tain from the Legislature, they would of course deal with the passenger schedules in Georgia as the occasion might require. W. E. Kay Recovered. ATLANTA. April 30.—W. E. Kay, Dr. Carltor. Simon son of the dead j n f Jacksonville general counsel for VIENNA. April 30.—The revolutionary movement in .Montenegro where a milltn- rv government has been proclaimed and armed bands are reported to be march ing on the capital. Js nssuming a serious character, according to dispatches ar riving here by way of Ragusa. Disorder , .s said to be rapidly spreading through- i continued: content is’at'ltndrievica^tlm headquarters I "I asked him who had shot him and Corporation Returns. tiie Vassojevtrs. nuntrrieal'.jr the ! he replied, 'a new designer, Mme. De-j ATLANTA. April 30.—A number or strong'st elan in the principality of Mon- j Massey, shot me. I employed her I corporation returns reached the comp osing attributed {*£§*]? j about a W eek ago, and she left me on i troller general today, though he has taken no final action regarding any of man. was the last and most important witness for the prosecution. lie said he saw his father at the shop soon after he was shot. Mr. Simon stated that he was mortally wounded and knew he was going to die. Dr. Simon the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. who has been confined for some days at St. Joseph’s Infirmary in this city as the result of a surgical operation, has now completely recovered, and re turned last night to his home. tenogro. me rising is : about a week ago, and she left me on iVte override destitution, which he j {| or . ow “ aCC ? rd . , Fr ' da t J ”a Sh ? 'T* bestowed on the country in 19»L and also i back about 2 o’clock today for her to the incessant drain on the public purse, j money. I told her to return at 5:30 tiia Prlne,. «« nrpusFd of utilizing the In m rPFiilnr n.i x* timp hut shp them. . , The Southern Railway, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Southern Express Com pany. and the Southern Bell Telephone Company have asked an extension of time within which to make their re- ice, ! vaiur man. one reiuseu iu gu uy mtr » turn?, and this has been granted. Tin- widening of the es- • stairwav. She had hardlv gone when der the law they are required to be in 41>n 1 ‘ . . . . .1 nAmntrnlior imnorti 1 nv to the Inc . - „ _ , _ , . Prince is accused of utilizing the j p. rn. f the regular pay time, but she taxes an*! other state funds to swell his » re fused to leave the office. She rais- Sf ri 'his e d“c?. hS: to Kink Ticto? j ed such a rumpus in the office that I Fmmanucl of Italv. Incrons-d Prince j asked her to go again, calling the ele- Nirholns' ideas of bis own Importance, j vntor man. She refused to go by the with a consequent ‘ ' ■was realized dissatisfaction berime pro- door told her if she did not go away nourced The cahinets appointed by I would call the police and get her Prince Nicholas have been turned out by j arrested. With that she shot me.” 3¥£B I r, araa 1 £ v-1 ernmne -I C1 aV. Rarhler opened the rrov conference, decided to send rep- j case for eesentatiyos to Cettlnje and demand that | te stlmon Prince Nicholas dlsmtr TO Among the returns received today were those of the Nashville. Chatta nooga and St. Louis which, tinder pro test returned its 2.73 miles of main line running through Dade County, near the Tennessee line, at a total of $77,131, of AMERICAN SAILORS WON PLACES IN TWO RACES NORFOLK, Va., April 30.—Ameri can sailors^ won places in two of the three international races between the crews of warships rendezvousing in Hampton Roads today, but the British tars took first and second places in one of the contests: The races were .between four oared gigs, twelve oared admiral barges and eighteen oared sailing launches. In the first race, which was between the gigs, there were fourteen entries, among them being boats from the British cruisers Good Hope and Ar- gyle. the Austrian cruisers, Sankl George and Aspern and the German cruisers. Bremen and Roon. It was over a two-mile straight away course and was won in a pretty finish by the Ohio's boat. The! Iowa was thirty- four seconds behind, with the Indiana lapping her. The winners’ time was twenty minutes and thirty seconds. The Argyle won. the race for admir al barges, with the, jGood Hope second and the New Jersey crew third. Time eighteen minutes and ten seconds. There were sixteen, entries. Kentucky. Missquri and Kearsarge crossed the line in the order named in the last race, and the time of the win ner was the best of the day over the course being seveteen minutes thir ty-five seconds. SENSATIONAL TURN IN INSURANCE INQUIRY 1CT IS GOOD CITIZEN MONTH JUST CLOSED 1 CiBEST APRIL IN TWENTTSIX YEARS SLEET, SNOW AND RAIN STORMS REVIVAL IN THE NORTHWEST NEW YORK, April 30.—Sensational results have quickly followed the in quiry by the District Attorney’s office into the recent election of directors of the New York Life Insurance Company. Geo. R. Scrugham. manager of the In ternational policy holders committee, which inspired the present investiga tion. making grave charges against those who conducted the election, was himself placed under arrest at Albany tonight and put abroad a train leaving for New York. Scrugham is charged with conspiracy and he was the third man identified with international policy holders committee to be taken into cus- y tody since noon today. The others are Charles Stirrup and' Charles F. Car rington. These two were not members of the committee but were employed as watchers for the committee at the elec tion. They are specifically charged with having “Unlawfully conspired to gether for the perversion and obstruc tion of the due administration of laws of the State of New York, with rela tion to the election of directors of the New York Life Insurance Company.” The warrants were issued on the complaint of assistant District Attorney Walter B. Howe. Earlier today Jacob B. Frank, a New York Life Insurance i w \ cmivcTfiv \nril $0——Two bun- chT r ^d wfthfofgerf m the S th£Tde- dr^dthou^nJ dollars, the largest con gree^FraTTk hadSsummoned te ex- ! Ration for famine relief ever mad ; plain the signatures of several policy j > n day. was sent to C..ma toda holders to alleged forged ballots cast at i ^y the Christian Herald. Today th the recent election of directors of the New York Life. At the time of his arrest, Frank, it is said, made a state ment to assistant District Attorney Symthe and Howe that had an im portant bearing on the latter depart- , • , . . . ments. The policy holders committee, j paper, which has made a total coruri- headed bv Scrugham as manager and J bution of $400,000 for the Samuel Utermyer as counsel, and with famine. WASHINGTON. April SO.—One of the most brilliant social functions of the sea son was given at the White House this evening, when the President and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained at dinner all the principal officers of the United States and foreign navies who ^participated in the ceremonies attending the opening of the Jamestown Exposition. Tho dinner was followed by a reception. The dis tinguished visitors arrived in Washington shortly after 6 o'clock tonight on the steamer Newport News, which was de layed several hours. The foreign officers, who. during their stay In this country, are the guests of the ("nited S.tates Gov ernment. were received at the White House at 7:30 o’clock, and were pre sented to the President und Mrs. Roose velt by Cot. Charles S. Bromwell and Capt. McCoy. At S o'clock the guests were ushered Into the state dining f3om. The dinner guests, numbering 35 perosns. included Rear Admiral George W. Neville. Capt. G. P. W. Hope and Capt. F. K C. Ryan, of the British navy; Rear Admiral Hermann Plesakott. of the Austrian navy: Com modore Kalau Von Hofe, Capt. Von Re- beur-Paschwitz. Capt. Ludwig. Ritter Von Hoehnel and Cat*. Hebbinghaus, of the German navy; Commander Jose Monetn, of the Argentine navy: Commander Don Virgiiio Morena Vera: Admiral George Dewey and Rear Admiral Evans. Davis. Thomas and Capts. Pillsbury, Schroeder and Commelly. of the American navy: Secretary Root. Assistant Secretary Ba con. Vssistant Secretary of the Navy Newbury and Col. Bromwell and Lleuts. Wood, Long. Key and Buhner. Tiie table was beautifully decorated with KUlarney roses and white lilac, ana tho . gilt plate and candelabra were used Mrs. Roosevelt was gowned in blue ilk trimmed with painted chiffon and lace The dinner tonight was followed by- a reception at 10 o'clock, who President and Mrs. Roosevelt received at the north door of the blue room. More than 300 guests, including members of the diplo matic corps, army and navy officers, and persons prominent in Washington's offi cial and social life were present. The Newport News, which bore the party from Hampton Roads, met with v mishap shortly after entering the rr m.h of the Potomac River. She ran ii i tho mud and lay stuck there for some hours. There was a dense fog prevailing through that section at the time. HOKE SMITH M\C' E LONDON. April 30.—After a tour of the contient, during which "visits were made to Hamburg. Bremen. Vienna and other places with the object of in ducing emigration to Georgia. Gov.- elect Hoke Smith and party are mak ing a brief sojourn here. . Gov. Smith told the Associated Press today that his trip had been most successful, and that he had suc ceeded in. removing some of the pre judices held against emigrating to the Southern States. He said lie had been promised that a number of ships would sail direct from European ports WASHINGTON. April 30.—President Roosevelt. In a note to the Department of Justice today, expressed the opinion that John Wm. January, of Missouri, should have his sentence commuted at once or be pardoned outright. January Was convicted some years ago of rob bing a postoffice in Oklahoma, and served the greater portion of a five-year sentence at Leavenworth. He then escaped and after nine years' of liberty ms re-ar rested in Kansas City and returned to prison. Many petitions have reached the President asking for 'January's pardon. He had lived in Kansas under the name of Chas. W. Anderson during the time he was at liberty. After his escape, January, under his assumed name, se cured employment and eventually estab lished himself in business, which he was j p 0 Savannah and that others would , make Savannah a port of call. Some work had been done in Scotland, whence the stream of emigration to Georgia already had started. Gov. Smith said it was his intention to appoint agents at Hamburg, Brem en, Vienna. Flume, Glasgow and other ports to encourage desirable emigrants. The Governor and his party will sail for New York tomorrow on the Kais er Wilhelm der Grosse. The entertainments planned by the American colony in honor of Gov. Smith were not carried out. owing to the brevity of his visit here, but lie net many Americans and was a guest in the distinguished strangers gallery of the House of Commons today,' and also visited the House of Lords. his re-arrest. He is married and has a child. The Department of Justice, upon re ceipt of President Roosevelt’s memoran dum, dispatched letters £o the trial judge and the District Attorney who tried An derson, asking for a report on the case and a recommendation as to whether or j not he should receive executive clemency, i When these reports are received the | department will make a report to the President. LARGE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FAMINE RELIEF transport Buford sailed from Sar Francisco with the most valuable re lief cargo ever shipped, being worth $150,000. Fifty thousand dollars more in money was cabled to the relief com mittees, all contributed by the same Chinese cipa tha imanovlc3 cabinet. The Prin-e replied by declar ing martial law and calling out the mi litia to prevent the revolutionary inoun- • ne. rs fr-'-i entering the capital in the meantime the TomOndvlcs ministry ■■ ■ ! ::s regispatlou :::i ! it is " ■ :g'i: rro-'V.ie tha" Prince Nicholas will reao- J.iint the ell.ir.et over v\Ve!. M. Radalo- vi pseriued. ns the letter h»* many sup porters throughout the country. ■ the defense. He said that the P^ny holds that thL taluation is too testimony produced by the State was ! h ‘nh. bu. in the intere-ts of harmony much of*it perjured and that he would ; has never Insisted upon an arbitration show that Mrs. DeMassey had no _ u ” d ®f *£*, f/ T5 ?. S ° r , t J was not seen on the stair shooting, but was on the street comer waiting for a car when she heard of the shooting. He also said that he would be able to show that there never was any identification of Mrs. . DeMassey bv Mr. Simon after the THREE CASES INVOLVING ! shooting. FREIGHT RATES ON COTTONS i During Iter attorney's address Mrs. ; j DeMassey for the first time since the WASHINGTON. April 30.—Three . trial began broke down and wept, eases involving freight rates on cot ion when court adjourned she appeared pieee goods and cott. n waste from I on t jt e verge of collapse and had to be quarrel with Mr. Simon and that she i test the N C. and St L also returned r« after tho ! the new side tracks which it has built , a]ons , the TVestera and Atlantic, the State's property, amounting to 21.1; WASHINGTON. D. C.. Aprli 30.—Ac cording to the weather bureau records, the month just closed was the coldest April in tho last 26 years, and within a degree of the coldest April ever ex perienced. The month was character ized by a succession of cold spells which swept southeastward' over the northeast Rocky Mountain slope and gradually spread southward and east ward over the entire country east of the Rocky Mountains. The cold was almost continuous except for brief intervals of a day or so of warmer weather, and it closed with remark able low temperatures in the interior valleys and the southwest. JUth to New York and 'Olnts were arsued be- tate Commerce Ccm- Tho eases were those Manufacturing Com- rs of Warrensville, S. e Southern Railway; iby. of Langley, S. c., against the Clyde Steamship. Com- j piny: and the Riverside Mills, of Au- : gusta, G i . against the Southern Rail- ! way. R J. Southall, of Augusta, repro- ■ sen ted a” >r the complain. other Eastern ; fore the Inters mission today, of the Warren par.v. and othei James L. Quir assisted back to the Tombs. Hail Storm in Houston. PERRY, Ga.. April 30.—A very de structive hail storm passed through a part of Houston County yesterday af ternoon about 4 o’clock. About four miles, west of Perry, on the read lead ing from Perry to Marshallvillc, the crops and peaches are about ail ruined, so fax ns ha> been learned here. The storm was about n mi’e- wide by two miles long. Mr. W. J. Cheek, who per haps suffered more than any other, told raiiroa i s interest were presented ; the writer that many of the hailstones B. Northrup of the Sou;!:- rn R.i'.'.v.uy. and F. Andrews, of the Illinois Central. Chairman Knapp and Commission ers I-ar.e. Clark and Harlan heard the arguments. Tin- contention if each of tii" cases was about the same. It was that ther ates were unreasonable in comparison with :h ise on other c! tsses nf g ■ is. Brief* wo-- filed with the commission by the attorneys.; and the eases will be taken under con sideration. were as large .os a guinea egg. The ground was entire-1 covered. Mr. Cheek brought here this morning a lump that h • got from where it drifted that was six inches thick by one foot wide and • Ighteen Inches long. He says the cot ton that was jus: coming up is all ruined and will have to he planted over, if they can gi : seed. The corn is very seriously damaged. Many think it will have to he piauted ever. Mr. Cheek had a field of prettv wheat which is en tirely ruined. i miles, together with certain rail estate, at $66.2S3. an increase of $24,000 over j the return of last year. The Macon and Birmingham Rail- i road Company. 97 miles long from Ma- j con to LaGrange. returned Its total I property at $461,592.67. un increase of ; about $100 over last year, and of which < j S5.000 is franchise. It is expected an ; increase will be demanded on this re- : turn. The Collins and Reidsville Railroad j Company returned its property at 1 S27.0S3 of which $1,000 is franchise, the I same returns as was made last vaar. The Louisville and "Wadley Railroad Company returned its total property at $29,242 of which '$1,000 is franchise, an increase of $242 over last year. The "Wadlev Southern, which is made up of the Y.'adley and ML Vernon and the Stilimore Air I.ine made two sep arate returns which cannot be com pared with ,’ast year, because the new line was only recently formed. The line from Wadley to Coliins was re turned at $iso,2f-0 of which $10,630 was franchise and the line from Wadley to Ruckledge was returned at $113,771.30, of which $10..700 was franchise. Other returns were as follows: Canton Telephone Company, $396; Harmony Grove Teienhone Co.. $3,750: Douglas Telephone Co.. $4,000: Geor gia and Alabama Telephone Co. in Ter- reil and Webster counties. $7,450: Mon tezuma Telephone Co.. $4,100; Coving- ton and Oxford Street Railroad Co., $11,000; Mino Springs Railroad, now Snow Covers Iowa. DES MOINES. Ia.. April 30.—Snow covers the’entire State of Iowa from a depth of from three to eight inches. In Des Moines and Central Iowa, it is eight inches, according to Government reports. Interviews with leading hort 1 - culturalists today indicate that all the small fruit is irretrivably killed. Rain, Sicet and Snow. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. April 30.—A rain and sleet storm last night de veloped into a fall of, six inches of snow in this vicinity, most of which remained on the ground. Severe Snow Storm. DETROIT. Mich.. April 30.—A severe snow storm is prevailing today over the upper part of the lower peninsula of Michigan with high cold winds. LEON J. 3RANDT DEFEATED THOS. J. MURPHY FOR MAYOR GREENSBORO. X. C., April 30.—Aider- man Leon J. Brandt defeated Mayor Thomas J. Murphy for the nomination for Mbyor la the Democratic primaries here today by a majority of 246 votes. The vote polled was 1.400. the largest number trit c-v-c - irti-'iraled in a primarv in this eitv. Mr. Morphy was the organized candidate and Mr. Brandt was .the nomi nee of the younger business men of the city. The election will be he!.] next Tues day. end ns the^e is no Republican nomi nee. Mr. Brandt will bp elte-'nd unani mously. This was the second primary, the first having been heiq a week ago when a full Aidermanic ticket was nom inated. a membership of many distinguished persons in this country and Europe fought the “Administration tickets” in the recent election of directors of the New York Life and Mutual Life in surance companies. Samuel Utermyer, counsel for the policy holders commit tee. gave out the following statement late tonight: “My attention was only called to this complaint late tonight. During a con siderable part of the campaign I was in Europe. I know nothing about the subject of the complaint, except jhat I have just heard, but it looks on its face very much like a cry of ‘stop thief,’ on the part of the companies. They know forgeries on the part of the agents ran into the thousands and they would like to obscure the issue.” Assistant District Attorneys Howe and Smith" have been in charge of the mat ter. The first result of their labors was the arrest on evidence furnishe-i by Man ager Scrugham. of the polcy-holders' com mittee. of Agent Frank. This was quick ly followed today by the issuance of three warrants against policy-houders' commit tee emoloves and later by the arrests. Carrington. Stirrup and Scrugham were in the District Attorney’s office yesterday end were examined seoarately. Today four women clerks, employed by the poli cy-holders' committee In preparing ballots. The following cablegram was re ceived from China today: “Shanghai, April 30.—Arrival Bu ford cargo anxiously awaited. Har vest prospects now extremely dis couraging. Prolongation of foreign assistance absolutely necessary. “Editor North China News.” GA. RY. & ELECTRIC CO. RETURNS $3,712,368 WASHINGTON. April 30.—W. W. How- !1 and E. S. Truesdale. of Broom" Coun ty. N. Y., who have been recently trav elling in Europe and Africa and "iso- . where, were among the President's vis itors today. They tsM 'h" T’r,. >' . that he was the best, known man in the world, and that in Egypt they fou.»d at least 10,000 camels named after him. Henry Leonard Killed. ROANOKE, Va., April 30.—-Henry Leonard was shot and killed at tiie camp of the Glade Lumber Company, near Rural Retreat. Va., today liy Mason Lindamood. Lindamood sur rendered to the authorities. The men quarrelled over a trifling matter and Lindamood shot Leonard through the heart. ATLANTA. April 30.—The annual tax returns of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company were filed with the Comptroller General late this af ternoon. The company operates about 140 miles of the street railway in Ful ton and adjoining counties. Its totai returns was $3 712,368, of which $1,583 355 is for franchise. It shows an increase of $207,881 over the re turns for 1906. The Atlanta Northern Railway, which runs an electric line to Mariet ta, was returned at $182,545, an in crease of $8,669. It is expected a demanded were examined in the District Attorney's : further increase will be office. Soon after the complaint against ' from the former company, the three policy-holders' committee em- I ployes was drawn up. Stirrup could not secure bail, and was locked up in the Tombs. Carrington asked for an immediate hearing, which request was granted. He was held in $3,000 hail, which he was unable to give, and was sent to the Tombs. Explaining the heavy bail, the magis trate said he had been asked by the Dis trict Attorney’s office to fix the high figure because the charges now against Carrington, as well as the others, might be changed to forgery. The three prisoners will be given a hearing tomorrow. STRIKE OF THE MATES OF VESSELS BEGUN DAN STYLES GUILTY WITH RECOMMENDATION TO MERCY WAYCROSS. Ga., April 30. Styles, charged with murdering Wil son Hill, both negroes, was convicted this afternoon in the Superior Court with recommendation to mercy. The defendant's attorneys made motion for new trial. The retrial of Harry Lyle, wife and child murderer, is scheduled to come off tomorrow morning. Lyle was tried last week a mistrial being the result. BALTIMORE. April 30.—The threatened strike of the first and second mates of the Merchants’ and Miners’ Transporta tion Company to enforce a demand for higher wages, was begun today. Some 34 men at this and other ports touched bv the line *quit their posts. The com pany. on its part, claims it has now men to man all the boats, and that there will be no interference with its service at the ports. The mates ask for an r, ' increase of $30 per month—$100 for first Han | ar](J JS0 f or K p C ond officers. The company declined to accede. Capt N. L. Cullen, first vice-president _ . t. . * - 1 — — — 4 — — ," ip t i rtn A f Xfor 4/1^0* DESERTIN8 HIS MW The Bibb grand jury has indicted James R. Bedgood for a misdemeanor, it being stated in the bill that he will fully and voluntarily abandoned his little three-year-old son, April 1. leav ing it in a depndent and destitute condition, Mrs. Mamie Bedgood being the lawful wife of the defendant. Mrs. Bedgood recently entered suit in the Superior court for a total divorce from her husband, alleging as grounds for the action that she had been cruelly treated and deserted. She also charged unfaithfulness and named a co-res pondent. TWO MEN KILLED IN WRECK AT NORLINA RALEIGH. N. C. April 30.—Two men were killed in a collision between a freight train and a shifting engine in the Seaboard Air Line yards at Norlina this morning. The dead are: N. S. Epperson, engineer, Peters burg. Va., B. F. Johnson, fireman Gray. Va. The wreck delayed traffic six hours. the American Association of Masters and Pilots, who was in charge of the men's interest today, would only say that the men considered their demand Just and would remain out until it is granted. The Merchants' and Miners' Company operates a fleet of 17 steamers between Baltimore. Norfolk. Savannah, Philadelphia. Provi dence and Boston, with headquarters in the first-named city. Discussing the situation today, A. D. Stebbons, vice-president and general manager of the line, said: “The company is paying the new men the same salary paid the old officers. If any of the old men want to come back, they will have to make formal application to uf. and we will give their applications consideration. But we now have all the men we want to take their places and ar ( . not worried over the situation In the least.” LangHorne-Gaff Wedding. WASHINGTON. April 30.—Fashion able society folk of Washington and a number of guests from out of town filled St. John's church at neon today at the wedding of Miss Zaidee Gaff, daughter of Mr* and Mrs. T. T. Gaff, and Dr. Cary Langhorne, U. S. X. The^ bride had as her attendant maids her cousins. Miss Rachel and Miss Mary Holmes, of Cincinnati, Miss Marion Oliver, daughter of the Assistant Sec retary of War. and Miss Mary Suther land. The wedding ceremony was fol lowed by a reception and breakfast at the Gaff home. The bride made her debut about two years ago and is one of the heiresses of the Capital. Dr. Langhorne. the bridegroom, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Langhorne,' of this city, and a cousin of the Langhorne sisters of Vir ginia, two of whom are Mrs. Waldorf Astor and Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson. FATAL SHOOTING REPORTED NEAR ROCHELLE, GA Express on Trolley Lines. COLUMBUS. O., April 30.—The Pa cific Express Company tomorrow is to begin the operation of an express ser vice on several of the principal elec tric liV.es in western Ohio. Contracts have been made with the Davton and Mr. J. W.' Teeple Dead. SAVANNAH. April 30.—J. W. Tee ple. one of the oldest business men and furniture dealers in the city, died ! Trov. the Springfield. Troy and Piqua. suddenly today in the office of Alex-| the Western Ohio and the Toledo Gr ander & Edwards, attorneys. He r ban and Interurhan line. This Is the had gone there on legal business, j first advent of an oid-line express com- ROCHELLE. Ga.. April 30.—News has just reached here of the shooting today of Grover and Frank Nas- worthy by Wm. Harrison at the lat ter's place, eight miles from here. Grover is reported dead and Frank fatally wounded. The Nasworthys and Harrison are brothers-in-law. Details are lacking, but it is said- there had been bad blood between the men for some time. Death was due to heart failure 68 years old.. Free Delivery For Fitzgerald. FITZGERALD. Ga., April 30.—Free city delivery of mail was inaugurated this morning with three carriers. There will be two deliveries daily, one after the morning mails are ail in. and one after tiie afternoon mail. This has been long promised improvement in our He | pany into the electric line traffic in this mail facilities and the people are highly section of the country. pleased to see it finally materialize.