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TWICE A-WEEK TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA—SHOWERS TUESDAY AND PRO BABLY WEDNEDAY; FRESH SOUTH WINDS. ESTABLISHED IN 1826. MACON, GA, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1907 TWICE-A-WEEK, $1.00 A YEAR. VILLAGE OF 400 SOULS WIPED OUT BY TORNADO FORT WORTH. T'x . May f, —A •term of wind and rain which was genera] throughout a considerable area In Northern Texas today, and which at some places assumed *the proportion of a tornado, according to meager reports received here tonight, has resulted In the loss of at least two lives, the Injury of many other per sons, and great damage to property and crops. Several villages were wip ed out, but because of prostration of both telephone and telegraph lines, de tails are almost impossible to obtain. The full extent of damage to life and property will probably not be known before tomorrow. At Deport, one of the largest vil lages In Lamar County, twenty miles from Paris, the storm passed north east cutting a path about one hun dred yards wide, in the residence por tion on the pnfiQFKH T CPF ipjrn i\UUul1?lL 1 uul Mu COUNSEL ASK ROOSEVELT TO LEAVE CASE TO COURT (BOISE, Idaho. May 6.—The argument of the motion of the defense for a bill of particulars in the case pf William D. -Haywood, charged with the mur- j der of former Governor Steunenberg. was commenced before Judge Fremont i Wood at 10:12 a., m. today. By dlrec- • tlon of the. court Haywood was brought j up from the county jai! below to at- isj/yj " F80S1 SEVERANCE OF THEIR RELATIONS ma!a and Mexico, officials here have no doubt that Mexico took the action today ATLANTA MINISTERS CUT OUT APOSTLES' CREED WASHINGTON', May 6.—Although telegrajdi wires have not brought to Washington the actual news of the sev- . era nee of diplomatic relations of Guate- ■'The article prescribing the requi. ite~ ATLANTA, May 6.—In framing their new constitution today, the Evangeli cal Ministers’ Association, of Atlanta', eliminated belief in the Apostles’ Creed as a requisite for membership. ST SCiETZEliFEoT CHARLESTON, S. C.. May 6. up f rom the county jai! below to at- ' BIRMINGHAM, Ala , May 6.—After : that will result In giving to the Guate- Frysident Theodore Roosevelt pressed tend the hearing on the mo-ion Sheriff S*® umeat today the case of Alexander I mala minister in Mexico passports for a button in the W'hite House today at ... ’ . " R- Chisolm, former paying teller of the j his withdrawal. The Mexican minis- ® had f nd two deputies brougat First National Bank of Birmingham, ter in Guatemala is now preparing to the prisoner into the room and gave charged with having embezzled $100,- | returh home and the American charge. him a seat at the table of his counsel. 000 from that institution which sum ! Philip Brown, secretary to the legation. „„„ v „„ _ Ho was net handcuffed. Senator Borah he is alleged to have lost in cotton J has been instructed to look after Mex- j t j le requirement of belief in the body represented the State and Messrs, speculation, was given to the Jury. ; ican interests in the Guatemalan cap- ! D f doctrine known as evangelical was R’cbardson and Drtrrow the* prisoner. Lee C. Bradley made the opening ! ital upon the departure of the Mexican [ substituted in its plaee. The principal 2:37 p. m. and formally opened the fifth triennial Schuetzenfest of the Na tional Schuetzenfest of the National Schuetzenbund of America. The but ton was electrically connected with a rifle on the range at the Schuetzenplatz In this city and the detonation that fol lowed was heard In the White House by the aid of a telephone a minute later, the result of the of shot being communicated to the President. Three st "side. “The" Baptist i Hhots w ere fired at a ring target, the parsonage was blown to pieces.' its I BCO / e * being twenty-four, twenty-one timbers and the furniture scattered | a ? d twentv-four. total sixty-nine out over the ground. Many residences • a possible seventy-five. The final were demolished. As far as can be ; was announced to the President ascertained, no one was hurt at this Gov. M. F. Ansel, of South Caro- place. Crops are. badly damaged and »nn, who stood near and afser the con- many fences and barns were blown j Ufa tula tlons and[felicitations had been away I expressed the President was able to It is reported that at Palesboro. in ! “My Country Tis of Thee” and Red River County, the wife and child ! s ‘ ar Spangled Banner. and of Andrew Bell was hurt. A terrific three chews for the President of the wind passed over Sulphdr Springs { United States, given by the multitude about 2 o’clock. j J u ‘ ,t outside the shooting ranges. The damage in Sulphur Springs was I The opening of the fest was preced- trivial, but west of there the propor- , f d b >" a Pan^e In which about three tie ns of n tornado, carrying death and thousand chuetzens and others partlr- great property damage in Its wake I’/’ ted - The city is full of visitors and were assumed. A passenger train on ( the fes ,t opened most auspiciously with the Cotton Bolt was #held up by the j a splendid attendance, everything train crew until the atorm passed. ! working out according to program. The telephone and folograph wires in 1 ■ Among the distinguished guests is this section are down and details of , £ r - Z°pM. German consul at Atlanta, the storm are almost impossible to ob- Gov - Ansel and many others. Rifle rfor membership called for payment of dues and belief in the Apostles’ Creed. The latter feature was objected to on the ground that Jewish rabbis could not subscribe to it, and because of the objections of others to certain declara tions which it contains. Upon a vote, therefore, this feature was cut out and Mr. Richardson opened his argument argument for the prosecution. He j minister. Ambassador Creel, of Mex- ' reason for-abolishin- the old constitu- by reading the indictment of Haywood, said in reviewing Chisolm’s life and , ico. has been in hourly anticipation of j tJon was to eliminate from it the doc- JTcyer. PettiSone. Orchard and Sim- conduct that he was possessed with j a message from his Government in- trine of ‘utter denravitv” tain At the village of Antioch or Pleas ant Grove, as it is called, the whole village was practically destroyed. An tioch is about seven miles north of Fulphur Springs. This is in the tor nado belt and most of the homes are provided with storm cellars. The men from many States. Including Cal ifornia, are present. The fest will con tinue until nest Tuesday. PEONAGE CASES BROUGHT TO TRIAL AT TAMPA. FLA. TAMPA, Fla., May 6.—The first of borne of Y.-m? Lemmons waUeomple't'e- \ * se I»•* ® f Pf 0 "*** triaI ? docketed ln ly destroyed entailing a loss of about I 'States $10 flOft. Three barns on the place ‘ Jud f p ^ke‘oday when were also destroyed and many head of ^. 3 j r i e Pebble * Phosphate Company! was arraigned as defendant. The com plaining witnesses are Philip 'Brodsky and Will Boresky, Russians. The in dictment contains five counts, alleging arrest to a condition of peonage, un lawful detention and unlawfully aiding in such arrest and detention. Brodsky testified that he was induced to come live stock killed. A tenant on the place named Harxil. with his family, consisting of his wife and seven child- dren. saw the storm coming and made a run for n dellur. BarzII was caught by the wind and crushed by flying debris. Five of the children reached the cellar in safety, but Mrs. Rnrzil and two of the children were fearfully , t the mines , an advertIsem ent in hurt anti fears are entertained for their a New York newspaper engaging him- r *£2y er ?*’ . j . « „ 1 self at a labor agency at No. 205 Bow- The borne of Joseph Ferguson was N York. He was told that if destroyed and Mrs Ferguson was dan-. he e3cappd frorn thc min „ at Mulber - gemusly hurt by flying debris. Ben r y he would be jailed. Nevertheless he Pogues and his wife wore badly hurt scaped hut was recaptured and lock- when their home was blown down, but 0(1 up He c]aimed that he was paid It- is t.ioufht they may recover. Airs. ( on jy two dollars a week after being put Sid I^ackey was hurt and will probabl> back at work rnd was made to «?eF»n d,p - on hay and told that he had to con- There were others injured at An- tinue at work until he had made tioch, but it Is impossible at this time enoU p,h to pav his return fare to New to secure their names. Crops in the t y ork kins. charged with the murder of Gov- that fever “which is the curse of every ernor Steunenberg.• i American young man dt some.time in Mr. Richardson contended that the : his iife—the ger-rich-quick fever." indictments on'y showed th-t Governor ■ Col. Robert Chisolm, father of the Steunenberg had been killed by a bomb, defendant, made the opening argument that Haywood was charged with eon- for the defense! He argued that if his spiring to have Steunenberg murdered son had been of criminal intent he and that Haywood ' was chareed with would not have returned to the bank being present and actually committing the money he made in winnings in his the crime, an assertion that every one speculations. Col. Chisolm said, that knew to be untrue. : if his son had possessed the remarka- te .... i u n-j i ble ability and will power that the Kr.ov.-s What He Did. , prosecuilon save he does, “why should <•» ss wnasr-rs “knows all t.iat he did at all times, were?” but he does not know what witnesses may come here and testify. He is en titled to know what overt act is forming him that the break had occur red between HT? country and Guate mala. He was advised that Guatemala had denied the request for the surren der of Gen. Jose Lima, who is sus pected of being implicated in the mur der in Mexico of former President Ba rillas. of Guatemala, and that there was no alternative but for Mexico to con- siderTthe refusal as an insult, necessi tating the discontinuance of relations be'i'een the two countries. The State Department had numerous messages today from Minister Lee and from Secretary Brown. These dis patches confirm the advices received, He argued that his son was not of frim diplomatic representatives in sound mind. Col. Chisolm made a j Washington of the two countries, that sharp attack upon Dr. W. A. White, i there was no possibility of Guatemala charged against him. The indictment the Thaw expert w!to testified in the | and Mexico arranging, the controversy gave the prisoner absolutely no infor- case, referring to him as “that big j over the demand for the extradition of mation as to the nature of the charge bloated doctor from Washington." The | Gem Lima. The formality of issuing against him. speaker also made sarcastic reference | passports in the two countries, each for Senator Borah, who began for the to Walter Percy, a director of the bank, | the withdrawal of the minister of the State, sa’d that the defense was not who tes.ified as to Chisolm's confes- ^ ’ 1 ' seeking particularization of the indict- sion. He argued that this confession mert. but possession of the indictment should be excluded on the ground that by which the State hoped to prove its it was obtained under compulsion and case. He then explained that the charge said even if his son was guilty of vio- that Haywood, was at Caldwell when • lating an act of Congress, he was not the murder was committed was neces- guilty of a violation of the law of God in that no intent to defraud had been shown. track of the. storm, which was unus ually wide, are ruined. The village of P!^! Wrlghf was entirely destroyed and it Is known that at least one death occurred there although more may have been fatally hurt. Crawford There are four against Howden. other indictments 3,000 OPERATIVES ON STRIKE IN ORIZABA. MEX. , j SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. May 6.—A Martin and Jap Conner were seriously gp eP ! a ] from Orizaba, Mex.. says: injured and may die. Bird M right is Two thousand operatives of the Rio n village of between 300 and 400 per- j p] anco textile mills and one thousand sons and it is said to have bran utter- . f ronl the mills at Nogales arc on a lv obliterated with the exception of , strike and the streets are thronged the business section. Many of the w Rh excited men ready for an out- towns people were ln that part of the ; break, but they are held in check by a village ar.d thus escaped death. - large force of rurales. The only perron known to have been Thc trouble in the Rio Blanco mills killed at Birth Wright was a child of wa S due, so the men charge, to the Calvin Tramel. A man named Stevens f act t hat they were required to do a end his wife were fatally injured and a ] ar gc amount of extra work for which Mr. McFnil is reported to he so badly they were not paid and, in the mills hurt that It is not believed he will re- at is» os . a ! es> one 0 f the men engaged rover. Physicians hnve been rusned to | n a fight with a fellow employe for rb« place to nid the injured. -. w-hich he was discharged. His fellow Near Cellnn. Texas, a farm house was wor ]j ers demanded his reinstatement blown down and the son of a farmer and w-hen the demand was refused, named Mize nnu a tenant named Paeic they went on strike. The authorities were killed. There were no less than : arP endeavoring to have the trouble* ten tornadoes reported in the North ar bitrated. The streets are heavily sary under the Idaho statute-?. Senator Borah said that the indict ment as to murder was surely specific enough to show the prisoner "the exact nature of the charge he -must meet. The demand for particulars as to the j conspiracy was a demand for evidence. Clarence Barrow, of the def-nse. then addressed the court. He said that about all there was-to the provision was that if the court thought it was fair to have the bill of particulars it could grant it. It was purely a question of fairness and justice to the defendant. Etitied to Know. “Mr. Borah says we do not want a bet ter pleading, but that we are after the evidence." said Mr. Darrow. “If we are. why not? Why are we not entitled to know- what the evidence will show so that we may prepare to meet it?" Judge Wood, at 3 p. m.. announced that he would not decide the matter of furnish ing the defense a bill of particulars until Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock. Court then ad.inuroed for the day. Immediately before the opening of the court for the hearing of the motion for a bill of particulars. Clarence Darrow. of counsel for the defense, said to the cor respondent of the Associated Press: “Under thc laws and constitution. Moy er Hrywond and Pettibone are to be tried in court by a. jury of their peers. The forum is the State court of Idaho. Under these facts. I do not see what there is for President Roosevelt to do. All we have a right, or desire to ask. either of him or any other citizen, to leave the courts and juries to administer the law fairly and without prejudice, and without influence from the outside.” WON’T BE CHICAGO. May 6—Reports of dam age to the crops which have been so numerous of late, on account of ■’ tpe unseasonable weather, and the ravages of bugs have been greatly exaggerated and for a purpose, according to Secre tary of Agricultural Wilson, who to night said spring seeding is a little backward on account of cold weather, but there is plenty of time ■ between now- and the last of September to grow a crop of all kinds of grain. “While the weather has been un seasonably cold in some grain regions, still it has not been severe enough to retard plowing, and my advices are that the ground in those States has been nearly all made ready to re ceive the seed. “Taken as a whole I see no cause for complaint and I think it shall be found when threshing time comes that all this cry of crop damage has been made for a purpose.” other Government, wifi probably re onire a day or two. The severance of diplomatic relations does not mean war. although the fact that the coun tries adjoin causes great anxiety in that there may be at any time inva sions by one or the other into the ter ritory of the enemy by irresponsible bands and doubtless trouble would re sult that might easily end in declara tions of hostilities. Officials of the State Department intend to use their good offices in an effort to adlust the present difficulty. Dr. Toledo Herrarte. the Guatemalan minister, conferred with Assistant Secretary 'Bacon today e-~ncerning the situation, and said that he hoped that there would be a settle ment soon.' trine of ‘utter depravity.” Street Railway Union. ATLANTA. May 6.—There ’ seems to be somewhat of a dispute as to whether the conductors and motor- men of the Georgia Railway and .Elec tric Company have organized a un ion. Many of the emuloyes assert that such a union has been organized, though they refuse to permit the use of their names because they say em ployes have been discharged as rapi dly as it was ascertained that they were allying themselves with such an organization. Nevertheless, it is as serted that the union has been or ganized with a membership of 170 mo- tormen and conductors. Officials of the company deny ail knowledge of the formation of such a union. odist minister who has recently adopt ed the Baptist faith. Rev. Mr. Parrish was pastor of the' Park Memorial Church, of New Orleans, prior to his leaving Methodism for thc Baptist faith. He gave the form of Baptism as the principal reason for hl3 change of faith to which he was impelled, he said, despite the fact that he grew tip in Methodism, having three brothers and many other relatives who are now Methodist preachers. Speaking of the subject of infant baptism. Rev. Mr. Farrish declared that Methodism is tainted with Catholicism. The Catho lics, however, are consistent in the matter of infant baptism, he said, while the Methodists aro noL Cotton Warehouse Plan. ATLANTA. May 6.—The State pres idents of the Southern Cotton Asso ciation will hold a meeting in Bir mingham on Saturday next May 11. for the purpose of discussing the plans for the proposed cotton exchange and warehouse system to be organized by the association. Following this meet ing President Harvie Jordan and President Walter Clark of the Missis sippi division, will sail for Europe to attend the international cotton con ference at Vienna. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS HAVE NOT-YET BEEN SEVERED CITT OF MEXICO - May fi.—Diplomatic relations between Mexico and Guatemala have not been severed. Tonlehf the sub- seret.ary of foreign affairs. Jose Aleara. emnhaHcally denied the renort emanating from Washinfton to the effect that Min ister Gamboa had been recalled. EXPOSITION CO. IN NEED OF SOME MONEY mini U It I y KFPH!I :qqi v 1 j J4p« pi nils [iLiULt .UUL! KEPT ON TIP ITOE MADRID, May -6:—It was semi-of- ficlally announced today- that the ac- couchment of Queen Victoria may be expected at the end of May. This an. Texas tornado belt today, the greatest number ever known in one day. The property loss Is enormous, but the death list Is unusually small. patrolled by armed troops and the strikers have been notified that no vio lence will be tolerated. imiiiy mm TWO MEN CHARGED WITH ' THE MURDER OF FAMILY PENSACOLA. Fla.. May S — Joe Stanley I end M. C. Smith, two white men. were ! today arrested, charged with the murder | of the Ackerman family in Santa Rosa County, near here, about a year ago. family consisted of father, mother seven children, whose charred bodies found in their burned borne, investigation showed that several of the j older members of the family, particularly „ , I the father and mother and oldest son. ATLANTA. May 6.—The application [ had been struck over the head and their of Rev. H. K. Pendleton, pastor of a j skulls crushed. lnc-il Christian church, to membership ; I-nr go rewards hnve been offered for the i rrnnMileil Ministers - V-socii- arrest of the murderers, but it was only in the Evangelical Ministers A socia rPeonUy that i nf(>rma tion was secured ten of Atlanta, today pre> .pltattn a de I which led to today's arrest hare, long and sharp, on the doctrine BATTALIONS OF TURKISH TROOPS ANNIHILATED of total depravity, to which Mr. Pen dleton refused to subscribe as a pre liminary to membership. After thc discussion a resolution was adopted in which a belief In the doctrine as a site to membership In the associa- LONDON, May 6.—It was announced this afternoon in a special dispatch from Constantinople that several bat- lien and as an essent laV'to membership , taI , 0 " ns of Turkish troops have practi- In the churches represented was aoan- j ca jj y been annhilated during a battle doned. „„„ . ' with the rebels in the province of Ye- Several of he leading clergymen of en> Turklsh Arabia . Atlanta churches tooK part in the de- j bate and supported the resolution. ] GEN. ESTRADA WAS MADE COMMANDANT PUERTO CORTEZ. PUERTO CORTEZ. H- I. Via No i i irleans. T. ; . .11: in Estrada, of thc Nica which an An and bruta’.l sly pun: The ii :n the NSPEGTiON SHOWS RESULTS >CE BALLS AS LARGE AS HEN EGGS HIT GIRL , f, *ecatlve mee: CASSVTLLE. Mo. May 6.—A! r, . 16 venrs old was rendered u di The i r.d rn in Barry Kentucky Derby S'eov SY11.LE, Kv.. May 6 During th c r.sigr mi nts •y t.iv clur rs g no by. I CHICAGO. May 8.—Secretary of Ag- I riculturc James Wilson today met in j this city, the chief meat Inspector of J every large city in the country for the ■ purpose of conferring on the applica- : tion of the new meat law. The in- ,' spec tors, numbering about 150, pro- ! cceded at once to the Union Stock I Yards. The yards and the packing houses were first inspe.ted and an ■ was then held at phases of the law were dis- j cussed. i Dr. A. D. Melvin, chief of the bu- ! renu of animal industry, delivered an address ;o the conference later In the I day. He declared that on July 1. 1?06, j there were engaged in m -at inspection at 16$ establishment 764 employes. ! Th., re .ir,- n -w A":.' .yes .it >:■'-? (establishments. There have been ‘ granted to retail dealers or butchers as • provided for" by the law 3.3SS certifi cates of :! a. lnsyegior. = | been withdrawn Dr. Melvin declared j from f jr:y-six official establishments. j tain a ■; hir : f sanitation l and ir. some ascs because of the use j of prohibited preservatives, j Dr. Melvin declared that the bureau i had re eived in general way the co- * ope: at.un of the packers. NEW YORK. May 6.—The long shoremen’s strike, which has been on for a week in Brooklyn and Manhat tan. was suddenlv extended today when ^ „ , - • __ „ . nouncement was subsequently contra- ft number oi men employed• on the • « -r* ft,, iic-f docks on the Hudson, both in New “ermanem ltiendan^e at the pp.lace, who declared that the royal baby should have arrived before this. There was much surprised comment at the discrepancy in these statements, and careful inquiry was made with the result that the official statement issued at the beginning of the year placing York and Hoboken. left their places. It is estimated that about 3,000 went out! The strikers claim that tomor row several thousand more men will strike and that within forty-eight hours there will not be a longshore men at work, except for companies WASHINGTON. May C.—“Yes, wc need a little money to finish thc exposition.” said President Harry St:-George Tucker, president of the Jamestown Exposition Company, after a visit to President Roosevelt today. “The hoard • of .directors has issued a mortgage of $100.- 000. and I have every reason to believe that it will be taken ud in the next few days.” Mr. Tucker denied the report that Thomas F. Ryan had bought in the bonds to cover thc mortgage, but said he was nerfectly satisfied with the result of this financial negotiations. With this money in hand, he said, the exposition, with fifteen good working days, would bo completed. “At present." he said, “the Government buildings arc completed and aU the exhibits are inthe mire food ex hibit is all right and the State 'exhibits are practically in. The Virginia Mining Building is practically completed. ‘The War Path’ is adding daily to its amuse ment features, and the fleet which is still at Hamnton Roads, is a sight worth see ing.” Mr. Tucker came to Washington to make arrangements for “Landing Day” at Jamestown, which occurs on May 13. He returned to Norfolk tonight. Railway Trainmen. ATLANTA. May 6.—Officers and members of the Ordqr of Railway Trainmen have alreadv begun to gath er in Atlanta for their biennia! ses sion which will begin tomorrow in the assembly hail of the Kimball House and continue for ten days. This or ganization includes all railway train men. such as brakeman, flagmen, etc.. who are not organized in separate unions, and is said to be the largest and strongest organization of its kind in the country- There will be 720 qualified delegates in attendance on this convention. It is said the conven tion will spend approximately $175,000 in the eitv. It will be presided over by Grand Master P. H. Morrissey and ail of Its sessions will be behind closed doors. Next Call of Cases. ATLANTA, May 6.-—The Supreme Court of Georgia announced today that the next call of cases for argument will be on Monday, the 20th instant, when the call will be limited to cases specially set for that day. The reg ular call of the civil docket will be gin on Tuesday. May 21. with the cases of the Chattahoochee circuit on the docket of the October term. 1906. proceeding through the cases on that docket, and then commencing with the Oconee circuit of the March term, 1907, and proceeding through the Northern circuit on that docket. The June call of the civil docket will begin on Tuesday, June IS. with the western circuit on the docket of the March term. 1907, and will proceed regularly through tho remainder of that ^ooket. The court will not be in session on Thursday. Friday and Saturday, May 30 and 31 and Juno 1. on account of the meeting of the Georgia Bar As sociation. Gambling in Fulton. ATLANTA. May 6.—Frequent report ns to the existence of gambling in Fulton Countv has attracted tho at tention of the courLs and In his charge to the grand jury today Judge John T. Pendleton, of the Superior Court, specially emphasized the law against gaming' and keeping gaming houses, and called on the grand jury to fer ret out such crimes and return indict ments. Judge Pendleton asserted that there was not the slightest excuse for the violation of the laiVs against gam bling and declared the professional gambler to be a scab on the body po litic. Gfleene and Gaynor Case. ATLANTA. May 6.—Marion Erwin, district attorney of the United States Court for the southern district of Georgia, and who holds the position of assistant United States Attorney Gen eral for the purpose of prosecuting the Greene and Gaynor case, said today while on a visit to Atlanta, that he hardly knew when to expect a decision in the matter of the, appeal of the de fendants for new trial, now pending before the Court of Appeals in New SURRENDERS HIMSELF ° “I see the court has adjourned ’’ Mr. CHAS. S. FAIRCHILD NEW YORK. May 6.—Charles S. Fairchild, former president of the New which grant the increase in wages de- th event , atter art of Ma ‘. turns manded. The men ask for forty cents out t0 be correct. The incident has an hour for ordinary 'aork. sixt> cents | caused both indignation and amuse- i v a „ . for over time, and eighty cents for i nTld b a - revealed that the 1 Y °rk Security and Trust Company, and Sundays and holidays. At present • C o urt physicians' who issued ‘a report t ? former secretary of the United States they receive 3o, o 0 and 60 cents on ] on April , sav ing the accouchmcnt : tre -"isu r .v. whowithGeorgeWPerkins ,— j j-.,. — . i wag indicted for forgery in the third degree, as a result of the disclosures made in the insurance investigation, surrendered himself to the Supreme Court today. He entered a plea of not guilty and was held in $10,000 for trial. Mr. Fairchild was in Europe when the indictments against him were returned, and he at once returned to this country Military at Gordon Unveiling. ATLANTA, May 6.—Cant. R. E. Park. State treasurer, appointed grand marshal of the military pageant to be given on the occasion of the Gordon monument unveiling on May 25. receiv ed a letter today from Brig. Gen. P. W. Meldrim, of Savannah, in which he stated he would be here on that occa sion if nothing now unforeseen pre vented, to take command of the State troops engaging in the parade. Gen. Meldrim writes that there are many troops in Savannah anxious to come to Atlanta to take part In this parade, and would do so if some pro vision were made to pay their railroad fare. That is practically the only thing which stands in the way of their mak ing the trip. In view of the fact that there is to be no encampment this year, and since his is strictly a mili tary function, Gen. Meldrim asks why it would not be possible to pay suqh an expense as this from the fund reg ularly appropriated to the State mili tia. Capt. Park says he does not see any objection to such use of a portion of the fund, but the matter rests entire ly with the Governor, who is at pres ent absent from the State. Upon his return Thursday this question will ha submitted to him and it will be deter mined whether any part of the fund can be so used. Unless some provis ion is made for paying the railroad fare of out of town troops on this oc casion there will be very few of them in Atlanta to join thc parade. Progress of Exposition. ATLANTA, May G.—State Geologist W. S. Yeates, executive officer of Geor gia’s Jamestown Commission, who has charge of the entire Georgia exhibits at the exposition has returned to the city for a few days on business. Mr. Yeates says rapid progress is being made towards the completion of the ex position, and everything will soon be in good shape. The Georgia exhibits, he says, make a fine showing and are attracting general attention. the other hand the dock superinten- | probebiv would occur the last part of dents of the lines^ particularly the j Apr j] were in error, great trans-Atlantic lines, which are j The newspapers demand that some affected, say that under no circum-j ona b e made to answer for this ridic- stances will they grant the demands of j u ; ous mistake which has kept the na- the men. They declare the demands j tion on the tip toe of needless excife- are exorbitant and that plenty of men j ment and entailed many premature can be had for the old scale. ; preparations. In the meantime the companies have j Thev instance the fact that no fewer their firemen, stewards and crews at ; than twentv bishops have arrived at work loading freight. It is said that i Madrid within the last ten davs in or- none of the big liners will be delayed, j de r to be in readiness for the birth of although some of them may be forced j the heir to the throne of Spain, to sail without full cargoes. The only I Queen Victoria drove out this morn- importnnt delay so far has been in the [ i n g as usual, but she complained of a case of the steamer Kroonland. which slight chill on returning and remained was scheduled to sail Friday, but did not get away until today. Erwin said, “but it may have kept the session open for the purpose of ren dering judgments. We may expect a decision, therefore, almost any time now, or it may not come before Octo ber. There is hardly anything on which a prediction may be based." Capt. B. D. Greene and “Col." John F. Gavnor, convicted of conspiracy in defrauding the United States Govern ment on harbor contracts, have now been confined in jail steadily for a BURLINGTON, Iowa, May 6.—Dr. John Watson (Ian McLaren), died at 11:15 a. m. today’at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. -The cause was bloodpolsoning from' tonsilitis. Dr. Watson came to Mount Pleasant on April 23 from Min neapolis to deliver a lecture. En route Dr. Watson became Ill, and was com pelled to cancel the lecture. Last Mon day and Tuesday the patient was able to be up and around and transact bus iness. Wednesday an abscess formed -—r , loci eivhtoen on the right ear and in twenty-four been spent hours serious symptoms developed. j Bloodpoisoning set in and on Saturday other abscesses started to form in the months of which have been spent in Georgia jails since their return from Canada for trial. None of this time ELEVEN "BUCK HAND” ITALIANS GUILTY in the palace the rest of the day. 4 MARVIN INQUEST TO BE REMARKABLE ONE WILKESBARRE. Pa.. May 6.—Elev- i of the thirteen Italians who had been on trial here charged with “black hand” crimes, were declared guilty today when the sealed verdict of the jury was opened. The other two defendants were acquitted. Those found guilty are Charles Buffulina. Antonio Taglorin. Charles Gonzaza. Josey Co rnelia. S:ev,'n Lattore. Salvatore Lu- chinna, Pietro Luchlnna. Charles Do- . - --- - - - menu a. Guechina Cimmone. Vincent i Pt® 1 u* th - T**? Loubino and Charles Cornelia. The 1 ia °- ‘h”- 1 - v " e sbou! d principal charge against the men at the trial was the blowing up of the home of an Italian named Rizzo, because he refused to pay money to a band of men cajiing'themselves the “binck hand” so ciety. District Attorney Salsberg said that the prisoners would be tried on two other charg miting and attempting to kill. The prisoners received the verdict with the utmost indifference. DOVER. Del.. May 6.—It is probable that the inquest into the death o' little Horace Marvin will begin on Thursdav. It wiii be the most remarkable inquest ever held In this State. Nearly 100 wit nesses will be called, including Dr. Mar vin's family, the detectives ’ who have been at work on the case and practically everybody who can throw any light on the case. Foreman Clark said tonight that tho inquiry into the death of the child will he most searching. The jury- can be relied on. he said.. to make a thorough examination of everybody who has been, in any way connected with the case. "We will leave no loon hole." he ! said. “We wot to ascertain how the bov The State Is more than wtll- _ cover evert- detail, j and will heartily co-operate with us to ! this end.” to- face the charges. The indictments j will count on their penitentiary sen against Mr.-Fairchild and Mr. Perkins i tenee if it ultimately has to be served, were based upon the so-called Prussian while they have been confined as pris- bond transactions in connection with -the affairs of the New York Life Insur ance Company. The Prussian Govern ment had protested to the life insur ance company against certain securi ties held 'by the company, contending that they did not constitute proper in vestments for a life insurance com pany. ' The company was informed that unless these securities were disposed of it would be denied the right to con duct its business in Prussia. It is al leged that following this notification the lfe insurance company charged off the securities to the New York securi ty and Trust Company as a bonafide sale, and at the same time the trans action was entered on the trust com pany’s books as a loan. oners they have been allowed all the liberty possible consistent with their detention for the purpose of keeping them at hand to be dealt with when the final judgment in the casejs ren dered. COMMISSIONER WATSON WILL BE GIVEN HEARING LABOR SITUATION IN FRISCO IS UNCHANGED Singletary-Davis. MEIGS. May 6.—Tomorrow at 3 p. m. Mr. Haywood Lean Singleton and Miss Ailie Clifford Davis, both of this place, will be united in matrimony by Rev. T. A. White, of Taomasville. Mr. Singletary 1? a young merchant and Miss Davis is the youngest daugh ter of a prominent farmer here. They _ are already receiving the congratula- | tions of their numerous friends. SAN FRANCISCO. May 6.—The labor situation in San Francisco todav showed I no chancre from 3'*sterd?.y. The street against them, ajna- • cars were not rvnniiuT. the telephone *. s-rvice was erionlod. thousands of iron workers were still holding out for an S-hour day. and nearly rd! of the big laundrie were idle. No nttemot to run cars was made totU.y. Conditions were made mere serious by the virtual suspen sion of telephone service EIGHTEEN PERSONS WERE KILLED IN EXPLOSION WASHINGTON. May Immigration Comissioner- Watson, of South Carolina, will be given a hearing by the National Immigration Commission In Washington on Friday of this week. Mr. Watson has been abroad a number of times to interest a desirable a class of immigrants in the opportunities afforded for work in the Southern part of the country an ( ] th« com mission is anxious.to hear from him. Six members Of the Immigration Com mission are to sail for Eu-ope on May 18 to pursue their investigations into the immigration question. Fire Insurance Co. Chartered. ATLANTA. May 6.—The Farmers’ Union Fire Insurance Company, of De catur. Ga„ was granted a charter by Secretarv of State Philip Cook today. The company is one of the mutual, co operative sort and has no capital stock. Its inc-orporators are W. J. Woodward, of Jackson. J. C. Johnson, G. F. Glenn and J. L. Chupp, of Lithonia and T. J. Flake, of Decatur. This is thc first farmers’ union fire insurance incorpor ated in the State, or at least it is the first one under that name. OLD SOLDIER SHOT ANOTHER AND COMMITTED SUICIDE. WASHINGTON, May 6.—William Parks, forty-seven years old. of Zanes ville. Ohio, an inmate of the national soldiers’ home here, today shot and kill ed James Leslie, of Chicago, thirty years old. also an inmate, and then committed suicide. JOHANNESBURG. Transvaal. May t —An explosion occurred today at th Modder-F ntein gold mine. Three I county. He would hav, whites and fifteen natives were killed. 1 old tomorrow. “Uncle Billy” Parker Dead. COLUMBUS, Ga„ May 6.—W. H. Parker, known far and wide through Chattahoochee County as “Uncle Billy” Parker, died today at his home in that been 93 years Iowa Grand Master Mason. ATLANTA. May 6.—Grand Master W. II. Norris of the Iowa Masons, ar rived ln Atlanta tonight. He will de liver the principal address on the oc casion of the laying of the corner stone of the new Masonic temple in Atlanta on Wednesday. George M. Moulton, of Chicago, eminent grand commander of the Knights Templars of the United States, will reach the city tomorrow morning. This will be the first visit to the South of a K. T. eminent grand commander. The Georgia Knights Templars will begin their annual con clave Wednesday morning. The cor ner stone laying will take place at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. It is ex pected there will be nearly 2.000 Ma sons in line in the parade, which will precede this function. Of these It is stated that 1.000 will come from the Blue Lodges of Georgia, and there will, be some 700 Knights Templars. left ear and throat. The patient's con dition was aggravated by a bad attack of rheumatism. His wife, who was his constant companion in his last illness, left the room at 11 o’clock this morn ing. She was gone about fifteen min utes and returning found her husband lifeless. Rev. Dr. John Watson (Ian McLaren) was born at Morning Tree, Essex. England. November 3, 1S50. He was ordained a minister in 1873. He was appointed Lyman Ber-rher lecturer at Yale University in 1896 and was made minister of Sefton Park Presbyter!a_n Church. Liverpool, in 1880. Among the publications of “Ian McLaren” were “Beside the Bonnie -Briar Bush,” “The Days of Auld Lang Syne,” “A Doctor of the Old Fehool,” etc., and among the works signed John Watson w»re “The Mind of the Master.” “The Cure of Souls,” “The Potter’s Wheel,” ‘‘Com panions of the Sorrowful Way.” “The Life of the Master.” “Doctrines of Grace.” “The Homely Virtues” and “The Inspiration of Faith.” CRIME ROBS THE CRADLE AND GRAVE IN SAVANNAH. Talk by Rev. J. L. Parrish. ATLANTA, May 6.—An interesting feature of the Atlanta Baptist minis ters' weekly meeting today was a talk by Rev. J. L. Parrish of the Glenn SAVANNAH, May 5.—A pitiful scene was enacted in the criminal branch of the Superior Court this afternoon when Judge Seabrook sentenced J. W. Hart, the aged man who committed burg laries here and at Charleston. and James L. 'Blake and Arthur Cetti. the young boys charged with burglaries of some weeks ago. Each of these pleaded guilty and Judge Seabrook was un der the necessity of sentencing a man on the brink of the grave on the one hand and young boys not yet out of their teens oh the other. Hart, who Is seventy-nine, was sentenced to three trs in the penitentiary. The boys were given indeterminate sentences to tho Georgia reformatory at Miliedge- ville. fitreet Baptist Church, a former Meth- for President Endorse Bryan for President. TALLAHASSEE. Fin. May 6 —The House today adopted the Sonat» con current resolution endorsing Wm. J. -an for the Democratic nomlqatioa