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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH l TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1907. GEORGIA TROOPS THIS CHICAGO EX-CHE YEAR IN BETTER FORMl OF POLICE Inspector General Obear Says Interest in Military is Increasing. ATLANTA, May 5.—CoL "W. G. Jbear, Inspector general of State troops, who has Just completed the an nual Inspections for 1307, says the Georgia troops are In much better con dition this year than last. "I found an Increasing Interest In mill tar affairs, better attendance and t.-.a; the troops are taking better care of tr.t pr r-y than ,-v# r h-fore.” It will b» some weeks yet before Col. Obear makes his annual report upon the'-e inspections. There are now for ty-four* companies of infantry In the prate while the legal limit is sixty companl'T’. or twelve to each regiment. It is probable that as a result of tho recent Inspections some three or four enrrpanb- 1 will be muttered out. then the qui -ttlon will be raised as to wheth er the best course Is to admit new companies to fill up the five regiments of infantry, or to cut down the num ber of regiments. This Is a proposi tion which mas’ be dealt with at the coming session of the Legislature. With a reduced number of companies each one -will fare hotter under tho Dick bill, from the United States Govern ment appropriation, than would be the ca.*-* with all the regiments recruited up to the limit. CHICAGO. May -4.—A grand jury to- enera. W. A. Wricr.t of Its property returned four Joint Indictemnts SLsST “wSk* In'- against former Chief of Police John lnrf ^hn-1? ft* iino« ’ nhvaical nron- M. CoWlit and five other police and ertv Ldfranchises The fra“ch!s‘e of ! city officers In connection with alleged the Atlanta. Knoxville and Northern ; corruption in the Chicago police de- is valued at *52,500. while the fran- ! partment. The action of the grand chlse of the the general HE HUNDRED MILLIONS NEW YORK'S RENT ROLL TieVuns is inc’uded in ■ Jury is the result of an investigation j tate for the privilege of living and do- ! ments, however, if for of sitsoo per i made by the civil service commission Ing business within the city’s limits, operation of the railr \ aiuat.on O, per , tn the effect Exact fie-urea e HttTe. „ Srs fiaisssstK 1 sss,rKMK ? i w&sss vllle to the Tennessee line, and is 59.15 miles long. Its 66.19 miles of connecting line in Atlanta were re turned at $4 000 per mile. The Louis ville and Nashville failed to include in Its returns Its new extensive freight depot In Atlanta and terminals, which are said to have cost it 91,000,000. It also failed to make a report of Its cap- F. Dunne, who was defeated for re- election. Those under indictment are: John M. Collins, formerly chief of po lice: William L. O’Connell, formerly commissioner of public works and chairman of the Democratic city com mittee; Edmund H. Roche, city pur chasing agent and member of the I Democratic city committee; Frank D. 8»n Jose Seals. ATLANTA, May 6.—State Entomol ogist R. I. Smith has Just returned from ”a!h<vin. Go., Where h- w.-nt wish Deputy Inspector G. R. Casey for the ourpese of investigating an orchard there Infested with San Jose scale which the owner had refused to spray in accordance with Instructions issued from the department. All but one of the peach growers of that section whose orchards were found .nfested with the scale, promptly com piled with the regulations aa to spray ing, but In this one case as the re sult of the owner’s refusal to conform to requirements. It was found neces- I aary to condemn the Infested trees, j which was done by tha State entomol Italization and operations. The Comp troller-General has rejected the en tire return, demanding Increases in practically every item. .Comerford, formerly police attorney; w - V ^ — - ♦ V ■ f 1 Clark Will Go With Jordan. ATLANTA, May 5.—President Wal ter Clark of the Mississippi division of the Southern Cotton Association, will accompany President Harvle Jor dan, of the parent association, on his European trip to attend the interna tional cotton congress to be held at Vienna. They will sail May S. Presi dent Clark will occupy the berth which was originally reservd for President C. S. Barrett, of the Farmers’ Union who subsequently decided not to make the trip. JOHN BARTOW REES PASSED AWAY IN TEXAS A telegram was received in Macon yesterday announcing the death in Tex as of Mr. John Bartow Rees, formerly of Macon. Mr. Rees was a son of Rev. H. K. Rees, at one time rector of Christ Church, and later of St. Paul’s Church, and was a brother of Mr. Henry E. Rees, now of Hartford. Conn. There are many people in Macon, »g!st. and they will be destroyed as ' who will remomber when Rev. W. K. toon as the inspector has finished his | Rees was with the Episcopal churches. work of marking them. Prohibited Sale of Cotton Seed Meal. ATLANTA. May 6.—As the result of analyses of samples of cotton seed meal sold by fourteen cotton oil mills in Georgia, made by the State chemist, Commissioner of Agriculture T. G. Hudson prohibited the further sale of this meal, ordering the cancellation of such sales as aro pending and direct ing the mills In question either to for feit all claims for purchase money or to reimburse tho purchaser where the meal has already been paid for. It appears when the charge was made that the meal sold by these mills ■was deficient in nitrogen, the law re quiring 6.18 per cent, they asked for an Inspection and analysis with the agreement that if its sale was prohib ited by law they would cancel all sales and forfoit all claims for purchase money. The Inspection was made and the analyses by State Chemist Me- Candlcss showed that there was only 4.86 to 6.08 per cent of nitrogen in these products which is a clear viola tion of the law. In his letter which has been sent to each of the mills. Commissioner Hud son says: “It now becomes my duty to pro- and his family. The young man whose death is Just announced spent the best part of his boyhood with his brother. Henry. In Macon. He was connected with the Aetna Insurance Company, with which company his brother held a high position with the company’s home office in Hartford. No particulars of the death has been received. Detective James McGrath; Detective Patrick McNulty. In its report the grand Jury stated that “while the evidence presented has caused us to hold the former chief of police and his associates In the un lawful transactions chiefly responsible for the transgressions, we consider the inspectors, captains and lieutenants guilty of reprehensible conduct and de serving of severe censure for their ac tions in being parties to the soliciting and accepting of contributions, under stress, from those of lower rank on the police court.” The indictmetn against former Chief Collins charges mutila tions of official records of the police department and city of Chicago and violation of the criminal code. Th£ bonds of the higher officers were placed at $5,000 on each Indictment. This makes the bond of former Chief of Police Collins $15,000. The bonds of O’Connell, Roche and Comerford were placed at $5,000 each and that of the two detectives $2,000 each. NEVT TORK, May 4.—Almost a bll- i sands of trainloads of provisions in mo- Hon dollars—$900,000,000 anuually. or ■ tion every hour of the day, every day $75,000,000 a month—Is the estimated!? 1 the . u -' ea I’ FIorida - £ ew , ° r : sum that New Yorkers pay to the fori | to* tunate owners of metropolitan real es- i Tork. In spite of the enormou? ship- any reason the . — — railroads were sus-’ Exact figures are a little difficult to i pended the population of the metropo- obtain; but by dividing the population. ! iis would speedilv be reduced to the which exceeds 4,000,000, into 800,000 ! last extremities ’of starvation. The families of five persons each, and dis- > first pinch would be felt within twen- regarding the elite who occupy homes ! tv-four hours in the supplv of fresh of their own, an approximation is milk, of which New York consumes 1,- readily obtained. There aro probably 500,000 quarts dailv. Almost none of it 50.000 families in the metropolis who i is stored, although when packed in ice AMERICANS TO BE SHOT I REMARKABLE MURDER CASE AND THE DETECEIVE’S ART. flUML IRHIS NEGRO CHILD TO DEATH A horse attached to a buggy became frightened near the "West End Drug Store yesterday and ran away, spilling two young men out and continuing struck a light pole which extricated him from the buggy. With the har ness dangling at his heels he ran into Third street at a wild speed. At the corner of Third and Plum, near the Elberta Hotel, a little negro . .. , .. , , , -_ boy, about three years old, tried to get hihlt the sale of this meal. In accord- j out 0 f the way, but was trampled upon anen with .aw, and you are therefore the horse. The child was taken ■ailed upon in compliance with your contract to cancel nil sales thereof nnd to either forfeit all claims for pur chase money or to reimburse the pur chaser. where said meal has already been paid for. “Any oth • cases which may be re ported to n:e by the State chemist as his work progresses win receive sim ilar treatment at my hands.” The mills affected 'by this order are located at Commerce. Columbus, Grif fin. Macon. Rome, Balnbridge. Albany. Augusta. Snndersvlllo. Tennille, Madi son, Greensboro and Dawson. Drooaing the Chattahoochee. ATLANTA, May 5.—The county po lice are dragging tho Chattahoochee river in the effort to find the body of J. L. Nash, of Kirkwood, a steno grapher, who is supposed to have com- J mltted suicide. His dress suit case. I apiary, U. R. Russel. Carrollton; poul- contalnlng a suit of clothes, was found : try. George E. Gilmore. Warthen; edu- on the river bank. His brother has o.- ca tion and fine arts. Prof. C. M. Snell- fered a reward of $^0 for jhejrwnveiy ! j n g, Athens; manufactures, etc., S. 1 C. Dunlap. Atlanta; farm implements, etc.. up by Officer Coley and sent to the hospital, where it died soon after ar rival. The name of the owner of tho horse could not be ascertained. SUPERINTENDENTS FOR STATE FAIR WERE ANNOUNCED. ATLANTA. May 3—President J. J. Connor, of the State Agricultural So ciety, tonight announced the following superintendents of departments for this year's State fair at Atlanta: General superintendent, R, F. Critenden, Shel- man: county agricultural exhibits, A. T. Dallis, La Grange: individual agricul tural exhibits, C. H. Ramsey. Quitman: cattle, sheep and goats, W. L. William son. Commerce: horses, mules, etc., J. Clayton Clements. Towns. Ga.: swine, S. M. Roberts. Statesboro; dairy and of the body. The county police arc contemplating the use of dynamite In the effort to bring It to the surface. Seven-Year.Old Girl Shot. ATLANTA, May 5.—Adelaide Rose, /-year-old daughter of J. J. Rowe, a convict guard, was accidentally shot by Charlie Parse, another guard when she took supper to her father late yester day afternoon. The little girl’s body was filled with many small shot. She was taken to the Grady Hospital, where they were extracted and she will re cover. Hoke Smith’s Party. ATLANTA. May 5—While Gov- elect Hoke Smith is coming home from Europe next week on account of busi ness engagements. President G. Gunby Jordan of the Georgia Immigration Association, and MaJ. W. XV. William son, of Savannah, who accompanied the party, will remain In Europe two or three weeks longer for the rurpose jf getting further Insight into the sit uation from an immigration stand point and. in effect, mapping out a proper plan of campaign. “They will remain to pave the way for the work we propose to do.” said Chairman John A. Betjeman of the association’s executive committee, who was here today. "Upon the report which they make will be based tho J. J. Easterlin, Montezuma. BOY DIED WHILE UNDER CHLOROFORM FOR OPERATION COLUMBUS. Ga.. May 4.—Bennie Castleberry, the 11-year-old son of W. S. Castleberry, of Phenix City. Ala- died in the office of Dr. T. E. Mitchell in Columbus today from chloroform administered to him so that a slight operation might be performed. The chloroform was given bv Dr. J. M. Anderson in careful manner -The j checkfor the Deveraclata came'back „„ „,t^ tQ the New T((rk hanfc It was , ndorsed CHIHUAHUA, Mexico. May 3.—Un less an appeal to President Diaz is productive of executive clemency, which is regarded as improbable, this city will be the scene within the next two weeks of the execution of two Americans, C. T. Richardson and Wil liam Mason. They were convicted of murdering two men here for life in surance money, Richardson being the Insurance agent, and Mason, his broth er-in-law, an assistant agent. By or der of the court they are to be shot to death. C. S. Harle. the examining physician, and the third member of the conspiracy, is also under sentence of death. The case has occupied the Mexican courts for the past five years and is one of the most extraordinary in the crim inal annals of the republic. The two vicltims of the conspiracy were a man named Devers, decoyed from El Paso, and a man named Mitchell, said to be half-brother of Mason., The prime mover in the plot was Richardson, whose real name is Hul- bert. He was a Rochester lawyer who ran away to Mexico with seven indict- mpnts hanging over his head for run ning a "divorce mill.” Mitchell was another Rochester lawyer who followed him later. With the help of Dr. Harle, of Chihuahua, they poisoned their vic tims with strychnine after- having in sured their lives in a New York com pany for $25,000. After the murders the gang, except Harle, moved to Texas. Suspicion was aroused, and a detective was sent to Texas. Posing as a lumber merchant, he worked into intimacy with them. He took part in another plot to steal $50,000 and had himself arrested with the others. Besides the men there were two women'mixed up in the affair. The discovery of the insurance plot was quite accidental. In the fall of 1902. while looking over some Mexican policies, the solicitor-general of the In surance company in New York noticed a peculiar coincidence in two Chihua hua claims. The claims came through the same agent, Richardson, were cer tified by the same doctor, Harle. and in ■both cases Dr. Harle had been the ex amining physician. The men had both died after short illnesses. One of them, Harry Mitchell, Insured for $15,000, had died on February 11. The other. Jame? Devers, who was insured for $10,000. died on February 22. Yet the Mitchell claim was presented in Feb ruary, and the Devers claim not until July. In both cases the insured had no other relative than the beneficiary. In the first case the beneficiary was Hul- burt’s wife: inthe second case it was William Mitche’ 1 . who posed as Devers’ half-brother. Upon investigation it was shown that the men had died and been buried as stated. It wasn't a case of “burying the rocks on the company.” Then’ the pay an average of $1,200 a year for private houses and apartments of the better class, which equals an outlay of $60,000,000. About three times as many families pay an average of $4S0 a year for flats of the ordinary class, which accounts for another $72,000,000. Then there remain 600.000 families liv ing in tenements and the cheaper grade of flats at an average annual expendi ture for rent of $180. This makes a total of $240,000,000 a year for housing alone. Down town in Manhattan, .how ever, where the sky-scrapers grow tail and close, rents are enormously greater, frequently running as high as $5 a square foot and the rentals of stores and offices of all sorts swell the golden flood pouring into the coffers of the landlords by another $60,000,000. The population of tho city is growing at tho rate of 200.000 a year, which means another 40.000 families who pay an average rental of $300 a year, or a total of $12,000,000, and there is an annual increase in business which yields at least $24,000,000 more. John Armstrong, Recluse. One of the most populous sections of a great city would seem a strange place for a recluse to find an undisturbed retreat: hut the experience of John Armstrong ilustrates once more the truth of saying that there is not o’her loneliness like that of great crowds. When forty-nine years ago he . came to New York from Indiana, which was all the information -'be vouchsafed con cerning himself, Armstrong's first care was to obtain an abiding place In which he would not be disturbed. This he found in a six by nine cubbyhole in the interior of the century-old Fif teenth Ward hotel, which was so mis erably lighted and ventilated as to af ford the practical assurance that no one else would be willing to pay even the $8 a month which the room cost him. Into this he moved with his treasures, which consisted of fifty or more suits of the most aristocratic clothes of the period and a great num ber of pictures. Chief among the lat ter was a big oil portrait of Lincoln, whence grew the rumor that he had once been the friend of the great war President in his backwoods days. Five successive proprietors of the hotel had respected his wish that no one should enter the room, not even to take caro of It, and by obtaining his meals in the cheap restaurants of the vicinity, Armstrong made his isolation as com plete as If he had hidden in the heart of a forest. Last week, however, the ruthless hand of progress reached out to demolish his home, and, loading his effects into light wagon, the old man of 95 drove away, the beloved portrait of Lincoln across his knees, to pass 'his few remaining days at the country home of the last proprietor of the hotel. New York’s Juvenile Asylum. According to the last annual report of the New York Juvenile Asylum, an ( and placed in cold storage It will keep in good condition for a week. The stock of vegetables, except potatoes and cabbages, would be used up in three or four days and practically all the dressed beef and pork and mutton, for which New York is dependent upon the great States of the Middle West, would be gone within a week. Salt meat and canned goods might last a week or so longer, and the stock of flour and other grain products would be a considerable resource. After that the only safeguard would be the cold storage warehouses, which at the time of maximum storage of each commod ity-contain 21.000,000 dozen egs, 30,000.- 000 pounds of butter, 200.000 barrels of apples. 15,000,000 pounds of poultry, and a limited quantity of lamb and beef: but even these supplies would suffice to prolong life but a few days, and within a -month the entire popu lation would be reduced to the last ex pedients of a city under siege. Mining Machinery Doubling Up. Within five years New York has doubled its business in the sale of min ing and industrial machinery, and is now the world’s greatest market for all the principal types of machinery and tools. Several of the larger corpora tions make machinery for all the world, and are engaged at the pres ent time in filling contracts for Asia, Africa, all tho European countries. Aus tralia, and all the islands of the sea wherein agriculture or mining is active. One of them with a total of $33,000,000 in foreign contracts, has a $10,000,000 contract in the Vale of Cashmere and another for $5,000,000 in Japan. There are now in foreign lands about 5,000 engineers and mechanics at work for these corporations, which represent al most $2,000,000 of capital, with plants in every State in the Union. 1.000,000 stockholders, and 600,000 employes. One large firm, which employs more than 30.000 'hands and has offices in eighteen foreign countries, is popularly known as the “House of all Nations.” because among its engineers and clerks are flu ent speakers of almost every language of importance in commerce. 200 NEW CORPORATIONS STATE SINCE DECEMBERi Judge B. H. Hill Describe A Macon Poker Outfit Batch of Current Gate City News tion of the law against keening a gam ing house, in a decision Just rendered in the case of Hicks. vs. the State, from the City Court of Macon, waero the defendant was convicted and sen-- tenced. Hleks evidently failed to Im press the Court of Appeals with h.s claim of innocence as will be clear from the following portion of the de cision which was prepared by Judge B. H. Hill: - "A social gentleman fond of company and a glass, vocation unknown, who lives and sleeps in a room upstairs over a’ bar. the door to which he keeps lock ed, with a peephole to look through and lide to hide the hole, and’ wh ATLANTA. May 4.—That tions are multiplying at a rapid rate j tiou*ly moves the slide to look through in Georgia is evidenced from the re the hole to ascertain the Identi’y of the in tieor D ia is euaencea Lorn v.ie re kT , 0 j. Wng . visitor before unlocking the turns made to the office of Secretary nn ^ , v ho had In his boom besides of State Philip Cook, where, under a two beds, two poker tables, one a round recent law, all corporations doing bu?- poker table and the other a stud poker iness within the State are required to ' table, behind which a dealer sat w.t.n. register their name$, 'headquarters ana amount of capital stock and other out standing securities. The registration record shows the organization of more than two hundred new Georgia corporations since last December, or about fifty each month. About six hundred corporations have registered so far this year, but they have until November l to' comply with the law. The first year’s registrations showed a total of oniy 3,500. whereas Secretary Cook says he is satisfied from many cards and with which, red and blue chips which cost from one' dollar to five dollars a stack, and which chips were kindly cashed by the genial host, who invariably remembered the “take out” for the nurnose of paying ex penses, and who furnished to liis play-' ing guests from a refrigerator -bever-' ages that cheered as well as intoxi cated whenever the varying chances of the game rendered them despondent or reck'ess. and who emploved an Italian Ganymede to wait on his guests, may the investigations he has made that l 0r rnav . n °t 'have been guilty of keening Caere are between 12,000 and 15.000 in!? Faming house. A verdict of gui t\ the ^tate - based on these facts and inculpatory The Secretary of State has been un- I circumstances seems to the inexneri- able to get at many of them owing to enced mind of this court not unwar- failure on the part of clerks of Superior ranted by the evidence. .Certainty Courts to supply needed information In ca nnot say that there was not some the shape of lists of corporations char- evidence sunnort ir. and we cannot tered by their respective courts. Rep resentative Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb, with whom Secretary Cook recently discuss ed this matter, said the proposed to en deavor to reemdy this defect by secur ing an amendment to the registration law at the coming session of the Leg islature under which clerks of Superior Courts will be required under penalty to supply this information whenever asked for by the Secretary of State. d'sturb the verdict approved by thef trial court.” Mr. Benton's Forthcoming Reoort. ATLANTA May 4 —Mr. J. L Ben ton. of Momieello. Ga, who was ro- eentiv appointed as special agent of the United States Government to’ In vestigate foreign markets for cotton seed production 1 , will soon make his report of bis findings in Holland. Mr, Many Arrests of Women and Men "WASHINGTON. May 4.—Another at tempt to assassinate President Cabrera, of Guatemala, according to advices re ceived today by Minister Toledo, was made yesterday. In this instance, what is described in a genera! way in the advices as “a mine” was placed not far from the mansion of President Ca brera. apparently with the intention of exploding it at a time when it would Mr. Hall proposes also to make pro-' Benton, who was secretary of the vision for the payment of regular fees Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association of to the clerks for this service, but at Georgia was appo'nted to this impor- the same time to require it on account tant position by Hon. Os-ar Strauss.. of its necessity in the enforcement of secretary of the Department of Com- the law. ' merre and Labor, who is himself a Almost every State in the Union has ! native of Georgia. Mr. Benton is in- a corporation registration law similar I vestigating the uses to which cotton to that in Georgia, and an interesting seed oil and its by-rroducts are put feature is that the fee charged in Geor- to in this country, which is one of the gia. $1 for the first registration and 50 largest importers of this commodity cents for each subsequent year, is tihe ! }r > the world, using annually four mil- lowest on record. The next lowest ap- i lion dollars worth of this oil. His re pears to be that of Tennessee, where pert will be the subject of interesting the charge for registration is $3, while j content at the annual meeting of the in California it is $30, being made j Inter-State Cotton Seed Crushers’ somewhat in the nature of an occupa- Association, which meets at James- tion tax. In several of the States the I town, Va.. May 21 to 24. because of law is so severe that failure to comply with it forfeits the right of the delin quent corporation to do business in the State. Will Incorporate Burns Club. ATLANTA, May 4.—Tho Burns Club of Atlanta., proposes to become a cor poration. Local admirers of the Scotch genius have formed a company and ap plied to the courts for a charter which will be granted within the usual legal period. There are about fifty members in the organization and they have been accustomed to holding an annual ban quet besides Other meetings at the houses of various members- at inter vals during each year. The members propose not only to form a corporation the fact that the Southern cotton oil mills furnish all of this product. Cot ton seed oil and its by-products Is coming to be one of the chief exports of the country and for the year end-- ing .Tune 1906 exceeded thirty million-, dollars. The recently enacted pure' food law is putting this article on an even higher and firmer basis than ever before. SECRETARY TAFT AND PARTY GO TO THE EXPOSITION, "WASHINGTON. May 4.—Secretarj- Taft left Washington tonight for Hampton Roads on the regular line- boat acccmpanied by Mrs. Taft and- Gen, Crozier. Associate Justice Moody institution which has had more than De most destructive. The mine was but also to build them a club house on j and Miss ^Mnbcl^ T. Boardman. Upon half a century of experience in caring discovered, the attempt at assassina- ! operation, which was so slight that not even an instrument was required, was over and the boy was thought to be recovering from the effect of the anesthic when his heart suddenly i stopped beating. It is a medical fact i that chloroform is fatal to one person out of every twenty-five hundred. STATE ORGANIZATION OF TRAINED NURSES SAVANNAH, Ga.. May 4.—A State organization of trained nurse gradu ates is to be effected In this city May- 15. 16 and 17. when a convention of all the graduates In Georgia is to be held. It is expected that there yvill be dele gates in attendance from the organiza tions that have been effected in At lanta. Macon and Savannah. There State's action in sending Immigration -will, in addition, be nurses from other agents to Europe. They will decide as | places yvhere there are no local organ- to the points at which these agejits should be located, and we expect to send at least six representatives abroad for the purpose of inducing immigration to Georgia as soon as these details are determined. “In the meantime the executive com mittee is hard at work and we are making progress, despite the fact that there Is not much talk about it. I have visited many sections of the State and have lef: strong organiza- i tions practically everywhere I have been. “In a small way we have already started an immigration movement to Georgia through correspondence, and as a result of this twenty-seven Ger man families will arrive in the State within the next week. These will be placed In Brooks and Monroe coun ties. They are principally agricul turists. Others will follow these within a short time as the result of his same movement.” zation. but where it is quite proEable that the nurses will organize. An In vitation to all graduate nurses in good standing is extended. Mrs. A. C. Hartridge. chairman of the Altanta organization, will be the temporary presiding officer. Addresses will be delivered by local and visiting physicians. Miss Ella M. Johnston? is chairman of the local committee that is making th? arrangements for the c onvention. The social features ofth? i “* * j event will be a trip to Tybee island ■ ln ‘° one afternoon and a supper at Thun derbolt one evening. Reward for John Mitchell. ATLANTA. May 5.—Gv. Terreli has day offered a reward of $100 for the apprehension of John Mitchell, colored who is wanted in Cobb County for the murder of Nash Johnson on May L last. Lourtville and Naahville Tax Returns. ATLANTA. May 5.—The LouisviHe and Nashville Railroad Company has returns to Qemptrolier- COL. J. H. ESTILL’S CONDITION CONTINUES TO IMPROVE SAVANNAH. Ga.. May 4.—Col. J. H. Estill. proprietor of the Savsr.r.-ih Morning News nnd one of the distin guished cit’zer.s of Georgia, continues |iis rapid improvement from the Hi nes? that some days ago was feared might prove his last. Yesterday nnd today Col. Estill was so much better that he was able to leave his home at Isle of Hepe for short drives. It is expeo-ed that he will be in his office next week. H?s rally from so severe an attack, or series of attacks, as be sustained is s’l-orlsing. and his phy sician nnd friends are deeply gratified by h's recovery. Indeed Col. Estill r-one-Ve-<- to it he is better now th-m and turn known he was before his illness began. He nays he is feeling more himself than he has for many week*. by C. T. Richardson, otherwise Hul- burt. The other had been previously paid to his wife, the murdered Harry Mitchell’s sister. After the crowd had removed to Dal las. Texas, a detective named Gray was sent to Dallas in the guise of a lumber merchant. He succeeded in meeting Hulburt. and after the two had become intimate Hulburt broached a scheme to cheat the insurance company out of $50,000. He said he had had experi ence. Detective Gray proposed that they insure Gray’s brother-in-law for $50,000 a s a beginning. A detective named Evans was imported by Gray as his brother-in-law. When the scheme had been thoroughly worked up and all the preliminary steps taken the whole crowd, including Gray, was arrested. A fellow-detective of his had already overheard Mitchell and Hul- burr scheming to kill off Gray. By accident in the prison, at El Paso, Mitchell discovered what Gray really wa Mitchell at once went into a sham cataleptic fit that lasted two months. Medical experts watched him. and de clared that he was shamming. But all the usual tests failed. He paid not the slightest attention to needles stuck half an inch Into his foot. He was dropped tank of cold water and sank to thp bottom stiff. His teeth were clenched and he was fed on milk in troduced through his nose by a glass tube. Finally the detectives hit upon the idea of mixing whisky with the milk. The man became drunk, jumped from his bed, and cursed at everybody in sight. Finally Dr. Harle. who was still in Chihuahua, was induced to cross the border and was arrested. He was forced into a confession about his con nection with the two Chihuahua claims. This was ail the detectives needed. The proceedings against Mitcheii and Hul burt on the Dallas plot v,-°re dropped and all three were extradited to this place and tried for murder. With abundant money at th-=dr command, the conspirators fought the case step by step, talcing the case to the highest courts of Mexico. With every twist the iaw exhausted. tion thus being rendered rutile. The news of the second attempt on President Cabrera's life was received in a cablegram, of which the following is a translation: ‘‘Guatemala, May 4. "Minister Toledo, Washington. "Yesterday a great mine was discov ered placed In front of the barracks of the guard of honor, 120 feet from the American legation and 180 feet from the presidential mansion. This scandal ous attempt at assassination has cre ated great indignation among all classes of society. "(Signed) BARRIOS.” Signor Barrios is minister of foreign affairs of Guatemala. The guard of hon or is the special guard of President Cabrera. Ambassador Creel had a con for the small sprigs of humanity com mitted to its charge by the Children's Court and the various children’s socie ties. the cost of transforming the aver age street gamin Into a useful member of society is about $454. At present the asylum occupies a village of sixteen separate cottages on the Hudson about 25 miles from New York, in which 320 boys are cared for. at a per capita cost of $247.60 a year, of which $50 is con tributed by private charity and the remainder is made up by the city. The boys remain with the institution an average of. tweotv-two months be fore they are released or sent to homes in the (West. By a carefully prepared estimate it has been determ ined that an increase in the capacity of the village to 500 boys will reduce the average yearly cost to $205.32, and that when plans for the future are fully carried out and 1,000 boys pro vided for, there will be a still’further reduction in the expense, no small part of which will be due to the boys themselves through the products of the industrial training school. Dur ing the .summer of last year the com munal farm, which is worked in small plots by the boys as a part of this system of educalton, produced a value of $3,152 from seeds furnished by the United States Department of Agriculture. Previous to removing to the country average cost of caring for 1.000 boys was $139 each per year: but the results obtained under the present system, even at the increased expense, are so far superior that a number of similar institutions have already mov ed into the country or are preparing to do so. Making a Great Sea Lane. Just outside the Narrows in New j diers upon General Davis York harbor two giant suction ■*—**■ ■ - - — a site near the Confederate Soldiers’ ■ arrival at Fort Monroe tomorrow morn- Home. which has been secured for t*e , ing the party will tranship to a pri- purnose. The club house will be a replica of the Scotch home of Bobby Burns, and judging from tho enthu siasm of the members they will cer tainly make frequent use of it. Masons Will Lay Cornerstone. ATLANTA, May 4.—Distinguished Masonic guests will grace the annua! conclave of the Grand Commandery. Knights Temnlgr of Georgia on Wed nesday and Thursday. May 8 to 9, which will be made the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone of the new Masonic Temple now being erect ed at the corner of Peachtree and Cain streets in this city. Among the prominent Masons Atlan- >L ta will entertain next week will be vate yacht and spend two days in careful inspection- of. the •Jame?fc.wn Exposition, and jn visiting the ancierttf town site of Jamestown, returning jo Washington next Tuesday, It is stated, that the Secretary’s visit has no con nection with the financial affairs of the- exposition, although ho Is a member of the Government commission. uaorera. Anmassaaor ureei naa a con- y* „ TV , , I :. u . ference today with the State Depart- j George M. Moulton, of Chicago. eminent | tier, to th?' home of the m ment officials on the disturbed condl- grand commander of the fT and T '°££? j of ,be hallwav ♦ i s„ of Knig.it? Templars of the United ; >nr tions of affairs in Guatemala. The Mexican account is that indiscriminate arrests are being made of men, women and children, not only native Guate malans. but persons of other nationali ties, and that these prisoners are be ing harshly treated. It is understood that protests already have been made ■by the diplomatic representatives of other nations in Guatemala, and that an attempt will be made to secure joint action by Mexico and the United States to prevent a continuance of this policy of indiscriminate arrests. A dispatch was received at the Navy Department today from Commander Fullam, of the gunboat Marietta, which i HEMPSTEAD L. I.. May 4.—Mrs /'i- tlid- Cnotre. wit' of Rey. J»tp > Ki. e Cooke, who discopp-rcd I lgo in company with Miss Flnretta Wbalov arrived here today frrtm the ho*n'e of her parents iq Hartford Conn. Mrs. Cooke was neromoanl-d hv several relatives, and went directly from the railroad s?a- minisler and his stepped across tho collapsed and fell to the floor In a foiu.t. Sh P was eon rvi’-efl. It v.-as stated that Mrs. there now appears no hope of their escaping death at the hands of the ex ecutioner*. dredges, to the casual observer looking like powerful battleships as they crawl slowly over the surface of the lower bay. spouting tufts of inky smoke, are engaged upon the greatest channel dredging undertaking of modern times. The work consits of widening and deepening Ambrose channel into a great sea lane which will shorten by five miles in distance and hours in time the present narrow and tortuous entrance to the greatest port in tho world. These twin monsters were built especially for the work by the United States Government and equip ped with the very latest dredging apparatus at a cost of $500,000 each. From daybreak on Monday morning till noon on Saturday, when the dredges return to the city for sup plies not an hour Is lost in the prose cution of the work which involves the removal of. a block of sand seven miles long, 2 000 feet wide and twenty feet thick—55.000,000 cubic yards in all, or 80.000.000 tons of sand—which must be lifted and dumped back into the sea again three miles outside Scot land Light Under the suction of the powerful centrifugal pumps. 10,000 cubic yards of sand come over the side of each dredge every twenty-four hours together with a perfect Nia gara of sea water which finds its way back to the ocean in a roaring flood through the overflows. Not less inter esting than the work itself is the cu rious aggregation of objects which is found on the surface of the sand when the bins have been filled and the pumps are stopped. Fish there are Jn abundance. Sections of steel rail have been found: coins keys. lead sinkers and baggage checks by the score; cheap jewelry too, stickpins and brooches of brass, engagement rings with Initials engraved upon them, and wedding rings of the same material: and once a piece of real jewelry was found—a child’s go id ring with a lit tle stone set in it. Father Knickerbocker’s Food Supply. In respect to his food supplies. Fath er Knickerbocker Is as improvident as the birds. To realize how New York gets its food one must imagine not of Knights Templars States, and Grand Madter W. H. Nor- ■ m olnl „. xnHT ris, of Iowa, who will do.iver tne p*in Conko will remain bor<* Ions? ^notiP'^ to cipal address at the cornerstone core- j p-rk her hMonrlnv.s wv-n she and her" mony. Invitations have been sent out j relatives wfll return to Hartford. to the 505 Blue Lodges of Georgia to | — ^ attend this event, and it is expected i FOUR SMAI-t- CHILDREN that 1,000 Georgia Masons will be hero | PERISHED IN FLAMES. for the occasion. I it has been forty-one years since the J WEST RRANCH, "Mich, May 4.— laying of the cornerstone of Atlanta’s i Four small children were burned to first Masonic building, and this occa- J death last night in the home of Mar- sion is one which will naturallv attract | tin Campbell, eight miles from here. Masons from all sections. The new j Mr. and Mrs. Campbell had g'lie to.a temple will be. one of the finest Masonic dance a mile awav from their, home,, homes in the South. leaving their six little ones rocked in The cornerstone laving will .take ; th? house. They left a b’»T fire' in iVpaUolHngCen^rAmeHcan" waters 1 place Wednesday afternoon at 4 o’clock • the stove, apd in some, manner this - on the eastern coaA in which he ‘ under the auspices of the Grand Lodge ] limited roe house, which was destroyed, he had wmHtt^fhe Paducah to £o? of Georgia. Preceding the exercises . The children were awakened by the-., ceed southern Puerto Cortez as Iv- there will be a formation of the .Master ’ flames and the two oldest, aged eight" erything is quiet there. Concerning the j -Masons at the present lodge rooms and , and tem years managed to escape. -The assault bv Nicaraguan police and sol- ] the parade will move so that the cere- ( four smaller ones perished. the negro monies may begin promptly at the hour | fruit, trader, the commander says he i ^ated. Judge Max Meyerhardt. of FARMER had mailed a full report to the depart- ! Rome, grand r ? astP r„ of .y 10 I ment. His dispatch gives no details . Lodge of Georgia, will preside over the | of the trouble there. | function and perform the ritualistic work. Other members of Che_ Grand JAMES POPE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING PANAMA. May 4—According to pri vate advices received here from Gua temala City there is reason to believe that the political situation there is . critical and extraordinary develop- ) ments are expected. The fact that the strict censorship has been relax ed Is taken by those who know as an indication that the Govtrnment ex pects trouble. There would appear to be a determined purpose to suppress President Cabrera by any means and the Guatemala City plot may be fol lowed by other evidence of the popu lar hatred against the President of the republic. FLOWERY BRANCH. Ga., May 5.— During a severe thunder storm here . Lodge who will be present are Thomas j yesterday afternoon James Pope, a H. Jeffries, Atlanta: Henry Banks, of j well known Hale County farmer, was LaGrange:. George M. Napier, of Mon- ] struck by lightning and probably fo- roe: W. A. Wolihin, Macon, and J. M. I tally injured nnd his young son who was with him. was severely shocked^ In the cornerstone which is of marble, i The* mules which Mr. Pope was drlv- will be deposited a copper box. contain- j ing were instantly killed. ing many articles of historical inter- 1 est The inscription on the new stone ! ROOSEVELT HEAP. REPOPT will be as follows: I OF GUN 515 MILES DISTANT A. L. 5907. Laid by the Most WorsMpful Grand j R.SytvIl^wljr'toiijch a^key alt the*W?fh» EM RUES HIS PROFESSIONAL BROS. Lodge of G orgia. Houre Monday at 2:39 o’clock (hat will' May 5. I90i. | fir» a gun announcing the opening of the Side by side with the new stone will ! National Sch<-u(zenfest at Charleston, ?!. rest the old one used in the proposed | C. Arrangements have been, made so temple at the ceremony September 25. j !i a L by £n. ta ?£* J P ,!tS h ?5 e V!*! 1 111 1S66. After the abandonment of the j '^ mTle? distant * h temple project at that time the old i H0U " P ’ "’ ,0 m S *" nt ’ cornerstone was removed and has since ] mjjrdERER THREATENS TO been kept in the lo.dge rooms. The in- , HORSEWHIP JURORS scriptlon on this old stone is as fol- lows: John Harrison M. W. G. M. A. D. 1866 A. L. 5S66 Ray & Corput. Architects. Upon it appear also the well-known Masonic emblems. The stone is in fi’t shape, and a little polishing will make It as bright as the new one. The Knights Templars’ conclave will begin at 10 o’clock Wednesday morn ing with a parade and review. At U CHICAGO, May 5.—Wm. Jennings Bryan told three hundred Chicago law yers Saturday night what he thinks of the legal profession in America, The picture as a whole was not a bright one. As a graduate of the old Union [ o'clock there will be a reception in the College of Law, which has since be- as ylum, address of welcome bv Gov. come the Northwestern University I Terre jj,’ address by John Temple law School, Mr. Bryan attended the I (j rav es’. response? by the grand mas- annual dinner of the graduates of the ter th e grand commander. At 12 The title of his address j a business session will be held, and institution. was “The Price of a Soul.” at 1:40 the grand commander’s ad- IN MIDNIGHT FIRE TWO PEOPLE BURNED “I believe.” he said In conclusion, i (j reJ : S will be heard. Following the enr- “that the day will come in this country j nerstone exercises there will be a serv- when we will not have so many men ; i CP j n the evening at the First Baptist who will sell their souls to make j oaurch. grand larceny possible. j Thursday will be devoted to busi- ’’Perhaps some time it will not be ! ness and the election of officers until less disgraceful for a lawyer to assist : 1:30 p. m., when the visitors will be in a gigantic robbery than for a high- j treated to a barbecue at the grounds of wayman to go out and hold up the the Country 'Cue Club. ■wayfarer. I knew of a case recently In — which they had to go to New York j Judoe HII1 on Macon Sports, to get lawyers to represent the people ATLANTA. May 4.—The State Court _ because all the lawyers available j of Appeals has given an interesting only thousands of carloads but thou- nearer at hand had been bought up.” | definition of what constitutes a viola- I when the fire was d.scovered. AUGUSTA. Ga., May 5.—‘Til be d d if they will hang me. "When I get out of this trouble I will "horse whip those fellows in there.” ' These are some of the statements made Saturday by Arthur Glover after being sentenced for the second time to be hanged on May 24 for the. mur der of Maud Dean, his paramour. Glover, who was a detective shot,,the woman dead without a moment's warning. Not long before that he had shot a negro, hut got clear. His de- I fense at the second trial included brain storm, paranoia, etc. The judge’s ar raignment of him In passing senten e was the most severe ever heard in Richmond County. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., May 5.—In a midnight fire that destroyed the home of Mrs. Frank, Telford at Hop kins Station, a few miles south of here. Thos. Corning, aged 27 years, was burned and Mrs. Telford and • her daughter. Sadie, aged 13, suffered fa tal burrs. The family was asleep i ► indistinct print