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Tuesday, may r, i#07. THE TWICE-A-"WEEir TELEGRAPH BODY OF LOST MARVIN BOY FOUD IN MARSHES DOVER Del . May little Horace Marvin, 4.—The body of urno disappeared frorr, the flirm of his father at Kitts Hammock, near here. March 4. was found this afternoon. In a marsh In a j aubj fair state of preservation. The spot ; oil « where the body wea found Is about a j ir.on half mile east of the farm house to ward the Delaware river. Kitts Ham mock Is between seven and eight miles from here, and Is without communi cation with any place. From Informa tion brought by a horseman it Is learned that the clothes on the child were the same ns,he wore the day he disappeared. The body was found ly ing face downwiA-d. Dr. Mnrvln at the discouraged as much as posible by such reports as would induce them to sell out or transfer their stock. The toll' further declares that “from Weekly Interior Cotton Town*. KEW YORK. May 3.—The following Is the movement of spot cotton at the leading interior cotton towns for the week ending Friday. May 5: . ed to attacks by the Standard to one-tentli of Its supposed value, while $30,000,000 of preferred stock was depreciated to one-quarter of its par value. Some days nearly the full amount of the entire stock issue were sold, although the sales were false value." The bill then declares “the conspir ators" are now planning to cause ail of the properties and business of the moment the body was found was not j Com Products Copipany to be trans ready to say whether the body of his child was placed where It was found or whether he believed the child wan dered into the marsh and lost his life. The marsh was frozen over the day the boy disappeared. There U a theory that the child was murdered and his body placed In the marsh as the long grass where the body was found was burned and cleared four weeks ago. It Is said the body lav under a pile of grass and that the clothing showed no evidence of having been touched by Are. The body was found by Olllc Pleasanton, a neighbor, who was gunning for ducks on marsh today. He had the body borne to the house and covered with a sheet. Pleasanton has figured In the case since Horace was tost, he having first re ported that he had seen the two strange men who appeared there Inquiring about the topography of the country three days before the disappearance. When Ollle Pleasanton came upon the child’s body he found the clothing in tact. His tiny woolen reefer was but Toned up securely about the body and not an artiqle of clothing which he had on when he disappeared was missing. His knit cap was pulled over his face and his mittens were on his hands Dr. Marvin says he searched over the same marsh nearly every day since the disappearance and \t»lth detectives burned the grass of the place four weeks ago. hut saw no signs of the body. The theory that the child was recently placed where ho was found Is supported by the fact that Dr. Marvin ns woll as the detectives stood on the spot when they burned the tall sage grass from It. Further than this the marsh has been trampled over time and time again within the post week by neighbors and no sign of the child was seen. Dr. Marvin went on a run to the place described by Pleasonton nnd quickly picked up the little form, pull ing his cap from the face to make sure that it was his hoy. Being satisfied that It was his son. the doctor wrap ped the remains In a sheet and carried him to the house, where he notified the family Dr. Marvin Is convinced that his son met with foul play. Short ly after the body was found he said: “I am certain he was murdered, and his body brought back and left lying on the marsh to give the Improssion that he wandered out there and died. The clothing showed 'no signs of hav ing been burned, ns would undoubtedly have been the ense had the body Iain there when I he fire swept over the marsh." The doctor would not allow an exam ination to be made by any one until the coroner nnd n physician had made a full and complete Investigation. Attorney General Hastings and his deputy will see to the examination of the body, and If foul play Is shown, he will order nrrests If possible. De tectives who have been In the case are inclined *to the belief that the boy wan dered Into the mnrsties from the farm on the day of his disappearance and being overcome by the cold fell ex hausted w.icre the body was found. k I?9ter examination of the boy shows tint it was somewhat bloated, which lends strength to the belief that the hoy wandered to the marsh and was drowned. The Coroner will .begin his Investigation tomorrow. State Chemist Wolf has been ordered to Dover and tb make an examination of the body. ferred to the Corn Products Refinini Company- and permanently destroy the value of stock held by us. In conclusion the bill declares that the Com Products Refining Company is a trust operating in opposition to the laws of Illinois and the court Is asked to take action In the premises. The complaining company Is engag ed in the business of buying and sell ing real estate and of advancing loans to prospective builders. , I SHOCKING SUICSDF OF ERNEST HUFFGUTI NEW YORK, May 4.—Ernest Huff- cut, former dean of Cornel! Univer sity law school, one of the leading au thorities on constitutional law in the United States and personal counsel of Gov. Hughes, ended his life today by shooting. The upper deck of the Hudson River steamer C. W. Morse was chosen by Mr. Huffcut as tho scene for the commission of his tragic act. Some time early this morning while the steamer was * coming down the river from Albany to this city, and while the steamer was swept by the heavy rainstorm, which prevailed for hours, the lawyer seated himself in a dock che.lr and sent a bullet into his brain. His body was found hours later by a deck hand when the steam er had almost reached her docket. His identity was not known at that time and it was not until Gov. Hughes, who chanced to be in the city, had visited the undertaking rooms where his body lay that the Identification was made positive. The Governor was deeply affected by the death of his friend and counsellor and said that he was utterly at a loss to account for his act. Mr. Hulfcut left a letter for his sister. Miss Lillian Huffcut. of this city, but It contained not even a hint of his reason for taking his life. In the letter the lawyer said that only his consideration for the feelings of. the others had restraintd him from acting before. “I cannot tell you how shocked and saddened I am by this event ” said Gov. Hughes in speaking of Mr. Huff- cut’s death. "Dean Huffcut was not. only my legal adviser, but had long been my personal friend and X had the highest admiration for his qualities of mind and heart. He succeeded me In the law faculty at Cornell, and later became the dean of that faculty. He was extremely popular with the stu dents. with the members of the uni versity faculty, indeed, with all with whom he came in contact. He was re garded as one of the most brilliant men who have ever been identified with the university. He was an ex ceptionally clear thinker and his rare abilities ns a lawyer had attracted widespread attention. I understand that he was on Sab batical leave from the university so that arrangements were made by which he could give full time to the legal work of the executive depart ment. X cannot speak too highly of the work he has done in this office. He has been working very hard, of late, but I had no idea that he was in any danger of a break down." TOWNS— r ta 3 a c c c. 5E * O a X 0 5 Albany . . . 16 2301 1075 Athens . . . . 6*1! 1,48 57 59S5 Atlanta . . . 321 450 7767 Brenhasa . . 34 200' 1414 1114 135 1351 Columbia . . 227S 1378! 19900 Columbus. Ga. li 159 1511 1514 8393 Colum., Miss. . 166: 297 5026 Dallas .... ..... ....! 231 Eufacla . - . 8 1751 . . . 477 Greenville . . .. J 171 62! 339' 133 i 206 Helena .... 375! 906! 5614 Little Rock... 10 13-16 882'4311 26109 Macon .... mi 53! 56S 331 Meridian . . 395110041 6319 Montgomery • 167^ 9S7I29S8*29SS 10531 Nashville . . 10% 1427! 431 2250 Natchez . . . 252 578 31S1 Newberry . 114' 114! 611 Raleigh . . .1 1 3-16 161! 3591 711 Rome . . . .1 5631 785 431 Selma . . . .1 4211 289 1499 Shreveport ..! 0 15-16 403113751 io6 7779 Vicksburg . . 7511050! 11779 Yazoo City...| 1S| 6491 4076 THE REV. C. A From the New York Evening Post. LEEDS. Eng., Aprill.—Now that John D. Rockefeller has secured Mr. Aked as his guide In spiritual affairs, there will be no reason for surprise if we learn that he* has made Miss Ida Tarbell his chief private secretary and has appointed Lincoln Steffens to act for Standard pil in "Washington. That he should have sent all the way to Liv erpool for a keeper of his conscience, provokes people here to ask, “What’s the matter with Dr. Parkhurst of Mad- an American Institution, which is by | GROUP NO. 1 GEORGIA BANKERS no means in the front rank. He ac- CONVENED IN SAVANNAH. cepted it honestly as a tribute to his I services as a preacher, and hoped it ! SAVANNAH, May 4.—The annual would help him in his work. After a convention of Group No. 1 of the ! while, he found he had made a mis- Georgia Bankers' Association was held ! take. It put him in a false position. ' here today. Cashier F. D 'Bloodworth I Some interpreted it as a certificate of ' of t he National Bank of Savannah! scholarship to which he could lay no pre ;idlng. The bankers were we’com- claim; others took it to imply a pre- ed by Alderman R. J. Davant. The fol- ! tenslousness of which he really was lowing officers were elected: chair- Mir MESSES sir 1. R. CM IS SEE Cotton Receipts. NEW TORK. May 3.—The following are the total net receipts of cotton at nil ports since September 1: Bales. Galveston 3,736,2S0 New Orleans 2,178.701 Mobile 246.353 Savannah 1.403.848 Charleston 143.264 Wilmington 314.626 Norfolk 535.311 Baltimore 68.562 New York 20.S79 Boston 69.997 Newport News 34.712 Philadelphia 7.478 Pan Francisco 74.903 Brunswick 152.013 Port Townsend 129,011 Pensacola 140,438 Portland Ore. . 400 Port Arthur and Sabine Pass 132.823 Jacksonville. Fla 7.440 Laredo, .Texas 494 Minor ports '. 14.861 Total 9,403,374 Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK. May 3.—The following Is the comparative statement of spot cotton for the week ending Friday. May 3: 1907. 190G. Net port receipts 72.695 84.356 Receipts since Sept. 1-.9,403.374 7,195,085 Exports for weak....... 91.551 107.825 Exports since! Sept. 1...7.705,470 5,586,805 Stock all U. S. ports.... 663 724 552.692 Stock at lnt. towns.... 373,039 339.96G Stock at Liverpool 977.000 Amn. afloat for G. B.... 15S.00O New Vork Cotton Exchanue Statistics. NEW YORK. May 3.—The following statistics on the movement of cotton for the week ending Friday, May 3, were compiled by the New York Cotton Exchange: Weekly Movement. This Port receipts To mills and Canada Sou. mill takings, est Int. towns gained year. 72.826 11.236 36 onn 24.893 Last year. 93 982 13.166 33.000 25.91S Into sight for week... 95.169 118,230 . Total Crop Movement. Port receipts 9.400.642 To mills and Canada.. 1.091.336 Soil, mill takings. est. 1,913.000 Int. stek ex. Sept. 1... 257.701 7.223.596 863.529 1.760.000 212.909 Into sight for season. .12,664.679 10.062.034 Yacht Sylph Crashed Into Tug While Being Docked. WASHINGTON. May 4—Mrs. Roose velt and a number of ladies accompa nying her aboard the yacht Sylph nar rowly escaped a serious accident as the boat reached Washington upon its re turn trip down the Potomac. Through some misunderstanding the boat went by her dock, and crashed Into a tug boat. The shock was so severe that the flagpole of the Sylph fell to the deck with a crash, narrowly missing MrsE Roosevelt and thoso with her, among whom were Mrs. Clifford Rich- CITY OF MEXICO. May 4.—Guatemala has refused to comply with the request of the Mexican Government that Jose Marla Lima and Col. Onofreborc. charged with complicity in the a.-sasslnatlon of Gen Manuel Llsandro I3arllla>. be ex- trudlcted. The cabinet Is nmv in session, and. it Is said, that the minister are debating the advisability of Immediately severing diplomatic relations with Gua temala. Telegram received In Mexico City from Salina Cruz late this nfternoon tend to confirm a report from Vera Cruz to the ; .ardson. of New lork. and Mrs. Bacon, effect that GuatenirJ.-ms m.tde an attack i the wife of the assistant Secretary Of on the Mexican light house at San Benito. , state. Happily none were hurt. Mrs. on the coast, about 14 miles from the Gua- j jto sevelt was entertaining a party of temalan post of Ocas- The telegrams : fr j ends a hoard the yacht, having left mo£ furrenMn Vera Cruz regarding the -the city at noon and returning to the attacks on tbc llpht house are In circu- navy yard at 3 o’clock.- For a time lation at SaJlna Cruz, and that the re- ? following the accident there was con- port there even poes to the extent of ! siderable exciteemnt aboard the yacht, tnamfnj? some of the Mexicans on whom j the ladies were assured there was nro Antonb. EngtoMo "and a?*??? MIran- j danger, and the vessel was backed da? The latter was. according to the <o her dock, where the party disem- roport. severely wounded. The attack- i barked without further adventure. Both Jng force. .. is staled, was much greater j yacht and tug boat were more or less than those who defended the light house [ damaged. The impression Is that the and many rifles were used^ At the State I on ™| neor misunderstood an order to re- ’nothing’is “known of the 'reported 1 versa his engines as one to go forward. Mtmck. resulting in tho collision. Tae Gra- eey, launch of the Sylph, was badTy damaged. The fact that the yacht was j not proceeding at a rapid rate was re- , garded as fortunate, as otherwise the : damage would have been considerable. Capt. Ro*eoe C. Bulmer. the captain of i the Sylph, was at the White House today, but for what purpose it could not be ascertained. It was said ‘at the White House later that all the circum stances plainly showed that Cant. Bul- World’s Visible Supoly. NEW ORLEANS, Stay 3.—Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton, issued today, shows the total visible to be 4.823.197 against 4.938 - 628 last week and 4.241.729 last year. Of this, the total of American cotton is 3.368.197 against 3.496.62.8 last week and 2.654.729 last year, and of all other kind3. Including Egypt. Rrezil India, etc.. 1,455.000 against 1.442,000 last week and 1.587.600 last year. Of the world's visible supply of cotton, there is now afloat and held In Great Britain and continental Europe 2.888.000 against 2.121.000 last vear; in Egynt. 166.000 against 126.000 last year: in India 812.000 against 1.063.000 last year, and in the United 'States 957.000 against 872.000 last year. J! PER RES! OF STOSS HELD BK SIMOn OIL CirroAGO. May 5.—The Chicago Real Estate Loan and Trust Co. has filed a bill in the Circuit Cou. t a reorganiza:ion of tho Corn Products Company, under the direction of the courts and that a receiver be appoint ed for the plants of the company In this State The court is also asked to enjoin the Corn Company, the Corn Products Re- fkiif Company and the Glucose Sugar Refining Company and the officers of those companies from si 'ling or con veying to «'..ft! Products Refining Company pro;--rt> ivx in ;h- name of the Glucose Sugar Refining • wer was clearYy not at fault. The mis take, it was .-aid. lay with the engi neers’ department which had improp- i er'v interpreted the signals. The President. It is said, is satls- fled with Capt. Bulmer's exnlanation. , and a court of Inquiry which usually j follows an accident will not be neces- ' sary. NEW ORLEANS. May 3.—Secretary Hester's weekly cotton "se/'tement. Is sued today, shows the total movement for April to be 579.397 against 670.422 last year. The movement from September 1 to April 30 inclusive, shows receipts at all United States ports to be 9.371 9S6 against 7.137.636 last year: overland, across the Mississippi. Ohio and Potomac rivers to Northern mills and Canada 1.0*8.692 se.-.in-U 862.113 Inst vear: South ern mill takings, exclusive of quantity consumed nt Southern outports 1.863.000 against 1.752.454 last year. Interior stocks In excess of those held at the commencement of the season. 280.671 against 237.469 last year. These make th? total movement brought Into sight during the eight months ending at the close of April, 12.604.332 against 10,- 009 677 last year. Foreign exports for the eight months of the season have been 7.723.712 bales showing an increase over last season of 2,108.196. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 lead ing Southern interior markets on April 30 were 966.271 against *55.753 tho same date last year, and 1.119.477 the vear be fore. Including port and Interior town stocks left over from the previous season and the number of hales of the current crop brought Into sight during the eight months, the supply to date has been 12.902.122 against .10.454.20S bales lasS yea *. The amount brought Into sight during the week ending today has been 104.207 against 120.449 for the same seven davs last year, and 162.677 bales year before last. Weekly Cotton Statistics. LIVERPOOL. May 4.—Following are th weekly cotton statistics: Bales. Total sales of all kinds 52.000 Total sales of American ^3 000 Fnglish spinners’ takings ss'ono Total exports .' 7.000 Imports of all konds 4L0A0 Imports of American: 30000 Stock of all kinds l 211 poo Stock of American l!o$7.000 *224!ooo Quantity afloat, all kinds Quantity afloat of American Total sales on speculation Total sales of exporters 183.000 8,000 600 Bank Statement. NEVA YORK. M | 4.—Th? statement of the clearing-house banks for th? week shows that the banks hold J6.S24.C25 more I Like so many other strong men of ; the pulpit, Mr. Aked first came into na- I tional prominence through a “hersey hunt.” Half a/century ago, in th^ days when business men were accustomed to live within -walking distance of their offices, Pembroke Chapel, Liverpool, was one of the strong-holns of privin- cial Nonconformity. Its pastor, the Rev. Charles Birrell, father of the President of the 'Board of Education, was a man of scholarly and broad sympathies, but ran little risk of alarming his friends by any tendency to "kick over the traces.” Mr. Aked came to the pas torate as a young man of twenty-six, at a time when Pembroke Chapel, though still in the same place, had be come a down-town church, and was no longer attractive to the same type of congregation. The new minister was fully abreast of his age. and met the changed conditions by methods which drew around him many ardent workers for social reform, especially from among' his own generation. The incident . /which raised the storm grew out of Mr. Aked’s association with the Rev. R. A, Armstrong, a Liverpool TInttarian min Ister—pastor of the church once served by the Rev. TV. H. Channing, and at tended by -Nathnlel Hawthorne, or rather, by his family—through their al liance in an agitation for the removal of some of the evils .which especially beset a seaport. Mr. Armstrong arranged a series of lectures in his own church on the his tory and distinctive features of the various denominations, each lecture to be given by a representative speaker. He naturally invited his friend Mr. Aked to give an account of the Bap tists. and the invitation was accepted. To return the compliment Mr. Aked asked Mr. Armstrong to lecture at Pembroke Chapel on some social ques tion. and suggested “Mazzini as a So clal Reformer.” The lecture was given on a Sunday evening. It was not an “exchange of pulpits" in the ordinary sense, and the arrangement was such that there was no possibility of the visitor’s saying anything that would conflict with the creed of the church in which he speaking. In fact, so far as aoctrines were concerned, the Baptist had decidedly the better of the transac tion. for Mr. Aked gave-an exposition of Baptist principles in the Unitarian Church, whereas Mr. Armstrong’s sub ject was non-theological. Assailed for Disloyalty to Church. However, as soon as the news got abroad, there was an outcry from Bap tist ministers and laymen all over the country. Mr. Aked was fiercely as sailed for disloyty to the faith! No definite charge was brought against Ills own teaching, but his admission of a Unitarian minister to- his own pulpit was interpreted as a nevidence of looseness of attachment to the be lief in the Deity of Jesus Christ. Many insisted that at the next meeting of the national Baptist Union they must make it impossible for the transgres sor to remain in their fellowship. The meeting was held in London in May. 1892. Some members of the Council did their best to keep the. question out of the agenda for the assembly, but to no avail. A resolution Was proposed reaffirming the testimony of the Union “to the diety of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, to salvation through his mediatorial work and by faith in Him. and to His supreme and absolute authority In the kingdom of God.” While recognizing the duty of co-operating with men of all creeds in works of piety and mercy when that could be done without" disloyalty io conviction, the resolution went on to declare that “the Union deprecates and disapproves any and every asso ciation with those who deny the above essential truths, which would * weaken the force of our testimony, or produce the impression that in our judgment it is a matter of secondary importance what men think of Christ.’’ This, resolution, moved by one of the leaders of the denomination on behalf of the Council, relieved the tense feel ings of the delegates. When the pro poser had finished his speech, there arose to second the motion a tall young man whose face was familiar to few in the audience. When his name was demanded It was given as— Charles F. Aked. Most of his hearers were staggered, but they could not, of course, refuse to listen to a man who was arguing for a proposition with which they entirely agreed. There was actually nothing in it which Mr. Aked hfmself could not support ex anlmo. His speech—frank courageous, and earnest—gave them a different opinion of the man from which, their imagina tions had conceived. The motion was carried by a large majority, and the result of the Incident was. in the words of Dr. Clifford, that “some were pleased, more were puzzled, and a few did not escape a keen sense of bitter humiliation." A more recent story is equally char acteristic. Before attempting to relate it. I had better perhaps first explain the peculiar disqulifieation of English Nonconformist ministers as regards the degree of D.D. Until quite re cently the most learned theologian could not obtain a degree in divinity than the legal requirement.' a'deerease'of in any En ff ,ish university unless he 55.523.15*. as compared with last were a clergyman of the established _ . , compared with last week. The statement follows: Incre-re Loans $1,140,320,306 $16.r>o- v rno 1,120.59.9.960 14 416.666 50 120.300 Deposits ... Circulation Legal tenders Specie Reserves Reserve required.. Surplus E.x-U. S. deposits. •Decrease. 74 090.160 212.881.660 286.974 660 2S0 149 97.1 6.624.525 14.731.-50 ■51.000 •1.676.200 •241.600 •1.918.000 3 601.150 *5,522.150 *5,527,775 Comps ny that the the Corn in the r.ar assoria: r s It is •rtn in thi per cent of the re lucts Company of S. S E. Buford ,-hich. the bill dec stock of AMERICUS’ PAVING BOND ISSUE WAS VALIDATED ly Knov Tt is furth a*= Corn with peopl officers end P*:r,lTir:<! Comp: •The Standard Oil people." who were of the New York Glucose Company to th fraud tlie complaining company of its -tuck. The methods of conspiracy," it is said in the Mil. “included the forma- i;.-n of a ,or-oration known as the Corn Freda. '~ Retiring Conmanv. own ed by s C II. Mattlcson. Norman D. Ream end other- As P»:t of ">• on- POSTAL COMMISSION WILL INVESTIGATE. WASHINGTON. May 4.—The Con- AMERICUS Ga. May 4—In the gressi.inal Postal Commission has bren ; Superior Court this afternoon Judge a-s.gned rooms in the Post off ire De- z . ,\. Littlejohn granted an order partment building and will Immediately validating the /v-c o" er.:~r upon the business for which it ; bv the'city of Amerfcus was created, th? principal feature of held i which is an Investigation into the ac- 1 his ! counting methods of the entire postal s Js servi e. Among other reforms which 1 .ip the commission will attempt to bring sev- about will be the establishment of uni- 1 formity in the reports from the various i po.-t fires, the lack of which has been the cause of mtleh annoyance and los f vr?'?*;. • w,"-' p'br beared an' t: thousand dol- Penrose. Carter and Clav and Repre- T? 1 ! b f ^pended by Northern •optatives Overstreet. Gardner and ! capitalists in the installation of pow- er plant and street railway and half | ’ ’ that amount additional expended by : the city in street paving this year. bonds made for paving throughout the entire busi ness section. Vitrified brick will prob- ; baiv be the material adopted and Americns will shortly be th? best pav ed of Georgia cities her size. Work will begin shortly upon the -;reet railroad construction and four miles of track laid as a beginning, the mileage to he extended as required. Ired and fiftv t lars will st*:. H. seer‘ is Tt '> of the Matthiesoi K T Be :oc!ntes control is Company wi and fa. to] asserted that ' Corn Products Miipany were NEWBEP.RV WILL INSPECT NORFOLK NAVY YARD. WASHINGTON. Mav 4.—As« : s: n: Se re:.:rv X- whe—y. of The X;.v\ D - partment. eft Washington late today on board the Dolphin for Hampton . Rev!.-, where !v- wi]'. inspect th-’ X-r- I folk r. ivy v.trl and the ves-e's .tu- • eh me 1 in the roads as nn adjunct of ‘ t ie Jamestown Exposition. Brlick Wall Fell on Two Men. CUMBERLAND, Md., May 4.—A brick wall being torn down on the of the New Maryland theater fell today, killing Samuel Lewis, aged 27, md Reginald Cowherd, aged 17. who were at work there Several others were slightly Injured. church. This restriction still holds at Oxford and Cambridge, but the insti tution of a faculty of theology on non- denominational lines at some of-the newer English universities has now made it possible for a Nonconformist to obtain recognition of his work in that subject as well as in arts or science. Previously the only divinity degrees a Non-conformist could wear were the honorary degrees granted by the Scotch and foreign universities.the lat ter mainly American. The Scotch de grees granted to English ministers have always been bestowed with much discrimination, and certain American universities—Yale for example—have been equally careful in their selection. It is scarcely _ necessary to say that certain other American universities have not been discouragingly rigid in their standard. The doctorate is ac cordingly both more highly and less highlv valued in England than in America. It Is a rarer distinft'on be cause it is not possessed by every pastor of a prominent church or de nominational official. At .he same time it is regarded by many as an honor of a somewhat brummagem or der. because so many men v.-ho bring it home with them from e preaching or lecturing tour in the United States are. to put it gently, not head and shoulders above their brother minis ters. Many leading English' ministers, such as C. H. Spurgeon and Hugh Price Hughes, among those departed, and R. J. Campbell among those still with us. have preferred to remain without this ambigious title. Now. several years ago. Mr. Aked accepted the divinity doctorate troza not guilty. But a label of this kind once taken into common use. is not easy to get rid of. It is suspected that there are several doctors of divinity in English churches who would be glad to discard their decoration if only they could contrive the renunciation in such a way as to save “their face." Mr. Aked. in his uneasiness, consult ed some of his friends, including cer tain of the most prominent officials in the Free Churches. They replied, with voice, that his proposal, to cease be ing called doctor was impracticable: tt was more than his reputation was worth to admit that he had erred in assuming the title. But Mr. Aked had always cared more about being able to Respect himself than abeu standing well in the estimation of oth er people, so last May he ..took the risk, publicly confessed that’ he ought, never to have been called doctor •« all, and asked all of his friends cease to describe him by that name So far from damaging himself thereby he rose at once in the estimation,not only of those who had regretted his assumption of the degree at that time but of every person intelligent enough to understand what courage it quires to say “Peccavi." Not Afraid of Criticism. All through his career Mr. Aked has not "conferred with flesh and blood' when there has any question of acting up to is convictions. He has achieved popularity without practicing the arts which are supposed to lead to it, and he has retained it without any sac rifiee of outspokenness. He has not hesitated to set himself against the general drift of opinion when the oc casion demanded it. He endured with out flinching the raging mob <.\Nring the Transvaal war mania. At times, indeed, he has seemed to find it a pos itive exhiliaration ot be in a minority. When he began his ministry it jvns much more difficult than it is now for an English preacher to contend for the application of Christianity to so cial problems. He has himself helped to make this duty easier for the re cruits of today. And he has assisted in the solution of social struggles without making himself a partisan. If he has protested against the indif ference and selfishness of capital, he has no less firmly opposed thosovfhom he has called "the wild men 4>f the labor movement.' From first to last, to quote his own words, he has maintained "‘that no question is settled until it has been settled right, and that these questions never will be settled right until they are settled in the power, in th? name in the spirit of Jesus Christ, the Ron of God.” When men have tiid him that the new social movements are of importance to the church, he h: replied: “Yes. and the church is of ten thousand times greater importance to these movements.” On the other hand, his test of the worth of a man may be understood from such a pas sage as this: "Who has not seen th awe with which a Christian man will speak of some bloted wretch who has accumulated a vast fortune? The snob abject before the sinner—it is a pit iful spectacle in truth. We must learn and teach that a man cannot live by five-pound notes alonp. but by faith and hope and love. We must not allow our children to erect into heroes the worst characters of his tory and of our time.” Mr. Aked’s Motive^ The New York offer to Mr. Aked, so warmly supported by Mr. I*.:ie*efelier, can scarcely be an instance of the pol icy which Mr. W. J. Ghent" has ex posed in "Our Benevolent Feudalism” —the capture of the pulpit as “an in strument of social control which by proper use may be made to_nerform a needed service.” If Mr. A&d had been a radical preacher in New York Chicago, with a large following of re form enthusiasts, the hypothesis of an endeavor to convert him into a friend from an enemy might have been cred ible. But Mr. Aked away at Liver pool was doing no' harm. A? to Mr. Aked himself, whatever opinion one may hold of his wisdom in acceptance, there can be absolutely no controversy as to his motives. A few years ago he was so serious ly ill that there was grave reason to doubt whether he would be able to en ter the pulpit again. More than one winter had to be spent at Davos. The conditions of his present charge at Liverpool was such that at best he could only hope, if he were to remain at home to lead acrippled life with a serious, risk of a relapse. At this critical moment there came to him a call to an American city whose cli mate is pronounced by his medical ad viser to be exactly suited to his case, and where he will have many oppor tunities of useful service. It may be that he overestimates the influence of the Fifth Avenue Baptist cbnreri on the life of New York city: it may be that he underestimates the authority o* 1VTr fp fVjp tlon of that church: it may be that he does not at all realize how tremendous a weight of prejudice—X use the word in its literal sense—may have to be lived down by a man whose introduc tion to the United States is as Mr. Rockefeller’s pastor. Recently there appeared in a Xpn- don daily paper an editorial entitled “A Lost Leader ” lamenting Mr. Aked's decision as an apostasy. This jour nal commented derisively on Mr. Rockefeller's promise of a free hand and remarked with only too much jus tification, “We know what free hand means.” All that can be said and need be said in reply is that though Mr. Aked may have, mistaken the condi tions with which he will have to deal and though, after he enters upon his pastorate, e may be for a time con fused between the* issues of English and American public and social life, he will steer the straightest course he knows how. It will not be well for any one. whether millionaire or walking delegate, to give him the counsel. "Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things.” unless the adviser has the capacity of touch ing fire without being scorched, bhnit gsb..ngo woeopl shrdlu etaoinnn In the January number of the Young Man, Mr. Aked. paraphrasing a well-known passage in Carlyle, spoke a plain word to those young men who think that in other conditions—if they emigrated to America, for instance— they could cultivate a character that cannot be developed in their present surroundings. "My dear fellow.” he says, “what good would you do if you did go to America? You would have to take yourself with you if you went.” In that disputable fact lies BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 4—The man. E. D. Walter, of Brunswick: vice ^ ourth < * aj ’ t * le trial o; Alex. R. chairman. A. M. Knight, of Waycross: Chisolm, former paying teller of the secretary, W. R. BTrown, of Fitzgerald: First National Bank of Birmingham, member nominating committee for charged with having embezzled $100.- State Rankers' Association. F. D. j 000 of the bank’s funds, opened with Bloodworth, of Savannah. Fitzgerald Albert Morton, paymaster of the Ten- was chosen as the next place of meet- I nessee Coal and Iron Railroad Company ing. the date not being determined. This | on the stand. Morton testified that he afternoon a pleasure trip down -the har- i had found the defendant very accurate bor was taken by the local bankers and j and -had noted no change in his de- visitors. EARL OF ABERDEEN OPENED THE IRISH EXPOSITION. DUBLIN, May 4.—The Earl of Aber deen. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, open ed the Irish international exhibition at Herbert Park, Balls -Bridge today. The function was marked with much cere mony. The Earl of Aberdeen, who was accompanied by the Countess of Aber deen. read a message which King Ed ward sent from Paris, as follows: “I trust that the exhibition which you are to open today will prove a success and demonstrate the interest and progress made by Ireland.” MOUNTED GENDARMES BATTERED IN CONVENT NANTES, France Slay 4.—At Day light today fifty mounted gendarmes surrounded the convent of the Urus- lines here and when the sisters re fused to open the doors, thev were . battered in. The sisters were found j , of nienUri derangement. > A large num- as3embled at prayer in the chapel, but nieanor. Assistant Physician Joseph Leland. of the State Insane- asylum, at Tusca loosa, Ala., swore that Chisolm had been under his Immediate care while at the Institution. It was his opinion that the defendant did not have either paresis or paranoia. He did not be- ilevo the defendant was insane. Dr: tV. D. Partlow. senior physician of the State Insane asylum, swore that In his opinion the defendant was not suffering from paresis and furthermore that he considered him sane. Dr. Partlow was subjected to a rigid cross-examination regarding Chisolm’s condition, while the defendant was crj inmate of the State insane asylum. What is considered the most damag ing testimony aginist the defendant In the Chisolm trial was that presented this afternoon. Various officials of the bank, from which Chisolm is charged with embezzling one hundred thousand dollars, as well as many others who were closely associated with him, tes tified that he had never shown signs after the mother superior had read a protest against the action of the au thorities, the officiating priests remov ed the holy sacrament and tho sisters withdrew. In the meantime an excited crowd gathered outside the convent, shouting maledictions on the soldiers. Several persons were arrested, including a lieutenant of dragoons. ROOSEVELT WILL DISCUSS RAILROADS IN INDIANAPOLIS. WASHINGTON, May 5.—A discus sion of the railroad question is to be an important feature of the President’s speech at the unveiling of the Lawton monument in Indianapolis. Ind., on Me morial day, May 30. The particular features of the railroad situation upon which he is to speak, it is authorita tively stated, have not ye* been se lected. He has had frequent consul tation with members of the Interstate Commerce Commission and railroad of ficials and has obtained much informa tion on the genera! railroad question which will be availed of in his forth coming speech. DIFFICULTY AT SANTIAGO WAS PURELY INDIVIDUAL WASHINGTON. Mav 3.—The difficulty between the police in Santiago. Cuba, and the seamen'from the cruiser Tacoma, was discussed at the cabinet meeting today. Gov. Magoon has reported to Sec retary Taft that he. has dispatched Lieut— Col. Robert L. Bullard, Eighth Infantry, to the scene of the trouble and pending his investigation of the trouble, nothing will be done. The Governor reports that, in his opinion, the trouble between the police and the sailors at Santiago was purely individual and not in any sense the result of any general ill feeling be- twwen the Americans and Cubans. VIOLENT STORM AND FIRE PREVAILING AT BREMEN her of witnesses agreed in pronouncing him sane. The introduction of evidence has been completed and arguments will begin Monday. VACANCIES IN CABINET OF METHODIST BISHOPS COLUMBUS. Ga. May 4.—The vacan cies in the cabinet of bishops in the Methodist Episcopal Church. South. w‘'l not be filled until the next meeting ■>( the general conference of the chur’li in 1910, in the opinion of Bishop Jor.-ph S. Key, of^herman. Texas. Bishop Key is now spending a few days wl'ii his son. Dr. Howard W. Ivey, of this city, resting after several months of very hard work. He is en route to attend th? annual meeting of the cabinet of bishops of the Methodist Church at Nashville. Bishop Key is quite positive in his opinion as to the vacancies in the cabinet of bishops not being filled until three years later. While the work will he rnth- er heaw on th? nine active bishops, there being about 2.000 000 communicants In the Southern Methodist Church, yet ho thinks that these bishops will have time to at tend an! preside over the various annual conferences. At the same time they will be denied the opportunity of attending many district conferences, commence ment occasions, etc. Bishop Key. despite his 78 years. Is well, hearty and active. IN THE LABOR WORLD BREMEN. May 4.—A violent storm prevails here and fire has broken out in the Free Zone warehouses, contain ing 10 000 bales of cotton, half of which has already been burned. The high winds is spreading the flames. The custom house and fire depart ment within the Free Zone are oil fire, the building occupied by the firm of Anthon Guenther has been destroyed and the warehouse of Clarkson & Weitig is burning. THREE YEARS FOR WRECKING CHURCH WITH DYNAMITE. WILKESBARRE, Pa., May 5.—Peter Savage and Joseph Chonowsky were sentenced to three years’ impris onment Tn the Eastern penitentiary at Philadelphia and to pay a fine of $500 and costs for wrecking with dynamite the Welsh Congregational Church at Edwardsville, near here, two years ago, Savage confessed to the crime in court on Wednesday and implicated Chono wsky. U. S. RECRUITING NAVAL OFFICER COMES TO MACON ATLANTA, May 4.—Lieut. Bass, U. . N., in charge of recruiting party No. of the navy, will leave Atlanta to morrow morning for Macon, where he ill continue to secure able seamen for Uncie Sam. He gathered in thirty- one sailors In Atlanta this week. RAIN AND WIND STORM BLEW DOWN COLLEGE WALL SPARTA, Ga., May 4.—Yesterday afternoon a severe wind and rain storm blew down about eighty feet of wall of the main building of our new Agricul tural College. Loss $1,000. Col Jared E. Stallings Dead. NEWMAN, Ga., May 5—Col. Jared E. Stallings, of Temple, Texas, who was on visit to relatives in this county, died _ esterday. Col. Col. Stallings was cap tain of Company A. Forty-first Georgia Regiment, and by successive promotions at the close of the war was colonel of the Forty-first Georgia Regiment. He rep resented this county twice in the Legis lature just after the war. He practiced law In this county for a number of years, moving to Texas about 20 years ago. He ws very populr citizen, moving to this county from Morgan County, G., prior to th’~ war. Ho leaves many relatives ana friends in this cunty. All of his sons and daughters live in Texas. He was 76 years old. Henry B. Curran Dead. PHILADELPHIA. May 4.—Henry B Curran, of this city, one of the best known soft coal operators in tho country, died suddenly today at Hot Springs, Va. Death was due to heart disease. Mr. Curran was 55 years of age and was a member of the Castner, Curran and Bullitt Company, controll ing large mines In Virginia and West Virginia. Camp Bennlng Will Be Represented. COLUMBUS. Ga.. May 1.—Camp Hen ning will be represented by a good sized delegation at the unveiling of tho statu? to Gen. John B. Gordon in Atlanta May 25. Th? Personnel of the delegation, which will be headed by Col. W. S. Shep herd. th? commander of th? camp, was announced at a meeting of the camp last night. The old soldiers are also arranging to .go to Richmond reunion in force. the hope of Mr. Aked's new and greatest enterprise. He is going to ' Harry Daponte Pleaded Guilty. America—and be will take himself j NEW ORLEANS, La., May 4.—Har- with him. ry Daponte, a well-known New Orleans H. W. HORWIL. ; real estate iNjn. who was indicted a , year ago for violation of the anti-Iot- E W WILSON TOOK AN tery. laws, pleaded guilty when ar- OVERDOGE OF LAUDANUM, raigned in the United States Circuit Court here today. Sentence was de- COLUMBUS. Ga> May 4.—B. W. • ferred. Daponte was charged with Wilson. Columbus manager for the aiding in circulating throughout the Standard Trust Company. ofjBirminz- . country tickets of a lottery company, ham. Ala., took laudanum t?-is after- " “ noon with supposed suicidal intent. He j ttIxooc"' Tenn° mIv'4—Brig Is being prosecuted on the charge of ! G ™. Jf. J.Sanno. r'erired. die? this larceny after trust by a Columbus lady and his bondsman withdrew from his bond. While he was seated in a court room trying to arrange a new bond the effects of the laudanum began to de velop. Tt took several hours' work to ! afternoon at Ft. Oglethorpe, where he has been visiting his daughter. The remains will b? sitipped tomorrow to Washington for burial. Gen. Sanno gratuated from West Point in 1S63 and served in many important ions. His last command save his life. He is now- in the county | retirement in 1 Sd3, was at Ft. Russell, JalL Wyoming. The Association of Marine Firemen, Oilers and Water Tenders, which form erly was affiliated with the Interna tional Longshoremen’s Association, has been granted a charter by the Interna tional Seamen’s Union, which will tend to further complicate the jurisdictional troubles between the two organiza tions. The Granite Cutters’ Internationa! Association, which has an enrollment of 10,000 members, has during the past fifteen years obtained an increase of wages amounting to a net average of 75 cents a day. The recent convention of the Illinois division of the United Mine Workers of America voted down the recom mendation of President Walker that the members of the Industrial Workers of the World be expelled from member ship in the mine workers. The con vention also voted down a proposition to increase the salary of the State offi cers $300 a' year. . Corporation Counsel El'lson, of New York city, in reference to the Manhat tan subways soon to be commenced, says that he favors a contract calling for eight hours’ work a day and a pro vision that the work be performed by citizens of the United States. Women in Great Britain are well represented In the professions and trades, and about 4,500,000 earn t'.ieir own living. There are 124,000 who teach: 10.000 bookbinders: over 3.060 are printers, and nearly 5C0 act as ed itors and compilers: 1,300 are engaged in photography: civil service clerks number nearly 2.300: 3.800 are en gaged in medical work and nursing, and 350 women are blacksmiths. A report just compiled by the Cham ber of Commerce of Pittsburg shows that $350,000,000 is paid annually to the wage earners of the Pittsburg dis trict. a majority of whom are included in the 250,000 workmen employed in the 3,029 manufacturing plants of the district. The production of the district for last ytear was 551.O00.op0 tons. The immigration authorities, as one'* result of the several conferences re cently held, will interpret the existing immigration law as it was interpreted In the South Carolina case. Several other Southern States have decided to seek immigration along the same lines as were followed by South Carolina, and it is understood they will not be interfered with. Some of the P.'ritish trades unions nre taking very great interest in the higher education of tho workman. For the past three years some lOO.OOfl work ingmen, members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, have made levies of a penny each to help on the work of Ruskin College at Oxford. This levy produced over $1,500 a year, and by means of it six engineers are main tained for a year’s course of study at the college. ^ Representing a combined member ship of 50.000, nine unions: in the metal trades have formed 1 Metal Trades Council of Pittsburg. Pa., and vicinity, to replace the old Machinery Trades Alliance, which took in trades only In timately connected with machinery. The long struggle between the Lith ographers' Tr.terTiationai ProWtive Un ion and the Employing Lithographers' Association sc-ems to be on the verge of settlement. In Germany a blacksmith makes twenty beam hangers a day. while in America a machine makes 700 a day. In Adam Smith’s day- one pinmnker made 4.S0O nins :■ day; today ?ne pin- maker makes 1.500.000 pins a day. Diamond workers, members of the Diamond Worker.;’ Union of America, are demanding better wages from th? Diamond Manufacturers of America,- the association of g?m dealers. They- were incre-t -ed a year -.ago, and now 1fet from $30 to $70 a week. There are 400 members of the union in New York city. NEGRO GAMBLER USES SHOT GUN ON ANOTHER SAVANNAH. May 4.—A negro hooting affray, embellished with un usual fea'ures. occurred this afetr- noon at th? Centra! railway- yards. Jerry Lewis and Henry Manigault ?re gambling, and Lewis won SI. Manigault snatched 23 cents and ren, wts pursuing and overtaking him and pushing him into a canal. Mani gault came out mad. He proceeded to 0 store an dpur hosed :i Winchester rifle and went back In iking for Lewis He stood off a number of railroad em ployes who fried to take the rifle. Ha saw Lewis being taken away on an engine. Levelling his rifle, he com manded the engineer to stop, which he did. Lewis jumped off and ran. Manigault fired three shots. One struck Lewis in th* hip. A- Manigault was about to finish him the police appear ed and Manigault disappeared.