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FRIDAY, MAY 10. 1907.
THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
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MASONRY HELD SWAY IN !BOSS COX, OF OHIO, NAMES
GEORGIA’S CAPITAL CITY W. H. TAFT FOR PRESIDENT
ATLANTA, May S.—Masonry hold?- remarked Cornmis'loner of Apiculture CINCINNATI, O., May 8.—TV. H. ^ over which Secretary Taft presided as
in Atlanta today. Knights Tem- ! upon his return from a trip to South- Taft for President. J. B. Foraker. for j chairman. X have believed him to be
on August 1. At his large laboratory
In the State capital, he is arranging for
an exhaustive examination of all food
products sold in the State which are
liable to be adulterated or sold under
for
ils crusade for pure food in Oeor-
will be aided by P. A. Methlvin,
mm, who has recently been ap-
1 Pure Food Inspector for Oeor-
Comtnirsitner of Agriculture T.
dson. Mr. Methlvin will travel
he State purchasing sa
b food stuffs which will be silp-
the State capitol tor exsmlfia-
■r State chemist and a prop
ping by him. With the Federal
hich went Info effect on Jan-
Irst of this year backed up by
ate pure food law. Georgia will
ipm a regime of the purest pos- j guest of the
other most
plars and Blue Lodge Masons are here
from all par:* of the State and along
with them some of the best known and
most distinguished Masons in the
country. The two events which at
tracted this large assemblage of the
order are the laying of the corner
atone of the new Masonic temple,
which took place at 4 o'clock this aft
ernoon and the Georgia Knights Tem
plars annual conclave, which has been
in_progres* all day and will continue
tomorrow.
It was hoped up to noon that it
would bo possible to have the parade
of j of Masons In the afternoon preceding
the corner stone ceremonies, but owing
to the continued rain, with no pros
pects of. cessation, this feature had to
be abandoned.
Eminent Grand Commander George i
em and Southwest Georgia.
u!t of the extreme
United States Senator., and A. L, Har- i the logical candidate of the Republi-
cold ris for Governor, is the program ad- : cans of Ohio for the Presldencv in
weather of April there has bad to be vised today by George B. Cox, former- 1908 and I heartily favor the move-
a great deal of replanting of cotton, ly Republican leader in Hamilton J went to secure for him an unequivocal
There has been difficulty in getting County, in an Interview with the Asso- endorsement at this time,
se.d and most of the seed obtainable elated Press. Reports from Columbus "In my Judgment the meeting of the
has been of a poor quality. To add to and Washington had named Mr. Cox *- *-■-* -
FOUR VICTIMS OF FRISCO
STRIKE RIOT WILL DIE
the*e handicaps the country is now
suffering from too much rain, and the
result is that in many fields the grass
Is up and flourishing where the cotton
has not yet fcreken through the ground.
"The wet weather is delaying plow
ing end there Is a growing scarcity of
labor to do the plowing and other work
whenever opportunity for it presents
it;e’f.
"There is no doubt in my mind that
these conditions are going to senousiy
affect this year's cron, and 1 have no
hesltapcy even this far in advance of
M. Moulton of the Knights Templar*, j °5J n
<« here from Chicago as the special j *5®, »
»«* tiu n. nrr.i« Wniirht* Th« i Qra * ln many of tae southern States.
as engaged in negotiations looking to
ward a compromise between the Taft
and Foraker forces, but Mr. Cox denied
such suggestions. As to the Ohio sit
uation, he said:
“Our watchword should be the suc
cess of the Repuoiican party, and to
achieve this we should support W. H.
Taft for President. J. B. Foraker for
United States Senator, and A. L. Har
ris for Governor.”
When the attention of Senator For
aker was called to the statement he
said:
party leaders and joint committee:
Columbus' next week will result in an
unanimous expression in favor of Sec
retary Taft.”
One of the commodities which will
come under his consideration for exam
ination and labeling will be cotton seed
oil which hss often been sold as "olive
oil” and which nfter his examination
will be stamped as "cotton seed oil”
and must be so'd ac such. "Cotton seed
oil,” said the State demist in discuss-
Georgia Knights. The
distinguished guest is j
Very Eminent Grand Standard Eearer i
William H. Norris, of Iowa who came j
to make the principal address in con- i
nectlon with the corner stone ceremo- j
nies.
A general reception took place at |
the asylum at Mitchell and Forsyth •
streets this morning. Gov. Terrell
A., B. &. A. Eefore Rciiroad Commis-
says. If I understand him correctly
he makes a specific recommendation
addressed to the Republicans of Ohio
as to what their action shall be In the
sion. j convention of next year. I am not
AiLAXTA. May S.—-Vice-President j sure it calls for any response from me,
P. S. Arkwright General Counsel Mor- but I will reneat that I do not want
ris Brandon and General Freight i any political honors at the hands of
Agent J. J. Campion, of the Atlanta, j the Republicans of Ohio except Vith
Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad their hearty endorsement. Therefore,
Company, appeared before the Rail- j if w j,at Mr. Cox suggests and recom-
Taft's Manager Silent.
I COLUMBUS, O. May S—A. I. Vorys.
State Commissioner of Insurance and
manager of the Taft campaign in Ohio,
declined this evening to comment on
the statement issued by George B.
Cox of Cincinnati, advising the Re-
i publicans of Ohio to agree on Wia. H.
I Taft for President, J. B. Foraker for
! Senator and Andrew L. Harris for
“I have just read what Mr. Cox ' Governor. Mr. Vorys tonight left for
THUS. W. TROY HUS
IT RAH, FLA.
his home at Lancaster.
Ing the pure food law tiday;’’ is one of j who was to havo made the welcoming j road Commission today to show cause : mends should meet with their approv-
purcst oils no sible and for a salad ; address, was absent on a trip to New ' " * " * ” ~~' 1 * '
is superior to the ter famed J Tork, and a telegram from him was
olive oil of France. The great trou- j road. The principal address of wel-
b!e about this oil ail along has been | come was delivered by Hon. John
stood on its own | Temple Graves and responses were
he Georgia Cotton | mado by Grand Master Moulton and
Grand Commander Seay. A business
conclave of the Knights at 12 o'clock
was followed by luncheon and the
grand master's address, after which
preparation was mads for the ceremo
nies of the corner stone laying.
The corner stone of the new tem
ple at Peachtree and Cain streets,
across from the Governor’s mansion,
was laid at k o’clock the ritualistic
ceremonies being conducted by Grand
, , ,,, . ..... Master Max Meyerhardt, of Rome,
duct will thou possibly get Its Just : The principal address was made by
deserts. A pure cotton seed oil has . jf r Norris, of Iowa. The ceremonies
been declared by the Arkansas station . wer# attended by nearly 1,500 Masons
e even more digestible than olive and many others who gathered around
0| ‘- filling a large platform built for the
that It has revel
merits. As I told
Crusher*’ convention at Llthia Springs
last cummer It liar, been looked upon as
an adulterant and not a first oil as it
Really Is. This oil is a pure oil and
we have every reason tn believe that
large quantities of it which are ex
ported to France every year is there
mixed with olive oil and shipped back
to thtr country as ‘pure olive oil.' When
the Georgia pure food law becomes ef
fective in August these -oils will stand
on their own merits and the Southern
JOHN M. COLLUM ELECTED
PRINCIPAL 3D DIST. COLLEGE
AMERICUS, Ga.. May 8.—After
session lasting all dev the board of
trustees of the Third District Agricul
tural College announced this evening
the election of Jno. M. Coilum
principal of the college. Mr. Coilum
Is superintendent of schools of Schley
County and possesses considerable
ability for tho duties of principal.
There were n dozen applicants for the
position. A committee from the board
of trustees will meet in Amerlcus with
authority vested to elect the depart
mental teachers, farm superintendent
and other heads of departments.
Nine members of the board of trus
tees attended the meeting here today.
"I
Was Wasting Away,
had been troubled with kidney
disease for the last five years” writes
Robert R. Watts, of Salem. Mo. "I lost
flesh and never felt well and doctored
with leading physicians and tried all
remedies suggested without relief.
Finally I tried Foley’s Kidney Cure
and less than two bottles completely
cured me and I am now sound and
•well." During the summer kidney Ir
regularities are often caused by exces-
*dve drinking or being overheated. At
tend to kidneys at once by using Fo
ley’s Kidney Cure. H. J. Lamar &
Co., near Exchange Bank, Agents, Ma
con.
CONFERENCE OF BROTHERHOOD
OF RAILWAY TRAINMEN
ATLANTA. Gn., May 8.—Tho eighth
biennial conference of the 'Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen here today was
devoted to examining the credentials
of recently arrived delegates, whose
eimlnc brought the total representation
tn 725. A number of proposed amend
ments to the constitution war present
ed and referred to committee.*. The
special order of the day was an ad
dress by F. A. Burgess, assistant grand
chief of the brotherhood of locomotive
engineers, and by H. R. Fuller, Na
tional executive representative for thj
trainmen and allied orders. The af
ternoon session was devoted *o rout're
business. The sessions of the conven
tion are held behind closed doo-*, nrd
Grandmaster P. H. Morrisey hs* been
selected to make public such portions
of the proceedings as he considers
wise.
occasion the street and porches of
nearby houses.
In the evening there was a Templar
service at the First Baptist Church
led by Grand Prelate Eminent Sir
William Burry. D. D. There was also
an address by Dr. S. R. Belk. The
business work of the Georgia conclave
will be concluded tomorrow.
Defaulter Chisolm in Atlanta.
ATLANTA, May 8.—Accompanied by
his father and brother, Alex
Chisolm, former cashier of the First
National Bank of Birmingham, recent
ly convicted in the United States Court
there of embezzlement of $100,000 of
the funds of that institution, arrived
In Atlanta today to begin his service of
six year3 In the Federal prison here.
He was ln the custody of deputy mar
shals. but not handcuffed. The party
quietly left the terminal station and
proceeded direct to the Federal prison,
which Is beyond the city limits.
Father and brother talked and laughed
with the convicted man as they left
the station but it was apparent that
their hearts were heavy, a condition
which they seemed to conceal from
the young man. With allowance for
good behavior - Ohisolm wiH complete
his service within four years and ten*
months. He has decided not to appeal
from the decision of the court which
convicted him.
Canada Puts Up Postage.
OTTAWA. Ont.. May S.—The exist
ing postal treaty between Canada and
the United States expires by limita
tion at midnight tonight, the Dominion
Government having notified the Wash
ington authorities of its desire to have
the treaty abrogated. All efforts on the
part of the United States to have the
treat” renewed have failed, and to-mo-.
row Canada will put into effect the
new postal rates already decided upon.
Second class mail matter, including
newspapers, magazines and books, is
the only matter that will be affected
by the change. On this class of matter
coming from the United States Can
ada will advance the rate from 1 to 4
cents a pound. The effect will be ac
cording to all expectations, that the
circulation of American newspapers
and magazines in the Dominion will be
considerably cut down. The principal
reason advanced by Canada for the In
crease in rates is that the oid rates
were of far more benefit t-o the United
States than to Canada, as the circula
tion of American publications in Can
ada was far in excess of that of Can
adian publications in the United States.
The real cause for the change, however.
Is probably to be found in the loud and
continued proteest of Canadian mer
chants thnt the advertisements of
American merchants in the magazines
and newspapers so freely circulated on
this side of the 'border resulted in tak
ing vast sums of money out of the
packets of Canadians and putting it
into the pockets of merchants in the
United States to the consequent loss
of Canadian merchants.
Y-sv'.s'ppi Bar Meeting.
VICKSBURG. Mis?,/ 'May S.—The
U 'dors of the bench and bar of Missis
sippi wers a - tcmbled in Vicksburg this
morning *t the opening of the annual
meeting of the Mississippi Bar Associa
tion. President Murray F. Smith, of
this city, presided over the initial ses
sion. which was devoted to welcome
addresses -and responses, the appoint
ment of committees and other prelim
inary business. The convention will be
in session three days, during which
t there will be addresses by several
noted jurists as well as discussions on
numerous legal topics. The annual
bannuet Is to take place tomorrow
evening.
whv that line should not be reclassified
and placed in class C. which would in
volve a reduction of about 10 per cent
in the rates of freight which it is al
lowed to charge. The usual argu
ments were heard and the commission
took the matter under advisement.
The commission also heard an appli
cation requesting that the Seaboard
Air Line Railway Companv be requir
ed to place an agent at Pearl Station
in Elbert County, near which is located
a cotton mill. The road protests that
it has stations within four miles on
felther side at which it maintains
agents, and considers it would be an
unjust hardship to require it to place
an agent at this point. The commis
sion has taken the matter under con
sideration.
a!, no one will support Secretary Taft
more cordially than I shall.”
John Mitchell Arrested.
ATLANTA. May 8.—Call Officer
E. *H. Bentley, of the Atlanta police
force, today arrested John Mitchell a
negro wanted in Cobb County for the
murder of Nash Johnson, on May 1.
On May 4 the Governor offered a re
ward of $100 for John Mitchell’s ar
rest. This reward will go to Officer
Bentley upon Mitchell’s conviction.
C. N. Huggins Arrested.
ATLANTA. May S.—C. N. Huggins
a young bookkeeper for the Woodward
Lumber Company, has been arrested
and Is held by the police upon the
alleged charge of shortage in his ac
counts with* the company. Yesterday
afternoon Huggins attempted to com
mit suicide in the company’s offices
by cutting his throat with broken
pieces of glass. However, he did not
seriously wound himself and will re
cover. An investigation of the books
is now being mado and while it is not
denied that there Is some shortage, no
statement has been given out regard
ing the matter.
Coll for Party Conference.
TOLEDO, O.. May S.—Walter F.
Brown, chairman of the Republican
State central committee, stated tonight
that he will issue tomorrow a call for
a meeting of that committee at the
Buckeye Republican Club, Columbus
on Wednesday. May 15. The purpose
of the meeting will be to participate ln
a party conference to which will also
be invited the members of the Re
publican State executive committee,
the chairman of the various county
executive committees and the Repub
lican members of Congress to the end
that a definite expression may be se
cured in regard to the party’s choice
for the Presidential nomination and
that party harmony may be secured.
Mr. Brown said:
“Since the State convention, 1905,
WASHINGTON. May S.—John L.
Sullivan, the former pugilist, had an
interesting chat with President Roose
velt today covering various subjects.
Mr. Sullivan said that he had seen the
President at a number of bouts in
New York, and called the President's
particular attention to one that occur
red with Mitchell, the English heavy
weight in 1883. when Sullivan knocked
him over the ropes.
Sullivan met Secretary Taft at the
doors of the executive offices as ha
was about to come in. He put in a
good word with the Secretary for
clemency for a friend who is serving a
sentence on Governor's Island and con
cerning whom the pugilist had written
Secretary Taft some time before.
“Guess I got you skinned a block,’’
remarked Sullivan to the Secretary,
talking about their respective weights.
John L. said he weighed S35 pounds,
or 331 stripped, while Secretary Taft
remarked that his weight was only 2S3
and the best he ever did was to tip the
beam at S30. As he was leaving the
White House, Sullivan paid his com
pliments to big men, saying among
other things: "That man Taft is what
I call a man. too. The President is
great man. It takes big fellows a long
time to get started, but when they are
going, they go., like h 11.”
WEST FALM BEACH. Fla.. May S.—
George G. Newcomb was shot five times
and almost instantly killed this after-
r.cor. by Thomas V,'. Tr y who i? n lum
ber dealer in South America. Troy was
on his way to New York, having lust j
landed from a steam-It Hr »'M in
pool room at Z3pfs' saloon when New
comb entered. They got into a dispute
over some trivial question, and Troy
Dulled his revolver and emptied it Into
Newcomb's body. A Coroner’s Jury
brought in a verdict of murder. Troy
was taken in an automobile to Miami
and “ut in prison there, the offers fear
ing that he might be lynched if left here.
Troy telegraphed to a brother In New
York of his trouble and asked him to
come to his assistance. Newcomb was
pulaj; here,
d one child.
He leaves a young
rife
SHIPS 31 WITH
CLEARED WE WAY FOR
MOYER-HAYWOOD TRIAL
G0V=ELECT HOKE SMITH
BACK FROM EUROPE
NEW YORK. May 8.—Aboard the
steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II.. which
decked today, was Hoke Smith. Governor-
elect of Georgia, who has snept five weeks
in Europe ln connection with a movement
to arrange for direct transportation of
immigrants from the other side to ports
ln Georgia. He was accompanied on the
trip by Mrs. Smith. Maj. Williamson,
president of the Chamber of Commerce,
of Savannah, and Gunby Jordan, of the
State Immigration Bureau of Georgia.
The latter two are still in Paris. The
party visited many cities. Mr. Smith said,
and found a hearty response to the pro
ject on the part of the steamship and rail
road officials abroad.
BOISE, Idaho, May 8.—By overruling ’
today the motion of the defense for a
bill of particulars setting forth what j
overt acts, if any. there were to con- ,
nect the accused with the murder of
former Governor Frank Steune-nberg,
Judge Fremont "Wood of the District
Court, of Ada County, cleared the way
for the trial of Wm. D. Haywood sec
retary of the Western Federation of
Miners, which will begin 'tomorrow
morning.
Judge Wood held that the request of
c.
E
ANDERSON MUST
THREE NiONTHS
WASHINGTON, May 8.—Attorney
General Bonaparte today recommend
ed that the sentence of John Wm.
„ , , ,, .. . January, alias Chas. W. Anderson, be
Haywood s counsel for a more explicit commuted. He recommends that the
statement of the charges against tae sentence be fixed at three months from
pl i! s ?v er f an ] e at £’ re ^ al [ dI ® s *’ : the date of his re-arrest, and that he
whether it might have been entertained , be pardoned at the end of thJlt lim ^
at an earlier stage of the proceed
ings. In cases where bills of particu
lars are allowable, Judge Wood, who is
to preside over the trials of the ac
cused miners, declared the motions
must be made before the ihdictment*
are pleaded to and before the cases arc
set for trial. _
Haywood is the first of four men
accused of complicity in the'Steunen-
berg murder, to be tried. The others,
Moyer, Pettibone and Orchard, the last
of whom is said to have made a con-
the extreme view that it will be impos
sible to get a jury, but the weight of J
VVoncc-fu! Eczema Cure.
“Our little bey had ■ czema for five
year.' ' writes N. A. Adams. Henrietta,
Ps. "Two of our home dostors said the
i ’sc • ts hophless, his lung* being af-
f • We then employed'other doctors
but no benefit resulted. By *»*«e|we we
mi
this rr
cere us<
when our bov
Iran teed at
Judge Jno. I. Hall Returns G. S. & F,
ATLANTA, May 8.—The annual tax
returns of the Georgia Southern and
Florida Railroad, which has 239 miles
of main line in the State, from Macon
to tho Florida line, were placed in the
hands of Comptroller General W. A,
Wright today by Judgo John L Hall, of
Macon, counsel for that road.
The Georgia Southern and Florida
returns its total property, including
forty-three miles of side tracks, at
$4 129,560. of which $825,000 is fran
chise. The franchise return is the
same as that for last year, but there
is an increase of $202,5S1 in the total
return over that of last year, due prin
cipally to purchases of new rolling
stock. The Comptroller General has
not yet acted on-the return.
Comptroller General Wright today
received a letter from C. O. Bradford,
real estate agent of the Louisville and
Nashville, indicating that he would
come to Atlanta at such time as might
bo agreeable and take up the matter
of revising thnt road's return, i
demand to that effect has been made
by Capt. Wright. Mr. Bradford stated
the reason the Louisville and Nash
ville’s new freight terminals in At
lanta were not Included in the return
was thnt they were not completed or
in use on March 31, the date for mak
ing tax returns. Of course this does
not relieve the company from making
a return of whatever investment it
has in the property.
Cotton Seed Oil Mills May Rebel
ATLANTA. May 8.—There is some
question as to whether the fourteen
cotton seed oil mills whose meal was
recently put under the ban by the
Commissioner of Agriculture, will sub
mit to the order of the department
insofar as it requires them to make
restitution of all money received for
cotton seed meal falling below stand
ard, without a contest In the courts.
There is a dispute involved between
the mills and the department as to
the meaning of the law, and It is stated
that the law is, in some respects, con
fusing and in need of amendment if it
is to he properly enforced. The mills
claim that the department has no au
thority to deal with any meal except
that which it has specifically Inspected
and analyzed. The department states
it is impossible to inspect and analyze
every sack of meal and that it can only
deal with certain lots, each of which
must be Judged by samples taken at
random.
Every indication having pointed to
the fact that the crop of cotton seed
for this season would fall short in rich
ness as compared with former crops.
Commissioner Hudson took the pre
caution last fall of warning all the
mills in the State that they would have
to he on their guard and take precau
tions to see that any meal sold by them
came up to the required standard of
6.1 S per cent of nitrogen which is the
equivalent of 7.50 rer cent of ammonia.
Many of the mills paid ro attention to
this, and the consequence is that in
many rases their product was found to
fall short of the legal requirements.
There was nothing for the Commission
er of Agriculture to do under the cir
cumstances but prohibit the sale of
i! *As a result of the shortage of stand- COTTON OUTLOOK GLOOMY
ard cottrr. seed meal in Georg ; tfiis i IN STA ! E CF LOUISIANA tr:e State ar - ' making their home,
s nson, several manufacturers af fer- I , , The proceedings in court today with
tilirers were compelled to go to Misslss- BATON ROUGE. Ln. May S.—The Haywood in attendance, attracted less
ipnl and other States to get their sup- cotton outlook '.s gloomy in Louisiana, than a score of persons outside of law-
pllea. | according to the April condition and yers and newspaper men.
There is also said to have been a good I acreage report of the State Board of ' ^
deal of adulteration this year with cot-| Agriculture issued today. The report ; a LEX R. CHISOLM BEGINS
ton seed hull* and other materials to ' g:ves the condition as 76 per cent. •
the p .-nt of violation of the Georgia l SENTENCE’ IN ATLANTA
apply however. FLORIDA HOUSE DEFEATED j
NULLIFICATION RESOLUTION ! ATLANTA. Ga.. May S.—A ■: mder
| R. ChiEolm, tie defaulting teller of the
TALLAHASSEE. Fla., May S.—Sen- First National Bank of "Birmingham,
namely July 19, 1907 . The President
has approved the Attorney General’s
recommendations.
The Attorney General in a memoran
dum submitted to the President makes
the following comment on the case:
“I consider it very important, as a
matter of public policy, to. discourage
attempts to escape among prisoners.
Such attempts impair the discipline of
penal institutions, expose their officers
to dangers and when successful, se
fession, will be tried as circumstances ) n ,2 us , y weaken the salutary deterrent
dictate, following the conclusion of j effects of punishment for crime. _ As
the proceedings against Haywood. The a 3> a >hst this must be weighed the uni-
prisoner, his counsel and the’attorneys nea *?Y beneficial effect, as a matter of
especially retained to present the ease ! Public policy, of encouraging the real
and plead the cause of the accused 1 reforma .ion of convicts. 1 he orderly
are ready to undergo a long ordeal in | an< ^ law-abiding life of the petitioner,
court. The first and one of the great } cannot, indeed, be regarded as equiva-
tasks of the court, is to procure a jury j l en t to > meritorious public service in
and that will be commenced tomor- the army or navy, but it is very desir-
row morning as soon as Sheriff Hodgln
has Intoned the formal cry, opening
the oourt. l***
The victim of the Caldwell assassi
nation, long a conspicuous figure in th.e
polttical life of the .State was possibly
known to hundreds of eitizeps of Ada
County, and personal alignment and
partisanship on the labor question, in
which the prisoner and his ca-defen-
dants were for a long time active lead
ers. is general, so that it Is at once
a difficult task to find men free from
disqualifications that unfit them for
the high duty of a juror.
Many men who know the community
well, and who add to their calculation
able that men in a situation like hi3
should have an inducement to lead
such a life. I think the petitioner
ought to serve some appreciable time
in prison to show clearly that, as a
matter of strict right, he still belongs
there.”
Mrs. Anderson Collapsed.
KANSAS CITY' Mo., May S.—When
the Associated Press dispatch from
Washington was read to Mrs. Chas.
W. Anderson here today the woman
broke down and wept. Mrs. Anderson,
overwrought by the strain through
which she had passed since her hus
band’s arrest. April 19. was busily en-
tbe further handicap of apprehension, j gaged with the help of neighbors in
of future violence for revenge, take j making preparations for the home-
CE FOU
WITH HiS THROAT GUT
VALDOSTA, Ga., May 8.—Steve
Pearce, a well known turpentine oper
ator from Crossland, near Norman
Park, in Colquitt County, was found
dead in his room at the McCranie Ho
tel in this city this morning at an
early hour, a knife" wound in his neck
and a long-bladed knife clinched ln his
hand. The theory is that he commit
ted suicide, while others believe that
he was murdered. It is most likely
that he killed himself. The Coroner. PJQ n _
held an investigation, but the jury wifi opinion is aga’nst this extreme conclu-
not render its verdict before next Fri
day.
Mr. Pearce had been here since
Monday morning and had been confin
ed to his room. He had been taking
medicine and his meals w^re served to
him in the room. It was on account, Jl
of hfs illness that Clerk McCranie went . arrangements have hcon made for the i Warden McCIowry read the Associated
to his room early this morning to find j transmission of the dispatches. j Press dispatch to January, first warn-
out it he needed anything. He found j There was no great influx of visitors j ing him that it was not official. Jan-
the patient stretched out upon the today. The newspaper and magazine : vary showed hut little emotion at first,
bed. his head and body weltering in ! writers and others whose business i but when the import of the message
blood from the wound in his neck, i called them here arrived singly and in : was realized, tears came to his eyes.
There was blood on the floor also and twos and threes during the last ten He had expected an immediate par-
upon his stocking feet, indicating that days. All have been surprised at the don. “I am not worried about myself.”
he had gotten up and walked about the ! seeming lack of interest manifested by said he, as the tears began to flow free-
room after the deadly blow was dealt. 1 the citizens of this capital city of the ly down his cheeks. “But it woill be
State. One finds on arriving here that
the discussion Is confined almost en-
tirelv to the new comers.
This city is far removed from the
mining country, railway communica
tion with the Cour de.Alenes and other
districts heing circuitous and in some]
instances ail tut unavailable. It Is j
from among the farmers that the Jury !
may be selected. There is nothing on
the surface tonight to indicate any f»5
feeling in anv quarter of the country. UtElitJ 111
iD THE MEN IDLE
NEW YORK, May 8.—Not since the
Brooklyn car strike riots has there
been such fighting on the other side of
the river as happened tonight when
nearly 600 Italians and Poles joined
battle in tho Italian quarter near Me
tropolitan avenue, Williamsburg. Three
patrolmen were seriously injured and
when their comrades had broken up
the riot thirty-five rioters had been
sent to the Williamsburg Hospital and
twelve more were locked up in a po
lice station.
NEW YORK. May S.—The contest
between the trans-Atlantic and coast
wise steamship companies and tho
striking longshoremen which followed
the refusal of the former to grant a
wage increase of approximately 22 1-3
per cent, continued today to the disad
vantage of both parties.
While the men remained idle several
ships were obliged to sail with partial
cargoes. The only persons receiving
direct and immediate benefit from the
situation are the crews of the vessels
who having been pressed into double
service, are receiving the wages of
stevedores in addition to their regular
pay as ship employes. But with the
services of the crews and such other
help as could be picked up the work
progressed slowly and much freight
was necessarily refused. Merchants
throughout the country are feeling the
delay, it is said.
Contracts are maturing without tho
fulfillment of their conditions and or
ders are piling in with no immediate
prospect of being filled. It is in this
last phase of the situation that hte
striking longshoremen find their great
est source of satisfaction. A* general
protest of merchants, they are sure,
will impel the steamship men to agree
forthwith to their demands for higher
wages.
The threat that the trans-Atlantic
lines which are under contract with
their respective governments to carry
the mails on schedule time would be
forced to suspend their sailings tem
porarily. is not seriously entertained. |
SAN FRANCISCO. May S.—A con
ference was held in the Mayor's office
j today between Mayor Schmitz, Patrick
Calhoun, president of the United Rail
ways, and Richard Cornelius president
of the Car Men's Union. The Mayor
proposed that the case be submitted
to a committee of fifty citizens to be
appointed by him. President Calhoun
did not accept the suggestion, but
stated that he would see his colleagues
in reference to the matter and give an
answer later. President Cornelius said
that while he had no objection to tho
appointment of such a commission he
could not agree to Its acting as a
board of arbitration. The Mayor in
closing the discussion declared his In
tention of appointing the committee,
regardless of the opinion of either Cal
houn or Cornelius.
At 2:50 o'clock this afternoon, two
cars manned by strike breakers loft
I the car barn at Oak and Broderick
streets, going west toward the Ocean
Beach. The two cars finished their
trips at 4:40 o’clock and were then run
Into the car barn. The trip was made
without much difficulty. At one point,
a man in a buggy drew a pistol, but a
dozen policemen were after him be
fore he had time to shoot. The man
dropped the revolver and ran, but was
soon captured. At another place a
carpenter working on a building threw
a hatchet at one of the cars. He was
a prisoner in less than a minute. A
telephone lineman, driving a wagon
blocked the cars and tried to hit a
mounted policeman with r pair of
heavy pliers. He was clubbed into
submission and arrested.
The temper of the police was radi
cally different from that of yesterday.
Today they showed a disposition to
watch the cars and prevent union men
from throwing missiles. Each car was
manned by half a dozen men, none of
whom were armed.
Of the twenty-five peoplo injured In
yesterday’s fight between the strike
breakers and the crowd reports from
the hospitals today Indicate that four
more will die. Nearly ail the other
wounds proved to bo superficial and
most of the wounded have been re
moved to their homes.
Tbornwell Mulally. assistant to
President Calhoun of the United Rail
ways, stated today that the company
had a number of affidavits showing
that the shooting yesterday was begun
by persons in the crowd trying to ob
struct the movement of cars and not
by the men who were operating them.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 8.—The police,
for the first time since the commence
ment of tho street car strike, funfshed
actual protection this afternoon for two
cars of tho Unitca Railroads, manned by
21 strike breakers, and as a result these
cars were run over six miles of track
without the firing of a shot. Four men
were injured by missiles thrown by strike
sympathizers, one of tho in.i'l'fid •'wg
was a strike breaker, and the other three
members of the Electrical Workers’ Un
ion. There was intermittent hurling of
missiles by union crowds at various
points along the route and for two or
three miles a mob of 1.000 men and
boys ran with the ears, yelling, calling
epithets, dnring then on-union men to
get off the cars and fight, cheering when
ever for any cause the cars were brought
temporarily to a standstill.
DECISION TO BURNS
IN TWENTIETH ROUND
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. May 8.—Tom
my (Borns, of Los Angeles, tonight won
the heavyweight championship of the
world from Phila “Jack” O’Brien, be-
The thinking strikers realize that the } foro the Pacific Athletic Club, after
coming of the husband and father,
which she confidently expected would
he today. When she realized her hus-
sion. One of the counsel for the pris- i band would have to remain in the pen-
oners said: “The broader the scope of itentiary nearly three months longer,
the ease offered by the State, the bet- j she collapsed and gave way to a flood
ter we shall be satisfied.” j of tears.
Nearly forty correspondents for press j '
associations and lewspapers have come i January Alias Anderson Cried.
, here to report the ease and special wire i LEAVENWORTH. Kas., May 8.
The fact that his door was unlocked
and there was no blood upon his hands
fave rise to the suspicion of foul play.
Pearce is the third man from Col
quitt County to commit suicide, or at
tempt it in the last week or two. Mr.
P. H. McCarty a merchant of Moul
trie. ended his life at Macon a few
days ago and about the same time a
veterinarian attempted suicide in
Moultrie. It is said that Pearce has
been in a melancholy mood for a long
a great hardship to my wife and ehild.”
January was led back to his cell cry
twenty rounds of fighting that was
for the most part a foot race. O’Brien
ran away from Burns from the first
round to the finish and only occasion
ally was thp latter able to overtake
him. Then O'Brien invariably clinch
ed with Burns and held on until the
referee pried them apart. The crowd
hooted and jeered O'Brien and hurled
ail sorts of raillery at him as lie raced
about the ring. Few blows of any
vigor were landed by either man and
neither suffered any serious damage.
companies' would, if necessary, sacri
fice their freight and even passenger
business and fill their holds with coal
rather than interrupt or delay the mail
service. Rather the strikers expect to
cause such inconvenience and money
loss that the companies would be glad
soon to come to terms. With the ex
ception of half dozen lines, which have
acceded to the demands, the steam
ship people tonight remained firm in
their determination not to yield.
The liners sailed as scheduled today.
They included the Baltic of the White
Stor Lin", for Liverpool: Noordam. of
the Holland-American line, for Rot
terdam: the French liner. Roma, for
Marseille,s and the Italian Brasile for
Naples and Genoa.
Though probably 10,000 men are idle,
there was comparatively little disorder
today. The leaders of the strikers
have shown a disposition to check any
outbreak against men who are work
ing, an din one instance today several • SAVANNAH. May 8.—Detective
strikers surrounded two workers who Thomas Hewitt says there is a rogu-
^1^aVtetef Against !a ^tZT™"?F,?!
the men in court.
o
H. CLAY PIERCE SURRENDERS
TO THE TEXAS INDICTMENT
, ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 8.—Through
his attorney. J- D. Johnson. H. C;ay
Pierce, chairman of the board of Wa-
ters-Pierce Oil Co., surrendered today
on the indictment returned against
him'in Texas, charging perjury in an
affidavit he made to the Attorney Gen
eral of the State of Texas, the purport
of the affidavit being to reinstate the
Waters-Pierce Oil Company in the
State of Texas from which it had been
ousted from doing business on the
grounds that it was a part of the Stand
ard Oil Company. The surrender was
mado shortly after noon. Mr. Pierce
and his counsel were closeted in con
ference with the authorities for some
time thereafter.
to .ab ut 100 of the Geore'a mi'!? with
whose product no trouble has been
found There are 120 cotton seed oil
mills in the State.
Coens in Bad Condition.
ATLANTA. May x.— I have never
seen the crons in Georgia in as deplor
able a condition a* thev are today,”
time, due to the death of his daughter : either for or against • the prisoners
last year. He was a comparatively while the authorities of the county
young man and was connected with j and State have undoubtedly laid cer- MONROE. Ga.. Mar S.—As a result
A. treelur Norman in the naval stores | plans to meet anv emergency ; of a runaway this morning, is dead and
bus.ness. j xvhlch may arise, they do not propose Mrs. Henry Richardson, is dead and
His remains were taken in charge by i to act until they have to. The streets Airs. Jno. Palmer, her sister- is dying.
' tonight are patroled only by the regu- i They were on the bridge at Ballend
l»r platoon of the city police force. J creek when they were met by a run-
The peopH a re occupied by their busl- - away team. Mrs. Palmer in attempting
! nrss end social pleasures and there Js I to get out of the vehicle, caught her
I nothing to indicate that the trial. | dress on the step, was thrown to the
; which has created such widespread in- i floor of the bridge and the horse ran
: terest throughout the world, is about [ over her, dragging the buggy with him.
i to hevtn in this eitj’. A striking illus- | crushing her lung? and injuring her
tration of . the unruffled atmosphere at j otherwise. Mrs. RJebardson came out
Boise was the fee: that this evening. I without a. scar, but she died of exeije-
: Mrs. Gooding, wife of Gov. Gooding, i ment. The driver and three other oc-
I ava? hosiers a t a fashionable' reception I cupants of the runaway buggy escaped
j and luncheon at the Jdanha Hotel, i with only a few bruises and scratches,
where she and the chief executive of
MAN DEAD WHOSE VOTE
SAVED ANDREW JOHNSON
TOPEKA. Kas.. May 8.—Edmond C.
Ross, formerly United States Senator
from Kansas, whose vote saved
iderft Andrew Johnson from impeach
ment. died a: Albuquerque. New Mexi
co. After his retirement from the
Senate he was Givernor of New Mexi
co.
ating in Georgia and Visrida and that
their system is so well developed that
it is almost impossible to capture and
convict them.
“My investigations have convinced
me.” he said, "that the headquarters
of this gang is at Jacksonville.
“The gang operating in Georgia has
I believe, a regular system by which
they protect themselves if caught and
save up a fund to be used in their de
fense if they have to go to trial. The
banker of the gang Is ln Atlanta: their
lawyer is also there. A certain per
centage of each successful safe era k-
ing expedition Is deposited with thla
banker, who charges a commission for
handling it. When one of the crowd
gets In trouble he notifies the banker,
who in turn notifies the lawyer. It is
the latter’s business to get some local
attorney in the town where the safe
cracking occurred to defend the yegg-
man avho is caught.”
ndertaker Ulmer and were prepared
for burial. His father and his wife
were notified of his tragic death. The
remains will be carried back to Col
quitt County for burial.
Mr. Pearce was one of the largest
men in this section of the State,
weighing nearly four hundred pounds.
He was of a jovial nature, had many
friends, and his tragic death is a sur
prise. as well as a great shock, to ail
who knew him.
ator Beard's resolution proposing the
amendment of the State constitution
limiting suffrage to white male citi
zens. which passed the Senate several
weeks ago, was defeated by the House
today by a vote of 47 to 14.
1 Ala., who was found guilty of embez
zling one hundred thousand dollar?
from the bank and who was sentenced
to six years imprisonment in the Fed
eral pristn in Atlanta was brought
here today to begin his sentence.
Peonage Charges Dismissed,
NEUT ORLEANS May S.—The
peonage charges recently made against
Robert Bienvenue, a Louisiana sugar
planter, were dismissed today. The
charge was made by a negro who
worked for the planter.
SAVANNAH. Ga., May 8.—Col. Lee
lYylly. of Thomasville, commanding the
Fourth Regiment of Infantry. Georgia
National Guard, conferred at Ft. Screven
With Col. Patterson in regard to the en
campment of his regiment at the fort in
July.
Col. Wylie says the Fourth is in ex-
crilrnt condition. “The men of the
Fourth Regiment will come to Tybee with
h A:'l battalion,' said Col. Wylly.
"Every company in the regiment wm
not attend the encampment, which starts
on July 1 and lasts 15 days but the com
panies that come will be full. They wilt
be provisional companies made up of
representatives of every command in the
regiment with officers selected from the
various companies to command them.
Tho troops will mobilize in Savannah and
will form a battalion here to go to the
island. " I expect to have at least 240
mon under my command during the en
campment. The oompanies from Fitz- j
ger.ald, Albany. Valdosta, and Thomasville :
and other towns come with good repre- |
sentations of their enlisted strength.
AFFIDAVITS FILED
IN THE EDDY SUIT
CONCORD, N. H.. May 8.—In ac
cordance with the order of Judge Cham
berlain in the Superior Court, counsel
for the plaintiffs ln the original suit
brought for an accounting of Mrs. Ed
dy’s property, filed with the clerk ol
the court today affidavits to be used
in arguing the original motion of Mrs.
Eddy’s three trustees, that they be
substituted for the original plaintiffs.
These affidavits were made by Geo. W.
Grover. S. D., Mrs. Eddy’s son; his
daughter. Mary Baker Glover: Ebertezer
J. Foster Eddy, an adopted son of Mrs.
Eddy: Geo. W. Baker, of Bangor, Maine,
and Fred W. Baker, of Epsom, N. H..
the last two being cousins of the Chirs-
tian Science leader. The affidavits are
in substance that all the allegation*
amed in the original suit are true in
fact, except those based on information
"Many of the officers and some of i or belief and that all outer allegations
men will bring their wives with them.
The ladles will stop at the hotels on
Tybee.”
SHERIFF WILL PAY $SC0 FOR
ARREST OF “WRONG MR. JONES”
COLUMBUS. Ga., May 8.—In the
Federal Court this afternoon, E. M.
Janes, of Birmingham, Ala., was given
verdict for $590 and costs against
M. L. Riley, former sheriff of Taylor
County, Georgia, and his bondsmen.
J:n?r sued for $10,000 damges because
of false imprisonment the result of the
sheriff having arrested "the wrong Mp.
Jones.”
are true, according to their best infor
mation and belief.
BREAKFAST WAS NOT READY:
KNOCKED WIFE’S BRAINS OUT
AMERICUS Ga., May 8.—John Rob
inson knocked out his wife's brains
with a grubbing hoe this morning be
cause the unfortunate woman failed to
have breakfast prepared at the ap
pointed moment. The blow from the
heavy weapon completely crushed the
woman’s skull. Rebin??n. who is a
colored laborer on the Broadhurst
plantation here, immediately escaped.