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FRIDAY, MAY 10. 1907. THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH 5 COTTON iCtU ,*>!! !!< I TG ' STAND 0^ ITS M3 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.