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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1907. HAYWOOD TRIAL MAKES SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS Eleven Tentative Jnrors Held Bat. None Finally Accepted Questions Take Wide Latitude BOISE, Idaho, May 9.—Wm. D. Hay wood. first of the alleged participants In th~ avenging conspiracy by tvhich it I ft n\ rred tho aaslssinaLIon of Frank fltounenberg was plotted and execnt- ed, was placed on trial for his life to day. Counsel for State and prisoner entered at once upon the examination of prospective Jurors and kept steadily at the task for five hours. No jurors were finally accepted but substantial progress was made and the Indications are that a Jury may be obtained by the end of next week. The opening day of the trial was earnest and business like. Its striking feature was the absence cf demonstra- ilons. At no time, morning or after noon. was the court room more than half filled, and the streets forming the court house square, contained not a single loiterer. Eleven Men Locked Up. The case was halted shortly before five o'clock by the exhaustion of the Jury panel and adjournment was taken until Monday. Meantime the sheriff will summon a special venire of 100 men. The eleven men under examina tion but not yet finally accepted or re jected were locked up and will be close ly guarded. ’ Haywood was brought Into the court room at 10 o'clock sharp in the morn ing. He found his family In chairs to the right of bis seat and In front of which were his counsel. He devot ed more attention to his youngest daughter than to any one else, and took practically no part in the selection of Jurors. Many men In similar jeopardy make close study of their prospective Jurors and frequently express their personal preference, but Haywood seems content to leave the matter to bis lnwyers. Haywood gave no sign of emotion, but sat quietly throughout the day. Mrs. Haywood and the older daughter stood the ordeal apparently well, but the vounger child rrled after the examination of talesmen began. Ml 1 --. IT M V 1 pd hor children did not attend the afternoon session. Effect of Roosevelt Letter. The question of the defejise took a much wider range than that of the State. Its most striking feature dealt with the possible effects upon the minds of the juror of the letter of President Roosevelt In calling Haywood and his associates “undesirable citizens," the speeches in Tdnho of Secretary Taft, the message of Governor Gooding to t.He Legislature, the speech In Boise 'of Senator Heyburn, and the action of tie Idaho Legislature In appropriating money for the prosecution of the three prisoners. Mr. Richardson who con ducted the examination of the talesmen was also particular to ascertain their attitude towards Socialist, and mem bers of labor organizations. He was also anxious to know if they had any professional, fraternal, religious or po litical affiliations with nny of the coun sel for the Stnte, and connection with detective agencies, any experience In tho pursuit or prosecution of crimi nals. nr who are members of the mine owners’ association. Richardson also asked If they had contributed to any funds for the prosecution of the prison ers, If they were members of the citi zen’s alliance, If they remembered the old labor troubles in Idaho and If they had taken sides in the labor troubles at hny time. Swore Not Influenced. The talesmen all swore that they had not heen influenced by the letter of President Roosevelt or the speeches of other officials, or the National or State Government and a majority of them said they were Republicans. The chief concern of the counsel for the State was the attitude toward cir cumstantial evidence, the ahsence of the accused from the St3te when the crime was committed, the effect of tho manner in which tho prisoner and his companions were brought from Colo rado, the view of the talesmen on tho death penalty for murder In the first degree and on union labor. Their ex amination brought out the fact that certain labor or socialistic papers arc being distributed free of charge In parts of Ada County. The custom of the Idaho courts in selecting juries for criminal cases Is to call twelve talesmen to the jury box and to keep the box full. The State first conducts a complete examination that continues until twelve men have been passed. Then the body of tales men pass to the defense for examina tion The State passed twelve men early this afternoon and the general examination is in the hands of the de fense. Eleven were in the box at the ".lose of today's session, hut only three have heen passed by both sides. They are still subject to peremptory challenge. Under the law each side has ten peremptory challenges. Will Give Wide Latitude. Judge Wood announced that he in tended to give both sides a wide lati tude in the examination of talesmen. He also showed a willingness to grant challenges where there seemed any reasonable objection to the talesmen and in the one contest of the day he ruled with the defense, which had challenged the talesman. The State today filed a supplemen tary k’t of 151 witnesses who are to he called to jtestlfy against Haywood. Moyer or Petiibone and Mr. Hawley announced that additional names would he filed later. The list Includes former Gov. Peabody, of Colorado, and his daughter. Miss Cera Peabody: Charles Sweeney, mine owner of Spokane: Detective James McPart- land: Steve Adams, Mrs. Steve Adams. Bulklej Wells. Adjutant General of Colorado: A. E. Carlton, president, and C. C. Hamlin, secretary of the Mine Owners' Association, of Cripple Creek: Julian Steunenherg son of the dead Governor, a number of residents of Caldwell and the Cour D'Alene region: officials of Idaho and Colorado and several detectives of the Pinkerton and Thiel agencies. GEORGIA DENTAL 80CIETY ELECTED ITS OFFICERS I the announcement of its arrival was front of the shop. We believe In a ! made, and the railroads were congrar- good show in the window, and you can’t ; uiated upon having brought It through ge: the full effect ;f this in a narrow I In comparatively good time. It came : thoroughfare. We also avoid opening j via the Baltimore and Ohio and South- near a fishermonger's or a butcher's era Railway. The statue will be placed as our experience shows us that very In the Georgia Railroad yards convenl- i few people like to Ilnge in the vicinity ent to the capltol grounds, and will I of such places. On the other hand, be unloaded and set upon the pedestal j being adjacent to a florist's shop Is as soon as that huge piece of stone : great help to us. I don’f know ex- has been placed on the base which has j actly why, but I have often thought FEDERAL GRAND JURY ATLANTA. May 9.—Following offi cers were elected tonight by the Geor gia State Dental Society, which then adjourned sine die:' President, T. C. Gibson. Forsyth: first vice-president, C. P. Davis Americus: second vice- president, W. C. Miller. Augusta: corresponding secretary, Delos Hill Atlanta; treasurer, H. R. Jewett. At lanta: executive committee, Joseph Broughton, Atlanta; E. A. Tigner, Mill- edgeville: W. R. Holmes, Macon and W E. Buggs, Athens. The dental society will meet next year at Warm Springs. already been prepared for it. SAVANNAH AND SOUTHWESTERN ELECTED ITS OFFICERS SAVANNAH. Ga.. May 9.—The Sa vannah and Southwestern Railway Company was organized here today with the selection of the following officers and directors: President Harvey Granger: vice-president, J. A. Carlton: treasurer. E. M. Frank: sec retary, D. G. Purse. Jr. Directors: F. C. Battey. Harvey Granger, J. J. McDonough, E. M. Frank. D. Y. Dancy J. W. Quincy and J. A. Carlton. It is proposed to build a road from Savan nah to SL Andrews Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico, a distance of about 400 miles. MRS. MATTIE LEE AN AGED LADY, DIED YESTERDAY Mrs. Mattie Lee. aged 50 years, wife of Mr. J. H. Lee, died at 12:30 o’clock at her residence on Main street. East Macon after an nines* of two week*. The body will be shipped to Hampton, Gr.. this morning at 3:30 o'clock, where the funeral and interment will take place. MESSENGER BOY (Continued from page 1.)' Georgia Dental Society. ATLANTA. May 9.—The Georgia State Dental Society concluded its thirty-ninth annual convention here tonight. At the business session this morning the dentists discussed at length three recommendations made in the annual report of President Wil liam Crenshaw. These related to unethical practice, the interchange of licenses and the question of joining the National Dental Association at Jamestown this year. Some complaint Is made on account of the law which prohibits the practice in Georgia of a dentist from another State until he has first passed the required examina tion and obtained a Georgia license. With proper credentials from another State It Is believed a dentist ought to be allowed to secure a license in Geor gia without going through this form. The dentists spent the afternoon see ing Atlanta by trolley car, and tonight after the election of officers for the en suing year adjourned sine die. Death of Drl. Chas. W. Ottiey. ATLANTA. May 9.—A telegram has been received in Atlanta announcing the death In Baltimore of Dr. Charles William Ottiey. a physician, and a brother of Vice-President J. K. Ottiey of the Fourth National Bank of this city. His death followed within less than ten days that of his brother, Eu gene M. Ottiey. of this city, who died from meningitis. He was from Colum bus, Miss. Conductor Williamson Dead. ATLANTA. May 9.—Conductor E. G. Williamson, 27 years old, of the South ern Railway, died this morning at the Grady Hospital as the result of inju ries received yesterday at McDonough, Ga. His left arm was caught between two bumpers and crushed off as he was in the act of coupling cars. His death was due to the shock. He was from Juliet Ga. Southern Railway vs. Rowe. ATLANTA, May 9.—In the case of the Southern Railway vs. Rowe from the City Court of Hall County, .revers ed by the State Court of Appeals today. It was held by the Appellate Court that a cause of action which has been dis missed In the United States Court may be renewed in the State Courts at any time within the statute of limitation and without having first paid the cost3 required by the United States Court. Case of Izzie Bashinski Affirmed. ATLANTA, May 9.—The Court of Appeals today affirmed the decision of the City Court on Sandersville in the case of Izzie Bashinski vs. the West ern Union Telegraph Co. The suit was for 51,999.99 damages for a delay of two and a half hours in delivering a telegram from 'Bremen. Germany, or dering the purchase of 200 bales of cot ton. it being claimed that the delay caused the loss of the sale. The Court of Appeals holds that a demurrer was properly sustained because the plain tiff failed to set forth the nature of the contract, the amount of the com missions involved, and the meaning of the cypher said to have heen delayed In transmission. The suit was sent back to the lower court with direc tion. Moody Indicted for Death-of Barnhill. ATLANTA, May 9.—A man named Moody was Indicted In Tattnall Super ior Court for the homicide of M. C. Barnhill. It developed on the trial that M. C. Barnhill was living and had ap peared before the grand jury to testi fy, and a verdict of not guilty was or dered. Moody was then indicted for killing O. D. Barnhill which should have been the name in the first indict ment. and whom he did kill. He set up the plea of former jeopardy, and acquittal. The State Court of Appeals holds that this is no defense, the mis take in the first indictment not relieving him from trial for the alleged crime. The Court of Appeals expresses grave doubts of Moody’s guilt of the crime charged, but as there appears to be no error in the record the verdict of the lower court is sustained. that it may be because, after looking at beautiful flowers, men become im bued with a desire to make themselves look more presentable. And, when in that mood, what more natural than to turn into an adjoining tailor’s?' REV, J. W. BRIDGES IN THE HOSPITAL Rev. J. W. Bridges, brother of Rev. C. S. Bridges, assistant pastor of Mul berry Street Church, was carried to the hospital yesterday fqr treatment He has been suffering for some time from an attack of sickness, and it was thought best that he should be brought to Macon from his home in Waynesboro for hospital treatment SALE OF OLD-TIME TAVERN. Latest Theory of Bush Case. ATLANTA, May 9.—The latest theory of the police in the infernal machine case is that Fred Bush sought to kill Miss Kate McCarthy and other members of her family not because he was jealous of the girl, but because he was possessed of a strong infatuation for Charlie Doolittle and thought the McCarthy family was drawing Doolit tle away from him. Bush is 30 years old and Doolittle 22. And the older man Is said to exercise some sort of influence over the younger which had even impelled him to neglect and for sake his own family. It Is on this theory the police are now working. Members of the McCarthy family open ly express their belief that Bush is the guilty man. BRAINY TRADESMEN AND THEIR SHOPS. a Place -Counting Shipping Liquor to Minors. ATLANTA. May 9.—If a liquor deal er in one county in the State ships liquor to a minor in another county he Is triable and punishable in either ■county for the offense of furnishing liquor to minors, although he may not be aware that the party he is shipping the liquor to is under age. This is the Interesting decision ren dered by the State Court of Appeals today iii the case of W. D. Newsome vs. the State. Newsome is a liquor dealer in Valdosta. Lowndes County. He shipped some liquor on order to Joe Davis, a minor, at Nashville, in Berrien County. He was indicted, tried and convicted in Berrien Supe rior Court, although his residence was not in that county. The Court of Ap peals holds that the liquor dealer who makes such shipments must be sure of his customer. Ignorance of the age of the customer does not excuse the liquor dealer from the penalty of the law against furnishing liquor to min ors. SPAIN WILL BE IN SUSPENSE FOR FORTNIGHT MADRID. May 9—The health of Queen Victoria Is still all that could he expected The advent of the royal baby is locked for within two weeks and today her majesty. In addition to superintending some of the prepara tions for the eyent. took her custo mary morning and afternoon drive. DONATION OF $14100.000 TO PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRINCETON. N. J.. May 9.—John Grier Hlbben. in a communication from the Princeton alumni committee of fif ty, announces the gift of 51,200,000 to Princeton University. A trustee of the university said the money was donated by a wealthy fam ily Interested in the welfare of Princeton, but not even in the public I about its arrival yesterday. All this eye. | was dispelled today, however, when State Treasurer Turned Over Bonds. ATLANTA. May 9.—Under an inter esting opinion rendered today by At torney General John C. Hart, the State Treasurer turned over to Burton Smith as attorney for the Delaware Fire Insurance Company. $10,000 State of Georgia bonds which had been de posited as a guarantee fund, which were held up pending a suit on a pol icy In Fulton Superior Court, not withstanding the fact that the Dela ware company had withdrawn from business within the State. The suit in question was brought by the Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Company as the result of a policy re insured with the Delaware on a build ing in New Orleans. La. The conten tion in the suit is as to whether the policy was for three years or one year. The property was destroyed by fire some time after the lapse of one year. Though the Delaware company had withdrawn from the State its guaran tee fund was held up on request of King. Spalding & Little, attorneys for the Pennsylvania company, on account of this litigation. The question as to the right of the State to hold up this guarantee fund on such a claim was submitted to At torney General Hart, and urged by at torneys representing the respective sides. Judge Hart held that the Geor- I termini gia law requiring the deposit of a 1 $19,000 guarantee fund, as found in section 2041. of the civil code, was for the protection only of the citizens of Georgia and not those of ar.y other State. The policy in litigation was upon property in Louisiana, and the Important Thing is to Find Where People Congregate' Pedestrians. The successful tradesman of today must be a man of brains. Some of the kings of retail trade are indeed men of that shrewdness and indomitable energy which, in combination, amount to something like genius. They have reduced shopkeeping to a fine art, or. if you prefer it, to an almost exact science. Take "the case of a widely-known firm of Jobacconists. They have shops in every crowded thoroughfire. and the pains they take in the selection of a site for a new shop are infinite. Prospecting. Having had their eye on a street fer possible new branch, they do not open the shop forthwith. Before doing that they find out things, says London Tid-Bits. So their first step is to post a man in the street, whose task is to take a census of the people who pass by on each side. For a week this man keeps careful count of the pedestrians, marks the places where they cross from one side to another, and also keeps a sharp eye on the number of people entering the nearest tobacco es tablishments. This particular firm has a great penchant for corner shops, and pays strict attention to the construc tion of the doors. Instead of the old- fashioned corner door, they have one placed in each street which the shop faces, with a showcase between the two. A shop adjoining the entrance to a busy railway station is their ideal. Next to that a site close to a theater is most desirable. "Don’t wait for peonle to come to your shop, but take your shop where the people are,” seems to he their motto. A considerable staff of men is employed especially for the selection and examination of sites. Trade Scouts. "In establishing a shop, the import ance of the site is one that cannot be over-estimated,” remarked a director of a huge drapery firm. "Just as doctor feels your pulse and finds out the weak points in your constitution, so does the successful tradesman in quire into the condition of his possible customers. When we contemplate open ing a new branch we send out scouts to spy out the land. In every district there Is always a favorite street for promenading, and for preference we se lect the most crowded part of this. Our scouts keep close observation on what the local people buy at other shops. "In addition, they attend concerts and other entertainments, and oven churches and chapels, in order to study the dresses and millinery most In vogue among the inhabitants. "Then we make the most careful in quiries among news agents regarding the papers they sell most of. A*neigh borhood may be known by the papers it reads. A big sale of fashion papers is a sure indication that the buyers pay considerable heed to their raiment.” “Our chief derire.” observed one of the principal officials of a big dairy company, who had depots for tea and other light refreshments all over Lon don. 'is to secure shops close to big blocks of offices, or other business premises, employing a large number of people. We depend more on regular than on casual customers. And busi ness men. slipping out for a few min utes, don’t want to go far to get lunch. They turn to the first decent place they find. "Other spots where we establish j shops, as far as possible, are at tram and places where omnibuses drop and take up passenfers.” Selecting the Site. A very well-known gentleman who has an infinite number of provision shops all over the country, pays great attention to the selection of sites. So important does he consider this sub ject that some years ago he advertised Gordon Eouestrian Statue. ATLANTA. May 9.—The bronze equestrian statue of General John B. Gordon which is to crown a high gran ite pedestal on the State capital grounds reached the city by freight last night via Southern Railway. The statue was shipped from New Tork on April 29. and as it had been on the road nine days, some uneasiness began to be felt Delaware company having satisfied ail outstanding claims in Georgia it was I that anybody who suggested a site for directed that its guarantee fund be a new branch which he approved of returned to it which was done today. would be placed in the position of man ager as soon as the shop should be opened. A large hoot manufacturing company do something of the same sort now. To any person suggesting an approved position for a new shop, either in Lon don or in any important provincial town, they supply, free of cost, one pair of hoots per annum for life. "When we contemplate opening a new branch." said the secretary of a huge tailoring company, “we insist on a street with a very wide pavement in Its History Antedates the Revolution ary War. The old Rushing Sun Tavern, one of the most historic buildings in this city and possibly in this State, has heen sold at public auction in order to settle up an old estate. Its history dates hack beyond the Revolutionary War, and in its time it has been the scene of many swell social functions, says a Fredericksburg (Va.) corre spondent of the Washington Star. The old Inn was run by George Weddon, who afterward became a major general in the Continental Army. The old tavern was the stop ping place for many distinguished men, some of whose names have gone upon record as among the first states men of this country. Prominent among them were Gen. George Washington, Gen. Hugh Mercer, Chief Justice John Marshall George Lafayette and the first admiral of the American navy, John Paul Jones. The tavern is situa ted at the extreme end of upper Main street, and was in olden days a favo rite stopping place for those who own ed large plantations. Hardly a! day ever passed that some of the promi nent citizens of the town did not as semble at this old inn to pass away time which would otherwise have been freighted wirh monotony. Famous old Virginia mint juleps were made and dispensed there by an old negro servant. “Nelse,” who was famous for his ability to make a julep which would make the mouth run wa ter. It was in this famous old inn that the story of George Washington with his famous little hatchet that cut down tho cherry tree of his father originated. It was while in company of Gen. Hugh Mercer and several other distinguished gentlemen who were stopping at this old tavern that George proposed to throw a silver dol lar across the Rappahannock, which was twice as wide then as at present. They repaired to the farm of George's mother in Stafford County., just across the river from the old ferry landing, from which bank George threw the dollar to the bank on the Fredericks burg side. After the colonies had won their in dependence Gen. Wasihngton held in this old tavern a reception to the of ficers who had been with him at Yorktown. Among the distinguished guests present on that occasion was Gen. Lafayette. Troubles of Government Ownership. The Railroad Gazette says that the Government-owned railroads of Hun gary are having troubles of an even more disastrous character than the railroads of this country. Starting from January 10, “all transportation into Budapest, with the exception of that of live stock, salt, coal and fire wood. was suspended. No freight des tined for Budapest was to be received, while that en route thither was stopped and placed at the order of the shipper. The order did not affect goods shipped from 'Budapest. "The management stated that this order was necessitated by the enormous accumulations of merchandise at all of the stations: accumulations that have resulted from the delays to traffic that have occurred since Christmas. The decision for this action was taken sud denly on account of the congestion that threatened Budapest. The transporta tion of freight into Budapest has in creased very greatly since autumn. The last order of this kind was issued in 1893. The transportation of passen gers was not affected. The order nat urally created some excitement in com mercial circles, especially in view of a threatened strike by the railroad em ployes: and it was regarded as an at tempt. on the part of the management, to retain the mastery of the situation.” ILLICIT DISTILLERS ROUTED— BODY FINISHES WORK AND IS DISMISSED. . „ The Federal grand jury yesterday ended up its work with the following indictments: Those indicted upon illicit distilling charges were George Evans, Jr. and Jesse Gooden, of Monroe County; J. H. Cantrell, Wilcox County: Jack Green and Oliver Phillips, Jasper County; Lucius Everett, Houston County: Joe R. Foster, Lawrence County: Mack Soyer, Hancock County; John Smith, Neely Perkins, Sherman Tooks, Mayer Towns and Eugene Hicks, Macon Coun ty. On the charge of altering a money order Erias Holden, of Wilkinson Coun ty was Indicted. Another indictment was brought in charging Gus Caldwell with breaking into the postoffice at Neel. Monroe County. Remus R. Gor don was indicted for defrauding by the use of the mails, and a similar indict ment was returned against Levi Bryant, of Lilly, Ga. The ends the work of the grand jury and they were dismissed after express ing in the following resolution, thanks to the judge and district attorney, for their courteous treatment: “Be it resolved that we appreciate the kind consideration shown us by Mr. Alexander Akerman, the able Dis trict Attorney, who has assisted us in our work, and we congratulate the peo ple of the Southern District of Gec."- gia, upon having as a presiding judge over the courts his honor, Emory Speer, on whose sound judgment and benevo lent nature we can depend for justice and mercy in all cases where the law requires us to find hills of indictment. “We are impressed with the fact that justice is administered with as great wisdom in the Southern District of Georgia as' in any court in the country, and that this justice is always tempered with as much merev as is conisstent with the public welfare. "We feel sure that our country is safe as long as our courts admin ister justice in this manner. ‘■Respectfully. “(Signed) E. Y. MALLARY. “Foreman.” MB TO SELL 000 MO DIVIDE PROCEEDS Officer Jack "Wilson found some boys wit ha fluffy white poodle yesterday, and on seeing him their actions indicated that they did not come into possession Of the poodle rightfully. On being questioned, they owned up that the dog was taken by them from some place on Cotton avenue, they couldn't tell where, and that it was their purpose to sell it and divide the proceeds. Officer Wilson will keep the poodle until claimed by its owner. r SALVTATION ARMY OFFICERS COMING Maj. Berrlman and Adjt. Wldger and Mrs. Berriman will conduct the Salvation Army meetings on May 25 and 26. These three workers ar e greatly beloved in the Salvation Army, and their coming is looked forward to with interest bv the local encampment. MR. HUBBARD’S FUNERAL HELD THIS MORNING The funeral services of Mr. J. C. Hubard, who died yesterday morning at his late residence, 1704 Second street, will occur this morning from the fam ily residence at 10 o’clock. Rev. W. H. Budd of the First St. Methodist Church will conduct the services and the inter ment will be at Riverside cemetery. Mr. Hubard has been in the employ of the Central of Georgia Railway for a number of years. He was well liked by all of his fellow workmen and he numbers his friends by the score, who will regret to hear of his death. Mr. Hubbard is survived by his wife and four daughters, Misses Annie, Myr tle, Maggie and Josie, also two broth ers, J. J. Hubard of this city, and W. T. Hubard, of Jacksonville, Fla. SAVANNAH LINE OF STEAMERS COM PROMISED WITH ITS 600 EMPLOYERS. . Weeds That Are Worth Money. "Recently the Bureau of Plant In dustry of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture has been giving its attention to the weed,” writes E. B. Clark in The Technical World Maga zine for May. “Today it is telling the farmer that that which he has been looking upon as a pest has its uses and that it may profit him to consider the weeds. It is not a matter of common knowledge that some of the weeds ‘in festing’ the land will produce the crude drugs which today, in large part, are obtained by importation from abroad. Alice Henkel, an assistant the Gov ernment's plant industry bureau says that the roots, leaves and flowers of several of the weed species regarded as plagues in the United States are gathered, prepared and cured in Eu rope, and not only for useful commo dities there, but supply to a consider able extent the demands of foreign lands. “There are weeds in this country alnst which extermination laws have been passed which hold in their leaves, stems or roots medicinal prop erties which have a value in the work of preserving the health of the nation. It is possible in ridding land of weeds in order that crops may be grown to make of the uprooted ‘pests’ a source of income. Moreover it is possible to maintain upon land given over as worthless for crop growing purposes, a weed plantation, which after the har vest, will prove itself to be not less profitable than some of the tilled fields.” NEW YORK. May 9—The striking long shoremen gained a partial victory today, when the Savannah line compromised with its 600 employes. The new terms are 35 cents an hour for week day work. 50 cents for Sunday and night work. For Sunday work occupying less than half a day, the men are to receive a full half day’s pay. For more than half a day’s work, a full day is to be credited. The strike leaders claimed today that 30.000 men were out in Manhattan. Brook lyn, Hoboken and Staten Island. Though these figures are disputed, the steamship companies were, nevertheless, badly crip pled. Throughout the day freight gath ered in rormidablo piles along the piers and comparatively little of it was gotten about the vessels to which it had been assigned. Small gangs of inexperienced men. aided tho crews to get necessaries aboard; shipping firms sent their own men to load perishable goods, while tile steam ers’ firemen, in most cases, did their own coaling. Passengers' Took Hand. The passengers came to the aid of Os car II. of the Scandinavian line, which sailed this afternoon, and put aboard their own baggage. Many of these arrived oil trains from the West, and learning that the vessel was likely to be slightly de layed, voluntarily undertook to expedite matters. The novel situation seemed to appeal to the humor of the travelers and the work went merrily on until the last piee" of baggage was aboard. Among .the volunteers were three wfmen who loaded their trunks upon a truck and trundled them down to the gangway. All the scheduled steamers got away today, though with short cargoes and usually a trifle late. Among them were the French liner LaSovie for Havre. White Star liner Cretic for Naples. Grosser Kurfurst of the North German Lloyd line for Bremen, and the Biucher, the Hamburg-Ameriean liner for Hamburg. The coastwise compa nies are suffering most from the strike. Manv of these carry fruit, which, if not promptly unloaded, entails heavy loss. Carried Cargo Back. Before the Savannah line made terms with the men today, its steamer, Kansas City, sailed for Savannah with the same cara-o that _she brought North a few days ago.rttetete .ABOR PR0BLEM5 NOT DISTURBING ELKAN Mr. M. M. Elkan. the railroad contract or, was In the city yesterday. He is now engaged in gullding 70 miles of railroad in North Carolina. He employes a force of 1,400 laborers, all negroes, pays them $1.50 per day. and has no trouble in se curing ail the hands he wants. The labor problem never disturbs him. DOUGLASS WANTS EDITORS TO MEET THERE NEXT YEAR 10 SAVE OWN LIFE Mr. Tal Raley, who has a farm near Seven Bridges, on Foster creek, about eight miles from Macon, came Into the city yesterday morning and reported that he had had a serious difficulty with one of the negroes on his place by’ the name of Tom Hammonds, and to protect his life he had shot the ne gro. It was the intention of Mr. Raley to come in town and give himself up. believing that as he had fired four shots into him that he was dead. On reaching the city, however, he found that the negro had preceded him. hav ing been brought In a wagon. At the hospital where the negro was carried, it was learned that he was shot in three places, but the examina tion had nor been thorough and his con dition cculd not at the time be told. Mr. Raley says the negro was drunk, and when asked for some money that he owed Mr. Riley cursed him and threatened to kill him. When he made the movement to draw a weapon Mr. Raley shot him. STATE PRESS VIEWS More Cross-Tie Walkers. Rome Tribune. “The Jungle has been dramatized.'* Gracious haven’t we got enough to bear already. Sic ’Em. Baxley News-Banner. Deniocraic efforts from now on should b'e to get together and “sic” or- the Republicans to keep asunder. Waycross’ Need. Waycross Herald. What has become of tho Greene and Gaynor case? We need it in our bus iness now that ail else has failed. Wants to See Fighting Blood. Alphrarette Free Press. If there’s a man in Georgia who can beat Steve CJay for the Senate wo would like to see the color pf his ey<v Pleads Not Guilty. La Grange Reporter. And now William Randolph Hears* says it would be right to classify film a Democrat. Nay, nay. Willie, we have never. done so. Dr. W. C. Bryan, of Douglass, Ga., editor of the Douglass Enterprise and manager of the Bryan Realty Co., pass ed through Macon this morning en- rounte to Eibert County to visit his father, .Dr. Jasper Bryan, who is very sick. He says he will be a Sandersville with the Georgia Weekly Press Asso ciation, and will extend an urgent in vitation to the association to meet in Douglas next year. Douglas is one of South Georgia's best towns, and a meeting there would be enjoyed by the Georgia editors. OFFICIAL WASHINGTON ENTERTAINS KUROKI WASHINGTON, May 9.—For the next few days official Washington will be busily engaged in entertaining the Government’s distinguished guests. Gen. Kuroki, the famous Japanese field officer, Vice-Admiral Ijuin. the rank ing officer of the Mikado’s naval fleet at Jamestown, and the Duke Degii Abruzzi, commander of the Italian fleet, all of whom arrived In the city today. Elaborate plans have been made for the entertainment of the vis itors during their stay in the national capital, which only include a dinner and reception, which Secretary and Mrs. Taft .are to give tomorrow night in honor of Gen. Kuroki and a State dinner at the White House Saturday evening, complimentary to the Duke Degii Abruzzi. Gen. Kuroki is accompanied by Lieut Gen. Yasutsuna Kigoshi, Maj. Gen. Michiharu Umezawa and the others whose names were announced at the outset of the Kuroki party's trip across the continent. The Duke Degii Abruzzi commander of the Italian fleet at Jamestown, ar rived in Washington today on his flag ship the Varese and will remain for several days as the guest of Baron DesPlanches, the Italian ambassador. A dinner will be given him by Presi- Qualificaiions for a Colonel. Darien Gazette. Governor Smith will have the ap* ponitment of but twenty-five colonels and these twenty-five colonels will have to know the difference between a sword and a turpentine ax. Sense and a Southern Man. Bainbridee Democrat. Will Taft stand much chance in the South as a Presidential candidate? Decidedly as mmuch as any Democrat unless the party of that name has sense enough to nominate a full* fledged Southern man next time. Politics and Politicians. Congressman Llewellyn Powers, of Maine, has announced, it is said, to the party leaders that he is serving his last term. Secretary Taft’s mother would rather see her distinguished son on the Su preme Bench than in the President's chair. Her choice for the latter posi tion is Elihu Root. S. C. Crummer Is about to retire vol untarily from the chairmanship of the Republican State central committee of Kansas. The committee will meet in Topeka shortly to accept Mr. Crum* mer’s resignation and to name his suc cessor. Henry M. Whitney has announced his candidacy for the Democratic nom ination for Governor of Massachusetts. He states his desire to make the cam paign on “business issues.” particularly the tariff and Canadian reciprocity. Chicago is in the field for the next Re publican national convention. She will have as competitors Kansas Citj', St. Louis and Philadelphia, which have al ready entered the list, and probably other cities will present their claims before the national committee meets next December to select the place for holding the convention. _ dent and Mrs. Roosevelt at the White The lemon trade has been j House Saturday evening. The Japa- ’ nese naval party with Vice Admiral already seriously affected. It is imposi 8W5SSM •srur .*5r»s i are now awaiting the auctioneer 131,500 boxes. Only 10.000 boxes have been landed since the start of the strike. New strike headquarters were established today in Greenwich Hail. Manhattan, where Pat rick Connor addressed a big meeting. SENATOR CHARLES DICK AN NOUNCES THE FORMAL CALL FOR A CONFERENCE aid in the festivities in honor of Gen. Kuroki. pise sium HELD liiEB 558 The man who snatched a purse from the hand of Miss Julia Burnett, of Milledgeville, on Fourth street near Poplar, on Wednesday night, and was caught by Officer Johnson, was bound over to the Superior Court yesterday morning in the sum of $500 on the charge of highway robbery. Miss Burnett, in company with a Macon lady friend, was on her way to the union depot, when a tall black National Democratic Chairman Thos. Taggart is sffld to be feeling the pulse of prominent Democrats to discover whether he will stand any chance of re-election. Though he enjoys the con fidence and friendship of many of the nartv leaders in the West and South. Mr. Taggart is not in the favor of Wil liam J. Bryan nor the Eastern Demo cratic leaders, and consequently there is believed to be very little possibility of his being again chosen* to head the national committee. Gov. Terrell Returns. ATLANTA, May 9.—Gov. Terrell re turned to Atlanta today from a trip to New York and Washington. D. C. where he went particularly for the purpose of calling on the United States Commissioner of Agriculture with a view to securing the establishment of model farms in connection with the agricultural schools in each of the congressional districts In the State. The Governor announced today that the department at Washington had agreed to establish such* a model farm in connection with each of these dis trict schools and to pay all expenses connected with same from a fund which the department has available for that purpose. Secretary Wilson stated it would be impossible at the present time to furnish a man in connection with each of these model farms, but that four men would be sent to Geor gia by the department and these will divide their time between the eleven schools. It is estimaetd the expense will be about $600 for each school or a total of 56,600. AKRON, O., May 9.—United States Senator Charles Dick, chairman of the . — - - , Ohio Republican State executive corn- . negro, known as Rich Carr, jerked the mittee. announced :oday a foimal call J purse from her hand. Both ladles for a conference of the State central screamed and this attracted the atten- Alnhonso Taft, father of Secretary of War William H. Taft, was President Grant’s last attorney-general in the last cabinet. Another instance of father and son as holders of. Cabinet port folios was J. Sterling Morton, who was President Cleveland’s Secretary of Ag riculture, and Paul Morton, who was Secretary of the Navy for a time in President Roosevelt’s Cabinet. In tho case of the Mortons it is curious to note that the father was a Democrat while the son is a Republican. and executive committees, the chair men of Republican county executive committees, the elective State officers and the Republican members of Con gress at Columbus on May 15. Senator Dick made the following formal statement: “As chairman of the Ohio Repub lican State Executive committee, I have invited a conference of the State central and executive committees, of tion of Capt. H. H. Starr and Mr. George Postom. and they had abun dant opportunity to get a good look at the man. The negro ran through the alley in the block followed by Capt. Starr, and was lost in the darkness. In a few minutes Officer Johnson was on the scene, and hurriedly securing a de scription he traced the negro to Rich mond’s saloon, on the same street, be the chairmen of the Republican county i tween Cherry and Mulberry, where he ' was arrested. In court yesterday both Capt. Starr and Mr. Postom identified him com pletely. All the statement he would make was that he was not the man, and that if the lady was present in court she would say so. The identification was so complete, and the circumstances of his arrest so corroborative, that the Recorder promptly committed him. executive committees of the elective State officers, and of the Republican members of Congress, to be held at the Buckeye Republican Club rooms at Columbus Wednesday, May 15, at 9 o’clock a. m. “If there were to be a Republican State convention held this year, there would of course, be no occasion for this gathering, and while willing to as sume entire responsibility for the call, I did so only after conferring with men who had equal interest in the matter and all of whom approved of the plan. “The meeting has not been called for the purpose of ratifying any deal or compromise, but to secure party har mony and unity of purpose among Ohio Republicans, which it was thought could be done after a full and frank exchange of opinion in a repre sentative gathering, and finally the adoption of some public expression voicing as nearly as maj" be, the ■ sen timent of Ohio Republicans. It is be lieved that such action would allay any dissensions which now threaten our party strength. If Ohio Republi cans are to secure the best results in the State and in the country, they must be united.” 1 The Democratic Congressional com mittee proposes to make a vigorous „ fight to secure the election of the five’’ Democratic candidates in Oklahoma. The election for the ratification of the proposed Constitution of Oklahoma will be held in August, and at the same time five Representatives will 'be elect ed. a Legislature will be chosen which will have the power to elect two Sena tors. and a Governor and all State offi cers for the new State will be selected. To Identify the Dead. • From the Technical World Magazine. An army general order has recently been issued, stating that in the future all officers and enlisted men will wear, when ever in field uniform, an identification tag. which will be issued by the Quarter master’s Department, at cost price to of* fleers, and without charge to men. This tag Is of aluminum, about the size of a half dollar, and will be worn suspended from the neck., beneath the clothing. On the tag will appear the name, rank, company, regiment o r corps of the wearer, and it is ordered that when not worn as directed. It shall be re garded as part of the uniform, and be habitually kept in the possession of the owner. Senator John T. Morgan, one of the venerable representatives of Alabama in the upper house, occasionally writes magazine articles which Involve a great deal of research, but he unlformr ly refuses to accept pay for them. In the course of his public career he has been offered innumerable railroad passes, hut never accepted any either for himseif or any member of his fam ily. Of moderate means when he en tered the Senate, he is now a poor man. having little or nothing but his salary. Instances where a State Legislature fails to elect a United States Senator In time to take his seat at the begin ning of a new Congress are so few in the history of the United States as to be worthy of mention. The Rhode Is land Legislature, after taking eighty- one ballots, has failed to elect a suc cessor to George Peabody Wetmore and it will not reassemble again until Jan uary of next year, whereas Congress will' again be in session in December of this year." For an interim of at least one month In the beginning of the Six tieth Congress Rhode Island will, therefore, have only one representative in the upper branch of Congress. • Made Fri-nds at Homervilie. HOMBRVILLF. Ga.. May 9—Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Brooks and their daughter. Miss Nettie, have returned to their peace,'In the event of accidents, etc. es them leave.