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THE TVVICE-A-W ib!4K TELEGRAPH
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 190?-
“GREATfR JI1IDIH”
IS GATE CITY’S CRY
ATLANTA. May 12.—"Greater At
lanta" f?• the battle cry which has been
taken up In the capital city, and In her
eagerness to grow It looks as If At
]arta were going to try to annex two
or hree adjoining counties.
When a compromise extension of the
city limits was arrived a: three years
afro, it was generally understood that
another extension of the limits was to
be made prior to 1910 when the next
Federal census will be taken. But i'
seems that Atlanta cannot wait: al
ready the demand has gone forth that
the extr nsi- n mil'" lie provided for by
an amendment to the city’s charter, to
be secured at the coming session of
the Legislature. That would provld
for Its <toins Into effect In 1908, or two
years In advance of the census taking.
Recent agitation has resulted In the
appointment of a committee of forty
prominent citizens to consider and re
port on the matter of the extension of
the city limits. The city engineer re
cently prepared * plan showing how
Atlanta would look after taking in
Oakland City, Battle Hill, the Expo
sition Cotton Mills. Edgewood and
another section of Peachtree street.
This committee of forty held Its first
meeting yesterday and elected Mayor
TV. R. Joyner chairman and President
J. Willie Pop* of the Chamber of
Commerce, vice chairman.
After preliminary discussion the
committee passed a resolution which
outlined In a general way the work
which It proposes to do.
The resolution recites that the sense
of the committee Is for taking In all
outlying populous districts In accord
ance with the plan outlined by the city
engineer It declares that the muni
cipalities of Oakland City, Battle Hill,
Edgewood and IClrkwood are naturally
part* of the city of Atlanta, and that
the«e municipalities ought to be con
solidated with it under one general
charter.
Then the resolution takes up the ]
WORKED OUf DEBTS
IN STATE CHAINGAN6
FRESH INTEREST IN
A DRY SUBJECT
NEW TORK, May 11.—Peonage In
the South is discussed by Commission
er of Licenses John X. Bogart in his
annual report, which was submitted to
Mayor McClellan today.
The commissioner asserts that most
of the hardships complained of by men
sent from New York, to Southern labor
camps are directly due to the State
authorities In States where people are
Imprisoned for debt. New York em
ployment agencies send to Southern
States an average of .80.000 men a I which specimens of soil and subsoil
WASHINGTON. May 11.—In the
cabinets of the Bureau of Soils, a part
of Uncle Sam’s Department of Agri
culture. is to be seen the most exten
sive collection of dirt—unless possi
bly in the streets of New York—to be
found In North America. The subject
to the visitor looks a very dry one. In , .
a sense it Is so, for If the tops should | *', a ' par , c ° f so!1 classification, because
steeple, and Immerse scatterings of the
fine detritus known to geologists as
"loess.” Again, everywhere through
the far West, mountain? which are very
young as comps red with those patrf-
archs, the Appalachians, have already
begun to disintegrate and to fill val
leys and cany or.? with varieties of what
look to the layman like common and
garden dirt, but which are cherished
by the scientific men as peculiarly, in
teresting.
Not only the mechanical and lriner-
aloglcal composition of the particles
composing the different soils must be
taken into account, but there are
many other factors. The study of
climatology, furthermore, is an essen-
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suddenly be removed from the almost
innumerable little glass bottles in
year. The commissioner says that in
vestigation of charges of peonage led
him to revoke the license of one of the
largest labor agencies In the city for
giving false Information concerning
employment to men sent South. He
also tells of correspondence with Gov.
Broward, of Florida, on the subject
and adds:
The complainants who came to this
office were men either In poor physi
cal condition or quite young; at'any
rate. Incapable of continuing at hard
work. Their transportation charges l-tal^ *niploy today creatin
were advanced by the railroad con
struction company and they had sign
ed agreements to work until the rail
road company was reimbursed, a cer
tain amount toward that end being de
ducted each week from their wages.
"Some of them were forced to give
up the work, however, before the
transportation charges were received,
thus placing themselves In debt to the
railroad company, and making them
amenable to the debt laws of the
of the influence of climate upon the
character of the soil: that is why the
assistance of a mathematical expert of
the weather bureau is invaluable In
such an Investigation as Is being con
ducted under the auspices of the
George Washington University. You
may have two districts whoso soils are
about the same in other respects. Yet
the industrial usefulness of eaeh will
differ from that of the other because of
differences of climate.
Such studies as Mr. Coffey is mak-
st people, of course, are interest- ! I 11 ® Illustrate perfectly the point that
dirt and dust, onlv to avoid them I J? made in the campaign for a na
tional endowment of the George Wash
ington University that nowhere else in
the wojfld are there such opportunities
for advanced research work along lines
of applied science as are offered in
Washington. The growth of this sin-
are preserved and a stirring breeze
should be set whirring in the room, a
miniature example of the combined
dust of the United States -could be
raised in a way to make one who has
Journeyed In summer time from Maine
to Southern California appreciate that
i: Is possible to get the effect of trav
eling Intensively without stirring a
foot.
Most
ed In
but the young scientists in govemmen-
new
science through study of the • little
bunches of earth that are pulled up by
‘‘soil- augers" from every district of
our dominion. A typical area is se-
has had to labor during I ~Yt. r r ^^f^ >n th P> . 00 | ’ itt!e * nd herself, j year before last 948,000.
C = d to standing up to Bush « hiTd^and j . The amount brought i
lected, the field workers go .over It. ; Fie division of a department in the
driving with their boring apparatus
down to the bottom of the soil, here
perhaps twelve Inches from the sur
face. there three or four feet. The red
dish. brown or grey results of their
digging are sent to the central bureau j
In Washington, there to become part
State of Florida. Then followed the ; of a permanent and rapidly growing
erles of hardships complained of by j collection. This classification is one
the men. They alleged that they were \ °f immense value to scientific men as
put In chaingangs by the State and i well as to all the agricultural Inter-
made to build roads and dig quarries. ! f ‘ ? l s of the country, and one that Is
ometimes being ’farmed out’ by the
State to private farms to work until
their terms of legal servitude were
completed. ■ ,
"The supervision of this office over
contract labor shipments Is of the
now. through the co-operation of the
experts working under Chief Whitney's
supervision, being reduced to a more
definite scheme of classification than
any ever made before.
It is at all events characteristic of
themselves are misinformed as to con-
matter of going Into other counties. It j ditions, but In every case In which a
contract laoor snipmems is oi uie i , ■ "IV . i ,.
strictest sort. Sometimes the agents ] u> e co-operation that Is possible be-
proposes to invite blast Point and De
catur. each of which municipalities are
six miles away, to come In as parts of
Atlanta upon such terms an may be
agreed upon, and also to take Into the
el tv limits all intermediate territory
between Atlanta and these points.
East Point I* in Fulton County all
right, but Decatur 1s the county seat
of DeKalb. and there Is naturally like
ly to be some objection to a plan which
proposes to deprive a county of Its
capital.
Continuing the resolutions provide
for a sub-committee of ten members
to take up the detailed work of the
extension plan and make an early re
port. for It is announced as the sense
of the committee that whatever action
Is taken should be taken at the com
ing session of the General Assembly,
when It Is proposed to secure the nec
essary charter amendment to take in
nil the available territory lying around
loose.
It Is proposed that Atlanta shall
have a population approximating
175.000 when the next Federal census
1s taken.
shipment of men is made the agent is
forced to give to the men his best
knowledge or information regarding
the employment to which they are go
ing.”
tween the experts in the Government
service'and-the modern university that
one of the candidates for one of the
higher degrees of the George Wash
ington University George N. Coffey.
Bureau of Soils In the last few years
has given scores of young scientific
men a chance to investigate subjects
of which until recently very little was
known. In summarizing the results of
various investigations upon soil classi
fication, the department of graduate
studies of which Prof. Charles E.
Monroe has charge, will unquestiona
bly have secured an important contri
butlon to human knowledge.
The Shriner Wreck
SAN LUTS. OBISPO. Cal.. May 12
At 8:30 o’clock a special train arrived
here, bringing two cars of dead and
wounded from the wreck at Honda.
Passengers who accompanied the train
and who were injured slightly or not
in charge of the work of the Bureau of at a J 1 L as f ert t that tl1 ® ? ea< ?
Soil,. shoald b. „ath,rin, from thl. Sff* ■TXTSL'HSJS* !5 e .
CURIOUS INCIDENT
| dally labors and from study under eml-
l nent scientists the material necessary
will be in the neighborhood of twen
ty-eight. Five of the injured passen-
I ject of soil classification. Working
■ with the assistance of two authorities
FOR CORONER S JURY in s Pec ! nl lines who are members of
' * tnn fnpitH'
I the faculty of the George Washington
University. Prof. George P. Merrill,
oner's Jury assembled today to begin its ! curator of the Department of
rsterious death • Geology of the United States Museum.
DOVER. Del.. May 11.—When t't' Cor-
Foreigners Visit
Mount Vernon
WASHINGTON. May 12.—One of the
most brilliant functions ever given at
the White House was the dinner Sat
urday by President Roosevelt In honor
of Gen. Kurokl. the Duke DeAbruzzI,
Vice Admiral Ijuln and other repre
sentatives of foreign powers who have
come to this country to visit the
Jamestown Exposition. Covers' were
laid for twenty-nine. The State din
ing room was used for the occasion,
the table decorations being composed
of pink and white roses. The gilt
plateau and candelabra also were used.
The whole building was handsomely
Illuminated.
The guests assembled in the red
room and promptly at S o'clock Presi
dent Roosevelt entered the blue room,
where they were received. The United
States marine hand, which was sta
tioned In the lobby, furnished the mu-
etc.
The dinner was over by 10 o’clock, at
which hour Viscount Aokl, the Japa
nese ambassador, gave a reception
which was attended by all those who
went to the White House and by
mnny others prominent In the official
and social circles of Washington.
The distinguished foreigners were
divided Into two sight-seeing parties
today. The larger one. Including most
of the foreign naval officers and a few
foreign army officers, made a pll-
grlmage to the home of George Wash
ington at Mount Vernon. The other
party, composed mostly of army offi
cers. went to Ft Moyer and witnessed
a special drill hv a troop of the Thir
teenth Cavalry and a battery of field
artillery- The drill was followed by a
luncheon at the post .
Among those who went to Ft. Meyer
were MaJ. Wang Yu Chin and Capt.
Wnng Yen-Pin. of the Chinese army,
the visiting representatives of the Bel
gian. Chilian and Argentine armies
and the military attaches of the lega
ting of the countries named. The
trip to Mount Vernon was made on the
naval yacljt Mayflower and Secretary
Metealft was the host of the occa
sion. Luncheon was served on the
way home.
Secretary Metcalf’s guests number
ed about forty, and included Gen. Ktt-
rokt, Gen. Kigoshl and Maj. Gen.
Umezawa, of the Japanese army: Vice
Admiral IJuin and staff, of the Japa
nese navy; the Japanese ambassador,
the principal officers of the Chilean
navy; the navy attaches of the va
rious
Investigation into the my
of Horace Marvin, the supposed kid
naped boy. Juror O. P. Wilson reeprted
an unusual discovery made by him yester
day when, in company with several Oth
er-?. he visit,-d 11;.. place where the boy's
body was found. Desiring to obtain a
sample of the water, in order to ascertain
if it were fresh or salt, this being consid
ered important in connection with the
matter of the condition of thq boy's
body, he looked for a whislcy bottle
which he remember-,i having seen in the
pond on Sunday last. He found the bot
tle, and on opening It there was found
inside a piece of paper on which was
written these names: "James Sylvester.
John Burns. John Smith. Robert P.assw.a-
ters.” Also the date. "March 10. 12T?.’’
The hoy disappeared on March 4. .Tit-
ror Wilson turned the bottle and its con
tents over to Attorney General Richards
and the latter will investigate. The in
testimony
today tended to reveal the mystery of
how the little Marvin boy came to his
death.
,o, a upon important ■»»- I
is but a matter of a few hours.
The Masons of this city had organiz
ed a relief corns before the arrival
of the train and the injured were
hurried to hospitals and residences
where preparations had been made for
their reception. Traipmen who came
from the scene of wreck say that three
cars crowded with passengers and a
dining car were demolished, together
with two or three baggage-cars. The
I latter were piled -on top of the locomo-
since 1S97. ,and Prof. Cleveland Abbe,
meteorologist and founder of the first
daily weather report in the United
States, he whom the press of the sev- j
enties and eighties knew as "Old
Probabilities. Mr. Coffey Is endeavor- , tive. According to the statements* of
ing to classify the results of the labors
of a whole generation of governmental
investigators in a very important field.
For such undertakings are much
more closely connected with everyday
life than might anDear on the surface.
Millions upon millions of dollars have
been wasted by American farmers, ig- .
norant of the capabilities of different '
sells, in just the same way that millions j
of dollar? are wasted annually. In edu- j
survivors Shriners from Buffalo and
I Cleveland, and Reading. Pa., were the
| greatest sufferers. Many of the dead
I were scalded so that they were unrec
ognizable. Tour'st Conductor Austin
■ Is reported killed, a brakeman Is mlss-
] ing and an engineer has a broken leg.
Who the Dead Shriner|s Are.
LOS ANGELES. May 12—Past Im-
cation bj- parents who fell to appreci- | P"!? 1 *’ ot * ntate ^e Mystic Shrine
ate that children are not all alike. • .Alva F..Clajton, tonight receiaed -a
TWO GREAT FIRES
RAGING IN PARIS
Ings that are supposed to be fashioned
either from common or uncommon
clay. You can. if yon hit on the right
processes of education, make a good
nexro out of a black boy. but you can
not possibly make a white man out of
section of No. 21. Mr. Brown stated
that the dead Shriners, were members
of the AlKoran Temple, of Cleveland:
Ismaiia Temple, of Buffalo, and Rajah
Temple, of Reading. Pa. The message
says that some bf the dead are known
After exactly twenty-one hours of
deliberation, the jury in the case if
L. D. Strong, charged with the mur
der of Henry D. Smith, returned a ver
dict of voluntary manslaughter at
1:39 o'clock Saturday afternoon, fol-
lwoing which Judge Felton sentenced
the defendant to serve three years in
the penitentiary. Strong received the
jury's verdict in a remarkably cool
manner considering the suspense un
der which he ha
the long twenty HL wi
bv the jury in reaching a decision.
However, the faithful little wife tVho
has equally shader the burden, clinging
to his side throughout the trial, broke
down and wept at the news.
Judge Felton convened court at '9
o'clock yesterday morning, and Strong
was soon afterward brought into the
court room and ensconced in the chair
he had occupied the first two days of
the trial. His wife was soon there by
his side, and the two sat in silence
during the morning listening to the
court try a case of a negro charged
with larceny.
One o’clock came and as the jury
failed to ask for dinner, Judge Felton
apparently seemed in high hopes of re
ceiving a verdict soon, and remained
on the bench. Promptly at 1:30
o’clock word was transmitted from the
jury room that the jury was ready,
and immediately the twelve men
slowly and silently filed into the court
room and took their seats.
Deathly silenced * prevailed in the
court, as the foreman rose and said:
"We. the jury, find the defendant guil
ty of voluntary manslaughter.”
It is understood that there were sev
enty-five ballots taken in effecting a
verdict. The polling of the first ballot
is said to have resulted in six for mur
der and six for acquittal, and the ver
dict of voluntary manslaughter was a
compromise between the jurors as they
originally stood.
Arthur L. Dasher. leading counsel for
the defense, announced Saturday aft
ernoon that the defense would motion
for a new trial at once. Should the
Superior Court deny this motion. Mr. '
Dasher said that the case would be ap- J
pealed and fought to the limit.
HESTER’S WEEKLY
COTTON SMI
NEW ORLEANS.
10.—
Charlie Doolittle whom Miss McCarthy
loved and expected to marry. He re
fused to give the man’s. name, but
charged Mrs. McCarthy with responsi
bility for breaking up the engagement i
with Doolittle.
Bush also declared that he had no
objection whatever to Doolittle's mar
rying Miss McCarthy, but on the con
trary had told him of various presents I
which he proposed to give him when j
the wedding took place. In another I . , -
interview he asserted there was noth-,) ment tssued today shows for the ten
Ing unnatural about his affection for j days of May a decrease under last
Doolittle, which was that of a brother, year of 25.000 and a decrease under
In the midst of his discussion of the the same period year before last of SO.-
report regarding his unusual love for: - nn _ . „ * . , . _ „„„
vnunp Dnoiirtir, rtnch For the -0- days of the season
that have elapsed the aggregate is
I ahead of the same days of last year
.570,000 and ahead of the same days
Secretary Hester's weekly cotton state-
young Doolittle. Bush exclaiemd
"That story is a damn lie'.”
In a statement made by Miss Me
Carthv today she declares that all Is
sight dur-
says she does not propose to have any- I ing the past week has been 95.029 bales
thing more to do with him.
Seaboard’s Tax Return.
ATLANTA. May 11.—The Seaboard
Air Line Railway Company made its ports 9.463.809 against 7.254.S7J
annual tax returns to Comptroller- j year: overland across the Mis
General W. A. Wright today.
The Seaboard's total returns this
aglnst 100,598 for the same seven days
last year and 182,737 year before last.
The movement since September 1st
shows receipts at ail United States
ast
ripl.
Ohio and Potomac rivers to Northern
mil’s and Canada 1.106,002 against 8S9.-
year are $10,097,996, of which the fran- ; 187 last year: interior st'eks in ex<
chise Is $1.603,S66. This year's return of these held at the close of the corn-
shows an Increase of $147.9S4 over that merclal year 242.591 against 213,030
for 1906 which was $9,950,012. There i last year; Southern mills takings L-
is some increase in the franchise val- 933.000 ngaitm 1.81S.610 last year,
uatlon and an increase in the value of ' These make ihe total movement since
the system’s rolling stock which has ; September 1st 12,745.392 against 10.175.-
been largely added to during the past , 698 last year. Foreign exports for the
year. The Seaboard operates some- week have been S3.576 against 73.144
thing more than 700 miles In Georgia.
The company failed to make the re
quired capitalization report and state
ment of its gross income and operating
expenses. The Comptroller General
will ask for this statement before he
takes action upon Uie return.
The annual return of the Atlanta
and West Point Railroad Company on
Its line between Atlanta and West
Point shows a. total of $2,476,477 84.
of which $743,1S9 is franchise. The
total return shows an increase of about
$47,000 over that of last year when the
| last year, making t.ie total thus fa
‘ for the season 7.835.081 against 5.736,-
: 175 last year.
The total takings of American mill?.
| North. S:uth and Canada, thus far
! for the season have been 4.31S.I24
j against 4.008.006 last year,
j Stocks at the seaboard and the 29
1 leading Southern Interior Oerters have
decreased during the week 32.931 bales
j against a decrease during the corres
ponding period ia't season' of 44,563.
; Including stocks left over at ports and,.
interior towns from the !a?t cr.'p and
total was 52.429,699. The results of the i n « T " b / r of bales brought into s'ght
operation of this line are the most thus fnr from ^new "oj^the supply
remarkable of any in the State. It has
outstanding §1,232,000 of the common
stock and the same amount of bonds.
Its gross income for the year was
$1,113,993.14, and its operating ex
penses. taxes, interest on bonds and
dividends on stock amounted to $905,-
3SJ1.81, leaving a surplus above all ex'
to date Is 13.043.162 against 10.620.229
for the same period last year.
World’s Visible Supoly.
NEW ORLEANS. L3.. May 10.—Sec-
p rotary He-tor's Statement of the world’s
'visible supply of cotton.Issued today
i shows the total visible *4.613 069 against
""f '’*, ioov"( 6 a ou.jJiue a,.i,vc ai, j , , vf ,»1 c . nr ,a 1 (IC7 771 loot
penditures of every class of $208,690.33. i ,si e .“L, ; '
a 4inn*n .„. •»-> . f j 5 Pai*. Or tills the tom! of AmpHcm
Following the pronouncing of sen- | T a ** J i cotton is *3.191.069 against 3.368.197 last
tence by Judge Felton. Strong, accom-! p in ®’ ponp ®? 1 tias . j week and 2 537.774 last year and of
panied by his wife, was taken back to i 1 of «iv
hts cell in the Bibb County jail. nl!les was returned at a total of |
$133,555, of which $46,500 is franchise, j
This return is practically the same as I
last ygar.
Batch of Current
Gate City Mews
ATLANTA, May 11—Gov.-elect Hoke
Smith, who has just returned from a
tour of Europe, on which he was ac
companied by G. Gunbv Jordan, of Co
lumbus. and Maj. W. W. Williamson,
of Savannah, today gave out a state
ment regarding his Impressions de
rived from his trip, particularly with
rea-ard to the nuestion of foreign Im
migration to Georgia.
While deenly interested in the gen
eral prosperity of the State, he says at
the outset, that he would not be will
ing to bring immigrants to Georgi?
to increase the State’s wealth. If by so
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
NEW ORLEANS, La., May 12.—The
financial statement for 1906, of. the
United Confederate Veterans, was 's- j burg stock reductions by fire supposed
all other kinds, ’ncluding Egypt. B—izil.
India, etc.. 1.422.000 against 1.455,000
last week and 1,550 ono last year.
Of the world’s visible supply of cot
ton there Is now afloat and held in
Great Britain and continental Europe.
*2.762.000 against 2 010.000 last year, in
Egypt 144.000 aga'nst 118.000 last year,
in India. 8O4.000 aglnst 1.070.000 last
year and United State? 903.000 against
890.000 last year.
(*)—Including 'Bremen and Harp-
sued here today by Adjutant-General
Wm. E. Mickel. of Mobile. It shows a
balance on • Dec. 31 1906, of $1,124.
The total expenditures for 1906 were
$5,853.
LOOKING FOR M<VN WHO
PROMISED TO MARRY HER
ATLANTA. Ga.. May 11.—Estella Bar
ton. of Austell. Ga.. was arrested in At
lanta tonight upon complaint of her moth
er. and is now held by the detective de-
to he abiut 25.COO bales.
i Albany .
| Athens .
partment. The young girl says that she j Rrenham
oamA tn A tlonfo qpnroHm* fnv a vniing ! r>Uoei«t*A
.1 1 12: 4’-2
( I 529 1304
PARIS. May 12.—The entire fire de
partment of Paris was called out to
night to fight two great fires which
started within two hours of each other
and which are believed to have been
the work -of incendiaries. The first
fire was at Aublns big cartridge fac
tory in the suburbs of St. Denis. It
was accompanied by many violent ex
plosions but fortunately there was
no loss of fife. The second was itr the
Mont Martre district at Herman La
Chapelles metal works. Here the flames
spread rapidly to some adjoining tene
ment houses, the occunants of which
were rescued with difficulty.
The work of the firemen was im- \
peded by a jnob of thugs, called in
Paris "Apaches.” who cut the firehose,
pillaged the house when the occupants
had been turned out by the firemen,
and stabbed one policeman who was
trying to hold the people back. The
damage is estimated at $2,000,000. Many
persons sustained injuries and it is
feared that two firemen lost their
lives.
him. So from land that is not natur- i to be trainmen. The numbers given
ally adapted to raising strawberries or ar e twenty-one dead and about as
roses or tobacco, you cannot by any j many seriously Injured,
amount of fertilization produce what it
was never intended to produce. Yet
simple as such a proposition appear
Some of Dead Shriners.
SANTA BARBARA. May 12—The most
prominent among the dead Shriners was
-omebodv is forever posawsed - ^ p , „ tnj% potentate of Rajah
with a notion that because the climate
or some other factor is favorable he
can raise certain crop? on land that
contains too much clay and not enough
sand, or that does not drain aright and
never will. Some soils are further-
Temple. Reading. Pa. The number of the
dead from 'Feeding at at least eight.
A man named Henry, from Lebanon. O..
was killed outright and Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Cuttler. Ringhamnton. N. T. also
are In the list 1 of the dead. Mrs. Hen-y
J. Fisher, of Cleveland, also was kilpd:
more naturally prone to diseases, just . piio Miss Cora Young, of the same city,
as some families and^even races show i Hippie was a conscientious figure at the
inherited leek of 'vitality and hence | Los Angelos conclave. The dead Reading
W. D. LANGSTON SAID TO
BE WANTED IN MACON
COLUMBUS, Ga.. May 12.—A letter ;
received by the police authorities from j
Macon states that AV. D. Langston,
the young man under arrest here on
the charge of swindling several local
Methodist ministers out of money, is
also wanted in that city. The letter :
states that he secured about $100 In
that city, and that in addition to this
he was the means of a young man
giving up his position.
There are also charges against
Langston at Ft. Valley, where it is
alleged he secured money by misrep
resentations.
It is the information of the police ,
here that there is also a charge :
against him in Savannah.
Young Langston is only about 20
years of age. He seems thoroughly
repentant of his misdoings, and his
case has attracted a good deal of syuir
pathy. He admits the truth of the Co
lumbus and Ft. Valley charges against
him. and is in a state of mental an
guish over <he trouble he has brought
upon his family. His father, who dur
ing his life time was a prominent
are subject to tuberculosis, cancer and
various other diseases.
One of the factors which have been i
recogrdzed in such a study as the one {
that Mr. Coffer is making to satisfy
the reouirements of the denartment of j
graduate work at the George Washing- 1
ton University is that of the mechani- !
cal composition of the soil. The term ■
means essentially the relative coarse- 1
ne>-s or fineness of the mineral par- j
t'cles that are the basis of all soil, j
The ordinary scheme ef classification
runs from gravel through sands, sandy
loams, loams, and silt loams to clays. 1
If the particles of a specimen of earth j
are prevailingly coar?e the soil is ant
Shriners. besides Hippie, are: P.
j Ftoffe, H?rry Hendi. 011v«’- Kauffman,
i George Hagerman Harry Plotz. Harry
j . .lllor, A. L. Roth.
Reading Shriners in Wreck.
READING. Pa.. M«v 12.—The tourist
party of Faiah Temple or this city, left
i here for California April 28. and consisted
I of 53, p“’-sons from Reading and other
Eastern Pennsylvania points. Of the killed
' .T. Douglas Hlnple was illustrious pot«n-
' tatp of Rajah Temr>!<' of this eitv. Gilbert
i Stoffe W"s a retired Reading railroad em-
• plove. Hnrrv Rende! was a hat manu
facturer: George F. Hng"rmnn was a
; leading member of the Berks County bar.
1 Harry Miller was a member of the firm
■ of J. B. Miller Sons, wholesale produce
1 dealers. The name of Harry Slots is
to have one value: if they are for the : confusing. Rut is believed to refer to
embassies and legations, Capt. 1 Met hodlst minister, was a resident of
Li Tlnghsin and Lieut. Lin Sing
Chwang. of the Chines* navy, and
Rear Admiral Davis and other officers
of the United States fleet in Hampton
Roads. The party returned to this city
this afternoon. All the memhers of
the naval delegation at Hampton
Roads will leave here tomorrow in a
special car for Norfolk.
Ft. Gaines, Ga.
ROYAL BABY CONTINUES
TO BE SPAIN’S TOPIC
MADRAS. May 12 —The birth of the
royal baby to King Alfonso and Queen
Victoria continues to be the universal
’.epic of conversation. Business was
practically suspended all day today and
the city was given over to rejoicing.
A stream of people is constantly going
by the palace to read the bulletins by
the doctors in attendance on the Queen. I Julv
To Watch Eclipse in Andes.
NEW YORK. May 12—The Lowell
expedition to the Andes mountains for
the purpose of observing the apposi-
j tion of Mars and the eclipse of the
| sun in July next sailed today for Col
on. The expedition is in charge of
[ Prof. D. P. Todd, head of the astro-
| nomical department of Amherst Col-
1 lege.
| From Colon the party will proceed
1 by rail across the Isthmus and by
I steamer down the west coast of South
' America. Several points will be vis-
; ited In order to ascertain which will
j be the best place for making observa-
' tions. The eclipse will occur on July
' 12. while the apposition of Mars will
occupy several days in the middle of
Assistance has been given
most part fine, quite another -value.
There is a great deal of variation
among even scientists in the use of
these terms and it is Mr. Coffey’s pur
pose to try and secure a more accurate
and uniform usage so the work of dif
ferent Investigators will be more com
parable. Some scientists think that
: this auestlon of mechanical composi
tion Is the most important of all.
Even those who hold a less extreme
^ vew are agreed that it is certainly very
1 vital.
■ The reasons for the differences of
! soils as regards size of particles in-
i volves the whole fascinating geological
' story of the North American continent.
AH along the tint coastal plains of the
! Atlantic from New York City to the
southern tip of Florida are immense
j tracts of sandy soil which tell to the
’ geologist a tale of toe upward pushing
1 of the ocean bed in comparatively
recent times, with .the re?ult of expos
ing a great fhelf 299 miles wide at its
; greatest extent in North Carolina. In
| this district, where so much of the
> garden truck of the whole country is
1 raised, t-he soils are composed largely
AV. Benton Stoltz, formerly recorder of
this county.
PROPHET DEAD AT 92
PHILADELPHIA. May It—Elias Hartz
of Berks County, Pa., widely known as
the "Goose Bone Weather Prophet."
whose forecasts were religious’y believed
and looked forward to annuajly. by
thousadns of people all over the country
dpd today at the Friend?’ Asylum here,
where he was an inmate for four months.
doing the opportunities of the masses ! then failed to do so.
who depend upon their labor, would be j
in anv wise lessened. But he consid- j GOOSE BONE WBATH
era that there is a lack of sufficient
labor force to develop the resources of
the State, wbteh is calculated to leave
them dormant, which will result In
suffering to the laboring classes as
well as others.
"I wish.” he savs. ”to see a reason
able number of white families come to
Georgia to work on our farms and J He was 92 years'old.
help us build up the waste places, as I' — —
well as to furnish the force to operate
the new industrial enterprises which
otherwise could not be established in
the Rtate.
"No one would oppose the promis
cuous Castle Garden crowd more than
myself.”
rv>->*inn!ng Mr. Fmith says if the i
population of Georgia were today all
white he would feel that this was not
an important auestion. but in view of
tht untrustworthy and shiftless negro
population it is a matter that demands
consideration. Mr. Fmith speaks of the
conference with the great German
steamebin comps'll"? tbrouvb ft
is believed a regular line of steamers
plying between. European and Georgia
ports, particularly Savannah, will soon
be established. The advantages and
importance of direct European trade
♦hroneb the Georgia Dorts was strong
ly emphasized by the Georgia delega
tion
We urged that the company
came to Atlanta' Searching for a young j Chcrlott . .
man who had promised to marry her and | Columbia . .
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PRIZE LIST ANNOUNCED
FOR GEORGIA STATE FAIR
ATLANTA. Ga.. May 11.—The prize
list of the Georgia State Fair, to be held
in Atlanta, was announced tonight.
Awards aggregating $4,200 have been of
fered for tne best county agricultural and
individual displays, the fi"st prize being
S1.200. The fair will be held at Piedmont
Park, and a number of changes will be '
made at the park in order to make the
place suitable for the exposition.
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C.omnrr’tive Cotton Statement.
NEW YORK. May 10.—The following
is the comnarafive statement i>f cotton
for the week ending Friday. May 19:
1907 1995.
Net port reeeipts 69. <35 99 33*
Rects. 5=inee Sept. 1... .9.453 «09 7.25’ 299
Exports for week 82.663 63.551
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1 Stock all IT. S. ports....
stork afl in*, towns....
Stock at Liverpool -
j Amn. afloat for G. B.... -
Cuttler Leading Citizen.
ELMIRA. N. Y.. May 12 J. W. Cutt
ler and wife, killed in the ghriners’ wreck,'
were residents of Binghampton. "With
Charles McKinney, of that city, they went
with the party of Buffalo Shriners to the
Los Angeles convention. Cuttler wa* a
leading citizen of Binghamnton. and pres
ident of the Cuttler Ice Company there.
The Dead Bodies.
SANTA BARBARA. Cn!.. May 12 -T»n
dead bodies from the wreAk at Hond3
are In this city, and hospitals and resi
dences contain between 20 and 30 persons
so seriously injured ns to require imme
diate medical attention.
The dead and wounded, with few ex
ceptions are scalded and burned, some of
the bodies being frightfully disfigured.
Among the dead are: Albert Siesse, resi
dence unknown: Olivia Kauffman. Read
ing, Pa.; Harry Stoltz. Reading Pa.;
A. L. Roth, Lebanon. Pa.
NEW YORK, Maj* 12.—Today's events
indicate that the crisis In the longshor“-
PH Jl men’s strike is appearing. The 10.000
L* - «^\,■'i . 1,''‘- ti or 12.000 men who are out are apparently
companies first realizing the situation. nearing the Iimlt of their patience and
Mr. Smith says, “and establishing 1 - •- - -
biis’ness relations. w--uld hold the de-
sidahle position in future, and I be
lieve we may confidently rely upon ef
forts not heretofore made bv foreign
oepan transportation companies to en
gage direct trade through Georgia
po
both sides are waiting for what promises
to he the final struggle. In the .mean
time- the Dolice are in readiness to quel!
any rioting that may occur. The reserves
at all precincts in the vicinity of the wa
ter front have been doubled and many of ;
the Sinners that usually follow the police
parade, which took place today, was j
| called off tonight because of the 1 need I ■K'TilVia 11 <4—'
fen*- naan n f +V*r» 11 nn c in nocn n f : * . ’ 1 *■ t *.’»*• •
534 259 .5.94 J12
349 414 3'9-6«
98f 099
104.990
Cotton Receipts.
NEW TORK. May 10.—The following
' are th<? total nrt receiot.? of cotton sr.
ail since^ September 1: P"l«».
,,GaR'eston 3 769.713
•New Orleans 2.1*9 733
Mobile ? 17 3.13
[ Savannah 1.4'3 073
'Charleston 1*' t"7
! Wilmington 217 ‘>12
?4o-fnlk 541.:<97
Baltimore 59.214
New York 21 9'4
Boston -70 .3'") j
Newnort News JM eoi
PhllarTelhhia 7 677
Fan Francisco ..............M ..'. 75 577
F-runs’viak ....
Port Townsend
Rojisaonla.
“Illustrating what we had in view it 1 fer the men at the stations in case of ! pm-t Arthur and Sabine'Pass.’!!
Is interesting to know that within the | tr ^S% teamsh , n rmbria of the Canard 1
next few weeks a representative of a Une thr Xpw y 0 rk of thp American Line. minor ’noTts
1: 1?
I4» f 4as
pno
IS?
7 ***.
largre importing firm of Hamburg will the Koenigren Louise of the North Ger-
visit Georgia to study the canning: in- ! man Lloyd and the Vaderland of the Red
dustrv. with a view of promoting the i Star Line, got away on time in the fore-
establishment of large canneries in j
Minor ports
Total 9,463,899
Mother and Dauqhtsr Killed.
CLEVELAND. O.. May 11—Mrs Fish
er. who was killed in the California" wreck
yesterday, was the wife of Henry J. Fish
er. a druggist, who is one of the best
of rand washed down by rivers from ! }SSS^rJ!SX ,e Sff , CSt^ Cleveland. Miss
innoieohUn \Ts\n1 rat- ma '-'Ora_ 1 our?. also killed, was a daughter
This afternoon King Alfonso appeared ; p r of. Todd in facilitating his arrange-
baieeny of the palace and was
given a tremendous ovation.
The bulletin issued this afternoon
declared trat both the Queen and the
baby had a good day and were in ex
cellent heal-h. The municipality has
decided to he’d special fete? in honor
of the little Prince.
During the day the ceremony of the
inscription of tie P.-mee’s birth on the
r. glsters of the State and of the royai
family took place.
ments by Secretary Taft and the min
ister? to the United States from Boli
via. Peru and Chile.
TAX VALUES OF ALABAMA
RAILROADS INCREASED
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. May 12.—The
Sta'e board of asse-sment ha? in
creased the tax values of railroads in
Alabama from $58 4’6 97; to $73,S66,575,
an increase of $15,440,50$.
k
JOHN L. SULLIVAN
SAW THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON.. May .12.—John L.
Sullivan, the pugilist, saw the Presi
dent again today by appointment in
behalf of Jno. L. Lenn?n, his nephew,
who 's serving a sentence at Governor’s
Island for desertion from the marine
corps. He made an earnest plea to the
President to nardon the young man
end permit him to serve out his en
listment in the corps. The President
has the application under considera
tion. Mr. Sullivan said he would leave
the stage for a visit to an Indian re
sort wrere he will take the mud baths I boulders borne for hundreds of
<or rheumatic trouble.
the Anoalachian Mountains and Pied
mont Plateaus to the West.
Further back in the Piedmont belt
are the soils'which are heavier and
more consistent, being formed directlv
from the underlying rocks. Behind
this belt are th» mountain sides, very
ancient and grizzled aristocrats, ac
cording to the geological blue book. A
wearing existence thev have led. for
countless ages. Every drop of rain that
fnil? is charged with minute quantities
of acid that eats info the mountain
recks and keeps the processes of the
formation of new material alive. The
frost?, too. of the winter split boul
ders and ledges. The roots of trees
and nlants on the steei> slopes con
tribute their quota of chemicals that
help *0' dissolve the stone beneath, and
al'o hr^ak It up by mor-hnnieal action.
Considering t-he differences among
rocks of onlv one section, to sav noth
ing of the differences in the soils due
to differences in the processes of for
mation, it is not strange that the scl-
onr’st who undertak-s to classify "soils
finds an almost deeressirsr'\- large list
of the varieties of dirt awaiting hi? d f s-
postion. The ice alone has made mess
enough to keep the experts classifying
far a generation or two. Through the
northern part of the country, in very
recent times geologically, the creep
ing g’aclers from the polar regions
scratched off ttm tops of hills and
moupiains and deposited on tlm outer
i- : m of their field of operation the pro
duct? of their inC“ssa”t grinding
of Mrs. Fisher by a former marriage.
! HEAVY FINES IMPOSED
ON PEONAGE CONVICTS
TAMPA. Fla.. May 12.—R. J. Howden
former general manager of Prarie Peb-
j ble Phosphate Company, convicted of
peonage in United States Court, was
sentenced today by Judge Locke to pay
a fine of $3,000 and E. H. Benson, pres
ident and general manager, who was
recommended to mercy on the same
charge. $1,000. In passing sentence
Judge Locke said he believed ignorance
of law was responsible for peonage
violations and thought a campaign of
education should be conducted to ac
quaint employers of labor in this State
with Federal laws on the subject.
Both fines were paid. This completes
the peonage cases assigned for trial
here. The case against Sprott result
ing in acquittal and the case against
Levy being no! prossed.
this State, the products to be bandted I alted",lSt! i
bv his Hamburg firm for distribution i The Carmania. of the Italian Line, which i J^tisM.-r, on **7°L cotton
j was scheduled to sajl. Is still at he- ni-r. 1 ° r tho week ending F?!da?: L Mm
that | a riot on the pier this morning driving
1 a 1 away allrthe strike breakers who were at
work on the vessel. The Seandinavian-
Mr. Smith expressed confidence
European steamers would begin
regular passenger service between
Bremen and Savannah within the next
few months, landing passengers every
thirty to sixty days. Concluding he
said:
“We reached the conclusion that the
class of emigrants whom we should
principally seek are Germans residing
in Austria and Southern Russia. I
was myself astonished to find how-
large a population of pure blooded
Germans are found in Austria and
Southern Russia. Thev still speak the
German language. They, as a rule,
are members of the Lutheran Church.
They are a fine type of people, indus
trious. sober and law-abiding. Quite
a number are emierr.anting to Germany
proper where conditions are more fav
orable. They are ready to leave Aus
tria and Southern Russia because of
the mere nominal pay which they te-
! American Une has announced that the
j steamer Florida, which is due tonight or
1 tomorrow morning, will h- sent, at onre
to Philadelphia to unload. Other lines
declare that if they are not able to secure
[ the required number of men here to han-
I die the cargoes, their ships will be dl-
I verted to other ports.
I There were three separate attacks on
•strike breakers during the day. The
first one occurred in the morning when a
crowd of strikers attacked non-virion
men on the Italian line pier at the foot .
of 5Vest Thirty-fourth street. Several
hundred strikers rushed through the door3
of the pier house and drove ISO Italian
strike breakers off of the pier, beatihg a
number of them. One Italian was seri
ously hurt and taken to a hospital.
Two policemen were powerless to stop
the affray and It was only when the re
serves arrived that the strikers were
driven off.
Another
5Ve3t Tv
were compiled by the New York Cotton
Exchange:
Weekly Movement.
Tifls Lost
Port receipts 69.33? 6? ?- - r
to m'i’e arid Canada 11 ’4? 17.11.3
Fnu. mil! takings, est 34 eflO ?4 oVj
Stock lost int. towns 22.805 ’ 31.020
Into sight for week. . SI 669 88.435
Total Crop Movement.
Port receipts 9 361.770
To mi'ls and Canada.. 1.197 47"
Sou. mil] takings, est.. 1.919.000
Several j Int- stek ex. Sept. 1. . . 234 899
7.293 042
830.617
1.7CJ 910
187.879
Into sight for season. .12.748.144 10.J5O.969'
Add 1,756 bales to receipts for the sea
son.
Czar’s Cousin to Wed.
ST. PETFRSBURG. May ll.—Jt j«
announced that the wedding of Grand
?r riot took place at the foot of | Uuke Nicholas Nlcholaievitch. second
^ .,-entj--fourth street, where a party 1 cousin of Emperor N cholas. and Prln-
the mere nominal pay whicn t..ey re- , 0? stj-jK,.-,; attacked a number of strike cess Anastasia of Montenegro, divore-
ceive for their work, and because or ; breakers at the pier of the Panama Line, ed wife of Grand Duke George Louch-
*" ’ J ”” Jhev were driven away by the police ' tenberg. ■will take place in the Crimea
before any one was seriously injured. ■ •
DEFAULTING TELLER JONES
SURRENDERS TO SHERIFF.
gravel hi!H higher than
CHARLOTTE. N. C.. May 12.—Frank
H. Jones, the defaulting teller of the
Charlotte National Bank, who is
charged with embezzling about $70,000
of the bank's funds, and for whom a
reward of $3,000 was offered arrived
in this city this morning and surren
dered himself. A preliminary hearing
will be given him today. His alleged
accomplice. Fonvilie. is now under a
. i!es. i $10.00 bond, on a charge of complicity
church I with Jones in the embezzlement.
heir inability to become land owners
They are working upon farms-, and in
factories. The lack of diversified in
dustries helps to make the pay which
they receive for their labor almost
nominal."
Fred Bush Gives Interview.
ATLANTA. May 11.—Relatives of
Fred Bush, the produce merchant who
has been turned over to the Superior
Court on the charge of assault with
Intent to murder on the ground that
he sent an infernal machine to the
hopie of Miss Kate' McCarthy and her
mother, sav they will t-» amp!” able
to make the $10,000 bond required of
the prisoner, and it is stated efforts
will be made to secure his release next
week.
Bush indulged in the interview habit
today and gave out several state
ments regarding the affair. He strong
ly denies his guilt, and in one of his
statements says there is a well known
busines? man In Atlanta who is in love
with Miss McCarthy and who has
been seking to marry her. The mother.
Mrs. Julia McCarthy, he said
Abbs man's suit and opposed that of
tomorrow.
The Grand Duke Nicholas just now
is one of the leading men of Russia. He
is commander-in-chief of ail the armed
forces comprised within the military
district of St. Petersburg and as such,
is responsible for the safety of f'ne
Czar and his family. He is recogniz
ed as the foremost cavalry leader of
Russia, if not of Eurtpe, and has for
many year? held the office of in
spector general of the cavalry of Rus
sia. On several occasions during the
war with Japan the Czar was urged to'
appoint him to the supreme command
of the troops in Manchuria, fn the place
of Kuropatkin.
j The Grand Duke is the eldest son' of
EL PASO. Texas. May 12.—A wes- ! the profligate and grossly dishonest
bound passenger train on the Southern i Prince of the same name who
IVest street, which runs along the Hudson I
river, is being newly paverl with granite I
blocks, and great nlies of the heavy mis- j
sile,s. lay ready to the strikers’ hands. .
Menv of them were used in the two at
tacks today. When the strike breakers ;
left the piers at Hoboken at 6 o'clock :
this afternoon a third riot occurred. A
number r.f the longshoremen emnloyod bv
the North German Lloyd Company re
fused to strike with th" others o week
ago and when these men left tonight,
thev were attacked by a large number of
strikers. Many men were badly beaten
and the police used their clubs freely.
A number of arrests were made.
WRECK ON SOUTHERN PACIFIC
FIVE KILLED. MANY HURT
Pacific which left here this afternoon
was wrecked tonight near Lordsburg,
New Mexico. Five persons are said to
have been killed and many injured.
A wrecking train with several sur
geons tonight left for the wreck.
Lordsburg is the terminus of the first
ored j division of the Southern Pacific of El
Paso.
manded the Russian forces In Ur
■ Balkans in the last war with TurIA-y.
: Dhmissed and banished from court,
on the access'on to the throne of his
nephew Alexander III, he died in ob
scurity and negiect. leaving nothing
but debts, ail the money that had pass
ed through his fingers having been lav
ished upon his favorites.