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'9 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- STROM 6ETS S 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 . . Columbus Go .'ll 9-16 1 .iiiis *9! 15961.... 1 KOI.-...] 501 SOI. 5170 6'38 1166 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. Co Polios . Eufan’a . . Oreeno'ille . Greenwood Helena . .. Little Rock. Mncon . . Meridian • Montgomery Nnsbrt’Je . Natchez . . Newberry . Roleigh . . Rome . . . Selma . , . Fhrovepcrt . Vicksburg . Yazoo City ...'1420114201....i 29000 1114 I ?"« •Do 232ft' f ’Fo Miss..I 33' 299!.. ,| 1....U $9 .!!. 2U 65! 1 78! 2611 .1 : 154! 153j... -j I 1 207 7'K. .1 . !li{ V-16'1339 2287!!. .1114; ! 29i mm.... 4 ! 876:’.v 41 , i ..111 11903 1537:1R37 : ' .111 . 1 S7ii’ atfii. ...I .1 1 3Si 1951 451 I 3001 309'....; .112% I 355' 290!....| .i........I 592' 471 ....I 4793 K2 432 2939 7S3 5 ''l >323? 2(0 $661 9092 3! 1 1 J»9 flirt 68' 735 411 '24721 1209 5718 .. i 115' 349'... JVM3 5441....I 3539 |U% 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 'WfiT-tQ ts’yyff* Po^t. 1. .7.7^** 5.6"° m I*]* S3. J S NEARIQ C 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.