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TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1907.
i'THE TTTTCE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH
V
NEW YORK LEADS WORLD
IN USE OF TELEPHONES
XEW YORK, May 18.—New
'*■ banner telephone city of t
i^lephr
Lrondoi
more thar
75.000
num-
not
tercst<
exes, udlnf
tlj-
in
naturally Ir
ures .showing’ the Imm
th .« characteristically American utili
ty. A careful e^tlrrate ha? . ttely co* n
wade hy a Ffatlstlclan demonstrating
that on January 1. 1907. t .ere were
about 7.3.08,000 telephones, -or telephone
station*. to use the technical term. In
v * in vn-ious countries of the
globe. Although no large development
v-i nnpnouic i.tcillilc? has taken place
:o hotel bills which Is the envy of all .♦..itei*
h!> friends. while Mrs. Hall gives un- j deeded!* stilish,
distracted attention to planning the
most fetching if summer costumes.
When winter comes and a trip to Flori
da or the Gulf seems a much-to-be-
deslred end, they don’t even stop to
pack their trunks: they just go. For
Mr. Hall Is the forunate owner of the
odfle-t and most unique craft knewn
I one. Unless a kid belt is very well
! modeled It r.as but little style, because
j kid has been done to death in cheap
belts. A white silk belt is modish and
i r.ot extravagant if the quality washes.
! With a colored linen dress, a high belt
! of matching taffeta is quite chic. Sii-
| v*r belts .i.iave come back into favor,
and filagree and open-work girdles are
HISTORY OF GEORGIA CROP LIEN; TOM BATTLE INDICTED FOR MURDER
SOME NEEDED LEGISLATION j O’CONNELL FOR ATTEMPTED BRIBERY
Editor Southern Cultivator: I no- i 500 pounds each, to be well and fully ' eton Hall I find the following: Edwin
ttce in the Cultivator for February ! covered with bagging and securely : Booth. Mary Anders in, John McCul-
that you advocate the repeal of the {bound with iron tie3. to be delivered in { lough. Dion" Boncicault, E. ,H. Sothern,
“iien law" which authorizes the taking ; good order and condition at the ware- John E. Owens. Barlow, Primrose &
At noon Saturday*the Federal grand
Jury returned an indictment of mur
der against Tom Battle on the charge
of a lien upon growing crops. This i house of W. B. & C. in Albany, Ga.. on i West. ’Madame"Rentz’s' Mirist‘refs7~MiL nLuon" with‘'the al3 ° ^ " n ’
has long been a ■aobu.y with me. and i or before the 15th of^ October next.” ; ton Nobles. Jnunaschek, Simmons & I an Indictment ar 'ir
the more I see of it, and the more I I This mortgage was foreclosed and Slocum’s Minstrels and Duprez & Ben-
think about it, the more thoroughly j levied upon eight bales of cotton. A edict’s Minstrels.
satisfied am I there can never be any claim was interposed, and on the trial j of all those, there are onlv three liv-
_ ! real substantial prosperity among the ! of the claim case, the levy was dis- ■ ing, I believe. Marv Anderson, as Mrs.
farmers until something is done to .’missed. The case was then carried to Navarro, is living‘in England. Prlm-
NEW YORK. May IS.—Word of Fa> , remedy this great_cryi n evi 1 % j J the Supreme Court of Georgia. (See rose, an old man now and quite feeble.
"" * ~ — ‘ ‘ ' comes to Macon occasionally; Milton
Nobles is in New York, and possibly
j Sothern, who made Lord Dundreary
,, , . , _. . ,—- -- —|— — - o «, —— — r—’famous, is living, but I do not think
Ifi-foot beam, ana^ drawing only 3 ± i Grand opera house almost a ton of j prior to December. 1866, can there be • mortgaged he so described as to be he is.
fee: of water, the "Oatka” is. in effect, flowers was passed over tho footlights 'found any such thing as a mortgage identified by parol evidence, and j
a trr»in«r flat V»v tho wnlm rtf lt« _ *_> r*_ t. ... i .1. — T« * l 1 n * is a QUeS
proof."
“Phone city. In the United Stat
the beginning of the present year were
5.068,800 telephones, or 68.5 per cent of
nil in exi'fance Of these 3 PSS J,00 are
pnr: of the Bel! system. Canada has
about 1.10.000. In Eurone. aec-rdlng to
tie best available Information, there
nr* In the neighborhood of 2.000.000
oirdupols and removed eer
tain of the graces and charms which
once made her the queen of comic
opera. Miss Templeton retires in tho
cringed before the landlord and the
Janitor of a Harlem apartment house:
but being made of more heroic 6tuff
I’"Of" «■* ***«>• « «»•
:*;is.■ssi.’i,r, k-s?-
number. Tht ’ only European coun- greet Jils erstwhile oppressor* with a f^° unt , , ®. a ,^ 00 .? man ^ J ha .^
trie, whose figures for January i. 1807. grin ; F * ?. pere ?„, nl . mb ,. 1 i in Evangeline*
' •’ >• ’ :, ” :l ’■ ■ ’ .'tY.il',: >■ a: Ger- Gin-Fizzes and G : n-Rickies. : -rut--.?!!- In ., M “f cr ’ tf . and
many rnd Groat ’Hrita'n. which hive Until the'ast few days the purveyorsA® c l e A ht °A th . e cha P"
respectively 078.855 and (81.012 te e- . f fancy drinks along the Great White ?[„ ™ / ed j tfc6 theaters to
nes In tie rest of the world. In- Way have not been over-anxiou* about . J5applause and roses upon her.
< - ■ r i • t :i ■ - i i • A - in. a ! ■ :.* <1 : >■.-.} .--rriva! of ,«t-ri:jg: for the . ’ r Tf r . s oa Broadway remember
Australia .iud South America, there nrr? ! annual Importations of limes from the , r -r^ e L, P re ^ en ^ ou ® production
nrtt m f +h«n hwr — j West Indies fcas b n .V- mrl of ^ E ^ Rice ' wIt : 1 u 1 f. ] ‘ >n ? fisherman
about two-th!rdfi on many as enable without them It would have been im- 1 ulx £Z as tne of the
tht' metropolis of America tv conda;«;t ! possible to meet the usual warm nefier.; - romeniber the pretty
weather demand for grin-fizz, lime lem- ®pubrette with her shapely form and
onades. gin-rickies and kindred b“ver- ; E i unn - n 5 ways and ad around charms
ages. The lime- are here now, how- manner and appearance. It was
ever. 2.000,000 of them. They came in Templeton, the same little girl
one daj’ Inst week, inspiring pleasant ? v “ 0 way back in 1. 18 or perhaps earl-
vls'ons of themselvps gracefully afloat , r „ s . ta ^ tec ‘ ? ut ,; n ^ er father’s theater
in toll slender glasses, wiere litt’o JJ* ■ 5 ‘; Joseph, 5.0.. ns a child wonder,
chunks of ice c’ink merrily: and with . f “ e ”f“ appeared in’many pieces in
them came the heg'e that spring would J“ vcn:II f„„^ arts ’ but If waa not until
come at lost to a waiting city, and for about Is.8 that an nngel came to tho
a brief season banish hot drinks and front to back an operatic troupe with
winter overcoat*. UONGACRE. Fa y Templeton as the star. Her pa-
j rents, too. were in tho cast, but they
contented themselves with humble
ind with-
■its business expeditiously
nut friction.
Excitement in Spanish Quarters.
Not since the day, which immedi
ately preceded tie unpleasantness of
*88 h->r there been such excitement in
Spanish Manhattan as prevailed last
Friday. It was tho day of days.
Henceforth’ let- no man denominate it
unlucky, for had not the fatos chosen
H to be the birthday of an -heir to the
throne of Castile and Aragon? At the
Hotel Muro. at tho Hotel America, at
the famous little resort on Water
street, near Old Slip, where revolutions
without, number have been planned, in
all the dingy little cafes along the
East river waterfront, wine flowr-d'un-
ceaslngly in honor of the auspicious
event. The hum of excited conversa
tion wn- incessant, punctuated at brief
intervals by foe musical clink of glass
ngainst glass In response to frequent
lonsts to the “new king." Dignified
merchants whose eyes chanced to fall
upon the first editions of afternoon pa
pers announcing the hapnv foot,
straightway forgot that the West In
dian mails close at an early hour on
Saturday, and hurried forth’ to spread
the news and share in the rejoicing.
The lobby of the Hotel America when
the news first arrived resembled noth
ing else so much as a corner of the
Stock Exchange In a bull market ns
foe excited dons chattered and ges
ticulated. Even Sebastian, the genial
proprietor of the little "bodega” on
Pearl street, recognized that fact, nnd
gave away twenty-five cigars to h!a
countrymen .as he imparted the glad
tidings.
Sociologirls Studying the Bowery.
Sixty young men who hope to bo so
ciologists when they grow up, have re
turned to foe sylvan shades of New
Haven after a night and a day of
strrtiuous observation on the Bowery,
with fifty-nine notebooks filled with
memoranda on the curious habits nnd
customs -if the natives of Manhattan
Island. Tho sixtieth notebook got Tost
in a tangle of pushcarts and other de-
r‘.lorafa at foe corner of Orchard and
Itlvington streets, and the denizens of
that neighborhood are in possesdon of
advance Information concerning them
selves which cannot fall to excite In
terest. The Yale explorers personally
conducted by Professor Bailey, arrived
in New York on a mist un'-oelologlcnl
private car. and as usual registered at
Mills Hqtol No. 1. which Is supposed
to be the life raft to which the "sub-
P’erged tenth” cling when the storms
of life overtake them. Just whore the
night was spent, however, does not ap
pear from the renrds of the exprdl-
t' n: but foe chop'" suey e| abll.Vh.-
ments of CWnr’rvn acjJ th.e ’nfo*~-
palaces of the Tenderloin agree with i
the students in voting sociology a great '■
study. The loss of the noteiiock is the
oniy untoward deve’ipment so far. but
there is yet time for others it i* re
called by those who '.lave not forgotten
the experience of tin enterprising
young men of last year’s class, each of
whom started an Independent invest'-
gation In the disguise which lie c.-nsid-
ored be-t suited to win the eonliJence
of the Investigated. Thev met in a
Bowery saloon and speedily reduced
each other to tears by the ornate tales
rf a hard life which they re'ated over
tall snmp’es of the poor man's beer,
which tales were subsequently wrought
info elaborate theses against thp day
of cxam'nation: nnd there Professor
Bailev. with the aid of a mlseroscope.
disci vexed the real sociological value
of the incident.
The Succulent Bivalves.
"Within the year Just passed the 30.-
000 acres of cultivated oy.ner lands
within the confines of New York city
and along the shore of Long Island
produced 1,500.000 bushels of tae suc
culent bivalves, which were valued at
JI.S75.000. Five hundred thousand
bushels were cinsumed in the hotels,
restaurants and homes of the city’,
wh'le the ofoer 1.000.000 bushel
Court of
the Jan-
the Su-
Georgla
rendering the
this last case,
ture saw proper to enact a law. known j tho learned Judge (Jackson) referring
as the merchant’s and factor’s lien law j to its former decision, in the same
(see Acts 1S66. page 141). by which j case fays: "We held that the instru-
it was provided that "merchants and | ment foreclosed was a mortgage, and
factors should have a lien upon the as a mortgage it was properly fore-
growing crops of farmers for provis
ions and commercial manures, fur
nished. upon such terms as might be
agreed upon by the parties.” Under
the circfamstances then existing, that
may have been a good law for the
farmers: but in many instances it cer
tainly educated them in the habits of
extravagance from which they never
recovered: so it may well be doubted
whether or not the "factors’ and mer
chants’ lien Iaw”was ever of any real
benefit to the farmers of the country
after all.
In the year 1873 (see Acts 1873. page
43). "the merchants’ and factors’ lien
closed, and we reversed the court - be
low because the levy was dismissed
on the ground that the paper was not
a mortgage. It wa3 a mortgage on
six bales of a growing crop, to be
packed and hooped in a certain way,
and delivered in a certain place, we
held that if any six certain bales could
be identified by parol evidence as tho
six mortgaged, that the description
would do. The cotton was in posse,
not in esse: it was growing, and we
went far enough, we think, under our
Code, section 1955, to hold that a part
of a crop to be yet grown and gathered
and packed, could be mortgaged at all.
This living over old times seems to
i be enjoyed by’ the young as well as the
at the ■ old. As to the old people, it is espe-
trled i cially enjoyable. Tho other day I
overheard a conversation between two
veteran bricklayers. They were talk
ing about former times, when sud
denly Bryce Driggars said to J. C.
Keel:
"Dink, do you know the first time I
ever saw you?’’
"It's been so long ago I’ve forgotten,”
said Dink.
‘‘Well, you were building the brick
kitchen for that big house on Second
street for Col. Robert Findlay, where
the Turpin family now lives.”
“That's so.” says Dink, "but I
thought it was further back than
that.”
That wais in 1854, fifty-three years
ago, and both these veterans are still
laying brick.
FROM NEW YORK
parts and meager lines and gave pre
ty Fay the center of the stage and all
the calcium entrances.
In time she married and she choso
from the ranks of her own profession.
The lucky man. envied -of all the chap
pies for a brief moment was William
j West, the minstrel, but for some inex-
I plicablo reason the union was a fail-
XEW YORK. May 18.—At the pres- ! ure - T h <?y lived together Just one day
ent time stocks and guimpes are very : an “ then they went their separate
important features in the fashions, ways, and later West secured a di-
Great pains must be taken to make the vorce. Fay went on her triumphant
finish of the neck attractive. In many course, mowing down hearts and reap-
of the stocks and chemisettes are in- ing fresh laurels in every part she at-
troduced one or more colors, and on j tempted.
some are found gild or sliver threads Rice produced "Evangeline," and in
or cords of embroidery, piping or ap- - that she made her geratest hit. She
plication. A pretty stock is made of became the talk of Now York and as
interlaced folds of pale p'nk chiffon such attracted the favorable attention
each fold piped with pink silk, and fin- • of Howell Osborn, the son of a wealthy
ished with tiny silver cord. The cord ; mamma, who was doing his best to
is looped and caught by little silver spend his allowance and let everything
buttons. Guimpes with sleeves aro ! else go to the very old deuce and the
shown to be warn with the jumper dickens. His mother had a fortune of
dress and the kimono-sleeved slip-on. $5,000,000 and Howell was her pride
Frills and bows also play a large and joy. until he took up with Fay
part in the fashions for the summer Templeton. That almost broke the old
nnd are really delightfully air}’ and lady's heart.
attractive, lending a feminine toucOi to ; Faiy gnve the glad hand to the gilded
the plainest of gowns. These frills are youth, and after he had squandered a
made of embroidery insertion and small fortune on her •« New York they
law" was amended so that not oniy The property must bo specified on
merchants, factors and landlords but S which the mortgage is to take effect,
“dealers in ferti'izers. and ail other j This mortgage only specified the s'x
persons furnishing supplies, money. '. bales, as six to bo packed and hooped,
farming utensils, or other articles of { and delivered in a certain way and at a
THEY ME
KODfifn
HOiUJMU
BOSTON, Mass., May IS.—Among
| the passengers on the steamer Cano-
. . . , — „ . mission appointed by President Roose
support of families^, or medical ser- i tore. ... I veil. Vice President Fairbanks and
vices, tuition or -chool books, shall | From this decision of the Supreme | Speaker Cannon to investigate aJl the
have the same right to secure them— | Court originated the custom now so • phases, of the problem of immigration,
selves from the crops of the year in ! popular of taking mortgages on grow- j The party cons-'sts of Senator Dilling-
wbich such things are done and fur- j ing crops. Merchants, factors, deal- ! ham of Vermont, chairman of the
m'shed as Is now given to factors, etc.” i ers in fertilizers, and others were 1 commission• Senator Latimer of
The amendment was. unquestionably, ! quick to discover the advantage it gave South Carolina: Representative Bur-
a terrible law for the farmers and why them, and quick to aval! themselves j nett, of Alabama, and Mr. Wheeler, of
the farmers in tho legislature at the j of this advantage. While farmers ! California. Tho commissioners are ’ac-
tiroe were ever induced to vote for J were not slow in giving assistance to a ! CO mpanled by clerks and stenographers
such a law, and why the Governor of i system which placed them completely ’ the entire partv numbering about
Georgia ever consented to approve it. j at the mercy of the creditors, who in { twenty persons
are things which, iii ail probability, ‘ many instances not only told them The commissioners will remain
will never be known. Nevertheless, the j what crops they should plant, but fixed j abroad about three months, during
law was not without its gied results. ! the price they should receive for their j which time they will get in communi-
It opened the eye? of the people who ! crops. Thirty years have passed ! ca tion with all diplomatic and consu-
had been apparently asleep, and when | slnc-e the adoption of that custom, j j ar agencies of the United States in
the farmers at last realized how they j thirty crops have been made and mar- ! a ll of those countries from which set-
were being legislated against for the I keted. And for thirty years farmers tiers come to the United States. The
, _ „ go
months from the date of the approved . around you for the farmers who were j thoroughly into the subject than it has
amendment, all laws giving Hens on i supposed to be In g;od circumstances : over been gone before.and to obtain
growing croos to merchants, factors, j thirty years ago, and how do you find i so far as may be possible, all facts
dealers in fertilierzs. and other per- j them? In nine cases out of every ten a t first hand,
sons, except landlords, was duly re- they have “gone to the wall,” ‘ and '
pealed. (See Acts 1874, page 18). j that tenth man you will find did not
The merchants’ and factors’ Hen j mortgage his crops, but raised his
law was a thing of the past. It has | supplies at home. Now these are no
never been re-enacted, and God forbid j exaggerations .but facts, inccntroverti-
that it ever should be. { ble facts, and what are you going to do
But what next? * [about it?
In 1873 a party, whose name it is j Now, my- suggestion is this: Let
not necessary to mention, mortgaged i every farmer?' club, agricultural ?oc,ie-
“six bales of cotton crowing and be- i ization of farmers in every county in
ing grown on a plantation in Lee Coun- I ty, cotton association, or other organ-
plaited na'nsook. and for convenience suddenly eloped to Paris, and from i ty. cultivated by himse’f. myself, and ! the State pass a resolution requesting
in laundering, many of them are de- : across the waters came occasional : known as the .Tos*e Tucker plantation, i the next Legislature to pas? a law that
tachable. The little bows are made stories of their times on the boule- to produce said six bales of cotton, 'from and after the first day of .Tanu-
of lawn, fine hamburg embroidery or vards and of how Fay and her husband
Valenciennes lace. One of lawn would : were enjoying the gay life of the capi-
be very prety if tho pointed ends were : tal.
finished with strips of colored lawn : Then Mrs. Osborn died, leaving her
faeoted to the edges. immense fortune and a peculiar will.
That there i« a charm about the way She gave her son Howell $400,000 in
a veil is worn may be acknowledged trust and an additional $300,000 which
by nearly every woman. It is a fin- he could do with as he saw fit. except :
ishing touch to a modish costume if that it could no^ be willed to the '
it Is artistically arranged. A thin issue of any wife who had sung, acted l
gauze veil gives youth to the face as or danced professionally on tho stage j
well as a decided air of tidiness to the for hire. This, of course, was aimed |
wearer. As a rule, veil-- are tied ton at Fav. In 1895 Howell Osborn died !
tightly, which feels very uncomfortable and by his will left Fay $100,000. The '
on the face, but If they are too loose, instrument was attacked in court by
as much trouble is caused by trying to other members of his familv, who held .
tighten them at the back or by pulling I that ho had been improperly ir.fiuenc-
them up over the top of the hat. , e d to make the will and that the clause
Spotted veils are undoubtedly beeom- ' j n }f r? . Osborn’s will precluded that
ing, but great pains should be taker- in disposition of his money. The matter
placing them so th3t the snots will mas fought out in the courts for sev-
not come over foe eyes. This may . era i venrs and Fay finallv won. But
not only inlure the eyes, but may give her victory did not avail her much,
a. very -odd expression to them. If a f or U onn final settlement It was found
dot rests on the tip of the nose, it is that Osborn’s estate amounted to less
nnt to lengthen the features. If two . t h,-. n $io.ono.
of them outline the corners of the i p av took to tho stage again and as
mouth. It will give a bad-tempered ex- { one the stars of the Weber & Fields
pression. while, if they rest just above ; company she achieved new triumphs.
to secure) will be used and applied, i to be gathered, shall not be valid and
said six bale- of cotton are to average collectible.
were 314 more pupils in the country I licensed, as in these days, and the
. ’ clerk of Council collected a license
from each Show that appeared, and in
addition, a sufficient number of tickets,
ing to school then. I for the aldermen and officials. Finally
PL v i^i^riTnf,'lHh f nnika P dn^ ‘tso ! fomented to remain with the ] There ‘were only nineteen school ! didn't belted” netting fhow'uckete
see that the spots are veil placed, them wonders in their way, and had
shipped broadcast for the delectation
.of epicures all over the country. As
oyster* of the ordinary size average 200
to the bushel, this mean? that New
Yorkers ate fully 100.oeo.o00 of them.
Now that tie !au ne has joined tho
great majority. Mr. G^irge C. Whipile
if the American Society of Civil Un-
clneers arise 5 before the County Ho-
pi-: opath'.e Me-d'cnl Society and fle-
c’.irep that most of them were a men-
.... ’'c-.-iuse of the
3SO sewer out’ets whleh disciarge their
contents ‘nto New York harbor and the
rurrour.ding waters. The famous North
river •fond, which was such a gustatory
delight a few years ago, was n fine
swimmer, and when the waters here-
n mt* lost their pristine flavor, be-
:.itik himse’f to others better suited to
long, in light tints with polka dots the
size of a dollar,
or pink dots, one
pie. and of crea
The little tulle
with the lace coats
dainty. They are made on smai
frames, fitting the head closely, and
are completely eovored with silk tulle,
or mellre as it is also called. Not a
bit of straw, net or lace are seen on
these hats: foev are all of tulle. Long
drooping aigrettes or ostrich feathers
trim the left side. The most beautiful
trl’nm'ng is the bird of paradise Plume,
but th's ha* become too costly for
many to purchase. The only hats seen
wlfo flower trimmings were lavender
tulle elaborately garnished with vio
lets
The becoming tulle bows are as
fashionable as ever, but are actual)}’
worn about the neck, either being
twined in guise of a scarf, or filling in
the deco’letage of a prince's gown.
This Is the season for separate coats,
even for street wear In the davtime.
end for evening wear over thin frocks,
they Cists never been more in evi
dence. Everything is made in the new
Japanese lines, loose, with full kimono
s'ecve*. The favorite length is the
three-quarter, but the short hip-lencth
end those covering the hem of the
dress arc much worn. The material
for these wraps one sees in every color
of pongee with lace dved to match,
flowered or plain In soft silks, liberty
satin* .and Shantung, which seems to
be the favorite. The white coat is sel
dom seen now, and in its place are the
ter. says Mr. TVhipple. must grin and j relf-tone and biscuit shades. light
he brown or blue, not light enough to soil
quickly. One of the hip-len.gth coats
made with a ivaistcoat is very stylish,
it being made of light-weight b'seuit-
colorcd cloth, with self-toned bands of
soft liberty se.'in. Large French knots
embroidered an the edge of the satin
1* an improvement in the look. The
Jannese s'eeves are three-ouarter
length with, bread turn-back cuff 5 . De
spite the simplicity of this next three-
ciierter length cmt. it has quite an air
ab'ut it. It is of natural colored pon-
r»» t-immed with silk braid and ball
fringe ail of the same shade. It has
short flowing kimono sleeves. T^e
rest Is no'nted and embroidered in dlf-
fe-ert tints of blu» with roses. This
ve't, however, may be omitted w:th-
ou* sr*o : ’i T5 g the effect of the cfot.
Novelties in belts of brown and yel
low strew .are seen to some extent.
Some of them have straw buckles and
closes, o’her* finve the buckles and
.-ir.s’-s covered with the same material
of tie j
buckles
I. say that tie b*valve simply
when sanitary conditions are
liking, and that ovsters can
pgated only under conditions of
st absolute t'canl’nf c ». Mr.
> also sail s •m«:hing abaut the
to bathers at O r.oy Island and
e -hv resorts from swallowing
-irfosted water, and the fact
could make such S m'ytav-e as
ordl-sfy Coney Ts-
foor would swstl'ow water un-
i : -riir-’nnces has served to
• bj= entire st-tement in the
if the •.•-irr-fo , .! l '~ed.
A Seaporg F’at.
ne mar in New York for
irsi of Mav brings no dread
flight before th“ cm-p-
if the landlord. When the
• -ing turns the th nights of
t ’ e irmr-' f moving
id Mr*. \r w. Hail are se-
r< nt Wh< n the first warm
d vs f per s--t ether neopi- to
r-h-- of s“?t water .and r.-can
.-a Pr>? C-ad o- tee roaf of
Main-'-, yjr. Ha” smiles in ’he snye r j,as
sort of way
l*nd v
der a'
There
she made her third matrimonial ven
ture, when she became the wife of
William Patetr-«on, a wealthy manu
facturer of elevator and conveying ap
paratus.
Horrors of Drops of V/ater,
A drop of water, even three or four
dorps, falling on the head, says the
London "Chronicle, seems a thing un
worthy of attention: nevertheless in
China a slow and continuous dropping
of water on the head has been found
to be a cnethod of torture, under
which the most hardened criminals
abjectly howl for mercy.
When a professor in the Sorbonne
They will begin their labors in It
aly, and when they get through they
will know the character at home of
Italians who come to America, the
methods by Which they are gathered
up and sent here, and especially will
they undertake to find whether any
of these are selected for exportation
because of their undesirable charac
ter at home.
From Italy as the season progres
ses. and as the warm summer months
make labor in the warm countries un-
■■■ desirable, the commisioners will pro-
said advances (meaning thereby the j ary, 1908. mortgages given on growing C eed to Russia and find out about the
consideration, the mortgage was given { crops before they are matured and fit I emigrants from that section of thh
world. They -will go through Germa
ny, perhaps through Norway and
Sweden, through France, and. in fact,
will touch all important points from
which immigrants come to the United
States. With the assistance of a large
•body of diplomatic and consular agents
it is expected that foe commission
will get at essential facts concerning
the character of the people who will
leave their homes for the new world.
They will personally visit the homes
of these people, will see them at the
ports at which they will embark and
■will learn all about the influences
that cause them ti leave their homes.’
The work of the commission will be
only fairly begun, when its members
return to America. Then will come
extensive and interesting inquiries
concerning what becomes of the emi
grants after they come to the United
States. The commission will seek re
cords from all the public institutions
to ascertain what proportion of the
inmates Is foreign or of foreign pa
rentage. in order to In some measure
ascertain how it measures up in
general citizenship wltl}.- the native
born Americans and Americans of na
tive parentage.
The committee will report Its find
ings and recommendations to Congress,
and they will be used as a basis for
legislation on the question. It is re
garded as likely that out of the work
of the commission will grow an inter
national congress to deal with the
wohle general subject The law creat
ing the commission authorizes the
President to call for such a conference
if he should deem such action to he
desirable.
How Macon has grown in the past
thirty years can be illustrated in many
ways, but one of the most striking
illustrations is in the growth of the
public school system. At that time
the total number of pupils in attend
ance was 2.146. These were divided as
follows: City, 717 whites and 149 ne-
groe?; country, 511 whites and CS9
negroes. It will be seen that there
of those beautiful trees. I could have
hanged every man that hit a lick on
those trees.
* * *
T note the ideats of Judge Barnard
Hill, father of the late Chancellor Wal
ter B. Hill. Like father 'like son, two
men whose lives were absolutely clean.
% * * *
In those days the theatre was not
Today there are over 8.000 children
in foe schools, and the salary for the
coming term will be about $97,000.
* * *
I find in The Telegraph, in looking
over the old files, the announcement
tlon as to whether they should accept
the tickets. They kept on taking them.
* * *
There are many who will remember
Joseph Block, who kept a cigar ■store
on the corner under Ralston Hall,
that Miss Cynthia Horton, who has where the Exchange Bank now stands
been serving as a supernumerary has
been assigned to active service at the
South Macon Grammar School. Just
foink of the faithful and long service
this good woman has given to the pub
lic schools of Bibb County!
* * *
The amount of money given by the
county to the support of the schools
in .those days, in 1877. was $10,000,
, - IT—, tv—m .tnose days, in i»n. was Jio.ooo,
stated this to, his class the other day and in a few d the Bolrd of Edu _
O "«_ 0 L^ e jS d S? t fJ?, U / h ^_ ta - Cr ^; cation will go before the County Com-
ouslyrjond -'aid It would take a good
deal" of that sort of thing to affect
him.
The professor assured him that even
one quart of water dropped slowly ento
his hand would be beyond his endu
rance. He agreed to experiment.
A quart measure filled with water
was brought in, a mieroseopie hole
was bored in the bottom and the per
formance begun, the professor count
ing.
During the first hundred drops the
student made airy remarks. With the
second hundred he began to look less
cheerful, then gradually all his talk
died away and his face took on a hag-
— rfl tortured expression. With the
third hundred th" h.a>“d begun to
swfell and look red. The petin in
creased to torture. Finally the skin
broke.
At the four hundred and twentieth
drop the skeptic acknowledged his
doubts vanished and begged for mercy
He could bear no more.
df
SUMTER SUBSCRIBES TO
THE McMICHAEL LAW
AMERICUS, May 18.—The county
board of education of Sumter today
adopted the provisions of the Mc-
Michael law providing for local school
taxation. Sumter was divided into
twenty-eight districts, containing sixty
schools, and practically all of these will
levy special taxes for educational pur
poses.
County
missioners and ask for $70,000. That’s
growing some.
* » •
One smiles when looking over The
Telegraph of 1877 to read paragraphs
iike this:
Master Joe Blount, son of Congress
man Blount. Ieave3 tomorrow for Pro
fessor Neal's school at Kirkwood.
Master Frank Hazlehurst, the 10-
year-old son of Mr. William Hazle-
hurst. was hurt yesterday by being
thrown from a horse while riding.
* * *
Big men frequently visited Macon in
those days. Governor Colquitt was in
the city frequently. Senator John B.
Gordon, while passing through on his
way to Houston County, stopped over
as a guest of Hon. A. O. Bacon. Sena
tor Ten H. Hill was also an occasional
visitor.
• * ■
It’s a shame to mention this, but
there it is in type Where apybody can
read it. so here goes:
Mr. Charles A. Caldwell, of Macon,
offered a prize at the Houston County
Fair for the ugliest man. and the com
mittee unanimously awarded it to Mr.
Caldweli.
* e •
A Savannah firm e.dv"rtls»d tele
phones. and Tlie Telegraph alluded to
He was the father of Aleck, Nick and
Ike Block. Mr. Block was an educated
rnan, and as at that time there was no
regularly appointed rabbi, he often of
ficiated in that capacity at all those
•functions requiring the presence of a
■rabbi.
Among the well known citizens *of
that time was Mr. George B. Turpin,
the founder of the present firm of Tur
pin Sons. Everybody loved George
Turpin, but with no class of citizens
was he held in higher regal’d than foe
ACE JURY
SIOX FALLS. S. D., May 18.—The
case of Mrs. Emma Kaufman, wife of
a rich brewer of this city, charged
with the murder of Miss Agnes Poi-
reis, her 16-year old domestic, will be
Jews. In consequence, he‘was always i taken up for trial In the State cir-
a special guest at their homes. ' j cuit court here this week. Since a
On one occasion when there was a • week or two after her arrest last June
gatheflng of all the Hebrews of foe I Mrs. Kaufman has been at liberty on
city, and to which of course Mr. Tur- j bonds cf $25,900. Th« best obtainable
pin was invited, Mr. Block prepared legal talent in tho entire northwest has
the best speech of his life. Being an j been engaged to defend the accused
extra occasion, he wanted to make an I woman and the trial will undoubtedly
extra speech, and he wrote one to his
satisfaction and had it committed let
ter perfect to memory.
That night Mr. Turpin was the only
Gentile present. At the proper time
be among tho most notable in the his
tory of the judiciary of South Dakota.
The girl whom Mrs. Kaufman is al
leged to have killed, Agnes Poire'?,was
a Bohemian and could speak but little
against Cornelius
O’Connell, the well known Poplar
street saloon keeper, upon the charge
of attempted bribery and Interfering
with a Governmerft witness. B. J.
Hunt. Battle was remanded to jail
without bond, and O'Connell was re
leased upon giving $1,000 bond.
Judge Sreer made the following con
cise and impressive charge to tho
grand jury:
Judge Speer’s Charge.
“Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the
Grand Jury:
“Your term of duty will be brief, hut
none the less responsible on that ac
count. You have been summoned to
make inquiry js to one or two alleged
crimes. One of these involves what is
alleged to bo the death by violence of a
fellow creaiure at the hnnd3 of an
other. The bare statement of this'fact
is sufficient to awaken the conscience,
and uplift the senae of responsibility
in the hearts of a sensient and con
scientious jury body. The preservation
of human- life is the deepest- concern
of ihose laws which from the earliest
period have been enforced for tho
government of men. The right to live
one’s allotted time Is the most price
less of all rights. ’The weariest and
most loathed earthh-' life, that age.
ache, penury, or imprisonment can lay
on nature is a paradise to what we
fear of death.’ The right of the ac
cused to every constitutional safe
guard. familiar to every intelligent
citizen, is not less sacred than life
itself. Indeed. In capital cases, the
life of the accused may also be in
volved. Need I say more to make you
appreciate your awful responsibility to
society and to the individual whoso
conduct you may consider? The . dis
trict attorney is your legal advisor,
and the assistance of the court is at
your command. You may retire, and
proceed with tho discharge of your du
ties.”
The jury consisted of Messrs. J. F.
Wooten. W. F. Holmes. F. M. Houser.
R. L. Permenter, W. C. Kilpatrick. B.
A. Moselv. T. 31. Mercer, T- J- Hunt.
W. S. «Deidrick. J. It. Warshnm, T. C.
Burke. C. C. Hasford. A. T. Baker, O.
F. Willingham, F. N. Watkins. A. H.
Thompsqn. J. H. Hall, S. 3(. Caldwell,
W. H. Buff, W. B. Richat-dson. R. H.
Holmes, J. J. Butler, W. B. Russell.
When the indictment was brought
in both Battle and his counsel, John R.
Cooper, were present.
District Attorney Alexander Aker-
man asked that the caso be set for 3Iay
2$ by the court, but Attorney Cooper
objected, stating that work in the D,i-
catur County court would prevent his
being in Macon on that dato and asked
that the second 3 T ondav in June bo
chosen Instead. The court, however,
chose the 28th as the date. >
Several new witnesses will probably be
introduce^ at the Inter trial.
Suspicions wore aroused in' the morn
ing durinx they examination of witnesses
against O’Connell .and tho further inves
tigation resulted in the Issuance of a
bench warrant and Its serving by United
States Marshal George F. White.
Mr O’Connell took advantage of the
$1 non bond unde' which he was Placed
.and is now at liberty, his bond having
been signed hy Messrs. Hicks and Mul-
lally, the stablemen.
O’Connell Denies Charge.
Questioned I n ?t night hy a Telegraph
reporter regarding bis position in relation
to the cas" Mr. O’Connell made the fol
lowing statement which, he said, covered
ev"rvth!ng that be knew that could pos
sibly have any bearing whatever on the
matter:
"Jim Hunt came to me this morning
and was drinking heavily and asked me
for a drink, which I gave him. and for
which he fai'ed to pay. He was very
voluble and was talking about the Uittlo
case. He sold that the whole trouble
contracts! from the engine"?, and that
the eng!n"pr had said that if Mr. Bottle
fooled with him that 1 As would kill him.
He also said that Mr. Berry and Mr,
3nttlo had a misunderstanding In the
morning and that Berry told him (Hunt)
later, that If ’that old Irish — foils
with me. I will kill him.’ and later in the
evening they came in contact on th« soaf-
folding, and that when Berry fell after
striking at Battle. Battle reached after
him. I told him that I had to pi down
to the bank to cash some cheeks and'
would drop Into the court room and shako
hands with old man Battle.
”1 met Mr. Clarkp Hicks, my assistant
at the . corner of Second and Cherry
streets, and asked him to come and go
with me. 'We went Into the court house
and sat down awhile, and Hunt came in
and sat between us. To Hicks Hunt re
marked. Tf I w"s to tell the truth on him
it would he coldolooded murder, but I’m
not a go'n’ to tell It.' to which Hicks
renlied: 'You better mfoo th» t"stimoiy4
acain that you made before the Cnroner'si|
Jury, because you are now b"f ire the*
United Plates Court and they'll get you in 1
atari'" if you don’t swear to tho truth.’ a
As Hunt continued to talk to me In a
loud volee. Tv vis afraid that it I re
mained he w"uld flnal’y cause trouble In
the court room, and I left him and shook
hands with the prisoner, and then hand
ing 3Tr. 1-,cks • — eheeks and a-'-ir.g
him to tak" them down to the American
Nations! Bank nnd have them cashed,
stating that I wished to stay long enough
to bear the Judge’s charge to the jury.
Hunt still continued to talk to me. how
ever. and I finally left the court room.
As I went out I rn"t Mr. Tallv .Tonkins
and we want over to Mike O'Hara’s "id
place and got a drink. Wo parted rorh-*
nary at Hove’s corner and I came on h >ck
to my businora. and the thought of brib
ing any one for ■'any nurpose whatever
never entered my head and I ne”"r
thought of snob a thing until my arrest.''
Mr. O’Conne’l was borne out In bis
statement throughout by Mr. Hicks, who
said ho was with O’Connell nearly all of
the day.
3Ir. Block, who wa3 a very timid man 1 English. She died in terrjbie agony
with all his education and study, arose j at a local ho-pital early last year,
to make the speech. He began by say
ing: "Ladies and Gentlemen arid
Turpin.”
This created so much laughter amon
the guests, none enjoying the, slin
more than Mr. Turpin, foat 3fr. Block
became so confused that the speech
was left unspoken.
he believed had been hot. The coach
man was told by Mrs. Kaufman to car
ry the girl to her room. Shortly after
ward. he said, Mrs. Kaufman follow
ed him with a solution containing
a strong mixture of lye and Instructed
the coachman to bathe the girl’s feet
and legs with It, saying that it would
take tho soreness out.
Other fiendish acts, alleged to be
true,: were related by other witnesses,
and Mrs. Kaufman was bound over
and placed in the custody of tho sher
iff. It is rumored that the attorneys
for the accused woman will enter a
plea of insanity. The statements of
former servants in the Kaufman
household sustain this view to some
extent. The death of Mrs. Kaufman’s
only daughter is said to have caused
i temporary aerangemnt from which
he woman never entirely recovered.
3!any witnesses stated they had often
seen Mrs. Kaufman Fitting before a.
life sized portrait cf her dead daughter
few months after taking employment J f^ arin “ at ^ moodily ,or a time, and
Mr', j as a maidmfoe Kaufman hoVVVhold: ! bursting forth Into b’asphernous
: Her body was Interred at Parkston, S. curese.against God for b re<-\i..g n r.
Homo of baa After these spells, it is said, she would
The. alianthus. or heaven tree, came
In for considerable attention. The re
port got out that this tree produced
fever, and foe edict went forth that
every one of them must go. The axe
was busy for some time ohonoing them
down. Th°re wa* one in the rear of
jrrs. Ar.doin’s millinery store on Sec
ond street, where the Dana-Bragg
the fact and mentioned the telephone i Company Is now. and there were people
as the wonderful invention of all in
ventions.
Death of Mrs. Juris Rioddan Lynch.
ATLANTA. 3Ia\* IS.—Mrs. Julia
Riordan Lynch, aged 67, widow of
There w?.« a festival at Ayer’s Park.
Do you know where that was? On
_ Third street, between Walnut and Oc- ,
Linen g'rdi"* wifo 'rnetai 1 Michael Lynch, an Atlanta pioneer, j mulgee. was a grlve cf oak trees and • cleaned up the old cemetery on Poplar
'extremely stvl.fo th ! ? -".i- idled this afternoon after a long ill- j festival's were frequent there. Not so . street this old burial place was found
waiting to swear that they caught
fever from this tree as they passed by
on the street.
As these tree* were cut down they
were hauled down to the reserve, and
the other day when the street force
so- \n antiove huck’e =e: with r>- 1 ness. She and her husband were born j many years ago the street force went j to be full of them. Frown from foe
._ , buck.m stores?'i« much hinds „re r ? if in Ireland and lived in Charleston and then one night when tie city was [ off^otet^ trees cut down in 1877.
befitting that indifference 1 a woman is lucky enough to ■possess | Savannah before coming to Atlanta. J asleep, and whacked down the last one Among the attractions at the Ral-
D.. the home of her parents.
It was but a short time until ugly
rumors regarding the manner of the
girl’s death wore circulated. The re
mains wore exhumed and according to
the physicians the body was a mass of
bruises and scalded flesh, covered with
gashes and scars. Through the testi
mony of other servants of the Kauf
man household, who told tale* of al
most fiendish brutality, the wife of the
millionaire brewer was placed under
arrest, charged with having caused
the death of the girl.
At the preliminary hearing the
coachman declared that he had seen
Mrs. Kaufman knock Agnes Polreis
down, and that many times he had
witnesed the girl on her knees plead
ing pitiful}’ for mercy while her mis
tress was beating her. Shortly before
the girl wa? sent to the hospital,suffer
ing from the injuries which caused
her death, the ccnchman testified that
he was called to the house by his mis
tress where he found the maid lying
on the floor In a pool of water, whica
be seized with fits of anger in which
she was cruel and vindictive against
all young girls who came In her way.
BROTHERHOOD ST. AM DREW
* TALKING Or DIVIDING
SAVANNAH. Ga., May IS.—The
Brotherhood of St. Andrew in Georgia
may also divide, fallowing tho exam
ple of the diocese of Georgia. The
question came up at the meeting of
the brotherhood tonight. No dc, ision
was reached, after much discussion,
but a committee was ,ipr.cln:od to take
the matter under advisement and re
port to the next annual meeting.
The following officers of the broth
erhood were elected:
President—A. V. Wood. Brunswick,.
Vice-President—T. E. Berry, Colum
bus.
Secretary—H. M. Johnson, Savan-
nah.
Treasurer—Benjamin Wallis. Savan-
p^^STlNCT