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LESS THAN A DOZEN MEN
MONOPOLIZE OIL OUT PUT
Official .Statement of the
Methods of Standard
Oil Trast
Controls Wholesale
and Retail Trade
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WASHINGTON, May 19.—That the
1 isiory and present operation of the
.‘■'•andard OH Interests "shows through-
"'Ut the part thirty-five x?ara a sub-
Ftanlls) monopolization of the petro
leum industry of the country, a dcl'b-
"ratc destruction of competition and a
ror.requont control of Industry by less
'• in a dezen men. who have reaped
< normous profits therefrom. largely
through ahuse of transportation facll-|
I ties." la charged In a report Just sub- |
mi t ted 10 President Roosevelt by
state business and should file tariffs
under the new rate law. four of the In
terstate lines, the Prairie Oil and Gas
Company the Ohio Oil Company, the
New Tork Transit Company and the
Tidewater Pipe Company, have not
fl>ri such tariffs, refusing to accept or
deliver oil owned by others. Other
Standard lines while filing certaiu
rates have done so in such manner as
to reduce their compliance to an ab
surdity. The report adds that the
Standard having prevented the rise of
independent lines, etc., “now plainly
Intends to nullify so far as its own
lines are concerned, the common ear
ner requirements of .he rate law.
This condition should receive careful
attention." It Is also suggested In the
department that In certain of the
Stat*s which would be naturally
crossed by independent pipe lines no
law now exists giving the rights of
eminent domain to pipe line compa
nies. •
FACTORS FELL OVER CUMBERLAND CHURCH; FALLING OFF SHOWN
EACH OTHER TO SELL HAS B!G GOTPOURIIG 1 LUMBER EXPORTS
SAVANNAH. Ga.. May 19.—Utterlv de
moralized , and with factors' actually
‘•failing over each other" la their fierce
desires to sell, the Savannah spirits of
turpentine market one day at least In
the week Just ended presented an unique
condition, entirely out of the ordinary,
and one which ha? not obtained since the
halcyon dt.ys when the 3. P. Sholter
and the Nava! Store? Export interests
were locked In their death struggle for ,
supremacy.
DICKSON, Term... May 13,—The general
'assembly of the Cumoet’.ana Presbyterian
Church held no session today, but the
great Interest' during-the three days’ the
assembly bus b-'en in sesriw. his spread
all over the State and the result was the
greatest outpouring of the people seen In
this section wlthlr. the past Centura- Spe
cial trains brought hundreds of visitors
and the little town of Dickson was
thronged, religious services being held
under the large tent practically all day
and late Into the night, beside? services
The week's first da-.-g were marked by I at all of the churche? conducted by vislt-
a large lack of buying orders ar.d as i Ing ministers. The afternoon service at
mlgh t be expected. accumulations of I the tent was for men only, conducted by
something like 703 to S00 casks occurred- j Dr. J. L. Hudgins, the retiring moderator.
The elfect of the accumulations was not , and was the most remarkable of the en-
felt so keenly before mid-week. The ; tire meeting. Dr. Hudgins announced
market at that time showed a special that he wanted to raise $10,009 to defray
DEMAND FOR DEATH PENALTY
ON ASSASSINS OF BARRILLAS
„ MEXICO CITY. May 19.—Declaring that
mmlssloner of Cornnratinrs Herbert Florence I. O. Morales and Bernardo Mora,
ll.lil/ssioner OI t-O. ^nr... lou.s nernetr Cv/.-nalam are *nlt*w of «rl'r n 1
Knox Smith. Part 1 of the report was
made public today and other part*
will 'follow. Certain information
acquired is withheld for the present, in
a- tnrdiDct with Instructions of tho
President who feels that their publi
cation might Interfere with the pros-
rutton of the Government’s suits
pending against the Standard Oil Com- [ °nd the demand for the death penalty
Guatemalans, are guilty of wilful assas
sin Mien of Gen. Manuel Barrlllas. ard
that the murder was done with premed
itation. with malice aforethought and In
a most treacherous manner, the Public
Prosecutor has formally petitioned the
court before which the case was tried to
pronounce tho death sentence upon the
prisoners.
The bitter arraignment of tho accused
and Its subsidiary companies.
The report contains the net results !
of r. study of the pAroleum business •
during the year 1904. It Is the first of- !
flclnl statement of the operations and
methods of tiie Standard Oil Com
pany hy which, the report states. •
through “scandalous railway dlscrlml- '•
nations" and other unlawful devices'i
they have secured and maintained an j TEN PER CFNT INCREASE
doml:.:i;|/n of the petroleum ASKED IN LOWELL MILLS
Industry.”
It Is stated that In 1904 the Stan- J LOWELL, Mas?.. May 19.—The
dart and affiliated concerns “refined Lowell Textile Council voted at a
coming at this stage of the procnedlngs
have created a sensation here, and the
action of the court I? anticipated with
trem'ndous Interest. It is believed that
whatever decision the court renders, the
case will be appealed by one side or the
other to the Supreme Tribunal of the
Nation. The case is nttractlng the wid
est attention of any that has been tried
for many years.
over 94 per cent of the crude oil run
through refineries; produced more
than 8G per cent of the rountrv’s total
output of Illuminating oils, maintained
a similar proportion of the export
trade In Illuminating oils; and trans
ported through pipe lines nearly nine- j
tenths of tho crudo oil of the older i
special meeting today to request an
increase In wages of 10 per cent In all
the seven great cotton mills of the
city. Including the Lawrence. Tremont.
and Suffolk. Merrlmac, Boot Apple-
ton Massachusetts and Hamilton
mills.
It Is understood that the action was
fields and 98 per cent of tho crude oil
of the mld-contlnent field."
Tho Yeport polms out that the
monopoly enjoyed by the company i FEATURES OF 80UTHERN PRES-
unanimous. Nearly 20.000 operatives
are concerned In the demand.
does not rest In the ownership of the
source of the oil supply which
amounts only to about one-sixth of the
total, but “that Its growth and present
’power rest prlmarilv on the control of
transportation facilities."
After the railroad rebate was aban
doned. the company, the report con
tinues. was able to establish a. svstem
of secret or open discrimination of
rates In Its favor throughout, practi
cally, the entire country. Having es
tablished Its monopoly of the pipe line
business, the company substantially
refuses to act as a common carrier.
Jt Is shown that tho Standard con
trols not only tho wholesale, but also
the retail trade In olf.
In conclusion, tho report says It Is
apparent “that the dominating posi
tion of tho Standard Oil Company In
tho oil industry haa largely been se
cured by the ahuse of‘ transportation
facilities, first by flagrant discrimina
tions obtained from railroads; second
hv refusal to operate its pipe line sys
tem so as to extend to Independent In
terests, tho benefits to which they
wore both morally and legally entitled,
•while at the same time the Standard
has prevented such Independent Inter
ests from constructing lines of their
•o*]vn.”
88 Per Cent of Sales.
The report s.avs that the Standard
OH and affiliated concerns In 1904 se
cured over 88 per cent of the sales of
illuminating oil to retail dealers
throughout the country aiid obtained
in certain large sections as high as 99 !
per cent of such sales. It
BYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEM
BLY SITTING IN BIR
MINGHAM
trolled practically similar proportions
of the product'on and markellng of
gasoline and oil. Tho Standard's only
competitors In the refining business
are nhout seventy-five small refine
ries. whoso toial consumption of crude
oil Is less (ban that of a slug!" one of
th» Standard, (the Ravonne refinery)
and less than one-fifth of the Stan
dard's total consumption. Over fifteen
of these competitors are dependent for
their supply of erudo oil upon the
Standard's pipe line?, and aro so sit
uated hy this dependence ns to be cap
able of little effective active competi
tion or growth. In the pipe line busi
ness of the eastern and continental
fields It has up to the present hut one
competitor of any significance—tho
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. May 18.—The
feature of today’s session of the gen
eral assembly of the Southern Fres-
bvf»r!on Church was the appointment
of a special committee to which all
matters pertaining to the Charlotte
articles of agreement are to be refer
red. This committee held an executive
session tonight for consideration of
the questions that have so far pre
sumed themselves. A report will be
made by this committee Monday aft
ernoon. which will be the means of
bringing the whole subject before the
assembly and some heated discussions
are expected.
Tonight a Bible session was held
and an address made by Rev. Otis
Wright, of tho American Bible Society.
A report of the alliance of reformed
Presbyterian churches of the world
was read and the assembly was ad
dressed by I he Rev. John Matthews,
of London. England.
The committee on the articles of
agreement, which is bv far the most
Important of the assembly, was nam
ed today and Is constituted of one min
ister and one older from each synod
of the Southern church.
A flood of overtures from the various
Presbyteries were referred to commit
tees at today’s session of the forty-
seven ih general assembly of the Pres
byterian Church in the United States.
Many of the overtures related to the
also con- proposed articles of agreement. An
ndencr to "soften" and between
Wednesday's opening and final call, the
market wa? thoroughly demoralized with
supplies changing hands at any old price
obtainable. Sales of something like 1 S rk 0
casks were effected before Wednesday's
Close, at prices ranging from 60 to 60V 1
and 6Ie per gallon, but by the hour of
closing, “order had been brought out of
chaos” and a alight reaction from the
lowest was obtainable.
Since Wednesday the market has been
more or less erratic and the net loss,
compared with the previous week's close
was fully 2c per gallon or <1.09 per cask.
When the true statistical position of the
spirits of turpentine market Is consid
ered. it is indeed remarkable that the
market should have become demoralized
even for a moment. The cut Is admit-
ted'y short; forest fires in adjoining
Ftates have devastated the pinp belt end
tho crop lg correspondingly smaller; while
the world's requirements show an In
crease. The market opened Monday
etesdy at 62U and closed yesterday firm
expenses Incident to the litigation into
which the church had been drawn by
reason of the union with the Fresibyte-
rlan Church. U. S. A., and at the end of
two hours the clerks announced that the
sum of $10 130 had been subscribed. Tho
most remarkable thing about this -coliec-
tion was that no individual gave more
than 5100. The members of the assem
bly are very enthusiastic over this con
tribution and take Is as a substantial en
dorsement of this stand against the or
ganic union.
at 60HC-, or about 44c. above the week's
lowest.
The general trend of rosins during the
better part of the week was upward
though the principal advances occurred
yesterday. At the close tk» following
prices were posted: Water White, 55.80-
Window Glass *5.70; N. *5.65; M S5.50;
K. *5.45; I. *3.20; H. 54.90; G. 54.85: F.
$4.75; E. *4.70; D 54.50; C. B, A. 54.30.
The statistics fol’ow:
RecelDts.
1907-S 1906-7
Splr. Ros. Sr.ir. Ras.
721 1.932 970
4 515 10 1*3 9 952
10 332 23.27.5 18.893
19.900 52.215 30,341
Exports.
720 1 291 2.207
3 438 5 602 4.DOG
20 7*6 56 134 22 so*
3 *35 33 752 2.875
6.073 29.467 9,675
Saturday
Week ..
Month ..
Season ..
Saturday
Week ..,
Sen son .
Foreign .
Stck Sat
1 2*3
15.335
35 601
66.42S
1 027
13>11
60 9G1
23 sm
4S.SS4
ROOSEVELTS WEST
TO OBOIST
mu PEOPLE
CAST ROST BALLOTS
overture from the Mangum, Okla.,
Presbytery, which has just been form
ed. asked that another synod be or
ganized to consist of the Presbyteries
of Mangum. Indian and DuranL The
synod of Arkansas overtured the as
sembly to appoint an ad Interim com
mittee whose duties It shall be to
make an exhaustive study of the en
tire system of church government with
a view to effecting ?uch changes as
will give the synod "Its logical, natu
ral and rightful place In the line of
church courts and rescue it from its
present anomalous nnd awkward posi
tion out of that line.’’
The East Hanover Presbytery asked
that a committee be named to con
sider the advisability of establishing
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va.. .May 19
•President and Mrs. Roosevelt and
Archie Roosevelt worshipped at Christ
Episcopal Church, less than a mile
from Pine Knot, Mrs. Roosevelt’s coun
try home. The service began at
o’clock and tho Roosevelt party arriv
ed promplty. Accompanied by Wil
liam and Joseph Wllmer. thev occu
pied pews near the front President
and Mrs. Roosevelt entered heartily
Into tho service, their responses being
very distincL The sermon was by
Rev. J. J. Clepton, of Casanova,
Fauquier Count)'.
At the close of the service the Pres
ident advanced to shake the hands of
the minister and also turned to thank
the choir for the music. Before re-en
tering fcis carriage he held quite a re
ception. nearly every member of the
congregation shaking his hand. Wiih
some of these he chatted quite freely.
Before returning to Pine Knot the
party took an hour's drive. '
The weather was the warmest of
the season here. The morning was so
sultry that the only Jaunt the Presi
dent took aside from his trip to church
to Plain Dealing farm the home
of the Wilmers, who are friends bf the
Roosevelts.
PULPITS ALL FILLED
BV PRESBYTERIANS
Huro Oil Companv—and that competi- tho order of deaconess. An overture
tor's ripe line business is not more from the Presbytery of Paris, Tenn..
than one-twentieth of that of the proposes certain amendments to the
Kfnniimvl ' constitution with a view to providing a
Ranefi'clarles ' nrnde of effecting organic union with
Trust s Beneficiaries. ! other bodies. The Presbytery of Ft.
Th* report points out that .hrousrn- prays for relief in the matter of
out the entire history of this concern jj, e anomalous condition of the
from J867 to the present day. there has church’s forc’gn mission work “by re-
been absolute continuity of control by nloV j n j- the stigma of at least a seem-
a few individuals. There has heen ap
parent throughout their operations a
definite, persistent poll’v of exclusive
domination, starting with the partner
ship of RoekeTelle- Andrews and Flag-
ior. formed in 1877. The report savs
that In 1SST the capitalization of tho
trust was $70,000,000. appraised valua
tion *55.000.000. and that nine men act
ing ns- trustee* owned together at that
tiipe $66,000,000 out of 570.009 000 of
tlti trust cert'fleates issued. The nine
•V on were John P. Rockefeller, Henry
s’ Flagler. Charles Pratt. O. H. Payne,
Wm Rockefeller. J. A. Bostwlck. W.
r. Garden. John D. Ar hbold and Pen-
j ,n?in Brewster. The outstand'ng
stock of this company is now about
JOS ooo ooo.
Besides abuse of transportation fa*
HlkiVs. additional mean* of domlna-
tier.s have been local price dlscrimi-
Vv'-'n and other unfair competitive
methods in the sale of products as x/>:i
.;s in the elimination of the Jobber. The
scandalous railway discriminations ob
tained hy the Standard in Its earlier
years as against its competitor*, the
report declares, did more than all
• enus s together to establishing It .
In us controlling position. The report |
continues: .. „ . .
“This system of railway dlscrimina- .
, .->•:? allowed the Ftandird to control
^■■ *.c<nr.;I.illy that link In the business
that Ilea between the refinery and the 1
mourner By Ms great pipe line sys-
, i. ,;so controls the gap between
P; cr of oil and the refinery. T:
■ now" a rl-e line system of more
ing approval of polygamy.”
An overture from Louisville. Ky.,
Invites the general assembly to meet
In that city In 1908. It is understood
that Charlotte. N. C.. Montreat. N. C.,
nnd Houston. Tex., want the next as
sembly. An overture from the Lexing
ton Presbytery seeks to hnve official
Inquiry made into the decline In the
number of Infants baptized. Tho
Ooehlta Presbytery warts the Hague
peace conference Indorsed.
Many overtures were Introduced
asking for the proper observance of
the 400th anniversady of the birth of
John Calvin.
The vote on the Charlotte agree
ment for closer relations was official
ly read. It showed that fifty Presby
teries approved the articles while
twenty-nine disapproved. In four
Presbyteries no action was taken.
A committee of one minister and one
eider from each synod was appointed
to pass uron the constitutionality of
the articles of the agreement and also
report on all overtures bearing on the
subject. This committee will report
Monday.
an 4*
All
attempts on the
Grunt -empettng
v opposed bv the
an ra iroac
ir. the in
fer sue a
?m at least
o Compar-
Winsion Churchill's Rapid Rise.
London Cable to Philadelphia Re-crd.
Winston Churchill, son of Lord Ran
dal ph Churchill, who married Miss Je
rome, of New Tork. who Is now Mrs.
Cornwallis-West. h3s. being a New
Yorker on his mother's side, "broken a
record.” He is the youngest com
moner that ever rat in the Privy Coun
cil so far as E-m ish history shows.
Everything that Churchill is set to do
he dues. He does it. too. with con
summate ability. Although he is com
monly credited by his poiiriroJ oppo
nents with a res‘ie*s ar.d even an un-
scrupulou3 ambition, his party associ
ates testify that they save conclusive
proofs of his loyalty. He is undoubt
edly marked out as the future leader
of the Libera! party.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. May 19.—
Every Protestant pulpit In Birming
ham was today occupied by clergymen
attending the general assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian'Church. Among
the more notable sermons was that de
livered by Dr. James R. Howerton, of
Montreat, N. C., moderator of the as
sembly. He preached at the First
Presbyterian Church to a crowd which
exceeded the capacity of the building.
He took his text from Ephesians i, 13
A feature of the day was the num
ber of public mass meetings held at
which matters were discussed In which
the public at large Is most vitally in
terested. The first of these was at the
Second Presbyterian Church this aft
ernoon. The speaker was W. R.
Dobyns, of St. Joseph. Mo., and his
subject was “The Passion for Souls"
Mr. Dobyns is chairman of the relig
ious work of the T. M. C. A. in MisL
souri.
At the Third Presbyterian Church a
great meeting was held in the interest
of Sunday school work. Rev. Dr. S. „ , , . ....
L. Phillips, who presided, is superin- ! 2? ^ 5/ 1 ' vas 'Y/! 1 Le Jl orse3 '
tendent of the Sunday schools and J 0 ? 1 TvSS ' a ^ < 7 n , flSwer ®-
talks were made by various prominent £ ea(5 T : d , h >'. aneseort of Shriners and
men attending the assembly.
Tonight a big mass meeting was held |
at the First Presbyterian Church, in '
VIENNA, May 19.—The Austrian
elections the past week are far reach
ing in effect. The elections were tha
first under the new law giving equal
and universal suffrage, a reform
brought about after a protracted strug
gle. Even more important than this is
the change which the law brings about
in the political strength of tho various
mixed racea—Germans, Czechs. Bohe
mians, Poles, Italians, Ruthenlans—
making up Austria's population. Tho
lower house of Parliament practically
Is reconstructed on new racial lines,
and from n’ow on it will consist of 516
members, of which there will be 233
Germans 107 Czechs. 82 Poles. 33
Ruthenlans, 24 Slavonians, 13 Servo-
Croatians, 19 Italians and 5 Ruman
ians.
Universal suffrage deprived the great
landed proprietors and chambers of
commerce of privileges. The chief dif
ficulty to overcome was how to distri
bute the representation among the
3-ar.’ous Austrian nationalities and the
key was found finally by mutual con
cessions between the Germans and
Czechs in Bohemia. It was arranged
so that Bohemia shall elect 150 depu
ties, of whom 55 shall be Germans.
A re-arrangement of the election
districts had to be carried through in
order to safeguard the political power
of the various nations In the above
described proportion.
The new lower house will have a
majority composed of Clericals, Agra
rians and Poles. The German Liberals
fared very badly, ^ particularly in
Vienna, where-"they/carried only one
seat. Herr VonMarchet. the Minister
of Public Instruction, who is a Ger
man. lost his seat 'and thereupon re
signed and Dr. Von Derschatta. Min
ister of Railways, German, Dr. Forcth
and Dr. Pacaka, Czech, have to face
reballots. Herr Schceneres, leader of
the Bismarckian Germans, lost his
seat His defeat means practically
dissolution In Austria of the Pan-Ger
manic party, whose acknowledged aim
was the union of the German prov
inces of. Austria to .the. German empire.
The Christian. Socialists gained a
considerable number'oif seats, but not
so many as they, expected.
Mayor Leuger, leader of the Chris
tian Socialists. Prince Lihenstein an
other prominent -Christian Socialist,
end Dr.- Adler, fk well-known Social
Democrat, were elected In Vienna.
The defeat everywhere of the Ger
man Liberals by tho Socialists and the
preference shown in-.Czech constituen
cies for the Socialists were striking
features of the elections.
Emperor Francis ^Joseph was well
pleased with- the. result of the elec
tions, in spite of the victory of the
Socialists.
SAVANNAH, May 19.—As forecast
ed In the Savannah letter of last week,
tze Ocean Steamship Company, be
cause of the strike of longshoremen at
New Tork and elsewhere, were un
able to take lumber shipments for the
tetter part of the week just ended
and for this reason, the exports from
the port showed a noticeable falling oft
from what they should have been un
der normal conditions.
This, however, was one of the few
occasions where the common carrier
Jived strictly, up to promise. The offi
cials of the New Tork-Savannah line
stated when notice was given some
tithe ago that the shipments would be
temporarily discontinued, that ship
ments would be taken and forwarded
to New Tork on Friday, and promptly
on the day the business offering was
cared for. Two steamships therefore
carried out part cargoes of lumber on
schedule in the week Just ended, and
conditions did not prove so bad
might have been expected under the
circumstances.
The stiffening tendency mentioned
last week in the yellow pine market
was again in evidence during the past
seven days. The rains over this and
adjoining States have to a certain ex
tent retarded operatiolfs in the woods,
and as some really good business was
offering for dimension “stuff” some
thing over a dollar per thousand feet
premium over old rates was offered
country mill men by local people.
The low country, however, Is said
to bo prettv well under water:
that is ail the swamps, etc., and
the work of feeling and get
ting out suitable stocks for dimensioa
timber is attended with a great deal
of difficulty. For thisreason the coun
trymen have been adverse to accepting
contracts for immediate deliveries,
hence the offers of nremitims in the
hopes that they would “become stren
uous” and get the material wanted In
to the port.
The volume of inquiries is moder
ately plentiful, the greatest demand at
the moment being for the larger di
mensions. while in the smal’er stocks
the inquiry is somewhat quiet. The
local demand is good, while from Bal
timore the chief demand is centered
at the moment, for coastwise require
ments.
The sail tonnage market shows a
arrester demand for tonnage of this
character, following the stopnrage of
New Tork shipments temporarily, but
comparatively few sailing vessels are
obtainable for May contracts.
F!GHTIN3 REPORTED
BUT SO DETAILS HAD
(Special Correspondence of the As
sociated Press.)
PUERTO CORTEZ. May 14.—Via
Mobile. Ala., May 19.—During the past
week many reports have been in cir
culation regarding fighting between
the forces of General Teruelo Sierra,
who was reported as marcoing from
Amapala toward the capital of Tegu
cigalpa. No details can be bad beyond
the fact that the provisional Govern
ment of President M. B. Davila sent
against Sierra forces under command
of General Dlo'.sco Gulterrez.
A telegram from President Davila to
General Estrada. commanding the
Nicaraguan forces, dated May 13. in
forms Estrada that Sierra was driven
beck and ha? gone on board the United
States steamer Torktown, at Amapaia.
and that the Honduran forces expect
to take possession of Amapaia today
(May 14.) ^
Genera! Bstrsda occupied San Pedro
with a force of 300 Nicaraguans May
13. but reports today that all Is quiet
there.
Captain Fullam, of the Marietta,
sent an additional gun and a squad of
men to San Pedro before the arrival
of General Estrada’s forces to aid In
the protection of foreign interests and
maintains a strict police guard in San
Pedro and at Puerto Ocrtez. All sa
loons are closed in both cities—per
fect order prevails and the fruit busi
ness, also railway traffic, is uninter
rupted. Aobut 300 Nicaraguan sol
diers arrived from the coast today to
take the place of the soldiers moved
to San Pedro by General Estrada.
There Is no Indication of the Nica
raguan forces leaving here.
BLACK BURGLAR WAS
CAUGHT IN THE ACT
WHILE FATHER WAS
AWAY YOUNG PAIR WED
DOUGLAS. Ga.. May 19.—A Gretna
Green affair if. tigh !::V ar.d a great
surprise to the many friends of the
parties occurred In this city in a va
cant houss yesterday morning, when
George T. Baliv, Jr., wa? united in
marr'age to Ml s Brss'.o Lott, Elder
Tomlinson, of tho Primitive Baptist
Church, officiating.
Objections on the part of the bride's
parents caused the young people to
adopt this course, while Mr. Lott, the
bride's father, was in Macon.
Tho -bride is the youngest daughter,
by his ftrst^vlfe. of Mr. J. Seward Lott,
a very wealthy farmer, banker and
turpentine operator of this city. She
Is noted for her beauty, accomplish
ments and lovable character.
The groom is a lumber and cross-
tie broker, a prominent young busi
ness man of this city, noted for his
keen ability and gentlemanly deport
ment. The honeymoon will bo scant
at Atlanta. Tocera Falls. Washington.
D. C., and Jamestown, with a tour of
the principal cities of Florida.
DOUGLAS. May 19.—Mack Moore,
an ebony hued son of Ham. was
caught yesterday afternoon trying to
force an entrance Into the reridence of
Mr. Engl'sh, who is the agent of the
Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic in
this city. Mr. English was at church.
A short time ago Mr. F.:igli«h’s house
was burglarized and some money Englsh be used without their sense
TELEGRAM OF GREETING RE-
CEIVED FROM NORTHERN
la, BAPTISTS SITTING IN
-T T WASHINGTON,
RICHMOND, Va., May IS.—The sec
ond session of the Southern Baptist
convention was caked to order today
■by H. R. Pollard, of Virginia, first
vice president. Abstracts of reports
of the home mission, foreign mission
and Sunday school boards wero read
and adopted. Among the addresses was
one by Rev. Goode, a negro president
of the Virginia Baptist association.
Tho afternoon session of the conven
tion was called to order by President
Stephnes, Dr. J. J. Hunt of Alabama,
lending In prayer.
The treasurer’s report was made by
G. TV. Norton and accepted. Secretary
Burrows made an appeal to the breth
ren to send him statlctics to help him
In making his report.
Rev. Dr. T. T. Eaton moved that the
by-laws be amended so that better
COLUMBUS, 0., PULPITS
FILLED BY VISITORS
PEOPLE OF READING
COLUMBUS, O.. May 19.—Preachers
attending the Presbyterian general as
sembly today occupied the pulpits of
nearly all Columbus Protestant
churches.
A labor meeting was held this after
noon at memorial hall. The World’s
Sunday school day was observed this
afternoon by a metting at Broad
Street Congregational Church, Dr. W.
J. Worden, of Philadelphia, presiding.
Cable greetings were exchanged with
the World’s Sunday school conven
tion in session at Rome.
Tonight meetings in the interest of
Christian colleges and universities.
Sabbath observance and education
were held.
J. L.
of m
11
Oise’s mi
taken. It being just after pay day
the negro probably expected a good
haul. Suspicion points to him as be
ing the burgl3r in the other case. He
made a dash for liberty and led Depu
ty Sheriff Anderson and others, a live
ly ebase for two miles before being
captured. H-e is now safe in Douglas
Jail.
On the night of the ICth at Ambrose,
a village on the Atlanta. Birmingham
and Atlantic, a negro woman shot and
instantly killed her husband. At a pre
liminary hearing yesterday she was
exonerated and discharged it being
shown to be a clear case of defense
and to save her own life.
A through freight train on the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic was
•badly wrecked near Nichols, delaying
the malls going west three hours. The
passenger trains met at the wreck and
transferred passengers and mall.
Labor Troubles In Mexico.
ORTZABA. Mex., May 19.—In order to
bring an end to the disastrous labor
troubles at the Rio Blanco Textile Mills,
the authorities have petitioned the inter
vention of President Diaz, whose person?!
interest in the mattpr It is believed, will
result in a SDeedy settlement.
Both the owners end the strikers are
firm, and neither will concede an Inch
nf their original ground. No violence h?s
been attempted, though saloons are >1 III
Vent rinsed and tv-ere is on h-ind a sn'Vi-
elent force of military to quell any dis
turbance.
READING, Pa., May 19.—With rise
entire community paying respect to
their memory, the bodies of the 17
Mystic Shriners , : ?f this city who were
killed in the Southern Pacific Californ
ia .wreck on May 11, were brought here
tonig.-.t. With the dead came ten sur
vivors of tie ordeal through which
they passed.
When the funeral train arrived 290
knights In full uniform were on guard
to act as guard of honor when the
dead were taken from the cars. An
entire troop of State constabulary to
gether with tho city’s full polios force
were on hand to preserve -order, The
seventeen caskets containing the Read-
ing dead were carried from the car
! and placed on four large floats, each
* * * i *6 I n eltt'ri Vllt V, Avert?
NEW YORK, May 19.—Former United
States Senator John • L. MeLaurln. of
South Carolina, who is in this city to
take part in the prosecution of the in
junction spit brought by Theodore H.
Price against the New Tork Cotton Ex
change. to restrain the exchange from en
forcing Its system of grading cotton,
talked tonight concerning. the points art
issue in the case. The suit follows a
preliminary injunction obtained by Price
but the provisions of which he agreed
to waive provided the exchange would
ree to an immediate trial upon the
point? at issue. To this the exchange
consented and Justice Rischoff. of the
Supreme Court, named Charles E. Rush-
more referee to tehr testimony. Mr
Price’s coun?»l is William M. Irvins, and
Henry W. Taft represents the Cotton
Exchange. Mr. MeLaurln said:
“I hope that I shall have the co-oee-
ration and advice of all persons who agree
that the nriijeiple of the suit is right
and particularly those whose demands
for a strict fulfillment of their outstand
ing contracts will help to force the ex
change to adopt the reforms sought to be
efi r '*+ ei d.
“With regard to the attitude of the
South upon the entire proposition. I think
I may safely say that nothing in recent
years has created so much interest
there.”
the interest of Presbyterian brother
hood for men.
Addresses were made by T. C. Mc
Rae. of Arkansas, a member of Con
gress. who took as his subject “Why
Men Need the Church." and by A. M.
Scales of North Carolina, on ‘‘Why
the Church Needs Men.”
The general assembly will reconvene
tomorrow morning, and the first busi
ness will be the report of the special
committee on articles of agreement.
This subject will then be brought up
Sir Knight*, the pr;cession moved
from the • depot to the three city
morgues where the bodies were depos
ited for the night.
Fuoerai Train Pul's Into Buffalo.
'BUFFALO. N. T„ May 19.—Bearing
25 bodies, five injured persons and
seven un’njured nersnn?. the Shriners’
funeral train pulled into Buffalo today
after its trip across the continent.
NEGRO KILLED WHITE
MAM AT BALL GAME
NEW ORT Kiys. May 19.—G. G. Rl?h-
ar<i??n a plantation ove*s.?er. was shot
BROTHERHOOD OF TRAINMEN
WILL ADJOURN TODAY
ATLANTA. Ga.. May 19.—The Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen which has
been in biennial session here for the past
ten days, expects to complete its business
tomorrow afternoon, when final adjourn
ment will be taken. Several matters yet
remhin to be acted upon. Including he
selection of the next meeting place. Des
Moines, Iowa. Columbus, Ohio, and Chica
go are the principal contestants for this
honor, but it is generally conceded that
the choice lies between Columbus and
Des Moines.
The result of the ballot for the grand
executive board will be announced Mon
day morning.
SHAM EATTLE TO PE HAD
AT PIEDMONT PARK
during the afternoon and discussed ! r r
•1 Vired whil? wa'chir-r n negro base
.ii .nn./.i.tnn i- . . 1 b?’l game in Jefferson Parish today. A
until some conc.usioc is reached. . r .r5. r o named Lewis ' n ' ! ’ s killed while trv-
There seems to be no doubt that the i-r to ?-nport the dying overseer. .t.-,> 3 9
committee will make a report favora- i CI?rk. the negro who did the shooting,
ble to adoption of the articles, but it is , made hi? escare to tbl? eity, where .j
thought there will, be some amend- I 5l? '' not - ye * he»n c-»ntured.
naent to the articles as presented at
Charlotte last year. The report of the
standing committee ori ministerial re
lief will be beard and the work of the
committee on schools and colleges
will come up for consideration.
Standard trunk linos do an inter-
Bcre Label of an Old Fidm.
A package was received in Macon
yesterday from Tow son. Md., bearing
a label with the familiar firm name of
Ma-fnhurg & Son. It has been
known In Macon since 1552. when it
was compared of Capt. T L. Massen-
burg and his fr.:her. The Maryland
firm is composed of Richard Massen-
huru. brother of Capt. Tom. and his
eldest son. To old Macon people this
firm name is as familiar as pig tracks.
Asking for Cotton Receipts.
President M. L. Johnson, of the
Georgia division of the Southern Cot
ton Association, Is asking the offic'als
of Macon the following questions:
What has been the cotton receipts
this season since the first of Septem
ber, 1906? What has been the average
price of cotton?
Wanted for Jumping Contract.
Officers Williams and Thompson
have had under arrest for a day or so
a negro named Henry Hopkins pend
ing investigation. It was learned yes-
terdav morning that he was wanted in
Houston County, being charged with
jumping a contract
PLAINTIFF GIVFN S17 OOO IN
JONES VS. ATLANTIC COAST LINE
19.—The jurv
9 Atlantic Coast
return'd a v?r-
r $17 090. The
Richardson and a few-white men. it is
said forcibly upbraided a negro woman
for her apt!?-? at the frame, when Cl?”k
began shooting. T’-e overseer and his
companions returned the fire.
Plants Guaranteed Net to Freeze.
It is not generally known that ail
the cabbage plants used in Macon and
vicinity are raised in North Carolina.
They are bought at $1.59 per thousand,
and are guaranteed to stand three
freezes. They are - shipped here in
moist packages by express.
Drained at Last.
After years of worry and trouble,
tbs Detnpsev pond has be-n drained.
The long ditch and the pipe connect
ing tber?wi*h ‘having heen compie’-ed,
there Is little dme-er of the pond being
fi'led and remaining filled any length
of time. Foreman Callaway, of the
street force, is very preud of his
work.
ATLANTA, May 19.—Arrangements
have heen made to have a sham bat
tle at Piedmont Park on Saturday aft
ernoon May 25th, following the’ Gor
don monument exercises, in which, will
participate the second and fifth in
fantry regiments and all other troops
here to take part in the Gordon pa
rade. The sham hattle will be given
for the benefit of the fund being raised
to send the fifth regiment to James
town on Georgia day.
M BF SELECTING
JURY AT BOISE, IDAHO
BOISE, Idaho. May 19.—Several of
the more important witnesses sum
moned in beh?lf of the State in the
trial of Wm. D. Haywood, for alleged
participation in the assassination of
former governor Rteunenberg. arrived
at Baise today. The prosecution had
hop'd by this time that a trial jury
would have been empanelled, but it is
now evident that all twelve seats in
t.be jury box will not be satisfactorily
filled for several days. When court ad
journed Saturday afternoon, the at-
tnrneys for the prosecution and the
defense were try'ng to fill a vacancy
c?used by the exercise of the State’s
fifth peremptorv tfiiallenge. The de
fence stIU has six of its ten arbitrary
challenges avaiiah'e. and the State
has fiy-e more challenge.? to its credit.
The work of jurv selection will he
taken up ageJn tomorrow morning at
10 o’clock. Only 26 members of the
special venire -of 100 rema-'n and thur?
Is speculation as to whe-her the trial
panel will be completed before the
talesmen are exhausted. If It Is not. i
there will be
•being in any wise changed. Dr. Eaton
also moved to change the preamble to
the constitution slightly. The motions
were adopted.
The following telegram was received
from the Nortoen 'Baptist convention
which is now inession in Washington,
D. C: To the Southern Baptist con
vention:
‘‘The Northen Baptist convention
was organized today and sends broth
erly greetings. Read Romans 12-5.”
The secretary was instructed to send
a suitable response.
President Stephens appointed a
committee of ten to report vacancies
on the board of trustees on the South
ern Baptist theological seminary. The
report of Rev. H. C. Heisner, of Mis
souri. on pagan missions was read,
special attention beinn g'ven to China.
Japan and Africa. President Stephens
appointed a ©ommittee on accoustics
and new hall.
Rev. F. D. Mail, of North Carolina,
read a section of the foreign mission
report, showing that the great In
crease in contributions making over
$400,000 is still less than 20 cents per
member per year. He paid a high com
pliment to the work being done by
Mr. Loevring. of Baltimore, and ex-
Oovernor Northern, of Georgia, in
forming a business auxiliary -to liter
ary work.
Dr. Turpin, of Virginia. Dr. H. W.
Battle, of Greensboro. N. O.. Dr. D. B.
Header, of Georgia. Dr. Farrish. of
Mississippi spoke on various phases of
missionary outlook.
Dr. L. N. Broughton, of Atlanta, de
livered an addres which led to a col
lection for the Baptict exhibit, whiob
agregated $690.
At the night session Vice President
Joshua Lovering presided. The session
being devoted entirely to the foreign
m’ssicn eause. A report was made by
Rev. B. E. Chapman.of South Carolina,
on papal fields, that is, Italy, 'Brazil.
Argentine, and Mexico, and one by Dr.
H. W. Battle of North Carolina, on the
financial exhibit of the foreign mission
board.
Among the sneakers were Mr. P. H.
Anderson, of Kentucky, who is soon to
go to China as a rrissionary. Mr. J. W.
Bai’ey. of North Carolina, and Dr. G.
B. TruftL of Texas.
The final conventiopRffllG r ssuPab
The final event of the night session
of the convention was most interesting.
Mr. W. A. Brooks, of Rome, Ga., ten-,-
dered $5 000 a rear for ten years
the support of foreign mi.-?ions, pledg-.v
Ing his estate to the purpose in case
of h ! s demise. His example was fol
lowed by several others who offered
smaller sums for a period of years,
so that over $100,000 in all was
pledged.
Factional Fouds.
Leslie’s Weekly.
The Foraker-Taft contest for su-
delay of several days premaey in Ohio may or may not be
while Sheriff Hodgin gets a new set
of men from the country.
Perhaps the most interesting of the
State’s witnesses wfio arrived today
w?.? former Sheriff Angus Sutherland,
of Shoshone County, a Scotchman -by
birth, but a pioneer of the American
far West.. Sutherland is. a qu'et. un
assuming. modest, typical of the steel
an embarrassment for tho Republicans
in the campaign of 1908. But it is -.veil
to remind the Republicans that fac
tional feuds in that State have more
than once had disastrous consequences
for local leaders, and sometimes reg
istered themselves in national elections.
Let nobody suppose that that 255.000
plurality for Roosevelt in Ohio in 1994
nerved men of the law and order davs ! represents the normal Republican lead
of the frontier. He is intimate with
the four d’*'ene troubles, the result
of many, exciting personal confi'ct=-.ap.d
w? s one of the m<m who identified
Uarry Orchard while the latter was
r -eld as a suspect after Governor
Steunenberg was killed.
'B-aise continues quiet and unruffled.
There is mtbing in the aspect of the
city to indicate that the trial Is under
way.
PRESIDENT BONILLA
WILL GO INTO BUSINESS
SAW AND PLANING MILLS OF
H. L. GRAY WERE DESTROYED
WAYCFC'S. O? , May 19—The M w and
planing mills of H. L. G r ’.y in the edge
of town, were destroyed by fire at 3
o-e’oev this morning. About 75.090 feet ! took some hard fighting on Mark Han-
of high-grade lumber wa? burned. Tb c | n .a’s part to get h's party in his State
in that State. Many thousands of Dem
ocrats in Ohio, as in every other North —
ern and Western State, voted for
Roosevelt that year who never voted
the Republican ticket before, and may
never vote it again. The lead that
Ohio gave its favorite son, McKinley,
for President wn= 51.000 in 1'96. and
69.000 in 1909, the latter being tho
broadest margin that any candidate for
President. Democrat or Republican, had
ever gained in Ohio until Roosevelt
came along in 1904 and smashed all tho
records.
Fires in the rear hampered Chase,
Sherman, and other Ohio Presidential
aspirants. Notwithstanding McKinley’s
amiability and personal popularity, it
NEW ORLEANS. May 19—Former
President Manuel 'Bonilla, of Hondu- j
ras, raid in an interview here today j
that he intends to go into, business in
Belize. British. Honduras. He expects
to become a general broker for tropi
cal forest products and will also run a
plantation of h's own.
Mr. Bonilla was slightly indisposed
upon his arrival here teday.
MULATTO BEAT' AGED WOMAN;
NEIGHBORS ARE IN PURSUIT
partly eaveraq by Insurance. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
Mrs. J. W. Horton Dead,
ATLANTA. May 19.—Mrs. J. W.
Horton. 7.5 years old. mother of Mrs.
John C. Hart, wife of Attorney Gen
eral Hart, died tonight at the residence
of her daughter. Mrs. J. O. Matthew-
son, on Peachtree street. The funeral
will take place in Augusta.
Midshipmen Defeated Swarthmore.
• ANNAPOLIS. Md.. May 19—The
m'd«hipmen track team today defeat
ed the team of Swarthmore College on
the academy oval. ■ The score based
on five points to winner and three
points to second dace man was: Navy
57, Swarthmore 133.
BAINBRIDGE. May
In the ease of Jones vs. ;
T l-.c -anight at 8 o'clock
diet for the plaintiff f
???? '-ensumed thr?- days. Judge J-»©
Hill Hall, ef Jl-"-n h»d charge of the
case for Kn. Jones.
Having K's Effect.
Tie resolution of Mr. May at the
last meeting of the Baard of Hea'th
requiring the food Inspector to furnish
the name- nf the merchants or other
persons who offer irooure food. milk,
etc- for sale, cr whose foodstuff? are
cor demited, has ‘had the effect of de-
craas'rg the number of comp.alnts In
this line.
Handsome Invitations to Mayorb.
The Mayor and Council of Athens
are sending out handsomely engraved
Invitations to all the Mayors In the
State to visit the Classic City on the
occasion of the convention of the
T.oavue of Georgia Municipalities May
2S-29.
TAMPA, -Fla.. May 19.—A mob Is |
in pursuit of an unknown mulatto who [
this morning entered the house of •
Sherrod Driggers, near Harney, for !
the purpose of robbery and assaulted
Mrs. Driggers, who is sixty-five years
old and very feeble, and a'so alone at
the time, beating'her nearly to death.
The crime was discove-ed several
hours alter by Driggers, who returned j Ssarc'ty of Quail Next Season,
home from work inlth? field. Neigh- : Old hunters say that the prosoect
tors were notified and nearly every ! for partridges next season is poor. The
white man in the vic’nity is in pur- ; cold =pe”? of April and the early part
suit of the negro. Mrs. Driggers is of Mav chilled the unhatched egs and
in a critical condition. Deputy Sher- j ldMed the voung birds. This will be bad
iffs Amn nd Bell w<-re sent from tjtls : news to those who never are satisfied
city to join in the search. '.unless they can bring back big bags.
harmoniously In line for him in 1896,
and the best it could dj for him at the
•ballot box in that year was to give him
a lead of 61.000. Benjamin Harrison,
a native of Ohio, -had a lead of only
1,000 in that State in 1892. Ohio has
been carried bv the Republican? in ev
ery Presidential canvass since the
foundation of their party, half a cen
tury aeo. but In many campaigns the
result was felt to be In doubt until tho
vote was counted. The Republican
margin was so narrow in 1S92 that one
Cleveland e'ector squeezed in. Begin
ning with 1869. when Thurman entered
that body, an dending with 1897. when
Calvin S. Brice left it, Ohio had one
Democrat in the Senate continuously,
and part of that time it had two Dem
ocrats there. Ohio ha-s had several
Democrats—Allen. Bistop, Hoadley.
Camnbell and Pattison—in t'?e Gov
ernor’s chair since the Civil War.
These are facts which the warring
Republicans in the Buckeye State
should bear in mind in 1957. The year
following Roosevelt’s 255.090 lead in.
Ohio for President John M. PattDon,
DemocraL carried it by 42.000 plurality
for Governor. O.iio is far from being
a sure State for the Republicans in
1908 in case there should be a rupture
in the party. And. In the pr“?ent mixed
condition o? nolitics. Ohio’s electoral
vote ir.a- decide the Fres’dencv in that
year. The Foraker-Taft wrangle must
not be allowed to go far enough to en
danger Republican supremacy in Ohio.
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