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THE TTVICE-A-VVEEK TELEGRAPH 7 » 1 LESS THAN A DOZEN MEN MONOPOLIZE OIL OUT PUT Official .Statement of the Methods of Standard Oil Trast Controls Wholesale and Retail Trade > 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. INDISTINCT PRINT