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HARGIS “NOT GUILTY ”
SAYS KENTUCKY JURY
Another Chapter Closed in ! was shot in the court house
1 ' j at J.’tcxrjon, dyjnt? later at LexJnarton,
the Breathitt Feud
Annals
where
Verdict Cheered
In Courthouse
LEXINGTON. Ky.. May 23.—Almosi
Tm
i rshal T. v
er the
oas C
Icrlll.
of n
the
irned here today In
so James Hargis, the first of those
i were jointly charged with that
■}f-r. .ind another chapter In the
•-us j^reathut County fued annuls
On June 21. 1504.
■>nclt
he was taken for medical a'len-
tion. During the trial several wit
nesses swore that Judge Hargis, his
brothers, and Sheriff Ed. Callahan had
entered Into a murder conspiracy,
promising immunity to any one who
woui 1 shoot CockrIII. Dr. B. D. Cox
r.nd J. B. Marcum, all three of whom
have since been killed. The defense,
however, presented testimony tending
to disprove the conspiracy charge, and
Judge Hargis, testifying on his own
behalf, denied all connection with the
shooting. *
Curt Jett, who confessed to killing
Marcum, for which he was given a
life sentence, was a witness against
Judge Hargis.
When tbe’vrrdict was announced to
day a great cheer arose from the
friends of Judge Hargis, who crowded
the court room, and it was necessary
for Circuit Judge Watts Parker to rap
repeatedly for order.
u
GOD SAVE KING” SUNG
BY AMERICAN BAPTISTS
Convention of Northern and
Southern Bodies Was
Great Success
FARM BOOKKEEPING IS
BETTER THAN ALGEBRA
Draft of Curriculum for Ag
ricultural Colleges Was
Considered
Negroes Were
Kindly Received
NORFOLK, Va., May 23.—The Bap
tist convention of North America,
composed of the Baptist conventions
North and South and delegates repre
senting the Negro Baptist National
convention, with Mexican and Cana
dian Baptists also in attendance, ad-
jjurned sine die this afternoon after a
session of two days. The convention
Is declared to have been one of great
success. Notable were the speeches of
the four leading negro delegates in at
tendance which received the plaudits
of Southern delegates in particular. It
Georgia; E. T. Mullins, Kentucky: L.
A. Crandall, Minnesota; Geo. C Whit
ney. Massachusetts: R H. Pit: Vir
ginia; James Whitcomb Brougher,
Oregon; W. H. Geistwelt. Illinois; J.
W. Conley, Illinois, and E. C. Morris.
Arkansas.
The address of Dr. E. Y. Mullins,
president of the Baptist Theological
Seminary at Louisville, Ky.. on “The
Contribution of the ,Baptist3 to Ameri
can Civilisation” was the feature of
today’s session of the general conven
tion. Another feature was the demon
stration : that followed the presenta
tion by a delegate from the conference
of South Carolina to the delegate from,
Maine, for the Klttery Church, of a
; history of the beginning of the Bap
tist Church in America. Kittery, Me.,
was referred to as the fountain of the
Baptist religion and the book contain
ed much of interest about the origin
of the church at that place. It was ac
cepted by Dr. A. B. Lorimer, of Ban
gor, as the j'oining link between the
North and South and when the inci
dent had closed. President Stephens
suggested that the salute be given.
Prior to this presentation the dele
gate from Canada requested the dele
gates to visit the Canadian building at
South h that 1 th ® I to visit me wunuu Duiming ai e(J only aftor the Seaboard had adopt-
bouth that white Baptists had met the close of the session and sing "God e d the generally agreed upon rate
with negro churchmen, but there was s,™ tv,„ e “ . l V e generally, agreed upuu
DIO SIB GIL GO.
GHCESEBMl?
WASHINGTON, May 23.—Tank car
and tank wagon systems instituted by
the Standard Oil Company was at
tacked today- in the hearing before the
Interstate Commerce-Commission, re
garding the freight rates on petroleum
and its products In the territory of the
Central Freight Association. The com
mission having concluded its hearing
on the freight rates on petroleum from
Chicago to St. Paul points and Chi
cago to Omaha points resumed con
sideration of the case Involving rates
in the central territory.
Several witnesses testified as to lack
of uniformity of rates In the central
territory, when W. H. Fehnsenfeld, of
Baltimore, president of the Red C. Oil
Company, created a diversion in the
course of his testimony by saying that
an agreement was made several years
ago among the Southern railroads by
which the rates on oil in drums had
been Increased materially. He testi
fied that the Seaboard Air Line, im
pressed by the argument of Ills com
pany. had declined to enter Into the
agreement. Later one of the officials
of the line had informed him that the
Standard Oil Company had stopped
shipping oil by the Seaboard Air Line
and those shipments had been restor- j
ed only after the Seaboayl had adopt- |
AN OHIO MAN STARTED
REPORT, SAID THE MAYOR
FORMER BOOH I
LONE STAR STATE
Answer in the Brownsville
Inquiry Turned Laugh
On Foraker
Batch of Current
Gate City News
ATLANTA, May 23.—Discussion of
Hoke Smith himself, are at work upon
new pirns relating to the railroad
commission and Its future duties and
powers.
In general It may be authoritatively
stated that certain features of the
Wisconsin law and of the Hughes law
in New York, which is the public
utilities bill just about to be enacted,
are being favorably considered, and
that the proposed Georgia law will be
modeled very much along those lines.
It is proposed that the railroad com
mission shall havo only' legislative
functions, and none that arc executive
or judicial The plan is to give tip-
commission wide powers in the legis-
churchmen, but there was
not the least ill feeling and the con
vention was one of brotherly love and
good fellowship. Officers were elected
as follows; President, A. H. Strong,
of New York, president of the Roches
ter Theological Seminary; first vice-
president. J. Taylor E!Ii3on. Lieuten
ant-Governor of Virginia: second vice-
president. Chas. E. Hughes. Governor
of New York; third vice-president,
A. L. Crimmon, of Canada; recording
secretary. Thos. D. Osborne, of Ken
tucky: assistant secretary, J. S. Dick
erson, Illinois; corresponding secre
tary. S. D. Meeser, Michigan; treas
urer, E. M. Thresher, Ohio; executive
committee. E. W. Stephens. Missouri;
J. N. Prestridge Kentucky: T. T. Ea
ton, Kentucky; H L. Morehouse, New
Save the King" under the Union Jack.
Tho request had the approval of the
convention. Among the most Impor
tant resolutions adopted today was
one endorsing the movement to erect a
Baptist Theological Seminary in Rus
sia and the effort to raise $100,000 with
which to do the work.
Baron Uxkull, of Russia, who is in
America in the interest of the move
ment. explained to the convention the
purpose for which ho was present and
asked the support of the Baptists of
America.
The convention referred to commit
tee a resolution requesting the admin
istration of the United States with the
co-operation of Great Britain to exert
its influence to bring an end to the
conditions that exists in the Congo.
which witness said was now In force.
Objection was made to this line of tes
timony as not applying to the Cen
tral Freight Association territory. The
commission held that the objection
was valid, but that the matter might
be the subject of a complaint to the
commission.
- „„„ TOtUr. p„- j
Inlng to the. interests and welfare.of , j n vacation with power to acL It is
e new disirict agricultural schools of { to be given wider scope in the matter
of legislation, such as that relating to
switching, sidetracks and possibly
schedules, powers which the commis
sion has asked from time to time in
its annual reports, and probably many
others in addition to these.
Provision is then to be made for the
enforcement of the legilsation enact-
leorgia, occupied during the entire
day a conferenee of the principals and
presidents of boards of trustees of
these schools with the curriculum com
mittee appointed by the university
trustees which was held in the Senate
chamber today.
Attending this conference by special
Invitation were Gov.-elect Hoke Smith.
State School Commissioner W. B.
Merritt and Commissioner of Agricul
ture T. G. Hudson.
A draff of the proposed curriculum
to lie submitted* to the university trus
tees hv the committee had been pre
pared and was submitted to those
composing the conference for discus
sion and recommendations. Tho j
actual curriculum will be adopted by j
the hoard of trustees of each school,
but for the sake of uniformity the uni
versity trustees will recommend to tho
schools a carefully prepared curricu
lum which, it is believed, will subserve
tfc» Interests of each.
Material changes have been made
in the curriculum as it is now propo
ed. as compared with the original draft
prepared by Jos. Stewart, State agent
M the university. In general terms
this curriculum has
reduced until now tl
agricultural* school Is about the equiv
alent of tho seventh grade in the
grammar schools. More practical ag
ricultural work has been introduced,
ihe literary and scientific studies being
retained, but being more subordinated
to the main idea of agricultural educa
tion. The present plan contemplates a
four-year term In the agricultural
schools with a prospect of reducing It
In the future, as occasion may war
rant to three years.
Only one Important change was
made’In the course of study ns sug
gested by tho curriculum
nt the morning session.
!he substitution of agricultural or
In tho
forcement of acts of the Legislature it
self. It It not unlikely that the pro
posed penaltv. in may instances at
ioast. will take the form of criminal
process, entailing indictment with fine
or imprisonment in the event of con
viction, or both in the discretion of the
court.
The bill has not yet been prepared
but enough is known to make it cer
tain that it will be very far-reaching,
and probaiy the most interesting and
important piece of legislation to be
considered ar. tho coming session. It is
intended to make the railroad commis
sion a bulwark of the people as it
were, and as a legislative body it will
I ! stand as such.
Whether It will be given power of
control over other classes of public
utility corporations than railroads,
considerably i telegraph arid express companies, is
first year in tho I not known, but there has been a sug
gestion, to that end, and it may be
some step will be included in tho
measure looking to extending the com
mission’s authority over electric light
ing. gas, street railroad, and other
companies of a public or semi-public
nature.
Aork: Geo. E. Rees, Pennsylvania; J. t The two temperance* resolutions offer-
B. GRmbrell. Texas; W. TV. Landrum, ed last night were today adapted.
FIRST LEGAL BATTLE
FOUGHT OVER MRS. EDDY
ed by the railroad commission, Just as TW|i!fpp<a PI aim Ricrhf fn ho
similar provision is made for the en- USICCS LldlLU lUgllt lO De
Famous Cate Disposed Of,
ATLANTA, May 23.—A famous
Spalding County criminal case which
has been pending for more than a year
was finally disposed of today by Gqv-
, ernor Terrel] granting pardons to John
committee, i \ve?ley Goodin, Landa Goodin, and
and that was Newt Goodin, oonvlcted in Spalding
1 Superior ’Court of the charge of
j manslaughter. The first two were
sentenced to serve eight years in the
Substituted as Plaintiffs
Mrs. Eddy's Deed
Valid, They Say
CONCORD, X. H„ May 23.—Follow
ing skirmishes the first legal battle
fought about the person of Mrs. Mary
G. Eddy, leader of the Christian
Science denomination, in connection
with suit in equity seeking an ac-
countig of her property, was opened in * plaintiffs in the original suit, the "next
the motion of the trustees that they
be substituted for the “next friends”
as plaintiffs in the suit against Frye
and other defendants.
Nearly all of the ten defendants
were In court when the hearing open
ed, although Frye, the principal de
fendant, did not appear. Among the
prominent spectators was Judge Wm.
C. Ewing, of Chicago, one of the most
prominent members of tho Christian
Science denomination.
General Frank S. Streeter, of this
city, chief counsel for the defendants,
occupied the floor throughout the day’s
proceedings. His argument was de
voted principally to the contention that
in order to prevent the trustee? being
substituted for “next friends'
CHICAGO. May 23.—Five men were
killed and at least a dozen seriously in
jured by the exoloslon of an ammonia
tank in .one of the Armour Companle's
■Warehouses today.
The building was full of workmen and
the deadly ammonia fumes, escaping from
under high pressure, penetrated through
every department in the building in such
a short time that twenty men were over
come. All of the dead and injured were
foreigners.
the McCormick County circuit court
here today. The original suit, brought
by Mrs. Eddy’s son. Geo. W. Glover,
of Lead, S. D., his daughter daughter,
Mary ’Baker Glover, and Geo. W. Ba
ker, of Bangor, Maine, a nephew of
Mrs. Eddy, was brought in the name
of the Christian Science leader by her
three relatives, acting as “next
friends,” and was directed against
Calvin A. Frye, Mrs. Eddy’s secretary
and several other leaders of the Chris
tian Science church, asking for an
accounting of Mrs. Eddy's property,
which the “next friends” alleged was
being misapplied by the defendants.
friends” must prove Mrs. Eddy’s in
competency to execute the trust deed
giving her trustees power to act for
her. General Streeter claimed that it
was the legal right of the trustees to
prosecute the suit against tho ten. de-
fendans.
He submitted the trust deed to tho
court and h c serted that it was valid.
To make it Invalid, he claimed the
"next friends” must prove Mrs. Eddy
incapable of making the transfer of
her property to the trustees. If tho
deed is valid, he said, not only ali of
Mrs. Eddy’s property ihas been trans
ferred. but the right to prosecute the
SAVANNAH. Ga., May 23—Melvin Pad
gett, son of Sim Padgett, one of the
negroes killed in the battle with the posse
in Tattnall County Tuesday, wa3 brought
here tonight from Statesboro by Deputy
Sheriff Kendrick, of Bulloch County.
There were fears of mob violence and it
was for his own safety that the negro
appointed by Mrs. Eddy and were em- i deed is regarded as material, then thg j ta^afl 0 here; tC> Padgett dentes 'the 'crime
These became complicated when three i suit passed to the trustees, and they
trustees. Henry M. Baker, Archibald j ask to be allowed to carry it on. If
McLelian and Josiah E. Fernald. were 1 Mrs. Eddy’s competency to make the
SAYS A. 6.
issue nisiAvn
ATLANTA. Ga.. May 23.—Charging that
ho is about to be “swamped” by a stu
pendous issue of stock by the stockholders
of the Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic
Railway, Louis P. Pairo, a stockholder, late
today secured a temporary njuncton
against H. M. Atkinson and 'the railway
company to prevent a meeting of the
stockholders next Monday. It is declared
that tho company contemplate Issuing
$2 000.000 worth of stock as a bonus for
the sale of JS.000.000 worth of bonds
which It is proposed to issue for the pur
pose of carrying on projected improve
ments.
The plaintiff claims that the issue of
this stock will be made without taking
his interest into consideration and will
servo to inflict great damage upon him.
Hearing is set for May 23.
TWO OF PADGETT BOYS
JAILED IN SAVANNAH
farm bookkeeping for algebra
second year’s course.
There was considerable discussion penitentiary and the latter, who did
ns to the amount of practical farm i no t participate In the shooting was
work, some of those present holding to j gjvon a one year term,
the belief that, this should bo incroas- : r pk c Jr .en were convicted of the homi-
rd. and it may be that this view will j eide of Tony Biles at a dance some-
cbtain before final action is taken. thine more than a year ago. The
Gov-elect Hoke Bmlth. who had b^en homicide was the result of a general
requested to make any suggestions r(nv j n which there were several par-
whlch be might desire, spoke briefly , tlcipants and John Wesley and Landa
test before the meeting adjourned. He Goodin were shot all to pieces so that
commended the proposed curriculum they are today practically invalids,
highly. . .1 They have never been to the peniten-
| tlarv but have been several times re
mit
Hr said the onlv possihle criticism
at he could make of it was the !n-
iductlon of too much algebra and
a quite enough agricultural or farm
oklceeplng, which he thought should
begun early and continued through-
tbe course. The study of farm
kkeerjng along with thorough work
arithmetic, he said he eons’dered
fir mere value than a smattering
ilgebrs. and he commended the Im
am .mange in the curriculum
eh had been made in that direction.
Vnvtb.tng which I can possibly do
Governor if Georgia In behalf of
J agricultural schools during tho
; tw . years. I will gladly do and to
. ,-nd you may command me. ho
sp’ted pending an investigation of
their case. Their physical condition
and doubt as to their guilt led to their
pardon.
He warned those at
head of
the
is naturally
inks alone.
ngratuHt
the att!ti
lculum cc
voiced by
iron
5 m I: h
‘lis
Duckworth, tn
literary course
*’! students c
lent Due 1
emit at I s yen
vhich he took,
ttee had more
the Farmers’
'blent R. F.
. . , rides that the
ia 11 be optional with
16 years of age.
■r;h had rut the age
The conference also
h ; s request, that it would
caching of agricultu-a! in
n schools In accordance
resent law which it is
too little observed.
Hok- Snvth and Confer. ^
T ' * ‘; Amo
i TI.A NT A. May -3
i.jon of Thomasvli:
•Ai.-er-ob I? in
jtot Mr.
wa -
nc
railroad
tlanta at the
IcLc'don and
ere in confer- j
:e! this morning, but in- j
re; wi'h the reply that j
hing of public Interest :
lining to. the railroad
. da vs is of peculiar
of the fact that por-
lmportant legislation
the approaching ses-
. ; n . ,>, e Legislature, will relate to
that body and its powers and author-
!»v While the preparation
reached a stage at
... por.al'.y discussed.
Daughter of Gen. Gordon Will Miss
Unveiling.
ATLANTA. May 23.—It was stated
today that there Is <
Mrs. Caroline Lewis Gordon Brown, of
Vermont, beinr ab':e to be here for the
unveiling of th? statue in honor of her
distinguished father. General Gordon,
on Saturday, owing to the severe ill
ness of her child. Mrs. Rrotvn has been
expected to join her sister. Mrs. Fran
ces Gordon Smith. In unveiling the
The Gordon statue has been set upon
its pedestal ari l plans for the unvot
ing are new praet'cs'ly comnl.-'m. To
p-trade will assembly in command of
Grand Marshal Tt. E. Pork, on Pooch-
tree «treet at e;30 o'clock and move
at It. In it will perticinate the fifth
regiment infantry, a large portion of
the second, troops of cavalry from
Savannah and <3ainesville, the Univer
sity Coro? Cadets from Athens, the
Gordon Institute Cadets front Bames-
ville. hundreds of school children.
Confederate veterans, civic bodies and
many others.
The line of march instead of that i
heretofore announced will be Peach- !
tree and White tall streets to Mitchell 1
street, to Washington then turning
north on Washington the monument I
where the orerc ?e? will take place he- j
•omptly at neon "n Saturday, j
-her? tb*-re will h». present i
time ex-governors of Georgia and!
their f-mp*e? and four judges of the;
United States courts.
powered by a trust deed executed by j question of competency must be de-
T.er to manage her property. The trus- cided first.
tees then petitioned the court to be i Judge Chamberlin announced at tho
substituted for the “next friends.” as outset of the Gearing that the procood-
plaintiffs in the suit in equity to se- ings should be confined strictly to tho
cure an accounting of Mrs. Eddy’s ! question of the intervention of true-
property. Following this the original ; tees as plaintiffs. He said he would
plaintiffs' petitioned the court to in- i not consider Mrs. Eddy’s competency
elude the trustees as defendants in the at this time. The hearing will be re-
original suits. Today’s hearing was on sumed tomorrow.
botanical works. He was forunate in
finding a wealthy patron, who sent him
to England to study the gardens and
herbariums there, and where he made
the acquaintance of all the British
botanists. He visited Paris also and
learned the theories and methods of
the French gardeners.
Returning finally to Sweden, he
established himself in Stockholm as' a
physician. His ability was almost im
mediately recognized and he iwas
elected president of the Royal Acad-
... The chair of botany in the fac-
ome doubt about j of Carl von L:nne. the lather of tne , u ]*v at Upsaia was the height of his
modern se.ence of botany. Linne, j ambition, and he attained it in 1741
often known as Linneus, the Latin- , U pon the retirement of his old enemv,
ized form of the name, was born_ in I professor Rosen. He soon made that i
the province of Smaland, May 24, 170‘. | department of science in the Univer-
and died in Upsaia January 10. IDS. j sity of Sweden famous throughout the
He was a naturalist of the highest j entire world, and students came from
charged against him. the criminal assault
of Mrs. Laura Moore, which caused the
encounter resulting in the killing of live
persons. Arthur Padgett, a brother of
Melvin. Is also In jail here.
AUSTIN, Tex., May 23.—One of The
opening guns in the Foraker Presiden
tial boom for Texas was fired when
the negro Republicans of Travis Coun
ty met here recently to decide upon
their action in the coming campaign.
A few dissatisfied white Republicans
were in attedance. T. J. Clark was
made chairman and L. B. Kincheon
secretary. 'Both are negroes. It was
decided that the national campaign
could not be started any too soon, 'and,
believing that '‘the early bird catches
the worm,” the chairman was author
ized to appoint a committee to work
in the county at once. Foraker and
Warner were endorsed for President
and Vice-President.
A resolution was adopted denouncing
the policy of Cecil A. Lyon, of Sher
man. chairman of the Republican State
executive committee. Lyon’s policy
I practically excludes all negroes from
the ranks •of tile Republican party in
Texas and makes it a strictly “lfly
white” organization.
Maj. Joseph W. Burke, of Austin,
was endorsed as the leader of the For
aker forces in Texas. Maj. Burke is
one of the most prominent dissatis
fied white Republicans in the State,
and Ms coming forth into political ac
tivity again after a reitrement of more
than fifteen years, brings to mind some
very interesting 'events in his career.
He is a veteran of the Civil War and
a member of the G. A. R. He was
L T n!ted States internal revenue col
lector, with headquarters at Austin,
under the Harrison Administration,
18S9 to 1S33.
During the following four years in
which Grover Cleveland held the reins
of Government. Maj. Burke looked
after the affairs of a large plantation
owned by his wife.
When the great “free silver 16 to 1”
political move struck Texas in 1896,
he bolted from his party, with a few
other free silver Republicans. Just
before the election he published an
article in the newspapers predicting a
victory for Bryan by an overwhelm^/.-
majority. The elcction^of McKinley of
course “shelved;’ the major. He went
way back and sat down.” He sat
hard, too. So deep wrs the political
rave that Maj. Burke dug for himself,
he has just lately been able to scratch
out, but fortunately in time for the re
markable after effects of the Browns
ville crime, now looming up on the
horizon of national politics. During
the past ten years the major has been
barred from tho Republican pie
counter.
Financial matters have not gone en
tirely to his liking in the past tejj
years, and therefore a return to the
party feast would be moBt agreeable
to him.
The major is a handsome man and
has a very commanding appearance.
His family move in the highest social
circles of the Capital city of Texas,
where he resides.
Since Senator Foraker has painted
as snow-white angels with full-grown
wings the black brutes that shot up
the helpless little town on the Rio
Grande, all Texas negroes are follow
ing the course of their race in other
States and are rallying around the
banner of the Ohio man.
In ail negro pow-wows' now, Browns
ville-is the high sign and Foraker the
password. While Maj. Burke would
not for a moment think of entertaining
in his residence at luncheon Booker
Washington or any other prominent
negro, he stands well with them polit
ically.
He is not in favor of placing ne^^cs
in high and responsible Government
positions, but as long as he succeeds
n working his rabbit foot so the
kinky-haired voters will believe that
they will get a big piece of pie from
the G. O. P., Maj. 'Burke will prove to
be a valuable wheel horse for the For
aker band wagon.
SUES
HEED
Long worth, But Hot
Son-in-law Hick:
WASHINGTON. May 23.—Mayor
Frederick J. Combe, of Brownsville.
Tex., was the only witness before the
Senate committee on military affairs
today In the investigation of the shoot
ing affray there on August 13 last,
which restilted in the discharge of the
negro soldiers garrisoned at Fort
Brown. After telling of the incidents
connected • with the shooting affray
and subsequent events in which lie
figured, the Mayor was cross-examin
ed by Senator Foraker at great length.
The-Senator was particularly Inter
ested In a report that citizens of
Brownsville had raised $10,005. to be
offered as a reward for information
leading to a discovery of the persons
who did the shooting.
“There, was no truth in that report." '
said Mayor Combe. “It was started
by an Ohio man.”
Senator Foraker Joined the laughter
which greeted the remark, and asked
the name of the man. "I think it was
Longworth, Senator,” replied tho wit
ness.
"His first name does not happen to
be Nicholas, docs it?" inquired Sena
tor Foraker.
“I don’t remember.” said the Mayor.
“Well, of course you dont meant the
President's son-in-law?” asked the
Senator.
The Mayor hastened to assure the
committee that it was not tho Ohio
Congressman and after the laughter
had subsided tho conversation was
expunged from tho record.
The cross-examination will be con
tinued tomorrow.
DIPLOMATS TRi
WASHINGTON, May 23.—Just what
the State Department^ can do to relieve
members of the diplomatic corps who
possess automobiles, from vexation when
they make an excursion In Maryland, has
become one of the questions of Import
ance. but regarding which no path of
procedure seems open. Several diplo
mats nave been halted by the town mar
shal of Glen Echo, a suburb of Wash
ington, and escaped actual arrest only
after elaborate explanations as to their
identity and immunity. While members
of tile diplomatic corps dislike to file for
mal complaint regarding; such matters,
they have not hesitated to dls^ms tho
matter freoly with Secretary Root' and
Secretary' Bacon. The latest informal
discussion of this nature wag participated
in today by the dean of the diplomatic
corps. ‘Baron Sdmondomo Mayor Des-
planches, the Italian ambassador, and
Secretary ■ Root. The experience of the
ambassador with Marshal Collins occurred
last Sunday, when he was halted and
catechised during cl rain storm. The am
bassador told Secretary Root that h<- wa*
placed^ri a decidedly undignified position.
.The indications aro that the Maryland
authorities will bo communicated with
regarding the matter.
Negro Shot His Wife.
EATONTON, Ga., May 23.—Bill
Bledsoe, a negro, shot his wife. Mary
Bledsoe, as she was at work as cook
in the yard of Mr. Alex Jenkins, In
Eatonton today. The woman had justj
finished cooking dinner when her bus
band came up and after a few words
shot her fatally through the
breast. Bledsoe and his wife separ
ated about two weeks ago. He escoperf
immediately after the shooting. There
Is no hope of ihe victim's recovery.
STOCKHOLM. May 23.—All the uni
versities and learned and scientific so
cieties of Sweden today held exercises
in celebration of the 200th anniversary j emy
NORFOLK. Va., May 23.—The prin
cipal feature of today’s session of the
Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers’ As
sociation. in eleventh annual conven
tion at the Jamestown Exposition, was
an address by John M. Carson.' chicf of
the bureau of manufacturers of the
Department of Commerce and Labor.
His subject was “Foreign Trade.”
“The cotton seed industry presents
greater attractions.” said Maj. Carson,
“and offers great possibilities in the
immediate future for enlargement in
foreign markets than many others of
our principle industries. If it were
more generally known in the United
States that the best cotton seed oil is
equal in purity and healthfulness to
olive oil. the demand for cotton oil at
CHARLOTTE ARTICLES
OF AGREEMENT ADOPTED
Southern Presbyterian Gen
eral Assembly Was About
Evenly Divided
rank and not only was a most entau- j a u countries to receive his instruction
siastic student and explorer, but placed Distinctions of all kinds were bestowed
the knowledge of plant life on a scien- i upon him bv foreign nations as we’l as
tific basis. His system of nomencla- J >,! s 0 wn. He was elevated to the rank home wo uId expand to a point that
ture still prevails, as does a similar j of a noble and took the title of Von
system for zoology. j Linne. All the learned bodies of Eu-
Linne was a son of a Lutheran cler- j rope elected him to membership and
gyman and in childhood was designed j he received invitations from many of
for the ministry, hut he was so fas- j the great universities to join their Vac
cinated by flowers and plants that he j uities.
made no headway in his theological i t was at the - University at Upsaia
studies. His father was advised to J where the most notablc.of today's ob-
have him taught a trade, and in fact | servances was held in honor of the
he was apprenticed to a shoemaker, J great botanist’s 200th anniversary. The
but. fortunately for the scientific world, exercises were participated t n by rep-
Dr. Rothman, a physician at W exio. i re-putatives of many of the universi-
who had noticed the boy's enthusiasm j ties and scientific societies through
out the. world, including the Linnean
Society of London, the Smithsonian
Institution at Washington and Shaw's
botanical gardens at St. Louis. Dur
ing the day the Linne monument in
the Cathedral of Upsaia. where the
famou'- botanist was buried, was piled
high with flora' *' '
cientifi
ploy
ffered at times from actual hun- | MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., May 23. ! protecting them against questionable
Later he attracted the favorable i Interesting exercises in celebration of i practices which it is alleged have at-
for botany, prevailed upon the father
to allow him to study medicine and
natural history. The physician took
young Linne into his household, and
there he studied and worked among
the plants and flowers for some years.
Ambitious to pursue hi- studies, the
young man went to t ie University of
Upsaia. He v
ent and
would seriously interfere with the
profits of these manufacturers of olive
oil dn France, Italy and Spain, who
find cotton oil so profitable in the con
duct of their business. Our manufac
turers of cotton oil might profitably
direct their efforts to bringing their
product to the attention of tho Ameri
can people if our own people were
made familiar with the real qualities
of cotton seed oil. very much of the
olive oil now imported would be per
manently displaced, and very much of
the animal fats now so exetnslvely
used in the preparation of food would
be expelled from American kitchens. X
suggest that the producers of cotton
seed- products, through the agency of
the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers’
Association, perfect plans for exploit-
SMe Was 95 For
and 9h Against
is unatle to obtain em- ! leading
while at the university j
ribut^s sent bv" the ! ' n SE tbeir manufacturers, not only in
societies of the world ' foreign, but in domestic markets, and
’ j for maintaining their integrity and
?. Minn., Ml
celebration of
'da few recent shipments to Eu
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 23.—By a
vote of 94 to 96 the general assembly
of the Southern Presbyterian Church
today voted in favor of adopting the j churches raise
Charlotte articles of agreement. This l Oh Is work durin
result was reached only after one of
the most heated discussions In the his
tory of the church and a historical
scene was enacted as the assembly
placed the church on record as favor
ing closer unity with other churches
holding the Presbyterian form of wor
ship. It Is the younger men of the
church who have achieved this result,
the older commissioners being for the
most part in opposition. Tho vote on
the adoption of the articles was taken
shortly after noon and the closeness
of the final shows how badly divided
the assembly was on the question.
When first announced the result was
95 for and 95 against. Albert Montoy.
harmony and not In conflict, as has
been the cate in the past.
At the afternoon session arguments
were heard in favor of Houston. Tex.,
and Louisville, Ky., as the meeting
place for . the next general assembly.
The commissioners are already be
ginning to leave the city as the dispo
sition of the articles of agreement re
moves the most important subject that
was before the assembly for consider
ation. .
Greensboro. N. C., was finally chosen
over Louisville by a vote of 90 to S2,
as the place for molding the next gen
eral assembly.
Tonight's session was devoted al
most entirely to consideration of for
eign mission work and the assembly
formally recommend? that the
million -dollars for
_ the coming year,
j A committee was named to nominate
| the 12 men who shall first represent
! tho Southern Presbyterian church in
the proposed council to be created tn
accordance with the Charlotte articles
of agreement.
It is thought the assembly will ad~
journ tomorrow night.
CRAZY MAN SAYS HE IS
MRS. LONGWORTH’S HUSBAND.
ed
IOC
m
-1 :‘i IP g Leg: 0
itur
has not
hich it can be
is known that
embers of the
and Gov.-elect
Inauguration Plans.
ATT.A NT A. May 22.—According to
the plans mapp'd out for :he inaugu
ration of Hoke Smith's campaign com
mittee. the new Governor will be
sworn in in the hall of the House of
Representatives n accordance with the
requirement of law. n Saturday. June
29. and will then be escorted out of
doors where, from the capital stor.s in
front of the main entrance on Wash
ington street he will deliver his in
augural
nionie
reeeptk
adilr
inaugura
of one of the professors, who ! the 20Oth anniversary of tb°> birth of i tel R
h for him financial assistance. i Carl von Linne. the great Swedish bot- j rope.”
1732 Linne made a botanical tour ’> an’st. were held this afternoon in the I Maj. Carson'
armory at tlm University of Minnesota. '
Attending* the cserc-'se? were renre- j
sentfitJves of Swedish societies l
throughout Minnesota. The speakers j
included Dr. Cyrus Northrop, president
of the university: Professor David !
Swenson. Dr. C. M. Jordan and James j
C. Haynes.
botanical
Of Lapland, mostly on foot, a journey
of 4.000 miles, which resulted in his
first published work on botany. Tt was
so well received that it excited the
jealousy of Dr. Ros»n, professor of
botany in the university faculty, who
had him dismissed from the university
on some shallow pretext. The unfor
tunate young man then journeyed to
northern Sweden, where he assayed
metals and did odd jobs at the mines.
re- i His steps next ’ed him
Holland.
n a; the Governor's mansion
public I ■.' here h- pursued h’s studies and com- j nt a s;
don. * J pleted several of his most important < Society
j INDISTINCT PRINT
address was consider
ed by the association to be so valuable
that it was determined by resolution
to have it printed for general circula
tion.
O. P. Godwin, president of the Farm
ers' Union, of South Carolina followed
In an address in which he dwelt upon
the advisability of doing away with
the middle men between the producers
WASHINGTON. Mav 23.—The 200th ! of, and the crushers of cotton seed,
anniversary of the birth of Von Lirme, j The question of where the next annual
the botan’st was commemorated today : meeting shall be held was debated, but
■ ia! meeting of the Botanical I was not settled. An invitation from
of Washington, t Dallas, Tex., was read.
COLUMBUS; Ohio, May 23.—James
Frieze, who is confined in a sanitarium
here applied to court foday for hi? re-
I lease. He declares he Is the rightful
J husband of Alice Roosevelt Longworth
of Indian Territory, stated that he had &
voted under a misapprehension and tcrloper and ought to be shot. Ha
asked leave to change his vote from
no to yes.
John W. Faxon, of Chattanooga, ex
plained his vote, saying that he couid
not vote to place the church of his
fathers in the hands of strangers, even
though his Presbytery wished it. He
therefore voted no.
By the- adoption of the Charlotte ar
ticles today the Southern Presbyterian
Church agrees to enter a general coun
cil of reformed churches. The council
will be made up of representatives of
all the churches holding the Presby
terian system and can make recom
mendations to the general assemblies
by which it was created, but will have
no executive power.
It is the intention, however, to let
the council work out a general plan
for home and foreign missionary work
^io that the churches will work
threatens to kill Mayor Badger and all
the city officers when ho gets out.
CAPTAIN OF THE “DREAM”
FOUR DAY8 WITHOUT FOOD.
SAVANNAH, Ga., May 23.—Abrtsa
Garby, the captain of Bbe fishing
smack Dream, from Charleston, which
was wrecked on Ossabaw island. May
12. and who was given up for dead,
has been rescued by a resident of the
Island. He had been without food or
water for four days and nights when
found.
Ladles’ Auxiliary Elects Officers.
MEMPHIS. Tcnn.. May 23.—The ladles’
auxiliary of the Order of Raiway Con
ductors, including president, Mrs. J. H.
Moore Toledo. O.; secretary and treas
urer ’Mrs W. E. Higgins, and grand
in guard, Mrs. W. S. Garr, Atlanta,
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