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MACON, GA„ TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 1907.
TWICE-A-WEEK, $1.00 A YEAR.
SUPREME COURT RULES
IN FAVOR OF VIRGINIA y^jjy
States in Courts About In-!
i
debtedness Contracted l
Before Creation of
W. Virginia !
ill
GUATEMALAN FRONTIER
WOim £N AFFRAY ROBBERY WAS motive ATLANTA Presbyterian
B ^ST011 | pi WSJ F0S ri ™ 8 PHIESTj church before courts
'STOCK- MARKET CLOSED
ey DOWNWARD SHOOT
One Negro, a Policeman and
Two Innocent Bystand
ers Were Shot
Demurrer of West
Virginia Overruled
!SHOULD CABRERA CARRY CUT
I i
| THREAT MEXICO IS READY
I TO ACT
WASHINGTON'. May 27.—The
pro me court of the Unite.] State
day overruled the demurrer of
State of Wpst Virginia' in the
c-red Injjs against that State by
I MEXICO CITT, Hex.. May 27—Mex-
j ico has eight thousand men fully
j equipped and on a war footing now on
s U _ ’ the Guatemalan frontier. Distributed
to _ at strategic points to the south of this
f ae capital are 8,000 additional troops
pro- I which bodies of soldiers can be trans-
thc 1 ported to the border on twenty-four
, Drunken Negroes
Caused Trouble
State of Virginia in which the latter
State seeks to compel the former to
assume a portion of the Indohteiness
contracted by Virginia before the
creation of West Virginia. The order
was announced by Chief Justice Fuller
who said that there could be no doubt
of the jurisdiction of the Supreme
court in the esse. While Chief Justice
Fuller's onlnlon dealt necessarily with
the question presented bv the demurr
er. he dealt somewhat with file merits
of the res'.. Alter asserting the juris
diction of the court he took ttp the '
r-■•■stlor of amount Involved, saving: j
"When this court "as ascertained and :
r ’judv -d the proportion of the debt {
o' tfie original Slate wViiob It would |
be <-.qultab]e for West Virginia to pay. i
1‘ is not to be nTS'Tim''d 'n demurrer |
that West Virginia would refuse to
carry out the decree of this court. If
such repudiation should be absolutely
nrs''rted. we will then consider by j
what means the decree m.av ‘be en
forced. I
"It is. however, further Insisted that j
tMln court can not proceed to judge
ment because
entered into laetw
West Virginia, with the consent of i
Congress, by wh’eh the onn'tlon of the
lalbllltv of Vircjn'a to West Virginia j
was submitted to the arbitrament and j
eword of the Lcgls'cture of West Vlr- j
glr.l.a ns the sole tribunal which could '
por 0 unnn IL The constitution of
We»t Virginia when ndm'tfed Into the j
Union, contained the provisions: i
"’All eqiillahle proportion of the nub-
lle debt of tbe com-eon weal *h of Vlr- I
ginin prior to the first dav of January,
one ftcusand eight hundred and sixty-
out sho’l be assumed by this State.
.->--d the Legiblet.ure sbe’i ascertain the
rr me rs «onn as msv h» nract , '”l |V 'le
and provide f r the iiouidation of the
some bv a -inking fund and redeem
Vie principal within thlrtv-four years.’
Pead'ng f'o VI-glnia n-diranee and
the West Virsdnia const'tutlenal pro-
Vi-ion it f-.’lowed that r-Siil was
meant bv the expression. ‘That th"
j „ r o shall ascertain.’ was that
tbe T.o-is'attme shal 1 ascertain as soon
nc nocclhle from tfee wi’s’t't of the
mefbod pre'crV'eil and provide for the
IfrtUldatlPn of tbe emount so socert
xrl. And it mav
hours notice.
While there Is a disposition In offi
cial circles to modify the height of the
tension existing between President
Cabrera and the Mexican Government
it Is admitted on all sides that should
Cabrera carry out his Intention of
executing the nineteen men accused of
complicity in the alleged attempts to
assassinate him, Mexico would be
forced to Intervene.
THOSE WOUNDED:
George Stapleton, negro, shot
head, thigh, stomach and three
back.
Officer J. A. Cooley,
wound in right leg.
Henry Bennet, white, shot through
left leg.
W. J. Arnold, white, shot in left leg.
tol at the negro and the negro wheel
ed and said ‘You son of a 1* and
etarted at Coley with the club, and
Coley drew back as he was unarmed
until he could reload his gun.
I drew my pistol and shot the negro
twice and both shots must have taken
effect as he was only a dozen feet or
so away. The negro then staggered
around the corner and was caught a
moment later by the other two offi
cers.”
"I was up at the station when the
first shots were fired," said Special
Officer J. C. Plunkett who together
with Patrol Driver John Smallwood
made the final arrest of the negro In
question." and- rushed to the scene
. with Smallwood. The nego was going
in j down the alley and I hollered at John
. ; who did not have his pistol to step
,n j aside and I could hit the nigger. But
■ John kept right on in the way and the
[ nis-ger turned and started to club him
white flesh ' "when J caught the club and Wrenched
j Will Court Undertake Ju- j
j dicial Determination of \
:
Doctrine of Predes
tination ?
Bad whisky and bad negroes is al
ways a bad combination and It was
such a mixture last night about nine
o’clock that resulted in a shooting af-
it from him and we took him to the
station.’’
At the station the negro gave In his
name as George Stapleton and was at
once removed to the hospital where
Officer Coley and the two white men.
Messrs. Henry Bennet and W. J. Ar
nold, both well-known Insurance men
who were hit while standing near, by
stray bullets in the general melfee, had
been taken.
Negro With Smoking Pistol.
Although- the negro that was caught
ATTEMPT MADE
Tfl RUPM TPSWN fray In front of Murphy’s saloon, 662 ' bad the club and OfficeY Coley stated
1 u LMJIVll 1 VA ff lx I Poplar street, and only a short dis- 'had a knife while attacking him, it
______ i tance from the city hall, in which a ■ was thought that he had had a pistol
j police officer, two innocent bystanders and had done some of the shooting but
h-LKTON, Md., May 27.—The break- | and a negro were wounded but happily I it developed that he had no such
Ing out of four fires at different times . none fatally except possibly the negro j weapon upon him when captured. The
in the business section of this place ; who is the most seriously wounded of! other negro who escaped In t'he ex-
Dispute Involves
Property of Church
ATLANTA, May 27.—A two days’
argument was begun in the State Su
preme Court today in the case of
George H. Mack and others, plaintiffs
in error, against R. R. Kime and
others, defendants in error, better
known as the Cumberland Presbyte-
Pfln nhnrph noco \rt trliiMi tho /■lnr»fr?nn
! POLICE DISCOVER FATHER VAR-
TIANAN RECENTLY INHERIT
ED A JEWEL OF GREAT
VALUE. . 1
NEW YORK, May 27.—The constant
search by the police of New York for
Sarkis Ermoyian and feis brother.
Simon, who have been connected with !
the murder of Rev. Father Kasper '
Vartianan, through cards found In the .
trunk where the body was discovered
and of a Cnlrd man believed to.have!
been connected with case, the assert- ,
ion that Father Kasper Vartianan had j
recently inherited a snug fortune from
a brother who died in Chicago, and |
that fee possessed a jewel of great
value in the form of a crescent or a j
cross which had been handed down 1
from generation to generation of :
priests—this money and the jewel giv- :
Ing the police a motive for the crime, j
The fact that Mrs. Henry Sherer. in
whose apartments- at 333 West 37th !
street, the trunk with its body / as J
found, was taken to police headquart
ers to identify
arrested as the
the trunk to fee
nounced that ho
carried the trunk in. * These were the
developments up to a late hourt to
night in what has (become known as
the "trunk murder'
The body
Rev. Kasper
found yesterday doubled, with the head Atlanta church refused to go to uro t , ; e ader in several similar move
strapped to the knees. Dies in tip re-mlar Preahvter’an Church under the leaner in .eterai similar mo\e-
mornic i nositlvelv identified according re ° ular -vresDj lerian Gnurcn unaer me men t s lately, was one of the earliest
morgue, positively laennriea according agreement entered into last year, and I .... tn thA
to the police, but without clue other re f us »d to let the maioritv take the • Eu ? cun ™-.to nio m^enr liquidation
than those a'readv m-ovided in the L ust rne majority ta^e tnv , dropping 3% points in the first hour,
fincling of the body f^ureh mong wUh tl!e . m i Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific. Aroal-
3REAK ACTUATED BY PERSIST*
ENT SELLING ON REPORT
DAMAGE TO V/HEAT BY
FROST.
NEW YORK, May 27.—With the
price of wheat and cotton booming up-
tv.:r! the v.uu.-.< of s' vks as quoted on
the New York stock exbange turned
downward under persistent liquidation
again today and scored losses ranging
from 5% to 2 points for the leaders.
Opening weak, the market continued
its downward trend until the closing
hour, when profit taking -by the bears
and brought
nt or more in
ich of which
t-o perlstcnt selling, much of which
was said to come from Western houses
. , ,, . , ! actuated bv the reports of damage to
property of the Cumberland Preaby- , the wheat ’ crop bv f rosts . Professional
dispute involves really
murder” of New York. I terian Church In Atlanta and inci- I ne w “® at crop ny irosts. Professional
, f-o Armenian nrioat reman rca * m auania, 8Bo, liiei hears took quick advantage of the sell-
' which' was 1 ?* ntally ^ h ° <*.church do*- , j and tho move ° e nt vigorous
■ r . vartianan. viaicn was . trine. The minority members of the
rday doubled, with the head Atlanta church refused to go to the
early today, lias created the belief
that an attempt was made to bum
the town. In each case kerosene was
used. The town council has offered a
reward of $250 for the arrest and con
viction of the firebugs.
The concerns which suffered losses
r sn nnmnnot i are RobL B. Frazer, druggist. Waller’s
fnnTn x-ir^int^ m ^.nri ' P hoto ?raph studio, and stables occu-
tween -Virginia, and * y Rambo & George , lco dealers.
King's hardware store was ignited,
but the fire was extinguished without
damage.
REVERSAL OF LAWS
FEELING IN SOUTH AGAINST
DEALING IN FUTURES WILL
CHANGE SAYS THE COTTON
EXCHANGE PRESIDENT
to ■ do with (fee case so far as she
knew and he was released.
In the meantime the chemical exam
ination of the organs of the dead priest
NEW YORK, May 27.—The revul
sion of feeling in the prohibition
States eventually will result In the re
versal of the laws recently enacted by
many Southern States against dealing
! In cotton for future delivery’, is the
well Inquired whv i opinion of President Walter C. Hub-
all. I citement had a pistol in his hand
The shooting occasioned considera- : when escap’ng across Poplar street and
ble excitement and an immense crowd i it was affirmed by some who saw it
soon gathered and a few of the more ! that the pistol was smoking as if it
hot headed were even calling for a ' had just been fired.- It is certain that
rope for the negro’s private benefit 1 many more shots were fired than those
but few paid any attention to these of Coley and Hart. A hunt was at
and the officers were given no trou- ! once instituted for the escaped, prison-
ble. The sidewalk was covered with i er, but nothing was found of him al- ... . -
a large pool of blood and the station : though it is thought that he will prob- j ‘i-nod a®, 1 , J' wLoiTo
was also liberally smeared with blood i ably be captured before morning. Tho t * anan " as Li-led by drugs before he
from the negro’s wounds. The blood j po'ice were of the'opinion that he
on the sidewalk was principally’ from j might have hid in the restaurant in the
the wounds of the two bystanders who i market and broke In and thoroughly
were inadvo-tently made the victims ! examined the place; but without find-
of the affray. In the excitement few Ing him.
were acquainted with the real facts of
the case but rt reporter obtained the
following statements and facts from
those most closely connected with the
trouble.
Officer Coley’s Statement.
Policeman J. A. Coley, the officer
who was shot, gave practically the
following statement of the facts as he
knew of the trouble:
‘‘The two drunken neg-oes were
fighting and I had placed them under
arrest and was taking them to the
station when suddenly’ one wrenched
my club from me and the other at the
same time wrenched himself loose.
The one that had the club ran and I
emptied my six shot, 38 calibre Tevol-
ver Into him. Shots were flying right !
The arrest in Brooklyn tonight of an Iton tn the Superior Court of Fulton
Armenian, wio answered the descrip- j c our ,ty ancl the majority entered ah
tion tof one of the men under suspicion. a p pea i to the Supreme Court
j ed to the bringing of Mrs. Sherer to ; seems that the Cumberland Pres-
police headquarters, but sne staled | byterian church has differed from the
positively that this man had nothing | r —ular Presbyterian Church largely
; in disagreeing as to the
doctrine of
re- I
At the feospital all of the wounded
were examined and given attention
and it was found that Coley had only
sustained a flesh wound in the calf of
the right leg. After this was dressed
he was (brought back down by Chief
Conner, to -whom he gave the facts
and was then removed to his room
in the Hardeman building. His wound
is not likely to make him much<
trouble.
By-Standers’ Wounds- Not Serious.
Mr. Bennett fared somewhat worse,
a bullet passing entirely through the
left leg and between the two bones.
Mr. Arnold sustained a flesh wound
in the left leg similar to Coley's. Both j
gamated Copper, Smelting. Southern
Railway, St. Paul and 'Brooklyn Rapid
Transit were swept into the wave of
liquidation and throughout the fore
noon recorded steadily dropping prices.
Temporary’ support afforded to some
of the most active stocks checked the
_ . . . . , decline soon after noon but an en-
predestination, and the minority re- I garment of SSO0.0G0 gold for ship-
fuses to go into a church which sub- ment t0 Paris gave the bear traders
Is progressing a'nd until the result of j thought of^he^malorlty take^the ! re " e ' ved ci>u £f®? and after .,? ne °’ cl0ck
this is known the nolice will not sav or . e , . ad °.v! tS l8Ke ln . ‘ prices crumbled away until new low
- - - - p 1 say i church property into the union except ‘ records f0r the ycal . werc establlshe j n
with the unanimous consent of the £0 me by 2 o’clock, Canadian PaciC
whole congregation. This contention
has been sustained in the lower court,
and the matter is now up to the court
of last resort.
Mack and others, the majority, are
was placed in the trunk.
That robbery was the motive for the
crime, the police believe. The sug
gestion that the. priest was killed as a
Fhe U tt.roneof C Serv!a were not eredfted represented by John M. Gaut, of Ten
by the (bishop in charge of the local
field today. ’Wjiere the murder was
committed, how many men were im
plicated, whether or not a secret so
ciety was in any way connected with
It, remains a question as yet un
answered.
A house on Tenth avenue and the
room where the -body was found have
been under investigation and there are
many circumstances which lead the
detectives to think that here
may have been the scene of the crime.
The connection of a secret society with
the killing has remained more or less
of a vague sugestion.
Captain Stephen O’Brien of the West
Hai
ed since j bard, of the New York Cotton Exchange
1 Into. | as expressed in his annual report
In tl"' 43 vpir® that have
’he .->ll''«-«>d compact
West Vir-iria has never Indicated that j w hlfch‘ was made public today.
lUe Should stood upon such a compact j ..j t w jn be found in time”, says Mr.
and if c o whv ro s'eo has ever hem j Hubbard, ’’that the value of our meth-
taken hv West Virginia to enter naan ! od s j n faclliitating the operations of
I were later removerl-io their homes. j 37th street precinct said at midnight
The negro was struck by a bullet bn . that the movements of the priest had
and left then and I was hit. After I j tfee head, by one 'in the thigh, three I been traced up to noon on last Wed-
had emptied my revolve- the negro ! others in the back and a sixth passed 1 nesday when he was seen to enter the
I turned on me with the club and a knife : clear through him in the region of the i house at 333 West 37th street. No one
but was again shot by’ some one else.” j stomach. It is not known whether fee j saw Fat'ber Vartianan after this so
Officer Henry Hart, who when the | will live,
first shots were fired was standing in j It was very fortunate that the shoot-
a store rear by, gave the following Ing did not resuit in the killing of sev-
account of what he saw and done: j oral people and the wounding of more where the trunk was found.
“I was inside when I heard the shots : bystanders as a large number of shots
performance of the dufv wh’eh j complex modern"Trade" cannot wfesly I fired and rushed to the door and out were fired. Those of tfee officers al-
£T>ch rorroirt imposed and to notify j bp ignored and antique systems ro- side. Coley had just emptied his pis- most ail took effect in tho negro.
Vlrvinip reef she was reedv and will- I verted to without se-lous consequences- ! ~~ ' ' ' 1 1 ■ — -- ' ' *
|pg *o discharge such duty." j a revulsion of feeling in the prohibi- !
T '" derisicn snvs: j tion States will result when the diffl-
"Tt is c’sc iirged that Virginia bed . c „]ti e s of the older and primitive ways j
fiO Interest In the subject matter of the
contreversv j*ne»u«e she had been re-
waa down seven points from Satur
day’s close, Reading 6, St. Paul and Il
linois Central 4%,'Union Pacific 4 3-S,
and Amalgamted Copper 3 3-8.
In. the closing hour a rush of the
Shorts to take their profits of the day
rallied prices a point or more. Among
the ret losses for the day werc: Amal
gamated Copper 2 7-S: Smelting 4:
Canadian Pacific 514: St. Paul 3 1-8:
Brooklyn Rapid Transit 4: Union Pa
cific 3, and Southern Pacific 2^.
WATERWORKS COMPANY
WINS SUIT FROM CITY
far as can be ascertained. Captain
O’Brien expressed the belief that the .
murder was committed in the room ( .
A. W
become apparent.
from n’l iiaMlitv on account of
the nubile drf't of tie old common-
wealth evidenced hv her hrr'ds out-
ft—r’ing on the first day of January,
1361.”
Tt quotes Virginia, constlnti
the court says resulted i*i the
er of most of the old bond
ginla, satisfied as to two-thirds and
field as soaurl”’ for the creditors as
to one-third. "We do not care” adds
the e'lirt. “To ta’.-e no arfl dlseups
this le’-'sation. Wc are .satisfied that
ns we have jurisdiction these qu
ought notto he passed upon <
BEAMER ARRESTED CHARGED
WITH COMPLICITY IN MURDER.
CHICAGO. May 27.—Grover Beamer
wVch ! was arrested at Hamp?hire, Ills., to-
urrend- | day on a charge of complicity- in the
to Vir- | murder of Miss Anna Hall, who was
killed while attempting to defend feer
father against an attack by’ Blue Ridge
Mountaineers on his farm iu Patrick
County-. Va., in March. Beamer was
turned over to a United States mar-
tions | shal and brought to Chicago. An order
da- j of removal was obtained 'before Fed-
SUPREME COURTS DECISION FAVORS
GEORGIA SAWMILL ASSOCIATION
nessee, and E. V. Carter, of Atlanta,
while arguments for the minority are
being made by Judge TV. C. Caldwell,
of Tennessee, formerly of the Su
preme Court of that State, J. J. Mc-
McCulellan, of Tennessee, and E. Mar
vin Underwood, of Atlanta. The argu
ments will occupy- the entire time of
the court tomorrow.
Snndersville’s 5 Per Cent Bonds.
ATLANTA, May 27.—There were
registered with Secretary of State
Philip Cook today $30,000 of 5
per cent bonds issued by the city of
Sandcrsville, Washington County, for
tfee purpose of making city improve
ments. The bonds are in domination
of $1,000 each and mature periodically i Supreme court of the United States
from 1912 to 1932. { today favorably to the companv. The
j ease arose in connection with the enra-
Columbus Street Railroad. pany-’s efforts to annul its thirty-year
ATLANTA, May 27.—The returns for j contract made with the city in 1S96
taxation of the Columbus Railroad Co., j with a view to constructing water
operating the street railroad of that j works of its own.
WASHINGTON. May 27.—The case
of the city of Vicksburg, Miss. vs. the
waterworks company’ of that city, an
effort on the part of the company to
prevent the city’ from enforcing certain
ordinances looking to the redaction
of water rates, was decided by th*
The chief justice then announced
f. - • 1-. demurrer would he over-
’’Wifhent preindice to any.ques
tion ” and leave was glv“n to West
V'rrin'a to answer hv tfee first Monday
of r»Tt term Ortohnr 14 next. The
total ameunt Involved is about $17,000.-
’.oa. rr one-third of the old debt of
Virginia.
GRAVES WILL COST $2
MORE THAN FORMER PRICE.
I eral Judge Landon and tomorrow the
i prisoner will be taken to Virginia.
; Beamer and several others are charged
j wily an attack on Peter Hall, when
i they learned that he had furnished in-
I formation to the Government revenue
. agents concerning illici' whisky sti’ls.
; Miss Hail was shot and killed and sev-
I eral other persons were injured during
I tha fight.
THE GEORGIA SAWMILL ASSO
CIATION AGAINST THE RAIL
ROADS—SUPREME COURT OF
THE UNITED STATES
DECISION OF JUDGE SPEER IN
THE LUMBER RATE CASE.
of such rates pending the investiga
tion by the commission unless other
wise dissolved, and on presentation to
the court of the report of the commis-
AFFIRMS I Si ° n such ot " er action will be taken
as will be conformable to law and the
principles of equity.”
The railroads at once made the ad
vance rates effective, and on the day
WAREHOUSE OF
GROCERY COMPANY WAS TO
TALLY DESTROYED LAST
NIGHT.
TO HIS DAUGHTER’S AID
made to Comptroller General W.
right today, aggregate $243 633.73 FATHER REFUSED TO COME
of which $60,000 is franchise. This Is
an increase of about $18,500 over the
return for 1906,
The Gas Light Co., of Columbus, WASHINGTON, May 27.—Miss Isa-
made a total return of $70,807, of which j beila Emerson Case, known as the
S10.000 is franchise. This is an In- “Woman in Blue,” who. by- reason nf
crease of $10,000 over tfee return of j continued efforts to see President
last year. i Roosevelt, was placed under arrest
| last week, was today committed to Sf.
1 335 Bautist Converts. ^ ) Elizabeth’s Asylum for the Insane
ATLANTA, May 27.—Figures pub-! after the receipt of a telegram from
mltted at the weekly meeting of the Haverhill, Mass., to the effect that her
BAINBRIDGE Atlanta Baptist Ministers today show- ' father, Simon Case, yvho was informed
„a tbe Mav revival ser- ! nf his daughter's confinement hpre. i
SAVANNAH IANS WILL
GO TO JAMESTOWN
PITTSBURG. Pa.. May 27.—Follow
ing the recent Investigations of the
high oost of living in this citv by a
special committee of the Legislature
which found Pittsburg to be the most
expensi'-e cltv In the country, an an-
SAVANN AH. Ga , May 27.—Georgia
Day, .Tune 10. and Savannah Day. June
11. will doubtless have many Savan-
nahians in attendance upon the
Jamestown Exposition. A committee,
which Mayor George W. Tiedeman
nouncement today by tfee cemetery a'- ; chairman and a number of other
soc'atlons imposing further burdens by | prominent citizens members, has taken
Increasing the price of craves. Under- • j n band the matter of arousing inter-
takers today received n'tice from cem- j es t In the events. It Is thought they
etcry officials that beginning June 1. jwiii.be successful in inducing many to
the price of single graves will he ad- • take the trip on the special train that
vaneed two dollars over the present j vvill be operated by the Seaboard Air
rate. The reason assigned for the nd- i i,] ne
vance is the rapidity with which the J -
local "CltVs of the dead" .are filling JUDGE REDWINE REFUSES
up and the advance in ’.and value.
TO PRESIDE AT HARGIS TRIAL
ADDRESSES MADE
BEFORE LIBRARIANS
ASHEVTLLE. X. C.. Mny
feature of tonight’s session of
Anierie.rn Librarv Association was the
fl-st meeting of the American Associa
tion of Lw Libraries, at which A. J.
p-nall. president of tbe latter associa
tion. delivered an address, in the
course of Ms remarks President Small
said that librarians appointed for short
terms by Governors with whom they
a-e fnaorites. could raver bring tha
standard of library work up to perfec-
SAXDY HOOK. May 27.—Special
Judge Redwine refused today to pre
side in the trials of Judge Hargis and
his alleged co-conspirators charged
with the murder of Dr. Cox. Gov.
j Beckham, therefore, must appoint a
Tbp l special judge. Judge Redwine said
the 1 cases been transferred here
without his knowledge or consent, and
because of certain statements in the
press of the State, he felt that it would
be impossible for him to preside. Judge
Redwrne’s action necessitates the con
tinuance of the trials until October.
An Important case to Southern saw
mill Interests was decided in the case
of Tift et al., against the Southern
Railway Company and other railroads
by the Supreme Court on yesterday.
The complainants were a number of
I manufacturers of yellow pine lumber
I who entered into a voluntary agree-
I ment called the Georgia Sawmill As-
I sociatlon. Among these are H. H.
Tift. 1Y. S. West, J. Lee Ensign, J. S.
I Betts & Co.. Garbutt Lumber Com-
| pany, Alapha Lumber Company, the
Southern Pine Company and all the
I other members of the Georgia Sawmill
Association. The defendants are the
I Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
Company. Southern Railway Com
pany. Central of Georgia Railway
i Company. Atlantic Coast Line Railway
I Company, Macon and Birmingham
Railway Company, Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Companv. Seaboard
Air Line Company. Nashville, Chatta
nooga and St. Louis Railroad Com
pany. and the Southeastern Freight
Association.
The bill was filed on the 17th of
April. 1903. The averments in brief
are that the defendant companies had
published and were immediately to put
Ir.to effect an increase of two cents a
hundred pounds in the rate on lum
ber from Georgia points to points of
delivery on the Ohio river and beyond,
and that the two cent advance was
unjust and excessive and would result
in irreparable injury. An injunction
was sought upon the ground that the
contemplated action of the defendants
was in violation of the act to regulate
commerce. A temporary restraining
. „ . , the-office in the front part of the buiid-
following the complainants, as Judge j j n g was ablaze. "When the fire compa-
Speer had indicated they should do, : n y arrived it was too late to do any-
presented their complaint to tho Inter- thing but keep it under control and
state Commerce Commission. This j prevent adjacent buildings from catch
er! that during the May revival ser- ; of his daughter’s confinement here.:
vices which have just clnred in this | had absolutely declined to have any-J
city, there were 1,335 converts, tfee j thing to do with her.
largest record known at any revival ;
held in Atlanta. The total cost of the . Dr. Jameson Preached Baccalaureate.
PA’mtPmrv m Mav 27—The May revival was $2,500 or less than Sermon.
BA ils BRIDGE, Ga., May 27.—’The ( $2 per convert of tll0 total number: GAINESVILLE, Fla.. May 27.—The.
warehouse of the Bainbridge Grocery ; jjgj. en t ere d the church by baptism and J baccalaureate sermon for the TJniver-
Company, wholesale grocers, was to- j ro ^, ] c tter. There were twelve 1 slty of Florida was preached yesrerday
Rev. S. Y. Jameson,
ident of Mercer University.
tally destroyed by fire tonight, which i evangelists (here and the services were I morning bv the
started at_7 o’clock. "When discovered I ^ ept up daily in twenty-ore Baptist j D. D.. president
was on the 23rd of June, 1903. The
ing. The building was of wood and
complainants then again sought from : burned quickly. Three loaded cars on
the court in Macon an injunction to | a side track was totally destroyed,
restrain the enforcement of the rates : <rfc e loss is from thirty-five to forty-
pending tho action of the commission. ! thousand, partly covered by insurance,
There was again an exhaustive trial. | there being absolutely nothing saved.
In passing on this application Judge j The warehouse of H. C. Draper and
Speer said he would withhold further I Company, wholesale grocers, just
judicial action upon the application ] across the street, was unharmed.
SHERIFF AND DUPUTIES
IN FIGHT WITH GAMBLERS.
until properly apprised of the action of
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The case pended before the. Inter
state Commerce Commission from the
23rd of June. 1903, to February 7. 1905. __ TT „ T . _ _
The report sustained the contentions T - I)0U SPf S ; G '
of the complainants and declared that ! ? > ‘^ ve special Deputy
the advanced rate complained of was ! |?° hn McDonald have Just returned
unreasonable, unjust and violative of i lro ™ A 86 '^ 1
the act to regulate commerce. A cer- I w - est of Douglas on the A.. B. & A.
tified copy of the opinion and order of
the application for final , injunction
against the rate complained of. The
opinion of Judge Speer discussed the
issues involved. He sustained the con
tention of the mill men. The defen
dant railroads at once appealed.
The case now went to the Circuit
Court of Appeals. The opinion of that
tribunal was that this case was cor
rectly ruled and decided in the Circuit
SMITH’S ESTATE HAS BEEN
' order and rule to show cause why the j Court, and the decree of that court
. injunction should not be granted, hav- j ^- as affirmed. It then went to the Su-
1 ing be"n filed, a general demurrer was preme Court of the United States, and
filed denying the jurisdiction of the yesterday the decree of the Circuit
| Circuit Court of the United States. A | c our t 0 f Appeals affirming Judge
What
we
**!s bet
stand for." said
librarianship
tbe
and
: : s rr.n only be brought about by sta- 'wedding tour around the world, was
'■ ■ y of organization and co-operation. ] Admitted to probate here today. The
r i- i as far ns possible, the removal of : value of Mr. Smith's estate has been
th librarians from the influence of variously estimated at from $25,000,-
]• ics. and tbe library from the ban . 0 00 to $50.COO.OOO.
, ,>rt term service.” !
earing was had upon the demurrer
! and aiso uron the evidence submitted
ESTIMATED AT $50,0004)00. by both parries. On the 16th day . of
• May. 1903, Judge Freer held that the
court had jurisdiction to grant the re
lief sought if finally satisfied of the
righteousness of complainants demand,
and overruled the demurrer. He.
however, dissolved the temporary in-
GGSHEN. N. Y.. May 27.—The wi’l
of James Her.ry Smith, the multimil
lionaire who died in Japan while on a
Speer has been affirmed.
SAVANNAH ASKS PRESIDENT
TO NAME WHITE SUCCESSOR
SAVANNAH. Ga., May 27—The
naming of a successor to J. H. De-
veaux, collector of customs here, has
T -.e morning a-d afternoon sessions
were taken uf with the reading of
uj. —jttee reports and the reading of
papers bv F B. Gilbert and T. M
r-.v- n. The National Assorlation of
State Libraries held a joint session
v- ’h the American Library Assoeia-
- :he League of Library Commis-
tar Bibliographical So-iety
DISASTROUS FIRE
VISITS NEWNAN,
GA.
junction. This was because the rate j been put up to Secretary of the Treas-
had not at that time actually been im- i ury Corteiyou by President Roosevelt
posed. The decree, however, conclud- j This Information was received in a
ed with the following clause: j letter by Congressman Edwards from
’’In case the respondents shall en- i President Roosevelt The letter was
force the rates complained of and the I in answer to one from the Congress-
complainants shall make proper appll- I man asking the PTes'dent not to re
cation to the Interstate Commerce | appoint Devereaux. Congressman Ed-
Corr.mission to redress their alleged j wards will at once have petitions
hat. If any • of the negroes were ' looked upon as an eyesore,
wounded they escaped, two oil the
gamblers, however were bagged, and
are safe in Douglas jail.
Deputy McDonald arrested John Sol
omons, white, and placed feim in jail,
under charges of cursing and threat
ening a woman with death, .and break
ing into a freight car. Young Soio- j criminal division of the superior court
mons Is one of three brothers who for) this - morning, and pleaded not guilty,
the last several terms of court (have i Th“ defense was readv to pmceM
ail, or some of them, (been prosecuted 1 with the trial, hut tlm State announced
for various serious misdemeanor of- ( not ready, having o;her witnesses to
fenses, and on who. mild punishment. : secure, and tbe trial went over to
apparently has no effect. ; Thursday.
The closing exercises thus far of the . “ _
Southern Normal Institute, reflects! SCHOOL CHILDREN TO HELP
great credit /on teachers and puniis. i
Rev. J. J. Bennett, of Atlanta, failing;
churches. Rev. H. M. Wharton was ; Dr. Jameson took as his text the words
the leading visiting revivalist. : of St. Peter addressed to the beggar.
_ j “Silver and gojd have I none, but such
Asks That Platform Romain. ! as I have give I ;m:o thee." He laid
ATLANTA, May 27.—A committee ; emphasis upon the idea that one can
from the Fult’on. County Hoke Smith best serve God by giving his thought.
Club, beaded by Hon. H. H. Cabsniss j his work, and his sympathy to his fel-
as spokesman, called on Governor Ter- , low man. The sermon was replete
veil and aSked him to permit the , with thought eloquently delivered and
grandstand and other planking placed listened to with rapt attention by the
on the State capitol grounds for the : large audience which filled the taber-
Gordon statue unveiling, to remain ; naele.
there Just as they were for the coming j n the evening the annual sermon
open air inauguration of the Governor- j before the Y. M. C. A. was preached by
elect. i the Rev. T. P. Hay. D. D., pastor of
Governor Terrell declined to permit the Presbyterian Church of this city,
this on tfee ground that there .“true- i
tures were unsighly and disfiguring to > i
the capitol and grounds and they are f which h „ bus been trVing to
now being removed. This grandstand surfacewmcnnenaaoeen tr. i.ig to
made of rough boards, was put there | rene^lo Commissioner Merritt
at the expense of the monument fund j T . ’ e , ei ! t0 commission r i - rr!
solely for the purpo.re of tfee unveil- % , b >" Governor George S.
hag and with the intention of bavin? j Chamberlain. Secretary of State F W.
mg anu 'Benson and. Superintendent of Public
Oregon,
ssioner to
public
hold
dopa-
P.
xnedition
mmis-
the
school children of Georgia should be
so deeply interested in it as to make
these c:ntri’cutione, particularly in
view of the fact that they need more
and better school houses, more school
teachers ar.d more school books. We
have a little po’ar expedition of
our own here in Georgia now. Com
missioner Merritt replied, and all our
efforts are naturally centered in try
ing to do something at home. Later on
we may fee able and wi-uing to tackle
the polar situation.
Fred Push, Defendant Mot Ready.
ATLANTA. May 27.—Fred Bush, in-
dieted for assault with Intent to mur
der on suspicion of having sent an In
fernal macfe’pe to the residence of
Mrs. Julia McCarthy, appeared in the
PEARY FIND NORTH POLE.
to arrive. Rev. W. C. Rivierre. preach
ed the commencement sermon at the
auditorium yesterday to a packed and
interested'audience.
of
NEWNAN. Ga., May 27.—Fire sup
posed to have originated from a stroke ' grievances, the court will entertain a I placed in the hands of prominent Sa
of lightning destroyed the mill of the ] renewed application, on the record as j vannahians and at different public
Wabon Manufacturing Company, at ; made and such appropriate additions i places in Savannah, asking that a
Sargent, near here late qesterday. Loss : thereto as may be proposed by either white rr.an be named to succeed De-
America held their second session. $60,000; insurance smjll. party, for enjoining the enforcement yereaux.
POSTMASTERS ALLOWED
TO ATTEND CONVENTION
ATLANTA. May 27.—The public
school children of Georgia have bem
asked to help Lieutenant Peary dis
cover the North Pole.
Probably t'he same request has been
made of the school children of. every.
other State in the Union by ths State i
officials cf Oregon from whom State j ——
Schoo: Commissioner "W. B. Merritt j To Solve Mys’erious Man.
ha= just received a letter. ! ATLANTA, May 27.—Dr. Thomas D.
This is a unique scheme that has i Love stated to the po'ice today that
been figured out to help Pearly pole- j within a week he would have solved,
ward. If every child in the United j with accompanying affidavits, the
States, attending the public schools, mystery of the Chicago millionaire.
H'.tcrins Guilty of Embezzlement,
ATLANTA. May 27.—Charles N.
Huggir.-'. former bookkeeper for the
"Woodward Lumber Co., pleaded guilty
in the "criminal division of the superior
court today t.o the emhezz'ement of
$1,035 of the company’s funds. Owing
to his youth, he being only 24 years
old. ifee’ solicitor general and the pro
secutors asked the leniency * of the
court. He was ->enteno"d to serve tw’o
years in the penitentiary.
WASHINGTON, May 27.—An order
was issued today by Acting Postmas
ter General Hitchcock that all post
masters of the United States of the
second and third classes wil be grant
ed leave of absence for not exceeding _
fifteen days to enable them to attend j would give one cent, there would be ; “Raymund Trustlow.” who is alleged
the annual meeting of the National i no difficulty in raising the $69,000 I to have been amoving his young
Association of Postmasters to be held i Lieut. Pearv needs to enable bim to daughter Miss Marie. The local de
in this city on October 22, 23 and 24, I undertake the expedi’ion in search of j tectives have given up the case on tfa$
Hint vprv civo nntnf rtf aer*fVi’a * qrm
that very elusive point of the earth’s 1 ground that it is a practical join. _
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