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TWICE A-WEEK TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORG IA:—TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FAIR AND SLIGHTLY COOLER. ESTABLISHED IN 1826. 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. _ INDISTINCT print