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TWICE A WEEK TELEGRAPH
FORECAST FOR GEORGIA—FAIR .FRIDAY EXCEPT SHOWERS IN NORTH PORTION; SATURDAY FAIR ON THE COAST, SHOWERS INTHE INttlRIOR, LIGHT SOUTH WINDS.
ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1907
TWICE-A-WEEK, $1.00 A YEAR.
N
B. CORBIN SHOT AND KILLED BY GUN flN
IN OWN HANDS: PROBABLY AN ACCIDENT
At the rim- of his death 1 Corbin, with a successful business,
ruling eider. For some time j After the dissolution of this firm Mr.
Ill Health Muperidnced
Ovprwnrlf 'sqvfo Hr GIfl rlf Mr. Corbin was a deacon in the 'First Corbin went into the hardware bus!*
U»“r**(U H, odiS 171. Llttl Iv, ... , -, ness with Culver Moore & Culver, but
Presbyterian church of Macon, and hardware ^. as not to hKs , lkin „ and
ENRAGED HUSBAND
EXTERMINATED FAMILY
W. W. Barton Killed Wife I ♦ Me rnnvn inrr Thn tt'nn n/Tpfl phttd
and Two Children and
Possibly Disarranged 3Ir.! w * , ... 4 . .
** Interests of the two churcne^.
Corbin Mentally if He ,J h \ c °T BreTer.^Mrf^orti^
grandfather, who was the owner of
Purposely Took His Own ' • property. Hls mother was a Miss
Life
He Was Prominent
Citizen of Macon
an ardent worker for the best | a bo U t eight years ago he became th
manager of the Macon Grocery Com
pany.
On the death of R. H. Plant he was
appointed receiver by the Federal
court, and to this he gave the same
close attention as was his method.
Perhaps the man who did more for
Mr. Corbin in his younger days anc>
who was closest to him In the after
years, was Mr. W. R. Cox. Speaking
of him as friend and partner, Mr. Cox
said yesterday:
“He was the soul of honor, one of
Suicided
Domestic Trouble
Cost Four Lives
WESTERN UNION AND ITS
OPERATORS GET TOGETHER
Brewer, who first married 8.
Mr. Corbin, and after his d°alh mar
ried Mr. Robert Clayton. For several
cmentioni the family had occupied
the same house, and during the life
I of Mr. Corbin the great Improvements
! now to be seen were made upon the
j grounds.
He married Miss Margaret Smith, of
! Co’umbus. Ga„ and is survived by hi-
.wife anil six children—Mrs. Addle j my summer trips he wrote and signed, =-
VALDOSTA, Ga, June 20.—A re
port from Jasper, Ga.. says that W.
W. Barton, a well known citizen of
that place last night shot and killed
his wife and two children, mortally
, wounded another child and then com-
the straightest men I ever knew. When , mitted suicide. The mother of the
he was with me and I went away on I children was found on the back porch!
was found laying across the body of
a five-year-old son. and the others
were in the house dead. A gun was
used for the bloody work after the
family had retired. It is said that
Barton's relations with another woman
had caused trouble in the family
which resulted in the tragedy.
The shots were heard about 10 !
last night, but no attention was paid i
to the matter until early today. Bart- j
on’s body lay on the fronch porch. The
children were found in a bed room. I
the pistols have been held close to j
the mouth in each case and the faces ! X EW TORK. June 20.—As a result
were powder marked. Unhappy do- . ..
mestic relations are believed to have ' pf the Vlslt of Mr - * Nci »- commissioner
been responsible for the crime. Bar- ! of labor, and following suggestions
ton. left home Tuesday and did not I made by bin
such third
hairntan >>f
Commission
tibor acting
entire
Difficulties Have Been Ad-1"to'Z.Tl week '
justed and There Will
Be No Strike
President dowry's
Letter to Mr. Neill
arbitrator
; the Interstate Com me
! and the commisisoner
, jointly.
"As a further evider.
j willingness to deal fairly and preserve
amicable relations directly with our
i own employes. any telegrapher Who at
any time has a grievance can take it
: up with hi.- superior either In person.
I or if he wishes, through any committee
j he may select from tile other employes
; of this company in the same district."
POSITION OF THE POSTAL
COMPANY MADE CLEAR
AUGUSTA. Ga.. .Tun
— adjustment of the tal Telegraph Cable C
return until late Wednesday evening.! difficulties between the Western Union j taken the position right
when he found the doors nailed j Telegraph Company and its operators j was not involved In tii
the
against him. He battered them down
and began his work of destruction.
2n—The Pu
"ompany h
along that
> - controver
of
Napoleon B. Corbin,
dents
ville
busine
lly or purposely kill
a rhotgun In his home in Vlne-
yesterday morning at 9 o’clock.
Hi- family repudiates the theory of
suicide, and firmly > elievc th.it it was
the result of an accident. His daugh
ter was preparing to ride to town with
him, and while waiting for her he
stepped into the bnth room, where the
gun had been for some time and was
lying in the bath tub. Mrs. Corbin
had previously !»ld one of her sons to
rem >vc it, but it had not been done,
and ll is thought by the family that.,
remembering that his wife desired it
removed, he caught hold of its muzzle
and drawing It toward him caused it
to he discharged.
11! health, brought on by overwork.
Siys I ir M. C] irk, r J-.• family physi
cian, possibly disarranged Mr. Corbin
mentally, if he purposely took his own
Stone. Miss Margaret Corfoin. Messrs
! James B.. Robert. C.. Samuel J. and
irs old, ette culver Cox Corbin. W’ith the exec-n-
s men. w- tion c f Samuel J. Corbin, all of the
himself
: members of the family are in Macon.
| Samuel Corbin has been In Florida for
some time, but the news of his fa-
Mr. Corbin ha
the business life
imp:
s been connected with
of this e'ty nearly 35
oanager if the Macon
ly and trustee of the
estate of the late Robert H. Plant at I
Mi. Mm. ..f his .!• a:h.
lip friends and relatives had no Idea
that he was thinking
i tep. If If was sulcld
note or other sign left bv him saying
ho contemplated taking his life. At
breakfast yesterday lie seemed In eom-
paratlvely good spirits. When the re
pot f the pun was heard Mrs. Corbin,
who was In an adjoining room, rushed
to the room where Iter husband lay.
find with the help of other members of
ihe family took the wounded man to a
he Iroom. where he expired in a few
death was telegraphed to him
at once.
The close of the war found Mr. Cor
bin a mere lad. As soon as the city
had settled down from the turmoil
oceasioned by the closing scones, the
return of the remnants of regiments
and the gathering up of the broken I buslne.s
threads, young Corbin began to nttond ' straight
school, and was one of the bovs at the
academy, of which W. C. S’ngleton
was principal. His circumstances pre
vented his taking higher courses.
Anxious for work, he secured a
clerkship with the firm of Lightfoot &
Jaques. and it was there that his
adaptability to the work, his close ap
plication to business, and those ster
ling qualities that remained with him
through life were seen to be appre
ciated by his.employers who gave him
! every opr^rtunlty to rise.
I In February, lf ! '0, tTie firm name
I was changed to Jaques. Johnson &
I Cox. Mr. W. R. Cox who was Mr.
Corbin's steadfast friend from their
my checks, attended to all my busi- j
ness, and I never gave the business a !
thought, knowing him to be in charge. :
He was correct in ail his dealings, I
capable and efficient in every way. j
And with it all he was a peculiarly]
sensitive man. Those worries that the )
most of us would dismiss with hardly ]
a thought preyed on him. I can re- j
call a number of instances when small |
GEORGE W. BUNDRICK WILL
GO TO THE GALLOWS TODAY
matters, such as might be arranged I ^ _ ! M ,,
asily by other people, would 'cause ! RrjSOll COHlUliSSion (UK! GOV” ^ ear f rom the large railroad systems of Company took the posirion that it was
**— 1 * v - — J *' * not directly involved in the contro-
has been reported and there will be nohvhich the Western Union Telegraph
strike This morning Colonel dowry, I company is having with its employes,
j president of toe Western Union, ad- Edward J Xallv 'vice-president and
i dressed a letter to Mr. Neill, outlining -,, loral manager, has given out the
, the position of his company and thLs |fo „ ow , statement as his company’s
Is admitted satisfactory to all parties attitude He sivs- -
i concerned. .... . . '■ “Now that all of the troubles of the
The union deaders said tney looked West ern Union Telegraph Company
, upon the letter as a concession by the have bcen adjuat ed. I wish to say for
Western Union or all their demands. the Postal Telegraph Cable Company
with the exception of the eight hour th t the atate ment to the effect that
i day and the request that typewriters j
• for operators foe furnished by the com- j
pany. The Postal Telegraph Cable!
him to worry for days, even to the
point of not being able to attend to j
He was so absolutely j
everything that to hinij
there was never a solution to the |
problems that come to all men. but the j
moment he confided in a friend, as he j
often did to me, and the solution]
pointed out he was himself again. For.
some two months he has been despon- j
dent over his physical condition. There j
was, nor could be nothing else. In my |
] opinion that which induced him to •
| commit the deed, if it was not an acci- [
: dent, was something that the most of 1
' us would not have been troubled about,
1 but with his
eruor Terrell Decline
to Interfere
this company refused to consider re
quests or complaints from Us em
ployes, either individually or a.s .i
committee, is entirely untrue. We have
always been very glad to meet any of
our employes, and to consider any mat
ter which they might care to present.
statements made bv nor- I For lnst ance, our Chicago employes re
way connected with to is for a stlU
Batch of Current
Cafe City News
ATLANTA, June 20.—After brief de-
pecuHaVl"y”sensTtTve _ na- I liberation today the prison commission
the State with regard to the increases
which he has asked for in their tax re- ; versy.
turns, by Monday next. June 24. Comp- j President dowry’s letter to Mr. Neill,
trolier General W. A. Wright will pro ; in part is as follows:
eeed to assess them and let them ac-j “.4 s to the
cept his figures or go ii> arbitration. I sons in no
In view of the large increases asked I company, that the ten per cent in-
for there is little doubt as to what they j crease granted by the telegraph coin-
will do. _ j pany on March 1, last, has not been
He has asked
and the Centra:
cally double
tic Coast Line to give him an in- ] faith and is carrying it out in good , , - ..
crease of $9,500,000 and the Seaboard j faith, and if any case can be found explained to them the rcaso
Air Line to give him $7,000,000 more. | in which the increase was not granted u?. n , , ne * wrote a lett.
The only one of these which .lias re-lit will be corrected at once. -
plied is the Coast Line which merely j “The standard salaries for regular
further increase of wages. Jnasmuc
as we increased the wages of open:
tors, chief operators, and managers 1
ture it was sufficient to deprive him of ; declined to Interfere with Its former I stated that the matter has been re- , positions as established toy the in-
normnl’mind. Napoleon Corbin f aetion ref . usln S executive clemency to ; ferred to its legal department. These j crease of March 1st will be maintained
his
: wa
I h
a good man. and a charitable man.
! George W. Bundrick,
made an arrangement by which he
could have young Corbin. Later ho
withdrew to form a partnership with
W. II. Bone, under the name
<K- Bone, but this partnership
short duration.
About this time the health of Mr.
Johnson was such that his physicians j
caused him to go to California, which |
was probably
dental.
merits
>r. Jo
mil Dr. Clark. ^
Ived after lifo
.‘ho wi
was <
r. Corbin was a prominent
i, He took a leading part
mlzaiion of the Vineville Pr<
church
|j) the
sriyto-
Funeral This Afternoon,
he did. hut not until Mr. Corbin had I The funeral services will be held in J j n tb e case of John Mitchell, a Cobb
agreed'to take his place in the busi- ] the home at 4 o’clock this afternon. County negro, sentenced to be hanged
ness of the firm. Some time after Dr. Douglas, of the First Presbyterian ] tomorrow at Marietta for the murder
this Mr. Cox bought out the tobacco ■ Church will conduct the ceremony, as- of Nash Johnson, a’.so a negro. The
and cigars business of Jaques & John- sisted by Dr. Best of the Vineville j murder was committed in the latter
son, and sought Mr. Corbin as a part- Presbyterian Church. The interment j part of April, and Mitchell was Con
ner. Then came the house of Cox & I will be in Riverside cemetery. 'victed within two or three weeks after-
! ward. His case was not appealed to
; the Supreme Court.
The prison commission, has under
I quite probablve that Railroad Com-
j missioner C. B. Stevens will have to
: represent the State in all of these ar-
! bitrations.
Margaret Levy Drank Laudanum
ATLANTA. June 20.—Margaret
will pay
effect for
entenced to foe I increases have ail been carefully fig-: and the company will pav to. any man
torrow for the j ured out by the comptroller general I appointed or promoted to' anv position,
f taking such a first acquaintance, going into the firm ; tunlues 7or'knowing him than anv*ore ‘‘ mur( J er of Fanner Shrouder. The prie- i on a basis of the earning power of the salary attached to that position
There wa^' no I with Mr. Newton Johnson. Later on , all( j therefore feel gratified to sav on commission recently declined for the I each property, and he proposes tc
Thee was no| Mr Cox w|thdr#w . from thp flrm and | fl 5 *’ S" 10 say j second time to recommend executive ■ stand by his guns.
‘ e ‘ ' “ ’ l clemency, and its action today was | From what he said yesterday it is
I simply to let Its former recommenda-
came to bis death bv gun shot wound, r J L '
of Corbin l f Jn hls bwn hands, and that It 8 ‘ I i , amC
p was of,—„ -uicide noaslblv acci- view of the case ’ and there . is no 'V
ulclde, possibly acci pract ically no doubt that Bundrick will
I go to the gallows tomorrow.
The prison commission today like
wise refused to recommend clemency
asons why.
tter on that
subject to our general superintendent
in Chicago, Mr. Capon, as follows:
“‘Please say to the employes whose
names are signed to the communica
tion of recent date addressed to you
and which you forwarded to me wltn
your letter of June 6, that we are un
able at this time to give favorable
consideration to their request for
d wages, tv--
can afford to
after that increase, and
extra men the salaries ... .„.
their work as of March 1, inclusive of i shorter hours and incr
the ten per cent increase. ] have already done ail w
“This company has not discriminated I do; Tv e cannot In justice to the enm-
against. nor will It discriminate against j pany’s interest, and with business
any employe of the company because | prudence, do more. If in tiie list oi
of affiliation or non-affiliation with I minor grievances submitted there arc
any organization, and if it can be 1 any that call for attention and consul-
shown to me that any subordinate has ! oration, I shall be glad lb have yours
II f* ^ f\ 1 # crj HI IIM C Mil T IS 14/A DHC OCO 11/ II 0 fill 01 VO UC i consideration the'quakticSi' ofgranting | same here some time ago with the | arbUratlon' of
» ul C.t\lX IVI C/fl I Wit f* S\ LJ yrll IllLuUll UnTu flri a pardon t0 tfle no ^ ro wl " Branham - ‘?® Ie . of Spice "CO.”’ and has stnee been; c e ! e c.tcd by the telegraphers, one by ihe , our .employes
TWO 20,000 TON WAR DOGSjOID NOT GIVE OUT TIPS
Navy Department Officials !above _, 4 050 000 Design include:
rate cruising turbines.
WASHINGTON. June 20.-
. now serving forty years in the peniten-
i tiary for assaulting the Misses . Law
rence. a crime to which Will Johnson,
j confessed just before he went to the After bein
I gallows last Friday. Tiie father of the
j two young ladies appeared before the
I commission and protested against such
-Beginning 1 action declaring his belief in Bran-
Surprised at the Low
ness of Bids
Bids For Armor
Also Opened
5 ®P” court today heard the testimony of a j son’s confession. •Soveral witness
number of witnesses in the trial of E. | Johnson's confession have been before
Another design: Same hull and tur- : g. Holmes, Jr., on the charge oflcon- 'the commission and made statements
| bines $4,100,000, including cruising tur-] S p] r j ng to defraud the Government foy j urging Branham’s pardon. The douht
'bines. ;divulging confidential information con-| that has been raised as to Johnson’s
( Another design: Same hull and tur- cerning the cotton crop. The secretary ! confession may prevent Branham from
j bines $4,090,000, including ,cruising said that he had not himself given out j securing his liberty.
! turbines. advance information received by the i
\ Another design: Same hull and tur- burea of statistics, but maintained his! Bank of Lenox Chartered,
bines $4 125,000. including cruising tur- right to make estimates of hls own and ! ATLANTA, June 20.—The Secretary
bines. give them out at his pleasure. j of State today granted a charter t-o the
Another design: Same hull and tur- L. H. Mercer, a New York cotton i Bank of Lenox at Lenox in Berrin
bines $4,050,000, including cruising j broker, gave the facts relative to his County, with a capital of $30,000 and
turhines. j partnership with F. A. Peckham, but
1 The bids have bpen referred for ex- , declared he knew nothing of the inter-
m sTjTvcimv - „ , >p The I aminatlon to the board on naval ex-, est of Holmes. Haas. Peckham or Van
ASHIMi I o.x. •'uni - * (( f aminatlon to the board of naval eon- Riper in the concern. Mr. Van. Riper
n* I struction which will recommend : concluded his testimony and Assistant
proper awards. Secretary Hays, of the department of
Bids also were opened for supplying agriculture, toid of the preparation of
the armor needed for the two big bat- the crop report for June, 1905
tieships For the armor, which Is di- During the day Mr. Worthington
vided Into four classes on the diffi-■ made ihe point that all the deals in
culty of the shapes required, the Mid-, cotton had fopen merely speculative and
vale Steel Company appeared to be declare ! they did not correspond with
the lowest bidder for the largest class, the indictment which charges “A con-
7,956 tons of class A at $410 ; splracy to buy and sell cotton.”
per ton. For this class the Carnegie: The trial will be resumed Monday
and Bethlehem companies each bid next.
Levy, 19 years old, a young and pret- j dismissed or discriminated against any and iIr - Carroll's recommendation as
ty actress, attempted to commit sui- ! telegrapher because -of affiliation with! to what you think should he done in
cide in her room at 127 Central ave- j an) . organization, such telegrapher each case. If there are any rules in
nue. this mornig, by : swallowing anj s hall be restored to his position with- force which may at times work a. hard-
ounee of laudanum. She was discov- : ou t jn-ejudice. ‘ship upon bur employes, we should do
ered in a comaldse condition and the • al) y telegrapher feels that lie has i our utmost to remedy
hospital ambulance was summoned. . any grievance under anv of the fore- :
The young woman had not then lost going conditions.'-and' if lie cannot se-
consciousness and fought hard against, cure a satisfactory adjustment of his
the efforts made to take her to the : complaint with the officers of the corn-
hospital and to save her life. She j pany. we will submit the matter to the ■
three--parties,’one ‘ to be ,
' _ " shall be treated with
singing in a number of electric thea-j t e!egranh'comoany"and the third to be i consideration, and tlia: every reasona
ters. She was born in the city Of selected by the two chosen and in' the ! blc and proper effort be made to Insure
Mexico and .has some Spanish blood, i event that the two cannot agree upon j their health and comfort.' "
saved front self-destruc- ; —- ■■■ — - ...... — t—
tion she declared that she would try
again and would see to it that she was j
successful next time.
them. Great
care should be exercised to prevent un-
derchiefs and’Others from unfair en
forcement of rules and regulations at' 1
from unjust discrimination and unkind
treatment of the force. It is tiie earn
est desire of the management that all
NEALON, NEW HORSE OUT
OF WEST, WINS SUBURBAN
port News Fh!
Newport Ni
$3 9S7.0ty>. a rid
Building Comp
Building Company,
Va.. with one bid at
the Fore River Ship
iny. of Quincy. Mass.,
with a bill at $4.377 000. were Ihe suc
cessful bidders today for building the
Mg 20,000 ton battleships. The offi
cials of the Navy Department were
gratified and surprised at the lowness
J. S. Robinson, of Lenox: L. O. Ben
ton. of Montlcello; J. L. Brooks, of
Tifton. and others as incorporators.
R. V. Martin Commissioned.
ATLANTA. June 20.—A commission
was issued and forwarded today to R.
V. Martin, of Savannah, as first lieu
tenant and assistant surgeon of the
First Infantry regiment.
OI the bids, considering conditions in
the Industrial world. They pointed
out that the bid of the Newport News
company for one of the great 20.000 j
ton shirs was not only between $400.-
000 and $500,000 less than correspond-1
Ing bids from other companies, but
actually considerably less than prices
submitted for building the 16 00 ton e hem companies
battleship Minnesota and $3,000 le-ss
$420. For 952 tons armor in class B.
the Carnegie and Bethlehem compa
nies each bid $400 per tin, while the
Midvale bid was $410. For 392 tons of.
lass C armor, the Carnegie and
each bid $400;
the Midvate $410. For 1.076 tons]
batuesmp .. umr. ( ----| and tbe Midvale $410. For l.o<6 tons
than the price paid for th‘* Jbattlesh.p I armor Rethlehom bid j 40 0;
Louisiana. With today s bids from , M | dva ] e $410
,h' P builders were received ’special Mtataie >4iu.
bids from the naval constructors at ;
v'Vrds' prepared by the departme mT, BODY OF LAST MISSING
check on the private ship builders
BATTLE OF REVENUERS
II
Reward of $200 Offered.
ATLANTA. June 20.—Governor Ter
rell today offered a reward of $200 for
the arrest of the unknown person who
is wanted in Morgan County for the
murder of Doan Harris, colored, who
wanted as a witness in an important
case to get it was thought he was -mur
dered to get rid of h’’s testimony.
The Governor also offered rewards
of $50 each for ‘ the arrest of 'West
i Weaver and Tom Latimer also wanted
! in Morgan County for the murder of
Nelse Broughton on October 20 of last
year.
The.figures of these bids have
b.,.-ri made public, but it is kn
not
own
of
! RALEIGH. N. <
1 between moonshir
| in the mountains
June 20.—In a battle
mil revenue officers
Compliment to Fifth Reqiment.
ATLANTA. June 20.—Colonel Slif-
■ly
mat thev arc considerably in exe
•h,< hi.ls submitted by the pin ate
'’‘The 1 "bidding brought together the
'arvfst company of ship builders and
;,v,; r persons interested in naval con-
„• ruction that has been seen in the
V.ivy Department for many-
The" bidding Itself
. omplex: the build
ihemselves of the departments per
mission F submit all sorts of combi
nations and alternative plans. These
included straight bids on the battb-
--ip of the standard type twth rectoro-
engines designed by the Navy
iite f: original bidders i
- ’ dc- j MITCHELL,
with turbine m- [ boU nd limited
with and some wit aout ; ber on the
separate cruising turbines. The New- ! southwestern
port News ~ o1rtT
no less th’
rnu» onii.ci.s | n i un.' x*
— .... of Stokes County yes- ! ford L. Anderson, of the Fifth Infantrv
\YinQHIP\U\ FOUND : terda r.„ it o ls rf ‘ aorU 'd that one moonshiner , regiment, which recently returned from
ill 1 Liol 11r • * ■> ruui Lf was ki.led* and another wounded. This. a rveek’s encampment at Jamestown
however, is not confirmed. Ten of the;
John W. Steele Suicided !
ATLANTA. June 20.—John W. t
Steele, a street car conductor, commit- ;
ted suicide this morning at his home :
272 Gospero street, by shooting him- j
self tyyice through the head while • - - — —
sitting in a chair. He had been mar- | |
ried less than tyvo weeks. His wife! rJic! a Grpaf - ^ ax , nar i.^ to » * ocond: p * a ' {Pr ' to 1 -
who heard the shots as she was pre- 1113 ' ' 1Cl0r 3 " a Wredl j twnL^Ttot^*: 0 ^
paving breakfast, rushed into the bed
room and found her husband dying.
Steele left a note which yvas sealed for
the coroner's inquest. He yvas 22
years old. ‘His .wife wag Mrs. Mattie
Lin’dsay. a widow, before her marriage
to Steele. The city detective account
for Steele’s suicide on the ground that
he was not married to Mrs. Lindsay,
though he intended to marry her after
she procured a divorce. It is also
stated that he yvas under indictment
in Gwipnett Coupty for assault with
intent to murder.
Surprise to the Horse
men
race, five furlongs. Futurity
course—FtUcacta, 7 to 1. won; Hollister. 1^
to o. second; Meellck, 6 to 1, third. Time,
1:00 3-5.
Quoted 20 to 1
In the Betting
STATUE' UNVEILED
TO COLONEL GOVAN
NEW YORK, June 20.—Neaion. a West,
ern liorse. owned by C. E. Durnell. ridden
, illicit whisky mak.
I confined in the jail
I default of $1 000 hail
months.
,-essarily-
availing
HAMPTON, Va. June 29.—The bod.
of Midshipman Henry Clay Murfin. Jr., are John Youne. Oscar Smith. Ed. Fra-
of Jackson, Ohio, the last missing mid- sior, Frank Cardwell. Thomas Shelton,
shipman of the battleship Minnesota’s | John. Jim and Oscar Williams. tli e last
launch accident, was found In Hampton
Re uls today by the steam r Os-fining
near Old Fort Wool. A launch took
the bodv to the Minnesota
of the Ossinirg n i l receive a reward of
$59 offered by Admiral Emory yester
day.
•at ing
B. <£. O. PASSENGER WRECKED:
NUBMBER PERSONS INJURED
Ind., June 20.—East
passenger train num-
Baltiir.ore and Ohio
railroad was wrecked
company alone submitted j n a tunnel one fourth mile long near
seven sets of plans and it b , 3re today. The drawbar of the en-
named being hrothe:
The men were rounded up by a large j
: party of revenue officers, and having no ]
. opportunity to escape, opened fi-e which :
] the officers returned. It is said that j
the location of the distilleries in Stokes ]
County was learned by a Government de- :
t'etive. who spent several weeks in the.
county in the ge.ise of an inspector of :
rural delivery mail routes.
, ..ere captured and I '"' here they- went for Georgia Day
af Surrey County in I an outing, today received a letter from
each. The prisoners; Lieutenant H. N. Cootes. of the 12th
— Uni’ed States cavalry, h'ghly compli
menting the regiment on its appear
ance. the action of the men and the I
Railrads Abandon Picnics.
ATLANTA. June 20.—The railroads
entering Atlanta have practically
abandoned the picnic excursions
and It is stated that so far
as they concerned, there will
be no more of th em. Ifpicnc-
ers want a day’s outing by rail now
they will have to pay full fare on
regular trains. The cause of this
action Is tbe wreck last year in'
which a Central passenger train ran
toto a picnic train of the Atlanta and
West Point, and cost the two roads
a good many thousand dollars In
damages. If they were to run picnic
excursions for the next forty years
they could not get even for that one i cheered'him"as the'winner of "the $20,000
loss even if they had no more wrecks, j prize and the highest turf honors.
Neaion got an Indifferent start. As the
Exercises of Georgia Tech 116 horses swept past the grandstand in
ATLANTA. June 20.—The final | the first furlong there were cries tor Su-
commencement exercises of the Geor- P^man e runn f in g half a length
gia School of Technology were held | beb jn d p-kust and just ahead of Frank
today. The shops and other depart- . qjh Neaion had moved up to fourth,
nients of the school were open to vis- ! and ’ as the horses swung Into the back
itors all the morning and large crowds i stretch, the cry went up that Electlon-
've;it to inspect them. At II o’clock I eer. the favorite, had quit. Nearin
RETF.RSBURO. Va., June 20.—An
imposing bronze statue erected to the
by Jockey W. Dugan, and quoted at 20 to ] memory of Col. Oovan and other mem-
1, won the great Suburban Handicap at I bers of the Forty-eighth Pennsylvania
Sheepshead Bay todav. Montgomery was'Regiment of Volunteers, who were kill-
second two le'ngths 'behind th ft winner, j ed in front of Petersburg during the
with Beacon Light third. The time was : Civil War. was unveiled today. The
9*06 °-5 The track was lightning fast. 1 business district of Petersburg was
~ Electioneer, the favorite, and the heav- ; lavishly decorated and many of the
ily played Keene entry. Superman and I stores closed. The statue is located
Veil, wore badly beaten. Neaion is a! on the Davis farm, on what is known
4-year-old by Sain out of Sister Jose- ag tbe Jeruselem plank road near
phine. and was bred in Missouri by Bar- 1 Fort Mahone, a short distance from
ney Scheiber. He was coupled with baust ,
in the betting, and his viotcry was a sur- j mis cifi-
pr*se to horaemen. It was in a cloud of
dust of speed in the stretch that Neaion
flashed out of a flying group of 16 horses
near the finish line, while 30.000 people
MACON LABOR UNION
TOPIC FOR DEBATE
SAVANNAH, Ga.. June 20.—In tbe
convention of the Georgia State Fed-
. the : eration of Labor this afternoon there
up the heart- j was a lively discussion caused by the
monger in which their camo VS kert. I Bishop C. K. Nelson presented to the | ^lf mhe. Super^n gav^ up me heart- waa a lively discussion caused by the
Colonel Anderson said he did not have j Tech on behalf of h's wiodw. a P°r- j b effo k udfd L ruck , reading of a newspaper dispatch -rom
a single complaint against any one of trait of the late Richard Peters of , Faim had.the lead with Frank Gill sec-1 Macon that the ventral labor
hls men during the entire trip.
Department 1st-t: original '
defigned and combinations of the
purtmenfs hull flan- 'u-btno
FIVE MEN KILLED IN
AWFUL AUTO ACCIDENT
Ge"eral Assembly at Us coming ses
sion. The face of the returns showed
the election as representative of w. II
Rogers, colored, who has reores-ut-d
the county in two proceeding legisla-
tur-s.
It is -tated that Rogers did not want
to return to the house this time be-
and the on-rushing Neaion third, body had sent a committee to appear
three-quarters. As they passed ; before the Georgia Railroad Commis-
post, Faust fell back and with ! s ion to oppose a reduction in passen-
whirlwlnd i ger f ;lres ] n Georgia,
rank Gl.l : ,r r- r-^^/ in
ry. who j
had not expected that they e i n e broke and the coaches piled up
■ at nil points ; . Jp on the tender. All left the track
~i-h nil combinations. But as the' ,-xceot the one sleeepei’. A number of
that ro company shall . passengers were n or- or less injured
for more than one but no one was killed. The injured
west bidder also is , -, ve re taken to Cinnati. except two who
in this case the were brought here.
they
nay oe nau •■>■•.
were generally the
and
t P w provides
b'ave the contract
-ifiu the second 1
as-uVed a " a '; ar t d he Kore Rlv er Ship
h of Quincy. Mass. R. L. MIKELL WAS PROBABLY
ubstanc- were as ,
Atlana. one of the school's well- i on d
known benefactors. The portrait was i at
McIntosh’s Interestina Contest. ! accepted by Chairman of the Board ; the
ATLANTA. June 20.—McIntosh pro- I N. E. Harris, of Macon,
mises to furnish the most interesting] noon the business meeting
contest which will come before the | trustees was held, and
final graduating exercises took place
at the Grand opera house, when thir
ty-four students received their diplo
mas. All of these will go * at once
into oolendid posit!
Matheson, of the Tech, has applica „„
tions for seme twenty-five or thirty r en ^ths Mont-omery was second, and ! The report of W. C. Puckett, secre-
more graduates for good positions i Beacon Light, who had closed strong in j tary-treasurer, showed that there ara
month, than ! the stretch, took third money by a scant ' six central bodies and fifty-six unions
head from Faust, tbe other Durne-l entry. j n g 00( j standing in Georgia at this
H. F. Garrett, of Atlanta. T. F. Me
in ^ closed I Nally of Augusta, and others criticized
in on Neaion for 8 the’ final'stretch' spring. | this 'action and called for an explana-
! Neaion ran with great easy-swinging ; tion.
■ =tridt-3 and Montgomery, whipped to a i p. p>. Griffith, a delegate from Ma
fias: effort challenged him for the lead. conj defended the action of the cen-
President j Jockey AV. Dugan ached big Neaion , t j ]abor bo dy and said the action had
with hls Whin, and the horse shot cut.: in a legal manner
crossing the line *n easy winner by two been taken in a legal manner,
'envths. Montgomery was second, and |
company
Building C
The lowest bids in
gore River Ship Building
Quincy. Mass . on- rhir on
» IVI mint’s ‘
j hi rt' -slx months. f 4 430.009.
.'-urpirent on the d-naitmen.
bidders Curtis turbine ong:
^77 000. (Cruising turoin
r.t’l^ed in typ^).
' Newport News .Ship Bui'ding
Tr^er't’s desist” 98^00. Depar
hull and -tolmnent. m«er< Pn.-s-n,
-i•in.o-.t. r,, lulling
Orphans
ATLANTA. June <10.—More than
109 pron-ir-nt Atl-ntans loaned their
automobiles this pT'ernoon to the or-
-hs.rj of tbe various charitable in-
titutions of the city, and 366 ortihan
fatally injured by log
Company, j —
the de- I VALDOSTA. Ga.. June
ve-ed in Mike!!, a skldder. for Gray
iryi’ and at Howeli suffered injury from an ac-
•'s pt-t-is' ■ cidetit todav that may • ause his death.
$4 1 : He was operating a skidder. pulling
're- logs frt m a swamp, when o-e log be
came fastened against another. He
tried to release it when tbe log s’.vung
around and struck hint
not
Com-
epart-
nent’s
11
partment
thigh. The log that ohstrne.ed i; also! district courts John W. Woller,
flew up and broke the thigh in another i brother of the clerk admits that
place* knoi king Mr. Mik-il down
tog over him and causing intern
juries. The physicians regard his case
hull and equipment, bidders i as criticaL
> z ,nes:
into a rock and was demolished. Among j’he r-ce was George Atwood, a well-
th- killed was Pri--e Pcs-ara. a member j known farmer and business man. Th-
of the Italian nobility, and related to th-I co ,j-, t 0 f !bi , V ot-<i showed the election
d- n ato Vw^ristocm-r oT^hf whoTe^of i ? by approximately 150 ma-
10 The ^tccidenV was* witnessed 1 toy Mr. and! Atwood is going to make an en-j hoys and girl
Mrs. Ogden Cabman, of New York, who; ergefic contest in t 'e house on the ..up-to-date Ollti
are on a motoring tour here. gron-d of c-rtaiu Irregu’aritles. Fffort all over the city, shown the sight
I w’ll be made it is understood, to throw -nd finally wound up at Pf'i'e de
CLERK OF COURT ALLEGED 0 ’C two precincts, one a country ore-s Leon perk where the management
TO BE $20,000 SHORT iciuct at rfh ch one of the manager” j nrav-icallv turned over to them
(was ipot a freeholder as the law re* i entire place
quires, and the other, the Dari-n pr-
clnct. -n the ground that th- noils j 7 „ TTi _ .» '
<> o’clock. D^rient time | Bale of New Cot.on.
instead of 6 o’c’’ck «un time. If the--: HOUSTON. Texas. June 20.—The
two Drefinets shou’d foe thrown out. it ! first bale of th- new crop of cotton ar
ts s’ated. t v e result will be Mr. At-] rived here tonight toy express from Hi-
wood's election by a small majority. : daigo Countv. Texas. Last year the
roll- 1 warrant has been Issued for hls broth- ' An interesting lnquiriy is expected. first bale arrived July 6. and the ear-
1 ir.- ; er. Frank E. Wollen is said to be at >>- t bale heretofore
Superman was eighth and Electioneer,
th- faiorite. had shown no speed in the
race was next to lust. Summaries:
Fir=t race. Introductory Steeplechase,
short"course—Kernel. 10 to 1. won; Sun-
e!ow. 8 to 1. second; Phantom, 1 to 2,
third. Time. 4:13.
Second race six furlongs main course—
* Prince Hamburg.
third.
■ ' , ,1 Rnsehen 6 to 5. won; Prince Ha
to^ er8 TW we a re g rto ^ tol." e-ond; Gold Laqy. 50 to 1
i—g. They were rtou-.- Time V12 4-5. ^^ —
pllv CMrtTfs th. sishre ! ' ,1.. a.,,hi. 5r.t-.rit '
20—R. L.
A- Gatchell
MILWAUKEE Wis.. June 20.—
Frank E. Woller. clerk of the mu
nicipal and district courts has been
: found to be $20,000 in his accounts,
breaking Ills | Deputy clerk of the municipal and
th
for the afternoon. The
j children had the time of their lives.
June 22. 1901.
.. summer resort within a few miles 1 ComDtroUer Will Go Ahead Assessing, j This bale w ill foe sold at auction Lj-
»f Milwaukee. i ATLANTA, June 20.—If he does not J morrow.
Third race the double event, -five and
one-half furlongs. Futurity course—Fire
Stone 10 to 1. won; ChaDUltepee. 15 to 1.
s..ond; Masque. 3 to 1, third. Time,
1*07
Fourth race the Suburban Handicap,
worth S20 000. one_m!Ie and a quarter—
Neaion. 113 (W. Th’ganl 20 to 1. won;
Montgomery. 104. (Sandy). 8 to 1, sec-
o-d’ Beacon Light 100 (Garner). 8 to 1
tb)r 5| Tim-. 2:09 1-5. Faust. Tokalon,
Cairrorm Dandelion. Superman,- Veil,
Running Water. Cottontown. Flip Flap.
Bedouin. Frank Gill. Electioneer, and
Wexford ran. Neaion and Faust were
COUDled.
Fifth race, one mile and three-six-
iteenthSa on turf—Acrobat, 4 to 1, jvon;
time. The total amount collected dur
ing the year was $463.33. Total
amount expended $276. 20.
A resolution was passed endorsing a
bill to be introduced In the Geenral
Assembly requiring the railroads of
the State to employ more intelligent
help fer the operation of trains.
This afternoon the unionists were
entertained at the Savannah brewery.
Tonight they had a trolley ride.
A resolution was adopted requesting
the Farmers' Union to affiliate with the
Federation and also requesting the mem
bers of the Farmers’ Union to demand
union label goods.
Large Saw Mill Fire.
MOBILE. Ala.. June 20.—The .saw
mill of the extensive plant of the K. C.
Lumber Company, at Lucedale. Miss.,
was destroyed by fire today, entailing
a loss of $70,000. partly covered by in
surance. A large quantity of lumber
was also destroyed, •
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