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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. 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