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THE TWICE-A-WEEK TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1907 IHt WACOM lElEfigtfH PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING AND TWICt A WEEK BY THE MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLI8H- mo COMPANY. 563 MULBERRY 6TREET, MACON. GA. 0. R. PENDLETON, President THE PROHIBITION BILL. Until within recent years the na tional Democratic plaftorm uniformlj declared against "sumptuary laws, which vex the citizen." In Georgia our Democratic platforms have, for some years, declared for local option in dealing with the question of the liquor traffic. Thero 'has heen no repeal of that position by any primary election test in this State. But It seems that in the whirlwind of loudly proclaimed "reform Ideas’ some of our Democratic Ideas, our Domocratic principles, and Democratic party lines, have been, or are about to be, (thrown to the winds. As suggested by a contemporary, the sedge grass was fired last year, and some of those who were busy with the torch are now apparently powerless to stem the onward sweep of the flames. In a time of glorious peace, and a more glorious prosperity—when the average citizen was enjoying the protecting shade and shelter of his own vine and fig tree—certain ones went forth and stnrted up quiescent snake heads In every brush. They will answer that they are going to kill a few snakes, but with every bruise upon the serpent’s 'head they are striking two blows at the rights and liberties of the people. The sweoplng prohibition law that Is proposed, and now being rushed for ward In the Legislature, is undemo cratic. unjust and destructive of cer tain inalienable rights guaranteed to the citizen by the 'builders of our sys tem of Government. The question of substituting untamed blind tigers for the restricted sale of intoxicants—for high lloenso and regulation of the sale In the populous centers—is a proposi tion so serious that the Legislature ought to pause and think before It rushes to such an extreme. It la a serious suggestion to confis cate millions of property invested in a traffic -which has been recognized by law since the time when Noah took a little too much; a traffic wCilch has been reoognlzed by ecclesiastical as well as civil law—by tho Mosaic "stat utes and Judgmonts,” and was not con demned by the newer dispensation which came not to overthrow hut to fulfill the older regime. One new commandment was added— "love ono another!” But the abuse of liquor Is condemned from Genesis to 'Revelations, and reg ulation Is preached on nearly every pnge; prohibition of the traffic Is writ ten on no single page. Our laws are based on the Mosaic “statutes and Judgments,” reinforced by the law of love which pervades the teachings of the Christian dispensation. If ’tho world lives forever man will never improve on the laws made by God’s command, and amplified In His written Word. If Prohibition Is not written in that Word, and Regulation Is, the Georgia Legislature will soon arrive at a sense of its duty if it will sit down and ex amine the written Law, and follow .whero It leads. Do that and it will make no mistake. Mahomet taught prohibition, and also the murder of Christiana—no Regula tion nor Love. Two thousand years before Christ the Chinese adopted Prohibition, and substituted opium smoking. They led the world in civilization then. They are the physical and mental dwarfs of <£ie world, and murder Christians now. There Is a whole lot In this Prohi bition question above and beyond the scope and vision of one’s emotions, which are too often invoked In undue proportion to one’s reason. But -.vhat did they do instead? In Manila, with a civilized popula tion Of al-ut: rtlp'.o Of', only 7.3>J'i voter- registered, and 800 of them were Americans. Fiiijrino leaJors had estimate 1 that at least 19.009 would register. The actual regis tration. 6.500, was only a trifle more than a third of that number. There were no obstacles to regis tration and there was no lack of Information as to what was being done and its necessity and signifi cance. The people simply did not care to vote, or would not take the trouble to do so. And so only about one person in. thirty-odd will, be able to vote at this month's cl«c- tion. Returns from all the islands are not yet at hand, but it Is re ported that oven greater apathy prevailed elsewhere than In Manila, so that the total registration for the archipelago Is not probably more than 54,000, In a civilized population of nearly 7,000,000— say about one in 130. This shows one of two things— either the great bulk of the Fili pinos are indifferent to self-gov- i ernment, and therefore an lgnor- | ant people, or they are not in sym- j pathy with American rule and are | unwilling to accord It the recognl- j tlon which participation in an i election for a limited legislative j body would amount to. The small j registration is naturally cause for* keen disappointment to the advo cates of the retention of the Philippines, but it should be an additional Incentive to the oppo nents of Imperialism to get rid of the islands as speedily as -possible. | It will, on the contrary,' prove an i additional Incentive to the imperialists considerate American administration of their affairs. This does not imply that they are fairly well atisfled with present con ditions. All the evidence goes to show the contrary. No reader of Judge Biount's articles in the Xorth Ameri can Review can reasonably entertain any doubt as to this. SOME PLAIN WORDS FROM AN.OL'D MAN. To the Editor of The Telegraph: The Telegraph has under all its ad- ' That Proposed Extension. To the Editor of The Telegraph: The "general public” referred to bv the At lanta Journal In its editorial on "State Road Extension Endorsed” in Friday’s ministrations had very decided opin- i issue, simply means the “general pub- ions. but it has been fair enough to | Iic .. of AtIanta . The journal Is like the allow Others ,0 hold them too, and i+iants, <?havnher nf Cnmmfircf 1 —“en girt- them voice through its columns. Will it give an old man who has been closely connected with Macon for . fifty years, who has himself passed An intelligent: beyond his seventieth year, to say Filipino preference for American! few very plain things to the people of .. T . , -his community? They are no more rather than Japanese rule, blundering applicab , e to thcm than to those of though the former has been, would • every other city in Georgia, but just tend to support Judge Blount’s con- j as much so. .... , . We have had two startling and ca- tention that a competent Filipino Gov- lamitous eve nts In the last few years, ernment could be established In a short which have brought great suffering to , , .... - ; many innocent people in bank suspen- time. under the auspices of able and, g{on ' The last has just occurred f It I trusted natives, If only there were (■given a definite promise of independ ence at a fixed date. | However this may be, loyalty to the I United States in the great crisis of a | war with Japan would not only be a I most welcome spectacle from the American point of view, but would fur nish evidence of the presence among [the Filipinos of a highly enlightened I self-interest. Loyalty to their present over-lords would not only 4 hasten the day of their independence -but aid in saving them from the despotic grasp (of imperial Japan. . D N EVERYBODY! Mr. Glenn, of Whitfield County, has to hang on to the islands for expipit- I Introduced a bill in the House to put atlon purposes. The trouble with lm- a franchise tax on newspapers print- perialism Is that a taste of it only whets the appetite, and. the United States having once embarked on it, the politicians -will see to it that she will never turn back In her course. THE PHILIPPINE DANGER, The Philippines are not only a costly charge on the people of the United States but they have very quickly de veloped tiheir perilous character to us «s a tender point of our physical do mains under International complica tions. The wrath of the Japanese on DOLLS AND “TEDDY BEARS.” A thought that has found lodgment in many reflecting minds was given public expression by Rev. M. G. Esper from his pulpit in St. Joseph, Mich., ton Sunday, when be described the “Teddy Bear” fad as harmful in its influence, especially in the case of little girls. The priest took the ground that the toy beasts in tho hands of the female child were “destroying all instincts of motherhood, and in the future would be realized as one of the most powerful factors in the race suicide danger.” In urging the parents in his congregation to discard the "Teddy Bear” and re place the doll, he said: “There is something natural in the care of a doll by a little girl. It is the first manifestation of the feeling of motherhood. In the de velopment of these motherly In stincts is the hope of all nations. It is a monstrous' crime to do any thing that will tend to destroy these Instincts.” The warning is tho more impressive when taken In connection with recent intelligence to the effect thtfi the dbll trade Is In a condition of stagnation and that the “Teddy Hear” threatens to drive the human mannikin out of the market altogether. Another scandalous abuse of the motherly instinct is the preference so often given by many women for the lapdog over the baby. the other side of the world would af fect us very little If we did not have j fore be determinedly resisted by the THE REAL ISSUE. Foreign observers are probably very- close to the mark when tfcey assert that the troubles in California-, are a mere pretext and that the.? Japanese will fight—if they do fight—the United States for the mastery of the Pacific. This is the opinion among diplomats and military men, according to the dispatches. In both Germany and France. According to the Paris "Solell,” the San Francisco Incidents are a mere cloak to the real Issue, which, it thinks, may be traced to the determination of Japan to enforce her commercial su premacy in China and the Pacific. "For Japan now or never,” It adds. “In ten years, when the American fleets’ predominancy is unchallenged and the Panama canal has been com pleted, it will be too late.” This is, or would be. perhaps, the main object, but the race or color question is also Involved. The Jap anese would like to force our Govern ment to treat them in every particular precisely as white Europeans are treated, and It may be that they do not realize that to demand this is to demand the impossible. American dis crimination against off-colored races dates as far back as 1S02, and the policy with one exception has been constantly maintained. Partisan poli tics and violent sectional animosity caused an exception to be made of the emancipated negroes, but popular sen timent in ihis country now undoubtedly is represented by the recent remark of a Northern man of intelligence: “One mistake In that direction is enough.” Both the aims of Japan will there- thnt excrescence, so to speak, on our j united State hod.v politic over there for them to | take their spite out on in the event their bad feelings co far get the better of them. As the New Orleans Pica yune says: The recent misunderstanding with Japan would never have given us any occasion nt all for uneasi ness were It not for the Philip pines. Japan would be no match for us If it were merely a question of defending our own coasts and boundaries, but when it comes to keeping her out of the Philippines the situation is entirely different. It can thus be readily seen that the Philippines may become a source of humiliation to us at any time. Continuing, tho -Picayune sayg: There has heen much talk ef the benevolent character of American rule In the Islands and the con tentment of the natives under that Tule. In pursuance of that idee our Government has determined io give the FUipInpe a certain amount of control ovsr their own affairs by permitting them to choose dele gates to a legislative body. Ac cordingly elections wers eallsd and the Plllplnoa were Invited to reg ister as a preliminary to voting It was, of course, expected that they would flock to the registration offices, as there wae practically -no restriction on flU suffrage. -whatever the outcome. FILIPINO LOYALTY. According to a Manila dispatch, there is much excitement in the Philippines and “leading Filipino Independence or gans have announced that they side with the Americans against the Jap anese." This is the most gratifying news that has arrived from that part of the world since the islands were ceded to the United States by Spain. The Philippines have been regarded as the weak point is our armor not merely because they are far away and difficult to defend, but because Filipino revolt—in case of war with Japan or any other nation—has been regarded as practically certain. If the sentiment In the Islands is really such as the dis- patoh describes. It is plain that, while the Filipinos desire Independence, they do not welcome the prospect of a change of masters. From what they have beard of Japanese doings in Ko- ing press dispatches, and proposes to put them "in the same class with lfailroads and other corporations." We suppose some one will rise up and kick about this proposed ban upon “the freedom of the press,” and so forth: but since public sentiment, as represented in the Legislature at this time, makes no discrimination as to the sin of being a corporation— great or small, good or bad—and since It is a crime to -be anything but a petty politician, we see no good rea son why this blow aimed at the press should not bo delivered t good and hard. One other member of the House proposes to make a law compelling all circuses showing in this Stute to pro vide two tents, and a double perform ance, for whites and negroes. Still another would make It a crime to smoke cigarettes, and would prohibit the selling in this State of any to bacco out of which a cigarette could be made. And there are several others These “reformers” should, shorten the work by uniting on one general resolution about to this effect: “D n everybody except ourselves.” IS “THE BRYAN SHADOW” LIFTING? A correspondent of the New York Sun, who Is studying the political condition In the South, writes that “the enlightened and the thoughtful are taking kindly to the Idea of Southern candidate.” This idea “ap peals to their pride, to their senti ment and especially to the suddenly awakened conviction that the South has too long accepted the humiliating part of the poor relation in .the Dem ocratic family.” Moreover, “they real ize the significance of the fact that the South furnishes all the party votes in the electoral college, nine-tenths of the votes in Congress and ninety nine-hundredths of the substance, the character and the force of the organ ization at large.” There Is nothing new in all this, hut It Is less well known that, as this correspondent says, "the tendency is toward Culberson In visibly Increas ing measure.” We are assured that “there Is hardly a city of any conse quence, from Nashville southward, without former acquaintances and col lege mates of the Texas Senator, and these as It happens are almost inva riably men of high social standing and wide personal Influence. One encoun ters such men in Nashville, Birming ham, New Orleans, Mobile and Mont gomery.” The correspondent adds: ‘One hears animated discussion not only of Culberson but of the Hon. E. D. White, of Louisiana, now a mem ber of the Supreme Court of the United States; of Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia; of Senator Bacon, of the same State; of Senator Isldor Rayner, of Maryland; of Judge George Gray, of Delaware; of Senator John W. Daniel, of Virginia; of ex-Senator E. W. Carmack, of Tennessee; of John -B. Knox, of Alabama; of others equally prominent and distinguished in North Carolina and elsewhere.” The writer quoted interprets all this to mean that “the Bryan shadow” is lifting and that there is an end of that "despairing apathy which once possessed the South under the incu bus of Bryan and robbed It equally of energy and hope.” A11 of which is highly Interesting and important—If true. The origin of a recent "race riot” in New York is thus amusingly traced by the New York Sun: "A negress who lives on the third floor of 247 West Sixty-first street, in the heart of the San Juan district, threw a 'bucket of water out of the window last evening on the head of an Italian boy who was on the sidewalk. The boy, sputtering with rage, jumped on a colored lad playing In the street and took revenge on him. The colored boy yelled for help, colored men and boys ran up and the Italian boy sprinted toward West End avenue, shouting: *De dinges is try in' ter kill me.’ ” came like a thunderclap. No man who knows Capt. Cabaniss ’believes that he has been guilty of neglect or in- oompeteney, much less of intentional dishonesty. He may have been vic timized. but it is Certain he was up right in his Intentions. He has never been a high roller, never Inattentive, and never engaged in wild schemes of speculation. No man feels more keenly the loss to the stockholders or the embarrassment of the depo=itors. What caused the collapse of the Gate City Bank in Atlanta? A gam bling cashier. What caused the closing of the Cap ital City Bank In Atlanta? A. high rolling club man. What caused the loss of $160,000 to the Georgia Railroad Bank in Au gusta? A high polling warehouseman who forged securities. What caused the cashier of a bank in Savannah to loot the bank and shoot himself? Extravagance and gambling in stocks. Banks fail -because those who bor row their money do not pay it back, but why not? It is not a deliberate intention to defraud, in most cases. The men who fail to pay are not able to pay, but why not? Why are these uniooked-for re verses which force men to allow their notes to go to protest and which in jure men who have trusted them? I cannot speak positively, but I can con jecture, and these conjectures I give. If I am mistaken in them, if there are none guilty, then ho one is harmed. I attribute the present condition of things in this city and to that in all other cities in this land first to the gambling mania. The good women who are now to.be the chief sufferers have encouraged their husbands and sons to play cards by their widely published card . parties. They play whist in the parlors for a prize, and their sons buck the tiger and their husbands play poker In the club rooms. The negro throws his dice box and is arrested and sent to the chaingang. but the gambler who has not been caught In the act is dis charged honorably. Gambling in cotton futures is worse than gambling at cards. It is the only kind of gambling good church members can engage in. Men not sat isfied to gamble at Macon buy mar gins in Chicago and New York and go into the pit and Stock Exchange to buy anything from a railroad to a pig when there Is a chance to make a penny. They don’t want the railroad or the pig, but they bet on fluctua tions. When they win they are apt to give something in charity to the church, which does not condemn them for their speculations. Fast living Is another cause. Men keep automobiles, fast horses; women send to New York and Paris for ele gant gowns. The old home is still sound and comfortable, but It must give way to a palace and a mort gage. Great house parties where there is to be wild revelry among the young folks are given by those who can’t pay the last month’s grocery bill. Young men pay more for a suit of clothes than their whole month’s salary. Money must come from some where to meet these extravagant ex penditures and to “take a fly” or “buck the tiger” and to "take the pot” is the resource. The society columns are my sources of information for the story of the dissipations of the women, and the report of tho courts and common ru mor and appearances for the charges against the men. When I see a bucket shop opened and a crowd of men in It intently looking on the board. I certainly have a right to conclude they are not theca for nothing. Trace back many of the bankrupt cles and you will find their source In the wild extravagance of the women and the gambling of the men. The tales of Rome and Paris- and Venice might warn, but our society people are pitifully Ignorant. Litera ture is turned over to a few dry as dust, and they do not see that they are rapidly hurrying to the precipice of ruin. Above all, the source of these ca lamities is in Godlessness. If the people were truly religious these things would not be. The women are churchy enough. The father gets his Sunday morning Constitution. The children read the funny paper and go to Sunday school. The good wife, ar rayed In her new gown, goes to the church for an hour’s stay. The son saunters to the Lanier -or the Plaza, and all are satisfied; but the day of reckoning comes. America must call a halt. We can not go on at this pace much longer. The rumblings of the storm are qgt loud now, but I am old enough *lo re member IS.". 1861. 1S73 and 1891. It is almost vain to' warn, and the voice of an old man from a quiet home will be heard with d sneer, but the fact is as certain as God’s decree, and the only hope of escape is in repenftmee. "The tower of Slloam fell but not because its victims were sinners above all. Now let me say to the righteous people who have shared in these ’coni' mon calamities, that God is not dead, and He will care for His own. and not to lose faith or heart. GEORGE G. SMITH. Atlanta Chamber of Commerce—“en thuslnstic” on the subject of extending the State Road by the people of the State for the benefit of Atlanta. There is. of course, the usual stock argu ment of the great benefit to the people of the State. Between the lines the "general public’’ can readily discern the "cat in the meal tub” and that Is, a new road for Atlanta at the expense of the “general public.” Does the Journal show that the "general public” also enthusiastically endorses the Atlanta Chamber of Com merce in its appeal to the Legislature tot keep hands off a general prohibi tion bill?. That bill, in the minds of the "gen eral public.” Is for the benefit of the "general public" of the whole State, but the Chamber of Commerce says don’t include Atlanta In that -bill. Pro hibition will hurt Atlanta’s trade (At lanta’s morals are not to be considered by the “general public”). It’s only a matter of Atlanta and 'her commercial welfare and at the cost of the general public In money or morals. Are the representatives of the people so easily influenced by selfish motives, concealed under the guise of sophisti cal arguments? Has not Atlanta profited largely at the hands of special legislation and for which the "general public” has footed the bill? Do the Atlanta dailies stress the point that there are between seventeen and eighteen years yet before the pres ent property of the State in the West ern and Atlantic Railroad can return to the control of the State? The North Carolina and St. Louis Railway hold a lease that has seventeen or eighteen years yet to run. .Has that company shown a disposition to va cate its control of the Western and At lantic Railroad? Is it a part of “the Atlanta spirit” to have the State construct the proposed extension and turn the new property over to the North Carolina and St. Louis Railway? If not. do these wise dallies inform the "general public” how the compli cated problem is to 'be solved? Some of the "general public” can’t see how they or it are to be so splen didly benefited by saddling on the State a burden these wise dailies admit to be about $14,000,000. There seems to be enough involved for the Legislature to go slow before Involving the State in so tremendous an indebtedness. There are grave constitutional as well as business points involved in so huge an issue, that the "general pub lic” must take the spacious arguments cum grano sails, for there seems to be a cullud gem’man hid somewhere In the fuel 'heap. BIG OIL WAREHOUSE MAY GOME TO MACON Parties are in the city looking around for a location to open an oil warehouse. Having found one, they heard of a city ordinance which pro hibits the storing of more than small quantity of gasolene, naptha and such oils within the city limits. This ordinance was passed in 1901, and was intended, so it is said, to ap ply only to such dealers as kept and sold such oils for automobiles, etc. The parties looking around, however, will carry thousands of gallons of kerosine and gasoline, and they are up against this ordinance. As it was probably not Intended to prevent wholesale dealers In oil from carrying large quanties, but to regu late the amount of the inflammable oils in the fire limits or business see tion, it is probable that the ordinance will be amended at the next meeting of Council. It is said that the oil to be sold will come from the independent producers. YAMAMOTO AND EVANS SETTLE THE WAR TALK NEW YORK, July 11,—"I think the j discussed the rumors of war between friendly relations of longstanding bo- I ^'j^..,^ ountrieS with the Ja P aneae a tween the United States and Japan , ml . AV ‘ e set tied the whole question our- should be preserved, and the passing: selves,” said Admiral Evans, "and tho storm disappear from the waters of | photographers. The admiral and I are the Pacific ocean. I firmly Relieve ^ j apap whS? ^astoresome that this one incident cannot be: years ago. and he has visited this thrown In the way of the present re-(country twice before, lations between the two countries: “He'thinks as I do, that there is which began at the time of my birth." nothing to this talk about war. Lead- Thus spoke Admiral Baron Gombelji^j. nl( 7 n c f Japan and the two govern- Yamamoto, Japanese Minister of Ma- Intents understand each other perfectly rine during the Japanese-Russian war, th<> governments will prevent any as a greeting to tho American people on his arrival here with his suite on board the Cunard steamship Car- mania. Admiral Yamamoto has been inspecting the gun shops and ship yards of Europe, and while here he will visit our navy yards and ship building plants. He was met at quar antine by Lieut. R. W. Henderson, rep resenting Rear Admiral Goodrich, commander of the New York navy yard. Admiral Yamamoto made the occa sion of his arrival an opportunity to deny the reports from Tokio that lead ership of the Progressive party would fall upon him on his return home and that efforts would be made to over throw the Saionji ministry. He de clined to express an opinion on the in tention of the United States to send a large fleet of war vessels from the At lantic to the Pacific coast. The admiral will take luncheon with President Roosevelt Friday at Oyster Bay. When asked what he thought of the intention of the United States Gov ernment to send practically all of our battleships to the Pacific coast. Ad miral Yamamoto, smiling broadly, said: “I myself have no bad feeling against the United States, but It is a ques tion for this country to answer and not for us to express an opinion. "America is a country which has been friendly to us for years: a treaty between this country and Japan was made at the time I was born. It is an old feeling of friendship which I do not think a passing storm can inter fere with, but it depends upon the pens of the press to smooth the storm.” Rear Admiral Evans, after a visit to Admiral Yamamoto said that he had trouble.” WASHINGTON. July 10.—Viscount Aoki, the Japanese Ambassador, ac companied by Secretary Hahihara, ot the Embassy, left Washington tonight for New York, where they are to mee. Admiral Yamamoto, the distinguished Japanese naval officer, who arrived in New York today. According to a ten tative program, the admiral will not come to Washington or be able to visit the Jamestown Exposition. Genuine regret is expressed among the naval officials because of the inability of the admiral to so arrange his Itinerary as to make a visit to both places. From the State Department and from the Japanese Embassy here came swift and conclusive denial today of the accuracy of the statement cabled first and last shots were fired by the from The Hague to the London Daily Telegraph, and reprinted in this coun try, to the effect that Japan has made categorical demands upon the United States government for satisfaction in connection with the treatment of Jap anese in San Francisco and has serv ed notice of her intention to deal with the Californians herself If the national government fails to do so. At the State Department it Is said that the American public is fully aware of the nature of al’ the ex changes that have taken place on this subject; that there has been corre spondence of recent date and there are no negotiations in progress be tween the two countries. This state ment is fully confirmed at the Japan ese Embassy, where, moreover, it is positively stated that Ambassador Aoki is not going to Japan next fall, as was reported in a Japanese news paper. CHAS. H. MOYER FOR HAYWOOD TESTIFI AND SELF The worm has turned. Public Printer Stillings has adopted a system of imposing fines on the proofreaders in the Government printing office for rea, they probably fear that the Mikado I their errors, and they are indignant would rule them with a pod of iron and thereat. Surely the Iron must have Raised His Own Truck. A negro boy named Centennial Cor nelius, and who peddles vegetables, was reported to be running a peddling they would have cause to look back! entered the Government Printer’s soul; wagon without license. He proved ... „ , I „ , . . | that he raised hi? own vegetables and with regret to the more liberal and j to goad him to such audacity. _ j the ciLse wa3 dismissed. THE WEATHER. From the New Y-ork American. When stone-age lovers wandered out At dusk together. It’s safe to say they talked about The weather. He said, “It sure is awful hot ' 1 ' This evening, Mary.” She answered, “Seems to me it's not So very.” When Adam prophesied a rain ” ’ "Beside his table It caused that falling out of Cain And A'bel. . "Rain! Fudge!” quoth Cain and raised a roar Of scornful ire. While Abel took up cudgels for ' His sire. And latterly among the old and young, When thoughts aren't flowing, One subject’s sure to start a tongue To going. One subject all can talk upon With inspiration: One theme is sure to start a con- — Versation. I do not like the weather much; It makes me weary; Mere meteorology as such Is dreary. , It may perhaps appeal to you, — Although I doubt It; ; But what would talking people do Around the Police Court and Station L. — Adam Was Committed. Adam Seastrong is the boy who saw Mittie Stokes drop her. pocketbook while walking near the Ballard Saloon and picked it up for his own use. The pocketbook contained $10.25. Hi bought a watermelon and some ice with the twenty-five cents and the ten dollar was recovered when arrest ed. He was bound over in the sum of one hundred dollars. A white man who interfered with the officer in mak ing the arrest was fined five dollars. Pulled His Wife on the Street. A white man giving his name as John J. Smith was found by Officer Stewart pulling his wife over the streets, apparently dragging her about against her will, to the annoyance of the public. He was fined twenty dol lars for disorderly conduct and ten dollars for loitering, and, strange to say, he was able to pay the line. Dropped Sixty Dollars. J. H. Ward lost a roll of money, said to be sixty dollars, somewhere between Poplar street and the Ex change Bank. He was told that a man named Glascock had picked it up. That was Wednesday morning. That night he met Glascock and asked him about it. Glascock denied finding the money, and one word brought on another until they had a fight. The case was dis missed. Went For Him With a Hatchet. Anna Bell Hart was said to be be hind with her instalment. She passed the paying limit and a bailiff went to her house to collect or get the stuff. She tried ’to keep back a spread and finding the 'bailiff too much for her she went at him with a hatchet. It look ed as though she was within her rights and the case was dismissed. OPPORTUNITY. From the Baltimore American. At every man’s door I knock once ot twice, And sometimes three times three: No men I pass by in his utmost need. Though humble and poor be he. Some see my chances and seize them quick. For I linger not on the way. But the most of mankind are deaf and blind. When I point them out the way. I force on no man my gifts of fate. ’Tis seldom I return: If they do not know me when first I come. ’Tis too late when they learn, am the messenger of destiny. That would wait on man’s will; But finding that sloth, In its own way doth Scatter its largess still. Bitterly ’tis that men do rail ~ Against the decrees of fate: And yet It is on the human will That life doth often wait. For what men call luck is often naught But ability in store. To know the sound, when with sudden pound. — rtunity knocks at the door, BOISE, Idaho, July 11.—President C. H. Moyer, of the Western Federation of Miners, went on the stand Wednesday as a witness for Secretary Wm. D. Haywood, charged with murdering Frank Steunenberg, as is also Moyer, and besides making pasitive denial of all the crimes attributed to him and other federation leaders by Harry Or chard, Mover offered an explanation of the unsolicited appearance of the Western Federation of Miners as the defender of Harry Orchard immedi ately after Orchard’s arrest at Cald well for the murder of Steunenberg. Simpkins Engaged Miller. Moyer said that it was Jack Simpkins who engaged Attorney Fieri. Miller at Spokane to go to Caldwell to represent Orchard, then known as Thomas Hogan, and that it was at the request of Simp kins that Moyer and Haywood subse quently advanced $1,500 from the funds of the Federation to meet the expense of defending Orchard. At various stages of the recital, the defense offered in evi dence a number of documents, Including a heretofore undisclosed cipher tele gram which Simpkins sent to Federation headquarters arid the union at Silver City, covering the motives to protect the Fed eration which was charged with the as sassination of Steunenberg within a few days after the former Governor was slain. In Federations’ Cipher. Moyer began by saying that he got his first knowledge of the crime from *he Denver newspapers, and that on the even ing of January 4. five days after the crime, a telegram in the Federation’s ci pher came to Haywood from Spokane. It was long and the translation was diffi cult and uncertain, but he and Haywood figured the next day that It was signed by Simpkins and read: “Cannot get a lawyer to defend Hor- gan. Answer.” Moyer testified that he was suspicious a conspiracy on the part of the mine owners and the Pinkertons and man aged to show that Moyer had been denied permission to communicate with counsel; that Bulkeley Wells, of the mine owners association, was in charge of the arresting and extradit ing party; that Wells had charge of the train, and that Wells had the keys to Moyer’s handcuffs, and twice un locked them on the journey to Idaho. The attempt to show that the three prisoners had been Illegally taken to the Idaho penitentiary failed under ad verse rulings of the court. Moyer made a self-possessed wit ness. and at the end of the long day the defense expressed satisfaction over his testimony and the probable impres sion he made on the jurors. He will resume the stand at 9:30 o’clock to morrow morning for his cross-exam ination. ORR DEEDS PROPERTY IE Warranty deeds signed by C. M. Orr and Mrs. Minnie Orr conveying real estate and personalty to the Exchange Bank, aggregating a. total value of $45,300, were yesterday recorded in the Superior Court clerk’s office. Fol lowing is a list of the properties con veyed and their values as stipulated in the deeds: Three hundred and thirty-three and __ L half acres of land In the Thirteenth about the message, the newspapers bav- . district. Bibb County. $2,750; part of L r X„ a, rr ady ._ c , h ?, , :?? < llot l, -block 22, Macon, $300; lot 16. Federation, and that he decided to consult John Murphy, general counsel of the Fed eration, before he took any steps. Haywo.od Took Up Case. Moyer said he left for Chicago that aft ernoon, but that Haywood took up the case and opened communication with the union at Silver City and made arrange ments to engage Attorney John Nugent to look after the interest of the Federa tion and defend Orchard. If necessary. The defense produced copies of this cor respondence and all of It was. read into the record. running from College to Orange streets, Macon, $2,000; 174.4 acres in Howard district, $2,000; 130 acres on line of Monroe and Bibb counties, also 113% acres in the Thirteenth district of Monroe and Bibb counties, $3,000; ast half of lot 213, known as Lochet Thompson place, containing 101% acres, $6,000; 20 acres of lot 152, Vino- ville district, $1,250; 303 8-10 acres, comprising the Wingfield plantation. Bibb County, $15,000; 113 7-10 acres Continuing^ Moyer said that Miller 1 0 f jot 246 in the Thirteenth district, came to Denver about the first of Feb- j (Howard) also one half undivided in- ruary. bringing 'wUh him the record of j terest ln ]ot 2 46, in Thirteenth district. went ar m Denve^ a^the su^^Hon 1 of: $3,500; lot fronting 165 feet on Orange Simpkins, so the witness testified, and 1 street, on which Willis Brown now re brought a request from Simpkins that the j sides, $3,000; 110 acres of lot 229, also Federation furnish the large amount of 125 acres of lot 248, in Thirteenth dis- money that would be needed to defend Orchard. Moyer said that he and Hay wood conferred with Attorneys Murphy and Miller, and subsequently gave Miller $1,500. Denied Criminal Act. Moyer denied that he had ever dis cussed any kind of criminal act with Or chard or am- one else, or that lie had ever given Orchard a cent except for expenses on the trip Orchard made to Ouray as a body guard for Moyer. Moyer denied that he participated In a conference in Pettibone’s back yard. trict, also bill mules, $5,000. of s ale for twenty DAZED, SHE CLUNG TO BURNING HOUSE Officer Brannan had a singular and thrilling experience at the fire at 659 Spring street Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Long, an old lady, was in the , . .. 'house at the time of the fire, and had where Orchard said Moyer. Haywood , heon quIte sick . she did not v , atn to and_ Pettibone^had^ discussed \ ithJMm j eave the house and Dr. Gewinner various acts of violence, denied knowl edge of the subsequent meeting at Federation headquarters, where Or chard swore that the killing of Steun enberg and Neville were planned and denied in detail every material state ment in all of Orchard’s testimony. Moyer explained that Orchard ac companied him to Ouray because Or chard was going to Silverton and they made the journey together for com pany. There were reports that en3o r ^ e d r hv h t a h d e mine I Bunch rushed into the house and robbed by "thugs employed by the t fo „ nr i tbe i adv , vbo no *lHveiv who was attending her tried to per suade her to leave, telling her it was dangerous to remain in the burning building. She started out in obedience to the doctor's commands, but sudden ly turned and walked back into the house. She seemed dazed for the moment. Dr. Gewinner not knowing the ex tent of the fire or if it was under con trol, saw the danger and hurried to the officer. Officers Brannan and owners and the witness and Orchard took along short shotguns for protec tion. Moyer swore that his gun was subsequently used to kill Lyte Greg ory, hut that Orchard returned it to Moyer after they got back to Denver and the weapon had never been dis charged up to the time Moyer waa arrested. Moyer was under direct examination from shortly after 10 o’clock in the morning until a few minutes before 4 o'clock and most of this time was taken up with a recital of the witness’ connection with the federation of min ers. Clash Between Counsel, Only one Important clash marked the relations of counsel during the day. The defense wanted to prove all the circumstances under whioh Moyer and his associates were secretly ar rested In Denver, denied communica tion with counsel and taken to Idaho. But the State opposed it. The court ruled that the circumstances of the transaction were not properly a part of the defense, but Attorneys ©arrow and Richardson continued toe plea that It was most.important as showing again. found the lady who positively refused to. leave. Seeing that persuasion was useless, they picked her up and carried her out to a place of safety. To be met with a woman who. In her dazen condition, seemed to want to be burned to death, was experience the officers say was not a pleasant one. HIS WIFE TOOK OUT A WRIT OF LUNACY J. C. M organ, an engineer of the Central Railroad, was committed to the county jail yesterday afternoon by Deputy Sheriffs Jones, Wilson and An drews on a writ of lunacy taken out by his wife before Ordinary Wiley. Morgan was asleep in bed when tho officers arrived at his house, in South . Macon. He got up and made no re- * sistance when told what he was want ed for. Deputy Andrews says the patient has been drinking a little too much lately and as soon as the effects of the alcohol wear out he will be him—j Distinct print