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Enters Race for Goverior of Georgia Against Smith, OUTLINE OF PLATFORM Favor Modifying Railroad Commission Law, Strict Enforcement of Pro hibition, Payment of Veter. X erans In Lump Sum. Hon, Joseph M. Brown, of Marietta, former railroad commissioner, Wednes day issued an announcement to the people of Georgia of his candidacy for governor, in opposition to Govermer Smith, subject to the democratic pri mary of June 4. An outline of M. Brown’s platform is as follows: . “l. A return to the payment in one sum of Confederate pensions, such as prevailed before the advent of the pres ent state administration. “2. The reduction of taxation as quickly and as to as great an extent as can be made practicable. “3. The regulation of the railroads, ‘This should be done with firmness, but with judgment, holding equally in mind the rights of the public who travel and ship, of the stockholders who own thie properties and of the lives and fair wages of the employes. “4. The proper support of all publie Institutions. “5. As liberal appropriations for the common schools as the public finance wiil allow. . “6. Changes in the railroad com mission law, viz.: First, the repeal of those parts which give the commission jurisdiction over such local institutions as telephones, gas and electric lighting plants, cotton compresses and street railways. Secondly, to .insert the re quirement that one of the commission ers shall be a rate expert, and to repeal that section providing for a rate ex pert not a commissioner, thus saving $4.000 per annum in that office. Third -Iy, to compel railroads te properly light and heat passenger stations and to re quire equitable demurrage rules. “7. The establishment of a depart ment of labor. “8. The strict enforcement of the present prohibition law. If the people in the coming election choose members of the general assembly who, in ac cordance with the will of their constit uents, make any changes in the present law, I will sign the bili thus ordered by the people. “9. The enactment of a law against lobbying, so as to preserve the purity of our legislative system, the same as the purity of our jury system. “10. The encouragement, by a prop er administration of the laws, of the agricultural, mercantile and raanufact uring industries of the state. The as surance, not only to citizens of this state, but to citizens of other states that all capital invested in legitimate enterprises in Georgia shall have the equal friendly consideration of those who administer the laws of Georgia. “11. The discouragement by all legal methods of undesirable immigratien. “I make no promise that I individual- Iy, or in my official capacity, will ac complish any of the results above indi cated, for, while one man, if he be governor, may cripple and possibly wreck the prosperity of the state, it re quires the co-operation of the people and the executive restore confidence and upbuild that which has been prostrated. Hence, I should ask your earnest co-operation. I confess that I have none of the traits of the politician and no great newspaper to urge my candidacy, but I have faith in the people. ‘“ln conclusion, let us unite to prove that Georgia will be just to all whose citizenship, or investments, are witain her borders. Let us unite to restore employment, with good wages, to those who are now the unmerited victims of an unnecessary panic. Let us unite to prevent cotton from falling to an un profitable price. Let us unite to bring back prosperity to Georgia. Respect fully, your fellow citizen, “JOSEPH M. BROWN. “Marietta, Ga., March 18, 1908.” TAFT INDORSED IN IOWA. Republican Delegates at Large Are In structed to Vote for Secretary. The lowa republican state conven tion at Des Moines; Wednesday, elect ed four delegates at large to the na tionalcon vention, instructed them to vote for William H. Taft, endorsed Senator William B. Allison and ap proved the plank of the Ohio platform calling for a revision of the tariff. CAUSES AN EXTRA SESSION. Depredaticns of Night Riders to Be Probed by Legislature. It is authoritatively announced that Governor Willson will call the Ken tucky legislature to meet in special session, probably in July, for the en actment of legislation calculated to re lieve the tense conditions in the to bacco districts. It is understood that he will ask the extra session to pass the county unit bill alse. SOUTHERN DID RIGHT In Removing Money from State of Georgia, is Assertion of Chairman McLendon of Commission. ) Regarding the removal of the South ern railway's funds from the state of Georgia to keep from being hindered in its operations by garnishments and attachments on damage stits, Chair man McLendon of ths state railroad commission, in his reply to a letter from President Finley upholds the road in its action, after thoroughly in vestigating the matter. Chairman- McLendon shows that the Southern railway had on deposit in banks in the state during the month of February some $600,000, against which amount pay checks for $235,430 were drawn. He states he is inform ed that the average percentage paid on personal injury claims by the road since its organization has been 3 per cent. Further, he shows that the amount of damage suits against thae road in the state is $334,888. Three per cent of this amount is SIO,OOO, but in order to give bond and keep the $334,888 in legitimate business chan nels the »oad would be required to give bond for over $600,000, thus com pletely exhausting every bit of availa ble cash they had in their depcsitories in the state. In closing his letter, Chairman Me- Lendon states the following: “The railroad commission of Geor gla very deeply regrets the circum stances which compel you to remove your deposits from the state of Geor gia and which justify you in making such removal.” President Finley in his letter to Chairman McLendon, says that attor neys in unadjudicated personal injury claims under the existing garnishment laws of the state, are permitted to garnishee the funds of the railroad eompany, impound its equipment, tem porarily tying wup both funds and equipment, preventing business to con tinue. For this reason the official says his road was compelled to take their meney out of the state and place it in other states. “BLACK SPORT” SENT TO DOOM. Slayer of Policeman Manier Dies on Gallows in Atlanta Jail. At 11 o’clock Wednesday meorning, Sheriff Nelms, in tha tower at Atlanta, sprang the trap on Andrew Johnson, alias “Black Sport,” and in fourteen minutes the slayer of Policeman Ma nier was pronounced dead of strangu lation. His only words on the gallows were: “I know I am saved. God has forgiv en my sins. I am ready to go.” Johnson, through fear, was almost in a state of complete collapse, but ad ministration of nitroglycerin and opium about an hour before he was taken to the gallows gave him some courage, and he stoocd without assistance. INSURRECTIONISTS DEPORTED. Refugees Are Allowed to Leave Haiti -Aboard French Cruiser. Consequent upon the decision of the Haitien government to permit the par ticipants in the late insurrection who have asylum in the various consulates, to leave the country unmolestied, the French cruiser d'Estrees, at Port-au- Prince, is preparing to taks on board all the refugees in the French, Ger man and Spanish consulates at Gon aives, at St. Marc and Port-au-Paix. The cruiser will take the revolution ists to St. Thomas. LOTTERY BILL KNOCKED OUT. Sports of Porto Rico Disappointed at Wind-Up of Legislature. The Porto Rican legislature adjourn ed at San Juan Wedneaday. The lot tery and cock fighting bills, the for mer providing for the allotment of $40,000 a month in prizes, which was introduced by natives and passed by the house was killed in executive coun cil. The public utilities bill, drafted after that of New York, was passed. Big appropriations for education and good roads were made. LIBERIA APPEALS TO UNCLE SAM Negro Republic Wants to Be Protected Against France. 4 The government of the little Afri can republic of Liberia has appealed to America to protect her territerial intezrity against France. The state department has been infoermed that a delegation is now on its way from Monrovia' to Washington to make a personal .appeal to the president and Secretary Root to restrain the French from forcibly taking possession of a large part of the country lying on the border between Liberia and French West Africa. THREE MEN MANGLED TO DEATH Heavy Steel Beam Fell and Crushed Out Lives of Workmen. ¢ Three men were killed at Indianap olis Tuesday by the falling of 4 heavy steel beam that was being 'placed in position for railfoad track elevation.. While raising one of the *heavy beams a chain broke and the.threg wmen were crushed to death.s | TO ANOTHER STATE Southern Sends All Money Held in Georgia Banks. TO BALK THE LAWYERS Officials Claim They Are Being Ham assed by Attorneys Tying Up Funds by Garnishments and Attachments on Suits. The Southern Railway Company, by order of its treasurer, in Washington, D. C., has withdrawn bhalf .a million dollars from the banks in Geergia, and deposited the money in the First Na tional bank, of Chattanooga, the rea son for this action being to keep law yers from making attachments and serving garnishments on the funds of the road in Georgia, Every depository of the Southern in Georgia now ceases to exist, and what money the banks held is all going to Chattanooga. The order issued covers every city in the state in which the railway had deposits. It is estimated that the total amount of business done daily in the state by the Southern amounts to $150,000 and over. The estimate on the amount having left the state is $500,000. The complaint is made that damage suit lawyers every day are Kkeeping the road from paying off its employ es and from transacting business by serving attachments and garnishments. The officials say this is the only state in which the thing has been done, con sequently they resorted to the metaod of withdrawing their money. The officials state that their money will be placed in banks outside of Georgia for an indeflnite period; in fact, it is understood this will almost be a permanent arrangement, GOV. SMITH AT COVINGTON. Makes Second Speech of Campaign to People of Newton County. Governor Hoke Smith of Georgla ad dressed the people of Newton county at Covington Tuesday. He spoke in the codrt room to a large audience. His speech was upon the public ques tions of the day. He stated that the prohibition law should be rigidly en forced and any move to perfect it should be started by its friends and not by its enemies; favored the ulti mate extension of the state road to the sea. He said he would be able to pay every pensionn in full at the be ginning of each year if the conmstitu tion was amended sc as to allow him to borrow the money -when naces sary. Referring to the subject of prohibi tion, he said: “The friends of temper ance all over the United States should turn their guns on those congressmen who have refused to pass a bill pro tecting a state or community which declares against the sale of liquor from having liquor shipped into it by business houses residing out of the state. They should give their support in every congressional district to men who will help pass this law. LOWER RATES ARE ORDERED. South Carolina Railroad Commission Reaches That Decision, The South Carolina railroad commis sion Tuesday decided to order the Sea board Air Line, the Blue Ridge and the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railroads to put in effect by April 1 the reduced passenger rate of 2 1-2 cents per mile. These lines protested against the re duction from 3 cents per mile, but were willing to issue mileage hooks at the same rates as other lines. Local Option Law Valid. Judge Gantt of the Missouri supreme court, in opinion handed down Tues. day, reaffirmed the decision of the Missouri courts, upholding the consti tutionality of the local option law. AN ANTIJUG RIDER Attached to Ocean Mail Subsidy Bill, by Senator Clay. - Senator Clay tried another strangle bold on the whiskey octopus Tuesday by tacking on an “antjhipping” amendment to the ocean’fiiail subsidy bill. He was moved to take this step, since it appears the judiciary ‘commit tee, which has been arguing the con stitutionality of various anti-shipping laws, will declare against wrzporting the proposed legislation. PERUVIANS INVAfiDE CHILE, ; Sy Armed Trcops Cross Frontier in Pur " suit of ‘Smugglers. A dispatch- received in Valparaiso from Arica says that a detachment of Peruvian troops invaded Tarata, a Chilean town in the province of Tacna and near the Peruvian frontier, in pur suit of smugglers. The Chilean polica disarmed the invaders, but later fresh Peruvian troops arrived at Tarata and entered the houses, searching for arms, Young Florida Senator Yields in Fight Against Reaper, VICTIM OF TYPHOID FEVER ! Passed Away in Washington Hospital | After Long lliness—Was in Sen. | at But Little Over Two ‘ Months, | United States Senator William James Bryan of Florida died at Prov idence hospital in Washington at 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning of typhoid fe ver. It was only seventy-three days since he took his seat as the suc cessor of the late Senator Stephen R. Mallory, who died December 23, and thirtysthree days of that time was spent in his fight against disease. Several times during Mr, Bryan’s ill ness his friends despaired of hig re covery, but as late as Saturday night the report was given out that his con dition had taken a turn for the better. Hig death, therefore, came as a sur prise and a distinct shock. In physique Mr. Bryan was unfitted to withstand a protracted fever. He was slight of build and of a nervous temperament. He came to Washing ton early in January from the warm climate of Florida and from the day of his arrival was far from well. Finally he was compelled to give up and was taken to Providence hospital. In Mr. Bryan the senate loses the seventh member by death since the Jadjournment of the fifty-ninth con gress on March 4, a year ago. They were the two late senators from Ala bama, Mr, Morgan and Mr. Pettus; Mr. Mallory of Florida, Mr. Latimer of South Carolina, Mr. Proctor of Ver mont, Mr. Whyte of Maryland and Mr, Bryan. Curiously, the last two were the oldest and the youngest members of the body. Mr. Whyte was 81 years and Mr. Bryan less than 32 years old. Although Mr. Bryan was in the sen ate too short a time to impress his individuality on legislation or to take a prominent part in the consideration of matters in eemmittee, it is concedad that he would have become a forceful part of the minority. Mr. Bryan was born in Orange coun ty, Florida, October 10, 1876. He at tended the public schools of his state and Emory College, Georgia, graduat ing from the lattgr institution in 1890. Three years later he was graauated from Washington and Lee University and in 1899 began the practice of law in Jackscnville, Fla. Until a ghort time'_,. before his appointment to succeed Mp", Malolry in the senate he had served as solicitor of the Duval county criminal court. He was married to Miss Janet Allan of Lexington, Va., who, with one son, survives him. G Al ELEPHANTS ROLJK!DED'UP. Two Escapes from (Circus 'in Florida Finally Caught After Long Chasre.' The two big elephants which escap ed from the Van Amberg circus in Flor ida were reunded up seven miles from Jasper Saturday night, and weré taken in charge by members of the circus. The elephants were at large four days and nights, and created much terror. They wers fired upon several times. They swam streams, ' broke through ponds and lakes, wallééq through wire fences and tore down whatever came in their way. : TOBACCO FARMERS IN PANIC. Fear of Night Riders Cause Them to Destroy Beds and Stop Planting. Driven by a panic of fear because of the warning letters and visits of ‘the night riders, farmers in nearly ail “of the forty-twg counties in the white ‘burley tobageo district of Kentucky ‘are busily” destroying their tobacco +beds. JAn. many: counties huge signs have“been erected on buildings, de claring the intention of the farmers not, to raise a crop this season. y, ——— : "'r(wo PRIESTS SQUELCHED. Indicted for Attacking Civil Marriage Law of Porto Rico. The federal grand jury at San Juan Porto Rico Saturday, returned an in dictment against two priests, at San Juan, Porto Rico, Saturday, editors of a Roman Catholic publication, for printing an article in which it was asserted that persong contracting mar riage under the civil law live in a state of concubinage and that their children are illegitimate. The jury holds that the article in question was obscene and unfit to be published. - ANTI-LOAFING LAWS VOID, ; Missouri Supreme Court Passes Upon Novel Legal Provision. The Missouri supreme court Tues day decided that city ordinances pro hibiting persons from lounging or loaf ing on street corners are unconstitu tional. The case came from St. Louis, where Jacob Gloner was fined for standing on a street corner doing pick et duty during a strike in 1905. MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS Presented to Speaker Cannon and Vice President Fajrbanks by Delegation Hzaded by Sam Gompers, Speaker Cannon and Vice President Fairbanks Thursday announced their belles that the present comgress will pass an employers' liability act which will meet and overcome the unconsti tutionality of the present law, pointed out by the supreme court of the United States in a recent decision. These statements were made to a delegation, led by President Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, from eighty-seven national and international trade and labor un fons and organizations of farmers, as sembled in a national conference in Washington. The dflegation called on the speaker to lay before the house of representatives, through him, a me morial entitied *“Labor's Protest to Congress.” The scope of this memorial was set forth in the following opening para graphs: “We, the official representatives of the national and international trade and labor unionsg and organizations of farmers, in national conference assem bled, in the District of Columbia, for the purpose of considering and taking action deemed necessary to meet the situation in which the working people of the country are placed by recent decisions of the courts, now appear be fore congress to voice the earnest and emphatic protest of the workers of the country against the inditerence, if not actual hostility, which congress has shown toward the reasonable and right eous measures proposed by the work ers for the safeguarding of their rights and interests. “In the name of labor, we urge upon congress the mnecessity for immediate acticn lor relief trom the most grave andl momentous situation which has ever confronted the working peopie of this country. This crisis has been brought about by the application by the supreme court of the United States of the Sherman anti-trust law to the workers, both organized and in their individual capacity. “There is something ominous in the ironic manner in which the courts guarantee to workers: “The ‘right’ to be discharged for be longing to a labor union; “The ‘right’ to work as many hours as employers please, and under any conditions which they may impuge. “Labor is justly indignant at the be stowal or guaranteeing of these worth less and academic ‘rights’ by the courts, which, in the same breath, deny and forbid to the),workers the practical and necessgiy proteéiion of laws which ‘defind 3‘add:"{g;féguai'd‘nthélr rights and libérties and the exercise of them fa dliriduully or in association.” : / ‘MURDER’CHAH/EED TO THREE! Trio of Negroes Bound Over fér@k’ill ing Pawnbroker, ip Atlanta!” Jim Madden, Tom Frazier and Wood son Davis, three negroes, were bound over by Judge Broyles of the Atlanta police court Taursday, charged with the murder of Jacob Hirsovitz, who was shot to death in tront of hig pawn shop, on the night of February 29 while in a scutfle with a negro who had entered his shcp, and selzing a pistol, had endeavored to make his escape through the door. i » When on the sidewalk the mnegro cried out to two, confederates standing nearby to shoot. This they did, Hirgo vitz falling to the sidewalk mortally wounded, while his assailants ade their escape in the darkness. HOMESEEKERS IN WRECK. ‘Two Killed and Several Badly Hurt in Accident on Great Northern. Two men were killed and seven oth er persons were badly injured Thurs day when an excursion train on the International and Great Northern rail road, bearing a party of homeseekers from Kangas and Oklahcma, en route to Ls Paletenas, Mex., were wrecked by a bioken rail at Pearsall, Texas, WANT THE GUILTY PUNISHED, Mothers Whose Children Perished in Collinwoecd School, Take Action, Mothers wnosge children perished in the schoonl fire at Collinwood, Ohio, have sent a petition to ths governor to see that those guilty for the fire are pumished. At a maszs meeting speches denounced the verdiet of the coronzr, and tae investigation of the trusiees, which, they declare, were whitewashes, An effort will be made by the women to fix the blame, ABE HUMMEL GOES FREE. | New York Lawyer Doffs Prison Garb‘ After Two Monthg in Sing Sing. Abraham H. Hummel, the lawyer who wa. sentenced to serve g year! in Sing Sing prison for conspiracy lnl connection with the Dodge-Morse di vorce case, wds released Thursday, Hig term was reduced 'to about ten months by the allowance made for good behavior, ; g \ Cordial-lnvitationwf.Mikado. . Has Been Accepted, : i ! .-. :I."‘ .‘ v e -7".:" ‘; y A CABINET -ACTS PROMPTLY, RNle i o e . Washington Officials Believe that Chi na Will Also Request a Visit, ¢ , Thus Making the World itinerary Compiete. The American battleship fleet is to visit Japan. The 'desire of the em veror of the island kingdom to play’ host to the “big sixteen” was laid betore Secretary .Root at Washingtom I'hursday by Baron Takahira, the Jap anese ambassador. G .8 The invitation, which was couched in most cordial terms, was made th'e sub ject of extended consideration by Pres ident Roosevelt and his entire cabinet Friday. Secretary Root was directed to accept the invitation, and the accept ance wag laid before the Japanese am bassador later in the day. It is regarded in efficial circles as more than likely that China will be next to bid for a look at the:fleet, and ;that showld this be the case thein vitation would be'accetped. | } Secretary Metcalf and Admiral Pills | bury, chief of navigation, are arranging the detalls of the new itimerary. Wita the execption of Chtna, it 1s believed to have been determined that all other invitations, should any be receiyed, will be declined, for, at best, the fleet will not be able to reach the Atlantic until next March. The intinerary which seems to be most direct includeg stops at the Ha walian islands, Samoa, Melbourne, Sydney, Manila, Yokohama—should that port be selected as the stopping place in Japan—possibly a Chinese port, back to the Philippines, and then home by way of the Suez canal. The fall target practice has been planned to occupy a month at Manila, elther before or after the visit to Ja pan. Although target practice is re garded as decidedly dimportant, and the custom is to have the ships occu py a momnth each spring and fall in gun practice, the desire to have the fleet return to its home statjon may, lead to a curtailment of the month planned for Manila. ' Japan will have the ships a wegek, according to tentative plans. While the stops in foreign ports so far made have been on an average of ten days’ duration, a jart of that time was ac cupled in’ takhw’on coal, 4./ yit The acceptdnce of the.Japanese, in vitation 1s régarded in officlal eirkles as of considerable importance in the way of a demonstration of the cordlal ity ‘existizg between the American and Japanege governments, Late Friday night the state depart ment gave out the Japanese note invit: ing the American battleship fleet to visit Japan and the president’'s re sponse accepting the invitation. CREEKS WOULD SELL LANDS. Hold Convention and Ask for Removal of Restrictions. The Oklahoma delegation in con gress Friday were advised that at a convention of Creek Indiang :I‘hursday at Cheoita, Okla, resolutions were adopted favoring the removal of tae restrictions: put upon alienation of lands of mixed bloods and asking for the removal by the secretary of the interior of the four Creek delegates and the attorney in Washington who have been opposing the proposition. | MISTAKEN FOR SMUGGLERS. Custom Inspectors Shoot Each Other Dead in a Duel. . Mounted Customs Inspectors Charlea Logan and Charles Jones fought a du el in the dry bed of the Rlo Grande river, in El Paso, Texas, Thursday night, and bhoth were killed. Their bodieg were found Friday. It is suppos: ed that each mistook the other for a - smuggler. BIG LUMBER COMPANY FAILS. Liabilities of Concern in Neighborhood | of Two Million Dollars. The Mcintyre Lumber Company at Jackson, Ala., failed Friday. The com: pany originally represented a capitali zatlon of $1,000,000, Recently it pur chased tne 71~ merman Lumbe:r Com: pany In the game vicinity, capitalized at SBOO,OOO, makizg the total labilities of the company about $2,000,000. . No reason is assigned for the failure other than the financlal conditions. COSTLY BLAZE IN MILLS. Pickers' Building Burned, Entailing a Loss of Over SIOO,OOO, The pickers’ building, warp and ma chine rcom of the Cooleemee cotton mills, in Davie county, N. C., were de stroyed by fire, which started in the picker bullding Friday, entalling a loss of over SIOO,OOO, fully, covered by, insurance. The origin is unknown.