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THE MORNING NEWS.
J. H. ESTILiL., President.
Established 1860. - - Incorporated 1888.
STORY OF BOODLING
WAS UNFOLDED BY EX-CITY AT
TORNEY SALSBURY.
THE GRAND RAPIDS SCANDAL
HAS A NEW CHAPTER WRITTEN BY
SALSBIRY’S CONFESSION.
Malibury Named a Long Lint of
Thoe Who, He Declared, Received
Bribe* 1 Connection With the
Notorious Wnter Ilenl—His Finn
Was to W'elch Upon the People
That Supplied Bribe Money, Weep
ing; It All Himaelf.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Nov. 30.—The
confession of ex-City Attorney Lant K.
Salsbury, in regard to the notorious
water scandal in this city, was told to
day for the first time in court at the
preliminary examination of State Sen
ator David Burns, and it has created a
tremendous sensation on account of
the number of prominent persons it im
plicates, in addition to the seventeen
officials and former officials who were
arrested on bribery charges ten days
ago.
Never once did Salsbury have to re
fer to notes. He rendered his testi
mony readily and rapidly, giving
names, dates and occurrences as though
the alleged events happened only last
week, instead of three years ago.
The examination of Senator Burns
was completely lost to view in the sto
ry of the conspiracy as related by Sals
bury. As names of many prominent
men were mentioned by Salsbury and
the amount he paid to each for their
influence or silence was given, there
was a suppressed murmur of surprise
throughout the thronged court room.
Hl* Roll of Dishonor.
The persons Implicated by Salsbury
during his testimony against State
Senator Burns and the amounts he al
leges they received, are as follows:
ueorg'e K. Perry, ex-Mayor, $13,725;
J. Clark Sproat, manager Grand Rap
ids, Democrat, $3,333; R. A. Cameron,
New York, $500; State Senator David
K. Burns, $200; Alderman McCoot, $500;
Alderman Ellen, $350; Alderman De
pagter, $350; Alderman Muir, SSOO
derman Kinney, $350; Alderman Dono
van, $500; Alderman Stonehouse, $350;
Alderman Lozier, $500; Alderman
Shriver, $350; Alderman Mole, $350; Al
derman Ghysels, $350; Alderman
Hodges, $500; Alderman Slocum, $500;
Cory P. Bissell, $500; J. Russell Thom
son, reporter on Evening Press, $500;
Isaac Lamoreaux, ex-city clerk, $1,500;
State Representative Van Zoeren, $350;
State Representative Vandercook, S6O;
E. D. Conger, manager Grand Rapids
Herald, $10,000; Thomas F. McGarry,
a prominent attorney now in Florida,
$7,500; C. S. Burch, manager of the
Evening Press, $5,000.
He also implicated in the water
deals Durvea Waters, ex-president of
the Board of Public Works; Dr. Uilke
De Vries, ex-city physician; George
Ellis, a local broker; Samuel M. Lem
on, collector of internal revenue, and
William H. Anderson, president of the
Fourth National Bank.
Six Strings to His Bow.
Six separate water conspiracy deals
were on in Grand Rapids at one time,ac
cording to Salsbury's sworn testimony,
each gigantic in its size and all call
ing for the use of a boodle fund. In
addition to the Henry Taylor SIOO,OOO
Lake Michigan water deal, he testi
fied that there were live other strings
out, from each one of which thousands
of dollars were hanging. Every one
of these six sets of men who put up
or offered to advance a corruption fund
were dupes, so Salsbury says, of him
self, Perry, McGary and Sproat.
Salsbury testified that the water deal
first came to his attention in June,
1900. when Thomas F. McGarry, a lo
cal attorney, told him that he had some
Clients who wanted to get a contract
t" furnish the. city with water, and
that there would be SSOO in It for him.
Salsbury was driven into the deal, so
he confessed, because of a $15,000 Short
age in his bank account, caused bv
unfortunate -Speculation in wheat. He
met R. A. (,’tinieron of New York, who
was convicted and fined here some
time ago, gnd agreed to go into the
deal for s2®ooo cash. The money was
sent by Taylor of New York, the
moneyed man in the deal, to the State
Bank.
Was to Throw Them Down.
"My sole purpose was to get the
$25,000,” said Salsbury, “to straighten
up my .bank account. • We had bid
ders orv. the string from all sides, and
our first plan was to get them to put
up all*'the money possible with us as
bribe money and then go to the
council, afid. .exhibit the money
with*' the 'statement that it was
sent ibere to bribe us, and then keep
It. jWe had bidders in Milwaukee,
Chicago, and other places, and
Just getting them warmed up
wWIm my arrest In Chicago upset all
the plans.”
Salsbury also implicated Samuel L.
Lemon, collector of internal revenue,
and Williams H. Anderson, president
of- the Fourth National Bank, who,
*° he says, wanted SIO,OOOO each.
Bemon was interested in one of the
several vater deals that were on at
time, go Salsbury said, and came
p his oflße saytng that he had paid
tpe Mayor, SIO,BOO, and wanted to know
now much ,t would take to get the
£°uncil. “J told him It would take
$200,000,” Salsbury. “He wanted
me to come down, but I told him that
he and Anderson wanted SIO,OOO with
out doing a,(thing.”
The prosecjtlon completed its Intro
duction'of dvtpehce this afternoon, and
the responder* asked for an adjourn-
In ?? t^ for a to prepare a defense,
which the cou* granted.
Both Conger Vnd Burch deny having
received any from Salsbury.
MISSOURI ixro 'commission.
Officers and CrL Ready for the
New UaVlchip.
Newport News, A Nov. 30.—The
naw battleship Misskrj yrlll go into
commission at the to-morrow.
■ apt. W. S. Cowles, of
President Roosevelt. w\ will com
mand the ship, arrived an d Im
mediately went aboard th\ V essel.
To-morrow morning 250 will be
sent to the Missouri from 'thYK ran idi n
at Norfolk navy yard. Sixty Vtty offi
cers have already arrived, anihrg no w
' n the SHIP. • V,.
After her officer*' quarters a\ fitted
up at the Norf6lle navy yrfrd, tl jjf
ourl will go South to Join the Vttle-
Khlp squadron \ >
Jlabaratab JKofning fta>£
ATTACK ON PANAMA
In Now Looked for from Colombian
Forces.
>Co]on, Nov. 30.—Louis Deßoux, a
member of the Colombian House of
Representatives from Panama, who
made a speech in the House, warning
Colombia to sign the Hay-Herran ca
nal treaty immediately, or she would
lose the isthmus the day Congress
closed, has arrived from Bogota whence
he started Nov. 14. Senor Deßoux is
a Panamanian, and owing to his well
known political connections, he was
subjected to annoyances and affronts at
Bogota, and on the Magdalena river.
When Deßoux left Bogota the United
States legation was guarded continual
ly by fifty soldiers, armed with rifles.
Minister Beaupre mentioned that pos
sibly he would come down the river,
but apparently he has not decided to
do so.
A government consulting committee
has been formed at Bogota. It is com
posed of Liberals, Conservatives and
Nationalists. According to good au
thority at one meeting of the commit
tee. the statement was heatedly made
that Mr. Beaupre must be killed,
whether the United States destroyed
Cartagena or not in retaliation. Wiser
counsels, however, prevailed.
While there is still much talk in Co
lombia of raising a big army, no ac
tual steps in that direction have yet
been taken.
Colombia has not lost idea of mak
ing an attempt to regain the isthmus.
She still entertains hopes that Gen.
Reyes will succeed in effecting a sat
isfactory arrangement at Washington.
Failing this, the Colombians, it is be
lieved, will undoubtedly advance on the
isthmus, sending troops in small par
ties of 200 to 300 along both coasts,
sufficiently inland to keep their move
ments secret, and, on arriving on the
borders of Panama, they twill, it is
said, begin a guerilla warfare, pillag
ing and burning.
The internal political dissensions in
Colombia are slowly growing more
marked. The Liberal revolutionary
element particularly is showing signs
of increasing discontent throughout
the entire country, and a recurrence
of the recent revolt at any time with
in the next year would not surprise
those who are familiar with Colom
bian affairs.
GERMANY’S RECOGNITION
Extended to Pannmn’* Representa
tive at Washington.
Washington, Nov. 30.—Germany has
recognized the republic of Panama as
a sovereign and independent state.
Baron Von Dem Busche-Haddenkau
sen, first secretary of embassy and
charge d’affaires, to-day addressed a
note to M. Bunau-Varilla, the minis
ter from Panama, informing him that
the German government, having re
ceived his notification of the creation
of the new republic and his formal as
surances that Panama assumed and
would execute all obligations contain
ed in the treaties between Germany
and Colombia so far as they affected
territory over which Panama is now
sovereign, the Emperor extended full
recognition to the new republic and
best wishes for its prosperity and
long life.
Several days ago, when the German
government inquired of Minister Bu
nau-Varilla whether Panama would
carry out the treaty stipulations of
the existing conventions between Ger
many and Colombia, the minister re
plied that his government readily as
sumed these obligations, so far as they
affected the territory over which the
republic of Panama exercised sov
ereighty, but that the Panama govern
ment must necessarily exempt from
this pledge the canal strip over which
the Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty grants
soverign rights, power and authority
to the United States. The German
government has readily assented to
this exemption, thus signifying her
approval of this provision of the new
canal treaty.
COLOMBIA TREATY DEAD.
Beanpre Is Trying to Show the
Colombians Tills.
Washington, Nov. 30. —It is learned
that Mr. Beaupre, our minister at Bo
gota, has received several different
propositions from the Colombian gov
ernment since the publication of the
last correspondence, each containing
some indirect method of rectifying
what the Colombians themselves now
regard as a fatal blunder of permitting
the Hay-Herran treaty to expire last
September.
Mr. Beaupre for his part, is using his
best efforts to make it clear to the
Colombian officials that the treaty Is
dead beyond ressurrection, and that he
cannot even conduct negotiations look
ing to the acquisition from Colombia
of a right of way across the isthmus,
located in an independent republic over
which Colombia 'has no authority.
laredolsT jubllant
WITH QUARANTINE OFF.
Flogs Were Displayed, Bells Rung
and Whistles Blown.
Laredo, Tex., Nov. 30.—Gov. Lan
ham to-day issued a proclamation rais
ing the yellow fever quarantine, which
has been in force against Laredo since
Sept. 26.
During the prevalence of the epidemic
here there have been 1,025 cases, 99
of which resulted fatally. When
the Governor's proclamation was is
sued ait noon, there was a great demon
stration. Flags were displayed on all
the public buildings, bells were rung
and whistles blown throughout the
city.
Inspector Clark stated that the regu
lar train service will be resumed to
morrow over the Mexican Central Rail
road. Regular service was establish
ed several days ago over the National.
Butler's Typhoid Epidemic.
Butler, Pa.. Nov. 30.—Two deaths
and twenty new cases of typhoid fever
were reDorted to-day. The work of
relief for the fever sufferers has been
thoroughly organized, and needy cases
are being attended as facilities permit.
Seventeen nurses arrived to-day, and
many others are on their way. The
number of cases needing relief exceed
the supply of nurses and attendants
twenty to one. Four of the local phy
sicians are sick, anthAhe others say it
is impossible to at d*X to all calls, and
that more doctoi/Sire needed Imme
diately. Contri'iwjons jf money ar:>
beginning to arriffe, bujdpiuch more Is
necessary to reljfevg ' .*
SAVANNAH. GA., TUESDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1903.
THREE STRUNG UP
A TRIPLE LY'NCHING OCCURRED IN
LOUISIANA.
NEGROES HAD CONFESSED
THE FATAL AND UNPROVOKED
SHOOTING OF ROBERT ADGER.
A Crowd of 1,200 White* and lllneks
Wltne*eil the Lynching The
Three Men Were Hanged to One
Limb—Negroes, a* Well a* White*,
Seemed to Dexlre That the Ban
ishment Be Meted Out to the
Guilty One*.
Shreveport, La., Nov. 30.—1n the
presence of a crowd of about 1,200 per
sons, composed of whites and negroes,
Phil Davis, Walter Carter and Clint
Thomas, all negroes, were lynched this
afternoon about 1 o’clock within a short
distance of Belcher, which is twenty
miles from Shreveport. The men were
executed for participating in the fatal
shooting of Robert Adger, one of the
most popular business men in North
Louisiana.
The negroes confessed their crime.
They stated that they were trying new
guns, and when Adger appeared on the
street, thought it quite natural to turn
the guns on him.
No shots were fired at the lynching,
the negroes all being hanged to a single
limb of a tree.
Two of the negroes under arrest, Sam
Lee and Peter Thomas were released.
Lee proved that he attempted to pre
vent the negroes from shooting, and
established the fact that he was too
frightened to shoot.
Phil Davis and Walter Carter were
captured yesterday afternoon several
miles from the scene of their crime.
Clint Thomas was caught later about
a mile and a half from Belcher.
The negroes were taken before Ad
ger and confessed their crime. They
were held In concealment until short
ly before 1 o’clock to-day, when they
were taken out and hanged. Davis was
said to be an ex-convlct, and Walter
Carter was forced to flee from Mans
field, La„ about a year ago for in
sulting a white woman.
The negroes of Belcher joined in the
search for the men and were appar
ently as eager to have them lynched
as the whites. One negro was pre
sented by the whites with a purse of
JIOO for the part he took In the pur
suit.
The negroes lynched were given an
opportunity to pray.
WANTS TO GET STRAIGHT
Both Morally and Financially Out of
the Shipbuilding Muddle.
New York, Nov. 30.—Formal an
nouncement of the intention of the
Commonwealth Trust Company, for
merly the Trust Company of the Re
public, to start an investigation into
the connection of the company with
the formation and notation of the
United States Shipbuilding Company
and to take such action. Justified by
the results of the investigation, as
will tend to clear the name of the com
pany, was made to-day by President
Scarrett, of the Commonwealth Trust
Company. It is not stated what form
the action will take, but It is said the
purpose is first to show, If possible,
that the company was victimized, and
second to recoup the company for any
losses sustained by the transaction.
President Scarritt's statement says;
“The Trust Company of the Repub
lic, to the extent that it had been si
lent and quiet under the shipbuilding
charges and statements, had changed
Its position and intended to take an
aggressive position; that this means
that. Instead of simply suffering losses
and acquiescing in what had been done,
it proposed to take an affirmative,
fighting position. Irrespective of whom
soever was hit by the statements of
fact.”
He declined to say, however, what
suits would be brought or who would
be involved.
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
KILLS AND INJURES.
Five Hnndred Pound* of Hie Staff
Exploded.
Carthage, Mo., Nov. 30.—The mix
house of the Independent Powder Com
pany's plant, five miles southwest of
Carthage, blew up to-day, instantly
killing two mixers, Bert Cobb and
Lester Ride, and seriously, If not fa
tally, Injuring four other men.
Ridge and Cobb recently came here
from Emporium. Pa. They were in
the mix house compounding by hand
nitro-glycerine with the other ingre
dients of dynamite, when 500 pounds of
the material, which was in a wooden
trough, exploded. They were the only
two men in the building, and no one
knows what caused the material to ex
plode.
The two men were blown to hits, and
only a few pieces were left. The four
injured men were working in a small
house 100 yards away, packing dyna
mite. The concussion crushed a part
of the building, injuring the four men
about the face and shoulders.
CHARYBDIS FOR FLORIDA.
Halifax. Nov. 30.—H. M. S. Charyb
dis, one of the ships of the British
North American and West Indies
squadron, and the only war vessel now
at this port, will sail on Wednesday
for Florida.
W. J. Brynu's Toor.
Belfast, Ireland, Nov. 30.—William J.
Bryan lunched with the Lord Mayor
of Belfast to-day, and subsequently
made a tour of the Queen'a Island
shipbuilding yards and other large
manufacturing concerns. He will pro
ceed to-ni.qhl to Glasgow nnd Edin
burgh.
COTTON WENT SOARING.
New High Record* for the Season
Established.
New York, Nov. 30.—There was
great activity and excitement in the
cotton market this rooming, and prices
on the active months reached new high
records for the season.
The market had opened easy at a
decline of I@lo points, under heavy
liquidation and bear pressure follow
ing the sharp break in Liverpool, but
almost immediately rallied by active
covering and good supporting orders
from the bull leaders. From 11.17, the
lowest point on the call, December sold
up to 11.28 c, January was advanced
from 11.21 c to U.35c, March from 11.30 c
to 11.45 c, and May from 11.33 cto 11.43 c,
these being net gains of 3@5 points.
The advance was encouraged by the
relative Drominence of New Orleans,
and bullish advices from Southern
stock markets, together with further
small crop talk, and rumors of a prof
itable squeeze in the nearby options.
With hardly a reaction the market
was forced rapidly upward, with the
shorts apparently demoralized as the
result of the continued aggressiveness
of the leading bulls, and receipt of fur
ther heavy buying orders from New
Orleans. Private advices from South
ern spot markets indicated continued
firmness, adding to the bullish aver
ages of local sentiment. There was
further bull talk concerning the prob
able showing of the government re
port expected later In the week, and.
taken all together, the market was
quite as active and excited as during
aiiy previous session this season. De
cember sold at 11.42 c, January a*.
11.50 c, and May at 11.60 c before the ad
vance was checked. Then heavy realiz
ing was attracted, and the market
slipped back 5 or 6 points, only to be
rallied again in the late trading, and
the closing was firm, net 16 to 21 points
higher, or at nearly the best for the
session.
The sales were estimated at 800,000
bales.
HISTORIC ACADEMY
BURNS IN BROOKLYN.
Many Notable Men Hail Spoken Upon
Its Stage.
New York, Nov. 30.—The historic
Academy of Music, the largest theater
in Brooklyn, was completely consumed
to-day by a. fire which is believed to
have been caused by an explosion in
the building. For a time the flames
threatened adjoining property, and
when the roof fell in part of it struck
a liquor saloon building adjoining, but,
fortunately, no one was hurt, although
the saloon was destroyed. The loss is
estimated at $300,000. There is no in
surance on the building.
The fire started in the scenery on
the stage of the theater, where a
number of men were preparing for the
testimonial dinner to State Senator Mc-
Carron to have been given there to
night. For some unknown reason, the
fire department was tardy in arriving
on the scene, and it was fully fifteen
minutes before they had a stream in
the building. It waff- *hen discovered
that the water could be carried scarce
ly half way up to the roof.
Within half an hour after the dis
covery of the fire the entire building
was a roaring furnace, and the fire
men were bending al their efforts to
saving the surrounding property.
The academy, which was an anti
quated building, constructed in 1860, of
brick, sandstone and wood, offered no
resistance to the flames.
It was reported that a boy who was
employed in the bowling alley in the
saloon adjoining the academy was miss
ingr- , ...
Since its erection on the eve of the
Civil War, the Academy of Music has
been the scene of many notable and
historic gatherings. Many political
gatherings of note were held there, and
nearly every prominent political leader
of the last half century has spoken
from its stage. David B. Hill delivered
his noted "I am a Democrat" utter
ance there.
THOUSANDS AFFECTED
BY CUT IN WAGES.
In All About Th.OOO Operative* Will
Suffer.
Boston, Nov. 30.—The wages of about
82,000 cotton textile operatives were re
duced to-day.
To-day’s addition brings the total
number in New England who have
had their pay cut down this fall to
about 64,000, and the cut which takes
effect in New Bedford next Monday
will swell the total to about 75,000, and
complete a general reduction in South
ern New England cotton mills. The
cut down In the majority of the fac
tories averages 10 per cent.
To-day practically every cotton mill
in Rhode Island, where there are
about 2,200,000 spindles, adopted the
new schedule. In that state nearly
20,000 operatives are affected, and the
new orders of things will mean a loss
of fully $20,000 weekly in wages. The
cut also became operative in mills in
Massachusetts and controlled by
Rhode Island capital, employing about
7,000 additional hands.
The reports from the mill district
indicate that the new schedules were
received without any serious protest on
the part of the operatives.
TWO MEN KILLED IN
A RAILWAY WRECK.
Cincinnati, Nov. 30.—Two men were
killed and one fatally injured In a col
lision between an eastbound freight
and a work train on the Norfolk and
Western road east of Portsmouth to
day.
The dead:
Engineer C. C. Mitchell. Kenov*.
Fireman Frank Sullivan, Kenova.
Fatally injured:
Brakeman Ellswick.
Both engines were demolished. The
property loss is $40,000.
GINS FROM CotuMBUS
GOING TO AFRICA.
Columbus, Ga.. Nov. 30.—The F. H.
Lummus Sons' Company of this city
to-day shipped two Columbus-made
cotton gins to Africa, via Hamburg.
Germany. The gins will be used In a
German colony, where experiments In
cotton growing are being made, it is
understood.
WITH DEADLY AIM
GARDNER EMPTIED HIS WINCHES
TER INTO A ROOM.
KILLED TWO; WOUNDED TWO.
MAN WHO DID THE SHOOTING CAP
TURED AFTER A FIGHT.
Willie Hi* Intended Victim* Were
Sitting Around the Fire Gardner
Crept Up With Hl* Rifle—Fired
Several Time* Tlirotiah a Window.
I,lst of tlie Dead nod Wounded,
Trouble Grew Out of n Family
qnnrrcl,
Louisville, Ky„ Nov. 30.—A special
from Hodgenville, Ky., reports the as
sassination of two men. the fatal
wounding of a third man and the in
jury of another. The dead:
Squire Osborne.
Dave Osborne, son of above.
Wounded:
Will Gardner, will die.
John Bennett, arm shattered.
The alleged murderer, Custer Gard
ner, a young farmer, was caught at
Elizabethtown to-day, after a desper
ate fight, and was taken to Munford3-
ville and lodged in jail.
Under cover of darkness, while the
intended victims were sitting around
the fireside, the assassin crept to the
window of the room and placing his
Winchester near the glass, fired sev
eral times. Squire Osborne fell to the
floor, dead, bis head torn almost off.
His son. Dave Osborne, was shot
through the heart, and Will Gardner
was wounded in the abdomen. John
Bennett’s left arm was shattered by a
ball.
Squire Osborne Is a dtstrlct magis
trate. The trouble had Its ineipieney
in a family quarrel, which developed
into a factional fight. Gardner has
hitherto borne a good reputation.
The tragedy has caused the greatest
excitement In years In Larne, Hart
and Hardin counties, where the prin
cipals are well known and have many
relatives.
IN THE DREYFUS CASE
The Conclusion of the Commission
Is Expected Soon.
Paris, Nov. 30. —The general belief
prevails in well informed circles that
the commission appointed to pronounce
upon the admissibility of the request of
Alfred Dreyfus for a judicial revision
of his case will submit Its conclusion
to the Minister of Justice certainly
within a week, and some persons say
before the end of the present week. M.
Mercier, a director of the Ministry of
Justice, and a member of the commis
sion, says the commission has not yet
assembled and that he has no knowl
edge of the contents of the documents
to be examined.
"The commission,” M. Mercier adds,
“proposes to take all the time neces
sary to deal with such an important
question, but its conclusions will not
be Anal. They may or may not be ac
cepted by the Minister of Justice.”
The commission will pass on two
points, the uses made of the pretended
bordereau annotated by Emperor Wil
liam of Germany and the alleged false
testimony of Czernuski during the
court-martial at Rennes.
Public interest has been aroused to
a high pitch by this latest phase of the
Dreyfus case, which has relegated to
second and third places respectively
the Panama affair and the Humbert
Inquiry. Some of the sensational pa
pers connect the Humberts with Drey
fus, asserting that they used their in
fluence and money in his behalf in or
der that the ministry might not be
subjected to the danger of being shak
en up.
SAFE WAS BLOWN AT
GREEN COVE SPRINGS.
Cracksmen Secured g4o(> from
KlrpntrloU's Saloon.
Green Cove Springs, Fla., Nov. 30. —
Last night cracksmen dynamited the
safe of J. L. Kirkpatrick's saloon and
rifled It of its contents, amounting to
about S4OO.
The explosion awakened many of the
residents, who report that it occurred
about 2 o'clock in the morning. The
robebrs cut out the glass of one of
the windows and effected an entrance..
The saloon was wrecked from the ef
fects of the explosion, and the loss will
amount to several hundred dollars, in
addition to the amount taken.
There is no clew to indicate who the
robbers were.
AMERICUS MERCHANT 7 "
HELD FOR SHOOTING.
A Sensational Affair Is the Talk ot
the Town.
Americus, Ga., Nov. 30.—Something
of a sensation was created this after
noon by the arrest of a well-known
grocery merchant, charged withr as
sault with Intent to murder.
Last night a negro named Purdy
was shot in the house of NortWanna
Hill, a mulatto woman here, and In
mates of the house charge the mer
chant with the shooting, as does Purdy.
The man accused of the crime denies
the shooting and expects to prove an
alibi, though the sensational affair is
the talk of the town.
Purdy will die.
PEABODY CHEERED BY
STUDENTS AT ATHENS.
Athens, Ga., Nov. 30.—This morning
Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hall and Mr.
Georg* Foster Peabody of New York
addressed the students of the Univer
sity of Georgia. Mr. Peabody was
given a gieat ovation by the students,
the cheering lusting for more than
three minutes
EIGHT-HOUR LABOR LAW
STANDS GOOD IN KANSAS.
Supreme Conrt Declare* That It I*
Constitutional.
Washington, Nov. 30—The United
States Supreme Court to-day affirmed
the constitutionality of the eight-hour
law of the state of Kansas regulating
labor on public works. Justice Har
lan said in handing down the opinion
of the court that if the statute is mis
chievous, the responsibility rests with
the legislators and not the courts.
Chief Justice Fuller and Justices
Brewer and Peckham dissented.
The Kansas law, whose validity was
called into question in the suit, pro
vided that eight hours should consti
tute a day’s work for workmen em
ployed by or on behalf of the state, or
by any county or city or other munic
ipality. It also prohibits contractors
from requiring laborers engaged upon
work for the state to perform more
than eight hours’ labor In a day.
The opinion was based upon the the
ory that all municipalities of a state
are the creatures of the state; that
work for them is of a public charac
ter and does not infringe upon the
public liberty of any one. Justice Har
lan added:
"Whatever may have been the mo
tives that controlled the enactment of
the statute in question, we can Imag
ine no possible ground to dispute the
power of the state to declare that no
one undertaking work for It or for
one of Its municipal agencies, shall
permit or require an employe on such
work to labor in excess of eight hours
each day and to inflict punishment up
on contractors who disregard such a
regulation. It cannot be deemed a
part of the liberty of any contractor
that he be allowed to do public work
in any mode he may choose to adopt
without regard to the wishes of the
state. On the contrary, it belongs to
the state, as the guardian and trustee
for its people, to prescribe the condi
tions upon which it will permit public
work to be done. No court has the au
thority to review its action in that re
spect. Regulations on this subject sug
gest only considerations of public pol
icy, and with such considerations the
courts have no concern.”
HUGH EG OR AND UPTON
Are Under Trial In Connection With
PoNtofllce Frauds.
Baltimore, Nov. 30.—The trial of
Thomas W. McGregor and Columbus
Ellsworth Upton, Postoffice Department
employes, charged with conspiracy to
defraud the United States government
on contracts for mall pouches, was be
gun in the United States court in this
city to-day.
The government attorneys announc
ed that they propose to prove that Mc-
Gregor and Upton had last winter gone
to the leather store kept by Charles E.
Smith in this city and had contracted
with Smith to furnish the government
with 20.000 leather pouches for use in
the rural free delivery service at 90
cents per pouch, when as a matter of
fact, Smith could muke a good profit
on them at 40 cents apiece. The dif
ference between 50 and 90 cents on the
contract, it Is alleged, went Into the
pockets of McGregor and Upton, while
Smith made his profit of 10 cents per
pouch on each one and paid the re
mainder, amounting to some SB,OOO,
hack to Upton and McGregor as a
"rake off."
The only witness to-day was Charles
E. Smith, whose testimony tended to
bear out the government’s case as out
lined.
Challenges llrlstow.
Washington, Nov. 30.—Michael W.
Louis, former superintendent of the
division of postofflee supplies, to-day
made the following comment concern
ing the references to himself In the
Bristow report:
"Mr. Bristow has taken an unfair
advantage, relying upon the Immunity
that his position affords him. I, how
ever, challenge him to make the state
ment contained In the report, over his
own signature and have the same pub
lished so that it will give me oppor
tuity to enter suit against him for
libel, so that the case can be properly
heard and witnesses examined.”
Maybury Is Grieved.
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 30.—Mayor Wil
liam C. Maybury to-day denied that
he or his associates had any idea that
Dr. E. C. Scheble of Toledo was party
to a scheme to defraud the government
in connection with the letter box con
tract held by Maybury & Ellis of this
city and expressed great grief and
mortification over the criticism of him
self and the firm In the report of
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow published to-day.
FUNERAL OF MGR. Q~UIGLEY
Was an Imposing Event Among
Charleston Catholics.
Charleston, S. C., Nov. 30.—The fu
neral of Monsignor D. J. Quigley, vicar
general of this diocese, at St. Patrick’s
Church this morning, was the most
imposing held here since the obsequies
of his friend. Bishop N. P. Lynch.
Bishop Northrop of Charleston was
assisted In the services by Bishops
Kenney of St. Augustine, Kelley of
Savannah and Monaghan of Wilming
ton. Del., and by Roman Catholic
priests from Macon, Augusta, Philadel
phia, and throughout this state.
The bodv was interred in the grave
yard of the church which he built, St.
Patrick's.
Aerldeiil* In Tunnels.
Paris, Nov. 30. —There were two acci
dents on the Metropolitan Electric Un
derground Railroad to-day, somewhat
similar to the great catastrophe of
Aug. 10, but there was no loss of life.
In each case a car was burned be
tween stations, causing the passengers
to seek for escape along the tracks. As
the accidents occurred In open
stretches of track the dense smoke es
caped and the dangers of suffocation
were averted. The first reports had
it that another catastrophe had oc
curred which caused much excitement
throughout the city.
Receiver Named Fur It.
New York, Nov. 30.—0n petition of
creditors, the Townsend & Downey
Shipbuilding Company, which closed
Its gates last week, was to-day placed
In the hands of a receiver by Judge
Holt of the United States Circuit
Court. Henry E. Ide being appointed
receiver. The firm Is capitalized at $3,-
500,000. Creditors wish the business
continued as a “going” concern.
DAILY. 18 A YEAR,
a CENTS A COPT.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WKKK. 11 A YEAR
STUDENTS OF TECH
$
DEMAND THAT THOSE RESIGN WHO
ATTENDED
THE GEORGIA-AUBURN GAME.
MASS MEETING HELD AND RESO
LUTIONS ADOPTED.
If the Eight “Culprit*” Do Not He
■ Ign. Their Fellow Student*
Threaten Thera With the "Conse
quence*”—Are Given 4S Hour* to
Get Out—Who the Eight Are anil
the Offen*e With Which They Are
Charged by Other Student*.
Atlanta, Nov. 30.—At a meeting at
tended by 300 students of the Georgta
School of Technology, held In “Foot
ball Hollow,” but off the campus, this
afternoon, the eight Tech students who
attended the Georgia-Auburn football
game on Thanksgiving, when it was
considered they should have gone to
the Tech-South Carolina game, were
asked to resign and leave the institu
tion forthwith, or “accept the conse
quences.”
The resolutions. W'hleh were adopted
with only six dissenting votes, did not
state what the consequences would be,
but the students are very much
wrought up over the matter, and it is
said they will take every step they can
to compel them to leave the institution.
The names of the boys who attend
ed the Georgia-Auburn game are given
as follows: Walter Hodgson of Athens,
whose father is one of the trustees of
the Tech; Dupont Guerry, Jr., of Ma
con, William Davis. Fred Richardson,
Joel Dean. Earl Spencer, J. G. Burke
and W. W. Dudley. The three last
named are sub-apprentices. Hodgson,
Davis, Guerry and Richardson former
ly attended the State University.
The HeNolulloii*.
Following are the resolutions adopted
by the students at their mass meeting
this afternoon:
"Whereas, That every student of the
Georgia School of Technology who at
tended the Georgia-Auburn football
game on Thanksgiving Day, 1903, did
so after warning from the faculty and
the students that action would be
taken.
"And, whereas, they did so knowing
the spirit existing between the Univer
sity of Georgia and the Tech and the
rival claims of the two managements.
“And, whereas, the offending stu
dents have shown an absence of all
Tech spirit and are parasites on the
said institution.
“And, whereas, those that are not
for us are against us, be it
“Resolved, by the student body of
the Georgia School of Technology, on
this, Nov. 30, 1903, That all students
of the said institution who attended
the said game be asked to resign from
the said institution within forty-eight
hours from the time of the adoption of
these resolutions, and upon failure to
do so will accept the consequences.
"And also that a copy of these reso
lutions be sent to each and every of
fending student und that a copy with
the names of all the offending stu
dents appended thereto be published in
the Georgia Tech and the three Atlan
ta dailies.”
What President Hall May*.
President Lyman Hall, when seen
about the matter, said:
"I have no information whatever re
garding the matter. It has not been
brought to the attention of the faculty,
and is feally a matter with which the
faculty has nothing to do, unless it is
brought to their attention. The fac
ulty would take the matter up should
any attempt be made to do these stu
dents bodily harm, and if they them
selves bring the matter to the fac
ulty's attention, they will be informed
that they need not leave the institu
tion. With the talked of ostracism
of these students, however, the facul
ty has nothing to do.”
HARDY FOUND GUILTY
OF MURDER OF MULLINS.
Tried at Camilla and Sen
tenced to Be Hanged.
ThomasviUe, Ga„ Nov. 30.—A special
term of Mitchell County Superior
Court was called at Camilla this morn
ing to try William Hardy, the negre
who killed young Raymond Mullins,
son of Baconton’s Mayor, at Baconton,
Sunday, Nov. 22. Strong sentiment
against the negro demanded an early
trial.
The case occupied but a few hours.
The negro was found guilty and sen
tenced to be hanged Dec. 22.
The jail at Camilla is small and in
secure, so Sheriff Smith brought Hardy
here to-night and placed him in
Thomas county jail for safe keeping.
He will remain here until the day of
the hanging.
THOUGHT HIM A BURGLAR
AND OPENED FIRE.
New York, Nov. 30.—Observing a
man whom he believed to be a burglar ’
leaving the tenement In which he lives
in Eldridge street yesterday, Harold'
Andressen opened fire from a second
story window and killed the man as
he was passing down the street. The
dead man proved to be Morris Crop
per, a tailor, who bore an excellent
reputation. Andressen was arrested.
Another Peonage laae.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 30.—John C.
McLendon, of Luverne, editor of the
Luverne Journal, was arrested on the
charge of causing John Foster to be
held in peonage. He was taken before
a United States commissioner. Mr. ’
McLendon waived examination and,
gave a bond for $3OO for appearance
before the federal grand Jury. He was
recently n Justice of the peace in Cren
shaw county.