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THE MORNING NEWS. |
Established ISSO. - Incorporated 1888 V
J. H. ESTILL. President. i
fITHE RUSSIAN ARSIORED CRUISER GROVIOVOI.
TORNADOS TEAR
THROUGH TERRITORY
MANY DEAD AND INJURED.
jll CU PROPERTY' ALSO WAS DE
STROYED.
Jlnlf n Dozen Business Block* De
molished mid Seven Persons
Killed and ti Number Injured at
Fairland, I. T.—South of There the
Wind Was Even More Severe—Re
ports from Prior Creek Show That
Six Were Killed.
Fairland, I. TANARUS., April 25.—Half a doz
en business blocks were destroyed by
a tornado that swept through here yes
terday, killing seven persons outright
and injuring a number of others. Three
of the injured will die.
The dead:
Mrs. Mary Lamar.
Mrs., John Lemaster.
Arthur Brought.
A child of N. J. Houck.
Elijah Russell, his wife and child.
Four miles south of here the tor
nado was even' more severe. Farm
houses and barns were completely de
molished and farm stock was killed.
Storm Struck Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark., April 25.—A spe
cial to the Gazette from Pine Bluff!
says:
The wind and rain storm in the east
ern section of Jefferson county caused
the loss of four lives and much dam
age to property in that section. Re
ports of the storm' received In Pine
Bluff are meager, because many of the
telephone and telegraph lines are down.
The towns of Pastoria and Sherrill
were the principal sufferers.
The path of the storm was about one
hundred yards wide and ten miles long.
At Pastoria, two personk were killed
and five injured, one perhaps fatally.
The residence of Martin Sanders, col
ored, on the Hill place, was totally de
stroyed and Sanders’ wife had a rib
broken and was injured internally. His
young son was struck on the head by
a falling timber and his skull frac
tured. It is thought the boy will die.
The residence of William Smith, on
the Ben Mozique place, was destroyed
and all the negro cabins on the place
blown down. On the same place the
residence of Pleas Thomas was blown
down and his two children killed out
right. Others whose names could not
be learned were injured. Thomas’
wife sustained internal injuries and is
in a critical condition. Other resi
dences were blown down and the whole
town suffered.
The crops in the fields in the path of
the storm were severely damaged. The
general merchandise store belonging to
Richard Baltimore was completely de
molished.
Sherrill was another town that suf
fered from the storm but the damage
is not great. ’The residence of J. M.
Barrett was blown down and most of
the outhouses ruined. Mr. Barrett’s
loss was about $4,000.
The residence of T. G. Jenkins was
destroyed and he was struck on the
h' 1 id by a piece of timber and
injured.
The residence of W. I. Payne, valued
at SB,OOO, was blown down.
Two seed houses, belonging to the
Arkansas Cotton (Til Company, were
dost royed.
The storm lasted some time and was
• ornpanied by rain.
Pino Bluff was just on the outskirts
of the tornado and was not damaged,
bat the wind was high.
The Storm In Texas.
Mexia, Tex., April 25.—Reports of the
r “lit tornado show that a great
>unt of damage has been done to
' is in Freestone county. Several,
P' rsons were hurt and the attending
Physician gives small hope of the re
-1 very of Miss Janie Shanks, who was
! ,rr when her home at Yell Dell was
'royed. Other members of the
nks family were injured, but not
seriously.
'he storm struck the small settle
n a of Nip and Tuck and destroyed
r - ra i residences. Most of the families
‘•re away from home, and the fam
of George Wolf escaped by seeking
s’ 1 Iter in a small cabin which stood
•■‘sa at the edge of the storm’s path.
E. Bonner and daughter were
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NUMBER 17.641.
WAS NO PLOT TO KILL
PRESIDENT LOUBET.
Threat Regurileil as hilt the Vapor
ing of a Priest.
Rome, April 25.—The report sent
from Rome to Berlin, printed in the
Tageblatt of that capital and circulat
ed on the Boerse (and which was also
circulated in the United States), that
there was a plot against the life of
President Loubet and that an attempt
had been made to assassinate him, is
without foundation.
The report may perhaps have origi
nated in the fact that a French priest
went to the office of the Italia where,
becoming excited, he cried that he had
come to Rome to kill President Loubet.
The editor of the Italia sent for the
police, but before they arrived, the
priest had disappeared. The police
then arrested several priests, but in
none of them could the staff of the
Italia recognize the excited clergyman
who had visited the office.
All search (or this priest has proved
unavailing. Nobody, however, attaches
importance to the incident.
Those surrounding the Pope assert
that he has expressed his intention to
protest against the visit of President
Loubet to Rome, on the ground that
it is the first occasion on which the
head of a Catholic country has visited
the Quirinal since the fall of the tem
poral power of the Popes. It is not
known when or under what form the
protest will be issued.
Gala Dinner for Lonbrl.
Rome, April 25. —President Loubet of
France, who arrived in Rome yester
day, went with a royal cortege to the
Pantheon to-day to lay wreaths on the
tombs of King Victor Emmanuel II and
King Humbert. He was received by
veterans of the Italian army.
A gala dinner was given in honor of
President Loubet at the Quirinal this
evening. The King, in proposing the
health of President Loubet, said that
the heart of Italy beat in unison with
his in welcoming the representatives of
the generous French nation. Agree
ment between the governments was
easy, his majesty said, and by con
tributing to the maintenance of peace
and signing the arbitration and labor
treaties they had guaranteed the polit
ical and strengthened the social peace.
President Loubet. in expressing his
gratitude for his majesty’s words, and
for the magnificent reception accorded
him by the Romans, declared that the
affinities uniting the two countries
would always keep them friends.'
STOOD "high IN*SOCi et y ;
WRECKED HIS FIRM.
Drewry nml Harvey Bankrupts nt
New Orleans.
New Orleans, April 25.—With the
junior partner missing, the sugar firm
of Dreivry & Harvey to-day filed a pe
tition in bankruptcy in the federal
courts with liabilities of $68,990.54 and
assets of $51,993.16.
The Morgan State Bank, the largest
creditor, to which the firm owes $26,-
000, has sugar attached in New Or
gans and Chicago to the extent of $29,-
1-7.95.
t Harvey, who stood high in society
and business circles, is said to have
wrecked the firm. He fled from the
city about ten days ago.
TH EATEfTaTSYR ACUSE
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Syracuse, N. Y., April 25.—The Ly
ceum Theater, a vaudeville house, was
destroyed by fire early this morning.
It has been closed during the season
until last week, when a New York
company played six nights.
The origin of the fire is unkown. M.
S. Robinson.) manager of the theater,
was in the house during the evening,
but reporters have not been able to
find him since the alarm was given.
The loss is about $200,000.
TWENTY-EIGHT" MEN
SAWED OUT OF JAIL
Monterey, Mexico, April 25.—Twenty
eight men. confined in thp summary
department of the state prison in this
city, sawed and filed their way to lib
erty to-day, among the number being
several charged with murder.
Owing to the fact that the summary
department is the place where prison
ers awaiting trial are kept, the watch
over it is not so vigilant, as in other
parts of the prison.
SHIP GOLD tFpARIS
TO PAY FOR THE CANAL
New York, April 25.—The banking
interests, which will transfer the $40,-
000,000 of government money to the
Panama Canal Company of France,
state that all arrangements for pay
ment have not yet been completed. It
Is believed, however, that from $20,-
000,000 to $30,000,000 gold will be whip
ped to Paris. Engagements of $6,600,-
000 gold have been made by various
bankers f or shipment by to-morrow’*
stag mar.
RUSSIA WANTS
NO MEDIATION
THE CZAR WILL REJECT IT.
lIE HAS DETERMINED TO PROSE
CUTE THE WAR.
Steps Initiated by the Kings of Eng
land and Denmark to Stop the
Conflict Have Failed—Russia Con
fident of Its Ability to Ultimately
Prevnil Over Jiipnn—Then Rus
sia YVIII Make Its Own Terms.
St. Petersburg, April 25.—The Asso
ciated Press is enabled to announce
authoritatively that the talk of medi
ation in the Russo-Japanese war was
founded upon the personal desires of
King Edward and King Christian of
Denmark to avoid further bloodshed
and end the conflict, but that the steps
initiated heve utterly failed.
The Emperor, with the full concur
rence of the imperial family, and his
advisers, has firmly decided not only
to reject all proposals looking to in
tervention, but to prosecute the war
with all the resources of the empire
until victory crowns the Russian arms
and when the time comes for peace to
make terms directly with the enemy.
The interference of outside Powers will
not be tolerated. There is to be no
repetition of the Berlin Congress.
Furthermore, the Associated Press
is authorized to state that Russia will
in no wise consider herself bound by
the propositions made to Japan prior
to the war. The hostilities have wiped
out the engagements Russia offered to
make with Japan regarding Korea and
Manchuria. Russia will consider her
self free to impose such terms as she
desires.
To Fight to a Finish.
It is known that after the disas
ter to the Petropavlovsk the King of
Denmark wrote the Emperor a letter
of sympathy, in which'he expressed
the hope that a way could be found
to avoid further bloodshed. It is pre
sumed, although there is nothing ab
solute on this point, that the situation
was canvassed during the family re
union at Copenhagen and that "Ballon
D’Essai” was put out in A friendly
fashion from Paris.
Whether a communication or a prop
osition on the subject ever reached the
Emperor has not been learned, but
it is certain that the matter reached
such a stage as to compel its consider
ation and to induce the definite an
nouncement made this afternoon that
the war must be fought out to a finish.
It is apparent to every keen ob
server here that the Russian people
are not in a temper to consider .peace.
They are thoroughly aroused by a de
sire to avenge the losses and humilia
tions they have sustained.
BODIES OF JAPANESE
ARE CROSSING THE YALU.
St. Petersburg, April 25.—The Em
peror has received the following tele
gram from Gen. Knropatkin:
“Gen. Sassulitch reports, under date
of April 24, that during recent days
the Japanese have been observed land
ing pontoon material and collecting
boats in preparation for the construc
tion of bridges in the neighborhood of
Wiju and also near the village of
Sigou, ten miles further up the river.
“On April 23. a Japanese detachment,
consisting of two companies of infan
try and a small body of cavalry, cross
ed the Yalu, ten miles below Siaopous-.
sikhe. Gen. Sassulitch immediately
the cordons on our front.
Small parties of the enemy were seen
preparing to cross elsewhere in that
vicinity.
“All is quiet south of the Yalu.”
STEAMER WAS SUNK
BY TORPEDO BOATS.
London. April 25.—The Japanese le
gation to-day gave out the following
dispatch, received to-day from Tokio:
“The Japanese consul at Wo-San
(Gensan), Korea, reports under to
day’s date that two Russian torpedo
boats entered that port and sank a
small Japanese steamer, the Goyo Ma
ru. Her gross tonnage was 600, and
she was built in 1884. The Russians
immediately left.”
This dispatch is taken at the lega
tion here to mean that the Vladlvo
■Uik -fleet is active.
SAVANNAH. GA.. TUESDAY, APRIL 2C>. 1904.
WAR IN THE EAST.
Small detachments of the Japan
ese have begun the passage of the
Yalu river.
Port Arthur denies the report of a
landing of 20,000 Japanese near
that place.
Gen. Kuropatkin has made a
strategic move by throwing a
strong force of cavalry across the
Yalu to threaten the Japanese
communications.
The Russian Vladivostok squad
ron has suddenly shown activity,
appearing off a Korean port and
sinking a small Japanese merchant
steamer. A Tokio report of the oc
currence says that the port was en
tered by two Russian torpedo
boats, which destroyed the steamer.
It is denied authoritatively at St.
Petersburg that Russia will give
any heed to the proposed media
tion. Confident of victory, Russia
will push on the war.
THROWS HIS CAVALRY
ACROSS YALU RIVER.
St. Petersburg, April 25.—Gen. Kuro
patkin has played a strong card In
the game of strategy. A large portion
of Gen. Rennenkampff’s Cossack cav
alry division has been thrown across
the upper reaches of the Yalu, and a
considerable force of cavalry, which
crossed the Tumen some time ago, is
moving down to the southwest, to ef
fect a juncture with it. Together with
this force, which, it is believed, totals
2,000 men, he will threaten Lieut. Gen.
Inouye’s left flank when the Japanese
are ready to cross lower down on the
Yalu.
Being composed of cavalry, with a
few mountain guns, Rennenkampff’s
force is extremely mobile. Unless it
should be dislodged, it will compel the
Japanese *to leave a very strong army
to guard the communications, whereas
if a Japanese force should be sent to
drive it out it would have to move di
rectly away from the main army, while
the Russian army, if compelled to fall
back, can recross in the direction of
the Russian troops concentrated in
Manchuria.
RUSSIAN "shTpsTsINK
A JAPANESE STEAMER.
Tokio, April 25. —The Russian Vladi
vostok squadron, after a long period
of inactivity, suddenly appeared off
Gensan, on the east coast of Korea,
this morning and sank the Goyo Maru,
a Japanese merchant steamer of 600
tons.
A brief telegram received from Gen
san to-day says three Russian cruis
ers had entered the harbor and that
they were still there when the tele
gram was sent. Their arrival created
consternation in the unprotected Japa
nese colony at Gensan.
It is thought in Tokio that this Rus
sian naval movement was made in the
hope of intercepting some unprotected
Japanese troopships. It is not believed
the squadron will remain at Gensan
long.
ROSSIA AND GROMOBOI
MADE THE ATTACK.
Tokio, April 25, 9 p. m.—The cruisers
Rossia and Gromoboi of the Vladivos
tok squadron to-day participated in an
attack on Gensan. They were accom
panied by a third cruiser, not yet
identified, and by two torpedo boats.
Later they entered the harbor, ordered
the crew of the steamer Goyo Maiu
ashore and then sank her. A detach
ment of marines was landed, but was
recalled and the warships steamed out
side of the harbor.
The Japanese and many Koreans fled
when the Russians approached.
Late telegrams say that the Russian
squadron remains off the harbor of
Gensan.
THIRD JAPAN ESEARMY
HAS BEEN MOBILIZED.
Berlin, April 26—The Tokio corre
spondent of the Tageblatt announces
the mobilization of a third Japanese
army. He says it is now disclosed
that a reserve brigade, corresponding
to each division of the active army,
has been mobilized therewith and that,
consequently, each army embraces
nearly 100,000 men instead of being of
the strength previously assumed.
PORT ARTHUR SITUATION
REMAINS UNCHANGED.
St. Petersburg, April 25.—A dispatch
from Port Arthur denies the report
that 20,000 Japanese have landed at
Dalny. The dispatch states that there
is no change in the situation on the
Liao Tung peninsula.
REPORThTtHAT POTTER
WAS HIMSELF KILLED.
Charlotte. N. C., April 25.—Accord
ing to a report which reaches here to
night. Boone Potter, the notorious
Watauga county desperado, who was
reported to have killed a man named
Hamby, in Johnson county, Tennessee,
Saturday, was himself killed by a posse,
of which Hamby was a member.
Potter is said to have died Saturday
morning and been buried the same day.
Owing to the inaccessibility of the lo
cality, it is impossible to confirm the
report.
Moyer Held n Prisoner.
Denver, Col., April 25.—The state Su
preme Court to-day denied the motion
for the release of Charles H. Moyer,
president of the Western Federation of
Miners, on ball pending decision on the
habeas corpus proceedings in his be
half. The hearing on the merits of the
case was set for May 5. Meantime,
Moyer will be held as prisoner in the
mi m ary prison at Teiluride.
THE RUSSIAN* CRUISER BOSNIA. ;
WAR IN THE EAST
AN OBJECT LESSON
TO INDICATE TO NATIONS
THE COM PA RATIN’I2 UTILITY OF
VESSELS OF WAR.
v
In tlie Senate the Dlsensslon Tnrneil
Upon the Naval Expenditures,
Some Thinking That Battleships
should Not Be Constmeted In View
of Ailvnnees Made In Other
Brixnelies of Naval Constrnetlon.
Views of llneon.
Washington. April 25.—Whether the
President shall order the construction
of the battleship provided for in the
naval appropriation bill or wait until
the war in the Far East demonstrates
the comparative utility of the big sea
fighter and the torpedo boat or sub
marine oraft was a question raised in
the Senate to-day by Mr. Hale of
Maine on the adoption of the confer
ence report.
It was developed that the language
of the bill was permissive, and that
the President and Secretary of the
Navy could defer action If they should
deem it advisable. Mr. Hale declared
that if he were seoretary of the navy
he should not dare to go on now and
commit the government to the building
of an immense battleship, for It would
not surprise him if events of the Rus-
war demonstrated that
the $150,000,000 paid for big battleships
were a bad investment for this gov
ernment. Several senators counselled
delay until the question of the best
oraft for sea fighting had been brought
to an issue.
Battleship's Day Paaalng.
Mr. Bacon: "I desire to call atten
tion that when this naval bill was un
der consideration I suggested that the
improvement in sub-marine engines
was sucfl that it wmuld be compara
tively a short time before the battle
ship, however it might be protected
against the ordinary projectile, would
be out of date and obsolete.
Mr. Hale: “The Senator was wise
in his suggestion. But events since
then have advanced with such start
ling rapidity that the suggestion be
comes more apparent. The trouble
with a lofty battleship is that when
she is hurt she can fight no longer.
Others structures may be hurt, may
be splintered, may be damaged, but
they keep on fighting.
“But if an explosion takes place
through hurried firing In a turret it is
more likely to ignite the magazine and
the whole ship is blown into the air
and everybody on board klled. Aside
from the occurrences in the Bast, where
the large Russian battleships have been
disabled and put out of service, we
have had three explosions on our own
battleships within a year. And it is
only the breadth of a hand that pre
vented the entire battleship Missouri
from being entirely destroyed. Just
such an accident as that is likely to
occur in any turret, at any time during
any battle.”
HOW THE TRUSTSTtREAT
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
They Sell Dearly In the United
State* nnd Cheaply Abroad.
Washington, April 25.—Mr. Bacon
of Georgia, in the Senate, to-day spoke
on the Dolliver resolution on the ques
tion of the capital invested in “trust”
combinations in comparison with in
vestments by individuals or copartner
ships independent of "trusts.” He took
issue with Mr. Dolliver In the state
ment, as Mr. Bacon construed it, that
evidence of a “good trust” was the fact
that a trust was “still alive.”
In speaking of the fate of his res
olution calling on the Secretary of
Commerce and Labor for certain"trust"
or “anti-trust” information, Mr. Bacon
said it was sufficient notice to him that
the resolutions would not be adopted
when Mr. Aldrich asked to have them
go to the Committee on Finance, and
he said: “For I know that the Senator
from Rhode Island is the mouthpiece
of his party In the Senate on all mat
ters of tariff.”
Mr. Aldrich said he had made the
motion for the purpose of putting the
resolutions in “some sort of shape.’’
Mr. Bacon continued to discuss the
sale in foreign countries of American
products at a less price than the same
products are sold in the United States.
He said he would give concrete illus
trations and proceeded to speak of sew
ing machines sold in the United States
at $25 and sls in England.
“Can the Senator give the name of
the company?" asked Mr. Aldrich. “He
has said he would give concrete cases ”
"I can give the name and later will
do o.“
Mr. Bacon then read a letter from
Charles M. Schwab to H. C. Frick,
stating the cost of manufacturing steel
rails, which Mr. Bacon said showed
that the ’trust' needed no protection
against English steel manufacturers.
Continued on Ninth Page.
WHO WILL SUCCEED
JUDGE SIMONTON?
Specnlntlnna ns to the Appointment
Roosevelt Will Make.
B*r R. M. Larner.
Washington, April 25. —Judge Simon
ton’s death leaves a vacancy in the
Fourth Judicial Circuit for which Pres
ident Roosevelt will have many appli
cants.
The announcement of the passing
away of the distinguished South Car
olina jurist causes general sorrow
among members of the South Carolina
colony, but it was not unexpected, be
cause of his long and lingering illness.
For some time past speculation has
been quietly going on as to who might
he his successor in the event of his re
tirement from the bench.
The Fourth Circuit includes the states
of Maryland. West Virginia, North and
South Carolina. West Virginia is al
ready represented by Nathan Goff.
The President will probably look to
one of the other states in the circuit
for the lamented Judge Simonton’e suc
cessor.
South Carolinians are of the opinion
that there is not a Republican lawyer
in that state worthy to succeed Judge
Sintonton. It has been suggested that
the President might advance District
Judge Brawley to the circuit bench,
and appoint District Attorney John G.
Capers to the district bench. This is
one of the possibilities discussed here
by those who are aware that Mr.
Capers is ambitious to secure a seat
on the bench.
It ts quitp probable that President
Roosevelt will bestow such a desira
ble prize as a Circuit Court Judgship
upon some member of his own politi
cal faith. In that direction the name
of Judge' Pritchard of North Carolina
is mentioned, and others suggest that
he may reward Senator McComas of
Maryland for the sacrifices he made In
supporting the administration In the
last campaign in that state. Senator
McComas has no political future in
Maryland. He resigned a life position
on the district bench to go into the
Senate, and he is comparatively a
young man. It is understood the Pres
ident is averse to appbintlng old men
to judgships. On the eve of a national
campaign, a Circuit Court judgship is
a rich slif'e of patronage to dispense.
RECEIVER IS ASKED _
FOR A RICE COMPANY.
Allegations Against the Rnyovooil
Company of Texas.
San Antonio, Tex., April 25.—The Al
liance Trust Compand Limited, of
England, to-day filed suit in the United
States District Court, asking for the
appointment of a receiver for the Ray
wood Rice, Canal and Milling Company,
which has 13,000 acres of rice in cultiva
tion in Liberty county.
It is alleged that the rice company is
indebted to the trust company in the
sum of $160,000, and is under contract
to build houses upon and Irrigate its
land, aggregating about 42,000 acres.
While no default in Interest is al
leged, it is charged that the work
agreed to be done has not been done
according to contract, and the court
has been asked to appoint a receiver
to operate the plant in the interest of
the creditors, as well as the company.
The hearing has been set for ten
days hence. There are numerous cred
itors of the rice company in Eastern
Texas.
MAY MEAnTrOUBLE
FOR GREECE AND TURKEY.
Greek Representative Wounded nnd
imprisoned at Smyrna.
Athens, April 25.—An affray between
Turkish gendarmes and Greeks is re
ported from Smyrna, (in which M.
Delyannls, secretary of the Greek con
sulate, was slightly wounded.
Serious complications may ensue. A
Greek squadron has sailed for Smyrna.
It appears that M. Delyannls en
deavored to open the shops of Greek
merchants which had been closed for
non-payment of taxes. This was op
posed by the gendarmes. A struggle
ensued. M. Delyannls was wounded
and he fired on the gendarmes.
The Turkish authorities imprisoned
M. Delyannls and two consulate
guards, who were only released after
the intervention of the French consul.
TULANE~GETS BULK OF
HUTCHINSON’S ESTATE.
New Orleans, April 25.—Under a de
cision rendered by the state Supreme
Court to-day, Tulane Medical College
receives the bulk of the estate of the
late A. C. Hutchinson, who at the
time of his death was president of
Morgan’s Louisiana and Texas road.
Mr. Hutchinson’s estate was valued
at nearly a million, and most of it
was left to Tulane University for the
use of its medical college in the estab
lishment and maintenance of a clinic
nd hospital for the sick.
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THE A. & B. WILL
OPERATE B. & B.
THE B. & B. RECEIVERSHIP
IS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH PHY-
Slt'AL management.
General sln linger YVndley of the At
tn nH e null Birmlnglinm Was no
nnested by Receiver Smith to Con
ti line tlie Operation of the Ilrans
wtek nml Blrmliighnm—Wmlley
Does Not l.ook for Trouble on Ac
count of Mlichen’* Claim.
Waycross. Ga., April 25. —The. ap
pointment yesterday of J. R. I. Smith
of Brunswick as receiver for the Bruns
wick and Birmingham Railroad, will
not affect- in the least the operation
of the road by the Atlantic and Bir
mingham system, under whose control
this line has been since April 1.
George Dole Wadley. general man
ager of the Atlantic and Birmingham,
in an interview with the Morning News
correspondent to-night, stated that he
had been requested by the .receiver to
continue operating the Brunswick and
Birmingham branch as at present.
Receiver Smith came to Waycross
last night and notified Mr. Wadley of
his appointment as receiver.
Mr. Wadley does not anticipate any
difficulty with the courts regarding E.
C. Machen’s claim against the Bruns
wick and Birmingham, though the At
lantic and Birmingham is named as a
party to the suit brought by Mr.
Machen.
Supt. Bonnyman. whose headquar
ters were recently changed from this
city to Brunswick, will remain In that
city and the road will be operated as
usual, at least until the United States
court hears Mr. Machens claim, on
May 3.
WHY MACHEN DELAYED
INJUNCTION PETITION.
Valdosta, Ga., April 25.—1 t leaked out
here to-day why the prayer for a re
straining order to prevent the Atlantic
and Birmingham Railroad from
taking possession of the Bruns
wick and Birmingham was not
made early in April, when the
merger was first announced.
Mr. Pope S. Hill of Macon, a member
of the firm of Harris, Dessau & Harris,
is here attending the federal court, and
he stated this afternoon that Mr.
Machen, who filed the bill, was ill
when the merger was announced and
that when he recovered from his sick
ness he telegraphed Mr. N. E. Harris,
an old associate in the construction of
the road from Macon to Athens, to go
to Brunswick. Mr. Machen stated
that he had secured concessions for
the road, had borrowed money from a
Mrs. Gould to pay for labor, had
bought rations and secured subscrip
tions to the stock in the enterprise on
the faith which his friends had in him.
While he held a claim against the
road for his own services, it was
stated that he was more particular
about protecting those who had aided
him in the enterprise, and so the in
junction was sought.
REVILL FOR SPEAKER.
It 1* Believed That Merixveather
C ounty 51au Will Run.
Greenville. Ga., Aprii 25.—1 tis re
garded here as a certainty that Hon.
William T. Revlll will yield to the so
licitations of his many friends over
the state and become a candidate for
speaker of the next House of Repre
sentatives. In the event he does be
come a candidate for the speakership,
hie will at once put forth active efforts
.to secure his election.
' Col. Revill is editor of the Merl
weather Vindicator, and is at present
keeper of public buildings and grounds,
having been appointed to that posi
tion by Gov. Terrell.
Purl* Hanged Legally.
Meridian. Miss., April 25.—J. H. Pa
ris, a negro, was hanged .here to-day
for the murder of John T. Stockton, a
railway mail clerk, Feb. 29 last. Death
was caused by strangulation. This
murder attracted much attention at
the time on account of Gov. Varda
man’s successful efforts to prevent the
lynching of Paris.
Mississippi Convention.
Jackson, Miss., April 25.—The state
Democratic Executive Committee de
cided to-day to call a state convention
at Jackson June 15. The convention
will elect delegates to the National
convention at St. Louis.
Negro Hanged for Murder.
Beaumont. Tex., April 26. —Will Mur
ray, a negro, was hanged publicly here
to-day for the murder of Josephine
Baker, his sweetheart. His neck was
broken and death wai insunataheous.
He admitted his guilt.