The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, December 30, 1904, Image 1
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J. H. USTILI.. President
GINNERS LINE UP
AGAINST BUREAU
DIRECTOR MAKES PROTEST.
CAN’T GET OUT REPORTS IF OPPO
SITION CONTINUES.
Director North Appenls to Congress
men Burleson—Shuns How Gin
ners Have Turned Against the
Government System Now That the
Crop Is Shown to Be Large inn
the Price Hus Tumbled—South Had
Asked lor the System.
Washington, Dec. 29.—Director of the
Census North, in a letter to Repre
sentative Burleson of Texas made pub
lic to-day, takes notice of the situation
presented by the cotton statistics given
out for publication yesterday and ex
presses his surprise and concern at the
recent alleged movement in the South
ern states, “apparently approved and
augmented by the cotton growers
themselves,” to destroy the census re
ports by concerted refusal of the gin
ners to make returns.
Director North asserts that a con
tinuance of the cotton ginning reports
Is impossible without the sympathetic
and whole-hearted co-operation of the
ginners of the South.
Immediately after the receipt of the
letter, Mr. Burleson, a member of the
Bouse Census Committee, and who was
the author of the provision for the
gathering of cotton statistics, gave out
an interview, in which he upholds the
director in the work now being done
by his bureau. The letter is as fol
lows:
"Washington, Dec. 29, 1904.—'Hon. Al
bert S. Burleson, House of Representa
tives, Washington, D. C.: My Dear Sir
—lt seems proper to invite your atten
tion to certain anomalous conditions
which confront the census office in car
rying out the provisions of Section 9
of the act to establish a permanent
census office, directing the periodical
collection cf the statistics of cotton
production through the agency of the
ginners. This provision was inserted
in the law at your urgent request and
that of other Southern representatives,
on the plea that it was necessary for
the protection of the cotton producers
against the speculators and others in
terested in depressing the price of the
staple for their own profit.
Would Discount False Estimates.
“It was urged that enormous losses
resulted from the untrustworthy esti
mates put forth every year by specu
lators and agents of the Liverpool
market and that early and trust
worthy official information regarding
the size of the crop would protect the
grower, disarm the speculator and
market manipulator, and permit the
law of supply and demand to regu
late the prices.
“Since the law was passed. Congress
has appropriated and this office has
disbursed more than $125,000 a year in
the'collection and dissemination of
this information. The system has been
gradually perfected until it has be
come more nearly perfect than any
similar plan for obtaining exact know
ledge of the size of any agricultural
crop during the progress of harvest
ing.
Report* Have Been Accurate.
“No complaint has been made that
the census reports are not accurate;
indeed for a year or two past, we have
been able to tr ice the crop so closely
that practically every bale has been
accounted for.
“The statistics increase in value ev
ery year: for it becomes possible, by
comparison of the statistics of one
year with those of the same date in
preceding years, to judge the size of
successive crops with an accuracy nev
er before known or approximated.
“The ginning reports of the census
office have crowded out the specula
tive and interested estimates referred
to and the single object which the
Southern representatives had in view.
In urging this legislation, has been
successfully accomplished.
"in view of these facts, I have been
surprised and concerned at the present
movement in the Southern states,
which is apparently approved and aug
mented by the cotton growers them
selves, to destroy the census reports,
by the concerted refusal of the gin
ners to make the returns upon which
they are based.
Movements Started Aanlnst It.
“Thus far, the movement has not
seriously affected our work, hut if it
continues and spreads, it will neces
sarily destroy its value during the com
ing year. It appears to have been
suddenly discovered that these reports,
undertaken solely at the demand of
the cotton grower, are highly detri
mental to his interests. Mr. E. F.
Webber, president of the Memphis Cot
ton Exchange, is quoted as declaring
that 'the cotton Interests of the South
have everything to lose and nothing
to gain by their continuance; they put
the manufacturing Interests In posses
sion -of information which works ir
reparable Injury to the South.’
My attention has also been called
to the so-called ’National Cotton din
ners' Association,' the purpose of which
is stated to be ‘to gather accurate and
reliable Information regarding the
amount of cotton produced, In advance
of the government report.’ It also ap
pears that ’this information I* to be
sent in code; and the members of the
association will be sworn not to di
vulge It.’ The Information la still high
ly desirable, but possession of It Is to
h" restricted to those who grow and
Kin ths cotton.
Anxious lor II st First.
"t can understsnd the disappoint
ment of cotton growers at the present
prices of cotton and their feeling that
thesa prl eti or# du<* to the unuaual
*U* of this year'll r-otton, early and
definite knowledge cunrernlrig ehkh
4 * been given to the public by Ihe
‘ui report* Hut ! ronfe** mygeif
*H<*,tj|# (/ follow the reasoning whh h
the grower*, and through them,
•be gtim-ra, (I# Imagine that It will
b* to their MdvunfMge, toamu*e of thl
• ptlorirf| *H tiftHorj, te d*troy the rt
f' ieiM y of fj< official nwM’hloeo
•>/,uhleh they learned Ihe pfe*
•*** *nu*i wn, egrty fttnottledg* wbirb
'a* undoubtedly rfl#*4f4 the rtotfff*
*n tin (if) 1 # of juoitoti ever a wurw
| period, §ii4 I hue *av#d l‘*
** * # wer mg tfir < eontt from j
** l ge* Umm fha ft would oi fcnini*
to*#** anraqnf eretl I* i***!!* ll
ft*lilt Hif| year # reep
li aooid jei fi 4* ha ******* Oku in j
Jiatommal) Jftatnino
WMRF/R 17.887.
Lnothe”* r V n ’ takinE one y ear With
? n A y one thin e decrease
of r „PA5 Uat ,, v | p e,en ient in the business
i,, “ o i> selling, and thus permanent
,the c °tton grower, and that
is knowledge of the exact truth as to
, the cr<> P- from an absolute
ly impartial and trustworthy source, at
the earliest practicable dates. This
uas the unanimous contention of the
Southern representatives in Congress,
when the law was passed.
Obliged to Have Their Co-operation.
It is not my purpose, however, to
rgue the matter. I simply desire to
call your attention to the fact that
the continuance of the census cotton
ginning reports is impossible, without
the complete, sympathetic and whole
hearted co-operation of the thirty-odd
thousand ginners of the South. The
office cannot enter into com
petition with a cotton ginners’ asso
ciation which proposes to gather the
same data ‘for private information
only.' Moreover, it cannot continue to
promulgate statistics of the quantity
of cotton ginned to certain dates, aft
er it has reason to believe that these
reports are no longer correct, in con
sequence of a concerted boycott by
the ginners. Otherwise, it would be
guilty of the identical evil of misrep
resentation its reports were establish
ed to prevent. The census bureau has
no interest in the matter whatever,
beyond the discharge of its duty as
established by law, and the mainten
ance of its reputation for the compila
tion and publication of accurate statis
tics.
Kill It Nov f m't Get It Again.
"I have, theroiore, decided to no
tify you in this manner, and through
you, the cotton growers of the South,
that the continuance of the movement
which they have begun will necessarily
result in the discontinuance of the cot
ton ginning reports of the census of
fice, for without the hearty and gen
eral co-operation of the ginners, those
reports would become valueless and
their compilation ,an unpardonable
waste of public money. The situation
would then revert to what it was five
years ago. But after the private and
interested estimates controlling the
market price have again for a few
years been too high as they undoubted
ly will be and the repeated losses of
the cotton growers in consequence have
again convinced them that the change
they demanded in 1901 was a wise one,
it will be far more difficult and may
be impossible to induce Congress to
re-establish a system which the cot
ton growers set up once before, only
to tear it down, when it chanced that
a knowledge of the facts was to their
disadvantage.
“I deem it my duty to acquaint you
with the probable course of the census
office, in order that you may take any
steps which may seem to you desirable
or necessary in connection with the
matter.
"Very respectfully,
“S. N. D. North, director.”
Burleson Agrees With North.
Upon receipt of the letter, Mr.
Burleson gave out the following state
ment :
“Believing that it was to the inter
est of the producer of cotton to elim
inate as far as possible the specula
tive element from entering into, or af
fecting the market price of his
product, I caused to be embodied in
the act making the census bureau de
partment, the original item providing
for statistics of cotton ginned during
the current year, and the result of the
census bureau’s labors in carrying into
effect this provision has materially
aided in accomplishing this end. The
result has not influenced a change of
opinion on my part.
“If I may be pardoned a personal
aluslon, a grower of cotton myself,
having frequently experienced the
damage occasioned by the high esti
mates and cock-sure assertions put
forward by those acting for specula
tors and cotton gamblers. I felt the
necessity of some impartial source of
information which would be accurate
as possible. This the census bureau
has proven itself to be.
Would Play Into Hands of Gamblers.
“I concur in every word contained
in this letter, of Mr. North, and feel
that it would be'nothing short of a
calamity if the ginners should at any
time fail to furnish prompt and ac
curate reports to the census bureau.
To fail to report to the census bureau
will only play into the hands of the
cotton gamblers and will serve to
promptly re-establish alleged statistical
agents, who are now, thanks to the
bureau of statistics of the department
of agriculture and the census bureau,
thoroughly discredited.
“If during next year, as a result of
decreased acreage and imperfect
weather conditions, there should be a
short crop, which is not improbable,
then the ginners' reports issued by the
census bureau would again be in high
favor by the cotton growers. What is
wanted and what is really always to
the interest of the cotton growers, is
a prompt knowledge of the exact truth.
For Statistic* on Snrplnu.
“It is my purpose to prepare and
offer at this session of Congress an
amendment to the census act providing
for the collection and publication of
accurate statistics of the number of
bales of cotton consumed each year
and the surplus of cotton held in the
hands of the manufacturers, and the
number of bales exported. This is nec
essary and only fair to the grower of
cotton. He should promptly have this
Information, as the manufacturers of
cotton throughout the world are given
knowledge of the number of bales of
cotton grown.
"I have discussed this with Senator
Bailey of my state, and he agrees with
me as to the importance and necessity
of this amendment and agrees to lend
a helping hand in securing Its adop
tion."
MANY GINNERS
MADE NO REPORTS.
Director North *nld November Re
port Wo* Then Curried Forward.
Memphis. Tenth. Dec. 29. --The Mem
phis Cotton Exchange has sent the
following telegram to Census Di
rector North at Washington:
“Many ginners in this district deny
having made n report an to the
amount of cotton ginned from Nov. U
to Dec. I*. Reliable reports from other
districts Indicate that th* same 'ondl-
U„ns eslst. In making up your report,
w hat pe* cent, of cotton ginned was al
lowed those not reporting, and what
per rent, of the total did not report’’
Please advise."
Answer si the fMreeUre.
Washington. Dec
of ia. t ensue bureau admitted to day
"any ginners “• I'* 1 .?? .film
hevlng wade reports a# U the
r+otUiued mi Fifth Fags.
BUT A SMALL FIRE;
NO CONFLAGRATION
BLAZE AT FORT GAINES
WILL NOT LIGHT UP THE WHOLE
COTTON BELT.
Commissioner of Agriculture Stev
ens Rejected the Plan Clay County
Farmers Proposed to Get Rid ot
the Surplus Cotton Crop—He Will
Hold His Cotton for Ten Cents, as
Will Gov. Terrell—Redaction ot
Acreage Needed, Says Stevens.
Atlanta, Dec. 29.—The action ot the
farmers of Clay county in burning cot
ton at Fort Gaines yesterday was the
chief topic of discussion at the Capitol
to-day. Commissioner of Agriculture
O. B. Stevens suggests a meeting of,
commissioners of agriculture of the
cotton growing states, to be hold in
New Orleans the latter pant of Jan
uary, at which steps should be taken
to get planters everywhere to agree
to plant only ten acres to the mule in
1905.
The departments of agriculture, Col.
Stevens says, can do this through their
extensive mailing lists and 1 correspond
ence system. Speaking of the action
of the Clay county farmers, Col.
Stevens said:
"Certainly I am opposed to the
farmers of Georgia burning the sur
plus cotton crop of the state, and I
shall certainly not join in the bonfire
with my unsold drop. I have twenty
nine bales, which I made since the
cotton markat declined, and have
warehoused it to hold until cotton gets
back up around 10c. I sold most of
my crop around that figure, and I ex
pect to sell the rest of it at that some
day. That is what all the farmers of
the state should do, and next year
they should cut down the acreage.”
Here is what Gov. Terrell says of the
incident:
“It costs too much to make cotton to
burn it. I am going to store my un
sold crop of fifteen bales and hold it
for 10 cents. I am not going to burn
any of my crop.”
Not the Way, Says Nicolson.
President George A. Nicoison of the
Southern Cotton Buyers' Association,
speaking of the cotton burning at Fort
Gaines, said to-dav:
"Of course, if the farmers of the
South destroy enough cotton the price
will be increased, but they won’t do
It, and no one blames them, It is
ridiculous to think that any one will
deliberately destroy something for
which he hias paid money. It would
be necessary to destroy 600,000 bales of
cotton to check the slump in the price,
and a destruction of this amount would
entail a net toss of $13,000,000. The
farmers could successfully check the
slump by holding their cotton and de
creasing the acreage next year. This
has been suggested as the best plan
to follow, and many planters will
doubtless adopt this method of pro
tecting themselves.”
AT NEW ORLEANS THE
BURNING WAS TALKED.
New Orleans,. Dec. 29.—Cotton contin
ued to decline here to-day, though
there was no violent slump on the
exchange. There was recession of ap
proximately 10 points from yesterday’s
closing prices, January selling at 6.27
cents.
Cotton men generally discussed a
dispatch from Fort Gaines, Ga., say
ing that farmers and merchants of
Clay county had decided to burn their
share of cotton, and that some of the
staple was actually being cremated in
the streets of that town. The incident
at Fort Gaines was interpreted as evi
dencing the high state of feeling
among producers, but it is not believed
that the movement will attain serious
proportions.
President Brittin of the Cotton Ex
change gave out a statement to-day,
in which he said cotton was now offer
ed for sale at a price below the cost
of production.
DESPERATE RUSEoF~
CONVICT TO ESCAPE.
Exploded Dynamite in a Car Wlih
Fatal Reaalta.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 29.—While
a train carrying 130 convicts in the
employe of the Tennessee Coal, Iron
and Railway Company was going from
mine No. 3 to the prison. Will Filler,
a negro convict, exploded a gtlck of
dynamite In one of the coaches with
a view to effecting a wholesale re
lease.
J. Dawkins, a convict from Henry
county, was killed; Guard Pickett lost
a leg and an arm; George Delaney, one
of the trainmen, was hurt, and sev
eral convicts were slightly Injured.
During the stampede guards from the
other cars rushed forward and pre
vented the escape of any of the con
victs.
The explosion blew out the end of
the coach.
DEATH OF CAPTTFRENCH
WAS ACCIDENTAL.
Chatanoogs, Tenn., Dec. 29,—An In
vestigating board of the Meventh Cav
alry, appointed by Col. Pearaon. to
day concluded tha luveatlgatlon of the
• ause of death of Capt. Howard W.
French, who waa found dead with a
hull* i through his heart on Tuesday.
While the board refused to give out
Us findings until It is aant to the War
Department. It la understood that a<-
per target waa found near the body.
in4ki(lf $41 tfttaf ha ha 4 gorc out, aa
ha of lafi 414. for rovelvar practice
Tha ho4y will ha intrrfM In tha
Notional <Vmatary oatur4a> with mtl*
ium honor*.
SAVANNAH. GA.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1004
JAPANESE LOST 1.000
TAKING ANOTHER FORT.
How They Sapped, Charged and
Took Rihlung Mountain.
Tokio, Dec. 29, noon.—After months
of fighting, sapping and mining the
Japanese forces finally occupied Rih-
Inng mountain last night (Dec. 28.) A
report received from headquarters of
the Third Japanese Army before Port
Arthur received here on Wedneday,
Dec. 28. at midnight, says:
"On Wednesday. Dec. 28, at 10 o’clock,
in the morning the left center column
of our army, following some heavy
explosions on the frontal parapet of
Rihlung mountain, charged and occu
pied the parapet under cover of lire
from heavy guns and constructed de
fense works despite the enemy’s fierce
fire.
At 4 o’clock in the afternoon, when
our occupation was practically assur
ed, we charged and occupied the inner
lines of heavy gun positions subse
quently dislodging a remnant of the
enemy's force stubbornly holding the
George fort, which we occupied, and
captured the entire works.”
IS ANOTHER POSITION
COMMANDING HARBOR.
Headquarters of the Japanese Army
Before Port Arthur, via. Fusan, Dec.
29.—Rihlung fort was captured at 3
o’clock this morning with 1,000 Japa
nese casualties.
Seven dynamite mines, exploded at
10 o’clock yesterday, made breaches in
the front wall through which a large
body of Japanese troops charged, un
der cover of a tremendous bombard
ment, and captured the first line of
light guns.
A bitter fight resulted in the capture
of the fort. The garrison, numbering
500 men, escaped.
Rihlung fort, situated on Rihlung
mountain, formed part of the inner
circle of the chain of forts defending
Port Arthur. Rihlung is situated about
two miles from the outskirts of the
town of Port Arthur, from which it
bears due northeast. The fort just
captured is a mile and a half southeast
of Keekwan fort, recently captured
by the Japanese. The possession of
these two forts should make a most
important breach in the fortifications of
Port Arthur and cut off communication
between the Golden Hill forts and the
forts of the western section of the In
ner circle of fortifications.
From Rihlung mountain, which is
nearly opposite 203 Metre Hill, it would
appear that the Japanese fire will be
able to reach anything in the harbor
and town which the Japanese heavy
guns on 203 Metre Hill are unable to
th . us mak,nK H apparently impos
sible for the Russiatj Second Pacific
squadron to make any use 0 f Port
Arthur, even should the Japanese con
tent themselves with holding the strong
positions they now occupy.
KUROKI THANKS HIS
GERMAN WELL WISHERS.
Berlin, Dec. 29.—A convivial circle at
Dortmund sent Gen. Kuroki In Sep
tember a card of enthusiastic congrat
ulations on his military successes,
and has now received the following
answer:
“On the Battlefield, in Manchuria,
Nov. 5, 1904.—H0w I rejoice to be
congratulated at so great a distance,
upon our victories! As you know, we
are pupils of German tacticians, hence
I have double pleasure In being con
gratulated by German men. With spe
cial regards, your obedient servant,
(Signed) “Kuroki.”
, The above letter from Gen. Kuroki
removes all doubt, if any existed, that
Gen. Kuroki Is still alive. He was per
sistently reported to have been killed
during the fighting of Oct. 4 last.
THREE DIED TR7ING~
TO SAVE THEIR HOME.
Oecnpnnta of a New York Farm
Hon*e Loaf Their Live*.
Geneseo. N. Y.. Dec. 29.—Three per
sons loftt their lives in a fire which
totally destroyed the farm residence
of Charles McMillan at the head of
Ooneseus lake early to-day. The dead:
Charles McMillan.
Lottie McMillan, his sister.
Frank McMillan, his nephew.
Lulu McMillan, another sister es
oaped.
The cause of the fire has not been
explained.
'The McMillans were among the
prominent families of Livingston coun
ty.
The three McMillans lout their lives
in an attempt to save the house from
destruction. Aroused by the crackling
of the flames the family fled from the
house In their night clothing and awoke
a farm hand, who occupied a house
a few rods away. He arrived on the
scene Just in time to see Charles. Frank
and Lottie rush into the burning
building with pails of water. Lula
McMillan and Mary Dornan, 4 servant
were restrained by main force from
following the others. The charred
bodies of two of the victims were found
in the ruins. It is supposed the third
body is In the debris.
DEAD WOMEN IDKNTIFIKD.
Mysteries Attending Their Death*
Not Yet Dispelled.
New York, Dec. 29.—The two young
women who met tragic deaths in this
city in a manner strikingly similar
were Identified to-day. The girl who
was found unconscious In Riverside
drive and who died without regaining
consciousness was recognised to-night
by John F. Msngan as his sister, Msry
Mangan, who had been employed here
as a domestic. Hhe left home Christ
mas ni'ii iilng to attend church and her
family waa unable to Usee her where
abouts until the brother Identified ths
body in th< niorgua as that of his sis-
Ttia other woman, who* was discov
ered dead In g Delon* * y street base
ment, was re* ognlsed as Mrs. Csrilto
Butler, ths widow of a railroad em
ptvF* w ho *wo wesks sgo
Ths tdopllfioatUMi does not, bowsvar,
cl* a i Up His mysteries at landing the
deaths of ths woman, bolfa of lm
died as the rssujl '4 bioken u***'hs
Tl.x theory of u.ui ler is being tores-
MADE NEGRO PAY
FOR MURDER DONE
CITIZENS LYNCHED HIM
\
FOR KILLING J. A. PARK. A FARM
ER, IN PIKE COUNTY.
Herbert Simmons Was Taken from
the Officers While living Taken to
Jail In /.eliolon—He Wan Slrnnu
Upon a Tree and Ilia Body Was
Riddled With Bullets—Mrs. Park
Found Hnahand'a Body, With Skull
Crushed In.
Neal, Ga.. Dec. 29. —Herbert Sim
mons. a negro, was lynched here to
day for the killing of J. A. Park, a
white man, and one of the commu
nity's best known citizens.
The negro was taken from the offi
cers by infuriated citizens while being
carried to the Zebulon jail and after
being strung upon a tree his body was
riddled with bullets.
The coroner's verdict was that Mr.
Park came to his death at the hands
of Herbert Simmons.
The dead body of Park was found in
the road, near his home, by his wife
yesterday morning.
He left home in the morning, and
not returning last night, his wife be
came uneasy, and being still absent
yesterday morning, she started out to
search for him. About two hundred
yards from the house she came upon
his body, which was cold in death, he
having been murdered some time dur
ing the night. A heavy stlek was
found near the body, with which the
man’s head had been crushed to a
pulp. Robbery is supposed to
have been the motive, as not
a cent was found on the body, while
it is said he had S4O or SSO when he
left home.
DRUMELZIeVA WRECK.
The Steamer Ha* Been Abandoned
by Her Crew.
New York. Dec. 29.—With her sig
nals of distress and her half-masted
ensign still flying, the steamer Drumel
zier was abandoned to-night as a total
wreck by' her captain and a dozen of
the crew, who were taken off the craft
and landed on Oak Island by the crews
of the Fire Island and Oak Island life
saving stations.
Early in the day eighteen men of the
crew were taken off the stranded
steamer by the surf boat of the Sandy
Hook station, which was towed down
to the Scene. The men were brought
to this city later on a tug. Capt. Nich
olson, Chief Engineer Wood and the
remainder of the officers and crew de
cided to remain aboard until official
ly notified that the vessel had been
placed in the hands of the wrecking
company. In order to obviate any claim
for salvage on the derelict.
At 4:30 in the afternoon the oaptaln
decided that it was unwise to remeCi
long sr on the ship, which was being
terribly buffeted by the hee./y seas
and asked immediate rescue. The crews
of the nearby stations responded to his
signals, and after a hard struggle, the
men were taken off and landed at Oak
Island.
The rescue of the men on the Dru
melzler was hazardous in the extreme
and attended by many thrilling inci
dents.
STRIKERS WILII/OTE
To Deelile Whether They Will Con
tinue the Fall River Strike.
Fall River, Maes., Dee. 29.—Renewed
Interest In the great cotton mill strike,
which has been In existence here since
July 25, was created to-day by the an
nouncement from the Textile Council
that it had called mass meetings of
the various,unlons for to-morrow aft
ernoon, when they will be asked to
vote by ballot on the question of end
ing or continuing the struggle. The
union leaders said they called the
meetings, not because the operatives
were weakening, but because of their
desire to obtain a direct expression
of opinion on jhe situation.
Joseph J. Jackson, secretary of the
slasher tenders, said great restless
ness umong the operatives has result
ed from the American Federation of
Labor assessment affairs. “The
strikers.” he said, “believed the fed
eration would carry the strike along.
The slowness of the federation in the
matter of sending money caused many
to become disheartened.”
The manufacturers are still firm In
their determination to enforce the re
duction of 12<di per cent., but should
the cut down be accepted It Is under
stood the mill owners will agree to
adjust minor grievances.
FROM SINKING*SCHOONER
THEY WERE RESCUED.
Takes (o Havre, Whenee They Will
lla Sent Hume.
Havre. Dec. 29.—The British steamer
Anglo-ChUfan from Pensacola, via
Newport Newa, which arrived here
yesterday with Capt. Nelson, his wife
and five members of the crew of the
American schooner W. R. Chester oti
hoard, reports having rescued them In
mid-ocean when the Chester waa sink
ing after having encountered s four
days’ storm Capt Nelson art fire to
the schooner la-fore abandoning her,
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tha r*a u 4 i* f*n horn*
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Philadelphia. Dec. 29.—The Right
Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, Bishop of the
Central Pennsylvania Diocese of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, is to
face fresh charges, growing out of the
unfrocking by the Bishop in 1902 of
the Rev. Dr. Ingram, N. W. Irvine,
rector of St. Paul's Church, Hunting
don, Pa. This affair, which resolved
Itself into a scandal, culminated in
the presentation in court, as evi
dence, of a letter wrlten by the Bish
op to Mrs. Emma D. Elliott, a parish
ioner of Dr. Irvine's church, in which
the Bishop advised her to prosecute
the rector upon a charge of misappro
priation preferred by the woman. “And
then,” concluded the famous commu
nication, “if he Is convicted In a court
of record, I will unfrock the slimy fel
low."
A committee of inquiry has been
formed to draw up the second present
ment against Bishop Talbot, which is
composed of the folfowing well known
ecclesiastics: The Rev. Morgan Dlx,
rector of Trinity Church, New Ydrk;
the Rev. Dr. H. P. Nichols, the Rev.
Dr. Henry L. Jones, the. Rev. Dr. T.
Israel, the Rev. John E. Hardin, the
Uev. Dr. E. A. Enos and others of
equal prominence.
Tl evidence collected for presenta
tion in support of the new allegations
promises to disclose a scandal of
alarming proportions, which Involves
not alone the Bishop, but. as well, a
woman of highest standing In New
York and Pennsylvania society.
WAS ONCE ELECTED
BiSHOP OF GEORGIA.
Atlanta, Ga„ Dec. 29.—Right Rev.
Ethelbert Talbot, Bishop of the
Diocese of Central Pennsylva
nia, against whom certain charges
have been brought, is a Southern man,
and was at one tlmo elected Bishop of
Georgia. After the death of Bishop
John W. Beckwith, the Georgia Epis
copalians first elected Rev, Thomas F.
Gaylor, now the Bishop of Tennessee,
who declined. The convention met In
Macon to receive Mr. Gaylor's decli
nation, and on July 1, 1891, elected as
BlHhop of Georgia the Right Rev.
F.thelbert Talbot, at that time the
missionary Bishop of Wyoming and
Idaho.
The election was practically unani
mous. Mr. Talbot having received ev
ery vote In the convention but throe.
He took the question under advise
ment for nearly three months as he
was very anxious to come to Georgia,
but finally on Sept. 23 of that year
addressed a letter to Z. D. Harrison,
clerk of the Supreme Court of Geor
gia, declining the honor.
Bishop C. K. Nelson, also a Southern
man, and at that time rector of a
parish in Bethlehem. Pa., was after
wards elected and accepted.
SEVEN CONVICTS
WERE SHOT DOWN.
They Tried to E*<-ape from Prison
In California.
Folaom, Cal., Dec. 29.—Seven of nine
convicts at the state prison who made
a break for liberty to-day were almost
riddled with 'bullets, three being dead
and three in a critical condition.
Capt. R. J. Murphy, a prison official,
is wounded by a shot in .the leg and
two slight knife wounds.
The convicts who engaged In the
break were all employed in the rock
crusher, where 325 of the most desper
ate prisoners were at work. A large
sledge hammer was thrown into the
crusher, causing the ponderous ma
chine to come to a standstill. This
attracted Capt. Murphy. Charles Jollsy
arid Charles L. Taylor to the place.
Thereupon the desperate convicts rush
ed to sets# Murphy and his two as
sistants. They succeeded In cstchlng
Murphy arid Jolley, The other endeav
ored to take the other guarda, who es
caped them. *>
The convicts, with their captives,
made their way toward a amail |>os(
comm mded by Guard W. H Hands,
who was arrnei withs rifle. They had
no sooner stepped Into the open than
the seven guards cotnineti**ed firing. I
and within twenty se*ond fully IM
aliofg had been flied end seven convicts
Warden Yell or dered th* remaining j
up and to* ** i, in 'Pflfl* ibey did to
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5 CENTS A COPY.
DAILY. $8 A TEAR.
WEEKLY 2-TTMES-A-WEEK $1 A YEAR
BARROW KILLED
MOTHER-IN-LAW
SHOT HIS YOUNG WIFE
ASO HEAT TWO HI'LLF.TH INTO Hist
OWK BODY.
ThomuKvlllr Ktrltril ly n Tragedy
to Which Harrow Trlerl to A <l.l
the Crime of I lorlt'ldr and Hulrlde.
Fired Five Time* Lpoa III* Wile.
Then Killed III* Mother.ln-Law,
Mr*. I'urrish—Used a Winchester
I noil Himself.
Thomasvllle. Oa.. Dec. 29.—This aft
ernoon at 1:16 an attempted murder,
attempted suicide and u killing: took
place In this city.
J. B. Barrow, an engineer on the
Atlantic Coast Line, while endeavor
ing to kill his wife, Nina Parrish Bar
row, shs>t live times at her with a 32
caliber pistol. He Inflicted only a
slight flesh wound In her left hand, but
shot and killed his mother-ln-law, Mrs.
William Parrish.
He then went to his room, seized a
Winchester rifle, and placing the muz
zle against his abdomen, shot him
self twice. The ring on his watch
deflected the course of one bullet and
saved his life. The other penetrated hls
lung, but unless complications set In he
will probably recover. He Is at the
City Hospital under guard of a spe
cial deputy. He claims tjiat the shoot
ing of hls mother-in-law was acciden
tal, and that he regrets her death. Ho
says he wishes to die.
A peculiar feature of the tragedy
was the fact that after Barrow had
shot himself, he staggered to the tele
phone, called up the office of the
Thomasvllle Tlmes-Enterprtse and told
of hls deed, telling them to send a
reporter to the scene.
The shooting took place at the
Parrish home on Campbell street. On
the premises ut the time were two
visitors, John V. Tlnly, a young man
of Waynesboro, nephew of the dead
woman, and Mrs. Hartwell Lambert
of Fitzgerald. Sallie Jones, a negro
eook, was also there. All say they
did not see the fatal shot tired.
Barrow's claim of accident Is not
born out by the position of the body
when found. He admits frequent quar
rels with the dead woman. The en
gineer Is 36 years of age nnd hls wife
18. They have been married two years,
but never lived happily together.
DODGE HAS MADE
NO CONFESSION.
Jerome Doesn't Know Tltnt He Wilt
Ben State's Witness.
New York. Dee. 29.—1n spite of per
sistent report* which have been cir
culated for several days to the effect
that Charles F. Dodge, the former
husband of Mr*. Clemence Dodge
Morse, wife of Churle* W. Morse, the
banker and former president of the
American Ice Company, had made a
sensational confession in connection
with the Dodge-lMorae divorce caae,
implicating many persons, Including
several members of the New York bar
association, District Attorney Jerome
said that Dodge has made no such
statement. Mr. Jerome sold:
"As yet Dodge has made no con
fession, and we will not take any
statement from him until hi* physical
condition warrants him In making one.
He is not a state witness yet, and
until he gives some valuable informa
tion he will not be taken as such.
The man Is a physical wreck now and
la being cared for. If he shall prove of
no value us a people's wttnee# then
he will be returned to the Tombs to
stand trial on the perjtv <■ charge,**
R'laakl iealltrr* It'll riant*.
rtoanoke, Vo., Dec, 2 The Bell
Telephone Company's plant* in this
rHjr and at Salem, Va.. hava been pur
chased by the Virginia and Tennessee
Company ahich operates an es< hattg*
here. The two earhangas aMI be con
eolidaied under the manage**n> of the
Virginia end Tennessee Company, 3 an
1. Traffic ar*u<>f < n.etita have Pawn
made to give the oes owners oommmc
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