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Atlanta Georgian (and news) §
VOL. V. NO. 203.
ATLANTA, GA., TUEBDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1907.
OLIVER BID
IS TURNED
DOWN
MI Canal Work Pro
posals Are Re
fused.
AX EXPLANATION
IS TO BE MADE
Details to Come from White
House on Tuesday Af
ternoon.
ttajhlngton, Feb. 26.—It was an
noinced at the war department this
afternoon that none of the bids so far
ruhmltted for the construction of the
Panama canal will be accepted.
This means that William J. Oliver, ef
Knoxville. Tenn., and his financial and
construction associates of Washington.
,v™ York and other cities will not ob
tain the contract, regardless of the re
cent conferences at the white house,
which led many of those most Interest-
to believe the JJllver combination
It waa urnounced that a statement
siting the details of the president's de
rision to accept none of the bids would
t>p issued from the white house later In
tnt afternoon.
L” CAR FALLS
NTQ STREET
Thousands of Persons
Menaced by Dread
Third Rail.
New York. Feb. Id.—As a result of a
collision between two elevated trains
on Ihe Third avenue line thla morning,
an "I." car dropped to the street from
i in- structure just below the Madison
Square theater. The train waa bound
from Harlem to South Ferry.
Thousands of persons braved tho
dangers of the deadly third rail by
walking the etructure to the nearest
station. The Second avenue tra|p was
rounding the curve at the Intersection
at Chatham Square when the work
train, which waa bound north, sudden-
hove In sight and struck the passen-
HARROVIAN GIVEN $100,000;
HE TELLS OF FIRING FISH
Gives Sensational Tes
timony Before the
Committee.
WONT ANSWER
SEVERAL QUERIES
Says Fish Deposited Road’s
Money in Own Trust
Companies.
DELMAS BALKS JEROME;
EVELYN’S BURY IS READ
Abe
New Yofk. Keh. 26 -KefaMl by K.
Harrlmao to tell what proportion of th*
preferred atock of the Alton sold to the
(•ttlott Par I fit' belonged to him Individually,
haa pared the way to hive the queatloo
eettled by the Federal courta.
The polat raised lurolvea a material lim
itation upon the Inqulaltortal power of
the cotnmlaaloD, and la of oeroaa Impor
tance to the whole queatloo of Interstate
corporation Investigation.
In the Investigation before the Interstate
commerce cotnmlaaioo an effort waa mada to
■bow by Hsrrlman's testimony and tbe rec
ord* of the company that there bad been
an enormoue Inflation of the stock securi
ties aod liabilities oft be Altoo; that tbs
Hardman syndicate had taken unfair prof
Ita by declaring a dividend of 99 per cent
from the proceeds from the first sale of
bonds, amounting to 140,000,000.
That the eyndteate bad Bold Itself the
iionde at an unreasonably low figure, only
to resell them at eaonuoue profits: that
the turrtmiu ajhgtciti hid capitalised the
of former stockholders In tbe Al
ton, sod tbe money which has been spent
by the old management for betterments
over a period of ten years and already
charged to operating expenses; .that the
books of tbe company had been "doctored.*
and that for an Increase of the stock and
liabilities from, roughly. I40.000.00o to shout
S116.000.000, there was nothing to show, ex
cept an expenditure of $'.3,000,000 In Im
provement* on the property.
Got Check for $100,000
When Mr. Ilarrlman appeared liefore tbe
coumilsslon todfy be wae piled with further
question* regarding the Chicago and Altou
reoragnlxatlon. The only Important point
brought out waa when Harrlmsn Identified
a check for SNO.OOO which he had received
far
In addition tft hla profits as stockhekSrr foi
personal serviced Tn patting throagh -4h«
Titer on Harrlmao admitted that 'la.
with Jacob 11. Hchlff, James Htlllman. and
Georg* wold, ware sola ewncra of the
taetede Construction Company. Ilirthni*
Hummel
Permitted
Tell All.
Not
to
PRISONER’S WILL
TO BE ATTACKED
Jerome Likely to Ask That
it be Taken From the
Records.
Ntw York, Fab. 21.—At tba opening
of .today-i teaalon of the- Thaw trial
Jerome read to the coart a letter from
J. Dentaton Lyon, vice preildent of
the Lincoln National Bank of Pltte.
burg, who promlMd, when he waa on
the stand. to lend to Clerk Penny all
papere In the vault In the bank which
held Tbaw’e will and letter!.
Jerome mold that Mr. Lyon, on the
advice of Lawyer Hartrldge, refused
to sand latter* written subsequent to
Mystery of $173,000
Theft Deep as
Ever.
JOHN BULLARD’S
LAST HOPE GONE
To Be Executed
Marietta Next
Friday.
in
wru
PRISON BOARD
REFUSES MERCY
Killed His Daughter and
Only Said “It Was
Necessarv.’’
the day . of - tba shooting. Hat nidge
sold he had,Instructed Lyon to take
thla action on tho strength of a talk he
had with Jerome. The district attor
ney danled ha had so Informed Hart
ridge and asked that an order be made
to produce the letters and papere.
Wants Will 8triokan.
It In a matter entirely out of the
Jurisdiction of the court,” laid Juetlce
Fltagerald. “The papers are In Pitta'
burg and I con not sea my way clear to
order their production.'
'This witness, Mr. Lyon. Is out of the
Jurisdiction of this court and it may be
that he will .pot return for cross-exam-
j|d%" said Jerome. —In '
l wtu move taltrftwcpt-aat
u hut the will and
lowed because of
tala slock whlcli the I
n, were to where the
...got the atoek. end If Herrl-
men bed *oid nay of hi, own slock to the
L'nlon I'aclHc.
Ilarrlman simple rrplted:
a i decline to ulinwer.”
nrrlman esld tbit th-re waa an agree
Norlhweiiern rntlroed Jointly hr the t alon
acl«r and Kama Fe. lie explained that
the Kan l-edro line waa Jointly Controlled
hr the l’nlon l-sclllo nail Henalor (lark.
Imt II wn allll a keen competitor of the
H< iTirr| l inin*th«o ciplnlncdt bellllnole deal
Thr l'nlon l’nclllc lied nrqulred In all HI,-
31 aharet of llllnol. (Vn.reJ. |wt||n| |h||t
ger.
One of the work cars fell to Ihe
street almost In splinters, smashing Ihe
city's new toilet. The rear trucks of
the passenger car fell to the street and
Ihe vehicle was left suspended In Ihe
mid air.
The passengers fairly trampled over
cm li other In their efforts to get to
-ofety. Women and children screamed
and when the employees of the com
pany realised that the danger was over
'hey Immediately began assuring the
(tightened one*.
TRUSTCONCERN
lie cauaetl a netiiuittoii Inr «*»ertlng Hint
■■•cured the dltmlml or PresidentOtity-
v.unlit Flih Iiecauae Hah had deposited
large numn of moury Ixlotiglug to Ihe Illi
nois Central with the Trust Conipany of
the llrpahllr and another trust eonqia —
one of which Fish wan lntercl.nl. h.
"it"'enme out at the Interstate commerce
hearing thla afternoon that dturri-aant M.h
had I lor rowed frooi the llllnota Central rail
road 1I.2S0.0ii0 personally. To esahte Mr.
codicil which were allowed
hla tdentlficntlon."
Abe Hummel Called.
Abraham Hummel waa called aa tba
first witness this, morning. Th* Jurors
looked curiously at th* tlttl* lawyer
with the big bald head. Questioned by
Jerome. Hummel said ha knew Evelyn
N'esblt Thaw, having aaen har flrgt
either in 1101 or 1MJ. He said he hod
—n her before she cametohiaoffice.
Jerome handed the wltneaa the pno-
Mb, lie hud poraonnlly loaned Mr. Flak
the ti.coo.ooo.
Ill HEATED STOVE
ASSAILANT TRIED
TO THROW VICTIM
Patrolniau’s Wife Beaten
Senseless and Robbed
During Night.
He Is To Be President
of the Carnegie
Company.'
New York. Feb. 2*.—With hi* retire
ment on March 4 aa secretary of the
treasury. Leslla M. Shaw will become
president of the Carnegie Trust Cont-
bany, of this city, taking up.hla resl-
d' nee with hla family In the metropolis.
Thla statement la made un authority.
It Is known that Mr. Shaw Itaa nl-
r ' "dy ■elected a place of residence and
pi- new home Is being Sued up snllcl-
totlng the arrival of hie family. To-
"oy or tomorrow the board of directors
"< the Carnegie Trust Company, a new-
*•' "rgantaed concern with a capital
,l '>ck of ll.oee.MO. will elect Mr. Bb*->
tc' .ldent, to taka the place of Charles
IMcktnson.
lumbermen meet in
ANNUAL CONVENTION
-l-elnl tn The fletwglan.
la.'k*,|iTl||*. We.. Feb. .1 A! the
1 “ "f Hie tteorgta-FlorM.i l.enilx in"
‘e'l— yvMt'ntey It «■• 4reMe>l to
Special to The Georgian
Pori amount. V».. Feb. 26.—While her
huabnnd. u tiollcemsn, was i>slrolllng
Ida best In a diatom section of the city,
Mrs. William 8. Diggs waa murderously
assaulted late Inst night. while »n«
ws- some In her home.
Her assailant tried to stuff a hand
kerchief Into her mouth, and not aue-
enedlng In this, grabbed Iter up and
endeavored to pitch her headlong Into
a I,anted stove, then nfter snatching u
gold watch belonging to Mrs. Olegs,
her naasllant lied.
When she'was lound alia hud lapsed
Into a comatose state. Her hair was
disheveled ttntl her face was smeared
with smut from the stove. The victim
Is to too weakened a condition lo give
n detailed «talemcnt of the assault, hut
tell- It In hits, and then lapses Into
seml-convch usness
The onlv other occupant of ihe Olggs
home ut the lime of Ihe assault was
Olgc-* little daughter, who vvns
unharmed. ... , .
There has been an cpldemle of rob-
berles In Ihe town lately, and It Is be
lieved that the perpetrator of this as
sault Is on" " f “ «<“>* »P«mllf>g here.
tographlc copy of the affidavit alleged
to have been made by Mn. Thaw In
order to refreah the witness' memory
as to the date ah* came to hie office
Delmas objected, saying It waa a copy
of an alleged original. Hummel said
he had a talk with Evelyn at hla office
the latter part of October, 1M>. The
witness was aaked If a atanographtr
was present. Delmas objected.
To Aeeount for Abatno*.
"If I could prove,” said Jerome, "that
Stanford White waa In Europe th*
night she says the Incident occurred,
that'would be a collateral fact. Hera
la a traversable fact—the fact that In
Parla ahe told the defendant a etory
which caused a psychic bomb.
"This Is not merely a collateral fact,
but on* that goes to tho very heart of
the situation. We want to establish
thla evidence, not for the purpose of
Impeachment solely, but for the pur
pose of croas-eaamlntng Mr*. Evelyn
Thaw. Before I can show her a copy
of an original I must account for ins
absence of that original.”
Smilsa at Friend*.
During the argument. Hummtl sat In
the witness chair amlllngly recognising
persona through th* court room. Del-
maa finally withdrew hla objection and
Ihe witness answered "Tee."
The next day h* waa given a paper
by Jacobson or Schntldeeker. He Iden-
lined a paper aa a carbon copy of the
affidavit given him. Th* witness waa
not permitted to say what became of
the paper, although Jerome aaked If
he eubmquently gave It to Evelyn,
witness Offers Apolegy.
The witness had started to answer
Ihe question, but offered gn apology to
Delmas and promised not to answer
until counsel for the defense had alg-
ninevl his Intention aa to objection.
Justice Fltsgerald sustained th* objec.
lion.
Q. When (.Id Mr*. Evelyn Thaw come
to your office next?
Delius* again objected.
"She has stated when sno called, once
on October 27 and again some time
around t'hrtstmas, 1M2," he said. "It
Ihe object of thla question la to cor
roborate whst she said we need no car-
rnh vratlnu. If It la to Impugn* her tee-
Hmny wc stand upon our former ob
jection."
"Thot will be all for the present."
sold Jerome, after Justice Fltsgerald
ruled out Ihe pueellons.
Mutt BUy Within Call.
Chicago, Feb. 21.—The robbery of the
sub-lreatury of 6172.000. all in bllal of
large denominations. Is yet unsolved,
but the authorities are convinced that
th* theft la the work of employees.
The authorities struggled until far In
the night to clear up the mystery, but
Itfiout a volt.
Warrants have bWII piepared fin Hit
arrest of any suspect against whom
sufficient evidence may accumulate.
The warrants were prepared by United
State* Commissioner Mark A. Foote
under the direction of District Attor
ney Sims. Mr. Foote and the district
attorney remained at the Federal build
ing until lau last night *o that they
could keep constantly In touch with the
secret service bureau.
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tout tithe day was dark and com l
and drear.” Must hove been' a o
O day Uke Tuesday _wh«n Longfel- 0
low hit that otM off.
6 doing to be some more of It O
eaya the weather i
S Wednesday,
man. O
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nesday, no marked change In tern- O
O perature." o
Q Tuesday'* temperatures: 0
0 7 o'clock a. m 12 degrees. Q
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O It o'clock a. m..
O 12 o'clock noon..
O l o'clock p. m..
O 2 o'clock p. m.
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Hummel was ordered by Jerome t^j abou , u . the
main within rail. - ~ .. .. ....
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■ to.lla.lrlpllls. l.oinler Kvebnuge.
HiffilMi l.miilNM Trail** Also
Hoiilli I'aiollun |gi» , Mlf*r Aw^wIImii
G»"(gh* AVith leiimU*
lliiltii
remain vvliliin call,
Abrnhum Scheneldecker was then
called to the stand.
y. Where wtre you employed Octo
ber 27. 1601? A. With Howe O Hum
mel.
Q. Did you go to Maritron Square
(lenten at night? A. Yes.
q. Did you see Evelyn N’esblt there?
A. Yes.
on Delmas' objotlr.n the answer was
sirtrken nut and Ihe witness excused.
Mr. Hnrtrldgc asked the court tn
place on record the fact that he was
■villim,' lo call Dm. Deemar and Blnga.
ml.I, of 1'iiisbuiK. vvhtnever the dls-
Hid r.lho of > wuuied I hem.
"I want fV-, brie ws ■•■•n «* rosy
.. . .it ..•’»! Irani t- re
main within the Jurisdiction of the
court until the trial Is over.” said Je
rome.
Evelyn Back on Stand.
Eveiyn_ N'esblt Thaw waa then re-
caiied*t«rthe aland and‘her cross-ex
amination by Jerome was continued.
She was handed a book with black,
flexible leather coven and aaked If the
handwriting.waa her*. While the wit
ness engaged In reading the contents
of the book the tint batch of the let
ters arrived from J. Jenlstnn Lyon's
bank In Phtaburr. one of Jerome's
assistants broke the seal of the en
velope containing the letters to which
Delman took esreptton.
Jerome naked that the letters be
turned over to him. but Justice Fltx-
geralri agreed with Lawyer Delmas
lo the deposit of tho package with Clerk
Penny until Ihe court could be able to
rule In the relevancy of the papers and
letters.
Mrs. Thaw rend the hook carefully,
occasionally smiling aa ahe recalled
gome of the events referred to. She lin
gered over some of the pages which ap
parently reminded her of pleasant
time* she had had. She said the book
wn- n diary which she kept In 1602
while at school In Pnmptnn. N. J.
Jerome offered Ihe book In evidence
Delmas said he desired (o examine It
(tret. He then rend lt.
Read Prom Diary.
District Attorney Jerome read ex
tracts from the diary-
q. You were married In Pittsburg.
April I. 1106? A. Yes, before that he
ted Irrationally. We were going un
flroadway In an electric hansom. Cross
ing Hefald square h* saw Stanford
Whlta and grow excited and almost had
Thla was In 1604. While at
Daly's theater, when .he saw While
come Into th* box opposite da, Mr
Thaw grow as white as chalk and his
eyes rolled and stood out.
q. Did he ever complain that White
was peroscutlng him In having him fol
lowed? A. Yes. He aatd Stanford
White was circulating atorlaa about us
' John Bullard will be hanged In Ma
rietta Friday.
After hearing the appeal for either
commutation or a respite. Chairman J.
8. Turner and Oer.eral C. A. Evans, the
two members present at the hearing
Tuesday morning, sent th* papers lo
Oovernor Terrell at 1 o'clock Tuaaday
afternoon with Ihe word "declined”
written across It.
Whether or not the governor ap
proves this finding remains to be seen,
but as he haa made It a fixed custom of
his administration not to do so, th-
belief Is that Bullard'* last hope Is
gone.
Voluminous and strong evidence from
reputable physicians, even from the
three who passed on Bullard's mental
condition a few days ago. was sub
mitted to show that the man was tn the
Inst stages of tuberculosis and could
not live many months longer even If
the hand of the Jaw was stayed.
Peiann Beard MeeU.
Mrs. Viola Bywaters
Expected to Take
Stand Tuesday, v;
MIBB MAE WOOD.
8h* say* ah* haa auad Senator
Platt for diverse, naming sixteen
women.
sues pun
The special meeting of the prison
commission began at 11:20 Tuesday
morning. The plea for either commu
tation of sentence to life Imprisonment
or a respite for some months, when
death from consumption waa Inevita
ble. was presented by Attorneys Her
bert’Clay and J. J. Nortlicutt, of Ma
rietta.
Many certificate* from physicians
who had esamlned Bullard as to his
physical condition were submitted.
Among these waa one tram Dr. E. C.
Cartlldge. of Atlanta, who stated that
Bullard waa practically In a dying con
dition. Dr*. Baird, Hochenhull and
d Bullard sans.
Tale, who pronounced
physical condition. Several petitions
were also presented praying tor a .res
pit*.
An Unusual Crime.
In many respects John Bullard'*
crime was unusual. On a Uttle farm
In Cobb county, aome miles west at
Powder Springs, he lived with ht*
daughter, a pretty young girl of some
Culpeper, Va.. Fab. 26.—Mrs. Viol*
Byuaters, whose husband waa shot to
death by her brothers, la expected to
take the stand today.
Llttla tg expected In tbe way of jjew
developments beyond evidence by both
aides to atrengthan tbe case.
The verdict will probably bo reached
by th* end of tbe week. The first day
of the trial, was busy. Th* Jury wm»-
secured In leg* than two hours, both
stdas had presented the case and. five
witnesses have bean examtnsd.
Attorney John T. Jeffreys, for th*
defense, made an eloquent address, vis
ibly gffsctlng the Jury. Jeffreys ap
pealed to the Jurors to place them-
selves menially tn tha place of th* de
fendants, the two Strotber brothers.
Bywaters waa forced to wed viola
Strothers, and when he tried to escape
from tbe house waa shot to death by
her two brothers. They do not deny
the shooting, but claim that they were
Justified. Aa a matter of fact, their
sole plea will be the “unwritten law.”
So Declares Mae Wood
WILLELECTGARRETT
New York. Feb. 26.—Mint Mae Cath.
trine Wood announced today at Colons
Midi., that she has surd Senator Thom
as c. Platt for divorce.
She declares that although the pa
pers were filed In- New York Decem
ber 26. they have been Suppressed In
th* courts. She added that piatt will
resign hi* test la tbe achate next Fri
day.
gar* tirttmonT We to the man's serious When Vronlf IT TIart. the aenatevh
sou. was shown Mias Wood's insga- ftTE*BMH|k
.. 46 degrees. Ofktud—of~* chap,
.46 degrees.
.44 degrees.
Bullard waa always a quiet, taciturn
iltendtng-strictly._ta
his own affairs. He tilled the farm,
while hla daughter attended the do
mestic affairs of the small household.
One morning In Ihe late fall last year
the community waa startled by the
news that John Bullard had shot and
killed his daughter. While at the break
fast table bullstrd ahot Ihe girl. "
n* placed under arrest and his only
explanation was:
"It waa necessary!"
Throughout hla Incarceration and th*
trial In Marietta he never offered any
other explanation but that, over and
over again:
"It wftii ncpHMn’!"
Bullard was tried In December at
Marietta and was found guilty of mur
der. Sentence of death was passed on
him, and tha execution set for Friday,
March 1.
With death near, Bullard's attorney,
Herbert Flay, son of Senator A. 8.
Clay, began moving rapidly to save hla
Kent from th* gallows. He appealed
to Oovernor Terrell for a board of
physicians to pass on the man's sanity,
After a careful examination, the throe
physicians stated with pnaltlveness that
Bullard waa of sound mind.
Then tbe final move for life waa
made—the appeal lo the pardon board
ornmute th* sentence to Ilf* Imprla
O DIE8 SCATTERING BALT
O TO HEDOE OFF WITCK
O IMAGINED .TO BE COMI
ontnont.
WAIT A RECEIVER
FOR SCOTT BRICK CO,
Bankruptcy proceedings were Insti
tuted In the Federal court of the North-
'ern district of Georgia Tuesday morn
ing agalnat the Scott Brick Company,
of Atlanta, by the R. O. Campbell Coal
company. Lesler Book and Stationery
Company and Berk A Gregg Hardware
Company.
The petition also aaked for ihe ap-
pAintment of a receiver. The company
acknowledged servlr* t of papers and ex-
tunkrupta. The claim or the coal com
pany amounted to 6667.11, the others
being much ■matter.
The petitioners allege that the Hr.ut
Brick company leased Ite plant from
the South River Brick Company, and II
Is alleged that upon Information there
Is a clause In the coni met between the
two companies that If th* Brntt Brick
Company falls In business 66,000 of
material and stock shall revert tn the
Mouth River Brick Company. The petl
q. Did he say that While had em- j Monoro allege,that^hey Had no previous
ployed th* Monk Eastman gang tn kill
kill-
him? A. Tee.
q. And this continued unlit th
Ing of White? A. Yes, sir,
q. I should gather that afirr Hint
Christmas eve until th* killing of
White he was continually expressing a
fear of being killed by Htnnford
While? A. Tee.
q. After your marriage wits there
anything in Thaw's appearance that
■uld lead to believe he wa* an Insane
man? A. I thought nil these thing*
you referred to were after tin- msr-
»ge.
Recess was taken. Mrs. Than again
tnt on th* stand when the session
I iiviivin *inffic ihh( iitry iiuij nu inrviuua
knowledge of this clsuse, as Ihe con*
tract was never recorded.
tlon. he smiled but said nothing.
Mlsa Wood's attorneys at Richmond.
Va.. confirm har story of the suit.
Allas Wood adds In a late announce
ment I hat sha haa named sixteen co
respondent* but decline* to give tlielr
names.
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Spartanburg. 8. C\. Feb. 26.— 1
O Declaring that wltchas ware after f
her, Bust* Moore, of this city, <
seised both hands full of salt and <
scattered It about har room to I
drive them out. Following her <
S strange actions she waa takan
violently III and died In a short
O time. When a physician reached
her ehe held salt In both hande. I
IN N,Y, WEDNESDAY
Hus Completed Inspection
Trip Over System and
Returned East
Norfolk. VS., Feb. 26.—General
agar Garrett, of the Heaboard. retarMt
last night from a ten Bays* Bonfbarn
portion trip over tbe road OM I saves
tonight for New York, where he will to
morrow 'doubtless bo elected prsoMnt
and general manager of the fisebearfi. ;
Official denial was today given to n
reporv that_<!• H. Hlx* U to be sore-
reeded aa general superintendent eg (He
Seaboard by L. F. Whittlesey, who
mmm 7 ~, a j
go to Jacksonville as aeetitant sopor-
Intendent. but Will, continue In hla pros
ent position. Tho position to be filled
by Whittlesey In the Seaboard will noi
be announced until Thursday.
CHURCH TO ERECT BUILDING
AT JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.
caused much excitement' among .
O the negroes. The coronor's In- O
O veettgatlon showed that her death O
O waa of a violent nature. O
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Sped*I to Tks Georgian.
HNorfolk, va- Fah. 24.—At the South- )
ern Methodist meeting here today Gov
ernor Swanaon. of Virginia, himself a
Methodist. Introduced a resolution un
der -which a 610,000 building for tba
Methodist. North and South, will be
erected at the Jamestown Exposition.
MAN WITH 7 WO HEARTS
N07 GUILTY OF BIGAMY
Rome, Italy, Feb. 24.—Probably the most remarkable court decision am
record In a bigamy case has Just been handed down by n coart nt Perugia,
which acquitted Charles Ralleri. a tailor, on a charge of having two wives,
on th* ground that he haa two heart*. Pour physicians testified that Bai
ler! possesses two heart* The court at once decided that this waa ample
man# I
reason for him to
’ twice.
TWtNTY NEGROES PERISH
IN CHARLESTON FIRE
Hpeclal to Tbe tlcorglsii.
t’liNrlcRlnu,. K. t\. Fell. 24.
Ion. wlilt'lt
teenty Begni pewngi-tw wen- tlrown
wl or Imrtied to ilpath, anil s doseii ni.N'o
on- mtNdug.
Tit*- are storied *t u n. in., forward, dor-
lux * tilxti w-liul. with iHiiuu>iie<TM nNh-ein
mid many were cat off. nltlimisli He ■•••wl
was ran Into n whmf within * few min
idea sflei the nlsnii. Thom were sert-u
while psseeiqera and stout fitly ucgroci mi
ol.
Growth and Progress of the New Send
. :
The Georgian record* here etch da/ none
economic (let In reference to Ihe onward
march of the South.
BY
JOSEPH B. LIVELY.
"During the twelve months of 1C06.” say* Ihe Manufacturers' Rec
ord of Baltimore. "Ihe value of exports from th* twenty-five customs dis
trict* of the South amounted in value lo T471,402,764 and at Ihedff
other customs district* of Ihe country to 61.116.664.147. Th* Increase
the value or exports at all th* district* In the country In 16M over 1666
from II.I26.660.7I6 to 11,766.247.641. or $171,267,146 equal to 10.6 Writ,
at the alxty districts, not Including the South, from 61.062,216.266 to tldl
*45.147. or by 166,626.654. equal to 1.4 per cent, and-at the tweaty-6
Southern districts from 6663.771.6d2 to 6676,402,766 or by 664,121,264,
to 14.2 per cent. •(■■;
"Of the eighty-five districts from which there wore exports In sons
both of the years, twenty-six exported lean In 1664 than tn 1606. Of
twenty-fix five were Southern ports, via. Savannah, a*.: 0“
N. CT, Apalachicola, Fla.: Ht. Marks. Fla., and Brosoe de Ban til
their aggregate decrease being 16.111,447. hardly comparable w ith
clease of 613,626067 at Puget Bound alone. Oelreston led In the I
In values at Southern porta, advancing from 1160,116642 to UMiML
636721.456. bring second only to New York among all the porta -
country’not only as tb this Increase, but also aa- to the value nt am
1606. The Increase at New- York. 262.747.167. was 7J per cent at
crease at alt districts qutslde thr Mouth, while lb* Increase at <
was 42 ger cent of the aggregate Increase nt all Southern ports,
of expoft* In 1606 New Orleans ranked third, Baltimore fourth,
fifth and Philadelphia sixth.” . *
TEXAS LAND.
Official advices were received In Meridian of tb* sale by the Bequala
..... ta omn.
I-(ltd and ('attic company, of London. England, of th* Spur ranch
ms. Kent nod Crosby rountlea, In northwest Texas, constating of
Rct-.s of well improved land and 40,000 head ‘of high-bred ret tie It.
Hwanann tt Sons, New York bankert, are Ihe purchasers and tn*
■nent Is ma.le lhai the property wll at onre o» cut un into small
The deal Involved a cash transaction of ti,600.000.
After a two day*' session th# combined bridge committees of
county, awarded the contract for two etael bridges over Dock river,
first Is til be built near Liltle Lot at a price of 6M«t) sad th*
Only Btalion. Thl* contract Is for 617,60#. Both of the ■-natrecta
awarded to the Nashville Bridge Company, of Nashville, repreosnted
president. Mr. A. J. Dyer.