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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. I 1(11 <AJ, .'1 .\ l tU, 1W!• FRED BUSH CASE IS UPJ0 J Continued from Page One. WHERE UNION HEROES LIE 6,000 Stop Friday and Others Will Follow Suit. STEAM DUMPS CAUSE TROUBLE General Strike Imminent and All May Be Out by Wednesday. Pittaburg, Pi, Mar 91.—President Feehnn, of the Pltteburg district of United Wine Workers, today ordered out all the miners at the mines where the steam dump Is In operation. Six thousand men will quit work this evening and will remain out until fur- ther orders from district headquarters. * The court room was Ailed with spec- eault with Intent to murder, had been Introduced. The defense took an unexpected tack Friday morning and Introduced no evl- 4MM akcspt tbs statement of Prod Bush. A number of character wit nesses had been summoned, but none was called to the stand. At the conclusion of the evidence. Solicitor Hill announced that there would only be one speech for the state. "There will be two for tho defense," said Attorney Rosser, Attorney Thomas B. Goodwin opened for the defense. Mr. Goodwin made a severe attack upon the newspapers and criticised the manner In which the Hush story has been handled. "The newspapen have declared that thle negro boy Identified Bush at tho police station," said he, "and there was not a word of truth In It. "They have charged unnatural rela tions between Bueh and Doolittle and they have fell down on It, for there hasn't been a word of evidence prove It." Judge Roan Interrupted Mr. Goodwin during his attack upon tha newspapers. "You can't bring the newspapers Into this case," sold Judge Roan, "became they haven't been Introduced as evl dence. What they said about It Is not Involved In this case at all.” Mr. Goodwin then began arguing the evidence In the case. Interest Grows Intense. Promptly at * o'clock Friday morn ing the tjlal of Fred Bush was aumed In the criminal division of the euperlor court If the operators refuse at the confer ence this afternoon to remove the dumps at once a general strike will be declared and by Wednesday of next week between 30,000 and 40,000 men will go out on atrlkl. The steam dump Is used by seven of the coal companies In the Pittsburg district at nineteen mines. Operations at these mines cease this evening. A conference will be held this afternoon. President Feehan said this morning: *1 have been Instructed by the execu tive board to Inform the operators that UPless tha steam dumps are removed at once a general strike will go Into effect the middle of next week. The steam dumps mean a reduction of 17 per cent ' In the earnlnga of tha miners. , CAPITALISTS PLOT TO SWAT JUSTICE IN SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco, May 31.—Assistant District Attorney Francis J. Heney gave out a statement late last night reviewing the local graft situation In which he scores bankets, merchants and other men of Influence with avow, edly seeking a miscarriage of justice In the prosecution of the men "higher up” who have been caught In tha drag net of the startling exposures of bribery and graft In thla city. Ha charges the banks with plotting to aave President Patrick Calhoun, of tho United Railroads, and says that the committee of seven, recently appointed to co-operate with the prosecution to aiiumo charge of the city's welfare, was part of a policy of fraud and hypocrisy Inspired by rich men now , Under Indictment. Won't Permit Conviction, •The representatives of nearly all tha banka In tha city mat In conference with Mr. Patrick Calhoun a short time ago end pledged him their support In form they limited their promisee of assistance to hla fight against union 1 abort Probably; however, soma of these bankers Immediately proceeded ’ to hint to their patrons that the Indict ment of Mr. Calhoun would be detri mental to the financial Interests of tha city. Members of tha grand Jury were talked to by bankers and merchants alone the** 11m*. "One highly res potable merchant de clared today that The merchants will not permit Mr. Calhoun to be convict ed.' "The movement to appoint a commit tee of seven to co-operate with Mr. Sprecklea and myself was a part of the policy of fraud and hypocriay. It was Inspired by these same rich men who are now under Indictment and by their friends. It was done for political pur- poaee. There was a plot to destroy the usefulness and afllclancy of the present prosecuting officers and to prevent thla community from securing the full ben efit of our work. Moreover the present movement for another committee to take charge of the city Is Inspired by these same schemers." tators, and the crowd was much larger than on Thursday, when great Inter est was manifested In the testimony delivered by Mrs. Julia McCarthy, her daughter, Miss Kathryn McCarthy, and Charlie V. Doolittle, the trio most db rectly Interested In the case. Fred Bush, Sr., father of the prison er, waa In court early, and sat at the table near the attorneys for the de fense. Ho was Joined later by Mrs. A. B. Morgan, sister of Fred Bush, who waa In court Thuriday and re mained throughout the trial of the case. Bush sat In the rear of Attorneys Rosser and Goodwin, and closely watched the progress of the trial, John Ballinger, the negro messenger boy w*ho 'received the Infernal ma chine for delivery from some party at No. 1 Forsyth street, nti the first wtt, ness placed on the stand Friday morn Ing. When asked If he could Identify Fred Bush as the mnn who gars him the packnge Ballinger replied that he "be lieved he waa the man,” but would not say positively. Attorney Rosser vigorously < . to the Introduction of such testimony, and a lengthy argument ensued with Solicitor Illlt. Solicitor Hill tried to show by the witness that he had Identified Bush as the man who gave him the package on the night Bush was arrested. "I object," said Mr. Rosser. "If he can Identify him now, he can do It, but he can't testify to something he haa done before.” Judge Roan held that If the witness pointed oqt Bush and Identified him In the presence of Bush, then the testl mony would be competent.. Ballinger stated that he pointed out Bush to the officers and said ha be- Iteved he waa the man. Ntgro Not Po4itlve. On cross-examination ha admitted that he waa not poaltlva In hla Identi fication, and that all he could aay waa that the man who gave him the pack age w : ae a low' tnnn, who wore a whlta bat. He stated that he had been -In jail since the preliminary trial In the recorder’s court. Edward McGill, the messenger boy who delivered the Infernal machine to the McCarthy home, was the eecond witness put on the stand. At this point Solicitor Hill announced that he would Introduce the fragments of the dynamite box and tho Plata! as evidence and rest for the state. After a short conference with their client. Attorneys Rosser and Goodwin told Bush to take the stand and make his statement. Bush on Stand. Bush staled that he hod known Char lie Doolittle about eight years, and that they went Into buatnesa together a short while after he became acquainted with him. "The McCarthys and I and Doolittle's family have always been good .friends. Some tlma ago Doolittle went to Flori da because he waa lick and In bad haalth generally. Ha waa not getting along well and I went to see him. While I was there he wrote the letter to Miss McCarthy breaking off tha an- S agement. I had nothing whatever to o with It. “I have never objected to him going with the girl, except In a business way. Ha went to see her two or three nights of a week and talked to her over the 'phone every morning at the bualeat time. I had to do all the work and wanted him to help. ”1 never had any difficulty with Mrs. R A L^rannen & / »nthony Candy 29c Pound Box Liggett’s Saturday Candy on sale at our store every Saturday and Sunday. Re member that this candy is pure and that we are the exclusive agents for this city. Agents NATIONAL CI6AR STANDS AEXALl REMEDIES VINOL . 6 rannen & Anthony. A bit of the Federal cemetery at Marietta, where more than 10,000 Federal soldiers are buried. The cemetery was the scene qf Impressive Decoration Day servicea Thuriday. 20,000,000 RUSSIANS STARVING; 200,000 BABES HAVE PERISHED; CZAR’S OFFICIALS ARE LISTLESS St. Peteraburg, May 31.—Twenty million peasants are starving to dsath In five provinces of Russia. Hundreds of thousands have succumbed to lack of food , and shelter In the winter Just passed. An appalling number of babies, esti mated - at anywhere from 100,000 to twice as many, have perished, beating their little claw-like hands against the breasts of mothers who wero unable to give them sustenance. It has been a slaughter of the inno cents. The exact tala of the famine victims Is not known. Bread, os we know It, Is lacking from the tablee of ten out of eleven families In the five provinces where the famine Is raging. Meat la almost wholly luxury of the past. St. Petersburg officialdom haa been receiving reports for months with lan guld Interest. Gradually the true situ atlon In the five provinces Is becoming publicly known. $1,000,000 ALIMONY GRANTED BUT MAN TAKES THIRD WIFE Sew York, Mny 31.—Following elosetj upon n decree of the Westchester county court, which gsve his second wife it divorce snd it,000.000 alimony, John I.. Fillott. a mining promoter, hss again wed snd Is now on bis way to Karo pc with Ms third bride. The hrlde Is said to hire been n Miss Moore, daughter of Mrs. O. F. Moore. Elliott la presldout of the Consolidated Arizona Smelling Company and a member of the Metropolitan. New York Athletic, nud many other elaba. McCarthy except one time when I went to see her and sho was mad. She said Doolittle had told her I made him write the letter to Miss Katie breaking olt the engagement. Knew of Theater Trip. "I knew Doolittle went to the theater with Miss McCarthy on the night this accident occurred. I went to a saloon and bought a glass of beer and a cigar. 1 then wont to a restaurant on Broad street and after getting a lunch walked down Whitehall street to rn'p room and stood In tha ‘doorway listen ing 'to a phonograph. "A short while later, I went upstairs and went to bed, for I was not fqoUng well. About 13 o'clock the officers cams. I did not know why I was arrested un til I got to the police station. "The police took two pistols out of tho room, one of which waa mine. The other belonged to Doolittle. “I.do not knotv anything more about this trouble thnn. I have heard and read. I have never had-anything against Mrs. McCarthy of any of her family, or any- one el,e. IT do not know any more about this machine, bomb or whatever you call It, than the man In the moon. I would not know how to fix one or where to get It. , "I am surprised that Mrs. McCai thinks I did It, It hurt the as mucl It did anybody when I heard It. “If I thought I was mean enough to do such a thing I would want to die.”. Bush mods hla statement calmly, and. rule, spoke very distinctly, times his testlti Imony was rambling. With Bush's statement the defense retted. officer McGill was then called to the stand by Solicitor Hill. The officer testified that he saw Bush on the nig' of May 3 standing In the door of l ■tore, on Broad atraet, at about o'clock, and then saw him again about one hour later, standing In tho same place. Charlie Doolittle was called to the otand for a few moment* end after that both sides announced the cate closed. The arguments then began. IMPORTANT WITNESSES AT THUR8DAY’8 SESSION. After several hours had been con sumed In an effort to secure a Jury to try Fred Bush, charged with assault with Intent to murder, the panel was secured shortly before 3 o'clock Thurs day afternoon. The Jury waa then ■worn In and the cnee proceeded with as much haste aa possible. Mr*. Julia McCarthy was tha first witness called to the stand by the state. She testified to receiving the box con taining the dynamite which was ad dressed to her daughter. Miss Kathryn McCarthy, and which was sent to her home, 447 East Georgia avenue, on the night of May 8. „ , Mrs. McCarthy told of the relations existing between her daughter. Katie, and Charlie Doolittle and the apparent effort of Fred Buah to break up those relatlom MIS* . Kathryn McCarthy was the second witness called. She told of repeated differences which she and Charlie Doolittle have had since they became engaged and declared that Fred Bush waa reaponalbla for It all. She told of receiving the letter from Doo little In 190* which broke off their en gagement. and of Doolittle’s visit to ter when he returned explaining that It had been written fearing that harm would befall her If he failed to write It. "On one occasion Mr. Bush said to tne: ‘Well, you heard I was going to kill you, did you?' To which I replied that I had. -Well, you are not dead yet, are your he answered." Charlie Doolittle. The moat damaging witness against Bush was Charlie Doolittle, who waa the third witness called to the stand by the state. Doolittle declared that Bush had Induced him to write tha letter to Mlaa McCarthy which broke off. their engagement: that ha had repeatedly re monstrated with him because he paid her attentions and that he had several had made veiled threats against McCarthys and that he warned him to atop going with Mlaa McCarthy. Doolittle stated that Bush always ex cased himself for Interfering In the matter by saying that the business was suffering because of the time he spent with Miss McCarthy. In reply to a question from Solicitor Hill, Doolittle declared that BuBh Is a skilled mechanic and that he had seen him handle tools aa only a mechanic can. He stated that he had once prom ised Bush that he would never inarry.> but that he has since changed his mind. Solicitor Hill followed up Doolittle's testimony by Introducing experts on dynamite to prove Its death-dealing qualities and Its explosive power. E. W. Blount, station master at the Ter minal Station: T. J. Donaldson, super intendent of public works, and S. II. Venable testified that the box In which the Infernal machine was placed could contain a sufficient quantity of dyna mite to wreck an entire house. E. A. Moore, a grocer, told of having a conversation with Bush shortly after the Peters street -explosion when two negroes were killed by the explosion of a load of dynamite, and stated that Bush then told him more .than he ever knew about dynamite before. Detectlvo'Simpspn was the last wit ness.placed on the stand Thursday afu< ernoon. He told of going to 'the Mc Carthy home on the night of the ex plosion and the arrest of Bush a short while later. LAWTON STATUE IS ENTIRE AFFAIRS OF THEJfPDSITION Will Accept Office Recently , Tendered by Board of Governors. Norfolk, Va., May 31.—James Bprr, forpier president of the Sea board Air Line railroad, and close bust ness associate of Thomas F. Ryan, an nounces that he will accept the place urged on him by the board of govern ors of the Jamestown Exposition. No official announcement on the subject has been made by the exposition board of governors, and It Is not yet known what Mr. Barr's official designation will be, but It Is generally believed that he will have much authority. It not supreme, In directing the management of the exposition. Tho appointment and acceptance of Mr. Barr are a guarantee that' the $400,000 worth of bonds of the exposi tion hove been placed and also that the exposition will be speedily com pleted. > * BOARD SIDESTEPS STOCKS COAL CASE} IS UPTOCOUNCIL Alabama Maji Testifies to Paying Rebates to Stocks Company. Indianapolis, May 31—The monu ment to Major Oenernl Henry W. Law- ton. which was unveiled yesterday Im mediately preceding the address of President Roosevelt. Is the result of the work of tho Lawton monument com mission formed In 1900 shortly after the death of General Lawton In the Philippines. President Roosevelt was given an ovation all along the line to the city. At every station great crowds had gathered to give him a welcome. iTCZs. Rebel Hordes March on City Canton, Chins, May 31.—The city of 8<vs- tow Is reported to be on the verge of cap ture. by 10,000 rebellious Triads who are marehlng on the city after eluding troops sent to head them off. The revolt It said to be. spreading rapidly through Kwang tuns province. Thirty thousand rebels In Toklen rovlnco have Joined the revolt.*Troop« ave been dispatched to a point forty miles south of this city, where the rebel* are encamped. New Boat Lina Probable. Brunswick. Ga„ May 31.—It Is prob able that a new boat line wtll be estab lished between Brunswick and St. Si mons Island. The new Hr# will prob ably not be put Into operation until next season. SOME STOMACHS Are hurt by Coffee. POSTUM "There's a Reason.” After hearing all the evidence In the Investigation of Water Commissioner Thomas F. Stocks Thursday afternoon, the water board went Into executive session and there proceeded to shift the responsibility of the entire matter from its shoulders to those of council. The board was to have made up a verdict In this secret session, but It re qulred only about ten minutes behind closed doors before the happy Inspire tlon to refer the Investigation to coun ell arrived. r. Brown, president of the Rag land Cotkl Company, of Ragland, Ala., on whose letters were based the charge that Commissioner Stocks had been In terested In a business way with the coal contract for the waterworks depart ment, was the star wttntss. Mr. Brdwn testified In substance that, he and Thomas F. Stocks, the latter representing the Stocks Coal Company, had reached an agreement In regard to the bids for the city coal; that Stocks was to put In.the bid at 32.35 and sign the Ragland Coal Company's name; that Stocks wanted to make the bid higher, but Brown would not consent; that Stocks had mad* It at 32.3k any way; that the Ragland Coal Company would furnish the coal to the Stocks Coat Company for 32.23 and would bill It'to the city at $2.39; that the Ragland Cool Company made this agreement with Mr. Slocks; of ths Stocks Coal Company,: with the consideration that, whenever the Ragland mines went wrong,apd the coal could not be fur nished, then the Stocks Coal Company would do so at ths contract price. Hsd Paid Rebate*. President Brown said the Stocks Coal Company had not received any of the rebate this year, because the com pany had not lived up to the contract, but that. If the compuny had done what Mr. Stock* agreed upon, the rebate would have . been, paid. He said the rebate hod been paid In previous year* Attorney Reuben Arnold, represent ing tOrmmlaaloner Stocks, called Frank M. Stocks, president of the Stocks Coal Company, and father of the commit sloner, to the stand. In response to questions, he said he was the sole owner of the Stocks Coal Company; that his son, .Thomas F. Stocks, the water commissioner, was o paid employee without a cent of stock In the company; that his son had never received a nickel of the rebate* paid Ihe company by the Ragland; that the agreement between the Stocks Coal Company and the Ragland was that the latter would pay 3 cent* a ton as a consideration of the former not bid ding; that the Stocks Coal Company had previously furnished coal to the city openly, and that, a* he had no official connection with the city, he had a perfect right to do so. Stocks Makes Statement. Commissioner Stocks was called and he testified that he had never received any commletlon; that he was only an employee of the Stocks Coal Company; that. In submitting the bid of the Rag land Coal ftompany, ho thought he was doing President Brown a favor; that he understood that 12.33 was the price Brown wished to bid, and not $2.35, as he had stated; that he would not stoop to accept a commission, with his offi cial position, and that he defied any man to offer one to him. Attorney Arnold Insisted that It was not the province of the hoard to try a man on ethics, but on lew, and that. Inasmuch as Mr. Stocks had violated no law, not being Interested except as an employee In tbs Stocks Coal Company, the board bad nothing to do but find his client Innocent of the charge. President Brown left for his home In Alabama after the Investigation. It Is now up to council to hold the Investi gation at the next session, unless It la shifted back on the board. A stenographic report of the Inves tigation was made and will be turned over to council. gccoooooooaeoooooeooooooag O GIRL SHOOTS SISTER, O THEN SLAYS HERSELF.O O a Bloomington. III., May 31.—The O O authorities discovered evidence of O murder and suicide yesterday In O . the rase of Cora and Carrie Led- O O erb'rand, whose bodies were found O O In a creek near Springfield. A O a revolver was found in the creek O O and it Is believed that one girl O v killed tbe other, then committed O O suicide. O 00099000090990090000000000 I SAY' PM iLlT'VJ Good Stylish Clothing for Men, Women and Children You can have all the credit you want any time you want it at this store. Please don’t hesitate to come here—we will gladly trust you —we sell at cash Btore prices because we are manufactur ers and operate 72 stores. Factory to family. ^ Style Quality Credit Women’s Suits $10 to $30 Spring Coats 7 to 25 Raincoats 9 to 19 Millinery 2 to 10 Men's Suits $7 to $22 Topcoats 8 to 18 Boys* Suits 2 to 14 Genesee Shoes $3.50 ToSSS^. OVER 71 Whitehall St. Store Open Monday Evenings. SAY' re AT CELEBRATION OF PATRICKHENRY DAY Nebraskan Guest of Honor ♦ at Great Banquet in Military Tent. Norfolk, Va.. May 81.—By Informality and democracy, befitting the characters of tho revolutionary patriot, whose memory the Jamestown exposition hon ored yesterday, and W. J. Bryan, who ■poke In praise of the other great American, the celebration of Patrick Henry Day waa marked. Twenty-one guns fired as a salute from the artil lery stationed at the oxpoattlon began the day's ceremonies. Rate Regulation. ’ <5n-the question of railroad ■ regula tion, In. hla speech yesterday, Mr. Bry an sold': "What Is the effect of our new rote law. which is so hard to get? There are two effects so far. One Is It stop ped rebates; that' I* good; but what was the pecuniary effect? Why, the railroads keep the money they paid to. the favored shippers; that Is, the railroads got more money out-of them. What wag the other effect? It stopped passes. What did that do? It gave tho railroads the. money'that’the fel lows used-to save that rode on-passes So far we have Increased the revenues of tho railroads and that id all that law haa done thus.for; and when the pa rlous states said, 'Well, now that we have given yqu this advantage by stop ping rebates and passes, wo will dues' passenger rates and make you divide with the people,’ pnd In some of the states they have reduced the passenger rates, the railroads In some cases are so ungrateful for what has been given them that they go Into the court* to try to keep the people from having the benefit of the 2-cent rate law. . ’All over this land we have seen this struggle between the people and tpe corporations, and we see It In this country today on the railroad question. In 1896 the Democratic platform de clared for railroad regulation. It did so In 1900; It did so In 1904, but, my friends, aften ten years of effort on our part, wo had to wait until a Republi can president had to take the lead on the subject, and then he had tho fight of his life to get hi* bill through the senate or the house.” Discusses Candidate. Referring to Mr.' Lassiter's reference to Senator Daniel for the presidency, Mr. Bryan said: "I don't know whether my good friend expected me to uso this occa sion to Join In the nomination of the candidate, for president or not. I will say thl%»that I Join with him In the admiration he has expressed for Vir ginia's son and statesman. And I have said time and time again that sections should not control the selection of our candidates. In fact, two and a half ears ago, at St. Louis, I seconded the nomination of a man from Missouri, an ex-Confederate soldier, when Virginia voted for a New York man. And I have Insisted that time has come when the Democracy of tho union should take in the whole union and tha* Its selection should be made without re gard to the state In which a man lives. I appreciate the fact that a majority of our electoral votes come from the South, but I don't want the people of CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY. Arrive tfrom — Bavnnush .... 7.00 Jacksonville . 7.5() Macon 11.40 nm Macon 4.15 pm Deport lo ll*? pm , 8.0, an 4.0) pm Jacksonville .. ISO pa Nrtvnnnnh 9.15 pro Macon Macon Miwtin TEETH EXTRACTED positively without yulD, EOc each. Best teeth $8. Mouey caa not buy batter.. 1 HI LAOHL PIMA IJKKTAL HUGHS, No. 30 Whitehall St. QEIUM AU*ata,fcii L and WHISKEY HABITS cured at home with, out pain. Book of put tlculars sent lltKE, B. M. WOOLLEY, M.S ito, 44a. Office 104 N. Error Strut. the South to forget that many of our Democratic votes come from tho North.” GET IN TBE SWIM Hundreds of working people have started saving accounts with Atlanta's oldest savings bank, the Georgia Sav ings Bank and Trust Company, since thoffirst of the year, and many of them have accumulated a considerable sum by depositing In small amounts regu larly every time they draw their pay. How 1b It with you? If you havo never nad a. bank account, come to this old savings bank soma Saturday afternoon between the hours of 4 and ( and see the working poople lined up with de posits of from 31 up and we are sure the happy smile they wear will induce you to start to save. Four per cent per annum Interest paid and compounded for you January and July. TYBEE By The Sea Via Central of Georgia Railway. Effective June 1, week-end rate, $8 23. Tickets on sale Saturdays, limited Tuesday following date of sale. Season - rate, 313.16, tickets on sale dally, limited September 8t). W. H. FOOD, D. P. A.. Atlanta, Ga. BALLARD BIFOCAL AND TORIC OR CURVED LENSES have gained a reputation In two year* no other firm In thp entire South hat made In u half century. Not these lenses alone-gave us the lead, but op tical service In every way not usually found elsewhere. Aik any Atlanta man about us. WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL CO, 7^ Peachtree Street. Slays Himself At Wife’s Grave Chicago, III., May 31.—Dr. James K. Jameson. Jr, went to the Catholic cem etery In Genessee, WIs, yesterday to decorate the grave of his wife, who died last February. Under the stress of hi* grief he drew a revolver and shot himself dead. His body fell upon the grave. The tragedy was witnessed Dy many persons In the vicinity. BLUE AND GRAY IN JOINT CEREMONIES Cumberland. Md, May 31.—The Con federate Veterans Joined with Tyler Post, No. K, Grand Army of the Repub lic, In the observance of Memorial day. the exercises being held In Rose cemetery. 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