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THE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS. 3 NEWS OF SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1911 OCEY SNEAD’S DEATH WAS AN ACCIDENT New York*—For the first time the shroud of mystery surrounding the death of Airs. Ocey Martin Snead, the beautiful young woman whose remains were found in the bath tub of the "House of Mystery" In East Orange in November. 1909, was lifted today, when Samuel KaJIsh, counsel for Mrs. Caro line B. Martin, the mother of Ocey. who is in the Newark jail awaiting sentence after {leading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, appeared before Judge Ten Eyck, in the court of oyer and termin-r, today and pleaded that the old woman be given a minimum sen tence. That Ocey Snead’s death was due to an overdose of morphine, given her by her mother to alleviate pain, was the contention of the lawyei. In beginning his dramatic recital, the lawyer said that early on the day that Ocey died she had pleaded to her moth er that she was suffering from severe abdominal pains. “In an attempt to alleviate . the pains." declared the attorney for the aged mother, “Mrs. Martin adminis tered to her daughter a quantity of morphine, as she had done on many previous occasions. The morphine proved too much, however, and almost Instantly Ocey sank off Into a stupor. Panlc-stlrcken, Mrs. Martin carried the unconscious form of her daughter to the bath room, in an attempt to revive her by administering cold water. “To her horror, she discovered too late that Ocey was dead. She had died In her mother's arms while the latter was carrying her upstairs." Causes of Sickness. Washington,—The preparation of “a nomenclature of diseases,” to conform with the International classiflcatlon of the causes of sickness, will be prepared by a board announced today by the treasury department. Its persbnnel Is Assistant Surgeon J. \V. Trask. Passed Assistant Surgeon Joseph Goldbergcr and Joseph W. Scherescliewsky. Barnes Wins Out. New York.—William Barnes, Jr., of Albany, was this afternoon elected chairman of the Republican state com mittee to succeed Earn Prentice. Barnes was the candidate of the old guard, while James W. Wadsworth. Jr. was the choice of the progressives. Lodge Makes Attack. Washington.—Senator Lodge, of Mas sachusetts. In a statement today at tacked the Montana senate resolution charging that the Democratic votes cast for his election in the Massachusetts legislature are prime facie evidence of corruption. The Massachusetts senator declared that the lumber Interests, which, he said, are trying to save Sen ator Lorimer. are hack of the action of the Montana senate. Naval Program. Washington.—The house naval com* mittee today accepted the adminlstra* tion's naval program, which Includes two battleships of the dreadnought class, eight torpedo boat destroyers, four submarines and two colliers. A favorable report will be sent to the house Monday. The battleships are to cost $6,000,000 each, exclusive of armor and armament, and are to be >7,000 tonnage. Dress Parade. Athens, Ga.—Beginning tomorrow, there will bo dress parade every Friday afternoon of the cadet battnlion of the University of Georgia. The various formations have been well mastered by the students, and their execution will now compare most favorably with that of eny other organlxatlon of its class In the country. Lost His Big Toe. ' St. Louis.—T. W. Bcnolst. an amateur aviator. Is minus a great too today as the result of a fall of >0 feet from his machine. Benolst was cutting a figure eight on Klnloch field yesterday when the aeroplane tilted and fell. The ma chine fell on Benolst's foot, cutting off bis toe os tho with a knife. The ma chine was wrecked. Believed To Be Spy. New York.—A man who described himself as Ray Fuller was arrested to day. charged by Lieutenant John S. Ab bott, of tho United States navy, with the theft from tho Brooklyn navy yard of blue prints and diagrammatic draw ings of boats receiving and transmit ting wireless circuits. Fuller waived examination. ALFORD IS CONVICTED OF DOUBLE MURDER Macon, Gs.—Eugene B. Alford was found guilty of murder this morning In the superior court of Bibb county and was sentenced by Judge William H. Felton to be hanged on March 1L Alford killed his wife and mother-in- law, Mrs. Exum, on December 26, 1906, and has been confined In the Bibb coun ty Jail since that time. The trial has been postponed several times on ac count of his critical Illness. The Jury was out one hour and twenty minutes. Music to Reform Law-Breakers. Worcester, Mass.—Believing that mu sic will aid In the reformation of law breakers, Keeper Albert T. Richardson, of the house of correction, will install a music box In the guard room, so ar ranged that all of tho Inmates may hear it. The men are also to have to bacco. good reading and varied diet Advice to the Aged. Age brings Infirmities, such as sing gish bowels, weak kidneys and bind der and TORPID UVER. Tutt’sPills have a spec stimulating to perform In youth and IMPARTING VIGOR. to the kidneys, hlsihtrr and LIVER. They arc adapted to aid andyoang. To Investigate Election. Madison, Win—A Joint resolution was Introduced In the state senate today asking the United States senate to In vestigate the manner and means by which Isaac Stephenson, senator from Wisconsin, secured his election. Bishop Vinson Dias. 8pringfield, Mass.—Bishop Alexander H. Vinson, of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of western Massachusetts, died early today, after a brief illness from pneumonia and bronchitis. BRIEF NEWS NOTE8 OF TODAY. The Chinese government has Issued an Imperial edict commanding suppres sion of the opium traffic. The govern ment. which had been expected to sign with Great Britain a renewed of agree ment for the importation of opium for seven years, has yielded to demands of the people and will help to terminate the traffic. The feat of Eugene Ely In flying from the aviation field at San Francisco, landing on tho deck of the battleship Pennsylvania and returning safely to land, was the main topte of conversa tion in English naval rirctea today. One high official In discussing the remark able flight, said: “Ely should be re warded with a medal.” Argument In support of the demurrer to the Indictment for conspiracy to de fraud was made by attorneys for The Atlanta Journal in tho United State) court on Saturday, Judge Newman pre siding. The Georgia branch of the National Mothers congress meets in Atlanta on February 2-4. Charles D. Norton, secretary to Presi dent Taft, will soon retire.. He expects to enter business in Chicago. Georgia ranks fourth in the consump tion of cotton, according to a bulletin Issued by the census bureau. Andrew Carnegie has announced the donation ot >10.000.000 to the endow ment fund of the Carnegie institution ot Washington. This brings his total en dowments to that Institution to >25,- 000,000. The United States senate designated February 16 for holding memorial serv ices for the late Senator DoIIiver. of Iowa, and the late Senator Clay, of Georgia. A case of bubonic plague was discov ered In Pekin today. Altho the govern ment attempted to keep the informa tion secret. It was learned that a trav eler from Harbin. Manchuria, who was Infected with the dread disease, escaped detection and entered the city. The traveling public will have to wait for ten more days hero re It Is entitled to climb Into the upper berths of Pull man can for less money. The Inter state commerce commission states that “on or before February 1“ tt will order the rates reduced In accordance with rulings made some weeks ago. The Parents Home Leagne of Amer ica Is the name of a new frmterntal or ganization now being rapidly organised throughout Georgia. The home office la at Fort Valley. Without a hitch the mammoth steel collier Ncptuno left tho ways ot her builden, the Maryland Steel Company, at Sparrows Point, near Baltimore, at noon today. Besides the collier, the sponsor. Miss Dorothy Loud, daughter of Hon. George Alvin Loud, congress man from Michigan, who Is one ot the committee on naval affairs, was the center of attraction. Material redactions In rates on ex press shipments'originating at offices of one company and with destination In the territory of another company will result from a conference held at New York. Thru rates will be applied where In the past local rates of each company have been charged on Joint shipments) Sir Thomas Llpton, the multi-mtillon- alro merchant and yachtsman, had a narrow escape from death at London when a dangerous lunatle threatened his Ilfo with a razor unless a largo sum ot money was paid to him. Sir Thomas thru presence of mind used the tele phone under a subterfuge and called the police, who placed the assailant un der arrest. SIR THOMAS LIPTON. The multi-millionaire merchant and yachtsman who had a narrow escape at London when a lunatic threatened to take his life. RICH ATLANTANS ARE ^ FLEECED BY WOMAN Atlanta, Ga.—Following close upon the funerals of several of Atlanta's wealthy men and claiming from their estates various small sums, an East FWr-mt. woman, whose name has not been made public, has fleeced the heirs of recently buried citizens with a scheme new in the annals of the crooked game. She admitted as much when cornered by detectives and put thru a mild session of the third de gree. Among the estates from which she secured various sums are said to be those of Hugh T. Inman. Major J. F. Hanson and Solicitor Charles D. Hill. Her game was successful thru its sheer simplicity. It worked on the sym pathy of wealthy heirs at a time when their hearts could most easily reached. The woman read in the papers of the death of a wealthy man. went to his heirs or executors, and said that some time before she had left, with him a small sum of money for safe-keeping. Then she requested its return to her. *1 have no receipt for it,” she would say. Tve nothing to prove my claim, no way to take !<»gal step*. You have only my word, you know, and there’s no way to make you accept it But I’d be glad if you would.” And the woman’s frankness and ap parent need usually brought results. She was careful to confine her requests to small sums, $11 having been the largest amount obtained. It is reported. She always prepared herself with data relative to the reputed transaction and told a convincing story. Destroy Wine Vats. Pans.—Troops were dispatched to Damery. department of Marne, today to restore order following rioting, when discontented viticulture workers raided the cellars of wine growers yesterday, destroying vats, emptying 1.800 gallons of wine into the streets and 2.150 bot tles of champagne into the river Marne. Another Body Recovered. Cincinnati.—Another body was taken from the fire ruins of tha Chamber of Commerce this morning. It was Identi fied os that of Fred Seim, engineer of the building. There are three still buried. Priceless Painting Destroyed. Berlin.—The priceless Van Dyke painting of "Samson and Delilah,’ owned by M. Ryschkoff. a Russian mil lionaire, has been destroyed in a fire which destroyed the Ryschkoff resi dence, according to a dispatch received here today from St. Petersburg. Drops Slander Suit. New Haven* Conn.—Governor Simeon E. Baldwin today announced that be had dropped his suit for slander against Theodore Roosevelt Ho declined to discuss the matter, except to say thet extended correspondence hod passed be tween him and the ox-president, who during the recent campaign termed him an "unprogressivo judge." John Temple Graves to Speak. Washington.—John Temple Graves will be among the speakers before the Southern Commercial congress at At lanta in March. "Tho Promotive Power of the Southern Press" will be his sub Ject Census Figures For Screven. Washington*—Tho census bureau an nounced this afternoon the population of the militia districts In Screven coun ty, Georgia, as follows: District 14, Including Sylvonla city, 3,972; district 35. 2,822; district 36, 28,05; district 37. 562; district 38. 742; district 80. 1.386; district 259, 562; district 260. 1.733; dis trict 1286, *1,760; district 1653, Including Rocky Ford town, 1,747; district 167C, Including Oliver town, 1,216. SHEEHAN WILL NOT WIN THE SENAT0BSH1P Albany, N. Y.—Tho deadlock In th. New York state legislature over tha selection of a successor to Senator Do- pew will be broken an soon ax* a can didate upon whom the warring ele ment. can get together la presented. Several of the adherent, of William F. Sheehan today admitted that there was practically no poaalblllty of elect ing him and Intimated that they were ready 'to .wing into line with Senator Frank M. Loo mix, of Buffalo, and con sider their caucus obligations liquidated by the steadfastness with which they have so far supported Alton B. Parker’s law partner. However, none of them would say upon whom they would unlto. Belief was fairly general, however, that former Congressman and State Comp troller Martin H. Glynn, of Albany, might have proved the best compro mise candidate had ho not announced yesterday that he would not accept tha office. There was a lull In the senatorial battle today following tho truce de clared between the regular Democrats and insurgents until next week. Before the Joint session of the legis lature convened today it was positively stated that the vote would be un changed, save in the possible number, from yesterday. There \yas much spec ulation as to the Parker vote. Despifo the former presidential candidate's let ter withdrawing from the contest, three votes were cast for him yesterday and It was reported that his name would bo kept before the legislature today. Travelers Come 8outh. Chicago.—Officials of railroads run ning to tho "Sunny South" say that all previous records for passenger travel In that direction at this season of the year arc being smashed. Reservations are being made days in advance, and when the rush is ended, it is said, the roads will have reaped a rich harvest. ..Fletcher Scores Ballinger. Washington,—Senator Fletcher, of Florida, today In the senate called up tha resolution which declares, In effect, that Secretary Ballinger Is not a faith ful public official, and delivered a speech defending the resolution and scoring th. secretary. Favors Target Practice. Washington,—Major General Leon ard Wood, chief of staff of tile .army, believes that target range practlco and practical maneuvers are of more com parative Importance than practice marches, and, accordingly, has Issued orders cutting down the number of Nearly “hikes" to three. Headquarters For Inspectors. Chattanooga, Tenn.—This city la now the headquarters for all postolfice in spectors who operate In the atatee of Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. For several years the local office has been headquarters for the Tennessee In spectors, and those of tho other two states mentioned were added by a recent order Issued from the postal department at Washington. To Regulate Whisky Traffic. Washington.—A bill designed to re* move the conflict between stale and Federal government In prohibition or local option states, and which will pre- vert any one engaging in the liquor business upon the claim that he has an internal revenue license, was Intro duced In the house today by Repre sentative. Lively, of Texas. Elected Senator. Hartford. Conn.—The election of for mer Governor Georgs P. McLean .to tha United States senate, to succeed Mor gan O. Bulkley. was ratified by both houses ot the legislature In Joint ses sion today. ECZEMA CURED Ho Matter of How Long Standing NO CURE, NO PAY. The Amirieu Rtmvdj Company, of Ash* ▼llle, K. C., hare a new and wonderful die* rot try, 8ANA-HE-UU-TIS, which they guar* antes to euro may ease of ecsema of no mat* tar how long standing, and will refund the money in ewry ease where it foils. II la perfectly clean and does not stain and re* tails for 50c per package. 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