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»w minutes he tame down
left the building fo: good Then
• another lady She works «>n
fourth floor for Arthur Whit-,
was upstair* 1 six or seven min-
Then she came back down with
noney. She stood by me and to n
tne envelope and
ounted the
money. Then she left the building
and for about fifteen minutes there
was no one passing me.
Heard Frank Whistle.
I sat down on the box and put my
head against the trash barrel and*
stretched my feet out with my hat .n
my lap I don't know whether I went j
to sleep or not. The next thing 1
knew I heard Prank’s whistle twice,
just like this (imitating whistle). 1
went upstairs. The double doors were
closed. Frank was standing at *he
top of the steps. He said. 'I see you
heard me. all right,' and 1 said 'Yes'
'*Frank grabbed me by the arm
verv tight and his hand was trem
bling It was just like he was walk
ing down the street with a lady. He
carried me through the fli&i office
into his private office, came back rind
shut the door into the outer office.
Then lie came back to where 1 was.
He didn't say anything but grabbed
up a box of sulphur matches and
went into the outer office. When ne
came back he pulled out a round
chair.
• He brought the chair for me to sit
in. Then he closed the door and asked
me to address a letter ‘Dear Brother.
Then he asked me to write some
things for him. I don’t remember all
of it. but 1 remember one of them was
this: That long tall black negro did
it bv hlsself I wrote these things at
his dictation. Then Mr. Frank patted
me on the back and said that I was a
good boy. Then he handed me a box
of cigarettes and I took them
Vital Evidence Kept Secret.
From this point the negro’s state
ment was similar to the affidavit pub
lished a few days ago. The negro said
;!ia: he left the factory between five
and ten minutes after 1 o’clock, went
back to Peters Street and then went
home.
Chief Lanford read the above which
he said was about half of the aftida-
vii The chief said that he had only
given out the unimportant details,
’caving it to be inferred that Conley
hud given vital evidence.
Harry Scott intimated that the ne-
gio's affidavit Wednesday morning
had practically cleared the mystery
a/id was the most important bit of
evidence in the hands of the State.
At 2:45 o'clock the negro was taken
into the chief’s office for another
sweating.
Admission that he was tn the Na
tional Pencil factory on the day of
the murder of Mary Phngan was
gained from Conley, after crow-ex
amination by detectives at police
headquarter*.
The negro, who la came the center
of attention with his amazing story
that Leo Frank had told him to write
the death notes, changed his narrative
again to-day. Confronted by E. F.
Holloway, a foreman in the plant, he
admitted having been in the factory
after having steadily maintained that
he was on Peters Street between 10
and 2 o’clock that fatal Saturday and
at home all other hours of the day.
Says Confession Is Near.
Holloway, after leaving the secret
grilling at which the admission was
obtained, declared he was sure it was
only a matter of hours before Conley
would confess. He asserted that If he
had been allowed to put questions to
Conley he could hare gotten Impor
tant information.
The police questions were, of course,
all put with the idea of gaining in
formation against Frank.
Chief I^anford had announced that
he would go before Judge Roan with
a request for an order allowing him
to confront Frank with the negro, so
that Conley’s statement would be ad
missible in court. Hanford, however,
failed to carry out his plans, although
he would not admit they had been
abandoned.
Later Chief Beavers said that the
plan to confront Frank with Conley
would not be carried out to-day and
that its wisdom was doubtful, as of
course, Frank could not be compelled
to answer any questions.
Refuse to Admit Suspicion.
The police refused to admit that
suspicion was turning or should be
turned to Conley, who 1ms told one
falsehood after another since his ar
rest. They tried resolutely to con
strue ever*, one of his statements as
against Frank and would not admit
that the continued contradictions of
the negro made his value as a wit
ness next to nothing
The police deviated that Conley had
been asked to write the contents of
the death notes and had spelled night
watch" as it was In the note, 'night
witch." and ’‘self” with the "1" and •>"
transposed as in the notes. What
all this shows, in view of the fact
that the same officials had an
nounced that the> had conclusive
evidence by ’’experts" and that Frank
wrote the notes, is not plain
Conley was also confronted bv
General Foreman N. V. Darley in the
presence of Detectives Black/ Scott
and Lanford and the negro made Im
portant admissions that will no doubt
force him to admit his guilt.
Conley admitted that he sat at the
elevator shaft on the first floor it
12:80 on the afternoon of the murder
and saw Darley in company with Miss
Smith descend the stairs. Conley
described Miss Smith as wearing a
raincoat and Darley with his coat on
with no hat. Darley stated that
both descriptions were absolutely cor
rect in every particular. Strange
to say. neither Darley nor Miss Smith
saw the negro, for he was seated in
the shadow of the steps and never
made a sound.
Conley said that after Darley came
down stairs with Miss Smith le
walked to the door with her and then
returned and ascended the stairs.
Thi- Darley says is true.
Shortly after this Mrs Albert
White went Into the factory to sec
her husband and get some money to
bu> a dress. Her husband. Albert
White, was at work on the fourth
floor with the assistant foreman and
machinsl. Harry Denham. Mrs. White
says that she saw a negro who sat
immovable at the foot of the eleva
•tr ,«aft
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SCHOOL ROYS' AND GIRLS’ BALLOT.
‘T. R. Averted War With japan’
Witness Says Fleet Turned Trick
Defense’s Mainstay Faces jail
VETERANS VOTE
RACE
ENTRIES
INILSQN OPPOSES 10 FELLOWS OF
President Reported to Have Told
House Leaders to Use Com
mon Sense.
WASHINGTON, May 28 President
Wilson has confided to House lead
ers, according to information ob
tained to-day. that \w wants curren
cy reform legislation next month con
ducted along common sense line#. He
believes too much expert opinion will
tend to becloud fundamental ques
tions.
Prominent New York City bankers
arc said to have approved the essen
tials of a draff of the bill, although
not being willing to accept all the
details.
The President, It Is stated, will be
satisfied 1f they agree on the main
feature*
Only two members of the Cabinet,
Bryan and McAdoo, have been con
sulted, according to reliable Informa
tion. The former is said to have
contributed several valuable Ideas
to the bill on the issuance of notes by
reserve associations. •
Conner Begs for
Additional Funds
j. j. Conner, State Commissioner of
Agriculture, in nls annual report to
Governor Brown, declares better fa
duties in his department are Impera
tive. He said the annual appropria
tion to the department was fixed by
the Leglslature of 1874 at $10,000, and
that the growth of the department
demands that this amount be supple
mented by $r»,00ft.
"In operating the law with respect
to the inspection of gasoline, benzine,
naphtha and other products of petro
leum 1 find that some hardships are
worked on certain classes of indus
tries in the State." he said. "I rec
ommend that merely nominal fees be.
collected for the inspection of these
products where they are used only
for manufacturing purposes.
"During my service I have felt very
much cramped in getting out depart
ment bulletins and publications."
He commends the work of the State
food inspector and suggests that the
office of an assistant be created.
He recommend* that the salary of
the State oil inspector be increased
from $1,200 to $2,000 a year.
He urges that the next Legislature
add at least $20,000 to the veterinary
department to combat cholera among
hogs and tuberculosis among cattle.
Woman Badly Hurt
By Fighting Cats
GADSDEN. ALA., May 28. When
Mrs. J. A. Bacon. 60 years old, at
tempted to separate two house cats
that were fighting on the back porch
of her home, both attacked her, in
flicting more than 100 wounds on
her throat, chest and acms, Her hus
band and daughter fought ten min
utes before they subdued the cats.
Some of the wounds on Mrs. Ba
con's throat are half an inch deep. A
physician spent four hours sewing up
the gashes.
Only Italy Leads U. S.
In Aviators' Deaths
WASHINGTON. May 28.—The
United States has more accident tl
deaths among Government aviators
than any other nation, save Italy, of
ficial figures siiow.
England is third and France fourth.
It is pointed out, however, that Amer
ican aviator* average nearly twice the
number of hours and miles covered.
MRS. EDESON IMPROVES.
SOUTH A M PTON N. Y , Ma > 2S
The condition of Mrs. Robert Edeson.
wife of the actor, who is confined in
a hospital here, to-day was reported
improved. •
Establishment of Fraternity Home
Question Before Savannah
Grand Lodge Meeting.
SAVANNAH, GA , Way 28 —The
Grand Lodge of odd Fellows of Geor
gia met in annual convention in Sa
vannah to-day, when Mayor Richard
J. Davant delivered the address of
welcome for the city, and Thomas
Hoyne*. deputy grand master, for tne
Savannah lodges. Response was made
by Grand Master W. S. Coleman, of
Cedartown. Following ihe public ex
ercises the Grand Lodge went inlo
executive session.
Simultaneously the Daughters of
Rebekah, the woman’s auxiliary of
the Odd Fellows, met in grand assem
bly at Odd Fehows’ Hall. A good
deal of politics is to come up during
the sessions of the assembly. It is
rumored that there is to be a fight for
grand warden, for which Mrs R. J.
Winters, of Atlanta, is a candidate.
Whet her or not Georgia is to have
an Odd FellowF home- is one of the
questions to be decided by the Grand
Lodge At the Gainesville meeting
last year a committee was appointed
to investigate and report at this
meeting. Under the present arrange
ment the Odd Fellows have a pension
plan, but It is said that this is not.
satisfactory.
There are 2,500 Odd Fellows and
200 Rebekaho present.
34 Get Diplomas
From Bessie Tift
FORSYTH. GA.. May 28, With the
delivery of the prizes and the confer
ring of the degrees upon the 24 grad
uates. commencement exercises p.t
Bessie Tift College came to a close
and each departing train has been
filled with girls returning to their
homes. #
At the morning exercises the med
als were awarded by Dr. A. Chamblte.
of Forsyth. The medal for general
excellence in the junior claes was won
by Miss Annie Re Gamble, of For
syth: for excellence in voice, by Miss
Gladys Askew, of Arlington: for gen
eral excellence in piano, by Miss
Kathleen Morris; for the best pro
duction in a cuiirent number of the
Bessie Tift Journal, by Mi*s Florrle
Hollis, of Forsyth; for domestic arte,
by Miss Ethel Hall, of Forsyth, and
foi* excellence in domestic science, by
Miss Louise Marshall, of Tennille.
The baccaulaureate address was de
livered by Rev. Alex W. Bealer, of
Eastman. The diplomas were deliv
ered by Dr. C. H. S. Jackson, presi
dent of the college.
as she entered the factory.
She could not identify him because
j of the indistinct light But as Con-
l ley admitted he was there five min-
| utes before it is reasonable to be
lieve that it was Conley that Mrs.
' White passed.
| According to the statement of E.
F. Holloway Conley had no business
in the factory on the day of the mur
der. which was a holiday. Holloway |
says that the negro denied being
there when questioned by him Njiv
Conley admits that be was there.
Holloway believes that had
Darley escorted Miss Mattie Sm
down -stairs that she and not Mi
PhagjdSi would ha>e been the vict
American Wins in
English Golf Meet
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ST. ANDREWS. SCOTLAND, May
28.— W. Heinrich Schmidt, of Worces
ter, Maw,, once again demonstrated
his golfing prowess w hen he to-d'ay
defeated Captain A V. Hambro, of the
Royal St. George's Club, one up.
Harold Weber, of Toledo. Ohio. th<
other American who s* vived the firs,
three days, was eliminated to-day.
Senate Can Quiz
McAdoo on Tariff
WASHINGTON. May 28.- Perry
Belmont has called the attention of
the leaders of the Senate to an act of
1789 which he says gives Congress the
right to summon Secretary of the
Trea sury McAdoo before it and ask
for a statement as to bis opinion of
the effect of the tariff law on the
i avenues of the country.
Mr. Belmont will urge the Senate
leaders to call Mr. McAdoo and ask
for the benefit of his opinion.
Atlanta Teachers'
Tests, August 15-16
Superintendent of Schools Slaton
announced Tuesday that an examina
tion, will be conducted August 15 an.i
lkjto. applicants for positions in the
schools.
11 teachers who propose to take
nforcimr examinations, all who
re to improve on old records anl
new applicants are invited to ap-
for the examination in August.
wonderful magazine given
E with every copy of the
Sunday American.
Continued From Page 1.
the scene the remains of the two
women already had been found by
Nelms and Cowan. Mrs. Stevens w »•>
identified by her false teeth.
When the bodies had been taken
oui of the ruins they were exam
ined. Mrs. Stevens’ skull wa- Been to
have been crushed In.
It was this fact that tin: led the
authorities to suspec t foul play’. Care
ful examination of the surrounding
embers in the place where ♦he bodies
were found brough to light a shotgun
barrel, the stock and woodwork of
which had been burr?*; off.
The weapon was seen to have be^n
close to th~ positions an here the bodies
were discovered.
Slam as They Left Beds.
That the women had left their be Is
before they met their deaths was an
other conclusion drawn by Sheriff
McCurdy. The bodies lay in the cen
ter of the floor v.hile the iron frames
of the beds were over in a corner ..f
the room.
The door to the room was open.
Its half demolished frame atill stands
in the ruin.*. Just outside the door
the hoe war found.
Sheilff McCurdy’s theory is that
the murderer fled through the dour,
casting the hoe with which he had
slain the women in the hall. Thai
the plan to set fire to the house and
burn the bodies to hkie the crime
came as a second thought.
The house was about 50 yards from
the road in n clump of trees. It
in a lonely spot and the nearest
neighbor Is beyond earshot. That
the screams of the women would not
have been heard Is saYe to conclude.
Girl's Skull Crushed.
Another development that tends to
show r murder, came with the discov
ery that the skull of Nellie Stevens
had been fractured, also. A sharp
crack across the top of the head
showed possibility that a knifelike
weapon hud been used, striking with
such force as to cleave the bone.
The positions of the bodies in the
ruins tend to bear this theory out
—that the murderer had struck the
girl with his hoe after crushing Mrs.
Stevens' skull.
Mrs. Stevens’ skull, it was shown,
was crushed in by a blow directed at
her from In front. Her body was
found just three feet from the door
way. Directly behind this lay the
body of NftUle st. • ns.
It is thought that Mrs. Stevens,
when she took up the shotguif and
started toward the door at the
sound of the intruder, was followed
by her daughter. When tire older
woman opened the door. Nellie was
directly behind her. The murderer,
then, if he stood juat without the
doorway, with hoe in hand, struck
Mr*, s':even,s fits'. U’itij \ix second
blow* he felled the girl behind her.
Open Knife Under Girl’s Body.
The gun barrel was found close to
the bodies of the women and the
hoe was found out in the hallway.
An open knlf*' was found under the
girl's body'.
That the door was open at the time
the women met their deaths was es
tablished b\ the fact that the door
knob was discovered in the ashes in
side the room. The door opened on
the inside and, therefore, the knob
would have fallen in the room if the
door had been opened.
The testimony of Nelms, the milk
wagon driver, who was first on the
scene, is considered of great impor
tance in describing the positions of
the bodies and the weapons found.
Nelms Wednesday morning, in telling
of the tragedy', said:
"When I saw the smoking embers
of the building, as 1 was driving by,
I hastened up. At first 1 did not sus
pect that anybody was dead.
Finds Two Bodies.
"I looked about in the ruins, how
ever, and soon discovered through the
smoke what looked to be a body. 1
walked through the ashes to the spot, i
and sure enough there was a human
form. I looked about and soon found
another form. Both were charred and
beyond recognition.
• I didn’t wait to look further, but
ran over to the next house, about 200
yards away, and got Mr. t’owan and
telephoned the police. Cowan and 1
iain. back and together we hunte'J
over the ruins until the police came.
We found the shotgun, the iron parr
of the hoe just outside the room, the
knife under the girl’s body and the
doorknob. We didn't touch a thing,
though."
With the arrival of Sheriff Mc
Curdy came a-so Police Chief Beavers
and Pollci s.-.-g, ml Whatley, of At
lanta. Mr. W hatley is a brother of
Mrs. Stevens.
Excitement ran high ns crowds of
persons from the surrounding country
arrived at the scene
Boy Had Quarreled.
Mrs. L. G. Self's statement to the
police authorities regarding the visit
of Nellie Stevens to her home with
Wade Stevens’ clothing, directed sus
picion to the boy.
"Nellie came to mv house in the
late afternoon." said Mrs. Self. "She
carried a bundle of men’s clothing
with her and asked me to keep the
clothes that night. She said that her
brother and her mother had had an
alter*, atior*.
"It seems that Wade wanted to
leave home and Mis mother nad ob
jected. From what Ne’lie said, 1 un
derstood that hot words had been
passed. Nellie said that she had
slipped out of the room quietly and
bundled Wade's clothes and taken
them away in order that the boy
could not leave."
Saw Boy in Atlanta.
Charles* P«. McWilliams. 482 Leggett
Avenue. Fast Atlanta, declared Wed
nesday afternoon that he bad met
Wade Stevens and another boy named
J "Red” Merchant at Five Poirfte at
I 8 o’clock Tuesdav night.
McWilliams said the boys expressed
their intention of leaving the city that
night—that they were going to catch
a W. & A. train anc! go to Chatta
nooga and Cincinnati. McWilliams
said the boys were dressed in overalls
and had no money.
He declared that he accompanied
them to the Terminal Station and
waited there with them until fifteen
minutes before their train was due to
leave. Then he left them.
Prowler Routed Two Weeks Ago.
That an attempt was made to bur
glarize the Stevens home two weeks
ago was tiie siaJJ^ent made by a
| neighbor to She rifT' McCurdy,
lawyer In Michigan has tried more
libel suits than he has. He knew that
damages could be increased by reason
of malice behind the publication. We
will show there was no malice.
"In our answer we set up that there
was no malice and that publication
was made in good faith and that the
defendant had been told and believed
reports of Roosevelt’s drunkenness
were true.
Dr. Abbot', recognized the exist-
i once of such reports and deemed it
j worth while to answer them in
| Outlook. Therefore, we have a right
l to show the existence of tii —e reports
showing good faith and absence of
[ malice on the part of this defendant."
"We shall not claim,” said Attor-
|ney Pound "any vindictive or puni-
jlory damages. We ask only actual
'damages such as would accrue in the
absence of express malice. This is by
direction of the plaintiff."
"That means.” said the court, "only
actual damages, which my be 6 cents
lor $60,000."
said Mr. Pound.
AT LOUISVILLE.
FIRST—Selling, two-year-old maid-**'
ens. five furlongs: xBuzz Around 104 r
Mockery 109, Honey Mine 109, General
! Warren i0H, Mary Plckford 109. Old
Trump 109, First Degree 10^. Rosa
’ Mundl 109. Holton 112. Macknes 112,
I Meshach 112.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. May 28.
The decision to vote on the election of
commander-in-chief and to select the
next meeting place at 3:30 o’clock
this afternoon were the important re
sults of this morning’s session of the
United Confederate Veterans, in re
union here. Some routine business
wa? 1 transacted, but the two impend
ing selections overshadowed all other
matters, allowing them but little im
port.
Upon the very eve of the election it
is still generally believed that General
Bennett H. Young will be re-elected
commander-in-chief. The selection of
the next meeting place appears to be
a dead heat between Jacksonville,
Fla., and Richmond. Va.
The only aspirant to the office held
by General Young appears to be Gen
eral K. M. VanZant, of San Antonio,
Texas, who has a fair]} formidable
following.
General Irvine Walker, chairman of
the committee appointed at the Ma
con reunion to co-operate with a
committee of the Grand Army of the
Republic* in regard to a joint peace
jubilee of the two organizations, sub
mitted a report recommending that at
lea.‘-•t 10,000 Confederate veterans
tend.
The dedicator} exercises of th
Next Meeting Pluce Also to Be SECOND— Selling, two-year-old inaide
- I . I ... , I if. BnAAn ens. five furlongs xRose Ring 104, F.
Selected Wednesday Afternoon 1
At Chattanooga.
Colonel Roosevelt <irid. at top. George Xewett, who is being
for libel: at the bottom. Judge Flannagan. who is presiding
Deposition,Said to Accuse Roose
veit of Being Drunk, Will
Be Read to Jury.
MARQUETTE. MICH.. May 28.—
That there was very serious danger
of war with Japan during the admin
istration of Theodore Roosevelt and
that the Chief Executive met the
danger and averted war by sending a
fleet around the world was the state
ment of John Callan O’Laughlin, a
Washington correspondent of a Chi
cago newspaper and a commissioner
to the Tokio Exposition, appointed by
President Roosevelt.
O’Laughlin was a witness for the
Colonel In Roosevelt’s $10,000 libel
suit against Geofge Newett, editor of
The Ishpeming Iron Ore.
"Did you seriously mean that there
was danger'of war with Japan during
■Roosevelt's administration'.’" (tskeil
Attorney Belden, who was cross-ex
amining O’Laughlin.
"There was very serious danger,"
replied the witness.
Settled Question "Right."
"Colonel Roosevelt met that danger.
"Obviously Japan would not start
with a fleet in the.Pacific waters. We
settled the immigration question
right then."
The witness emphasized tne word
"right."
O’Laughlin was asked by Attorney
Belden if he had been an emissary to
arrange for the reception of Roosevelt
by the Pope and the King of Italy
When the Colonel was in Rome.
O’Laughlin said he had not.
The jury was sent from the room
while the' attorneys argued on the
admitting of lestimon> concerning
published reports about Colonel*
Rooecvelts drinking. Attorney Bel
den said that the defense wished to
show that reports that Roosevelt
drank were general in 1912
•Did Not Deny Reports.’
• v\> shall show," he said, "that this
defendant heard those reports and
that this plaintiff did not deny them.
Roosevelt has been the most talked of
man in this* country, and if reports of
his drinking have been so common as
we shall show, he could not bo dam
aged in any :*um by the publication of
such a report in a little country paper.
The question of Roosevelt’s repu
tation is vital in this ease—his repu
tation in Marquette County, in this
countrv and in the civilized world. In
th*' plaintiff ? bid. he asserts that his
reputation for sobriety is well known
throughout the 48 States of this coun
try. and that his reputation for so
briety was good before the publication
of this article by the defendant.
Disclaims Any Malice.
"Mr, Pound is an able la wye*. No
"Then.
the absence of the demand for a re
traction. no damages may be asked
by way of punishment. But counsel
has already charged malice to this
jury and we can not eliminate these
impressions from their minds. There
fore, we have a right to show there
j was no malice and we purpose to of
fer testimony of men of standing to
j show this general reputation.
■ Precedents are few, for men of
Roosevelt’s standing and prominence
have seldom brought such suits, but
wo have a somewhat parallel case in
that of Dailey vs. Kalamazoo Pub
lishing Company in the Supreme
Court."
Cites Parallel Case.
He then cited the case.
Colonel Roosevelt held a whispered
conference with Attorney Van Ben-
schoten.
"Mr. Belden and ourselves are not
very far apart," said Van Bcnschoten,
addressing the court. "Newspapers,
however, do not always tell the truth
jand reports can not be admitted un
iless it is first shown that Mr. Newett
j had read the newspaper or heard the
| report in question. If Mr. Newett
takes the stand and swears he had
.d or read such reports and be
lieved them to be true, they would be
come pertinent."
Scores Defense’s Str.nd.
"The result of the contention of
Mr. Belden." said Attorney Pound,
"would be that a reputation as pure
as that of St. Paul could be blasted
by a lot of irresponsible gossip mon
gers. Counsel is not entitled to this
testimony, anyhow. He can not miti
gate and justify at the same time.
The two things are incompatible.
'The presumption of law, as your
honor has said, is that the character
of every man is all right. No atfimi-
ative proof of character is required.
The Supreme Court has also held that
unless the truth of the published
charges is proved the good faith >r
lack of malice of the published can
by no means mitigate actual dam
ages."
Judge P'lannagan interrupted to
say:
"Counsel will please confine himself
to the two questions here at issue,
which are:
State’s Points at Issue.
• \lay defense introduce evidence
of reports and reputation, to demon
strate his good faith.’
" May defendant introduce evidence
of reports and reputation by way of
mitigating damages.’’’
"I shall so confine myself." said
Mr. Pound.
"I shall show your honor the King
of England sued a newspaper for
libel for claiming that the King was j
a bigamist because, while prince, he !
married a daughter of an admiral of
the fleet before he married Queen
Mary.
N "Would It have been a defense to ,
say that defendant knew nothing of!
the .facts, but had heard rumors to
that effect? The court held it would
not.”
At this point Judge Flannagan ad- |
journed court until 2 p. m.
Alabama and Florida monuments this
morning drew thousands of veterans
and the attendance at the morning
session was unusually light.
Action by the veterans on a resolu
tion asking the Federal Government
to purchase Johnson’s Island in Lake
Erie, near Sandusky. Ohio, will be
taken Thursday mining, according
to a committee report submitted to
day. Thousands of Confederate vet
erans who died in Nuxthern prisons
are buried there and a monument has
been erected io them on the island by
the women of the South, at a cost of
$30,000. It is stated that the island
will be obliterated as a historic point
unless* immediate action is taken to
pic serve ii.
Major VY. P. Gorman, a Birming
ham veteran, who feil yesterday and
sustained a fractured skull, lies at the
point of death at a local hospital to
day.
Morse Again Heads
Steamship Company
NEW YORK, May 28.—Charles V.
Morse was elected to-day president of
the Hudson Navigation Company,
owners of a line of steamers operat
ing on the Hudson River.
Morse was head of the company n
19"9, but was deposed a year later.
John W. McKinnon, who succeeded
him, sold his interest in the line io
a syndicate of bankers, who placed it
in Morse’s hands, thus giving him
control.
\. Stone 109. Lady Innocence 109', First
’herry 109. Ada Kenned} 109. Jack
Crowdus 112. Llndar 112. Harbard 112,
Tattler 112. Coos ter 112. Tiktok 112.
THIRD—Selling four-year-olds and
up one and one-sixteenth miles: Moi-
•J. tOO, Winifred T) 100. Beautiful 104.
Praetorian 10!'. xJotvn Reardon 109. Star
O’Ryan 110. Captain Bravo 111. Spindle
1L3. Supervisor 113. Mockler 114.
FOURTH Handicap, three-year-old?,
and up. one mile: Coy Lad 101, Morris
town 103. Rolling Stone 105. Royal- Tea 1
107. Belle Horse '08. Joe Morris 108.
FIFTH—Selling, three-vear-olds and
up, six furlongs: Polly D 98. Star Jas
mine 98. Gav Bird 106. Flying Tom 107.
xCasey jones 107, Merrick 108, Florence
Roberts 112.
SIXTH—Selling, three-year-olds and
up, one and one-eighth miles: Floral
Day 103, Just Red 105, Manager Mack
108. White Wool 110. Melton Street M2, ,
xApprentice allowance claimed. *
Weather clear; track fast.
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AT ELECTRIC PARK.
FIRST—Six and one-half furlongs,
selling: Inclement 115. Tom Cat 112,
Racine 112, Washakie 115, Judge Ian
dis 115, Mad River 115, xHorace E. HVJ,
Casque 112. '*■*
SECOND—Four and one-half for- (
longs, selling; Carroll 112. Higher 1
103, xGold Check 105. Jim Ray 112. Syl
van Dell 110. Shillalah 112. Black, Silk
110, Inspired 110, Our Nugget 110. >
THIRD—About five furlongs, selling
Galoa 102, Panama 102. Trenta Soldi
102, Molma 102, xTransdna 97, Kedron
102. Sweet Spices 102, Thelma J. 102.
FOURTH--Four and one-half fur
longs, selling: Buster B. 112, George
G. Hall 112, Dipper HO. Rock Rest 105,
Merize 110, Bryn 103, Merry Chase 103,
Excallbur 112.
FIFTH—Four and one-half furlonge,
selling: Monty Fox 115, Naughty Rose
HO. Ethelberg II. 103. Royal Onyx 112.
Jack Nannafiy 112, Blue Crest 110,
xR. H. Gray 103.
SIXTH—Seven furlongs, selling: Clem ,
Beachey 107, Touch Me 110, Hans Creek
102. xBertis 110, Vigorous 115, Blue
Mouse 110. Phew 100, LJttle England
112. Brush 102. xJessup Burn 107.
xApprentice allowance claimed.
Weather raining: track fast. ^
AT TORONTO.
FIRST—Alexandra purse, $600 added,
three-year-olds and up, six furlongs:
Miccosukee 102, Burnt Candle 107. Mor-
pheth 109, Airey 115. C'hippewayan 1I7,|»
Superstition 119, To mSawyers 119, Joe
Stein 119, Knights Differ 120, Mediator
122.
SECOND—Rutland purse, $600 added,
two-year-old fillies, four and a half
furlongs: Meissen 98. Perogone 105,
Skyrocket 105. Lyric Muse 105, Miss
Gale 115.
THIRD—Maple Leaf stakes. Canadian
foaled. $1,500 added, three-vear-old fil
lies. one and one-sixteenth miles: Hol-I
lybrook 117. Lindosta 117. Elfain 117,
xxSarol-a LIT. xxOndramida 120, Maad
of F rome 120, Auster 120.
xxGiddings entry.
j FOURTH- Victorious purse, selling,
j three-year-olds and up. six furlongs.
xMlccosukee 95. xRigl- Easy 98. Fern
L 99. Carrillon 99, xMf age 100. Black
River 101. xLetourno luJ. Dr. Neel 104.
Rye Straw' 106, Magazine 112, Stentor
112, Royal Message 112.
FIFTH—The Connaught cup. $2,00<>
added, a challenge cup presented by
i s Royal Highness the Duke of Con
naught. lv. G., Governor General of Can
ada. and Her Royal Highness the Duch
ess of Connaught t three-year-olds and
up. one and one-sixteenth miles: Burnt
Candle 88, Amberitc 92. The Rump 97,
Bernadette 97, Valiant Prince 107. A-In-
speetor Lestrade 98, A-Oliver Lodge 104,
A-Bwana Turn bo 108. B-First Sight 107,
B-Plate Glass 129.
A—Coupled: B—Davies entry.
SIXTH—Steeplechase, maidens. $1,000
added, four-year-olds and up, about two
miles: Ballyhack L12. Chochoru 132,
The African 133. Onaping 153.
SEVENTH—Selling. four-year-olds
and up, purse, one mile and seventy
yards: xMiss Jonah 101. xColston 104.
Love Day 195, Effendi 105, McCreary
106. xMawr Lad 107. Elwah 107, Lad
of Langtion 108. Woodcraft 109, Chester
Krum 110. Griff 113, xPardner 115.
xApprentice allowance 5 pounds.
Weather clear; track fast.
AT MONTREAL.
FIRST—Two-year-olds, 4 furlongs:
Amenes Dale 101. Red Rajah 101, Booth
101, Lucky Ike 104, Tom Hancock 108,
Rummage 108
SECOND—Three-year-olds and up,
about 5 furlongs: Etta Ray 97, Swift
Sure 97. Michael Rice 102, Elina 109,
Gagnant 109. Ossabar HO. Oriental Pearl
110, Silicic 112, Lasaja 112.
THIRD—Three-year-olds and up,
about 5 furlongs. Richard Gentry 102.
Booby 105, Monkey 105. Gay 105. Tiny
Tim 105. Duke of Bridgewater 107
Louis Descognets 107.
FOURTH—Three-year-oldvS and up.
selling, about 5 furlongs: Johnny Wise
107, Senegambian 111. Elsie Herndon
1 01. Dehomey Boy 106. Seaswell 110,
Boano 107. Blanche Frances 105.
FIFTH—Three-year-olds and up, sell
ing. about 5 furlongs: Glipian 112, Aus
ten Sturtevant L12. Chilton Trance 109,
Golden Ruby 109. Buck Thomas 112. De
fy 110. Jim L 112.
SIXTH—Three-year-olds and up, sell
ing. about 5 furlongs: Margold 108, t
Creuse 104, Sparhole 105. Leialoaha 109,
Henotic 109. Donwell 105, Thirty Forty
111. Penang 111.
SEVENTH—Three-year-olds and up
selling 5 furlongs: Onrlce 112, Ugo 114. ,
Dust 116, Kaufman 116, Star Ashland
11G. Port Arlirfgton 116, Dr. Holzberg
116, Rossini 117.
Raining; track heavy.
Southern Pacific
Must Give Up C. P.
WASHINGTON. May 2S.— Attorney
General McReynolds has decided to
contend that the Southern Pacific-
must give up the Central Pacific in
the pending dissolution of the Union
Pacific merger and will bring a s>uit
under the Sherman law to accom
plish that end if the dissolution plans
fall to include it.
FREE. NEXT SUNDAY.
The. American Sunday
Monthly Magazine, contain
ing the first chapters of Jack
London’s new story, is
GIVEN FREE with every
copy of the next Sunday
American.
Hoods
Sarsaparilla
Is the specific remedy for
that tired feeling so com
mon in the spring or upon
the return of warm weath
er. It purifies and enriches
the blood.
Get it to-day In usual liquid form op
in the tablets called Sarsatabs.
We have Beautiful Bedding
Plants. 3c each. Atlanta Floral
Co., 555 E. Fair Street. «
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