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ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11,1906.
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STORER SAYS ROOSEVELT
SENT HIM TO ASK POPE
TO PROMOTE ARCHBISHOP
Former Ambassador
Asserts He Was Sent
to See Pope.
SAYS ARCHBISHOP
KNEW OF HIS VISIT
Deposed Diplomat Declares
He Carried Out Presi
dent’s Wishes to
the Letter.
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O Baltimore, Md„ Dec. 11.—The 0
O Roosevelt-Storer controversy, in 0
0 which the name of Cardinal Gib- 0
O bona was mentioned by the presi- O
O dent, is receiving the attention of O
O the cardinal. When asked if he 0
O had anything to say on the sub- 0
O Jeot, he raised both hands and 0
O with a smile, said: 0
O "I have not gone Into the mat- O
O ter carefully. Only thls*aftefnoon 0
0 I received a copy of the corre- 0
0 spondence In pamphlet lorm from 0
O a friend and ani reading It. I have 0
0 nothing to say In the matter.” 0
O In regard to the crisis in affairs 0
O of church and state In France, O
0 the cardinal said It was too early 0
O just yet to form any opinion as to 0
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Washington. Dec. 11.—Following are
verbatim portfons of Mr. 8tor
ter, which have not heretofore been
published
In October, 1902, I was appointed
hv President Roosevelt ambassador to
Austria-Hungary. In the summer and
autumn of 1903 I visited the United
States on ieuve of absence, with Mrs
Storer and was a guest of the presi
•lent. During the visit the relations o
the Catholic church with America were
discussed by President Roosevelt with
me and the president was warm in his
praise of Archbishop Ireland, of whom
ho spoke in ternis of enthusiastic
friendship on account of hltf conspicu
ous .services as on American and In-
chlentally. for his assistance as a sup
porter of the Republican party and the
administration.
i in that occasion Archbishop Ire
land being the topic of conversation,
the president said to me that if I went
to Rome' he would like to have me see
iho pope and say to him in person that
th* archbishop was his friend and Hint
he would be pleased to hear that he had
received-the honor of promotion to the
cardinalate.
Archbishop Irtland Is Told.
I did not even tell Archbishop Ire
land of the president's communication,
not feeling at liberty t»/ do so. but he
itnmedlHiely learned of It directly from
the president, for shortly after the con
versation the president told him what
he had said. This we learned from the
archbishop, who wrote ut once to Mrs.
.Storer In October and November, 1903,
that the president had toW Itlm that he
had < Minmlssioned Mr. Storer to speak
for him viva voec, ttt the vAtlcsn ant!
he substance of his Interview
lit nr.tMan! In ihi.M tt'.il'iltf* *TllP
with the president In these words: 'The
piriddent .said to me: "Mi. Storer lias
told you whet I said to him about you,
archbishop?"
• T replied: *i do not remember."
About his going to Rome?'
‘ T said “No.”
“ ‘Well/ be said, ‘I told him I would
not write a letter to the pope asking
for honors to you, but I said that he
could go to Rome and say, viva voce,
to the pope how much I wish you to be
cardinal, and how* grateful I personally
would be to him for giving you that
honor.*
Confirmed What Was Said.
"This action of the president In In-
for nlng Archbishop Ireland of my com
mission furnished me with an inde
pendent evidence of his wishes and of
his willingness that they should be
known to persons concerned, though in
cidentally it confirmed what the presi
dent has more than once said to me, to
the effect that he did not want to put
his wishes in writing. So far a» oral
messages went, however, I was not the
only person who had been used to de
liver one. for. some weeks before, the
president had asked Mgr. O'Connell to
say the same thing to the pope, and this
Mgr. O'Connell had done In an Inter
view with Plus X, on September
24, 190.1, in the second* month of his
pontificate, and had transmitted to the
president in reply a message from Pope
Plus X In this form:
"•Present to the president my com
pliments; tell him of my esteem of
himself personally and for the country
which lie governs, and say to him that
Ills wishes In regard to Mgr. Ireland
will most probably be fulfilled.*
• I had nothing to do with this mis
sion of Mgr. O’Connell, but was In
formed of it and of Its results before
approaching the pope on the errand
given to me. A few* weeks after my
return to Europe I went to Rome,
and on December 2. 1903. had an au
dience with Pope Plus*X. I had al
ready made a translation Into French
of a memorandum which I had taken
of the president’s oral message to the
pope In order that I might deliver It
Intelligibly, as the prtPa does not under-
stand English. At the Intervlowr t held
that translation in my hand and reud
it to the pope. I have preserved it.
"It reada .as fpllowrs:
•• ii in’a.dlt et m’a autorise de dire a
vdtre Halntete quo l>rcheveque de 8t.
Paul est son ami personnel, et qu *11
“IF I FIND I LOVE HIM,
WHY, I’LL MARRY HIM
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PICTURE OF EMMA CALVE, THE WORLD FAMOUS SINGER. AND HER BEAUTIFUL CHATEAU
IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. MLLE. CALVE IS NOW ON EUGENE B. HIGGINS YACHT TO EXPERI
MENT WITH LOVE ON THE MILLIONAIRE. BEFORE SAILING SHE TOLD HER FRIENDS: “IF I FIND
I LOVE HIM, I WLL MARRY HIM.”
FRENCH PRIESTS SAY
THEY’LL GO TO PRISON
RATHER THAN YIELD
Vatican Stands Ready
to Abandon Public
Worship.
O CZAR GIVES $500,000 °
0 TO FAMINE SUFFERERS. 0
0 SI. Petersburg, Dec. 11.—It was O
O reported today that the czar has O
O Riven jr.oo.oon from his prlvuM O
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SITUATION GRAVE
IN THE REPUBLIC
New Law Is Declared To Be
Unbearable by the Cath
olic Clergy.
EX-
KILLED 81 CHS
HIS ROOM
Continued on Page Feur.
HUNG JUR Y REPOR TED
IN THE BIRDSONG CASE
Bulletin, Jackson, Mita, Dac. 11.—A
•paeial from Haxlehurat aaye that tha
jury sitting in tha Mra. Angia Bird
song ease, who ie charged with mur
dering Dr. Butler, reported to the court
at noon today that thay could not agree.
The jury was out 17 hours.
HALF CRAZED WITH FEAR,
HOGAN FIRES A T FRIENDS,
WOUNDING WILL ADAMS
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Believes He Is Being lg CHRISTMAS shopping
O UNDER 8UNNV SKIES. O
Persecuted by
Some One.
0 warmer."
O Tuesday's temperatures:
0 7 o'clock a. in 50 degrees.
O 8 o'clock a. m
0 9 o’clock a. in
■l n. Hogan, a middle-aged tqpn who
"orks at the Woodward Lumber Com
pany, ran amuck shortly after noon
Tuesday, firing; at random at several
employee* of the lumber company and
seriously wounding Will Adams, who
r '.ks In the wood shop.
After emptying his revolver, a 38- ^
■ailber Smith A Wesson, he ran and 0 io o'clock a. m.
" o pursued by several who worked at
,b * lumber yards. Hogan reloaded his
KUn as he ran. and held his pursuers
,,|f until he reached his boarding house.
''t'lef Jcntzen, of the sanitary de
partment, passed at this time and
started Into the house, f 'all Officers
)■"''k and Coker overtook Sir. Jentzen.
I he three went In, and after ronsldera-
'' difficulty, captured Hogan. Every
'' "uiLer of his revolver was loaded.
""fore reaching his bonrdlng house,
"d while being pursued, Hogan polnt-
II ids weapon at a young man riding
' ".cycle on Whitehall, made him stop
■' 11 - get off his wheel.
Under Hallucination.
'lagan seems to ba under the hallu-
' uution that he fa being persecuted. He
'tdks wildly and In a rambling fashion.
An effort was made to get a statement
horn him, but he wouldn't talk further
' h,n to say that he was being run
‘•''"n and persecuted almost to death.
1 ■ugan baa been boarding et 500
, hltehall street. When asked where
hved, he replied that hla persecu-
'"■s are making life so miserable for
O
0 After the soggy sky and gloom 0
0 of Monday, the weather man re- O
O lented and gave Christmas shop- O
O pers a rqgely beautiful day Tues- O
0 day to gn Krts Krlngllng. And 0
0 It Is to continue, tou, which will 0
O delight merchants and buyers 0
O alike. O
O Forecast: O
0 "Fair and slightly colder Tues- O
0 day night. Wednesday fulr and 0
that he doesn't live anywhere. He
Poears to be about 40 years of age.
Hogan says that hla persecutors are
.mg to make him marry a woman
whom he does not care. He was
"..ght before the recorder several
'mins ngo, at which time lie told of
mjeged persecutors, but the recor-
. Hed to assure him that he was la-
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His Death Is Being
Probed by Authori
ties.
‘RAFFLES’’ LUCKY TO ESCAPE;
NURSE IS A CRACK SHOT
If Miss Annie Painter, the trained nurse who battled with the "gen-
tlcmanty burglar" early Tuesday morning In the darkened room In the
High residence, had obtained the revolver which both she and the burglar
were seeking In a bureau drawer, the body of the lattor would In nil prob
ability now he reposing In an undertaking establishment.
Miss Painter Is a crark pistol shot and she declares she would have
put her skill to the test In winging the festive marauder.
Just as Miss Pointer started to reach into the bureau drawer for the
Plsl.ll, the burglar Interfered and forced her away. He made a move as
though to get the pistol, but as. lt *M covered with soma other articles,
he fhlletJJj.JlDd lt._MtHS Painter thought he had the platol, however,
untTranFr he lied from the house: then she found It In the drawer.
"If that burglar Imdn’t been so Impudent and rude." said the pret
ty nurse, "f would have had « splendid opportunity lo feat my skill as
a pistol shot. I would certainly have taken a shot at him and I don't
think he would have been able to run so fast, either. X think he was a
mean old thing to act aa he did anyway."
When usked If there was any clow to the burglar. Miss Painter
smiled and replied:
"No there la none. But I am thinking of enlisting the services of the
"Millionaire Detective,"
Rome, Italy, Dec. 11.—The pope's let
ter to Cardinal Richard, of Paris, ill
regard to the associations law express,
ly forbids the clergy to make declara
tions aa prescribed by the law- of 1881.
and gives reasons which are chiefly to
be found In Minister Brland's circular,
which, according to the Vatican, makes
the situation of the bishops and par
ish priests unbearable, especially on
the question of the seminaries.
The eltuatlon Is considered serious,
as the French clergy have Informed the
Vatican that they will submit lo all
penalties, Including Imprisonment,
rather than yield, while the Vatican
onment of public worship and
the establishment of private religious
services If the clergy shall be obliged
to abandon the churches.
FRANCE NOW SITTING
ON A HIDDEN MINE.
Paris, Dec. 11.—France Is sitting onu
mine. Whether It will explode or not,
no one In a high place appears to be
willing to publicly prophesy.
Until the pope’s order of Saturday
was received, all lookod toward actual
peace, even If dissatisfaction smoldered
among the most devoted of the faith
ful.
No one on any side will forecast vio
lence. excepting hot heads and sensa- .
tlonalleta. All affect to deny the pos
sibility of civil war, and the lesson of
the hist election sustains the attitude
coupled as It Is with the declarations
of some devoted Catholics that they
will abstain from mass during the com
ing weeks If It Is not celebrated hi
churches safe from the liability of an
Intrusion.
“Religious and Political."
Even while they condemn the gov
ernment, It; must be remembered al
ways that the question Is both religious
and political.
The government Is playing politics;
playing for its life and the country.
The church Is playing politics as well
for themselves.
The government's conciliatory over
tures have been effectually countered
by Rome's adroit about fane, even
though tho eventual effect of this on
the church In France Is problematical.
Clamanosau’a War 8logan.
Tjie Liberie, which has not be -n
rabid on the question, takes Prime Min
ister Clemenceau's war slogan as a text
und sums up the situation briefly. It
says that today will be a historic day.
Forty thousand functionaries will servo
40,000 verbal processes on 40,000 priests,
who have neglected to make declaration
Hint they are going to say mass, and
after the Interrogation of these tho 40.-
000 processes will remain dead letters
of the law with them or be followed by
40,000 condemnations, and the country
will be plunged Into a tumult to be
avoided at any price.
Others, acknowledging their inability
to comprehend the pope's sudden
change from the attltuda of hla encycli
cal, In which lie counseled all lawful
efforts to continue religious services,
point out that the government hereto
fore has shown one merit, the best ,>t
MOTHER OF GILLETTE
IN ROLE OF REPORTER
She Describes Her Son’s Feelings at Their
Meeting— Declares Chester Feels Her
Sorrow Deeply.
Dipthsria Clots* Schools.
Uaklsnd, Calif., Dec. 11.—The public
school of Oakland has been temporarily
closed on account of the prevalence of
dlptherla ainoijg the pupils In that In
stitution.
Wrack Being Probtd.
Washington, Dec. 11.—Investigation
of the Thanksgiving day wreck on the
Southern railroad by the state corpora
tion commission at Richmond. Va., ne
cessitated the postponement today of
the hearing at the main office of the
road In Washington.
seem to realize that he has shot any-
body.
Hogan didn't come to work Monday
and the first seen of him war at 12:05
In the afternoon, when he made hla ap
pearance with the revolver In hand ano
began shooting,
Boston, Dec. 11.—Franklin J. Moses,
ex-governor of Mouth Carolina, was
found dead at Ills boarding house. No.
S Irwin street, Wlnthrnp Beach, early
today. Ous was escaping from a stove
which was used to heat the room.
It has not yet been determined
whether death was due to accident or
suicide. Dr. Harris, the.medleul ex
aminer. Is Investigating.
Mores boarded with Henry C. Ham
ilton. gate tender at the Wlnthrop
Beach station. He nrrlved home at 8
o'clock last-night, apparently In his
usual health, and soon retired,
Hamilton left the huuse without
knowing that anything hud happened
to Moses. Moses was lying on the lied
and had apparently died as he slept.
The death ends n conspicuous and
checkered career. He was born in
South Carolina 81 years ago, tile only
son of 'Chief Justice Moses, of that
state. After a brilliant- career at col
lege he Joined the Confederate army ut
the breaking out of the civil war. At,
the close of the war he entered the
political field and after serving as
speaker of the house was elected gov
ernor In 1873.
It was then Ills downfall commenced.
Having forsaken the Democratic party
und become a Republican, he suffered
social ostracism. He vacated his office
as governor and hscame a victim of the
drug habit. Then he left the South and
settled In New York. He made a living
by writing political speeches for candi
dates for office. He frequented the
lowest dens In Chinatown. He said so
In one of the most remarkable confes
sions ever made by a mnn. Then he
was convicted of theft and went to
Blackwell's Island.
He came to Boston and fell Into the
hands of the law again. Three years
was given him at Charlestown ami 'ie
mine out to make an endeavor to lead
an honest life. He established a paper
at Wlnthrop. a small weekly, that
passed out of existence. He had been
doing newspaper work for some time
since. He was believed to hsve a son
In the navy. He died In poverty.
BURGLAR IN SILK HAT
IN MRS. J.M.HIGH’S HOME;
NURSE SCARES HIM A WAY
“Raffles,” in Evening
Clothes, Enters Home
on Peachtree.
5,000 WORKMEN
GO ON A STRIKE
Sclieuectudv, N. Y., Dec.
11.—A strike which will
probably involve the whole
of the 18,000 employees of
the General Electric Compa
ny was inaugurated today
when 5,000 men walked out
of the works.
TRAIN IS WRECKED;
NO ONE KILLED
'ouiiril Bluff*. In., Dec. 11.—It in re-
Adams Is iylnjf In the Grady I ported that ti Rock 1 Inland train !■
Hospital in a serious condition. The wrecked eight mile* south of Omaha,
bullet struc k hi* left Hbeek und went j Five, coaches lire said to be in the ditch.
Tuming from the bedside of her pa
tient, Mrs. Harriet M. High. G28 Peach
tree street, Tuesday morning nt 2
o'clock. Miss Annie Painter, the trained
nurse, naw behind her a third person In
the sick chamber, a guest not invited.
Bending over the dresser and explor
ing Its upper drawer stood a burglar.
And such a burglar! It was "Raffles”
In real life, a silk-hatted, swgllow-
talied "Rnffies,” who went about his
work as calmly as Hornung's heroeoul J
ever have dor*?.
Ho quietly had the nurse sat beside
her patient that the burglar had failed
to notice her as he entered, and when
she turned and confronted him It was
hard to sAy* which was the more sur
prised.
The burglar was the first to act.
Springing to tho electrolier, he turned
the button und left the room In dark-
nesH. The nurxe started up with nn
exclamation, but the flash of un electric
bull's-eye lantern blinded her and she
sank back.
"Hit down!” thundered the hurgl,
"Don't you dare move.”
Struggle in Darknsss.
But the brave woman remembered
that in tl»e upper drawer of the dresser
lay a revolver, and she darted toward
It. The burglar must have caught the
glitter of the weapyn a* lie ransackod
the drawer, or he divined the woman'
purpose. He sprang to the dresser and
In .the darkness the two struggled to
push each other way and' secure the
weapon. For a mbment they battled in
tho darkened room, while Mrs. High,
who In recovering from sickness follow
ing the death of her husband, Mr. J. M.
High, several weeks ago, lay trembling
and helpless, suffering every fear that
could C4>me to a woman In such a crisis.
The burglar gave up his search, and.
dashing the nurse aside, ran from the
room. On his way downstairs he picked
up a set of beautiful furs which he had
found In his search of the house. The
back door, by which he had entered the
house, had been cautiously left wide
open by Raffles, and he ran out with
his booty.
Daughter Gave Alarm.
By tills t*mc the noise in her mother’s
room bill aroused Miss Hattie May
High, the 5oung daughter of the In-1
\ nli*f, who was asleep In another room.
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By MRS. L. M. GILLETTE.
(Mother of 8layer of Grace Brown.)
Herkimer, N. Y„ Dee. 11.—Another
day of respite- for my boy, thanks to
the kindness snd sympathy of Sheriff
Klook. He has been a friend to Chester
In every sense of the word. Such
man can All any place with credit to
the country. The officials and Mrs.
Richards have treated my boy aa they
would want their boy to be treated un
der similar circumstances and I .wish
In Chester's behalf to thank them most
heartily.
Cheater’s self-control la a marvel
even to me, who knows him better than
anyone else. He makes hla arrange
ments to leave for Auburn as calmly as
be would were he going home on a visit.
The stories told yesterday regarding
hla lack of feeling were unkind and not
true. He waa very much affected ut
our meeting and though he did not give
away aa a woman would to her feelings
when the floodgates con no longer be
controlled, he shed many tears and felt
keenly hla mother's sorrow.
1 did not Intend to say anything '(
this, and did not give the reporter any
of these facts, but later, after re inline
In n Utica paper a lengthy report which
Is somewhat correct. I decided to slum-
Chester In his right, light, even at the
sacrifice of possible feeling*.
The report must hsve been given by
some of the officials, because there was
no reporter there and I have given It to
no one. tatter I was much helped by
(he opinions of the one who had been
there the tatter part of the trial follow
ing every word of It carefully. Hhe
said statements were made over and
over again, but were not proven, anil
that they had no right to admit any
more of the letters of Grace Brown
than bore on the claim to premedita
tion.
Without them complete Ward would
have'had nothing to work upon and
with them it was not argument, but
only to work on the sympathy of those
jurors.
Hhe added: "Your boy had the best
counsel that the state affords and they
did grand work for your boy. They
will yet win."
Clod grant It.
MIsb High, who Is a debutante of last
season, ran to a veranda and screamed
for the police. The burglar dropped his
booty und disappeared through an al
ley.
Bicycle Policeman Pearson was walk
ing his beat two blocks away, at How
ard and Peachtree streets. He hail left
his wheel m the station on account of
the muddy streets after n rainy day,
but he sprinted toward the High home
and reached it within u fez- seconds.
The burglar was nowhere to be seen.
An Investigation was made and It
as found that every room had been
ransacked by the gentleman In the silk
hat. He had dropped the greater por
tion of his loot In his dash for liberty,
but he had carried away about $25 mi
cash which he had collected from va
rious sources In hla search of the
rooms,
8 Mrs. High had been ill for some time
following an operation-and the shock
greatly unnerved her. Bite hail engaged
the servleee of Miss Palmer, of 224 Ivy
street, who Is a skilled nurse, and who
proved herself a worthy guardian of
her patient.
No clew to the Identity of the "gen<
it
TURN A GE IS INSANE, ”
SAYS HIS COUNSEL
Defense of Assailanj
of Mrs. Comstock Is
Decided Upon.
BIRDSONG JURY
STANDS 11 T01
tleman^ burglar" was found by the~po-
be gained
lice. The only description to
was from the momentary glimpse
caught by Miss Painter before he had
turned off the light.
"He was a nice-looking man In n silk
hat." she said.
SHAH OF PERSIA
CLOSE TO DEATH;
HOPE ABANDONED
Londou, Dec. 11,—A re-
port from Teherau says the
shah is not dead blit that the
Germau specialist in attend
ance on his majesty has in
formed the authorities that
his cmidition-is hopeless,
"Insanity" will be the defense of Rob
ert K. Turnage, (lie young while man
identlflcd by Mrs. Carrie Comstock, of
38 South Humphries street, us her bru-
tal assailant of last week.
When the young prisoner Is arraign
ed for trial In the criminal branch of
the superior court, a determined effort
will be made to have him sent to the
state Insane asylum Instead of to the
penitentiary, should he be adjudged
guilty.
Hon. Madison Bell, counsel for Tur
nage, stated Tuesday morning that tlx
prisoner la crazy beyond any doubt.
"Robert Turnage la undoubtedly an
insane man.” said Mr. Kell. ‘His con
versation and hi* demeanor demon
strate this plainly. If he really did at
tack Mrs. Comstock the act ivas noth-
ing more than the prompting of a dis
ordered brain."
Turnage paces his cell In the Tower
like a caged wild snlmaL and rarely
speaks. Ills attorney declares the pris
oner's mind Is a perfect blank on some
subjects and that he is not able to car
ry on an Intelligent-conversation.
It Is expected the case of Turnage
III be considered at the next session
of the Fulton county grand Jury.
Hazlehurst. illss,. Dei-. 11.—After
several hours' deliberation, the Jury In
tHe Blrdkong murder case. It was re
ported late last night, stood 11 to 1 for
acquittal. The Jury was locked In a
room for the night and will report to
day. The case was given to the Jury
at 6 o'clock.
The feature of the hearing yesterday
waa the speech of United States Sena
tor McLaurln, In which he made a stir
ring appeal for the life of hla relative,
Mrs. Angie Blrdsonr, on trial charged
with murdering Dr. Thomas Butler,
the man who Is alleged to have de
famed her reputation. Senator Me-
Isturln made the principal address for
the defendant.
He told the court that he la not a paid
attorney In this case. He then advlsi l
that the women present leave the room,
which most of them did. He said that
If the defendant had been debauched,
and had slain her debaucher. the de-
bauclier had met Justice, and thin lo-
believed If she had been atanilernl and
had slain her trsducer, she hail d. n-
rlght. Any woman, he said, no matter
hoiv low she may be, may protei t her
honor and her pc>gjj« ag-ilmi a inan.