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Politically independent; always for
the best interest of the whole people
of the county.
Purity of politics; purity of the bal
lot box, and clean administration of all
places of public trust. Only paper In
county.
J B. PARHAM, Editor.
VOL. XV.
LABOR UNIONS HIT
In This Swing of the “Big
Stick” By Roosevelt.
DETRACTORS ANSWERED
He Reiterates That Moyer and Hay
wood Arc ‘ Undesirable Citizens,”
Even if They Are Innocent of
Steunenberg Murder.
Jn 4 letter addressed to Honors
Jackson of Cnicago, chairman of the
Cook Count} ii >}cr ilavwcoi confer
ence, made pub ic Tuesday President
Roc-c w it replied to the criticism of
bis recent letter, in which he referred
to Moyer and Haywood, officials of
the Western Federation of Miners,
charged with implication in Lhe mur
der of former Governor Steunenberg
oi Idaho as "undesirable citizens.”
Tin president says he regrets any
body ot men should so far forget
their duty to their country as to, by
formation of societies and in other
ways, endeavor to influence justice,
or coerce court or jury; that they,
not he, are frying to influence jus
tice and he condemns what he calls
their flagrant impropriety in the mat
ter.
He says that he indicated no opin
ion as to their guilt of the Steunen
berg murder, but that it was a sim
ple absurdity -> suppose that because
a man is on trial he is free from
criticism as to his manner of life.
H‘> said be might as well be accursed
of trying to influence the suits against
Hardman, some of whose friends had
also criticized him. He said that both
Moyer and Haywood stand as repre
sentatives of those who habitually ap
pear as guilty of incitement to or
apology for bloodshed and violence.
He added that he was profoundly in
different to the condemnation of him
b'P his criticisms of the undesirable
ty.jrfcs of citizens, regardless of the
power of either labor or capital,
lire letter in part is as follows:
"April 22, 11)07. —Dear Sir: I have
received your letter of the 19th inst.,
in which you enclose the draft of the
formal letter which is tq follow. 1
have been notified that several dele
gation; hearing similar requests are
on the way hither. In the letter you,
on behalf of the Cook County Moyer- 1
flay wood Conference, protest against
certain language 1 used in a recent
letter which you assert to be designed
to influence the course of justice in
the case of the trial for murder of
Messrs. Moyer and Haywood. I en
tirely agree with you that it is im
proper to endeavor to influence the
cum , u of justice, whether by threats
or in any similar manner. For this
reason I have regretted most deeply
the action of such organizations as
your own in Undertaking to accom
pli Mi this very result in the very case
of which you speak. For instance,
.'our letter is headed ‘‘Cook County
Moyer-Haywood-PettiJ?one Conference’
with the headlines ‘Death cannot, will
nut and shall not claim our brothers.’
■'hi; shows that yciu and your asso
• are not demanding a fair trial,
(n ' working for a fair trial, but are
announcing in advance that the ver
'' hall only be one wary, and that
will not tolerate any other ver-
Such action is flagrant in Us
hn; roprieiy, mnd 1 join heartily in
enm tuning it. “ : 1
|: m it is a simple absurdity, to
v" ' that because any man is
011 'rial lor a given offense he- is,
’'ci'oiv, to be freed from all crjti
-11 upon his general conduct and
n innm of life In my letter, to which
’ ( " object-, t referred to as--certain
" uineut financier, Harriman, on the
one hand, and to Messrs.. Moyer, Hay
w"oi and Debs bli tTiVother, as being
oqunliy undesirable citfeehs. It is- as
ioolitsli to assort that this was design
”l influence the trial of Moyer
HI1( l Haywood as io asst i;l .that it. was
desi,'ic 1 to influence the Suits that
him lieen brought against llarriman..
I n' iilier expressed, nor indicated, any
opinion as t 0 whether Messrs, Moyer
no I Haywood were guilty of the mur
,if r ot g nernor Steunenberg. if they
ar< kuilty, they ought to be punished.
II b y are not guilty, they certainly
oi'iM not be punished." -
Both Bristols Now Dry.
’Gi local option election in the Vir
kho , poition of Bristol lasi Tuesday,
v ’ a hotly contested by the saloqiiists
1111,1 aati-saloonists, the largest a*->t
111 '■ history of the town being"cast.
1 i;i anti-sal,jouislit woii by a majority
' 1 . '! oiit of a total vote of 871. The
J "io - x. (. .-a ction of the city voted to
Hl "'bMi saloons on the Bth of March: 1
. !
MUuTI MURDERER GOES HENCE.
Notorious Dr. Haogh Electrocuted at
Dayton, Ohio.
Dr. Oliver Crook flaugh, convicted
ui the murder of his father, mother
kiiti brother at Dayton, Ohio, on the
night of November 4, 1905, was eiec
b'uctjtt-d In the annex at the, o.*io
l'haiteuiiary at Cdhgibua a few min
ute* after midnight* uSiursday night.
MILLIONS FOR NEGROES.
Philadelphia Quakeress Gives Income
from That Amount for Colored
Rudimentary Schools in South.
A gift of .$1,000,000 for the establish
ment of a iunTl for rudimentary
chools for southern negroes was an
nounced at Philadelphia Tuesday
night.
1 he donor is Miss Anna T. Jeanes,
a Quakeress of Philadelphia, Booker
i \\ asliington, head of Tuskegee In
stitute and Hollis Burke Frizzell,
president of the Hampton Normal and
Industrial Institute, are named as
trustees of the fund, but neither of
Die institutions they represent will
share in the gift.
lhe income of the million dollars
is to he for the sole purpose of
assisting in the "southern United
States community, country end rural
schools for the great class of negroes
to whom the small rural and commu
nity schools are alone available. ’
Miss Jeanes, the donor, is about 8o
years old, and comes from an old
and wealthy family. She has long
been interested in the welfare of the
negro, and has been a contributor to
institutions for their education. She
lias known Booker Washington for a
decade.
In transferring the million dollars
to the trustees, Miss Jeanes states
that "trusting anti believing in the
practical and t'ar-rejjchlng good that
may result from the moral and ele
vating influence of rural schools for
negroes in the southern states, taught
by reputable teachers, I do hereby ap
point Booker T. Washington of Tus
kegee, Ala., and Hollis Burke Friz
zell of Hampton, Va., and their suc
cessors in the trust appointed and cre
ated as hereinafter directed, the trus
tees of an endowment fund in per
petuity of one million dollars, which
is hereby created, to be known as
‘the fund for rudimentary schools for
southern negroes,’ the income thereof
shall be devoted to the sole purpose
of assisting in the southern United
States, community, country and rural
schools for the great, class of negroes
to whom the small, rural and commu
nity schools are alone available.
“Sh/uld the said Botiker T. Wash
ington or the said Holiis-’ Burke Friz
zell decline to serve before they shall
have established the hoard of trus
tees of said endowment fund, or if
for any reason the same shall not be
constiuted by them within a period
of six months from this date, then i
request and empower the trustees o!
the Hampton Normal and Agricultu
ral Institute and the trustees of the
Tuskegee Industrial Institute to se
lect and create from members of their
own boards a special board of trus
tees to act as trustees of the said en
ddwment fund in perpetuity hereby
created; and 1 direct that such board
apply tile income upon the said fund
in like manner solely \owa-rd the
maintenance and assistance of the
rural, community and country schools
lor the southern negroes, and to en
courage moral influence and social re
finement which shall promote peace in
the land and good will among men.”
BARGE LONG MISSING.
Supposed to Have Gone Down in Lake
Michigan Witn Fourteen Men.
'lhe wooden lumber barge Arcadia,
which left Manistee, Mich., April 12,
for Two Rivers, with a cargo of hard
wood, has undoubtedly been lost in
Lake Michigan with her captain and
owner, Harry May, and about thir
teen others. Marine men have given
her up as lost.
A CRANKY COMBINATION.
Carnegie, Low and Sutler Join Forces
• With Old Lady Eddy.
With Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy as
its American founder, and Aiulrfew
Carnegie, Seth Low, Nicholas Mur
ray Butler and other American publi
cists identified with the movement,
an American branch of the Associa
tion lor International Conciliation,
-was organized at New York Tuesday!
IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATION
Plan of Work Has Been Adopted by
Special Commission.
The immigration commission was in
session for' three- hours at Washing
ton Tuesday considering the details
of the proposed investigation. It was
practically .-tUsjsfdVd that all of the
nine oiPfhe commission ex
cept Qommishfcfner' Gill Tfud Professor
Jelks-vsbimj to
Hie purpose of
rv Jenks
should carry on the- work in this
country.
BROKE 1 1TH COMMANDMENT.
Erring*'' Husband, Trapped by Wife,
Puts Bullet in His Head.
, -Frederick W. Gardner, justice of
thq, peace, and a wealth} resident of
.Ridgewood,.-'N," J., killed hnfihell wish
in pistol Moiid-ky night. Mrs: Gardner
■Rjilowed her husband to the door of
t-u apartuient occtjpled by a young
v oman. When Gardner saw ts tfile
fie shot himself in the head.
DADE COUNTY SENTINEL
Georgia Cuilings
Curtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Free Delivery for Tifton.
The postoffice department at Wash
ington has ordered that a free city de
livery carrier system be inaugurated
at Tifton, to begin June 1. The
houses have been numbered and the
streets named in accordance with the
regulation. There will be three letter
carriers and one substitute carrier.
* * *
Oil Found in Two Counties.
The discovery of oil in Putnam and
South Morgan has created widespread
interest. For over twelve Months
prospectors who worked in the Beau
mont, Texas, oil fields have been pros
pecting on two farms in Putnam.
Recent offers of long leases on the
above lands have been received by the
owners. The prospectors are positive
in their statements that they have
made a rich find. Machinery is en
route to work adjoining farms in lltor
gan.
* * *
Judge Allen Fort Dead.
Judge Allen Fort, one of the most
prominent citizens of the state, a
man who has filled ably many posi
tions of honor and trust, died at his
home in Amerieus Saturday. He was
during his life a member of the leg
islature on several occasions, a state
senator, a judge of the superior court
and a member of the state railroad
commission.
Judge Fort was ill only two days
from pneumonia, which was the cause
of his death.
♦ * *
Governor Executes $890,C00 Warrant.
Governor Terrell, a few days ago,
signed a wararnt for $890,000 —prob-
ably the largest single warrant on
the state treasury he has excuted dur
ing his term of office. The. warrant
was drawn in favor of State Treasurer
Robert E. Park to reimburse the
treasury for the pension funds that
have been disbursed.
The legislature appropriated $890,-
000 for the payment of pensions, and
the fund has been exhausted. In this
connection, it is announced by Pension
Commissioner Lindsay that the fund
is about $25,000 short this year. •
* * *
Hardy Acquitted by Jury.
Charles M. Hardy, accused of the
murder Sf. Charles N. Brocks, was ac
quitted of the charge by the jury at
Hamilton.
Brooks was the father-in-law of
Hardy and was assassinated at hi-s
home at Chipley one night last fall,
the shot being fired through the win
dow from outside as Brooks sat in his
room alone.
The first ballot by the jury was
eleven for acquittal and one for con
viction. The next ballot was for ac
quittal. All the evidence was circum
stantial.
* * * .
Pike Can Vote on Dispensary.
The state supereme court holds in
a decision handed down a few days
ago that the county of Pike has the
legal right to hold an election under
the act of 1906, to determine whether
the dispensary for the sale of liquors,
operated by the city of Barnesville,
shall continue or be put out of busi
ness.
The city council of Barnesville
sought to secure an injunction from
the superior court to prevent the or
dinary from calling the election. This
injunction was refused and the su
preme court upholds the lower court
in its refusal.
More Teachers Are Swindled.
State School Commissioner Merritt
has received a letter from County
School Commissioner B. D. i W 1 ° f
Wayne county stating that many of
the teachers in that county have been
victimized by book agents the same
as in the case .of Appling county
teachers. The teachers were offered
an encyclopedia which they declined
to buy, but obligingly furnishing their
addresses on blanks presented by the
hook agents, found out later to their
astonishment that they had signed
promissory notes. Commissioner Mer
ritt has already written the Kansas
City book concern whose agents have
been doing this sort of business in
the hope of being able to secure to
the teachers a return of their money.
* * *
Enjoyed Eleven Years of Freedom.
A negro who escaped from a Geor
gia convict camp eleven years ago.
andi.whCM had gone to Sumter county,
name, married and raised
was captured at DeSoto.
county, the past week.
Bert Kelly was sent up for life
from Jasper county in 1894. In 1896
he escaped from one of the cawu*
and nothing had been heard of him
since. Last week Sheriff E. L. Bell
of Sumter was informed that the ne
gro was living at DeSoto in that’
county, under the name of Will Brown.
The negro was arrested and ;con
fessed that he was Bert Kv\ hr.
bad escaped eleven years ago. Now
ho will have to-go back to-the peni
tentiary and serve the rest of his life.
* * *
Brings on Prohibition Fight.
On acount of the decision of the
TRENTON. GA, FRIDAY. APRIL 20. 1907.
court of appeals in the case of R. M.
Rose & Cos., liquor dealers of Atlanta,
who were charged with selling liquor
illegally in Bartow county, it is said
that a prohibition fight will be brought
on immediately.
In an interview given to the press,
Judge Fite closed with the following
legal statement, after discussing the
legal phase of the matter:
“The best thing for us to do now
is to again submit the question to
the people, which should be done as
soon as practicable. I have no doubt
that we will do as we did in 1884-
vote the sale ot whiskey out of the
county, and that, too, by an over
whelming majority.”
* * *
Editors Will Go to Jamestown.
The annual convention of the Geor
gia Weekly Press association will be
held at Sandersville, June 6th. An an
nouncement to this effect has been
made by President W. S. Coleman of
Cedartown, who declares that the out
look for a great assembly of the week
ly editors is more promising than
ever.
The convention will last two days.
When business is finished, the dele
gates wiil go to Atlanta in a body",
and to Jamesiown on a special train,
reaching the exposition in time for
Georgia day. Tney are special inter
ested in hearing the address which
President Roosevelt will make on that
occasion from the portico of the Geor
gia building. The Sandersville people
scc preparing to give the editoia a
cordial reception and will see to it
that every minute of their stay is
filled with interest.
The following statement has been
issued by If. H. Cabaniss, president
of the Georgia Press association:
"Members of the Georgia Press As
sociation, who wish to attend Georgia
Day exercises at Jamestown, are in
vited- to meet in Atlanta on Saturday,
June Bth. Georgia Day exercises will
occur on Monday, June 10th, and
members of the association may go
in a body or seperately as they pre
fer.
“The Weekly Press Association has
been called by President W. S. Cole
man to meet in Atlanta at the same
time, giving opportunity to all Geor
gia newspaper editors arid publishers
to visit Jamestown on Georgia Day!
“The railroads are forbidden to
give passes, and all members of th<v
press association will be required to
pay the published rates. A large at
tendance of editors and publishers is
requested, thus contributing to make
Georgia Day a splendid occasion.
JUDGE USED A SHOTGUN.
Promptly Avenges Dishonor Placed
Upon His Young Daughter.
A special from Lynchburg, Va...
says: Ex-Judge W. G. Loving, who
late Monday afternoon • hot and kill
ed Theodore Estes, at Oak Ridge, the
estate of Thomas F. Ryan, was admit
ted to bail Tuesday in the sum of $5,-
ouo.
Charging Estes with drugging his
daughter, Elizabeth, aged 19, and as
saulting her while in a drugged con
dition, during a buggy ' ride, after
learning of the alleged incident from
the lips of his daughter, Judge Loving
drove some eight or ten miles before
locating the young man, and, with
out a word, shot him down with a
dou b le- barre led shotgun.
In speaking of his action. Judge
Loving said:
“When l heard the awful story from
the lips of my dear one, I was insane
1 waited to learn all the facts, ana
then nothing in God's or man's power,
could have stopped me from taking
his life. 1 did it after careful con
sideration.'’
CHAUNCEY’S LATEST JOKE.
Depew Discourses Upon Teddy’s Ana
nias Club at Women’s Meeting.
Senator Depew celebrated his 73rd
birthday ’luesday by lunching with
ihe Women's Republican Association
ui the State of New York. Depew con
giululated the womCu republicans on
ucing part of a campaign which had
begun so excitingly fifteen months be
l°re the presidential campaign. "The
cnief result of that campaign so far,”
lie said, "has been the organization of
the Society of Ananias and Saphira,
v ’kh a constantly increasing member
ship of influential people.”
DYNAMITERS AT WORK.
mayor of Montgomery Asks Governor
to Offer Reward.
Mayor Teague of 'Montgomery, Ala.,,
has called ■on Governor Comer to of--
fer rewards for sit ike sympathizers
who are alleged to be dynamiting cars
at night, and the executive has agreed
to do so. Citizens ui a lengthy signed
petition have called lor a laXv and or
der league, if the officers do not at
once stop the outrages.
"My. Heart Lives O er-Again ihe Days
of Old.”
This Is the title of anew popular
song, written by an Atlanta, Ga., man,
Mr. John T. Pugh, who is a well
known writer of poetic tendency. The.
song is published by the Popular Mu
sic Company of Chicago, and is re
plete with that harmony ami senti
ment so dear to the Southern heart.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DADE COUNTY.
NONE BUT BRYAN
For Leader of Democrats,
Says Editor Watterson.
NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE
Organized Democracy Must Rely on
Nebraskan for Any Hope of Suc
cess, is Opinion of Ken
tucky Statesman.
Col. Henry Watterson, the editor,
and Mrs. Watterson, arrived at New
\ T ork Monday from Europe. An
other passenger was Frigate Captain
Sembiar Poschwitz, flag adjutant of
the German navy, who is going to the
Jamestown exposition.
Colonel Watterson saidf in an in
terview, that William J. Bryan seem
ed to be the only man fin the run
ning for the Democratic nomination
for the presidency.
“Mr. Bryan is an individual man
with a certain following,” he said.
“He is not a iaw-giver, he may be a
law unto himself. It remains to be
seen if the fragments of the Demo
cratic party, lying around loose, can
be united on anew program.
“I think that organized Democracy
at the present time can see no other
alternative except Bryan. Nobody is
being seriously considered running. I
sometimes doubt whether he himself
cares a fig for the presidency. For I
should think if he believed Demo
cracy hrfd a reasonable chance of
carrying the country and that he
might he nominated he would be more
circumspect -and would show a great
er sense of responsibility than ho
seems to be showing.”
Asked what he considered the most
vital issue to he raised by the Demo
cratic party,-Colonel Watterson said:
“The one thing to constitute a mil
itant Democracy is that we must
think together. So long as we don’t,
there is no use proposing any is
sue. The relations of franchise cor
porations to the public.ttyrd- of capital
and labor are the greAt - economic
problems to be worked Out in the
coming year. We are on the thvesh
hoM of their rapid development,.
"I do not bc-licve President Roose
velt wants a third term for himself.
I know he recently stated that if the
convention nominated him and ad
journed, it would have to reconvene
as he would never accept another
nomination. I am willing to take him
at his word.”
Colonel Watterson declared that
Governor Hughes was a force to be
reckoned with in Republican poli
tics.
"I predicted last June,” he said,
“that Hughes would succeed Roose*
velt iu the white house.”
"BLACK HAND” IN COURT.
More Than a Score of Cut-Throat
Foreigners Placed on Trial.
More than a score of foreigners
charged with being members of the
"Black Hand,” responsible for a large
number of crimes, were placed on
trial at Wilkesbarre, Pa., Monday.
Thirteen cases of shooting with at
tempt to kill, thirteen of conspiracy,
six of dynamiting and two of rob
bery by threats and menaces are
charged against Hie men, who are
alleged- to be the leaders of the
“Black Hand.”
MADE COLONEL WRATHY.
Received a “Skiddoo” Postal and Ap
peals to the Authorities.
■ The “Skiddoo” postal cards, espe
cially those bearing the membership
formula of, the “Down and Out Club,”
are in trouble with Uncle Sam's mail
service. A southern colonel, now in
Washington, received one, and he im
mediately sent it to Postmaster Gen
eral Meyer, with the request for an
opinion as to whether or not the card
was insulting, and if so, was it eligi
ble for passage through the mail. The
matter was taken under advisement.
CANNOT SELL TO CONSUMER.
Coal Dealers Will Boycott Mines if
They Are “Caught.”
At the closing session in Atlanta of
the Retail Coal Dealers’ Convention,
the fact was developed that a mine
owner will be immediately boycotted
by the members df the Southeastern
Retail Coal Dealers’ Association, if. he
sells directly to consumers.
One of the chief objects and aims
of -this association is to prevent con
sumers buying their coal direct from
the mine owner.
GOMEZ ENTERS PROTEST
Against Cuban Government Buying
Church Properties.
Jose Miguel Gomez, Cuban liberal
leader, in a statement published at
Havana Sunday, protests against the
purchase ck church properties by the
government lor $2,000,000. He gives
as his reason that the church titles
are questionable and the price far
in excess of the value of the prop
erty.
STRIKERS ARE ENJOINED.
Van Winkle Machine Company at At
lanta Appeals to Court f*r Pro
tection and Prayer Granted.
A large number of the machinists
employed at the E. Van Winkle Gin
and Machinery Works, at Atlanta, are
now out on a strike inaugurated near
ly three weeks ago, by order- of At
lanta lodge,Wo. 1, of the International
Association of Machinists.
This strike was the occasion of the
filing of an equitable petition Monday
in th® superior court by the Van Win
kle company, praying that the said
lodge, its members and the striking
machinists named as defendants in
the petition be enjoined and. restrain
ed from interferring in any manner
with the labor now- employed at the
machinery works, and from posting
pickets about the works, the ends
of the car lines and the depot for the
purpose of inducing workmen to quit
their positions or to refrain from
working for the company.
Judge Pendleton granted a tempor
ary restraining older as prayed for
in the petition, and set the hearing of
the petition for Saturday, April 27.
The petition shows by the exhibits
attached thereto that tfce grievances
complained of by the lodge and the
machinists are that the company dis
criminated against the members of or
ganized labor; did not observe the
rules laid down by organized labor in
regard to the employment of handy
men on machinists’ work, and declin
ed to adopt and post rules governing
these conditions.
The petition recites that the works
manufactures steam and hydraulic en
gines, cotton machinery and other
like machinery, $500,000 being invest
ed in the plant, which employs 300
men, many of whom are machinists,
the weekly pay-roll amounting to
$3,500; that Edward Van Winkle, the
president of the works, is, and has al
ways been, kind and considerate of
the welfare and comfort of his em
ployes, to whom good wages were
paid, and they seemed happy and
contented up to a recent period. .
Petitioner complains that in March,
1907, F. W. McCabe, business agent
ihe lodge, called at the shops and
ha4-.au interview with President Van
Winkle, complaining that no rules
were posted in the shop, to which
the president replied that the men
had neglected to keep them up, and
they had become lost or destroyed;
that thereupon McCabe furnished a
set of rules, which petitioner did not
think suitable or proper for the con
duct. of its business, and rules fram
ed by the president were posted in
lieu of those submitted by the lodge.
This caused a kick and McCabe wrote
a letter notifying the president of ihe
works that if the matter was not ad
justed satisfactorily by March 31,
there would be trouble.
Thereafter the defendants ordered
the strike, and a large number of the
machinists walked out, after .which,
petitioner charges, the lodge and its
members posted pickets at the very
gates of their premises, at the ends
of the car lines, and at the passen
ger depots to dissuade other machin
ists and those who remained at work
from working for the Van Winkle
Company. The company charges that
this was an unlawful combination Ire
tween the lodge and the machinists,
its real purpose being to unionize the
shops, to prevent the employment of
machinists. ni.% members of the order,
to fix wages irrespective of the rights
of employers, and to force non-union
men out of the shops,' and that the
subsequent posting of pickets was the
result of a conspiracy between the
lodge and the machinists against the
company for the purpose of closing
down their business, and forcing, them
to yield to unreasonable demands.
TO HONOR JUDGE BLECKLEY.
Citizens of Clayton, Ga., Will Erect
Monument to Great Jurist.
Citizens of Clayton, Ga., have be
gun a movement to erect a monu
ment to Judge Logan E. Bleckley, a
native of the town and one of Geor
gia's most illustrious dead. Jt is pro
posed that the new school building
which is to be erected in the town
near the judge’s birthplace'be named
the Logan E. Bleckh-y Memorial In
stitute. .
The town has already raised a con
siderable sum by subscription for this
building. Rabun county and the
whole state will be asked to contrib
ute. The main -building is to cost
something like $} 0,000.
On .the. school grounds or in the
school building a statue of the ex
chief justice is to be placed.
CRAZY MERCHANT SUICIDES.
Gimbel Cut Throat and Wrists With
Fragments of Glass.
Benedict Gimbel, Lhe wealthy Phila
delphia merchant who cut his throat
and wiisi with broken glass in a ho
tel in Hqbcdven,, N. J., soon after ho
had been arrested on serious charges
lu New York, died at St: Mary's hospi
tal, Hoboken, early Monday, morning.
BRYAN’S PLATFORM
Tariff Reform Will Be the
Slogan for 1908,
NO OWNERSHIP PLANK
National Committeeman Dahiman,
Who is in Close Tough With
. Nebraskan, Makes Official
Announcement.
The democratic platform of 1908, if
VV. J. Bryan controls the convention,
will not demand absolute government
ownership of railroads. This was au
thoritatively announced at Omaha, Sat
urday, by James C. Dahiman, national
committeeman from Nebraska. The
statement is in the nature of an offi
cial announcement for the reason that
Mr. Dahiman is in close touch with Mr.
Bryan.
From the same source it is staled
that tariff reform will again become
a dominant feature of the platform.
While Mr. Dahiman was not able to
go into minute details, he says the
planks in Mr. Bryan's plat
form will concern trusts, the tariff,
state regulation and money, the rail
road ownership plank, being conspic
uous by its absence.
Constitutional guarantees will have
a strong indorsement and the accept
ance of campaign contributions from
trusts and large corporations will re
ceive severe condemnation. The plat
form will define the necessity for and
proper use of money contributed for
running campaigns.
Usurpation of power by the presi
dent also will be asked to declare
that President Roosevelt in this re
spect as well as in the matter of ac
cepting or approving campaign con
tributions, has overstepped the true
democratic principles.
Government economics will receive
the usual attention, and a halt will
be demanded in naval circles. It will
be declared that the vast sums *pent
•on armament may be much better em
ployed in irigating the plains of the
west. Development of river navigation
is to be indorsed.
Election of United States senators
by direct vote of the people, reforma
tion of civil service rules and a strong
foreign policy will be strongly pro
claimed and pledged.
No overtures of any sort is to be
made to the populists, beyond a gen
eral invitation directed to all classes
to join forces with the democratic
party in an effort to enforce the
principles proclaimed and demanded
in the democratic faith.
BETWEEN SIX AND SEVEN YEARS
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Panama Canal Will Ee Completed,
Says Stevens.
John F. Stevens, formerly chief en
gineer and chairman of the isthmian
canal commission, was a caller at the
white house Saturday. His visit was
a personal one, he said, as he had
not seen the president since his re
turn to this country. He. talked with
the president about the condition of
'affairs on the isthmus.
“How long will it take to complete
the canal?’ was asked of Mr. Ste
vens.
"Between six and seven years,” he
replied.
SIX BOYS HELD FOR MURDER.
Alleged That They Killed Negro Wom
en Without Provocation.
Toni Walker, John I albeit, iemple
Young, oJe Baugh, Derby Weather
ford and Oscar Geatherly, six white
boys, ranging in age from 14 to 20
years were rested and placed in
jail at Danville, Va., Saturday, charg
ed with the murder of Ellen Elliott,
a negro woman who was stabbed and
stamped to death. It is said that the
attack upon the negro was absolutely
unprovoked, and the killing without
cause.
THAW JUROR “APPROACHED”
Is Report Under Investigation by Dis
trict Attorney Jerome.
It was announced in New York
Thursday that the district attorney
had- begun the investigation or toe
report that one of the Thaw jurors
had been ‘ approached by a P
man during he trial. Henry C. Brear
v one of the jurors, had an m
;,ew with District Attorney Jerome
in the day at Mr. Jeromes office
it was announced that several
Jf . E thc Thaw jurors would be
asked to tell what, if anything, they
know of the report in question. ;
dynamite for canal.
New York Powder Company Registers
the Lowest Bid.
A Washington -dispatch says: ihe
El Dupont de Nemours Powder com
pany of New York was the lowest bid
der for the o£ 1,167,000
pounds of dynamite for the isthmian
canal '. work at 1121.37 C, when bids
\vefe opened at the isthmian canal
commißioa offices -Saturday.
The comity, state and national^
Four, pages, 32 long columns, weeki.%il
every Frkfay. J&jm
Circulation In North Georgia,
Tennessee and Northern Alabaawsl
Scattering circulation in over half tttfy
States and Tesritorlea.
**oo A YEAR.
WESTERN FRUIT KILLED.
Sweep of Wintry Blizzard in Many
States Will Entail Loss of Several
Millions of Dollars.
A sharp drop in temperature fol
lowed the snow storm Saturday night,
14 degrees above zero being recorded
by the weather bureau In Denver and
Pueblo, and fruit of all kinds in east
ern Colorado, according to specials,
was nipped in the bud. At Grand
Juuetion, the center of the more im
portant fruit region west of the con
tinental divide, the temperature fell
30 degrees Sunday, and the weather
observer there reported that the con
dition of fiuit was grave. While dam
age to the fruit in Colorado, accord
ing to some estimates, may amount to
several million dollars, nearly all other
crops will be merely benefited by the
moisture.
A remarkable feature of the snow
storm was that it was more severe
in the lowlands than’hi the mountains.
While the precipitation covered a
large area, including all Colorado, Wy-'
oming and part of South Dakota, Ne-J
braslta, Texas aud New Mexico, thm
snow was mostly confined to the east*
ern slope of the Rocky mountains,
and extended from Bander, Wyo.,
Rapid City, S. D., on the north to*:
Santa Fe, N. M., and Roswell, N. M.,1
on the south.
Only a slight snow occurred west,]
of the continental divide. The storna
originated in the north and work,*!
its way slowly to the south, passing
out of the state late Sunday after
noon.
Frederick H. Brandenburg, district
forecaster, who estimated the snow
fall in Denver at 17 1-2 inches, said
that though the snow storm was re
markable in that city for April, it was
by no means unprecedented. On April
21, 22 and 23, 1885, the records show
a snowfall of 32 inches, 27 inches
falling on the last day of the storm.
On the whole, it Is asserted that
while the storm was heavier than any
of the entire winter; and some damage
is reported, the resulting good will
offset the loss many fold.
Advices from Omaha, Neb., state
that as a result of the unprecedent
edly warm weather which prevailed
during the greater part of the month
of March, and the fretting weather
and heavy snowfall o? the last few
days, early fruits, such as peaches,
plums and cherries, in that region
have been injured, but the general
opinion is that the damage is not as
great as has been. reported. Indeed,
many are of the opinion that while
early fruits have been injured, and
in some instances killed, benefits re
sulting to the graih crop from the
snow storm more than offset the dam
age. „
Snew fell in El Paso, Texas, Sunday
morning at a lively rate for more than
an hour. This is the latest snowfall
ever known there, and the tempera
ture, which was 36 degrees, did much
damage to the small fruit and truck
gardens in the valley variously esti
mated at from $30,000 to $100;000.
THREE TRAINS IN CRASH.
Peculiar Wreck on Southern Kills Two
and Injurfes Many.
As the result of a double wreck on
the Southern railway a short distance
east of Wood lawn, a suburb of Bii
mingham, Aia., early Sunday morning,
two men are dead and a number in
jured.
The unusual character of the wreck
makes it surprising that the casualties
were not more. A freight train with
a dead engine on the rear, was mov
ing towards Birmingham. The opera
tor allowed No. 37, the fast passenger
into the block, and it crashed wo
the dead engine, smashing them both
and demolishing several cars.
Three cars of the freight train were
thrown across the eastbound track a!
most at the instant that the Southern
wrecker, en route to Heflin, Ala., pass
ed The wrecker struck them and
practically the whole train piled into
the ditch. Two men were caught un-
BELIEVED IN UNWRITTEN LAW.
On That Score 53 Men Were Excused
from Jury Duty.
Fifty-three men, out of a venire of
100, summoned for the trial of the po
liceman, Michael McNamara, charged
with killing his wife and John J.
Broppy, her paramour, on August
23, 1906, were excused in court at St,
Louis Monday, after they had sworn
they believed in the “unwritten law.”
Each of the 53 said he would refuse
to vote for conviction if the “unwrit
ten law” was pleaded in McNamara's
defense.
GIGANTIC FRAUD ALLEGED.
Government Brings Suit Against Big
.. Lumber Company.
The---government has filed a suit
ih the. United States court at Boise,
Idaho, agaiust the Barber Lumber
company to set aside 215 patents,
involving 40,000 acres of timber land
tit Boise county, worth over one mii-
Ilou dollars. Fraud -in securing, title
to til© land is alleged.
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