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’ politically Independent; always for the best interest of the whole people 0 f the county. purity of politics; purity of the bal lot box, and clean administration of all places of public trust. Only paper In county. . p f, TATUM, Editor, \ GLUME XVI. senate deals WITH CASTRO Venezuelan Claims Muddle is Re ferred to Congress for Action. THE crisis is reached Pcele Sent' Tires of Dilatory Tactics of president of Little South American Republic and Will Retaliate. The Ion? expected correspondence , n America and Venezuela re pending American claims the latter country was submit te() t , ( - ate Tuesday and is almost ■vrtaiu ■ •••reate a profound impres ,i(lUi p will b e difficult to digest the ;i ,.i nf material which Secretary , ].ii 1:■i 1 <l l before congress, but . .ry inspection of the docu . . , ;h.s it evident that the ne- E , , ii-, have reached a critical . Tii-- president’s realization of , ; t shown by his transmission , I;; to the senate without any j, r. regarding the correspond and especially Secretary Root’s j tr ; mtation of the American , a . . ; sufficient to instantly enlist he attrition of congress. AH i correspondence and docu u. i.> r d'erred to the senate com nittee cn foreign relations. Thi m miners of the senate com ni.i >\! > have already familiarized tlinr 'l\> with the situation have ar ra ■ ! f.'litatively a program as fol hl- i prohibitive tariff on Venezu ela i ft v, the exports of which con- Btitui- U per cent of the entire Ven pztirlan t reign trade and 90 per cent n t r ffee is tak.n by the United •i '•> all importations of asphalt [ I Bermudez the product of •! been taken almost entirely by the United States. "A": the president to exercise It. -■■ ■ :i power invested in him to take w 1 1 a ■ ver steps he may consider jo treat with Venezuela in be future. ~ tabuing general instructions, to the American minister, Secretary Root said: V u will call the attention of the fovMan. at of Venezuela to the &ct tha* n vithstatidlng the long and .un brie- : ieml-hip manifested by .the' I'liiDd Suites for Venezuela; notwith s' . repeated occasions upon * -eh United States has intervened fc a f:.• ,and in need to relieve Venezue la ' t and agreeable -and dangerous compli(-;i:i-ms with other powers; not *■' . : the patience and consid erate ;i which has always character ed netio;i of this government to * 1- V< . zuela, the government of Ven- :u i i-.as within the last few year t, ally confiscated or destroy ed all ; o substantial property inter : leans in that country. This ta? iir a done sometimes in accordance Vi ":i • ';>• forms of law and contrary to toe ■i f law; sometimes without * v? n ' rut of law, by one device or aec-apr with the action of the gov erniian- oarently always hostile to American interests until of many mil iars invested by Americans nothing rjemains.” COAL MINERS LAY DOWN PICKS some ? c 000 on Strike Because of Failure to Agree on Wage Scale. l A al from Indianapolis, Ind., $ !'wn hundred and fifty thousand ij peel from the hands of as : U umincus coal miners of the >te Tuesday evening, not to ’gain until a wage settle •en reached and a scale 1 'tween the members of the Mme Workers of America and +Vr> \ vi |; f °ntinned, but some policies in {.ii'j! J C ' lan with the change in the na t < er s of the miners’ organiza da' i ." Vr,idl went into effect Wednes f;lu< al differences ’etween op ten , Ud ‘ nlners have in au “ suspension from work until t) V /’ ,' lge sca| e is agreed to either °r individual mines. IRION GIVEN eighteen years. ‘ Safe Blower Convicted of Rob bing Bank at Sharon, Ga. ti s ls Ca rton, who made a sensa ir ca!Pe fr °m the Atlanta jail re t°rdv]] n iJlaced on trial at Craw blo.wi ruesda y and convicted of ton I ‘Vf lile safe of the Bank pf Sfyi pet vas slven y& T ANARUS to DADE COUNTY SENTINH MEXICO CITY JARRED. Earthquake Shocks Damage Many Build ings and Create Fanic Among the People-No Deaths Reported. Mexico City experienced two severe earthquake shocks Thursday. The first shock, which occurred in the afternoon, lasted 4 minutes and 28 seconds, and did little damage. The second shock, which occurred at 9:17 o’clock Thursday night, was much more severe. Four persons were injur ed during the quake, one of them mor tally, and great damage was done to buildings. Walls were cracked and clocks all over the city were stopped. The thea ter crowds rushed to the streets. The people are greatly alarmed over the re peated shocks. A number of walls have fallen. For a short time telegraph communication was interrupted. The 6hock was felt over an area of some 500 miles from north to south, expending itself at Guanajuato on the , north, and Rincon Antonio on. the south. Calle San Francisco, the main thor oughfare of the city, was cracked in places for many blocks. It is feared that the shocks will be repeated. It has been many years since successive shocks of any severity have been felt in the city. All of the injured were Mexican workmen. KOREAN’S BULLET PROVED FATAL. Adviser Stevens Dies in ’Frisco Hospital of Wound in Abdomen. Durham White Stevens, the diplo matist shot by Wan Chang, a young Korean, on Monday, died at the St. Francis hospital Wednesday night fol lowing an operation. Death was due to peritonitis. The operation disclosed that the assassin’s bullet had perfor ated the intestines in six places. Wan Chang, when informed at the jail of his victim’s death, received the news without surprise and with mani fest delight. Since the day of the shooting Chang has been expressing the hope that Stevens’ wounds might prove fatal. Wednesday night, when asked if he was sorry for what ha had done, Chang said: “No, lam glad. He was no friend of Korea, and he Is better dead.” FINDS FAULT WITH MESSAGE. Minority Leader Williams Says Democrats WiU Approve Only Part of It. Representative John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, as leader of the minor ity in the house of. Representatives, Thursday night issued a statement de-. fining the attitude of the democratic party In the house toward the legisla tion urged by President Roosevelt in his messages to congress at the pres ent session. The statement describes what republican legislation tire demo crats will support, what they will op pose and what concessions they de mand on the part of the majority-as the price of refraining from an organ ized filibuster throughout the remain der of tlie session. ROBBER’S HEAD BLOWN OFF. Charge Intended for Blowing Open Safe Was Set Off Prematurely. Three robbers attempted to rob the bank at Sprlngtown, Ark., Thursday night, but a premature explosion blew off the head of one robber and so mu tilated him that identification is im possible. The other two left hurriedly without securing any spoils. The noise of the explosion aroused the citizens of the village who hurriedly formed a posse and started in pursuit. VIRGINIA JUDGE IS BOUNCED. Legislature Ousts Blackstone from Bench for Gross Immorality. The general assembly of Virginia at. Richmond, Thursday, adopted a res olution removing Judge J. W. G. Black stone, of the eleventh circuit from of fice. The grounds upon which this act ion was based are immoral!.*- -a "mss but one disron-mg v re !•/ each, branch. l HAG A ZI f ‘£ ORZ- A. JLI f F-T . & f *uv Si Writer Caiu&cs Publishers oT McClure to lose $i S ? €OQ, ‘ K Phillip, o,£ '-' ' > • ' ’ ': . uuiii t/i ivmwaußee, was awarded dam ages of $15,000 by a jury in the United States circuit court at New York In his suit against the McClure Publishing company. The suit was based on al leged libelous statements in a series artioles wrtiton by Ray Stan ward Baker. MEYER ISSUES FINAL ORDER. Rotten Anarchist Newspaper Barred from Uncle Sam's Mails. Postmaster-General Meyer has is sued a final order annulling mailing privileges granted to “La Questione Sociales,” an Italian publication, issued by an alleged anarchist group at Pat terson, N. J. The publication was de voted to what the editor terms the “science” of extolling assassinations u a virtue. SEVENTY MEN DIE HORRIBLY In Frigh ful Explosions of Gas in Unio.i Pacific Colliery* BURIED DEEP IN EARTH # Most of the Victims Lest Lives in Heroic Effort to Rescue Others Who Were Already Entombed. A. special from Cheyenne, Wyo., says: Between fifty-five and seventy men, it developed Sunday, lost their fives in two explosions Saturday and Saturday night in coal mine No. 1, of tho Union Pacific Coal company at Hanna. The explosions were caused by gases and coal dust, and each was followed by fire. The first explosion occurred at 3 o’clock, killing eighteen miners, in cluding a superintendent and three bosses. The second explosion occurred at 10:30 o’clock Saturday night, snuffing out the lives of from forty to fifty res cuers, including State Mine Inspector D. M. Elie. The wildest excitement prevailed on Sunday in Hanna and at the mine, where hundreds of persons congregat ed, including widows, children and oth ers relatives of the victims. Men and women ran about wringing their hands and crying, while many little children, separated from their mothers, sobbed with fear. The bodies of four of the eighteen men who lost their lives in the first explosion, were found Saturday night, but, owing to the increasing volume of gas, which threatened to explode at any moment, no effort was made to remove them to the surface. Fire started in the colliery Sunday, March. 22nd. Since that time attempts at regular intervals were made to ex tinguish the blaze. Saturday it was deemed unsafe to send the miners down- into the workings and they were told not to report for duty. Superin tendent Briggs, with the best and most experienced hands in the camp, went into the mine to fight" the fire, but at 2 o’clock the flames were be yond their control. At 3 o’clock the fire reached the gas, and a terrific explosion followed. In a few minutes many men volun teered to enter the mine to rescue any possible survivor. Those on the sur face had begun to expect results from the Intrepid daring of the rescuers, but at 10:30 o’clock the 'camp was startled by the second explosion, that partly shut off the shaft of the mine and most likely killed the volunteers. GERMAN EMPEROR RELENTS. Kaiser Bill Now Says He’s Willing to Re ceive Our Mr. Hill. Emperor William of Germany, hav ing been fully advised as to the atti tude of President Roosevelt and the feeling of the American public In re gard to the alleged refusal of his maj esty to receive Dr. David Jane Hill as American ambassador to Germany In succession to Charlemagne Tower, has withdrawn all the expressions of disapproval he recently sent to Presi dent Roosevelt, and would be pleased to receive Dr. Hill as American amba.s •ador. The empreor ha, caused this view to be communicated to President Roose velt. Union Cigar Makers Locked Out. Cigar manufacturers at New Haven, Oonn., to the number of nineteen lock ed out their union men Saturday to enforce the ultimatum given to the union to the effect that they must take off the ban against a shop In which the men had struck following a ; Uu ; sman over a c&op i J.KV ND CANAL. ... - r-. \y in South is i as si n Senate. ■-A •* Vi lay -ssed the bill OL jjatur Bacon providing for an a pppriation of $75,000, to be expend ed j making surveys, examinations and estimates of cost of the con stru 'on of a canal,’from the Tennes see \ eT > at or near Chattanooga, -to the waters of the Ocmulgee, in Georgia t 0 P rovide communi cation by canal b^ een the Mlssiaai PP i valley and the Atiaii?. ° ceaa - BANK REOPENS FOR BJJBIdS§- Institution, Temporarily Closed at Kans* City, Has Its Credit Restored. / ■ With Its credit restored, with £*,000,- 000 in cash and exchange with which to pay a deposit account of $12,000,000 and with financiers of national promi nence in charge, the National Bank of Commerce reopened at k'ansas City, Monday, three months hnd twenty* iiv day* aftsr it was c^ssd. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DADE COUNTY. TRENTON, GA.. FRIDAY. APRIL 3, 1908. BERKMAN IN LIMBO. Notorious Anarchist Leader Arrests 1 at New York Suspected of Implication in Eomb Throwing. Alexander Berkman, the anarchist leader who served a long term in pris on for an attempt to assassinate Henry C. Frick, was taken into custody by the police in New York Monday. He was. taken to Bellevue hospital and confronted with Selig Silverstein, the man who is charged with having thrown the bomb at the Union Square meeting Saturday. The detention of Berkman by the police was brought about through the finding in Silverstein’s rooms in Brook lyn of a card bearing Berkman’s name. This card, which was made out in Sil verstein’s name, certified to his mem bership in the “Anarchist Federation Union.” It bore the signature of “Al exander Berkman.” The police say that Berkman, when the signature at police headquar ters, acknowledge that it was his. When he was sought out by mews paper men after the tragedy of Sat urday and told that his signature had been found in Silverstein’s home, he denied acquaintance with the wounded man, and said that if it were true that the signature had been found it un doubtedly "was attached to some for mal letter with reference to a request that he deliver an address before some society. He said that many requests of this kind come to him and that fre quently they are made by persons un known to him. Silverstein, who was frightfully in jured by the explosion of the bomb Sat urday, was reported as making consid erable progress toward^recovery. Two detectives from New York to some unnamed city in the northern part of New York state to search for members of an anarchist group who fled from the city after the bomb explosion Saturday. Detectives also are reported to be searching for the haunts of anarchists In Paterson, -N. J., and it is reported that the police departments oi' Chi cago, Denver, New Orleans and San Francisco have been asked to co-oper ate with the New York police in their efforts to discover any accomplice of Silverstein. Berkman’s, visit to the hospital where he was confronted with Silverstein, failed to bring any show of recognition on the part of the two men. As Silverstein’s eyes are sightless and covered with bandages, two detec tives engaged Berkman in a spirited conversation in Yiddish as the trio stood by the side of Silverstein’s cot-, at the same time watching the wound ed man closely for any sign or move ment which might indicate recognition of Berkman’s voice. Nothing of this kind occurred. GILLETTE EXPIATES FOUL CRIME. Youth Who Betrayed and Murdered Sweet* heart is Electrocuted. Chester E. Gillette Monday paid the penalty of the brutal murder of Grace Brown, the girl whom he led astray, He went to liis death in the electric chair at Auburn, N. Y., prisoa with out a sign of weakness and with the same lack of emotion which has char acterized him from the day he was arrested charged with the crime. Gil lette appeared to have been fully rec onciled -to his fate, and in a statement given out by niS- e immediately after the indicated that he had made a sion of his guilt. This statement was ag follows: “Because our relationship with Ches ter Gilette was privileged, we do not deem it wise to make a detailed state ment, and simply wish to say that Jiol legal mistake was made In his electro-1 cution.” J Gillette, himself, so far as the pul* lie was concerned, never crime. OF INTEREST TO NEWSPAPERS Subscribers Can Be Credited Provided It’* a Mutual Agreement. The postoffice department has again modified its recent order in regard to lapsed subscription# i*nd will permit newspaper and magazine publishers to continue to send their publications to subscribers whose subscriptions have expired, provided the subscriber requests that it be done. The whole end sought by the depart ment is to prevent publications having fraudulent subscription lists from sending their publication indefinitely once they have a man’s name on their lists. They do mot wish to prohibit a legitimate publisher from crediting a legitimate subscriber it if is agreeable to both. BOOSTS “UNCLE JOE” CANNON. Uinois Republicans, in State Convention, Indorse Him for President. Republicans of Illinois, in state con vention enthusiastically indorsed Jo seph G. Cannon as candidate for the presidency, in favor of a re vision of the tariff, and elected four delegates at largS to the national con vention. ' ASKS CONGRESS TO GET BUSY President Sends in Specia’ Message Anent His Legislative Program* URGES CONSIDERATION Suggests Amendment of Anti-Trust Law, Tariff Revision, Restriction of Injunc tion, Child Labor Prohibiting, Etc. A special message from tho president was rea4 In both houses of congress 60on after convening Wed: ;day, and In botA it was closely followed. In the house the declaration that the time had come for a revision of the tariff elicited hand {.’lapping on the part of the demo cratic |m embers. Democratic approval also vfhs given by the way of pound ing ddsks to the suggestion that con gress could with advantage forthwith removf the tariff on wood pulp, with a corresponding reduction upon paper made from wood pulp. The'republicans waited and confined the applause to the message as a whole. In the senate the message was received wi-thout comment of any kind. The message urges the adoption of child labor laws throughout the nation. Recommends the enactment of em ployers’ liability legislation, for gov ernment employes as well as those con nected with common carriers ahd pub lic utilities corporations. Suggests remedial legislation for la bor and capital disputes. Declares that no temporary restraining order should be issued by any court without notice and all hearings for permanent injunc tions should be within a reasonable time. Amendments to interstate commerce and anti-trust legislation £.re urged. Laws should be framed which would allow railroads to enter into traffic agreement subject to approval of commission. Issuance of all securities by railroads should be first passed up on by federal commission. Where rail roads or corporations are placed in re ceivership the attorney general should appoint one of the receivers so as to protect stockholders. Anti-trust legislation should be mod fled so as not to prevent legal combina tions. Publicity In cases of all combin ations and corporations is recommend ed. Mutual trade agreements between employer and employe are strongly urged. While arbitration is the best, plan, the right of equitable organization by labor and capital must, be recog nized Legislation to suppress financial de pression Is recommended, and the es tablishment of postal savings banks is urged. The revision of the present tariff schedule is recommended, including plans for the protection of forests by putting wood pulp upon the free list. The establishment of a waterways commission is also i V ' l'wo Were Captured But Away With the "inp*y. •-gj, - -K ti ; , 9- PRESIDEIfI^WOMINATE^Bx. Name of New Ambassador to Germany is Sent to the Senate. Boys playing near a half car load of giant powder and dynamite caps at Shawnee, Okla., became involved in a dispute as to whether the powder was good or bad. They determined to test it and applied a match. A terrific ex plosion followed, the car being blown into fragments, and people passing were blown from their feet and across the road. One boy was killed and six people variously injured. HOMESEEKER TRAIN WRECKED. Two Men Killed and Seven Hurt in De railment on Great Northern Road. Two men were killed and seven oth er persons were badly injured Thurs day when an excursion train on the International and Great Northern rail road, bearing a party of homeseekers from Kafisas and Oklahoma, en roq*e to Ls Pale ten as, Mex., were wrecked by a broken rail at Pearsall, Texas. GEORGIA STATE FAIR To Be Held by Farmers’ Union, in Con junction With Atlanta Association, October Bth to 24th. Atlanta will have a state fair this fall, opening October 8 and continuing through October 24. It will be held jointly under the auspices of the Farm ers’ Union and the Atlanta Fair Asso ciation. The Farmers’ Union will have entire charge of the agricultural feat ures of the fair, while all other features will be under direction of the Atlanta Fair Association. This was the final action of the meet ing of the county presidents held in the hall of the house of representatives at Atlanta Wednesday. A commitee of the Fair Association made the prop osition that in addition t® the usual premiums for agricultural displays, the association would offer $2,000 in spe cial prizes for the various county and local unions, and with the understand ing that the Farmers’ Union should have entire charge of the agricultural features. The details were presented by the committeemen, and shortly af ter they had retired from the hall the convention had accepted, the proposi tion and assured the success of the big fair. “We propose to make the finest agri cultural exhibit ever seen in the state,” said President R. F. Duckworth. The following members of .the union, one from each congressional district, were appointed to act in co-operation with the Atlanta Fair Association in arranging all details for the state fair: First district, W. J. Kemp, Emanuel; Second district, (not present; Third district, C. B. Bohanan, Pulaski; Fourth district, W. P. Cumby, Heard; Fifth district, G. F. Hunnicutt, Fulton; Sixth district, J. G. Hightower, Fayette;'Sev enth district, J. I. Harris, Polk; Eighth district, L. H. O. Martin, Elbert; Ninth district, L. M. Moore, Cherokee; Tenth district, failed to report; Eleventh dis trict, Z. R. Taylor, Dodge. The meeting had an attendance of fully 150, including many county presi dents and other officers from all parts of the state. Following the action on the state fair matter an executive session of the un ion was held at which many matters were discussed behind closed doors. Among these were questions of reduc tion of acreage, the handling of cotton, good roads and rural education. STATE CONVENTION WAS RIOTOUS. Tennessee Republicans Have a Hot Old Time at Meeting in Naihville. The Tennessee republican state con vention, which met in Nashville on Wednesday for the election of presi dential electors and delegates to the Chicago convention, proved to be the “wildest and wooliest” affair of th(B kind ever held in the state. Pandemo nium broke soon as the con vention was order. A dozen the Oliver and V: 1 !1 hatchet GEN. ESCAPE. Dynamite Was Exploded Under His Bed. Work of Anarchists. Former Adjutant-General Bulkely Wells narrowly .escaped death or seri ous injury at his home near Telluride, Col., early Saturday from a w’ell plann ed effort to assassinate him with dyna mite. General Wells is manager of the Smuggler Union mine, and his home, where the explosion occurred, is lo cated on that property at Pandora, sev eral miles from town. The dynamite was placed under the general’s bed. One suspect has been arrested and is held pending a thorough investiga tion relative to his alleged connection with the explosion, No Hope for Entombed Miners. Hope was finally abandoned at Han na, Wyo., Monday of saving any of the seventy entombed miners in the explosion of the wrecked and still burning Union Pacific coal mine. It is imposisble for the rescuers to enter the mine. Items of From<J Refund After a long ' bate, the Savannah city vote of 8 to 3, decj'UeJti^H the locket <•: n ’ pot ' 0! ■ „Aj <* • Captain Price Detailed* By direction of Captain Fivdoriek S. U. eighth in far. try :> d-taihal sor of military sei< nee V North Go ry.ia Jnihh.jj. :.i Kans. B| * m New Assistant J|| Bp ' Jilll •lj§ :; who was J 88 % , £ u MHPH > Bp ipHly. i■ r .i'■ ’i■ tho building will *'V\ o'v:iii:mcy • V'T>i! V next Sr; ”, ’ fidentlv expected then- will crease of not less than one to one hundred and fifty in ment of agricuituro. '1 his |BfIHBH| the largest and most prep ing on the university campus cost SIOO,OOO, exclusive of the equip ment. * * * Cotton Mill to Cost $250,000. The manufacturing committee of the Albany Business League is working with a special committee to complete the work, begun last year, of raising subscriptions for a $250,000 cotton mill. The work was dropped during the financial panic in the fall, but it is believed that conditions now warrant a revitalizing of -the movement- About half of the b-1 It ’*■ 11 SUC'-TSS. - N ;ch 10 given ei; t a s:: i' •n: ' V v ! v • adß ■ • ■ pn.ihsh' 1. ifttjn;.t':' ’o£. 4 <■: e tly ga \ ■ 4m ' V ■ in s pm t ! .^B than its value beeau^H wei-' Ig, ■P? ™jfl jm Ip P ED 1 V|Bl i|||f§! J ■i' pR W, JB 44 -we | . Cattle for^DBD during the Ceoraia sta'<dHflH held in Atlanta Oct-di-r the auspices of tho (Jeißß of the National lAirmei-> ,^| being mad.- b> < buie; dMt Weldon. On account of the -tD^B ?Ci! , lie - \1 - • i| . ; and south. ■ V feaicd that JB ‘ tliu northern cattb . nhAomhh-:- display. This obsa. !o hJH come, however, in the jB Dr, Payne of the f rea, who lias been nffSß tions In the south in n -ai ing the northern cutiießj According to the p];|M the cattle from the will be kept separnt-B Cttttlfc will be Unloaitßp Jeff StalßH turned tofl of the pM the fruit^B flj will he gfl ta! ,SL ..ate