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STRIKE DELAYS TRAINS
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Situation on Georgia Railroad
Assumes a Serious Aspect.
Three Strike Breakers Badly Beaten.
Senator Bacon Refuses to Ask
Government Aid.
Augusta, Ga.—Despite official deni
als the strike situation on the Geor
gia railroad has assumed a serious as
pect, Every departing train is watch
ed by crowds, many of whom are in
sympathy with the firemen and do not
hesitate to state so loudly. |
Trains have been arriving late, and
ugly report comes from up the line.
Firemen who have taken the places
of the strikers say they are roundly
cursed all along the route and that
pistols are rubbed in their faces, A
negro fireman badly beaten was
brought in and taken to the office of
Superintendent Brand,
C. R. Wall, a Georgia railroad de
tective, was taken from a train at
Thomson and when he resisted was
disarmed and beaten, Another maun
named Ross, also sent out to protect
a strike-breaker, came into this city
with a gash on his head and all his
side arms gone,
Madison, Ga.—Madison is suffering
greatly on account of the Georgia
railroad’s firemen's strike, Merchants
are complaining to the mayor for re
lief. Perishable freight is tied up and
the express company is being used by
the merchants so they may obtain
their goods. A meat famine threat
ents the city, and Mayor Butler, to
whom an appeal has been made, has
promised to do what he can to relieve
the situation.
Washington, D, C.—Anent the strike
of the white firemen of the Georgia
railroad, Senator Bacon received a
telegram from General Manager T: K.
Scott, of the Georgia railroad, asking
him to call on the chairman of the in
terstate commerce commission and di
rect his attention to the fact that
there have been several cases of in
terruption of the movement of through
freight trains carrying interestate
freight, and ascertain what relief
could be expected from the commis
sion or through the operation of the
Jegal department so far as it may be
directed by the commission.
In another telegram irom General
Manager Scott to Senator Bacon, he
stated there have been interruptions
of the mail service and he requested
the senator to call at the pcstoffice
department and ask that the fullest
authority of the legal department be
exerted in the matter,
Senator Bacon replied by wire to
@General Manager Scott that the pow
er to protect persons and property
and to preserve order in the state
‘belongs to the state government. He
further said that in his judgment the
United States government does not
have this duty upon it, unless called
on, either by the state legislature or
by the governor. to protect the state
against domestic violence, as pre
seribed in the constitution of the
United States. For this reason Sena
tor Bacon did not deem it proper to
ask the government and declined to
make the request and so notified Gen
eral Manager Scott,.
Atlanta, Ga.—Representatives of
the striking firemen of the Georgia
road called upon F. Carter Tate,
United States district attorney, and
presented a written answer to the
complaint made bv the. road.
The complaint of the road was ver
bal. It was that the strike of the
firemen is interfering with the mails.
The answer is that there has been
no interference in any way by the
firemen with the trains of the Geor
gia road,
The Georgia road. through General
Manager Thomas K. Scott, appealed
to Governor. Smith for protection. It
is understood that Manarer Scott ask
ed that protection through state
troops be given. In his reply Govern
or Smith said that he will act as the
road requests when he is shown spe
cifically that the road is in danger
and needs protection.
DUEL TO DEATH.
Brothers Quarrelled Over Dividing
Line of Land.
Pensacola, Fla.—A duel between
Joseph and Monk Bray, prosperous
farmers residing near here, occurred
in which Monk Bray met death,
The brothers had quairelled over
the dividing line of some land. Jos
eph Bray was armed with a shotgun
and Monk Bray with two revolvers.
The latter started the trouble by first
cursing his brother and then firing
at him. Joseph Bray then leveled his
ghot gun and with the statement, “I
hate to do it,” fired. The contents
entered the breast of the brother, who
fell dead.
SHIP SNARES BY THE TON,
Texas Is Supplying World at Per
" Pound Prices.
Galveston, Texas.—The increasing
demand for live snakes has brought
out a large army of hunters in South
west Texas. Brownsville is headquar
ters for the concentration of ratters,
gila monsters, boa constrictors and
other dangerous reptiles, :
The average shipments now aggre
gate twenty tons of reptiles a day,
of which six tons are rattlers. The
snakes are sold by the pound, and the
prices range from $2 o $25 a pound,
‘according to the size and viciousness
of the reptile. Within the last two
weeks three huudred tons of live rep
tiles have been shipped to menageries,
OIL KING ROGERS BEAD.
Multi-Millicnaire and Noted Financier
Dies Very Unexpectedly.
New York City.~Henry H. Rogers,
vice president of the Standard 01l
Company, moving spirit in the organ
ization of the Amalgamated Copper
Company, builder of railroads, and
philanthropist, died at his home here
from a stroke of apoplexy. Death
came about an hour after Mr. Rog
ers had risen for the day, mentioning
to his wife that he was feeling ill
Mr, Rogers was 69 years old. Mrs,
Rogers, three married daughters, a
gon—H, H. Rogers, Jr—-and Dr, W.
J. Pulley, a physician, who was has
tily summoned, were at the bedside
when the end came, :
News of the financier's death did
not become generally known until
about two hours after it occurred.
There was hardly an appreciable ef
fect on the market when Wall street
opened, After a decline at first in
the stocks in which he was popularly
supposed to be interested, conditions
rapidly adjusted themselves, confirm
ing in a way that Mr. Rogers had
in the last few months anticipated
death and withdrawn from the mar
ket, .
Conspicuous among the early call
ers at the Rogers home was Samuel
1.. Clemens (Mark Twain), for many
years one of the most intimate friends
of the late financier. Mr, Clemens
was too moved to full express his
feelings, “It is terrible—terrible!” he
said briefly. “1 am inexpressibly
!shocked.” and, with tears in his eyes,
he quickly moved away and hurried
Ito the Broughton residence, where he
joined a number of Mr. Rogers’ as
sociates who had gathered there.
Henry H. Rogers was one of the
most successful men of the so-called
Standard Oil group. He began life
as a poor boy at Fairhaven, Mass,
where he was born amd retained his
legal residence there until the day
of his death. He is variously report
ed as having commenced life as a
,newsbov and as a driver of a grocery
cart. Mr. Rogers was a man of many
'friends and anr enthusiastic yachts
man, Until recently he held the
'reins of the Standard Oil Company
fullowing the retirement of John D.
Rockefeller
His fortune is variously estimated
at from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000,
which will make his son. H. H. Rog
ers, Jr., one of the richest men in
‘the country.
~ Mr. Rogers’ first wife died fourteen
yvears ago, and he is survived in ad
dition to his second wife, by four chil
dren. the son mention and the follow
ing daughters: Mrs. W. E. Benjamin,
Mrs. Urben H. Broughton and Mrs.
william R. Coe.
PREDICTS HIGH WHEAT PRICES.
Wheat King Patton Says Wheat Lands
Are Being Cropped to Death. ‘
Chicago, 11l.—James A. Patten, the
board of trade and member of the
Bartlett, Patton & Co., whose opera
tions have received national notice
during the last few weeks, reviewed
the wheat situation and gave his
opinion on the market in an address
before the Flour ‘Men's Club of Chi
cago. :
“I predict,” said he, “that High
prices will prevail all over the world
for a year to come in wheat and that
red winter wheat (soft wheat) will
sell as high in America a year from
now as it is selling now.
“1 cannot dwell too strongly on the
law of supply and demand and the
theory that the production of wheat
in the United States has not kept
pace with the increase in population,
and I want to suggest that the trade
each year will have to realize this
condition in its future dealings and
study from this standpoint.
“The wheat lands are being cropped
to death. Changes must come or we
will suffer the result.”
Newsy Paragraphs.
J. C. W. Beckham, former governor
of Kentucky, has become editor of
a newspaper in Frankfort.
The state bank of Cairo, Nebraska,
was dynamited, the vault and build
ing being completely wrecked by
three explosions. Every cent of cash
was secured and the robbers made
their escape on a hand car stolen
from a section house,
Seven Mexicans in a tent several
miles south of Uvalde, Texas, were
killed by a terrific hail storm. The
storm. which swept a large part of
southern Texas, was of unusual fury.
The hail stones were the largest ever
seen in that section.
One man was fatally injured and
four others were more or less serious
ly hurt in New Orleans when the new
Bascule trunnion bridge at the inter
section of Esplanade avenue and
Bayou street snapped while being
‘given a trial preparatory to being
turned over to the city. The structure,
which cost $50,000, is a practical
iwreck.
~ Recent dispatches from the ‘Duke
of Abruzzi are entirely at varience
with published reports of his depress
ed menta]l state, and of fears enter
tained by the rest of the expedition
that his despondency will lead to &
general disaster. The duke, accord
ing to the latest advices, is in the
best of health and spirits, and his
expedition has moved toward the jn
terior of India without accident of
consequence,
Charles William KEliot, at the age
of 75 has laid aside the robe of of
fice which he has worn with so much
honor for forty years as president of
the Harvard university, and with
characteristic simplicity, stepped
back into private life.- Abbott Law
rence Lowell assumes the office. =
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Work at Beverly, Mass.., on the
summer home of President Taft was
rushed.
William E. Corey did not deny that
he was a prominent figure in a huge
copper combination.
Colonel John Jacob Astor is the
owner of the largest collection in the
werld of automobilesfor personal use.
Jacob Riis was elected honorary
president of the Playground Associa
tion of America, in session at Pitts
burg.
Rear-Admiral Harber and the offi
cers of his squadron were received by
the Mikado and dined by Admiral
Togo at Tokio.
Learning that Magistrate Walsh
had died poor, his associates made up
a fund of SIOOO for his widow, in
New York City.
Professor Charles Waldstein, of
Cambridge University. and Mrs. Theo
dore Seligman, of New York City,
were married in London.
W. K. Vanderbilt offered to pay the
expenses of uniting the fragments of
John Jay Park into a practically new
breathing spot for New York City.
Marquis de Villalobar, first secre
tary of the Spanish Embassy at Lon
don, will succeed Don Ramon Pina,
the Spanish Minister at Washington,
D O
Rodman Griscom, brother of L.lovd
C. Griscom, the American Ambassa
dor to Italy, was received in private
audience by King Victor Enxmanuel,
at Rome.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the Govern
ment’'s food expert, and about 159
delegates to the International Con
gress of Applied Chemistry, sailed for
London.
Frank Work declared that he had
no objection to his granddaughter
dancing in bare feet, but he would
make an international marriage a
hanging offense.
: The Smart Set for June.
Richard Le Gallienne has never
written a more charming conceit than
his depiction of the compensations of
a poetl’s life, published in the June
Smart Set,
“The Wagon and the Star,” a novel
by Irvine Graff, is published complete
in the June issue.
Algernon Tassin's story, “A Yellow
Gosling,” gives a glimpse into the ten
derer phase of a district attorney’s
life and a picture of some of the un
appreciated conditions of Armv ser
vice. “Bushido,” by Svetozar Tonjo
roff, is another army story of life in
the Philippines.
The Smart Set for June contains a
number of features of peculiar excecs
lence. “A House to Let,” by Mary
Mullet: “The Woman in a Million,”
by Marie Belden James: “Green Char
treuse,” by Frederic Taber Cooper:
“By Allah Given,” by Maude Leonard
Towson: “Miracle!” by Adelaide Sted
man: “To the Devil and Back.” by
H. Fraser Hill: “As They Would
Have Told It,” by Louis Baury, and
“The Trick of Time,” by Frederick
Mariani, are all clever stories of the
sparkling, breezy type that have made
the Smart Set “the magazine of clev
erness.” Tom Masson. Theodosia
Garrison, Elsa Parker. Channing Pol
lock and Wilberforce Jénkins are rep
resented by other stories, sketches
m yfi“* b S e i L R L
LATE NEWS NOTES.
‘ S ——————
General,
The Standard Ofil company ans
nounces another flve cent reduction
in the prices of crude oil, bringing it
down to $1.68 per barrel,
The orange crop of Cuba this year
will be the largest in the history of
the island and will reach 500,000
boxes, The business of orange cul
ture in the island is almost entirely
in the hands of Americans,
Mrs, Rachel Foster Avery of Phil
adelphia has given out a statement to
the effect that there will be present.
ed to the next congress at its opening
in December a petition bearing omne
million names, urging a sixteenth
amendment to the constitution, giving
women the right to vote.
Without any flourish of trumpets
Japan has made considerable strides
in the matter of airship building, and
while the utmost secrecy is main
tained, there is reason to believe that
an inventor of some repute has re
cently patented improvements that
are calculated to startle aeroists all
over the world. _
Arkansas claims to have the largest
peach orchard in the world and 1,000
men and three hundred teams are
harvesting the crop. The orchard is
in Sevier county and has two hun
dred thousand trees. It covers two
thousand eight hundred acres and
trees on two thousand acres are bear
ing, Five hundred freight cars will
be used to haul the crop to market.
Guglielmox Fererro, the Italian his
torian, writing in Figaro, a French
newspaper, on the analysis of the
American millionaire, calls Carnegie
the ideal American Croesus, on ac
count of his generosity. He says that
the sostility to Rockefeller grew out
of the mystery in which the oil king
hid himself.
Colonel, Roosevelt's relatives have
received news that the colonel, be
sides shooting lions, antelopes, a rhi
noceros and a hippopotamus, has cap
tured alive a remarkable animal hith
erto unknown. It is described as be
ing something between a zebra and a
giraffe.
A beef famine is threatened in
England on account of the alarming
shortage of imports of American and
Canadian cattle. The meat dealers
are appealing to the government to
remove the embargo on Argentine
cattle,
Washington.
Japan is acting in good faith with
the United States in restricting immi
gration, according to John H. Snod
grass, consul at Kobe, who conferred
with the president on conditions in
the Orient. He declared that immi
gration from Japan to the United
States has ceased, and that Japan is
refusing passports to subjects who
wished to come to this country, ex
cept those who have business here
that requires their presence.
Brigadier General Albert L. Mills,
who has just arrived at San Francis
co from a tour of service in the Phil
ippines, will be assigned to the com
mand of the department of the gulf,
with headqunarters at Atlanta. This
command has been vacant since the
departure of Brigadier General Ram
say D. Potts,
Mrs. Frank B. Vrooman, daughter
of General John C. Black, of the civil
service commission, has paid $3,000
for the pew next to that occupied by
Mrs. William H. Taft in St. John’s
Episcopal church, Washington. The
church officers say this is the highest
price ever paid for a pew in that
edifice.
Major Clarence W. Smith of the
New York national guard, is in Wash
ington sounding high government of
ficials on the project of Rodman Wan
amaker of New York to have erected
a gigantic statue of an American In
dian .at the entrance to New Yors
harbor as a lasting memorial to ‘‘the
vanishing race.”
Colonel James Parker, commander
at Fort Oglethorpe, Chickamauga
Park, after inspecting the rifle range
at Catoosa Springs, Ga., has submitt
ed a report to the war department
asking that an additional appropria
tion be made for the purpose of build
ing an additional backstop behind the
line of targets. -
Secretary Ballinger and the Wash
ington state congressional delegation
presented to President Taft a tele
graph key mounted on Alaska marble
and studded with gold nuggets, with
which he will send the signal from
Washington opening the Alaska-Yu
kon-Pacific exposition at Seattle, June
Ist,
A committee amendment restoring
the Dingley duty on umbrellas and
increasing the duty on umbrella ma
terial has been adopted in the sen
ate. The senate amendment increas
ing the duty on watches and watch
movements, and requiring the name
of the foreign manufacturers to ap
pear on watch movements, has also
been adopted.
The supreme court has reversed
the decision against Cello Ceballos &
Co., made by the court of claims, who
sued for the cost of transportation of
wives and children of the Spanish of
ficers who surrendered at Santiago
and Manila. They carried the wives
and children of the officers as first
class - passengers, but the United
States claimed that under the con
tract strictly construed they should
have been carried in the steerage.
The steamship company will receive
a large sum' through this decision.
“Bill” Jones, who attracted wide in
terest during the trial of Charles Guit
eau, the assassin of President Gar
field, by attempting to shoot Guiteau,
is on trial charged with the murder of
John McPherson, a farm hand on his
place near Washington, ey
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" “As Good as Gold.”
The dav that I was five years old
I thought I'd be as good as gold.
[ promised mother, as T stood there,
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To act as well as I was dressed.
She told me when my party came
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To let my visitors go first,
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And not be greedy, cross or rough.
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