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1 he Columbia Sentinel. HARLEM, GA. J. M.ATKINSON, Proprietor EDITORIALS a carload of shingles shipped to Annapolis this morning was probably Intended to be used to break up the practice of hazing, suggests the Bal¬ timore Herald. The love of a garden Is never entire¬ ly lost In man, declares the Mitigate Monthly. Most people would willingly sacrifice something of their weekly gains to live in a homely paradise of flowers and fruit. With what fine indignation can a man repudiate the monstrous imputa¬ tion that he was driving his automo¬ bile at twenty-five miles an hour, ob¬ serves the New York Tribune, when it was really running at only twenty four and a half miles! The Tramway and Railway World says: The question whether it Is prac tlcable to adopt a fare of one penny for a Journey Of any distance on elec¬ tric tramways In our large towns has been discussed and It has been gene¬ rally admitted that St can only- be done by abolishing halfpenny fares for short distances. As a result of recent scientific In¬ vestigations, It may be possible to re¬ vise our ideas of the barrenness of the Sahara Desert, remarks Harper’s Weekly, since It has been found by boring that there are numerous springs which rise to the surface and make possible a system of Irrigation. In the territory to the south of Algeria n government irrigation survey has been at work making a series of deep test borings, some of which arc as deep ns 2,000 feet. In this way considerable water has heen encountered, and in certain oases already twice the usunl amount of water has been made avail¬ able for the palm groves. The New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat •ays that few people have any idea :>f the requirements demanded of pri¬ vate soldiers in some branches of the regular army. The non-commissioned officer in the coast artillery must know more points in certain forms of ap¬ plied mathematics than the ordinary well-educated business man or pro¬ fessional man either, has any practical Jtnowledgstof. tTJie pxart IcaLavorWp.g. phases of' Irlangulntion, the use of a level, the taking of elevation, etc., arc required of the private In the coast nrtillery before he is passed as either a first or a second-rate gunner. This grade renders him available for pro¬ motion to the rank of corporal or sergeant. In ndditlon he must be able to handle the Intricate machinery of the great roast defence guns and must understand the delicate mechanism of the various sorts of projectiles other than solid. Aftei twenty years of marriage a prominent couple have decided to live apart, because "public life has spoiled the husband," so the wife alleges, ns a domestic partner. Participation in civic affairs and the demands of club membership have weakened his home ties, relates the New York Evening World. The complaint seems a novel one, yet no doubt It might be found to be the insidious rause of many cases of incompatibility. With a man of active interests in tho city It is not only the occasional "lodge night” which leaves his wife alone. The claims on his lime of associations and fellow¬ ships which contribute to his social or business advancement, but In which women havo no part, are bound to be¬ come more or less pressing. To a certain extent they must Inevi¬ tably endanger home attachments. Where the line should he drawn is likely to remain, with neglected wives, at least, a vexed question. What Is the Influence of the schools and the universities, the public con science and public opinion, in the ever new remoutdlng of the national spirit? asks Harper's Weekly. These schools and universities have lieen chaining their form from simplicity to power under the pressure pf this same era of passionate strength, and educational ideals are more often the result of so ciai pressure than social ideals are the , ■ results? I claim this much for the schools: they are today more helpfully related to the public life of states and cities than ever before. They are closer to the needs of that body, who are neither rich nor poor, and upon whom rests the solution of our prob¬ lems. They are producing more abun¬ dantly and scattering more widely the results of their production, They speak with tho autority of knowledge. The same protest of our time has there¬ fore come out of them. The scholar¬ ship in them, neither radical nor sub ,c . nt, Is thoroughly permeated with n cense of public spirit and informed with a note of hopefulness and serious¬ ness and old fashioned belief in tip mission of the republic. queries wor ry bill Plain Citizen Robinson of the Itshm-is of Panama Comes Back at War Secretary Taft "Are you a Caesarian atavism or reincarnation of some turbaned, robed, aworded despot of the Orient?" This question has beep put to Sec¬ retary of Wlar Taft by no less a per¬ son than Mr. Tracy Robinson, former resident of New York, who, for forty five years has been a resident of the Isthmus of Panama. Mr. Robinson has a grievance and Secretary Taft is it. He does not at all like the refer¬ ences to himself in thej secretary’s very pointed comment upo on the so called expose of Panama conditions written by Poultnyy Bigelow. Mr. Robinson confesses that he did give Mr. Bigelow much of the mate¬ rial for that article to which Secre¬ tary Taft took such strong exception. "Mr. Bigelow can take care of him¬ self. He can doubtless apply a ready antidote for the venom from your ca¬ pacious distillery," he writes. “I am obscure, more easily crushed by your great weight.” He' resents the sug¬ gestion of having "an animus against the government,” because he failed to get a good job under the canal commission. Mr- -(Robinson calls him “brave Ponltney Bigelow," and says he told the truth about the swamp conditions Colom “You,” he says to Secre fair faff, “are posing as a great man which you are not.” And thereupon he puts to the secretary these ques¬ tions: “Are you above and beyond the law pf libel? Do you hold the fair fame of men in your keeping? Havo you expropriated ‘for canal use the vast outlying jungle of lies?’” Secretary Taft wears a worried look. He is. wondering whether it can be true that he is a Caesarian atavism. Ho is wondering, also, what a Cae¬ sarian atavism is! There is some mystery about this letter. It has been sent to the press as coming from Mr. Edmund Clar ence Stedman, the author, to whom Mr. Bigelow in his testimony referred as a close friend of Mr. Robinson, but Mr. Stedman has repudiated any connection with it. YOU MUST CLAIM KIN, Or Be Deprived of Invitation to Wed¬ ding of President's Daughter. President Roosevelt authtrized the following statement, which was given out at the white house Friday: “The president and Mrs. Roosevelt ask the kjnd consideration of many friends who would under ordinary cir¬ cumstances receive invitations to Miss Roosevelt’s wedding. The capacity of the white house required that under existing circumstances invitations be limited to the closest kinsfolk, the personal friends of Miss Rooseve?e and Mr. Long worth and. certain classes of officials in Washington. No friends of the president or Mrs. Roosevei* are being asked unless they also come within otff’of those Classes; and even with these limitations the number of guests threatens to overtax the capac¬ ity of the white house.” DEAD BODY IDENTIFIED. Remains Found In Virginia Woods Were Those of Missing Cashier. The badly decomposed body of a man with a bullet hole through his head, which was found in a thicket on tho outskirts of Roanoke, Va., is that of Sturley C. Armstrong, cashier of the Washington National Bank,who mysteriously disappeared from Pitts¬ burg on January 2. The identification was made possible when the number 243241, attached to a hunch of keys, which were found on the body, was Identified as tho number of the acci¬ dent insurance policy carried by the missing cashier. Mr. Armstrong was well known in banking circles, His accounts were found to bo entirely correct, He leaves a wife and four children. Mall Carrier Arrested for Robbery. Tho chief inspector’s office in Chat: tanooga has been notified of the ar¬ rest of Rural Route Carrier James F. Warren. Tito charge is robbing the mail. SEEKING SOUTHERN HOMES. Prospective 3ettlers from North Vi«e Itlng Georgia and Florida. More than a hundred homoseekera arrived in Atlanta a few days ago over the Southern railway from Chat tanooga. These homeseekers were for the most part farmers from Ohio, Indiana and Illinois and the north¬ west. The entire party continued on to points in Florida and South Geor¬ gia. For this purpose the homeseek¬ ers wore taken to Savannah and Jack¬ sonville, from which places the party will break up for the purpose of vis¬ iting many sections of the wire grass and the fruit country. TO SEPARATE THE RACES. Asheville Inaugurates New Regula tions for Street Railways. The board of aldermen of Asheville, N. C., unanimously passed an ordi ranee, effective June 1, requiring (he streat railway companies to provide separate cars and waiting stations for white and colored people. A line ol $25 is provided against any person who shall go into a ear or compart nient provided for another race. JUROR GOES INTO HYSTERICS. Couldn’t Stand Strain During Trial of Young Woman’* Assailant. The trial of Ed Johnson nt Chatta¬ nooga for criminal assault on Its third day was sensational. The strain on the men who are to decide the negro’s fate fa great, and Juror Warden broke dow-n and became hysterical when Miss Taylor said, pointing to John¬ son: "1 believe that is the man.” ANNA IS BUNCOED Boni Played Havoc With Cash of Gould’s Daughter, SPENT $2,017 EVERY DAY Story from Paris Tells of 8ome of Count Castsliane’s Crazy and Sen¬ sational Propinquities as the King of Spendthrifts. A Paris special says: Count Bonl and his family are striving by every means in their power to induce the countess to withdraw her suit. They know that if Jay Gould’s daughter pushes her suit Count Boni will be left practically penniless. Even if Count Boni effects a recon¬ ciliation with the countess, his income will be so cut down as to practically extinguish one of the greatest spend¬ ers that even prodigal Paris has ever known. Of all the American investments in Old World titles, Anna Gould's has probably been the most costly. , Reduced to cold figures, the price of her title has been approximately $2, 017 each and every day for the eleveq years they have been married, or the equivalent every four weeks of Presi¬ dent Roosevelt’s salary for a year. Recently Frank Work, the New York millionaire, and his daughter had a dispute that led Mrs. Roche to leave his home because for a time she spent about $350 a day, one-sixth of the daily expenditures of the count. Furthermore, Mr. Work permitted his daughter’s extravagances for only a few weeks, while George Gould’s titled brother-in-law has hammered away until he has made the record $9,000, 000 for the eleven years of his mar¬ ried life. The count has smilingly spent $4 for a cherry and cheerfully given enough to pay the bonded Indebted¬ ness of a small city for a piece of brie a-brac. He has made for himself a reputation as a spender that caused the famous literary men of this and other capitals to write about him, and he has inflamed the Parisian populace more than once so that he has had to placate the city by great gifts to charity. One of his little foibles was a vaudeville performance given at Au teuil when, for 350 guests, he present¬ ed an all star bill, no act of which cost him less than $500. Eclipse! That has been the one idea of the count from the moment he got his hands on the Gould fortune. Ha waited for others to give fetes or to buy jewels or antiques only that he might eclipse them, and gene¬ rally he has succeeded. He has lived to hear his praises sung, and the coun¬ tess paid the cosi. For his world-famed mansion on the Avenue Bois de Btffltongnyto i t mn the ‘‘Red Palace,” Boni spent morm money than he can accurately tell. He liked the location so well that he paid $740,000 for the land alone, and before he got through he had pro¬ duced a palace (hat any king in Eu ropo might envy. Here are some of the ways Castel lane made money fly: Bought $150,000 equipage and em¬ ployed the outrider Montjarrett, for¬ merly in the service of the president of France; bought $60,000 clock; bought $280,000 antique cabinet; bought cherries at $4.00 per cherry; purchased mantelpiece for $50,000 ; purchased necklace at $100,000, hall of which he gave his wife; spent a fortune monthly on dollies; built, the Little Trianon at $1,500,000. JUDGES INAUGURATE REFORM. All Legal Lights In Minneapolis Will Scorn Annual Passes. All the judges In Minneapolis, Minn., will henceforth scorn railroad passes. A movement started recently by the district bench of Hennepin county has resulted in all tho judges in the state sending back their annual passes. FOUR WERE KILLED IN WRECK. Official Report of Accident on South¬ ern at Greensboro. The official report cf the accident on the Southern railway at Greens¬ boro. N. C., Saturday morning, re¬ ceived at the offices of the company in Washington, states that four em¬ ployes were killed, as follows: Owen Norvell, engineer train No. 34; Yard Engineer Sellers, Yard Com ductor Newman, Fireman Johnson. Fireman Sparger of train 34 and William Bailey, an outsider, who was on the cwitch engine, were badly injured. HAD DYNAMITE IN POCKET. Edward Dutton Meets Horrible Death in Peculiar Way. Edward W. Duttoir, a farmer, Is dead at his home near Bristol, Tenn., as the result of the explosion in his vest pocket of three dynamite caps. A great hole was torn in his breast, extending to his lungs. Death was instantaneous. The cause of the ox plosion Is unknown. MOORE WAS TIRED OF LIFE. Manager for Firm of Cotton Brokers Shuffles Off Mortal Coil. Eugene Moore, 26 years old, mana¬ ger in Americas, Ga., for Clark Co., cotton brokers, shot out his brains Wednesday morning in his apart meats at the Hotel Windsor. Moore was a native of Albany, and located in Americas Jess than a month ago. No cause for tho suicide has yet been revealed. T p5liti ! L TRAGEDY. Revolvara Crack on Streeta of Savan¬ nah and Many Bullets Find Vic¬ tims—-Ante-Election Row. In a pistol $ght of political partt >ans In front of the dft? hall at Sa¬ vannah Friday afternoon Babe Dyer was killed; Frank Nagle, a bystander, was shot throijigh the eye and is In a critical condt'lon, with a bullet in bis brain, it is thought; Pat Kearney, t policeman, ott) duty,was shot through the neck, and ip. H. (Sap) Dyer was shot twice In the legs. Under arrest at the barracks are “Snatcher” Dyer and Thomas Hewlett, a private detective. The parties known to be concerned in the fight besides those tinder arrest or wound¬ ed are Harbor Master James McBride, Plumbing Inspector Richard McKenna, Tim McBride,■ a-nfferk in the harbor master’s office,, and James Lane, keep¬ er of the police stables. It cannot be said by whom Babe Dyer was shot He is said to have been fired at mainly by Tim McBride, Sap Dyer seems to have been shot by James McBride and Tim McBride. Kearney wajyohot by Sap Dyer. f 'ho jiffaUr created tremendous excitement, ver-heat, andlfeher poetics fights now being having at fe pre¬ ceded It. J Earlier thanin years before a heat¬ ed localcampaign has been inaugurated iit, Savannah. So violent already had the difference between the Citizens’ Club faction and the op¬ posing People’^ League faction become that prediction of serious trouble had been freely made, and the shooting Friday afternoon was no surprise. Though the election is yet many months off, feeling had reached a fe¬ ver heat among those most actively concerned. On Thursday there was a fight be¬ tween the two Dyers and John Mun roe, driver of”a police patrol wagon, and at times a wholesale shooting af¬ fray was threatened. .Several revolv¬ ers were presented during that af¬ fair, and it was believed that the bloodshed that had been averted was Rure to follow In time. Friday morn¬ ing an altercation at the court house, where the registration for the election is taking place, resulted in a fight in which “Babe” Dyer was beaten with a billy by Inspector McKenna, one of the city employees, who has been hanging about the polls to watch the progress cf the registration. The two Dyers had determined upon vengeance. They knew that McKen¬ na was expected at the city exchange for the afternoon's work and lay in writ for him. When he got off the car and was about to enter the build ing the Dyers attacked him, and it was then thaj Kearney went, to Mc¬ Kenna’s aid and that the shooting be gnn. 3 PRISONERS CREMATED IN JAIL. Iw -& u a n a d .a n a. Three Men Lose Lives. ^^ie town jail at Eastman, Ga., burned Friday night, together with three inmates—D. A. Cooper, Elbert Mullis and John Hart. These men were locked up Friday afternoon on account of being intoxicated on tho streets. About 9 o'clock, it was discovered that the jail was in a blaze, and before an entrance could be gained the men named had been burned to death, and when taken out were practically noth¬ ing more than a mass of bones. Mr. Cooper and Mr. Mullis wwe each about fifty years of age, and among the most highly esteemed and prominently connected men in tho county, having only the unfortunate habit of occasionally getting intoxi¬ cated. The other was some younger, but is said to have been an extremely good citizen. All three men have large immediate families. Fifty Die In African Gold Mine. Fifty five natives were drowned Fri¬ day. owing to the flooding of the South Rose, a deep gold mine near Johannes¬ burg, South Africa. TO GRIND SIX WEEKS MORE. Greene and Gaynor Trial is Far from a Termination. The trial of Greene and Gaynor en¬ tered upon its sixth week at Savannah Monday. The most, recently express¬ ed opinions-*-etmn.se! for the govern¬ ment, as wSl as tho defense, indt cate that it j will continue at least six weeks longer. Greater progress lias been made during the laot two weeks than seem od likely during I the earlier stages of the trial. cleared the church. COTTON BURNS ON SHIP. Steamer Alberta Catches Fire and the Cargo is Damaged. A lighter vi|ith 410 bales of cotton from the Austrian steamer Alberta, which arrived at Trieste, Austria, Feb tuary 2, from Galveston, Texas, caught fire Thursday and sank alongside tho wharf. Two hundred and fifty of the bales were damaged by (ire and water and a number were destroyed. WORK OF MACK THE STABBER." Girl* in St. Louis Being Knifed by a Mysterious Young Man. While Bertha Rude, a 13-year-old school girl, waa walking in the street it' St. I/>uls, Monday, she was stabbed in the hip by an unknown young man. l ilts makes the seventeenth gill mys¬ teriously stabbed on tho streets with iu the past two weeks, but marks tho first case of stabbing during the day time. None has been seriously injur od. The mysterious knife wield Or, now known as "Jack tho Utabber” is being searched tor zealously. - PUTTHEFLAC AWAY Is the Gratuitous Demand of Grand Army Wen. DISLIKE STARS AND BARS Southerners Consider Arbitrary Action Taken By Department of Potomao as Absolutely Unworthy of Consideration. A Washington special says: Resolu¬ tions protesting against the display of the confederate flag on public^oc caslons were adopted at the annual encampment of the department of the Potomac, grand army of the republic Saturday night. Tho resolutions, which were unani¬ mously adopted, read: “Whereas, it is creditably report¬ ed that the flag of the late so-called Confederate States of America is be¬ ing displayed in public places and on public occasions; and, “Whereas, to all defenders of the stars and stripes and all who wero loyal to the union, that was, is and ever will be, the insignia of an attempt by force of arms to divide our coun¬ try and destroy our government; and, "Whereas, if in this reunited land there is room for but one flag, and that one the star-spangled banner; therefore, he it “Resolved, by the department of the Potomac, grand army of the republic. That we view with regret and sorrow the public display of an emblem which tends to keep alive the bitter¬ ness and animosity engendered by the war, which it should be the aim of every good citizen to allay. "Resolved, That such a course serves to instill in the minds of the coming generations aversion, if not hostility, to our national emblem, and is not in accordance with the oft-re¬ peated profession made by the south¬ ern people of their love for the na¬ tional emblem. “Resolved, That in the interest of the peace and good will to all, which wo earnestly desire to promote, we earnestly request all ex-confederate soldiers, once our gallant foes, but now our fellow citizens, and sharer* with us in the pride of American valor and heroism, and all the noble spirited people of the beautiful south¬ land, to abstain from all public dis¬ play of that emblem, which tends only to keep alive feelings which ought to be buried." The publication of these resolutions Sunday morning attracted some atten¬ tion among southerners in Washing¬ ton, but the general feeling among ex confederates is that they are not worthy giving serious consideration. Southerners feel that the action of this grand "aVniy of the republic post - s e rv e s to show how little the real feel¬ ings of southerners are appreciated at the north. CANE GROWERS NAME OFFICERS. President Purse of Savannah Again Heads Organization. The conventirn of the Interstate Cane Growers’ Association, which was held in Mobile, Ala., elected the fol¬ lowing officers, I). G. Purse of Savannah, Ga., was unanimously re elected president, and (he other officers chosen are as fol¬ lows: First vice president, R. E. Rose, Tallahassee, Fla.; treasurer, J. A. Holloman, Tallahassee, Fla.; secre¬ tary, T. O. Hoffman, Mobile, Ala.; as¬ sistant secretary, John W. Jackson, Palmetto, Fla.; assistant secretary, H, B. Ellis, Scranton, Miss. Vice Presidents by states were atao elected. Heavy Loss Caused by Flames. Fire early Monday completely de¬ stroyed the car barns and power house of the Canton-Akron Traction compa¬ ny at Canal Dover, Ohio. Loss $100, 000, with $60,000 insurance. SHERIFF KILLED BY NEGRO. Officer Met Quick Death While Trying to Make an Arrest, Word reached the governor's office at Jackson, Miss., Wednesday of the killing of J. A. Robertson, sheriff of Covington county, his slayer being a negro named Robinson, whom he was trying to arrest. The murderer escaped immediately after the shooting, and the governor has offered a reward of $250 for his capture, which will be supplemented by a reward offered by citizens of the county who are much excited over the tragedy. DECIDE ON BIG BOND ISSUE. Southern Asks Stockholders for Twc Hundred Millions. Announcement is made in New York that the Southern railway corn pany lias decided to ask the stock holders to authss'ize an issue of $200, 000,000 development and general mort¬ gage four per cent bonds. Of this amount $15,000,000 will be issued im¬ mediately for betterments. AID COTTON ASSOCIATION. Is Urgent Advice of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce. Supplementing the efforts of tbs Southern Cotton Association, the Wtl mington, N. C., chamber of commerce has adopted resolutions urging con¬ certed action by trades bodies all over the country looking to a reduc¬ tion of acreage for the next cotton crop not less than 10 per cent from last year's crop, RESENT GOVERNOR’S ACT. Negro Suspect Lynched In Alabama Because Jelks Sommuted Death Sentence of Hie “Pal." Bunk Richardson, colored, charged with the murder and assault of Mrs. Sarah Smith, July 15 last, was forcibly taken from the jail at Gadsden, Ala., at an early hour Sunday morning, and hanged to the bridge of the Lou¬ isville and Nashville railroad, which spans the Coosa river. Twenty-four masked men went to the jail, overpowered the' sheriff and jailor, and made short work of the prisoner. Four negroes^ were charged with the crime against Mrs. Smith, two of whom have been legally executed. The third. Will Johnson, was recent¬ ly convicted, and sentenced to death, but a few day’s ago Governor Jelks, believing there was strong doubt cf the prisoner’s guilt, commuted the ne¬ gro’s sentence to life imprisonment. Richardson, the man lynched, had not yet been indicted, but was in jail awaiting the action of the grand jury. At the coroner’s inquest, held to in¬ vestigate the lynching, the only wit¬ nesses to testify were -Sheriff Chand¬ ler and Jailor William Dixon, who said they tqgte overpowered, and Po¬ lice Officer Sam O. Brandon, who said he heard the shooting, and ordered by the members of the mob to go back to town. The verdict of the coroner’s jury was as follows: “We find that the deceased, Bunk Richardson, came to his death by strangulation from hanging, or a wound in the head, at the hands of a party or parties to us unknown." Governor Jelks states that he will use ev*y power of his office to bring to justice the lynchers of Richard¬ son, He left Montgomery Sunday night for New York, and on hts re¬ turn in about a week he will offer rewards and do everything possible to discover the lawbreakers and t<5 deal out to them every punishment for the offense. PROPRIETORS OR EMPLOYEES? Florida Tlmes-Unlon Caustically Com¬ ments on Strike of Its Printers. Apropos of the strike of union prin¬ ters on tho Times-Union, Jacksonville, Fla., because of the refusal of the proprietors to discharge a foreman who is alleged to have violated all precedents, rules and regulations which must obtain in offices under the jurisdiction of the typographical union, that paper prints the following: Det it be clearly understood that the Times-Union is not fighting the Typographical Union—the union is fight the Times-Union. The paper claims and has advocated for many years the right of men to organize in their mutual interests and for the maintenance of their rights, justly and equitably administered, but has as vigorously denied the right of any organization to inaugurate unjust rules and manipulate them for wrong. The Issue forced upon the Times Union is, who shall run the business of the paper as applied to the me¬ chanical department, whether the union shall dictate arbitrary and un just rules as to the method and the fashion of conducting this business, or whether the management shall assume its inherent privilege and right of do¬ ing so. The management, while requiring nothing unreasonable, has decided firmly upon the latter course, and this decision shall be maintained at all hazards to the end, without amend¬ ment or concession. PROMINENT ALABAMIAN SUICIDES Captain Norman Webb of Birmingham Blows Out His Brains. Captain Norman E. Webb, a well known capitalist, took his life at his home in Birmingham, Ala., by firing a pistol bullet through his forehead Sunday. He had been in ill health for some time. Captain Wlebb was one of the weal¬ thy and public spirited men of the district, having large holdings of ore lands on Red mountain. FOR POISONING HER HUSBAND. Mrs. W. C. Stewart is Indicted by a Mississippi Jury. Advices from Woodville, Miss., state that the Wilkinson county grand jury has returned an indictment against MYs. W. C. Stewart, on ths charge of poisoning her husband, the alleged motive of the crime being that she held a $10,000 life insurance pol¬ icy the life of ’ husband. on her Mrs. Stewart is a relative of Hon. M. Hi Wilkinson, circuit judge of the district, who impaneled the grand jury that returned the indictment. JOHNSON FOUND GUILTY. --4 Public Sentiment Against Negro Will, It is Said, Cool Down. The jury at Chattanooga in the case of Ed Johuson, the negro charged with assault, on tho fourth day of the trial, reached a verdict of guilty. For some time they stood eight to four for conviction, but became a unit in their action. Public sentiment, which was much wrought up, will now subside. PHYSICIAN GOES PISTOL ROUTE. Well Known Citizen of Toccoa, Ga., Blows Out Hi* Brains. Dr. JR. H. Hutcherson committed suicide at his home in Toccoa, Ga.. Wednesday evening by shooting him¬ self with a pistol. The deed was wit¬ nessed by his wife and daughter. Dr. Hutcherson has been in bad health for several years, but no one had any idea that ho contemplated killing himself. RATE BILL PASSED The House Overwhelmingly Adopts Hepburn Measure. EVERY DEMOCRAT IN LINE Only Seven Members Voted Against Bill, and They Were All Republi¬ cans — Pension Bill Also Goes Through. The house Thursday passed the Hepburn railroad rate bill. Three hundred and forty-six members voted tor the bill; seven, all republicans, voted against it. Applause greeted the announcement of the result by the speaker. Those who voted against the bill were Littlefield of Maine; Mc¬ Call and Weeks of Massachusetts; Perkins, Southwick and Vreeland of New York and Sibley of Pennsylva¬ nia. Mr. Sullivan of Massachusetts voted “Present,” and was not paired. There were 28 members paired, but these pairs were generally political ones. None of them was made on the bill, and did not consequently Indicate opposition. The following is a summary of the provisions of the bill: jJtrrfi -The bill, according to Mr. Hep l statement, in closing the debate on file measure, was introduced, and did, s» far as it could be made, he said, eomply specifically with the recom¬ mendations of President Roosevelt pn the question. It gives the interstate commerce commission, when a rate has been complained of as “unrea¬ sonable” by a shipper, to investigate the rate, state whether or not it is unreasonable, and, If found to be un¬ reasonable, to name a rate which Is to be just and reasonable and fairly remunerative, which is to be the maxi¬ mum rate to be charged. This rate so fixed is to go Into effect thirty days after it is announced by the commis¬ sion, subject during that time to bo set aside or suspended by the com¬ mission or by the courts. After it has gone into effect, it is to remain the rate for three years. During this time the opinion has been expressed by those who have participated in the de¬ bate that the rate may also be re¬ viewed by the courts, and if found to be in conflict either with the terms of the act or with the constitution by being confiscatory, can be set aside by the courts. . Another important feature is Jt definition of the words "railrog^ "transportation'’ in a elude all auxiliary i of the common them within mission, son a blari au; / tin Tie' tio pul 1' -M|M| l('-m rornmtssion^lH increasing salarie^^ 000 a year. The pension appropriations^ rying $139,000,000 for pensions $1,245,000 for pension administration, was taken up, debated and passed without amendmer» The feature of the bill, aside from the appropriation made is a provision making statute law of the famous order of the pres¬ ident declaring age evidence of dis¬ ability. Mr. Garrett of Tennessee advocated higher pensions for Mexican war vet¬ erans. It would be a most graceful act to increase these pensions to $ 2 u a moftth. This would entail an added annual cost of but $415,000. A number of bills were passed at the close of the day, including one providing a penalty of $5,000 and ten years’ imprisonment for the premature revelation of government information which might have a bearing on the market price of commodities, the same penalty being provided against gov¬ ernment employees who speculate la commodities rogarding which the gov¬ ernment furnishes statistics. BAILEY DRUBS PATTERSON. Wash Day for Democratic Linen in Senate Was a Hummer. A Washington dispatch says: Dem¬ ocratic wash day in the United States senate proved an interesting, if not altogether edifying, spectacle. Not in years has Washington wit¬ nessed so complete and thorough an oratorical drubbing as that adminis¬ tered at Wednesday’s session or the senate to Senator Patterson of Colo¬ rado by Senator Bailey of Texas. Patterson precipitated the trouble by speaking on his resolution declar¬ ing against the reoent democratic caucus. Millions for Fortifications. An appropriation of $4,838,993 for fortifications in 1907 has been agreed upon by the house committee on ap¬ propriations. The appropriation for this purpose in 1896 aggregated $6,- 747,893, and the amount asked by the war deartment in estimates for 1907 amounted te $8,953,112. MEMORIAL DATE CHANGED. Exercises in Honor of Wheeler Will Be Held March 27, The Wheeler memorial, a move¬ ment set on foot some two weeks ago In Atlanta by the members of Camp A, Wheeler’s Confederate Cavalry, and an event which now promises to draw to the city more United Con¬ federate Veterans and Gram} Army of the Republic men than Atlanta has ever entertained, will bo held Tues¬ day, March 27, nearly a month latsr than the day originally contemplated.