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The Columbia Sentinel.
HARLEM, GA.
J. M. ATKINSON, Proprietor
EDITORIALS
Some people reverence wealth be¬
cause they have such a lot of It, and
others because they haven't, but would
like to, observes the Richmond Times
Dispatch.
The world is divided into two kinds
of financiers—those who earn money to
give to others and those who take
what the others earn, asserts the New
York Press.
Tresldent Eliot says that hi the city
of Cambridge, in which he lives, there
1. not a tingle rich man. There are
-
observes the New York Tribune. «
number of its citizens, however, who
sv* "rich fro® the very want of
wealth.”
This country Is the greatest consumer
of hides and skins in the world, says
the Shoe Retailer. It uses in a year
48, ,<100,000 goat skins, 24,000,000 sheep
skills, 18,000,000 hides of all kinds, 9,
000,000 calf skins, and 2,000,000 other
skins. It imports all its goat skins, a
total amount of about 625,000,000
worth, nnd over $10,000,000 worth of
hides and over $17,000,000 worth of
other skins, a total of over $50,000,000
ytattn of hides and skins. Germany
Imports one-third less hides and skins
than does this country, and England
nnd France each import one-half as
much.
The action of George Catt, an Amer¬
ican millionaire. In bequeathing hls
body to be dissected for the benefit of
science indicates a line of investiga¬
tion which might do much for the ad¬
vance of medicine, thinks the London
Globe. The deceased gentleman bad
suffered long from some obscure mal¬
ady which baffled the skill of his phy¬
sicians. And every year a number of
people die of strange diseases which
doctors have been unable to diagnose.
If post mortem examinations could be
held on such persons the actual disease
might be compared with the symptoms
observed during life, nnd thus a step
would be taken toward the discovery of
a remedy.
It Is ti be feared that in tljfefuture
the dangers from the demagogues in
American politics is perhaps greater
than ever, thinks the Century Maga¬
zine. It sometimes looks as If we were
deteriorating as to the character of our
demagogues; as if some even of our
decent citizens were willing to advance
the fortunes of politicians of more dis
reputable record, of more vindictive¬
ness in their methods, of more loath¬
some cant and hyprocrisy, and of more
evil influence, than have hitherto been
able to make good men thetr dupes.
In every community there is crying
need of men, young and old, who will
take a hand ln civic concerns, not for
the graft that is ln them, not merely
for the glory that is in them, but in t\
|>ure and patriotic spirit and with tho
love of nnd the reward of legitimate
fame. Our institutions are making
such men; two bright examples nre
»o\v living anil greatly honored among
us—inspirations to all. One of these
men has been the President of our
country, and one is now its President.
The country has found and used and
honored such men is capable of produc¬
ing more of the same fibre—and, in
• f.i'-f. Is doing so before our eyes. In
this is the hope of America,
Som- discontented ones will tell you,
Jo.. man, that the more labor saving
•devices human intelligence produces
|0 smaller are your chances of suc
fos. This is the dismal plaint of
lighted, small-souled pessimism,
e of it, admonishes the Memphis
News-Scimltar. It was considered a
labor saving device to build the steam¬
ship, but the steamship has brought the
whole world into four very close nnd
compact corners. It was considered a
labor saving device to build the loco¬
motive, but the locomotive takes you to
the open plains, the fertile valleys and
the gold lined mountain sides, so you
can reach the harvests of the Almighty,
which, had you relied on your tired
legs, could never have been gained.
The boy of to-day has little to fear that
the Held is becoming overcrowded in
our own country. It is Just being
opened. It Is for the young men who
are just beginning to think what a
wonderful irld this is, to study well
be achievements of the past, and to
in w. t manner they are to be j
rovafi. Never did the world call ;
L'loudly, ftgeu more insistently, for
BK with force, euergy and pur- j
0U ng men trained to do some
mgfkt Ang—than to-day. And every
cry grows louder, more in !
t the times demand men of
t l, energetic minds, and the
lists on doing business In
bed, humdrum way is ns
■be procession as Is the
ou traveling with an
f by railway
0EATH CLAIMS ■•call
1 roubles and Tribulations of Former
President of New York Life In¬
surance Company Ara Ended.
John A. McCall, until recently pres¬
ident of the New York Life Insur¬
ance Company, died at 6:33 o'clock
■ Sunday afternoon at the Laurel house
in Lakewood, N. J., where he had
been taken three weeks ago In the
hope that the change might benefit
his health, which had suffered a
breakdown two months ago.
The news of the death was not
given out by the family until some
time after the end. Then Mr. Mo
Cft11 8 son ’ John C ' MoCal1, briefly
announced:
"The end has come. Mly father has
passed away.”
Mr. McCall had been unconscious
since about 1 o’clock Sunday morn¬
ing, except possibly for one brief min
ute ln tho afternoon ' when hls e >' ea
T" SL^nd^hJ'SJS, 6 ?, a “ d looked , *“*?, the hTclS IaC ?, 0f
•ram am*Im and ronmlnod ln coma
until the qnd.
It was announced that Mr. McCall's
death was due to enlargement of the
liver, and the end had been peaceful
and without pain.
Mrs. McCall is now under medical
care. She had become worn out by
the long vigil at the bedside of her
husband, and when he died sho prac¬
tically collapsed, although it hi
thought her condition will not develop
seriously.
Mr. McCall's physical breakdown
occurred about the close of tho In¬
vestigation of life Insurance affairs
in New York by tho legislative com¬
mittee In December. The report of
the committee is expected to be sub¬
mitted to the legislature at Albany
early this week. Mr. McCall’s exam¬
ination before tho committee was a se¬
vere one, and tho ordeal he underwent
rehearsing In detail the affairs or
tho company, and in divulging trans¬
actions about which the general pub¬
lic was Ignorant, worried him greatly,
It was said.
Mr. McCall was ill in bod at hls
homo in New York city when be af¬
fixed his signature to hls letter of
resignation from the presidency of
the New York Life.
About three weeks ago hls condi¬
tion became such that his physicians
nnd family deemed it advisable to re¬
move him to Lakewood. During all
this time, Mr. McCall worried con¬
stantly about hls business affairs.
He was compelled first to moil
gage and then to sell his handsome
country place at Long Branch, N. J,
in order, It was stated, to repay to
the New York Life Insurance com¬
pany $235,000 on the Andrew Hamil¬
ton account, Mr. Hamilton, the legis¬
lative agent of tho company, having
mado too accounting for this sum.
Mr. McCall had promised when the
Hamilton disclosures first were mado,
to repay the amount named If by a
certain date a satisfactory statement
was not forthcoming from Hamilton,
v;ho Is now sojourning in Paris. The
lilrectors of the Nrw York Life at
the expiration of the time set, called
upon Mr. McCall for the payment of
the money. He acceded to the de¬
mands, paying $S6,000 in cash and giv¬
ing hls notes for $150,000, the latter
being secured by mortgages on hls
country place, which later he sold
subject to the mortgage. Mr. McCall
realised In all something over $300,
000 for the property, which was said
to have cost him just double that
amount.
ADVISED TO CATCH McCURDY.
Ex-President of Mutul Life May Be
Estopped from European Trip,
The recommendation that a suit bo
Instituted against Richard A. McCur
dy, former president of the Mutual
Life Insurance company, was made in
a letter written by United States Su¬
preme Court Justice Rufus W. Peck
harh to tho special Investigating com¬
mittee of the Mutual and made pub
lie Saturday.
The letter states that the suit
should be begun before Mr. McCurdy
leaves this country for Europe, as it
is his reported intention.
TO WAR ON CATTLE TICK.
Housa Will Be Asked to Appropriate
$200,000 for Purpose.
At the conclusion of a lengthy meet
ing of southern senators and repre
fie ntatives and a number of veterina¬
rians and scientists from various
southern state, in Washington, Wed
nesday, Representative Burleson, of
Texas, who presided,was authorized to
appoint a committee to appeal before
the house committee on agriculture
and ask for an appropriation of $290,
000 to be used in experimental worn
looking to the eradication of the so
called Texas cattle fever tick.
.HUNGARIANS RAISING "CAIN.”
Legislative Body is Dissolved by Force
of Arms.
The Hungarian parliament was dis
solved at Budapest Monday morning
with tho use of force. The floor and
corridors of the buildings were clear¬
ed by the police. There was no re¬
sistance, and no disorder. The mem¬
bers of the coalition party declared
that the dissolution was unconstitu¬
tional, and it was Illegal.
TWO INDICTED FOR MURDER.
Grand Jury Takes Cognizance of
Shooting Affray in Savannah.
The grand jury at Savannah, after
examining forty-nine witnesses to the
recent general shooting affray, in
which two men wore killed and three
were wounded, returned indictments
for murder against Tim McBride for
killing "Babe” Dyer and against
-gap.. Dyer for filing policeman Pat
rick Kearney.
FOR A LOOK CANAL
President Goes on Record in
Transmitting Report.
A LETTER TO CONGRESS
Rooaeve!. Says That Type of Canal
Will Be Built Unless National
Lawmakers Should Decree
Otherwise.
President Roosevelt Monday trans¬
mitted to congress the report of the
board of consulting engineers on the
Panama canal commission, together
with the letter of Secretary Taft, the
report of the isthmian canal commis¬
sion and a letter by Chief Engineer
Stevens.
The letter of the president in part
is as follows:
’To the Senate and House of Rep¬
resentatives: I submit herewith the
letter at the secretary of war trans¬
mitting the report of the board of
consulting engineers on the Panama
canal and the report of the isthmian
canal commission thereon, together
with a letter written to the chairman
of the Isthmian commission by Chief
Engineer Stevens. Both the board of
consulting engineers and the canal
commission divide In their Teport.
The majority of the board of con¬
sulting engineers, eight in number,
including the five foreign engineers,
favor a sea level canal, and one mem
ber of the canal commission, Admiral
Endicott, takes the same view. Five
of the eight American members of the
board of consulting engineers and five
members of the isthmian canal com¬
mission favor the lock canal, and so
does Chief Engineer Stevens, The
secretary of war recommends a lock
canal pursuant to the recommendation
of the minority of the board of con¬
sulting engineers, and of the majority
of the canal commission. After care¬
ful study of the papers submitted, and
full and inat'>re consideration of the
whole subject, I concur in this rec¬
ommendation.
"It will be noticed that the Ameri¬
can engineers on the consulting board
and on tho commission, by more than
a 2 to 1 majority, favor the lock
canal, whereas the foreign engineers
are a unit this.
“Each type has certain disadvan¬
tages, and there are advantages very
much greater in a lock canal, sub¬
stantially proposed as In the papers
forwarded herewith, and the chief en
glneer, who will he mainly responsible
for the success of this mighty engin¬
eering feat, and who has therefore
a peculiar personal interest in judging
aright, is emphatically and earnestly
in favor of the lock canal project, and
dgalnst the sea level' project.
“The sea level canal would be
slightly less exposed to damage In
the event of war; the running ex¬
penses apart from the heavy cost of
Interest on the amount employed to
build it would bo less, and for small
ships the time of transit would prob¬
ably be less. On tho other hand, the
lock canal at a level of 8ft feet, or
thereabout, would not cost much more
than half as much to build, and could
be built In about half the time; there
would be very much less risk con¬
nected with building it, and for large
ships the transit would bo quicker,
while, taking into account the inter¬
est saved on building, the actual cost
of maintenance would be less. After
being built, it would be easier to
enlarge the lock canal than the sea
level canal.
“Moreover what has been actually
demonstrated in making and operat¬
ing the great lock canal, the Soo, a
more Important artery of traffic than
the groat, sea level canal, the Suez,
goes to support the opinion of the
minority of the consulting board of
engineers and of the majority of the
isthmian canal commission as to the
superior feasibility and desirability of
building a lock canal.
"The law now on ouv statute book
seems to mean a lock canal. In my
judgment a lock canal as herein rec¬
ommended Is advisable."
TRIO OF BILLS ARE PASSED.
One Forestalls Gambling In Territo¬
ries of United States.
Three bills were passed under sus¬
pension of the rule requiring a two
thirds vote in the house Monday.
The lint maTtes gambling unlawful
in the territories of the United States,
including Arlzonu, New Mexico, Okla¬
homa, Indian Territory and Alaska.
The second provides additional work
for the census bureau by requiring
statistics on insurance, fisheries, sav¬
ings banks and trimes. -•
The third appropriates acres/ol 15ft$vd*'»n'
the purchase of 300 coal
lands of the island of an, In the
Philippine archipelago’.
DEATH MENACES HENDERSONi
Ex-Speaker Has Suffered Stroke of
Paralyse >
A dispatch from Dubuque, Iowa,
says: Speaker David B. Henderson
has suffered another paralytic stroke,
which have deprived him of hls sight.
Hls goneial condition is worse. It
In believed that the end is near.
TILLMAN HAD BAD COLD.
In Consequence, Committee Postponed
Hearing on Rate Bill.
Senator Tillman returned to Wash
Ington from Columbia, 8. C., with a
serious cold Ho was In such condl
lion Friday that he had to scud word
to tho interstate commerce commis¬
sion he could not be present nt the
meeting and for that reason the final
action by tho commission upon the
rate bill w;.s put off for a week.
SHOULD BE “THRASHED.
Northern People Condemn Bishop Tur¬
ner for Inflammatory Remarks
Made at Maccn Negro Meeting.
The office of Mayor Bridges Smith
at Macon, Georgia, is being literally
flooded with mall from many
northern citizens protesting against
the utterances of Bishop H. M. Tur¬
ner in the recent negro meeting in
that city, when many negro leaders
expressed themselves la strong terms
regarding the proposed disfranchise
ment of their race In Cleorgia. TJiose
who wrote wanted to know of Mayor
Smith if this utterance should be
accredited to Turner. It was hand¬
led by the Associated Press, and the
utterance referred to is as follows:
Turner declared the American flag
to be a dirty and contemptible rag.
He further said that hell was an im¬
provement on the United States when
the negro was Involved. In closing
he said: "If sT Tittle ignorant and
stupid white lian who has never
been heard of and never would be
heard of until loJpoo vears after the
resurrection trumpf wishes a little
notoriety,-he_b§
der the negro Ld bounds into pop
ularity. And T Challenge any one or
all of them to njeet me In public dis¬
cussion and I will show that the ne¬
gro Is a far better man than they
are.”
The most spirited disapproval o£
Bishop Turner's utterance came in a
letter from Indianapolis, reading ns
follows: "If there are any white men
in Macon they ought to thrash that
dirty black brute within an Inch of
his life.” Another letter, inclosing
Ibe clipping, adds: "We think he de¬
serves the full extent of Macon's wrath
and the prosecution of the govern
ment. Really such a mild punishment
Is far too dignified a method in which
to handle such a fiend.”
There are others that speak in such
strong terms coming from many other
points and it is evident that there 13
-stbohg feeling againsFYuiner for tRo
utterance. One Grand A ribs man Is
among the parties replying an^ ask¬
ing for verification of the new 9 \ac
count.
AND NOW COMES BLACKBURN
To Answer Same Charges That Floor¬
ed Burton and Mitchell.
Acting upon the advice of the de¬
partment of justice, by and with the
consent, it is understood, of the pres¬
ident, the United States district at
torney for the western district of
North Carolina left Washington for
Asheville Monday to set on foot the
prosecution of a republican member
of congress.
The member in question is Spencer
Blackburn, representative from the
eighth district of North Carolina. The
proceedings against him will be for
alleged violation of tho law which pro¬
hibits members o£ congress practicing
before the executive departments of
the government. This is the same
law for violation of which Senator
Burton of Kansas has been convicted,
his case now being before tho su¬
preme court upon appeal. It was un¬
der this law that the late Senator
Mitchell of Oregon was convicted.
HONEYMOON OF LONGWORTHS.
Newly Wedded Pair Leave Washing¬
ton on Extended Trip to Cuba.
•Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
started on their honeymoon from Al¬
exandria, Va., Monday morning over
the Southern railway. They go to
Tampa and from there take a boat for
Havana. They made the trip to Tam¬
pa in the private car Elyslan, which
was awaiting them in the yards 'of
the Southern railway at Alexandria,
about half a mile from the station.
NEW P.SAB IS INCORPORATED.
Line to Be Built from Opelika, Ala.,
to Panama City, Florida.
Papers of incorporation were filed
with the secretary of state at Mont¬
gomery, Ala., Monday by the Atlanta
and St, Andrew’s Bay Railway com¬
pany.
The capital stock of the company
Is $1,000,000, and the certificate shows
that $300,000 has been paid in.
ATLANTA FAIR SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Sum of $354,875 Already in Sight and
More Coming.
Subscriptions to the amount of
$104,875 are announced by W. G.
Cooper, secretary of the committee of
twenty-five Atlanta citizens, which has
in charge ttys affairs of the 1910 ex¬
position.
In addition to this, the city has un¬
dertaken to give the sum of $250,
000 to the exposition, and of that mon¬
ey, $25,000 has already been set aside,
making the grand total up to date
$354,875, Including the city's whol9
donation.
LEWIS SUCCEEDS THOMAS.
Directors of N. C. and S- L. Railway
Elect New President.
At a meeting of the board of direc¬
tors of the Nashville, Chattanooga an 1
St. Louis, hold in Nashville Saturday,
Major E. C. Lewis of Nashville was
elected acting president of the road,
anti John W. Thomas was chosen a
member of the board of directors to
succeed his father, the lute Major Jno.
W. Thomas.
OHARQES AGAINST JEROME.
District Attorney Accused of Conspir¬
acy to Whitewash Offenders.
Charges including subornation,
perjury, bribery of lawyers, miscou
verslon of millions of dollars and
tho enlistment of District Attorney
Jerome into a conspiracy to whitewash
the offenders were made agninst the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
and its officials at a hearing before
the assembly committee on ways nr 1
meant 1* Albany, N. Y., Thursday.
PRICE HAS A LIST
Of All Correspondents of the
Census Bureau. '
IS STATEMENT OF JORDAN
Sensational Assertion Made at Haar
Ing Before House Committee.
Can Name Four Men Who
Have Divulged Figures
“Gentlemen, cotton is king today.
Cotton statistics are now on trial.”
With these words Chairman Wads¬
worth of the house committee on ag¬
riculture, opened the general hearing
on crop statistics before hls commit¬
tee at Washington Friday.
Assistant Secretary Hayes of the
department of agriculture; President
Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton
Association, Atlanta, Ga.; J. H. Tay¬
lor, president of the National Ginners’
Association, Dallas, Tex., and many
uotrtiiwu m/vnhAm, v. -oaigress, reprs
sentlng planters, wore at tty heaf
Ing.
Assistant Secretary Hayes was the
first speaker. He gave in detail the
plan of the department of agriculure
for gathering statistics and ctynges
recently made in the systfflj of the
bureau of statistics. Hi said the de¬
partment proposed tr retain the crop
reporting board; ,o have 2,800 oounty
reporting agejts; forty-one district
agents and weral supervising Inspec¬
tors who shal travel and Instruct dis¬
trict agents.
Differed'codes were to be furnished
each distict agent monthly, and the
agents' eports are to be given to
computer in sections to avoid the pos¬
sibility o leakage. With the perfect¬
ed repora, Mr. Hayes said the mar¬
kets wold be less affected. Frequent
and acorate reports would work
against he speculator, he said, and
the weqfher bureau reports will fur¬
nish a^iiard as to conditions for the
time Detween reports.
Jr. Hayes said the department of
agiculture would be benefited greatly
by having more agricultural statistics
at ts command. He said an acreage
cenius should be taken every five
yean and would be of great assistance
to tie crop estimating board. When
askel about the accuracy of the cot¬
ton estimates for last year Mr. Hayes
said th'it judged by statistics in gin¬
ning the cotton report was within 2
per cent <f the actual production.
Presided Harvie Jordan created
something of a sensation, when he
said:
"1 haVeTeceived letters stating that
etr ts^fi correspondents who report to
the census bureau are also correspon¬
dents of Theodore Price, the cotton
bear W Wall street,” said Harvie Jor¬
dan, Association, Resident of the. Southern ..Cotton
to tne committee.
Jordan's remark was something like
a bombshell. Representative Burleson
of Texts was on his feet in a mo¬
ment. El can promise,” said he, "that
if their -ncmes are furnished Mr.
North, a»"l this is found to he true,
they will be Immediately discharged."
Mr. purleson went on to say that
the bllt~■providing a heavy penalty
for any government official or em¬
ployee who gives out official informa¬
tion will scon be passed, and that it
would r^ch any representative of the
government who gives out informa
tion W Mr. Price or anybody else.
Mr! Jordan said later that he had
referred to four correspondents of the
census bureau, whom he kne> sus
tijAned these relations to Mr. Price,
a,nd he understood Mr. Price had In
his possession a list of all the corre¬
spondents of the census bureau.
PROPOSE INSURANCE LAW.
Kentucky Legislature Will Discuss
Legislation.
After many days of deliberation and
argument by counsel for the state and
life insurance companies of the coun¬
try, tfce joint committee on insurance
of the Kentucky general assembly
agreed “hJPon measures proposing to
regulate the companies, which meas¬
ures will he presented to the assem¬
bly for
TO ADVANCeS?AN<VLINGS CASE.
Congressman Brantley AW>ears Before
United States Supreme Court.
Representative Brantley appeared
In the supreme court of the United
States Monday and entered formal
motion ou the part of the state of
Georgia for tho advancement of the
hearing of the appeal brought by the
Rawlings of Valdosta. Attorney Gen¬
eral Hart being unable to appear at
this time, requested Mr. Brantley to
enter the motion to have the case
advanced.
AUNT CARRIE AGAIN JAILED.
Afterwards Released In Order That
She Might Deliver Lecture.
Carrie Nation appeared at a bar
room in Hot Springs, Ark., Wednes¬
day, and began lecturing the crowd.
She was ejected and lodged in Jail,
charged with disturbing the peace.
Later she was released in order to
fulfill her lecture engagement.
AID COTTON ASSOCIATION.
Is Urgent Advice of the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce.
Supplementing the efforts of tbs
Southern Cotton Association, the Wil¬
mington, N. 0-, chamber of commerce
has adopted resolutions urging eon
certed action by trades bodies all
over the country looking to a reduc¬
tion of acreage for the next cotton
crop not less then 10 per cent from
last yenr’g^evoji,
ATLANTA’S BID ACCEPTED
Georgia State Fair for This Year Gass
to the Gate City Again by Vots
of 8peelal Committee.
By a bid of nearly $10,000 mors
than that of Macon, the only other
competitor, Atlanta secured the Geor¬
gia state fair for 1903. The execu¬
tive committee of the State Agricul¬
tural Society ln session at Macon
Wednesday voted 18 to 16 ln favor
of Atlanta. The successful bid was
$47,100.
The Atlanta contingent was jubilant
at the result, as Macon had put forth
the most determined effort of its ex¬
istence toward securing the agricul¬
tural society’s sanction of the tali.
Atlanta's bid was presented by W.
R. Joyner, who stated that It needed
no comment and that he would not
make any speech or argument other
than the figures themselves and the
showing made by Atlanta last year,
.
Atlanta's bid was itemized as fol¬
lows: Agricultural premiums, $12,000;
other premiums, $13,600; bonus to ag¬
ricultural society, $6,600; advertising.
$6,000; and races, 410,000.
Macon’s bid, which was supported
by speeches by Mayor Bridges Smith,
A. L. Dasher, Felton Hatcher, T. P.
Haley, E. E. Small and Joe Hill Hall,
was itemized as follows: Premiums,
$20,000; bonus for agricultural soci¬
ety, $5,000; races and horse shows,
$12,000. There was no provision for
advertising.
A11 the members expressed some
surprise that there should have been
any hesitation on the part of the ex¬
ecutive committee J.n making the
award and that the vote should have
been so close, ln view of the differ¬
ence ln the guarantees offered. But
although Atlanta outbid Macon by
nearly $10,000 the State Agricultural
Society committee debated the
award for nearly two hours. The
discussion evidently was heated, Judg¬
ing from the noise of debate heard by
the Atlanta delegation. The award
was made in executive session.
“Macon offered as much cash for
the state fair as she could well af¬
ford,” said a director soon after the
matter was decided by the committee.
"We did the best we cobid and then
assured the committee that we would
appreciate the award. We reviewed
our past, successes and laid the whole
matter before the body in such man¬
ner as to impress the members with
our eagerness. W6 did our whole
duty, and the fact that Atlanta came
with a larger bid and convinced the
agricultural society’ that she ought to
have It again, reflects ln nowise upon
those who represented the Central
City.”
M’CALL ON BRINK OF GRAVE.
Illness of Former President of New
r York Life is Serious.
John A. McCall, former president
of the New York Life Insurance com¬
pany, Is seriously 111 at Lakewood, N.
J. In fact, his illness is so grave
that the last sacraments of tka
church have been administered.
A friend of Mr. McCall has Inti¬
mated that the latter would die a poor
man. He said that Mr. McCall paid
to the treasury of the company $236,
000 which he had advanced to An¬
drew Hamilton. He surrendered for
cash all his life insurance policies.
They amounted to about $400,000, and
Mr. McCall, it was said, got about
one-fourth of the amount on them ln
surrender value.
Of the $235,000 payment only $85,000
was in cash. The balance was secur¬
ed by a mortgage on Mr. McCall’s big
summer home at Long Branch. This
place was recently sold.
ALASKAN GOVERNOR RESIGNS
Brady Sends Quitting Paper to Rooto
velt and It la Accepted.
President Roosevelt Wednesday af¬
ternoon received and accepted the res¬
ignation of John G. Brady as governor
of Alaska.
.The resignation was handed to the
president on behalf of Governor Bra?
dy by Judge Peele of New York, No
announcement of the sucoessor to
Governor Brady has been made.
CUT BIGHT STEEL BARS.
Convicted North Carolina Murderer
Breake Out ef Jell.
Burton Jarrell, eonvtcted of the
murder of W. C. King, ln Warren
county, escaped Thursday morning
from the Raleigh, N. C„ Jail, where
he had been placed for safekeeping,
while Garfield Hicks, who waa sen¬
tenced to death for being Implicated
In the same crime, refused to flee.
There waa some doubt as to Jarrell’s
guilt, and the supreme court was con¬
sidering hls appeal. Jarrell ^awed
hls way through eight steel bets.
BAD FIRE IN VERMONT TOWN.
Conflagration in Rutland Causes Loss
Aggregating $700,000.
A fire broke out in the center of
the business section of Rutland Vt„
early Sunday morning, which entail¬
ed a loss of about $700,000. Five brick
business houses, extending half a
square on Center street, and nearly
an entire square on Merchants row,
were destroyed, The firemen were
badly hampered by frozen hydrants.
WRIT 8ERVE0 ON BONI.
Final Action for Separation Taken by
Buncoed Anna Gould.
A Paris dispatch says: An "urgent”
writ was served on Count Bonl de
Castellano Friday, making him defen¬
dant ln the separation proceedings of
hls wife, formerly Anna Gould. This
decisive step was taken after renew¬
ed efforts to effect a reconciliation
j had eeptert proved service fruitless. of the writ. The count ac-
TWAIN ARE NOW ONE
Miss Roosevelt and Nicholas
longworth Plight Troth.
A BRILLIANT CEREMONY
Wedding of President’s Daughter at
White House Most Imposing
Function Ever Held Within
Historic Mansion.
Wlth a plain circlet of virgin gold
In tho historic eaBt room of the white
house, Saturday at noon, Alice Lee
Roosevelt, eldest daughter of the
president of the United States, and
Nicholas Longworth, the representa¬
tive In congress from the first district
of Ohio, were united in marriage.
The ceremony, one of the most Im¬
pressive ever performed in the ex¬
ecutive mansion, was according to the
liturgy of the Protestant Episcopal
church, of which the bride is a mem
ber.
No ceremony of a similar kind was
ever witnessed by a more distinguish¬
ed resemblage. There were present
as guests not only the most eminent
representatives of the American gov¬
ernment, but the personal commission¬
ers of the kings and potentates of
the powers of the civilized world, con¬
stituting an assemblage not only one
of the largest, but the most distin¬
guished that ever was gathered at
one time in the white house.
A halo of a hundred years of ro¬
mantic white house history hung over
the bridal couple. Miss Roosevelt was
the twelfth bride, according to ac¬
cepted authorities, to plight her troth
within its classic walls.
The bride’s wedding gown was an
exquisite creation. It was of heavy
white brocaded satin, point lace,
chiffon, filmy tulle and silver brocade.
The material from which it was cre¬
ated was manufactured expressly for
Miss Roosevelt. The design, intri¬
cate and delicate in its details, was
destroyed as soon as the necessary
amount of the material for the dress
was completed. The gown had a very
long court train of elegant sliver bro¬
cade. The bodice was made high
without a collar; was trimmed with
beautiful and old point lace, the
sleeves being finished at the elbow
with the same filmy material.
Long white gloves barely met the
sleeves. A voluminous tulle veil prac¬
tically completely enveloped the grace¬
ful figure of .the charming bride, in
her hair it was caught and held in
place by clusters of orange blossoms.
Her dainty slippers, ln perfect har¬
mony with her gown, were fastened
with silver brocade and tulle bows
caught with orange flowers instead of
ouckles.
As Miss Roosevelt and Mr. Long
worth faced Bishop Salterlee a liu~h
fell over the assemblage. Every one
of the thousand present wished ;o
catch every syllable of the ceremony
which was to follow. The responses
of both the bride and the bridegroom
were audible distinctly throughout the
great apartments.
Particularly clear were |those of
the bride, whose voice was as natural
and distinct as in ordinary conversa¬
tion. While her face was a shade
paler than usual, her self-possession
was perfect., and she went through
the ceremony without a symptom of
nervousness.
When the venerable Bl3hop Batter¬
ies asked the question prescribed in
the ritual:
“Who giveth this woman to be mar¬
ried to this man?” President Roose¬
velt ascended the platform and bowed
to the distinguished prelate. Taking
then hls daughter’s hand, he placed it
in that of the bridegroom. Having
pei/ormed this function, the president
resumed his place at the right of Mrs,
Roosevelt. The best man, Mr. Per¬
kins, then produced from a pocket of
hls waistcoat the geld circlet with
which the couple was wedded and
handed it to Mr. Longworth. ’’Vhen
he had placed it on the fourth finger
of his bride’s left hand, the bishop
pronounced that they were “man and
wife.”
At the conclusion of the service,
which occupied less than ten minutes,
Mr. and Mrs. Longworth held an in¬
formal reception of the guests attend¬
ant upon the ceremony. Mr. Roose¬
velt was the first to greet and to of¬
fer his best wishes to the bride an-1
groom.
Sleeper “Jim Crow’’ Lew.
Representative Heflin of Alabama
has Introduced a bill ln the house re
qulrlng sleeping car companies to pro¬
vide separate compartments for white
and colored passengers.
DENHAM GETS NEW JOB. |
Leaves Atlantic Coast Line to Be Gen¬
eral Manager of G. F. and A.
It is announced at Atlantic Coast
Line headquarters at Wilmington, N.
C., that Captain W, B. Denham, as¬
sistant to Third Vice President John
R. Kenly, has resigned to become gen
eral manager of the Georgia, Florida
and Alabama railroad, with headquar¬
ters at Baifibrldge, Ga.
BRIDAL COUPLE SERENADED.
Alice and Nick Aroueed by Nocturnal
Visit of Young Men.
Joe Letter of Chicago and a party
of young society men of Washington,
descended upon Friendship, where Mr.
and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth are
spending their honeymoon, at 2 o'clock
Sunday morning, and treated tho
white house bride and her husband
to an old-fashioned calathuroplan ser¬
enade, which awakened the echoes in
the distant hills.