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: Colombia Sentinel.
HARLEM, GA.
h M . ATKINSON, Proprietor
editorials
A policy bolder to known by the re¬
marks he makes about Insurance com¬
panies. declares the Atlanta Journal.
In the estimation of necrologists lost
year was remarkable for the demise of
many eminent politicians without the
formality of burial, observes the Phil¬
adelphia Record.
The United States produces more
than half of the world's supply of pe¬
troleum—and everybody knows who
the United States to, comments the
Chicago Tribune.
With $25,000 worth of stiver piste
nnd eleven inches of armor plate, the
cruiser Pennsylvania to equipped to
pfoVilie entertainment of several kinds,
remarks Harper’s Weekly.
Summing up the press, dispatches'
IWo might say that if he is not killed in
the hazing process, the modern fight¬
ing man in either arm of the service
stands a reasonably good chance of
dying from old age, observe* the Port¬
land Oregonian.
The modern girl 1* all for being in
evidence, for showing off, declares the
Gentlewoman. With all her aspira¬
tions it is difficult to find a husband
for her. Good-natured, simple young
men are getting more and more afraid
of-the “girl of the period.”
With merchant vessels so long after
the war still running afoul of mines
In the Sea of Japan, there would seem
to be occasion for the next Hague con¬
ference to consider the limitation of
belligerent mine planting or strewing
on the high seas.
Japan wants England to reorganize
her military and naval forces. Japan
may have an Idea that the time hag ar¬
rived for England to do her own fight¬
ing, remarks the Washington Tost, In¬
stead of subletting the Jobs, as she hat
succeeded In doing for years.
The advantages of a country child
iver the city child are many, declares
he Indiana Farmer. Pure air, health,
pilot, close acquaintance with nature
ml ch “knowledge never learned
if schools” are the blessings that ob
ain for n good mind nnd a sound body.
I The lessons learned In the school of
experience are costly and. ns a rule,
hever forgotten. This coming season
Go not forget the mistakes of the past,
admonishes the Weekly Witness.
Freshen them up in your memory and
thus save a lot of trials and tribula¬
tions.
I Striking evidence of the growth of
automobile Industry is afforded by
fact that in eleven months of last
wear $2,300,000 worth of machines were
lrd. Exported, relates the Philadelphia Rec
Of these England took $031,787
Arortli, France $202,038 worth, and the
West of Europe took Just over half a
jmillion dollar*’ worth.
It is commonly charged, and be¬
lieved by many, that the very rich men
of this country have no more real re¬
aped for law than the wildest bomb
throwing Anarchist. Mr. Rogers has
done what he can to spread this belief.
So doing, far more than any agitator
can do it, be places 8amson bands on
the pillars of the temple within which
property rights are housed. When the
fortunate of this world show small re¬
spect for the law, what can be expect¬
ed of the unfortunate? asks the New
York Globe.
Speaker Cannon, after all, will not
wear the home-knit and home-made
"galluses" presented to him by an ad¬
miring South Carolinian, but says he
will preserve them In a glass case for
bis grandchildren, In order that "they
may see what we wore In our early
day*.” Such devotion to "galluses"
ought not to go unrewarded. Cannot
his South Carolina friend make anoth¬
er pair, expressly stipulating that “Un¬
cle Joe” Is to have the benefit of wear¬
ing them, instead of preserving them
for his posterity? suggests the New
York Tribune.
An interesting article, along unusua,
lines, is contributed to Harper’s Week
ly by Mr. F. W. Hewes. It to a com¬
parative study of conditions In Amer
ica as they effect nations) prosperity.
Mr. Hewes shows, by a system of com¬
parative tables, how successive period*
of prosperity In this country have va
ried according to ascertained laws, and
how it Is possible to forecast, from a
study ot tbe past, the probable dura
tlon of present conditions. Mr
Hewes’ conclusion is that tbe preset)!
period of prosperity will continue foi
five years more, at least, and possibly
;ei ireover, he says, a study ol
gttgnicrecords shows that
TRAITORS AND CURS
Among Trustees ofK'iw York
life Says Hamilton.
SCATHING ARRAIGNMENT
Insurance Attorney Just Returned
from Paris Breaks Silence Before
Legislative Committee at Al
by in Sensational Testimony.
Andrew Hamilton appeared before
the Insurance investigating commit¬
tee at Albany, N. Y., Thursday after¬
noon and broke the silence which he
has maintained, except for his state¬
ment brought from Paris by John C.
McCall, ever since his name was first
mentioned In the Investigation in con¬
nection with the great sums of money
shown to have been paid to him dur¬
ing tlie past ten years on account
of his legal and legislative work' for
the New York Life and other Insur¬
ants companies.
It would bo difficult to exaggerate
the sensation produitsd by his unex¬
pected appearance and by the speech
which he made or the intensely dra¬
matic character of the whole episode.
Hie face flashed and his voice tremb¬
ling with passion, his arms upraised
and his fists clenched. Judge Hamil¬
ton poured forth a flood of denuncia¬
tion and Invective upon the members
of the board of trustees of the New
York Life Insurance company, sev¬
eral of whom were present, designat¬
ing them “curs and traitors,” and pay¬
ing especial attention to one unnamed
whom he described as “the Pecksniff
of three administrations, tho confidant
of the Beers scandal and author of
the Beers pension, who rotates
through one administration and an¬
other and thinks that he is going to
be an Indispensable member of yet
another."
The only name he mentioned was
that of (he late President McCall, in
reference to whom and to whose
death he displayed marked emotion,
lie spolce of Mr. McCall as a victim,
as having been shouldered with the
blame—“the only one, the dead man,
killed, that they drove to his grave
and deserted"—and declared that the
memory of this nmn had appealed to
him “to come down here and say
something for him and just a
word for myself.”
He declared unequivocably that ev¬
ery payment to himself by the New
York Life was made with the knowl¬
edge and approval of the trustees,
especially of the finance and auditing
committees.
Ha declared again and again that
(he payments were proper nnd legiti¬
mate and that he had no apology to
make for himself or for President Mc¬
Call
One of his most interesting state¬
ments was that in spite of reports to
the contrary, the so-called “Paris ac¬
count” was actually reported and ap¬
proved by the auditing committee.
The first applause from the great
crowd that quickly filled tho great as¬
sembly chamber as soon as the fact
of Judge Hamilton’s presence became
known about the building, broke out
with a roar of laughter after his ref¬
erence to the enthusiasm with which,
he said, his victories for the New
York Life were received by the offi¬
cials of the company.
“They would come and pat me on
the back,” he sakl, with a bitter sneer,
“these men who would not know me
now; they would come in and pat me
on the back and say, ‘You did it.’ ”
A storm of applause followed Ills
scathing reference to the “yellow
dog" ns a dog of courage and loyalty.
“But tho curs who stood around this
funeral that has occurred, the curs
who knew of these transactions and
shrunk into their shoes—they are the
curs—and that Is the reason that I
come before you and say that the great
interest of $2,000,000,000 of life in¬
surance and $400,000,000 of assets can
never be safely intrusted to the hands
and administration of a lot of curs.”
Judge Hamilton’s appearance was
totally unexpected by the committee.
ABOLISH FOUR-YEAR TERM
la Purport of Resolution Passed by
Holeton Methodist Conference«£B
The ministers’ council of the Ab¬
ingdon district, Holaton conference,
Methodist Episcopal church, south, In
session at Knoxville, Tenn., passed a
resolution to be forwarded to the gen¬
eral conference of the church at Bir¬
mingham, Ala., in May, praying that
the four years’ maximum limit for
continuous service for a minister- at
a single charge be abolished, nnd that
the districts and jurisdictions of pro
siding elders be made smaller.
BLIZZARD IN NEW YORK.
Tail End of Winter Gave City a Decid¬
edly Rough Day.
It remained for the last of winter
to give to New York the first real
touch of blizzard conditions experienc¬
ed this season Wednesday. A fine,
powdery snow, driven before a north
oast gale, which reached a maximum
velocity of 40 miles an hour.
DEADLOCK AT ALGECIRA3.
'Conference Over Moroccan Situation
Is at a Standstill.
The Moroccan situation Is un¬
changed. A complete deadlock pre¬
vails. The conference at Algoclrns
la not’ holding any sessions, and t
la not known vrKen the delecr'ites
will l*h“ interruption of
flue to the l ack of
french
YELLOW FEVER SCARE.
Doctor* of Several State* Called to
New Orleans for Consultation.
Case Was Not Yellow Jack.
Health officers of Mississippi and
Alabama were .called to New Orleans
Saturday to investigate a supposed
case of yellow fever on which local
physicians had come to no agreement
Dr. Iron, president of the board
of health, furnished the press with
the following statement:
“The case of Jules Ebernz was re¬
ported to be of much suspicion on
Monday afternoon, March 12. Drs.
Denegre Martine and J. M. Batchel
lor diagnosed the case as catarrhal
jaundice. Dr. Hamilton Jones, after
three day*’ observation of the case,
reports It as yellow fever, The
health officers of Mississippi, Ala¬
bama and Texas have been notified
aa per copy inclosed. The case was
treated as a suspicious case from the
beginning and every precaution
was taken.”
Following Is a copy of the telegram
mentiDn In Dr. Iron’s letter as sent
to the state health officers of the
three adjoining states:
“New Orleans, March 16, 1906.—
Committee appointed to investigate
suspicious fever case. Charity hospi¬
tal differs as to diagnosis. Invite you
to come. C. H. IRON, M. D.,
“President State Board of Health.”
Dr. Batchellor, house physician of
the Charity hospital, when asked re¬
garding the case, said that the pa¬
tient was Jules Ebernz, an oyster
shucker, aged 30 years. He was taken’
to the hospital from a lodging house
on March 8, and it was understood
that he had been ill about seven
months.
Dr. Batchellor said he had diagnos¬
ed the case as catarrhal Jaundice, and
had seen no reason to alter his diag¬
nosis. He had treated and observed
hundreds of cases of yellow fever, and
was positive that the patient was not
suffering from that disease. Ebernz
had been at the hospital for about
seven days, but his physicclan has
had ample time to examine his Ill¬
ness and satisfy himself as to Its
nature
Unanimous agreement of the phy¬
sicians from the states named, of the
local physicians and of the represen¬
tatives of the United States that the
patient did not have yellow fever was
the result of the autopsy held Sun¬
day on the body of Ebernz.
FEW BODIES RECOGNIZED.
Majority of Victims of Horrible
Wreck Cannot 3e Identified.
Twenty-two dead and twenty-two
Injured Is the latest estimate of the
casualties in the wreck of the two
Denver and Rio Grande passenger
trains which collided 25 miles west
of Pueblo. Col., early Friday morn¬
ing. Only seven of the dead bodies
can be Identified and only one of
these retains sufficient outline of
features to be readily recognized.
Two telegraph operators are held
in the public mind to be responsible
for the disaster, although no formal
indictment has gone out against them.
Both have been ordered discharged
from the service of the road.
A coroner's jury has been empanel¬
ed, and will Investigate the accident.
FOR POISONING HUSBAND.
Louisiana Woman is Convicted and
Given Fifteen-Year Sentence.
Charged with poisoning her hus¬
band with strychnine in order to be
free ot marital ties and to marry a
younger man, Mrs. Bettie E. White,
38 years old, of comely appearance,
has been convicted of manslaughto,
In the district court at Rayville, La.,
before Judge W. J. Gray, who sen
tenced the woman to a term of fif¬
teen years In the penitentiary.
UNCLE SAM MAY TAKE HAND.
Attorney General Want* to Know
About Lumber Trust in Mississippi.
The United States government Is
about to take a hand in the Investi¬
gation of the alleged lumber trust In
Mississippi.
A SCRAMBLE FOR PROXIES.
New York Life Officials Trying Hard
to Retain Jobs.
Samuel Untermayer, counsel for
the international policy holders’ com¬
mittee of the New York Life Insur¬
ance company, has sent a letter to
Alexander E. Orr, president of the
’New lYork (Life, protesting in the
name of the policy holders against
what he terms the ‘extraordinary ef¬
fort that Is being made by the offi¬
cers of the company to obtain prox¬
ies for the annual election, which is
to be held early In April.
MANY “SUCKERS’’ ARE CAUGHT.
Suit for Receiver Filed Against Chi¬
cago Bond Company.
Charges of fraud and Insolvency
were made In a suit filed at Louis¬
ville, Ky., Thursday against, the Amer¬
ican Reserve Bond company of Chica¬
go, asking for the appointmei nt ot «
receiver for the concern. Mffl Ions ot
dollars of investors all over the Unit¬
ed States are involved In the suit.
TO COMPETE WITH SALOONS.
Baptists In Chicago to Inaugurate
Club Rooms, Ete.
A specltl settlement designed to
compete with neighboring saloons and
dance halls, offering opportunities for
refreshments as well as club rooms,
a gymnasium and indoor game*, is
to bo built by the Second Baptist
in Chicago. WJ i radius
•ch
GEORGIA BRIEFS
Will Send Strong Delegation.
Georgia will send two strong del*
atlons to tbe biennial general con
Irence of the Methodist Episcopal
vlhurch, South, which convenes tn
Birmingham, Ala., May 3, and remains
In session for three or four weeks.
One of these delegations will repre¬
sent the North Georgia conference,
and the other the South Georgia con¬
ference.
as*
These Vets Averts to Mixing.
At a called meeting of the Augusta
Confederate Veterans a motion to
send delegates to the memorial to
late General Wheeler, Which Will
seen be held in Atlanta, Was laid brt
the table, It being the expressed sens*
of the meeting that they did not be¬
lieve In "mixing the blue and the
gray."
v- Dyer Also Acquitted.
George H. Dyer was found not guil¬
ty of the murder of Policeman Patrick
Kearney at Savannah. The trial had
lasted four days.
The trial was the scccond for mur¬
der growing out of the general politi¬
cal battle in which partisans of the
two local factions engaged In front
of the city hall on February 9.
• • •
To VV*r on Mosquitoes.
The extermination of mosquitoes Is
now the object of the Atlanta board
of health. The finance committee of
the city council has recommended an
appropriation of $2,000 for the purpose
Of starting the work, and promised
to give another $2,000. to the board of
health for the mosquito campaign
when the June apportionment sheet is
written.
• * *
Three Postmaster* Indicted.
Three postmasters have been ln
Hcted by the grand jury of the United
Hates court at Savannah. William
I. Peeples of Klngsland, in Camden
ounty, Is charge' with the rnlsap*
rdolating of money orders to tha
'mount of $290. Charles R. Jackson
was the colored postmaster at Darien.
It is charged that he abstracted
amounts aggregating $497, of which
$401 was in general postage funds.
The third postmaster was William
B. Maxwell, colored, of Thebes, Lib¬
erty county. He is charged with em¬
bezzling $450 in postofllce funds.
* • •
Smith Heads Atlanta Fair.
The directors of the Atlanta Fair
Association held their annual meet¬
ing the past week and elected offi¬
cers for the year.
Alex W. Smith, first vice president,
was elected president; J. Lee Barnes,
first vice president; Charles I. Ryan,
treasurer, and Frank Weldon, secre¬
tary. Mr. Ryan and Mr. Weldon were
both re-elected.
Chief Joyner of the city fire de¬
partment, declined to accept the
presidency of the fair association for
a second term, though the fair last
year was probably the most success¬
ful state show ever held.
Dago “Citizens” Lose Rights.
Thirteen |more Greek citizens at
Bavannah have forfeited their right
to call themselves "American citi¬
zens.'’ The act to annul the proceed
ngs of January 24, when they were
laturalized was taken in the city
iourt. The erstwhile citizens appear¬
'd, and admitted that they had ob
ained their papers by false testimony
and fraud, and asked to be allowed
to withdraw the statements on whk*
they gained them. Judge Norwood
dered the papers canceled.
The prosecutions in progress in the
United States court have struck ter¬
ror to a number of the "citizens” who
were, it Is said, made for political
purposes.
*
To Be Sold at Public Outcry.
The litigation involving the New
Century Cotton Mills at Douglasvllle,
has at last been settled, and the mills
will be sold at public outcry by order
of the United States court next April
in Atlanta. All the legal matters
have been Straightened out and the
debts of the mill paid in full, The
holding company, which la financing
the venture, advanced the necessary
amount to settle the litigation, and
will pay the present Indebtedness of
the concern in full. They also pro¬
vided for the payment of $14,500 of
bonds, due the town of Donslasville.
The property of the New Century
Cotton Mills cost about $100,000. The
building Is of new construction, and
It is put up of the very best material.
There are about fifty acres of land In
the mill site.
Gift to Tech from Carnegie.
The Georgia Technological school
has been tendered the sum of $20,000
by Andrew Carnegie for th epurpose
of erecting a handsome library build
ing.
It Is provided, however, that the
school Is to agree to furnish $2,000
per year to sustain the library and
employ trained help. This proviso Is
not likely to be a ‘stumbling block, as
the Technological school already em¬
ploy* a tratped librarian, and has at
lease 4,00G Volumes that must be
catalogued and cared for.
With six hundred students, the ma¬
jority of them using the library,, there
has been fejt the need for larger or
additional quarters, and Mr. Carne¬
gie’s offer delighted the boys nearly as
much as It did Professor Mathewson,
who has been working for several
months to secure the potential Influ¬
ence of the famous philanthropist.
Want Tax Money (Prorated.
The counties of Greene, Taliaferro,
Ogle Valton, 'rcDuffle and Co¬
the. cities of
tordsvlUe, have begun mandamus
eeedlngs 'n the ftilton superior court,
at Atlanta, Judge Pendleton presiding,
Against HoU.Wllltam A. Wright, comp
T'ufZL°LZ“£&1»°Z
ing the issuance of an order directing
the comptroller to prorate among the
petitioners such tax moneys as a re¬
cent decree against the Georgia rail¬
road may bring Into the hands of Gen¬
eral Wright.
Some two years ago Attorney Boy¬
kin Wright, brought suit for the city
of Augusta and the county of Rich¬
mond against the Georgia Railroad
company for taxes on 16,000 shares of
stock ill the Western Railway of Ala
bamn, owned by the Georgia road, and
won in the state courts, the suit hav
ing been brought in Augusta because
tnat city is the heme of the defendant
company. Not satisfied with the
auk in the Richmond superior court,
the railroad company appealed tha
casp to the Georgia supreme Court,
where the decision 0f the lower court
was sustained. That brought the
quosUon up to Comptroller. General
Wright, whose duty In the premises
is the collection of taxes on the 15,
000 shares of the Western of Alabama
road. At that stage of the game tha
plaintiffs stepped in with a mandamus
directed to tUe comptroller general in
which the counties and towns enumer.
ated demand the payment to each of
them a portion of the taxes to be col
lected.
the Georgia railroad, which owns tha
stock declared to be taxable, runs
through the counties and cities men
tioned.
TO REFUND CAMPAIGN CA8H.
Trustees of New York Life Agree to
Pay Sum of $148,000,
The New York World says: At a
conference In the office of a down¬
town lawyer, it was agreed that the
trustees of the New York Life Insur¬
ance company who were members of
the finance committee during the
presidential campaigns of 1896. 1900
and 1904, and were cognizant of the
political contributions made by the
New York Life, should reimburse the
company to the extent of $148,000.
PRESIDENT DOUBLY HONORED.
Roosevelt is Made Honorary Member
of United Veterans.
President Roosevelt is now an hon¬
orary member of the United Veterans,
having been elected by the camp
Poplar Bluff, Missouri. The resolu¬
tions of the camp creating the presi¬
dent a member of the organization
were presented to him by Senator
Wafner of Missouri, The organiza¬
tion Is composed of Union and Con¬
federate soldiers.
The president’s election to member¬
ship was due to his attitude on his
trip through the south last fall.
PREFERRED GRAVE TO PEN.
Young Man Convicted of Burglary Su
(otrfe* in Jail.
Ernest Vaughn, a young man who
was tried In the superior; court at
Georgetown, Ga., for burglary, found
guilty and sentenced to the peniten¬
tiary for seven years, committed sul
cldo by taking morphine. Physicians
worked faithfully to revive the young
man, but all their efforts were una¬
vailing.
JEROME TO VISIT GEORGIA.
New York District Attorney Will Ad¬
dress State Bar Association.
William Travers Jerome, district at¬
torney of New York city, will be the
guest of the Georgia Bar Association,
which meets at Warm Springs in
July.
In order to have the distinguished
jurist and political reformer as its
guest, the State Bar Association has
changed the date of holding the an¬
nual meeting of the lawyers from
July 4 to C Inclusive to July 18, 19
and 20.
AFTER PLATT AND DEPEW.
Resolution Calls for Their Resignation
Out Wa* Tabled.
A resolution offered In the republi¬
can county committee of New York
county Thursday t#it, calling upon
Senator Platt and Senator Depew to
resign their seats in the United States
senate, wa* quickly defeated by tha
adoption ora motion to lay it on the
table.
The demand for the resignations
was based upon the recent Insurance
investigation.
—^
men killed in snowslides.
At Least Fifteen Death* Is Record of
Great Storm In West.
By the loss of twelve lives in a
snowsllde near Silvertown, Col., Mon¬
day, the death roll resulting from the
great storm of thl 'Mast- week in the
San Juan mining districts has been
Increased to at leaat fifteen.
Miils and othet 1 mining property,
estimated to be worth a million dol
lars, have been swept to destruction
In deep gulches.
COUNT WITTE ASKS RELEASE.
Tender* Resignation on Account of
Attack of Heart Disease.
A St. Petersburg special says: It
la rumored In official clrclfes that at
a session of the council rtf the em¬
pire Monday Premier Wlttfe tendered
his resignation and suggested that
Privy Councillor Koloovsoff, former
minister of finance, be appointed as
his s reason Count
Witte lon wa*
that
QUIESCENT
UnwMIingtoA^ptRe^tm
ANXI0USF0RC0NFEREN0E
Mitchell Sends Letter to Ba«r With
Request for Further Parley—Sete
Forth Grievances of the
Miner*.
president John Mitchell of the
United Mine Workers of America baa
mailed to George F. Baer, chairman
of the anthracite cOal operators’ oom
mlttee> his reply to the committee;* di
communication rejecting the
]nandg of tte miners’ organization,
The letter, In part, is as follows:
•‘Indianapolis, Ind., March 17, 1906.
<j eorge p. Baer, Chairman,
Philadelphia.—Dear Sir: Referring
aga j n t0 j. our communication dated
Mft rch 10> wlUl accompanying doett
mentg> and to our reply thereto, I
write to say that I have submitted
onr committee the answer mad#
jjy your committee to the propositions
presented by us.
.. It , s unnecessary to state that we
keenly disappointed to leant
that our demands were rejected In
toto, and that Our arguments m favor
of them had received so little com
sideratlon at your hands that they
were practically Ignored In your re¬
ply to us.
"Wie have again reviewed the spate
presented for your consideration; have
compared it with the scale of wages
paid for similar classes of labor In
other coal producing states and dis¬
tricts, and we are satisfied beyond the
peradventure of doubt that the wages
proposed are not in excess of—Indeed
that they are not as high as wages
paid in the bituminous mining district
of our country.
“Judging from the language em¬
ployed In your answer to us, it is
perfectly evident that we failed to
make clear or that you failed to un¬
derstand the real import of the prop¬
ositions submitted by us.
"We wish to assure you that w#
are not unmindful of the great pub¬
lic Interests involved in this contro¬
versy as to our future relations, nei¬
ther are we unappreciative of the
splendid efforts made by the anthra¬
cite coal strike commission to estab
lish a relationship between us that
would insure a just and permanent
peace; but, if you will refer to the
award, you will find that the
commission was in some doubt
as to the permanency of its
findings and expressed the hope that
at the expliation of the award the re¬
lations of employer and employee
would have so far Improved as to
make impossible such a condition as
existed throughout the country in
consequence of the strike in the an¬
thracite region.
“We had entertained the hope that
our adherence to the letter and the
spirit of the award and the absence
of local or general strikes in the past
three years would have appealed more
strongly to your confidence, and that
we might reasonably expect serious
consideration of our claims at this
time.
"While it may be true that, on the
part of the operators, there has been
no serious cause for complaint during
the past three years, we wish to as¬
sure you that, In expressing this opin¬
ion, you do not reflect our views. Not
only has there been criticism among
the miners, but what Is more Import¬
ant, there exists much cause for
criticism and complaints.
"However, we repeat that the In¬
terests Involved are so vast that we
are not willing to break off negotia¬
tions without tflrst making further
effort to reconcile our differences.
We, therefore, propose that further
conference or conferences be held
between now and April 1.
“If this suggestion meets with
your approval, we shall be pleased to
arrange with you a date upon which
our joint committee may reconvene.
I am yours truly,
“JOHN MITCHELL, Chairman.”
AS SOP TO THE CHINESE.
Southern Ootton Mill Men Urge Pass¬
age ef Foster Bill
Prominent cotton mill -men from
Georgia, South Carolina and North
Carolina appeared with representatives
of the American Asiatic Association
and th* National Association of Man¬
ufacturers, before a subcommittee of
th* house committee on foreign af¬
faire, at Washington, Wednesday, to
urge the passage of the Foster bill,
to amend the Chinese exclusion act so
that high class Chinamen may be ad¬
mitted Into this country without ob¬
struction.
STANOIFER OUT ON BOND.
Father Put* Up $1,000 In Cash and
Sen ie Released.
His rather having put up a cash
bond of $1,000 for his appearance in
court, Edward Marian Standlfer, the
husband of the woman who killed
her sister. Miss Chqppel 1 Whlsenant,
was released from the ,1 tower In At
lanta and left the city immdiately
with his father and mother for Gads¬
den, Ala.
QUICK 8ALE OF BONDS.
Alabama Disposes of 'Big Batch Which
Falla Due In July.
The $7,437,600 of bonds due by the
state of Alabama and maturing the
first day of July have gone, save a
small amount, to a syndicate com¬
posed of New York, Birmingham and
Montgomery bankers. The b
3.82 and 4 per cent fifty-year
amou nt wi
00CT0R MUST ANSWER
Per Alleged Murder of Mrs. Mangrum
a* Nashvillq, Tenn.—City to
Stirred by Arrest
Or. J. Herman Feist was arrested
at Nashville, Tenn., Friday morning
and placed In jail tor the murder of
Mrs. Rosa Mangrum, whose dead body
was found floating In the Ohio river, -
at Cairo, Ill., about six weeka ago,
she having disappeared from Nash¬
ville on December u last. Dr. Feist
la a well known physician of Nash¬
ville, and his arrest has caused a pro¬
found sensation.
Mrs. Mangrum was a beautiful wo¬
man and was highly connected in the
Tennessee capital and throughout the
state. Her disappearance and subse¬
quent finding of her dead body in
the Ohio river has puzzled the detec¬
tive forces of Nashville, St. Louis
and Chicago. The warrant for the ar¬
rest was sworn out by Chester Mason,
a brother of the murdered woman,
Mrs. Mangrum was the wife of a
barber. The couple had had domestic
difficulties and last December Mrs.
Mangrum said sho would visit rela¬
tives in St. Louis. Mrs. MWngrum was
the possessor of considerable money
In her own name. No oils has been
found up to tbi* time who actually
saw Mrs. Maagrum leave Nashville.
Her trunk, which was checked to St.
Louis, was found in the baggage room
of a railroad In Chicago, and detec¬
tives from that city were at once en¬
listed to aid the men from St Louis
and the local police.
The detectives who made the arrest
claim to fcave circumstantial evidence
against Of. Feist, but they decline to
divulge it at this time. Dr. Feist Is
known, however, to have borrowed
money from Mrs. Mangrum, and It Is
claimed he was with her the after¬
noon of the night she disappeared.
The warrant charges Dr. Feist with
both robbery and murder.
By agreement between attorneys
for the prosecution and defense, Mag¬
istrate Caldwell, without the hearing
of evidence, ordered the prisoner’s ap¬
pearance before the county grand
jury. Ball, which was fixed at $10,
OOfi, was furnished aft ter some delay
and Dr. Feist was released from cus¬
tody. An enormous croWd surged in
the magistrate’s court and out into
the street during the proceedings, and
excitement ran high when J. E. Ma¬
son, the aged father of the dead wo¬
man, made an attempt to get at the
prisoner. The agitated old man was
removed from the room by an officer,
and out in the street a powerful look¬
ing man made as if to come to Me¬
son's (assistance. The officer drew
his revolver and the demonstration
ceased, the crowd falling back.
Dr. Feist declined to discuss the
case In any manner, meeting all ques¬
tions with the same reply: “I have
nothing to- say.” ._ .
It to claimed by the detectives that
on the night of Mrs. Mangrum’s dis¬
appearance Dr. Feist had his horse
and buggy out until a late hour and
that the horse showed evidence of a
trying trip upon being returned to the
livery stable where he was kept. The
detectives allege that in the buggy
they found two feathers from a lady ,
hat and that they have been iden¬
tified as belonging to the hat of Mrs.
Mangrum wore the last time she was'
seen alive.
REMOVED FROM BOISE JAIL.
Alleged Murderer* of Steunenburg
Sent to Jail.
Under a heavy guard, Moyer, Hay¬
wood and Pettibone, who have been
indicted for the murder of former
Governor Steunenburg, were remov¬
ed from ( the state prison In Boise; to
the Canyon county jail in Caldwell,
Idaho, against the protests of Gover
nor Gooding. To forestall any efforts
at rescue, Sheriff Nicholas has sworn
In dozens of deputy sheriffs who will
patrol the jail night and day while
the mining federation officials are de¬
tained. If this protection is not suf
Sclent Governor Gooding will call out
the militia.
6C#RE OP INDICTMENTS FOUND.
Many Savannah Citizens Must Answer
to False Swearing.
The grand Jury of tbe United States
court at Savannah, Ga., Wednesday af¬
ternoon returned twenty indictments,
sixteen of which were In Joint form,
against persons charged with viola¬
tions of the naturalization laws. The
Indictments were “for swearing false¬
ly to affidavits and applications for
citizenship.’’
The offenses are alleged to have
Been committed variously in 1904 ani
1906. On* man pleaded guilty aa soon
as Indictments were returned.
FROM COLLEGE TO HOTEL.
This Educational Institution Will Be
Converted Into “Harhery.”
President R. J. Hiolston of the Tus¬
caloosa (Ala.) Female College, which
was founded In 1830, and Is one of
the oldest educational institutions in
the state, has announced that the
school will he closed at the end of
the present term, and concerted into a
hotel.
Lack of support is the cause i;lven
for th* action.
ALLEGED CROOK NABBED.
Ten Men Now in Atlanta Jail Suspect¬
ed of Being Yeggmen. 1
A short and stout young man glv-'
Ing his name as Poly Kimball, but
who explained jjls real name was Na¬
poleon, Poly b his nickname, was
arrested by. ell itectlves in Atlanta
Wednesdgv^ri