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PAGE FOUR Summary of Ebents as They Happen Pastor Praised Gen. Robert E. Lee and is Denounced. Washington, Oct. 24—Because he spoke in praise of General Robert E. Lee, the Rev. John Van Schaich, Jr., pastor of the Church of Our Father, has been denounced by the Bumside Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Washington, as unpatriotic. lu consequence prominent members of the organization here are lined up against each other. Corporal James Tanner, past grand commander of the Grand Army of the the Republic, and Chaplain Couden, bf the house, made a forcible but vain fight to secure reconsideration of the resolutions of censure which were adopted at a meeting of the post, held October J. Part of the condemned address fol lows: “Great as were his achievements as a general, splendid his victories on the field of battle, the greatest thing about Lee was his spirit. Thus it was with Abraham Lincoln. His greatest gift to his country was his spirit. ’ ’ —Georgia. Money Magnates in Conference. New York, Nov. 3.—A second of a series of three conferences of men representing large financial interests was held at J. P. Morgan’s library, adjoining his residence, tonight. At a late hour the party had not broken up, and no intimation was given out as to the questions under discussion. The seventeen financiers present in cluded J. P. Morgan, George W. Per kins and Charles Steel, of Morgan & Co.; Janies Stillman, of the National City Bank; Henry C. Frick, the steel magnate; former Judge E. H. Gary, chairman cf the board of United States Steel Corporation; Thomas F. Ryan, Richard Trimble, secretary of the Steel Corporation, and Grant B. Schley, of the stock exchange firm of Moore & Schley. Most of those present tonight at tended the all-day conference yester day, and it is understood another con ference is planned for to-morrow. Concerning yesterday’s gathering, Mr. Perkins said that it had been arranged primarily for a discussion of the prospects of moving the grain and cotton crop. “A prompt movement of grain and cotton to the seaboard,” he added, “and its early loading on board ships for export means a great deal to the present situation, indirectly, because as soon as our cotton and grain is so loaded, we can draw against it. and thus relieve the foreign exchange sit uation materially.” At midnight, William Solomon, Isaac N. Seligman and four others joined the party in the library. These men came from the Waldorf- Astoria, where the directors of the Trust Company of America had been in session for several hours. Presi dent Oakleigh Thorne, of the Trust Company, presided at the meeting, and it was thought he might have a statement to make later. At the «ame time, in an adjoining room, at the Waldorf, the director of the Lin coln Trust Company were holding a meeting. All three conferences had continued after midnight when noth ing concerning any of them had been given out. —Constitution. Fight Begins at Montgomery. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 3.—Spe cial.)—More people than could be cared for turned out tonight to hear Seaborn Wright, of Georgia, discuss prohibition. The Montgomery theater was crowded to its capacity long be fore the time for the address to open. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed, and Mr. Wright was given an ova tion. Mrs. Nannie Curtis spoke in the afternoon. It was the launching of a fight, on liquor in the county that seems certain of success. —Constitu- tion. Wizard Harriman Buys Central. New York, November 2.—Accord ing to the Times to-day, E. H. Harri man was the buyer of the Central of Georgia stock sold last week by Oak leigh Thorne and Madden J. Perry, and has plans for the road in con nection with the Illinois Central lines. The two roads connect at Birming ham, Ala., and the poesession of the Central of Georgia will give the Har riman lines another outlet to the At lantic. A close associate of Mr. Harriman, when questioned regarding th* pur chase of the Central of Georgia, by that capitalist remarked that Mr. Harriman had not been idly watch ing recent events. The Times says further that in the recent annual report of the Illinois Central, November 1, was fixed as the date on which its lines to Birm ingham were to be completed, and that with that date comes the news that Mr. Hamman’s influence in Southern territory is to be extended beyond Birmingham eastward to the seaboard at Savannah, and westward byway of Chattanooga, Birmingham and Montgomery. It is known that Messrs. Thorne and Perry paid about $3,600,000 for the $5,000,000 of Central of Georgia stock which they purchased last sum mer at the Richmond Terminal Re organization Committee, and it is pre sumed in the financial district, the paper says, that the Harriman inter ests took over the road at not far from the same figures.—Nashville Banner. Farmers' Union to Hold Joint Meet ing in Florida. Hon. R. F. Duckworth, president of the Georgia division of the Farm ers’ Union, and Hon. G. M. Tra wick, president of the Florida di vision, have arranged for a big joint meeting of the members of the Farm ers’ Union which will be held in Lake City, Florida, on November 14th and 15th. The following communication has been issued and is of interest to all farmers and planters in Georgia and Florida: Barnesville, Ga., October 29. (Special.)—The members of the Farmers’ Union in the eea island and ribbon cane belte of Georgia and Watsojts weekly Jeffersonian. Florida have asked for a joint con vention that those interested in the two crops who live in the States of Georgia and Florida may get togeth er and form plans by which and through which they may handle these products to the best interest. In consideration of the above re quest, w r e, the State president of Georgia, and the State president of Florida, do hereby call a convention to be held at Lake City, Florida, on Thursday and Friday, November 14 and 15, 1907. Representation to be one delegate from each county union at large, and one delegate from each 200 members or a majority fraction thereof. In counties where there is no county union each local union may send a delegate. All commissioned organiz ers who can attend will be seated as delegate*. Fraternally, R. F. DUCKWORTH, President Georgia Division. G. M. TRAWICK, President Florida Division. —Griffin Times. / Governors Hold Rate Conference. The governors of three Southern States held conference here last week, on the general situation in the South regarding railroad passenger rates. The chief executives at the confer ence were Governors Smith of Geor gia; Glenn, of North Carolina, and Comer, of Alabama. W. D. Nesbitt, Railroad Commis sioner of Alabama; Judge S. D. Weakley, and H. C. Selheimer, of Birmingham, the last two special counsel for the State of Alabama in the passenger rate litigation now pending in that State, are also tak ing part in the conference. The conference was held behind closed doors at the executive mansion. ’Quake Horror in Turkestan. Teheran, Persia, Oct. 30. —News re ceived here to-day by caravan from Bokhara, Turkestan, tells of the oc currence there of a disastrous earth quake on October 21. More than 15,000 persons, accord ing to the brief message brought here, lost their lives in the catastrophe, which wiped out the city of Kara tagh, from where only the Turkish governor and his mother escaped un injured. Details of the convulsion are yet unavailable, but the news so far re ceived leads to the belief that a great chasm opened in the valley where the city stood, and that almost the whole vicinity was engulfed in one pile of ruins. There is also reason to believe that other towns and cities in the neigh borhood of Karatagh were badly shaken by tlje same convulsion of na ture, and it is expected that the full tale of death will reach a total which will mark the disaster as one of the greatest in the history of all Asia Minor. —N. Y. Journal Three Indian Killed in Short Battle With Soldiers. Washington, Oct. ?1. —In a battle between United States troops and In- dians, which occurred in Southern Utah several days ago, three persons were killed and another wounded, all believed to have been Indians. The news of the occurence was con veyed to the Indian Bureau in a tele gram from Superintendent Shelton, of the San Juan agency, which, though dated yesterday, was not received un til today. The report of Superintendent Shel ton, on which the Indian Bureau based its request for troops, was dated Sep tember 18, and in it Mr. Shelton de tailed some of the transactions of one Bylillie and his followers, and told of a conference which he had with them, and also of efforts made by the friendly Indians to reconcile the dis contented. When some of the friendly Indians visited Bylillie, he refused to talk with them, but challenged them to a fight. The friendly Indians, who compose the vast majority of the Navajoes, regard him as a wizard, and one of them, who died a few months ago, attributed his illness to the witchcraft of the disaffected leader. It is presumed that when the troops appeared he met them with force of arms, and was captured Vhile fighting, but not until four of his followers had fallen. There was an intimation from Mr. Shelton of possible further trouble from some of the Black Mountain Navajoes, but the officials of the Indian Office are not apprehensive on that score. —Louis- ville Herald. THE OKLAHOMA CONSTITU TION. Oklahoma’s constitution is said to be a perfect model in many respects. It contains some radical departures from the constitutions of other states, but these departures are made to meet modern demands. It admits of verdicts in civil cases and in criminal cases less than felo nies by three-fourths of the jury. Thus in cases not involving the life and liberty of a man nine members of the jury may decide the case, al though the remaining three dissent. It allows one hundred taxpayers of a county, by petition, to convene a grand jury. If a crim© has been committed and the best interests of the public can be served by an imme diate investigation and indictment, one hundred taxpayers may petition the court and cause the jury to be convened. This means that lynch ings in Oklahoma ought to be reduced to the minimum. It provides that the records, books and files of all corporations shall be at all times liable and subject to the full visitorial and inquisitorial pow ers of the state. In other words, it simply means that when a corpora tion is licensed to do business in Ok lahoma, it is entirely subject to the laws of the state, and if the corpora tion doesn’t walk a chalk line its li cense will be revoked. The prohibition of the liquor traf fic in the Indian Territory part of ths state is continued for twenty one years and the question of apply-