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The Miller County Liberal. x. STATUE OF CORDON Unveiled at Georgia Capital With Imposing Ceremony. GREAT THRONG IN CITY Thousands of Georgians and Many Visitors from Other States Gath ered to Pay Homage to Great Confederate Leader. visitors from other states gathered in Atlanta Saturday to participate in and witness the exercises incident to the unveiling of the heroic bronze eques trian statue of General John B. Gor don, which stands majestically in re viewing attitude on the northwest cor- ner of the state capitol grounds. Elaborate preparations for the event were made by the commission, which, more recently, has had charge of the work under legislative resolu tion, and the occasion in every detail was so arranged that it was one long to be remembered. ’ The unveiling ceremonies which be gan promptly at noon around the monument, upon sUndo----- - the occasion w Preceded by a military pageant, in it par ticipated state and federal troops, and one of its divisions was com manded by General W. S. Edgerly of the United States army. The oc casion was indeed a significant one. The troops assembled at the Junc tion of Peachtree and West Peachtree streets, and included the Fifth and Second regiments infantry, national guard of Georgia, four troops of Geor- S'\cavalry, the Atlanta artillery bat ter>. federal troops from Fort Mc . cadets from the state univer sity at AMjcns. from Gordon institute at Barnesvi.uj, from the Marist col lege of Atlanta, hundreds of Atlanta school children, confederate veterans and many civic- bodies which united in doing honor to Georgia's typical soldier, str teaman and patriot. s* v. < u which sat the many guests specially, invited for the occasion, including the members of General Gordon's family, ex-governors of Georgia and tl ir families, judges of the United St. es courts, members of the John B. G r don monument association, Sculptor Solon li. Borglum, the officers of the Ladies’ Memorial Association of t’n United Daughters of tne Confedera. and many others. Platforms had bet placed immediately in front of tli monument, where seats were pro . i'l ed for those who took part in the ' rus, and seats were also specially/* 1- ’ ranged for the 200 voices C llch participated in singing the son-- 1 ,le New South,” especially wrAt'i' and arranged for this occasion. The invocation by Bev. William F. Glenn and music by the band w fol lowed by the reading of the bmtiiry of the John B. Gordon Mouume: "as sociation by its first president, judge W. L. Calho"” *-f Atlanta. i Then followed the principal i/dress of the occasion by General Clej/ent A. Evans, comrade and lifelong pend of G«ieral Gordon, who was vith him on the famous 12th of Ma; al Spottsylvania, when, by foh c ‘ !lg Gen ’ oral Robert E. Lee to th/ rear ’ lke gallant Gordon probably i<fved the in trepid confederate life. Was Unvested, following General Evans’ address, >y Mrs. Fran ces Gordon Smith and Mrs. Caroline Lewis Gordon Brown of Vermont, the two daughters of General Gordon. The dedication poem, following ‘‘Dixie," by band, was read by its au thor, Charles W. Hubner, of Atlanta, ana the evercises closed with tile for mal delivery of the monument to the state by Captain N. E. Harris of Ma con on the part of the commission, and its acceptance by Governor Ter rell. CALHOUN AS A PUGILIST. President of ’Frisco Railways F.esents Being Called a Liar. At a meeting in San Francisco Fri day of the public utilities committee of the board of supervisors to con sider a resolution declaring forfeited the franchises of the United railways, President Patrick Calhoun of that cor poration was virtually called a liar by E. P. Troy, a municipal ownership advftate. Mr. Calhoun’s reply was a blow in the race that nearly knocked Troy down. Further trouble was prevented by bystanders. ROAD’S FREIGHT RATES REDUCED The A., B. & A. Transferred to Class C by Commission. The Atlanta, Birmingham and At lantic railroad is ordered by the Geor gia railroad commission transferred from class D, which is the lowest un der the commission’s classification to class C, which involves a reduction -of approximately 10 per cent in the "foax imum rates of freight which It is al lowed to charge. PAT CALHOUN INuibltU, Head of 'Frisco Street Railways Must Answer Graft Charges Along With Rues and Mayor Schmitz. The grand Jury at San Francisco Friday evening returned bribery in dictments as follows: Against President Patrick Calhoun of the United Railroads, fourteen. Against assistant to the president, Thornwall Mullaly, fourteen. Against Attorneys Tierey L. Ford and W. M. Abbott of the legal de partment, fourteen each. Against Mayor Eugene Schmitz, six teen. Beuf, fourleen. Against I resident i,oms . the Pacific States Telephone egraph company, two. Against Theodore V. Halsey, for merly an agent of that corporation, one. Reuf, Schmitz, Calhoun, Mullaly, Ford and Abbott are charged with bribing fourteen supervisors to grant an overhead trolley franchise to the United Railroads. Schmitz is further charged with bribery in connection with the fixing of the gas company's rate, and with receiving $5,000 in the United Railroad's franchise deal. The Indictments against Glass arc additional to the eleven indictments already returned against him on the I charge of bribing supervisors to re fuse a competitive telmthono fr— I cluse. Tba**—*‘"iu Wl( a E alus “ **Miscy . is for the same otrense. Superior Judge Coffey fixed bail in i the sum of SIO,OOO on each of the charges, and gave the accused until until Saturday morning to furnish bonds. THE PLEA OF OKLAHOMA. Commissioners Consult With Roose velt Anent State Constitution. ; President Roosevelt Friday gave an ; audience to Messrs. Ledbetter, Mcore j and Hayes, democratic members of i the Oklahoma constitutional conven- ‘ tion, who were appointed by the pres ident of that body to go to Washing ton to consult with the officials ot the administration regarding its attitude toward the cotnstitufion recently adopted. ■jnEiftec dejHncd to state to the attorney general t Tor 'another ■ conference. They pointed out that I they wero anxious that the president ! si ould indicate the objectionable tea- ; tu es of the present constitution be- I cause then the convention could be 1 reassembled and those features cor rected. They did not want to have the con- ■ stltution submitted to the people for I ri.tification, to be followed by the ‘ president’s disapproval of the instvu merit which would delay the admis sion ot the state until a later date. The committee said the people were anxious to have the constitution con form to the provisions of the enabling I act. OUBTER IS RECOMMENDED. Oil Companies in Missouri May Be Forced to Leave State. Judge Robert A. Authony, appoint-» ed by the supreme court of Missouri to take testimony in the suit insti i tuted by Attorney General Hadley - against the Standard Oil company, tho i Waters-Pierce Oil company and the I Republic Oil company, charging a j '■'vaspiracy, has made his report to ! ike coifvv. His finding's t tj at y lc o jj coln . ; panles entered intia an agreement to control pin es. Her recommends that their charts | Je , ,ked aim that they be oustel from the state. FOR THE HELI’F OF FAMINES i I Russian Parliament Votes Nearly Nine - Millions of Collars. The lower house of tl ■ Russian par- j ’Hmcnt Friday bv 17(1 ■> ;oi votes, , adopted the law provider;; Kr appropriation of $8,750,000 lor i\jiue relief purposes. The Poles and iiAtn bers of the group of toil abstaii'Ni from voting. v HIGHER DUTIES HELD UP. I French Government Succeeds in Side tracking Cotton Seed Oil Bill. The French government has suc ceeded in sidetracking the bill which had been pending before parliament to increase the duties on American cotton seed oil. The action of the cab inet furnished fresh proof of the de sire of the government to avoid tariff complications with the United States, pending an attempt to arrange an agreement through a joint commis sion. LIGHTNING HIT CLOTHES LINE. As Result Boy Was Killed and Two Sisters Seriously Shocked. Johnny White, aged 12 years, a son of G. W. White, living near Flow ery Branch Ga., was struck and killed by lightning. His two sisters were knocked unconscious and may not re cover. The children were taking clothes from a wire fine, when a bolt of liibt i uing struck It. COLQUITT. GA. WEIfESDAY. MAY 29. 1907 TO WAB ON UNIONS Manufacturers’ Association Plans to Raise Big Sum, DEMAND “OPEN SHOPS” Annual Convention is Held in New York and the Usual Resolutions Are Passed Against “Indus- trial Oppression.” A fund of $1,500,000 to be expended in fighting ''industrial oppression ’ in the next three years was called for by Presitfgnt Jamps W. Van Cleave of lae National Association of Manufac turers at iua. annual convention in New York city i president Vancleave appointed a committee of thirty-five manufacturers to hud a way to raise the money. Mr. Van Cleave announced his plunl’-' at the conclusion of his auuua.i dress, in the course of reiicU he de clared the principles ou. tlW associa tion to maintain the op’-'n shop, to oppose the boycott, limitation o<> up- , prentices and limitation of output and to opose dictation by labor unions. I ffe also declared tn.it the manufactur ers must combat the i.- •< iseu- s caus- I <-d by the determination or labor un ion leaders to terror.ze the in--' j , ..,-rixs. President I Van Cleave added: “We want to federate the manufac turers of this country to effectively fight out oppression. The president ought to have fully $500,000 a year for the next three years. We should certainly provide ways and means to properly finance the association, to federate the employers of the country ' and to educate our manufacturers to a - proper sense of their own duly, pa j triotism and self-interests.” President Van Cleave then appoint ! ed a cbmmittee to confer with him a? to ways of raising money. Among the members of the committee are: H. S. Chamberlain, Tennessee; G. C. Hench and David N. Parry, Indiana; F. C. Nunemacher Kentuckv- w B. Roper W* ■. “. iL, - - ■ -»-J --r "n’Arm louveution opened Presl- I ; dent Van Cleave introduced as the I first speaker Dr. Charles P. Neill, com ; missioner of labor in the department Jof commerce and labor. Dr. Neill I ! spoke on certain aspects of the child ■ labor problem. He asked the assistance of the association in the luvestiga- ■ ; tion he was making into this sub- , ject. "The impression appears to prevail I ‘ in certain quarters that this invest!- , ’ gation has been ararnged to bolster ' up certain preconceived ideas, ' said Dr., Neill. "That impression is erro neous. Our sole aim is to learn the J facts, and no effort will be made to I present harrowing details for sensa ' tional purposes. 1 shall seek simply I ito get the truth, and so far as our bureau is concerned, we do not care j who may be hurt. I wish to say also that I have not the slightest doubt - ; that the meiq/ers ot j i are just as anxious to prevent abuses 1 in the matter of child labor as any i body, and I appeal to you for hearty co-operation In this direction." President Van Cleave then delivered i his annual address. , He reviewed such legislation of tho ! last congress as affects manufacturing ; interests and discussed the various : economic and Industrial questions which r.ow confront the manufacturing wc.rld. The association placed itself ou rec ord by the adoption of a report sub mitted by the committee on inter i state commerce, opposing any compul ! sory reduction in the rates for traus i portation of passengers by railroads. ! The committee In its report expressed the opinion that any' such redaction ; would be followed by an increase in freight rates. A bronce tablet bearing the resolu tions expressive of the association’s appreciation of Hie services of David ' M. Parry of Indianapolis, former pres ; ident of the organization, was un -1 veiled and presented to Mr. Parry. AS A COMMON NUISANCE. I Kentucky Court of Appeals Decides Bucket Shop Cases. The Kentucky court of appeals holds that pc >1 rooms and bucket shops where gambling in any form what ever is car. led on, can be proceeded against as a common nuisance, and i upon conviction the nuisance be abat l ed tirereartei mraugh indictmww* by i a grand jury. The (incision was an nounced in pool room cases from i Campbell county and a bucket shop case from McCracken county. COTTON CHOPPERS STRIKE. Negro Farm Laborers in Texas De-' mand Straight $2 Per Day. The cotton planters of Texas are concerned with a strike among the negro farm laborers, who are quit ; ting work in the various territories, demanding $2 per day for chopping cot ton. Tbs customary wages in the past ; has been $1.26. FOR PROTECIG HONOR 1 Mrs. Sallle Freeney Placed on Trial at :d With the Murder 0H..;- rtarrell. The trial of Freeney, who is charged wj the murder of W. T. Harrell, a k uiuer.t citizen, who, it is claimed, shot and kill ed, began at L'-s.i n, G .. Thurs day morning. The courtroom .crowded with . a dense throng oif ‘ fie when Mrs. ■ Freeney took her x. She did not appear the least bi jrvous or excit ed as she entered Apurtroom. She bowed to the judv ftatt.omv'" .and 1 calmly sax dregyn. "j Almost the eti , Tuornlng was spent in drawing I jf ury > an ® tke case was hardly > yto before ad journment was ta dinner. Hie introduction of ev ! occupied the .. .on afternoon s*-- J Mrs I alleged nll *. .-r of Harrell, l'been a prf.--.n- . l er in the Bibb cq L jail at Macon. She was carried t nan for-trial Thursday morning. The state is rep 1 by Solic itor Ed Graham, D .oerts & Son, C. W. Griffin an. ' Mu risen, while Mrs. Freene. I , rented by John R. Cooper, i y and C. W. Atwill. The state rested L'”**=“ in the ternoon about 6 o- b e . gun to s.mmtt evk uce The defense v&J-M'alely had Mi. Freeney make a citement to the jury, and rested wheat submitting any further eviden ... Mrs. Freeney nwtde to the jury very dramatic statement. She claimed tha Harrell declared that he would sic > with her that night or kill her' 4t he was intox icated at the time ai. that he attempt ed to put his thro: into execution, and that she only s bt him when sue was forced t,o pro cl herself. She further stated that he grabbed her and struck her. M'. Freeney went into details as to th manner in which she had been suppj-ting herself. She told the jury !hat she had been doing the best sb could, and that she was going to oep on doing so. -z/zif.-that it l*ked as if every- I v-'His -•> idren God was not going to no so ..ow. .led. op pressed herself ot aing the least afraid that the j ry would convict her. Witnesses for state declare that Mrs. Freeney n u statements im mediately after H shooting to the effect that Harrell did not put his band on her, am Lat she shot him because of insultiuj language that he used to her. BOTH HAD AC PENT POLICY. Man and Wife Wb Were Drowned Leave Comforiabe Sum to Heirs. The laws of ch<see are strangely exploited in the ca| of Mr. and Mrs. I-laroid T. Andersoit who were drown ed by the capsizingpf a steam launch while at a plcnie | the J-rcw -.■ar Augusta, Ga., a fe J ' ly after their marrU a few mon hs took out |i insurance policy for the other in till sum of ten thou sand dollars. The gent tried to get them to take out a regular policy, but both insisted m taking out an accident policy, sojthat the heiis of each are now to bejin possession of a comfortable fortunq JUDGE _ HARGIS a ACQUITTED. Another Case in Ken tucky is Closed The jury at Lexiigton, Ky , in the case of Janies U rgis of Breathitt county for the as .ssination of as. Cockrlll, town ma shal at Jackson, returned a vcrdictl or acquittal on •ni,,,,- niorning. I As soon a.- _. \, eri ii C t was an nounced, every dei> ro . atio „,, v county official in te court room ut tered shouts of apiause. Judge Parker raned for order and reprimanded Sherir McElroy for per mitting such action n the court room. AMMONIA KILIS FIVE MEN. I Pipe Exploded in iking Plant and ! Fumes Overcom 20 Workmen. Five workmen v e killed, and a dozen others seriou injured Thurs day afternoon, wherin ammonia pipe exploded in the b killing depart ment of Armour & ' s plant at the stock yards in Chi> >■>. The building was full of workmc <t the time, and the deadly amnioni: mes penetrated through every fiepa: Jnt in the build ing in such a shorn me that twenty of the men "were ov< ome before they could make their e pe. All but five of these men were agged from tho place by their cor lions. JAPS ADMIRE N. WRIGHT. His Resignation as rnrican Ambas sador DeepfAeplored. A special from T a, Japan, says: The resignation o onsul General Luke Wright, the lerican ambas sador to Japan, is ly known, and the Asahi in its i;- of Friday re ferred to public fiag in the mat ter, expressing deep gret at his short tenure in office. STATUTE HELD VOID I Farm Labor Contracts in South Carolina are Null. I IS DECISION OF BRAWLEY Breach ot Contract Was Mads a Mis ; demeanor and Judge Declared This Feature of Law to Be Revolt- ing—Prisoners Released. In the JUnited State:; district court j ’ eUarlesCOTl, s. Th, 1.. . SJay, .muge i W. H. Brawley rendered his decision in the case brought in behalf of Enoch and Elijah Drayton, colored, on hab eas corpus proceedings, declaring the act of the legislature making the breach of a f. m contract a misde meanor, to be constitutional, null >id, and the two negrot.s are ordered to 1.. released from custody. Judge Brawley’s decision deals al most i . orciy x V ;i the law on the sub ject. The • ''nCv • reviewed, showing that, the two ne groes were arrested in January, 1907, upon a warrant for failure to perform their contract under section 357 of the acts of 1904, and at that time i - . were stiil under contract for a | task of the year, not yet performed. act provides that a conviction ’■ not operate for the release or Q gc or .he violator, and when tlle ■ - masted in January it was the s- 'they had been hauled up, and \,., 1Ai11 . gang tor the sa oitenseß. 'The only er.u.inal act," in the words of the decision,” was the fail ure to work." While admitting that the legisla tion is a part of the local administra tion in matters .-,i gretft convenience , to the industrial life of the state, Judge Brawley says: “The remedy is ‘ not found in statutes which chain t the laborer te the soil and force him 1 to labor whether he will or not. It is by improving his condition and not , by still degrading it. that the remedy may bo found.” ’ Judge Brawley concludes by de j clarirdm.: United States, and orders the release c of the pri oners. t IxSULT WOMEN AND CHILDREN. t . Strikers in San Fran Neo Anting tho Part of Bullies and Thugs. Ten special policem-. in plain , clothes have begun a careful invest! , gation at San Fraim' into the treatment accorded women and chil dren who ride on the street cars, with a view to protect them from violence and insult from strikers and report ing regular policemen who are dere lict in their duty. Twenty attorneys have also been appointed by the bar association to natch the administration ot justice in the police courts and endeavor to secure adequate punishment for the men who have attacked street cars ......... e(! disorder. CRAZY MAN CLAIMS ALlu i Says He is Husband of Mrs. Long worth and Nick is an Interloper. j James Frieze, who is confined ir. f sanitarium at Columbus, Ohio, 0 applied to the criminal court I tha ground that ills m.lld , is all right. He deciares iliat he is | the rightful husband "t Al'.< • Rc se- ' velt Longworth, and that Nielwlas | Longworth is an interli and ought 1 to be shot. He threat. kill May or Bagder and the .• thorlties 3 when he gets out. t g GIRL SUES FOR A DIPLOMA. j Barred from Graduation Becau She Attended a Dance, j. Because she was not permittea e I ■i graduate on account of having , tended a anime ccmtrary to ue school,l rules, Miss Sadie McGinnis of Dun- j 1 ville, Ky., has brought suit aga-i" •' . the Campbell Hager' "-male col lege for $12,(100 -uauiages. i A., B. & A, CROSSES STATE LINE. J I First Spike is Driven on Alabama Side With Official Ceremony. The Atlanta, Birmingham and At lantic railroad on Tuesday crossed the Georgia and Alabama state line with its track, about 12 miles west of LaGrange, Ga. Captain W. A. Handley, who had been selected to drive the first spike on the Alabama side, and party from Roaknoke, Ala., met President Atkin son and party. After a few short speeches, Captain Handley, tapped the spike which brought the two states together BLAST TAKES NINE LiVES. . Premature Explosion Mangles Em ployes of Construction Company. Saturday afternoon, tfhile a force of men were at work blasting on the Soutli and Western railway on the work of McCarthy Brothers, near Alta j Pass, N. C., an explosion occurred, in which nine were almost instantly killed and fenir others were seriously, if not fatally, injured. The men were all employM of tho railway company DEADLY RACE CLASH. ' Gory and Deolorable . Criminal Assault on White Woman by Negro. Two negroes lynched and three otii er persons dead, and six injured, is I the net result of a criminal assaul made by a negro Monday night .; Mrs. Laura Moore, a widow livin' about six miles from Reidsville, '■ About fifteen citizens surronmki the house ot Sim Padgett, color; d. whom they suspected ot harboring I Mack Strickland, Mrs. Moores ns ; ...I'iant avd demanded of Padgett’s ' I - i - ' . ■ was given, bu 'when s he i«w» vuuced to wiihid 30 fee ■■■ the home Padgett anil other negro im-u on inside ’h< building opened fire o the posse, instantly killing John Ha. and seriously wounding three other among them County Commission- Kennedy. The fire was returned by the men her -of the posse, killing Sim • , ,ijcjiie lvH VCH 8 and o«*fe of hit- jUr.o L J . ? -d-i' wounding ” vo I six mid tilin' i n J cars old, also sh joting one of Padgetts boys, .ng' 20, through the lungs, and one, aged 22, through the hip. When ail the ammunition of the pos- ; se had been exhausted they r-.-’-i leaving the body ot Hare and <- ing off the three wounded, leaving - negroes still shooting at them, imt knowin , whether they hud killed any one of the negroes or not. Upon n'nf-- -ing they returned and ) ilium! tlirn. ";''!r aim was well direct ; .4 4... U. .A-compllbi.vu peso intended, with the exception of killing the little girls. The news spread like wild fire, and by 10 o’clock Tuesday morning there were 600 men on the scene with ri fles, shotguns and pistols. A search ing party started in pursuit of he two negroes, who escaped from the house, after the shooting, and one of them was captured and taken before Mrs. Moore, but she failed to identify him as her assailant. Later Dr. J. L. Kennedy identified him as the negro whom he saw shoot Mr Hare down and lynching looked inevitable for quite a while, but cool - i y Bhcritt L. C. Elmore I'.-ft n- m j negro sci Reidsville jail. Padgett's wife and son, who were severely wounded, were taken and started to: Reidsville jail. On tho way tli officers were overtaken by about -i-venty-five men and the pris oner were demand' d. There was no alternative and the prisoners were taken by the mob. The woman was told to run and as she did so was I riddled with bullets. Her son was | wounded so that he could not run I and was shot to pieces in the public road. The negro who outraged Mrs. Moore escaped from the Padgett house with twenty-five armed men close after him. Great excitement prevails. FIFTEEN YEARS FOR KNOWLES. I Negro Soldier Must Do Time for As | L.. ' fence of the cv?s. er ' IHi ■ .se of Corpora! Knowles, color the ' onty-fiftb infantry, reci m tried courtmartlal for having null- , >ain Macklin o! the - 1:1 • re-gin:'- • aile the reglmi-nt wa.; 'a . liom Fort Ri o Oklahoma i I Decc last, fii vca.r at h.;; : ,'hh pcnitfci: j at Fm Leav- 1 . h. Kansas, been approved ■ 1 Meyer, c<_ - manding the de- I param. ■ of Texas. Sa . .-' CRUSHERS CONVENE. Eleven Annual Sess on Held at I’me-town Exposition. The mte Cotton Cru-'ii i sociation ; -ened In e’eventb -inuu. . i session at uc lamestown exposition , : will. b a ~r ■ 4 iu for a session of four days, i In the absence of President Tucker, I Barton Myers, governor nf ways and I means of the Jamestown expouitiou, i delivered the address ct welcome. | GARNER CAUGHT AT LAST. By Watching His Wife, Offictro Lo cated Embezzler. R. F. Garner, wanted in New Or- I leans, on the charge of embezzling ' $36,700 from the Southern Pacific road, : was arested in Cartersville, Ga., Fii- | day afternoon at the Bell residence ' Garner has been living near C tersvllle for about two months. Se»- ! eral weeks ago his wife arrived in Cartersville, and stopped at the Beii ' home. Since ner arrival every move I she made has been watched and final ly tile detectives learned that her hus band had entered the residence. DIAZ MAKING A BLUFF, Mexican Troops Are Being Sent to I Guatemalan Frontier. Mexican troops T.re being removed to the Guatemalan frontier. This in formation reached the Mexican capi lai in a private telegram Monday. In what numbers or for what purposes these soldiers are being moved south ward is not known outside of official circles. NOd 11 Will OnFe be iarg,ei lor Ygh l Un ? > r '‘» t 7O RENEW ’ ’ ;, oh \cvu lid'“V’ ; i , rasL bvi' » ' ui '-d - ,• ■ let court ' ; ‘id \ * a year ago i-ccurtd | tilt* lIJJ.i/CZHU i. - ' 4 - - L il utik. . ent parts of the <-ouu Jr v < - and sought to j’ :• ?<ash villa. wF* ' - suit ol d‘’tvi:danu as itJdcu utiieidc* of the i > ■ * F’ *n» The VirginU contended that, )- ■ i-onnved frou: ;h-? .•! ibe given prellu/na: u< - iit .:-ni i:■-* he ~ulii' - ic;■ y • ~ ' » 1 i which uieh r< muvu wab JpeHl' .7 ’-• - J ' reb ’ «ne court about lw- ago found against the gov enun. -i. but without prejudice to its case, and or dered that the defendants- be dis charged. The depiirtmeu' of ju-tice h - > i;ow decided to try the iuilividu - defer.i’> ants :u 'he slates in which they n side, and will almost Immediately pro ceed to secure the indictment and re arrest, of the Virginia parties to the alleged combination. Other cm s and arr-.-es - -11, it is said, be m -lc In Tenuessee and oth -i slates. It 1. "d there m .; thirty-one fertilizer cou..-i --ules in the alleged coinbina’.'.'.in, a, -a that or'i i: ally twenty-. -... miL uals wer. .u-neted and arrested. ■ -..lev-- Conn -a- Asst.. .4 Hsavy Fines fc-r Violation o f Lav/. In court at Chicago Monday Landis lined F. A. Holbrook, it f/iv American Seating company and tha A. H. Andrews company $5,000 each, and nine other furniture companies j amour:' ranging from SSOO to $2,000, | .or v'.' jl.ilion er ia!.i-»!'ust laws in I forming a tons;.- -inf ot trade. The Jes ■ la-it- >-!- 'd -d Judge Landis . n.a - ery of sentence by s- tifi ■■ elation of the methods ado. ..u by die church and school furniture trust declaring that the pur.i.-Ument fixed I hv 1.-iv.- is inadeoua’.e to fit tho crime. oy i;X" is iiiKu''luiHv lu if- i 1 1- v>uw. i When I reflect upon the methods" • wonder v u h i cuan. i - ouiu ! .vuri- •sh cn a* a day. Thar. | aquest’' • Qi-. hi_“i I icicd :■ s ‘i st < .■ i ■ >•( • i di mi j I bine avoided comi'e: : JMse Laudi T< ■’ ~ < poverty of i filet is J’; ■ | .1 .. U.la . , them out th> .' « I and American a.... i wc : l harp"' ik> difficulty m taking | i PA&SENGE'i ’ I'”.:‘4 - h • Accident on Central cl Georgia Shake" Up Odd Fellow Delegates. The southbound .Centra y.-ss -n ■ ' train from Athens, Ga., du; to arriv ' in Macon at 11 o’clock Monday morn ; lug, was wrecked hri-■ ir.ik sou.u lof Millsboro, and. twenty -tree pei ; sons wore injirr -1 and 'hi-ee cars ! wei'u badlv torn nn. No one a; killed, ' and the engine IM not Ic ive the I track. Among the passengei.; were I many delegates to thr- -'tare conven tion of Odd Fellows in Columbus, and several of these were severely in jured. | BOMB MANGLES OFFICERS Russ Police Chief and Two ouberdi nates Sent to Doom. Thi explosion of an infernal ma chine it Odessa, Russia, Monday, kill ed the chief of police and two of his subordinates. Two men and a girl are thought to have placed the machine at the bureau shortly before it ex ploded. The men are in cus ody, b'rt ths (irl escaped.