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VOL. XIV. NO. 45.
COOPER UNDERGOES
SCORCHING GRILLING
Elder Defendant in Carmack Murder
Case Gets Through Trying Cross
Examination Ordeal.
GOVERNOR TO BE CALLED TO STAND
Duncan Cooper Surrendered by State
to His Own Counsel?Shows Much
Teetiness on Stand?Admits He
Often Drops Into Profanity?State
Makes Considerable Headway.
NASHVILLE. TEXX.. Feb. 25.?
After nearly two days, under one
of ihe most storching cross examina?
tion! ever lu aid in a Tennessee court.
Colone) Duncan B. Cooper was sur?
rendered to his own co nisei tonight
by >h<> stale.
Tomorrow the case against the
Coopers and John P. Sharp, for the
saying of Former Senator Carmack,
will be resinned with the aged de?
fendant still upon the stand.
Ilia counsel have decided upon a re?
direct examination, promising :o !???
brief.
Immediately after Colonel Cooper
I* finally dismissed from the stand
Governor Patterson and his adjutant
general Colonel Tully Brown, will he
called to ten what part they played
in this political tragedy.
Colonel Brown was in James Brad
ford's office at the conference, which
began at .; p. m., the day of the mur?
der, and which closed only thirty
minutes l??fore the killing.
Patterson 'Phoned for Cooper.
Just as the conference closed Gov?
ernor Patterson telephoned for Colon?
el Cooper.
It Is the defense's theory that while
going to the governor's mansion the
Coopers met Senator Carmack and
the killing resulted.
The cross examination of Colonel
Cooper is easily the most striking
feature of the trial thus far. The
colonel has the reputation of being
high spirited and easily moved to an?
ger. It was common 'rumor that he
took the stand against the advice of
counsel. However, in Tennesse, the
defendant who does not take the
stand Is looked on with suspicion.
Prosecution Makes Headway.
The prosecution did some execution
in its efforts to show that Colonel
Cooper as clerk and master in chan?
cery, was short $100.000, and that
a legislative investigating committee
charged that a defaulting state treas
uurere used nearly $100.000 of the
state's funds in promoting a Mexi?
can silver mine, and a walnut log
company, in which Colonel Cooper
was interested and managed.
The witness, insisted, however, that
every dollar of the chancery short?
age, due to a faulty office system,
had been repaid, and that he did bot
know- that the sta*.e treasurer, M. T.
Polk, was using the state's funds in
the investments.
Colonel Cooper gave today frequent
displays of tamper ar.J disregarded
the orders of his ct> counsel. The
state's attorney, to add to his annoy-;
ance. jmnpe,] from one |>oint of his!
narrative to another, asked discon?
nected and involved questions.
Cooper Take* Stand.
When court opem-d Judge Hart an?
nounced that he would refuse as evi?
dence the Lancet editorial which the
state offered. Cooper again took the j
s'aed and Captain Fitzhngh resumed ;
the cross examination, commencing:
with the debate between Carmack '
and Patterson during the last gubcr j
mtortal campaign. i
WHanaa said Carmack attacked him
nearly every dav In this debate.
"Whet were the facts of this at
tack. The words?'' Fitzhngh asked.
I do not recall, except the one,
ai>out 'he Aiget with the satell of.
hc!| >.n his wings." i
' llon't i ou know he nc.< r said
hellr I
? Yes"
Yoo Bjse th<- nerd hell often'" J
I cTtainly do It's a favorite word I
of mine, and I i:*e it whenever I want j
to" !
Defense Counsel Uneasy.
Fitzhngh we* on his feet firing
q ie?t'on? rai idl\ a.H Judge Anderson
said: 'I wish counsel would avoid
tli<ne exciting d< mors'rations "
"I.et him alone.' said Coojier. "let
h>m alone He can t frtgh'en me. II
? an paff.- his afta? ks" I
Cooper said the first attack in these'
debates was when Carmack called,
him a holier ,
Witness explained that in voting
for <^-neral Rus against f;o*ernnrj
Patterson for governor, he did not j
twvt. becarse ?her were two regular
Democratic tickets in the field He
o .jeeted. he said also, to rarmack'*.
statement 'hat he dom'natvd tavern- p
or Pa*tww "a man "who was a hie
ger man than I am and who was mv
friend It was aimvd to hurt and
sine hiss " I
rooprr explained an incblem wt>' n j
?InnsTs.d* 'he p?rtnr?? of the Der- ^
c-atic state candidates there sr ?s
hvi<K a picture ?if Judge Taft.
Trading Bryan for Patterson.
?| demauded.' he said, "that "it'j.'r,
Taft ? picture be removed or the p.e j
turf or the Republican candidate tori
governor be displayed to show t:;it j
the Democratic coniniitte ?.?>? not r>
?!>< nsible lor the Taft ?tic'iirc, for
a: that time Carmack win cii.irgins i
-hat we were trading Hr.. .in l"t Pa--1
lerson.'' i
"I caunot Bee the compe'eiicy >r,
lluse questions or facts, said .Itidsej
Kurt. j
? .oper w;'s asked why, i:' He
sented the critical editorials, he took j
tu? action against tho.-e in papers ,
?ither 'hau in Carmack's.
"Well, I fell tin- personal poison
and resented it mentally."
Says No Trading Done.
"Yon objected to the editorial say ,
inn 'he Democratic committee was
tiad.ng llryau for Patterson?"
"I did. t^eaase it was untrue." |
"Hut it appeared first In the Amer?
ican. c!id it not?"
"I don't care if it appeared in the
Holy Bilde, it was a lie."
Pitzhueh mentioned muny editorials
in w hich Coopt r's name was not men-1
tioned. but in which the witness sai I
his name was implied.
Cooper said he did not consider ?
it a disgrace to have brought Cox
and Patterson tosether. hut that he
resented the (harne h'-cause it was
lint ? lie.
"You had better set ofr po*:iics f.nd j
?et on to the facts." the court Inter-!
pose:!. i
Defendants Wants to Answer. j
Immediately the lire of questions I
changed.
"If von uot a message from a man j
w ho said the town was not hin enough i
tor both of vo i. what would you tin- I
derstand?" Kitzhugh asked.
The defence objected but the wit !
ness said: I want to answer that j
so haJ."' ]
"Well, you may." said the court. j
"If I had received the message !
sent Carmack. 1 would consider that ,
I had to ctase attacks or prepare my- j
self to meet him. '
"Is not it a fact that In your pres
ence at the police statlmi on the night
of November 9 in the presence of sev
eral others. Messrs. Bradford, Kwins
and McConnico, a statement for the
press was prepared?"
Refused to Read It.
"I did not. These gentlemen pre?
pared a statement and wanted me to
read it. 1 refused because that would
make it my statement."
"Didn't you see Bradford dictate it
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
strickenfroSTthe bill
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Senate Refuses to Sanction Alco?
holic Liquor investigation.
RULED OUT 8Y VICE PRESIDENT
After He: Dcoatr, Amendment is De
dared to Be Out of Order?Country
Life Ccrrmirtion's Work to Be Given
Piiiilic.
(Uv Associated Press.?
WASHINGTON. 1). C. F>b. 25.?In
connection with the diseussic: by the
?Senate of the provision for an investi?
gation nL the alcoholic liquor trajlho.
w-hicli was Inserted in the agricnHur
al appropriation bill by the commit?
tee on appropriations. Senator Balle>
of Texas, today criticis\"d the report
of the hine coniniisalon.
He sa d that if the proposed Mqno"
COnaiissiC' i should make a re; ort it
ironld be necessary that it sh ;.;ld be
expurgated before It should lie given
to th'1 public if i- trflowed along th<
line* of the home re|KTt. Of that doc
um?-nf he declared thar if printed by
private parties if wcnld he exclude I ]
from t-'e mails heraus?- of the ch-ir
acter of sonv of it.* content*.
Sena* r* Galliiigcr and MrCtwiber
warmly advocatei the smendnK hi
and Senator Mot.: ? y di-clar'-d that h?*
rw "Icwded" ? :i ;hi> tnbjeel and
would never let the ap,>n- riati n ' ">
par* at 'his nesaimi or Congress if i?
was not ut:i Mt. from mi?rr
Vice Pr?-sideti: Kr Thanks then rub' i
? iia. the anr n<!nv>; <rit of ord?T
?i I It was striek-n from the bill.
My a vole of ??> \t 19 the Sena''
todav v (?I >o retain in *he ayrtcnl
tiinl bill an appropri.vicr, of I;".."**'
for diyc'ing. compiling and publish
jng 'he material sphered U\ com
mission on ronntrv life
.-" r.ato- K>-an made a j-o^t of rwdej
again*: ihe amendment and S? nator
Tillman declare,) M?t ? So far a> th'
Sonth wis concerned, the rep rt oif
the rt in.nifc ? ?? is noi worth the pa?
per it is wrVt'-n on "
Mr PnHn I ae#ewsed the arrr-'d
ment as both in order and aVsnraMe
In the protn'tiofi of in'eres! m conn
try life
Vb-o-PirsM^n' Fairha?:,,? referred
th?* amendircn' t" th" Renate for do?
minion ??n its mTite and I- *.u r?
tamed
NEWPORT NE
HOUSE MEMBER SITTER
AGAINST THE SMITHS
Iowa Congressmen Mm Tirade
Against Secret Service Men
and Their Services.
HE IS BACKED UP BY CO'.OMDOAM
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Cook Cnlled frcm the Floor Because
of Abuse of President?Smith De
clrres Secret Service Men Incompe?
tent and All Liars?Blames Them
for McK nie Assassination.
WASHINGTON. 1>. C . Fob ... Vit.
rlolic denunciation of the secret si r
vice of the treasury department was
uttered in the house of representa?
tives today by Mr. Smith. Republican
df Iowa, tining the consideration of
tin sundry i >? ? bill.
The discuss.on arose over an
timeiiilmeiit !i Mr Henne i. ol New
Vork, striking out the provision lim?
iting tin- Mold n| n;icrations of the
secret s?rvice. a similar passage in
ihe last appropriation It,]! is what
iiave ri-e 'e Mie presidential stricture
o! members of empress. When Mr.
Smith rose <i i??ill- it was apparent
to iv?' on" that Ii ? was thoroughly ,
wrought i j- I|e spoke <if the n ine: -
oes special aynts. posloi'fico inspec-i
?ors and other*, ''very few of whom.'
he said, "are of a higher and nobler
type than the menil1 rs of tIi?- so
railed members of the secret ser?
vice."
Ore of the Requisites.
lie vehemently dee:ared, in speak?
ing of the secret service, that it was
a matter of common knowledge that
one of the requisites of the detective
was that he should be a common
liar.
The secret service agents, he said,
were not so high and lofty that they
should be the .-ubjeci of admiiation
among; a free pi-ople. Many of them,
he said, work for three dollars a
dav in hunting down 'and frauds,
"when there is not a considerable
number of them that knew a legal
from an Illegal land entry."
Respectable men. he sai.l. with
manifest sarcasm, would take places
as postoffice inspectors and special
agents cf the interior department,
even though occasionally Wey minhl
have to do some deter-tive work, but
he asserted, ' the idea that some
ihree-or-foiir-dolars-a-day-mnn who is
willing to be a common detective, can
familiarize himself with all laws and
therefore become more useful than
a spec!alist is simply absurd."
Says Secret Service Worthless.
The secret service men. he charged,
were worthless, and he said "nowhere
excent in the vainglorious lioastings
of Chief Wilkie and the testimony
of men who dir! not know anything
about it. did I find that it had done
anvthing except in the watching of
jurors and the like."
Mr. Smith said In prl; , year- ibe
abuse of the field of operation of the
secret service was only ineid'ntal. but
that now it had become an enormity,
j Having become worked up to the fe?
ver pitch, he referred to the assassi?
nation of rresi lent McKinKy. and
] seemed to throw into his remarks a 1
the venom he possessed
I Blamed 'or McKinley Murder.
"The only President assassin at ?1
since ihe secret service men were d<
tailed to watch the PYo*,rf<-rt ' lie
' said, "was when President McKinlev
was shot down at Buffalo with a
I S*cret service man I*y his side, who
was enable to observe the approach?
ing murderer with his Mndan-vd
hand. That man did not even rap
fun- the murderer."
Thin with he expression of bit?
terness still on his ronntcr.anre. he
slowly remarkej: "But it took a
man STlth a i-lack skin to capture the
assassin "
Mr Cook RepdbMean Colo-ado si
I an rtircurs d the provision wi'h much
freedom of spo*ofc an<" fr'-q-ienl'r re
I ferred to ?!"? prM-wi4?.||i ?(? tnnet "ti
1 r-oe:p!invn ar- ph rares snrb as ih<
lollowti.g
"It I" nnfnrtaaate n<" on"* for
Pri'Wn)' Rot -? \"l?.!>i f for the c t:
?cns nf Hie r. ;. 'bllc that 5i?- han noi
a leg?! mind and no rtja'poiae ??f r-?
?o.i. ri?llng thronen -r.d around the
anna of pol it leal action, on his V r
cr.o of am car? > zn istical iintwits--.
pretending t?? throw bis lar at of r?e.
rn'nn at ib.- heHs and h^wd boms
of eapiial. f'-r the ricleetatma of vot?
ing labor and .-nd'ti- th?- j?cene with
the eunr ini ratch of a prairie wetf
or a zoph' r "
Cook CaHed Down
So denunciator- -f he Presidcn'
was Vr Cook thai he was denied
the privilege of eent.nuing his r?
marks after h< had i-.V--r. Vif a
ffw minutes
Referrinr to the altitude of (he
President in the matter of ferre'lng
not fran<t Mr. Coofc de-Jan-' that "la
al< nf this f'-ss and feathers of the
whole adnilnl>'ra:ion the President
and Ma pliamt attorney gen< rat hm r
(Contiuia<a? on Frur-h Pa?e |
WS, VA.. I KI DAY, Fl
GOVERNOR PARDONS IN
ADVANCE OF TRIAL
Forestalls Kentucky Court by Freeing
Newspaper Men Indicted in D<s
| tant Counties.
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I fHy Associated Press.)
KRANK PORT. lO Feb. 5 Ol.t
? lie strongest dsfehs< s of the freedom
of the press and in > ritii :sm of pub?
He officials ever d< liven I in the
South, was written h> (Sovernor Au?
gustus K. Wilson lod'ay In granting
a pardon to the lit raid Publishing
t ompany of Louisville, publishers of
the Louisville ller.i d, far an Indict- 1
int-nt in the Callow a \ and Tiign eoun-1
ty courts of Western Kentucky, chart;,
lug that paper wlUi ci iiuinallv libeling
Judge Thomas P. I'imiU and Common-,
wealth's Attorney Denn-. P. Smith |
The two officials presided in the dis
diet when the greater pari of the
Night Rider trouajes In Western Ken
tuckv occurred jwhI the paper vlgr*!
rotisly scored theai for failure to per-;
form their duty'In the prosecution
of the lawless eleu:, lit (Iovernor !
Wilson wrote upon the itardons, to
the newspaper ofltnpaitv this reason: |
Iteca ise the isflw sere s of crimes
in this district Whi'h have not boiii
punished under these officers' admin- j
istiatlnn. made It necessary for the
press to criticise jkl] w ho can be held
r? sponsihle.
'"If I he courts do not mit an end
? e the rule of rrlne in the counties
iii which the JusU-e and common?
wealth's attorney.-.-)!*' selected to m>
of ne, inanent relfc'f from such ooiiit
'?old law and orH' r. the only hope
?ions >s in enlijfhten.il public s'uiti
aroused by 'he pre?s of the country,
and/ Instead of punishing the news
papers which make ;i fi?ht against
such conditions it should lie regarded
as fulfilling its duty."
HIGH WINDS SWEEP
the Virginia COAST
Windgsuge at Cape Henry Registered
i a Velocity of 64 Miles an
Hour.
NORFOLK, VA.. Feb. J.V-A fierce
wind sionu swept th-- Virginia N"-i'hl
Carolina.and Maryland ccasta la"
! night with a .maximum velocity at ;
! Cape Hattera* cf 64 miles an hour.
The maximum Telocity recorded at
Cape Henry waa^ 42 miles an hour.
, with f.fi miles an hour in Norfolk.
I Tlie winds were from the nor. h a id
? northwest, aiiid While they cause:! h'gN
' seas, with consaauent dii'conifon a::d
dtuiger V) those cn the water, shl;
? ping passing on the coast was driven
, to sea rather than towards the shore
! and no marine disasters have as yi t
j been reported ai-mg the ocean front.
The westerly winds caused a snd
I den drcp In temperature, changing
summer we j her into winter, the fall
of the thermometer being :mni 7S to
36 degrees, ir a drop of 4L' degrees
in less than seventeen hours I
The high winds caused exceedingly;
rough weather Hampton Ron i.;
I and the battleship and cruUer fleet
: now in the I'.oads had the roughest
i westner during last night nnd this
morning since their roiurn 'Monday.
SOUJHEr.N COMMERCIAL
CONGRESS GETS Til Lb
?Now Has Title to Washington Site
Upon Wh ch Building Will Be
Erected.
I WASHINGTON, D. C. rob. 25.?
The Southern Commercial Congress,
through John M. Parker of New Or
Jeans, president, and Charles Hall
j liavis. of Petersburg, chairman of the
i executive con.lni 'ee acting as trus
' tees for the union incorjKirated organ,
ixation. today acquired title to, the
old St. Matth? ? - Church property, at
Fifteenth and II Streets.
? The nenss.i: paper* were loda.<
'passed over Im t'ar?nal Gibbons and
'his representatives, and will Ik- ini
ntediatcly reoei !? d.
? The site upon which me congress
intends to er- ' its office building and
i h? adquarsricontain over 22JW*
' square f? it
I The old rle;r< i. will Ik- opened dur
I ins: ina.tgnrat <>;: wr?k In order to
j provide a ri-? 'mm -tor Inauguration
I visitors
I Th- IMc.l ?? 'ill be s:-l?s?'?jnent|v
! rearm r>:r?<l on ? mpnrary use as th"
I Washington oft ? of Ike raugrvta dir
[tog the unv unired to rat-*- tb?
, endow r.;ept in ?!
Coppr Ofncsra Elected,
im '?'strd Pre?s >
XKW YORK r?h. 2-Y Fr?-d l.'-wis.
! ?h<-i ?** r|. -I .ir d? ??' of 'be
J Tenr. >?e- c. Cotnnaar at
; meetinc of t ?-. mnanv's di ' 't '
held ri .1 ruy t <tav Mr.
I Lowissofcn -I? J Parke rii*'
j ning r?i .ii:' - rmil who remain*
ja. a din-el r
Jam' h I'! Ir. was ? lerfi !
j Tier-; reside, od Walt'T l/tlvnhn
1 troimr-r nl '?tiapnsiy.
juicr Lose?
rOl.l MHi ~ f>HIO. P>b -Jndgi
r M I? itHSSt m the trta] rw
I Harry Htlvard for the murder "f
i Pafm'man r .M "'"-H. was ovreotr?'
toda-. i . faint when the i4on.Ii
,eintMr.? ?f ? '-?4 poltcwmaa wa'
I dlssdayd
H< ., !;.? ; . t for an hour
EBRUARY 2?, im).
ADMIRAL SPERRY'S FLAG
MAY SOON GOME DOWN;
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Commander of Fleet Leaves lor
Washington and His Belongings j
are Being Packed.
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RHU 10 NAME SUCCESSOR
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Ships Shortly Will Disperse to Reas
semble in Hampton Road* May 17.
Will Remain Six Weeks, Then Pro-!
ceed t? Northern Drill Grounds. I
Repertj of Drcwnings Unfounded, j
KOKT MONROK. VA . Feb -
Rear Admiral Charles S. Sp rry, who
l?rotighl the Ainei k"Mi battleship
fleet rroin San Krauel in to II imp-:
ion RiKids kfi .might for Wi'shing-j
ton .?>? if ibe ? s can ri\ i r ? i hoard
the flagship I'ontieoi.cui began 'o b x,
u.i !hi w. miral's bei nging ;
Tin- Im >lef i |i jj.iv..; tu I be fleet!
Ih.tl \.i;'i!.;'l -;i< ? : , soo , i\ il haul
du? ., '? , l|
Tin matier iiudoi i. IV w !!l be
decided In \V:shinj;:oii |i Is rntmmvi
l.v.*si,. in tin !l ?? lb It Pre Id-nt i
Uoo.sev? It intends to name the next i
chief command)- i f ihe fleet befurei
:e retires r m office.
To Reascemble May 17.
Admiral Sperry would have little!
in gain from continuing In the com?
mand at this lime, for the sltiiu are
due to remain at the navy yards
whence they soon will be distributed
until May IT
They will then rettdexvous here to
remain probably uniii July 1 be fere
: roreeding t ?? the northern drill
ground iff Cape Cod for record target
praclice in still \ater
Admiral S;i try retires In Septem?
ber. n,r If ein readily : n, seen that
th< re is Utile In the prog rm of the
hcxI fi w months I'aat ao'uld ca":i"
liim ;o wish to remsin. ITndonbted
ly ihe admiral's poqr nal wishes in
the matter will have great weigh!
v.i:h the President ard the navy de
; a'mem al Washington.
Storms Have Abated.
The st nil'-- which mel the flee, jt,
the Virginia capes with a modi un
hop- liable welcome home, seem U
nigh: to have abated.
AT PROPf R 7/AIE WILL
SEI FORW HIS VIEWS
Mann NM Quite Ready to Comment
Upon Tucker's Declaration of
Principles.
PICHMOXD. VA. Feb. LT??.fudge
jVi'ii.'ni Ho'l-is Mann arrived In the
city this afternoon from a trip to a,
distant p..rt of the state in the intcr
< .-t of i"s campaign.
The jit ??>? was surrounded by a
party of fronds and they were talk
im? .iix? t ihe contest and the out
ht ok
Judge Mann was asked by a report?
er if he had seen the speech of Mr
1 Tuck*t as printed in the papers of
Itodav He ralj that he had nddlm
"The irpi cli whs read in fnil and
with iniereat."
"Well. Judce w.iat have you to
sa\ regarding the position taken h.
Mr. T?rkei on the li.pinr question as
torn pared with roar own views on
th:j' propcsit.op"" was aske<|
? At the proper time the views and
i:-"'-s discussed I -.- Mr Tucker wi'l
reeelve Ji;e cocsi !< rsi o'l at in'
I hands "
"Have \ini determined just when
vri uili mak" your firs: speeeh in
this city*"
?No I have not The <anip(iign is
I M ry yt'iuic as yet There is an aban
I dance of time. I bar* n??t rowpl?t< I
jniv Hst of appointment.* by : n\ nan
j ner ol means In fa? t I hive done
: 1 in nr. little in that wa>
'As I lave raid, ther-- la filmt?
10I t*tsje ? 4 1 am tr.or. bjn pleased
I wfta the Mutation. I ha-1 no rea
j s?m to cnmpla'n in th? si Things
I are n-ovin-.- a a*x J"** '
I could w ish "
JaUge Man;- sro iM n?>! In l.ea'"
? ?h*t b?- w'll sir ?hin gets real?
It ofx n up the <am|>aigt' It ha? not
1 1 sa;d wh'-n or wher-- b<- will opew.
I lift h- will ?ai" s-rsa- s?-e|.:? yet he
? f' re be make* ?nntutnetmient? slmg
I ? nat ' ee ?
} ,\ct tlx I idr< "? the other
' > ide :n -1 . ssterK direetlcB an- the
i rnrniin ???? ' ) Mr Tucker a.<
! headajnarti . He ?a? th?re todav.
' ind mlth hm were several friends
. .?n;on- 'be calk?r? wer<- Kerrner Kny
j ernor P f lleyward of South faro
: I na. "n old fri'-tiH of Ih gubernatorial
I candidate who came in M pay h!?
j r?'|?-.'i< and -o wish ?h<- Valley man
j nwe in '*in ambltbn.
J ] lia?e known Mr Taeker for ?mr
I 1 wen'-, fire tears. ' said the former
chef executive of Sonth Carolina
ess
"anil I count lilm on. of my friends.
Ii II win1 possible fur luv to do so.
I would vote for him for any office
that ho might seek."
NEGROES SlARf PlAN
70 HUP THEMSEUEf
Scher?,e I? to Buy Land. Parcel It Out
in Farms To Be Paid for in
Products.
ATLANTA. (JA? Keli. 2a A plan
for the material uplift of tin- negro?'
ot Georgia which cornea entirely- from
negro Inlative, was announced in At
lanta today.
It contemplates buying of 20,0(lu
aeres of farm land, dividing it mto
?100 farms of fifty at n n e;ich, and
?Uuwing tenants to pay tor this land
In cotton. Each tenant to buy hi^
land la to pay l.nnu pound* of good
middling cotton for this land Thl*
is said ;<i equal about the average
renti'l rate now produced by good
farm tenant8.
Post Office Burglers Sentenced.
lit. Associated Press.)
NEW HAVEN. CONN . Feb. 2.1
Ten years In the fedi ral prison In
Atlant i. Ha., for each, and a line of
$2.1 KMI each. was the sentence im
I*vscd by Judge Platte In the I'nitei
stnti-n court today iiikui Krank How?
ard and William Carlton f r break?
ing into the poelofftce al K.ist Mor?
ris, this starte. Each ?m convicted
on two coup's.
The wen are known under various
aliases.
Slayer "Not Guilty."
<|t\- Associated Press t
MONTGOMERY. ALA., Feb. 2.V?
"Not guilty because of Insanity" was
the vf dict of the jury today in the
case of R, It Rrosdnax, a Haynen
vllle, Ala. merchant. u!i > shot and
killed Sherifl W. B. Haynes s'x
months ago f. Il.twing a series, cl
personal difficulties.
Transfers of Bail Players.
NEW YORK. Pel) 25.?John A
Hoy.ib r. acting president of the Na?
tional League, today promulgated n
ncmber of contracts and releases of
ball players, espvrlally affecting the
Itoston, Chicago, Cincinnati and Pltts
luirc teams. A notable change is the
i . b ase by Boston of George E. Ill own,
the speedy right fielder, who Is trans.,
ferrod to Chicago. Another release,
'hut of l.otils Ritter of Brooklyn,
shows the passage of this old time
catcher to tli" minors.
Rit'er is to co to Denver.
?ppiic?Tis denied!
Federal Judge Declines to Restrain'
Reorganization of Steel Company.
AFFAIRS ARE II LIQUIDATION
Judge Presumes Bankruptcy Court
W M Take Measures to Secure Fair
Price and Make Equitable Distribu?
tion of Proceeds of Sale.
(By As-soelati-d Press.)
NEW YORK. Feb. 25.?An applica?
tion for a preliminary injunction re
straicins; the rocrg*n!;{:!tion cccir.iit
t.e of the S uthirti Steel Company
from carrying out its plan Uk the r**
<>ra?ni/atit n of tha: com any nu d'
nied today by .l.:dge Neves of tie
I cited States circuit court.
(Jeorge H. Schuler. a Minority
st-< klmbler if the company, had ap
plle,| f r the Injunction on th"
ground of InequalP]
Tie Southern S'<e! Company hns
prrprfties n Alabama a<:d o fcer
South, tn Stai.-s. |'? affsi's :Sve
been in. J n ? ?h. of l.ilidntlo i ! r
i.osae tifie-. an i recently it was an
r.ounrt-d that the re rsantxatina c i"
ssittce had compl ic,| plans to nli>
. \< r Mi.- property a- a sab- to I*
bad within a few weeks
ludg' No-1 'ii his d< Tis ion said
ih.tl as the pi i. s ..f ih<- seith?
er, i 8t??H Cesnpsn) were to ?. ? put np
at a 1 nblle sab- by the trustee* ?
\ i tnkrrptcv. 1: m-*st 1?- pr> suse-d
th?- the bavnkrtp'cy nntn will 'ake
stejH; ti. ,< rwre * air price and d'
j IriHlte i Im- priw-k-d^ an: ng th" cied
I itors and ?' <-khotdeis
He ar.ded tha' i .a-i ; was mn icdi
i ca?.,|-i,-. is.- fa. ? tir 'he ?tntkhoM
I ern. ?in? nlouic"' ' f-nd w'll re
reive far nitre in new seeuritle*
i ?hast tho - ?ho adrasjanl anthi" =
I The rrurt ruled that Sir. SrhinVr
j "hr?nM 1-1 re Mi, ugh' ti r. new hi<
, : plication it 'he -.TrraniTsH-n (USB
I rilttit* .Jaould n i carry out it* nrr*
I ? ' i tintion '?? pnicba? the prose .-?
! ? es at a jedicial sale
Mr SeheJer was gr-nf-d riKiit
1 to lti?ti'irtr ?i?eh pr eeedio?? in 'h"
I district rrairt ? f Alabasaa is he might
I derm exjwidreui.
THE WEATHER
Fair Friday, warmer in north
id wett portions; Saturday
irtly cluody and warmer; mod
?ately variable winds.
TRICE TWO CENTS
COMMITTEE VOTES 10 TO
7F0R SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
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Measure Which Already Has Passed
Senate, Will tie Favorably
Reported to House.
FATE TO BE DECIDED NEXT MONDAY
Two Western Republicans Vote With
Democrat.c Members of Post Office
Committee in Opposition to Favora
ble Recommendation?One Member,
a- Mlssitsipp; Democrat. Absent.
WASHINGTON, P. C. Feb. 25.?
II) * w tf of, I" to 7, the House com?
mittee on pr^at offices and lost roaae
Inda? agreed to report favorably to
lue House the Senate bill Tor an
?3
ocean mail subsidy.
resentatlve Hill, a IH rnorrnt ot
v. i-M'- ;>|.;. \?-a> ihe rnly al?--en- mem?
ber.
Representatives Muedock of Kan?
sas ami Staff id. of Wisconsin, Uo
publicans, vote?) will? the l>cuv>crats
(igainst the I.ill.
The House of Representatives will
probably vote on tue Senate mall tub.
sidy bill next Monday.
OPROSEOTOFRIESILVER,
TUCKER SAYS HE WaS LOYAL
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Admits Retiring from Congressional
Race on Acccunt of Issue, But
Supported Bryan.
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RICHMOND, VA.. Fob. 25.?Some
misund* rstanding a pears to have
arisen?esiieclslly among those not
particularly eager to understand?as
to the attitude of Harry St. George
Tucker Immediately preceding and
during the first Bryan campaign In
1S1M?.
Mr Tucker himself 'c itched cu thSa<
nutter al some lengtn and In no un?
certain terms in his speech last n1gf.it,
while Lawyer Harry M. S;nltb, who
introduced the gubernatorial candi?
date, likewise had something to say
about It.
In order, however, that Mr. Tuck?
er's position In 1S96 niigh.; be defined
in language absolutely incapable of
misconstruction. Mr. Tucker was ask?
ed the fallowing question:
?'After your retirement from the
congrf s-ional rare In 1896, when you
disagreed with the party as to the
free silver doctrine, did vom work
for the success of Mr. Bryan, and did
you cast your ballot for hint?"
Says He Was Loyal.
"At the Auxherst c:>nventir.n. when I
iciu-ed after lhe convention ado/ti-d
the free silver plstioici." rt plied Mr.
Tucker. "I slated to the Democrats
oast mbled that while silver seemed to
Iw the only issue In the convention,
yet that I: they found anywhere in
tie- district iliat I cou'.l be of servlca
to i he ticket, if thev woult- let me
know., l ?-:>uid !?? glad is cane and
spiafc. And in response to this state
it; :.t I sp: In- for the ]>? tnocrntic
ticket at Ken'';, Store, in Fltivanna
ie::i;;y '< a large neet;,ig. where the
Palmer a- .1 Hnckner i?eople had ?>
rc":?s ntative; I spoke SI Vta.*?ie'a
Mills, In N'.-lson county; I > poke at
Mi s'dncv In Angiitis county, and I
? "Ink I spoke at >ther places in Au?
gusta ?rd R eklnghim ccuutics.
"I \oied the straigh' l*m:o~ratl?
'ick'-i thai year, as I have doaa
throughout my life "
Aft.-r the Br?an lampaitn eras
\ r. von i'c-inue \.<ur ?dlvts
niei. 11 .-'.. par" *'' ? < - a- k--d
In |x?; 1 Si' elected professor af
's? at Washing*.>:i a :d Lee CnHr*r?
, Ity. and r? mainc I fhrrr foe Sea
1 . -an? " said Mr Tucker. "Of coarse.
I i uM not take as active a part la
Mies at that time as I had d tee.
I was rh? :i ?lected dean of the (reorgj*.
Wr.shlngton Ijiw Sehnol at WsihtOf?
ten ?here I remained fr*- two yrara,
and ?-:iile -h. re the Hm rmti.- onn
,.r i!?o4. asaeml?rc In ttn?
city <f Rir-'^ninnd. notnlnat<d rm- as
. f the c)rei-r- at large c-, the
taoKwratic ticket, mhich en'ailed a
canvas? of :he whoie State In the In
f?-re?t of the 'leket.
I may sdd tha* I ree?-'vtd ?*?
largest vote of aar candidate before
?he convention f r the ofSee af
elector a: large, tud siao. in the sjea
??al rler-t Ion received tho largs-st
number r< vHe? cast for any
i he licket ?