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REPRESENTATIVES OF COMPAN-
• IES WHO LAID FLAMS FOR A
COMBINATION. TO 3E CALLED
BEFORE THE SENATE.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.—Incidental to
the testimony before the senate commit
tee on judiciary relative to the Tennessee
Coal and Iron company absorption. Com
mfihoner Hetbert Knox Smith, of the bu
reau of corporations, told something of in
vestigations which are proceeding under
his direction in the affairs of several great
corporations and alleged trusts.
k Concerning the United States Steel cor-
I poration. Commissioner Smith said that
the inquiry thus tar was confined to an
investigation of prices, profits and cost ot
production. This • information is being
gathered, lie said, not with a view to
prosecution. “We do not consider that
our duty Is that In any way of a prosecut
ing agent." said Mr. Smith.
Probed Standard Oil
Responding to questions by Senator Cul
berson. Mr. Smith said that he hod inves
tigated the creation of the Standard Oil
compaby and that all of the facts obtain
' ed by him. had been published by orders of
the president.
The sugar trust has not been probed,
according to Mr. Smith, except that this
concern has been considered briefly ’n
connection with other work. As to the
tobacco trust, be said:
"We are working on that now—not
from the standpoint of the legality of the
corporation, but of facts connected with
its conduct of business.”
Numerous investigations are proceed
ing at the request of congress. Among
these Mr. Smith mentioned the oil indus
try, lumber industry. International Har
vester trust and cotton exchanges.
Many Witnesses
When the committee investigating the
absorption of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron company resumes its Inquiry Wed
nesday. it is expected there will be a
number of important witnesses examin
ed. Among these may be Judge E. H.
Gary and Henry C. Frick, the represen
tative of the steel corporations, who laid
the question of merging the two concern 3
before President Roosevelt. and Lewis
Case Ledyard, who is said to have origi
nated the merger idea In order to take
Tennessee Coal and Iron stock out of a
number of loans which were being press
ed for payment by New York banking In
stitutions which held them.
According to testimony of George W
Perkins, of the flrm of J. P. Morgan &
Co., given to the committee late yes
terday and made public today. Mr. Led
yard appears to have been the first to
suggest that steel corporations take over
the Tennessee concern
Mr. Ledyard is described as the lawyer
of the partnership which was in diffi
culty over loans It had secured on Ten
cssee Coal and Iron stock.
Thus far in the hearing before the spe
cial committee on judiciary this partner
ship remains nameless, but it is under
stood members of the committee are con
fident they know the concern meant and
will be able to subpena members.
Perkin* Hard Pressed
At the late afternoon session of the ju
, dietary committee yesterday. Mr. Perkins
was pressed very hard for an explanation
of the value'of exchanging United States
Steel Corporation bonds for Tennessee
Coal and Iron stock when both were quot
ed at about the same price on the mar
k ket. He was asked to tell the difference
Q- between the two securities and how the
-- mere substitution of one security for an
other relieved the situation. He said:
•There was a very great difference. No
one dared press any security on the mar
ket, at that time that there was any
question about being able to sell. We were
• tn a panic and the worst panic that any
city or coutnry has ever known. It was
not a question whether anything was
intrinsically worth something or not. It
was what you could do with It—what
people believed. They did not believe tn
that security (Tennessee Coal and Iron
stock), and they did believe in the steel
bonds. Whether this belief was well
founded or whether it was not, had noth
ing at all to do with people's minds al
that moment.”
BARBADGES IS SWEPT
BY DREAD YELLOW JACK
NEW YORK. Feb. I—According to pas
sengers arriving here yesterday on the
Quebec* liner Koron*. the yellow fever
situation in the Barbadoes is quite seri
ous. The Danish and French governments
in the West Indies, it was said, had quar
antined all the seaports against the Bar
badoea. while qeveral hundred tourists in
London had taken the precaution to can
cel their passage to the islands.
They said here that the British West
Indian ports were the only ones which
would permit the arrival of ships from the
Barbadoes and the landing of passengers.
At St. Croix, the quarantine station for
St. Thomas, the Koron* was held up. and
her passengers were not allowed to go
ashore for some time. Despite the reports
of fever, it is said that the island physi
cians disagree as to ths nature of the
disease, some maintaining that It is not
yellow fever, but gastric influenza.
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(RUM WILL HOLD
JOB IN CHARLESTON
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Jan. 29.-After
months and months of delay the senate
committee on commerce yesterday after
noon reported favorably upon* the ap
pointment of W. D. Crum, the negro, to
be collector of the port ot Charleston,
nnd the senate wilt' in executive session
consider the confirmation, probably next
week. The favorable report aas made
over the vigorous and continued protest
of Senator Tillman, who has left no stone
unturned to beat the negro In the commit
tee.
The South Carolina senator this morning
declared his purpose to wage vigorous
fight on the floor of the senate against
the confirmation of the negro, despite the
recommendation of the committee, and
Washington is regretting that the row
will occur behind dosed doors, as the con
firmation of all appointees is considered
in executive session and the public is de
prived of what transpires. Mayor Rhett,
of Charleston, and T. R. Waring, of the
Charleston Post, reached Washington this
morning in response to a telegram from
Senator Tillman informing them of the
committee's favorable report. They stand
ready to lend every assistance in their
power, and will return to Charleston to
have the trade bodies, etc., resolute and
memorialize the senate to decline to con
firm Crum's appointment.
Mayor Rhett is indignant over the mat
ter. but declares that the people of
Charleston admire the fight that Senator
Tillman has made against the negro. He
says the functions of the office of collec
tor of the port are such that it is embar
rassing and humiliating alike to the peo
ple of Charleston and officers of visiting
vessels to have a negro occupy the office.
The collector is expected to do much en
tertaining, and with a negro holding ths
office Mayor Rhett states such matters
are complicated.
•'Charleston’s principal complaint
against Crum is that he is a negro,” said
Editor Waring. "The people do not believe
that the United States government should
be represented In an official capacity by a
negro at social functions and the theatre.
"We’ll agitate the matter some more
anyhow." said Senator Tillman, "and
there’ll be a fight in the senate all right
when the confirmation of Crum comes up
with the favorable report of the commit
tee."
ASIA MINOR PLANTERS
ON STARVATION VERGE
CONSTANTINOPLE. Friday. Jan. 15.
Reports are *now reaching Constantino
ple of widespread distress due to the
failure of last year’s crops in many dis
tricts of Asia Minor. From Erzerum
come appeals for aid for the towns and
villages situated between Erzerum and
Bitlis. The reports were sent by pastors
and preachers laboring in that region,
who declare that In many places the har
vests are complete failures, and there is
an absence of food, clothing and fuel for
the winter and 6t seed for spring sow
ing. The previous winter also was bad.
The agent of the American Bible society
for the region of Yozgat. Gemrak and
Kais* rich reports that as a consequence
the people in his region have now used
up their ordinary supplies for the winter
and a<e forced for the remainder of the
year to either buy grain for bread or to
borrow, or, as a last resort, to eat grass,
an alternative quite common to the peo
ple of the land.
Outside .help is urgently required to
relieve the great distress.
BITTER FIGHT MADE
ON JUDGE HUNDLEY
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29 A hearing
was given Thursday by senate committee
on .the judiciary to Alabama delegations
for and against the confirmation of Oscar
R. Hundley to be United States Judge for
the northern district of that state.
Charges of incompetency were renewed
against Judge Hundley by a delegation of
about 30 men from different sections of
Alabama, headed by Walter Percy, of
Birmingham, and a body of 25 lawyers
and business men appeared for Judge
Hundley and testified as to his general
character and ability to fill the position.
The decree of Judge Hundley In the
Southern Steel company receiver case, to
which objection was made by opponents
of the Judge, has been assailed by his
enemies, but no appeal has been taken
from it, and friends of Judge Hundley are
making much of this fact.
chicagVpaper prints
“BURGLAR WANT AD”
CHICAGO. Feb. I.—Much conjecture 1« belnp
•roused over the appearance In a morning pa
per of the following advertisement:
"Personal—Warned a burglar on Lake View
avenue vicinity of Fullerton avenue.”
The need of a burlar on that street is
somewhat obscured by the declaration of resi
dents that they have been trying for
•everal months to get rid of a few.
Various Interpretations of the advertisement
have been offered. Detectives, suspecting a
"deep plot” have made a fruitless Investiga
tion. Inquiries brought laughter 'at most
homes In ths vlclnty. One woman believed
that some one's •'butler” had resigned and
that a linotype machine had taken liberitns
with the word.
TAFT IS TOASTED BY
PANAMA PRESIDENT
PANAMA. Jan. 30.—President-elect
Taft visited President Oba'dia at the
palace yesterday, the party ineluding
the American and British ministers an<*
the dtficials of the Panama govern
ment.
At the luncheon which was served
i President Obaldia gave a toast to Mr.
I Taft as the long-time friend cf Pana
‘ ma. An official ball will be given at
the palace in honor of Mr. Taft next
I week.
THE ATLANTA SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, TLESDAI, FEBKLABY «, 1909.
FORAKER ASKS VOTE
ON BILL FOR BLACKS
DEMOCRATS WILL USE EVERY
EFFFORT TO PREVENT .MEAS
URE FOR RE-INLISTMENT OF
BROWNSVILLE TROOPS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. I.—When the sen
ate met today great interest was mani
fested in the outcome of Senator Fora
ker's effort to have a day fixed for the
consideration of the Aldrich substitute
bill providing for a court of inquiry to
determine which df the discharged sol
diers of the Twenty-fifth regiment of in
| fantry should be re-enlisted.
On the Democratic side there was
united opposition to the passage of any
measure looking to the re-enllstment of
the negro soldiers. Democrats expressed
the view that, as several investigations
have resulted in a failure to determine
the guilty men in the regiment, although
it was found that men of the regiment
"shot up” Brownsville, it would be mani
festly impossible for any court of in
quiry to act intelligently on the subject
unless additional evidence could be ob
tained.
As a consequence of the united Dem
ocratic opposition to any legislation at
this season it was evident that there
would be much skirmishing to delay a
vote. On the Republican side the sub
bill was made a party measure, and It is
expected it will receive the full Republi
can vote.
CHILEHASBROKEN
BONDS WITH PERU
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30—Advices re
ceived here confirm the report of the
breaking off of all diplomatic relations
between Chile and Peru and the with
drawal of the Chilean minister, Senor
Echenique, from the Peruvian capital.
The Chilean papers, according to these
advances generally deplore the situation;
but there appears to be no great excite
ment over it, notwithstanding the strain
ed relations between the two countries.
The difficulty arose over a monument
which the Peruvian government propos
ed to erect to the memory of the sol
diers who fell in the war of 1879 between
that country and Chile. The latter gov
ernment in a spirit of comity asked the
privilege of putting a wreath on the mon
ument, with an inscription expressive of
the sorrow of the Chileans.
The offer was accepted by the President
Pardo. '
But after the retirement of Pardo and
the inauguration of Senor Legia, his
successor to the presidency of Peru, Leg
ia opposed the granting of the privileges
! unless the dispute over the title of the
provinces of Tacna and Arica was first
As the Tacna and Arica question had
been pending since the war of 1879 and
and during all that time had been a
constant source of irritation between the
two countries, the Chileans regarded the
attempt to force a settlement of the
question so inopportune that it consti
tuted an affront, and the breaking off of
diplomatic relations promptly followed.
YOUTH SEEMED TO YEARN
FOR “DIAMOND DICK” LIFE
BELLWOOD, Ala., Jan. 30.—A boy 10
years old came into town Tuesday after
noon and told his tale of woe, that his
name was Jim Lee, that his mother and
father both died a few weeks ago, leav
ing him nothing, and that he was on
his way to South Carolina to join his
■ half-brother. His narrative was so fluent
that he was offered a home and employ
ment until he could earn sufficient funds
to take him to his destination.
He worked one-half day and was pai l
25 cents. With this he bought a box of
cartridges. After borrowing a 22-caliber
rifle from the bridge watchman on the
pretext of wishing to go hunting, he sky
larked up the railroad toward Hartford.
As he passed a gang of section men on
the railroad he tried to dispose of the
rifle for $3. saying that he gave $2 for
it in Andalusia, but he had to make a
' profit. This created no suspicion, and he
was allowed to pass on.
It was soon noticed that he did not In
tend returning the rifle, and the police
at Hartford, ten miles east of here, were
i notified, and they took the youngster in
charge upon his arrival. When arrested,
' he confessed that his parents were botn
living and that his home was near Anda
lusia. and the reason he left home was
because his father punished him severely.
His parents were notified and *he
turned over to them.
GRADES OF COTTON
DISCUSSED BY EXPERTS
1 WASHINGTON, Feb. I.—The commit
: tee of experts on cotton classification, re
i cently appointed by Secretary of Agricul
ture Wilson to fix an official standard of
t the various grades of cotton, began its
task at the department of agriculture to
day. C
L The committee is composed of nine
/members in addition to three special as
sistants, representing the leading cotton
: concerns of the country.
i In its effort to establish the nine grades
of cotton as provided for by an act of
congress, the committee will have the use
of cotton standards of the cotton ex
changes of this country and Europe. A
week probably will be required to com
plete the work.
TAFT IS OPTIMISTIC
OV ER WORK ON CANAL
CULEBRA. Panama, Feb. H.
Taft and the engineers accompanying;
him reached here from Panama today on
a special train, and made a detailed ex
amination of the fourteen miles of the
Culebra cut. The fact that the existing
plans for the lock and dam at Gatun are
satisfactory to the visiting engineers has
created a local feeling of optimism, and
the fears of delay in the completion of
the work have been relieved.
Mr. Taft expected that the views of
the engineers regarding the situation at
Gatun would be favorable, and their find
ing consequently did not come as a sur
prise to him. ‘ •
ATLANTA MAN SPEAKS
TO ACWORTH CITIZENS
ACWORTH. Ga.. Feb. I.—Colonel 8. W.
Wilkes, of Atlanta, addresred the Ac
worth board of trade in the interest of
the Acworth hosiery plant, which will
soon be erected jn Acworth. An enthu
siastic meeting of Acworth citizens was
the result.
Mr. J. N. Williams was elected chair
man of the mass meeting. A strong com
mitted was apointed to solicit stock for
this large plan for Acworth. The plant
is expected to be in operation in a short
while.
GIRL IS KIDNAPED:
CARRIED TO SEA
NEW YORK. Jan. 29.—Samuel Feldman, a
restaurant keeper, has renoned to the police
’hat hi’ acventeen-year-old daughter. Hattie,
has dlsan< eared and that in his opinion she
was kidnaped bv sailors ard taken to Aoa.
Feldman's restaurant is on the water front
and the girl was last seen when she was
sent to a nearby bakery to procure pastry,
which Feldman sells to the seafaring man.
DAMAGE AND DEATH
FOLLOW BLIZZARD’S TRAIL
Continued from Page One
gradually dying down. At 7 o'clock the
mercury registered 28. Probably go half
dozen lower by daylight.
FLORIDA WEATHER
COLDEST IN YEARS
PENSACOLA, Fla., Jan. 30.—Following
a wind which attained a velocity of 15
miles an hour and which had been blow
ing steadily for twelve' hours at over
thirty miles came a drop in temperature
this morning of 5 degrees and today /this
section of Florida is experiencing the
coldest weather of the past two seasons.
It is feared that the fruits and vege
table crops may be seriously Injured by
the cold weather due to the warm wea
ther of the past few weeks causing them
to bud and sprout.
PEACH CROP IS NOT
DAMAGED BY COLD
BARNESVILLE. Ga.. Jiin. 30.-V, O.
Marshburn, J. C. .Collier, R. A. Stafford
and Stafford & Howard, among the
largest peach growers here, interviewed
tonight give it as their opinion that no
damage will result from the extreme
cold which arrived today and which they
look to get below twenty degrees tonight.
They assert that peach buds are ab
solutely dormant In this vicinity and
therefore no injury can come unless
the trees are themselves killed.
They have made thorough inspection of
orchards and think this cold advantage
ous rather than otherwise.
WARM WEATHER IS
COMlNdi ONCE MORE
Yes, it's getting warmer— just a little
bit warmer. May be that will make you
feel better after you have shivered
through Sunday, the coldest day in Atlan
ta In ten years, the thermometer having
registered 7 1-2 degrees at the weather
station on Sunday morning, reaching a
maximum of only 27 during the day.
Sunday was one of those days when
one was well content to enjoy the "tu
multuous privacy of storm.” as Emer
son has aptly termed it, and to sit within
the radiant circle of a glowing grate,
reveling In warmth and loking out oc
casionally upon the boisterous winds as
they chased a scrap of paper through the
air or wrestled roughly with the branches
ot the trees.
One may now think complacently of the
coldest day Atlanta l\as had. in the past
years when the mercury crept down
to 8.5 below zero on February 13, 1899,
or of the coldest day in January ever re
corded by the local weather station, Jan
uary 11. 1886, when the thermometer reg
istered two degrees below zero.
But the main thing to be noted about
the present cold wave—for it was a gen
uine cold wave, the mercuo’ having fall
en 32 degrees in 12 hours, from 50 to 18
—is that Sunday was in such complete
contrast with the preceding Sunday. The
mean temperature Sunday was 17 de
grees. or 25 below the normal for the
day, while on the preceding Sunday a
mean of 62 was reached, giving a differ
ence in average temperatures for the two
days of 45 degrees. While the maximum
on Sunday was 17, on the preceding Sun
day it was 72.
Mercury Rises
The storm has 'abated all over the
country and high winds are no longer re
ported. At Atlanta on Monday morning
at 11:30 o’clock, the mercury registered
32 for the first time since early on last
Friday night, having been below the freez
ing point during all that time. The wind,
which was blowing at a rate of nearly 40
miles per hour on Sunday morning—and
pretty nearly all day for that matter—
was easying along at barely four miles
per hour on Monday moaning.
On Monday, after several days of in
terrupton, the local weather station was
once "more able to get reports from the
northwest which had been isolated for
two or three days. The storm is now
central over the lower lake region and
New England, a temperature of two below
zero being reported from Oswego, N. Y„
on Monday, and two above at Buffalo.
In the northwest, however, it is much
warmer, and a storm is coming in over
the northern Pacific coast, replacing the
cold wave. With the exception of the
northwest and Texas, where it Is cloudy,
fine, clear weather prevails generally. The
northern Pacific storm is even now af
fecting the temperature here, causing It
to rise, and the moderation will be much
more marked In a day or two.
Killing Freeze In Florida
It is said that the freeze in Florida is
the worst that has visited that state
since the severe one had killed orange
trees and other fruits and vegetables in
1899. Killing frosts extended as far south
as the twenty-eighth meridian, the mer
cury having dropped Lo 26 at Tampa, 24
at Jacksonville and very nearly as low
at Jupiter Inlet.
While the mercury registered 14 at
Atlanta on Monday morning, it began to
rise rapidly under the influence of the
sun, as the severe winds had ceased. Fair,
warmer weather is Indicated, and the
mercury should be above 20 on Tuesday.
COLDEST WEATHER OF YEAR
SWOOPS DOWN ON PITTSBURG
PITTSBURG, Feb. I.—The coldest
weather of the season was experienced
here today, when the thermometer regis
tered 9 degrees above zero.
A light snow Is falling and the mercury
is rising.
MAN CRAWLS SEVEN MILES;
HANDS AND FEET FROZEN
OMAHA. Neb., Feb. I.—Gust Johnson, a
Finnish coal miner, from Roslyn. Wash.,
was brought here last night from Val
ley, Neb., to the county hospital, suffer
ing from frozen hands and feet.
He slept in a hay-stack during the bliz
zard Thursday night and next morning
could Yiot walk. He remained in the stack
until Saturday, when he crawled on his
hands and knees to Valley, seven miles.
PRAIRIES ARE DAMAGED
BY WHIRLDWINi/ OF THISTLES
OAKLEY, Kan., Feb. I.—ln the late
blizzard great damage was done by the
•Russian thistle, more commonly known
as the tumble weed. The weeds, which
are about the size of a half bushel meas
ure and almost round, blew over the
prairie by the millions. In some cases
they even stalled trains by piling in the
An Atlanta Physician Is Curing
Catarrh by a Simple Home
Remedy and will mail a
Trial Treatment
Free.
Those who have long ftoubted whether
there really is a successful remedy for
catarrh will be glad to learn that Dr.
Blosser, of Atlanta. Ga..
a method whereby catarrh can be eradi
cated to the very last symptom.
He will send a free sample by mail to
any man or weman suffering with ca
tarrh. bronchitis, asthma, catarrhal deaf
ness. chronic colds, stopped-up feeling in
nose and throat, difficult breathing, or
any of the many symptoms of catarrh.
Dr. Blosser's Remedy is radically dif
ferent from all others, being simple,
harmless, inexpensive and requiring no
instrument or apparatus of any kind.
If you wish a demonstration of what
this remarkable remedy will do, send
your name and address to Dr. J. W.
Blosser, 51 Walton street, Atlanta, Ga..
and you will receive by return*" mall a
free package and an illustrated booklet.
WxliS-btfslfi. you forget U.
“FREAK” FASHIONS 1
TABDOEDBYTAILORS
SARTORIAL NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND NINE WILL USHER IN
MANY NEW INNOVATIONS IN
MAN’S APPAREL.
CHICAGO, Feb. I.—Peg tops, coat cuffs,
trouser cuffs, box collars, shoulder pads,
big buttons, flip flaps, slafiting pockets,
annex shirts and all other freak features
of men’s apparel have been placed under
the ban of the Merchant Tailors’ Na
tional Protective association, and a con
spiracy has been formulated to put them
out of vogue at the sixth annual con
vention, which has begun its sessions
here.
Notwithstanding the general taboo to
be Issued against freakishness, sartorial
19C9 will feature several innovations.
There will be introduced to the gentle
men’s wardrobe an absolutely new crea
tion, to be christened the "American
walking suit.’ It will correspond some
what to the English article.
•Aten the up-to-date man must wear on
Wednesdays a diamond waistcoat. Thia
has the flaps cut diamond shape, has dia
mond shaped and diamond set buttons.
The pockets are diamond patch in style.
To be complete a diamond pin should be
worn, with a tie of diamond stripes. There
are other waistcoats for every day in
the week.
The favorite shirt this spring will be
in tan and pink with broad stripes. The
tie will be brilliant red and the hat wll
be green.
The double-breasted frock coat will be
put away with the moth balls if the tail
ors’ association has its way. It is to be
superseded by a single-breasted frock
coat with a dip front.
All the last month the tailors have
been cutting, ripping and sewing to
prepare the model garments which will
be exhibited during the convention this
week.
DR. BULL TO TRAVEL
IN ATKINSON’S CAR
SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 30.—Dr. William
T. Bull, one of the world’s famous sur
geons, who is coming here, will not arrive
until this afternoon. He is coming over
the Seaboard Air Line in a private car of
President H. M. Atkinson, of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic railway. It is
the same car In which President-elect
Taft recently rode from Augusta to At
lanta and Athens.
Mr. Atkinson, who is a personal friend
of Dr. Bull, tendered the car for his oc
cupancy while coming south.
Dr, Bull will go to Wymberly, the Isle
of Hope home of the late J. H. Estill,
which has been leased furnished for the
use of the distinguished patient. Dr. J3ull
will come to Savannah accompanied by
his wife. Dr. John B. Walker and two
nurses. He will be carried from his pri
vate car to an ambulance and in that
goes to Isle of Hope. He is reported to
be a very 111 man.
A Savannah physician, who is a per
sonal friend of the famous surgeon, will
meet him at the train, accompanied by a
lady friend of Mrs. Bull's, who has been
here since Wednesday making prepara
tions for the arrival of the ill man.
While it Is not denied that a new treat
ment for cancer has been tried upon Dr.
Bull with good effect, it is said the result
has not been so great as the general pub
lic believes. While the cancer yields to
treatment, the effect upon the general"
system of the doctor is not good. He suf
fers from what appears to be rheumatic
pains.
OPEN AIR SCHOOL FOR
TUBERCULAR STUDENTS
CHICAGO. Jan. 30.—Children Infected
with tuberculosis will go to school In the
open air if a request to be made by the
Chicago Tuberculosis institute Is granted
by the board of education. The sugges
tion is made in a report of superintendent
Frank E. Wing.
The plan is to have open air camps. In
the stormiest weather the children car
wear heavy ulsters to protect them from
the cold.
The council also will be asked for an
appropriation to establish a municipal
open air hospital for consumptives. The
institute hopes to establish one to accom
modate 1,000 patients who are unable to
pay for treatment
The deaths in Chicago from tuberculosis
last year numbered 4,000, according to
Superintendent Wing. He says that tn
every two hours and fifteen minutes some
one in the city dies of the white plague.
WOMAN NEARS DEATH
IN BRUSH HEAP FIRE
GIRARD. Ala., Jan. 30.—News has
reached the city of the narrow escape
from a terrible death of Mrs. Harrell, a
lady residing in the community between
the two Uchee creeks, seven miles west.
It seems from the information brought
in that Friday morning Mrs. Harrell and
her sdn were burning some brush on
their farm. In some way her clo/hing
caught fire from one of the burning
heaps. The flames spread rapidly, and in
a few minutes she would probably have
ben fatally burned had it not been fox
the prompt action of her son, who, see
ing the danger which threatened his
mother, jerked his knife out of his pock
et, and quickly cut her skirt from her.
As it was, Mrs. Harrell was quite pain
fully burned about the limbs and hips
and waist. The young man's hands were
also quite painfully burned.
E. A. Sf HOYER DEAD;
FAMOUS TEA TESTER
CHICAGO, Feb. I.—E. A. Schoyer, sen
ior member of the firm of E. l A. Schoyer
company, is dead here after a short ill
ness. Mr. Sojioyer was born 64 years ago
and was a native of New York.
He came to Chicago 35 years ago and
engaged in the tea business, which he
followed until his death.
cuts.
Near Oberlin a touring car caught fire
while trying to force its way through the
Russian thistles and was completely de
stroyed, the occupants narrowly escaping
being burned to death.
Thistles by the millions were hurled
before the wind and orchards were
packed full, yards and fences were hid
den. alleys and sidewalks blocked and in
instances the weeds were piled so high
about houses that only by using a pitch
fork could the occupants clear away
through them.
GRF|AT SUFFERING REPORTED
IN KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS
LEXINGTON, Ky„ Feb. 1.-Although
the weather was already intensely cold
throughout central and eastern Kentucky,
the temperature continued slowly drop
ping today. Great suffering is reported in
the mountain districts, and much live
stock is reported to have died from the
cold.
Great snowdrifts in tills section are be
ing plowed through today and rural mail
service will soon be resumed.
Cold Weather at Jasper
JASPER. Ga.. Feb. I.—Saturday night
was the coldest that has been felt here in
several years. All day Saturday the tem
perature stood about 10 above, and at €
o’clock this morning it registered at zero.
Several prominent peach growers say
the peach crop ja aafe.
j NEW SOCIAL ORDER
PLAN FOR FARMERS
i CHICAGO. Feb. I.—A new social order ,
1 for farmers is pictured by George E. .
1 Barstow, of Barstow, Texas, president of
the International Irrigation congress, who
is in Chicago on business connected with ,
the big gathering to be held in Seattle
i next summer.
1 Great tracts of land where the farm
i ers will not live on the land, but in
• towns, from which they will hasten by
t the aid of fast horses or in automobiles,
or interurban cars to cultivate the soli.
! was the “new thing” which the irrigation
i expert declared would soon become a
, fact.
I Mr. Barstow is known as the “father of
1 irrigation in the southwest.” He has
i himself put through great private irri
. gation projects at Barstow, Texas, and
, has been a prime mover in inducing the
j federal government to build the systems
I which will make fertile over three mil
lion acres of land, once a desert.
I It is on these government tracts that
i the old isolated farm house is to be
> come a thing of the past.
i "The government is laying out towns
I every five miles,” he said. "Thus no
! farm will be much more than two and
one-half miles from a town. The farms
will be small, ten to forty acres, and the
! farming intensive. Under these circum
stances the farmers will live in towns
! of 1,500 to 2,000 people enjoying all the
| benefits of urban life—schools, churches
! and social life. At the same time they
■ will be within as easy reach of their
I farms as is the average Chicagoan of
| his business.
j “A tide from the city to the country
I has already set in. Many college gradu-
I ates have chosen farming on irrigated
j tyacts for their life work.”
' Mr. Barstow said that the coming con
| grees would be the greatest gathering of
i its kind ever held. Over 2,500 delegates
from 40 states and teritorles and 30
foreign nations are expected.
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STATE GOV ERN3RS TO
SETTLE HAT STRIKE
NEWARK, N. J„ Jan. 30.—The officers
of the United Hatters of North America.
20.000 of whose members are on strike, and
the members of the National Fur Felt
Hat Manufacturers' association having
failed to make any overtures to each oth
er for a resumption of trade, the gov
ernors of New Jersey, New York and
Connecticut will meet in conference,
probably in New York, in a few days
, to discuss away of settling the strike.
It is understood that the governors will
act independently of the strikers and
the manufacturers. Governor Lilley, of
Connecticut. has addressed letters to
Governor Fort and Governor Hughes,
i asking them to meet him in conference.
Although Governor Fort is exceptionally
busy with the legislature he has indict
ed his intention of meeting the other
governors.
This news was brought to the national
officers of the United Hatters. President
I John F. Moffett, of the strikers, said that
he had hopes that much would be ac
complished by such a conference. "We
will be glad to submit our cause to the
three governors," he said. "We will
abide by their decision."
CHICAGO TO RAZE
OLD SHERMAN HOUSE
u
CHICAGO. Feb. I.—lt is definitely an
nounced that the Sherman house will be
torn down and work on a $2,000,000 struc
ture started within a week after the next
new years' day.
With the destruction of the time-hon
ored hotel will pass memories of men
and women, famous in many walks of
life, who have gathered and lingered
within its walls during their visits -to
Chicago.
Not even the name of the place is to
remain. Along with the other changes, th*
Sherman house is io be changed to the
Hotel Sherman, and the leather cushioned
corners of the lobby, wheri political
schemes have been hatched and theatrical
stars created over night, within a year
will have .become memories of the hous>
that used to be.
The Sherman house was built in 1874
by Frank Sherman and first opened as a
hotel by Munson Brothers, of Boston.
Subsequently the hotel was operated by
Hurlburt & Bissell, the late J. Irving
Pierce, and Joseph Peifeldt, who came in
to possession »of the place in 1902.
LABORGTVES FUND
TO HELP FIGHT COURT
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Jan. 30.—At the
opening of the convention of the United
Mine Workers of America today, Frank
Duffy, secretary of the Carpenters and
Joiners’ union, announced that the execu
tive board of his organization had ap
propriated from its treasury the sum
of $2,000 for the assistance of John
Mitchell, Samuel Gompers and Frank
Morrison in their appeal from the jail
sentence put upon them by Judge Wright
of the District of Columbia.
After receiving Mr. Duffy’s communi
cation and applauding him, the conven
tion proceeded with its consideration of
President Lewis’ report which had been
commended by the committee on officers*
reports.
Frank Farrington, vice president of the
Illinois miners, took the floor to defend
his district against President Lewis’
statement that it had not done its part
toward the joint interstate agreement.
He was opposed by Samuel Pascoe, of
Illinois, who supported President Lewis
as “the man who is trying to do the best
for the rank and file of the miners.
DR. GUY’cTeSTeS
DEAD AT PALATKA
PALATKA. Fla., Feb. I.—Dr. Guy C.
Estes, a prominent young dentist, is dead
here of appendicitis. He was carried to
the F. E. C. Railway hospital at St. Au
gustine and operated on, but with only
temporary relief.
He leaves an aged father and mother
and a sister. He w'as a prominent mem
ber of the Order of Knights of Pythias
and was buried from their lodge.
TWO HUNDRED*"DIE
IN FIRE IN CANTON
CANTON. China. Feb. I.—At least 200
lives were lost in a Are which occurred
today in a fleet of flower boats.
The cl tarred bodies of 170 victims have
already been recovered, but many persona
are still missing.
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COUPLE IN ALABAMA
MARRIED IN JAIL
BREWTON. Ala.. Feb. I.—H. J. Butts
and Miss Viola Snell, Incarcerated in the
county jail of Escambia county, were
married Saturday afternoon.
The groom is charged with violating the
prohibition law.
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VENEER MILLS AND JACKKSON
STORES ARE DESTROYED AND
OTHER PROPERTY’ DAMAGED.
HIGH WINDS PREVAILED.
DUBLIN. Ga., Feb. I.—The estimate!
loss in Dublin by fire Saturday night was
one hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars.
About 8 o’clock the veneer mills owned
by Mr. Z. Clark Thwlng, of Grand Rap
ids, Mich., wa» burned. This represented
a loss of something like forty thousand
dollars, with no Insurance.
The wind was blowing sush a furious
gale that it was all the fire company
could do to keep the county bridge across
' the Oconee • river and a nearby lumber
mill from being burned.
The veneer mills were built several
years ago by Mr. Thwlng and Mr. John
M. Simmons. Later Mr. Simmons sold his
interest to Mr. Thwing.
About 10 o’clock the Jackson stores
weije burned. The fire had gained such
headway before it was discovered that
nothing could save them.
They represented a corporation compos
ed of Wrightsville and Dublin capitalists
and carried a fifty thousand dollar stock
of goods insured.
The two bqildings occupied by this cor
poration belonged to Mr. F. G. Corker
and were insured for seven thousand five
hundred dollars.
The stores of H. V. Westbrook and
Keen Bros, on both sides of the Jackson
stores were damaged. It is estimated that
the stock ot goods of Mr. Westbrook was
damaged two thousand dollars and the
stock of Keen Bros, sustained something
like a five thousand dollar damage. The
buildings were the property of Mr. B. S.
Almand and Mr. Dan W. Burch.
Mr. Almand and Mr. Burch both car
ried insurance.
The large plate glass windows in the
city National Bank and C. H. Kettrell’s
jewelry store across the- street from the
Jackson stores were shattered by the
heat.
The large cable containing the wire*
of the' Dublin Telephone and Telegraph
Co. was melted and as a consequence
all telephones in the western part of the
city are out of commission.
Mr. B. A. Garrard's hot water tank ex
ploded in his kitchen Sunday morning
blowing a hole through the wall.
Mr. Garard was in his room ea/Iy Sun
day and says he heard an explosion
like a cannon in the kitenen. He rushed
in and met the cook and negro boy run
ning and screaming.
The water had been cut off Saturday
night and when turned on exploded the
tank.
The plumbers have been working over
time during the past two days.
Pipes in every part of the city weer fro
zen Saturday night.
SENTINELS GUARD
TOMB OF GRANT
NEW YORK, Feb. I.—Considerable
mystery was thrown around an order Is
sued by Police Commissioner Bingham
yesterday, says the Herald today, to the
effect that hereafter Grant’s tomb, irx
Riverside drive, is to be guarded by po
licemen day and night. The assignment
of three policemen to perform this duty
was the first assignment of policemen ,to
guard the tomb since it was built.
At the west One Hundred and Twer.ty
flfth street station, from which the detail
fit sentinels were taken, it was said last
night that members of the Grand Army
of the Republic had complained of the'
unguarded condition of the tomb and had
called to the attention of Commissiner
Bingham the fact that withut the pres
ence there of policemen the opportuni
ties for vandals to work in security have
been great
It was dented by the police that there
has been any vandalism, and the posting
of the police sentinels was said by the
police to be only In the nature of a pre
cautionary measure. Hitherto the park
department has kept a watchman on
duty at the tomb.
OPIIM~€ONFERENCE
OPENS AT BANGHAI
SHANGHAI. Feb. I,—The International
Opium conference, arranged by the Uni
ted States opened here this morning
shortly before noon. Tuan Fang, vice
roy of Nanking; Provincial Treasurer Jul
Ch’eng and the taotao of Shanghai, Tsao
were present as the special commission
ers of the Chinese government.
Viceroy Tuan ?ang, Jn his opening
speech, amended the recommendation of
Mr. Lorsh. the British secretary, sug
gesting the control of opium by granting
China a monopoly in the sale of the na
tive and Imported drug. The viceroy
said that China probably would not need
ten years for the abolition of the traf
fic; he thought five years would perhaps
be sufficient.
Bishop C. H. Brent, of the American
delegation, was elected permanent chair
man. One English and one French sec
retary were appointed. The English
language was adopted as the official law*
guage of the conference.
FIVE THOUSAND CATS
TO SWOOP ON RATS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Five thousand
cats, whose sole mission in life, or rather,
in their nine lives, henceforth is to serve
as rat destroyers in fair Japan, have been
shipped from Chicago. The purpose of
this curious feline invasion is to aid in
fighting the plague which is spread by
rodents.
According to information received at
the bureau of manufactures in this city
from John H. Snodgrass. American con
sul at Kobe, Japan, further shipments of
cats will be made from this country.
MAN DROPS DEAD;
ASKED AID FOR WIFE
ST. LOUIS. Feb. L—While summoning
aid for his wife, who had dropped dead in
the street from heart disease last night.
Sebastian Stoll, €7 years old, died beside
the body of his helpmate of fifty year*
Mrs. Stoll was on her way home from
church with her husband when she ex
pired. He, believing she had fainted, went
to a nearby house, obtained assistance
and then fell lifeless beside the corpse of
his wife. A double funeral will be held
from their home tomorrow.
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