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The Health Dept.
In your bodily system Is looked
after by millions of little soldiers
in your blood those corpuscles
constantly fighting for you.
If this army ie well fed and kept
healthy and strong, by taking Hood's
Sarsaparilla, it will dewtroy the uncount
able horde of germ-enemies that are
attacking yon every moment of yoor life.
Hood's Sarsaparilla will keep you
free from or will cure you of scrofula,
eczema, rheumatism. catarrh, anemia,
that tired feeling and all such ailments.
LETTERS OF KUTA
ARE MADE PUBLIC
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PARIS, Jan. 56.-~The divorce suit
brought by Ruth Bryan Leavitt is
baaed on the grounds of desertion and
•on-support and while the artist-husband
she ia suing refuses to dipcura the case in
detaH. he has sQbmitted the tollnwing
letters from Mra Leavitt as a remarkable
aeries of documents .in the case. '
The first interesting series is addressed
to the husband, from Lincoln, on July 19.
1908. It reads:
"Dear Peter—lt Is strange that you of
fer tn one letter to do anything I wish
and in the next lay down a line of duty
for me to follow. I have to do what 1
think best to do and there are other con
siderations. Mother needs me very much,
and 1 am glad to be able to help her. for
she has three very hard months before
her. »
"I am going to remain here to help her
with her mail. For the time being it is
my highest duty to take all the cars I can
off her shoulders.
"I have had some new photographs
made and will send you one when fin
ished.
"Sorry you were annoyed by that news
,l paper investigation of our affairs out
here Nothing will start from thia end.
1 can assure you. and if you carry out
your summer plans as arranged no one
can comment, for they are perfectly ac-
**
In another letter dated from Cairo in
January of last year. Mrs. Bryan-Leavitt
writes her husband:
My Dear Peter —At last, in Egypt,
to find your letters awaiting me at the
bank. I want to thank you for looking
•t the convention delegate ship hs you
did. 1 have not heard if I have been
appointed except in the papers, but any
thing for father’s interests is what
both you and I would do. But for the
next few months 1 think you can help
yourself and others by making the
most of your work.
"Uy advice is to peg away; so make
good Do your big picture and I will
do all in the way of quiet influence to
aeip father.
"But you take this chance. Make the
most of your chance while you are
young. Also don't buy furniture or
anything else for a bouse in Paris.
Vae your money for your materials and
models, for this year is your chance to
oo something that will be more lasting
than Louts Qulnse furniture —no matter
now pretty that is.
“I don't think the idea of Joining you
tn England this year is possible, for
my year of comfort, travel and recu
peration does not expire until the fall,
and I think if I stay at Fair View (Lin
coin) next summer I can do a great deal
to help papa—especially if we are to
be tn another campaign this year. ,
"If you and I go to Boston together
or any other American city, there will
ba much unpleasant notoriety. But it
* continue my travel and only visit at
Fair View, there can be only one place
where unkind papers can be curious.
‘’"'You say what is my happiness is
yours, and I answer that my desjre is to
do what is best for you and me and for
papa's chances. ”
FRAUD CHARGED IN DEAL
INVOLVING $325,000
RALEIGH. X. C., Feb. 3.-Alleglng
that the transaction was conceived and
consummated in fraud of the rights and
Interests of the stockholders <n ihc Semi-
Bole Securities company and five officers
of the Southern Life Insurance company
and its agents in the transaction had
knowledge of the fraud and participated
and benefited by it, conspiring and col
luding with the officers and agents of the
Seminole Securities company. F. G.
Tompkins and others, as receivers of the
Seminole Securities company, institute
suit in the United States court asking
that the whole transaction between the
Seminole company and the Southern Life
Insurance company be annulled, and the
Seminole company be reimbursed the
ISS.eOO paid to the Southern Life by the
Seminole officers in the deal, that has
Stirred sensation after sensation in this
State and South Carolina, the home of
the Seminole corporation, the past few
, months.
ROOSEVELT DECLINES
LEGACY OF RECLUSE
BOSTON. Feb. L—President Roosevelt,
In a letter to the attorneys for the admin
istration declares that under no condition
will be accept a legacy of JlO.onn left him
by the last will of Benjamin Hadley, an
East Somerville recluse, who died De
cember 18. M.
The will disposed of property valued at
550.059. and provided for a legacy of $lO,-
KM to the president of the United States.
CHILD SAVED.
By Simple Change to Right Food.
When a little human machine (or a
large one) goes wrong, nothing is so im
portant as the selection of food which
will bring it around again. e
. "The doctor, and I also.'* writes an Il
linois woman, "consider that we owe the
life of my little four-year-old niece to
Grape-Nuts food.
“From the time of her birth her stom
ach was so weak she could not digest
‘ milk or any food we could think of. al
though we tried about all the Infant
b oods known. The doctor gave me no
■. hope—called the trouble intestinal con
sumption.
"At IS months the child could barely
Sit alone, her body was so weak, and
her brain did not seem to be properly de
veloped.
"One day. having some trouble with
my stomach. 1 brought home a package
»f Grape-Nuts and started to use it. The
thought came to me that a very' little
yf the food made soft In some cream
might be good for the little one.
"I gave her some Grape-Nuts thus pre
pared and she soon became so fond of it
that she would reach out her little thin
bands and cry at the sight of a saucer
with a spoon in it.
••She ate Grape-Nuts not only In the
morning, but at night also, and since the
first has never missed a day. She is now.
at tour years, a strong, healthy child,
with a good, straight back, fine bones
and firm muscles. Her mind is bright
also.
"We stopped all medicine, so we know
that it was Grape-Nuts and not inedl
:lnes that saved her."
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
. » ?reek. Mich. Read The Road to Well
| riEe." tn pkgs. "There s a Reason."
Ever read :he above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
arc gt nninr, true, and full of human
interest.
JAPANESE SEND
GOODWILL TOU.S.I
COUNT KOMVBA IN ADDRESS TO|
DIET SAYS THAT NATION RE- 1
LIES ON AMERICAN JUSTICE
FOR FRIENDSHIP.
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TOKIO. Feb. I—Speaking before the
tower house of the diet today. Foreign ,
Minister Komura outlined the foreign pol- |
tries of Japan tn a carefully worded
speech delivered before a full and attent
ive house. The opening sentence gave
the keynote of the entire country when
Count Komura said: "The foreign policy
of this empire should have as an object j
the maintenance of peace and the devel- ,
opment of national resources."
With reference to Great Britain, he said
events of far reaching importance in the i
relations of the two countries with other i
powers happily and uniformly contributed !
to the consolidation of the general peace f
of eastern Asia, which was one of the <
principal objects of the agreement.
The alliance, be continued, had stead
ily gained strength and solidity and today
stood on an enduring foundation. The re
lations of the Japanese with Russia, he
went on. were constantly increasing in
intimacy and both nations were scrupu
lously observing the spirit and letter of
the compact governing their attitude in
the Pacific, while the policies of both
governments were yielding momentous re
sults.
Germany and France
Touching on the relations of the Japan
ese with France and Germany, he said
they were on an equally satisfactory;
footing and that the declaration of Chan
cellor von Buelow in the reichstag clear
ly manifested the frank and friendly at
titude and complete accord of Germany
and Japan in the far east.
He expressed the sincere hope that the
good relations with Germany should con
tinue. Concerning China, Count Komura
said:
"It ir evident that, in view of our im
portant and close relations, the two na
tions should draw ties of sincere friend
ship and mutual consideration. It is grat
ifying to note that some long pending
questions have been satisfactorily adjust
ed recently, and the solution of othe»
problems is not altogether impossible, if
they are treated in a spirit of concilia
tion and accommodation. Japan is watch
ing naturally with keen interest and sym
pathy the progress of reforms in China,
and it Is our earnest hope that the states
men of China will preserve domestic or
der and tranquillity.
"We have Invariably made it a guidin A
rule to observe the open door principle,
with equal opportunity to China, and we
are firmly determined to adhere to that
principle with unswerving loyalty."
Relations With U. 8.
The foreign minister dwelt at length
upon the relations between Japan and
America. He said:
"The friendship of Japan and the Unit
ed States is traditional, and it is abso
lutely essential that both maintain unim
paired those sentiments of amity and ex
tend and strengthen them by every
means Notwithstanding the perfect ac
cord which has always existed regarding
the aims of the two countries tn the far
east and in the Pacific, it appears that
doubts have been entertained in some
quarters concerning the sincerity of the
.intentions. - - • -
"In order to remove this misunder
standing the twq governments have deem
ed it advisable to exchange diplomatic
notes, officially announcing a common
policy, which I am convinced will be
largely instrumental in preserving the
repose of the Orient.
"With regard to the question of legisla
tion unfavorable to the Japanese now
pending in California, the imperial gov
ernment is relying upon the sense of jus
tice of the American people, together with
the friendly disposition of the federal gov
ernment, and is confident that the ques
tion will not lead to international compli
cations. Japan, therefore, being on cor
dial terms with all the powers, including
those which have not been mentioned, it
must be admitted that the maintenance of
peace, which is the one principal object
of our foreign policy, is now practically,
assured and we are enabled to demote our
endeavors to the development of our
national resources. The first point claim
ing our attention is the problem of emi
gration.
Concentrate in Far East
"In view of the new international con
ditions assigned to Japan. It has become
necessary that our people, instead of scat
tering in foreign lands, shall concentrate
in the far east, thus securing a united
effort, looking to legitimate activities and
avoiding everything likely to obstruct the
development of International commerce
and industry.
"These considerations have led the gov
ernment to follow an avowed policy with
respect to emigrants to Canada and the
United States enforcing in perfect good
faith the restrictions placed on emigra
tion.”
Count Komura concluded his speech by
announcing that the Imperial government
had decided to notify the various powers
next year of the termination of existing
commercial treaties, to be effective one
year after such notice was given. He
said that it was the intention of the gov
ernment to negotiate new treaties, "un
hampered by any unequal engagements.’
The new compacts, he continued will be
based entirely upon the principle of re
ciprocity with a view to the free develop
ment of international commerce.
Attack by Hattori
The foreign minister’s speech was re
ceived with applause by the government
side of the house, but Count Hattori, an
opposition member. Immediately began a
bitter and sensational attack upon the for
eign policy of the government. He said
that Japan had no determined foreign pol
icies and that this was shown by her
present attitude toward America, where
Japanese were denied an equal opportu
nity and were even abused by Americans.
The recent events, he said, had proved
that the anti-Japanese sentiment in Amer
ica had not subsided. The speaker at
tacked. particularly, the recently conclud
ed agreement between Japan and Ameri
ca. saying he believed the Japanese for
eign office was forced by the American
government to sign the agreement in or
der to prevent competition by the Japan
ese on the Pacific coaMt. He declared
that Japan’s dignity had been Injured
thereby and he passionately urged the
government to enforce the principle of
equal opportunity which alone krould solve
the question of the rights of Japanese
in foreign countries.
MAN'S HEAD IS FOUND
ON ENGINE’S COWCATCHER
NEW YORK. Feb. B.—Passengers in the
Pennsylvania railroad station at Jersey
City were horrified last night to see the
head of a man lodged on the cow catch
er of a locomotive as it drew into the de
pot. Employes of the railroad seeing
that there had been a tragedy, had the
head, together with a few scraps of cloth
ing removed to the morgue and an inves
tigation was begun.
It developed that the victim was W. Le
ber, general foreman of a grain company,
Who had been struck earlier in the even
ing at Hadway, N. J. His mangled
body was picked up near the scene of the
accident, but the head, unnoticed had
been carried into the station at Jersey
CTty.
THE ATLANTA SEMI WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1909.
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Swamp-Root is scientifically compound
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It is not recommended for everything.
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A sworn statement of purity is with
every bottle of Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-
Root.
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Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Binghaih
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mation, telling all about the kidneys.
When writing be sure and mention The
Semi-Weekly Journal. You can purchase
the regular flfty-cent and one-dollaC size
bottles at all drug stores.
NEW CENSUS BILL
TO BE GIVEN VETO?
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The census bill
providing the method and means of tak
ing the federal census in 1910 will, it is
believed, be disapproved by President
Roosevelt, and it is even more certain
that an effort will be made in congress
to pass the law over his veto.
The bill was signed by the speaker last
Saturday, but did not reach the president
until yesterday afternoon. He has ten'
days in whish to approve or disapprove of
a measure, failing in which the bill be
comes a law without his signature.
President Roosevelt is very much op
posed to that section of the bill which
authorizes congressmen to name the su
pervisors and clerks for their respective
districts. He thinks these appointments
should be controlled by civil service regu
lations, for which he ie a great stickier.
Census Director North also demands that
civil service government in the appoint
ment of the supervisors, but his demands
were not heeded by congress when it was
under consideration. The congressmen
themselves are anxious to control the
patronage, and It is only natural that
they should resist any effort to invoke
the civil service regulation in filling the
thousands of places to be filled. A superi
or’s place will be worth not less than
$2,000 per year, and under the law will lie
of three years’ duration. Clerkships will
not pay so much, but the tenure of office
will be for the same length of time.
MAN FRO OUT H
TO BE IN CABINET
WASHINGTON. Feb. B.—lt is stated on
reliable authority that a southern man
will be secretary of war in the cabinet of
President Taft, but the identity of the
lucky Individual is at present hidden be
hind a cloak of secrecy which cannot be
penetrated. Indeed, it is impossible to
learn from what state he will come, and
the "cabinet makers” are much upset by
the report which bear? every earmark of
.a genuine straight fipc ‘
"He will be a man whose name has
not been mentioned in connexion with
the Taft cabinet,” said the high authority
who passed out the tip In confidence, "but
you may depend upon it that he will be
from the south and that his appointment
will be pleasing to the southern people,
regardless of party politics.”
In this connection it is interesting to re
call the rumors of Judge Joseph R. La
mar’s elevation to the supreme court
bench. It may be that Judge Lamar is
the southerner who la to got the cabinet
place.
TAKES ENOUGH POISON
?0 KILL 500 PEOPLE
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—Leon Adler, a
salesman, who committed suicide in his
apartment in West 78th street last nigh',
took enough poison to kill 500 men, ac
cording to the physicians. Three vials
which had contained cyanide of potas
sium were found in his room, with indi
cations that he had emptied the con
tents of all three into a glass and drank
it.
Adler was 35 years of age and leaves a
widow and two children. That he made
certain preparations for death was indi
cated by the fact that he had his life in
surance policies extended until February
5. In a letter, which he left to his wife
and children, he said: . •
"You will be better off without me. You
will find the notice of the extension of my
policies in my pocket."
He carried insurance amounting to
$7,000.
WHITEHOUSE AUTOS
BONE OF CONTENTION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The desirabil
ity of purchasing automobiles for the
white house was the bone of contention in
the house of representatives today when
Mr. Tawney, of Minnesota, called up the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill and
moved that the senate amendments be
disagreed to and a conferAbce asked.
In deference to the wishes of President
elect Taft, the bill as ft passed the house,
carried an appropriation of $12,000 for au
tomobiles. but the senate struck out the
provision. Mr. Bartlett, of Georgia, want
ed that amendment voted on separately,
remarking that he was in favor of it. Mr.
Clark, of Missouri, the minority leader,
and Mr. Sims, of Tennessee, supported
his contention, with the result that the op
portunity he desired was afforded.
“The incoming president,” said Mr.
Tawney, with a significant smile, "desires
to abandon the use of horses for reasons
you can all understand."
SIXTEEN ARE KILLED
IN MINE EXPLOSION
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 2.—Accord
ing to meager information given the state
mine inspector this afternoon a windy
shot in the Short Creek mines of the
Birmingham Coal and Iron company this
morning, has resulted in the death of at
least IS men, and the serious injury in a
number of others.
Six bodies had been taken from the
mines up to 2:80 o'clock this afternoon.
State Mine Inspector Flynn and Assist
ant Hlllhuse are preparing to go to the
scene to render whatever assistance pos
sible and make a thorough investigation.
HOW'S THIS?
We pffer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken intetnaiiy,
acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Testimonials
sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipa
tion.
ROOSEVELT WIRES
ADVICE TO FRISCO
PRESIDENT URGES THAT NO AN
TI-JAP MEASURES BE PASSED
NOW IN CALIFORNIA —GOVER-
NOR OF STATE TALKS.
SACRAMENTO, tai., Feb. 3.-Assem
blyman A. M. Drew, author of the anti
alien bill, that caused President Roosevelt
to ask the legislature not to pass anti-
Japanese measures at this time, received
today a letter from the president. Mr.
Drew declined to malfe the missive public,
but stated that tlie president was not
opposed to his bill prohibiting all alienists
owning land.
CALIFORNIA SPLIT
OVER ANTI-JAF LAWS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2,-With two
nations stirred to a fever pitch over
the anti-Japanese measures of two states,
the people of California are beginning to
wake up and ask what it is all about.
The outburst of tlje Nevada legislature
was unexpected, but it has not caused
a great deal of comment in this state.
With (he exception of the Asiatic Exclu
sion league, no one is engaging in the
fight.
But the facts are not generally accept
ed as an indication that the people of the
state are not genuinely interested in the
Oriental race problem. The Interest of the
agriculturists is indicated by the bill to
prohibit the ownership of property which
was introduced by A. M. Drew, of Fres
no, the center of one of the largest or
chard and vineyard districts of the state.
The other bills were introduced by
Grove L. Johnson, who hails from the
Sacramento valley, w..ere the Japanese
are regarded with considerable hostility
by people of all classes.
This feeling has been intensified by the
acquisition in late years by the Japanese
of large tracts of orchard and garden
lands. The criticisms of the eastern press
on the anti-Japanese feeling in this state
has aroused a storm of protest from the
papers of California. The California pa
pers complain that the real attitude of
the people of this state is not understood
east. Most of these papers regard the
exclusion of the Japanese to be both nec
essary and inevitable and they express the
fear that the action of the state legisla
ture will retard, rather than adduce this
solution of the problem.
This morning the San Francisco Chron
icle complains that the feeling against
California in the east is entirely based
on "two main motives, both sordid—one
is to keep solid with Japan and thereby
promote the sale of cotton goods and kero
sene, no matter at what cost to the un
fortunate people of the Pacific coast, and
the other is to force congress to make
heavier appropriations for the army and
navy."
The Chronicle predicts the exclusion of
Japanese by domestic law as the only log
ical solution of the problem. In the
meantime Governor Gillett and Speaker
Walter Stanton, of the assembly are sit
ting on the Hd which Is expected to lift
at Sabraniento today.
Both of these officials say there will
be no anti-Japanese measures passed, but
the friends of the bills are equally cer
tain that they will succeed In passing
the bills.
REV. J. M. MASON DIES
SUDDENLY AT OPELIKA
' OPELIKA, Ala.' Feb. 3.-ReV. J. M.
Mason, D.D., aged 62 years, presiding el
der of the Montgomery district of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, died
suddenly this morning in Opelika.
His death came as a distinct shock. He
was somewhat ill when he arrived Mon
day to hold quarterly conference, but did
not complain. Last night his condition
became worse. He was serving his sec
ond year as presiding elder of the Mont
gomery district, having been re-appointed
by the conference in December. Prior to
this he had been pastor of churches in
Birmingham, Eufaula, Auburn, Opelika
and Eutaw and had been in the ministry
for forty years. He was for years a
member of the editorial staff of the Chris
tian Advocate, published at Birmingham;
was at the time of his death a member
of the board of managers of the Woman’s
college being built at Montgomery, and
was recently appointed by Governor Co
mer a member of the board of the State
Deaf and Blind school.
Rev. Mr. Mason was 63 years of age and
was a member of Forrest’s cavalry dur
ing the war.
The surviving members of the family
are five sons, Dr. James, Forest and Eu
gene Mason, of Birmingham; Dr. E. F.
and Julius Mason, of Montgomery; Mrs.
F. O. Reed and Mrs. Mamie Killebrew, of
Albany, Ga., and Miss Mason, of Mont
gomery. i
The funeral will be at Auburn.
GEORGIA MAN SHOT"
TO DEATH IN TEXAS
FORT WORTH, Tex., Feb. 3.—Grover
Lindsay, of Dalton, Ga.. shoa by Mounted
Officer Turner, for resisting arrest, is
dead after intense suffering.
Realizing he was dying. Lindsay talked
freely of himself and of his life. He said
his mother and father were dead and he
had two brothers living, J. W. Lindsay,
in Atlanta, Ga., and Homer Lindsay, in
Memphis, Tenn.
The officer. Turner, surrendered as soon
as informed of the death. He was releas
ed on SI,OOO bond.
Lindsay, in his dying statement, said
he had resisted arrest because he did not
want to stand trial for carrying a pistol.
Early the mght pf the shooting, accord
ing to his statement, he had $67, but
this was gone when he was ehot.
The fatal bullet passed through the ab
domen, going directly through the body.
Another bullet entered near the instep of
the right foot, passing through the foot,
but staying in the shoe.
Lindsay would have been 21 in April.
Commissioner of Pensions J. W. Lind
sey stated that lie nad no brother in Tex
as. There is another J. W. Lindsey who
lives at 81 Central avenuie. but he could
not be communicated with.
BKNZOATEOF SODA~
THING TO BE ABHORRED
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Feb. 3.-Benzoate of
soda, as a subject for Dr. Harvey W.
Wiley, chief of the government chemistry
bureau, is a thing to be abhorred, accord
ing to what Dr. Wiley, who spoke to the
convention of the National Canners’ as
sociation today told besieging newspaper
men.
“I am forbidden to discuss that topic,”
said the pure food expert gravely.
He discussed the convention's demand
for pure food standards for the canning
trades freely, however, and said he in
dorsed that demand.
Dr. Wiley talked on tin plate from a
chemical standpoint to the joint session of
the convention today and about 5,000 dele
gates and their wives heard him.
HI! Fft A" RECTA I- Diseases
I* 11 % CURED without Knife,
I 11 Ms, t OrtcitlM r»® Justness
■ ■BbQbV CURE OwarantteZ.A4> CBCC
lafsraatlM rntt
WRITE ME
Dr. W. J. TUCKER,
Wkittkall St. ATLANTA, OA,
HON. BEN L JONES
SHOOIS HIMSELF
AS RESULT OF SUPPOSED ILL
HEALTH AND DESPONDENCY,
PROMINENT AND WEALTHY
MAN PVTS BULLET IN BBAIN.
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MACON, Ga., Feb. 2.—Hon. Ben L.
Jones, one of the wealthiest men in Ma
con and probably the best kfibwn man in
the city, killed himself In his bedroom at
his residence, 864 Mulberry street, this
morning at 8:15 o’clock, by shooting him
self through the temple with a 38-caliber
revolver.
Mr. Jones’ act is attributed to a state
of melancholia, resulting from an attack
of jaundice from which he has been
suffering for the past two weeks.
Yesterday he was at his place of busi
ness, but was feeling badly, and all dur
ing last night he suffered continually.
This morning he agreed with Paul E.
Wilkes, his secretary, to take a trip to
Cuba, starting next week, but Mr. Wilkes
had not left him ten minutes when the
report of a pistol was heard from his
room.
Members of the family, who rushed In.
saw him lying across the bed with the
smoking pistol beside him.
Physicians were hurriedly summoned,
but life was extinct when they arrived.
The verdict of the coroner's jury was
that Mr. Jones came to his death at his
own hands, while in a depressed state of
mind brought on by an attack of jaun
dice.
Was Wealthy Man
Mr. Jones’ financial affairs were in
splendid condition. He owned more prop
erty, perhaps, than any man in Macon or
Bibb county, and none of it was incum
bered whatever.
The announcement of his death has cre
ated profound sorrow in Macon, for he
was universally popular with all classes
of people.
He is survived by his wife and by two
children, Miss Josephine Jones and Mr.
W. Henry Jones, who was a business
partner with his father.
Mr. Jones was a member of the Bibb
county board of education, county road
commission, and had served several terms
as aiderman. He was prominently men
tioned as a candidate for mayor in the
coming election.
Headed Macon Fair
He was president of the Macon Fair
association, and last year when the fair
was organized he personally guaranteed
every expense of the association, and as
a result it was a great success.
The meeting of the directors of the as
sociation, which was to have been held
tomorrow, has been postponed on account
of Mr. Jones’ death.
Dr. W. J. Little, Mr. Jones’ attending
physician, stated shortly after Mr. Jones’
death, that he had been in a very de
pressed state for several days. The fact
that his mother recently died with jaun
dice seemed to be preying on his mind,
and the further fact that he did not seem
to improve to any extent, made mat
ters worse.
At times he would be cheerful, but at
other times he would be decidedly blue.
He was up and around his room sev
eral times this morning before he shot
himself, but complained of feeling badly.
Mr. Jones had a wide acquaintance in
Atlanta and owned considerable property
there.
Conducted Big Stock Yard
Ben L. Jones was born in Macon 45
years ago. He celebrated his 45th birth
day several days ago. He was a mem
ber of the Bibb county board of educa
tion. His principal business at the time
of his death was a big stock yard, which
was conducted under the name of Jones &
Jones, his son being a partner in the firm.
He owned property on nearly every busi
ness block in Macon, and many fine coun
try farms. He also owned large blocks of
stocks and bonds. He made most of his
money in the warehouse and supply busi
ness in East Macon. He sold this busi
ness out two years ago and came across
the river and built the big stock yard and
hotel combined which is located at the
corner of Third and Pine streets. It
covers over two acres of ground.
Son of Locomotive Engineer
Mr. Jones was the son of W. H. Jones,
who was for a number of years a loco
motive engineer on the Central railroad,
but who left the railroad business and
started the warehouse in East Macon.
Mr. Jones was a graduate of Mercer and
of the business college at Poughkeepsie,
N. Y. His estate is valued at $450,000.
Recently he had bought the old Woifolk
place, where Tom Woifolk killed nine
people, and had fitted it up in magnificent
stlye for a country club, largely for auto
mobiles.
NAPOLEON’S HORSE
FOUND IN CELLAR
PARIS. Feb. 3.—A straw-stuffed white
horse, which has been found in the cellars
of the Louvre turns out to be Napoleon’s
famous charger Vizier, presented to him
by the sultan of Turkey. An examination
of the records shows that the horse died
in 1826 on the estate of deChaulaite, the
emperor’s equerry.
The latter was forced to fly for a po
litical crime and his effects were sold.
Napoleon’s horse, which had been stuffed,
was acquired by an Englishman, D. W.
Clarke, who presented it to M. J. Graves,
of Manchester, who in turn donated it to
the Manchester Natural History society.
At the dissolution of the society in 1868
the horse was forwarded to Napoleon 111.
and was relegated to the cellers of the
Louvre. It was forgotten during the crit
ical period preceding the downfall of the
second empire.
MAN CLEARS HALLWAY;
WHIPS SIX PERSONS
CHICAGO, Feb. 2.—Dominick Dolan, a
giant in stature, is locked up for using
strenuous measures to clear a hall, of
which he is the lesse. Brandishing a "bil
ly ’ he overcame six men, breaking a leg
of one man and an arm of another, and
rendering the remaining four insensible
in a terrific battle.
The men he fought were members of
the Iron Molders’ union, and were raising
a disturbance because they had been
barred from a meeting because of the
non-payment of dues.
aged Woman teethed
AND DEATH FOLLOWED
PITTSBURG, Feb. 3.—Cutting her
third set of teeth at the age of 78 years
and complications produced by it are as
signed as the cause of death of Mrs.
Therese Suckfield, at McKeesport, a su
burb, yesterday.
Ten grandchildren and thirteen great
grandchildren are among her descend
ants and several of the latter were teeth
ing simultaneously with their great
grandmother.
TWO PROHI MEASURES
KILLED IN TEXAS
AUSTIN, Tex.. Feb. 3.—The house com
mittee on liquor traffic has reported ad
versely the bill which was recently in
troduced prohibiting the sale of any in
toxicants within ten miles of any school
house. The senate last wevk voteq
against the state statutory bill.
This leaves she prohibition statewide
submission as the only pending measure.
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BAILEY BROTHERS
(Incorporated)
Winston-Salem, N. C.
THREE ARE KILLED
IN SEABOARD W RECK
ABBEVILLE, S. C.„ Feb. 3.—Seaboard
Air Line freight trains Nos. 20 .and 19
met head-on last night at 10:30 o clock,
six miles north of Abbeville, just north of
Long Cane siding.
Engineer Clyde Moore, Fireman T. H. .
Nickels, and Brakeman Beard, a negro,
were killed. More and Nickels are mar
ried men with families. They were resi
dents of Abbeville.
The body of the colored brakeman is
still buried in the wreck.
Flagman S. B. Hargis, of Atlanta, and
Fireman Henry Workman were hurt.
The cause of the wreck, it Is alleged, is
due to Engineer W. M. Tones’ watch be
ing wrong, and that he passed the siding
at Long Cane, where No. 19 expected to
meet him.
Engineer Jones and Flagman Bailey ran
the six miles back to Abbeville, bring
ing the first news of the wrack.
A relief train, with doctors and friends
on board, left at once for the scene.
All of the injured and the bodies of the
dead, except Beard, were brought here
last night.
Engineeer Moore’s old home was Lan
caster, S. C., where he will be buried.
Nickels is from Abbeville and is tha
oldest son of County Supervisor G. N.
Nickels.
IS EPILEPSY CONQUERED?
Philadelphia Physician Has Many
Cures to His Credit
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 4.—Advices
from every direction fully confirm pre
vious reports that the remarkable treat
ment for epilepsy being administered by
the chief coriisulting physician of the Dr.
Kline Institute is achieving wonderful
results. Old and stubborn cases have
been greatly benefited and 'many pa
tients claim to have been entirely cured.
Persons suffering from epilepsy should
write at once to Branch 42, Dr. Kline In
stitute, No. 931 Arch street. Philadelphia,
Pa„ for a supply of the remedy, which
is being distributed gratuitously.
TWO KILLED,TWO HURT
BY GIRL IN COURT
GATESVILLE, Tex., Feb. B.—Two dead,
two mortally wounded and a fourth man
seriously hurt is the result of shots fired
into a crowded court room here yester
day by Miss Verna Ware, daughter of a
prominent farmer of the county.
John Hanes, a merchant of Jonesboro,
for whom the bullets were Intended, was
killed; two bystanders, James Smith and
David Ross, were mortally wounded, and
A. P. Wiley, Jr., also a disinterested par
one mortally wounded and a fourth man
James Smith died later of his wounds,
and James Ross will probably die today.
Miss Ware, as complainant, and Haines,
as defendant, on a charge of seduction,
the former in an ante-room and the lat
ter in the court room, were awaiting the
calling of the court.
Miss Ware and her brother, Charlie,
were arrested after the shooting.
Miss Ware fired from a window front!
which a view of the court room could be
had. She saw Hanes among the specta
tors, and before she could be restrained
drew the revolver from the folds of her
dress and opened fire.
PRISON COMMISSION
CONTINUES ITS WORK
The prison commission was still plug
ging hard on the hearing of prison land
offers, Wednesday morning, with a mass
of work accomplished behind them and
with one more day’s labor in the hear
ing before them. The commlsioners be
gan their hearing last Thursday, an
nouncing that it would continue through
Thursday. February 4.
Commissioners Evans and Williams have
applied themselves without rest or re
cess to the gigantic tasK before them.
Chairman Turner continues too ill to sit
with the commission, and Governor
Smith’s participation in its labors has
been recorded only at such times as he
could spare a few moments from his own
office.
CONGRESSMAN FAVORS
MILEAGE WITHDRAWAL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—Representative
Cox. of Indiana, proposes that the mile
age. at the rate of 2 cents a mile now
allowed to senators, representatives and
delegates In congress shall be with
drawn.
By means of a bill introduced by him
Mr. Cox desires to have the mileage sec
tion of the statutes repealed.
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CRUM NOMINATION
PITCHFORK SENATOR PLANS A
ONE-MAN FILIBUSTER BY
WHICH HE HOPES TO DEFEAT
NEGRO APPOINTMENT.
WASHINGTON, Fab. 2.—ln order to
feat the confirmation of W. D. Crum’s
appointment as collector of the port at
Charleston, it is stated today that Sen
ator Tillman, ft necessary, will conduct
a "one-man" filibuster until congress ad
journs on March 4th, even at tjie risk ts
his health, whieh is none too good.
The senator proposes to talk the confir
mation to death, which he may easily do
if his strength doesn’t desert him. Under
the rules of the sepate, no proposition
edn be put to a vote so long as a senator
wants to be heard, and there is no way
by which the remarks of a member can
be limited.
Senator Tillman has requested a num
ber of Democrats to help him with his
filibuster, speaking from one hour to half
a day each, and he has enlisted the aid
of a number, although it appears that
many Democrats doubt the wisdom of
continuing the fight on Crum.
But, w#h Tittle help, Tillman should be
able to hold up the confirmation until
Taft is inaugurated, and unless he
changes his mind, he will do tins.
The senate does not hold an executive
session every day, and this fact will ope
rate to the hand of Tillman, as the Crum
matter can be considered only in execu
tive session.
Calls for Quorum
After Senator Tillman had taken the
floor, he called for a quorum, and after
the roll call, he announced that be pro
posed to see that a quorum was main
tained throughout the day.
The vice president called his attention
to a ruling, made in the last hours of
the last session of congress, to the effect
that business must not intervene be
tween calls for a quorum, and that a
speech would not be regarded us "busi
ness.”
This announcement provoked a discus
sion of the rule, but throughout the af
ternoon no occasion arose to call forth
a ruling on that question.
Mr. Tillman had received communica
tions from various commercial bodies of
Charleston, in opposition to the confirma
tion of the Crum nomination, and read
them to prove that his protest against
Crum fully represented the popular senti
ment in Charleston.
Other Questions Up
The Japanese and Chinese questions,
now causing discussion on the Pacific
coast, were referred to, and Mr. Bacon,
of Georgia, made a general inquiry of
the Pacific coast renators as to their at
titude toward any proposition to appoint
a Chinaman as collector of customs of
San Francisco.
There was a very general discussion of
the race problem in which several of the
senators on the Democratic side took
part. Senator Money occupied nearly an
hour and reviewed the history of the races,
to sustain his position that the superiority
of the white race marked it to dominate
in matters of government.
About fifty senators remained in ths
chamber throughout the session. The
nomination will come up today, and Mr.
Tillman, it is expected, will continue his
remarks.
RICH HEIRESS WEDS
SALVATION ARMY MAN
BURLINGTON, Vt„ Feb. 3.—Marlon F.
Woolman, daughter of George Woolman,
who died, leaving her a fortune estima
ted at $200,000, is now the bride of Sam
uel A. Hewitt, a captain in the Salvation
Army. The wedding was celebrated here
yesterday at the home of the bride's
mother, who finally consented to the
match, although she stoutly opposed it at
first.
Mrs. Hewitt met the Salvation Army
captain while doing religious work in the
slums and this was the beginning of a
romance. She will give her services and
her fortune to the army work in the fu
ture.
Rural Carrier Named
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 3.—James
H. Palmer has been appointed rural car
rier, S. L. Blizzard, substitute, route 10,
Dublin.