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; 2 JAIL SENJB Motion of the Five Men G< Sherman Anti-Trust L Judgment Refuse Myers Senter Savannah, Gn., Social.?The hotly contested suit against what is known as the Terpentine Trust ended last Saturday night by finding certain heads of the combined interests guilty of violating the Sherman autitrust law. A Savannah dispatch of Friday ' says: Overruling the motion in arrest of judgment, offered by the defense, Judge William Sheppard Friday afternoon, sentenced the five men found guilty of violating the Sherman anti-trust law, and for the first time, so far as is known, jail sentences, in two eases, were imposed. The sentences follow: Spencer P. Shotter, chairman of the directors of the American Xaval Stores Company, three months in jail and a fine of $5,O0O. Edmund S. Nash, president of the company, $3,000 fine. J. F. Cooper Myers, vice president of the American company and president of the National Transportation and Terminal Company, three months in jail and e fine of $2,500. George Mead Boardinnn, of New York, treasurer of the American Naval Stores Compnav, $2,000 fine. Carl Moller, of Jacksonville, Fla.. 1 agent of the American and general * ' manager of the National Transportaand Terminal Company in Jack^ville, $5,000 fine. Ctlr. Shotter and Mr. Myers were fntenced to terms in the Chatham mnty jail. Judge Sheppnrd imposing the punishment upon them, because they had been before the court two years ago. entering pleas of THE DAVIS BROTHERS CHA Washington, Special.?John C. f Davis and his brother, Martin T. Davis, whose alleged questionable dealings in high finance came to an 1 abrupt close last week with a deluge of complaints from residents of this city, Alexandria. Va.. and other cities were indicted by the grand jury here Thursday. The indictments charge embezzlement and misappropriation of vast sums of money, forgery and the uttering of the forged papers and false pretenses. Five true bills, charging embezzlement and two charging forgery and 1 utterance, were returned against John C. Davis. Embezzlement from the1 r-otomac Building and Loan Association, of which he was secretary and treasurer, and forgery are alleged against Martin T. Davis. In addition to these, joint indictments charge the SERIES OFTORNADOE Kansas City, Mo.. Special.?A ser- | ies of tornadoes in Kansas, Missori and Oklahoma late Friday killed a dozen persons, injured about 100, de- ' vastated Hollis, Ivan., wrecked a train d did great damage to property, yenty-tive were injured in suburbs Kansas City. < At Hollis three men were killed d ten seriously injured. The Eck"om family of five persons is miss- . I and may be dead in the ruins of a home. Near Great Hend, a tornado killed o and injured 20. All wires are wn in that vicinity and it is feared at the death list may be greater. ur:ii! ? ? ??luiani ACKcriy, a Saute Fe en-) KILLED WHILE TRYING Roanoke, Va.. Special.?William | Bailey and R. M. Young:, two young men of prominent families of Lee county, this State, shot and killed each other while trying to kill another man Thursday night at a school entertainment at l)r. den. Young I and Railev had nn altercation with "William Jesse over the matter of tickets of admission. Young and STRICT PARTY LINES ARE Washington, Special.?After a day devoted to discussing the duty on iron ore, the Senate, just before adjournment Thursday adopted by a vote of 61 to 24, the recommendation ] of the committee on finance for a duty 1 of 25 cents per ton on iron ore. The 1 House had placed that article on the free list while the present law levies a duty on it of 40 eems per ton. In | this vote paity lines were annhilat- i W ?d, as seventeen Democrats voted i " ye" with the Republicans and twelve Republicans voted "no" with I NATIONAL MOVEMENT Richmond, Vs., Special.?The International League for Highway ImftMjvement began its convention here H day. Mayor Richordson made the ^coming address and Governor Afenson, Secretary of Agriculture :.ion and a number of other prommen made addresses. from all over the eonng;_) JHfraa preeent. President John A. of Xsw that too ViiSK -"j ;W-r mm >nvicted of Violating th< .aw, for an Arrest of td?Shotter and iced to Jail. fruLlty. At that time Judge Emoi Sp?er, who was presiding, stated tin a term in prison would be impose* of they should come before the coui again., Mr. Nash was excused on tl former occasion, when the grand jui returned a "no bill" against him, i he was a witness before the gran jury. Mr. Moller's sentence was mac heavy because of his connection wit the terminal yards in Jacksonvill where re-flxadincr and rp-ranoir -? o ~~ n ** n" " weer alleged to have taken place. The case will be appealed to tb United States Court of Appeals, ju? as soon as the bill of exceptions ca be prepared, and certified to by tb court. In the meantime, a motion fr a new trial will not be made bcfoi Judge Sheppard. A writ of errt citing fifty-three grounds were file by the defense immediately after sei tence was passed. Councel attae nearly everything the court permitte to come before the jury, to whit the defense entered protest. It bi gins with the court's failure to sui tain the demurrer to the indictmei and ends with an exception to tl jury's verdict. Bond in the sum of $20,000 wi given for all the defendants join lv and thev were rtisrlinrcrnn r?o?i, ing the determination of their appea The costs they must pay, if the coi viction and sentences stand, will, is said, reach $17,000, which will, i the event the sentences stand, be aj portioned among the five convictc men. The defendants were sentence separately. Judge Sheppard mac no long address, but merely gave the: an opportunity to say why senten< should not be pronounced, a privilef of which they took but small advai tage, and then passed the sentence Mr. Shotter was the last to be sei tenced. Judge Sheppard made h longest speech then, probably a bin dred words. RGED WITH MUCH WKON4 brothers with forgery and false pr tenses. The embezzlement charges so fi acted on by the errand iurv ne-nin< John 0. Davis aggregate $52,000. A sistant United States Attorney Pro< tor says the total claims brought i his attention aggregate $150,000. 1 addition he knows of a case whei $25,000 was secured from a persoi who has not made complaint up t this time. Other claimants, it is ej pected, desiring to avoid publicit; have not made complaint. Including these claims. Unite States Attorney Baker estimated i $150,000. the total amount secured b John Davis from investors. Mr. Baker Thursday made a stab ment exonerating Thomas A. Owei who was arrested on a charge of cor spiracy with the Davis brothers, an released on $1,000 bond last Saturday S SWEEP TI']E SOUTH eineer, was killed while working wit a bridge gang between Great Ben and Kinsley. Frank Nicholson, conductor, was also killed. The storm spread over a wid fanning area and laid waste man iarm nouses and barns. An estimat of the rural eanilties could not be ot tained. At Hoisington, Kas.. a tornado ir jured a number of persons and greatl damaged farm property. At Pond Creek, Okla., a sever wind storm injured four persons an unroofed several houses. Many washouts interrupted traffi< Electrical disturbances erippletT teh graph and te'ephone wires. TO SHOOT ANOTHEF Bailey abused Jesse and the latt< struck one of them. Jesse and Youn clinched and Bailey, in an effort t shoot Jesse, i-hot Young. As Youn was falling lie tired aimlessly, th ball killing his friend. Bailey. Jess was shot in the side and anothec^na was slightly wounded. Pandemoniui reigned in the hall where the entei tainment was held. BROKEN ON THE^TARIF] the Democrats. During the day Sei ator Bailey, in announcing that I pro|)osed to vote for the duty on iro ore as a revenue measure, declare that such action did rot affect tl prosperity of the United States Stei Corporation, and ndd?/l tlmi avn it did there was a better way to dei with that organization, which wa an enforcement of the anti-trust la against it. He declared that he e: pccted to sec this law enforced an he expressed confidence that eventt ally the officers of the steel corpon tion would either be in the penitei tiary or fugitives from justice. "for better road: arouse the country to press np< Congress the necessity for establis ing a national plan of pood roads ni carrying it ont with libera} appropri tions. A letter from President Ta was read expressing hearty approv of the object of the convention. Final draft of a bill tot. be pi sen ted to Congress for approval, pi viding for an appropriation of $ 000,000 forji^nqr of a system * rf? \ B4 . f M. rp I I i WKHmnTAN 'nATFCI The Senate upheld, by a vote of 44 to 35, the recommendation of its finance committee by declining: to reduce by quarter of a cent a pound , the duty on "pig lead." thereby indicating the majority's voting strength on important tariff schedules. Export duties on certain articles "J arc provided for revenue raising purj poses in the Philippine tariff bill. r{ which was reported to the House by ie the ways and means committee, '.v A commission of lunacy probably will be asked for by the defense, it was announced, to inquire into the jc sanity of J. C. Davis, the Washington h lawyer, who with his brother, M. C. P- Davis, was arrested here on Saturday on charges of swindling, involving nearly a quarter of a million dollars. President Taft continues to follow n his avowed policy of selecting those he considers to he the best men to )r fill important Federal offices, irrespective of their political faith, in )r sending to the Senate the nominaion i(j of Henry Groves Connor, a Democrat, to be United States judge for the east. ern district of North Carolina. K . After several hours spent in the Senate Wednesday in discussing the s window glass schedule of the tariff *t bill, Senator Aldrieh asked that that ic paragraph be passed over. Some other sections relating to glass manufactured articles, that previously had ^ been passe dover, were agreed to. I The Senate proceeded to the considj eration of passed over sections until ' ' the iron ore paragraph was reached, when Senator Crawford spoke at n length upon the lack of wisdom of 3 any tariff that encouraged the exhaustion of natural resources, which ^ could not readily he reproduced. He le insisted that there should be no tariff On iron nro /"??1 lnmKnv n? ?d >e Enrly in the session. Senator Paynter spoke at length in favor of the * removaJ of the duty of six cents a s pound upon leaf tobacco as n means for freeing the tobacco growers from the control of the tobacco trust. Senator Simmons offered an amendment to tlie window glass schedule of _ the tariff bill, reducing the rates be[J low those suggested by Senaor Cummins in his amendment to the same e" paragraph Tuesday. "The rates proposed bv you are the ir rates of the Wilson bill, are they not?" inquired Mr. Aldrich, addresss" ing the Senator from North Carolina. f'Well." replied Mr. Simmons, :? smiling and hesitating, "that should n not be an argument against them. I re think if that is the case it would n? rather Le a commendation." o c" Substantial progress was made in the consideration of the tariff Tuesday, the amendments of the comd mittee on finance being upheld by the lt Senate by substantial majorities. -v A feature of the day's session was a general discussion concerning the great disparity between wholesale b and retail prices of commodities. Republican Senators declared that this (* difference war- so great as to demonic strate that the duty levied by a pro| tective tariff had small effect on the price paid by tne consumer, h This feature of the discussion was d precipitated by Senator Scott, hima keif n crl ocq rrnnn f onhtrnr The schedule covering the products e of lead was passed over on the sugv gestion of Senator Ahlrich because. s he said, the finance committee desires >- to make some changes in the duties as previously recommended. On motion of Mr. Aldrich the sec v tion relating to soap was amended so as to place a duty of 50 per cent ad xalorem on perfumed soap. The House provision on sulphur was further amended so as to place crude sulphur on the free list and to provide for a duty of $4 a ton on refined sulphur. | % Speaking in favor of a reduction of ' the duties on stone and earthenware' >r as a means of giving the people geng erally cheaper goods of that kind, o Mr. Bacon offered an amendment reg ducing the rate from 60 to 35 per le cent ad valorem. ;c Mr. Bacon's amendment was den fcated by a vote cf 25 to 54, Senator LaFollette heing the only Republican who voted in the affirmative with the _ Democrats. p Almost the entire session of the 1_ Senate Friday was given up to a dcie bate on the profits of the United 'j States Steel Corporation and toward the end of the day, personalities were freely indulged in by Senators. This r' occurred after Senator Root had j spoken in defense of the finance committee and in criticism of Sena8 tors who had complained of the failw ure of that committee to provide more l~ ample information concerning various d schedules. Mr. Money resented what I- L . -L .. 1 1 . | iip enaracierizeu as a lecture 10 tne l" | Senate, by Senator Root, and said if he desired less speaking in the body _ "he should do less of it himself." 5 Mr. Simmons Wednesday, disjn cussing the tariff addressed the Kj Senate at some length upon the wlnn dow glass industry to determine that ft the glass manufacturers would prosel per with duties much below those provided in the pending measure. *- Mr. Simmons contended that the o- rates of the glass schedule are too 1< high and afford much more protection of I than the American manufacturers I need, k ffcfj.. > ft*> **, * i,?I > MAINE REMEMBERED Will Erect Monument to Sailors Who Went Down With her SIGSBEE DESCRIBES DISASTER Admiral Who W'a> in Command-of the El-Fated Battleship at the Time of Its Destruction Delivers Illustrated Lecture For the Benefit of the Maine Memorial Association. Washington, Special.?For the benefit of the recently organized Maine Memorial Association, whose purpose is to erect in tlie national capital a suitable monument to the American sailors who met their death in the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana harbor cu February 15. 1898, Rear Admiral\ ( hnrles D. Sigsbco, who was in command of the fated vessel at tlie time of her destruction, Saturday gave bv rennest nn illn?. trated lecture? here before n large audience, describing the disaster. "In many ways it is made obvious that public sentiment regarding the Maine has continued beyond ordinary bounds," said Admiral Sigsbce. "Many disasters have occurred before and since, yet none in recent times has held public interest like that of the Maine. Her destruction was a turning point in our own history and in the history of Spain?a turning point for the better in both cases, let us hope. "The mission of the Maine was entirely friendly," he explained. "It had no forth?r import than to reassure our citizens in Cuba and to protect the.ra and give them assistance in case of necessity.'' Admiral Sigsbee narrated in detail the events succeeding the Maine's departure from Key West for Havana on January 23, lflOS. Arriving at Havana, the Maine was taken by ihe pilot to one of the bouys commonly reserved for war vessels. "It was widely supposed in the United States that the Maine was afterward shifted by the Spanish authorities to another buoy, but this was an error," he said. He also denied that the Maine entered Havana harbor militantly. ! Continuing, Admiral Sigsbe.? said it was important that he should know | that state of popular feeling in Havana regarding the Maine and aj>parently the best way to learn this was to attend a bull tight "1 have been made anathema for ?nis by certain pious peopk". Bull tights were given only on Sunday but my object was not pleasure, it has been decided that my ship's company was doomed becausi of attendance at the the bull tight on Sunday, yet none who went to the bull fight were injured in the loss of the Maine." Admiral Sigsbee graphically described the scene on the Maine on the night of the explosion. To bear out the contention of the court of inquiry that the Maine was sunk bv a submarine mine, he called attention to the parallel in the destruction by contact with u mine of the Russian battleship l'etropavlovsk during the Russo-Japanese war. Regarding tlv policy of raising the Maine I have nothinar to said. "It might be better to ask 'why is not the Maine removedf " He predicted that she probably would be blown up in detail as the only practical solution of the problem. Seaboard Loses by Fire. Portsmouth, Ya., Special.?Fire of unknown origin, accompanied by an explosion, destroyed the general warehouse of the Seaboard Air Line Railway at the railroad terminals here early Sunday entailing a loss of from $100,000 to $150,000. and resulting in the injury of four men, one being seriously hurt. The injured are: Fireman Walter Bissett. Night Yardmaster Matheson, Tom Sellers, colored, unknown white man. Saltan's Women Driven From Palace. Constantinople, By Cable.?Eighty women from Abdul Hamid's harem, richly dressed and veiled, were driven in carriages Sunday under the escort of four eunuchs and a troop of cavalry from the Yildiz to the ancient Seraglio palace, which has been unoccupied since nbout 1824. Curious bystanders were driven away from the exit of the Yildiz palace by a guard of soldiers. I ________ I The Confederate Reunion. Memphis, Tenn., Special.?Announcement is made by the gpn<?ral I ? 11 -1 11 tuu.iumee wiai an will be in readiness foi the Confederate reunion, which will moot in Memphis on June 8, 0 and 10 and all indications point to one of the most successful gatherings in the history of the organization. All Confederate veterans, who desire free accommodations, will he cared for in a general manner. The general committee makes announcement that food, lodging and medical attendance will be provided for each and every old soldier, who shall make his wants known. Ask Governmental Bill. Richmond, Va., Special.?The International League for Highway Improvement Saturday adopted n bill, asking Congress for an apropriation of $1,000,000 to support the work of the body through eight commissioners to be appointed by President Taft. The league purposes to open permahent headquarters in Washington, and its first effort will be to build s nat1 . ional model highway from Maine to Florida. 4 '3u Xifc 'T i ' THE NEWS IN BRIEE Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY Live Items Covering Events of More or Less Interest at Homo and Abroad. President Taft will receive a salute of 21 guns when he arrives at Petersburg on the 19th. Marie Fron, 20 years old, danced herself to death Tuesday night at Chicago. Fourteen Night Riders were convicted Tuesday at Waverly, Tenn., of whipping J. M. Reecc last October and were fined $500 each and jailed for ten days. John P. Brady has erected on his premises near Gardensville, Md.,- a monument in honor of Adam, the first man, saying it is better late than never. He is a learned man too. Thirty men overloaded ft naphtha boat and in aitempting: to croos the river at Pittsbnrgr. Pa., Tuesday night sank the boat and 23 were drowned. R. E. Raybold, If) years old, died last Sunday at Hvnttsville, Md., of tetanus (lockjaw) from running a nail in his foot two weeks before. Mrs. Boyle gave it out before she was convicted in the Willie Whitla case, that in the event she were sentenced she and .her husband would both commit suicide. The great battleship Mississippi accommodated ar many as 5.000 visitors at onge while at New Orleans. R. H. Sweet, his wife and four children, and George Hall, were drowned bv the capsizing of their gasoline boat in the Chippewa river, Wis., last Saturday night. Three brothers and one sister who were making a bore living in Ireland, have heircd $100,000 from a batchelor brother, who died recently in flnladelphia. James Pal ton, the wheat king, has promised to quit gambling. Mrs. Helen Boyle was convicted last Saturday of complicity in the kidnaping of Willie Whitla. She gets 25 years in the penitentiary. Her husband got a life sentence. Six fishing steamers at Norfolk. Va? last Saturday made a haul of 400.000 pounds of deep sea trout, equal to 2,000 barrels. Mrs. Augusta J. Evans Wilson, the Southern author, died at her home at Mobile, Ala., last Sunday. The day before was her 70th birthday. Schnyle* Hollev, at Logansport, Tnd., fixed a pistol to fire on an expected chicken thief last Saturday night. The thief didn't come and Holley forgetting to detach the conI J lL- 5 O J uciuiiii, uptrnpu ine uour ounaav morning and was instantly killed. * Washington Affairs. Thomas H. Netherlands, who was an expert penman and was an attache of the White House until a month ago, when he resigned, suffered so from overwork and nervous breakdown that he committed suicide last Tuesday night. The Porto Rieans take President Taft's message very unfavorably. They think they could govern themselves. President Taft sent a message to Oontrress Monday, asking for new legislation for Porto Rico, practically declaring too much power had been given the islanders before they were prepared. Representative Hollingsworth stood practically alone in opposing the Davis engraving on the Mississippi silver service. Judge Wm. L. Penfield, former solicitor for Department of State, and authority on international law, died last Sunday. The evidence in the Brownsville colored soldiers affair makes 6,000 pages. ^ Judge Heurv O. Connor, of Wilson, N. C., a Democrat, was aDDointed Monday to the Federal bench by President Taft, succeeding Judge Purnell. Foreign News Notes. The new government at Constantinople has hanged another batch ol 24 mutineers. This makes 38 such executions since the change. Edgar Thompson left Albion, 111., 25 years ago, motive adventure. He landed on one of the Figi Islands, married a princess and was crowned king. Late news chronicles his death. Two missionaries to the Congo Free States. Africa, protested against a rubber company's oppressive methods against the natives and are now being sued by the trust for libel. Friends of Castro tried recently to raise a revolution in Venezuela, in his favor, but failed. ' It is believed however, that the army is partial to him rather than to Gomez. , At Orleans, France, last Friday and' Saturday, a most enthusiastic celebration waa held in honor of -Tn?? A ? ^ irrcr One hundred thousand people witnessed the ceremonies and bells ran# their merry peals. 8 new commanders of U. 8. battleships were appointed last Saturday. jjk GREAT MAN PASSES Bishop Galloway Dies After a Brief Illness of Pneumonia. QUITE NOTED METHODIST DIVINE i 5 M> Prominent of the Bichops of Methodist ? ?Banked / Oratora of 1 Covered a 1 Than Thoe Connected Jackson, Charles B. Galloway, of the Metnodist Episcopal church South, died of pneumonia at his homo here at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning. Bishop Galloway. Mississippi's most distinguished divine and best-known publicist, for the last twenty years held rank among the greatest pulpit orators of America. uraers were issued for all departments of the Federal, State, county and municipal government to remain closed Thursday, and Mayor Orowdcr has issued a proclamation nrping all the business houses to close for the day. Bishop Oallowav was possibly the most prominent of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church. South. He was born at Kosciusko. Miss.. September 1, 184H, and graduated in 1868 from the University of Mississippi. The decree of doctor of laws was later conferred upon him by the Northwestern University and bv Tu lane University. He entered the ministry in 1S60. Bishop Galloway's writing covered a wider range, perhaps, than those of any other person connected with the Methodist Episcopal church. South, and he traveled extensively. For a number of years he took an active interest in the prohibition campaign in Mississippi and other Southern States. He was president of the board of education of the Methodist Episcopal church, South: president of the board of trustees of Miilsaps College and Vanderbilt University and was a member of the board of trustees of the John F. Slater Fund. MONUMENT TO HENRY WIRZ. Veil From the Tall, Straight. Whit? Monolith Was Loosed by Mrs. Perrin, Only Living Daughter of the t Dead Commander. Andersonville. Ga.. Special.?Under the Stars and Stripe* and the Confederate Stars and Bars, there was dedicated here Wednesday the monument to Capt. Henry Wirz, commander of Andersonville prison, and executed at Washington at the end of the war on order of a military commission, which tried him for murder a?d flagrant cruelty?martyred, not executed?the Georgia Daughters of the Confederacy unveiled the monument Wednesday in the hope that it oi n m<1 t oan Wim ' urnnri' in time, considered everywhere in a friendly light. Over the hushed throng. scarcely a sound rippled, and tears sprang to hundreds of eyes n? Mrs. Perrin, of Natchez. Miss., only living daughter of the dead eommunder. loosed the veil from the tall, straight, white monolith. Springtime flowers were heaped upon the monument, and speakers, who loved the respected "Lost Cause," stood near its base under the once rival flags and told many incidents in the career of Wins, stories of kindness to Northern prisoners and of attempts to secure for them food and shelter which he could not Ret. Pleasant A. Stovall, editor of The Savannah Press, said that the dedication was not intended to reopen questions long since settled, but to do an act of justice too long delaxed. Of the difficulties under which Wire worked, he said: "Wirz was ham- * pered at every step by the exigencies of his own government. While Gen. Dick Taylor was traveling through south Georgia during the latter part of the war, he related that the train stopped at Andersonville. There entered his car a Confederate officer named Wire, who said he was in charge of the prison and that the men were greatly in need of provisions and protection. They were without blankets and shelter and were in:nV auatelv snplied with food." Memorial Tablet Unveiled. Petersburg, Special.?A mem tablet on tlie baattlefleld of "R1 Angle" and a monument at S i church, in memory of the New Jr?* volunteers, who fell on the hi If* fields of Spottsylvania county it civil war were unveiled Wedne Col. B. Massey. representing flov? Rwanson, delivered the addre6 ! welcome at the tablet unve ! -pi General Joseph Plume then trar f': red the memorial to the State of \ Jersey, and Governor Fort, of that State, made a speech accepting and transferring it again to the Fifteenth New Jersey volunteer veterans association. Roosevelt's ' l. ( .utir> net. Nairobi, Brit It i ca, By Cable?Theodor ^ .. hunting luck continues Th. > t .or President, on his la?t c\ . >m, shot a leopard and ?1 <! nimal'a two cubs. A bui '.i! and two giraffes also have been ?apl". . <? i y the expedition. The petty <s still in >amp at ... ,