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Hp?" . ' I NEW MOVE BY ROAD | j | The Central Wants Governor Made a Party to Suit. PRESENTS AN AMENDMENT! p ________ - Rate Case is Called in Federal Court > at Atlanta and is Postponed by Judge Newman to October 7th for Hearing. , j m ? i The suit of the Central of Georgia railway in the district court of the | United States, at Atlanta,^ for a man- j datory injunction against the state ; railroad commission, the attorney 1 general and the special attorney to 1 the commission, was called before ! Judge William T. Newman Monday J p morning. The plaintiffs filed an j amendment to their original petition, j seeking t^'make Governor Hoke Smith j ' a party to the suit. T'l.yv nnm ry-i icclnn AttnrnftV fi-AnPral ! JL JLL^T WUIiUiOijAV/ii) AAVVV* JL.W/ v. j ;; Hart and Special Attorney Hines filed 1 demurrers to the original petition, j |P setting up that they cannot legally || be made defendants to the proceeding. ! * . The railroad contends that its amendment will meet the objection. After hearing arguments on all of the legal points involved, Judge New* man withheld his decisions, and postponed the further hearing of the case until Monday, October 7, when he will render a decision on the demurrers filed by the state and decide upon the j admission of the railroad's amend- ! ment. Judge Newman's order is as I follows: "In the circuit court of the United j \ States for the northern district of -f Georgia?Central of Georgia Railway Company v?. S. G. McLendon, H. Warner Hill, et al., railroad commission Iers; the Railroad Commission or i Georgia, John C. Hart, Attorney General of Georgia, and J. K. Hines, Special Attorney to Railroad Commission of Georgia?In Equity: "This cause came on this day, on a rule to show cause why injunction pendente lite should not issue against the defendants to the original bill as therein prayed for. The complainants presented two amendments to their Mil, and the defendants presented a lemurrer. It is: "Ordered, That the hearing be post- j >oned until Monday, October 7, 1907, it 10 o'clock a. m., at which time the ?urt will determine whether or not Jon. Hoke Smith, governor of Georgia, can and should be made a party lefendant to this cause, and whether >r not injunction pendente lite shall ssue aaginst him and the other deendants, as prayed in the bill. "In open court, this 16th day of leptember, 1907. "W. T. NEWMAN, U. S. Judge." The action of the Central in atempting to make the governor a pars' to the suit caused surprise, as it as heretofore been believed that the overaor of a state could not be sued. Ep The eleventh amendment to tse fed? ; ral constitution provides that no state ? > can be sued, and the United States |p supreme court has frequently held '' - that a governor in his official capacK ity cannot be made a party to a ! |?i\ suit. Be'V GOADED BY MONEY SHARKS. Chicago. Clerk Attempts to Murder and Rob Diamond Broker. John W. Miller, a railroad clerk, 1 held in Chicago, on the charge of at- j r. tempting to kill and rob Edgar C. ! ' Crumb, a diamond broker, has con- j g|&.- fessed the crime. ! iC; Desperation, caused by the hound- j >. - ^Ing of a horde />f loan sharks, was j ;U:. given by Miller as the reason for the crime, for which he may hang. In his statement he tells of the manner in which he lured Crumb in thte flat for the deliberate purpose of attacking and robbing him, Crumb was badly beaten up and may die. ROAD SELLS REBATE TICKETS. i Plan of L. and N. to Technically Comply with New Rate Laws. The Louisville and Nashville railsi. * * A - *? ?: ~ road, in seeKing to compiy wuu me ji|| new 2 1-2 cent passenger rate law in Alabama, has begun the sale of tickets within the state with coupons attached which entitle the passenger to a rebate of half a cent a mile in case the suit which the railroad has brought against the state railroad commission to prevent the enforcement of the new law is decided against it. w. FOR CRIME OF ANOTHER r* * Innocent Man Has Served Thirteen r_ Years in California Pen. After having served '//rteen years A' in the California penitentiary, it has developed that William Evans, one of the convicts, is an innocent man. Proof positive that he did not commit the crime for which he was sentenced is now in the hands of the proper authorities. The charge was burglary. PL: i' v. : l~THIEF LETTEN CAUGHT. | I ' i Embezzler Spent ll!-Gotten Loot on j | Negro Woman?Prepared to Commit Suicide, But Lost Nerve. Charles E. Letteu, chief clerk in the j office of the first district tax collector in New Orleans, who disappeared I a few days ago, leaving a shortage of over one hundred thousand dollars, J mot- OdH ThtirsrfflV afternoon while standing on the bank of the Mississippi river attempting to i summon up courage enough to jump 1 in the water and commit suicide. He j said he had started toward the water ; several times, but each time his cour- j age failed him. He made a full con- j fession. i I Letten said, when carried before j the inspector of police and the grand , jury, that he had spent the greater part of the money he had taken on a i negro woman, who lives in a hand- ' somely furnished house in the old ( French quarter of the city, and who is said to have bought considerable ; Quantities of real estate, ueueu sa,>? j the greater part of the money he had given her had been invested in realty, only a comparatively small amount being devoted to her living expenses, : and keeping up the house in which ' she lived. J According to latest estimate made j as to Letten's shortage, he was about j $107,000 short in his accounts when j he disappeaied. In the meantime he j said he had been hiding in the weeds ! along the river while the police of I half a dozen southern cities were carefully watching every trair. and steam boat. j Virginia Reed, the negress in the , case, was at once arrested and held j as a witness. An attempt will be j made to indict her as a principal in j the defalcation. Her will, a copy of ; which was obtained, showed that she , had made provision to give much of 1 the stolen money to a church and to ; an orphanage. Letten had only 83 ; cents in his possession when arrested, j MILLIONAIRE GOES DAFT. ' Noted Prisoner in Atlanta Pen Sent to the Government Asylum. Louis A. Gourdain, the millionaire, j who lived for a while in Xew Orleans ! and then in Chicago, but more recent- j ly an inmate of the federal prison in j Atlanta, was sent from the latter institution Thursday to the government asylum for the insane in Washing- j ton. Accompanying Gourdain was I John Peterson, who also became insane while in the Atlanta federal priscorvine a sentence on. JTCCCI SWU nus 0 ? for robbing the United States mails.They made the trip to Washington under the guard o^a company of federal officers, headed by Deputy Marshal Rinartf. Louis A. Gourdain was a few years ago tried on the charge of using the ; United States mails for fraudulent pur- i poses. While his case was hanging fire he came into sudden fame by his declaration that he would use a part of [ his great wealth in the erection of a j private prison if the United States did not provide him with one. A short time afterwards he was sentenced and sent to prison a few months ago, being transferred to the Atlanta federal prison. : ! VALUE OF SOUTHERN RAILWAY In State of Georgia Fixed by Board of Arbitration at $18,539,336. The value of the Southern system in Georgia has been placed at $18,539,336 by the board of arbitration, composed of Hon. Roland Ellis, representing the road; Commissioner Stevens, representing the state, and Judge Miller, as umpire. From this a^ard Commissioner Stevens dissented, claiming that it was too low. The figures were $3,655,3S3 over the returns of the company, and $7,960,664 under what the comptroller general had assessed the property. GEORGIA TAXABLE VALUES. Totals in Round Figures Six Hundred and Ninety-Two Millions. Vrirlnv nftprnnnw Willi 111 C U ?> Ui U i. 1 4 WM J V**. w w. fixing the value of the Seaboard Ai: Line system in Georgia at $12,051,580, the arbitrations on corporate prop crtv in Georgia came to an end, tnc the taxable values in the state total ed :n round numbers $692,000,000, oi an increase of $65,000,000 over last year's total valuations, i Of this sum the corporation return* yielded an increase of $25,000,000, and the taxable property, as is indicate*: in the county digests, was about $40, 000,000. WOMAN FALLS 2,000 FEET. Professional Balloonist Hurled to Death in View of 8,000 People. Mrs. Carrie Meyers, 33 years old, of Springfieltl, Mass., a professional balloonist, fell from a parachute 2,000 feet above the fair grounds at Olean, X. Y., Saturday, and was dashed to death in view of 8,000 persons. ; '. r. / PARIS WOMEN ENRAGED. Thousands Parade City's Streets In Demonstration Against Fiend Who Was Saved from Guillotine. The rising indignation of the French masses against the escape from the guillotine cf Soleillant, known as the "monstrous violator and murderer," whose sentence to death for the atrocious muiderer of a 12-year-old girl, was commuted last week by President Fallieres to life imprisonment, was expressed in Paris Sunday in a series of the most curious public manifestations that have occurred in France for a long time. The demonstration, despite the fact that several arrests were made, was almost entirely orderely. Many women participated. The protest was organised not so much against Soleillant as to express the voice of the populace against the wave of unspeakable crimes committed on little girls which lately has increased to an alarming degree and which, it is feared, the commutation of the sentence of Soleillant will only stimulate. Several thousand persons were engaged in demonstrations at various points of the city and especially large was the crowd in the Place Saint Ambroise, near which bved little Martha Eberding, the victim of Soleilisnt Thp raep of the women of the district has been great since President Fallieres showed clemency to Soleillant. They assembled Sunday afternoon with their husbands and other of the sympathizers and were augmented in numbers by crowds of curious persons. Their orderly cries for justice were quickly changed to cries of "death to Soleillant," and "down with Fallieres," as the precession, led by a woman, who carried a little girl on her shoulders, with the purpose of indicating the object of manifestation, moved toward the Place de la Republique. Soon the streets were choked by a vast mob and the police reserves were called out to disperse it. The paarde, however, assembled again, and several of the more violent demonstrators were arI rested. The newspapers of Paris are devoting great space to the Soleillant case. Many of them loudly condemn the failure of President Faillieres to permit the law to take its course, and oil nr thpm a<?ree that the ccmrauta tation of this sentence signifies the passing for ever of the guillotine from France. Some of rthe journals express the opinion that the escape of Soleillant from the guillotine only places a premium on crime. The entire question of crime will be taken up at the approaching session of parliament, especially as Paris and other large cities are becoming alarmingly infested with another type of criminal known as "the apache," who in the secluded sections, almost daily maim and rob and sometimes murder their vicitims. Their weapons always are knives, and, gathering in bands, they often wantonly stab pedestrians and frequently policemen merely for the sake of stabbing. M. Touny, director of the Paris police, declared that his force was entirely insufficient to cope with the situation. He recommended the adop" - * miriichmpnt for law- I lion UI CUI \j\jk cll ? breakers as an offset to comfortable and inviting prisons. PREPARING FOR IMMIGRANTS. Savannah City Council Will Watch After Austrian Newcomers. A committee from the Savannah city council is busily engaged in making preparations for the immigrants that are expected to reach the city next month from Trieste, Austria. There will be about 170 in the party. They will be distributed throughout Georgia. Many of them, it is thought, will elect to go to the plantations, as they are of a class that has been largely devoted to agriculture. - ^ APOLOGY IS DUE GAYNUK. Noted Prisoner is Offended at Fake News Report. John F. Gaynor and his attending officers, who returned to the Macon jail Thursday morning from Indian Spring, entered a protest against the news report that Gaynor had asked for a sea trip in addition to the liberties already extended him by the United States court of appeals. The officers and the prisoner are all offended and were emphatic in their denial. PHONE COMPANY PROTESTS. Goes to Court of Appeals to Be Re lieved of Regulations. The Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph company has sought relief of Judge David D. Shelby of the United States court of appeals at Huntsville, Ala., from the alleged confiscatory regulations prescribed by the Louisiana railroad commission. v " J.". '".T" ' V :.ir, * . EMPRESSJF SEAS I Is Mighty Steamer Lusitania! or the lunard Line. ALL REC0f:DS SMASHED In Transit Time Between New York and English Port?Clamorous Welcome Given Great Liner by the Gothamites. A tipw ctpamhnat rpcnrd hpfwppn a European port and New York was made by the Cunard line's new giant turbine ship, the Lusitania, which arrived in New York Friday morning. The Lusitania left Queenstown, the nearest trans-Atlantic port to New York at 12:10 a. m., Sunday, and arrived at the Sandy Hook lightship at 8:05 a. m. Friday, njaking the time for the trip five days, one hour and thirty-three minutes. This is five hours and fifty minutes better than the previous QueenstownNew York record of five days, seven V? Anrc onH twnntv.thrnn minntne by the Lucania of the same line. While the Lusitania has made a new record for the time, a passenger is actually on board ship, she has not beaten the average speed per hour recorded by the Kaiser Wilhelm II, which has made 23-58 knots per hour from New York to Plvmoufh, and the Deutchland, with a record of 23.51 knots per hour to Plymouth, having made the latter time. The Lusitania's speed per hour on her maiden voyage is estimated at 23.01 knots per hour. The new ship was decked with flags and bunting when she made her appearance off Sandy : Hook Friday morning, her four big red funnels lending color to the picture which was marred by the prevailing haze. A good sight of jthe beautiful vessel was had from shore for only a short while. Her passengers lined the railings and crowded the different decks of the large vessel, waving handkerchiefs and American and British flags. The marine observatory stations on shore dipped their flags in salute, other vessels in the lower bay blew their whistles in greeting, and the Lusitania's blue ensign was constantly lowered and raised again In acknowledgment of the reception given her. She steamed slowly up the bay for the new Ambrose channel, dug especially for vessels of great draft, and which she will be the first to use in entering the port of New York. While the giant Cunarder swept up the bay, she was given a clamorous greeting by an immense fleet of steam crafts, which had congregated nfp thp miarantine station to await her arrival. Nearly every one of the yachts, tow boats and other steamers was crowded with passengers, well supplied with horns and other noise-making devices, and at times even the steamships were almost drowned by the toots and cheers. The Lusitania presented a magnificent picture as she slowly drew up at the quarantine. v i Her keen, high bow, beautifully sym- ! metrical lines and finely modeled stern, marked her a truly grey-hound. The first sight of New York which the passengers on the big steamer gained was one of welcome. From the highest point of the towering Singer building on Broadway, the tallest building oil Broadway, there had been strung a series o! signal flags which in the marine code spelled "welcome." The fluttering greeting was 600 feet above Manhattan's greater thoroughfare and could be seen far down the bay. For the past three years every one interested in shipping has been watching the express steamers building for the Cunard Line. Ever since the pioneer "Brittania," with her 1,154 tons and a speed of 8 1-2 knots," made her initial voyage in 1840, this com pany has gone steadily forward, each ! new conception outdoing the previous one, until in the Lusitania, launched June 7, 1906, the very acme of marine architecture was reached. The dimensions of this mammoth ship convey but vaguely her size? the figures are as follows: Length, I 790 feet; breadth, 6S feet; depth (moulded), CO feet; gross tonnage, 32,500 tons; displacement tonnage, 45,000 tons, load draught, 37 feet 6 inches; height of funnels, 24 feet; height of masts, 216 feet. NEWSPAPER OFFICE DYNAMITED Republican Sheet Was Engaged in Denouncing City Ocials. v Dynamite, Friday night, wrecked the press room and composing room of the Joplin News-Herald, a:a after- ! noon republican newspaper at Joplin, j Mo., which has been conducting a cru- j sade against the city council and po- j lice department. 1 - V * - . ? . . : r I [ MRS, BLAIR GUILTY. i Woman Who Shot and Killed Husband Convicted With RecommendaI tion to Mercy. Mrs. Ethel W. Blair, charged with the murder of her husband, M. V. }31air, a conductor on the Columbia, Kewberry and Laurens railroad, in i ' January last, was convicted of man| (daughter in Columbia, S. C., with a ! recommendation to mercy. , | Inasmuch as the verdict was not reached until noon Sunday, sentence i i was postponed.' j Mrs. Blair, who is about thirty years of age, and the mother of two children, is an unsually handsome wc- j man and stood well in the community. When Mrs. Blair was brought into . j tho court room there were no visible . signs of the ordeal that she has passed j through, but, on hearing the verdict, she fainted and had to be lifted from [ the court room. j Within an hour after the verdict, i ; j j Mrs. Blair had recovered sufficiently to be taken to the eounty jail. On the-16th of last January McCul! ley W. Blair, conductor on the road .' between Columbia and Laurens, was shot to death at his home on Marion : street in Columbia. The fatal wound, i ! it was charged, was inflicted by Mrs. | Blair. j Columbia was thoroughly shocked by this great tragedy. At the inquij sition made by the coroner there was ! startling evidence and the wire of the ; deceased was placed under arrest. A j ! term of court has intervened, but in- i .. - - _ I terest lias been none tne less nagging, i ! and this tragedy is still fresh in the } , min^s of the people of the state. Captain Blair was 53 years of age, I his wife 30. He was a victim of a j terrible disease of the stomach which required constant medical treatment. J There was apparently no affinity be; tween the two. The homicide pre! sented many points of interest, not j alone from the criminal side, but from ! the psychological. Evidence submit| ted shows that Mrs. Blair appreciated ; the lack of affinity between herself ; and her husband. Three brothers | j married three sisters, and two of the ! 1 -AU Vitt rinlonno UUitjrs met ucaw uj nviuubv. In the most sensational trial of the year only a day was required. The jury in the case assisted very materially by denying itself of several privileges. / The prosecution produced no evidence to prove the infidelity of the j wife, although there were insinuations j in the testimony. And on the other j hand, the defense's witnesses contra- f dieted contradicted nearly everything I to which they had testified at the in- { quest ; Mrs. Blair, who was not required to | i make any statement at the inquest, I ! but nevertheless made at that time l I a declaration which she contradict- I j ed in several particulars, declared i that she ha'd no recollection of some details of her statement on the night of the killing. Mrs. Neal, another very important witness in the case, denied some statements she had made at the inquest. Since the killing Mrs. Blair had been out on bond. The trial was de- f I laved for some hours at the beginning on account of five state witnesses being absent. Bench warrants were Issued for them and Judge Johnstone directed I that these and all other witnesses .In the future ignoring their bonds be 1 Virt'M iri -Joll until thAV I | urresmu auu uciu iu jiui have testified, regardless of who they are. Captain Buck Arms, a conductor on the Sotuhern railway between Charlotte and Washington, was one of the principal witnesses in the trial. Arms was a close friend to Captain and Mrs. Blair, and it was alleged that there were improper relations l" between the two. The case went to the jury late Saturday night. ASSISTANCE FOR STRIKERS. j I - J Gompers Issues Aid Call to Organized Labor in Behalf of Telegraphers. As a result of a recent conierence j President Gompers of the American | Federation of Labor will issue an appeal for aid for the striking telegraph operators. "It will be," said :.Ir. Gomper, "a general request to organized labor for assistance both financial and moral, in accordance with the pledge made at the recent meeting of the ex- j ecutive council of the federation." DEADLY PLUNGE FOR DAGOES. I Six Italians, in Panic of Fright, Jump | Headlong Into River. Panic-stricken when a coal barge, in which they were trying to cross the Allegheny river, began to sink, six Italian workmen employed by the Iravo Constructing company on the United States government dam at Aspinwall, Pa., jumped into the river and were drowned. ? .... '/r:'y NEW SPECIES. Brown Zebras and Black-Lined Antelopes Seen in Africa. Intimation concerning two new species of animals, indigenous to Africa, has been conveyed to Europe by. Mr. J. E. Speares, who hhs been spending several months in trapping and hunting big game in Portugese East Africa in the regions surrounding Lake Nangadi and the Rovuma River. One of these refers to a new type of zebra, a whole herd of which the hunter observed near by, but a specimen of which he failed to secure. Many members of this h6rd were marked differently to the prevailing type of this animal, the heads and necks being brown, while the hind_ quarters were striped In the conventional manner peculiar to this quadruped. When the natives were questioned upon the point, they asserted that they were a variety of zebra, ' ' but that they were becoming very scarce. Although the hunter pursued the herd for several miles, owing to their agility and timidity he was un able to approach them closely. Upon another occasion, however, he was / more fortunate and secured a closer view'cf the animal. It resembles the zebra in shape, but the head, neck, fore-legs, and fore half of the body were quite dark brown in color, the hiqd part of the body, including the legs, being striped. He also discovered a peculiar type of antelope similar in size and shape to the Boer roebuck or impala, the distinctive difference being a black line down the centre of the back and on either hind- rl leg down to the foot. When the antmal is startled it immediately takes to flight, the initial leap being fully ton foot tVivr\n<rV* 4-V*o oti* on/wilivi :' vv** AVrfV# b fcAUl/U^U WUV ail* X ilio OyWITO of antelope Is essentially gregarious, being found in herds ranging from ten to fifty in number, and is exceedingly wild and active. Mr. Speares also secured what is believed to be a new species of buck which is perfectly hornless, about as large as- a steenbuck and possessing a brilliant red coat.?Scientific American. Grow Lettuce at Dinner. "Yes," said a florist, "I can work miracles in my business. For instance, ^ ; J I can grow you lettuce while you waitr?sweet, crisp lettuce that you may eat for your dinner with the broiled spring chicken. ' fig "I do it in this way. I take a handful of lettuce seeds that have been soaked over night in alcohol, and-1. , plant them in a box containing three, inches of loam and quicklime. I water i*-'- n mfnntoc tVlO CPPH& \ 111125 bUil, <1UU in icu lumuvw v**v x burst. In twenty minutes tiny leaves push through the earth. The leaves grow and multiply. In an hour they , are as big as half-dollars. Then you may pluck and eat them. They are delicious?a fairy salad. "Sometimes, when I give a dinner party, I have one of these little prepared lettuce beds in the center of the table. The guests see the lettuce grow, and when 'the time comes for the salad course, there is their salad blooming before thera, all ready for them to pluck."?New York Press. Witness Knew New York. The witness was beginning to weaken under the fierce cross -examination of the plantiff's lawyer. Twice he had told his story through with-' out contradicting himself in any of the details. The case was a suit for M damages against a street railway for injuries received in an accident "Are you familiar with the locality of the accident?" snapped the law- / yer. "Yes," replied the witness, show: ine- si ens of fatisue. "Tell the jury what business places stand on. the four corners of Ninth avenue and Fiftieth street." The witness fidgeted. "Four liquor stores," he ventured.' The lawyer looked blank, for the witness, who was familiar with New York City in general, had guessed right.?Washington Post. WISDOM OF EXPERIENCE. "It is just as easy to ?aise a child as it is to raise a dog," said the thoughtful thinker. "Yes," returned the father of a wayward son, "but it isn't always as profitable."?Chicago News. _ FOUND OUT. A Trained Nurse Made Discovery. ??? * -"is No one is in better position to know the value of food and drink than a trained nurse. i Speaking of coffee, a nurse of Wilkes Barre, Pa., writes: "I used to ~ * ?on/I cnf. drinK strong couec mjscu w? fered greatly from headaches and indigestion. While on a visit to my brothers I had a good chance to try Postum Food Coffee, for they drank it altogether in place of ordinary coffee. In two weeks after using Postum I found I was much benefited, and finally my headaches disappeared and also the indigestion. "Naturally I have since used Postum among my patients, and have noticed a marked benefit where coffee has been left off and Postum used. "I observed a curious fact about Postum when used among mothers. It greatly helps the flow of milk in cases where coffee is inclined to dry it up, and where tea causes nervousness. "I find trouble in getting servants to make Postum properly. They most always serve it before it has been boiled long enough. It should be boiled 15 to 20 minutes after boiling begins and served with cream, when it is certainly a delicious beverage." Read "The Road to Wellville" in pkgs. "There's a Reason."