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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
BY IRON TRADE REVIEW
WEEKS MARKET is TOLD

CLEVELAND, O., Oct 9.-The Iron
Trade Review prints the following con-
corning market conditions in its current
Issue:
The week has emphasized the differing
conditions OF the Bessemer and open
hearth departments OF the steel trade. In
creasing competition in sheets and wina
products had led to reductions in price,
and similar conditions in the tin plate
trade are expected to be met by similar
action. II is not that consumption OF these
products has fallen off-except that in tin
plate the decreased canning demand has
been the chief factor. The increase of ca
pacity beyond the needs Of the country,
even in this record year. has been accu-
mulating influence that required to be
-eckoned with sooner or later. The cut Of
$ in the price OF light sheets put to the
test the ability OF mills buying their
steel In the open market, TO compete with
concerns that are grounded in ore and
fuel. Announcement is made that one idle
mill Of the American Sheet Steel company,
will start up next week and that one or
two others viii probably follow.
In the wire trade the reduction is s. on
nails and smooth wire, and 81 on barb
wire. Here also the pressure OF growing
capacity Is being felt. though the demand
Is quite up 10 expectations for the sea-
son. The export trade will be increasingly
resorted to as safety valve. In wrought
pipe there are also evidences in recent con-
cessions in price that the ranks of produc-
ers have been filling up.
The week has brought no sign that the
general conditions governing the consump-
tion of iron and steel have changed for
the worse. except such as grow out of the
uneasiness felt over the effects Of the an
thracite strike. II IS apparent that manu-
featuring operations will be crippled II
the strike Is not soon ended. and that blast
furnaces and foundries will have plenty
OF company in fuel hardships. The coke
situation has not improved. Foundries are
being saved from serious loss by the for
eign pig iron that Is now coming freely.
bat many blast furnaces are worse OF
than for weeks. In the Mahoning 2po She
mango valleys eight are reported banked
this week. The leading producer of Cos
nellsville coke has not yet made sales TO
the blast furnaces for next year. but the
price is expected 10 be close to So at the
ovens.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
OLD LEGACY REVIVED
FOR GEORGIA UNIVERSITY

ATHENS. Ca. oct. 1O.-The University
of Georgia has a legacy Of between six
and eight million dollars. This statement
will seem rather surprising to many,
though the gift is not one of the last few
years.
The provisions of this legacy make quite
an interesting story. DIR. Charles Mccoy,
at one time a member Of the faculty Of
the university, bequeathed at his death.
which occurred in Baltimore about twenty
years ago. $4,000 to the institution in
which he had taught, with the sum which
was invested In railroad stocks. should be
compounded annually at the rate of inter-
est obtainable until his youngest grand
son should become q years old. At that
time several OF DIR. McCoy's children were
very young, and Il Is probable that the
term OF years which the condition en-
braces will exceed Is years.
DIR. McCoy's purpose in arranging his
bequest to the university as he did was
obviously that the principal might, after
continual compromising, amount to very
large sum.
Treasurer A. L. Hull, of the university
has estimated that the amount will be, at
the time the university may claim it, be-
tween six and eight million dollars, and
his estimate is based upon quite a low
rate of interest.
While II is number Of years before the
legacy may be obtained, nevertheless 1t is
one of certainty, and the amount will give
the university the largest endowment Of
any institution in the south.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
GENERAL SWISS STRIKE
DECLARED ON THURSDAY

LONDON, oct. "A dispatch 70 a news
agency from Geneva, Switzerland, today
announces that the Workman's National
committee has decreed a general strike
through Switzerland in sympathy with
the general strike Of street car employees
sherc.
GENEVA. Oct. s--The strike was pro-
claimed by the Workmen's National COM
mittee by a vote Of 90 20 4. All the
men connected with the building trades
struck and the newspapers have had TO
stop publication. Work In the bakeries
and in the cafes and shops are open.
workmen OF the national committee
placarded the streets with an appeal 20
an workmen to leave their work and an
nounced that before declaring the strike
they made q last appeal 10 the street car
company. which refused 20 receive It's
delegates.
Two additional battalions of infantry
and a detachment of artillery have been
ordered to be held In readiness for even
Qualities. Towards noon. because OF the
threatening attitude OF the strikers. the
authorities ordered a suspension Of the
street car service.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
SESSION OF COLLEGE
MEN HAS NOW
ADJOURNED
OFFICERS FOR THE ENSUING
YEAR ELECTED AT MEETING
THURSDAY - DR.. PAT
TERsoN PRESIDENT.

After a very successful session the
American Association of Agricultural Col
leges and Experiment Stations adjourped
at noon Thursday until next year. All the
business OF the meeting was completed
and after the election of officers the adj
iournment occurred.
The officers elected Thursday are
President, James X. Patterson. president
OF the Kentucky Agricultural and Me-
chanical college; first vice president. r. H.
Jesse, president of the University OF Mis-
souri,: second vice president. ". z. Stone,
president Of Perdue university: third vice
president. Thomas H. Taliaferro, presi-
dent Of the Florida Agricultural college;
fourth vice president, c. c. Thaeh. presf-
dent OF the Alabama Polytechnic institute:
dfth vice president. J. w. Heston. presi-
dent Of South Dakota Agricultural coll
lege; secretary and treasurer. +. B. Voor-
hees. director New Jersey Experimental
station; photographer. A. c. True. Wash
ington, d. c. Executive committee, w. o.
Thompson, Ohio; Harry c. White. Geor-
gia; W. II. Jordan. New York; c. +. Cur
tbs. Iowa.
DR.. Patterson, OF Kentucky, was men,
Der OF the association when II was first
organized. and has attended every ses,
sion He is one OF the most distinguished
college presidents In the United States
9AA us NAAAA0A@ VA heAAoAo 1ADINNNc AAN
highly valued.
@. C Carver. a negro. one of the in
structors at the Tuskegee Institute, read
a paper before association Thursday de-
stailiIg the work which was done at the
Institution end extending an invitation
TO the association 10 visit the school A
vote Of thanks was rendered him for the
paper.
BY unanimous votes the dues of the va
rious colleges belonging to the association
was fixed az SIS per annum. No place was
fixed for the next meeting OF the asso-
citation. that being fixed by the executive
committee some time during the coming
year.
Director r. J. Redding. OF the state
Experiment station, left at noon Thursday
with more than thirty of the delegates
for the State Experiment. farm near
Griffin. He showed them over the farm
and entertained them with a dinner.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
AUDITOR FOR G., J. AND s.
FILES REPORT ON ROAD

GAINESVILLE, Ca, Oct. 9.-Hon. n.
H. Perry has filed report of his decision
in the Gainesville. JEFFERSON. and South
ern railroad case, with the clerk of the
court The report is a very lengthy one,
and covers all the issues involved In the
case.
The auditor found that the laborers
who operated the road in February, 1897.
and on three days of March of the same
year, were entitled TO pay, with legal
Interest. and should be paid by the Geor-
gia railroad, who operated the @. J. and
S. when a receiver was appointed and
then owed the employees over 1880, which
has not been paid.
The auditor also found that the Georgia
road obtained $1e1, 500 Of bonds from the
G. ]. & S. at less than ten cents on the
dollar. This transaction was bona fide,
and there was no intention to evade the
usury law. These bonds are now in the
hands OF innocent purchasers, who. the
auditor holds. are entitled to full face
value for them.
one hundred and thirty thousand dollars
of stock was bought at the same time as
the. bonds, which was fully paid for.
The bonds and stock were sold at the
same time for S145,S5O. A written agree
ment stipulated that payment in full for
the stock should first be made out OF
the $145, $50 leaving only S15,S50.
BQylnR DOnQS LOT less imam Ten NcANS ga
Sthe dollar. they claim, renders them usu-
rious, and only the amount actually ad-
vanced could be recovered, but the audi
tor holds that there is a difference be-
tween the sale of bonds by corpora
ton and the borrowing Of money by a
private Individual. aud that the defense OF
usury should not avail.
The auditor further finds that the
Gainesville and Dahlonega Electric Rail-
road company owns a joint interest with
the G.. j. and S. for use of the right OF
way for a certain distance in this city,
for the old Gainesville and Dahlonega
road projected years ago. bought 1t and
the two agreed to use 1t jointly The
new electric road company has purchased
all the rights of the old company. and
therefore now has the right to use 1t
jointly with the G. ]. and S. The audi
tor finds further that the account against
the G. ]. and S. by the Georgia is not
barred by the statute of limitations on
account Of the mutual dealings Of the
two companies. All these issues in the
case will likely be carried to the supreme
court.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
FARMER INVITES HIS
WIFE TO WITNESS
SUICIDE
WHEN SHE REFUSED HE PUT A
BULLET THROUGH HIS OWN
HEART AND DIED
INSTANTLY.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Oct. 10.-Henry
Campbell farmer of Cleveland county.
near Lattemore, n. c., committed sui
eide Wednesday afternoon by shooting
himself through the heart. He is well
known to the people in the, eastern part
of this county.
Family trouble. it Is said. is responsible
for the.act, and several times recently he
has attempted to end his life by jump
ing into well. and but for the efforts
of the members of the family he would
have succeeded.
Before committing the deed yesterday
he told this wife that he was going "a
the barn to kill himself ard asked her TO
go with him and see 1t we'll done. and
when she refused to leave the house he
remarked, Wei, guess you'd better
not for I'd blow your brains out first.
He then left the house and in few
minutes a pistol shot was heard, and ne
was found down near the stable with a
buliet through the heart. He died soon
afterward.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
MINERS WILL FIGHT
TO FINISH IN ALABAMA

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. 1o-A lengthy
statement regarding the strike Of the Uni
ted Mine Workers in the Birmingham dis
trict has been issued by William X. Fair
ley, a member of the national executive
board of the United Mine Workers OF
America.
He declares that the fight is not one OF
assessment but that it is an effort on the
part of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company to break down the
union in Alabama. Regarding the state
ment that the strike was brought about
because the company refused to deduct
81 per week from all men, whether they
were willing or not, for the benefit Of the
striking miners m Pennsylvania, Mr..
Farley says such Is not the case.
He declares that what the miners asked
was for the company to discharge men
who had been expelled from the union
for refusal to pay this assessment and
not because the company declined to col
lect IT. He makes strong plea Cor pub
lie sympathy and seeks to show that the
fight is aimed at organized labor.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
LED THE
TICKET IN
ELECTION
SECRETARY OF STATE RECEIv-
Ed $1,000 voTES-RESULT
OF ELECTION is DECLARED
TODAY.

Secretary OF State Philip Cook has COM
plsted consolidating the returns OF the
state election held on October 1st. with the
exception OF the vote in Appling county
which has not yet been received
No consolidation OF the vote for govern
OF has been made. as under the law the
returns must be opened and counted BY
the general assembly. 1850 Democratic
votes were poIled in the recent election.
and Secretary Cook received the whole
number. leading the ticket by over two
hundred votes. He is being highly compli-
mented b. hts friends for the splendid vote
received. There Is not a more popular
man IN thestate than Secretary Cook. and
ian evidence OF his popularity is the excel
lent vote which he received in the election
Associate Justice Samuel Lumpkin was
second on the state ticket. receiving d.ISz
votes
The following are the consolidated re-
turns 50 far:
Secretary OF state Phil Cook. 81 800
Comptroller General William A.
WRIGHT 49, - -. ----si'S -
State Treasurer Robert E. Park ..--.-Sl.Ss5
Attorney General John c. Hart -..-N.i1s
Commissioner OF Agriculture Q. B.
State school Commissioner ". B.
Merritt. -. -. -. ....sl.Sst
Prison Commissioner Thomas Eason. 81. rs
Associate Justice Samuel Lumpkin 81. ~
Associate Justice Andrew J. Cobb 81. ~
For Associate Justice Supreme court
70 III unexpired term OF H 7.
Lewis. resigned
John S. Gambler. -. 49, Isis
John p. ROss-.-..-.. ...- --.-zz,sse
Judge Gamblers majority over Judge
Ross was - As votes. and the announce
rent BY Secretary OF State Phil Cook to-
day OF the election returns is practically
an announcement OF the election OF Judge
Gambler He viii not be declared officially
elected. however. until the returns from
Applfng county are received and counted
The vote poIled was an unusually large
one considering the fact that no opposi-
IA was out 70 me state ticket.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
GRAND ARMY REPUBLIC
HAS SELECTED FRISCO

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE Grand
Army of the Republic has decided by
a large vote to hold its encampment in
1903 at San Francisco. Practically the
only competitor was Atlantic City. but a
few votes were cast for Saratoga.
Before the place Of meeting was chos-
en-, the list of national officers was COM
pleted. 4. W. Atchison. of Texas. was
/. chosen surgeon general, and Rev. d. H.
Shuey, of Kansas. chaplain in chief.
During the day the committee on legis-
lation presented its report. The report
was devoted especially to the effort to
secure a modification of the civil service
laws in the interests of the veterans,
which it was stated that congress had
failed TO concede. The committee finds
that the president is in hearty sympathy
with the effort to secure broader recOg-
milton OF the claims Of the soldiers, and
in marked contrast to the attitude of
congress"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
SHORTER COLLEGE
To CHANGE ITS
NAME
THE FAMOUS INSTITUTION TO BE
IMPROVED AND KNOWN AS
SHORTER UNIVERSITY
HEREAFTER.

ROME, Ca, Oct 9-The trustees OF
Shorter college. namely. d. B. Hamilton
w. f. Aver. c. NJ. Harper. A. w. Ledbet-
ter, ]. B. Sullivan. L. A. Dean and Har-
per Hamilton. have petitioned the supe-
rior court of Floyd county to grant them
"A new charter as the former charter has
Aexpired by limitation.
The petitioners ask that the name OF
the institution be changed from Shorter
Female College" to Shorter University
that they be granted the right TO foster
and establish other schools for manual
and technical training in connection with
the main university which purposes to
teach art, music. classics and higher
branches. The petitioners ask the right
TO sue and be sued and to receive and
invest all funds belonging to the college
and receive and invest all requests given
to the university. A charter will be gran
ted for twenty years.
Shorter Fenale college was founded by
Alfred Shorter in 1877, but the institution
was not Incorporated until 1878. Rev.
D. B. Hamilton is chairman OF the board
of trustees and 7. ]. Simpons president
Of the college.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
LIGHTNING BOLT
WILL NOT HIT
THE WATER
HARVARD PROFESSOR SAYS BOLT
WILL INVARIABLY PASS BY
WATER TO STRIKE SOME
OTHER OBJECT.

NEW YORK. oct. 1o.-Experiments con-
Quoted by Prof. John Trowb-idge. OF
Harvard University. have led TO the defi-
mite statemnet. says Times special from
Boston. that lightning will not strike
water. By means OF a battery OF 20.eo0
cells he obtained a voltage OF 6.eo0.oO0.
which force he says e at least cOmpar-
able 20 lightning and enabled him to de-
duce his conclusLcns. He saie:
with my battery I was able 20 OBJ
tain electric sparks about seven feet long
and found that instead OF stxikirg the
water = spark OF six or seven feet II
length invariably jumped 10 some ada
cent Object u preference 10 striking the
Hquld surface. srark OF only = few
inches IN length. however. VIII strike the
water. but slIcE a spark is not compar-
able 70 lightning
Beyond a ussilioa volts the iaitial re-
sissance % atmosphere air 10 electric
discharges becomes less AID less. and the
discharge therefore Is shunted through
the air instead OF upon the water and
strikes some object adjacent % the
Ua.cr."
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
POISON AND PISTOL
CLAIM THREE
VICTIMS
TWO ARE IN HOSPITAL, WHILE A
THIRD, WHO DRANK CARROLL
&c ACID, WENT TO IN
SLANT DEATH.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1O.-Mysterious feat
ures surround two attempts at murder
and afterward a suicide on the lower
West side.
on Wednesday. Mrs. Adams. wife of a
plasterer, was admitted to a hospital,
where she is being treated for bullet
wound In the head. She was accompanied
@by Henry Brockstedt. How she received
the wound is not known as the stories told
do not agree.
Twenty-four hours later Brockstedt en-
tered the Adams home and found the
husband OF the wounded woman there
alone. He atSacked Adams with a revolt
yer. beating him over the head and then
shot him.
The police took UP the chase and few
hours later found Brockstedt dead in his
room 10 Dominick street. He had swal-
lowed a quantity of carbolic acid and
then shot himself.
Adams was conveyed to the hospital,
where his wife lay. The couple were per-
mitted to converse, but no clear idea
could be gathered Of the shooting other
than that Brockstedt had attempted a
double murder. because of jealousy.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
HELD BY THE TELEPHONE
WOMAN MADE A TARGET

CHICAGO, Oct. s.-Bud Haggins. said
to be a race-track employee, is sought by
tie police on the charge of devisi1g
new plan Of attempted murder, and try
ing IL upon Annie Butler. 24l2 Dearborn
street.
aaggins had quarrelled with the woman
frequently, and had been arrested on her
complaint. She feared him and had
refused to have anything to do with him.
Going to a telephone within less than
half a block of her house, he called her
10 the instrument and after few words
with her, requested her to hold the
wire.
Then he went around TO the side window
of her house, knowing he could see her at
the telephone. and, she says, fired one
shot at her. The bullet struck her lert
side. causing a wound that may prove
fatal. Haggins then ran away and is
sought by the po.Ce.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
ROOSEVEET'S CHOICE
Anglers REPUBLICANS

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Oct. 9.-The Re-
publicans of Alabama are much displeased
over the appointment of Judge Thomas
r. Roulhac. of Sheffield as district at
torpey for the northern district Of Ala
baua to succeed William Vaughan, who
was removed some time since.
Judge Roulhac is a Democrat and the
Republicans regard his appointment as
a rebuke to the spirit which led to the
elimination of the negro from the party
councils in Alabama.
They appear to believe that the pres
ident is opposed to the elimination of the
negro and is taking the negroes part in
the fight. They say that the president
should sympathjze with their effort to
build up a respectable white party in Ala
bama and many are very bitter against
him for his alleged lack of sympathy.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
SALARIES REMAIN SAME
WHILE F00DSTUFFS GO UP

CHICAGO. oct. s-The cost OF living
has been discussed before the arbitration
committee sitting the grievances OF the
employees OF the Union Traction COM
pany. Tables. presented IN behalf of the
men. showed that me price OF tnirty-sev-
en- necessary articles had gone up and if
teen decreased. while the street car men
have worked az the same wage for six
teen years
living was given at 20 per cent IN five
years. Meats showed an advance rang
ing from Is 20 S. per cent House rents
pan from . 20 s. per cent. while no esti-
mate could Be placed on coal. The men
urged tha- his heavy increase IN the
cost OF living. and the advances made
IN other trades should be weighed when
ire question 4 giving them higher
wage scale = taken into consideration.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
MRS. FRANCES TAYLOR
PARDONED BY NASH

= COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 10.-Governor Nash
today pardoned Mrs. F. L. Taylor and
daughter. the alleged Cincinnati kidnap-
ers: In doing so he gave out the following
statement:
This action is taken:
81. Because doubt whether the appli-
cant aided and abetted in the abduction
of the child, Margaret Taylor.
''2. Because the father and mother. in a
letter dated June 0. 1902, after the resto-
ration of the child. join in asking for the
pardon"
The governor also gave out a letter from
Clara Taylor, dated Genoa, Italy. in which
she aflrms that her mother and sister
were innocent The letter of the child's
parents asking the pardon was also made
public.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
pawson's Tax Rate.

DAWSON, Ca. oct. 9.-Dawson's tax
rate this year is doubtless less than that
of any other city IN Georgia. The city
council at yesterdays session fixed the
tax rate at only 81 on the thousand, and
as no county tax at all for this year will
be levied by the authorities Of Terrell
county, the citizens of Dawson will
scarcely know that they are paying taxes.
Mrs James d. Geise died this morning
of pneumonia. Her death is doubly sad
as she leaves a Ill, infant only three
weeks old. Her husband is the brother of
Mrs. d. ]. Ray, Of p Ianta.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
SHARKEY is RELEASED
ON BAIL FIXED AT $500

NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-Thomas J. Sharkey,
who is charged with being responsible for the
death Of Nicholas Fish, banker, and who is
under Indictment for granddaughter in the first
degree has been released on 81, 500 bail by Re-
corder Goff after three weeks imprisonment.
Originally the amount OF bail was fixed at
SIS, 900.
speaking Of the case Recorder Goff said:
The amount OF bail originally set by me at
SIS COO was only tentative. and was subject to
reduction at the request Of the accused mans
attorneys. District Attorney Jerome appeared
before me with Thomas F. Foley and said
he was willing to have Sharxey released on
1880 bail"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-10-13
DOUGHERTY KILLED WOMAN
AND THEN SHOT HIMSELF

WASHINGTON. Oct. s.-Niss Alice
Fisher. a young woman employed in the
government printing Office. was shot and
Instantly killed at noon today by William
DougherlY. Al enpiOye OF the same Of
rec.
DoUgherty then Shot ard killed himself
Jealousy was the motive
The AFFAIR occurred at the home Of
friend OF the young woman.
Miss Fisher had gone TO the friends
house az the request OF DOugherty, who
wanted her 20 resume past friendly rela-
lions and cease accepting the attentions
OF another young man.