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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
THREE: NEW BISHOPS
Elected by Methodist Con-
ference in Birmingham.
TIGERT, WARD, ATKINS
Twelve Ballots Were Taken ard Great
Enthusiasm Was Manifested.
Money is Awarded for the
Extension Of Schools.

After a day CT exciting balloting ut
the Methodist Episcopal general con-
ference, at Birmingham, Thursday,
which continued up to 1890 O'Clock
p. m, the following three new bish-
ops were elected: DR.. Seth Ward, as
sistant missionary secretary CT the
church; DR.. John J. Tigert, book edi-
tor; Dr. James Atkins, Sunday school
editor. Tigert was elected on the
first ballot, Ward on the third and
Atkins on the twelfth.
J. j. Tigert was born in Louisville
November 25, 1856. He was gradua-
ted from Vanderbilt University and
from the Southern Bs->ist Theologi-
cal Seminary at Louisville. He was
licensed to preach in 1875. He receiv-
ed his degree of LII. D. from the Uni
versity of Missouri
James Atkins was born in Knox
vile, Tenn, April 1S, 1850. He re-
ceived his education in Tennessee
schools and was licensed to preach
in 1870. He has been president Of
two Methodist schools, is the origina-
tor of the Bible Teachers Study Cir
Gle, and is author of several books.
DR.. Seth Ward was born in Leon
county, Texas, November 1, 1858. His
boyhood days were spent on Texas
farm. He received the degree of D.
d. from Southwestern University.
Three sessions Of the conference
were held during the day. The princi-
pal business transacted besides the
election Of the bishops was the adop-
tion of that part Of the report Of the
committee on education providing for
an assessment OF $4,000 for school
extension.
The committee on episcopacy re-
ported memorials on the death Of
Bishops J. C. Keener and R. X. Har-
grove.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
FAIRBANKS en- CHURCH UNION.
Vice President Gives Views of Sub
\ ject Before Methodist Conference.

Vice President Gives Views Of Sub
\ ject Before Methodist Conference.
In his address before the Method
list general conference at Birmingham,
Vice President Fairbanks, in refer
ring to the prospective union of the
two churches, said:
Il do not know how long the fol-
lowers of John Wesley will dwell
apart in the United States. I have
faith to believe that the barriers which
still divide us are growing less for
midable with the lapse Of time, and
that they will ultimately yield, and
union will be established between the
Methodist Episcopal church and the
Methodist Episcopal church, south,
thereby creating cne CT the greatest
instruments for good in the entire
Christian world.
1--WE each and all desire to see the
symmetrical development Of our com
mon country. We wish to see an in
tellectual, industrious, patriotic and
religious people, firmly welded togeth-
er. We desire particularly to see the
lines of division between sections
completely obliterated and forgotten.
II trust that Methodism may not
long be divided upon lines of former
sectional differences - differences
which, thank God, are past and gone
forever and forever.
MAY we not hope to see the great
bishops whom you honor and whom
we honor in the north presiding over
conferences in every portion Of the
republic. May We not hope to see a
united church, freely transferring it's
ministers between the north and the
south, as well as between the west
and the east?
Such interchange between the va
rious portions of our country will
serve nightly to advance a whole
some national purpose. We all earn
estly hope to see the myriad infu
eaces making for good among us,
threading from north to south and
from east to west, weaving the peo-
pie cf all sections into homogeneous
whole
CONSOLIDATED Methodism would
tend in a considerable degree 70 pro-
mote the intellectual and moral in
tercsts of the entire country. Ma
tional solidarity will be advanced in
some measure, in fact, as well as in
name, when Methodism comes into
complete organic fellowship"
The vice president spent a day in
birmingham and delivered five speech
es. The first was short talk to the
general conference IN the morning.
At the Country Club he spoke, to rep
resentatives of the commercial bod
les Of the city.
At O'Clock he made a public
speech at Capitol Park. At 8 o'clock
he gave the formal address to the
conference, and following this there
was a banquet by the Scottish Rite
Masons at the temple, where the vice
president spoke briefly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
S0LONS FELT INSULTED.
Anti-Graft Bill Defeated in Ecuce Be-
cause Congressman Were srcia1-
cd in Its Provisions.

By q vote of III to 60, the house
Saturday refused TO pass Tic a.l,i-
graft bill, so-cal!ed, dealing with cot
ton leaks and ether matters CT i ccn-
fi1ential character which, should >:ey
become publicly known, might have u
tendency 10 AFFECT markets because
the conferees had recommended IlaI
members OF congress DC included with
in the scope OF tie Dill.
che Opposition vas led By Dir. Nc
Gail OF Massachusetts,, assisted by
IIr. CrumpacAer CT Indiana, :ir. Grcs-
venor vi Ohio and Mr.. Gardner oi
Massachusetts, while the friends oi
the measure were represented by NJ.
Surlescn and III. jenkins.
Nj. Mccall OF Massachusetts, lead.
ing the opposition against making
members OF congress ameaable to the
penalties OF the measure, said the
clause Of the bill sought to be iEccr-
pOratsd was al advertisement to the
world that the members Were crook
ed. He said members of congress
were neither collectors nor the guar
dians OF secret governmental statis-
tics. They are representatives and
can have no secrets from their con-
stituents.
If you are to enter upon this
field" Mr. Mccall said, why not
make a complete code. Why not pro-
vide that members shall be taken
into the police court and fined when
they fail TO vote, imprisoned when
they do not attend the sessions of the
house, and that the speaker, when he
plays the czar, shall be fogged a.
the carts tail in the public square.
"If you want to encourage filing
the chamber of two houses with pa
triots of the 'gumshoe' breed, whose
footballs you never hear, men who
want always to stand behind some
body, somebody who perhaps at the
moment is playing all the roles OF
government, then pass such a bill
as this. Laws like these will make
congress still less attractive to hon
est men,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
PHYSICIANS FULLY ExoNERATED
County Grand Jury Knocked Out BY
County Commissioners.

At Atlanta, Friday, the county ply
sicians, DR.. E D. Richardson and DR..
J. w. Hurt against whose profession
al work. among the, inhabitants Of the
Fulton county jail and the Fulton
county convict camps the Fulton coun-
ty grand jury recently made COM
plant, were fully exonerated by the
Fulton county commissioners after q
most searching investigation
A few weeks ago the grand jury
in returning it's general presentments
for the term declared that Drs. Hurt
and Richardson had been neglectful
Of the prisoners within the custody os
the county.
Both physicians quickly sought tho
board of county commissioners by
which they are employed and demand
ed an investigation of the charges
made. The board heard the request
and passed resolution providing for
the Investigation the physicians ask
ed, at the same time directing the
county attorney to conduct the pros
ecution.
The evidence produced during the
trial indicated that the physicians
might have been somewhat tardy at
times when calls were made upon
them. Yet it was shown conclusive
" that both Doctors Hurt and Rich
ardson had worked most Industrious
ly In behalf Of the prisoners, the ta-
bles of mortality indicating very
small per cent
After giving the day to the hearing
of the evidence the board declared
that the charges were without founda-
ton, the views of the board being ex-
pressed in the following resolution:
Whereas, the grand jury OF Full
ton county for the March term, 1906,
In it's preseatments reported that the
county physicians, DR.. John ". Hurt
and DR.. E. D. Richardson, had been
guilty of gross neglect in their treat
ment of the convicts and recommend
ed that the board OF. commissioners
of roads and revenues discharge them
from their positions;
'"And whereas an exhaustive inves-
tigation of the charges and evidence
taken in support cf said charges and
IN refutation thereof has been heard
by said board of commissioners;
"Resclved, by the board of COM
missioners of roads and revenues Of
said county, that Doctors John ".
Hurt and z. D. Richardson be and
they are fully exonerated from said
charges and the same are dismissed. ;
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
GAR SHOWS HAND
Russ Autl crat Tosses Bomb
! she'll into Parliament.
DEPUTIES TURNED DOWN
Refused to See Committee Appointed
to Present Address in Answer to
Throne Speeeh-Act Corsid-
cred en- Affront.

A bomb was thrown into the par
ianentary camp at st. Petersburg
Sunday afternoon by note received
by President Mouromtzeff Of the
lower house, from PeterhoT, which
instead OF making an appointment
for an audience at which he and the
deputaticn could present the address
in reply to the speech from the
throne, contained the information that
the czar would not receive the depu-
taticn, and that the address must be
presented through the ministry Of the
court. Disconnected utterly at this
unexpected development, the leaders
of the majority in the house hastily
summoned a caucus OF the conStltu-
tionai democratic deputies. President
:Mourcmt1eff instead OF sending the
address to Baron Fredericks, minis
ter Of the imperial house, immediate
ly issued a call for a meeting Of
parliament at II o'clock Monday and
ask for further instructions.
The first disposition Of the caucus
of constitutional democrats, which
was in session all the afternoon and
evening, and at midnight had not
been concluded, was to regard the re-
fusal to receive the deputation as
challenge and an open afiront, which
was only answerable by a counter
declaration CT war. The deputies
were received with rage, but after
the passion had cooled the leaders
realized the danger of too precipitate
action and set for themselves the task
of bringing their enraGed followers
under control.
An interesting constitutional point
is involved in the refusal Of per-
sonal audience by the emperor. Ac-
cordiag to the parliamentary law ''the
president submits to the considera-
ton Of the emperor the transactions
of the lower house." but it is not
stated whether he does so personally,
and a deputation is nowhere author
lied. The Associated Press is inform
ed by member of the ministry that
Emperor Nicholas was willing to re-
ceive President MouromtZeff, but that
the act uf the house in appointing a
delegation to accompany him was re-
!. garded as a dangerous precedent,
capable of being stretched to include
a deputation of any size-even to the
whole of the membership of the house.
This minister intimated that if the
leaders Of the house decide to avoid
a rupture they could Go so either by
accepting the instructions to present
the address through the ministry of
the court as a proper and justifable
matter of routine CT could, by keep
ing within the limits of the consti-
tutional provision, direct the president
of the house to apply at once for an
audience. 1t was pointed out that no
distinction had been made between
the lower house and the council OF
the empire, and that the last named
body had also been instructed to pre-
sent It's address through the same
channel.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
THE RATE BILL ROW.

Summary Of Charges and counte:
Charges in Controversy.
A Washington special says: The
Tillman charge that President Roose
velt betrayed the democrats In the
rate bill matter is the talk of Wash
ington.
The president appears to lack -;lb
lie approval. Not since he has been
in the white house has he been so
bitterly attacked with so few defend
ers. To the impartial observer there
is some right and some wrong on
both sides. Here are the issues cen.
c1sely:
Tillman and Bailey, corrohorated by
Chandler, charge:
First - That President Roosevelt
surrendered to the railway senators
in accepting the Hepburn bill with
the Allison amendment as to court
review
Second-That the surrender was
unnecessary and was made at the
moment when victory was assured
Third-That President Roosevelt
went over to the enemy without no
tice to his democratic allies who had
made victory possible.
Fourth-That the treachery was
less excusable since he had himself
sought the alliance.
To these charges, the president has
replied:
First-That he has not surrendered
in acce- ing the Allison amendment,
but has, in fact, gained a great and
substantial victory.
Second-That be did not break OF
negotiations with the democratic al
lies until it had been demonstrated
that victory was not possible on the
basis of their proposals.
Third-No reply.
Fourth - That the alliance was
sought by the democrats and that
the Tillman-Bailey-Ch Chandler Moody
conferences were no more significant,
and no mere binding than numerous
other conferences which were con-
tinuously being held.
To which the following rejoinder Is
made by the presidents critics:
If, as claimed, the Hepburn bill!
was always satisfactory Why did the
president raise the issue of restrict
ed court review? Why did he call
the conference at the white house,
at which the Long amendment" was
drafted? Why did he for no less than
ten days tell all callers that the
thing to do now was to kill the
broad court review amendment"
Why did he not discover sooner
that the naked Hepburn bill with the
Allison amendment gives broad re-
view, and practically all the anti-law-
yers for once agree with them?
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
CHANDLER is FAcETIoUs.
White House messenger Boy" Glad
In-,rialist Days Are Over.

ln-,riaiist Days Are Over.
A Washington dispatch says: The
most interesting feature Of Mr.. Chan
dler's letter to Mr.. Tillman is con-
tanned in the closing paragraph, IN
which he says:
"Cn the whole, perhaps I ought to
consider myself fortunate. If the old
imrerialist days had been revived at
the white house, one whom I consid-
cred the best Of friends, Senator
Lodge, upon demand would have cut
off my head and taken it to President
Roosevelt on a charger, and should
have spoken no more. Now, at least
I have left me the power Of speech.
Eut | shall never use it again as
mission from President Roosevelt I'd
the democratic party"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
PRISONERS GAIN LIBERTY.
Sawed Through the Steel Bars OF jail
at Fort Oqlethorpe.

A Chattanooga dispatch says: By
saving through the steel bars that
covered the windows eleven general
prisoners escaped from the guard
house at Fort Oglethorpe Sunday
night. They each had prison terms
of from two to five years ahead Of
them. They had been brought from
southern pests preparatory to being
sent to Fort Leavenworth for perma-
rent confinement.
4 sentry walked his post. in front
of the guard house and ether sem
tries, some CT them mounted, patroll-
ed other adjacent parts Of the army
post while the prisoners were saw
ing through the steel bars.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
CAR NICHOLAS is BLUFFED.
Russian Autocrat Anxious NOT Z
Break With Parliament.

\ St. Petersburg dispatch says: IN
tie of the fear that the addresses
in reply to the speech from the throne
IN The lower house Of parliament
would precipitate an immediate con-
Aict between the crown and pariia-
n,eat. Emperor Nicholas Is determlnea
n avoid 8 breach If possible.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
ADDRESS BY FAIRBANKS.
Made to Methodists In Conference at
Birmingham.

The feature Of Thursdays session
of the general conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal church, south,
was the address by Vice President G.
w. Fairbanks, fraternal delegate from
the northern Methodist Episcopal
church. The immense auditorium was
hacked and hundreds were turned
away. Rev. DR.. w. IS. Matthew Of
Berkeley, CAL, clerical delegate from
the northern church, also spoke.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
WANT MONSTER BATTLESHiP.
House Has important Question Up for
Settlement.

Shall the United States have bat
tleship, the peer, ii not the superior
of any battleship, in the world. car
rying as heavy armor and as - We"
full armament as any known so5sc.
of its class? was the question which
presented itself to the house Wed1es-
dav during the consideration Of the
naval appropriations bill.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
MEETING Is POSTPONED
Populist Committee Of Georgia Will
Hold Conference Later.

J. J. Holloway, chairman of the
populist state committee, has issuei
statement to the press, announcing;
the post.,nement of the meeting of
the committee, which was called to
meet in Atlanta, May 21. He states
that it will probably be held about
the middle of July. The present un-
settled condition of affairs politically
Is given as one of the re/;ons for
the postponement Of the committees
session.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
PREACHERS FALL IN HEAP.
Lined Up for Group Photograph When
Platform Collapsed.

At DesMoines, Iowa, Friday after
noon, five commissioners to the Pres
byterian general assembly were bruis-
ed and injured by the collapse OF
temporary stand, which had been
erected fer the purpose Of getting a
group photographs. Only one was Sc
riously injured.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
TO ASSIST THE SOUTH
In Securing Labor, immigration Com
mission Will Be Organized.

On Monday and Tuesday, June 4
AMI 5, meeting will be held in New
York to organize and put in immedi-
ate operation The Southern States
immigration Commission" the pur-
pose Of which is to serve as a dis
tributing bureau, or clearing house,
for immigration and labor to the
south, acting under the state author
tiles in the south.
Governors of the southern states
nave been requested to send one dei-
egate eacn.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
DYNAMITE WRECKS TOWN.
Report Says Much Damage Was Done,
But No Lives Were Lost.

A report was sent out from North
Bay, Ont, Friday, that Cabalt, one
of the mining centers in New Onta-
rio, was completely destroyed by fire.
1t is also reported that several per.
sons were killed by an explosion.
A later dispatch says large guam
tity Of dynamite in the northeastern
section of the town ignited by bush
fire, exploded, wrecking twenty-five
houses. Several persons were Injured,
but so far as can be learned no one
was killed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
PEN FOR MOTHER AND SON.
Convicted at New Haven for Murder
Of Husband and Stepfather.

At New Haven. Conn. wednesday,
Mrs, Ida J. Jennings and her son,
Herbert W. Taylor, were convicted OF
murder i nthe second degree for kill
ing Joseph E. Jennings, the husband
Of Mrs. Jennings, on the night OF
April !. Both were sentenced to life
Imprisonment.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
MRS. DAVIS SUFFERS RELAPSE.
Use CT Oxygen Necessary to ProIong
Her Life.

Mrs. Jefferson Davis, wife of the
president Of the Southern Confeder-
acy, who is i'll at the Hotel Girard,
in New York, suffered a relapse early
Thursday and her condition for sever
al hours was serious. During the
morning hours resort was had to the
use Of oxygen. About noon Mrs. Da.
Wis rallied to some extent.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
CRUISER GOES TO SAN DOMINGO.
Columbia at League Island Navy Yard
Gets Hurry Orders.

The cruiser Columbia, which ar
rived at the League Island navy yard,
at Philadelphia several days ago to
undergo repairs, is being hastily pre-
pared for sea and will leave for Sarto
Domingo Immediately with 800 ma
rines. Under hurry orders from the
navy department detachments Of ma
rines from Boston, Brooklyn, Washing
ton and Norfolk arrived Sunday.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24
DIVISION OF GEORGIA DIOCESE
Decided Upon by Episeopalian Con-
yention at Columbus,

vention at Columbus.
Division Of the diocese of Georgia
will be made, and the southeastern d.
vision, the section in which Savannah
is located, retains the title, ''the do
cese cf Georgia.
The Episcopalian convention at Co
lumbus so decided Thursday after
discussion lasting for many hours.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-10

Hon. E. A. Walters, the Repub-
lican nominee for district Judge of
the. Fourth Judicial District, is
probably the best known member
of the bar in this section of the
state. While still young man he
has, for several years past, been
considered one of the able lawyers
of southern Idaho, and his con-
nection with some Of the most i'm
portant civil cases has won for him
the admiration and respect Of his
colleagues.
Mr.. Walters graduated from the
Northern Indiana Law School, OF
Valparaiso, Ind after which he
practised his profession for two
years in his collge town in partner
ship with one of the most promi-
nent attorneys in Indiana. About
eight wears ago ne returned to Ida
ho and since that time has practis-
ed Shoshone.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-10
Lots of Snakes.

Shoshone seems to have corn
er on rattlesnakes this year, there
having been six killed inside the
city limits within the past, week OK
so. Thursday oflast week large
rattler was killed in the corral.
back of F. w. Gooding's residence.
this one had 3 rattles and but
ton. On Friday one was killed in
front of Horizons lumber yard that
possessed FIVE rattles; about the
same time one was killed back Of
the residence OF VIM. Johnson.
This one had been in that vicin7-
ity fer several days and when
found was fighting cat. Several.
days before two kittens had died
of poison and it is the supposition,
that they had been the victims of
the snake. On Sunday afternoon
Lynn LaMunyon killed one at tho
side of the Journal office, this one
had five rattlts. About two weeks
ago A. II. Williams killed one.
that Mrs. Williams discoveredl
coiled up on Oh the cellar door 1t.
was only young one having but.
two rattles. On TUESDAY evening.
last while Mrs. VIM. Mabbutt was.
driving near the edge of tawn one
of the horsee stepped on rattler-
and jumped to one side. AS 1t.
was almost dark it. was hard for
Mrs. Mabbutt to locate it. but when.
she did SO she succeeded in cutting.
its head off with whip This was.
probably the largest snake killed
here this year it having fifteen rat
ties and button.
The reason for SO. many snakes
being In the immediate vicinity OF.
Shoshone this year is inexplicable.
August is the month that they,
shed and they are therefore blind,
and when in this condition they.
are probably more dangerous than,
at any other time as they strike at.
almost every thing that comes.
within their range. Some fear
that there mey be a bed of snakes'
in the lava west of town, should
this be the case they cannot be ex--
terminated any too quick.