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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-03
ARE WORKING ON
SLENDER CLENV.
With No Positive Evidence
Against Man, Officers Reason
That He Must Have Guilty
knowledge Of
the Muir
der.

NEW YORK. August 2.-With Annie
Messner In the Tombs, held without
bail. and with Gaetano Rippolone and
Giuseppe Bonfantc under bonds as
witnesses, the police search for the
criminal who 1naltreated and murdered
eight-year-old Katie Lieshler was d.
.rected Tonight toward the finding OF
a man generally known as Jake"
The last name OF, tho man was not
revealed.
/ they know that Jake" was SO well
acquainted with the girl as to have
her confidence They know he was
First Avenue He was known to the.
Messner2 woman and to the shoemaker.
Rippolone who are held in connection
with the crime. They have learned
that he has not been seen In the
neighborhood OF the crime since Thurs
day, when the child was lured or
carried into the dark cellar. I
His description corresponds with
that OF a man who, with a woman,
was seen coaxing a child to continue
with him at the One Hundred and
Twenty-flfth Street station of the sub
way. They appear to be certain hat
they Will place the man IN custody
in q few hours. sg ,is . sgS
The man Jake" they said toni ght..
is OF foreign birth and is about thirty
years old. He iis of dark complexion
and has a small black mustache. He
has been known around the neighbor-
hood as long as the Messner woman.
No Positive Evidence,
There is no positive evidence againat
1.-The man, the police admit. nor. as a
matter OF fact, is there any thing
against the Messner woman. The po-
lice theory that the murderer was
known to the child und must have
IIknown: the place to which he sor some
Other person took her. is responsible
flor all action 30 far: 4, 49,. -
4 No. stranger, hey say, could 1rt1are
|slured the eigh ht-2ears suid girl INTO. e
4 dark hallway. ana it would have beer
.|iimpossihle for a seizure to have taken
4 place gson the sidewalk. First Avenue
i is very crowded thoroughfar/ around
4 Thirteenth Street at all ho,Ss: +
4 view of all this the! police declared
4 tonight that they had no idea that
4 the perpetrators Of any Of the @othe,
crimes against chillren in the city had
. anything to- do with this. The mar
/ guilty came from the eighborhood
and may be within stones throw1%o1
a the scene to- day. they have decided
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-03
UNNRITTEN LAW !.
INVOKED AGAIN
Georgia Husband Kills Life,
Long Friend OH Complaint
Of Wife,

& SAVANNAH, GA August "A spe-
cial to the Savannah News from Bax-
ley, Ca. says:
Last night, seven miles south OF
here, N. A. Burnside. was 9Finstantly
killed by Clarence Gilmore, his life
long friend. schoolmate and boardel
for many months, Both moved here
from Columbia. S, c., few months
ago, and had been engaged In the
steam sawmill business, Gilmore came
in last night and surrendered to
the sheriff. He stated that after re-
3tiring last night his wife Informed
him that during the day Burnside had
made Improper proposals to her, Gill
more got out OF bed and upon enter,
ing the room OF Burnside, killed him
using q shotgun.
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WILL NOT ENJOIN
THREE CENT FARE
Federal Judge Refuses to Inter
vene in Memphis
Car Case.

MEMPHIS, TENN. August s,-Federal
Judge Mccoll to-day denied a petition OF
the Central Trust Company OF New York
City holder of the Memphis street railway
bonds. asking an Injunction to restrain the
city OF Memphis from inaugurating three
cent street car fares The case had been
appealed to the state Supreme Court from
the State Circuit Court. the issue being
the constitutlonal!ty Of tho city ordinance.
The suit for a Federal Injunction was en-
tered pending a decision from the State su-
preme Court.
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.PERE MARQUETTE
WILL NOT RESIST
Michigan Railway Will Obey
Two-Cent Fare Statute
lust Passed.

DETROIT, MICH. August 2.---F. w,
Stevens, general solicitor for the Pere
Marquette Railroad, has sent a letter
to G. l.. Glasgow, State Commissioner
of Railroads. announcing In behalf Of
Receiver Harmon and the roads stock
holders that the Pere Marquette will
not contest the recently enacted two-
cent fare law. The law goes into ef-
feet September 2sth.
Mr. Stevens says In his letter that
the desire to abide by the public SEN
.timent In Michigan In favor of "a two
cent rate outweighs the "well-grounded
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.BREECH LOCK OF
BIG GUN BURSTS
si, .--------- - ------ ------------
Three French Sailors are
Blown to Atoms; Five
Others are Injured.
EXPLOSION WAS
TERRIFIC ONE
Causc5of Disaster a Mystery, and
Searching Inquiry to Be
Made by Naval Authori-sN
ties-Outbreak in
Morocco Grows
Serious.

TOULON, August 2.--The breech-
lock Of hundred -mtllimetre gun was
blown off to-day on board the gunnery
schoolshlp Couronne during target
practice In salins Roadstead, and three
persons were killed and five wounded
The force OF the explosion was ter rrihc,
and the bodies Of the dead, men were
so badly mutilated as to be almost un--
Three OF those wounded
are In serious condition. 55 +
AS soon as he learned OF the acct
dent, Admiral Marquis sent the ar
mored cruiser Latouche Treville to the
assistance Of the couronne. The dead
and wounded were then taken abo ard
the cruiser, which conveyed them to
the naval hospital at ST Mandrier.
where. everything had been prepared
for their reception.
The accident caused a sensation In
the town, where most Of the members
OF the crew OF the Couronne belong.
and flags are at half mast as sign OF
mourning.
Cause OF Explosion Mystery.
The cause OF the explosion is a
mystery. 1t was believed at first that
the accident was due to the breech
closing mechanism not Workins, put
q, subsequent examination failed to
establish this as the cause.
"A question was also raised concern
Ing the quality of the powder used In
the gun. but nothing tangible was as
Ifcertained The commander Of the
Couronne has sealed all the guns or
board the vessel, with. the view OF
having q board of inquiry investigate
| the explosion. ~
A similar accident occurred on board
the ICouronne In 1905. when three me:
were killed and a-number ed.
Troops for Casa Blanca.
StrTANGIER, August q Upon the re
iauest of$the governing board. the stat'
isBank has advanced $4,000 douro
1 tabont 500, ,o9o) i o. WAR MI rliste
Gabbas to permit him to send troop
sto3 Casa Blanca. I, Il. y. II I,
Almost ali the French residents o
Casa Blanca have taken b refuge OF
hoard an English cargo boat In tn,
1, llarbor. This vessel Is still at Case
| Blanca.
The government commanders. having
! received no orders TO suspend opera
4 tions against the bandit Raisulf. who Il
Iholding captive Sir Harry Maclean,@be
4 gan to burn native villages. They 1lav.
4 sent the heads OF several insurgent
] into Tetuan.
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Fitzgerald enterprise., 1907-01-22
A NEW ENTERPRISE.

Mr.. W. P. Meyer, late of
Canton, where he was with the
Cherokee Marble Works, has
started a new industry in Fitz-
gerald; at jeast he has made the
necessary preparation to start
to cutting stone here in the
spring. He is taking orders
now, and his first shipment of
the rough material will be under
specifications, necessary for the
size and shapes to fill the orders.
The Fitzgerald Marble Co., of
which Mr.. Meyer is the pro-
prietor will not only build mon
um ents and vaults, but slabs,
sills, lintels, vases or urns, cop
ing and posts, corner-stones; and
other building stones.
Of course the force of hands,
depends entirely upon the pat
ronage the company receives.
At any rate it means a pay roll
for Fitzgerald, and that is what
we are here to encourage.
The Cherokee Marble Co., is
the owner of a fine marble bed
in North Georgia. in Cherokee
county, and Mr.. Meyers con-
nection with the Cherokee Co.,
enables him to get the marble at
rock bottom prices direct from
the quarry.
Trade with your home people;
we com mend you to the Fitz-
gerald Marble Co.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1907-01-22

These thirty-seven lines re-
present a total mileage Of 2,775,
and a capital stock Of $9,71O,OOO.
The longest line is $50 miles and
the shortest two. The largest
capital stock is $1,000,0OO and
the smallest $4,000.
Below is given a complete list
of all lines chartered, principal
Office, capital stock and number
of miles:
| Atlanta, Buford and Gaines
Vile Electric Railway Company;
i principal Office Buford; capital
stock 100000; length 5s miles.
! Lumber City and Oconee
/ River Railway Company, princi.
pal Office Lumber City; capital
stock $50, 900; length II miles.
The Sparks Railway and Con-
struction Company; principal
Office Sparks; capital stock $780,
zoo; length rs miles.
Statesboro and Midwife Rail-
way Company; principal Office
Savannah; capital stock $4,000;
length 90 miles.
Waycross, Satilla and St.
Mary's Railway Company; prin-
cipay Office Waycross; capital
stock $1OO, 900; length $50 miles.
The st. Mary's Waycross and
Nashville Railroad Company;
principal Office Waycross; capi-
tai stock $1,000, 900; length $50
miles.
Bostwick Railroad Company;
principal Office Bostwick; capital
stock $4,000, length 6 miles.
Thomasville and Gulf Rail-
| road Company; principal Office
Townsville; capital stock $751;
900; length 120 miles.
The Valdosta and Nashville
Railroad Company; principal
office Valdosta; capital stock $50
O,0O0; length 80 miles.
Hartwell and Washington
Railway Company; principal Off
ce HartweI; capital stock $780,
Loco; length Sc miles.
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1907-01-22
A "WET" SPOT
IN OC|LLA,

That is a good, funny piece OF
news that comes to us from the
plucky little city of Ocilla, Geor-
gia. EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS
WORTH CD OF LIQUOR ACTUAL
LY POURED OUT BY THE TOWN
MARSHAL! That is no fairy tale!
That is no ''Prohibi,ion" dream.
It is a piece of history-and mod
ern history at that.
A few months ago, through the
leadership of determined men.
the Legislature abolished the
dispensary, leaving whiskey in
the house valued at $8OO.00. And
then the question arose before
the mayor and council: What
shall we do with our liquor?"
DRINK IT? No! For the coun'
Gil and nearly all the leading citi'
zens in Ocilla are Christian men
and Christians don't believe in
drinking liquor.
SELL IT? Not much. For
Ocilla's conscience had been
awakened; the manhood OF
the community b a d b e n
stirred, and she had found that
she could educate her children
and pay the interest on the town
bonds too, out of the heart and
the purse of the men who are fit
to be fathers and citizens.
GIVE IT AWAY? Not a bit.
For other communities, other
individuals, would suffer as Ocil-
las sons had done.
KEEP IT JUST TO LOOK AT?
NEVER! For John Barleycorn
as "a prisoner of war" is a dan
gerous captive to have around.
To begin with his smell is NAL
oDoRoUs-at least to everybody
whose "smeller" has not been
prostituted by the debauchery
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1907-01-22

there be many who unwittingly
become victims of the witchery
of his wiles. Ia the hellish be-
wilderment of his satanic laugh
the crystal ripple of human glad
ness and the signing sounds of
human sorrow are drowned
and lost forever-while the
WRETCH, prating OF L1BER-
TY and defying the sacredness
of LAW, carries, obscured be-
meath the red rose on his bosom,
the dark lantern of the assassin
and the bomb of the NIHILIsT,
ready 10 strike down the host
that entertains him and spatter
every hearthstone in the commu-
nifty with blood!
Ocilla knew all this. She knew
that MR.. DISPENSARY had
deceived her, claiming where he
displaced her barrooms that he
would regulate, and lessen the
the drink habit and fill the town
treasury with imperative and
untarnished gold. And MIR.
DISPENSARY had been proven
A LIAR! The gold was not I'M
perative ina community where
freemen lived and worked ald
reigned. And that same gold
was not untarnished, for parents
had seen their sons, sisters had
seen their brothers, maldens had
seen their sweethearts, wives
had seen their husbands and
children had seen their fathers
staggering under the influence
of dispensary liquor towards
darkness, death and hell!
And Ocilla was determined
not to forgive the deceitful
wretch. And so under orders
from the city fathers, the mar
shall hauled the liquor down to
the branch Just outside of town
and poured it in.
What a spectacle! Over il
angels rejoiced and demons hung
their heads and wept-if demons
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1907-01-22

they ought to have had more re-
spect for the helpless minnows
in the branch, aud the pigs and
calves and cows down the stream!
But serisusly, the home-1oving
prohibitionists of the land will
forgive Ocilla for this wet" spot
under the shadow of her wing,
because the children of the town,
educated on money unstained by
human blood, have received rom
their fathers the tonic of a Wnor'
al lesson which will be heard and
| felt among their children hid
Fitzgerald enterprise., 1907-01-22
Geg'gias Big Showing
In Railway Development
Annual Report Of Secretary
Cook Speaks Well for
State.

Atlanta, Jan. 19.-A remark.
able story of railroad develop
ment in the future in Georgia
will be shown in the annual re-
port of Secretary of State, Phil
Cook, shortly to be issued by the
State printer.
From time to time as charters
were granted new railroad ven.
lures in the State the fact was
noted in the. papers during the
past year. But the total figures
for the year stagger even those
cognizant of the facts in the way
mentioned. While it is a gener-
ally accepted fact that many
charters represent paper rail-
roads, it is believed that very
small percentage of those for
1906 are to be so classed.
Not a few of these lines char
tered are short links going into
big systems. while still others
represent the beginnings of yet
other big lines. The facts and
figures contained in this article
have been compiled from the
} records in the Office of the Sec
retary of State, and are authentic
in every way.
During 1906 no less than
thirty-seven separateand distinct
lines were chartered. Of this
number thirty-five represented
steam roads, while two were
long interburban electric lines.
Work has already commenced
on one of the electric lines, and
work is to begin on the other
shortly, so it is said. Work has
also commenced on consider.
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Fitzgerald enterprise., 1907-01-22
Western Connection
With Cincil
A. B. & A. Now RepofteI
be Behind New Line

The fling of a chartef
the Observation-Disclosures
Line Railway to build from
junction of the Chesapeake
Ohio and Ohio and Norfolk
Western, at Paintvil1e,
lucky to Birmingham, is SAD
be the explanation of cef
mysterious operations of
Atlanta. Birmingham and At
tic railroad.
ut is believed that the Alta
Birmingham and Atlantic II
either own and operate the pi
posed road or will have the n1f
intimate traffic relationship III
it."
The above telegram was 81
out yesterday from NashviI
Tenn, and it attracted some
tention in local railroad circl
That the A. B. & A., is behl|
the new road and that capital
behind that line will constr
it, there is no doubt.
By building this conneetil
link from the junction Of &
chesapeake and Ohio and :
Norfolk and Western to Bix'
ingham, where it will COM
with the present line, the 4
& A, is given another uz
westward and a number Of 8
uable western connections.
The eyes of the entire ral
world are now upon the
system which is doing g
proper style. Thatit
tually be one of the
systems in the sod
plete river come
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31

others only long enough to receive
orders from Mr.. De Tavenier, who
kept me at his side far into the night.
1t had been arranged that the One
Hundred should leave the city during
the first night of the celebration, in
bodies of from five to ten, and thus
avoid comment.
1t was now the goth, and these COM
mittees were to meet In a body at the
mouth of Dead Mans Cave, at mid
night on the 21st, and enter the cav
erns under the guidance of Gideon
and Valdermere.
At last the night had come, and with
it Valdermere himself, who seemed
restless and worried to degree had
never observed in him before.
He had Immediately closeted him
self with De Tavenier, and for three
hours 1 saw neither host nor guest,
during which time I searched the YER
andas, the cypress shades and the gar
den for Marie, but found her not
What could it mean? l felt sick at
heart. Was she avoiding me? Had
she thought better of the impulse that
had prompted her on that night? l
was growing frantic, for it was only
four hours until l should leave-per-
haps forever, from all that was dear to
me on earth.
l walked among the flowers, where
we had so often walked together. l
plucked white tender bud, the coun-
terpart of one she had given me, and
which m ost
treasures in my portmanteau. I kiss
ed the flower, then l hurried away.
hoping to come by chance upon her
among the trees-but, alas, where
was Marie?
I returned to the house. I whistled
Creole song that she had taught me
I thought of the impassioned words
I peered into the parlor-into the
dining hall-along the hallway.
Old Gabe watched me from the cor.
ner of his eye, and he looked at that
moment like some Internal black
devil. I would have given thousand
pounds to have raped him on the
head with my heavy cane.
At last Mr.. De Tavenier and Valdez
mere Joined me, and a moment later
Marie. She came from some upper
chamber. Her face was pale, her lips
trembled, her eyes seemed sad. She
greeted Valdermere with much
warmth, and as they stood close to-
gether l fancied that they looked
alike. l imagined a resemblance be-
tween them. Their eyes, their feat
ures, and even their forms.
The thought disturbed me-and
why? Why did I see, or fancy I saw
a resemblance, for it was a fancy.
She turned and greeted me with a
smile. ! thought it sad one.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31

window-it moved away from me. it
would soon be gone, or ! would 20. to
leave 1t forever more.
The day had arrived for the deuart-
ure of the One Hundred and One-I
was the One-to depart for the cav
erns, to enter those dungeons again, to
move among the shadows, to asso-
ciate again with men whose souls
were dedicated to the destruction of
an empire, whose object was-to kill
to walk side by side with that horrible
Death Committee-to touch, to ham
die those awful explosives at the risk
of blowing the very mountain which
concealed them into dust-to act a
part I loathed as I loathed the devil
himself. and yet, l was glad I had
joined in this formidable conspiracy,
for 1t had led me to know Marie. and
I could only have known her by know
ing THE Invisible Hand" I loved the
evil because 1t was inseparably as
ISOLATED with the good.
Three days had passed since l had
felt the tremor of her hand in mine
since l had read the secret of her
heart and revealed my own.
She had kept apart from me, only
smiling when by chance we came
near together. but never alone had |
seen her since that night OF all nights
to me, when she had left her hand in
mine moment longer than ever be-
fore; for that moment my soul dwelt
in Paradise.
The house was astir with new arriv-
ais, some remaining through the day
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31
FIFTY YEARS ON A ROCK.

Irish laborers who had swamped a
boat while pursuing frightened flock
of sheep which had taken to the wa
ter.
Two weeks later she rescued man
from the masthead of a sunken boat
near Goat island, Newport harbor.
On March 20. 1869, she rescued two
soldiers and a boy from an upturned
boat in biting cold. All were helpless
when she reached them. For this res
cue congress awarded her gold
medal and she received the thanks of
the state of Rhode Island.
This act made her name famous
and she was showered with attentions
from societies and individuals in all
parts of the country.
These are but the chief of her res
cues.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31
w. A. SMITH WILL BE NEW eENA-
TOR FROM MICHIGAN.
Interesting Story of His Rise from
Newsboy to Position of Wealth
and Prominence-His Rec
ord in Congress.

Lansing, Mich.-In succession to
Russell A. Alger. a native son of the
Wolverine state is to represent Mich
igan in the United States senate.
After one of the most exciting politi-
cal campaigns ever fought in the two
peninsula commonwealth, William AL
den Smith of Grand Rapids. congress-
man, editor. banker. railway man.
merchant, millionaire and man of af-
fairs.
Mr.. Smith is As years old and a ma
tive of Dowagiac, Mich. He was edu-
Gated in the public schools and went
with his family to Grand Rapids when
he was IL years old.
In Grand Rapids he began his ca
reer of self-reliance by selling pop
corn and newspapers and running err
rands, for the family was poor. He
turned all his earnings over to his
parents for the family support.
The stepping stone of his political
career was his appointment as a
page in the house of representatives
of the state.
Finding that another boy had Sc
cured a position as messenger boy.
for which he had applied to his home
representative, he trudged tho 25
miles from Grand Rapids to Ionia to
solicit in person from Lieutenant Gov
ernor Sessions a position as messen-
ger to the senate. His ambitions in
this direction were dashed, for he was
told that there were no vacancies, but
he was undaunted. He made his way
to Lansing on the opening day of the
session, and his persistence brought
him the appointment as page from
Speaker John T. Rich.
His first winter in the legislature
as page gave him a wide acquaint-
ance with men in the state. It
strengthened a determination he had
formed to become a lawyer, and he
took up the reading of law in the Of
fee of Burch G. Montgomery, and at
the age of "a was admitted to the bar
He soon became associated with Fred
w Stevens, and later the firm be-
came Smiley. Smith & Stevens.
He became general counsel for the
Chicago & West Michigan and for the
Detroit Grand Rapids & Western rail-
roads, and under Gov. Luce was ap-
pointed state game warden for his
work in the campaign.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-01-31

1906 the Democrats placed no candi-
date in the field against him.
In the years he has served in con-
gress he has developed into one of
the strong men of the house. He
voted for the employers liability bill.
voted for the absolute control of the
corporations by congress, and first
and foremost has at all times advo-
Gated the amendment of the constitu-
tion of the United States to provide
for the election of United States sen
ators by the people.
Besides being a lawyer and a politi.
clan, the new senator is a good busi-
ness man and moneymaker. He is
interested in enterprises in his home
city and elsewhere and is vice presi-
dent of the Peoples Savings bank OF
Grand Rapids. He also owns the
Grand Rapids Herald, the paper
which he peddled when boy On
the intellectual side it may be men.
toned that Dartmouth college gave
him the degree of master of arts in
June, 1901.