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The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-28
BAILEY ENDS STATEMENT.
Claims VIM. II. Hearst is at Bottom
of Conspiracy Against Him.

Austin, Tex, Feb. 23.-The house
committee on the legislative investi-
CATION of the charges against United
States Senator Jos. w. Bailey, voted
to close the investigation Friday af-
ternoon, but there was a deadlock
in the senate committee, the COM
mitteemen voting three and three,
with one member absent. Without
action on the motion the joint COM
mittee adjourned until the following
Monday morning.
Senator Bailey made his closing
statement during the afternoon, in
which he said that the investigation
was the result of a political conspir-
acy; that William Randolph Hearst
was at the bottom of the conspiracy
and had one of his representatives
in the room who had been hoping and
waiting for something to send back
to his paper that would reflect upon
the Junior senator, and in closing
Senator Bailey characterized the
charges brought by Representative
William A. Cooke as being calumny.
Senator Bailey cried as he told of the
alleged prosecutions by his political
enemies. He claimed that President
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-28
SENATOR BAILEY ENDORSED.
He Was Endorsed by the Texas Sen
ate by Vote of 10 to II.

ate by Vote of ID to II.
Austin, Tex, Feb. 25.-By a vote
of Is to II the Texas senate on Mon
day endorsed United States Senator
Joseph w. Bailey and discharged the
investigating committee which has
been in session several weeks looking
into charges against him.
The anti-Bailey following first Of
fered a resolution instructing the
committee not to bring in report
at this time, but to send sub-com-
mittee to ST. Louis to secure the teS-
timony of Fl. Clay Pierce, of the Wa
ters-Pierce Oil Company, and to em-
body such evidence in its final report.
Adherents of Senator Bailey very
promptly offered a substitute that
the investigating committee be dis
charged at once without making a re-
port, and that Senator Bailey be fully
endorsed. After a rather heated de-
bate the substitute resolution was
passed by a vote of Is to II. Mr.
Bailey's friends contended that every
member OF the legislature, as well
as the general public, was fully ac-
Quainted with all details of the evil
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-28
yARDAMAN'S CAMPAIGN.
Says He will Not Begin Active Cam
paign for Thirty or Sixty Days.

According to statement made by
Governor Vardaman on Monday, the
chief executive has outlined no cam
paign so far, and it seems uncertain
whether he will make any definite
arrangements or formal appointments
at any rate for some time. In reply
TO the request of a reporter Monday
for list of the appointments he has
made, the governor said:
Il have made no list of appoint
ments to speak. l am busily engaged
with official matters, and have not
the senatorial campaign The duties
in the governors Office will keep me
very busy for the next thirty or sixty
days, and after that it will require
two or three days of the week to dis
charge the duties of the Office.
''As / have so often said before,
am very desirous of going to the SEN
ate, but | am not going to neglect
single duty in the governors office
in an effort to be elected to the Unit
ed States senate. | shall make all
the speeches l can without neg1ecting
any Of the duties of the governor s
office. The paramount obligations are
the duties of this office, and | would
not neglect the least of these for the
United States senate or for any other
place. | want to say in conclusion
that | hope my friends will recognize
this fact and that they will keep the
good work going on until l can come
to their assistance"
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-28
Site Not Yet selected.

sccording to an announcement
ade several weeks ago by the sec
ary of the treasury at Washington
location of the Federal building
. be erected here was to have been
cided last Thursday, February p,
j 7 ever since that date the much
esived information has been eagerly
aited Nearly week has elapsed
ever, and still no one in Colum-
is any wiser regarding the loca-
ion than he was before the appro-
sriation was secured or the building
even thought of. Postmaster Wood
~ Monday night received from Con
man Gambler telegram which
ted that no decision in the matter
ret been reached, and as no mes
age has been received since that
it is hardly likely that any ac-
was taken yesterday.
ere is no question in which the
ms of Columbus are quite as
interested as in the location
le Federal building, and news
Washington is being eagerl,
ed.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-28

Mr.. c. F. Sherrod, Sr, owner of
the Stone Hotel, will soon begin work
on a commodious addition to that
structure. The addition will be erect
ed Immediately north of the present
structure on the lot formerly occu-
pied by the grocery store of Messrs
J. j.. Walker & Co. There will be
fourteen sleeping apartments and a
sample and a toilet room in the new
addition, and when it is completed
the hostelry will have accommoda-
tions for nearly twice as many guests
as at present. The Stone Hotel has
enjoyed a splendid business ever
since it opened last fall, and in order
to provide ample accommodations for
his partons Mr.. Sherrod has found it
necessary to enlarge the building
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-28

dence before the committee by rea-
son of its publicity in the daily press
of the country, and member of the
an intelligent manner.
The issue of discharging the COM
mittee will probably come up in the
house at once and hard fight is
expected.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-28

,ssrs- Robert Leigh, Heustace
2. Frank Armstrong and j. B.
r. four Lowndes county boys,
ire attending the A. and NJ. Col
at Starkville, spent last Sunday
ne with their respective parents.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-28

Capt F. M Leigh, who represents
Messrs. Inman, Akers & Inman at
Eupora, has been spending the past
few days with his family in the city.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-28

Colonel Murray Robertson. we'll
known planter of the Deerbrook
neighborhood, has been spending the
past few days in the city.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-28

Mrs. w. e. Hopper of Montgomery,
Ala, has been spending the past few
days with friends in the city.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-28

Hon. Isaac r. Hinton, prominent
attorney of Carrollton, Ala, has been
spending the past few days in the
city.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-28

The Bailey investigat ton seems to
have reached the cussing and crying
stage. Poor Joe; it's lay down the
fiddle and the bow with him politi-
cally
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-28

Hopkins Place and receive a box of
fifty five-cent cigars free. 2-10-2t
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-28

Mr.. Craddock Boyd, of Dunbar,
was a visitor to the city Monday.
The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1907-02-28
A Testimonial.
Anderson, Ala, Dec

Anderson, Ala, Dec. IL, 1SUo.
Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Co.,
Florence, Ala:
Gentlemen have been using the
Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Com ny
goods for several years with very sat
isfactory results. | take pleasure in
recommending it to all who want a
first-class fertilizer. Yours truly,
J. A. Howard.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-04
KAISER IS NOT ANGRY NOW.
Charlemasne Tower, Home for Visit,
Declares Lehr story Untrue,

New York. April S-Denying that he
had any official knowledge Of official dis
pleasure because he presented Harry
Lehr at the court of Kaiser Wilhelm.
United States Ambassador ChaTIemagne
Tower landed to-day from the steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Mr.. Tower was told that a cable dis
patch from Berlin declared the Kaiser
was angry because Mr.. Lehr had ap-
peared in an outiandish costume at the
Emperor's reception. and had blamed the
American Ambassador.
Absolutely untrue" said Mr.. Tower.
Mr.. chr appeared in the customary
clothes used by gentlemen at a reception
of that kind. The story was told to n
foreign correspondent, who cabIed If
without investigation. The statement
that the Emperor was angry also is not
true"
rs there any likelihood of the Emperor
visiting the United States in the near fu-
ture?''
L do not speak for the Emperor. but
my own opinion is that there is small
chance of his coming for some time"
why do you come home now?"
To spend a few days with nv sons
Mrs Tower came home a few weeks ago
and was taken Ill. BY wireless at sea
heard she was almost entirely recovered -
The Washington herald., 1907-04-04
SMART PARROTS CRY "FIRE!"
Lives of 500 Birds Are Saved After
They Give Alarm.
Crowd, Fearing Humans Were in
Blaze, Rush 30 Rescue-Many
Parrots Are Overcome.

New York. April 3-Five hundred par
rots. all crying Fire" in raucous cho-
rus. saved themselves aud the three
story building at 1894 Broadway from de-
struction last night crowd gathered.
attracted by the almost human appeals
for help uttered by the birds. and con
siderable excitement prevail ed until it was
learned that the feathered creatures. and
not men and women. were vociferatlng
the alarm.
The parrots. many Of which were from
Africa, and the most intelligent of their
kind belonged 10 Miss Virginia Pope. Of
2ie Sixth avenue. and were in large cages
on the second floor Of the building The
ire started on the ground floor. in the
real estate Office Of H. C. Senior When
the smoke found its way upstairs fhe
birds began to cough, and screech, and
whistle. They reused the coloued janitor
who shouted Fire. The parrots then
took up the cry. 50 that tn a minute or
two nearly every parrot in the room was
yelling Justify for help.
The COlored janitOr got q waiter next
door 60 turn i'm an alarm. Then be seized
half a dozen cages Of parrots and canaries
and began the work OF rescue amid a
babel Of sounds Miss Della Harrington.
OF 237 West Thirty-eighth street also
heard the cries of her pets. and ran TO the
place. She was in charge of the zoo.
The fremen soon put out the flames.
Several dozen birds were overcome by the
smoke.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-04
DENY GRAFT IN CANAL zone
Commission Says President Found
COmmissary Satisfactory.
Complaints About Like the average
BOarding-hOuse Kieks"-Things
sold at Fixed Prices.

Officials Of the Canal Commission i'm this
city do not take seriously the charge
made by Representative Rainey against
formal complaints against the conditions
which prevail in that department have
been lodged with the commission. The
statement is made that the meats. which
are bought chiefly in Chicago. are thor
oughly inspected and supervised. and that
the prices are fixed by schedule. There
have been no evidences Of graft. The
matter of provisions was one which the
President investigated during his trip to
the Canal Zone. and he found nothing
wrong with the department
1t is said that if there is any cause for
complaint il lies in the manner Of cook
ing rather than IN the food itself In this
connection it is pointed out that the style
of cooking with garlic and plenty OF gravy
is TO a large extent for the purpose OF
catering to the appetites OF the Spanish
and Italian laborers. who desire their
meats served with rich and spicy dress
iRgs. Americans who go down there and
expect good home cooking" are some
times disappointed, but the kick" is gen
orally such as is always found in the
average boarding house
So far as shoes are concerned they are
purchased through the qUartermasters
department of the army and sold az hxed
prices.
Representative Granger. Of Rhode
Island. called at the Office of the Canal
Commission yesterday and talked over af-
fairs on the isthmus with Secretary
Bishop. He was pleased. he said. with
conditions on the isthmus. but thought
there might be some Improvement made in
the commissary. He said he discovered
no evidences Of graft.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-04
SAYS PEARY is NO AERONAUT
Walter Wellman, Who Will Hunt
Pole in Balloon, Replies.
Answers Criticism of Explorer, and
Declares He Knows Moth
ing OF Flying.

New York, April 9.-'If Mr. Peary knew
half as much about ballooning as he does
about sledges. he would not be likely to
condemn the project Of reaching the
north pole by means OF a balloon as i'm
practicable"
With this preface, Walter Wellman.
who will hunt the pole in a balloon this
summer, spoke to-day Of his undertaking.
Mr.. wellman arrived from Europe in the
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II to attend the
wedding Of his daughter Rose to Leroy
Chamberlain in Washington. He viii re-
turn to Europe next week.
When told that Peary attached little
value to the balloon for northiand work
and that he believed that the needlelike
snow would destroy It, Mr.. Weiiman
added:
Mr.. Peary Is a king at sleGge work,
but his knowledge Of ball0oning must be
limited He does not know, perhaps,
that the envelope will have a tensile
strength Of 800 pounds to the square foot.
would like to see the snow which could
harm that. Snow falling on this en-
yelope would have no more effect than
on a tin roof.
THE balloon which I VIII use is con-
structed of three thicknesses OF cotton.
covered by an emulsion OF rubber II has
q lifting power OF 1880 pounds. We will
take 1860 pounds of gasoline. 1900 pounds
OF food, and twelve Eskimo dogs for en-
forced sledge work.
1--WE hope 20 leave spitzbergen early in
June that We may take advantage Of
July, the best month for arctic work.
We viii make test fights in May and
June before We leave
How do you expect to come backT'
I'VE viii cross the bridge when we come
TO IT,
DO you think that there is land a the
pole?"
No; ] think there is an open sea
What's the use of scientific parties go
ing there, them
I've don't know what science may dis
cover We will find out and theorize
afterward-"
The Washington herald., 1907-04-04
.BLACKBALLED BY A
FASHIONABLE CLUB
coNTINuEp FRoM FIRsT PAeE.

The Iatterffeei he has many friends IN
this club. and is confident they would
stand by him.
The effect Of the action Of the Chevy
Chase Club upon the Belmonts IS purely
matter Of speculation. Their treatment.
heretofore, had been so courteous that
they had fallen in love with Washington
and had determined to make this their
permanent home. Since they have been
here they have occupied. the Morgan
house on Scott circle, near where Seere-
tary Root resides, and few months ago
they concluded plans for the construction
Of a magnificent home on New Hampshire
avenue. These plans kave been prepared
by Samson. OF Paris, and they have also
engaged the services Of a famous French
landscape gardener.
A friend Of Mr.. Belmont said last night
that he feels the affair keeniy and does
not like the idea of publicity which at
taches 10 1t. He VIII have the support,
undoubtedly. of his brother. August Bel
mont. the weil-known New York banker.
and perhaps Of his brother. o. a. p Bel
mont. though the wife Of the latter is
not on especially cordial terms with Mrs.
Perry Belmont
The Washington herald., 1907-04-04
CANNON PARTY STILL ASHORE
Rough Sea Prevents Boarding of
BIuecher at Nassau.

Nassau, New Providence, April IA
high north wind continues TO blow here.
and heavy sea is still running. The
steamer Biuecher. many of whose passen-
gers were unable to board her Monday
on account of the sudden storm. which
compelled her to put to sea, established
communication with the shore to-day by
means of flag signals As it would be
dangerous TO attempt 10 board her out
side the bar in the sea that is running,
she signaled that she would proceed TO
southwest Bay, on the southern side Of
the island, where there is better shelter
from the weather
The Ward Line tender Colonial. which
has repaired the damage she sustained in
attempting 10 put the passengers on board
the Bluecher Monday. viii go to South
west Bay, whittier the passengers will
also go overland. The Colonial will be
used 20 board the steamer Tomorrow
morning If the weather conditions per
NIT
Gov Sir William Grey Wilson has been
assiduOus in his attentions to the
BlCeeher's Congressional party, including
Speaker Cannon ana the other mar0oned
passengers, Many eourtesies have also
been extended to them by the Nassau
Club
The Washington herald., 1907-04-04
P0IS0Ns SELF AND BABIES.
BrOOding
BEOOding Pennsylvania Neither
Feeds SfFychHIRe "a Children.
Sreoial IN The Washington Herald

Feeds SfFychnIRe IA Children.
Special 20 The Washington Herald.
Lock Haven, Pa. April S.-A pathetic
story of a desperate deed with a fatal
sequel that caused the death Of three
persons, comes from Westport, d small
village nestled in the mountains in the
upper end Of this county. Here lived
John Conners, his wife, Nellie. aged
thirty-sevcn years, and six small chill
dren. The wife was soon to become a
mother for the seventh time. and being
in i'll health, brooded over the fact, to-
gether with the further expense and re-
sponsibility it would entail
Yesterday afternoon the mother went
to the little village store and pur-
chased a pound of mixed candy. Re
turning home, she divided it among
the six children, but on the portions
given to the two smallest children she
placed strychnine. They were Guy,
two years old. and Bruce, aged about
five years. Soon thereafter she swal-
lowed a good-sized dose of the deadly
stuff herself All three became deathly
sick Doctors were summoned, but
when they arrived they found the vic
tins in great agony and all died with
in an hour. The other four children
who partook of the candy suffered no
bad effects, as 1t was the evident in
tenti0n OF the desperate mother to
spare their lives and sacrifice but her
two youngest children When and
where she obtained the poison is a nys-
terry.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-04

Mobile Ala. April 13.-That a general
strike of the American employees of the
construction department OF the Isthmian
Canal Commission was declared on Mon
day. Aprn l. is the belief Of II. P. Hall,
who was. here to-day en- route TO Mem
phis. He was q track foreman on the
Panama Railroad on the West Coast, and
stated that there was a feeling of gem
eraI dissatisfaction among all the Ameri-
can laboring men ana artisans on the 18TH
mus on account OF the alleged graft and
other unpleasant conditions surrounding
the work. He said:
THE conditions on the isthmus are get
ting pretty bad. and I believe that the
good work done during February in the
excavation of the canal will not be kept
up. When we left March % there was
general talk of a strike among the rail-
road men and steam shovel employees. and
this VIII probably retard work consider
ably.
The strike viii include fully 800 men,
and may be even more extensive and take
in every American artisan. The trouble
is that there is too much political graft.
There are about two -timekeepers getting
500 10 S125 a month 10 every white laborer,
and they are men Of no experience or
ability
Sanitary Force Toe Large.
The worst graft is in the sanitation
and commissary departments. The sani-
taIy force is clearly twice as numerous
as is necessary, and there are a lot of
fellows in ii who have no idea of their
work. They need good men there now,
because the rainy season is beginning
and fevers viii be bad. The men they
have are not the kind who viii do the
work necessary. They are dudes with
white collars and cuffs, and were appoint
ed on account of their pull. The commits
sary quarters department is rotten. and
the food Is poor and very expensive.
a man can hardly get a square meal
They charge 30 cents a meal, and when
you cannot get enough TO eat. which is
generally the case. You have TO dig down
and pay another 30 cents This Is the rea-
son the strike is 10 be declared. or, l be-
lievc. has been declared.
Big Wages Too Small.
THE men. although they are getting big
wages, are not able 10 live on them.
The least one can secure board for is $50
a month, and that is poor. Clothes and
other expenses are high. The laboring
nieu say they must have more pay or they
cannot live. They are getting now the
following wages:
Steam shovel engineers, S210 per month
crane men, $3.50; railroad engineers, $50;
conductors. S170
THE shovel engineers want $500. the
crane men 500, the engineers $3.50, and
conductors S225. The commission viii
have TO make concessions or import new
men. and this will be hard 10 do The
railroad men sent In a petition about five
weeks ago for an Increase in wages, and
the commission allowed them all $50 per
month.
The unrest is apparent among an
classes of artisans, and the bricklayers
and plumbers, as well as other trades
men. viii join the shovel engineers and
railroad employees in a general tie-up
of the isthmian works. This will stop
the forty steam shovels, which, in Feb
ruaTy, removed 100000 cubic yards Of
gravel
The Washington herald., 1907-04-04
BIGAMIsT OoNFESSEs.
HIS Alleged Daughter in MatrImO-
nfaI swindIe Is His Wife.

Philadelphia, April S.-The matrimonial
agency swindler and bigamist confessed
tonight that his real name is James
Matthias Williams, born in New York in
1854 aud married Yarina Christian Spies,
Of Rochester, n. Y, at the German Luz
theran Church, st. Louis, on November
A. 1902.
She is Mrs. Edith Ross" alias Tenie
Marshall, who posed as the swindlers
daughter. She was held in $500 bail to-
day on the charge of false pretenses.
The swindIer says he was a telegraph
operator on the Chicago Examiner. or
American; that be knew Andrew Law
renee of that paper. The house occupied
here Dy him and his wife is filled with
expensive clothing and evidences Of their
many dupes
The Washington herald., 1907-04-04
MOLLYCODDLES DINE
Conduct Themselves i'm LadyIike
Manner and Save Dishes.

Boston, April AT a regular molly
coddle dinner tonight. at the American
House. the freshmen class Of Harvard. to
the number Of 400, conducted themselves
in real ladylike manner and established
a precedent for quietness. decorum. and
proper conduct. This was in shining con-
trast TO one year ago. when the lads from
across the Charles did about 800 damage.
This year. when they consulted with Man
ager Jones about the dinner, he said there
would be nothing doing. They made good.
for not even a dish was broken.
But after the dinner. Reuben S. Holmes
and George i. MatthewsOn got a pair of
red lanterns, and as autos would dash up
fremont street they would run out and
flag them. Then an officer spotted them
The fines were SO apiece but there was
only Sl4 an told in the crowd. The judge
let il go at that.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-04
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
[. 5. Dept. Of Agriculture. Weather Bureau,
Washington. Wednesday. April J. IsJ7-s ,. n.

[. 5. Dept. OF Agriculture Weather Bureau.
Washington. Wednesday. April , ls)7-s D n
4 depression Of considerable extcnt is central N
Eastern kansas; il has caused light showers in the
Middle Mississippi Valley and the Upper Lake r.
gion, aud showers also reported on the Western
Slol5 Of the Rocky Mountains The temperature has
riser generally in the Ohio Valley the Lower Lake
HgiCu and the Middle Atlantic States
n Western depression will advance siowly north
east yard during the next foFtyeight hours and
rams in the Lake region. the Ohio Valley. ana the
greater PORTION Of the Mississippi Valley Thursday
The rain aria viii doubtless oyersprsad New Eng
lard and the Middle Atlantic States on FRIDAY and
possibly continue in the Lower Lake region. Il viii
be warmer Thursday in the Atlantic coast disgrcts
and colder in the Missouri Valley. Colder weather
Oh Friday is indicated fer the Ohio Valley and the
Lake region
The winds along the New England and Middle At
lsnic coasts VIII be light to fresh southeFy on the
South Atlantic coast heht scutheTiy and on the
Gull coast fresh sOutheTly
Steamers deTarting Thursday for European ports
viii have light southeTiy winds and fair weather TO
the Grand Banks.