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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-31
REVISE TARIFF
THEIR SLOGAN
The National Association Of Man
ufacturers Express Wishes.
QUICK ACTION WANTED
Members Go On Record by Adopting Reso-
luton at Closing Meeting in New
York--Other Reforms Planned.

The National Association of Manu-
facturers Of the United States went
on record at their closing session in
New York Wednesday as in favor Of
a revision of the tariff at the earliest
opportunity, and the negotiation Of
more reciprocal treaties.
A lively debate preceded the vote,
which was upon the acceptance Of the
report Of the committee on tariff and
reciprocity The committee based its
recommendations on a poll Of the s.
600 members of the association OF
the total number replying 50 per cent
declared for immediate revision, while
20 per cent expressed a hands off"
sentiment.
An effort to table the report was
defeated, and it was adopted as re-
ported.
The mass of resolutions adopted by
the association at the wind-up includ-
ed Endorsement Of the open shop, in
dustrial education, the improvement
Of the consular service, commentator
Of the national river and harbor con-
gress, urging the president to with.
draw ,.5D.o ~ OF the new ;0Iman
treaty until testimony can be obtain
ed regarding the effects upon domes-
tic labor and industry likely to follow
the customs administrative changes,
and opposition to All Illegal combina
lions, either Of capital or labor.
This last resolution was given, add
ed force by the conventions declared
intention to raise $1,5O0OO0 to carry
out campaign OF education, concern
| ing dictatorial combinations.
OF this campaign Of education, Pres
ident VanCleave, following the closing
session, said:
we shall endeavor to assist in
educating the pu8lic in industrial
righteousness. We shall be just as
ready to oppose Unlawful acts by com.
binations Of labor. We believe in in
binations OF law We believe in in
dustriaI liberty a1d we are opposed
TO all forms Of Individual oppression.
And, if anybody undertakes to COM.
pei any one 10 submit TO such op-
i preston, we stall endeayor to as
sist the party assalled."
The associate reelected James w.
VanCleave Of st. louis, president, and
T. H. Stillman u New York treas
urer. The convection closed Wednes,
day night with banquet.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-31
WOMAN KILLED HARE.
Wife of Negro Who Fired Upon Sheriff's
Posse in Race Clash Made
Horrible Confession.

1t is learned from reliable source
that the trouble is not yet ended caus-
ed by the assault upon Mrs. Laura
Moore by a negro near Manassas, Ga.
Her assailant was said to have been
seen at Cobbtown Wednesday ana a
posse had him surrounded in a
swamp
The most serious part OF the bloody
tragedy was brought to light by the
confession made by Padgetts wife
that she finished killing MI John
Hare, who had only been wounded,
when the members Of the posse le1C
nim for dead. There are all sorts OF
reports being circulated in regard To
The affair The citizens Of ClaXton nave
contributed nice little sum OF money
ely to Mrs Hare, who is left win
several small children.
J. W. Daniels, who was shot in
the eye, has been placed in a Savan.
nah hospital for treatment. He viii
recover, it is thought All the others
wounded will recover.
Arthur Padgett, the negro, who es.
capped, returned and was taken in
charge by the officers and spirited
away to the Savannah Jail. lie was
first carried before Mrs. Moore, and
she said that he looked very much
like her assailant, who it is thought,
was Elem Padgett, the brother, who
was shot. He was shot in one leg
and very weak srom The loss OF blood.
It was because that he was tagged
out ana thought ne was going to die
that he surrendered.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-31
STATUTE VOID;
LAB0RERS WIN
South Cardinals Contract Law
Can't Hold Farm Workers.
DECISION BY BRAWLEY
Breach of Agreement Was Made Mis-
demeanOr and Judge Holds This Fea-
ture Repugnant to Constitution.

In the United StG.es district court
at Charleston, S. c., Thursday, Judge
w. III. Brawley rendered his decision
in the case brought in behalf of Enoch
and Elijah Drayton, colored, on hab.
cas- corpus proceedings, declaring the
act Of the legislature making the
breach OF a farm contract a misde-
meanor, to be unconstitutional, null
and void, and the two negroes are
ordered to be released from custody
Judge Brawleys decision deals al
most entirely with the law on the sub
ject The case is, however, briefly
reviewed, showing that the two me-
groes were arrested in January. 1907,
upon a warrant for failure to perform
their contract under section 357 OF
the acts of 1904, and at that time
they were still under contract for
task OF the year not yet performed.
The act provides that a conviction
shall not operate for the release or
discharge of the violator, and when
the negroes We're arrested in January
it was the second time that they had
been hauled up, and put on il sbain-
gang fos the sumo onilsea
The only criminal act III Ghe
words Of the decision" was the fall
ure to work"
While admitting that the legisla-
ton is a part of the local admini5tra-
ton in matters OF greet convenience
to the industrial life OF the state,
Judge Brawley says: The remedy is
not found in statutes which chain
the laborer to the soil aFd force him
to labor whether he viii Or not. It
is by improving his condition and not
by still degrading it, that the remedy
may be found
Judge Brawley concludes by de-
claring the state act to be in conflict
with the thirteenth and fourteenth
amendments Of the constitution OF che
United States, and orders the release
OF the prisoners
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-31
FORECAST OF VERDICT.
Majority of Senate Committee Investigat-
ing Brownsville Affair Believe Negro
Soldiers are GuiltY.

Soldiers are Guilty.
A Washington special says: The
senate committee on military affairs,
which is investigating the Brownsville
affray, held an executive session at
the close of the hearing Wednesday
TO determine whether the committee
shall go to Texas to take testimony
and personally inquire into the shoot
ing from the Brownsville point Of
view. No agreement was reached A
majority OF the members Of the com
mittee argued that the testimony al
ready proves conclusiVely that the
negro troops did the shooting and
that nothing would be gained by talk
ing the trip, Likewise, il was intimat.
ed by several senator's that there was
no occasion to call any more wit.
nesses.
Senator Foraker took exception to
this position, and he was supported
by three or four senators who have
sided with him in the defense Of the
negroes. 1t was decided to summon
several more witnesses from Browns
Vile that are deemed important and
to examine the experts at the Spring
field arsenal who made the report on
the shells picked up in the streets Of
Brownsville after the shooting. After
this has been done, the question Of
going to Texas will again be consld-
cred.
Fred e. Stark and Fred TAFT, mount.
ed customs inspectors, with headquar.
ters at Brownsville, and Herbert FL
lEo., q q 10 in con.A 4tore
here, were on the stand at Wednes-
days session. Stark told of the mar
row escape Of himself and family on
the night of the shooting. Eight bull
lets were fired into his house and the
family took refuge behind a brick
chimney. Shells were found in front
Of his house the next morning, and
the witness said they were OF the
character used by the soldiers and
showed that they had been freshly
fired.
TAFT is the man who struck a negro
soldier over the head with his six
shooter because the negro had brush
ed aside women who were standing
on the sidewalk. He gave a detailed
account Of the incident. Elkins testi-
fed to seeing a number Of negro sol
diers firing on the town.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-31
FIENDIsH WORK OF WRECKERs.
Rails Were Disconnected and Fast Limit
ed Tumble from a lrestle.

Train No 20 one OF the Southern
Pacific coast lie train, was wrecked
at Yves. Glendale, ten miles north Of
Los Angeles, al 1890 Wednesday
morning
The wreck y5 the deliberate work
of train wrecE s. One man was kill
ed and twenty-five injured, three prob
ably fatally. u accomplishing he
wreck Of the ain, a deyiiish ingeDui-
ty had been arcised At a point on
a trestIe owe. The Arroyo Seco, me
fish plates ans bolts Of two connect
ing rails had been removed, and in
the apertures where the bolts were
taken, strands # heavy wire were las-
tened at the ed Of each rail.
It was evi4 {, that some person had
hidden on a .4side close to the tres
tie, had pu The wire as the train
approached a spread the rails out
ward towar. inc edge Of the trestle.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-31
PILE OF INDICTMENTS
Returned Against Alleged Grafters in San
Francisco Fourteen Counts
Against Pat Calhoun.

The grand jury at San Francisco
Friday evening returned bribery in.
dictments as follows:
Against President Patrick Calhoun
OF the United Railroads, fourteen.
Against assistant to the president,
Thornwall Mullaly fourteen.
Against Attorneys Tierey L. Ford
and W. M. Abbott Of the legal de-
partment, fourteen each.
Against Mayor Eugene Schmitz, six
teen.
Against Abraham Reuf, fourteen.
Against President Louis Glass of
the Pacific States Telephone and Tel
egraph company, two
Against Theodore V. Halsey, for
merly an agent Of that corporation,
one
Reuf, Schmitz, Calhoun, Mullaly,
Ford and Abbott are charged with
bribing fourteen supervisors to grant
an overhead trolley franchise to the
United Railroads. Schmitz is further
charged with bribery in connection
with the fixing of the gas company's
rate, and with receiving $4,000 in the
United Railroads franchise deal
The indictments against Glass are
additional to the eleven indictments
already returned against him on the
charge Of bribing supervisors to re
fuse competitive telephone tran
chise The indictment against Halsey
is for the same offense.
Superior Judge Coffey fixed bail in
the sum of $4,000 on each of the
charges, and gave the accused until
until Saturday morning to furnish
bonds
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-31
OKLAHOMA PLEA PRESENTED.
Three Commissioners Confer With Presi-
dent Regarding States Cons titution.

dent Regarding States Cons titution.
President Roosevelt Friday gave an
audience to Messrs. Ledberter, Moore
and Hayes, democratic members OF
the Oklahoma constitutional conven-
ton, who were appointed by the pres.
ident Of that body to go to Washing
ton to consult with the officials OF the
administration regarding its attitude
toward the constitution recently
adopted.
The committee declined to state
what the president said 10 them, but
admitted that he had referred Them
to the attorney general for another
conference. They pointed out that
they were anxious that the president
should indicatu .he Objectionable fea-
lures of the present constitution be
cause then the convention. could be
reassembled and those features cor.
rected.
They did not want to have the con
stitutioa submitted to the people for
ratification, to be followed by the
presidents disapproyal OF the instru-
ment, which would delay the admis-
sion Of the state until a later date.
The committee said the people were
anxious to have the constitution CON
form to the provisions Of the enabling
act.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-31
Yellow ] .rer A1nears in Cuba.

A report rom havana is 70 the
effect that re yellow lever patient
OF the prov ce oil 1Iatanzas, was re-
celyed in d Havana hospital Tues
day, the fir case reported from that
city for Sc sral months.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-31
WOMEN AND CHILDREN INsULTEp.
Strikers in San Francisco Show Them
selves to Be Tough Blackgards.

56ITGa 70 Do IUugU IIdCEgaIUs.
Ten special policemen in plain
clothes have begun careful inye3tl.
cation at San Francisco into The
treatment accorded women and chill
dren who ride on the street cars, with
a view to protect them from violence
and insult from strikers and reporl-
ing regular policemen who are dere,
lict in their duty.
Twenty attorneys have also been
appointed by the bar ASSOCIATION to
watch the administration of justice
in the police courts and endeayor to
secure adequate punishment for the
men who 'hayo attacked street cars
and created disorder
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-31
GIRL FILES SUIT FOR DIPLOMA. /.
Was Barred from Graduation for Attend
/. ing Dance Against the Rules.

lug Dauet Ag4I4Ist NC NuIo5.
Because she was not permitted to
graduate on account OF having at.
tended dance contrary to the school
rules, Miss Sadie McGinnis OF Dan
vile, KY, has brought suit against
the Campbell Hagerman Female col
lege for $4,000 damages.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-31
CUSTER MOVE IS RECOMMENDED.

Three Oil Companies hay Be Forced to
Leave State CT Missouri.
Judge Robert A. Anthony, appoint
ed by the supreme court OF Missouri
to take testimony in the suit ;nsti-
tu.ed By Attorney General Hadlay
against the Standard oil company, 1he
Waters Pierce Oil company and tle
Republic Oh company charging
conspiracy, has made his report to
the court
His findings hold that the oil com
paulas entered into an agreement TO
control prices. lie recommends that
their charters be revoked and hat
hey he ousted from lhe state.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-31
RUSSIA VOTES BIG FAMINE FUND.
Parliament Provides Nearly Nine Millions
for Keller Measures.

The lower houae of the Russian par
lament Friday by l76 to 146 votes,
adopted the law providing for the
appropriation OF $s,750,ooO Tor famine
relief purposes. The Poles and mem
bers OF the group OF toll abstained
from voting.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-05-31
ALICE is CLAIMED BY CRANK.
Lunatic Says He is Husband Of Mrs. Long
worth and Wick Is InterLOper

worm ana NICK IS InteIl0per.
James Frieze, who is confined in a
sanitarium at Columbus, Ohio has
applied to the criminal court for his
release on the ground that his mind
is all right. He declares that he is
the rightful husband Of Alice Roose-
Yelt Longworth, and that Nicholas
Longwo2th is an interloper, and ougnr
to be shot He threatens to kin May
or Bagder and the city authorities
when he gets out.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-14
FULL BREAST RICH
ORE IN ALTA MINE
South Columbus Consolidated
Is Reaching the Contact in
Quincy Tunnel.

The stock of the South Columbus
Consolidated company broke loose Mon.
day from the atmosphere of ease into
which local stocks have fallen since the
panic times in the cast, and reached
genuine boom levels again. There were
several explanations given for this
steady and rapid advance along brok-
or 8 row, the most persistent being that
the management had encountered the
main contact for which il has been driv-
ing for some time in the old Quincy
tunnel General Manager Tony Jacob
son, when seen by The Tribune, stated
that there had been decided improve
ment in the tunnel, but he preferred to
wait until two or three days more Of
development work had been done before
advancing an opinion,
He admitted, however, that the pres
ent face OF the old Quincy tunnel is
penetrating splendid portion of terri
tory, The management reports from
Alta full breast of ore, and Mr.. Jacob
son states that this ore In the main
is Of n shipping grade. Additional word
from the find is expected by the local
Office today, The South Columbus Con
solidated company is driving several
workings into mighty interesting terri
tory at this time, and the developments
of the next few weeks promise TO bear
out fully the early predictions Of the
officials
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-14
ELY CON. PREPARES
TO MAKE SHIPMENT
Rising Sun Property Giving
Copper Values That Are
Soaring High.

Grant Snyder, the new manager or
the Ely Consolidated Copper company.
sent word to the Salt Lake office Mon
day that the new find made a few days
ago on the Rising Sun claim was hold
ing ont 30 splendidly that he expected
to make shipment of copper ore from
it within short time. The Rising
Sun portion of the Ely Conso lIdated
territory has not been touched by. the
management up to the last few days,
and it's red metal values promise to
eclipse anything heretofore turned up
on this well known group. Mr.. Snyder
states that he has opened a vein OF
from two 10 three feet of ore.
Five samples were taken Saturday
and assaycd from this chute, and the
lowest assay revealed the presence OF
els per cent copper, while the highest
showed 27.T per cent. From the dump
created during the progress of this eX'
ploratory work, Mr.. SNYDER took two
samples. one assaying 25.S per cent
and the second Esq per cent copper
These showings have come somewhat as
a revelation to the Ely enthusiasts. and
the find comes at time when it can
shed light exactly where il is needed
throughout the district, The more early
shipping propositions Ely can produce,
the quicker will the world sit up and
take better notice,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-14
BOSTON MINING STOCKS.
Mining Notes.

John D. Wood returned Monday from
his Idaho ranch. and reports that the
weather there is cold, with considerable
snow.
Mill superintendent ziegler of the
Ohio Copper company was in the city
yesterday from the Bingham plant of
the company.
The Bingham Consolidated company
and the Ohio Copper company have re-
moved their Offices from the seventh
floor TO tho fifth floor of the Mccormick
block, both companies now having
larger and ideal quarters for opera
boDs.
i. 4, Parkhurst, a partner of Mac
donald at Rosebud, the two and asso.
ciates owning the Brown Palace, and
g.. a, Bartlett, the new Congressman
for Nevada, were in the city Monday on
business connected with Rosebud prop.
critics,
Harry S. Joseph has returned from a
visit TO the Serington, Goldfeld and
other camps OF Nevada He reports
Yerington enjoying splendid health as
a mining community, and Salt Lake
interests arc the charm of the camp.
AT Goldfield the January White Rock
reached the sulphide zone on tbcir
lease, and results are bound 10 follow
faithfully from now on. The new
camp of Regent, across from the old
district of Rawhidc, and thirty miles
southwest from Fairview. Mr.. Joseph
considers one of the coming great
camps of the sagebrush State.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-14
WILL MOVE MINE
OFFICES TO ZION
Gibraltar Mines Syndicate
Holds Annual Session in
Nevada Next Month.
WILL THEN DECIDE
UPON THE CHANGE
officials of Company Reside
Mostly in or Around Salt
Lake City.

The officials OF the Gibraltar Mines
syndicate of tine Bullfrog section Of
Nevada have notified the stockholders
of this organization that the annual
stockholders meeting Will be held al
Goldfeld, on the fourth day of next
June Aside from selecting the board
of directors. and transacting all other
business incident to such sessions, the
stockholders will be called upon 10 de.
eide upon changing the branch offices OF
this company from Goldfeld to Salt
Lake City, The latter move is merely
logical outgrowth Of conditions, as the
majority Of the officials and holders of
Gibraltar stock reside in Salt Lake
City, or are within easier touch OF this
city than with Goldfeld.
For this purpose IL will be necessary
to alter the articles of Incorporation,
article number three now reading as
follows:
"The place where the business of
this corporation shall be transacted Is
Pierre, in the county OF Hughes, State
of South Dakota. but branch office
may be located at Goldfeld Esmeralda
county, State of Nevada. where the di-
rcctor's aud stakeholder s meeting may
be held and such business transacted, y
This article will be altered if agreed
upon by the stockholders as follows:
'The place where the business of this
corporation shall be transacted is Pierre,
in the county of Hughes, State of South
Dakota but a branch Office may be To-
Gated at Salt Lake City. in the State
of Utah, where director S and stock
holders meetings may he held and
such business transacted ~
The Gibraltar Mines syndicate is an
organization of Salt Lake mining men,
and it was one of the very first com
panies to be formed during the first
few weeks OF Bullfrog life, The com
psuy owns the largest portion Of the
famous Bonanza mountain, with prac-
tically all the surrounding fats, and the
past two years development has dem
onstratcd that in addition TO the splen-
did tounages of shipping ore, the com
pany has verltable mountain of gold
bearing rock of milling grade. The
plans of this organization are kept care
fully within the Official household, and
little is known outside Of the magnif-
cent development Of the past two years.
1t is generally realized, however, that
the company should have milling facili-
ties, but whether or rot this matter Will
come up for disposition at the next an
nual session must remain for that meet
ing TO determine in its own time. ".
V. Rice Is president of the company.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-14
DAILY JUDGE ANNUAL.
Secretary Lambourne Leaves for East
to Attend Stockholders Meeting.

Secretary and Treasurer George W.
Lambouruc, of the DAILY Judge com.
pany, leaves today for Jersey City.
where the stockholders are TO bold the
annual meeting Of this organization
This meeting IS scheduled for the 2lst,
of the present month and il promises
10 be interesting to everyone connect
ed with the company for the reason
that President John j. Daily. who also
serves the company in the capacity of
manager, will lay down his charge of
the company which he has held unin-
terruptedly since the organization of
the company some years ago.
No intimarion has been given by any
of the local officials of the DAILY Judge
company as To who will succeed Nh,
DAILY as president. nor would Mr.. Lam.
bourne enter int, a discussion of the
matter yesterday, Mr., Lambourne stated
that it was question for the d-
rectors to decide, and in their hands
VIII rest the future policy of this Park
City organization. DAILY Judge stock is
held closely and mostly in Cincinnati
and it would not be very surprising
If the directors should direct their OF
1eIal lightning upon some prominent
stockholder from Ohio
Another interesting matter to be
brought up FOR disposition by the com.
pany during this annual session will be
the question of dividends for the fu.
ture. As intimated by President Daly
III recent address TO the stockholders
the company had been greatly embar.
rassed by bad roads, and other diff,
cultics incident 10 the marketing of zinc
ores also that the ore bodies upon the
l5Oo,foot level had proved disappoint.
ing IN measure. Inasmuch, however,
as all these difficulties undoubtedly are
beng met and conquered by The man.
agcment, and that the balance of the
minc, according TO President DAILY s re-
port, is i'll ideal condition, the future
Tor the organization appears extremely
bright and promising, and few are in
clined to believe that the present rate OF
dividend distribution will be disturbed
In any manner whatever.