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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-10
GOVERNOR DECLARES MARTIAL LAW
Street Railway Strike in. Munice,. Ind:
Gets Beyond Local Authorities.

Gets Beyond Local Authorities.
Governor Hanly Of Indiana, sasur.
day, issued 4 martial law proclamation,
placing Major General Mckee IN com.
pIete control at Muncie
General Mckee has IL companies OF
infantry, one battery and details nom
the signal and hospital corps Of the
Indiana National Guard with him at
Muncis.
The decision Of Governor Hanly to
issue this martial law proclamation
was based not upon any new develop.
meDts in the street railway strike Sit.
uation, but upon his judgment that un.
der the circumstances the best way to
handle the trouble and provide tor all
possible emergencies would be By plac.
ing General Mckee IN charge at Mum
Gle. M
When the Indiana Union Traction
company, which owns the city and III.
terurban lines. refused to renew It's
contract on January /, with the ANAL
gamated Association Of Street and
Electric Railway employees the 90
men employed on local cars struck. OF
men employed on local cars struck.
Other union men out Of work IN sym.
pathy began taking part In the 'agita-
ton and resulting disturbances until
the situation cot beyond the power Of
the Muncie authorities and Governor
Hanly took action
Street cars we're run Sunday from
early morning until dusk over all lines.
With the exception OF the throwing Of
a few stones On the outskirts Of the
city, the cars were unmolested, not.
withstanding they were manned by i'm.
ported stfikebreakers and had neither
deputy sheriiIs nor troops aboard,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-10

Executive Coni7nlttsa At Cotton Associa-
ton ~ Assemble DALLAS, Texas
President HabRie 5ofdan Of the
Sodthafn Cotton Association has issued
a call Tor the meeting Of the national
executive committee ~ be held at Dali
las, Texas, On February -, next
The annuEl convention Of the asso-
citation VIM also BIO held at Dallas.
Texas, E'Abroary and 20. The rogu-
lar annhel meeting oESthe vaflous state
ditIsip4s Of the association viii DE
called TO meet at their respective
state capltols throughout tue eotfr
belt ia Wednesday, FehErn
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-10
TROUBLE STILL ON.
Night Riders Make Raid On RussslIvills,
Kentucky. Apply Torch and Use
Cuna PromiacuouslY.

Guna promiscuously.
A special from Louisville, KY, sayH:
Although all Ii now apparently quiet IN
the struggle between the tobacco grow.
ers Of Kentucky and Tennessee and
the American Tobacco company, the
developments Of the day have given
great uneasiness. The town Of RUSSELL
vile. which was raided by night riders
early Friday morning, was quiet Fri
day night, but the sheriff and hts dep
uties, the police and the citizens were
on the alert to prevent any repetition
OF the outrages. It was decided BY
the peace officers and the leading citi-
zens, In view Of the improbahility Of
another raid, that the governor would
not Be asked for troops. State Fire
Marshal Mott Ayres, however, will be.
gin an immediate investigation Of
Thursday nights raid, which resulted
ii the shooting Of three men by the
raiders, the burning Of two tobacco
warehouses and planning mill, and the
partial destruction OF three smaller
buildings. The county judge and court
officials have notified Governor Wilson
that a special term Of court will be-
called to consider the evidence
brought out by the Investigation. and
that extraordinary efforts will be made
to appfehend and punish the guilty
parties.
The most disturbing news Of the
day, following as it did on the heels
OF the Russellyille raid, was the fall
ure Of the Burley Tobacco Society and
the chief buyers for the American 10.
bacco company TO agree regarding tho
marketing of the 1907 crop held by the
society. The parties met at Winches-
ter, in accordance with the terms OF a
compromise agreement recently brought
about BY Governor Wilson. The Bur
ley men wanted the company to buy
10000 hogsheads of tobacco. from them,
while the buyers would agree to take
but 10000 hogsheads, The Burley men
consented to seil the smaller amount.
Tho tobacco had already been inspected
and graded. ,.lEhe Bufley men fxed 1,
minifnum,pricg of is scents a pound Il he
company buyers refGsedto give more
than IL cents. ~
The sBhfley society issued a state
ment after fne failure Of the conference
declaring that, after making the con,
cession 10 regard to the amount to be-
bought and falling to agree on price
for the smaller amount proposed by
the company. the growers asked tho
buyers il they would consider furthef
compromise PROPOSITIONS The buyers,
according to the statement. declared
that further propositions were useless.
The statement concludes:
THE attitude taben by the buyers
! demonstrates conclusiyely that the
American Tobacco company is the
only buyer left tor our tobacco, and
that it is determined to fix its own
price,
A further conference between the
buyers and Burnley association has been
called for Frankfort in hnaI effort
to reach a settlement but 1t Az feared
the failure OF negotiations at the Win
chester meeting may increase the fric-
ton in the tobacco districts
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-10
POOR DELUDED AMERICAN HEIREss
Countess Of Yarmouth, Sister Of harry
Thaw, row Seeks d Divorce

A London dispatch says: The fail.
ure of another alliance Of the English
nobility with an American woman Of
wealth became public Friday afternoon
when the countess 3pf Yarmouth, who
was Alice Thaw Of Pittsburg. and a
sister Of Harry X Thaw, applied'at0
the divorce court for AN apDplment Of
her marriage to the earl Of Yarmouth
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-10
The VERDE NATIONAL FOREST =

IN Arizona Officially Created BY prOciama-
ton Of President.
A Washington special says: The
president has signed proclamation
creating the Verde national forest in.
Arizona Territory with an area OF
F2I.7SO acres located in Maricopa and
Ravapal counties.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-10
Flat RATE COMING soon
Georgia Railroad c0Hnsission VII lssas
Order at an Early Date.

An order Establishing aShat rate OF
two and a half cents per mile for spSs-
senger travel on the railroads In Geor-
Ella, this arrangement to become Of:
featixe Apkls !, will be- issued in a.
short lns the state railroad COM
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-10
CASHIER WALKER IS pENIrENr
4 Anxious e Ala Bank ii Recovafipg g.
curities which ne Stole.

Ia the hope that it may Iighten his
punishment, William II Walker, who
was arrested in Ensenada, Mexico. for
rcbbing the savings bank Of New Brit-
ain, Conn, Is willing TO aid in any
way III hie power to recover the stolen
securities: THIS information Il con-
7aaEarn Eaceixad by TIE
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
FOUGHT THE LYNCHERS.
Prisoner Is Killed Before Mob Can Get
Him From Jail.

Kingston, Tenn, Oct. 30.-A mob of
about thirty masked men attacked
the Roane county Jail early today and
killed George Cook, held on the charge
of numbering John King. The identity
of none of the mob is known. 1t is
presumed the men intended to hang
Cook. as they had rope in their pos
session. However. when his cell was
reached he offered resistance and pro-
duced a razor. with which he cut one
of the men in the mob. This it ap-
pears enraged the invaders, and Cook
was quickly shot dead
Governor Patterson will be asked to
offer reward for the apprehension of
members of the mob Previous to the
time he killed King. Cook was under a
similar charge in Chattanooga, where
he was arrested after escaping from
this county following the King crime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
MORSE ON THE STAND.
He Accepts Full Responsibility for
the Dummy Loans.

New York, Oct. 30-Charles w.
Morse went to the witness stand to
continue his testimony Immediately
after his trial was resumed today. He
said he accepted fun responsibility for
the socalled dummy loans made in
the name of Leslie B. Whiting, a 19-
year-old office boy. The loans were
made by Curtis and Wire as officials
of the National Bank of North
America, said Morse. but in making
them they had acted upon his wishes
and he held himself responsible. If
the loans were not reported to the
controller of the currency, however
the omission was not due to any re-
quest made by him and the act of
omission was without his knowledge.
Coming to the loan made by Wesley
NJ. Oler, president of the American
Ice company on 1000 shares of ice
stock, Morse said he had been as
sured of lasting gratitude by Oler, be-
cause of his action in that instance
He said that when he Informed Oler
that he would permit him to make a
loan on the stock the president of the
ice company appeared to be i'm
mensely pleased.
He repeatedly thanked me-" said
Morse, "even to the extent of saying
that his wife and children would re-
me 1 had put him on his feet and
given him a chance no one else ever
had given him"
When his attention was called to
the testimony of Mr.. Oler in the
present trial to the effect that he had
tipped Mr.. Morse to sell the 1000
shares of ice when the stock was SELL
ing at 80, but that Morse had re-
fused to sell, saying that it would go
to 110, Morse said:
"If he wanted to sell that ice at 90
he could have done so. 1t was his
own stock and not mine. 1 never re-
fused to sell it. The statement is
wrong"
Morse then told of various proper
ties the American Ice. company
owned, of the water rights, per-
mitting ice to be cut at various places
and the actual investments in outfits,
ETC., the company owned in New
York, Washington, Baltimore and
other cities. He said he was
thoroughly familiar with the ice COM
pany's property.
what did you consider the stock of
the ice company really and actually
worth p he was asked.
81 thought it worth fully par and
its earning capacity easily per cent
he replied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
STOLEN SWEETS.
Thrilling Story of a Boy and His
Papers.

An envious contemporary dealing in
ponies and pianos and trying to dis
pose of newspapers printed during the
dark hours of the night, or of the early
morning, before none but prowlers are
abroad prints the following:
mo, the boy was not g. murderer.
Neither was he a pyromaniac or safe
blower. Nevertheless, his crime was
one unequaled in the criminal annals of
the city. He had stolen two copies of
the Topeka Journal. These valuable
spoils had been taken from little 10
year-old white newsboy, near the cor
ner of Eighth and Kansas avenues.
Officer Simonhoe had been an eyewit-
ness to the highway robbery. He COL
lored the culprit and took him to the
station. The little newsboy followed,
weeping copiously. AS previously
stated, the boy bandit was locked in
the dungeon down in the basement.
With his slate colored countenance
pressed woefully against the cold steel
grating, it wasn't long before he was in
a repentant mood. He explained to the
officers that he hadn't really meant to
do wrong. He wanted to read about
Joe Cannon, he said, and therefore,
could not resist the temptation to take
the papers away from the white boy.
But this excuse was not plausible. Why
had he stolen two papers? Surely, there
was enough about Joe Cannon in one
ordinary copy of the Topeka Journal to
satisfy the most exacting Cannon en-
thusiast and stand-patter. There was
no excuse for stealing two. At last the
bow announced that he was ready to
make a confession and a concession.
He had stolen the papers, he admitted,
for the purpose of selling them. He
was willing to pay the white boy the
sum of two cents, the identical amount
the latter had paid out for the papers
az +ba time of the original purchase in
the newspaper office. The matter was
checked UP to the lad who had been
despoiled He wasn't particular what
happened, he said. just so he got his
two cents back. He wouldn't insist
upon prosecuting the wicked thief.
Thus it was settled. The negro lad
paid over the two coppers and the
doors of the dungeon swung open. He
was free to go forth and sin no
more"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
FIRE IN HER HOLD.
steamers Passengers Forced to Sleep
and Eat on Deck.

San Juan. P r., Oct. 3o.-The
steamer S. V. Luckenbach, from New
york for San Juan, arrived here last
night with the fire in her hold still
burning. All her passengers and crew
are we'll The former numbered 81.
The fire was discovered at 4 O'Clock
in the morning of October 26. when
the vessel was $50 miles south of
sandy Hook. The passengers were at
once awakened and the small boats
were brought out, provisioned, and
made ready to lower away in case it
should become necessary to abandon
the steamer.
At s O'Clock in the morning of the
26th the steamer Philadelphia of the
Red d line was sighted and the plight
of the Luckenbach was signalled to
her. The Philadelphia answered: "I
am coming alongside" She drew near
and acted as a convoy until the Luck
enbach reached here. Both vessels
came into port together.
The heat and smoke from the fire
forced the passengers to withdraw
from their cabin and temporary cots
and eating tables were placed on the
promenade deck for them. The cause
of the fire is not known. 1t was i'm
possible to gain access to the hold.
The officers did not dare to open the
matches to combat the fire in the fear
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

Pint of Champagne at Dinner About
the Proper Thing. az

New York, Oct. 30.-E. J. Sells a
cousin of Mrs. Katherine Clemmons
Gould, and distant relative of her
husband Howard Gould. testified be-
fore Edward G. Whitaker, as referee
at hearing in the suit for divorce
Instituted some time ago by Mrs.
Gould. Mr.. Sells is going abroad for
six months and Justice Bischoff of the
supreme court ordered the hearing
now. Mr. Sells appeared as witness
to the good character of Mrs. Gould.
In July, 1906, after serious differences
had arisen between Mrs. Gould and
Mr. Gould he said, he tried to effect
an arrangement whereby the Goulds
would live according to a definite do
mestic and property plan. Certain
stipulations were laid down by Mr..
Gould to govern his wife's conduct,
but Mrs. Gould rejected them. One
of Mr.. Gould's conditions, the witness
said, was that his wife should abstain
wholly from the use of intoxicants.
Delaney Nicoll who appeared for Mrs.
Gould asked Mr.. Sells to tell just
how much wine he thought a lady
should drink
MRS. Gould" the witness replied,
drank only as much as lady
should"
"Well, what is lady's limit %
queried Mr. Nicoll
We'll. I should say that the limit
for a lady is a pint of champagne at
dinner" said Mr.. Sells.
Clarence J. Shearn, who represent
ed Mrs Gould asked the witness prior
to the cross examination of Mr.. Nicoll,
Now have you ever observed in Mrs
Gould's demeanor any evidence that
she had been drinking to excess ?"
"Oh, never" promptly said Mr.
Ca1I0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
MONEY STILL COMES.
Report of Yesterdays Contributions to
Democrat Fund.

Chicago, Oct. 9o.-Yesterdays contri-
button to the Democratic campaign
fund in sums of s10O or over were an
nounced today as follows:
James Reilly, Arizona, $235; Bryan
and Kern club. Hot Springs. Ark, $103;
Willard Salisbury, Delaware, $500; G.
G. Waller, Hawaii, 1868; William f.
Mcknight, Michigan, s2O6; Bryan and
Kern club, McAlester. Oklahoma, $l02;
John H. Clarke, Ohio, $500; George
Murphy. Washington, $3.50.
The following contributions of s1OO
each:
John Lawler. Arizona; H. F. Reagan.
Arkansas; Democratic executive COM
mittee of Dade county, Florida; Albert
w. Gilchrist, Florida; A. L. Maxwell,
Illinois; Daughters of Democracy,
Thirty Cent club, Sullivan, Ind; Cres-
cent City Manufacturer, New Orleans;
w. H Presimyer, Missouri; Harry Ad-
ans, New York; Judge Daniel b.
Lucas, West Virginia; Aroostook Bryan
and Kern club Maine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30

protective bill and before Shey got
through 1t assumed such phase that
Mr.. Cleveland, the leader of the party,
for whom we have the highest respect,
pronounced that bill an act of perfidy
and dishonor and that broke up the
party and they had to divide between
free silver and the gold standard, in
other words, they showed then as they
would show now if you gave them pow
er, that the only cohesiveness that they
have is a cohesiveness of opposition to
the Republican party. They lack ef-
flciency. they lack responsibility to the
people for carrying on the government
as it should be carried on, and this, my
dear friends without any reference to
their principles and when you get to
their principles. their acts are even
worse"
At Geneva, where Judge Taft had a
large audience composed largely of
those interested in labor, he talked a
half hour longer than his schedule per-
mitted. After giving the history of the
writ of injunction to show it was
court process devised to prevent the
execution of a threatened injury to pro-
perty, he had this to say of the atti-
tude of the two parties and of Mr..
Bryan in the matter.
Discusses Iniunctions.
The Republican party recognizes
that injunctions that are too broad have
sometimes been issued in labor dis
putes. That puts labor at a disadvan-
tage and therefore It ought to be dis
couraged as much as possible. The
party passed resolution requiring the
best practice with respect to injunc-
tions specifying the instances in which
injunctions shall issue without notice
and offering an opportunity for a stat
ute which shall make injunctions with
out notice operative for only As or Sc
hours. The Democrats on the other
hand do not pay any attention to in
functions without notice; what they
say is that injunctions ought not to
issue in industrial disputes unless they
would issue under the same circum-
stances in any other dispute. Nobody
ever said that they ought to. That is
one of these meaningless declarations,
or else it means this. and that 1 sup
pose is what Gompers would claim it
means. Whether Mr.. Bryan knows
what Mr.. Gompers claims to mean, or
would understand 1t If he did, is to me
so vague because Mr.. Bryan has not
answered the questions put to him by
the president on this very subject and
because he skps over this part of the
platform with an agility and clever
ness that enables you NOT to catch him
in any declaration that is definite. But
what 1 say to you is that as laymen
you are able to see that If an injunc
tion should issue to protect property
rights it should also issue especially to
protect business rights"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
MRS. AST0R VERY I'LL.
Physician in Constant Attendance and
Relatives Called In.

New York. Oct. 3o.-Mrs. william
Astor, for 20 years the acknowledged
leader of New York society was crit
ically ill today at her home in Fifth
avenue and several of her relatives
have been summoned to her bedside
Her family physician, DR.. Austin Flint,
jr., has been in constant attendance
upon the patient for four days and last
night made public a bulletin stating
that four weeks ago Mrs. Astor suf
fered recurrence of an affection of
the heart. Mrs. Astor is said to be
more than so years old.
Mrs. Astor's daughter, Mrs. Orme
Wilson, has been constant attendant
at her mothers side since her illness
assumed serious phase and Mr.. and
Mrs. James L. Van Allen of Newport
are expected to come to New York to-
day.
The decline in Mrs. Astor's health
first became publicly known two years
or more ago, when her son. Colonel
John Jacob Astor. announced that his
mothers villa at Newport would not be
opened for the season of 1906.
After breakdown in health while in
Boston Mrs. Astor returned to this city
and has since taken little part in So
cial life.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
MACK SEES A BARGAIN.
Says Hitchcock Has Exchanged Prom
iSeS for Money.

New York, Oct. 30.-Charges were
made today by Norman E. Mack,
chairman Of the Democratic national
committee, that the declaration OF J. ID.
Rockefeller for Taft for president. was
the result of a deal between the Repub-
lican national committee and the
Standard Oil interests, whereby Ma
tional Chairman Hitchcock received
large contributions and Mr.. Rockefeller
the promises. Mr.. Mack said that un-
doubtedly the s29,0OO,000 fine of the
Standard Oil company would be fixed
up in the event of Mr. Taft's election
as a part of the bargain. Mr.. Mack
said:
THE Standard Oil company has
landed where everybody knew it would
land. Mr.. Rockefeller held back for
bargain and got what he wanted. His
declaration for Taft is good for at least
100000 votes in the doubtful states. /
can not speculate on the exact amount
the Republican national committee re-
ceived from Mr.. Rockefeller, but one
can rest assured that they both re-
ceived their price, Hitchcock getting
the money and Rockefeller the prom
ises, which suggest the question wheth-
er Taft is with Rockefeller or with
Roosevelt.
I'VE now have the Oil trust and the
steel trust lined up side by side work
ing for Mr.. Taft's candidacy. Mr.
CarneSleSS statement yesterday Oh his
arrival from Europe that the election
of Mr. Bryan would be a national
tragedy, is not only shocking. but
should arouse the indignation of all
fair minded citizens of the country re-
gardless of party affiliation. Mr.. Car
negie. 1 am reliably informed, Is not
even a voter in this country. Mr.. Car
negie has amassed large fortune as
the result, in part at least, of Repub-
lican policies, special privileges and a
robber tariff which Mr. Bryan and
every true Democrat condemns as so
odious and oppressive as to demand i'm
mediate reform. Hence the election OF
Mr.. Bryan is denounced by Mr.. Car
negie as a tragedy"
Chairman Mack declared that he had
learned that the Republican national
committee had a campaign fund OF
SO. 900, 900 and that of this sum $2,OOO,O0O
was being used for purposes Of coercion
and bribery The national chairman
said further that 5000, 900 of the Repub-
lican campaign fund had been sent into
Indiana and that more than that sum
had been sent into Ohio.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-30
John ID. Rockefeller Publicly
Announces His Preference.
Says He Expects to Vote the
Republican Ticket.
ISSUE is PERSONAL.
He Regards the Ohio Man as
Better Qualified
For an Administration of Public
Affairs.

Chicago, Oct. 30.-A dispatch to
the Record Herald from New York
says:
John D. Rockefeller, president of
the Standard Oil company, gave out
an interview today in which he said
he intended to vote for Taft. He
said:
1T seems to me at this time when
the question is put directly to the
American citizen which candidate he
will support by his vote for the pres
idency. he should be manly enough to
answer it just as directly. 1 there
fore say that 1 expect to cast my vote
for William Taft.
If for no other reason, 1 support
Mr.. Taft because on comparing him
personally with Mr.. Bryan, his chief
opponent, 1 find the balance of fit
ness and temperament entirely on
his side. The election Of Mr.. Taft
VIII, 1 believe, make for law and or
der and stability of business. He is
not a man, judge. to adventure with
turn to prosperity by advocating
measures subversive of Industrial pro-
gress. The question of candidates
seems to me peculiarly a personal
one in this campaign, as the leading
orators on both sides have not sue
ceeded in drawing party lines. as
based on platform, with any great
clearness. 1 do, however, support the
general Republican position on the
tariff and the currency have al
ways been a Republican.
Il feel the more impelled to ans
wer this question because it can not
be said that the present admins
tration has in any way whatever IA
vored the special interest to which my
life has been devoted. That, how
ever. does not excuse me from pub
fishing my opinion and doing what I
consider my duty as q citizen"