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THE SANDERSVILLE HERALD.
FIRED ON TROOP TRAIN
OF POLITICAL INTEREST.
Both Mr. Bryan and Mr. Taft are
DEBATED CONSTITUTION
! much pleased at the results obtained
Three Men Killed and Eleven from .he use of the phonograph for Of the United State*~No Better
1 the dissemination of their political ^ —
? hol. - Governed Than Empires.
Wounded by Strikers.
LOG PLACED ACROSS TRACK
Over One Hundred and Fifty Shot* En
tered Car«--Conductor Wu Killed.
Eight Arrests Made.
Birmingham, Ala.—Three men were
instnntly killed and eleven Injured,
speee
Missouri has come to the front with
a rush in the Taft baby naming con
test. W. F. Heavner of Lebanoh, Mo.,
announces himself the pfoud father of
twins. As a good republican he has
undertaken to perpetuate the Whole
tional ticket and the state ticket by
naming one boy Howard Taft Heav
ner in honor of Judge Taft and the
other Hadley Sherman Heavner, to
honor the second place on the ticket,
two of 'whom will probably die, when 88 we " 88 M ‘ 8BOUl1 ' 8 ropubll-
strlklng miners fired into a passenger, cau candidate for governor.
VV. .1, Bryan is considering the sug-
THE CAPITAL WELL GOVERNED
Though Not Democratic-—Admiration is
Ex;rjssed for Our Supreme Court
and Other Institutions.
London, England.—The “constitu
tion” congress which has been in ses
sion at tlie Franco-British exhibition
discussing safeguards for the various
constitutions to provide for maintain
train on the Birmingham Mineral rail
road at Blocton, Ala. gestlon of Harvey Garber, national i,ng personal liberty and responsibility,
The dead are: Conductor Joe T. Col- ! chairman of Virginia, to place a per- has closed with a debate on the con-
line; o. Z. Dent, deputy sheriff; Wll- «onal letter iu the hands of every i stitutlon of the United States. During
lard Howell, non union miner. The In- voter In every doubtful state. Kdgai the course of the discussion Professor
jured are: Major F. H. Dodge, super- B. Schmidt of Dayton, Ohio, went to Albert Venn Dicey of Oxford referred
intendent of safety, Tennessee Coal Lin col nto especially place the idea to what he described as a “melancholy
company, wounded In hand and leg; before the candidate. paradox.” He said that, while the
E. E. Cox, superintendent of mines, "Just call me Mr.Taft and if you drop United States started with an advan-
Tennessee Coal company, slightly into colloquialism, call me Bill.” This tage unknown In any other country—
wounded in knee, A. E. Cross, chief was Judge Taft's laughing leply when with a constitution designed with
clerk, superintendent's office, wound- granting an audience to a number of more care, more skill and more slic
ed in arm and knee; .1, C. Johnson, newspaper men, who had severally ad cess than almost any other constitu-
deputy sheriff, slightly wounded in dressed him as “Mr. Secretary,” “Gov- tion deliberately designed by man—
side; A. C. Bryant, deputy sheriff, | ernor” and “Mr. Taft.” yet the candid American citizen would
Richard V. Oulahan.'for manv years I Fa .v 'hat, on the whole, they are little
a leading writer with the New York ! better governed than the besl Europe-
slightly wounded in side; .1. B. Cor
nett, deputy sheriff, wounded in the
hack; \V. il. McAttly, soldier, slight
injuries; M. A. Pearson, soldier,
wounded in left shoulder; J. C, Mar
tin, wounded in head, back and arm;
A. J. Mver, laborer, wounded in leg;
Robert Sigmon, wounded in arm and
breast.
The train was a special bearing
nonunion men to the Blocton mines
under guard of soldiers ar.d deputies. J at the Minnesota stutc fair, provided
On the outskirts of the town the eu-
Sun, will have general charge of tne
literary work for the republican na
tional committee.
Senator Taylor of Tennessee has
charge of the plan by which a straw
an slate; while the candid European
critic would put it that the United
States is not much' worse governed
than the best states of Europe. That
was the paradox of a country filled
with noble people who were governed
t'ho^nn'lim ^ taUen eVe °' Btale ,n , in a way that would not for a moment
; be tolerated In Paris, London or Uer-
Mr, Bryan bus consented to speak Un.
The city of Washington Is well ad-
no admission to the grounds is to be ministered, continuel Professor Dicey,
gitieer suddenly saw a log across the charged. because it was not democratically gov-
* rack and at once a fuslladc was fired The campaign for the election of erned. It Is governed by commission-
Into the train. '1 he engineer did not Estate officers of South Carolina has era appointed by congress, a body not
stop, but let the cowcatcher throw stirred up a hot. light between the nearly so democratic as the crown of
the log front the track and put on ministers and politicians of that slate. England. Professor Dicey expressed
full speed. 1 he place where the at- 'Cho ministers have taken the stump admiration for the supreme court, I
tack was made was iu a cut, the an dare bitterly opposing what they which he said was "one of the most
ground being on a level with the low- term "ring rule.” successful institutions,” but he doubt-
er part of the windows. The assuil- Mr Tuft - H fatal Klft of ,b eauty has ed whether the balance of power ex-'
Soi?n b : h mJniS^1?e^Ktiri^ ^ “ n " ld “*'"‘ “> ‘ sU »« ln ,he U " ltPd C0Uld ex '
the windows and at the engineer.
Practically every window In the train
was broken, and shots struck all parts
of the engine and cab. The train pro
ceeded to Blocton and the dead and
Injured were returned to Birming
ham.
Dogs were hurried to the scene, and
took trails through the woods direct
ly to the union quartern. Eight men
were arrested and other arrests are
expected.
Governor Comer held a hurried con
ference with Lieutenant Colonel Hub
bard, commanding the militia, and an
other company was hurried to Bloc
ton.
The trouble caused widespread In
dignation. and a general demand is
being made that more strenuous ac
tion be taken looking to the preser
vation of order.
Battleships reach Auckland.
American Fleet Drops Anchor in New
Zealand Port.
Auckland, New Zealand.—Sixteen
whlto ships, comprising the battleship
division of the United Stntes Atlantic
fleet, under command of Rear Admi
ral Charles S. Sperry, arrived here at
8:40 o’clock Sunday morning and an
chored in two columns in the road
stead abreast the city, after a voyage
of thirty-three days front San Fran
cisco.
When the warships entered the har
bor the usual salutes were exchanged
Mr. Tuft's fatal
led an Indiana butgla _ _
thousand of his campaign buttons. ist 111 any European country.
Mr. Bryan has issued an appeal to ?? yot ’ A th f e French , P°, lllica ! ec °"°-
the “common people,” asking for earn- ml8 and former minister of public
pulgn contributions ™ orka - thought the constitution of |
. . n , . ^ America has many advantages for a 1
.John 1 envple Graves, candidate of democratic country, and, though pos-
the independence party for vice pres- sibly loo rigid, on the other hand, it
ident, underwent a slight operation prevented wild enterprises.
In a private hospital in New York
city. n AMERICAN GUOUS WANTED.
The democrats of New England in
tend to make a tight to keep their
section out of the republican column.
Henry Watterson lias written sev
eral thousand letters to democratic
editors waking them up to the im
portance of getting in behind Bryan.
Mr. Taft has received from a Bhil- this city, who lias just returned from
adelphia admirer the left hind foot of a four months’ trip through all the
a rabbit, gold mounted. The gift was principal countries of Europe, includ-
accompauied by a note expressing the ing European Russia, lie said that
hope that the rabbit toot would offset he sought out and met men of every
the luck given to Mr. Bryan when lie class and interviewed bankers and
was presented with a horseshoe. | government ministers in nearly all the
it is announced that William Ran- **apitals of Europe,
dolph llearst will start a daily paper I “1 found practically no hostility to
in Atlanta, Ga., in the interests of the 1 Americans or American institution
Foreign Dealers Favor United States-
Made Products.
New York City.—Optimistic views
on business conditions abioad and the
outlook for American enterprises
there were expressed by Darwin P.
Kingsley, a prominent financier of
Independence party.
Alton B. Parker, democratic candi
date for president in 19U4, delivered
his first speech of the present cam
paign in behalf of Mr. Bryuti and Mr.
Kern before an audience of 2,000 per-
he continued. “On the contrary, the
products of American enterprises are
today more largely in evidence than
ever before. In every considerable
city there are hnndsome plants offer
ing successfully American plows, reap.
sons at Temple Auditorium In Los e, ' s and all klnd3 of agricultural imple-
Angeles Cal. j ments, sewing machines and insur-
Lincoin, Nebraska. Typographical | Government regulations are strict,
| but friendly. 1 found the foreign in-
Union voted to make William Jen
nings Bryan an honorary membei
between them and the shore batteries The action of the union was nearly 'o!!,VI a*) iva* t'V' A me rk-a n ^ e o mil a e s'
and the Australian flagship Powerful unanimous, such opposition as there! )f (h European countries has
and the cruisers Encounter and Plo-|was being on the ground that the ac- |None of the fc ' uropean coumues nas
neer
tion might be construed as bringin
I he city is elaborately decorated In j politics into the union. To offset this
honor of the visit of tne Americans, j Governor Sheldon, who is a republi-
and thousands of person's have al- ca n, also was made an honorary mem-
ready come into the city in order to j her.
assist in paying homage to the offt- j The headquarters of the democratic
cers and men. The townspeople are national committee have been formal-
enthusiastic over the visit of their ly opened In the Auditorium Annex,
American ceuslns, and throughout the at Chicago.
duy thronged the water front of the Thomas E. Watson, the populist
city to view the stately ships lying at candidate for president, is busy mak-
anclior in the roadstead. I ing- speeches in his home state, Geor-
WORK FDR MANY MEN.
gia. Mr. Watson is fighting for the
electoral vote of Georgia.
In order to relieve Taft of criticism
adopted any laws unfa zombie toward
the American companies, and they
show no disposition to do so.”
BEGINS GREAT WATERWAY.
Land Condemned for Right of Way in
North Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C.—Orders in seven
eases of condemned lands for right
of way for the inland waterway from
Pamlico Sound to Beaufort harbor,
have been signed by Judge Thomas
R. Purnell in the federal court for
the eastern district of North Curolina.
This starts the work on the great
GERMAN AIRSHIP BURNS.
Count Zeppelin’* Craft it Destroyed
After a Remarkable Voyage.
Stuttgart, Germany. — During a
BtoVm the Zeppelin airship broke
away from its moorings, took tire and
disnppetjred iji the air. Several per-
were injured. Count Zeppelin,
..ivSFT Is
A eTi?f\i1?F Sf accidents occasioned
by bad moods of nature and the fail
ure of mechanical appliances combin
ed was responsible lor the untimely
end of the balloon, the flights of which
have held the attention of the world.
The Zeppelin airship had Just com
pleted the most remarkable voyage in
the history of aerlAl navigation. The
flight was Bticceseful in a great many
ways. The machine responded abso
lutely to the control of its pilots, and
was navigated over the Lake of Con
stance, down the valley of the Rhine,
over 8trassbufg nnd several other cit
ies, and was returning to Friedrich-
shafen, its starting point, when the
accident happened.
An explanation of the accident by
experts is that probably one of the
balloonettcs of which the immense en
velope was constructed, burst, and a
spark from the motor ignited the gas
when the balloon was carried into the
air.
Count Zeppelin has devoted his life
line and his personal fortune to the
development of his airships. The ves
sel that was lost was the fourth ho
had constructed. When his money
had become exhausted the German
retchstag voted him $125,000 to con
duct further experiments, and number
four was the result. The German
government agreed to purchase this
ship on condition that it fulfilled cer
tain requirements, the principal one
being that it remain in the air 24
hours and land on terra flrma. This
stipulation has not yet been fulfilled.
But, on learning of the accident to
the airship, Dr. Von Bethmann-Hell*
weg, imperial secretary of state for
the interior, after a consultation with
iiis colleagues, decided to forward to
Count Zeppelin $125,000, the proposed
estimate in the imperial budget for
aeronautic experiments, as a reward
for the count s many years of sacri
fice of this character in the interest
of the fatherland.
PYTHIANS ELECT OFFICERS.
Texan is Chosen Supreme Char~ellor
of the Order at Boston Convention.
Boston, Mass.—Before adjourning
the twenty-fifth annual convention of
the Order, the Knights of Pythias
elected the following officers: Su
preme chancellor, Henry P. Brown of
Cleburne, Texas; vice chancellor Geo.
W. Hanson of Calais, Maine; supreme
prelate, Rev. Dewitt C. Cob, Salem,
N. J.; supreme keeper of records and
seals, R. L. C. White of Nashville (re
elected); supreme master of excheq
uer, T. D. Meares, Wilmington, N. C.
(re-elected); supreme master at arms,
Samuel P. Davis, Davis, Oklahoma ;
supreme inner guard, E. Allison Pow
ers, Quebec, Canada; supremem outer
,guard, William D. Cameron, Merid
ian, Miss.; board of insurance control
for six years, U. S. G. Cherry, Sioux
Falls, S. D., and C. S. Davis, Denver,
Col.
The supreme lodge of Pythian Sis
ters elected the following officers :
Supreme chief, Mrs. Nellie E. Mer-
riam, Muskogee, Okla.; supreme sg;
nior, Mrs.’Sarah I. Cotton, Weather
ford, Texas; supremo junior, Mrs. Ida
M. Johnson, Central City, Colorado ;
supreme manager, Mrs. Cora M. Da
vis, Union, Oregon.
The uniform rank assembled, con
sisting of twenty-six brigadier gener
als, formally appointed Major General
Arthur E. Stobbart of St. Paul, Minn.,
to succeed himself in command of the
uniform rank.
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW
Bradstreet’s Crop and Industrial
Report is Favorable.
70 LESS BUSINESS FAILURES
Output in Ccrtiin Lit e* o' Cotton Good*
Are Being Curtailed---Condition
of the Corn Crop.
New York City.-Bradstreet ’s review
says; “Trade, crop and industrial de
velopments of the week are mainly
tnvorable. The first of the fall mer
chants' excursions are reported in
leading cities, theroby enlarging sales
oy Jobbers and wholesalers. Indus
trial reports are generally of increas
ed time run, or enlarged output, and
the leading crops have approached a
week nearer harvest. Thefe are,
however, some features accompanying
these developments deserving of note.
There are statements from quite a
tow markets that early fall buying is
hardly up to expectations, and tuut
caution and conservatism govern buy
er*’ actions.
■pin the industilals (here is percep
tibly more doing in iron and steel,
haidware manufacturing, western coal
mining and the lumber trades gener
ally. The rnilorads are certainly buy
ing mote of rails, cars and also light
supplies. The building trade evident
ly turned the corner In July, but re
ports of curtailment in output of cer
tain lines of cotton goods are still
prominent.
"Business failures in the United
States for the week ending August ti
number 205, against 275 last week, and
157 in the like week of 1907.
“Business failures in Canada for
the same period number 19, which
compares with 32 last week and 18
in Hie like week of 1907.
Washington, I). C.—The crop-report
ing boaid of the bureau of statistics
of the department of agriculture find-,
lugs, in a bulletin just issued, shows
that the condition of corn on August
1. was 82.5 per cent of a normal
crop as compared with 82.8 last
month, 82.8 on August 1, 1907, and
83.1 the ton year average on August
1.
- states the condition
was:
Illinois .. .. .. ..
77
J owa
83
Texas
86
Missouri
74
Nebraska
86
Kansas ..
76
Oklahoma
80
Indiana
75
Georgia
89
Ohio ..
85
Kentucky .. .. .. ..
83
Tennessee
84
Alabama
87
North Carolina .. ..
91
Arkansas
79
Mississippi .. .. ..
88
More Than $2,CCO,OCO Worth of Work
Awaiting the Idle. I on account of the Brownsville sol-1 i, ; land W8l ? rw J ay .. t _ h . at . ® v ?I‘ tua /
Pittsburg, Pa.—Calling for 24,000 diers, General Cor
tons of steel plate, an order has been a hitherto unpublished
placed with Pittsburg steel mills, fore-; Roosevelt, show
ing idle machinery into action and came directly from the president.
Mr. Bryan has an engagement to
meet all the lending labor leaders of
the country for a conference at Chi-
cabo August 22.
Mr. Bryan is availing himself of the
cool weather by utilizing every spare
moment of his lime in preparing the
several sections of the speeches he
or in round figures a value amounting j wlll mal<e . The one on tariff is ex-
contract for the constiuction of 'be peeted to be an exhaustive treatment
AmityvlBe pipei Rne.^a new^ water sup-1 °f t j ie su )jjoczt and will be one of the
most important of his utterances dur
summoning more men back to work.
With Pittsburg steel plate manufac
turers figuring on contracts for up
ward of 7,000 tons of plates tor steel
cars for railroad requirements, there
comes another contract that is to be
awarded in a brief period.
New York City has awarded the
or in round figures a value amounting
ply main of steel. The tonnage is cs
Corbin has given out !« lve a " ,nland water route to com-
blished dispatch from mer( ' e f I? m t ‘ h « * r I e . at lake , 8 aad B ° 8 h
wing that the order loa t0 North Carolina at least south
of the dread Hatteras and perhaps to
Florida. This will be the first link in
the gigantic chain of canals.
The contract has been let for the
construction of this portion of the in
land waterway and under the contract
the work is to be commenced Decem
ber 1. There will be about sixteen
miles of cut. This canal will prob
ably be dug before the deepening of
Beaufort harbor. The inland water
way will go on Pamlico liver, Neuse
river, Core creek out into Beaufort
harbor. Congress at its last session
appropriated $550,000 with which to
timated at from 24,000 to 21,000 tons j n „ iae campaign. The speech will be
to fl,000,000. delivered at Indianapolis. I,begin the work.
paXn manag^s'in aTn”2f daUy Tom ’ Traill Wreck CailSGS Three DCalllS.
ference with Mr. Bryan over the long ■ Imboden, Ark.—Three persons were
distance telephone. killed and four badly injured and a
The action of the Western Tariff ntlmber of passengers slightly bruised
Association in refusing to make ape- ! and shaken up when engine No. 210,
cial rates to Lincoln, Nob., upon the! pulling ’Frisco passenger train 206,
sued by tlie state crop pest commit- occasion of the notifleatioh of Mr. Bry- j was derailed twelve miles east of
tee. The bulletin gives the results of an has caused much disappointment I this city. The engine dashed headlong
some experiments made this year with among democrats who were prepnr- over a 12-foot embankment, pulling the
the arsenate of lead, and mentions ing to take a monster crowd from mail, bagage and smoking cars with
it. The gas tank in the mail car ex
ploded and the mail car, with all the
mail, was burned. A party of sailors
put out the lire, which started in the
baggage car, and saved the baggage.
The dead are: Engineer Cooper of
Memphis, Tenn.; Fireman Lee Booker
of Memphis, Tenn.; man supposed to
be H. F. Overs, residence unknown.
DEATH 10 BULL WEEVIL
Powdered Arsenate of Lead Will Kill
the Pest.
Baton Rouge, La.—That powdered
arsenate of lead may prove the solu
tion of the boll weevil problem, is
the suggestion made in a bulletin is
that in one instance it killed 70 per the east,
cent of the boll weevils in the local- j a horseshoe bearing the inscription
ity where it was tried. State Ento- “traveling across the continent to
mologist Newell says that two applicu- bring good luck to Billy B. and the
lions of the preparation will clear a j democratic party,” has arrived at New
field entirely of the weevils.
This is the first poison that the Lou
isiana state crop pest commission has
endorsed for killing boll weevils.
Tattoo Wives and Stop Divorces.
Warsaw, Ind.—“There would he
fewer 'affinities and divorces if all
married women in the United Stales
were tattooed on the chin,” said Rev.
Arthur Rawel, a native of Maoriland,
N. S., addressing .an audience of 3,000
at W inona Lake assembly. He added:
“Now that 1 am headed for Washing
ton, I think that J. shall ask President
Roosevelt to use his influence to have
such a bill put through congress.”
Orleans tied to tlie rear-end of a pas
senger train. It was transferred .to
another road and started on its jour
ney to San Francisco.
Frank Hitchcock, the republican
campaign manager, is making almost
daily visits to President Roosevelt at
Oyster Bay.
Judge Taft, accompanied by Mrs.
EDISON QUITS INVENTING.
Takes Up Study of Chemistry and Will
Take Life Easy.
New York City.—Thomas A. Edison
has begun to gratify an ambition he
has cherished many years and the
| laboratory at Llewellyn, N. J., will
| see comparatively little of him hence-
;forth.
Mr. Edison’s ambition has been to
[give himself a roving commission into
public science and to steer clear of
commercialism. He does not want to
increase his fortune. He has got $25,-
000,000, which he thinks is more than
enough. All his life he has been turn
ing out money-making inventions. He
will devote his remaining years to in
vesting in anything that strikes his
fancy, without regard to its financial
productiveness.
Now he proposes to devote himself
to chemistry. Moreover he is going to
take life more easily. He has prom
ised his family and his friends to give
up slaving night and day, Sunday and
holidays in his laboratory. Not only
that, but he is going to take jaunts
about to see the rest of the world. He
has bought, himself a place in Florida,
where he will spend a couple of
months In the late winter and spring
next year.
FATAL DYNAMlS EXPLOSION.
One Killed, One Mortally Injured and
a Number Hurt.
Brewton, Ala.—Silas Maddox was
killed and his brother, Lewis, fatally
injured by the explosion of dynamite
on a log train of the Cedar Creek
Mill Company. Several others on the
train were seriously Injured.
The train was coming to town from
the Fish Pond logging camp when a
bucket of dynamite was ignited by a
spark from the engine. Silas Mad
dox attempted to throw the bucket
from the car. It exploded just as it
left his hands.
There were about 150 men aboard
the train.
Scores Are Mangled by Hurricane
Szegedln, Hungary.—During a hur
ricane which swept over this section
of the country a large factory col-
laft, drove forty miles across country j lapsed and a hundred workmen were
in a buckboard to attend a horse show ! buried in the ruins. Four corpses
at \\ bite Sulphur Springs, Va. I aiK i fourteen persons severely hurt,
John Sharp Williams, nominee for Shave been recovered from the debris,
senator from Mississippi, and former j Seventy persons are still missing. Sze-
leader of the democratic minority in | gendiu is 96 milec southeast of Buda-
1 be national house of representatives, | pest, and after Budapest is the most
absolutely refused to deliver a demo-: populous city of the kingdom. It has
cratic partisan address at a Preston, an extensive trade and is noted for
Iowa, Chautauqua. j the manufacture of food products,
TURKISH SULTAN STABBED.
Coat of Mail Saves His Life—Would-
Be Assassin Arfested.
London, England.—A special dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph com
pany says; “The sultan of Tut key
was stabbed in the breast by a minor
palace official. The coat of mail
| which the sultan always wears de
flected the blow. The would-be as-
| sassin was arrested. Apparently he
had been bribed to commit the act, as
he had a large sum of gold in Ais
pockets _ jy , \
WANT RATES ANNULLED.
Kalamazoo Merchants Object to the
Southern Classification.
Kalamazoo, Mich.—The Merchants’
and Manufacturers' Association has
filed with the interstate commerce
commission a protest against putting
into force an Increase in rates for
Ihe southern classification territory
proposed by the railroads to go into
effect this month. The increase, Vice
President Shepardson of this city, who
announced the filing of Ihe protest,
says, ranged from 10 to 25 per cent.
The protest declares shippers in a
thousand towns are affected, and
says;
“We trust your investigation on thin
subject will enable you to annul the
tales in southern classification terri
tory the day they are to take effect.”
Bloody Kentucky Fight.
Harlan, K.v.—A pitched battle was
fought at the Howard store at Lay
man. John Blanton was killed. Sher
man Blanton was shot in the arm, and
Stokley Osborne was mortally wound
ed; Lee Russell was seriously wound
ed, and a young man whose name is
not unknown, was also shot. He ran
into the timber, and has not been
found.
The trouble was caused by long
standing enmity between the Taylors
and the Blantons, which dates back
several generations.
Dealers Object to Army Methods.
Chicago, 111.—Manufacturers of the
west are severely criticising the
methods employed by the war depart
ment in awarding contracts for army
clothing. The special board to pass
on all bids ordered a special sample
of twenty yards of cloth to lie used
in the uniforms to be furnished. The
manufacturers, in an informal protest,
declare this virtually creates a mo
nopoly, as the cost of manufacture of
a special sample is prohibitive for
small dealers.
47,000 Barrels of Whiskey Destroyed
Midway, Ky.—Fire threatened to
wipe out this town. It destroyed five
warehouses of the S. J. Greenbaum
Distilling Company, entailing a loss
of about $300,000. More than 47,000
barrels of whiskey were destroyed.
Captain Guthrie a Suicide.
Savannah, Ga.—Captain A. H. Guth
rie of the schooner Frank A. Williams
of New York committed suicide by
jumping overboard eight miles west
of Cape Lookout. The schooner was
being Brought from New York to,
Southport, where it had been recent
ly sold. The schooner was left with
out a navigator, but ihe mate sailed
it Eafely to Savannah.
Passing of “Stage” Money.
Washington, D. C.—Chief Wilkie of
the secret service proposes to test the
law in relation to the rights of per
sons to make “stage” money such as
is freely sold in the form of $100
bills. A case in which one of these
$100 bills has been passed as lawful
money has come to the attention ol
Hie secret service and Chief Wilkie
believes the issuance of stfch “stage”
money will be adjudged unlawful when
a test case is made against one of
its manufacturers.
LATE NEWS NITES,
General.
The Now York Central rail,, . .
decided upon the Immediate ias
lure of two millions of doll-,/' " di ’
Pittsburg, Pa., district for " ,h °
ments. ,ni i"ove-
Aftcr saving her husband’ i if „ ,
wrenching a hammer with wl, h l 7
had been bealen into uncons, io ! J, h ®
from the hands of her broth,, m? 9 !'
Ira C “ d - V - and knocking him
ground, Mrs. Wade ltiggnn wJ u
and killed by Cody at , sh «
Mississippi. lore .
Wilber Wright ef Dayton, Ohio
made a successful flight with his W
oplane at Lemnus, France Th r ’
chine covffl-ed 2.17 miles ami ,i„
flcial time of the flight was ...
ute and forty-six seconds.
Becoming angered nt his wit | nhn
Goolsby, a well-to-do farm, i ,7 ?
foul, Mississippi, knocked lie, ,i„ u X n '
and while she was lying prostrate
mated her clothing with nil He then
set fire to the clothes, and she w
badly burned before the flam,-, W e>
extinguished by neighbors.
The Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mm
ing company has been placed in' th«
bunds of a receiver. This i one of
the largest flour making com , , ,, in
the world.
Hundreds of the Turkish K0VPrn
ment officials of the old reginj.- , re
scurrying to the other side „f the
frontier. They nrc loaded with mil.
Hons of which they have been ,,i un .
dering the country for vent | t
is estimated the graft has cost t wn
million dollars.
Godfrtend Probst, n worker In a
Brooklyn restaurant, has been notified
that he nnd his sister ate join, heirs
to tin estate of nearly sixteen million
dollars, left by their uncle, who died
Intestate In Bombay, India.
Seth M. Richereck, a former Indian-
npolls banker, who absconded a year
ago with something over a hundred
thousand dollars of depositors mon
ey, has been located’ut Johannesburg
South Africa. He is living under an
assumed name and is doing a bunking
business.
The Missouri Pacific railroad has is-
sued an order for the reopening of its
locomotive shops iu St. Louis, Sedalla,
Vort Scott, Atchison, Osawatomie, De-
Solo and Baring Cross. The reopening
will provide employment for more
than one thousand men.
Notice has been given to the resi
dents of Argenta. Ark., by the St Lou
is and Southwestern railroad, ttint un
less suits for $70,000 damages, alleg
ed to have resulted from the construc
tion of about a mile of trackage
through the principal stre.* of the
city, are dismissed, the traek will he
torn up and all orders for improve-
mens, including u depot to cost $200,-
000, will be annulled.
A tornado which struck Dunning,
Nebraska, a town of 1,000 inhabit-
nrVs completely destroyed, all tele
phone and telegraph lines in tile town
and surrounding country. The tor
nado laid waste to many valuable
farms and several large buildings in
the town were blown town,
The American Tobacco Company
has declared a quarterly dividend of
2 1-2 per cent and 7 1-2 per cent
extra on the common stock. This
compares with 2 1-2 per cent and 5
per cent extra three months ago,
2 1-2 per cent and 2 1-2 per cent ex
tra six mouths ago and nine months
ago, and 2 1-2 per cent und 7 1-2 per
cent extra a year ago.
George H. Sommers ,u conductor on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, was
arrested by United States officers
charged with violating an act ol con
gress in carrying a passenger free
while In charge of his tralfi. lie is
held under $1,000 bail.
Mrs. Ethel Gaylord of Rich
mond, Va., has been inform*
ed that he r husband, whom she
though she had -buried in Jacksonville,
Fla., a year ago, had turned up ah'*
and was searching for her. The man
buried in Jacksonville was found
floating in the ocean at that city, and
was identified by Mrs. Gaylord ub her
husband.
Twelve hundred mechanics employ
ed by the Canadian Pacific railroad
are out on a strike. The engineers
and firemen are in sympathy wit!)'he
mechanics and may call a sympathetic
strike. Owing to the fact that Jap
anese laborers are being used as
strikebreakers, feeling is running high
;«* (1 serious trouble may result if the
Japanese are not discharged.
Washington.
China has formally accepted m*
date, January 1, next, and the selec
tion of the city of Shanghai as w
time and place for Ihe holding
meeting of the international °P lu
commission. The commission D
make a preliminary investigation in
the general question of the opium |r ‘
tie. It has no plenary powers, but »
make recommendations for future
tion by the various countries.
President Roosevelt refused '»
grant an audience to James M
alson of Alabama, a midship' >
whose rismissal from the Naval A
emy was approved by 'he P'' ofc
some time ago. Haralson Be,,me
think that if he could lay his
-before the president, he would
a chance to be re instated.
Major J. H. Russell, U. S. A.,
sergeant and ten privates ot tk p
ama expeditionary regiment <>
rines, have arrived in W a;dl ’ n f i( , a |
and entered the new navy a*
college hospital to receive the 1 ‘ 1M ,
treatment against hydrophobia
officers and men were severely .
or scratched by a puppy h 1 ' UB
dog at Camp Diobolo on the h
July 21 and 22.
Honduras nas aecnnea to ' 11
with the wishes of the Amenta ^
eminent requesting the r , e 1 vot '' 1 , v ,vila,
the decree issued by Preside it n
canceling tlie exequaturs of An ‘ nSll i
Consul Drew Llnard and Vh 1 { j ie
Virgil C. Reynolds at Cdba, ° , n
ground that they had In ' an d
Ihe internal politics of Hondt @
that with the vice consuls o ‘
and Norway, they advised the -
der of Ceiba to the revolu,i ° ,,-eflty
The trademark and copy rig * )ia8
between American and JaI ‘ n at
been passed by the privy c
Taldo.