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The of the volunteer •tuft , sh» «*rii waft almost fatal* The mont nt them were young men without training, who know nothing of the <tu tl, p devolving u|M>n them, and who, left to th**re own resource#, were fttwoluteljr lout The volunteer olßcera Ignored the THE GENERAL OF THE ARItIY BACK FROM PORTO. RICO V-w York Sept. 7.—The United States trursypet Obdam. having on hr, aid Major General Nelson A. Miles and staff. Major (Sreonleaf. Captain Whitney, the second regiment of Wisconsin volunteers, insisting of thirty officers. MO men and a hospital corps, fr >m Porto KUA. arrived here today Mrs. Miles, her son and daughters, are also pU board the transport, will h railed from Ponce on H ptember 1. . . „ Th • surgeon In eharge reported all well on board, and no slckn ss MAJOR UENEIUb'MmIh." death* during the voyage. The troops are in the best of W'rlfs- The bte transport was decorated profusely with palms and decked with flags. From the fore truck was flying the American ensign over a largo Sranish flag while long strings of international code flags were floating from each mast head to the rails. ' IT ISNT EVERYONE THAT READS NEWSPAPER ACS. RUT IP YOU WWW BARGAINS READ THE HERALD. tt* 4rMa a *m mt m* 'a ftft 9 tfttfft#*aMfftftftftMfta Hi HIS Hi 1 IS OlrfO S tft (iftfnl Mil to *lfN 11 ft SniAL Tto Xcw MhKftr hrathiac a Graal Ka*. TM V« OrAn M* Dm h*«'4 to tM Aflßf. Iharta ftrot 7, •■'The aftift the < ahiftH runirll oftftftl* I Boialf agretd *i«i r#tl«kftft of the Dreyfus me Mid dlrert . .4,. miisivfer of Hutirt to (•fee step* to that ctil New Ftdt Out. TM MaUn snoot**# tM 4taco**ry <*f facia implicating o filter# of tM general staff, adding that Kurllnrtcn. tM or ar mlnlater of war. report erf IM Batter to the council and anted the oecesal tjr of reform - Ifg Ibt Intelligence depart* j mint of Ihr war offer. The New Orders. Thereupon hr directed an elaboiate plan aeparallnii the dutlea of the general ataff from thoae of the Intelligence de -1 nartment I * THE AUGUSTA HERALD. 1111110 Dli 111" 'TV idaft Dye fiftaft ft Ttir* la Hit CHI I-j Vaali Nat Via* tftail aa tka. liUMrM -four TarMr Tafta AMto tfta 01* toasa a**d LwwrtoaartMl. (to IM law of twit *• S of fW I j.mtolr |att l*f ifc% fa*fa ad ffTvMt M j 1 1 „ T(Br to IM T»alh IM •l*i*l of g$ *H# #r feftfwii»i»i paftlt ftftftMftfttj (ip nt «w him he ant ftp and ftrtch a 1 i The Jftlt#* Miidf f iled a rhMf hr jft fted Pee me *ow ift# taegesa i w»• • *▼» j He Talk*. I 111 n a ßi- |p Hmm H tlftnf, inf V 1 _ if, ftgiptAft cm Mftff h »AS h j . titt After ft while my family moved •ItkiM «na* lift *ll rtßhi Mill lh a TM lr»«l.le raise about this war I i s tohar* i (H tM way I toet a 1 j ..iu, a aiwed Oaat t *bo uec«|r«l aowie j iji, aand I let h>to have a dollar | |« a I Hite while I aaw a chance to In to tM H'y and of toarae wanted 1 , nmf wmaer. hot had tel o**ll Mve nil I tried to sell wune rherka m Ike **A man named McCann bought I them and after counting tM cheeks I enve him. handed back n Sve rent one. i wring I Had given too much. 1 **| then went down to my tent and 1 while there found tbnt some one had ! been In my thing* I then put my ‘ pi. tol In my pocket to keep anyoau Ifrom getting It. TM nMfk-wtty. i"Af T came out of tM teat McCann cursed me and said I had only given | him U cents worth of rherka. I told i him I had given him hi* money and .b«*n walked sway. The man Mill# l«a* near and commenced to any what he would do McCann then looked In i his pocket again and found a ten-rant 1 1 beck. One of my friends named I Washington lh>*n gave him * flve-eent ch. ck to atop the fuss. I "I walked up to the canteen and *oo« the other men rame up. McCann J mil Mills started talking again and i McCann put hia hand in hla pocket. I told him not to do that or I would hurt him. • Words w»m? on and McCann took !up a soda water bottle. Mills said romelhlng about what he was going to ■do, and when I looked towards him he | had hla big knife open and both he and McCann were coming my way. The Killing “I pulled my gun and aa I knew I had no rhanre with a man with a knife ! i *hot him. I then walked on down the company street. I never knew the man end had nothing against him. j "f only shot In self-defense. This was about 8:3(V Friday night. I was [not arrested until about 9:30 at roll [rail and If I had not known I did right ij cold have gotten away very canity. “I stayed handcuffed until Sunday. : when I was brought here, where I have been ever sine■».” When asked heiv he felt about the trial he seemed quite hopeful and said be knew he could prove that he did right. •'I know that 1 did right, and even If I am convicted I know that Ooil Is the just Judge and that. I will be repaid up there. I don’t mind dying so much, but I hate to think of dying like n dog. If I had been killed on a battlefield it would have been different.’’ • Letters from Home. He walked over to his coat and handed me two letters, one from his mother and one from his sister. The letter from his mother was aq appeal to Captain Beattie to do what he could to save her baby boy. It sta ted her condition, poor, aged and help- Uss, and asked that she be told at once what was dene. The other letter was one that told how the family felt. How they hoped and prayed that God would help him and. how they waited and trusted in him. As I finished reading, the man in front of me said: “Mister, ain't it hard on a fellow? t know I brought it oh myself, but X am here alone. Every body seems to be down on a fellow when he is in this fix. When I sit here and think of mamma and how this will nearly kill her it makes me feel terrible. How little I 'thought, when I kissed her good-bye at the depot that morning that it might be the last time I saw her.” Writes Letter. 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Ratos Pwdklto ftaa RatoMA tto PmlAai. |l|*r« Ift! to Tft Mifltl AlUiftlft, Oft (ftp T. PwtsdMH I ftrKioftf pill ftft iftwirilftfttnt ift I ft# i third >*#r oi kl* ftdmia ftfmikMi tn (<ft# •tftitllftl fprndinloi m#d* fcftt 1 T«*imi«f ftf Mr. 11. P Ward of All* |pta Mr*. Waid fta • pm(f«i)oi«l (rlftlrvofftftf ml ##*• r»H*fld#fti ift Innt fVfdirtlcftft ftft# ft*fit a MUt to tft# pr«»id*fii wamtftC lift of hi* fft** Mrs ft P Word returned last night from i visit to Atlanta whets »he gave some strode evidences of her ; wonderful clairvoyant power*. Mt#, Ward rolled on TM Journal while In I Atlanta and corrected their report of i her prediction of the death of Presi des! M< Klnlev's successor . It Is tM ■ president himself and not hla s octet sor. a bom she claims will be aaaaaal- I nated In the third year at hla term. !8o Impressed was she that her predlc ,|, n would M fuifintw! that she wrote • M president a inter urging that he I exercise every passible care with hint | self, so that if possible the fate which : aha avert awaits him may M thus ! averted The later was sent per registered j mail and waa sent about a week ago. What Impression Mrs. Ward's predir | tlon bad on the president la not known I hers. Mrs. Ward, It Is learned, thinks of ' leaving Augusta and entering into a 1 partnership with a medical party In 1 Atlanta, where she will practice bet j magnetic powers. THE RIOTING AT AN END. The British Consul Killed and Other Damage Done. Candia, Sept. 7. The British bat tleship Campenlown having on board Sir A. Blliotti. (he British Consul at Canea. has arrived here. Other war ships have reached this port and re inforcements of blue JacketH have been landed, and the early restoration of quiet is expected. The British Consul j here, Mr. Calocherlno. was killed dur- I ing the fighting yesterday, brought on ! by the Mussulmans objecting to Eng | llsh control. The Mussnlmen trade an anti-Eng lish demonstration and were fired on. They rushed for their arms and a riot began. The British ship In the har bor opened bombardment, firing the town in many places. It has been feared tiiat the Musselmen would ply the torch and burn the place. The Turkish government offered to help the British. IN THE NECK. John Lyons Stabbed By Jerry Garrett Lost Night. John Lyons, a colored man, had a narrow escape from passing away from life last (tight. He became involved In a difficulty with another negro man named Jerry Garrett, who plunged, a knife blade In to the neck of Lyons. The blade came very near cutting the enrtoid artery, which would have no doubt caused him to bleed to death. As it wes, he wan taken to the Umar hospital where ho lies today with a wound In his neck, Garrett han been reported to the po lice and will be arrested. PROF. DIETRICH. The Chief Constructor of the German Nnvy Dead. Berlin, Sept.. 7. —Prof. Dietrich, the chief constructor of the German navy, is dead. Small Cyclone. Towanda, Pa.. Sept. 7.—A storm of almost cyclonic proportions oassed over this section during the night, do-, ing great damage. Three men are reported killed. BULLETS IN POLITICS A POST FRICHTFUIi TRAGEDY THIS (DORHING AT A REPUB IiICAN CORVEfITIOfi AT COD ORADO SPRINGS. <>Sf firUto HaMlsc <* Tmoiift H«II »«•# B< «# «Uw. W* lanite |« Vlkl Ihkciin Ait EHW iti A!k«H Bt intil •( Ur Silt fft (Tim it lit Ml* •* U* A*(W Afcli***Tlt flllrt est Dfftuts N*r Ui (Imn» if Ur Hill iV X* (*R A!lt«*4 ti Kiiti—Armi-* Hut Rtti V«4r. |ffy tto AtotoW Praan-1 rtototo Rtototo Cto».. tato f.-Tto l«Mn*nl a»» Mtneto Ito tw» tae- Ittoa mt (M aHvav tontaicaß party r*willed (Ito Morning to Ito damn «f Ctoito* Mama, at Itowr. tt la ito taanll d an aiteaapl by ito I oa* *»•" •ma to raplace the ayna koto, nlllcfc ••• goarded by Ito tprng** <*f t9ftfte Al 4 a*Hark a ru*h was made by Mil** or iwtoty Broad men to* bmh IM frwt and IM c*nr mt IM toHdlßg. aod IM Riwagn* men. «M MM p iarnrrf-r to rvprlling the aliack. Bred a volley lata IM aaaallaaia. It netted a Bullet. Harris (ait with a toilet tfemnafe hi* ahdaassa. and Is gaol snsdteal aid TM sb-s>4inc ueenrvad Jyst outsld# the opera feouae 4oor. Reveral arrests have herd mods. TM man who flrrd I fee shot la uadouMedty *■ custody, tml bt« same raaant to ascertained Tto tragedy resulted from (to ac tion mt National Chairman Towns In rawwvloe Hlehord Broad from lha [ chairmanship o« th* slate mmmltt#* on th ground of “disloyally lo the | silver republican oarty and tto canoe tt stands for." and It being alleged j to bad joined In a conspiracy with .to friend, of Wolcott lo defaat Ito pro posed fusion with tto demo, rats and populists. Got Possession. Charles S Hprague. representing the Teller mid Towns d* legs tea. ob tained possession of tto opera h >ua* In which Ito convention la to meet tomorrow, and refused to surrender It at the demand of ex-Ctiatrman Broad. Sprague la editor of Ihe Colorado Springs Evening Telegraph. Another Tan Hit. Harris died ooon after to was ahot. Another man waa struck In the Cheek by the same bullet that hilled Harris. Sheriff Boynton and Chief Gathrighl took control of the opera house an* made a thorough search. The officers found five Winchesters and ten revolvers in the building. The opera house Is now In the possession of (to p«!!ce. deputy sheriff* and the adherents of ex-Chalrman Broad. No one Is allowed to approach the doors. The Effect of the Shooting. The sibling doors which form the entrance to the auditorium show the effects of the shooting. The right hand door, as the room is entered. Is perforated with bullets from Winchesters, and a hall Is also lodged In the left door. Both were fired from the Inside room and about os high as a man s head from the floor. Application for riantlamus. At 1 this morning the Walcott-Broad faction applied to Judge Lunt for a writ of mandamus compelling Chal rman Blood, who was appointed by Na tional Chairman Towne to succeed Chairman Broad/ to be removed and to turn the building over to ox-Chatrman Broad. The writ waa refused. A Statement About It. “At 4:10 this morning," said ox-Mayor Plumb, “we were inside the opera house. There was 22 of us. Suddenly a fusilade of shots were fired through both the front and side doors. Then in a second the doors were burst open. 4 and In rushed 75 to 100 men. There was constant firing in all parts of the hall, we replying the best we could. Saw One nan Fall. “I saw one man fall, shot through the lungs. They carried him to the balcony and slid down. He died In a few minutes. Another man was Injured. We were forced out of the building. Sheriff Boynton and Chief of Police Gathrlght were in the front ranks of the attacking party. The police and sheriff’s oncers claim the attack was made ent tely by men brought from Denver. They say they only rushed in after the attack began. Peculiar Fact. A reeu'iar fact, however, is that they were all on hand. Chairman Blood has Issuod a statement, In wnich he says that ex-Chalrman Broad. T. N. Stevens and DeWitt C, Webber arranged with a gang of thugs to come from Denver and co-operate with Sheriff Boynton and the police of Colorado." 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Geoersl fffto. podc* nxnn'nlaMf j of Baffsio. ndr vltA IM pallm onto* inlnkMtn of thit clip at IM bend of (fee pmreaelni Hla boras ailppad and j fait no General Curl la io onto • way •aalo In jura fela agios I) oraa at first i i hough! M would lot recover, bol la ! <sr fela rondUllMi ttoproved It Is tip , ilsvsd ha will to crippled for lift. FULTON NAS CUT DOWN THE TAX RATE. ******* • l‘tilling H IHwa Hi the Connty lo Amid Burden bv IHe SlaUlo.rea»r, 1 Special |n The Herald. V Imiia Ga . Hr pi. ?.~Putton roan. I ly's toh* rat* oaa 'Sued today hy tto | iKiard of i fxinfy rpmmlaelnnsra. H 1 wilt ha 9T> 94 per thousand aa agataat jH M tal year. TM inrrrass In the • tale' (Pie. however, will mahe slate j and mnibfy (aaea for Pulton’a citlMD* $11.94, the »»mc aa l*a' year. 1,6*0 NAMES Now (Tries tM Ktchmond County Registration Books. MM. Thai la the number of name* on the registration books. The bonks clone on the afternoon of the Mth and all are requeued to go down as soon as possible and auto graph with the registration clerk. The elate election will he on next month, and you will desire to caat your bal lot. You Bust register before such can be done. Richmond county should poll a big vote In the contem and will do so If everyone will not let the registration mutter go by. A • LOST’’ BOY. The Sensation He Caused In Barnes Street Last Night. A “lost” boy created something of a sensation on Barnes street last night. The impression got out (hut he could, not ha found and sewers and other pla-* ees were searched. Some one made the suggestion that he might have fal len in the canal and • attention was turned in that direction. He was found In his bed soundly snoring a lit tle later. HACON MATTERS. (Tunlcipal Affairs Under Discussion Last Night. Macon, Oa., Sept. 7.—The chamber of commerce held an important meeting last night to consider the readjustment of the water and gus rates and fire In surance rales, on general ocmpalint that they were too high In Macon. The committee on water und gas reported that the city council’s committee on** gas and water had agreed to co-oper ate with the committee from the cham ber of commerce, and the two commit tees would soon meet to commence their Investigation. The comlttee on Insurance rates, through lls chairman, E. H. Wilson, the well known tire insurance manager, reported that Macon has practically the same rates as Augusta, Savannah and 'Columbus, but higher than. Atlanta. The committee made a statement that the losses In Macon during the past thirteen years are $513,253.60 more than premiums to the companies. The total premiums during this period have been 12,276,214. Fire losses were $1,966,- 605, to which can he added $822,864, which represents 80 per cent for corn misslons. .etc., making total of $2.- 219,462. again5t.52,276,214. tt le total pre miurac. „ .■#