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jTHE MORNING NEWS. i
Established 1850. - - Incorporated ISSN V
J. H. ESTILL, President. f
A ‘TRAGIC FIGHT IN TELFAIR.
IT adds a chapter to the dodge
LAM) WAR.
Lucian William* Answers the De
mand f Three Deputy Marshal*
That He Surrender by Opening Fire
on Them —His Aim Ilnil and He
Fail* to Hit His Man, lint Is Dndly
Wounded Himself.
Macon, Ga., May 21.—Another bloody
chapter in the terrible story of the Dodge
land troubles was enacted yesterday,
when deputy I’nited States marshals in
an attempt to arrest old man Lucius 1,.
Williams and his sons, Steve and John,
shot and fatally wounded the former.
Deputy United States Marshals John Kel
ly. E. C. Garrison and R. L. Garrison
were the officers serving the warrants.
The warrants were issued upon indict
ments found by the last grand Jury of the
United States court, charging Lucius L.
Williams, Steve and’John Williams with
the murder of Tom Young, a negro, last
December.
More than ten days ago, Deputy Mar
shal Kelly and the Garrison boys went
down to Telfair county to execute bench
warrants issued upon the tinding of the
grand jury. They lay in the woods day
and night, awaiting their chance to sur
prise the men, for Lucius Williams was
known to be a man of desperate charac
ter. He had made terrible threats time
and time again, so it is claimed, that
p, would never come before the United
States court, believing Judge Speer would
not give him justice.
Yesterday the officers secured the serv
ices of some of Williams’ relatives and by
them were shown to the house where the
old man and his two sons lived. The ar
rival of the deputies was a complete sur
prise to the Williams’. They were on the
piazza as the posse drove up about 1
o’clock in the day. Old man Williams
was lying on the piazza taking an after
dinner nap, while his two sons sat In the
window near by.
Marshal Kelly walked up to the yard
fence, the other officers following, and
called upon Lucius Williams to surrender,
saying: “Mr. Williams, we have come
here not to hurt any of you, but you
must go back with us.”
A! this. Marshal Kcdly states, Williams
raised .iis gun to the position of ready.
He. too, cocked his gun and said, "Mr.
William*, please drop your gun or I’ll
have to shoot,. I don’t want to hurt you.”
Williams’ reply to this demand was to
throw his rifle to his shoulder as if to Are.
Marshal Kelly did the same, and both
fired about the same time. Williams’ aim
was bad and the ball whistled over Mar
shal Kelly’s head, but-the latter’s load of
b i kshot took effect in Williams’ neck
en l shoulders.
Williams then ran quickly into the house
an 1 Kelly went around l>y the back wln
d m to watch for a further movement.
He saw a gun barrel appear above the
window sill and then a man's bust. He
did not know wlto the man was, but
f "ing he was about to shoot, fired him
self, Hie charge taking effect in the win
dow sill. Then he saw old man Williams
Pass out on the back porch and down the
steps to the corner of the house. Williams
came to the corner of the house and fired
t him. Marshal Kelly returned the fire
an 1 -truck Williams again.
Williams retreated to the farther side
dd' tho house and thon th* Gariijon
brothers opened fire on him. He came
from around the house into the open yard
and Marshal Kelly saw him loading his
gun as he came. Marshal Kelly plead
with him again, he says, to surrender,
but instead ho threw his piece up to make
an answer with lead. Marshal Kelly and
one of the Garrison brothers fired at him
3 i t as p,. pulled the trigger and, throw
ing up his hands, he fell backward on
the ground, his bullet tearing off part of
* shl I under which tho olfieers were
standing.
St' vc and John Williams then came out
of the house, where they hal taken rof
oge during the fight, and surrendered.
: he sons were hand-cuffed and confined
hi the house, while attention was given to
their wounded sire. Williams lay for a
moment motionless on the ground where
h" fell and then, reaching for his rifle,
crawled to the back steps and attempted
to mount the shed, the blood flowing from
a dozen wounds and leaving a trail be
hind him Us he crawled. Half way up the
o" ps he fainted away from loss of blood.
The olfieers did not tarry long on the
feme of their sanguinary operations. With
hteve and John Williams they hurried on
h' Helena, not before, however. Sheriff
| cunk Algood had been notified of the af
fdr by Lucius Williams’ father-in-law,
v ho swore out warrants for Marshal Kelly
and tho Garrison brothers before the near
est justice of the peace, charging them
f ith assault with Intent to murder. The
sheriff, with several deputies, came on to
Macon with the government officers and
their prisoners, intending to take them
back under a state court warrant. A
dumber of the most influential citizens
®f Telfair county came up with them.
> !'"n their arrival here this morning Mar
tha! Kelly and the Garrisons retained
Marion Krwin. At 30 o’clock the parties
Interested held a lengthy conference as
'he disposition of the warrant against
'he marshals. Mr. Erwin at once took the
Position that the sheriff could not hold the
defendants on his charge; that such would
" unlawful and in contravention of the
lows of the United States. After a good
d"al of talking among themselves, the
parties were called into court at 11:30
and ’'ock. when Mr. Erwin made application
* ,r a w rit of habeas corpus, praying for
t.ie release of the defendants from the
Lands of the state authorities on
ground that their acts
■raj been committeed .in the
discharge of authority vested In thqm by
the general government. He wanted his
ciients given over to the United States
marshal in order that they might not he
i iced to go back to Telfair and lie in Jail
t acre.
. f -°|' J- W. Preston, who has represented
, 10 Williams’ throughout the whole erim
! a! proceedings against them was pres
< 11 Addressing the court he said that
v ule he was not then raising objections to
, 10 application for habeas corpus, he on-
Jy wanted to direct tho court’s attention
~ i fact that there was no latv by
ivh the sheriff could he held to account
JF r tlle Possible escape of the prisoners in
ine event of the granting of the habeas
-orpus petition, that is, that if the petition
V r *f rante< l and the prisoners taken
rum the Sheriff and given to the marshal.
. , s . Re , rlff col, ld not be held to account
r tllelr Possible, though he thought not
ffljie Jttflfttittig
very probable, escape, even though he
were the arresting officer.
Judge Speer assured him that the United
States government would be responsible
for the prisoners in case the habeas corpus
was granted. Judge Speer directed that
the prisoners be given Into the temporary
charge of the marshal and the hearing in
the application for habeas corpus be post
poned until Friday at 10 o'clock, upon the
assurance of Col. Preston for the prose
cution that all the testimony in the case
could bo secured by that time.
Col. Preston said he had received a tele
gram Just before noon from Col. Tom Ea
son at Mcßae saying that Lucius Williams
could not live until night. He thought
therefore that promised developments
would change the import of the charge,
which now stood assault with intent to
murder.
Judge Speer said that no hearing could
be had until the result of Williams'
wounds had been determined. Even
should he uie, however, the *court said
there would still be an unsettled question
as to whether the case would come within
the'jurisdiction of the state courts. The
determination of this would depend upon
the evidence in the case, whether or not
Deputy Marshal Kelly and the Garrisons
were using authorized force to overcome
criminal force when they shot Williams.
If It developed from the testimony that
they unlawfully shot Williams, the case
would come within the jurisdiction of the
state courts.
On the other hand, if it was shown that
the officers had necessity for the vio
lence complained of for self-protection and
the upholding of the dignity of the court,
they would not be amenable to the su
perior court. He directed United States
Marshal Harrell to take temporary charge
of Kelly and the Garrisons until the hear
ing In the habeas corpus application on
Friday.
The killing of old man Williams makes
the third tragedy in the now famous civil
feud, and the end Is not yet.
Col. McLean, the clerk of the county
eourt of Telfair county, and Edward Mc-
Rae came near having an altercation over
the affair while in the eourt house cor
ridor to-day. Mr. McLean made a state
ment in Mr. Mcßae's hearing reflecting
severely on the whole Dodge crowd. Mr.
Mcßae was not the party addressed, but
hearing the remark and becoming In
censed at it, he stepped up and said that
the statmenet was untrue. Col. McLean
replied that he knew Mr. Mcßae was arm
ed. The latter replied that he was not.
There was a somewhat heated contro
versy. Uystanders interfered at this Junc
ture and got the gentlemen apart. It is
hoped that the unpleasantries have been
ended.
FRAME’S BUDGET.
The Bureau of the Chamber Opposed
to the Government's Proposals.
Paris, May 21.—'The bureau of the Cham
ber of Deputies have elected a budget
committee almost unanimously opposed
to the government's proposals as they
stand, but differing as to the best way of
modifying them. The committee consists
of sixteen government republicans, one
socialist, fourteen radicals and two dep
uties who usually vote with the radicals.
It is said that seventeen will support an
income tax measpre and sixteen oppose
It.
London, May 21.—The Dally News to
morrow will print a Paris dispatch saying
that the result of the election of the
budget committee is a serious blow to
the French cabinet. The new taxes are
attacked on all sides. The moderates con
tend that Premier Rlbot might retrench in
the departments of war, marine and public
works, while the radicals protest against
the increase in military and other ex
penditures. M. Rouvier made a remark
able speech in one of the committee rooms.
He showed that the expenditure of the
government increased 1,000,000,000f ($200,-
000,000) every decade. He said that such
an increase was beyond the country’s
means, and declared that France was
nearing a disaster which retrenchment
alone could avert.
AVOLIIER MIST GET OFT.
The Committee Reports That He Is no
Longer Entitled to His Sent,
London, May 21.—The Committee ap
pointed by the House of Commons to
consider the question affecting the right
of Viscount Wolmer to sit as a member
of the lower house, despite the fact that
by the death of his father he had suc
ceeded to the rank and title of the Earl
of Selborne, reported to the House to
day.
The committee find that Viscount Wol
mer having, through right of succession,
become the Earl of Selborne, a peer of
Great Britain, he is no longer entitled to
sit in the House of Commons.
The report of the committee was read
by Henry T. Anstruther, liberal unionist,
who moved that a writ for anew election
in West Edingburgh to fill the seat va
cated by Viscount Wolmer be issued at
once.
G. N. Curzon, himself heir to a peerage,
urged the House to pause before taking
such a step, which, he declared, was an
entirely new parliamentary procedure.
BIG FIRES IX RUSSIA.
A Total of 510 House* Burned In
Three Town*.
London, May 21,-The Evening Standard
publishes a St. Petersburg dispatch say
ing that several more large fires are re
ported in the provinces.
At Kobur in the government of Grod
no 200 houses were burned and three per
sons perished.
In the village of Rushany the govern
ment buildings and 250 houses were de
stroyed.
At Mukshany, In the province of Pensa,
ninety houses were burned.
Germany’s Brandy Tax Bill.
Berlin. May 21,-The Reichstag has
adopted a majority of the paragraphs of
the brandy tax-bill, including the prin
cipal clause, which imposes anew tax
on distillers, the proceeds of which are to
bo applied to the paying of the premium
on exported brandies.
Parliament May Not Be Dissolved.
London, May 21,-The Westminster Ga
zette, in an article on the dissolution
scare, says the panic In the lobby is not
shared by the ministers, who have decided
that unless they are defeated upon a
vital Issue parliament will not be dis
solved this session.
Representative Cogswell Dead.
Washington, .May 21,-Representative
Cogswell of Massachusetts died in Wash
ington to-night after a lingering illness.
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 22. 1H!)5.
HOUSTON STORMED BY HEROES
OVER 12.000 VETER i\S ON If AM)
FOR THE R Kl .MOV
The Conquered Runner Interwoven
X\ SCI* live Star* and Stripe* and the
Glty n Dreuni in Runting—Men Who
Wore the Gray Fraternizing Arm
in Arm With Those Who Wore the
lilne—Gen, Joe Wheeler Given n
Miignilicent Ovation on 111* Arri
val;
Houston, Tex., May 21.—The streets of
Houston are filled with a surging mass
of humanity, representing every state in
the union, and the trains of every sys
tem leading into the city are full to
overflowing with veterans and their
friends, all on their way to the fifth an
nual reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans.
This enterprising city has been pre
paring for this event many months and
the arrangements are satisfactory to the
highest degree. The men who wore the
gray have been looking forward to the
occasion with the ardor, which no one
experiences In so full a measure as the
battle-scarred remnants of tho Army of
the Confederacy. It seems as if all the
broad lines of the country are converging
here, and that the iron wheels are hurry
ing forward with something of the fervor
which Inspires the hearts of tho heroes
they are conveying to the reunion.
Many of the most prominent surviving
leaders of the lost cause are here to
night aril to-morrow they will again
take command, under the blended ban
ners of union and secession, of the griz
zled veterans whom they led in many a
stormy conflict between Sumter and Ap
pomattox. Not only are tho banners
blended, for federals and confederates
mingling in cordial fraternity are walking
arm in arm and exchanging reminiscences
of tho various fields on which they fought.
Comrades have met for tl.e first time in
a third of a century and the memories
of many touching scenes will signalize
this great reunion.
Houston is a dream In drapery. Dex
terous hands have arranged the flutter
ing flags in long festoons, where old glory
and the starry cross combine in the same
harmonious unity with which the federal
government under the new conditions,
participates In the commemoration of the
struggle In which eld conditions pass
away.
The principal thoroughfare of tho city
is a mass of gracefully woven bunting,
the conquered banner and the conquering
banner, alternating for mure than a mile.
On the heart of every man and woman
flames a badge or a miniature flag, while
hero and there some distinctive sign of
more than ordinary interest may lie ob
served, Here a blue ribbon marks the
wearer as one of Morgan's men, and there
a lone star distinguishes someone of
the Eighth Texas Rangers, of Immortal
memory. The dapper uniform of the reg
ular army mingles with the faded Jackets
of gray, worn by some enthusiast from a
distant state.
In short, the whole city is given over
to the ardor of the hour and the great
est event of the week throughout the
south, if not the whole United States, is
reaching a culmination. This has been
Houston’s day and local pride has in
tensified southern patriotism. The rain
yesterday prevented the parade, which
was anticipated with so much interest.
The event came off to-day, however, and
Main street was lined with a solid mass
of humanity to see the Soldier boys go
by.
The following companies were In the
parade: Corpus Christ! Light Guards,
Roberts Rifles, Governor's' Guards, Doke
Rifles, Branham Light Guards, Houston
Light Guards, Urenham Field Artillery,
Battery C, Lasker Guards, Mabry Rifles,
Lipscomb Rifles, Lamar Guards, Marble
Falls Guards, Browtiwood Rifles, Houston
Light Artillery, Rutherford Rangers, Ml
lano Rifles and the M. B. Lloyd Rifles.
The battery of flying artillery, United
States army, with Its mounted band, was
one of the most attractive features of the
parade. Maj. Gen. A. S. Roberts, com
manding the Texas Volunteer Guards, xvas
In command and the companies received
hearty rounds of cheers as they passed
along Main street, which was lined with
veterans and their friends, while tier af
ter tier of ladies, looking from command
ing points of view along the route waved
greeting as the soldiers passed.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler arrived at 8 o'clock
this morning. When he reached head
quarters on Franklin avenue, the vet
erans were awaiting him 3,000 strong,
and when they caught sight of the famous
cavalry soldier they gave a yell which
waked the echoes.
At midnight 12,000 badges had been given
out at headquarters. These badges are
given only to bona fide veterans duly reg
istered. so there can be no mistake that
that number of survivors are here, while
many more have not yet registered. It
is estimated that 20,010 visitors were in
Houston this afternoon, and every sub
sequent train has swelled the number
since then. By to-morrow 4,500 Texas vet
erans will be in camp.
The United Confederate Veterans now
consist of the department east of the
Mississippi commanded by Lieutenant
General S. T. Lee, composed of the divis
ion of Alabama, Major General Frederick
S. Ferguson, commanding; Florida, Major
General J. J. Dickinson, commander;
Georgia, Major General Clements A. Ev
ans, commander; Kentucky, Major Gen
eral John Boyd, commander: Louisiana,
Major General George O. Watts, com
mander; Maryland, Major General G. H.
Stewart, commander; Mississippi, Major
General S. D Lee, commander; North
Carolina, Major General E. D. Hall, com
mander; South Carolina, Major General
S. S. Crittenden, commander; Tennessee,
Major General W. H. Jackson, command
er; Virginia. Major General Thomas A.
Brander, commander.
The other department, the trans-Mis
sissippi, Lieut. Gen. W. Cabell, command
er, consists of nine divisions, of which five
are in Texas alone. The division command
ers are as follows: Arkansas, Maj. Gen.
D. W. Moore; Missouri, Maj. Gen. J. O.
Shelby; Indian Territory, Maj. Gen. N.
B. Guy; Oklahoma, Maj. Gen. Sam L.
Levy.
The Texas divisions are commanded
as follows; Northeastern, Maj. Gen. N.
Bush; Northwestern, Maj. Gen. Robert
Cobb; Southeastern, Maj. Gen. W. G.
Blain; Southwestern, Maj. Gen. W. H.
Young; Western, Maj.. Gen. B. B. Bean.
There is a strong movement on foot
to concentrate the five Texas divisions
Into one. similar to the other southern
states, and It Is probable that Maj. Gen.
Ross of Bryan will be made commander
of the entire division.
The programme of the afternoon was
a very interesting one. At Camp Cul
berson there was a dress parade and
drill of all the troops, an exhibition drill
of United States troops, and closing with
a magnificent display of fireworks from 8
to 9:*) p. m. Dancing was continued until
midnight.
To-tnorrow will be Galveston day at
the camp. Exhibition and competitive
drills will be the order of the day. Tho
Winnie Davis auditorium will he the ren
ter of attraction, however.
The convention of veterans will be for
mally opened at 9 a. m., when W. I>. Cleve
land, president of the Union Confederate
Veterans' Relief Association, will open
the meeting. Prayer will be offered by
the chaplain general. Gov. Charles Cul
berson will make an address of welcome
on behalf of the state and Mayor Bourn
will welcome the veterans on behalf of
the city.
Gen. John B. Gordon, commander-in
chief of the United Confederate Veterans,
will respond to these addresses, after
which will come the enrollment of dele
gates. Then the permanent organization
will be perfected and the convention will
adjourn.
A magnificent reception will be tendered
Miss Davis In the auditorium to-morrow
from 12 o'clock noon to 2 p. m.
At 2 o'clock the business of the conven
tion will be resumed and continued until
7p. m. There will be a concei t In the even
ing. The following sponsors are in the
city: Miss Hearn of Texas, Miss Ella Nel
son of Selma. Ala., Miss Julia Kldlej* of
LaGrange, Ga., Miss Carrie Jennings of
Columbia, Tenn., Miss Lorena Boyd of
Meridian, Miss., Miss Clara Chlpley of
Pensacola, Fla., Miss Emma Sinnctt of
Louisiana, and Miss Margaret B. Warring
of South Carolina. The young ladles, to
gether with their maids of honor, hold a
reception every day from 10 till 12, and are
receiving many social attentions In the
city.
Miss Winnie Davis arrived at 11:35, es
corted by the Virginia delegation. She
received an ovation all along the route
and by the time she reached here the
car could scarcely hold the floral trlt>-
utcß. Gen. Gordon was also on board.
They were greeted by enthusiastic cheers
from 2,000 people, while the hand played
“Dixie” and the "Bonnie Blue Flag." Mr.
Dexter of Madison. Ga., greeted the gen
eral by waving the bailie flag of the Third
Georgia Regiment. The crowd followed
tho distinguished visitors to their hotel
and it was a long time before Gen. Gor
don. who was very much fatigued, could
retire. The progress of the party as they
went to their hotel, was made through
long tiers of enthusiastic people.
NO DUEL KOI lillT VET.
Ilr. Westmoreland find Mr. Roun
tree Return to Atlunta.
Atlanta, Ga., May 21.—The reports of a
probable duel between Dr. W ill is West
moreland and Daniel Rountree, which
have been causing a sensation here for
several days past, have so far ended In
reports. This afternoon the Journal ap
peared with a special from New York
stating that Dr. Westmoreland and Mr.
Rountree had gone off to shoot at each
other near Quantlco, Va., but an hour
later both gentlemen made their appear
ance in this city almost together, thus
setting at rest for the time being at
least the wild reports of bloody encoun
ters on the field of honor that have been
going the rounds since Sunday. Dr. West
moreland arrived at 4 o’clock over the
Seaboard Air Line. He was met at the
depot by his wife and quietly proceeded
to his home.
Mr. Rountree came In fifteen minutes
later on the Southern. He was met by
Col. W. C. Glenn, his law partner, and
went direct to his hotel.
Neither has anything to snv about tho
trouble, except Dr. Westmoreland's state
ment that he met Mr. Rountree In the
smoking room of Abbey's theater and
slapped Ills face on account of an old
score. Since this incident they have not
met, the reports of other encounters be
ing without foundation. Now that the
gentlemen are at home It Is believed that
the trouble a’M be reopened anil either
a duel or & shooting may be the resulti
SPOLETO SHAKEN.
Many Buildings Damaged and tlie
People In a. Panic.
Rome, May 21.—The town of Spoleto,
about sixty miles from this city, was
shaken by a violent earthquake yesterday
evening. The railway station was partly
destroyed and crevices were made In the
walls of many of the houses and in a por
tion of the walls of the prison. The Inhab
itants were panic stricken, and, even after
the first excitement had subsided, were
afraid to return to their homes, and passed
the night In the streets. Vehicles were
sent to-day from Terni, ten miles from
Spoleto, to bring away the families of the
railway employee in the latter place. The
shock was felt In Tern! and Fologni, hut
no damage was done in either town.
POUR ROASTED ALIVE,
Two Men and Two Women Perish In
a Fire Near Birmingham.
Birmingham. Ala., May 21.—0n Sunday
morning Gate City, a suburb of Birming
ham. was visited by a fire In which two
unknbwn men were roasted to death, the
charred trunk of one and an arm and
skull of another being all that was left of
them.
Two women are missing and It Is thought
that they were also in the iU-fated build
ing. The identity of none of the unfortu
nates has been revealed and possibly nev
er will be. as it Is not known exactly who
were In the building at the time of the fire.
AN EXPLOSION IN A MINE.
Four or More Miner* Killed and O Fa
tally Injnred.
Washington, May 21.—Dispatches from
Grafton and Morgantown, W. Va., report
that an explosion occurred to-day in the
coal mines at Monogahela on tho
rittsburg and West Virginia railroad. The
mine took fire. Four miners were taken
out dead; some reports say eight; six
were fatally injured and J3l miners es
caped from the burning mine uninjured.
The confusion is great and the reports
very conflicting.
Chinese Recalled From Formosa.
London, May 21.—The Pall Mall Ga
zette publishes a dispatch from Pekin
stating that an imperial decree has been
Issued recalling from Formosa the gov
ernor and all of the other Chinese offi
cials, civil and military.
JOSE MARTI REPORTED SLAIN.
HE IS *VU) TO 11 VI E BEEN KII.I.EI)
IX ItlMi % RATTLE.
Tile Fighting Severe anil Lusteil an
Hour u lid a Hall— The Sgmiiinril*
Claim In Have Secured All the
Deni! I.euiier's t orrcipiMidcttcc,
Guinea Also Reported n Killed or
Wounded In the Same Rattle.
(From the Staff Correspondent of the
United Press.)
Santiago ile Cuba, May 9. via Key West,
Fla., May 21.—The night attack on Crlsto,
San Luis and the cutting of the trestle on
tho Songo branch on May 7. was intended
to divert attention from the movement of
Gomez and Marti towards Puerto Principe.
In the Crlsto fight, the troops resisted re
peated asasults on the barracks and depot.
Several were killed on both sides. The re
lief train of troops was saved by the pilot
engine, which was derailed. One soldier
was shot dead and four wounded, and also
a captain.
In an attack on Caney the same day a
Spanish lieutenant of volunteers was tak
en prisoner and chopped to death with ma
chetes for pevsonal spite. The railroad Is
now operated to Crlsto only. The troops
at San Luis and Songo are Isolated and are
building fortifications.
Gen. Campos has relieved Senor Gaino,
the head custom house officer here. It is
alleged he has committed grave frauds.
The Insurrection Is making rapid pro
gress. The government has 10,000 troops In
an endeavor to stop Its extension west
want.
Spain Is asked to send additional troops.
Many prominent whites are joining Macro
from here, Manzanillo Htid other cities.
J. F. Clarke.
Havana, May 21.—Jose Marti and Gen.
Maximilian Gomez, the Insurgent leaders,
Were last reported to be proceeding west
ward toward ltonipe. They had an en
counter with government troops several
days ago at Camazan, near Holguin. Af
ter a fight which lasted several hours the
lnsuregent force withdrew. During the bat
tle Col. Arizon of the Spanish forces was
wounded. Cnpt. Gen. Campos visited Ma
tazanas and Clenfucgos on his way to the
eastern district.
Gen. Salcedo telegraphs from Santiago
tie Cuba that a tight occurred yesterday
with a party of TO) Insurgents between
Bijas and Dos Rios, on the right bank
of the river Contramaestre. The Insur
gents were under command of Marti,
Gomez, Mnsso and Berrero, and tlie Span
ish troops werre led by Col. Sandoval.
The fighting was severe and lasted an
hour and a half. The enemy was put to
flight and Jose Marti, who styles him
self president of the republic, was killed.
His body was raptured and identified. The
loss on tho insurgent side was fourteen
killed and many wounded. All the cor
respondence of Marti was raptured. Eleven
horses with equipment were also captured.
On the Spanish aide .five
seven wounded. Prisoners say that Go
mez was killed or wounded, but that has
not been confirmed. Gen. Campos left
yesterday for the east.
Washington, May 21.—The state depart
ment has been Informed that the Spanish
government has acceded to the request of
the United States that Gen. Sangullly, an
American citizen arrested In Cuba for al
leged complicity In the Insurrection, be
granted a civil trial.
TAYLOR CONVICTED. tf
Tin* Judge Defer* tlie Fixing of Hl*
Pnnlaliment.
London, May 21.—The trial of Alfred
Taylor was resumed In the Old BaJly
court this morning. Taylor was called
to the stand and repeated the statements
made in the witness box on his previous
trial. In reply to a question In regard to
visitors at Ills rooms Taylor asked that
he be allowed to write their names. The
Judge said: "If tho names are written I
will read them aloud. I do not approve
of mystery.",' H
Taylor did not write the names, hut men
tioned a few which have already boon
connected with the cast'. No notable names
were among them. Ho denied that he
had gone through a marriage eeroraohy
with a man named Mason. After the libel
trial of Wilde ugalrtst Lord Queensberry,
the latter’s solicitor, he said, had asked
him to make a statement against Wilde,
but this he ha/1 refused to do. He ad
mitted that he had written a letter to a
man named Mason signing himself "With
love.”
The evidence concluded with Taylor's
testimony, and tho counsel begun to ad
dress the Jury.
The Judge, In summing up the evidence,
directed the Jury to acquit Taylor as re
garded his complicity with the young
man Wood, leaving them to decldo upon
three charges on which Taylor was al
leged to be directly guilty. The Jury re
tired at 3:25 o’clock.
Taylor was found guilty on the several
counts in the Indictment. The court de
ferred his sentence.
When the Jury returned to the court
room and had been polled, the foreman
stated that they could not agree that the
prisoner had procured Charles Barker for
Wilde, ndr that Wilde had committed acts
of indecency with Parker. They, how
ever, found Taylor guilty on two counts
In regard to Charles and William Parker.
Taylor's sentence was delayed until a
verdict shall be reached In the trial of
Wilde, which will begin to-morrow.
WHISKY TRUST ASSETS.
The Stockholder* Decide In Favor
of n Sale.
Chicago, May 21,-The stockholders of
the whisky trust at a meeting to-day
adopted a resolution for a Judicial sale
of the property and another for a sale
outside of the court.
It Is understood that this action Is
taken to forestall possible upholding by
the supreme court of the deolslon of tho
lower court, which declared the trust
illegal under the laws of Illinois. When
a judicial sale Is consummated It Is prob
able that the Distilling and Cattle Feeding
Company will be reincorporated In an
other state. '
A CRISIS IN KOREA.
The Prime Minister Resign* III*
Office.
London, May 21.—A dispatch from Seoul
to the Gobe says affairs In the Korean
capital are In a critical condition. The
prime minister has resigned. The minis
ter of the Interior has asked the assistance
of foreign diplomats In administering af
fairs and preserving order. Police sur
round the residence of the king's father.
Tat-Wan-Kun, formerly king regent and
leader c-4 the anti-Japanese party, ami
entiance to or exit from the residence Is
forbidden.
MEMPHIS’ KIM ENTIU.N.
The I’rosnimme for (lie Opening
Session Arranged.
Memphis, Tenn., May 21.—The visitors
attracted to the city by the military tour
nament are evacuating the hotels to
night, but within the next twenty-four
hours, the hotels will again be crowded
with delegates to the interstate conven
tion on sound money and Improved bank
ing facilities, which assembles on Thurs
day. Less than a dozen of these have so
for put In on appearance, but according
to advices received at the cotton exchange
this afternoon several hundred are en
route.
At its meeting* to-day the executive
committee having charge of the arrange
ments for tine gathering decided upon
three names from which to select a per
manent chairman, but it was decided to
refrain from making public tho identity
of any of them until one or the other
had signified his acceptance. It was given
out. however, that two of the three were
congressmen and that none of these were
Tennessee men. C. C. Matthews of the
clttoral staff of the Commercial-Appeal
was chosen as permanent secretary of
the convention.
Secretary Carlisle will arrive at 3 o’clock
on Thursday morning, but will remain
iti his car until 8 o’clock, when a com
mittee w ill weleoftie him to tho city and
escort him to tits hotel.
Tlii‘ convention will be railed to order
at 10 o'clock, and Immediately following
tile permanent organization the Secretary
of the Treasury will lie Introduced. Af
ter his address the convention will tako
a recess until 8 o’clock p. in., when the
report of the committee on resolutions
will be submitted. Unless this document
gives rise to a prolonged debate, u sec
ond day’s session will not be necessary.
Meanwhile, the friends of silver uro
not inactive. At a meeting this after
noon of the Central Bimetallic League,
an organization composed largely of mem
bers of tho cotton exchange who arc not
In accord with the uction of that body
In promoting the convention of Thursday,
the following supplementary call was Is
sued: “All communities favoring the free
coinage of silver at the ratio of It! to 1 are
Invited to send delegates to the bimetallic
convention to be held at Memphis on June
12 and 13. A large number of speakers of
national reputation will address the con
vention. W. M. Brown, President.”
While thi' committee was in session, a
dispatch was received from San Francis
co to tho effect that the "Bimetallic Un
ion” formed at the recent Halt Lake con
vention had designated as delegates to tho
Memphis silver convention Gov. Bradford
iglisi i Tif-ffcwM' -tro.'-Alen A. Adams of
Colorudo. F. <l. Hargeant of Montana, C.
M. Donaldson of Oregon and Henry W.
Langenour of California.
The message created considerable en
thusiasm. which was renewed when It was
announced that the following had cither
absolutely or conditionally accepted Invi
tations to address the convention: United
Blates Senators Daniel of Virginia, Tur
ple of Indiana, Hcagan of Texas, George
and McLaurln of Mississippi, Blackburn of
Kentucky, Harris of Tennessee, ex-Sena
tor Walthall of Mississippi, Representa
tives Allen and Bryan and W. H. Hnrvey,
author of “Coin.”
The commute also made arrangements
for the reception to Representative Bryan,
who Is to speak for silver In the Grand
Opera House Friday evening.
To-morrow the members of the State
Bankers’ Association assemble In annual
convention In the federal court room and
the monetary Issues of the day are to
come In Tor a large share of consideration.
Most of the delegate* are accredited to the
“sound money" convention.
Columbus Ga.. May 21—In accordance
with a request of a number of advocates
of sound currency, Mayor Slade to-day ap
pointed tho following representative busi
ness men aH delegates to Die convention
at Memphis. Tenn,, on Thursday: B. H.
Richardson, S. A. Carter. Dr. C. E. Estes,
F B. Gordon, F. N. I’eabody, L. M. Har
ris T. J. Campbell, J. W. Murphy, T. IS.
Blanchard, G. M. Williams, J. J. Slade and
J. K. Orr. -
END Sf THE lIHIIXf , ’
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The Thurston Itlfle* Won (he Big
Prise of (he Encampment.
Memphis, Tenn., May 21.—Tho Inter
state drill and encampment closed to-day
with a sham battle, a concert by the
lowa State Band and the announcement of
the winners In the several classes. The
Thurston Rifles of Omaha take first money
111 the big class, $3,010, and the Galveston
cup; the Morton Cadets of Washington. D.
C., ge't secono place, and tho Sealey Rifles
of Galveston, Tex., take third.
in class U., the Morton Cadets come
first with the Thurstons second, and in
class C the order Is reversed.
The decision In the big class Was a big
surprise, as it was believed the Chickasaw
Guards of this city stood a good chance,
but they came last. The National Fencl
bles, the prior holders of the oup, came
next to the last.
The attendance to-day exceeded 30,000,
being the biggest crowd ever admitted to
an enclosure in this city.
The companies In the drills stand by
percentage in the following order:
ClassA.—Thurston Rifles. Morton Ca
dets, Sealey Rifles, McCarthy Light
Guards, Governors Guards, Fendbles,
Chickasaw Guards.
Class B.—Morton Cadets, Thurston
Rifles, Governors Guards.
Class C.—Thurston Rifles, Morton Ca
dets.
NEW TEMPLE OF ODD FELLOWS.
A Big Crowd at the Dedication at
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, May 21,-The principal
duy of the week’s celebration in honor
of the dedication of the Odd Fellows’
mllllon-dollar temple was rainy and dis
agreeable.
During the morning members of the
order with countless bands of music ar
rived in special and regular trains from
near and far. Special trains from Nor
folk, Va., and Easton, l'a.. were liter
ally Odd Fellows’ conveyances, for every
person aboard, trainmen and passengers
alike, wore the "three links.”
The exercises begun at o'clock a. m.
with the annual session of the grand
lodge of Pennsylvania. A half hour la
ter the grand lodge proceeded to tho tem
ple and took part In the dedicating ser
vices. over which Grand Master Harry
L. Neall presided.
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A SHERIFF SHOT AND KILLED*
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HIS SLAYER A MAX HE Aid BED Op
9LANDER INM HIM.
Hit- slit-riff Hail Gone to Arrest 111 at
\\ hen tile Huarrel Arose—Tlie Sher
iff Given tlie Lie When He Aeeuaeii
tlte Man of 4'lreulnllnir Stories t on
iteetitiK Hi* Name With That of
Hi* Slayer* Wife.
Mt. Vernon, Ga., May 21.—Thla coma
munlty and the people of the entire county
were shocked this morning at the lnforma*
tlon that G. W. Dunham, sheriff of thld
{.Montgomery) county, was last night*
about It o’clock, foully murdered by on®
William Connell, at tho latter’a homo*
about five mile* north of Mt. Vernon. Th#
roroner has Just concluded his examinee
tlon and the verdict of the lpry is that G
W. Dunham eamo to Ills death by a gun
shot wound at the hand* of William Con
nell. and that the homicide is murder.
The evidence developed before the cor
oner's Jury about the following state Of
facts: Sheriff Dunbam hail a warrant foR
Connell, and yesterday. In company wittf
Janies Morris, went to his house to arrest
him. Connell was not at home, *o Dun
ham left, snd decided to go back to hi*
house at night, at which time he expect*®
to find him.
Acting upon this decision he and Morrl®
went to Connell's house about 10 o’clock at
night and balled. Connell promptly re
sponded and went out Into the lane, other®
the two men were.
The men converged In a friendly man
ner for some time; but finally Dunham
asked Connell about aom* report# h®
(Connell) had circulated about him an®
his (Connell'H) wife. Connell denied hav
ing circulated the report, whereupon Dun
ham called him a liar and Connell called
Dunham a llur In turn. At thla Junctor®
Dunham rushed towards Connall, and
Connell ran Into the house, took hla shot
gun and fired a heavy load of buckshot
Into Dunham's face. Dunham was killed
almost Instantly.
Sheriff Dunham was a popular and ef
ficient officer. Ho leaves a wife and eight
children. Connell Is a man of bad char
acter and has during his entire life lived
a lawless life. After the shooting he left
and has not Mince been seen. Diligent ef
forts will bo mado to effect hla arrest.
DEFEAT OF THE WHITKCAPt. t
Adillllniinl Details Concerning (Ins
Action of the Supreme Court.
Washington, May 21.— Tho Georgia
whltocappera failed In their efTorta to
secure release from Imprisonment through
their applteatlon for a writ of habeas
corpus by the supreme court. Motion for
leave to file a petition for a writ was mad*
a fortnight ago by W. C. Glenn and D.
W. Roundce on behalf or Janie* A. Mc
13n(lis-, John G. Oobel, John M. Quarles
and David M. Butler. The leave naked
for was granted by the supreme court
of the United States, and In the same
breath, the writs were denied. The pro
ceedings against these men grew
out of tho faet that In March, 1894, a party
of masked men went to the house of
Henry Worley, In Murray county, Georgia,
carried him a number of miles away and
tried to hung him. This attempt was
unsuccessful, but a fortnight later ho was
assassinated while at work In the Held.
Prior to these events Wor
ley had given Information to
Q. J. Duncan, a deputy United States
marshal, that McEntire and others had
been operating llllrit distilleries. Indict
ments werp found against the petitioners—
McEntire, Quarles, Butler and Ooblo and
others—under sections 5508 and 5509 of tho
Revised Statutes, known as the “Enforce
ment act,” passed In 1870. Quarles and
Butler were tried, convicted and sen
tenced to five years Imprisonment. Me-
Entire and Goble demurred to tho Indict
ment. anil the demurrer being overruled,
they nre held In custody by the United
States marshal awaiting trial Tho coun
sel for tho petitioners asserted that tha
crimes for which they were Indicted wera
punishable by the state laws of Georgia,
not cognizable by the courts of thff
United States, and that their detention by
tho federal authorities was illegal. Tha
supreme court did not a£opt this view
of the case, and with Chief Justice Ful
ler dissenting, declined to order tho res
lease of tho prisoners.
NOUTH EII.V PRESU Y TEli 1 ANN. '
The Entire Hume Mission Board Res
eleeted.
Pittsburg, Pa.. May 21.— The Presby
terlnn general assembly to-day, after lis
tening to an address from Rev. John Hall
of New York re-elected the entire home
mission board, Including the Briggltes, Dr,
Hastings, Dr. Charles L. Thompson, John
Crosby Brown. A resolution was adopted
which committed the church to contribu
tions of 11,250,000 next year.
The first Sunday In June was desig
nated as a day for the special purpose of
raising the debt of tho home mission
board.
A CASHIER GOES TO PRISON.
He Will Serve Five Years fur Squan
dering the Deposits.
Milwaukee, Wls., May 21.— J. B. Koet
tlng. ex-cashier of the Southslde Saving*
Bank, which suspended In 1893 with $1,500,-
000 deposits, and which will not pay 20
cents on the dollar, asked to be tuken Into
court to-day to change his plea from not
guilty of receiving deposits In an insol
vent bank to guilty, rite was sentenced
to live years in state prison. Koetting
squandered the depositors' money In wheat
deals. He ran away twice, forfeiting ball
once of $15,000.
, PRUSSIA AND SILVER. ?•
Tlie Bimetallic Resolution Passe* the
Lower Hnaxr.
Berlin, May I.—The bl-metallic resolution
which recently passed the upper house of
the Prussian Diet was carried In the lower
house to-day by a large majority. A cen
trist amendment proposing to omit the
words "with the ultimate object of secur
ing international bi-metallism," was re
jected by a vote of 187 to 92.
t'nt Ills Throat With n Penknife.
Montgomery, Ala., May 21.—Nicolas
Bolling, a native of Montgomery and a
resident here for years, but recently trav
eling for an Atlanta shoe house, com
mitted suicide at the Manson hotel tn this
city to-night by cutting hts throat with a
pen-knlfc. No reason Is known for tha
deed.