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"HEWILLNEVERLIVE
TO BE GOVERNOR”
What son of judge guffey is
SAID TO HAVE DECLARED
OF GOEBEL.
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GEORGETOWN. Ky., Ort. 1».-John W.
Ray. clerk to Appellate Judge White, was
the first witness this morning. - He testi
fied that an hour before Goebel was shot
on January $0 Leander Guffey, the tip
staff of the court of appeals and son of
Judge a L D. Guffey, said:
•’Goebel will never be governor. He will
be shot before the general assembly meets
thfs morning*'
At 9;» o’clock the commonwealth
closed its case, but Mr. Franklin said he,
wanted the jury to visit the scene of the
tragedy before the argument was heard.!
Judge CgntrtH said he would consider
the matter of taking the jury to Frank-,
fort later. .•,
The prisoner then < retired to consult
with his counsel and in a few moments
Judge J ere Morton bqgan to speak, set
ting forth briefly the defendant** ridjp.of!
* The state objected to Judge Morton’s’
statement referring do the offer at SIOO,OOO
in this case, which he said was an in
centive to false swearing, on the ground'
that it was an argument, but Judge Can
triH overruled the objection. Mr. Morton
concluded his statement at 10:55 and Caleb
Powers was called as the first witness.
He was examined'by R. C. Klnkead, of
Louisville.
BANNERWASPRESENTED TO
CAMP WALKER DAUGHTERS.
Young Ladies Will Go to Macon With
the Confederate Veterans to
the Reunion.
Before a large audience of people in the
senate chamber of the eapitol Friday night
General A. J. West presented an elabo
rately designed banner to the Daughters
of Camp W. H. T. Walker. United Con
federate Veterans. Commander R. 8. Os
burn also sat upon the speakers’- rostrum,
and forty or more young ladles in their
uniform* occupied the front seats. The
dressee were of Confederate gray and the
hats of gray felt. Gathered round were
the veterans of Camp Walker. General
West delivered an appropriate speech and
first presented the banner to Commander
Osburn, who in turn presented it with a
graceful address to the daughters.
Miss Zenobia L. Penny, color bearer of
her organisation, responded in a most
attractive manner. The banner is a very
handsome piece of white silk on which is
Inscribed “Daughters of Camp W. H. T.
Walker. No. 129, presented by General A.
J. West.**
Dr. Henry W. Cleveland also delivered
an address, in which he referred to the
memory cf ot .er days which are so dear.
The young ladles who are members of the
camp wiU go to Macon next week to at
tend the reunion of veterans. They are as
follows: Misses Zenobia L. Penny. Emma
Campbell. Mell Ramsey. Gertrude W. Al
ford. Minnie Henderson. Fannie Bell Hen
derson. Sarah T. Andrews. Pauline Os
- burn. .Ethel ScariMM-aweh. Eunice Soarkor- i
ougb. Exter Guthrie. Mollie Farmer, Flora
Langston. Gurda McKown. Winona Mc-
Kown. Mary McKcwn, Ploy Bowden,
Claud Foster. Elba Smith. Rosa Cherry,
Minnie Bettie, Prossie Kelley. Ella Dollar.
Willie Brooks. Burney Legg, Mollie De
lay. Lou Burnham. M. Bumham. Maggie
Harper. Octavia Martin. Lennie Morgan,
Ora Brown. Lula Camp. Corrie Hicks, Ol
lie Hicks, L. B. King. Mamie Hinton, Ru
by Huie. Mrs. J. M. Bowden, Mrs. J. Bid
Holland. Mrs. 8. A. Buckalew.
TWO WRECKS; TWO~kiLLED.
Collisoion Iron Mountain Road—Train
On Central Goes Through Trestle.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Oct. 19.—A double
header freight train on the Central of
Georgia railroad went through a trestle
44 feet high near Leeds today, wrecking
two engines and five cars.
Fireman Simpson Hunter was killed and
th* following injured:
Engineer J. W. Webster, fatally.
Engineer Oscar Vaughan.
Fireman Carroll.
Mark Wood, a tramp.
The dead and injured trainmen resided
at Columbus, Ga.
ST. LOUIS. Oct. "Ts"—The worst wreck
on the Iron Mountain for many years oc
curred near DeSoto. Mo., last night at 11
o’clock between a northbound passenger
train No. 54 and southbound fast freight
train No. T 9, tn which one person, a
tramp, was killed and another tramp with
him badly injured.
Engineer E. J. Egan was badly Injured
and several passengers and trainmen
were badly bruised and injured’. The
wreck was caused by train No. 79 leaving
DeSoto yards before No. 54, which was
three hours and thirty minutes late, had
arrived.
At 12 ;» this morning the relief train re
turned to DeSoto with the injured per
sons, some of whom were taken care of
here. The balance, mostly composed of
the following mail clerks, were taken on
• special train to St. Louis:
Robert Arentaon.
E. J. Carroll.
E. J. Jackson.
W P Tate.
Baggageman O. 8. Leitsch.
AMERICAN HORSES OFF TURF.
Expulsion of Jockey Reiff Causes the
American Trainer* to Withdraw.
LONDON. Oct. 19.— As a result of Let
ter Reiff’s expulsion from the English
turf, an Important withdrawal of Ameri
can trainers and jockeys from the turf
here is likely to occur in 1901
Enoch Wlshard immediately cancelled
all bis engagements in England after
Reiff’s expulsion and turned Richard Cro
ker's and John A. Drake’s horses out of
training, declaring they would not enter
an English race till Reiff was re-instated.
While Huggins has had many offers to
train in England next season it is gener
ally expected that he will follow Wish
ard's example.
Few American owners hare won much
money tn England this year. William C.
Whitney won a number of rich stakes,
and Edward Corrigan made a successful
year, but Mr. Croker and other Ameri
cans found that the handicapper was not
handicapping horses, but trainers, and
the short odds offered rendered financial
success almost impossible. It is possible
that Wtshard will train in France during
Btt
By th* retirement of Edward Weather
by as secretary of the Jockey club and
keeper of the matchbook, which occu -red
thia week, the racing world loses a pic
turesque and altogether unique charac
ter. Poor health compels his resignation
of an office which has always been filled
by a Weatherby since it was created in
1980. it is probably that the vacancy will
be filled by another member of the same
family whose existence is almost concur
rent with the history of English racing.
Edward Weatherby, who is about 62
years of age. has for years been a notable
figure on the turf, not a* secreta
ry of the Jockey club and head of the well
known firm which publishes the racing
calendar, but strikingly recalled by his
clothes and old fashioned courtesy the
early days of the nineteerth century. A
thoroughly efficient
ely popular with all classes tie never quite
conformed his outward appearance to the
changing time*.
The racing calendar, which John Weath
erby started in 1773 as the official organ of
the Jockey club, is now an Immensely val
uable property and will contfiiue to be run
by th* same family. “
MANY~BURIED IN TUNNEL.
A Gang of Forty Workmen Are En
tombed By a Cave-In.
NEW YORK. Oct. 18,-iFifty tons of rock
caved in the Transit tunnel at l«7th street
and Broadway' today, carrying death to
an undetermined numbertof the forty men
who -were at work far below the surface
in the borough. The known dead are:
PETER O’HARA.
DANIEL KELLIHER.
LUIGI DAIHIBE.
PATRICK MADDEN. foreman.
Foreman Madden was found pinioned
between pieces of broken,rock, only the
feet being clear of the .mass of debris.
Many of the other workmen were im
prisoned in a small chamber of the exca
vation and- their fate will not be known
until the rescuers, whj are digging to
ward them, reach the/point where they
are to tn bed. »
They are 600 feet South of the great
shaft. at the intersection of 167th street
and Broadway and 110 feet under ground.
It was estimated by, one of the engineers
that there might b# 1 a cavern where the
men might be imprisoned...
The engineers iecided that the only way
to get to the c»ve-in was to remove the,
rock which had fallen. It would necessi
tate a small tunnel through the dirt, the
length of which could not be estimated
at that time.
The contractors. McCabe Brothers, are
unable to explain the disaster. They said
it was the west side of the tunnbl work
that had collapsed and that it had seemed
on inspection to have consisted of solid
rock and to have been very firm. The
cave did not extend to the surface.
ATKINSON GETS BELT 10AD.
Atlanta Financier Paya >600,000 For
Birmingham Property.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Oct. 19.—1 t was
stated with authority in this city yes
terday that the Birmingham Belt railroad
has been sold to H. M. Atkinson and asso
ciates for $500,000 and that the papers
evidencing the transfer will pass In the
the next day or so. It Is further stated
that this deal has no connection with the
prospective coming to this city of the
Seaboard Air Line. The present deal Is
said to be an entirely separate matter.
Mr. Atkinson was seen yesterday after
noon in this city. He said that he could
make no definite statement at the present
time with regard to the sale. It Is, how
ever. understood that Mr. Atkinson and
associates are also the parties who
bought a large block of property in this
city adjacent to the Birmingham belt a
few day* ago, and that the purchase of
the Birmingham belt la by the same par
ties.
The rumor that the Seaboard Air Line
Is coming to the city over the East and
West Railroad of Alabama has been re
vived. but there is nothing of an especial
ly tangible nature tn this direction. In
deed. It is stated that -th* purchase of
the Birmingham belt by A tktn>*oilF
soclates is in the Interests of the Bir
mingham Railway. Light and Power com
pany. which Mr. Atkinson led in organis
ing some time ago.
It is understood that the Birmingham
belt will formally pass into the hands of
Atkinson and associates In the next few
days and that then one may hear some
thing of the efforts of the Seaboard Air
Line or the Illinois Centra* In i.ieir pro
ject to come to this city.
DR. ROY PASSESAWAY.
Breathed Hi* Last Surrounded By
Family and Physicians.
Dr. G. G. Roy died Saturday morning
shortly after 3 o'clock at his home, 20
East Ellis street.
He had been 111 for two weeks, and for
the past day or two in a critical condition.
Te was Friday announced to be dying,
aijd during the day and that night steadi
ly though slowly grew worse, till early
next morning, when, surrounded by his
family, and the attending physicians he
passed away.
About a year ago Dr. Roy was stricken
with a pulmonary affection and never re
covered entirely therefrom. He did rally,
however, and up to two weeks ago was
considerably better. At that time, how
ever, he suffered a relapse, and had been
confined to his bed since then.
Dr. Roy was one of the most distin
guished physcians of the city, and had
twice served In the city council. He wa*
also examiner In chief for the Royal Ar
canum for the state of Georgia.
SEEDSFORFARMERS.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—The depart
ment of agriculture has completed plans
for the actual distribution throughout the
country. Despite the fact that double
the usual amount of seeds are to be sent
out this winter, the preliminary work is
advanced much further than in past
yean. There will be 37.000,000 packets of
seed distributed, comprising both vege
tables and flowers. A change has been
made in the method of distribution of cot
ton and forage crops, which now, Instead
of being sent broadcast, will be sent into
certain sections where they are adaptable
and likely to do well. Summatra tobac
co is sent only to Florida and certain
parts of New England where their culture
has proven successful and where muslip
sheets spread over large tracts of tobac
co area furnish the necessary tropical
conditions. Other types of tobacco plants
will be sent to other sections. The de
partment wi.t begin sending out the seeds
about December 1, and most of them will
be furnished through senators and repre
sentatives.
WROTELETTER TO WHITE GIRL
Impudent Negro Arrested and There Is
Talk of Lynching.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., Ort. 19.—8 y
some freak of Imagination a negro named
Wirt Hall, a brakeman on the Louisville
and Nashville road, thought he could at
tract the attention of an attractive and
highly respected young lady at Piedmont,
near this city, and wrote her an insulting
letter, which she In turn gave to her fa
ther. As first it was the intention to wreak
summan- punishment, but later it was de
cided that the law should take its course.
The letter was turned over to Inspector
J. R. Rosson, of this city, who arrested
the negro and placed him in the jail here
In default of SI,OOO bond.
The people of Piedmont are very much
excited over the matter, and talk of
lynching was Indulged in. It is said that
If the negro had been arrested in Cal
houn instead of Gadsden he would cer
tainly have been lynched.
Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage offers to be
one of 50 men to give SI,OOO for the ran
som of Miss Stone. This form of string
haltered charity is becoming more and
more popular with those who have it but
hate to give it up.
ATLANTA. GEORGIA, MONDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1901.
FAMILY OF THBEE AfiE
BURNED TO DEATH
JOHN HATCHER, JACK HATCHER
AND MINNIE HATCHER, CRE
MATED NEAR ASHBURN.
ASHBURN, Ga., Oct. 19.—Surrounded
by w,alls of flames, which prevented es
cape or rescue. John Hatcher, Jack
Hatcher and Minnie Hatcher, two broth
ers and a sister, all grown, were burned
to death near here this morning about 3
o’clock.
Mrs. Hatcher, the mother of the dead,
was awakened by the heat at her resi
dence and barely escaped with her life,
and too late to assist her children.
Her cries attracted the attention of her
neighbors. Who came to the rescue a*
quickly as possible, but were unable to
save the lives of those In the house or to
stay the flames. , , . : . ■
The grief of the mother as she prayed
for the rescue of her children from the
flames was pitiable in the extreme.
In the early part of the night a lamp
was overturned In a room of seed cotton
and the inmates succeeded in extinguish
ing the fire after being slightly burned.
4 It Is thought that the fire was only
smothered, as It broke out agdta this |
morning in the same room and tq* house
was entirely consumed.
tellsTstrange stor y .
Missing Bank Messenger BurFender*
to Police. <l*
W*
NEW YORK. Oct. 19.—George Armltagej;
the missing messenger of th* bank of New
Amsterdam, walked.' Into the Tenderlok)
police station -today and gave himself up.
He deelined to make any statement as
to the missing funds of the bank amount
ing to $6,900.
Armitage was fashionably dressed and
did not seem disturbed by his position. .
The detectives tried to get him to make */
statement, but he declined to discuss his
case.
"It’s no use, sergeant” he said, ’’you
can’t pump me. I have decided ito wait
until I see my lawyer and maybe! won’t
say anything then.”
Armitage had only $31.40 on him when
arrested. He was the messenger for the
Bank of New Amsterdam and after he
disappeared drafts and collections repre
senting many thousands of dollars were
returned to the bank by a mysterious
colored woman, who has not yet b*en
found by.the police. This incident gave
rise to a theory of foul play which the
police later discredited.
Armitage's accounts, according to the
bank officials, show a Shortage of $5,900.
of which sum $5,000 is covered by fidelity
bonds.
Armitage subsequently made a ramark
able confession which sent the police
scurrying after four supposed acoawipli
cea who, as alleged had In turn robbed
the bank messenger of practically all the
money he had stolen. • Armitage said that
he had met a woman whom he kn<w
only as “Marie” at a road house which
they both frequented. She was a friend
of the piano player and a violinist, who
also furnished music in the place, and
Armitage introduced to the, party ’ by
Mar U-ix caw JrJHMUy during, a.
month’s intimacy. A
Armitage said that after he stol* the
money he got drunk and was unable to re
turn the checks. Marte and the wife of
the piano player agreed to do it for him
and taking the bank wallet to Brooklyn
hired a negro woman to return it to the
bank.
Armitage said that as the woman left
him, Marie suggested that she had better
take charge of the stolen money for safe
ty. ’ Armitage said he gave up the money
and the woman never came back.
It is believed that the police have the
names of the entire party and will ar
rest all four.
ANOTHER LITERARY EFFORT.
Hall Caine Will Run For Parliament
Seat.
LONDON, Oct. 19.—Hall Caine will be
come a candidate for the Manx parlia
ment in behalf of the town of Ramsey.
His opponent Is a lawyer. Mr. Caine's ad
dress has created consternation even
among his own supporters, for he ad
vocates sweeping changes that might well
be planks In a national platform of some
great reform party. First of all Mr. Caine
wants to nationalise the steamship con
necting the Isle of Man with England,
running it without profit. Then he applies
himself to the Manx steam and street
railroads and would furnish the same
radical system to them. Land must be
treated in a somewhat similar manner,
the Manx parliament controlling the
drainage, cultivation and tree planting.
The banks, of course, arc Included In this
nationalisation scheme oy which Mr.
Caine believes that such financial scan
dals as occurred in the isle of Man last
year would be avoided. " ’
Mr. Caine justifies .these apparently un
profitable national undertaking* by point
ing out that the primary factor In Manx
prosperity is the island's popularity as a
holiday resort and that it must prosper
or decline as It meets the needs of the
visitors.
With a parting reference to the necessity
for a reform of the system of representa
tion and ridding the legal system of its
anachronimistic superfluities the author
commits himself and his program into
the hands of the intelligent citizens of
Ramsey.
THE DUKE AND DUCHESS.
HALIFAX, Oct. 19.—The Duke and
Duchess of Cornwall and York arrived
here the last point in the royal tour of
Canada, this morning. The reception was
enthusiastic and thousands lined every
possible point in the vicinity of the sta
tion.
At 9:30 the first train, bearing the gov
ernor general and Premier Lourier and
members of the cabinet, arrived. When,.
at 10 a, m.. the second section of the roy
al train pulled in. there was a great out
burst of cheering and a royal salute was
fired from the ships and the forts.
Then followed the presentation of ad
dresses in front of the North street sta
tion. The royal procession then formed
and proceeded to the provincial build
ings.
Following this was the laying of the
cornerstone of the soldiers' monument by
his royal highness. w The proceedings were
loudly cheered by' the immense crowd
present.
SMALLPOX IN KANSAS.
HIAWATHA. Kan.. Oct. 19.—The coun
ty health physician has been notified of
twenty-three cases of smallpox on the
Kickapoo Indian reservation in the south
ern part of the county and it Is thought
that there are even more than that. Ba
ktr. Powhattan and Horton, the nearest
towns, are all guarded so that no per
sons from the reservation can enter. The
Indians are trading at Granada, a small
town which has no city government and
the citizens of that place have asked that
measures be taken to protect them as the
disease is already breaking out there.
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HORSE SHOW OPENS
TOMORROW EVENING
, ; • tJ ijiilßii lAi i
ENTRIES FOR THE GREAT EVENT
HAVE BEEN LARGER THAN
WArB EKPECTED.
Only one mobe*tAy will elapse before
the opening of tlM* worse show.
The great arena' will be supplied with
fresh tanbark aufl.'everythlng will be put
In the best efjiider. The decorations
In the building Vi y«ar are more mag
nificent than ciriKije Imagined and until
they ar* seen agSpe ban appreciate the
beauty of the picjßft which will greet so
ciety during the iM? ur days of the horse
show. Jr
The arena Is llrar S3O feet rivaling the
arena at Madisp*square in beauty and
much larger thawgpy other in the coun
try. T
Altogether, there trill be about 500 horses
In the show, and a gtiqnpse of the stables
and at the Atlanta, entries, which will be
on the grounds Tiseday, Is sufficient to
convince anyonb that the present horse
show will be one ot the m ,st notable ever
held in the United States. One hundred
.and six horse owflFrs have entered ant-,
finals and over nlnbiy-eLght horses will be
on exhibition th* first Right. The events
for (he opening perfprnjance are especial
ly interesting and are, among the best on
the program. > Thej. program will be pub
lished In a short tttue. giving the full list
For the first night Jt will be probably as
follows:
The awarding of In the poul
try and pet stock jjhpw was finished Fri
day. The Belmowt* farms at Smyrna
was given $593.99 1* awajds. The exhibits
of thia farm were rigy large and included
representatives of almost every class. All
classes of Plymouth# Rock fowls, Wyan
dottes, LaugshangyJCechins, games and
pheasants were am>ng them and 12 of
their exhibits in Belgian hares took
prizes. The BUtmorsyarms received $299 in
prizes; J. K. Atlanta. ssl; T. J.
Webb, Parrott, Ga., S2B; ,1. L. Smith, city,
s7l; L. F. Verdery, H2A9; Phil S. Wade,
city, r<; W. 11. Carter,jGrays, Ga., |1; J.
H. Lockhart, city,.s9; Pine Grove farm,
Macon, $5; W. D. Hoyt-city, $11; J. Lind
say Johnson. cltJ’b il. L. B. Robinson,
Marietta, WO; F. Dowahue, city, $4; L.
M. Thompson, $8; G- Hook, $10; R. E.
Riley. sl6;-L. E. SSO; C. H. Led-
ford. $43; Rosedale Belgian Hare company,
sl4; G. R. Gray. Sfciys»a. $5. In addition
to these there w|r* 'many other prize
winners and the shMrjAs been universal
ly pronounced to fiintme of the beet'ever
held In Atlanta.
TAX COLLECTOR ENJOINED.
ROME, Oct. 19.—A petition was filed
this morntag before Judge Henry,, of the
superior court, asking for an injunction
of the county officials to prevent them
from collecting the tax founded upon the
rate recently adopted by the county com
missioners. Mr. Walter Harper, editor
of The Rome Times, appears as the ap
plicant for the injunction. K
Some days ago the county commission
ers assessed a levy for Floyd county at
$9.56 on the thousand, while the tax rate
of the state is $5.44. The petitioner avers
that this levy by tae county authorities
is illegal and cannot of right be enforced,
for the reason tnat the supreme court has
decided a -county cannot make its levy
more than 50 per cent of the state assess
ment without the recommendation of t'he
grand jury, but that they may go as high
as 100 per cent with this recommendation.
‘ The Times, It is said, will ask for a per
petual injunction against aax Collector
Vandiver and Tax Receiver Crozier to
prevent them from receiving this illegal
tag from the citizens of Floyd county.
The filing of this Injunction is the cause
of much interest apnong the people of this
county, and the result will be watched
with eager anticipation.' The case will
probably be set for trial some day next
HANKS FOUNDRY COMPANY.
J. D. Hanks, M. Z. Whitehead, W. W.
Smith, A. H. Rogers and Ed Brown filed
A petition today in the superior court to
be incorporated and known as the Hanks
Foundry company. The capital is $12,000,
divided into shares of SIOO each and with
the privilege of increasing the amount to
$50,000. The new enterprise will engage
in the manufacture of stoves, hollow ware,
grates, etc. They will employ a large
number of hands and pay good wages.
COMMISSIONER LINDSAY .
MAKES RECOMMENDATION.
Pension Commissioner Lindsay, who has
just finished his annual report to £he gov
ernor, makes a strong recommendation
that a commission be appointed to make
up a muster roll of all soldiers who en
listed either in the Confederate forces or
the state troops during the civil war.
Commissioner Lindsay holds that for
tue lack of such a document the pension
office is being greatly imposed upon. He
says that one soldier will try for a pen
sion and that his comrades will swear to
his service, and when one of the others
apply for a pension they, too, will swear
for the other, and in this way the pension
rolls are carrying numbers of names
which should be stricken apd is anything
else but a roll of honor, as It was intend
ed to be. i
Commissioner Lindsay strongly recom
mends that the general assembly enact a
law providing for a commission to make
out a complete muster roll of the veterans
of the state, and says that such a roll
would be inestimable in the pension office.
TAX COLLECTOR IN TROUBLE.
Comptroller General Wright has re
ceived from the chairman of the board of
county commissioners of Twiggs county
a letter stating that J. C. Everett, the
present tax collector of that county, hav
ing failed to give a satisfactory bond ac
cording to the requirements of that office,
has been removed, and that S. E. Jones
has been appointed in his place. r
Comptroller General Wright has noti
fied the commissioners that their action is
somewhat irregular. He has written them
that if the bond made by Mr. Everett has
been accepted by the governor and placed
on file in the executive office, and that if
the commissioners had evidence that -It
was not satisfactory, they should notify
the governor and let him call upon Mr.
Everett to strengthen it.
If Mr. Everett failed to do this, the gov
ernor would then be notified, and he would
instruct the county commissioners to
name a man to fill the vacancy.
ODRN COTTON BALES
TO FIND RESISTANCE
ROUND AND SQUARE BALES WILL
BE PLACED IN A BUILDING
AND FIRED.
• H. C. Btockdell and L. C. Fletcher, two
Atlanta underwriters, will go to Phila
delphia next month to witness a test of
the burning of round and square cotton
bales, to ascertain which has the better
fire resisting qualities.
For years the merits of the two bales
of cotton, roundlap and square, have been
a heated topic of debate among under
writers and cotton men, and the South
eastern Tariff Association two months ago
appointed a committee to make a test
and recommend whether the roundlap or
the square should have the better rate.
Some months ago the National Fire Pro
tection Association, a body of well-known
Insurance men, appointed a similar com
mittee and as southern member named
Mr. Stockdell, who is president of the
Southeastern Tariff Association.
Mr. Fletcher is chairman of the S. E.
A. special committee on cotton bales, and
recently it was decided to have both
committees meet in conjunction and have
the test tn Philadelphia.
A test of this sort possesses many pyro
technlcal features and is expensive, cost,
Ing upwards of $6,000. Both styles of cot
ton bales are gathered together under a
frame roof and the whole thing is fired.
When the blaze dies out, the underwriters
can tell which kind of bale resisted the fire
most successfully. The exact date of the
test has not been decided Upon, but it will
be in the middle of next month.
MISS STONE MA~Y bFsLAIN.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Rev. R. Wardlaw
Thompson, a director of the collegiate and
theological institute at Sofia, cables the
following from Samanov, Bulgaria, to the
Journal and Advertiser, the details con
cerning Miss Stone, the kidnaped mission
ary;
. "Headquarters of Miss Stone’s.captors is
a thickly wooded mountain top near the
boundary line of Turkey and Bulgaria.
M|bs Stone has only light summer cloth,
twg and a cotton dress. The brigands re
fused to. allow her to keep her baggage,
fcatt let her have a Bible. The leader of
the band is the notorious Boucho, from
the Bulgarian town of Dabnltza.
“We sent word to Constantinople point
ing out that being private individuals, we
cannot prevent the government from
pressing the brigands, also that the ran
som is too princely. No such sum was
ever heretofore demanded. The rejoinder
has not yet been received.
“Usually brigands ask about a thousand
pounds and then agree,for half.
"Twenty thousand Turkish pounds
means two horse loads of gold, and that
is more gold than there is now in Bul
garia. Besides, the brigands demand pay
ment In Turkish gold, for which it would
"be necessary to send to Constantinople. I
should not give the brigands the ransom
until Miss Stone is safely delivered to us,
as they might mprder her after receiving
the money. The more desperate brigands
murder after ransotp in older to seal the
lips forever We theological
students who wee* captured i»
the Stone party. ' One tells pathetically
how he was robbed of money intended to
pay for his tuition.”
Searcher* May Themselves Be Lost.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 17.—N0 news
has been received here from Messrs. Baird
and Haskell, the missionaries who have
been attempting to get into touch with
the brigands, who abducted Miss Ellen M.
Stone. A third missionary has been dis
patched in quest of them and the brig
ands.
Brigand Makes Another Demand.
' NEW lORK, Oct. 19.—Mary Haskell,
daughter of Dr. Henry C. Haskell, of the
Samakov mission, cables to The Journal
and Advertiser from Samakov the follow
ing details concerning the receipt of the
communication from Miss Stone, now held
in captivity by the bandits:
“Into my hands at the dead of night a
brigand delivered the only communica
tion received frbm Miss Stone since her
death-like captivity. My father and the
whole family had long been asleep when
a bandit bearing a letter knocked re
peatedly at my bedropm window. Reply
ing to the question. ‘What do you want?’
the brigand handed a letter through the
half-opened window, concealing his face.
.1 urged him for information. He showed
me an enormous revolver saying:
“ 'lf you look in my face or make any
trouble I will blow your brains upon tfie
opposite wall.’ : f '
“He then directed me to give the letter
immediately to Mr. Haskell, saying if the
contents should be disclosed to any except
those mentioned, my father and his fam
ily would be put to> death. Again warn
ing me to look upon his face under the
penalty of being shot, the wen-dressed
brigand ■ departed. The letter was ad
dressed to my xather. Upon the envelope
were the words ‘To be delivered at once.’
I tore open the envelope and found a let
ter for Treasurer Peet and one for’ my
father, asking him to deliver the letter.
I opened the letter because it was a black
mailing epistle, similar to those sent to
other members of the mission demanding
that money be placed at certain remote
places on fixed dates under penalty of
death. Both letters were written in Bul
garian.”
New Energy is Given Search.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—The representa
tive at Samakov of The Journal and Ad
vertiser cables the paper as follows:
"It is learned that Mme. Balkmetlew,
wife of the Russian diplomatic agent at
Sofia, formerly Miss Beal, of Washing
ton, has begun energetic work on be
half of Miss Stone and the strong atti?
tude taken by the German dlolomatic
agent because of the murder of a Ger
man traveler may hasten to bring about
Miss Stone’s release. The Bulgarian
authorities are working hard to prevent
the ransom from being paid on Bulgarian
salt Hence Dr. Haskell is eager to get
another letter requesting payment of the
ransom on Turkish territory.”
Nation* May Be Involved.
LONDON, Oct. 19.—The Globe yester
day says It fears that the safety of
Miss Ellen M. Stone Is seriously compro
mised by the attitude of Consul Geenral
Dickinson In refusing to pay the ransoms
and demanding that Bulgaria arrest the
leaders of the Macedonian committee as
the real authors of the missionary’s ab
duction. The paper says the situation
contains all the features of a grave, in
ternational complication and threatens to
assume Importance far beyond the per
sonality of any individual missionary.
Think* Woman Safe From Brigand*.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Concerning the
case of Miss Ellen Stone, the missing mis
sionary, Rev. George D. Marsh cables to
The Journal and Advertiser from Samo
kov:
“After twenty-nine years’ experience in
Bulgaria, during which I won the sob
riquette ‘Bulgarian Atrocity,’ my knowl
edge of the brigands leads me to believe
they are widely dispersed and Miss Stone
is quietly sequestered In some mountain
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village, of whidh the villagers, partly in
sympathy, partly in fear, would scorn to
tell the Authorities. Modern brigands are
sorry successes. They are chivalrous cut
throats who believe that if they touched
a damsel, they would die in a Turkish
prison. A Turkish minister is credited
with the flippant, though expensive say
ing: ‘The kidnaping of another American
woman would bankrupt the Ottoman em
pire.’ ”
GEORGIA BOY IN ARMY.
WADLEY. Ga., Oct. 19,-James R. Mox
ley. son of Mr. C. W. Moxley, of this
place, has been appointed second lieu
tenant Philippine scouts.
The appointment is the result of an ex
amination undergone in the Philippines
last year, and in which Mr. Moxley’s rec
ord received very flattering notice from
the officer* in charge.
His commission dates from July Ist. .
When only seventeen years old. Lieu
tenant Moxley enlisted as a private in the
Third Georgia volunteer regiment, and
LIEUTENANT JAS. R. MOXLEY.
served successively under Colonel Candler
and Colonel Berner as regimental clerk.
He received his discharge in December.
1898, but had became so enamored of army
life that in July, 1888. he reinlisted as a
private with the Thirty-second United
States infantry. After being at Fort
Leavenworth, Kas., for three months, his
regiment went to Oranl, Batan.
While there he was one of the company
that captured the Insurgents who killed
Lieutenant Wood, the first American of
ficer who lost his life in the Philippines.
When Colonel Craig became provost
judge, Moxley became clerk ot his court.
Young Moxley Is now barely twenty
one years old. He has a host of friends in
Georgia.
His personality is such that he never
fails to impress everyone favorably.
BOLOMEN KILL TEN SOLDIERS.
Ninth Regiment Again Suffer* From
Treachery of Filipino*.
MANILA, Oct. 18.—Five hundred bolo
men attacked a detachment of 45 men of
the Ninth infantry at Bangajou, on the
Gandara river, Island of Samdr, today,
wooding A
v The remainder of the company arrived
on the scene tn time to prevent further
slaughter and routed the enemy, killing
over 100 of them.
It Is believed that the enemy only re
tired for reinforcements.
As soon as the news was received at
Catbalogogan two gunboats were dis
patched, General Smith going in person
to the scene.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 18.—The following
brief cablegram from General Chaffee re
porting the fight of the Ninth infantry
in Samar Wednesday was received at the
war department this afternoon:
“MANILA, Oct. 18.—Corbin. Adjutant
General. Washington—Forty-six men.
Company E, Ninth regiment, United
States infantry, under First Lieutenant
George Wallace, in fleld lower Candara,
Samar, were attack by 400 bolomen Octo
ber 16.
"Our loss tyi Jellied, six wounded; names
not received. ’
“Eighty-one of the enemy left dead on
the fleld. Enemy beaten off.
"CHAFFEE.”
DON’T LIKE BANKRUPT LAW.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 18.—The American
Bankers’ association elected the following
annual officers late yesterday afternoon:
President, Myron T. Herrick. Cleve
land; rice president, Caldwell'Hardy. Nor
folk, Va.; chairman of the executive
councllj Frank G. Bigelow, Milwaukee;
treasurer, George M. Reynolds. Chicago.
Among the new members of the execu
tive council is F. H. Feies, of North Car
olina.
The new. executive council will probably
elect James H. Branch secretary.
President Trowbridge, on"- retiring, was
presented with a beautiful silver punch
bowl by the members of the association.
J. 8. Davis, of Georgia, introduced the
following resolution, which was referred
to the executive council: '
“Whereas, the bankrupt act has had
time to serve the purpose intended by con
gress, to give relief to the honest, oppress
ed debtor, and
"Whereas, its further operation will en
tail loss upon the creditor and debtor
class apd the general public by reducing
lines of credit, restricting business, there
by checking the wonderful development
of the country promised through right
conditions, therefore, be it
“Resolved, That this convention,
through the executive council of the
American Bankers’ association, memorial
ize congress to repeal the bankrupt law.”
The McKinley memorial was adopted
by a rising vote.
Colonel Powers moved a continuance of
the committee on internal revenue taxa
tion. Referred.
New Orleans and Memphis extended in
vitations for the next convention.
The place of meeting will be chosen by
the executive council at a meeting in New
York next April.
Adjourned sine die.
Mercer Baptist Association Meets.
CAIRO, Ga., Oct. 18.—The Spencer Bap
tist association has been In session here
since Tuesday.
This influential body of Christians has
58 churches within its boundary and over
30 ordained ministers.
The introductory sermon was preached
by Rev. C. W. Minor, of Valdosta. A
large number of visitors and delegates
have been In attendance.
The usual reports on missions, orphans’
home, education, Sunday schools and tem
perance have been read and discussed.
Good collections for missions, orphange
and education have been made. Sermons
have been preached by Rev. J. D. Logan,
of Thomasville, Rev. Dr. J. B. Taylor, of
Atlanta; Rev. Mr. Walker, of Quitman;
Rev. D. H. Parker, of Boston, and Rev.
A. M. Bennett, of Moultrie. The next
session will be held at Moultrie.
It has taken Admiral Schley a trifle
longer to whip the American navy than
it did to whip the Spanish, but the job
is equally well done.
ODFLIA DISS DEBAR
. HISSED 8! CROWD
LONDON POLICE FEAR WOMAN
AND HUSBAND MAY BE MOBBED
IF CROWD CAN GET TO THEM.
LONDON, Oct. 18.—Today’s feature in
the trial of Theodore Jackson and Laura
Jackson (Ann Odel la Diss Debar) on
charges of immorality and fraud was the
shrewdness the woman defendant dis
played in cross examining the witnesses.
She was very theatrical and became so
violent once that it seemed as if she
would have to be removed from the court.
This outbreak was caused by the Impu
tation of a witness regarding the chasti
ty, of Mrs. Jackson.
The examination of the mother of Daisy
Adams, one of the alleged victims of the
Jacksons, developed the presence at
Brighton of a sect of Christian Spirit
ualists. remarkable In its way as the
theocratic unity. The officers were enti
tled “K|ng Solomon, empress of the uni
verse. King Beriacha.”
Mrs. Jackson used this sect to secure
introductions to her victims.
After a girl named Laura Faulkner tes
tified to Jaokson’s attempts at outrage
the case was adjourned until November
7, when another week or more probably
will be taken up with the police court tes
timony.
Mrs. Jackson remarked, upon hearing
that rhe and her husband were remanded, -
“That suits us precisely." and the crowd
present hissed the pair heartily as they
were j*d out of the court room.
Crowds of people outside the police
court waited patiently but In vain for a
chance of hooting the prisoners. The po
lice are taking special precautions, fear
ing that the prisoners might be lynched
if the mob ever got hold of them.
The Jacksons will spend the interim ir
Holloway jail.
TALKED DEPOT SATURDAY.
I* Decided That Pryor Street Should
Not Be Closed.
• The foul eyesore that Is called a depot
the ill smelling rattletrap that is knowr
as a union station, the menace to life
that is maintained by the railroads that
enter Atlanta, where ladles and gentlemen
and children are subjected to dangers, the
evidence of disregard of the people, and
the monument to the penuriousness of
the roads that enter Atlanta, the union
passenger station, was the subject at a
conference in the office of Mayor Mime
this morning.
The condition of the tumble-down shed
was not dtacussed. The officials gave
their attention to solving th«4question of
removing it from the city.
The conference was called by Council
man Charles A. Barrett, chairman of the
ccmmittee on public Improvements, and
was attended by Councilman Barrett, Ai
derman Day, Councilman Fincher, Mayor
Mims and Hon. Porter King, one of Ful
ton county’s representatives in the legis
lature.
Mr. King attended the conference for
the purpose of ascertaining if Atlanta
would consent to the closing of Pryor
street in order to give the state ap oppor
tunity to tear down the filthy car shed
ntM erect a union defibt. He stated" taat
the state could only erect a depot upon
the present site by, closing thestreet. He
suggested a subway for pedestrians.
Mayor Mims, Councilman Barnett, Coun
cilman Fincher and Aiderman Day as
sured Mr. King that the city would never
consent to closing Pryor street and coun
cil would surely prevent such action.
Mr. King suggested that a conference
between the Western and Atlantic rail
road committee of the house and the
committee on public improvements be
held.
Nothing has been done so far and it
is the consensus of opinion in Atlanta
that nothing will be done for some years
to come. Those who are the victims of the
railroads that enter Atlanta firmly be
lieve that for the next ten years they
will be forced by the roads to subject
themselves to dangers, indignities and dis
ease in the infamous establishment that
by some misnomer is called a depot.
HOTEL PREY OF FLAMES.
Hutchins House Totally Destroyed By
Fire —One Life Lost.
HOUSTON, Texas, Oct. 19.—At 2:30
o’clock this morning fire broke out in the
rear portion of the Hutchins house, one
of the leading hotels in Houston. The
flames spread rapidly to all parts of the
upper stories of the building which was
a four story structure, covering more than
half a block. The house was full. The
guests were aroused and most of them
escaped. In fact only one fatality Is so
far known to have resulted from the fire.
This Was a person who was heard to cry
for help, and the firemen, looking in the
direction from which the sound came,
saw a man believed to be a guest of the
hotel, but whose Identity is not known,
sink back into the flames.
The building was the property of Neu
haus Brothers & Kessler, of Sheulen
burg, Texas, and was valued at about
$125,000. The equipment also belonged to
the above firm and was probably valued
at $50,000. Other losses. It Is believed will
rUn the loss to about $250,000.
Messrs. T. J. Boyle and Thomas Boyle
were the proprietors of the hotel and
within the past few. months $55,000 hat.
been expended In remodelling and repair
ing the building.
The fire was-confined to the hotel build
ing but all inside of that structure was
burned.
The dead man has not yet been iden
tified.
TRUNK OF JEWELRY LOST.
Missing Fortune Defies Efforts of Po
lice to Discover its Hiding Place.
BOSTON, Oct. 18.—It is believed that th«
containing about $13,000 worth oi
jewelry, .which was shipped from Provi
dence for Boston September 28th by Mar
tin. Copeland & Co., and which since has
been missing, is somewhere in Boston. It
is believed the trunk was taken to some
obscure boarding house and th* contents
there removed.
Detectives at work on the case, state
they are satisfied that a trunk answering
the description of the missing one reached
Boston ’from Providence and here all trace
of It has been lost. Mr. Spencer, superin
tendent. and one of the directors of the
express company, say that a* far as the
company is concerned, the affair is entire
ly a mystery.
MURDERWAS" COM MITTED.
KNOXVILLE, Oct. 19.—A special to Thi
Sentinel from Bristol says Natnamei Tate,
a highly respected farmer was fatally
stabbed by his nephew, John Tate, near
Kingsport. It is stated the elder Tato
had accused the young man. together
with his pal. Smith Hall, of stealing.
Words followed and It is stated as Na
thaniel Tate turned, the young man stab
bed him with a dirk. He lived but a short
time. Both John Tate and Smith Hall have
escaped and a posse is organized to pur
sue.
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