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Atlanta klii Jtormxl. * - • • . . ■■■ : : ——— l ■ -.■= - VOL. IV. "HEWILLNEVERLIVE TO BE GOVERNOR” What son of judge guffey is SAID TO HAVE DECLARED OF GOEBEL. « 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. LOOK As THE LABEL. Fttm the nPfIH ls lbel pasted on your paper you wiH • th* date your sub scription expire* If you have not already •ent your renew*L #e hope you will send it without delay, so a* not to miss an is sue of the paper. You need a rellabls newspaper like the Berni-Weekly Journal, with Its elaborate news servlc* to keep you 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 SAMPLE COPY. 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. NO. 11.