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EEII. METHUEN
15 TAKEN BI
THE BOERS
IN A BLOODY BATTLE BRITISH
LINES ARE HACKED TO PIECES
BY BOERS IN FLYING
WEDGE.
LONDON. March 10.-4:33 p. m.-General
Methuen and four guns have been cap
* tured by General Delarey.
• General Methuen was wounded tn the
thixh
Three British officers and 3S men were
killed.
Five British officers and Tt men were
wounded.
One British officer and 200 men are
miseinc.
The ught tn which General Methuen
was captured occurred before dawn
March 7th. between Winburg and Lichten
burg. Orange River colony. The British
force numbered 1.300 men.
The Boers captured all the British bag
gage. General Methuen Is retained as a
prisoner. . * .
The text of Lord Kitcheners dispatch
announcing the capture of General Me
thuen is as follows:
"PRETORIA. Saturday. March K—l re
gret greatly to have to send you bad news
of Methuen. He was moving with 900
mounted men. under Major Paris, and 300
Infantry, four guns and a pompon, from
Wyndburg to Lichtenburg. and was to
meet Greenfell with 1.300 mounted men at
Itovtrainesfontetn today. Yesterday morn
ing early he was attacked by Delarey’s
force between Twe-bosch and Palmietek
nill. The Boers charged on three sides.
"Five hundred and fifty men have* come
tn at Mariboga and Kraalpan. They were
pursued by the Boers four, miles from the
scene of the action. They report that Me
'. thuen and Paris, with the guns, baggage,
•tc.. were captured by the Boers. Methuen
when last seen was a prisoner. I have no
details of the casualties, and suggest de
laying publication till I can send definite
news. I think this sudden revival of activ
ity on the part of Delarey is to draw off
the troops pressing DeWet.”
In a second dispatch dated Sunday.
March 3. Lord Kitchener says:
“Paris has come In at Kraaipan with
the remainder of the men. He reports
that the column was moving in two par
ties. One. with the ox wagons, left Twe-
Bosch at 3 a. m. The other, with the
mule wagons, started an hour later. Just
before dawn the Boers attacked. Before
reinforcements could reach them, the rear
• guard broke. In the meantime a large
number of Boers galloped up on both
flanks. These, at first, were checked by
the flank parties, but the panic and stam
pede of the mules had begun and all the
mule wagons, with a terrible mixture of
mounted men. rushed past the ox wagons.
All efforts to check them were unavailing.
Major Paris collected forty men and occu
pied a position a mile in front of the ox
wagons, which were then halted. After a
gallant, but useless defense, the enemy
rushed into the ox wagons and Methuen
was wounded in the thigh. Paris, being
surrounded, surrendered at 10 a. m. Meth
uen is still In the Boer camp.”
Then follows the number of casualties
as already cabled. The killed Include
Lieutenant G. R. Venning and T. P. Me
sham, of the Royal artillery, who were
both killed while serving their guns with
case shot-
Lord Kitchener announces that Major
Paris has surrendered and telegraphed
that he had reached Kraitpan with the
remainder of his men. so if* may be in
ferred that the Boers subsequently releas
ed the major and his company.
CJkSTOTI X A..
ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAIL
FRUSTRATED BY SHERIFF
CRAWFORDVILLE. Ga.. March 10. -There
was considerable excitement here recently over
the skillful as well as daring attempt made by
fixe prisoners were Incarcerated In the
county jail, to make their escape. Sheriff F. B.
Taylor had previously been repeatedly warned
by one of the prisoners that his birds would
make an effort to release themselves, hence he
took every precaution to keep the most des
perate ones closeb confined and securely locked
in their cells. However, not to be outdone in
the propoeed scheme, the prisoners obtained a
lot of files through the agency of outside 1
friends and begun the tedious work of filing
the steel bars. When Sheriff Taylor entered
the jail In the morning to feed his prisoners,
his suspicion wm Immediately aroused on ac
count of the unusual and uneasy actions of one
of their number, who barely had time to cover
up his work before the sheriff opened the cell
door, and upon Investigation he discovered that
one of the three-inch steal bars was filed to
such an extent that only the slighttst pressure
would be required to remove it from its place,
and with a few h<mrs’ work at the brick walls
the prisoners would have been out on their
own recognisance. All of the men express deep
regrr: that their plans were so peremptory de
feated. and the sheriff Is being highly compli
mented on account of his thought fulness and
difigence and Ms quick work in bringing the
parties to justice who furnished the tools and
assisted the prisoners in their attempt to
break JalL
HANNIS TAYLOR GETS
GOOD NATIONAL JOB
MOBILE. Ala.. March 11.—Information
received here yesterday is to the effect
that Hon. Hannts Taylor, ex-minister to
Spain in Cleveland's last administration,
and prospective candidate for the pres
idency of the University of Alabama, had
been appointed an assistant in the office
of the United States attorney general,
with a salary of SS.OW) a year.
He will be tn the department that Is
taking up the Spanish war claims.
Mr. Taylor Is in Washington and has
taken charge of his office. His appoint
ment was secured through Ex-Secretary
of the Navy H. A. Herbert.
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LOST HER SENSES.
THIS LITERALLY HAPPENED TO A
WOMAN IN ..AINE.
When Interviewed by a Bangor Com
mercial Reporter She Had Fully Re
gained Them, However.
From The Commercial. Bangor, Me.
To say that she lost her senses was
not a figurative expression In the case of
a Maine woman for she was without th®
sense of taste or smell for months and
an attack of infiuenxa was the cause of
it all. The story is not without a lively
interest. Here it is:
Mrs. Emily 8. Black Uvea at No. 3
Howard street. Brewer. Me. She had a
severe attack of the grip, the winter be
fore last, which left her weak, nervous
and debilitated. Nothing seemed to
help her and. growing worse and worse,
she almost gave up hope of ever being
well again, until she tried a remedy
which has brought relief to thousands of
similarly affected people. When Inter
viewed by a Bangor Commercial reporter
she said: ■ ;
• More than a year ago I had a severe
attack of the grip which left me In bad
shape. Everything I ate distressed me
so much that I could not bear to take
food, and I thought I must starve. I
had numbness in my limbs and could
not taste or smell for four months. I
was ailing for six months or more and
part of the time I was obliged to stay in
bed. I took various medicines that were
recommended to me but none helped me
and instead of getting better I became
worse. Finally, when I was all run
down, weak and nervous. I saw a pam
phlet advertising Dr. Williams* Pink
Pills for Pale People, and decided to try
them. From the first box I experienced
relief and by the time I had taken six I
was entirely cured. I have not needed
them since.” « . „ .
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale
People contain. In a condensed form, all
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are an unfailing
specific for such diseases as locomotor
ataxia, partial paralysis. St. Vitus' dance,
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, the after-effects of the grip,
palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow
complexions and aii forms of weakness
either in male or female. Dr. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People are sold by all
dealers or will be sent postpaid on receipt
of price. 60 cents a box: rix boxes, *2.50,
by addressing Dr. Williams Medicine Com
pany, Schenectady, N. Y.
PASSENGERS FLED IN
WILD PANIC M
. 5W
FIFTY MEN AND WOMEN ARE
HURT ON TROLLEY IN NEW
YORK IN UNUSUAL AC
CIDENT.
NEW YORK, March 11.— A Madison ave
nue car, on which were almost a hundred
persons, has met with a peculiar accident.
About fifty of the passengers were injured,
nine of them seriously.
A new building Is in course of erection at
Forty-fourth street and Madison avenue,
at which a portable hoisting engine is
used, the engine being in the street. It
stood close to the track.
The motorman stopped the car as he ap
proached and the engineer told him to
wait until he cbuld move the machine. The
car conductor thought there was room to
pass and ordered the motorman to pro
ceed. This he did and the car shaved off
a valve which extended from the boiler.
The suddenly released steam broke tho
windows on the side of the car next to the
engine and covered the passengers, scald
ing them on hands and faces. Others were
bruised by being crushed and thrown to
the ground during the ensuing panic.
FLOYo”oiSPENSARY
MAKES READY TO OPEN
ROME. Ga.. March 10.—Mr. Fletcher
Ware has been selected as one of the
clerks for the dispensary and will assist
Mr. Watson as manager.
Mr. Ware will receive 350 a month. The
manager's salary has been fixed at $75
per month. z
The commissioners have not selected a
building for the dispensary. They will ei
ther locate it In the Norton building, cor
ner Broad street and Fourth avenue, or
rent the Nevin opera house store which
has been used as a saloon for some years.
The commissioners are placing orders
for goods and a shipment is expected
shortly. A dosen or more whisky drum
mers are here soliciting orders. The dis
pensary will go Into operation April Ist.
The supreme court will not decide the
questions before the last of this month.
MILL OPERATIVEITABS
A CLOTHING MERCHANT
COLUMBUS. Ga.. March 11.—Mr. Dave
Greentree, a clothing merchant, was seri
ously cut In the neck late yesterday
afternoon by a man named Autrey, an
operative In one of tne cotton mills, be
cause Greentree had garnisheed his sal
ary for an account which Autrfey owed
him. The wound is about six Inches long
and very deep, but luckily it missed the
jugular vein and Greentree will .recover,
Autrey crossed the river, but was arrest
ed by the Alabama officers, and by con
' sent v is brought to Alabama and placed
•i jail. When arrested a. concealed pls
.ol was found on his person.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 33, 1902.
LONG RESIGNS,
MOODY GETS
PLAGE
RESIGNATION OF CABINET MEM
BER WAS HANDED TO THE
PRESIDENT ON
MONDAY.
"WASHINGTON, March 10.-The third
change in the cabinet occurred today when
Secretary Long handed his resignation in
a graceful letter, it being accepted equally
felicitously by the president.
The change was made complete by the
selection of Representative William Henry
Moody, of Fifth congressional district of
Massachusetts, as Mr. Long’s successor
in the navy department, effective. May 1.
This change has been expected for some
time. Mr. Long intended to retire at the
beginning of the late President McKin
ley's second term, but he consented to re
main until certain lines of policy In which
he was involved were more satisfactorily
arranged.
Then when President Roosevelt succeed
ed, though anxious to return to private
life—for Secretary Long will rever again
enter public life—a strong feeling of loy
alty towards Mr. Roosevelt induced the
secretary to defer his retirement until it
was convenient for the president to make
a change.
The resignation of Secretary Long did
not occasion any great surprise In Wash
ington official circles, as It had been gen
erally understood that the secretary of
the navy would resign as soon as the
Schley-Sampson affair was brought to a
conclusion. In fact, it was announced
several weeks ago by the secretary him
self that he would not much longer re
main in the official family of the presi
dent.
Mr. Moody will early visit the office of
the navy and make himself acquainted
with the details of the office. Not even
rumor has indicated any changes in the
conduct of the office or the displacement
of any employes.
When Mr. Long entered the cabinet
originally he was an active member of
the firm of Hemingway & Long, a well
known legal firm of Boston. He always
has maintained a silent connection with
the concern and will again become an ac
tive partner.
Selection of Moody is Approved.
WASHINGTON. D. C., March 10.—Rep
resentative Moody, of Massachusetts,
whose selection by the president as a suc
cessor to Secretary Long, of the navy,
was announced today, has been over
whelmed with telegrams from all parts of
the country, each congratulating him and
expressing the belief that he will prove
worthy the high office.
Members of both parties express confi
dence in his ability and sincere regret that
the house of representative will lose him.
He is one of the ablest and most popular
members.
William Henry Moody, republican, of
Haverhill, was born in Newbury. Mass.,
•December 23, 1853; he was graduated at
Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., in 1872,
and from Harvard University in 1876; is a
lawyer by profession; was district attor
ney from the eastern district of Massa
chusetts from 1890 to 1895; was elected to
the Flfty-fpurth congress .to .fill a va
cancy, anti to the Flfty-iiftfi and Fifty
sixth congresses, and re-elected to the Fif
ty-seventh congress, receiving 18,328 votes,
to 6.534 for Daniel N. Crowley, democrat,
2,725 for Albert L. Gillen, democratic so
cialist, and 778 for Ernest C. Peabody, so
cialist labor.
STOPS THE COUCH
AND WORKS OFF THE COLD.
Laxative Brom-Qulnine Tablets cure a cold la
one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price 25 cents.
SALVATION ARMY HAS
OPENED ITS RESTAURANT
The Salvation army Saturday afternoon
opened a restaurant at 178 Decatur street,
directly opposite police station, which, in
one respect at least, is the 'most wonderful
restaurant ever seen in Atlanta. For 15
cents one can get three square meals
there. Not 15 cents for each meal, but J 5
cents for the three, 5 cents for each, and
they are not bad meals, either.
The restaurant has jong been contem
plated by the Salvation army people and it
will undoubtedly do a great deal of good
for the poor people of Atlanta. Its bill of
fare, though, has been made so attractive,
the price being considered, that its pat
rons will not be confined to the needy. The
policemen being just across the street,
will probably prove good patrons. The
restaurant is in charge of Captain J. P.
Sayers, a well known Salvation army
worker.
The restaurant is expected to pay ex
penses, but nothing more. It is doubtful
if it does even that. But that it will do a
great deal of good there can be no doubt.
RACE FOR JUDGESHIP
GROWING INTERESTING
SPARKS. March 10.—Considerable interest is
being manifested in the race for judge of this
district. Col. Bob Mitchell, of Thomasville,
was in the county this week in his interest.
Col. E. P. 8. Denmark, of Valdosta, who Is
also in the race. Is canvassing the county.
Berrien county seems to be the main fighting
ground, ahd it is conceded that who ever car
ries this county will be elected. Both of these
gentlemen represent the highest legal talent
in the district, and while the race will be warm
it will be conducted on a high plain. Neither
candidate's fitness for the office is questioned,
but it is conceded by the most conservative
men here that Colonel Denmark will carry this
county by a handsome majority. The fact that
Thomasville has furnished the Judge for the
past sixty years causes the people of this sec
tion to feel that this end of the district is en
titled to the judgeship this time.
CANDIDATE GUERRY OFFERS
FAMOUS “POTTS TELEGRAM”
MACON. Ga., March 10, 1902.
To the Editor of The Journal:
Since submitting to Mr. Terrell through
the Waycross Journal for him to an
swer two days thereafter in his speech,
the question among others as to whether
he wrote in 1896, what is being called the
“fargous Potts’ telegram,” I have been
fiirnished with an exact copy of the al
leged telegram and also with other infor
mation, and as I desire to be as accurate
as possible and to give Mr. Terrell the
benefit of what I have subsequently learn
ed, before he answers that question and
the others, I now quote the words of the
copy furnished and give the substance of
the other information:
“ATLANTA, Ga., August 10, 1896.
"T. J. Carling, care Senatorial Hall:
“I am positively assured that Berner
will give no trouble to the brewing or
liquor Interests of the state. Is It not un
wise policy to delay his nomination? An
swer. (Signed)
"FRANK M POTTS.”
The other information is as follows:
Some time after the date of the tele
gram Mr. Frank M. Potts said that he
did not sign the same, that J. M. Terrell x
engineered the scheme with Berner.
I wish to add that Mr. Walter B. Hill
Instead of reading a copy of the telegram
in his speech at Forsyth, may have simply
quoted Its contents or substance.
Yours truly,
DUPONT GUERRY.
HUNMRIAirCOUNT
SHOOTS HIMSELF
TOMH
EXILE FROM NATIVE LAND SEEKS
DEATH IN WACO HOTEL DUR
ING HIS HONEY-
MOON. Fi s*' 5 *'
FT-
WACO, Tex., March 11.—Ignotz Lowin
ger, by birth a Hungarian count, a native
of Temeswar. Hungary, committed suicide
at the McClellan hotel by shooting him
self through the temple with a revolver.
No cause can be assigned for the act.
For political reasons, about thirty years
ago, the count left his native land and
came to Waco, where he amassed a large
fortune. About three weeks ago he mar
ried a wealthy widow and appeared happy
up to the time of his death.
AN EFFORT TO SETTLE
SOUTHERN RAILWAY STRIKE
An early settlement of the strike of the
machinists on the Southern Railway ap
pears very probable. It Is the belief of
the officials that within the next two or
three weeks the men will be back in
their places. ,
It is learned from positive sources that
Henry F. Garrett, -of the Western and
Atlantic shops, who is a member of the
city council, and C. A. Wickersham, pres
ident of the Atlanta and West Point rail
road, will leave for Washington during
the latter part of the present week for
the purpose of mVetfng officials of the
Southern railway at that place.
They were to have gone last week, it is
learned, but were delayed because of the
fact that Prsldent Samuel Spencer, of the
Southern, was engaged in other matters.
The fact that President Wickersham,
of the West Point, Mr. Garrett have
been working in, ths /natter has been kept
very secret. Very few of the members of
the local union of machinists knew that
the settlement was being talked of. and
a less number have kndwn that President
Wickersham was aiding the strikers in the
matter.
Senator Mark Hanna has also interested
himself In the strike,and is said to be do
ing everything in hie power to bring the
railroad and the machinists together.
In this connection it is said that
General Manager Frank S. Gannon, of the
Southern railway, is opposed to making
terms with the strikers, and has stated
that if the strike is settled over his head
he will tender his resignation.
This apparently lends color to the ru
mors that have been in circulation for
some time to the effect that President
Wickersham, of the Atlanta and West
Point, will succeed General Manager Gan
non, of tho Southern railway.
COfffINBUYERSARE
AFRAID OF CHANGE
/
TALK OF NEW METHOD ON PART
OF INSURANCE PEOPLE WOR
RIES DEALERS.
JACKSON. Miss., March 11.—The cotton
buyers and others interested In the hand
ling and buying of cotton are very much
alarmed over the prospect that the in
surance companies may charge their
present policy of insuring cotton, which
is in gross amounts, and make the Insurer
give a minute discription of the cotton
which he wants insured, together with
marks of ownership. If this system is
put into effect endless trouble will be
brought upon all who buy cotton In the
state, and it may affect the sale of the ar
ticle. This is due 'to a recent decision
who held that the co-lnsurance clause
cannot be Inforced.
TURKEYTiaFnOT
BEEN SENT DEMAND
WASHINGTON, March 11.—It Is again
specifically stated here that no demand
has been made upon Turkey in connection
with Miss Stone’s case.
The action taken by Mr. Lelschman was
simply to conserve any rights which might
develop after a thorough investigation as
to who the United States shall look to for
redress.
It may be added that the whole trend
so far is strongly against the Bulgarians
and not against the Turks.
TWO SEALING STEAMERS
ESCAPE EYES OF STRIKERS
ST. JOHNS, N. F.. March 11.—Two sail
ing steamers, the Terra Nova and the
Neptune, with partly completed crews,
eluded the strikers here and went to sea
this, morning. They will complete their
crews at various fishing hamlets. The
strikers are assuming a more threatening
attitude. They have visited all the seal
ing ships and driven all the men away,
disregarding the mounted and foot police
of the government.
•
FRIENDS OF SLOCOMB
INDIGNANT AT WARRANT
BAINBRIDGE, Ga., March 11.—Mr. P. R.
Slocomb, of thia city, for whom parties in
Dothan. Ala., have asked requisition, left for
Dothan yesterday, not waiting for any
requisition ’to be obtained. His friends here
are indignant at the proceedings, which they
claim is onlv an attempt to collect a debt by
criminal prosecution. They stoutly assert Slo
comb has been guilty of no violation of law
whatsoever.
Slocomb Is a member of a prominent and
wealthy North Carolina family and has resided
in this* city tor several months, and is quite
popular. ... ,
NELL EROPSEY
sum IS
INDICTED
WILLCOX MUST FACE A JURY ON
THE CHARGE OF MURDERING
HIS YOUNG SWEET-
j HEART.
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., March 11.—
Th© grand jury today found a true bill
for murder in the first degree against
James Willcox, charged with killing his
sweetheart. Miss Nellie Cropsey. The
prisoner will be arraigned this afternoon.
Miss Cropsey was the beautiful
daughter of Judge W. H. Crop
sey, of Elizabeth City, who mys
teriously disappeared from her home
the night of November 20 last, after a
stormy Interview with the man who is
now charged with having caused her
death.
Preparations are now being made for the
trial, which will in all probability, on ac
count of the importance and the great in
terest in its result, be the first case on the
docket of the court which convenes next
Monday.
As to what defense the prisoner whl
make, It is more than probable that he
will attempt to prove that he left the girl
seme time prior to her disappearance. The
only statement made by the prisoner since
his arrest was that he left the girl crying
on the porch of her home, and that she
was still crying when he passed out of the
front gate of the yard quite a distance
from the house. What caused the unfor
tunate girl to weep Willcox will not say.
Before Her Death;
The night Miss Cropsey disappeared
from her home she was last seen alive by
members of her family when she accom
panied Willcox, who had called, to the
front door to bid him good night. What
transpired after that no one, except per
haps Willcox, knows. It is known that
the two quarrelled, and that Miss Cropsey
was never seen again until five weeks lat
er when her lifeless body was found float
ing In the waters of the Pasquotank river,
almost In front of her home.
For more than two years prior to the
night of her disappearance, Willcox had
paid marked attention to Ella Cropsey.
That night Willcox, with Ella, her sister
Olive, and Leroy prawford, spent the ev
ening, until 11 o’clock In the parlor of the
Cropsey home. At the hour named Will
cox invited Ella to accompany him to the
door. Crawford and Miss Olive chatted'
for half an hour longer, and Crawford left
the house. Miss Olive, thinking her sis
ter had retired, went to her room, but as
Ella did not appear within a reasonable
time she grew apprehensive. -At mid
night the barking of a dog on the lawn at
tracted her attention and also that of her
brother, who fearing robbers were about
took a gun and went out of the house.
Miss Olive called to her brother not to
fire, as she believed Ella was on the lawn
with Willcox, and he might shoot them.
Neither Willcox nor Ella was seen, and
this caused the beginning of an Investiga
tion Into what proved to be one of the
greatest mysteries this section of the
country has ever known. ,
The entire Cropsey household was
aroused and an unsuccessful sdarch of the
premises ensued. It was at first thought
that the missing girl had eloped with Will
cox, whose early appearance put an end
to that theory.
Willcox** Strange Conduct.
Willcox was apparently the least con
cerned man In town In regard to the girl’s
disappearance. His demeanor was such as
to rouse indignation and suspicion. A mass
meeting was held in the town hall, at
which funds were raised to prosecute the
search, and rewards were offered for the
recovery of the girl’s body or information
leading to her whereabouts. Divers were
employed, and an unsuccessful search of
the river bottom was made. Meanwhile
Willcox was kept under strict surveil
lance. Bloodhounds tracked the missing
girl to the end of a small pier, directly
in front of the Cropsey residence, and
this led to the belief that Ella had either
committed suicide or had been murdered
by drowning.
The drowning theory proved to be cor
rect, for on the morning of December 27,
just 37 days from the time of her disap
pearance, the body of Miss Cropsey was
found by a fisherman, floating face down
ward in the river, only a short distance
from the pier to which the dogs had
traced her.
Never in its history has Elizabeth City
experienced such excitement as that which
followed the discovery of the body. But
there was one man who, outwardly, was
unmoved, and that man was James E.
Willcox. Public sentiment against him
was at fever heat. So great was the feel
ing that after his arrest the advisability
of removing him to this city .to prevent
lynching was seriously 'considered. But
wise counsel prevailed, and Willcox was
allowed to remain in jail, where he now
awaits stoically the result of the trial.
Ella Maude Cropsey was scarcely mor©
than a child at the time of her tragic
death. Just seventeen years old, bright
and of cheerful disposition, she was a
great favorite with the young people of
Elizabeth City. She was regarded •as a
beauty, and would have had many suitors
but for the attentions of Willcox, who at
times seemed devoted to her. Willcox,
though of good family, was not popular,
on account of his surly disposition. His
father, a former Sheriff of Pasquotank
county, and W. H. Cropsey, father of the
dead girl, are very popular men and warm
friends.
ADAMSON OPPOSES
CONTRACT SYSTEM
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 10.—Mr.
Adamson, of Georgia, today spoke against
the proposed contract system for free ru
ral delivery of mail, contending that the
rural districts should be supplied with a
competent and free mail service even if
the system was not self-sustaining. He
made one of the strongest speeches of the
day.
NEGRO IS LYNCHED
FOR USUAL CRIME
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., March 11.—A
telegram from Foreman, Little River
county, says a negro giving his name as
Horace McCoy, was lynched there at 11
o’clock Sunday night for assaulting Mrs.
John L. Emmons, white.
Cancer Among Royalty.
The Death of Empress Frederick.
Is Cancer Hereditary ?
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Oct. 5, 1901.
Since the death of this brilliant woman
and the recent alarm in England over the
reports regarding King Edward, a series
of articles have appeared in the press
relative to this dreaded disease, and many
people, not only throughout the United
States, but from South America and Eu
rope, have sought the advice of Dr. Ben
jamin F. Bye, the noted Cancer specialist
of Indianapolis, relative to the disease be
ing hereditary.
These inquiries have been suggested by
the many marvelous cures effected by the
doctor's painless OH Treatment, which In
most cases can be self-administered at
home.
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THE HAYNER DISTILLING
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THREE HUNDRED NOW LIVING
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GO NEXT SUMMER.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 11.-The
Liberian 'Colonization Society, of Birm
ingham, hopes to be able to send a party
of two or three hundred negroes to Mon
rovia, Liberia, this spring. D. J. Flum
mer, general manager of the company, is
now on his way from Liberia, where he
went in the interest of the movement,
hoping to secure aid from the Liberian
government.
< newspaper published In Liberia is at
hand and It contains an account of the
arrival of Flummer at Monrovia and a
speech which he delivered before a joint
meeting of the sena'te and house of rep
resents ti vs of Liberia, in which he dis
cussed the emigration movement.
The paper did not say whether he was
given governmental aid or not and this
will probably not be known until Plum
met arrives here. The company was giv
en an appropriation sojne time ago for
the purpose of aiding in buying a ship.
This was the sum of $25,000. One thing
which Flummer sought to have brought
about was an arrangement by which this
money could be used in transporting tne
negroes instead of in buying a ship.
MURDER MYSTERY
IN COFFEE’S DEATH?
MACON, Ga., March 10— Messrs. J. D.
and Dan Coffee yesterday exhumed the re
mains of the man found dead in the
swamp last week, and they positively
Identified the body as that of their broth
er, Mr. Mike J. Coffee, a plumber who dis
appeared last December, and who has not
since beep heard from. t
•„ The undertaker who dressed the body
for another burial discovered the skull
had been crushed at a place near the
crown, and on the left side. Phy
sician Worsham was cklled to make an
examination, and he said there was no
doubt that a blow had caused the death,
and that It had been Inflicted with an Iron
stick or bludgeon of some kind. He said
that the blow was Inflicted by some one
who l stood facing the victim.
The Coffee brothers say they have a sus
picion and will lay the facts before the
next grand jury, if nothing develops in
the meantime. They wanted a coroner’s
inquest held yesterday, but it was found
that an Inquest had been held when the
body was first discovered, and although
that Inquest accomplished nothing, there
was no provision of law for another, and
It was not held.
The body was reburied in Rose Hill cem
etery, Father McDonald officiating.
ANOTHER AUGUSTA
STRIKE THREATENED
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AUGUSTA, Ga., March 10.—In accord
ance with plan promulgated some time
ago a demand has been made upon the
King mill by the operatives for an
advance of 10 per cent in wages, said ad
vance to be put in operation not later
than the 17th Instant. Refusal to grant
this demand, It is understood, is to be fol
lowed by. a strike.
While the mill authorities have made no
official declaration it is known that the
demand of the operatives will not be
granted. It is claimed that the mills have
not made money during the past year,
some of them now running a part of the
time at a loss, and that they are in no
condition to raise wages now. Should the
operatives of the King mill strike, then
all the mills in this district will be closed.
The mills are all united and a strike in
one mill will be followed at once by a
lockout in all the others, and a strike
more disastrous than the great strike of
1898 would be. precipitated, for in that
strike several of the mills continued to
run all the time.
Efforts are being made by citizens to ef
fect an amicable understanding between
the operatives and mill managements, for
a stubborn strike of several months* du
ration would be a calamity to the whole
city.
TO HONOR MEMORY”
OF ELI WHITNEY
CHARLOTTE, N. C., March 10.—At the
Niagara Falls meeting of the New Eng
land Cotton Manufacturers’ association
last year a committee was appointed to
have prepared a bronze memorial tablet
for Eli Whitney as the inventor of the
cotton gin. Those appointed on this com
mittee are as follows: M. F. Foster, Mil
ford, N. H.; D. A. Tompkins, Charlotte;
W. B. Smith-Whaley, Columbia, S. C.;
Charles H. Fish, Manchester, N. H., and
C. J. H. Woodbury, Boston, Mass.
This committee has collected funds ag
gregating something near 31,060. and has
caused to be designed and cast a very
handsome bronze tablet.
It has been determined to put thia tab
let in a country clubhouse which has
been erected near Augusta. Ga-, on a
farm on which the Whitney gin was first
practically operated.
WOMAN FELL DEAD WHILE
CROSSING RIVER BRIDGE
COLUMBUS, Ga., March 10.—Mrs. Eliz
abeth Davenport, aged 64 years, a well
known and estimable lady of Phenix City,
had an attack of heart trouble while
crossing the upper railroad bridge, now be
ing used by pedestrians, yesterday after
noon and died in a few minutes.
Some excitement was caused on the
bridge, the lady dropping on the timbers
In a dead faint.
She was brought across to the Georgia
side and carried to the bridge watchman’s
house, but died In ten minutes.
She was a widow and leaves four chil
dren. _ -- - I
ABDUL HUMID
BLOTS OUT
FAMILY
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TURKISH SULTAN ISSUES WAR*'
RANTS SENDING MANY OF HIS
RELATIVES TO PRISON
FOR LIFE. , y f
CONSTANTINOPLE. March 10.—Prin
ces Lutfullah and Sabahaddin, sons of
Damad Mahud Pasha, the sultan's broth- 1
er-ln-law and several other Turkish fu- |
gltives of lesser note, have been sentenced p.w
by default to perpetual confinement in ai
fortress.
A dispatch to the Associated Press
from Constantinople, February 13, said
that warrants had been Issued for the ar
rest of Princes Lutfallah and Sabahaddin
and other Turkish fugitives who were
charged with organizing in Paris a con
splracy to overthrow tne pultan, Abdul
Hamid.
Damad Pasha, who has long been prom
inent in the movement and who fled from
Constantinople In December, 1899, with hia
two sons, was sentenced to death by de
fault on the charge of being implicated in
a plot to assassinate the sultan. He was,
a short time ago. expelled from Greece
at the behest of the sultan and then he
fled to Rome and later to Paris.
GREAT SHIP SAILS
INTO NEW YORK PORT
NEW YORK, March 12.—Anchored off
quarantine is the second largest sailing
vessel In the world, the four masted steel
bark Daylight, which has just completed
a stormy maiden voyage of 51 days from ‘ |
Greenock, Scotland.
The Daylight is a first-class steel vessel
with a gross tonnage of 3,765 tons, '
about 100 tons less than the five masted
bark Potosi, the largest sailing vessel In
the world. The Daylight has a carrying
capacity of 7,000 tons and was built es- ,
peclally for carrying coal oil. She was } |
launched at Port Glasgow in December ' .4
last, and is owned by the Anglo-American i
Oil company of London. Her dimensions
are: Eength, 352 feet; beam, 50 feet andl
depth 32 feet.
Captain James Reade, who commanded,
the last of the sailing ships of the White (
Star line commands the new Daylight.]
His crew consists of 41 men. ( ’
KENTUCKY GIVES BLOW
TO WOMAN SUFFRAGE’,
FRANKFORT, Ky., March 12.—The gen-]
eral assembly has adopted and sent to tho
governor for approval a bill taking front , B
the women of Kentucky the right to]
vote in school trustee elections. The bill j
was Introduced by Mr. Klair, of Lexing
ton. In that city at the last general elec
tion the negro women controlled the <
election.
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