Georgia Historic Newspapers

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VOL. IV.
BRIDE TORN IN PIECES
BY GREAT DANE DOGS
'.American Girl Who Mar
ried Wealthy French
man Meets Aw
ful Death.
NEW YORK. July X Mme. Edmond
Bempia. who before her marriage a year
ago was Miss Louise Rutherford. of
Brooklyn, has been set upon, says a Paris
dispatch to the World, by two hunger
maddened Great Dane dogs, which had
been secured to guard her husband’s
country house at Annecy Lake, and so
terribly injured that she died two hours
after the attack.
M. Sempis is a prominent business man
in Paris. His home at Annecy I>ake is
isolated, and following a recent attempt
by burglars to enter the place, he pur
chased two powerful Great Danes as
guards.
The dogs proved so ferocious that they
' were confined tn an iron Inclosure during
the day time for the safety of the family.
M. Sempis was advised to starve them,
•o that when food was given to them
they would remember kindly their bene
factors. So they bad nothing to eat for
two days.
Mme. Sempis did not accompany her
husband and their guests who started
for a drive to Aix-les-Bains. She noticed
the dogs while she was walking in the
yard, and knowing that they had been
without food, determined to feed them
as they were apparently quiet. She or
dered the cook to prepare a bowl of
meat, and carried it to the kennel, the
woman accompanying her.
The Instant Mme. Sempis entered the
, Iron inclosqre the Great Danes leaped
upon her like hungry tigers. They bore
her to the ground, and as she vainly
■ought to defend herself their teeth
sank in hes arms and body. Her strug
gles apparently maddened the animals
the more. . *
The coachman heard the screams of
Mme. Sempis and the cook. Mme. Sem
pis begged the man to save her. He ran
to the stable to get a pitchfork. When
he returned the Great Danes had fearfully
torn their victim.
The coachman fought the brutes into a
corner and kept them there until the
wook summoned neighbors and carried
Mme. Sempis from the inclosure in a dy
ing condition.
A few minutes after M. Sempis and
h’s guests returned she succumbed to her
injuries, after exchanging a few words
with her husband, who Is nearly erased
by the tragedy.
KRUPPS WILL NOT
EXHIBIT AT ST. LOUIS
BERLIN". July 36. The Krupp. refuse to ex
Mbit at the St. Louis exposition because the
Vnited States did not purchase the great gun
exhibited at Chicago.
Thia piece, constructed especially to exhibit
in the United States, and which has been in
the way in the practice ground at Mephen
• «tace cioee of the Chicago fair, ts now
Curiously one of the principal objections
Biade by possible exhibitors at St. Louts is
that the United States does not confer decora
tions. hence exhibitors have nothing to snow
fOr their trouble.
The only way the fair representatives have
of getting around this objection is that Em
peror William will probably recognize the
best exhibitors by bestowing orders on them,
and this, it is understood; he is quite willing
to do. /
It is well known that one reason'why Wash
ington is an undesirable diplomatic appoint
ment is owing to the Impossibility of decora
tions
SPITHEAD NAVAL REVIEW
WAS ORDERED SATURDAY
LONDON. July Sb.—Orders for the na
val review which is to take place off Spit
bead. August 16th. were issued today.
They provide for the asermbling of a
fleet August 11 at Portsmouth, to consist
of 23 bat.les'nlps. 34 cruisers and 29 tor
pedo gunboats, training ships and smaller
graft.
willlmT live
TO BE CROWNED
KING?
LONDON. July 26.—Wi1l King Edward
be crowned on August 9th?—ls the su
preme question in London.
At present the king Is not able to stand
on his feet. He is getting along finely
and but for his desire to be crowned at
bo early date, his ultimate recovery would
be certain.
He enjoys life on the royal yacht and
keeps a lively interest In public affairs
which he today talked over with the pre
mier. Mr. Balfour, and other members "of
the cabinet. But he has a serious all
■sent as yet unhealed.
He cannot stand and bow it is won
dered he can mount the throne in West,
gninster Abbey, wearing the heavy coro
nation robes and receive on his had. so
long recumbent on a bed of illness, the
weight of the royal crown. Up to about
five weeks ago. King Edward was re
garded as a thorough man of the world,
able, practical, courteous gentleman, with
nothing of the heroic In his make up. In
deed It seemed absurd to connect him with
anything more heroic than a speech from
the throne, or the dedication of a monu
ment. Yet in this long pathetic struggle
srith a terrible Illness, this brave man.
resolute to wear his mother’s crown, even
If death should come the next minute,
looms up as one of the heroic figures of
English history, as a worthy descendant
of William The Conqueror.
It is earnestly hoped that the struggle
will not end in a tragedy.
King to Ride Over Carpet of Sand.
LONDON, July 36.—The preparations for
the coronation of King Edward have
been resumed with full swing but it Is
impossible, of course, to rearouse vivid
public enthusiasm in the postponed event.
It has now been decided that the whole
youte over which the royal carriage is
to pass will be flushed, dried and then
aprinkled with sand, thus forming a car
pet which will reduce the vibrations of
the vehicle. The barriers will not be re
erected at all the cross streets intersect
ing the coronation route Otherwise the
original police regulations will be car
ried out.
One of the saddest features of the post
ponement of the king's crowning, from
the view point of the spectator, is the
great slump in the price of seats. A
conspicuous example of this is the fine
stand at St. Margarets. Westminster,
where the bert seats were sold for ten
guineas. There prices have dropped 30
per cent, while at many of the best places
along the route from one to three guineas
secures seats previously held at five and
eight guineas. _ _
DANNA TRIES HARO
TO SAVE HIS
FRIEND
DR. WILSON, WHO IS TO BE TRIED
IN NICARAGUA FOR FILIBUS-
TERING, HAS SENATOR’S
INTEREST AROUSED.
•
CLEVELAND. 0., July 26—Senator
Hanna has sent another telegram to
Washington in regard to Dr. Russell Wil
son, who is about to be tried by court
martial in Nicaragua for participating in
a filibustering expedition.
Dispatches from Nicaragua state that
Dr. Wilson is seriously compromised as
he was suspected of having participated
in an expedition in one province of Nica
ragua in 1899.
"I have discovered,” said Senator Han
na.' "that Dr. Wilson was a student in
the medical department of the Ohio State
University in 1899, and he did not graduate
from that institution until 1900. There is
no truth in the charge that he partici
pated dn the revolution of 1899. I have
wired to J. J. Hill, assistant secretary of
state, requesting him to notify our minis
ter to Nicaragua and see that Dr. Wilson
is accorded a full and fair trial for his
life. Dr. Wilson's mother has already
started for Blueflelds, Nicaragua where
her son is now confined.”
CORREA CLAIMS WILSON
WAS IN 1898 REVOLT
WASHINGTON. July 26.—Senor Correa,
the Nicaraguan minister, today informed
Acting Secretary of State Dr. Hill that his
government had accepted the minister's
recommendation relative to the postpone
ment of any final measures in the case
of Dr. Russell Wilson, the American cap
tured with filibustering party near Blue
fields. until all of the rights which he has
under the law have been invoked.
President Zelaya indicated his purpose
to be bound in the final disposition of Wil
ton's case by the minister’s recommenda
tions. Senor Correa has explained to the
state department that Wilson's participa
tion in the revolution in Nicaragua in
1896 was absolutely established.
vaticaFfaVors’
SAIOLLI'S KAME
CARDINALS FEAR HIS APPOINT-
MENT WOULD AMERICANIZE
THE PROPAGANDA AND
THEY OPPOSE HIM.
ROME, July 26.—The question of a suc
cessor to the late Cardinal Ledochowski,
as prefect of the congregation of the
propaganda, continues to absorb all the
attention of the Vatican.
Against the candidature of Cardinal
Vincenzo Vannuttelll is urged the fact
that his brother. Cardinal Serrafino Van
nutelli. is the great penitentiary of the
church to the two highest positions in
Catholicism would be centered in the
same family.
Against Cardinal Satolll. who seems to
be the candidate preferred by the pope,
the objection is raised that he would be
apt to prove a revolutionist, in introduc
ing modern, methods and progressive
ideas and in turning everything upside
down.
One cardinal said if Cardinal Satolll
were chosen it would mean the American
izing of the propaganda. These argu
ments in the eyes of, the ablest and most
far-seeing clergy are additional endorse
ments of Cardinal SatollL
KITCHENER IS MOBBED
BY FRANTIC FRIENDS
LONDON, July 26.—Lord Kitchener, who
has been largely lost to public view since
his triumphal re-entry into London July
12, received an unexpected demonstration
of London enthusiasm today when a cab
in which he visited the city was actually
mobbed close to the Bank of England
and the conqueror of South Africa had to
t>e rescued by the police.
Lord Kitchener drove to a private bank
near the Mansion house. He was in
stantly recognized and such a crowd col
lected outside that he had to escape by a
side door.
He was detected, however, and drove
off amid frantic cheers, which he smil
ingly acknowledged with a salute.
While passing through Queen Victoria
street. Lord Kitchener was again recog
nized and the cab was held un by a cheer
ing crowd. The police had to open away
for the vehicle.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION
GIVES SAILOR STATISTICS
WASHINGTON, July 26.—Reports to the
bureau of navigation show that during
ths past fiscal year shipping commis
sioners at the seaport shipped 108,554 men
on American vesels. Os this number. 65,85*
were shipped on stehrn vessels; 42,695 on
sailing vessels.
In the foreign trade 49.060 men were ship
ped, in the coasting trade. 59.494. The fig
ures include the repeated shipments of
the same men on different voyages of
the same vesels. The number of individual
seamen involved did not exceed 20.0 W.
The nationality of the men shipped was -
Bom Americans, 34.957; naturalized
Americans, 14.915; Norwegians, Swedes
and Danes. 16.315; British, 13.897 ;*Germans.
5.640; Italians. 2,297; French, 576; other na
tionalities, 19,967.
The amount of wages disbursed during
the year under shipping commissioners'
supervision was approximately 82,500,000.
PARIS SCHOOLS CLOSED
WITHOUT DISTURBANCE
PARIS, July 23.—The issuing of official
notices closing the unauthorized religious
schools began this morning and were car
ried out, so far as Parts was concerned,
without any disturbances.
At Mauvaux, Department du Nord, the
expulsion of the Sisters led to a riot in
which two person were arrested. A police
commissary and ten rioters were injured.
SAYS HE HELD
IIP MEXICAN
CENTRAL
CAPTURED BANDIT CONFESSES
AND GIVES THE NAMES OF
HIS TWO PALS IN THE TRAIN
ROBBERY.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., July 26.—A man
named West has been arrested at Mopiml,
Mex., state of Durango, for complicity
In the express robbery on Tuesday night,
on the Mexican Central railroad, near
Bermejlllo.
Il Is stated that he has made a full con
fession, Implicating two others, who, he
rays, got away with all the money secured
from the looted train.
He gives the names of the other two as
Pailsh and Smith.
INVENTIONMAKES RIFLES
OF ARMY VERY DEADLY
LONDON, July 26.—Blsley can usually
be depended upon to furnish something
new In the shooting line, and this year has
not proven an exception.
A clergyman, who was entered in one
of the medium range contests, astonished
the competitors and threw the spectators
into spasms of curiosity by lying hidden
behind a fence and firing without expos
ing his head to look along his gun barrel,
and made a score of 34 points out of a
possible 35, and every one howled.
The clergyman had attached to his gun
an invention of his own, called a hypho
scope, which enabled him to sight his
weapon by an arrangement of little mir
rors in a vertical tube. The possibilities of
this Invention, as will be recognized, are
great.
Equipped with this humane device, two
forces taking cover without artillery,
would shoot at hyposcopes Instead of each
others heads. The force first deprived of
Its apparatus might be considered hors de
combat. There would be no bloodshed be
yond an occasional cut finger.
It Is claimed that this Improvement
should add to the popularity of soldiering,
and at the same time promote Its true
purpose, peace.
Advocates of the hyposcope point out
that It would make the coward as good
as the brave man. War would become a
genuine test of marksmanship. Instead of
casualty lists, there would be “blsley
scores.” Great efforts are making to get
the war office to see this.
MR. BRYAN TALKS MONEY
TO PEOPLE OF MERIDIAN
MERIDEN. Conn., July 26.—William J.
Bryan arrived here today from Maine.
After luncheon he delivered an address at
Hanover Park.
Mr. Bryan discussed the money ques
tion, the Philippines situation and trusts
and criticized at length the Fowler bill.
In this connection he said that by the pro
visions of this bill a trust of banks was
impossible.
"It is a great mistake," he added, “it
means practically the loaning of money a
second time.”
The speaker cited the case of a bank in
Philadelphia, which, he said, "loans S3O
for every dollar of capital.”
Mr. Bryan left for Bridgeport later In
the afternoon.
Bryan Ends Tour at Bridgeport.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 26.—The New
England tour of William J. Bryan was con
cluded tonight in thia city, where he addressed
an audience of 3,500 at Seaside Park and was
afterwards tendered a reception by the Bridge
port Club.
An enthusiastic crowd of several thousand
persons -greeted Mr. Bryan at the railroad
station, where he arrived from Meridian, and
many of them followed the brass band and the
committee members who escorted him to the
place where he was to speak. He spoke for an
hour and a half, his topic being "Civiliza
tion.”
Mr. Bryan is the guest tonight of Archibald
McNeil, commodore of the Bridgeport Yacht
Club. Tomorrow afternoon he wtll be the guest
of Lewis Nixon, of New York, on board the
latter's yacht, and will take a two days' cruise.
MAN AND LITTLE SON~~
MEET DEATH TOGETHER
NEW YORK. July 26.—George Stough
ton. aged 52, and his ten year old son,
Claude, have been killed, says a Burling
ton, Vt., special to The World, by drop
ping from the railroad bridge which
crosses the Winooski river near here
Stoughton had been out of work several
weeks. He and the boy were sitting on
the outer edge of the bridge as a train
passed, and although the place is wide
enough to admit of persons remaining
there, both fell to the river below, the
father's arms wound around the son. The
water where they struck Is only a few feet
deep, but both were drowned.
shipslFweFsunk
TO BE RAISED
THISJEAR
PHILIPPINE ENGINEERING COM-
PANY BEATS JAPS AND
OTHER BIDDERS FOR
THE JOB.
WASHINGTON. July 26.-The Spanish
ships sunk by Dewey in Manila bay on
that eventful Sunday morning In May,
1896. will be raised by contract.
The authorities in the Philippines have
accepted the bid of the Philippine Engin
eering company to do this work.
T If ere are ten of these wrecks, and they
are to be raised and removed within one
year from the date of signing the con
tract, which was June 2d. The company
has deposited the sum of SIO,OOO as a guar
antee that the contract will be fulfilled
on time. The company will receive no pay
from the government. They have had an
expert diver and wrecker at Manila for
some time, and he has made a careful ex
amination of the wrecks and their value.
It is a big undertaking and will Involve
the expenditure of several hundred thous
and dollars.
There were four bidders, a Japanese
company, the Philippine Transportation
and Construction company, a firm of Ca
vite and the Philippine Construction and
Engineering company.
No one has any idea of the worth of
these vessels, and the successful bidders
are really engaging In what might be call
ed a marine lottery.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, JULY 28, 1902.
HOOT KNOCKS
GEN. MILES
Ml
ASSIGNS A LINE OFFICER, BRIG
ADIER GENERAL CARTER, TO
ACT ADJUTANT GENERAL IN
CORBIN’S ABSENCE.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The assign
ment by Secretary Root of Brigadier Gen
eral William H. Carter, a line officer, as
acting adjutant general during the ab
sence of General Corbin in Europe, where
he will attend the German army maneu
vers, Is regarded by friends of General
Mlles as another unmerited slap at that
officer, designed to his Influence
In the army administration?.
It is the first time an officer of the line
has ever acted as adjutant general, that
duty always devolving, in the absence of
the chief, upon an officer trained in tae
duties of the corps as they are prescribed
by law.
General Carter is In a position to com
ment upop recommendations made by
General Miles. He can withhold from ar
my headquarters such reports as he may
deem advisable.
It has been the contention of General
Corbin’s friends that although general, he
Is also an officer of the line, and holds
the senior commission of major general.
This has been denied by supporters of
other candidates, -who have insisted that
he is an officer of the staff, with the rank
of major general; that it would be impos
sible for a line officer to serve as adju
tant general, and that It never has been
done.
This argument has been demolished by
Secretary Root’s orders to Brigadier Gen
eral Carter to act as adjutant general. It
Is a precedent which General Corbin’s
friends will undoubtedly Invoke if they
consider It necessary to convince the pres
ident that General Corbin Is an officer of
the line and that there would be no impro
priety in naming him as commanding gen
eral.
boxer" Troubles
MAY BE REPEATED
FEELING OF ANIMOSITY THAT
PRECEDED i FORMER UPRIS
ING IS APPARENT—LON-
DON APPREHENSIVE.
LONDON, July 28.—Advices from Pfekin
leave no doubt of a revival of the ani
mosity toward foreigners that preceded
the Boxer outbreak. ' x
The present feeling of antagonism and
resentment Is due chiefly to the means
taken by the government to raise money
to meet the foreign indemnity. It is but
fair to the Chinese to say that they pro
posed to meet the indemnity by raising the
tariff on the imports.
To this the powers objected, thus com
pelling the Chinese government to increase
the “Liken.” a most obnoxious tax similar
to .the "Octroi” of Europe, and also to in
crease the taxes on land and grain.
All these increases fall really on the In
dustrious Chinese who till the soil, the
small merchants, the merchants and like
and the authorities are not slow to explain
to them that the foreigner is the cause
of the burden. The vast mass of Chinese
had nothing to do with the Boxer move
ment and cared nothing about it.
It Is a well established fact that the
majority of Chinese knew nothing about
the war in Japan. But every Chinaman
in every village wants to know why the
land and grain taxes are higher, and thus
they learn, even in the remotest prov
inces that the foreigner has made life
harder to the millions of Chinese who
have never, so far as they know, done any
harm to the foreigner. Consequently,
there is throughout China an anti-foreign
sentiment growing stronger every day,
compared with which the Boxer agitation
was trivial.
While the Chinese people are learning to
hate the stranger, the Chinese govern
ment Is sparing no effort that its means
will permit to Improve the discipline of the
army and create a military force of the
European and Japanese model. It will
take years to accomplish this and China
is, therefore, in no hurry to quarrel with
Europe. For the present China will tight
her own battles with diplomatic weapons.
AWFUL ACCIDENT TO
A PRINTER IN ATHENS
ATHENS, July 26.—This afternoon
while feeding a press in the printing of
fice of Mr. J. E. Gardner, Mr. E, E. Eakes
had his left arm caught In the cogwheels
and in a moment the flesh from the elbow
to the shoulder was torn from the arm.
It was at once seen that he was in a
critical condition, and Doctors Quillian,
Holliday and Fullllove were called in. Mr.
Eakes was removed to his home on
Lumpkin street, and the best attention
was given in the hope of saving his life.
The shock was so great to the system
that it was considered a very doubtful
case. He may or may ’not lose his arm.
Mr. Eakes is a young man of about2s
years of age, has a wife and two child
ren, and is a son of Rev. M. H. Eakes,
a pastor of Oconee Street church. He
had only been in the office a few months,
having recently came here from Mississip
pi, where his health failed him.
Muscogee Taxes Increase a Million.
COLUMBUS, Ga., July 26.—The official tax
•return for Muscogee county which has juzt
been compiled shows the taxable valuation of
property is $1,543,200 over that of last year.
During the past twenty years the value of
property in the county has been doubled.
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♦ SAYS MINERS CAUSED 4
4 JOHNSTON HORROR 4
4 JOHNSTOWN, Pa., July 26—Be- 4
4 fore the coroner's jury today 4
4 Chauncey B. Ross, of Greensburg, 4
4 gave the theory reached by all 4
4 the mine inspectors who made an 4
4 examination as to the cause of the 4
4 explosion in Cambria mill mine on 4
* July 10. 4
4 He said the gas was Ignited by 4
4 men working with open lamps in 4
4 violation of the state mining law. 4
4 He was positive the gas was not 4
4 fired by a blast. This theory 4
4 places the responsibility on the 4
4 men who worked where the ex- 4
4 plosion occurred. 4
ATLANTA BOY’S
SWEETHEART
A SUICIDE
BECAUSE SHE COULD NOTBEAR
FOR HIM TO LEAVE HER, A
BEAUTIFUL NEW HAVEN GIRL
KILLS HERSELF.
NEW HAVEN, July 26.—Because her
sweetheart, Alfred Austell, one of the
brightest and wealthiest of Yale students,
was going to leave her to go to his home
In Atlanta, Miss Etta May Cook, one of
the most beautiful girls In New Haven,
swallowed carbolic acid at the Double
Beach house last night and death claimed
her before a doctor could reach her.
Miss Cook had been employed in the
Winchester Repeating Arms company till
six weeks ago.
Austell Has been laying his plans to
leave this city on Monday and go to his
home In Atlanta. He received a Yale law
school diploma last June, and there was
nothing except Miss Cook to detain him in
New Haven longer.
He planned to make the journey by au
to, taking the longest trip of the kind
ever made by a Yale student.
Yesterday afternoon Austell called for
Miss Cook in his auto and took her from
this city out to the Double Beach house.
They had a ride and after sailing around
Branford ’ and other places In the fast
machine, returned to the Double Beach
house early In the evening for supper.
After somd conversation about Austell’s
departure the girl went Into an ante room.
Austell thought nothing of her action till
he heard a groan. He ran into the ante
room to receive the falling body of the
girl. She collapsed and died, almost in
stantly.
Austell jumped Into his auto and hasten
ed to Branford to sumnqon Dr. Evans.
Dr. Evans said the girl had been dead for
some time. Austell’s agony was intense,
as he realized what had happened.
Miss Cook was In her 21st year. She was
an orphan and resided at 89 Newhall street
In this city, with her brother, Frank
Cook, who Is employed at Winchester's
factory, and her sister. Miss Lucy Cook,
who keeps the house. They were grief
stricken today. ' •
The body of the girl was taken from the
Double Beach house this morning and
sent to the city morgue. This afternoon
it was removed to the Cook residence.
The death of Miss Cook was reported by
Dr. Evans late last mght to Medical Ex.
aminer Gaylord, of Branford. He turned
the case over to Coroner Mix, of this city,
this morning. « Coroner Mix went to
Branford and viewed the body,. and pro
nounced it a case of suicide.
’ Austell is a member of the Yale club,
and has taken a high rank in his studies.
Alfred Austell Is the youngest son of the
Jate General Alfred Austell. WjjQ JffM fart
many years president of the Atlanta Na
tional bank. Young Austell Is perhaps
the wealthiest man of his years in At
lanta.
PRESIDENT AGAIN HITS THE
PHILIPPINE WATER CURISTS
. WASHINGTON, July 26 —The president
has returned to the war department the
cases of Major Edwin S. Glenn, Flftn In
fantry; First Lieutenant Julian P. Gau
jbt, Eighteenth cavalry, and Lieutenant
Norman G. Cook, Philippine scou.s.
Glenn was found guilty by the court and
sentenced to be suspended for one month
and be fined SSO; Gaujot was found
guilty and sentenced to suspension for
three months, to forfeit SSO per month
during that period; Cook was acquitted.
The president approves the finding in
the case of Major Glenn and Lieutenant
Gaujot and disapproves the action of
the court in the case of Lieutenant Cook.
He makes no comment on the case what
ever beyond the approval In the two cases
and disapproval in the one.
Glenn was tried by courtmartlal for ad
ministering the water cure to the presl
dente of Igbaras, and Gaujot for ad
ministering the cure to three natives.
Lieutenant Cook was tried on the cuarge
of ordering three natives to be shot by
the Macabebe scouts.
NEW ORLEANS NEGROES
TO START ’BUS LINES
NEW ORLEANS. July 26.—A mass
meeting of the leading negroes of New
Orleans was held last night for the pur
pose of opposing the enforcement of the
law providing separate street cars for
whites and blacks. The meeting deter
mined to organize a stock company to
run vehicles throughout the city for the
exclusive accommodation of / colored
people.
WILLIOWNO
FATHER’S SLAYER
TO DOOM ?
IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT MRS. EL
LA HALL WISHES TO AID
IN HANGING HER FATH
ER’S MURDERER.
i •
VALDOSTA, July 26.—1 t Is not believed
that Mrs. Eda Hall, the daughter of the '
late Marshal W. A. Hyers, of Adel, will
be given an opportunity to serve in the
role of hangman at the execution of
Boisey Bryant, who murdered her father.-
It is understood that Mrs. Hall asked the
sheriff of Berrien county for the privilege
of cutting the rope which would launch
the negro Into eternity, and Sheriff
Swindle promised her that she should
have her wish gratified.
The question now arises, can the sheriff
deputize the woman to play this im
portant part at the hanging?
A prominent citizen of Berrien county
stated yesterday that he did not think
the law would allow it.
In sentencing the negro, the court stated
that the execution should be in the hands
of “the sheriff or his lawful deputy,” and
it Is claimed that no stretch of authori
ty can make her the “lawful deputy” of
the sheriff.
Mrs. Hall felt so deeply outraged at the
murder of her father that the people feel
a certain amount of sympathy for her in
the unusual request that she has made
though, it Is understood that the people
of Berrien do not care to see her act In
the capacity of hangman.
PERKINS BABY HOME;
ITS FATHER IS IN JAIL
BY FIRE BRIGADE
WOMAN’S COFFIN
WKS CARRIED
WOMAN DIED WHOSE WEIGHT
WAS SO GREAT FIRE DEPART
MENT WAS CALLED OUT
TO AID AT FUNERAL.
Paris, July 26.—1 have just seen Rad-
Ica, late of Pamum’s, who was separated
some months ago from her twin sister
Doodlca by the famous surgeon, M. Doyen.
Radica Is still living at Dr. Doyen’s splen
did private hospital. She thinks her sister
alive and will be kept In Ignorance till
the truth can be told without cadslng
grief. Radica, whose new baptismal name
Is Marie Marguerite and who Is a pretty
child, is making good progress In her les
sons under an affectionate sister of charity
and shows a predilection for needlework.
The wound from the operation of the
knife has cicatrized, but small abscesses
persist In the neck. The general condition
Is satisfactory.
A woman of abnormal size died this
week. Her weight was 440 pounds.' The
coffin was so enormous that It had to be
hoisted up through the window of the
house and the fire brigade was called to
get the body down. A scaffold had to be
built outside, the proceedings taking two
hours. The coffin was two metres long
and one metre high.
The arrest of a laige number of aristo
crats this week for demonstrating in fa
vor of the evicted sisters of charity, has
had Its comic side. One gay vlveur, arriv
ing home about ten o'clock the next morn
ing minus his purse, told his wife that he
had been arrested for giving expressions
to his religious sentiments and that he had
been brutally treated by the police, who,
in the course of the scuffle had stolen his
purse. The Indignant wife rushed off to
the police station and began reproaching
the Inspector, who investigated and found
that the hsuband had never been arrested
at all, but had merely devised an Ingen
ious excuse for a night out.
kansaTpopsTo
PUT OUT TICKET
CALL FOR CONVENTION AT TOPE
KA ON AUGUST 21 HAB AL
READY BEEN ISSUED.
TOPEKA, Kas., July X.— Kansas
straight-out Populists are to put a full
state ticket In the field against the re
cently named Populist-Democratic fu
sion ticket.
A call for a mass convention to meet In
Topeka August 21st was issued today.
NEW YORKWOMAN KILLS
HER THREE LITTLE GIRLS
NEW YORK, July 26.—Richard Meade,
a night watchman, on returning to his
home in Brooklyn today, found his two
little daughters dead from strangulation.'
caused by twine tightly tied around their
throats. - A third child was unconscious
from the same cause, and his wife lay in
a comatose condition on the floor, appar
ently suffering from alcoholism combined
with poison.
According to the police, the woman was
of intemperate habits, and the supposition
is that she strangled the children while
in a delirious condition.
The oldest chid was three years of age.
Her body and that of her one-year-old
sister were lying on the bed with several
yards of stout twine wound about their
throats. The other little one was still
alive, and was removed to the hospital
with the mother.
The babe’s injuries are probably fatal,
as the slender cord had cut deep into
Its throat.
RECORD BREAKER FOR ’
LUMBER IN FLORIDA
PENSACOLA, July 26.—The month just
coming to a close has been a record
breaker in the exporting of timber and
lumber. Compilation of figures from the
custom house show that for the first three
weeks In the month there has been 35,000,-
000 feet of lumber and timber shipped, not
counting that which has been sent to
coastwise Americah ports. To handle this
timber requires the labor of hundreds of
union men, and there Is always lots of
cash Ir. circulation after a big lot of ship
ping Is done. Shipping interests here have
recently been given a healthy impetus
by the location here of a Mobile shipping
fiym, and by the activity of the Alger-
Sullivan company at Century, which is
doing all its shipping through Pensacola.
It is conservatively estimated that 40,-
000,000 feet of timber will be shipped from
Pensacola before the end of July.
CHARLeTm. SCHWAB DOWN
IN A NERVOUS COLAPSE
ATLANTIC CITY, N. Y.. July 26.-r-
Charles M. Schwab, president of the
United States Steel corporation, while out
driving here this afternoon, suffered an
attack of what is reported to be nervous
prostration and tonight is under the care
of physicians at his handsome cottage on
Pennsylvania avenue.
Mr. Schwab came from New York todpy
in his private car to visit his father 'and
mother, who have been occupying the
cottage. Mr. Schwab had spent the great
er part of the day at his cottage, but In
the afternoon took a drive. When a
short distance out, Mr. Schwab complain
ed of feeling unwell and the carriage was
hastily driven to his cottage and a physi
cian summoned.
Tonight Mr. Schwab was reported as
resting fairly well.
LIGHTNING BLOWS UP MANY
TONS OF DYNAMITE
WASHINGTON. July 26.—During a se
vere electrical storm, which swept down
the Potomac river Thursday, lightning
struck one of the small powder houses at
Indian Head proving grounds and blew
up 18,000 pounds o f smokeless powder. No
one was injured.
rtother Wept for Joy as
She Clasped the Lit
tle Girl to Her
Heart
With a cry of joy little Ruby Perkin*
was Saturday delivered into the arms
of her mother.
"My darling.” sobbed the mother as she
1 caressed her child. The little girl clasped
its chubby arms about its mother’s neck
and nestled it’s cheek loving against hers.
Clarence Perkins, charged with kidnap
ing his own child, was taken back to the
Tower, handcuffed, to await his trial
Tuesday morning before Justice of th«
Peace Orr.
The stealing of the child by Perkins
from the home of its mother at 197 Foun
dry street and his swift run with his
wife’s sister In close pursuit, created un
usual excitement among the residents of
that section. When the case was called
before Justice Orr Saturday the lltti®
court room was packed almost to suffo
cation.
For over an hour the principals In the
case waited the arrival of the warrant for
Perkins’ arrest, which was in the pos
session of Mrs. Perkins’ attorney. Per
kins, with his sister, Mrs, Jessie Leavy,
and Miss Leke Quinn, his principal wit
ness, occupied seats in the rear of the
court room laughing and chatting, while
the man smoked numerous cigarettes.
In the front of the room was Mrs. Per-/
kins, her father, and her sister, Miss Dora
Rice, who followed Perkins for over a
mile when he seized the child.
At 11 o’clock little baby Perkins, much
to the surprise of every one in the court
room, was brought over to Justice Orr’s
court in a buggy. ,The father of Per
kins, who resides at 224 Linden avenue,
had called up police headquarter* at 10
o'clock and notified Call Officers Chand
ler and Covington that the child was at
his home. The officers went to the housa
and secured the little baby. They gave
It to Matron Bohefeld at headquarter*.
Immediately Mrs. Perkins went to the
office of Ordinary Wilkinson and Secured
a writ of habeas corpus for the child.
It was then brought into Judge Orr’a
court by Sergeant Beavers. When the
officer reached the court room Mrs. Per
kins and her cister. Miss Rice, rushed
into the street, seized the child from
the officer, Mrs. Perkins hugging it to
her breast and showered kisses on itz
chubby little face. The child, happy to
be once again 'with Its mother, wrapped
Its arms about her neck and would dot
be taken away.
As soon as the child was taken Into
the court room R. J. Jordan, Perkins’
attorney, said that they would not fight
the habeas corpus proceedings, but would
allow the mother to keep the child until
the matter had been settled in the court*.
Then Justice Orr announced that he
would postpone me hearing of the kid
naping warrant until next Thursday
morning at o'clock, at which time
it would be finally heard.
While a bailiff was making ready to
take Perkins back to the Tower Perkins
called George Scarratt, a witness for
Mrs. Perkins, to where he was standing
and made an effort to strike him. Scar
ratt, however, avoided a difficulty with
Perkins. Mrs. Perkins with her baby
clasped close In her arms and accompa
nied by her father and sister, left the
court room.
Justice Orr, after Perkins had been re
turned to jail, stated that he had had his
authority to issue a warrant charging kid
naping to Perkins questioned.
“The supreme court has held that a
father can not kidnap his own child," he
said, "but the supreme court has held
that a father can kidnap his own child
if he has lost parental control over the
child. I know nothing of the merits of
this case, but the warrant was Issued on
the representation of Miss Dora Rice, the
child’s aunt. *ho claims that Perkins has
lost parental control over Ruby.
"One of the ways in which a father loses
such control, as laid down by the supreme
court, Is as follows: ’ ‘A father loses pa
rental control by failure to provide the
necessaries for the child or by abandon
ment.’
“It is charged that Perkins has done 1
both, and it was for this reason that I
Issued the warrant.”
Perkins and his wife have been married
three years. Perkins was, at that time,
only 19 years of age, and was learning
his trade as a machinist. He was mar
ried near Covington.
It is charged that he deserted his wife
before the child was born, but claims that
his wife left him. Mrs. Perkins Is said to
be older than her husband.
BOBERTWiiLTHOUR
WINS BREAKING
DEMS
NEW YORK. July 26.—" Bobbie" Wai
thour. at the finish of the four cornered
motor-paced race at Manhattan Beach to
day, had made Albert Champion’s 20
mile record for the wind swept oval a
mere memory.
The Atlanta boy’s time for the distance
was 28:52 2-5. against Champion’s former
record for the beach course of 29:32 1-5.
In his record-breaking whirl the south
erner left his competitors far In tbp rear.
Howard Freeman, the runner up, was
beaten two laps. In fact, the race was
a procession, for Floyd McFarland was
three quarters of a mile behind the Ore
gonian at the finish. • "Bennie” Munne,
■the other member of the quartet, had a
bad fall in the eighth mile of the race,
from which it took him several minutes
to regain his senses. The fall came from
his pedal striking the track at the turn.
Munroe, however, escaped with a few
bruises.
Walthour took the lead at the start and
was never headed. At five miles he was •
under the track records and .400 yards in
the van.
HAYTI OUTLAWS THE MAN
WHO LED HER REVOLUTION
PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti. July 26.
The provincial government of Hayti has
declared M. Firmin, the former Hayti
minister to Paris, who was recently pro
claimed president by the inhabitants of
the department of Artibonote and other
portions of the country, to be an outlaw.
The Flrmlnist army Is reported to be
one day's march from Port Au Prince, the
capital of the republic. Several promi
nent army officers who are in sympathy
with M. Firmin have resigned.
The Haytian government vessel, Crete-
A-Plerrot, has arrived at this port. Great
excitement prevail* here* _ J
NO. 91.