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HITS LIFE
BL zm
IS SHIED
OHIOAN HAS SENTENCE OF
• DEATH COMMUTED BY THE
PRESIDENT OF NICARAGUA
AFTER STRENUOUS EFFORTS.
WASHINGTON. July The life of
Dr Russell Wilson, of Ohio, who was
* captured with a revolutionist party in
■ Nicaragua. has been saved through the
representations of Minister Correa, of
that country. A cablegram was received
at the state department today from Mr.
Donaldson. United States consul at Man
agua. Nicaragua, dated the 26th Inst., as
follows:
"As a courtesy to the United States and
sympathy with the mother, the president
will commute Mr. Russell Wilson's death
sentence."
Wilson was with several Americans who
Joined a filibustering expedition who
landed at Monkey Point, near Bluefields,
early tn July.
Most of the party were captured or
killed. Wilson would have been summari
ly executed but for the Interposition of
Senor Correa, the Nicaragua minister
here.
Having secured a stay of proceedings,
and a guarantee of a legal trial, the min
ister has now induced President Zelaya
to commute the death sentence imposed
upon Wilson by court martial. Before the
receipt of this message it was not known
here that the court martial had been
keld. It is presumed that the commu
tation is to be Imprisonment for a time,
ana then expulsion from Nicaragua. •
HANNA DOES NOT THINK. - •
• WILSON WAS GUILTY
CLEVELAND. 0.. July 28—Senator
Hanna, who has been most active in Dr.
Wilson's case, was much gratified today
whbn shown the Associated Press dis
patch from Washington, announcing that
the president of Nicaragua would com
mute the sentence of the prisoner.
"Now that the doctor's life has been
spared.” said Senator Hanna, "y think
it win be found that the Nicaraguan au
thorities have charged him with a crime
with which he was in no manner connect
ed. because be was at college here in Ohio
at the time it is said to have occurred.** .
FAMOUS CUBAN WARRIOR
HELD ON MURDER CHARGE
KEW YORK. July 29.-General Perico
Delgado Is under arrest, according to a
World dispatch from Havana. charged
with having assassinated Antonio Acos
ta. a nephew of CoL Baldomero Acosta.
The arrest has caused a profound sen
sation. as General Delgado is one of the
best known Cubans. He commanded the
Cuban sharp shooters who operated
■gainst Weyler's black Spanish guerillas
in the late revolution. He is now an of
ficer of the Cuban rural guard and has
tfeen acting as chief of police of Punta
Prava. where Maceo was ambushed and
killed.
General Delgado's trial promises to be
sensational as there has been much mys
. Jery surrounding the disappearance of
young Acosta from his home six weeks
ago. It is said that Colonel Acosta, the
young man’s uncle, obtained private in
formation that his nephew was seised by
guards under Delgado's direction and af
terward was seen taken from the police
station at night handcuffed and between
two of Delgado's men. Then Colonel
Acosta is said to have discovered that no
' record had been made of' his nephew's
arrest and that no warrant had been is
sued.
He at once preferred the charges against
Delgado that resulted in an order from
Havana for his arrest.
Young Acosta was aide-de-camp to
General Delgado during the recant war.
and for a long time was.his confidential
secretary. Not long ago charges were
made against Delgado by a number of
cattle owners, tn connection with the
operation of cattle thieves.
MANY EXHIBITS SECURED
FOR ST. LOUIS WORLD’S FAIR
ST. LOUIS. July 29.—Dr. J. A. Holmes,
chief of \he department of mines and
g;- at the Louisiana Purchase ex
position. has returned after an absence of
several weeks. He visited New York,
Washingtop. Baltimore, Philadelphia.
Pittsburg and Bethlehem. Pa. He reports
that his trip was successful in every par
ticular. He secured promises of exhibits
of steel, iron and other metallurgical prod
ucts and the process Os their manufacture;
coal, building stone and phosphate, and
drilling outfits and other mining machin
ery.
A cablegram has been received from
Jose de Olivares, world's fair commission
er to several South American countries,
announcing that Argentine had appointed
e world's fair commission and would make
• an extensive exhibit. *
ST»BTING _ iHDIANS
ENGfiGt IN WAR
FOR BRERO
*TWO WOMEN AND FIVE MEN ARE
KILLED AND THE OTHERS
ESCAPE OR ARE CAP
TURED BY TROOPS.
• '* • * I
SAN FRANCISCO. July 29—A special
from Tucson. •Aris., says:
Driven to desperation by hunger and
thlrsn a band of thirty Yaquis. nearly half
"of them women, swooped down on the
Carmen ranch near Hermosillo Saturday
and a fierce fight followed. When a pa
’ trol of Mexican troops galloped down to
the rescue two of the women and five of
the men lay dead.
The Yaquis were completely overwhelm
ed. They were weak from hunger and
, when attacked by superior strength they
fled. Those captured were marched to
. Hermosillo where they wilt be sentenced
■ by General Torres. These Indians are sup
posed to be the last remnant of those who
took to the warpath some time ago.
LIGHTNING HIT UMBRELLA
KILLING YOUNG BOY
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. July 29.—During
a thunder storm at East Thomas. Willie
Blair, a six-year-old boy. was struck by
lightning and died from the shock tn a
’ short time The boy was walking under
u an umbrella with Miss Annie Herndon
when the lightning struck the umbrella,
fatally hrjunng the boy and severely
■hocking the y-gung lady. Her condition
is rcrious. but she may recover.
WOMAN WAS MURDERED
IN CHICAGO SALOON
July 28—Her face black
from strangulation and blood flowing
from a wbund In the aide of her head, the
body of an unidentified woman, about 32
years old. and fashionably garbed, was
found in.a wine room of Henry O'Har’s
saloon in Wells street, near the river,
early this morning.
The police soon sfter srrrested James
Grant and Edward Goff, said to have been
seen tn the company of the woman.
Two policemen on duty In Wells street
were notified by an unknown man that a
woman was dead tn the saloon.
The officers st once entered the place,
allowing the unknown man to pass on.
In a rear room they found the dead
woman. Other women and men who
were found drinking at tables in the place
seemed to be ignorant of the tragedy that
had taken place no near.
The dead woman is unknown to the
frequenters of the saloon, and from her
appearance the police say they do not
believe she was accustomed to enter
such saloons. The theory of the police
Is that she was drugged, taken Into the
saloon and there killed. Blood stains
were found on tfie collar, necktie and
shirt of one of the men under arrest.
Want Child Labor Bill.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 28.—A strong fight
tn behalf of a child labor bill will be made by
the labor organisations of Jefferson county at
the next meeting of the legislature. A big
maea meeting of laboring men was held in
Birmingham yesterday afternoon when matters
of A political nature were dlecuMed, the fact
that a renewed fight for a taw regulating the
employment of child tabor waa to be made,
being brought out prominently. A fight for
auch a taw has been on for several years, but
has always failed. Now it la the purpose of
organised lab- r to seek the election to the
legislature of those men who favor such a
law, thereby assuring Its adoption If the men
eo supported are elected. The meeting demon
strated the fact that the laboring people intend
taking a .very active part in the campaign
now on. . . „
theTetms of
CEDAR RUN FIORE
HOtO ONION
SURVIVORS QF THE FIGHT IN VIR-
GINIA ARE INVITED TO MEET *
THERE ON AUGUST .
NINTH.
Judge Daniel A. Gunesly, of Culpeper,
Va„ has written a letter to friends In
Atlanta in which he invites all Geor
gians who participated In the famous
fight at Cedar Mountain or Cedar Run.
Va., In 1862, to attend the great reunion
which will be held there on August 9th,
the. anniversary ,o(the hard , fight.
Many Georgian were represented In,the
struggle with the northern armies at that
time, and is very probable < that Geor
gia will be well represented. The bat
tle of Cedar Run waa very hard fought,
and the Confederate army was victorious.
It was at the battle of Cedar Run that
Colonel Folsom, of the Fourteenth Geor
gia was shot down arid seriously wound
ed. and then required two of his men
to carry him in their arms to the fighting
line where be personally directed the
movement qf his men until the fight had
beert whipped. Chief Justice Thomas J.
Simmons, of the supreme court, was in
command of the Forty-fifth Georgia at
that battle, and he has been invited as a
special guest of the occasion by Judge
Gunesly.,
Monuments have been erected on the
field' showing the location of the lines of
both armies.
REFUSING TO WORK
HE GETS A PARDON
JACKSON. Miss.. July 29.—Z. I* Broy.
a negro sentenced to the penitentiary from
Holmes county; has secured his pardon by
just laying fiat on his back apd refusing
to work. Every effort was used to induce
him to take up the hoe and go into the
field and labor, but Broy would not labor
neither, would be toil or spin. He sat in
the shade of his room, and no ainoutn of
coaxing or persuasion could Induce him to
work with the other convicts.
There he was A dead expense to the
state, for he would do nothing but eat and
drink, and as there was no prospects of
getting any work out of him, and his
health was falling, he waa pardoned by
Governor Longlno.
This is the first time that a prisoner has
ever won out on such a game as this. In
the past usually when they decide they
do not want to work field, a little
chastising would persuade them that the,
were wrong, but Broy could not be per
suaded so he was pardoned.
TESTIMONY OF AMERICANS
WILL CONVICT COL LYNCH
LONDON, July 29.—The case of the gov
ernment against Colonel Arthur Lynch,
who was elected to represent Galway City
in the house of commons and was ac
cused of high treason, ended In police
court today and Lynch was remanded to
give his counsel opportunity to review the
case. Among the witnesses called to
identify Colonel Lynch was George Grieg,
an American, who was caretaker of a
mine near Johannesburg, and another
American named Worthington. Both
these witnesses testified that they were
airrested by Boers, near Vereenlngen,
charged with being British spies and that
Colonel Lynch acted as public prosecu
tor at their trial
YOUN(fwOMAN IDENTIFIED;
- BEEN MISSING TWO WEEKS
' CHICAGO. July 29.—The young woman
who was found dead early yesterday
morning in a wine room of a Well street
saloon has been identified as Mrs. Ernest
Blohm, who disappeared from her home
in LaSalle avenue two weeks ago. The
police have abandoned the theory of mur
der and state that the woman probably
died of accidental strangulation. Edward
Gough, the man who accompanied Mrs.
Blohm to the saloon, is held pending a fur
ther inquiry. The saloon has been closed
by the police.
ARMY WORM DISAPPEARS
AFTER DOING MUCH DAMAGE
MACON, July 28.—The army worm which
destroyed the hsy crop on several farms
out on the Houston road, near Macon last
week, is disappearing. Opinion differs as
to whether the rains destroyed them or
their mission on earth had been finished,
and they had departed for another world
until some future time.
ROOSEVELT COMMUTES
STEVENSON’S SENTENCE
WASHINGTON, July 29—Orders re
ceived st army headquarters In this city
announce that President Roosevelt has
commuted to fifteen years' imprisonment,
the death sentence of Guy Stevenson,
troop M, Ninth cavalry, found guilty of
criminal assault.
Mr. Erastuz Hicks Dies in Macon. •
MACON. Ga.. July 29.-Mr. Erastus
Hicks, who came to Macon about eight
years' ago from Crawford county, died
yesterday. He will be carried to Jones
county this morning for burial this after
noon. He leaves a widow and two chil
dren. He was the son of Mr. Clark Hicks.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1902
COTTON RULES
HAVE BEEN
CHANCED
CONFERENCE BETWEEN RAIL
ROADS AND SHIPPERS RE
SULTS IN THREE MARKED
CHANGES-FARMERS PROFIT.
An agreement has been entered into be
tween the railroads and the Southeastern
Cotton Buyers’ association for the coming
cotton season which will mean a saving
of at least $750,000 to the farmers of Geor
gia alone, and about the same amount
to those of Alabama.
At a conference held in New York
Thursday between the executive commit
tees of the Southeastern Freight associa
tion and the Southeastern Cotton Buyers’
association it Was agreed by the rail
roads to moderate thetr former compress
payments, to abolish almost entirely con
centration charges for inland points and
to allow shippers to route cotton as they
pleased. v
The cotton men are jubilant over the
concessions made by the railroad company
and from now on it is believed that har
mony Instead of friction will exist between
the two associations. Some time ago the
railroads notified the compress men that
only six cents the hundred pounds would
be paid for compressing cotton, and no
assurance was given about the concentra
tion charges which were amounting to
from one to three cents the hundred
pounds and the cotton shippers . were
thinking that they would have to allow
the railroads to ship their cotton as they
desired. , - *
But at the conference the railroads
agreed to pay six cents the hundred
pounds for compressing cotton in Geor
gia, which cotton was to be shipped to
either North or South Carolina and that
in Alabama the price to be paid for com
pressing should be seven and one-half
cents the hundred pounds where the cot
ton was to be shipped to either of the
Carolinas. The railroads also agreed that
where cotton was to be exported or
shipped to the New England states they
would pay seven and one-half cents ,the
hundred pounds for such cotton compress
ed in Georgia and eight and one-half cents
the hundred for such cotton compressed
in Alabama. Before the cotton to be
shipped from Georgia was not to be com
pressed, that is where it had to go to the
Carolinas, and only six cents was to have
been paid when it waa to be exported or
shipped to New England.
The concentration charges which have
heretofore been from one to three cents
the hundred pounds will practically be
abolished. The railroads also agreed to
allow the shippers to route their own cot
ton. Last year the railroads routed all of
the cotton shipped. The roads reserved
the right, however, to route the cotton
when the shippers had no preference.
The agreement is for the coming cotton
season and will go into effect as soon as
the first shipments are made.
GRAVE-DOUBT MAKES
ALL ENGLAND ANXIOUS
NEW YORK, July 29.—Coronation seats
cannot be sold even at reduced prices, and
there is a steadily increasing feeling of
uneasiness respecting the king’s condition,
cables the London correspondent of The
Tribune.
Outwardly, there is every indication
that the coronation will occur in a fort
night. Medical bulletins are favorable,
rehearsals are in progress, proclamations,
have been posted, the processes of re-dec
oratlng the approaches to the abbey have
been resumed, and preparations are mak
ing for the naval review; but, notwith
standing all these signs of optimism, there
are persistent reports that the coronation
will be deferred a second time.
There are, unfortunately, strong reasons
for believing that the queen, the prince of
Wales and other members of the royal
family are dreading the necessity of a
second postponement, yet they are not
prepared to assume responsibility in ad
vising it, since they fear that the mental
effect upon the patient would be serious.
The most hopeful thing is the fact that
the general Impression is the coronation
will not occur and consequently that the
expected is likely to happen.
ROCK MINERS WILL ASK
FOR PERMISSION TO WORK
WILKESBARRE, Pa., July 28.—1 tis
understood the rock miners will present
a petition to the executive board of the
mine workers union requesting permission
to return to work. It is said today the
employment of this class of anthracite
miners would not effect the situation.
The announcement of the officials of
Oxford Colliery of their intention to re
sume operations August Ist. is being dis
cussed here, but as yet there is no evi
dence on the part of the mine operators
to take similar action. The opinion pre
vails throughout the regulation that
there will- be no attempt to break the
strike before September Ist
EBB WILUON
NEWYDRKFIRIVI
HASfISSIGNED
CUMMING AND STOCKBRIDGE, OF
BROADWAY, MADE AN AS
SIGNMENT THIS
MORNING.
NEW YORK, July 38—The firm of
Cumming and Stockbridge, export and
import commission merchants at 11 Broad
way, assigned today. The liabilities of
the firm are given as in excess of $500,000,
but the assets will not be known until
nn examination of the books is made.
It Is thought they will nearly or quite
equal the liaoilities.
A statement issued by attorneys for
the firm says the suspension was imme
diately occasioned by the maturing of a
number of acceptances aggregating a
considerable amount, drawn upon the
house by B. Duran, of Havana, whose
suspension was announced in Havana last
Friday.
Until definite advices from Havana are
received it will be impossible to give an
entirely accurate statement of the affairs
of Cumming and Stockbridge.
Cumming and Stockbridge organized
about four years ago. The firm has had
extensive connections in France and Ger
many. They are the local agents for the
Comstock Steamship company.
Farmers Get Rain.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., July 28,-The
long dry spell, which has occasioned greet
loss to the farmers in this section, waa
broken yesterday by a heavy rain, whet
will be beneficial to late crops.
♦ ' ♦
♦ SAID HE WAS TRACYj ♦
+ t WAS ALMOST KILLED +
♦ . ♦
+ SEATTLE, WASH., July 28.—Wil- +
+ Ham Nixon tried to win a woman’s 4*
4» confidence in the guise of outlaw +
Tracy and is nearly dead as a re- f>
fi suit of his act.
f> He told an actress in a music hall f»
f> that he was none other than the +
f> desperado, and threatened her life f>
ft if she told. +
f> Later, when he re-entered the +
f> theatre he was attacked by a police- f>
f. man and the proprietor, Joe Wil- f>
f» llama, a brother of Deputy Sheriff f>
fi Jack Williams, who was wounded f»
f. in a battle with Tracy at Bothell, +
f> July 3d. f>
f» He was pounded into insensibility f»
f> and has not fully regained his sac- f*
f> ultles yet. ' f>
f> The mistake was dlscovergd when f»
f> the man’s features were compared +
fi with a photograph at police head- +
f> quarters. f>
f> It is almost a miracle that the po
fi liceman did not shoot first and in- f>
f« vestigate afterwards, as he was f>
f> told positively that the man was f»
+ ■ Tracy and a reward of nearly J 7,000 +
f> is offered for the desperado, dead or f»
f> alive. . « -- +
CHOLERA ON INCREASE;
MANY DEATHS OCCUR
ST. PETERSBURG, July 28-Deaths
from Cholera in Manchuria between July
15th and 23d numbered 106 Russians and
276 Chinese.
CAIRO, Egypt, July 28.—There were 35
new cases of cholera and 38 deaths from
the disease in this city yesterday. In
Moucha 10 new cases and 21 dedths were
reported. ,
PANfHER~SCAPES
IN BRONX PARK
NEIHOBIL
CHILDREN AT A PICNIC TAKE
FLIGHT WHEN THE ANIMAL
POUNCES UPON DINNER
TABLE AND EATS.
NEW YORK, July 28.—After gnawing
its way out of a wooden box
in the xoologlcal gardens, in Bronx park,
a young panther just arrived from Mexico,
walked up to a picnic party of women and
children, and, astonished by their panic,,
jumped over their heads into a tree and
has since led keepers and other hunters
a weary chase through Bronx park jungle.
The panther is a fine specimen, 18 inches
high at the shoulders, 6 feet long and he
weighs 45 pounds. He was shipped from
Mexico in a nine box, with slats. To ren
der the possibility qf its escape more diffi
cult the panther was chained to the inside
of the crate, a heavy collar being fastened
about his neck, to which the end of the
chain was tied. When the crate arrived
at the zoological park it was deposited
near the reptile house pending the estab
lishment of its occupation in regular quar
ters.
The keeper, having removed one of the
slats and unfastened the animal's collar,
left the crate ungarded for a time. The
panther lost no time in attacking, with
teeth and claws, the soft’ slats which
stood between him adA liberty. The park
was well filled with sightseers when the
animal escaped. Cunningly avoiding the
open walks by keeping close to the bush
wood, which in places is very dense, he
succeeded in escaping from zoological
reservation, and passed into a densely
wooded portion of the park.
Then the escape was discovered. Six
keepers, with shot guns and nets started
out to capture the fugitive, with directions
to shoot only if it appeared necessary.
Through the heavy brush the little posse
made, its way northward, but four hours
passed before any trace was found.
About a mile north of the museum a
party of thirty children out picnicking
saw the panther emerge from a thicket.
It ran toward them and they fled.
On one occasion he wandered up to a
•tablecloth upon which a luncheon had
been spread and quickly devoured the
meat.
Sightseers made their way from the
park, but fleeting glimpses of the animal
were obtained although the hunt was kept
up until night.
The park authorities say the panther is
not vicious and that it probably will be
shot by so: -e one living near the scene.
WORK ISSTOPPED ON
A. K. AND N, CONNECTION
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 29 —President
John B. Newton, of the Knoxville, Lafol
lette and Jellico railroad (the Louisville
and Nashville extension from Jellico to
Knoxville, to connect the main line with
the Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern rail
road), received telegraphic instructions
from New York yesterday to stop the let
ting of contracts for construction from
Knoxville to Lafollette and to proceed to
New York at once.
He left this afternoon. The final con
tracts, including local teminus, were to
have, been awarded today. It is thought
here that some development, probably in
the reported merger of the Louisville and
Nashville, and the Atlantic Coast Ll.qe
has transpired in which the Lafollette
road project, of the Atlanta, Knoxville
and Northern is interested. Mr. Newton
is general manager of the Atlanta? Knox
ville and Northern. Nothing will be given
out there as to details.
three“gTrls on trestle
MANGLED BY ENGINE
CHARLOTTE. N. C., July 28.—Three
young girls, Annie Cousart and Jennie and
Mamie Nelson, aged 10. 12 and 14 respec
tively, were mangled by a Seaboard Air
Line train yesterday morning on a high
trestle over Richardson's creek.
The girls were crossing jhe railroad
bridge as the wagon bride had been wash
ew away by recent rains.
When they were about midway the
trestle, the train dashed upon them and
they were mutilated and their bodies
thrown high in the air, falling into the
swollen creek below.
All were dead when recovered.
PRISONERS AND GUARD
DISAPPEAR IN MYSTERY
CHICAGO, July 28.—Two prisoners, Fred
Ennis and John McQuig, and Sentry
William Treet, of company M, Twenty
first infantry, who was guarding them,
have dsappeared from Fort Sheridan and?
no trace of the missing men has been
found.
Searching parties sent out in every di
rection havp scoured the woods and
ravines, but have failed to secure a cleu.
Whether the guard has deserted with
his prisoners, or whether the sentry was
overpowered by his charges and lies in
some deserted spot, gagged and bound,
or perhaps murdered, is a matter sot
Mourns Death of Father Reilly
SAVANNAH, Ga., July 28.—The funeral
of .Father Michael Reilly, the Catholic
priest whose sudden death occurred on
the steamship City of Memphis, bound
for New York, Saturday, will take place
here tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock.
It will be largely attended, as Father
Reilly was very popular in Savannah.
MLT MADE
AT MIDNIGHT
BY MOROS
AMERICAN ENGINEERS ARE
SURPRISED BY NIGHT AT
TACK BUT LOSE NO MEN IN
THE FIGHT.
MANILA, July 28.—A party of engineers,
commanded by Lieutenant Brown, en
camped at Matalang river, was attacked
by»Moros at midnight on Friday. The
attack was repulsed without loss to the
Americans.
Three Moros were killed.
Friendly natives report that the sultan
of Nauli personally led the attack, think
ing th’e American camp was without sen
tries. • <
, An analysis of the city water shows
that it is uncontaminated. There were
sixty-one case of cholera here today.
A cyclone at Camp Vicars on Saturday
last caused much loss of property. Many
villages were destroyed and a number of
Moros werd killed.
IN PITTSBURG, PENN.,
SIX FIREMEN BADLY HURT
PITTSBURG, July 29.—Six firemen
Injured, two ejght-story buildings almost
completely destroyed, a number of others
slightly damaged and a property lobs
estimated at J 300.000 is the result of a
fire on Liberty street, which raged fierce
ly for seven hours. The Injured are;
William Halzell, painfully burned -about
face and hands.
William Reese, painfully burned about
face and hands. .
Lieutenant D. Leech, hands burned and
hair singed.
C. Beck'ley. burned and cut about the
head.
Daniel Gallagher, cut about head and
hands.
Joseph Grim, foot cut by axe.
About 10:30 o’clock this morning flames
were discovered issuing from the' build
ing at No. 919 Liberty street, occupied
by the DeNoon Brothers, paint and var
nish. Owing to the combustible nature of
the stock, the fire spread rapidly and
soon the adjoining building, occupied by
Stewart Brothers, dealers in rubber goods,
was also on fire. \
As the fire spread there was frequent
explosions and about 2 o’clock, when* tho
flames appeared to be succumbing to the
efforts of the firemen, there was an ex
plosion that shook the building and shot
the flames far out over Liberty street.
. Five firemen were caught and badly
burned about the hands and scorched
about the face. They were at once taken
to the homeopathic hospital and later re
moved to their homes. The Injuries are
not regarded as serious.
BY GODTWILL THE WAR
WAS STOPPED, SAYS BOTHA
CAPETOWN, July 29.-Generals Dela
rey and Botha were given an ovation yes
terday at Stellenbosch. They were driven
to the town hall and each of the two car
riages was drawn by 60 students. At a
luncheon wbjph followed the students act
ed as waiters.
General Botha, in a feeling address, said
the day of surrender was the most pain
ful of his life, but now that it had been
done he prayed earnestly that his hearers
would consider it God’s will. Although
Afrikander nationality; in a manner had
' been buried, it would remain the most im
portant factor in the social life of South
Africa. General Botha paid a tribute to
Former President Steyn's abilities as a
statesman.
"Now let us atop bothering ourselves
about politics, 1 ’ said the general, "and
try to make ourselves happy in South
Africa, because we have no home else
where,”
SWALLOWEDTbckEfF
DIES FROM EFFECTS
■
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 29—Eugene
South, the three-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. F. South, is dead from swallow
ing a locket. The child pulled the locket
from the fob of the family physician a
few days since and accidentally swallow
ed it. It was a small, heart-shaped af
fair and no ill effect was observed for a
day or two, but serious complications then
appeared and death resulted in a short
time.
SUFFERER OF NERVOUSNESS
ENDS PAIN WITH SUICIDE
PHILADELPHIA, July 28.—Mrs. Clara
M. B. Andrews, aged 52 years, of Brook
lyn, committed suicide in a fashionable
boarding house at Germantown by swal
lowing carbolic acid. George Andrews,
her husband, is a commercial traveler,
connected with a New York house. Mrs.
Andrews had been a sufferer from nervous
troubles. , . .
negboTsTynched
NEAR PEMBROKE
FOR MLT
AFTER DESPERATE FIGHT WITH
MOB NEGRO IS SHOT AND
THEN STRUNG UP TO A
TELEGRAPH POLE.
SAVANNAH, Ga., July 28.—John Wise,
the negro wanted for a criminal assault
upon Mrs. John Smith, near Pembroke,
Bryan county, was captured last night
at Pooler.
This morning he was taken back tn.
Bryan county and lynched.
The negro’s wife lived near Pooler and
he, wrote her a note that he would be
there last night. The posse on the search
for him got the note and to the
house after him.
He was shot and captured and returned
to Pembroke. He was carried to a former
employe near Pembroke for identifica
tion. He was then taken to a telegraph
pole and strung up until dead and his
body was riddled with bullets.
COTTON SEED WAREHOUSE
WILL BE ESTABLISHED
MACON, July 25.—Cotton seed ware
houses will be established in all parts of
the state by the Buckeye Cotton Oil
company, which has just erected a huge
plant at Macon. The warehouses will be
purchasing points, at which all cotton
seed for sale in the pommunity will be
bought and stored for shipment to Ma
con. Sixty of these stations will be
built at various points in the state.
EX-CONVICT RUNS AMUCK
AND SHOOTS FIVE MEN
FRESNO, Ckllf., July 28—At Porter
ville, James McKinney, ex-convict, shot
five men and escaped into the country.
McKinney first shot out the lights of a
saloon and tried to shoot the cards out
of the hands of a player, wounding the
latter slightly.
He then went to a. livery stable and at
the point of a revolver secured a rig. t
As he was driving out, a constable,
deputy and several citizens tried to ar
rest him. He opened fire, wounding four
of the party and escaped.
Officers in the surrounding counties have
been called out. Two years ago McKir.-
ney killed a man at Bakersfield, but waa
exonerated. He haa served a term In the
state prison.
William Lynn, whose abdomen and legs
were filled with buckshot, has succumbed
to his wounds. McKinney also filled the
right arm of George Barrows, a printer,
with shot, and sent a bullet Into the
mouth qf Deputy Marshal Willis, another
Into the arm of Deputy Constable Tomp
kins and a load of shot into the arm of
W. D. West. Before leaving, McKinney
awakened Dave Moshler and said to him:
"I've got Into a fight. They came after
me, but I whipped them all. I killed
three or four of them. They have not
treated me right. I'll die game. You talk
about Tracy, he won’t be in it with me.”
There was blood on one of his legs and it
Is believed he Is wounded. He is wanted
for Fresno county, and It is supposed he
will make for the mountains. He has a
shot gun, a rifle and a revolver.
Got In Deep Water and Drowned.
RALEIGH, N. C., July 28.-D. A. Gower,
the 17-year-old •son of D. A. Gower, waa
drowned in Ray's pond near here Sunday
afternoon. Five boys went out in a boat
for a frolic. Gower got in a hole over his
head and was drowned in spite of efforts
to save him. The body was recovered at
9 o’clock last night.
THINKSLEiWCAN
BE FINALLY
CM
UNITED STATES CONSUL AT CAN
TON, CHINA, HAS FORWARD
ED REPORT TO SECRE
TARY OF STATE.
WASHINGTON, July 28.—Experiments
in the treatment of leprosy are being con
ducted at the Medical Missionary Socie
ty’s hospital at Canton,’ China, by Dr.
Adolph Reszlag, a noted specialist of
Vienna, Austria. United States Consul
McWade, at Canton, has forwarded a pre
liminary report to the secretary of state
which was furnished him by Dr. Swan,
of the hospital staff.
The report says;
V'After carefully considering the matter
and obtaining the approval of hospital
managers to lend Dr. Reszlag what aid we
could, we have admitted three marked
cases of leprosy into an Isolated room
and have given the doctor what aid we
could in providing suitable conditions for
the treatment of these cases. Every pre
caution has been taken against infection
from these cases which in 24 hours time
have begun to show signs of improve
ment. X
"From Dr. Reszlag's intelligent methods
of treatment and the enthusiasm he
shows in the management of these cases
I am led to believe that gratifying results
will be in the end obtained. I may add
that one or two physicians will be asso
ciated wttl) myself in the observations
made in connection with these cases; also
that there are no secret proprietary reme
dies used or any methods of treatment
followed that would be In the least detri
mental to the welfare of the patient.
"Pictures have been taken of the three
cases now under treatment and it ia said
that a full report will be made of these
and other cases tnat are likely to come
under treatment, to a general medical
congress which meets a few months hence
in Vienna. Later on I shall be pleased to
report to you fully what has actually
been achieved.
"The self-denying efforts of Dr. Reszlag
•re merely made on behalf of a class of
people subject to a living death and are,
I think, worthy of admiration and sup
port and we shall be pleased to further
his efforts in any Tfray that we can.”
PRIZE FIGHTER GODDARD
AT PRIMARY IS SHOT
CAMDEN, N. J., July 29.—The condi
tion of Joe Goddard. the Philadelphia
pugilist, who was shot last night during
the Republican primary election. Is re
ported by the physicians at Cooper hos
pital today as critical, and there Is little
hope of his recovery.
Harry Miller, a local policeman, who
was stabbed in the abdomen, is doing well,
and probably will recover.
Isaac Fowler, who was stabbed at Pen
suaken, near Merchantville, was not se
riously hurt.
The body of John Morrissey, of Philadel
phia, who was shot and killed, is still at
the morgue.
The riots which resulted in the mur
der of Morrissey and the wounding of
Goddard and Miller, were caused by the
bitter feeling engendered through the con
test for congress of Representative H. C.
Loudenschlager and J. A. Van Zant. Nu
merous fights occurred in this city and in
Pensuaken township, near Merchantville,
between |he adherents of the two candi
dates. Goddard was shot at the polls in
Pensauken, and Morrissey and MHler re
ceived their injuries in this city. Isaac
Fowler, a constable of Pensauken, was
stabbed during a melee at Dog Corner, in
Pensauken township.
Goddard was at a voting place in Pen
sauken township, when he was shot. He
was with' a number of men, who were
traveling from one polling place to an
other. The pugilist got Into a quarrel
with a colored constable named Robert
Washington. It is alleged that Goddard
assaulted the constable with a baseball
bat, and the colored man, in self-defense,
shot Goddard in the head.
FOUR HURT BY BLAST;
TWO WILL PROBABLY DIE
NEW YORK, July 29.—As the result of
a peculiar blast in the Rapid Transit sub
way of Park avenue at Forty-first street
today, four men were seriously hurt, two
of whom it is thought will die.
This is the unlucky section of the tun
nel in which a number of accidents have
occurred. In the last previous one Major
Ira Shales, one of the contractors, re
ceived injuries which resulted in his death
some days later. /
Married On Train For Binmlngham.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 29.—Mr. and
Mrs. Washington Williams, a newly
wedded couple, arrived in Birmingham
yesterday on their honeymoon, having
been married en route to this ’city from
Canastota. The couple were married on
the train by Rev. G. G. Miller, who hap
pened to be among the passengers. They
intended being married in Birmingham
but it became known on the train that
this was their Intention and, as the min
ister and license were at hand, it was de
cided to marry forthwith and the cere
mony took place in the midst of a group
of interested passengers.
Minister Buck has advised the state depart
ment that Prince Boris, of Russia, has sailed
from Japan to San Francisco and will remain
some time in the United States. He will, how
ever, be traveling insognlto.
CANADA WILL
PROFIT DY
DEAL
THE GREAT SHIPPING TRUST
GIVES GREAT IMPETUS TO CA
NADIAN AGRICULTURE AND
COMMERCE.
LONDON. July 28.—J. Pierpont Morgan ia
not in need of cash; neither is his ship
ping syndicate. The syndicate is not un
der any mature obligation to anyone.
It has until January Ist, next year, to pay
$44,000,000 which will be due on December
31st for the stock of the several com
panies taken into the syndicates.- Mr.-
Morgan has never failed to meet an
obligation and no sane financier in Lon
don doubts that the money will be on
hand within the period stipulated.
Some English stockholders are disap
pointed because they are not paid in ad
vance. It is not an English custom to
do that, but they think Mr. Morgan has
money to burn and ought not to mind a
little difference of a few months in the
payment of $44,000,000. He has already
paid $6,000,000 to bind the bargrain, but this
only whetted their appetite for Ameri
can gold. So they are crying about delay
In the payment of money not due for over
five months to come. It is to be said of
the Englishmen, however, that they have
a strong feeling about the whole business,
and they want their pieces of silver or
gold right now. The large majority of
their fellow countrymen look on them as
traitors to British trade, and they want
cash so that they can be done with the
matter at once.
IMe animosity aroused by Mr. Morgan’s
combine does not die with time, but ap
parently grows stronger, and British sub
jectq who are concerned in It feel the
odium more keenly. Hence the enthu
siasm with which the proposals for a new
Candlan line are welcomed by the British
public. This line will receive the pro
ducts of the Canadian west through the
Canadian Pacific railroad and the lakes
and it is the confident belief of well in
formed importers in the cereal trade that
within a decade the wheat fields of Cana
da will make Great Britlan independent
of the United States as to wheat supply.
The loss of this enormous market would
be nothing short of a calamity to Amer
ica and the question might then arise
whether J. P. Morgan Is alienating from
British control these lines which are at
present the chief carriers of American
foodstuffs has done well for the United
States in the long run.
It Is certain that the first substantial re
sult of the Morgan shipping combine Is
to give a tremendous impulse to Canadian
agriculture and commerce in competition
with American products.
Os All Hot Weather Enemies
of humanity cholera la the want. Treatment te
be effective must be prompt. When vomiting,
purging and sweat announce thSt the disease is
present, combat It with Perry DaytW Pain
killer. All bowel troubles, like diarrhoea,
cholera morbus and dysentery are overeomtf by
Painkiller. It la equally health-promoting in all
climates. . ____________
IN ELEVATED WRECK
MANY PEOPLE ARE HURT
NEW YORK. July 28.-A head-on col
lision occurred today between two triUns
of the Brooklyn Elevated railroad on
Adams street, which resulted in the de
railing of six cafs, the wrecking of two
and the Injury of a number of persons, at
least two of them fatally.
The collision took place at • point where
the tracks diverge and is thought to have
keen caused by a misplaced switch.
A train bound to New York from Bath
Beach was turning the curve at the junc
tion when it wae met by a train ffom
the bridge station and the crash occurred.
Godfrey Moore and Henry Moore, of New
York, were pinioned beneath the wreck
age and probably fatally hurt. Thirteen
others were bruised more or less seriously.
Charles Shattuck, motorman of tho
Bath Beach- train, was arrested. John
Sullivan, the motorman of the other train,
has disappeared. ,
MISS ARMSTRONG
TO BE BANK TELLER
The Fourth National Bank will on Au
gust Ist-inauguarte a new movement in
banking circles by opening a department
for the exclusive benefit of its women cus
tomers. Women patrons will be served at
a separate window by a woman teller.
Added interest attaches to this Innova*
tion from the fact that this position will
be filled by one of the beet known young
women in Atlanta. Miss Jennie Arm
strong, for many years identified with tho
Girls’ High school as assistant principal,
has been today appointed to the position
of teller with exclusive charge of the
woman's department. No young woman
in the state is better or more widely
known than Miss Armstrong whose host#
of friends will follow her with interest in
her new career. The Fourth National is
to be congratulated on this appointment,
as no wiser selection could have been
matje.
BBHrTOEET
IN GLORIOUS .
BE U N ION (
BATTLE-SCARRED VETERANS TO
FEAST AND SING AT STONE
MOUNTAIN NEXT WEEK.
PROGRAM ARRANGED.
The reunion of the 38th Georgia regi
ment, to be held at Stone Mountain on
August 6th, t>romises to be a great suc
cess. A splendid program has been ar
ranged, music, speeches and a big old
fashioned dinner. The music will be in
charge of Miss Campbell, Miss Goldsmith,
Miss McClellan and Miss Wells, of Stone
Mountain.
The program is as follows:
Hymn, "How Firm a Foundation.”
Prayer by Chaplain P. B. McCurdy.
Address of welcome by Mayor J. E.
McClellan.
Response by General Clement A. Evans.
General A. J. West, Hon. E. T. Wil
liams and Judge Robert L. Rodgers are to
attend the exercises, and will probably
make addresses. Governor Candler will
be invited as a special guest. Captain Tip
Harrison will be on hand with the "Old
Time Confederate*.”
An old-fashioifed dinner will be spread
for the crowds, and after dinner there
will be short talks, music and remin
iscences.
Two Helpers Scalded.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. July 29.—Joe
Sims and Allen helpers, were se
verely scalded in the yards of the South
ern Railway company In this city, the re
sult of a collision between switch en
gines.
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