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MORMON IS
NOWONDER
ARREST
WILLIAM HOOPER YOUNG IS
CAPTURED IN CONNECTICUT
WHERE HE IS IDENTIFIED AS
MRS. PULITZER’S MURDERER
DERBY. Conn.. Sept. 22,-Detectlves
Ftnley, of the New York police, arrived
here at 2:» p. m., with Gustave A. Ernst,
of Brooklyn, who knows William Hoop
er Young . • *
Mitt Ernst had examined the suspect
held here, he announced that the man is
surely Young, the man wanted for the
murder of Mrs Pulitzer.
The man says his name is Bert Edwards,
that he la X years old, and formerly lived
with his stepfather. Henry Caruthers,
and his mother on 260 Sixth street, Port
land. Oregon. He left Portland on June
15, because of a fight with his step-father
and has since been roaming about the
country. Declared at first that he had not
been tn New York, though he afterward
contradicted this statement. /The prison
er said that for the last two weeks he had
been wandering about Connecticut, hav
ing come into this state from Springfield.
Mass He said he bad been in Winsted
and Ridgefield
As details are collected and known,
more positive are the experts of criminol
ogy that Mrs. Annie Pulitzer was the vic
tim of a religious-erased Mormon, who
killed her in accordance with his creed
of "blood atonement.**
Young is declared to be mad. insane,
fanatical upon the subject of "blood
atonement.** That he is a blood-maniac
is now admitted practically by all who
• have given any study to the gruesome de
tails which have been secured about tne
ghastly and bloody murder in his apart
ments.
The trunk containing the dead woman's
apparel, the dagger with which she was
killed and many blood-stained garments
owned by Young. was received in New
York this morning from Chicago, where
x it had been sent by the murderer after
he had disposed of his victim's body.
The suspect hourly becomes more nerv
ous and at times his condition is pitiful.
Most of the time he spends sitting on his
cell bench with his face covered by his
hands, but he twitches spasmodically and
sometimes he is noticed to shake violent
ly. Now and then he paces up and down
tne cell, stopping occasionally and cast
ing anxious glances about him. The au
’ thorities are maintaining the closest pos
sible watch over the man. Commenting
upon his demeanor, one of the officials
said this afternoon:
"If this man is not Young it is certain
that he has some reason for fear.”
WAS MAD FOR BLOOD
SAYS AUNT OF YOUNG
NEW YORK. September 22 Ac
cording to Mrs. Willard Young, of No.
345 West Eighty-fifth street, an aunt of
William Hooper Young, he had a mania
on the subject of "blood atonement,"
which he claimed was part of the doctrine
of the Mormon church, says the Ameri
can. He was not a Mormon.
"When speaking on this subject.” said
Mrs. Young yesterday, "he was most in
temperate and extravagant in bis lan
guage. He would talk of it by the hour if
he could get anybody* to listen to him. I
don't know whether he talked about it to
other than Mormons, but to our people he
was a nuisance.
"He was a bad boy. the black sheep of
the Young family. Soon after his father
left for Europe he appeared here one af
ternoon In a most dilapidated condition
■ He said be had no money, but the elders
who were living at his father's place had
told him he might sleep there.”
"He remained to dinner, and all through
the meal talked on the subject of 'blood
atonement,* bis conversation at times tak
llng the most ghastly tinge. After dinner
•he borrowed some money from my hus
band and went away. We did not see him
' again.'* \
James Spencer, janitor-of the fashiona
ble apartment-house in which Colonel
Willard Young and his family lived, said
yesterday that young Young often spoke
to him about the doctrine of “blood atone
ment.”
HOOPER YOUNG WELL KNOWN
ON COAST OF PACIFIC
PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. 21—Hooper
Young, alleged murderer of Mrs. Annie
Pulitzer in New York city, was well
known in Portland and other points on
the coast about two years ago. For a
time a newspaper man in San Francisco,
later in the employ of one of the leading
business houses of the city., Finally he
went to Seattle and started a newspaper
known as the Saturday Court News,
which was suppressed by the officers on
account of the obscene publications. While
, in Portland he was a very studious fel
low and carried a Bible with him all the
time. He was very fond of discussing re
ligious topics and when he was not at
work was found leading biblical litera
ture.
YOUNG’S TRUNK CONTAINED
BLOOD STAINED GARMENTS
NEW YORK. Sept. 22,-When the trunk
of William Hooper Young, for whom the
police of the whole country are looking, in
connection with the murder of Mrs. Anna
Pulitxer. was opened at police headquar
ters today, there was found in it a sword
shaped stiletto with a blade eight Inches
long and an ivory handle four
long: the half dozen mixed cakes which'
the woman left her apartments to buy;
her set of false teeth, with one t>>oth
missing; ber skirts and under clothing;
a switch of light colored hair; a pair of
gloves; tbe missing bed clothing from
Young's apartments; two men's opera
hats: a pair of blue and white corsets;
the woman's garters; her drawers; black
silk skirt: polka dot waist; the woman's
•lippers: her hat; three pairs of men’s
shoes, all well worn; Young's trousers,
coat, vest an«| undershirt; a piece of’
wrapping paper on khlch was printed. "I
Solomon. 305 First street. Hoboken, out
fitter;" some red pepper; a broken comb;
hair pin; a safety pin. and a newspaper of
September 10.
As soon as the lid of the trunk was
lifted it could be seen that the inside of
• the receptacle was covered with blood.
Tbe knife, or stiletto, was about the first
article lifted out. The knife was covered
with blood its whole lenth.
JLfter that each article of clothing was
fitted out and carefully examined. The
woman's skirt, underclothes, a couple of
handkerchiefs and several small pieces of
rags, were found to be saturated wltn
blood, as was the bed clothing from
Young’s room.
Young's trousers, which showed blood
•tains, were wet, and Assistant District
Attorney Garvan said it appeared to him
as if Young, after the murder, had wash
ed his trousers and packed them into the
, trunk without letting them dry.,
The man’s undershirt was also covered
with bloodstains. It was remarked at the
time the pepper eras found in the trunk
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I HUSBANDS ADVICE
AND THE SATISFACTORY RESULTS
TO WHICH IT LED.
The Story as Mrs. Cooper Told It to a
Reporter After Her Recovery.
'lt all came about through the advice
of my husband," said Mrs. Sadie Cooper,
of No. 329 Main street. Auburn, Me., to
a reporter.
"I suffered Intensely with Inflammation
of the stomach for four months,” she
continued. "I had a naturally weak stom
ach and In Decern bey, 1897, It began to
trouble me more than usual. I could not
bear the least pressure on it without feel
ing a terrible faintness, and 1 had so
much gas in It that it caused pains to go
all through the upper part of my body.
When I got np quickly my head would
feel so dizzy that I would have to lie down
again and then visa gradually. There was
a poor circulation of the blood and for
days at a time I was obliged to He down
nearly all the while. I was as under a doc
tor’s care,for about four weeks. I felt
slightly better just while taking his med
icine. but it left no lasting benefit.
"My husband, who had taken them
himself with good results, at last induced
me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People. So in January, 1898, I be
gan taking them and in two weeks I was
able to notice a decided gain. I kept on
taking them for three months when I
had entirely recovered. I am glad to say
that I have never suffered with the trou
ble since.'’
The pills which cured Mrs. Cooper are
an unfailing specific for all diseases aris
ing from disorders of the blood and
nerves. Among the many diseases they
have cured are locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis. St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neu
ralgia. rheumatism, nervous headache, the
after-effects of the grip, palpitation of the
heart, pale and sallow complexions and all
forms of weakness either in male or fe
male. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People are sold by all dealers, or will
be sent postpaid on receipt of price, fifty
cents a box; six boxes for two dollars
and a half, by addressing Dr. Williams
Medicine Company. Schenectady, N. Y.
VETS FAVOR GIVING
OLD SOLDIERS
THEJOBS
MACON CAMP BAID TO BE THE
ONLY ONE WHICH HAS TAK-
EO MATTER IN A FA-
CETEOUS WAY.
Atlanta camp No. 156, United Confed
erate veterans, which recently sent out
a circular letter suggesting the Introduc
tion of a bill to give preferment to Con
federate veterans in the matter of public
office, is not at all pleased with the curt
criticisms passed on their suggestion by
the R. A. Smith camp of Macon.
In Macon the suggestion was criticised
as ridiculous and absurd, but Harry
Krouse, the local father of the sugges
tion, declared this morning that the Ma
con camp was the only camp In the state
which had received the circular in this
spirit.
A communication received by him from
Camp No. 1094 at Augusta, reads:
"Comrade Krouse: Dear Sir—l brought
before Camp No. 1094, U. C. V., your com
munication tn regard to trying to get a
law passed to aid the o|d boys Iff secur
ing positions ufider state patronage. I
heartily approve it, and my camp ap
proves it. There was not a dissenting
vote. It is a move in the right direction,
and is nothing but right and just that
some consideration should be shown the
old veterans. I am glad that you and
Camp No. 159 have started the ball roll
ing. My camp will do all in our power
to aid you in your efforts to make it a
law. Yours fraternally,
“WM. BRYAN.
“Captain Commanding Camp 1094.”
Mr. Krouse says he has received simi
lar letters of encouragement from all over
the state.
Joe Dewberry’s Barbecue.
STILLMORE. Ga., Sept. 23.—Mr. Joe M.
Dewberry complimented a few of his many
friends with a barbecue at his farm,
"Grey Lawn.” near here, today.
Mr. Dewberry knows exactly how to pre
pare an entertainment for his friends and
on this occasion he scored new records.
He had for his guests on the occasion F.
S. Battle. Dr. S. E. Brinson, J. E. Hatch
er. W. W. Perkins, J. D. Sinclair. E. L.
Yomans. E. H. Heath. O. S. Wagoner.
W. B. Heath. D. F. McCoy. E. D. Roun
tree. Jesse Moore. Mayor T. J. Kent. J.
R. Warren, J. L. Cleary. J. V. Tarver and
Masters Ray Phillip Dewberry and Willie
Barbee.
W. H. McDade. E. F. Howard, Hank
Cobb. Mark Walton and D. F. McCoy
did the barbecuing.
All had a great time and voted "long
live Joe Dewberry."
that the man now in custody qf the Der
by, Conn., police had rod pepper in his
possession. Captain Titus says every ar
ticle that is missing from the Young
apartments was found in the trunk.
YOUNG, BEHIND THE BARS,
DENIES KILLING WOMAN
NEW YORK. Sept. 23.—The train from
Derby. Conn., with William Hooper
Young on board, arrived at the Grand
Central station at 9:20 a. m
Shortly after Young had been in the
detective headquarters Lawyer Hart ap
peared and said in reply to inquiries:
"Young Is an innocent man. The police
believe they have got him on an alleged
confession. which he made before he had
legal counsel. It will be proven that
Y'oung was not even an accomplice."
At the close of the Interview between
Detective Captain Titus and Young, Cap
tain Titus said Young had made the fol
lowing statement:
“About three weeks ago I met a man
named Charles Simpson Eiling in Central
Park. He accosted me. We talked and got
acquainted, though he was a degenerate.
After that he called on me several times
at my flat.
"On the night Mrs. Pulitzer died, Eiling
and I met her at Broadway and Forty-
Sixth street by appointment I had made.
We went to the flat together. I went out
for some whisky, after we got there and
left Eiling and the woman alone. When
I got back I found Mrs. Pulitzer lying
across the bed with a gag in her mouth.
Eiling had gone.
“I ripped open her clothing and moved
her hands back and forth over her head
to induce respiration.
“When she did not breathe I put my
hand under her waist and felt her heart.
It was not beating.
"Then I decided to notify the police,
but thought that instead of calling a po
liceman to go to police headquarters,
which I thought was in the city hall. I
got on the train and started down town
and on the way I got to thinking what a
lot of disgrace the affair would bring on
me and my father. That made me decide
to get rid of the body.
"1 took a long knife and cut Into the
body, intending to cut the body up so that
I could get it Into a trunk. When I made
the fleet cut. the odor was so awful that
I could go do further."
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1902.
COUNTIES HAVE
RAISED TAX
RATE
THE FIGURES COMPILED IN
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER
GENERAL SHOWS RATES FOR
THIS YEAR.
A majority of the counties In the state
have raised their tax rates for this year.
According to an announcement made Sy
Captain "Tip" Harrison of the comptrol
ler general's office, there has been a
small raise in the tax rate by nearly ev
ery county that he has so far heard from.
The rate of the state was cut down some
this year and many of the counties have
fixed their rate the same as the state's
but others have found it necessary on ac
count of improvements to raise their rate
higher than that of the state.
The following table prepared by Captain
Harrison shows the rates of the counties
per thousand so far heard from this year,
and the rate of the same counties last
year:
1902 1901
Appling $ 4.45 $ 4.45
Baldwin 10.00 8.11
Banks 5.80 5.80
Bartow 10.56 9.40
Bibb 8.44 8.30
Brooks ?. 3.00 3.00
Bulloch 5.20 5.56
Burke 4.70 4.31
Butts .' 10.00 8.50
'Calhoun 4.70 4.56
Campbel ...... 5.70 6.60
Carrol 7.20 7.06
Catoosa 4.20 4.56
Charlton .. .. 5.30 5.56
Chatham 7.50 7.56
Chattooga 3.70 6.56
Cherokee 5.20 4.10
Clarke L 3.20 3.06
Clayton 6.20 6.76
Clinch 3.20 4.06
Coffee 6.20 7.06
Colquitt L... 9.20 9.06
Coweta 6.00 5.50
Crawford 4.70 4.56
Dade 4.40 3.70
Decatur 6.20 5.56
DeKalb 4.70 7.56
Dodge ...j 4.70 8.56
Dougherty 5.00 5.00
Douglas 9.00 8.00
Early ./. 3.70 4.56
Echols 5.55 7.00
Effingham 2.50 2.C0
Elbert 7.55 7.66
Emanuel » 3.20 4.56
Fannin , 7.70 7.56
Fayette 10.50 7.06
Floyd 7.90 8.06
Franklin 5.20 7.06
Fulton 5.70 6.(45
Gilmer 7X6 7.<rt>
Glascock 6.23 i 6.20
Glynn »-20 8.31
Gordon 4.70 6.56
Greene J 7.95 7.31
Gwinnett 3.20 3.56
Habersham.. 5.70 7.60
Hall 4-70 4.56
Haralson 5.70 7.55
Harris 5.44 5.44
Hart 7.70 7.5 G
Henry 6.75 5.C0
Irwin .. 6-56 6.56
Jackson 5.70 5.56
Jasper •• .. 7.70 7.56
Jefferson j .... 5-50 5.50
Jones !• 7.70 8.56
Laurens .... 7.70 9.58
Lee 4-20 4.56
Liberty 4 • 4.00 4.00
Lowndes •• 4.70 5.56
Macon I>-"® 6.56
McDuffie • 8.95 8.81
Mclntosh 11.30 10.00
Meriwether 9-10 7.06
Miller 5.70 6.00
Milton 4.70 4.06
Mitchell 3.70 3.56
-Monroe 8.70 7.56
Montgomery 6.20 7.56
Morgan 6.06 6.06
Newton 7.70 8.50
Oglethorpe 8.30 8.26
Pautdlng 7.20 6.56
Pickens 3.70 4.96
Pierce 8.20 8.06
Pike.... ............ ...... .. 4.70 4.56
Polk 4.70 4.66
Pulaski 4.70 5.56
Randolph 5.70 5.06
Rockdale 7.20 7.60
Stewart 5.50 3.50
Sumter 4.20 4.06
Talbot 9-56 9.56
Tattnall 4:70 6.66
Taylor I 5.70 5.56
Telfair 6.50 5.76
Thomas .2.50 2.00
Troup 4.70 • 7.06
Union ' 4.70
Walker 3.70 4.56
Walton 7.70 8.06
Ware 6.20 5.06
Warren 6.35 6.35
Washington 7.20 5.56
Wayne 8.20 4.56
Webster 5.30 • 6.80
Whitfield 4.70 4.56
Wilcox 2.70 5.56
Wilkes 5.50 6.56
Worth £. 4.70 4.56
The following table shows the rate per
thousand of some of the cities and towns
of the state. Atlanta has the same rate
this year as last year:
1902 1901
Atlanta 812.50 212.50
Savannah 14.50 14.50
Augusta 12.50 12.50
Macon 12.50 12.60
Columbus 12.00 11.00
Athens 10.00 10.00
Rome v .. .. .. ........ 11.00 11.00
Brunswick 14.00 14.00
Griffin 10.00 10.00
Albany 7.50 7.50
Fitzgerald 10.00 23.00
Barnesville.. 10.00 10.00
Gainesville 10.00 8.00
Tifton .. 6.50 5.00
Thomasville 9.50 9.50
Cedartown 12.50 12.25
Waynesboro.. 5.00 5.00
Dublin 10.00 10.00
West Point 8.00 10.00
Forsyth 9.00, 9.50
Cuthbert 12 00 12.00
TO LEAD REPUBLICANS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 24.—James
Carter Cooke, formerly of Columbus, Ga.,
has accepted the chairmanship of the
state Renubllcan campaign committee and
is preparing for a vigorous fight to elect
a full state ticket. Mr. Cooke has never
been considered among the leaders of the
party In Alabama, but since the "Illy
white” action of the recent convention
the committee appointed then has been
looking for a prominent business man to
accept the chairmanship. The party feels
that it has the right man at the helm and
that during the stormy passage of the
state campaign he will guide them safely.
M ADDOX~SAYS~HOPES "
OF DEMOCRATS ASCEND
ROME, Ga., &>pt. 23.—Congressman J.
W. Maddox has returned from Washing
ton. where he went on official business.
Judge Maddox says the Democrats are
very much elated at the headquarters in
Washington and anticipate a great victo
ry in the congressional elections this fall.
They think the resignation of Speaker
Henderson has helped democracy all over
the country. /
FEMALE SMUGGLER SAID
DOG WAS LITTLE BABY
LONDON. Sept. 22.—The stringent regu
lations which prevent the importation of
dogs into the United Kingdom have been
a great trial to all lovers of dogs, and
many have been the plans to circumvent
them.
A most ingenuous scheme was nipped
in the head at Calais the other day just
when it seemed about to be successful.
Among the passengers who boarded the
packet when the train from Paris ar
rived. was a man accompanied by a nurse,
who carried in her arms a bundle of dain
ty white clothes, which by its occasional
jerks and twitchings suggested that the
swathed baby was of a very vigorous tem
perament. The nurse went below Imme
diately. Shortly before the boat left, the
stewardess, passing through the saloon
near the nurse, experienced a sudden
shock. Peeping from beneath the dainty
garments, where one would have expected
to see two little feet, clad in tony white
socks and shoes, were two brown paws,
and these paws were agitated to such an
extent as to suggest that their owner
found the abundant garments very un
comfortable.
The stewardess communicated her dis
covery to the customs officials and an
amusing scene occurred. The baby turned
out to be no baby at all, but a grown pet
dog of mature years, while the nurse was
no more genuine than the baby. She
proved to be the owner of the dog. The
woman was very much embarrassed. She
confessed she had put on a disguise with
the hope of getting her pet through the
customs at Dover. Her plan discovered,
she sent the dog. denuded of its garments,
ashore and crossed the channel sad and
forlorn. One is now inclined to pity in
fants who for some time to come, cross
byway of Callas and Dover.
They are sure to undergo an inspection
at tbe hands of (he customs authorities,
as close as that bestowed upon the boxes
of the dame who is suspected of aiding
contraband furbelows and frills in the
depths of her enormous trunks.
bev.EOalloway,
BELOVED PASTOR,
BREATHES. LAST
DEATH ENDED USEFUL CAREER
SUNDAY AT HIS HOME
NEAR WASHINGTON,
GEORGIA.
WASHINGTON,' Ga., Sept. 23.-News
was received in Washington yesterday
of the death of Rev. B. M. Calloway,
Sunday night at one o’clock, at his home,
fourteen miles from here.
His death was sudden, he having been
in town Friday and seemingly in good
health. He was president of board of
trustees of Mercer university, and pas
tor of Sardis and other churches in the
county for past thirty years. He was
sixty-four years old.
He leaves six children and wife, and
no brothers or sisters, they all being dead.
His children are Judge Howard Calloway,
of Augusta; Hon. W. R. Calloway, of
Waynesboro; B. M. Calloway. Jr., who Is
teaching school in Florida; E. H. Callo
way and Misses Anna and Ellen Callo
way of this county. The funeral takes
place tomorrow from his residence.
Brantly Mercer Calloway was born in
Wilkes county, Georgia, November 24,
1838, and was the youngest son of the late
Rev. Enock Calioway.
His early school advantages were favor
able, as he was. most of the time, under
the tutorship of an excellent Instructor,
Rev. Thomas N. Rhodes, until prepared
to enter the junior class of Mercer uni
versity, at Penfield, in 1856. After pur
suing the studies of the junior year, he
spent two years in teaching school. In
1559 he married Miss Lucy B. Howard,
of Meriwether county, by whom he has
several children. In 1858, Sardis church,
with which he first united, licensed him to
preach the gospel, and after exercising h’s
gift for more than a year, at the request
Os Clark’s Station church, Sardis church
called him to ordination, which ceremony
was performed by Revs. P. P. Butler and
J. B. Butler. His connection with
Clark’s Station church began in 1860, and
nas continued without Intermission to this
date.
He has been pastor of Bethany church,
Oglethorpe county, for many years, of
Sardis church for a number of years, and
of Cloud's Creek church for several years,
and is now supplying these churches. He
supplied the church at Fishing Creek in
1860-61, and Lincolnton church in 1867-8-9.
He has been prominent for a number
of years in the Georgia Baptist conven
tion.
At the time of his death he was presi
dent of the board of trustees of Mercer
university and also a member of the board
of trustees of Monroe Female college at
Monroe, and the Georgia Baptist Orphans’
Home at Hapeville.
W. E. TAUAFERRO~wiU~
PROBABLY GET WELL
W. E. Taliaferro, who was injured in
falling from a moving train between
Villa Rica and Temple last week, is re
ported as much improved today, and his
attending physician. Dr. E. L. Griffin,
says he will recover.
An operation has been performed by
which the fractured bones In his forehead
were lifted from his brain, and the pneu
monia caused by the disturbance to his
lungs has been put under control. It Is
probable that his condition will warrant
his removal from the home of his brother
in-law, Harry Young, 359 Pulliam street,
to the home of his parents on the Jones
boro road, flve miles from the city, during
the next few days.
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CITY OF BIRMINGHAM GIVES
SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS
TO DEFRAY FUNERALS OF NE
GROES KILLED IN PANIC.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 23,-There
were but few new developments yesterday
In the panic of Friday night at the Shi
loh Baptist church, colored, where over
one hundred negroes were killed.
It seems almost impossible to ascertain
accurately just how many Ilves were lost.
The number appears now to be not less
than 104, and may yet reach 106. A con
flict arises from the fact that a number of
bodies were removed from undertaking
shop to another and some of them were
taken to as many as three undertakig es
tablishments at different times, and In
more than one case a corpse was mistak
en for another person than the correct
one.
No additional deaths were reported yes
terday. Efforts* now are being direct
ed chiefly at relief measures. The rela
tives of a number of the victims were
without sufficient means to bury their
dead and this morning a relief committee
of four prominent colored citizens, with
Dr. W. R. Pettiford, president of a local
negro bank as chairman, was organized
to disourse relief funds which have been
raised by the Birmingham News and the
white churches. Donations, almost entire
ly from white citizens, amount to about
S7OO so far. and this fund is being used to
bury such dead as have not been buried
from lack of means. A number of addi
tional funerals occurred yesterday.
NEGRO CONVENTION
ADJOURNED AT NOON
BIRMINGHAM, Sept. 23.—The national
Negro Baptist convention held Its final
session yesterday and adjourned at
noon to meet a year hence in Philadel
phia. The morning session was occu
pied chiefly with speeches on the growth
and progress of the church. Among those
who spoke were Dr. Wells, of the National
Baptist publishing board; Dr. John H.,
Frank, of Louisville and Dr. William
Sevier of Nashville.
All the speakers touched upon the panic
of Friday nignt in which over a hun
dred lives were lost; and were loud in
tneir praise of the manner in which the
white citizens have come to the relief of
the distressed.
DELEGATE ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF THEFT
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 23.—Man
deth Harvo, a negro who was convicted
of stealing a sheep in Montgomery in
1876, came to Montgomery on a visit to
relatives, after attending the Birming
ham Baptist convention, as a ministerial
delegate.
He says he narrowly eccaped the disas
ter at Birmingham.
He completed his visit and as he step
ped on the train was arrested by ofli
cers Belser and Young on an indictment
gotten by the Montgomery grand Jury for
stealing an axe pending an appeal of
his sheep stealing case. The Negro is said
to be worth S2O 000 and owns plantation
on Brazos river.
FUNERAL OF PANIC VICTIMS
OF INTEREST IN BIRMINGHAM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Sept. 22 —Body af
ter body has been shipped away and
buried in Birmingham since Saturday
morning, the result of the awful panic
in Shiloh Baptist church, colored, where
the National Baptist convention was held,
on Friday night.
Yesterday there were twenty-three fu
nerals in Birmingham suburbs, conducted
by undertakers, while twenty private fu
nerals took place.l Thirty bodies were
shipped away from Birmingham and today
there were six or eight other bodies
burled.
There are bift three unidentified bodies
left and these will have to be buried at
once.
The convention of the Baptists is at an
end. The greater number of delegates
left yesterday for their respective homes.
While Birmingham is In no way to blame
for the catastrophe, the recollections of
the convention in Birmingham will be
vivid in the minds of many who were in
attendance. Not a single member of the
convention has a word to say against Bir
mingham or the people as to the manner
In which they were treated. Merchants
made liberal donations to the entertain
ment of the convention and everything
was moving nicely until the calam
ity took place.
John H. Ballou, the Baltimore negro
lawyer, who had a difficulty in the choir
loft with Will Hicks, of Birmingham,
from which the word “fight” was trans
posed Into “Are,” causing a general stam
pede at the front entrance of the build
ing, will be tried at once. Chief Austin
promised him shortly after his appre
hension on Saturday afternoon, that every
thing possible w’ould be done for a speedy
trial and all the witnesses desired by the
defendant will be sought. He Is charged
with disturbing public worship and af
fray. According to the city code he can
be fined only SIOO for disturbing public
worship, while for the affray the same
amount is the. limit. However, it is not
improbably that a warrant charging dis
turbance of public worship will be secur
ed so that a fine of SSOO and six months'
imprisonment can be enacted. Ballou,,
however, denies that the difficulty he had
with Hicks caused the panic and says he
has witnesses, among them Major R. R.
Wright, of the Savannah, Ga., Industrial
school. The cases against Ballou will be
closely watched. To avoid any possible
trouble and upon advice of Dr. W. R.
Pettiford, president of the Colored Sav
ings bank in Birmingham, Ballou made
no effort Saturday evening to make bond.
Many telegrams offering sympathy were
received by Booker T. Washington, T. W.
Walker, pastor of the Shiloh church, and
others who were at the head of the con
vention her, from the most prominent peo
ple of the country*. Including President
Roosevelt.
ANDREW CARNEGIE MAY
COME TO ATLANTA
Andrew Carnegie will probably visit At
lanta upon the occasion of the formal
opening of the Carnegie library. A letter
received from James Bertram, the prjvate
secretary of the multi-millionaire steel
king, states that Mr. Carnegie Is touched
by the desire of Atlanta to have him pres
ent upon the occasion of the opening of
the library, and that he will do every
thing in his power to arrange his plans
so that he may be here. He goes to Dun
geness, his sister-in-law’s home on Cum
berland Island, every* year, and he thinks
that he will be able to come from that
section of the state to Atlanta.
The magnificent library, to which Mr.
Carnegie gave $145,000, has been open to
the public for several months, but the for
mal opening of the library has been post
poned in order that Mr. Carnegie might
make his plans for being here.
Mr. Carnegie Is at present at Skibo Cas
tle, his summer home., in the highlands of
Scotland, but he is soon to return to Amer
ica. He has been in Scotland for some
time, and his return to America is ex- I
pected soon.
Do Not Trifle With Them!
Paine’s Celery
Compound
Permanently Cures Sick and
Nervous Headaches that
Make Life Miserable.
Sick and nervous headaches are amongst
the worst ills of life. The man or woman
who is subject to headache at Irregular in
tervals. goes through life bearing a load of
misery and wretchedness that Is terrible
to think of.
Headaches as a rule, result from a dis
ordered. condition of the nervous system.
Mental excitement, loss of sleep, bodily
fatigue, and disordered digestion are ex
citing causes. When the brain becomes
tired and debilitated, the whole nervous
system is weakened, and headaches result.
If the liver Is sluggish, the kidneys inac
tive, and digestion deranged, headaches
invariably follow. To cure and prevent
headache, the nervous system must be
strengthened and vitalized. The most per
sistent casee of headache, nervous feeble
ness, and sleeplessness, are permanently
cured by Paine’s Celery Compound; it is
the great reeonstructant of the nervous
system. Mrs. Henry Westrick, of St.
Clair, Mich., tells of her release from suf
fering as follows:
"I have been troubled with dyspepsia
and sick headache tor a number bf years.
About every week I would have a bad
spell of sick headache, but since I began
using Paine’s Celery* Compound, my dys
pepsia is gone, and I do not have any
more headaches. I feel better than I have
for years.”
RUSSELL’S FRIENDS
SAY HE SHOULD
. NOT RESIGN
DECLARE HE HAS AS MUCH RIGHT
TO HOLD ON TO HIS PLACE AS
JUDGE JOHNiS. CAN
DLER hAs.
An enthusiastic meeting of the Athens
bar held Saturday afternoon at Ath
ens in the .nteresv of the candidacy of
Judge Richard B. Russell for t..e posi
tion of associate justice o< the supreme
court of Georgia, and during the meetings
the question of Judge Russen s name ap
pearing twice on tne official ballot for the
general election was discussed/
It was the unanimous op.mon cf the
meeting that no valid reason existed for
Judge Russell dec,.ning the nomination
fqr judge of the superior court of the
western circuit while making the race
for the supreme judgship, and that he
be urged not to do so. A prominent citi
zen of Athens who was here today
said by unanimous vote the sense of the
meeting was declared as follows:
“That no strong reason could be ad
vanced for Judge Russell’s declining the
nomination as judge of the western cir
cuit than could urged against John S.
Candler remalnh g 1n his present posi
tion as judge of the Stone Mountain’cir
cuit pending the election. The action of
the democratic party in nominating Judge
Russell for anou.er term makes him as
certainly .ne occupant of that position
as if the general election had already* oc
curred. The general election will amount
to nothing more than a ratification of the
action of the party. Therefore, the only
difference between these two candidates
is that one has an unexpired term of two
years and -our months wh».e the other
has a term of four years and four months
ahead of his. With this single excep-.on
there is no difference in the positions of
these two candiaates. If Judge Candler
continues hold his office while he
makes his race for associate justice of
the supreme court, there is no reason
why Judge - usr_ll should not with ail
propriety ho.u hfs position while making
his race for t..e same office. .
"Should judge Russell decline the nom
ination for judge of the superior court
of the western circuit. It would be the
duty of the state Democratic Executive
committee to name another nominee for
that position, under the authority of the
state convention to that body to
fill any vacancy that might occur on the
ticket already nominated th.j would
bring about a contest before that body
that should be avoided. The people of
the western circuit strenuously object to
a judge being placed upon the bench
witnout the opportunity being given them
to pass upon nls merits and a nomination
by the executive committee would bring
about such a state of affairs.
"The fact that Judge Russell’s name
appears twice on the ticket does not
mean that he could hold both offices if
elected to both, or would undertake to do
so.
"The people of the western circuit are
the ones moat deeeply Interested In the
matter of tne superior court -of judg
ship. They do not wish Judge Russell to
resign and thus take from them the
chance to pass upon the claims and qual
ifications of the judge who presides over
their courts. The people of the whole
state are the tribunal before whom the
supreme icourt judgship naturally is car
ried for settlement. If they wish Judge
Russell they* should be given the oppor
tunity to say so at the polls.”
EYEWiTNESSDESCRIBES
BLOODY BATTLE OF FEUD
EUFAULA, I. T., Sept. 33.—Describing
the feud fight between the Brooks and
Riddle factions, at Spokogee, I. T., in
which Willis, John and Clifford Brooks
and “Old Man" Riddle were killed and
John Brooks mortally wounded, James
McFarland, of the Riddle party, last
night said:
"Willis Brooks and his two sons. Cliff
and John, came to Spokogee armed, and
met Riddle at the postoffice. John Brooxs
stopped the old man and threatened to
kill him. I was standing on the corner
when Riddle ran and Willis Brooks threw
a cartridge into his gun and said he would
‘kill Riddle for luck.’ He fired and missed,
but Cliff Brooks then shot Riddle in the
back of the head as he ran out. He fell
dead. He was unarmed. John Brooks then
told his father to look at me, standing on
the corner. Willis Brooks and his boys
began firing at me and I returned the fire.
Willis Brooks fell, arose and began shoot
ing again but finally fell for good. The
boys then went down, shooting to the
last.”
McFarland and the other Rlddleites sur
rendered and are in jail.
OIL BURNING STEAMER
MAKES TRIP O’E” SEA
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.—The American
line steamer Kensington arrived yesterday
from Southampton. The Kensington has
been laid up in Newcastle, England, for
some time overhauling and installing a
plant for the use of Its fuel. On the way
from Newcastle to Southampton the oil
was used successfully, out as the plant
was not quite ready for an extensive voy
age. the full test was put off until the re
turn trip from this port. j
ULLEBBRMIDS
■ISDN
ILIIH
SON OF DEAD PRESIDENT MADE
DASH FOR HIS ACCUSER BUT
WAS HELD BY SEVERAL WHO
INTERFERED.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Sept. 23.—The
differences that have existed between/ |
high officers of the Spanish-American war;
veterans culminated at the second ses->
slon of the encampment yesterday after- 1
noon in a sensational incident.
During the course of a discussion in va*-.-
lidity of certain records of the last en
campment, Adjutant General Liller, who,
was removed from office Sunday night, (
gave Colonel Russell B. Harrison the lio'l ,
direct. The latter made a dash for s he)
deposed official, but was caught and held*
by Colonel E. R. Hutchins, of lowa, and.
Dan S. Bauer, z of Louisville. Adjutant '•
General Liller was reading the minutes of
the Buffalo meeting. All through the rec
ords Colonel Harrison was studiously re-,
ferred to as "Mr."
This angered the majority of the dele-1
gates, as the jaws of the order expressly
state that alt members of the body shall
be referred to as "comrades.” The en
campment by this tiff*® was in* an excit
ed condition. Above the noise a delegate
moved that the minutes of the last en-J
campment be amended so as to eliminate,
the word of "Mr.” fcefore Colonel HarrP
son's name and that the word "comrade"
be substituted. This motion was carried
by acclamation.
At the last encampment Colonel Hard-,
son was appointed chairman of the au- ■ I
diting committee to go over the accounts •
of Adjutant General Liller, and after the’
latter had finished reading them he arose >
and said that the minutes of the last •
meeting had been so, changed that he was
unable as chairman of the committee to ,
proceed under the resolution.
Adjutant General Liller arose and ex
claimed: i
“Do you mean to say that I falsyied the
record?"
Colonel Harrison: "I mean just that and'
nothing morf."
"You Are a Liar.”
' "You are a liar." exclaimed Liller.
Colonel Harrison Jumped from his seat'
and made a dash toward the deposed ad
jutant general. He had not gone three
feet bqfore he was grabbed toy Colonel
Hutchins and Mr. Sauer.
A moment after Mr. Liller called Colo*«
nel Harrison a liar. Chatles Madden, bf (
this city, arose and, addressing Colonel
Harrison’s accuser, exclaimed: "I’lll I
smasa your, head?” , i ‘
Colonel Hutchins, addressing the chair
and the encampment, said in a most dra
matic manner:
"Gentlemen, let this trouble blow over.
Ix“t us have peace. We are comrades—
brothers let us show it."
“It Is with much timidity that I enter ’
Into, a statement in regard to the work of
Mr. Liller at the convention at Buffalo.
I was chairman of a committee to audit
the accounts of the adjutant general.
•The reports of the aujutant general were
in such an equivocal condition that I was .
unable to do much with them—in fact,
their form mad* it necessary that they
should be examined by other commit-
Actlng Adjutant General Frank Clarke
read an oruer directing Liller to appear
before the council, of administration,
which, in war parlance. Is known as a
court martial, to answer certain serious
charges that had been preferred against |
him.
Liller arose In his seat and briefly da-,
cllned to appear before the council. He
said that the matter had been given such
prominence that he had been placed in a
bad light before the country, and in con
sequence had 1 decided to settle the mat
ter in the courts. ’
The military court or council bf admin
istration called to try ex-Adjutant Gen
eral Liller met tonight. The charges
were read and it was found they had not
been signed by the commander in chief.
To repair this technical fault in the pro- ■
ceedlngs the council adjourned to meet/
Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock. ' J
chiefsTpolice
MAY ORGANIZE
IN SOUTH—
ALABAMA OFFICERS PLAN MOVE
MENT TO FORM ORGANIZE I
TION IN SEVERAL OF G j
SOUTHERN STATES.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept 23.—The of
ficers of the Alabama Chiefs of Police as
sociation have inaugurated a movement
for the organization of a Southern Apao- 1
elation of Chiefs of Police. It is proposed >
to include Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, |
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, >
Florida, North Carolina. South Carolina,
Virginia, West Virginia. Kentucky, Mis-1
souri, Oklahoma and Indian Territory in-,
the new organization.
G. E. Chambers, secretary of the Ala
bama association, is now engaged in send
ing out letters to the chiefs of police in
the above named states and territories
asking for their co-operation in the move
ment. The purpose is to draw these of
ficers together in closer touch with a view
to more efficient work and for special pur
poses.
I
VENEZUELA PROTESTS
. AT FLAG OF ENGLAND
NEW YORK, Sept. 22 —The Venezuelan ‘
government has protested, cables the Port 1
of Spain, Trinidad, correspondent of The
Herald, against the action of Great Brit
ain in raising the British flag on the is
land of Patos, on the ground that tho
sovereignty is vested in Venezuela and not
In the British government.
The controversy over the island is old.
similar protests having been made In
and 1867. Great Britain claims the island (
by virtue of the treaty of Amiens, sign
ed in 1802, according to which Trinidad
was ceded to England. The British con
rider that the island of Patos Is tributary
to Trinidad.
Venezuela contends that the island was
not mentioned in that treaty.
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