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ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1889.
[^savannah river.
IBUFOED
& ioKENHy GEORGIA.
teeatv a op
cnRUiU to Close the Savannah
^ St *’ e in Old Document Resurrected
*‘ ver " A by The Banner Editor.
pnri' 1 "
late excursion of the
, u „ v down the Savannah river,
i ,rJli - v every hand coni plaints
’"T' l ' id. about the Augusta
llie 1 * -»*ad . Before
was placed
a profitable business,
Int .„ who owned fisheries
tal
i'
yt ~ .
,rt "" / miin"- the run of shad .
!»'" ,? «.,< t>laced in the river
a,i,
4„1 ddiinS "' :1 '
|B<I lifilein tar more profitable than
f* tt " U they were a great com-
I convenience to the people, for
h* 1 . - enabled, during the running
purchase all the fine fish they
^nted at a mere song.
wer
the nine
mist
>ut all the tri
Often a wagon
caught at a single drag of
Not only was the Savannah
abundantly supplied with shad,
ibutary streams, and even
.. swarmed with them. Huu-
S s Of people would turn out, and in
" k . n hours capture enough fish to feed
,comity for da\». ... .
iiut as soon as Augusta built her
ddam this business went by the
‘id an d shad became as scarce ill the
' ' /waters as lieu’s teeth. Not only
, •frofitalde business was destroyed, but
A people deprived of their chief luxu-
cyerv shad they ate had to be
brought from Augusta, and an extor
tionate price paid for it. The Savan-
w l, r iv e r .had is considered up North
die greatest delicacy in the fish line,
and ts the Augusta dam proved an in-
iurnountable obstacle for the passage
«f these fish,of course those living below
thst obstruction reaped all the bene
fits.
A so-called fish-wav was placed in
the dam at Augusta, but a shad had as
v.ll try to scale the Eiffel|tower as pass
through it. The few fish that made
the attempt were found in the traps
below broken to pieces by the force of
the current
There is no doubt about there being a
peat wrong perpetrated on the people
living on the upper waters of the Sa
T»nnah, by depriving them of their
fisheries, and so Tux Banner editor de
termined to investigate the matter and
<m by what right and authority a city
could block the channel of a great
w»ter course for its individual bene
fit.
During our recent visit to Atlanta we
sMiuhod the State Library for all re
ports bearing on this subject, and also
to discover by what authority the Sa-
muah river was given entirely to
Georgia.
After patient research among old vol-
'•irnns, in which we were kindly assisted
by the efficient State libraian,Capt.John
ll'lfcdgCj we were at last rewarded.
In Mm'bnry r.nU Crawford’s digest,
dated 1800—a well worn volume and
printed in old-style type, with the s
shaped like f—we found “The Treaty
of Bradford,” made between the States
"f Georgia and South Carolina,in which
document the question of the owner
ship of the Savannah river was settled.
This stream, together with a large ter
ritory that Carolina owned west of it,
were given to Georgia,the line of which
Mate is defined to extend to the South
Carolina shoals. But there is a pre
vision to this treaty, and that is that
the State of Georgia binds '‘itself to
Wp forever open, from its mouth to
it* source—at the confluence of the Se
men and Ingolo—this stream for the
tree passage of fish and eoatS.
J uis is a solemn treaty made and rat-
iiird between these two States, and in
'Iwxug the Savannah against the free
jw^age of fish—which the Augusta
•mi certainly does—Georgia violates
lu? C(Un pact, and we believe that the
people of Carolina can force her to re-
® ( ' ve 'hut obstruction.
But it wifi not he necessary to des-
•' } ibis important manufacturing en-
1 prise to re-establish a channel for the
“Ration.of shad. A fish-way can he
nat e in the Augusta dam, by which
ie tiny tritle«au go up stream* This
I' M ' r '". :l - V :it Augusta should be made by
-igis-lature enactment to build, if it
‘^KOOO or more to do so. Such
' ‘-"aysare successfully used in many
“Uis tip North. By permitting Au-
j^ u , t0 blockade this great river the
-j ^Mature not only violates a solemn
utv with a neighboring State, but
works injustice and hardship on a
">>e class of lierneople.
no,.'* 1 v,,ltUTe * 8 now a most important
that if Grady tells us
to hi ’ S * Commissioner stated
the t iat * ,e ^onld raise more meat in
left f Ieanis °* Georgia, if they were
Wllll obstructions, than the land
tii, ' The immense popula
te ^ im * is oldefly.fed on fish, and
u...,, I s no reason why our own State
luxury* 101 ** S ° saving and
Government win stock any
P is<a° W t ^ flsJl wllere they have a free
is bunf* aiU ' 80 so<m M4 good fish-way
have 1U Augusta dam, we can
*d in u' Cral m ’^ on young sliad plant
er UlC upl>er w aters of the Savan-
wiii “ a Peculiarity of the shad that it
Urn bhe third year to the exact
spot where the young fish was first put
in the water.. We hope that some mem
ber of the present Georgia Legislature
will re-open this question, and let the
necessary steps be taken to enforce the
Treaty of Bradford,” or at least open
fish-way in the Augusta dam bv
which shad will have free passage up
and down the Savannah. It is right
and just. ..
ATHENS A HEALTH RESORT.
A Wonderful He Altn Resord of Our City
curing Th-j Present Summer-
Athens is the most healthful city in
Georgia.
That’s what the resident physicians
say, and the statement is verified by the
health record of the pass year.
One physician tells us that lie has
never, during hit twenty years of prac
tice in Athens,sega such aiieaihful year
as this has been, and has never heard of
its equal in any city the size of Ath
ens.
Another physician says he has known
of but three cases of fever in Athens
during the past year and they were in
duced by natural causes rather than by
any defect in the city’s sanitary condi
tion.
The fact is, that no city in the South
has a better climate, a better natural
dranage, a more healthful environment
every way than has Athens and there is
no reason in the world why it should-
not be a wholesome city,
We congratulate .the city on its
thorough sanitary inspection and wateh
fulness, and rejoice in the splendid ad
vantages of health with which nature
has blessed out city.
A MELANCHOLY DEATH.
MRS. JASF. STOKES DEATH BT
STEPPING FROM A WINDNW.
The Laly at one Time a Reigning Be!ls or
Mississippi—She has Relatives in
and Aaround Athens—A Sorrow
ful Accident*
SMALL PROFITS.
How the Markets This Year Worked
Against Our Athens Merchants.
Do you know that from the large
number of goods handled by the Athens
merchants this year that very little
clear money was made by them?” re
marked a prominent business man to a
Banner reporter yesterday.
We replied that we were not aware of
that fact.
“Well, it is true,” continued our in
formant. “It has been the most un
favorable I ever knew for merchandis
ing—not but that trade was good; but
if you have noticed the markets there
has been a steady decrease in the price
of all manner of provisions and groce
ries, except sugar, since the business
began. Hence, as soon as a merchant
bought, ho had at ,ouce to try and work
off his goods, so «»to save a le*s. 1
venture the assertion that one-half the
supplies sold by A^'pns merchants this
year were without a cent profit. There
was no great los», Iwvi^ver, nur busi
ness men simply holding their own.
look for a fine trade, however,- this
year.”
THE WINTER BUSINESS.
The Coutractora will Have all the Work
They Can do.
Meeting Mr. McGinty, the boss con
tractor, on the streets yesterday the
Banner asked him as to the building
prospects. Mr McGinty said that he
possibly could do and the outlook
for work during the fall and winter
months was better than it ever was
before. I am kept busy from morning
until night loooking after my business
and I expect in the next few months to
have more work than I can possibly
do.
Athens is hound to build up aud the
parties who own old rookeries on the
principal streets and who have the
money to build good decent business
houses should see the importance of
letting out contracts and have them
built. Mr. McGinty is alive to the
situation and will use his best efforts
to bring ertir city to the front.
A BROKEN ARM.
Stanhope Erwin, a little Son of Judge A.
S. Erwin Gets Hi# Arm Broken
While Wrestling.
Late yesterday afternoon while little
Stanhope Erwin and Ralph Raphael
were engaged in a playful wrestle on
the college campus,the former was made
to reeaive a painful accident.
Falling on his side, and having his
arm locked around his adversary the
little fellow could not withdraw in time
to escape falling with his whole weight
upon it, breaking it just below the
elbow.
He was carried to Dr. Benedict’s of
fice and had the wound carefully
dressed. It is a very painful injury,
but will soon heal up and cause him no
trouble.
Did Not Do It.
Athens, Ga., Aug, 21.
Editor Banner: It has been reported
in the’eountry that I signed a petition
to bring whisky back to Athens. , Th$
report is false from beginning to end.
I would sooner sign a petition to bring
small pox, mad dogs or rattle shake
back to Athens than a petition to bring
whiskyback.
I think that all w ho sell whisxy are
the manufacturers of shakes and mon-
kes, and those who drink whisky will
testify to this fact sooner or latter.
Tuesday night last about 9 ;30 o’clock
Mrs. Jas F. Stokes met with an acci
dental and truly melancholy death.
It occurred at the family resiJenae,
McGhees Landing, in Bolivar county,
Mississippi, while the husband and the
youngest of the couple’s five children
were at home.
Mr. and Mrs Stokes were’ sitting in
the second story room of their resi^
denee. Their child had been placed to
bed iq another room. A cry that alarm
ed the mother same from the child, and
she hastily arose and fled toward the.
Through some stange fatality, occasion
ed, perhaps, by absentmindedness
which aroused from the apprehension,
Mrs. Stokes mistook a window tor
doer; either that or she had forgotton
that it was an upper room they were in.
Whatever the occasion, the lady ran
through the window, only to fall to tTi£
porch below, a distance of some ten or
twelve feet. It was all over so quickly,
and the injuries sustained by her were
so serious and stunning that the hus
band’s first «Utr idea of what bad be
fallen Her was obtained from the noise
of the fall. Impelled by horrible
thoughts increased haste was given
his steps and in less than a minute af
ter he was bending over the uncon
scious, if not intimate form, fraternal
ly endeavoring to revive her. Failing
in this his next efforts were in the di-
retion of removing her to a bedcham
ber. Her weight pro veil too mubh,
however and die hurried to adjacent
houses for assistance. Before he could
return with, however, the unfortunate
lady had succumbed to her injuries and
life was extinct, tenderly, indeed was
body borne into the house and placed
upon a bed. An examination showed
she had fallen upon her right side, the
head striking first and being shockingly
broken and torn. If a word was utter
ed by her after the fall no one caught
it.
Prior to her marriage with Mr,
Stokes, which occurred some fifteen
years ago, Miss Blanche McGhee was
perhaps the most extensively admired
and persistently wooed society belle in
the South. Reared amid all the luxu
rious surroundings that wealth and
culture afforded, she was a typical
Southern beauty, upon whom nature
had lavisly bestowed personal charms
She was the daughter of Mr. Miles
McGhee, a direct lineral. descendant of
a proud old Huguenot family, and per
haps the wealthiest slave owner in this
cOuiity, GifciJptlil}^ HOsslbl^ CtOH*
Wade Ilam{Hurt Of SOiitfi CafollfM.- Id
addition to the fields Of fertile
and, with all the litWeSsdff&i for their
higher cultivation her fNtWc’Ps estate
included fully 3,500 slaves, ^hile the
war swept the latter class of possessions
away, the landed wealth remained and
enabled the family to live on luxurious
ease.
Miss McGhee was given evfry ad
vantage of practical and theoretical
education, which was rounded oft
with extensive travels in this and the
old country. Naturally trains of wor
thy and ardent admires laid seige to her
heart, and defeat proved to many of
them, of lasting effect. While i« Eu
rope, too, Miss McGhee’s heart and
hand were besought by more than one
titled lover, but to none of them did
she lend her ear.
There w*as end to all this animated ri
valry, however, as there have been and
always will be in similar cases. James
F. Stokes, then a handsome, gifted
lawyer, whose fortune was in the fu
ture. led Miss Blanche McGhee to Hy
men’s altar. His wife brought Jto him
a large share of her father’s immense
wealth, consisting mainly of highly
improved plantations.
The e v ent is developed not only by
those ia the immediate neighborhood
and by friends in Tennessee who knew
both parties in their younger days, but
by people throughout the delta counties
of Mississippi, to whom Mr. Stokes was
either known personally or through
his works. Aside from the extent of
his planting operations, he was presi
dent of the Board of Levee Commission
ers in 18S2-4-G. His family history, too
is closely identified with that of this
State, he being a son of Judge Jordon
Stokes,‘of Gallatin, Tenn., who unsuc
cessfully opposed the Hon. D. W. C.
Senter for Gov. of Tennessee.
Mrs. Stokes was also known and re
lated to many citizens of Athens and
Oglethorpe county. She was a neice of
Mrs. Blanton M. Hill of this city, and
closely related to many people in Ogle
thorpe, who deplore her untimely end.
B0XC0TTING JUTE.
Even Cotton Twine Demanded by Our
Farmers.
“The farmers arc determined in their
boycott against the jute trust,” remark
ed Mr. J. S. King to The Banner man
eaterday. “Why,” this gentleman
continued, “their indignation and re-
briion have gone so far that they actu
ally refuse to buy jute twine to sew
their cotten with, and I yesterday had
to order cotton cord for our customers.
You can’t sell a farmer anything made
of jute, it matters nothow small.”
Do you think cotton bagging will
be generally used ?” we asked.
“It certainly will. I never saw men
so determined as the farmers are this
year. It will ruin any man who will
dare to use jute. He will be looked
upon as a deserter to the enemy in the
face of battle, and can never hope to
gain the confidence and good will of
his neighbors again.”
“‘Do you expect prompt collections
from the Alliance??”
“I certainly do, and won’t be disap
pointed, either. My firm has sold them
over .$40,000 of goods this year, and we
don’t count on losing a dollar. We
sold a small sack of flour at the same
price that we would a car load, and all
manner of goods at retail at wholesale
prices, It was a big saving to the
farmer*, one they appretiate it, too”
‘Will there be any jute tagging
sold in Athens this year?”
‘I do not think there will be a yard
of new bagging sold. Several merchants
have bought largely of second-hand
bagging, but the farmers don’t seem
much inclined to take hold of even this.
Some of the largest planters, even those
who don’t belong to the Alliance, will
use cotton bagging, among the number
Mr. W. II. Dean, of Clarke. The Scotts,
of Madison county, big cotton raisers,
why they wouldn’t touch jute if it was
sold to them at one cent per yard. The
farmers will stop that bagging trust, and
you can paste that prediction in your
hat.”
THE COLORED MEMBER.
How Holvar, of Liberty, Defended Hie
Church.
tV representative tells the following
good one on a number of the Georgia
Legislature.
That body embraces several Mission
aries, Primitive Baptists and Methodist
ministers and also one Presbyterian
preacher, Mclver, the colored member
from Liberty oounty and the only col
ored memher of the Legislature,
It will he remembered that MolYerifc
oauaty was the scene of the late excite
ment over those false Christs, aud he
was very much mortified over it, and
was very sore about the depraved con
dition of his race, He went tauue to
try and get these fanatics straight, and
Oil bis return to Atlanta Mr. Veazez, a
Baptist ministsi representing Warren
county, a couple of preach
ers gathered around him to hear the la
test news. Mr. Yeazez expressed sur
prise that such a state of affairs should
exist in a civilized land.
“Everything has about quieted
down,” remarked Mclver. “The dis
turbance didn’t amount to much, and
was started by a few Baptist and Meth
odist niggers. I am glad to say that
not a single Presbyterian gave move
ment countenance. You know Mr
Veazez that there are fauaties in every
county. And by the way are the Mor
mons still making converts in your
county of women?”
Mclver was asked no more questions.
TALHAD6E BROS.’ MILL.
Getting -Things in Shape—Corn Will be
Crushed in a Short Time.
The Merchants’ and Planters’ Mill
near the Northeastern depot and owned
by Talmadge Bros, is nearing comple
tion. The tinners are now working on
the roof.
The machines will he ordered next
week,and as soon as it arrives the house
will be readj* to receive it. The owners
will have none but the best machinery
and a first-class miller. They propose
to give Athens and the surrounding
country the best meal that can be made.
The mill willj have a superintendent
who understands his business, and will
be run day and night to supply the de
mand.
SMALL INDUSTRIES.
How They Are Viewed by “Transit”—
-They Will Bring a Diversity or Im
provements to the Classic Cliy.
Editor Banner: Your energetic and
zealous efforts for the development of
ourcitvareso surely in the right di
rection that I feel impelled to add my
small voice to resound the key note of
SMALL INDUSTRIES. '
Of course the sine qua non of progress,
in this and, is transportation. This wo
have achieved. Few (if any) of our
sister cities can boast of equal railroad
facilities. Transportation being an ac
complished fact small industries are
the bread and meat of municipal great
ness.
When a citx* brings within its gates a
large enterprise, as a cotton factory,
rolling mill or so forth, with a capital
of*a quarter of a million dollars or more,
it feels that it has made a "big stroke.
So it has. But the - importance to the
trade and prosperity of the city is nbt
nearly so great as if one-half the amount
were invested in twenty smaller manu
factories. This because capital so used
not only employs many more people, in
proportion, than larger factories, but
also brings a diversity of inhabitants, a
diversity of needs, a diversity of sup
plies and a diversity of raw material.
The money paid for the latter mostly
finding its way to our merchants before
leaving the city. It also makes a
greater demand for prosperity both
business and dwelling, Besides this,
small industries bring in their wake
many others that are dependent upon,
grow out of and cluster round them.
These in turn re-act upon the general
prosperity.
It is quite feasible for us to organize
a stock company of say $100,000 or $200,-
000 capital (with power to increase) and
utilize this capital in various small in
dustries ranging from $5,000 to $25,000
each. The company to be organized
similarly to our Land or Building As
sociations. Its affairs to be qtanaged
by a directory of our prudent and saga
cious business men and the stock to be
paid up in monthly or quarterly instal
ments.
It would undoubtedly pay the inves
tors and in a year or two our city would
be dotted over with small industries
radiating a healthful vitality and bring
to us a more varied class of visitors
than we have ever known.
One hour's walk through certain dis
tricts of any of oqr,great cities will
make patent, to any observant mind
the great force as these small indus
tries.
Let us organize this ejriqpany an3
launch our city into a sea JifcWpeplfy,
Transit,
LOVED SOT WISELY SOR WELL.
Jacob Denike’s Erratic Affection Lead.
Him Into Serious Trouble.
Special to the Banner.
Newburg, N. Y., Aug. 22.—Jacob
Denike, a painter of this city, eloped
three weeks ago with the young wife of
Lorenzo Van Buren,jr., of Fishkill,who
was formerly a Miss Ida Crozier, of
Newburg. They went to Rochester and
thence to Rome, in this State. Mrs.
Van Buren deserted Denike and went
to Brooklyn. Her relatives wenld have
nothing to do with her and now
it is not known where she is. Denike re
turned to Newburg, but on his arrival
home was arrested on the charge of be
traying Mary Brundige, a good-looking
girl of about eighteen years. She alleges
that Denike is the father ot her two-
montlis-old child.
Denike consented to marry the girl,
and as she was willing the wedding was
set down for this morning at 10 o’clock.
The expectant bride, the Justice, the
Prosecuting Attorney, the groom and
•the Sheriff met at the appointed hour,
but Denike was told by the Sheri ft that
the costs of the prosecution must be
paid before the wedding took place. He
had no money, and the wedding was
postponded until 2 o’clock this after
noon. At that time he appeared with
counsel and announced that he had
changed his mind and would now fight
the case. He was held in default of
$500 bonds. Trial was set down for
Monday. Van Buren will bring pro
ceedings agains Denike for alienating
his wife’s afiection.
SNELSONS PROTEST.
The
INCREASING MR. RUSSELL’S FEES
Dp With the Banner.
Mr. A. S. Dorsey, the largest farmer
in Clarke county, was in the city yes
terday, and says he has got enough fod
der in his barn to last him three years.
He says his corn crop is immense. Mr.
Dorseo never sells any corn, but will
lend it to his neighbors, if they are in
need.
Six Bales Out.
Mr. Seabe Smith was in the city yes
terday, and says that Mr. Nat Arnold,
of Oglethorpe county, has already
picked out six bales of cotton, and
could have brought in the first bale a
week ago. There is too much to do on
the plantation to stop and gin it, and
the profit on the first hale would not
pay for getting it ready. The first bale
of cotton came in last year on the 17th
of August. It is not much behind this
year.
Wants- and Don’t Want.
Athens wants macadamized streets,
paved side-walks, more railroads, more
good men and a city clock. Athens is
on a big bbom, and don’t want any
more citizens but what will boom with
it and use Skiff, the jeweler’s Diamond
Spectacles.
A Local Bill that Creates a Good Deal of
Indignation in Athens.
Meeting one of the oldest and leading
oHfaens of Athens yesterdav he re
marked to tv Banner reporter':
“Do you Juiow that iV bill will be in
troduced in the Georgia Legislature at
its present session, to pay Solicitor-
General Russell all the insolvent costs
of the county instead of the $200 here
tofore paid?”
The Banner man remarked that he
had not heard of it.
“Well, it is true,” replied our in
formant, “and every citizen with whom
I have talked is indignant over it. It
is an unheard-of outrage. Mr. A. L.
Mitchell, while Solicitor-General, was
content with what the law gave him,
and did not want to take everything,
as was also Mr. E. T. Brown. Why,
the insolvent costs of the county may
amount to $10,000 some year, and if
this bill passes erery cent of it will go
into Mr. Russell’s pockets. Language
fails me when I try to classify such a
bill. The tax-payers of Clarke will not
sit quietly by and see themselves thus
imposed upon. A petition will be at
once circulated, asking the Legislature
to defeat the scheme.”
The Banner will investigate this
matter, and if such a bill is introduced
will unhesitatingly come to the defense
of the interests of the people and use
every eftort in its power to defeat it.
Our paper is here to defend the rights
of its patrons and will no* hesitate to
speak out when necessity demands.
Our motto is, “Hew to the line, let the
coips fall where they may.”
Gentleman From Merriwether
Complains of a Gag Law.
Special to The Bannor.
Atlanta, August 24.—The following
protest will be handed in next Monday
by Mr. Snelson:
Mr. Speaker—On the 12th day of Au
gust the gentleman from Ware made an
attack upon myself before this house.
On the 19th of August I replied to this
attack. Yesterday, the 23d of August,
the gentleman from Ware saw proper
to attack me again, and was allowed by
this house all the time b« desired. I
gave notice at $he close ftf his attack
that I vyoqld rise to a personal priviD
on MQ-Aay next to yeply to the at*
tack made wptm myself, l^day th<*
house hag adopted a rule that a
claiming personal privilege shall not
occupy but five minutes without an ex
tension of the house. I protest that
this is doing a burning wrong to the
humble member that has been wronged,
abused and misrepresented in many in*
Stances, aud I hereby enter my protest
against this amendment, in sO far
applies to replies to attacks that hay#
already been made Upon atiy of its
members, and ask that this protest be
entered upon the journal of this house.
LEERED OCT OP A BALLROOH
EN ROUTE.
Jake (Kilrain on His Way to Get His
Dose.
llr. Mendal Morris informs us that
the great pugilist Jake Kilrain passed
down the Air Line road on Friday
night in charge of an officer on his way
to Mississippi where he will get the
same dose that Sullivan got. Mr.
Morris says that he was very gentlman-
ly in his deportment throughout the
trip and made friends with every one
on board the train. He says that large
crowds would gather at every station
to see the pugilist and yell for him to
make his appearance.
Dr. Felton^eplied.
Special to the Banner.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug, 24.—The Jour
nal of to-day contains a lengthy reply
to Dr. W. Felton’s letter to the Casville
Farmer’s Alliance. The artiele is sign
ed J. F. B , and is written.by an Alli
ance man. The writer thoroughly an
swers the Doctor.
Miss Pinchbeck and Her Beau Too
Much For Saratoga Society.
Special to the Banner.
Saratoga, Aug. 24.—The sensation
here this year, social and otherwise,
have not been first class affairs by auy
means, but the occurrence which came
anywhere near being dramatic and sen
sational was the appearance the other
evening in the Grand Union Hotel ball
room of the daughter of ex-Lieut.-Gov.
Pinchbeck, of Louisiana, who is color
ed to a noticeable degree, and she was
accompanied by a young man plainly
hailing also in a more or less direct fash
ion from Africa. The ballrcom was so
crowded that people did not get a fair
chance to inspect each other, but the
Northern men and women—and there
are plenty of them here—speedily spot
ted the dusky strangers, and the chorus
of whispered comment aud half sup
pressed laughter which followed caused,
of course, Miss Pinchbeck’s retirement,
but Saratoga lias been talking about
little else for several days. Pinchback
is here, aud they he has an income of
$25,000 a year from the Louisiana State
Lottery. He secured the stock, it is al-
ledged,while he was Lieutenant, Gov
ernor.
SHOT DEAD IN HIS DOORWAY.
A Chicago Man Mysteriously Murder
in Broad Daylight.
Special to the Banner.
Chicago, Aug. 22.—Joseph Franer, a
Bohemian, 42 years of age, living in
West Nineteenth street, was shot and
killed at 10:4fl this morning by an un
know man while standing in bis back
doorway. The murderer made his
escape, running through the alley.
.Mrs. Franer,who heard the shot fired,
hastened to the back door to fined her
husband lying dead on the threshold.
His ody was taken to the house and
the polite notified, but there is no clue
to the murderer.