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IUK COURaNT AAiK: can. VOL. XIX. SUPPOSED TO BE AGUINALOD. jfficer Shot by Americans Near Vigan, Luzon liabv AND PAPERS captured. lelonged to Agulnaldo-Horse Cap ped Was Richly Saddled—Evi dently Belonged to Chief. Vigan, Luzon, June 2.—Major March, with his detachment of the G Regiment, overtook what is relieved to have been Aguinaldo s >arty on May 19, at La Gat, about 00 miles northeast of \ igan. Ihe Americans killed or wounded an jfficer supposed to be Aguinaldo, Ihose bodv was removed by his lollowers Aguinaldo had 100 men, fcai. March 125 The American iommander reached Laboagan, Irhere Aguinaldo had made his headquarters since March 6, on Slay 7- Aguinaldo had fled Even hours before, leaving all the Eaten trails and traveling through ■he forest along the beds of streams. ■Ward evening, May 19, Major fcarch struck Aguinaldo’s outpost |bout a mile outside of La Gat, lilliug four of the Filipinos and lapturing two. From the latter he larned that Aguinaldo had camp id for the night. Although ex hausted and half starved, Major ■larch's men entered La Gat on [he run. They saw the insurgents Scattering into the bushes or over Ilateau. A thousand yards beyond ■he town on the mountain side the Kgures of twenty-five Filipinos pressed in white, with their leader Bn a gray horse, we: e silhouetted ■gainst the sunset. The Ameri cans fired a volley and saw the of ■ker dropped from his horse. His ■followers fled, carrying the body. ■The Americans on reaching the ■spot caught the horse, which was ■richly saddled. Blood from a bad- By wounded man was on the ■ground. The saddlebags contain- Bed Aguiualdo's diary and some pri vate papers, including proclama tions. One of these was addressed ■To the civilized nations.” It pro- Hest.s agai Ist the Americans ocupa- Hion 0: the Philippines. There was ■lso found copies of Senator Beve- Bidge's speech translated into Spau- Kh and entitled "The Death Knell ■ Filipino People.” I the search for aguinaldo. Maj. March, believing that the ilipinos had taken to a river which ’ a tributary to the Chico, follow d it for two days, reaching Tiao, diere he learned that a party had eseended the river May 20 on a G with the body of a dead or ounded man upon a Litter covered Mb palm leaves. There Maj. larch reviewed his command, '•dess and exhausted,and picked ut twenty-four of the freshest ,en with whom he beat the sur nunding country for six days lon r. but without finding any trace the insurgents. The Americans Nied on and arrived at Aparri lay 29. Fhe officer shot was either ■gtnnaldo or his adjutant, and as borse was richly caparisoned it a fair presumption that it was gtnnaldo. E Rome’s Small Pox. Jl 6 . ome Commercial thus the small pox situation 'that city; Compulsory vaccination is being ■e m the city as a preventative famst small pox. ecK ' S , ad ver y good. The peo itbr, * and su huiit to vaccination tv - Uta “urmur, but while the s enforcing the precaution ' ,' le should take care of those ITt :‘' ead y have the contagion, te tF, not i necessar y for us to indi lurtH e ° j at ' on a case in the the' as been known ornitig Uth ° rities since >’ esterda y pTnlu* I ' s bouse a case was car •o “ e P es f house a few weeks ni embers of the family dav/ le c and released after a turn tTG tlme after their I? 0111 " ° fthe fa “ily was sea.se ' ° the loathsome s terda S \ report^d to authorities C ra ay morning. r were ai? bel ° n & in g to that fam reets the freedom of the abo u I the discovery and up noon no move had been made to carry the case out of the city. Vaccination is all right but this is not all the precautionary meas ures necessary to the stamping out of the disease. ATTEMPTED TRAIN ROBBERY- Thrilling Experience of Train Crew With Texas Bandits. Long View, Tex., June 4. —An ineffectual attempt to hold up the northbound "cannon ball” train on the International and Great North ern was made shortly after mid night near Price’s Switch, sixty miles south of this city. Engineer Charles Rich saw a pile of crossties and a lantern on the track and stopped. Three masked men with leveled revolvers forced the engineer and Fireman Love to uncouple the mail, bag gage and express cars and pull about two miles from the remain der of the train. The robbers then commanded Express Messenger Rutherford to open his car door and failing to get any response, made Fireman Love break in the door with a coal pick. As the fire man broke down the door he called to the messenger and Baggagemas ter Strong not to shoot. The mes senger replied lie would kill the first man to enter the car. Love was forced in and the messenger shouted: “Get aside, Love,” and fired. The robbers instantly fired into the car, but its occupants were not struck. During the confusion Engineer Rich crawled to his en gine and boarded it unnoticed. He pulled the throttle wide open and left the robbers behind. A quick run was made to Jacksonville, fif teen miles north. At daybreak bloodhounds were put on the trail of the robbers. The hold-up occur red near the vicinity where the same train was robbed five years ago. QUIET HOME WEDDING. Mr. T. E. Vaughan and Miss Annie Collins Will Marry Tonisrht. A quiet home wedding wilL oc cur tonight at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Collins, when their daughter, Ivliss Annie L. Collins will be united in marriage to Mr. T. Emory Vaughan. The ceremony w ill be performed by Rev. W. R. Branham at half past eight o’clock after which re freshments will be served. Only the near relatives and a few inti mate friends are invited, and after receiving the congratulations of the guests they will go to the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Vaughan, where they will reside for a few days, until the house which is be ing piepared for them, opposite Mr. A. C. Williams, is made ready for their reception. Miss Annie Collins is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Collins, and is a young lady of many charming traits of character, while Mr. Vaughan, is a steady and enterprising young merchant and a member of the firm of J. W. Vaughan & Cos. Both of these young people have many warm friends who wish them much happiness. TH E C ROSSES OF HON OR. They Will be Distributed to Veter ans Next Saturday. The crosses of honor will be given out to the veterans at the opera house next Saturday morn ing at io o’clock. The Daughters of the Confederacy announced these exercises to come off Wednesday but upon request of the veterans it was postponed. The ladies had 77 certificates but on account of the delay in receiving them not enough crosses could be had. Sixty-eight will be bestowed. The following is the programme: Master of ceremonies—Judge John W. Akin. Prayer—Rev. C. A. Allday. Song—Mrs J. W. Harris. Address—Maj. C. H. Smith. Chorus. Bestowal of Crosses by Mes dames Akin, Herring, Johnson and Miss Smith. Song—Mrs. A. B. Cuuyus. Response—Maj. A. M. Foute. Chorus—‘‘God be with you ’till we meet again.” Benediction. Reception- The Cherokee Club will enter tain in honor of the teachers of Bartow Cos. Institute on Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock, at the res idence of Maj. C. H. Smith. All club members and honorary mem bers are requested to come. 4' ‘ cuStswHtlt alTllsTfails. Bt Cough Syrup. Ta*te* Good. Use HI in time. Sold by druggist*. PI QARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JUNE 7. 15)00. ' OUT IN TEXAS The Brocks and the Wall Factions Have a Clash- GOVERNORORDERSOUTTROOPS To Preserve Order —Three Men Were Killed, Including; Sheriff Roberto—Trouble Political-. Houston, Tex., June 4. —At San Augustine, San Augustine county, this morning a pitched battle be tween the Wall faction on the one side and the Brocks on the other resulted in the death of Felix G. Roberts, his brother Sidney and the fatal wounding of Noel Roberts sheriff of the county and brother of the dead men. The feud grew out of politics and has been brewing for some years. A few weeks ago Ned Wall, the sheriff, was shot and killed by King Borden, at San Augustine. Borden fled, but after wards surrendered and was admit ted to bail. Noel Roberts was ap pointed sheriff. Last Saturday Eugene Wall, brother of the dead sheriff, shot to death Ben Brocks, a kinsman of Borden. Today the factions met, when the examining trial of Wall was to have been held and every man came to the court house armed. Hostilities began with the appearance of S .eriff Rob erts and his brother, who fell at the first volley from a score of guns. A few scattering shots were return ed by the Wall factionists, but did no execution. Sheriff Robe.ts was removed to his home, where he died iiua short time. Application was at once made to the governor for troops and the Stone Fort Rifles were ordered from Nacogdoches, but they have to go by stage and will not arrive at San Augustine until tomorow. There is much excitement and more trouble is feared. Both factions are large and com posed of nervy men. Eugene Wall, the leader of his faction, is 26 years old and has killed lour men in as many years. THE VETS RETURN Bartow’s ContinKent at Louisville Reunion Report a Good Time. Bartow’s crowd of veterans and visitors, of which there were all of fifty, have returned from their in teresting trip to the Louisville re union. • All, without exception, praise the hospitality of the people of Louisville, and report a pleasant trip, notwithstanding the rain, which was incessant, almost, from the time they left until they re turned home. The main bulk of our visitors, who went in a special car and on a special train on Tuesday morn ing did not reach Louisviiie until Wednesday morning at 2:35 and staid in their coach until daylight. Then they went out into the city and divided up into little sight see ing squads, taking in reunion feat ures and points of interest in the city. Georgia was there in force, both with her chivalric .veterans and beautiful girls and handsome boys, and as did the visitors of other southern states, made a fine im pression on their hosts. The reunion was a grand suc cess. and the parade, if the weath er had have been favorable, would have been the grandest pageant the south had ever witnessed. Louisville certainly did her level best and the best of system and method characterized all the ar rangements and the heartiness of the city’s welcome was everywhere manifest in the official circles and among the people. Memphis being selected as the next place for the reunion seemed to meet with general approval, and it is believed it will go to Balti more in 1902. Quite Creditable. The closing exercises at the opera house of the Independent Colored school, last Friday night, was quite a creditable affair. The neat and cleanly appearance of the scholars, and the perfection in the recital and rendition of their pieces were only evidences of the fact, that Mary E. Cothran had discharged faithfully her duty as teacher. The parasol drill rendered by twenty-four girls in pink and blu costumes was worthy of special mention. Although the opera house was packed to its utmost capacity, the be tof order was observed. This sp ks well for the teacher and hei patrons. HEAVY LOSS AT TAMPA- Fire Destroys $200,000 Worth of Property In the Florida City. Tampa, Fla., June 3.—A fire, entailing a loss of probably $200,- 000, started at 11 o’clock Saturday night in the main business section of the city. T..e names were first discovered in tne rear ol Cohen, Friedman & Cos \s large depart ment store, and fi tee., minutes la ter the building was a mass of ruins. At 11:30 o’clock the fire was communicated to the big Jackson building, occupied by J. L. Maii soii. dry goods, and H. T. Vatter-! liu, shoes, and the structure was practically wrecked. The losses are today estimated as follows: Cohen, Friedman & Cos., stock SIOO,OOO, insurance $50,000; Davis block, loss $20,000, insurance $lO,- 000; Jackson block, loss $30,00r, insurance unknown; J. L. Maii sou, stock $25,000, insurance un known; H. T. Vatterlin, loss not yet assed; other tenants, losses $25,- 000. A NOTABLE WEDDING- Two Well Known Society People to Wed Next Wednesday Nlsht. Rome Commercial. Next Wednesday night at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. Mrs. D. W. Curry on East Fouith street, Mr. Walter Grffin and Miss Annie Curry will be unit ed in marriage by Rev. J. H. Fakes. There will be twenty-six atten dants including the best man and maid of honor. Mr. Griffin is one of Rome’s prominent young cotton men and is highly esteemed by all who know him. * Miss Curry is a very talented young lady and is one of Rome’s social favorites. After the cere mony the bridal couple will leave on an extended trip to Old Point Comfort, Washington City, Ash yille and other points. NOT ALARMED. New York’s Sanitary Officer on the Bubonic Plaßue. New York, June 2. —A, H. Doty, the health officer of the port of New’ York in an interview said that there is not a city in the world whose sanitary conditions are su perioi to those of New York and consequently he has no fears that the bubonic plague will obtain a foothold here. He says that bu bonic plague, like typhus fever, is pre-eminently a disease which thrives in filth and overcrowding and other bad sanitary conditions. ‘ Although the transmission of the bubonic plague by vermin com plicates the treatment of this form of this infection, it is quite certain that the danger from it can be re duced to the minimum by the ob servance of proper care,” said the doctor in an interview. “I do not hesitate to say that on the appearance of bubonic plague in any place where proper sanitary conditions exist and the importance of cleanliness and fresh air is fully recognized, the disease would soon be undei control.” League Meeting- The Literary department of the Epworth League will hold its reg ular meeting Friday evening. The occasion will be “An Evening with our Hymn Writers,” with the fol lowing programme: DEVOTIONAL EXERCISES. “Sketch ot Life of Augusta Toplady” .. Miss Rosebud Edwards. “Paper on Francis Havregale” Misbllie Stanford. Vocal Solo M.ss Persia Hall. Reading Miss Oorrie Jones. The Gate Ajar Miss Persia Hall mg League. “ .ias Wesley and his hymns” Miss Mary Wikle. “Sketch of the hie of Author of “Praise God Iroin Whom All Blessings Flow’' A iss Alma Hendiicks. Notice to Veterans- To P. M. B. Young Camp U. C. V. The ladies in charge of this worthy subject, will deliver crosses of honor to such' members of our camp as have made application therefor, on Saturday next 9th in stant. Exercises at opera house 10 o'clock a. m. All members of the camp who have made application, are urged to be present; all others invited. A. M. FouTE, Commander. D. B. Freeman, Adjutant. J vJI Cell NaiHC guarantee of There are many superior brands of baking worth powders, but “Royal Baking Powder” is recognized at once as the brand of great name, the powder of highest favor and reputation. Everyone has absolute confi dence in the food where Royal is used. Pure and healthful food is a matter of vital importance to every individual. Royal Baking Powder assures the finest and . most wholesome food. There are many imitation baking powders, made from alum, mostly sold cheap. Avoid them, as they make the food unwholesome. SOY At BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK. . ALL TEACHERS RE-ELECTED School Board Retains Same Corps In the Public Schools. At the regular meeting of the city school board held last Friday evening the sameeffiecient corps of teachers who have served in the public schools for the past year were re-elected, and there will be no change for the next term. The following is the list of those elected: Prof. W. W. Daves, superinden dent. EAST SCHOOL Miss Mary Lou Young, princi pal and teacher of first and second grades. Miss Pearl Goodwin, third and fourth grades. Miss Pauline Dennis, fifth grade. WEST SCHOOL. Miss Eva Happoldt, first and second grades. Miss Maude Norris, third and fourth grades. Mrs. Lillie Bradley, sixth grade. HIGH SCHOOL. Miss Viola Stanford, first grade. Miss Lena Ford, second grade. Prof. W. W. Daves, third grade. What Shall We Eat and What Shall We Drink- Van Hooten’s cocoa 20c.,per can. Fine Blended tea, 75c., per lb.,good as any tea sold at SI.OO. Just a few 7 cans high grade coffee left to close our chep. Our choice roast ed Rio coffee 7 lbs., for SI.OO, can’t be beat at any price. A fresh bar rel salt fish, the cheapest eating in the way of meats, 4 lbs., for 25c., while they last, former price per lb. Nice country dried apples, worth 10c. Whole v h at flour per 24 lbs 60c., small quantities 3c. per lb. Note these prices for flour: Yeach Extra Family, net cash, by the barrel, 200 lbs., $3.70; Fancy Patent, best flour on the market, $4.75 per bbl., 24 lbs., 60c., Half Patent, 24 lbs., 50c. Berkshire hams 14c., per lb. Picnic hams 1 ic. Georgia Ribbon Cane syrup, 40c. Finest reboiled 50c. New ship ment sweet mixed and plain spiced pickles, cucumber 40c., per gal., sweet mixed, 80c. Everything in groceries fresh, first class and at cor rect prices. SATTERFIELD & GILREATH. Phone 5. Blacksmith Coal. A car load of Blacksmith coal iust received. Do you need any? It- A. C. Williams. The South’s Representation- Washington, June 1. —The sen ate committee on privileges and elections today had under consid eration Senator Pritchard's resolu tion declaring exclusion from the privilege of franchise because of race to be ’unconstitutional. The committee decided to recommend the adoption of a substitute direct ing the committee to investigate whether such exclusion is antago nistic to the constitution. The substitute passed the committee by a party vote and if it is agreed to by the senate the investigation will be undertaken by the commit tee. The resolution is predicated upon conditions in North Carolina, but considerable interest is mani fested in it by the senators from all the southern states. Our Growth in Population. Ladies’ Home Journal. There were but 5,300,000 people in America when this century opened. France had five times as many people; Germany and even Austria, had four times America’s population; Italy had three times as many, and sohad Great Britain Even Spain had double our number of people, and little Portugal was almost our rival in numbers. We have more people now than any European nation except Russia, alone leads us. We have one-half more people than Germany. We have practically 75,000,000 in the United States, and 10,000,000 more in our new possessions. State of Ohio, City of Toledo,) Lucas County'. f 8S - Frank J Cheney makes oath that be is the senior partner of the firm of F. J, Cheney it Cos .doing business in the city of Toledo, county and state aforesaid and that said firm will pav the sum oi ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for ea. h and every case oi catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure. TRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subsribed in my presence, this the 6th day oi Decem ber, A. D. 1886. i A W. GLEASON, |seal \ Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internal ly and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the syeteni. Send for testimonials, free. F. J CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold or druggist, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. K. of P. Meeting Notice- A regular con vention of Car tersville Lodge No. 42, of Pythias, F~y&' will be held in V* the Castle Hall Friday. June B’h at 8:00 p. in. / sharp. Work in 2 *. Rank. C. M. Milam, C. C. W. H. Wikle, K. R. S. no. ;jr>.