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BOY MURDERER SLAYS THREE Killed Father, Mother and Sister In Cold Blood. A DEMON AT AGE OF THIRTEEN. Father Was First Victim—Later on the Boy Used Deadly Knife on Mother and Sister. Npws of a terrible tragedy reached Athens, Ala., from the interior of the county, remote from telephone and telegraph connections. A few months since a thirteen-year-ohl lad by the name of Thomas, while following his father from the woods with a loaded gun on his shoulder, shot his father in the back, death resulting almost in stantly. The father wns not able to tell how it happened and the boy claimed that it was an accident, but was not believed by the neighbors. The facts were laid before the grand jury, but the jury hesitated to indict the boy from the testimony, it appear ing that the state could not convict. The neighbors were so wrought up over the matter that the widow and her children had to move from that neighborhood. Since that time the boy, it seems, has ruled the home, working when he chose. The older sister, a rather prepossessing young woman just entering womanhood, hod the largest share of the farm work to do to protect the widow and little ones from want. Last Friday evening she iusisted that the boy take his share of the work and so persistent was she that the boy flew into a rage and drawing a keen knife flew at her, slashing her fearfully, severing her breast wide open aud otherwise gashing her to such an extent that she died in a short while. The aged mother rushed to the girl’s assistance and the lad turn ed on her. With a demon’s fury he slashed her with terrible effect. The first cut disemboweled her. She fell and died before aid could be summon ed. The triple murderer then alone with the smaller children no one to prevent gathered such things as he needed and fled before the neighbors could be summoned by the frightened and terror-stricken children. MOXTUMERY FOLSOM DEAD. ITn* One of the Mont Versatile Newiipn prr .Men In the South. Montgomery M. Folsom, one of the best known newspaper men in the eonth, died suddenly at his residence in Atlanta, (la., Sunday morning, after an illness of ouly a few hours. Saturday morning Mr. Folsom was apparently in his usual good health, and left his home in unusual good eprits. He returned "homo about 1 o’clock in the nfteruoon and complain ed of feeling bad. At 3 o’clock he had a violent sinking spell and was soon unconscious. He remained in that condition until death relieved him. The immediate cause of-his demise was apoplexy, superinduced by an af fection of the heart, from which he had been a sufferer for the past two year*. Montgomery Morgan Folsom was one of the most brilliant and prolific writers in the south, and his literary productions were widely read and copied. He wrote prose and poetry with equal facility, and his acquaint ance with men and affairs was exten sive. He was an indefatigable worker, and one of the most productive news paper meu in Atlanta. He is survived by a wife and five children. PUBLIC DEBT AWAY UP. Statement Given Out Show* Figures To Be Over * Million Hollar*. A Washington dispatch says: The statement of the public debt at the close of the fiscal year 1899 shows that the debt, less cash in the treasury, amounted to §1,155,3*20, which is a decrease as compared with June, 1898, of $13,571,172.' This decrease is accounted for by a corresponding increase in the cash on hand. MBS. SOUTH WORTH DEAD. Well Known Authoress Passes Avray After Brief Illness. Mrs. Emma D. E. X. Southwortb, the authoress, died at her residence in Washington Friday night, after an ill ness of several weeks. About a month ago Mrs. Southworth was prostrated by the heat and the infirmity of ad vanced age, she being in her seventy ninth year, rendering her unable to recuperate from the attack. She lived for many yec?s a retired ljfe in picturesque mansion of the old-fashioned type, located on a hill in west Washington, overlooking the hills of Virginia. .MHS. DREYFUS SEES HI’SBA>D Meeting; In Prluon XVn* a Highly Dramatic and Affecting One. A dispatch from Rennes, France, says: Dreyfus arrived at 6 a. m. via L’Orient and Redon. The prisoner appeared to be in good health. He was at once placed in prison. The governor of the prison sent Mme. Dreyfuß the news of the arrival of her husband and she immediately went to the governor aud asked per mission to see the prisoner. Leave being granted, the faithful wife enter ed the prison almost unobserved and was conducted to cell No. 830, accom panied by Mme. Havlet. The meeting between the long-parted husband and wife can be better imag ined than described. Naturally it was most touching. Both Dreyfus and his wife were deeply affected. They re mained long clasped in each other’s arras, tears and smiles intermingling with tender endearments. Mme. Dreyfns issued from the pris on in a state of collapse. She found her husband much aged with beard and hair whitened and body shrunken and stooped. She said Dreyfus knew' nothing of the events of the past two years. MINERS BURN TOWN. 'Dilon Men Were Driven Ont —Act Was For ltevenge. A special from Carbonale 111., 6ays: Union City, a small town built and oc cupied by union miners was burned at midnight Saturday night, after a bat tle between the union men ar.d import ed negro miners who were fired upon at Fredonia Saturday. Seeking revenge for the killing, of a woman and the wounding of twenty men in their party, the negroes raided Union City at midnight. They open ed fire on the homes of the union men. The latter promptly replied. The bat tle lasted tmtil the union miners were driven from their homes aud took re fuge in a clump of timber close to the village. The non-union men at once applied the torch and the villiage was destroyed. The negros then advanced oh the woods where the union miners were concealed, and until daylight a fusi lade was kept up between the factions. MORE HOMESTEAD TROUBLE. Union Mon Demand I’elnetatement and Officials Refuse To Comply. A Pittsburg dispatch says: There now seems to be no doubt that there will be an extensive strike at the big Homestead plant of the Carnegie Steel Company. The question at issue is practically the same as in 1892—recog nition by the company of the Amalga mated Association. The men seem determined to stand by their union, while the company has announced that no amalgamated association men can be employed in its plant. The present trouble was precipi tated Fridry when a committee of thirteen went to Superintendent Co rey to demand the reinstatement of fifteen union men who had been dis charged. , Mr. Corey aud President C. M. .Schwab not only discharged them, but informed them that they could not even go back into the mill to get their dinner buckets. HAPPY MINERS THESE. An Advance of Two and a Half Cents A Ton In Alabama Is Granted. A Birmingham special says: Fol lowing in the footsteps of signing a contract with the miners for coal min ing for a year, commencing July Ist, the Tennessee Coal aud Iron Cos. and the Sloss Iron and Steel Cos. Saturday morning announced an advance of 2£ cents per tan on mining. This brings the miners’ wages up to 52£ cents per ton, the highest price that has pre vailed for years. The company ex pressed a desire that as little time as possible be lost in the celebration of the Fourth of July. GOVERNOR CALLS THOOPS To Quell the Trouble Between Miners at CartersviUe, 111. Acting Governor Warder of Illinois Saturday evening ordered the compa panies of the Fourth infantry Illinois National Guard, located at Carbondale and Mt. Vernon, to proceed to Car tersville at once and preserve the peace. This action was taken upon representations from the sheriff and prominent citizens of that section of the country, who telegraphed the act ing governor that the sheriff was pow erless to keep the peace aud that the troops were necessary. MOVEMENT OF TRANSPORTS. Sherman and Warren l’reparinsr to Sail Homr With Troops. The war department has received the following message from General Otis: Manila, July 4.—Adjutant General, Washington: California infantry and artillery, numbering 1,400, aud dis charged men, take Sherman now load ing at Negro®. Warren takes Colo rada, 1,100, now preparing preparatory papers; difficult to lighten transports iu typhoon now prevailing. Grant unloaded; in four days will take on Idaho, North Dakota and Wyoming, 65 officers, 1,500 men, with other dis charged men. (Signed! Otis. nils OF Mil ns Happenings In the State of Inter esting Import. Military Advisory Board'Named. The advisory board of the Georgia state militia, which on account of resignations and retirements from the service has not been an active body for the past few months, is now thoroughly reorganized, and all va cancies filled by officers interested in the success of the state organization. The duty of the board is of an ad visory nature to the governor, who can summon the members at any time for the purpose of consultation, or direct the board to make an inspection of any regiment or command in the state service. The list of members for the advisory board was filled out by Gov ernor Candler and the order announc ing their appointment was issued a day or two ago as follows: “Special Order No. 73. —The fol lowing named officers of the Georgia volunteers are announced as members of the advisory board for the unex pired term, ending October 13, 1899: “Colonel A. R. Lawton, First in fantry, vice Gordon. “Colonel Wm. E. Wooten, Fourth infantry, vice Kendrick. “Lieutenant Colonel W. S. Shep herd, aid-de-camp, vice Fisher. “Captain A. J. Renkl, Sixth infan try, vice Brooks. “Captain W. W Barker, Fifth in fantry, vice Wooten. “Captain J. S. Dozier, First battal ion cavalry, vice Fleming. “By command of the governor. Phil G. Byrd, “Acting Adjutant General.” The organization of the board as it stands at the present time will hold until October 13th, when an entirely new board will be named by Governor Candler. * * * Last of Consolidated. The Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Company is no more. At a meeting of the directors held a few days ago the name of the corporation was changed to the Atlanta Railway and Power Company. Permission to effect a change of name was granted by the secretary of state after the usual thirty day’s ad vertisement of the petition. The directors and stockholders of the Atlanta Railway and Power Com pany will be named and announced at an early date. This new company will operate all of the street car lines in the city except the Collins Park and Belt line. Transfers will be granted on all the lines of the Atlanta Railway and Power Company as soon as the physical connections have been made. This will be done as soon as permis sion shall be gotten from the council to-make said connections. * * * Charter For New Road. The Offerman and Western, anew railroad running from Offerman, in Pierce county, to Nichols, in Coffee county, has asked for a charter from the secretary of state. The proposed road will be forty miles long and will traverse the famous pine timber land. Among the incorporators are Frank B. Haviland, of New York; Henry P. Talmadge, of Planeville, N. J., aud John J. McDonough, of Savannah. * * * To Celebrate Labor Day. Extensive preparations are already on foot for the celebration of Labor Day in Atlanta in a manner commen surate with the size and importance to which organized labor in that city has grown. Within the past six months the la bor unions of the state have had a de cided stimulus. The formation some months ago of a state federation of trades had the effect of bringing all the trades unions in the various towns of Georgia into closer touch with one another, and these unions are natur ally expected to feel a vital interest in any movement that Atlanta may take. With this in mind, it is proposed to enlist the aid of other towns and make the next Labor Day an affair which shall be more than local. * * * Carter*Tllle*B Liquor Law Illegal. The decision of Judge Harris, of the CartersviUe city court, in the case of J. B. Heyward vs. city council on the receut ordinance against receiving whisky was announced last Saturday morning. The case assumed the form of habeas corpus, and the decision was in favor of Mr. Heyward in that the ordinance was ultra vires and void. Judge Harris delivered an elaborate decision, covering fully the funda mental principles of liberty and gov ernment. This ordinance, so far as known, is the most extreme measure ever enact ed on the lino of prohibition, no at tempt heretofore ever having been made to make the receiving of whi>ky by a person a crime. ... Newspaper Man Cnwhlded. George A. Gregory, city editor of The Savannah Morning News, was horsewhipped in front of The News office Saturday afternoon by E. A. Breck, collector for a local installment house. . , Breck held a revolver in one hand and a buggy whip in the other. The cowhiding was the resnlt of an article which was written by Editor Gregory published in The News Fri day. It criticised these installment collectors, saying that they were a menace to housekeepers, and took servants from their work, in many cases running them off. The collectors took exception to the article, and demanded a retraction, • which was refused. The cowiiiding was the sequel. Dr. Dixon Courts Inv*stiff*tton. Dr. E. E. Dixon, president of the Georgia sanitarium, believes there is some shrewd political scheming hid den beneath the charges which have been made against the trustees by the investigating committee. He stales that he has nothing to conceal and courts the fullest investi gation, especially in regard to the charge which has been made that he received a free carload of coal from the company which secured the con tract to supply the sanitarium. While he refrains from impugning the motives of the committee Dr. Dix on believes the ■ legilators have un knowingly allowed themselves to be used by “political schemers” who, for personal reasons, desire to secure a change in the board of trustees. * * * STATE FAIR NOTES. Applications for space for exhibits at the state fair are pouring into Sec retary Martin’s office in a perfect flood. And it behooves every county and manufacturer, and individual, Contem plating making a display to immedi ately signify that intention. The demand for space in the gov ernment building, which will be used for the machinery and transportation displays, and manufacturing devices of all kinds, has been larger than that of any state fair ever held in the south. The building will be crowded with the product-s of a line of manu facturers who do not usually make ex hibits at fairs. Among these appli cants is a concern in Philadelphia that makes harvesting machines. The officers of the concern ordered their southern traveling representative to investigate the situation and secure space for an exhibit if he thought the interest in the fair was sufficient to warrant it. After a business trip of several weeks, during which time the representative went over all sections of the state, he concluded that nearly every one in Georgia was going to visit the fair, and everywhere he found the greatest interest in it. He so wrote his people, and they notified him to apply for space, which he did immediately. He said, iu speaking of it: “I came to the conclu sion that if I wanted to place the pro ducts of my house before the farmers of Georgia the best way to do it was to make an exhibit at the state fair. Every farmer, I saw during a trip of six week3 in all parts of the state said that he felt the greatest interest in the fair and intended visiting Atlanta next fall. From the expressions I have heard, I think that the fair will be the biggest kind of a success. If I didn’t think so I certainly wouldn’t allow my company to go to the expense of mak ing an exhibit.” 'lbis is but one instauce in many showing the great and growing inter est in the enterprise. Interest iu the educational depart ment is becoming greater each day. When the committee on education de cided to adopt a novel plan of getting the school children of the state to come to the fair and take part in the various contests it anticipated nothing like the enthusiasm that has been dis played. From present indications no less than 100 boys and girls will visit Atlanta to compete for the premiums offered. The industrial contests are also as suming large proportions, and a large amount of space will be required to display the work done by boys and girls. Among the farm exhibits to be made by women two are worthy of special mention just now. One is going to be made by Mrs. Nellie Peters Black, who owns one of the most complete farms in North Georgia; the other by Mrs. Bryan, who owns a large and prosper ous farm in northwest Georgia, near Lookout mountain. Both ladies will make comprehensive farm exhibits,in cluding live stock and all other feat ures which go to make up a good farm display. The woodwork and forged iron con test open to Georgia boys between 16 aud 20 is exciting much interest all over the state. President Lyman Hall, of the School of Technology, who has made the drawings for this interesting contest, is receiving letters daily from Georgia boys asking for copies of them. He Las already sent out a large number, and the contestants will have all summer to study the six drawings of wood features at and the same num ber of forged iron features and prac tice with a view to getting in their work next October. Pfonfors CUBAN OIL cures B IWISIVs v Cuts, Bums, Bruises, Rheu matism and Sores. Price, 25 cents. G. W. DeLaPerriere, Winder, Ga U4S.A.U* _ [ibiii tU wAt —TO— ATUN’TA, CHAKLottp AUCiUSIA, ATH y ’ WILMINGTON, S’ KW ORUi’v-a CHAT I AXOOOA, NASIIViLLK ' AND NKW YORK, BOSTON PHILADELPHIA, WASHINuVnv NORFOLK, UICHMOMi ’ in Effect Pc. 1R SOUTHBOUND No. 403, No i, Lv. New York. Tenn.R.R. *n 00am * r jon,C Lv. Philadelphia, “ 1 12pm 12 S Lv. Baltimore, “ 815 pm 25tam Lv. Washington, “ 4 40pm 4 30am Lv. Richmond, A. C.L., 8 56pm 9 05am Lv. Norfolk, 8. A. L., *8 3Opm _ *^05r; Lv. 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L., *7 53pm *4 25am Ar. Charlotte, “ *lO 25pm *7 50am Lv. Monroe, “ *7 45pm *5 55am Lv. Hamlet, “ , *ll 15pm 7 45am Ar. Wilmington, “ *l2 40pm Lv. Southern Tines, “ *l2 08am *9 00am Lv. Raleigh, " *2 20am 1118 am Ar. Henderson, *l2 50pm Lv. Henderson, 328 am 105 pm Ar. Durham, % Lv, Durham, Ar. Weldon, *2 45pm Ar. Richmond, A. C. L., 8 20am 7 12pm Ar. Washington.Tenn.R.R. 12 31pm 1110 pm Ar. Bfltimore, “ 143 pm 103 am Ar. Thiladelpliia, “ 350 pm 350 am Ar. New York, “ *6 23pm*6 53am Ar. Tortsmouth, 8. A. L., 7 25am 5 20pm Ar. Norfolk. “ *7 38am *5 38pm * Daily. + Dally except Sunday. No®. 403 and 402.—“ The Atlanta Special,’ Solid Vestibuled Train of Till man Sleepers and Coaches between Washington and At lanta, al*o Tuilman Sleepers between Ports mouth and Chester, S. C. No . 41 and 33.—“ The S. A. L. Express,* So’hl Train, Coaches and Pullman sleepers between Portsmouth and Atlanta. Company Sleepers between Columbia and Atlanta. 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