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SHERIFF NABS MOB MEMBERS Little Jail at Lynchburg, Tennessee, Attacked by Lynchers. PRISONER SHOT TO DEATH Sheri# Made Every Effort to Protect His Charge---One Member of Mob Shot and Three Captured. At Lynchburg, Tenn., early Friday morning Sheriff George R. Davidson, in attempting to save the life of a ne gro prisoner, lired into a mob which was assailing the jail, wounding j man whose name was not divulged. The sheriff summoned assistance, but he and his aides were overpower ed, the jail entered and the much want ed negro, Allen Small, shot to death in the corridor. The mob was composed of about twenty-live people. Sheriff David3jn was alone at the time. He refused to give up the keys and opened lire from a window. He wounded one of the mob, Lut ids identity is not known. The sheriff then called for the police. Two officers and several citizens rushed to the jail, but despite the'r presence, the mob battered down Lie wooden door at the foot of the stairs leading to the corridor. The shorilf and posse made a stout resistance, b it were unable to prevent the mob from breaking in the iron door at the head of the sairs and entering the cel't occu pied by the negro, about whose neck they placed a rope. As noon as the men emerged from the cell, it became apparent, that the negro could not he taken from the jail and hung for fear of being fired on, and he was shot to dec J . The mob then made an effort to escape, but the sheriff and his guard captured three of them, and they are in jail. One of them, It is said, has made a confession, implicating tlrr teon men in the affair. Small was under arrest on the charge of assaulting Mrs. Eliza Eggles ton, and at his preliminary hearing the warrant was so amended as to charge a simple case of assault. The negro had waived examination and was w’oil ing the action of the grand jury. ROT UN POLICE RACKET IN ATLANTA. iarcial Comedy Results From factional Dif ferences in Boord of Commissioners. The Atlanta Constitution prints lha following In Friday morning's issue: In the formal charges made against Captain Z. B. Moon, of the police ue partmeat, hy Chief John W. Hall mat ters of a far more grave and serious aspect than have yet been made public have come to light. Captain Moon is said to have furnished information to a woman warning her that the police were about to prosecute her on the charge of keeping a house of question able character. This charge is made in addition to the others of circulating a false report against the chief of po lice and with refusing to obey an or der issued to him by the chief. A letter is in the possession of the chief of police, written in a handwrit ing. the exact counterpart of Captain Moon’s, in which one Mrs. Lulu Breen was warned that detectives wore about to prosecute her before the grand jury. The letter is signed “Your Friend Jones." There was no attempt to disguise the handwriting and the letter was written on the same kind of paper which the captain had used in making a report to the chief. The whole affair lias assumed a very serious nature, and the deparS ment is on the eve of one of the most sensiitkWal investigations thaf"has t:t -rS'h place for a long while. SUNDAY BASEBALL BARRED. Alabama Solans Pass Bill Stopping Came on Lord's Da>. The Alabama senate Friday after noon passed the house bill to prohib’t the playing of baseball, football. goF or tennis on Sunday by a vote of 22 ro 10. It is now ready for the governor’s signature. He will sign it. This means no more Sunday baseball in Alabama The house anti boycott bill was re ported favorably in the senate. NEGRO LABOR AGENT HEAVILY FINED. For Enticing Workers from Georgia Arnold noW Bryant is Hard Hit hy Court. In Berrien county court, at Tif'on. Ga„ Thursday, Arnold Bryant, color ed, was convicted of enticing hands out of the state under contract to labor, and Judge Peeples imposed a fine of SI,OOO or eight months in the chain gang. This is said to bo the heaviest fin? ever imposed in Berrien county. It is understood that Bryant was persnad ing hands to leave turpentine farms in Berrien to work oa places in Florida. CAPITOL IS RENOVATED. National Halls of Legislation Will Be Ready lor the Assembling of the Congress on November 9th. A Washington special says: At the capitol Thursday the positive state ment was made by uiose engaged in getting the building in readiness for the assemblage of congress that the date of the extra session has been definitely fixed for November 9. Su perintendent Elliott Woods could have the building ready for occupancy at an earlier date if necessary, for when the present improvements and decorations were commenced it was understood that they were to be com pleted not later than October *!?. Work has been progressing steadily on this basis, so that Mr. Woods says he will have the senate and house lobbies fin ished by that date and the various committee rooms and corridors redeco rated and furnished at the same time. In anticipation of congress being called together earlier than November 9, the carpets are now laid upon the floors of the chambers of the house and senate and the desks are being placed in position. The house will celebrate its entry into the “four hundred" class oy ap pearing in a new green and gold car pet. There are now an even “four hundred” desks for members in the hall of the house of representatives. The new membership, under the latest apportionment, is 385, and The fifteen extra desks are supplied to preserve the symmetry in the arrangement of seats in the semicircle. The senate chamber will be covered with the- same green and gold covering as nTs* year The house side outshines the senate this year in making improvements for the convenience and comfort of its members. The speaker’s lobby hi 3 been frescoed in elaborate siyle uy Senor Rochermann, an understudy of the late Bermudi, whose work adorns the dom 3 of the rotunda. The commit tee rooms of invalid pensions and in sular affairs have been redecorated by the same artists and fitted up with Handsome furnishings to match. TJIO house library has been fitted up with steel shelving and a white marble floor ing has replaced the carpeted floor in the speaker’s library. Improvements Have -been made in the senate and house cafes. The most noticeable addition to the senate din ing room is a steam table, so that hun gry senators may obtain a hot quick luncheon without being obliged to wait their turn in the private dining rooms, wehere the accommodations are not al ways equal to the demands of senators and their friends about midday. “Uncle Joe” Cannon is on deck wait ing to get busy. Me has opened hl3 headquarters in the appropriations committee room, where he can keep one eye on the speaker’s chair and at the same time straighten out some of the holdover details in connection wuth his former duties as chairClZS of the appropriations committee. Uncle Joe has his own idea about the organiza tion of the various committees, but he is too diplomatic to indulge in aay premature discussion on that subject for publication. CANNOT ACCFPT THIS MEASURE. Minister Powell Sits Down Hurd and Heavy on Dominican Government. United States Minister Powell has made a vigorous reply to the Domini can foreign minister, oy the subject of the Dominican government’ bill f.r establishing the neutrality of Domini can waters and making certain ports tree. In his note. Mr. Powell says the United States government cannot ac cept this measure; that the foreign minister’s response to his recent pro test is objectionable to the United States government and that such a measure as proposed is antagonists to ti e fundamental principles followed by his government. OIL TANK CAUSES CONFLAGRATION. Explosion is Fofiowed by Fire and the De struction of Twenty-Five Cars. A special from Greensboro, N. says that the explosion of the oil tank at 1 o’clock Friday morning set fire to a number of cars standing on the side tracks and about twenty-five were en tirely consumed. Trains both ways wore delayed bv the main line being blocked. VERDICT AGAINST SENATOR PI AS. Assessed a Fine of S2OO For Thrashing a Citizen of Chattanooqa. In the criminal court at Chattanoo ga, Tenn., Wednesday, State Senator Walter Peak was found guilty of as sault and battery aud fined S2CO. Senator Peak was indicted for felo nious assault on the person of William Dowling last April during the sessio is of the legislature. Peak has now brought sui* against Dowling for $50,000 for libel. Dowling also sues Peak for the same amount for personal injuries. TO THE COURTS ROADS MAY GO To Settle Tangle Over Tax Assess ments in Georgia. DISCRIMINATION EVIDENT Case of Atlantic Coast Line Draws Matter to a Head--Attorney for That Road Talks. That the railroads of Georgia will in the near future resis' in the courts the taxes now levied against them is the growing opinion among leading corporation lawyers of the state. These predictions are based upo* contentions that Die arbitration syi tem results in an unequal distribution of taxation and that corporate prop erty, compared to other property, is valued at a much higher per cent than, that of private individuals. The fact that the award in the At lantic Coast Line case fixed the taxa ble value of that system at a high i rate per mile than the other lines do ing a similar business is cited in sup port of these contentions. This road may, indeed, he the first or among tha first to appeal from the award of arbi trators and submit the question of how much it should be taxed to the su preme court. F. G. dußignon, attorney for the At lantic Coast Line Rai.road Company, was seen touching the recent arbitra tion of the properties of this company. He said that as iie understood it the figures of the umpire in fixing be value of the franchise and tangible properties represented the full value of those properties and were not re duced so as to conform to the valua tion for taxes of other property return ed for taxation in the state. “Indeed,” he said, “I understood such a statement was made while the board was in open session.’ The evidence submitted to the board, he said, consisted of affidavits of tax collectors, tax receivers, ordinaries, sheriffs and real estate agenda along the line of this road, which were all *0 the effect that property generally in their respective counties were return ed for state and county taxes at only from 50 to 60 pr cent of its true value, and that there was no evidence contra dicting this. “In fact,” he said. “I believe the comptroller general had ammitted, ac cording to the public prints, in one of the preceding arbitrations, that prop erty generally in this state was re turned for state and county taxes at about 62 2-8 per cent of its value I have no idea that more than 76 per cent of the award against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, both a=> to its franchise and tangible property, can be enforced. “The authorities upon the point, are simply overwhelming and all one way. The question has been decided by al most every district and circuit court in the United States, and has bem before the supreme court of the United States more than once, and the decis ions of that court upon it were keen cut and clear. WANTED TO GET IN THE GAME. Alabama Postmaster Read of Grafters and Forthwith Offered Bribe to Payne. Andrew S. Wallace was until a few weeks ago postmaster at Opp, Ala. While serving as Uncle Sam’s agent in that capacity Mr. Wallace read in the papers of the bribery that was go : ing on in the postoffice department at Washington and he forthwith proceei ;od to write to Postmaster General Payne and offered him the sum of SSO if Mr. Payne would have him appoint ed postmaster at Andalusia, Ala. This is a better office than the one held by Mr. Wallace, and he thought by tempting the postmaster general with the offer cf SSO he would have no trouble in receiving the appoint ment. He has been removed from the office at Opp and placed under arrest. A bond of SSOO for his appearance at the next term of the United States court at Birmingham was required. URGING BULGARIANS TO MAKE WAR. Bellicose Resolutions Pcssed fit Mass Meeting of Macedonian Sympathizers. Advices of Wednesday from Sofia, , Bulgaria, state that a less hopeful feel i ing prevails in government circles re | garding the general situation, although !no actual change is reported. Tb. n ; events of the next few days are aw?i r ;ed with great anxiety, and popular j ;f-eling is becoming more excited. A j largely attended meeting cf Macedo rn3n sympathizers, held at Rusichuk. j Bulgaria, has adopted resolutions ?> healing to the Bulgarian government t*o declare war on Turkey immediately. LITIGATION IS STOPPED. Agreement Reached in Atlanta Court Over Alleged Tissue Paper Will of George W. Collier. Litigation over the estate of the late George W Collier came to an ab rupt end in the superior court at At lanta, Ga., Wednesday afternoon, when a satisfactory agreement was reach 2i by a.l parties concerned and a consent verdict ordered which removes the matter from the courts. The following is the basis of the settlement: The alleged last will and testament of Mr. Collier is set aside on the ground that the testator had not tes tamentary capacity on October S, 1900, the date of the paper. By this arrangement the three ex ecutors —Judge J. N. Bateman, Kenry L. Collier and George W. Collier—«« out of ail control or the estate, their duties as executors ceasing with the signing of the verdict. The caveators —the heirs who con tested the will—agree 10 pay to the three executors and their attorneys the sum of SIO,OOO in full settlement of all expenses and claims. The settlement means that the es tate will now be administered by ad ministrators to be appointed by Ordi nary John R. Wilkinson. Although no positive statement is made, it is under stood that George W. Collier, Jr., and Miss Elizabeth Collier, the two oldest children of Mr. Collier, the deceased, have been agreed on as administrators. The sudden adjustment of the case came as a surprise, even to the parties Interested. The question of a settle ment had been discussed between tie two sides, but it is said that all ef forts in this direc.ion had been aban doned. They were renewed in the court room Wednesday, however, and within the space of only a few min utes had proven successful. Tin friends of Judge Bateman consider •hr.t the adjustment is a complete vin dication for him in the matter of the charges made in the ordinary’s court. Counsel for the propounders state that the first movement for a settle ment came from outside parties. At torneys for the caveators assert that the proposition came from the oppos ing side. The amendment to the ca veat was of necessity filed by the ca veators. As to how the SIO,OOO will be ap propriated by the two retiring execu tors is not known at this time and will probably never be given to the public. It is understood, however, that the most of the money will go towards paying attorneys’ fees, six of the most prominent members of the Atlanta bar haring been engaged by Messrs. Bate man and H. L. Collier. CONTRACT LET FOR ATLANTA DEPOT. Local Firm the Lucky Bidders—Cost Will Aggregate $350,000. At Atlanta, Wednesday, Gude & Walker, local contractors, were award ed the contract for the construction a£ the new passenger station, at Mitch ell street and Madison avenue, by the Atlanta Terminal Company, in a meet ing ’4 hich was held at the residence of Captain James W. English, president The price is between $345,000 and $350,000, and the depot is to be com pleted within a year. The work will be pushed as speed ily as is consistent witE good work manship and the station will be ready for occupancy within less than a year. The award was in the nature of a recommendation from the Terminal Company to the officials of the Sourh ern, Central and Atlanta and West Point railroads, and there is no doubt whatever that it will be confirmed. Captain J. W. English expects to hear from the officials of these roads im mediately, so it follows that the con tract will be signed without delay. A copy of the award has been for warded to Mr. Samuel Spencer, presi dent of the Southern; C. A. Wicker sham, president of the West Point, and J. F. Hanson, chairHfhn of the board of directors of the Central. These gentle men will have the final say in the mat ter of the award, but when it is under stood that Mr. Wickersham was pres ent at the meeting and that J. S. R. Thompson represented Mr. Spencer, it stands to reason that t-he action of the Terminal Company wfTl be approved without question. FARMERS’ NATIONAL CONGRESS CLOSES. No Specific Legislation Irged at the Gath ering in Niagara Falls This Year. The Farmers’ National congress flosod its annual meeting at Niagara ’alls Thursday night. The farmers will not urge much specific national legislation this year, contenting them selves with generalities. A set of res olutions favoring the extension of ru ral free delivery and the parcels pos-t system, a postal telegraph system and postal saving banks was adopted. A resolution favoring reciprocity with Canada was finally killed and the question of a ship subsidy found nc supporters in the congress ■■ - ■«. i" -mui uirm-j-r-.-. ■ t rr— A Cough “ I have made a most thorough trial of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral and am prepared to say that for all dis eases of the lungs it never disap points.” J. Early Finley, Ironton, O. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral won’t cure rheumatism; we never said it would. It won’t cure dyspepsia; we never claimed it. But it will cure coughs and colds of all kinds. We first said this sixty years ago; we’ve been saying it ever since. Three siiss: 23c., Ms., St. All druggist*. 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