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Via don't know what might happeu, so we
better have a oare,
Ami start to cultivate a hump tor burdens
we must bear.
Obi let us ail be serious and leave off
pranks and tricks,
And act with all that stateliness attributed
to sticks;
And let It be our duly, when the sounds of
laughter rise,
To .uoveupou such thoughtlessness an uv
alanche of Ice.
We don’t know what might happen, so we
better have a care,
And rub the soft spots out of life—lts dim
ples- as It were.
Oh! let us all be serious, and keep our
faces straight,
And not be fooled by little Joys into the
toils of fate;
Let not a song of brighter days a flow’r of
beauty burst,
And tr we hug a hope at all, oh! hope ’Us
for the worst.
OOR JUSTIFIABLE CRIME AND HOW IT ENDED
LD man, I want
tyi. ■'-jj —' k* your advice.”
ij .iu\ Debenham broke
a P‘ 6ce °f silence
djjl that bad lasted
‘t J some ten in inn tea
/ 'M or ho, and during
Sf al which he Lad Mat
y ' frowning at the
Ij : fire. 1 bad been
studying bis face and, being prepared
for bis words, I answered that be was
welcome to the best counsel I could
give, whereupon he thanked me very
earnestly and threw himself back in
his easy-ohair.
“It's u rather curious affair,” he be
gau diffidently. “It happened last
night. I wanted to go out to Uays
water to soe my old nurse, who lives
there, f took the trolley oar. As I
dare ..ay, you remember it was a nasty
night, wet and foggy, and the car wuS
Boon full; in fact by the time '.ve
readied Westbourne drove we picked
up our last passenger. She was a
young lady.”
“And of course you contrived that
she should sit by you,” I said.
“You would have done the same
yourself," Dehenhamjretorted. “Any
ui.m would, for she had the sweetest j
face. Il's haunted me all night—it
has, really. I dare say she was about
eigthteen, or perhaps twenty —not
more. She had brown eyes, very
brown eyes you know, the kind that
seem to speak, almost and they were
shaded by long lashes. She had
brown hair, too; Lite kind of hair that
twists into u lot of ou ‘ls -natural curls,
you know. I wonder why all girls
don’t wear tin ir hair that way. Then
her mouth her mouth -—”
“Never mind her month,” T inter
posed hastily, seeing that lie was about,
to indulge in an extravagant flood of
rhapsody. “It was an ideal mouth,
I Haven't a doubt, and I'm sure that
her chin was all that, u chin ought to
be, hut those special features, I take
it, have no tiling to do wiih your story. ”
“Well - er—not exactly, but you’d
tin erstaud a fellow raving about her
if you'd seen her. Of course I can’t
make you understand what she was
li ;e. She was the sort of girl you fee!
you can never describe."
“dust so; a regular unique speci
men. I know tile kind.”
‘ Indeed you don’t, for there isn’t
auolhergirl in the world like her."
“Well, well, then, there isn’t,” I
returned impatiently. The fnot was
Dehouli am had come to my rooms so
of;on with the same story that it was
IncMuirig a trifle monotonous.
“She snt down next to me,” he went
on. “There wasn’t much room, and
alii’ thanked me when I moved. .She
had the sweetest voice.”
“Well, there’s nothing curious about
that. f believe you said ”
“I’m coming to it if you’ll oniy give
me lime," he returned, ill an aggrieved
tone. “You’ve no patience. It was
when the conductor came round for
fares. Then she felt for her purse;
nhe found it was missing. At first she
thought slip must lie.vo dropped it, and
1 searched tin? loir and under the
Beat. However, it wasn’t there. Poor
piri l I never saw anyone so distressed
■“Aij hit life, It seemed she liad $25 in
it, a ul it was evidently quite afortune
to her. Well, 1 paid her fare for her
we get out together.”
“I don’t think you need tell me any
lr vc,” 1 saia dryly.
l ichen haul stared.
“Why not?"
“Because 1 know the rest,"
“How the——"
“Yes, I do. You lent her the $25,
of course. My dear lellow, you’ve becu
Vionc. ’"
•‘I didu't do anything of the kiudJ”
D-'beuham retorted holly, "Sue
wouldn't let me, That’s what I came
to ask yonr advice about, I thought
that a* yon were a lawyer yon might
be able to suggest something, but I
W di I'd uever mentioned it to you.’*
Of course l hastened to soothe his
rndled plumes, and in a-little while he
Went on with his tale. It appeared
that he bad seen her home, and that
be had learned her name. Tt was
Charnley Ivate Obarnley. She was a
dre-smsker and lived with her sister.
11.
"Vnd yoa want to help them, eh?”
I sai i after a time.
"Yes, but it’ll be a difficult matter.
They're a clergyman’s daughters, and
very proud, I don’t see what I can
do, it's awfully riling, you know,
Kenmon, to have a pile of money and
not be able to do a little good with it
once in a way. It's a shame that thi*
girl should have to slave at a sewing
machine all day while a great strong
beggar like me lounges around killing
time. ”
"I suppose yon want to refund this
"Yes, 1 can’t do more; but I don’t
even see bow I can do that.”
"Well, yon might order a gown of
come sort from them ”
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BE SERIOUS.
Wo don’t know what might happen, so we
better have a care.
For what we have to make us glad Is bnt a
trap aDd snare.
Oh! let us all be serious, and view with
doubt and gloom
The glorious sun in deep-blue skies, the
beauteous earth abloom;
Perhaps the glad songs that we bear but
voice the bright birds’ woes,
And sweet perfumes are flower tears —oh,
there is no one knowsl
We don’t know what might happen, so we
better have a care,
And start to cultivate a hump for burdens
we must bear.
Oh! let us all be serious, and never crack a
grin,
Lent microbes of the glad sunshine our be
ings enter In;
No, let us humbly stand and wait till all
life’s joys grow numb,
Our faces straight, our backs a-hump ready
for ills to come.
—John V. HJolander, in Galveston News.
“Don’t be an ass; men don’t buy
f gowns.”
“You could say it was for your sis
ter."
“Hut T haven’t got a sister, and if
I had she’d never let me choose her
gowns for her; besides, she’d have
to bo fitted on and all that you know.”
I was obliged to admit the force of
these arguments, and a fresh period
of silence intervened. Debenham bad
risen, and was pacing the floor in a
state of perplexity.
“How would it be if I inclosed the
money in an envelope and sent it
unonymously?” he said at length.
“You might do that, tertaiuly,” I
replied after a little consideration.
“But she’d be sure to know who
sent it.”
“Well, that doesn’t matter, as you
are not likely to see her again.”
Debenham stopped and turned his
eyes full upon me.
“What’s that? Not see her again?
But I must see her again. I—l feel
that ray fate is—er—linked with that
girl, Kenuion.”
“Oh, very well; then that squashes
the idea entirely, unless . Look
hero, why not assume the character of
the thief yourself, and send her a letter
saying you hare repented and return
the mouey?”
“But I don’t want her to think that
I’m a bad lot.”
“Well, she needn’t know that you
sent it. You can pretend to be an
ordinary pickpocket.”
“So I can. I never thought of that.
By Jove, it’s a < rand idea! Where’s
the pen and ink? What shall I say?
(live us a lift, old chap. You’re a dab
hand at this sort of thing.”
I took up my pen, and after a lit
tle thought, dashed off tho following
letter:
“Dere miss—This is from me, the
bloke wat Ink ver purse I sens the
xnuuy buk bekause yer father wos once
very kind ter me when 1 wos down on
mi luck, an I nors yer need it a sight
more than I does, yer humble servant,
Bill Sokes.”
“How will that do?” I said, as I
tossed it across the table.
“Splendid—splendid!” lie cried, as
he ran his eyes over it. “It’s worthy
of Bill Sikes himself. I’ll send it oil
this very minute.” And lie thrust it
in an envelope in comjiauy with the
money.
“You’ll let mo know how it an
swers?” I said, as he took up his hat.
“Oh, yes.” And then with a hasty
good-night, lie weut flying down the
stairs to catch the post.
m.
The following morning it happened
that a matter of business took me in
the vicinity of Dobenkam’s chambers,
and, having half an hour to spare, I
determined to call and seo if he had
hoard auythiug in connection with his
plot.
. As I was about to enter his sitting
room, however, I heard the sound of
voioes, and a hasty glance showed me
that he was engaged. A young lady
was standing by the table, facing De
bonkam, who lcoked as guilty as any
schoolboy caught iu an orchard.
“I got” it back this morning,” the
girl was saying. “A man who is em
ployed on the railway picked it up as
he was on his way to his work.”
“I—l am very glad,” Debenham
murmured nervously. “He must have
beeu an honest fellow.”
“Yes,” she said. “But the strange
part of it is that by this morning’s
post there came a letter from a—a
thief, iuelosing $25. You can read
it if you like.”
And she handed him the precious
missive I had oonoocted.
He read it in feigned astonishment.
“I never heard of such a curious
thing," he murmured. It’s positively
Of course, this childlike attempt at
deception didn’t deceive the girl.
“Mr. Debenham," she said, “you
wrote this letter; you sent this note.”
“I? Really, Miss ”
“Oh, yesyou did. It’s no use deny
ing it. No one else knew of' our
loss.”
There was a pause. Debenham
stood looking very red and foolish.
“Come, you’d better confess,” she
1 said at length.
He rumpled his hair in a reckless
: fashion.
“It seems impossible for a fellow to
do a good action in this world!” he
cried. “He’s sure to be found out!”
“Then you did send it?”
“Ye-es. You see, you wouldn’t let
me help you, aud so—so it struck me
that it would be a capital idea to pre
tend that I was the thief" (the hum
| bug! his idea, indeed!) “I never
! thought for a moment that you’d see
your purse again, and if you hadn’t
done so, my little dodge would never
have oome to light.”
“No, I don’t think it would,” she
answered, “for that was a most realis
tic letter you wrote.”
Debenham groaned.
“You ean’t think what an effort it
cost me,” he said.
What an eflort, indeed!
“I do hope you will let me keep it
as a memento?”
“Yes—if you will promise to forgive
me?”
“Oh, there is nothing to forgive! It
was very good of you.”
At this moment I caught a glimpse
of her face, and I was forced to admit
that Debenham had some reason for
his extravagant praise.
“And you will not think the worse
of me for—for trying to deceive you?”
he went on. Really, he was getting
positively absurd, from his voice one
would have supposed that he was a
prisoner suing for his life.
“Oh, I ttjink better of you!” she
cried. “I shall nevey forget your
kindness.” And as she gave him her
hand she blushed in a ridiculous
fashion.
Then Debenham made an ass of
himself. Instead of simply shak
ing bands and saying good morning,
he held her Angers and said nothing,
but just stared at hes in a moon
struck kind of way that was quite
idiotic, and she dropped her head like
a little silly and went the color of a
peony; then . But at this point I
couldn’t stand it any longer, and I
quietly withdrew.
Of course, I was not in the least as
tonished when Debenham rushed into
my chambers the same afternoon and,
with a good deal of stammering, con
fessed that he was engaged. He
seemed quite amazed when I betrayed
no surprise, but T didn’t tell him that
I had been a witness of his folly.
I was presented to the future Mrs.
Debenham and her sister a few days
iater. When Debenham asked what
1 thought of her I told him she was
one of the nicest girls I had ever met,
hut, as a matter of faot, she is much
inferior to her sister. I don’t mind
admitting indeed, that she is thenicest
girl I have ever met, and I shouldn’t
wonder
Bnt there, that’s “another story.”
HE HAD FOUND HER.
Ilovr Mr. Primley Knew Miss Willowby
Wan His Ideal.
“Do you believe in territorial ex
pansion, Miss Willowby?”
“Well, to tell the truth,” the beau
tiful girl replied, “I haven’t given
enough study to that question to know
anything about it.”
Mr. Priiuley twisted his mustache
for a moment and then asked:
“Are you in favor of an Anglo-
Saxon alliance?”
“Oh, dear, l can’t say. I haven’t
paid any attention to that subject. I
confess that I am as ignorant as a
child where public matters are con
cerned.”
“Then you haven’t become inter
ested iu any of the reform movements?
“No, I don’t consider myself cap
able of taking up and discussing those
things.”
“Do you take much interest in
science and are you iu the habit of
discussing the beauties of classical
music, using technical terms, or are
you an amateur literary critic, or do
you ever talk to people about the great
moral problems that are claiming the
attention of so many of our learned
women nowadays?”
“No, I’m ashamed to have to con
fess it, but I have found it impossible
to get any of those thiugs through my
head sufficiently to dare to talk about
them.”
“You don’t know- anything about
politics or socialism in its new sense,
or the ‘influence of the Compendium
as Applied to the Concomitants of
Paleolithic Abnegation,’ do you?”
“I—l am afraid I don’t,” she timidly
replied.
“Say,” he suddenly exclaimed,
“will you be my wife?”—Chicago
Record.
California’s Fruit Production.
The wonderful advance of Califor
nia in fruit production is shown in
the recently-issued annual report of
the President of the California Board
of Trade. This advance is most con
spicuous in citrus fruits, the ship
ment of which in 1898 amounted to
180,588 tons, as compared with 34,209
tons iu IS9O. Los Angeles leads in
this particular, being credited with
107,738 tons out of the total. River
side County, San Bernardino, Orange
aud San Diego follow in the order
named. These are all southern coun
ties, but central and northern coun
ties also have entered this field with
much success. Stockton shipped
last year 2955 tons, Marysville 2596,
and Sacramento 303. A stimulus to
the industry in the vicinity of these”
cities is given by the fact that the
northern fruit ripens earlier llr.u the
southern, owing to the’higher temper
ature of the northern summer. This
brings it into market at a time when
there is practically no competition
from the southern be)t. The ship,
rnents of green decidous fruits in
creased from 34,042 tons in 1890 to
67,177 tons in 1898. Dried fruit ex
ports in the latter year were 76,662
tons, and canned fruits 47,897 tons.
Ready When the Nestj Hurricane Came.
Ed Walter, a well-to-do colored
man living near Sprague Junction,
Ala., had his crib and stables blown
away by the storm which passed
through there the other week. His
house and family escaped, and he
went at once to work and dag a storm
pit in his yard, iu the event another
such storm came, along. The other
day when the storm that passed
through that territory was seen ap
proaching he took his family, not for
getting his dog, and went into his
hole in the ground. When the storm
passed over he found his house scat
tered over a ten-acre field and his
household goods in the tops of trees.
Some of his meat was found 400 yirds
from the house. He thinks but for
his storm pit not a member of his ,
family would be left.
ISLANDS SOLD
TO GERMANY
Spain Finally Disposes of the
Caroline Group.
CAUSES SURPRISE AT CAPITAL
Queen Regent Disposes of Mari
anne, Caroline and Palos To
Kaiser William.
A special from Madrid says: The
queen regent opened the cortes Friday
with the usual ceremonial and in the
speech from the throne announced
that Marianne, Caroline Palos islands
were ceded to Germany by the late
Spanish ministry. During the course
of her speech her majesty said:
At the opening of the cortes all
the sorrows which have wrenched our
hearts through the disasters which
have visited our country are re-awak
ened.
We must preserve sadness in order
to derive experience thereform, but the
woes of our country are of such a na
ture that reticence and silence avail
better than complaints.
When peace with the United States
was concluded, parliamentary troubles
caused a changed of cabinet and the
present cabinet was formed. Under
the constitution, it belonged to me,
to ratify the treaty by laying it before
the cliamber. There remained under
our control the Carolines, Palos and
most of the Marianne islands. But
the former cabinet believed it useless
for Spain to retain such minor ap
pendage of our ancient empire and
signed with German emperor a conven
tion offering to cede these territories
under the law which would be sub
mitted immediately to the chamber.
Our foreign relations are cordial and
friendly. We especially owe to the
pope recognition of the many times he
has given us his moral support.
The most important, most urgent
and most difficult task before you is to
balance the budget and liquidate the
debts resulting from the war through
ordinary and permanent sources of in
come. Thanks to the severely econo
mic policy projected, the government
will not Ask fresh sacrifices of the
country, except such as can be equit
ably divided among ali classes.
With the ordinary budget will also
be presented schemes to liquidate the
charges created by the loss of posses
sions and colonial campaigns.
The queen regent then referred to
the financial measures, and expressed
confidence that the nation would show
the same resignation during peace as
it showed during the war, adding:
“For the times are critical, and it is
impossible during the present session
to do all that is necessary. But, dur
ing the next session there will be pro
jects for the reorganization of the army
and navy, based on obligatory service;
for improving the public service, de
centralizing the provincial and munic
ipal administrations and reforming the
penal code and electoral laws,” etc.
The strategic value of this cession
to the German interests in the Pacific
is evident from the fact that the Lad
rones and Palos and even the Caro
lines are in practicaily a direct line
between Hawaii and the Philippines,
and will form excellent points of sup
ply for Germany. The ,American
peace commissioners at Paris last De
cember vainly sought one of the Caro
line islands on account of its being
a line with Hawaii and thePPhilippi- e 8
and its adaptability as a station^ f or
the proposed Pacific cable to
the Philippines with Hawaii/and the
United States. Failing how
ever, the American hoisted
over Wake island, 1,70jp miles east of
Guam. /
/
Of No CrniOr-rn To Us.
The announmnent at Madrid that
Spain has cental the Caroline islands
and Palos fvfld the Mariannes to Ger
many, was received with surprise at
Washington. The cession marks the
relinquishment of Spanish possession
in tVe. far east save the island of Fer
nando Po and dependences on the
African coast.
BOXES OF GOLD STOLEN.
Steel Caskets Containiujr Five Thousand
Sovereigns Are Missing.
There was great excitement on the
steamship Alameda on her arrival at
San Francisco from Australia Friday,
when it was discovered that a box con
taining 5,000 sovereigns was missing.
Seven hundred and fifty thousaud dol
lars in gold had beeu sent by the
steamer from Sydney.
The money was shipped in thirty
steel boxes, each containing $25,000 in
British gold.
One of the boxes was abstracted
from the steamer’s tr;asure room dur
ing the voyage. Fi.e men have been
arrested.
AFTER STREET RAILWAYS.
Baltimore Capitalists May Purchase Chat
tanooga Lines.
It is authortiativeiy reported that
Frank S. Hambletou and others of
Baltimore, have engaged Mayor F.
Watkins aud Frauk Thompson, of
Chattanooga, Tenn., to secure options
ou all the street railway interests in
Chattanooga. This includes the two
inclines up Lookout mountain. The
local representative of Hambleton A
Cos., is said to be inte ested. -
A DULY STREET.I!J
FIVE MEN ENGAGE IN BATTLE AT
ATHENS, ALA.
AN OLD FAMILY FEUD THE CAUSE
All Were Prominent Citizens and the Fight
Occurred on Principal Street
of the Town.
The quiet city of Athens, in Lime
stone county, Alabama, was the scene
of a terrible bloody tragedy Thursday,
in which five men participated.
The cause was an old feud existing
between the Campbell and Yarbrough
families, being near neighbors, and alj
prominent, educated and well fixed
people.
The fight occurred on the public
square, the streets being crowded with
people. Charles Campbell and his
brother-in-law, Jesse Surginer, were
in Athens on business, and met two
of the Yarbrough men, Bertram and
Walter, on the streets. Insulting
words sprang to the lips of the three
men simultaneously, and they closed
in a desperate bodily encounter.
Seeing the difficulty, Will Yarbrough
rushed out of a near-by store, it was
claimed, with peace-making in
tentions, but his coming only made
matters worse. Seeing Will Yar
brough rushing to the scene, and
thinking all three were attacking his
brother-in-law, Surginer sprang up
and began firing into the crowd.
All then jerked revolvers and a des
perate battle ensued. When the smoke
cleared away the five men were lying
or crawling on the sidewalk, snapping
their revolvers and feebly attempting
to use their knives.
Bert and Walter Yarbrough were
soon lying in one room with their
life blood ebbing fast away. Both dy
ing game.
Will Yarbrough is desperately
wounded through the lungs, the ball
that struck him ranging up toward the
cerebral column.
Campbell and Surginer are both
seriously wounded. Surginer is in jail.
During the battle one ball crashed
through a plate glass window, grazing
the skull of Peter Crenshaw.
LOST BABY FOUND.
Little Marion Clarke In at Last Restored
to Her Parent!.
Marion Clark, the twenty-one
months’ old child, kidnaped from her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clark,
of New York city, May 21st, was dis
covered two miles south of Sloatsburg,
N. Y., Thursday afternoon. She was
found at a farmhouse of Charles You
mans and was in the custody of Mrs.
Jennie Wilson, who took the baby to
that place the early part of last week.
Mrs. Wilson was accompanied by her
husband and stated to Mrs. Youinans
that she wanted board for the little
girl for the summer.
The Clark baby attracted people
by her large blue eyes and pink com
plexion being particularly noticeable.
As soon as the notices of the abduc
tion reached the neighborhood the
people began to suspect that the
child was Marion Clark. They felt
positive of it because the child wore
the same cioihes as at the time when
she was stolen.
When placed under arrest Mrs.
Wilson weakened and made a partial
confession. The baby was then pro
duced. Marion is in good health.
Arthur Clark, the father of the ab
ducted baby, arrived at Sloatsburg
Thursday evening and immediately
identified the child as his lost Marion.
GOVERNOR’S COURSE APPROVED.
Offers Reward For a White Man Who
Attempted An Assault.
A. Special from Atlanta, Ga., says:
The regard °f §250 which was offered
a few flays ago by Governor Candler
of Geo r gi a for the arrest of William
Armsti oD S> the Harris county man
who at( em Pi e fl an assault upon a ten
year-old negro girl, has been strongly
eommend?fl by a number of the most
promient djtizens °f Harris county.
While th. e reward was offered by
the governoi without being solicited
by the county officials, he first com
municated wiij> ordinary and sheriff
of the county tg lea rn the situation in
the community issuing the or
der for the re ward/^N.
TO REDUCE CONSTABULARtT^
South Carolina’s >ew Governor Will
Chinge Order of Affairs.
A Columbia, S. C., dispatch says:
While there is some talk of a reduction
of the constabulary office to about
thirty or forty, there is no chance of
anything being done immediately.
Governor Elierbe himself had been
urged to reduce the force to fifty men,
but declined to do so.
Governor McSweeney at .present has
no thought of abolishing the force al
together. However, he proposes to
consult with other officials in regard
to the reduction and that will unques
tionably remit.
HANNA’S FAVORITE NAMED.
Ohio Republicans Nominate Judge George
Nash For Governor.
The Ohio republican state conven
tion in session at Columbus Friday
nominated Judge Nash, the favorite of
Senator Hanna, for governor on the
second ballot, and ex-Congressman
John Caldwell, the favorite of George
B. Cox, for lieutenant governor, with
the other five nominations distributed
among those of less distinct party af
filiations.
INTENSE BEAT
HURTS TROOPS
Scores of Our Hardy Soldiers In
Philippines Succumb.
IN POSSESSION OF MORONG.
General Lawton Is Diligently
Searching the Coast For
Major Truman.
Advices from Manila under date of
June 6th were to the effect that the
American forces have occupied the
peninsula and General Hall’s column
is encamped at Morong.
Major Truman, marching across the
Binangonan, found it impracticable to
form a cordon, and the insurgents,
with the exception of a hundred or
two, escaped through the mountains
after General Rio del Pilar, dragging
their battery by buffaloes at night. A
few, however, may be trapped.
The Washington troops have return
ed to Pasig, but the program of the
other troops is uncertain.
The present expedition shows the
difficulty which is encountered by an
army which must depend upon wagon
trains in catching barefooted bandits
in their own mountains, and all alone,
is nroof that the rebels do not intend
to light battles. General Hall left
Santa Teresa Monday morning and
marched twelve miles to Morong, up
and down rocky hills and through
woods and swamps.
Scores of men fell out, owing to the
extreme heat, and were left to follow
as best they could. The head of the
army arrived at noon, having exchang
ed only a few shots with insurgents on
their way. Groups of stragglers fol
lowed all day, but the force was 200
smaller than when it started. The
men were almost thirty-six hours with
out rations and it was considerable of
an achievement for them to cover the
ground they did.
En route to Morong the Americans
met flocks of Filipinos and flags of
truce, many of them young men with
the bearing of soldiers. Many dis
carded uniforms were found in the
houses, apparently those of soldiers
who had escaped by changing their
costumes from“insurrecto” to“amigo”
and walking boldly past the army
which had expected to corral them.
Few were found about Morong.
General Lawton, on board a gun
boat searching the coast for Major
Truman, stopped at Binangonan, op
posite Morong. The natives immedi
ately ran up a flag of truce, but a
delegation in canoes put off and
greeted the Americans with the usual
protestations of friendship.
MRS. LUMPKIN TESTIFIES.
Aged Ladv Recites Graphically Incidents
of Dastardly Assault.
The trial of Grant Bell, charged
with criminally assaulting aged Mrs.
Lumpkin, was proceeded with at Ce
dartown, Ga., Tuesday. Mrs. Lump
kin told to the jury the story of the
assault and the closest possible atten
tion was paid her recital, which at
times xvas dramatic and hysterical.
The aged lady almost broke down
when the climax of her struggle was
reached and members of the jury,
spectators, lawyers and court officers
shed tears without an effort at re
straint. Those who witnessed the
memorable scene say that no such
touching and impressive sight was
ever enacted in the Poik county court
house.
Grant Bell, the defendant, made a
statement in which he asserted that he
was innocent of the charge, i
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By .'irection of the P ( W&MyoH|
acting secretary of war hABfeiJiHBIy
order for the
military dr] artment of Itxas
assignment of Colonel
Kibben to the Twenty-firs) infatM||||
command of the department. AH
McKibben is now on duty at CHll||
bus Barracks, O. H|H|
Adjutant General Corbin stateH||||
there is not the slightest
thought, of removing the
of the Gulf from Atlanta.
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appointed for the department iHH
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