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hcKII.S iitNlcr^y®
Jiminez and Followers Ready to
Upon Santo Domingo.
THEY ARE NOW CONFIDENT OF ULTIMATE SOT
Natives Flock to Consulates With Hope of Protectiq
From the Americans.
Advices of Tuesday from Santo Do
mingo, state that the tide of revolu
tion is rapidly nearing the capital.
The revolutionists have crossed the
mountains and are now only an hour’s
distance by horse. The government
is tottering and apparently unable to
check tk® insurrection. Monday it
dispatched a commission to confer
with the rebel leaders for the purpose
of trying to effect a compromise.
Meanwhile there is great suspense.
The capital may be besieged in a few
days if a compromise fails.
Among the people there is general
alarm. The president never leaves
home night or day except with a
double guard. The city is virtually
under military law. The soldiers are
patrolling the streets. The foreign
consulates are crowded with aliens
apprehensive of disorder.
The military commandant of San
Cristobal was assassinated a week ago.
Placards demanding the death of the
cabinet ministers-are posted nightly in
prominent places. Military prepara
tions are being rushed by the govern
ment aud the reserves are under arms,
but the insurrection has thus far been
remarkably free from bloodshed, al
though there are vague reports of se
vere fighting in the interior.
All the telegraph lines to the interior
of the islands have been cut by the
insurrectionists and communication by
wire has been impossible for several
days, but refugees say the revolution
is spreading.
Governor Lionas, of the La Vega
district, has gone over to the revolu
tionists, taking with him many sol
diers. Some of the Dominican gun
boats put into the river and it is ru
mored that the president and cabinet,
in case of emergency, will flee to Porto
Rico.
If more serious trouble comes the
•people in Santo Domingo are looking
to the United States for protection. In
case of rioting the New Orleans and a
French cruiser are prepared to land
marines to protect the consulate.
Jiminez Arrested In Cuba.
A dispatch from Santiago de Cuba
says: Juan Isidoro Jiminez, the revo
lutionary aspirant to the presidency of
tlTe republic of Santo Domingo, who
arrived Monday with his two sons by
the south coast steamer, but was not
allowed to land, came ashore Tuesday
and was placed under arrest by the or
der of General Leonard Wood, the
military governor, who will not permit
him to proceed to Santo Domingo ex
cept after instructions to that effect
from Havana.
General Jiminez is very indignant
at the treatment to which he is sub
jected, though he does not attempt to
conceal his intention to proceed to
Santo Domingo and to become presi
dent of the republic.
REPORT FROM HOBSON.
Naval Constructor Again Advises Depart
ment of Progress In His Work.
Naval Constructor Hobson has sub
mitted to the navy department a sup
plemental report to that recently made
on the condition of the Spanish ships
raised from Manila buy and now being
rebuilt under his supervision at Hong
Kong. These ships are the Isla de
Cuba l Isla de Luzon and Don Juan de
Ausiria.
He sets forth in detail the condition
of the work and says they will be ready
to turn over to the navy for service
within six weeks after the arrival of
the batteries and the electrical plants.
Military Spirit Rampant.
An Atlanta, Ga., dispatch says:
Twenty-seven applications for the re
organization of military companies in
Georgia are on file in the adjutant
general’s office, whioh are to be passed
upon by the state military advisory
board at its meeting in September.
BRIDGES WAS PERSISTENT.
Disgraced School Commissioner Locked
Out of His Former Pulpit.
W. M. Bridges, who was formerly a
school commissioner for Floyd county,
Ga., and pastor of the North Roms,
Baptist church, asked permission of
that church to be restored to full fel
lowship in the church and that per
mission be given to him to preach in
the church last Sunday. This per
mission was refused him, and the
deacons of the church locked up the
church and kept him out, as he per
sisted that he was going to preach in
the church. He then went to the
North Borne Congregational church
and preached a sermon.
ADMIRAL WATSON ILL.
Affected With Serious Heart Trouble and
His Friends Are Apprehensive.
Recent letters from Manila received
at the navy department mention the
illness of Admiral Watson as tb’e
source of great anxiety of his officers.
Serious heart trouble has developed
and in consequence he was regarded
as extremely iU * the
letters of t' I jgt his
THIS WITNESS FOlt DREYFUS.
Deputy Chief of Intelligence Department
Thinks Prisoner Innocent.
Colonel Cordier, deputy chief of the
intelligence department under the late
Lieutenant Colonel Henri, and who
since his previous appearance in court
had been released by the minister of
war from his oath of professional se
crecy, was the first witness in the
Dreyfus courtmartial at Tuesday’s
session. The witness deposed strong
ly in favor of Dreyfus and was most
amusing in delivering his testimony.
He kept the court in roar* of laughter
by his comical witticisms. The colo
nel declared that his belief in the guilt
of Dreyfus was first shaken when the
date of bordereau was given as May.
The witness declared stoutly that he
was convinced Dreyfus was innocent.
Colonel Cordier then spoke u-p
strongly for Colonel Picquart as a
oouscientous soldier aud an honorable
man, and threw light upon the situa
tion which existed in the .offices of the
intelligence department of the war
office. He explaiaed that Henri was
jsalon* of Picquart because the latter
was given charge of the statistical sec
tion which Henri had hoped to get
| for himself. Cordier expressed the
belief that it was because of Picquart
that Henri committed his forgery.
Colonel Cordier several times men
tioned the ambassador of Germany,
which caused the president to inter
vene and tell the witness that he must
not introduce the ambassador’s name.
' The hasty correction of the witness
when he repeated the same slip of the
tongue, as he did more than once, and
the amusing manner in which he avoid
ed mentioning Germany at other times,
caused the greatest merriment.
During his testimony no fewer than
five witness arose and asked to be con
fronted with him. But the colonel re
ceived the interruptions with the ut
most good humor.
Dreyfus spoke a few words at the
conclusion of Colonel Cordier’s state
ments. He said the scene which pre
ceded his arrest was so fantastic that
it completely bewildered him and
merely left a blunted impression on
him.
The prisoner is now accustomed to
his surroundings and has recovered
his self-confidence, as he speaks readi
ly and clearly and follows the witnes
ses closely.
Neither side was pleased with the
outcome of the day’s proceedings. The
Dreyfusards expected Colonel Cordier,
who was deputy chief of the intelli
gence department under the late Lieu
tenant Colonel Henri, would testify
that the borderau was received direct
ly by the late Sandherr.
Had this expectation been realized,
the testimony would have been a
strong point in favor of the accused,
because it would have been a reply to
the auti-Dreyfusards who have all
along contended that Henri received
the bordereau and forwarded it to
Sandherr.
Colonel Cordier, however testified
that he was absent from the intelli
gence department when the bordereau
arrived, but that he believed it was re
ceived by Henri.
LABOR I DENIED SYMPATHY.
American Bar Association Turns Down
Resolution of That Intent.
When the American Bar Association
resumed its session at Buffalo, N. Y.,
Tuesday, the aldermanic chamber of
the city hall was filled with distin
guished delegates and lawyers of note
from different sections of the country,
who had assembled to listen to the ad
dress of Senator William Lindsay, of
Kentucky.
The committee on grievances offered
a resolution of sympathy with M. La
bori, the Dreyfus defender, but it was
tabled on a close vote.
SOUTH NOT IGNORE D
"lT t -
In the Matter of Enlisting Kecrults For
tlie New Regiments.
A Washington special says: The war
department is not going to ignore the
south in enlisting recruits for the new
regiments. This is shown by the long
list of officers* who are designated by
an army Tuesday for tem
! porary duty as recruiting officers for
the ten mew regiments.
Savannah, Macon, Knoxville, Nash
ville, Louisville and Raleigh, all south
ern cities, are named as recruiting sta
tions for the new regiments.
The war department has exercised
care to obliterate all sectional feelings
I on recruiting its troops.
CALIFORNIANS GREETED.
One Hundred Ttiousand Visitor# Welcome
Returning: Soldier#.
The Calfornia regiment landed at San
: Francisco Friday from the transport
i Sherman aud marched to the Presido.
: As this was San Francisco’s home
regiment, the demonstration exceeded
in enthusiasm the reception accorded
! other regiments.
; People came from all parts of the
state to see the show and there were
-g~>
HPWJropic.s,
HHeYFLS i> ,'N INNOIIM >un
ttve rliUl.ii.iiif War and Has
‘ n - I nta-ra.ating To Nay
thl Negro Problem.
HHls indeed singular how much sym-
QBy and whsft an intense interest the
trial of Dreyfus has excited all over
the civilized world. The life or the
liberty of but oue man—a Jew of no
great consequence—is at stake, and
yet the world looks on with more con
cern than is given the Philippine war,
where thousands have died in battle
since the trial of Dreyfus began. The
great heart of the people believe the
Jew is innocent and is being perse
cuted by the military because he is a
Jew. Civilians every where are getting
more and more jealous of the military
power, aud well they may be, for it is
aggressive, cruel and intolerant when
not kept under restraint.
The long suffering of Dreyfus has
intensified the pity of mankind and re
calls the plea that Shakespeare makes
for Shylock, “I am a Jew:; hath not a
Jew eyes and hands, sense*, affections,
passions. If you prick ss do we not
bleed? If you poison us do we not
die?” This persecution has been going
on for five years and the end is not
yet in sight. It reminds us of the
historic trial of Warren Hastings, that
begun in April, 1790, and continued
until April, 1795. Never was a man
so unjustly assailed. The snblimest
oratory and logic of Burke and Fox
and Sheridan came down upon him
with withering and pitiless force.
Burke spoke three days and amazed
the world with his matchless elo
quence, and the world pronounced
Hastings guilty before any evidence
had been introduced, for Burke’s
speech was an exordium, a presenta
tion of the bill of indictment.. Poor
Hastings, frail,small and sickly, kuelt
at the bar and there heard the terrible
denunciations of his accusers.
The English nation was against him
and even his friend and patron, Wil
liam Pitt, deserted him. Hastings, as
governor general of India, had not
pleased the party in power and was to
be made a victim. That was politics
then, and it is politics now. It was
like the execution of Mas. Surratt and
Captain Wurz in 1865, f*r two more
innocent persons could not have been
found, but the thirsty public demand
ed some victims and these were chosen.
In 1795 Hastings was triumphantly
acquitted on every charge and public
opinion had already turned in his
favor. Lord Maeauley, says that he
administered the Indian government
with more than the oapacity of Riche
lien and John Stuart Mill says he was
the best governor that India ever had.
Well, now, if Dreyfus can have such
a happy ending to his long suffering
and trial the world will be satisfied.
Labori is already a hero—the bright
est star in the galaxy. He has made
no blunder in act or speech during his
long and arduous labors, and when he
declares with folded arms and glisten
ing eyes and impassioned voice that
Dreyfus is innocent, the world be
lieves him. If he is again condemned,
France will be disgraced and degraded
in the eyes of the great powers of the
world. A government that cannot
save one inhocent man cannot save
itself when revolution comes.
The next biggest thing before us is
the everlasting war that, like Banqno’s
ghost, will not down. It drags its slow
length along Ivors. day to day and
week to week until its blood and cost
has almost ceased to agitate us, and
only its politics is considered. The
question uppermost is, will it roll Mc-
Kinley in again or roll him out. Im
perialism is a bigger presidential issue
than silver or the tariff.
But just now the question that
seems to concern the south is what
shall be done with the negro. In
some portions of the country there is
no disturbance, no friction, no out
rages of any kind. The two races are
getting along a* peaceably as in the
years gone by. There are whole coun
ties down in lower Georgia and whole
districts in some erf the western states
where the negroes as a mass are indus
trious and humble and give no trouble.
In upper South Carolina there is peace
And harmony, save an occasional dis
turbance that bad men like the Tol
berts provoke. Most of the outrages
that provoke th£ lynqjiings come from
n£gr-h tramps* who hav6 no settled
home, no family, nor occupation, but
go and come when they please. They
are the scurf of the towns and elties—
the overflow—for cities breed crime
and corruption both among whites
and blacks. The last report of our
prison commission shows that seven
counties with our seven largest cities
furnish one-third of all onr convicts.
Fulton county alone has 281.
The more remote from these pesti
lential oenters of crime, the fewer con
victs. Pickens, Towns and Gilmer
have none. Twelve counties have bnt
twenty-four. It is remarkable that
some counties in the black belt where
negroes predominate show so good a
record. Quitman has but two con
victs and perfect peace and good will
prevails between the races and the ne
groes down there took as much pride
in the display and success of the late
agricultural convention as did the
whites. Now the question is, if such
harmony exists in Quitman, why can
not it exist elsewhere? Is it a settled
thing that the two races cannot live to
gether? For one I am not yet pre
pared to admit it. There are thou
sands of negroes all over the south
I needed. Jr:
If northern fools, fanatics anerpoh
tieiaus would let them and us alone, I
feel sure we could get along in peace.
It is not fair to judge the whole race
by the exceptions that show up here !
aud there. Force them out of politics, I
establish the whipping post and en- :
force the vagrant law and in five years i
there will he iio outrages,no lynchings
and the number of convicts will be re
duced 50 per cent. I believe this. Tf
the enforcement of these laws reach
ed some bad white men. let them suf
fer the penalties. The tirno lias eunu>
when we must purge and purify the
ballot box just as we now purge the
jury box. In some of the states the.
ballot is hedged around with a proper
ty qualification of SOOO and the ability
to read and write. It should go
farther and require a good moral char
acter just as the jury box does. We
all kuow many good negroes who
should be allowed to vote and some
bad white men who should not.
The devil is not dead. Not very
long ago I troubled myself and spent
some money in getting a white man
pardoned out of the cliaingang be
cause his poor wife importuned me.
He hadent been out a mouth before
he got into another row and was put
in fhe calaboose. There were two
cows in the pound near the calaboose
and next morning when the marshal
went after Pat to take him before the
mayor, Pat was not in, but the cows
were. The devilish rascal had got a
skeleton key and unlocked himself out
and locked the cows in and now my
friends joke nae about Pat and call
him my pet and I am out of the pardon
business. Well, now that man is not
fit to vote, for he has deserted his
family and won’t work.
The negro paper says that Richard
Price, Governor Atkinson’s faithful
body servant, stole the governor’s
gold watch the day he died and now
languishes in Newnan jail. Don’t, that
cap the climax? A good old negro by
the name of Moody died here n few
days ago and was buried with great
ceremony. His sons came from abroad
to attend the funeral aud one of them
a, as so overcome with grief that he
declared he could not bear to see his
dear old father put down in the cold,
eold grave, and so he staid at the
house to weep aud mourn. But when
the family returned he had stolen rhe
old man’s best clothes and everything
else of value aud gone off on the train.
Well, I don’t think that his sort
should be allowed to vote, do you?
One table in this prison report sur
prises me and that is the great in
crease of burglaries over simple lar
ceny by the negroes. Seven hundred
and ninety-two convicts are iu for
burglary aud only 260 for larceny. 'I
suppose the explanation is that for
small stealing they are sent to the
county chaingangs and put to work
on the public roads. For the unmen
tionable crime or its attempt there are
178 convicts. Judge Lynch does not
get them all by a long shot.
The prison report is interesting and
instructive reading and shows the
most careful and humane treatment
of the convicts. The commission with
General Evans at its head are all kind,
Christian gentlemen, aud no state in
the union can show a better record of
its prisoners, both male and female.
Bnt it is impossible to keep up with
the lies and slanders that are circulated
by northern politicians and southern
negro editors and educators. It is all
a scheme to get money from the north
ern dupes. Even as notable a woman
as the wife of Booker Washington,
whq is chairman of the executive com
mittee of the National Association of
Colored Women, says in her published
address, “The white people preach
and point to the immorality of young
colored girls and yet the white people
themselves are to blame for this condi
tion of affairs, for in this convict lease
system the girls and women are not only
worked in the field with men, bnt a'e
shut up at night in the same cells with
them. Can yon expect a poor, ignor
ant colored girl to be pure and vir
tuous when she is shut in night after
night with a man?”
General Evans writes me that no
such condition exists in Georgia, nor
has ever existed, and that for ten years
past the female convicts have not even
been worked on farms with the men,
but have been leased to separate con
tractors who work none but the women
on a farm. The women (about sixty
in number) work together, eat together,
sleep together and are absolutely sepa
rated from men and boys and are on
entirely different farms. These women
are not confined in oells at all, but live
in a house far more comfortable than
they lived in before their conviction.
The men aud women do not meet at all
at anv time or anywhere.
How is that? What explanation can
that woman make? What can Booker
Washington say about it? He had
better say something about it, for he
has had the support and encourage
ment of the southern people and he
will beheld responsible for such malig
nant slanders.
This prison report shows that 40 per
cent of the convicts can read and write.
That 45 per cent are married.
That 90 per cent are between the
ages of seventeen and twenty-seven.
That only forty were in slavery be
fore the war and only eighteen are
old enough to remember what slavery
was.
This report shows over 4,000 colored
convicts, including the county chain
gangs, aud 600 of these are from Ful
ton county. Atlanta seems to be a
good nursery for crime.
Another singular table in the report
is called the table of “recidivists,”
which means, I suppose, the “return
ers.” There are 269 serving a second
term; 47 a third term; 6 a fourth term
and 3 a fifth term. They seem to like
the business. A good whipping or
two or three good whippings would
JMose utYoffwWßH
on account of soirnZJP
muer* :i note
But let us keep on
enssing, aud let no) man boast*.ul he
knows it all, forjhe doesn’t. — Bill Abp,
iu Atlanta Constitution.
NINE WORKMEN KILLED.
Twelve Immense Steel Arches of
a Building In Chicago Crash
To the Ground.
A Chicago dispatch says: Twelve
steel arches, each weighing thirty
three tons, which were to have sup
ported the superstructure of the Coli
seum building in course of erection on
Wabash avenue, between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets, fell to the
ground Monday afternoon.
It is known that nine lives were
crushed out. The bodies of three
men are supposed to be under the
wreckage, tsevon are in the hospital,
with injuries received in the accident
and of these two will surely die, one
may possibly recover aud the balance
are for the greater part seriously in
jured.
All of the twelve arolies were stand
ing, the twelfth and last having been
completed during the day. It was the
intention of the steel contractors, the
! Pittsburg Bridge company, to turn
over its work Monday night to the
general contractors.
The immense “traveler” or derrick
which had been used in the erection
of the arches had been removed and
the agents of the bridge company were
accounting their work as practically
completed, when suddenly aud without
warning, the last arch put in place
fell over against the one next to it.
The weight was too much for this,
it gave way, crashed against the third
and then, one by one, the great steel
spans fell over. Nearly all the men
who were killed were at work on top
of the arches forty feet above the
ground. Some of them made futile
attempts to slide down the sido of the
arches, but before they help
themselves they were hurled to the
ground.
ARBITRATION SIDETRACKED.
Host Be War In Transvaal or an
Unconditional Backdown By
President Kruger.
The London foreign office issued a
Trnnsvnal blue book Friday contain
ing further correspondence between
the secretary of state for the colonies,
Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, and the
British high commissioner for south
Africa, Sir Alfred Milner.
The principal dispatches deal with
the Transvaal’s request for arbitration
and Mr. Clinmberlain’s suggestion for
a joint inquiry, which was telegraphed
to Sir Alfred Milner at Cape Town on
July 3ist.
No information is given, however,as
to the views of tlie Transvaal govern
ment regarding this proposition.
Sir Alfred Milner transmitted the
Transvaal’s proposal on June 14th and
recommended its immediate rejection
as it would " aise more questions than
wjuld s live.
In defending his recommendation,
Sir Alfred insisted that a redress of
the grievences of the Uitlanders stood
at the head of the program and that
nothing else could b$ considered until
fhis point was settled.
Mr. Chamberlain, in replying, in
dorsed Sir Alfred Milner’s views and
reviewed the *llllßllOO resulting in tlie
treatment to whioh the Uitlanders are
now subjected. His re, 'y concluded
with the proposal of a joint commis
•ion of inquiry.
It was learned in a telegraphic re
port from Cape Town Friday nighl
that the volksraad, by a vote of 18 to
9, adopted the report of the majority
of the dynamite commission, contin
uing the monopoly; that Commandant
Joubert issued a cireular to all field
cornets, cautioning them against any
act tending to bring on a conflict with
another power. He declares that not
one single stranger who does not vol
unteer is to be coerced into bearing
arms.
WHEELER GIVEN COMMAND.
Will Be Placed at Head of Brigade
Formerly Commanded By
General Funston.
A disnateh from Manila dated Au
gust 28tb, says: General Wheeler has
been ordered to report to General Mac-
Arthur. He will be given command
of General Funston’s brigade, which
Colonel Idsoum has commanded tem
porarily. General Wheeler will pro
ceed to San Fernando after having
spent a week in energetically visiting
the towns.
General Wheeler said to a represen
tative of tlie Associated Press:
“1 am inneh pleased with the situa
tion. I think that when Major Gener
al Otis gets more troops here he will
make The country is
more favorable for military operations
than I had supposed. The impression
that the country is unhealthy is
wrong.”
The railrosd to Angeles will Vie re
stored within a week end General Mac-
Arthur will adveuoe his headquarters
to that place.
Nebraska Troops Welcomed.
Lincoln people and those from
towns nearby to the number of over
10,000, gave a noisy aud enthusiastic
reception to the First Nebraska regi
ment when it arrived Tuesday night.
Townsend In Darien dW.jd.rs.
HIS OLD MOTHER SURRENDERS lilM
Relatives of tlie Murdered Man AgreeA
Not to Harm Him—Situation In
Mclntosh County.
The round-up of negroes in Mcln
tosh county, Ga., Saturday resulted
in the surrender of Henry Delegal,th®
murderer of Deputy Sheriff Townseud,
and the location for future arrest of
Dclegal’s brother and the woman di
rectly implicated in the killing.
Delegal’s surrender was made t®
Lieutenant Wood, in charge of a de
tachment of thirty S ivauiiah soldiers
stationed fifteen miles in the country
to hack up the sheriff’s posse, who
were scouring the swamps, and Dele
gal states that he surrendered to the
troops for protection, as he saw the
sheriff’s posse was closing in on him,
and his capture was only a matter of u
few hours or minutes.
At 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon, tf*e
military special with Lieutenant Leon
ard Wood, Lieutenant David Barrow
and twenty-five meu left Darien. The
two forces combined at Eulonia,on the
railroad twelve miles from Darien,and
the sheriff’s posse, leading by half a
mile, spread over the country. Every
negro was arrested as the posse pro
ceeded and held by detachments for
the approachiug militia.
The Delegal settlement was soon
reached and as the posse dashed up to
the houses negroes scurried to their
holes like frightened rats. Eight cab
ins were surrounded, pickets strung
out and eaoli man stood beside bin
horse prepared for fight.
The negroes sent their women and
children out and this was followed by
the posso closing in, arresting all the
men and searching the premises. The
search proved fruitless, but a confes
sion of Delegal’s whereabouts was ob
tained and the posse divided, half
going to the swamps. The swamp®
were being beaten closely while th®
military lined out on the bluff, pre
pared to send a volley into the out
pouring negroes as they came befor®
the posse.
At this critical juncture Delegal’®
aged mother came out of the swamp
with a request that Delegal he allowed
to Hiirrondt r to the soldiers.
The entire posse joined iu request
ing Messrs. Townsend, who were anx
ious to aveuge the death of their
brother, to surrender their arm* and
they finally reluctantly consented aud
gave their word to allow Delegal’s
safety.
Delegal admitted the murder, but
denied sending for his friends to help
him kill the whites. There is positiv®
evidence to the contrary, however.
With the prisoner secured, a quick
run was made to Darien Jnnction, and
at 6 o’clock Saturday evening the
train from Savannah arrived with ad
ditional reinforcements of 161 men
aud eleven officers of the First Georgia
regiment under cogimand of Colonel
Lawton.
The run hack to Darien was without
incident and at 8 o’clock the prisoner
was safely landed there without blood
shed.
CARPENTERS GO OUT.
Strike In Chattanooga Caused By Dl
rhrict of Three Union Men.
The carpenters, joiners and furni
nitnre wood workers employed in th®
Loomis A Hart Manufacting compuny,
at Chattanooga, went out on a striko
Saturday morning. The company dis
charged three men who are officers in
their union, and the meu refused to go
biiiti to work until the three men were
takes back.
OIL TAMi ■> BURN.
Standard Company looses Orr Two Thx
sand Barrels By Fire.
One of the most destructive firs®
that lias ever occurred at the Standard
Oil refinery broke out at Whiting,
Ohio, Sunday night. It was caused
by a leak at the bottom of one of the
stills. A few minutes after the fir#
broke out there was a terrific explosion
and the flames spread rapidly to th®
two immense tanks containing 2,200-
barrels of partially refined oil.
DR. DICKENS EXONERATED.
A Female Patient Charged Him With
Attempted Assault.
Dr. H. T. Dickens, who was charged
with assault and battery on Mrs. M.
L.'Whitlock, several weeks ago, waa
arraigned in court at Decatur, Ga.,
Monday morning before Judge John
8. Candler, and he was quickly exone
rated of the charge by the jury.
The alleged assault occurred on
July 4th last. It will be remem
bered that n that day Mrs. Whit
lock started from her home near
Tucker with Dr. Dickins, going
to Norcross, where she was to become
the patient of the physician. She
charged that while fn the buggy the
physician attempted to assault her.
DOMINICAN CAPITAL TAKEN.
A Cablegram to That Effect If a* P.een K
celvetl In New York.
Aiulriaiio Grullon of New York, the
representative of the Santo Domingo
revolutionists in this country, receiv
ed the following cablegram Monday
afternoon:
“Santiago, August 27 —Revolution
in capital. Government surrenders.
(Signed) La Marche.”
La Marche is the representative of
the Jiminez revolutionists.