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The Jones County News
M. C. GRKKNH. PUBLISHEl:.
SHAW BACKS BANKS
Guardian of Treasury Fxplains
Present Money Situation.
WILL TRY NO EXPERIMENTS
National Institutions Will Be Upheld
By Uncle Sam’s Treasury
to Extend of Its
Ability.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
gave out the following statement
Thursday.
"Money once covered into the treas
ll ry (and this, of course, Includes the
subtreasuries) cannot thereafter be
deposited In banks, All custom ro¬
ceipts are by law payable to the treas¬
ury and subtreasuries. The only fund
therefore, available for deposits In
banks is internal revenue and miscel¬
laneous receipts, before they have
been actually covered Into the treas-
ury. These amount to about half a
million per day, and since the strin
geivcy arose to the fullest extent have
been steadfastly returned to eircula
tlon. This policy will bo continued
from thirty to sixty days, if needed.
and longer, if necessary.
"In the meantime, national bank cir
dilation has been increased about $7,-
000,000, largely induced by the distri
bution of deposits, and the further in
crease to the amount of $8,000,000 Is
assured.
"All rumors of experiments have
been unauthorized by the treasury do
partment. It is to be hoped that the
public will place no credence in vaga
rics started by irresponsible and unin
terested men of the street. It Is also
hoped that the country will under¬
stand that the treasury department,
to the fullest extent of its ability, will
stand by the banks, oast and west,
north and south, and it is hoped aX=o
that the banks will stand by every bus¬
iness and every interest that is worth
protecting.
“The only way to get money out of
the treasury Into circulation, after it
has been actually covered in, is by the
payment of legal obligations of the
government. These may be antici
pated. The department did anticipate
the October interest. It now offers to
anticipate all interest maturing be¬
tween October 1 and the end of the fis¬
cal year, if presented within sixty
days, at a rebate of two tenths of 1
per cent per month, which is at the
rate of 2.4 per cent per annum. In
other words, these obligations will be
repaid at such a rate as to allow the
government to profit thereby at 2.4
per cent per annum. The amount ma¬
turing before June 30, 1903, is, in
round figures, $20,650,000. The profit
t*f, the government, if this offer shall
be accepted, will be, in round figures,
$ 220 , 000 .
“There will be no experiment", tried,
and no policy adopted until after ma¬
ture deliberation, and no feelers will
be sent out. Anything to the contrary
should be diserelited.’’
Regarding the published report that
he had resigned, Secretary Shaw said:
“I denied this rumor in Chicago. It
would seem unnecessary to repudiate
a story that has no author, and Is built
upon a false assumption and Is en¬
larged upon simply to fill space. The
president and the secretary of the
treasury are in thorough harmony. Of
this there need he no doubt, if the
speeches made by the president and
the secretary will be read and com¬
pared instead of the head lines.”
SUBSTITUTE FOR HENDERSON.
Iowa Republicans Fill Vacancy Caused
by Speaker’s Retirement.
Judge B. P. Birdsall, of Clarion. la.,
was nominated for congress by the
third district republican convention at
Hampton Thursday. The third district
is at present represented by the speak¬
er of the national house, Hon. David
B. Henderson, who recently declined
a renomination. The platform indorses
the administration of President Roose¬
velt.
PRESIDENT IS ALL RIGHT.
Doctors Highly Pleased at His Sat.
isfactory Condition.
Official telegrams from Secretary
Cortelyou indicate that the president
is in splendid condition and much bet¬
ter than he has been at any time since
he was injured in the trolley car acci¬
dent.
Official bulletins itate he is resting
well, is in the best of spirits and that
his physicians are highly pleased at
his satisfactory condition.
Mrs. Roosevelt left the Oyster Bay
home Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock
for Washington and arrived late in the
afternoon.
TO OUTWIT THE LAW.
egro Murderer, Run Down by Blood¬
hounds, Shoots Himself.
The negro. George Caughman, who
brutally murdered Ed Adams, a young
white man, near Newberry, S. C,
Tuesday morning, was captured by a
posse Wednesday afternoon.
When found by the dogs, the negro
vias lying in a clump of bushes, near
his house, with two self inflicted bullet
wounds in his abdomen.
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Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—All the directors of the Putnam
county, Ga., bank at Eatonton resign,
indications are that all indebtedness
will be paid in full.
—Negro preacher in sermon at Sa¬
vannah, Ga., declared the disaster at
Birmingham was caused by the wrath
of God becuee delegates worshiped
Booker Washington.
—Editor Robinson, of The Winches
ter, Tenn., News and Journal, was shot
to death by a lawyer Thursday.
—Because of the refusal of coal
company to force man to pay assess¬
ment of $1 three hundred miners go on
strike in Alabama.
—Congressional Candidate Causey,
of Norfolk, Va., advises fellow republi¬
cans not to contest franchise amend¬
ment to constitution, as this Is a white
man's government.
—General Russell A. Alger has been
indorsed by the Michigan republicans
for the United States senate.
—Mr. Stoney, the counsel for the
anti imperialists, in reviewing the re¬
publican Philippine policy, charges
that Secretary Root is responsible for
all the alleged horrors in the islands.
—John W. Gates has been caught
for millions by the recent flurry in
Wall street.
—The Connecticut democrats nomi¬
nated Carey for governor and refused
to indorse the Kansas City platform.
—Many towns in Russian Turkestan
have been destroyed by earthquakes.
One thousand persons are reported
killed.
-—The governor of Panama has pro¬
tested against the landing of American
marines on the isthmus.
—Judge. R. B. Russell, of the west
ern circuit, announces that he will not
be a candidate for judge of the Geor
gla supremo court.
—P. J. McGuire, former treasurer of
Carpenters’ organization and now un¬
der charge of misappropriating funds,
reached Atlanta Wednesday to make a
personal defense.
—The carnival revel of the Elks’ fair
at Atlanta was checked Wednesday
night during the hour set for prayer
meeting. A committee from the coun¬
cil conducted a personal Investigation
of the attractions.
—Mr. and Mrs. Shrouder were way¬
laid and shot to death by George Bun-
drick in Dooly county, Ga., Wednesday.
—White farmer named Adams was
called to his door Wednesday night
and shot down by a negro In South
Carolina, and -when overtaken by
bloodhounds, the negro shot himseif
fatally.
—In the presence of 7,000 persons,
Will Mathis, white, and Orlando Les¬
ter, a negro, were executed at Oxford,
Miss , Wednesday for the murder of
revenue officers.
—In application for pension, North
Carolina woman puts her age at 44 and
claims to have been married prior to
1865, which would have been at the
age of seven.
Rioting prevails throughout the an¬
thracite coal peglon and more regi¬
ments have been ordered out by Gov¬
ernor Stone. The situation almost
amounts to war.
—President Roosevelt reached Wash¬
ington Wednesday evening, having
stood the trip from Indianapolis with¬
out suffering. Physicians think he will
speedily recover.
—The New York republican conven¬
tion adjourned after renominating Gov¬
ernor Odell and adopting a platform,
one clause of which indorses Roosevelt
for 1904.
—Troops have been ordered to Leba¬
non, Pa., to protect negro laborers im¬
ported from the south. Disorder con¬
tinues in the strike region.
—Under cover of the American flag,
a Venezuelan warship bombarded Cui-
dad Bolivar. Minister Bowen forced
the Castro government to apologize.
—One hundred thousand dollars has
been given for the relief of Boor wid¬
ows and orphans by Mr. Phipps, the
America! millionaire of New York.
—The will of the queen of the Bel¬
gians bequeathe her twelve horses to
her private secretary, Baron Gofllnet.
King Leopold gets nothing.
—The capitol commission of Mary¬
land has decided to use Georgia mar¬
ble in constructing capitol annex.
—Will Owens and Will Phillips, two
young white men at Langsdale, near
West Point, Ga., engage in a fight.
Owens was killed outright and Phil¬
lips has a mortal wound.
—Governor Odell and Senator Plait
are at odds over the proposed nomina¬
tion of Sheldon for lieutenant gover¬
nor. Odell said he would not head the
ticket if Sheldon ware nominated, and
Platt withdrrw Sheldon.
—ft seems likely that Secretary of
State Hay’s plea for the Roumanian
Jews will result In no benefit to the
victims of persecution. -
—The story that the Harriman and
Northeastern railroad has been sold is
denied by Its officers.
—Fresh trouble has occurred in Co¬
lombia and the United States may be
forced to send additional ships.
—The American column sent against
the Mores has found the enemy occu¬
pying an almost impregnable position
GRAY. JONES CO.. GA., THU#>1)AY. OCTOBER 2. 1902.
A FIEND’S COWARDLY ACT.
Farmer, His Wife and Her Unborn
Babe Shot to Death on Public
Highway.
George Bundrick shot and killed
John J. Shrouder Wednesday morning
while the latter, with liis wife, was
proceeding in a buggy to their home
near Raiues, Ga.
Bundrick had claimed that a negro
cn Shrouder’s place had stolen his
pocket knife and had undertaken to
arrest three of Shrouder’s hands,
Shrouder offered to pay for the knife
in order that his farm foroo should not
be interfered with at this time. Bun¬
drick accused Shrouder of siding with
the negroes. Shrouder said he would
meet Bundrick as scon as he could
take his wife home. They then parted.
Wednesday morning as Shrouder
was going from the station with his
wife, in a buggy, he met Bundrick in
the road a short distance from the sta¬
tion and, without any warning, Bun¬
drick emptied both barrels of a shot¬
gun in Shrouder’s lace, killing him in¬
stantly. Bundrick either Intentionally
shot Mrs. Shrouder, or she was hit by
stray buckshot from the load fired at
her husband.
The shooting can-id the horse to
run away, and Mrs. Shrouder and her
husband were thrown in the road.
Mrs. Shrouder, with her unborn
babe, was mortally injured by the
shot and the fall.
MATHIS AND LESTER DIE.
White Man and Negro Swing from
Same Gallows in Mississippi.
At Oxford, Miss., Wednesday Will
Mathis (white) and Orlando Lester,
colored, were hanged for the murder
of the Montgomery brothers.
On the 16th of last November, Dep
uty United Stat's Marshals John A.
arid Hugh Montgomery went out 15
miles east of Oxxford to arrest Will
Mathis, upon the charge of illicit dis¬
tilling. It was learned that tibe offi¬
cers arrived at Mathis.’ about sundown
and although it was Saturday, Mathis
was engaged In killing a hog. He met
the officers at his gate and they pro¬
ceeded to read a writ to him and in¬
formed him that they would take him
on to Oxford that night. Mathis re¬
quested them to let him finish clean¬
ing the dog, so his wife would
have something*to eat while he was
gone.
The officers went Into the house and
that is the last known if them, of
which any one is sure, until their char¬
red and mutilated bodies were found
in the ashes of Mathis’ burned house
next morning.
The negro, Orlando Lester, was
helping Mathis and Bill Jackson was
also on the premises. Tho part each
played in the tragedy has been told
differently by each one concerned.
Mathis claims that Whit Owens loan¬
ed the negro a gun and told him to
shoot the officers, which he did
against Mathis’ will. Lester claims
that he was sent for the gun by Will
Mathis and that Bill Jackson did the
shooting. Bill Jackson said he left
before the killing took place and Ow¬
ens has never made any statement at
ail.
After the Montgomerys were killed,
Mathis took his wife to her father,
Whit Owens, and returned with Owens
and Lester and burned the house in or¬
der to hide the bodies of the two mur-
derod men. The bodies were muti¬
lated and burned, but no one will prob¬
ably ever know the details.
RUSSELL OUT OF RACE.
Announces that He Is Not Candidate
For Georgia Supreme Court Bench.
Judge R. B. Russell will not be a
candidate for the Georgia supreme
bench. He makes this an- ouncemcnt
■through The Atlanta Constitution.
Judge Russell had never formally
announced his candidacy. Still his
name had been generally used in this
connection and many of his friends
have been working actively for him for
several weeks.
Phipps Gives Hundred Thousand.
A dispatch from The Hague con-
firms the report that the donor cf the
$100,000 sent to Genera] Botha for the
relief of destitute Boers was Henry
Phipps, of New York city.
MABINE POSES AS MARTYR.
Misguided Filipino Refuses to Take
Oath of Allegiance.
The transport Sherman from San
Francisco arrived at Manila Friday
She called at the Island of Guam and
had aboard 35 political prisoners who
took the oath of allegiance to the
United States.
Mabini, the former president of the
Filipino supreme court, and Filipino
minister of foreign affairs, refused to
take the oath and was kept prisoner
at Guam.
No decision has been arrived at re¬
garding Mabini, but he probably will
be left at Guam indefinitely.
M’GUIRE ANSWER CHARGES.
Former Official of Carpenters' Associa¬
tion Accused of Shortage.
P. J. McGuire, former secretary and
treasurer of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America,
whose alleged shortage of $10,000 has
occupied the attention of the conven¬
tion for the past two days, arrived In
Atlanta Wednesday afternoon to make
a personal defense before the conven
tlon.
___ REION Of ’ihless ~ i
A ■
« on
Strikers Become More a**| More
Difiant and Bloodthirsty.
TROOPS SWARM Tli! REGION
Bayonets Only Serve to dd to the
Wrath of the Striker 1-Wholo
Anthracite Region 1 Now
Aflame.
A Philadelphia special st#“ : Of the
ten anthracite coal producing comities
of Pennsylvania, state troops are now
camped in five. Despite the presence
of the troops in these districts, rioting
and general lawlessness’ hcSt continued
Wednesday in the entire coal ter-
ritory from Forest City, Susquehanna
county, on the north, to Wlllinras-
town, Dauphin county, oi^ the south,
a distance of more than 100 miles.
The section of the strife region in
the vicinity of Forest City, which has
been comparatively wK/ught ,i*'jfice
the strike began, was gj eatly
up during the day by c owds of strik-
ers interfering with an L heating men
who had returned to wfrk, and as a
result Sheriff Maxey, of thisquohanna
county, asked Govemort Stono for
troops to assist him and other civil
authorities to preserve the peace.
Many Troops In Field.
At present there are four full regi¬
ments, two companies of another and
two troops of cavalry In the field. The
Thirteenth regiment is camped at Oly¬
phant, six miles north of Scranton;
the Ninth is quartered at its armory in
Wilkesbarre; the Eighth regiment, akd
the Second Philadelphia city troops
are under canvas on the top of a hill
overlooking Shenandoah; one battal¬
ion of the Twelfth and the Governor's
troop are In the Panther creek valley
and one battalion of the Twelfth in
preserving ordpr in the city of Leba¬
non, where the Iron and steel workers
are on a strike. If the disorder con¬
tinues Governor Stone will he com¬
pelled to call out additional soldiers.
While there has been no big gen¬
eral riot the disturbances have been
of such a serious nature as to cause
the authorities ’much apprehension.
Every effort is being made by tho sher-
iffs of tlie several counties affected
and the troops to prevent disturbances
from growing to mch an extent as to
cause bloodshed.
- YR’.oncc Everywhere.
Reports are coming in from every
section of non union men and others
either being shot or clubbed. Houses
of workmen have been burned or dyna¬
mited, and attempts have been made
to hold up coal trains or derail them.
Coal is being shipped from many
parts of the coal fields to market, but
compared with the normal output tho
quantity is Insignificant. The output
for the week will he considerably less
than the average moral production of
one day, which is about 300,000 tons.
The strikers claim tha>t very little of
the coal is freshly mined and that it
Is mostly coal "washed” from the
culm banks. President Mitchell had
no coment to make on the movement
of the troops into Luzerne county. He
said the general strike situation Is
unchanged.
ODELL RENOMINATED.
Present New York Governor Named
For a Second Term.
The New York state republican con¬
vention in session at Saratoga Wednes¬
day named the following ticket:
Governor—B. B. Odell, Jr., of Or¬
ange:
Lieutenant Governor—F. W. Higgins,
Cattaraugus.
Secretary of State—John O'Brien,
Clinton.
Treasurer—John G. Wickers, Erie.
Attorney General—Henry B, Coman,
Madison.
For Comptroller- -N. B. Miller, Cort¬
land.
Engineer—E. A. Bond, Jefferson.
Judge of the Court of Appeals—W.
E. Werner, Monroe.
The /resolutions, after expressing
sorrow for the death of President Mc¬
Kinley, endorses In strong terms the
administration of President Roosevelt.
ALGER FOR SENATE.
Michigan Republicans Indorse Former
Secretary cf War.
After a long and laborious session
in Grand Rapids, in which more en¬
thusiastic partisan strife was In evi¬
dence than has been seen In tho coun¬
cils of the republican party in that
state for many years, the Michigan
republican state convention Thursday
indorsed the senatorial candidacy of
General R. A. Alger, former secretary
of war, and nominated William L. Car¬
penter, of Detroit, for justice of the
supreme court, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Justice Charles
D. Long.
THE SAN FRANCISCO SAILS.
Goes to the Isthmus of Panama to Pro¬
tect Our Interests.
The United States cruiser San Fran¬
cisco, which arrived at the Norfolk
navy yard a week ago, sailed Wednes¬
day morning for Panama, where she
goes to protect American interests on
the isthmus.
SOUTHERN MILLS ARE MERiED.
Long-Talked of Combine of Cotton
Factories Has at Last Been
Consummi'.ted.
A Philadelphia special says: The
project to consolidate 69 per cent of
the spinning and weaving mills in the
south under the control of a holding
corporation lins finally materialized
and the announcement is made by
cne of the managers of the enterprise
that the Fries plan had been adopted
by enough southern mills to guarantee
the success of the proposition. Tho
cash capital involved in the enterprise
now amounts to $25,900,000. This will
ho increased as fart ns additional
mills come into the combination.
Nearly all the largest and most im¬
portant of the modern spinning and
weaving mills In the south are Inter-
ested in the project and those that
have not already signed options will
do so as soon as the stockholders of
the several companies can be brought
together to ratify agreements already
made by accredited representatives.
Tile directory of the new company
will include several Philadelphia men '
The mill owners thamselves, however,
will control tho holdings corporation
under the operation of the Fries plan,
which gives them a majority voice in
the directory, as well as all the bonds
and preferred stock issued by the
holding corporation.
Philadelphians directly concerned
In the enterprise confirmed the well
authenticated reports received from
the south as to the adoption of the
Fries plan, hut they declined to give
out a list of tho mills actually ac-
qulred. They stated that tho control
of the proposed holdings corporation
would he vested In representative mill
men of the south. Tho executive of¬
ficers o fthe holding company will also
be southern mill men.
DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS.
Many Consuls Named and Others
Transferred to New Posts.
Tho following diplomatic appoint¬
ments have been announced by tho
state department at Washington;
Charlemr.gne Tower, of Pennsylva¬
nia, now ambassador extraordinary
and plenipotentiary to Russia, to he
ambassador extraordinary and minis¬
ter plenipotentiary to Germany.
Robert S. McCormick, of Illinois,
now ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary to Austria-Hungary, to
be ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary to Russia.
Bellamy Storcr, of Ohio, now envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipo¬
tentiary to Spain, to be ambassador
extraordinary and minister plenipoten¬
tiary to Switzerland, to he envoy ex¬
traordinary and minister plenipoten¬
tiary to Spain,
Charles Page Bryan, of Illinois,
/low envoy extraordinary to Brazil, to
he envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Switzerland.
David E. Thompson, of Nebraska,
to be envoy extraordinary and minis¬
ter plenipotentiary to Brazil.
SHAW TO BUY BONDS.
Offers 105 Flat for United States
Five Per Cents.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
has issued -the following circular:
“By virtue of the authority contain¬
ed in section 3694 of the revised stat-
utes, notice is hereby given that this
department. will purchase any of tho
United States five per cent bonds of
the loan of 1904, If presented tor that
purpose on or beore October 15 next,
and will pay for them at the rate of
105 flat. Bonds may he presented at
this department, division of loans and
currency, or at. the office of the assist-
ant treasurer of the United States at
New York.”
Republicans Nominate Democrat.
Announcement is made that the re¬
publicans have nominated F. F. Koer-
ber for congress in the Third Alabama
district. Surprise is expressed, as
Koerber has always been a democrat.
Baltimore Can Company in Trouble.
Receivers were appointed at Balti¬
more Friday for the Maryland Can
and Manufacturing Company. (The
indebtedness is placed at $300,000 and
assets at $225,000.
GEORGIA MARBLE USED.
Supplants Maryland Article in State
Capitol Annex.
Georgia marble has been substituted
for Maryland marble by the building
commission of the state capitol annex,
says a BaRlmwe dispatch. The por¬
tico is to be built of the Georgia stono,
and it was decided to substitute mar¬
ble for copper In the cornices.
Members of tho commission said
they favored Maryland marble, hut
owing to an apparent combination
afong local quarrymen to raise prices,
the Georgia stone could ho had much
cheaper.
FOUR HUNDRED ON STRIKE.
Machinists in Shops of C., O & G.
Road Walk Out at Shawnee.
Four hundred machinists, boiler
makers, blacksmiths and woodwork-
ers went on strike Friday at the car
shops of the Choctaw, Oklahoma and
Gulf railroad, at Shawnee, Okia. The
strikers demand that they he paid
promptly every month as under
4ld management.
VOL, VIII. NO. 45.
STORlMWEPT
Great Tidai Wave Fol’ows ard
Is!; nd is Engu fed.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE KILLED
Property Loos is Enormous—Two
Volcanoes Show Activity ard
Add to Terror of tho
Inhabitants.
The Island of Sicily has been swept
by a cyclone, causing great loss of life
and property. Catania, on the cast
const, is Hooded and many houses, in¬
cluding the Villa Bellini, have been
, lamaged- The railroads have auffer-
, seriously. Tho cyclone also
wrought havoc at Modlca, where sev¬
eral persons were killed.
Mount Etna shows further signs of
activity and the volcano cf Stromboll
is still active,
For twenty four hours before tho
cyclone burst over the island a vio¬
lent storm raged on the eastern coast.
The path of the cyclone was 124
miles long, and everything lu flic line
of the storm was destroyed. The sea
8wept inland for several kilometers,
doing enormous damage, whllo there
were violent submarine agitations be-
iwecn Sicily and the mainland. Along
tho railroad from Catania to Palermo
the force of tho cyclone was such tliut
rails were town up and hurled to a
great distance.
It is reported from Modlca, 32 miles
southwest of Syracuse, that a hundred
bodies have already boon found, hut
that the number cf dead bodies swept
away by the torrent is unknown.
The newspaper Fractissa expresses
tho belief Hint some four hundred
people have been killed.
The torrent destroyed everything on
the ground floors In houses In the kiw-
er portion of Modlca. Bridges and
roads have disappeared, and damage
amounting to many million lire has
been done. (A lire is worth about 20
cents.)
The survivors of the catastrophe
have taken refuge In the hills. A re¬
lief committee and search parties
have been organized at. Modlca. The
disaster is supposed to have been due
to a marine waterspout. The German
steamer Caprera was wrecked at Ca¬
tania after a terrible struggle with
the waves.
Two torrents, the St. Francis and
the St. Marie, which descend through
the town, rose suddenly and brought
with them masses of mud and heavy
stones and invaded the buildings
They carried awaj everything In their
course. Many houses were utterly
wrecked and others were seriously
damaged. Numerous animals per¬
ished.
The number of victims is still un¬
known, but eighty corpses liavo been
deposited In a single church. At Sol-
ell twelve persons were killed. Ta-
searo was destroyed. Enormous dam¬
age was done at Palazzolo, Acrcide,
Faria and Geratana.
WIFE MURDERER SLAIN,
Exciting Double Tragedy in Country
Near Upatoie, Georgia.
Arthur Comer shot and killed ills
wifo and was then shot to death by
the woman’s father with the same pis-
tol near Upatoie, Ga., late Thursday
afternoon,
Comer had been separated from his
wife for two months, it Is reported, on
i account of ill treatment. He went to
Joe Murphey’s, father oi Mrs, Comer,
and tried to induce Mrs. Comer to
return and live with him. This she
declined to do. Ho then opened fire
at her, shooting her witli a pistol five
tinues, one shot enter lug her head and
four her body, killing her instantly.
Murphey, who is a farmer, was
loading a wagon with cotton near the
house and heard the shooting. He
went to tho house to see what the
trouble was and finding that, iiis
daughter had been murdered, he start¬
ed in pursuit of Comer unarmed. Co¬
mer lied when he saw Murphey coin
iug, but ran into a wire fence. Mur-
phey caught him and took his pistol
from him and shot him three times,
killing him on the spot.
SOLDIERS’ HOME DEDICATED.
With Appropriate Exercises Retreat of
Georgia Vets Is Opened.
The new Georgia Soldiers’ Horn'
building at Atlanta was (ornmlly open
ed Thursday with exercises peculiarly
appropriate to the occasion.
A largo crowd was present, includ¬
ing the inmates of the home, Confed¬
erate Veterans of different camps,
members of the Ladies’ Memorial As¬
sociation, Daughters of th cConfcd-
eracy and other auxiliary organiza¬
tions.
Colonel W. Lowndes Calhoun, presi¬
dent of the board of trustees of the
home, presided.
LONDON WORRIED BY A “FAKE.”
Bogus News that Anarchists Were
After Roosevelt.
Great excitement was created In
London Thursday evening by a story
sent out by the Dalziel news agency
under a New York date, saying it was
supposed that an anarchist attempt
on the life of President Roosevelt was
involved in the Wreckage 7 of ' the <q ) 0 l-
den Eagle hotel. -
:
PRESIDENT AGAIN “KNIFED.”
Another Slight Operation is Performed
by Doctors on Roosevelt’s Dis¬
eased Leg.
A Washington dispatch cays: An¬
other operation was performed Sun¬
day on tjie abscess on the left leg of
President Roosevelt. In the former
operation a simple needle was used to
relieve the trouble, but this time the
surgeons, with a knife made an Incis¬
ion into the small cavity, exposing the
hone, which was found to be slightly
affected.
The president’s case has been pro¬
grotsing satisfactorily, hut it is be¬
lieved by the physicians that the fur¬
ther operation was made will hasten
his complete recovery. While none
of the doctors are willing to he quoted,
they give the most positive assur¬
ances that there is not the least alarm,
and say, on the contrary, there is ev¬
ery Indication of a spoedy recovery;
tlint the area of the bone affected Is
very slight, and will not result in an
impairment of the president’s limb,
and that there is no evidence what¬
ever of any matter than would pro¬
duce blood poisoning. They confident¬
ly expect that the president will he
on his feet within a reasonable time,
and, with his robust constitution to as¬
sist recovery, soon will he himself
again.
Dr. Newton M. Shaffer, of New
York, who long has been acquainted
with the Roosevelt family, and has at¬
tended the president’s children at va¬
rious times, and who 's also a well-
known bone specialist, joined the
president’s physicians in their morn¬
ing consultation at 10 o’clock. It was
noticed that there had been a slight
rise in tho president's temperature
and an Increase in local symptoms,
and the conclusion was reached that
the patient’s recovery would he has¬
tened by making an incision of the
wound for the purpose of relieving tho
slight tension or swelling which was
present, and also to drain the wound.
The operation was performed between
2 and 3 o’clock in tlic afternoon. An
application of cocaine was used to al¬
lay tho pain.
The president stood the operation
very well, and subsequently expressed
his satisfaction at the successful re¬
sult.
Dr. Rixcy, the surgeon general of
the navy, performed the operation, as¬
sisted by Dr. Lung, the president’s
regular physician.
RECEIVER IS ASKED FOR. S
Boston People File Bill In Equit/
Against Coal Barons.
A committee of citizens, headed by.
the publishers of a Boston newspaper,
Saturday Bought relief in the courts
from the present coal shortage and
high prices by asking for a receiver
for the coal companies and coal-carry¬
ing roads. A hill in equity was filed
In the Massachusetts supreme court
asking (hut a receiver he appointed
for the benefit of all concerned upon
such terms and In such manner, and
with such agents and servants, and
with such rates of wages and other
conditions of employment and at suck
prices for goods produced and sold as
t)le ,. 0 „ r t shall from time to time ad-
judge proper.
ENGINEER DIED BRAVELY.
While Pinned Down and Burning H®
Talked With Those About Him.
At least four and perhaps several
more persons were killed by a fright
, wreck in the Union Pacific yards at
1 Rawlins, Wyo., early Saturday,
The engineer was pinned down by:
the end of the tank resting on his legs
and for several hours ho was con¬
scions anil carried on a conversation
I with members of the rescuing party,
but he was finally overcome by heat
from the engine and tho burning cars
about him.
Kentucky Is Reimbursed.
The comptroller of the currency ha®
rendered a decision allowing Kern*
■ tucky $120,860 in reimbursement of ex-
j p( , ng( , s i)1( . ljrr e (1 |„ raising and rquip-
j Jling volunteer troopt for the war with!
Spaln.
OVER FIVE HUNDRED DROWNED*
Further Details of Frightful Storm®
that Swept Sicily.
Later advices received from Sicily!
show that the, tempest that worked
such damage in that island raged fort
several days. Details of the storm)
multiply the number of deaths. Oa
the east const 370 bodies have been
recovered and the sea continues tot
give up corpses which were swept!
down by the torrents from the into*
rior.
It is estimated that five hundred
bodies have already been recovered.
Three hundred lives were lost aV
Modlca.
INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO TRUST!
American and British Interests Have*
at Last Been Consolidated.
A London special says: The tobac*
co war has been ended by the amalga*
mation of the American and British 1
1 interests. An official statement corn*
Gaining the details and subscribed by,
j the officers 0 f both combines will b«
I given , out , , later. .