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The Jones County News.
M. 0. GREENE. PUBLISHER.
SHOTS MISS LEOPOLD
Assassin Attempts the Life of
Ruler of Belgium.
BULLETS WENT WIDE OF MARK
Would-be Murderer Immediately
Placed in Oustody—His Record in.
vestigated at Rome and Found
to be Highly Notorious.
A special from Brussels, Belgium,
states that an unsuccessful attempt
was made to assassinate King Leopold
Saturday by an anarchist named -Gen
nerro Rubino. Three shots were fired
at his majesty while he was out riding,
but none of them were effective. The
would-be assassin was immediately ar¬
rested.
After King Edward.
According to some reports Rubino,
in the course of his examination be
fore the magistrate, declared that he
selected King Leopold for his attack
on account of his majesty's inhuman
treatment toward his daughter. Prin¬
cess Stephanie, at the time of her
mother’s death, and he also wished to
show to the anarchists in London who
doubted his loyalty that while they
only talked, he acted. He woul.d have
killed King Edward, he added, but for
the strong feeling of the English peo¬
ple in favor of the monarch.
Congratulations from America.
Secretary Hay called at the Bel¬
gian legation Sunday to express to the
officials there the regret over the at¬
tempt on the life of the king of Bel¬
gium Saturday and to extent the con¬
gratulations of the people of this coun¬
try over the king’s escape from harm.
Rubino’s Record Looked Into.
A dispatch from Rome, Italy, says:
The ministry of the interior has estab¬
lished the identity of the assailant of
King Leopold. He is described in the
record as an advanced socialist. He
was condemned to a long term of im¬
prisonment for stealing at Milan in
1393, but he effected his escape to
England, where he is supposed to have
imbibed anarchistic principles. His
father was a patriotic communal coun¬
cillor, but Rubino, while still serving
in the army, was condemned to five
years’ detention for writing an anarch¬
istic newspaper article. These are the
only criminal records that, have been
found against him. Since leaving Italy
he has resided continuously in Scot¬
land and England, first in Glasgow and
afterwards in London. Some years
ago he was accused of treachery by his
anarchist friends and expelled from
their ranks.
A SPECTACULAR SUICIDE.
Dawson, Ga., Merchant Adopts Unique
Program for Self-Destruction.
At Dawson, Ga., Sunday night, La-
vausia Lamar shot himself through the
head with a revolver as he stepped in
front of a Central of Georgia passen¬
ger train, which mangled his body,
severing the head completely.
Mr. Lamar was a prominent mer¬
chant and a member of the Lamar
family of Georgia. He was 27 years
old.
While Rev. O. S. Cook was deliver¬
ing his sermon at the Methodist
church at the evening service, young
Lamar walked in and interrupted him,
saying:
“I hope you will let no one speak ill
of me after I am gone,’’ and walked
out of the building.
After the conclusion of the services
a party of friends, fearing he was not
in his right mind, followed him to
his store, and finding that closed, con¬
tinued the search to the Central depot,
where a policeman informed them that
he had just walked up the railroad
track. They followed and just as the
train came in sight they saw him on
the track, but before he couid be
reached or the train stopped, he placed
the muzzle of the pistol to his head
and fired, Just as he fell the train
rushed on him, severing the head com¬
pletely and dragging the mangled body
quite a distance.
MILLIONAIRE CONVICTED.
Butler Sentenced to Pen for Attempted
Bribery—Appeal is Taken.
At Columbia, Mo., Colonel Ed But¬
ler, millionaire and politician of St.
Louis, on trial charged with attempt¬
ing to bribe Dr. Chapman, of the St.
Louis board of health, in order to in¬
fluence his vote on the indorsement of
a garbage contract with the city, has
been found guilty by the jury, which
assessed the punishment at three
years in the penitentiary.
The filing of appeal to the state su-
preme court followed llutler’s bond
was fixed at $10,000. which was sign¬
ed by a number of prominent citizens
BATTLESHIPS ARE OFF.
Big Fleet Leaves Hampton Roads to
Assemble in the Carribean.
A special from Norfolk, Va., says:
The sailing from Hampton Roads Sat-
urdav of the battle ships, the'fighting |
strength of the great fleet which is to j
be assembled a “ in the Carribean under
the s command of the admiral !
of the •££*greatsignificance. navy fo- the winter evolutions 1
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THE BALE NOT TOLD.
Terrible (.esses of Both Life and Prop¬
erty Entailed by Volcano Santa
Maria in Guatemala.
Astonishing revelations of great loss
of life and property caused by the
eruption of the Santa Maria volcano
are being made daily, says a cable¬
gram to The New York Herald from
Gautemala city, transmitted by way of
San Salvador. Eruptions continue.
Many hundreds of human beings
perished and the destruction of prop¬
erty is considered greater than that in
ihe island of Martinique by the erup¬
tions of Mont Pelee.
-All of the estates in the neighbor¬
hood of the volcano are buried under
volcanic ashes, which reach to the
tops of houses.
The richest coffee estates are com
pletely ruined. The principal losers
are the large coffee planters, mostly
United States citizens and Germans,
whose properties are ruined.
Two or three new craters have been
formed on the side of the volcano.
There were no eruptions from the
summit.
Pumice and ashes were carried
chiefly in the southern and eastern di¬
rections. The sea has a coating of
volcanic material extending for many
miles.
The loss of the coffee crop, which
is Guatemala’s principal export, has
completely demoralized commerce and
he government finances generally.
The national paper currency, which
s the only circulating medium, has
alien to 7 cents gold for one dollar
'aper.
Prices for all necessaries have risen
o a prohibitive figure for many per¬
sons. The authorities are trying to
orcu the dealers to sell goods at the
isuai prices, but the condition of af-
airs is such that business is entirely
paralyzed.
Violently worded hand bills and
posters are being circulated.
PREFIDENT MUNCHES 'POSSUM.
How Sunday Was Spent by Hunting
Party—Partiality to the ‘‘Colonel.’’
Sunday was a quiet day at the pres¬
ident's camp on the little Sunflower,
a dispatch from Smedes, Miss.
There was no hunt, the president and
several members of the party spent a
couple of hours in the morning ram¬
bling over the forest trains on their
horses. Dinner was the chief event
of the day. The menu included roast
hear paws and 'postum and sweet po¬
tatoes. Dinner was served in camp
Style, on a rough pine board table set
up in the open air. Tin plates and tin
cups were used. There was not enough
knives and forks to go around, and
the colored cook announced to the
amusement of everybody as the party
sat down, that on account, of the scarc-
itp of the articles he had distributed
them only to the “colonel,” as the pres¬
ident is invariably called in camp, and
the foreign gentlemen.
WILL APPEAL TO PRESIDENT.
Cigar Makers of Tampa to Lay Griev¬
ances Before Roosevelt.
A New York dispatch says: After
the thorough discussion of the kidnap¬
ing of fourteen leaders of the union
cigar makers’ strike in Tampa about
a year ago and more recent abduction
of the mayor of that city, because of
his alleged sympathies with the strik¬
ers, the Central Federation of Labor,
at a meetinf Sunday unanimously de¬
cided to lay the matter before Presi¬
dent Roosevelt and request him to call
for a report of the commission which
he some time ago appointed to inves¬
tigate the matter first mentioned. It
was also voted that the question be
placed before the national Federation
of Labor, in session in New Orleans.
TEDDY HAS SORE EYES.
Young Son of President to Spend a
Week of Rest in Washington.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of the
pffesident, is to spend a week In Wash¬
ington that his eyes may be given a
rest. Mrs. Roosevelt received a mes¬
sage from the master of the school at
Groton, Mass., where the boy is at¬
tending, announcing that his eyes were
troubling him and suggested a rest.
REPUBLICANS CARRY HAWAII.
Prince Cupid Snows Under Present
Delegate Wilcox for Congress.
Complete election returns from the
Hawaiian Islands show that Prince
Cupid, the republican candidate, has
beaten Delegate Wilcox for congress
by 1,920.
NEW GUSHER IN LOUISIANA.
Spouts High in Air and Defies At-
tempts of Workers to Cap IL
At Welsh, La., well No. 4 came in as
gas and oil gusher Sunday afternoon,
_ found ,
was so strong that it was
impossible to cap it.
ARMOUR PLANT BURNED.
Mammoth Concern at Sioux City, Val¬
ued at $900,000, Prey for Flames.
Armour Company’s packing plant at
Sioux City, Iowa, which yards, occupies and valued four j j
of the stock
$909,000, was totally destroyed ear- |
fire which start- , |
supday morning by
0 .1 „n the second floor of the fertilizer
building. The loss is partly covered
by 'six $721,500 Insurance. thrown out of
hundred men are
■mnlovmsat fey U»* fir** .
GRAY. JONES 00.. GA.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1902.
TAKING UP EVIDENCE
The Arbitration Commission Gets
Down to Business.
HORDE OF LAWYERS ON HAND
President Mitchell Goes First on the
Stand and Pleads Cause of the
Miners—Hearings Draw Large
Crowds of Spectators.
The anthracite coal strike commis¬
sion appointed by President Roosevelt
to arbitrate the differences existing be¬
tween the mine workers of the hard
coal fields of Pennsylvania and tlielr
employes, began the hearing of testi¬
mony at Scranton, Pa., Friday, by
which it will determine whether or not
the workmen are receiving fair and
just wages for their labor and whether
their condition should not be im¬
proved.
When the commission opened its ses-
aion the only evidence before it was
the preliminary statement of Mr.
Mitchell and the replies thereto of tho
operators. After the workmen have
concluded their case the operators
will make their defense. It is expect¬
ed that more than two weeks will he
taken up in hearing both sides.
The star witness for the miners—
President John Mitchell—took the
stand in the forenoon, and when the
commission adjourned at 4 o’clock in
the afternoon he was still under the
fire of cross-examination by David W.
Wilcox, general counsel of the Dela¬
ware and Hudson Company. It was a
trying day for the miners’ leader, but
he seemed to stand the test well. The
heaviest fire of cross questions was
aimed at him late in the afternoon ses¬
sion, and when the hour of adjourn¬
ment was reached Mr. Wilcox was still
propounding questions and testing Mr.
Mitchell’s memory.
The opening of the session was a
notable day in the annals of the law
in the upper anthracite region. Such
an array of lawyers has never been
seen in that part of the state, and it
is doubtful whether attorneys have
ever been so numerous on one side of
a case in Pennsylvania as were pres¬
ent in the interest of the coal compa¬
nies. The commission’s sessions are
being held in the beautiful chamber of
the state superior court, which is on
the second floor of Ihe Lackawanna
county court house, a handsome struc¬
ture in itself. Rauged around three
tables in front of the seven commis¬
sioners, who occupied the judge’s
bench, were no less than thirty law¬
yers, twenty-four of whom were look¬
ing after the interests of the mine
owners.
In addition to these there was a
large number of members of the bar
present y> look on. The court room
at both sessions of Friday was packed
almost to suffocation, and scores of
persons were unable to gain admit¬
tance.
The attitude of the commissioners
was closely followed by every one in
the court room Thoy appeared to be
greatly interested in the crossexami¬
nation of Mr. Mitchell, but at times
seemed to grow restless under the
ceaseless fire of questions aimed at
the mine workers’ leader. Judge Gray,
as chairman of the commission, being
verged in court proceedings, and in
the law, was the only spokesman for
the commission, He at times asked
questions, and at the very close of the
afternoon session directed a query at
Mr. Mitchell whicn Mr. Wilcox had
been leading lip to for some time. The
chairman asked Mr. Mitchell whether
his organization approved the act of
withdrawing from or denying the nec-
essaries of life to those who had of-
fended the organization, and he re-
plied: “1 should say emphatically,
no.” j
Charleston Navy Yard Building. ! j
The navy department has adver¬
tised for bids for the construction of
two buildings at the Charleston navy
yard. The buildings, which are to be
used as construction and repair shops,
will each cost $120,000. !
BATTLE WITH ROBBERS.
Highwayman Has His Head Shot Off, j
and Marshal is Badly Hurt.
Marshal Henry Krohn was shot and |
an unknown burglar had his head ;
tdown off in a bloody battle in Elyria,
Ohio, early Friday morning. The
shooting occurred during Iho fight
with four robbers, who completely ter-
rorized the town.
The gang stole horses and rigs, en¬
tered several houses and shot reck¬
lessly, in a wild charge down the main
street of the town. A posse was at
once formed and went in pursuit of
the robbers.
ALLEGED EMBEZZLER NABBED.
Moffat, from Hong Kong, is Arrested
by San Francisco Officers.
A San Francisco dispatch says;
r h. Moffatt was arrested Friday on
board the Japanese liner Hong Kong
Maru, following her arrival from the
orient and tho Hawaiian islands A
cablegram In the hands of the police
accuses Moffatt of being a fugitive
from Hong Kong, and being an e.nhcz-
.ler of $24,000.
ONE POOR LITTLE BEAR.
Comes to Untimely Demise at Hands
of President’s Hunting Party
and tbe Dogs.
A dispatch from Smedes, Miss., says:
A lean black bear which weighs 235
pounds is hanging up at the presi¬
dent's camp on the Little Sunflower,
but to the regret of all the members
of the party the first trophy of the
hunt did not fall to the president's win¬
chester. The bear’s trail was struck
by the hounds .soon after the party
started Friday morning.
Within a few minutes the dogs
showed the direction the quarry was
taking, and Holt Collier, with Ihe In¬
stinct of an old hear hunter. Immedi¬
ately made up his mind where the ani¬
mal would come out. To save the
president needless hard riding through
the brush he directed Mr. Foote to
take the president along iho trail to a
certain cut-off. This was done and the
president and Mr. Foote rode to the
assigned station. On their way sever¬
al swamp deer were jumped, but no
effort was made to get a shot at them.
Then for several hours the presi¬
dent and Mr. Foote waited. The trail
of the bear carried the yelping hounds
out of hearing, and shortly afternoon
Mr. Foote abandoned hope that the
quarry would come back their way and
he and the president returned to camp
for lunch. Had they remained the
president would have had a shot, as
tjio boar, with the pack at his heels
crossed at almost, the exact spot which
Holt had indicated.
About, a mile beyond this point
bruin, exhausted by his long race, ran
into a water hole and turned upon the
dogs. They were all-over him In an
instant. The poor beast was too much
exhausted to make much of a fight, but
he grabbed one of the hounds by the
neck and crunched through its spine,
killing it instantly. As the bear was
making a swipe with Its paw at an¬
other dog, Holt Collier jumped from
his horse and, clutching his ride,
knocked Mr. Bear over with a blow on
the head. Then he blew his horn In to¬
ken that the quarry had been brought
to bay.
CHAFFEE TAKES THE BLAME.
Defends Officers and Assumes Respon¬
sibility of Campaign in Samar.
Tho annual report of Major General
Adna R. Chaffee, just made public at
Washington, covers the campaign of
General J. H. Smith in Samar. Gen¬
eral Chaffee warmly defends the offi¬
cers and assumes full responsibility
for all that was done under official or¬
ders.
Speaking of the campaign in Samar,
General Chaffee says that he finds
nothing In the written Instructions
“which was not justified by the condi¬
tions there to be overcome.”
General Chaffee requests the remov¬
al of all censure that has been passed
publicly upon General Bell regarding
the orders, circulars and instructions
which he issued while putting down
the Insurrection.
An interesting feature of Ceneral
Chaffee’s report relates to the Mores
in Mindanao and Jolo. He says It will
require time, tact and patience to es-
tablish United States authority over
all the Moro settlements. In this con¬
nection he says:
“The sooner the sultan of Jolo’s
title, actual or assumed, as sovereign
and as sole owner of land in the Jolo
archipelago, is quitted, the better for
the situation. Probably there is little
doubt that a money consideration
would relieve the situation of his
claim and presence, and, if this is
done, laws, Just, but simple, and so
plainly stated as to be understood by
the Moro population generally, could
be enforced, through the dal.toes upon
tii e j r followers without much trouble
or frequent resort to force.”
General Chaffee says that force has
been used only to the degree necessary
to m ake it understood plainly that per¬
sons entitled to protection cannot be
and that the authority of
the United States canno be ques-
In conclusion, General Chaffee
makes a statement of the general char¬
acter of the army and the duty of
which is in the nature of a re-
ply to criticisms that have been made.
EVIDENCE AGAINST PERRY.
Sweetheart Had Watch Chain
Which Belonged to Murdered Girl.
The Cambridge, Mass., police spent
investigating the past life
movements of George L. O. Perry,
negro who, upon the release of
G. Mason, was chaiged with the
j er Q f Mias Clara A. Morton,
Perry's sweetheart was located,
after persuasion, the police got
to exhibit whatever jewelry she
received from Perry. Among the
was a gold chain which was
recognized as having be¬
to Miss McPhee.
TWENTY YEARS FOR ASSAULT.
Negro Gets Limit of Law for Ravishing
One of His Own Color.
Ware superior court adjourned at
Ga., Thursday night after
two weeks’ session. Elbert Davis, a
a young mulatto, was tried and con¬
victed of assault. Judge Dart scntenc-
ed him to twenty years in the peniten¬
tiary, mis being the extreme limit of
the law. Davis’ victim was a 4-year-
old negro girl,
BARONS HATE UNION
Will Never Recognize Miners’ Or¬
ganization in Any Form. •
THEIR ANSWERS MADE PUBLIC
Will Resist to the Utmost Every Ef¬
fort of Arbitrators to Make
Recognition of Union
an Issue.
That the anthracite coal mine own-
ers will resist to tue utmost every
effort to make tho recognition of Uni-
ted Mine workers of America an issue
in the arbitration which is now in
progress Is made evident by the re-
plies to the statement of President
John Mitchell of the miners organl-
zation wliieh have been filed with >ne
the strike commission. There are six
of these answers and all dwell with es-
pecial emphasis and marked unanim¬
ity on this point. They also agree
In resisting the demands of the min-
ers for lncrease of pay for piece work,
a reduction of hours for time work,
and for tho weighing rather than the
measurement of coal.
Recorder Wright left Washington
for the anthracite regions Wednesday
taking these replies with Llm In ad-
dltion to the statement made for the
Reading company by President Baer
the list comprises the replies of the
Delaware and Hudson company, the
Delaware and Lackawanna, the Le
high Valley, the Pennsylvania and
Scranton coal company.
The reply of tho Delaware and Lack¬
awanna railroad company (o President
Mitchell's statement to me anthracite
coal strike commission was made pub¬
lic Wednesday morning. It was signed
by W. H. Truesdale, president of the
company, who says that tne company
owns 25 anthracte collieries and em¬
ploys 12,000 workmen in this branch
of Its business. Mr. Truesdale, Uke
Mr. Baer, objects to making tho rec¬
ognition of the union one of the issuos
to be considered by the commission,
saying that in the proposition made
by the company for arbitration one of
the express conditions was that “the
findings of the commission should find
the condition of employment between
it and Its employes."
He adds: “This company unequiv-
ocally asserts that it will rndei’ no
condition recognize or enter into any
agreement with t.,e association known
as the United Mine Workers of Airier
ica or any branch thereof Nor will it
permit said association or its officers
to dictate the t.erm3 and conditions un¬
der which it shall conduct Its bust-
ness.”
Referring to the recent strike, Mr.
Truesdale says that he is reliably In¬
formed that 80 per cont of its em¬
ployes were opposed to the striae, but
were forced to enter upon It. by a ma¬
jority vote of the mine workers In
othei fields. Mr. Truesdale follows
closely the linos or Mr. Baer’s argu¬
ment as to the dissimilarity In the
work of the anthracite mines and that
In bituminous mines, He declares
that it iR impossible to adopt a uni-
form rate to be paid to tne miner for
a unit of coal mined at all mines. He
says:
“Prior to the Introduction of agita¬
tors and mischief makers the anthra-
cite workers were on an average as
prosperous, comfortable and content¬
ed as any body ot workers in similar
employment In this country.”
The wages, it is added, are such
that frugal employes have saved a sub¬
stantial amount every year.
Mr. Truesdale resists the demand
for a reduction of 20 per cent in hours
of labor, saying that no guch branch of
. bus employing , . thousands , of
ness " men
-
can hope . to . compete . successfully , ,, in ,
tho markets of Ihe world If Its hours
of labor are restricted. He declares
that there Is no unjust discrimination
in the weighing of coal, as it Is meas¬
ured rather than weighed, and he as¬
serts that the demand Is out of all
reason, and its effect, so far as this
company Is concerned, is a demand
for additional Increase In the wages
now paid miners of from 6 to HI per
cent.
PRESIDENT IS CRITICISED.
Tar Heel Republicans Sore Over His
Seeming Throw-Down.
A Washington dispatch says: North
Carolina republicans are awfully sore
over President Roosevelt’s throw-down
of Senator Pritchard. While the sena¬
tor himself is careful to say nothing in
criticism of the president, his lieuten¬
ants do not hesitate to use the strong¬
est kind of language in their discus¬
sion of what they term the presiden¬
tial “repudiation” of the practical plan
to build up a white party in the south,
with which the North Carolina sena¬
tor has identified himself.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE VICTIM.
Young Woman in Charge of “Faith
Healer” Succumbs to Typhoid.
Mias Iioule Hoge, of Evanston. Ills.,
who has been ill in Washington for al¬
most a month, a.nd who has been un¬
der treatment of a Christian Science
healer, died Wednesday night from ty¬
phoid fever. Miss Iloge Is the daugh¬
ter of Holmes Hoge, the assistant
cashier of the First National bank, of
Chicago.
VOFj. VIII. *jt
tok BlESSINaS RECBIVE#.
Governor Terrell, In Proclamation,
Asks Georgia to Give Thanks
on November 27.
Governor J. M. Terrell, of Georgia,
Thursday, Issued a proclamation de¬
claring November 27, Thanksgiving
Day, a legal- holiday In the state and
requesting the people to abstain from
their secular occupations and assem¬
ble in (heir houses of worship or about
tlielr family altars and unite in thanks
to the Almighty for His many bless¬
ings.
The proclamation is the first issued
by Governor Terrell since ho was in¬
augurated and is as follows:
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION.
The people of Georgia have great
eatlse to be thankful for the many
blessings that have been vouchsated
o them during tho year now drawing
to a close. Tho harvests have been
good and the labor of tho husband¬
man has been duly rewarded. The
property and lives of the citizens have
been protected by just administration
of the laws, and the material progress
of the state has never been surpassed
in its history.
The confidence of the people In the
future greatness of our state Is at¬
tested by the phenomenal increase
In our population and property during
l lie past decade. The state has been
free from epidemics and pestilences;
(lie races are working in harmony
with each other; no strikes have oc¬
curred to impede our material ad¬
vancement, and labor and capital are
moving hand in hand for the upbuild¬
ing of our country.
In view of the manifold blessings
that have been showered upon us dur¬
ing the year by an ever Indulgent
Providence, and In accordance with
Immemorial custom and the action of
Ihe president of the United States
therefore, 1, J. M. Terrell, governor of
the state of Georgia do Issue this, my
proclamation, designating Thursday,
Ihe 27th day of November, 1902, as a
day of Thanksgiving and praise.
On that day I earnestly request that
the people abstain from ther secular
occupations and assemblo in their
houses of worship, or about their fam-
I ily altars, and unite in thanks to Al¬
mighty God for His multiplied bless¬
ings. I especially request that they
remember by words and acts the wid¬
ow and the orphan, the poor and af¬
flicted, and all those who may he un¬
happy from any cause.
Given under my hand and the seal
of the executive department, at (he
capitol. In (he city of Atlanta, on this,
the 13th day of November, n the year
of our Lord, one thousand, nine hun¬
dred and two, and of the independ¬
ence of tho United Slates of Ameri-
ca, the one hundred and twenty-sev¬
enth. JOSEPH M. TERRELL,
Governor,
STATE CHARTER REQUIRED.
Bill in Georgia Legislature to Force
Railways to Incorporate.
After a lively discussion the house
committee on general judiciary of the
Georgia legislature, Wednesday aftcr-
noon, by tho close vote of 14 to 12,
made a favorable report on the bill
which, If passed, will cause the South-
ern railway to incorporate In Georgia.
The measure was introduced by
Messrs. Hall, Knight, Underwood, Jlan-
1( in, Tigner, Glenn, Rlchanlson and
Deal, and one of its most, Important
sections provides that roads not in-
corporated in the state shall be regard-
ed as trespassers and will not be enti-
tied to defend any action brought
against them for damages for injuries
to persons or property until they do
Incorporate. stipulates’
Not only this, but it that
no person, persons or association of
persons shall operate any railroad
in , Georgia , , or maintain , , , any . railroad ., , .
along or across any public road or
street or obstruct any public road or
street with the tracks or buildings or
structures of any character, unless
first Incorporating under the general
laws of the. state for tho incorporation
of railroad companies.
Unless thus incorporated, the bill
declares that the occupation of any
street or road, whether public or prl-
yato, by the road shall bo illegal.
8PECIAL AGENT OUT.
Bill Passed to Abolish Office of State
Railroad Attorney.
The Georgia house of representa¬
tives Thursday passed the hill by Mr.
Akin, of Barlow, repealing the bill
which created the office of special at¬
torney of the Western anil Atlantic
railroad. There was quite a warm de¬
bate on the measure, but the vote was
most decisive.
American Federation of Labor.
Tbe twenty-second annual eonven-
u on 0 j (be American Federation of La-
bor met in New Orleans Thursday
wit.il 400 delegates present.
TO JAMAICA FOR COTTON.
English Manufacturers Will Seek a
New Source of Supply.
A London special says; The efforts
of the members of the Lancashire Cot¬
ton Growers’ Association to emanci¬
pate themselves from the American
raw supply have been extended to Ja-
rnaica The association has vole;] a
1 vge sum of money to lie devoted to
cotton growing in that island on an
extensive scale,
ROOSEVELT NIMROD
Arrives at Hunting Camp in Mis¬
sissippi Canebrake.
PREPARED TO VANQUISH BRUIN
Equipped Like Pioneer Western Indian
Slayers, He Engages in Pleas¬
urable Pastime With Deadly
Winchester.
Prcsldent Roosevelt and his party
arrived at Smedes, Miss., shortly be¬
fore 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon and
In their hunting togs started for the
camp on Little Sunflower river. As
the distance was about fifteen miles
and the trail rough and bad, it was af¬
ter dark when they reached the camp.
Smedes Is simply a siding on the
Ynzoo and Mississippi Valley railway,
where cotton Is loaded from the big
Smede plantations. A plantation Btoro
and the residence of one of the mana¬
gers are the only structures except
negro cabins within sight. Work on
the neighboring plantations was sus¬
pended during the afternoon, and sev¬
eral hundred negroes were at the sid¬
ing when the train stopped. Most of
the men sat on cotton bales, but the
black mammies and the pickaninnies
stood along the track.
When the president stepped from
the train, he was clad in hunting cos¬
tume—khaki riding trousers, heavy
leather loggings, blue flannel shirt, cor¬
duroy coat and wore on his head a
brown slouch hat. Around his waist
wns buckled his cartridge belt and at
IiIh side hung his Ivory handled hunt¬
ing knife. The other members of tho
party also wore hunting suits. While
the guns, blankets and other small
baggage were being loaded into a four-
mule waggon, the president chatted
with the manager of the Smefle estate
and two ladles, who were great admir¬
ers of him and who had come especial¬
ly to greet him.
When all was in readiness the mem¬
bers of tho party, except Mr. Fish and
Mr. Dickinson, mounted small, wiry,
lough-looking horses and dashod away
for the woods at a breakneck ranter.
The president’s mount was a black
horse. He did not look spirited, hut It
was explained that he was just tho
sort of animal noerled to force a way
through the dense undergrowth. Mr.
Fish and Mr. Dickinson were too heavy
to ride horseback arid followed tho
others In a buckboard drawn by two
mules.
MILLARD LEE DOOMED.
Georgia Supreme Court Decides
Against flayer of Miss Suttles.
Millard Lee, the slayer ot Miss Lila
May Suttles, will ho hanged for his
crime. The Georgia supreme court
Thursday affirmed the decision of tho
lower court, which doclslon was that
Leo must. hang.
Lee will lie resentenced by Judge L.
S. Roan as soon as the remittur is sent
down from the supreme court to the
superior court.
Leo killed Miss Suttles In a church
at Ben Hill, near Atlanta, on a Sunday
afternoon early in the spring, because
she had refused to marry him. Tho
killing created groat excitement at the
time.
DOCK REACHES PENSACOLA.
Largest of Its Kind In the World.
Was Bought of Spain.
The biggest floating dry dock In the
world is now permanently stationed
at Pensacola, Fla., navy yard, It having
arrived last Wednesday in tow of tho
ocean steamers Orion and IJnderwrlt-
er, of the Boston Transportation Com¬
pany, which corporation was awarded
the contract for safely delivering the
massive structure at the Pensacola
naval station from Key West.
Married Negress; Now In Jail.
D. C. Scruggs, a white man o£ Tex¬
arkana, Texas, was lodged * Jail
Thursday without hail for marrying a
mulatto woman. The charge against
him is “violating the Texas laws
against miscegenation.”
BANK IN BOSTON FAILS.
Comptroller of Currency Orders Doors
of Institution Closed.
The Central National Bank, of Bos¬
ton, Mass., did not open for business
Friday, the comptroller of the curren¬
cy having ordered the bank examiner
to close Its doors and take charge of
Its business.
The dosing of the bank is said to
be due to excess loans and a lack of
quick assets. An appeal for aid was
made to the Boston Clearing House as¬
sociation, but. help was refused.
MINISTER HUNTER RESIGNS.
Quit* His Job In Gautemala and la Suc¬
ceeded by Combes.
W. Godfrey Hunter has tendered his
resignation as United States minister
to Guatemala The president has ac¬
cepted the resignation and has select-
od Leslio Combes, present United
States pension agent at Louisville, as
bis successor. Mr. Hunter also is min¬
ister to Honduras and Mr. Combes will
likewise assume that post. The place
pays $10,000 » year,