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Jones ' County News
VOL. IX.
MOB HELD UP TRAIN
Made Desperate Attempt to
Take Negro Prisoners.
USED MUCH AMMUNITION
Passengers Escape Flying Bullets by
Lying Flat o'nr Floor of Coaches.
Mob is Finally Outwitted
By Engineer. ,
The Chesapeake and Ohio 1 express
train No. 1 was held up by a mob of
two hundred men near Clifton Forge,
West Virginia, at a late hour Friday
night and a desperate effort was made
to take two negro prisoners from the
train. Over a hundred shots were
fired by the mob, and when the train
reached Huntington 20 bullets were
burled in the woodwork of the smok¬
ing car and all of the windows had
been shot out.
At Clifton Forge the two negro pris¬
oners were taken on board to be sent
to Covington, Va., for safe keeping.
Engineer James Peck, of Hinton, and
Conductor Jack Hall, of Huntington,
who were in cnarge of the train, saw
lights waving on the track just as
the train had begun iO gather speed
after leaving Clifton Forge. The train
was stopped immediately, and Engin¬
eer Peck started to get out of his en¬
gine to find out why the tfhln had
been flagged.
As the train came to a standstill, a
mob surrounded the engine and
coaches, and threatened to shoot En¬
gineer Peck if he moved the train.
Then they began to climb aboard. Con¬
ductor Hall, who had anticipated trou¬
ble when he saw the train flagged,
was prepared for the mob, and as
they made a rush for the coaches, he
ordered all the doors of mo cars lock¬
ed. ..The,., men, finding that it would
he impossible for them to enter and
obtain the negroes, began to gather
around the smoking car.-In--which the
negroes were under guard. t;As Con¬
ductor IJall ran through the train call¬
ing upon the passengers t,o lay flat on
the floor, the mob bega-i firing in’o
thq windows of the smoker, while the
passengers scrambled from tneir seats
to a place of safety itom the*
bullets. The firing was kept up for
'several through bilnutes, andf^uliefs VV^ile
the cat windows.^ wo¬
men screamed, the mob out sine
tinned their clamoring for the two tie
gro prisoners. Flying missil03 of all
description, came..through tlio win¬
dows, but not a passenger or tra ! u-
man wai>. Injured. Engineer "'Peek,
during the firing, had sat ppotf TTls en¬
gine covered by revolvers in the hands
of several members of the mol).
At last when the main body-of the
mob ha&Ialmost exhausted the supply
of bullets, those who had been guard¬
ing the engineer left, going, toward
the smoker, leaving Peck unguarded.
As his guards turned, Peck pulled
the throttle wide open and the train
began to move. The mob, seeing the
turn things were taking, and fearing
that they might be outdone in their
efforts to get the prisoners, climbed
upon the platform of the car and at¬
tempted to stop the train by applying
the air brakes. Not understanding
the working of the brakes, however,
they wefe unable to apply them at
full pressure, as the
under headway.
Realizing that they’were baffled, ‘he
men jumped from the moving train
and fired' several farewell shots into
the car windows. The train gained
quick momentum and did not stop un¬
til Covington was reached, where the
negroes were placed in jail.
The negroes for w..om the train
was held up are from Lynchburg, Va.,
and are supposed to le the men who
shot and seriously injured a white
brakeman, Edward Hite, a few aays
ago.
Drowned by Monster Catfish.
William I>enz, of LKCrosse, WU..
went fishing Friday night in the Mis¬
sissippi and hooked a largo cat fish.
The fish gave battle, and I.enz, un¬
willing to let go, was drawn into the
river and drowned.
FIGHT FOR PLANT’S MILLIONS.
Hoadley Brothers Want to be Recog¬
nized as Contingent Heirs.
An application was filed in the pro¬
bate court at New York Friday for the
removal of Morton F Plaht, Margaret;
J. Plant and George H. Tilley, as exe¬
cutors of the will of the late Henl-y
Bradley Plant. Charles G. and Hor¬
ace Hoadley, of Waterbary, eons of
George olladley, who was a half
brother of Henry B. Plant, are the
applicants.
The Hoadleys want to be recognized
as contingent heirs of- the v estate,
which is estimated to be worth $17,-
000,000 to $20,p00,00^ . . _
POISONED BY SARDINES.
Father and Two Children Dead and
Another Dying.
The family of D. W. Ward, -a mer¬
chant of Ballagh, Nebraska, were poi¬
soned Friday by eating sardines. Mr.
Ward and two children nre dead and
a third child is dying. Mrs Ward
will recover.
grip ON the grafters.
Drawn Still Tighter by Grand Jury at
Washington—More Indict¬
ments Found.
A Washington special says: The
federal grand jury, which has Dc?n
considering evidence growing out of
the postofflccf investigation, returned
indictments Friday against the follow¬
ing:
August W. Machen. formerly gener¬
al superintendent of free delivery.
John T. Crupper, mayor of Lock
Haven, Pa.
William C. Long, of Washington.
William Gordon Crawffird, also of
Washington.
George E. Lorenz and Martha J.
Lorenz, his wife, of Toledo, Ohio.
Maurice UnKel, of New York city.
Thomas W. McGregor, formerly
chief of supplies, division of mail tree
delivery.
William J. Stern, of Baltimore.
With the exception of Crawford, all
of the above are indicted for con-
spiracy.
The Indictment against Crawford is
for presenting a false claim against
the government. Long and Crupper
are also Indicted separately for brio
ery. Orders for the arrest of all par¬
ties were immediately Issued, This
batch of indictments does not wind
up the cases before the grand jury,
and other matters resulting from the
postal Investigation are pending
fore that body and may result in In¬
dictments against other parties in
near future.
MAINE MILLS ALSO CLOSE.
High Price of Cotton Continues to
Cause Curtailment of Operations.
A special from Lewiston, Maine,
says: The extreme i.igh price of raw
cotton has compelled the Bales and
Androscoggin Manufacturing Compa¬
nies, employing 3,000 hands, to order
a curtailment of the output. Friday
notices were posted on the gates of
these two corporations notifying the
employes that after ^.Saturday billy ^ four the
mills would be in operation
days each week until further notice.
This is the first announcement this
season of hny extended curtailment
in Maine.
Orders w^re also” received from the
Boston officfe*of the company to shut
down the Cabott cotton mins, located
at Brunswick, ..for two weeks, The
order affects ljOjfO operatives, The
closing is said to be due to the high
prjre of cotton.
BULLETS. FOR STRIKERS.
Non-Union Mon Forced to Use Guns
fer Self-Protection,
The most serious disturbance of the
many that ljavc occurred since the be-
ginning ,of the, strikV M~tlle Port Vue
tin mfn, at McKeesport, Pa., torn
place Friday evening.
During the fight John Mount was fa¬
tally injured and John Cameron vas
shot so that he will be crippled f r
life. 'Both victims were^on their way
home from one of the other mills.
When the turns changed at the Port
Vue mill, two, of the noh-Union men,
If. D. King and Elmer Doliff, started
fc-r home, when a crowd of, KHl strik¬
ers clqsed In on them, and it was sesn
that the four or five policemen pres¬
ent were not able to cope with them.
King and Dolff drew their revolvors
and fired into the crowd, which broke
and ran. Mount and Cameron wore
struck- while endeavprlng to get uut
CASTRO ADOPTS WRONG POLICY.
insult to Spanish Consul Caused by
Venezuela’s Anti-Foreign Attitude.
Semi-official advices received in
Washington from reliabV) sources
throw light upon the complications ex¬
isting In La Guayra, incident to the
trouble between the Spanish consul
there and the Venezuelan authoriti;s.
They also make it appear that serious
trouble in that quarter is pending be¬
cause of the anti-forelgn attitude of
the Venezuelan government 1 . Accord¬
ing to those advices the Spanish con-
s-ul requested the privilege of appear¬
ing before a tribunal, which ^ras ex¬
amining the claim of a Spanish sub¬
ject against Venezuela. He wad pun¬
ished through the wltndrawal of his
exequateur. :
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IN COLLAPSE OF A BRIDGE
Over a Hundred People arc Piunged
Into Water—Three Known Dead.
A section of the bridge which spans
W11 , emet te river at. Morrison .... .......
sW , rin Portland> Oregon, collapsed
Friday afternoon, precipitating more
than one hundred people 40 feet into
the river. Three people are known
td have been drowned, and it Is feared
that the list wUlAttjn.uch larger when
all are accounted for.
Thojueands, of people had gathered
on the bridge ^nd along the docks to
watch Clarence Lutz, the armless man,
swim the river.
SHOT WIFeVtfR BURGLAR.
Kentucky Man Made Horrible Mis¬
take Owing to Excitement.
At Fulton, Ky., Thursday morning
at 2 a. m. mistaking his wife for a
burglar, Charles Binford fatally shot
her. Mrs. Binford was awakened by
burglars at a window and called her
husband. In the confusion that fol¬
lowed, Mrs. Binford was shot and the
burglar* escaped,
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(JUAY; JONAS CO. GA.. THURSDAY: AUCUST 6. 1903.
BRITAIN IS SCORED
For Alleged Hypocritical Pol¬
icy in Dealing With Russia.
A SEVERE ARRAIGNMENT
Director of Russian Foreign Office,
Hartwig, Declares England is Try¬
ing to Foment Trouble in
Underhand Way.
A cable dispatch from St. Peters
burg, Russia, says: Director Ilari-
wig, of the Asiatic department of the
Russfdn foreign r-office, talked long,
earnestly and frankly to a represen¬
tative of the Associated Press regard¬
ing Manchuria. He began by making
the statement that' the Russo-Chlnese
situation was likely to remain ttn-
changed until the return to the Rus-
sian capital of War Minister Kuripot-
ldn. Director Hartwig declared that
he could not understand Prince
Chifig’? Statement to Minister Con¬
ger, but he presumed the port ques¬
tion would be arranged. Russia, he
_
said, excluded Harbin from the port
possibilities because of Its railway im¬
portance, but he could see no objec¬
tion to two. more other ports being
opened.
Attack on England.
Passing on to the statement of
American: opinion regarding Manchu¬
ria,' the director, made h remarkably Ho
odt'SfibkPfi attack upon England.
said :
“I do not comprehend how Russia,
whose foreign policy is the most
straightforward, can be accused of du¬
plicity when England’s double deal¬
ing is a question that should be appa¬
rent to everybody. Here are two
telegrams received from England to¬
day. One relates to Lord Cranborne’s
statement In the house of commons
July 23, saying that England desires
an Anglo-Russlan arrangement cover¬
ing tho entire situation and that Eng¬
land recognized Russia’s peculiar sit¬
uation and special interests in Man¬
churia. The other repeats the Lon¬
don Standard’s dispatch from Tien
Tsin July 24 regarding Russian rein¬
forcements at Port Arthur. This Is
for American consumption;' it is falsa,
but I,shall permit its publication
here In order to prove that we do not
fear war even with five powers.
‘‘England never addressed to us in¬
quiries, complaints or protests re¬
garding Manchuria. She recognizes
Our‘‘special interests, J but continually
incites Japtin and America 'against
Russia. The English dispatches from
the far east are for American cqm
sumption. Why does not America
see through the trick? 'Why swal¬
low the bait so awkwardly disguised?
Does America desire war? If so,
why docs not anybody stop to consid¬
er how much the American-Manchu-
rian trade amounted to before 1899?
Whoever heard Neuchwang mention¬
ed -before wo brought order there?
Who is building Dalny as a freo port?
- ’’Russia has 10,000 miles of Chinese
frontier. Bhall wo place ourselves on
the same footing as others? When we
saved Admiral Seymour from destruc¬
tion \yliy did not somebody protest
against Kia Chow? What is the out¬
cry for? Does- anybody suppose we
are goir.g to be compelled to relin¬
quish the railway to marauders? I
repeat .that- we do not fear war even
with five powers. Our. defeat in tho
is a glorious chapter in oiir
history, and I do not believe that any
five powers desire to gather new lau¬
rels like those of the Crimea. What
can Japan do? We could crush Japan
to sand. Japan exists upon Russian
fish. It is our duty to expose Eng¬
land’s duplicity. It id not a recent
phenomenon now; it is a chronic af¬
fair. Some English dispatches sur¬
pass opera bouffe. Here is a dispatch
just received stating that ylapan is
preparing for war and that the enti.o
Japanese squadron is now at VJadl-
vostock, Vhere foreign war ships a.*e
not allowed at all.”
Director Hartwig generally and spe¬
cifically denied the reports regarding
Russia’s mobilization of troops.
JUDGE GRAY AN ARBITER.
Delaware Jurist Accepts Job of Un¬
tangling Alabama Trouble.
A dispatch from Wilmington, Del
says; Judge George Gray
Thursday to accept his appotntmen
as fifth member of the Alabama-coal
strike commission and so telegraphed
lo the other members or the commit-
tee. In order to attend to the com
mittee work be will have to forego
his usual August vacation.
Judge* Gray will leave Wilmlngt m
■ in Saturday, August. 8, for Binning-
ham. Ala., where the commission will
sir and begin the sessions the
Monday morning. ‘
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SMASH-UP ON THE SOUTHERN.
Vestibule Limited Collides With Work
Train- and Two People Killed.
T,wo people were killed and
Injured In a rear-end collision
tween the Southern vestibule limite
on the Southern railway and a
train at Springfield, Va.. seven miles
below Alexandria, at seven o’clock
Tuesday morning. The engines and
several of the cars were badly dam-
agqd,
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|Cream of News.;-
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
tm of Each Day.
—The Tabernacle Baptist church, of
Atlanta, won Its light over, "alien”
Immersion before thetStone .Mountain
Association and retains, fellowship In.
tho denomination.
—Tho Georgia senate has passed a
resolution calling for Investigation of
the chargo of lobbying, Sensational
statements nre made by Representa¬
tive Tjgner, and Representative Over-
street, In lyiuso ppn>mittee. f j
—The Columbus Water Works Com¬
pany is seeking to enjoin tlio city of
Columbus, Ga.. from erecting the pro¬
posed system of water works.
—Three negroes reached Macon,
t>a., Thursday from Danville, Ills.,
fleeing from the mobs in that state.
They declare that they are done with
the north.;
—New witnesses, have . been- intro¬
duce^, by the stale.in the trial of Cur-
'tls J-etf, at. Cyritiiiann. Ky., who testify
that the later killed Attorney Marcum.
—The oldest national bank in Penn¬
sylvania, located at Doylcstown, h.>s
closed Its doors" beVanse the office.!
.squandered the deposits In Wall
Street.
—Judge George Gray, of Delaware,
has consented to serve U3 arbitrator
In the Alabama mining trouble. This
will result in 14,000 minors resuming
work.
—The death list at. Lowell, Mas.*.,
numbers twenty-five. The' explosion
was- Caused liy ah employe pouring
nitric acid instead of water on niiro
glycerine.
—Lightning killed three and injured
over twenty at a Baptist association
near Lynchburg, Va., Thursday.
North Carolina revenue officers
have just discovered an organized
Rang of moonshiners who Jiad bound
themselves together by a terrible
oath.
—Tho North -Carolina railroad com¬
mission is now assessing the value of
the different rodds of the state lor
taxing purposes and some big in¬
creases are predicted.
—The last tribute was paid to Pope
Leo at Romo Thursday, the third
great requiem mass being celebrated.
—The labor troubles in Russia have
resulted in the troops firing on the
strikers, killing ten and wounding
eighteen.
—Despite reports of the govern¬
ment a revolution is threatened In
Cuba. Armed men are marching
through Santiago province urging .the
peciplo to rebel.
' —The Oliveros embezzlement case
was begun in the superior court at Sa-
vannah, Ga.. Monday, The defense
pleads that the shortage, while appa¬
rent, Is not real.
—The.trial of Mrs. Onie Tanner was
called at Gainesville, Ga„ Monday, but
was postponed owing to the Illness of
the defendant. She was allowed bail.
—In sentencing Ed Williams, the ne¬
gro boy ravisher, Judge Gary, of Au¬
gusta, Ga., declared from the bench
that it must be understood that such
crimes will have to stop.
, At Vicksburg, Mlssg tyonday, khot a
,whlte woman, Miss Strong, nnd
killed a" negro, aged 70 years. She is
now in jail, hut claims sodf-defense.
—At. Hatti’Csburg, Miss., as tho re¬
sult of a family quarrel, Mrs.' Rich shot
and killed her brother. The dispute
was over the use of water from a
spring.
—Two more Alabamians, Hardy ami
Todd, admitted their guilt of tho
charges of peonage against them Mon¬
day and wore lined $1,000 each by
Judge Jones at Montgomery.
—One million spindles are idle in
Fall' River, Mass., on account of the
high price of cotton.
—Five former eouncilmcn, convicted
of boodling. were sentenced at 8t.
Louis, Mo., Monday, to terms In tho
penitentiary.
—Dttring the procession at Belfast,
the carriage eontilning King Edward
and Queen Alexandra was driven over
a woman, injurig her seriously.
—W. A. Milter has returned to work
inf the government printing office, and
is in charge of the bookbinders who
have been objecting to his relnstaie-
ment.
^ to , ho state depar t me „t
Mondi were to the effect tb* the sit
BertoM - n , B
^ Colombia's actio* was due
t0 fore ^, ; P o,:»f1)le trou-
hie in int event. . q{ ^
canal treaty. '
-Will MaeK»«r “ « od f county,
Ga„ farmer, f» in jail at Eastman,
charg^. with attempting to kill his
rtta: He placed his shotgun against
ner head, but she threw It up bef)re
he f
—Four citizens of Monroe county,
Ga., were carried to Macon Saturday,
charged with conspiracy to intJmi
date a negro witness in a moonshine
case.
—In a wreck Covevillc, on the Va., Southern c:l|ven Sun
day near per
****" were»jnjurix!*»UuA t>#x¥s 1 fatally.
—Major W. A. Handley, of Ala
bama, has proposed a scheme for en¬
dowing the state soldiers’ home. He
asks ibat a thousand citizens each
give $100 to the home.
HARVEST OF DEATH
Results From Frightful Ex¬
plosion of Magazines. .
OVER A SCORE MANGLED
List of Ihjilred Will Reach Half a,
’ ' Hurtdrads—‘8fc'en'e of Horror on
the Outskirts' of Lowell,
Massachusetts:
Just outside pf boweU, Mass., two
small gunpowder magazines, situated
in the midst (It the cottages of fifty
fnin -operatlvps, 'exploded Wednesday,
killing more than a score and Injuring
nearly fifty persons. Half a dozen
men, who were loading kegs of pow
dor from ono of the magazines, were
blown to .pioeps; four boys, 200 yards
$way, were killed by the concussion,
and fourteen frame houses within a
radius of 400 yards wont "down as
though they Aha b’t , eii ,; btMlt , 'bf eniMs,
Seven of these houses Immediately
caught, fire front, overturned stoves
and burned. At Ittast three persons
were caught In the ruins of I he houses
nnd burned to death, while seven or
eight persons who were taken from
the fire died subsequently of their In
juries.
In all seventy buildings were de
stroyed, while windows for five or six
miles .around were pulverized. The
.
report could be heard distinctly more
than 50 miles away.
The magazines were the property,
of the United States Cartridge Com¬
pany, of Lowell. They were built of
brick, about ten feet high, with a
rounded Voof of corrugated Iron. They
were constructed some thirty years
ago, in what was then'.a,broad, open
field, on the hanks of the Concord
river. During the last decade, how
ever, small wooden • houses have
sprung up in the vicinity, crowding
near to the two magazines until they
surrounded them, except on the river
• side, the nearest house was scarce¬
ly 50 feet front the powder depot.
One of the magazines was Just with¬
in tho roadside fence, while tho other
was an hundred feet behind It, near
the bank of the river.
Both magazines ordinarily contain¬
ed two or three tons of gunpowder in
tin kegs, each keg being about IS
Inches high and a foot In diameter.
The company has for some time been
desirous of strengthening the floor of
the magazine nearest tho street, and
Wednesday morning three employees
of the company, three expressmen
and two earponters were sent there
with three wagons to take out. the
powder and mend the floor. Two of
the trucks were loaded when the ex¬
plosion occurred. Clarendon Goodwin,
foreman of the men who were loading
the powder, and his assistant Amadeo
Boulanger, escaped death, although
within 50 feet of the magazine. Bou¬
langer was Injured and taken to a hos¬
pital, He said the men went down to
the magazine nearest tjip. street to fix
the floor and after two wagons had
been loaded with powder It. was dis¬
covered that. a can of nitroglycerine,
which was stored In the magazine,
was leaking. . ,
Mr. Goodwin picked Up what he
thought was a jug of water and began
to pour It on the pltro-glycerlne with
the idea of diluting It and washing it
up. As soon as the fluid of the Jug
struck the fiber he found that. It was
nitric acid. The floor' at once began
to smoke, and when the men saw ft
they rushed fronj the building, hut
had not gone ten feet' when the explo¬
sion occurred.
ELECTION BILL DEFEATED.
Senate Cecrees Naming of Railroad
Commissioners by Governor.
The advisability of the election of
railroad commissioners by the people
of Georgia, Instead of having them
'selected by thr t governor, as is now
the .aasp, famished, the-theme for the
principal discussion before the stato
senate Wednesday. The net result
was the overwhelming defeat, of the
election bill which had come from tlio
house.
CONVICT BILL RECONSIDER El).
Georgia Representatives Vote Meas-
ure Into Life Once More.
By a narrow margin the Georgia
house of representatives reconsidered i
.Its action In defeating the Hteed bill j
and substitutes relating felony to the dispo-j
sltlon of the state’s convicts,
By a vote of 79 to 78 the convict ques-
tion as outlined under the Steed bill
was brought, back ,o life.
There was only one Object, how j
ever, in getting this , measure back
before the house: ..That was In order
that the Candler compromise, which
went down In defeat with the Stee l
bill, may be offered as a substitute
YOUNGSON FOLLOWS ARTHUR.
Death Claims Newly-Installed Chief
of Locomotive Engineers.
A dispatch from Meadville, Pa.,
states that A. B. Youngson, who sue
reeded the granff' chieftainship of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
on the death of Chief P. M. Arthur,
died In that city at an early Jmur
Wednesday morning.
hostagesiuhneA loose
Fleeing Convicts in California Give
Freedom to Kidnaped Prison Offi¬
cials—Hot Chase is On.
4<i
A dispatch from Flaoe^vlUe, Cnl,
says:. Of the thirteen convjcts who
escaped from tho state penitentiary still! at
Folsom Monday, twelve are at
large. Joe Murphy, who was serv-
lug a fourteen years' se'ritonco for
robbery, was shot doftn Monday nlg.it
At Wtot Util: " -
S. Mo Gordon, the reported lender
of the gang, who had been sentenced
to forty live years for robbery, desert¬
ed lits follofvVevA'Noon alter they left,
the prison. Me was heavily armed,
and It is not known In which direr- -
tion he sought safety.
The others, who remain together,
are linking fbr the* Sierra ■ Nevada
mountains. They are cosely pursued
by the sheriffs of Sacramento, Eld >-
rudo and Placer counties, each burk-
od by numerous deputies nnd nsslsted
by al rotripaivy t of militia. About twen¬
ty guards from the Folsom prison are
also engaged In the chase. It is be-
,
1 loved that the fugitives will soon be
surrounded atul a desperate battle is
anticipated, as all are heavily armed.
The work of the pursuing posse
has been rendered loss difficult than
was anticipated by the unexpected
notion tlfothe convicts, who, on Tues¬
day, released-aJJ of the free men they
held us hostages! It Is thought this
course was prompted by lack of food
and ammunition. ’•
A light occurred Monday night at
Pilot Hill between the convicts nnd
thetr pursuers. It nas a more serious
affair that, at first reported. After
-the convJotB had looted a provision
store pit Pljot Hill they were practi¬
cally surrounded by tbe sheriffs of
Sacramento and placer counties, each
commanding a striffig- posse. All
four horses In the convicts’ wagon
were shot and ono of the criminals
was killed outright. Then the out¬
laws raised a white flag and marched
up the road with the guards nnd
others whom they had- captured on
each side of them, A general volley
wur not ordered, as It might have
killed several Innocent men. In this
deliberate-' "manner, the second escape
, Was made. Now that the captives
have bepn freed, the pursuing officers
have 1)0011 instructed to shoot tlio con¬
victs on sight and their death or cap¬
ture Is hourly expected.
CARTER NEARS FREEDOM.
Convicted Captain Will Be Released
From Prison Next December.
Captain Oberlln M. Carter, who
was convicted of conspiring with Gay-
nor and Greene to swindle the govern¬
ment, will soon ho at. liberty. As a
result of excellent, behavior, he will
be discharged" early in next December
under the “threiVfourths” law. Ho
will then go to Arizona as the chief
engineer for his uncle, who owns
large copper mines. The theft of
about $800,000 was traced to Carter,
and nearly hull' this sum hns been re¬
covered by the government.
Bltic^ he will not he permitted to
enjoy the fruits of his own labor be¬
yond what Is necessary for hare sup¬
port until the government’s claim Is
satisfied, Carter wll have to make
about $400,000 before he can hope lo
begin to save money.
HAWAII WANTS INDEPENDENCE.
Islanders to Memorialize Congress
With Plea for^'Self-Government.
At Tuesday’s session of the home,
rule convention, In Honolulu, accord-
Ing to a cable dispatch, ex-Delegate
Wilcox urged that congress be memo¬
rialized to grant Hawaii Independ¬
ence.
He also strongly favored the estab¬
lishment, of a government for the is¬
lands similar to that of Cuba. His r e-
marks were received with much ap¬
plause.-
It Is probable that, a petition em¬
bodying the views expressed by Wil¬
cox will be prepared for presentation
to congress.
Southern Car Company Bankrupt. >
Tim Southern Car and Foundry
Company was formally declared bank¬
rupt by tho court at Trenton, N. J.,
Tuesday.
NEGROES HEADED SOUTHWARD.
Many of Those In 'Danville, Illinois,
Decide to Move Away.
^ dispatch from Evansvlle, Ind.,
Ha ys ; $iany strange negroes have been
passing through the city all day, on
routc t0 tho H0U th. Some of them
W( , re from• Danville, Ills., and points
BOrth 0ne „f | h0 re f U g C es stated
over onc .balf of the negroes in Dan-
vl , le | nton( j e( i to leave the stato and
j 10n , eg j n (be south.
Hundreds of the Negroes who left
Evansville during thd recent riots have
not re t urn ed. Several towns In south-
ern inqj^na arc free from negro In-
habitants for the first time In years.
■
VENEZUELA INSULTS OLD SPAIN.
Exequator of Spanish Consul is With¬
drawn by Castro’s Agents.
The Spanish consul at La Guayra.
Venezuela, has been deprived of hi's
exequator, according to authentic re-
ports.
The action is the result of friction
between the consul and the local au¬
thorities over the Spanish claims In
his district against Venezuela,
NO. 37.
Mm CHARGED
Sensation Brought to Focus 1
in the Georgia Legislature.
INVESTIGATION IN ORDER
Resolution Adopted Defines the Crime
of Lobbying and Calls for Prob- ,
Ing of Accusations Made on
i ■ Floor of House. \
Charges of "lobbying” made openly
in tho Georgia legislature, and the re¬
port of these churges by the newspa¬
pers—accompknlbd in some Instances
by comment, construed as reflecting
seriously upon the members of tho
general assembly—were responsible
for the senate’s adoption, Thursday
morning, of a resolution calling for a
Joint committee of Investigation. The
resolution was Immediately transmit¬
ted to the house, whero It was. refer-
rod to tho committee on JpjVlcla, y.
Tho committee at Its meeting In tho
afternoon adopted a substitute for tho
original resolution’In whlrh the word¬
ing of tho original was somewnit
changed. With the adoption of either
sot of resolutions, however, an lnvcj-
tigation is assured'.
Members of the Benafco discussed
the subject for an hour and then by
practically unanimous voto adopted
the following resolution:
Whereas, the constitution of the
state of Georgia'declares lobbying to
be a crime, and In pursuance of this
conditional provision,, the general as¬
sembly has by legislative' cnaetn enr,
defined lobbying to be any personal
solicitation of a member of the gen¬
eral assembly of this state during a
sessjon thereof by private interview,
of letter, or message, or other means
and applinnees 'not' addressed solely
to the Judgment to favor or oppose ot¬
to vote for or against any bill, reso¬
lution, report, of claim pending or to
bo Introduced, In either brunch there¬
of,,by any person who misrepresents
lh«,,pjjturo.of his Interest In the mrt-
,ter to such members, or who Is em¬
ployed for a consideration by a per¬
son or corporation Interested in tho
passage or defeat, of such blU,; resolu¬
tion, report, or claim for the purpose
of procuring tho passage or defeat
thereof. But tills does not inclu <o
such service as drafting pe'ltlons,
hills or resolutions, attending to the
taking of testimony, collating faces,
preparing arguments ami memorials,
and submitting them orally or In writ¬
ing to a commltteo or member of tho
general assembly, and othet service
of like character Intended to reach
the reactin' of the legislators. And us
prescribed as a punishment for tlio
violation of this penal statute, con¬
finement. In the penlteptinry for not
less than ono year nor more ihan five
years.
And whereas, It has been charged
by certain prominent and influential
members of tho general assembly
"that lobbying docs exist in this leg¬
islature, and that, they know it to bo
true, but cannot prove It, oecauso
these lobbyists know woom to ap-
proach. They seek only those whom
they know will not give them away:
that, lobbyism may bo broken up In
Georgia, but it will not be by the
members of the legislature.”
And whereas, leading newspapers
of the State have commented upon
these charges.
And whereas, said charges are a re-
Hectlon and Insult to those members
who seek to discharge their duty In
accordance with the solemn oath ta¬
ken by each hi ember;
And whereas, It is me sense of the
senate and tho house of representa¬
tives that tho charges hereinbefore
made should be- fully Investigate 1;
therefore, be it ,
Resolved by the senate, the house
concurring, That a joint crtmmlttee be
appointed, three from tne senate, ’o
be appointed by the president of the
senate, and five from the house, to bj
appointed by tho speaker of the house,
to investigate these charges, with full
power to subpoena witnesses and com¬
pel their attendance, and report .,11
evidence aiuf findings to the general
assembly now in session, within one
week from this date.
JUDGE ORDERS A MI3TRIAL.
Feared His Remarks Would be Miu>
construed by the Jury.
At Savannah, Ga., Tuesday, a mis¬
j trial was ordered In UflR'case of J. B.
j Oliveros charged with larceny after
■ trust In the alleged misappropriation
; of mo/o than $5,000 of the funds of
J the Atlantic cashier. Coast Line, of which ho
was
j On the voluntarily opening of the case order Judge for
Barrow gave an
1 mistrial, basing this- upon the belief
a
that an opinion he had previously ex-
1 pressed as to certain evidence would
tend to prejudice the jury as to the
It should carry.
ACCIDENT PROVED A MIRACLE.
Crippled Young Woman Made Weil
by Fall Down a Flight of Stairs.
At Pasadena, Cal., Miss Alice
Dape, ,apparently a helpless cripple
and deprived of .perfect speech for
many years, has suddenly had the use
of her limbs and vocal powers restor-
ed as the result of an accident which
precipitated her down a flight of
stairs. Many physicians had treated
thq eeetj unsnceqpafully tor yea$».