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The Jones County News
VOL. IX.
TRUE TO BRYANI8M
And to Kansas City Platform
Democrats of Ohio Stand.
JOHNSON FOR GOVERNOR
State Convention Held in' Columbus
and Wholly Dominated by Forces
of Cleveland's Mayor—-The
Ticket Named.
Tom Johnson, mayor of Cleveland,
was nominated for governor of Ohio
by acclamation by 'the democratic
state convention held in Columbus
Wednesday.
The Johnson program was, carried
out completely, although the opposi¬
tion obstructed the proceedings with
minority reports for some hours, the
name of John L. Zimmerman, of
Springfield, was not presented for the
gubernatorial nombl’tion and then ev¬
ery nomination cn the state ticket was
made by acclamation without opposi¬
tion.
Although "the fighting” was all over
Tuesday night, the auditorium and
galleries were- packed long before \Y.
J. Frey, chairman of the state cen¬
tral committee, cr’led the convention
to order at 10:20 a, m.
The only reference made to national
issues in the platform adopied reiter¬
ated allegiance to the Kansas City
platform. W. J. Bryan was invited
to speak in Ohio in support of the
platform adopted.
Great demonstrations occurred at
several places in the order of business,
notably in the entry .of Mayor Johnson*
the presentation of.his name for gov¬
ernor,'his acceptance and participation
in the endorsement of a-candidate for
Senator Hanna’s place and those ex¬
pecting a good exhibition were not dis¬
appointed. There were no portraits
displayed in the hail as usual, and few
of.the faces 'of what ara known as
"oid wheelhorses." Many cf these
“oldtimers” h&G been seen about .h"
hotels during the week* but they were
not delegates. Among those who were
unseated were Lewis G. Bernard, lead¬
er of the democratic party at Cincin¬
nati for a quarter of a century, and
ex-Congressman J. A. Norton, who had
frequently sounded the keynotes as
chairman of fonn'er conventions. For¬
merly these men were cheered as thej’
entered the hall.
The following is the ticket named:
Governor, Tom L. Johnson, of Clevo
land;, lieutenant governor, Frank 13.
Niles, of Toledo; attorney general
Frank S. Mannett, of Columbus; state
treasurer, V. J. Dahl, of Washington
Court House; auditor, Charles A.
Klaebe, of Waponekata; commissioner
cf schools, J. E. Bcrist, of Ottawa;
member board of public works, \V. 13.
Jones, of Ironton; supreme judge, E.
J. Dempsey, cf Cincinnati; United
(States senator John H. Clarke, of
Cleveland, was indorsed.
VESUVIUS EMITS LAVA.
Fierce Stream Is Belched Forth With¬
out the Least Warning.
The people cf Naples and the en¬
virons witnessed a remarkable spec¬
tacle at noon Wednesday. One thou¬
sand feet below the central cone of
Vesuvius the volcano opened like a
huge mouth, out of which belched a
fierce stream of lava, which ran 'down
the side of the mountain.
The eruption occurred without any
warring whatever, There was no
earthquake, detonation or rain of
ashes, nothing but a clear stream of
lava and red hot stones, which were
thrown to a height of 700 feet.
WARDEN ALLAGOOD IS OUT.
Georgia Prison Commission Has Not
Yet Selected His Successor.
Deputy Warden J. T. Allagood left
the Georgia state prison farm at Mil-
ledgeville, Thursday, his resignation
having been accepted by the prison
commission. This action was taken
by the prison commission Wednesday,
despite the fact that it has not yet
been able to select a successor to the
deputy warden, and will not do so un¬
til September 7.
TO EXTERMINATE BULGARIANS
Is Decree of the “Unspeakable Turk.''
Utmost Limit Reached.
Advices of Wednesday from Sofia,
Bulgaria, state that the Turks’- repres¬
sive measures in Macedonia have
reached the utmost limits of barbar¬
ism and it is evident that it is the in¬
tention to accomplish by degrees the
total extirpation of the Bulgarian
population.
Within the last few days twelve
more Christian villages have been
hand-ed over to fire and sword, and the
women, children and the aged have
been massacred indiscriminately.
ELDER TAKEN FOR VAGRANT.
Colored Preacher Bound Over Under
the New Georgia Law,
At Ocilla. Ga., Judge Henoerson
bound over five negroes charged wim
vagrancy under the new Calvin law.
Among &hem was a negro preacher,
who produced his papers shewing that
he was a presiding elder of the Metho¬
dist church. He claimed that he had
twenty-two churches under his charge,
WILSON ANSWERS BUTLER
Interesting Passage Between Ex-Sena¬
tor and Secretary of the Agricul¬
tural Department,
A Washington special says: Former
Senator M. C. Butler, of South Caro¬
lina, in an Interview published in New
York Monday mopping, tqkes Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson to task for his
recent criticism of the men who are
manipulating the present corner in
cotton.
Ho says that Messrs. Brown and
Hayne. to whom Secretary Wilson re
fers as gamblers, have doqe more for
the production of cotton in a few
months than the department of agricul¬
ture has done in ten years.
Secretary Wilson, referring to the
criticism of Former Senator Butler,
said:
“I hope the business men of whom
he speaks will see to it that tho3C
prices continue until the cotton grow
ers sell the cotton crop.
"If that would be done I will take
off nvy hat to General Butler and say
to him that I regard him as a general
publ c benefactor, who has been able
to see further ahead into the future
than we poor fellows of the depart¬
ment of agriculture.
"But if, on the other hand, it should
occur that the price of cotton is drop
ped when the planter is ready to mar-
ket his new crop down to 7 or 8 cents,
instead of 32 or 15, then, of course, I
shall still adhere to my opinion that
the manipulation of tho present cotton
ccruor by the gamblers of whom I
spoke is doing infinite mischief.
CP.UM WAS GOLD-BRICKED.
Charleston’s Colored Collector of Cus¬
toms Corailed by Swinti|er3.
In addition to his various troubles
as collector of the port at Charleston,
W. D. Clrum has allowed the famoi-s
Daniels gang of New York operators
of ‘ got rich quick” schemes to rone
him in.
Another Charleston victim is Alonzo
C. Cambridge, coiorkl, a cigar maker
by trade.
It is not known how much money
Crum and Cambridge are out of pock¬
et., but the list of victims in the pcs
sess'on of the assistant district ator
itey of New York state, wno is prose¬
cuting the case against Daniels, in¬
cludes'' the names of Collector Crum
end Cambridge;
MOB MEMBER SENTENCED.
First Conviction Growing Out of the
Riots at Danville, Illinois.
At Danville. Ill., Tuesday, Winfield
Baker, formerly of the mountains of
Kentucky, was convicted in the ciccuit
cour. of assault to murder She: iff
Whitiock. He was sentenced to a
term of from one to fourteen years.
This is the first conviction and trial
of a member of the mob that attacked
the Danville jail the latter part of
July, after having lynched the negro,
James Metcalf, and burned' his body.
Tpr. trial of eight others accused of
being in the mob was begun late in
the afternoon. Bessie Lodge, the wo¬
man accused of inciting the mob, is
too Ill to be tried and the trial was
postponed.
MORE APPALLING ACCOUNTS.
Corpses Left Lying in the Streets of
Krusclievo are Gnawed by Dogs.
Monastir, European Turkey, fu's-
day, August 25. The once beautiful
city of Krusclievo is a"heap of ruins.
The women and children are homeless,
exposed to the weather and famine.
The town is rendered uninhabitable, by
the odor of corpses, which are being
gnawed by dogs and pigs. The Turk¬
ish authorities are refusing to allow
them to be removed under the pretext
that an inquest will be held.
NEW DUTY FOR BAGGAGEMEN.
In Special Cases They are Authorized
to Act as Regular Mail Clerks.
Postmaster General Payne issued a
formal order Tuesday authorizing the
delivery of unpouched newspaper mail
by baggage masters. The regulation
is made by amending the postal laws
and regulations t
IN THE INTEREST OF PEACE.
Negroes Want White Men, Convicted
of Peonage, Pardoned.
Judge Thomas G. Jones, of the Uni¬
ted States court at Montgomery, Ala.,
received a petition Thursday signed
by several hundred negroes of Coosa
and Tallapoosa counties asking him
to suspend the sentences of George
and Burancos Cosby, who pleaded
guilty to holding negroes in a condi¬
tion of peonage.
The petition states that these cases
have caused a bitter feeling between
the two races, and that the Cosbys are
good citizens of the community.
CALEB POWERS ON STA-ND.
Declares H e Had no Part in the As¬
sassination of Goebel.
At Georgetown. Ky., Thursday night,
before an audience packing the Scott
county cour. house to the doors, Caleb
Powers, on trial for the murder of
Goebel, spoke for two hours in hia
own defense, declaring his innocence
cf the charges against him end plead¬
ing for bis acquittal
GRAY. JONRS CO . GA.. TIJ UUSDAY. SEPTEMBER 3.1903.
TAFT AND WRICHT
Named for Promotion Anent
Vacancy in Cabinet.
ROOT VACATES OFFICE
Resignation Was placed in President’*
Hands August 19th—Will Nomi.
nally Hold, However, Un.
til January 1st.
A spccclal dispatch from Oyster Bay
says: General Luke E. Wright, of
Memphis, Tenn., will succeed Judgo
Taft as governor general of the Phil¬
ippines when the latter becomes sec¬
retary of war next January, in succes¬
sion to Elihu Root.
President Roosevelt Tuesday after¬
noon authorized the Associated Press
to make the announcement that tho
port had been offered to General
and that, he had accepted it.
General Wright is now a member of
the Philippines commission and vice
governor of the islands. He is a life
long democrat.
President Roosevelt spoke in terms
of high praise of General Wright’s
ability and fitness for the position of
governor general. He entertains a
sincere regard for him both personal¬
ly and officially. Both the president
and Secretary Root regard General
Wright as a man of proved executive
ability, his services as a member cf
the Philippines commission having
been of a distinguished character.
During Governor Taft's sojourn in this
country General Wright was acting
governor general and his conduct of
the office was a source of congratula¬
tion to the administration.
General Wright is popular not only
with Americans in the Philippines, but
also with the Filipinos, who hold nirn
only second In their estimation to
Governor Tait.
Secretary Roof, under date of Au¬
gust 19, presented his resignation for¬
mally to the president. The resigna¬
tion was accepted by the president
with the understanding that Mr. Root
continue as secretary of war at least
until the first of January next.
Piesident Roosevelt Tuesday au¬
thor zed the following statement:
“The president some months ago
tendered the secretaryship of war to
Judge Taft and «H~4kat rirm?—itrwtrs
arranged that he would succeed Secre¬
tary Root. Secretary Root will go out
of office some time in January and
Judge Taft will assume the duties of
the office shortly afterward.”
The president also autnorized the
publication of the correspondence be¬
tween him and Secretary Root con¬
cerning the latter’s resignation. In
his letter of resignation Mr. Root says
he wishes to retire to private life and
minks his resignation should be in tho
ppresident’s hands before his depart¬
ure for England to attend the sessions
of tho Alaskan boundary commission.
Mr Root concludes:
“I shall carry with me unabated loy¬
alty to your administration, confidence
in the sound conservatism and patri¬
otic unselfishness of your policy and
endi.r’ng gratitude for the kindness
and consideration with which your
fr.crdship has honored me.”
To this letter I he president replied
£t length, saying in part:
•‘It is hard indeed for me to accept
your resignation, and T do so not only
with keen personal regret, but with a
lively understanding of the gap your
withdrawal will create in public life,
My sense of personal loss is very
great, and yet my sense of the loss to
the nation as a whole, is even greater.
You have been over four years secre¬
tary of war. I wonder if you yourself
realize how much you have accom¬
plished during that period.
“Your duties have included moro
than merely the administration of tho
department and reorganization of the
army on an effective basis. You have
also been the head of the department
which dealt with the delleate problems
involved in our possession of the Phil¬
ippine islands, and your success in
dealing with this part of the work has
been as signal as your success in deal¬
ing with the purely military problems.
MAJOR SMITH LAID TO REST.
Mortal Remains of "Bill Arp” Con
signed to Last Resting Place.
The funeral of Major Charles H.
Smith (Bill Arp) took place from ..lie
First Presbyterian church in Carters
ville Ga., Wednesday morning, con
ducted by Rev. H. C. White, pastor <>i
the church, assisted by Rev. Sam P
Jones, the well known evangelist.
Pursuant to the wish of the family,
in keeping with Major Smith’s vie a .
of life, there was nothing of an osten¬
tatious nature, hut the feneral was a
simrde home affair.
Many beautiful floral offerings were
received.
FUSION IN NEBRASKA.
Democrat* and Populists Once More
Join Issues Politically.
The Nebraska democratic state con¬
vention was called to order at Colum¬
bus Tuesday night.
The most important action taken by
the convention was a decision to pool
issues with the populists in both the
*tat« and national campaign*,
i Cream of News. i
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Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each "Day.
—The funeral of Major Charles H.
Smith occurred at Cartersviiio, Ga..
Wednesday morning.
—Robert Cawthome was not hanged
at Eastman Wednesday for the murder
of H, J. Tucker, more time being giv¬
en through action of court at the last
moment.
—The Georgia Saw Mill Association
deckles to push tho fight for lower
rales before tho interstate commerce
commission. -
—1 ongshoremcn employed by lum¬
ber merchants at Brunswick, Ga., have
gone on a strike, tho demanded in¬
crease having been refused.
—The operation of the Georgia va¬
grancy law' is being closely watched in
North Carolina, where tho vagrant
problem is considered »t serious one.
—Thousands of blackbirds appeared
in the cotton fields around Americus,
Ga.. Tuesday and began aiding farm¬
ers in their fight on caterpillars,
—The annual convention of 'he
American Bor Association began Wed¬
nesday at Hot Springs, Ark.
—W. D. Crum, Charleston’9 negro
collector, is among those caught by a
New York get rich quttk scheme.
—North Carolina ttfbaceo growers
have completed their plans for the
fight with trust and the contest will
soon begin.
—Tho democrats of Nebraska have
reaffirmed the Kansas City platform.
—Postmaster General Payne has is¬
sued an order authorizing baggage
men to act as mail clerks in certain
cases.
—The mimic war game is in
ress at Portland. The hostile ships
attacked the forts Tuesday night, olit
were beaten off.
—Stephen Roth, egefi Chicago mil¬
lionaire, has given $1,000,000 to :is
relatives to see what use they will
make of the money.
—A cloudburst at Maysville, Kans.,
Tuesday, caused great damage to prop¬
erty and rendered nanny persons home¬
less
—Stomach trouble and intense heat
causal Senator Hanna to collapse in
his office at Cleveland, O^to, Tuesday.
to ins room for
several days.
—Secretary of War Root has ten¬
dered his resignation, and it has been
accepted by the president to tnjte ef¬
fect January 1. Governor Taft, of the
Philippines, will succeed Secretary
Root, and General Luke Wright, of
Tennessee, succeeds Taft.
—At the next session of tho Ala¬
bama legislature the Georgia vagrancy
measure will be introduced.
—Dr. M. A. Thedforri, who was shot
by Motorman Po'ts in Rome, Ga., died
from his wounds.
—The first new cotton was received
Monday at tielma and Mobile, Ala.
—The Richmond street car strike
was declared off Monday after lasting
sixty-nine days.
—Thirty passengers were injured In
a railroad collision near Bloomington,
Ill., Monday.
Major Charles H. Smith (“Bill Arp”)
died at his homo in Carlersvllle, Ga.,
Monday night.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed at Guthrie, Okla., for gigantic
trunk line from Hudson bay to Buenos
Ayres.
—Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
says he will take off /is hat to ex Sen¬
ator Butler if cotton corner helps
price of the new crop.
—Editor II. H. Kohlsaat, on hearing
rumor that the president wanted him
in his cabinet, said: "There is no of¬
fice in gift cf the president I would
accept.”
—General Longstreet is jn Chicago,
where he went-for the purpose of hav¬
ing cataract on his eye treated.
—A clique of brokers in Berlin are
being prosecuted for demanding $->0,-
000 from a count, whom they allege
they loaned money on conditions that
he marry Miss Faber, the pencil mak¬
er’s daughter.
—By the burning of a four-story
building at Budapest, Hungary, be¬
tween forty and fifty persons lost their
lives. the
—General Wood has returned to
Philippines from Borneo, whefe he
went to take notes. Says he has ♦tia.ny
new ideas.
—Turks kill every man, woman and
child in the village of Armensko, Mace-
donia Heads of victims were placed
on poles and exhibited.
—John Smith, a citizen of Rome,
Ga., who has fought for the rigiit to
keep hogs in the city through ail he
courts of Georgia, has defied the state
supreme court and declared that he
will take his case to the United States
suoreme court.
PROPOSITION TOO EXPENSIVE.
One Georgia County Decides Not to
Take Away State Convicts.
-Muscogee county, Ga., won't, take
any felony convicts from the state.
The board of commissioners of roads
and revenues for the county ho de¬
clared at a called meeting held in Co¬
lumbus, Friday The board considered
that felony convict* were too expen¬
sive a proposition,
CONSUL NOT KILLED
The Attempt, However, Was
Made to Assassinate Him.
WARSHIPS GO ANYHOW
Roosevelt Determined to Chow “Un¬
speakable Turk” that Lives and
Property of Americans Will
be Protected at Any Cost.
According to advices from Constan¬
tinople it transpires that the report
that United States Vice Consul Ma-
gelssen wns killed is incorrect. An
unknown individual fired at uim and
the bullets passed close to him, but
did not touch him. The vail of Beirut
afterwards-visited Vice Consul Magelis-
sen, expressed his regrets for the out¬
rage and ordered measures for the ar¬
rest of the perpetrator. The error in
stating that Vice Consul Magelssen
had been killed arose from a mistake
In the cipher telegram.
Attack Premeditated.
In response to a telegram of inquiry
regarding the reported assassination
of Vice Consul Mcgelssen at Beirult,
Syria, Mr. Freyer, treasurer of the
hoard of the Presbyterian missions al
Beirut, has cabled to the Associated
Press as follows:
“Beirut, Syria, August 28 .—Though
the attack made on Vice Consul Ma-
gelsson was evidently premeditated,
the bullets missed hint and ho ‘escaped
uninjured. FREYER.”
Ships Not Recalled.
A dispatch from Oyster Bay says:
President Roosevelt Friday night re¬
ceived through the state department
at Washington confirmation of the As¬
sociated Press dispatches from Con¬
stantinople and Beirut which show
.that the report of the assassination of
Vice Consul Magelssen at Beirut is a*
error.
The president will not countermand
The order to Rear Admiral Cotton to
proceed with the cruisers Brooklyn
and San Francisco and tho gun boat
Machlas to Turkish waters. The at¬
tack on Mr. Magelssen is regarded as
an incident which points to the nec-is-
sity of a demonstration which will
have the effect of insuring the protec-
■ tiorf-of Americans in tho Turkish em¬
pire.
The president expressed gratifica¬
tion that Consul Magelssen had es¬
caped without injury from the assault
of the would-be murderer.
For several hours Friday President
Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hay
were in conference at Sagamore Hill.
They discussed every suggested phase
of the situation in Turney.
At 11 o'clock Friday night a tele¬
gram was received by Secretary Loob
from Acting Secretary of State Loom¬
is at Washington communicating the
text of a cablegram from Minister
Leischman at Constantinople, confirm¬
ing the Associated PreBs report of* the
inaccuracy of the report of Consul
Magelssen's asfassination. As soon
as the message from (he -epartment
was deciphered Secretary Loeb com¬
municated its contents to the presi¬
dent by telephone.
The text of Minister Leischman’3
cablegram has not been made public.
It can bo said to he the purpose of
President Roosevelt to afford Ameri¬
can citizens in the disturbed prov¬
inces of Turkey all the protection pos¬
sible. For that, reason and for others,
which may develop in a short time,
the decision Is reached that no change
at this time will be made in the or¬
ders to the Em fpean squadron. Ad¬
miral Cotton will proceed with tiis
vessels to Turkish waters with tho
idea of safeguarding fully Americans
and American interests.
Cruisers Proceed to Turkey.
Nice, France, August 28.—The Uni¬
ted States cruisers Brooklyn and San
Francisco left Vlllefranche at 8 o’clock
this evening for Genoa and Beirut.
Negro Association Holds Rally.
The Colored National Emigration
and Commercial Association of Geor¬
gia concluded a two days’ grand rally
at Valdosta Wednesday night..
MORE TIME FOR CAWTHORNE.
I
Condemned Man’s Attorney Secure*
Stay of Execution at Last Moment.
Hebert Cawthorne, tho alleged de¬
stroyer of two innocent lives by pel*
son was to have died on the gallows
at Eastman, Ga., last Wednesday, but
by bard work one of the counsel for
the defendant corrected tbo bill of ex-
ceptions and presented it to the court
within the time limit, whereupon it
was certified by Judgo Robert, and
thus acts as a supersedeas.
Cawthorne was tried and convicted
a few weeks ago of having poisoned
Richard Tucker, the alleged motive
being affection for the latter’s wife.
i
HOLIDAY PROCLAMATION.
Governor of Geolgia Ask* Observance
of Labor Day, September 7.
Governor Terrell, of Georgia, Wed
nesdav issued his’ proclamation do-
ciaring Monday September 7, which
Jb designated by act of the legislatu-e
R I J alior J day ’ a legal holiday.
The governor urges all pj aces
where labor is employed be Closed on
that day,
FORGERY NOW CHARGED.
Collier “Tissue Paper” Will Case at
Atlanta Is Given Another Sensa¬
tional Turn by Caveators,
The Collier will case, before the
courts in Atlanta. Ga., took a new and
moat sensational turn Saturday.
A petition was filed by the caveat¬
ors declaring that Judge J. N. Bate¬
man and Henry L. Coilier, execute: s
under the famous “tissue pnper" will,
are neither fit nor competent persons
to control the big estate of the lave
G. W. Collier. The ordinary is asked
to require them to file bonds.
This petition sets out in plain, un¬
varnished language nil the hints, .n
uendocs, implications nnd charges
that have been leveled against these
two men since the tnin, insignificant
piece of paper purporting to be the
last will and testament of G. W. Col¬
lier was copied on the records in the
ordinary's office and then locked se¬
curely in the big official safe, side by
sido with dozens of other wills, ac¬
cepted and disputed. •
"Forgery” is the grim, unsoftened
term applied to (he hit of innocent
tissue paper, and the commission of
that forgery is charged (o Judge Bale-
man. “Nor is this the first time such
charge has been laid at his door,"
says the petition.
Statements are made in bald, terse
words that neither Judge Bateman
nor Henry Collier have succeeded in
accumulating property, and a cata¬
logue of failures is credited to Judge
Bateman. The petition declares that
he was not successful as a farmer or
a merchant; that he accomplished
little as an attorney and was allowed
to hold his office of justice of the
peace hut a short time.
ills waten is said to be the greatest
single item in his tax return, the to¬
tal being but $50.
Ho is accused of cozening Millie
Binlon, of DeKalb coutny, out of by
far the greater part of 250 acres of
land owned by her, and is charged
with having lost a suit in court, the
issue being whether or not he had
forged a receipt for part payment of
a promissory note.
After summing up all these charges
and allegations the petition declares
that as matters now stand there is
nothing to protort the Collier chil¬
dren from a dissipation of their prop¬
erty by two men who are incompetent
and unreliable—Judge Bateman and
Henry Collier.
Tilts petition Is (he result of the
decision of Judge Wilkinson, ordinary
of Fulton county, allowing the will to
be probated. The caveators appealed
from this decTTTim and now ask “ne
requirement of bonds to protect them,
pending a final decision of the caveat.
LEISCHAMAN GIVES WARNING.
Our Minister at Constantinople Takes
Serious View of Affairs.
It developed Saturday that tho ca¬
blegram from Minister Leishman at
Constantinople, irnnsmitted late Fri¬
day night to President. Roosevelt, con¬
tained, in addition to a statement of
the Incorrectness of the announced
assassination of Vice Consul Megeis-
sen at Beirut, an important report
upon the situation in the Ottoman
empire.
Minister Leishman takes a serious
view of tho condition of affairs in
Turkey. Practically the entire domin¬
ion of tho sultan is in a state of un¬
rest. and in some parts the exisling
turbulence is equivalent to insurrec¬
tion.
Minister Leishman apprehends se¬
rious trouble and indicates his belief
that American interests are in peril
on account of the fanatical mussul-
man population. It has not been de¬
cided definitely wnether Admiral Cot¬
ton’s squardon will rendezvous at Bei¬
rut ns originally ordered. The desti¬
nation of the vessels will oe deter¬
mined by the developments of the sit¬
uation.
Quarantine Rigidly Enforced.
Tho rigid quarantine which has
been established by Laredo, Texas,
against Monterey, Mexico, is being
enforced against all train crews.
NEW GLOBE-GIRDLING RECORD.
Henry Frederick Makes Tour Around
the World in Fifty-Four Days.
Henry Frederick, who left New
York city on July 2d on the steamer
Deutschland for a tour around tho
world, with the hope of breaking
the record for the shortest time con¬
j gumed )n c | rf .i| ri)? the globe, returned
to New York last Wednesday night on
(lie New York Central railroad. Mr.
Frederick had been successful In hla
enfloavor, having made the circuit in
fifty-four days, seven hours and twen
ty minutes.
SENATOR HANNA PROSTRATED.
Stomach Trouble and Intense Heal
Force Him to Take His Bed.
I Senator Hanna was taken Cleveland, suddenly
])] while in his office at.
' Ohio, Tuesday, and a physician who
was called ordered that he go to bed
'at once.
| Mr. Hanna, the doctor stated, was
I suffering from stomach trouble, and
j | prevailing, this, together caused with thfi thy trouble, intense {ie*t
NO. 41.
POWERS CONVICTED
Former Kentucky Secretary
of State Sentenced to Die
FOR MURDER OF GOEBEL
Ini this Verdict Extreme Penalty i«
Recommended—Two Former
Trials Resulted In Awards
of Life Imprisonment 1
A special from Georgetown, Ky.,-
says: The third trial of ex-Secretary,
of Stato Caleb Powers for complicity
in the murder of Governor William'
Goebel in January, 1900, closed short¬
ly before noon Saturday with the ex¬
treme penalty of hanging for the dis¬
tinguished prisoner, who has been’
in the penitentiary for three years on
life sentence, Tho verdict of thef
jury, “guilty and tho punishment of
death”* was reported into court at
11:20 o’clock. Several hundred peo¬
ple crowded the court room when tho
verdict was read, and tho most in-
tense silence prevailed. The jury was
polled and each man declared the ver¬
dict of gulit to be his finding. Pow¬
ers sat unmoved, while his attorneys
asked for time to make a motion for
a now trial, Arthur Goobel broke
down from the strain on hearing of
the verdict of guilty. The jurors de¬
cide to state what occurred in the
jury room. George Wyatt was fore-
man.
Arthur Goebel, brother of the vic¬
tim, is a prominent merchant at Cin¬
cinnati, and has spent his time and
fortune for over three years in the
prosecution of those accused of being
in a conspiracy to kill his brother.!
Powers has been convicted twice be¬
fore, this being tho third trial itt
wlilhh tho jury brought in a verdict of
guilty against him. At the previous
trials he escaped with a sentence ot-
life imprisonment, as the evidenco
was not .sufficiently strong against
him to lead the jury to inflict the qx-
treme penalty. Ail three of the trials
were held at Georgetown and in each
of thorn ho had assistance of the
most able iawyeis who could be pro¬
cured. Subscription lists wore cir¬
culated in his interest by friendd, and
a sum of money was secured to de¬
fray tho cost of his repeated trials
and the investigation of the circum¬
stances which preceded the killing of
Governor Goebel, in the interest of
‘the defense. The last trial was dis¬
tinguished i>y the fact that Powe-s
addressed tfic jury in his own behalf,
and in a long review" of the case
showed himself to be a very compe¬
tent. attorney while ills eloquence in
pleading for his own life astounded
those who had watched him careful.jr
in the past trials of tne caso
Powers had nothing to say regard¬
ing I ho verdict, except to express his
surprise that such a result could ),e
reported from the evidence heard and
to announce that he would take an
appeal and continue the case to the
last resort. When Powers secured
his former new trials, a majority of
those on the appellate court were T<f‘-
publlcans, but it is now composed of
democratic judges. As common¬
wealth Attorney Franklin shook
bands with each attorney after they
were dismissed, Powers watched tho
greetings closely, hut at no time did
he show any sign of breaking down.
Powers is regarded as a strong man.
He was elected secretary of state on
the republican ticket headed by W. S.
Taylor for governor in 1899, but serv¬
ed only a iow months, as ail the state
offices were contested by those on the
democratic ticket headed by William
Goebel. The trials of Powers wero
tiefore Judge James E. Cantrell, of
Georgetown, but ho was barred rom
sitting this time, and Governor Beck¬
ham appointed Judge Robbins.
Special Judge Robbins Saturday af¬
ternoon formally overruled a motion
for the granting of a now trial to Ca¬
leb Powers. He then passed the sen¬
tence of death upon him, fixing No¬
vember 25 next as the day set for his
execution. The attorneys for the de¬
fendant will appeal the case to the
Kentucky court of appeals.
ROBBERS KILL TWO MEN. 1,
Employees of Chicago City Railway
Company Held Up and Shot.
Two men ivefe killed and two oth¬
ers wounded by hold-up men at the
barns of the Chicago City Railway
Company at an early hour Sunday
morning.
The shooting was done by three
men, who escaped after securing $3,-
000. Three of the men shot wero
working in Ihc cashier’s office anil
the other was a motorman asleep in
the outer office. The men were shot
before they were aware of the pres¬
ence of tho robbers.
TOO MUCH OF A BLOW. >"4
Third Series of America's Cup Race
Prevented by Heavy Gale.
A New York dispatch says: For
the first time in the history of Ameri-
ca ’s cup contest a race has been post-
poned because of too much wind.
Saturday the third of the present se-
ries of races was to have been sailed,
but owing to the prevalence ol a
heavy gale, the contest was declared
off.