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The Jones County News.
VOL. X.
BLAME ON OFFICERS
lury I
in Slocum Disaster Ren¬
ders Its Verdict.
WARRANTS ARE ISSUED
Van Schaick Is Held Criminally Re
sponsible and Captain Peace
Failed to Equip Vessel With
Proper Fire Apparatus.
The coroner’s jury at New York in
the Slocum inquest has returned a
verdict, finding:
That the immense loss of life on tho
General Slocum was due to the mis¬
conduct of the directors of the Knick¬
erbocker Steamboat Company.
That Captain Van. Schaick. is crimi¬
nally responsible.
That Captain Pease, of the Grand
Ropubii- as captain of the steam¬
boat (A /pay's fleet, is criminally re¬
sponsible in that he failed to proper¬
ly equip the Slocum with fire appa¬
ratus.
That Mate Flannagan acted in a
“cowardly manner."
That the action of Inspector Lund
berg should be brought to the atten¬
tion cf the federal authorities.
Coroner Berry has issued warrants
for the arrest of the directors and offi¬
cials of the Knickerbocker Steamboat
Company. Inspector Lundberg and
Mate Flannagan have been held in
$1,000 bail each.
Captain Van Schaick’s Testimony.
Wh.' n the coroner's jury, which has
been investigating the disaster to the
excursion steamer General Slocum, re¬
turned its hearing Tuesday, Captain
Van Shaick, the commander of the
Slocum, was called as the first wit¬
ness.
Van Schaick, who was wheeled into
court in an invalid’s chair, said he has
held a master’s license about thirteen
years.
He says he was on the General Slo¬
cum since she first went into com¬
mission, but he had nothing to do
with the general equipment of that
steamer In the first, place, nor with
her life saving apparatus. He said
Captain Pca-se looked alter the equip¬
ment ef the Slocum each season. He
trirl the government inspector had
condemned some of the life preserv¬
ers ehico 1S9J, and he personally had
thrown out about thirty. The captain
described the fire fighting and life sav¬
ing apparatus on board.
In the course of the hearing Cap¬
tain Van Schaick was asked what
!’" did when informed the steamer
was on fire. He said be ordered full
speed.
"It was flood tide and the boat was
going 15 or Ifl miles an hour,’’ said
the captain. “The smoke came back
to the pilot house. We were thsn
about four lengths beyond ‘.he Sunken
Meadows. The pilot “aid to me;
“What shall I do?"
“ ‘Let her go,’ and then r ran to see
what the fire was like. At the head of
the stairs 1 found a woman on her
knees. I lifted her up and looked
down the hatchway. It was all aflame
I ran back to the pilot house and said
to the- pilot:
“T'J, she's gone; beach her.’
“He said: ‘Where?’ and I pointed to
North Brother island. ‘Shave that
dock and put her starboard silo on
the beach.’ Then I started to go aft,
but Hie flames were coming like a
volcano and my hat caught fire. That’s
where my face and hands got burned.
There was no chance to move. It, was
tomiu-g like n locomotive headlight. ’
Captain Van Schaick said he was
rot absent from the pilot house more
than half a minute from the time the
alarm was given until the Slocum was
beached, which was not more than
two and one half minutes,
The witness said it was impossible
to beach the boat anywhere else with
ns good chance to save life. He de¬
nied that he received information of a
Ore, before tho alarm he acted upon
reached him, and branded as absurd
the report that a boy told him at Nine¬
teenth street that the boat was on fire.
MISSOURI DEMOCRATS ACT.
Indorse Cockrell for Presidential Nom¬
inee at St. Louis Convention.
The Missouri democratic state con¬
vention to elect thirty-six delegates to
the national convention at St. Louis
in session at Joplin Wednesday se¬
lected the following delegates at
large: * —■
United States Senator Stone, Gov¬
ernor A. Ivi. Dockery, Congressman
Champ Clark, Congressman D. A. De-
Armond. Thirty-two district delegates
were also chosen.
The convention indorsed Senator F.
M. Cockrell for president,
MORE MINERS DEPORTED.
General Bell Sends Out Another Tram
Lead from Colorado.
Another train load of deportee men
has b^en sent out from Victor, Cal.,
with, orders to unload the men at Col¬
orado Springs, but upon the arrival of
the train at that $aee Captain Moore
in charge, was met by Chief of Polfce
Reynolds, and a force of policemen
gj-.j ordered to not permit the men
to leave the train.
prohibitionists meet.
National Convention of the Party As
sembles at Indianapolis to Name
Ticket,
The tenth national prohibition
vention opened at Indianapolis Wed-
neaday morning with four
delegates, alternates and visitors
present. Tomlinson hall was profits-
Iy decorated with the national
On the platform hung pictures of
Abraham Lincoln, Clinton B. Fiske
and Francis Willard.
The convention was called to order
by National Chairman Stewart, of
Chicago, who said the convention just
assembled was the only one that had
a real issue to present to the Ameri¬
can people.
Mr. Stewart introduced Homer L.
Cast le, of Pittsburg, tempo-ary chair¬
man of the convention.
Following Mr, Castle’s address, W.
0. Calderwood, of Minneapolis, took
charge of the records as temporary
secretary, and the committees select¬
ed at the state meetings and the
names of the new national commit¬
tee were read and adopted.
Free admission was offered, and a
recess taken until 2 o’clock.
The committee on permanent organ¬
ization held a brief meeting, and se¬
lected A. G. Wolfenberger, of Lincoln,
Neb., for permanent chairman, and
NV. G. Calderwood, of Minneapolis, for
permanent secretary.
The report of the committee on cre¬
dentials was followed by the report of
the committee on permanent organiza¬
tion, both of which were adopted.
IRREGULARITIES ARE CHARGED,
Georgia Legislative Investigating Com¬
mittee Severely Criticized.
Georgia capitol officials, who were
criticized by the report of the iegis
lative committee and some members
of the legislature are doing a little
criticizing in retaliation.
The committee In its report jxiint-
ed out every irregularity that could
be found in every department of the
state, but it did not say anything about
the extra expert accountant employed
by the committee nor the stenogra
pher it employed.
There arc many legislators and
state house officers who contend that
the committee violated the law when
the extra men were employed and one
member of the house went so far as to
state that, lie would fight any measure
to pay for the extra help.
The resolution creating the commit
tee and outlining the work did not ap-
propria’e money for the work of the
committee further than four dol¬
lars per day for eacli member. The
resolution stated that the committee
should employ only one expert ac¬
countant or bookkeeper. The commit¬
tee employed an assistant bookkeeper,
contrary to the law, and a stenogra
pher besides. The committee states in
its report that two accountants and
one stenographer was employed. The
report does not mention that only one
accountant and no stenographer was
allowed the committee.
Another question that the legisla¬
tors are inquiring about and which
some of the capitol officials who were
criticised by the committee think
should be looked into was the pay¬
ment on the part of the governor of
about $600 to one of the expert ac¬
countants of the committee. The com¬
mittee does not mention in its report
that this was done. Governor Ton*!I
when seen about the matter Wednes¬
day, said:
“Yes, I paid about $600 to one of the
expert accountants on approval of the
committee. There was no specific law
for the payment, but I took the money
out of my contingent fund upon th«
agreement that when the legislature
met the committee would secure an
appropriation and pay back the money.
I had the authority, I am sure, to draw
the money out, but there was no spe¬
cial law authorizing me to do so."
The committee made no mention of
th3t transaction, but laid particular
stress on the fact that the state house
officers were too lax in raising sain
ries without authority.
The official stenographer of the com¬
mittee was employed at a fixed salary
of $5 per day for taking testimony
and $5 per day for writing it out. Thz
stenographer, Mr. W. F. Blue, is in
Mr. Hall’s office in Macon. The as¬
sistant expert account, j. T. Duncan.
Jr., was the nephew of Senator J, T.
Duncan .a member of the commit-
tee. Mr. Hall was chairman of tho
committee.
The expert accountants were paid
ten and five dollars a dry each, so if
is claimed by some. No mention of
the pay is made in the report to the
house. It is charged by some of the
capitol officials that the accountants
were around the capitol several
doing no work, waiting on instructions
from the committee. At the same time
they claim the accountants were
drawing their pay.
TAKE LEAVE OF CABINET.
Knox and Cortelycu Attend Their Last
Official Meeting at V/hite Hcusc.
A Washington dispatch says: At-
torney Genera! Knox and Secretary
)f Commerce and Labor Cortelyou
took leave of their cabinet associates
it the semi-weekly meeting Tuesday.
Both President Roosevelt a»d mem¬
bers of the cabinet paid cordial trib-
ntes to the retiring officers.
u-1 ►to (/. o a y: c -« urn.
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BROUGHTON
i _
i Well Known Atlanta Divine
Attacked By Police Chief.
■
; WAS IN BARBER’S CHAIR
\
R * marks by Dr . Broughton in Sermon
j wh . rein chief of Police West-
brook Was Scored the ^ auss
°f the Trouble,
At Albany, Ga., Monday afternoon
R. N. Westbrook, chief c.C police, ae-
sauited Hr. Len O. Broughton, of At¬
lanta, with a rawhide whip. The at¬
tack was made in a Iiroad str ot bar-
ber shop. Tho encounter caused wild
excitement.
The trouble started Sunday after¬
noon when Dr. Broughton, who is lead¬
ing a series of meetings at Audito¬
rium, stated in the pressure of a large
congregation that rottenness pervaded .
the city government of Albany, lie
specifically charged that Westbrook
had been taken from a house of ques-
tionable resort in a state of intoxica-
tion. He promised to produce affidav-
its to sustain his charges if they were
desired. Westbrook denied the charges
and his friends confidently stated be
forehand that he would personally ro-
gout them.
The Dali opened Monday afternoon
when Cruger Westbrook, a son of His
chief, made a personal attack on R
W. Jordan, who has been taking u
prominent part in the revival meet¬
ings and who, it was alleged, had fur¬
nished Tr. Broughton with the infor¬
mation which had been used in the
sensational charges made.
Monday afternoon just before 6
o’clock, Dr. Broughton went into a
Broad street barber shop, accompa¬
nied by several of his friends. In a
tew minutes he was followed by Chief
Westbrook. Dr. Broughton was in ,1
barber's chair. Westbrook made sev¬
eral inquiries as to which of the sev¬
eral gentlemen who were being
shaved was the Atlanta divine. As
soon as he identified Dr. Broughton
the chief produced a heavy rawhide
whip and struck him three or four
times, but owing to the interference of
a dozen persons the , blows did not
take full effect. There were several
side fights precipitated in the excite-
meat. It is charged by a number of
persons who were present that Dr.
Broughton had a pistol and threatened
to ueo it. He assumed the defensive
with a heavy iron cuspidor, held
tightly in one hand, the other hand
being thrust into one of h!s coat pock¬
ets. Weetbrook used some unprint¬
able language in denouncing Dr.
Broughton, who did not reply. Tho
chief said:
“I will beat you to a frazzle if I
have to follow you to Atlanta."
The affair has created intense xx-
eHement and further sensational de
velopments are predicted.
Dr. Broughton wir'd the following
account to The Atlanta Constitution:
“Albany, Ga., June 21.— -.Special,)—
I was attacked in a barber shop here
this afternoon by the chief of police
and struck over the head with some¬
thing like a loaded butt end of a
Whip. Friends protected and a mob
was threatened. Albany's good
pie, including the mayor, are enraged
at such a cowardly attack. No wound
from the lick.—Urn G. Broughton.”
NO TICKETS ON SALE.
All Arrangements for Democratic
convention at St. Louis Complete.
No tickets of admittance to the dem¬
ocratic national convention, which be
gins at. the Coliseum in St. Louis on
July 6. will be on sale and thero, will
be but three avenues through which
they may be secured—the Business
Men’s League, through the courtesy of
members of the democratic national
committee or the delegates, who are
assigned three each, besides their
own, in all. they amount, to 10.R04,
plus a few excess, the number of
which will not be known until the
convention opens.
DOWIE BACK IN ZION.
Boryas “Elijah” Among His Flock Af-
j ter Encircling the Globe.
1
. tri that pnrirclcl th° ' earth 7
John Alexander L*vwie arrived in
cago Thursday.
When the train pulled in at
LaSalle street station, however, there
were no cheering followers to
j him. He had sent word ahead that ne
would not soil his feet with the dust
of Chicago. He remained in his prl-
| vate car while it was being attached
; to a train scheduled to leave for the
“Dowieite Settlement.” 7,ion City, IBs
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APOLOGY NOT SUFFICIENT.
I Germany to Demand Reparation for
Stoning of Her Minister in Haiti.
; The Germs.n government has decid¬
ed to send a warship to Port-au-Prince,
i Haiti, after having agreed with the
French government that a simple apot-
j ogy was not sufficient reparation on
> the part of the government of Haiti
! for fhe ment stoning of the French
and German ministers.
sensational decision
Rendered By Federal Judge Speer In
Habeas Corpus Case—Municipal
Recorders are Hard Hit.
At Macon, Ga., Tuesday morning,
Judge Envcry Speer, of the federal
oourt, delivered his decision regarding
the habeas corpus proceedings instU-
ed by Henry Jamison, colored, wh
was sentenced to serve eeven months
upon the county chaingang at b ird
labor. Iu his decision Judge Speer or-
dered the negro to be liberated on nr-
count of the evidence which was
mitted showing that the negro had
been sentenced, in the opinion of tho
court, without due process of laa, and
that, he had been deprived of ills lib-
erty unlawfully.
The decision is wide sweeping in us
version, and declares that Jamison
had no opportunity whatever to so¬
cuve a fair trial, according to tho
methods used a.t his hearing
the recorder of the police court in
Macon.
Tho decision of Judge Speer is held
by lawyers to Involve the authority of
municipal courts all ever the country
to sentence violators of municipal or-
dinanees to local chamgangs. I his
Rower Is denied in the opinion render-
ed by Judge Speer.
The question immediately at issue
was whettur or not the recorder at
Macon could, without criminal plead
lng or trial by jury, convict a. man
twice for a minor violation of a niuui-
clpr.l ordinance and sentence him to
seven months of hard labor in the
Bibb county chaingang. The punisn-
ment would thus he inflicted in a
branch of the state penitentiary. The
opinion iVtiles Die right of any police
magistrate of any municipality to sen¬
tence men, women and children to
the chaingang lor the commission of
such trivial offenses as come within
his jurisdiction.
It is understood that the city will
appeal from (lie decision and fight the
matter to the supreme court of the
United States.
Henry Jamison is an aged and re¬
spectable negro of Macon, who was ar¬
rested on a charge of disorderly con¬
duct, and while in the polite barrack.!
under arrest had a second charge ot
disorderly conduct entered against
him. The aggregate fine imposed for
both cases was $60 or, as an nlteraa-
tive, seven months in the chaingang.
irn reviewing the case, and before
discharging Ihe petitioner, Jodgn
Speer remarked:
“The material averments of the pc-
tit ion are that the petitioner was ar-
raigned in the -recorder's court, with-
out any indictment, accusation or
written charge of any kind having
been prefcrrcH against him and with-
out any form or semblance of a judi-
cial trial, he Was sentenced to pay p,
fine which he was wholly unable to
pay, and then to serve n term of two
hundred and ten days on the county
chaingang of Bibb county. The peti¬
tion further avers that the trial, sen¬
tence and commitment were illegal
and void, and that he was thereby de-
privod of his liberty and subjected to
infamous punishment without /lu i
process of law. Copies of what pur¬
port to be tho judgment of conviction
are annexed to the petition. It is olv
eervable that there is no finding of
guilt or innocence by the recorder, no
finding of fact, It Is a sentence and
nothing more.”
RUSH FOR FREE LANDS.
Last Great Opening By Government
Occurs in State of Nebraska.
A special from Omaha says: Nine
millions of acres of government land
j n jq ffbras | <a were opened for homo-
stead entry Tuesday under the pro¬
visions of the Klnkald law, which per¬
mits homesteaders to flic on 640 acres
of land. The land is known as semi-
ari l and is mostly adapted to grazing.
Ir is the last great opening of gov-
ernment laml of , h)B n ,„„ r0 that will
ever be made, and was Hie occasion
of a rush for choice sections by those
desiring to establish ranches.
The greatest excitement was at.
Broken Bow, in Custer county, where
over 2,000,000 acres of the heat land
included in the provisions of the law
are to be thrown open.
JUDGE GRAY FOR CLEVELAND.
Well Known Delaware Jurist Ex-
presses Preference as to Nominee.
A special from Wilmington, Dei,
j g/aya: Judge George Gray has ex-
p resger j that former Presi-
.lent Grover Cleveland would lx* nom-
Inated for the presidency by the st.
: ixmis convention. Next to Cleveland
he favors Judge Parker for the nomi-
'
nation.
--[ have repeatedly stated that. I am
not, and will not be a candidate for
the presidential nomination
“I have also repeatedly said that i
am in favor of Judge Barker if Mr.
1 Cleveland is out of the question.
CATTLE IN PHILIPPINES.
Thre e Carloads of Fancy Jerseys Go
from the Mississippi State College.
Three carloads cf fancy grade Jer-
sey r-attle have been shipped from
Mississippi Agricultural and Meehan-
; i ca ] coltege to the Philippine islands.
j This is the first shipment of blood
j r? j cattle made from the United Kales
to the Philippines since the American
icquisition of these islands.
SWALLOW IS NAMED
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As _ Candidate for President .
by the Prohibitionists.
CARROLL VICE PRESIDENT
General Miles Telegraphed Convention
Not to Present His Name—Plat¬
form Touches Upon Many
Outside Subjects.
sii a3 \y, Swallow, of Hands burg,
p a , vas nominated by acclamation for
president by ihe prohibition conven¬
tion at Indianapolis Thursday.
At tlie last moment General Milos
telegraphed John G. Woolley asking
that his name be not presented.
George W. Carroll, of Texas, was
nominated for vice president.
The platform-was adopted without
a i-j.,, m( , n t after a long deadlock in the
resolutions committee. D was de-
„ cr ;,’ J6( j by j h. Amos, of Oregon, see-
vo , ary of tl , 0 C ommitt‘t\ as the broad-
ps( pi al f onn ever placed before the
peo p lo b y the party, in addition to
t h/* plank on the liquor quest ion, it do¬
dares the party to lie in favor of in! 1 r-
national arbitration, a suffrage law
|, asef | on mental and moral qualiliea-
( j ons uniform laws of the country and
dependencies, popular-election of sen¬
ators, civil service extension, and the
initiative and referendum.
The trust question was recognized
by a demand for a rigid application of
the principles and justice to all or¬
ganizations of capital and labor,
A reform of divorce laws is demand¬
ed and polygamy denounced.
Over sixteen thousand dollars was
raised by subscription, pledg’d from
the floor of Ihe convention, which with
$!1.fl00 in the treasury, will be the nu¬
cleus of the campaign fund. National
Chairman Stewart and National Sec¬
retary Tate were re-elected.
Swallow May Decline.
Thursday evening, in response to a
congratulatory telegram, Dr. Swallow
sent the following to Chairman Stew-
art .
“Harrisburg. Pa., June 30. - Hon.
Oliver W. Stewart, Prohibitionist Na¬
Uonai Convent ion, Indianapolis.—if
honor referred to In your dispatch im-
plies duties requiring my absence from
home, while I highly appreciate any
honor or duty the grandest party of
tj 10 aK (. t , an give nr , yet unless Mrs.
Swallow’s health greatly improves, 1
would be compelled to decline,
“S. C. SWALLOW.”
WALTHOUR SEVERELY HURT.
champ j on Bicycle Rider Victim of
Frightful Accident at Atlanta.
During a bicycle race in Atlanta
Thursday night “Bobby” Walthour,
t| ]C champion pace follower of the
world, was the victim of a most so-
rious accident.
WliiHe riding tings around Munroo
and DeGuichard, he was thrown from
his wheel in a collision with his motor.
Wialthour had darted to the front in
an effort to gain a lap. it was a bat
tie of motormen and pace followers.
Hoffman pacing Munroe, saw that the
Atlantan would gain the lap, and 1 o
stave him off rushed to the very top
of the track. There was a hare foot
between the flying Tennessee rider
and his motorman and the top track.
Seeing that there was no earthly
chance to squeez ehimself tit rough
tills opening, Lawson, W-althour’s pare
maker, slackened Ills speed a little
and Walthour, unable to stop and not
expecting the move, plunged into his
motor and the next moment was
thrown Into the stand.
He was thrown aglinst, three strong
posts 2 by (1 inch's, and broke two
of them, spiffing the third one. His
left collar bone was brokent, righ
elbow an,| fingers of right hand badly
bruised and torn, both hips and legs
bruised and cut in several places,
while one large wound was made over
the abdomen.
HELEN GETS COLLEGE DEGREe.
Wonderful Deaf, Dumb and Blind Girl
Awarded Diploma.
A dispatch from Cambridge. Mass
says: Helen Keilar, the wonderful
deaf, dumb and blind student at
cliffe college, who dimes from 1 l|S
cumbia, Ala., received her diploma
Wednesday with the honor Cum
Laude.
There was a sensational hush that,
came over the great audience when
this remarkable southern girl was <•<
forward to take her diploma, and the
applause that broke out a moment
later was tremendous.
FRENCH WARSHIP AT HAITI-
Stoning Incident, However, is Said tx
Be Amicably Settled.
The French cruiser Jurien de la Gra-
viere has arrived at Port-au-Prince,
Th<a incident of stoning of the French
an( j German ministers is now asserted
to have been closed by renewed
trial apologies which have been aocept-
j y French and German minis-
u
BAD ROUT OF RUSSIANS.
Conflict at Ten-Shul Pass Was Des¬
perate—Both Flank and Front
Attacked Simultaneously.
A special sent out from Toklo says;
Totalled reports of the capture of Fen
Slmi Pass oil .Tune 27 show that the
Russians were driven from nn exceed¬
ingly strong position dominating the
Shl-Mucheug road. In this engage-
meat the Russian losses were again
heavier than those of the Japanese.
Tho Japanee outmaneuvered the Rus¬
sians by working around the enemy’s
right flank and attacking him In tho
rear.
The Japanese advanced in three col¬
umns. One was assigned to deliver a
frontal nttack and tho others to strike
the enemy on the flanks. The column
which advanced upon the Russian
right flank fought n separate action,
It encountered three battalions of in¬
fantry, six guns and two machine guns
on Sunday morning. This engagement
lasted until sunset of Sunday. At Ibis
hour the Japanese bivouacked and re¬
newed the assault at midnight, when
they succeeded in defeating the Rus¬
sians,
On Monday morning, the 27th. the
Russians were reinforced^ with throe
,
battalions and sixteen guns. They as
sauited the Japanese viciously and en¬
deavored to retake the position they
had lost .
They were repulsed and the Japan¬
ese flankers worked their way to .lie
rear of the main Russian position at
Fen-Shui pass. This attack occurred
at 3 o’clock In the morning.
In the meantime, the Japaues col
umn which had been assigned to make
the frontal attack, met and routed ten
thousand infantry and cavalry posted
near WenchapantRu. This happened
on Sunday, the 2fith.
At dawn on Monday* the Japane.-e
renewed the attack. The fighting this
day was opened with artillery. The
Russians poured a deadly artillery tiro
upon the attackers, and the Japanese
artillery secured H new position and
delivered a heavy cross-fire upon Ilia
Russian lines of detour.’-*. While tins
was proceeding, the Japanese infantry
and engineers cleared the obstructions
from the Russian rear acid closed in
on (lie enemy. The Russians broke
and fled at It:,TO Monday morning.
The Japanese ga'ned and retained
possession of the heights. The Ilns
sians left ninety dead behind them on
the heights. This number of (lead does
not The include Japanese those lost. found 270 In the killed valleys, j
men or
wounded in the flanking and frontal!
attacks. j
The Russian troops, who defended
Fen-Shul pass, consisted of eleven hat-
talions of Infantry, seventeen squad-
rons of cavalry and three battalions of
artillery. The enemy had spent three
months In fortifying Fen-Shul pass.
The barracks and other buildings cap
tured by the Japanese had not been
destroyed. But before retreating the
Russians burned GVIr warehouses at
Shan-Tastl. The Russians retreated In
disorder toward Sln-Miirheng.
The Japanese captured eighty-eight
prisoners.
KILLED HIS DAUGHTER-IN LAW. 1
I
Quarrel Over Cabbage Leads Aged (
Man to Commit Heinous Crime. |
At. Fayetteville, Ga.. Thursday Steve
Renfroe, a man 70 years of age, shot
bis daughter in law through the bead
wlth a pistol, killing her instantly
The bullet did its work In a remarka- j
bly quick space of time, as II entered
the brain and passed almost entirely
through the woman’s head. She fell j
where she stood and death resulted j
before aid could lie summoned. The
trouble Is said to have originated over '
i a cabbage patch which the parties to!
j tiie tragedy are said to have been
j using this In common. of The exact details
of part the affair are not given
out. but it. is thought that there was
a misunderstanding as to wliieli should
have the use of certain of the vegeta-
hies contained in the little garden, and
from this the dispute verged Into nn
aerlmoniotiH wrangle that led to tho
killing.
SARATOGA BANK CLOSES.
p Un on /\ no ther Institution Led Offi-
c,al8 t0 Qe Cautious.
Th(( Pirst National bank of Sara-to-
g[l v y ;vas n(/t ope ned for bust-
noft)g Monday. A norire signed by N.v
fjonal Bank Examiner Van Vrankln
an(J posted on the door, stated that at
1 the request of the directors and by
| order bank of the comptroller closed. of currency,
the was
, A run which began on the Citizens’
j lla tl on a 1 bank Saturday led many to
j be apprehensive of a financial raid by
i small depositors on the First National
| bank.
BANKERS FAVOR CLEVELAND.
8traw B allot at Savannah Results
Overwhelmingly for Grover.
Tuesday night tho bank officials of
j Savann;h GSii were the guests at a
fish svtpper of President Leopold Ad-
! - er- „f fhe Chatham bank. After S’li)
j ; ,, r n vote was taken on ihe
question. Fifteen voted
for Cleveland for the nomination and
two for Parker,
NO. flO o„
JAPS TAKE FORTS
Three Hills Around Port Ar¬
thur Successfully Assailed.
FIGHT LASTED ALL DAY
Engagement Opened With Lively Ar-
tillary Duel—Russians Were Final¬
ly Forced to Retreat, Leaving
Their Guns.
A special of Thursday from Toklo
states that in fierce fighting which
took place a! the rear of Port Ar¬
thur, Sunday, June 20, the attack wa3
simultaneous by the Japanese troops
on three hills which were strongly
fortified.
After an overwhelming bombard¬
ment the mikado's men advanced and
drove out the Russians.
Fort So-Clio-Shan, it is added, wa3
first captured and the other forts fell
soon afterward. The Russians ro-
treated west, leaving forty dead nr
wounded.
The Toklo correspondent of Tho
London Dally Telegraph says that so-
vere fighting took place at Kin Shau
on June 25, wlileli resulted in the cap¬
ture of that place on the morning of
I he 26th.
The Tokio correspondent of The
Loudon Morning Post says that tho
Japanese second army has effected a
junction with Ihe first army and that
the’ whole force now lias a fighting
front of 120 miles.
Twenty-One Russians Drowned.
The submarine boat Delfin sank at
her moorings in the Neva, off tho Bal¬
tic shipbuilding yard, Wednesday
morning, with the loss of an officer
and twenty men.
The accident was due partly to tho
excessive number of the crew, mostly
inexperienced men, and chiefly to tho
unfortunate attempt of a man to es¬
cape while hiH comrades were screw¬
ing down the manhole.
The Deliin’s nominal capacity Is ten
men. Instead of which thirty-two en¬
tered the boat, bringing her man¬
hole in dangerous proximity to tho
river level.
just, then a tug passed, sending a
heavy wash against tho boat.. As soon
as the water splashed into the subma¬
rine boat's Interior created a panio
among the novices and one of them
tried to get. out of the manhole, which
|„ e older hands were screwing down
preparatory to the descent, the sub-
merging compartment having’ already
opened. The water rushed in and with
n manhole open, the submerged ves-
nel sank like a stone,
The officers and some of the men
were savod by being blown up through
tlie manhole by the rush of escapi
air. The Delfin shortly afterwards
was raised,
MINISTER HEAVILY FINED.
Rev. Holly Badly Disfigured a Brother
Wearer cf the Cloth.
At Jacksonville, Fla., Rev. J. B. Hoi-
ly. a prominent Baptist divine of the
state and one of the editors of the
Southern Baptist ami Baptist Wit-
ness, was fined $250 in the criminal
court. He was charged with assaulting
j.,,,. w A Hobson, pastor of the
First Baptist, church of Jacksonville
and also an editor of the same pa-
|x:r.
Rev. Holly, it is charged, struck the
Jacksonville divine in the face about
ten lines and bruised him severely,
Tho trouble Is said to have arose
from a dispute as to the management
of tho Southern Baptist Witness. Tho
paper In question Is the creature of
John It. Stetson and Rev. Holly is hlg
personal representative In the bttsl-
ness,
Physical Examination Rigid.
Out of twenty-live youths who had
passed their mental examination for
admission Into the naval academy and
were examined physically at Annapo-
lls Wednesday, only eleven were site-
CGSSftll.
MORE COUNTIES IN GEORGIA
>f Constitutional Amendment Passed
by House is Successful.
Bight new counties may be estab¬
lished In Georgia, if the constitutional
amendment bill passed by the house;
of representatives gets safely through.
The bill provides for a paragraph in
the state constitution to read as fol¬
lows:
“There shall not be more than one
hundred and forty-five counties in this
slate." strikes
The amendment, of course,
out*the present paragraph on the sub-
jc’ci, limiting the number of counties
to 137.
PROBING SLOCUM DISASTER.
1 Federal Grand Jury at New York Be-
; gins probing of Frightful Kortor.
At New York, Thursday, the federal
grand jury began its investigation of
the General Slocum disaster.
General Henry D. Burnett, th Uni-
te.l States district attorney, and A«-
sistant Gulled States Diet rift Attor¬
ney Henry A. Wise had charge of Hie
presentation of the case.