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The Jones County News
M. C. GREENE, Editor and Proprietor.
TERMS TOO DRASTIC
Russia Kicks on Indemnity
and Cession of Sakhalin.
CREDENTIALS AN ISSUE
Dove of Peace Flutters Hesitatingly
Over Conference of Plenipotenta-
res at Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Muddle Over Credentials.
A special from Portsmouth says :
Russia’s reply to the Japanese terms
of peace was delivered by Mr.
Witte to Baron Komura at 9:30
o’clock Saturday morning. The re¬
ply is written in two texts, one to
French and the other in English.
Upon two crucial points, indemnity
nd the cession of the island of Sak-
alin, the reply is an absolute non
jKissinms. Other points are accepted
as bases for discussion, while others
are accepted conditionally.
The reply is rather long, because
enumerating the conditions upon
which discussion is admitted and
those upon which consideration is de¬
clined, reasons and arguments are
given.
The tactics of the Japanese are in-
scrutable. They have shown through¬
out the war this ability to guard their
secrets, miliiary, naval and diplomat¬
ic, and now not the remotest clew
comes from behind their closed doors
as to whether they are prepared to
make substantial concessions. Silence
and secrecy are their watchwords.
A very remarkable state of affairs
exists regarding the credentials of the
Japanese plenipotentiaries, and the
end is not yet.
Notwithstanding the previous offi¬
cial statement that with the exchange
of credentials all difficulties on that
point had been removed, the Associat¬
ed Press learns authoritatively that
the matter still is in issue. After the
failure of Baron Komura to produce
his credentials at the first session on
Wednesday, an English copy was com¬
municated to M. Witte with the state¬
ment that it was a copy, but that it
was in no wise attested.
At Thursday's session, Baron Ko-
mura submitted the original in Jap¬
anese, but, of course, no member of
the Russian mission could read it. M.
Witte's credentials, on the contrary,
while in Russian, were accompanied by
a certified copy in French, which bore
the signature of Count Lamsdorff, the
Russian minister of foreign affairs. M.
Witte has returned to Baron Komura
the copy of the latter’s credentials in
the expectation that he would forth¬
with receive an attested copy of the
translation, but up to noon Friday he
had received nothing.
The difference in the powers con¬
ferred on the two plenipotentiaries
also raises a delicate point, and one
of the greatest moment. In the Rus¬
sian credentials the emperor pledges
his word of honor to sign any treaty
which receives the approval of M.
Witte. The power conferred upon M.
Witte to negotiate and conclude a
treaty of peace is absolute.
Baron Komura'* credentials, on the
contrary, specifically provide that any
treaty negotiated by Baron Komura
must receive the imperial ratification
of the emperor of Japan.
This divergence in the character of
the credentials is so vital- that M.
Witte has communicated to Baron Ko-
Hiura an official diplomatic note where¬
in he notifies the Japanese chief pleni¬
potentiary that while he stands ready
to exercise the full powers conferred
upon him, in view of the limitation
placed upon the powers of Japan’s
chief negotiators, he regards it as
only proper that he should consider
his powers limited in the same way.
In other words, unless the powers of
Baron Komura are increased to make
them co-equal with those conferred
upon M. Witte, Emperor Nicholas will
have the right to ratify or reject any
treaty that is negotiated.
HEART TORN FROM BODY.
Revolting Feature of a Double Mur-
der Near Jacksonville, Fla.
Samuel Simmons, a wealthy naval
stores and sawmill man, and his son,
Ely Simmons, were both shot and
killed about fifteen miles from Jack¬
sonville, Fla., Friday, by Thomas His'-
ler, who enters the plea of self-de¬
fense.
The eider Simmons was shot
through tho heart by a full charge of
buckshot, end the heart was found
on the groun-w-h ait a. foot from Hie
body, it having evidently been torn
out by hand after the shooting.
MOSCOW;* GOVERNOR GENERAL
General Durnovo Will Try His Hand
in Ruling Russian Metropolis.
St. Petersburg newspapers announce
the appointment of General Durnovo,
a member of the council ot the em-
pire, as governor general of Moscow,
in place of General Kos’off, who is
considered to have been too lax in his
policy toward the zemstvo congress.
Durnovo, who is extremely wealthy,
was governor of Moscow in 1872 and
1873 -
SANFORD JURY LONG HELD.
Anonymous Letters Implicating Juror
Green Crecte Sensation.
The first official announcement that
has been made since the jury retired
in the Sanford case at Rome Friday
morning came Wednesday when Judge
Wright stated that he would not dis-
miss the jury should a verdict not be
reached.
Solicitor Ennis received a somewhat
sensational anonymous letter Tuesday
morning telling him that Juryman Geo.
Green was heird to express the opin¬
ion quite freely, among certain rail¬
road hands, after the killing and be¬
fore he was drawn on the jury, that
Sanford was right to kill George
Wright, and that if he (Green) could
have his way, Sanford would go free.
It developed Wednesday that Solic¬
itor Ennis was not the only person to
receive an anonymous letter relative
to Juror Green. Oilier members of
counsel interested in the case have
received letters, all o t which are writ¬
ten on a typewriter and make pracrl-
cally the same charge.
As soon as Solicitor Ennis received
the unsigned letter'Involving the com-
petency of the juror, he began an
investigation. It is said that the mar-
ler will probably be brought to iho
attention of the grand jury and a
searching investigation by that body
undertaken.
Certain t is that the letter has caus¬
ed a big sensation to bo injected into
the case and has resulted in much
comment.
eight new counties
Selected by Committee and Reported
in Georgia House of Representatives.
After five weeks of unremitting work
a report has bees rendered to the
Georgia house of representatives by
the committee on new counties and
county lines. The report provides for
the creation of all eight of the new
counties as follows:
Jenkins county, to be formed from
parts of Burke, Bullock, Screven and
Emanuel with Milieu as the county
seat.
Tift county, lo be formed from parts
ol Berrien, Worih and Irwin, with
Ashburn as the county seat.
Crisp, to be formed from Dooly
county, with Cordcle as the couijty
seat.
Stephens county (formerly known
as Bleckley), to be formed from parts
of Habersham and Franklin, with Toe.
coa as the county seat.
Toombs < ount.v, to be formed from
parts of Montgomery and Tatnall, with
Lyons as the county seat.
Jeff Davis county (formerly known
as Cromartie), to be formed from pari?
of Appling and Coffee, with Hazlti-
hurst as the county seat.
Grady county, to be formed from
parts of Thomas and Decatur, with
Cairo as the county seat.
WIFE DESERTION POPULAR FAD.
New York Magistrate Astounded at
Extent of Mendacious Evii.
Stirred by ihe presence in his court
room in New York of one hundred
women followed by a mob of children,
nearly all foreigners, each woman de¬
manding a warrant for the arrest
of her husband whom she charged
with desertion and non-support, Mag¬
istrate Poole declared that wife de¬
sertion is one of tho most serious
menaces to domestic life that now
confronts New York. After hearing
the charges, the magistrate issued
twenty warrants and turned the re-
maining eases over to court officers for
immediate investigation.
MAYOR AND HIS DYNAMITE.
Pensacola Chief Executive Acquitted
on Novel Charge.
Mayor Charles H. Bliss of Pensaco¬
la, Fla. who was arrested a few days
since for s’oring a large quantity of
dynamite in the city, was given a
hearing Wednesday before Judge La-
ney, in the recorder's court and dis-
charged, the judge holding that the
mayor had stored the dynamite tn his
official capacity and not as a merchant
or individual.
GEORGIA IS PROSPERING.
Increase of Forty Millions in Taxable
Values is Expected.
The state tax returns for Georgii.
have increased $33,903,871 to date
One hundred and twenty-two counties
have sent in their digests and onlj
fifteen more remain to be heard from
The counties which have not yet sent
in their digests are Baldwin, Burke,
Cobb, Early, Floyd, Franklin, Glynn,
Greene, Gwinnett, Lee, Marion, Tat
nail, Walton, Ware and Wayne. Cap*,
Harrison of the comptroller’s office
states that in his opinion the increass
will reach $40,000,000.
STATE REFORMATORY BILL.
Passed in Gergia Senate After Adop¬
tion of Important Amendment.
The bill establishing a Georgia state
reformatory for juvenile criminals,
passed the senate Friday morning by
a vote of 36 to 1, Senator Mills rt
Cherokee, being the only senator to
vote against the measure.
ihe senate amended the measure
pboviding that the reformatory should
he located at the prison farm.
GUAY. JON MS CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 17. 190.1
DEMANDS OF JAPAN
Presented to Witte By Ko¬
mura at Peace Conference.
HITS RUSSIA HARD LICK
Enormous Reimbursement for Cost of
War and a Long List of Conces¬
sions Asked as Basis (or Peace.
Answer is Problematical.
Reimbursement for tho expendi
tures sustained in the prosecution of
the war and the cession of the island
ot Sakhalin constitute the main fea¬
tures of the peace conditions handed
by Baron Konnira to Mr. Witte at
the conclusion of Thursday morning’s
session of the plenipotentiaries at
Dor s mouth, the word indemnity be-
ing carefully avoided, the term ern-
ployed ’ being “reimbursement” for tho
cogt ot the war
No sum is fixed, the amount being
distinctly adjourned for mutual ad¬
justment between the two countries
after the Japanese expenditure has
been ascertained.
These are the two all-important
conditions and those which the Rus-,
sian plenipotentiaries find absolutely
unacceptable. Unacceptable, as they
are, however, it can be stated that
these two principal conditions did not
coinc as a surprise to the Russian
plenipotentiaries. The friendly fashion
In which Baron Komura explained the
conditions before handing them to Mr.
Witte and the avoidance ot the use
of the word "Indemnity” in the pre¬
sentation of Japan’s bill for the cost
of the war, without fixing a sum, leaves
the way open for negotiations and
constitutes the main -hope that a final
agreement is possible.
The other terms are substantially
what the world expected and with one,
perhaps two, exceptions, could prob¬
ably be entertained as bases of ne¬
gotiation. They Include the following•
The cession of the Russian lease to
the 1.1 not nee ne.ninsula. comiDrisi»«
Port Arthur and Dalny; the evacua¬
tion of the entire province of Man¬
churia, the retrocession to China of
any privileges Russia may have in
the province and the recognition by
RusbIr of the principle of the ‘‘open
door;” the cession to Japan of the
Chinese eastern railroad below H
bin, the main line through northern
Manchuria to Vladivoetock to remain
Russian property; the recognition of
the Japan protectorate over Korea.
The grant of fishipg rights to Japan
in the waters of the ‘Siberian littoral
northward from Vladivostok to the
Behring sea; the relinquishment to Ja¬
pan of the Russian warships internet!
In neutral ports; finally a limitation
upon the naval strength of Russia in
far eastern waters.
As a whole, the terms are regarded
as exceedingly bard by the Russians.
In addition to the two principal con¬
ditions which cannot be accepted un¬
der Mr. Witte’s instructions, those re¬
lating to the limiting of Russia’s naval
power In the far east and the granting
of fishing rights upon the Russian lit¬
toral are considered of such a humil¬
iating character as to be inadmissible.
The Japanese, on the contrary, as
U' aron Komura announced at Ihe con¬
; ference, consider them moderate, con-
tending they only represent a f.i'i
compensation for the expenses of the
, they have
war and the victories
achieved on land and sea, their sole
purpose being to attain the objects for
which they have fought, the spoils
claimed being only such as they are
| legitimately entitled to as the result The
of their army and naval successes.
Russian plenipotentiaries as soon as
the Japanese terms were in their
; hands called in the five expert dele-
| gates attached whole to afternoon the mission in the con- and
spent the
sideratlon of the terms. • Meantime
the conditions had been placed in cl-
j pher, and personal cabled to recommendations. the czar with t
Witte’s
WOUNDED WOMAN RETURNS.
Drenched With Blood, Unfortunate Fe¬
male is Sent to Her Home.
Miss Sarah Jackson, the young wo¬
man who was stabbed by Charles Carr
at Rossville, Ga., Tuesday afternoon,
walked into Ringgold, Ga., Wednes¬
day afternoon.
The woman was suffering from cuts
j j n her n eck, right shoulder and arm
j ao d her clothes were saturated with
blood. She spent Tuesday night, in a
cabin and walked twelve miles across
country Wednesday. She was almost
dead from exhaustion when she reach¬
ed Ringgold.
TENNESSEE SEEKS ASSISTANCE.
| Marine Hospital Service Asked to Aid
in Enforcing Quarantine.
j : Dr. Albrecht, secretary health, of the has Ten- ask-
ne g See g *ate board of
e(J Dr W yman, chief of the marine
j hospital department service, assist requesting the state in that, enforc- his
,
j . j n( , quarantine regulations. The ma-
j rlry3 hospital service has been extend-
ed M far nort h as Fulton, Ky.
FIRSTMEETING OF ENVOYS
Russian and Jap Commissioners Ex¬
change Their Respective Credentials.
Pessimistic Opinions Prevalent.
The first meeting of the plenipoten¬
tiaries at Portsmouth, N. 11., Wednes-
day, was of an entirely Informal char¬
acter, so informal in fact, that Baron
Konnira did not bring his letter of
credence to the Portsmouth navy
yard, whereas Mi Witte was armed
with the original document in Russian
setting forth the powers conferred
upon him and also with a translation
of the document. The latter he read.
Later In the afternoon, however, cop¬
ies of the credentials were informally
exchanged in order that they might
be examined before the next meeting.
It Is now known thatj the creden¬
tials differ slightly. In exactly what
respect couid not be ascertained Wed¬
nesday night, but the Associated Press
correspondent is assure! both by the
Japanese and Russian smisarles that
the difference is not essential, and
constitutes no obstacle to the official
opening of the negotiations. Indeed,
the president was officially Informed
Wednesday night that the credentials
were full, ample and satisfactory tb
both sides.
It was decided to hold two daily
sessions, one in the morning at 9:30
and one in the afternoon beginning
at 3.
Opinion as to the outcome of tho
conference among those wdio are con¬
gregated in Portsmouth to watch the
proceedings has become decidedly pes¬
simistic. This is due to the growing
conviction that Japan's conditions will
not prove ns moderate as were at
one time anticipated and especially in
the matter of indemnity may preclude
the possibility of their acceptance By
the Russian envoys as a basis of ne¬
gotiation.
The firm attitude of Mr. Witte in
private conversation against the pay¬
ment of an indemnity, and the insist¬
ent reports emanating from Japanese
quarters that a stiff war contribution
approximating the cost of the war,
variously stated at from $000,000,000
to $300,000,000, constitutes one of Ja¬
pan’s demands, indicates a wide, if not
an irreconcilable, difference between
Japan’s irreducible minimum and what
Russia is prepared to aceept.
niuuuif rorebodiiigu, however, may
be premature at this juncture, as ev¬
erything indicates (he plempui
lies upon both sides are sincerely de¬
sirous of concluding a treaty of peace.
"IS A LIAR,” SAYS BLEASE.
Sensational Incident of South Caro-
• lina Dispensary Investigation.
A sensational incident marked the
second day’s session of the South Car¬
olina dispensary Uvestigatlon commit¬
tee at Spartanburg.
At the hearing Tuesday and Wed¬
nesday morning, much was heard
with reference to a settlement by Sen¬
ator Cole L. Bleasc, a member of the
committee, with foimer Beer Dispens¬
er Morris, as attorney for the Atlanta
Brewing company.
Blease arose from his seat, and in a
determined manner said he was tired
of having his name' mentioned in con¬
nection with the affair. He said h f s
name was being brought, into the mat¬
ter by Lyon and /Christensen, also
members of the committee, who were
Bis political enem/es of the deepest
dye, and any one who said his conduct
in Spartanburg in connection with tho
investigation was /other than that of
a gentleman, wasja liar.
CHARGED WITH WHITECAPPING.
Prominent Men /rrested for Alleged
Beating of a colored Witness.
Warnin's were served at Valdosta,
Ga., Wlednesday jiornlng on Justice of
(lie Peace Corbet , R. W. Wheeler, D.
W. Dane, P. I. CaHer and Henry Con¬
nell, all promine it citizens of Lake
Park, charging t lem with wliitccap-
ping.
They are accus'd of taking a negro
named Bill Pierc. from his home and
of heating him r-arly to death.
The negro is aid to have been a
witness against A’heeler, who is a
merchant, and wns accused of selling
whiskey without i license.
OCCUPATION T AX FOR GEORGIA.
Measure Passed in House Assesses
All Corporations in the State. and
An occupation tax upon each
every corporation doing business in
Georgia, domestic and foreign, was
what the house of representatives
adopted with i)ract:cally no opposi-
tion.
This occupation tax is graded in
accordance with the corporation's
capital stock, varying from $5 on cor¬
porations whose capital stock is les?
Ihan $25,000 to $100 on corporations
having a capital of more than $1,000,-
000. The same tax is put upon for¬
eign as upon domestic corporations.
REFUSE TO ARBITRATE STRIKE
Have „ Said . Fma. .
Railroad Officials
Word to Telegraphers.
There wiil be no arbitration of (hi
strike of the telegraphers against ihf
0reat N Cr ;hern railway, That v;iK
final)y decided Thursday by Genera’,
superintendent H ade, who sent wort
,h ( . r cj/-,i to s Hat so far as the
Great Norik era was concerned the
strike is a closed incident.
PETERS SUSPENDED
Vice-President of Cotton As¬
sociation Asked to Resign.
ACTION TAKEN BY JORDAN
Charge Made That Vice President
Has Been Working Against As¬
sociation—Action Approved by
Majority of the Directors.
President Jordan of tiie Southern
Cotton Asoseiation has demanded the
resignation of B. S. Peters, vice pres¬
ident of the association.
The action of President Jordan
meets with the approval of the exec¬
utive committee of the association,
he having consulted the members
of the committee by wire before tak¬
ing action. After hearing from 17
members of the committee President
Jordan telegraphed to Vice President
Peters at Washington demanding his
resignation and suspending him as an
officeis of tiie association.
Tho action of the president is based
upon certain utterances made by Col.
Peters at Washington July 31, and
his actions there since that time,
whefe ho has since remained. Presi¬
dent Jordan declares that Col. Peters'
Bta-tements and actions clearly indi¬
cate that he is not in harmony with
the president and Secretary Cheat¬
ham in their efforts to push the In¬
vestigation of the bureau of cotton
statistics, nor in harmony with the
views of the members of the Southern
Cotton Association. It is also charged
that he is a partisan of Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson, whom he openlv
defends.
OIL RATES MADE UNIFORM.
Sop Is Handed Out to Standard Oc¬
topus by Railroads.
Sweeping reductions on northbound
freight rates on petroleum produc's
so as to make the tariff northbound
and southbound uniform, especially
noteworthy in view of recent charges
of a combination between railroads
and the Standard Oil company for ex¬
acting higher rates northbound, were
announced in new schedules filed with
the inters!nte commerce commission
at Washington Friday by the Illinois
Central anil Louisville and Nashville
railroads. The reductions are:
From New Orleans to Chicago, from
41 cents a hundred pounds lo 23 cents;
ro St. Louis, from 35 cents to 18 cents;
to Cincinnati, from 39 cents to 22 1-2
cents, and o Louisville, from 35 cents
to 1.S cents.
The charges of combination were
made in a complaint recently filed by
the Gulf Refining company of Port
Arthur, Texas, which alleged that the
diffeience in Iho rates between
northbound and southbound petroleum
operated us a liar to Texas and Louis¬
iana oil entering the territory of the
Standard Oil company, but did not
permit Ihe Standard Oil company’s
products to enter territory in the
south.
ROOSEVELT AT CHAUTAUQUA.
Presio’ent Delivers Interesting Address
• Before Ten Thousand People,
President Roosevelt delivered a no¬
table address at Chautauqua, N. Y.,
Friday.
Through a lino of 800 boys and girls
the president was escorted to the as¬
sembly amphitheater, ids way being
strewn with flowers. When he ap-
peared on the platform, President
Roosevelt was greeted by 10,000 poo¬
pie with cheers and the chautauqua
salute. Bishop Vincent introduced the
president to the great audience in a
few simple sentences. The president
was given an ovation.
The Monroe doctrine, trusts, San
Domingo affair and regulation of cor¬
porations were the principal features
of his address.
PRIVATE BURIAL FOR CHAPPELLE
Funeral of Roman Catholic Prelate Re¬
stricted as Precautionary Measure.
In order that no unnecessary risks
might be taken, it was announced tn
New Orleans Thursday that the fun¬
eral of the late Archbishop Chappede
would be private.
Dr. White said It was a fact ac¬
cepted by the scientists that yellow
fever could not be transmitted by a
corpse, but the element of danger
would be in attracting to the cathe¬
dral an immense assemblage of peo
pie from all sections of the city.
WILLIAMS DOUBLY INDICTED.
Pensacola Man to Answer . for , Murder
^ Employer and Fellow Clerk.
At p fcnEa col3, Fla., Thursday night,
william F. Wt'liaffis, charged with the
‘murder of John White and Edward <
Dansby, was Indicted by the grand
jury of the special term of the circuit
court. Both ‘barge murder in the first
degree, and hold him responsible foi
the death of Loth of the promlnen
business men.
VOL. XI. NO. 40.
WA s watching.his home
Sensation Develops in 8hootlng of
Cobb by His Wife—Woman Charg-
ed with Voluntary Manslaughter.
Mrs. YV. H. Cobb, who killed her
husband, ex-Sena tor and County
School Commissioner Cobh, at Roys-
ton, Ga., Tuesday night, claiming that
site mistook him for a burglar, has
been charged by the coroner’s Jury
with voluntary manslaughter.
The coroner instructed that the ex¬
ecution of the warrant be held up
until alter burial services.
It Is said that sensational develop¬
ments will follow tiie investigation in¬
to the affair. According to statements
made public, Professor Cobh had re¬
ceived notice about two weeks since
that he had hotter watch lus homo.
Before the date of the tragedy,
which cost, the life of the husband,
It Is alleged, there had been more
than one disagreement betwen him¬
self and life wife, and, owing to the
various rumors and reports, sensa¬
tional developments are expected.
Mrs. Cobh’s statement that she mid¬
took her husband for a burglar la
doubted by many. It Is the general
opinion that when Professor Cold)
went away, ostensibly to bo gone
several days, lie returned unoxpected-
ly, and that the killing followed.
A sensational feature of the coro¬
ner's Investigation was the evidence
of Hr. .1.0. McCrary,-who was the first
physician to reach tiie scone aflor
Cobb was shot. Ha produced before
die coroner's Jury a revolver and rock
which he testified had been found in
an outer pocket of the coat worn by
(he dead man.
Mrs. Cobb’s statement to the coro¬
ner’s jury was as follows:
"Mr. Cobb left home Tuesday morn¬
ing, telling me that he would not be
back until Thursday. Mr. Cobb bought
me a pistol In Atlanta since wo moved
here. This I generally kepi under my
head, but last night I was reading
and had it on my table and left It
there.
"I retired about 10:30 o’clock, and
woke up some time during tho night.
I heard a kind of rustling noise at
the lower window of my room. 1 got
up and got my pistol. As I approached
the window I saw a form some dis
tance from the window. As It went
behind the chimney I went to the
upper window.
”1 went from window to window,
two or three times, maybe more. The
form seemed to get nearer tn the up¬
per window, and I pulled down the
shade so that I could see just below
it. The form seemed to crouch down.
I stood at the upper side ^f the win¬
dow and pulled the shade to one side
and shot twice.
'(After shooting I thought, every¬
thing. I began to scream and went io
send Clifford Ginn after a doctor, 1
called Mr. Welborn. I couldn’t call very
loud.
“After shooting 1 threw the pistol
down. 1 don’t know how long it was
between shots."
Other witnesses declared that Mr.
Cobb was seen on the streets about
10 o’clock at night, but seemed anxious
to be unobserved. It seems he had
gone out to his farm and, leaving ills
horse and buggy there, had walked
back to town.
Upon post-mortem examination of
the wound In the abdomen. It was
found that the shot had ranged up¬
ward, while the shot in the head
ranged downward.
Witnesses were introduced who tes¬
tified that there*was a considerable
interval between the shots, sufficient
time for a person to walk back and
forth across a room.
DIAVOLO MADE A MISCUE.
Bicycle Circus Performer Missed Gap
and is Dangerously Hurt.
At Helena Mont., Diavolo, the bi-
cycle rider with the Barnu m & Dailev
circus, who jumps Ihe gap during the
performance, failed to do the trick
and fell to tho ground, receiving prob¬
ably fatal injuries. V
Dlavalo's true name is Tom Butler.
His wife loops the loop in an automo¬
bile, and she followed with her turn
Immediately after the accident to her
husband.
ALLEGED wife SLAYER CAUGHT.
Percy Luster of Guthrie, Ky., Arrest¬
ed In Ogden, Utah.
Percy J. Luster, formerly manager
of the Cumberland Telephone company
of Guthrie, K.y., who disappeared from
that place July 9th, on which date
his wife was found dead in her room
with a bullet through her brain, is
under arrest at Ogden, Utah. When
arrested Luster had a cocked recolver
In his coat pocket, but was taken by
surprise and overpowered before he
•could use It. He admitted his identi¬
ty to the police.
WAGE SCALE IS 3IGNED.
1 Ratified r,alm u at Joint Meeting of
( and Operators at Knoxville.
j j The operators and miners convention of
trlrt y 0 -jg | n joint
Knoxville have ratified the wage
j jj,,, p 9S j year, which was seven
cent reduction over the scale of
I T1]e ,. e j ;0ri 0 f the joint
, yvaij ratified in convention and the
j 6!l [(. greeted with cheers.
M.STRIAL RESULTS
Jury in Sanfcrd Case Finally
Ask to Be Discharged.
HELD OUT FOR SIX DAYS
Eight Stood for Conviction and Four
for Acquittal—Question of Bond
is Up—Mrs. 8anford Disap¬
pointed Over the Result.
A mistrail wbh finally declared it
Rome, Ga., Thursday afternoon, In the
case of former Tax Collector Vincent
T. Sanford, charged with the murder
of Ticket Agent George Wright of the
Southern railway, whom he shot '„a
dealh July 19th for alleged intimacy
with his wife.
The mistrial was declared at 2:05
o'clock by Judge Moses Wright, alter
the jury had advised him that they
could not agree upon a verdict. It is
understood that eight of the Jury
stood for conviction and four for ac¬
quittal. Those for acquittal arc said
to he Green, Brandon, Vincent and
Kelly.
It 1 b understood that the only ques¬
tion that the jury could agree upon
was the fact, "Should I find Sanford
guilty of a crime that I would commit
under tiie same circumstances?”
Two of the Jurors, who are said «0
have favored acquittal, came into
prominence during the trial of the casa
prominence during the trial of the
case. Mr. Green was reported to have
expressed an opinion before the trial
that Mr. Sanford should not be con¬
victed. Anonymous letters were '■e-
celved by the lawyers In the case to
this effect several days ago. The
mother of Juror Brandon died wMle
he was sitting on Iho case and the
court gave him permission, in com¬
pany with a lialUfT, to attend her fun¬
eral. Nearly c.v* day’s time was lost
by the absence of the juror.
The Jury pf.loh tried the case was
t the'r box for ten days and tn their
oom, after the case was referred to
tiom, for six days.
While Sanford, surrounded by his
Iftorneys, stood bailing for his Uffli
his wife, on whose account he shot
his victim to death, declared she was
aWsohiiely indifferent, to his fate.
Without tho least snow of emotion,
Mra. Sanford declared her husband
was practically dead to her.
A sensational feature in connecion
with case was the dismissal by Mrs.
Sanford of Attorney Copeland, whom
she had employed to file her petition
for divorce from Mr. Sanford, and
later her statement that she had
wronged Mr. Copeland and she hoped
he would continue lo represent her.
Her reasons for dismissing the attov-
torney were that he had given out for
publication her divorce papers which
contained statements she had asked
to be withdrawn. Hater Mrs. Sanford,
In asking Mr. Copeland to again rep¬
resent her, stated that undue pressure
had been brought to hear upon her t'i
causing his dismissal, which she re¬
gretted.
Immediately upon the declaration of
mistrial Judge Wright was asked to
set an hour for hearing an applica¬
tion for bond.
Hie Honor promptly named Thurs¬
day af ernoon at 3:30 o’clock in the
superior court room, but at 3:30 coon,
so! for Sanford asked that.the hearing
be postponed until Saturday at. 3:30
o’clock. This was agreed to and Judge
Wright so ordered.
When the news of the Sanford mis¬
trial was first made known lo Mrs.
Sanford, she said: "I have been pre¬
pared to hear that for several days.
1 have an alibiing faith that that man
will yet got his Just reward and bl
made lo suffer as he has made others
suffer. I am going to s'ay in Rome un¬
til the end, If it is twenty years. This
is where the trouble commenced and
here I shall s ay and fight my fighL
I am In constant consultation with nip
faithful and hard-working attorney
and I do not care to say anything
more for publication.”
SIXTY-EIGHT NEW CASES., ;
Other Nationalities Than Italians Be¬
coming Victims of Fevcf-.
Thursday's advices from/TJew u.-
leans stated that •Lhtt-Btwl.'itlon does
not look so good in the faro ot such
s steady augmentation In the number
of new cases and new sub-foci. 1 hey
seem to lie popping up all over the
city, and ihe d’scouragir.g feature
is that only 19 of the S3 new case;
repor ed are those of Ial: ins, shov.
ing ihat other national ties arc ic’i i
8 fleeted.
ravisher burned at stake.
Horrible Fate of Negro Who Attempt¬
ed Assault on Little Girl.
A negro, charged with criminally
assaulting the daughter of a widow,
was caught and burned at the stake in
the court house square at Sulphur
Springs, Texas, Friday, before an im-
mejisc crowd of excited citizens,
The name of the negro was Tom
Williams. He attempted to assault a
n-year-old girl. Little resistance was
i made to the mob by the officers.