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CARNESVILL V > H ADVANCE
VOLUME V.
MANS USE SHELLS
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San Carlos, in Venezuela, Target
for Cannon of Allies.
LAUOHT A DISMAL FAILURE
Fo« Bravely Replied and Succeeded in
jB)riving Attacking Vessel Away.
No Damage Done and Only
Three Men Wounded.
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special from Maracaibo, Venezue¬
la, says; The German cruiser Panther
^Kled fort San Carlos, at the entrance
■Lake Maracaibo, Saturday after-
B)d|n HI for one hour. The fort returned
fire with four guns. The Panther
Bftdrow in the direction of Curacoa.
,, 'ort San Carlos is 22 miles from
•acaibo and commands the entrance
he lake or inner bay.
^Blie correspondent- at Maracaibo of
■ Associated Press has received the
^Bowing letter from General Bello, the
eanmander of the fort:
■•Yesterday afternoon at half past 12
Hrt San Carlos was attacked and
Hilled without any provocation on
£ part, without previous notification
the delivering of an ultimatum by
German cruiser Panther, which
id to force tho entrance. After a
Mtyt lasting f.n hour, during- which
I fort used only four guns, the Fan¬
il - was obliged to abandon the fight
B retreated in the direction of Cu-
|ao. The fort three has suffered no dam-
1, and only men wore wound-
J
LMAN RESUMES ONSLAUGHT,
ffiKts Trusts, .Monopolies and Again
■ Jabs Attorney General Knox.
» the senate Friday Mr. Tillman, of
S«h Carolina,' continued his arraign-
mSBt of trusts and monopolies, and
sjjfpn charged the attorney general as
■g primarily responsible for lack of
[Hon IHr. Tillman with regard thereto.
declared that the rail-
nHs are absolutely in the saddle on
■tl oa! question. They mine and mar-
ktW'coal and fix tne price., ho charged,
Wjjpout efjBopcrator. regard to a solitary independ- infa-
He said it was an
aHthe way tho pre. s of the country
w®-prostituted and lending itself to
beffiddle the minds of the people and
derive w pads them willing into tbe and mea anxious mat the
n are to
4the distress occasioned by the
t famine, but tuat somebody, some-
:e, called an independent operator,
(responsible for tho present condi-
iottiOf affairs. Tile president deserves
io ferodit, said he, cxcep. for his at-
amfct to ’effect a settlement of the
ueatimi, “but the actual fact is," he
dded, “that J. Pierpont Morgan gave
rjiejt; ant| to his co conspirators or ser-
to attempt the arrangement, be-
wjfc the attorney monopoly general and had strikers.” been,
« e ho
aid derelict and criminal, and he is
he'jnan to whom the people can point
nd say; “You have murdered all
hese who have frozen to death! You
.re the man who reserves the appro-
dui i and hate of the poor and op-
)r#=ed of this land!”
CONSPIRATORS SENTENCED.
Alleged “Pals” cf Laura Biogar Sent
d’srr U„ for Two Years rod six Month,.
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y Bennett, a wealthy resident of
3 itt8burg, Pa., have been sentenced to
nent Vo |fears each. and six months imprison-
Dr. Hendricks and Stanton were
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iried with Laura Biggar on the charge
>f conspiracy. It was alleged that Dr.
Hendricks af falsely certified to the birth
a child to Laura Biggar and that
Stanton issued a certificate alleging
-hat Miss Biggar and Bennett had been
qarried by him, whereas tho prosecu- I
lion claimed t?° SUCh marriase took
. B w
.he hJ t' two men were SSar convicted. Wa£ aC(5uiUed ’ but
RECEIVER FOR BANK.
H°use of Josiah Morris and Company
Again Collapses.
,
a pe-
was
I
The petition was granted and Wil-
liam Berney, president of the Fourth
National bank, was appointed receiver.
The bank has been making desper- I
Ate struggles for two years since it
/ailed to realize on its assets and pay
>ut and did pay several installments.
SMITING APOSTLE SMOOT.
Avalanche of Protests Against Mor-
Being Seated in the Senate. j
I Tl lands of letters have been re-
United States senators pro- ,
- ,
PPfcr against the seating of Apostle
g»Ool, who was a few days ago.chosen
to be senators for Utah,
These letters are largely from women,
reasons given are .-.at he . is a
Nearly all tho writers i
con- :
reason sufficient,
Cream of
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—A big Texas oil company goes to
he wall on account of inability to fill
jrders contracted for.
—Developments in the investigation
>f the Mississippi treasury shortage
nay involve several Jackson bankers.
—Abram S. Hewitt, former congress-
nan and mayor of New York, died
'-unday. .
—The North German Lloyds steam-
r Lahn is ashore near the rock of
iibraltar. At high tide attempts were
nade to float her, but they failed. The
Jassengers, about one hundred of
vhom are Americans, will be trans-
erred to some other vetrel.
—The memorial arch to Von Ket-
ier, German minister who was kijle
>y the bsixers, was dedicated at Peki
> unday.
—At council investigation of the At
anta police board Sergeant Whitley
cstifie3 under protest, declaring that
ds job would be in jeopardy. He
nakes charge that Commissioner
fores tried to influence a juryman
hrough him.
—Turpentine went to 58 cents per
gallon last Friday, the highest price in
ifteen years.
—The weekly papers published at
ndianola, Miss., are now dated from
teadman.
—One of the grand jury at Frank-
ort, Ky., on trial of Youtsey, charged
with aiding in the killing of Governor
Joebel, testifies that a detective tried
o bribe him to reveal what Youtsey
-aid in jury room.
—United States Marshal Johnson
md Postmaster Edwards, of Macon,
;ad a talk with the president Friday re
warding conditions in Georgia.
—Cuban veterans threaten to cause
rouble unless they are paid for their
services by March.
—The new Piedmont hotel, one oi
the handsomest in the country, opened
its doors in Atlanta, Ga., Thursday.
—Colonel Higdon, formerly in com¬
mand of the Third Alabama regiment.,
will enter suit against Governor Jelks
.alleging that the governor has reflect
eti on his character as a soldier and
citizen.
—North Carolina grand lodge of Ma¬
sons elects officers and adopts com
mittee's report providing for a temple
of the order.
—In the trfai of James Wilcox,
charged with the murder of Nellie
Cropsey in North Carolina, one of the
jurymen is a negro.
—The house and senate have pass
ed the bill providing for a rebate on
Imported coal equal to the duty named
in the Dingley bill.
—The charges of blackmail brought
against certain republican politicians
in Georgia by Congressman Fleming
have been sustained and President
Roosevelt will have the guilty parties
prosecuted.
—Senator Tillman made a bitter
speech in the senate Wednesday, at¬
tacking the trusts and Attorney Gener¬
al Knox.
—The German reichstag in an effort.
to strike the Standard Oil trust may
put a differential duty on crude petro¬
leum.
—The South Carolina legislature
met in Columbia Tuesday. Governor
McSweeney’s message dealt largely
WU1 chlM 1,bor '
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sssrs fi'zrsL'sz
ing at Atlanta, Ga.
—It is announced at Savannan, Ga.,
that the bondsmen of Greene and Gay-
nor are now ready to forfeit their
bonds - which aggregate $80,000.
—Excitement prevails throughout
the Atlanta city police torce over state-
ment that policemen will be called to j
testify as to conduct of commission-
ers. !
-State legislatures convened Tues-
da Y in South Carolina and Alabama.
At: both Columbia and Montgomery in-
terests centers in the speakership race,
—There is a lack of news from Fez,
Morocco, and this causes much uneasi¬
ness at Tangier. The pretender seems
to be a better strategist than the sul-
tan.
—The cold weather and the coal
famine continue and much suffering is
resulting in the north.
—Tho extreme cold weather and the
—In her suit against. The Times
Mrs. Tingley was awarded $7,500 in
th e trial at San Diego, Cal., Monday.
—Tho Crum appointment puts an
end to the “white man's republican
party” in South Caro.ina, say, a Wash¬
ington dispatch.
—“Baby Josephine,” the wcil known
child actress, was rurned to death in
Chattanooga Sunday. At Charlotte a
little girl was burned to death while
trying to save her doll.
—Solicitor Osborne decides that the
Savannah pawnfcokers have no claim
on the jewels stolen by Mamie De
Christ. They will le returned to the
jewelers who originally owned them. j
—Hon. Abram S. l.ewitt, of New:
York, is dying He is su.’ering from |
obstruct!/e jaundice.
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CARNESV1LLE. GA.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 23. 190,3.
OFFICE TO II MAIN CLOSED
Until Positive Assurance Is Given by
Authorities at Indianola of Negro
Woman’s Protection.
A Washington special says: Sena¬
tor McLaurin failed Thursday In ob¬
taining from the postoffice department
an order that the mail for
shall go to Healhman, four miles dis¬
tant, instead of to Greenville, which is
about ^thirty miles away. The Missis¬
sippi senator is endeavoring to get
some definite decision from the presi¬
dent and postmaster general upon his
request that the office be opened, but
is told that nothing can be done until
assurances are given that the Cox 'wo¬
man will not be molested if she returns
and opens the office. He has no such
Assurances from the people and can
give none. The people seem to have
determined to let the office remain
closed rather than back down from tbe
position they have taken. ”
Senator McLaurin urged Postmaster
General Payne to have the mails for
indianola sent to HeatTiman, Miss., in¬
stead of Greenville, pending the reo¬
pening of the Indianola office. Heath-
man is four miles from Indianola,
while Greenville is thirty miles distant
Mr. Payne stated that if the postoffice
at Healhman was able to handle the
additional mail the change would be
made.
Later the department found it im
practicable to forward the Indianola
mail to Heathman instead of Green¬
ville. The daily receipts of Heathman
now average a little over 31 cents, and
the office is declared to be inadequate
to take care of a business that involv¬
ed several thousand dollars additional
revenue. The Indianola citizens there¬
fore will have to continue sending to
Greenville for their mail.
Senator McLaurin said there is no
disposition on the part of 'he peace
authorities of Indianola to give assur¬
ance in an official way that the post¬
master, Minnie Cox, will be pro¬
tected in her personal safety because,
he says, there has been no intimation
that she was in the least danger. The
giving of such assurances as are de¬
manded by the postoffice department
would be an admission, in the opinion
of the officials and people of Indianola,
that some danger was threatened.
They do not admit anything of tho
kind. Senator McLaurin pointed out
that Sheriff A C. Cox, of Indianola, in
a published letter had stated that all
officials and citizens, white or black,
would be fully protected. He saw no
reason, however, for proclaiming offi¬
cially that he proposed to do his duty.
Reiteration of Postmaster General
Payne’s statement that the office at
Indianola would not be reopened until
such assurances had been given was
made Thursday.
EVIDENCE AGAINST FREEZERS.
Coal Dealers Stand in Way of Receiv-
ing a Hard Blow.
A Chicago special says; On new de
velopments in the coal shortage inves¬
tigation the special grand jury has
widened the scope of its inquiry. On
information received late Wednesday,
subpoenaes have been sent to the sher¬
iff of Sangamon countv for the appear¬
ance before it of Charles A. Starne, of
the Virden Coal Company, and the
West End Coal Company, of Spring-
field; Terrence Casey, of the Williams- j .
ville Coal Company, and L. W. Een-
seny, of the Alton and Auburn Coai
Company, at Auburn.
The evidence of the men from
Springfield district, it is said, will form
the connecting link in the chain of evi¬
dence showing agreements between
the operators of Illinois and Indiana.
Several witnesses summoned for Wed¬
nesday were heard Thursday, .after
Which the grand jurors turned their at¬
tention to the volume of documentary
evidence prepared for them.
STEAMER LONG OVERDUE.
Non-Arrival of St. Louis Causes Much
cnori'iation ?t New York
Up to midnight Thursday night no
ofthi news had been received stLmsL in New York
American line St
SJe™ louis Throughout S i the day crowds of
the offices of the
h th agents mainta ined
a cheerful view uled and assured all that
there was no for alarm
Prices Not Yet Affected.
A London dispatch says; Prices in
the coal market have thus far net been
affected by the action of tho American
congress in providing a rebate on du¬
ties on all coal for a year and placing
anthracite coal on the free list, though
a better feeling prevails.
Joy Wants Invincible Navy.
Representative Joy has introduced a
concurrent resolution directing the
house committee on naval affairs to
prepare a bill providing for the con-
struction of twenty-five additional bat-
tie ships at a cost not to exceed $5,000,-
000 each.
MANUSCRIPT BIBLE FOUND.
W'as V/ritten in Year 116 of the
Moslem Era.
In a dispatch from Cairo the corre-
spondent of The Daily Mail (London)
reports the discovery in Syria of one
of the oldest Hebrew manuscript Bi-
bles. It consists of the Pentateuch,
written in Samaritan eharaeters^ - ^"
1 -*
zelle parchment in the yep- --
era. It shows
ferences , from the exist 1
EDITOR SHOT DOWN
A Day of Excitement in Capital
City of South Carolina.
TILLMAN SHOOTS GONZALES
Editor of the State i3 Finally Called
to Time for Many Denunciatory
Articles Published in
His Paper.
A Columbia, S. C., special says: N.
Gonzales, editor of The State, is at
the Columbia hospital in a critical con¬
dition as a result of a serious pistol
wound inflicted by James K. Tillman,
lieutenant governor of South Carolina.
The shooting occurred on Main
street, just as the intersection of Ger-
vais street, in full view of the state
capitol. It was an awful tragedy in
broad daylight, and upon the most fre¬
quented street and corner in Columbia.
It was just a few moments before 2
o’clock when the cry was passed along
the street that “Jim Tillman had shot
N. G. Gonzales”
Editor Gonzales was en route homo
to dinner from his office when he was
met by Mr. Tillman. Tillman was ac¬
companied by two state senators.
It is said that not a word was spoken
as the p'Utor and lieutenant governor
met, ' 'i, to face. Tillman instantly
drew a revolver, it is said, by eye wit¬
nesses, and placing it close to the body
of Gonzales, fired, without a word be¬
ing spoken.
Gonzales staggered and then catch¬
ing his balance, turned towards the
man who had shot him, shouted the
one word, “Coward!” as he was caught
by parties who had rushed to his as¬
sistance.
The office of The State is on the
same block as the scene of the shoot¬
ing, and it took but a few moments for
a great throng to assemble in front of
the newspaper. The excitement and
the indignation on the streets was in¬
tense. Immediately after the shoot¬
ing Lieutenant Governor. Tillman was
arrested and taken to police headquar¬
ters.
Origin of the Trouble.
The trouble between Lieutenant
Governor James H. Tillman and Editor
Gonzales has been brewing for some
length of time, and followed a severe
denunciation of Tillman, which Gon¬
zales made in the columns of his paper
and on the stump throughout the state.
It had its inception directly in the
fight between Senator Ben Tillman
and Senator McLaurin, which occurred
in the United States senate.
Major Mieah Jenkins, who had serv¬
ed with Roosevelt’s Rough Riders in
Cuba, and who had won for himself a
record for bravery and merit, was to
have been presented with a sword by
the people of South Carolina, in recog¬
nition of his courage and the fame
which he had won for his nauVe state
in the Spanish-American war. The
presentation was to have been made
by Lieutenant Governor Tillman.
When President Roosevelt withdrew
ids invitation to a state dinner, which
he had sent to Senator Tillman be¬
cause of the fight the latter had in the
United States senate, Lieutenant
Governor Tillman in retaliation for
this act toward his uncle refused to
present the sword to Jenkins.
Gonzales took up the-matter through
the columns of his paper, and bitterly
denounced Lieutenant Governor Till¬
man, calling him a liar and a scoundrel.
He repeated the accusation on many
different occasions, and even dared
young Tillman to deny the charges
which he had made.
The charges which Gonzales made
against young Tillman were wired all
over the country and made a deep sen¬
sation, many uncomplimentary re¬
marks being made in the press of the
United States because Tillman did not
resent the charges made by Gonzales. I
The feeling between the two men j
was very deep and bitter, and ai-nough
the men had never before had person-
al blows, trouble was expected when
they should meet, and the friends of
the two men have been on the look-
out for just such an encounter as bap-
pened Thursday.
Geneva School Girls Shocked.
The principals of a number of girls’
schools in Geneva, Switzerland, have
complained to the authorities that they
could no longer take out the girls for
their usual walks, because they were
shocked at seeing the crown princess
of Saxony with M. Giron.
Death Claims Abram Hewitt
Abram S. Hewitt, former mayor of
New York, and representative in con-
gress from 1874 to 1887, died at 6
o’clock Sunday morning. He was in
his eighty-first year, and had been
critically ill for ten days,
REBATE BILL IS LAW.
President Signs Measure Suspending
Duty on Foreign Coal.
The president signed the bill sm|
pending the afternoon. duty on eoal-4^1® .. y
Thursday
The
SEVEN OUNNERS MANGLED.
Frightful and Deadly Explosion In Tur¬
ret of Battleship Massachusetts
Off Culebra.
A special from San Juan, Porto Rico,
says: Seven men were killed and four
others were wounded, two of them
probably fatally, by the explosion of
a powder charge of an eight-inch gun
on board the United States battleship
Massachusetts Friday morning, while
at target practice off Culebra island.
Details of the explosion were ob¬
tained wtien the Massachusetts arriv¬
ed at San Juan Saturday. The explo¬
sion occurred in the starboard aft
eight-inch turret, shortly before noon,
and was due to the accidental dis¬
charge of a percussion primer while
the breech of the gun was open. The
full charge exploded in the turret and
killed or injured all the crew of the
gun numbering nine men.
Ensign Ward K. Wertman, who was
in charge of the turret, escaped in¬
jury, though he was standing near the
scene of the explosion.
Magnificent discipline was imme¬
diately shown by officers and crew.
Captain Lee .commanding the marine
guard, of the vessel, and Ensign Clar¬
ence Abel, immediately flooded the tur¬
ret with water, and Lieutenant Charles
F. Hughes and Gunner Kuhlwein went
below to the magazine .picking up
powder charges and prevented lurther
explosions, while lieutenant William
C. Cole and Gun Captain Zoneman en¬
tered the turret and withdrew the
charge from the other gun, whose
breech was open.
The survivors of the gun’s crew,
when rescued, were burned, mutilated
and nearly dead.
In less than a minute after the ex¬
plosion three streams of water were
pouring into the turret, preventing the
charge in the other inch-gun from ex¬
ploding.
ST. LOUIS PASSENGERS WRATHY.
Owners Severely Condemned for Al¬
lowing Disabled Ship to Leave Port.
The steamship St. Louis arrived at
New York Saturday morning after an
extremely slow trip owing to leaky
boilers.
Her time from Cherbourg to the
lightship was thirteen days, five hours
and twenty minutes, six days, fifteen
hours and twenty-five minutes behind
the ship’s best record.
There was no accident of any kind
at any time, and although heavy
weather was encountered, practically
all of the delay was caused by the ina¬
bility to get up good steam in the de¬
fective boilers.
The passengers became .very indig¬
nant when they learned of the poor
progress the vessel was making and an
indignation meeting was held, at
which the line was severely censured
for permitting passengers to embark
on a steamer in the condition the St.
Louis showed. A statement was drawn
up and given to the public on arrival
by a committee chosen to set forth
the grievances of those on board.
ANOTHER COAL TRAIN SEIZED.
Mob of Men, Women, Boys and Girls
Help Themselves to Fuel.
At Toledo, Ohio, Saturday, a mob,
including over two hundred men, wo¬
men, boys and girls, seized five cars
loaded with soft coal whicn had just
arrived in the Wheeling and Lake Erie
railroad yards, consigned to the Na¬
tional Malleable Castings Company
and local oil men.
There was no attempt to stop the
wholesale theft, neither the police nor
the officials of the railway or castings
company taking a hand in the affair.
The fuel was carried off in wagons,
sleighs, soap boxes, buckets and bas¬ I
kets, and nothing but the slack was !
in the cars.
MAZA'i LAN TERROR-STRICKEN.
Rver °' 1C Hundred Deaths from Plague
Since First of January. :
„ lb . ^' e Vanuarv MazTtffin
* g s Janua 'y L ln Mazatlan, I
““‘f ered . 0 seven ’ The , and d< f many hs ° n new tbc 15th cases num- are
f eported- Tbo b er of wooden
h ° UB ° s burned ls Two coaches in
whlch P> a kue smcken people sought to
DSca l’ e from the city will be burned.
TO MARK HEROES’ GRAVES.
Secretary Root Send3 Important Paper
to Military Committee.
Secretary Root Friday forwarded to
the senate military committee a mem¬
orandum prepared by Quartermaster
General Ludington for ithe approp-
riate marking of the graves of sol¬
diers of the confederate army and
navy and directing the secretary of
war to ascertain the localities and con¬
dition of the graves of such soldiers
who died in federal prisons and mili¬
tary hospitals in the north during the
civil war and who were buried near
place of confinement.
A BLUFF OF CUBAN ARMY.
Threaten to Raise Row if Pay is Not
Soon Forthcoming.
^^M^Ufesto which was issued at
i ing furl
FIGHT IS WON BY BACON.
Amendment Attached to Cuban Treaty
Favorable to Georgia and Florida
Cattle Shippers.
A Washington special says: Tho
fight, being mado by southern senators
for the amendment of the Cuban reci¬
procity treaty, so as to prevent its pro¬
visions working harm to southern in¬
terests, bore fruit Friday in the adop¬
tion by the committee on foreign rela¬
tions of an amendment which will
.make the reduction on cattle imported
into Cuba from -the United States 40
per cent instead of 20. This change
was made largely in the interest of
Georgia and Florida cattle.
In the treaty as it was drawn tbe
tariff on cattle was a specific one, not
ad valorem. It was shown by Senators
Bacon, Clay and other southerners,
that the practical operation of this
would be to make the comparatively
small cattle of these southern states
pay the same rate of tariff Waen im¬
ported into Cuba that was paid by the
much larger cattle of Honduras and
other parts of Central and South
America, and would therefore operate
as a differential in favor of the larger
cattle. It was to correct this inequal¬
ity that the paragraph was changed
by the committee. The southern
senators have no organized opposition
to the Cuban treaty, and there is no
disposition on their part to filibuster
against its ratification.
A study of the schedules show’s,
however, that there are glaring ine¬
qualities which are calculated to work
a hardship upon that portion of the
south that does business with Cuba,
and they will do everything in their
pow’er to have these inequalities reme¬
died before consenting to~the ratifica¬
tion of the treaty. Ratification will
probably be delayed for some time
while these matters are investigated
and passed upon, but there is every
reason to believe the treaty will be
ratified before adjournment.
PAY OF CANAL EXPERTS.
They Have So Far Drawn the Munifi¬
cent Sum of $200,000.
The secretary of state has supplied
Senator Morgan, chairman of the sen¬
ate committee on interoceanic canals,
a statement of the expenditures made
on account of the isthmian canal com-
Mission. It shows that each member
of the committee has been allowed a
compensation at the rate of $1,000 a
month, with traveling and incidental
expenses added. These salaries were
fixed in 1899, when the commission
was created at. the suggestion of the
president.
In the cases of Colonel Peter C.
Haines and Lieutenant Colonel O. H.
Ernst, of the army, the allowance was
equal to the difference between their
regular salaries and $1,000. Under
this arrangement the aggregate
amount paid to the nine commission¬
ers as salaries up to February 28, 1902,
amounted to $225,289. The traveling
expenses of the commissioners at that
lime had averaged about $1,800 each.
SOUTHERN CLAIMS FOUGHT.
Payne Objects to Referring Them to
Court of Claims.
The house devoted the day Friday to
private war claims, passing about
twenty. The two features oi the day \
were the defeat of a claim of B. F.
Moody & Co., of Keokuk, Iowa, for the
payment of the amount deducted from
their contract for furnishing equip¬
ment, to the Third Iowa cavalry by the
famous commission which unearthed
the army contract frauds in St. Louis
in 1863 and the fight of Mr. Payne, the
floor leader of the majoriiy, against i
an
omnibus resolution to refer ninety
southern claims, aggregating $400,000,
for stores and supplies taken by the
union army during the civil war to the
court of claims for finding of fact un¬ i
der the Tucker act.
Sheriff’s Daughter Still Missing.
Louis G urley and Maberu Murphy,
w jj 0 escaped from Blount county, Ala.,
jal1 thrcmgh aW given b f. Mi8S Etta
Alldridge, daughter , of . the shenff,
have not been heard frora . Neither
lm s anything been heard of the girl.
-
Georgia Fruit Growers to Meet.
The Georgia state board of ento¬
mology will meet in Atlanta in the
Kfflces of the agricultural department,
on January loth. Sta.e Entomologist
W. M. Scott, secretary of the board
bas sent out notices to that effect.
KILLED HIS SWEETHEART.
! Also Shoots His Rival and Then
' Weapon on Himself.
At Chicago Friday night E. J.
lin lay In wait for his sweetheart,
nie Dwyer, who had gone to a
with another suitor, and shot and
ed her upon her return home.
also shot Frank F. Merritt, of
he was jealous, and then turned
weapon upon himself. A bullet
ed his head and he will die.
ALLEGED LYNCHERS JAILED.
Ten Men Arrested in
Charged With
Ten
NUMBER 10.
TO BRIBE JURYMAN
Is Charge Brought Ip in Court
at Frankfort, Ky.
ABOUT YOUTSEY TESTIMONY
Riddell Tells Court That He Had Been
Offered Money if He Would Re¬
veal What Youtsey Told
Grand Jury.
A sensation was caused in the
Fra.Wtlin circuit court at Frankfort,
Ky., Friday when Judge Cantrill sum¬
moned into open court the grand jury
which had under investigation the Goe¬
bel murder ease, hearing the testimony
of Henry E. Youtsey. Judge Cantrill
said to the jury:
“Gentlemen, I understand that cer¬
tain person or persons have approach¬
ed some members of the Jury and
made Inquiry as to the matters which
have been before this jury. If this is a
fact, I want you to report, it to the
court ,or if there have been any over¬
tures or intimation to you.”
James Riddell, who lives at Benson,
arose and stated that on his return
home Thursday night a man of medium
height wilh black hair, well dressed,
was at his home. Mr. Riddell said:
“The man gave his name as Mc¬
Dowell and said his home was at In¬
dianapolis, Ind.; that he knew W. 8’.
Taylor; that he knew I was a member
of the jury which had the examination
of Henry E. Youtsey; that since 'Ke
investigation of this case and the tes¬
timony of Youtsey, Taylor was much
worried and had grown thin and ema¬
ciated • that he (Mr. McDowell) knew
who all the members cf the jury were,
had diagrams of their houses and knew
where they lived. He said he wanted
to talk privately with me and that he
wanted information aoout the testi¬
mony of Youtsey; could get money for
it and that he would diAde with me.
“He called me outside of the house
and stated that if there was enough
evidence against Taylor to convict him
(Taylor), he, with others, would kid¬
nap Taylor and bring him here and di¬
vide the reward with me. He then of¬
fered me some money which he had
in his hand and I refused it; then he
shoved the money into my vest pocket
and told me to buy a hat with it; -that
he saw there was no opportunity to gbt
the information. He said he was stop¬
ping at the Capitol hotel and had driv¬
en out to my house.”
The judge instructed the money to
be turned over to tho trustee of the
fund, which was done, and the
grand jury was instructed to investi¬
gate the matter. A warning to secrecy
was given.
To a friend»Riddell said:
“This man Eald that $2,000 was of¬
fered for Taylor's delivery at Frank¬
fort and that he would give me one-
fifth of the money if I would tell all
that Youtsey had said about the con¬
spiracy to kill Governor Goebel. I
told him that I could not be induced to
tell any one what I had heard Youtsey
' n the jury room, and that I had
not even told my wife .eat Youtsey
was before the jury.”
PRESIDENT SEEKS LIGHT.
Has Confidential Talk at White House
With Two Georgia Republicans.
United States Marshal Walter John¬
son and Postmaster Edwards, of Ma¬
con, arrived in Washington Friday in
response to summons from President
Roosevelt. They called at the white
house and discussed with him Georgia
affairs. The disgraceful revelations
brought about by the investigation in¬
stituted at the instance of Representa¬
tive Fleming regarding the system of
blackmail employed in certain sections
v/ere considered, the president desir¬
ing to get all the light on the subject
possible.
Texas Cotton Gin Company.
The Fuller Cotton Gin Company, of
Paris, Texas, capital $750,000, filed a
certificate of incorporation at Dover,
Delaware, Friday. ‘
COL. BUCK LAID ZU
BJdy is Buried in Arllngt-n IBP* V* j
Without CeremoAeB^BglgBa ministHJPPI
The body of the late
pan, Alfred E. Buc k, of Atlq h^. arriv¬
ed in Washington immediate# 'Mmrsday at noofi
and was raken to Arling¬
ton cemetery for bufial. ’
Mrs. Buck accompanied the body and
at her request no ceremonies, such as
are usual on such occasions, were ob-
served.
Several state and army officials,
friends of Colonel Buck, met the Body
at the Pennsylvania depot and
out to Arlington. ^■H
SOUTH DON