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POWERS CONVICTED FOR SECOND TIME Accessory to the flurder of Goebel, Say Jury. AN APPEAL WILL BE TAKEN Prisoner Remained Stoical When Verdict Was Read—Motion for New Trial Overruled. At Georgetown, Ky., Saturday ex Secretary of State Caleb Powers was again convicted of being accessory be fore the fact to the murder of Gover nor William Goebel in January, 1900, and for the second time has been sen tenced to imprisonment for life. The second trial began October 8, and has continued with three sessions dally, court adjourning late at night. The present term expired Saturday night. Arguments were limited so that the ease went to the jury at 2 o’clock in the afternoon and a verdict of guilty soon followed. Powers sat pale and motionless when the verdict was announced by the foreman, B. S. Valvert, his old schoolmate. Opposite Powers, on the other side of the court room with the attorneys, sat Arthur Goebel, brother of the late governor, with his eyes fixed on the prisoner. The attorneys of Powers shook his hand, expressing aloud their belief of his innocence. Women crowded around Powers, em bracing and kissing him, and tears were shed. The defense having filed a motion for a new trial, Judge Cantrill, at 4:30 p. m., heard arguments on the same. The jury was out only 50 minutes. Then a motion for a new trial was overruled, and the case will be ap pealed. The sentence was read and judgment suspended pending the de cision of the higher tribunal. Powers was taken to Frankfort on an evening train and committed to Jail without bond. At 6 o’clock Friday morning a spe cial train on the Kentucky Midland railroad took the jury trying Powers to view the scene of the murder. The Jury was accompanied by Caleb Pow ers and two of his counsel, John W. Douglas and F. Sinclair; Judge Can trill, Commonwealth’s Attorney Frank lin and Messrs. Hendrick, Williams Golden, ' representing the state, and and four deputy sheriffs. On their return Judge Cantrill charged the jury. Arguments were then begun. OFFICER ASSASSINATED. Miners In Ambush Fire Upon Pursu ing Posse With Fatal Results. The mining troubles which have agi tated Kentucky for months have cul minated in a foul assassluation. Ear ly Saturday morning John Fields, a guard at the Empire mines, near Hop kinsville, was fired upon oy eight or ten men in ambush. Fields lay flat on the ground with bullets whistling over him and returned the fire. Other guards came up and beat the intruders off. A posse started in pursit. Rob ert H. Coffey, a detective, was in charge of the party. When some dis tance from the mines ho was fired on from behind, his body being riddled with bullets. He was dead when pick ed up. The assassins escaped. CASTRO’S ARMY ROUTED. Venezuelans Suffer Heavy Loss After Six Hours of Hard Fighting. A dispatch from San Juan, Porto Rico says: Munex Tebar, a Venezue lan revolutionary aspirant for the presidency, has received a cable dis patch reporting the complete routing of General Castro’s forces at Maturln, state of Bermundez, after a six hours’ fight, with heavy losses on both sides. Castro’s forces, according to this dis patch, withdrew, leaving the insur gents in possession of the city and vi cinity. The revolutionists are said to have captured the general command ing the government forces, a number of other prisoners and a quantity of ammunition. KENTUCKY TO HAVE HOME. Confederate Veterans In State Re union Start Hall to Rolling. No event of the week has caused more general interest than the an nouncement that the Confederate vet erans of Kentucky will take measures toward the establishment of a state home and that fully $25,000 would be raised for that purpose. Much of the time of the state reunion of Confeder ate veterans held at Louisville was ta ken up with the discussion of this top ic and a resolution was passed by the confederates assembled tffiero and sealed with a rebed yell such as was the slogan of the battle field Big Reward Earned. Jim Morgan, for whose apprehension there is a reward of $3,500 offered, was arrested at Tusla, Indian Territory, Friday. He is an escaped convict fr«m the Texas penitentiary. Carnegie Offers Gift to Porto Rico. Andrew Carnegie has written to Mar tin G. Brumbaugh, commissioner of ed ucation of Porto Rico, offering $100 000 for the erection of a public library at San Juan. : A SENSIBLE ADDRESS. Rev. Floyd Delivers Sensational Speech Before Negro Baptist Educational Board. The Negro Baptist Educational So ciety of Georgia met at Mount Zion Baptist church in Griffin the past week with more than two hundred delegates, Baptist ministers and educators pres ent from all parts of the state. Th e sensation of the meeting was caused by a very plain and outspoken address made by Rev. Silas X. Floyd, of Augusta, Oa,, Sunday school mis sionary of the American Baptist Ptibli cation Society. His subject was “A New Era for Negro Baptists.” Among other things, Dr. Floyd said: “Negro preachers, as a rule, are the worst prepared to do their work of any class of business or professional moil among the negroes. There are, too many empty-headed men running around calling themselves preachers, whose chief qualification for the office Is immense lung power, and whose highest ambition Is to wear high hats, long-tailed coats and toothpick shoes. The time has come in Georgia when the edict must go forth that, if a man will not study, neither shall he preach. The day has come, also, when we must discountenance ’tramp’ missionaries— a class of negro preachers going about among the people telling lies and rob bing the people—men without jobs, men with no visible means of support, who go from place to place calling themselves ‘evangelists.’ They are a standing disgrace to the race. There are many colored preachers who are doing what they can to separate the j negro from his white friends. Any ne- ; gro who tries to get colored people to turn their backs on white people, north or south, or who tells negroes that they can get along without help from j white people, is an enemy to his race. | Negroes haven’t sense enough nor mon ey enough to run their own schools, and it will be a long time before we attain unto the character and culture of the proud Anglo-Saxon. We can’t stand alone. The best education the negro has received in this country has come from contact with the white man, and, instead of driving the white folks away from us, we ought to be doing all that we can to deserve and maintain their friendship. It Is a good thing to have race enterprise, but we must not think that race pride consists In fighting against the white people. No body has ever whipped the American white man. The white folks came here and ran the Indian out. Then they turned around and whipped Eng land twice—In the revolution and In j 1812. In 1845 they whipped the Mexl- j cans and took Texas. In 1861, having nothing else to do, they turned in and j whipped each other—for you know the south will not confess that it was whip- J ped. Johnston did not surrender; he says he just stopped fighting, and Bill Arp says he killed as many of the yan kees as they did of him. Just two years ago these same Americans whip ped Spain and took Porto Rico and the | Philipplnes. Now, what has the negro race to gain by opposing white people in anything? We ought to seek co-op eration with them along all lines; for we have everything to lose and noth- j ing to gain by standing apart from them.” MANY INSURGENTS SLAIN. Hot Fight Reported Near Town of PassI In Iloilo Province. A Manila dispaten says: The con- 1 stabulary report a fight with insur gents near Passi, province twenty-five cf Ilolio, in- is- j land of Panay, in which surgents were killed and three cap tured, together with a quantity of arms and ammunition. The news from General Hughes re garding conditions in the island of I Cebu Is encouraging. Lorega has sur rendered with his entire force and one cannon and seven rifles, while General Hughs is negotiating for the surrender j of Maxilot, who styles himself “Gover nor politico militari.” Agricultural Department Estimates. The estimates for the department of j | agriculture for the next fiscal year ag gregate $4,789,540. This is against $3,- 862,420 for the current fiscal year, showing an increase of almost a mil lion dollars for next year. AVAUNT, SPANISH TITLES. Appellations Don, Senor, Put Under the Han In Philippines. General Wade has issued a clrcu lar in southern Luzon, doing away with Spanish titles of “don, senor, senora and senorita” and gives for those ap pellatlons the American equivalent of Mr, Mrs. and Miss. Recruits Wanted at Once. A cablegram has been received from General Chaffee at the war department asking that six hundred recruits be sent at once to Manila to fill vacancies in several regiments. KING ED HAS CANCER. Three Operations With Knife Have Been Performed On His Throat. Reynolds’ Weekly, newspaper, is the first British paper to assert that King Edward is suffering from cancer of the throat. In Sunday's issue it de clares that since his majesty’s illness three operations have been performed for the removal of papilloma on the left vocal chord, and that one was re moved from the right vocal chord a tew days ago. COUNTING. "Brains are what count in this day," said the enthusiast. ’*yes,” answered the pessimist; "but there isn’t much use of their courting if you can’t put dollar marks in front 0 f the figures employed in the process.” __ irtefi»#t Award on Cooo» and The Judges of the Pan-American Ex position, Buffalo, have awarded three gold medals to Walter Baker – Co., Limited, Dorchester, Mass., for the su periority of their Breakfast Cocoa and «U of their cocoa und chocolate prepa rntio,1 «. aud tlje excellence of their exhibit. This Is the thirty-seventh highest award received by them from the great expositions In Europe and America. Itaroljr Experienced. “So Floaters lias at last got a Job with the corporation, eh?“ "Yes, and a good salary ho gets, too.” “For doing nothing, of course?" "Yes, but you mustn’t forget that he brings a lifetime of experience in that line.”—Richmond Dispatch. A SOLyilON I ^ HAT FAILED TO SOLVE. “Ah,” he said to himself, as he fin W-l «* P^graph of his mags zine article, 1 think the world will have cause to thank me for this. In these pages I have worked out a reason able solution of the servant girl prob lem. After this there can be no-’’ “Henry,” his wife cried, as she rushed excitedly into his room, “Hannah ha just notified me that she’s going to leave, and here we have the Buchanans coming from New York next week. What on earth shall we do?” lie fell .... back , , helplessly . , , . His chair , . in and gave it up .—Chicago Record Her aid. A FRANK ANALYSIS “Who is your favorite composer?” inquired the visitor. “I s’pose you mean classical,’’ re sponded Mr.. Curnrox. Certainly. “Wagner” was the answer. “Gimme Wagner. Some of those other mu-ic writers start in with a tune, but as soon as you get your foot going steady in time to it they break it of? ir. a way that pretty near sprains your ankle. But Wagner never fools you. He plays fair. You know from the beginning that you am t going to hnd anything, and yen might as well go to sleep or read the advertisements in the programme.” Washington Star. HIS FIRST IMPRESSION. Civil Service Examiner—What do you know about Budapest? Applicant (for position on police force)—Budapest is the name of a cable disease. It is usually fatal 1— Chicago Tribune. HIS LEISURE SEASON. “Yes,” said the loud guest at the sea side hotel; “I move in the best society in our town.” “Ah!” remarked the quiet man; “I suppose you are able to take your vaca tion now because (he moving business is slack at present .”—Philadelphia Record. The Horseshoe Superstition. It is to be hoped that the gilded horse shoe fastened beneath the bowsprit of rhe Discovery will bring its fabled goo 1 luck to the ship. Despite the supersti tion being centuries old, it is much alive, and many persons still place a stolen or found horseshoe on the chimney hearth, under the belief that it brings good luck to the house. In the “Marriage of the Arts,” written in the year 1618, one of the good wishes were “that the horse shoe may never be pulled from the threshhold.” Against the power of witchcraft, too, it was considered effica cious. Aubrey records in the seven teenth century that “it is a thing very common to nail horseshoes on the thresholds of doors, which is to hinder witches that enter the house, In Monmouth street in 1797 several horse shoes were nailed to the doors, and on April 26, 1813, Sir H. Ellis counted seventeen in the street nailed against the steps of doors .—Loudon Chronicle. THE LUXURY OF THE SEASON. “One of them miners brought in a nugget as big as a potato,” exclaimed Bronco Bob. “Yes, sir!” chimed in Three Fmgei Sam; “an’ almost an valuable. - School# In Porto Klco. . . . . . , . . „ . ^ number of pupils enrolled, spent for the small Education, however, is always essential to 811CC6BS. In our country the people are being educated to the tact that there ta a sure cure for indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, ner vousness and malaria, fever and ague, and that medicine is Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. Try it. Our private Die Stamp is over the neck of the bottle. It takes a pretty sharp fellow to flatter successfully. All goods are alike to Putnam Fadeless Dyes, as they color all fibers at one boiling, Sold by all druggists. In many of the perfume factories of Europe only the purest olive oil is used in fixing the perfumes of flowers. What’s the use of buying trouble when you can borrow it? How’s Tills? We offcr 0ne Hundred Dollars Reward for ativ case of Catarrh that cannot be cured b 7 Hairs Catarrh Cure undSgt.ed? havXown end believe F. him J.' Che nev for the laBt 15 years, per fectlv honorable in all business transactions “on maT'h^eirVrm 0 ^ ^ ° bliSa " We’rtA Teuax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Wholesale WALDnm, * Marvin, Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act ing directly upon the blood and mucous eur ^estirloni^tv^' Hall’s Family Pills are the best. The girl who thinks she can marry any man she pleases may live to discover that she doesn’t please any of them. "Best For the Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, yon will never get well until your bowels are put right. Cl sc abets help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce 10 easy natural movements, cost you just cents to start getting your health back. Cas cabets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up C. in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. 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M You have brought health to hundreds of women in Minneapolis as you have no doubt to others over the country.”—M rs. Ellen Ripley. $5000 FORFEIT IF THE ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GENUINE. When women are troubled with irregular or painful menstruation, weakness, leucorrhoea, displacement or ulceration of the womb, that bear ing-down feeling, inflammation of the ovaries, prostration, backache, flatulency, general debility,. indigestion, and nervous they should remember there is one tried and true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound at once removes such troubles. No other medicine in the world has received such widespread and unqualified endorsement. No other medicine has such a record of cures of female troubles. Refuse to buy any other medicine. WINCHESTER “NEW RIVAL” FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS outshoot all other black powder shells, because they are made better and loaded by exact machinery with the standard brands of powder, shot and wadding. Try them and you vriU be convinced. ALL ♦ REPUTABLE DEALERS » KEEP ♦ THEM SOLONS IN SORROW Over the Death of Representative Porter King, Their Friend and Colleague. There was little business transacted in the Georgia legislature Friday. The proceedings In the house almost whol ly related to the sad and sudden death of Hon. Porter King, Fulton’s repre sentative, whose seat, draped deep In mourning, bore silent and sorrowful testimony that he had vacated it for ever in response to the highest call. Chaplain Harris referred eloquently to the sad death of colleague and friend. A joint resolution was passed providing for a committee from sen ate and house to report upon proper observances. Some brief business in tervened, including the reading of a short message from the governor, and the house took a recess until the joint committee could be heard from. The resolutions of the joint com mittee expressed sympathy, provided that both house of the legislature should attend the funeral Saturday, that as escort of eight from the house and four from the senate be appointed to accompany the remains, and that the legislature in adjourning, adjourn until Monday, October 28, out of re spect to the memory of Mr. King. Following the adoption of the joint resolution, on motion of Mr. Barron, of Jones, the house, as a further mark of respect to the deceased, adjourned. In the Senate. President Howell called the senate to order at 11 o’clock. A sealed mes sage from the governor was an nounced. The joint resolution offered by Mr. Slaton in the house, calling for the ap pointment of a committee to take suit able action on the death of Hon. Por ter King, was concurred in. President Howell appointed, on the part of the senatd, Messrs. Ellis, Grantland, Allen, Chappell and Cann. The following house bills were read the first time and referred: , By Mr. Taylor, of Houston: A bill to make it a penal offense to import diseased cattle into the state. By Mr. Howard, of Dooly: A bill to prohibit the manufacture, sale or giv ing away of cigarettes or cigarette pa pers in Georgia. By Mr. Wright, of Floyd: A bill to amend the garnishment laws of the state so as to make subject to the lien of garnishments ail indebtedness of the garnishee to the defendant occur ing after the service of the summons of garnishment. The following appointments by the governor were up for confirmation by the senate in executive session: Charlton J. Wellborn, of Union, to be state librarian. A. D. Freeman, to be judge of the city court of Newnan, and N. A. Post, to be solicitor of same. J. C. Reynolds, to be judge, and Walter Bennett solicitor of the city court of Waycross. J. I. Carter to be judge and U. S. Holton solicitor of the city court of Baxley. Samuel McWhorter, of Lexington, and Samuel M. Adair, of Savannah, to be trustees of the state university. Hamilton McWhorter, Jr., of Lexing ton, to be solicitor of the city court of Lexington. J. N. Quincy, to be judge, and Levi O. Steen, solicitor, of the city court of Douglas. H. H. Perry, to be judge of the coun ty court of Burke. C. T. Crawford, to be solicitor of the county court of brooks. Judge Griffin and S. M. Varnadoe, so licitor, of the city court of Valdosta, to succeed themselves. John O. Perry to be judge of the county court of Baker. W. U. Jackoway, to be judge, and John G. Hale, solicitor, of the county court of Dade. Richard Hobbs to be judge and John D. Pope solicitor of the city court of Albany. G. W. Hammond to be judge of the county court of Griffin. Arthur Patton to be judge of the city court of Thomas. H. B. Peeples to be judge of the county court of Berrien. All of the above were confirmed by me senate except the solicitors, whose confirmations were referred to the gen eral judiciary committee, the opinion of the senate being of the opinion that confirmation was not necessary as re gards these appointments. CORPORATIONS HARD HIT. Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Tax Dodgers a Solar Plexus Blow. The Illinois supreme court Thursday morning affirmed the judgment of the circuit court of Sangamon county in what is known as the Chicago ers’ tax case. This, in effect, awards a writ of mandamus against the board of equalization to compel it assess the capital stock, including franchises, of twenty Chicago tions, the fair cash value of whose capital stock, including over and above the value of their gible property, is alleged to aggregate $235,000,000. FOUL AIR KILLS FOUR. Pumping Machinery In Deep Mine Failed to Work. Three men lost their lives in the Holy Terror mine at Keystone, South Dakota, Tuesday night from foul air. The dead are Lew Crouther, Andrew Miller and Peter Pohlan. With two other miners they had been lowered to the 1,200 foot level and the machin ery failed to work. ON WITNESS STAND SCHLEY APPEARS Admiral Testifies Before Naval Inquiry Board. GIVES HISTORY OF CAMPAIGN Enormous Crowd Listens Atten tatively to Words of the Di s - tinguished Witness. Admiral Schley took the stand la his own behalf Thursday afte rnoon be fore the court of inquiry which is ia - vestigating his conduct as command er in chief of the flying squadron dur ing the Santiago campaign. He was summoned a few minutes after tie court convened at 4 o’clock, and when court convened at 2 o’clock, and when parently had gotten only well under way in nis testimony. Captain Charles E. Clark, of the Ore gon, had just concluded his statement when Mr. Raynor, rising from his seat, said: “I should like to have Rear Admiral Schley called,” and the admiral ac cordingly was asked to take the stand. It was a turn in the proceedings for which apparently neither the members of the court, Its officers nor the specta tors were prepared, and a murmur of surprise was heard on all sides. It had been expected that the admiral’s name would be reached toward the close of the afternoon session. There were still two other witnesses on his list who had not been heard, and it was understood to be his purpose not to take the stand until the entire list had been exhausted. He, however, re sponded immediately to the call, and before the audience was well aware of the fact he had begun his narrative of the campaign, which terminated in the destruction of Cervera’s fleet. Mr. Raynor introduced the testi mony of his distinguished witness by saying: “Will you give the court name and rank?” “Winfield Scott Schley, rear admi ral, United States navy, retired; at present on service in tnis court of in quiry.” The admiral then, in answer to a question, from his counsel, proceeded to give a careful and detailed narrative of all the events of cne campaign up to the battle of Santiago. He had not reached the stage of his testimony where he will tell of the battle, when the court adjourned for the day. The audience which listened to his recital was by far the largest which has yet gathered In the gunners’ work shop, where the court sits. All the re served seats were occupied, as were the seats set apart for the public at large. In the rear of the room stood probably as many people as found seats, scores of men and women stand ing upon tables, chairs and in the win dows; in fact, anywhere from which they could see the court. There Was no appearance of demon stration of any kind during the ad miral’s recital. ’ On the contrary, the silence was almost unbroken, except for the sound of the witness’ own voice. Only once was there a stir in the room which indicated any feeling on the part of the listeners. That was when the admiral, detailing his conver sation with Admiral Sampson in the cabin of the New Y ork, at Key West, to'Id him he had assured the com mander in chief of fealty to him. When I the court adjourned for the day many I of the spectators pressed forward and I shook the admiral’s hand. Schley’s Plan statement of Battle. Admiral! | During his had I Schley outlined the plan which he Indicated to his commanding officers! before leaving Hampton roads, saying-1 “During this time I explained to all I commanding officers that as it worn I be impossible to contrive a plan 0 I battle that would meet unforeseen! contingencies, the be general to cruise plan in ^ of ne t ° e| I l squadron would principle would I battle, and its general leading 0S I be to attack the head and '■ sel, concentrating the fire upon them in order, first, to obtain the moral el feet, and second, to throw them i n confusion, making a victory over tne probably very much more succes. and complete. I did that for the rea that the older plans of battle * son t all been to attack centers and rear, suiting In the escape usually of a part each squadron. I felt that the at of which tack of the head of a squadron, involve was to some extent new, wou Id that the destruction of the whole, and was the general plan of occasion- action as^ plained to them on that target The admiral detailed the practice the squadron indtngef daily. This practice, said the adim resulted in an accuracy of fire was fully demonstrated in the a six weeks or two months later. Ke? He then told of the cruise to there v ith Ad West and his meeting miral Sampson. SPIRITUALLY CONSOLE 1 *’ At Rcqnest of Czolgosz polish Trip*] Visits Auburn Jail. ol the ass B Leon F. Czolgosz, a ^ President McKinley, who is y< the Auburn, ^ electrocution in prison during the week con * n ti realizing that * _ dea Monday, fully fe w a ba j is now a question of a a J asked for spiritual consolatw • ^ ‘ Tuesday afternoon received poll* r from the Rev. T. Szaiiusk-' a priest.