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MEETS OF DAWSON
| PAVED WITH SC
I Excitement Ih the Far Av/ay
' | Alaskan Town.
LI.IT 25 CENTS TO PA’!.
Discovery Made by Men Hauling Grav-
I • ri—Klondike's Output of Gold This
Year It Is Estimated Will Total sll,-
000,0 C—Dawsen’s Shipments.
Dawson, Alaska, Sept. 15. —Exclte-
prevails here over the repo-t
tjpt pay dirt running 25 cents to the
mu has been struck at the head < *
3Cbert street, in the heart of th< city
g®f Dawson. The discovery was made
>n hauling gravel Brom
of jards 'from the same
been scattered along the
MNEreets in grading, and since it all con
tahfs more or less gold, it may liter
ally be said that the streets of Dawson
are paved with gold.
Klondike’s Gold Output.
Alaska, Sept. 15. —The
. Klondike’s output of gold will be but
little less this year than last. About
I will leave this camp for the
’ outside world, and the total may run
[ up to $11,000,000. The shipments of
■ Dawson during August aggregated
Q $1,442,286.
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‘ 4 OVATION TO PALMA.
I —-> —
Cuban President Given Ovation on His
Tour of Island, j
Puerto Principe, Cuba., Sept. 15. —
President 'Palma, after he started yes
terday from Havana on his tour of
eastern Cuba, traversed long stretches
sparsely Inhabltddi country. At
f PtWy town he was greeted by squ&d
>ns of moiNited Cubans, received ad
dresses from the officials and party
and was presented with |ou
ijuets by pretty senoritas, who made
speeches of welcome.
The enthusiasm when the president
entered the region in which opposition
to the administtatjon was reputed to
*be. the strongest increased.
Tin President Palma’s arrival at Pu
erto Principe last night the enitre
vknpity of the station was filled v it!
a' , cfieeriiyg'ma£s of pedTpie oY ay col
ors and conditions. N’eariy the w’rd-e
population followed the carriages cou
taini&g the presidential party to the
provincial building -where Sencr Palma
was formally welcomed 1 .
i Commenting on. th-- enfhur':"-tic re
' ception accorded him, the v? :
disclaimed that it was a tri to
.Ids personal popularity. He f LI:
■ “It is the result of the people’s joy
» over the success of the republic, r
' the tribute Is tendered to me as the
Aief executive.”
President ’Palma is making no
speeches, except to ad
dresses of welcome. When local
speakers bring up the subject of the
r revolutionary soldiers’ pay, the status
of the matter is courteously and brief
ly explained by the president.
BRITISH CABINET MEETING.
Decision on Fiscal Question Is Eager
ly Awaited.
" London, Sept. 15. —In anticipation of
today’s' cabinet meeting spectators
'fathered' early in Downing street,
evincing the suspense which prevails
in all quarters and which has been
p ’heightened if anything, since yester
! day by the diriay In the announce
-7' mout of the fiscal decision which is so
* eagerly awaited.
The St. James Gazette ®ays:
N “We can confidently affirm that the
final decision on the fiscal question
which was not arrived at yesterday.
Tho discussion may or may not bo re
sumed this afternoon, the meeting be
rig calledi to discuss other matters,
but we have no hesitancy in saying
p- that, further consideration will take
place before the government comes to
‘a definite conclusion on the /fiscal is
sue. If Mr. Chamberlain’s proposals
? .are not accepted, he will resign his
I seat in the cabinet.”
t Sale of Road Postponed.
. Gainesville, Ga„ Sept. 16.—Judge J.
J. Kimsey has postponed the sale of
the Gainesville, Jefferson and South
ern railroad from until Dec 15,
I the petition of Frank H. Miller, et. al
representing all the bonds which hav<\
been approved by the courts. This
has already been appealed to the
supreme court, and the sale was deem
,Ad advisable to be postponed by the
contesting litigants. It will be re
r-» membered that Judge Kimsey fixed
the upset price at $3,000 per mile,
and this is one of the points to be con
tended by the parties represented by
Mr. Miller.
Weigh Voiir Cotton I
EXCHANGE WAREHOUSE
We are making inrirov mentM on warahcu^ 1 ? and yard. We
will sppreciav; yuur pare ... .x Co fine beat caa f; r you. Er gene
Ogletree will te wun us
GRIFFIN & MITCHELL.
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TRAGEDY AT FT. McPHERSON. (
Dleapp&inted In Leva Soldier Fire* a
Bullet Into His Head.
Atlanta, Sept, la.—Eld'wan !■ Henley,
sergeant of company F, of the Six
teenth United States infantry, now
stationed at Fort McPherson, commit
ted suicide yesterday by shooting him
self with his own Krag-Jorgensen army
rifle. Sergeant Henley took the rifle
to bed with him and pulling the bed
co.ers over his body, placed the bar
rel to his bead and thep with a long
stick released the full cocked trigger.
As the soldier looked directly into the
barrel, the wound inflicted was fright
ful, ami he died almost instantly.
From one of bls companions it was
learned that disappointment in love
was responsible for the suicide. Henley
returned a shc-rt time ago from a
furlough, during which time he visited
in one of the seacoast towns of Maine.
While there he met a yo«ng girl with
whom he fell in love. It stems that
she reciprocated and to some of his
nearest friends he confided the fact
that he soon expected to be married.
As a sergeant he was permitted to do
this and have a home of his own id
the ncn-ecmmlssioned officers’ row at
the garrison.
According to the story told by hid
companion, everything was running
smoothly ulitil last Saturday morning,
when he received a letter with a Maine
postmark. Although he said nothing
before his death as to the contents,
from his actions his friends surmised
that something had gone wrong. Yes
terday morning another sergeant oc
cupying the same room and the entlrd
barracks of company F were awak :
ened about 4 o’clock by the report es
a rifle.
Sargeant Henley had a fine record as
a soldier, having enlisted in the. Six
teenth in 1902, and served continuous
ly since that time. ’He was with
the regiment in Cuba as a corpora 4
and promoted to be a sergeant for
distinguished conduct in the field while
in the 'Philippines. As near as could
be found out Henley’s home was in
the anthracite coal region of Pennsyl
vania.
SUICIDE FOLLOWED MURDER.
Negro, After Killing Comrade, Took
His Own Life.
Madison, Ga., Sept. I?.— A double
tragedy occurred in the lower part of
this county Saturday. •
On the Scott plantation, just over
the Morgan county line into Putnam.
Olive" Welch and Lewi» Bdawell got
into a hspute over a , game of base
ball, which was bring played there,
.i’. t th. / were separated without do
ing harm.
That night at a dance cn the same
plantation the dispute was renewed,
and resulted in Welch shooting Bos
well, killing him instantly.'
v.'C'cn immediately fled and- came
into Morgan county to his father’s
house. A warrant was issued for his
arrest by the magistrate of Godfrey
district, and the bailiff of the district,
with several deputies, appointed to
assist him, proceeded to the old
Welch’s home to arrest the criminal.
The house was surrounded and -the
murderer was told to come forth. His
father came to the door and told them
that the boy was upstairs and that he
would get him to come down. A few
moments after, the report of a gun was
heard in the upper chamber and when
the boy’s father got to the room he
found his son lying in a pool of blood
with half of his head shot away and
his brains scattered all over the room.
The father seized the gun, which
was lying by the side of the dead
man and- threw it out of the window.
One barrel of the gun was loaded
and as it struck the ground the load
was discharged, the contents of which
came very near striking one of the
posse, who was standing close by.
The negro boy had taken his own
life rather than be arrested.
WAR ON WHITECAPS.
Wifebeater in North Carolina Ordered
to Leave Country.
Raleigh. N. C., Sept. 16—Whitecap
pers wont to the house of a prominent
farmer. Charles Whiteley, near Clay
ton. Johnston county, seized him
and tied him. and then carried him to
the wood and nearly beat him to death
with horsewhips.
They told him he must leave that
community or they would return and
kill him, but instead of departing he
has gathered a band of his frien-de.
.AH have armed themselves and ar€
awaiting the return of the whitecap
pers, who have not yet shown up.
More trouble is expected. Whitely
and his wife had domestic trouble and
it is chpr "--I by her that he had beat
en her r. rcifully.
She fie.. ,o her relatives ani exhib
lied marks of the whipping.
COAST CITIES ML
SWEPT BY HHBIIGVIE
Florida Sahara From Visit of
Disastrous Ttorri.
TAMPA DAMAGED ABOUT SIOO,OOO.
Seven People So Far as Known Met
Death—Great Injury Done to Orange
Groves and Homee of Northerner*.
Vessel* Ashore.
Jacksonville, Fla., SepL 14.—N0
wires are working south of /Jackson
ville this morning, and details of the
hurricane which swept across the
southern part of the state Saturday are
incomplete.
So far aa known, seven people met
death, the boalee of five being wash
ed up near Miami, on the ewt coast,
and two nearby on the west side of the
state.
Passengers arriving this morning on
belated trains report that on the east
coast ma-ny vessels have been wreck
ed, coastwise a»nd others. Above Mi
ami it Is reported that seven or eight
vessels are ashore.
Much injury has been done to orange
groves and gardeins, and it is feared
that the beautiful winter homos of
northern people have been damaged.
The greatest damage is reported
from Tampa, and authentic informa
tion from that section of the west
coast is anxiously awaited.
The disturbance is this morning
sweeping across Alabama and Missis
sippi. All wires south of Montgom
ery are down, in the neighborhood of
Flomaton, Ala., and Birmingham, Mont
gomery, Mobile and New Orleans re
port high winds. There Is no evidence
of the storm at Charleston, S. C., al
though precautionary signals have
been displayed there for two days.
TAMPA BADLY DAMAGED.
Loss by Hurricane Is Estimated at
SIOO,OOO.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 14. —Base ea
gers, who arrived in this city this
morning from Tampa, Fla., confirm the
first reports of damages by the hurri
cane in that city. The loss, which is
now estimated at SIOO,OOO, may reach
still higher figures when full infor
mation shall have been received.
Several vessels are reported to be
delayed, and it is fared that shipping
may have been lost and d' maged by
the windstorm -which swept across the
southwestern coast.
In Tampa buildings were damaged,
In some instances causing work to bo
suspended in factories and mills. The
Aleioria hotel roof was blown off, and
many buildings in the town were un
roofed. The town was in total dark
ness last night, the electric light
plant having been damaged by the
windstorm.
Street car traffic was Interrupted
from 10 o’clock Idst night until 8 this
morning, and there seems little chance
now for regular traffic to be resumed
soon cn account of the tangled wires
and upblown poles in the streets.
West Tampa was flooded last night
b ythe heavy -rain which followed in
the wake of the storm, and the streets
were deluged by the heavy down
pour.
No loss of lie is reported in Tampa,
although several persons were hurt by
falling trees. All wires north of
Tampa are dew/n, and there is no com
munication with Tampa and southeast
ern and western Florida, except by
rail, and all trains north of Jackson
ville are delayed.
Steamer Reported Lost Is Safe.
Savannah, Ga., Sept 14— The steam
ship New Orleans, from Baltimore,
owned by the -Merchants and Marine
Transportation company, which was
reported last night to have gone
aground at Hunter’s island, 40 miles
north of Beaufoit, arrived here at noon
today. The vessel was not injured
by the storm, but owing to an acci
dent to her r.iacbiaery was fefreed to
anchor at I'un.ter’s island until tugs
could be sent to her assistance. a.
of the 20 pp.Scengjers aboard were re
ported well.
Weather Bureau’s Bulletin.
Washington. Sept. 14.—The weather
bureau today issued the following spe>
Cfal bulletin: "Tropical storm has
crossed the gulf coast line east of Pen
sacola, Fla., and will move northward
over the interior with diminishing
strength, causing heavy rain in the
southern Apalachian mountain dis
tricts. There are no present indica
tions that it will cause dangerous gales
on the middle and north Atlantic
coasts. Frost Is Indicated la the
corn belt tonight as far south as north
ern Kansas, extreme northern Missouri
and a.' ri lowa and northern Illinois.’
Griffin Cotton Market.
Cotton was quoted in the Griffin
market yesterday at 10% cents,
though there had been none brought
in up to time of going to press with
the G. S. W. W. J. Bridges, of
Union district, brought in six bale?
Wednesday evening that was piokec
last week, and received the above
price.
CD H .ZA. ■
Bears the Kind You Hare Always
’Jiff-nature Z I■//
A Big Harvest in Store
For the Trading Public
BASS BROS. CO.
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Our buyer, Mr. H. H. Bass, has been in th; Northern and Eastern mar»
kets for more than a month, and is still there, visiting the manufacturers and
importers, who are anxious to sell. Mr. Bass is making prices and the manu
facturers and importers are naming quantities. Never before in the history of
our business have we been able to buy to such advantage as now, because we
take bargains by the car loads and in doing so we can save our customers 20
to 33 I=3 per cent. It is quantity they want to sell. It is at low prices we want
to buy, Our buyer is senuing goods in solid cases and car lots until it is get
ting to be a problem how shall we make room for them? There is no retail
store in Georgia that can show a larger or better assorted stock of
Dry Goods,Clothing,
Shoes, Notions and Furniture
than can be seen at Bass Bros. Co. Within the next few days more than one
thousand cases, containing the latest novelties in Dress Goods. Notions, Millin
ery, Clothing, Gents’ Furnishings, Shoes, Hats and, in fact, everything to supply
mankind, will be opened up and put on sale at the Big Store.
New Fall Suits
For men, young men, boys and children, in black and fancies; all the new
weaves. Men’s Suhs 5.00 up to 2'1.90. Gocd Suits in knee pants fcr school
boys. sio 17 years, 1.25 up. Dress Suits for children 2.00 to 5.00.
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Received another car of Mitchell one-horse and two=horse Wagons.
Arbuckles Coffee 10c pkge. 20 lbs Rice for 1.00.
40 lbs Grits for 1.00. 1,000 lbs good Tobarco at 25c lb. ‘
2 lbs Soda for sc. 40 bars good laundry Soap 1.00.
New York Cream Cheese just received.
Coni, Oats, Bran, Meal, Shorts, Flour, etc., at lowest prices.
DOfTT miss THE
Big Cut Price
FURNITURE SALE
NOW ON AT OUR STORE.
The largest line ever carried in Middle Georgia at prices that [havelsur
prised the trading public. We went to the factory and bought for cash and
bargains that surprise us, and we are going to give our friends the benefit of
these cut prices.
We give our careful attention to all funerals entrusted to us and are
prepared to attend to all details, liearsq free.
Carload of new open and top buggies.
Car of heaviest and medium weight Bagging.
Car of best Ties.
We have a lot of New Home Sewing Machines, slightly damaged but
good as new, that we will sell at reduced prices.
P. S. Last news from Mr. Bass is that he is in Boston buying Shoes
by the car load. He writes that the people of Middle Georgia will have an op
portunity of buying the best winter shoes ever sold over bargain counters, and
enough to supply the entire people. Every pair waterproof, made out of the
best material.
L CO.