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SPERATE NEGRO
KILLED BY OFFICER
□-P Chf
A MERIC! TS TTMES-RECORDER.
.»,« KTH YEAH.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1903.
NUMBER 42
East Lake, Ala-, Dec. 8th, 1902.
Mr. A. B. Girardeau, Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sir:—This is to certify that on Au
gust 1st I went to Verbena, Ala., to hold a
series of meetings. Was at that time, and
Had been for six weeks prior, so feeble I was
scarcely able to preach. Mr. F. A. Gulledge,
of Verbena, with whose family I was stop-
piii}I- kindly offered me three bottles of
Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic, gratis. I
accepted, and began the use of the Tonic at
once- Within three weeks I was was much
better. In three weeks I had taken the
three bottles of Tonic and was fully well.
Took no other medicine then nor since, and
am in better health and heavier than for
the past fifteen years.
J. M.gMcCORD,
Pastor Verbena Baptist Church.
a Member of The Gar
field Thomas Gang.
ER MEMBERS AT LARGE.
ludcr of the Gang Now Chained
Pdenix City Jail to Guard Against
Rescue by Comrades—Gang
a Known by Authorities.
tla.. March 7.—Charles
sore, a negro desperado and all-
thief, was killed by Marshall W.
nybell, ol l’benlx City, this morn-
Tt is a member of Garfield
a»« niLf, ami when the officer
•seed to am-st him he stoutly
■ei. am! assaulted the officer, whs
lia down.
tteld Thomas, one of the leaders
l»cs. was arrested after a llve-
*-•« in Hu-nlx City last night
>-»t arrested he obeyed the of-
l»i u tho latter was hitching
or>« TLomaa attempted to take
Herr's revolver away from. Be-
irjrressful In this, the negro
Cozens came to the assistance
j? sar.hall and tho negro was
" The officer knew of his
wratM. ami to prevent them from
Urn out of Jail, as they expect
mou I‘l fry to do. Thomas was
*1 securely to the prison cell
, t * r * ’hen went In search of
** l*!s. with tho result that
** ™»moro, who was one of
*za killed this morning.
la wanted on tho charge of
* *lth !nt,nt to murder In
Vsta.
Moore, known to bo another
r «* tho vane. |, gtlll at large.
>0 FAMILY UNDER ARREST.
* ,ed of ‘he Murder of an Enemy.
Killing Done With Ax.
“A G.v, March 10.—Early yes-
' tornlng Joe Gifford, a negro.
•1. Mi body being found a few
£* ( tir death within 3 fcot of
I' 011 . Dublin and Savannah rail-
V ck - “ear tho Dublin cotton
, otifride the city limits.
* as evidently killed by be-
c * vth tho eye of a hatchet
!'ai.'h wounds being found
■ discovered by two or
nouroes, who gave tho
**'' ,r ° m that time until tho
"'iti-st yesterday morning
'i .to,i the scene,
lards of where Gifford's llfo-
j 3 . ' ” found is the cabin of
! ' r. an old negro, with
! 1 a ‘ ! a n Rht last August
‘5 • ' ' ,Ilia Olfford was
, ' n '-ftrens superior court In
iv. rv r s,nc ® feeling has
a Gifford and the Hoi-
Suspicion at once
Hollomans, and the re-
,,' "vf-er's- inquest was the
her, his two sons and
c.rrumwaacss around
• ‘-o Gifford's body was
the , *J Ut h * "*» UM some,
h ati.r 4 to railroad.
r tiiaplcloa as to ths our.
o*d,
•thte
FLOOD CONDITIONS
NOT IMPROVED
Continued Bains In Ohio Val-
Add To Danger.
RECORD OF 1£84 MAY BE PASSED.
Lower Mlesisslppi Levees Are Holding,
But Engineers In Charge Are Pre
paring for the Worst—No Immediate
Relief From Flood In Sight
Memphis, Tenn., March 11.—The
Mississippi river Is rising steadily at
this point, the gauge this morning
marking 35.2 feet. This Is a rise of
five-ten the of a foot In the past 21
hours, and the weather bureau ofll
clals say that the rush of rising water
will continue for several days. It la
believed that the rivet wll reach
mark of 38 feet at Memphis. Reports
from Mississippi and Arkansas today
Indicate that the rarest apprehen
sions prevail regarding tho flood situa
tion. and In same districts armed sen
tries are patrolling the levees. The
streams anti rivers In Arkansas are
ovetflowlng. ,
Locally the river continues to attract
attention from thousands of people
who gather on the bluffs In large
groups and gaze with eager eyes at the
majesty of the waters. In North Mem
phis the flood has already begun en
croaching at certain points, and it will
take hut a few Inches more of water
to reader work Impossible at many of
the lumber Industries In that section
of the ,clty. At Greenlaw and Sec
ond streets the backwaters have reach-
ed tho latter thoroughfare. In this
part of the city there are a number
of negro cabins and the occupants have
been compelled to ileo to higher
ground.
The river today Indicated more of
the power of the flood than at any time
during the present rise. The great
irase:3 of itga and other timber float
ed by the city with the swiftness of
an ocean liner and gathered at every
point that offered the least obstruction.
There Is some apprehension regard
ing the levee at Caruthersvllle, Mo.,
north of here. Reports today state
that tho town Is under from 2 to 8 feet
of water, and the people are moving
their valuables from their farms and
.the country* people are driving their
stock out of the vicinity.
Tho steamer Georgia I-oe arrived
from Cairo today and reports all land
ings to bo In an untoward condition.
Tho steamer's officers say refugees
from the Idwlands are to bo seen every
where.
The govenfment engineers have aug
mented their forces and the steamers
are carrying sacks of sand and other
supplies to the most dangerous places
In the levee system. We are prepay
ing to make a light, If necessary, sale
Captain Lucas of the engineer corns.
Nebraska riooas subsiding.
Lincoln, Neb., March 11.—Most ol
the smaller atreams In Nebraska are
believed to have reached a statlon-
ary stag*, and tho worst of tho flood
In this state la probably over. The
Ice gorges In the Elkhora, Lonln. R»
publican and Platte rivers have been
broken np and the water la ramni
down tbs Missouri, cutting »•**“*“■
nets and corarlp* tha lowlaada rmy-
art era .
DASHED TO DEATH
BY AUTOMOBILE
Prominent Figure In Burdick
Murder Case Meets Fate.
BELIEVED WIFE WILL ALSO DIE.
Wsll Known Buffalo Man Loses Con
trol of Machine and Self and Wife
Aro Plunged Into Deep Stone Quar
ry—Pennell Horribly Mangled.
Buffalo. N. Y„ March 11.—More ter
tlble probably than the death of E.
L. Burdick waa the tragedy that occur
red lato yeaterday afternoon when At-
thur R. Pennell, one of ttie chief fig
ures In the Investigation of tho IJurdick
murder, was hurled headlong Into eter
ally,
Mr. Pennell was riding in his eleo
trie automobile with Mrs. Pennell
They were on Kensington avenue, neat
FllUmore avenue, aklmtning along the
edge of the Gohrs stone quarry, a hugb
rock-ribbed hole In the ground. Mr.
Pennell’s hat blow off.
The automobile swerved and In some
Inexplicable manner It leaped over the
curb Into the abyss below. Pennell
wsa killed Instantly, bis head being
crushed to an unrecognizable mass.
Mrs. Pennell was Injured so severely
that the surgeons at the Sisters’ hos
pital, to which she was taken, saj
her chances of recovery are very
Slight.
Examiner Danzer, who made an exami
nation of the body of Arthur R. Pen
nell, who wsa killed by his automo
bile crashing over a ledge )nt» 0
stone quarry last night, announced hlf
finding^, today. The wounds on the
body consist of:
1. The fracture of all the facial and
cranium bones.
2. The compound comailnutod frac
lure ot the right thigh.
3. A fracture and dislocation ot the
left elbow.
DESPERATE NEGRO
SHOOTS 0FFI6ER
Finally Arrested and Placed
In Prison.
KNOWN A8 BAD CHARACTER.
Reward For Hit Capture Had Been
Standing For 8ome Month*—Feared
that Associate* Would Attempt to
Rescue Him.
Savannah, March 11.—Eld Hasei, a
negro wanted for a series of small
crimes around Savannah, was arrested
this morning at Melnhard, a few miles
from here.
He put up a desperate battle before
surrendering, and 1 shot Detective.
Thomas Hewitt in the arm with a re
volver. There was a general ex
change of shots before tho negro was
captured.
Detective Hewitt, Policeman Christ!
and Adam Kessel learned that the nc
gro was In a house near Melnhard aud
watched it aU night.
Hazel came out and they called up
on him to surrender. Instead of do
ing so he opened fire with a revolver
and dashed Into the house. Hewitt
and Christie fired with shotguns, but
the negro got Into the bouse, and going
to the back door opened it allgbtly and
fired at Hewitt, shattering hi* left arm
with a bullet from a revolver.
The officers shot several times Into
Buffalo, N. Y., March 11.—Medical-.‘he house and finally the negro sur
rendered.
Crowds of negroes gathered., and for
a time there was danger of the ne-
grocs trying to rescue Hazel.
He was brought 1° the city without
further trouble. Hasei pusheyl a lit
tle boy Into the canal near Savannah
some months ago and since then has
defied arrest, shooting at officers on
several occasions. ’ There was a re
ward for bis arresL
KILLtU BEHIND BARS
4. A compound fracture of the lefl Trying to Make Escape Prisoner Was
shoulder blade.
5. Fractures of the third, fourth, fifth
nnd sixth ribs near the spinal artlcula
tlons.
G. A compound fracture aud dlaloca
tlon of the left knee.
7. A colles-frncture of the left wrist
8. A deep cut, 2 Inches long, running
vertically down the back between the
shoulder blades.
Identification evidently had been
fad with Pennell. On the back case
of the handsome gold watch which wai
still ticking In his pocket the Intricate
monogram "A. R. P." was engraved
On his key ring was an Identification
tag bearing his name and office ad
dress in the Austin building at No
ES Franklin street In a snake-skin
wallet there was eight visiting cards
with his name egraved upon them; Eli
name and address In gilt letters was ot
the files of the wallet. An identlfi
cation card Issued by a life Insurance
company was also In the wallet. Bo
sides these articles the medical exam
Iner found In a compartment of Pen-
nell's wallet <38 In bills. C9 cents wat
In a change pocket book and In anothei
separate compartment of one of the
two books was a lot of newspaper dip
pings which were found to be bits ol
poetry on love, life and death
Prominent Lawyer Dead.
Chicago, March 11.—Samuel K. Dow
formerly one of the moat prominent
lawyers of the Chicago bar and. pert-
ncr nt Chief Justice Fuller, riled today
Sickness steals more wrings than the
burglar. Slowly, coin by coin, the
money that has been so hardly earned
is paid out for drugs aud doctors.
Sicknea Is the wont enemy of the work
ing man, and the common canoe of the
working man's sickness is disease of the
stomach often involving the heart, lungs,
liver, or kidneys „ .
The uio of Dr. Pierce • GoMeo Men*
leal Discovery will stop the rteallng of
the wrings by Nckncm It cures dls-
easea of the stomach and other organa of
digestion and nutrition. It -cures dis
eases of heart, liver, lungs, kidneys, etc.,
when these dieesece are caused by the
diseased condition of the stomach and
julusttsiTyraia Sfo I heps to havt trouble
with my itucuacb.- wiitcsWm. Cousolly. of ms
Welaut Street. Lamia. Ohio, •(! |<x eo txrfl
ked to ley off
bekhtj '
> amnfctkm. Thee medL
; have ULto ss directed, sod era very
k> .tele the! I commenced to get better
le start sod have not tort s day ttos
Sent to Doom.
Bartow, FIs.. March 11.—A young
man giving the name of William Still
water. who said his homo was In Penn
sylvania, was killed at the county Jail
here.
Stillwater was taken up at Lake
land about ten days ago, and given a
sentence of 30 days In the county
chalngaitg for vagrancy. When Dep
uty Sheriff Burt Childs went to the Jail
for tfic purpose of arranging the pris
oners lor .the night young Stillwater
became boisterous and very abusive to
the officer. and finally made a msh'Yor
Mm, catching Ms right arm as If to
take EH revolver from him.
Mr. Childs pulled loose from him,
and as lie did so the pistol was dis
charged. the ball entering the young
man s breast. H’e fell to the floor of
thfe Jail and died In about 20 minutes.
Deputy Childs says the shooting was
entirely accidental, the weapon being
discharged by his effort to wrest his
arm drain the prisoner.
The young man had been rather trou.
blesome with him on two or three oc
casions out on the road, and his ac
tions indicated that he was expecting
to make an attempt to get away.
THE GHATTANOOGA
IS LAUNCHED.
Christened By Daughter of
Chattanooga’s Mayor.
LAUNCHING WITHOUT MISHAP
Immense Crowd, Including Large Del
egation From Chattanooga and Ten
nessee, Witnessed the Affair—De
scription of Cruiser.
rOLD RELIABLE
m
QUIET IN HONDURAS.
Msrtial Lew Yet In Force snd Govern
ment Recruiting Army.
Mobile. Ala., March 11.—The Cefa
iu line steamer Hiram, Captain Peter
son, arrived yesterday from Porto
Cortez, Honduras, from which port she
tailed last Friday afternoon. When
the Hiram left Porto Cortez the situa
tion there was quiet, martial law still
In force and recruiting by the gov
ernment officers rapidly going on.
While all the natlvea are being
pressed. Into service, there still re
main enough to handle fruit cargoes,
Captain Peterson said that while
there w^ no outward sign ot distur
bance, it was very evident that trou
ble was expected and preparation was
under way on the Atlantic coasL
There le fighting on the Pacific coast
and news of conflicts between the Con-
aervptive snd Liberal armies is being
received dally.
COAL FOUND NEAR CUTHBERT.
Pieces of Anthracite Brought Up By
• Drill Boring For Oil.
Cuthhert, Ga., March 11.—Coal Is
said to have been found on one of A
O. .Move’s plantations, about G miles
northwest ot Cuthbert The samples
brought In closely reiemble anthra
cite.
Parties w*ere boring a well and came
In contact with the strata. Samples
came up. It had the appearance of good
coal. It burned easily. The strata
was not gone through. Hoar much
and the quality will depend upon fur-
then Invest! cation.
Judge Adams Reproved.
Jefferson City, Mo, March 11.—A
resolution wsa adopted by the house
reproving Judge Adams, ot the United
Bates district court at St. Louis
granting the J ' ‘
Elizabeth, N. J, March 7.—The cruis
er Chattanooga was launched at 2:30
this afternoon. She slid down grace
fully into the water, the launching cer
emonies being most successfully car
ried out.
Great precaution had to be taken In
launching the Chattanooga because
there was only 500 fcot of water In
front of the ways, and tho cruiser Is
more than 350 feet long. To over
come the danger, a system of checking
tho movement of tho vessel was de
vised. Two great weights were se
cured well down in the ground on
each side of the ways. As the cruiser
left the ways snd was water-born, a
series of heavy rope# wore broken,
each rope sustaining a strain ot 20
tons. In this way the ship gradual
ly was stopped before she reached the
opposite shore.
The Chattanooga waa christened by
Miss Nellie Chambllse, ' daughter of
Mayor Chambliss, of Chattanooga. The
maids ot honor were Mlse Francis
Bond and Miss Rlsts Faxon. The
bottle of champaign Miss Cahmhllss
broke on the veseel’s prow was gold-
messed snd draped with the national
colon.
The Chattanooga le a steel protect-
ed cruiser, sheathed with Georgia pine.
Its length over all Is 308 feet, 0 Inches
and 292 feet on the load water line.
IU extreme breadth la 44 feet, draught.
15.9 feet, and displacement 5,200 tons.
There are four steel decks and a deep
cofferdam completely around the ship
above the water line. Tho cofferdam
Is filled with com pitch vellulose for
the protection of the ship. There Is
a cellular double bottom tbe full length
of the ship, and ten complete trans
verse water-tight bulkheads extending
above the water line, The pilot house
and chart house are built of bronze,
and tho water-tight doors are operat
ed from a central station.
The armament of tbe Chattanooga
consists of 10 5-Inch quick-firing guns
In the main battery, one each being
situated at the ends of the vessel on
the main deck, snd four on each
broadside of the gun deck. The sec
ondary battery consists of eight 6-
pounder rapid fire guns, two 1-pound-
era. with four machine guns and one
field gun for landing purposes. The
5-lnrh guns of the broadside battery
of the Chattanooga are protected by
lM-lneh nlckelsteel plating.
There are two powerful searchlights
on the flying bridge and the vessel Is
to have a wireless telegraph equip
ment. Its bnnkers ran carry 700 tons
of coal, and Its cruising radius will be
more than 5.000 knots.
6akiN6
POWDER
Absolutely Purer
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
FLOOD CONDITIONS
STILL ALARMING
8erioas Conditions Exist In
Tho Two Big Valleys.
HEAVY RAIN8 ALONG THE OHIO.
Cities Along Lower Mississippi Pre
paring for the Worst—Every Effort
Bolng Made to Protect Leveee—No
Serious Breaks as Yet.
NORTH RIVER TUNNEL.
Will Be Ready to Carry Passengers In
About aVYear.
New York, March 7 —W. O. McAdoo,
president of the New York and New
Jersey company which le completing
the old tunnel under the North river.
It quoted as saying:
“About 300 feet of Iron tunnel, 18
feet In diameter, have been built since j
the work was resumed Inst fall and |
more rapid progress will be made from
this on.
“The company la building two tubes
under th«j river, one to bo known ns
the north tunnel, the other as the
south. I think the mirth tunnel will
be finished under tho river by the
early rart of next fall, hut ss tho ap
rro-iches on the New York nnd New
,T-*«y «!des will not he finished before
the srirlRg rf 1901. It will not be possl-’
hie to put the tunnel Into operation
anil c arry raisengers until the latter
date. When the tunnel lx onened for
business It will be thoroughly light
ed with electricity and perfectly ven
tilate.!. A single track will bo laid
In each tunnel so that the ear will
move In a single direction In each
tube."
Preparing for Worst at Vicksburg.
Vicksburg, Miss, March 11.—Gauge
reading this morning as 47.5 feet, s
rise of four-tenths of * foot In the pint
24 hours. Rain fell for some Urns; and
there Is no«change in the situation
her* and there are no reports so far
as to breaks Is levees, Fee pis living
In districts liable to aa overflow art
preparing for tho worst tf ths islns
In ths Ohio and: other valleys and wa
ter sheds cease this water will soon
Is thought
Memphis, Tens, March 10.-
river situation shows hut little chance
here oxer night 1%* Mg stream rote
one-tenth of s foot since the last reed
ing, tbe gauge this morning marking
14.7 feet. Refugees from the low
lands are arriving at this port by
svery boat and many have sought the
higher land In the vicinity of their
homes, awaiting developments. Tho
government engineer* hero have offi
cially stated that the situation is very
serious snd predict that within a week
the highest water ever experienced
will be ruahlng through tbo levee
channels.
Reports from points In Mississippi
say that the lowlands aro completely
Inundated, and, In many cases stock
Is suffering. The negro farmers have
abandoned their homes dud are mak
ing for high ground.
Captain Lucas, chief of the govern
ment forces, has-furnished ths 8L
Francis levee board the nse of the
steamer Abbott and thla vessel under
the direction of Captain Lee Vasseur,.
assistant engineer, will patrol tho
levees stretching along the river be
tween Oat Island and Pecan Point.''
From Pecan Point the steamer Gra
ham will do sentry duty. Iu addition
to these vessels the government boat
Cblsca will be used as a reserve ves
sel.
The condition of tbe embankment
20 miles north of Memphis, where the
water H> flooding around the end ot
the levee In the 17-mile gap, where
embankments have never been built.
Is serious. It Is believed to be one
of the meet dangerous places along
the river. It Is reported that the
water Is slowly washing away the lev
ees there by runn!:.- around It. The
engineers in cha--.-i have put In tem
porary revetmenu but not before the
counties of Lee and Crittenden, In
Arkansas, were overflowed.
Captain Potter, eblef engineer of the
third levee district, said today that
his force waa prepared for the flood,
and that the embankments are all In
good condition. Three steamers pa
trolling tbe territory are equipped
with all the necessities.
W. BOURKE COCHRAN ILL.
Suffering From 8*v*re Attack of Bren-
chlpl Pneumonia In Egypt.
New York. March Mr. W.
Bourke Cochran la III at Assouan,
Egypt, with bronchial pneumonia. For
a week bis condition^ baa bean ex
tremely dangerous, but a private ear
blegram received here announcaa that
the crisis hat been passed and that
the patient Is now Improving. .
Mr. Cochran loft some time ago for
a tour of Europe. After a stay In
England and France he decided to
go to tbe south and pass a month in
Egypt. He planned to reach Assou
an snd make a desert tour, accompa
nied only by hla servants snd guides.
On reaching Assouan, however, Mr.
Cochran became 111. but not until tho
cablegram announcing hla improve
ment was received, did his friends hero
learn ot his sickness.
Commissions Issued
Atlanta, March 11.—Commissions
have been Issued from the office of th<
adjutant general to First Lieutenant
B. J. Logan and Second Lieutenant
Fred C. Baumgartner, of company S
Fifth InfkMrv. at Roma.
Cherry Pectoral
For colds, coughs, bron<
chitis. We have been say>
(ngthis for60years. "I