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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