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AMERICUS
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CHISHOLM TURNS
ON HIS BROKERS
' Defaulting Bank Teller Tells oi
Filferings.
' CHISHOLM PLEADED NOT GUILTY
fjys He Conferred Frequently With
Si™* About Trading—Firet Invest
mint in Cotton Futures Cost Him
Loss of $10,000.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 21.—The
| jrelinilnary trial of Alexander R.
ChJsbelm. who, aa paying teller of tne
I yirsi National Bank, of Blrmlngaani.
lefsuited for $100,000, which he claims
to have lost In bucket shop specula
tion, and W. J. Sims and C. M. Hayes
csr.ager and clerk of Glbcrt & Clay,"
trokers, charged with aiding and aba
ting in Chisholm's defalcation, began
Monday before United States. Comails-
2,900 PERSONS LOSE I ROOT ROCKED BY
WES BY QUAKE CROWD OF STRIKERS
Convulsion Produces fcurth»i| stonea Hurled Through Train
Panic at Valparaiso. I Windows.
$80,000,000 FOR RELIEF OF PEOPLE [ POLICE ARE NOW INVESTIGATING
lief Work t C °' 0P#r,, " ,tt R - Wh "* Mr ' R «*‘ • Party Ware R*
P puT,U.„"JZZ T** * tU8B, "» Stoned
.y p r: .°: ,mo oul, c ° mp H w,e ^ w —'"- =- a„.
* I rlculture In the Neck.
Mother’ ft earWuMr. Th .^k W “ p.Uh W Jm B ^ “*
Valparaiso last nlahL aJSSL 2 Bu<mo * A2re « «° • ®<
the scene of the earthquake “the town I w WllI * e Secretary Root and a party
of Uulilata, situated about’ ft« ^r“ ^”” Ulrn,D *. Thu ™ 1 *> r f ">® tho
WOMAN MAY DIE
AS RESULT OF ATTACK
CROP OF COTTON
WILL BE LARGER
Hundreds of Men are Searching
Fcr Fiend.
niece of injured woman hit
Chicago Report Indicates Slight
Increase.
COMMERCIAL BANK3 REPORT.
Mias Ethel Lawrence*la Suffering
With a Broken Arm, a Fractured
Head, and Her Right Eye Waa
Gouged Out.
AUanta, Aug. 21.—As the result of
cowardly and brutal attack upon
Hl*» Ethel Lawrence, of London, Eng
land, and her little niece, Mabel, 14
reara old, by a negro flend Monday
morning, Just
According to Statement Georgia la
tho Only SUte Where Increase. Over
Lait Year Will Not Be Shown-Crop
of Wheat In Good Condition.
ONE IS LYNCHED,
ANOTHER ESCAPES
Two Florida Hobs After Blood
ofligma
BODY IS RIDDLED WITH BULLETS
from Valparaiso'"and'haring **"poprIti^^brewUiJg ^roe^windOTra'ln M** " 08n,n «- ^ f-m
Chicago, Aug. 22.—The annual crop
report of the Commercial National
hank of thla city waa Issued Wednes
day.
"The wheat crop of 190$” the re
port says, "will bo among the largest
and beat evA produced.
“In what may be termed the north
ern lone of the corn belt, the crop Is
cotton, carried on
vith Gibert & Clay, were under the
tame of S. M. Wef
Manager Sima tu« neoscer wa s a I dispatch from LaPase Bolivia „„
wealthy friend residing in Augusta, noundng that 2,000 persons loitthe'r
o, ..mlnotkm Cbl.Kolm toldjUmkaV* *
... . , . Wesley Memo-1 large and nnaually promising, except
rial hospital; the niece Is suffering jin southern Iowa, where the condition
•Toner Watts. Chisholm .aid that .Oaken byan Hua , C * 1 ° .IlghUy Injured.
ti» transactions In cotton, carried un I 0 e yeaterday. I The authoriUee ore making an In-1 from th’re*e*biow« on the f<n-.h , "Its snntteH
| TcstlgaUon li. . . . 0 D 0W " on “* forehead. In- J *■ spotted and rain needed. In the
ebiter kVa' ,'Z I rh Am *' Aug ' «•—* m.— - I fllcted by a big stick, and the country! »outhern rone of the same belt the
&t Webster wds a dl,w^roriV^e"’''^.^ 1 ' 11 1 "*"* Pu " m,n E ‘ Ute ™ Ur8d by l been affec ‘« d b T ir *
W T b “ “ d ^ of ^'ermlnedI* r «»d I. backward,
a petition In the circuit court tnr n I In their I “Cotton In the soutl
,UCCeeJ ln flnd,ng m.k| b r-" d -”* ,ed by
ration recently he ,ot Into the re I curred ^Li^h.7y\7<K wm^ES onl
•erTe box of the.bank where $1$0,00« I at ConchUU, 11 at Petaro 90 at La ih« 7 °* ,h4re * of ,tock of I almost entirely tevered one of her I by a I
::i k X:zirL ou L e T*\?r th<> I_ piac,i . ta a «A««ucai. r .: 0 » s x.S« c rr.! , '"!“ rt ™. b ?A «>« *»« Md «
southeastern slates
*|^.'^8r.5r 1 !S'
— — u,e 01 ‘ ,h ® «tt«ek upon the aunt her! ward In some sections. Taken aa a
| whole the yield will exceed last year’s
*” * f * lr margin. Georgia excepted. In
»oney to supply the deficit In hi, reg-l day, Aug^'tSitT^Tstron". oun 'I ,7 ?°' 000 ’ haT « »«' been '.^57^1 U &££?■ “* ISJTSZMS? cotton
. 11 Ie ' t ,,,, ln fbe reserve box I ed a further panic. I rot.V ,k.i - . , V, ot reT,6W ba»| Juries, as fie feigned death In or-1 ed acreage will vlsld .t i„„., T n 'Z\
thatChishoSn'extracted'' fh l *** then I , h ^ d ^ p * ,ch ,ro,n Santiago announces I of the capita] ^~-|r of the^lmuiw *° ** cnre *“ opportunity to make! Probably 25 per cant better than last
money. tb*t President Relsco la proceeding to company «d a. wch ta V** 56 bria * * ld ?° h#r •"tl**'* The «™P »eem. singularly frole
waived examination J H« gU »h ty an<1 Val Paraiso accompanied by the minis- pt . I ^ h o* UBt bad proposed to the niece I from Insects, weevil or other pests,
trokers and made a full statement of I MesuweV^r _ *■ . I N - J -* Au *-
is a . | "£n t6e road In quest of some I early yet for reliable estimates”
is.—A Orel beautiful ferns which grow abundant-1
While Polk County Authorltlea Out-
One Mob, Anoher Mob In a
'* the County Strung
£f,o f/ S
Up Woulo-..
One la Lynched; Alter. It Escapes.
Tampa, Fla., Aug. 22.—While Polk
county antbortUca were bringing Will
Lawrence, a negro, here to keep him
from being lynched at Lakeland, for
an atompted assault upon Miss Davis,
another negro was lynched In that
county by an Infuriated mob of white
Lynching occurred at Mulber
ry. John Bspes, n negro, atempted to
kill Captain Hughes, a whlto man.
Bopca was captured by the mob and
hanged to a tree and the body wqa
afterward* riddled with bulleta. As
uiual, no one knows who participated
In the lynching.
Smith Surrenders to Officers.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 22.—P. G.
Smith, manager ^or Foster & Co., the
... | , K .— i .»»«>» iiuinu, J brokers, who Is charged with havlne
loin, i ,11- -a . v I ’ n,e ™* lrolld fro® Tiltlli to Batacolfires of mysterious ohTh^hm I n *f™ »P < '* red from the ilde offered and abetted the embesslement
« lm Is alleged to have squandered I la working regularly, but from Tlltlll erabln 0 7** n dM coni,< *‘ f the embankment opposite to the oncl°f $100,000 by paylnc Teller *i, T n
r * : °. ,00 ° »" d , *bo has charge, to Santiago Z line I. not worS^ oftae fll ,Sd T “Z WW about «° ““»«>• ^laholm. of th^tat n"u od
fI ?o! galn,t h m 8,m,,ar to those I At Colina, Batuco, Poliplco and TilUIlceived no thPAfi^f **** they ^ ^1 Coin * flrl*, your father I °t Birmingham, Ala. returned from
irnlnst Sims and Hayes, was not pres-1 the railroad stations .torosand Jw.n 2nd It u ,? ! ‘T * ny i0urce ’ afid brother are not here; I want th* ea.t early Wedn«daV«^H a.
;n. Still being absent from the city. to*, have all ben d^troyeS “J one wim ^k^. n ^' a Wbr H b ° tb t0 80 rl * ht here wHh .urrend.red o Ui. UnUed State, mar
iin show^M 0 *:;^ ,hat 8 ”“' ef Chile has Z tni S. “ant “ WUb 10 bUr “ ^ aftW whleh •“ H' CommuTner w4,ta Mr
,, , . “J before the hearing ends.) Immediate construction of provisional! ________ IS2 bb#d h, e b l«ck h—1s clo*-| Smith's bond at $2$.000. the same as
~ -Ixzsz'-M-a
away on
I of Hr.
charge
night,
l bis
artles of con-ion tho subject M Stolroln ha. ^ I coarse ran* r—m Ih_k_V 0n * a l» « ACecr,,| og to Chisholm's eon-
‘the priron. derod an investigation ™, ^ h hla ?***• h « triedh>“ cn. h. squandered $71,000 of th.
nmltlng rob-jln a hospital and hir coado.ftn'lr i l J-i" .^7^! ad '. aod u,,on l n, " 1,cy wlt b foster A Co., .pec-
Little Change in Cuban Troubles. | Tlcl * who eeeeped from ,.
In the revotaUoMry ““uMUon'^nd I “ aJor,,)r of "be'^'have'C’n "ropW® I Peddler Fatally ShoL I nj^Toftt^ud CMghtU,* * M I N W ‘o Un ' f ° rm C6 ‘ ,0n Bale '
mai although the InformaUon In Ha- ^ and ,nmm,rl| y dealt with. Up-| Montgomery, W Vr Aur is .. I e *** tl . t ">P> aaar| New Orleana, Aug. 22.—As the re-
0,6 of revolu- ’ ,a r d * , of 50 baTe 'r a puW,c| J r »bot J Rayford, on Cabin creric, lfi'milaf west I from* tfahtenfag T 'Ztu 77Z, tna Europe of
hlsts Is meager and there Is little! and ,h * * eTere eetlon on the part of I of this place, Andrew Oakea f.i.n. I Into uneonwini»n—. Md ® hokl "* berl agci.l* of foreign steamship lines.'
ty nbou t ‘be situation. “1-'borlt.e, exerc, 8 ,„g * aalu- shot Salem SaW^^pffiK^wSTtLZ . , “T’ U - Be . !«ba»,e ha. revived
Experiment with Porto Ricans.
New Orleans. Aug. **.-One hundred
Porto Ricans to he tried as an experi
ment on Louisiana sugar plantations,
arrived here Wednesday from ths
steamer Arkadis, having shipped at
San Juan. Tho experiment fa being
made snder the auspices of the f/iulsl-
ana Immigration league. If !* fa a
success, large numb/ s of tho Islard-
cra will bo brought /ire to lupply tho
annual labor scare// on the planta
tion. On the arrival of the Arkadis -
the laborers were taken on hoard a
tug to Avondale, anj from there will
be distributed along the routo of the
Southern Pacific railroad.
Acquitted of Charge
Washington, Aug. 22.—The govern
ment printing offleo fa acquitted of the-
chargo of unduo delay In sending fin
al print, of bills to congress during
tho last days of tho session. Tho-
chargo waa mado by tho senate com
mittee on printing and investigated'
by that body. Tho conclusion reach
ed was that tho amount of tlmo con
sumed In handling the mater com-
plained of was “not unreasonable but
rather positively expeditious.”
HZ.rZL” tbe conv, cte”who arej 8ahiey”waa tryTnV’t(T,en l «)mo 0 goods| Mahol. and S? £te"2K, «
aa I OawoenI «a_IL1 _ V. I ** •*
Former Governor Joins Insurgents. *“11 *t large.
1„ iiim?r»a^“*' A new par,r °M A " tbe pubUc b0d,e * ,n Cb,,e *re| npoo her refusal ter boy Sheeted
*•«« Cru“ UaPI £. re j and ^ b« husband, who ordered Sah.ey oi
uniform cotton
I | .T.-STn'? .J.
ho foil ttf Un* I cubic fort. Thi* ■ronla
, Cr “* del None. H.roni~pro;:| sufferer, f^m the' ii«e7ire“nn7l tee i^nT^' T.ku?*™ f* 1 " 8 ' off T!‘l." 7 '?* 0tfr " r,B de » d ” «»I lower frefah? «,*! wm*^
It fa reported that the Chilean gov-l the body. I mow
ernment will Introduce a bill In con ] \ ]
I providing far the emission of Bset Sugar Plants Combine. min’d. Jum, „ „ ... lne
The Pn> A ° 8 ' 18 ~Articles of| MuntePt residence, the nearest piace| of H,rry K ' Thaw that Tnaw's
What Do They Care?
$80,000,000 in paper notes.
. Jec ‘ 'Proposesnew national loan. I Incorporation hawTeea flw'in'La“| of'reftiA.
r-7,ilL al rff B ageelfa"°lmn ,«»ked com A ‘ 2 - 3# >®»‘crday there were two sing with the secretary of state of Seeing
‘hm 0 * i—'-hb. MIch.g.n Sugar company, whichUl*ed mid fearing capture, th.'V.™
‘•-^"HtaPremroptloo.'’ tJ ** CCTr " 7 “ | Santiago, but they did no damage. | wjll Consplldate under one manage-|from the sceno, leaving bis ri£
In tbe meantime the little I Defense of Thaw,
th remnrkabto presence of N’e* Vork. Aug. 22.-A decl.lon wsi
2|“d^Jumped up and ran to W. Wednesday by the attorney
““ !■ ' t Thaw’s defeu
killing Stei.
inswcr Is that 'Golden Medleal
ment at least reven of the largest beetf t,m lying on tbe ground In nn nncon-
sugar manufacturing plants In thel *e |ou « condition as the reault of hla
The initial capitalization mon-l blow*.
Altbouj
in . im n *’ , t t»ofSn*»n««»ful*ln affect? | JT'L'ZLi!l 8,r $!? ,hlp w “ h ' the deceas maugo NaUonal park, encampment | ««nt and her little niece nnd found
1 ed brower - Tb 7° V° 8aM to be J.t| w«« made Saturday. The first and Ethel Lawrence ..m unronsdou,
f ■?'!» | SnX'w^Ma J he k 08rn,an nmbassa-l ^eo»- Tcnnes.ee "and thefirH No'^| but the
ii . ‘, lr ' v !°«KfneMoj», dfranfteinciKU mid I . '' * 8 *f :,n * ton ^ fls communlented I Oirolint take the places of the flrst|* nff cecape, having failed to
’rVrSKr yet gently*acUng'lnvIgorat- Tomfli. 8 " and the 8,Ut8 TSSJgSMSl a “ d VoT^ °‘ hU a,,a8 ‘
; l "Mlo and nervine. For weak worn- I I *. Dalt fi ,on _ of Infantry from UIssIsiId.! t&ro U6h the vigorous light of atant ami
. uv.wupL’shi iiAmnn—iMMniiaiwkaf I “ IP** me force of regulars femalna I Piece.
Was In Odessa Mutiny, I on duly. I .
buliSiiiig* up'tbo” strength,"roguiutl'i'g I, He'e'wto". A »K; **.-Pfaten, one of I * ' ’ I ^ Sr " aC * WM n ° Ufl84 of * h «
numanly functions, subduing pulu | ‘b° agitators captured at the Svca-
roTi!iiu. 1 ^?iL? b ^.'*bc*i‘br* vigorous I borg fortress at the.lime of the (tip-
botUe rocen. mut.ny Ihere^
Yl, '"a 'be formulm of both medicines and I *nrns out to have been Involved In the
l ‘'«l i l'tll,T~ a *_k■ c0^,, * °f *m |Den ‘ mrd; I “ u ‘l»y »! Odessa of the crew of the
Kn.ax Po.emk.ne In May,
»r. 10 prescrlimig. say of each In- I 19®6. for which ho was exiled to 81-
68811 ,or 15 y8ara - but 8Ka ^ *»«
wJUKfl" 11 1 entering Into Doctor
b»VH m m ”l ,cl . 0 ** by such writers should
non“ ,2l‘, ra weight tiian sny amount of
«n”h Pm ,c, *lonsl testimonials, because
u2asa,»» JTlIl"K for 'heguidance ol
■!!2L f medical brethren and know whereof
v-'r^b medldnee are non-alcoholic, noti-
^;'r' , r d e*ler*lSm^icl“Vouc.n't
th2? tojm<ept a* a .substitute for ono of
£5®
? w*te atom;
that county. He was formerly a stu
dent at the Odessa nnlveraity.
Reception Tickets Issued.
New York, Aug. 22.—Tbe tickets to
the reception of William J. Bryan at
Madison Square as allotted to the va
rious stele delegations were Issued
Tuesday by the reception committee.
These tickets 'are for reserved
and number about 2500.
Killed In a Mslon Patch.
Franklin, Ky„ Aug. 18.—Henry
Jones, n onearmed boy of Franklin,
was shot and killed In the melon patch
°[ Will Hobdy, a cropper; on tbe farm
of Judge Charles W. Mllllken. Hearing
a nolao In the melon patch, HobJy
llred In Its-direction. Later he came
npoa the lifeless body <6 Jones
Porto Ricans for Louisiana.
San Juan, Aog. 18.—Th, ,teamer
Arkadla saUed from Araclbo tor New
Orleans, Aqg. is, with one
Porto Rican laborer* to work
tfana
attack by Mrs. Hunter and though
Unable to realize In Us fullest extent
the frightful nature of the assault
ahe at once notified the county ofllcers
Uble U m * ny ° f ,b * neighbor* as pot
to tbe charge of-
White will be a plea of dinotljual In
sanity. Thla will Include aa a part
of the defense the declaration that
‘'b«ws Insanity existed only until af.
ter White was killed and that- Thaw
tae n umnT a8a,n and haS bt ’ CU * lnci '
Negro Shoots Two Whlto Men.
Talladega, Ala., Aug. 22.—i n n ,ii m .
culty at tho Planters' Chemical com
pany's plant J. O. Powell, assistant
superintendent, was abot through tho
heart and killed by Jim Sims a Z
*2 ~ dP ' T ' c rn, superintendent
was shot through tho thigh. The
trouble was caused by an Impudent
memafie the negro had tent the su-
prrintrndent. Powell's Tither lives In
Houston. Tex_ and Crown fa a Vlr
glnlan. The negro escaped.
Agrarian Situation Grave.
Samara, Russia. Aug. 21—The agra
rian situation In th! • "roviner 1s moat
erave. Dtoordres - - rreval-ut In n"
marous district.-! ar,<l iroopa have been
ht2ro!" 1D *i"'‘dorter In ,h42
lo«IIUe* where firing fa ro | B g on.
Many men have been killed. The
Of the Kosloif estate V’hn rn 8
aohtly selted nnd occupied the land
owner. rt * ,,rn0d ,b# propcrty “> "5
Half of City Destroy.*
New York, Aug. 21—Wessel. Du.
vaI * Co ' "'oJnesdny received from
»^ Lt" nCh 10 Va| P ,r n | *o the follow,
ng cablegram which hat been delayed
In tranmlsaslons: “About one-half
of the city of Valparaiso fa dowirovVd
and tho balance d,n,.^. Ou7 0f
fleers aro apparently quite tafe Mnr»
thro 2.000 kilim Or Injured! populace
. now camping out. Our atromer fa
Anxiety Decreased.
Waabington, Aug. 21-Mr. Htcks,
the American minister to Chile ca
bles the following under date of San-
earthnnakl’vlii “Anxlejy over th?
earthquake decreases although mild' u r»
shocks still continue. Financial andi '
business condlUons serious. Dc- —
•‘ r " 8, '? n of Valparaiso produces fesr * -.T!’ 8 ®* M , ar e Deaths from Heat. '
of pan c. Subscriptions being raised „ CMca k°. Aus. 22,-Three mors
for relief of sufferers.” ( names were added Wednesday to the
! death roll caused by heaL From mM
niehf tin ... .. “ • ,T °m mid-
tatlons In Louisiana.
: on plan-
Bcllsve Man fa fitensland.
Chicago, Aug. 22.—The Record Her-
aid aaya that a private message re
ceived Chicago from El Poma Tex
at midnight, reported podflk the
nrrest of I’aul o. Stenslai^HTgltiv,,
president of the Malwauk^venue
Btate bank fit Aguas Calentes. Mexl-
S" - A telegram wan - at once sent to
Mpringfield to a certala whether Gov.
Denen bad been notified of the arrest
tag to the
Th,
his
to; have
the
Pitched Battle In Loo- ' c,n * cd by hi
Lake Charles La *• jntaht till sunrise the ti
were wounded, several fat.llyA
,, 6 ‘V. f*“‘ •‘epiitle*. to the
1,1 a * ft remote from p„ii
jfr;
^■Pt Ob
f Itu
(New Ha
remote from rail.'
telegraph lines, details are
obtainable.
vsirrmanan, in • ^
Haven, Conn., Aug. 22.—The
forty-third annual convention of the
American Veterinary Medical associa
tion began ben Tuesday.
Well Known Educator Dead.
Chicago. Aug. 22.—Albert O. Lane
one _qf the most widely nfcowRn
one of the most widely known eda«
^ ‘be w«t. d.ed'af hHo^Tt
iaek P ?r* W * Jne * d *V following an at
tack of nervous prostration, Mr
Eon« was one time president of
National .Educational
Out of Sorts?
blood, headaches. Vour doctor will tell vou ih«t
It’s your liver I In
blood,headaches.
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