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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
WCXTV'EIOBTH tear,
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1906.
NUMBER 23
MISS LAWRENCE
ORDERS SUSPECT HEL
Visibly Excited While in Pres
ence of Negro.
black answers description
Be-
Gut Wstson, Now in the Tower,
lleved To Bo Assailant of Mitsea
Lawrence—Will Be Held Until Miss
Ethel Lawrence Can See Him.
Atlanta, Sept. 10.—Gus Watson,
1( j:ro answering the description of the
SFFailan; of Misses Mabel and Ethel
Lawrence, has been in the Tow
, t;nce Friday and Monday morning
Miss Mabel Lawrence after seeing the
negro requested that be be held.
Miss Lawrence was visibly excited
when she came Into toe presence
the negro to Identify him. For
minute she said not a word, then turn
«i and left the celL When in the
ballway of the Tower Miss Lawrence
whispered to her father to have t;
iifgTo held and that she would like
for her aunt to see him.
Mr. Lawrence stated that Miss
Ethel i.awrt"nce would not be able
visit the Tower as vet, and It was
not thought advisable to take the ne
gro to the lAwreace home. It wfl!
probably be several days, therefore,
before the negro Is definitely identl
tied.
Watson was arrested Friday 1n the
neighborhood where the assault was
committed. He v.-as tahen In custody
by Robert Havgood, who 1s with
Crane's dairy. The negro had been
in the neighborhood Tor some time,
driving cows and Is said to have for
merly been employed at Key's dairy.
He answers the general description
lurnished by the young ladles on whom
the brnta! attack wa* made.
Although arrested Friday, 4t was not
ti!t!i! Monday morning that Ml-?-Ma
ttel Lawrence saw him. From her ac
tion officers believe that the negro will
be positively Identified when Miss
Ethel Lawrence is able to see him.
A number of negro suspects has-
been before Miss Mabd Lawrence and
each time she has without hesitation*
declared the negroes not to be the
right one. When she saw Gus Wat
son Monday, however, It was evident
that she thought he was the brute
who had attacked her and he aunt,
until Miss Ethel Lawrence is able to
Jews were killed and 8,000 were in
and she immediately told her father
to hare him hel dand that she would
like for her aunt to see him. x
Watson will be kept In the Tower
until Miss Tthel Lawrence la able to
see him, and If Identified by her, will
be brought to a speedy trlaL
Georgia Negro Is Held.
Macon. Ga., Sept. 12.—News has
reached Macon from Uttle Rock, Ark.,
of the arrest In that city of Clifford
Kemp, a negro, who is charged with
the murder of W. R. Becker, In Macon,
in April, 1906. The murder was com
mitted with a knife In front of a store
operated by Hightower, in South Ma
son. No traee of Kemp was found
In Macon until the telegram from Lit
tle Rock reached Sheriff Robertson.
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MOB BATTLES WITH
’FRISCO POLICE FORGE
Six Shot as Strikebreakers Are
Escorted Through Streets,
GUARDED BUILDING 18 STORMED
Conflict Was Aftermath of Recent
8trlke Among Ranke of Street Car
Men—Labor Trouble Had Been Set-
tied—Nonunion Men Retained.
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 11.—As
an aftermath to the recent strike on
the United railroads, a riot broke
out Monday night when the street car
company started to march about 200
strike-breakers from the car barns at
Turk and Fillmore streets to tbe fer
ry building.
Many shots were fired by the offi
cers escorting tbe men, and half a
dozen persons were wounded.
The strikebreakers are guarded In
the Ferry building by the police, and
12 men have be^n arrested. A large
mob Is In front of the Ferry build
ing storming the structure and waiting
for the police to bring out the pris
oners.
Through a lane formed by police
men the strike breakers, thoroughly
frightened, were hurried Into -Abe Fer
ry bylldjng, to which the police re
fused admission to the public.
A score of men who said they were
able to Identify the guards who bad
used revolvers were admitted.
Policemen searched the men for re
cently discharged weapons. Many
of these were found, and the owners
were Immediately handcuffed. They
were placed In a patrol wagon, which,
by strategy, obtained a lead of half
a block before Its departure was no
ticed by tbe crowd waiting outside.
With cries of “Lynch them!" hun
dreds started up Market street, In the
wake of the patrol wagon.
The demands of vengeance* were
heightened by tbe report that btf.f a
dozen strike-breakers had been kill
ed by the shots fired by the guards.
Tbe wagon load of prisoners safely
reached the lockop.
Reports from tbe hospitals of the
city Indicate that a dozen persons
were wounded, but none seriously.
The mob was dispersed by the police
after the strike-breakers had been
later hurried aboard a departing fer
ry boat.
WAR TO THE END
ORDERED DY PALMA
Island of Cabals Placed Under
Martial Law.
CITIZENS THROWN INTO JAIL
President Zayas, cf Liberals, Con
gressmen ) and Other Noted Mem
ber! of Party Are Imprisoned—De
nounce Action.
Terrell Calls on Bonaparte.
Washington, Sept. 11.—Governor
Terrell, of Georgia, called on Secre
tary Bonaparte Tuesday to request
that the battleship Georgia, which Is
about .to be turned over to the gov
ernment at Bath, Me., be put In com
mission In Georgia waters, either at
Savannah or Brunswick. No official
action has yet been taken by the au
thorities of Georgia In the matter of
presenting a silver service to the new
battleship, but It Is understood that
the young lady who will act as spon
sor will make a presentation of a
piece of sliver.
SON ARRESTED AS ASSASSIN.
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Jim Johnson la Charged with Murder
of Hie Father at Moultrie.
Moultrie, Ga., Sept. 12.—Sheriff
Campbell, has arrefted Jim Johnson
tbe charge of murdering his father
last Wednesday night.
The elder Johnson waB assassinated
while sitting at his supper table on
Wednesday night, and on account of
the prominent and good standing of
tbe man In the community, there has
been considerable mystery as to the
motive which led to his murder.
His oldest son Is about 21 years old,
and Is married. He lives only a short
distance from the family home. H^
was very Indifferent about hl» fath
er’s death, and failed to go about the
home after he was killed. This caus-
suspicion to rest upon him. A
track was followedwfrom the chlm
ney where the shooting occurred to a
point not far from the home of the
son. The sheriff did not consider
this sufficient grounds for making the
arrest, and remained In the communi
ty for five days, keeping watch on the
young man. Tuesday he moved his
things to his mother’s home, and the
sheriff thought he was planning to
leave the community. At the same
time an Important bit of evidence
was obtained which the sheriff
Havana, Sept. 11.—President Palma
has Issued a decree suspending alt
constitutional guarantees, with special
reference, to articles 15, 10, 17, 19,
23, 24 and 27 In the provinces of Pin-
ar del Rio, Havana and Santa Clara.
Tbe law enforcing public order,
which is equivalent Yo martial law,
also Is put In Immediate effect in the
three provinces named. A supple
mental decree has been Issued bus.
pending the decree of August 2S, par
doning the repentant rebels, and arder-
lng that all rebels be arrested. Both
decrees have been communicated
all officers in the field.
Coincident with the Issuance of de
crees which followed the decision not.
to yield to the peace demands thd
government ordered the arrest of prac 1
llcally every prominent liberal,
rred Zayas, president of the liberal
party, and several others have disap
peared.
Among other liberals arrested are
congressman Florencio Vlluendas,
brother of Congressman Enrique VII
luendas, who was killed in a fight with
a politician at Clenfuegos a year ago,
and Congressman Borger and Varona
When the news of Issuing of these
decrees reached the veterans’ peace
commission there was Immediate and
almost unanimous denunciation
President Palma and other members
of the government. Senor Sangulllo,
Independent, who was present, and
who usually Is moderate in his utter
ances. made an impassioned speech. In
which he declared that there remain
ed for Cabans but two roads to travel
one of honor, the other of disgrace.
The government, he said, had refused
offers of efforts to settle, the dlfflcuL
ty, and so nothing was left but to
side with Its opponents.
General Collazo and other promi
nent veterans made similar speeches,
and General Mcnocal coincided
appears probable that most of the
members of the veterans’ peace com
mission will join the Insurgents.
The government docs not Intend
that membership In congress shall
shield anybody from arrest. Senator
Morua Delgado was one of the first
arrested, mid several representatives
were quic.Tiy added to the list of pris
oners Former congref men and vet
erans are being searcbe.d for by the
police, Senor Zayas and most of the
leading liberals have mysteriously dis
appeared. Up to midnight Senor
Zayas had not been arrested.
GRYAN WEAKENS ON
RAILROAD OWNERSHIP
Softens Attitude on Government
Ownership.
IN DEFERENCE TO THE 80UTH
A Changfc of Front on the Question of
His Speech at St Loula—Twenty
Thousand Auditor* Cheered—Folk
Not a Presidential Possibility.
SEVEN ARE KILLED
IN FREIGHT WRECK
On Western and Atlantio Hoad
Near Ringgold, Oa.
BOTH ENGINEERS ARE KILLED
CUBAN REBELS PLAN
ATTACK m HAVANA
oil
’lp'm to
/o.
be'Several Thousand
■t-Q'j- . Strong.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 11.—The cruiser
Des Moines sailed for Florida coast
In quest of filibustering expedition*
several of which are reported to be
heading for Cuba with arms for the
Insurgents.
SPECIAL RELIEF TRAIN.
thinks fully Justifies the arrest.
Young Johnson Is very Indifferent
at to hit situation. He made no pro
test against arrest .and'disappeared
but little surprised that he was locked
There Is no moUve that the young
man Is known to hare had Id killing
his father. They seemed to get along
well together fnd farmed on the
tame plantation. There was Insur
ance on the elder Johnson's life for
|1000 and while the family Is well
connected, they have been In needy
Of Armored Cart Leaves Havana for
Consolaclon.
New York, Sept. 10.—A cable dis
patch to a morning paper,from Ha
vana, saya:
A special relief train of armored
ears left Havana at 11:30 Sunday
night for Consolaclon. Colonel Clew*
said:
'The best advices, say that Pino
Guerera was driven east from Conso
lation. We are going as far as we
can get on the western railroad, and
expect to get the rebels between the
batteries of the two trains. As there
are no advices. It Is difficult to tell
exactly what we will do until we reach
the scene. I take 180 men and four
machine guns.”
Captain Abbott, who started In
charge of one of the batteries, said:
“We will take plenty of water and
provisions for ten days, and have all
arrangement* made to avoid the dif
ficulties that can be foreseen.”
There are rumors on every side
about the Insurgents* plans to cap
ture the city.
Tbe story generally credited la that
Colonel Asbert will bring his men in
to Vedado, while PUo Guerara comes
around by way of Guanabacoa.
Probing Soldiers’ Home.
Atlanta, Sept 12.—The Investigation
Into tho affairs of the Confederate Sol-
,dler»* Home was resumed Wednesday
St. Louis, Mo., Sept 12.—Tbe molt
noticeable feature of the great Bry
an reception Tuesday was his softened
attitude on the question of govern
ment ownership of railroads.
It Is government supervision which
1 stand for first,” he said.
"If that falls, then- we must try more
radical measures.
Tbs twenty thousand auditors cheer
ed, for they understood that Mr. Bry
an, their Ideal, has heard the protest-
voice of the south and has heed-
ed R.
. In many respects the meeting was
the moBt remarkable In the history of
Western politics. Mr. Bryan practi
cally Invaded the territory supposed
to be tbe private preserves of Joseph
tvlngkte Folk, who was not at the
meeting, owing to Illness. It may be
set down as a certainty that Bryan
has eliminated Folk as a presidential
possibility. Mr. Bryan said in part:
“You have cheered enough
make my heart and I am glad to be
here. I have been trying to find
home for more than a week, and
have found It so homelike everywhere
that 1 can hardly tell where I live.
“Now, I want to show you -It Is
better to trust the -democratic prin^
ciplea.to one man whose party de
nounces him for following them.
T. Y. Whitehead, C. H, Clemente and
C. W. Fisher, All of Atlanta, Lose
Their Lives in Awful Head-On Col
lision Between Freights.
PALMA IS ..
PRECAUTIONS
\Jtho
want to remind you that the moit
popular act of Mr. Roosevelt's admin
istration was his bringing peace be
tween two nations. He settled the
>al strike after a 10s« of t99.00ff.000
employers, employes and the pub
lic.: It was a grand act. 1 applaud
ed him for IL
"But Where did he get the doctrine
—In the -Republican platform? No.
He got It from the democratic plat
form and I wrote the plank myself.
If he could gain popularity by settling
one strike that cost $99,000,000, why
ought not our party have some cred
It for proposing a plan which, If put
Into a law, would; have made the
strike unnecessary? Why hasn't the
republican party, rollowed.lt up by
making a national law that will make
It unnecessary for a man to starve
his wife and children In order to get
Justice? If tbe president can become
the only popular man in the Republic
an party because he does something
spasmodically along Democratic lines,
what should be the popularity of the'
man wfio does something and has al
ways been a Democrat? Where did
Mr. Roosevelt find his mandate for
bis action regarding the rate bill? He
had to go to tbe Democratic platform.
The most Important part of the El
kins bill is the penitentiary sentence
for Its violation.
*'The railroads have been tbe moat
corrupting Influence In politics In the
past twenty years. By the use of
passes they have packed conventions.
This law was suggested by the Demo
cratic party. I shall soon have oc
casion to talk on railroads again, hut,
tonight I want to Impress It upon you
that the railroad question solution was
the product of the Democratic party.
The president has now been In of
fice almost five years. How many
trust magnates are In tbe peniten
tiary? We have a great many tursts
this country violating the law. My
friends, I ask yon to figure out on the
bails of the number of trust magnates
Imprisoned during the past five years,
how many generations will It take to
Solve the trust question?"
Mr. Bryan left for Louisville^ Ky., it
p. m.
■ MI. nraibnai it IMiieo.
Salem, Mass.,'Sept. 12,—In attempt
Ing to quell a disturbance In a
loop at St. Paul, this county, town
Marsha? "Krechter was shot and kill-
1, Alfred Lambert, one of the mar-
■hal’s posse, was shot In the arm and
three unidentified men were wound-
- mortally. The principal* In
tbe shooting affray made their
cape, and it Is believed will resist
arrest In case they are overtaken.
<41* *tr£jiinAlJUiLUk,
—
| ana
To Search for Both Poles.
Brussels, Sept. 12.—At the session]
. . .* . ... . - — thc P° Iar congress here Dr. Jean!
morning at 9 o’clock at tho home with’ Charoot announced that he was or-!
* full attendance of tho committee I ganlzlng an expedition to go to the’
and of witnesses. Mrs. Bella Reid, gouth pole and Charles Bernard, pres-
ths aUWardpss, who has figured In the ldent of the Belgian Occanograblc so-!
testimony thus far, was present It I piety, stated that ,the- society was
was decided fo have two sessions on organizing an expedition to the north
Wednesday, the first closing at J2:8Q|po!e. The two expeditions will op-
and.ths^dbeglnin, at 3 p. ■*. | elate simultaneously and In concert.
Atlanta, Sept 12.—Seven men were
killed and several injured In a head-
on collision on the Western and At
lantic railroad at 2 o’clock Wednes
day morning at a point 2 miles be
yond Ringgold, Catoosa county, just
a few miles from the Tennessee fine.
Trains No. 8, northbound, and No,
13, southbound, running at compara
tively high rates of speed, came to
gether with a crash In the darkness.
The following are dead:
T. Y. Whitehead, conductor, 169
Central avenue, Atlanta,
C. W. Fisher, engineer, 111 Simp
son street, Atlanta.
C. H. Clements, engineer, 39 Mark
ham street, Atlanta
J. W. Klnnamon, fireman, of Kenne-
saw, Ga.
W. B. Skelton, brakeman, of Ken-
nesaw, Ga. '
- Fireman Slaughter, of,Atlanta.
Walter Smith, apprentice 'fireman, of
Winchester, Tenn.
The scene of the wreck is 2 miles
from Ringgold, and thus far the re
ports are meager. The telegraph lines
are in confusion, and most of the in
formation of the wreck Is coming via
Chattanooga, Tenn.
While no definite news, other than
a partial list of the killed, bas been
received, it Is known that No. 8. north
bound, was running 15 mile3 an hour,
while No. 13 was moving al a much
higher rate of speed southbound, prob
ably 35 miles an- hbur, and tbe im
pact of the trains was terrific.
First news of the wreck reached
Atlantu by telephone from Yllnggald.
It was received at tbe Western and
Atlantic shops and waa meager, stat
ing that two freight trains had cdllld-
ed, that five were dead and two seri
ously Injured. Later reports- Increas
ed the number of dead to seven.
Conductor W. D. Adams was In the
wreck but was not InfureJ.
Tbe Associated Press Bulletin ot
tho wreck follows: ■
Chattanooga, Tenn.. R(-pt. 12.—Two
freight trains Nos. 8 and 13 on tbe
.Western cn.l Atlantic railroad collld
ed Wednesday morning at 2 o’clock
near Ringgold, Ga., aeven trainmen be
ing killed. The accident was due to
tbe overlooking of orders by tEe en
glneer of So. 8. who met his death m
did the engineer of No. 13. • Both of
tbe firemen and tone whd was learn
Ing the road, Conductor Whitehead, of
No. 13, find a brakeman were killed
Both engines were demolished and
five can loaded with wheat splint
ered.
Cuban Government Authorizes Pur
chase of 8team Yacht Anita, of Phil
adelphia, Which la To Be Used ms a
Coast Patrol.
Havana, Sept 12.—It is reported
that the rebels near Clenfuegos are
planning a concentrated attack on the
city. They claim to be several thou
sand strong. The government is tak
ing precautions^
New Orleans, BepL 12.—A marked
diversity of opinions concerning tbe
Cuban Insurrection was obtained on
Wednesday from a canvass among
passengers who arrlvod here Tuesday
night on the ateamer Elcelslon from
Havana, some saying they were run
ning away from Cuba while others de
clared that their return to tho United
States was only In tho regular course
of their business. '
F. H. Wilkinson, of Chicago, who
bas a plantation in Plnar del IUo
Province, said:
There was a skirmish near my
farm a fortnight ago. Things were
coming to'pass where the Uberallsts
no longer respected the difference
between government troops and Amer
icans. All tho Americans in Canda-
lerla, where I lived decamped, five
of them going to the United States,
by way of New York. Apparently
Pino Guerera’s men do not care--
whether they kill an American or not..
They are burning American property
as well as Cuban.”
F. W. Jewell, of Marysville, O., the
manager for a 100,000-acre land com
pany in Cdmaguay, said that although
there wero armed revolutionists all
around this property, not an aero of
the crops had been disturbed. A
few horses and cattle End been tak
en, he. said, but In nearly ev.ery scrip
or tbo insurgent cause was left In pay
ment for tho stock taken.
Man Literally Cut To Pieces.
Amadillo, Tex., Sept. 12.—As J. H
Reeee, or this city, was returning to
his home, he was held up by four
men, three of whom sprang upon him
and held him while the fourth slashed
him with a knife until be waa left
for <jesd. When found he was In a
dying condition. Upon examination
it was found tbst he haid been liter
ally cut to pieces, the main artery In
both arms being cut In two. Offi
cers arrested W. T. Groves, Ed Barn
hill end Al Prescott who claim that
another man who Is still st large, did
the cutting.
Earthquakes Felt In Ecuador.
Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sept 12.—it la
reported here tbst three earthquake
■hocks were felt Monday In the prov
ince of Tunguagua. A fourth shock
waa felt In the evening. The inhab
itants of the town abandoned their
homes*, and spent the night on tbe
public streets.
Her Dying Word Saves Husband.
Natcbcx, Miss., Sept. 12.—Abraham
Uoldsteln and his wife engaged In a
difficulty at their home on Franklin
street when the former, It fs said,
stabbed tbe latter with a Jack-knife.
Tbe woman died of Internal hemor
rhage, thought to hare been caused
by the wound. The husband Is un
der arrest pending the result ot. the
coroner's Inquest. The woman gave
a dying statement that she fell down
stairs and accidentally stuck the knife
i In her aide.
New York, Sept. 12.—The most Im
portant bit of news that the Cuban
government had to give out Tuesday '
was that the government had author
ized the purchase of the steam yacht
Anita, of Philadelphia, which Is to be
used as a coast patrol. Tbe Anita,
according 1 to. tbe yacht register, Is
owned by George B. Wilson. She Is
187 feet over all and registers 232
tons gross.
Senator Carlos Fohtsy Sterling, who
bas been spending several months'
vacation hero, waa requested by ca
ble yesterday to return to Cuba. He
Is a -strong supporter of the govern
ment and Is probably needed at the
proposed extra session of the Cuban
congress. He leaves New York today
for Florida, where he will take ship.
Colonel Aguirre), it -ad of the Junta,
declared that storlt* to the effect tfiat
tbe junta- was recruiting here were
all false. The Junta, he -said, was
doing nothing to violate the laws of
neutrality which he declared would be
observed to the latter. President
Palma’s move In suspending the con
stitution, Colonel Aguirre said, was
made In order that members of Hio
congress out of sympathy with tho
government, might be arrested before
the extra session convenes.
Put Body In a Well.
Cnlloden, Ga., Sept. 10.—Charles
Fuller, a negro about 20 years of age,
has been arrested here charged with
Attempted assault on the 12-year-old
daughter of a prominent farmer liv
ing here. He was started to .Fonyth
In charge of an officer. When about
( miles from here he was overtaken
by a crowd of determined men who
demanded the prisoner, the officer re
sisted, but was overpowered. The
negro was taken away and In a short
time about one hundred shot were
heard. Search was malle for the miss
ing negro but he was not found until
Monday morning. His body was found
In an old well about one mile from
where he was taken from tho officer.
He ba.1 been riddled with bullets and
his neck was broken by tho fall.
Squaw Man Shot to Death.
Muskogee. I. T„ SepL 12.—Cicero
Davis, a wealthy stockman and an in
termarried Cherokee citizen, was as
sassinated at his ranch, 64 miles
southeast of this city. Davis was at
his ranch and about 2 miles /rom
the houso when be was shot
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