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CUBANS RI )T;
SEVERAL DEAD
Eloody Poetical Fight Occurs in
Town of Cieofuegos.
LIBERAL LEADER VICTIM
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Chief and Other PoJiC’nrn 1 are Shot “
Down n 10 . the Me . Ce-Tnops hurry
to the Scene.
Offidal dispatches received in Ha
vana Friday v afternoon from Cionfeu
gos announced the killing of Con
grossman Enrique Vllluendas, leaner
of the liberal party, and the most
able orator In tho lower house and the
chief of police of Cionfeugc -, during
a conflict between the two political
parties, the liberals and the moder¬
ates.
The government advices say that
the jxilice had information that with¬
in the hotel In which Vllluendas re
sided a quantity of arms had been de
poshed, and they went to t:.e hotel po-1 ;
to investigate the matter. As the
lice ascended the states they were met
by a purly of liberals, who fired on
them, killing Chief of Police lllance.
The police returned the fire, killing
Yilluendas and wounding several
others,
A <]i*»p.tt-li to the Associated Press
from Cienfeugos says that six per¬
sona wore billed and 25 wounded dur¬
ing the conflict.
Dispatches to the government say
that besides Congressman Vllluendas
and Chief of Police lllance, two po¬
licemen were killed nmi a number vtf
policemen and civilians wounded. Ru¬
ral guards were stationed around the
entire block in which the Hotel Snlzo,
the scene of the affair, is situated.
One telegram rays that Vllluendas
fired the shot, which killed the chief
of police, while, according to another
telegram, the shot was fired by Jose
Fernandinez, a liberal, who has been
arrested.
A search of the hotel revealed two
dynamite bombs in tho room occu¬
pied by Vllluendas.
Cienfeugos Asks Aid.
"" government received tole
a
........« as follows .
"While in Cienfeugos at present the
forces are keeping order, every pre¬
caution is needed, as there is danger
of assault. I recommend that the au¬
thorities prevent the entrance into
Cienfeugos of probable trouble mak¬
ers, who are liable to Invade tho city.
There are fears of dynamite bomb
throwing."
Acting on the advice of Senator ;
Frias, the government Friday evening |
sent a train of five .jus loaded wiCh
rural guards, tho largest number of
whom were destined for Cienfeugos,
with tin' others to bo distributed m
Mant-onzas and Santa Clara, where
advices received by the government i
Indicate serious trouble, may occur
nt any time. The train also carried
artillery, and the troops were sup¬
plied with 113,000 rounds of ammuni¬
tion. !
The feeding in Havana Is most In¬
tense'. The liberals are' bitterly de¬
nouncing the government, saying they
have received no advices from Cien¬
feugos, because the government will
not permit the usa of either the gov¬
ernment telegraph lines or of the
cable lines.
. Cuban Minister Talks.
Speaking of tho trouble nt Olonfeu
gos, Minister Quesada, at Washington,
pointed out that it was entirely local
in character, and bad no national sig¬
nificance whatever. It was an Inci¬
dent common to popular elections.
Cienfeugos is debatable ground, ho
said, and party strife runs high there.
Vllluendas. the member of congress
who was .dik'd, was a young man of
great promise. He was less than 3d
years old, and has been a colonel tn
the Cuban army, a prosecuting attor¬
ney under tho military government,
and a member ot the constitutional
convention.
HIGHWAYMAN ROBS JIYIST.
Judqe Gary Hc!d Ip in Public Street of
Columbia and Relieved of Canh.
Judge Ernest Gary of tho South
Carolina state circuit court, was held
nt) on the streets of Columbia, and
robbed Saturday night of $26 in cash,
a gold watch worih $100 and a bunch
of keys. Two other persons were held
up, one near the governor's mansion,
the robbers securing »15 in cash, while
a third man was relieved of $4 near
the state penitentiary.
The hold-up occurred about 10
o’clock p. m.. in the heart of the res¬
idential section.
OFFSET TO HIGH
Ecrcpcan Co'ton Spinners Plan to la;
augarate Shorter Time in Their
11 ii?, Says Dale.
Governor Stak s ot 'se%v Jersey
A> -ned thf New England Cotton Man
jficturerri convi ntion at Atlantic
i City, Wednesday, with a speech of
welcome, during which he defended
! the attitude of the state of New Jer
iey tOWar ; trn,i ‘ s - HiK r( :uark:i w " rc
applauded. Responses were made by
Herbert Herbffrt R EL Walmsley w , Ims!ov frf of 'New New B Bcd .
Cor-,!, Mas3., , an e..-president „ , , of the , as
soclaUon. President James B. McColl
of Pawtucket R. I., in his annual re
port said: *
j “Cotton ,,,, manufacturing _ has lagged
i
1 I behind other branches of commerce
ii. the recovery from the depression of
1603. Tne extreme fluctuations in the
price of raw cotton and the conse¬
quent dls.urbanee of values and man
I'i’ac-turod goods tend to destroy the
confidence of buyers and to encourage
them to continue an indefinite policy.
For the year just closed the total ex
ports of cotton amounted to over
forty-nine million dollars in compar¬
ison with twenty-two million the pre¬
ceding yc ar. Thor.' has also been a
growing trade with Japan, the Philip¬
pine Islands, Cuba and several coun¬
tries of South America."
The president aha) said that .uc
Southern Coi-ton Growers’ Association
has done excellent work in exposing
tho dishonesty of oiliciaia in the bu¬
reau of statistics of the agricultural
department. He said estimates of the
acreage and condition issued by the
government should bo both capable
and honest.
At Wednesday night’s session tnt
speech of Samuel S. Dale on the in
tematlonal congress of cotton spin¬
ners whs read and excited deep at¬
tention. Mr. Dale said the origin oi
t.he congress was the temporary scare
ity of American cotton last ybar,which
gave speculators an opportunity oi
cornering what little poor cotton was
left on tho market. Fie detailed his
enthusiastic welcome on his arrival at
Manchester and said the main pur
pose of tho international organization
is to prevent a scarcity of raw cot
ton
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l ( CifSiy in one of two ays,” he said
“by using less, or by producing more
The first method, which means shorl
time, although the one plan on which
the delegates unquestionably place
their main reliance, was conspicuous
by its absence from the program and
was not made prominent in the dis
tussioji. There was, however, no mis¬
taking the »i>irit of the congress. Tne
members were united and they were
in dead earnest in their determina
tion to meet high prices for Ameri¬
can cotton with organized short time.
“At the discussion of the second
method, colonial cotton seemed to be
the hope of European cotton mills
liberation from the present depend
ence on the American crop.
"At one session of the congress the
baling of cotton came up for discus
sion, and bitter complaints were made
on the way in which American cotton
Is received in Europe. In this con
gross, which represented purchasers
of American cotton to the value oJ j
$350,000,000 per year, there was not a ;
man who could say ono word in favoi
of American baling.”
ANII-GRAf l TiCktl NAMED.
Conservative Philadelphia Citizens Prepare
to fight Corruption Ring.
In a most unusual convention in
Philadelphia Wednesday, followed by
an unprecedented demonstration, the i
new city party, a reform body op¬
posed to tho methods of the republi¬
can organization, nominated a county
ticket to be voted for at the Novem¬
ber election.
The convention was the first in
ninny years in the city to which del
ogates were uninstmeted. There was
no “slate” and oaefe of the 91-7 dele
gates was at Mbor^r to uame whom
he chose foe the ©Shoes.
HALF HUNDRED HEW FEVER CASES
Was Report for Wednesday in New Orleans.
Officials Not Worried.
Another increase hi the number of
now cti-ses of yellow fever in Now Or¬
leans was reported Wednesday, but
made no Un presiden upon the health
authorities, who regard tho situation
es definitely under control. The cases
came w 1th a rush, so that at 1 o'clock
fhirt.v-three had boon reported, but
thereafter until the closing hour the
additions were reported slowly until
a total of fifty was reached up to 6
p. m.
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NEWS A
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, Epitomized Items of Interest
1 Gathered at Random.
;
V/ill Hold Cotton for 11 Cents.
1 At a meeting of the Screven county
branch of the Co;ton Growers’ Asso¬
ciation. which was. held in Sylmnia,
| ant] was largely atu'Med, the farmers
resolved to stand by the action of the
general executive committee and to
I hold their cotton for 11 cents.
Attacked Revenue Officer.
Charged with the offense of jump¬
ing on and beating Revenue Officet
Berkstrom with a stick, Ed Lavender,
a citizen of Dublin, was arraigned be¬
fore United States Commissioner W.
E. Martin at Macon and placed under
a $500 bond for bis appearance when
the federal grand jury acts in his case.
* * *
Lawyers Charged •- ith Earratry.
W. M. Heyward and John E. My
rlok, two well,known lawyers of Sa¬
vannah, have been Indicted by the
grand jury on charges cf barratry.
They are alleged to have been guilty
of the solicitation of civil business.
Myrick several years ago was a
candidate for congress from the Sa¬
vannah district, running on. the repub¬
lican ticket.
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Miniature of O'd Home.
As the crest upon the menu cards
for the elegant lun^neon to be ten¬
dered President Roosevelt by the state
fair on the occasion of his visit to
Atlanta, will appear in engraved min¬
iature the Rcosevclt maternal home,
to which the president proposes to pay
a visit before reaching Atlanta on the
morning of October 20.
* * *
Veterinary in Great Demand.
recent ?il „. Ce i^Z session aSS of f S the ® ° r „ legislature , th , , e . laW _ at pro the
vidin.g for the appointment of a veter¬
inary surgeon upon the request of
the ordinary of any county showing
that the circumstai^/es warrant it,
there has been an average of about
one request a day made upon the
agricultural department for the serv¬
ices of a horse or cattle doctor, and
the indications, are that there is go
'l ^ ii' Rl !,e in this line
i -
to "eep a * roa. .an regularly em¬
ployed every day in the year.
* * *
To Establish Agricultural College.
A stock company has been organ¬
ized among the citizens of Worth
county for the ’ establishment of an
agricultural college at Isabella.
The company has been offered the
use of the former court house at that
place, which will be used as a school
building.
State School Commissioner Merritt,
who has returned from Worth county,
states that there is a great deal of
interest being taken in educational
matters by the citizens of the county.
Liberal subscriptions' - have been made
toward establishing the school.
* * *
Matheso*i Head cf the Tech.
Professor Iv. G. Matheson, chairman
of the faculty of the Georgia School
of Technology, will be retained indefi¬
nitely as head of that institution by
the board of trustees. This decision
was reached at a special meeting of
the board in Atlanta the past week,
an extraordinary session -having been
called to take some action upon nam¬
ing a president of the School of Tech¬
nology.
ft is understood that it is the wish
Df the board of trustees that no chang
es be made in the management of the
school, and that Professor Matheson
will act indefinitely as chairman of
the faculty. No date has been named
for an election for president.
* * *
New Road Asks for Charter.
A petition for a' charter for the
Cordele, Hawkijisville and Northeast
ern railroad was filed at Cordele a few
days ago. The incorporators are J.
Pope Brown, H- P. Lovejoy, W. N.
Arsons, B. J. Henry, J. J. Hrar
vard and C. W. Jordan, Jr., of Haw
kinsville, .and B. P. O'Neal, R. L.
Wilson, L. K. Parker, C. C. Cutts,
R. C. Harris, F. R. Wallace. J. A.
Ward and W. H. Dorris of Cordele.
The proposed capital stock is $3,000,
000 . *
The petition sets out that the road
will run from Cordele in a northeast¬
erly direction to Tippettvifie and from
I there directly to Hawkinsville. It is
j estimated that the length of the road
will be 33 miles. The principal office
j of the company is to be in Cordele.
*' * *
j Dewey Honors Brumby.
W. R. Joyner, president of the
Brumby monument committee at At¬
lanta. has received a check for $100
from George Dewey, admiral of the
i
!
Amer.cac navy, to <dd in the erec
tion of a monument to the memory
of Lieutenant Thomas Brumby, the
j gallant young Georgian who died
shortly af er the Spanish-American
i war.
j Lieutenant Brumby was Admiral
! Dewey’s flag lieutenant and was a
special favorite vri b the hero of Ma¬
nila. who held him as a valued friend.
The state of Georgia has designated
a spot on the capi.oi grounds for the
erection of the monument, and two
cannon cap.ured from the Spanish dur¬
ing the war will be placed at tne
b2se of the statue.
The committee has row raised tlie
sum of $1,300, leaving $700 to be
secured before work can be started
on the monumcn:.
* £ *
Lays Crime to Mother.
Reports received in Albany from :
Newton state that senss-ttonal devel¬
opments in the Milner murder' ease •
have occurred. A special to The Her
aid says:
young “Yesterday man who Quinten is in jail Maker, charged with the j
killing his father, Kellie Milner, sent I
for several of the citizens of the town
3rd made of how a full and complete state- j
taunt the lading occurred and
by whom the crime was committed.
“He said that his mother and father
were quarreling over a hound dog !
when his mother seized the gun and :
shot his father. He s-id that his moih- j
er got him to tell the story about his
shooting his father while asleep. They
then planned for Ml. to act crazy in
order to cover up the crime.
“In making his confession, young
Milner said that he had stood the
strain as long .as he couid and that
he would tell the truth if it killed
him. As the result oi his confession
the authorities sent over and had
Mrs. Milner ar tested and lodged in
jail.’’
* * *
Exceptions in Rawlings Case.
Seven different bills of exceptions 1
^ve been filed in the state supreme j
court in connection with the Rawlings |
family, ,of Valdosta, three of whom j
were sentenced to be hanged for the
murder of the Carter children.
Three of these, one each in the-!
cases of Milton Rawlings, Jesse Rawl- ;
ings and -J. G. Rawlings, the father,
are appeals from the decision of the
superior court of Lowndes county, re¬
fusing to grant new crials.
,Mi%>n Rawlings tigs fiietj^througp
his attorneys two other bills of ex¬
ceptions, one to the decision of the
lower court in refusing a change of
venue and another to the decision
overruling the demurrer to the indict¬
ment. Jesse Rawlings and J. G. Rawl¬
ings have also filed bills of excep¬
tions to the court’s decision in over¬
ruling demurrers in their cases.
The Rawlings’ cases will come up
for hearing before the supreme court :
Monday, October 16, criminal 1
on cases
having been assigned at that time. In j
all capital cases the solicitor general, .
by whom they were prosecuted, is as- !
sistefi before the supreme court by
the attorney general.
EXTENSIVE CGL0VZ1TI3N SCHEME.
North Carolina Capitalists Guy large Lot of
" Lana for I ruck formers.
The Carolina Trucking Development
company at Wilmington, N. C., capi¬
talized at $500,000, have secured 250,
000 acres of trucking land within a
radius of 50 miles of Wilmington, and
the same will be divided into farms of
; 10 acres and sold to colonists. This
i is one of the tnost important coloni
i cation schemes ever inaugurated in
the south. Colonists will be brought
l r from the north, west and also for¬
countries,
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MEEI1NG Cf ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Directors Elected by News Gatherers foi
Next Ihree Years.
At the annual meeting of the Asso¬
ciated Press, held Wednesday at the
Waldorf-Astoria hotel, in New York,
j the following directors were re-elepted
for the ensuing three years: Messrs
| George Thompson, St. Paul Dispatch;
i Charles H. Grasty, Baltimore News ;
W. L. ' McLean, Philadelphia Bulle¬
tin; W. R. Nelson, Kansas City S ar.
Adolph S. Ochs, of The New York
Times, was also elected to take the
place of Wlhitelaw Reid, New York
Tribune, who declined re-election.
AMERICANS UIMD BY EMPEROR
Quasi-Ru.'er of Korea Prepares Lunch foi
Miss Al ct* Roosevelt.
At Seoul, Korea, Wednesday, tht
emperor for the first time during his
j I reign lunched with foreigners, first
giving an audien. e to Miss Alics
Roosevelt and Rear Admiral Train
American Ministir Morgan escorted
Miss Roosevelt to the banquet hail
where they sat together.
TITS permanently cured. Kofits cr nervous¬
ness aft r err* day's use of Dr. Kline'.' Great
N .*v3Restorc-r,?2trial bottleaad tr-attw free
Br.fi. E. Kline. Ltd., 031 Arch St.. Eti!a.,I > a.
Japan is exporting cotton yern at the
rate of $15,000,000 a year.
Mr?. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for CMidroa
teettiin r.softensthe,gums,redueesinCs r *ora¬
tion,allays j-aia,cures wind colio,25c. u f ettle
Sir.pars cannot smg so we!! niter a tit of
DISFIGURING HUM03
Brushed Settles From Fare Like Fotri;e?w
Doctor Said L Would Dicfi.fureii
For Life— C at i cur a Works Vi und«rs.
“1 suffered with eczema all ever rry
body. My face was covered; my eyebrows
came out. I had tried three o.octor.-j, but
did not get any better. 1 then went to
another doctor. He thought i/tv face
wou.d be marked for life, but tar brother
in-.aw told me to get Cuticura. 1 washed
w::h Cutic-ura Soap, applied Cnticura Oint¬
ment, and took Cuticura Resolvent as di¬
rected. 1 could brush the scales oS my
face like powder. Now my face is just as
clean as it ever was.—Mrs. Emma \V hitc,
(41 Cheerier Place, Camden, N J., April
25. 05."
The Guest end the Waitress.
A dainty stranger wafted into tiny
dining room of a hotel in Smith Cen¬
tre the other day, and as the chair
was held back for him pulled out his
handkerchief and dusted the seat
carefully. Pulling up his trousers ne
seated himself, wiped the knife, fork
and spoon with a napkin, worried a
few crumbs off the. table and heaved
a sigh of relief. Without hesitation,
the girl who stepped forward to take
his order, deftly wiped the stranger’s
mouth, which had been drawn into a
pucker of dissatisfaction at the ima¬
ginary untidiness abounding, and
planted a kiss thereon that was plain¬
ly heard in all parts of the room.
The dainty stranger, when he recov¬
ered, ordered meekly, ate hurriedly
and left quickly.—Kansas City Jour*
nal.
Profits in Begging.
It is calculated that 4,000 persons,
make a living in London by begging,
and -that their average income
amounts to about $1,500,000 a year.
Last year 1,925 persons were arrest¬
ed for begging in the streets, of whom
more than 1,500 were sentenced to
terms of imprisonment varying from
one week to three months. Many of
these objects of charity were found
in possession of sums-of money, and
even of bank-books showing very
’Ymdsome deposits.—Chicago Journal.
Protection tor Ruins.
Great Britain’s government has de¬
cided to-secure and protect for tho
nation the ancient ramparts erected
by Edward I. around the town of Ber
wiclc-on-Tweed. These ruins are of
great antiquarian and historical
valu9. They form one of the most In¬
teresting monuments of the bitter
strife that existed for centuries be¬
tween England and Scotland, as they
are situated right on the border. The
walls include the old bell tower from
which a flaring beacon gave warning
to the English farmers of the ap¬
proach of the bands of marauding
Scots.—New York Globe.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
Anxious Mother—Do you mean t<
s*y that you permitted Mr. Huggins t
put his arm about your waist of you
own free will?
Pretty Daughter—No, indeed, mam
ma. Considerable pressure wa;
brought to bear upon me, I assur<
you.—Columbus Dispatch.
GET POWER.
The Supply Comes From Pood.
If we get power from food, why no
strive to get all the power we car
That is only possible by use of skilful
ly selected food that exactly fits th
requirements of the body.
Poor fuel makes a poor fire and ;
poor fire is not a good steam producer
“From not knowing bow to selec
the right food to fit my needs I sni
fered grievously for a long time froi
stomach troubles,” writes a lady froi
a little town in Missouri.
“It seemed as if J would never b
able to find out the sort of food tha
was best for me. Hardly anythin
that I could cat would stay on' m
stomach. Every attempt gave ru
heart-burn and filled my stomach’ wit
gas. I got thinner and thinner until
literally became a living skeleton, an
in time was compelled to keep to m
bed.
“A few months ago I was persuade
to try Grape-Nuts food, and it had sue
good effect from the very beginnin
that l have kept up its use ever sinc<
I was surprised at the ease with whic
I digested it. It proved to be jus
what I needed. All my unpleusac
symptoms, the heart-burn, the inflate
feeling which gave me so much pai
disappeared. My weight gradual!
increased from 98 to 110 lbs., my figiu
rounded out. my strength came bad
and 1 am now able to do my housi
work and enjoy it. The Grape-Nut
food did it.” Name given by Postm
Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
A ten days' trial will show any on
some facts about food
“There's a reason.”