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JURY WAS QUICK IN MAKING UP
THEIR DECISION.
11 MISTRIAL NARROWLY AVERTED.
4nry Was Allowed To Vi*lt Scene of Mur¬
der—Stuiniui nnd Simon Are Re¬
leased On Their Own Bond.
The trial of Walter O’Quinn at At¬
lanta on the charge of having shot
and killed Patrolman J. T. Ponder
was concluded Wednesday morning
and he lias been found not guilty and
released.
A sensation unlooked for occurred
when the court was called to order,
and for a time it looked as though
Judge Candler would declare a mis¬
trial; in fact, he so announced his
intention, * hut after the strongest of
arguments from the attorneys for the
defense he decided to allow the trial
to proceed.
The sensation came when immedi¬
ately after court was called to order
Judge Anderson, of the counsel for the
proseention, called the attention of
Judge Candler to the fact that the jury
had visited the scene of the murder
before coming into court.
No oue had spoken to any member
of jury, he said, and the party had
simply walked by the place and noth¬
ing had been said about the killing or
the trial of O’Quinn.
When this had been done Judge
Candler said: “Gentlemen, I see no
reason why I should not declare a
mistrial in this case. The truth of
the entire matter hinges upon that
locality. This is an outrngeous thing
and I do not see how-1 can keep from
declaring a mistrial.
“The jury, I suppose, did not know
what it was doing and intended no
wrong, but such a thing as this is un¬
heard of.
“I attach no blame to any one and
if there is to be blame it must rest up¬
on me, I suppose. The jury asked
for permission to take exercise and I
granted it without telling the officers
not to go near the scene of the killing.
Notwithstanding all this, at the re¬
quest of O’Quinu’s attorneys, the jury
was allowed to visit Stiueau’s tilace
and inspect the premises. On their
return the trial proceeded, At 11
o’clock the state announced closed,
and then a consultation was held be¬
tween the attorneys for both sides,
and then oue followed between all of
the.attorneys and Judge Candler.
Judge Candler, when this confer¬
ence had ended, said to the jury that
the attorneys had decided that as the
points at issue were entirely of fact,
had decided to submit it without argu¬
ment. He then proceeded to deliver
his charge which was brief and to the
point.
The jury retired at exactly 11:17,
and soon retained a verdict of not
guilty.
Louis Steinau and Julius Simon,
who were arrested at the same time
O’Quinn was and charged with being
accessories, were allowed to sign their
own bonds in the sum of $1,000 each.
( 0UDOT IVAS INNOCENT.
Chief Justice Decl»i*es Eynchers Made
Horrible Mistake.
“An innocent man was hanged by
lynchers a* Williamsport, ” was the
startling statement made at Grand
Forks, N. lb, by Chief Justice Cor¬
liss of the state supreme court. “I
have documentary evidence to prove
the statement,” continued the judge.
“The supreme court ordered a new
trial in Coudot’s case because it ap¬
peared that he was convicted on the
uncorroborated evidence of Hollytraek
and Ireland, both of whom confessed
to taking part iu the murder of the
Spicer family, and whose statements
were refuted by the strong alibi testi¬
mony given by Dr. Ross, the resident
agency physician at Standing Rock.
FIXING FREIGHT RATES.
Bonrd of Control of Joint Traffic Associ¬
ation In Session at New York.
The hoard of control of the Joint
Traffic Association was in session at
New York Tuesday. Among the sub¬
jects discussed was that of passenger
and freight rates east and west bound
which have been in a chaotic condition
for some time.
BLASTING POWDER ON BOARD.
Trimmer* Find Explosive on the Big
Ship Ampkitrite.
News comes from Norfolk, Va., on
what is considered good authority that
a keg of twenty-five pounds of blasting
powder was found by the coal trim¬
mers of the Ainpliitrite, while that
vessel was coaling at Lambert’s Point
a few days ago.
The keg, it seems, passed down into
the bunkers and was there discovered
by the men, who took it ou deck and
tested it.
Its presence is a mystery, but the
most plausible theory is that it was
lift iu the car at the mines and
brought in beneath the coal.
HUNTING THE AUTHOR.
Tobacco Millionaire Connected With a
Base Scandal.
A special from Winston, N. C., says:
The millionaire tobacco manufacturer
of Twin City, whose name has been
connected with a scandal that has
reached almost a national circulation
within the past few days, has author¬
ized the statement that he will give
half his tremendous fortune as a re¬
ward to the man who will discover the
originator of the story, which is a base
fabrication from beginning to end.
Til ANKMIIVING PROCLAIM ITION.
Issued by Georgia's Governor in Accord*
mice With Time-Honored Oimtom.
The following thanksgiving procla¬
mation was issued by Governor Atkin-
sou Y\ ednesday:
Georgia has been greatly blessed
during the past twelve months hv the
Giver of every good and perfect gift.
She has been exempt from pestilence
that walketh in darkness and the dis¬
ease that wasteth at noonday. She
has enjoyed the blessings of peace;
floods.iiave not inundated her fields
nor drought cut off her crops. The
harvest has been abundant in her
borders. Progress has marked her
footsteps and all her sons have been
protected in their inalienable rights
of life, liberty, prosperity and pur¬
suits of happiness. Throughout her
limits the smiles of a beneficent provi¬
dence have brightly beamed, and all
have been made to feel that their
“lines have been cast in pleasant
places.”
Therefore, I, YV. Y. Atkinson, gov¬
ernor of the state of Goorgia, in ac¬
cordance with the time-honored eastom
of our country and in conformity to
the proclamation of the president of
the United States and in special recog¬
nition of the generous gifts of our
Heavenly Father, whose blessings have
fallen upon all alike, hereby designate
and set apart Thursday, November
25tli, as a day of Thanksgiving and
praise, and I earnestly recommend that
all secular labor be laid aside on that
day, and that the people around their
family altar, as well as in their houses
of prayer and public worship, return
thanks to the Euler of heaven and
earth for the multitude of His tender
mercies and richest blessings.
Given under my hand and seal of
the executive department at the capi-
tol in the city of Atlanta, this 17th
day of November, 1897.
W. Y. Atkinson, Governor.
COLORED EX-CONGRESSMAN DEAD
John M. Langston Dorn n Slave and Rose
To Distinction.
Ex-Congressman John M. Langston
of Virginia, one of the prominent col¬
ored men of the country, died at Wash¬
ington a day or two ago. He was 68
years of age, having been born a slave
in 1829.
He was emancipated at the age of
six,and was educated at Oberlin,where
he graduated from the theological de¬
partment in 1854. He afterward stud¬
ied law, and practiced his profession
until 1869, during which time he held
several township offices in Ohio, being
the first colored man elected to office
iu the United States by popular vote.
In 1869 he was given a professorship
of law at Howard University, remain¬
ing with that institution for seven
years.
From 1877 to 1885 he was United
States Minister and Consul General
to Hayti. Upon his return to this
country he became president of the
Virginia Normal anti Collegiate Insti¬
tute at. Petersburg, Ya.. where he re¬
mained for three years, when he was
elected to the fifty-first congress, and
was given his seat on contest. Since
1891 Langston had been prominent in
politics, but did not hold office.
GEORGIA DAIRYMEN
Hold Annual Meeting: of Their Associa¬
tion In Macon.
The Dairymen’s Association of Geor¬
gia met iu Macon Wednesday morning
with Chairman R. J. Bedding presid¬
ing.
Ail address of welcome to the visit¬
ing delegates and the participants in
the program was first delivered by
Hon. Miuter Wimberly, of Bibb, who
welcomed them in behalf of the Cen¬
tral City.
The annual address of President R.
J. Bedding was au exhaustive review
of the work of the association and was
heard with close attention by the
members and those who had gathered
to hear the opening addresses.
BIG MONEY INVOLVED
In Decision of Judge I’ardee In Georgia
Railroad Lease Cane.
The argument in the Georgia rail¬
road lease case was concluded at At¬
lanta last Tuesday by Mr. Henry
Crawford, counsel for Thomas and
Ryan. Don A. Pardee
It is now with Judge
to say whether or not Thomas and
Byan are entitled to a half interest in
the lease of the Georgia railroad or
whether the entire lease belongs to the
Louisville and Nashville railroad.
TRAIN WAS DITCHED.
Five Hundred Miner* Were Aboard and
Many of Them Hurt.
A frightful accident occurred on the
Chicago and Indiana Coal railroad late
Friday evening, nine miles north of
Brazil, Ind.
The miners’ train, on its homeward
journey, and bearing about 500 miners,
was wrecked on the Gladstone switch
and two cars loaded with their human
freight left the track, rolled down the
embankment and lodged at the bottom
in a ditch filled with water to the
depth of several feet.
Twenty-three men in all were more
or less injured, three of whom suffer
injuries that will prove fatal.
WEYLEB HAS LANDED.
Xh« Steamer Montserrat Reaches Port a
Day Ahead of Time.
The Spanish steamer Montserrat,
which left Havana on Sunday, Octo¬
ber 81, captain-general with General of Weyler, Cuba, the board, for¬
mer ou
and which, subsequently touched at
Gibara and at Porto Rico, arrived at
Corunna, Spain, unexpectedly Thurs¬
day afternoon. She was not due to
arrive, according to announcements,
until Friday evening.
SECRETARY ALGER ADVISES FOR.
RATION OF LARGER ARMY.
MUCH MORE MONEY IS NEEDED,
Some Interesting' Figures From Annual
Report of Head of War
Department.
In his first annual report Secretary
Alger makes many recommendations
for the betterment of the administra¬
tion of the war department, based upon
the conclusions of his subordinate offi¬
cers. He asks favorable consideration
for the proposition to add two regi¬
ments to the artillery branch,pointing
to the valuable fortifications now being
erected, which he says should not be
mannedby a corporal’s guard.
He says of Alaska that as many as
100,000 people will be gathered there
next year, and a military force should
he sent to the territory and large
emergency powers should be
to the president to repress lawlessness.
Probably the creation of additional mil¬
itary reservations, like that of St.
Michaels, may be the best means to
meet the problem. A boat for the
patrol of the Yukon is also asked for,
as well as increased pay for the enlist¬
ed men serving in Alaska.
Secretary Alger transmits without
reduction the estimate of the chief en¬
gineers for the next fiscal year, amount¬
ing to $48,728,180, more than double
the appropriations for the current
year. He says these are largely in ex¬
cess of what they should be at a time
when the demands upon the treasury
are as great as now, therefore, he
recommends a large reduction.
He indorses the recommendation of
the superintendent of the military
academy that the number of students
at West Point be increased by allow¬
ing each senator to nominate a cadet.
As an alternative, he suggests that the
president be authorized to appoint ten
cadets at large each year.
Until recently the hospital at Hot
Springs was open only to soldiers of
the regular army, but Secretary Alger
has just amended the regulations so
as to authorize the admission of suit¬
able cases among the veterans of the
late war.
In the opinion of the secretary, an
increase in the engineer corps in offi¬
cers and enlisted men is indispensable.
He points to to the immense value and
extent of the work now in the hands
of this corps, and contends that it
could be better supervised and im¬
proved in quantity and quality by the
assignment of more officers, which is
now impossible.
The secretary indorses the project
for the constitution of the ship canal
connecting Lakes Union and Wash¬
ington with Puget sound, but states
that active operations cannot be com¬
menced for some time, as the right of
way has not yet been aquired.
The report closes with the renewal
of the recommendation that Washing¬ provision
be made for the erection in
ton of a statue to General Grant.
The estimates for the next fiscal
year aggregate $96,258,445, as against
$62,832,417, the amount of the appro¬
priations for the current year.
The principal items of increase are
in rivers and harbors, where the esti¬
mate is $48,728,160, as against the
appropriation of $23,278,028; fortifica-
tious and seacoast defenses, $13,378,-
571, as against $9,510,141, and military
posts, parks and cemeteries, $2,558,-
039, against $889,867.
WATCHING FILIBUSTER BOAT.
Government Deputies Fear Another Expe¬
dition By the Eaurada.
There was much excitement at Wil¬
mington, N. C., Sunday when it be¬
came known that fifteen fully armed
government deputies were guarding
the steamer Laurada, which had been
in Harlan & Holtingsworth’s ship yard
since her siezure by the United States
authorities some months ago for fili¬
bustering.
A rumor was abroad that a body of
men intended to seize the vessel, pre¬
sumably for the purpose of another
Cuban expedition.
Nothing definite could be learned,
but at midnight the deputies were still
at their post and no person was per¬
mitted to pass the gates of the yard.
THE WILL NOT SIGNED.
B.re.ford’. Wife Wu Not HUtnherited
After All.
An interesting piece of news has
eome to light on information furnish¬
ed by Dr. Miller, a member of the city
council of Fitzgerald, Ga.
Dr. Miller says that the father-in-
law of Lord Beresford alias Sydney
Lascellee, did not disinherit his daugh¬
ter as has been reported.
The will was drawn up and the
lawyer who had been employed for the
purpose was called away and during
his absence the much-abused father
suddenly died, Consequently the
document was never signed and is
harmless.
MOB AFTER MURDERER.
Negro Entered Fee’* Residence and Killed
Him With An Ax.
A Columbia, S. C., special says:
Charles "Williams, a negro, was taken
to Sninter jail Saturday night from
Carter’s Crossing to prevent, lynching.
He entered the home of W. J. Lee
Friday night for the purpose of rob¬
bery, and, being determined, butcher¬
ed Mr. Lee iu his bed with an ax.
He says he had an accomplice. A
mob pursued the officers and prisoner.
TDK FIRE LOSSES AT LONDON.
The FlffurrH are Somewh it Itpilrnnl From
, Flrot Report..
Advices of Sunday from London
state that the losses to insurance com¬
panies in the great fire will not exceed
one million pounds, and the largest
loss that falls to any one company is
five thousand pounds. fire
Since the extent of the was as¬
certained there have been many,
rumors in America that some of the
largest English insurance companies
would be wrecked on account of the
losses. These rumors are positively
denied in a cablegram received in At¬
lanta Ga., by Mr. J. T. Dargau,
resident agent of the Imperial Insur¬
ance Company of London. Saturday
Manager Davgan sent out the follow¬
ing circular letter to agents:
“It may he interesting to know the
real facts of the large conflagration in
London reported in the newspapers. I
iiave personal information by cable
from London that the value of the
property burned does not exceed
£1,000,000, with insurance of £500,000.
Insurance companies’ losses graduate
from £50 to £5,000. The Imperial’s
share is under £8,000, or $40,000.”
“A loss of $40,000 is nothing dan¬
gerous for an English insurance com¬
pany,” said a prominent insurance
man. “The company which loses
$250,000 will be in no danger, as al¬
most any of the big London companies
have a surplus somewhere near the
$10,000,000 mark.”
The fire is oue of the largest of the
century and the area burned over was
several miles.
CONGRESSMEN IN WASHINGTON.
Senators anti Members of the House Are
Gathering: In Force.
A Washington dispatch says: The
near approach of the time for the con¬
vening of congress has had the effect
of bringing a number of senators and
members of the house to Washington,
and there was quite a gathering of
them, at the capitol Saturday.
Senator Morrill, the venerable chair-
man of the senate committee on
finance, was among the number.
When asked what he thought of the
prospect of financial or currency leg¬
islation, he declined to commit himself.
Senator Carter stated emphatically
that there would be no’abatement in
the efforts of the republican party to
secure an international agreement as
pledged to do by the St, Louis plat¬
form, but he said that he was not at
liberty to divulge the plans of the
American commission so far ns he was
familiar with them. He had no doubt
of the perfect good faith of the admin¬
istration in the matter and was still
hopeful of favorable results.
POSTMASTER IS EXEMPT.
State Has No Authority To Make Any
Federal Officer Fay Income Tax.
The issue as to whether a state or
municipality can levy au income tax
on the salary or compensation of a
postmaster, a subject of broad inter¬
est to the federal service generally,
was decided Friday in an opinion
rendered by Acting Assistant Attorney
General Harrison J. Barret for the
2>ostoffice department.
The case arose on au inquiry from
the postmaster at Gastonia, N. C.
It is held that a state has no author¬
ity to tax the emoluments paid to any
officer or ageut which the United
States muy use and employ as neces¬
sary and proper means to execute its
sovereign power.
KILLING AT NEGRO FETIVAL.
One Man Dead, One Fatally Wounded and
Other* Badly Hurt,
Greenville, S. C., furnished more
than her share of disorder Saturday.
At a negro frolic a few miles from the
city a riot occurred in which one man
was killed, one fatally wounded and
several others seriously hurt. On the
same day Charley Langley and John
Baker, whites, had an encounter at
Locus. Baker was slightly and Lang¬
ley probably mortally wounded. No
arrests.
PHOTOGRAPHIC COUNTERFEIT.
.Spurious Ten Dollar Bill Passes For a Cal¬
ifornia Bank Koto,
A new counterfeit ten-dollar na¬
tional bank note has been discovered
in the Los Angeles National Bank of
Los Angeles, Cal. production,
It is a photographic
printed on two pieces of paper pasted
together, containing no silk or imita¬
tion of it. On the whole the note has
a good appearance.
PARIS HAS RIG FIRE.
Flame* Spread Over Two Acre* and Loss
Amount* To 400,000 Franc*.
A special dispatch from Paris says
that a destructive fire started Saturday
afternoon in a shop in the Rue des Py¬
renes, in the northern section of the
city. The flames spread rapidly and
before the fire was under control a
large number of small houses and
workshops were destroyed. The burn¬
ed district covers an area of about two
acres. The loss is placed at 100,000
francs.
After a six-hour battle with the fire,
the members of the fire brigade were
utterly exhausted and were relieved by
a force of 260 soldiers.
ALABAMA’S FEYEB EXPENSES.
governor Johnston S»ji the Bill, ». Kutt-
inated, Will Be a Large One.
Governor Johnston of Alabama has
given out the following:
“There is not sufficient data to esti¬
mate the cost of the yellow fever epi¬
demic to the cities and towns of our
state, but from present information I
should think that the eost would reach
pretty large sum directly, and hun¬
dreds of thousands of dollars indi¬
rectly.”
QUEEN REGENT OF SPAIN PARDONS
THE FOUR UNFORTUNATES.
WHS ONCE CONDEMNED TO DIE.
DeLome Ha* a Conference With Assistant
Secretary Day In Regard to Weyler’*
Tobacco Decree.
Minister Woodford at Madrid has
telegraphed the state department that
the Spanish cabinet has notified him
that the queen has pardoned the Com¬
petitor prisoners.
The state department now announces
that the Competitor prisoners were
turned over to General Lee last Mon-
day and will be sent by him direct
to New York not'
It is doubted in Washington
that the prisoners are liberated on
some such conditions as were imposed
in the case of former prisoners, that
is that, they will not return to Cuba.
After their hitter experience in the
Cuban jails, it is not believed the
men will be disposed to violate any
understanding of this kind to which
they may be parties. It is singular
that the men should have been for
four days in the custody of Consul
General Lee without the fact having
become generally known, but it is
supposed that secrecy was observed
in order to secure departure from Ha¬
vana without exciting trouble from
the extreme conservative Spanish fac¬
tion.
There were four prisoners, namely,
Alfred O. Laborde, the captain of the
Competitor, a native of New Orleans;
"William Gildea, the mate, a natural-
ized citizen; Ona Melton, who claims
Kansas as his native state, and who
went on the Competitor in the capacity
of a newspaper correspondent; Charles
Barnett, of British birth, but who
claimed the protection of the United
States by virtue of his sailing on an
American * vessel
The conditions under which the
Competitor was captured April 25,
1896, off the Cuban coast while en-
gaged in landing arms for the insur-
gents have been often described. The
defense of the men was that they were
forced into the exposition against
their will by the insurgent party
aboard the boat. They were tried by
a naval courtmartial before which they
could make only a poor 1 showing, priu-
cipally because of their ignorance of
the Spanish language in which the
proceedings were conducted, so that
their conviction and the imposition of
the death sentence was not a matter of
surprise.
At that point, however, the case as¬
sumed diplomatic importance.
May Revoke Weyler’* Decree.
Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish
minister, had a long conference with
Assistant Secretary Day Thursday
morning and it iti believed that the
Spanish government is voluntarily
about to remove another troublesome
factor from the field of negotiations in
revoking the decree made by Weyler
prohibiting the exportation of tobacco
from Cuba.
The reason set up by General Wey¬
ler for the order was the necessity of
keeping in Havana the supply of to¬
bacco necessary to run the domestic
cigar factories and thus, by giviug em¬
ployment to workmen,keep them from
drifting into the insurgent ranks. It
was a matter of common report, how¬
ever, that another potent reason was a
desire to cripple the Cuban cigar mak¬
ers in the United States, from whom
the insurgents drew funds.
SUICIDE’S CONFESSION READ.
ften.ntinii Sprung ut Trial of Arroyo’,
Lyncheis In City of Mexico.
A profound sensation was made in
the course of the trial of the police
officials of the City of Mexico, who
are charged with the murder of Ar¬
royo, by the production of the confes¬
sion of the late inspector general of
police, Velasquez, who suicided. It
is a most remarkable attempt at self¬
justification, and falsely states that a
mob Arroyo. of the common people lynched
The prosecuting attorney in a strong
argument death pleaded for the execution of
a sentence on all the prisoners
except ex-Assistant Chief of Detectives
Cabrera and one other minor prisoner.
PARK COMMISSIONER REPORTS.
Chairman Boynton Show, That Satisfac-
lory l’rogrea. Ha, Keen .Hade.
General Henry V. Boynton, as chair¬
man of the Chicumauga and Chatta¬
nooga National park commission, has
submitted to the secretary of war the
annual report of the commission,
showing that satisfactory progress has
been made ill the establishment of the
park iu accordance with existing laws
and the plan heretofore adopted by
the war department.
No change seems to the park con%
mission to be required or to be advis¬
able. No new legislation is suggested
and no increase of the appropriation
if that made for the current fiscal year
is needed.
MOBILE OPENS DOORS.
Quarantine Jteatriction* Again.t Infected
Point. Are Kemoved.
Montgomery’s hoard of health adopt¬
ed the following Wednesday:
“All quarantine restrictions be re¬
moved against infected places on and
after November 18, except household
goods and baggage. These must be
fumigated and certificates furnished,
but the board of health advise people
to stay away until a killing frost.”
.....
A DEADLY DUEL
Growing Out of the llrnnn Havlor Tr.nhl.
at Waco, Tea*.
A terrible pistol duel, in which the
recent Brann-Baylor university epi¬
sode prominently figures, occurred on
the streets of Waco, Texas, Friday
afternoon, and as a result W. A. Har¬
ris, a well-known citizen and insur¬
ance agent, is dead; Editor .1. W.
Harris lies mortally wounded, and G.
B. Gerald, a prominent lawyer, is se¬
riously injured, while a negro by¬
stander, who was hit by a stray bullet,
is painfully hurt.
When the snn wns shining brightly
and the streets were crowded the long-
expected battle growing out of the
Brann-Baylor trouble took place. Col¬
onel Gerald was advancing from one
corner diagonally across Austin avenue
to the next corner, and J. W. Harris,
editor of The Waco Morning Times-
Herald > J as standing in front of the
™ ruer dr »6 talkln 8 40 two
’ rl £ 1 1 '
Wban . , Edltor Eorns T1 • Tj ,, , T* ,
^ era ^ c ‘ coming lie remarked i to his
®“ haud “ d
they had better get out; of the
Without further delay he drew
his pistol . and fired at Colonel Gerald,
who was rapidly moving in his direc¬
tion. When Gerald saw Harris he
halted, unbuttoned his overcoat, thrust
his hand into his bosom and drew his
own revolver, after which he advanced
on Harris rapidly, and when at close
range fired a shot which hit Harris in
the neck, sending him to the ground
completely paralyzed.
Meanwhile, from the corner oppo¬
site, in front of the Citizens’ National
bank, W. A. Harris, brother of J. W.
Harris, was firing at Gerald, and
Gerald was now wounded in two places
and bleeding.
After disposing of Editor J.
Harris, and Gerald marched faced straight his second anta^^B
ouist across
street after him in a trot. A
man rushed between the two and
all he could to keep them apart at the
point of a pistol, but they closed
spite of the policemann’s efforts
continued to shoot till W. A.
sank , to . the sidewalk .. ,, a corpse
Colonel Gerald fell during the fight,
but , arose to llls feet Q ulcIc, y anfl whe^
both of hi * antagonists were down ofl
** le o£° ulj ^ h® talked off with on®
aad ar “ b flattered, lood T! swinging 8 a by his suhj
the nl . direction f: **Uu he glancing found , officer about in]
an ami
offered t° surrender. He said:
Ibey laid for me but I got them
bo , ^ t,at «*; 1 thlnk Id,d ’
r The trouble grew out of the attacks, „ ,
university. ln . Brana s leonoelast Editor Harris on the took Bayhu| thc^
side of Baylor and condemned Brann
bitterly iu his paper. Gerald took a
communication defending Brann to
the paper, but it was not published.
Gerald went to get his manuscript and
he and Editor Harris had a fight in
which Gerald was worsted. Gerald i
then published a circular giving his
side of the affair and scattered it
broadcast. He denounced Harris in
unmeasured terms.
LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE.
Engineer and Fireman Have Desperate
Fight On Flying Train.
On a freight train dashing southward
over the Louisville and Nashville rail¬
road at the rate of thirty miles an
hour Thursday night, one of the most
thrilling encounters ever recorded in
fact or fiction occurred.
Soon after the train left Birming¬
ham, and when two miles from the
city, the engineer, E. P. Bishop, told
the fireman, Wiley Craig, colored, to
stir up the fire. The negro paid no
attention to the order, and it was re¬
peated. This time he uttered an
oath, and springing from his seat,
drew a revolver and suddenly and
without warning fired a shot poiut
blank at the engineer.
The bullet missed the engineer, who
struck the revolver from the negro’s
hand just as the latter was about to
fire a second shot. Craig, wow crazed
with rage, instantly drew an ugly
knife, and grasping the engineer by
the shoulder, pulled him from the box
and began to cut him across the breast.
Bishop had a pistol in his hip pocket
but he was held for a time in such a
position that ho could not reach it.
Finally, after a desperate struggle,
during which the two men rolled over
and over on the floor of the cab,
Bishop managed to draw his pistol and
tire. The bullet struck the negro in
the breast and penetrated his heart.
Without a groan he fell back into Eiie
darkness to the ground.
NEWSPAPER MEN TO MEET.
Press Association of Three State* to
Gather at Eureka Spring*.
All the officials of the stete proBs
associations of Missouri, Texas and
Arkansas met in conference at Eureka
Springs, Ark., and finally adopted the
proposed plan to hold a joint meeting
of all three states at Euroka Springs
May 25th, 26th and 27th.
The regular business meetings of
each state will be held in separate halls
and a joiut programme carried out it
the auditorium, which has a seating
capacity of 3,000.
The tri-state meeting gives promise
of bqing the most notable gathering of
newspaper men ever held in the south¬
west. _________
WRECKERS FOILED.
New York and Chicago Exprog* Kan Safoly
Over Iron Plato*.
A dastardly attempt was made
Thursday night to wreck the fast Now
York and Chicago express on the Erie
railroad at Greenville, O.
The wreckers had piled iron plates
on the track, but in such a way that
the entire train miraculously passed
over them without being derailed.
This is the second attempt to wreck
at train here in the last few days.