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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
FAIR WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY INCREASING CLOUDINESS, PROD ABLY RAIN IS WESIEIIN PORTION; LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS, DECODING SOUTHEASTER!,!.
ESTABLISHED IS 1S20.
MACON, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1901
DAILY—Sf 7.00 A YEAR.
EOLAND MUEDERER
CAPTURED AT LAST'
Arthur Price, a Negro, Is Run Down by Officers—He
Confesses the Horrible Slaughter of the Helpless
and Defenseless Old Lady—Her Little Dog Was
Her Only Helper—His Fight With Little Dog
Furnished Clue to Detection—Negro in Bibb’s
Jail—Precaution to Prevent a Lynching
The murderer of Mrs. R. J. Roland
has been captured, and is now safely
lodged behind the bars in Bibb’s jail.
He confesses the crime and tells all
about it.
His name is Arthur Price, brother of
the negro Robert Price, who was sen
tenced last year to seven years in the
penitentiary for stabbing another ne
gro to death at Rice's mill.
Hhe murderer is 20 years old. He
worked with Mr. Roland in the swamp
all during the fall.
Mrs. Roland’s faithful little dog
fought so bravely and persistently when
the negro attacked her that a scar was
made on the negro’s face which led .to
the capture. This scar or scratch was
the only clue on which the officers
worked. It enabled them to trace Price
all across the country to Culloden and
from Culloden to within two miles of
Fort Valley.
The story of his capture distinguishes
Deputy Sheriffs John Bennett and Jeff
Amerson. They followed him with the
persistence and determination of blood
hounds, and as sooi\ as they seized him
yesterday morning he readily told the
whole story.
AVhnt the Murderer Snys.
This Is the story of the crime as the
negro tells it:
“I had sold a cheap pistol to Mr. Ro
und's son. He was to give me 90 cents
for it, but I had pawned it with another
man for 25 cents. The time was out on
Thursday, the day when I done the
killin’. I had made the agreement
with the young Mr. Roland to take the
90 cents, get the pistol and with 2o
cents of it get it out of pawn and keep
the other money. I went to the house
between G and 7 o’clock to get the 90
cents. When I got there I didn t see
nobody In the house, so I went in the
yard and walked around the house. I
saw Mrs. Roland standin’ at the corner
with the quilt over her head and with
her knittln* In her hand. I asked her
where her son was. She was awful
deaf, and she couldn’t understand me.
I started closer to her and tried to talk
loud enough for her to hear me. She
looked like she was scared, and when
I got up nearly to her *he started to
were mistaken. When It was learned
that they were trying to catch a negro
who brutally* murdered a helpless and
defenseless white woman, they were
extended good wishes, they say, but
when It came to actual assistance that
was another matter. Monday night the
trail was getting warmer and warmer.
They were within a few hours of the
negro. They had eaten since Sunday at
dinner only a dime’s worth of cheese
and crackers between the three. The
rain had begun to fall and the wind
was blowing as if to cut them in two.
PROMINENT WOMAN
BEATEN IN HER ROOM
Mra. Ada Gilbert De
able Dressmaker
Murderonsly Assnt
known Person.
BUY TTS ANOTHER BANK
1 CLOSES D00BS
BIO TRUST TO GET
ALL OUR RAILROADS!
New South of Barhesville
Yields to Pressure
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—Mrs. Ada
Gilbert Davis, a fashionable dress mak
er, was found in an almost dying con
dition in her room at 5 o’clock this-
morning under circumstances that
promise to rival the Bonlne murder
case Her skull was fractured, jaw bone
broken and left ear almost severed
from her head. Her left arm bore brui
ses Indicative of a struggle and her
clothing and bedding were saturated
with blood. She was removed to the
Garfield hospital and a large force of
detectives put on the case. The name
of her assailant is unknown.
The general belief is that Mrs. Den
nis was attacked while asleep In her
back room on the first floor, and that
the first blow, In all probability admin
istered with a piano stool, which was
smeared with blood, rendered her un
conscious.. The preliminary investiga
tions by the police fall to indicate that
there was any struggle. Mrs. Dennis,
In a conscious moment while being car
ried to the hospital, said that some one
had "hurt” her. but when pressed for
details merely responded "never mind."
Robbery apparently was not the mo
tive for the crime, as on the table at
the foot of the bed, in plain view, was
a small box containing a pocket-book
well filled with greenbacks and other
money. There was a bloody imprint of
a hand on the piano lid on the parlor
and a window In the front room wag
open. It is supposed the assailant os-
“Southern Securities Co.’’!
Has Been Organized
RECEIVER APPOINTED
A SWEEPING CHARTER
New Jersey Grants the Corporation
Privilege of Buying nml Operating
Railroad Systems and Everything
Else In Connection With Trans
portation by Either Ralls
ter—Names of Promoters not GIv
T. W. Cochrnn
Rcngln, Presld
Condition
Y'ct Mndc
resident,
ishler.
Named liy Judge
‘siding at Gainesville,
.f the Institution Not
Public—J. J. Rogers,
nml G. E. Hugucly,
Wn-
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—The Commer
cial-Advertiser hag the following today:
'A charter was filed under the laws I today for the New South Savings Bank.
The horse had fagged until he could
travel no more. He had none of the ex
citement that had kept the men arous
ed and forgetful of themselves. He had
to be fed. Mr. Bennett had an overcoat.
He needed- it badly, but the negro and
Mr. Amerson had gone away without
any wraps, not anticipating any cold
weather, so he said:
"I’ll put up my coat with some man
for enough money to feed us and our
horse,” and at Montpelier Springs, he g „ , ulM , uocu lm ,
fou . nd S.r;:„ wh ? wlif ca rert through this window: When Mrs.
on it. This did not go very far. Well. Dennli waa found fh0 clad , n her
f t S “VI.:,i night garments and was in bed under
sat .? ™* p , s ‘°2 thc cov °r. She wan partly conscious al
and make the arrest a ith my baro though she has been unconscious most
5 a “ d * 1( ; v = ov “ ta J.* th . e L" e , s , r ,?- of the time since. The detectives are
he did not Ihave 'to iItspos. of the pistoh satuncd that foV oral blows of the pla-
He reached Culloden and wired Sheriff n0 Bt0 , muat have been wielded wl‘
WMCotVfor monw He exchangedJUs | cons , derab]e forcCt an<vthat .here w
no outcry, at least after the first blow.
of New Jersey this afternoon which ap
parently is Intended for a combination |
like that embraced in the charter of
the Northern Securities Company,
horse for another and took a fresh
start but he lost his trail. At Culloden
the negro had disappeared from the
face of the earth, so far as the officers |
could learn.
Her groans, however, were heurd_by a
woman on the third floor, and In an ad
joining house. About the fame time
Policeman Livingston and a watchman
run. and said she was going to call Mr.
Baiemore. I got scared myself then,
and thought If them white folks found
me' there and her a-screnmln they d
kill me: so I run up to her nnd knocked
her down with my (1st. I hit her over
the eye. Her little dog grabbed mo and
tore at my heels, but I didn t pay
much attention to him. I thought the
only thing to do was to tlx Mrs. Roland
so she couldn't holler until I got away.
X hit her on the head with the old axe
that I found lying not far from the
houee. The first blow was light. I hit
her on the side of the head In the edge
of the hair. She struggled and wiggled
so I hit her on top of the head a little
harder, and then threw the axe down,
and let the handle fall across her neck.
I started on across the field to get Into
the woods. I saw a negro plowing a
■white horse close to the house. I did
not know whether he saw nr.o or not.
I went down to the wire fence and
when I went to crawl through It the
little dog grabbed me by the leg Just
above my shoe, and he pinched so had
I tried to kirk him down. When I
kicked I lest my balance and feu
against the barbed wire. That’s how
come me to have the cut place under
m> <5 '‘ olhcr Men n.lea.eiL
As soon as the negro was landed be
hind the bars the white man and the
XVlmbish negro, who have been held in
prison awaiting developments, were
given their liberty. It had never been
suppos’d by the officers that there was
any evidence to connect them with the
crime, but in view of the suspicions
that had been expressed It was deem
ed wise to keep them where they could
be had If wanted.
Price'* story is considered very plau
slble, as the motive for the crime has
been one of the mysteries, and all of
the circumstances seem to bear out his
statement. .
He would not have confessed so free,
ly perhaps, he says, but when the offi
cers overtook him he thought at once
that the negro who waa plowing the
gray horse had seen him and told on
him and It would be useless for him to
try to keep the facts from coming out.
Indeed, he seemed to suppoee that It
might be In his favor If he showed
that he had no worse motive than cold
blooded murder when he slew the help
less old lady.
There had been reports that Mrs. Ro
land struggled with her assailant, and
that a large area of ground was torn
up in the combat, but Mr. Roland, her
aged husband, says that ahe hail not
strength enough In her hands to strike
a match, so long had she suffered with
rheumatism, and so weak had become
her condition. She could not have re
sisted the attack of a 3-year-old child,
•itory of the Cnptare,
On Friday afternoon, the day after
the murder. Mr. Tony Hunnlcutt came
In from Coal Xeck district and report
ed to Sheriff Westcott that he had aeon
a negro going across his farm with a
scar on his face and apparently bent
on making time. He said he accosted
the negro and asked what caused the
hurry. The negro replied that he and
his brother had fought In Macon and
he wanted to go to Alabama to get out
of thl way. Mr. Hunnlcutt asked if he
had killed his brother, and he replied
that he bad not. A scratch was on his
**”We want that negro.” said Sheriff
XVeitcott. It if ft h£*‘ ™ rth our
while to Investigate bit ease.
Sunday afternoon, a* 1 f'her clues
*n be, worthleee, and Sheriff
Westcott decided to follow this one. He
selected Deputies John Bennett and
Jeff Amerson and asked them to take
one of their negro spottere and go un
til they found the negro described by
Mr Hunnlcutt. Th* officers ftarted out
"th » horse and buggy. Tber went
tra^NeartrcveryhodP had noUced &
^jr 0 w»h th?^ir on his face. At U
z'ua°tt was found that be had gone to-
„rd CulSden. The officer,'M* °n H*
‘“That's all right,” saidthe, town mar- tvho "crotwo ‘Kaway. heard what
paw" a criminal get lost he y re ye? but I “>-*? b * I !* ved ba a woman '" screan ’
?,?cnTr g „ h hiut la,” I “no u> one Ul rue
was like appending upon a rabbit foot. business here. sho | s the widow of IVal-
but It gave the officers a new hope, anu . „ , actor
they took a new direction. They went 1 tcr Dennw * an aotor -
down the Atlantic and Florida road to
ward Fort Valley. Within a mile or two
they found a negro house. They drove
up to It and made Inquiry. The old
man took a second thought and said
no such negro had passed there. The
negro spotter called the old negro to
one side and said:
"These white men are trying to help
mo catch that nigger. Hp beat my wife i i;. * .\ T v» n ,,: n nn
jilmost to death, and I’m afraid she Is I ACllOll 01 AlliCIICtlU 1 LULi
dead before now and I must get him." _ _
Thlfj worked like a charm. The old* atlOU 01 LaUOr
negro scratched his head and thought
again. "Yes," he said, "I believes I
did see a man wld a kind er skyar on i » n-r rv-rxr i rn d \ TT DA A TIC!
his face. Ho went by hero a good | A ULlMY AI ItAIimUADo
while ago."
EXCLUSION
0E CHINESE
This was the new trail. It waa not
lost again. The man was located about
fifteen miles from there.
As soon ns the officers met Price face
face nnd drew their pistols, he threw
his hands, and while the handcuffs
ere being adjusted he began to tell
hla story.
Mr. Roland's Story,
Mr. R. J. Roland said when Informed
by a Telegraph reporter that the negro
had been captured and had confessed
tin- whole story:
I have told my son two or three clu " ir >a Chinese, Japance nnd other
times that I believed Arthur killed my Anlatlcs from American territory, tick
poor wife. He had been working with ct scalping, and ndvlMbllity of adopt
me and my son for nearly a year, and i nK a universal label for unlon-mado
I said many a time that I thought he ” .
was a bad negro. He always had a * 00d * were the principal questions that
pistol. My wife told me not long ago j clulmed the attention of the delegate*
that he had been to our house trying at today’s two sessions of the American
to talk to her something about a pistol. Federation of Labor.
And'my non had some sort of talk with ««__ ni i ..a* * T «iu
him about a pistol. He wanted to sell , The a,lvoCtttl "* ™
me an old pistol. I was night-watching B,on th ® Chinese was adopted by the
and wanted a pistol, but the one he had convention with considerable hurrah,
was no account, and I wouldn’t have but In the matter of excluding natives
I Japan and ether Astatic land, the
snag was struck, and this part of tjte
Talk of Lynching. I anti-Mongolian agitation was killed, so
Many asked last night If there was ' ar as the present convention Is con-
any talk of lynching. Here and there cerned.
one could hear rumors that such a The special committee having charge
thing was In contemplation, but It was of the exclusion matter was unanimous
taken”any Srftf Z^Sf IK >" ***«*« y "TV” ‘ h * Ch, »T
kind. I tion of the resolution, but wa« divided
To be on the sare aide the officers in re «“ rd to “> e J»P»ne,e. Tho Pacific
had barricaded the Jail, and police were | ™«t Relegates led Jhe dlscuesllon on
kept In easy reach.
ting fro
t the 1
all the
wanted I
c ar of f
Organisation 1*y n Lnrge Majority
Favora Ticket Scalping — Rciioln
tlon Adopted Providing for the Or-
gnnlsatlon of a Slate Federation
In Tennessee nnd Other Sonthcrn
States to Flglit Convict Syatein.
SCRANTON. Ta., Dec. 10.—Tho ex
RARNESVILLE, Ga„ Dec. 10.—Fol
lowing the failure of the Barnesvllle
Manufacturing Company, the Hatwon-
Crawley Company nnd the Barnesvillo
Savings Bank, a receiver was appointed
RID!
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
OF AMERICAN ARMY
Denunciation Before the
American Association
DR. REED MAKES ATTACK
The petition was presented to Judge
Rcagln, presiding at Gainesville, by
Porsons & Persons of Forsyth and Mr.
which is absorbing the securities of the j ^ ^ Cochran was named as tempo-
Northern Pacific, Great Northern and
other Northwestern railroads. The title
rary receiver and ho will take charge
of this new corporation Is the Southern tomorrow.
Securities Company, nnd, except as it No s tatement has been made public
differs In certain provisions which have .. . ....
been the subject of adverse criticism, I regarding the banks affairs, but
it is substantially the same as to object, statement will bo made to Judgo Rea-
power nnd privileges as tho Northern Bin ]n a fcw daya _ w hen a permanent
Securities Company. Its nominal cap
ital is $100,000. but It can Increase the
amount nt Its pleasure. 'Who and what
are behind this new charter aro not dis
closed on its face and the names of tho
corporators do not convey any Informa
tion.
receiver will be appointed.
Col. J. J. Rogers is president and Mr.
O. E. Hugucly Is cashier of the bank.
TO PAY IN ADVAXCE.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.—The trens-
•The Charter state, that the objects ,lr >' officials have decided to anticipate
err ,1-mrh LI V, „T.hll.h«l ‘he Interest due on January 1, and next
IrL^ raa?.rn?. P ^.«?a .nrt M5trol Saturday United States Treasurer Rob-
trsnpportatlon undertakings, terminals aUount'lnsVo j C 1 h r 0 C r k 7 ! !., c0v0r ' nK inlerMt
nmi fnoilltif.c: tft Hpvplnn nnv nronertles. amounting to $1,GCj,7'1».
and facilities, to develop any properties,
undertaking*?, industries, enterprises or
companies for* transporting by land or
NEW SECRETARY.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.—The president
mi' nnnrinrt today nominated Charles II. Dnrllng of
The company may conduct buiin^ss Vermont t0 ho nM i„tant secretary of tho
In any of the states, and in any ami J nav v vice Frank W. Hackett, resigned,
all foreign countries, but it Is pro- 1
vided that nothing in the charter shall
be construed to authorize tho corpora
tion to transact any business in any
other state, territory or foreign country
contrary to tho provisions of the lft\v«
of such state, territory or foreign
country.
"In some quarters It was believed
that tho new charter was for the pur
pose of carrying Into effect one of tho
many railroad combinations which
have been recently talked of."
Ives an Hlnntrntlon of tho Depart
ment’s Incompetence—Tells Ilnw a
Comiuniidnnt Neglects Health Laws
During Spanish War—A Tragedy
That Was Hushed Up—Complaining
Officers Exiled to the Philippines.
DEMOCRATS
CARRY BOSTON
MARION, O., Dec. 10.—Dr. Charles
.. L. Reed, of Cincinnati, the retiring
president of tho American Medical As
sociation, was given a banquet hero
tonight by the medical profession of
northern Ohio. In the courso of his
remarks on pending congressional top
ics, viewed from a medical standpoint,
he said:
"It seems, from evidence that has re
cently come from within the army It
self, that the medical department has
not only been degraded, but that it la
practically without authority. This was
strikingly, Indeed tragically, illustrated
during tho recent war. A commandant
In charge of a.quarter of the en
tire army*. Ills command was made up
of the flower of American manhood,and
waa encamped at a health resort. IIo
however, In violation of the precedent
cf tho usually cultivated and compe
tent gentlemen of the line, but acting
under tho permission of existing army
regulations, not only set aside recom
mendations of bis sanitary officers, but
by personnl example incited hts men to
violate the most fundamental sanitary
laws. The result was what might have
been expected. Of the more than 60,-
000 men in hl» command, 12.000 were
Invalided, nearly 1,000 died from pre
ventable causes. If In an active mili
tary campaign the commandant had Ig
nored the advice of hlj scouts nnd had
led his command Into ambush with sim
ilarly dlaastrouH result, 12,000 wounded
nnd 1,000 killed, he would have been
courtmnrtlnled and doubtless dismissed
from the service. Tho regulations, how
ever, I am advised fix no responsibility
for this parallel calamity, tho enormity
which fs only beginning to be un
stood. It in not surprising that ef-
KITCHENER’S WORK.
Gen. Collins Elected Mayor
by Big Plurality
interest of public do
Doer
of REPUBLICANS LOSE ALL
Killed nml Captured—LI
lllocklintiMen Advanced.
LONDON. Dec. 10.—Lord 'Kitchener
in a dispatch' from Pretoria, dated
Monday. December 9, reports that th<
result of the week’s work Is 31 Boers
killed, 17 wounded, 332 made prisoners,
33 surrtnderd and quantities of supplies
captured.
By advancing tho line of block-houses
In tho eastern part of the Transvaal.
Lord Kitchener Is ndfer able for the first
time to carry out systematic nnd eon
tinuoufl operations In the vicinity of j nOSTON Dec 10.—The Democrat*!
Ermelo nnd Bethel nnd also Carolina. f>VA . n ,v a i me ^ *h« nenubll-
Columns have cleared the southeast- completely overwhelmed the Rcpumi
orn districts of the Orange River Colo- cans in the city election today, Gen.
ny nnd nro now operating northward of Patrick A. Collins being elected over
tho Thabanchu lino. The Boers nre still y[ ayor Thomaa N. Hart by tho largest
In force In th. wtrtme we.t of C.p. plurallly a quarts of a century.
public
tills pluiMo of com
officer In tho ser
taten this unsavor
to t he I’llilipJ.lm'M.
urgeou general ■
anclt
Plurality the Largest Given a Mayor
In n quarter of a Century—Demo
crats Secure Control of llotli
Branches of the City Government.
City Vote* Strongly in Favor of
License—Politicians Arrested.
Colony. They nre there commanded by
Marltz. who recently ^attacked Tontefi-
boe?h Kop. The Boers were driver “
and Marltz was severely wounded.
ALABAMA NEGROES
Mnn Arrested for Kid
Kroi'N nnd HelllnR Them
Planter on nu Inland.
No demonstration of any kind was
made, however.
Trial Next Week.
Jff I — ■ renter ev.. er ...e
Monday, and an effort will be made to I in«i«t unon some restrictive law to
hsvA th» rnnrt nnrwilnt oamuutl nn.l vivo 10 u P° n some resiricme law 10
Chinese exclusion, but were divided
when it came to excluding other Orien
tals. The burden of the remarks of
those opposed to the Japanese resolu
tion was that Chinese Immigration waa
the greater evil of the two, and that
v,.,.. 1 10 iiiPiai upon lomr remricuvc iuw
nlrm 1 8lVB » J«P»IIMc Invasion may en-
the negro & A ' r I ~ lr dur ; J® K | i be we,k ' | rianger the p.erafe by congre,, of the
Chinese act.
NEW DECATUR, Ala.. Dec. 10—Ben
Milam, colored, an ex-slave of I.aw
rence county. Is under arre.t charged
with kidnaping negroes and selling
them a, .laves to the white manager of
Tennee.ee Island plantation somo
miles below Decatur.
It is alleged that Milam would In
duce negroes to aerompany him to tho
Islapd with the promise of securing po
sition. for them on the plantation at
good wages, and that when they reach
ed there he would sell them In hon<l-
age. where' they were confined within )n thr c] „
Price Is a stalwart young negro, of I The ticket scalping debate wn« quite
dark complexion. He la ns powerful as a lively affair. The delegates represent-
an ox. He talks freely and glibly about I Ing the railway telegraphers opened the
his crime, end seems not In the least tight against the resolution, making the
fearful of what Is to follow. He hoots I point that such octlon was beyond the
at the suggestion that he had any rea- Jurisdiction of the federation. Tho “ty-
son for killing Mrs. Roland other than poa” were helped along In their argu-
the one stated. I ment, for tho adoption of the reeolu-
The Faithful Little Dog. tion by several socialist members of
Mr. Roland say. that when he was I ‘he convention. A socialist from Chlca-
notifled of hit wife's murder, he went ko said the railroads were "skinning
home as quickly as he could. He did I the people, and why not let the people
not know where to look. Crowd, had skin the railroads? It Is a skin game all
already gathered here and there about around.” When the viva voc. vote was
the place. The little terrier ran to meet taken those in favor of permitting
him a hundred yards away, and Jump- ticket scalping won by an overwhelm
ed up against him. The little dog then Ing majority.
trotted In front of him, looking back to The agitation for a universal label,
see that he ews. following. At the I which ha> been carried on for a long
prostrate form of the dying woman the time, was again defeated. Those who
dog stopped and began to scratch and I favored the idea fought valiantly, hut
pull at the clothing. He says he could the delegate, had made up their minds
read In the little animal's face a eym-1 on the question and crushed the propo
patby and sorrow that reached his I sltlon when It came to a vote,
hert even In the midst of his deep grief. I Among the resolutions adopted by the
He afterwards saw signs where the convention were these:
little dog had torn np the ground In To assiit the Virginia federation of
lighting and trying to bite the mur-1 labor In having the voice of labor heard
anil lte rights secured In the remodel
ing of the Virginia convention; giving
the right of suffrage to the cltlaen, of
the District of Columbia; asking con
gress to pats a marine law regulating
the number of men employed by the
navy and setting a standard of skill,
and providing for the organiaatlon of
a Kate federation In Tennessee and
other Southern states to light the con
vict labor system
derer.
CARNEGIE'S GREAT GIFT.
pro-
II CARGO JETTISONED.
HER CAP
INDON.
a ... ti-.-j IWJf*,
Cabinet ron.lilcn III. fropnalt
te *10.000.000 to Cdncu
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.—The
posed gift of $10,000,000 by Andrew Car
negie for educational purpose, was dis
cussed at today's cabinet meeting. It
was stated after the meeting that the
president had received a communica
tion from Mr. Carnegie on the subject
rion h 'o? r w , g2?r 0 eJurat?om r i t t h *.”Labi I ate"ame7 BVr'khaU: 'ra pb Peterran. from
that his proposition does r.ot involve Charleston via N" r ‘ 0, k *"d Bremen,
the establishment of university build- tor Hatre, a »
lna- in Washington, but rather the es- wen ‘ a * hrir * on Hlttftrp. Reef. on the
tabllshment of a fund fn the hands of tth I,ut " hl » been floated «wltil «ssli*|
government trustee* from which th" I * nc *- “ w as
expen/e, of deserving students may be ' ar * 0 '
paid in th, line of original investigation 1 v . .-c
it home or abroad. The proportion, it *AI« w ***%
understood, had not reached a con- RICHMOND, Vo.. Dec. lo-—Tr.»
crete form except In general terms, and I port that IPrbert Marx would be pro."
except as to the amount. Th» president I ecuted by tb- \V"tnv>relani. county
will confer with members <*. cor.ssr*-* I author.for Wifi* 1 * Taylor ar.'i H<-:
1ft before I If n, ani wounding -■*’*»*• jV''” -
lent* te t* 1 * 1 • ectl0n *
f*ary to jettison her
L-t tb^i' i £&&£>££ j;# ,
splnir
to n White I
plurality
The Democrats likewise obtained con
trol of both branches of tho city gov
ernment, elected their atreet commis
sioner, Salem D. Chales, and practically
all their candidates for the school com
mission. A/i usual, tho city votod
. . «»r»r*xr I Wrongly In favor of Ilcenae. The result
SOLD IN SLAVLKY I of the canvass was fully as much of
surpriso to tho Democrats as to their
opponent*. Tho moat sangulno Demo
cratic prophet lost night claimed only
7.000, yet thla plurality was nearly
trebled.
Two year* ago Mayor Hart defeated
Gen. Collins by 2,281, and polled aomo
thing over 40,000. This year the tota
Repuhllenn vote for mnyor was a trill'
over 33,000, tho nmnllest given a party
candidate for mayor since 1898, despite
a registration almost 60 per cent, lorger
than then. Yet Gen. Collins received
over 62.000 votes, the largest In the his
tory of the city, nnd he carried eighteen
of the twenty-five wards.
The Republican leader* wero Inclined
to blame the weather tonight, hut thla
does not account for the tremendou*
gains made by tho Democrats In R 1
publican wards.
Naturally there waa great excitement
wards, and In South Bolton
stockade*. , .
It Is »ald that a young negro who
recently escaped from the Island told
the story and caused th* arrest of Ben
Milam. He reports that a kidnaped ne
gro ha* been confined on this Island a*
a slave for seven years.
COMMITTEE ACQUITS
CAVE SPRING TEACHER
hav
ulo to
‘I'd
Mubjcct Ih banished
No wonder that tho
nnnot fill the sixty
listing In hut
corps; self-respecting medical
not offering themaelveB for n gervlco
that In dominated by n gag-law nnd
tyranny. But such methods must fall.
The agitation cannot atop until tin; re
sponsibility Is fixed for tho enforce
ment of n regulation under the present
rmn of which tho bumptlouanesn of
an accidental nnd Incapable comman
dant. with Impunity to himself, may
deprive an entire army of tho benefac
tions of science."
HONIN'E CASE CLOSED.
Argument to Ilrgln Today anil to
Last for Two Days.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 10.—Three med-
Irnl experts gave testimony* today nt
the trial of Mrs. Iola Ida Bonlne. charg
ed with killing Clerk Ayres, nil going
to nhovv the alleged close range nt
hlch the fntal shot* were fired. Dr.
Htcrllng Riiffln testified that the client
wound Inflicted on Ayres must have
been from a shot fired when the pistol
was from five to eight Inches from tho
body. Drs. Carr and Bovee also gnvo
testimony along the same lines show
ing the results of experiments, design
ed to prove the close range at which
the fatal shots must have been fired.
When recess was taken it was expect
ed that all the testimony would bo In
by adjournment tills nftornoon.
Deputy Coroner Olaxebrook and
Morgue-Keeper Hchoenberger were ex
amined at the afternoon session. Their
testimony was unimportant. The de
fense then announced its side closed.
The prayers of both sides will be sub
mitted tomorrow nnd tho case probably
will go to the jury Thursday evening
or Friday morning.
NEGRO WOULD’* FAIR.
that
Khali Hr Held In
inah.
Prof. Connor, Who Wr
31*ny 3Ilmiemennor»,
nod Dumb Institutes
ATLANTA. Os.. Dec. 10.—The commutes
on th« desf and dumb Institute tonight
exonerated Prof. O. W. Connor of the
that institute, of charges preferred by
former students of brutal treatment of
the mutes, drunkenness, dishonesty, short
rations to the children, bad management
and neglect of the Inmates In educating
**Th*se charges were formulated by Oeo.
W. Brown and W. R. Jones of Atlanta
and It B. Lawrence of Athens.
professor Connor read affidavits from
former students refuting these chargee.
One 'barge wss that a young girl of 17
was made to disrobe to her night cloth' s
when ehe was seriously whipped, and then
•plisted with a bucket of wafer.
Mr. Davis of Newton and Dr, Bush of
Mll>r will file a minority report, calling
for a full Investigation by a special Joint
committee next summer.
two prominent Republican politicians
were arrested on suspicion of having
obtained repeaters. This, however, wai
tho only unfortunate feature of tho day,
BOSTON. Mass., Deo. 10.—Massachusetts
Republicans were not quite as successful
In the eighteen city elections held to
day as they were In the fourteen held last
week, for although they carried eleven
to the Democrats four, the other three be
ing non-partisan conteats, three Republic
an mayor* were defeated, while tho pv*y
suffered almost a rout In this city. In
Worcester. Mayor O’Connell a Demo
crat. was defeated. In Woburn Mayor
Feenev defeated the present mayor, and
the city changed from no license to li
cense. In Chelsea, where the Republicans
swept the city, there was a change from
no license to license for the first time In
eleven year*. In Newburyport. where li
cense has had a firm hold for twenty
years, the city voted no by over 800 ma-
* On o’ of the atubborn conteats wa* In
Salem, where Mayor Huel’s administration
was endorsed by the vote, although It
bad been fiercely criticised. The majority
against license was reduced from UA last
year to 76 this year. There wan likewise
a warm content In Cambridge. The Dem
ocrats succeeded there In electing John
H McNamce over Mr. Dickinson by 125,
SPIRITED CONTEST IN AMERICUS
If. C. Mltebell HlerteA Tm«orer.
Aldermanlc Race Very Lively.
AMERICUS, Ga., Dec. JO.-In a spir
ited municipal election today for city
treasurer and three member* of the al
dermaolc board, Henry C\ Mitchell wai
re-elected treasurer and Joseph Hud-
ton, J. 8. Bolton and F. J. Sherlock
were elected aldermen. Four hundred
votes were cant and the election arous
ed greatest Interest. There were eight
candidates te the aldermanlc contest.
SAVANNAH, Ga., Doc. JO.—A plan
has boon not afoot by some of tho l- fl
ing negroes of the country for n world’s
fair. "Tho Negro World’* Fair Com
pany” Is thu name of tho organization
that has boon formed, and n. letter has
on nddressod to the mayor and coun-
I of Havannah to nscortaln what in
ducements thla city will offer to b«
made the place for holding the* fair,
which, It Is set forth by president II.
N. Newsome, pastor of the A. M. E.
church at Opelika. Ala.. Is to be given
during the year 1904 and Is to last four
or five months. Among those named by
Rev. Newsome ns members of the com
pany, which is to be enlarged by addi
tions from every state and territory,
are Bishop If. M. Turner of Atlanta,
Bishop L. H. Halsey of Atlanta, Rev.
O. B. West of Columbia, 8. C., R. CL
Robinson of Huntsville. Ala., W. H.
Council, president of the A. M. College
at Normal, Ala., J. H. Jones, president
of Wllberforce university. Wilberforce,
Ohio. M. C. B. Mason of Cincinnati, O.,
financial secretary of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
PATTBIDOR DEPORTED.
RELIEVE HER DEAD.
Iln
’amlly of Nell C
iJoimmI Hope.
ELIZABETH CITY. N. C„ Dec. 10,-The
family of Nell Cropsey. ..
tofore clung to the belief that she Is alive,
are now of the opinion that she Is dead,
hut do not stats the basis for thl* •'hang**
In their opinion. A member of the com
mittee of five In charge of the search for
the missing girl today said:
♦*We believe we will produce the body
of Nellie Cropsey within twelve hours.
Miss Carrie Cropsey. a cousin of tb<
mixing girl, tonight said:
•The family are at a loss for any ex
planatlon of the mystery. We now bellev<
Nell Is dead-”
A FAST VOYAGE.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec .1*.—The Oregn
line steamship El Bigto, Capt. R. I
Quick. wWeh arrived th! - mormlng froi
Naw York, has lowered the record, havtr
made the fastest maiden trio ever made
by any vessel from dock to dock by tblr<
ty-fiv« minutes.
Mn
tin III.
* Writ of Habeas Corpus.
MANILA. Dec. 10.—The supreme
court today dismissed the writ of ha
beas corpus in the case of Patterson,
the English private secretary to Bixto
Lopez, whose deportation Is nought by
the authorities, as he refused to tak A
the oath of ailegiance to the United
States when he landed at Manila. Jus
tice Cooper dissented. Patterson will be
deported on the first steamer bound for
Hong Kong.
All ft DE
IN FIRST DEG HUE.
Coroner's Jury \rrnlun« «hi> Man
Kill'd ll^». Mr. Ilradford.
BIRMINGHAM. Al:’.. D*< 10.—The
rorooar's Jury today returned a ver ll *.
rn :• " ‘ 1
D. Coffman, th* j < of th t»-*i
vrbo shot and killed Rev. X W. I
ford, * Methodist minister, :
side last Fun day, A preliminary bear
. * aiU L s*w» • <ju Mvnlny.