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Newspaper Page TextSabscriber’s Paper—Not for Sale THE MACON TELEGRAPH SHOWERS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY; FRESH TO BRISK SOUTHWEST WINDS. ESTABLISHED IN 1826. MACON, GA., TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 16, 1904. DAILY—»7.00 A YEAR MAYOR HARRISON AS PEACEMAKER '.He Will Today Try to Settle the Chicago Strike NEGRO KILLS ANOTHER IN WEBSTER COUNTY JPOLICE ARE ENERGETIC •Numerous Assaults Which Hav# Been Occurring Stir Blueccats to Increas* ed Activity Over That Heretofore Displayed—In New Yorw City There Is Something Doing as to Rioting. CHICAGO, Aug. 15.—Mayor Harri son Y/ill attempt tomorrow to settle -the stock yards strike. He will meet tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock the representatives of the strikers. Later In the day he will have a meeting with representatives of the packers and listen to their statement, and he will then undertake the task of reconciling Xho differences. A large committee of rev.ill dealers called upon him this afternoon and .asked him to use his good offices In .c-ndlng the strike. The mayor said jthat he would gladly do all that lay in ibis power to put an end to the trouble. /There were a number of conferences ^during the day, all having the settle orient of the strike in view, but none of them resulted in anything. The numerous assaults that have been taking place every day and night In the neighborhood of the stock yards have stirred th- -dice to more ei getic action than t, y have taken here tofore. Inspector Hunt who is in charge of ull the police stationed around the yards, ordered today that all men picketing the yards should be compelled to move on and should be arreste 1 If they declined to do so. Wm. Madden, 22 yours old, has been .ahot and killed In a labor quarrel with George L. Smothermnn, conductor on a street railway cable line. The shoot ing wan the direct result, the police pay, of remarks made to Smothermnn by Madden, who chided Smotherman lor not wearing n union button. AMERICUS, fia., Aug. 15.—At a camp meeting in Webster county yes- day, Bill Bills killed Joe Phillips, shooting him twice with a revolver. hllllps Is said to have been unarmed. Ellis then flourished his revolver at onlookers and walked away, but afterwards surrendered. Phillips was a main witness for the state in the prosecution of Henry Morgan and Sidney Harrell, charged 1th having burned the town of Pres ton in April. Morgan was convloted and is now In the penitentiary, while Harrell is to be tried in October. The killing of Phillips may weaken the case for the state. Under the cir cumstances the homicide arouses much interest. Both Ellis and Phillips are negroes, while the men charged with the incedlarism are prominent white citizens of Webster county. The New York Strike, NEW YORK. Aug 15.—After hold ing a crowd of pursuers at bay from the platform of an elovhted railroad station, following nn alleged ossault upon another workman, emptying his revolver Into the mob. and trying to escape on a train. Joseph Cost* n<>. K years old. a bricklayer, was taken to a police station today, guarded by aquad of reserves with drawn r volvers. Behind surged the crowd which had chased him demanding that be be lynched. He was locked up on j charge of felonious assault made b; Thomas McLaughlin, another brick layer, who says that the young man llred at him, the bullet passing through the collar of his ’coat nenr enough to burn his neck. Costello, who Is not a member of a labor union, had been c ployed on a new building up to 1 week, when the union workmen de manded' his discharge and the coi tractor dismissed him. lie claim' that a sum of money was due him from the contractor and that e time ho went after it the union drove him away. Today, when again appeared at the building and started for the contractor’s office, McLaughlin stood in his way. Cos tello says that McLaughlin knocked him down. McLaughlin declares that Costello drew a revolver, llred one shot '/which narrowly missed him, and then turned and ran. . A blacksmith armed with a heavy sledge hammer facejl a crowd of strike sympathizers, who were administering a violent beating to Patrick Mnllon, a non-union man. this afternoon, and so overawed was the crowd that Mallon was allowed to slip away. WAR NEWS UP TILL TIME TO GO TO PRESS in Slain Was a Main Witness for the State in Recent Cases of Morgan and Harrell. Waiting on the Orel. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 15.—C m.—The cruiser Davison of the Baltic luadron has received sailing orders. Some of the vessels huve already left Cronstadt and others, including the _, will leave in a few days. The division may go round the Cape of Cooi! Hd|ii>. \vh‘-:v it will meet the colliers. Tho battleship division I altlng the completion of repairs to the Orel and is likely to stay for a k or a fortnight. Chineso Demand Restoration. WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Mr. Con ger, tho American minister at Pekin, haa cabled the stato department under today’s date as follows: The Russian minister has sent to the government a strong argument with regard to tho Ryesltelni. The Chinese government haa demanded from the Japanese tho restoration of the destroyer. NO LYNCHING, NO VIOLENCE AT THE STATESBORO TRIAL Wild Rumors to the Contrary Notwithstanding—Citizens Allowed Law to Take Its Course==Will Cato Found Guilty in Just Eight Minutes Without Recommendation for Mercy and Will be Sentenced This Morning by Judge DaIey==Personnel of Jury. BUCK BOWEN IS BEHIND THE BARS Negro Who 8tabbed Keeper Young of tho United States Reservation Is Now in Duranco Vile, AGED LADY’S DEATH PROBABLY SUICIDAL Bandits After Russians. MUKDEN, Aug. IB.—The Chinese bandit leaders Kltsushan, Tutlsnn and Folfngo, each with a thousand follow ers. are now In the Slmlnting district moving up tho La!o river valley with the object of attacking the railway. Each of the bands, which were organ ized by the Japanese, is accompanied by a hundred Japanese with mountain guns. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 15.-5:30 m.—A brief telegram from General Sakharof today records several at tempts of Chinese. bandits under the leadership of Japanese officers to des troy the rallrond between Liao Yantf and Anshanshan. The general staff Is Inclined to beUye the reports that a large contingent of General Oku’s army has gone to Port Arthur and that *n the meanwhile he ddea not expect do- operations. clslve Japs Rescued Russians. TOKTO. Aug. 15.-1105, a. m.—A dispatch to the adfriTTfltyrrom tho na val commander* at Takeshi says Ad miral Kamlmura met the Vladivostok squadron twenty mile* from tTlsan. Ko rea, at live o'clock Sunday morning The battle ended at 1:30 . The Rurlk annk by the stern, her bow standing up perpendicularly. The Japanese rescued six hundred members of the Rurik's crew. The Rossla and the Oromobo! caught Are several times and were heavily damaged. Only one of the Japanese ship was hit. , Two Japanese were killed and seven were woundde. Novik Reported Sunk. CHE FOO, Aug. 15.-10:30 p. m.— One unconfirmed report which has reached here from Tslngtnu ways the Russian cruiser Novik. which put Into Tlsngtau, after tho battle of Aug. 10, <.n port Arthur mid Id. h ■ - il»* 1 tmr- nnd put to sea within her twenty four hours limit, has been sunk forty miles from Tslngtnu. STATESBORO, Ga., August 15.—At 7:18 o'clock tonight the Jury in the case of the state vs. Will Cato return ed a verdict of guilty after being out eight minutes. Judge Daly immediately adjourned court until 8:30 o’clock tomorrow morning without passing sentence on tho prisoner. There were less than 100 people in tho court room when the Jury return ed Its verdict. There was not tho slightest evidence of pleasure or dis pleasure at the Jury's findings, ns the verdict was anticipated before the trial commenced. As soon ns Judge Daly announced a recess until tomorrow morning the court room was cleared nnd after waiting a half hour the prisoners were escorted back to the Jail under a heavy military guard. Stationed every three or four feet from tho court entrance to the Jail were armed men with fixed bayonets. After 6 o’clock no one was allowed to enter the court house, heavy guards being placed at each of the en trances, four in number. STATESBORO. Gn.. August 15.—In spite of wild rumors nil was quiet here today. Before court opened men were seen in groups in the streets, but a request from a military officer or from any of the civil authorities was suffi cient to disperse them. Judge Daly found the local military already* on duty. The talk of lynching was more prev alent outside of Statesboro than In it. Judge Daly urged that the guilty bo punished nnd the Innocent be given freedom. "The entire country stands to you: b;:.k wlu-r- you o’.vrve the law,” said Judge Daly, "but no one Is with you when you violate the law. I will consider it ar Jesty of the law m to me If tho law is violated.” At 1:30 o'clock Captain Hitch and the Oglethorpe Light Infantry of Sa vannah reached UM alty. / Captain Hitch assumed chargo of tho total military forces, now numbering 100 men. The following negroes are In the court room under military guard: Will Cato, Paul Reed, Will Rainey. Handy Bell, Dnvo Young. Ellas Young, A. J. Gaines, David Bennett. Phillip DeC'assc. Ben Pendennls. Hattie Reed. Ophelia Cato. Louis Cooper.' The men are ull supposed to be in the "Before Day Club”. The grand Jury has re ported, Indicting Reed nnd Cato for the murder of Henry Hedges. Cato is now ready for trial nnd a Jury Is being selected. Tho state elects to try the men separately. Tho Indict- A number of wltn put on the stand for t strongest witnesses h< C. Deal, who was the of tho murdered fan Reed, wife of Paul lie. fondants. She was a against Will Cato, the sh«» could not testlfv band. Mr. E scene of the CHE FOO. Aug. 15—11 p. m.—That a general land and naval attack was made on Port Arthur today Is Indi cated by Information from various {sources. The statement that the naval attack was made at 4 In the morning comes from an authoritative but not diplomatic quarter. Junks which ar rived here today say the Japanese re cently occuplel the Liauti hills and Sushlyen. which la two or three miles north of the fortress. Five worships and seven torpedo obat destroyers, ac cording to the Junks, returned to Port Arthur on the night of Aug. 10. Vessel Torpedoed. TOKIO. Aug. 15.—Admiral Togo re ports that a vessel of the type of tho protected cruiser Palluda was torpe doed today. Japs Repulsed. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 15.—The emperor has received the following dispatch from Viceroy Alexleff, dated August 13: _ According to a report from Port Ar thur August 10 the Japanese attacked Taku and Slaohou mountnln in enor mous force during the night of Au gust 9 and occupied them after fifteen hours’ fighting. On the night of Au gust 10, during a heavy rain storm, the Japanese attacked our east front, but were repulsed at all points. They also attacked simultaneously our whole front from Wolf hills to the Taku mountain, but everywhere were driven back. The fortress has been bom barded from the east side for four days. Stoesscl Reports. STV. PETERSBURG. Aug. 15.-4:20 p. m.—The war office today received a message from Port Arthur In which Gen. Stoessel, under date of August 11, reports a successful repulse of a general assault on the Russian outer positions during the night following the departure of the Russian squad ron. He does not mention a naval en gagement or refer to the return of the warships. The admiralty has received a telegram from Capt. Matousevltch, of the Czarevitch, now at Tslng Tau, saying he Is recovering. Japs Closing In. BERLIN. Aug. 15.—A dispatch to the Lokalanziger from Toklo, received to day, confirms the reports that heavy fighting has occurred at Port Arthur during the post few days. The Jap anese captured three Russian tmtteries and secured positions close to the In ner fortifications. Both sides lost heavily. The Japanese have com menced bombardment from I<ong mountain on the harbor and Inner de fenses. Assault Being Continued. CHE FOO, Aug. 15.—Junks which arrived here today, having left Port Arthur Aug. 12, brought reports that the Japanese occupied new positions on that day. The fighting was heavy but Intermittent, and Indicated that the assault was being continued. The Russians at Port Arthur nre re ported to be downhearted. The men who came on the Junks declare that the commander of the Japanese fleet before Port Arthur informed the Rus sian /commander of the place that If the warships which returned to tfce harbor after tho sortie of Aug. 10 were sunk by the Russians the Japanese would shell the town with lyddite. A Chinaman who has nrrlved here from Liao Yang declares that tho casualties In the recent fighting in that vicinity have been enormouB on both sides. Germany Informs Japan. BERLIN. Aug. 15.—The hauling »wn of tho flags of the Russians vea ls at Tslngtau took place In accord- »ce with Instructions of the German irolgn office, which, having nseer tain.»l that the damages sustained by the lkarahipa were too serious for re pairs to be made within a reasonable time, gave orders for them to disarm and he detained for the rest of the war. Japan has been officially In formed of the action taken by Ger many. The crews of the Russian ves sels have been ordered to be detained by the German authorities at Tslngtau until the close of the war. Waihinqton Advised. WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.—The state department has received advices from Che Foo to the effect that it Is reported there that a general naval battle at Port Arthur was begun at dawn today. Two Out of Business. LONDON, Aug. 15.—A dispatch to Lloyds from Shanghai says that the (xwvr Askold ~— gone into d - Fairbanks Will Speak. CHICAGO. Aug. 15.—That Senator Fair banks. the Republican vice-prudential candidate, will participate almost contin uously fn the political campaign nnd tom* the country In behalf of Ms party, ofl which he Is a component part, was made public today. He has entered Into an engagement to open the Kansas state campaign at Marlon In that state on Sep tember 1, and there are cans for him for earlier dat**s In Vermont. He also today Indicated his positive acceptance of an In vitation to *p»nk at Saratoga. N. Y.. on the 14th of September, or. the occasion of the celebration of the fiftieth anniver sary of tb* organisation of the Republican party at that resort. Enter In the palgn he wifi visit the far West. NEW hrsrPof tfonal c I and Parker Consult. Aug. 13.-Represent •fj^Chalrwan ^nf the I» STATE8BORO. Ga., Aug. 15.—The special session of superior court con vened hhro this morning at ten o’clock for the trial of the murders of the Hod ges family. By daylight the people wero coming In town from nil tho sur rounding country. In buggies, wagons, nnd nil manner of vehicle*. Every train that came In brought tremendous crowds. Both railroads put on several ,-lra coaches to accommodate th* crowd* coming from a distance. All the adjourning counties nre well rep resented, there being no less than 200 men here from Tatnall. nearly a* many from Emanuel, a large number from Screven. Laurens and Brynn. In spite of the Immence crowds ev erything has passed very orderly, and there has been no serious threat of dis turbance from any quarter. Last night the local military company wns called out about eleven o'clock. A crowd of about 150 men had gathered on the court house square and there appeared to be some considerable excitement, but when ordered to disperse they did so without any trouble. Court opened with Judge A. F. Daly presiding. Itev'. Harmon A. Hodges, of Texas, formerly of this county, a broth er of the murdered man. was present nnd opened the court with prayer, nnd afterwards made a short address to the crowd. In which he begged his listen ers not to do anything rash, but to let the law take its due course. He made a very eloquent and touching nppenl to the people of the county and it Is be lieved that hi* address had a great deal to do with keeping down any disturb ance through the day. On the opening of court the grand Jury was quickly called and Judge Daly charge^ th* m nn to the special Inves tigation before them and they return ed a bill before dinner against Pnul Reed nnd Win Cato, the two negroes that are generally believed to ho the guilty parties The court reconvened In the after noon. and the cases were promptly sounded. M* sw n. D. R. Groover. A. M. Deal, Howell Cone, J. J. Anderson nnd E. A. Corey were appointed by Judge Daly to represent the defendants. These are all local attorneys. The fia- , vannah lawyer who had been employ ed In the case, Mr. J. E. Myrlck. failed to show up. There was considerable feeling manifested against hi* coming, and he evidently took warning and chose to remain at home a* he wired his resignation to Judge Daly early In j the day before court convened. •n the call of the case. Solicitor Rawlings announced that, the ind would put will He in being asslMt- niei have been be state, the two fnr being Mr. J. nearest neighbor My. and Harriet rd, one of the de- uljowed to testify e court ruling that mjulnst h»r hus- I of going to the th*» night of tho covering the fact that the bodies of Mr, Hodges and his family were In the 11 Antes. He told of finding blood In poolsjnbout in various places In the yard ni.d In lane nenr tho house, and of tho search mudo the next day for evidence in the cuse. He told of finding the telltale shoes, a mlsmnted pair being found In I’ftul Reed’s house, lie testified that Pnul Reed’s wife had on a dress of the same mnterlal as n string with which one of the shoes was laced that was found on the scene of the killing. One of the Hhoes was found to have blood on it, and they were damp, showing their recent use, It having rained on tbe night of tho crimo. Harriet Reed, wife of Pnul Reed, tes tified that hor husband and Will Onto went from her house to Mr. Hodges' on the night of the crime: that they mnde two trips there together, the second trip having beyn made after they had killed nil the’' family except one of the little chlldron nnd thnt It was on thla second trip that they found her also anti killed her. nnd set fire to tno house. Witness said they came bnck nfter mutches, and that Will Onto told her that he Ind killed Mr. Hodges and all hit people. She testified thnt v’.’.e»i they ii• illy unit liock nfter the turning, about one o'clock in tho night, they told her nil about the killing. She gave all the gruesome details of their horrible crime. Just as they told It to her. She said they threatened that If she ever told’It, V'he would be killed and she -xHnlned that tint wa« the reason she did not tell anything until nfter they bed been caught. Her story corresponded In every detail with what she told on ttuMofoner’s In quest. Both of the defendant^ showed signs of restless nets during 1 her testimony. onnl insult * scerrtrd nt times to be greatly amused at parts of her story. The sheriff called to his nsslstaace today a detail of troops from Savan nah, In addition to the local company under Capt. Cone, sixty-eight men hav ing come In on a special over the Sa vannah nnd Statesboro rallrond about noon. They nre under command of Capt. Robert M. Hitch of the Ogle thorpe Light Infantry. They have been stationed In the court house this afternoon. Before the trlnl opened a cordon of troops was stationed around tho barracks and the crowd forced to give way for them to tiike their post. The court has been very orderly, how ever, considering the greut crowd of people who have been in the court house trying to hear tho case, and tho Intense interest of the listeners. All talk of a possible lynching has subdued. The jury selected nre nil true, trustworthy men, who can ba de pended upon to do their full duty and there Is no doubt of the conviction of both negroes. Some other names nro mentioned ns having a probable connection with the crime. Cato mnde a short statement and admitted that he was asked by Reed to go with him nnd three other negroes whose names he did not give, to Mr. Hodges’ house, but that he did not go. but went to hJs own home. Ilo denied having anything to do with tho crime. The Jury deliberated only a short while and brought in a verdict finding Will Cato guilty. Paul Reed will be put on trlnl to morrow morning. There was much talk of lynching this ofternoon, but the crowd could not agree, and nt this hour the town quiet, nnd now nil danger of a lynching The Columbus Burglar. COLUMBUS, Go.. August 15.—Chns. Gaston, the negro arrested by the po lice, may have committed every one of the thirty-odd burglaries In Columbus nnd Muscogee county during the past two weeks. Additional evidence was discovered today which mnkes the ensa ngnlnst him nil the more conclusive. Several of the articles stolen from ’ ■! I"'I li-ms-.' ■ li I\ .< l.o.Mi tr I- to his possession. Tho pollco believe that ho ‘111 r: li 11 * '1 til'* III I.inrltv of »!i* • burg lories, if not nil of them, and that if there should hav© been a gnng or burglars ho was at tho hend of tho gnng. The burglaries hnvc been dis tinguished by extraordinary daring* the midnight Intruder risking his life In many Instances. lie Is a rather tall negro, of glngorcnke color, nnd has a slight moustnehe. He Is evi dently very nervy and tnkes his Im prisonment coolly. Tho police uro satisfied that he Is nn escaped con vict. ns he hns the marks of shackles on his legs. Lucius Fann, a nsgro burglar sent up from tlfto count? fOf twenty years, some seven years ago, escaped from tho penitentiary recently, nnd Chief Williams Is inclined to tho opinion thnt this In no other than Lucius Fann, who returned to his old huunts, nnd resumed his operations CARROLLTON, Ga., Aug. 15.—Sun day afternoon an officer from Cleburne county, Alabama, accompanied by a young Mr. Sewell of thnt section, which Is about 23 miles to tho southwest of Carrollton, and a third white man brought to town under arrest Buck Bo wen, the negro man who on the 5th of August stabbed Mr. Tom Young, keep er of the Unit.*.! Staten mill! ir \ ner vation of this county and In being pur sued by a band of soldiers of the re servation seriously cut a soldier and escaped. Excitement ran high owing to this aggravation of the first crime nnd tho ilnence of the assulted parties. Bowen was ei\y;iged to work on tho re- rvatlon nnd ho cut Keeper Young in difference ultout the work, os the re port goes. Young’s condition was serious for vernl days and the condition of tho Idler was so precarious thnt ho was mpved to the hospital at Atlanta, neper Young offered a fifty dollar ro- nrd for the apprehension of tho fugl- vo nnd soldiers of the encampment iere at the time supplemented the re- ujid by threo hundred dollars addi tional. Bowen Is uneasy in Jail here. Ilo Is about GO years old. INDIAN0LA REDUCED TO FOURTH CLASS Columbua Wants Some. COLUMBUS, Ga., August 1 President Frank G. Lumpkin of the Columbus board of trade has written a letter to Chlrman J. Pope Brown, of the Georgia rallrond commission, call ing attention to the fart thnt In the readjustment of freight rate* Into Georglu. which will In nil probability occur as the' result of the Atlanta freight bureau’s fight, Columbus ox- pects to receive as many concessions in tbe way of reduced freight rot on ns will be granted any other Georgia city. President Lumpkin reminds the com mission that tho position of thla city is emphasized by the fact that It has w.it.-r tltluM. jir>d that tin* < itv expects to share fully In the ben to be gained by tljo readjustment of •s from Ohio river points Into rgln. HAWKINSVILLE IS .. BUSY PREPARING Lady of Moultrie Took Morphine a the Physicians Were Unable Counteract Its Effects, MOULTRIE. Elizabeth Ilami Hnmrriond. an e died this aftern phlne which uictdnl intent. Mr vlth i has bf nnd has also be Go.. Aug. 15.—Mrs. md. wife of Mr. II. S. *d citizen of Mourtrie n from a dose of mor- oi.h probably taken health fo: tublc by family affairs. She has attempt to commit detected and saved Half u bottle of laudanum and double dose orphii jelntly and the to counteract its effect: years old and is survive and several children, latter being prominent county. 1 by* a hu8bnn<! several of the citizens of th» THE CAMPAIGN IN NEW YORK STATE Action Regarding Postoffico The Is Explained, Was Not Bocau Minnio Cox Incident. WASHINGTON. Aug. 15.—Tho post- office at Indlnnola, Miss., which fig ured conspicuously lust year In raqp troubles on account of the negro post master. Minnie Cox. nnd which was closed for months by order of the president, linn been reduced from a presidential office to tbe fourth class. The past office department explains thnt this action wan due to th«< ceipts of that office for the last fi year falling below the minimum amount established for presidential off ices, and not to any desire of department to further show Its dll prov.il of the ' om i by tain of the citizens of the town tov the former Incumbent of the oi Minnie Cox. Before taking final nc In reducing tho rank of the office. Democrats woro consulted. PARIS IS CARRIED TO .GAINESVILLE National and State Democratic Co *b Wll| Not Intcrfero With tin ir Organization. NEW YORK Aug. 16.-At a conferee Chalrnmn Cord Meyer of tl mocratlo state commltt Nlekoll. chairman of tl htm\ today an understnn York nnd Deinn loiml or rdlm tate campaign lonal committee would hot Interfn ho state committee. Neither the n or tho stato committee will tako rorlc In Now York city nnd Iir there fh© campaign will ho condu The Big Barbecue and Meeting of Stato Agricultural Society Arousing Much Interest and Hard Work. P. T. 8hore, Whom He Judge Kimeey Bo Would be Safer Th; Shot. Died, and ieved Priaonor in at Clayton. to speak Inter In SAVANNAH. Nichols, usslsta Industrial Uf<> lit Of Nl< I ..I . I,: about hi work. Friend* of N h siv that the quarrel quiet. 1 down and both m< n ■Mined done when Nichols made a r ]M*h upon Nash and tried to strike him with his (1st. ull.n N11**11 defended himself, using nis poek» t knife. Jewell’s Squadron Leavos. WASHINGTON. Aijk. IT.. Rear Ad miral JowcU. commanding the Ameri can European squadmii, today cabled cd by Prof. Gibnon. GAINESVILLE, Gil, Aug. 15.—Col. i’iiilM, who nil'll I*. T. Shot** it Tallu lah Falls Baturda- night. Inflicting wounds from which Shore died yester- hn* seemingly passed. Boiler Explodes. SENOIA, Os., August 13.—The boll* or nt the saw mills of J. r. Arnold five miles from thla city exploded thb Xfernoon, killing four persons and in juring several others, how many is not known. The dead: J. F. Arnold, owner of the mill. Buford Arnold. Will Arnold. Negro—unknown. „ The Injured Included two negro em ployes. of whom one may die. The cause of the explosion Is not known, but Is reported to have been low water In the boiler. J. F. Arnold was one of the wealthi est nnd most prominent men In tho county. Jasper Won from Waycross. WAYCROSS. Ga.. Aug. 15.—Jasper, Flo., won from Waycross tills after noon by the score of < to 2. Five of Jasper's runs were scored In the first inning, when the Waycross club went to pieces. Only two men reached first In the balance of the game. Werner and Cnpo weredho battery- for Way- cross and Anderson and Streety for Jasper. Werner struck out elgli gve five h‘tx. struck Anders live hits. On • I R. I Onto on trial first !ve I ^1 h> the prosecu ^ no- Brannon and II. R strange, a trial W’ y™* soon caught. It having taken ■nt* 11*** t.mn fifteen minutes to switre a • The Jury Is twelve men: B. Wffcon. J. I has »»I- I composed ©_ literature* I John W. fire ham. Geo regarding In. Anderson. B. F. Port* 1 :«*•":»- ■> Jr. ^rocto**. P. T Bran eight times to but wnune: secured three hits, play tomororw and ag Narrow E»cap* fro CARROLLTON. Ga Mr. Samples, i Mr met this place, h id a narrow escape from an electric bolt during u storm four miles east of here Saturday afternoon. At a church 1;** and others had stopped and he had tied his mule under a tree near another rnule. The trees were stricken by lightning tirul Mr. Knm- ple’s mule was killed, as' was also the mule of a comrade. Mr. Li.^eter. The holt that kill-d the mule also fright fully shocked Mr. ftample*. but hi: HAWKINSVILLE On.. August 16.— All Ilnwklnsvlllo Is now astir making the flnul preparations for the great event of the present week, the big bar becue and the meeting of the state ag ricultural society which occurs Wed nesday and Thursday. Local committees appointed by tho Pulnsgl Farmer’s Club and tho Con federate veterans nre busily engaged riding the country roundabout nnd In the city getting up the numerous car casses to be barbecued nnd listing the baskets. Nothing will be left undone to nmke the uffnlr the greatest of Its kind In Hawklnsvllle’s history. The Southern railway, the Ilnwklns- vllle A Florida Houthern, the Wrlghts- vllle Sc Tennllle. the Atlantic Sr. Birm ingham. the Georgia Houthern, nnd tho I*. Sc B. railroads will give reduced rates to Hawklnsvllle nnd return on tho two days, August 17-18, and Im mense crowds uro coming. The rates advertised are one faro plus 25 cents Besides the train loads thnt will roll in will be hundreds who will drive In from points as fnr as twenty to twen ty-five miles. Tho following well known Georgians to nttend have already been booked and secured homes as delegates nnd homes ure ready for every other delegate ns they arrive. Col. J. g McCall, Quitrnnn; Hon. Martin V. Calvin, Augusta; lion. T. J. Kast»*rlln, Montezuma: Hon. li. N. Barron, Griffin; Col. T. J. Lyons, Cnr- tersvilie; MaJ. J. M. McBrjran, Rev. W. D. Hummock. Coleman: M. II. Russell, Carrollton; IJ. D. Lutnsdun. Macon; Copt. Jno. A. Cobb. Amerlrus; J. EL McEloy, Norcross; Prof. Stewart, Col. R. F. Crlttendon, Shellman; Mr. Terrell Moody, Shell man; Hon. John Gunn, Cuthbert; Hon. C. L. Tumlln. Cuth- bert: Col. J. O. Sasser, Cuthbert; W. C. Evans, Weslyaii l ile; F„ T. Mathis, Americas: C. if Ramsey, Plocola; C. A. Davis, J. R. Davis, A. C. Everet, Brooks county; J. C. Stanly,Brooks; Cob R. Leonard, Talbotton. The Indies will also be out In full force and all visitors will receive a hearty welcome. Tennis in Atlanta. ATLANTA. Ga., Aug. 15.—The win ners In singles and doubles In the Southern tennis tournament of Inst Katurdny today met the holders of championships and cups In both styles th of the game nnd secured both. In sin- ■nr.*.* gb**. Nat Thornton met nnd d«*feuted e team will Clsronco Angler. 4-5. «-0. «-2. 5-3. Nat Thornton and Bryan Grant, both of At- ' *'llnnta. finished today their match with Lynching. I former champions In doubles. Wtl Aug. 16.—A nfte the rder of Judgo J. J. Klmsey, brought to Gulnen- vllie tonight and plo- • d In JolUor safe keeping, the Jail at Clayton bftlng In secure and it being fe.ired that Paris might be summarily dealt with by Shore’* friends. Judge Klmsey deemed It wine (•> have hi;,, brought her.-. Avk Sale of Assets. NEW YORK. Aug 15. -Attorney- General Robert II. McCarter, of New ey City today tbe sale of the Y within nine the McAlpln nnd others Hevernl months o. Th.-y court held that the sale otlld take place ton days nfter the t© of the sending out of the notices, ■ I said thnt In the order he would ike he would dire t that the sate by separate lots nnd thnt the GonJ- on Wealth Tobacco Company should Ipulnte thnt the sale shoull he abso- te. The Commonwealth company h been closely Identified with the a I versa I company. The Universal mpnny’s osasts Include plants In f*w York and Richmond, Va. Aug. 15.—Thi by Wm. M. Me i set. id Angler, winning the < gill be Mr. Cowherd th,.t the tritl wanted Information. It i ,— thnt the two «-vrnmt:t»*e* will ci>-operate I riven. Madison *teri4fur ou campangn literature. . Ua-giia. likely Ea'thouake MEXICO <’fTY. AU| I of ••nrlhqu^k** Is* rep, I Chlapes • “ Geo. A. Hart, nen. J. D. Mc- a and J. Dan I pec. ' in *©me 133 j were Le*r J. npleb eubterraneatj noise* Pitcher 121 Ysare Old. COLITMBI- T B. Ga.. August 15,~ ,V. M. Tarvtn, who lives at Cal la., has at her home a pitcher Kisln 12! years old. having .rought from England to South < Ina in a bl* shipment of cro the da South Cl Talbot c* for many Mrs. Jam I MEXICO 1 two casex &zrltU tu. mil nu the evolution retv>rt fndlcsle* gre.it p Merrick attributed It to Opened. Aug. 15. The Slot**-Sheffield ay were opened h Hire e. July 11. While drlv- Mn. HALE OF JOLLY rhnt the Peach Crop of His Soc* > Was Fino nnd Melons Bette’-. Robert W. Hale, of Joll> Pike ■ v.-.m nt the Hotel Leubr last FUNERAL OF MRS. ROSS. Conducted Ye Griffin Militia Retu rovemsnts at Syna I act for doing; th<

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Macon telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 188?-1905, August 16, 1904, Image 1