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WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA: FAIR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAYl LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS
ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA., TlT.SnAY MORNING. AUG l 'ST 30. 1904
WAR IN FAR EAST
HAS REACHED CRISIS
RUSSIAN FORCES RETIRE ON LIAO YANG WH ERE, UNABLE TO FUR
THER DEFER MATTERS, THEY AWAIT ADVANCING JAPANESE,
WHOSE PROGRESS HAS BEEN RAPID AND DETERMINED, SPAR-
ING NO SACRIFICE—IMPROVED CONDITION OF ROADS WILL
PRECIPITATE EVENTS—STOESSEL AT PORT ARTHUR INTIMATES
HE WILL BE UNABLE TO HOLD POSITION MUCH LONGER.
LIAO YANG. Aug. 29. 8 a. m.—The
'Japanese artillery resumed the battle
at 6 o'clock this morning, the point of
pressure again being the Russian south
front. The Japanese Infantry are now
advancing to attack the regiments de
ployed in open order.
Things Will Happen Now.
LIAO YANG, Aug. 29.—The Japan
ese have transferred their activity to
the Russian eastern and southern
fronts. A rear guard battle is progress
ing. The weather has Improved and the
roads are drying. Events, therefore, are
likely to be precipitated.
Awaiting Advancing Japs.
LIAO YANG. Aug. 29.—The Russian
army has effected Its retirement with
transport and artillery, on Liao Yang,
and is now in position awaiting the ad
vancing Japanese. The progress of the
latter has been rapid and determined,
sparing of no sacrifice. In the attack on
the Siaolindzy position, one Japanese
battalion lost all its officers.
The retirement of the Russian trans
port of four corps yesterday evening
across the plain while the artillery and
troops in the rear held off the Japanese
afforded a -magnificent spectacle. All
alongv the extended lines there was an
Incessant roar of batteries, the Rus
sians working their guns with great
coolness and not retiring until the
transport was in safety. Gen. Rontkow-
eky was among the killed.
That Disarming.
SHANGHAI. Aug. 29.—The Russian
torpedo boat destroyer Grozovoi has
disarmed and the cruiser Askold will
disarm tomorrow.
earthworks and drag cannon about
The report that heavy firing began on
Aug. 27 confirms a previous rumor
from a creditable source that the Jap
anese had planned to resume the gen
eral attack on that date.
The information received here dur
ing the past week seems to confirm the
belief that the greut Japanese assault
upon Port Arthur, which began August
22. was by no means as successful
anticipated. Although the Japanese
succeeded in pushing their lines for
ward, they were unable in any Instance
to occupy the important positions
from which they drove the Russians.
They succeeded only in weakening the
Russian lines without making Impor
tant advances in their own.
The report that the Japanese forces
before Port Arthur, have received rein
forcements via Dalny* has been con
firmed. This bears out the statement
from Chinese sources that heavy fight
ing commenced August 27. The nr-
rangmentB of fortifications at Port
Arthur is described by a Russian
very simlliar to a chess board, upon
which every fort with respect to the
zone by its artillery, has the moving
powers of the queen in the game of
chess. Up to this point the Japanese
have made no attempts to occupy any
one of the Important forts without be
ing subjected to fire.
Stoessel Thanks Nicholas.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 29.-4, p.
m.—It is reported from a reliable
source that Lieutenant General Stoes
sel, commander of the Russian mili
tary forces at Port Arthur, has tele
graphed to the czar, thanking him
for a recent message of encouragement
sent to the garrison of Port Arthur,
and saying that the defenders of the
fortress nre ready and willing to lay
down their lives, but adding that the
garrison has already suffered severely,
and intimatelng that it hardly possible
to hold out for more than a month or
six weeks.
STAHLMAN DROWNS IN
CUMBERLAND RIVER
!ews Editor Nashville Evening Banner
Met Untimely Death While Cruising
in His Gasoline Launch.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 29.—G. E.
C. Stahlmnn, vice president of the
Banner Publishing Company, news ed
itor of the Evening Banner and day
correspondent of the Associated Press,
drowned In the Cumberland river
nine miles above here this afternoon.
Mr. Stahlman was cruising up the
river In his gasoline launch when the
propeller refused to work. He dived
under the launch to remedy the trouble
and failed to reappear. The body has
not yet been recovered.
Mr. Stahlman was 35 years of age
and a s of Major E. B. Stahlamn of
this city.
LOSS WAS $1,250,000.
Largest Sugar Factory in Germany
Burns and Sugar at Hamburg
Advances.
BERLIN, Aug. 29.—The largest su
gar factory In Germany, named Kulm-
se, near Thorn, West Prussia, was
burned last night, involving a loss of
51,250,000. The Are caused a rise in the
sugar market at Hamburg of three
cents a hundred weight
A CLOSE CALL.
Youth’s Knifo Narrowly Missed News
Butcher’s Jugular Vein on Sea
board Air Line Train.
SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 29.—A. W.
Coleman, news butcher on the Sea
board Air Line, whose home is in Co
lumbus, was cut on the train In Tatt
nall county tonight by Ben Lancaster,
a 16-yenr old boy of Ochwalkee.
Lancaster, It is said, was drunk and
was spilling tho contents of a bottle in
Coleman’s basket. A light resulted anil
Lancaster’s knife narrowly missed
Coleman’s Jugular vein. Ills throat was
severely cut.
Lancaster was arrested by Conductor
Wise and brought to Savannah.
Change In Operations.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 29, 6:50 p.
Sn.—Theoperatlons around Liao Yang
tmve undergone a complete change.
Owing to the delay In the concentration
of Gen. Kbropatkln’s army as a result
of the terrible condition of the roads,
the Japanese seized the opportunity to
attack the slow moving corps and se
vere fighting occurred August 28 anil
28, In which the Russians log another
thousand men and they now probably
will have to aocept a general engage
ment. Gen. Kuropatkln himself de
scribes the latest phase of tho hostili
ties in a long dispatch to tho emperor
from a point on the railroad a few
miles south of Liao Yang, where prac
tically the Whole army wan assembled
and awaiting battle. The telegram,
which was filed early this morning,
gays:
"The Japanese begnn at dawn Aug.
27 two movements designed to cut off
the first and fourth corps. The first,
stationed at Anhanshan. half way be
tween Halcheng and Llaoyang. expe
rienced the most serious difficulty, ow
ing to the bad roads. The Japanese
under General Oku tried to flank this
corps from the east. In the meanwhile
General Kurokl, abandoning his pres
sure of Generals Ivanoff and Herschel-
mnnn. drove a wedge between the sec
ond and fourth corpjs, which were sta
tioned west of Llandianslan. a strong
'defensive position In the hills twenty-
four miles southwest of Liao Yang.
The Russians, greatly Impeded by their
artillery and commissariat, fought
series of rear guard actions In order to
cover the retreat of their Impediments
to Liao Yang, In which they were suc
cessful. The first corps, which figured
at the battle of the Yalu and In the
fighting at Motien Pnss k again sus
tained the brunt of the fighting and
suffered the majority of the losses. In
cluding General Roulkovsky and Col.
. Von Raaben. The first, second and
fourth corps, combined under the com
mand of General Zaroubaieff and the
tenth, seventeenth and third corps un
der General Ivanoff, forming the eas
tern contingent, succeeded In effecting
n concentration at Liao Yang without
further loss.”
The whole six corps, of which two
are European troops, have now formed
a semi-circle within a radius of six or
eight miles of Liao Yang. General
Kuropatkln has not far short Of 70,000
men.
Jap’s Received Reinforcements.
CHEFOO, Aug. 29.-7 p. m.—Severe
fighting was resumed at Port Arthur
on Aug. 27, according to Chinese who
left there on the evening of the 27th.
Between Aug. 22 and Aug. 26, there
was some fighting, but it was less se
vere than that of the 27th. The Chi
nese were arrested and compelled to
carry the dead from the battlefield
cf Pallchuang, which the Japanese at
tempted to capture on Aug. 26. Thirty
catts were used to carry the dead,
numbering four hundred In the trench
es and outskirts, to the city. A police
man told the Chines* that the efficient
soldiers in the garrison at Port Arthur
numbered over ten thousand. A Chi
nese who lived near Rlhlungshan de
clares that he saw the Russians occu
pying this fort from which previous
reports stated that they had been driv
en out. Probably both reports were
correct st the time they were current,
ss semi-official advices state that
many positions st and about the for
tress change hands repeatedly.
The fighting, which began on the
27th soon became general. While th
Chinese were at sea Aug. 28th th
heavy firing was resumed. Two Junks
containing contraband of war were
sunkvby a Japanese torpedo boat ten
miles off Liao TI promontory.
It is said that Fort No. 5 has changed
hands four times and is now unoccu
pied. The Japanese filled the moat In
front of this fort with sandbangs. The
Japanese are using thousands of Chi
nese coolies to dJg trenches, build
An Enormous Army,
HSIAOTUN, 11 miles east of Liao
Yang, Aug. 29.—The Russian army
from Anplng this afternoon debouched
upon the Liao Yung plain, after fight
ing a rear guard action for nearly ten
minutes from Anpng( bringing Its
wounded and burying its dead on the
way. Six guns nre reported to have
been lost, but a number of Japanese
wore captured, showing signs of great
fatigue and hardships. The enormous
army, tho last of which passed out on
the Lan valley at 8 o’clock this after
noon, seems to fill the entlro plain
from the foothills to the ancient walls
and is disponed In an orderly manner
through tho vast fields of Chinese corn,
the soldiers singing as they went Into
camp, despite their unbroken series of
inverses, while tho baggage and trans
port trains caught in the muddy rivu
lets encouraged tho cheery nssistancc
of everybody. Nothing apparently af
fects the heartiness of the men in tho
ranks. The line of wounded man
which reached the great east gate this
evening passed silently through the
streets, as deserted us the aisles of tho
catacombs. The litter bearers, with
their solitary lanterns, passed an Im
pressive. spectacle, awing the Chinese,
who, today for the first time realized
tho imminence of a battle.
HELENA, AND M’RAE
ENTER A PROTEST
Davenport Bros. & Co., Say They Aro
Not as Fairly Treatod as Cordotc
Fitzgerald.
DEATH CLAIMS
NEGRO. SLAYER
Scott, Who Murdered Mr.
Bishop Dies From Wounds
LOST LIFE WHILE
ATTEMPTING ESCAPE
nbus Officers Chased Negro Who
Jumped in River and Drowned Near
the Shore.
The above dispatch was filed this
evening on the ground over which
the decisive battle of this campaign
of war between Russia and Japan will
apparently be fought In the Immetl
late furture. Hslotun which Is Indi
cated In the date line of the despatch,
is eleve n miles east of Liao Yang, Is
a small town or village situated where
the small river Lan empties into the
large Tsltse river. The importance of
the despatch Is In the fact that while
it gives the situation at that part of
the battle field up to this evening It
also shows beyond any doubt that the
Russian line of communication is not
cut.
CLAY AND GRIGGS
Senator and Representative From
Georgia Pay Their Respects at
Esopus.
NEW YORK. Aug. 29.—All of the ac
re campaign managers were at Dem
ocratic headquarters trve*»« •*»—
quite a number of visitors from out of
town. Among them were ben.Uot ciiay
and Representative Griggs of Georgia.
Senator Latimer of South Carolina,
former Senator Cannon of Utah, Rep
resentative Granger of Rhode Island,
and John O. Carlisle, Chairman Shee
han, of the executive committee re
turned from Esopus and Mr, Belmont,
Delaney NIcoll, and Chairman Taggart
were all present at the morning confer
ence. The Democratic committee Is
giving more attention to the organisa
tion in New York state than anything
else Just st present, but Is assisting <n
the campaigns in Vermorft and Maine.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 —The inter
state commerce committee today re
ceived a complaint from Davenport
Bros. & Co., hnvlng their principal
places of business at Helena and Mc
Rae, Ga., against the Southern and the
Seaboard Air Line rallwuy companies.
The petition alleges thnt in the mak
ing of rates on grain, flour, hay, canned
goods and other commodities the de
fendant roads are subjecting the com
plainants and the cities of Helena nnd
McRae and the merchants and dealers
therein, to unjust discrimination and
to undue and unreasonable prejudice
and disadvantage In favor of and to the
unduo and unreasonable preference
advantage of Cordele nnd Fitzgerald.
Ga., and merchants and dealers therein^
The complainants charge that this is
a violation of the Interstate commerce
law which they pray tho defendant
roads may be required to cense.
FIVE NEGROES ARRESTED.
Georgia Has no Monopoly on “Befor
Day” Clubs of the Colored Persua*
COLUMBUS, Ga.. Aug. 29.—Five
negrres. all aupposed to be members of
the Before Day Club were arrested
near Salem, Ala., today for attempting
to enter the house of Mrs. - Maggie
Plott.
„ One of the members of the gang ar
rested. a negro woman, confessed to
the authorities that the negroes of
the community hAd organized for the
purpose of murdering, robbing and
burning.
The first white family who was to
have received this treatment was that
of Mrs. Maggie Plott who resides with
her three children on a plantation neai
Ohewacla.
Mrs. Plott’s son thwarted the at
tempt by firing nt one of the negroes
was entering the window. The
officers are now In the lookout for an
other negro, who 1s said by the negresa
who confessed, to be a member of the
gang.
TROUBLE WAS AVERTED
Had Prisoner Not Beon Claimed by a
Higher Court of Justice Serious
Things Would Possibly Have Occur
red, as Friends and Relatives of Pop
ular Farmer Were Very Angry.
FITZGERALD Ga.. Aug. 29.—A. L.
Scott, the negro slayer of J. A. Bishop,
died In the city Jail here at 4 o’clock
this afternoon.
His death probably averted serious
trouble, as excitement was at fever
heat from the time last night's special
train arrived front Rebecca with the
prisoner, who wns captured by citi-
zents of that place.
Yesterday evening, when the first
report of Scott’s capture reached here,
Chief of Police Herman Smith accom
panied by six armed citizens left at
once for Rebecca which Is a small vil-.
lage fearing a general uprising among
the negroes. Smith and his party
were followed by a special train car
rying a heavily armed force from here
and gathering up a number en route.
The special train returned nt 2:30
o’clock this morning carrying the ne
fatally wounded. He was taken to
the city Jail and early this morning
the mob gathered, and there was im
minent danger of lynching.
The prisoner wns removed to tho
second story of the city hall, a sub
stantial brick structure, and placed
under a heavy guard. Company M
Fourth regiment, Georgia state troops,
under command of Lieutenant Chnrles
A. Day, was called to^rms, and held
In readiness for Immediate action. The
mob refused to disperse
more than an hour after tho depth of
the negro, declaring the report to he
a ruse to deceive the excited populace
till he could bo removed to Abbeville.
Scott died thirty minutes before the
arrival of tho sheriff «»f Wilcox county
and the remains still He at the qjty
haU.
The coroner of AVIlcox county wns
sent for, hut hns not come, and It Is
hardly likely an inquest will be held.
When Scott wns captured he co
fossed to the shooting of Mr. Bishop,
but after being brought here said that
a negro by the name of Will Baker
of Wrightsvllle did the shooting,
onfessed t$ the robbing of Miller’,
store on the night of the 22nd. nnd 1m-
llcated two other n*i • ••■a who Were,
aught and brought.here Inst night,
nnd are now lodged In the city Jail.
Another negro who hnrborcd him has
also been caught.
Relntlves nnd friends of Mr. Bishop
who met such an untimely death, are
here In large number from all parts
of the county.
COLUMBUS, Ga., Aug. 29.—Berry
Trammell, a negro, risked his life to
avoid capture this afternoon and lost it
drowning while attempting to swim the
Chattahoochee river.
Trammell has been wanted by the
police for violating some city ordinance
of minor importance and this afternoon
Officers Behan and Bennett saw him
across the street and started over to
arrest him.
The negro ran for the river and
Jumped In at Mott’s Green, seeming to
prefer death to surrender. He was un
successful In hln efforts to swim the
stream and went under not far from
the shore.
MONUMENT TO BE
DEDICATED TODAY
Testimonial of Daughters of the Con
federacy to Those Southerners who
Fell in tho First Battlo of Bull Run.
Mi«t Roosevelt Fainted.
NEWPORT, R. L. Aug. 29.—It was
learned today that Mias Alice Roose
velt fainted In William Payne Thomp
son's automobile early Saturday morn
ing while ahe was on her way from a
dancing party at CoL and Mrs. Wil
liam Jay's residence. At the comer
of & road A. Do Navarro’s chauffeur,
running his machine at a rapid pace,
suddenly appeared, and had not
Thompson's chauffeur stopped at once
a serious accident would have oc
curred. The Thompson machine was
brought to a standstill so quickly th it
the occupants were thrown to th* bot
tom In s head. Mian Roosevelt fainted
but was soon revived. Michael Wc
De Navarro’s chauffeur, was arre
and sent to Jail for five days for fast
driving.
J. Walter Inman.
AUGUSTA, Ga.. Aug. 29.—J. Walter
Inman, a large cotton exporter, died
suddenly last night st !*la country home
near this city. He was attacked with
convulsions.
Landed in Illinois,
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 29.—A telegram
was received today by Assistant Chief
Percy Hudson of the department of
sportation st the World’s Fair say
ing that George Tomlinson of Byra-
•. X. Y.. contesting with Carl E.
Meyera of Frankfort. N. Y., In a bal
loon race to Washington. D. C., landed
near Wyoming, HI., last night, after
being In the air twenty-four hours.
Meyers had landed near 8t. Charles,
Mo., after being in the air a little more
than two hours. The contest will be
continued until November I, when a
cash prize of $5,000 will be awarded.
Tomlinson has a distance of 200 miles
to his credit, which may be beaten by
another aeronaut.
The Tennessee Strike.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 2t.—It
d*v«V>p-l tonight that * propooltlon
had been by the miners today to con
tinue work at the present scale after
September I and until such time as the
year's seal* can be arranged. Tills was
turned down by the operators who pre
sented a counter proposition that the
vnen continue work at the present *
prevailing in the Birmingham district.
This was rejected by the miners ss it
meant a reduction of 15 pr* c**nt.
tkrnnl Secretary Wilson of th* United
Min* Workers wired that be would ar-
jire tomorrow,
Story of the Capture.
CORDELE, Ga., Aug. 29.—John
Knapper, alias Kid Knappor. allns
Bcott, who was arrested near Rebecca
yesterday afternoon and brought to
Fitzgerald on a special train at 2:20
o’clock this morning, is dead there.
It ia generally believed If a start
had been made with Knapper thnt
Jim Clark, John Alllngton nnd Cobb
Hill, three other negroes who were
arrested about the same time, would
have been dealt with by the mob.
There waa strong opposition to mob
violence and. taken together with the
fact that the chief prisoner wns suf
fering with mortal wounds, the lynch
ing sentiment weakened. Governor
Terrell ordered the local military com
pany to report to the civil authorities
and troops would have been used If
needed.
After a determined pursuit of Just
one week a negro who suld his name
was Knapper and who confessed to the
killing of J. A. Bishop Sunday night a
week ago, while both were passengers
on an Atlantic and Birmingham r
senger train, wns nt S o’clock yester
day afternoon captured by a posse of
150 men near Rebecca. The shooting
of Bishop, the negro’s escape by a
daring leap from the moving train, and
his capture at the shanty In which he
was barricaded had been fired, all oc
curred within less than 100 yards of
apace.
The exact scene of the capture is at
the Atlantic and Birmingham water
tank, one mile and a half this side of
Rebecca, In Wilcox county. He hnd
made his way toward Cordele and Just
narrowly skirted the town. He was
seen at Worth and several other places
In this Immedlnt*- section. He mad*
his way back to the scene of his crime
and established himself In the shanty
of n negro wHomnn who lives almost
at the Identical spot where he fired the
fatal shot at Bishop. He notified the
woman thnt he must be fed. and that
If any Information as to his where
abouts leaked out he would kill her
without question.
The woman was thoroughly fright
ened nnd kept the secret for s day or
two. but yesterday afternoon risked n
chance of notifying the posse. Knap
per had been siting In the house of
the woman and hiding during the day
in a desterted shanty not many fewt
from the hous* in which he ate and is
believed to hav* slept.
The woman told the posse that he
was In her shanty. It waa Immediately
surrounded and the negro ordered to
come out. No attention was paid to
the order, and after waiting s reasona
ble length of time shavings fr*re plied
around the shanty and • match ap
plied. No shots wers fired Into the
house g* reported. The posse waited
for its quarry. nnd Just before the
house was raady to fall In the negro
emerged from ;t hack door and ran
for his life, making no show of fight,
although h* was *rmed with two heavy
revolvers.
The poss* did not fire until the flee
ing negro was folly fifty yards sway.
At that d?**-' 1 * 1 hundred or more
Winchesters and other rifles, shot-
vera bel
HEADQUARTERS CAMP, Gaines
ville, Va„ Aug. 29.—A monumont erect
ed to the Confederate dead of the first
battle of Bull Run by the Daughters of
the Confederacy is to be dedicated to
morrow'at Groveton. Gen. Bell,-In com
mand of the troops at Thoroughfare,
will participate In the exercises with
tho Seventh cavalry. Governor Monta
gue will make tho dedication address.
Gen. Bell hns plnnned that the par
ticipation of his cavalry In tho dedica
tion exercises shall not only bo a trib
ute to the memory*of tho dead, but the
nine mllo march between division camp
No. 2 nnd Groveton Is to be mnde a
practice march. The troop is to bo di
vided into five sections, each taking a
dlrferent road to Groveton with in
structions to arrive there exactly nt th
same time. The start will bo made at
8 o’clock. Groveton will be reached nt
10:30 and the dedication will begin half
an hour later. This practice march in
to constitute the work of division No.
2 for the day.
No drills were ordered today. Th* of
ficers of Gen. Corbin’s staff made In
spection tours of the maneuver zone on
horseback this morning, some going to
ward Mnnnssas and some In tho direc
tion of Thoroughfare. A meeting of nil
the officers of three cumps has been
lied by Gen. Corbin at his headqusr-
r:« Wednesday morning, when tho
■icf a| ini 11 Will Will dlM’iieaed.
That the proper Instructions for the
maneuvers may bo hud, Gen. Corbin
sued instructions to Col. A. L.
Wagner, chief umpire, or some member
of his staff of assistants to deliver a
lecturo at the camp established for
members of the press each evening af
ter a day of maneuvering. This lecturo
will be available for officers of the
army if they desire to attend. General
Grant, In command of division camp
No. 1 at Mnnnssas, rude to headquar
ters today for a conference with Oen-
1 Corbin. Gen. Beil. Ill command nt
Thoroughfare put in tho entire day on
his horse making observations to aid
him in the defense of Thoroughfare
Gap.
CINCINNATI O., Aug. 29.—Frankie
Harter, the little girl who is the cen
tral figure in the tragedy of murder
and autcido, in which her mother, or
rather, tho woman aupposed to be her
mother was murdered and her lover,
Drueln committed suicide somewhat
later in her presence, has mnde a con
fession to Chief of Detectives Craw
ford after a "sweat.” Iler statement
was a follows:
"My earliest recollection la of Mr.
and Mrs. Harter, who I know as
father nnd mother. I had no idea that
I was not their child until Oertrude
Green Young sent me a letter a short
time ngo. telling me that I would bo
lending a different life If I hnd my real
ther. Then I found a paper in the
um with the name of Frankie Em
mons on it.
"When I was soven years old my
iother trained me for the stage. I
orkod on different* stages about tho
city, doing leading boy turns nnd buck
nnd wing dancing. Lost winter a hu
mane society got after me nnd I had
to go hack to school. I wont to the
fifth reader.
"I met Drueln about n year ngo. I
have loved him ever since. I used to
get lettero from him when he
wns in Dencer. I thought I loved
him."
Here the child told n harrowing tnlo
of the alleged bartering of herself for
gold by Mrs. Harter.
She told of men she did know who
visited the l\nt nnd spoke of an old
man who wns particularly liberal to
her. The child told of her horror of
the life, hut wns assured by her step
mother thnt all wns right.
When Drueln’s clothing wns search
ed n number of letter were found thnt
unfolded a tale In themselves. In one
of them wns a golden ringlet of the
child’s hnlr. tied with a baby blue
ribbon. The letters nre gushing and
seem beyond the capacity of girls so
young nnd give him hundreds of
MOB VIOLENCE
AT STATESBORO
Negro Done! nz Result of Treatment by
White Men—Coroner’s Jury Probe*
With Some Effect.
STATEHnORO, Go., Aug. 29.—Be-
bnstlne McBride, a negro man living
near Portnl, in the upper part of Bul
loch county, wns taken out of his house
Saturday night by a mob of five men.
carried out In the woods nnd whipped
severely nnd th*n shot, from the effects
of which he died soon afterwards.. Be
fore denth cams, however,-he related to
number
ople- the
ml led nn
white men nnd
miner In which
kls
n some lette
1 tells him sli
a« \ii the i’
she
of dying
band." nnd signed "Darllm
id Westly Walti
bny while they
After Hu
his Ife hi
hnd In
rd sovei
time In the night McBride reti
his house, badly beaten and sin
b Ii'li ill vei.il 1.1 i. .
Several of the white nelglibr
notified and went to see the n<
took his testitn
Q. Htn
his
give ti
too yo
his wife, but they wo
y letters, for they snlil
und too sinnll to he re*
Coroner D.
and held nr
dono quite a dlstan
nnd It was tmpossll
details of the crime
of the coroner's j.
however, nnd th* b
arrest the persons
did of (lie Jury glv
. "August 2*. 1904
Jury. IBfyqliellffl I,
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.
8HERIFF RUNS AMUCK.
Arkansas Official Does Soma Shooting
and Leaves for Parts Unknown.
MARION, Ark., Aug. 29.—A grant
commotion wns caused here today be
cause of a plr.tol duel on the main
street between Sheriff J. F. Williamson
and former Sheriff W. F, Werner. Sev
eral shots ewer fired, but nelthtrr
participant wns Injured. Sheriff Wil
liamson then repaired to the Jill,
where he has living quarters. Shortly
afterwnrda two shota wer fired from |
his room at Attorney Shafer nnd Judge
II. O. Chambers, but neither took ef- !
feet.
Sheriff Williamson later left Marion
arid his whereabouts tonight are not
known. Judge J. M. Greer of Mem
phis arrived here this afternoon and
sold that Sheriff Williamson would re-
turn tomorrow and atand trial. Judge
Greer acted aa peace maker between
tho partisans of the two men. and both
aides agreed not to participate. any
further trouble.
Discussing Hill’s Decision.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—The decision
of David B. Hill to retire from politics
after Jnnuary 1 waa a topic of discus
sion In all political headquarters to
day. Ills friends declared that Hill
would still he very much In evidence.
Governor Odell anld: "I am glad he
la to remain in until then.”
uppened. Mr. Drueln
.mild kill himself. Thl
erred to In rny letter
8tory of tho
CINCINNATI, O.. A
S pert ed Of llUVlll
M.r, errmiemiHlv
a resident of Mar
ire killing himself, has broke
nd confessed all to the nut:
iie allege* that the tragedy u
Ipltated by reason of the Li
Ir*. Harter had continually rt
How her to marry Drueln, a
ecsust of the woman’s ill treat
From the story told by the girl It
seems that Drulen first choked the wo
man with h sheet. Her struggles were
heard by the daughter, who slept In the
ndjolnlng room. She rushed to the door
of her mother’s room, where she was
met by Drutin. who picked her up and
put h*r back In her bed and admonlsh-
• to b#
quiet
hatchet nnd fin
ished his work by giving the woman n
half doxen hard blows on her skull, any
one of which would have been fatal.
H*r skull wns crushed In like an egg
shell, her brail
tongue waa ha
ickerg Arc Defiant
ference With Forn
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-
AIIled Trade
in<J Refute Con-
er Employee.
from st
A de
mce railed the m.
•'Ig packing pin
i the meeting of
walking out of 200 employes n
of the American Can Comp.;
being ordered to quit because
puny was furnishing cans to i
Investigation
hein
• Il f funds dSf’lr
;lng out when she
| The young girl, who Is truly
beautiful child, lay In fear and tremb
1lng during the murder. Drueln the
fell to the ground. His lower
Hare riddled but not a shot 11
him above the waist line. Th<
fired with the deliberate Intention of |
wounding him and to ascertain who
his associates In the Fitzgerald rob
ber
ere.
guns and revolvers Dticn*i forth a
leaden hall almost in unison, as the
>eUow U » canifcoPi i-vl the xjegro
The wounded negro waa laid out
where he fell nnd soon recovered suf
ficiently to talk In a feeble way. He
said that his name was,Knapper, nd
would give no further Information
about himself.
That an organization of negroes with
the object of robbery and arson existed
In Fitsgerald waa the gist of the con
fession that followed at intervals, aa
he could gather strength to talk. He
refused positively to tell who belonged
to the club or divulge any further in
formation.
Knapper said that he had no Instruc
tions to kill Bishop and that he com
mitted the crime on his own respon
sibility. believing the victim to b*
Sheriff Dan Mrlnols of Irvin county
from a*ra|Mi of the conversation with
the newsboy which he heard nnd, not
knowing the sheriff, he made the mis
take.
News reached this city tonight that
the negro died while In prison of th* 1
wounds received In effecting hfa cap
ture at Rebecca, and it H suppooed
that he will be brought to Cordele for
Joined her and talked for six hours try
ing to persuade the girl to slops or kill
herself with him. She would do neith
er.
He then spread a bed aheet on the
floor. loaded his revolver In the girl’s
presence, took aim In the mirror and
fired, but missed.
they annot «|. line to accept,” th*y
told th* men.
"There iH nothin* l- ft to m*n hut
unro- littoral surrender,” said a
packer.
tlnn which th* ».rlk ■ Y- idcrs have
prepared !.s th .r the rm n shall h*t t..k-
The second shot went through his
head and Imbedded itself In the window
frame.
He died Instant!* his body, falling on 1
en back as union m*n and the wag*
lie In eft***:t before the «tnke he
the sheet prepared for It.
The murder was discovered by a
policeman vbo heard the shots, and he
Luzon City Fire Stricken.
MANILA. Aug I' t Th* city of Bln-
ang. It: Lag'ir. i proyffic*. Island of
Lu/a - hns ie .-n destroyed by fire. One
Th* statement which was printed tn
other papers yesterday that Mrs. Hnr-
hundred [. r. 1 - |,*rl-hed in the flames
and f. 000 wer- r rider* .1 h»mel**M. The
!o*S Is *Htlf» .led at $200,000. The gov -
ous, as The Telegraph was careful to
• • ; • ' • ■ ' ; . • ■ V '7,! ' l .!
say In yesterday’s edition.
South Ready to Help.
ESOPUS, Aug. 29.—After leaving
... . —
ftosemount today Senator Latimer
Photographer Committed Suicide.
IH !!r •ssj i " #,i is£ ik'u'
i. A ,7 " Li i',' ' hlgglani whoTerae^ur-
11 . • ,j f , .
assist In this work In the North. The
ig'it i 1*. rror.t M.-rg m
South is solid, not so much against
of New Y• ■ k lit. 1 MUl< id* today
Republicanism as against the person-
by bar .* h:m". tf a bar in h.« • riL
[it h.. ■; : • : i.uuriahincat fur s«v«
y*>U ^
dal uai*.