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ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA., SUNDAY MORNING? SEPTEMBER 4, 1904.
FLAG OF JAPAN OYER I DEATHS CAUSED
LIAO YANG AT LAST
BY DINT OF INCESSANT FIGHTING, IN WHICH HIS MEN WERE NOT
SPARED BECAUSE OF CASUALTIES OR HARDSHIPS, FIELD MAR
SHAL OYAMA WINS HIS GOAL—KUROPATKIN IS IN FULL RE
TREAT NORTHWARD, WHILE STAKELBERG, WITH HIS COMMAND
OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND, IS CUT OFF TO THE WESTWARD.
THE GAIN IS VERY IMPORTANT STRATEGICALLY.
BY COLLISION
Seven Lives Lost'When Train
Struck Electric Car
The flag of Japan flies over Liao
'Yang.
Field Marshal Oyama, who led his
famous second anny into Port Arthur
during the ChJno-Japan war of 1894-
95, and who In that struggle also cap*
tured Wel-Hal-Wel and Tallenwan,
today, by dint of Incessant fighting,
lln which his men were spared neither
'because* of casualties nor because of
hardships, holds sway*over I.iao Yang,
>and Gen. ICuropatkln, the man by
‘whom Russia believed Its arms would
• be best served, Is-In full retreat north
ward, while one of his chief aides,
l Gen. Stakelberg, with his command,
tthe First Siberian army corps, num-
• bering 25,000 men, Is cut off to the
i westward of Liao Yang.
The Russians are concentrating at
Yentai, but the dispatches thus far
have given no Intimation as to whether
or not they will make a stand there,
or even if the Japanese are pursuing
their foe in fight.
This last blow to Russian arms,
• though it is spoken of in St. Peters
burg as the logical consequence of
Russian plans, doubtless will be taken
much to heart by the subjects of Em
peror Nicholas who, after a succession
of defeats and retirement's by their
army, has expected a finality of the
(struggle at Liao Yang In their favor.
In the loss of Liao Yang by the Rus-
pians the Japanese probably will gain
little except in the way of a strategical
point, for the Russians blew up the
magazines and set fire to the enormous
quantities of army stores and pro
visions there before they evacuated.
fighting have not been received. Rus
sians again appear to be concentrating
in the vicinity of the Yentai coal
mines, twelve miles northeast of Liao
Yang. Possibly another great battle
will occur there. The present trend of
the movements indicates that possibly
the Japanese will move past Liao
Yang, temporarily leaving the city un
touched. '
BEGINS TOMORROW.
Ready for Work on Birmingham,
lumbus and St. Andrews
Bay Railroad.
COLUMBUS, Ga., Sept. 3.—Work on
the Birmingham, Columbus and St. An
drews Bay railroad begins Monday. L.
E. Miller of Philadelphia, the contract
or. Is already on >he scene. Five hun
dred tcins of steel rail will arrive at
Chipley In a day or two and terra cotta
piping and other material have already
been received.
The railroad company has sent out
for filing In the various Alabama coun
ties through which the road will pass a
mortgage for $9,360,000 In favor of the
West End Trqpt Company or Phlladel
phla, as trustee. This mortgage 'Is on
the entire 360 miles of road between St.
Andrew Bay and Birmingham.
THEATRICAL CIRCUITS COMBINE.
Leath and Jake Wells Merge Their
Show Interests, With Latter as
Ma
ager.
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 3.—It Is an
nounced that arrangements have been
made between S. G. Leath and Jake
Wells whereby the Leath circuit of
theatres, consisting of Richmond. Nor
folk, Newport News, Petersburg.
Lynchburg, Roanoke and Charlotte, N.
C., will hereafter be under the direct
management of Jake Wells. Mr. Leath
will retire from active service, but will
be president of the new company
Jake Wells will be the general man
ager. The new organization will bo
known ns the Leath Theatrical Com
pany.
INDEFINITELY POSTPONED.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 3.—It Is
officially announced that Gen. Kuro-
patkin Is retreating, that Liao Yang has
been abandoned and that Gen. Stakel-
burg’s corps has x been cut off. The Jap
anese have occupied Liao Yang.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 3.—The
Japanese have occupied Liao Yang. The
first Siberian army corps, numbering
25,000 men. under Gen. Stakelborg. was
cut off westward of Liao Yang.
The Russians are concentrating at
yentai.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 3.—A dis
patch has been received here from
Gen. Kuropatkln announcing that he
has ordered his army to evacuate Liao
Yang and withdraw northward. The
Russians blew up the magazines and
net fire to the army stores and provis
ions at Liao Yang before evacuating
that place.
Gen. Kuropatkln says further: On
the night of September 1. Gen. Kuro
kl atacked Sykmantun, eleven miles
east of Liao Yang, and captured a ma
jority of the Russian positions, the oc
cupation of which was completed on
the night of September 2, the Russians
retiring six miles distant. The first Si
berian corps was almost surrounded.
This corps previously saved Oen. Or-
lofTs detachm-nt by attacking the Jap
anese flank when Gen. Orloff was
threatened with annihilation. Gen. Or
loff was seriously wounded."
Before evacuating that place. General
Kuropatkln says the first Siberian
army corps, which during the past five
days suffered considerable loss, has
been obliged to retire several kilometers
westward as a result of the Japanese
attack on Sykwantum. hence the order
to evacuate Liao Yang.
LYNCHING MAY OCCUR
IN NORTH CAROLINA
Body of Woman Found in Woods With
Throat Cut and Bloodhounds Are on
the Trail.
Mexico Is Not Ready Yet for Adoptii
of the Gold Standard.
MEXICO CITY* Sept. 3.—At a cabl
n# *t council over which President Diaz
presided, the mnln points to be touch
ed by the president In his forthcoming
message to congress on the 16th Instant
were discussed. It Is learned that tho
message will mnke no allusion to the
question of monetary reform and this Is
accepted here In business circles ns In
dicating that the plans for the adoption
of the gold standard by Mexico have
been indefinitely postponed.
CONCLUSION OF THE
OLYMPIC GAME FETE
1!) OTHERS ARE INJURED
Accident Occurred at Street Crossing
in St. Louis, and of the Twenty-five
Passengers on Car Not One Escaped
Entirely—Blame Attaches to Motor-
man. *
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Sept. 3.—Six per
ms were killed and nineteen were In-
ired, two probably fatolly and t nine
•rlously, today, by the collision of a
Wabash World's Fair shuttle train
with a suburban electric car at the
Sarah street crossing. There were
twenty-five passengers in the car and
none escaped Injury. The dead are:
John W. Wilson, Kirkwood, St. Louis
county, aged 70: M. B. Bristol, 00 yeara
old. Webster Groves, Mo. G. W. Majors,
aged 60. St. Louis county: Mrs. Charles
Merkley, Ottawa, Ill.; Andrew Mc
Kinley, St. Louis, about twelve years
old: two unidentified women.
Fatally hurt—H. B. Culp, aged 60, St.
Louis county, skull fractured.
The shuttle train was returning to
the union station from the World’s Fair
grounds at the rate of about twenty
miles an hour, it Is stated. The street
car which was on Its way to the sub
urbs with a load of people returning
home, stopped directly In front of the
engine and was cut In two. The trucks
cf the car were knocked one hundred
feet away, while part of Its roof was
carried 200 feet further by the train.
Bodies of the dead and injured with
wreckage of the dismantled car, were
scattered along the track for that dls
tance. A. W. Burbank, engineer of the
shuttle train, who blumes' the motor-
man of the electric car for the acci
dent, says:
"I was within one hundred yards of
the suburban crossing when I saw the
suburban car start across the track. It
looked to me as If It had ample time to
get across."
The watchman and the flagman at the
crossing and some of the passengers
confirm the statement that the car stop
ped, Htnrted across the railroad track
and then stopped.
No satisfactory explanation has been
given why the car stopped In tho mid
die of the track. Theodore Cook, tho
motormnn, whose shoulder was frnc
tured. Is held a prisoner at the city
hospital, and the conductor of
suburban car, Patrick Sheehan,
been arrested.
CHARLOTTE
special from Cl
rs. George Pf
murdered there
body was foui
throat having b
been arrested
suspicion.
Bloodhounds were placed on the
trail tonight and if the criminal is
caught and tho proof Is conclusive, a
lynching will likely follow,
inunlty Is very much stirred over the
double crime, which was brutal In tho
extreme. The negro arrested is not
thought to be the guilty party
The End Came After a Meeting Prob
ably Unequalled in tho History of
Sport.
Died from Asphyxiation.
FRONTERA. State of Tobasco, Mex.
Sept. 3.—At dawn this morning tho
home of tho lighthouse warden was
completely destroyed by fire. Mrs. Pal
leras, wife of the lighthouse warden,
and her 2-year old daughter Juana, tyho
was sleeping In a room next to where
the fire broke out, died from usphyxla
tlon. Mrs. Cnider, n sister of Mrs. Pal
leras and her husband perished In the
flames. The cause of the fire has not
been found, as tho accident occurred so
very early In the morning.
Fighting Today.
TOKIO ,8ept. 4. 10 a. m.—Fighting
In the vicinity of Liao Yang Is contin-
tilng’'today.
The Last Stand.
TOKIO, Sept. 3.—The following dls-
jjatch has been received here:
“Headquarters of the Manchurian
'Army. Sept. 3, 9 s. m.—The remainder
of the defeated Russians are making a
stand outside the walls of Liao Yang.
Our left center armies are attacking
them."
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 3.—After a meet
ing probably unequalled In the sport
ing annals of this or any other country,
the Louisian Purchase Exposition re
vival of the Olympia games has con
cluded. Again today did the compet
ing athletes show championship form
ond three Olympia records fell beforo
their assaults. Not o’nly did James D.
Llghtbody of the Chicago Athletic
Association clip three-fifths of a second
off the Olympia, record for the 1,600
meter run. but he won the event in one
of the finest finishes that has marked
the entire meet. Llghtbody, Verner
and Hearn, all of the Chicago Athletic
Association, were well bunched at the
beginning of the lost lap. It was seen
that they were moving at a wonderful
rate of speed, but when three-quarters
of way around the track on the last
lap Llghtbody developed a burst of
speed that left his club mates several
yards in the rear and brought the au
dience to Its feet. His time was
4:05 2-5.
The New York Athletic Club won the
four mile international team race. Time
21:17 4-5.
'Patkin Telegraphs.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 3.—Gen.
Kuropatkln, telegraphing under to
day’s date, describes the change of
front resulting from Gen. Kurokl’s
flanking movement, and says the Rus
sians advanced against Kurokl yester
day, and adds that the Japanese the
same day attacked the Russian right
but were repulsed.
Russians Retiring.
TOKIO, Sept. 3, 10:30 a. m.—The
CRussLan force confronting Field Mar
shal Oyama’s left and center continues
slowly to give ground in retreat and
la crossing to the right bank of Taltae
river. A portion of the Russian army
occupies a line of defense works ex
tending northwest from a point south
of Liao Yang. The Russians also hold
an eminence northeast of Nutrhang,
the right bank of Taltae, This evi
dently la intended to ahield the ger
retreat of both the left* and cei
The Japcine** armies continued
preen the Russians yesterday. 1
moved forward and occupied a
extending from Tfttepjif to Yaw
l.ntsu. Oyama telegraphs that he
hopes they will reach the right hank
cf Taltae this morning, Gen. Kurokl,
after serious fighting, succeeded yes
terday tn taking a posit!
SHOOTING TOURNAMENT.
IMPRISONMENT AND
FINE GIVEN LIGHTLE
S’. C., Sept. 3.—A
ton, N. C., says that
?r of that town wan
lay about noon. Her
In the woods, her
i cut. One negro has
d another Is under
THOROUGHFARE
IS POPULATING
State Troops Rapidly Arriv
ing for the Maneuvers
GETTING IN QUARTERS
Genuine Activity In the Two Camps
Will Begin Today—Inaccurate Charges
Made Against Officers as to Elabo
rate Dinners at Headquarters Paid
for by the Government.
HOW RUSSIA REGARDS
KUROPATKIN S RETREAT
WITH SUPERB OPTIMISM ST. PETERSBURG OPINES THAT HER
MUCHLY-PURSUED GENERAL’S PRESENT UNAVOIDABLE FLIGHT
IN REALITY AMOUNTS TO A JAPANESE REVERSE, THOUGH THE
DISASTER TO STAKELBERG'S CORPS CAUSES CONSTERNATION
BECAUSE OF ITS ADMITTEDLY DEPRESSING EFFECT ON THE
SITUATION AT BELEAGUERED PORT ARTHUR.
Another Probable Lynching.
JACKSONVILLE. Fin.. Sept. 3.—
Wash Bradley, a negro, shot and mor
tally wounded Mr*. N. B. Barrow yes-
terdny. Mrs. Barrow died this after
noon at 1 o’clock. Bradley has not
been, captured, but his capture Is ex
pected soon. It is reported that he
at Knnapahn this afternoon. Sev
eral posses are searching for him, ex
citement Is Intense, and if he Is caught
may he lynched. The reward offered
for his apprehension has been raised to
$150.
ORGANIZED YESTERDAY,
ow Board of Trustees of Athens
Normal School Get Together.
ATLANTA. On . Sept. 3.—The new
board of trustees of the stnte normal
school at Athens created under an
net of the' legislature, passed at Its last
session, was organized today by the
election of R. J. Geveln of Atlnnta,
president; H. O. Rowl of Athens, vice
president, and G. G. Beard of Athens,
secretary. The membership of the new
board consists of fifteen Instdad of
five, and Is made up of one member
from each of the eleven congressional
districts of the state, two from the
state nt large and two from Athens,
in addition to Governor Terrell. State
School Commissioner M. B. Merritt
and Chancellor III11 of the stnte uni
versity, who are under the provisions
of the bill made ex-olTlclo members of
the committee. Prof. J. K. Mathis of
Amorlcus was elected to the chair of
mnthemntlcs to succeed Prof. Don Q,
Abbott. Every member of the new
board was present, which shows the
Interest felt by the trustees In the suc
cess of th Institution.
CHAMPIONSHIP WON
BY BOBBY WALTHOUR
Atlanta Boy Defeated Simar of France
in Great Evont in London's Crystal
Palaco,
Arkansas Man Who Tried to Defraud
Insurance Companies of $21,000 Struck a
Snag. *
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Bept, 3.—A spe
cial- to the Gazette from Bearcy, Ark.,
says:
In Magistrate Harlan’s court this after
noon, Dr. It. O. Llghtle was convicted
of the charge of violating a grave luw
and was fined $2,00<> and sentenced Mo
six months In Jnll. The principal wltneaa
for the prosecution wna Walter Gregory,
who testified substantially that he entered
Into a plan to take the body of Edward
Pitta from the grave and palm it ofT aa
that of Dr. Llghtle. In order that Insur
ance policies to the amount of $21,000
In favor of Llghtle could be collected.
Gregory Implicated Dr. Llghtle and nx-
Msiyor John V. Roberts. Roberts Is un
der bond to appear for trial at Judsonla
Heptembcr 21, on a charge of violating a
grave. The entire day was spent In
taking testimony in the trial of Llghtle,
and at i o'clock this arternoon Llghtle
was adjudged guilty. Under the state
law the offense
Is a misdemeanor.
LONDON. Bept. 3.—'"Bobby” ,Wsl-
thour of Atlanta, On., won the 100-
kllometer motor-paced professional
championship of the world from Hlmar
of France at the Crystal Patace today
by 4% lengths. The time was 1 hour, 33
minutes and 5784 seconds. This event
was the feature of the dny.
The starters, who did not Include
Dlckentmann of Hollnnd, the holder,
were Wnlthour. America; Oerbl, Italy;
IJnnscn, Denmark; Slmnr, France;
Von Der Btuyft and Andemnrs, Switz
erland. Bimnr Ted ut tho start but was
overhauled and passed by Wnlthour. at
the twentieth lap, notwithstanding the
fact that at one time the Frenchman
had a lead of a lap and a half, i From
this point It wna evident that the race
lay between Wnlthour and Stmar, who
clung together, alternately taking the
lead. Hlx and two-third miles were
covered In *60. Wnlthour led at the
end of the hour, having covered 40 2-3
miles. Oerbl, who was third and rid
ing gnmely, fell when he had covered
fifty miles. He was not seriously hurt
but retired. Walthour held the lead,
with Simar pushing him all the way
to the finish. Vonderstuyft, Belgium,
wan third.
The contest was conceded to be one
of the finest long distance cycyle races
seen In England.
CAMP No. 2, Thoroughfare, Va.,
Sept. 3.—The two division camps nt
Manassas and Thoroughfare are being
populated rapidly today with state mi
litia. Long troop trains are constantly
arriving at the two camps and canvas
cities are springing up among the hills
with startling raptdtty.
The Twelfth Now York regiment was
the first to'arrlve at Thoroughfare and
added 850 men to the strength of the
Brown” army under Gen. Bell. The
regiment came In two sections from
New York, going over the Pennsylva
nia road to Washington and then over
the Southern to Thoroughfare. Tho
detraining tracks were utilized and
illustrated to the militia and also the
regular tropps who witnessed the.do
training, the advance in railway facil
ities for bundling troops. Tho bag
gage cars were switched to separate
sidings and by tho time the troops
filed out of tho cars and marched Jo
their camps on a hill a short distance
to the west, their tents nnd equipment
Were on the ground. The ground had
been staked In advance nnd each com
pany was assigned a "street,” Tho
men stripped off their coats and brown
shirts and rapidly hoisted tent poles
and spread canvas. Tho regiment was
snugly In quarters an hour after Its
arrival. This operation wns repeated
as othor regiments came In and nt each
camp the regulation program was car
ried out exactly us planned without a
hitch.
Tho charge has been made that th
government Is paying for olnbornti
dinners nt corps hcadquurters. at
tended by officers In full dress nnd by 1
other guests. This Is said to be Inac
curate, as the officers of Gen. Corhln’H
staff are paying for tho officers’ mess,
nt which the guests nre cntortnlnod.
entirely out of tholr own pockets.
Regimental drills will bo held Mon
day In both camps. By that time it Is
expected thnt most of the militiamen
v\ 111 • . Mb -I f.H lli<- muni-ti\ **i-h,
which will begin ut midnight Monday*
The two camps will begin activity to
morrow. The quick work shown by
troops In detraining Is n source nt
gratification to the officers. The ex
cellent tracknge facilities provided by
the Southern nillwny for this purpose
aided greatly In this work.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 4, 12:50 a.
m.—All Russia will lenrn by the morn
ing newspnpers that Gen. Kuropatkln’*
army is In full retreat to the northward,
that Lino Yang has been abandoned
nnd that Gen. Stakelherg’s corps Is
surrounded nnd cut off. The hopes of
lsed lit Russian breasts by
the telegram from the commander-ln-
chlef, published this afternoon, saying
that the Russians had advanced against
Gen. Kurokl on Friday, and that an at
tack on the Russian right had been re
pulsed, proved short lived, Gen. ituro-
patkln hud scarcely begun the offensive
against Oen. Kurokl’s army when ho
wns compelled by the overwhelming
force of the Japanese flanking rhove-
ment to give up nil Idea of continuing
his advance, nnd hurriedly withdrew In
the direction of Mukden.
The retreat Is the logical consequence
of the Russian plan of leading on and
tiring out the Japanese nt the succes
sive stations of the road northward,
thus placing their foe at the constantly,
growing disadvantage of lengthened
lines of communication. The success of
this plan was marred by a blunde
Gen. Stulkonberg who, in the word
Gen. Kuropatkln, Insisted on placing
his own interpretation on orders Inst
of fulfilling them. Oen. Htnkelborg
erred In fnlllngto cross the Tattse r
when Gen. Kuropatkln decided that
whole army should retreat to Its north
ern bank, as wns exclusively reported In
dispatches to the Associated Press on
September 1. ,
This blunder, It Is feared, will Involve
tho loss of the whole of the first Sibe
rian army corps, consisting of tho first,
second nnd sixth rifle divisions, the Us
suri Cossack brigade, the first Slberlnn
urtlllery brlgadq nnd n sapper battalion.
The abandonment of the whole posi
tion nt Lino Yang Involves the loss of a
great accumulation of stores, though It
Is believed that many of these already
had been sent north before the com
mencement of fighting. It is mote than
possible, however, that the Russians
destroyed what they could not remove.
.Something akin to consternation pre
vails ninong Russians who have learned
Stnkelbtrg’s
ARKANSAS ELECTION
TO OCCUR MONDAY
The Democrats Estimate Governor Jeff
Davit.’ Plurality at 50,000 or More.
LITTLE ROCK, At
state campaign close:
election for state an«
will be held Monday. An active cutl
ass has been made by both Democrats
and .Republicans nnd the latter arc
claiming tonight that they will ma
terially reduce the usual Democratic
majority. Other than a nominee for
governor, Harry H. Myers, the Republi
cans have no state candidate. Gover
nor Jefferson Davis Is the Democratic
nominee for a third term. The othor
candidates for governor are J. E. Wil-
tnans, prohibitionist, and William Pen
rose, socialist. The Democratic stnte
ticket, except for governor has no op
position,
Two proposed amendments to the
constitution will he voted upon. One
Increases the number of supreme court
Judges from five to six and the other
empowers first nnd second closn cities
bonds for public lmprove-
ApproxJmntely 150.000 votes*
rpw. Al|
II11 z
the
hope now for the ptflef of Port Arthur
but the military officials are unanlmoui
In tho belief that It would only be foil*
for Gen. Kurpputkln to remain and rui
the risk of being surrounded with hll
whole army, and that the cominnnder-
In-chlef. by his withdrawn! north has
actually converted what might have
been disaster to himself Into what Is
fill be pr
Republic
that
•ratlc r
I MVis
vill
a lit
Of 50
nmpalgn i
managers claim
III scratch Davl
r Myers and thnt the latt*
Ive n large vote.
While state Issues ha
largely In th
vis In his speed
stnte has empha
tlon. He htiR vol
self to re.ommc
that school funds be divided
tn.iki- flu- n« KI" public »« Imol
ent on taxes paid by the negr
1 the race que«.
rlly pledged him
o the legislntur.
CIVIL DOCKET IS
READY EOR COURT
Cases Were Arranged Yesterday By
Macon Bar—Tho Boptomber Term of
tho City Court Promise* to Bo a Very
Quay One—Bogina Monday.
rded i
th- Jap.
The Savannah Contingent.
SAVANNAH, On., Sept. 3.—The con
tingent of military from Savannah left
today for Manassas. The Infantry “I attack and the clever flank move-
went In the morning nnd the cavalry 1 uienta could not have had any other ob-
In the afternoon. Both had special j thnn to compel the Russians to ac-
the failure of the Jar
n. Kuropntkin’s army and
•Islve blow, it la claimed, p
■a rded otherwise thun a
Field Marshal Oyu
hol,l
Inflict n j ,
trains over the board Air Line.
Lieut.-Col. Grayson was In command
of the First regiment nnd Cnpt. J. A.
Hutton wns In command of the Sa-
vnnnnh volunteer guards. Aboard the
cnvnlry special were two troops, one
commanded by Capt. W. W. Gordon,
Jr.,* of the Georgia Hussnrs, nnd the
other by Cnpt. A. Gordon Cassels, of
the Liberty Independent Troop. Im
mense crowds went to the depot to see
the soldiers off. •
rept n de
Gener
doubted
of violating ths grave
MEMPHIS SUFFERS
DISASTROUS 1FRD
JUDGE LITTLEJOHN
REFUSES INJUNCTION
Important Eventa Decided st the Sea
Girt Contest Yesterday.
SEA GIRT, N. J.. Bept. l.-The rao*t
important Individual competition thus far
of the Interstate shooting tourament in
progress here—that for the Wlmbleton
cup—was won by George E. Cook of the
District of Columbia. Coolc, who Is one
of the moat expert riflemen In the world,
finished with a lead of three points over
Lieut. William A. Tewes of the First
New Jersey regiment. Cook's total was
S3 out of a posHlhle 100. The third prize
goes to Capt. William B. Martin of the
Second New Jersey, and the fourth prize
to Cspt. C. B. Winder of Ohio.
The winner of the un-comer's revolver
R atch, also shot today, was Lieut. R.
. Sayre of New York. The second
B ize goes to Col. Thomas Anderson of
asaachusetts, and the third, fourth and
fifth prizes to C. F. Armstrong; Major
8. J. Fort of Maryland and Major O. B.
Young of the District of Columbia re
spectively.
The carbine team match was wan by
the first team of the second troop, Phil
adclphta. city cavalry, with a total of M_
out of s possible 25*). Squadron A of New
York was second with 2X4, and the First
New Jersey troops' first team third with
Mexican Catholic Congrats.
MORELIA. Mexb-o, Sept. 3. Prepar
ation* are making for the Catholl.
gross to be held here this month. Trl-
umphlat arches will be built over the
street leading from the railway, sta
to the houses where the archbishop
bishops will be lodged. A new oi
In the cathedral, bought In Germ
will he dedicated. The congress wll
er by Archbishop
By Rea*on of Hi* Honor's Decision,
Rendered Yesterday, Macon County
Goe* Dry,
AUERICU8, Ga.. Bept, 3.—Judge
Littlejohn this afternoon heard argu
ment of counsel for an Injunction to
prevent the ordinary of Macon county
from declaring nnd publishing the re
suit of the recent local option election
In that county. Attorneys represented
the two sides and the contest was
wagered with spirit. Judge Littlejohn
refused the Injunction and consequent
ly Macon county goes dry.
DR. BRUNNER’S
LETTER.
>n Con
i of Ma
He Writes Dr. Willian
cerning Smallpo
SAVANNAH, Ga.. Kept. 3.—Dr. W. F.
Brunner of Savannah bos addressed
letter today to Dr. Howard J. Williams
of Macon, touching the smallpox situs
lion In Georgia, and the state board n
health.
Allusions are made to Dr. W. F
Westmoreland of Atlanta, but the let
ter Is not th him. It is In i
’ to his
:»y an *
NEWELL BEGINS WORK.
longer hop
r. It Is
f Port Arthur,
relief fro
loubtful. howe
In u position ti
vhlch , " vep y
l this ! Heptomlit!
quarter
the Jnpaneso are
the siege, and It
Me that they have diverted a
the besieging nr my to relnf
corps operating In Mnnchti
would account for the tempo*
the lighting there, it \- noth
the siege reports reaching h
mention further nMsnuIts oi
GUt. Entomologist Will lnv.,tlg.to tho \ bul “"fr ■' - ,u " r *>° m
, . Sh 1 *'. Iw. PETKnBBURO. f-t.-pt
ATLANTA, Sept, 3.—The legislature
at Its Inst session passed on a mess- i q
ure known ns the hoi! weevil hll), the .
purpose of which wna to enlarge of! tnc
usefulness of the state department of (
entomology, by authorising Prof. New- j ftn
ell to Investigate the damage being q U ^ M fjon*rr
* i following i
3. Th
red fror
, in-
Undlspr
:d.
done by this Insect, and If
take steps to rid the cotton fields
this pest. The measure also Instruc
patkln. (luted Kept. 3:
Y Inst (Friday) night nt-
Ized most of the positions
mr troops nt Hykwnntun.
roops holding the positions In
1 posi
tion between the village* of Shsnstin
tun nnd Khltshanin. The same night
»£• *«U cntoniolocut to look Into| ^7| l ,in^hwvy r SLS 0 5Srtni h,Ch
An Eight Hundred Thousand Dollar
Conflagration in Heart of the Whole
sale District.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Bept. 3—Fire on
Front street. In the heart of tho whole
sale district, today destroyed property
approximating In value $800,000. The
fire originated In the Oiiver-Flnnle
Company’s grocery store from an un
known cause. The stock and building
were destroyed. The building on the
north of the Oiiver-Flnnle Company,
owned by John Denle’s Sons, stored
with lime, was partially crushed by
falling walls. The Memphis Paper
Company's buildings were crushed, and
were also partially burned, as were the
buildings of W. C. Early it Co., Whole
sale commission merchants, and the
rear portions of J. T. Ferguson Sc Co/s
building.
The Oliver-Fmnie Company's loss Is
between $400,000 and $500,000. Win
nie. Love St Co. and Behr & Co. were
also among the firms who suffered
loss.
Frank Guffenbaugh, a fireman, was
seriously Injured by falling from n
ladder. Six other firemen were over
come by heat and smoke and were re
moved to ho*pitalM. All will recover.
way
Under th
Prof, Newell has commenced work.
Representative Jlrlck Miller of Musco
gee has placed at the disposal of the
state entomologist u large field of cot
ton In Marion county where black root
has made Its appearance, and Is doing
much damage to the crop.
THE BRUTAL CRIME
OF A STEP-FATHER
WecJn
the matter of the disease known a> 1mi d _.. nill! ' h , i Hooker ys.
r .™ 1 T;;* T.«« r ,u fl » nk ,urn -'' •*'"*.» c,,yof Jf::i n :
Under these circumstances I ordered
Liao Yang evacuated and th*
to retire northward"
nday, Soptomber 12.
Epps vs. Southern Railway.
Pace vs. Hicks.
Cooper vs. Central of Oeorgl i
wsy Co
Chestney vs. Southern Exprasn
Macon Carpet und Furniture ^
Adams.
Powell, Exr., vs. Afisley.
Tuesday, September 13.
Hooke
eptember 14.
Htrlc
’ {Light <
I Davl
OFF FOR MANASSAS.
Co
Barnecville Bluet, Divided Into Two j (
Sqaude Leave for Virginia.
BARNEBV1LLE. Ga.. Sept 3.—Tho |
Ills Blu
i left tod a
Ms
irralgnment of Dr.
t, does not reply to a state-
sssd as wan the bitter de-
pe&i* near Heiymgtae. Details of this ' of Italy, papal delegate to this country, j tl
Won Championship Deuble-..
HT. LOUW. Kept. 3.~Th« Olympi*
lawn tennl* tournament, which has
been In progress on the stadium All th<
week closed today. Beal* Wright and
Edgar Leonard, both of U< -to*,, won the
world's Olympic caamplot.nchip dou- rapidly
Ait*. ^ ,Aprlc<*,
V/hile Young Man Was in His Moth
er's Arms for Protection, Blew His
Brains Out.
RALEIGH, N. C., Sept. 3.—A special
from LaGrange, N. C„ saysg
"William Exum shot and killed his
step-son, Guy Wnlsttn, this afternoon
at their home about two miles from
Institute, on John II. Dawson’s farm.
A difficulty arose and Exum went to
the bureau drawer, took out his pistol
and shot Walstln through the chest.
The young man rushed Into his moth
er's arms for protection when Exum
pieced the muzzle of the weapon
against Walstln's head and fired, blow
ing his brains out.
Exum Is at large. He and Walstln’s
mother were married about last Christ
mas.
Arnsrlcus' Cotton Rccoipts.
AMKRICIJH. Ga- Kept. 3. -Nine hun
dred bale* Of cotton were received at
America* warehouses today, the heav
iest receipt* for one day up to date.
Nearly 6.000 bale* of the new crop have
been handled In Amerlcus. beetle * !l
r.rnvlou* record*. Farmer* ire . .. S '
as. belrfg divided Into two squad**, one
inder First Lieut. J. K. Bu.-n and the
ther under Second Lieut. B. M. Tur
ner. Lieut. Bush’s squad will Join the
Eastman company and Lt. Turner’s!
•quad will go with the Mscon troops.
The boys are counting on having u
great time.
Lieut, Bush's squad consists of the
following men: Sergf. Hammond, Cor
porals Woodward, Carswell, Privates
Brown, Carswellfi Dick*
King, Porch, Stocks, Hum
Lieut. Turner's men* i
Mlnnlnnette, Glasgow, H
Maddux, McCarty, 8to<
Bummers.
Tifton Boy* Leave.
TIFTON, Os,, Sept. 3.— 1 Tlfton’s
dler boy* will leave today at root
the ten duys national military ma
vers St Manassas. The members 'o
company who will go are; Lieut. I
Carson, Cajiroral O. Lee Chesnutt.
pornls T. E. Htuhbs and L K. Mer
Privates O’Quinn. Mur row, Pai
Butler, Kendrick. Herbert and W*
Saturday, Scpte
Monday, Soptcr
Holmes,
h. Willis,
Revlere,
, Howell.
Smiley,
al docket will
i* Teacher
uers, a i
Called to At’n
J. E. Ma till
at prevailing
AtlsfuClu
nt of the Amerlcus
is notified today of hi*
I tlon to the chair of i (thematic*
[ K’ ’ r in..i College st Athei
I Mathis rank
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