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Newspaper Page Text/ i J* TIIE JiACUtf DAILY TELEGRAPH: SATUkdAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2G, 190*5 Pictures Books Stationary McE 572 Cherry St We Are Prepared To furnish anything in our line today, as usual. Como [ to headquarters, where you can find ’’Everything Good "* to Eat.” ' Flournoy Grocery Co. PHONE 26. SAVANNAT-TOES OPEN AUSPICIOUSLY ST. ABE SCORES EASY VICTORY ' iR’PlJtST ‘ftjfCE—GUNSHOT TAKES FIFTH. ; SAVANNAH! Ga„ Deo. 25-^FIrst eVfenta' of a' thirfy-day racing meet under the auspices of the Savannah Jockey Club, were run at Thunderbolt half-mile track this afternoon. Rain In the early afternoon kept the atten dance down and made the track a little slow. # The favovJ,t£g r inade a good show ing. *St. Abe scored an easy victory In the-flFSt race a«d-Gunshot in the fifth moved to first place when it looked for a "time as If he was beaten. A local race of interest was the gentlemans’ race of one mile which wus Avon by Mr. Joseph Kelly', a local rider. Ho was presented a silver cup at the con clusion* ofthe * event: Attendance 2,500. First race, selling, 3-.4 mile—St. Abe. first; Spring Frog, second; Belle of the Ball, third. Time 1:21. • *• Second Tace, 3-4 mile, three-year- oldtf'rand upward, selling—Lucullus. first; Anna Smith, second; Risk, third. Time l^W-3-5. ' Third race—Amateur cup, one mile —Fllrirmap, flrrftf trigger, second; Sky- blue, third. Tlip.e 1:59 2-5. Fourth race, one mile—Auspicious, first; the Ram, second; Sudden Start, third. Time 1:50 3-5. _ _ fDolfcy liultnlan, sOc*- ond; Miss Cardigan, third. Time 1:30. STOPS-AT CAPITAL PRESIDENT AND MRS. ROOSEVELT GIVE FAMILY LUNCH WITH A FEW FRIENDS PRESENT. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25—Christmas nf the. national capital was marked by an almost complete cessation of bus iness, both official and private. President and Mrs. Roosevelt gave a large family lunch, with a few intimate friends, and tonight they dined with Rear Admlrul and Mrs. Cowles. Most of Uie cabinet folks wore here, the only absentees being Secretary of War Wright and Mrs. Wright, who celebrated the day at their home • In Memphis; Attorney General and Mrs. Bonaparte, who are at their home In Baltlmcy?; Secretary Newberry, who is the guest, pf the Detrojt club In his nntlve cfav and Postmaster Gen eral Meyer, who has gone on a brief hunting trip. The vice president, his daughter, Mrs. John Timons, and the sons of the household remained here to participate- in-the day’s festivities, while Mrs. Fairbanks is visiting friends at Atlantic Cltyr Tppg Srog^XMlJe ambassador from China on a special mission Is ent^r- .talnlng a merry gathering of Chinese students during Christmas week. They include a number of those sent here kx.lbfc. QbLW5*ta.K°Y ernmen t far .educa- tlQn in American Institutions as well a» ,-othors here, by their parents to the number of more than eighty in all. The boys come" from as far west as Chicago and as far south as Atlanta. Every opportunity will be afforded them— to see'the sights of the city and to enjoy their visit to the national capital. A Dangerous Operation is*tha removal of the appendix by a surgeon. No one who takes Dr. King’s New *TJtf«* ’PIllftHs ever subjected to this frightful ordeal. They work so quietly yoq'TTon’t fpel them. Thsy curse constipation, headache..bilious- nets and malaria. 25c at all drug stores. - m BLAZING SKY ROCKET CREATES STIR ON STREET VALDOSTA, Ga., Dec.' 26.—Last sight a montcr skyrocket bitted Its way through' the crowds on Patter son strecet, and how it happened not lo seriously Injure tomo one Is almost hlraculou*. Doya wero trying to shoot It orer tho city, and us they applied the match it tilted and fell over, going on a beeline along the atreeta, from tbrea to Ore fe.t above the ground. The street was thronged with people, but l he rocket managed to get by the entire crowd for a dis tance of utore then two blocks with- out injuring any on*. It exploded o*ar Hill Menu*, >• itieering rainy* colored balla of Arc In all diroclioD* JACK JOHNSON DEFEATED TOM MY BURNS IN AUSTRALIA LAST NIGHT—POLICE STOPPED FIGHT IN FOURTEENTH ROUND. SYDNEY. N. S. W., Dec. 20 (1 p. m.)—Jack Johnson, the colored Amer ican pugilist, won the dec'.slon over Tommy Burns (Noah Brusso)), of Han over, Ontario, here today In the end of the fourteenth round of what was to have been a. 20-round fight. Tho police stopped tho fight before the fight had gone the limit. Jack Johnson is the first negro who ever won the world’s heavy-weight pugilistic championship—In fact he is the only negro who ever permitted to battle for the honor. He was born in Galveston, Tevas, In 1878, and be gan his ring career in 1901. He is six feet 1 3-4 inches In height and weigh ed at the ringside dose to 190 pounds. ■Burns was born in Hanover, Orft., In 1881, and started fighting when ho was nineteen years old. He is five feet 7 1-3 Inches In height and weighs when trained for battle 175 pounds. Burns always was a rough and ready fighter who delighted to sail In and mix things with his adversary. Favor ed with great length of arm h',* reach measuring 74 1-2 inches—Burns has proved, himself a bad man nt close range. Despite -the fact that Johnson ovcrioppdj him In height 1 by 61-2 (Burns,,$tjd the. better argur—'*** *“ TWO MEN SHOT IN SHAM FIGHT Real Cartridges Used in Imitation War fare at Uriioriville—Tho Wounded Carried to Hospital. An Imitation sham battle in which blank cartridges, u few of the real ones, and about thirty negroes took prominent parts resulted In the seri ous Injury "to two of the latter at Unionvllle yesterday afternoon. Union- ville is a- small suburb. Just beyond Vlneville, that Is settled almost exclu sively among negroes. A sliatn battle was planned some time ago by the negroes who took part and yesterday It was conducted ac cording to schedule. There were about thirty negroes, fifteen on a side, and each constituted a company. The war fare progressed merrily for a time, with much discharge of blank cart ridges, a good deal of whooping, and still more runn’ng. The climax, sud den as it was. was the interesting fea ture of the exhibition. In reloading his pistol ono of the negroes carelessly slipped real cart ridges into the receiver. Then he commenced firing. The pistol wasdls- chagod only twice before it was dis covered that something was wrong, but both shots went true. Strangely enough, two brothers, William Single- ton and Charles Singleton, were tho marks. Both received similar injuries, wounds of the urm and face. It so happened that at the time the shots W’ero fired their arms were held up before their faces, and the bullets striking the former were dellected from thelT course. Both negroes were taken to the Ma con hospital for treatment. NEGRO BEATER IS TELY DEPUTY INTERFERES TO SAVE NEGRO WHO WAS ASSAULTED BY GANG MEN. COLUMBUS. Ga., Dec. 25*—A spe cial from Seale, Ala., says:. John W. Chambers, deputy sheriff of Russell county, shot and killed Geo. H. Thompson, 50 yeqrs old, this morn ing. Thompson and several others were beating a negro who had cheated a merchant out of a dollar, when tho deputy came up and ordered them to desist. Thompson, It is said, resented tho In terference of the officer and drew' a revqAyer on Chambers, and fired, the ball passing through the officer’s bat. Chambers took the pistol away from Thompson and started to walk away, when Thompson cursed the officer and threatened bis life. At this point, it Is alleged, Thomp son attempted to draw another re volver when the officer shot with tho pistol he had taken from Tnompson, (killing thd latter almest Instantly. Chambers was released'on bail in the sum of. 31,000. _ men't In reach by 1-8-4/ Inches. A purse of 335,000 was: hung up for the battle, which was scheduled to go twehty rounds. Of this amount Burns demanded and received 330.P00V this sum to be paid him despite the out come of the fight. Johnson had to be satisfied with 36,000, and return tickets to London for himself and ■ hla man ager, Shin Fitzpatrick. . According to reports both Johnson and Burns bet heavily on themselves at the prevailing odds, which slightly favored Burns at the ringside. The fighters were trained to the hour and before what probably whs the. largest crowd that ever witnessed a pugilis tic contest. Burns did his trainng*at Darling Point, whlue Johnson got In condition ut Manley, tf season suburb. Besides a retinue of skilful trainers who gave the men dally practice at the game of hit, stop and get away, both Burns and Johnson followed Ameri can training methods by doing hard road work. Euch man picked up a lot of loose change by givng training exhibitions twice a week at the stad ium. * l'M«! Since Jas. J. Jeffries retired and Tommy Burns claimed the cbamnl lonship, Johnson has been trying to ( get the Canadjan boy to meet him and he has trailed him throughout the United States and even to England In quest of a match. It was not ■until Mr. McIntosh, the promoter of this fight and Vfho also acted as referee, offered a purse tff 335,000 for a battle at Rush Cutters, a suburb of Sydney, that Burns consented to meet Johnson. Then he stipulated how the money should be split up, the s'ze of the ring and all the conditions surrounding the fight. Johnson Immediately accepted and sailed from London for Australia to begin tralnng. Johnson, during his ring career, has fought s xtyy-four batles, and twen ty-two of his oponents havo gone down to defeat by the knockout route. Prominent of those who have been put to sleep by the big black arc Jack Jeffries, a brother of the former heavy weight champion, who was knocked out by John at Los Angeles In 3902 In five rounds, and (Bob FitXsImmons. who In Philadelphia In 1907. was unable to withstand Johnson’s shifty work. but two rounds. He has lost but two fights, one a twenty-round decision to Marvin Hart and the other on a foul to Joe Jeanett. Not since the days of Jas. Corbett has the prize ring seen mo perfect a boxer as Johnson. Long and lithe, he Is as graceful as a dancing master and Hm true as an arrow in placing his blows. Especially deft is ho with hi* left tind few boxes unless they have great skill are ablo to keep the big black man from beating their faces to tatters. In courage Burns was a bulldog al ways; Johnson it was said, had a “yel low atreak.” In'none of his many bat tles, however, has It been proven that Johnson would take a good beating. Neither Bum* nor Johnson, however, have been considered men of the stamp of Jeffrlea, Hull!van or Corbett In the fighting game. LOG CABIN NOW AN ENGLISH GRILL ROOM WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST COM PLETE CLUB HOUSES IN THE COUNTRY. Tho remodelling of tho club houso at the Log Cabin is completed, with the exception of tho painting of the in terior, and when this is finished a moro modern or up-to-dnto club houso will be hard to find in this section of the country. Tho club house Is fitted up with the most modern of mission furniture, and electrical fixtures. When completed it will carry out tho Idea of an old-fash ioned English grill room, and will bo complete In every particular. Mr. Carlyle Nlsbet is the architect in charge, and Is meeting with num erous well deserved compliments on the unique manner In which ho has carried out tho Idea of tho improve ments. BALE OF COTTON FIRED BY SOME SIBAY FIRECRACKER Dcpmtmi'nt ilml Two Huns Vcitei* day, Hut Neither Amounted to Much. The Are department had two runs yesterday. Tho first was at 12:35, caused by a root fire at th ecorner of Colum bus and Ross streets, house occu pied by M|:s. U. A. Walker. Tho loss was slight, the fire belli?: ex tinguished' by the chemical engine. The second was at 5:20 o'clock, and was caused by a burning bale of cotton In front of the warehouse of B. T. Adams & ,Co. on-Poplar street. The bale was fired by fire works. IJttle damage. One of the Three Negroes Caught and Lynching Was Imminent. BUSY DAY FOR CITY HOSPITAL PALMETTO, Ga., Dec. 25.-rFoHowing the attempted burglary of the Palmetto Bank mid the burglary of the Uulbreth Hardware Company’s store at an early hour this morning by three negroes, one of the burglars whh captured and eame cry near being lynched bv the infuriated citizens. The crowd wus Anally prevailed upou to let thu law take Its course and the negro whk taken to Falrburn. I lie county of tills county, mid lodged in Jail, med with shot gun* and 'rules, a a of citizens searched the surround ing country today for too other two ne- Thero Were Many Fights That Fur nished Patients for This Institu tion—Where the Hows Occurred. Yesterday was the busiest Christ mas that tlie Macon hospital has known In many years. Tho nmbu lance responded to nineteen emergency calls, many of which were of a.serU ous nature. Resulting from fights and accidents, seven negroes, three of whom were women, \\*ero brought to tho hospital with Injuries that demanded '.mined! ate attention. Nathan Arthur had a difficulty with a man whose name was not given and received severe cuts on the breast, directly over the heart, and on the arm. The row occurred in Magnolia Lane. Pearl Curry, who lives In South Ma con. was hit over the head with i beer bottle, and her face was gashed in a number of places. She declined to say who struck her, but the doctors say It was n powerful*blow, for In ad dition to the facial wounds, her skull was almost crushed. John Turner was taken from a Ne\^ street house With deep cuts on the shoulder and right log. Lela Farmer, living In Goldman" alley, was painfully cut about the face and arm In a fight with another wo man. Will Calhoun, of 1042 Hazel street was badly cut about the wrist and hand. He says he did It himself. Claud Collins, was struck with an axo In a frecrfoy-nll fight In South Macon and recolved a-badly cut shout .lap . der. • Mary Jano Hall was brought to the hospital m a hack, suffering with p'«- tol wounds in the- kneo nnd thigh. She refused to say who shot her, but It Is stated Unit she was. shot by a man at the corner of Fourth and Boundary streets. h Thcro wero six toy pistol victims, six who were injured^by ‘fireworks, nnd two who were shot In a slmm battle at Ufilon^llli T*” PURSER INJURED BY TOSSING OF VESSEL STEAMER CITY OF 8AVANNAH EN COUNTERS RQfJQH WEATHER ON VOYAGE. MAN IS DECAPITATED; THEN HOME IS ROBBED BATON RfttTGE, L*., Dee. 2S—News reached here today of the murder of J. J. R'dep at Baton Rouge Junction last night, . His head wee crushed In gnd then almost severed from the body, apparently with an axe. His bed wont wpe ranuarked showing robbery to hava been the motive. “Coming Thro’ tho Rye,” George V. Hobart's musical ploy, with Torn Wa ters In the leading role of “Nott, tho Tailor," delighted two large audiences* matinee and night, at the Grand yes- erday. Mr. Waters kept his audi tors In roars of luughter whenever ho was on the stage In the odd charac ter of '‘Nott" nnd Ix-ona Thurber, nn Mrs. Kobb, the capitalist, vied with him as a mirth-producer by her main* proprisms, which were something of an Improvement on Sheridan’s orig inal In their variety nnd extravagance. The singing and dancing, with which the place was Interspersed, were very good. The company as a whole was not a very strong one, bui: the per formances were quite pleasing and satisfactory. SHOT AT CONDUCTOR ON BELLEVUE CAR DEMPSEY STABBED; FATALLY WOUNDED STEP SON IS CHARGED WITH THE DEED—MRS. DEMPSEY IS LOCKED UP. ' 8AVANNAH, O,.. Dec. W. A. Dctnniey wu .tabbed and probably fatally wounded by hla at.p-aon, Lanry Mitchell, and John Paccltl. ased <0, It la charged. tonight In tho Dempaay home. Dompaey la aald to be dying at a Savannah huapltal. The two other men are under arreat and Mra. Dempaey waa aim taken to the police elation. No cauN for tha trouble |, given. Tho Telegraph Business Of fice, 452 Cherry street. Edito rial Rooms upstairs, next door. Dec. 25.—With . .ugliest Voyages the vessel has mode since Mho Joined the fleet of tho Bdvannfth line, the steamer City of Ravunuuh decked hero today from Now York. During Tuesday night Pur ser Joseph Davis, whn wns on the mnin deck on watch, was hurled by the toss- Imr of the vessel against tho railing with such fared that his right nrtn nnd shat tered below the elbow and he suffered a compound fracture of two ribs. It Is stated that he has other injuries that make, his condition serious. Without waiting off Tybec for daylight as Is usual. Commodore Fisher, of tho fleet on tho line of steumers. ordered tho vessel brought up the Savannah river* nt night, fearing to keep tho wounded man longer away from tho best attention. The storm hud tossed the steamer about like nu egg shell nnd when he received his Injury, the purser was thrown a distant 1 twenty feet, tho rail which broke three of his bone* stopping his flight. NEGRO TAKE8 REVENGE AT HAV ING BEEN EJECTED FROM A 8TREET CAR. Last night a*"cnr 82 of the Bellevue line was on one of Its outward trips, a negro passenger refused to pay his fare, and became very profane in the presence of the Indy passenger*. Con ductor O. G. Preston finding that ho could do nothing with the negro shov ed him off the car. As S&On as tho negro reached the ground he fired at the conductor, the bull going into the door facing. The car was then stopped and the passengers endeavored to find the ne gro. who wa.. evidently drnklng. but he was lost in the darkness. The con ductor would know him should be sea him afain. THREE MORE RIDERS MAKE CONFESSIONS ATTEMPT TO ROB PALMETTO BANK HOW I BUSY BAY 6DT THE BEST OF DR. BltllNGSLEA Will Take a Square * Look at the Kf«> Iho negroes drilled off tho hinges of the outer door of the bank safe, but unable to break the Inner door ami ash. The negroes went tlie (.'ulhrcitth llurdwuro "store and stole man)’ revolvers, u lot of cartridges, knives. etc. Here, too, they fulled to get MANY INJURED BY FIREWORKS One day last week Dr. W: W. Bll- liiiRslea wns a very busy mau. He was at 4ns desk In his dru£ store on Mulberry street, when a gentle man came In- and went behind the ounter after the manner of drum mers and extended his hand. % Dr, Ullllngsleu is never too busy t& shake hands, but lie was too busy to buy goods, so he said, "My dear friend, I’m glad to see you but 1 am too buay % todf)L to buy goods, and you'must come see me some, other, time." • ’* 1 The doctor saw that the drummer as lie supposed him to he looked as though'he thought It n cold recep tion, and this caused the doctor to Ray: “By the* way; “what is your lino?" “Salvation,’’ was the reply. “I am your pastor, and If you will come to church once more I will show you my samples." And sure enough it was, hut the doctor hud not seen him in some time, and had given him only glance look, thinking he wa's drummer wanting to sell him some goods. „ Tho pastor took in the situation and turned tttb joke on the doctor. Two Boys May be Blinded as Result of Explosion of Box of Powdor— List of Casualties. There were the usual number of ac cidents resulting from the accidental, premature or mischievous discharge of firecrackers in Macon yesterday. Those Injured through tho medium of fireworks number six. The most seriously Injured were Jas. Harper, of Third street, and Cecil Gil lum. of 1625 Second street, two young white boys, whose eyesight may bo permanently affected. Their Injuries resulted directly from the malicious ness of un unknown boy. who dropped a burning match Into a box of powder •urrled by one of them. The explo sion badly burned their faces and ulmnst blinded them. Tho extent of their Injuries are at present uncer tain. Rabun Mills, a negro, residing on Orchard avenue, sustained a painfully lacerated hand through the preinnture discharge of a giant firecracker. Eu gene Harris and Tom Spivey, both East Macon negroes, wero hurt In a simitar manner. Each of their right hands were severely torn. Landrum Morris, a negro living on the Columbus rood, was brought to tho hospital with his hand and fingers bad ly lacerated. Ho held a big •’cracker’’ In his hand until it exploded, “just to show that It wouldn’t hurt." It Is believed that then* were anum her of other persons injured, but only those named above came to tho atten tion of the authorities. VICTIMS FROM , TOY REVOLVER Deadly Little Pistol Injured Six Here Yesterday—Taken to Hospital for Treatment. The deadly toy pistol got In a goodly bit of work In Mucon yesterday, claim ing six victims.^ Four of these wero negroes, and the'other two were white boys. Whilo the wound Itself is not of a very serious nature, tho chief dan ger lies in subsequent development*. If not properly treated, lockjaw often results, and for that reason the hospi tal Internes were exceedingly careful yesterday In administering to tho per sons injured by the premature explo sion of tho toy pistol. The victims wero as follows: William Green, a negro, who lives at Third nnd Pino streets. His hand and shoulder were painfully hurt. Uindrum Moore, a white boy o twelve years, living on a rural de livery routo near the city limits, left hand badly Injured. John Flahlv«», young white hoy, son of J. J. Plahlve, of Cotton avonue. painful Injury to hand. George Dozier, negro, resides In Colo’s alley, hand Injured. Tom Battle, a negro, resides In Gas House alley, hand Injured, Troy 'Bailey, a negro resides 102 Montpel'er street, hand and arm badly hurt. There mr.y have been other coses of a similar nature, since only tho above were reported to the? hospital. It I* stated by tho attending physicians that the patients will bo closely watched for possible signs of tetanus, and the early recovery of all of them Is assured. The Telegraph Business Of- fic6, 452 Cherry street. Edito rial Rooms upstairs, next door JURY S1ILL OUT IN BEACH HARGIS CASE ATTORNEYS FOR THE DEFEN8E DITTERLY ASSAILED BY ATTOR NEY BYRD FOR STATE. IRVINE, Ky ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE TO Be OB- TAINED IN REEL FOOT LAKE CASES. •* V . I>»<\ 25..-AiMI- P .-nf.wloM of Hire* it her alleged meiiila-ti of ths night UNION CITY, T«gin. tlonnl •vldsnce, the lOu ' slkged m»tul<«-ri i. .... HI 9 bond of Reel Foot l^ke. fer*«l Ilia slate today, It Is. sinied. In i-fNifirrtldn with the trials of the eight alleged leaders of the Han, MiMiM-d of hating lied a pert In I He. lynching of Hfept. Quentin lien in at Walnut I Ati. I Otlur then this f'hrfstmue day •! I n* (Ion city i quietly ftitJ wJibvui ***'• jdnl lisvidenl. WL Dec. 23.—Twelve men In whuse hand* rest* the fate* of Bench Hargis, on trial for the murder of his father were, sent to bed tonight by Judge Adam* offer the** had wrangled (or five hours without reaching a verdict. At the close of the concluding speech bv AHm** nev A. V. Byrd, the Jur^; was sent Into wild not agree uuon » verdict. ^ Judge Adams told them that be must mve Irvine for another point In the circuit nt ». „ o’clock tomorrow end for them to think It over nnd report torn row, ilryd, wh w ,.., wns always the Implacable .nemy of Judge llsrgls. somewhat took the part of tire deed feudist In IM blt* terevt speech ever beerd In fha Kentucky mount'line, lie flayed J._ J. .JWa^h Will A. Voung. site he wa* alive Bjrt lUfi That they are brvftd wilt * Ureuihfft county Next Drummer Wlio rafta* on Him. FACE CARVING EXTRAORDINARY T Ffddler for a Christmas Dsnco Has Part of Nose and Lip Cut Off- Giving the Doctor a Two- Hour’s Hard Job, One quarter of nn Inch of his nose ;*Ut off, half of the upper lip gone, and thu.rlglLb slde-uf his face Uhl open from the mouth to tho ear wns the con dition of W. F. Hummock, u young married man ut 'Willingham s Cotton Mill* lust night after III* light with another young man named Clifford Weeks. The details of the fight could not be obtained last night Tor the reason that Hammock could not talk without con- sldcftblp. jm'n,. nnd Week*, the man charged by Hammock with having dotio the carving, hud made himself scarce, Deputies Wilson and Byrd, who .vent nut to find him, ralllhg to find in what direction he had gone. From* otheip it wns learned that there wus a dance in the nc'ghhorhood. Hammock, who plu.v* the fiddle, and wn* scheduled to play ut tho dnneo went there and found that u negro via* doing the fiddling, lie did not like the HUhstltntloir and said Weeks, It 'Is elulined, took up for the negro fiddler,' fhe result was a In this figlft WeeltH Used hi* knife freely on Hummock’* fare, requiring two hour* of Dr. A. H. Hinkle’s time to take about thirty or moro stitches JFjYp him a nfwjJIpjiiitd replnco the t br nose thnt had men swiped off. Thiuwound uon Um right *Mc of tho face wns n severe one. The* deputies/arc after Weeks, nnd nay It Is only a matter of u little fme wnen lie will bo^alight, even though ho succeeded so well In keeping out of their way last night. Willingham’* mills aru Just outside of tho city. CASE DECEMBER 29 LOCAL COMPANY AND TOWN FIGHT FOR POSITION OF POLES ON STREETS. PELHAM, Ga., Dee. 25—The case of tho Pelham Telephone Company- against tlfcftdWn "of Peltuifl ha.*: belli sr-t for a rehearing before Judge Bponee «t Camilla on December 29th. It will be rcincmSerod that ibis ease arose by a petition for iujuueiiaii brought*by the 4ocel telephone people to restrain tho city from rcqtiir ng them to remove certain of their tele phone pole* which were In conflict with tho electric light system being cxtubllKhed for the town. Nearly a year ago a hearing iwas had before*‘Xuirg'u'Hponco, win grain ed the Injunction In part, nnd the ensi wfls carried by tho city to the supreme court and reversed. It |* now brought up for a rehearing by the telephone people,* and will probably have to go hack to the supreme court. Tho city claim* that It xylll be sacrifice of -tho people** rights to let the telephone people dictate the loca tion of the vlftctrhr light system, and that the pos'tion taken by the tele phone people In eficct means no more nor less than that they will tnkc- pos session of the streets without a fran chise-wherever they see fit, and force the city t« seek' the best location it can for Its light system, and for this reason they are contesting th** c.ise. Miss Underwood Elected. Mist; Charlotte Underwood, of At lanta, has been elected to fill the place In Pdham high school made vacant by the resignation of Miss Emma Dyer.. Miss Underwood Is n tcach« r of five years* experience, and oomes high ly recommended. She ha* taught three years In the city schools In T.impa. She will bar*’ charge of the sixth grade. 90 TONS HAY MAKE A FIRE BARN OF MITCHELL & RILEY WAS BURNED AT EARLY HOUR YESTERDAY MORNING— WAS PARTLY INSURED. The deatnictlon of about fifteen hun* dred dollars* worth of hpy-belonging to Mitchell & Riley, ut their farm Just below the city, at an early hour yes* ] terduy nn ruing, wa* presumably,‘ caused by a c'garette. a* l o’clock yesterday morn ing when the light of the tire could be easily seen by pt-opfe in tho city, and It was supposed that the wood* word being burned. There wa3 no way tft reach, tho place ut nights through* tWi swamp, however, to burn where 14 was. Yesterday It was learned that somo time during the night 8dtno**onfc had fired the bam of Messrs. Mitchell £ Riley containing about..ninety tons of baled hay that had beeii «W*t?nd"iH the barn. It I* believed that the hay was get on tire by tln» gamblers who go down to the locality to *hoot crap*. About a week ago Mr. Mitchell saw the evi dence* of the game, and It I* supposed that'll number of negroes went down to the place on Thursday night for tho purpose of gaming and either purpose ly or accidentally sot the hay on tiro with d match or cigarette. v There wa* Home six or siven hun dred dollar* of insurance on tlie hay. Home time ago a lint destroyed tha hay crop at this place. It Is a .fav- orite totality, for the erap*htf&ter. bq» Ing out of the way of travel, jmd. al most out of reach of the sheriff for the rcusoit that it affords so many hid ng places. HIS HACKMAN WAS BEATEN UP So Ha Told the Recorder Yesterday, with Fence Palings and Planks in the Hands of Negro Hoodlums of Chestnut Street. John Tliurpo is a well known bat-kman. He was a budly ahtiHed man, to let him tell It. on Thursday night, and la* had ro boys. Clurerfce (Hies. Cliarll* infl Ed Hubbard, before tlie re-' sterdny morning, lie evidence it uccm* that John ; to carry John A. Martin, tho ick wire performer, to mime »ml Chestnut Mtreet for u con- Uu no T il It Is led that John** lirtek I* built buttloxhlp, and for that . own lute at night munu- Chostnut street. The night qnd John *ung out to u crowd % broke dir of , and John sung out to u crowi e nu* Hitting nlimit Jn tlie dark trying to shoot popper*? Tltftj I and with the aid of Milrtln. giant in xti-cngth as Vdll ks in managed tiZHmll tin* Wheel out md and io fasten running (her in : vay. Jui good, lint It HeeinH'that' tho y* In that iielghiHirhootl were Uiort of material on Which to worn lor apipo fun, und John came In on time They gathered feme 'paling* and plank* nnd It wa* all John could doo to prevent them imuili-emic hhn whether or up the hill. l-« mi Im tli "bed lilll iilid wore J\lm out. icupe and telephone for llo managed to . ........... nn- officer. To ill** rail Officer Allen sponded nnd tho three boys mentioned . . jHtod nnd locked up. ■mpil At t|u> trial yesterday John an Id nt of tho lx»y* In court was In the •<»uld not ho. posltlvo nnd all thro . .. , In telling the ret order wlgtt was dona him by. tint crowd of boys, Johu mild it waa a plenty. KANGAROO STEAK- LATEST IN NEW YORK PEOPLE WITH LONG PURSES LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW CAN GET IT. ENCAMPMENT ELECTEO ITS OFFICERS ON LAST NIGHT Th* John M. Troullln Encampment, I- O O F, held un election last night at Odd FHIowa* Hall In Kaat Mucon, with the following result; ... J. Reynold*, ehlaf patriarch. C .L McCoy, high priest L. Coleman, armor warden, j T. l•petaurob,-Junior vrardan, J. W. K Pbuaaa, •crib*. J. O. I^alle. Iiraaurer. d II, Jotmami. truatr* A. J. Robin — Junlto for thr Tho Telegraph Business Of- flee, 452 Cherry street. Edito- iit.i wurdaitr from tha aalloa*. t* 1 * rial Rooms upstair*, next door. NEW YORK. Dec. 25.—MIMflnr.lftv yearning for rare dellcaclc*. gof. net* with Jaded palate*, can enjoy Kan garoo now nt tho smart hotels and. hwugger restaurant*. Never* before wu* kungnroo Herv-d pi the New York • public. Now will nppenr on tho tnchUfJ (it thy Ht. Regis und the l’luitn. at DU- , monho’s, Sherry's und such places, “kangaroo steak*, Maori style;”* , *knn- • garmi chops, n la Buahman," and “kangaroo ragout, after the recipe of • tho viceroy, the Furl of Dudley.** A. tillz (Inc.), West Fourteenth street, deal* in game und poultry; sometimes his correspondents, who aro ull over the world, send home gmna » animals and bird* which he has not ordered. He received twenty-nlno ’ kangaroo from Melbourne, Australia. yesterday; they were frozen in colS Storage during the voyage. - Also come the information from tho hurries. Of course no one can fora- *f tell what tii> hotel* and restaurant* IT will charge for the steaka. chops or i. ragout*; si good restaurant kei per j- timuted the price will bq from + 32.50 to 33.00 n portion, and added: j “Most people with long purses are -i. always looking for aomchlng new to-. eat.” Huch persons can have bear steaks n» one course of their Christmas din- T ner—forty bears were *ent her*; from , the Rocky Mountains n few tlaya ago, some being In tho market yet. Win • boor froitl Russia, are to be brought here; perhaps no leas a personage * than the German emperor killed aotne of them. In the market, too. are ptarmigan, or white grouse, from northern Russia; quail from Moroc co, and turkey from dl*t(>nt New Jersey. MACON, DUBUN Arrival Iff* ROAD COMPANY. UVANNA RAIL- Arrlve. 7;00am! No. 19 11:06an> S:'tOpm No. 17 4:40pm dealer who sent them that he la about ? to ship 290 more kangaroo; he *ay* 1 he In certain kangaroo will Jump Into4* favor In New York, as It luis In ,tho* : * best restaurant* In London and Paris**' So nnybody who wants a wholo i. kangaroo can buy one for 310.If had*