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THE LEE COUNTY JOURNAL
VOL. X.
Four Plead Guilty to Con
spiracy in Chicago Court,
HAND IN SUM OF $25,000
Accepted Rebates from Railroads in
Violation of Law—One Almost a
Nervous Wreck from Mental
Suspense,
Four officials of the Schwarzchild &
Sulzberger Packing company of Chi.
cago were fined an aggregate of $25,-
000 by Judgze Hrum'p-hrey in the Unit
ed states district 'court at Chicago
Thursday. The fines followed a
plea of guilty to indictments charging
conspiracy to accept railroad rebates.
The defendabfé‘gv‘ere: Samuel E. Weil
of New York, vice president of the
company; B. S. ‘Cugsey, trafic man
ager; Vance D. Skipworth and Charles
E. Todt; assistant trafic managers.
Mr. Weil was fined $lO,OOO, the other
three $5.000 each,
With the entering of the plea, the
dec_laration was made that unless at
least one of the cases is immediately
seftled, the life of Samuel Weil, who
is vice presldent of the company, and
is one of the defendants, is in jeop
ardy. He is said itc be a nervous
wreck, and fears were entertained for
his life if he had been allowed to.con
tinue under the strain of a trial.
The plffa was, enlered, it is declar
ed, after a comp!éte understanding
had been reached between counsel
for the defendants and Attorney Gen
eral Willlam H. Moody.
While in Chicago, the attorney gen
eral was apprised of the condition of
Vice - President ‘Weil,” and, it is sald,
agreed to the entry of a plea of guilty,
with the .understanding that the jail
provision of the law under which the
indictment’ was returned should be
waived and merely a.fine imposed. The
same concession’ was made in the
case of the other three defendants.
The four: -defendants were charged
with unlawfully combining and agree
ing to solicit rebates for the Schwarzs
child & Sulzberger company from rail
road companies. Charges were mace
that the defendants conspired with
each other in presenting supposed
claims for damages, which were in re
ality clalms for rebates.
During the sentence the court room
was absolutely still, and the defend
ants were visibly affected. At the last
word of-the court there was a general
stir, a, buzz of conversation, and It
was necessary for the court crier to
rap for order.
Meanwhile the check for the pay
ment of the flnes was quickly made
out and the four Schwarzchild & Sulz
berger officials stepped out of the
court room free men,
MILLER’S DATES CANCELLED.
Presence of Negroes in His Company
Objected to by Southern Cities.
Several days ago when Poik Mil
ler, the' noted entertafher, was pre
paring to leave his Virginia home for
Atlanta to appear for the benefit of
the First Baptist Church, as the first
of a fn'_x'm'nber of entertainments to be
given by him in Georgia and South
Carolina cities, he was notified that
on account of the requests of local
managers of cities where he was to
have appeared all his dates had been
cancelled. The reason given for the
cancellation was that the patrons of
the ‘Alkahest attractions did not wish
to go to see an attraction svhere ne
groes had a part. ‘
“While in Atlanta Miller spoke with
deep feeling of this action of the #u
reau, The principal pa:t taken by the
negroes in his company is the quar
tet. Mr. Miller stated that he had
these negroes along in order to illus
trate phases of the life of the southern
darky. and that it had never occurred
to him that hé would offend any one.
FIVE MURDERED AND CREMATED
Negro Woman and Four Children Vic
tims of Assassin in Florida.
Parly Friday moraing the charred
remains of Lula Wise, a negro wo
man, and ber four children wers
found in the smoking ruins of her
home near Jacksonville, Fla., whicn
was burned during ehe night.
" mhe skulls of the woman and all|
of her children were crushed, indicat
ing that they had been murdered and
the house had Leen purned to conceal
the crime.
]TILLM-AN CALLED A LIAR.
Strenuous Political Meeting Pulled Off
At Batesburg, South Carolina,
With Usual Trimmings, -
At Batesburg, Lexington county, S.
C., Baturday, was held the most ex
citing political meeting in the Palmet
to State since the stirring days of
1892-93. :
Senator B, R. Tillman and Colonel
John B. Towill, member of the state
board of dispensary directors, clashed
in debate and for several minutes the
scene in the opera house, which was
filled to overflowing, was one of in
describable confusion.
“According to the published adver
tisement for bids for liquor,” said Sen
ator Tillman, “no bids for less than
$1.50 for X will be considered.”
Advancing from his seat in the aud
ience, Colonel Towill, in a voice filled
with excitement and emotion, sald:
“Senator Tillman, that is false; you
know that is not so.”
Great applause followed this state
ment, mingled with shouts for Till
man and Towill,
During the cheering and confusion
Tillman turned to those seated on the
platform amd said: “Where is the
mayor? Where is the mayor?” Quick
ly facing the audience, which was
upon its feet and apparently struggling
toward the stage, he stood as if a
marble statue. Cries of “sit down;
be quiet, go back to your seats,” were
udiered by those on the platform and
some of the auditors. 3
Hardly had quiet been restored
when the aged Rev. Mr. D. M. Padgett
of Saluda arose and interrogated Till
man as to his attacks upoa the
preachers, which resulted in another
stormy scene, and the noise made it
impossible to record the warm collo
quy, which ensued. '
Senator Tillman bitterly assailed
the newspapers, naming the News and
Courier, but The State In particular,
for their attacks upon him.
~ “That hell-hound in Columbia, who
i is editor of The State, has told enough
lies on me to bulld a railroad of cross
tles to hell,” declared Tillman, in one
“of” hig heated moments. Tillman paid
his respects to former Senator John
L. McLaurin sayiag that he consid
ered it an insult to be invited to
speak with him. _ L
BOMB FOR WU TING-FANG.
Dastardly Effort to Annihilate Chinese
Commissioners in Peklin.
At the railway station in Pekin,
China, Sunday, as a train carrying one
of the four missions ordered abroad
to study foreign political methods was
leaving, g bomb was exploded inside
a private car, killing four minor of
fieials and wounding over twenty oth
er persons,
The woundeq Include Prince Tsal
Teche, whe heads the most important
of the missions, and Wu Ting-fang,
former miuister to the United States,
both of whom received slight injuries.
The perpetrator of the outrage, who
was in the car, was blown to pieces.
The affair has created a profound
sensation and cauges apprehension re.
garding the safety of members of the
court and leading officlals of the gov
ernment.
The government officers and the
railways are now strongly guarded.
The edict appointing the missions
mentioned in the foregoing dispatch
was issued July 16. A dispatch from
Pekin, August 29, said that the mis
sions were appointed to study foreign
systems of government because the
dowager empress intended to issue a
decree at the new year for the es
tablishment of a parliament twelve
years hence,
McCALL IS ASKED QUESTION.
Defeated Candidate Guys President of
New York Life,
In an open letter to President John
A. McCall of the New York Life In
surance company, Franklin Leonard,
a defeated democratic candidate for
congress in the seventeenth district of
New York City, has asked Mr. Mec.
Call how much of his money, paid on
a life insurance policy, had been used
to defeat him,
WOMEN A 8 STRIKE BREAKERS.
A New Expsriment is Being Tried In
Chicago Print Shops.
Experiments in the shops of . the
Chicago Typothetae since the printers’
strike began promise a new fleld of
industry for girl stenographers. The
employers say so successful have the
young women proven as ‘‘operators”
in large priting houses that the pros.
| pects are good for more of them. The
Typothetae has advertised for a hun
dred girls for machine work to take
the places of the striking printers. At
‘présent twenty-five girls are acting as
strike breakers.
LEESBURG, GA.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER'29,.I9OS.
Better at New Orieans But is
i
Unsatisfactory Elsewhere.
SPREADING IN PENSACOLA
Present Cutlook in Florida Port City
is Decidedly Discouraging—Reports
from Mississippi and Country Sec
tions of Louisiana,
A New Orleans special says: Rea
son for a continued hopefulness that
vellow fever will be practically a
memory on the d2u: scheduled for
the visit of President Roosevelt was
found by the autherities in Monday’s
report, which, while exceedingly en
couraging in the matter of new cases,
after the long report for Sunday, ‘also
indicated that the fever now prevafi
ing is of a comparatively light type.
Publication were made during’the day
of the absolute discovery 'pf’%he"germ
of yellow fever. The railroads report
o large increase in their incoming pas- |
senger bus:ness, indicating the return
of Orleanans who have been away.
Monday's official roport was as fols
lows: New cases 37, total to date
2,568, deaths’ Monday 3, total deaths
370, cases under treatmént 282, dis
charged 2,216. o mea e e
News from the country’ ifdicated
two mew points of Infection, :gne fin
Avoyelles pirish and. anethef ’'in As
sumption parish. The '¢ountry ff}{epdl_'ts ]
were: . ! AN eA B
Kenner—Eight new cases. - _
Tallulah and Vicinity—Bight new :
cases. A mol ‘
Alexandria—Two niew cases. -
Lake Providence—Nine new ¢ases.
Borodine—~Ome case. o
‘Near Napoleonville—One case, two
suspicious, T SR i
Bayou Boeuf and Amelia (six. days)
—Thirteen’ new CASeS. . .iu. . i
. Terre Bonne Parish (twécdeyg)r.,
Forty-seven new, cases, f@iflflfim
_Risher’s' Camp, A reathr tasEoRE .
néw éasedy. o o
' Patterson—Twenty-six new ,cases,
situation In Missldsippl: ey
" The yellow fever infection at. Ham::
burg, Miss., Is spreauing.rapidfy” pime:
new cases, four sus’fii‘ciousficfi“se'fifi‘f
one death being reported . Monday:
Two trained nurses furnished by.the
state board of health-reached 'Ham
burg this afternoon and Wére assigneq’,
to duty. The summary from other in:
fected points.is as follows. =& o«.ion)
Natchez—Three new cases, onefew’
foci, no deaths. S Viriv s
Vicksburg — One new case, 1o
deaths. ; % e Y Y
Gulfport — Four new (®Bés/ 'no
deaths, P el
Roxie—One new case,.ona dgath.
Mississippi Clty—One néw ‘¢ase; no
deaths. e
Discouraging at Pensacota.”
Twenty-five new cases of yellow fe
ver were reported by Pensacola-phy
sicians to the health office for the 24
hours ending at six -o’clock Monday.
night. This makes thirty-four cases for.
Sunday and Monday. e
The wsituation; is .ratheér discour-.
aging, as the cases are scattered all |
over the city, and all hope.of check
.lng the disease befoly the appearance
of frost has been practically aban
doned. ik
Instructions were received from
Surgeon Genera] Wyman -to proceed
with the establishment ~of & de
tention camp near McDavid upon gov
ernment land, The ecamp will accom
modate 100, and applications from
nearly 200 have already been received.
BANK FORCED TO THE WALL. l
Kansas City State Institution Goes
Into Liquidation.
The Kansas City State bank, Wiley
S. Cox, president, falled to open its
doors Monday, having gone into vol
untary liquidation. The. bank had
loaned $16%,000 to the bank of Sal
mon & Salmon at Clinton, Mo., which
failed last. July, catching depositors
for several hundred thousands of dol
lars. e "
ROYAL. ARCANUM RESTRAINED.
“Injunction Granted ‘in ! United States
\ Court at Nashville, ™
On the petition ot ‘members of the
'Royal Arcanum, Judge Clark of the
United States circuit court at Nash
ville, Tenn., Thursday, granted an in
junction = restraining: the- supreme
council of the Royal Arcanum from |
putting into effect the advance, in
rates, .
She petitioners allege that the new
rates will force out of the order every |
member over 50 years of age, |
A"‘ yd . e s 5 b = . , '
FOR AIDING* A" LOEKOUT::
Eleven Manufacturers. In. New York'|
City Indicted for lilegally Jmport, |
ing' Forelgn Labor,
After elght months of Tareful ‘prep-|
ayation, the United Btates district at
t{orney of the New York distx_-lqt,‘?zfll.l
according to rellable authority, cause
‘the arrest of eleven heads of manus.
facturing and contracting concerns of
‘the city, on write charging them with
‘having congpired, through the medium
of an cmployers’ association, to vie:
late the contract laws by the importa:
‘Lion of forelgn workingmen, '‘-
1 The penally is a fine of not less
than $l,OOO nor more than $lO,OOO, or
‘impriscnment for not more than two
years. : ey
It is understood that .the depart
ment of commerce &and labor is direct
ing the prosecution and its agex}tgs.,._wltl_i
the ald of secret service agents,. pre
pared the case. ° This has. ipvolved
many months of investigation, and the
keeping since January. lest,of fout
men, English tlie settlers,.at Bllig
Island. It is upon the 'evidence of
these men, backed by’ cofroborative
evidence, that the government chiefly:
relef 1 st R
Tho evidence in the case goes back.
to the lockout by the THe; Grate and
Mantel Asgoclation, an emplovers’ ag
sociation, of the" fen ‘of ‘mosaic. and
encaugiic tile layers -and’ helpers™of’
New: York and vicinity on August 6
of last year. To make the lJockoutia
‘sticgess, 1t 1s charged, the ‘employers*
assdcfation sent gng of. its nustber, '
Snjing aod pdyns pd ektiipmenty
tp -eppear in paperg in Englahid “and.
Germany’ offerjng, tile _seft"?_ex"fil-‘-?.'%"‘ per:
ddy fof elght “ours 15bor“in tHe Wnit,
‘od States. s s,
Fifty workmeti* +{is7alleged,. were
imporfed to the Umand.'States, at the,
ingtanke of théelever -acoused men,,
;q'._.;’r'g-{r"iere instmidted: ta swear-falgely
‘when/questiofié] 4f 18 is Igland: by-the,
minigration officials, as; ta:4helr. rea:
_sond jfor coming to Amerjcp and ‘est’
-;aeg ly to swearthat, they had"al
IY€t ho employment ju. 18 mgfl?‘?
1t {sialso said that the ipen werd Tif.
‘blshéa wigh the gadress. of 'Ghé oF
the pocused and.grdered, to? Teport o'
SIEOE SRk wpepy V 2
: himg ¢
.. Two weeks after the mes-were im
nfilpbrt;ed, -the; lockouf, }_pgigf 3 success,
<it-4p alleged the accused caliséd”tHe
<English worknien tb"de diseharged.on,
" thef ground thil ‘they-avére ‘mot famil.
Jarf with the ‘Américan todls -or-with,
“the methods of ‘Working *fu this ceans:
.-tr&’; and wéfe tiefefore udolesd. Some
of ‘,these men got“home-as best they.
colld, but fBilf of thémcarried their
grievances to'-dgents ‘of- the .depart:
meént of commerce and labor and ren
dered information on which an inves
tigation waerdpaged. 0 0
;Since themn.they: have been under
" detention at the, immigrant station at
- Ellis Island;.. . e
NEGROES TRY TO LYNCH NEGRO,
/ e .
Prisoner Had Attempted to Assault a
White Woman, .
. A negro, Robert Taylor, attempted
fo assault tie wife of Deputy Sherlff
A. J, ‘Shores at Clayton, Mo., . Sun
‘day, and was shot by Shores and bad-
Al}! wounded. The shoqting attracted a
‘mob of negroes from the congrega-
Ytion of a colored church, who attempt
.ed to lynch Taylor, but were prevent.
ed. ’ o
Deputy fhores had alighted from
a street car and hearing a woman
scream and seeing a negro running,
he fired and the negro fell. .
Later he dlscovered it was his owr
wife whom the negro had seized as
she was on her way home from a
neighborhood visit. He ‘found her in
a faint lying on the sldewalk.
b e
o of munificent offers
fflf,&?fifflx—.&? all;xd elsewhere. Tyno
grophical inions are contending for living
wages and numane congg:g‘?gs. Ir' you
want to come $o Atlanta ;x’ . ROk atd:
Sl sl S
GREEN AND GAYNOR ’L'bsz ouT.
Habeas Corpus Appeal - Decided
Against Them in Montreal Court.
A decision agalnst Colopel J. F.
Gaynor and Captain B, D/ Green, was
fhanded down by Judge Ouimet at
Montreal, Canada, Saturday In the
court of King's Bench, The defense,
“however, still has two weeks in which
to begin further proceedings to act
.48 a stay, . .- |
The decision given was on a writ
of habeas corpus based upon phe con
tention that Judge La Fontaine, the‘
commissioner who held them for ex-j
tradition. had no authority to act
in the case, '
Judge Oulmet’s decision quashing
the writ of habeas corpus upholds the
_original order for extradition “igsued
I by .&dd‘“‘é’"u"mntaine. b w;
BT RGN LN TR e ]
GEORGIA NEWS
~ Epitomized Items of Interest -/
- Gathered at Random,”
Wil .Hold Cotton for 11 Cents. « ™
‘At a mbeeting of‘the Sareven county:
‘branch of the Cotton Growers' Aeeo:.|
ciation “which wes, held ix Sylvania,
and was largely attended, the fai'x_nérf'
rexolved to fstand by the wctj&;" ot the
general cxecutive committee and’ %o
hold their cotton for 11 eents. ‘™
W i L Prisi '..'”-_‘_‘
| Attacked Revenue Officer. .. |
‘Charged with the' offense: of jump’
Mg on: and be=ting Wévenuen OfMesr |
Berkstrom with a stick, . Jod Lavender,
a citizen of Dublin, wes_ arraigndéd be:
fore United States Commissjoriér’ W:
‘B. Martin at Macon afn‘&"'p]ucefl"-f anier|
atssoo bond for kis appearance: When |
the féederal.grand jury wats 'in-his, cARO,
P R mwian S
"“Lawyers Charged e=iith:'Barratry.
- JW. M. Heyward andjobu B, My:
flek, ‘two, well known Jawyerg of™Sa
vannsh, havé been Indictéd By ‘the
grand jury on charges of parratry.
{They are. allezed tO. havd ‘been' guilty
of the solicitation of civil ‘Hukiness: -
" Myrick Several. yeazs “ago. was, &
pandidate’ for congress ~ from:.the, Sa
‘vAnpah district, running, on the repubg
liean, ticket. b i s el
§ GO S
i * miniaturé of Ofd Home:t .. -
“lAg the erest upon the ‘moth’ cards’
Ir+ ‘(6 elegant Tunoibih,.f B teny
déred President Roosevel, by the ‘Btate,
fair on the occasion of his wiSit to
"Atlanta; will appear in ‘emgraved min
‘lature the "Rooseveltt maternal thome,
‘to-which the president proposes to pay"
a visit-before reaching Atlanta on the
‘morning of October 20. . e
A P et
ks 1 L Sor
A",'.‘. Vq't‘.rinary int-Gl:gé& Qemand; i ‘:
. Since the pasaa.gggt_utge‘l‘éw af the
recent, session of the legistiture pro:
viding for the ‘appoliitivent of a vetgk.
,'{ap.ry;sgx;gg_on upon the request ;?
e 0.1-dgié?y of?iny couniy showing
¢ jthd™efretthettnioam * wamrants b,
| ¥:".-. Wt eaepol RICUT
‘ofte FAqHEL i’ww e unan . IHT
Rptct It S Topkrtm et 105 +tRGrBOTY
icos of & “hditd e entedendpntom B
the indidßtione Ate shatthere: in 80,
!i.pg !to be work enough in this Mm
‘ib Keép® a* veterinasian:kegularly em:
'oloyed “every day:in the, 52:?‘5'5’“‘
(o ;WL g B ,P’:‘ {:l :‘ .v?.?.;_} ‘J‘.‘;.
. E'ctg'pum.Amguum.;;&flggo\'fi?
5 v iok SRR gs Al
" A glock" it fiiny' HusFreeongan;.
-ized among The' Hittent o «Wqrth
county for the eltablishment 04,48,
| agrioultural college @t ..leabol}q,,
The company hag been offered -the
use of the former ,pou‘rt house gt'%at
place, which will be used ws e school
Wil o L L
~ State Sehopl Commissioner Merritt,
‘who has returned from Worth eounty.f
‘states that there is a great deal of
Interest being taken’ I educational
matters by the eitizéns of the*county.’
Liberal subscriptions have beéh made
towarq establishing the sehsol. =" #: «f
%% 8 W
Matheson Head-of .the Tech. |
Professor K. G. Matheson, chairman
of the faculty’ of the Goorgia ‘Schobl
of Technology; will: beergtained indefi
yitely as head of that ingtitutjon by
the board of tristees. This decigion
was reached at &* epecial -meetjng. of
the board in Atlapta the past week,
an extraordinary session having béen
called ‘to take some action ‘trffon “nani'
ing a president of the School of Tech:
nology. L L P
It is understooq ‘that it is the wish
of the board of trustees that no chang
‘s be madg jn the management of the
i'ochool, and, that Professor 'Mathesdn
will act indefiitely” as chalrman of
ithe faculty. No d/alé_',b_,ae heefi naméd |
for an election for president; - .
i T Wiyt
. New Road 'Asks’ for Chartép, .
A petition for a ‘éfia'r‘ta:‘:f’gntfie
Cordele, Hawkinsville” ang’ Moritivast:
ern railroad was filed at: Cordele, afow
days ago. The incorporators: are, J.
Pope Brown, H. 'P:.lovejoy, W. N.
Persons, B, J. Hernry;«:d: .J, .Har
vard .and C, W. Jordan, Jr., of Haw-
Xingville, ana B, P.'tYNeal, R. L.
FWilkon, L. K. Parkef;€. C. Cutts,
R. C. Harris, F. R, Wallace, J. A:
Ward and W, H. Dorris of Cordels;
The proposedi capital stdck is $3,000F
000. ;
. The petition sets out that the road:
will run from Cordéle in a northeast
erly direetion to Tjppettville and from.
there directly to Hawkinsville. If is
estimated that the length of the roed
will be 3 miles, The princtpal office
of tho company i 8 to be in Cordele.
H b e oil g
4. Dewey Honers érumby : ’
/s W.o R Joyner, president ‘of the
Brumby monument ocofimitted at At
[ 16tk “Ha' toosived-a otietk for s4oo°
NO. 15.
trom Oeorgé Dewey, admiral of the
fi?fl“fl zvy, to wid ‘in the eree- .
"*B¢" W' momment to. the memory
of; Lieutenant, Thomss Brumby, the
gallant young Georgian who died
:apr.,t_ly' after; the Spanish-American
™ A 7 t R
"I"‘quipt'bni;ne'.,9Athmby wes Admiral
Dewey's' ' flag Mioutenant, and was a
special - favorite with the hero of Ma
nila, whodlelfi him as a valued friend.
'The, state qf,Georgia has designated
‘s Bpot on thp capitol grounds for the
eredtion of i,thefiponumqgt, and two
sapnon capiyred from the Spanish dur
ing the wag will be placed at the
base of theéhfgtue. :
The ‘eommittée has now raised the
SHm ‘qfu_slr,rg’l)b,' leaying 's7oo" to be
pegured befgre. ‘work oan be started
ont the x'n;mzr'ném.. : ]
L ',_‘ a 5 :"? L * *® ‘
. _Lays: Crime to Mother,, .
‘,'Rppprts received. in Albany frem
Newtof, stdte thgt, sensational devel
thfie’iigq in_the , Milner 'murder ‘case
have ‘dccurred. A special to The Her
a]d‘,mn: N e T 5 : '
_,;gt"Y,es,ter:_ay Quinten- Milner, the
Jonnog man’who 18 in jail charged with
killing ;hisy'fathet, Rallie Milner, sent
for several, of. the.gitizens of the'town
#rd anadeva. full and complete state
mdnt, 6f how the, killing occirred and
By whom ithe erime was committed..
416’ said; that his_mother and father
were. . quarreling over a hound dog
when his mother seized -the gun and
shot, his fatlfer. He gwfd that his ‘moth*
{ er’ got him'to tell the story about his °
shooting ‘hie father whileasleep. They
| thew® pldpnefl for fiffis to act orazy in
'ardet. tos cover up the ¢rimeé. «
T mikthps s confesgion, young
Mypor, daid- thet, he hadl.stopd’ the
styain.:p& léng ‘ay he could apd that”
N awoulq tell ther truth i it Killed
nhim A 4 “the rasult of his* confession
A}hi-akxt&r!fim. sent over’ and had
M¥s. Milner arrested‘ and: lozggea‘ in
}B]‘;? aboiic o Lhe vl l'_f'-l\ ; o
Ceh T ] e e
I' ¥ Exceptigna” in_Rawlings ‘Case.
Seven 'difterent “bille of axceptions
have'bpen flléd in ‘thé state supreme
| edumt. i connection with the Rawlings
eyl ot Valdosta,, thifee of whom
| wime«gentenced to, by hamged \or the
’ v &?‘r w&:- =
iy ol Nl RARTINES, gtgge Rawl-
Angßegnd PrEa Rowlings, ~é;:,‘aWQr- :
Vit apmolaEipry” D 6 Retiston of the
| dgperiot - dsums Bt Bowndes). county, re-
Pliymy to grant new ‘trials;
s Miton Rawlings has flled through
%fktomeys two other bills of ex-
J£dptibns, one to the decision of the
; & oourt in refusing a change of
fwquave: and -another to the decision
;ch&uling the demurrer’to the indiet
| menf: Jesse Rawlings and J. G. Rawl
+ingsi have also filed bills of excep
uQn"x to the court’s decigion in over
ruling demurrers in their cases.
The Rawlings’ cases will come up
for .hearing before the supreme court
on Monday, October 16, criminal cases
‘having been assigned at that time. [a
al] eapital cases the solicitor general,
iby whom they were prosecuted, is as
sigteq before the supreme ecourt by
the atiorney gemeral,
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FRANCE DEFERS TO UNCLE SAM.
Will Make No Move Against Vene
uefazWithbut Our Consent. =
Thedpfclalsé in ' Paris -believe that
‘devalopmepts in the Venezuelan sif
uation;gwalt the aritval of' Judge W.
3 ‘j,'qn’, United ‘States special com
miss] 2 er, and' Ambassador J usse}'flnd
at, Wigshington: The foreign office
has | ci‘ advised that Judge Calhoun
and#§l. Taigny have gone over thes
case’ of the, French Cable company,
‘and'ithe French officlals are not diss.
poself to proceed’ against Venezueld:
or dng southern republic uptil ‘after |
tho, fullest conference with the Uni:
ted&t?toq,"oynnz to the privileged
- pos of the! United States toward
‘Sduth arid Central Amerlca. At tho
Mg tiritg” it ‘{s held that this' privi
‘leged position entalls the co-operation
‘of the Unlted States toward requiring
Veneguela tp observe, the usual obli
‘gations to other, powers. 1
e
- VENEZUELA ANGERS FRANCE.
Haréh Tredtment of French Minister
i, ¥ . calls for Apology, ¢
, }l'h,"‘ offensive attitude of Venezuela
agalust M. Taigny, the,Frengh,charge
d'affaires jat Qaracas,.has argpged ‘in
dignation in official yaarters.in. Paris.
President Rouvier demands thatwVien-.
ezuela disdvow ‘the - offensive -actlon’
Jand adopt a c6d'r‘_séfé6nform‘a,'sle with
the wsual courtesies of diplematic in
tegests. gvt SRI |
e Venezuelan ‘authoriti¢s ‘are now
gedling to shofithat their action was
dirécted kst Mo “Taigny, personally
‘and . fiot against the French . govert
‘ment, but the officials in Paris'do not
‘pecept: the 'dfstinction ‘between Talg-