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8 HAYES CHANGED HIS STORY. COXFESSBD HE SPENT SATI RD 4 V MC.HT AND SIN DA V IN THE CITY. Tolil thr Offlcprs Who Uretnl Him He Stmck Out Directly fr Butler** House After the ( oiujiilmloii of the Crime, hut Amended Hi* Tune When Told Joe Lloyd Hud Been Ar rested hud Conte**ed—Sti>po***l He Told Fire! Story to shield Lloyd and That ill* Foolhardy Step in lteniaininu < loe to C ity Wa Due to n Desire to See His* teennipllce. Under the Influence of certain facts that were borne in upon him yesterday, Seaborn Hayes, the murderer of Motor man Lucius B. Varnadoe, loosened his Conguc ootk-idtrably. and made some ma terial changes in the story of his actions subsequent :o the homicide he tyd told the arresting officers on the preceding night. The principal fact that induced Hayes to change his statement made to Sorgt. Be ugh n and the others of Che posse, was that Joe Lloyd, the negro boy who is charged with being his accomplice, is also a prisoner, and has given to the detec tives a detailed story of his-'connection with the case. As the story Cold by Lloyd makes his otvr, chances look exceedingly black, it is scarce possible to believe that he told it only for the purpose of creating a e?e>,ation. As it did not accord with Hayes' story of his movements, he was shrewd enough to see that it was the pari ol wisdom to make some modifications In what he had previously said. He did, and confirmed Lloyd's state ment of the aftermath of the tragedy with almost, perfect exactness. He said that after the shooting he and Lloyd had walk ed into town, separating on the. outskirts of the city, and had afterward met at the room of Edward Gardner, where they spent the night. He stayed in this room, eatd Hayes, all of Sunday, and late Sun day night had begun the trip to the bouse of Butler, near the Ogeechee road, where he was captured. He had reached Butler's house early Monday morning and Lad remained there continuously until he fell Into the trap laid for him by Sergt. Baughn and his party. Just why Hayes undertook to tell the unnecessary lie he did tell those who ar rested him must remain a matter of pome doubt. This was to the effect that he never came to the city after the shoot ing, but put out directly through the woods for the house of Butler. He told Sergt. Baughn that he had reached his place of concealment on Sunday morn ing. While the explanation of Hayes’ motive for this story cannot be given definitely. It is probable that it was inspired by an effort to iffiield Lloyd, who is confessedly his accomplice. He did not know until yosterday that Lloyd had been arrested and had confessed to his share in the commission of the crime, and until he was assured of this fact the murderer held to the story he had first *old. It is believed that Hayes’ desire to re open communications with his accomplice Is at the bottom of his otherwise inex plicable foolhardiness in remaining with in a few miles of the city, after the com mission of the crime, and when he must have known that the entire county was •rooised and on his track. Lloyd’s story Iw.B It that after he and Hayes ran out into the darkness, after Varnadoe had been shot, there was a hurried consulta tion by the side of the track. “Are you going to stand by me. Joe?” Hayes is said to have asked Lloyd. “I’ll stand by you unti-i death. Seab.” Lloyd quotes himself as having replied, rd this promise he frequently reasserted find emphasized on the way to the city. Lloyd is reported to have said he told j Hayes, that had he hod a pistol at the time he was forced off the car. he would i have killed Mr. T. J. Dfvvis, who was a | leader in the ejectment. “Then, “said he l to Hayes, “-there would, have been two murderers instead of one.” It is upon theee extracts from Lloyd's statement that the detectives predicate their explanation of Hayes’ failure t> leave the vicinity of the city. They be lieve him to have been inspired oy senfe of loyalty to the man who was •with him when the crime was committed and the story he told when he was arrest ed. on Saturday night and that he per sisted in until he was told that Lloyd had also been arrested and confessed, gives confirmation to the theory. If Hayes was inspired by such senti ment. Lloyd, whether through weakness or lack of loyalty in his own heart, has but ill repaid the trust. He has told the de-tectlves about everything he knows of the circumstances of the homicide, with a minute attention to detail that gives bis story the outward semblace of being perfectly true. Apparently he has no' attempted to shield himself, but has made of himself an accomplice and accessory before the fact. Eiuring the morning Hayes was anxious enough to talk and he made a confident of pretty everyone about the station house, who manifested any desire whatever-Ic talk with him. In the afternoon, how ever. he was visited by his attorney, Mr. B. L. Coldina:. and was instructed to keep a tight hold on his tongue. He followed rthte Injunction strictly and when he was seen by a Morning News reporter an nounced that he had nothing to say. To repeated inquiries he returned the same answer—that his counsel had instructed him not to discuss any facts in connec tion with the case. Josh Butler, the man who shielded Hayes and in whose house he was found, was arrested during the day by Sheriff Sweeny, who drove out to his house to accomplish this purpose. Butler is held as an acces sory after the fact and the evidence against him is not altogether pleasing to his hopes. On Saturday he pawned the revolver with which the murder was com mitted. In his own name, the weapon be ing hung up at “Uncle Adam’s” shop. The : dollar which he obtained on the revolver 1s said to have been expended in the pur chase of tobacco and other luxuries de signed to lessen the rigors of Hayes’ self imposed confinement. Butler is held at the county jail. The case against Hayes and his various accomplices Is one that is generally re garded as demanding prompt action, and Solicitor General Osborne is known to be quite ready to respond to the public sen timent in the matter. A meeting of the grand Jury will be called early in the pres ent week, possibly to-morrow, and it is understood that all of held os prin cipal and accomplices will he presented to ihat body, for the return by it of true bills of indictment against them. Hayes is held as principal, Lloyd as accessory before the fart, Gardner, Butler and a wo. man. Lula Floyd, better known as “Bum Lula,” as accessories after the fact. Gard ner and the woman assisted in concealing the whereabouts of Hayes the night, and day following the homicMde. It may very possibly be that all of these various de fendants will be indicted and tried within the next week or two. Tliai'ftllle Savage Demi. Tharsllle Savage, an aged colored wo man, well knot\n in the city, filed nt 4:80 o'clock yesterday morning, at ‘ her t ome at 407 Tattnall street. The deceased was 79 years old and had resided in Sa vannah for a number of y*ars. She was the mother of John D. Savage. The funeral will take place from the house pt 4.wV eclock this afternoon. A REVEREND FRAID. Departed After Doing; Hotel and Hoarding House*. One hotel, a minister, and it is said a number of boardSng housekeepers are mourning the departure from the city without explanation or future address, of a gentleman of reverend appearance, call ing himself a minister and lecturer. The man with his tvife* and child reach ed the city on July 25, or at least that | is the first that is known of his pres ! ence here, and registered at the Planters’ Hotel. He had as baggage for himself and family, only a dressing case, and ex plained his lark of the ordinary luggage of a traveler, by saying that he was on *i lecturing tour, traveling rapidly from | piece to place, and had no need of mutn ! baggage. As is customary at all hotels, guests without baggage are requested to pay in advance, and this request was made in this case. He declined to pay, saying that he had come to the city under an agree ment to lecture for the young Men’s Chris tian Association, and that he was still uninformed whether or not he was to be entertained by some member or if his board would be paid at the hotel, but hai in either case he would make the matter all right. He stayed at the hotel two days and the proprietor, then becom ing pressing for some sort of payment or guarantee, he tendered a check, which was refused, with the suggestion that as he was known to the Young Men’s Chris tian Association officials he get them to cash it or indorse it. This he would not do. and left the house. Nothing is known as to his movement? for the next few days, but about ten days ago he approached the secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Association with the request of a small loan, stating that he was in hard luck and wanted some money to pay the hotel people, as they were becoming suspicious of his good faith. He said that he was a Pres byterian minister and that he was on a lecturing tour through the South, having an engagement to speak next before the Y. M. C. A. of Atlanta and also to preach In one of the churches of that cVty. He failed to make the required touch, and was next heard of by a Methodist min ister, whom he went to see yesterday, week ago. To him he said that he had just reached the city, or had the day be fore, too late to secure money from the banks, and that he was due In Atlanta that night, and wanted enough money to get away on. In this instance he represented himsdf as being a minister of some other church, but stated that his sympathi s were with the Methodists and that he expected shortly to join that denomination. He secured a small loan, but did not use it to go to Atlanta, as he was seen on Bull street the n* xt day. It is rumored also that he stayed dur ing his brief sojourn here at two or three boarding houses besides the hotel, and that in each case h* left without any settlement. No complaint has been made at the barracks, but the minister is thinking seriously of putting a notice in his church paper. SOCIETIES ROYALLY TREATED. Dublin lavifihed Ho* pit nitty on Hor ticulturists of the State. The members of the State Horticultural end Agricultural Societies, both of which met this year at Dublin, were the recip ients of very gracious and charming hos pitality in this enterprising little Geor gia city. No one of them but returned to his home with pleasant memories of Dublin and its people. Maj. G. M. Ryals, who ia the vice pres ident for the First Congressional District of both societies, is especially enthusiastic over Dublin's treatment of the visitors. The meeting of the Horticultural Society was held a week earlier than the meeting of the Agriculturists of the state, and when he returned for the second meeting, he felt that his acquaintance with the people of Dublin, though it had been so recently made, had already ripened into friendship. During the time of his sec ond stay the constant courtesy with which he was treated, a courtesy which wen* out to every member of the society, did not permit him to change the im pression. Maj. Hyals, while in Dublin, was the guest of Col. J. M. Stubbs, who holds a prbminent position in three or four dif ferent fields. He is a lawyer of reputa tion, the president of one of the railroads entering Dublin and one of the leading horticulturists of the state. That he is, in addition to all this, a model host was all that was needed to make the pleasure of Maj. Hyals’ stay perfect. The Reception Committee which was in charge of the entertainment of the vis itors was unremitting in its attentions and unfailing in its hearty desire to dis charge its duties. Indeed, according to •he Major, pretty much everybody in the ‘ town constituted himself a committee of one to look after the pleasure of the strangers within 4heir gates. Trips on the river and barbecues added to the pleasure of the members of the two soci eties. Mr. Charles Manning, formerly of Sa vannah. is now* one of the leading citi zens of Dublin, in whom all the town fakes on interest. Mr. Manning is in the cotton-buying business, and fs regarded as being responsible for material additions to the trade of Dublin In this great sta ■ pie of the South. With the exception of | some added gravity, that the years have : brought, he is the same Charley Manning so well known in Savannah, and U as popular in Dublin as he was here. STOLE HIS OWN BAGGAGE. A Tnnipn Hotelkeeper 4 linrgea E*l Womack With Larceny. Ed Womack, a traveling man well know’ll in Savannah, is the defendant in a somewhat peculiar case which came up in Tempi last week. The following story of the affair is given by Ihe Tampa pa pers: Mr. Womack was arrested on a war rant sworn out by Manuger Hannah of the Hotel Arno, charging him with lar ceny. Mr. Womack, it seems, had run up a bill at the hotel for $88.41, which lie either could not or would not pay, and agreed to leave his baggage with the man ager. A day or two later the grips had disappeared from the hotel office, an 1 they were afterwords discovered to be in the possession of Womack. Hannah secured a warrant, charging Womack with larceny, and the latter was arrested. The hearing appears to , hove been quite a lively affair. Hannah testified that Womack had given him u draft on his house for $75. which the house refused to pay, and that Womack had then left his baggage as security, later .detracting tw*o grips from the ho tel. Womack c laimed that he had a per- I'ect right to his own baggage, and that lie could commit no larceny by taking his own property. The case raised some interesting legal questions, and there were a number of sharp exchanges between I the lawyers. Womack was held for trial, and gave bond for his appearance. $9.75 To Black Mountuln, N. C., and Return. Account of Montreot Bible Society Con ference. the Southern Railway will sell tickets Aug. 9, 10. 11, 12 and 13, final limit Aug. 28. James Freeman, city passenger | and ticket agent, 141 Bull street.—ad. i The riant System excursion train to Charleston leaves Savannah at 6:30 a. m. dundayt; tickets are *old at on* dollar for *Aha round trtp —ad. THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1900. THE CREED OF THE NATIONS. THE CHIEF BLAME FOR THE CHI NESE I PRISING IS ASC RIBED. Rev. Ed. F. Cook Preached Upon the Chinese Question Yesterday Morn ing at Wesley Mono men ta I C hurch. The Opium Trade, Foreign \ggrew sions and Demands, and the Young Emperor’s Advanced Views Named ns Causes of the Outbreak— I The I'reaeher Repudiated Statements to the Effect That Protestant Mis sionaries Are Responsible. “Present Problems in the East and the Real Meaning of the Uprising in Chinn. ” was the subject of the sermon delivered yesterday morning at Wesley Monumen tal Church by the pastor. Rev. Ed F. Cook. After summarizing the present condition, the pastor said: “Our commercial interest in China, our diplomatic relation with this government, and our faith in the universal triumph of the Kingdom of Christ, make it necessary tor us to consider the conditions in me East and understand, if possible, the cause and meaning of this great and omi nous uprising in China. “There are many causes that have con tributed, directly and indirectly, to the uprising of this nation against the for eigner, and all that he represents. Th* remote or earlier influences are the opium trade of Great Britain and the method she adopted to enlarge her commercial advantages, and foist upon China free trade in opium. “In 1860 England and France reduced the Taku forts, entered Pekin and drove out the Emperor, destroyed his summer palace and committed other depredations, and for still further commercial advant ages forced China to various concessions. At this treatment China rebelled, but a strong hand, skilled in war and diplo macy, put down the trouble and smooth ed over the difficulties. “The more recent and direct causes are the aggression of foreign nations on Chi nese territory within the last five years and progressive commercial explorations in the interior. In 1897 Germany lost two missionaries, murdered by the Chinese. She thereupon took the province of Chiao Chou as indemnity for this loss. Afrer the defeat of China by Japan, Russia, having lost no missionaries, proceeded to appropriate Port Arthur as affording con venient waters whereupon she might float her much-needed navy, whereupon Great Britain rose up and demanded con cessions from China because she had fav ored Germany and Russia. She, there fore, laid claim to Wet Hal Wei. France grew jealous, and rushed in and really wanted the earth, but became in a meas ure satisfied in the iKxssession of five provinces Italy was next heard from, and. as Dr. Arthur H. Smith has said, ashamed not to be ‘in it,’ asked for a bay that nobody ever heard of, and which to this day we cannot find on the map. Tf is called simply Sanmen bay. At this point the Chinese government, or the Dowager seed ion of it. drew the line. For , the first time in the scries of aggressions the Chinese refused to grant anything. This made matters serious, and there is little doub4 but that China means to re sist this modern aggressive impulse to the bitter end. “The success of Japan In the recent war with China awoke China to the realization of her great weakness. She was humili ated and disgraced by her defeat, and since that day has been making great preparations for time* of war and strife. The third and perhaps greatest of these influences has been the young Emperor’s aggressive ideas and reform movements. He came in touch with foreign ideas, commercial enthusiasm, the civilization of the West, and the new religion of the mis sionary and became an enthusiast for re form; but reformations are not accom plished without difficulties and obstacles. Principal among the obstacles he encoun tered was the opposition and enmity of his aunt, the Empress Dowager, and her sym pathizers and influential political friends. They brought the forward movement to a sudden and violent end by casting the young Emperor in prison, beheading a number of his cordial supporters and taking in hand the reins of the government with the unmistakable purpose of check ing progress, staying the aggression of the Powers, and driving out the “foreign devils,” who the Empress and her sup porters regard as the enemies of the Ce lestial Kingdom. “By some newspapers and politicians who have discussed this question. the trouble is attributed to the missionaries. In one sense only are the missionaries re sponsible for the unrest and uprising in China to-day; that is as the missionary represents Western civilization, progres sive ideas, and the light of the gospel of Jesus, His truth is as light shed upon darkness—reformatory in its influence. It is natural that darkness should contend against light and that reformation should produce revolution. In a small way the attitude of the Catholic Church to the government of China may have contribu ted to the recent troubles.” Mr. Cook then said: “I have no pa tience wdth the cheap talk and criticisms of some newspapers and politicians that talk much and know little about the real situation in the East.” He then read a short clipping in a recent paper in which Senator Tillman of South Carolina is re ported to have said; “In regard to the missionaries and the future effort to force the Chinese to protect them, I am utterly opposed. We do not admit the Chinese, even to work, and the idea of their sending missionaries here to preach is as preposterous to us as our sending mLsionarks to th-m. If the Christian re ligion cannot conquer an entrance to th* Chinese people on its merits through per suasion, I see no warrant in Christianity forcing it on them at the point of the bayonet; that religion is the religion of love and not of force.” “Such talk.” said the preacher, “is Idle vaporing and by such nonsense out peo ple are being mistaught and the faith of the church put to a needless strain. Scores of falsehoods are now being set afloat about the missionaries and given currency by wide circulation without proper investigation and verification. Any Christian who be i ves them an! is de ceived by them is not wise.” The preacher then quoted a number of eminent authorities of all nations, in cluding many of the most prominent rep resentatives of the Chinese government, to show that they who know most of the situation do not attribute, as the papers would have us believe, the present upris ing to the work or the errors of the Protestant missionaries. ANOTHER 1 P FROM DARIEN. Robert West Thought to Know .Hornet hing of Ha :nil ton Murder. Robert West, a negro who is suspected of complicity in or knowledge of the mur der of Arthur Hamilton, at Darien, was brought up from that place yesterday by City Detective Garrity. West is held at the station house as a witness to some farts in connection with the homicide. It Is considered possible that two of the men recently released from the station house and Imm diately incarcerated in the county Jail who have been held for al leged complicity in the same crime, will be given their liberty to-day. Investiga tion has shown that they el her know nothing of the case or arc unwilling to tell It. . i Do you read what people ray about Hood's Sarsaparilla? It is curing all forms of disease roused or promoted by Im pure blood—od. THE CHRISTIAN’S TRIUMPH. Rev. Dr. Fair's Final Sermon at the Independent Presbyterian. Rev. Dr. James Y. Fair preached his last sermon for the summer to the congrega tion of the Independent Presbyterian Church last night. Dr. Fair’s manner of treating the theme he chose for this final discourse was in complete accord with hi3 accustomed graceful and scholarly touch. The text was taken from Romans, 8:38: “More than conquerors,” and from this theme he elaborated a disquisition upon the triumph of the Christian over the foes that beset his path in this life, to over come whom is an essential prerequisite to full enjoyment of the greater life beyond the stars. From the epistles of St. Paul, Dr. Fair drew the lessons he urged upon his congregation. “The Apostle Paul,” he said, “was u bom soldier. History does not record the life or exploits of a man in whom the military spirit was more predominant or who entered with more thorough sym pathy into the martial feeling of the great Roman people, whom he addressed In the letter from which the text is taken. All of his writings abound in martial figures ol rhetoric, and when he was writing to the people, the tread'of whose ever-vic torious legions was heard around the earth, he spoke to them in language i could fully comprehend. “St. Paul, therefore, could appreciate the greatness of a martial triumph, such as was accorded the victorious leaders ot the armies of the Eternal City. Never, perhaps, have there been spectacles that could surpass these Roman triumphs in beauty or glory, or magnificence. To that favorite of fortune, wno had added a p-ovince to the empire, a triumphal en try into Rome was accorded as a right. “He was met at the gates of the city by a cheering host, placed in a chariot that glittered with gold and, drawn by milk-white horses, made his triumphal way to the Temple of Jupiter, on the Cap itoline hill. Robed in purple and with a crown of gold upon his head, he was hailed as a conqueror. It was with a full realization of the glory of thia tri umph that St. Paul said: ’Nay, in ail these things we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us.’’’ Dr. Fair sketched with bold strokes the glory of the triumph of the Christian, over self, adversity, sin and death. This final note of victory, that over death, said Dr. Fair, was firs* sounded in the world by the apostles of Christ. The gieat mystery had been a source of awful speculation and terror to the people of the early ages; it was reserved for the great apostle to ask, “Oh, grave, where is thy sting? Oh, death, where is thy victory?” and for another, who looked his final end squarely in the face, to lay himself down to reet with the phrase, “I hove fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” The triumph of the Roman conqueror was a. magnificent spectacle, a great and glorious thing,” said Dr. Fair, “but it compares not at all with the trlumrh that awaits the hubmlest Christian, who ’has fought a good fight and kept the faith,’ at thb portals of the cits' not built wfilh hands. The Roman general was hailed as conqueror In the Temple of Jupiter, on the Capitoline Hill, while the banks of the Tiber reverberated with the greetings of the people, but for the Christian is re served a fare still more glorious. He will be met at the gates of the City of God, crowned with the victor’s laurel in the temple of the Most High, while the very River of Life will resound w’ith the ho zannas of the heavenly host, acclaiming him ‘more than conqueror, through Him that loved us.’ ” THEY WANT INFORMATION. Japan Cotton Merchant.' Union Wants Facta Ahont Savannah. Superintendent J. P. Merrthew of the Savannah Cotton Exchange has just re ceived from the Cotton Merchant’s Union of Kobe, Japan, copies of the by-laws and rules of the union, together with a list of its members. The superintendent of the Kobe union requests that the rules of the Savannah Cotton Exchange be sent them for their guidance. The fact that there is in the opin ion cf many local cotton men a fair cut look for a good cotton business with Ja pan during the coming season makes the request for information the more im portant at this time. It is believed that if the proper information is promptly fur nished, and the trade of the port looked after by those Interested, that beneficial results will follow. "A fair export business was done, with Japan this season," said Superintendent Merrthew, "and it may be this will be greatly increased during the coming sea son. Tills year there was exported to Kobe 18,260 bales, and 802 bales to Yoko hama East year there were no exports from Savannah to Japan. In 1898 there was 13,000 bales exported to Kobe, 1.200 to Hicgo. and 3,150 to Y'okohania. It strikes me that the inquiry for information in dicates that the trade of that country is looking out for business connections for the coming ceason, and that a prompt presentation of Savannah's advantages will inure to the benefit of the port.” RELATED TO BARON RUSSELL. Maj. J. Mrl.niiK li lln n Cousin of the Celebrated Englliliniail. Maj. John McLaughlin, the well-known auctioneer and business man on Congress street, west, was a cousin of the late Baron Russell, Lord Chief Justice of Eng land, whose death was told about in the telegraphic reports of the Morning News. During his lifetime Baron Russell and Maj. McLaughlin were in constant com munication. having kept up a pleasant correspondence for years. About a year ago the Baron visited this country, going to Saratoga, where he de livered a memorable address before the Bar Association. The address was com mented u|>on very generally by the Amer ican press, and was unqualifiedly pro nounced one of the most learned and scholarly speeches ever delivered before the association. It was heard by a num ber of Savannah lawyers, who visited Sar atoga as delegates from Georgia. All from Savannah were favored with letters of In troduction from Maj. McLaughlin to Baron Russell, by whom they were cordially re ceived. HEV. C. H. CARSON PREACHED. A Former Saiannihinn Waa Heard nt the First Presbyterian. Rev. C. H. Carson filled the pulpit yes terday morning at the First Presbyterian Church. There was no night service at the church. Prof. Carson Is here on a visit, Savannah being his former homp, and was invited to conduct the morning service. It Is possible that he may he heard again in someone of the churches before he leaves the city. He is on a visit to his tather, Mr. C. H. Carson. Prof. Carson Is a Methodist minister and formerly was actively engaged in the work of the church. After having a number of charges and conducting them wl-th great success, his health failed him. and he was compelled to withdraw from active ministerial work. From the re ligious he went to the educational field. He is now professor of science in the Louisiana School of Technology at Rusion. Sunday Trips at Brasiwlrk Via riant System fI.OO. The Plant System will sell round-trtp tickets to Brunswick on Sundays, limited to date of sals, at rate of 51 00. Trains *eave at 2:10 a. m, and 6 20 a m.—ad. HIS BROTHER’S MURDERER. RESULT OF INQUEST IN BINCOMB KILLING. Coroner’s Jury Holds James Bun co mb for the Murder of His Broth er. Jeff Biincomh—The Trouble Be gun In a Drunken Quarrel Because Janies Ilnncomh Demanded the Money Which His Niece Had Earn ed—The Woman Refused to Give Up Her Money and He Undertook to Beat Her, W hereupon Jeff Bun comb Interfered to Proteet the Girl and Was Stabbed to the Heart With a Knife. An inquest into the death of Jeff Bun comb, who was killed by his brother James Buncomb. Saturday night, about 1! o’clock, at No. 47 Lumber street, was held by Coroner Goette at the Police Court room yesterday afternoon. The verdict was: “We, the jury, find that Jeff Buncomb came to his death by knife wound at the hands of James Buncomb, and we consider the same to be murder." •Martha Brown, a member of the Bun comb household, was the first witness ex amined. She is the woman about whom the row originated. She told practically •the story that she told at the time of the arrest of James Buncomb, and which was published in yesterday's Morning News. In substance, she said: “The killing oc curred last night. I and my uncle Jeff, the dead man. had been to my oldest aunt's. We came back about 10:30 o’clock. Uncle Jamee was sitting on the back stoop talking to a boy that lived in the house with U 6. He had told me to let him know when I got my money. I am in service and work for Mr. J. F. Sulli van. I told him last night that I had got it, and he asked me where it was. I told him in the house. He told me .o bring it to him. I then said I had it. He said let’s see it. I said see it here. Then I asked him what he was going to do with it. He said that he only wanted to see it, and I said I’d give it to you to keep if you had any right to it. but if I did you’d only take it to get drunk on. “He said ‘hold on,’ and went in the house and came back with a strap. He gave me three cuts- with the strap around the waist and then cut me with it on the arm. I still have the mark of this blow. Then I screamed and Uncle Jeff said. “You shouldn’t take advantage of that child like that.” He said, “You take up for her, eh?” and Uncle Jeff said, “Yes, she's just as much mine as yours.” He cut me for the fifth time then and I got up from the chair and said: ‘‘Uncle Jim mie, I’ll not take any whipping from you for what I work for.” He threw the strap down and Uncle Jeff said: “Jim. you ought’nt beat the child like that.” I stood on the steps crying. Uncle Jim turned to unc'le Jeff and said: “You take up for her, eh?” and Uncle Jeff said, “yes.” Uncle Jeff was then standing in tiie kitchen door. Then I heard Uncle Jeff say, “O my God, you cut me?, and I turned around and saw Uncle Jeff puli his shirt open and saw the blood jus* jumping out. “After Uncle Jeff called out, I ran out to call his sisters, and when I came back he was lying in the hali dead. Uncle Jim was back in the dining room.” In reply to the question as to whether Jim Buncemb was drunk at the time of the affair, she said that he was, and that he was often in that condition. Asked as to the whereabouts of the other wo man during the row and subsequent trag edy. she eaid that Jeff’s wife was in the fiont rcom and that Jim’s wife had been on the stoop when the difficulty started, but had gone in. The absence of the women, she said, was explained by the fact that when Jim was drunk he often beat all of the members of the household and that it was well to keep away from him. She stated that she did not see the knife with which the deed was done. Emma Buncomb, the wife of the dead man. testified that she was in the room, when sle heard Jeff say, "O, my God, you cut me!” Then Jeff came into the hall and fell near the door of the front room. She came from the room into the and found her husband lying there, with the blood gushing out on the floor and the table. 9he further stated that she had heard the conversation that had preceded the difficulty and shortly before Jeff’s lost exclamation had heard him say, ‘‘you got a knife.” According to her story James Buncomb had come into the hali after Jeff had fallen to the floor and said to her, “Sis- Me, Jeff came in here cut,” and that she had replied, “No, Jim, you cut him.” The jury decided on Its verdict in a very few r minuses, and a commitment was made out by the coroner, and James Bun comb transferred o the county jail. IN DR. JORDAN'S PLACE. Rev. K. IV. fawtliou Preached His First Sermon Yesterday. “The Success of Love” was the subject of the first sermon delivered by Rev. K. W. Cawthon at the First Baptist Church. The young minister began his work yester day morning as the supply of the pastor. Rev. Dr. John D. Jordan, who is now away or. his vacation. The text was drawn from Paul’s writ ings. and the principal thought, the preacher 6atd, suggested to him by the lesson is: "What ehall it profit a man if he has all that life can give and has not love; or what profit is there doing noble things in religion without having the in ner life of true religion, which is love?” Love, Mr. Cawthon said, is of three kinds: "The love of esteem, that which looks up, the love with which we love God; the love of sympathy, the love that looks straight out. which which we love those we like; and the love of compassion, the most difficult of all. that looks down, the love with which we love those distate ful and hostile to us.” ABLE TO LEAVE BARRACKS. lint It Was Reported That Negro Had Subsequently Died. “London.” the negro who, early Sunday morning, fell from the second-story win dow of the lodging house on Barnard and St. Julian streets, receiving a bad gash in his head which necessitated his being tak en to the barracks, left there yesterday morning ai 7 o'clock apparently but little th worse for his fajl It wau reiiorted on The streets last night that he had subsequently been taken to the home of a relative out on the Og“e chee read and had died there, but no con firmation of the rumor could be had, nor had any such report reached the Barracks op to midnight. GOOD CROWD AT TYREE. Loaks as If the Season May Hun a Month Yet. The Tybee season bids fair to continue for another month. Although not us large as the previous Sunday, there was a good orowd at the Island yesterday, an excursion of about 700 people coming down from the Augusta branch of the Cen tral. It wos hot, even at Tybee, but this only made the bathing more enjoy able, and the greater port of the crowd indulged In It to the full. Chair cars on Plant System excursions to Charleston every Sunday; engage your seats on Saturdays at tb Da Soto Hotsl .ticket office.—ad. COLORED TROOPS TO PARADE. First Battalion to Celebrate Its Twentieth Anniversary. The twentieth anniversary of the First Battalion Infantry, Georgia State Troops, colored, will be appropriately celebrated co-morrow by a parade in the forenoon and a pictaic at Lincoln Park in the after noon. The Fulton Guards of Atlanta and the Lincoln Guards of Macon will attend, which will complete the assemblage in Sa vannah of all the colored military’ of the state. Col. J. H. Deveaux of the First Bat talion is working with other members of his command to make the celebration a success, and so far they are encouraged by the general enthusiasm shown. Be sides the celebration the troops will have another reason for appearing at their best, for the reason that Col. William G. Obear. inspector general of state troops, has been ordered to Savannah, and will arrive to day in readiness to inspect the colored troops to-morrow. This will be an im portant feature of the day’s work. The final details for the inspection will prob ably not be made until Col. Obear arrives and confers with the commanding officers. Arrangements will be made for one of the best parades the colored troops have yet given In Savannah. The line will form on Liberty street at 10 o’clock, the right resting on East Broad. From there is will move through the principal streets, winding up at a convenient point for the troops to take the East End cars for Lincoln Park. While there will be quite a number to go out, and all about the same -time, still arrangements have been made with General Manager Lofton of the street railway w'hereby he will have sufficient cars on hand to carry the troops to the park. It is stated enough cars will be kept on the line during the day to carry all the colored people who may wdsh to attend the picnic. While it has not been announced yet whether there will be any speaking, still the chances are that some of the colored lead ers will be heard from on the questions of the day. Speaking of the event, yesterday. Col. Deveaux said it is proposed to make the celebration complete in every way, and to this end he is endeavoring to have every mem ber of his command, from the ranks up. to co-operate with him in making every feature of the day’s programme a suc cess. Heretofore ihe coJored troops have show r n themselves off to good advantage when appearing in public demonstrations, and the chances are they will not fail on this occasion to go one better over their previous record. FLORIDA MAY WANT THEM. Two Captures of Police Yesterday- May Prove Important. John Todd and Sam Davis, two colored men who were captured yesterday in the neighborhood of the market by Patrol men Tullis and Cristie, are thought to be badly wanted in Florida, where it is said there is a large reward for them. The men are also wanted on Wilming ton Island for an assault made some time ago on Mr. Andrews, foreman of the Oem ler Canning Factory, and it was on this charge that they were arrested. It is thought, however, that one of the men is Eli Booker, who killed a promi nent citizen of Palatka on June 14 and for whom there is a reward of 5250, of fered by the state of Florida. There are men in the city who know Booker, and the matter of the negro's identity will probably be settled to-day. Earnings of the Central. The earnings of the Central of Geor gia Railroad for week ending the fourth week of July, were 8157.988, against 5143,- 371. for the same week last year. From Jan. 1 to the end of the fourth week of July, the earnings were 53.451.837, against 53,042.344 for the corresponding period of last year. Infnnt Died Aboard Steamship. On the steamship Alleghany, which ar rived from Baltimore early yesterday morning, was the body of an infant, the child of one of the passengers, which had died a few hours before the ship reached port. The body was taken to the estab lishment of Coroner Goette, who prepared it for burial. White Prisoners in the Majority. Twenty-two prisoners were sent *o the barracks yesterday, of which a large pro portion were white men. None of the prisoners were charged with any serious crime. A Fever-StrleUen Camp. Everett City, Ga., July 21, 1900.—1 am a strong believer in and advocate of the use 'of Johnson’s Chill and Fever Tonic. I know what it will do. 1 have tried it in Cuba and the low lands of Mexico. I have been a soldier in my time and have found the Tonic invaluable In cases of camp fever. Only those who have been in the tropics as soldiers can comprehend the horrors of a fever-strickeni camp, miles and miles away from Its base of supplies. It ‘ was in such places that Johnson's Tonic came In. You did not need any Calomel or quinine or any other drug. Stick to the Tonic and you will be able to eat embalmed beef again. Yours very truly, Chas. F. Roden. -ad. The summer is passing, have you taken in the Plant System Sunday excursions to Charleston? One dollar for the round trip, —ad. Rhine nod .Moselle Wines. The fine French wines in bottles are Im ported direct from the well known house of Everest, Dupont & Cos., Bordeaux, Fiance, by Lippman Bros, of this city! Llppman Bros, desire to call attention to the St. Julien brand of claret wine, which ts very fine, but quite low-priced. Tnelr Chauteau Leovillc is known as one of the finest claret wines imported to the United States. Lippman Bros.' Importations of Rhine wines ore certainly worih the attention of connoisseurs. They are from the cele brated wine grower Martin Deutz of Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germony. His Bodenhelm Rhine wine is very nice and delicious, but low price. His Mrcobrunner Cabinet, from select ed grapes, is well worth the attention of the finest judges of Rhine wine In the city. His Yohannlsburger Cabinet is very deli cate and rare, and is perfection of wine and the finest of all.—ad. $0.75 To Rlnrk Mountain, N. C., and Return. Account of Montreat Bible Society Con ference, the Southern Railway will sell tickets Aug. 9, 10. 11. 12 and 13, final limit Aug. 28. James Freeman, city passenger and ticket agent, 141 Bull street.—ad. To Brunswick and Return, fl.oo Vtn the Plant System, Sundays. In addition to the Charlaaton Sunday excursions, the Plant System are selling round-trip tickets to Brunswick, good on Sundays only, at rata of 81 00 for the round trip. Trains leave at 2:10 a. m. and 5:20 a. m —ad. To the Mountains. In the nick of time. Just when you are yawning and feallng tired out and broken down, a bottle of Greybeard is belter than a trip to tbe mountains. Ara you conetipated? Take Gray beard pllli. Little treasures— 26c 'be box. R ea se* Drug Cos., Proprietor%-4, Richardson & Boynton’s “Perfect,” Shepard’s “Royal Magic,” and Orr, Painter & Co.’s “Othello.” Awfully hot to talk about such warm things, but this weather has melted our prices to almost noth ing. Get our summer estimates. We have time to do the work now; don’t wait till the rush is on. 1 WM. & H. H. LATTIMORE, 1 West Congress Street. Mid-Summer Inducements. The “stay at home” and the “going away customer” want some extra induce ments these mid-summer days. The season is not over by any means, and thin goods will have the call for many days yet. We have a very attractive stock and you can shop here with so little exertion. Our store is cool, and the cars bring you right to the door—without the least fatigue. S# with comfortable transportation from ev ery section of the city, a cool inviting store, the best things to select from and remarkably low prices, we make shopping a pleasure and n profit to you besides. Here are the items for your considera tion : 42-inch Serge , 75c quality, for 50c. 45-inch French Black Serge, 85c quality, for 69c. 52-inch Black Cheviot Serge, $1 quality, for 86c. 45-inch Black Mohair 79c; regular SI.OO quality. 54-inch Gray and Tan Homespuns 75c; regular SI.OO quality. Colored Taffeta Silk 75c; former price sl. Black Peau de Sole and Satin Duchess© Silks reduced from $1.25 to 85c the yard. 30c and 35c Imported Ginghams at 19c. Ladies’ 26-inch Umbrellas, $1 quality, now to 69c. Ladies’ 26-inch Umbrellas, $1.26 quality, this week 98c. WHITE GOODS' 10c quality India Linen Bc. 12*£c quality 10c. 15c quality 12c. 20c quality 15^. 25c quality 20c. A 16x34 Huck Towel at 10c; worth I*6. Huck Towels, 20x40, $1.75 dozen; worttl $2.25. Extra full size $2.00 dozen; w’orth $2.50. A line Damask Towels at 25c each; ac tual value 35c. A full line Fringed Doylies at 50c, 75c and SI.OO dozen; woith 75c, SI.OO and $1.25 dozen. 72-inch White French Nainsook 29c a yard; worth 45c. 72-inch French Nainsook reduced from 65c a yard to 48c. 72-inch Nainsook reduced from $1 per yard to 73c yard. EXTRA VALUES IN TABLE DAMASKS THIS WEEK. 60-inch Bleached Linen Table Damask at 49c; actual value 65c. 72-inch Table Damask reduced from 85c the yard to 69c. 72-inch Bleached Damask reduced from $1 to 79c. High novelties in the same line of goods at sl, $1.25, sl.s©—a saving of fully 25 per cent. A yard-wide Shirting at 7c this week; former price 10c. A better grade at BVsc; former price 10c and 12tfcc. LADIES’ AND GENTS’ HANDKER CHIEFS. Ladies' Embroidered Handkerchiefs re duced from U\c to 9c each. The 15c quality at 11c. A finer line reduced from 25c to 19c. Still a better grade reduced from 35c to 25c. HOSIERY. Ladies’ Openwork 13c; worth 20c. Ladies’ Black Lisle Drop-stitch at 25c; worth 36c. Ladies’ Black Lisle Woven Colored Silk Dot this week 47c; actual value 65c the pr. Ladles’ Black Lisle Lace Hose 69c; worth SI.OO. Men’s Drop-stitch Hose 26c; worth 35c. Infants’ Lisle Lace Socks 23c; worth 35c. SPECIALTIES IN GENTS* HALF HOSE 50c grade at 25c; that sold at 25c thla week 19c. Clearance sale this week of Allovtr Laces and Embroideries at half price. 100 pieces Canton Matting Just received; prices 15c to 60c per yard. 150 Smyrna Rugs at reduced prices. Daniel Hogan, The corner Broughton and Barnard •# JUST RECEIVED A CAR LOAD OF GARDEN TILE. UlO MIL'S SONS. 113 Broanton Street, Wrat. SEED RYE. TBliS HED H. P. SEED OATS. HAV, GRAIN. FEED, FLOUR, BTC. LEMONS. Vepetablea and Prodace. New Crop B. K. and Cow l*ea. W. D. SIMKINS & CO.