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J. H. ESTILL, President. • * IMJMHKK 14 .1 04.
COMPANY UNFIT
TO BEAR ARMS
COURT OF INQUIRY ADVISES
THE DISBANDMENT OK THE HUNTS
VILLE COMMAND.
Company F, Which Allowed the Moh
to Take the Negro and Lynch
Him, Will Be Mustered Out of the
Alabama Service Oct. 14—Wherein
the Court Finds That the Com
pany Was Incompetent and Un
prepared.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 26. —Gov.
Cunningham to-day received the re
port of the military court of inquiry,
appointed to investigate the conduct of
Company F, Alabama National Guard,
which was overpowered by the mob at
Huntsville that lynched Horace Ma
ples, a negro.
The report, which is signed by Col.
T. S. Frazer, Capt. E. I). Smith and
Capt. W. F. Vaiden, recommends that
Company F be mustered out for ineffi
ciency, and that in the future all offi
cers be required to pass an examina
tion on the state military law before
receiving commissions.
Oct. 14 was the date fixed for the
mustering out of the command.
The court found that Capt. R. L.
Hay had no definite plan of action,
and that most of the men had no load
in their guns, though plenty of ammu
nition was to be had; also that one
sentinel was overpowered and badly
hurt by the mob.
It was also found that members of
the military company were cursed and
assaulted by the mob after fire was
set to the jail, and that they lost their
military identity in the crowd. ,
It was further found that the attack
on the jail found the military sitting
around on the Eteps and curbstones
eating supper; also that on the night
of the mob there was an entire lack
of concerted effort or plans for the
protection of Jhe jail or prisoner.
“That the combined short comings
of the military allowed a life to be
taken unlawfully by a mob under cir
cumstances which justify us in con
cluding that the same could have been
prevented, thereby reflecting serious
discredit upon the military called into
service.”
WITH RAZOR* AND PISTOL
Carmlchnel Started Upon Hi* Mis
sion of Murder and Suicide.
Winston-Salem, N. C., Sept. 26. —One
of the most horrible tragedies in the
history of Forsyth county occurred at
7 o’clock this morning at Kernesviile,
this county. Louis F. Carmichael, a
carpenter by trade, aged 64 years, kill
ed his wife, aged 50 years, seriously
wounded his 12-year-old step-daughter
and then cut his owVi throat with a
razor and shot himself with a pistol.
The weapon was fired four times,
three balls taking effect on the right
side of the head. He lived until 10:30
o'clock, but was never conscious after
the tragedy.
Mr. Carmichael and his wife separat
ed several weeks ago. Yesterday he
went to her home, near the passenger
depot, and told her that if she did not
consent to live with him again he
would kill her ‘before to-night. After
eating breakfast this morning at the
home of his sister, Mrs. A. Lewis, he
took a razor and pistol and went di
rect to the home of his wife.
When the husband entered the kitch
en the wife was over the stove prepar
ing breakfast for herself and children.
It is presumed that she again refused
another request to live with him, and
that he thereupon took the razor and
cut his wife's throat, nearly severing
her head from her body. The wife ran
out in the yard and fell upon the grass,
where she expired in a few minutes.
Carmichael then turned upon Miss
Dwiggins, his wife’s youngest daugh
ter, with the razor, cutting two severe
gashes on her breast. He then used
the razor "and pistol with fatal effect
upon himself.
Those who talked with Carmichael a
short while before the crime was com
mitted say he was sober. The impres
sion is general here that no sane man
could have committed such a crime.
Carmichael will be buried in the
Methodist Cemetery here to-morrow.
The attending physician says he Bees
no indication of symptoms that will
prevent the recovery of the girl.
TWO WERE KILLED AND
THREE WERE WOUNDED.
Whites, Fired 1 l>on. Returned the
Fir* of No*roes.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 26.—Two ne
groes were killed and three were fa
tally wounded In an encounter near
Lynchburg, Miss., fifteen miles south
of Memphis late to-day.
The shooting occurred on the plan
tation of J. J. Johnson, who, with his
two sons and two friends, went Into
a field to gather a load of corn. The
field was worked on shares by a negro
family named Kennedy. As the white
men were driving their wagon from
the field a fusllade from a party of
blacks met them. The fire was re
turned with the result that two ne
groes were killed outright and three
were fatallv shot.
A number of whites joined Johnson
and his friends and are now searching
tor others of the attacking party.
The names of the dead and wounded
are not obtainable.
Another Alleged Leher.
Huntsville, Ala . Kept. 24 -Ben Hill,
the third defendant accused of com
plicity In the Horace Maples lynching,
wae put on trial to-day. The military
guard has withdrawn from around the
Madison count y Jail on ret onuiMMtds
tion of Judge Apes be
JSataitnal) JKofuing fkto£
TALK OF INDEPENDENCE
RUINS THE FILIPINOS.
Not Tractable Because of Opinions
Expressed in America.
Washington, Sept. 26.—President
Roosevelt is in receipt of a letter from
Gen. Luke E. Wright, Governor of
the Philippines, in which the Governor
discusses frankly some of the condi
tions which he encounters in directing
the government of the islands. Under
date of Aug. 15, Gen. Wright wrote
in Bart:
the effect of the continued discus
sion as to the capacity of the Filipino
lor self-government and his immediate
or ultimate independence is having its
effect here and makes our task more
difficult than it otherwise would be.
The less a man is equipped with in
telligence and those, qualities which
make for good citizenship the more
easily can he be persuaded that he is
the possessor of all those qualities.
This people have their full share of
ambition and vanity, and they also
have their full share of reckless, half
formed characters, who are ready for
intrigue in any direction which prom
ises them profit or power. It is this
class which has largely given force
and direction to the Aglipayan move
ment and has recruited its ranks from
the ignorant and dangerous elements.
“In this general connection I may
say to you as a matter of information
that the agitation in the United States
t for Filipino independence and the
spoken and written utterances of
prominent men there who are urging
it are all brought here and published
in the native newspapers and are being
made the text for editorials insisting
that the Filipino people are now ready
to become an independent nation. The
effect of all this is distinctly injurious.
Its tendency is to restore influence of
the old insurrecto leaders and make
them active in preaching the old
propaganda. This, in turn, has the
effect of demoralizing and weakening
the more conservative and thoughtful
Filipinos, who fear that if they should
speak out as they really think, they
would be considered the enemies of
their people and lose their prestige
with them. Those of the more prom
inent and best educated, and who na
turally have their ambitions, are in
clined to join in the general cry.”
ASSASSINS OF VON PLEHVE
Are Said to Have Been Directed
From Switzerland.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 27, 1:45 a. m.—
While some of the features of the plot
which culminated in the assassination
of M. Von Plehve, the Minister of the
Interior, still baffle the police, the au
thorities profess to be now perfectly
certain that the conspiracy was hatch
ed in Geneva by half a dozen Rus
sians, mostly Jews. The authorities
know the names and addresses of the
conspirators, but are unable to tak"
legal action against them owing to the
failure of the laws of Switzerland to
interfere with political refugees, and,
therefore, Russian terrorists are at lib
erty, from their haven in the Alps to
continue the work of assassination of
Russian ministers, so long as they are
able to find emissaries willing to risk
their lives, the organizers never ven
turing to carry out their own designs.
Six men who engineered the Plehve
plot, according to the result of the
Russian police investigation, are de
clared beyond the shadow of doubt to
have organized a series of political
crimes.
For the first time the fact is now
revealed that M. Plehve’s murder has
been preceded by four abortive at
tempts to encompass his death, which
the department of political police
frustrated in the nick of time by the
arrest of the would-be assassins, who
were quietly imprisoned.
GEORGIA MARRIAGES
SAID TO BE ILLEGAL.
Statement That Those Contracted
Since 1954 Not Strictly Lawful.
Augusta, Sept. 26.—An attorney here
has discovered that there existed in
\
Georgia many years ago, and in force
as late as 1854, a law requiring every
male applicant for a marriage license
to give a bond to the county, showing
that he was financially able to properly
support the woman he was Intending
to marry. At different times a dif
ferent sum was named, ranging from
500 pounds sterling to SSOO.
Later research revealed that this law
was never repealed and consequently
that all marriages made since ’54 are
not strictly legal.
Prominent attorneys say that all
kinds of legal complications may en
sue.
HOW BRITISH ACCOUNT
FOR TRAIN ACCIDENTS.
Greatly Interested In the lllsnsters
in the United States.
London, Sept. 26.—The recent rail
road accidents in the United States ar e
attracting no little comment In Eng
land. The Pall Mall Gazette says:
“They are far too common in Amer
ica, especially of late. The fact that
it Is a large country with plenty of
room for them to happen in Is not
sufficient to explain them. Probably
the fundamental cause Is the hasty
and Imperfect construction of the lines,
the makeshift arrangements for sav
ing time and the general rush of stren
uous nattonal llfe.”^
IIE AHMOND ASSASSINATED.
Assassin Did Hl* Work With a Shot
(•an.
Knoxville, T>nn.. Hopt. 26.—Sam De-
Arniond, a prominent citizen of King
ston, the county seat of Roane county,
Tennessee, was assassinated by an un
known man at 8 o’clock to-night while
passing the Court House at that place.
The sheriff and poaoe of deputies, who
are hunting for Ihe murderer, claim
to have a alight clue.
De Arniond was killed with a shot
gun and his sesaesln could not have
been more then slz or eight feet from
him when he tired, for lh lower part
of the jaw and a pert of the neck ere
entirely lorn awrsy.
De Arniond was M years old. and
connected with one of the moot Influen
tial famine* of Roan* count j.
FEUDISTS ON TRIAL
ON MURDER CHARGE
FIFTEEN MEN INVOLVED
IN CHARGB of trying to murder
W. M. DUNCAN.
At McClenny the Cases Against the
Altmans nnl Their Friends Are
Given n Preliminary Hearing.
Evidence Showed That Both linn,
can and the Altmans Were the
Aggressors, According to Whether
It Was Given hy Iluuean or. Alt
man Witnesses.
McClenny, Fla, Sept. 26.—The twenty
one men charged with the numerous
crimes around Baxter arrived to-day,
from Jacksonville under guard of the
Jacksonville Light Infantry. The train
was stopped half a mile below the de
pot and the prisoners and military
guards marched into town, much to the
disappointment of the people who had
gathered at the depot.
The prisoners were lodged in the
county jail, a brick structure, and a
military guard posted.
The preliminary hearing probably
will take three days.
Gov. Jennings, who was here to-day,
will grant the requisition of Gov. Ter
rell of Georgia for Hillary and Charles
Altman for murders alleged to have
been committed on the train in Charle
ton county, Georgia, if the men are
not held here for complicity in the
murder committed by the mob.
The first case brought before County
Judge Berry was that of assault with
intent to murder W. M. Duncan from
the postofflee at Baxter, Sept. 12. Fif
teen men were involved in this charge.
Witnesses lor Duncan.
The state introduced three witnesses,
W. M. Duncan, who was shot from
the postoffice; John Duncan, his son,
who was with him at the time, and
Bob Thrift, brother of Constable
Thrift, who was murdered a few nights
later.
W. M. Duncan testified that he was
walking from his house to his barn,
his son, John, with him; that he had
his rifle in his hand, the muzzle point
ed to the ground; that the most di
rect way from the house to the barn
lay by the postofflee, and that as he
passed the postoffice he saw Jesse Alt
man, Cauiey Johns and Lon Dowling
behind the counter of Altman’s store,
in which the postofflee was situated;
that Jesse Altman and Cauiey Johns
fired at him, and that two shots took
effect in his left Bide.
John Duncan’s testimony corrobo
rated that of his father.
Bob Thrift testified that W. M. Dun
can, after leaving the postofflee and
approaching his home, turned over the
rifle to him; that Jesse Altman, Cau
iey Johns and Lon Dowling left the
store and went in the direction of the
railroad and that they turned and
again fired at W. M. Duncan, none of
the shots taking effect. Having Dow
ling’s rifle he fired at them, but missed.
Thrift testified that Jesse Altman,
the Saturday night before the shoot
ing, asked him if he would like to give
W. M. Duncan a “round up.” Asked
what he meant, Altman said:
“Kill him or run him out of the
country.”
The Altman Side of It.
The state rested and Henry Davis,
for the defense, testified that he saw
Duncan as he went to the postofflee;
that Duncan had his rifle to his shoul
der and that he walked up on the
porch of the postofflee, and put the
muzzle of the rifle inside the door.
After this, he heard pistol shots from
within.
All the witnesses testified to seeing a
crowd beyond the railroad, but neither
could identify any individual.
After the conclusion of Davis’ tes
timony, the hearing was adjourned till
to-morrow morning.
STEAMERS COLLIDED
ON ST. JOHN’S RIVER.
One Went to the Bottom, the Crew
Escaping.
Green Cove Springs, Fla,, Sept. 26.
The steamers Heck and Ruby collided
in the St. John’s river this afternoon
off Mandarine Point, about ten miles
below this place, and the Ruby went
to the bottom in about three minutes.
Six men composed the crew of the
Ruby. Most of them Jumped over
board when they saw the collision
could not be avoided, and all were
saved. ,
The Heck was crossing the river
diagonally and the Ruby was headed
straight down stream. The Ruby blew
two signals, which were answered by
the Heck. The collision was due to a
misunderstanding of signals, but It Is
not yet known who was responsible.
KILLED IN A WRECK.
Besides a Fnlallly, Others Were
Mnrtnllv Injured.
Peoria. 111., Sept. 26.—A washout on
the Burlington Railroad near Elmwood
caused a wreck to-day, In which on*
man w*as killed and three were prob
ably fatally Injured.
The wreck occurred at the Junction
of a small stream and the Kicks poo
cteek. A terrific rsln storm visited
tliet sect l m and Ihe roadbed of the
track war washed out for a short dis
tance, leaving the rails suspended In
the air.
The train struck the unsupported
rail* * a high speed The engine shut
across and left the track, but remain
ed upright. The baggage rise was
hurled Into a deep ifltcti and the
smoker oo top of ft The chair <*r
remained on the track.
SAVANNAH. GA.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 27. 1904.
OYAMA IS WAITING TO
CONCENTRATE TROOPS.
He Will Soon Be Ready to Move
Against the Russians.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 26. —5 p. m.—
The cause of the extreme deliberation
in the Japanese advance on Mukden
was explained by a dispatch received
from Gen. Kuropatkin this 'afternoon,
which indicates that Field Marshal
Oyama has not yet concentrated his
forces. Fresh troops are constantly ar
riving at Bentsiaputze. while others,
which recently reached Lfao Yang, are
marching up the Taitse river to Sian
chian. These reinforcements presum
ably come from Japan.
As soon as the fourth Japanese army
at Sianchian is sufficiently strong, it
is now evident, the Japanese intend
to resort to their favorite flanking
tactics, move a formidable array
against Kuropatkin’s left find compel
the evacuation of Sintslntin. They are
evidently reconnoitering the ground
over which the Stanehian army will
march up and cross the river.
Meanwhile Gen. Kuroki is trying to
seize and cross the Hun river far dast
of Mukden. Thence he will move down
the river and co-operate with the
fourth army from Sianchan, while
Gens. Oku and Nodzu engage Kuro
patkln's attention south of Mukden.
The attack on Da p*iss and Santungku
Sept. 20 were the first symptoms of
this flanking movement.
Kuropatkin now reports that Japa
nese scouts have been encountered near
the Hun river, half way to Mukden,
trying to seize Kaouton pass, ten miles
northeast of Bentsiaputze, in order to
clear the way to Fushun, and that
Oku’s and Nodzu's outposts have been
engaged in skirmishing with Cossacks
near Inpu. between Bentsiaputze and
the railroad.
After reviewing the troops at Odessa,
the Emperor will go to Kishineff and
bid farewell to the Fourteenth division,
famous for its passage of the Danube
under Gen. Dragomiroff. The latter
probably will attend the ceremony.
Gen. Dragomiroff Is greatly enfeebled
in health, which may render impossi
ble his going to the Far East as chief
of staff of Grand Duke Nicholas.
QUESTION OF CONTRABAND
NOT RAISED AGAIN.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 26.—Neither the
United States nor Great Britain has
yet renewed diplomatic representations
to Russia on the question of contra
band.
It is hardly believed here that either
the United States or Great Britain pur
poses to allow the matter to rest in its
present aspect. While the Washington
government won a distinct victory in
the decision of the commission regard
ing contraband, it is thought the
American government will still refuse
to acquiesce in the placing of cotton,
fuel and railroad, telegraph and tele
phone material in the list of absolute
contraband.
If representations are renewed there
is reason to believe that Russia may
concede the point regarding cotton.
JAPANESE TRYING TO
TURN RUSSIAN FLANK.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 26.—A dispatch
has been received from Gen. Kuropat
kin, announcing that the Japanese
are preparing an extensive turning
movement east of Mukden.
A larger force is advancing from
Liao Yang, by way of Taiche to Sin
chin. Skirmishes have occurred in the
valley of the Hun river, and at Inpu
between Bentsiaputze. and the rail
road.
There were many casualties at Innpu.
RUSSIANSREPULSED
JAPS’ ADVANCE GUARD.
St. Petersburg, Sept 26.—Gen. Sak
harofr, in a dispatch dated yesterday,
telegraphs that the Japanese advance
guard during the last few days at
tempted to occupy Kaopton pass, com
manding the road to Fushun, but
were repulsed by a detachment of the
Russian advance guard.
On the south front all is quiet,
though shots are exchanged daily and
skirmishes occur beeween the advance
posts.
LACK OF DISCIPLINE
IN RUSSIAN ARMY.
London, Sept. 27.—The Daily Mail’s
Liao Yang correspondent says:
The discovery in abandoned Russian
headquarters here of a number of doc
uments and orders from Viceroy Alex
leff cashiering officers for abandoning
positions and for drunkenness, etc.,
and censuring officers for lawless treat
ment of Chinese, waste of ammunition
and other offenses, proves an amazing
lack of discipline In Gen. Kuropatkin’s
army.
1,000 .laps Cross Dally.
Mukden. Saturday, Sept. 24 (Delayed
In transmlslson). —The Japanese do not
appear to .be moving, but It is believed
that they will begin a general advance
within a day or two. They are con
tinually receiving relrvforcemnets. Rus
sian scouts who penetrated beyond
Bentsiaputze saw large encampments
of Japanese a.nd a strong column Is
reported to be forming northwest of
Liao Yang.
A thousand Japanese are dully cross
ing the Taitse river over three bridges
which have been built above the rail
road.
Wlstsr Distress Predicted.
Mukden, Sept. 25. —Doubts are be
ginning to be felt as to whether it will
be possible to continue the campaign
through the winter, which begins In
November. The Chinese have been un
able to harvest their crops, and there
probably will be much distress, as It
Is very difficult to bring up stores from
China for the native population.
Woods Will Proerrula,
Charlottesville, V*., Sept, 24.-Capt,
Mlrajah Woods, romuionwealth’a at
torney of Albemarle oouniy, who had
been requested to aid In the prosecu
tion of former Mayor J. Ha mu* I Me-
Cue, charged with the murder of hta
wife, to-doy announced that he wtu
asalat Mr. Olltner and Mr Kerr In tha
prosecution of the common wealth’s
case Mc<~*. aUI tea srrtlgusd i*.
rnurroa morning
LIST OF THE DEAD
STILL SIXTY-TWO
DEATH MAY YET RELIEVE
FOUR OR FIVE DESPERATELY IN
JURED OF THEIR SUFFERINGS.
One Dol>- Was Wrongly Identified
mill Sent to lllrmlnnliniii —Broth-
er* Returned With the Body nod
identified That of Their Brother.
Twelve Fnnerals at Knoxville.
Double Funerals In Some Cases.
Five Still Unidentified.
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 26.—N0 ad
ditional deaths of injured have occurred
to-day and the death list of the South
ern wreck near Newmarket on Satur
day last still stands at sixty-two.
All of the injured at the Knoxville
general hospital are reported doing
well, and only four or five are so des
perately wounded that death may re
sult from their injuries.
A body which was identified early
Sunday morning as that of D. S. Fox
of Birmingham, Ala., and sent to that
city was returned here to-day ac
companied by two brothers of Mr. Fox.
The body supposed to have been that
of D. S. Fox turned out to be that of
J. M. Daly of Detroit, Mich., who
traveled Tennessee and Kentucky for
D. M. Ferry & Cos. The brothers of
Mr. Fox went to the morgue and iden
tified a body there as that of their
brother. The mistake must have been
made by searchers at the wreck, who
put Mr. Fox’s papers In the pocket of
the Daly body. Mr. Fox’s remains
were shipped to Birmingham to-night.
No less than twelve funerals of vic
tims of the wreck were held in this
city to-day. One was a- double fun
eral, where two aged sisters were
buried; at another, mother and daugh
ter were burled and at still another
services were said for a mother and
her two little children.
Many of the leading officials of the
Southern are still here and will re
main until all damages can he settled
so far as possible. To-day at the scene
of the disaster, a huge bonfire was
built, and the mass of kindling wood
was burned, together with small pieces
of decaying flesh.
Ot tha list of sixty-two dead only
five bodies now remain to be identified.
Four are white men and one colored.
Three will probably have to be burled
In nameless graves. Two of the white
men may be traced. One wears a Ma
sonic badge and has the Initials, “G.
B.” on his linen. The only means of
identifying the other body is through
his watch, made by A. C. Kolbuch
Works, No. 130814.
IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS
Roosevelt Will Hc*ln That Peace
Congress Talk,
Washington, Sept. 26.—President
Roosevelt’s announcement on Saturday
to the delegates of the Interparliamen
tary Union that, at an early date, he
would Invite the nations of the world
to send delegates to a second peace
conference, whose work should be sup
plemental to that of the conference at
The Hague, is regarded as an advance
toward the adjustment of International
difficulties through the medium of ar
bitration.
Quite naturally, the question arose
as to how soon the President might
call the conference. He did not indi
cate In his address the probable time
of his issuance of the call, but it can
be stated that he will not await the
conclusion of peace between Japan and
Russia, both signatories to The Hague
convention, before Issuing his call. It
is his present Intention in about six
weeks to bring the matter to the at
tention of the nations of the world,
with a view to ascertaining their de
sires as to the time and place of hold
ing the second conference.
These preliminary Inquiries will be
made through the State Department.
As soon thereafter as the replies re
ceived shall warrant, the President will
Issue his formal call for the 'confer
ence, which will probably be early in
the coming year.
SCHOONER LAWRENCE^
HAS BEEM SIGHTED.
Tn* Mas Gone to Tow Her to Jack
sonville.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 26. —The
British schooner Florence, from Cuba
to Jacksonville light, went ashore four
miles south of Mosquito Inlet Sunday
afternoon. Capt. Broward of the tug
Three Friends went to the scene this
morning and if possible will pull the
vessel off and tow her to Jacksonville.
The Florence Is anew vessel. British
Consul Sudlow went to the scene of the
wreck this morning. Captain Brooks
telegraphed to Jacksonville that the
crew was safe.
Capt. Sharpe of the schooner Doro
thea Belle reports that he passed the
schooner Nathan Lawrence on Kept.
24 off Bourne, Mass., waterlogged and
foremast standing. She
lay twenty-five mile* southeast of
Tybee and in thirteen fathoms of wa
ter. The tug Admiral Dewey, Capt.
Fozzard, left here this morning to tow
the vessel to Jacksonville, If practi
cable.
WAUUKMAN A IliMtlll IT.
Was the Treasurer of Ihe I etholla
I alversify.
Washington, Kept. 26.—Chief Justice
Clabough of the District Hupreme
Court to-day adjudged Thomas K.
Waggeman a bankrupt, and Y. K.
Ilradley of this city was appointed ref
eree Mr. Waggeman la the former
treasurer of th* Catholle University of
America, and a wall known business
man of this eHy, whs recently filed p m .
pars In court. announcing his Inabii-
II jr ts meet oblige!lon*.
HAUGHTY BRITON FINED.
His Hnnteur Cost Him g 35 and
Chauffeur SIT,.
Pittsfield, Mass., Sept. 26.—Hugh
Gurney, third secretary of the British
embassy, was to-day fined in the Po
lice Court at Lee on two charges.
For contempt of court he was fined
$23. A similar line was imposed in
a case charging him with speeding his
automobile in Stockbridge Sunday.
Mr. Gurney, when arraigned, posi
tively refused to plead, claiming that
as “he was the third secretary to his
Britannic majesty, he could not under
international law be arrested or held
fou any efime.”
Special Justice Phelps said he did not
recognize International law in his court
and informed the defendant that he
must enter a plea. Mr. Gurney per
sisted in his refusal. Then a fine was
imposed for contempt of court.
Mr. Gurney did not have in his pos
seslson sufficient money to pay the fine
and he was committed in charge of
the officer who made the arrest. The
officer accompanied Mr. Gurney to
Lenox, where the money was secured.
MAY GET INTO TROUBLE
BECAUSE THEY FINED HIM.
Washington, Sept. 26.—Notice of the
action of the special Justice in finding
Mr. Gurney was received at the State
Department to-day in a telegram from
Mr. Raikes, first secretary of embassy,
who is at Lenox. The department im
mediately transmitted this telegram in
substance to the Governor of Massa
chusetts, with the suggestion that he
do whatever might be necessary to se
cure the diplomatic immunity of Mr.
Gurney.
It is believed at. the department that
the matter may be far more serious
than the local officials at Lee seem to
regard it. Federal law provides for the
fine and imprisonment of officials con
cerned in the arrest of any public
minister or his servant.
It will remain for the Governor of
Massachusetts to take initial action in
this case, which will require prompt re
dress.
DAVIS DECIDES TO SPEAK.
Will Have An lm|>nln* Entourage
On His Trip.
New York, Sept. 26.—Daniel McCon
vllje, chairman of the speakers’ bu
reau of the Democratic National Com
mittee, to-day received a letter from
Henry Gassaway Davis, in which the
vice presidential candidate said that
he had completed arrangements f6r his
speaking tour through West Virginia.
The start will be made from Baltimore
on Monday, Oct. 10, after a meeting In
that city, which will be addressed by
the vice presidential candidate, Sena
tor Arthur P. Gorman, ex-Senator Wil
liam Pinckney Whyte, Senator John
W. Daniel of Virginia and ex-Senator
David B. Hill of New York.
Senators Daniel, Hill and Whyte will
accompany Mr. Davis on his entire trip
through West Virginia. Stops will be
made at every town along the lines
of the Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake
a*nd Ohio and Norfolk and Western
Railroads.
Senator Gorman will Join the party
from time to time, and will speak at
several meetings in the larger towns.
TO BE HEADQUARTERS
AT FRENCHLICK SPRINGS.
New York, Sept. 26.—1 tis under
stood that Western headquarters fur
the Democratic National Committee
will be established at French Lick
Springs, Ind., early next month, and
in all probability will be under the
direction of Thomas Taggart, chairman
of the National Committee. From
French Lick the campaign will be di
rected in the states of Indiana, Illinois,
Wisconsin, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan,
Missouri, lowa and all the far Western
states where there is the possibility of
winning electoral votes.
CONGRATULATE PARKER
UPON HIS ACCEPTANCE
Esopus, N. Y., Sept. 26.—Many tele
grams came to Rosemount to-day con
gratulating Judge Parker on his let
ter of acceptance. Some of the dis
patches came from prominent figures
In the Democratic party, and not a
few from editors. A delegation of thir
ty-six Democrats from Poughkpepsie
came to Roßemount at 5 o’clock to
day and spent an hour with Judge
Parker.
f'nmpnlitn In Indiana.
New York, Sept. 26.—The Democratic
campaign will open in Indiana Oct. 7,
when M. E. Ingalls, of Cincinnati, will
speak at Indianapolis. Senator Black
burn, of Kentucky, will speak Oct.
13, and Senator Stone, of Missouri, Oct.
19. The places will be fixed by the
Democratic St'ate Committee.
Parker Goes to New York.
Esopus, N. Y„ Sept. 26.—Judge Al
ton B. Parker and his secretary will
go to New York to-morrow morning,
arriving there at 9:30 o’clock.
NO MURDER WAS DONE
A* Was flrouuht to Light Upon Ves
sel's Arrival.
New York, Sept. 26.—The American
coastwise schooner Lejok arrived In
port to-day from Wilmington, N. C.,
with all the members of the crew safe
and sound.
A letter was received last week by
the police authorities here to look out
for this schooner, and ascertain If the
writer was on board on arrival; If not
It would be a sure Indication that mur
der hud been committed, as he feared
bodily harm. Capt. Smith said he did
not know anything about the matter,
and none of the crew would acknowl
edge having written tha letter.
I'ellss Kplunrrs' Meetlag.
Charlotte, N. C., He|d. 24.-Wide In
tarest Is being exhibited In the meet
ing of the aplimera, which will take
place bare to-morrow, It is estimated
titsi too men will attend. The trade
Is fully olive lo the sHiMtlnr. and mill
men apeak with earnestness of Dp
ne< eeelty sf Improved conditions in
prices of their g'mds
. 5 CENTS A COPY
J DAILY. 28 A YEAR.
I WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK. 2I A YEAR
STRONG FIGHT ON
THAT INJUNCTION
TO BE MADE BY COMMISSION
BACKED BY THE GOVERNOR AND
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Many Are in LeRKUe Aaafnst Rates
That Would Prtirr So Hurtful to
Savannah's Trade and Proaress
lloluk Rescinded—Declare They
Will Eight to the End, Taking
the Case, if Necessary, to tkC
United States Supreme Court.
Atlanta, Sept. 26.—The Railroad
Commission met in called session to
day as the result of the injunction suit
to prohibit the enforcement of the re
duced rates announced in circulars 301
and 302. It tvas decided that Attorney
General John C. Hart should 'be called
upon to make answer for the commis
sion and tight the case in its behalf.
With him will be associated W. A.
Wimblsh, attorney for the Atlanta
Freight Bureau, who conducted the
proceedings before the commission.
A conference was held between thn
members of the Railroad Commission
and a committee from the Atlanta
Freight Bureau, headed by President
Newell.
It was agreed at the conference to
light the injunction proceedings to the
end.
The conference with the commission
followed a meeting of the Freight Bu
reau, at which it was decided to make
an aggressive fight. Commissioner
Warner Hill said: "We tried to ad
just this matter of freight rates
equitably and without any fuss, but if
it is a fuss the roads want, why, I
guess we will meet them at Philip
pi."
Chairman Pope Brown stated that
the commission would fight the injunc
tion proceedings to the end, even if it
was necessary to take the case to the
United States Supreme Court. The
other members of the commission are
also determined that there shall be a
fight.
It was announced that the commis
sion will not be daunted by the injunc
tion, but will continue the work on these
port rates, offering a reduction of the
present tariffs, so that the injunction
may be made to cover all, and by
this means settle the entire matter at
one and the same time.
Gov. Terrell said of the matter:
"I am absolutely confident that the
Railroad Commission has not over
stepped its province, and I am sure
that the commission will be upheld by
the courts in the promulgation of the
circulars issued.”
Speaking of the Savannah complaint,
Commissioner Joseph M. Brown said
the reason why the rates from Atlan
ta were reduced first was that Atlanta
was the only city which had entered
complaint. No complaint cf existing
rates has come from Savannah or any
other point, he aald. Nevertheless, It
was the Intention of the commission to
put all points on the same basis as
soon aa possible.
MACON SEES THAT IT
IS ALL ATLANTA’S WAY.
Central City Haa a Kick Against
Rnluons Ratas.
Macon, Sept. 26.—1n a letter re
ceived to-day by Chairman H. M.
Smith, of the Transportation Com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce,
from George F. Montgomery, secretary
to the Georgia Railroad Commission,
that body again gives assurance to
Macon and the other cities of the state
who are fighting rates that their
grievances wilt be taken up as soon
as the press of business will permit.
Several days ago Chairman Smith
wrote, stating that according to cir
culars 301 and 302, Atlanta had he
best of It by 4 to 1, because the re
duction waß made only to and from
Atlanta, and not to and from Macon,
Augusta, Athens and Columbus.
THREE IN THIS WRECK.
Lltcs Lost When the Train Ran
Into An Open (twitch.
Lewiston, Me., Sept. 2*.—Three are
dead, nine others seriously Injured and
some twenty more persons cut and
bruised aa the result of the wrecking
of pastenger train No. 24 on the Maine
Central Railroad, which ran into an
open switch and crashed into a freight
train opposite the State Fair grounds,
two and a half miles east of this city
lute this afternoon.
Engineer Kimball and Fireman Chap
man were thrown forty feet from their
cab. Chapman was killed instantly
and Kimball survived but a few mo
ments.
Almon Hodgdon. a government mail
weigher, received burns which caused
death later.
The train was running at a rate of
thirty miles an hour when it took the
open switch and ploughed Into the
freight car* which hHd been side
tracked. The engines and express
car wars practically demolish
ed. The parlor car was thrown
ori Its aide with the baggage and mall
car piled on top. The smoker was
turned at an utigle of 45 degrees, while
the passenger coaches remained up
right, although derailed. The passen
ger* aerloualy Injured occupied the
parlor car.
ARCHBISHOP VTsiTED
WASHINGTON’S TOMB.
Washington, Kept. M—The Arch,
bishop of Canterbury want to Mount
Vernon to-day aa the guaat of Don.
• 'roster, chief of ordna rice, in vlnlt the
home and tomb of Washington. The
party atao included llr Henry Marti*
tner Durand, the British ambassador,
g*i retary of the Nary Morten, j pier
poet tiaraaa tstf eheat sweaty aeheae^