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Established 1850. .- - Incorporated 1838 '• YTTArnr<T „ _ ___
J. H. ESTILL, President. f iN I '1 BF;R 1 4 .SOo.
BOOKER WAS
THE STAR GUEST
AT A BANQUET IN BOSTON.
TUB ALABAMA NEGRO SAT AT THE
HEAD TABLE.
Besides the Daughter of Herr John
Land of Norway Washington Snt.
When He AVas Fnlaomely Intro
duced, the Company Arose, Greet
ing Him as It Did No Other Gnest
of the Occasion—Made a Talk
Against Congo Wrongs.
Boston, Oct. 7.—King: Leopold of Bel
gium was assailed for his policy as
sovereign of the Congo Free State at
a public meeting held this afternoon
in connection with the sessions of the
International Peace Congress.
The attack upon King Leopold was
made by E. T. Morel of England, who
represented the Congo Reform Asso
ciation. Mr. Morel charged that the
King was personally responsible in a
large measure for cruelties practiced
on the natives of the Congo Free State
in the terrific endeavors of monopo
listic commercial organizations to ob
tain from the country all the ivory and
rubber possible.
The King was defended by George
Herbert Head of Cambridge, England,
who submitted that King Leopold had
done all possible to stop the cruelties
practiced.
The government policy in the Congo
also was bitterly denounced by Rev.
W. M. Morrison, for seven years a
missionary in the Congo land.
The congress to-day accepted a re
port from the Committee on Propagan
da, recommending that the congress
in 1905 be held at Lucerne, Switzer
land.
One of the first things which the
congress did to-day was to adopt reso
lutions recommending to all nations to
enter into a treaty ensuring in case of
dispute between countries that the dif
ference would be submitted for settle
ment to a union of all the Powers.
A second, public meeting this after
noon was held in the Old South Meet
ing House to consider the progress of
the peace movement in Europe, with
addresses iby prominent foreign dele
gates.
A dinner was given to-night, at
which foreign delegates were the
guests. Speeches were made by Bishop
Percival of England, the Baroness Von
Suttner, Booker T. Washington and
others.
Honor Paid Washington.
Washington arraigned the Belgian
government for the alleged outrages
in the Congo Free State, declared that
he had evidence of*abuse and ciuelty
and said that a state of affairs exist
ed that was a blot on modern civilisa
tion.
Introducing Washington, Robert
Treat Paine, president of the congress
and toastmaster of the evening, refer
red to him as, “Honored almost uni
versally throughout this country, but
especially in Boston.” At this the dis
tinguished company arose and greeted
Washington as it did no other guest
of the evening. Washington was seat
ed at the head table, beside Miss Lund,
daughter of Herr John Lund of Nor
way.
After acknowledging the unusual and
spontaneous reception, Washington at
once plunged into an earnest denun
ciation of the wrongs which he claim
ed were being perpetrated upon the
blacks of the Congo Free State.
"I 'have testimony direct,” he said,
"from Dr. Shephard, and from the lips
of Dr. Morrison, two men who have
gone into the Congo Free State to
work among their own people, and
whose story of sacrifice is one of the
dramatic incidents of history. The in
fluence of the civilized world should
be felt and should free these people
from the barbarities they 'are now
suffering. Their villages have been
burned, their people murdered and
maimed. Dr. Shephard tells me that
he has seen with his own eyes in one
village eighty-one human hands hung
up to dry to be presented to the Bel
gian authorities to show that the sol
diers did their duty.
"And these atrocities are committed
for the sake of wealth and self ag
grandizement. Europe should set a
better example to my people in Africa.
I speak for them; yes, as I speak for
the black of Africa, so do I speak for
the white of Europe, for no man can
abuse the one without thereby lowering
oil humanity.
The Lynching Evil.
"There is another condition concern
ing which my race should have the
t-ympathy and help of such an organ
isation as this. There exist in our
own country mobs of men who are
given to lynching and burning men
for supposed ir real crimes without due
Process of law. Nothing in the last
ten years has so rejoiced me as the
voiced sentiment of certain parts of
the South within the past few weeks
against this form of outrage.
“Race hatred never settled any prob
lem upon 'this earth. The way for'one
'ate to show a greater degree of su
periority over another is by a greater
degree of kindness, of thoughtfulness
and of brotherly love. No race Is free,
indeed, so long as it Is ruled by pas
sion and brute force.”
Washington closed by pledging to
♦he cause of peace the efforts of his
people. He was loudly cheered and
many of the delegates crowded about
him to shake his hand.
eleven soldiers killed
WHEN SHELLS EXPLODED.
Many Others Were Inured In a Bel
icinn Fort.
Antwerp, Belgium, Oct. 7.—Three
•hells expfoded in Fort Safnte Marie
to-day. Eleven soldiers were killed
outright and many Injured.
The explosion occurred while the
•hells were being placed In the maga
zine, which was completely destroyed.
•lodge Parker nt Home.
Esofiu*. N. Y„ Oct. 7.—Judge Par
ker reached home from New York late
this afternoon and went for a drjve
over his farm and inspected (he prog.
re*s made in the fall ploughing. Ha
then worked on his correspondence un
til dinner. There were no callers at
Roaernount In the evening! but two
•mall delegations are expected to-mor
row. J
jSabatmab Jfeiiinij
THREAT OF BLACK HAND
Made Italian Mothers Anxious About
Their Children.
New York, Oct. 7.—Rumors that a
so-called "Black Hand” plot was on
foot to destroy a public school In the
upper East Side and, according to the
police, an article to the same effeet
published in an Italian daily newspa
peijj to-day, caused a riot of several
Lallan women, mothers of the
children attending the school, which
excited the neighborhood, alarmed the
teachers and pupils and required a
force of police reserve to quell.
The women, with an unfounded and
unreasoning fear that their offsprings
were to be destroyed, stormed the
school entrance, and had not a police
man and the janitor slammed and
locked the heavy doors in their faces,
the mob would have swarmed into the
building.
About a dozen of did get in
side and excited the pupils by their
shrill cries. Those on the outside join
ed in the uproar, and the situation was
rapidly becoming serious when a pa
trol wagon loaded with reserves reach
ed the scene. Finally the women were
driven away, and after the 1,900 chil
dren in the school had been quieted
they were dismissed and sent home.
To-night Superintendent of Schools
Maxwell sent to the press a statement
that there is absolutely nothing 'in any
rumor that any threat whatever has
been aimed at a school.
FOUR BURN TO DEATH.
Perish In a Fire That Destroyed n
Missouri Hotel.
St. Joseph, Mo., Oct. 7.—Four persons
perished to-day in a fire which de
stroyed the Tracey Hotel in South St.
Joseph. The dead: A
Lafayette Frew, live stock buyer.
C. F. Norton, employe of stock yards
company.
Mrs. Annie Weston of Gentury coun
ty, Missouri.
Unknown man.
Gilbert Weston, 13 years old, son of
the dead woman. Is fatally burned.
William Simmons, a cattle buyer,
was badly hurt by Jumping from a
third-story window.
nebraskaTaunched.
Another Nets Battleship Now Rides
the Waves.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 7.—At 2 o’clock
this afternoon, thirteen minutes be
fore the schedule time, the battleship
Nebraska left her ways at Moran
Bros.’ shipyard in this city and slid
gracefully and majestically into the
waters oi Puget sound.
The launching was entirely success
ful and no hitch marred the proceed
ings. The only reason the vessel was
launched ahead of time was that by
a slight miscalculation'the pophet (a
wooden brace) at the bow was rais
ing the vessel too high, and in the
opinion of experts, it was better that
the supports be knocked away with
out delay.
Miss Mary Nain Mickey, daughter
of Gov. Mickey of Nebraska, christened
the vessel.
NEGRO PROTECTED HER.
Shot a White Man Who Was Perse
outing a Woman.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 7.—Rowland C.
Hill, an insurance agent, was shot arid
Instantly killed by Ben Gillam, a ne
gro. The latter immediately surren
dered to the police.
Hill, it is alleged, had persistently
forced his attentions upon Mrs. Emma
Leonard, who keeps a grocery store.
The woman. In order to avoid Hill, left
the store and sought refuge in Gillam's
yard. Hill entered the yard, it is said,
with the avowed intention of taking
Mrs. Leonard back to her store. The
negro secured a shotgun and killed
Hill.
ORGANIZED THIEVES.
I %
Wife of a Former Stntlon Agent Im
plicated in Robberies.
Fairmont, W. Va„ Oct. 7. —Mrs. S. J.
Jacobs, wife of the former station
agent at Worthington, W. Va., has
been arrested for being implicated in
the robbery of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad station at Worthington.
In jail to-day she confessed to Deputy
Sheriff Watson that she is a member
of a gang who have committed at least
twenty robberies in Worthington with
in a few months.
She named others in the gang with
her, one of the accused, Hays McDon
ald, being arrested to-day. Officers
are searching for the accused persons.
Among the robberies committed were
the Baltimore and Ohio station at
Worthington, robbed three times; a
flour mill, a barber shop and numerous
residences and houses.
Mrs. Jacobs said that the gang met
In the house of one of the robbers,
where the plunder was stored. This
house was searched by officers and a
large quantity of flour and groceries
was found.
D INC AN IN BIRMINGHAM.
Officer Arrived With Him From
Tnvnres, Fin.
Birmingham, Ala.,’ Oct. 7.—Sheriff
Burgin. who went to Tavares, Fla., to
Identify and bring back Frank Dun
can, charged with the murder of Po
liceman G. W. Klrkley of this city,
returned to-day with Duncan.
Before leaving Tavares Duncan was
convicted of robbing a bank at Lees
burg. Fla., and given fifteen years’
sentence. The sentence was suspend
ed 4n order to turn him over to the
Alabama authorities, as a death sen
tence was awaiting him there. He will
be resentenced In a few days.
Duncan does not deny his identity.
Reward for Dynamiter.
Montgomery. Ala., Oct. 7.-The Gov
ernor to-day offered a reward of J2.V)
for the arrest of the unknown person
who placed dynamite with a burning
fuse on the porch of J. C. Mayben,
president of the Sloss-Scheflleld Iron
Company on the night of Sept. 21. Mr.
Mayben has been opposed to the strik
ers. _
Gsle Still Racing.
London. Oct. B.—The Dally Tele,
graph's <’he Foo correspondent, cabling
under date of Oct. 7, says that the gale
le still raging, preventing activities at
Fort Arthur. .
SAVANNAH. GA.. SATTRDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1004.
SPED TO DEATH
IN THEIR AUTO
HOW ACCIDENT OCCURRED
THAT KILLED THREE AND INJIR
ED SEVER AL OTHERS.
Going Twenty-five Miles an Hour
the Mn.'-hino With Nine Persons
Aboard, Went Over the Embank
ment, Falling Ipon the Track itr
Front oi a Fast Train—How the
Killed Met Their Fate—One Man
AVas Temporarily Crazed.
New York, Oct. 7.—Driven at the
rate of twenty-five miles an hour a
three-seated touring car, containing
nine persons, four men and five wom
en, dashed over an embankment at
the southern end of Jerome avenue
early ithis morning, landing on the
southbound track of the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad.
Just at that moment a southbound
local train running fast to make up
time, rounded a curve and struck the
automobile. Three persons were killed,
two instantly; two were seriously in
jured and the other four, although
badly bruised and shaken, were able
to go home. The dead are:
Allen Noyes, chauffeur of the auto
mobile, killed instantly.
Madge Corcoran, killed instantly.
Mrs. Isabell Stroebel, died In a hos
pltui.
The Injured are:
Mrs. Kitty Wadsworth, fractured
skull, will die.
Moses Spiess, fracture of the jaw,
general contusions.
Jeanette Lievre, shock and light con
tusions.
Charles Doran. 23, shock and slight
contusions; went home.
Emma Perez, shock and hysteria.
Thomas Murphy, not badly hurt.
Dashed Over the Wall.
The party was returning to the Riv
erside Casino from a trip to Mount
Vernon. Allen Noyes, the chauffeur,
had intended turning from Jerome av
enue into the approach of the Mc-
Combs Dam bridge to cross to Man
hattan.
Several persons, including two police
men, saw the automobile rushing down
the avenue, and were surprised when
It kept straight ahead. Tney shouted
a warning, but It was too late. With
no apparent slackening of speed, the
big car dashed over the retaining wait
beside the New York Central track and
made a sheer drop of twenty-five feet
to the railroad track. In Its descent
the car half turned and several of the
occupants were spilled out. When it
struck the track Noyes, Mrs. Stroebel
and Madge Corcoran were thrown to
the track, the others falling to the side
of the rails.
Just what happened in the few sec
onds that preceded the crash of the
local train the survivors themselves
were unable to relate. They were stun
ned and bleeding and trying to recover
themselves when they heard the roar
of the train and then a frightful
crash. Noyes was caught In the wreck
age of the car and tossed up with It
on the pilot of the engine. His body
was still there when the train was
brought to a stop.
Madge Corcoran was dragged by her
long automobile coat, which caught on
the smashed car, for a distance of 200
feet, and when the cloth gave way she
fell to the track, only to be cut in two
at the waist by the wheels of the en
gine. The whole train passed over her
body.
Mrs. Stroebel was dragged about fif
ty feet and then tossed to one side.
Story of One of the Party.
Thomas Murphy, one of the party In
the wrecked machine, disappeared im
mediately after the accident. He re
turned to his place of employment to
night with a fractured wrist, his face
badly cut. and bruises on all parts of
his body. Murphy told the story of the
ride of the party, and said that the
steering gear got out of order when
the machine reached the corner of Je
rome avenue and 160th street. The
chauffeur lost control and the automo
bile wont straight for the fence, plung
ing over the embankment.
Murphy landed on his back. He says
he arose and started to run. He does
not know where he went, although he
wandered about the entire day.
NO SERIOUS ERUPTION.
Mont Pclce Gave n Show, Rat Caused
No Uamnge.
Fort Dc France. Island of Martin
ique, Thursday, Oct. 6. (Delayed In
transmission). —The report that thcic
has been a serious eruption of Mont
Pelee is not true. There has been
great activity on the mountain during
the last few days, and a week ago
the volcano emitted enormous quanti
ties of steam and ashes.
On Sept. 29 the mountain was throw
ing out steam all day, forming a dense
cloud 8,000 or 10,000 feet high. The es
cape grew less violent as night ap
proached, hut after dark there .were
two points on the cone that were bril
liantly lighted, while at the foot of the
dome was a hole from which fire es
caped into the valley 'below, but not In
Sufficient quantities to occasion dam
age.
VOTeTf 'only 25,000.
That la the Estimate of Ballots Casf
on Wednesday.
Atlanta. Oct. 7.—The Constitution to
morrow will estimate the total vote in
the state election of Wednesday at
about 25,000.
There was a light vote throughout
the state except, as a rule, In those
counties where there was opposition to
the Democratic candidates for the Leg
islature and for county offices.
Inaalls Addressed Them,
Indianapolis. Ind., Oct. 7.-—M. K,
Ingalls, president of the Big Four
Railroad Company, was the principal
speaker at a Democratic meeting In
Tomlinson Hall to-nfght. The speaker
was escorted to the hall by Democratic
marching clubs and railroad men. M.
C. fiweeney of this city, who presided,
Irrtrodured the speaker. At the con
cluslon of Mr. Ingalls' address. B. F.
Bhively of Indiana, spoke briefly.
QUESTION OF CHOICE
WHOM TO BELIEVE.
Japanese Claiming Victories Jnst
Where Russians Dili.
Toklo, Oct. 7, 4 p. imperial
headquarters issued a report to-day of
the recent Russian military movements
and skirmish with the Japanese south
of Mukden as follows:
“On Oct. 4 a few of the enemy's
cavalry approached the vicinity of
Aiyangpienmen, but our force drove
them off.
“The enemy, with a battalion of In
fantry, eleven squadrons of cavalry and
five guns, advanced toward Shaliu
hotzu on Oct. 4, and retreated toward
Huagshan, Oct. 5., In this direction
the.-e were only two or three of our
squadrons of cavalry, whose outpost
lines extended between Nitakowushan
and Wangchiafen. The Russfan in
fantry heading the {column wore Chin
ese clothing. I
“On Oct. 4 a smalt body of the enemy
attacked our pickets at Pintaltzu
on the Mukden road and were repulsed.
The enemy left his dead and rilles be
hind. All the enemy wore Chinese
clothing.
"Four squadrons of Russfan cavalry
came to Sunshutsuitzu. on the Fushun
road, Oct. 3. and remained there un
til the morning of Oct. 5.
"The enemy’s cavalry patrols have
been seen south of Wulichles and Lung
wanglo, but they retreated north to
Lutoakou, leaving Infantry patrols.
“A detachment of the enemy’s davai
ry, Oct. 4, with three guns, advanced
toward Shiotai, and taking up a posi
tion at Taitai, fired on our troops north
of Yentai.
“The enemy posted at Changtan on
the right bank of the Hun river, has
retired, leaving a small force there.
There are no troops of the enemy In
the neighborhood of Taotaitzu. A
small force of the enemy recently at
tacked our outpost on the left bank
of the Hun rtver, but was driven back."
RUSSIAN FLEET WONT
TAKE CAPE HORN ROUTE.
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The Ice llrenker Ermnk Will Sait
Willi the Arniniln.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 7, 6:08 p. m.—
Up to this hour 1 the war office has not
received fresh advices from the front.
The admiralty continues ‘without
news of the reported sea fight off
Port Arthur, as w o '! as of the Tokio
report of the wrecking and damaging
of Russian warships at Port Arthur
by the Japanese’land batteries. As
a portion of the j squadron has been
going out occasionally to bombard the
Japanese land positions, the possibility
that some of the Russian vessels may
have been damaged by the Japanese
batteries is admitted.
The admiralty officially announces
that the Baltic fleet will be ready to
sail as soon as thp battleship Orel and
the cruisers Oleg; Semtchug and Izum
rud, which sailed from Cronstadt to
day, arrive at Reval. The Ice break
er Ermak will accompany the fleet.
The Associated Press learns from an
admiral occupying a high position that
the proposition to send the fleet to the
Far East by way of Cape Horn has
been decided in the negative.
The admiralty is unable to furnish
information concerning the two Rus
sian ships reported to be cruising in
Torres strait. South Pacific ocean, be
tween New Guinea and Australia. If
any Russian ships have been sighted
in Torres strait, or if any Russian ships
are now there, they must have been
sent out from Vladivostok by Vice
Admiral Skrydloff.
BRITISH STEAMER WAS
SEIZED BY JAPANESE.
She Carried Cattle and Floor Des
tined lor Port Arthur.
Shanghai, Oct. 7, Evening.—The
British steamer Sishan from Hong
Kong has been seized by the Japanese
off New Chwang.
The Sishan carried a cargo of cattle
and flour, Intended for Port Arthur.
The Sishan Is a steel screw steamer
of 1,351 tons, and Is owned by Thomas
W. Richardson of London.
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS
DAMAGED IN HARBOR.
Toklo, Oct. 7, 2:30 p. m.—lt Is e
ported here that the fire of the Japa
nese land batteries severely damaged
four Russian warships In the harbor
of Port Arthur.
It Is stated that one of the vessels
was completely wrecked.
The names of none of the ships were
given.
HASEGAWA WILL
COMMAND IN KOREA.
Tokio, Oct. 7,3 p. m.—Lieut. Gen.
Hasegawa, late comniander-ln-chief of
the Imperial Guards’ dlvlstfm, will de
part for Korea to-day to assume com
mand of the Japanese forces there. It
is probable that the Korean army will
be dispersed or brought under Japa
nese command. Gen. Hasegawa Is ex
pected to effect this change at an early
date.
It Is probable that th.-, Japanese
move Is made In order to expel the
bands of Cossacks now operating in
Western and Northwestern Korea.
ST. PETERSBURG ADMITS
MAY HAVE BEEN A FIGHT.
No Confirmation of the Report of
One, However, Received,
fit. Petersburg, Oct. 7. 8:11 a. m.—
The only reference made to the report
ed sea fight off Port Arthur Is con
tained In a delayed special dispatch
from Che Foo. which says that on the
night of Oct. 5 the sound of firing was
heard In the direction of Port Arthur,
and that search lights were seen to be
working In that vicinity. It Is thought
there may have been a battle, but no
confirmation of the report of one has
been received.
The dispatch further states that, In
spite of the tightening of the Japanese
blockade. Junk are still arriving from
the tortress hearing refugees, who say
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”-N(>w YorK H<*ra.ld.
ONE AMENDMENT
MAY HAVE LOST
LOCAL SCHOOL TAXATION
WILL NEED A COUNT TO SHOW
SUCCESS OR DEFEAT.
•
The Three Other Amrndnients to the
State Constitution Proposed Seem
to Have Carried—lt is Nip and
Turk. However, ns the RelnrnS
Reach Hie Secretary of Stale, Be
tween Those Who Approve anil
Those Who Oppose the Taxation
Amendment.
Atlanta,* Oct. 7. —There la a
grave doubt about the ratifica
tion of the constitutional amend
ment providing for a method by
which counties and school districts
may adopt a plan of local taxation for
school purposes. So far Secretary of
State Phil Cook has received the re
turns of Wednesday’s election from
only about twenty counties. About
half of these counties give the school
taxation amendment small majorities,
while in the other half there are ma
jorities against it. Meriweather coun
ty, for Instance, gave a majority
against this amendment, while Musco
gee gave a majority for It, and so it
runs nip and tuck throughout the list
of those counties heard from.
Only the complete count from the
entire state will determine the result,
and even then a doubt may be raised
of the ratification of this amendment
because a large number of those who
cast ballots in the state election did
not vote either way on the constitu
tional amendments.
It Is possible, therefore, that even
If tho amendment secures a majority
of the votes cast upon It, It will not
receive a majority of all the votes cast
In the election. The opinion Is that
this would not prevent its ratification.
Htlll, it Is a question übout which
there is some doubt.
In practically all of twenty counties
heard from majorities were given in
favor of the three other constitutional
amendments, and it is thought there
Is no doubt about their ratification.
CLEVELAND BACK HOME.
Not Following the Political Situa
tion Lately.
Princeton, N. J., Oct. 7.—After
spending four weeks at Buzzards
Bay, former President Grover Cleve
land arrived at Princeton to-day,
where ho was welcomed by the mem
bers of his family, who returned sev
eral weeks ago. Mr. Cleveland was In
excellent spirits and said that he had
enjoyed a very pleasant and restful
summer.
Mr. Cleveland declined to discuss the
political situation and remarked that
he had not been following It very close
ly of late.
HELD NOITGUILTY OF
A LYNCHING CHARGE.
Nashville, Tenn.. Oct. 7.—The Jury
In the case of Isaac Cobb and three
others, charged wtth the lynching of
Allen Small, colored, at Lynchburg,
Tenn., several months ago, has return
ed a verdict of not guilty.
Mints*n Foley Hansel.
New Orleans, Oct. 7.—Charles, alias
“Shotgun" Foley, was hanged here to
day. It was th* first execution here of
a white msn In a number of years.
Foley was hanged for the murder of
Richard Flynn. They were at one time
partners In petty crimes.
“WHERE DO I COME IN ?”
FUNERAL OF PAYNE.
Largo and Impressive Gathering la
M. John's ( hurt'll.
Washington, Oct. 7. Although an of
ficial funeral, th services at fit.
John's Church to-day over the body
of the late Henry C. Payne, Postmas
ter General, were marked by impres
sive simplicity. Official Washington
filled the nave of the church and bril
liant as were the uniforms of the large
representation from the army, navy
and marine corps, the solemnity of the
scene was only enhanced by the sharp
contrast of color with the deep mourn
ing of the family and personal friends
of the dead cabinet officer. •
Rev. Rolund Gotten Smith, rector of
St. John's, officiated.
Side by side with Mrs. Payne sat
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, both
in deep mourning. In half an hour the
funeral procession was winding Its
way slowly down Pennsylvania avenue,
escorted by the postal carriers of the
city of Washington in uniform, to the
Pennsylvania station, whence the body
was taken this afternoon at 8:30 o’clock
on a special train to Milwaukee.
The Interment will be In tho city at
the home of Mr. Payne.
CHARGED WITH POISONING.
Negro Claims a Son In the Family
Inspired tile Attempt.
Lexington, Ky„ Oct. 7.—The Court
House was packed at the preliminary
trial to-day of Louis Mitchell, the ne
gro charged with attempting to poison
the family of former Consul to Samoa
Judge James M. Mulligan here two
weeks ago. Mitchell’s confession,
charging young Mulligan with Instigat
ing tj|e crime, was read, and Mrs. Mul
ligan was then placed on the stand
and kept there over an hour.
JamcH Mulligan was put on the stand
this afternoon. He admitted that he
talked with the negro Mitchell Fri
day before the attempt was made to
poison the family and that he re
ceived a note from his father deliv
ered by the negro, but denied that he
made any threats against any mem
ber of the family or gave the negro
any poison or powder of any kind.
Judge Mulligan made a statement
In court that he had received threat
ening and abusive letters from his son
James, and produced a letter, but re
fused to make It public.
LADY CURZON HAS
GROWN WORSE AGAIN.
Walmer Castle, Oct. 7, 6:25 p. m.—
The following bulletin has just been
Issued:
"Lady Curzon is not so well. Her
condition causes serious anxiety.’’
At midnight the condition of Lady
Curzon was grave. The patient shows
no Improvement.
Walmer Castle, Kent, Oct. 8. —Lady
Curzon was yesterday seized with chil
liness and rigors, portending a relapse.
It appears there was some secretion
that had possibly been overlooked ,ln
the first operation or that formed sub
sequently, which led to apprehension
that a second operation for peritonitis
might be necessary, and hence special
ists were hurriedly summoned from
London. Mrs. and Miss Letter, who
were staying at Deal, also were sum
moned In the belief that the end was
not distant.
No bulletin has Issued since 6:25 p.
m., but early this morning It Is under
stood the condition of Lady Curzon
continues grav*.
ONE WAS killed;
SEVERAL INJURED.
Pittsburg, Oct. 7.—One person was
killed and seven injured to-day In a
collision on the Panhandle Railway,
between the Wheeling express, east
bound, and a light-running freight en
gine, west-bound.
J. W. Rauch, fireman of the passen
ger engine, was crushed between the
boiler and tank.
The acldent was due to failure of an
operator to deliver orders to the autu
who relieved him.
5 (’ENTS A COPY
DAILY. SS A YEAR.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK.II A YEAR
TOOK ALTMAN BOYS
TO WAYCROSS JAIL
THEY WILL BE KEPT THERE
(UTIL THE CHARLTON M Pr.RIOR
COt RT CONVENES.
Hillary and Charlie Altman and
Ivey Harvey the Prisoners—
fimirded hr Sheriff Mattox and
Nine Deputies—They Were Taken
From Jacksonville via Brunswick
to Avoid a Reaeulaa Party of the
Alt inn vie* Friends.
Brunswick, Ga„ Oct. 7.—Hillary Alt
man, Charlie Altman and Ivey Har
vey, the three young white men who
are charged with murdering Jackson
Duncan and J. Reilly, colored, on a
Georgia Southern train Just across tha
Georgia line In Charlton county sev
eral weeks ago, were brought to this
city to-day and kept In the Glynn
county Jail for several hours and then
transferred to Waycross. leaving here
this afternoon over the Coast Dine.
They will bo placed in the Jail of Ware
county for safe keeping until the Su
perior Court convenes at Folks ton.
The men were brought here to avoid
trouble between Jacksonville and Way
cross on the Atlantic Coast Ldne. It
had been rumored that when the
guards passed through Charlton coun
ty with the prisoners the friends of
the Altmans would attempt to take
the prisoners, and tp avoid any trou
ble Judge Parker ordered the men
brought over the Seaboard to Thall
raan, then to Brunswick and to return
to Waycross from this city.
The men were in charge of Sheriff
Mattox and nine deputies. They were
placed in the Glynn county Jail and
were seen by the Morning News cor
respondent, but would not discuss the
affair at all. They claimed, however,
that many false reports had been
printed relative to the Baker county
riot.
The men will be tried at the regular
session of the Charlton Superior Court,
which cqpvenes next week. It was at
first decided to give them a prelim
inary hearing, but attorneys for the
prisoners and the state have decided
to waive preliminary hearing and
await the action of the grand Jury.
All three of these men reside In Bax
ter, Baker county, Florida, but the
trouble on the Georgia Southern end
Florida train occurred In Charlton
county, Georgia, and Gov. Terrell made
requisition for th<f men.
NO EXTRA SESSION.
Governor of Alabama Rrfnsed to
Call One tor the lewlalMgrr.
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 7.—Acting
Governor Cunningham has declined to
call an extra session of the legislature
In response to the almost universal de
mand of members of the bar of the
state because of the recent decision of
the Supreme Court declaring the Lusk
Judiciary bill. Involving the entire Ju
diciary system of the state, to be un
constitutional.
The action of the Governor makes It
Incumbent upon the State Executive
Committee to meet and decide who are
Democratic nominees.
t'. D. C. Day at the Fair.
St. Louis, Oct. 7.—No session of the
convention of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy was held to-day.
this being "U. D. C. Day” at the
World's Fair. A number of receptions
were given In their honor. The con
vention will adjourn to-morrow, after
the election of officers and the eelec
tion of the next meeting place.