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THE MORNING NEWS. I
Established 1850. - Incorporated 1888 f 'VT TATTJI7''D -t OP“
J. H. ESTILL. President. 1 l*l HK K 1 I.Xba.
SMASHING SHIPS
LYING AT ANCHOR
VESSELS OF THE RUSSIANS
are meeting destruction in
PORT ARTHUR HARBOR.
From 203 Metre Hill the Heavy Guns
of the Japanese Are Finding the
Warship* ol the Enemy—Many
Shots Have Been Effective—Rus
sian Vessels Must Make n. Dash
Hum the Harbor or Be Destroyed
Where They Lie at Anchor.
Tokio, Dec. 6.—The effective bom
bardment of the Russian battleships
in Port Arthur, which began on Sat
urday last, was one of the results of
the capture of 203 Metre Hill. Up to
that time the warships had been able
to seek shelter from the Japanese fire
under Peiyu mountain, but the cap
ture of 203 Metre Hill Nov. 29-30 en
abled the Japanese to train their guns
on the Russian vessels, with the re
sult that a number of them have been
set on fire and the others must either
put to sea or suffer irreparable dam
age.
The Port Arthur besiegers report as
follows:
"On Saturday, Dec. 3, our naval
guns bombarded the enemy’s ships.
The Pobieda was struck six times, a
vessel of the Retvizan type was hit
eight times and on other ships sixteen
shells took effect.
"On Monday following the same
plan the Pobieda was hit seven times,
the Poltava eleven times and the Ret
visan eleven times.
"At about 3 in the afternoon one of
our shells struck a magazine south of
Peiyu mountain, causing a heavy ex
plosion. The conflagration which fol
lowed was not extinguished for two
hours.
"The same day our heavy guns were
directed at the enemy’s ships. The
Peresviet was struck twice and two
more shells were lodged in other ships.
A vessel of the Poltava type was ob
served to be on fire for an hour,
sending up a great volume of smoke.
“The attacking operations against
the Sungshu mountain forts eastward
are carried on day and night.
"Two 36-milimetre quick firing guns
were captured Sunday in a half moon
fort defending a counter scarp on
Rihlung mountain.”
REPORTS ADUSUMA
WAS BLOWN UP.
Moscow, Dec. 6.—A special dispatch
from Vladivostok says that a steamer
which has just arrived there from
Shanghai reports that the Japanese
armored cruiser Adusuma has been
blow up and sunk by a mine.
The cruiser is said to have been
sunk north of the Miaotao Islands.
RUSSIANSNIGHTLY~
ASSAULT THE HILL.
Japanese Repel Tlteir Efforts to Re
take the llight.
Tokio, Dec. 6, noon.—The Russians
are nightly attacking 203 Metre Hill
In a determined endeavor to retake the
summit of the ground in contention.
The Japanese are increasing their
defenses on the position and have suc
teded so far in repelling all the as
saults. The Russians have suffered
the heaviest losses and It is estimated
that they have sacrificed 3,000 men in
their effort to recapture the ground,
which the Japanese are confident in
their ability to hold.
Observations indicate that the gar
rison is feeling the shortage of men.
The works against Sung Shu moun
tain and the forts to the eastward are
progressing rapidly, and all indications
point to an early general assault, al
though the date when it will begin is
kept secret.
It is expected that the next general
assault will prove successful.
JAPANESE PREPARING
TO SPEND THE WINTER.
Gen. Oku's Headquarters, via Fusan,
Monday, Dec. 5 (Delayed in transmis
sion).—ln flhe villages near the actual
Japanese line houses are being repair
ed and built, scores of wells are be
ing dug, villages are being denuded
of trees and quantities of fuel are
frying prepared. Every indication
points to an intention to remain on
the present line during the winter.
The cold weather is not affect
ing the Japanese, although the
lemperature has already fallen
to a fe\# degrees above zero. There are
few sick men.
WAS ATTEMPT MADE
ON KUROPATKIN’S LIFE?
R t. Petersburg, Dec. 6.— >A very cu
rious dispatch has been received from
" correspondent at Gen. Kuropatkln’s
headquarters about the arrest of a
1 hiuainan who was found in posses
•non of 600 feet of fuse used in de
,ohtln* high explosives.
I he telegram speaks of the necessity
•or providing a larger body guard for
'•on. Kuroputkln. The wording of the
. "patch generally leads to the Infer
n"e that an attempt made upon the
life has been
confirmation of the report Is ob
'ainabla hre.
LOOK FOR NO BATTLE
AROUND MUKDEN NOW.
s <ukden, Dae. 4 —Everything now In
" hal ihe ptoepi i mi Imme
Continued on rmh Pel*
JSataraialj JHafnin® KVtos.
WOULD DISGRACE SENATE
**'° Vote Against the Arbitration
Treaty, Nays Barclay.
London, Dec. 6.—ln discussing the
prospect of the Anglo-American arbi
tration treaty. Sir Thomas Barclay,
who has been prominently identified
with the work of promoting amity
between nations, said to the Associated
Press to-day:
"The treaty of 1897 was defeated by
twenty-six senators, many of whom
were influenced by Michael Davitt to
believe that such a treaty would de
lay the solution of home rule for Ire
land. To-day no one can possibly
couple the question of home rule with
the question of adopting peaceful,
businesslike methods for dealing with
international difficulties.
“If the majority of the United States
Senate should thwart the progress of
arbitration to-day, when the minds of
all men are shocked by the horrors of
the war in the Par East and when all
realize how indispensable it is to pro
mote pacific methods of settlement of
differences between nations, there
■would be an outcry throughout the
world, and the -Senate would be dis
graced in the eyes of all mankind. I
know positively that several senators
who voted against the treaty of 1897
will vote for the treaty of arbitration.
I would cite the case of Senator Mor
gan of Alabama, who told me he had
altered his views since 1897. lam per
fectly sure that Senators Money and
Bacon are now good friends of the
treaty.”
CALEB POWERS HAS
NEW TRIAL ORDERED.
Kentucky Appellate Court Ha* Re
viewed the Celebrated Case.
Frankfort, Ky„ Dec. 6.—Caleb Pow
ers, former Secretary of State, was to
day granted anew trial by the Ken
tucky Appellate Court. Each of the
seven judges of the court wrote an
opinion in the case. Pour concurred
in ordering anew trial. They were
Judges Barker, Settle, Burns and
Orear. The three who dissented were
Judges Paynter, Nunn and Hobson.
Powers was charged with complicity
in the assassination of Gov. Goebel.
On the first trial he was convicted and
given a life sentence. The second trial
resulted in a conviction and sentence
of death.
The principal grounds assigned by
Judge Barker in the main opinion
granting anew trial were:
Because of improper remarks made
by the late attorney for the common
wealth, T. C. Campbell; because sen
tence was passed within two days after
the jury rendered its verdict, and be
cause the court refused to grant fur
ther time to the defendant’s attorney
to file reasons fop a nev trial.
white"men saved
NEGRO FROM LYNCHING.
Mob of Hi* Own People Clamored
for the Life of Vaughn.
Columbus, Ga,. Dec. 6.—Only the
most determined effort on the part of
white men has prevented the lynching
of William Vaughn at the hands of a
negro mob in Russell county, Alabama.
Vaughn confessed that he robbed his
wife’s grandmother, set fire to her
house, murdered her and threw her
bleeding body Into the flames a few
days ago.
After the capture of Vaughn a mob
of negroes quickly assembled. They
were wrought up to a high pitch of
excitement and threatened to deal out
summary justice. Only the sternest
measures and a most determined front
on the part of a number of white men
who gathered expecting trouble, saved
the negro’s life.
The negro was carried to Montgom
ery, Ala., then brought back to Seale,
where he is now in the Russell county
jail. No further trouble is expected.
BOOKS SHOW SHORTAGE.
nank: Cashier Potter and *13,000
Have Disappeared.
Macon, Dec. 6. —Maro W. Potter, a
young cashier of banks at Davisboro,
Glenwood and Helena, Ga., has mys
teriously disappeared, and his books,
which have been checked up by an
expert, show a shortage of something
like $15,000. It is said that the amount
may exceed $20,000 upon further exam
ination.
A feature of the defalcation is that
all of the alleged crookedness in the
accounts seems to have been accom
plished within ninety days before It
was discovered, and the officials are
wondering what disposition Potter
made of the money In so short a
time.
It is thought that he (Jid not take
with him more than $5,000.
NEGRO FOUNDGUILTY
OF MURDER OF STORY.
Bntler and Reid Sentenced to Be
Hanged nt Thomson Dee. 27.
Thomson, Ga., Dec. 6.—After the ex
amination of three or four witnesses
the Jury this morning rendered a ver
dict of guilty in the case of John But
ler and Guy Reid, charged with the
murder of Mr. Rad G. Ktory.
Judge Hammond sentenced them to
be hanged on Tuesday, Dec. 27. There
was no trouble as had been previous
ly feared.
There were no indictments of John
Reid, father of Guy Reid, and Harriet
Butler, mother of John Butler.
Lackawanna Dividend.
New Tork. Dec. (.—Tha directors of
tho Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern Railroad have declared an extra
dividend of 10 per cent, on the com
pany's stock. The dividend ie $$ In
rash on each shara of S4O par value.
DIDN’T TALK WITH
ANDREW CARNEGIE
ABOUT THE CHADWICK CASE.
CAKNEGIE WAS HEADY FOR A
CONFERENCE.
For Some Benson no Federal Repre
sentative Saw Him, Though Sneh
a Meeting Had Been Expected—No
Arrest Hm Been Made in New
York, Though Secret Service Men
Still Shadow Mr*. Chadwick—She
Moved from the Holland.
New York, Dec. 6.—The expected did
not happen to-night in the Chadwick
case, and all predictions proved at
fault when, at a late hour ft was an
nounced that no conference between
federal officers and Andrew Carnegie
had been held at the latter's home.
This turn was surprising, for Mr.
Carnegie had announced in the course
of the day that he would be glad to
receive a federal officer, and it was
supposed that F. P. Oldham, repre
senting the controller of the treasury,
would meet him to-night, and that the
matter of the notes alleged to have
been given Ira Reynolds of Cleveland,
and said to bear the name of Andrew
Carnegie would be discussed.
As unexpected as the news that no
conference was held, was the departure
of Mrs. Chadwick from the Holland
House, where she has resided, for the
New Amsterdam Hotel. She was ac
companied by her son and a maid and
took with her some baggage. Secret
service men who have been at the Hol
land for several days followed Mrs.
Chadwick.
Andrew Squire, a Cleveland attorney
representing Ira Reynolds, made the
announcement to-night after several
conferences with Receiver Lyon, Pres
ident Oldham and others, that he be
lieved there would be no further de
velopments in the case before to-mor
row, and also said that Mr. Oldham
had returned to Washington. This
announcement was the first indication
that there would not be a meeting at
Mr. Carnegie’s home to-night.
Still Talk of an Arrest.
Stories of a possible arrest In the
case were still current this evening,
but so far as known no warrauit has
been issued.
Lawyer Carpenter, one of Mrs.
Chadwick’s counsel in New York, de
clined to give the results of the nu
merous conferences Percy W.
Carver, counsel for Herbert D. New
ton, in an interview with an Asso
ciated Press representative, said that
the Newton claim had not been paid
and that no new assurances had been
given as to Its payment. George W.
Ryall, associated with Mr. Carver,
gave no new information beside con
firming the story that he had been
in conference with-Mrs. Chadwick to
day. As to the subject,, of their talk,
he declined to make any statement.
Frank Lyon, receiver of the Oberlin
bank, arrived In this city to-day, ac
companied by F. F. Oldham, counsel
representing the controller’s office at
Washington. Mr. Lyon would neither
affirm or deny that he had with him
the two notes for 8750,000 bearing the
name of Andrew Carnegie. He de
clared that his business was not with
Mr. Carnegie.
Mr. Oldham had a long interview
with Mr. Lyon late to-day. Neither
would make any statement except to
admit that the subject of conversa
tions had been the use of Mr. Car
negie's name on the notes now held by
the bank.
Ira Reynolds, secretary and treasurer
of the Wade Park Bank of Cleveland,
who arrived here to-day, called on Mrs.
Chadwick.
Powers Answers Questions.
E. W. Powers, of Mrs. Chadwick's
counsel, was interviewed to-day with
reference to the statement made by
Mr. Beckwith in Oberlin, 0., last night.
“Were you ever in Oberlin, O. ?” was
asked.
“Yes,” answered Mr. Powers.
’’Were you there with Mrs. Chad
wick?”
“Yes.”
“Do you know Mr. Beckwith?”
“Yes, I know all of these people.”
“Are you the New York lawyer re
ferred to in his statement?”
“No.”
“Did you ever see the note for $500,-
000 said to be signed ‘Andrew Car
negie?’ ”
“I decline to answer.”
“Have you seen Mr. Reynolds?”
“No; but I expect to see him to-day.
I sttll believe and know Mrs. Chad
wick to be an honest woman. AII her
debts will be paid in full.”
“Hus she a million dollars?”
“Yes, and more than a million.”
Mr*. Clinilnick Fainted.
It was about 10 p. m. when Mrs.
Chadwick, with her son and maid, left
an elevator in the Holland House and
took a cab. She walked slowly and
her actions Indicated that she has not
fully recovered from her recent in
disposition.
As soon ns Mrs. Chadwick’s cab left
the hotel secret service men took other
vehicles and drove after her.
At the New Amsterdam Hotel she
was helped Into the women's reception
room, where she fainted. After some
five minutes the woman was able to
walk again and. clinging to her son,
she went to the elevator and was
shown to room on the first floor.
The son and maid carried Mrs; Chad
wick's baggage. The son returned to
the reception room for the baggage
nnd eairird it to the second floor after
ho had taken his mother to her room.
The secret service men held htin In
eonverantton for some minute* and
then |i t him go. He went back In his
mother. The doteo’lvc* refused to
any what they had asked.
Shortly before midnight Mrs. Chad
wick’s von went to the publli telephone
In the lobby and lulled up Dr. Alber
lus A. Moors. He naked the pliysl
clnn to hurry at once to hl mother,
who, he anld, wan very ill. Dr. Moore
said later:
“Mra. Chadwick la suffering from
nervous proatradon, the result of her
removal front the Holland House |q
this hotel and being followed hy se
cret service men and reporter#."
One of the hotel clarke sold the eon
had told him hli mother wai In e crit
ical condition from narvouaneee. The
coach used by Mrs. Chadwick, her eon
arid the maid waa driven In Orsmercy
Perk after leaving the party.
SAVANNAH. GA., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1904.
PRESENTED A RECEIPT
THAT WAS FORGED.
So Says the Man Whose Name Was
on the Receipt.
Mansfield, 0., Dec. 6.—Mrs. Cassie
L. Chadwick made two or three vis
its to Mansfield, called upon Judge
Brucker. president of the Bank of
Mansfield, and attempted to nego
tiate a loan of $30,000 through him.
She also called upon the law firm of
Cummins, Mcßride & Wolfe and at
tempted to retain-this firm to secure a
50,000 loan for her. She visited
Judge Brucker twice, with an Interval
of six months between, and on the
second occasion showed him what
purported to be a receipt for a $30,000
fee in a case signed by Virgil P.
Kline, a well known Cleveland law
yer. The receipt was exhibited by
the woman after she had offered to re
tain Judge Brucker under a fee of
SIO,OOO.
This story was sent out by the As
sociated Press and Judge Brucker is
now in receipt of a letter from Vir
gil P. Kline, stating that he never
signed a receipt for $30,000 and if the
Chadwick woman showed one, it was
a forgery. Judge Brucker, however,
reiterates he was shown one by the
woman.
The letter from Virgil Kline to
Brucker says that he had some legal
business with Cassie Chadwick, but
the fee she paid him was not $30,000
or anywhere near as large as that.
This is the first time the alleged $30,-
000 receipt has been branded a for
gery, and Mr. Kline comes out with a
flat-footed denial through Judge
Brucker.
SAYS MRS. CHADWICK
SHOULD BE ARRESTED.
Beckwith Doesn’t Think He Should
Be Held Responsible.
Oberlin, 0., Dec. 6.—President C. T.
Beckwith was practically in a state
of collapse to-day as a result of the
trying ordeal through which he pass
ed yesterday in connection with his
hearing before the United States com
missioner at Cleveland.
Beckwith is completely prostrated
and his grief is pitiful. In discussing
his troubles the voice of the aged
banker is choked with emotion. To
day, in speaking of the Carnegie
notes, he vehemently delared that if
the signatures were forgeries then
the hand of the law should be laid up
on Mrs. Chadwick. “Why should I
stand the brunt of all this trouble,
which has been„directly brought about
by the a,cts of'that woman?” he cried.
~ermTtrratng. Mr. BeckWith said: "I
had every reason to believe that the
notes were genuine. Indeed. Mrs.
Chadwick swore they were. She snlotnn
ly declared that she had seen Mr.
Carnegie write his signature on them.
To confirm this, she brought an at
torney with her who declared that he
was the legal representative of Mr.
Carnegie and this attorney, whose
name, I cannot now state, declared
that he knew positively that the sig
natures were genuine.
“It is true that we—Mr. Spear and
myself—did indorse the notes, but of
course we had no idea that they were
to be put to the use that they were
afterwards.
“Then, again, we had the positive
assurance of Ira Reynolds, secretary
of the Wade Park Bank Company of
Cleveland, that he had the securities
that Mrs. Chadwick claimed he had.
”Oh, my God!” exclaimed the old
man ,”if I could only have my life to
live over again for the past two
years that I might save my name
from this great dishonor that has be
fallen me."
FOR OBTAINING MONEY
UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.
Attorney Say* lie May Prneeeil
Against Mrs. Chrnlwlrk.
Cleveland, 0., Dec. 6. —County Prose
cuting Attorney Harvey L. Keckler
stated this afternoon that he was work
ing along certain lines with a view
toward taking action against Mrs. Cas
sie L. Chadwick on behalf of the state
of Ohio. While he would not indicate
the lines along which he was working,
he intimated that the action, if brought,
would be on the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Receiver I-oeser has secured a re
straining ordpr of the court preventing
the Elyria Deposit Hank from selling
or removing any of the chattels of
Mrs. Chadwick from her home, at the
corner of Euclid avenue and Genesee
street. The bank hold a chattel mort
gage on Mrs. Chadwick's household ef
fects and recently put a keeper In the
Chadwick homestead.
Loeser has also* secured a temporary
injunction against Henry Wuerst, of
Elyria, who Is said to hold as security
for a loan a large quantity of Mrs.
Chadwick's jewels. Reports vary as
to the value of the jewelry in quesCon.
One report places the worth at $50,000.
while another says it is only SIO,OOO.
Wuerst himrfelf refuses to discuss the
matter. ,
SPECIAL GRAND JURY
WILL LOOK INTO IT.
Investigation of the Oberlin Bank
Failure to Be Made,
Elyria. 0.. Dec. Judge Washburn
has called a special grand jury, Ht the
direction of Prosecutor Lee fitroup of
Lorain county, to inquire Into the
Oberlin bnnk failure. The Jury will be
drawn Thursday. An effort will be
made to discover if any crimes were
committed which come within the Jur
isdiction of the court.
Oberlin Is in Lorain county. It Is
reported that the action of Prosecutor
Stroup wus taken upon the request, nr
complaint of Andrew Carnegie. This
report, however, cannot be confirmed.
Subpoenas have been Issued for Pres
ident Beckwith and cashier Spear of
the closed Oberlin hank, to sppear be
fore the grand Jury to testify.
CARNEGIE STILL SAYS
HE SIGNED NO NOTES.
New York, Dec. (.—Andrew Carnegie
Continued on Fifth Page
*l^l
v
N. V. Telegram.
T. R.— I never touched that turhey,
A. C.— I never signed her notes,
F. B Pm no Tioga candidate,
T. C. P.— Depew will lack no votes.
SENATOR PLATT
STRIKES AT SOUTH
TO CUT OFF REPRESENTATION
IS THE OBJECT OK A BILL HE WILL
INTRODUCE.
Should the Measure He Propose* Be
come Law, It Would* Mean I lip Los*
of Some Sixteen Congressmen frooi
the Sooth—Measure Treat* a* Dis
frreneliineri Citizens Male Negro
Illiterate* Over 21 Year* Old.
What Platt Say* About It.
By R. M, Larncr.
Washington, Dec. 6.—'Senator T. C.
Platt of Now York, at the Instance of
the National Republican League, has
pushed to the front as champion of
the proposition to reduce the represen
tation In the House of Representatives
from the Southern states. He has
prepared a bill, drawn along the lines
of the Crumpackor measure, and will
Introduce it in the Senate to-morrow.
Senator Plait does not admit that
his bill Is aimed directly at the South
ern states. On the contrary, he says
It proposes to regulate the congres
sional representation in all the stales,
North and South. It provides for a
reduction of about sixteen representa
tives from (he South. In support of
ills bill. Senator Platt made the fol
lowing statement:
“My bill !i formed upon the lowest
limitation possible, and treats as ex
cluded from the suffrage only the male
negro citizens over twenty-one years
of age, classed by the twelfth census
as Illiterates, under the 1900 census
tables, published since the apportion
ment act of Jan. 10, 1901.
"The aggregates actually excluded
from the suffrage in each Htate re
ferred to are In truth larger than those
used as the basis for this act. If all
negro votables, regardless of Illiteracy,,
should be deemed to be excluded, the
reduction In representation, figured
from the name tables, would be nearly
twice as great as stated in my bill.
"It requires no evidence, beyond the
notorious historical fact, for Congress
to adjudge what cannot be denied, that
the class of negro Illiterates, to the ex
tint stated, is practically excluded
from the suffrage In certain states, no
matter what may be nominal pro
visions of their respective constitutions
or election laws.
“The hill, therefore, presents the
smallest reduction practicable and is
very conservative.
“How much further, meritoriously
considered, the reduction should extend
can readily be arrived at by more
specifically regarding the actual facts
of total exclusion in rsspect to each
■tats.
“In treating fractions of representa
tion, the benefits has been given in
favor of the representation, according
to tha else of the fractions
“Tbs apportionment remains aa fixed
Iri 1041. and tbs reduction la to cease
when the farta ahall warrant It.”
A CHORUS OF DENIALS
ELECTION JUDGES
ARE SENT TO JAIL
Found i.iilllj ot Fraud* hy Court at
Dnttr, •
Denver, Col., Deo. 6.—Six election of
ficers were sentenced to Jail to-day by
the Supreme Court for disregarding Its
Injunctive order at the late election.
They were: William Reid, S. S. Bar
ker, John E. Dixon, John Sullivan, Wil
lis E. Spencer and Charles W. Bunch.
Sullivan was Democratic, committee
man; Reid, Barker and Spencer,
Judges, and Dixon and Bunch clerks in
Precinct Nine, Ward Five, in this city,
the ballot box of which was opened in
court last Friday, disclosing many
fraudulent ballots.
District Judge John I. Mullins to
day delivered his instructions to the
grand Jury summoned by him In the
Criminal Court. He charged it to make
a thorough investigation as to all vio
lation of the law growing out of the
recent general election.
"In my opinion,” he said, "the lavish
expenditure of money as has been wit
nessed in this country and state is
criminal. I believe it to be the very
root of all of the crime and violations
of the election laws which have ac
companied our recent elections.
"It ought to be made a criminal of
fense for any corporation to contrib
ute to any political party,
"It is common talk on the streets
and currently circulated In the news
papers that a conspiracy exists to
deprive of the governorship of this
state one of our citizens whom all
good citizens, irrespective of party,
believe to have been honestly elected.
It is, however, openly charged that to
carry out this conspiracy, it will in
volve the unseating unjustly and Ille
gally of certain members of the com
ing Legislature. It js also charged that
Immense sums of money have been
collected from the various corpora
tions of this city and state to aid In
this work."
LOSS OF TWo’VcHOONERS
CLOSES DOWN SHIPYARD.
The Yard Was Interested la the
<(ul n nrlm nn and the Wilbur.
Stonlngton, Conn., Dec. 6.—The prob
able loss of the schooners Qulnnebaug
and the Charles E. Wilbur, which
have not been reported since the ear
ly part of November, has resulted In
the temporary suspension of opera
tions at the new ship yard In process
of installation in this plate,
Capt. C. A. Davis of Somerset,
Mass., who was the head of the com
pany behind the ship yard project, to
day announced to the employes that
work would be suspended temporarily
because of financial difficulties, but he
hopes that these wilt be overcome and
the yard proceed.
Capt. Davis Is the managing owner
of the Providence fleet, of which the
Qulnnebaug and Wilbur were a part,
and his ship yard was hacked by the
investors in those two vessels.
Hasn't 111ven I p llupe.
Fall Rlvsr, Maas., Dec. Capt, C,
A. Davis, proprietor of the ship yard
at Btonlngton. Conn., which has sus
pended temporarily because of the
probable losa of two schooners, said
to-day that h# sapecta a favorable
wind will bring the veaeela to port.
Ms believed they were blown far out
to see la iha rscant gala.
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ARMED CITIZENS
WALKED STREETS
IRWINVILLE IN A FERMENT.
NDQRO TOOK WARPATH AND WAS
KILLED BY POLLOCK.
Amos Williams, the Negro, Went to
Town, Lot Drunk nml Hud a Row
With B. M. Pollock—Went Home,
Armed Hlmscir, and lletnrned,
Threatening to Kill Pollock—Pusso
Formed anil Captured Williams,
Who Broke Away and Wna Killed.
I.nitles Fainted.
Irwinville, Oa„ Dec. 6.—This after
noon at 4 o'clock, B. M. Pollock shot
and killed Amos Williams, a negro
man. Williams came to town, loaded
up with whisky, raising a row with
Mr. Pollock and they engaged in a
fight.
Pollock got the best of him and Wil
liams got his shotgun and Winchester
rifle, came back to town and hunted
for Mr. Pollock. Pollock had been
warned of Williams' actions, and kept
out of his way. Williams, falling to
find Pollock In town, started toward
Pollock's home, saying that he would
kill him.
A crowd of white citizens hastily
formed a posse and anon overtook
Amos, took his guns from him, arrest
ed him, and started to carry him to
Jail. When he got in sight of the Jail
he said he would die before he would
go further. He Jerked loose and drew
his knife and tried to cut Pollock,
at which time Pollock drew hla pistol
and shot him four times, killing him
Instantly.
Pollock is an ex-sheriff of Wilcox
county.
Several ladies on a nearby veranda
saw the shooting and fainted.
A crowd of citizens patrolled the
streets with guns for a while, fearing
further trouble with the negroes. All
is quiet now.
WITH HKAIJ CHI SHED IN
The Body of Uoldatrln Wna Fonntl
In Trnln Yards.
Dallas, Tex.. Dec. The body of
Charles Goldstein, a wealthy mine
owner of Dawson City, Alaska, for
merly of Dallas, whs found her# to
day In the Santa Fe freight yards. The
head was badly crushed. Goldstein
was among a number of persons who
narrowly escaped death recently by
the explosion of dynMinite In on* of the
hotels here.
It is surmised that Goldstein was
killed bv a blow from a blunt instru
ment, robbery probably being the mo
tlve.
HhertfT A. Ledbetter to-night offered
*4W reward for the person who ex
ploded the dynamite In the hotel end
*260 for the person or persons who
killed Mr Goldstein No rtesta have
been made.
