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ALL THE NEWS OF DIXIELAND
CEORCIA.
Money Sent to Chambermaid.
Senoia, Ga., May 11.—(Special.)—The
citizens of Senoia made up $lO this after
noon and sent the same to Miss Louise
Hadley, the chambermaid at the Hotel
English. Indianapolis, who was dis
charged from the services of the hotel
on last Wednesday for refusing to make
up the bed occupied the night before by
Booker T Washington, an account of
which appeared Tn The Constitution.
The money was sent to Miss Hadley
In Token of appreciation of her conduct
Tn refusing to condescend to perform such
service.
School Closed by Smallpox.
Milledgeville, Ga., May 11.—(Special.)—
President J. Harris Chappell dismissed
the entire Georgia Normal and Industrial
college this morning, and nearly al! the
girls will be at their homes tonight
This was not due to any Indications of
e spread of smallpox, as only the young
lady mention, who continues to do nicely,
has developed the disease.
There would have been absolutely no
necessity for Dr. Chappell to have dis
missed this school at tills time, but for
the fact that this college, with its splen
did equipment in many respects, still
lacks an infirmary.
Row Followed by Resignation.
Milledgeville. Ga May 11.—(Special.) -
Major A II Marchant, commandant f
the Georgia Military college, who. with
Captain Burch, formed the central figures
cf the sensational developments of Me
morial day. which resulted in the ex, ell
Jug of Captain Burch and two other
cadets and in the withdrawal later of set
eral other cadets by honorable discharge,
today tendered his resignation as com
mandant and professor of natural and
military science.
Captain John A. Miller Is Dead.
Captain John A. Miller, president of the
John A Miller Feed and Sale Stable Com
pany, of Atlanta a leading citizen and
business man. died suddenly last Monday
morning at h£s residence, corner of Jack
son and Hounston streets.
Last Monday marked the twenty-eighth
anniversary of the marriage of Captain
end Mrs. "Miller, and th.- former was
chatting pleasantly with his wife "f this
event at the time of his death. Captain
Miller had just waked and had not risen,
land a.fter talking with Mrs. Miller a f< w
minutes he : ddenly became um on: -ions
Dr. C. E. Murphy, who resides near by.
■was hastily summoned, but before he ar
rived Captain Miller had breathed his
last. Death Is thought to have been
caused by the rupture of a blood vessel
on the brain
New Owners Are in Charge.
"Augusta. Ga . May 11 .Special.l The
purchasers of The Augusta Chronicle
day paid over the purchase money and
the property was deeded to them.
H H I'abani.-s is now installed ns
manager, and Thomas W. Loyless as ed
itor
Fort Valley Papers Merged.
Fort Valley. Ga., May 11. .Special. )•
Editor Thomas J Shepard, of th- Fort
Valley Leader, has bought the newspaper
plant of The Fort Va ley Enterprise,
mill th» latter paper will no longer be
published. Editor Shepard Ims been run
ring The Leader at this place for the
j .st several tears and ts now getting
out a most creditable sheet.
Train Kills Bill White.
Moultrie Ga , May 11 (Special ) A
•white man named Bill White, employed at.
the Grav l umber Company's mill near
T>oe Bun. was killed by a northbound
passenger train on the Georgia Northern
road last right.
Xo one saw the accident, not even the
engineer, but the body of White was
found s.■ ~ rhums later against a stump
nr,a- the track with nearly every limb
broken.
Wireglass Blade Changes Hands.
Ga.. Mfi' 12.
XV. W. and Scab Fell editor
of The Pine Forest have bought The
■wiregrass Blade. <; arg.- H B- 11. the
* rmer cdl: •' I'h-‘ H: •I" ■ ■ "r-' , * ’ m.
newspap business entire!: Ernest
t'-.mp will edit Th-' A irrgras I- iC'
Peach Crop Better Than Hoped.
Roberta Go . May 1.! (Special.! Tim
p. a h crop in tuis so U-m will :■■' mu h
better than wis exp. -ted Fewer peach. "
fell from the trees ta.in was pr-'-'li-' '■■!
after the cold weather in April and th ■ ■
that remain arc unusually large and
Work To Begin at Early Date
Columbus, Ga. May 12- (Special.: X
Telegram from N»-w V< rk this merrung
t i ♦** T: A WS •h U t f; ’ • : '*
rangements had • n made : • b .-.1.l • g
the Birmingham, Columbus and St An
drews railroad The telegram was from
XV. M. Gordon, of ( -lumbus. president
of the road, and was as follows:
■Deal closed. Road will be built Work
t > c^»mnK ,J iu xt wf-pk
iliis road will extend fr>m Birming
ham. Ala. to St. Andrews' Bay. F>.
via Columbus and I-jitan’.-i, Ala It will
be IW miles long. It Is 170 miles tr->m
yi» re to St. Andrews bnv. Columbus will
rim br on a direct line, but a. brain h
•will come to t
f Inc north west
Eufaula. The branch will bo but a.
Fhort one. and Col-wi- wil' vi’t on 11'
be on the main line to all pr.ictii
Intents and p .lp"S- -
Child xiilled ?y Train.
Columbus, Ga . May 12. "Special.)
East night Southern pass-ng-r tr.in
from Atlanta, killed a negro boy, aged 5
'ears, near Lowry. Ga . a few miles
south of Fayetteville, late yesterday as
ternoon. The child was playing on the
■track, and the engine came upon him
from around a curve. He was struck
by the pilot and hurled many fe< ■ in the
air. being killed instai tly . The ;u .I
(lent occurred a short distance fr- m the
home of the child’s parents, a cabin near
the track.
Made Good ’’rofit on Land.
Tifton. Ga.. May It. (Special.)- On De
cember 15. last year, the Blassingame &
Morgan Lun.'- ’r Company , of M ■ -Itrie.
Ga purchased 2.K0"’ 1 acres of tine tirn'c .-
land near Tallahassee, Fla., paying for
pn m e sl. <5 i .er a< ■i • - After utting timber
<>n this land since that time they <b>,---.i
„ deal just a few days ago with a Flor
ida firm, selling the entir-- tr.ut at $...n
per acre, realizing a profit of rvarly S2O,
000. This I- on<
deals that has b-on rn:i-b- in Florida in
B good while.
Plot To Kill Judge Harris
Rome. Ga.. May 1.3 (Special ) A bold
nttemot. it is said, was made tonight to
Assassinate G. A. H Harris, former judg-
Os the city court of Floyd county Judge
Harris is local attorney of the Southern
railwa'■ ami he has been very vigorous in
prosecuting tramps for stealing rides on
trains.
A dozen <r more tramps eongreg.it. d in
the fourth ward near Judge Harris’ horn*
tonight and "Ue of the men. who was
under the Influence of whisky gave the.
e- ' ~’
Men, Listen.
1 have a positive
a and certain cure for
weakness, drains,
undeveloped parts,
all bladder and
kidney troubles. 1
guarantee to cure.
of treatment write
g) for free advk'i . 1
w | | .■ a< ~jv. you
plot away, which resulted in vigorous
steps being taken by the authorities.
Over fifty’ tramps have been arrested
here in tlio past month charged with
! train riding, and have caused the au
thorities much trouble.
First Peach Shipment.
Tifton. Ga., May 13.—(Special.)—Tho
first shipment of peaches for the Georgia
I crop for 1903 was made from Tifton to-
I day by C. J. Austin. They were Sneads,
well ripe, of fine flavor, and were ship
ped to an Atlanta commission house.
Prospects are good here for an average
crop. The Albertas are especially fine.
Brophy Shot Twice by Dowdy.
Abbeville. Ga.. May 1.3. (Special.) -In
formation has Just reached here of a se
rious affray at J S Wilcox’s mill at Tem
perance. Ga.. in which James Brophy was
shot twice In the stomach by C. M Dowdy
with a winche. ter It seems that the
trouble grew’ out of the alleged intimacy
of Brophy and Dowdy s sister. Brophy
Is not expected to live. All the parties
ire prominent.
Georgia Railroad Stockholders Met.
Augusta, Ga.. May I.3.—(Special.)—The
Sixt- eighth annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Georgia Railroad and
Banking <’ompany was held at tho bank
building todav. President Jacob Phinizy
•'residing Though a great number of the
Lo klmldors took advantage of tho free
passes to visit Augi!»tn. few were present
at tho mooting. The attendance was
smaller than it has been in many years.
Th« meeting was short, ind the business
transacted was more routine. Tho officers
■ .-.nd directors were nil reelected unanl
| mously.
State Pharmacists.
Macon Ga . May 1.3. -iSpecial. I—The
i Georgia Phnrmncoiitleal Association will
meet In Macon Tuesday next ami wil. re
main in session two days Tho members
of the Georgia state hoard of pharmacy
are S. <’ Durban, chairman. Augusta.
<la George E Payne, secretary-. Allanta,
’ Charles D Jordan, Monticello; .1, Glcn.vcll
Dodson. Ameri-iis. and Max Morri-.
M uon There are a number of matters
of vital importance to bo brought before
the board during the coming s-ssion.
Georgia Bankers.
Macon. Gi May 13. i Spoi lai > Secre
tary Hili'er. cashier of the Amorienr.
National bank of this city and secretary
of the < leorgia I.inker Asso. iation, wiia
the assistance of George 11. Plant, t ice
president of tin First National bank of
Macon, lias ju-t completed the programme
for the twelfth annual mooting of the
Georgia baukois to bo held in Atlanta
June 17 ami IS.
Carson Trial Next Thursday.
Macon. Ga . May 11 (Special.) The trial
of Mrs. Eflli C.irson. charged with the
murder of young Rigloy. the K'-ntuesv
student here in January last, lias been
set for Thursday next In the Bibb su
perior court.
The probabilities are that tlm trial wil
be lengthy :in<l w ill b- one of the hard* st
legal struggl' ■= known in Bibb county
yvtthin recent year-. The stat', as well
as the defendant, is represented by an ar
ray of attorneys of unusual str< ngth ami
both sides are on tln 'r mottle. There are
witness's from thn-" states and tin- tesH
mony promises t" be extensive and in
teresting in the extreme Relatives of the
young student wil bo here from !<• n
tm-ky, wlill' rolativ-s of the defenuant
from Florida will attend tho trial. Tho
attorneys on both sides have given the
c.so ,i thorough study and are convet
sant with its * very d' t.’ii’.
Monroe Adams Sent to Death.
Americus. Ga.. May l-V (Special.)
Monroe Adams w-n I. ing'-d in prb ate
hero at noon today for the murder of his
wife and daughter In July last. While
.'ill representatives of th. pr vs were
Steadfastly denied admission, at the te
quest of Xdams quite a largo number of
others designated by him besides ofln-ors,
doctors and clergymen witnessed the ex
ecation. Adams flatly refused to confess
other crimes with which he was charged
ami wont stoically to dentil.
His nook wag ■ a. k'd and the morderer
died in a few minutes.
Rains all Very Heavy.
Golumbus Ga . May Io - (Special t -
The rainfall throughout this section of
Georgia and Dahoma this week bus
l.C'-n ilmost unprecedented f"t May. Iho
t li.-ill ihoo.-he, wav aomning again today
ev the rc ult of lb- heavy rains up tho
state but H is I. ginning 'to fall, though
slow.\. tonight Tie M 'lib and tiitatd
t).. k .'I Brieky.'r.t. Ala. a l-w mi!, s
below the ' It- . was Ov- rflowed last night
t ., ~ d.-ptit of v.-r.a I Inches, but the
tiains p ushoxi le-tt way through tit"
wat<r Th'- water has subsided there to
<! >'.. liow. ver For two d • s Hie Savon
nah-M'nitgoinery Seoboard trains have
- ■ . • . using th< M
and Girard tracks from here to Hurts
boro, whore they got on their own track
again, this being made necessary by a
washout on tho main line east of Hurts
boro
Macon To Get Auditorium.
Macon, Go . May 15. (Special.> Private
telegrams received here this morning
from M ivor Bridges Smith and Postmas
ter Edwards, now in Washing! m to con
sult the postofiflec department, architect
relative to the new federal building to be
.r< cted h< re soon indicate that an •
ment will be reached with that depart
' ment. by which the government will
I us-e the building to be . orstrueted I v the
I city as an .< uditoriinn w hile the f-■•|--t al
I building is going up.
Head Severed from Body.
, Gainesville. Ga., May 15.--(Special > J
' Davs. of Atlanta. fireman or.
I through freight No 7'-’. was run over
I and his head completely severe.l from
his b-dy at 6:15 o’e.ba k at tho Southern
, depot here this morning- Th.- freight
I had stopped to sidetrack two ears leaded
i with stock, when Davis got off to get a
| lunch. As lie attempted to board his
* train ho slipped and foil umb r the car,
' the train passing over his body
Negro Woman Operated Still.
I Columbus. Ga.. Min 15. (Special.) It
i Is not often that Vnfted States Commis
' sioner Brown, of this city, has a woman
moonshiner before him, but that was
the charge aga.inst Lizzie Griggs, of
Marion county, who was arraigned be
fore him today.
The defendant is a middle-aged negro
woman and the mother ol nine .-hi:
dr.-u She wis arrested and brought to
this city by I'nited States I>. puty Mar
shal C. I>. Williams
Some time ago rev-nuo officers dis
covered a still neat the caliiu O'-cupi'-l
by Lizzie Griggs and her husband Ihe
latter was arrested, but protested that
hi hid been away from home, and if
a s ill was in operation 'heta he did not
know it. A poor quality of rum was
made from sirup skimmings, and =.>me
of tins rum was found at tho house.
Death of Captain BradweU.
I Captain S. D. Bradwell, for four ycats
I state school commissioner and for nearly
i li\years pr sklent of the State Normal
! sell ",I at Athens. di"d last Friday at
Sharp< ; . Fla.
Hill Goes West To Get the Money
Savannah. Ga . M-t.' 16- (Special.) -
Elija'h G. HUI. <'f this city, who Is one
of the claimants of the fortune left by-
Charles Hill, at Los Angeles, Cal, has
g..ne to that city to substantiate his
claims for the money, in which ho will.
I‘s he is smccssful. have a fourth in
| t< rest.
Ilie fortune amounts to a mut $l5i).O(D.
The ease is now on trial in the courts
iof Los Angeles and will probably be
: disnosed of soon.
Hill, a cording to the Savannah Hill-.
t,..rn In Troup e.iuntv and resided
f , a lime in Rome, after which h»
. ■ • xv. t * her.' ho made t'ho fortune
■v '•■•o eg Huis from the
-■ - . ! n border to Mexico
TIIE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY IS, 1903,
ALABAMA.
Ask Receiver for Brokers.
Birmingham. Ala.. May IL-As a result I
of alleged shortages in Birmingham cot- !
‘on shipments that arrived some twenty |
or thirty days ago. another sensation :
camo this morning, when two English and i
two American creditors filed a petition in i
the I’nited States court here, praying
their attorneys that Smith & Coughlin,
local brokers, be placed in involuntary
bankruptcy. The petition also asks that
a receiver be appointed.
The creditors claim that John II- Cough
lon. who constitutes the firm, committ'd
an act of bankruptcy in that, it is alleged, ■
he transferred ss,(«ft. a portion "f his
property, "while insolvent," to the First
naional bank, his being an aneeeden in
debtedness, with intent, to prefer such
creditors over tile other creditors.
Bferd Mongers. I’reyr <<■ Co. claim $3,961;
L. Hardy & Co.. $2,175.42. and Knoop. Fre
rlchs <£■ Co.. $G,269..39.
Steamer Smashes Fishing Smacks.
Mobile. Ala., May 11 While tho Nor
wegian fruit steamer George Dttmois was
proceeding down tho rivet, bound for
Ceiba. Honduras, her steering gear broke
nn<l the stennv;- sheered, riiiiiiinp into
four fishing smacks.dunui/.Jthem t-. tho
extent of SI9/hh» ’The wharf was badly
also, one of the sma< k > wa.->
the Portuna, of Galv st<>n.
Put Bullet Through His Heart.
Montgomery. Ala . May 11 (Special.)—
Arthur I. Jones, one of tlio most prom
inent young society men of this city,
shot and killed himself tills afternoon
at 4.3(1 o’clock
He v. is bookkeeper for the People’s
cotton factory and general manager of
the National Air Molst-iiing Company
He shot himself through the heart with a
3S caliber bamtm rlcss Smith .<• Wesson
pistol, in Ills room, nt his fathers resl
donee.
Doctor Fought, for Death.
Gadsden, Ala.. May 1!’ Dr W. L. Fun
drrburg. a prominent physician of this
city, committed suicide tljjs morning by ;
taking an over dose of morphin'.
When it was dls-'ov rod Hint lie had
taken the drug, effort was made to save
bls life, but lie st off ills would be res- j
citers with a drawn knife until ho was I
Excessive drink is given ns the cause
of tho act
To Inspect Agricultural Schools.
Monti.’iniery, Mn.. Mn\ 13 (Spo,-Ia 1. i
Commissioner of Agriculture P"ole leaves ■
t< n'orrow to make an inspection of all ■
the state agricultur.il schools and to '
see if thev .-ire .-on-.ply inc with the law |
In ref-reuse to farm experiments
Booker Washington nt Homo.
Tiisko:. ■ . Ma., Miv 13. t Sp.-.-la 1. > ,
Booker 'l'. Washington ten-’icd Tuskegee -
tris aft' recon afn-r a ioiig and hard t-v" ;
of .‘•pr.!king in th'* inti rest "f tho S’ hon], I
<’i• inat (’hica g<> y• 1 t• ’i'day This was
tho first time ho ii)d L'-'-n brio sint-'
in ninmir ornont nf Mr. <’ i git’
of L- ’l'irdx *goo ia<»it;;l( ia I ih 1 ' '
students and tench-’i • met I’rinoipd
Washington in a body with th< • honl s
b incl. and ■ >rt d hi:u • ■ th< ■ ' ; '
who)’'? a gr<-at ('Olobra t aui of joy and
thanksgixing wa< i'obi \ |;irg« ninrbor
of visit »rs who bad coni - on r r »m too !
ifont (■■'?if-u-cii, .. of (’haiH't's at Atlanta
were present.
Carmichpo] Made Trnstoo.
Mctile 'nbTv, May L't (’Special )
Governor .IH-. jip'citrj \ H
Unrmioh.io] truster- <» r th-’- ! b<:rnrr State*
Normal s'-ho.il t«» t’!’,ipjf: < my,
wb os<’ t e t>-» !’ «d rk iir> -1 lie a ! > i•a p
poinU-d .Tamr-: !•' »'abb. W W I. tvondor :
pnd < • I ’ Kogr ■ - tin J OPS rn I : Tr ■’
Normal •.■ln-I
Cement Works for Selma.
Selma A’a . Ma it. A r nnor is eurrent
today that I U Milht.il . Os this city, ,
has completed a deal with foreign capi
talists by u’ui h a-’ wii| soil f,O acres of
land on bit to crook. ’•> nii 't -- wst i
of Soini.a, for sit. ,imn< b<-ing the inten
lion of ;>'i" 1 t > ’.- li up - x't. H :v
cement work.-.
Investigating’ Cotton Crop.
Moi.t-mn < \'.a M> - IL (Sp’.’ia! )
Tv <White. sp ( • * -»f the I‘nifr j
Slat<'s <b ; i-t mon t of ligrimdi uro. jc j n
tho city t-.-’ ty -nvest j •_a ting tl* condition
\
l ama to ho pub i<,ed wib. th- report «»f!
’ ’ommissi l •»:or \\ >l -on »n June 3.
Text-Book Commission Meets.
Mont xrotnet ,\ln . M> v I'. (Spo< Inl. /-
Tho st.atn t« \t book -ommi -i »n mot tn
da v and Id ard arcurn* tit m' tin ropt e
sr-:;t a 11 v<' s of (Jjr (jjfft reni <’>)ne , ’rn.a ■
in Jax’or <•* t’ : < .adoption of thojr books.
'l"a- bmird wiil not s cb-< i ;be books until i
Mew Telegraph Company Enters.
Montg..moi- \L.. ,\j ,*-;j) .-a i'. 1
iho O d dominion le. -gi ,a pii Company i
toda} li'od with the .l rv n f stat“ i
application t • do bijsim -s ai Bimiingrham
dh r <lbw 11 as ag-’iit.
Collision Killed No One.
L’irminghnm, Ala . May IL (Spi-daL) -
Northbound and -<«ut librmnd pa <:-t-nger
trains on tho Al ib.ima Gr-at Southern
rallioad met in a head-etid collision at
Sulphur Springs, tfa about miles
north of hero about b ..’.clock this morn
Ing. Iwo tn-’ n and tw > engines wore
da
A J. I’. iss of Tr Ville, mail moss'-n
ger on the northbound train, bruised
about the head, and I > I, Duffy, -.f <’ha’-
tanoog i. p: r on t mt nd
Tram. wi< br.os. <1 a ho:;: the left arm
and left leg. neither being seriously hurt.
Three Children Were Mangled
Divlngston, Ala. ?Lay ]G. Three chil
dren of Lewis Henderson, a colored
farmer, who Jives 3 miles north of Liv
ingston. were struck and killed by pas
senger train No. ,L last night at 9 (/clock.
They xvere waiting f thojr moth» r.
who had gone to town, and they had
come pari of the way to meet her. She
missed them by rctiirning home in a
neighn ts wagon.
d'hidr names are;
Harriot, ag-<l 18 years,
l-’armie, age.; !;• ’.'ai--. and
Hrnest, aged 13 vars.
Tirod of waiting, the\ sat down on the i
railroad track about a mile from town ,
.and fell a.-b tp. Harriet's brains
knocked out l-'anDie was cut in tw< and
Lrncsi was dragged along on the track
lor 3()<> yards and cut in strings.
i'wo hour s at n rw.irds a negro passing
saw tho h >dios ajid notiti. i p. iip].- lix ing
near. No blame js attached p. the train
crew.
Receiver Holds Association.
Hunt ville Ala.. Mav IG. (Special -
Judge David D Shelby, of the inibd
Soit'-s court, has deiij.-d the pelitnm of
S I, Whitton, president, and other shale
J old< ! < »! the Southern Luildmi; ami Loan
A-social ion. of l:u< <ii\ asking trial a
Mme. Robtnnaire’s
Walnut Hair Dye
Instantly restores faded or gray I
hair or whiskers to natural color. I
Easily applied. Only one appli- I
cation required The most per- I
feet hair restorer made Prevents |
dandruff and fallimr out of hair. I
Small, 25e: large 7’ie, postpaid. I
Write tot booklet toilet preptua- I
tions. t
JACOBS’ PHARMACY, i
Atlanta, Ga. j
i n w—- (■n i m«»»*»»"«wrM'in inti "ill— 1 1 mu 1 11 iliwii
company b» taken out of the hands of
Receiver biwrence Cooper The same
has been inder advisement several
months ’l’l c receiver was appointed by
Judge Shelly after a fierce legal fight be
tween two factions of the association’s
shareholders and the grounds that it is a
solvent insH-tuion President Whitten and
associates sought to have tho recoiversliip
1 annulled.
Moses Parish, Huntsville. Ala.
Huntsville. A la.. May |6. (Special.) Mo
; ses J. Parisi, aged 7f. years, died this
. afternoon in Hotel .Monte Sana, of which
. he was rustodjan for many years His wife
i survives him. Mr. Parish was an old con
i ederate soldier.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
For Children Father Seeks.
Columbia, s. jfay 12.—(Special.)—
W. M. SpelKht, formerly of Asheville,
Is here looking for fi| s three daughters",
the eldest 12, who ho said wore kidnaped.
Inquiry In Asheville reveals that the
man was divorced from the mother of
the children. Ho married again and liis
girls, not being treated well by his new
wife, he put them at a boarding school.
Later 'he took the children home, and
one day during his absence a. strange
woman called on his wife, who became
frightened by Iter visitor’s conduct and
ran away When she returned the chil
dren were gone.
Stackhouse Shoots Abrams.
Charleston, S t'., May 13.—W. 11.
Abrams, a y ing man, was shot three
times in the stomach and probably fatal
ly wounded at Conway, near the North
Carolina line, yesterday evening by Lan
nenii Stackhome, of Marion, S. C, AbraVos,
who was un<h r the influence <>i liquor,
t ursed and alms"d Stockhouse, who in
reply said: "Sit down and bush; I don’t
know you."
Abrams then thrust Ids band into bis
hip pocket anil tin-owing his left arm
around Stackhouse's neck drew him
down Th'-reup'iti Stackhouse, tile smaller
and weaker tu.m of the two, drew his
pistol and fired into bis assailant's body.
Empty Saddle Headed Parade.
Columbia. S <’ May 14 (Special.)- The
.■vent marking th" of the t-onfetivr
. ate reunion was a very realistic camp lire
| scene on the stage of the opera bouse.
Many thousands of people witnessed a
; vi-rj handsmn' tlm-al parade this af'.ot
nnon given complimentary to the vetc-
, \ feature w.is tho appearance at the
Il .('I of tit" pl" -lon of General Hamp
ton s aged boiiy svant leading tho be.-,a
titul ho: .■ tm g'-nernl inde on Ids la-t
public app ■ ara i.c. in the reunion proces
l sion two years ag..
Wild Cat Kills and Maims.
Charleston S t Ma\ l’>. \t Ruby, on
the Chesterfield an d Lancaster railroad,
tills morning tv." negroes wore killed and
! two bod y injured.
\ box car being loaded with lumber at
'th. station stirtfl on the track from
Hnby and inn dawn for half a mile, run
I'ing into a section force on a hand car
that was 0t) a. ti-'-tle at the foot of th'-
, grade.
(>f the four negroes on the handcar
i John Heggan was killed outright and an
other died this afternoon.
Sudden Death of Mormon Elder.
<’"lunibin. S. (, . Max 15 (Special.)
Sfvoral weeks . \ H (Jlphin, a Mm
mnii obit !■ alt<u ,pt‘ 1 to assault a
vv-unun near I I’lls He xv.rx, i<rr;-
j bl.v b<aten by ;i •<r t y <»f men, nurro.vi.v
i »'st;i j'i:i£ Jyiu’bl' ; IHcr Id w.i - -In-V.rr
j aiu! brought to the ayvlum.
i lie has improv< '1
Toil. •x" 11 Nvne. business agent
of the Morin"’.: . cali-'-l at tbc i.‘ vlum
1 and attempted 1 • get permis-i m to eary,-
-dphin to Salt J.iko Ci* While talk
! ing with a nh.v' •i.an N'. ne had a oon
vnl ion and s o’. ,»ft • rwa ri« died of
b’-.art failure Hr wa from ?<• phi.i,
Utah, and ha] ifteon annual passes
from railroad ■ umns on xvhlrb be wa -
designated as ■-•: ugrnnl agent
Mrs. Charles H. Judson. Greenville.
Greenville, s <’ Max’ IG (SpeMal.)
Mrs. (’haries n Judson, wife of Acting
President Jud »n. of Purman university,
died this afternoon at 1” P. o’clock after
a lingering Illness >f four weeks. She
i xvas born February 23, 1A26, near Rich
mond, Va , and was married to Dr.
Judson. 'i he funeral r\'i< - s will !>•'
H* bl tomorrow afternoon it l;30 o’clock.
MISSISSIPPI.
Students Are Skipping- Out.
f’obimlms M. ■ Max* 13. (Special.Y-
Th" grand mry, now in session at Stark-
■ xlllo, ordered that th* assault with tar
1 and feather upon tin Mexican student
at t.he .Agricult ura 1 and Mechanical col
; h go at that pbice some days since lie
investigated. As a r* salt of this order
much exfdtrment reigned at the college
among the students wh>» committed the
deed, and for fear of arrests and trial
■ Lx- the Okt ll)b‘)>;t county court fnllx
fifteen or nur* students have loft the
i college. It was thought that the college
! authorities would settle this matter, but
! the courts took it out of their hands and
. began a thorough investigation, which
gives promise io r».-ult disastrously’ to
‘ the students.
All Back Taxes Lost/
Jackson. M1 •- Max' 11 <Special • Tho
litigation of tl ■ st.ite rovonuo agent to
c"ll’-’ct back t i' ”s aggregating nearly sl.
. .'>00,009 on not»:- and mortgages held by
foreign building and loan concerns was
linallx terminat d last evening when the
supreme court ov"rruied (ho sijErgostion of
error fijed by th«- app-Uent. thus giving
final defeat !-• tho revenue agent.
Trouble Between Whites and Blacks.
Laurel. Miss May I'- The fiercest kind
of rove war irred pear Burns, in the
northern part of Smith . minty. Parties in
Laurel from a neighborhood near that
section, state that lie whites are up
in arms and ate whipping and killing
< negroes where. 1 .-r th y find them. I j» 1"
this writing me white mnu bad been
mortallv wound d and several negroes
killed
The trouble was started by a negro
jumping a erm. which he had pitched for
the Bi uee b tn.l the latter h. ■■ ing
advanced the n. gro a considerable sum
on his labor, went after him to get him
tn nay or resume his work Tho negro
was found nimmg friends who, with him.
threatened the Bruce boys.
Tho Bruces went home, ami gathering
some of their neighbors about them,
went back after the negro. On their way
. to where the negroes wore left, tho part.'
v ttmliushed and tho negro" s firing into
th'-m. mortally wounded Mr. Craft, a far
mer.
■ The white nun returned the tiro and
mad.' Chase fm tile negroes The riot be-
! gaii Tuesday am] i( i s '■ai‘l tbit inc mi
raged white men es th" conirnunitx - are
s:ili in th" si.ldle searching for the ne
gro wb.» Instigated the trouble.
VIRGINIA.
Cleveland Honors Jeb. Stuart.
Richmond, V.i _, M.i v 11. <Sp -.d-i 1 ) Ex
President Grover Cleveland has mad- i
liberal eontribiuion to the monument in
be erected in the < apitol s<iuai" here to
General J 1< it. Stuart, th" gallant con
federate t-a.valrx le.-id'-r.
His l"ti< r t" "x-G"verimr O'Farroli, in
closing liis check for a substantial sum.
| was submitted ut i meeting of the e\"c-
I utive cominiti"e tonight and led to tin*
l revival of the ojj slogan, ’’Four more
I years of Grover!”
I In Ids letter. Mr. ('leveland says:
’’All living Americans, north and south.
! are reconril »d. Sun ly xve can be rocon
! died xvith the dead, and can find c<un
| m<»n pride in recalling the memory of
* those xvho illustrated the brave heroism
j in life and death, which xve lovinglx- r* •
I ognize as the best feature in the ch ir-
I actor of our people "
Remains ci the Monroes.
Richmond. \.* May 14 Th 1,. :«c of
I delegates torjay agreed t" the senate bill
a pproprin t irug SSOO for the r'-tn"\ .i) nf
I the remains >f the wife and -laughter
lof President Monroe from Oak Hill.
Loudon county, to graves beside the body
of the president which lies in Holly
wood cemetery here.
Corner Stone Is Laid.
Lexington, Va., May 15—In connection
will: the memorial exercises at Virginia
Military institute today in honor of the
battle of New Market, in which the
corps of cailets took part, the corner
stone to the battle monument by Sir
Moses Ezekiel was laid. Addresses were
made by Colonel \V. T. Pogue and Cadet
John Paul.
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NORTH CAROUNA.
Engineer Saw Obstruction in Time.
Charlotte, N. (\, May 11.—-(’Special.)—
Train wreckers attempted to wreck the
evening passenger train on the Carolina
Central division of tho Seaboard at a •
point 1 mile from Paw Creek Station i
yesterday evening
A large lot of cross ties were placed
on tho track, some of these being placed
benea.tli Cue rail so that tho opposite ends
woul 1 extend near tho middle of tho
roadbed. Others were carelessly thrown
across the track.
The engineer saxx* the obstructions in :
time to stop his train before any damage
resulted.
Home for Aged Odd Fellows.
Wilmington, N C., May 13.—(Special.)
The grand lodge of Odd Fellows, in fis
sion in Wilmington today passed a res
olution pledging the efforts "f the ord. r
in this state to raise a fund tor the es
tablishment of a home f t aged and in
digent odd Felloxvs and their imfi-b ss
wives and widows. A per capita tax ol <
cents per year wi
and In 1W the fund so raised shall
1,., used to build this home at Goldsboro
on the grounds of the Odd Fellow’s Oi
phan home.
Gets New Trial of Damage Suit.
Raleigh, N C.. M"ty J3.-(Succlal. 1- The
supreme court grants a new trial In the
suit from Rutherford, whore $15,000 dam
ages was awarded against the South'-; n
railroad for the killing of an engineer at
Buffalo creek. In South " aroltna. I I""
suprom" ."lilt holds that th" notion can
b- brought in the North ('arollmi cou \ l ;
luit declares that such serious err'i's w<.'_
in.n.de in the admission of evidence tnat
a new trial must be granted.
Three Burned to a Crisp.
Asheville, N May 15.- In a fire of
mysterious ot igin, which broke out. last
night in a large house at Waynesville.
N C., owned by State Attorney General
Gilmer a-nd o cupied by C. J- "lalbeatb,
who runs a lioarding house, I'. M 1 ayne.
a telegraph operator, formerly connected
with the I’ostal company at lit- htnond.
a,.,) a negro women and her daughter
,- rvants "i the house, were burned to
deal h. . . . . .
s..m< one p.u ing the house at midnight
,IDcov< red th: :re and gave the alarm.
Gall".(Hi and four others were at 'iis"'
ami strm;;;le'l through suffocating smoke
1 1 ) ,» place of s;i tot y.
). ;1 .■■ . . m td ( to ■ "
p.">pl(' still in Hie blazing building, but
the'beai drove th.- rescue: s back, and the
attempt h id to be abandoned.
Took Life in a Reservoir.
Durhim N t May 15 (Special.) The
body of Robert Ragan, of this place, was
found in Hie reservoir near tho (twin
t",: . . His gather had found
a not> from him in wnieh he deelarea
h l, i Ulc iti >n of drowning himself in tne
~ i -.oir. "'ii hastening to 111" place too
l„, I-, was found.
I: .g in was a younug white man, anojt
’-’2 years ol age.
•
TEXAS.
Texas Editor Kills Lawyer.
Falh'i't Tex.. May 12. -W. T Keith,
an attorney of this plane, was shot and
killed by Gemge F. Kornegay, editor "f
•r);o Sun. ns the result "f a quarrel over
~1; arti' le printed in The Sim. Kornegay
i fl.-,1 after th" shooting.
Cut Down the Appropriations.
\ UP tii 'I ■" May 15 1" ■ ■ not lan
h. m published his veto ot various
items it: the general appropriation bill
rutting out $592,961 Among other items
vetoed was one to pres"rve the battl*.-
g: und of San Jacinto, where the Texas
a inv wen the republi-' i’.'i capturing
Sarita Ana.
Killed Woman and Himself.
El Base. Tex.. May 1’ -George M.
; I'.terson ami Mrs E M. Fairchild were
' shot and killed here this morning in the
Rimonu bmisc.
’CP, h<itj I k"''!’ p r, nxx’.'ikcnctl by a rap
ping <m his door, found PpI'TSOo In the
pap W ho said lie had been shot by Mrs.
Fairchild ami that she had also shot her
ti,.. proprietor went to "all as
sistance and while he was gone three
more hut.- were fired. When lie came
buck both wore dead.
Th" woman was lying m .a lied In a pool
|of blood. Mrs. Fairchilds’ husband Is a
tt.-.v- mg sab .-man I’etet.-on earnc here
a short tin: ■ fg" The cause of the shoot
ing is unknown
The evldem 1 .. indf.ntcs that Peterson
,I:.| the i "ting Hi* father is r. wealthy
'■ommi.- ion iiieri'liant at Amherst. Win
Mrs. F.iirehil'l wa - registered from Don-
KENTUCKY.
Wife Murderer Cheats Gallows.
1 Lexington K: May 1' William Mc
.('arthy. wife murderer, who was to have
: been hanged this morning, took morphine
l some time during the night and is dead.
The death watch. Alexander McKever,
s.it within f' . t of M'-i’aCthy all night,
loit says he 1- absolutely at a loss to
know h"ic or when lie i""k the drug At
I h.iek Mei'arthy became restless and
turn'd "V ■ r on bi cot. Jailer Robert
Wallace was in the ■ • .! at the time. He
i aci us. il M. i’artliv of doing something lie
'ought not to .1" M'l’arthy '-ailed for
wbiskv and \\ . .(■■'- brnoght him ■oft.—
Instead, lie drink the c'ffoo and event
into violent :1s! 'ns. d; .:g in shout
a n hour.
John Black Executed.
T,onlsvillo. May 15. John Black, colored,
was CX' -til'd hero this morning He
murd' » d bis uncle, Archie Jam' s, a 6"
' year-old negrO.
LOUISIANA.
Four Blacks Killed in Riot.
New origins, Max 11. There was a lit-
i Ile lacc riot in St. Tammany parish,
about niil"s from this <-ity Satjiidax
night. An insolent id i:r<> was beaten with
an -iK handle b\ a white grocerx- clerk.
I'he ncgr«»'- arm"d md s night to cause
troub but »h" xvh.ii-,s rallied und a
pit’d battle f<>llox\ rd. in xvhich four nc-
all m unbers <>f the Florant fam
ii\ . one of xx horn xvus th" agr" s<»r, were
kill".!.
l’".ne was then restored and the trou
ble is The affair t<»««k place in the
lugging " imps, " it of the lino of com
innnii ati'»n.
FLORIDA.
Negro Shoots Three Officers.
: Fl:i.. Ma; Fi>ur m n
were w"iiiuli.-d today in an attempt to
am st a m gro for shooting a negro
I '"’li- negro. Eddie t'olenian. went to his
boarding lions... ,tnd raising a quarrel
1 w ith a colored woman board, i. shot her
■ through the left arm. Policeman W. B
. Cahoon, hearing the shot, went to the
place. Coleman saw him and began to
fire. Cahoon returned the lire from the
street and continue.! until he exhausted
his ammunition lie returned to liis
borne, fl.tying two citizens watching the
; house. ■ ':!ot ■ d to police headquarters
for assistance, armed himself and re
turned Th< patrol wagon arrived with
Deputy Si..riff Vinzant and live police
men armed with pistols titul Marlin rifles.
■ They at on ■ rm hed into Hie house.
C >tem.m barriead'd himself in liis room
i cn 1 '■oiitinuert the tight, but later sur
render, d.
I The wounded are: I’olieeman Kirby
Fester, Policeman O. L. Wadsworth, I
Deputy Sheriff J A. Vinzant. Mary Wil- .
son (colored), and Eddie Coleman, the ;
prisoner
Deaths at Bartow, Fla.
Bartow, Fla., May 16.—(Special.)—Wil
liam Ho wren Pearce, one of Folk coun
ty’s pioneers, died this afternoon of hem
orrhage of the bowels. He was 6-i years
old. and served in the confed. rate and
Indian wars. Mrs. Schwefn, aged 61. died ■
last night of dropsy. She was the moth- j
or of George Schjveh). of Tampa, and had i
one son in New York.
TENNESSEE.
College President Resigns.
Knoxville, Tenn., May 11.—Rev. J. F.
Spence. D.D . has tendered his resignation I
as president of the American university, ;
at Harriman. Tenn. It is understood he ,
will lie succeeded by Professor James
A. Tate, of Nashville. Tenn. Dr. Spence
will retire to private life on account of ,
his health.
Jones Boys Will Go Free.
Knoxville, Tenn.. May 12.—The jury 1
in he case of Joshua and Moultrie Jones,
charged with killing Thomas Howard tn ■
this city March 19 of last year, this
morning returned a verdict of acquittal.
The Jury took the case yesterday at
ternoon. Thomas Howard was the fifth j
man to die as a result of th« Jones-
Howard-McGhee feud In Monroe county.
Tenn. The plea of the Joneses was
i selt-rtetense.
Tennessee Grand Army Men.
Chattanooga. Tenn., May 13.—The an
ntial convention of Tennessee division.
Grand Army of the Republic, commenced
hero today with delegates present from
every post in the state. Dr W. W.
French, assistant adjutant general, mafic
his report, in which it was shown that
forty throe deaths have occurred In tit"
department of Tennessee during the past
Compress Deal by Railroads.
Memphis. Tenn. May 15 it may bo
stated on reliable information that the
railroads entering Memphis have closed
a deal whereby they secure a five y..ir
lease on tho cotton compresses of this
citv, two in number, and that hereafter
the railroad companies will operate these
compresses themselves
The terms of the deal have not been
announced, but It is said it was brought
about by dissatisfaction with the "Id ar
rangement between the railroads and .1"'
compresses, and tho charges of discrimi
nation that have been made by various
shippers whose cotton passed through me.
Memphis gateway because of the nece.--
sity of compressing In transit the export,
cotton.
The two compresses leased bandied over
5b(i.000 bales of cotton thus far this sc.i
Son.
Chattanooga Man Disappears.
i li,it t.moi'ga, Tomi . May 15. (Special.'
Lon Willi mis. a well-known man of this
j city, has disappeared from Rockwood.
; where lie W‘ ut to attend Ihe street fail,
I and i.- now believed to be dead
I He was s ■ -.1 yesterday afternoon sitting
i at the end of a tunnel on the Cincinnati
1 Southern Afterwards fits cuff and hat
band were found.
He was se'-n by several people, who
i stated that he was in a demented condi
tion and onlv half clothed.
S. a:. iimg parties from this city nnd
' tiakdal" hav been sent out and a reward
I of flail offered, but so far UO further trace
■ has been f iund.
Dayton Furnace Banked.
Nashville. Miy 16 Both furnaces of
the Dayton t’nal and Iron Company
! were hanked last night in consequence
' the strike nf stock housemen for an
i'.cre.-i !-•■ in wages .About flff v men went
out It ’s said the differences will no
, amicably ad lust' d.
RED MEN MET TN MACON
Election of Officers for Ensuing
Year Occupied First Day
Constitution Bureau. 467 Second Street.
I Macon. G.I . Mav 12 (Special. I Escorted
! by the Juvenile band of the Georgia In
, dustrial home, the great council of the
1 Indop ntent Order if Red Men marehod in
I a body this morning to the Odd Fellows'
, ball on Cherry street, and. after lighting
tiio camp fit's opened the great council
smoke.
The (’ection of oflu ors for the ensuing
yo.ir was enter- d upon early during the
morning session and was not completed
until late in the afternoon .The session
opening at I‘> o’- lO'.k was continued up to
3 o'clock, wb';: an adjournment for on"
hour was taken Some of the contests
were deeid'-dly spirited and extremely
i close. For groat .junior sagamore. J. R.
I M.-Michaol. of Atlanta, was elected over
|. all opposition.
1 The election resulted as follows:
: Great Sachem, Thomas H. Jeffries, of
I Atlanta _ .
Great Senior Sagamore. W W Dykes.
■ ' , G'reat l "' l ’tiiof of Records. M J- Daniels.
Jr., Grlttin. _ „
Groat Keeper of Wampum, George h.
Groat Roperesenta tires to the Great
C"uncil. W H Beck, Griffin; M ' White,
, Columbus. C. C. (Rdette, Atlanta.
Red Men Council Adjourns.
Macon. Ga.. Ma; 1.3 l Sp< t > The
great council, Independent Order of Red
’ Men. completed its work this afternoon
i at 1:30 and adjourned to meet next year
i in Gainesville.
During the morning the great council
; busied itself with tho reports of its offi-
I cers and standing committees These
i papers, without an exception, were in
i torestl’’” to the members of th” ’fder.
■ so re the reports of
I the soLetnrv and the treasurer. rhe
■ ~ submitted bv the keeper of rec-
ords .showed that the gr-wth "f the or
'l."r '’"''JP* Du’- 'l loorgta" Lhnpter
Y’ Vp"
■ L.' .Li’, 1-L an’:.’ sheet showing a larger
amount of'mom-v on hand than the order
' has before had to its credit
TWO JOHN WESLEY MEMORIALS
; Methodists and Episcopalians Will
Honor Great Preacher.
Savannah. Ga.. Mav 15.-(Special.) -The
Episcopal conference for the diocese of
adjourned earlv this afternoon,
■rhe next meeting will be held in Atlanta
■it St Luke church, on May IS.
'n was last night decided to meet on
M iv 12 -."'xt y.ar, but this morning the
I time was Changed. The convention was
q , fiP d with devotional exercises conducted
i.v’-.he Right Rev C. K. Nelson, bishop
! cf (leorgia .
j phe session today was given over al
most entirely to th" discussion of diocesan
missions and proposed changes in the
, , anons of the church relative thereto.
The ladies’ auxiliary completed their
w mk today and made their final report
ito the convention. It showed that they
had raised $22,522.37 for diocesan missions,
(if this, Savannah gave over $3,000.
Tile introduction of a resolution into the
Euiscopal convention, providing for a
memorial to Wesley, has added to the in
terest in this matter and has created some
comment on account of the approaching
bicentennial of Wesley's birth.
It will be remembered that the Metho
dists of Georgia are also preparing for
tliis event. The following committee has
been appointed to take part; Rev. Harry
(’assil, of Brunswick; W. N. Hawks, of
Atlanta, and Robert Mumford, of Macon.
■ This morning there was a great deal of
! inquiry among the Episcopalians in Sa
i vannah about the matter. It had been
I mentioned for some time in the Christ
church parish. The visiting clergymen
i were ali of one mind. Rev. Chauncey C.
1 Williams, of St. Paul church, Augusta.
' said he trusted that the memorial would
soon bo arranged in Christ church. Sa
vannah.
j John Wesley was the first rector ot
LOSS TO WORKMEN
A PROMINENT LABOR LEADER DIS
CUSSES AN ISSUE.
Gives His Own Experience a« an Employee
in the Railroad Shops Couldn't
A fiord to be Sick.
j Mr A C. Holmes, of Oneonta, N. Y.,
rn employee of the railroad shops at that
place, is well known in labor circles ami
tils own experience, recently related, de
i serves the attention of every working
man who has lost time and money on
! account of sickness. Mr. Holmes said;
■Two years ago I had a severe attack
i of grip which left me in a Lad condition.
■ 1 was so weak that I frequently nad
lav off for two or three daj> at a tune
during a period of four or five months.
I could not wry well afford to do tn.s
but there was no help for it —I stm,-./
i was not able to work. I lost flesh, got
| nervous, had awful headaches and icit
I worn out all the time.
I "I had read of some remarkable iui<s
' made bv Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for
l Pale People in cases like mine and so
; decided to try them. A few boxes help’ "I
. me and I think I took ten altogetlu ..
' Thev drove all traces of the rtisea.s,e out
' of inv system and made me feel like a
I different man. I have told many ft my
acquaintances about Dr. Williams link
Pills and what they did for me.
After an attack of the grip there
alwavi" loft behind some troublesome •, -
I le.cts. Often these are worse than t lie
disease its. if and seem to baffle ali ■■ffoDs
of physicians. Health Is shattered tne
blood becomes poor, the flegh falls
the sufferer grows nervous and irrltmflo,
and own slight exertion ■■iu- ‘- fh"r’n»"4
of breath. These are dangerous symptoms
and imli'.’it.' that the system is in a sta.o
that invites pneumonia brnnehtris or o\ n
consumption Hr Williams' Pink Pills f-r
f'i|.. people, however, will not onb quiCK
H- rm-tore th- h'-alth aft-r an attmk f
the grip and cxp'l the lingering germs,
■ l ut. working’ upon th<- blond, will *
i tho s;. -t» m proof uguinst th<* I <
hundreds of cases just as 'om'irkabln
that of Mr. HnliO"- It has b"•*.: ifiat
Dr Williams’ Pink Pills h«\ surely -
c.omplishrd this result
Dr. Williams’ T’ink Pills for Palp Pm
pie arc sold at al! drug stores nr S'*nt
postpaid, on receipt of pri"n, .30 i
I»gx. six box -for $2.50. by th- Dr Wil
liams Medicine Company, Schenectady,
N Y.
this church. Tin was worthy nf th« trib
ute rendered him by all the pcnple wh<>
chose to honor liis memory, but he did
r.ot think th. Methodists were entitled to
claim John Weslc as a member of that
denornina tion
FOREST FIRES FLARING.
Johnstown, Tn.. Max- 12. After flghtir.T
forest fire? without rest for sixty hours,
exhausted and choked xvith smok»\ t e
. lumbermen and mountaineers of Cam
bria. Somerset and Westmoreland cour
tie s are pra..-iiig for rain. Lx almost su
j perhuman effort of the inhabitants ami
with the ai l of fire compare fr >m \ -
tonna anil Johnstoxvn, the villager lt f Dun
j 10, Vintondale and Twin Rocks hav'e been
; saved On L iur»'l Mill, in Westmoreland
; county, several hous« hax’e been burned
i and loss of jifn was narrowly averted.
(Guards surrounded the Conemaugh Pnw
| der Company’s plant at Seward to p;.
vent the flames reaching that r-s: ibllsh
| ment.
Timber Land Destroyed,
Ifagerstown, Md , May 12 South moun
tain from Fnxville to Buena Vista Is be
i ing swept, by a fieren forest fire Hun
dreds of acres of fine timber have
destroyed and marix* of the inhabitant’
driven into the towns In the vallev.
Forces nf men are fighting the fire, but
not. making much hendway.
NTGRO CHURCH BLOWN TO BITS.
Bomb Exploded Under the Pulpit of
Chicago Edifice.
j Chicago, May 15 Another church
I was wrecked by dynamite tonight. A
; b>»mb was exploded under the pulpit nf
the African Methodist hur’ h a.t Evan
! ston. The interior was demolished and
■ the front of the building 'was bloxvn
; out.
’ Two motives are ascribed for the de
molition of the building The first is that
; certain colored people are incensed by
a sermon preached last week by +h A
pastor. Rev. L. N. Daniel? who said this
was the white man’s country”, and the
; colored man might as well make up his
i mind to it now and get along the best he
. could. The other is that the
were incensed at the position taken
I the pastor and a guest from Chicago
J who had spoken against ”p -li. y ”
< The Institutional church in this city
was wrecked by dynamite last Sunday
‘ night after Dr. R C Ransom, the pastor
had prea hed a sermon against “policy ”
Dr. Daniels approved »f Dr Ransom’jf
stand against the evil and spoke against
‘ "policy.” at the Institutional hur.-h find
also from his own pulpit in Evanston.
FUTURES CONTRACTS INVALID.
Judge Barrow Renders Decision
i Against Dealings in Futures
Savannah. Gu.. May !’■ (Special.)—
■ Judge Popo Barrnw, in the superior court
today held that "cotton futures" con
tracts were invalid and in the suit if <4.
S Haines, trustee for Woods & Ma 'opr
versus St J L Graham and G, F Wilson,
; directed that a verdict be returned for
the defendants.
Graham and Wilson sp-Mnilato,] through
Woods <£.- Malone and losing the nriginul
money placed by them and SS4O in addi
j tion. gave their notes for the latter sum
This latter sum the judge held to be un
i collectable, as it was he.d tn boa gamb
' I'ng contract.”
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FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.
Cattle of Argentine Are Reported
Seriously Affected.
Washington. May 12. —Secretary Wilson
today received a cable from F. W Bick
nell one of the traveling; exploring- agents
of the department of agriculture, dated
at Buonos Ayres, confirming tho reported
outbreak of the foot and mouth disease in
that country. The dispatch says
"Foot and mouth on three ranches. One
hundred animals in port affected by gre n
alfalfa from infected ranch. I'nder c m
i trol. Government expects it ended t.his
month."
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