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KING PROROGUES HIS
PARLIAMENT.
Premier Balfour Refers in the House
of Commons to the Macedonian
Situation—Winston Church
ill Styles Premier Bal
four a Demagogue.
London, August 14.—Both houses of
parliament assembled today to wind up
business of the session.
In the house of commons several ques
tions were asked relating tornatters of in
ternational Interest. Premier Balfour in a
general reply said there had been an un
expected delay In the Ventzuelan question,
which, however, was not due to Great
Britain or Germany, who had taken part
in the action, but to the fact that France
and Spain objected to the use of the
English language by the tribunal. The
question had been left to the tribunal to
decide. He believed that the court whose
members the chair had been requested to
nominate would meet on the date original
ly fixed. ,
The Macedonian Situation.
Regarding the complaints that the gov
ernment was showing a lack of sympathy
with Macedonia. Mr. Balfour pointed out
that one of the deep sources of mischief
was the dissensions among the Christians
Now not the Turk alone, deep as his guilt
undoubtedly was. was responsible for the
miserable conditions, it would be folly
to forget that the Christians committed
atrocities on Christians. The government
was still of the opinion that the best
policy was to support the Austro-Russian
endeavors to Improve the administration.
Ideating with the protests against puz
zling the house on the fiscal controversy,
the premier said he thought there was no
necessity for undue hurry in discussing the
matter There was no pending fiscal ques
tion before parliament, nor would there be
one during the currency of the present
pa rliament.
With a final fling from Winston
Churchill, who seemed doubtful whether
the present parliament would meet again
and who characterized the premiers
policy of transferring the fiscal discussion
from parliament to the country as that of
a demagogue, the sitting was suspended.
The King's Speech.
Subsequently the house was summoned
to the house of lords to hear the king's
speech proroguing parliament, read.
The speech was of little general, or in
ternational interest. It alluded to the cor
diality of the king's reception in Portugal,
Italy and France and to the return visit
of President Loubct, “whose visit has
given rise to a striking exhibition of the
feelings of mutual good will which prevail
In the two countries.”
The most Interesting portion of the
speech to America deals with Ireland, it
says:
“The warm expressions of good will
with which I was received deeply touched
me. My visit enabled me to realize how
much was being attempted to improve
the housing accommodations of the work
ing population, stimulate commercial ac
tivity, advance the methods of agricul
ture, develop technical education and
provide for the sick and Infirm. Much re
mains to te done, but it was with feel- I
Ings of the deepest gratification that I i
noticed signs of increasing concord among [
all classes in Ireland, presaging, as 1 I
hope, a new era of united efforts for the ;
general we’fare.
The Irish Land Bill.
“Referring to the Irish land bill, the
rpeech says it offers Inducements to the
land owners to continue their residence
among their countrymen and provides j
facilities for improving the conditions of
life in the poorer districts of the west.
It adds:
“This reform, by removing the ancient
crises .>f social dissension, will. I heartl
-1 trusi, conduce to the common b-no- ,
tit of all’ my Irish subjects." i
Refcrenc Is made In the speech to the ;
g. mral anxiety regarding the situation in I
t..- European provinces of rurkey, to
t ’ great progress made in the work of
r s. ttlernen-t and pacification in South
: i ea and the improvement In the con
ditions of agriculture and finance in In-
After the rending of the king's speech,
parliament was prorogued till N->vem- '
her 2.
Doubt About the Future.
There has probably never been a proro
gation of parliament which for the future
of the government was so uncertain as la
the. case on this occasoon. Many believe
there will be a dissolution In the autumn I
though the best Information does not I
support this belief. Mr. Balfour’s speech -
at Sheffield at the end of September is |
waited with the keenest interest, as it ;
will contain a pronouncement of policy ,
which possibly will force either the duke ;
of Devonshire, a pronoum 1 free trader,
or Colonial Seeretarv Chamberlain, to re- j
s gn . The members of parliament will
curtail their holidays, the free food
~-aguers in order to open :he sis al cam
paign as speedily as possible, and the fol
lowers of Mr. Chamberlain to repel the
attack.
BRIDE LEAVES THE ALTAR
TO DIE IN ARMS OF GROOM
Charleston, S. C., August 13.—(Special.)
I.ast night Miss S. Malone was married
to Charles Calhoun Tylee at 8 o’clock.
Two hours later the bride died in the
arms of her grief distracted husband.
The young people had been engaged for
months. Miss Malone was an Invalid,
suffering from consumption. Lately,
however, her health had greatly improved
and Wednesday night Mr. Tylee and
herself determined to wait no longer.
The marriage ceremony was performed
by the Rev. A. E. Cornish, of St. John
Homestead, in the presence of a few
friends
The newly married couple held a brief
reception at the home of the bride's aunt
and then repaired to the home which the
groom had prepared at 33 Nassau street.
As they crossed the threshold the bride
fainted a stream of blood pouring from
her mouth. She. was pronounced dead
within ad hour.
Both o' the young people were wen
known and popular tn the city.
MAILED LETTER IN MID OCEAN.
It Was in a Bottle and Has Reached
Destination.
Minneapolis, Minn, August 14—H. D.
McMillan, of this city, has just received
a letter from his daughter. Emily D. Mc-
Millan, which was mailed thirty-one days
ago in mid-Atlantlc by means of a bottle,
in which It was inclosed and set afloat.
The postmark shows that the bottle was
picked tip and taken to a coast town of
Portugal. A similar experiment was
made by other passengers on the Princess
Irene, which sailed from New York
July 4.
Tom Johnson Makes Trouble.
Cincinnati, Ohio, August 14. —The fac
tion favoring Mayor Tom L. Johnson for
governor held here tonight what was
railed “an adjourned democratic conven
tion of Hamilton county.” Delegates to
the state convention were selected who
are expected to favor Mayor Johnson for
the nomination for governor. The dele
gates selected by the previous convrvjj-o
are In favor of John L. Zimmerman, of
Springfield, for the nomination.
PLAUNED DEATH FOB
ALL JEWS.
He Says the Authorities Made No
Effort To Check the Murderers.
Massacre Outcome of a Con
spiracy To Kill All
the Jews.
London, August 12.—A dispatch from
the British consul general at Odessa for
warding the report made by the British
vice consul at Odessa, V. Bosanquet, who
was sent specially to Kishlnef to obtain
the facts regarding the recent antl-
Jewish riots there, is published today.
Mr. Bosanquet’s report, which is dated
July 28, generally agrees with the stories
of the occurrences already cabled. It
says:
“The area of the disturbances com
prised two-thirds of the town of Klshl
nef. The murders all occurred Monday,
the second da«y of the disturbances. They
were perpetrated by bands of rioters In
different parts of the town. Many be
lieve they were the work of organized
companies, which fact argues in favor of
a pre-arranged conspiracy to exterminate
the Jews. If this belief Is not accepted,
the riots must be attributed to the arti
cles in The Bessarabetz, the anti-Semitic
organ in Kishlnef, to the unfounded re
port of the Jewish murder of a Christian
priest,to the wine drunk early on Monday
and to the belief which seems to have
grown with the continued inaction of the
authorities that the latter wisher the
Jews to be massacred or had even or
dered it. Apparently a feeling existed
among me lower classes that the Jews
ought not to be a majority in Kishlnef.
Rioters Not Checked.
“The local authorities took no effective
step to stop the riots. The soldiers were
passive if not sympathetic spectators.
The police contented themselves with the
arrest of minor criminals until 4 o'clock
in the afternoon, when the governor,
who had remained at home, telephoning
orders which were disregarded, at. length
ventured to sign the necessary order for
the troops to be employed. The only ease
I heard of in which the latter used their
weapons was when they bayonetted a
t hristian boy who was pursuing a Jew
with stones. This boy was the only
Christian killed during the dlsturba nces. I
If resolute action had been taken by the
authorities I believe the riots would
have been checked at an early stage."
Mr. Bosanquet places the Jewish vic
tims at forty-one killed and 303 wounded
while among the Christians one was kill
ed and sixty-eight wounded, official In
quiries he says, show that three women
were violated, but this may well repre
sent a small fraction of the actual num
ber, since the Jewish women naturally
remain silent for their own sakes, as un
der the Mosaic law divorce must follow
violation. The vice consul heard of the
rape of a girl 12 years old and another
aged 13, but this was only hearsay. Mu
tilation and deliberate torture of the vic- 1
tints, ho says, does not seem to have been
practiced.
One Case of Mutilation.
Though there were undoubtedly great
barbarities, he only knows of one case of I
mutilation, when a man's eye was put I
out with a nail. He heard stories of mu- !
tilatlon after death and of a child being *
torn limb from limb, but ho considers tl>« i
that onty e-X n oiV& ,>l <9ftT<iren appear to ,
have perished.
Mr. Bosanquet pays a tribute to Prince ■
Urusoff, the new governor of Bessarabia,
who, he says, helped him with every ,
means in his power. “On the arrival of
the new governor, who is doing all he can
to gain the confidence of the Jewish '
population,” adds the vice consul, “mat- j
tors began to improve, and the commer- ,
rial life of the town was resumed. A i
new comer visiting the Jewish quarters
can see no signs of a stoppage, of busi
ness and it is hoped that Jewish commer
cial affairs are on a fairway to regain
their prosperity, though they have not
yet entirely recovered. The Jews place
their losses at two million roubles, but
this figure is probably an exaggeration.
“About 880 rioters were arrested and
308 per punished on minor charges, while
Tfi were acquitted. Three hundred and
sixty rioters will be tried at Tiraspol, in
October, of which number 100 are charged
with murder in addition to other crimes.
Ts they are found guilty they will be
sentenced to penal servitude on the Island
of Sakhalin.”
Only two weeks remain of the first
period of the Port Receipts Contest. '
A prize of S2OO is offered for the best
estimate received for the first period.
NEGROES FLEEING IN TEXAS. .
Whitesboro Will Soon Be Without a
Colored Resident.
Whitesboro. Tex., August. 13.—Although
promised protection by the officers of j
Whitesboro and this county, negroes are J
continuing to leave the city in large num - ,
bers and it seems but a question of a
short time until Whitesboro will be with-1
out a colored resident.
The mob, which was foiled In ar. effort ,
to lynch a negro last night, warned tiie ,
negroes to leave and committed many 1
depredations in the colored section. Sev
eral negro men were severely flogged, I
their houses entered and furniture de- I
stroyed.
WORK OF A CRAZY KANSAN.
Shot Into Crowd, Killed Three and
Wounded Several More.
Winfield. Kans., August 13.—Angered by
the music of a band concert, Gilbert I
Twigg, once a soldier In the Philippines, j
armed himself tonight with a double-bar- '
rel shotgun and a revolver and attacked
a crowd of 3,000 persons that surrounded
the band stand, killing three men, prob
ably fatally wounding three others and ;
injuring twenty more before he wa s shot [
by a policeman. Beside Twigg, the dead
are: Sterling Rice, Dawson Tillotson and
D. Bowman.
The band had just finished playing
"Hiawatha” when Twigg came up and
fired both barrels of Ins shotgun at the
band stand. R. E. Oliver, a musician, fell
with his back and arms full of shot.
The crowd surged toward Tigg, and he,
having released his piece, fired two
charges into the audience. Men and wom
en fell to the ground in pain, crushing
children beneath them. Those who were
not injured scattered in every direction,
but one, knocking many others to the
I ground. This panic allowed Twigg to
reload and fire several shots at the fleeing
men and women.
Twigg was a miller and the men about
town referred to him as "Crazy Twigg,”
but no one thought him dangerous. He
I lived in New Mexico for some time before
he enlisted. _
Earthquake Felt in Missouri.
St Louis August 16.—An earthquake
‘-•hock which lasted for several seconds,
was distinctly felt in al, parts of St. Louis
at 4 o'clock this morning. No damage
has been reported.
Alton His.. August 16.—An earthquake
shock was felt at 3:14 o'clock this morn
ing Most of the residents were awak
ened. The shock shook a quantity of
plastering loose in the Methodist Epis
copal church. At East Alton bricks were
shaken from several chimneys and glass
was broken in several windows. The
shock lasted nearly eight seconds.
I'HJB WEEKLY CONSTTFUTOONi ATLANTA. GUL.. MO2ND/i' AUGUST 17, 1903.
PIUS X FAINTS WHILE
SAYING MASS
Eor a Time He Seemed To Be Chok
ing, but Revived on the Appli
cation of Restoratives.
What Doctors Say of
His Condition.
Rome. August 11.—Just a week has
elapsed since the election of Pius X, and
he has already been overcome by the
unaccustomed strain of his pontiticial du
ties. He fainted this morning while at
mass. His collapse is considered to be
due to heartweakness, aggravated by fa
tigue. It constitutes the first victory of
his entourage which has insisted that he
should take the Change from his pre
vious life less strenuously. Even though
he disappoint some people, they urge him
not to concede audiences to all comers
and to render himself less accessible. Dr.
Lapponi supported this view and recom
mended the pope to take a complete rest.
The doctor has ordered ail audiences post
poned.
The pope had already’ given the com
munion to 200 people, when he began to
feel ill. Those about him soon perceived
that he was not himself, by his nervous
ness and Impatience, which showed Itself
when his attendant handed him his spec
tacles. He pushed them aside and drew
another pair from his pocket. When an
other attendant tried to tie the ribbons
i of his robes behind, he told him to stop
and did it himself, a most unusual occur
rence with him. The consternation of the
Venetians when they saw him faint was
great, and they rendered matters worse
by crowding around him. Mgr. Blseltl.
however, kept his presence of mind and
ordered the Swiss guard to clear a space
about the pontiff. Smelling salts were
brought hastily and had the desired ef
fect.
Seemed To Be Choking.
When able to speak again the pope
asked for a few drops of water, which
were given him and water was sprinkled
on his face. His gown was opened at the
neck as he semed to be choking. He re
fused resolutely, hoxvever, to be carried
to his apartment, saying that he was suf
ficiently strong to walk. He then pro
ceeded slowly, surrounded By his anxious
entourage, his head bent almost on his
shoulder and so pale that the flesh was
scarcely distinguishable from his robes.
The neck of his gwfli still refnalned open.
Dr. Davenzfa, speaking about the pope. :
said:
“If they wish our Plus not to succumb, i
the Vatican authorities must change their ,
system. They must not oblige him to i
follow the habits of Pope Leo. The pres- I
ent pontiff needs especially plenty of I
fresh air. He must not be shut up in a
box in a vitiated atmosphere.”
The pope retired earlier than usual, say
ing that he felt quite recovered. His Inti
mates, however, say that he Is much
changed since ills election and seems to
have grown years older. His sisters at
Venice were much alarmed over the news |
of his Indisposition and have deckled to
come to Rome to attend to him.
Leo’s Millions Are Discovered.
Rome, August 13.—The pope is quite well ,
today. He took a long drive and walk in |
the Vatican gardens and then received the i
Austrian ambassador, who presented his ,
credentials.
C’.acinno. the ni.’lor d"mo, no
Mocennl. opened the apartment or pope
Leo this afternoon, breaking the seals put
on at the time of the pontiff's death. They
found a considerable amount of money,
it is stated, several millions of francs, be
sides other valuables.
Cardinal Creston!, prefect of the congre
gation of sacred rights, was not present,
having left Rome on account of Illness.
The pope was again photographed to
day in the gardens. He afterwards re
ceived Cardinal Satolli, who inquired re
garding the appointment of a nev. secre
tary of state in succession to cardinal
Rampolla, and again suggested \ incenzo ,
Vannuttelli as the best fitted for the po I
sition. Cardinal Satolli then proposed the i
appointment of Father Edward lowler.
secretary to the Rev. J. J. H.irty, as a ,
domestic prelate to the pontiff, which ,
post carries with it the title of monsignor |
Th. pope granted the request and a brie,
making th.- appointment was issued Im
"V'ardinal Gibbons will come to Rome
Friday to assist at the consecration on
Saturday of. the Rev J. J. Harts as arch- i
bishop of Manila, which is to be perform
ed bv Cardinal Satolli. m the Franciscan j
church Os St. Anthony. On Sunday the .
pope will ree.-iv. the new archbishop and
Father Fowl -r In private audience. The i
former will receive the pallium from Car -
dinal Mae.'hi on Monday and will leave
Rome the same night.
The pope this afternoon received the
| ministers of Peru, I Uruguay and Argen
i tlna. Who presented their credential.- and
1 greetings from the governments on the
I occasion of his election.
Cardinals Rampolla and Moeenni after
a summary visit to pope Leos apartment,
decided to begin tomorrow taking an in
■ ventory of all it contains.
FORTUNE IS LEFT TO LEO.
Cardinal Rampolla Claims the Prop
erty Now Belongs to the Church.
Naples, Italy, August 14 - A parish
priest named Milone willed his whole
fortune of JSO.OOO to the reigning pontiff
when Leo XIII was at the point of
death. The priest has since died and
his family now set up the claim that the
will Is Invalid. Cardinal Rampolla, as
papal secretary of state, has directed a
local attorney to represent him, claiming |
that th“ priest collected the money tn 1
virtue of his office, and that It should
go to the church, and that Leo XIII, I
being the sovereign pontiff at the time, 1
could be represented in the action by
h's secretary of state.
The trial of the action occurred today
and the judge reserved his decision.
If your estimate In the contest, re
ceived during the first period, should
not take any other prize, and yet be
the nearest we received for that pe
riod, the S2OO special prize will be
paid you regardless of how far you
may have missed the exact figure.
TO SERVE DOUBLE PURPOSE.
| I
Wires V.'ill Be Used Both ror Tele- !
graph and Telephone Service.
Knoxville, Tenn., August 14.—(Special.)—
i It is announced that the Cumberland
! Telephone Company,' known as the East
I Tennessee Telephone Company in this
i section, will within a short time be using
Its wires between Asheville and Chatta
! nooga for both telephone and telegraph
j purposes. The purpose, it is said, is to
compete with the Western Union for this
1 Asheville-Chattanooga business. The wires
may be used for both telephone and tele
! graph, under the system that is to be
I introduced.
Man Whipped Until He Died.
| Dupuyer. Mont.. August 14.—Fourteen
I masked men, supposed to be cattlemen,
I took a herder from the sheep camp of
Joe Sturgeon last night and carrying him
10 miles into the mountains, tied him to a
tree and whipped him to death. They
shot many of the h ’er's sheep and
drove the remainder away. Sheriff Tay
lor and a posse are in pursuit of the
whitecaps.
MISS DE CRTS’CHARGES
FOUND TO BE UNTRUE
Prison Commission, Upon Investigation, Permits Deputy Warden
Ailagood to Resign and Leave the Farm—Whipping Was
Authorized by Statute, but Was Lack of Judg
ment on Allagood’s Part.
Deputy Warden Ailagood has tendered
his resignation as official in charge of the
prison farm at Milledgeville, and that
resignation has been accepted by the
prison commission.
This resignation comes, of course, as
the result of the whipping of Mamie De
Crls. Ailagood will remain at the prison
farm only jmtil his successor can be se
lected.
The official announcement of the resig
nation Is found In the report of the com
mission upon the Do CTls case, This
report a calm, dispassionate
review of the case, taken from the testi
mony submitted by all those having
knowledge of the affair, as taken by
State W ardeni Moore upon hj£ investiga
tion at the farm, and the conclusions
of the commission from this testimony.
From this It would appear that Alla
good has been an excellent official, that
his personal character is above reproach,
that he acted within his authority In
Inflicting this sort of punishment upon
any convict; but read between the lines,
it Is evident the commission is of the
opinion that he lacks the judgment and
discretion which an official in his position
should possess, and that with the De Crls
whipping, hi§ days of usefulness at the
farm have come to an end.
I he last paragraph of the commission's
report will be taken ns an Indication of
the purpose of that body to issue such
orders or rules as will make a repeti
tion of tlie De Crls scandal an Impossi
bility.
Nq successor to Deputy Warden Alla
good has as yet beep chosen. Several
applications have been filed with the
commission in anticipation of a vacancy,
but no selection will bo made until the
qualifications of the different applicants
and those others who may be suggest
ed, have been fully examined into.
the full text of the commission's find
ings is as follows:
Atlanta Ga.. August 15, 1903.—1 n re,
Mamie DeCris, Investigation of Her
Whipping: After a thorough, patient and
dispassionate review of the testimony,
pub.icly taken by State Warden J. C.
Moore and reported by t\r stenographer
employed for that purpose, of every wit
ness who professed to know any fact
connected therewith, or who was thought
to be able to throw any light upon the
above stated matter, the prison comnils
sion has reached the following conclu
sions:
1. The conduct of the convict, which
led up to, and was the cause of the pun
ishment, was aggravated, tending to seri
ously impair th.- discipline of the prison.
Her previous treatment bv the deputy
warden, an i his wife, the matron in
charge, had been considerate, manifested
In many ways, and so noted as to arouse
the envy oi almost every inmate of the
prison. Her clothes were better made
and laundered with those of the matron
and her family; she ate from the ma
tron's kitchen and was supplied with
delicacies which were not furnished tlie.
and ’light* l,o • str ' ,,l Ker physic
xct. dcsp t.- t),;s considerate treatment,
she negh.-i ,-d the tasks assigned her
was .requ. ally insolent and insubordin- I
ate, earrnd on clandestine correspondence
without th knowledge ![of the officials; I
hei i--if v. iote obscene and vulgar letters,
win- i sin- pretended had been found by
her -a or.f r to involve the gno d standing
of anoi 1.. r conx let, whose position in the
ti h-spii.'U she- wris seeking to secure
Foi thes.- matters she was admonished,
but i ■ no punishment. Finally, In
the al r. a. ot ill,; warden, and when’ no
guard «.:s present, she openly defied the
matron, -'-fused to obey t„. r orders, used
to lier ir. ilting language, ami became so
bolster and threatening in her de
portni nt.us to attract the attention of
priso, r.-in other parts of the building,
causing te matron to leave the room in
fear m billy harm
2. T •idence shows that the whip
ping, w h was administered by th”
warder, i the following day, for" these
causes <s over her clothing, ami that
no part her person was exposed. The
blows maer cut n< r blistered her skin
nor did s ex er complain of any sorem-ss
or otherll consequences to the wfiTfe i
femaie evict who shared her room and ,
xvas her lly companion In prison work
Nor did is other convict ever see any
signs of i whipping upon her person
The fi'-work which was afterwards
given h. :as such as many honest white
women a girls perform every day on
the farnof Georgia, and she admits 1
that she is permitted to rest .is often ■
and as 1; as she pleased. This work i
lasted omlx days, xvhen she xvas again '
assigned Work about the prison build- i
Ing and ffen. She was not chained at l
all. and “to a negro xvoman,” nor !
was She ad- to carry her row with
negro hornds. In no respect was her
health in.d or even endangered by this
work.
o Ihe srlntendent, who at this place
is tlm akego of the commission, and
who had icrity, in the absence of the
commisslo act for ft, testified that he
condemned whipping, after learning
of it, a protested against the field
work, bufther his condemnation nor
his protests communicated to the
commissic
4. Ihe isnt. physician appears to
have beertnoless He had no duty to
perform igard to the matter, no au
thority tc?r punishment of any kind,
or to inte’ with the discretion of the
warden in,rd thereto, unless the phys
ical condlof the convict was such as
to rendemishment dangerous to
health.
The chasjiade by the convict that
the wardens guilty of Improper rela
tions wirier female convicts, white
and black.t bis control, and that she
was whipjrecause she had rejected
improper :ces made to her by him,
iMorous
fomen.
Pale, NerCysterlcal, sickly women can
find a inkdtsting- cure from their afflic
tion, if thebut place themselves in my
care. I cure Men*
fr.ruaJ, Ovarian,
ff r terine and Rec-
; tai Troubles with-
M out <he l »y ™
SJyfgpJ entirely new meth-
'jFj 0,1 developed by
‘ after two pon-
erationfl of prac
tice as a family
doctor and spe
cialist in women's
diseases. Ladies I
who con hl not hear I
a pln drop without
,/ “Jumping out ~f
■ wBKr their skin.” whom
’ thp squeaking of a
’• bed or the crying
' f a child drove
into hysteria, wh -tse
backs were they Could hardJy
who had II Dizzy Spells contin
ualij, were cured f n u short time by
my method
If your .ctor does not un q er stan<l
your ease l am a r <... ognl2e<l j
cialist in anfl wl „ not on] I
understand e. but show- you how to
be cured. )VOU llv e out of the citv I
write me. hook on women'.;
diseases. JWT<x\ HATHAWAY, 42
Inman Ga. * I
are found to be absolutely false, for the
following reasons: Although several
weeks had elapsed from the date of her
punishment until the testimony was taken
no intimation of this charge was ever
i made by her. until the investigation, al-
I though she saw the superintendent fre
quently during the interval and knew that
I lie could and .would protect her. Not a
| single witness of the many suggested by
her. to prove or substantiate her charge,
corroborate her In any particular, but sev
eral who were called and sworn, at her
j instance, disproved the very acts to which
, she testified. Her reputed dissolute life
l previous to her conviction of larceny and
I forgery and her well-known proclivity f«r
j manufacturing sensational fictions, Inde
| pendent of other facts, would alone dls
! credit the charge. On the contrary, the
I warden had established a high character
for honor, truth and morality, which he
I had maintained, under every condition, as
a private citizen and a public officer, for
more, than fifty years, which Is proven by
many of the best <!I^ r «fens of the com
munity in which he has lived. He has
been warden of this prison and his wife
the matron for four years, during which
time ho has been efficient and demonstrat
ed his character for morality and humani
ty. By his considerate treatment of and
kindness to the convicts under his con
trol he has won their respect, confidence
and esteem.
This unfounded and malicious charge
plainly Indicates the dangerous character
of the convict with whom he was dealing
and the extreme measures to which she
would resort In order to accomplish her
nefarious designs, and well illustrates the
agravatlon which led up to her punish
ment.
Could the commissioners have foreseen
that the punishment as given would have
probably occurred, even under the circum
stances which caused it, they would have
prevented if, for it. was largely at their
direction that such consideration had been
previously shown this particular convict,
but when it Is remembered that the
statutes of Georgia in express words au
thorize the infliction of this punishment
upon convicts, and that the commission
had had no occasion heretofore to make
a rule against it, they can only conclude
that this particular punishment was an
error upon the part of the excellent
warden, who. recognizing that his use
fulness may have been impaired as such,
by reason of the prejudice which has
been created against him. by grogs mis
representations of the facts of the case,
has voluntarily tendered h’s resignation,
and he desires to have no further connec
tion with flic prison as soon as his suc
cessor can be appointed.
JOSEPH I. TURNER.
Chairman,
CLEMENT A. EVANS,
Commissioner.
TOM EASON,
Commissioner.
Mutiny of Negro Female Convicts.
Milledgeville, Ga., August 14.—(Special.!
Last night there was a mutiny at the
women’s building at the state prison
farm. About 75 negro women while at
supper began to show a spirit of law
lessness. The guard could do little with
them. One of the women jumped up and
said; “There will be no more whipping
here.” The same spirit of lawlessness
was manirested this morning, so much
so that Captain Foster felt it necessary
to go over to the different squads and
tell them very plainly that there was
n<> change in the laws and unless they
went on with the work In the usual way
they would not only get whipped, but
get more of it. This had the desired
effect and things were much better the
, huim wonting i,,r men
but have no patience witli orders from
women. Yet it is absolutely necessary
Ln- t matr ? n this building. A
gieat nianj are in for murder.
YANKEE SHIP SHELLED
BY CANADIAN GUN BOAT
Erie. Pa., August 12,-The Silver Sprav
l a fishing boat owned here, came into
j port this afternoon In a badly shattered
I condition, due to an encounter in mld
j lake about noon, with the Canadian rev
i enue cutter Petrel.
i lh“ Canadian authorities have had
trouble with American fishermen for
Jfa's. who were poaching on their side
Os the lake, and the Petrel is kept con
stantly on the lookout for them.
About noon she came upon the Silver
i bpray, on the Canadian side of the lake
and at once ordered Captain Cris Chau to
The Petrel is a strong steel craft, and
bo-H T"r attCl ? pted to rain the American
boat before she could comply with the
ntnls order. Captain Chau, remember
thfs sHa e > Of x severa! oth °r boats from
• ’ -ak which had been captured and
confiscated, two from Erie only last
S'-ason decided to try to escape and
Os th ‘n T d i ,U fU " speed ’ The '
of the I etrel, when he saw that the I
Silver Spray was trying to get away
opened tiro with all the guns he had
on board, and before be ceased firing
Sp?a e y tWenty Sh ° t3 had Struck tl,e Sliver
one passed through the smokestack In
t c , Ot h °. USe ’ in which ,;hau stood at
' and mOre str uck the pilot
house, one coming within a few Inches of
. scattering splinters around his
! entere <3 ’he water closet, two
(pierced the cabin, two split the roof
while ! fh' ept the after hurricane deck’
W mill Ot >? eFS val ' ious Parts of the boat
and iHmnffi kept Up f ° r some tlm «
ana < aptain t hau was nearly in losnMir
as his cold water pump refused to work’
eP; 1 , feared that his boat might be’
struck below the water line. He finally
PmreT 1 the lnte , rnational lin e and the
1 H, trL R' av e up the pursuit.
,J he . Silver Spray is a double-decker and
as f O n!eamJe y t' arS sorvlc e at Buffalo
a pleasure steamer.
Captain Chau will report the affair to
tut state department at Washington as
for To :S A h nf"m S ” Ot f ’ shin »‘ b, ‘t looking
lor .<>u. o of his nets which had
fr A m iarit Sl rf e t ? ward the Canadian shore ’
♦ A number of American
tugs have been confiscated by the
nadian government, one. however belong
ing at Dunkirk, was a few days ago order
ed returned by Secretary of state Hay.
i MASSACHUSETTS STRUCK ROCK.
I Big - Battle Ship Sustained Considera
ble Damage from Accident.
Bar Harbor, Me., August 12.—While
leaving the harbor during a thick fog
about noon today. In company with other
vessels of the north Atlantic squadron,
the fettle ship Massachusetts sustained
considerable damage lw striking on a
ledge of rocks off the western end of
Egg Rock. The big vessel slipped over
the rocks Into deep water, but the two
forward bulkheads soon filled and it was
subsequently found that several plates
had been cracked.
The Massachusetts was headed back
: Into the harbor with considerable diffl- i
i culty, accompanied by her sister ves«e'
the Indiana, and the gunboat Scorpion.’ '
She will remain here until Captain Man
ning, her commander, receives orders
from Washington, when it Is expected
diy docked 1 11' 1 proceed t 0 Brooklyn to be
rht h % f T adr °P had no soo:1( ' 1 ' started
d t- Se f °S. which had been hang
ing off shore all the morning rolled in
and within ten minutes it was impossL
ble to see more than fifty yards. It is
believed that the accident was due to a
miscalculation of the Massachusetts' po
sition on the part of the navigatin’- of
ficer. when the big battle ship struck
she was going at the rate of about nine
and a half knots, and although she was
THE SALESWOMAN
Compelled to Be on Her Feet the Larger Part o k
the Day Finds a Tonic in Pc-ru-na.
Miss Curtain, of 1 ’" r, ‘
Paul, Gives HeyT
Experience.
wIIF l wIP I
J
M* 53 Nellie Curtain-J/
MISS NELLIE CERTAIN, 646 Pearl
street, St Paul, Minn., head sales
■womaji In a department store,
writes’
“I have charge of a department in
a dry goods store, and after standing .
the larger part of the day, I would '
go home with a dull ache, generally i
through my entire body. I used j
Peruna and feel so much better that
I walk to and from the store now. I :
know Peruna to be the best medicine
on the market for the diseases pe
culiar to women,”—Miss Nellie Cur
tain.
Nothing Is so weakening to the humnn
system as the constant loss of mucus.
Catarrhal Inflammatiion of the mucus
membrane produces an excessive forma-
drawing 26 feet of water and there xvas
less than 25 feet on the ledge, her prog
ress was but little retarded .and she at
once passed over Into deep water.
Her officers stated tonight that if she
had been 50 feet to the westward she
would have cleared the ledge.
The collision siren was immediately
sounded and the Massachusetts bulk
head doors closed tight. The Indiana
and Scorpion, which were immediately
behind her. ran alongside to render as
sistance. The vessel thou returned to
harbor.
Cracks Found in Battleship.
Bar Harbor, Maine, August 13.—Late
this afternoon divers who had been ex
amining the United States battle ship
Massachusetts, which had her forward
plates cracked while leaving the harbor
in a fog yesterday, found that she was
more seriously damaged than was at
first thought to bo the ease, as the ship
was settling aft as well as forward. The
ship will be moved into more shallow
water so that If anything gives way she
will not sink deep enough to cause exces
sive damages. The divers were unabie
to locate any crack in the after pure of
the ship.
... - - .t
Washington, August 13.—Acting Secro.
tary Darling late this afternoon received
from Captain Emory, commanding the
Indiana, the senior officer present, the re
port of the board appointed to Investigate
the accident to the Massachusetts. The
dispatch Is as follows;
“Bar Harbor, Maine, August 13, 1903.
Secretary of the Navy, Washington:
Board lias finished Investigation Massa
chusetts; its conclusions meet my ap
proval. Reports as follows: Compart
ments A 7 and A 97 full of water, about
390 tuns. Slight leaks into A 5 ami A 6,
where longitudinals pierced water-tight
bulkhead at frame 14. This bulkhead
slightly sprung. Slight leaks through
rivets Into compartments A 4 and A 8.
Diver reports that port starboard strake
dented and cracked athwart ships be
tween frames 17 and 18. Crack about xS
inches long and 1-2 Inch wide.
“Second crack in shape of inverted ’T’
in port strake B or C between same
frames. Crack extends four feet across
tlie plate and 14 inches In the seam with
half inch greatest opening. About 24 feet
of docking keel injured. Divers remain
at work. Recommend txvo centrifugal
pumps electric driven preferred inch,
suction with 30 feet suction hose, fool
cheek valve and delivery hose for each i
pump. 1 consider It necessary for Indiana
to remain. EMCRY.”
A later dispatch from Captain Emorv
reads:
"Subsequently to report of hoard divers
discovered that starboard garboard strake
between frames No. 7 and No. IS is punc
tured. Opening extends above 3 1-2 feet
Inches ” the P ' ate ‘ Gr^atest width is 4
WOMAN LEADER OF LYNCHERS.
Indicted by the Grand Jury at Dan
ville, Ills.
• Danville, Ills.. August 13.—The grand
i Jury Investigating the recent lynching
has reported true bills against eighteen
men and one woman.
There are three counts against each:
Defacing public property, attempting to
enter a building with Intent to murder
the sheriff and three prisoners riot and
unlawful assemblage. All are under ar
rest and will be arraigned Saturday
morning. It Is said that the woman led
the lynchers.
THE PORT RECEIPTS CONTEST,
Every estimate received during the ;
first period of the contest competes ‘
especially for the prize of S2OO to be
given for the best estimate received
before September 1.
THE CALVIN VAGRANCY BILL.
Important Measure Is Promptly Ap
proved by the Governor.
One of tho most interesting measures
that was dealt with at the session of the
Georgia legislature just adjourned is the
vagrancy bill by Mr. Calvin, of Ri ch .
i h meiwure - materially
amends the present vagrancy laws has
been approved by the governor
ar t? COrdinS th ® Calvln biil vagrants
h o'x> nO l>ro 'P , -‘ l 'ty to support them
p^x^ f r d^Cei(^ -
w, “ "• *'"••»»««
no visible or known means of a fair
k vi n a ?m an,J I r< ;i’ llt - lbb ’ livelihood. The term
■* 'j “ n( kn own means of a fair hon
es-t and reputable livelihood,” as uAed in
this section, shall be construed t
reasonably continuous emploum
some lawful occupation for reasonable
compensation or a fixed and regular In
ci.mo from property or other investment
whl ch income ls sufficient for the support
and maintenance of such vagrant
4. Persons having a fixed abode, who
ha\e no visible propertv to qiinnfirf
and who live by steaHn'g or bv'Trading'™
bartering stolen property. ’ K
6. All able-bodied persons who are found
begging for a living or who quit their
tlon of mucus. Whether the mucus mem
brane be located In the head or pelvic
organs, the discharge of mucus is sure to
occur.
This discharge of mucus constitutes
a weakening drain; the system, can not
long withstand the loss of nyicus,. hence
it Is that women afflicted with catarrh
al affections of the pelvic organs feel
tired and languid, with weak back a,nd
throbbing brain. A course of Peruna is
; sure to restore health by cutting off the
i weakening drain of the dally loss of mu
! cus.
An Admirable Tonic.
| Congressman Mark H. Dunnell. Nation
| al hotel, Washington. D C., writes:
I "Your Peruna being used by mt self
I and many of mv friends and acquaint
ances not only as a cure for catarrn,
| but also as an admirable tonic for physi
cal recuperation. I gladly recommend it
to all persiinj, requiring such remedies. ’
I —Mark 11. Dunned.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results ficin the -use of Penm.-i
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving .a
full statement of your case and he will
be pleased to give, you his valuable ad
vice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman. President of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus.
Ohio.
houses and leave their wives and children
without the means of subsistence.
7. That ail persons who are able to
work and who do not work, but hire oxt
their minor children and live upon their
wages, shall be deemed and -onsider.-d
vagrants.
8. All persons over 16 and under 21 years
of age able to work and who do not w rk
and have no property to support them,
an 1 have not some known and visibl
means of a fair, honest and reputable
livelihood, and whose parents are unabie
to support them, and who are not in at
tendance upon some educational institu
tion.
If, upon a trial before a jury sworn to
inquire whether such person be a vagrant
or not, the fact of vagrancy be establish
ed. the said vagrant shrill bo bound In
sufficient security. In the discretion of
the court, for his future industry and
good conduct for one y-.-.r. Said bond
shall be payable to the court. Upon such
vagrant's refusal or failure to give such
security, the said vagrant shall be pun
ished as for a misdemeanor.
INTERESTING FIGURES
: SHOW STATE’S GROWTH
By Martin V. Calvin.
The Constitution deserves tlie thanks of
mousarirts ot for printing the full
| text of the address d< livered b
J. F. Hanson, before the Georgia Si. •-
Agricultural Society at Aliens on th-,
evening of the sth last., his sub.. •
being Industrial Development in .
M hile styled an address, the deiiv. :.
ante wa; really a great speech. I had
I.'w pleasure of hearing Maj
jon the occasion referred to. He was n
| his best. He made .a de.-p and last!.-,,
Impression on his large and Intelligent
audience.
• | Major Hanson gave a batch m striK-
I | ‘ n S facts and figui -
I advanced position he assumed and mai.--.
. j tabled on the controlling elements m
si the industrial progress made d mak-
I ing by ’liis state Im-ide: .
' marked he believed that, ii a , . n parl? m
were Instituted between the grus.- vaiu
ox all r'ariii products ami ail i>r?ducls
of manufactures the latter w-m: ■ ;
tound to bo in excess us :. e tor:-, r. 1
determined, at first bppoitunity, : - makt
< hat on parison. Tim res
quay surprised me sum-- Anti. 1 go.
mem to you as follows:
In IM(> oyer inanu:aetur.-d pr .i.a-ts,
gross, amounted . on. ~: i'
cultural products, gr amount u to
lhey xvere running nin and "1-k-
Xad. laCtUrC3 beii ‘ S ° nii per ' “ ,l
Wondrous, indeed, when ■ re- k tnt
difficulties ami
w? < ."' r : ■ i.
i-i Georgia’s rnanufa ■ .
gross, amount
cent >earS ’ inurease-l
In 1890, our ag -
amounted to
cent. Major Ham
railroads ?
j worthy the stud.i ’of farmer!- ... wed’
manufacturers; worth: the stud’ 0 -'
ever.v person who is ■]. :r . \ f .-‘.
abreast the times
to”a A U w j ? Ct ’, 1 W,! T t 0 ,lre ’ ,tten n
to a few facts equady Ist.'.
In 1819, the railway yr u.ertv >f Geo--
g a amounted to J9.MG.P.9; it stO o d
at a valuation of 553,2L,5E--a gain of
406.5 per cent. s »n oi
, Il L 1 ' s ?? our cotton factories were valued
ln 1902 ,hev ' ver « worth ?'3-
f ’ o Kaln of 1332 - 5 I' er '■ ’ n( - Wonder
ful, is it not?
In 15,9 our city and town real estate
aggregated $49.007.2W: in !?,<.■ J1_'2,g73,195
an increase of 150.3 per ccn .
In 1879 our lands, live stock and farm
implements were valued at 5L'-1.«39,232; in
stood at Ji73,kP.siT, an increase
of 40. J per cent
Summary;
1900. manufactured products, gross, ex
ceeded agricultural products in value 2.2
per cent.
Decade 1890-1900 manufactured products
increased 54.7 per cent; agricultural prod
ucts Increased 21.1 per cent.
1879-1972, railway property Increased 456.5
per cent; cotton fact 'll -s Increased 1332.5
I Per cent; c’ty and town real estate In
creased 150.3 per cent, lands, live stock
and farm Implements Increased 40.2 per
cent.
A paradeful array of facts and figures
you say. Yes, and the array is history
In motion. Respectfully.
MARTIN V. CALVIN.
House of Representatives, Atlanta. Au
gust 11. 1903.
he once owned millions.
New York, August 15.—Moses Rockwell
Crow, projector of extensive water com
panies and once a millionaire, has died
a pauper at the state hospital on Ward
Island. He projected tile present water
system used to supply Ward island.
(.'row made the millions he spent so
lavishly by developing water systems for
a number of communities, notably in
Grand Rapids, Mich., and Westchester
county, in this state. Money being need
ed for furtner operations, he mortgaged
his property and plants recklessly. Bad
financiering and business quarrels got
him into complicated litigation, which
ended in foreclosure proceedings and the
loss of his eutiro property.
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