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VOL. XXVI. NO. 35.
REPORTED KILLING OF
U. 8. CONSUL UNTRUE
Washington. August 27.—Prompt an.l
vigorous action is taken by the United
States government to secure the punish
ment of those implicated in the attempted
assassination of United States Vico Con
sul William C. Mageissen at Beirut,
Syria, on Sunday last. Minister Lelsc'.l
rf.'an, at Constatinople, who reported tiie
fact to the state department, lias been In
structed by the state department to de
mand a thorough investigation of the af
fair and the punishment of those involved
In the crime. The European squadron,
consisting of three war ships, has been I
ordered tn proceed immediately to Beirut
to support the demands of the United
States minister should this be found
necessary.
This measure was determined on as a,
result of conferences, which have been
held today over the telegraph an<l tele
phone wires between President Roosevelt
at Oyster Bay and Washington. The presi- |
dent felt that no time should be lost and
he gave instructions to Acting Secretary
Darling that immediate orders be given
Admiral Cotton to proceed at once.
The president's determination was also
due In part to information received by
Acting Secretary Loomis, of the state
department, tonight from the president
of the American board of missions at
Boston, indicating that an attempt has
been made to burn the Euphrates college
building at Harpoot. This dispatch said:
•'lnformation just received that an at- ]
tempt has been made to buru the Eu
phrates college buildings. Conditions In
creasingly alarming. Great anxiety felt
for the safety of American citizens
there.”
Acting Secretary Loomis tonight cabled
to Minister Lelschman at Constantinople
to make immediate demands on the porte
to take adequate measures for the pro
tection of all Americans at Beirut and
to prevent any attack on the college
building.
Admiral Cotton, who was directed to
day to hold his squadron in readiness
to proceed at a moment’s notice to Beirut,
cabled the navy department as follows,
under date of Nice, France:
“Cable just received. Machias at Genoa
for coal. Brooklyn has seven day*. Sap
Francisco six ami a half days’ coal at 10
knots. Cannot exceed that speed with
Manilas. It’ squadron going west should
coal at Marseilles. If cast, at Genoa.
“COTT- >N.”
Admiral Cotton’s Instructions are to
sail at one? It is probable he will go
ahead to Beirut with the Brooklyn, low
ing the Ma •!•:.-» and the San >
I? follow. It is estimated that the Brook
lyn. going full speed, can reach Beirut
within six days.
Assassin’s Bullet Went Astray.
Constantinople, August 28.—1 t transpires
that the report that the United States
Vice Consul Mageissen was killed is in
correct. An unknown individual fired at
liim and the bullets passed close to him
but did not touch him. The vali of Beirut
afterwards visited Vice Consul Mageissen,
expressed his regrets for the outrage and
ordered measures for the arrest of the
perpetrator. Th. error in stating that I
V ice Consul Mageissen had been killed I
arose from a mistake in the cipher tele- j
gram.
Ships Will Go Anyhow.
Oyster Bay. August 28. President
Roosevelt, tonight received through tile
state department at \\ ashington confirma
tion of the Associated Press dispatches j
from Constantinople and Beirut which ]
show that the report of the assassination '
of Vice Consul Mageissen at Beirut is an!
The president will not countermand the ;
ord l r r> Rear Admiral Cotten to prie eu i
with the cruisers Brooklyn and San
Frisco and the gun boat. Machias I'
Turkish ware-. The at’t..ck on Mr. Ma.-j
gelsscn is regard'd a.-, an incident whi I: ]
points to the : ■ ■ -.--.ty of a demonstrati n I
which will have the effect on insuring the I
protection of Americans in the Turki-b ■
empire.
The presi.lent expressed gratification 1
that Consul .Mageissen had escaped with- I
out Injui > from th-' assault of the would-]
be murd- rer
For several hours today President ■
Roosevelt and Secretary rd State Hay ;
were in conference at Sagamore Hill. ]
They discussed every suggested phase of |
the situation In Turkey. At the con-j
elusion of the c-.nf r ncr- Secretary Hay I
announced 1 tion of returning inf-
mediately to Washington. The fact that I
Secretary Hay . ->n filers his presence in ]
Washington news y at tin. time inili-i
cates the serio ■ -w he takes of the ]
Turkish situation.
Leishman Takes Gloomy View.
Oyster Bay. N. Y., August :.9.—lt devel- j
oped today that the e.-ibh gram from Min- ]
later Leishman at Constantinople. trans- '
rnitted late last night t > President Roos 1 - |
velt, contained, in addition to a state- .
ment of the incorrectness of the an- ]
nounced assassination of Vi •• Consul
Megelssen at Beirut. an important report I
upon the situate in in the Ottoman em- i
pire.
Minister Leishman takes a serious view ■
of the condition of affairs in Turkey. :
practically the -ntire dominion of the |
VARDAMAN WON IN MISSISSIPPI.
Jackson. Miss , August 28.—(Special.)—
In view of the < 'niid-'nt claims made by j
the Critz forces and the smallness of the
majority claimed by the- Vardaman sac- ;
tlon prior to Thursday's primary. Major ,
Vardaman’s spier did victory in the gov- i
ernorsHip eonttst assumes the propor
tions of a landslide.
His majority will be between 8.000 and
10,000 when the complete reports from )
remote Interior counties are received, and '
this is 5.000 more than his campaign man- 1
agers hoped or expected.
The Vardaman supporters are highly <
jubilant over the result and tomorrow I
a special train will leave the capitol city !
for Greenwood the home of Major Varda- |
man. It will be filled to overflowing with ;
his friends and a big jubilation is prom- I
ised. It Is probable that the victorious '
sultan is in a state of unrest and in
some parts the existing turbulence is ,
I equivalent to Insurrection.
Minister Leishman apprehends serious
trouble and indicates his belief that Amer
ican interests are In peril on account of
the fanatical Mussulman population. It
has not been decided definitely whether
Admiral Cotton's squadron will rendez
vous at Beirut as originally ordered. The
destination of the vessels will be deter
mined by the developments of the situa
tion.
The state department today received
a cablegram from Minister Leishman in
] which he stated Liat advices from the
American consuls at Harpoot and Bei
rut were to the effect that while the
Americans in those places are in danger
of suffering from an uprising it any time,
the situation was not, at the time of send
ing the dispatches, as grave as earlier
reports would indicate. Mr. Leishman
has been instructed to notify the Turkish
: government that It must keep the peace
i and that it will be held to a strict ae
-1 countability for any lawless act toward
American citizens.
Leishman Wants Squadron Recalled
London, August 39.—A dispatch from ;
Constantinople, dated August 29. to the |
Exchange Telegraph Company, says it is |
understood that after an interview with I
Foreign Minister Tewfik I’asha, Minister I
Leishman requested Washington to recall ]
the European squadron which has been
ordered to Beirut.
War Ships Sailed Sunday Morning.
Washington, August 30.—The bureau of
navigation of the navy department has
been advised by cable that the cruisers
Brooklyn and San Francisco sailed from
Genoa this (Sunday) morning and ate
expected to arrive at Beirut Friday next. t
Other than the advices from Admiral i
Cotton, announcing his departure with
the cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco '•
for Beirut, there were no developments in
the Turkish situation today so far as ]
Washington is concerned. No additional ■
information came today from United I
States Minister Leischman, Secretary I
Hay saying tonight he had not heard
from our minister to Turkey since yes- j
terday morning. The orders to Admiral 1
Cotton to proceed to Beirut will not be.
cancelled, it is authoritatively stated to- !
night, unless the president so directs. I
Such an order at this time, however, ap- ]
patently would not avail anything, as the i
admiral is now on his way to Turkey
The Associated Press' interview with !
Cheltib I'ey. the Turkish, minister, at his .
summer home at Sayville. Long island, ;
was a topic of almost general dis ms- ]
sion in official circles today. That the j
minister manifestly is perturjjed over the I
situation in affairs in Turkey is fully ]
realized hero Ills uneasiness over the I
presence of an American fleet in Turkish I
waters lest it be taken by the revolu- i
tionists as an evidence of the American
government’s sympathy with their cause,
it is thought, will not be a strong
enough reason for its withdrawal. The
administration regards it as a. sacred
duty to see that adequate and prompt ,
assistance and protection should b£. given
American interests in the disturbed dis
I tricts and for this reason feels justified
i in Ipiving the war ships sent to Tur
i key.
Charivari Shots Scared Mageissen.
London, Tvugust 31.—The Sofia, corre ■
spqndont of The Times telegraphs that !
it is explained that the Beirut affair |
was merely a wedding party indulging j
in a fen de joio and the shots were not 1
directed with design against the United I
.-’tatis vice consul, Mr. Mageissen.
CALEB POWERS IS FOUND GUILTY.'
Georgetown, Ky., August 29.—The third
trial of .• x-Si-cretary of State Caleb Pow
ers for complicity in the murder of Gov
ernor William Goebel hi January. 1900,
closed shortly before noon today with tlte
extreme penalty of hanging for the dis
tinguished prisoner, who has been in tlio
penitentiary for three years on life sen
tence. The verdict of the jury, “guilty
and the punishment of death," was re
ported into court at 11:20'o’clock today.
Several hundred pe q>'.e crowded the court
room when the verdict was read and
the most intense silence prevailed. The
Jury was polled and each man declared
the verdict of guilt to be his finding. Pow
ers sat unmoved, while his attorneys
asked for time to make a motion tor a
new trial. Arthur Goebel broke down
' from the strain on hearing of the verdict
of guilty. The jurors decline to state
what occurred In the jury room. George
Wyatt was foreman.
Arthur Goebel, brother of the victim. >s
I a prominent merchant at Cincinnati and
; has spent Ills time and fortune for over
■ three years in the prosecution of those
] accused of being in a conspiracy to kill
Ids brother. Powers lias been convicted
■ twice before, this being the third trial m
! which tiie jury brought in a verdict of
; guilty against him. At the previous trials
i lie escaped with a sentence to life irn
l prfsonment ns the evidence was not suffi
i i n'litly strong against him to lead tiie
; jury to inflict the extreme penalty.
I Powers had nothing to say regarding the
I
candidate will bo brought back to Jack
l son and a big rally held here.
The defeat of Judge Critz and the over
i whelming victory of Vardaman is due
I to several causes, chief of which was
■ a desire on the part of the people of Mis.
i sissippi to show their resentment to Pres
ident Roosevelt’s meddling with the ne
gro question. Major Vardaman advocat
ed the division of the school fund between
the races.
1 A feeling has been apparent in the
i state that the north, led by president
! Roosevelt, has persistently attempted to
, stir up sectiona] feeling on the negro
i question.
Hon. R. L. Bradley is elected railroad
I commissioner over Mclnnis by a small
majority. Hon. S D. McNair was elected
commissioner of the southern district by
■ a majority of over 2,000.
ATLANTA, G A., MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1903.
TURKISH MASSACRES
REPORTED IN BALKANS
Sofia, August 2-I.—With the rumors of
• massacres and the murder of prisoners
in Monastic now authenticated, the gen
eral situation is considered here as fast
becoming intolerable. Official and diplo
matic circles alike are concerned, hav
ing every reason to fear that only a part
of the horrors enacted in the interior ol
Macedonia have come to lignt as yet.
The revolutionary committees are do
ing their utmost to force the hands of
the Bulgarian government and the imme
diate outlook is exceedingly serious.
It appears that the Turks have obtain
ed the upper hand in the vilayet of Monas
tlr and toe insurgents are planning to
remove the center oi the activity c;os<-
to the Bulgarian frontiers. Dispatched
' arriving today t’rmo the disturbed
area ar? exceedingly gloomy, bronr
Adrianople comes news which denotes tin
extension of the revolutionary outbreak;
from Monastir the news of Turkish ' ic
teric* accompanied I'.' barbarous execs*.
Willie many of the reports remain
without confirmation, sufficient authentic
details are furthcoming to cause the au-
I thorities the greatest anxiety. Accord
; ing to the Sofia Dnatnlk, the Turks com
■ mi.ted unspeakable atrocities at Ktu-
I shevo.
Heads Exhibited on Poles.
I The multilated corpses of nineteen wom
en' and children Were found in one build
ing; pieces of tile bodies had been thrown
into the streets. Fifteen of the prin
cipal merchants of the town were killed
and their heads exhibited on poles. |
At Monastir the churches were demol- ]
ished, Un houses sacked and the town
Is noyv in a heap of ashes. The popma.-e
fled to tue hills, where they are in a
] starving condition.
! The Dnevmk also asserts that a gen
l eral massacre has taken place in the
j whole vilayet of Monastir. Nearly all
j of th- villag.-s have been destroyed. Ihe
treacherous murder of eighty Insurgent
: prisoners by the guards near Monastir
. iias made an especially bad impression I
n«re.
] Many rumors are current of massacres
1 in the city ot Adrianople, but confirma
; lion is Licking. The situation there, how ■
1 ever, undoubtedly is serious. The popu
i lation is afraid to leave the house.-,. 1 ne
! prisons are full and the vail has taken
i private houses to b • used tis jails. When
; the Russian consul protested at the situ
' ation the vail is reported to have an
; swi.red that, lie wa: powerless uigamst
’ that fata tleal po;>u ition.
To Exterminate Bulgarians.
I Salonika, European Turkey, Sunday,
: August An insurgent movement is
j afoot in the vilayet of Salonica. it is
i feared that it threatens Vedena (16 miles
l from here), Salonica and other towns.
I Well informed persons here share in the
i general disquietude. Leagues arc report
ed to have been organiz'd by Bulgarians
who. it is expected, at a given signal,
will resort to general incendiarism
Tile Turkish population i.s resolved, should
great disturbance occur, to exterminate
all the Bulgarians in this city. Conse
i quently a number of Bulgarian residents
are leaving Salonica.
Women Ravished and Butchered.
Monastir, European Turkey. August 25.
Tile once In intifiil oil;, of Kriischcvo is
a heap of ruins. The women and children
are homeless, exposed to the weather and
famine. The town is rendered uninhab
itable by the odor of corpses, which are .
being gnawed liy dogs and pigs. The '
Turkish anihorltb ~ are refusing to allow |
them to be removed under the pretext i
that an inquest wiil be held.
Krusi'hevo : s on the summit of i
( verdict, except to express his surpri:-- 1 ]
| that such a result could be reported from .
i the evidence heard and to announce that I
1 lie would take an appeal and continue !
| the case to the last resort. When Powers !
secured his former now trials a majority ,
: of tlios ■ on the appellate court were re- I
, publicans, but it is now composed of dem- ]
i ocratic judges. As commonwealth at - '
I torney Franklin shook hands with ca< li
' juror after hey were dismissed. Powers j
! watched the greetings closely, but at no i
j time did he show any sign of breaking j
I down. Powers is regarded as a strong .•
; man. He was elected secretary of state!
' on the republican ticket headed by W. S. |
: Taylor for governor in 1399, but served j
! only a. few months as all the state olii- |
| cis were contested by those on the demo- 1
; cratie. ti( kit heaued by William Goebel.]
1 Special Judge Robbins this afternoon |
formally overruled a motion for the |
[ granting of a new trial to Caleb Powers. |
I He then passed the sentence of death '
| upon him, fixing November 25 next as tin: j
i day set for his execution. The attorneys I
! for tiie defendant wiil appeal Hie case |
' to tiie Kentucky court of appeals, anil,
if affirmed there, may try to get ihc
I United States supreme court to lake it
under consideration. Powers was Hie
I coolest man in tlte court room when tiie
| sentence was pronoun, ed. H,.- was then i
remov' d to tl.e Scott county jai] to be ’
held theri? pending tiie appeal of his case j
to the higher courts. A t. legram from i
Indianapolis states that ex-Governor W i
S. Taylor, said: i
“This verdict affects me very much. 1 !
cannot say a word.”
I
MR. KOHLSAAT MAKES SOME DENIALS!
Oyster Hay, August 24.—H. H. Kohl
saat, of ( hi 'ago, was a guest of tile j
president and Mrs. Roosevelt at lunch '
today As the visit was Kohlsant’s third '
, lo Sagamore Hill in two months, the an-
I nouncenirnt * f his corning cr<?at<?cl some i
i comint nt. Alter his conference with the !
pt - ’ sid. in, _\j|. Koh!, .mt said in response
; to a diret t inquiry by a representative of j
i the Assn ial. .j Press that his call had i
; nothing; whatever to do with any con- ‘
; templaifti change in the cabinet.
■ *Jt hi.-, b n runnircd.’* Mr. Kohlsa.it j
said, ’ that I might be appointed post ■
i master general, but there is absolutely
; nothing in that story. The president con- '.
I templates no change in that office. In
i fact, he desires tiiat his cabinet should !
! remain intact, at least until the close of
| the present administration. Personally,
I 1 do not desire public office and the pres-
I idem has no office in his gift which 1
I would accept.”
a hill, eight hours distant, and to the
north west jof Monastir. it contained 1,000
inhabitants, mostly Vlaehs, calling them
selves Greeks. Ttu ie- were 100 poor Bul
garian houses. The Vlaehs are prosper
ous merchants, who tr.. vcl abroad on
business, leaving their families in Krus
chevo.
After making fortunes abroad by tlj'.ir
diligence and economy, they return to
spend their wealth in Kruschevo, where
they own line houses, furniture and jew
els. The Turkish inhabitants of the sur
rounding villages have long envied the
prosperity of Kruseh- vo.
The Macedonian c unmitie ■ in concert
with Bulgarian I. mis. was eompleting ir
rangemi nts during set era! months with a
view to occupying tin town, in Julv last
tile authorities of Kia.- hevo, observing
the tin eati uihg movement, begged the
vali ol Monastir io s 1 reinforcements,
as the garrison of 30 soldiers was insuffi
cient tp cope with an insurgent attack.!
These warnings were ignored.
The Attack Is Made.
On August 2, the day tix.-d for the Bul
garian attack on while four
marriages wore being celebrated in the
Greek church, a number of Komitajis,
by proarrangome.'it, remained hidden in
the church and wer- locked in by the
sacristan on the conclusion of the cere
monies. At 10 o’clock at night they sound
ed an plarm by ringing the church bells.
Sirnii’itv.m,H>usly a. band, of 300 insurgents
heeded by J’etrott enter.-vl the town, dis
charging their rifles.
I lie terrified inhabitants remained in
doors. Tile bumi first burned the resi
<b nee of the minister and massacred the
garrison of I'urki. Ii soldiers, and the of
| lil ials of the town, but the invaders
I spared the Turkish harems. On the fol
lowing morning the omltajis established
a provisional government and instituted
a. new police and immacipa lit v. They
killed ten Christians, who they’ believed
had betrayed their plan* of the commis
sion. J lie noir bb's ol tile town were
compelled to contribute SIO,(XL to the revo
lutionary fund. The Bulgarian villages
j i'i tile neighborho >d, liearing that Krus
elievo was in the hand* -f the insurgents,
i entered the town and demanded ammu-
I niilon, which, however, was unobtain
able.
| The provisional gover. nrnnt construct
|ed a rampart inclosing th town, and the
ii.liabitants were ord ( I to melt down
tle-ir spoons to make Imilets.
The Turks informed of tin a .ture of
the town, sent from The P.rh-p three
squadrons of cavalry, v hi h were nttaek
en route and corny i>"l to retire with
' a loss of one hundred killed.
Ali Inhabvants Slain.
| Constantinople, ' * ' r ’ : r,
villages ne tr L’a' he koskt I, vil et
lof Adri.mople, are report l -I to have been
iitt.-i ki.l by Circassians and their inltab
itants massacred.
Macedonians Appeal to Powers.
Sofia, August 26. An immense mass
meeting of Macedonians took place here
today. 11m proceedings were most enthu
siastic. It. was resolved that a. memo
randum should be. presented to the repre
sentatives of the great powers at Sofia,
urging their governments to take action.
Tlte secret visit of the Russian squadron
to Turkish waters was much commented
upon at the meeting.
It was described as a moment of sun
shine which quickly passed." Tim speak
ers impas.-iionati-ly appealed for the im
mediate intervention of the powers in
Mai* (lonia, declaring tii.it i 1 pouring out
of blood in Macedonia continues another
fortnight Europe, will find nobody there
to save.
Tiie Bulgarian ministers were urged not
to stand by while their brethren were dy
ing in Macedonia.
I The gathering was tin largest yet held,
j The Maimdonian cemriittei has issued a.
I black-liordereil list of seventy villages
■ which have been pillag'd and destroyed
j in tht vilayet 'if Mon_'tir, to which are
! added instaapes of revolting outrages per
i perated on women. The pa’ilica tion of
j this sheet has created , sj i ;ton.
! : en r ■ ed in official
| circles (nd.>v from the interior of Mace
| donia. The revolutions! l at Kiselievo
' m< report, <1 to haw six q X k .firing
kuns. In a fight which ha • -usi occurred
In that dis: rUt, the Insurgents d' feabd
and slaughtered an entire detachment of
eighty s'ddiers.
A 'Turkish c mricr carrying lii.Oi.i 1 ) francs
intended for the payment of the troops
fi.i s i>-?i n » -aptu.’ (■(] by insuryent.'-’.
Bulgarian Insurgents Defeated.
Salonica, August 30. The Bulgarian in
gents sustained a sever e reverse at
Smilovo Friday, i.vfo of thenl being
killed.
Ihe insurgents to the number of 3.000
occupied a position on a height, which
Aas stormed by six battalions of Turk
isli troops command d by Servet Pasha.
After losing I.'XM of their number, the
ihilgariuns fled in the face of rhe heavy
Turkish artiHmy fire. The Turkish
/ s were insignificant
The Pulgari.in insurgents, on capturing
tiie town of N. veska. .August ?>. seized
the arms and mmunition of the garri
son, levied ;i contribution of .<.*>, "Ol on the
town arid th •<) withdrew to the moun
tains. Tho Turkish troops on their ar
rival bomba!(!•(! the town, but receiving
no respou.e th. y . I. .I th.- {own with
out mob sting tile iiihabit.uits.
New Risings Are Reported.
Sofia, August Si. Dispatches received
todaj’ from t.’onstantinople, S.Honica, ’
Monastir and Adrianople reveal an un- |
s;;t isfactory con-'.iti- n of affairs m Mace- j
doni:». b'rnm Salonica come reports of j
new ri'ings. Al Monastir the ins.ug -nts j
are said to be misters of the situation.
Telegrams front Adrianople declare Hint |
the insurgent bands arc continuing tneTr i
ravlg, ' s - _ I
—
Mr. Kohlsnat did discuss with the presi-
I dint the subject of financial legislation. ,
I For several weeks he has been gathering I
■ information for the president bearing upon
I the subject. His researches have been in |
■ both the east and in the West, and the net ’
' results he has laid before the president. I
! "I think some legislation of a remedial .
’ character may be enacted at the ap- I
i ptone'ning session of congress.” lie said. I
' ''but there is a wide divergence of opin- !
I ion among authorities as to what, if any- j
i thing, ought to be done. The demand fori
I financial legislation comes principally |
| from tin east, but even here financiers I
i are- not in accord. In the west, our pe >- i
pie are not thinking much about the mat-I
j tor The whole is wonderfully prosperous I
I and all of our banks have so much money
1 they are discounting eastern commercial
paper every day. The best judgment is I
that whatever tinancia) legislation is tin- i
dertaken should be purely remedial and
very brief, covering perhaps not more I
than twenty-five lines."
IN DEATH’S EMBRACE
MAJOR SMITH RESTS
Cartersville. ’Ga., August 24.—(Special.)
Major Charles 11. Smith (Bill Arp) is
dead.
Since the successful operation and re
moval of stones from the gall bladder,
which prolonged life, lie lias been grad
ually growing weaker, a battle between
his fine constitution and the effects of
the. obstructions going on.
The former might have gained the
mastery but for the poison that had per
meated his system. The hard breathing
and repression and restlessness seemed
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| talaaiHMEiii
MAJOR CHARLES H. SMITH (BILL ARP),
to have disappeared in a measure after
the operation rind though unconscious, a
stage lie had been in for two weeks, he
became quite tractable and his case
easily managed until the weakness had
grown to the point where dissolution be
came an inevitable consequence. This
in reality began about 6 o’clock tills
evening, following a hard convulsion,
and at 9:40 tonight his gentle spirit took
its flight into the great beyond.
Os his family, his wife, his daughters.
Miss Marian and Mrs. Brumby, are at
the home, the well known “Shadows.”
The other daughters, Mrs. Aubrey an i
Mis. Young, are residents here and have
ben at his bedside. Dr. Ralph .Smith,
of .Ic\..('mvilh , Fla., and Hines Smith,
| of Roni', the major's sons, are here.
1 Th other son.-. R. it. Smith, at Rock-
I matt, and I’rank Smith, at San Antonio,
| Tex., are t. '. graph, d and expected; also
i Victor Smith, of New Tor!:, and Carl
I Smith, of Mexico.
Funeral Marked by Simplicity.
Cartersville, Ga., August 26.--(Special.)
The furneral of Major Charles 11. Smith
(Rill Arpi was beautiful and touching in
its simplicity.
The First Presbyterian church was filled
to overflowing by the people of the town
who vied with each other in their desire
to show honor to their distinguished citi
zen and gentle-mannered, genial gcntle
maa. The stores, offices and all enter
prises of the town closed their door
during the funeral hour.
The services began at 10:30 o’clock by
the reading of an appropriate Bible selec
tion by Rev. T. J. Christian, of the Meth
odist church, after which a choir of four
voices sang “Read, Kindly Light.” Rew
11. C. VVhiJ_e, of the Presbyterian church,
then offered a beautiful prayer.
Then Rev. Sam I’. Jones mad- a short
but interesting talk about Major Smith’s
life, saying that though we buried today
Major Smith. 'Bill Arp" would live
through future generations. He had left
his mpress upon the world.
Rev. Mr. White followed in some touch-'
ing allusions to Major Smith’s life and
noble characteristics.
After the choir had sung “I Love Thy
Kingdom. laird,’’ which was Major
Smith's favorite hymn, the pallbearers,
consisting of the eiders and deacons of
tile Presbyterian church, took charge of
the body and it was conveyed to its last
resting place, <_<.V; Hili cemetery.
Sketch of Major Smith.
Major Charles Henley Smith, the gentle
humorist whose letters in The Constitu
tion have delighted thousands throughout
the country for over a quarter of a cen
tury, was born at Lawrenceville, Ga„
June 15, 1526, of Scotch-Irish parents. In
his later years he developed to a decided
extent the qualities of both sturdy races,
the rugged honesty and endurance of lhe
manly Scot linked with the sparkling
frankness and originality of a son of the
Gael.
He began to acquire an education at a
manual labor school, attended Franklin
college, Athens, now the University of
Georgia. Having studied law for two
months, he was admitted to the bar. He
removed to Rome in 1850, where he be
came associated with Judge J. AV. 11.
Underwood until the war broke out, in
the practice of law.
Major Smith was a staff officer with
I General G. T. Anderson (“Old Tige”) for
j eighteen months, after which he was as-
I signed by Mr. Davis to Judicial duty with
I Judge Eugenius A. Nisbet, of Macon,
who was at the head of a commsision to
try treason cases. He was thus partially
instrumental in convicting three brothers
from Columbus for complicity with the
enemy and they were incarcerated in Sa
vannah until released by Sherman, wish
other prisoners, upon his entrance into
the city. The court at Macon was dis
solved by the federal General Wilson,
when he entered the city on a raid. Ma-
jor Smith then journeyed toward law
renceville. where his wife was stopping
witli her father. In crossing Yeli' W river
he heard that tiie enemy were ahead of
him. so tieing the records of the treason
court up with a cord, he attached a heavy
rock to tiie bundle and they sank forever
from sight in the engulfing waters. An
other incident of these days was the trip
Major Smith took witli President Davis
from Millen to Macon, during which he
nursed Mrs. Hayes, then a very young
girl.
The quaintly humorous letters, abound
ing witli homely philosophy and unique
observatffinson menand events, were first
evolved from the pen of Major Smith in
1861. being written principally to amuse
■ the soldiers. These letters proved every
l where quite popular, and after tiie war
I the author developed his skill as a writer.
! He contributed frequent!;, to The South
ern (.’onfe.deraey, published in Atlanta by
i RELIANCE WON THE SECOND RACE.
THiRD RACE IS SCHEDULED TODAY
New York. August 25. —ln a glorious
whole sail breeze, over a triangular
course, ten miles to a leg, the fleet
footed cup defender, Reliance, again to
day showed her heels to Sir Thoma; Lip
ton’s challlenger, taking the second race
of the cup series of 1303 by the narrow
margin of one minute and nineteen sec
onds.
I Tiie official time was:
Start. Finish.
RELIANCE 11:00:36 2:15:30
SHAMROCK lit 11:02:00 2:20:10
El.ips-.-1 Time. Corrected.
RELIANCE 3:14:54 3:14:54
SHAMROCK lit 3:18:10 3:16:13
it was as pretty and as hard a fought
contest as ever has been sailed off Sandy
Hook and had the wind not tlattimed
during the last ten minutes the record
for the course—3:l2:ls, made by Colum
bia two years ago in her memorable
race against Shamrock ll—would have
been broken.
As it was, Reliance sailed the thirty
miles within two minutes and thirty
nine seconds of the 1 vet,-rd, which speaks
wonders for her speed in the wind that
was blowing.
At every point of sailing the defender's
superiority was demonstrated. She gain
ed one minute and fifty-one seconds in
windward work, forty seconds on the
run to the second mark, ami forty-live
seconds on the close reach for home.
Reliance Loses Against Time.
New York, August 27.—With Reliance
less than a third of a mile from the
finish and Shamrock 111 hull down on
the horizon, fully 2 miles astern of the
defender, the fourth race of the present
series for the America’s cup was declared
off because of the expiration of the time
limit of five hours and thirty minutes,
as happened on Thursday last.
Although officially it was no race, the
defeat administere 1 to the challenger
was so ignominous that whatever linger
ing hope remained in Hie breasts of the
friends of Sir Thom.is Lipton's boat van
:-hed into thin air. Reliance's victory
was in every way more decisive than
Hint of last' Saturday. Outsailed, out
pointed and outfooted. it was a proces
sion from start to finish with Shamrock !
11l bringing up the rear.
Reliance beat Shamrock Hi hopelessly 1
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
the late George Adair and E. Y. ("iarke.
anj continued them until the war clos'-d
After the momentous struggle had been
brought to a close. “Bill Arp" led th ■ wav
in a philosophic acceptance of the result
and a determination to make th.; be.-t of
it. and his letters were tuned t■> the
note of refreshing optimism. With a
smile he uncovered shams and wro'e. ;he
truth with a hand so firm and a judgment
so true that he diverted the minds of the
people from individual misf.irtiin 1 -.* wliiia
he urged a constructive policy upon the
stricken country.
Perhaps no writer ■ ver r sented so
truly the temper of his p. ,p| e , ; nit p )s
certain that none ever ha i a more sym
pathetic class of readers.
In January, 1565, Major Smith got back
to Rome with his wife and six children,
and Tip, the old family servant. He a
- got a chance l to pieud foi a
fellow in Selma arraigned on a charge
for embezzlement, whom he got oct of
prison on a s2s,(xi bond and poeket'-d as •
of SIO,OOO confederate money. Eiv- tin .
sand dollars of this he invested in tton
cards, which he packed into oi ; ,-id
his valise, and the other ss,'’.") in qilmn.
He returned as he had gone, in a nk
overland, and with the addition i* his
Selma investment of a box of tuba. >
and a bolt of Roswell shirting, hi? took
Bob Hargrove into partnership mid they
had the biggest, stand in Rome.
lie imacticed law in Rome with Judge
Branham and also with Judg. Under
wood. each for a long term of years.
He moved to the Fontaine farm in Bar
tow county in 1577, where Nal'or Free
man, a noble friend and go .<j fellow,
figured in his letters. “(tabe" was a
supply font for his quaint pliiiosopiiy.
Major Smith has b.-en contributing reg
ularly to The Constitution for a qms;i. -
of a century. No other writer in the
south is better known or has a wider
circle of nailers. His weekly contribu
tions to The Sunday and Weekly Consti
tution have been eagerly sought through
ixut the country and tne name of the au
thor is a familiar one in nearly every
household in the southern states. From
Virginia to Texas his letters have been
copied regularly following their appear
ance in The Constitution, an 1 the ar !-
cles have become popular features In
many of the leading southern daily pa
pers, as well as in most of the weekly
news publications of this sectii n.
The humor in Bill Arp’s letters has
been termed quaint and hom'iy. I: is
that and something more. It is
rich and mellow. Il is honest
and untainted. breathing the fra
grance of a well-regulated life. There
is no synicisrr. in his nature to mar the
effect of his work and his letter: arc
without bitterness. Though for the past
year he has been racked aim st con
stantly with physical pain, ami he has
spoken of ids sufferings ami •>' the ,g
--gresive and affectionate etiorts of his
devoted wife and children to care for
him and make him comfortable, the
sunny nature of th- cheerful philosopher
could be detected underneath his show rs
resentment against the inevitable en
croachments of ago. His mind lias re
mained dear, his nature s mny. dospim
his knowledge that the shades of evening
were gathering fast.
"The crop is 1 lid by,” he said, when
his children grow up and married off.
Il' has ten ' ■ ■ -
the grandchildren have clung around his
knee and revived his pa
Major Smith
parts of the south mi th ll li'ctui l . 1 p,at
form and has w m su . in thi* fio'd.
In addition to bis re ilar letters, 'm I. .*
published a history of Georgia, .in i also i
">upl? of volnni' 1 ,- of '■•illeet* 1 d tetters :u:d
addresses. His lii'-st l'""k is entitle!
"The Farm and Ftifsnl I '.”
li. 1577 Majm Smith retired
practice of law bee rm l - I'.irii--.
working with (’m be;.* u,;''l t u ■;• g! ■ a
up and married i fer-ook ' i ' arm ''
more inviting fields of Libor. He m .
nt his old home. "Th S'n . v.. . ; : ■
hospitable place in e'arte r sv:l.i, for t i j
past sixteen years.
Death of Granddaughter of Arp.
Cartersville, Ga.. August ’.'B. aS
Leath has twice invaded th? "Bill A:;
home this week.
Tire infant daughter ■' Dr. i Mrs
Ralph Smith died of choera miamtim
this morning.
5 in the 15 miles of windward w rk. round
r Ing the outer mark 12 minutes and
seconds ahead ot it. a gain in actual tint-,
of 11 minutes and 29 seconds, and down
the wind Reliance steadily increased t
> lead. The real race of the day was no'
in the run against Shamrock, but in ’ ■
exciting struggle of Reliance in the In
half hour to reach the finish line !)■ for
the regatta committee fired the g m
which announced the expiration of tip
} time limit Had the wind freshen' 1 i
j twenty minutes earlier than it did, th
cup series would have ended today with
three straight wins for the defender, an I
I ! Fife’s light weather boat would haw
I ! sailed back to Albion’s shores one of tin
: most disastrously worsted challengers : i
i the history of the America's cup c m
tests.
i At the end of the first hour Shamrock
| was beaten, and the interest waned.
j After rounding the float for the r:a
, home and setting big ball.qmers, the wjn 1
1 which had strengthened to 6 or 7 kn" :.--
■ on the beat, died down, and the towering
! clouds of canvas drifted lazily down
]an ocean lane a mile wile between th-'
; two divisions of the excursion fleet.
Too Much Wind for the Yachts.
j New York. August 29.—For the first time
i in the history of America's cup contests
l a race has been postponed because of too
j much Wind. To<2.i the third of the pres
i ent series of to have been sail-
ed. Following the futile ajtempt of
1 hursday, w hen there was nut enough
wind io complete the raeg within the tim-..
limit, it was earnestly hoped by yip-n s
; men that today’s coutist would be de
: cisive and the series cojnpieted. Ten
• hours after Thursday's drilling failure, a
i storm broke over .he cup and
| laged aouui Saiiiiy Hook, liie water w.s
I tumbled into wavxs that troubles evui an
! ocean liner. The wind blew with ave-
• iocity estimated between iu and 50 mile:.
i and the ram driven before it obscureu
i tiie vision beyond a mile or two.
] Within the sheltering bend of Sand.
I Hook, where tiie two racing yachts rod
j at their the water was com
! paratively quiet this morning, while across
I the Sandy peninsula on the ocean side
the suit boomui as it broke upiun the
I beach.
| At 7 o'clock, the regatta committee
met at the New York Yijcht Club house
ami decided to postpone the race for the
1 day.