Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

. ■*&. ' '"' n ° WRs ®ufcw 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 ■■■ ’ A 1 . • ■ | 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.