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CEORCIA.
Death of Dr. M. A. Thedford.
Rome, Ga., August 24.—(Special.)—Dr.
M. A. Thedford, who was shot and mor
tally wounded by Joseph I). Potts Sat
urday night about 10 o'clock, died from
his wounds about 12 o'clock today at his
home in tho fourth ward.
There has been no hope of recovery
since the wound was inflicted and his
strong and robust constitution alone kept
him alive as long as this. _
Just before his death Theuiord made a
statement to a stenographer, which will
be introduced in evidence at the trial.
Thedford denies that he was the author
of the ananymous letters which figure so
sensationally in the story, or that ho
knew anything of them.
lie says that ho called at Potts' house
after Airs. Potts became a. married wom
an because she was more familiar with
his work than anyone else, and he wanted
to consult her.
The statement is seventeen pages long
and goes into many details, but the fore
going are the main facts. A postmortem
<■: amination today shows Thedford to
h ive been siiot twice in the leg and once
Ciear through the body, the latter shot
cutting his intestines in four plat >s.
R fused to Sign Till.
Eastman. Ga., August 21. (Special-)
A' 5 o'clock this afternoon Judge Roberts
refused to certify the bill of exemptions
in the < ase of Robert Cawthorn, sen
tenced to be hanged on Wednesday, Au
gust 26. for murdering by administering
poison Richard J. Tucker in this county
Cn July 21.
Although a motion for new trial was
not at iirst enie-cd, a desperate efloit
Is now being made to prevent the e<m
dt mned man from paying the penalty o.
his crime on the gallows
Alabama May xiave Similar Law.
Columbus, Ga.. Angus; 24. (Spec! ■!.)—
At th- approa.' iiio; s the A,: ’
bama legislature .i 1 ill is »" intrude - d
embodying the proC-i-cis of the Calvin
law in Georgia.
A prominent All hnn:n ‘pgisl tior nus
written to Columbus for a copy of tlie
bill saying that he' will introdu • it <">
the’ first day of the se-sion of the Ala
bama legislature.
Conditions in that st 'te 11.tv-' l.een pra<
finally the same as in Georgia, and a
practical law which will etui >!■.- the a
- to r- 1. h the .' grants if
needed in that state
Sixteen-Pov.iid Cabbage.
Columbus. Ga.. August 2 (Special.>—
W. L. Wynn, who farin' on Coion. ’. W.
1.. Tilman's pirn■■ in Jit- '1
A'ahn ma. brought ■ oon
yr-sterde wcigbmg ft’, j.,e •>.
L ngineer Hair Scalded.
Way r<>ss. Ga.. t ...
C. ip-ir. one of the oldest engineers i
x ■ intii Coast Line. w ’
near Mam-r yestor th 'lowing
tip of the lubricator on hi. engine. . 1
boiling hot oil struck bint full inlhe face,
badly injuring his head and right arm.
W1
he ran his train to llom -rville. where ne
was relict I He wtw brought to Waj -
cross and Is now at h:s home.
Thirty Dales at 12 Cents.
Cochran (In. Ai.visr V’ (Sue. ial.)
Thirty bales of cotton wre i--. -iv-d today
and sold at 12 cents
Wilkins Charged wif Seduction.
Rome. Go . August 2.'. (Special.)
Ananamotts Wilkins. a prominent y- ung
man. was ariested tonight by Deputy
Sheriff C'.mo .-barge,! villi : olin-con.
The young woman it tie- ease is Mis-
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? SFfIREO BY TftTf CONSTITUTION and THE SUNNY SOUTH EXCLUSIVELY and NOT IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OTHER NEWSPAPER. . g
I What Wumbar of Bales Will Be Received at All United States Ports from September Ist, 1303, to January 12,1904, Both Inclusive ? ®
3 CONTEST OPENS JULY I, 1903, CLOSES DECEMBER 31, 1903. «
| TEN 'THOUSAND DOLLAR OASH OFFER |
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a j Wizes The total POUT RECEIPTS for the past tow year# from
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' number of bales of cotton rcoclvod stall United Statoe tn your figure*: let them mean jnst wh»» yon mean to »»y. b o sent in the identical envelope that bring# the money that pays for the estimates HR
Sb I Ports September Ist, 1003, to January 12th, 1904, r#Bt , rt wltha , o ,'former. r«y Total u»ie. tn or the subscription. You cannot subscribe now and send your estimates afterwards.
$ bo'h inclusive 93 000 00 Cotton ™r«M p.. s.pt.mbrr i,» to utx .f Crop f „ r Bea , on Xding v our estimates bv au agent of the Constitution you make him vour £
teJ For the ner nearest estimate 1.800 OO Year. »■>»*uoia.iro. 6>0 70,773 n. 190,004 agent and not ours, in forwarding your estimates, both as to the correctness of the K 3
:a For the next nearest osilm tte coo uu JB 2Z'J22o o.'jns.itß n. 374.840 Uanres n* von intended them and the certainty of the forwarding of them. A
For too next noarost estimate 200 00 iSSoaooo"™:::""-""-”----"-Mis’ll lotss.’ie* g should a partv send in more than one prize estimate he or she will be entitled to
t# For the next aoarest estimate li-JO) 'J';"^"™."’.V. - .5’.u7e.807 i0.ax0.780 n s har cos the prize fund foi every time that it may represent a successful estimate. BE?'
71 For the 5 next nearest estimates, ”30.00 each 250 00 i»o»"ioo8 «.»16.«7» Persons nriv etVer the contest as many times as they send subscriptions, and under
For tho IO next nearest estimates, 25 OO each 250 00 .• person mav receive a prize with each of the proposition’. Z.
For tho 20 next nearost estimates, is.COeach 300 00 Secretary noater, of the New Ori2»a» Etohxnjo. oertlfiai to the. above an win furnish fn making vour answer just state simply : “I estimate the Port Receipts Ist of F 3
rw For ths 50 next nesreot estimates, 7.500aeh 375 00 the official fisnr.. to decide «»’* contest. September 190.3 through January 12, 1904, bales.” Make vour figure* plain.
£ For the lOOnext nearest estimates, aOO each 800 OO of Sending Estimates in This Contest We will record them as received every day EXACTLY AS THEA’ LOOK AND
S7OOOOO Qonnftions or oeivustsy « WILL \LLOW NO CHANGE WHATEVER. If you want to make estimates Bti
& 4^«o» a} Gffero for Best Ma rfe Boring ’ (V . Bend $1.03 for the WEEKLY CONSTITUTION one year and with it lnter< or if you want to reprat the estimate you have made, -end other $
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fS month each, the M period September, 3d period October, 4th period * d two estimate* in thr contest-that is, one est mate for the either of these great papers, send on the price of your estimates in this SIO,OOO 0
L y, November, 6th period December. b "™ . uother for the SUNNY SOUTH. .-obtest „
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(in addition to whatever other prize it may take, er if it take no (4). Send 50 cents for one e»tima. • J n »> » n ATLANTA POSTOFFICE, ®
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V ‘ ‘ moke a number of estimates on this basis, you may eend Atlanta, Ft.i.ton Co., Ga , June 2-Mh, 1903. “
The flva prlisa thua ofTered nt 5200.00 each amount to LOGO OO t mat?. If you “ ak * forwarded at the .ame time estimates are sent. If To The Constitution, Atlanta. Ga. 0
Two Grand Consolation Offers. three es.lmates for eve
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ES Flwt-For distribution among tboaa estimates (not taking any Bender inftY forward them with only |3.00-thts spec al discount Doing onvre.i ror (o t) e , . o;inrtll , ent M Washing,on for ruling there,m
© of the above 195 prizes) coming with’n 600 bale* either way of the tcu fs ,i, na ‘ teß ln one order. A po’tai <nrd receipt will b? sent for all ed.mates re- T ~n l a<tvi . €[i by the Abgist ant Attorney General for the I’ost.ifflee De-
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anv of the above 195 prizes and rmt sharing the first consolation paper itself is an acknow.cig - that the matter is therefore mailable. \ ery respectfu.lv, m
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Clara Glenn, the pretty daughter of
Thomas Glenn, a prominent farmer re
siding near Rome. Wilkins was placed
under a SSOO bond and was released from
custody.
Louisville’s First Bale.
Louisville. Ga.. August 26.—(Special.)—
Louisville's first bale of this year’s cot
ton was sold today by A. .1. Johnson to
Stone. .Murphy Company for 15 cents per
pound
Cotton Brought Fifteen Cents.
Hawkinsville. Ga., August 26.-(Special.)
1 A typographical error in the report of
. Hawkinsville's first bale, which arrived
, Monday, m.’de it appear that firn cotton
. brought 5 cents a pound, when It should
h-'ve read 15 cents. Cittton has been
, coming in every day this week and is
readily selling at 11 1-2 cents.
Dublin’s First New Bale.
Dublin. Ga.. August 26.—(Special.)—The
first bale of cotton for Dublin did not
come in until today, being sold by Jo
i s« ph M. Mullis for 12 1-2 cents.. At this
time last year nearly 500 bales had been
received I>„' the warehousemen The crop
in this count} is at least a month late,
and will be probably one-fourth short,
but with 10 and 11 cejjs a pound the
f.'.liners tijll still make more money than'
; with a full i;rop at X 1-2 cents.
Cotton Is Maturing Rapidly.
Columbus, Ga., August 26. —(Special.)—
; Tin- h"t August sun is causing the cotton
crop In southwest Georgia to mature rap
id!:.. althom*ii the crop is considerably
' later than last year. A Columbus travel
- j jng man who returned from Dawson to
il.m says that that town received forty
-1 live bales of cotton yesterday. Tho cot
ton sold at 12 1-16 cents. The cotton crop
I bi that section will begin to move rapidly
■ i from now on. So far Columbus has re-
| reived only a fee? bales.
I Weevil Feared Near Vidalia.
i Savannah, Ga.. August 27.—(Special.)—
i Reports from Vidalia. SO miles west of
Sav.'Unab, indicate the appearance in cot
' ton fields near there of some Insect that
is causing great damage to the crop.
The farmers who have seen tho insect
and noted its effects think it is the boll
w. .-VI .Mathew Sharp, a prominent young
farmer, has had his crop half ruined by
the pest. Ho declines be is confident that
it is th.' boll weevil.
If lie is correct in this opinion, and it
really is the weevil. Georgia is suffering
from its lirs. visitation from the pest that
is ravaging the cotton fields of Texas.
! Government reports, however, indicate
i licit boll weevil has not yet. crossed the
! Mi I— ppi liver on its travels eastward,
! and it may be that Mr. Sharp is mis-
I taken tn bis identification of the pest.
Negro Found in Her Room.
’ Tiftoti. Ga.. August 27. (Special.) Mrs.
. Iti amlslia w. a young white woman living
I i t ear l-'end'-r, was horrified on awaking
; i last night to find a negro .at her bedside.
' She gave the alarm and the negro tied,
. ! but pot before she recognized him. de
co,t" th- dim light, as Hunk, a 15-year-old
■ ‘ m-gro employed on the place.
X. xt mormng th negro was followed
ami ,ap:ared about II o'clock. He was
i given a severe lashing and .valued to
■ leave th" county.
Weighs Only Forty Founds.
Xu : list a. < fii . Xngm-t 27. -(Special A
I Mrs. William A'.ary. ae<ompai:ied by her
hn .and. mtr - I in A tgmsla today from
i.in ■olnt'in. Ga.. for treatment in the city
'l'in- e years a;- > and for years before
t: it Mrs \\..iy's norm i! weight waj
ib .at 1 pounds l-'iif months past her
wight lias boon only l<( pounds.
She i- literally sliia and bones, but she
' ' say..- she hasn’t an ache or a pain, lias
1 a good appetite and o-.-ls well, except for
l her dreadful emaciation.
She is so thin ih'ii she . i scarcely
■ stand up without support of sonic kind.
, ■ Tin. ■ e;s ago she was ill from pre
mature (hildbirth and sin 1 " then she has
| been wasting aw.n.
Hale and Hearty at Ninety-five.
I! ii'.i'o.iy Gr-e . Ga . Angus' 27. (Spe
cial.)- Dudley Chandler, who is 95 years
old. drove from his country home to this
I place this evening, a distance of 5 miles.
| and took a train to visit his ron at
t Maysville.
i Hit descendants, including children,
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, AUGUST 31. 1903.
grand children, great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren, number over
four hundred. .
lie has never known what It is to be
seriously sick. He was reared and has
lived on the farm all his life and labored
continuously until a few years ago.
Farmers Rushing Cotton.
Americus. Ga., August 28.—(Special.)—
Cotton poured into Americus at a lively
rate today. The fields are whitening rap
idly and farmers will rush the staple to
market while the high prices prevail.
Twelve and one-half cents is the prevail
ing price in Americus.
State Convicts Not Wanted.
Columbus. Ga.. August 28.—(Special.)—
Muscogee county won't lake any felony
convicts from the state of Georgia. Die
board of commissioners of roads and rev
enues for tlie county so declared at a
called meeting today. The board consid
ered that felony convicts were too ex
pensive a proposition.
It was (bolded that it would be neces
sary to increase very considerable the
Iminty tax in order to work felony con
xicts on the roads, and so the commis
sioners decided to torego the itixuiv.
Muscogee county works her misdemea
nor convicts on tlie roads. The gang aver
ages from thirty to thirty-five men and
leys, ft is well organized and equipped
and is doing splendid work on the, roads.
Several of the lending roads have been
macadamized,
Warren County’s First Bale.
Norwood. Ga.. August 28.—(Special.)—
Warren comity's first bale of new cotton
was put on the market here today by S.
H Ghusling and bought by T. E. Mes
sengale at 12 cents. The first bale this
season is just two weeks later than last
year.
Negro Farmers’ Congress.
Newnan, Ga.. August 28.—(Special.)—
Tlie negro farmers’ congress convened in
Newnan. Ga., Wednesday, August 26. at
the Mount Zion African Methodist Epis
copal church camp ground. The meeting
is being held under a large tent and will
be in session one week, closing Wednes
day, September 2. On Sunday camp meet
ing services will be held under the tent.
Negro farmers of Coweta, Troup, ('lay
ton. Henry and Heard counties are in
terested In the movement. The purpose
~f the meeting is the betterment of the
conditions of the negro in the rural dis
tricts.
First Bale at Reynolds.
Reynolds, Ga., August 28.—(Special.)—
The first bale of new cotton was re
ceived here today. It was raised by
Charles I'. Cooper and sold to c. H. Mls
t.-i for 1" . cents The crop here is fully
three weeks late. Il will be September
I. before cotton begins to move freely.
Unique Pension Fraud.
Savannah, Go.. August 28.—(Speci.n I.)
Spe< i d pension examiners have unearthed
a pension fraud here that they consider
unusual.
A woman represented herself as th"
widow of her brother, who was killed in
Hie civil war. The examiners say it is
the Hr:-; ease of the kind that has come
to the department's notice in twenty
Isaiah I'W'iis was the soldier in the
union army upo" wlmse account the claim
was made. Hi- widow. Clarissa Owens,
did not survive him long.
His sister. Mrs. Mo lie .Mellon, who
lives on Whitm.irsh island, near Savan
nah, made application, several years ago,
and had drawn XtOa. She alleged that
;'lie was liis widow.
She also applied for back pensions.
SI.OO BIG 300-POUND STEEL
RANGE OFFER.
If you e.'in use Hie best big 506-pound
.-io i range made in tlie world, and are
willing to have il pl:u' d in your own
leone on three months' free i: i i7. just < nt
lids tbiiic" out and seed to Sears, Roebuck
<'(• Co., Chicago, and you will receive free
by return mail a big picture of tile
st"''! range and man; other cooking and
heating stoves, yon will also receive the
niosi wonderful Sl.'iO steel rang" offer, an
offer 111 it plai '-s the best steel range or
In nting stove in the home of any family,
such in off'"’ that no family in the land,
no milter what th'ir . ir mnst in.'o s ma
be or how small their inconi". ne°d be
without I’m best cooking or heating stove
made.
amounting to $4,000. This led to an inves
tigation. The officers arrested E. W.
Bradford, a white man. whose name ap
pears in the papers as a witness.
They are looking for Mrs. Melton.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Forty Days of Rain.
Raleigh. N. C., August 25.—(Special.)- '
Tlie section of country of which New
hern is the center, has endured forty ’
days of rain. This breaks the record foi
North Carolina. The average daily rain
fall lias been half an inch. The season ,
will be long remembered as the rainy
summer. The greatest damage done is to
cotton. Farmers express fear that they i
will loose half their crop by reason of tlie ,
continuous moisture since July 14. Corn
is also damaged. The rainy season lias I
now ended.
Heaviest Carolinan Dead.
Raleigh. N. C., August 26.— (Special.)— j
The heaviest man in North Carolina is |
dead at his home in Iredell county. His |
coffin is 7 feet in length, 4 feet 7 inches I
wide and 3>, 2 feet deep. The weight of ’
Karriker is *460 pounds. His age ls _sl I
and he had been ll] for some time. The :
coffin had to be carried on a special :
wagon with the polo lengthened so that |
it could be lashed In the space between i
the wheels.
ALABAMA.
Selma’s First New Bale.
Selma, Ala.. August 24.—(Special.)— |
Selma received her first bale of cotton j
late this evening, which is very probably
the first Alabama bale of new cotton.
The bale was raised on the C. W.
Hooper place, near Burnsville, and was
raised by an old negro named Peter Min
ter. This plantation has furnished the
first bale for this section for the past
five years.
Feonag-e Is Charged.
Troy, Ala., August 24.—United States
deputy marshals have arrested Marlon
Friestwood. of Roeton, Coffee county, on
a eharge of peonage.
It is claimed that Priestwood com
menced a prosecution against an old
white man pa med English and his s >n,
who were working foe him at the time,
by having his (Rrlestwood's) son, who
was a justice of the peace, to issno war
rants for their arrest and having them
arrested by one Goodson, who was act
ing constable and an employee of Priest
wood; that on being threatened with im
prisonment, the two Englishes entered
into a contract with to work
out about SSO with him.
It is claimed by th_e Englishes that they
had no trial and there was no charge
against them in Justice Priest wood's
docket.
The contract, however, Is said to stand
approved by Friestwood ag justice, pf tho
peace.
Negro Fut Poison in Water Bucket
Brewton. Ala., August 24.—An attempt
to poison the entire family of Matthew
Crossley, a. prosperous farmer residing 7
miles sentbw st of Brewton, was made
today bv a negro farm hand named Tom
Fifer. The ivater bucket was heavily
dosed with strychnine.
Miss Crossley, a daughter, was the first
member of the family to partake, and
was l.iken vih ntly ill. Fifer then assault
'd Crossley with a roek. inflicting severe
wounds, but finally escaped.
Physicians say those who drank the
water will recover. Great indignation is
101 l i cninst Fifer, ami threats of lynching
are made.
New Bale Brought 13 1-2 Cents.
Montgomery Ala.. August 25.—(Special.)
The first bale of new cotton was sold this
morning at public outcry for 13 1-2 cents
per pound. Tlie cotton was raised by
Mosp MrLomorP, who lives about s mil* -
from Montgomery. The cotton seed was
sold for $1.05 per hundred.
Jelks Paroles Compton.
Montgomery. Ala.. August 2.l.—(Special.)
Governor Jelks (his afternoon paroled L.
Compton, of M arshall county, on con
dition of his good behavior. Compton is a
white farmer. He shot and killed Chap
Browning in 1594. II" was given a sen
tence of seventeen years.
Peg-Leg Williams in Alabama.
Huntsville. Ala., August 25.-(Specia 1.)-
I’eg l.eg Williams Is in Huntsville offer
ing negroes from $2 to $2. a day to go
into th" Mississippi cotton fields and help
pick the cotton that is rapidly maturing.
Madison county farms are already short
MR Vwr Liver MM
roubles Your headache, dizziness, constipation, indigestion.
bills and hot Hashes, pains under shoulder blade, fullness In
side', variable appetite and temper arc the results of a deranged liver T|
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of labor and how to get out all of the
cotton before it rains on tho stalks will
be a problem.
McGaha Gave Himself Up.
Montgomery. Ala., August 25.—(Special.)
A P. McGaha, of Grady. Ala., came to
Montgomery last night and this morning
gave himself up to the sheriff, saying
that he had killed a negro named Booker
Wilkerson near Grady yesterday.
Governor Jelks Watching Treasury.
Montgomery, Ala., August 28. (Spe
cial.)—-There is a hustle and bustle about
the state capitol today among the heads
and clerks of Hie various departments
preparing for the meeting of the legisla
ture next Tuesday.
Governor Jelks looks upon the reas
sembling of the legislature with some
misgivings, fearing that the prosperous
conditions of the state and a plethoric
state treasury will give encouragement
to extravagant appropriations.
The governor held some appropriation
bills of the first half of the session,
among which Is the bill appropriating
SIOO,OOO additional to the old, feeble and
disabled confederate soldiers, without his
approval, fearing that tho state treasury
could not stand the strain at the time
the money was to bo drawn out, and
with probably another view, and that
was to make it serve as a check on what
he believed needless appropriations at
tliis session.
It is known that a large number of
members of both houses are greatly in
terest'd in tho approval by the governor
of this bill for the benefit of the old
soldiers, and It is not believed they would
vote for the passage of any appropria
tion that would jeopardize it in any
wa y.
A Natural Inference.
Chicago Evening Post: "It was very
affecting when I asked old Blinks for his
daughter. Why, I wept myself."
"Did he kick as hard as all that?"
THOUSANDS
have been cured by the marvelous skill of
Dr. Tucker. Tie treats chronic diseases.
■/"tTiifr He hasn't done any-
tiling else for the past
f _jA twenty-live years. He
puts his term- within
means of till. He
njiA amKt the nrui for the
\ poor as well as the
rich. If you are not
Fable to pay much !’■
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Atlanta, Ga.
MISSISSIPPI.
Taking Sunday School Census.
Jackson, Miss., August 24.—(Special.)—
Tho Mississippi State Sunday School As
sociation is endeavoring to collect sta
tistics from all ths Sunday schools in
the state, regardless of religious sect,
and a circular has been addressed to tlie
school superintendents asking for figures.
The association has permanent orgammb
tion in about fifty counties.
Wears Red Mother Hubbard.
Jackson. Miss., August 24.—(Special.)—
Captain P. M. B. Walt, of Senatobia,
traveling salesman for a Memphis whole
sale grocery firm, has fulfilled a novel
election wager. Before the first primary
he agreed with another drummer to make
a trip of one week along Ills regular
itenerary wearing a red mother hubbard
gown in case Ixmgino failed to carry
twenty-live counties. Captain Wait is
a heavyweight, weighing over 350 pounds,
and he naturally attracted much atten
tion In the billowy garment, his size be
ing somewhat akin to that of a circus
tent.
No Easy Deal for McLaurin.
Jackson, Miss. August 24—(Special.)
I There seems to be a hitch of some sort
i in the appointment of Hon. Wallace Mc-
Laurin, brother of Senator McLaurin, as
national democratic committeeman from
Mississippi.
A few days since, when the state exec
utive committee recommended Governor
Ixmgino for the vacancy on the national
committee caused by th" death of Him.
A. J. Russell, it was stated that ( hair
man Jones had already selected \t allace
McLaurin for the vacancy, the action be
ing taken on the supposition that a meet
ing of th.' state committee was not likely
to be held in the near future.
Thus fa.r. however, no certificate of ap
pointment has - been received by Mr. Mc-
Laurin. and there is some doubt as to the <
authority of Chairman Jones to fill a va
cancy without recommendation.
The national committeemen are always |
named bv the state committee, and it
would be seemingly an usurpation of
power for the national chairman to .16
a vacancy without first conferring with
the body having the elective power.
Knights of Honor Meet.
Jackson. Miss., August 25.—(Special.)—
The Mississippi grand lodge of the
Knights of Honor convened here this
morning with about 150 delegates present
from the local lodges of the state. The
body was called to order by Grand Dicta
tor S. M. Howry, of Oxford.
All Bishops Will Attend.
Jackson, Miss., August 25.-(Special.)
All of the Episcopal bishops who were
named to assist In the consecration of
Rev Theo Bratton as bishop of Missis
sippi which is to take place at SL An
drew church in this city on the 16th or
September, have signified their intention
to be present, and the erremony prom
ises to be of a very imposing nature. Bal
tic Hill, the official residence of the
bishop of Mississippi, is being placed it:
readiness for the new occupant.
KENTUCKY.
Steamer Line for ’‘Ellen N.’*
Louisville. Ky., August 25.—Within
thirty days a line of steamers established
by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company will be in operation between
Pensacola, Fla., and the most Important
ports of southern Europe.
The arrangements for the line of steam
ers were concluded with the Austro-
American steam snip line. Tho ships
which will be used in the service are .
1 The Louisville and Nashville railroa l
has for several years been engaged in
business to the Mediterranean and Adr»*
atlc seaports. Heretofore, however, tby
service between these ports and Pensa
cola has been irregular and uncertain.
Four Poisoned by Arsenic.
Louisville, Ky.. August 25-Mrs Fanny
Land will probably die and her daughter.
Miss Mattie Land, and Enoch and Pa;
mer Gore arc seriously ill as the result of
arsenical poisoning. The. poison was ad
ministered by same one as y<-' unknow i
to the police, the indications being that it
was mixed with the "offee consumed :>y
the quartette when tho young men took
dinner today with Mrs. Land and her
daughter.
Bill Raisers Are Arrested.
Louisville, August 28. -Four more ar
rests have been made by the police and
federal officers In connection with the
operations of a gang of bill raisers .n
Louisville and Cincinnati. Incidentally the
officers will have parties from IL
Cave, Ky.. look at th" prisoners in t in
hope of identifying one or more of i:■■■
I slayers of Deputy t’nlted States Marshal
Henry Shepard, who was killed som.'
days ago at Horse Cave while attempt
j Ing to arrest the members of a gang of
hill raisers. Junius Storks and Tom Peo
ples were arrested in this city, Albert
Jackson at Evansville and Joe Cava.th
at Corydon. Ind. Stencils used in. raising
$1 bills to fives were found on two of the
prisoners.
TENNESSEE.
Assaulted Woman. Lies.
Chattanooga. Tenn., August 25.—(Spe
cial.) —"Aunt Matilda" Strength, the 80-
year-old woman who, with Lizzie King,
was criminally assaulted and then knifed
and horribly beaten at Indian Spring
ten days ago, died tonight at 8 o'clock in
Erlanger hospital from the wounds she
sustained. Her death was traced directly
to a severe bruise on the head. Alex
Armour and Bud Wilson, both white,
are in jail and will be given a prelimi
nary hearing Friday, They were refused
bail.