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ROBBED WOMAN AT
PISTOLPOHT.
Wife of Birmingham Minister Forced
by White Burglar To Deliver
All Valuables by Threats
of Violence to Herself
and Children.
Birmingham. Ala... September 19.—(Spe
cial.)—About 2 o’clock this morning a
well-dressed white man, seemingly of the
tipper stations In life, entered the resi
dence of Rev. William Blackwelder, the
Baptist minister, of Woodlawn, and in
bls absence compelled his wife, at the
point of a pistol, to ransack the home.
After collecting such valuables as he
cared to carry off he then set fire to the
home and rode away on a bicycle.
Mr. Blackwelder, the minister, has been
in Nashville for several days, leaving at
home his wife and three little children,
the oldest of whom is not ten years of
ege.
Shortly before 2 o’clock this morning.
Mrs. Blackwelder was awakened by the
noise of crashing glass In an adjoining
icotn. She reached the room just in
time to see a man’s figure coming through
the window. Being unarmed she imme
diately screamed and turned to run.
The burglar, seeing her, drew a large
revolver and thrust It In her face, the
muzzle leaving its imprint on her fore
head He then ordered her to keep si
lence and give what valuables she had.
adding the significant threat that If she
screamed again he would brain the lit
tle children, two of whom he could see
through the open door.
Mrs. Blackwelder was compelled to go
all over the house with the robber and
open all the trunks and other recepta- -
oles, he, meantime, keeping her con- -
stantly covered with his pistol and mak- '
ing threats against her children, and even
more horrible, ones against herself. He
put such articles as be cared for in his
shirt and trousers, which were fairly
bulging out when he left.
After ransacking the house, ho then
demanded a can a>f oil- M hen it was
brought to him, he kicked it over, spill
ing its contents on tire floor. He then
stepped back, drew a torpedo from his
pocket and set the oil on tire. There
was a quantity of inflammable material
in the room, and the blaze quickly
caughj.
After repeating his horrible threats
once more, he then went to the door, and,
springing on his wheel, rode off.
The flames flashed up instantly and the
occupants barely escaped alive. The house,
with Its entire contents, was destroyed.
The aidermen of Woodlawn have offer.-1
a reward of $250 for the apprehension of
the marauder and ths citizens have offer
ed $250 additional.
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ONE-DOLLAR BILL IS RAISED.
J. H. Hill Arrested in Rome for Pass
ing Spurious Ten.
Rome. Ga., September 19 —(Special.)—
J H. Hill, a well-known young planter -
from Kirks Grove, Ala., was arrested her |
tonight on a charge o f attempting to pass
a one-dollar bill which he had raised to !
$lO. i
He entered the restaurant of Victor ;
Antonia and tendered the spurious bill |
in payment. He was promptly arrested
and placed in jail. He is well connected
and is a familiar figure In Rome, where j
he often comes to trade.
The raising of the bill was very cleverly '
done and it is a surprise that he was j
so quickly detected.
The young man has wealthy relatives in |
Alabama, who may get him out of his
trouble.
GEORGIA'S VAGRANCY LAW.
(From The Richmond Tlmes-Dispatch.)
"Go to work” is a better interpretation
of the Georgia vagrant law than ”mov ■ j
on." The latter version means trouble j
for some other community.—Knoxville j
Sentinel. Let neighboring states adopt
Georgia's excellent law, and 'move on”
will soon be Interpreted "go to work.”
(From The Jacksonville Metropolis.)
Few laws have created more consterna- |
tlon among the vagabonds of a state than I
the new vagrancy law of Georgia. It has '
caused the idle to flee the state or to :
go to prison. Although in operation but I
n. short time, satisfactory results have al- |
ready been obtained
(From The Asheville, N. C , Citizen.)
That a vagrancy law which can be
strictly Inforced is a valuable adjunct to
the police department of any city, in rid
ding it of loafers and in the detection and
apprehension of criminals, is unmistakably
shown by the reports which come up from
Georgia.
About 100 able-bodied tramps and loaf
ers are now in jail in Atlanta waiting to ■
be placed on the county public works. 1
Hundreds of others. Including pickpockets, i
gamblers and criminals of ill sorts, have
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Atßanta* Ga.
either skipped out, gone to the country to
secure work on the farms, or joined soma
of the railroad construction forces now
working near there.
It is a pretty safe presumption that
people who habitually avoid work,
whether of low or high degree, are com
pelled to steal or gamble in order to live.
Our police should act upon this presump
tion, under North Carolina's vagrancy
law, which, if not as stringent as the
Georgia law. can be made effective, if in
foreed. The law should no doubt oe
broadened by the next legislature, so as
to relieve the officers acting under it of
every possible embarrassment from the
fear’of making mistakes. Such a la w is
the one in Georgia etui be used as effec
tively against the handsomest dressed
gambler, as against the dirtiest tramp.
LEITER CAUGHT BY CREDITORS.
Former Wheat King Arrested at Bar
Harhor for Unpaid Bill.
Bar Harbor, Me., September 15.—(Spe
cial.)—Joseph Leiter, the former king of
the wheat pit, was arrested for debt here
on Sunday last. It seems that last sum
mer Leiter stopped here while on a yacht
ing trip and bought several consignments
of yachting stores, from local dealers. Ac
cording to the dealers he sailed away
without settling.
On Sunday morning he arrived here to
visit ills parents. .Mr. and Mrs. Leiter.
Humors of his coming had preceded his
arrival, and he was met by a deputy
sheriff, who placed him under arrest on
complaint of G. M. Roper, a tradesman,
who says he is a creditor of s.
Leiter found some one to bail him out
and he says the will fight the case in
court. He says he had been overcharged
for his purchases. Leiter immediately
left Bar Harbor after the unpleasant epi
sode and several other storekeepers say
they wisli they had been informed of his
presence here, as they also have claims
against liim. The case will be heard in
October.
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HORSE KICKS FIFTY PERSONS.
Panic in Brooklyn Caused by an Un
known Horse.
New York. September 14.—At least fif
ty persons have been injured, one fa
tally. by a horse that was being broken
to harness in Brooklyn. Women and
children fled in terror, but some not
quick enough to escape the hoofs of the
animal,
George Lane, the only person seri
ously hurt, had gathered three small
children in his arms and was running
awav from the maddened animal when
he was knocked down. '1 he children
were slightly hurt, but Lane's skull was
crushed and h- will probably die. The
horse, after dashing through several
streets, collided with a trolley car and
was knocked down.
Bradstreet’s Review.
New York. September 18.—Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say:
"Conditions still display irregularity, but
except where crop ami weather develop
ments have been distinctively unfavora
ble. the tendency is still to take a fa
i vorable view of the general outlook tor
fall and winter trade. Heavy rains and
killing frosts northwest and in portions
I of the west with drought: followed by un
• seasonably cool Weather and destructive
| wind and rain storms along the Atlantic
i coast have tended to retard expansion in
i tall trade in wide sections of country. All
I sections, however, have not been affeet
i cd alike, the northwest returning rela-
I tieviv the. poorest reports as to current
distributive, trade, while the south west.
, and Pacific coast and some sections of
j the south give excellent reports.
| ”The outlook for average crops is still
I a good one. A feature of the week in
New England has le-.-n the resumption
of a large number of cotton mills. Com
plaint of unsatisfactory conditions as re
gards prices, however, still comes from
that section.
"Shoe manufacturing in New England
Is large ami a large sale of leather is re
ported at Boston. Trade in lumber at the
east shows little if any improvement.
j ' New buying of pig iron has been of
fair volume, but prices have failed to
I harden. I’ittslmrg reports a better tone
in iron with orders for finished products
coming more freely. Steel billots have
not cut in price. Tin plate mills are
crowded with orders. The ending of
strikes is helping structural material.
"Demand for sugar is experiencing the
usual autumn reduction, and the textile
; works are .still unsettled. Signs of im
-1 provement in cotton goods trade are, how
i ever, noted.
| "Wheat, including flour, exports for the
| week ending September 17. a i-gia-ga t e
1,902.083 bushels, against 3.045.040 last
week ami 5.435.423 this week last year.
For eleven weeks of the cereal year they
aggregate 33.164.251 bushels, against 53.-
932.067 in 1902.
“Corn exports for the week aggregate
737.167 Im he against 844 818 last w--k
ami 49,508 a year ago. For eleven weeks
of the present cereal year they aggre
gate 10,826.021 bushels, against 916.875
in 1902.
"Business failures in the United States
for the week ending with September 17
number 170. against 165 lasl week and
■ 182 in tl’.' like week of 1902 In C'an-
I failures for the Weak numbered 19.
| against 12 last Week and 18 in this Week
TILE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1903.
COTTON NOT YET DEPOSED
BY ANY OF CEREAL CROPS
IN 1897-98, when cotton on spot was
selling only a fraction above 5c in New
York and 3d flat in Liverpool, its friends
expressed the opinion that It was no
longer king; that its subjects had for
saken it and that its production was a
useless expense, and turned their atten
tion to corn, and on that account corn
was proclaimed king.
Conditions have changed. Cotton has
been selling as high as 15c. Consumption
has overtaken production and the pro
ducer is now assured a remunerative price
for all the cotton he can produce.
Cotton resumes the throne once more,
as can be seen from the following article
on the subject from The Wall Street
Journal:
"Tile dependence of one people upon
another is signally Illustrated by the ef
fect of the American corner in cotton
upon the cotton manufacturing industries
of Europe. This is not the first time
that a shortage in cotton has produced
distress in the cotton mill districts of
England and the continent. In 1860 this
country produced 4,669,770 'bales of cot
ton. The civil war practically cut the
rest of the world off from this source of
supply, and in fact it was not until 1876
that I lie lasi ante helium crop was
equaled. The distress among the cotton
spinners in Manchester, England, was
profound. The cutting off of the chief
supply of raw cotton was an awful dis
aster, scarcely less than a famine in food
supply would have been.
"Tile present corner, of course, has
produced no calamity like that, 'but its
effects have been world wide. The Amer
ican consul at Rouen, tor instance, writes
to the state, department concerning 'the
crisis' in the cotton industry of France
as a result of the high price of the raw
product. Production is reduced, mills
are closing and leading Frenchmen are
giving to the problem thus presented
much thought and study. Not only is the
high price of raw cotton a development
that causes alarm, but the growth of
cotton manufactures in the United States
is noted, and M. Baudin .ex-minister of
public works, says that if this growth
continues so that American mills shall
absorb the entire product of American
fields, Europe for the most part would
be compelled to close her mills. In other
words. Europe is dependent upon the
American crop.
“That this statement by M. Baudin is
well founded the statistics of the cotton
trade clearly show in 1902 the world
consumed 14,351.125 bales, or 200.776 less
than the world's production. The yearly
demand has increased 2.470.924 bales in
six years, while the yearly production
has increased 2,479.422 bales in the same
time. Os the total production in 1902 of
14.150.380 bales, the United States sup
plied 10.380,380 bales. Os the total con
sumption Os 14,351,156 only 3,988,745
bales were taken by northern and south
ern spinners in the I'nited States. Never
theless our cotton mill industry is grow
ing, for the number of our spindles has
increased from 17,356.537 in 1897 to 21.-
550.000 in 1902. IVp operate over one
fifth of the total spindles of the world,
ami about, one-third of these in the
south.
BRITISH GIVE THEIR FIGURES.
Blue Book Shows Exports Declined
and Imports Rose.
London. September 16.--On the heels o'
the Premier Balfour's speech at the
Academy university of his views on the
fiscal problem, contained in the pamphlet
on “Insular free trade.” advance sheets
of which were issued last Week, cam
the long promised and much demanded
government statistics dealing with that
subject. They were issued today by the
board of trade in the shape of a blue
book of nearly 500 pages of bewildering
tables of figures showing the various
aspects of British and foreign trade and
Industrial conditions-. Ko deductions were
drawn, though the publication teems with
interesting testimony upon what are re
garded as points of fact. The refer
ences to foreign trade were chiefly con
fined to France, Germany and the I’nited
States. The Fall Mall Gazette says it
understands the cabinet has concluded
th,.- consideration of its fiscal position and
its policy in regard thereto; that no fur
ther cabinet meetings will be held for
tile present, probably not until late in
the autumn, and that in the meanwhile
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain will pro
ceed with bis expository programme. The
paper adds:
“it will probably be found that he has
modified his proposals so as to bring
them in harmony with Mr. Balfour’s
views as set forth in the pamphlet. The
main feature of Mr. Chamberlain’s
modifications will be the disappearance of
all suggestions in the direction of the
further taxation of foodstuffs and raw
material.”
Consideration of the war commission's
report is reserved for future meetings of
tlie cabinet.
The Ball .Mall Gazette believes it is
still possible that there will be more
than one resignation from the cabinet.
One of Hi ■ most Important phases dealt
with in the blue book are imports and
exports. Tables show that exports from
tie- I'nited Kingdom to the I'nited States
declined from $145,000,000 in 1890 to
$97,500,000 in 1902, while the Imports
rose from $485,000,000 to $635,000,000.
The total exports to all foreign coun
tries declines in the same period $90,000,-
000. though when the colonies are in
cluded tile decline only amounts to $5,-
000.000. The proportion of the United
Kingdom exports as between protected
ami united protected countries in the
markets of the world lias been reversed
since 1890. Then it was 56 pet cent
to the protected countries and 44 per
cent to the others. In 1902 the propor
tion was 42 per cent, to the protected
countries rind 58 per cent to the others.
A valuable- explanation is given of the
much quoted excess of imports of over
exports which has so often been held to
bi a sign of British trade decline. The
blue book says that while the excess
y<-)rlr averages about $800,000,000 the
in orm- received from foreign Investments,
calculated at $312,500,000. added to the
earnings of the British merchant fleet
engaged in foreign trade, calculated at
$450,000,000. is probably more than suf
ficient to account, for the average excess
of imports.
Such estimates have never been in
clude I. hence the misleading character
,4 the usual figures. Americans have made
largo hive.- Dni-nts jn the United Kingdom
of recent years and American repur
chases of railroad and oth-r securities
are admitted to have to some extent
affecti-d the fiscal figures, but ''they are
not likely to form a serious factor.”
Much attention is devoted to the tin
plate industry and tlie effect of the
Dingle'- and McKinley tariffs. The sig
mas show that tile total exports of tin
from the I'nited Kingdom has declined on
a little over $5,000,000 since 1897. with
a marked increase in the quantity pro
fit: <<l and in the value of a number of
mills since 1898.
RUSSIA’S NEW PREMIER
A POWERFUL PERSONAGE
London. September 5.--M. Witte's pro
motion this week to the post of premier
of Russia shows that in one point, !t t
least, the czar's bleak ami turbulent
realm resembles the land of freedom. The
man who saved Russia from bankruptcy,
and is n >w. next to the czar, the most
joweiful personage in the empire, used
to |,e a railway clerk on a small salary,
'out he had a taste for work, the faculty
or persistence, and a head for organiza
tion and climbed steadily until he got so
high in the railway business that the
czar could discern him.
One of his cleverest moves after he be
came minister of finance was the out
witting of a syndicate formed some time
ago to corner petroleum. After getting
hold of an enormous quantity of the
product, the company, sure of its mo-
nopoly, fixed an impossible price. To
checkmate this swindle the purse keeper
ordered that the crown’s tax of 40 per
cent on all workings should he paid in
oil, not in money. Thus with forty out
of every hundred barrels of petroleum
produced rolling into the royal ware
house the government soon was able to
sell the product at reasonable rates and
break the corner.
Mindful of his own humble beginning
M. Witte always has been a champion of
the working classes and his suggestions
In the labor troubles of 1901 established
systems of arbitration between employ
er and employee which have been in
valuable In recent disturbances.
Aside from one bit of crookedness, for
which M. Witte apparently was not to
blame, the minister’s public life has been
free from scandal. After the failure of
a. big railway company some years ago it
w>as charged that Mme. Witte, aided by
a prominent Russian banker and using
her husband’s position to obtain financial
information, had speculated so heavily
that the railway was forced into bank
ruptcy. Some of the company's directors
alleged that the minister wag at the bot
tom of tlie affair, but the czar, after
Investigating, exiled Mme. Witte from
Russia and retained her husband in con
fidence.
Sound judgment coupled with a clearer
and more definite knowledge of affairs
than his associates seems to be the se
cret of M. Witte’s record. He took In
finite pains to reach the bottom of mat
ters coming under his jurisdiction. At
the head of the bureau of 'finance he
fought extravagance of every sort. In
stead of spending enormous sums on the
army, the navy and the church, as many
of his predecessors did, M. Witte looked
after commerce.
Like any other change in a ministry
composed of ambitious and insanely jeal
ous politicians, the czar's latest appoint
ment has produced its share of discon
tent. Since M. Witte has had to do
with the nation's affairs, many offices
have lost their attractiveness. His un
expected examinations into civil service
•affairs, often followed by wholesale dis
missals, and ills swoops upon other de
partments have result".l in a wholesome
fear on the part, of subordinates for tins
thorough house cleaner, and mliicanory
has had to lie low. Although al, \Vitti
never lias made known his methods of
operation, it is understood that lie main
tains a system of spies unexcelled in all
Russia whose supervision is so strict
that no public official or employee can
lift a finger without the chief's knowl
edge.
According to all accounts his promotion
Is a hard blow to the crafty Pobiedonost
seuff, whose narrow, fanatical views have
'been imposed upon the <zar to the groat
detriment of Russia, and whose aims and
ambitions have been almost the exact
contrary to those of the new premier.
THEY ARE CLOSE UPON CURRY.
Chinook. Mont . September 26 - Posses
are scouring in every section of the
country in the vicinity of Lear Paw
mountain after "Kid" Curry, the h-ml'g
of the gang which b- Id up two <1 r* -t
Northern express trains n July 3, 1901,
ana. who escaped from Knoxville, Tenn.,
jail while awaiting transportation to the
Cl io i enilentiriry to serve out ■■ twenty
vtars’ KentOrice '->r forging s.gnntur-s
to tile stolen brnnk bills obtained in the
robbery. The pos<-.-- .-jy, composed of
men well acquaiv.te'l with the countrry
in which Curry is traveling, ami Who ar
equally as quick m tli • trigger as ho
< r any of Ids g.-.e.g. It is many miles
from where tile search is belrr.g pr.is--
cuted to the near, st ti l-graph p.-int ami
it may be days after an encounter be
fore anything is Itnown of what hap
pened. Curry has many fr: -nds in the
country thr. ugh he is passing and they
will aid him to reach the re-ifi : v -us of
bis gang, where he will be safe in Hie
fastnesses of tli- Bear Paw immntai'.is
from pursuit <’r eapt’.ire. When In -1
heard from on Saturday he was only 10
miles from his •destination and well
mounted. As the pmze.- : only got started
this noon the cl: mces are all in Cmrry's
fa vc-r.
WIRE DOES DOUBLE SERVICE.
Utica. N. Y., Sept, mb.-r 20 \n inno
vation in tlie fine of railroad t ■legr.ipli
service has lr • n put into i; oe the
New Yorrk (.'*mtral railroad between
Utica ami Albany. By means of tlie
a l-l-aiatus, a. single wire . an lie us.-d for
telegraph and telephone messages at t he
same tine. While the operator is tick
ing away a telegram in Mors.- code, an
other person can teleplinm- -i message
without, the slightest int. rs.-t m-.
Mobile Girl To Wed Actor.
Cleveland. Ohio. September 18 --(Spe
cial.)—The engagement was announced
today of Frederick V. Bowers, a.-'-.r ami
writer of popular song. to Mi.s I'lmr
lotto Marshal), of Mobile. Ala., heiress
to $200,000.
Two years ago Bowers' wife eloped from
Chicago with George M. Pullman, the
millionaire. Bower s suefl him for SIOO,-
000, but the action was dropped after
Pullman's death.
Internal Revenue Receipts Increase.
Washington, September 19. -Tlie month
ly statement of tin- collections of in
ternal revenue show that for the month
of August the total receipts were $lB.
784.514. an increase as compared with
August, 1902, of $1,064,886.
West Africa's Cotton
Lagos, British West. Africa., September
15.—Jt is estimated that this year’s export
of cotton from British West Africa will
amount to 1,800 tons.
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WORK OF ALABAMA’S
UWMIKERS,
To Kill Sunday Baseball.
Montgomery, Ala., September 14.—(Spe
cial.)—The house of representatives this
afternoon passed a bill prohibiting the
playing of baseball on Sunday.
The senate reported a similar bill fa
vorably today. The passage of the sen
ate bill is practically certain and which
means no more Sunday -baseball in Ala
bama
The house passed the bill providing for
the working of the public roads of the
state
Hoffman's bill, which attacks the money
lending sharks, met with opposition, and
was indefinitely postponed.
The senate passed tlie bill appropriat
ing $50,000 for the girls' industrial school
at Montevallo.
Senate Passes Vagrancy Law.
Montgomery, Ala.. September 15.—(Spe
cial.)—The senate today passed a. substi
tute for the home vagrancy bill, which
was tlie same bill passed by the house
with a few amendments, and which is
understood to be practically the Georgia,
vagrancy law. The bill was passed
without debate ami by a unanimous
vote.
To Pay Fees in Giles Case.
Montgomery, Ala., September 16.—(Spe
cial.)—The -enate this afternoon, after
taking up the whole day in discussing it,
passed the bill providing for an exami
nation of state banks.
The examiners are to be appointed by
the state treasurer
The house passed .a bill to pay th.e at
torm-vs $1,050 for defending the suits of
Jackson W. Giles against the registrars
of Montgomery county.
Giles the negro that brought suit be
cause the registrars failed to register
him on account of his color.
A substitute was passed unanimously
for the general stock law bill.
Hot Wotds Passed in Lower House.
Montgomery. Ala., September 17.—(Spe
cial.)—The house of representatives today
experienced its first ruffle on its quiet
waves when Mr. Byers, of Blount, mis
interpreted the words of Air. A erner, of
Tuscaloosa.
Mr. Vt-rner was speaking on Mr. Gold
smith's bill to better provide for the reve
nue of the state and said that there w-rc
people in this state that loaned ,mom y
here Hint were honest and truthful am!
that there were others that were un
truthful and liars ami that he believed
that all lied a little bit sometimes.
Mi - . Byers jumped to his feet and said
that ho wanted the gentleman to under
:--tand that ho was no liar and that, lie
would not stand for it and that h<- would
bold the gentleman personally respon
sible for his remarks after adjournment.
Two or three representatives wont to
Mr. By-Ts to quiet him ami walked ilm
out of the hall. Mr. Verner denied call
ing Mr. Bvo-.-s a liar, bat stated that li'
was personally responsible for everything
he said on the floor or any whore else,
i.’ri, 1-..1S smoothed th" matter over later.
The bill was defeated.
Senate Passes Eection Bill .
Montgomery. Ala.. September 19.- ''Spe
cial.) Tlie senat' tcii-iy passed the gen
eral primary and general election law
.'■nd indefinitely postponed the osteopathy
bill.
The housi passed the senate bill ap
propriating $50,000 for old confederate
soldiers and also the -fill to bi-ttor pro
vide for the pt-biie health of the state.
Tile i-iiiriniitte- which i-ow has the bul
to provide for an ■ xuminor of the state
banks was i-quested t ■ r-’nort the bill.
MEETING OF THE EMPERORS.
William and Francis Joseph Embrace
Each Other.
Vienna. September 18.—Emperor Wil
liam arrived here today from Betlye,
Hungary, in tire vicinity of which pli -e
he has been stag hunting with Arehiluk -
Itor Francis Joseph mot Emperor
William at the railroad station. The mon
archs co-riiiallv kissed each other three
limes and then shoo,’.- Ivimls warmly. The
emperors then drove I" the Hofburg.
NEW PANAMA CANAL TREATY.
Colombian Senate Passes Bill to Sec
ond Reading.
Bogota, f'olombia, September 14. The
senate has approved the lull authorizing
tiro government to negotiate a new pan
. American canal treaty with the I rxited
States on its first reading. Senator
B rezy Soto announces that lie will op
pose it in the sulis.-quent debat- s.
Omaha. Nebr., Septambe.- 19.--Crest-.-its,
the world's ehampon tr >tt--r. broke .tn
.,ther world's r>--ord at Exposition track
this afternoon bv making a mile on a
h.'ilf-mile track in 2:08 flat and also low
ered his own record of 2:08 1-4. Tim
p< rtcrmance was witnessed by 5,000 peo
p.le.
JETT TRIAL IS PROCEEDING.
Jury Completed and the Defendant
Makes His Plea.
Cynthiana, Ky.. September 16.—The se
lection of a jury in the Curtis Jett trial
was accomplished at 5 o'clock this after
noon. Ten -of the jurymen are democrats
and two are republicans. Ten are far
mers and two live in Cynthiana. One of
this last number being a. grain dealer and
one a tobacco handler. After selecting
the jury the indictment was r-ad and
the defendant pleaded not guilty. The
jury was then sworn and placed in charge
of Sheriff foeaeh, after which court ad
journed.
Jett Will Keep His Mouth Shut.
Cynthiana, Ky., September 18—Seven
witnesses testified for the commonwealth
this afternoon in the Curtis Jett trial.
All of them corroborated other witnesses
who have testified. Tire most sensa
tional feature of the afternoon was the
testimony qf J. B. Little, who said he saw
Cockrill running at the time of the shoot
ing, and immediately afterwards Jett
appeared in front of the court house. He
heard Jett say a week before the assas
sination, in the house of Mrs. Mans,
that he would kill Cockrill on sight, and
that he (Jett) never promised to do any
thing but that he carried it out.
A. S. Johnson saw both Jetit ,-iu»l
Spicer at the door of tlie court house
Immediately after the shooting, with
guns drawn.
Attorney Blanton tonight said that Jett
will not make a confession.
The commonwealth rested tonight, un
less some of the absent witnesses ap
pear tomorrow*. If they do not the de
fense will begin tomorrow.
Evidence Damaging to Jett.
Cynthiana, Ky.. September 19 - In th? !
trial of Curtis Jett for the alleged assas- ;
sination of James Cockrill. at Jacksoil. I
Ky.. the commonwealth today introduced
William Cope and James Blanton, who j
corroborated others as to Jett being in I
front of the court house immediately after ■
the shooting, and as to the shots com- |
ing from tlie court house.
The feature was tile testimony of
Charles Green. Hie witness who escaped,
and said he was afraid of being killed
if he testified. Green was brought here
under arrest from Lexington. Ky. He i
testified that he was about 10 feet from |
Cockrill when the shooting commenced. !
lie and Cockrill both ran. He saw the I
shots coming in two volleys from the
court house window, and saw Curtis
Jett firing from the court house at
Cockrill. He testified that two other
men were in tin- court house whom he
didn't recognize, and that but little I
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other witnesses in saying that they be
lieved smokeless powder was used by
Jett.
THE NEGRO BAPTISTS MEET.
Booker T. Washington Will Address
the Convention.
Philadelphia, September 17.—Several
I'.umlred delegates arrived here today to
attend the National Negro Baptist con
vention. now in session here. It was
announced that Booker T. Washington
will address the convention tomorrow
t ight. Tlie morning session vas devoted
to foreign missionary work.
This afterr.oon home missions w -ro
discussed. Rev. R. P. Boyd. ■’( Nash
ville. Tenn., secretary of the foreign mis
sion board, in reading his report, said-:
“Seven years of experimental work has
fully convinced us that only negroes aro
able to preach the gospel to negroes, anil
that the work of systematic, organized
effort 'mis not o'- n thoroughly r.nJr-rstvod ■
by the masses of our people."
Washington Addressed Meeting.
Philadelphia, September 18. At toda s ;
session of the National Negro Baptist I
conference John T. Turner introduced i
the following rr solution:
“AVhereas. unwarranted destruction «•' I
human lift- and the breaking down of |
< ornttt utional government have been i" ■ ■
petrated through mob violence, which I
often nuts an innocent nran to death iv'|
'r.n alleged crime against womanhood;!
' be it -
| “Itesolv'd. That w>- implore our peop.c |
i to refrain from an> act that giv<s the
mob an oc,-.:..i0n or pretext tor its im-
I holy and unwarranted destruction ol sm-h
| lives and the breaking down of cons'i
; tnted and God-given government.
| Booker Washington addres- d himself
ito t'u-. church delegates, and in the
i c-utrsi- of his speech said.
I "In a large degree the negro minlsler.
1 during the last 'wenty-five or thiftj
i years, has been the preserver of peace
ami harmony between tm races But lor
: tie- forbearance amt patience ana rhe
i ”,clitic tact of tile negro inniist-i many
I lace riots would have occurred in our
i eountrv.
I "You will find one of the problems that
i is going t > press more seriously upon
x on for solution tn the near future than
: in tie- past is tin- one of employment
for our tr-oiil-, especially in northern
! cities.
■We can t>nl\ hold our own in the
wurld of abor and aal'-sHy b\ t'-aching
our people to do a thing is well as any
l-< ly else, by teaching them to perform
' common labor in an uncommon manner.
in his further remarks, Washington j
s.-iid:
Bishop Candler, .-f Georgia, .struck, in
n y opinion, the in art <d‘ the !•;!«•»• qiies
lion a few days ago when he said that
each race should try tc t on -’t the • .i!s
among its own people and that the white
nice shou’d ceasu abuHng the negro at
long range and that th" ti-gro at the. ;
s rne time should cease his cross fire at .
(he white man.’’
CARMACK WANTS DISCUSSION. ;
Explains Why He Will Ask Repeal
of Fifteenth Amendment.
Memphis. Tenn., September 15. —United
Stales Senator Carmack explained bmt
night that his purpose in proposing to
introduce a bill at the next session of
congress fur tlie repeal of tlie fifteenth
amendment thus disfranchising the ne
gro, is simply to open up a discussion,
which will contribute to a solution of the
race problem.
To Senator Carmack's mind tire surest
jilan to solve tlie negro question, as it
affects the white race both socially and
politically, lies in the m-gro's elimination
from politics. Should tin- fifteenth
amendment i><- repeali-ii the question of
treating with tire negro would be left to
the states.
Another view entertained by Senator
C.irmack is for the separation of th"
races. But how to proceed, or how long
it will take, he does not attempt to say.
H< believes, however, that tlie races would
be better conditioned if they were sepa
rated. He believes the black race is a
failure; that it owes what little it has
achieved to its association with the white
race. , ~
As to the enfranchisement of tlie negro
iriimedlatclv after Hie war between the
states the senator regards that as the
! mistake for which thr repeal of the sis
tventli anu‘Tidm<uit would be onh partial
reparation.
DUKE REFUSED THE OFFER.
Kentucky Tobacco Growers May
Have Own Ware House.
Lexington. Ky.. September 19.—The
committee of the Burley Tobacco Ass i
tiatlon returned tonight from New York
after a conference with James B. Duke,
president of the Continental Tobacco
Company, which buys 65 per cent of all
tobacco of the country. The Burley As
sociation is composed of 25.000 tobacco
growers. They asked Duke to tike their
'contracts at 8 1-2 cents incrijase. D ike
declined. As a result it is probable that
an independent ware house will be es
tablished here, so W. B. Hawkins, i
chairman of tlie committee, soys.
GERMANY AND SOUTH AMERICA
Chancellor Buelow Says Sentiment
Is Friendly.
Berlin. September 1 7.—Chancellor Yon
Buelow, in outlining the attitude of Ger
many toward South America. In an in
terview with a correspondent of a Brazil
ian newspaper, said:
“We have no political claims. Com
mercijllsh we shall strive for «uch a place
as our industry deserves. Trade relations
arc to be furthered through peace and
confidence, and m>t through fear and mis
trust, 1 hope ti)“ conviction of our I
friendly sentiments toward South Amer- '
lea will not be shaken by calumnous ut- |
terances ’’
END OF THE INSURRECTION.
Rural Guards of Cuba Capture tk >
Rebels.
Fitqrto Frhicipe, Cuba. September 17
The government has been officially
to: med of tlie camplet- dispersal f ' ■•
Santiago insurrectionists and ti... optere
of their leaders.
Tlie rural guards overtook the band nt
LaLima. coffee plantation, fiv-- I .; -
from Santiago, yesterday. • Ai.-,'- an i
Garzon, lead :s, .
ed, were captured. The guards also <:a;
lured two unwounded m-.-n and tw •:>
totional wounded men were f-un d la ■:
as was the dead body of a negro i nl
Secretary of the Interior Yero hat t- ■
graphed orders for two troo; s - f <>
I rural guards to continue in to -
of the fugitive insurrectioni-is until ;
ar< ail captured or killed.
The nationalists paraded 1,- *
day evening. Frestdent i'.ilm. alii: .
tl, i ling p< : i ! 1- -i' '' ?:: . ■
viewed them from the iiot< 1 bai -ony.
I Tiie local commit tf<. of th ; mil mnaib” s
j v aylaid Senor Palma at the hote: -?o
--; tiance and the spokasm tn r marked t
i he was reputed to be in full sympaihy
i witli the republican Tiie ; r- -
I warmly denied that lie v. .■ a
| of .any poriy and .- aid i.- would a-'
l sent to discuss the duties of presi-i-; t
■ • ..""pt in acccrdanc- w.'th his
| and the constitution.
EXCITEMENT AT SANTIAGO.
! Pistol Fired During a Speech by
President Palma.
, Santiago, Cuba. Sept nb-r IS -f) .-.
i a sp-oeeli made by President P ;m.>
llt mt of il.e pal-n- this -vc-ning th ; ■ •
I pie became ex'ited because the er- ■ <
■ Were forc’d Ixtck b?* J- - i •' no a
j rifle in the hands , ' a sergeant o: ■
rm a'. gnat -1 wa s ■har/--d b i ■
j dent, it was said. T.-.is <-au-- l a :
land the l-e-i; I- turned ami ra: . -. '■'■
. jierscns were - htb hurt. Order •
’rm t, restored
' The Tiresiclent. who was e.iti, i-m-• i-
;ly r- eeived, tlmnki 1 the y, ,ple I ■ t -
loyalty :ind unn mI ■ unit- :>.:r..i ii.m
j those who 1 o*l .itt mpted ro la :
I insurrection, and msa-d them to end-.-'
lurther to stree.-:rthe!: public .'•••:) t. n;•
I ogtiinst any st-diti-ans id"o.--.
INDIANS REFUSE TO WORK.
Want All or None c-f the Tribe Ed -
ployed—Too Much Fire Water.
Washingtor. S-.-ptember 15 -A strik- of
th- Warm-rs’ rat ail la I'ans in ('allf-'i
for th-- employment of their tribe ..
limit on irrigation work order- I by
| government for their own benefit,
beet: i-'-jiort'-d to th" interior ilcparlm- :
'ey Ge-irge Biit'- r. Irrigation s;> : -i-rinte'a•-
•■-Hi. Mr. Butler w, ; s ordered to :
Bala ratv i’. when i- tin Warners’ r.: ■ :i
Indians r-•ently were 'ranslerred a.':-'
years c.f trouble, to develop water s :y
I i-iy and dig irrigation ditches for the
| L-e’netit of the Indians, lie promis' d to
I employ ail whenever r-xt- nsion of he
Work warranted it, but tie. Indians '
fused t-i go to work, deciding at a co'i’’.-
| <-i! m'-'-tini; tiiat. all or non, of Ih-ir
number should be employed. Mr. I' :’
ler's report arraigns the tribe as
satisfieil. unri'J”. and unsettled,’’
they auempt to dictate the p-mey cl'
i and term • o labor ah-! re-
fuse to affiliate with the other Indi.
i-'.cept nt fiestas V i i c-::: ’>■ <
says, forty places where drinks w- -.
were counted, and tin- report adds:
“It is said a. deputy marshal wr r m
ning a game wide open.”
Tlie report questions the advisable '
of employing the Indians on the irriga
tion work under the circumst m-’cs.
WANTED ON BIGAMY CHARGE.
Williams, on Trial in Augusta. To
Face New Charge.
Augusta. G’n.. September 19.—(Sp' n '
W. C. Williams, who is umh r arr.o :
warrant in th-, city court sworn -a 1
his wife charging him with .adulter-’
also being sought by Carolina otlle- rs
the charge of bigamy.
Williams resided in West T-'n-l until s
era! months ago, when he deserted ■
wife and. It is charged, went to S-i
Carolina with a woman mimed Ell n N
I er.
He remained in ’'ar flinn for- j
months and left the Napper worn: i
oangley and came back to Augusta, ii
Augusta wife began criminal pr-:seenti n
ami today Sheriff Clark was call lon ■
:i Carolina -tli.a-r with war'-a-.i
sued in tint state charging Williams wish
bigamy.
The sheriff notified the Carolina c.fli.
that the trial in this state w.-nl-l h.
t-- b,- ,-om 1-ided before William-' c-oiild i •
I; ken.
Cruiser Maryland Uninjured.
Newport News Ya.. Scntenil.-'-r 15 -
The Unit'-d States cruiser Marviaml v. a
tl"at- b this afternoon at 2:40 o’cb-- k
rid row ills tied up at the pier. \y--
rei.tly tire .-’l>ii> is not damage,l in the
I<:.st. An t xamination of Hie n>
will be mad" immediately. Tomorrow
the i.ruiser will be towed around to -e
| of the other piers to be completed. The
Maryland has be n lying partlj on t
v pys since Saturday afternoon, wl
' attempt to launch her was made.
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