Dade County sentinel. (Trenton, Ga.) 1901-1908, November 01, 1901, Image 1
VOL. X.
ASSASSIN CZOLfiOSZ MEETS DOOM
Current Sends Murderer’s Guilty
Soul Before Its Maker.
Died {[nrepenlant and Grimly Stoical, Declaring He Was
•sot Sorwjhat He KilieJ the President.
At 7:12:30 Tuesday morning, Leon
F. Czolgosz, the murderer of President
McKinley, paid the life penalty for his
crime in the electric chair at the Au
burn, N. Y., state prison.
The prisoner made a brief speech in
the chair. He said he was not sorry
for what he had done, but expressed
regret that he had not seen his father.
The prisoner was given three con
tacts of electricity before he was hnal
ly pronounced dead.
He died unconfessed and unrepent
ant, spurning the offices of the priest*
and cursing them.
He maintained his stolidity to the
last, and there were no signs of phy
sical collapse. His action was not
that of bravado, nor that which springs
from physical courage; it was simply
the stolidity which is born of indif
ference.
Of all the men who have sat in the
death chair Its terrors seemed to have
had the least effect on Czolgosz.
Half an hour before execution the
prisoner sent for the superintendent
and warden and said:
"I want to make a statement before
you kill me.”
“What do you wish to say, Czol
gosz?” asked the warden.
“I want to make it when there are
a lot of people present. I want them
to hear me,” sa.u the prisoner. •
“Well, you cannot,” said the super
intendent.
“then 1 won’t talk at all,” sarid the
prisoner sullenly.
He changed his resolution, howev
and did break th- " .. <.ue
dea
As the albcas'in was being seated he
looked about at the assembled wit
nesses with quite a steady stare and
said:
"I killed the president because be
was an enemy of the good people —ef
the working people.”
His voice trembled slightly at first,
but gained strength with each wu~d
and he spoke perfect English.
“I am sorry for my crime,” he said,
loudly, just as the guard pushed hi*
head back on the rubber head rest
and drew the strap across his fore
head‘and chin. As the pressures on
the strap tightened and bound the jaw
tightly he mumbled:
“I am awful sorry 1 could not . see
my father.”
It was just exactly 7:11 o'clock
he crossed the threshold, but a
minute had elapsed and he had just
fiSshed the last statement when the
strapping was completed and th*
stepped back.
Jr 1.700 Volts Turned On.
Meade raised Iris hand at
7:12:30 and Electrician Davis turned
the switch that threw 1,700 volts of
electricity into the body.
The rush of the current threw the
body so hard against the straps that
they creaked perceptibly.
The hands clinched suddenly and
the whole attitude was one of extreme
tenseness.
For 45 seconds the full current was
kept on and tnen slowly the electri
cian threw the switch back, reducing
the current volt by volt until it was
cut off entirely.
Then it had reached that
point he threw the lever back again
>VLL ENGLAND IS WORRIED.
Retarding Health of King Ed
. r
Jftth whicS ' < %Mfcui^Vt;
Tumors i egarjUrij iW health of
fcdwasd hasHjad a serious effect
Ou '*lie court dressmakers, who expect
ed. ere now. to have been busily engag
es on the coroahtion robps. etc. .They
are keeping lajge stwifs in almost com
plete idleness.
DADE COUNTY SENTINEL.
for two or three seconds. The body,
which had collapsed as the current
was reduced stiffened up again
against the straps.
When it was turned off again* Dr.
MacDonald stepped to the chair and
put his hand over the heart.
Another Current Given,
He said he felt no pulsation, tut
suggested that the current be turned
on for a few- seconds again.
Once more the body became rigid.
At 7:15 the current was turned off
for good.
From the time Czolgosz had left his
cell until the full penalty was paid,
less than four minutes had elapsed.
The physicians present used the
j stethoscope and other tests to deter
mine if any life remained and at 7:17
the warden, raising his hand; an
nounced:
“Gentlemen, the prisoner is dead!”
The witnesses filed from the eham
j her. many of them visibly affected,
: and the body was taken from the
chair and laid on the operating table.
When the body of Czolgosz had been
removed from the room where he was
executed to the autopsy table, Auburn
prison returned to the routine of Its
ordinary life.
Prison Superintendent Collins made
the -following statement to the Asso
ciated Press:
Prison Keepers Threatened.
“Just consider that within about six
weeks from the death of his distin
guished victim, Gzolgosz was regular
ly tried, convicted, sentenced and exe-
.eU; and this despite the fact that
the law compelled us to give him
four weeks to prepare for death. All
has been done in a dignified way, and
the greatest credit is due to Warden
Meade tot the care he has taken to
strip the case of sensationalism.
Executioner Explains.
Electrician Davis made -this state
ment as to the execution;
“I used 1,700 volts of electricity,
turning it into the body at full voltage
for several seconds, and then slowly
reducing it for 45 seconds. Then I
threw the full voltage oh again for
eight seconds. Then, at the suggestion
of Dr. MacDonald, I turned it on again
for a few seconds. 1 did not think
there was any necessity for a third
contact, and the lack of resistance
shown when it was administered
proved that life was exlinet. The body
showed eight amperes of resistance.
That is a little more than would be
given by a larger or stouter man
where the current could have mo r -
chance to percolate.-' It was a 6l
cessful an execution as ] have
crated at in ail m^-e
Au£iT"T''.xfcveais
Naturally, almost the entiijjjhtteiP
kion of the physicians hold
the autopsy was directed tMards dis
covering if possible whetj the as
sassin was in anj way rapt tally irre
sponsible. The auton# was con
ducted by Ur Carlos m. MacDonald,,
E. 5 a. Svitzfca l and Physician
Gerin.
The top of the head w-as sawed off
through the thickest part of the skull,
which was found to be of normal
thickness, and it was the unanimous
agreement of the microscopical exam
ination that the brain was normal or
slightly above normal.
• _ _ .
AUTOMATIC GUN EXPLODES.
Six Members cf Artillery Company Are
fort
1 y. ,i ejjii b* Cells'
firing glut at Fort Leavenworth Mon
day Captain Charles T. Menoher and
five men of tile twenty-eighth l.attery
of artillery were injured. The gun, a
new one, was being tested ahd waS> al
lowed to become too hot, and- when a
shell came into the breech after fUing
the shell exploded
CREAfI OP NEWS
Summary of the Most
.Important Daily
Happanings Tersely Told.
- —A London newspaper publishes the
dispatch of General Buller .which was
the forerunner of his dismissal from
the army. “
—lt was developed before the court
of inquiry Wednesday that Sampson
refused to receive Schley’s original re
port of the battle of Santiago because
It did not represent the New York as
present and participating in the fight.
■—By the small margin of four votes
the union cotton mill operatives at Fall
Biver decided not to strike for advance
in wages.
•—lt is said that British capitalists
will build huge plants in Georgia for
the slaughtering of cattle and canning
of fruits and vegetables for the Eng
lish markets.
•—At Virginia City, Montana, hus
band and wife fight duel with pistols.
At the first show- their two-year old
baby was killed. The wife was badly |
wounded and the man is in jail.
—London anarchists Tuesday night
celebrated the “noble death” of Czol
gosz.
—Lord Kitchener reports to the Lon
don war office the capture of 772 Boers.
—Fire at. Timmonsville, S. C., Wed
nesday destroyed half the town.
_ —ln a wreck on the. B. and O. rail
way near Washington, Pa.. Wednesday
three.men were killed and ten badly ;
hurt.
—A “Good Roads” convention -
held in Atlanta, Ga., during the second
week in December.
■ —Seventy-five families lost their
homes and $250,000 worth of property
was destroyed in a fire at Chicago
Wednesday night that started in a pic
ture frame factory.
—News was received at San Antonio,
Texas, Wednesday that at Puruandiro,
Michoacan, Mexico, on October 28. a
bread riot occurred in which twenty
persons were wounded, many of them
fatally. The cause of the riot, is said
to have been action of specult in
'cornering the supply of corn.
—Leon Czolgosz, murderer of Pres
ided M^tinle y, paid the penalty for
*hii nemo™' chair
at Auburn ' prison snoi'illT illl^i — r~
o’clock Tuesday morning. The assas- :
sin died unrepentant and stoical.
—ln the Georgia house of represen
tatives Tuesday the Hal! bill, having
for its object the taxing of all fran
chises, was tabled.
—The committee having the matter
in charge has fixed the date for the
National Confederate reunion at Dal
las, Texas, April 29 to May 2 inclus
ive.
—Buffalo Bill’s circus train was
wrecked in a collision near Salisbury,
N. C., Tuesday.. Several men were
more or less injured, and 150 horses
were killed.
—The South Georgia fair opened
At Valdosta Tuesday morning under,
most flattering auspices.
--Latest news from the scene of
race war near Balltown, La., Sunday
afternoon is to the effect that one
white man is dead and two badly
wounded. Of the negroes nine are
dead and the number of wounded can
not be estimated.
—ln government circles at Sofia the
impression appears to be that Miss
Stone is dead.
—The cross-examination of Admiral
Schley was continued throughout the
session of the court of inquiry Tues
day.
—White men in a casting plant at
Indianapolis go on strike because ne
gro employees are not discharged.
- —The Southern railway's "Good
Roads” special left Alexandria, Va.,
Tuesday night on its southern tour.
—Lord Kitchener reports heavy
fighting with Boers October 24. Brit
ish. lost twenty-eight killed and fifty
five he Boers left forty
dead on tl^^ield.
examination of Admiral
Schlewegan before the naval court of
Monday.
race riot occurred Sunday at a
jßro camp meeting near Balltown,
W.&., in which three white men and
c.even negroes were killed.’
—While testing anew Colt’s auto
matic gun at Fort Leavenworth Mon
day Captain Menoher and five men of
the Twcnty-eighih battery of artillery
were injured.
—According to the annual report of
General Miles, just issued, the present
strength of the army is 84,513.
' —For the alleged crime of arson the
Tennessee Metl-odist conference ex
pels Rev. P. A. Cherry from the min
istry.
—The seemingly breaking health of
King Edward is causing much worry
throughout England.
—A company has been formed at
Birmingham, Ala., to make fertilizers
of slag refuse of iron furnaces.
—The jury in the case of Caleb Pow
ers at Georgetown, Kv.. returned a ver
dict of guilty, and for the second time
Powers is giver a life sentenc for .
fQjhPj.-f.UV jhVden ■
’ iAula, AlhbamiC ch%rgq'?^f^ -tw*
ing bonds deposited by ex-C-otefrfcfi-
Oates without authority.
•—At Kentucky stade reunion of Con
federate veterans movement is iterted
for building a home for indigent he
; roes of the war.
Official Organ of Daclo County-
TRENTON. GA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 1.1901.
AN ALTERED REPORT
Interesting Feature Brought Out
Id Naval Inquiry Court.
SAMPSON DID IDE “BABY” ACT
Refused to Accept Schley’s First Re
port of Santiago Settle Because
the New York Was Not
Mentioned.
- *
The long examination and cross-ex
amination to which Admiral Schley
has been subjected ended Wednesday
afternoon and he was allowed to leave
the witness stand. When the judge ad
vocate finished the cross-examination
shortly after 3 o'clock the court pro
pounded to the admiral a number of
questions prepared by the members of
the court. These questions touched
many minor points of the campaign of
the flying squadron, but mainly cen
tered about the difficulties encountered
in coaling and the reasons for the re
trograde movement. Not one of them
related to the battle of Santiago.
One of the mos'. interesting features
of the day was the development of the
fact that the report of the battle writ
ten by Admiral Schley July 6. 1898,
was not the original report. The origi
nal report never has been published,
and in accordance with a previous de
cision. the court decided to allow it to
go into the record. Admiral Schley
was allowed to explain, however, that
Admiral Sampson declined to receive
the first report because it did not men
tion the presence of the New York. “I
felt that the victory at that time,” said
Admiral Schley in explaining the mat
ter, “was big enough for all and I
made this change out of generosity and
because I knew if the New York had
been present she would have done as
good work as anybody else.”'
Captain Thomas Borden of the ma
rine corps, who was aboard the Brook
lyn. will be the last witness called for
Admiral Schley. After he testifies the
judge advocate put on
the stand the wituet V ‘ rebuttal, of
whom there are u V l be about
fifteen, and it ,c * . Admiral
Schley’s couns. eral wit
-neiTßrt fa snfr la, ’ ’
Gist of Suppressed Report.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Washington sayg: It is learned that
the original and unpublished report of
Admiral Schley of the battle -of San
tiago to Admiral Sampson referred to
in the proceedings before the court of
inquiry Wednesday was of a prelimi
nary character and differed from that
subsequently made in that it omitted
mention altogether of the cruiser New
York, and that it also requested that
Sampson have the commanding officers
or captains of the vessels engaged
transmit to Commodore Schley their
detailed accounts of the action in or
der that he might write a full and com
plete official report of the battle.
The suppressed preliminary report
made by Admiral Schley is dated off
Santiago July 3 and is addressed to Ad
miral Sampson, the commander in
chief of the north Atlantic station. The
report in substance describes the com
ing out of the Spanish fleet from the
harbor of Santiago and calls attention
to the fact tttat signals wye made to
the vessels of the Am "cr 'fleet,
which were obeyed ' . . %
It then proceeds to dostjln- tht ht
and gives briefly the parPplayerf it
by each one of the ships. Showing t
the Brooklyn, the Oregon, the TPXa.
and the lowa remalnedAn action until
the Viscaya went ash vm and that the
Colon surrendered to tire Brooklyn and
the Oregon. The admiral commends
the bravery of all the American offi
cers and crews engaged in the fight
and recommends the commanding offi
cers for gallant and meritorious con
duct and for the superb handling of
their ships.
Then follows Come routine matter
giving the SpanJfh losses, the injuries
to the America* fleet and the casual
ties. It theji asks that Admiral
havC the commanding offi
cers to traftmit to him (Admiral
Schley) thei> *'etailed accounts of the
action in or that he might write a
full and cor ete and official report of
the battle, i
FOUR V 'TES DEFEAT STRIKE.
Cotton M ! j Operatives at Fall River
Will ot Go Out as Expecteo.
The m . operatives of Fall River,
Mass W nesday night decided not to
6trike, I*3 matter being decided by a
majorit w of four votes in the Loom
Fixers Minion. Only 1.702 of the 20,000
opera’/.-es of the city, exclusive of
thoacf-mployed in the Iron works and
Bou.-fce mills and the mills of the New
Erglhnd \ r arn Compauj attended the
g.-neral mass meeting of the unions,
called for the purpose of voting on the
proposition to strike for an increase of
10 per cent in wages.
BREAD RIOT IN MEXICO.
Get Corner on Supply of
V•, 'Yp orß ?na rpeblVj^es'^it*;-
bread* Titit oecurr&d in .Vhich
persons w-re wounded, many 01 them
fatally. -The cause, pf the riot- is =4id
to have been action of speculators in
i cornering the supply of corn.
ACIDS DESTROY BODY
Remains of Murderer Czolgosz
Are Totally Obliterated.
PHYSICIANS HOLD AN AUTOPSY
No Indication of Incinity Was Found
In the Microscopic Examina
tion of the Assassin's
Brain.
A special from Auburn, N. Y., says:
The body of Leon Czolgosz, who was
electrocuted Tuesday morning for tie
murder of President McKinley, will be
destroyed.
After the bodywas examined by the
surgeons it -was placed in a black
stained pine coffin, every portion of
the anatomy being replaced under the
supervision of Dr. Gerin and Warden
Meade. Shortly afterwards it was ta
ken to the prison cemetery and an ex
traordinary precaution taken to de
stroy it. A few days ago, under the
warden's order, an experiment was
made to determine the power of quick
lime in the destruction of flesh and
bone, which was not satisfactory. War
den Meade at once conferred with
some ot the physicians present and
determined, in conjunction with Su
perintendent Collins, that the purpose
of the law was the destruction of the
body, and that it was not necessary to
use quick lime for that end.
Accordingly a carboy of acid was
obtained and poured upon the body in
the coffin until it had been lowered
into the grave. Straw was used in the
four corners of the grave as the earth
was put in to give vent to such gases
as might form.
It is the belief of the physicians
that the body will be entirely disinte
grated within twelve hours. During
that time and as long as deemed nec
essary a guard will be kept over the
unmarked grave.
Brain of Murderer Normal.
Naturally almost the entire atten
tion of the physlrians assigned to hold
the autopsy was directed toward dis
covering ft possible whether the assas
sin wjgaHn ani way mentally irrespeu
sib The atAbpsY feTf
Dr. Carlos F. MaclsoiTald, E. A. Spur
ka and Prison Physician Oeriß. Tire
top pf the head was sawed off through
the thickest part of the skull, which
was found to be of normal thickness,
and It was the unanimous agreement
of the physicians that the brain was
normal or slightly above normal.
The autopsy was completed shortly
before noon, when the surgeons issued
the following statement:
"The autopsy was made by Mr. Ed
ward A. Spitzka, of New- York, under
the immediate supervision and direc
tion of Dr. Carlos F. MacDonald, of
New York, and Dr. John Garin, phy
sician at the prison. The autopsy oc
cupied over three Hours and embraced
a careful examination of all the bodily
organs .including the brain. The ex
amination revealed a perfectly healthy
state of all the organs, including the
brain.
“All the physicians who attended
the execution were present at the au
topsy and all concurred In the find
ings of the examiners.'*
SHOW TRAIN WRECKED.
Buffalo Bill's Aggregation In Big
Smash-Up on the Southern.
) A through southbound freight on
the Southern railway and the second
section of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West
show collided Tuesday morning near
Linwood, N. C., 12 miles from Salis
bury. •
Trainmaster Wlllia: of Greens
boro. was internally r -iously 1
jured and three of 'sen r
tained slight injuries.
One hundred and fift; re
killed, among them Coloi
saddle horse, presented
eral Nelson Miles.
The collision was ca>
by the engineer on t ,ibot
train overlooking his < *
It is the first serlot Buf
falo Bill has ever hao • with his show
In many thousands-4)f/miles of travel.
BRITONS ROUT BURGHERS.
Lord Kitchener Report* Sanguinary
Conflict Near Great Maricox River.
A disptitch received in Eondon from
Lord Kitchener says he has received
reports of important fighting October
24, near Great Maricox rlvpr, when
De l.arey and Kemp attacked a Brit
ish force arid were only repulsed after
severe fighting, leaving forty dead on
the field. The British lost twenty
eight men killed and had . forty-five
wounded. The Boers carried off eight
British wagons. Thirty-seven British
gunners and drivers were killed or
wounded.
CROWN INSHIELD TO VACATE.
Head of Navigation Bureau Will Soon
Occupy Another Post.
Secretary Long - announced .Saturn
.
*f|an .fcfid take coEiiuiim, Vf UV SJcfR?
pean squadron next re
lieved of ki§ put*eat duties by Admit
ral Henry-C. Taylor V*
PLEA FOR BETTER HARBORS.
General Gillespie, Chief of Engineer*,
Files His Annual Report of
Recommendation*.
A Washington special says: Twenty
five of the principal harbors of the
United States now have a sufficient
number of heavy guns and mortars
mounted to permit the effective de
fense against naval attack, says Gen
eral Gillespie, chief of engineers, in his
annual report. Provision has been
made for emplacing 325 heavy guns,
327 rapid-fire guns and 376 mortars.
Now General Gillespie wants sites for
more new gun and mortar batteries
and asks an appropriation of $4,000,-
000.
General Gillespie also makes an ex
tensive report upon river and harbor
works and discusses each improve
ment at considerable length, besides
submitting estimates for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1903.
These estimates are from 25 to 33 1-3
per rent less, and in some Instances 50
per cent less than those of the local
engineers in charge of the river and
harbor improvements.
Tne estimates for river and harbor
work in Georgia for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1903, are as follows:
Savannah harbor, $?0,000 in addition
tc a balance of $425,408.20 available
July 1, 1901.
Savannah river from Savannah to
Augusta, $58,000 in addition to a bal
ance of $142,721.23.
Savannah river, above Augusta. $2,-
000 in addition to a balance unexpend
ed of $6,445.
Darien harbor, $12,000 in addition to
a balance of $10.46.
Altamaha river, $20,000 in addition
to an available balance of $1,861.82.
Oconee river. $25,000 in addition to
$323.23.
Ocmulgee river. $35,000 and a bal
ance of $44,572.62.
Brunswick harbor, SIO,OOO and a bal
ance of $247.06.
Inside water route between Savan
nah and Fernandina, Fla., $30,000 and a
balance of $132.59.
Cumberland sound, $400,000 and an
available balance of $773,110.73.
Chattahoochee river below Colum
bus, $90,000 in addition to a balance of
$7,735.50.
Chattahoochee river, between West
Point and Franklin, an availably bal
ance of $163.18.
Coosa river, between Rome and rail
road ijr/H'f W.O'iQ agd balance of
41 at*.a: between' w* urmpßa am f ,;*>-•
road bridge, ssd._g..biilanfc*_lt
s2f^*T2s:
jnlnt river, $40,000 and a balance of
$498.05.
PROPOSED HUGE INVESTMENT.
British Capitalists Have Plan on Foot
to Spend Millions In Georgia.
According to a dispatch sent out
from Atlanta five million dollars is to
be invested in Georgia by the British.
Southern States (U. S. A.) Cattle Abat
toir and Produce Cos., Limited. Agents
of the big concern reached Atlanta
Wednesday.
A number of British capitalists in
company with Colonel Henry J. Lamar,
of Macon, have organized the compa
ny, which proposes to conduct its
American operations principally in
Georgia.
The business of the company will be
the slaughtering of cattle, the canning
of fruits and produce, and the operat
ing of refrigerating plants. No par
ticular point has yet been agreed upon
for the location of the first plant,
’Altieh is to cost $1,000,000.
■ The company has a subscribed stock
. * $5,000,000, with the right to Increase
i capital to $100,000,000, if such an
it rease is rendered necessary by the
** iness of the company. The com
, fis incorporated under the laws
r England, and has among its share
ders some of the best known busi
s men of England.
JONES SEES PRESIDENT.
New Alabama Federal Judge Calls at
White House and Pays Respects.
''Washington dispatch says: Ex
overnoi „ -of Alabama, who was
appoints. ' -'oral judge in
hat state, was in Washing Vednes
day and had a conference with the
president. It is understood that the
general political situation -was dis
cussed.
MANY BOERS CAPTURED.
Kitchener Reports Taking //2 Prison
ers, Besides Wagons and Stock.
Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch to the
London war office from Pretoria dated
Tuesday, October 29th, 'says Colonel
Byiig surprised a Boer commando Oc
tober 26th and captured 226 prisoners,
including Field Cornets Spanneburg
and Onisthuisen.
Colonel dispatch adds,
had a day-long running fight with Mul
ler’s Boer command October 27th.
northwards of Balmoral. He killed four
Boers and captured 546 prisoners, 36
wago.ns and much stock.
Seventy-Five Families Homeless.
Seventy five families lost their
homes and $250,000 worth of property
.was,
in -inr/f*tt>4* trC? * *
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NO. 24.
A BLOODY RACE RIOT
jr
S,e f ’
Nine Negroes and While
Men Die in Fierce Bilik
RESULT OF BURNING OF i
Collision Occurred at Louis*
iana, Near Locality Whe?V s e II
Morris Was Cremat*j*
Some Oays Ago. " V
-~r~ &**£!
A New Orleans special Je
rious trouble oetween whlte& ne
groes occurred at a negro cajftt'-
Ing at Live Oak church, neaigiktfto'vn,
La., Sunday, in *which
were burned or shot to deat i, ’■ three
white men killed. The sceyjA Lp.the
riot was very near the pljfcj eCwjire
Bill Morris, a nfcgro, was
death by a mob several Odn
siderable race bitterness h%jrexisted
there in consequence and
played a prominent part
trouble. > '
At 3 o'clock Monday Oifog a
posse left Franklinton for ’.n
charge of Sheriff Simmons f^n
all over the country armed were
hurrying to the ame pH*
gin of the trouble',"-as near m can be
ascertained, was, as followsjrv
Crea Lott, a n*gro, was ifhKng a
refreshment stand and a cwahle, a
white man, wen,to him asked
for his license. r|e had codjrnE be
came impudent pursed thejßiytable
and defied him. The consPble* With
drew and obtained assistant/. He re
turned with several white nah i when
the negro Lott nu§hed
point blank intq . the crowß filling
Joe Seals and Charles
whites returned the Are ,
Lott. The a negro, preacherjp
Connelly, rushed,*ont of a gtm
:n hand and atfcmp^d^gA^^^nei,
man was killed ;
wounded and sefen or eirfp|,ff®g r deS
killed. t. * /;
Many claim ttet the, shoeing" h/"
no direct connection Wp*
Ing of ‘Morris, fi
be a sequel to th
A A,Sparing ~au '■‘tJ-* fT<
_ .Ae other ktihd, it Is that
the negroes gathered in
had held a meeting thefea£* which
they denounced ..the membeW-.pf their
race who touched} oft the pile- offsots
that burned Bilf Morris to 'death and
had sworn to liave revengdtjfjn .him.
This latter storfr is the cor
rect one, for whtgn the coaAtabio and
the posse the nfifqes who
were in and T?h*)d the
church opened on theriflfeljotn am
bush and from dko or Hire*S&ferent
directions. : w
Balltown is 4Cbdut 20 ®ji4ea from
P'ranklinton, in sparsely Hpr sec
tion. It is isolated and almd&jejitirely
cut off from thqjsOutslde woM ’t'rank
linton is 27 milys east of
and there a re-nib telegrajp_dx
phone lines. £1 M-C? :•
GEN. MILE?, MAKES F*t*aßT.
Present Strength of A fjßf 8*4,513.
Avers Canteen Law Is Bert el eta I.
Lieutenant Gdiqeral
nual report ju& made gives
the total strength of the a'nujtf'jafc the
present time of whJ&lj -pum
ber 33,874 are Hq the Uni,tsidr States,
43,239 in the Pltfifppines, 4,9 ii’ji& Cuba
and the remainder in eipfßt''dstach
ments, being in, Porto
China and He b ex
perted that thelforee in Cinbm. Jfaj bo
very much and hojHgp'i jag the
ror< e in the Philippines ca^Hj^^^re-
General Mlleg, does notjaKiM <|&lrof
the present orjfeization
lery corps, s&yrag that iOlKppMlJes
another bureau -gn Washh3®i , .’ Jla
believes in the former
ganizatlon. Speaking of
canteen, which, is abolislHf
army reorganiahtjen law,
no injury has; resulted,
main the law hsWeen benehtffeL
PARSON F|led FOR
Tennessee Methodist
pels BrothewAor Allegeq <S<:nj£-
The Tennessee. conferences iflfces*
sion at PulaskV has expend
A. Cherry from the ministry -ahdSLejSi
i bership of theft Methodist*E*>^apffc
' .Church, South. Rev. Cherry
j ed with fraudulently colic e’tipg'Tith
ance on persoaal property hi the
struciion of which he
j have been a co-incem 1 '
was signed by aV
; trial committe;
Cherry immediq
appeal to the §S
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