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Newspaper Page TextESTABLISHED 1832 ATHENS, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCf' BER 17, 1901. *5.00 A YEA K A TRAGEDY MAY RESULT. Threats are Made on Judge Cantrill’s Life. UGLY CRIME SUSPECTED. Mr*. Levi Ft und In Dying Condition t Bui-rough*. “ " I Savannah, O. t. 16. — Mrs. L. Leri was FRIENDS GUARDING HIM foumi m n firm# condition in her store • near Burroughs statiou, in this county When a Cot Wa* Drought In For the' Friday morning ami brought to the city Judge, a Mountaineer slgu.lloautly by a negro man who made the disco* . .. ... .... . . ... cry. Mrs. Levi died at the Savannal Remarked that He Would Lerlaliii> J [ hospiral yesterday irom her injuries. It | was thought-at first that her injuries Georgetown, Ky., Oct. 10.—Ihe were accidental, but later development* friends of Judge James E. C.mtnll are indicate murder and robbery. £H*rdin K him closely, as it is reportedi , Burroaghs is a n. pro settlement in * . ” . . , habit* d bv a rough class of negroes, that threat., have boon mane agaiu.t Mrs ^ vi Rad uer hu . ; uud h tt d con- Mrs. Cantr.il ordered a cot to ducted a business there for many years. to be used by Six months ago the husband died. Mrs. Meed It Before Trial Kaded. PROGRESS OF SCHLEY COURT. Witnesses Called to Cor rect Their Testimony. ROCKHILL BACK FROM FAR EAST. fort to : Cnarir* his life. be taken to the courthou the judge, who is not m good health. As the men entered the courthouse with the cot ho was compelled to elbow his way through a crowd of mountaineers at the uoor. ••What’s that cot for?” asked one of the men. "Fur Judge Cautrill,” replied the man. i A 'ini ••Take it on. That d will to 13*.i need that cot before this trial is over,” , F*fi-.-d •aid one of the men. i com mi The mmi left tne cot in the office of the matter commissioner> ami hastened baric to tell Mrs. Cautnii wnat he mid heard. Mrs. Oar;trill quicxly notified Com monwealrh's Attorney Fr.inknn and all possible arrangements were then mam- today looking to the safety of th-- judge. Frank Heeuev, who saw Goebei full, was tne first witness today in tne trial of ex-Secretary of State Powers Graham Vreelaud described “the crowd from tho mountains” and told of a meeting in tho agricultural building, at which it was proposed mat “th*-y go to the Capitol hotel and get Goebel, the d •. ” H. K. Watkins, captain of the militiu company iu Williamsburg, Whitley county, said John L Powers told him there were men in Frank Tort who could give the governor an excuse to call < ut the militia. Powors wanted him to take his company to the capital. He in structed that the men take their guns, but not wear their uniforma Watkins said he refused to go. John A. Black, a banker at Barbour- Jills. testified that he advised Caleb Powers against taking mountain men to Frankfort. He went to a conference between Charles Finley, Caleb and John Powers, Wharton Gold and others, hue left when they decided to take the mountain men to the capital. Captain tair*company eafcfthat Caleb and John Powers wanted him to take his soldiers to Frankfort. He told Powers his sym pathies were with the other side. Miss Ella Smith of Bar hour ville testi fied that John L Powers said he would be willing to kill Goebel himself if the contest were decided in Goebel’s favor. The defense objected, alleging thi.: Miss Smith's testimony had been writ ten out for her by Thomas Cromwell and that she had memorized it. The court overruled the objection. Representative Luke Hampton of Knox and Whitley counties testified that Taylor told him that the 42 Repub licans in the house should demand the right. Taylor said he could not call oat the militia unlil something was done. HE TURNED ON THE GAS. Joseph Dufl* Unintentionally Causes Death of Two Persons. Chicago, Oot 16.—William Joyce an 1 his wife, who had been married seven months, were asphyxiated during the night at the home of Mrs. Joyco's par- ants in Brooklyn. Joseph Duff, brother of Mrs. Joyce, believes he was the an- intentional cause of tho tragedy. Mr. aud Mrs. Joyce, who lived lu Manhattan, had spent the evening at the home of the Duffs' and were ask* l to remain over night Imy were giv« n the sleepingroom usually occupied by Joseph Duff, who was away fr m home during the evening. When the young man went to bn room and lit the gas Joyce spoke to him and explained th® situar on, whereupon Joseph turned out the gin and went to BBOtner apartment to sleep. lie t-hiru ; that in his confusion ut finding his room occupied he may have turned on the gas after the light- had been extinguished. There is absolutely no ground for suspi cion of suicide. The grief of young Duff is overwhelming. D vi v to Savannah, t attempted ami were r-u^pectei her. The old ainitr. S:ie banks und is ; fJ.bO'J Hidden bags. k-*;>r iit-r mo ed by friends to remove i ner life had beep once ti:« re were parties who of evil inteur.ous toward -oman was something of was afraid to trust in Ii-ved to have had about !• u; rfie p..:ce m tobacco r reiu, who went .as r> , ...il. 11j Is sat- iminierou* assault was lie uia .a*iv always car- mu .d :ht nee*;. These to red about cLe fl 'or, as jU*cc-» nags in \.^an she Tiler*; were other evt- *ry. Degree, tho negro lUghs, is making an ei “Tho Eagle was uuable to proceed on account of the sea, uuable to make her speed.” Judge Advocate—“Did the Vixen de lay the squdron at all on that first pas sage?” “I think not, considering that we were running slow for the Eagle. The Vixen was a very much bettor sea boat.” Mr. Hanna—“One of the circum stances was the condition of the coal supply of the Texas?” “I said so.” Texas Hud Coal Enough. “Did the Texas have coal enough to get to Santiago?” “Yes.” Mr. Raynor—“Do you recollect an ac cident to the Vixen on the voyage be tween Cienfuegoes and Santiago?” “Yes. I think it was at the time she signalled the blowing out of her gasket manhole or something of that kind." Lieutenant Commander Sears also m ule a correction In his testimony foi th-* purpose of explaining the disposi tion of the colliers at night while Com- mo lore Schley was in chargo of the bio *kade of Santiago. He said these Is imd been sent out a distance ou LEPER COLONY OF HAWAII. Quan AS TO FLYING SQUADRON It Is Understood That Schley’s Kutiri- List of Witnesses Will Be Prnc: tcully Confined to Persons Who Were ou Board Brooklyn und Oregon. Washington, Oct. 10.— Tho Schley court of inquiry began proceedings to day as usual with tho correction of tea timouv given on the pre\ious day, tli€ witnesses summoned for this purpose being Captain Cook and Lieutenaut Commander Sears, who testified yester day. When they had left the stand Commander Nowtou E. Mason, who was executive officer of the Brooklyn during the war with Spain, was called to relate his observations of the conduct of the Santiago campaign. It is the purpose of Mr. Raynor to first examine officers of the Brooklyn and tc . , ^ follow these with a number of those each night and every night indifferent who were on the Oregon during the bat tle off Santiago. It is understood that his entire list of witnesses is pructicullv confined to persons who were ou board these two vessels. Conrerutiig Certain signal*. rtion with today’s proceed- directions on nocount c the fear of tor pedo attack The court questioned Commander Scars on various points covered by the testimony of yesterday. In reply tc these questions, on the morning of July 8 the Brooklyn had begun turning tc starboard immediately after the engine" crime. Detective j mg!, Mr. Raynor presented a uuinucr ; wera started; that the helm of the Brook King a former a Fur three days i agony untold from morbus brought o hers,” says M. E. ou which he is points to a party no icharged with ck o:i Mrs. Levi. id nights I s :»D at f ar k of I by *atiug i vth, clerk ■ff.nd holer .j uenm- of th* district court, Centerville, Iowa. “I thought I should surely die, and tried a dozen different medicines but all to no purpose. I sent for a bottle of Cham berlain’s Cnoh-raand Diarrhoea Remedy and three doses relieved me en tirely ” This remedy i« for sale by H H. Palmer & Son* and Smith Bros. of questions to the court which he said bad been put aport when the hel: he desired to ask on** of Admiral Sehlov ’d Q f the Viscaya had been put aport. witnesses concerning certain signals i “It was,” he said, “a practically which wera sent ‘ 4 1 1 son’s flagship, tl: ng certain signals • inn Admiral Samp- New York, oxi tne morning of July J5, before that ves^l left for Sibonoy for the purpose of al lowing rile command.*r-iu-chief of tne naval forces to consult with General Shatter. Tnese signals, Mr. Raynor contends, had the effect of placing the entire fleet under the command of Com modore Schley, and ou this account he urges their relevancy. simultaneous He also said that when he had said to Commodore Schley during the battle that lie thought the Brooklyn wasabou: its tactical diameter from the Viscaya he did not mean that the distance was less than had been reported by Yeoman Ellis. The tactical diameter of the Brooklyn had not then been determined and he had supposed it to lx* about 750 yards. The Viscaya had been passed r»«* Officer I ells of the Unfor tunate People l liere. Washington, Oot. 16.-—There are SOU leper.- and l«il clean persons at the Mo lokai leper settlement in Hawaii, ac cording to a report just received from Chief Quarautiue Officer Oofer, in charge of tne marine hospital work in Hawaii. Ail these are housed, clothed and governed for $80,000 a year. The report praises the way m which those poor people resign themselves to their fate and points out that such cou- teutment can thrive only ou a comforta bio mode of life and good treatment. Surg**on Gofer reports he made careful inquiries as to the chances of the infec tion of the clean people working among the lepers. Iu the last ten years, how ever. only ten clean residents have be st me lepers. Women are said to be less liable to infection than men. The three oldest patients at the settle ment arrived in 18*4, 1875 and 18*0, re spectively. The number of commit ments to tho settlements each year dur ing the la*d dtcvle, ranging from 182 iu 1801 to in 1000, show a gradual de crea>*\ di-spitv the fact that the hunt for h per.-, throughout tne islands uevei before has been >o vigorous. Night Wai Her Terror. “I would cough nearly all night long,” writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate, of Alex andria. Tnd., “and could hardly get any sleep. I had consumption so bad that if I walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit blood, but, when all other medicines failed, three $1.00 bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery wholly cared me and I gained pounds ” It’s absolutely guaranteed to cure Coughs. Colds, LaGrippe, Bron chitis and all Throat and Lung Troubles Price 50o and $1.00 Trial bottles free at H R Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith &; Bro. Talks, of China and Affairs at Peking. BRINGS COPY OF PROTOCOL Though the Commissioner Did Sot An ticipate Further Outbreaks, New* It Received by the Meant r Empress ol Japan of a Rebellion lu Clil LI. Victoria, B. C., Oct. 16.—Mr. W. W. Rockhill, the United States commis sioner, who represented the United States in the negotiations between the allies and China, arrived yesterday by the steamship Empress of Japan on hia way to Washington. Ho has with him a copy of the protocol between China and the powers which was recently signed by tho representatives of tho va rious nations interested. He will pro ceed direct to Washington by the Cana dian railroad. Affair* iu China have resumed their normal state, the commissioner «aid iu an interview. He did not anticipate atiy further outbreak, but there was no tell iug what would happen iu China. So While Captain Cook occupied tho j long after tho Brooklyn’s turn and they witness stand for tho purpose of correct- j rall along together for some lime. If people oi.ly knew about Kodol Dy*-pf pna Cure, it would be used iu nearly every household, as there are few people who do not suffer "sfemagrw water-brf’.sli, o.itised by indigestion or dyspepsia A preparation such as Ko dol Dyspepsia Onre, which, with no aid from tho stomach, will digest yonr food, certainly can’t help bat do yon good. II R. Palmer & Sons and VV. J Smith & Bro. TO EXPO <T SOFT COAL. HI- l*r.J el t inier Way Headed by ILLINOIS CENTRAL ROAD. Annual 31eetlug of Stockholders at Chicago—Capital Increased. Chicago, Oot Id—At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Illi nois Central railroad, which was held here today, the following directors w< i elected to succeed themselves: B. F. Ayer, Walter Luttgen, John W. Auch- inctoss and J. T. Harahan. An Increase in the capital stock from $68,000,000 to $70.200.CK.H) was authorized. The additional capital will be used in physical betterments, including th® double track wort now in progress be tween Chicago and New Orleans, in purchasing new locomotives and can, and In purchasing three small propri tary road®. These roads are tho Peori Decatur and Mat toon, the Matt*>on and Evansville, and the Peoria, Decatur and Evansville. What onres and keeps you free from Sick Headache? Why, Dr. Caldwell’s 8yrup Pepsin. Sold by all druggists. Wt-M Virginia Operators. New York. Oct. 1<»—According to The Journal of Commerce, u number of soft coal operators are in the city com pleting arrangements for handling coal for export, besides the home trade, on a big scale through a Joint selling agency to be established here. • This latest project, it is said, is headed by the McKee Coal and Coke company of West Virginia, tho largest miners of ooal in the New river district, with an annual output of about 1,000,000 tons. It was asserted that it is the object of the. combination to charter several coal carrying steamers, and also to purchase laud in conjunction with certain for eign companies for the storage of coal in the Mediterranean porta. Kvt-r h or i»o\ver Company. II. leva, M ut., Oct. 16.—Today in the Umii <1 ^ T ttes court Attorney Mo- Iu'yre i;:a :c application for the appoint ment of a receiver for the Helena Pow er and Light company. Tne proceed ings commenced in the interest of the Central Trust company, which holds bonds of the company to the amount >f $1,000,000. Tne court signed an order appointing H. L, Walker, secrctery of the company, as receiver. The Trust company is trustee for the bonduolder>. For some timo the company had de faulted ou interest ou its bonds. The company owns the gas. electric light and street car plants in Helena. Just One Bottle. Scrammon Kans., Nov. 19, 1900. Pepein Syrup Co, Mo.iticello, III. Sira -.—About three months ago I had occasion to u^e something for Comtipa- tion. One bottle of Dr. Oaldwell’B Sry np PepTiiu was all. I have been doing business with yonr firm over a year and find it like your medicine, profitable and pleasant. Phil L Keener. Editor • •Scrammon Miner.” Sold by all druggists. Skin affections will readily disappear by using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Look out for counterfeits. If yon get DeWitt’s yon will get good resnlta. It is the qnick and positive cure for piles H. R Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro. ins testimony Mr. Hanna asked him: I “Referring to your statement in re- i gard to the -team required to bo kept up | in connection with tho uncoupling of h.tt wo know | the Brooklyn’s engines, that it was th * order of the commander in-chief while lying off Santiago on the blockade, was that a written order?” “My recollection is that it was a bul- lfiUA,wP.' h " “The particular point was with re- ct to the uncoupling of tho engines there any thing in that order on this subject and iu pursuance of which that was done?” “My impression is that thero was. They all, as I understand it, had their engines uncoupled.” “It is a general recollection of it only?” “Yes. That we should have our for ward engine* uncoupled all tho time.” “Can you aid us any in identifying the bulletin from your impression?” “No. we could not have moved the four engines witn tin* steam we carried I know that we had an order about the spoed lu a circular bulletin.” Captain Cook also was questioned again concerning the voyage of the fly ing *qaadron from Cienfugeos to Sami ago, a* follows: Squadron Made All Ha*te. “Did the flying squadron, when pro ceeding from Oienfuegos to Santiago, proceed with all dispatch?” •• Throwing out of consideration the surrounding circumstances and condi tions that have already been testified to, I should say no.” Mr. Raynor—“But putting in tho surrounding circumstances and condi tions you would say yes, would you not?” ’Yes.” ■What do you mean by the surround ing circumstances and conditions?” “I mean that, as I understand the question, wo could have gone from Oienfuegos to Santiago and arrived there the next day after we left Cien- fuegos with some, if not all, the larger vessels.” What were the circumstances and conditions you speak ol?” The coaling conditions that existed at the timo. We certainly could no! have made the dispatch by turning back.” What do you mean when you speak of turning back.” “I mean that we went to the eastward with the two columns, and thut then be ing uuable to coal the Texas, as I have stated before, we turned back for that purpose. If you had thrown that con sideration out we would have made dis patch. I mean In this sense: ‘Wo did not go lu the quickest possible time from Oienfuegos to Santiago.' *’ Mr. Raynor—“I think that I either misunderstood tne question or you mis understood both questions, and especial ly by the other side. I thought my ref- enoe was from Oienfuegos to Santiago, leaving out reference to the retrograde movement.” Mr. Hanna—“I did not intend to leavo that out at all.” Mr. Raynor—“I know, but I want to bring it in between Oienfuegos and the point you reached south of Santiago, before you started the retrogade move ment. Wbat were the circumstances, if any, that impeded?” “Bad weather.” What was the condition of tho Vix- Kan and r..i, were simply local had been very muoh After the Colon had passed the Vis caya sho had outfooted the Brooklyn aud it was then that she was 12,090 yards from the Brooklyn as indicated j by the stadiweter, which tho witness said he did not consider an accurate in strument. After that time th * Colon, having exhaused her best coal, lo^t her speed aud the Brooklyn gained upon v ___ i someil in tlie BrooklytiV"*tnrrT“oom- manlier Sears said it might have been 13 ur 20 minutes. It Haprcned In a Drue Store. hie day last wiuter a lady camn to my draft store and asked for a brand of ermfth medicine that I did not have in stock.” says Mr. C. R. (Jrandin, the populrr druggist of Ontario, N. Y. • She was disappointed aud wanted to know what cough preparation I conld recommend. I said to her that I could freely recommend Chamberlain s Cough Remedy and that she conld take a bottle of the remedy and after giving it a fair 'rial if she did not find it worth the money to bring back the bot*le and I would rofnud the price paid. In the course of a day or two the lady came back in company with a friend in need of a congh uiedirine and advised her to buy a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. I consider that a very good recommendation for the remedy.” It is for sale by H. R. Palmer & Sous and Smith Bros. I have been suffering from dyspepsia for the past twenty years and have been uuable after trying all preparations and the physicians to get any relief. After taking one bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure I found relief and am now in bet ter health than I have been for twenty years. I can not praise Kodol Dyspep sia Cure too highly.” Thus writes Mrs. O W. Roberts. North Creek, Ark. H. K Palmer & Son* and W. J. Smith & Bro. A-pirt-s to lie (iovornor. Greenville, S. O., Oct. 10.—Hon. M. F. Ansel of thi* city has aunouuoed himself a candidate for governor. He has been before the public for a number of years aud has been remarkably suc cessful iu his political aspiratious. He is 50 rears old. a narivo of Charleston, lu 1818 ho moved to Groeuville aud has lived horo since, practicing law. Iu 1HS2 he was elected to the legiilatuie from this county. He was re-elected in 1884 and again in ISfcH. He was solici tor of the Eighth judicial circuit iu 1888 ami hold mo position until January, 18J1, when ho retired. lialsnrrocii Won ( zarewltoh Stake*. Lonpon, Oct-. 16 — Balsarroch won the Czarewitch stakes at Newmarket to day. Kincaid’s bay colt Biack Sand was second and J. Dawson, Jr.’s bay filly Rambling Katie third. Twenty- three horses ran The Czarewitch gtaicea is a handicap of 28 sovereigns, with 500 called ia.- Mauiunii uprisings, exaggerated. Foreign Troops Withdrawn. Three hundred Onint-j-e troops entered Pekin on Sept. 17 ami tho key* of the gates were hauded over to the prince with elaborate ceremony. All foreigu troop* were withdrawn wirh the excep tion of the legation guards and guard® at the railway giations. Siuce the Tion Tsiu tiff air there had bt-en no trouble ovt-r the railroad from the coast to Pe king. in fact the commercial interests seemed to bo takiug charge of the coun try nnd a committee was being organ ized to conduct commercial negotiations with China. This commission will re vise the plans and arrange for the open ing of more ports. Bef ae Mr. Rockhill left Peking tho Chinese troops had commenced to police people, he *aid, had ben efit ten by the occupai:ou. they haviug been given work rebuilding the lega tions and orh'*r work- at wages which they had never dreamed of. On the other nund, many of those who wer® well ' ic before the occupation had been rendered destitute. Tne legation con cessions hud been greatly mereused and the Bri r i.-h legation is being built in the fox?u of h fort with a moat. a..d guns \\ here I* l>r. <*agnoi.? New York, Oct. 10. —Friends of I)r Gagnon of this city are aiarm-d o\ei his disappearnce. Siuce last spring, af ter informing his friends that he in tended to build a hotel at West Baden, Ind., he left instructions for the ship ment of his horses to that place. Sine- then James Ren wick, who represented Dr. Gagnon iu tho matter, received Word that the horses and carriages are ■till in the freight yards at West Baden. Mr. Rockhill said he expected ^ at very shortly of the return of the 09m. to Peking. While missio’-arieg were murdered and tortured in other parrs of China, Hornm Catholic missionaries had lived unaer the protection of the court at Hsiang Fu. British officers and mis sionaries had since visited the court and were very warmly r eeiv**d. Mr. Rockhill says many people will begin starving in the district in which Hsiang Fu is situated, but the reports of the famine iu oth*-r parrs of the em pire sect out to tiie pr-’ss have been greatly exaggerated. Tne famine is the result of the failure of the crop*. News of Kurt her Kebelltoi.g. News was received by the Empress of Japan of further rebellious in China. A pitched battle occurred on Sept. 80, between the imperial Chinese force* un der General Tsen and a force of 7,000 insuigents Pear Hsinho, in Chi Li, 60 miles south of Poa Ting Fn. Thirty rebel* were killed, many were wounded and the remainder fled. Several village® is a handicap 01 sovereigns, wirn ow . . . T sovereign! added, for S-year-olds and ^ 7 tr ?° PS ’ , In C , h °° upwurd. Tno Czarewitch courae vtm 2 Ch J oa 1 a r « be llon ' m, l . also taken place pward. miles, 2 luriongs and 35 yards. and the missionaries have been driven out. At Kiang Shan several of the North ai-oilna Po»tmuster*. rebels have been seized and beheaded. _ /% . ,.. m. , „ * Missionaries also tell of troubles at Washington, Oot. 18.-Th. following , KlanR 81 Mnuy !etter , have been writ- Norm Carolina po.tmnnters have been j ten to the North Chinn Dally Nawstell- nppointed: W. T. Davis, at Bo.-tlo, I Ing of tho rising! in the vicinity, bat Rutherford county, vice A. L. Smart. /. ewr demits. Got 8*1,080 Worth of Stumps. Moodus, Conn., Oot. 18.—The post- office here was entered by burglars last night nnu $120 ;n money and $4 800 worth of i t imps taken. Another Respected Citizen done. To the city to take treatment for his stomach trouble. The amonnt of money he paid for railroad fare to get there would have bought enough of Dr. Cald well’s Syrnp Pepsin to have kept him and his entire family in good health for six months. Yon oan’t suffer from Con stipation, Indigestion, Sick Headache or Stomach Troubles If yon take this remedy. In 60o and $1.00 bottle*. Sold by all druggists. Dr. Bull'* Baby 5vrup for Te<-thini» Pal»i« Pri*’<i 10 cts. (Hires Wind Colic, Diarrhoea. Dy* entery, Oriping Pains, Sour Stomach, Fever Cholera Infantum. l)r. Bull's Baby Syrup pro motes the digestion and soothes the baby. removed; at Balm, Haywood county, K. A. Noland, vice Esther Bennett, re signed; at Wendell. Wake county, A A. Wall, vice R. Richardson, resigned. To Build Kxtrndon. Raleigh, Oct. 16.—It is understood that the Aberdeen and Rockflsh railway has contract d for 60 state convicts to build an ext nsiou, probably to Fayette ville. Says He W«» Tortured. “I suffered such pain from corns I could hardly walk,” writes H. Robin son, Hillsborough, Ills., “but Bucklens’ Arnica Salve completely cured them.” Acts like magic ou sprains, bruises, cuts, sores, scald**, burns, boils, ulcers. Per fect healer of skin diseases and piles. Cure guaranteed by H. R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro A millionaire’s appetite, with a scant income, has made many a dyspeptic, en and Eagle aud what effect did they | Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin will cure hare upon tho progreM of tho squad-J D . gold by all drcggUta. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers search the remotest ports of the bowels and remove the impurities speedily with no discomfort. They are famous for their efficacy. Easy to take, never gripe. H. R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro Heinz’s Sweet Pickles, Tomato Cat sup, India Relish, Celery Sauce, Baked Beans, the best, jast received, at WILLIAMSON’S. The North China Daily News reports much military activity by Russia in the north, and states that a number of troops have been sent south, where it is believed they will be mussed on tho Co- rear. frontier. The Japanese minister to Corea ha* returned to Tokyo and in an interviewee says that there are 40,- 000 Russian troops in Manchuria. He 8avs as soon as the Chinese court is es tablished at Peking the question of the evacuation by Bassia will be taken np. Russia has offered China 5.000,000 tael* for her fleet of warship*, according to the Shanghai Mercury. Many papers print reports that th* iVHug court na* been postponed for two years. BACK FROM ALASKA. Lu L. Buies Traveled l.oOO Mile® Through Unexplored Territory. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 16. — L. L. Bales, an Alaskan mail carrier nnd guide, has returned from a summer spent in exploring the Alaskan coast be tween the mouths of the Kuskokwim and Yukon rivers. Ho traveled 1,500 miles through unexplored country and brought back many valuable curiosities, photographs ami much geographical data. lie bring* news of the finding of the bodies of two more of the ill-fated party wrecked three years ago at the mouth of the Kuskokwiin. One body Mr. Bales identified as that of Mrs. Webster. The bodies were in a fair state of preser vation, having been frozen iu the truu- dera PRICES FOR “RICHARD CARVEL” TONIGHT. First floor, 251 seats at $1.00; 130 at $1.50. First rttw in Balcony 75 cents; all other seats in balcony 50 cents. Gallery 25 cents.

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Athens daily banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1889-1902, October 17, 1901, Image 1