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About Wayne County news. (Jesup, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1906)
WAR ON FANATICS Holly Roller Gang Provokes the People of Seattle. TO BE DRIVEN FROM CITY Recent Double Tragedy Leads Author¬ ities to Take Action—Erratic Esther Mitchell Glad She Killed Her Brother. In consequence of the recent kill¬ ing of George Mitchell by his slater, Ethel, the authorities of Seattle, Washington, have resolved to drive the "Holy Rollers” from the city. The leader of the band in Seattle was Franz Edmund Creffield, who, although a married man and living ■with his wife, enticed Esther Mitchell from her home. It was to avenge his sister that George Mitchell shot and killed Creffield; when Mitchell wot brought to trial he was acquitted at a plea of temporary insanity. Esther Mitchell resented her brotl* er’s act; and she and Creffield’s wid ow, with whom she was on the best of terms, decided upon revenge, L was agreed that the one who got the first opportunity should kill George Mitchell. The chance came to Esther in the waiting room of the union depot in Seattle. George Mitchell ■was going away, and his brothers, Berry and Fred, were there to sec hit* off. Esther, who had refused up to that time to be reconciled to her brother, was invited to go to the de¬ pot and did so. Concealing her real feelings she shook hands with each of her brothers and chatted with them until traintime. She walke? he side George Mitchell as they all start¬ ed for the train together, and as they neared the door she stepped close to his side, pressed a revolver against his head and fired. She had concealed the revolver in her coat. The girl says that the spirit of her dead lover urged her to kill her brother. She says that it was blood atonement, and that the spirit of Cref¬ field has not annoyed her since she killed her brother, Esther admitst that she and the widow of the "Holy Roller’’ were in conspiracy to avenge his death. “I am not Insane,” declared Esther Mitchell, in discussing the affair. "Be¬ fore I killed my brother, Mrs. Creffield and myself talked it all over, and ■we knew that we would be arrested and the law would punish us. "He,” continued Mss . Mitchell, speaking of Creffield, and in answer to a question, “was a holy man. My brother was of the world, and was -deflled. It was right that he should be punished for what he did, and the law set him free.” Mrs. Creffield does not attempt to Justify her part in th* shooting on the ground of religious training, nor ■does she insist that the Creffield in¬ fluence is still alive. She was asked whether the spirit of Joshua had bean heard or whether sho expected him to return to her but refused to an swer. The “Holy Rollers” got their name from the fact that they frequently roll on the ground when possessed of a religious ecstacy. The sect had Its origin in central New York, that prolific mother of strange beliefs from which sprung the Mormons, the Sha¬ kers, the Oneida community and the Holy Order of Kneebenders. czar expects civil war. Agrarian Question, Now Before the Douma, Causes Wide Breach. \ St. Petersburg dispatch says: The adoption by the house of an ad¬ dress to 4 he nation on the agrarian, it is feared, will precipitate the na¬ tion into civil war. All hope of a rao oncillatlon is vanishing and the gov¬ ernment is evidently preparing to take up the gauge of battle when it .formally thrown down. SCHOOL GETS BIG MONEY. The Connor Bill Pastes Both houses of Georgia Legislature. The Connor bill, appropriating $100, 000 with which to erect an agricul¬ tural building at the University of Georgia, after being discussed four hours Wednesday, was passed by the senate by a vote of 29 to 10. The bill was passed by the house by a handsome majority. It was rec¬ ommended by Governor Terrell, and will receive his approval, so that the ae <.ion of the senate assures the es ‘ablishment of tile school. NEW ORLEANS WANTS TEPDY. He is invited to Attend Presentation to Battleship Louisiana. An invitation to President Roose velt to visit New Orleans while en route to Panama this fall and to par¬ ticipate in the presentation to the battleship Louisiana of a silver serv ice from the State of Louisiana, was mailed Wednesday . by President .. . Al- .. belt Godchaux of the New Orleans Progressive Union. peacetrea I^ ss ' gned ' Representative* of Warring Central American Republics Reach Agree¬ ment on Board Cruiser, A special from San Jose, Guatemala, says: A treaty of peace between. Gua¬ temala, Salvador and Honduras was signed Friday on board the United States cruiser Marblehead on the high seas. Guatemala was represented by Juan Barries, minister for foreign affairs, Jose Pinto, chief justice of the su¬ preme court, and Manuel Cabrall, as¬ sistant justice of the supreme court. The conference agreed upon terms on which the grievances of the two countries are to be' settled at another conference to be held In the near future. The peace commissioners of Gua¬ temala were landed at San Jose Fri¬ day night. {File commissioners of Sal¬ vador and Honduras were landed at Acajutla early Saturday morning. The members of the America* landed at the respective points where they were accredited. There was a strenuous discussion, and some difficulty in reaching ac¬ ceptable conditions. The Mexican min¬ ister, Senor Gamboa, was active in assisting in bringing about an argee meut. The peace commissioners adopted resolutions thanking the presidents of the tluited States and Mexico, respec¬ tively for their Intervention. Guatemala’s territory is now free of invaders. The family of General Regalado, commander of the Salva¬ doran forces, who was killed during an engagement at Jicaro, July 11, have asked lor his body. The state department at Washing¬ ton was advised of the signing of the treaty of peace by the represen¬ tatives of the belligerent republics aboard the Marblehead. A cablegram was received Friday night from Mr. Merry, the American minister to Sal¬ vador, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, an¬ nouncing that a treaty of peace had been tdgnod on board the American warship. In his message Mr. Merry referred to a joint message sent by himself and Mr. Combs, the American minister to Guatemala and Honduras, which message had not reached the state department. A CONFERENCE IS REFUSED. United Typothetae Won't Listen to International Typographical Union. The United Typothetae of America, in session at Buffalo, N. Y., has flatly declined to confer with officials of the International Typographical in regard to the strike inaugurated nearly a year ago for an eight-flour day and the closed shop. President Ellis of the rtceiveu a letter signed by M. Lynch, president, and J. Wi vice president, representing the ecutive- council of the International Typographical Union, stating they were ready for a conference with a view to adjusting the that now exist. “Failing in obtaining this confer¬ ence,” the letter read, “the temper of the members of the Typographical Union will demand a continuance of the present struggle.” After this letter had been read te the convention of the Typothetae, the following resolution was unanimously adopted; of "Resolved, by the Typothetae America, in convention assembled, That they have no wish to confer with represent natives of the Interna¬ tional Typographical Union, and that Mr. Lynch and Mr. Hays be so in¬ formed.” The convention adopted a resolu¬ tion approving the techincal school work cf the last year and commend infl the proposition to establish an eastern, central and a western school in addition to those already in exlst ence. The following officers were elected by acclamation: President, George Ellis, Boston; vice president, D. Greene, New York: Thomas E- D&nnelly, Chicago. F. Ellis of Dallas. W. O. Foote of lanta and Frank C. Nunemacher Louisville were chosen members the executive committee. FOR BUTCHERING FAMILY. Four Negroes in North Carolina Will Be Tried at Special Term of Court. It is stated in Charlotte, N. C., that sufficient evidence has been gathered to convict Nease Gillespie, his sons, and John, and Jack Dillingham, all colored, of killing Isaac Lyerly, his wife and two children at Barber Junction. A special term of Rowan superior court will meet August 6, when the four negroes named will he taken from Charlotte to Salisbury for trial. None of the negroes have uttered a word of confession. IMPURE MEATS CONDEMNED. Health Inspectors at Philadelphia “Clean Out” Cold Storage Plants. Inspectors of the bureau of health at Philadelphia Wednesday concluded the condemnation and destruction of 33.000 pounds of impure meat3 found in the cold storage plants of the Delaware Freezing company. The gtuff wag carted away M fast as lt was condemned, and turned over to * fertilizing plant HONOR HIS Millionaire Gourdain Seeks to Break Into Joliet Pen. APPEALS TO'HIGH Declares That if He Fails in Endear or, He Will Build a Private Pen¬ itentiary of His Own—Case is a Most Unique One. Usually men fight hard to keep out of the penitentiary, but Charles A. Gourdain, member of a well known Louisiana family, is fighting with all the means at his command to get in the peniteniary at Joliet, Ills. He is busy seeking a United States judge who will sign a mandamus that will open the gates of the pen. * Gouardain declares that he has pledged his whole energy and large private fortune to the cause of his honor, which he staked in court when he was on trial for fraudulent use of the mails that he would not appeal should he be found guilty. He hopes to be able to reach one of the supremo court justice with his plea, or else find some other plan to get back into the Joliet peniten¬ tiary. If he fails, he says, he will buiid a private penitentiary at Joliet and serve out his sentence in hia own penitentiary -under exactly the same conditions as if he were a oner in the government penal instl tution. Gourdain estimates his own fortune at $50,000,GOO. “Some men worship money. Some men worship God. Others worship other things. I worship honor.” This is the motto of Gourdain that has brought about the most remark¬ able appeal that ever was called to the attention of the supreme court of the United States. Eeariy last year the United States authorities got after Gourdain on ac¬ count of a land scheme he was con¬ ducting from Chicago, involving lands near the oil fields of Jefferson, La. The case came to trial in May last In Chicago, and Gourdain put in no defense. He said he would make no appeal, but would serve his sentence and at the conclusion of that sen¬ tence would turn over his entire for¬ tune to the postofflee authorities to pay back every person in full all that they had subscribed toward the land scheme and the entire Gourdain fam¬ ily would then quit the United States forever. The jury was out fifteen minutes and returned with a verdict of guilty. Gourdain said that he was satisfied, and asked for immediate sentence, and demanded that the sentence be all that the law provided tor in his of¬ fense. Judge Landis said he would comply with the demand, and sen¬ tenced Gourdain to four and a half years in Joliet, and the next day, June 8, he entered the penitentiary. Although Gourdain is of slight build and weighs only 130 pounds, he picked out the job of shoveling coal for himself, and told the keep¬ er he would shovel more coal than any other prisoner, and lived up to tire agreement. While lie was cheerfully serving time, his lawyer, as he claims, with¬ out his knowledge or consent, was working for his release, and through a writ of supersedeas before Judge Grosscup had Gourdain transferred from Joliet to Chicago, on July 8, and lodged* in the county Jail. Gourdain this was very angry and declared that proceeding was against his agreement with himself, and demanded that he be taken back to Joliet. The only way he could obtain selease from the county jail was to sign a bail bond, and he took this oourse and was let out on ball. Gourdain immediately returned Joliet and demanded to be again as a prisoner, but the warden would not admit him. Defeated at points in his effort to get back the penitentiary, Gourdan the idea of appealing to the court of the United States for a of mandamus committting him to MEXICAN TOWN EARTHQUAKED. Repeated Shocks Hav e About Shaken Socorr.ro to Pieces. Soeotoro, New Mexico, south of Santa Fe, has been severely damaged by earthquakes. Fifty shocks have been feit since Sunday morning. The court house is a wreck, and nearly every residence in the city is cracked or wrecked. More than two-thirds of them at least are damaged or de¬ stroyed. The town, which is largely adobe and brick, is almost shaken to pieces. No deaths are reported. GERMANS RENOUNCE DOWIS. Zionists in Kaiser Bill's Realm Against Fake Prophet. \ cable dispatch from Berlin the New York American says: a meeting of the members of Christian communion founded by Alexander Bowie on his visit to lin, it was decided unanimously, throw off allegiance to the prophet and form a distinct mission. A RAILROAD DEAL Southern Will Double-Track for Benefit of Coast Line FROM MACON TO ATLANTA Authentic Report to That Effect Come* from Washington—Much Rebuild¬ ing to Be Done in Making the Route Shorter. A Washington dispatch is as fol lows: It is said among those who are in close touch with the headquarters of the Southern railway that it has been decided to double track the Southern line between Atlanta and Macon, Ga., and further that this decision has been reached as the re¬ sult of an agreement with the Atlan¬ tic Coast Line system, by which traf¬ fic arrangements have been made giv¬ ing the Coast Line entrance into At¬ lanta from Macon over the South ern. It will be recalled that some months ago it was announced that the Atlan¬ tic Coast Line was then negotiating for entrance into Atlanta from Macon, after it had definitely secured its title to the Macon, Dublin and Savannah, from Me.oon to Vidalia. Since then it seems that the Coast Line has been moving definitely to¬ wards establishing the connection be¬ tween Vidalia and Savannah, thus completing the through route by the extension of the old Macon, Dublin and Savannah to Savannah. A few days ago the announcement was made that application for a char ter had been asked at the office of the secretary of state of Georgia for the building of the link between Vi¬ dalia and Fleming, the extension pass¬ ing through Reldsville, Glennville and Hinesville and striking the main line of the Coast Line at Fleming, some forty miles west of Savannah. Arrangements have about been com¬ pleted and actual work will begin very soon. This will give the Atlantic Coast Line a direct through route from Atlanta to Savannah, and K the traffic arrangement with the Southern is effected, as announced, the Coast Line will meet the,Louis¬ ville and Nashville syste min Atlanta over the double-tracked Southern be tween Macon and Atlanta. The Louisville and Nashville sys tem is owned by the Coast Line, and it has been definitely known for some months that the Coast Line had de termined to establish connection be tween the two properties at Atlanta. It is said ttat had arrangements not been effected between the South ern and the Coast Line from Macon to Atlanta, the latter system would have built its own line into Atlanta. Much of the Southern’s line be¬ tween Macon and Atlanta will be re¬ built in the construction of the dou¬ ble-track system. Many curves will be taken cut, and there will be con¬ siderable changes in the grades. The line will be made In every way a perfect one, with no grade exceeding one per cent and with the distance between Atlanta and Macon shorten¬ ed probably three miles, making it 85 miles instead of 88 miles as now. With this direct line from Atlanta to Savannah the Coast Line will have a mileage into Savannah somewhat shorter than that of the Central rail road. LADY CURZON GOES HENCE. Wife of Ex-Viceroy of India and For¬ merly Miss Letter of Chicago. Lady Curzon, wife of the former viceroy of India, who has been ill for some days, died in London Wed¬ nesday. She never quite recovered from her serious illness in 1904, and the recent hot weather brought on a pronounced attack of general debility. Lady Curzon was Miss Letter, ter of the late Levi Z. Leiter of Chi¬ cago. She was in her own right the possessor of $3,000,000. She leaves daughters. MAY TIE UP PRINTERIES. Chicago Allied Printing Council Joins Typos In Eight-Hour Fight. All of the printing establishments in Chicago promise to be tied up ow¬ ing to the fact that the Allied Print¬ ing Council have decided to assist the printers in gaining the eight-hour day, for which they have been fighting several months. Bookbinders, pressmen. engrarers and otners are expected to jo.n, and the probability is that the shops will be unable to operate, until an adjust ment of the troubles has been ar ranged. ROCKEFELLER COMING HOME. Oi! Trust Magnate Sailed From Paris Friday to New York. John D. Rockefeller sailed from Par is Friday for New York on the Ham burg-American line steamer Amerika. He was accompanied by his physi cian and members of his family. Mr. Rockefeller declined to discuss the an nouncements of legal proceedings against him which are awaiting his ar rival. Z > V’L— Intangible. No gem was ever polished which Compared in radiance with t the dew at morn; No silken fabric ever shone so rich As the soft petal of the rosebud worn. Yet dew and roseleaf are despised by men of Who seek to gain the treasures this earth. They somehow don’t give satisfac tion when You nii " “What’sTts What s Its worth. worth’” In Chicago. “What do you make of the saying, do wrong’’ ” 'A king can no “Oh, whenever a king does any¬ thing wrong it is all right." Sympathetic. Mrs. Harduppe— John, I m, sure there’s a burglar in the house.” Mr. Harduppe—“Well, I feel sorry for him; I know what it is to work hard for nothing!” A Possibility. Bert—"Young! Innocent! Why, my boy, she’s already burled three husbands!” Percy — “Bai Jove! I suppose she’s making a hobby of it.” At the Present Time. “I was away from Friday night until Monday morning, and it cost me $50.” "Visiting friends?”—Life. Comparatively Easy. “They say Mrs. Blank works h#r friends for a living. I should think she would find it very hard to do.” “She does, but, ypu see. before that she tried working her relatives.” —Detroit Free Press. She Knew. “It must be awful,” remarked a gushing young girl, “never to have had a chance to marry.” “Yes; but not nearly so bad as to have had a chance and let it slip,” said the lady of uncertain age. Good Cause For Belay. "They say that Mr. Witte will go home at once if Japan’s terms are too high.” $200 “That’s absurd. He’s to get *. day.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. HJs Reason. Solomon explained his magic car pet _ “it doesn’t show if I forget to wipe my feet,” he announced, Considering the number of Mrs. S.’s this was indeed an advantage.— Harper s Magazine. Her Object. “But, I supposed Mrs. Tattler was merely a gossiping romancer.” "Well, she’s telling the- truth this time because she knows it will make more trouble.” — Cleveland Plain Dealer. True Love. Mag — “Are youse sure yer hus¬ band loves youse?” Lll—“Why, cert. He’s shot at me twict, set fire to de house onct, an' he puts poison in me coffee every time I looks at anudder man.”—Louisville Courier-Journal. Wisdom of Youth. "Remember, my son,” said the sage of SagevlUe, “that money Is not the end of your existence.” “Of course not,” rejoined the young man. “It’s only the means." —Columbus Dispatch. His Reason. I i “I say, old man, how did you ever ; happen to marry your first wife's sis ter ’” “Well, you see, it saved me from having to get used to another moth¬ er-in-law.”—Meggendorfer Blaetter. Natural. “Bluntly can never take a hint! I It doesn't make any difference how much roasting he gets. It never phases him.’’ “There’s a reason for that. He was raised in an incubator and doesn't mind the heat.” — Detroit Free Press. It Was Blond. ! Clothier—“Let me sell you a Klon- I dyke overcoat, mister, It is full of long hair.” | Uncle Silas — “No you don’t, by j heck. I bought an overcoat once that i only had one long hair on it, and my ! wife came near getting a divorce.”— Chicago News. ! - The Joy of It. | Newitt—"No; of course, Batchel- j j j er doesn’t keep bouse. He just has apar tments at his club.” Wrounds—“He doesn’t know what life is. Why, half the fun of going ] to your club is lost unless you’ve got ! a home to stay away from.”—Phila- ; delphia Press. | j Bunglers. “I see,” observed Senator Slve, ; “that ten bankers have been indicted j ou ^ ^ inquired Senator g^ u "| Qr trying to steal truat iunds . “Trying to steal! By hoky, but j tjjgy ought to be indicted.”-—Louis¬ A STEEL-LINED BLOUSE. Found by Philadelphia Ptolice in Prob- ing Chinese Shooting. Complete verification of the state meat that members of the warring factious in Chinatown wear coats of mail to protect them from the bullets and knife thrusts of their enemies was found recently when the police in in¬ vestigating the shooting of Willie Lee York, found an armored coat in the room of Lee Pock his alleged assail¬ ant. The coat is made after the ordi¬ nary style of a Chinaman’s loose blouse and is of blue jean or heavy drilling. On the body it looks like an ordinary laundryman’s working blouse but when the police picked it up they found out differently. The garment from hem to neck was padded with steel Jn the shape of pieces about an inch and a half square, These do not lap like scales but are brought together, edge to edge, and held with loops of wire. That the metal-lined coat might conform to the body the pieces of steel were pound¬ ed and made slightly concave. Across the body of the garment back and front is apparently a seam, but exam¬ ination showed that the coat was made of double thickness in the lower portion, and underneath the apron¬ like flap in front there was a long pocket like a holster. The garment weighs all told about fifty pounds, and is about three-fourths of an inch in thickness. It was turn ed over to Supt. Taylor and will be taken into court as an exhibit in the case of Lee Pock who was held at a hearing before Magistrate Gallagher to await the result of York’s injuries, —Philadelphia Record. The Hardest Blow. An artist who has attained fame and an income was telling some friends of his early struggles. “I had spent eight weeks on the picture,” he said, “and had put my very soul into it, and we were penniless. My wife was hungry and in rags, the baby was sickly, and I was discouraged. hawked that picture about town perately, only to bring it home night. No one would have it." “I suppose that was the hardest blow of your life,” suggested a sym pathetic friend. “Oh, no, it wasn’t either. I could stand that. I knew I was right. But next day I went out to answer every promising advertisement. The last on the list read. ‘Dish washer want ad.’ “I felt secure of that, so saved it for the last. But when I applied, the greasy proprietor of the restaurant looked me over with a critical eye. ” ‘Ah, yes,’ he said, ‘and what ex perience as a dish-washer have you had?’ “Of course I hadn’t any, and be would not take me. I’ve never for¬ given him for that awful jolt to my pride.” Getting His Rights. had been recently dowed ~ with all the P nv ‘ leg ** ° f ; £ adopted land, whic home for about five months. Gn election day she ly by the arm and led him to tne polls. She marched up to a pouce man who stood by the door, and jerked her prize, who seemed dis posed to lag behind her, into full view. “This is Terry Donovan, me man,” she said to the policeman, “and , io , know , . .... - phwat I want is p wa him made them _ do to have wan o (indicating the voters) "an get his rights as an American citizen this day?” BACK TO PULPIT IChat Food Did For a Clergyman. A minister of Elizabethtown tells how Grape-Nuts food brought him back to his pulpit: “Some 5 years ago I had an attack of what seemed to be G r i PP e, which left me in a comp i e te state of collapse and nervous! I su$-. fered for some time with prostration. My appetite failed, I lost flesh until I was a mere skeleton, life was a burden to me, I lost inter¬ est in everything and almost in everybody save my precious wife. “Then on the recommendation of some friends I began the use of Grape-Nuts food. At that time I was a miserable skeleton, without appe¬ tite and hardly able to walk across the room; had ugly dreams at night, no disposition to entertain or be en¬ tertained and began to shun society. “I finally gave up the regular min istry, indeed I could not collect my thoughts on any subject, and became almost a hermit. After I had been using the Grape-Nuts food for a short time I discovered that I was taking on new life and my appetite began to improve; I began to sleep better and mv weight increased steadily; I had lost some 50 pounds, but under the new food regime I have regained al¬ most my former weight and have greatly improved in every way. “I feel that I owe much to Grape Nuts and can truly recommend the food to all who require a powerful Rebuilding agent delicious to taste and always welcome.” Name given bv Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. A true natural road to regain health, or hold it, is by use of a dish of Grape-Nuts and cream, morning and night. Or have the food made into some of the many delicious dishes given in the little recipe book found in pkgs. Ten days’ trial of Grape-Nuts helps many. “There’s a reason ” Look in pkgs. for a copy of the famous little book, “The Road to WelMlle.”
