Newspaper Page Text
THE BRUNSWICK 'MnAi NEWS.
VOLUME 4, NUMBER 1^
BRUNSWICK GETS
FORTY THOUSAND
That is the Amount Recom
mended by River and
Harbor Committee
BRANILEY’S GOOD WORK
Congressman Succeeds in Getting Gov
ernment to Spend the $30,000
which was Appropriated Some
Time Ago but not Used .
The Georgia Items In the rivers and
t arbors bill have been reported from
the house committee and thi - port re-
Msidk' only the small amount of $lO,
o*o but an appropriation of $30,000
made several joars ago lias been in
cluded.
Tlte following spi-cial story concern
tt*g the Georg a items appeared in the
Atlanta Constitution yesterday:
The Georgia Items in rivers and bar
tors aipproriation bill as reported from
• lie house committee are as follows:
Savannah, $75,000 cash appropria
Inn S2IOOOO cxpenditui > Milhorized mi
<ir continuin'; contract.
Brunswick harbor SIO,OOO and also
*!l\I: ion of S3O nOO now on band.
t’uinbi-riand sound. Georgia and Hot
lea. $30,000.
Savannah river. $12,000 of which
$2,000 Is for use about U hil SIO,OOO be
low Augusta
Altamaha river, slo,Olio
Oconee. $lO COO
Ocmulgee, SIO,OOO.
Inside waterways between Savannah
m and Fernandlna $41,000.
Skidaway Narrows. SIO,OOO.
Flint river ,S2G,OOO|
Chatiahooehee river below (,'ojum
inis $75,000.
Coosa rlvei Georgia and Alabama
$15,000.
The $30,000 leforred to above is pro
tubly the unused np| ropriatiou db
covered by E. H. Conant, m charge . I
the engineers olWtv In this city.
It will be remembered Huil several
months ago Mr. Conant, u. I.joki'o
over the appropriation lor this yori
found that tliere remained to our cred
it a portion of an api ropriatlm
amounting to $30,000. in some way
this appropriation was lost Ire. I, ,u
and was neve- used .
Congressman Brantley's attentton
was called to the fact and lie brought
It up before the rivers and harbor,
committee, with, the result that tie
committee lias recommended that this
port be given he amount.
The SIO,OOO appropriated is for tin
continuing of work on Uie iiuier liar
bor.
It will be noied in the above budge!
o’ appropriations that Cuinberlanc
sound comes in for S3O,UUO while hie
ARamaha river gets SIO,OOO.
Victory For Brantley.
According fo a special in the Al
U’lita Journal sent by Mill Saul, that
papers regular Washington correspon
dent. Congressman Brantley scored a
victory In securing the forty thousand
for this port. He also endeavored ti
get an appropriation for a survey oi
Hie channel and for opening tie
inside water way from the Altamaha
i.,er. Tin- article in the Jaurnai
says:
' Brunswick gets forty thousand del
lars for continuing the work of dredg
ing the liar. Representative Brantley
stored a distinct victory in securing
ibis sum since the chief engineer ol
the war department recommended on
Iv fifteen thousand
"Brunswick also desired anew sur
vey for deepening the channel, but. the
pioject was not allowed The appro
priation for opening an inside water
rcute between the Altamaha river and
Brunswick is not allowed though it
was expected on account ol the survey
nnd favorable reports which have been
made.”
WILL OPEN BIDS TODAY.
Final Decision to be Reached Regard
ina Tabernacle.
This is the day advertised for the
opening of b.ds for the tabernacle
building, abom which so much has
been said and written during the past
Jja suciailon has I>m u ad vert is
Tor the past several days
will be opened this after-
Tnon. While it Is not known whether
or not any hi Is have been made, it is
i*i derstood that one or two people
in the city are desirous of securing
the building not to remove it. however.
a provided fir by the advertisement
tor bids, but to keep it standing and
to "be used fo* - different meetings, etc.
It is epected that something definite
\ ill he known after the bids are open
ed today.
The Weather.
Forecast for today in Georgia: Fair
pnd warmer.
ANOTHER MAN
v ON CHARGEJQrjgffI.
Contractor ForT Now
on Uniom Street were Burnjpp
by A. C. Strickland
Two in jail under war's n:s ebavg
il g them with arson one witness be
ing held and one or two others under
suspicion is tile result of the fire early
Monday morning when two houses In
course of consunotion on Union street
were burned the fire no doubt having
been the work of an incendiary.
.1. S. Fort, the CMUractor w'.vi lias
been on trial ~ince
Justice Kahili yesterday
incut to jtujer Lowe and Officers
and ljowwh!ch led to the arrest of At
i Strickland, a well kno.vii young
white man of the city.
Fort called Jailer l.owa to his cell
Thursday night and staled ttiat he de
sired to tell ae truth about the' whole
i outer and accused Strickland of the
oftense. Yesterday morning he related
the same storv to Detective Sam Goins
and Constable S. D. Lamb .
Fort says that the two houses were
t urned by Strickland. His statement
to the jailer and the officers .Is almut
as follows:
"The two houses were burned by
Strickland, who formerly worked with
me. I know that to be a fact He car
rind five gall.mu of kerosene oil to the/
houses lute Saturday night and set tile
h< uses on tire early Monday morning,
fl.ei'e Is another man implicated also
ul f will never tell who be Is."
• '.ron this statement a warrant was
•■worn out against Strickland and he
n arrested and placed In jail by
"dvr i.nmb about noon yesterday
>’li< u aeon t,;. a News reporter at the
.-il nVont an hour later .Strickland
made the following statemeut:
' i was surprised when Lamb carae
to arrest me. in fact when he display
WILL COST JUST $40,000
TO TRY JUDGE SWAYNE
i iipeschment of a Member of the Ju
diciary Comes High.
Washington, Jan. 27.—The house
today adopted a joint resolution up
[ ropriatlng SIO,OOO to defiay the ex
<-iisr. oi the serTate in conducting (he
i.ial of Judge Charles Swayne.
Only a Few Present.
Tln-r were not more ih i twenty
!;ve ; copie present last night to see
Ur. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde" presented at,
the Grand. The few present however,
i.eiui-d to enjoy the production.
MNIWTOfIi
itne Will be Elected at Next Meet
ing of Con.misioners to Succeed
F. E. Twitty, City Attorney.
Il is more than probable that the
'binmlssioners of roads and revenues
. ill elect anew county attorney at
-heir meeting to be held In February
: i succeed F. E. Twitty who was re
cently elected city attorney.
Under a bill passed at a rn cut ses
ion of the legislature .county officials
are not elected in Glynn annually, In
fact the present officials, who were
named by the commissioners, will
- rve until they resign or are displac
1 for some reason.
Mr Twitty, of course being elected
*ty attorney, will be compelled to re
igri the county position
Sevefal names are being mentioned
m connection with the county attor
leyatrip, among them being J. D
Stark;:, Millard Reese and others
Services Stil in pregres.
The revival services at the Second
Advenl Christian church will continue
\er next Sunday. Elder J. T Butler
will preach at 11 a m and 7.30 p. m.
His morning theme will be “The Sec
ond Coming of Christ”. The theme
for the evening will he " The Thief
on the Cross ’ Eider Butler will he
g.ad to greet his many friends of this
nty at the services on Sunday.
May Settle the Btrike.
Essen, Priusla ..lan. 27.—The coal
p ino owners took a decision today
that probably will result in a settle
ment of Ihe strike. They determined
to inform the government that they
would accept any Judgment a parlla
n entary commission might render af
ter- an inquiry into the grievance of
the miners an 1 that the owners would
immediately remove the grievance.
Austrian Steamer Captured.
Tokio Jan. ?7.—The Japanese seized
the Austrian steamer Berma off Hok
kaixo Island at 9 o’clock last night, she
l aving a cargo of 4,000 tons of Car
dlfl cos) on board and was hound for
, Vladivostok. . - .
YjRDAY .IMiroaV JA I<)ofi
ed the warrant 1 thought h. was mere
ly joking, as something hud been said
to me before about burning in a jo-t
--ing manner. T do not know anything
whatever 1 ahoii-. the fire. JJriiink this
man Fort must be craMjHßher pris
enacted in thousands' of^|E mo |
"totim of\^' m 8 " ° arh °" e ' &1F ttSked
or ami
Know of Fort
When asked whether or not Fort
1 ad ever mentioned anything lo him
about the bur.mg the bouses tie sfat
i_d that he had not.
Strickland is a well known yonnt
while man of the city and enjoys r,
good ropillation He has served na a
member of lh, (ire department and
until recently was impounding offi
cer of (lie city. Ills friends arc now
making an ettort to get him out oi
jnil on bond and none of ihc-i he.iove
in is guilty of the serious charge un
der which he is being held.
The preliminary hearing in lhe Fort
case was postponed yesterday on ac
ei utit of the absence of Judge Gale
bo is represent ing the state in the
case. Tim trial will proceed ibis morn
lug and Fori -vlll make bia ttaloinent
on the stand.
This case is now attracting consid
erable intered in the city an J it. is
Relieved by the officers that two or
three are implicated In the burnim; of
the two houses.
SILK IN PLACE OF COTTON.
St. Louis Maqld Suggests in Message
to Jordan at New Orleans.
That farmer,-, should stop cultivating
cotton and go in for silk is the suges
tion made by Louis B. Magid, of Tal
lulah Falls. Mr. Magid is president
ot the Silk Culture of America and is
himself intern-,ted in the silk growing
industry.
On yesterday he sent a telegram to
Chairman Hur'-ie Jordan of the cotton
conference now in progress in New
t cleans asking him lo call attention
of the delegates to the suggestion he
makes. His telegram read as follows:
“Hon. Harvie Jordan: Pray let the
convention consider silk raising as a
diversification for southern farmers.
Climatic conditions in all southern
states are excellent for silk culture.
The sum of $100,000,000 is what Amer
sea ii-ays annually to foreign countries
for raw silk. This money should stay
at home.
"L. B. Madid,
"President Sl’k Stilture Leaugne ol
America.”
Mr. Magid is enthusiastic over the
matter and ibnily believes that silk
culture In the southern slates is the
most practical as well as the most
profitable solution of the question now
confronting the cotton growers in this
territory. He hopes that the interest
of the New Orleans delegates will lie
aroused.
NEGRO WOMAN IN JAIL;
PUTS UP AWFUI. YELL.
Kept the Othrr Inmates Nervous Our
nig Day and Night.
Fannie Wl’llams a negro woman
v.as given a preliminary hearing be
fore Justice Lambright yesterday
morning on the charge of larceny She
was bound over to the city court, her
bond being fixed at SSO .
The woman was unable to give the
required bond and was placed in jail.
She put up an awful cry during the
entire day and night . Tire woman
sfemed almost prostrated at the idea
or being confined In Jail and yelled
to everyone she could see passing the
jail to corne and assist her.
The woman was arrested for steal
ing dresses from another negro wo
man.
Wreck in Tennessee.
Nashville T**nn, Jan. 27. —Nashville
( hat tuwxrga and St. I/mis passenger
t.ain No. 3. f,, om Nashville to Chatta
nooga was in collision with a freight
p.t Tullahoma. Term, seventy miles
south of here. The engineer Is miss
ing. Several passenger are reported
injured. ~
Trust* e Sale Today.
J. J. Llssne - trustee of the estate of
B. Levlson. bankrupt, will dispose or
the saloon on Bay street today at 12
o'clock. All roods In the saloon, fix
tures, etc., wil! tie knocked down to
the highest and best bidder. It Is un
derstood that there will he several bid
dera on the stock.
*x* c<iui jVrnu]j>
sv it li inijßK r r iVI Hll rßfl
(•““ft Season Promises
Best in
in Years
IMPORTANT CHANGL4(aSPS
Consolidations of Interest That Will
Maintain Prices—Large Land Pur- *
chases now Being Made are
Very Significant.
*****
The lumber business, according to
the local members of the trade, emit In
t.cs to improve both as to de'xaud and
l rices, and tils year so far gives prom
i c o! liilfilliny Hi,, earlier outlook of
being one of the most
r-mv the lasi high water
i-mn- live iij- si\ years ago. Ail m
embly known throughout
Georgia and whose long comeetitm
wli.h the business makes iiis opinion
most valuable, believes that il la now
' id a questo-i of a few Vears when,
i iiro-igh the cousolidalion or merging
ol large mii 1 interests, the business
"111 bo put on a footing that will guar
antee stability of frices ami a basis
level that wl’l make Impossible such
a depressou In the trade as occurred
last spring and summer. It has been
the history of the trade, says Mr. Still
well in the Savaunaah News that so
soon as the busiuess gets In good
shape new mills of small capacity and
limited capital enter the field increase
the output and curtail prices only to
be themselves wiped out when the nat
ural results follow and the prices sag
ti a 1.-vel that makes it possible only
lor the large - concerns to .niamifae
(.lire at a very narrow margin
Timber in Strong Hands.
The trend of the business recently,
he'says, has been lu tbe direction of
large mill owners securing huge areas
of timbered lauds and tbA- Ixrs -been
so general and conducted oil so large a
scale, that soon there will -be but iso
lated lj-aols that the small mill, or the
new lumber manufacturer can secure
when these have been exhausted the
tusiness will be in the hands of men
who, hacked by large capital and know
tig tbe value of stumpage will be'able
to control the market and keep the
business on the looting thut will make
*t profitable.
Another change that it Is expected
will come about in the trade in a
abort time in fact one ttiat the South
on lumber men are now working for
that of making the Inspection at the
southern port-, prior to shipping final.
'he Georgia Interstate Sawmill As
sociation Is now working toward that
end. When the proper organization
tor tliis change has been completed in
t-eotion made at Savannah, Bruns
wick, Fernarbina and Jacksonville
will be final
OFFICER LEVIES ON
COLORED DRUG STORE.
Papers Sworn Oue by Mamie C. Buggs
Colored.
Papers we;e Issued front Justice
I iunhrights court yesterday against
John W Pugg's and G. W. Smith,, pro
prictoiof the People’s Oc.if Store.
The papers were sworn out in favor
of Mamie Pnygs, colored. An offi
cer of the conid Is now in charge of
I ho drug store.
It will he lemembered that a few
weeks ago the proprietors of this store
nosed to business owing to the fact
that there <o not a licensed pharma
cist connectou with the drug store.
The stock an 1 all was left intact and
the colored physicians ontinued to
make their headquarters there. The
stock will prcbably bo sold later it
the case is not settled.
Dismasted Schooner Is Atrato.
Mobile. Ala , Jan. 27.—The schooner
“Tralda" previously reported spoken
r,O miles off Swan Island, with a cargo
or cocoauuts, dismasted, has proven
to he the schooner Atrato .Captain
Watt .which ‘ailed from Colon, Dec.
!, for San Bias coast thence to New
York with a cargo of cocoanuts. She
i t reported here to have arrved at
Porto Barrios iu distress.
To Attack Distillery Towns.
Raleigh, N. 0., Jan. 27.— Two years
ago the No'th Carolina legislature
charterod seven towns the largest, ot
which only had 75 population these
being known as distillery towns be
cause at each there was a distillery
the population being made up of the
owners and their employees. The
chartering of these distillery towns
caused a* much feeling as almost any
thing which had occurred in recent
years and ifow the attack upon them
ra„ begun in earnest. A hill has been
introduced to repeal the charter of one
at Myrtle on the coast a place which
*hh not over population. The fight
against the distilleries grows stronger
everyday.
SHEARTLESS FBSUfcE-
F soofiTo arEXE^unfi
wlTmai in Vermont is to be
f f&t the Awful Murder of
Her Husband
Montpelier ,Vt„ Jan. 27 For the
ktst time in twenty years a woman is
t. die on the gallows in the State of
i Vermont. The eyes of all New Eng-
are upon Mrs. Mary A. Rogers,
pTO but few executions of women have
2ver taken place in the New England
states. A#
The fight toll ol Mary Kog
iis has been; year and a
ball', but ii Ac Adthere is
lie chancy .Tg tK*MM*Mmfe.
-eno of tiie hanging
the old \ -mont state prison
pPHi n;a! IHWriVbWo 1
has recent over
Hie United States Bell of
Vermont, has been receiving an aver
age of fifty Liters a day asking him to
interfere and to sav, the slate the “dis
grace of hanging a woman." But Gov
liell is firm >n his refusal to Interfere
and jusl a few days ago go slated pos- j
itively that there was nothing which I
could come up to prevent the hanging.
But, there it; none of this sympathy
for Mrs. R-ogers in the state of Ver
mont, From one end to ( he other there |
is a universal cry for vengeance, and
had the question of her llte been sub-1
milted to a vote in the state It would
l avo been defeated by an overwhelm- \
ing majority. The women of Vermont
practically banded together to Insist
that no mere- be shown Mrs. Rogers
and when her ease came before the
legislature so strong was the power of
(he woman’s influence that the mem
bers of the legislature did not dare
10 commute her sentence.
Her Horrible Clime.
Mrs. Rogers crime was the murder
of her husband Marcus Rogers at Ben
wjnaion, SC.L, August. 31, S9OB. ...This
was not the first attempt that had
been made on the husband's life. Mrs.
Rogers was married at the age ot 16
nnd tired of l er husband some three
years after her marriage. At the time
of the liuirdei she was living apart,
ftom Rogers For some time her
name had been connected with that of
a man in Bennington. It was said
that she wanted to marry him und
brooded over the fact that her lius-
Dand was a bar to the marriags. She
also wanted $“00 insurance which Rog
ers carried.
On August 30, 1903 Mrs. Rogers then
FORTUNE FOR HEIRS
OF-AUGUSTA MAN.
Attorneys Have Charge Until Heirs
are Found.
Augusta, Jan 27.—There is a neat
fortune awaiting in Augusta, In the
hands of an attorney, if the proper
person can be found to claim it and 13
able after he is found to prove the
c'alin.
IJ .0. Fogarty ts looking for tho
heirs of Hiram IJ.l J . Dubois, who came
to Augusta some time before the civil
var and liv. it here throughout that
conflict. It appears, though that Du
bois, shortly after the war, either left
Augusta or died and to the present
time all efforts to locate any of his
kinsmen have been fruitless.
The property to which tho descend
ants of ill ran i P. Dubois are helra is
not located in Augusta, nor will Mr.
i ogarty at this time state just whore
it is located or what it is worth,
though he says it Is worth enough to
make it worth while finding tho hairs,
lo fact It is known that tho property is
sufficiently large lo care for someone
tor the balanc- of their natural life.
When asked about the matter this
morning he said:
”1 have been retained to locate the
Dubois heirs. Hiram P. Dubois lived
in Augusta during and after the close
of the war
"My Information with reference to
him and his family Is very meagre,
but. I am satisfied that there are peo-
I le living In Augusta still who were
acquainted with him, and who can pos
sibly give me some information as to
Hie present location of any of his heirs
I do not. think that Dubois himself Is
now living, as lie was a man past mid
oie age at flic close of the war. 1
cm not at liberty to state the charac
ter or value of the property in which
.he Deboia heirs now have an interest
iint l will say however, that Its mone
tary value is very considerable and
will abundantly recompense every ef
fort made by the heirs to secure its re
covery. I t rust., as a result of the pub
licity given the matter that 1 may
he able to locate the parlies interested
In tills property. 1 might say that the
property In question Is not located In
Augusta. ”
living at Bennington sent a note to
her husband in Hooslck halts, asking
him to come to Bennington the next
uight, as she wanted to see him. The
ft Rowing night about 9 o'clock, Mrs.
Rogers met her husband in Benning
ton square. The two walked up the
road about a quarter of a mile to the
banks of a little slre-aw which flows
nearly through the center of Benning
ton. When they arrived there both
sat down on the bank of the brook.
They had been there but a short
time when Leon Perham a 16 year old
boy with whose family Mrs. Rogers
vaa boarding came across
TOMtp l>xoolt si til a
He was
and bis coming was a part of a prear
ranged pluu. Young Perham had been
there but a few moments when Mrs.
Rogers suggested u little game. She
laid a wager with Perham that he
could not tie her hands with the rope
sc that she could not release them.
Perham wound the rope about Mrs.
Rogers hands but site aliped It off eas
ily. Then she said to her husband.
"Se If you can do that .Mark," Rogers
consented, an 1 Perham wound the
iope around Roger’s wrists. Mrs. Rog
ers wblsperej to Perham, "Tie him
tight, Leon.”
As soon as the knot was tied Rogers
endeavored to slip it oil but with no
such success ar his wife had. Finally
Mrs. Rogers put her arms around his
m-ck drew his head down In her lap
kissed him and whispered "I knew you
couldn't, get away Mark."
Then she drew from her waist a bot
tle of chloroform and spilling it on a
handkerchief .pressed it against her
husband’s face “A little perfume l
bought for you, Mark," she said. The
.dull and stup'd Rogers never compre
hended the game. When he realised
that he was sinking into unconscious
ness he started to make a struggle
Mrs. Rogers suddenly changed her tac
tics.
"Jump on him ,I,eon,'' she said and
young Perham sprang up and put his
whole weight on Roger’s chest. Hail'
suipified by the chloroform, Rogers
eoiild offer but little resistance.
In about five minutes the man was
completely under the influence of the
ding. Then Mrs. Rogers .calling to
Perham to help her took the body and
threw It into the brook.
largest diamond
Biggest Stone Ever Discovered Found
Near Pretoria Yesterday—ls Val
ued at $4,000,000 Uncut.
Johannesburg, Jan. 27. —The largest
diamond ever discovered was found to
day near Pretoria. The valuable
stone weight 3,032 carats and is
thought to be worth four million dol
lars uncut.
The stone Is twenty four times heav
ier than Kholi uor. It is three inches
lu diameter.
GRANTED RESPITE.
Two Weeks More of Life for a Con
demned Murderer.
Newnan. Ga., Jan. 27.—Greely Phli
l’ta. who was sentenced to be hangea
here today was yesterday given a
respite of two weeks by Governor Ter
rell. A large crowd will be hero to
morrow to witness the hanging ana
while some apprehension is felt it is
believed that the crowd will be orderly
Phillips shot and killed May Lassetter
a young married woman, at a neigh
borhood barm cue last year without an;
provocation. He now claims that ho
was drunk. On the trial of the case
a., of the witnesses testifloi. that he
was not drunk.
His attorneys carried his case to
the supreme court and the Judgement
or the lowe- court was sustained.
Then an apr oal was made to the pris
on commission for a commutation of
sentence to 'To Imprisonment which
appeal was denied by the prison com
mission.
COLD CAUSES SUSPENSION.
Quarries and Mill* at Marole Hill are
Frozen Out.
Marble Hill. Ga.. Jan. 27. —The cold-'
ist weather ot the season is now being;
experienced. The thermometer toon'
a tumble from 60 degrees last night to
4 this morning. All the qu.tr.kn m.d
mills has suspended work on account
of the cold but no damage has yet
been reported.
PRICE FIVE CCTIT3.
aiICTIKTS
IN DODGE CM
Abe Hummel and Ex-Judge
Fursman Charged with
Conspiracy
BIG CASE ON IN GOTHAM
Fursman Apoeared in Court After He
Was Indicted and Pleaded not
Guilty—B-acken and Dodge
Were Also Indicted.
New York, Jan. 27.—The grand jury
today found six indictments in the
Morse-Dodge case. Abe
ex-Judge Fursman were indicted there
i °ing one indictment of conspiracy
the latter and two against
"Hummel, - ' -
Fursman later appeared before the
court, and pleaded not guilty to the
charge. Hunv.nel will plead Tuesday
and It is understood ftat he also will
answer not guilty to the charge prefer
red against him. Both the men were
put in charge of their counsel.
indictments were also found today
against Lawyer Stienhardt ,who t#
a partner of Hummel. The other two
indicted were Eugene Bracken and
Charles F. Dodge.
A CITY CAN CONTROL
SPEAKING ON STREETB
has a Right to Say who Shall be Its
Spellbinders.
Atlanta Jau. 27. —Every city in the
stato has the fight to say who shall
and who shall not be allowed to speak
on its streets according to a decision
of the supreme court today.
J. L. Fitts soeiaist, spoke on the
streets of Atlanta after having been
refused a permit by the mayor and
was fined. Fitts carried the case to
the superior court and, beaten there
to the supreme court . The supreme
couryiolds that a city ordinance re
quiriffiTa pe -nit before a person can
speak on the city streets is not in vio
lation of constitutional rights of free
speech .
SCHOOL BUILDING DESTROYED.
Hampton Institute Was Burned Yes
teroay Morn.eg .
Hampton Jan. 27. —About it o’clock
this morning the Hampton school
building caught fire and wa3 totally de
iroyed. The children all escape l with
v t Injury. H.-thing was saved ex
cept the piano and about a half dozen
desks. The loss will bo about $4,500
with $2,500 insurance. A neat build
irg will be p it up at once.
WOMAN BURNS TO DEATH
FALLING IN FIRE PLACE
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 27. —The
wife of Emmett Powell, colored, was
burned to death at their home near
Bessemer yesterday. She had been ill
ter some time and it is supposed that
she fell Into au open fireplace and -was
too weak to extricate herself.
DISCHARGED ON CHARGE
OF KILLING UNCLE.
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 27. —Wil-
l am Eastis. the young man cnargea
with the murder of his uncle, James
Kliard, was discharged after a prelim
inary examinaUon before Just fee of the
Peace Bonners, the state falling to
i: alto out a c,.3e against him.
It is probable that the grand Jury
will indict him and that he will he
again apprehended and tried.
The case has been very closely wrap
ped in mystery by some unknown
means.
HANGS HL'bJELF WITH SHEET.
Jchn Chenau't commits Suicide In a
Jail Ceil.
Knoxville, Tunn, Jan. 27.—John
( hexmv.lt. of Chattanooga, committ -u
suicide in his ceil in the Knox court}’
jail last night V.y hanging himself with
u sheet. Chenault was arrested Mon
day night on the charge of drunken
ness and he received a work house son
tone©. It is believed that remorse
over tills affair caused him to take
his own life He came here Sunday
to attend the funeral of Edward Hicks
v ho was klllci Saturday by Clarence
L.illard.
Mukden Mutiny Denied.
St. Petersburg. Jan. 27.—The war
office denies the report first circulated
by a Haris paper and reproduced today
i y the London Globe to the effect that
a munlty recently broke out. r .nong
I the Russian troops at. Multdeo b au*
I o* the privations they had bee i fore
_i.il to endure.
j Conservatives Win at Tort to.
, Toronto Jan. 27.—Revised r turns
received from yesterday’s t otlon
show that the conservatives ; Sectea
seventy one members of the p: Incial
! legislature and the liberals 'tty-two.