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MANY VICTIMS OF WAVES
' Extreme Heat Causes Thousands
-of People to Seek Water.
, TWELVE PEOPLE DROWNED
, ■
j Tkree 4fr>ung Women Drown at Ver-'
mon * Summer Resort—Three Are
. Lost When Motor Boat Sinks.
Grand Isle, Vermont. —Three young
women who were staying near Adams’
Landing were drowned while bathing
1 in Lake Champlain. They were Miss
Lucy Perry and Miss Sarah Disas
way, both of Plattsburg, N. Y., and
Miss Elizabeth Disasway of Brook
lyn, N. Y„ a cousin of Sarah Disas
way.
The young women were in the wa
ter together when one of them step
ped into a deep hole. The other two
started to her assistance, but also
Stepped into deep water and all went
down. The bodies were recovered.
Wilmington, Del. —Clarence Button,
aged 25 years, and Nellie Nickerson,
> aged 20 years, both of Chester, Pa.,
.. were drowned at Bowers’ beach, a
summer resort on Delaware bay. Dut
ton, Miss Nickerson and the others
had gone in bathing, and were car-;
ried beyond their depth by the treach
erous current at this point. Three
of the party were rescued, but Dut
ton and Miss Nickerson were swept
into the Delaware bay.
Buffalo, N. Y.—-Three persons were
drowned in the Niagara river when a
motor boat, loaded to the rails, was
run down by a pleasure barge. Mrs.
William Pagels, Mrs. Charlotte My
ers and Raymond Pagels, a 10-year
old lad, were drowned.
Henry Schauss, at the wheel of the
motor boat, thought he could pass
under the bow of the barge. When
it was too late he tried to turn, and
* was run down.
New York City.—The overturning
of a small rowboat off Ellis island
caused the death by drowning of
। John Boyd, 22 years of age, of Fall
’ River, Mass., and John Starboro, of
tjie' same age, of this city. The list
of deaths by drowning was further
increased by those of Patrick Somer,
captain of a canal barke in the East
river, and John Gilson of Newark,
while bathing at Belmar, N. J.
SETTLES UHURCH MATTER.
Assistant Secretary Bacon Buys Land
in Porto Rico.
San Juan, P. R. —After having sat
isfactorily settled the questions in
dispute between the federal govern
ment and the Catholic church in Por
to Ri&>, arising out of the control of
the estates formerly owned by the
Dominican and Franciscan orders. As
sistant Seecretary of State Robert
Bacon has returned' to Washington.
t -Under the agreement reached the
federal government will obtain, sub
fject to the approval of congress, 'con
trol of the Santo Domingo convent
building and its land and the land
occupied by the infantry barracks,
paying therefor $120,000. The in
sular government will receive, if the
agreement is sanctioned .by" the insu
lar legislature, the market place, the
San Francisco barracks and the in
sane asylum and the land surround
ing it, paying $150,000 for them in
three installments. The church, in
addition to the money considerations,
will obtain under the agreement a
chapel and sixty-two acres of land
near San Juan. This disposes of the
last of the church claims. The ques
tion has caused protracted litigation
and discussion in six legislatures.
, The church land^in question in Por
to Rico involved the right of the Ro
man Catholic church to control vari
ous property valued at about $1,000,-
000 formerly owned by the Domini
can and Frandsen "orders. The es
tates were ; alienated by the action of
the Spanish government iff 1838. but
the Catholic church alleged that the
act was not properly carried into
effect. <
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
Courthouse Clock Weight Falls and
Kills Prcmineftt Man.
Columbus, Miss. —Dr. A. C. Hui-,
ibert, one of the best known citizens '
:of Columbus, was killad when a
weight fell from Jhe ^wock in the
court house and strttfk him on the
head, killing him instantly.
Dr. . Hulbert was. sitting immediate
ly beneath the clock tower when the .
cable holding one of the weights gave
' way and the .ponderous mass of metal
‘crushed through two floors and
struck" him on t the*head.
FOURIeMSJROWNED.
By the Capsizing of a Pleasure
Launch.
Kilbourne, Wis.—By the capsizing
of a pleasure launch on the Wisconsin
I fiver four Chicagoans were drowned
! as follows: Miss Mabel Ward, Mrs.
! IW. G. rf'eath, Edward G. Pfeiffer and
I his son.
The launch containing nine persons,
.was returning from a trip through
I the Dells. When , near the wharf, the
jibcat got into the’ waves of a passing
(Steamer and caifsized.
' The accident was seen by many peo
ple on the pier, and rescue at once
'’.was attempted with boats and launch
fes, but four had sunk before aid ar
rived.
RIFLE INVENTED BYMAUSER.
Has a Twenty-Five Shot Automatic
Cartridge Feeder.
Oberndorff, Wuertemberg. — Paul
Mauser, the aged inventor of the rifle
(bearing his name, has invented a new
military rifle, the principal feature of
which is a twenty-five shot automatic
cartridge feeder. ■ -
The rifle may also be used as a
* single shot piece, the bearer reload
ing after each shot while the maga
zine of twefty-five cartridges remaffis
ready for an emergency. <.
OF POLITICAL INTEREST.
The republicans of Texas have nom
inated John N. Simpson of Dallas for
governor and adopted a platform,which
favors local option and licensed sa
loons.
The republican party in Tennessee
is divided into two factions, George
W. Tillman has been nominated for
governor by the Evans faction and
T. Asbury Wright has been nominated
for governor by the “home rule’’ fac
tion.
An appeal to the trade unionists of
the country to contribute to the dem
ocratic campaign has been made by
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor and John Mitchell
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica.
William H. Taft has announced that
he will in no way interfere or at
tempt to settle the fight between the
two factions of the republican party
in West Virginia. Mr. Taft said he
didn’t intend to be dragged into these
state fights. “The national commit
tee will be left with a free hand at
all of them as far as I am con
cerned.”
Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia
has been requested to serve on the
advisory committee which has been
selected in connection with the demo
cratic national campaign. Senator
Culberson of Texas is chairman of
the committee, and among others on
the committee are Judge Alton B.
Parker, Hon. John Sharp Williams,
Governor Johnson of Minnesota, Sen
ator Daniels of Virginia, Senator Ray
nor of Maryland and Governor Cham
berlain of Oregon.
At a meeting ’of the democratic
general committee of New York, Tam
many Hall pledged "wholehearted and
unswerving support throughout the
campaign’ to Bryan and Kern.
Eastern branch headquarters of the
democratic party have been opened in
the Hoffman House, New York City.
The Florida republican central com
mittee, which met at Jacksonville
named the following state ticket :
Governor, John M. Cheney of Orlan
do; comptroller, J. L. Skipper of Bar
tow; treasurer, I. E. Webster of
Gainesville; secretary of state, John
F. Horr of Key West; attorney gen
eral, Frederick C. Cubberly of Cedar
Keys; superintendent of public in
struction, Dr. George W. Holmes of
Brevard county; commissioner of ag
riculture, J. F. Strunkel of Leesburg;
railroad commissioner, S. W. Roley
of San Mateo; justices of supreme
court, E. Bly of DeLand and Fred W.
Marsh of Pensacola.
The democratic national campaign
fund of 1908 will be raised through
appeals made to the individual states
for contributions. Each state, under
the direction of its national commit
teeman or a financial representation,
designated for the purpose, will de
termine its own method of raising
money.
Mr. Taft has made no comment on
Mr. Bryan’s speech of acceptance as
yet, but he has announced that he
would answer it in different speeches
he will make during the campaign.
Invitations have been extended to
both Mr. Bryan and Mr. Taft to at
tend the national encampment of the
G. A. R. to be held in Toledo in
September.
In a speech before the Lincoln, Neb.,
Typographical Union, Mr. Bryan re
ferred to Mr. Kern, his running mate,
as a beginner in seeking national of
fice and said: "But I am sure that if
he will persevere the time will come
when he will feel as I do —so accus
tomed to being notified that it seems
scarcely an extraordinary occasion.”
Macon, Ga., citizens have invited
Mr. Taft, Mr. Bryan and Sdtaator Ar
thur J. Beveridge of Indiana to make
addresses in that city at the state fair
to be held there early in November.
The big saddle norse which Mr.
Taft has ridden fc»« some time in
Washington, and wnich he has been
using at Hot Springs, Va„ suddenly
developed ankle weakness, and Mr.
Taft was thrown. He sustained no in
juries and made no mention of the
occurrence. But h^ admitted that he
believed he would be more comforta
ble hereafter on a horse of sturdier
build.
In a speech before the Epworth as
sembly at Lincoln, Neb., Senator La-
Follette of Wisconsin, expressed great
admiration for W. J. Bryan. A man
in the audience accused Senator La-
Follette of being a democrat, but he
denied the charge strenuously.
Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of
the New York republican party, has
declared that the rank and file of the
republican party of that state and
not President Roosevelt will dictate
whether Charles E. Hughes will be
re-nominated for governor of New
York.
Charles F. Murphy has denounced
the report that W. J. Bryan was dis
pleased as a refusal of the New York
leaders to ask him to speak in that
state.
The general impression in New
York is that the federal administra
tion would be opposed to the turning
down of Governor Hughes for a sec
ond term.
Delegates to the independence party
met at Dalias, Taxas, and nominated
E. W’. Kirkpatrick for governor. Mr.
Kirkpatrick is president of the Texas
Farmers’ congress.
James Landis, socialist candidate
for congress from Illinois, made an
unsuccessful attempt to shoot Prose
cuting Attorney William Batch at
Bloomington, 111. Landis was arrest
ed. The affair was the outgrowth of
a bitter newspaper controversy.
California has a Chinese Bryan
club.
Senator Robert M. LaFollette is go
ing to edit a newspaper of his own,
and with this end in view he is mak
ing a*#anvass of Wisconsin to secure
a guarantee of 10,000 readers for a
weekly paper along the lines of Bry
an’s Commoner. The senator propos
es to do his own editing and it is like
ly that the new publication will add
much interest in the Wisconsin cam
paign.
James 'Wickersham, independent
candidate for congress from Alaska,
was elected at the recent elections
held in that territory.
AIRSHIP IS A SUCCESS
Baldwin’s Ciaft Lands Safely Af
ter a Successful Flight.
OOVERNMENTACCEPTS SHIP
For Over an Hour Craft Remained in
the Air and Wai at All Times
Under Perfect Control.
Washington, D. C. —Like a demon
from the skies, its motor spitting fire
and its long gray gas bag outlined
against the dark sky of dusk, the
Baldwin airship landed at Fort My
er after making a flight which broke
all records for aerial navigation in
this country.
For two hours and five minutes the
big military dirigible, built for the
United States army flew back and
forth over a course nearly five miles
in length in the official endurance
trial. The airship is now the prop
erty of the signal corps of the United
States army, a few formalities only
remaining to be gone through before
Captain Baldwin turns his aerial craft
over to Ueneral Allen, chief signal of
ficer.
The airship has withstood every
test required of it by the terms of
the contract between the government
and Captain Thomas C. Baldwin, thus
entitling the aeronaut to the full con
tract price, $6,750. The total dis
tance covered in the trial was be
tween 28 and 30 miles.
Throughout the trip, the airship
was kept under almost perfect con
trol, and at no time, said Mr. Curtiss,
did the engines miss a spark.
In the test it was required that
Captain Baldwin remain in continu
ous flight for two hours at an aver
age speed equaling 70 per cent of
that attained in the previous speed
trial —19.6 miles an hojur. This would
be 13.4 an hour. It is estimated that
the average speed maintained in the
last flight was about 17 miles an
hour.
Another condition imposed was that
sufficient fuel be carried to run the
motor for two hours, and that exces
sive heating of the engine should not
occur. Both of these conditions were
easily fulfilled, there being two gal
lons of gasoline, of the five taken
on the trip, still remaining unused
when the landing was made.
CONFEDERATES» WOULD HAVE WON.
If They Could Have Had Four Bal
loons at Bull Run.
Washington, D. C. —“If the confed
erate army could have had four bal
loons at the battle of Bull Run like
the one Baldwin has brought to Fort
Myer, your civil war would not have
lasted over nine months.”
Thus spoke Colonel James Templer,
retired, of the Royal Engineers of the
British army, who was for many years
in commandsof the British army bal
looning establishment. He made this
assertion after having spent some
time at Fort Myer inspecting the
Baldwin dirigible balloon.
“What would have been the re
sult?” Colonel Templer was asked.
"I think that if the confederate ob
servers could have obtained a balloon
review of the retreat of the union
army after the battle they would have
followed up their advantage and tak
en Washington.”
The colonel has come to this coun
try to make a special study of the re
lation of military ballooning to the
great campaigns of the civil war. He
will visit the principal battle fields,
beginning with Chattanooga, Chicka
mauga, Bull Run and Gettysburg.
“I am going,” he said, “to ascertain
what could have been done with war
balloons as they exist today—that is,
dirigible ballons—in those campaigns,
how the tide of battle might have been
changed one way or the other.”
NECKTIE TRILii FAILS.
Ten Chinese Deported—Their Game
of Identification.
Ogdensburg, N. Y. —When ten Chi
namen were arraigned before United
States Commissioner Kellogg charged :
with having entered this country un-i
lawfully from Canada, byway of
Rouse’s point, last January, an at
tempt was made by the defense to
show that all of the Celestials had
relatives here. The Chinamen ar
ranged themselves in groups of two,
and it was observed that each pair
wore neckties of identically the same
pattern and color. Five other China
men in the room immediately identi
fied each group of prisoners and
claimed relationship to them. But the
authorities came to the conclusion
that the neckties were identification
marks. Commissioner Kellogg order
ed the Chinamen deported.
Roosevelt May Pay Damages.
Belfast, Me. —Captain Guilford Pen
dleton owner of the schooner Mena
way, which on July 22 was in collis
ion in Long Island Sound with the
president’s yacht, Mayflower, says
that President Roosevelt, who was
aboard the Mayflower, promised to
pay for the damage to the Menaway
if the government did not.
12,000 Eagles In Parade.
Seattle, Wash. —Twelve thousand
members of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles from every corner of North
America paraded through the streets
of Seattle, cheered by a throng of cit
izens and visitors
OptidansEiecFoflicers.
Philadelphia, Pa—The eleventh an
nual convention of the American As
sociation of Opticians ended its work
today.
The opticians chose Atlanta, Ga.,
as the meeting place for 1909. The
following officers were elected: H. J.
Cook, Knokville, Tenn., president;
W. H. Huston, Kansas, secretary;
Hardwick Ruth, Alabama, was elect
ed a director.
BRYAN IS NOTIFIED.
In the Presence of a Vast Assemblage
He Accepts Nomination.
Lincoln, Neb.—ln the presence "of
a vast assemblage which cheered him
to the echo, William J. Bryan receiv
ed from Henry D. Clayton of Alabama
formal notification of his nomination
for the presidency of the United
States.
Thrice honored by the democratic
party as its standard bearer, Mr. Bry
an plainly exhibited the pleasure it
gave him once again to proclaim the
principles for which he stood. His
nomination for a third time, he de
clared in his speech of acceptance,
could only be explained by a substan
tial and undisputed growth in the
principles and policies for which he,
with a multitude of others, had con
tended.
“As these principles and policies,”
he said, “have given me whatever po
litical strength I possess, the action
of the convention not only renews my
faith in them, but strengthens my at
tachment to them.”
The ovation accorded Mr. Bryan as
he rode through the streets of Lin
coln on his way to the state house,
where the exercises were held, were
non-partisan. It was the homage of
the citizens of the western city of the
plains to a distinguished neighbor.
Almost the entire republican adminis
tration was represented, Governor
Sheldon and many state officials lend
ing their presence both in the parade
and on the platform.
Before the notification and accept
ance speeches were delivered, Norman
E. Mack, chairman of the democratic
national committee, who acted as pre
siding officer, called on John W. Kern,
the vice presidential nominee, to make
a speech. Mr. Kern responded in a
few felicitous remarks, in which he
gave unstinted praise to the non-parti
san character of the exercises.
The speech of Mr. Bryan occupied
the attention of the vast throng ex
actly one hour and at the conclusion
of the address he and Mr. Kern re
tired to the state capitol, where they
held a public reception.
ROADS WILL BUY 6,000 STEEL CARS.
Competition Between Builders is
Keen Cars Will Cost $6,000,000.
New York City—The Harriman
roads are in the market for six thous
and steel cars. No order has been
placed, but the car equipment com
panies have been notified that this
amount represents the total of an ear
ly purchase by the Harriman lines
and for more than half of the cars
there have been filed specifications on
which the equipment companies may
base their bids.
Competition between the companies
is said to be keen, for the order, if
filled, will be altogether the largest
since the panic.
The estimated cost of the six thous
and steels cars range all the way from
$6,000,000 to $7,000,000. It is expect
ed that the lower figure will prove
nearer correct, for the reason that the
competition between the car equip
ment companies may result in a cut
price.
ESPERANTO IS RECOGNIZED.
United States Appoints Representa
tive to the Congress.
Washington, D. C— Esperanto has
been recognized officially by the Uni
ed States government in the recent
appointment of Mayor Paul F. Straub,
of the army medical corps, to repre
sent this country in the fourth inter
national esperanto congress to be held
at Dresden, Germany, August 16-22,
1908. Belgium was the first nation to
give its official recognition to this re
markable language.
The war department library was
the first institution in Washington to
recognize the value of esperanto as
an auxiliary language, and it began
the accumulation of esperanto litera
ture in January, 1906.
The total number of esperanto
schools and societies throughout the
world is practically 1,000.
TREATED CRUELLY BY MEXICANS.
Finger Nails are Torn Away by Pris
on Officials.
Pittsburg, Pa. —Because they refus
ed to “squeal” on their pais implicat
ed in the robbing of a bank messen
ger in Mexico City, Mexico, William
Moffatt and Edward Maloney of Pitts
burg were strapped by their wrists to
the bars of a cell while the Mexican
officers tore the nails from their finger
tips with forseps, such as are used by
dentists. According to Captain of
Detectives Gough, who has returned
from Mexico City, Maloney, Moffatt,
James Russell, a well-known Chicago
crook and two Baltimore bank
sneaks,, held up the messenger in
broad daylight and escaped with sev
eral thousand dollars.
U. S.TROOPSARE READY.
For Service in Haiti—Foreign Coun
tries Expect U. S. to Act.
Washington, D. C— Rumors con
tinue current at Washington to the
effect that troops are likely to be
sent to Haiti in restoring order on
the island. Under the Monroe doc
trine the foreign countries regard it
as the duty of the United States to
take official cognizance of the situa
tion in Haiti, which is growing worse
each day. Active preparations have
been made at Fort Myer, Va., to dis
patch soldiers instantly upon receipt
of an order from the war depart
ment.
TURKISH CONSUL SULhS IN ROOM.
Fears Assassination Should He Re
turn to Constantinople.
Washington, D. C—Broken-hearted
over his political downfall with the
unpleasant prospects of assassination
should he return to Constantinople to
collect several months’ back pay due
him from the sublime porte, Mehmed,
the Syrian, sulks in the uper room
of a little red brick house, which un
til recently was the legation of the
Ottoman Empire. He denies himself
calilers and refuses to be comforted.
IRA D. SANKEY IS DEAD
Famous Author and Evangelist
Goes to His Reward.
WAS A FRIEND OF MOODY
Mr. Sankey’s Hymns are Sung in Almost
Every Language—His Voice Preserv
ed in Phonograph Records.
New York City.—lra D. Sankey,
known as an evangelist throughout
the Christian world, died at his home
in Brooklyn. Mr. Sankey was 68
years of age. For the past five years
he had been blind, and had suffered
from a complication of diseases
brought on by overwork. But almost
to the very last he worked at hymn
writing. His tours throughout this
country and Europe with Dwight L.
Moody, the evangelist, brought him
into prominence.
Sankey, it might be said, wrote the
gospel hymns of the world. In China,
Egypt, India, Japan, in almost every
language known to man, Sankey’s
hymns are sung. He received a large
income from his publications, and
leaves considerable of an estate.
Among Mr. Sankey’s familiar compo
sitions are “The Ninety and Nine,”
and “When the Mists Have Rolled
Away.” His songs are said to have
had a circulation of more than 50,000,-
000 copies.
Mr. Sankey had saved his wonder
ful voice for posterity by singing into
phonographs. The records were sent
all over the world.
Sankey first met Moody at a Young
Men’s Christian Association conven
tion in Indianapolis. Moody was so
charmed with the young man’s voice
that he urged him to accompany him
on his evangelistic tour. Sankey ex
plained that he was married and could
not give up his position. "You must
come,” said Moody, “I cannot get
along without you.”
They visited Great Britain from
1873 to 1875 and again in 1883, and
made many tours throughout the Uni
ted States. When Mr. Moody died,
Mr. Sankey felt keenly the loss of
his friend. From that time he tried
to conduct the work alone which they
had hitherto shared between them,
but the task was too great.
In 1902 his physical condition com
pelled him to give up most of his
evangelistical engagements, although
he continued for some time to compile
new series of hymn books. Then
came failing eyesight, which speedily
developed into total blindness. With
the blindness came also a nervous
breakdown.
At the beginning of his active life,
Mr. Sankey was a Methodist, but for
the last seven years he had been a
Presbyterian. He is survived by a
widow, Fannie V. Sankey;; his two
sons, I. Allen Sankey and Edward
Sankey, and two grandchildren.
OLD PANAMA CANAL COMPANY.
It Is Finally Liquidated Ater Nine
teen Years.
Paris, France. —The liquidation of
the old Panama Canal company,.which
has been going on since 1889, was
completed when the tribunal of
the Seine authorized a last payment to
creditors of 1 per cent, and issued a
decree of discharge to the receivers.
In 1878, a concession was obtained
from Colombia, by the Societe Civile
International du Canal Inter-Ocetnique
for the construction of a canal across
the isthmus. This concession was
purchased in 1870 for $2,000,000 by a
company headed by Ferdinand de Les
seps. The work of excavating for the
canal proceeded until 18S9, when the
company went into bankruptcy and
disbanded. Great scandals followed its
collapse.
Extensions of the time for the com
pletion of the canal were granted in
the ’9os, the last naming October 31,
1910, as the time. A new company
was organized to prosecute the work
but failure to do so resulted in 1903
in a treaty between Colombia and the
United States, by which the latter
country was to cut the canal. The
American senate ratified this treaty,
but the Colombian congress rejected
it. A revolution in Colombia resulted
in the isthmus falling into the hands
of the new republic of Panama and
the Panama government gave the
United Staes the right to do the work.
lit acquiring title to the canal prop
erty, however, obstacles were thrown
in 'the path of the United States by
the bondholders of the old Panama
Canal company and the individual
stockholders of the new Panama Ca
nal company endeavored to prevent
the transfer. Finaly. however, in 1904
in consideration of $40,000,000,000,
the United States was able to take
all rights in the premises.
Bank Clerk Caught Autemibile.
Wilkesbarre, Pa.—Norman Fogle,
chief of the savings department of the
First National bank of this cfty, was
arrested on the charge of embezzling
$6 000 of the bank's funds. The fact
that he managed to purchase and
maintain an automobile on a salary of
$1,200 a year excited the suspicions
of’the bank officers.
Giris Fight Over Man.
New Orleans, La. —Street car traf
fic was blocked for a time in Royal
street, when two girls fought over a
young man on the tracks of the New
Orleans Street Railway company. The
fight was a rough-rolland-tumble af
fair and lasted for about ten minutes.
Tornado destroys Town.
Pratt, Kans.—A tornado struck
near Coats, in the southern part of
Pratt county demolishing houses,
barns and trees in its path. Ihe
property loss will reach SIOO,OOO.
Fifty-Eight Automobiles Burn.
Chicago. Ill.—Fifty-eight automo
biles were destroyed and damage es
timated at $500,000 was caused by a
fire which burned C. A. Coey’s garage
in this city.
THROUGHOUT THE STATE
The Horse Swappers’ Convention,
which met in Cartersville, was attend
ed by about six hundred members.
Traveling mule and horse traders in
their picturesque gipsy wagons, came
from all directions, and every man in
Bartow, Cobb, Cherokee, Gordon,
Paulding, Polk and Murray counties
who has an animal with four legs and
strength enough to get here, was on
hand. The horse swapping conven
tion was unique in more than one par
ticular. There were no rules govern
ing the classification of animals eligi
ble to entry upon the trading marts,
the only requirement being that the
"critter” must be on the ground where
it can be seen, and must have four
legs upon which it might stand, if
able or inclined. For the sake of ap
pearance, it was requested that all
"critters” have hair upon them, but
this was by no means required. Each
and every member was supposed to
be his own judge of "horse flesh,” and
to those who got worsted little sym
pathy was extended. That was his
own misfortune, and it is against the
unwritten law of the horse swappers
to “squeal.” Many trades and sates
were recorded.
Patents have been issued to the fol
lowing Georgians: Rat trap, Thomas
Knight, Atlanta; fender for cultiva
tors, Abba Benton and C. D. Jordan,
Monticello; angle cock for fluid pres
sure brake system, J. A. Hicks, At
lanta, assignor to Hicks’ Improved
Engine Brake company, same place;
rail joint, H. J. Thomas, Jr., Macon;
insole, Joseph von Bracht, Savannah,
assignor of one-half to Herrmann Ro
senheim, same place.
Stock subscriptions for establish
ment of a large creamery at Ameri
cus have been completed and the en
terprise is thus fully assured. Four
hundred cows will be utilized.
Jane Worthey, an aged colored wo
man, living at Beach Haven, near
Macon, is paying a visit to her chil
dren living on the plantation of R.
T. Manley, near Pomona, the young
est of which, she says, is 80 years
old. The old woman claims to be 125
years old, and says this is her first
visit this way in forty years. She got
along well without crutch or cane and
apparently is in good physical health.
At a rally of the Farmers’ Union
held in Statesboro it was decided to
build a new warehouse in that city
where the farmers of Bulloch county
can store their cotton.
In attempting to shoot his wife,
Isaiah Singleton of Americus killed
his stepdaughter. As Singleton lev
eled his shotgun his wife's brother
knocked up the weapon, the charge
killing the stepdaughter instead. Sin
gleton was captured and jailed.
Claiming that they had been hired
for a year by the police commission
representing the city of Rome, five
discharged policemen have sued the
city for eight months' salary at S6O
per month. The police commission
was abolished by legislative enact
ment at this session of the legisla
ture, and the control of the force re
stored to council. The discharge of
the five men followed.
New York capitalists who recently
bought from Captain C. A. Lilly of
Gainesville the Currahee mines prop
erty, in Hall county, six miles from
Gainesville, have been making practi
cal tests of the ore in the mines, and
have definitely decided to put in a
$200,000 smelting plant for working
the gold ores of the property.
Industries, representing an expen
diture of nearly $300,090 and a capi
talization of several companies of ap
proximately $2,000,000, are being rap
idly rushed to completion near At
lanta, and will be finished in a short
time. The industries are: The acid
plant of the Germefort Manufactur
ing Co., between Atlanta and East
Point, costing $150,000; the acid plant
of Schoen Brothers at Roseland, at
an approximate cost of $60,000; the
creosote plant of the Southern Wood
Preserving Co., costing $25,000.
The following twenty-six young men
have been given scholarships to the
medical department of the State Uni
versity, by Governor Hoke Smith :
State'at large, G. L. Carpenter, Au
gusta; Sheddie Usher, Springfield; L.
F. Lanier, Sylvania; C. G. Cox, Elli
jay. First congressional district, T.
B. Brantley, Sylvania; James T.
Longe, Darien. Second congressional
d ; strict J G. Stamoifer, Blakely; W.
H Watson. Omega. Third congres
sional dstrict, C. C. Frederick, Kath
leen: L. D. Parrott, Americus. Fourth
congressional district, Homer L. Bar
ker, Franklin; F. C. Harp, Cusseta.
Fifth congressional district, T. R. Ay
cock, Monroe: Paul J. Smith, Monroe.
Sixth congressional district, B. W.
Greene, Gray; C. B. Brookins, Mil
ledgeville. ’ Seventh congressional
district. M. A. Acre, Calhoun; C. E.
Cliatt Mistleto. Eighth congression
al district, C. E. Griffith, Eatonton;
G W Camp. Carnesville. Ninth con
gressional district. Ralph Freeman,
Dacaula; M. B. Ketron, Clarkesville.
Tenth congressional district, Garnett
Edwards, Crawfordville; Pat H'.
Weeks. Appling. Eleventh congres
sional district. W. E. 'Williams, Soper
ton; W. W. Massey, Barwick.
J. T. Roberts, living in the Lock
hart district, near Statesboro, killed
two large rattlesnakes near the Ogee
chee river recently, one having seven
rattles and the other fourteen rat
tles and a button.
The Floyd County Fair Association
was formally organized at Rome, with
J Lindsav Johnson as president ;
Wilson M." Hardy, treasurer, and C. N.
Fuller, secretary and manager. The
association will give a county fair
and horse show at Rome on Septem
ber 29 to October 3.
John D. Rockefeller's gift of SI,OOO
to the Uncle Remus Memorial Fund
had a proviso attached to it that $49,-
000 more was to be raised for the
fund within one year. Mayor Joyner
of Atlanta has written Mr. Rockefel
ler that the gift is not acceptable on
these terms.
The distribution of prizes by the
Uniform Rank of the Knights of Py
thias was made before the close of
that lodge's convention at Boston.
Company L of Georgia won the $1,500
prize in the infantry class. The Mo
bile, Ala., company won S6OO for the
company coming farthest.
