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Georgetown, Ky., Aug. 29.The third trial of cx*So?r?lary o State Caleb Powers for complicit in the murder of Gov. \\ iliiat Uoohel, in January, 1900, close shortly before noon coday with verdict, imposing the extrom penalty of lumping for the distui .pushed prisoner who hnd been i the penitentiary for three year in life sentence. The verdict o Lho jury: "Guilty and the pur ishment of death," was reporte nto court at 11.20 today. Sev ?ral hundred people crowded tin ;ourt room when the verdict wa read and the most intense silenc< prevailed. The jury was polle< ind each man declared the verdic if gudty to be his finding. Pow 3rs sat unmoved while his attor leys asked for time to make i notion for a new trial. Arthur Goebol, the brother o :he victim and a prominent mei jhant at Cincinnati, who liasspen lis tune and fortune for ovei Ihree years in the piosecution ol hose accused of being in a con "piracy to kill his brother, brok lowu from the strniu upon hoarinj .he verdict. Powors has boon convictot wice before, this being the thin rial in which the jury brought ii 1 verdict of guilty against him Jo his previous trials he cscapei ,\ith a lifo senteuce, as the eyid mce was inot sufficiently sironj igainst him to lead the jury t< nflictiug the extreme penalty (Vll three of the trials were heli it Georgetown and in each o ,hem ho had tho assistance of th uost able lawyers who could b >roeured. The last trial was distinguishes iy the fact that Powers addressee lie jury in his own behalf and ii i long review of the case showe< limsclf to be a competent attor icy, while his eloquence in plead ni>' tor his life astonished thosi ,vho hud watched him carefully it lie past trials of the case. Special Judge Robbing this af ernoon formally overruled a mo ion for the granting of a nov rial to Powers. Ho then passet ho sentence of death upon him \ftor a declaration of the prison >r, "I am not guilty, judge," th iourt lixed November 25th nex is the day for tbe execution. Th ittornoys for the defendant socur id tho granting of an appeal fo ,he case to the Kentucky court o tppeals. Powers waa immediately re noved to the Scott county jail t muic penning ine appoo )f his case. Maybe Ho Knows Who's Guilty Indianapolis, lnd., Aug. 20.VVhen W. S. Taylor was aske> onight for a statement in regar< :o the conviction of Caleb Power it Georgetown, he said there wa 3ut one word to emphasize hi reelings in tho matter. "1 ac lorrified!" ho said, "simply hor ritiod! It is a monstrous crime hut it was no more than was t lave been expected. His con fiction is tho most diabolical poli tieal crime of tho age. Tho ver lict docs not in fact, nor in tli minds of just men anywhere make him any moro guilty tha lid the conviction and exscutio if Robert Emmet make him guil ty. Caleb Powers is an innocen man." Happenings In The State. i- As Chronicled by the Alert Cor Tn respondents of The Columbia State. - DIED IN A WELL. ('1' f Choetor, Aug. 29-?Mr. T. G. ^ 1 y Hudson, n substantia farmer liv ,v. n ing near Armenia, lost his dwell- 11 ^ ing by tire on Wednesday. The n boxing <?f the well near the house 0 was al^o destroyed. William ihirnes, a negro, in atn tempting to clean out the well on 8 Thursday, met with foul air and ^ died before aid could reach him. <()l i- _ pr< d tin A Nr.W RELIGIOUS WEEKLY. Greenwood, Aug. 29.?The Methodists of South Carolina are ? to have another religious weekly, j Arrangements were perfected here av, today by the Hev. C. W. Creigh- jn ton, now located at Cokesbury, ye and other prominent men in other parts of the State. a rue new paper will be known yc as The Christian Appeal and ^g will appeal to t k c jg Methodists of the State as a pop- jg ular-priced religious weekly of a jg ^ high order. The paper will be ^g issued from Greenwood and will ig be printed by the Greenwood In- ^g dex. is DP ?IS Confession of Andy Miller. 1 1S Charlotte Observer. Andy Miller, the negro who yg * was tried for the murder of Rob- jg ert McKane, and who was found ^g guilt yand sentenced -to 30 years in jg = the. ponitentiary, made confessions ^g 3 yesterday, which showed that ^g * justice hatl not erred in his caso. ' Miller made a complete breast of jg the affair, told how, when and jg 0 where McKane was kttiod, aud jg e implicated others in the murder. |g , Miller's confession was doubted 1 j ut first, but a subsequent investigut ion before the recorder brought j out corroborative evidence, anil T1 John Fewell, Ed (Jrillin and William Ivey are held in jail to bo tried at the next term of court, 0 which convenes on the last Mon- \v< day in beptembor, as accessories lei before the fact to the murder of he McKane. Miller will bo hold CI to appear as a witness against Si the accused parties. ea ? ? m - Wl About One Thousand Insurgents cn Killed. T1 e Wl 1 Salonica, Aug. 30. ? The liul- an c garian insurgents sustained a eev- as ore reverso at Smilovo Friday, im r 1 OHO .*( U~:__ i-si.- . ?,vw ui meal uuiu^ Kiiied . ) tb * The insurgents to the nuuibor pr of 3,000 occupied a position on a ki height which wus stoimed by six be 0 battalions of Turkish troops com* ^ uiaaded by Servot Pasha. After ^ losing 1,000 of their number the Bulgarians lied in the face of the the heavy Turkish artillery fire. I ^\l] The Turkish losses were insiguifi- 11* j CUD1- Cc j """ ~ of WBATZB LITE ? u? 8 s In the last analysis nobody de 8 knows, but we do know that it is an u under strict law. Abuse that law. "I Abuse that law oven slightly, pain ni . results. Irregular living means C( 0 derangement of tho organs, re- ch ? suiting in Constipation, Headache pr n or Liver trouble. Dr. King's Now T1 .. Life Pills quickly re-adjusts this, an 0 It's gentle, yet thorough. Only Ti , 25c at Carwford Bros. .1. F. |Bi 1 MftPkftV A5*On ? ,1 V 1 ?. u ~j -~ u\j. mut r uuuut uui ft r I n Drug Store. t Foley's Honey and Tar ^ for children,safe,sure. No opiates. ' Was Not Killed. irkish A.-s:o in's Bullets Mi-sod Their Aim. V.'ailnii^ton, Aug. 'Ji>. Later ijmtchcs from Beirut sliow tlmt Sj co Consul Mabelssen was not lod in theatlcmpt made upon his in j. Several bullets were fired \\ him, but all missed their aim. h is information came in a dis- lit tell from Minister Leishman to ca 3 v?Stute Department last night, br o American warships ordered h( Turkish waters, however, will pn itinuo on their way, as their hi esence there in these trying ev les is doomed necessary. fo l'riec of Cotton. -if ?- w< The following table gives the Wi cragc price of middling cotton d< New York for each of the tifty in ars ending with 1902: I i rerage Price Per Pound for to Middling Cotton. f() sar. Price. Year. Price. t>c 53 11.02 1878 11.22 sh 51 10.97 IS79 10.SI he 55 10.39 1S80 11.51 to 50 10.30 1881 12.03 hi 57 13.51 1882 12.03 Ur 58 12.23 1S83 11.8S T1 59 12.OS 1SS4 10.SS hi GO 11.00 1885 10.45 ftl G1 13.01 1SS6 9.28 tb G2 31.29 1887 10.21 th G3 G7.-21 18SS 10.03 [U G4 101.50 1889 10.G5 ll( G5 83.38 1S90 11.07 til 6G 43.20 1891 8.GO ty G7 31.59 1895 7.71 tu 08 . 24.85 ISO3 8.5G b( G>9 29.01 1894 6.94 lv 70 23.98 1895 7.44 71 10.95 1S9G 7.93 bC 72 22.19 1897 7.00 l,c 73 20.1! 1898 5.94 74 1.7.95 1 *99 (J.88 f0 75 15.10 1900 9.25 }u 70 12.98 1901 8.50 as 77 11.8211 1902 s.75 <T( r> _ ki ic Desperate Deed Of Chicago Robbers. 80 Chie&go, Aug. 30. ? Without a n i o nt 3rd of warning two men were " tu lied and two others wounded by ^ ild-lip men at the barns of the , licago City Railway company, ^ xty-first and State streets, at an ny iiour today. I lie shooting u is dono .by three men, who es? ped after securing $3,000. irec of the men who wore shot '? iro working ia the cashiers office 1(J (1 tho other was a motorman w leop in the outer ofiico. The |<] en in tho office were shot before gi ey wcro awure of the robbers' 1$ esence uuil tho motorman was ^ 1 led us ho was rising from a neb nrhnrn lin lirwl Konn oulnnn BOY'S WILDRIDBFOlt in LIFEWith family around expectingi m to die, and a son riding for K e 18 miles, to get Dr. King's 3W Discovery for Consumption, be )ugbs and Colds, W. II* Brown, m Leoville, Ind , endured death's j?] onies from asthma;but this wonSt i rful medicine gave instant reliof d soon cured him. He writes: tJ [ now sleep soundly every wl ght." Liko marvelous euros of ba msumption, Pneumonia, Bron- jlc itis, Coughs, Colds and Grip ovo its matchless merit for all , , . . . . /?r iront and .Lung troubles, (iunr- "" teed bottles 50c and 5? 1.00. ial bottles freo at Crawford os. .J. F. Mackoy & Co. and inderburk drug store. . . in OA.STOHI A. in ars the The Kind You Have Always Bought ^ :noftnre d< / Durham Ran Kills Himself. t tempted to Munh r lli; Wife Sho Escaped by .Junipnur Erom-n Window. lccial to The Observer. Durham, Au<*. 130.? After failiT in an attempt to kill his wife, 11. Causey, a white in mi scmo ? or 48 years ol" a^e, mlcd lus o last nijiht l.v seiu1ui<* a 138o ' n libro pistol ball through his 'Sllll Tim sttiniilii nn/?n./i.l ..I i!. . , mvi.iv, mi mill ill l 11U >tuo of Causey is the western Lit of the city. The man killcil ill so If about 7 o'clock in the cning but it was :? o'clock lure it became known. Causey ,vas drinking yesterday tcrnoou and early in the evening ent to his home. 11 is wife went itli him to his room. Closing the tor and taking a pistol ono hand and a huge life in the other he quietly Id her that he had long waited r such an hour, when they could i alone, and then to! 1 her that lc had to die, asking which she id rather lie would use, tho pis1 or knife. She pleaded with him it lie told her that it was no use id started to execute hi- threat. :ie frightened womau then, asked m for time in which to write a rewcll note to her mother and is ho refused. She then nskrif tit she lio allowed to read a few issages from tho Bible and Ibis i agreed to. Sue was fighting f<-r 110 and wating for an o|>| ortuni when she could escapo bim. ilo lined to pick up tho Bible and as i did so she j a toped from the indow, falling heavily to the I'ound. She quickly gathered herlf together and ran to the homo )iue of a neighbor. As soon as the enraged man nind that his wife had escaped in he went to tho rear door and ked the cook whore Lis wife had me. .She replied that she did not low. lie then went back to the torn and a pistol shot was heard, was thought that he had tired to arc his wife and when there was > noise tho neighbors thought at lie had lain down. Ollicers ere sent for and just botoro !) clock the loom was entered. lie v dead across tho bed. U " K L E If ' 3 ARNIO A SAhV!']. His world-wide fame for marvel us cures. It surpasses any oilier lvo, lotion, ointment or balm r Cuts, Corns, liurn-, Boils, jres, Chapped Hands, Skin ruptiunspnfalliblo for Pills. (biro inranteed. Only 25c at. Crawford ros. J. F. Muekoy & (Jo. and nndorburk Druggist. Boat llim Tw Death. Pickens, August 2S.?A shocks g murder of a colored boy, * ?ars of ago. has been discovered iro. Slmson and Ellen Valcn30, colored, had taken the little >y to raise him, but there are any reports to the effect that lion had no love for the young Br. Iler pronounced hatred for o boy reached u climax Monday hen alio beat him to death with a itting stick. An in que.-.! was Id by Coroner Parsous. Proof ns conclusive, and she was at ico lodged in the Pickens jail. Air. T. J. La.Mottc, in tho News id Courier, figures it out th it ere have been I P3 violent deaths this state since Janary I. These cludo accidents, suicides and imicidcs. Theto wore J I accimts: 21 suicides; OS liomic ides.