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I " WSi** 11 * Mm IlrmriSit. Arthur P. Ford. Editor and Proprietcr. AIKEN, 8. 0.. THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 31. 1905. GstaiilisM 1881. Price $1.50 a Year, in Anvarcr. TO OCEAN BOTTOM Steamer Peconic Goes Down Off the Florida Coast. TWENTY SAILORS DROWN Only Two of the Crew Escaped Wa tery Grave to Tell the Story—Ves tel Was Bound to New Orleans With a Cargo of Coal on Board. Twenty men constituting ail but two of the. officers and crew of the American steamship Peconic, bound from Philadelphia to New Orleans with coal, were drowned by the sink ing of the vessel off the coast of Florida Monday. The ditaeter was the result of a fierce gale which rag ed along the coast during ihe night and early morning. Is.shed by the storm, an immense wave struck the vessel with terrific force shout 12:30 o’clock a. m. The impact coming Just as the vessel was making a turn, caused a shift of the cargo and the vessel careened and sank im mediately. The accident occurred so quickly that only two of these aboard her, an Italian and a Spaniard, were able to save themselves. They succeeded In getting in^o a lile boat, ✓cached Amelia beach about mxm Monday: end, landing, tcld the story of the disaster. About midnight of Sunday, during the heaviest part of the storm which had raged all day, the officer of the deck gave the order to put further cut to sea, fearing they were ap- I/roaching the coast tco nearly. In the endeavor to turn tire ship was struck by a heavy sea, the cargo shifted, giving a broadside and she began sinking rapidly. In less than ten minutes after the alarm was pounded she had gone to the bottom and no truce of her was left upon the waters. The account of (heir own miracu lous escape out of all of the ship's crew who went down was somethin;* apprc.rching the marvelous. One of these men was at the wheel at the time the order was given, the olher was upon watch. As scon as the ship began to careen these two men —■^heri for one of the small boats, ( wh-ermuy j ,,-nTFr.. - -^v^j ^ began to go* dowr. With theTr knirt- they severed the ropes cs the water s level was reached, and the smaCl boat was thrown far out on the waves. The men whose names are, respect ively, Bagellini Humbert! and Anto- no Clark, were unable to speak out of their native tongues, and it was some time before the facts of the disaster were thoroughly ascertained. They have testified to the correct ness of the above report before a notary pub'le, and the people of Fer- nandina kindly cared for their warns. At the Ume of the disaster the ship was abort 20 miles northeast of Fernendina, heading south, and in the te^lh of the gale. The small boat was thrown here and there until final ly con rol was gained through hand ling ihe oars, enabling the two un fortunate -survivors to pull ashore at last. The vessel had been engaged in the fruit trade from Central Amer ica to New Orleans, but on account of the quarantine regulations pro hibiting the imrert of bananas she had keen engaged for two voyages to carry coal from Philadelphia to New Orleans. She was a ship of 1,154 register and had on board about 1,500 tons cf cod. f» e arrived at Phila delphia August 14, and cleared Icr New Orleans August 19. The Peconic was built at Liver pool. England, in 1881. She was 270 feet long, 34 feet fi inches beam an! 22 feet 8 :nches deep. She formerly sailed under the British flag and ran on the Phelps Profilers & Co.'s line between New York and Med! terranean ports. D. H. E. Jones of the firm of J. \Y El well & Co., New York, is h.ar present owner. GEORGIA TAX RATE FIXED Figures Are increased Ten Cents on the $1,000 from Rate of Last Year. A Deficit Unavoidable. 2 2 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE NEWS ITEMS. 2 The state tax rate to be paid by , Georgians who own property this year will be $4.90 on the $1,000, an increase of ten cen;s on every thousand doilars’ : worth of property over the rate of last year. The increase was due io the addi tional appropriations made by the leg islature this year, which were for the various ipublic institutions and the school fund. Governor Terrell and Comptroller Wright had a meeting Thursday morn ing, and when the figures showing total value of the taxable property ; in the state were presented them they | agreed that in order to meet the ap- ' propriations a slight increase in the rate would be necessary. The ra*e cf $4.90 was therefore agreed upon. :i Even at the increased rate there will be a deficit in the school fund of $3(\- 000 or $40,000 which will have to oe borrowed by the governor, unless the suits for back taxes which ore pend ing against the Georgia railroad and the Central of Georgia railroad re set tled. In this event it will not be neces- sry to make a loan. The total value of all property hi Georgia this year amounts to $575,- 788,829, which taxed at the rate of $4.90, will bring in a total revenue in round numbers of $4,000,000. This, with the numerous special taxes, will Increase the amount some. While this rate is 10 cents more than that of last year, it will still be 10 cents under the constitutional | limit of 5 mi’.is, or $5 on $1,000. In the general tax bill of 1904 un- ! dtr which the levy for 1905 is made, ; the legislature fixed the limit at 4.93 Mill Operative Killed. During a heavy thunder storm at Lancaster, Frank Stewart, a cotton mill operative, was struck and in- s'autly killou by lightning. * * * Assistant Attorney Resigns. E. F. Cochran of Anderson, who has held the position of assistant district attorney for several years, has 2 , corruption it is in high places as i well as in Ioa- places. It indicates .. j th?.t about tha-t time no business was ^ | being done with the state J spensary j and they do make the sales meu- i Honed 100 esses, and then 500 cases, end then, at the ened cf the year, 1,500 cases and, according to the let ters here, they had conferences with the members of the state beard rod the purchases were net base] entire ly on the bids, sealed and tocnc 1 | there, but that the houses had rea- I son to expect before the beard meet ing what would be done and v.Tac they were going to sell, which <s clearly in violation cf the law. “There is enough here to e-how that the action of the members of She resigned on account of his increased Btate boaM of conlrol was in viola law practice. His successor has net keen appointed yeL First New Cotton at Chester. The two first bales of cotton were sold in Chester on the 24th of Au gust and Drought 11 1-2 cents per itpound. S. M. Jones & Co. bought the first bale, and Jos. Wylie & Co. bought the second one. Will Davis was the owner of the first bale, and Mr. John Frazer sold the second one. Furniture Factory for Rockhill. Raymond Gattel of Philadelphia, Pa., has recently visited Rock Hill. The secretary of the Commercial Club has since received a letter from him making the offer that if the city will furnish a suitable building and lease same to him with privilege of buying, he will establish a furniture manufacturing plant employing fifty men. Probably the Work of Wreckers. A local freight on the Greenville and Laurens railroad was wrecked lion of the dispensary law.” F.IGHT-HOUR CONVENTION HOLMES INDICTED Johnson’s Bakery. " Washington Grand Jury Nails Cotton Leak Manipulator. H CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD, Indictment is Based on Section 5440 of Revised Statutes and Penalty is Not Lees Than $1,000 or More Than $10,000. f Edwin Holmes, Jr., of Washington,! D. C., until recently the associate sta- | tistician of the department of agri-1 cutlure, but who was dismissed as 1 an outcome of the investigation intc Held in Georgia's Capital and Resoiu- the leakage into the cotton crop re-; tions of Great Import Adopted. i ports, has been indicted by the grand i The Southeastern- Eight-Hour Con- ' jury 0 f the District of Columbia on j \cn..x*a was bed iu Atlanta Monday ja charge of conspiracy to defraud morning. The meeting took place in | the government. This announcement was made Fri- i Cleaalinsss and Purity of Materials Are characteristics of all the Bread, Rolls, Cakes, Pies, Etc. made at JUIISSIKVS BAKERY, Park Avenue. I'ho Choicest Confectioneries and Can* always an hand. mills, of which it was provided that a few days ago near Barksdale, four 3.08 mills should be for general pur- miles Irom Laurens. It is thought poses, 1.7 mills for school •purposes that the accident occurred on account and 2 mills for the sinking fund. of an iron bolt on the track. The The tax bill in question 'presents a negro fireman was killed and Engi- rather peculiar situation. Although it neer J. L. Bearden was badly in fixed the levy for school purposes at $1.70 on $1,000, even with the great increase $45,000,000 in property val ues, that levy will fail to raise the ! $1,000,000,000 appropriated for schools ^ by something over $30,000. The differ- j cnce will, of course, have to be made i up from the general fund or by a ' temporary loan. Even if the tax rate for 1905 were fixed at the full limit allowed by the | legislature of $4.98i the amount raised -u ■ ■ . i •r-.i, rwar. v»t —raonrer-s property, would still fall short of wio . amount needed for the expenses ol the state government. This is due to the fact that the legls- jured. Three wrecks have occurred War this point within the past six months and a miscreant is suspected. Pot of Spanish Coins Found. The finding cf a< pot of old Spanish gold coins on Sullivan's Island, be lieved to *be a part »of the buried treasure of the notorious Captain Wil liam Kidd, was exciting to the island ers- sn/t mapv people are . now dig ging up the t im other portions of thfeW/t//^ The find was made in tearing down an old house for the erection of the the Federation of Labor hall. Thu morning session was taken up with address* s. At the afternoon session the lowing impor.ant resolutions were un.i.n mously passed: day night by United States District Attorney Morgan H. Beach, just after fol- j he had returned from New York city, ! where he has len instrumental in ’ausing the attest of Frederick A. Peckham New York broker, at Mcses Haas, of New “Whereas, The International Typo graphiccl Union of North America Saratoga, lias for several years had under cou- t York. sideraticn the question of an eight- i There are two imliclmcnta covering hour work day; and, ! Hie charges against the three men. “Wlae.cas, the consummation of i Mr. Beach said that Holmes, who this day as now in sight and the has been away from Washington fc> horizon is bright and brightening ; some* t'me and whose whereabouts therefore, be it ! have not 1 een generally known, will “Resolved, That the .printers return to Washington to answer to of ike southeastern section of the tho indictment. United States, in convention assem* j Section 5440 of the rev.sed statutes, bled, do pledge cur individual and ' under which Holmes is indicted, and HORSE ' AND CATTLE POWDER DAVID E.F0UTZ BALTIMORE MD. A medicine which makei^. sW animali will, the disUscd whole, the' weak strong and the thin fat. It will restore lost Appetite, expel Worms and cure Chronic Cough, Heaves? Influenza. Distemper, Hide bound, Indigestion, Constipation, Flat- ^ulency ard all Stomach and Bowel trouble The finest of all animal vitaJizcrs and tonics and the only one whicl Increases the coeffi cient of digestibil ity of protein. Get the Genuine or *enj tc u*. Pamj4v!cl J No. Fret. Py A .7 D**U*i- addition to the barracks for the army post. latures of 1904 and 1905 appropriated for the current year some $388,000 more than for 1904. Of this there is | # # $200,000 additional on the school fund, i J - j „ , . | Blease Asked to Be Searched. $7a,000 made available at once for a | new waterworks plant at. the state The unusual spectacle of a state j sanitarium, $20,000 tor Ike state i» senator being search for concealed } formatory, and various other amounts weapons, in the senate chamber of j for deficits iu the salary list, pension : South Carolina's capitol, was wit- ; fund and other matters. nessed at a session of the dispensary Investigation has demonstrated that investigation in Columbia. During the extra amount appropriated cannot the examination ol the clerk of the i be entirely secured from taxation even state board of directors of the d's- with the limit of $4.98 allowed, and pensary, which was being conducted collective influence to the accom plishment of this object; and be It fur.her “Resc-lvel, That the action of the In.ern„t onal Typographical Union, during its recent session in Toromo, in reaffirming the action taken by the referendum vote meets with our (ordi!:ii approbation, and we congrat ulate them upon the .present auspi cious surroundings.” There were delegates present from tea of the southeastern and middle states, and among them there were many representatives from the smril- er towns who have in the last year joined hauls with the movement. The meeting also adopted resolu- t o;:s indorsing the striking printers in Chicago and/ Detroit. When the routine business of ibo afternoon ers and their ™ ' ■" ^ T friends scattered ov^. j seeing. time In *ig^ As a fitting close to the day’s wo^k a banquet was tendered the v.isitoi's in the dining hall cf the Kimb^J Monday night. J EX-CITY CLERK ATTACKS MAYOft which it understood forms the grava men of the charge against me three men, provides that if two or more per sons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States in any manner, and one or more of such parties do any act to effect the ob ject of the conspiracy, al! the party shall *be liible to a penalty of not less than :5l,000 and not more than $10,000 and to imprisonment of not more than two years. The report of the secret agents into ths charges alleging that advance information regarding the cotton crop icports had been given.to cotton bro kers in New York asserted that Holmes had communicated advance in formation to L C. Van Riper, a New York broker, and Moses Haas of New York, wliov Mr. Van Riper said act< formation fror New York broiiei] Moses A New YorkJ Haas, indicted cotton leak t self to a Dnij day when For sale by W. J Platt Cz Co. FOR Sait Catling. Shaving and Shsmp«> •a. tot© OEO W W ALTON Basement Dyer Building, Augusta, Ga TRUNK STEALERS NABBED. Simple But Unique Thieving Scheme Brought to Light. The mysterious disappearance ol hundreds of trunks and other baggage from railroad trains and stations in Chicago, St. Louis and Denver during (he past two years lias just been re vealed through the- arres - at Chicago Friday of Roy Aldrich, alias Roy Es poy, of California, and a woman giv ing the name of Daisy Dean-and her, hoiro as Denver. The scheme wr.fe simple. They would take a trunk, satchel or suitcase I,id g,,! ri'lTJir.lir'fiW [ACRES! STOVE HOUSE IN AUGUSTA When you buy a Stove, buy the best, xYie Great Ex* oelsior. Parts always kept in stock. Write for catalogue. We have a few very pretty calendars left. Write for one. The largest and lowest price Stove and Bicycle house in Augusta. We invite you to make our place yout headquarters white in our city. ZBiFLOSL. , Successors to C. B. Allen’s Stove House, 840 Broad Street, Augusta. Ga. RUTHERFORD £ *' DEALERS IF BRICK. LIME, PORTIAAND ROSENDALK CEMENT* PLASTER HAIR AND LATHS PLt UY HOOFING ETC. Corner of WMiilngtou sad Rojraelda Streets. OKRY ■. DIBBLE, Pr&aidcnt. JAMES POWELL. Ylac President. W. YT. MUCKENFtBS* CaihUr. The Bank of Aiken, AIKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA. CJioxx. Reliable Whiskey H. D- SniTH, Successor to R. W. Brown, the old reliable corn whiskey dealer, of Marion N. C., is in business, and offers you the best pure whiskey made in the Blue Ridge Mountc'ns of Western North Carolina, as follows: Brown’s Sweet Mash Corn . $1.75 Brown's Sweet Mash Corn, 1 year old 2.00 Brown's Catawba Valley, 2 years old .... 2.25 Brown’s CaU/vba Valley, 3 yea^s old 2.50 Brown’s Pure Rye, 4 years old 3.00 Brown’s Pure Rye. 6 years old.. •• 3.25 Brown’s Apple Brandy, 2 years old • • • • 2.75 Brown’s Sweet Mash Corn, per keg, 4 12 gallons 7.C0 Brown's Catawba Valley, 2 years old, per keg, 4 1-2 gals. £.25 even though there has been this year an increase of $45,000,000 in the tax able property of the state. In any event, the governor will have to negotiate a temporary loan to meet the expenses of 1905, of something like $100,000. It is anticipated, however, that this sum will be made u:p, largely, from in creased specific and occupation taxes for the current year. by Representative J. Fraser Lyon of | the investigating committee, a Chief Executive of Pensrcola Receiy ed Blow Which Felled Him. , AncC; er municipal sensation w ! sprung iu Pensacola, Fla., Ip.te Mu day afternoon when Secretary W. j Jones of the chamber of commerc: who was formerly city clerk, open clJ eged Mayor Charles CL Eiliss Surrenders. dispatch says: Moses |in connection with the ndals, surrendered him- led States marshal Fri- Icialiy informed of the against him a few \\ arran ^ This warrant was issued I lys t *fta-neous!y with one for Freder- ; sim<r ir doming mill CUI-I-JV U IU *111*7 nca-mj point. After the trunk was placed j in the baggage car either the man or I woman would go to the baggage agent, i hand him a balf dollar, show tTie check and ask to be allowed to open the trunk or satchel in order to get ; out a clean shirt or some other arti- j cle. In not a single case did the bag- ' gage master refuse the request. While ostensibly getting something out of ! one trunk to wear, the man or woman Shipped exclusively by express. All charges prepaid at above prices bond. Bail was fixed for Haas in tha same amount, which was furnished. NEGRO CHURCH DYNAMITED. I wil , grafting, for the reason that he h , , , T u , , q " eS ‘ ! not signed the new ordinance, ju t,on mu asked by I.yon. bn before | ^..aroting the vrSf.e and the witness could reply, Cole U i raccs on the street ca , rs TWs Blease, senator from Newberry, also ; ” , i-r, nr „ , ... , curred on PaJifox street In the pr a member of the committee, moved . ., o ... 1 once of auite a number or thait a recess be taken, as the sten ographer had been working steadily for four hours and was almost ex- ! hausted. VK Peckham, who was arrested at Saratoga, and is now under a $10,000 i would exchange the c heck on the emp- I ty trunk or vaT'se for one on the best appearing trunk or valise in the car. When the train reached the destina- i tion to which the dummy baggage had ; been shipped, Aldrich would immedi- ! ately present the duplicate of the check and secure the trunk. When 1 he owner of the stolen trunk called fop it he would he offered the dummy trunk of the sharpers. Ions, purchaser is to pry charges. Terms: Cash to accompany all orders. Any orders placed with me will be a ppreciated and shall have my best at tention. Respectfully, Successor to I*. W. Brown. WARREN ^ER. Waikiir secra Joi PECKHAM FINALLY GIVES BAIL. SURELY MAD IS MADDEN. Noted Turfman Proposes to Press His Suit for Divorce. John E. Miadden, noted turfman, engaged in a legal fight in New York, Ohio and Kentucky courts over di vorce proceedings and alimony, claim, and who was held in contempt of the New York court Saturday, held a conference in Lexington, Ky., Monday, with his attorneys to take steps to press Madden's suit for di vorce in the local court. Madden says he now proposes a "fight to the finish if it costs a fortune.” TROOPS TO TRACY CITY. Tennessee Governor Sends Military to Scene of Miners’ Trouble. The battalion of the third Tennes see national guard, ordered from .amp at Harriman to Tracy City, left Cowan, at the foot of Cumberland mountain Monday morning. Officers in command are veterans of the Spanish war. Men who are posted in the situation consider the outlook a very grave one. All was quiet at Tracy City Tuesday morn ing. Amount Reduced to $10,000 and Was Promptly Furnished. Frederick A. Peckham, who was ar , rested in Saratoga, N. Y., Wednesday ■ in connection with the cotton reports j scandal in the department of agrictfi- ; ture, and who spent the night in jail in default of $12,000 bail, was again arraigned Thursday, when his counsel pj s tol. argued that the bail was excessive and asked that the amount be fixed a f | $5,OOO.Bail was fixed at $10,000, which Mr. Peckham furnished. Lyon moved over toward Blease, | whereaipon T. B. Frazer, chairman of I the committee, jumped between them. Blease said he meant no diseour- ; tesy to Lyon; that if he had he would ) have acted in a way that would not be mistaken. Lyon: “Yes, if you do, I will smasii your face.” Bdeasc: “You’ll never get to me. Lyon: “Yes, I suppose you have .1 MAY TURN QUARANTINE TABLES. New Orleans Preparing to Shut Out Other Injected Points. With the fever in New Orleans com ing steadily under <ontrol and appre hension no longer felt of a dangerous epidemic the federal authorities are anxious to put restrictions against free intercourse between New Orleans and infected communities in Lousiana and elsewhere. The policy of such a move was fully discussed Thursday in the con ference of the fever fighters with Governor Blanchard and the results are to be made known at the next meeting of the state board of health. PLAGUE IN PHILIPPINES. Dreaded Black Cholera Scourge Makes Its Appearance in Manila. An outbreak of cholera in Manila has been reported. It is thought tVtit it. is due to green vegetables fron. Hong Kong. Two soldiers have died at Camp McKinley, which is now quar antined. In the city several natives and one American woman have died. Surgeons state the disease Is no; sorlous. Blease: “No, I have not.” At this point the sergeant at arms came between the two men and at tempted to quiet them. After the incident Blease asked that he be searched, which was done, but no weapon was found. Mutual explanations were made in the committee room afterwards, and the two men made friends. Blease an nounced some time ago that he would run for governor on the dis pensary platform. It was brought out that the Nivi- son Weiskapf company of Cincinnati is the name of the firm from wbjch $38,000 worth of labels have just been bought and which promises to devel op another scandal. The letters about which former Liquor Commissioner Mixon was ad judged in contempt for refusing to produce, were read. The letters were written by J. W. Kelly & Co., of Chattanooga, Tenn., to Mixon in re gard to securing dispensary patron age. Representative Gaston said that : the letters showed that whisky houses j ence of iiiite a number of peop and when the mayor called the tary a Kur the latter struck at j with his clinched fist. Secretary i then continued to talk to the j saying that he was an accident flee and always held his h hind him to receive anyth! might be placed in it. Shortly afterwards, Jones the police station to surrend! self when he again met Miaiyc] and the war of words coi Jones stated that the mayor rrcoked and he knew it fro: manner in which he had acte reiving some rc.ply, the se der’t the mayor a blow on th which felled him. The police fered and arrested Jones. Strenuous Race War Is Under Way In Little Indiana Town. As the result of a race war at Car lisle, Ind., the negro Baptist churc'i was destroyed by dynamite which was placed under the altar. Bloodhounds have been put on the trail of the dyna miters. Threats are being made that if any arrests are made every negro 4»i town will be driven out. ent to him- Bliss tinned, was the Re- urefary ie jaw, nter- BOTh DIE AT SAME MOMENT. Husband and Wife Separated by 1.000 Miles Expire Simultaneously. Separated by 1,000 miles distance, MTs. June Johnson and her husband. Allan Johnson, a Little Rock, Ark., banker, met death almost simulta neously Monday. At the .precise hour when Mrs. Johnson's body was taken from the bathing waters of Coney Island a telegram reached New York of the death of her husb'and. The wife was a magazine contributor, and the husband was president of the Na tional Exchange Bank of Little Rock. DIRECTORS COURT PUBLICITY. Equitable Officials Ask Full Investiga tion of Their Management. The Equitable Life Assurance So ciety has joined with the state of New York in asking for a full In vestigation in court of its directors and officers and their alleged wrong doing in managing the moneys of the society. The document is the answer of the forty-nine Equitable directors to charges made against them In connection with a suit brought against [table Life Assurance Socletr . -tate. by the TO PREPARE WILL ABSTRACTS. Secretary of State of North Carolina Has Hard Task on Hand. The secretary of state of North Carolina is preparing abstracts of ttu four thousand wills in h ; s office, and the work is Very heavy. Up to 1773 the law required wills to be fried there, though nearly ail are for the years between 17'ti! and 1730, very few be ing found iateci since tbe last named year. These wills cover vast areas of the land in not only N'orth Carolina, but v.iiat is now Tennessee. The ab stracts will shew the location of the lands, and also the names of tW.« per sons who devised them and those K rvliom thev were devised. 4 JAMJjJ B. WALKER. Walker COTTON FACTORS. j 839 TO 849 REYNOLDS STREET, : AUGUSTA, GA. < H.gh Grade Fertilizers, Bagging and Ties always on hand Lib- ^ era| . dva icee, courteous treatment. Careful personal attention to all branches of the business. <j AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA&±AAAAAAA£*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA |lX PAIRG OF TV/INS. iratively Young Couple Boasts Largest Family in America. and Mrs. Alien Dopp of Hickory iPa..v.i’li ;!:< appearance of twins |.y are th* parents of twenty-three Iren. The parents are only -i*i •s old and claiming to ha.ve the* yea*, p;;t j- anr iy j n America. The couple ve been married eighteen years and e had six pairs of twins and are far numbered ia the champion family irele. Depp is employed as a section Foreman on a railroad. lari PLOW WORKS IN ASHES. Big Plant at Atlanta Almost Totally Destroyed by Fire. The new plan of the Atlanta Agri 1 cultural Works, outside the city lim its, on the Marietta road, was almost were debauching the state; that there j tot ’ allv destroyed by fire, which start ed about 9 o'clock Monday night. The bull lings and their equipment of machinery, together with othei property destroyed, will create a loss of $35,000. WATERY GRAVE FOR JAPS. Transport Loaded with Invalids Sunk in Collision with Steamer. Advices from Tokio state that the f Japanese transport Kinjo was sunk in j a collision with the British steamer Baralong on August 22, on the Inland sea. One hundred and twenty-seven in- CLEANED OUT A RESTAURANT. Virginia Colonel Gives New York Po lice “a Run for Their Money.” was corruption in high as well as ifi low places. The letters showed that the house knew beforehand exactly how' much would be bought. Representative Arthur L. Gaston of the dispensary Investigating commit tee made the following statement concerning the letters of J. W. Kelly & Co., of Chattanooga, Tenn., to form er Dispensary Commissioner F. M. Mixson, the;r former representative - “We are in possession of the let- FEVER IS MARCHING ON. Incensed by lack of attention in a well known New York restaurant Wed- ters to Colonel Mixson in referenco nesday night, a man of athletic mold, ; to the dispensary. These letters tell who said he was Colonel Tazewell El- j their own story. The story is told lett of Richmond, Va., gave battle to several waiters and caused a stampede of diners to the street. Police, whe interfered, were badly mauled by the valided Japanese soldiers aboard the colonel, and it required the Joint ef transport wen? drowned. forts of five bluecoats to land hin. in the station. rather completely, and, if it indicates anything, it indicates that the whis- j southwest key houses are debauching this state; not only ^he state, but the highest officials connected with the dispensa ry. They Indicate that if there is any 1 Harrison, Hancock and Mississippi. Cases Are Discovered in Other usees in State of Mississippi. The Mobile board of health receiv ed notice Monday of the discovery of four cases of yellow fever at Esca- ts.wpa. Miss., across the river from Moss Point, and about forty miles f Mobile. The board helu a meeting and authorized the insti tution of quarantine against the whole of the counties of Jackson Adams in BAD CHARGE AGAINST EVANS. Accused of Causing Wife's Death by a Criminal Operation. J. W. Evans, a prominent young man recently from Georgia, was ar rested In Tampa, Fla., Friday after noon on a warrant sworn out by his deceased wife's lather, T. C. Smith, former mayor of Coolidge, Ga., charg ing him with manslaughter in causing the death of his wife by a criminal operation. -OFFERS REWARD FOR ASSASSINS MORE TIME ALLOWED HOCH. Fop Third Time “Bluebeard'’ Escapes Gallows at Chicago. Johan Hoeh, the man of many wives, convicted of the murder of one of them and under sentence of death, bss escaped the gallows a third time. He was to have been hanged in Chi ergo Friday, Lip a supersedeas was issued on an order of Justice Magru- der of the supreme court. The justtice said tha f he had care fully examined the record presented by Hoch’s attorneys and his study of i- satisfied him that there was enough doubt to justify a review of the entire case- by the supreme court. GAUNT FAMINE IN SPAIN. All Resources Exhausted and the Authorities Are in a Quandary. Heartrending reports continue tc reach the provincial authorities from the outlying famine-stricken districts n Foain. The latest reports recent:., arc from Osuna and Almogia, the rc spective mayors of which notify tne authorities that their resources are exhausted and that they are unable to further assist the famished laborers and tbe women and children, as the distress is too acute. Rodin Spectacle Go. EYE SIGHT SPECIALISTS, And Manufacturers of Spectacles and Eyeglasses For all defects of the human eye sight. Eyes scientifically examined free by graduate doctors. Office and Works, 928 Broad street, opposite Planter’s Hotel, Augusta, Ga. Lmtanl Iron Ms aM Supply Co., Augusta, Ga. Agent. Fire, Life, CjcIohb, Aooident Insurance, -AND- Tennessee Governor After Murderers of Non-Union Miners. Governor Cox of Tennessee i)*s of fered a reward of $1,000 for the ar. OBJECT TO ONE NIGHT STAND. New Foundland Citizens Cancel Hon ors to Prince Louis of Battenberg. At a public meeting of St. Johns, N. lL X AIKEN, S. C. Engines, Boilers, Cotton, Saw, Fertilizer, Oil and Ice Machin ery and Supplies and Repairs, Machine Tools, Woodworking Machinery, Shaft ing, Pulleys, Hangers, Leather and Rubber Belting and Hose, Railroad and Mul Supplies and Tools, Steam 1 Pumps, Feed Water Heaters and Hoisting engines. Injectors. Capaeitv for three hundred hands. 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