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) xvm. BARNWELL. 8. 0., THURSDAY, JULY 13.1806. ■ ir A SAD CASE. An Innocent Man Kept in Prison Twenty-One Years. | A CiipcAtary Inapcotor Lcm« Sixteen Hundred Pollan or WANTS RECOMPENSE. A Veteraa Falsely Convicted of Murder Goes to Atlanta Penniless and Bent with AfeT Xan General As- * sembly of the Sate of Geor- Xia Meet His Claim? Tho Atlanta Journal says bent with acre, penniless, and )ust out of a bos pital after months of Illness, Charier Franklin, the man who was sentenced for life to the penitentiary for murder by a Bibb county jury, and who serv ed twenty-one years before bis inno cence became known when the real murder confessed his guilt, came to Atlanta last week to appeal to the leg islature for recompense for bis twen ty-one years’ false Imprisonment. Franklin is 66 years of age. He liv ed In Orlffln twenty five years, server In the confederate army as a private In the Griffin Volunteers, of the Four teentb Georgia regiment, and then moved to Macon, and followed the trade of a carpenter. He met on the streets one day Fred Knight, a man, whom he oharaoteriz es as having been absolutely worthless and the two engaged In a qu rrel. A fight ensued, and Franklin ame out the victor. Knight could jot forget the hu>uiliatkn of that whipping hr received, and he swore vengeance, and he got it. One morning, on one of the main thoroughfares of Macon, the dead body of Mitt Bryant was found, his throat having been cut almost from ear tc ear.. Several negroes appeared, and said they saw Franklin commit the murder. Though Franklin had served faith fully In the civil war, and had always ad a goed reputation, In the face of e positive testimony of the negroes, be was convicted of the murder and sentenced to serve a life sentence In the penitentiary. One of the negroes John Dayhawk, as he was testifying, dropped dead on the stand. KKAL MUKDKKEH CONFESSED. In February, 1901, Fred Knight, while on his death bed in Augusta, called for his eister, and asked her tT write djwn his dying confession, which was, (h effect that he bad kill ed Bryant and bad put It on Franklin because he was mad wltfr-bim~ H> c immlttad the crime and got John Dayhawk to swear against him. His confession closed with the appeal: ‘‘Turn him loose, turn him looee. for I am dyhg, and 1 am miserable.” The letter was sent to the proper author! tlee’ and the wronged man was given his freedom after having served exactly twenty one years and eleven days. At the lumber camp at Adrian, Franlln fell in the machinery and lost his left hand. - When Franklin v cam^qdtof the pen itentiary his health was broken. Meet of the time of the two years and more that he has been free has been spent in the hospital. Ill nearly all the time, and with one band he, he his belo Compelled to depend on charity for his scant living. —- APPEAL TO LEGISLATURE. Franklin got out of bed to come to Atlanta to appeal to the legislature for some manner of recompense for bis imprisonment. He spent his last cent Issi night for supper, and was, forced to-appeal to the desk sergeant at the police station for lodging last week which was cheerfully given him. Franklin was seen at the station by a representative of The Constitution. He did not haye a word of rebuke for the man who wronged him, or the jury that sentenotd him. "I have a wife in Griffin, and a married daughter In Fernandlna, Fla.,” he aald. “These arc tha only relatives I have left. I wish I was able to earn my own living, but that Is im possible. * . “Hon. Joe Hall, the repr< sentatlve of bibb county, Is going to appeal to the legislature to aid me, and I feel sure they will not refuse. I don’t ask for any oertain sum; but want the leg islature to give me what they deserve. “Since Knight’s confession my Inna cence has never been questioned. He had a grudge against me, poor fellow. Almlgnty God had ruled that the ne gro, Dayhawk, should not tell that lie on me. There was not anything else the matter with him. “Than is ho nee In going into the awful days I spent while imprisoned; the torture of both mind and body, for that, thank God, is over. I could have begged the money for lodging, but pre fer rid to cose here.” .. ^x. Drinks Poison. At Fulton, Mo., James B» Penn, real, estate and insurance agent, and one of the best known business men in tliat part of tha state, has committed suicida by taking pohon. Ha confess ed to hiapartdar sad two other citi zens that he has for tha past fifteen years bean scouring money fraudu lently by Illegal manipulation of mort gage notes and deeds. Ha was 42 years old. Ha leaves a Ufa insurance 122,000 in favor of his Dispensary Money. Claims He Had It When He Left Charles- u ton. Bat It Disappeared. The Columbia State says a very pa- cullar story became known Wednes day whan it was discovered that a few lays ago Dispensary Inspector Clar- L. Brown mysteriously lost over ,800, which be received from a county dispenser to make up a short age in the man’s accounts. Inspector Brown went to Charles ton a few days ago, according to bis statement, and in the course of bis duties went to the general dispensary of S. S. .Matthews and checked up tbe books. He found the dispenser 91,648 short In his accounts and asked for payment of this amount. He svas *lven a check, and one of Mattewe’ clerk’s went with him to the bans to get it cashed. Tbe money was ob tained at 2 o’clock in the afternoon ind Inspector Brown came to Colum bia on the afternoon train. Dispen ser Matthews*accompanied him Mr. Brown would make no statment con earning the reason why the dispenser tame, but It is probable from what tan be learned that be held that the shortage did not exist, and so came to consult with Commissioner Tatum. Mr. Brown says that he parted with Matthews at Branchville, the dls penser going to Columbia and Mr. Brown to Barnwell, his home. Ar riving there, he found that his bank- oook, in which were the greenbacks, had disappeared. Not alone had the money which he had collected disap peared, but also about 9500, some of which belonged to the dispensary He came to Columbia the next morn ing and reported the loss. Inspector Brown Is a bonded officer and when nts friends learned offals predicament they made up the amount lacking and It was paid In to the dispensary’s funds, pending further Investigation. When the facts in this case were beard of Wednesday The State tele graphed its Charleston correspondent ind Instructed him to investigate the natter. Late that night the follow ing dispatch was received: Dispenser Matthews was seen by The State’s representative In the after noon and asked for a statement about the shortage. He stated at first that be knew nothing abcut the matter, coupling the remark with an inquiry whether Inspector {Brown had charg ed him with being abort in hjs ac counts. Showing no disposition to Useuss the matter, Dispenser Mat thews was asked if he had ever been robbed—which might account for the ihortage—to which he replied: “I know nothing at ail about the mat ter.” He later said that he preferred to say nothing, but when told he would be quoted In this way, he add 'd, “I think It bast.” A membar of the county tward of control was seen about the story and nesaid that while be had heard the -unooruf a shortage, be could say that the Ward knew nothing auout It offi cially. “The stock Is rsgularly taken ind tbe reports sent to Columbia,” be said, “and any shortage which might occur would be discovered through the Inspectors’ examination. If such a disojvery has been made, no report of it has been received by our board ” Mr. Brown could not be found un- tjj| late Wednesday night and would make no statement regarding D is {den ser Matthews’ visit to Columbia Commissioner Tatum was likewise taciturn. It is almost certain, how ever, that the dispenser came to the city to deny tbe shortage. He had a eceipt from Mr. Brown. The story is a very peculiar one and will be In vestigated to the bottom. There ve been rumors of a shortage In Charleston for some time, but it was learned Wednrslay night that they could not be ooofirmed. GRAND TRIBUTE Of a Nortbern Preacher to the People of the South worthy tor the southern veterans to | cherish the flag which he followed tor fear years of glorious battle, along with that other flag to which he now ] gives fats hearty and patriotic alle giance.” A FREE FIGHT. AT GEN. GR ANT’S TOMB He Tnriy Said tlx Worid Hu Never Seen Greater Herelsa than that of the Raak sad File ef tbe Armies ef the - Confederscy. Mr. Perry M. DeLeon, of New York writes as follows to the Atlanta Con stltutlsn: "With some fifty or sixty of my comrades of the New York Con federate Veteran oamp I attended tbe memorial services at General Grant’s tomb as a guest of the Grant post of Brooklyn. Two ad mirable speeches were delivered; me by the Reverned Francis J. McCon nell, paster of the New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal church of Brook lyn, and the other by Captain Gray- bill, a Georgian now residing in New York, a member of our Camp. I send you an efoaot from his eloquent ad dress whlcn I would be glad If you would publish that our people may know how time with its healings has extinguished all bitterness and that gentlemen of the north now aooord us unstinted admiration and fraternal re gard.” M. D “1 HELP IT ALONG. Unique Plan oi Raising lands Southern Cotton Axsociatien. for Mr. Smith Talk* of Scheme to Give As a Result of Whieh Two Man Will Likely Die. Hag Houeealn the Track of the SHOT HIS BROIHIR. A Very Sad Accident Happened Laet Week Near Marlon. Mr. Jackson Powers the 17 year old son of Mr. Jos. W. Powers living 4 miles above* Marion Is lying at tbe point of death with a pistol ball In nla brain having been accidentally shot by his brother at 'aboufc< 8 20 o’clock on Tuesday night of last week The accident occurred on tbe back piazza of their father’s home while tbe young man’s older brother Drewe ry Powers wss trying to repair a pis tol preparatory to the 4 th of July shooting match. >pened the pistol tho wing the bullets out as he thought iut one remained and when he closed the pistol It wee discharged passing through his hand before lodging in the brain of bis brother who Immedi ately fell. As soon as he recovered from the first shock of the fright he took hie brother in bis arms carried him into the house and finding that he was wounded in the bead without taking time to put on shoes or hat jumped on a horse and ran to Marion for medical aid. Dra J. G. Evans and E. M. Dibble were soon there and though they found tbe otse almost hopeless per formed asufgicfcl operation a number of shattered splinters of tbe skull and a small quantity of the lacerated brain but wore unable to extract the bullet. They report that very little hope is entertained for the unfortunate young man’s recovery. Jsekaoa Powers la a popular young man, a special favorite in his neigh borhood and the pride of his father, jjyrief stricken as a«result of the la..::*- Here Is the extract from the speech of the Rev. F. J» McConnell, referred to in the above letter of Mr. Perry DeLeon: : have been speaking of the the union soldier as a peace-maker. In fighting for the union as against tbe secession, be fought tor the world’s peaoe. The establishment of a second republic on the western continent would have meant standing armies for both nations. It would have meant a line of custom houses along tbe Oblo river. The two republics in a military and a commercial sense would have been a perpetual menace to each other. In fighting against slavery tbe union soldier was fighting for peace, foi slavery, even in the eoo Domie sense, was a disturber. Its cry was always for more land. In tbe very fury with whiob he' fought tbe union soldier was a peaoe maker. He aimed to settle the question so con clusively that after tfai war there should not be enough of the original questions left to wrangle about. “But in these last days the union soldier can play a still further part as peacemaker, a part second In impor tance to the nation to none that he played on the actuaTbettle field. By preoept and example beoan preach the gospel of reconciliation with our brothers of the south, for, strange is It mey seem, there are men In both and eouth who have not yet heard that the war is over. “In this final approach to complete understanding there is certainly a common basis for both north ana south. We should not allow the south to outdo us in admiration for the bravery of the southern soldier. The world fate never seen greater heroism than that of the rank and file of tbe Confederacy. Who can read, for ex ample, the Story not only of the cam paigns, but of the hardships of the army of Northern Virginia, without being amazed beyond all expression at the story of surpassing devotion to an ideal? We can agree, too, In paying tributes of praise to the genius of tne southern leaders. We should all be proud of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Of course we reset ve the right to discuss, in a perfectly friend ly way, tbe respective abilities of nortbern and southern leaden, but our admiration need not be confined to the leadership of the north. “Once more we all join in undying respect for the devotion of the entire southern people to a cause as sacred as life itself to them. We do not speak of the southern people as tral ton or as sinners. We reoogdize the absolute sincerity of the belief ,6f the mass of the people in their cause. Tne belief In their cause had come to them out of the past oenturies. Who of us dare to say that if be had been born south i f Mason and Dixon’s line, of ern ancestry, he would not have been a defender of slavery and an up holder of seoession. Especially do we find words failing us when we think of the sacrifices which the eouthern women cheerfu ly cause Fourth of July Celebration Ended in Tragedy—Two Brothers Shot and One Man Cut. The State says as the result of a general shooting and cutting affray Tuesday, July 4, at Gaston, Lexing ton cminty, 16 miles irom Columbia, Ed Reese lies in the Colombia hospi tal with a bullet wound In hie abdo men and with slight chance for re covery, hie brother, Joe Reese, is at his borne In Gaston shot in the right hip, and Mack Jarrett, who is alio at Gaston, Is in a very dangerous condi tion with six outs on bis body. The fight occurred about noon and Ed Reese wss brought to the Colum bia hospital about 7 o’clock Tuesday night. He was operated on at onoe and tbe surgeons found upon exami nation that the bullet had entered the abdominal cavity In front and just below the breast bone. In ploughing its way along, the bullet grazed tbe stomach and perforated the liver and intestines. He was In such a serious condition Tuesday night that hie re oovery was regarded as doubtful. A witness of the affair stated that the tragedy Is the result of a quarrel between Mack Jarrett and Elliot Pounds, which began at a party near Gaston several weeks ago and was re ■oathern Planter Complete Con trol of Cotton Market. At a meeting of the executive com mittee of tbe Southern Cotton associ atlon held in Memphis June 29th it was decided to recommend to every as Boelatlon, State, eonnty and township, to erect warehouses at onoe wherever necessary. They farther recommend that this be done by local capital if It be possible. Tills plan of erecting warehouses will be taken up by every State in the ootton belt so that there may be a euffioient number of ware- _ , . . houses ready for ootton by faH-4|ta Arrowing crops and cattle SIXTY LIVES LOST. By A Tornado that Passed Over Texas On Wednesday. Many Charebes, Schools and Dwel- A dispatch from Port Worth, Texas, says A tornado which struck Texas la the upper edge of Montague oounty, coming from the northeest, and swinging far to tbe southeast, Wed nesday afternoon, cost, it la believed, over 40 lives, Injured a large number of people, ahd did untold damage to citizens of the surrounding ooantry were celebrating the Fourth at a pub lie barbecue.. These two men were cursing each Other when Jarrett, who has only one leg, struck at Pounds, with a pair of knucks on his hand but only grazed the side of his head. Pounds Instantly struck Jarrett a heavy blow, knocking him down, and as Jarrett rose be drew his revolver and opened fire. He ; emptied hffi pistol at Pounds but missed every shot. Jarrett then cursed Pounds, and Ed Reese, who was In the crowd, told Pounds not to take the Insult where upon Jarrett applied the same epithet to Reese. Jarrett was still on one knee when he cursed Reese and Reese jumped on him. Rambert Moore, a friend of Jarrett’s, had stood by with out iivtarferlng up to this time, hut at this juncture he whipped out his re volver and fired at Reeee inflicting the wound In his abdomen. Reese ran Into Hutto’s store a few feet away accepted for thsir We have read how the women of Uartbsge, In tbe long ago, consent ed to give the hair of their heads to be made into.bow strings. It is said oh’good authority that the proposal was onoe made that the women of the Oonfederaoy sell their hair for tbe benefit of the southern armies and If the proposition had been seriously urged the women of the south would not have shrunk from precisely the same sacrifice for which <we remem the women of Carthage. “Some one asks. ‘But what about the Confederate flag?’ My answer is at band, ‘Let- the Confederate flag not be put out of tbe sight or memory of American citizens.’ It dose not stand today for a second republic, but it should stand as a beautiful symbol of complete devotion to an honest conviction. Too many glorious a olations cling to it to allow us to put it away. It it Is not treason tbf the English-bom American citizens to display the English flag beside tbe Stan and Stripes, It ought not be on- and secured his own pistol and loaded it. After Ed Reeee had been shot ana while he was in the store fair brother Joe Reese, attaoked Jarrett with a knife and slashed him fearfully about the body, inflicting wounds from which It is thought he will die Wnile Joe Reese was cutting Jarrett he wss shot In tbe right hip by R?m bert Moore. Moore then tamed to leave and Ed Reese, who bad by this time finished loading his pistol, emp tied It at him, btnmoneuf his shots took effect, as Reese wss growing weak from the effect of his fearful wound, and soon after sank to tbe ground. Moore made his escape and at last accounts had not been arrest ed. Tbe fight was fast and furious and that not one bf the many bystanders was injured is remarkable as 12 were fired Into the crowd standing In front of the store only a few feet away. J?aul Hutto,,tbe owner pf. the store, was standing In one of the wlodo*s and came near being klllei by a bullet whiob passed close by his JuiatL Other bullets burled them selves in tbe door and window casing Magistrate Hildebrand arrived on tbe scene after Moore bad made his es cape;— ‘ - — - J xrretfc and Moore ire from North Georgia and have b?en at Gaston for some time running' a shingle mill. Tbe Reese ’boys and Pounds are young farmers In the neighborhood. All of the men are unmarried. It was also stated that Moore Is from North Car olina and that Jarrett is on a visit to bis brother who runs the shingle mill It was learned from another source .hat some of tbe men, if not all of them, had been drinking. Six Miners Killed. As tbe result of an explosion early Thursday at tbe shaft of the Taylor Coal company at Searight, Pa., six men were killed and four injured, one fatally. Three of the dead were ne groes and the other three foreigners guarantee organizing a mutual insur ance company. Tbe play of this In suranoe le as follows: Each warehouse Is to become through the mutual Insurance plan security for every other warehouse belonging to or under the control of tbe South ern Cotton association. In this way the Insurance will be reduced to a nominal sum; and will guarantee ab solute fire protection without being forced to subscribe to all of tbe plans and specifications of the Southeastern Tariff association. Tbe State says Mr. E. D. Smith, president of the State association and a member of tbe executive committee of the southern association, is of course enthusiastic over the plan Mr. Smith was In the dtv Wednesday, having come down from Greenville. He talk ed freely about the plan. - “Bankers, merchants aqd business men of all vocations are solicited to take stock in tbeee warehouses,” said Mr. Smith. “This will solve the prob lem of cheap storage and cheap Insur- anoe and will save to the farmers and ustneis men of the south, themselvee, all the money that is now paid to for eign corporations for Insurance. “It will be Impossible for me to reach each oounty in person, but I hope every oounty paper will copy this letter, and every organization build ing warehouses will notify this office ee soon as it is assured. “The Planters’ Holding and Com mission company la now ready for bus iness, and we hope that all farmers and business men in the south will take stock in this oompAny, so that in conjunction with our warehouses we may have a fond from whiob money can be gotten at a low rate of Interest to take up tbe surplus and distressed cotton if there be any such on the market. To sum tbe whole. matter up, our plan le this: “The ootton farmers and southern people will build their own warehous es, organizing each State, and get a charter for doing a commission ness, and then every warehouse 1 entire ootton belt carries Its pro rata share of the nek of every other one, so that If no ootton Is burned our In surance will ooet nothing; and taking % ten year average, if we can get enough warehouses built and enough ootton stored, the estimate is that it will not exceed 6 cents per bale for in -turanoe. Tbe farmers themselves, bav Ing taken stock in the warehouses, will have their storage chargee reduced to a minimum, in that their stock will, if managed correctly, very nearly pay for their storage; and If sufficient funds are pooled by the southern oot ton grower and the southern people, and It la managed correctly, there will be a loan fund snfflclent to carry tbe weak and distressed ootton at a low rate of interest, thereby giving tbe sefeth and the southern planter abso lute control of the marketing of hie cotton. - . ' “Tals plea appeared the most feas ible, and I think will appeal to tbe business judgment of everyone, and we hope that the warehouse feature will be pushed vigorously. “The Southern Cotton association bust id tbe PAUL JONES ■" K'HIIMIP.II Naval Rero*f Formally Dc* Hvered to Uncle Saak m POSING SERVICE. Fortunately the tornado mimed the small towns in the section throbgh which it swept, but It seemed to take vfiendish delight zigzagging In euoh a way as to take In the homes of many farmers and itockralsers In the section. At Jaoksboro the force of the wind was terrific. The Baptist ohureh and 20 other building were blown off their foundations and a number of build ings totally destroyed. At Montague no lives were lost In the town, but In the country there is great lose of life reported. Owing to the fact that wires are down in all directions it is difficult to get particulars. Ten persons are known to be dead In that neighbor hood and unconfirmed reporta are to the effect that the list of dead will go u high as 40. Most of those killed lived on Salt creek along which the tornado swept with torrifie fury. At Naoona the tornado passed a few miles to the south and the latest re porta give the dead at 14 and the In jured at 41. Many farm houses were swept en tirely away. The Long Branch school house was destroyed, and the Baptist and Methodist churches at Belcher were practically destroyed. A reliable man at Naoona who has been over the scene says that reports were being received of the deed when he left there. He plaoae the loss of life at 60. Owing to toe widely separated homes and the fact that in many In- stances whole families were wiped out, details and names an hard to get. The country through which the tornado passed is one of the richest farming sections of Texas, lying along tbe northern border of toe State. The tornado luted perhaps 30 min utes. Hundreds of heed of stock In this vicinity were killed outright by the wind. During the storm lightning struck a house and killed several persons who were In It. In some places hail stones fell as large as hen's eggs. After • ffeedred Yean ef temafau Ices Navy ve Hoeered by the People Ne Served Re ^FaHfcMy. At Paris, France, in toe | tbe highest dignitaries of diplomatic representatives of aany foreign governments and civil and na val officials of’the United States, toe body of Admiral John Paul Jones was Tbnreday formally delivered to too - United States government. Tbe cere mony wee one combining impressive dignity with brilliant military and na val pomp in which tbe soldiera and sailors of France and the Bailors of America united in rendering honors to the illustrioos founder of toe Amer- lexn navy. Tbe occasion was unique and prob-,. ably without parallel as toe funeral was that of a Revolutionary hero who had lain neglected in a foreign grave for over a hundred years. Seldom hes an event awakened each widespread interest in the French cap- ital Denes throngs peeked toe Obamas Elyseee and other prindpal toorough- fares to witness the Imposing cortege which for toe elaborateness of its mil itary features equalled toe martial dis play on toe occasion of toe visit of King Alfonso. The ceremony of delivering toe body wee held in tbe American church on the Avenue do L’Alme et S SO o'clock in the afternoon. The Interior of thie Gothic edifice was beautifully deco rated with plants and flowers. At the foot of tbe chancel rested toe casket wrapped in an American flag end lit erally buried in misses of final em blems. At toe right of toe altar sat Ambas sador McCormick, Senior Special Am bassador Porter, Junior Ipoeial Am bassador Loomis, United States Sena tor HenryO abot Lodge, Rear Admir al Sigsbee and other officers of the American squadron. Across toe ailie sat Premier Ronvler with other mem- bom of his cabinet, practically toe en tire diplomatic corps and officus of the army aad navy. Tbe members ef tho dlplomaUo oorps were in full uni form. Scores of Amcrloenisllon la toe naves on either aide of toe altar gave a fitting background to too MAI DROPS DEAD also decided to ask every man, wo man and child In tbe south, who today feel that tony are under obligation to the Southern Ootton association for tbe present rise in ootton, we ask them to contribute one nlckle apiece. All South Carolinians who feel so dis posed and think they can aflord this much for this great southern cause, can forward their niokle to Mr. F. H Hyatt, tieasurer of tbe Southern Cot ton association, South Carolina divis ion, Colombia, S. Q. The association is In debt, and thinks that this is a just and equitable way of appealing to the people for aid. “At Greenville Tuesday when this appeal was made there was a prompt and generous response. We hope that there will be a generous response from the people at large. “X The men were working about 20 feet below the surface when tbe explosion occurred. The cause of the explosion is unknown. A rescuing party of four miners narrowly escaped death while trying to locate one of the victims. When 70 feet down the shaft the con crete wall and timbering at the top caved in, burying tbe men under hun dreds of tons of concrete and scaffold ing. Enough crevices were left in the wreckage, however, to supply them with air until they were rescued. The men were nearly overcome when brought to the surface. \ asMit Father. A special from Tunica, Miss., says that Mark and Robert HArrls, tbe DeSoto oounty negroes, who killed Bob Mas ton, near Tunica, June 21, and who have since eluded capture, the people of my State and tne south In general upon the magnificent achievement of tbe Southern Cotton association. For onoe In the history of tbe sooth we seem to be in the sad die; and my advice to the people at large is to sit steady and ride easy.” Shot Hie Bride Wife. Ending a month’s honeymoon, John L Flynn, a Mlasiasipplan, after a des perate attempt to murder his young wife et Kaplan, La., has committed suicide.. Flynn was employed by e large ootton house in New Orleans In May last C. F. Hudson, an aged Confederate veteran of Greely, Ocl., arrived in New Orleans with his daughter, Miss Virginia Hudson, to | meet Glynn by appoinment. On May ! 27 the oouple were married In a board ing boose and the father returned to the Alter e Hot Diapate With Another ' * V , Abont Nothin*. A dispatch from Lucknow to The Stake lays Mr. W. J. Rollins died in stantly Thursday about 12 o’clock, death resulting from heart failure. It seems tbe cause was from a dispute between be and L. H. Peebles, magis trate, Taursday morning while work ing on a ditch In the street. Some of the citizeos agreed to dean the dlteb and K Mil ns was overseeing the work. Peebles decided he would help end secured a hoe and worked with tbe rest of tbe crowd. Some time, about an hour before they quit, Peebles Is*'a* suggestion ss. to how thought tbe ditch should be dog and asked Rollins to hand him the shovel. Rollins did so, Peebles showing Rollins his Ideas of how the dlteb should be dug. Rollins said that he would not 1 nave It that way and that tt should be finished as started. Peebles get offended at Rollins for the manner In which he spoke, end left without fur ther words. About 12 o’clock Rollins started for a bucket of water at a well whiob he and all use out of and was obliged to pass Peebles’ house. Peebles was on nls porch and Rollins stopped and told Peebles be had come to tell him about tbe ditch and commenced to explain himself, In the way he spoke, to Pee bles. Peebles being mad already or dered him to get away from bis place. Rollins was standing on tbe sidewalk, talking to Peebles. Then Rollins went to tbe well talking back to Peebles, but did not curse, while Peebles used strong language to him. When et the well but a few minutes Rollins fell and died Instantly. Rollins leaves a wife and many friends to survive him. Airship Flight. At Toledo the most remarkable flight ever made In an air ship waa performed by A. R. Knabenahoe, wbo sailed through the sir a dis tance of three miles, landed on a ten story office building in twenty five minutes from the time of starting and then returned to the spot from which he started. EDglaa Boner Barsts. Four men were killed outright and seven others so seriously wounded that at least a portion of them will die, machine Bush Emms, near Alton, Henry coun ty, Va., Tuaeday. tfoldier* of the Kovolatloa. During the Rev )'uUooary _^er, After brief religious service Geo. Porter, wearing evening diets accord ing to tbe French eastern, with the red sesh of the craod eras of the Le gion of Honor screes hie breast, ad- , vanced alongside tbe casket and for mally delivered the,body to Mr. Loo nls, as the repriaNitatlve of the United States goverament, who ac cepted U in the name of the govern ment and commissioned Adselral Btge- bee to transport it to the United States. As tbs surplioed oboU took op “My Oounty 'Tli of Thse” tbs entire assem blage rose and joined in tbs strains of the patriotic broon. Right brawny lorq from the Brooklyn then stop ped forward and raising the casket on their ehonldere bore it etowly froaekht church to the walling gen carriage. is was draphd with the national colon and was drawn by six black horses. The cortege wss now formed and to the Eiplaneda dee Inval- ides. Arriving at the esplanade an im posing picture was presented. The French government had erected a large pavlhou In which to deposit tbe coffin. The pavilion was richly hong with crimson velvet, with martial embleees and battle axes, entwined flags end a row of brass field pieces along the front. The oaeket was deposited in tbe can tor of the pavilion while the passed, rendering military Later it was borne to tbe invalidas railroad station and placed in a funer al car where, guarded by French and American Sailors, It started for Oher- bruog at 10 o’clock Thursday night. rRBNCHlMXf CHUB OUK BAILOBS. A dispatch from Pans save the un usual sight of a detachment of United States sailors and marines swinging through the central thoroughfares of Parle. Thursday aroused gnat Intoieet and brought out an enthusiastic ova tion from the crowds along the line of march. The American naval con tingent numbered 600 men and pre sented a fine appearance as they enMfg- ed from the station. They were uni formed ae a landing party, wearing tbe regulation galtora and carrying rlflw with fixed bayonets. They were escorted to the military school by a battalion of French Infantry. AH along the route the streets were lined with dense crowds eager to see the Women waved their hand kerchiefs and miniature flags and then a contlDuoas shout of “Vlvi * V I cortege , by the explosion of a threshing Americans.” Toe Ai chine engine on the plantation of L moS k favorable impression by (sturdy bronzed emsrtnsto of their Wednesday at their home near Walls, I bis home. Suberquentiy the young _ , __ . shot and killed their own father and couple went to Kaplan, where appar Greet Britain sent 112,584 troops for dangerously wounded Aubrey Gard-1 ently they lived happily until Wed- lend service and over 22,000 seetosn to ner, of Tunica, a young man who wss nesday. Flynn fired two shots at his Aeaer^ while the oolonlsta had 230,- — - 1 ■- U 1 that blew hie own brains!000 continental soldiers and 66,008 in a posse that had gone to wife out. militia tukder i r'TT Six Newa from Ulema says: of tbe number and rioting of Met week 6,000, the down, but -VP®, ■ L - -- — m.