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| The Bamberg Herald. _ j H ESTABLISHED 1891. 4 BAMBERG. S. C.. THURSDAY. JULY 16, 1903. ONE DOLLAR PEll YEAR. ON RACE HARMONY * i< t Sgj *> - > Booker Washington Speaks Before Atlanta Audience. | MANY WHITES PRESENT & I Occasion Was a Church Anniversary Celebration?Governor Terrell, cf Er - " ^ > Georgia, Sends Message cf : Welcome. Booker . T. Washington, head of Tuskegee Institute, spoke in Atlanta, _ Ga., Monday night to a large audience f ?mostly white?on "Harmony L>etweenrvtb^ Races." ' H<| was the guost of the First Con greg?tional church, coiorea, wmcn ceiebrapbcP to thirty-sixth anniversary. Washington's address was delivered at burner's Tabernacle on Yonge tin $s every utterance there was an 't appeal for the black men to recognize the feet that their best friends and thei||best interests were in the southlanctgand that it was fer them to improve these opportunities in such a w&y||hat the white men would recog^ nize-jjheir ability as laborers and admit the fact that they could not get alon^without them. '"Vfcbrk, work with your hands and put Che best that is in your nead into the *ork of your hands. Do it better than'any one else can do it. But your i, own 'booses. Buy land. Have a, bank account. Don't spend seven days at a camp meeting when you ought to be Improving your fari^. Learn how to use your hands in such a way that no one else can take your place. Be tax payers. Ana when you are tax layers you will h^ve.the best interests of the rftmmnnitv?t vfrnr "h^rf airl this much mootifed race Question "will ha7e been settled?' So preached Booker Washington, interspersing his remarks with telling and pertinent stories, sometimes pathetic, more often humorous, but with a homeljF trath so strongly borne out that no one could mistake the purport and the mission of the experience or anecdote. "While I will not attempt to deny the injustice of slavery, we of my race must " ever remember that we owe i mucftrto our masters. It was between I the 8&?ee of the older generations ana theiMppfcers that seeds of friendship were sown that must not be forgotten and all see to it that these ties are ^^nghened rather than torn dowlas they have so often been don^"We Wtist remember, too, that slavery put us in touch with skilled labor and we came here out of Africa without a language and without means of using our hands and v j have come out American citizens, carrying Bibles and for education. 1 tha^k God for ihe fact that Georgia did mot yield .to the temptation of dividing the colored school fund, and thisgshows Ifrmes pur friends, our real frieids, %reto he found.j Governor Terrell's Welcome. T|e first message of the evening was-' from Governor Terrell, who was una&le to be present He sont the followfcg: "*ev. H. H. Proctor and Membeas of the|First Congregational Church, Colored: I desire to congratulate you and youi church on this its anniversary and;: in this connection, to note the fact- that .evidence of peace and good willjamoijgr your flock Is showii in its Deiqg the ninth anniversary or your 1 , pas* >rate. "I hear that you are doing a go>d workmen the lines of racial peace, and so long as you and others continue to employ their good offices in a way that will ajkeer your people arounu the evils of zjppial antagonism, all will be well. "Hooker T. Washington, who comes. I upBerstand, to join your church in this|knniversary -celebration, is a ecogn&ed leader of the negro race, on whaiHi a great responsibility rests, as the ^result of his special endowment. He &an accomplish mucn by leading his people in paths of righteous and peaceful endeavor, and in directing theifi, against foolish and useless agitation. His ellorts on this line will receive the encouragement of the best whi$| sentiment of the south. In this lies jjhe hope of the negro race. ""$hth a sincere wish that your congregation will grow in grace, and that lawejbiding effort may yet become the standard of excellence among your people, I take pleasure in subscribing myself their friend, "J. M. TERRBLU 3^ "Governor of Georela " - Alleged Murderers Out on Bond. Chaamcey Dewey, Clyde Wilson and W. FjvMcBride left the Shawnee county jaff at Topeka. Kans., Monday, under aifbond of $15,000 each, to appear for trfel -pr the murder of the Berry family^ ? i DASHED INTO EXCURSION TRAIN. Wreck in Which Three Tramps Were Killed and Fifty Negroes Injured. The fast miil from St. Louis on the Missouri Pacific, due in Kansas City Sunday morning, crashed into an excursion train that had broke down at "Dead Man's Curve," three miles from Lees Summit. Three tramps were killed and fifty negroes injured. One engine was ditched and several cars were wrecked. niRL COFFINED WHILE ALIVE. Her Cries Heard Just as Interment Was About to Take Place. A terrible case of a persott being placed in a coffin alive has occurred at Altona, Germany. In a coffin, con taining the supposed remains of a 14year-old girl being delivered at thn cemetery, the attendants heard criec emanating from the coffin. The lie* was removed and the girl was found to be still alive. She died, however two liours later. M HfHHHft1 H1H i MI Mil ! < J IICream of News.| ^yTITftIfYtITTTfTTTfTyiTI*l Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each Bay. ?A Philadelphia man has just reached Savannah in search of treasure said to have been buried on Warsaw island by a confederate blockade runner. ?The Augusta, Ga., council is in a quandary over tho city printing, The Chronicle having refused to do the work for the price contracted for by the city printer. ?Three were drowned Monday at Poncoffil# TTln hv tho xi*rork of the schooner Amelia Lyons. . ?The case of Ernest Haywood, of Raleigh, N. C., charged with the murder of Ludlow Skinner, has been postponed until September. ?Tue jury in .the case of Fletcher Turner, charged with peonage at Montgomery, failed to bring in a verdict and was discharged by Judge Jones with a sharp charge. ?James H. Tillman, charged with the murder of N. G. Gonzales at Columbia. S. C., was taken to Lexington Monday. He was accompanied by .lis uncle. Senator B. R. Tillman. ; ?Many deaths of boys are reported from lockjaw due to the use of toy pistols on July 4th? ?Assistant Secretary of War Sanger has resigned. William Shaw Oliver, of Albany, N. Y., will be appointed to the position. _ -.*? ?Associate Justice Brewer, of the United States supreme court, declares that every participant in a lynching is a murderer, pure and simple. ?During services in the Christian Endeavor tent at Denver > Monday j night it "was struck by a storm and . "" Tib tho olo-ht thousand nrciroaats ! Injured. ?The prince of Wales visited the United States squadron at Portsmouth Monday, and took breakfast on board the Kearsarge. ?Owing to a conflict between the president and legislators of Haiti, a | state of siege has been proclaimed at j the capital. ?Dr. M. L. Perry, of Milledgeville, Ga., has been appointed superintendent of tne new state asylum for the insane at Parsons, Kans. ?After bidding his wife and children-good by, J. T. Cato, of Fort Valley, Ga., rode off with a negro and when a short distance from his home blew out his. own brains with a revolver. ?A neern created some excitement in Spartanburg, S. C., Saturday by an- j nouncing that ho would organize a local chapter of negro Elks. ?For eight years laiss Willie Ray. of Prentiss county, Miss., disguised herself as a man and worked as a farm hand. She both smoked and chewed. ; < . ? 1 ,V ^ * ?It Is rumored that Judge Thoma3 G. Jones, of the Alabama federal court, may be given a place in the circuit court of appeals on account of his stand in the peonage cases. ?Storm at Baltimore Sunday injured about twenty persons and did $100,000 damage to buildings. ?Negro leaders at Indianapolis are taking steps to avert a race war by running worthless members of tho race out of the city. v ?Secretary of War Root arrived at Oyster Bay Sunday and was the guest of the president. They conferred on the Alaskan boundary and other questions. ?Several engagements have taken I place between Turkish and Burgarian troops on the frontier. ?Funds are being subscribed in England to send a British rifle team to the United States next year to contest for the Palma trophy. /J ?The condition of Popo Leo contin-. uee to show improvement, and the doctors are greatly cheered over the progress of their patient. ?The Georgia Southern and Floriia railroad refuses to let he Atlantic and Birmingham crops its tracks at Tifton, Ga., and the matter will probabiy be carried into the courts. ?Owing to the continued rocking of cars armed guards are still kept on the street cars in Richmond, Va. ?The street car strikers at Beaumont, Texas, have won tneir demands and have gone back to work. ?Intense heat still prevails in the gxeat cities. Deaths and prostrations were numerous Saturday. ?Near St. Louis a crowded train was wrecked by spreading rails. One person was killed, -four seriously and twenty slightly injured. ?Trustees of Mercer university at Macon, Ga., met Thursday morning to prepare formal protest against enactment of measure requiring two years' o/vmkoa in lovxr e/^hrinlc LV/Ui SJU 1U iUff ?At Lincoln. Nebr., James Rhea was hurried to the gallows in order to get ahead of a court injunction to prevent the execution. ?The officers of the United States European squadron were received by the lord mayor of London. From speeches made recently it seems that Great Britain favors the expansion of the Monroe doctrine by the United States. ?By the overturning of a skiff in Mobile river four men were drowned. ?There was no disorder at Richmond, Va., Tuesday. The cars are getting a good passenger traffic again. ?The Southern Educational Association. in session at A6heville, elected as president Francis P. Venable, of the University of North Carolina. ?By an explosion of gas in a coal mine at Hanna, Wyo., Tuesday, prob ably 175 men were killed. ?Governor Jelks, of Alabama, has called a special term of court to try five members of the mob that lynched a negro and wounded Sheriff Austin j at Scottsboro. 'CHAPMAN AGAIN ELECTED! I For Thirteenth Time President B. Y. P. U. Is Installed?Other Officers Named at Atlanta Convention. Thirty-six deaths and eighty-three prostrations in and around New York and Brooklyn tell the story of Friday's heat. It was the hottest July 10th in the history of the local weather Du- reau, the highest previous record being 91 degrees, recorded July 10, 1880. The ?arly threat of temperature j that would break all records, however, i was not fulfilled. Thursday's record of 94 degrees at 4 o'clock, the high weather mark of the year, was reached Friday at twenty minutes past 1, without sign of relief. But by 2 o'clock the temperature had fallen two degrees, where it remained during the next two hours. At 8 o'clock Friday night the - i. i j 4 ^ r? o temperature nau xuxieu tu oo uc#icc?, 6 degrees lower than at the same hour Thursday. During the two or three hours, about noon, when the heat was the most intense, the wind averaged about nine miles an hour. About 5 o'clock the watchers at the weather bureau discovered that a thunderstorm was In progress in th^southeast.Meanwhile the wind shifted and in creased in velocity to 32 miles an hour, at 6 o'clock. The storm, which scarcely touched the city, had given the dosired relief. Between 5 and 7 o'clock the temperature fell 4 degrees. The city had been sweltering so long in hot wave, however, that it was hours before the benefits began to reach tho tenements. In the streets, where the cooHng process was more immediate, men, women and children crowded Into the doorways and walks to recover from the wearing effects of the day. As on the night before, many slept on the park benches, and, where the poj lice would permit, on the grass, j Daniel Lewis, a heat-crazed negro, attacked with a club two girls who j wore carrying a piece cf icc. A mob quickly gathered and shouted: "Lynch him!" Lewis was rescued by detect tlv&S and sent to the hospital. Two Deaths at Pittsburg. Two deaths and two prostrations from the heat were reported in Pittsburg, Pa., up to 10 o'clock Friday night. The mercury at that hour was 87 degrees. PURSUING GR?ENE AND GAYNOR. . v United States Has Not Abandoned Legal Chase After Fugitives. Advices from Quebec, Canada, state that the United States has not abandoned its endeavors to get Gaynor and Greene, the two lugitives from justice, across the line for trial before its court. A cablegram received says the petition has been presented to the privy council in England for leave to appeal to that body from the decision , rendered by Judge Caron last fall, whi^Ji gave the two men their liberty in the Dominion. The argument on the appeal will bo heard in the latter part of July, and ? * it rt ? ~ AnA Mr. xascnerau, council*iur crurcue ?uu Gaynor, will sail at once for London. A big fight will be made against possible extradition. Mr. McMaster, of Montreal, is now in England representing the interests of the United States. Greene and Gaynor are wanted in the United States in connection with the alleged stealing of millions in the federal improvements in Savannah harbor. Captain Carter is now in a military prison for his connection with the case. * NEGRO PETITION TURNED DOWN. Russian Ambassador in London Refuses to Receive Document. The Russian ambassador in London, according to report, has refused to receive a petition relative to the treatment of negroes in the United States. The petition draws attention to the increasing' outrages on negroes, accompanied by appalling brutality, and "urges the Russian government to make representations to Washington asking the authorities to tnere take steps in Lae interests of civilization and Humanity to suppress me gruwiug evil." The ambassador says the matter is outside his purview and that he cannot, therefore, move therein. MONUMENT TO 3AGLEY. Shaft Erected Over Grave of Ensign Killed in Spanish-American War. In Oakwood cemetery, at Raleigh, N. C.t at the grave of Ensign Worth Bagley, United States navy, a monument to his memory is now being erected. It is of Quincy granite of handsome design. On one side is a bronze tablet bearing the inscription, "Worth Bagley. 1874-1898." Another tablet nearly five feet high, and s-iso of bronze, bears an inscription which is a quotation from the book of the Maccabees, beginning, "And thus this man died," etc. pontiff lingers on brink. Passes First Week of Illness and Is Thankful for Strength to Pray. It is reported from Rome that when, shortly after sunrise Thursday morning, Dr. Lapponi went to see the pope, he found him in the attitude of prayer. On the doctor's inquiring whether he required anything. Pope Leo replied: . ""Today finishes a week since I was taken sick. I am thanking God for having given me strength still to pray to him." DR. BIGHAM RESIGNS. Head of Methodist Publishing House at Nashville Tires of Job. Rev. R. J. Bigham, book agent of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, publishing house, Nashville, Tenn., ha3 resigned. While Dr. Bigham gives no reason for his resignation, it is presumed that he took this step on account of delicate health. When asked why he had resigned, he said that he did not care to state his reasons just now. ? i ;THE NEWS OF A WEEK f j| IN SOUTH CAROLINA, i Assaulted and Robbed by Negroes. Eliza Fowler, an aged citizen of Enoree, Spartanburg county, was murderously assaulted by two negro desperadoes a few days ago and robbed of about $20. The negroes ??oopetk * Comptroller Pursuing Wild Cats. The comptroller general of South Carolina has issued a very strong iiroular in regard to the eniorcement of the law of the state in regard to "wild cat" insurance companies. The law in this respect is very stringent, and it having been reported officially to the comptroller that a number of siirh rnmnanies are doine business in the state, he proposes to see that the law Is enforced 10 the letter, through the proper channels. * * * White and Black Lawyers Fight B. H. Matthews, a member of the Charleston bar, and Alonzo E. Twine, a negro lawyer, came to blows in the judiciary court room in that city a day or two ago. The encounter was the outcome of a law suit involving the ownership of a horse. Twine represented one side. Mr. Matthews the other. During the trial Twine, it is said, denied the statements made by Mr. Mathews and when court adjourned the two lawyers met. Mr. Mathews used his umbrella on Twine's head. * * ? Langley Killed by Coward. Purly Langley was shot and killed by John W. Coward near McLeod's mill, 10 miles north of Bennettsville, The men met in the road and had some words. A difficulty ensued, in which Coward emptied a shotgun into Langley, killing him almost instantly. Coward surrendered himself and is now in jail. It is said the shooting was the result of an attack on Coward's son by Langley. Coward is a farmer and merchant and a man of considerable prominence. Tillman Taken to Lexington. irpnmnaniod hv Viia nn/>lo fionntnr Tillman, and a deputy sheriff, James H. Tillman, left the jail at Columbia last Monday for Lexington, where his case will be called the third Monday in September. Senator Tillman went with his nephew to the Lexington jail, the sheriff there being a personal friend. The order of Judge Townsend . regarding the trial stipulates that Tillman must be removed to Lexington by two weeks In advance of the trial, and so under the order, the prisoner could go at any time. . * * Tragedy Near Laurens. A dispatch from Laurens says: John Wham shot and killed Fayette Ramage this morning two miles from Clinto, this county. Wham is a wealthy planter. Report says Wham wrote a letter to Ramage's niece, inviting her to spend the day at his house in absence of his wife. Ramage and his relatives surrounded Wham's hoifse. Wham then fired killing Ramage. Wham has disappeared. A sheriffs's posse and bloodhounds left Laurens for the ^cene. Both young men are about 35 years old. Ramage was unmarried. Wham has a wife and four children. * * Wanted to Organize Black Elks. A negro appeared on the streets of Spartanburg a few days ago and attracted considerable attention because of a large Elk pin fastened in the left lapel of his coat. . Soon after his arrival he ' began talking to a number of colored people, stating that he was an organizer lor the colored Elks, and that the only difference in the white and colored orders was that the names were not exactly alike. Some of the members of the Spartanburg lodge Brotherhood Protective Order of Elks held a brief ronferer.ee with the negro, at the conclusion of ; which he decided that he would not further attempt to organize a colored-' lodge of Elks. * * * Two Convicts Killed. A Columbia dispatch says: Several convicts escaped from a state farm last Friday night and guards went in pursuit. Saturday morning in tracking the men through a plantation one of the guards got B. L. Swigert, a 16year-old son of the owner of the place, to join him. Young Swigert carried his fathers double-barrelled gun. After following' tracks several miles the pursuers came on two convicts in the woods. The escapes started to run, refusing to obey the guard's order to halt. The guard's rifle refused to work, when young Swigert fired, killing one man with each barrel. "Do you think there are any moro around?" he asked the guard. A coroner's jury exonerated the" oiaj ti. * * Firemen Rescue Imperiled Women. At a recent fire in Charleston four women were rescued by the firemen. They were dragged from their beds and carried down a narrow stairway, through smoke and flame. It was a narrow escape for the ladies and but for the heroism displayed by the firemen they would have perished in their rooms. At 1 o'clock in the morning a threestory brick building at. the corner of King and Tradds streets, was discovered to be on fire. "While the firemen were busy stretching hose, some one cried out that ladies were in the third story. Several firemen rushed into the | building, fough': their way through dense columns of smoke to the rooms occupied by the ladies nnd brought i them out safely while the flames lick- , ed their feet. j CHILD LABOfi BILL KILLED Georgia House of Representatives Goes on Record Against the Measure by a vote of 8D to 75. I The muchly-discussed child labor i bill was defeated In the Georgia house ' of representatives Wednesday at the conclusion of a debate which lasted for six hours. Opponents of the bill asserted confidently on Tuesday night that they had 90 votes. The result of the roll call in the house at noon Wednesday dis- j closed the fact that they had lost only | one of these, while the vote for the ( measure was about what had been con- , ? "j ? -J V? y\M. J * rt #n ( 11I m ^ KA^niT urtn n r.l _ ' i.'VUfU uy luciii, na lanuic uciug i cvui ued by 89 to 75. During the debate there was considerable feeling displayed by some of the speakers, but It was all in good nature, and the evidence was abundant that every vote was the result of an honest, straightforward opinion as to the merits of the measure. One or two of the numerous amendments offered were adopted, and when the favorable report of the committee on education was agreed to by a vote of 91 to 38, the advocates of the measure seemed to think they would have things pretty much their own way. It was very evident, however, that some member^ voted in favor of the report of the committee simply with " view to having a final vote taken o* the bill, and that on tbe final vote they recorded against it. As on the day before the gallery was crowded with interested listeners, and now and then Speaker- Morris had to demand a cessation of applause. Those voting for the bill were Messrs. Alexander, Blackburn, Boy kin, Brlnson. J&twn, Bruce, Buchan, Butts, ' Candlef,r Cann, Carswell, Cliatt Cromartle, Dozier, Duggan, Dunbar, Evans, Felder, Flanigan, Foster of Oco- j nee, Franklin, Fussel, uaulden, Glenn, ; Grenade, Hall, Harden, Hayes, Hendy, Hicks, Houston, Howard of Baldwin, ( Hutcheson, Jones of Dougherty, Kelly. Kendrick, Kent, Kilburn, Knight, Knowles, Martin, Mayson, Miller of , Bullock, Miller of Muscogee, Mills, Mitcham, Mitchell, Mizell, Morton, Mulherin, McHenry, Newton, Nisbet, Owen, Overstreet, O'Quinn, Pate of 1 Gwinnett, Preston, Proctor, Rainey, ! Rankin, Redwine, Reid, Richardson, ; Slaton, Spence, Steed of Taylor, Sto- \ vail, Tigner, Underwood, Walker of Pierce, Watson, Wellborn, Wise?75. ] Those voting against the bill were | Messrs. Adams, Alford, Almond, Arnold, Ayres, Baldwin, Beall of Paulding, Ecauchamp, Bell of Milton, Booth, Bowen, Bower. Buchannon, Burton, Bush, Carr, Carrington, Conner,* Cook, ! Crumbly, Daniel, Daves, Davis, Davi- ' son, Deal, Duckett, Edwards, Engnsn, Fields, Flynt, Foster of Towns, George, Grice, Griffin, Hardman, Hawes, Hen- ' ry, Hlxon of Laurens, Howell, Johnson of Clinch, Johnson of Crawford, Jone3 J of Pickens, Lane, Lanier. Lawrence, Leigh, Little, Lowe, Maples, Moses, ' McBrlde, McCurry, McElmurray, Mc- ' Lain, McRae, Parker, Pate of Dooly, Paulk of Coffee, Peyton. Phillips of Jefferson, Phillips of Quitman, Rawls, Rice, Ridley, Rogers of Hall, Rogers of Mcintosh, Roper, Rountree. San<Jers, j Shackelford, Shannon, Singletary, Stanford, Steed of Carroll, Stewart, luompson, Thurman, Tracy, Valentine, Walker of Monroe, West, Whit- i ley, Wilson, Womble, Wooten, Yates? 89. GENERAL LONGSTREET ILL. ' < ... ? . J ^ il.M ^ Will Undergo uanaerous uper?uon for Cancerous Growth In Eye. General James Longstreet, the veteran confederate commander, who is at present in Gainesville, Ga., will go under the knife for a cancerous growth which has destroyed his left eye. Physicians will remove the destroyed eye. Grave fears are entertained as to General Longstreet's ability to with- t stand the shock of the operation, owing to his age, 81 years, and his extreme weakness. The general has been apprised of the situation. He is fully conscious of ] the danger of the operation, but is as game as he was in his warfare days. 1 He has consented to the operation. General Longstreet left "Washington ' for Gainosville about ten days ago. He had been far from well for some time and for three weeks before leaving j Washington he had been under treatment at the Garfield hospital. - 4 i 11 GAMBLING ON POPE'S SUCCESSOR j Both Bets Being Registered in the j Italian Provinces. In the Italian provinces so firmly rooted has become the conviction that the pope will not recover that the discussion concerning hig successor Is almost superceding in interest to the de- 1 tails of the pontiff's illness. Betting j goes on with great animation, each cardinal having his fervent admirer* 1 and backers. i GENERAL CLAY A LUNATIC. Jury Passes Upon His Case and He Will Be Sent to Asylum. 3 A special from Lexington, Ky., says: 1 i General Cassius M. Clay has been pronounced by a Jury to be of unsound i mind. He will be sent to an asylum. , this action being taken to protect ( property merely. The aged gentleman ( was not in court. Physicians testinea as to his mental condition. IRISHMEN ENGAGE IN RIOTS. 1 Uusual Aftermath of Yearly Celebra* tion by the Orangemen. ( At Belfast, Ireland, Monday, the Orangemen engaged in their annual celebration of July 12, in their customary way. About 100.000 men participated in the celebration. The procession of Orangemen on returning from their demonstration were attacked by nationalists and a serious riot ensued. SOLD INTO SLAVERY Peonage Case in Alabama Has Sensational Features. COP WAS A STAR WITNESS Negroes Were Arrested, Tied With Ropes and Carried Into the Counfry and Sold to Farmer. Transaction Told in "Detail. The caso-?f he United State3 agaln9t Fletcher Turner, charged "with holding Grlennle Helms, a negro, In a condl liUll uj. ycuuagc, nrao tuutiuuvu ut Montgomery, Ala., Wednesday, and some very sensational testimony wa3 brought out at. the aftornoon session, telling how Helms was sold Into slav3ry. At the morning session L. EL White, a. retired merchant, of Columbus, Ga., testified that he was employed by Helms' father to purchase Helms' release, which he did for $48, which Turner accepted. Dave Johnson, one of the negroes held by Turner, testified practically the same as Helms did on Tuesday. He stated he saw Helms whipped with a stick as large aa a broom handle several times. Dave M. White, mayor of Goodwater, AJa., and chairman of the Coosa jounty democratic executive committee, brought in records of his court, showing fines of Helms paid with no ;ommitment papers issued. The sensation of the day was the testimony of J. F. Dunbar, formerly alght marshal of Goodwater, but now a policeman of Columbus, Ga. He testified that he arrested the negroes after the trial and carried them to Dadeville tied with ropes, stating that he thought he could sell them at a better profit there. Ho met J. W. Pace, but D-<->"i^ V>/v /lMn't vant thorn hilt I acc oaiu uv uium v ?*??*? ? ? Furner did. . "I then saw Turner and Turner said. What-.are they worth?' "I said $50. " 'I don't want tnem; too much,' said rurner. "Then I said $46. Hie again said, No; too much," but said ha would give $40. I accepted. He gave me a check. (Check produced in court.) He talked to the negroes, came back and told me to make contracts with them. I told him I would not sign nor make contract. I had no commitment papers. I returned to Gocdwater, paid the fines ahd costs." On cross-examination he was asked -? v_ 6ai\ f/.. wnai ngnx una ut? cunrgt? iui these negroes. He said he made $8 clear above expenses, which he acknowledged he kept. He carried a man named Durffof with him. Puld his fare and charged It against expenses. He Is indicted for the sane offense, the ease having never been set. * District Attorney Rce3e brought out accidentally the fact that he had made a sworn, written and signed statement before him about the case. The attorneys for the defense Insisted that the paper was be3t evidence, rhe judge made the district attorney give up the statement. The district f ttorney acknowledged that he had slipped up, but did not want to give up the paper. The statement whicn was read to the jury contradicted nearly every witness the government has on the stand and contradicts Dunbar In several instances. The attorneys for the iefense offered the statement as evidence. A' letter was attached to the statement to the district attorney practically offering his (Dunbar's) services to the government. The attorneys for the defense are jubilant over securing tnis statement. Court adjourned to meet Thursday. oeiTlKlft AMCDir&M VFftftFl ft. guifcinu Venezuelan* Government Forces and Revolutionists Take Five Ships. It is reported from Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, that the Venezuelan government forces Wednesday captyred three American steamers near Apure and the revolutionists at Ciudad Boliear have captured two American vessels. ROOSEVELT THANK8 KING ED. 'resident Sends Cordial Response to English Monarch's Message. Saturday night President Roosevelt sent the following cable in response to he message sent to the president by King Edward, of England, during the linner to American naval officers at Buckingham palace: "Oyster Bay, July 11.?His Majesty, :he King, London: I thank your majesty most cordially for your kind message, and sincerely and gratefully appreciate the courtesies which the officers of our navy have received at the it..:ds of your majesty and the English people. GAMBLING ON POPE'S 8UCCE880R | 3oth Bets Befhg Registered In the i Italian Provinces. In the Italian provinces so firmly rooted has become the conviction that the pope will not recover that the dis- j cussion concerning his successor is almost superceding in interest to the details of the pontiff's illness. Betting goes on with great animation, each cardinal having his fervent admirers and backers. TDirwn IC NOW TOWARD GORMAN i nunv i v i w ?? - ? - - Opinion of Democratic Leaders Points to Marylander for President. A Washington special says: I? the opinions of democratic lenders from riifferent parts of the country can be aken as a fair indication of the trend democratic sentiment, it may be fid without fear of successful contraction that conditions are shapin? hemselves to make Senator Gorman, f Maryland, the center of democratic interest. EDUCATIONAL MEASURES Of Great Importance Passed in Georgia House of Representatives and Transmitted to Senate. Measures affecting the educational system and interest of Georgia engaged the attention of the house of representatives Thursday, two bills of importance and interest to the people throughout the state receiving favorable consideration at the hands of the members. In addition, the law-makers refused to reconsider the child labor measure, which was defeated Wednesday, while an educational resolution by Mr. Bower, of Decatur, providing that the school fund of the state be apportioned between the races according to the amount of tax paid by each, which was killed Monday, was turned down once again at Thursday's session. After an interesting debate, the house, by a vote of more than 2 to 1, adopted the bill of Messrs. Steel and Hixon, of Carroll, providing that the various school commissioners in the state shall, in the future, be elected by the people, instead of the county boards of education as heretofore. The action of the house in this mab> ter is regarded as one of the mosf important that will come up at this session, as the measure is one that will affect every county In the state. In fact, several members of the lower branch made their race for a seat In the house upon a platform embodying this feature. And little less importance attaches to the above mentioned measure than to a measure by Messrs. Hardman and Holder, ol Jackson, providing for the introduction of elementary principles of agriculture and civil government into the schools of the state. An effort was made to amend the bill in such a way as to make It apply onlv to the schools in the country*and ; rural districts, but it was voted down,, and, as the measure now reads, all of the public schools in the cities of Geor-~ gla will be oompelled to teach the books referred to in the foregoing, paragraph. The bill was adopted by an overwhelming majority, but it la understood an effort will be made to either amend or defeat the measure In the senate, as the cities are opposed to instituting elementary principles in the schools as one of the regular stodiee of the pupils, it is understood. At any rate, the representatives from all at the counties in which are located cities strongly favored the amenfr meats. Mr. Rankin, of Gordon, gained a signal victory for his bill to elect the railroad commissioners by the people, when he succeeded in having the house disagree to the adverse report of the general judiciary committee on the measure. A strong effort will be made to pass it in the house. DEATH OVERTAKES PICNICKERS. Train Strikes Wagon ContainHng Nino People and All are Killed or flurt A westbound Pennsylvania railroad train struck a wagon containing nine ; people at a crossing eight miles east of Cincinnati Thursday night, killing five and seriously injuring four of the occupants of the wagon. Robert Copenhaven, with his wife -1 l. o rrrtA Q 9 VPOffi ailtl l?VU Cilliuicu, agcu u uuu id ^ respectively, were going from Redcomb Junction to Madisonville, to a picnic. A daughter of a neighbor and four of their boarders accompanied them. They did not observe the train, which was coming at high speed. When the engineer saw them he blew his whistle, but it was too latevto stop the train. The mules, on hearing the whistle, stopped and could not be moved. The animals were across the track and escaped unhurt, while the wagon was wrecked and all the occupants either killed or injured. TICKET SCALPERS ENJOINED. Temporarily Forbidden to Soli or Buy Certain Class of Railroad Tickets. Two firms of ticket scalpers in Atlanta, Ga., were temporarily enjoined by Judge W. T. Newman, of the United States court Thursday from buying and selling what is known as iron - - - __ti ; clad signature tickets, issuea Dy n?ii* roads for special occasions and sold by them at reduced rates. MONUMENT TO BAGLEY. Shaft Erected Over Grave of Ensign < Killed in Spanish-American War. In Oakwood cemetery, at Raleigh, N. C., at the grave of Ensign Worth Bag- 1 ley, United States navy, a monument i to his memory is now being erected. < It is of Quincy granite of handsome i design. On one side is a bronze tablet bearing the inscription, "Worth Bag ley. 1874-1898." Another tablet near- i ly five feet high, and also of bronze, i bears an inscription which is a quo- ] tation from the book of the Macca- i bees, beginning, "And thus this man i died," etc. i JUDGE PARKER AT HOME. Returns to New York, But Won't Die- | cuss His Trip to the South. A New York dispatch says: Chief Justice Alton B. Parker, of the court \ of appeals, returned from his southern ^ trip Thursday. He was met by Demo- j cratic National Committeemen N, E. j Mack, and they had a long talk before ( - - - - - - * ' in the judge leit ior 1113 summci UUiiiC AAA I | Hudson. Judge Parker declined to dls- j cuss his visit to Georgia. j Alleged Train Wreckers Arrested. Henry Ford, Arthur Steger, James Lawter and Foster Smith, negroes, are in jail at Huntsville, Ala., for attempting to wreck a passenger train on the Southern railway near Brownsboro. J \ Big Shoe Firm Goes to Wall. The shoe and leather mercantile agency of Boston has announced the assignment of the large boot and shoe manufacturing firm of Ira Cnshman & Co.. of Boston and Auhurne, Me. . ^ . JONES ROASTS JURY f Sensational Charge by Jurist In Federal Court. . fj| DEMANDS A CONVICTION || Declares that Fletcher Turner - is Guilty of Peonage Charge?Anr Interesting Piece of Political ' Gossip on the Side. Judge Thomas G. Jones, of the Unlted States court In Montgomery. Ala., delivered a sensational charge to the jury In the case of the United States vs. Fletcher Turner, charged with . ^ holding one Glennie Helms, a negro, ijfjB in a condition of peonage. Although there were only a few persons in the court room at the time, t surprise was heard on every side. At 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon the Jury / ? filed into the court room and informed \v|jHfl the Judge that there was no chance or prospect of their reaching a verdict is Judge Jones then vehemently lect'ir- J8 ed them. He told them that if they believed the evidence offered by the ' ^ government the defendant was guilty^ that If they believed the evidence of- ? -? fered by the defendant the defendant was guilty, and that if they believed 18 the undisputed fact in the case the ^ defendant was guilty. He said he had no power to put the j Jury in jail for contempt of court, but that if they did not return a ver- <*f diet of guilty they would perjure themselves in the sight of Gcd and dishcfior themselves in the eyes of man. Congressman A. 0. Wiley, counsel tor the defendant excepted to the. re- . }M marks of the judge. The case is now \ :| exciting more attention than ever be- '}& fore. The jury was discharged until J Monday at 11 o'clock. ' ' Judge Jones May be Promoted. ' Ap io^ereetlng piece of political gasain la nrw antna fhfl rounds In Mont gomery concerning Judge Jones. It is in effect that, in ffew of the judge's courage and determination to painlsh those guilty of holding negroes in Slavery in Alabama, and the great ability ^ be hae displayed on the bench, that 5jp| he will be appointed* by President Roosevelt member of the circuit, court of appeals when a.vacancy occurs. shortly, after the retirement of one of' the Judges from that court who will have reached the age limit on the' bench. There is a general belief lo- r'| cally that when the. vacancy oocura the plum will fall to the distinguished Alabaman. Judge Jones Is a man of great abil- ' ity and great personal magnetism, and it is understood that the president has . been greatly pleased with the strong position he has assumed In the punish* i ment of those men .who have been engaged in the practice of peonage. It is pointed out that the speeches of Judge Jones as a member of the late constitutional .convention in Alabam a, in which he took strong grounds [jj&Bk against the grandfather clause in Uie - p constitution and against the suffrage provisions generally that looked to tne disfranchisement of the negro, first at- JH tracted the attention of the presideut to him, and to these speeches and to the strong and manly grounds taken in defense of the political rights of the colored man was largely due his appointment to the district judgeship. These peonage cases, though greatly . J exaggerated, have again served tocall the attention of the president and the attention of the country to Judgp Jones as a man of courage, and who is * capable and worthy of a seat on the court of appeals, or even on the bench of the supreme court of the United . ||j States. ENTIRE TOWN BADLY FLOODED. '-<?19 Winchester, Virginia, Suffers Great Damage from a Cloudburst /J" Sunday afternoon the most serious ; cloudburst ever experienced in Winchester, Va., broke over the city, submerging the entire town with from three to six feet of water. The dam- V-:r*|fj? age will reach thousands of dollars, as every store, residence and building In the center of the town was several feet under water. * A WILD GO9SE CHASE? Opinion Prevails that Appeal of Greene and Gaynor Will Fail. A dispatch from Quebec says: Mr. J Taschereau, counsel for Gaynor and Greene, left Saturday evening for London, where he will be assisted there as counsel by Right Hon. H. Asqulth, 3s K. C., one of the leading members of the London bar. The general impres sion among members of the bar tn ~ Quebec is that the privy council will not grant Mr. MacMaster's petition to ""? " appeal, on the ground that an appeal should have been taken in this counTURMOIL IN THE BALKANS. Belief Prevails that-War Between Tun " key and Bulgaria Is Imminent In spite of the reassuring advices !rom Constantinople the belief pre- ^ rails that was between Turkey and Buisaria is Imminent. Bulgarian bands n Macedonia are being organized unier command of officers from Sofia for ^ ise as scouts and guerrillas and a .. ?nf t?rtnn? is taklne Urge CViiu auuv/u v? v. ? w j1 ? '^SSH THREE KILLED IN EXPLOSION. Deadly Accident Occurs at the Works of Birmingham Powder Company. Three men were instantly killed and ' ijiP^ another fatally injured by an explo- ^jgaj sion in the coining mill of the Birmingham, Ala., powder mills near Boyles, X-^j five miles from the city, Saturday af- ' The building was totally wrecked by the explosion, although it did not affect any of the other eleven buildings