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NEW POPE
IS ELECTED
Conclave Honors
Cardinal Sarto.
A special from Rome, Italy, says:
Cardinal Sario, Patriarch of Venice,
has been elected the successor to Pope
Leo XIII.
A great crowd, in the Square of
Santietro had long and patiently been
watching for three days for the result
of the deliberations of the solemn
ccvclave, and there was a great demonstration
when the result was
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made known.
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Postmaster General Payne Returns to
Washington and Tatks of Scandal
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A Washington dispatch says: Postmaster
General Payne resumed his official
duties at the department Saturday.
He had a long conference wrh
his assistants during the morning and
for several hours talked over the lt>>:
vestigation with Fourth Assistant
Bristow. The latter reviewed everything
that has been done during Mr.
Payne's absence.
Mr. Payne said that it could not by
any means be said that investigation
was ended, although he hoped the end
was in sight. He said it might be
completed in four weeks, but it was
impossible to fix any exact date. He
said the president, in common with
himself and Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Bristow, will be glad
when the investigation is over, but
that none of them wants the inqulrv
closed until every irregularity has
been ferreted out.
Mr. Payne pointed out that inspectors
are working on the cases in various
parts of the country and developments
not now foreseen may occur
at any time. Mr. Payne declared that
every one against whom any evidence
has been found will be treated according
to the evidence and that no one
will be shielded by the department.
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WOMAN THE BEST SHOT.
West Virginia Farmer Laid Low in a
Duel With His Wife.
William Adair, a prosperous farmer
and iumDer dealer, was snot ana aniea
by.his wife in front of their home near
Mitewan, W. Va., Monday. *
Adair, who had been in Cincinnati
disposing of some lumber, returned
rather unexpectedly and found his
w$e away from home. He went in
search for her, and finding her in the
home of a neighoor, lecame jealous,
arid pulling a revolver from his pocket,
fired three shots at her, all of which
went wild.
Mrs. Adair ran home, seized her
husband's Winchester and returned to
the yard just as he was entering the
gate in pursuit. He attempted to escape,.
but a bullet from the Winchester,
in the hands of the infuriated woman,
laid him low. He fell to the ground,
mortally wounded, and died without
uttering a word.
PROVIDES FOR MILK INSPECTOR.
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Council' Assists Atlanta Board of
Health in Crusade on Dairymen.
Clean milk, better health and th9
restoration of confidence in the dairymen"
who dispose of milk in Georgia's
capital city is what will result from the
action of council and the alderman
board during the session of Monday
afternoon.
An inspector of dairies will be appointed
by the board of health, money
having been appropriated for the purpose
by council.
Si* WILLS OFFERED IN COURT.
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General Cassius M. Clay Made Many
and Various "Last Testaments."
Six wills of the late General C. M.
Clay were offered Monday morning in
the.- Madison county court, at Richmond,
Ky. The prooating of each was
objected to by the legal heirs of C. M.
Clay. Objections were sustained by
the court and each of the wills was
indorsed "offered."
The court set September 2 as the
time when the question of probating
all of General Clay's wills will be taken
up. Other wills are expected to
be offered on or before tnat date.
BAD WRECK IN ORIENT.
Thirty Persons Killed in Railroad Accident
in Austrian Silesia.
A dispatch to The Volks Zeitung,
Berlin, from Breslau reports a serious
disaster on a railway in Austrian Silesia.
A train consisting of eleven car3
heavily loaded with stone broke their
coupling pins and ran at a terrific
speed down a sharp grade for twenty
miles until they collided with a passenger
train. Thirty persons are said
to be killed and fifty-two others severely
injured.
COLIMA VOLCANO ACTIVE.
Great Clouds of Smoke Pouring from
Mountain in Mexico.
A dispatch received in Mexico Ci'y
from Colima states that the Coliina
volcano is in eruption. Great clouds
of smoke are issuing from the volcano.
It is believed that another outflow
of lava has occurred, but the
dense smoke that surrounds the mountain
makes it impossible to determine
the fact.
ALLEGE WILL A FORGERY.
Heirs cf Wealthy Atlanta, Georgia,
Citizen File Sensational Caveat
in Court of Ordinary.
A caveat to the will of the late
George W. Collier, alleging that the
will is not genuine, and a demurrer
to the petition asking that the will be
probated in solemn form, were filed
in the ordinary's office in Atlanta, Ga.,
Saturday. The caveat and demurrer
were filed by the heirs at law, wirh
the exception of George W. Collier,
Jr., through their attorneys.
The demurrer to the petition, asking
that the will be probated in solemn
form, alleges that the petition is
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aver that the paper offered for probate
is the will of George W. Collier,
or that it was duly and legally attested
by the alleged subscribing witnesses.
The copy of the caveat to the
, will is as follows:
Virgil Collier, Elizabeth Collier, Luta
Collier and Roy Collier, by his duty
appointed guardian ad litem, R. B.
Ridley, heirs at law of George W.
Collier, deceased, come and for answer,
without waiving their demurrer,
to the petition filed in the above stated
matter to probate in solemn form
the alleged last win of G. W. Collier,
say as follows:
It is admitted that G. W. Collier,
Jr., Henry L. Collier and J. N. Bateman
are residents of said county, and
that on June 20, 1903, Gecrge W. Collier
was a resident of said county and
died on that day owning a valuable
estate consisting of realty and personalty
located in said county and
state.
It is admitted that caveators, with
George W. Collier, Jr., are all of the
heirs at law of George W. Collier, deceased.
It is denied that the paper presented
for probate is the last will of said
G. W. Collier. It is denied that said
Collier ever executed said paper. It
ic further denied that any of said al
niiurodCd saiu
paper in the presence of the alleged
witnesses, or that eitner of them 'jttested
the paper in Mr. Collier's presence,
or in the presence of each other.
It is averred that said George W. Collier
never-saw said paper. It is further
averred that none of said alleged
witnesses ever saw said paper until
after the> same had been filed for probate.
Wherefore, it is prayed that the application
to probate said paper as the
alleged will of George W. Collier Le
denied.
BICYCLIST INSULTS PRESIDENT.
"incident Occurred While Chief Executive
Was Driving to Church.
Profane and abusive language was
I directed toward President Roosevelt
j and his family at Oyster Bay Sunday
i as they were driving to church to at|
tend the morning service. The offender
was a resident of Oyster Bay, McCann
by name. He was hustled away
unceremoniously by the secret service
officers.
Directly in front of the church McCann
was walking along the roadside
pushing a bicycle. As the president's
carriage was about to turn into the
driveway leading to the church, it
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j oath, demanded to know whether
(they wanted the whole road. This was
. followed by abusive and profane lan1
guage.
WENT AFTER KINDLING WOOD.
This Man Obeyed Wife While Sound
Asleep on Train.
j A queer case of somnambulism jc'
curred at Washington, Ind., Saturday
, morning. Philip Martin, of New
j York, en route to Little Rock, Ark.,
leaving a Baltimore and Ohio South- j
western train and having to be awak- j
ened. When the train arrived in the2
town at 3 o'clock Martin rolled out of
his sleeper and hastened to the car
, door and then out, plunging into a
[ weed patch dressed only in his night
; clothes. He was found after the train
, left by Agent Upjohn, and when asked
what he was doing, replied:
"I am hunting kindling wood for
my wife to start a fire."
BROKERAGE FIRM SUES.
Baxter Company Appeals to Court for
a Novel Injunction.
As a result of tue crusade started
by the New York cotton exchange
j against the bucket shops, A. S. Baxi
ter & Co., incorporated in New York
! and having offices in New Orleans,
j sued out an injunction against the
1 Western Union Telegraph Co. and the
lioid ana siock xeiegrapu iu yic{
vent the telegraph companies from re1
moving instruments from the firm's
offices, and requiring the ccmpaincs
to continue to furnish the plaintiffs
with the quotations of tne hjew Yo*k
exchange.
CHARGE ACCORDING TO SIZE.
Garment Makers to Adjust Prices
With Amount of Cioth Used.
At the meeting of the Union-Made
Garment Makers' Association in Chi'
cago Thursday night it was decided
to adjust prices to accord with the
garment. Thus a man weighing 130
pounds might be able to buy his suit
for $10, while the man wnose weight
would measure 250 pounds might 1.9
charged $15.
FIRST OF QUARANTINE.
Precautionary Measures Taken on
Texas Border by Authorities.
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xne quarantine against oau jl.uis
Potosi, Mexico, on account of yellow
fever, which was ordered established
Monday by the United States marine
hospital authorities at Washington,
has been vigorously established at Laredo,
Texas, and all incoming passengers
who cannot make affidavit that
they have been away irom infecteJ
points for five days are being turned
back.
FIGHT WITH FELONS
Three Militiamen Killed in
Battle With Convicts.
WERE CAUGHT IN AMBUSH
Escapes Again Elude Pursuers,
Though a Strong Cordon Had
Been Thrown Around Them.
Other Conflicts Reported.
Reports of an encounter between
members of the state militia and thirteen
convicts who escaped from Fol" icnn
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Saturday night, but owing to the remoteness
of scene of battle and
the fact that night tell almost immediately
following thu receipt of the first
news details were meagre. It 's
known, however, that the sheriff's
posse, assisted by a force of the Plaeerville
militia, came upon some of the
fugitives near the Grand Victory
mine about dusk and shots were exchanged.
Lieutenant Smith and seven men
were pursuing a trial that had been
discovered earlier in the day. Their
first intimation of the presence of tne
convicts was when the latter opened
five on them at close range from a
hiding place in the bushes. Three
members of Lieutenant Smith's squadron
fell at the first volley. They
were Rutherford, Jones and Gill. The
soldiers returned the fire of the outlaws,
and at the same time ran down
the hill and left the fallen men to take
care of themselves. Gill managed tcr
make his way down the hill to a place
of safety and was' picked up by friends.
Fearful of the bullets of the convicts,
the pursuers made no attempt to get
back to the scene of the battle to
learn the fate of the other two men.
i Meagre news of the conflict spread
quickly and in a few nours the hill
was surrounded by a large force, including
the entire strength of the
Plflpprville romnanv. Nearby and eo
operating with the militiamen was a
posse of citizens from Placerville.
headed by the sherilfs son. Dallas
Bosquil. They were within sound and
sight of the fighting, but dared not fire
for fear of hitting the militiamen.
Lieutenant Smitu says there we-e
four convicts in the band that opened
fire on his men, but he was unable
to identify any of them except the negro
Seavis;
It was impossible to have a cordon
extended around the hill for some
hours. The cordon covered nearly
two miles and required over a hundred
men.
Before the picket lines could be
formed, the convicts got away eastward
along the creek. In their haste
they left a water can, several hats and
t some firearms on the hillside where
the conflict occurred
The dead bodies of Rutherford and
W. C. Jones, the two militiamen wtio
were shot by the outlaws, were found
Sunday morning where they had fallen.
Jones had served in the Philippines
as a member of the First Tennessee
and the Thirty-seventh volunteer
United States infantry. A1 Gill,
the national guardsman, who was shot
through one lung, is not expected to
recover.
Another report states that four of
the convicts, not believed to De tne
same who ambushed the officers Sunday,
were discovered near Lotus, in
the Webber creek district, by a posse.
A number of shots were exchanged,
but so far as known without result.
LIGHTNING BOLT KILLS THREE.
Pleasure Yacht Struck and Occupants
Dealt Quick Death.
A dispatch from Mobile, Ala., says:
Sunday afternoon ihe pleasure yacht,
Florodora, was struck by lightning off
the wharf at Point Clear, on Mobile
bay, and Ledyard Scott, formerly professor
in the imperial university at
Kagasima, Japan; Bruce Granville
Lincoln, a wealthy young Lnglishman
visiting Mobile, and William Brewton,
pilot of the boat, were killed.
-Advices from Venezuela indicate
, that President Castro is treating for
eigners witn great harshness.
FIVE YEARS AWARDED MURPHY,
Convicted Labor Official Given Heavy
Sentence by New York Judge.
A New York dispatch says: Lawrence
Murphy, former treasurer of the
Journeymen Stonecutters' union, whc
was arrested last December, charged
with embezzling $12,000 from the or
ganization and convicted of grand lar
ceny, has been sentenced to five year:and
six months in state's prison.
Judge Newburger scored the prison
er severely, saying that he had spent
; the funds of the union in riotous living,
and that his total stealing?
amounted to $27,000.
MINNESOTA LOSES BIG CASE.
Federal Judge Lochren Decides in Fa
vor of Railway Trust.
Judge Loehren, in the United States
circuit court, at St. Paul, handed
down his decision in the case of the
state of Minnesota against the North
ern Securities Company, the Northern
Pacific railway et al., in which he sus
tained the contention of lue defend
ants and dismissed the b.J of corn
plaint of the state.
TEN STRIKERS SHOT DEAD.
Trouble on Russian Railway Brought
to a Short Stop by Soldiers.
Ten striking workmen were killed
and eighteen were wounded as the 10
suit of a volley fired by troops at Mik
hailovo, Russia, on the Tiflis-Batouni
railway, July 28. The strikers at
tempted to stop trains and a detach
ment of soldiers was summoned. Toe
soldiers were greeted with a showei
of stones and revolver shots. After
repeated warnings, the troops were
erd?re4 t9 fire,
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GRIP ON THE GRAFTERS. ~
Drawn Still Tighter by Grand Jury at
Washington?More Indictments
Found. 1
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A Washington special says: The
federal grand jury, which has been
considering evidence growing out of
the postoffice investigation, returned
indictments Friday against the following:
August W. Machen, formerly gener- |
al superintendent of free delivery.
John T. Crupper, mayor of Lock
Haven, Pa.
William C. Long, of Washington.
William Gordon Crawford, also of
Washington.
George E. Lorenz and Martha J.
Lorenz, his wife, of Toledo, Ohio.
Maurice Unkel, of New York city. I
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chief of supplies, division of mail free '
delivery. 1
William J. Stern, of Baltimore. 1
With the exception of Crawford, all 1
of the above are indicted for con- 1
spiracy.
The indictment against Crawford is 1
for presenting a false claim against '
the government. Long and Crupper '
are aiso indicted separately f?>r bribdfry.
Orders for the arrest of all par- 1
ties were immediately issued. This '
batch of indictments does not wind
up the cases before the grand jury, 1
and other matters resulting from the !
postal investigation are pending uefore
that body and may result in indictments
against other parties in the
near future.
MAINE MILLS ALSO CLOSE.
High Price of Cotton Continues to
Cause Curtailment of Operations.
A special from Lewiston, Maine,
says: The extreme iJgh price of raw
cotton has compelled the Bales and
Androscoggin Manuiacturing Companies,
employing 3,000 hands, to order (
a curtailment of the output. Friday
notices were posted on the gates of
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mese vwo cuiyumnuus uuiu;iu5
employes that after Saturday the
mills would be in operation only four
days each week until further notice.
This is the first announcement this
season of any extended curtailment
in Maine.
Orders were also received from the
Boston office cf the company to shut
down the Cabott cotton mins, located
at Brunswick, for two weeks. The
order affects 1,000 operatives. The
closing is said to be due to the high
price of cotton.
BULLETS FOR STRIKERS.
Non-Union Men Forced to Use Guns
for Self-Protection.
The most serious disturbance of the
many that have occurred since the beginning
of the strike at the Port Vue
tin mill, at McKeesport, Pa., to)k
place Friday evening.
During the fighfJohn Mount was fatally
injured and John Cameron aras
shot so that he will be crippled f r
life. Both victims were on their way
home from one of the other milts.
When the turns changed at the Port
Vue mill, two of the non-union men,
H. D. King and Elmer Doliff, started
for home, when a crowd of 100 strikers
closed in on them, and it was seen
that the four or five policemen present
were not able to cope with them.
King and Dofff drew their revolvers
and fired into the crowd, which broke
ana ran. ivjlouul uuu ^auciuu
struck while endeavoring to get out
of danger.
CASTRO ADOPTS WRONG POLICY.
Insult to Spanish Consul Caused by
Venezuela's Anti-Foreign Attitude.
Semi-official advices received in
Washington from reliabV* sources
throw light upon the complications existing
in La Guayra, incident to the
trouble between the Spanish consul
there and the Venezuelan authorities.
They also make it appear that serious
trouble in that quarter is pending because
of the anti-foreign attitude of
the Venezuelan government. According
to those advices the Spanish consul
requested the privilege of appearing
before a tribunal, which was examining
the claim of a Spanish subject
against Venezuela. He was punished
through the witndrawal of his
exequateur.
FIGHT FOR PLANT'S MILLIONS.
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. Hoadley Brothers want to oe Kecognized
as Contingent Heirs.
An application was filed in the prolate
court at New York Friday for the
! removal of Morton F. Plant, Margaret
1 J. Plant and George H. Tilley, as excI
cutors of the will of the late Henry
Bradley Plant. Charles G. and Hbr
ace Hoadley, of Waterbury, sons of
1 George oHadley, who was a half
brother of Henry B. Plant, are the
applicants.
The Hoadleys want to be recognized
as contingent heirs of the estate,
; which is estimated to be worth $17,000,000
to $20,000,000.
POISONED BY SARDINES.
Father and Two Children Dead and
| Another Dying.
> I The family of D. W. Ward, a mer
I ohant nf Rallaeh. Nebraska, were no;
1 soiled Friday by eating sardines. Mr.
. Ward and two children are dead and
a third child is dying. Mrs. Ward
will recover.
MELONS SHIPPED TO LONDON.
t Georgia Man Sends Fine Specimens
to Friends Across the Water.
I G. W. Bacot of the Southern Ex.
press Company, of Americus, Ga.,
. made a shipment of watermelons to
i London a day or two ago. Several
. very fine specimens, weighing 60
pounds each, were selected and crated
> separately.
The melons were sent as a present
to one of his friends in Sierrie, Eng(
land, and will be the best ever seen
uthat side ot the Atlantic,
LOBBYING CHARGED
Sensation Brought to Focus
in the Georgia Legislature.
INVESTIGATION IN ORDER
Resolution Adopted Defines the Crime
of Lobbying and Calls for Probing
of Accusations Made on
Floor of House.
Charges of "lobbying" made open;y
in the Georgia legislature, and the report
of these charges by the newspapers?accompanied
in some instances
by comment construed as reflecting
"nnn m PTKl blATK nf the
of the chairman, Lewis, in ordering J
the arrest an^ ejection of any person j
who hissed or manifested any oojec- }
tion to the speaker of the evening.
It is said that the disturbance was ,
pre-arranged. After the meeting Trotter
and his friends admitted that they ,
went "there with the idea of asking t
Washington a number of questions,
and to resent any attack that might
be made on the New England representatives
to the recent Afro-American
council at Louisville.
The meeting was held under the ]
auspices of the Colored Business 3
Men's Association of Boston, at
which H. W. Lewis, assistant United (
States district attorney, presided.
BANK OFFICERS GAMBLED. ,
Oldest Institution in State of Penn- j
sylvania Closes Its Door.
The Doylestown National bank, of ,
Doylestown, Pa., has been closed by '
the comptroller of the currency.
The statement issued by the comptroller
of the currency says that the
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naps me uuuai impw wui ui mv gci.eral
measures considered. As there
was some little opposition to this, the
roll was called. The bill passed by a
vote of 23 to 3.
. INSTIGATOR OF RIOT DEAD.
Negro Who Shot Evansville, Indiana, j
Policeman, Succumbs to Wound.
Robert Lee, the negro who shot Policeman
Louis Massey at Evansville, I
Ind., July 3, and started the riot that I
resulted in the death and injury of
many citizens, died in prison Sunday
from the effects of a wound in the
lungs caused by a bullet fired by Massey.
Lee's wife was killed by a train
few days after the riot.
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CASE OF LOCKJAW CURED. j
Heroic Measures in Use of Anti-Toxin
Saves a Man's Life.
Doctors at the Grand Hospital in
San Francisco have succeeded in cur-1
ing a man of lockjaw. Anti-toxin w&s
injected in the muscles of the back. |
No improvement had developed and
he was given an injection of anti-tox-1
in in the spinal canal. The doctors!
then drilled^ a hole through^the skuII i
and injected anti-toxin into the lat ir*,
Ri ventricle. The man is now well 1
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general assembly?were responsible
for the senate's adoption, Thursday
morning, of a resolution calling for a
ioint committee of investigation. The
resolution was immediately transmitted
to the house, where it was referred
to the committee on judicial .v.
The committee at its meeting in the
afternoon adopted a substitute for the
original resolution in which the wording
of the original .was somew.:it
changed. With the adoption ot either
set of resolutions, however, an investigation
is assured.
Members of the senate discussed
the subject for an hour and then jv
practically unanimous vote adopted
the following resolution:
Whereas, the constitution of the
state of Georgia declares lobbying to
be a crime, and in pursuance o? this
conditional provision, the general as;
sembly has by legislative enactment,
defined lobbying to be any personal
solicitation of a member of the general
assembly of this state during a
session thereof by private interview,
or letter, or message, or other means
and appliances not addressed solely
to the judgment to favor or oppose 01
to vote for or against any bill, resolution,
report, or claim pending or to
be Introduced, in either branch thereof,
by any person who misrepresent
the nature 01 nis mteresi in me a?i-.
ter to such members, or who is employed
for a consideration by a person
or corporation interested in the
passage or defeat of such bill, resorttion,
report, or claim for the purpose
of procuring the passage or defeat
thereof. But this does not inclu-.ie
srch service as drafting petitions,
bills or resolutions, attending to the
taking of testimony, collating facis,
preparing arguments and memorials,
and submitting them oraily or in wrting
to a committeo or member of the
general assembly, and othe! service
of like character intended to reach
the reacon of the legislators. And as
prescribed as a punishment for tne
violation of this penal statute, confinement
in the penitentiary for not
less than one year nor more than five
years.
And whereas, it has been charged
by certain prominent and influential
members of the general assembly
"that lobbying does exist in this legislature,
and that they know it to be
true, but cannot prove it, Decause
these lobbyists know wnom to approach.
They seek only those whom
they know will not give them away;
that lobbyism may be broken up in
Georgia, but it will not be by the.
members of the legislature."
And whereas, leading newspapers
vf ctatd havo r>nmmpntpH iinop
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these charges.
And whereas, said charges are a re*
flection and insult to ihose members
who seek to discharge Iheir duty in
accordance with the*solemn oath taken
by each member;
And whereas, it is ine sense of the
senate and the house cf representatives
that the charges hereinbefore
made should be fully investigate 1;
therefore, be it ,
Resolved by the senate, the house
concurring, That a joint committee be
appointed, three from tne senate, fo
be appointed by the president of the
senate, and five from the house, to be
appointed by the speaker of the house,
to investigate these charges, with full
power to subpoena witnesses and compel
their attendance, and report .?11
evidence and findings to the general
assembly now in session, within one
week from this date.
DAYS OF GRACE ELIMINATED.
Georgia Senate Passes Bill Already
Approved by the House.
The Georgia senate held a short session
Monday, but when it adjournal
the desk was clear of business. Some j
house bills of general interest, and
two senate bills were passed. ,The bill
to abolish "days of grace" in Georgia,
which had passed the house, was per
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RAZORS MENACE BOOKER, i
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Boston Negroes Attempt to Break Up *.
a Meeting at Which Tuskegee '
Educator Was Speaker.
A dispatch from Boston, Mass.,
says: As the result of a concerted at- 5
tempt to break up a meeting where j,
Booker T. Washington was the guest t
of honor, a riot resulted, razors were ^
used, three men were more or less se- j
riously slashed and an effort was
made to reach Washington "to cut his
heart out" as one of the Infuriated
razor wielders shrieked.
This meeting, which included over
2,000 of Boston's colored resident, j.
was held In the African Methodist ?
Episcopal Zion church. From the mo- j.
ment that Booker T. Washington took c
the platform the trouble started, j.
While there had been more or less discord
while the previous speakers were
talking, the din became terrific when ,
WacMn?*trm starf-pd tr> snea*. Hisses.
cat calls and cries of "Put him out!" j
greeted the negro educator's appear- ^
ance. For some moments, the latter ^
tried, in vain, to make himself heard. ^
Finally the police were sent for. At
the appearance of the police a general
stampede resulted. Cli.bs were freely
used, and the officers were beaten and t
pounded while attempting to drag j
their three prisoners from the church. ^
Even the women joined in the at- c
tack on the bluecoats, and Officer P.
J. Malley was dangerously wounded
in the groin with a hat pin. Patrolman
Underhill, in warding off a knife
thrust intended for one of the dis- j
turbers, received a wound just below
the heart, while Bernard Charles, of
Everette, a colored opponent of the
Washington faction, was so badly
stabbed in the left side that his recov- .
ery is doubtful. Three arrests were
made. It was almost one hour before
quiet was restored and Washington .
given a chance to finish his lecture.
Both factions at the close of the
meeting issued statements. Washington
said, in his statement, that the negroes
of Boston should not be held 1 >
sponsible for a few riotous individuals,
while William Munroe Trotter, 5
one of those who were arrested, said J
the cause of the rioting was the ruling <
xaiiure 01 me Damn was muugm auuui
by speculations in stocks on the part
of the officers and a number of the (
customers of the bank.
The bank is one of the oldest in tho ,
state. Its Philadelphia correspond- ,
ents are the Philadelphia National
bank. The former has been its agent
for 50 years and the latter for 30
years.
DEADLY LIGHTNING BOLT. ]
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Three Killed and Many Injured at a
Church In Appomattox County, Va.
Thursday afternoon three persons
were killed and more than a score
injured by lightning at New Hope ,
church, Appomattox county. Va.
A meeting of the James River Baptist
Association was in progress and .
a large number of men took refuge
under an awning near the building
when the storm came up. Lightning |
struck a tree in front of the awning,
causing the disaster. (
Comptroller General Wright, of ^
Georgia, estimates that the increase
In value of taxable property in ihe (
state will go as high as $35,000,000.
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DOUBLES ON BRYAN SLOGAN.
A Ratio of 32 to 1 is Favored by the
Monetary Commission. ]
A report has been received at the i
state department from the United
States monetary commission which is
investigating the question of currency ]
for silver-using countries. The com- '
mission has already visited London, i
Paris, The Hague and Berlin. Accord- (
ing to the report the proposal of the [
American commission ior a ratio of 32 j
to 1 for new silver currency for Ori- 1
ental countries has been generally ]
well received. 1 (
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MUKt UU I I UN IYI11_Lt) LiUniMIL. j
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Plants in Massachusetts Close Down ,
for Indefinite Time.
A Boston dispatch of Monday says 1 ,
Additional cotton mills in New Eng- ,
land have decided to curtail produc- ]
tion, or close down. The mills of the *
Russell Cotton Manufacturing Com- <
pany at Middletown, and Higganum,
Conn., have closed for an indefinite ,
time on account of the raw cotton situation.
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GONFERENCE OF POPULISTS
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Called By Chairman Parker to Meet j
in Denver, Colo., July 27-29. 1
National Committeeman Joe A. Par- i
ker, of Texas, and Ed Mlsten, of Coio- <
rado, has issued a call for a conference
of populists and fusionists to be
held at Denver, July 27, 28 and 2-9.
The populist organizations in the various
states are asked to send dele- I
gates and an earnest invitation la ex- I
tended all dissatisfied democrat* and i
republicans to be present and consider
the political altua'.ton.
iTHENEWSOFAWEEK
IN SOUTH CAROLINA.!:
Hil l HH-f
Killed by Lightning Bolt.
Tillman Duncan, a young man of
ipartanburg, was struck and instantly
tilled by lightning while seated at a
able in his home. His mother, who
ras at the table with her son, was ulnjured.
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To Build Alumnae Hall.
Plans for the building of a hnndome
alumnae hall at Converse college
lave been accepted and work will be;in
at an early date. The proposed
milding will be two stories in height,
? TIib nnct Will
if finest -pressea unun.. A UC Www ?
ie between $10,00u and ^15,000.
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Slew Brother With a Chair.
Griffin and Bud Pack, orothers, who
ive just beyond the city limits of
Jreenville, on the Chick Springs road,
>ecame involved in a fight last Mon?
lay morning over a trivial matter.
Bud dealt his brother a he^vy blow
iver the head with a chair, from the
.'fleets of which he died m about two
lours. Shortly after the fight Bu?
>ack ran, but was arrested later near
Taylor's station. He is now in the
ounty jail.
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Woman to Carry Out Contract
A-Spartanburg dispatch says: Mrs.
Carle Sanders, wife of the railroad
:ontractor who was killed in a raiload
accident recently, has shown
jreat pluck in her determination to
:arry out the contract of her late hus>and
to build a trestle in Tennessee.
When her husband was killed it
seemed that the work would stop and
he widow suffer the financial loss incident
to the failure to carry out the
contract.
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Will Return to Planting Cotton.
Tobacco growers of the Pee Dae
section are completely paralyzed a^
;he low price their product is bringng
this season and attribute theii
nisfortune to the tobacco trust. The
ligh prices of last season induced
nany experienced farmers to put in a
3am or two; others increased theii
M?rv farmers have become
It'l cag^. atxuuj AM. M.v. __
liscouraged with tobacco growing and
will return to the old "stand-by"?cot
:on.
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Hon. Arthur Cushman Suicides.
At his home eight miles northeast
af the city of Aiken, one morning "the
past week, the Hon. Arthur W. Cush
man committed suicide.
Mr. Cushman served as a membei
af the state legislature from 1898 tc
L900, and while a member of that body
was regarded as an exceptionally
itrong and fair-minded man, winning
many friends in the capital city. Pi
aancial troubles caused the deed.
Mr. Cushman was a man of about 5(
years o'f? age and leaves a widow, three
laughters and four sons.
Revene Officers Destroy Big Still.
State constables and internal reve
aue agents report that they recently
iestroyed one of the largest illicit dia
tillery outfits ever seen in this section
rhirty-flve hundred gallons of beei
was destroyed, together ^ith a 125
gallon copper stil, eighteen ferment
ers and numerous other distillery ap
paratus and a quanuiy 01 nquut, i???
of the distillers were arrested, but re
leased under bond. The still was lo
cated at the foot of Hog Back moun
tain, near the North Carolina line.
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Peddler Brutally Murdered.
Abram Surasky, 30 years old, a Jew
Ish peddler, was murdered while or
his rounds near Hawthorne, in Aikei
county, a few days ago. The bodi
was not recovered until some time a!
terward. George Toole and Lee Greoi
have been arrested as the result of th<
coroner's inquest.
The murdered man was thirty yean
of age, and one of five brothers, wfc*
ran small stores in Aiken, all peaceful
quiet citizens, harming no one, as if
characteristic of the race. On the daj
of the murder Mr. Surasky loaded his
wagon with his packs and started or
his rounds. He is supposed to hav<
stopped at Green's house to sell hit
wares, as it was his custom to do, anc
It is alleged it was then that the twc
men carried out their plan of robber}
and murder.
Surasky was shot twice in the bacl
with a gun, one arm was almost sev
ered from his body and his head anc
body were hacaed horribly with an ax
When the body was discovered it was
impossible to recognize any semblance
of a human beffcg in the face, as do
composition had set in. Buzzards fly
ing over the spot attracted the atten
tion of men passing by. Sheriff Alder
man and the coroner went to th
scene 01 tne muraer ana un ataiuuiu;
for clews Ue officers found a pool oi
blood In the yard of Lee Green's house
ind other blood stains were discov
>red on melon rinds and the bloody
ix was found under the house.
At the coroner's inquest it was de
/eloped by the clews found that his
issailants shot Surasky twice in the
back and then cut him up with the ax
rhe shots evidently did not sufficie Lc
subdue their victim and the ax was
ised to finish him. After their wor?
svas accomplished they loaded the
corpse in the victim's wagon and
irove to a lonely spot in the woods
ind tied the horse to a tree and left it,
The horse, becoming hungry, broke
loose and pulled the wagon with its
jhastly load away from the spot
srhere he was tied to within a mile
ind a half of Hawthorn, when it was
liscovered.
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Won Money, But Died in Storm.
A sad incident in connection with
he recent flood developed in Spartansurg
a few days ago in the annoucen
neat by the attorneys for the plaintiff,
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GLOVE GRAF! NLA I if
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j Secretary Root Orders More
Probing of Army Contracts, dm
INVOLVES CONGRESSMAN H
Profits Alleged to have Been Divided ' ijsl
Between Manufacturer Lyon and ; ;?^s|
Representative Littauer. -.gJjS
Result of Investigation.
A Washington special says: Sec re- rgj
tary Root, Monday, made public all t
the papers relating to the Investiga> J'
tion into the government contract /
given for gloves with E. R. Lyon, This
contractor secured the gloves from Littauer
Bros., the senior member of J
the firm, L. N. Littauer, being a member
of congress. Secretary Root has
?nana trt tho Hpnart merit
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of justice in order that it may b$ as- ' :$&:
certained if the law has been violated 1
and that appropriate measures may be j
taken in the premises. There is a ||
statute which prohibits contracts for M
the government being made directly -
or indirectly with a member of cea? aH
gress, and this was the basis of the In- ? ^
vestigation by the war department -v.fS
Colonel Garlington, of the inspectof^l
general's department, was directed by J;
Secretary Root to make an investiga- _
tion of the whole matter. This was
done and his report referred to JucU;o : :
Advocate General Davis, who made an ||
exhaustive review and submitted an . 4
opinion to Secretary Root
In the course of his report and opidr
Ion, General Davis says in part: . ^
"It appears from th testimony thatn|
a contract was awarded to Lyon for- ^
1 3,000 pairs of muskrat gloves at $L^<I
per pair. Later a second contract for; _ ^J||H
20,000 pairs was awarded, to Lyon at
$1.70 per pair, a stipulation being in :i\9k
sercea iaai ucutcucs uuuct ? w?v .
i be increased 50 per cent, at tbe discre'
tion of the officer making tne contract. '0
The government took advantage of
- the stipulations and 30,601 pairs were
i actually called for, and delivered on[
der the last contract. Some discus,
sion having arisen as to the price '
which Lyon was to pay for gaunileU,
( an agreement was entered into be- f|
[ tween Littauer, Bros, and Lyon to the
. effect that an accurate account of the H
cost of manufacture was to be kept
and if, after the contract was complejed,
it should prove that the cost of
manufacture should not equal $1.66'per ^
; pair, Lyon was to receive one-half of fj
) the profits. There was a profit* of ^
. $3,537, (Hie-half of which was credited
to Lyon on the books of L4tta4eir '^J|g
Bros. A case falling within the pro>
vision of the rtafute Is clearly shown ^
r in the testimony, which in the oplnfon Jl^j
r of this officer charges the department
5 with the performance of the duty set jg
. forth in section 3739 of the revised mv
statutes; and it is therefore recom- I
I mended that a demand be made by the -.3
, quartermaster general upon the firm
of Littauer Bros, for the repayment qfi. s ^
whatever sum is found to have been
paid in consideration of the contract r
with E^. R. Lyon, as extended, in ac- Vjjjj
, cordance with Its terms, by the quar> \
r termaster's department."
Secretary Root makes an " iffiS'
ment on the opinion of the judge advo> ;
. cate general, whicfi sends the case to
. the department of Justice.
LIST OF VICTIMS INCREA8E* * M
. Five Men Die of Injuries Received In
Collision of Freights. ^^3
A Chattanooga dispatch says: The;
death list resulting from the head-end - '5.
collision between two freight trains
the Cincinnati Southern railroad Sat-'
urday night between Cumberland
Falls and GreenwoA nas grown to
eight, five men havlV died since Saturday
night. The following is a tevised
list of the dead:
Engineer T. S. Duke, Fireman D. A.
Philips, Fireman John Prtnce, Fireman
Joseph Walters, Fireman FYank J--J
Fletcher, Eugene Simpson, brakeman, ^
two unknown men who got on the ex- ^
tra freight at Greenwood.
Walter Powers, brakeman, was se- ' , J
riously and perhaps fatally injured. . >* "
Engineer N. S. Fitzgerald was serious- ?jjaH
ly injured.
KING THANKS g9V. AYCOCK.
6endo Appreciatory Message for Kind
ness Shown Portuguese. _
Governor Ay cock, of North * Caro _
Una, has received a letter ezpressini ' ./%
the thanks of the king of Portugal foi Zg
the kind treatment accorded by th?
people of the eastern part of the stall
to the Portuguese who were on th?
wrecked bark Vera Cruz VII, whict<
went aground in Ocracoke inlet 'ast > ^
May, ana wmcn was so cruwuev. *i?
Immigrants.
Some of these Portuguese are now
at work near Newbern on farms.' Et ''itM
! fort^ were made 10 induce all of them
? to locate In North Carolina.
that the supreme court of South Caro- ,'Jl
' lina has sustained the verdict of the
lower court in allowing $4,500 damages
to Fletie Gosa, drowned in the , t
t flood of June 6 on Pacolet river and
i now, after months of anxious waiting,
. this money on which she had based
i many hopes, will go into other hands. ^
i The case was tried the first time in ^
; the court of common pleas a year ago,
i and the court allowed $4,500 damages
1 to the plaintiff for Injuries received as
1 the result of an engine on the South- '
ern colliding with a vehicle in which . -|3
' the plaintiff was riding.
1 The accident happened at Mouxft |
: Zion station, a few miles north of '
t Spartanburg. An appeal was taken jo
i the supreme court or ine state, ?au
while this was pending the plaintiff
met her tragic, death by being drown*
ed in the early morning of June 6,
when the flood at Pacolet river oc*
The money will be credited to the
f estate of the deceased and will be *11- .
] vlded among relatives,