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TG PRISON FOR LIFE
Is the Sentence Awarded in ;
Cases of Jett and White.
NO FEAR OF GALLOWS
Verdict of Jury Was no Surprise and
is Considered a Victory for the
Defense?Motion for New
Trial to Be Made.
At Cynthiana, Ky., Saturday morning,
the jury in the case of Curtis Jett
and Thomas White, charged with the
assassination of James B. Marcum at
Jackson, returned a verdict of guilty,
fixing .the punishment of each at life
imprisonment. The verdict was renrKnn
t Vi r\ra worn Knt fonr nor
bUiix^u nu^u tuviw n v.* v vuv xv *?
sons in the court room.
Jett received the verdict with comparative
indifference and calmness.
White, who has been apparently under
a severe strain during the trial, flush'
ed tip and his eyes filled with tears.
Attorney Golden, for the defense,
stated that a motion for a new trial
will be made as soon as possible. The
general opinion seems to be that the
motion will be overruled by the court
of appeals. The verdict occasioned little
surprise in Cynthiana after the deliberation
of the jury had been so prolonged.
The only question which
caused the delay, it is said, was that
of punishment?death or life imprisonment.
"?he verdict on the whole is regarded
as ja victory for the defense, as the
; prcisecution asked that no middle
grciund be taken and that the men
either go clear or be hanged.
The case has been on trial almost
three weeks, having been begun July
27. At the first trial at Jackson, the
jury disagreed and it is believed the
final verdict was a compromise with
a juror opposed to capital punishment.
The friends of Captain B. L. Ewcn
and other witnesses lor the commonwealth
who have suffered greatly and
"were living in fear of their lives are
greatly relieved. They expected the
death penalty which they were confident
would have been followed by confessions
from the condemned men, exposing
parties high in authority in
Breathitt county who are considered
to be back of the conspiracies. There
have been twenty-seven lives lost
within the past two years in the Hargis-Cockrill
feud in Ereathitt county,
. and this is the first conviction. No arrests
or indictments had Leen made
until last May, when the troops were
ordered to Jackson to protect the
grand jury and afterward the trial jury
and witnesses.
Jett is still under indictment for
first degree murder for killing To*'ri
Marshal Cockrill. Jett said Friday
night the rope had never been made
with which to hang him, but he made
no/remarks. His friends say he will
have a new trial, and even if he fails
In that effort, he might be pardoned >n
the course of time. The friends of the
defendants showed such relief as io
leave no doubt of their previous apprehensions
of the death penalty.
~ OORBETT EASY FOR JEFFRIES.'
Pugilistic Contest at 'Frisco Was
Tame and of Short Duration.
At San Francisco Friday night before
an immense audience of the sporting
fraterrflty, James J. Jeffries, champion
heavyweight of the world, played
with Jim Corbett for nine rounds and
a half, and then Corbett's seconds motioned
to Referee Graney to stop the
in order to save their man from
needless punishment.
The end came shortly after the beginning
of the tenth round, when Jeffries
planted one of his terrible left
swings on Corbett's stomach. Tho
man who conquered John L. Sullivan
dropped to the floor immediately and
the/memorable scene at Carson City,
Nevada, when Bob Fitzsimmons landed
his solar plexus blow, was almost
duifeicated. This: time, however, Corbett
struggled to his feet and again
faced his gigantic adversary. With
. hardly a moment's hesitation, Jeffries
" s\yung his right and again land9d on
Corbett's stomach. Jim dropped to the
floor.
HORRORS REACH THE LIMIT.
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Bodies of Women and Children Choke
River Near Monastlr, Macedonia.
A dispatch from Sofia, Bulgaria
says: The river near Monastir, Mace
donia, is full of the mutilated bodies oi
women and children who have beer
massacred by Bashi Bazouks.
A dispatch received Monday from
Uskub says that 600 Bashi Bazouks
under tho command of Albanian
chiefs, who are notoriously cruel, pil
laged and destroyed a number oi
Christian villages in the districts oi
Debra and Okrida.
FOURTEEN STRIKERS SLAIN.
So Says Russian Correspondent at
?r
Kieff to the London Times.
Fourteen strikers were killed and 3
hundred to a hundred and fifty wounded
In a military onslaught which occurred
in the vicinity of Kief?, according
to a Russian correspondent of Toe
London Times. The troops, he says
fired several volleys into the strikers
at close quarters.
LASH OF WHITECAPS FATAL.
Sheep Rancher Tied to Tree by Mob
and Whipped to Death.
Near Dupuyer, Mont., Friday night,
fourteen masked men, supposed to be
cattlemen, took a herder from the
sheep camp of Joe Sturgeon and carrying
him ten miles into the mountains^
tied nim to a tree and whipped
him to death. They shot many of the
herder's sheep and drove the remain
* der away. A posse started in pursuit
of the whitecaps.
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A GREAT NAVAL DISPLAY.
Occurs Off Oyster Bay for Exclusive
Purpose of Presidential Honors.
Twenty-One Ships in Line.
A dispatch from Oyster Bay says:
Twenty-one warships drawn up in four
parallel columns a mile long and including
some of the best fighting ships
of the United States navy, resting
upon the glassy surface of Long Island
Sound, composed the picture which lavspread
out before President Rooseveit
when he stepped out upon the veranda
of his home at Sagamore Hill early
Monday morning. Their brass work
i1 shining under the sianting rays of the
morning sun gave evidence that every
ship was spick and span for this, tne
first naval review* at the nation's summer
capitol and probably the first ever
held for the exclusive purpose of presidential
honors.
Commanded by Rear Admiral Bar,
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Ker ana tnreo otner naval officers cf
similar rank, tne fleet, comprising two !
squadrons each of two divisions, besides
a flotilla of torpedo boat destroyers,
included a representative of nearly
every type of fighting craft from
the ponderous Illinois to the little destroyers.
Two parallel columns of bat
Ue8kip8 and cruisers headed by the
Kearsarge, Rear Admiral Barker's flagship,
flanked by files of destroyers,
composing the North Atlantic fleet
covered the placid sound for two miles
off shore from picturesque Lloyds
Neck and blockading the mouth of
Oyster Bay presented a splendid marine
spectacle abundantly suggestive
of America's sea power.
Clustered in the mouth of the bay
rested the president's yacht, Mayflow
er, Secretary Moody's official crait,
the Dolphin, and Sir Thomas Lipton's
beautiful steam yacht Erin, surround
ed by a graceful fleet of steam and
sailing vessels gathered to witness tue
imposing ceremony when the president
and the fleet officials exchanged salutes.
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HEALTH BOARD FOR GEORGIA.
Governor Attaches His Signature to
In^jortant New Legislative Act.
Governor Terrell, of Georgia, signed
the state board of health bill Monday
morning and expects to appoint the
members of the ooard immediately.
The bill provides for a board of eleven
members, one from each congres
sional district, with a secretary whose
office shall be in the capitol. The secretary
is to receive a salary of $2,000
a year and is ex-offlcio member of tne
board. The board elects its own president.
The members receive no salaries,
but are paid $5.00 a day when
actually in attendance on the meetings
of the board. A majority are to De
practicing physicians, and the secretary
is required to be a physician.
The board will have complete
charge of health matters of the state,
with authority to take such steps as
are necessary to prevetn the spread oi
contagious diseases. In view of the
existence, at times, of smallpox, yellow
fever, etc., the importance of the board
becomes at once appr^ent.
WOUNDED NINE OUT OF ELEVEN.
Alabama Negro Protects His Water
melon Patch with Shot Gun.
News reached Heflin, Ala., Monday,
that four men were killed and nme
wounded in Randolph county Saturday
afternoon hv a neero named Sledee.
The trouble started over a difficulty
in a watermelon patch. A party oi
white men were working the public
road near which Sledge has a watermelon
patch and when the men fin
ished working they asked permission
to eat a few melons. Sledge told them
to help themselves, but requested that
they take care not to destroy the
vines. As soon as the men got intc
the patch they began to cut and slash
melons in every direction, while
Sledge looked on. The negro warned
them to stop and then went after his
gun. Returning he emptied the weap
on into the crowd, wounding nine out
of eleven men.
Roumanla Prepares for War.
A cable dispatch from Bucharest
says: Acting War Minister Bratianc
has ordered the government powdei
factory and small arms ammunition
depots to prepare large quantities oi
ammunition immediately.
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RUSSIA'S IRE IS KINDLED.
Warships of Czar Nicholas Ordered to
Sail for Turkish Waters.
A squadron of the Russian Black
sea fleet has been ordered to sail for
Turkish waters.
Notification of this move has been
telegraphed from Sebastapol -to the
Russian ambassador at Constantinople.
The dispatch of the squadron is intended
to emphasize Russia's intention
of exacting complete compliance with
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her demands as to sauaiwauu ,
murder, by a Turkish gendarme, 01
her consul at Monastir.
CARROLL WRIGHT AS UMPIRE.
To 8ettle Questions Between Pennsylvania
Miners and Operators.
At Birmingham Ala., Saturday,
Judge Gray affirmed the appointment
of Carroll D. Wright, of Washington,
as umpire in the questions to be settled
between the miners and operators
in the Pennsylvania district. He forj
warded the appointment to the concii- j
iation committee.
WITH THE PRISON COMMISSION, f
The Mamie DeCris Case Failed to Get
Before Georgia Legislature.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The De- j
Cris case is now in the hands of the
Georgia state prison commission.
- That body sent a report to the leg- j
islature Wednesday, stating that on account
of the great amount of testi-1
mony submitted during the investiga-1
tion by Warden Jake Moore, it would
be impossible to transcribe it all before
adjournment. The legislature j
thereupon left the case In the hands j
of the commission. _ _ .
CRY FROM BULGARIA
Appeal to Powers to Stop
Butchery by Turks,
HARROWING STORY TOLD
Hundreds of Villages in Balkans Have
Been Pillaged and Plundered and
Christian Inhaoitnast Slaughtered
Right and Left.
The Eulgarian government has presented
a memorandum to the powers
setting out at great length the condition
of affairs during the past three
months in Macedonia since the Turk
Isli government undertook to Inaugurate
the promised reforms. The most
precise details, dates, places and
ames of persons are given in the
memorandum, the whole constituting
a terrible category of murder, torture,
incendiarism, pillage and general oppression
committed by the Ottoman
soldiers and officials. These particulars
were obtained entirely from official
sources, such as the reports of the
Bulgarian consuls and agents of the
Bulgarian government, and,' in many
instances, the reports made by Turkish
authorities. Tne Bulgarian government
guarantees the absolute truth of
every statement and challenges the
porte to disprove a single charge
made in the memorandum, which begins
by stating that during the past
three months the Ottoman government
has taken a series of measures with
the alleged intention of inaugurating
an era of promised reform and of assuring
peace and tranquility to the
Bulgarian population of European Turkey,
but which have nad the contrary
effect of further exasperating this
population and reviving the revolutionary
movement. Instead of proceeding
solely against persons guilty
of breaches of the public order, the
military and civil authorities have
sought every possible pretext to persecute,
terrorize and ruin the Bulgarian
inhabitants, alike in the large cities
and in the small village.?.
Wholesale Massacres.
Wholesale massacres, individual
murders, the destruction of villages
and setting fire to houses, the arrests,
ill-treatment, tortures, arbitrary Imprisonment
and banishment, the closing
and disorganizing of churches and
schools, the flfning of merchants, the
collection of taxes for many years in
advance?such, proceeds the memorandum,
are among the acts of the Ottoman
administration of the vilayets of
Salonica, Monastir, Uskub and Arrianople.
The memorandum next relates in
detail a number of such cases in each
village. During the first three weews
of July twenty-five villages in tbe district
of Tikvesch were su ejected to the
depredations- of the Turkish soldiers
and Bashl-Bazouks. The cillagers
-ror-i i)oV#>n nnd tortured, the women
violated and the houses plundered
wuiie tne administrative authorities
looked on.
In the ilayet of Monastir, artillery
bombarded and razed the flourishing
town of Smerdesch, the 300 houses being
left a heap of ruins. At the beginning
of July two Greek bands with
the connivance of the authorities, pillaged
Bulgarian villages and murdered
many of their inhabitants.
Altogether, the memoraudum gives
particulars of no less than 131 individual
and general cases of excesses
and outrages committed by the Turkish
authorities. In summarizing the
specific details of the outrages menmamnronrlnm
rl AT1] A TPS th.lt
il/UCUj lliC mvrnui t*uuu*u xAw.w.
wholesale massacres were perpetratod,
by regulars and Bashi-Bazouks in the
town of Salonica and the villages of
Baldevo, Banitza, Techourilovo, Karbinza,
Moghila, Smerdesch and Enidje,
while the scene of carnage, pillage and
incendiarism were everywhere terrible.
Articles of Merger Filed,
There was filed in the office of the
secretary of state at Montgomery, Ala.,
Saturday articles of agreement of
merger and consolidation of the Seaboard
Air Line railway and Florida
Central and Peninsular Railroad Company.
IMMENSE MORTGAGE FILED.
Seaboard Air Line Railway Plans to
Secure Extensive Equipment.
A $1,605,000 mortgage was filed in
the office of the judge of probate,
at Montgomery, Ala., Thursday by the
Seaboard Air Line railway to the
Guaranty Trust Company, of New
York. The mortgage is to secure
equipment to be furnished the road.
Enormous Increase in Tax Values.
Tax returns of counties to Comp- j
x?onnnrai Wright of Georgia, al- !
II U11C1 ucuv.1 UI 1. . -0 , - - _
ready show an increar.e of more than j
$22,000,000 in property values.
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BIG BATTLESHIP DAMAGED. |
Massachusetts Came In Contact With j
Rock with Serious Results.
Late Thursday a^-noon divers who
had been examining the United States
battle ship Massachusetts, which had
her forward plates cracked while leaving
Bar Harbor, Maine, in a fog Wed
nesday, found that she was more seriously
damaged than was at first
thought to be the case, as the ship was
settling aft as well as forward.
TURKEY CALLS OUT TROOPS.
Ottoman Ruler Prepares to Put Down
the Revolution in Macedonia.
An important irade has been issueu
at Constantinople, calling out fitly two
additional battalions of troops (about
52,800 men) from the European prov
inces of Turkey, in consequence of the
spread of the insurrection in M-ac-edo
nia. These troops comprise twenty
battalions of reserves of the first class
from the Adrianople and Salonica army
corns.
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NEW ARMY REGULATIONS.1
General Young Quits Command and j
| Assumes Duties of Chief of Staff.
Secretary Root Issues Orders.
Saturday Secretary of War Root
promulgated an order defining the du- !
ties of the general staff of the army,
which went into effect under the law
on that day. The most important feature
of the order is that in relation lo
the duties of the chief of staff. On j
this point the secretary says:
"Under the act of February 14, 1903,
the command of the army of the United
States rests with the constitutional
commander in chief, the president.
The president will place parts of the
army and separate armies whenever
constituted, under commanders suber- j
dinate to his general command; and, ^
in case of exigency seeming to him Lo
require it, he may place the whole ar- 1
my under a single commander- subor- I
dinate to him; but in time of peace '
and under ordinary conditions tne an- i
ministration and control of the army
are effected without any second in
command.
"The president's command is exercised
through the secretary of war and
the chief of staff. The secretary of :
war is charged with carrying out the 1
policies of the president in military af- !
fairs. He directly represents and ts J
bound always to act in conformity to
the president's instructions. Under .he
law and the decisions of the supreme
court his acts are the president's acts,
and his directions and orders are the
president's directions and orders.
"The chief of staff reports to the
secretary of war, acts as his military
adviser, receives from him the directions
and orders given in behalf of the
president, and gives effect thereto in
the manner hereafter provided.
"The chief of staff is detailed by
the president from officers of the army
at large, not below the grade of brigadier
general. The successful performance
of the duties of the position requires
what the title denotes?a relation
of absolute confidence and personal
accord, and sympathy between
the chief of staff and the president,
and necessarily also between the chiof
of staff and the secretary of war. For
this reason, without any reflection
whatever upon the officer detailed, the
detail will in every case cease, unless
sooner detailed, on the day following
the expiration of the term of office of
the president by whom the detail is
made; and if at any time the chief of
staff considers that he can no longer
sustain toward the president and the
secretary of war the relations above
described, it will be his duty to apply
to be relieved."
New Officers of General Staff.
Two general orders were also issued
by General Young as chief of staff of
the army under the new law. The
first stated that in compliance wiih the
instructions of the president, he, General
Young, relinquishes command of
the army and assumes the duties of
chief of staff.
The second order announced the assignment
of officers of the general
staff as follows:
Assistants to chief of staff, Major
General Henry C. Corbin, adjutaut
general.
Brigadier General William H. Caster,
Brigadier General Wallace F. Randolph,
chief of artillery.
War College Board?Brigadier General
Tasker H. Bliss, president; Col>
nel Alexander Maykin, secretary; Colonel
William P. Hall, assistant adjutant
general, is designated acting adjutant
general of the army.
Heretofore all army orders have
been issued from the headquarters of
the army, adjutant general's office, oy
command of the lieutenant general.
Hereafter orders will be issued direct
from the war department, signed by
the chief of staff and Inscribed "Official,
W. P. Hall, acting adjutant gen?,j
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WHEAT GOES TO ONE DOLLAR.
That Price Again Reached on 'Change
at Minneapolis, Minnesota.
"Dollar wheat" was at last seen on
'change at Minneapolis Friday for the
first time since the Leiter corner. It
was cash wheat, and there were sales
at that figure. Later $1.02 was asked
and $1.01 bid, with no sales. The September
option touched 85, the highest
point in fourteen years.
TOMMY IS NOT SATISFIED.
Mayor of Cincinnati Has a Little Convention
of His Own.The
faction favoring Mayor Tom L.
t Johnson for governor held in Cincinnati,
Friday night, what was called "an
adjourned democratic convention of
Hamilton county." Delegates to the
state convention were selected who
are expected to favor Mayor Johnson
for the nomination for governor. The
delegates selected by the previous convention
are in favor of John L. Zimmerman,
of Springfield, tor the nomination.
TURKEY WARNED BY BRITAIN.
Ottoman Ruler Advised to Stop Reign
of Bloody Butcheries.
According to advices from Constantinople
the British ambassador nas
called the attention of the porte to the
serious situation in Macedonia. He
I ?that p-mvo conseuuences
puiiitcu D may
attend fresh murders of consuls
or subjects.
The ambassador had an audience
with the sultan Friday.
IT "BURNED" ALL RIGHT.
Two Dead Men and Others Hurt in I
Test of a Keg of Powder.
A keg of powder exploded at the
entrance of the North Alabama Coal
and Iron Company's mine, at Coal City,
Ala., Thursday morning, with the tesult
that two men are dead and several
injured.
The explosion occurred while one of
the men who was killed, was testing a
handful of powder to see whether or
not it would burn.
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CONGRESS TO MEET!
In Extraordinary Session in
October or November.
TWO OBJECTS IN VIEW
To Make Operative the Cuban Reciprocity
Treaty and Enact, if
Possible, Some Needed Financial
Legislation.
A special from Oyster Bay says:
President Roosevelt's conference Wednesday
night with the members of the
onK Artm I tf a a f V* ? r a t/\ fl ? nn /%/%
o u U'v^ v-rixi JLia i ilcc ui iuc ociiaiu
committee was not concluded until the
small hours of Thursday morning.
The whole subject of financial legislation
at the approaching session of congress
was discussed thoroughly.
The committee did not present even
a tentative draft of a currency bill to
the president, although some propositions
which, subsequently may be embodied
in the measure, were reduced
to concrete form, no definite conclusions
as to the shape of the proposed
legislation were reached. The conference
related rather to methods of procedure
in the work at hand, rather
than to the form of legislation. At 11
o'clock some of the members left Sagamore
Hill for Senator Aldrich's home
in Rhode Island.
One fact of distinct importance was
developed at the conference. While
an extraordinary session of congress
next fall is assured, it has not been determined
whether It will be called to
meet in October or November. It has
been supposed that the extraordinary
session would convene Monday, November
9, but the indications now are
that it will be called perhaps several
weeks earlier.
The primary purpose of the extraordinary
session will be to enact legislation
making operative the Cuban reciprocity
treaty, but financial legislation
also will be pressed upon the attention
of congress after it convenes.
It can be said that the senate finance
committee will dra*t no measure formally
and conclusively until consultations
have been held with other members
of the senate, democrats as well
as republicans, with members of Hie
house and with the best authorities on
finance in the country. It is the desire
of the committee to be constantly
in touch with the president, with other
.senators, wun meuiuera ui cue uuuao,
with bankers of the west as well as
those of the east, and with country
bankers as well as city bankers, 30
that some plan of legislation may be
formed by the opening of the extraordinary
session of congress.
It is the hope of the committee, to
devise a genuinely elastic currency
system?a system that will expand
when necessity shall arise and contract
when the necessity shall have
ceased to exist.
Senator Aldrich, when asked wi.h
reference to the visit, said:
"We talked with tne president about
financial conditions and the need of
legislative changes. No bill has beon
drafted or agreed on and none will be
until after the fullest consultation
with our democratic associates of the
sub-committee and all the members if
the finance committee. It is, however,
our purpose to have 5 bill in readiness
for presentation to the senate at the
beginning of the extra session, if one
shall be called in October or November.
We are hopeful that a bill can be
agreed upon and reported that will
receive the approval of both houses of
congress and afford prompt and efficient
relief to the business interests
of the whole country."
FUNDS OF LEO FOUND.
Late Pontiff Had a Large Sum of
Ready Cash Laid Away.
A dispatch from Rome says: Monsignor
Cagiano, the major domo, ac
nompanied by Cardinals Rampolla and
Mocenni, opened the apartment of
Pope Leo Thursday afternoon, breaking
the seals put on at the time of
the pontiff's death. They found a considerable,
amount of money, it is stated,
several millions of francs, besides
other valuables.
FISHING VESSEL RIDDLED.
Caught Poaching in Canadian Waters
and Badly Shelled by Gunboat
The Sliver Spray, a fishing boat owned
at Erie, Pa., arrived in port Wednesday
afternoon in a badly shattered
condition, due to an encounter in midlake
about noon, with the rCanadian |
revenue cutter Petrel.
The captain of the Petrel, wben he
saw that the Silver Spray was trying
to get away, opened fire with all the
guns he had on board, and before he
ceased firing some twenty shots had
struck the Silver Spray. ?
YELLOW JACK IN MEXICO.
Texas Authorities Adopt More Rigor
OUS nun VI wumaaik.iivi
In view of the appearance of the
yellow fever at Victoria, Mexico, about
70 miles from Monterey, on the line
of the Monterey and Gulf railway, the
quarantine against the yellow fever |
I established at Laredo, Texas, has been
I made more rigorous by the appointment
of an additional force of guards
by the state authorities.
BIG MONEY FOR PUGILISTS.
Jeffries Gets $33,723 and Corbett $10,910
for Their Little "Scrap."
According to the official count, 10,
669 people viewed the contest between
Corbett and Jeffries at San Francisco
Friday night. The gross receipts
amounted to $622,340. Of this sum the
fighters received 70 per cent, or $43,628,
which was divided 75 per cent ro
the winner and 25 per cent to the
loser. For his victory, Jeffries is enriched
to the extent of $33,728, while
Corbett gets $10,910.
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ICream of News.?
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Bay.
..?Dock laborers at Brunswick have
demanded an increase of two and a
half cents an hour in wages and a
strike is probable.
?Lewis Wiggins, last survivor of
the cruiser Shenandoah, that sailed
the seas under confederate colors for
nine months after war ended, and who
died Saturday, was buried at Columbus,
Ga., Sunday.
?Raleigh, N. C., will vote on dispensary
question on September 5.
?Citizens of Florence, S. C., in.
mass meeting declared a boycott on
the products of the tobacco trust.
?Alabama legislature reconvenes
on the first Tuesday in September.
?The president and his famny
Sunday morning attended divine services
on board the battleship Kearsarge.
?President Roosevelt Sunday afternoon
addressed a gathering of Catholics1
at Oyster Bay on decency of
speech and conduct.
?Justice David Brewer, in an article
on lynching, says that speedy action
by the courts would have a tendency
to allay the mob spirit.
?At Washington the opinion prevails
that, owing to the differences
among republicans, there will be no
financial legislation at the extra session
of congress.
?Statistics show that the deaths
among the negroes in cities far exceed
the births. The urban nepro population
is decreasing, except as it is increased
by arrivals from the country.
?A petition has been forwarded
from Panama to the Colombian congress
urging the passage of the canal
treaty.
?Because he was socially snubbed
by Reina Castillo, President Cabrera,
of Guatemala, has thrown me former
into prison.
?The Bulgarian government has
presented a memorandum to the powers
charging the Turks with unspeakable
atrocities in the disturbed districts
of the Balkans.
?Albany, Ga.( officials deny the published
story of the lynching of a white
man and a negro at Hartsfleld for assaulting
a white woman.
?The two boys from Atlanta and
Savannah, Ga., who were shanghaied
and shipped aboard a South American
Reamer, will be detained at Santos,
Brazil, by the American consul.
?Fifteen negro prisoners make their
escape from jail at Wasnington, N. C
?Tennessee will have an exhibit ot
her products' at the World's fair in St.
Louis.
?A. E. Batson was executed at
Lake Charles, La., Friday, for the
murder of a family of six persons.
?Coal and coke company of BirI
mlnorhnm Alo cv^lrl nmnprfv tn 8
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Pennsylvania company.
?Forty-nine lashes were laid on the
bare back of a negro, 23 years old, by
his father, at police station in Macon,
Ga. The fellow was given the preference
of term of chaingang or whipping.
He chose the latter. His father
did the whipping.
?Secretary Root has issued a statement
in regard to the duties of the
chief of staff.
?Jett and White were convicted of
the murder of Attorney Marcum and
sentenced to life imprisonment.
?In an address at Dixon, Ills., Federal
Judge Grosscup declared that the
governornment must supervise monopolies
in oi-der to save the nation.
?The British parliament has been
prorogued. There was nothing in King
Edward's speech of special Interest.
?The Turkish gendarme who killed
the Russian consul at Monastir has
been executed in obedience to the request
of the czar.
?Announcement is made in New
York of the merging of Seaboard Air
Line railway gvstem with Rock Island
and 'Frisco interests.
?The dreaded Mexican boll weevil
has at last crossed to this side of the
Mississippi river and much apprehension
is felt.
?The Georgia legislature adjourned
its summer session at 6:30 o'clock
Wednesday evening amidst great re
joicing.
?The West Indies cyclone, which
swept the island of Jamaica last Tues
day, did fearful work in tne destruction
of life and property.
?Before adjournment, Wednesday,
the Georgia house, of representatives
agreed to senate amendments to the
convict bill, and the measure is no*
up to the governor.
?Two negroes attacked five white
men in Greenville county, South Carolina.
One of the white men is dying
and the other four were slightly
wounded.
?An American fishing smack was
caught poaching in Canadian waters
Wednesday and was badly shelled by
a Dominion gunboat
?The Georgia legislature and Governor
Terrell take up the whipping of
Mamie DeCris, a young woman convict
at the state prison farm, and order investigation.
?Experts declare that the will r.f
ihe late G. W. Collier, of Atlanta, Ga.,
is an impression copy and other start
I ling testimony is given.
I
j ?Baron Speck Von Sternberg, whom
Roosevelt greets as "Speckie, old boy,'
was received by the president at Oys
ter Bay Friday. Baron Speck appealed
in full court costume.
?The Georgia Dairymen's Associa
tion adjourned at Athens Wednesday
to meet at Tallulak Falls next year.
?Two negroes, convicted of high
way robbery, were executed at Bit
mingham, Ala, Friday.
?A fight between Croatan Indians
and negroes is reported from Kortb
Carolina. Several of the combatants
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|t5Tnews of a week 'f
i in south carolina. i
4-H-H4WH4M I I I ry-n I T f M'
New Industries Established.
The Chattanooga Tradesman reports
the following new industries established
in South Carolina during the past
week: 'Charleston, $1,000,000 refinery;
$30,000 bottling works, $30,000 compress
and warehouse company; Pendleton,
$65,000 cotton mill; Manning,
telephone company, naval stores company.
Three Killed by Lightning.
Sarah Polite, colored, and two children
were killed by lightning at Brogdens,
in Sumter county. The woman
was in the act of closing a window
when killed The infant in her arms
was knocked across the room and seriously
injured, but is alive today. The
other children were on the opposite
side of the room.
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Recruiting Office Kept Busy.
The United States recruiting office
is doing a rushing business at Spartanburg.
One day the past week they
sent seven recruits away to different
stations. They have been in the city
more than a month, but secured more
men than they had for the previous
time altogether. The rush is because
of the closing down of tne cotton
mills, it is? thought.
A "Peeping Tom" Flogged.
Twice within two weeks Charlie
Stark, a young negro man from Georgia,
nad been at the window of a beautiful
young woman in the Sharon section
of Abbeville county, evidently for
an evil purpose. He called the young
woman's name in a low voice, and
when she heard him she called her
brother, who slept in an adjoin)
room, and the negro fled.
I The second time he came the men
of the neighborhood gave chase. He
was overtaken at the Turkey Hill
place, near the Island ford, over Little
river, on the Savannah side of the
county. The determination was to kill
him at once, but some of the older
men of the pursuing party prevailed
upon the crowd to let him off with a
whipping. Procuring a buggy trace,
they laid upon his back 210 lashes.
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Every Cent Accounted For.
The work of the relief committee appointed
by the mayof of Spartanburg
to handle the funds and give relief lo
A * 1 v.. t AaaHQ
mose wno suuereu uy me icvwi Uwuu
In the ficinity is done and the committee
haa been discharged. The work
was completed when checks for the
amount remaining in the treasury
were mailed out to farmers whose
crops were destroyed along the
streams. This was decided to he the
best way to dispose of the remaining
funds after all suffering had been relieved,
and no actual want any longer
existed: Each farmer received an
amount proportionate to his loss, and
the amount of funds on hand, ranging
from $5 to $30 each.
According to the report of the treas
urer of the committee, the receipts
were as follows: Subscriptions from
out of town, $21,454.98; subscriptions
from Spartanburg, $4,543,29. Tot U,
$25,998.27.
The principal disbursements were:
Relief committee at Clifton, $10,600;
relief committee at Pacolet, $2,890;
relief committee at Glendale, $1,000;
telief committee at Fingerville, $500;
relief committee at Whitney, $500.
The committee did a good work and
deserves the thanks and appreciation,
of the people.
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Boycott Against Tobacco Trust v
To offset the tobacco trust, which it
is stated is responsible for the almost
ruinous price now received by the tobacco
growers of South Carolina, the
citizens of Florence county held a
mass meeting a few days ago in which
they declared war on the tobacco
trust. After perfecting a permanent l
organization, these resolutions were
adopted:
"Resolved, That we will not purchase
any manufactured tobacco 01
cigars put on the market by the tobacco
trust, or any other goods manufac-1
tured by trusts where others manufactured
by independent concerns can be
purchased instead, regardless of any
drop in price on the part of the trusts.
"2. That the chairman of this organization
appoint a committee of three
to visit all the merchants of Florence
to urge them not to purchase or soil '
any trust manufactured tobacco or '
other trust goods where others can be 1
purchased.
"3. That the chairman appoint a
committee of three to prepare a complete
list of all tobacco products manufactured
by the trusts and that this 1
list be given to the press.
"4. That the chair appoint a com- 1
mittee of three in each township in 1
this organization.
"5. That this meeting urge on all '
other communities to perfect organizations
looking to co-operation with us
on these lines.
"6. That a committee be appointed
by the chair to confer with the merchants
of Florence looking to make ar
rangements to procure the sale of oil J
from Independent companies."
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8ERENADERS DISAPPOINTED. i
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Colored Band Made Futile Attempt t< i
Serenade President Roosevelt 1
In a driving rain storm Wednesday
afternoon a brass band composed ol
colored boys from the Jenkins orphanage
at Charleston, S. C., marched ^
from the village of Oyster Bay to Sagamore
Hill, about three miles, to serenade
the president and his family.
The band did not reach the president's <
residence, being turned back to Oys- ,
ter Bay by the secret service office* j
on duty.
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ft you have something to sell, left
the people know It An advertisement *
In will do the work.
TREATY REJECTED -J
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Colombia Refuses to Ratify J
the Canal Convention.
VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS. 'M
Details of Congressional Action art
Meagre?Presider.* Roosevelt
Disappointed, But is Silent News
in Washington. ||3
Advices from Bogota state that the
Panama treaty has been rejected nqSr Wm
nimously by the Colombian congress. '
It is reported that President Marro- JjSB
quin has been authorized by congress <3*
w uiane a now ueai/ wxucu WIU uOv ri:/^0
require further ratification, but that |B
the basis given for the treaty wOI
probably prove unacceptable to the .United
States. 3;
It is considered, however, In officlfl
circles, according to reliable Inforptar''^ ^
tion, that the authorization given by, >vl|
congress to make a new treaty will
furnish a basis for reopening jpegotia* . 3^
tions with the United States.
If appears that one of the objection#
to the ratificaion of the reaty which
carried weigh in the senate was that ::M
the Panama Canal Company did not 3
come to a previous arrangement with 3
the Colombian government for the |
transfer of the concession.
Upon the return of the president to |
Sagamore Hill Monday evening fro?L^ %
reviewing the fleet he found awaiting - |
him there information of the rejecttos ;' 3
by the Colombian senate of the Pamv-Jj
ma canal treaty.
While he naturally is disappointed
at the action of congress, he does not
desire at this time to make any comments
upon it J
Washington Advised. .. ''
A cablegram dated August 12, was
received at the state department Mon- ^
day from Minister Beaupre, *t Bo- \
gota, saying that the Panama canal
treaty has been rejected by the'
lomblan senate.
Very little additional information
concerning the action of the Colom- !
bian senate could be obtained at the '
state department. Mr. Adee, acting-|| 3
secretary of state, would not discus#
Colombian affairs, nor indicate what
course the tJnited States would pur- '
^
Section 4 of the L t' mian canal act v ^
provides that should the president be
unable to obtain .satisfactory title to
the property of the new Panama Canal -
Company and control of the necessary "
territory and the rights necessary to
the construction of the canal from the I
republic of Colombia, he shall make ,
the necessary treaties with Costa Rica
and Nicaragua and proceed with the
construction of a canal by the Nicaraguan
route.
Reasons for Rejection.
The reason given for the rejection of ja
the treaty by the Colombian senate,: it
is said here, was the alleged encroach- ^
ment on Colombian sovereignty which '-"M
its opponents contend would remi&^| i
from the treaty. This information P
was contained in a dispatch recebrsd
Monday night by Dr. Herran, the
lombian charge at Washington, from
Foreign Minister Ricos, at Bogota* |
This dispatch showed that in its jure* I
ent form the treaty was absolutely
acceptable to the senate for the reason above
stated, and that it had been re- - ,
jected unanimously. Incidental to"fhe >^
general question of sovereignty nechsj|^^H
toooo nf Oio Rtrin
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of land through which the canal was ^
to be constructed and the debate to ^J||
the Colombian senate indicated that
that body regarded this as amounting
to a sale of the land and therefore Objectionable.
When the treaty was sub- -|j|
mitted to the senate by the committee
to which it had ueen referred, seven of $1
the senators favored it with certain
amendments which they proposed, and
the remaining two opposed it abfco- . 'W&
An interesting feature of the wh$le
debate in the Colombian senate and to y
the committee's report favoring the :
treaty Is said to be the entire absence ^
of reference ta.tie question of indemnity
offered by the United Stats* for $?
the right of way.
NOAKES AGAIN STAR WITNE8S. ||
8ays Caleb Powers Suggested an Edsy
Way to Kill Goebel.
At Georgetown, Ky., Monday,\ Bnbk*
ert Noakes, who three years agotojm:.
first trial of Caleb Powers was
sational witness, but who ran wRu| \
from Kentucky after leaving the s
appeared as a witness for the common- pBjj
Noakes said that James Flnley, ex- is 1
secretary of state, said to him tltat
the moving of a large buncn oi vyan
to Fraiikfort was too expend vet that
the best way to settle the contest.was>
to pay James Howard $2,000 to kill
KAN8A3 CITY AGAIN FLOOOED. ' "HI
River Higher Than Any Time 8<nce f
Great Freshet in June. Jk
Beats are again being used to traps- mm
port persons between the two Kansas '
Citys, says a special of Monday. The JH
James street bridge and the Metropolitan
Street Railway Company's bridge 'Wt
ever the Kansas river having been
carried out by the strong current JThe *]
river is higher than at any time since
the June flood. - *
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WEEVILS MOVING EA8T.
Cotton Pests from Mexico and Texas
Cross the Mississippi River. '
The Mexican cotton boll weevil baa - *fl
crossed the Mississippi river. It has
nade Its appearance in the cotton bong
grown at the United States agri- ^
cultural department experiment 'sta- M
ion at New Orleans. ^
There have been numerous reportn^JijM
>f the appearance of the weevil east; ' i
)f the river before this, but All of them
fftre tpiud to be without foundation. M