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IP I Cream of News. | ,* v Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each Day. . \ ?A through freight from Raleigh to Monroe on the Seaboard Air Line was wrecked at Peedee, N. C., by running into a washout. The engin '* & eer, Alex. Adams, and Fireman Sheppard were killed, being buried under the wreckage. ^ ?Mrs. Hannah Claspy, aged 80 years, was burned to death in her bed at her son-in-law's house in Harlem, N. Y., as a result of smoking a pipe in bed. ?The Texas state health depart$ ment has been notified of the breaking Out of yellow fever in the government military post at Brownsville. ?President )Michael )">cnneily, of the striking butchers, at Chicago, states that it will probably be of no avail to make a proposition of any f sort to the packers. ?The saw mill of White & Wheless, at Aldens Bridge, La., has been destroyed by fire with a loss of about $100,000, covered by insurance. ?Judge Bennett, of Prairietown, S. D., is dead of heart failure. He weighed 440 pounds and was known as the 4 largest judge in America. ?Forest fires have destroyed the stamp mill of the Goat Mine at Bar- j row, Whatcom county, Washington, and all of the improvements on the 5 Whistler mine in the Slate creek dis- j trict. The loss is estimateu at. *zou,000. j ?A shipment of $1,000,000 to Cuba ; * was made by the National City Bank of New York Saturday. j ?At High Bridge, Ky., Miss Sarah j Burns and two little girl companions were caught upon railroad bridge by swift express train. Through rare presence of mind of Miss Burns all three swung from ends of cross-ties ^ until train passed. | ?It is given out at both democratic ! and republican headquarters that Tom Watson, populist nominee, will ' - only campaign in the doubtful states, j ?Czar Nicholas scorns any proposition looking to peace, and the pow- ' ers have been made aware of the $ fact i i ?The repeated assaults on forts around Port Arthur are causing tre-, ; mendous lossses to the Japanese. ! Their determination to capture the stronghold is unabated. j ?After an interval of rest the Japs have returned to the task of annihilating the Russian forces in the interior ( of -Manchuria. ?It Is reported f-rom St. Peters- ! burg that Samsonoff, the assassin of $ M. Von Plehve, has been sentenced ! to death and that the sentence is ' now before the emperor. ?Despite stories of the possibility : \ of Sunday opening at the World's Fair | it has been declared by a represen- j tative of the exposition company that : such a suggestion is absolutely futile, j % 9 ?Robert Parrott, discoverer of the famous Parrott mine at Butte. Mont., i died in Ees Moines Saturday in mod-; erate circumstances at the age of 75. . * He did not profit greatly by his discovery and his estate will not e'xceed ! $6,000. He sold his mine in a few years ago to Marcus Daly. i ?Edward Hines, of the Edward ^ Hines Lumber Company, of Chicag.), : has just completed the purchase of 50,000 acres of yellow pine land in , Mississippi from Comstock Brothers, of Detroit and Alpena, Mich. i 1 ?The prefect of police of St. Petersburg. has forbidden ladies to wear naval cloaks, which had become fashionable since the Chemulpo fight. ?By a referendum vote the miners x of the Crooksville, Ohio, district, haye rejected the proposition of the opera- j 4 tors and the strike will continue. The men have been out over five months. Over 2,000 miners are involved. ?The 800 miners of the Barnum j colliery of the Pennsylvania Coal Com- ! ^ pany, at Pitston, Pa., who have been j out on strike for two weeks, have ' returned to work. ?The Illinois state auditor of public account has issued a permit to j * John F. Sinne, Charles F. Strubitz I > 1 and John B. Farrell to organize the ! first Union Labor Bank at Chicago, \ -with a capital stock or ?zuu,uuu. ?Japan has addressed a circular note ; to the powers informing them that j unless Russia forthwith disarms her j warships in Shanghai, Japan will be forced to take whatever steps she ] . v deems necessary to protect her inter J ests* ! NEGRO STRIKE BREAKERS. Two Car Loads from Georgia Towns i En Route to Packing Centers. Two car loads of negroes gathered ; from various points in Georgia, passed through Chattanooga Monday night en I route co Chicago, where they will work ! i j, + In the packing houses. They were gathered from small towns by agents), 'electorsturned down i ?? Georgia Stste Democratic Committee Declares Eleven Ineligible on Account*of Holding Offices. j Eleven democratic nominees for | electors and alternate electors? for | Georgia have been declared ineligible ; to hold these offices, the tribunal ; passing upon their qualifications beI ing the democratic state executive "* ' --* - ?in A tlorito | committee at a mccuug m nn?u? ! Saturday. The eleven nominees were proj nounced ineligible on the ground tnat ( they already held state oifices, the disl qualifying offices being three notary | public commissions, two colonelcies on ! the governor's staff, one membership ; of a city board of education, two may| oralties, two county court solicitor| ships and one membership in the state i senate. j The men deprived of their nominv ! tions, together with the offices for ! which they were nominated by the | democratic state convention, are as* follows: I J. H. E3till, Savannah, elector from : the state at large, and excluded be; cause he is a member of the Savan' nah board of education, i R. J. Bacon, of Albany, alternate ; from the second congressional dis} trict, excluded because he is a notary public. ; Graham Forrester, of Lumpkin, alternate from the third district, exclua ed because he is solicitor of the cour. ty court. ' . j J. R. Madden, of Concord, elector from the sixth district, excluded because he is a member of the governor's staff. i M. J. Head, or Tallapoosa, elector i from the eighth district, excluded because he is a notary public. I F. B. Shipp, of Greensboro, elector from the eighth district, excluded because he is mayor of Greenesboro. I Mr. L. Ledford, of Blairsville, elector from the ninth district, excluded because he is a member of the present state senate. i T. W. Wet>b, alternate from thai ninth district, excluded because he is a member of the governor's staff. Ira E. Farmer, of Thomson, elector from the tenth district, excluded because he is mayor of Thomson. R. N. Hardeman, of Louisville, alternate from the tenth district, excluded because he is solicitor of the county court. . A. T. Woodward, of Valdcsta, elector from the eleventh district excluded because he is a notary public, j This action followed after a lively debate, during which several committeemen contended that to deprive the eleven men of their nominations for electors and alternates would exceed all bounds of prudence and place Georgia in a class all to herself. The exclusion of the eleven was based first on a provision of the con stitution of the United States and sec nmi on a section of the nolitical code of the state. Elections for their successors were then held, and resulted as follows: George B. Monroe, of Buena Vista, to succeed J. H. Estill; J. M. Strickland, of Spalding county, to succeed George B. Monroe; W. D. Kiddoo, of Randolph county ,to succeed R. J. Bacon; John W. Forrester, of Lee, to succeed Graham Forrester; George Collier to succeed J. R. Madden: John F. Madden, father of J. R. Madden, to succeed George Collier; John W. Dais ,0 succeed M. J. Head; Lloyd Thomas, of Tallapoosa, to succeed J. W. Bale; M. G. Michael to suceed F. B. Shipp; James B. Park, of Greenville, to succeed M. G. Michael; Samuel C. Dunlap, Sr., of Gainesville, to succeed M. L. Ledford; William Butt, of Blue Ridge, to succeed T. W. Webb; W M. Wheeler, of Hancock, to succeed Ira E. Farmer; P. B. Johnson to succeed R. N. Hardemhn: Frank Spain to succeed A. T. Woodward; 0. M. Smith, cf Valdosta, to succeed Frank Spain. * General Kuroki has joined forces with General Oku in an attempt to cut the Russian line Detween Anshanshan and Liandsiansian. REFUSES TO PAY COURT COSTS. Alabama Won't Stand for Expenses in Case of Colored Citizen. The governor of Alabama has re .fused to pay $93 costs in tfie case 01 Dan Rogers, colored, against the state. Rogers was convicted of manslaughter and carried his case to the supreme court. EtailiDg there, he took it to the supreme court of the United States and had it reversed on the plea that vio negroes were on the jury. The $95 is costs of the last named court, which there is no way to force the state to pay. FEUDISTS FIGHT IN ARKANSAS. One Killed and Three Badly Wounded in a Shooting Bee. James Rushing was stabbed in the I heart and killed, Henry Thompson 1 shot in the forehead and fatally wounded and John Hickock and Maey Dushing badly hurt in a free fight on | the outskirts of Alma, Ark., Friday j night. The fight is said to have been the result of old trouble. '.^ <?y /% -> -. .- * :? ."'. ' -.-:r*;- / ; V.-\ ' '*' \vv ' - ' * ' ' GEORGIA TAX RATE! I Amount is Fixed at Even j $4.80 on the Thousand. J ' - ? ? ?..... . . \ i r~ k r-? |IS LESS THAN LAS I YfcAK Aggregate Tax Returns of State This ; Year Amount to $530,734,947, an Increase of $26,122,C0P Over 1903. Georgia's tax rate for the year 1904 has been fixed at 4 S-10 milis?$4.80 on every $1,000?a reduction of 2-10 mill from the rate last year and 1-2 mill from the rate in force at the inaugirration.of Governor Terrell. The fixing of tke tax rate is placed ! by the law in the hands of the gover- ) aor, comptroller general and the state j i treasurer. This board met Thursday in the office of the governor in Atlanta, deducted from the total appropriations the amount to come from the rental of the Western and Atlantic railroad j and from special taxes and then figured the proportion between the balance of the appropriations and the total taxable property returned this year. This proportion was the tax rate?that i3 for every fil,000 of property $4.80 must be paid in order to realize for the state an amount equal to the appropriations after ihe revenue from special sources had been deducted * The aggregate expenditures of the state will be about the same this year as they were last year?$4,021,324?but the aggregate taxable property has unitor<rnna tt <rrf>nt inrTMSP. The a2T2Te 0- ?WW- , gate taxable property, according to i the 1903 returns was $504,017,947, | while this year the aggregate re turns' amounted to $530,734,- I 947, a gain of $26,122,000. This includes the property or railroads and quasi public corporations, as well as the property of individuals and corporations that do not make their returns directly to the comptroller general. The board considered ail these figures and found by calculation that a rate of 4 S-10 mills would bring to the state in revenue the sum of $2,-1 157,551.S7, or a little more than the ; amount needed to cover the appropria- I tions for the year. The remainder of the appropriations will be met and j paid with the funds arising out of the rental of the Western and Atlantic railroad and special taxes. According to law, however, specified | portions of this rate an; for specified I purposes, as follows: 3 mills for the ! I general fund, 1 6-10 mills for the school j I fund and 2-10 mills for the sinking i fund. Thus divided the rate will bring J to the three funds respectively the ; sums of $1,529,219, $S49,1S3 and $106,- j 147. The fixing of the rate was largely a j matter of arithmetic, but the friends j of Governor Terrell feel gratified that j in hi3 term of office tne rate nas oeen j brought down a half cent on $1, or -50 i cents on every $1,000. The rate fixed applies only to the ! taxes to be collected for the year 1904 i and immediate notice will be given to | | the tax collectors of every county in j i the state. WYNNE BEHIND BARS. Fifth Member of Counterfeiting Gang in Atlanta Jail. v William L. Wynne, who is charged i with making the plates from which ! the counterfeit money was printed in | Atlanta, reached the city Thursday at j noon from St. Louis in custody of a ; United States officer. He was taken to j the Tower and locked up. Assistant United States -Solicitor j Camp and Captain J. M. Wright say j ! they heid a talk with Wynne immedi- i ately after he reached Atlanta, and that he made a full confession to then, j When seen by a reporter of The Con j stituticn, Wynne refused to make ar.y j statement. Wynne was given a preliminary ; trial in St. Louis, and was held in de- j fault of a $5,00? bond. j BOTH BOYS DROWNED. I Youth Gives Up His Life in Attempt ing to Save a Younger Brother. Two boys, sons of Mr. Carter, ol [ Cromers Mill, Franklin county, Ga., j were drowned while bathing in Nails r>rppk- Tnpsdav. Thp vounsrer on? wnfi i ? - - - v , , was 11 years old.got into deep water ! aiid could not swim. His brother, who j was 13 years old, saw that the boy ; was drowning and went to his rescue i The drowning boy clasped both arms! around the neck of his brother, and both were drowned. TRAP GUN GETS BURGLAR. i I Negro Meets Death While Robbing 3 ! Store in Alabama. Jim Streeter, a notorious negro burglar, was killed early Friday morning by a trap gun in a store of R. F. Lacey & Son. at Powderly, Ala., a suburb J of Birmingham. The store has been j burglarized rej>eat dly during the past few months. Some weeks ago a bear trap was set in th? place, and Ollie Gray, a negro burglar, was caught in it, and is now in jaii. 'v ' ' / */' ' ' " ' I INJOINS PLUMBERS Law is invoked Against an' Alleged Conspiracy. AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT Charge Matte that As:ocia'jJon Exists to "Freeze Out" All Mastor P'jmbers Who Fail to Join the Combine. One of the most important injunctions, from a commercial standpoint, that has ever been in the courts of Georgia, was granted by Judge J. H. Lumpkin, of the Fulton county superior court at Atlanta Monday morning, when he restrained the Association of Master Plumbers, cf Atlanta, and their agents, officers and employees, from seeking to prevent supply houses from deling with M. C. Vandiver, the plaintiff in action. The temporar yinjunction was granted until September 24, when the case was set down for a final hearing. The injunction is national in interest, as the Master Plumbers' Association has state and national branches. It seems from the petition of the plai-ntiff that the Association of Master Plumbers has as one of its objects-the "freezing out" of all plumbers and contractors who do not belong to the association, and that supply dealers are not allowed to sell to outside plumbers, under the penalty of having all trade of members cf the association withdrawn. M. C. Vandiver, in his petition, asks that the following parties be enjoined from operating against him through hniieao Tho A c-cr><->i t> t inn IUU &U.WLJ iiij uoco x uv of Master Plumbers of Atlanta; the State Association of Master Plumbers of Georgia, I). A. Farrell, of Fulton county, being president thereof, and against the National Association or Master Plumbers of the United States and against D. A. Farrell, the vice president thereof, and against the General Supply Company, with offices in Atldnta. The plaintiff states: "Your petitioner was engaged in the general plumbing business for the public in the city of Atlanta, and had established a well-paying business until the Association of Master Plumbers of Atlanta, composing nearly the entire plumbing trade there, formed a conspiracy or' illegal combination, known as the Association of Master Plumbers, of Atlanta, on or about July 6, 1902, the purpose being thereby to destroy your petitioner's business and the business of any other plumber not a member of said association. The purpose of said conspiracy was, by destroying the business of your petitioner and a few other plumbers engaged in the business in Atlanta to thereby cut off competition and monopolize the trade in order to raise and control prices and make extortionate charges to the public for plumbing work." In section 6 of his petition, the plaintiff says: "The principal means used by defendants in their conspiracy to destroy petitioner's business was to threaten to withdraw their patronago from the wholesale and general supply houses who handle the plumbing materials in the city of Atlanta and the state of Georgia and other states of the union, unless said houses or firm.", refused to sell petitioner, or any other piumoer not a mzmuar ui saui tion, material. It is further alleged by the petitioner that he is at present doing plumbing wprk on a hotel in Louisville and the contract is worth $40,000, and that after he began the work he was refused material because of the action of the National Association 01 Master Plumbers. He exhibits a letter from a supply company, in which he is.told that he could avoid ail further troublo by joining the Association of Master Plumbers, of Louisville. ANOTHER TRAGEDY IN BULLOCH. Negro Man is Taken From His Home and Whipped to Death. Sebastine McBride, a negro man living near Portal, in the upper part of Bulloch county, was taken out of his house Saturday night by a mob of five men, carried out in the woods and whipped severely and then shot, from j the effects of which be died soon after-! wards. Before death came, however, he re-1 lated to a number of white men andj colored people the manner in which j he was handled and told the names of | three of his assailants. j 1 JAIL "TRUSTY" LYNCHED. Wofm Attacks White fiirl With Knife I and Mob Gets Him. At Laramie. Wyoming, Joe Martin, colored, was lynched by a mob of 30U men in front of Judge Carpenter's house Monday night. Martin was a trusty in the county jail. He attacked a white girl, Delia Krauss, in the jail kitchen and slashed her face and arms with a knife. 1 :x - ,, , y V>^' , - - . ' * - ' - . ' \ ' \ [banks and the crops.] Demand for Money in Some Section* of South Will Be Greater Than La_t Year to Move Staple. The following statement was issued | by the comptroller 01 the currency ai i i Washington Saturday: For tlie purpose or' ascertaining the general condition of tne national banks and their ability to meet the demands upon them incident to the annual movement of the crops, the comptroller of tne currency, undei date of August 4, 1&04, sent to the national bank exaxmnsrs, with the exception of those whose districts are comprised within tne blew England states and the city of New York, a circular lettc-r of inquiry. | Replies have been received from ! nearly ail examiners, and tne result of this inquiry may De summarized as follows: The demand on the banks will be about the same as last year, and about the same time, with the exception of those in the following states: Aiabama, F.onda and Georgia, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin, wnere it will be greater and irom two to three weeks earlier, and m Indiana and Missouri, where it will be less and a little later. The banks are generally as well, but in most cases better prepared than they have been in the past year or torn tr> mppr rho demands made UDcn them. The banks in the following states are better prepared: Arizona, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, New York, New Jersey, Nebraska, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming and Washington. The banks in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indian Territory,' Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri and Oklahoma are not as well prepared. While the banks will depend mainly upon their deposits with reserve agents to supply funds for moving the crops, the amount of money to be borrowed will he about the same this year as last. There will, however, be some increase in the amount borrowed by the banks in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Arizona, Indian Territory, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and a decrease by the banks in Delaware, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, New Jersey, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia. DESERVES CARNEGIE MEDAL. Young Woman Accomplishes Heroic Feat Upon High Railroad Bridge. Miss Sarah Burns, of High Bridge, Ry., is worthy of a slice of the fund for heroes and heroines set aside by Andrew Carnegie. Friday afternoon Miss Burns, in company with two little girls, Margaret and Mary Sweeney, aged 10 and 12, respectively, were walking across the railroad bridge. \\7 ^ kolf tttoit O nrr* o a tlln Pmninriof I | >v UCJL1 noil v> aj av/ivoo iuc viuuiuuaci Southern lightning express was heard approaching, and before they could recover from their confusion the huge monster had almost reached the massive piers at the edge of the bridge. There seemed no hope, but collecting herself, Miss Burns sought about for means of escape from what seemed almost certain death. Taking the children in her arms she quickly carried them to the edge of the trestle and lifting them over the ties helped them to secure a firm grip on the roughhewn blocks of wood. She then lowered herself over, and ! all three hung suspended 285 feet above the Kentucky river, while the massive train, with its cargo of human freight .passed over them, the occupants of the train little knowing of the peril of three lives below them. ; As soon as it had passed Miss Burns again lifted herself above the ties and helped the little girls from their perilous position. None of the trio was | any worse for their awful experience, although it took some time for them to recover from the nervous effects of the shock CONSTABULARY AMBUSHED. 1 Superior Force of Bandits Whelm Milbf tary in Philippines. A Manila special says: A detail 01 the native constabulary has been ambushed on the island of Leyte by a superior force of bandits. Captain H Barrett, of the constabulary, was killj ed in the fighting. j There has been trouble in the prov1 ince of Misamis, island of Mindanao j where bandits have looted several ! towns. The native authorities were ! defied and Pablo Mercado and his fam iily were*kidnaped. I I I NEW COTTON GOES TO RUSSIA. First Shipment cf Season from Gaives- j ton Goes to Foreign Ports. Saturday the first cotton of the new crop to be cleared for foreign ports went out from Galveston. The cotton is consigned to three different ports, all in Russia. Reval, Russia, I will get 300 bales; Riga, Russia, 100 yales, and 100 bales for St. Petersburg. Consignments will go via Bel-, fast. . .:+c > - ; ... <-r ;* JAPS ENTER WEDGE Kuropalkm's Lines Reported . -J Hopelessly Severed. SOME LATE WAR NEWS M Czar Scorns Peace Propositions and 1 Will Never Negotiate While Army Reverses Are Being Daily Recorded. .JH An Associated Press dispatch from J Liao-Yang says: General Kuroki has joined forces with General Oku In an > attempt to cut the Russian line be* ^ tween Anshanshan and Liandsiansian. "M The battle of August 25 raged along,;|jg the eastern front. A strong Japanese . M force attacked the Russian position M at Miao-Pas3, 11 miles east of Anshan- v'-3| shan, and at Sandiatzi and Tsegow (Dagow), 12 miles southeast of Anshanshan. Nine batteries of six guns each bombarded the Russian outposts. At this .cj|y point the combat repeatedly developed >,1|3 into hand to hand fighting. The Rus- M sians stubbornly held the outposts the r|8 whole day, falling back on their main position at night. The chief artillery engagement was in front of Liandiansian, the Japanese concentrating the -yl fire o! ten batteries and simultaneous ; advancing on Torintspu, 4 miles south- IjgB east of Liandsiansian, but they were 'aa'' anested by Cossacks who were after- ^ r wards reiniorcea oy mianiry auu artillery. The Japanese resumed *the .JB bombardment of August 26, devoting /J? most of their attention to Liandsian- .;$ sian. The Russian field guns were very effective. They dismantled 32 .JB Japanese guns, mostly mountain ;&?? Advices from Tokio say: The gen- .'-Jgj eral staff maintained silence through- -|OTj out Sunday concerning the fighting in the vicinity of Liao Yang. It is report- . 'M ed that General Kuroki has seized and /JjH cut the railroad south of Mukden, thns jjM separating the Russian forces and-cut- Jjaj ting Liao Yang off from a direct line -jj|| of retreat, but confirmation of this --'Jf report cannot be obtained. / The Russians retired from Anshan- ^ shan Saturday after a fight which com- M | menced on the morning of Friday, and continued in a desultory manner all day and night. -||B Czar Scorns Peace. The Associated Press at St. Peters-'tjfl t' burg learns that Emperor Nicholas ./|? only recently announced in the most j'$m positive terms that he would ndt permit peace negotiations, even should "|g l Port Arthur fall and General Kuropat- /f|/ kin be driven back to Harbin. This /JS fact, well understood in official circles, has prevented the British government ^|8 from taking any steps in the direC- ' "/|| tion of mediation/ It is known in 8? Petersburg that Germany understands this attitude of the emperor as well 18/ as Great Britain. . The report from Paris that Emper- JjBj or William is prepared to suggest peace is dismissed as groundless for the present at least. If General Kuropatkin, however, should win a decisive victory at Ldao-Yang, which, in measure, would restore Russian pres- IB tige, it is believed that the restoration ||H of peace would undoubtedly be facill- -|9 tated- ggw To Assemble Second Army. A dispatch to The Tageblatt lin) from St. Petersburg, says the Rus- -"jB eian government is determined to assemble a second great army in Man- -iS churia, consisting of three or four ^ corps, under the command of General /$9 Baron Kaulbars or General Soukhomlinoff. Its headquarters will be at -||g Mukden. The object of this step is to meet the situation that will arise should Port Arthur fall, thus releasing the beseiging armj for operations d northward. The Tageblatt's corre-r spendent names the various commands out of which the new army will be formed, and says he believes :\|g that more rapid transportation of -%.M troops will be possible, owing to the ^ approaching completion of the railroad around Lake Baikal. TWO TOWNS PAY NO TAXES. Dispensary Profits Cover AM Neces* sary Expenses Incurred. Comptroller General Wright has received a letter from the mayor of ' M Bronwood, in Terrell county, Ga., in which he states that the tax rate of jg lals town for the year 1904 has been ^<35 fixed at .00, the dispensary of the >|J town paying all the necessary ex penses. The same state of affairs exists in Whigham, in Decatur county, where the dispensary pays all the taxes of the town. CANNOT REMOVE SHERIFF. In Case Kendrick is to Blame, Gover- : nor Cannot Punish. It has developed that even though ithe couft of inquiry, or any other court, civil or military, should place | the whole blame of the Statesboroi -||| Ga., lynching on the shoulders of Sher iff Kendrick, of Bulloch, county. Gov- yM ernor Terrell is not authorized under the iaw to remove him from office./