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VOL. XIII-NO. 13
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STREETS Ri in GOBE
Thai’s Whaf a Chicago Minister
WoaM Like to See
IN THIS PROHIBITION BATTLE
Rev. Clarence E. Cornell Says He
Would Like To Get a Gun Himself
and Wage a Bloody Fight Against
the Erismies of Prohitjltlon.
Chicago, March 21.—'Rev. Clarence
n. Cornell, pastor of the First Church
of the Nazarene, v;ants to see the
streets of CTiicago run wLtli 'blood in
the combdt now on between prohlbi-
tion and its enemies. He told the
Cook county Women’s Christian Tem
perance union Pridiay that lie would
like to get a g^ln and do has part in
the necessary shooting.
“I with, the decent people of Chi
cago would get so dis-gTiesteid with
the insolence an-d lawleseneiss of tlie
saloonkeeper,” said Mr. Connell,
“that they would be \compelled to
vomit. I wish the advocates of li
quor seHlng w'oul-d continue their bra^
zen doflance of state lawf:' until they
become odious. I wl&h the streets
would run with blood' in this struggle.
I’d like to go out with a gun myself.”
The fifty w’omen present, and the
three or four men applauded loudly
and Ians?. Here and there an “amea”
was heard.
“Nine out of ten preachers are mor
al cowards on the prohib'ition ques
tion,” continued Mr. Cornell. “They
hold the key «to the situation. They
could win this- country to prohibition
if they preached thie gospel of Cbrlst
in the ri^ht spirit. They are afraid to
("X) it. They talk prohibition, but
when it comes to the question of sal
ary or diisipleaslng a congregation, they
falter and submit.”
tures thus far. Captain Van Schaick
was in oom'm«and of the S’octiin when
that steamer was burned and a thou
sand lives lO'Stt.
BROWN IN RACE.
ACRUZZI SAILS FOR EUROPZ.
Fortner Railroad Commissioner Is a
Candidate for Governor.
Atlanta. 'March 19.—Kon. Joseph
M. Brown, of Marietta, former rail-
load commiS'Sioner, has iLsued an an-
nouncem-ent to the people of Georgia
of his candldiacy for governor, sub_
je«ct to the democratic primary of
June 4.
There has been consid-erable talk of
fate in tho state press of the pros
pective candidacy of Mr. BrQoj^n, but
until bis annoumcement was iJ^thcom-
Ing considerable doubt was expressed
that he would conclude to make the
raec
There does not appear to be any
question, however, that Mr. Brown
has given the matter much careful
consideration in the last two or three
weeks, the res'ult of which is his con
clusion to oppose Governor Smith be
fore the June primary.
SHOT WMD SELF
Sensaticnil Tragedy Occurs t\
Milwaukee, Wis.
DYING MAN TELLS STORY
COTTON CROP OF 13C7.
Census Report Shows an Aggregate of
11,261,163 Bales.
TV^s-hington, March 20.—The cen-
Bus report, issued Friday, shows that
the cotton crop grown in 1907 aggre
gates 11,2G1,1G3 running bales, count
ing round as half bales, and including
linters, and shewed a total of 27,577
active ginneries for 1907.
This is against 13,305,ZC5 bales in
1906 aad 10,G0i2 in 1905.
The Dtatistics included 127, G4G
bales returned as remaining to be
ginned after the time of the March
canvass. The total number of run
ning bales as given is equivalent to
11,302,872, 500-pound bales.
The average growth w^eight of the
bales for 1907 is 501.9 pounds. The
Items' for the crop of 1907 are 10,798,-
596 s<iuare baleis, 1'93,549 round bales,
8G,793 £ca island 'bales, linters, 27C,-
500 bales.
He Would Not Be Interviewed by the
Reporters.
New York, March 21.—The Duke
of Abruzzi, cousin of the King of
Italy, who is reported to be engaged
to marry Miss Katherine EIMns, sail
ed for E^uroipe Scjtur-day on the s.team_
er Lusitania.
Up to the hour of f^iiiling' the duke
declined to affirm or deny the report
ed ens-agement, but his ctemeanor was
regardied by the reiporters who gather-
e:l at the steamship pier as not that
of a man who had failed in an impor
tant mission.
,The duke w'as registered on the ves
sel’s passenger list as Luigi Sarto.
He toardted the steamer early and
was a c comp and el to the dock by an
attache of the Italian legation at
Washington and by a secret service
man. To the reporters he cFiaid:
“I am very -soTry that I have no in
terview to give out, but ccune and see
me at 8 o’clock.”
“Bait the ??iip sQils' at that hour,”
one of the nejwssDa.psT men.
“Yes, I kno'W it. I stayed up late
to esc-a.pe this. E’verything Is all
light. MIes Eilkins' family hcis re
frained from m-aldng any public st:ate-
ment. and an erroneous construction
has been placed upon their silence.”
It is understood that the duke will
disGHibark at Liverpool and hasten to
Rc'ine, Italy.
KILLED IN WRECK.
Gap Was Burned in Trestle on the At
lantic Coast Line.
Ocala, Fla., March 19.—A through
freight on the West Coast division of
the Atlantic Coast Line, was wrecked
a short distance this side of Lakeland
Wednesday morning. A gap was
burned in a trestle, through which
the engine went and a number of
care were derailed and smashed.
Engineer DuBose, of Lakeland, was
killed and also a negro brakeman and
a negro tramp.
STOESSEL BEGINS PRISON TERM.
Russian General Hoped to the Last
That Czar Would Pardon Him.
St.Petersburg, March 21.—'Lieu
tenant General Stoeseel, who Friday
he2;an to serve ten years in prison for
alleged coi'.vardice and treason in S'Ur_
rendering Port Arthur to the Japa
nese,^ cccnpies a room in the fortress
of S„. Peter and St. Paul, adjoining
at of Rear Admiral Nebo-gatofP, who
IS seiTing a IHce sentence for surren-
dOiing to the Jaipanese at the Sea of
Japan fight.
The room is about twenty feet
square, and overlooks a little giarden
^here the officers are permitted to
promenade. Stoe&sel’s family bas re-
cgI\ ed permission to refurnish his-
The officers in the fortre’ss run
private mess of their own ,and to this
Generail Stoessel has been admitted.
The general’s transfer to the for
ties', Friday wus unexpected. He per_
-istccl until the very last in hoping
t-'iuit the emperor wxDulid pardon him.
175,000 Names to Petition.
New York, March 21—The comanlt-
tee appointed ‘by tfhe America.n Associ-
a.tion of Masters, Mates and Pilots to
get signatures fox the petition to Pres
ident Roosevelt to parcon Captain
van Shaick, senteniced to ten years’
imprifconment as a resulrt; of tihe Slo
cum disaster, reporte 175,000 slgna-
First Presentation of Play.
San Fancisco, Cal., March 20.—
“Memory and Tomorrow,” the new
problem play by E. Booth Tilton, wias
presented* here for the first time at
the* Novelty theater Thursday night.
Mits Mary Mannering took the lead
ing part in which she is said to have
done some splendid and emotional
acting. The general results achieved
are spoken of as quite praiseworthy.
George Wliioughby, Prominent Mem.
ber of the Methodic Episcopal
Church, Shot Hi« WK« D«<ad and"
Then Shoots Himself.
Milwaukee, Wis.* March 20.—Geo.
WUlougSiby, manager of the Jewett &
Sherman company, coffee and spice
mills. Friday shot andi killed his wi^e,
Florence Willoughby, at their home on
Prospect avenue. Willoughby then
fired two ^hots into his own breast
and is not expected to recover.
Willoughhy confessed to tTie police.
The couple last evening attended a
social at the Park Place Methodist
EpiS'Copal church, where both were
prominent workers, and where Mr.
Willoughby also taught a Sunday
echocl class.
Upon their return home they quaii-
reled.
W^ile Mrs. Willoughby was asleep
the husban’d c^hloroformed her and
then shot iher 'behind the left ear,
oaLuing instant dieath. He then s-hot
himself twice in the breast, the bnl
lets piercing ihis lung but missing
his heart.
Tells Story to Police.
W'illough'hy told this story to the
police:
“I married my wife in Luaington,
Mich., twenty years ago,” said he. "I
did not love her 'but I marHed her
inostly out of s'jmpathy, ffhe^ being a
poor woman. We frequently quarreled.
Mrs. Willoughby was in&anely jealo-ua
of me.
“Four years ago while I was on my
way to New York I met a w^omian on
the train. Our acquaintance ripens
ed into love. Then for the flrfet time
I realized I had met a w'oman I really
ioved. This woman also was living
an unhaippy life. Her husroand was
cruel to her and s'oon after I met
2ier he deserted her and her two s'mall
children. I then began to support
her. We became intimaio and have
been so for several years. Two years
ago she obtained a divorce and since
that time I have been providing for
her and her children. She is now
living in Chicago.
Planning for Many Months.
■ “For many months I have been plan
ning. I began to collect chloroform.
I bought it in s-mall lots and began
to keep it until I had a large bottle
of the drug.
“I d'ecided to end it all this morn
ing. After my wife had fallen asleep
I obtained t’he chloroform and then I
shot her, I then fired two shots
into my trea^t, inte-nding to shoot my-
feelf in the heart, but I failed.”
Willooighby was fifty years old. His
wife was three years his junior.
Whisky Kills Little Child.
Log'ansville, Ga., March 19.—The
three_year-old son of Willis Brown,
living at Walnut Grove, in this county,
on Sunday morning got a bottle of
whisky from the table In his home
and drank a half pint of it. He be
gan to have convulsions and became
unconscious. A physician w’as called,
but his skill failed to save the child,
who died Sunday night.
LYNCHING IN FLORIDA.
Confederate Veteran Dies.
Baltimore, Md., March 19—^^Colonel
Robert Hough, a confederate veteran
and well known to horse O'V/ners all
throughout the east, died Wednesday
night, aged sixty-seven. He was one
of the founders of and formerly sec
retary Of the Pimlico Driving club.
Escapes from Siberia.
St. Petersburg, March 19—^It is re
ported here that Mile. Maria Spiridon-
iovo, v/ho was exiled to Siberia two
years ago for the murder of the chief
of police of Tambov, has escaped and
is now in either Australia or New
Zealand.
Two Given Life Sentences.
Fort Gaines, Ga., March 20.—The
jury rendered a verdict of guilty
Thursday against Purdi Smith for the
killing of Watson, and also the same
verdict against Dotie Thomas for the
miurder of Ludde Walker, with recom
mendations of mercy in each case.
Judge Worrill imposed life sentences
in the penitentiary in each case.
Sixty Horses Burned.
Chicago, March 20.—The livery barn
of E. Sickles was destroyedt by fire
otf unknown orinig early Friday. The
in tihe $75,000. Sixty horses perished
in tre flames. T5ie fire is supposed
to have started in the hay loft.
Two Negroes Tied To Post and Rid
dled with Bullets.
PeriT, Fla., March 20.—^Between 1
and 2 o’clock Thursday morning, a
mob of armed citizens surrounded the
county jail and took Richard Smith
and Will McMullen, both charged with
murder, from the jail, carrying them
quietly to a secluded spot on the out
skirts of the town, where they were
&ecurely tied to a post and theii* bod
ies riddled "with bullets
Smith w^as charged with the murder
of a v/hite man a few diays ago, and
McMullen w'as ajwaiting trial for t'he
miurder of another negro. McMullen
w>as a desperate character, and a few
days agio overpowered the jailer, mak
ing his esciape. He was recaptured
by Marshal Hawkins.
The citizen® of Perry are of the
opinion that the mo-b was formed of
farmers from the surrounding coun
try.
To Dam the Savannah River.
Washington, March 19—Representa
tive Wyatt Aiken, of South Carolina,
has introdiuced in the house a bill to
authorize Hugh McRae & Co., to con.
struct a dam across the Savannah riv
er from a point in Elbert county, Ga.,
to a point in Abbeville county, S. C-
Appolnted Governor General.
London, March 19.—'Tihe Earl of
Dudley has been appointed governor
general of the commonwealth of Au
stralia in succession to Sir Henry Staf
ford Northcotcj whose term is about
to expire.
Buried in the Same Grave.
Montgomery, Ala., March 19.—'Rob
ert Long, aged &eventy_nine, and his
wife, aged eighty-one, died within a
short time of each other at Luverne
and were 'buried in the same grave
SHIP SUBSIDY BW-L PASSED.
G»oet Through Senate Without Divi_
slon Being Called For.
Washington, D. C., March 21—The
ihip subsidy bill was passed by the
Ken«ate Fridiay. Lt (pays to IG-knot ves
sels plying between this countrj- and
South. America, the Philip.pinei, Ja
pan, Ohlna, and AuZitraMa $4 per mile,
the amount awarded by the act o!
1S91 to vesiseils of 20 knots only.
The bill was ajmended in t'he senate
BO that 12-knot vessK^ls v.ill receive
52 per mile, w'hich is the allow^ance
under existing law to IG-knct vessels,
Amendinents were also adopted provid
ing ithat if two or more lines of S'leani.
S'hlps ply from Atlantic ports to South
America, under the provisions of the
bill, one Une shall step at two ports
soutii of Cape Charles and s'tipulating
that mo more shall be paid for subi-i-
dies than Is received by the govem-
nient as revenue from such service.
Durin-g the consideratton of the
measure Mr. Hale m&tle a spirited
plea for a^ auxiliary navy, declaring
that wl<t!hout auxiliaries our navy-is
dependent upon foreign countries, and
that in case ai war we would' be help
less.
The bin w«i3 imssed without a divi
sion of the senate being called for.
A biW was passed increasing the
salaries of men emipJoy^id in the life-
savia^ seTvice.
80LDJER ADMITS KILLING.
Ellrod Has Been Carried Back to Face
Murder Charge.
Mobile, Ala., March 21.—Isham
Bishop E31rod, twenty years of age,
an enlisted sol'^ler at Fort Morgan,
has been canit?d 'back to Tazewell,
Tenn., under a charge of killing,
claiming that a man named Harris
killed hia dog, and that he killed Har
ris.
It appears that the entire affair
grew out of one of the Tennessee
coointy feuds. It is claimeri that Ellrod
told a sergeant at the fort some time
ago that he had killed Harris. The
sergieant notified the officers of the
whereabouts of Ellroad. According
to an unoonfirmed rumor the com
mandant at the fort tore off the
geant’s decorations and redaced him
to the ranks for reporting the loca
tion of the murderer.
CONFESS TO ROBBERY.
Three Men Arrested at East St. Louis
by Police,
East St. Louis, 111., March 21.—
Three members of a Terminal associ
ation sv/itching crew, Roy Armstrong,
foreman, and Charles Clark and W.
Brown, svfitchmen, w^ere arrested here
Friday on the charge of systematical
ly robbing a certain Louisville and
Nas'hville frei^t train at night fre
quently for several months past.
According to the police, Armstrong
and Brown confessed, saying in ef
feet, that they had robbed the same
train almost every night and secured
more than $5,000 worth of' goods,
selling part of it and using the re-
main.d»or fuel to run the locomotive
on which they carried avray their
loot.
Will Be Big Parade.
San Francisco, March 21.—Every
branch of the army will take part in
the street paradle which will follow
the arrival of Adaairal Efvans’ fleet.
The army contingent will be headed
by General Funston and his staff. The
military pageant will Include a provi
sion-al rftgiiment of coast a.rtillery, the
entire Twenty-Second field artillery
and a equadron of the Fourteenth
cavalry, and companies of engineers
and signal corps. There will be njecj*-
ly three thousand men in line.
Appointment Postponed.
Wash.in.gtcn, March 21.—It was an
nounced at the dtopartment of justice
Thurirday that tihe appointment of a
federal Judge to srucceod Charles D.
Clark of the Middle district of Ten
nessee, would not be made until the
end of next week, the appointment
being iK>Etponed to enable the depart
ment to thoroughly can-vass the sit
uation, a nurniber of names having
been suggested for the appointment.
NIGHT mi KILL
First Murder by Theni in Bine
Qrass Region.
FARMER IS SHOT DOWN
Called to His Coor at Night, He
Fired Upon a Band of M«n Who
Returned a Volley and He Fell Dead
In His Wife’s Presence.
Carlisle, Ky., Miarch 21.—-A band
of nig'ht riders early Saturday moi;n-
ing shot and killed Harland Hedges,
a prominent farmer, seven miles
northwest of this place.
This is the first murder 'by the night
riders in the “^blue grass” resion of
Kentucky.
Hediges wnajs awakened by shouts
shortly befiore 2 o’clock. Apprehend
ing trouble, he went to his front d>oor
with a shotgun and fired once.
The night riders replied with a vol
ley, which killed Hedges just €is his
wife reached his side.
The masked men then rode rapidly
away, and did not attempt to set fire
to Hjediges’ house or' barn.
Hedges is an indepen-dent tobacco
farmer, and d« widely known over the
county.
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Meets Tuesday evenings
8.30., Castle Hall, Pru-
ternity building-.
A hearty welcome for
visitors at all times-
T. W. WHITMIRE, C. O.
Professional C€o*ds.
W. B. DUCKWORTH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
I
Rooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Building.
Signs Extradition Papers.
Mexico City, March 21—Etradition
paj>ers‘ in the case of William F. Walk
er, the former New Britain, Conn.,
banker, have been signed by Presi
dent Diaz, and are now enroute to En-
sananubia. The prisoner will be
surrendered to the United States au
thorities inrmediately upon their ar
rival.
ROOSEVELT CRITICIZED.
Hardwick, of Georgia, Makes Attack
on President.
Washinigton, March 21.—More crit
icism of President Roosevelt w’as in
dulged in in the house or representa
tives Friday, when he was rounJ/ly
denounced by Mr. Hardwick of Geor
gia, for failing to send to congress
all information regarding corporations
which had come into his iK>si£essiion.
The president, however, found a
ready and vigorous defender in Mr.
Mann, of Illinods, who asserted that
the president had acted with the ut-
mosit good faith in sending to congress
all information that had come to him.
The discussion arose ^ver a resolu
tion by Mir. Hardwick to require the
president to supply the house with all
data so far obtained by 'the bur^u
of corporations. The resolution was
tabled, 148 to 115.
MISTAKEN FOR SMUGGLERS.
Custom Inspectors Kill Each Other Un
der a Mistake.
BI Pa':0, Tex., March 21.—Mounted
Cu'stoms Inspeotors Charles Logan
and Charles Jones fought a duel in the
dry bed cf the Rio Grande river, in
this city Thursday nig'ht, and both
were killed. Their bodies were disr
^'overed Friday. It is supposed that
each mistook the other for a smug
gler.
Logan was a son of the tete Major
T. H. Logan, of the Unite^i States
army, and a brother of the wife of
Captain Frank E. Wickham, Twelfth
infantry, United States arm^^, sta
tioned at Governor’s Island, N. Y.
Jones was a ralLroad man. He lived
at San Anotnio and Houston, Tex.,
before entering the customs service.
A DANGEROUS CARGO.
Sailors -.Refused to Ship on Vessel
Containing Load of Dynamite.
Philadelphia, Pa., March 21—^Fifteen
members of the crew of the British
steams'hip Kiora, loading dynamite at
Thcmpison’s Point, N. J., for the con-
struct-on department of the Panara;a
canal, left the ves'sel Friday and no
amount of persuahton oould Induce
the seafarers to return to duty.
They claimed that the Kiora is a
floating mine and that going to sea
with such a dangerous cargo meant
de-ath if any ajccldent should occur.
Fifteen new men were shipped and
the Kiora proceeded for Colon.
Steamer Burned to Water's Edge.
Barcelona, March 20.—^The Spanish
steamer Isle De Panay, Captain A®eo,
from Manila Feb. 18, for Liverpool,
via Colombo, Feb. 28^ with a cargo
of tobacco and coocanuts on ‘board, put
in here ^'Viday with fire raging in
her holds and was> 'burned to the wa
ter's edge. The crew was «aved.
Mistaken For a Burglar.
Birmingham, Ala., March 21.—Lon
Nix lies in the city hospital, at Bes
semer, in a fcerlous condition, an arm
ha\*ing been amputated already in or
der to save his life, as the res-ult cf
a mistake mede by Robert Campbell,
with w'hom Nix bearded. Campbell
mistook Nix for a burglar. Nix made
a noise to frighten Ciam-pbell, kicking
over a bucket. Campbell, excited,
secured his gun and fired on what he
thought was an intruder. When Nix
fell to the floor and cried out his
name, the mistake was discovered.
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HENDERSONVILLE,
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Thieves Steal Bust of Rope.
oRme, March 21.—At Frascati on
Friday thieves broke into the magnifi
cent villa of A'ldobrandini, which dates
from the sixteenth century, carried
off a valua.ble bust in Corintthian
bronze of Pope Clement VIII. The
thieves gained access by breaking a
window and removed the bust, wliich
weigts 500 pounds,* from its position
in the cezitml haU of the villa.
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