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ROCKINGHAM K. C THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1903.
1LC3 H1JFH JICIKCI
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
SOGIETTS SCHEME
To Take Initiative In Import
ant Movement.
IS A TENTATIVE PROPOSAL.
Plan la For Amalgamation of Chris
tian EndMvor Society, Epworth
League and Baptist Union Conven
tion No. i Meets at Denver.
Denver. July 11. A movement of
afg&ai Importance In the religious
world has been launched by the Chris
tian Endeavor convention No. 5, In
ailoa herer It la a tentative pro
posal to work for th amalgamation
of the Christian Endeavor society, Ep
worth league and the Baptist Union,
and It will be presented In the form
of a petition from the endeavorerf
to the other two national bodies. Ia
taking the Initiative In the advocacy
of each union the Christian Endeavor
Society points to Its priority of ea
tablUhment as justification.
"To evangelize the world." this Is
the keynote of the press of the noted
ministerial orators of this country,
snd of England, who attend the ses
sions of the International Christian
Endeavor convention. That a def
inlte plan for. carrying on the work
will be adopted before the conven
tion sJjourns Is probsble.
Services la churches at S o'clcok
this morning were attended by thou
sands of delegates.
From 8:30 to 9:55 o'clock session!
of the Christian Endeavorer School o
Methods were held In eight churches
At 19 o'clock a conference of state,
district aiwi local, union officers be
gan at Central Preshyterian church.
President Clark presiding. Address
es, coulalnlng suggestions to Chris
tlau Endeavor workers were delivered.
Slraulianeously the convention prop
er was in session at the largest tenf
In Cam? Endeavor. Iter James T
lijj. of Salem. Mass.. presided.
-Oar Resources and How to Devei
op Them." was the topic of the daj
nd addresses were made by prom
cent members. The afternoon was
devoted to Junior meetings hell It
Court Endeavor. Father Clark presid
Ing. Rev. CV II- TyndalL D.D.. ai
Vernon. N. Y and Rv. W. F. Wilson,
of Hamilton. Ont, .delivered address
es.
IN ROLE OF ENOCH ARDEN.
Mrs. Olsen, Missing for 21 Years, Re
turns to Her Old Home.
Rockford. Ills, July 11. A womar
la the role of Enoch Arden has return
el to Rockford after an absence ol
21 years.
This chief figure In this history li
Mrs. Louise Olsen. Twenty-one yearf
ago Mrs. Oisen was injured In a rail
road wreck sear Duff a Jo. N. Y. Sh
was taken to a hospital, bat recovered
Her mind was not quite clear, how
ever, and she wandered to France. An
other victim of the wreck died In thl
hospital and by mistake was buried aj
Sirs. Olsen.
When Mrs. Olsen returned to Rock
ford she found the two babies sbi
had left. Will and Frank; full grows
aad surprised at her return. Alei
Olsen. whom he married while bellev
tog fully In his first wife's death, bar
lng died tome years ago. Mr. Olsei
fully Identified the returned one ai
his flrt wife. The latter will recog
nite the rights -of the third wife an
will live with her recovered children
KIshinefT Ringleader Suicides.
Berlin. July Jl. The Frankfurt I
Zeitnng say a It learns by way of Bo
chare t. Roumanla. that the ringlead
er of the Kishlneff atrocities, a mu
named Plnerjewakl. has committed
suicide at Kishlneff because the dlrec
tor of the Russian ministry of justice
had arrived there, commanded by thl
czar to make a stringent investigates
Into the horrors. The Zeitung als
says H learns from another sonrcs
that former Governor Von Rohan hai
returned to Kishlneff and is endeavor
ing to get the Jewish population oi
that place to unite in a testimonial
to the effect that be behaved correct
ly during the massacres. .
Living Girl Put In Coffin.
Berliu. July 11. A terrible case ol
a person being placed In a coffin aliv
occurred at Altoaa Thursday. Ia i
coffin, containing the supposed re
mains of a 14-year-old girl being de
Uvered at the cemetery, the attend
ants weard cries emanating from thl
coffin. The lid was removed and thi
girl was found to be still alive. Shi
died two hours later.
Reward For Bank Robber Increased.
St. Louis. July 9. The $100 reward
offered by the governor for the cap
ture of -Bill" Rudolph, the escaped
bank robber, has been Increased te
SS.000 by a detective agency, one ol 1
the operatives of which was killed
while trying to arrest Rudolph and
Collins soon after the robbery.
Colonel Mlschles Promoted.
Belgrade. July 11 Colonel Mishicl
of the Sixth Infantry regiment, which
took a prominent part fa the couf
d'etat of June 11.-has been promoted
to the peat of departmental chief ol
the ministry of war.
Ctton King of Canada Dead.
Montreal. July 9. A. F. GaulL pr
IJect of the Dominion Cotton xompa
ny and the so-called cotton Mnj ct
Canala is dead. - .
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GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Child Labor Bill Meets With Defeat
In the House.
i Atlanta, July 91 DereU In the de
fies forecasted by the apponenta of
the chlfd labor bill was the fate of that
measure In the house of representa
tives yesterday, at the conclusion of
a .debate which lasted for six hours.
Opponents of the bill asserted con
fidently on Tuesday night that they
had 90 rotes. The result of the roll
call la the house at noon yesterday
disclosed the fact that they had lost
only one of these, while the rote for
the measure was aboct'what had been
conceded by them. Its failure being
recorded by S9 to 75.
The Australian ballot bill failed to
receive a constitutional majority la
the senste yesterday after the provi
sion that It should not ' become ef
fective until approved by ,the grand
juries had been stricken from the
measure.
- Atlanta. July II. It Ii probahls
that the house of representatives will
decide this week what la to be dons
with the Georgia conrioU. .This If
considered. In fact, the iaoHpresfiag
Question before the legislature at Its
preaen session.
The special order for Wednesday,
July 15, is a bill by Mr. George, ol
Morgan., proposing to make It unlaw
ful for anyone to employ a laborer,
tenant or cropper wno Is ein'derran
tract with another. Thereis-alradj
a lav os this subject, but the present
bill is mora specific and in stronger
terms. It Is designed to protect
ers who make advances to employ el
under contract, as such employes arc
sometimes In the habit of disappearing1
as soon as those advances are made.
The senate will have to contend
with two bills this week which were
recently passed by ihe house. On
of these, by Messrs. Steed and Hjxon,
of Carroll, provides' for the electlo
of county school commissioners by the
people. There lg much opposition
to this measure In the senate, and
some of the members of that bodi
are freely predicting that It will be
disposed of by , the upper house ad
rersely In short order.
The senate last wfek passed thl
measure providing for, a constitution
al amendment limiting the pow
er of the legislature to lery taxes tl
S mills. This Is the second tlm thli
measure has been passed by the sen
ate, this being done owing to a de
feet in the first bUL The measurl
goes to the house this week. -
CHARGED WITH GIRL8 MURDER.
Ate Alleged Poisoned Candy Given by
Her Lover.
Savannah, Ga, July 11. roach Bar
sard was arrested at Olennville, If
the lower part of Tattnall-- rpunty,
charged with the poisoning of Mlsf
Weeks last Suaday. " x xl.
U seems that Barnard and Mlsf
Weeks were sweethearts, He called
on her Sunday and spent ihe day and
before leering gave her some candy.
After he was gone she ate a piece oi
It and remarked that it was the moat
bitter randy she ever ate. . , ,
It Is not known whether or not Us
Barnard gare her the candy knowinf
that It contained poison. If it did con
tain any.
Dr. G W. Tootle conducted the potto
mortem examination, but could find
no cause for her death other -that
poisoning. He removed the stomach
and it will be sent to a chemist to ti
analysed.
A coroner's Jury has been empaneled
and has carried the examination as
far as it can until the jurors can heat
the result of the analysis of the stomach-
A warrant charging Barnard wits
murder has been sworn out and thl
preliminary trial has been arranged
for. .... ...
Terrell Makes Appointments.
Atlanta, July 11. Qoyernqr Terrell
settled a lively contest over the Judge
ship of the city court of Tattnall bj
appointing to the position Hon. C. H.
Mann, former member of. the.statf
senate. The Incumbent, 7udge P. WTi
Williams, was a candidate for' reap-'
polntmeat. and there waa a third can
didate, Hon. C. L. Morgan. Each ol
these gentlemen had his strong friendf
and delegation 'after delegation has
called on the governor at differen
times. Judge Mann was a strong
supporter of Gorernor Terrell and wai
enthusiastically indorsed by many
strong 'men In his county. Other
appointments made by the gorernof
yesterday were; Hon- N. J. Haltoa,
solicitor of the city court of Baxleyj
Hon. W. J. Geer, solicitor ef the coun
ty court of Miller. "
Atlanta Man Director, '
Wilmington, N. C. July 1L rhe
stockholders of the Narassa Guano
company held their annual meeUna
here. The usual ' dividend aa 4
clared and the follow lug officers were
elected: President, IL WMalloy,
Wilmington; rice president, SVT. Mpr
gan Richmond;, secretary and rreasr
urer, W. L. Deroiiet. Wilmington i fit
rectors, S. T. Morgan, S. D. Crenshaw,
C. E. Borden and r.; Whittle. Rich
mond; W. L. Derosset and H. W. Mal
low. Wilmington; L. A. Car, Durham;
F. B. Dancy, Atlanta. eud W. if.
Morgan, Fayettfrllle ' .
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Negro Hanged at Savannah.
Sarannah, Oa July 10. Abe Cohen,
a negro who killed Susan Rogers, a
negro woman, two years ago, was
hanged her this morning.
v Toy Pistol Victims.
Pittsburg. July 13. Six boy hare
died oi tetanoos sine July 4. JLU
trera ricUma ct tLm aoj gdstcL "
EXPLOSION KILLS THREE.
Terrible Tragedy Occurs Near Blr
mlngham, Ala.
Birmingham. Ala.; July 14. Three
men were Instantly killed and another
fatally injured by an ! explosion In'
the- coining "mill of the Birmingham
powder. mills near Broyxes. 5 miles
from the city Saturday afternoon
about 3 o'clock. I
The building was totally wrecked
by the explosion, although It did not
effect any oftbe other 11 buildings
of the riant, eJng too far separated.
' Tneo'ead'are; j
- A. NorrtaV white, employe.
T. Oook, white, yard boss.
James Schultx. white, powder boss.
Fatally Injured, L. C. Jones, master
mechanic.
The bodies of the men had to be
pulled, from the yard which surrounds
the buildings by ropes and hooks. .
Hundreds' -of pounds of powder art
scattered about In the grass and the
owners of the mill will not allow any
one to go Inside the lnclosure.
Besides the damage j to the mf
there were. 400 kegs of powder either
exploded or scattered, It seems that
thV machinery in the building had
been stopped; to allow some repairs
to be made and that while these men
were working on It one of them struck
a spark with his hammer. r
REDUCTION MADE IN PIG IRON.'
Furpaces of Birmingham District Cut
.". Dpwn Prices.
Birmingham, Ala., July 11. No. 3
foundry Iron has been reduced from
f 14.50, by the furnaces of the Br?
mlngham disulct, to IIS per ton.
The formal action was taken at a
meeting of thd northern furnace men
who held a meeting In . Chicago, and
at wh!ch the Birmingham furnace In
terests were Vepresented. :
The following official bulletin was
gUen to the press by President Don.
H. Bacon,' of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron' company: - - :1
"A number of producers of south
ern pig Iron hare reduced the price
of No. 3 foundry to $13 f. o. b. furnace,
with corresponding reductions in other
grades."
Further than to gire out the bul
letin, Mr. Bacon would make no state-
jaept-' It if a' known, fact, however,
that practically no orders, hare been
booke by any of the Birmingham fun
naces since the recent cut-to $14.50
was made, and the furnace peoplf
found It necessary to make a further
reduction . In order to more the iron
pnj hand, and that, which they are
making.
THIRTY LIVE8 LOST IN FLOOD,
Fifty Houses Destroyed In Graeff en
berg, an Austrian Village.
Breslau, , .Prussia, Julr U- Thirty
Ures Lave been lost in a flood which
ha , destroyed 50 houses at Graeff en
berg, a Tillage of Austria In the val
ley of Ftledw aid au., I '
' President Merrill Resigns.
Mobile, Ala, July 10-"olonel F.
B. Merrill, having sold his interests In
the Mobile, Jackson an 4 Kansas CU)
rallroa4, resljned the office of presi
dent of that road. An election wai
held which resulted in the choice ol
W. -D. Stratton, of New Yr.i k. presi
dent; W. A. Stanton. New York, rid
president; J. Tr.Odell, New'Ycrk, ad
rlsor of the executlre"! officers, and
Pierce C. Butler secretary. A new
board of directors -was elected, af
follows; Alexander I. MeDonald, J.
T. Odell and Edmund K.! Stallo, all ol
New York. The. management will
push i he construction of the road from
Laurel, Miss., to Jackson, Tenn. Thf
road Is already in operation from Mo
bile to i Hattlesburg. - :
Negro Preacher Will Hang.
Opelika. Ala.. July 13. Rer. l, C
Sparks, a negro preacher, who Is con
fined in the jail here, will hang Air
gust 28 He was sentenced nearly twf
years ago, but hia case , has been in
the supreme court on i appeal eret
tine-. Saturday, the court sustained
the Terdict of the:ircuit ocrut. Sparkl
'assassinated a" negro named Jack In
gersoU atJphenlx City and was assist
ed In the terrible crime by Ingersoll'i
wife, She is n- the penitentiary fot
w. -J :
Carpenter Fractures Skull.
: Greenrille, S. C, July 10. While at
work on the new church building ol
the Rutherford Street church Jessi
8elLay TreUkmWTr carpenter of thii
chy. fell to the floor., fracturing hii
skuIL i t He Is still unconseious and
his physllcans hare no hopes for him
whaterer. Mr.
two children.
EeirhaS a wife anil.
Jelke Pardons Many; Convicts.
Montgomery. Ala,, July 10. Execu
tlre clemency has been extended tfl
fiver Alabama, convicts by Governor
Jelka. The pardoned prisoners were
Wesley Rogers; of Crenshaw county;
Ben M. Carmack, of Morgan county;
Anthony Lattlmer, of Bullock county;
Will Raaberry, of Chilton county, and
Frank Jones, of Chambers county. '
Big Jail Delivery 11 Escapes.
Williamsburg. Ky July 10. Elerea
prisoners escaped from jail here last
pight-by prying oqt the iron grate fa
the floor. Fire were charged whS
murder and ether serious offenses. Sij
prisoners refused to leave the jail.
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Bov Drowned at Decatur.
. Decatur. Ala, July 10 Russell Tat
Ij, agsl.17. formerly of Pulaski, made
i misstep On a gang plank leading to a
barge on the Tennessee river here and
filling Into tlmwater was -drown ed.
Uis hoCj waa reoorered: -
JUDGE JONES ROASTS JURY.
Peonage Trial Elicita Shaj p Word by
Alabama Jurlsaj
' ' Montgomery, Ala'-Julf 13. Judge!
iDom23 ur-ozijes, ci tae piiea &uiies
court here, hafe delivered, ; sensation-j
ai charge to the jury thahas in hand
the case of the United Stasia v. Fletch-
er Turner, charged withholding one'
Glennle Helms,, a negro. n a condi-.
tlon of peonage, rf.ixt': j
Although, there were only- a few per-
sons in the courtroom
p at the time.
a ' " s a ' '
surprise was ceara on evry Bise.. xne :
Jury came Into the 'couftroom audi
Informed the judge thtt tjere was -no
chance or prospect of th-r " reaching-'
a rerdlct in' the case, VMM ; :
Judge Jones Uhen reryfivehemently
lectured them. He told them that
If they ..belieTed the evidence offered
by. 'I the ,'gorernment thy defendant
was guilty; that if they Relieved the
evidence offered by the defendant the
defendant waa guilty, andthat if they
believed the .undlsputed Vfact ' In the
case the defendant wait guilty, :
He said he bad no power to put
the Jury in jall'for contempt of court,
Knt fYi- 44 A A mitt ior4vv w ea
diet of guiKy they .would perjure them
, . . 1 .I
selves in the sight of God. and dis
honor themselves in the eyes of man.
Congressman ' A. G. Wiley, counsel
ior..the defendant, excepted to the re
marks of the judge. , The, case is now
exciting more attention .han erer be
fore. The Jury was discharged until
Monday
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FIRED BULLET INi&RAIN,
Hi
Tragedy In Family Home Ut Fort Va
; r : ley, Ga. e
. Fort Valley, Ga.. .July j 13.7-J. ;T
to. a well known butcher f this place,
shot and killed himself Sunday.
Immediately after breakfast he bade
his wife 'and children- Joodby, say
ing that he would ner- j see 'them
again. Then before thf V ; could ask
the reason of his conduit he sprang
into a buggy with a nekto man . and
drore off. '
About a quarter of a lle. from, the
town, in a neighborhopd! -known aa
Ganoville, he pulled out-'-his pistol,
arid, placing it to his heaJ, .fired, dying
almost Instantly. , ,'
A white man who ' was 'near the
.scene saw the deed andl hastened to
him. He and the negro who was
with Mr. Cato, carried te body to a
house and sent for a doctor who found
him dead.-'- . '.);'
No cause for the sulctde is known,
though it is thought by home that he
was . drinking, : ; ' " ';-p .';v
Mr, Cato leaves a wife: and six chil
dren. . ' . .. 'I V'
Swift Punishment tav. Burg Far.
San Francisco, July XjJtt-The offi
cers . oa the Pacific Mal liner Colon
arrlred today from Acapuico and tell
of the punishment meted out by ' the
Mexican officials to 'a j:burglar who
broke Into the steamship - company's
office at Acapuico In J"ufte last. He
broke open the safe ajrd -stole $40
after t eating the watchman. into in
sensibility. He was jcaptured later
on the road to the City o Mexico with
oaily $89 on his person. He was tak.
en back to Acapuico an.d'jthere admit
ted his gtiilt He was promptly aen-tenced-to
be shot. M,f f
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Freight Handlers trike.
Chicago, July 14. All" 4 the freight
handlers employed : by'&he Chicago
Terminal Transfer ; company at its
Western ayenue depot I truck today
because of the discharge Saturday of
20 men who refused tq,hajidle freight
from the Kellogg Switchboard and
Signal -company. Pickets "turned away
every teamster who sought, to dellrer
goods at the depot : Teamsters made
no objection and seemed ia sympathy
with the strikers. Business at the
station is temporarily at a'ftandstllL
Boston Traveler Change -Hands, -
New York, July 14 It is announc
ed today that the controlflng Interest
fa the Boston Trareler, which was re
cently purchased through Charles M,
Palmer, . I3 owned by J; H. Fahey, As
sociated Press correspondent, at Bos
ton, who will assume themanagement
of the paper at once. Ttfe Traveler
la 79 years old, being n'e of the old
est dailies In the countfy. vIt will re
main an independent Demorcatlc pa
per. .. ' ;':'-
No Knife for LbngstreejL
Gainesrille, July. 16, The condition
Of General Longstreet Is materially Im
proved. After returning from a ris
it to the general his physician, Dr.
P. Ham, gare out the following
statement: -"General longstreet la
much better. In fact I -found his con
dltion so much more satisfactory that
we have indefinitely postponed the op
eration. The statement giren out by
Dr. Ham Is altogether! encouraging
and his friends now hopei that he may
be spared the operation. , ;.
Railroads Fighting Order. .
Raleigh, N. . C July .13. The rail
roads are making a hard fight against
the 'recent order of the? corporation
commission fixing storage: and demur
rage charges on freight land a time
limit for the dellrery of;jfreIght The
railroads claim that it Isl Impossible
for them to more freigtjt aa quickly
as this order requires, jn the other
hand, shippers
order to stand.
are cfaun6ring for the
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- Liquor Election for Hancock. -Sparta,
Ga., July 13. A. petition for
an election on the liquor question has
been held with OrdlnarytCulTer bar.
log been signed by he requisite
cumber of the qualified foiers of the
county. The electloQ ha been order-
ed for July 31. . Hancock has been m.
"prohibitloa county the paHJBra
ItragEuoggursAT:;
MURFKEESBQRO, TENN
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prt0.T.i . taVJc, i-j
instable JackSOH ShcoUS and
. Sills Newt Britain.
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WAS SHOT THROUGH HIS HZAD.
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rouoie occurred at an Entertsirv
ment Britain Ran From Constebie.
When Arrest Was Attempted and
Latter Fired. . ' ; '
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, Nashville, Tean July 10 -A spe
cial from Mur frees bo ro to The Ban
ner says that New: Brlltain was shot
and killed last; night - by Constable
Freeland. Jackson. , . ,
.- Brit tain became boisterpua at a sup
per and drew his pistol on a boy; who
reported the matter to Jackson, and
he started out to put Brittain under
arrest, , - , .. "
Brittain saw the officer coming and
proceeded to run, . Jackson . gare.
Chase when Brittain suddenly storvl
- 1 " 1 trIe?. to drf7W bU pl8t0!: ffct
I fore he- could usevthe weapon, the
constable had put a bullet in his head,
bloaing out his brains. ' ;
" The'Bheriff has gone to the scene oi
the tragedy, - '
BINGHAM RESIGNS AS AGENT,
Former Atlanta Pastor To Re-enter
' Ministry. ' ; .
Ns.shville, Tenn , July 111 Dr. R. J.
Blgham, book agent of the publishing
house of the Methodist Episcopal
church, south, has resigned and will
return to ' his home in Atlanta, Ga.,
and : re-enter the - ministry. - ' i
' This announcement 'will come aa a
great surprise " to Dr. U Bingham's
friends throughout the bounds of the
Methodist church, as not even an in
timation of such a step had pre-rious-ly
been glrentout by Dr. Bingham.
The first notice any one had of Dr.
Bingham's intention was the reception
of his resignation tendered to the booS
committee of the church through Dr.
Collins Denny, ehalrman of that com
jnlttee. This was handed Dr. Den-'
ay yesterday afternoon. The resig
nation was accepted.
The book committee villi select a
successor to Dr, Bingham to fill 'his
unexpired term, but Dr. Denny said; he
could not tell when the committee
would meet for this purpose, as he
had. not ' been able to communicate
with them all, but he was now in cor
respondence with the members and
would call the- committee together, aa
soon as possible, . '
The -committee elects 1 subject . to
confirmation by. the college of bishops,
and so the bishops must also be noti
fied of the contemplated action, .
Dr. Bingham was elected to this of
fice as the," successor of Dr. D, J. Bar
bee by the general conference, of the
church which met Jn Dallas, Tex last
May. He was at the time of his eleo
tlon presiding elder of the Atlanta dis
trict '-
Juvenile Cracksmen Jailed.
Pensacola, July 11. The police, af
ter being worried for many weeks
with robberies of store, hare at last
succesded In arresting1? the robbers.
They now hare under arrest fire boys,
two negroes and three wnlte, none of
whom are orer 12 years of age. Some
of them hare , acknowledged their
guilt, . firing the names of rations
stores which they hare entered during
the past six months, and also the ar
ticles taken. Music stores, dry goods
houses, and other places of business
hare been looted. The boys had skel
eton keys of a number of places, but
they were nerer used, except -on" one
occasion, when they entered the store
of Kress & Co., on Palafax street
Heavy Phosphate Shipments,
Tampa, Fla., July 13. The report
compiled from the customhouse rec
ords of the shipments of phosphate
through Port Tampa show that the In
dustry in this section is enjoying
marked prosperity. , The custom
house Is rery bu3y-now in erery de
partment and the commerce of Tampa,
both export and Imports, is growing
with remarkable rapidity, but no
branch of the shipping business if
more prosperous than the phosphate.
The rock is moving rapidly now, and
erery day nearly sees thousands of
dollars' worth of this valuable mineral
carried out of Tampa bay.
Will Grade Electric Line.
Florence. Ala., July 11. The
con
tract for the grading of the electris
railroad to be constructed between
Florence, Sheffield and Tuscumbia has
been a warded to T. M. Crow, civil
engineer and contractor, of this dty,
and a large force has been put at the
work. According to the terms of the
contract the work must be completed
by December L. The amount of Mr.
Crow's hid could not be ascertained.
Mirage Seen at Apalachlcela.
Apalachicola, Fla July 11. A mir
age was witnessed by a number, of
people here. A cloud over the town
had a perfect representation of tie
bathing wharf, lighthouse and trees
on St. George's island which is 7 or
8 miles from here, and are not visi
ble except dimly to the eye, bvt ia
the mirage they appeared plainly and
seemed to bt) quite-near. - '
National League ! Meeting Called.
New York. July 1L President Ptt
llam, of the National xUeague, haa. caU
ed st special meeting of that crgaaixa
'Uon. to be held In the Ttetorta LoUL
j wit;-
JAIL BIRDS MUTINY.
Three Escape. From Federal Prison at
! Johnson City, Kan.
I Junction City, Kans, July 11. Gil
bert Mullen, the federal prisoner, who
led the mutiny at the Ft Leavenworth
prison in November, 1901, and who has
been la the county jail here for the
past year awaiting trial oa the charge
of having murdered one of the guards
In the mutiny, led an assault on Sher
iff Pees early 'today and he, wSth
three others, a white man and two ne
gro prisoners, escaped.
The sheriff was overpowered and
badiy cut on the head, but he succeed
ed In getting the cell door closed be
fore all fire prisoners could get out
I The quatette ran through the east
ern part 'of town toward the rlrer and
compelling a fisherman to row them
to the old side, made for the thick
timber.
I The sheriff followed In a buggy and
posses were quickly organized and
joined the chase. Later soldiers were
sent orer from Ft Riley to assist in
tne hunt
Shortly before noon two of the ne
groes were captured and returned to
jail. Sheriff Peez was badly injured.
but is still leading the search. Mul
lens, who is a negro. Is a desperate
man and it is expected he will put
up a hard fight
- In the Fort Leavenworth outbreak
2$ prisoners escaped, Mullens and
nearly all the others 'finally being
captured after a desperate fight in
which Guard J. B. Waldrup and ser
eral of the convicts were killed.
Incediary Fire Destroys Oranges.
Fort Meade, Fla., July 11. Joseph
Brock, who recently purchased the
beautiful Metcalf placed located west
of town, was aroused from his slum
bers Tuesday morning a little after
3 o'clock by some 'suspicious noise,
to find his kitchen, which was but 7
yards from his residence, on fire. The
building and 14 large orange trees,
which had fully 200 boxes of fruit on
them, fell a prey to the flames while
the residence had a narrow escape,
being only saved by the trees around
It ' The accumulation of brush piled
on the porch of the kitchen, threats
issued by a neighbor, receipt of an
anonymous letter, and other signs, all
point to the work of an Incendiary.
Jennings Issues Death Warrants.
Tallahassee, Fla., July 13. Gorer
nor Jennings has' Issued three death
warrants, all for culprits conricted" ol
murder1 in Dural county. The doom
ed, men are Frank Carter, convicted
of the murder of Charlie Phillips on
November .2, 1901; Frank Roberson,
conricted " of the murder " of James
Smith on October 25, 1901; Ed Lore,
convicted, of murder in the first de
ree in .November, 1901. All these
executions will take place In Jackson
rille on Friday, Aug. 7.
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Took His Life When Children Left
Raleigh, N. C July 11. In Oatel
county " William Knight a wealthy
farmer, committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the head with a
pistol, the muzzle of which he placed
in his mouth.: He waa foundT some
time later lying In the doorway ol
his house. '; The only reasoa assign
ed for the suicide is loneliness, due to
the fact that all his children had mar.
ried and gone-away, "p ' r
J Americans Ascend ' Matterhorn.
Zermatt, Switzerland. July 11. Th
first ascent of the Matterhorn for the
present season has been accomplish
ed by tx) Americans, George C. HiH
mann, of Buffalo, N. ,Y. - and. Perry
Smith, of Philadelphia. Wita theii
guides they reached the summit at
10:20 a. , m.' today. . :
Florida Forms Hearst Club.
Jacksonrille, Fla., July 13. Jackson
ville now has a Hearst club. At' 1
meeting held : In the Aragoq hotel
building by a number ' of represent
tire Democrats an - organization was
formed to further the interests of Wil
liam Randolph Hearst for . the presi
dential nomination of the Democratic
party.
Peonage Case In Florida.
Jacksonville, Fla., July 9. J. 8. Ben
nett, chairman of the board of com
missioners of Bradford county, accused
by Maggie Williams of holding her la
a state of peonage, was arraigned be
fore United States Commleslonef
Locke, waired examination and place!
under a S500 bo.td. which he gare. f
Death of f Engineer Welsh
Savannah, Ga, July 13. Engineer
James T. Welsh, of the Atlantic Coast
Line, who was Injured aboard his en
glno in the yards here, died at St
Joseph hospltaL
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
1 The; Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad . refuse to let the- Atlantic
and - Birmingham cross its tracks af
Tifton and the matter will probably
be carried Into the courts. ' '
j Owing to the continued rocking of
car armed guards are still kept os
the street cars In Richmond,
i The street carf strikers at Beau
mont, Tex., hare won their demands
and have gone back to work. '..
Intense heat still prevaJis la the
great cities. Deathe asi -prostratJoas
were numerous yesterday. ;
: At Lincoln, Neb.. James Rheat was
hurried to the gallows, in crier to
get ahead of a court injunction to pre
vent the execution, :-;-j',;:-i-f
j At Marinette, WIs.,s troops were
called out to preresi the lynching of
negro who had been cangtst walk
lag fcr the all cl m vlita cxL .
ffic professions
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