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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
TWENTY-SECOND YEAR.
U/
jt Where The Honey Is
jj< The Bees Gather!
11* ——
(I) Where Real Bargains Are
■
Trade Is Sure to Come!
This is The “Real Thing” Now.
U/ have no doubt heard of that “sucker hole”
■ up the creek, but when you went fishing the
sucker hole, like the rain bow, was always a little
Ufr further on.
aj So also \ ou have read ads. about cheap wash
U/ goods, but when you went to buy the goods were
“cheaper’’ than the “price” Not so here.
jj* Read These Prices:
W 1 Lot Scotch Lawn, good goods, fast color, worth
0/ 5c anywhere, only 3 C yd.
U/ 1 Lot yard wide Percales, worth 10c anywhere on
W earth, now only 5 C yd
1 Lot Beautiful Woven Madras Cloth for
//A r [Et Shirts and Shirt Waists, worth 20c;
at lie yd.
ALLEN Q/ y Lot Striped and Figured Dimities, worth
-V l oc. at 6c.
1 Lot Striped and Figured Dimities, worth 15c.
at 92 c «
W 1 Lot Assorted Cordettes, Fine Dimities, Organ-
W dies and Lawns, worth 15c *o 20c per yard,
W at 9|c.
1 Lot French Organdies, cheap at 25c; now
£ only 16c yd
1 Lot Strped and Figured P. K. worth 20c;
at 10c yd
m
1 Lot Cab’e Cord, worth 15c; at 10c yd
'fl 1 Lot White P. K. worth 17Jc; at 11c yd
1 Lot White P. K. worth 221 c; at 15c yd
1 Lot Fire P. K. worth 30c; at yd
'fl 1 Lot Fire P. K. worth 35c; at 20c yd
r Lot Figured Whip Cords, worth 15c, at 10c yd
'fi In order to obtain these goods at these prices
'fl bring the cash and mention this ad.
This sale for cash only. Nothing charged
at these prices. LEE ALLEN,
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
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Specialist.
Genito Urinary diseases and diseases ol
the skin Offiice in, and over Dodson's I’har
inac\ Room No. +1 Windsor Dote ,
yAN RIPER,
PHOTOGRAPHER AND VIEW fARTIST.
Studio on Jackson street, opposite I’resby
terlan church.
DR 15. 13. HUDSON.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Tenders his professional services to the pub
lic. Calls left at Hudson’s drug store will
receive prompt attention.
ROHT. L. MAYNARD,
Attorney at Law.l
Office In Wheatley Building; Room 1.
Will practice in all courts except County
Court of Sumter county.
JAMES TAYI.OB,
Attorney at Law.
Office over Rembert's Dru* sturForsyth
street
EA HAWKINS,
• Attorney at Law.
office in Wheatley Building opposite th
courthouse.
W ELLBORN F. CLARtvK,
Attorney at Law
BliA Lamar Street. Americus, Ga
JA. ANSLEY,’JR. f Attorneys at Law
Americus, Ga.
Give special attention to the Bankruptcy
practice. Office. Bvne bldg. near court house
KE. CATO, M. D.
. PHYSCIAN AND SURGEON.
Residence 330 Fulder street. Telephone 96
Tenders his professional services to the
people of Americus and surrounding coun
ties. Special attention given to general
surgery, diseases of women and children.
Office ltbJ4 Jackson street. Calls left at Dr
Eldridge’s store will receive prompt atten
ton
JOHN M. WILKES,
DENTIST
Office over Bank of Southwestern
Georgia.
BAGGAGES
STEVE WOOTEN has the only relia
ble transer agency in the city. Al
orders attended to promptly H left at
Windsor hotel. Hours 6am to 10 pm.
Orders for night trains must be left
before p m, Respectfully,
PHONE STEVE WOOTEN.
HSIEH
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EIGHT YEARS OLD.
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OLD, PURE RYE.
d* ~ EXPRESS
PREPAID.
We ship on approval in plain, sealed boxes,
with n■» marks to contain contents. When
you receive It and test ft, if it is not satisfac
tory. return it at our expense and we will re
turn your $3 fO We guarantee this brand to
be eight yesrs ofd Eight bottles for $6 56,
express prepaid. 12 bottles for 19.50 express
prepaip; 1 gallon jug, express propaid. JE3.00;
2 gallon jug, express prepaid, $5.50. No
charges for boxing.
We handle all tne leading brands of Rye
and Bourbon Whiskies in the market, and
will save you 50 per cent, on your purchases.
Quart. Gallon.
Kentuck Star Bourbon $35 $1 25
Elkridge Bourbon 40 1 50
Coon Hollow Bourbon 15 1 60
Mellwood Pure Rye 50 190
Monogram Rye 55 2 CO
Mcßrayer Rye 60 2 25
Baker’s AAA A 65 2 40
O. O. P. (Old Oscar Pepper).. 65 240
Old Crow 75 2 50
Finches’ Golden Wedding 75 2 75
Hoffman House Rye 90 3 00
Mount Vernon (8 years old).. 1 00 3 50
Old Dillinger (10 years old). . 1 25 400
The above are only a tew brands of the
many we carry tn stock. Send for catalogue.
All other goods by the gallon, such as Corn
Whiskey, Peach and Apple Brandies, etc,,
sold equally as low, from $1,25 gallon up
wards.
We make a specialty of the jug trade and
all orders by mail or telegraph will have our
prompt attention. Special inducements of
fered
The Altmayer &
Flatau Liquor Co.
orders shipped same day receipt ol
order.
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Near Union-Passenger Depot
Phone 265.
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This elegant hotel, situated upon the out
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formally opened June 15th.
Il cost over $125,000, and accommodates 250
gufcsts, Is modern in all appointments, rich
ly furnished and conducted upon a high
plane of excellence.
The city of Winchester, made famous by
song and story, rich in historic reminis
cences, is located in the heart of :he Shen
andoah Valley. Its elevation is over 1,100
feet, the atmosphere cool and dry. The Inn
is located upon the hillside westward ot the
town, and a cool, bracing air fans it at all
times.
The many places of interest ;n this beauti
ful valley appeal strongly to the tourist and
those seeking summer rest. A visit to the
old battlefields is interesting.
Beautiful shaded grounds surround tne
hotel, a chance for the children to romp; no
signs “Keep off the grass,-’ excellent high
ways, saddle riding, cycling, tennis, fishing,
bathing, etc., afford means of enjoyment.
An excellent orchestra during the entire
season, Kates from $12.00 to s2l each per
week for single rooms; $25 to $49 for double
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Now open for the season. BOATING,
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W. R. & LEE M. HANSFORD.
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Don’t let Your Baby Suffer and Cry
With Colic When a Few Drops of
Dr Ticlienor’s Antiseptic
(Diluted and Sweetened.)
Will give instant relief. Non-poisonous and
therefore harmless.
Tastes Like Peppermint Candy
and Baby will take it without a “kick.”
A Silver Half Dollar Will Get a Bottle from Druggists.
A postal card to the
Sherrouse Medicine Co.
Will “fetch” you a free sample. New Orleans, La
ANGLO-AMERICANS
PREPARING FOR AN
ADVANCE ON PEKING
Movement Under Chaffee Ex
pected to Begin Within
Forty-Eight Hours.
CUT LOOSE FROM POWERS
England and the United States Will
Co-Operate Regardless of the Atti
tude of the Other Nations—Ameri
cans and British Governments Are
In Hearty Accord.
London, July 31.—1 n the house of
commons, the parliamentary secretary
for the foreign office, William St. John
Broderick, announced the receipt of a
dispatch from General Sir Alfred Muse-
Ipe, commanding the British forces in
China, stating he contemplated an im
mediate advance on Peking, and that ho
hoped to have the co-operation of the
allied forces.
Washington, July 31. The report
from London that the British and Amer
ican troops at Tien Tein arc preparing for
an advance within 48 hours has aroused
much interest hero. The announcement
seems to have been made just before the
arrival of General Chaffee at Taku, and
gives rise to some interesting theories in
regard to the commander’s presence.
It is generally believed that if the
Loudon report is correct the arrival of
General Chaffee at Tien Tsin will mean
the instant cutting loose of the British
and American forces from the other
troops and their advance under General
Chaffee’s command.
General Chaffee has not gone to China
to act as a seaboard commander in an
allied force, unless that should commend
itself to him as the best way of carrying
out his own purposes. Ho is expected
to carry out the policy of the United
States without regard to its acoeptEibil
ity to the other powers. The United
States has already indicated its impa
tience at delay and its desire for an im
mediate forward movement. It has
represented to the other powers that
such an advance should be made and
has directed Admiral Romey to urge
this policy on the other commanders.
It is certain that au immediate advance
is the American policy and that the
Americans only await General Chaffee’s
arrival to begin carrying it out. The
extraordinary rapidity of Chaffee’s
movements show that he realizes how
much depends on his prompt arrival.
Well Delined Intentions.
The American general then arrives in
China with two well defined intentions:
First, to begin a forward movement, in
accordance with the instructions of his
government at once; second, to act as if
he wore the only military commander
in China, unless the other commanders
fall in with his views. Should they do
so, of course General Chaffee will bo
only too glad to have their help, but he
goes to Tien Tsin as an independent
commander, bent on following out his
own policy and not as as one officer of
the discordant “allied army.”
The report from London indicates to
people who are aware of this state of af
fairs that the British are ready to fall in
with Chaffee’s plan, even if the other
Europeans ana Japan do not. It is sur
mised that the British, aware of Chaf
fee’s intentions, are now preparing to
join the Americans in an advance as
soon as Chaffee orders it, and that this
is the meaning of the report.
It is certain, however, that Chaffee
will begin a forward movement at the
earliest possible moment, whether the
British ioin or not. It is suggested that
th© British have been anxious for a for
ward movement, but have been handi
capped by the smallness of their num
bers, and that they hail the news of
Chaffee’s arrival as the moons of carry
ing out thoir desires. They will then be
no long jr compelled to defer to the con
flicting wishes of the other commanders.
It is concluded that General Chaffee
will bo commander ox the American and ,
British forces when he inarches out of
Tien Tsin. Perhaps by the time ho ar
rives there some of tho other forces may
be willing to join him, but, In any event,
the American general will carry out his
own policy, glad of support if he can get
it, but determined on fulfilling his in
structions, oven if ho goes it single
handed.
Refuse to Return to Work.
New York, July Bl.—Tan big cigar
making firms, which locked out 5,000
cigarmakers more than throe months
ago, have notified their employes that
they are willing to take all of them back
to work when the factories open again.
The locked out men, women and girls
hold a masomeoting in the Bohemian
National hall and adopted a resolution
to the effect that they would not return
to work except under upion conditions.
POWERS AGAIN ON
THE WITNESS STAND
Details His Movements on the
Day of the Murder.
ENROUTE TO LOUISVILLE
Heard of Assassination at LaGrange.
Denies Golden’s Statements—Found
on His Return to Frankfort His Of
fice Door Had Been Forced.
Georgetown, Ky., July 31.—Caleb
Powers resumed the witness stand in
his own behalf and took up the testi
mony where he had left off. Witness
said that on the morning of the assassi
nation he was preparing to go to Louis
ville to make arrangements for bringing
more people to Frankfort. Ho locked
his office door, as described by Witness
Golden. He had no recollection of any
thing being said concerning suspicious
actions which Golden had referred to,
and was certain nothing of this sort was
said. At LaGrange the party heard
that Goebel had been assassinated and
that the shot had been fired from the
second or third story of the executive
building. The witness continued:
“I said it was a shame and an outrage,
and that it would blight the chance of
all of us whose offices were in contest.
I expressed similar sentiments to other
people that day. We went on to Louis
ville, but as the assassination of Goebel
had upset our political plans wo aban
doned the idea of bringing moro men to
Frankfort. ’ ’
Witness said that the statement of
Golden that he spoke derisively when
told of the shooting was absolutely false.
“I thought it my duty,” he continued,
“to return to Frankfort as soon as possi
ble, and did so that afternoon. I went
to the executive building and with my
keys, the only ones to the office, locked
the door. I found that the lock had
been battered and had difficulty in get
ting the key out of it. I did not take
the lock off and supplant it with a now
one, as has been stated in the evidence.
James Matthews put on the new lock.”
Burton Was Reproved.
The witness said he never heard any
sort of violence talked of in any of the
councils in which ho participated, ex
cept in one held in the commissioner of
agriculture’s office, in which Sheriff
Burton of Breckinridge county talked
in an incendiary manner and was re
proved by witness.
The day after the assassination the
witness said he began an investigation
to learn where the shot was fired from.
The newspapers were intimating that
the shooting was done from his office.
“I made no statement to Golden that
I was satisfied the shots came from my
office, and did not tell him I was
thinking of going to the common
wealth’s attorney to tell him all I knew.
I did have a talk with Governor Brad
ley about going to see Franklin, but he
advised against it, and I did not go.”
Powers then detailed the events im
mediately preceding the arrest of him
self and Captain Davis. He said hfs at
torney, Judge Yost, advised him to
make his way Co the mountains and re
main there till public excitement died
out before giving himself up for trial.
“The legislature had appropriated
SIOO,OOO for the prosecution of persons
charged with the crime and I did not
believe It was possible for mo to get a
fair trial in Franklin county. More
over, I did not believe the civil authori
ties there would protect me. I did not
know that I could get a change of venue
and these were the reasons that sug
gested flight from Frankfort.”
Os the $1,300 in money in his pockets
at the time of his arrest S4OO of it was
his own personal money and S9OO of it
belonged to the Republican camnaign
fund. The witness denied that he ever
had any one of a half dozen or more con
versations with Witness Wharton Gol
den, about which the latter told on the
stand last week, and denied that he ever
talked with him or any one else about
the killing of Goebel.
MOB WAS LED BY PREACHER.
Holiness Church Destroyed in North
Carolina—Great Excitement,
Ducktown, Tenn., July 31.—The peo
ple of Shoal Creek, Cherokee county, N.
0., 6 miles east of here, are in open re
bellion against a class or sect that pro
fesses and preaches sanctification, or the
second blessing. Over 100 citizens of
that community met and demolished the
church of this sect, burning it to the
ground, while a Methodist minister
preached a sermon to the infuriated
mob. They afterward passed resolu
tions, notifying the members of the sect
not to build another church anywhere
in that county.
Great excitement prevails and serious
trouble is feared.
WILL BE READY IN TWO WEEKS
Alabama Reports Arc In the Hands
of the Printer.
Montgomery, Ala., July 31.—1 t will
be gratifying news to the lawyers of the
state the one hundred and twenty
second volume of Alabama reports will
be ready for distribution in two weeks.
Under the law governing the publication
only 750 copies are authorized to be pub
lished, and much complaint has been
made that this is not sufficient to supply
the demand after the states have been
supplied with copies complimentary in
exchange for their state reports.
Alabama state reports on this account
have become valuable, and now reports
for several years back have been unat
tainable.
Radical Reforms In the Klondike.
Victoria, B. 0., July 31.—E. C.
Senkler, gold commissioner of the Yu
kon territory, has received unofficial in
formation that the Canadian govern
ment is about to introduce radical re
forms in the Klondike. The royalty
system is to be done away with alto
gether and a government assay office is
to be established at Dawson and a com
pulsory fee of 3 per cent charged for
assaying gold and exchange for draft.
Fired Into the Procession.
Asheville, N. C., July 31. The
greatest political demonstation ever seen
in western Carolina was interrupted by
a negro shooting into u torchlight pro
cession of thousands which was return
ing to the starting point. Thousands
inarched on to the speaking at the fin
ish, ignorant of the shooting. The man
shot is J. O. Wallace, a blacksmith.
EVIDENCE OF A PLOT
TO KILL KING HUMBERT
Paris Police Officers Make
Startling Disclosures.
HORROR AND INDIGNATION
European Press Comments on the As
sassination—Leading Anarchists Dis
cuss the Crime Political Signifi
cance—Brief Sketch of Assassin.
Paris, July 31.—1 t can be stated on
the best authority that the French police
are in possession of important facts con
cerning the antecedents and associates
of Bressi, the murderer of King Hum
bert, and that they are in communica
tion with the Italian police on the sub
ject. While Italian anarchist leaders
who have found refuge in Paris declare
publicly that there is no plot behind the
assassination, the information in the
hands of the police shows the reverse to
be true.
One of the chiefs of police in an inter
view declared that after the Milan
troubles of 1898 the Italian political
refugees poured into France and that
many who suffered terms of hard labor
then are now coming out of prison and
finding their way abroad. These groups
of political refugees who would have
grievances against Humbert are verita
ble hotbeds of intrigue against the Ital
ian monarchy.
Bressi passed some time in Paris, and
has certainly been brought in contact
with the revolutionary Italian party
there and went from Paris to several
other European capitals.
The object of Brossi’s stay in America
is declared to have been to collect funds
for the anarchist cause among Italian
workmen in the United States who have
moro money than their compatriots at
hiine. In an interview Amilicar Capri
ana, the Italian revolutionary leader,
said that he was glad to hear of the
king’s death, and considered the killing
an admirable act. This statement, from
such a source, is of the greatest im
portance as showing the act had politi
cal significance.
IN SUPPOR'FoFTHE POWERS
Chinese Reformers to Consider Ways
and Mes ns of Raising an Army.
Vancouver, B. 0., July 31.—There
sailed from Vancouver on the steamer
Empress of India 50 prominent Chinese
reformers from New York and Boston,
20 from Seattle and 30 from Vancouver,
all bound for Macao, and all wearing
conspicuously displayed a button photo
graph of their emperor, Kuang Hsu.
The Chinese Empire Reform Associa
tion of the World has received a cable
gram in cipher from its leader, Kwang
Yu Wue, instructing the association to
send leading members to Macao at once,
where a council of war will be held to
consider ways and means of raising an
army among members of the association
to support the allied powers.
China Declared War July 20.
London, July 31.—A dispatch from
Tien Tsin says:
A Peking message, dated July 21, re
ports that the first outside news reached
here July 18. The failure of the relief
expedition made the siege far moro peril
ous.
Oh July 19, the tsuug li yamen broke
off relations. July 20 China declared
war. Baron Von Ketteler and Francis
James, an English professor, were mur
dered. Over 400 noncombatants occu
pied the British legation.
I understand converts are holding the
North Cathedral. One thousand refu
gees occupied the palace of Prince Lu.
A truce began July 17, after 26 days
of fierce assault. One night the shell
ing was uninterrupted for six hours.
Chinese Pirates Executed.
Hong-Kong, July 81. The acting
viceroy of Canton, it is reported, is be
coming more active and adopting a more
vicious policy. It is announced that ho
has ordered the execution of 40 pirates.
He says Li Hung Chang is not return
ing to Canton, where quiet prevails.
The British naval and military officials
have taken careful observations of the
Canton and the Bogue defenses. The
Bogue forts are crowded with troops
and the parapets arc lined up on the ap
proach of steamers.
Four Legations Destroyed.
Paris July 81. —According to dis
patches received at the foreign office
the Austrian, Spanish, Italian and Hol
land legations at Peking have been de
stroyed and the French legation has
been partially wrecked. The attacks on
the legations ceased some days ago.
The emperor and empress are living in
Peking.
Artillery Goes to China.
Brest, July 31.—A detachment of
marine artillerists has left this place for
Toulon, where they will embark for
China.
To Return to Washington.
Washington, July 81.—President Mc-
Kinley will return to Washington next
Thursday. It is not known how long
he will remain here.
New Road Projected.
Bristol, Va., July 31.—A movement
has been inaugurated hero to seek the
extension of the Southern railway from
Stuart to Bristol, a distance of about 123
miles. The road, if built, will give
Bristol another outlet to the east as
there now exists a branch of the South
ern from Stuart to Danville, Va. It
would give the Southern another route
from Knoxville to the east
Carolina Politician Assassinated.
Magnetic City, N. 0., July 31.
Michael Bard, a farmer living near here,
was assassinated from ambush. He
died a few hours afterward. No olue
has yet been secured as to his murder
ers. He was a politician who had many
political enemies. It is said he was slain
within 20 feet of the place where he
killed a man four years ago.
Killed by Lightning.
Montgomery, Ala., July 31.—During
a heavy rain and electric storm Mrs. John
O’Leary was struck by lightning and
instantly killed. Her husband, who was
in the store with her at the time the
bolt fell, was rendered unconscious, but
later recovered. .
<oxforb
Wties.s
Old Sol compels
hats at the proper time but he fails to
induce many people to enjoy the maxi
mum foot comfort by substituting ox
fords’for high shoes.
Better think[about this matter ‘‘good
and hard.”
J. We have the proper oxfords at the
proper prices.
SCHUMPERT SHOE CO.
DILLON'S PATHETIC STORY.
Resorted to Fraud In Order to Sup
port His Family.
Savannah, July 81.—George R. Dil
lon, alias E. J. Watts, alias W, M.
Mills, alias R. 8. Hunter, the Sanders
ville attorney, has been committed to
jail hero by United States Commissioner
Lewis in default of SSOO bond to an
swer to the charge of using the mails in
furtherance of a scheme to defraud.
Dillon tells a pathetic story. He has
a wife and four small children and has
had much sickness in his family. He
had no practice as a lawyer, and was
not making salt for his family. He says
he went into this scheme to get bread
for his wife and children; that the peo
ple he ordered books from were rich and
were able to lose small amounts, while
the money would do him a great deal of
good. Ho said he had no money and he
could not see his family starve. He had
just been given employment at sls per
month when arrested, and said that
amount would have supported his fam
ily without resort to crookedness had he
been let alone.
SHOT DOWN FROM AMBUSH.
Young Man Assassinated at Darien.
Affair Is a Mystery.
Darien, Ga., July 31.—Arthur Ham
ilton, a young white man of this place,
was shot and mortally wounded about
10 o’clock. Ho is one of those who has
been filling the place of the striking
longshoremen, who went out on a strike
about four weeks ago. There is no clew
to the murderer, whatever, although
Hamilton was accompanied by a negro
who was taking his satchel home for
him. The negro states that just as he
and Hamilton reached the edge of town
on the public highway, the wind blew
off his haHjnd while ho stooped to pick
it up, he heard a gunshot and on look
ing up ho saw Hamilton limping away
a few steps and fall. He gave the alarm,
and Hamilton was removed to his home,
where he died.
It is thought by some that tho murder
was done from a spirit of revenge by one
of tho strikers, and by others that it
was from a private quarrel. Hamilton
could give no explanation whatever.
ARE NOT QUOTING RATES.
Chinese Troubles Affect Shipping at
Galveston and Gulf Ports.
Houston, July 31.—George F. Spen
cer, general manager at Galveston for
the North German Lloyd Steamship
company, in response to inquiry as to
whether the ocean freight rates had ad
vanced to correspond with the advance
at New York, stated that they had ad
vanced faster at Galveston and gulf
ports than at New York.
Ship owners are asking more all the
time for their ships and it is difficult to
find out what the rates are likely to be
for the coming season. If the trouble
in China is not soon settled the rates,
he stated, would doubtloss bo very high.
The Galveston ship brokers are not
quoting any rates at present, though
the Texas grain crop is very large, and
is moving to that port at a rapid rate
and will soon be followed by th® Kansas
grain and Texas cotton crops.
AN ELECTION IS ORDERED.
Cubans to Chose Delegates to a Cou
stitutional Convention.
Washington, July 31.—Tho war de
partment has issued on order for a gen
eral election to bo held In Cuba on tho
third Saturday in September to elect
delegates to a convention to be held in
Havana on the first Mondoy in Novem
ber.
This convention is to frame and make
a Constitution for the people of Cuba.
Riddled With Buckshot.
Chattanooga, July 81.—News has
reached the city of the murder of James
Jolly on the Tennessee river near Biarch
wood by William Shaw. Both were
farmers and quarreled over some trivial
matter, after which Shaw went home,
procured a shotgun, loaded it with buck
shot and emptied both barrels into Jol
ly’s body, killing him instantly.
Have Signed the Scale.
Birmingham, Ala., July 31.—ThoTen
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com
pany, operators of the Bessemer rolling
mill, have signed the wage scale of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers, and the operation of tho
mill will bo resumed as soon as the
working force can bo organized.
To Deepen Savannah Harbor.
Savannah, July 31. —When in Wash
ington tho other day Mayor Hermon
Meyers was informed that a survey is
now being made of Savannah harbor
with a view of giving the harbor deeper
water from the city to the sea. The
present depth is 26 feet at mean high
water. Tho next move will be to dredge
it to 2.8 feet. It is said tho eouth chan
nel, which is shorter, will be used and
the north channel now in use will bo
closed up.
Death of Lieutenant Spurgin.
Washington, July 31. —The war I
partment has received a dispatch ft*
General MacArthur announcing
death at Manila of David Q. Spurg
first lieutenant of Twenty-first infant
from thq shock of a surgical oporatii
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