The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-10

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GEORGIA
Near Ech0ls' MILL in Chatcoe-
county. a day or two ago. The wife Of
that had four LEGS. four arms. ieli ~
ana three ears IL lived couple oi
hours
Joe Jenkins negro boy about - years
old. was instantly killed hy an electric
shock at Atlanta Monday night Jenkins.
together with several other boys, was
playing with an electric --ni Wlle on
Che corner of Mitchell and Haynes streets.
Two of jenkins companions were knock
I'll senseless. but recovered in IL short
time. Every enort was made TO- resuscl-
tate The boy 10y physlclaaL-s Nll9 we-e
hastily summoned. but WIKI no effect
The annual meeting OF the Georgia
Teachers Association which meets on
Cumberland Island July u. is going to DE
far more elaborate than any meeting tAat
the organization has ever held. To VIII not
only be more elaborate taau usual as TO
the programme of the convention proper,
but the session Of the association Will pe
extended some Two weeks. during which
time the summer normal school viii be in
session. The teachers have arranged
very full programme. which is replete with
excellent features.
The Atlanta Railway Company put into
effect a new schedule between Atlanta
and Decatur Sunday. by which the. time
on LlGlF trolley cars between tlDSe LNG
points would be reduced ten minutes. As
a result two cars went together with "a
crash sunday afternoon, in1uring num-
Der of passengers. The cars cOllled near
a point called Rock HiN.' j. $. BOozer
Of Decatur receive painful injuries, as
did Mrs. BOOZer Ben Gilmore. one of
the motormen, was badly hurt. Mrs.
HOllingsWOrth of Decatur received inter-
nal injuries and was badly bruised about
the body John NJ Miller and Mrs. Miller
each were bruised about the head and
limbs, bus their injuries were slight.
The new gold chlorination plant erected
at Tauapoosa under the supervision Of
A. Thels, was put into fun operation
The nrst charge of sulphuretted gold ores
that was run through the chlorinatlOn
plant showed that practically all the gold
was extracted from the ore, leaving hard
~ a trace Of gold in the tailings. This
demonstrates the fact beyond any Ques-
ton of doubt that the chlorinarlon pro-
cess Svill work the gold ores IN this dis
triet. The Royal gold mine is now in fun
operation and crushing forty tons of ore
per day. The company has been develop
ing Its property since last September, ana
has enough ore I'm sight for two years
run at present crushing capacity. The
general run of the quartz has averaged
in richness far beyond what was original
ly anticipated by the best known experts.
George Stark, a negro boy about 10
years old, was shot and killed on West
Peters street at Atlanta Sunday after
noon by another negro named Rush Win
dom. Theodore Poole. a son OF Judge
Adam Poole, and a well known young
merchant. was arrested and locked up
in the station house as an accessory to
the shooting. The shooting took place in
front Of a small restaurant, in which Mr.
Poole, with a friend, was eating plate
Of ice cream, and three negroes claim
that they saw him give the negro the
pistol with which the shooting was done.
II was on this charge that Mr.. Poole
was arrested. The negro who did the
shooting has not been captured yet The
motive for the murder is a mystery, and
no one seems TO be able 10 tell why the
crime was committed or throw any light
on the origin of the trouble Window.
the murderer, was employed by Theodore
Poole, who is under arrest as an access
sorry 70 the crime, and his victim was a
clerk in drug store further up the
street.
Three white men were arrested at At
lanta Saturday night and locked up on
the charge of cheating and swlndling
Their names are S. q. Patterson, Jesse
gambling device. The little machine is
one which would catch the nickles of the
most suspicious. II is only small wood
en- cabinet about two feet high and about
the same length. The front is covered
by a glass, behind which are numerous
pins. extending from the back. There are
Is dropped, and many outlets at the bot
tom, which are lettered to cor
respond with certain prizes dis
the unsuspecting customer pays So
much for Q marble and drops it into the
machine through the holes in the top.
The little sphere finds Ii way down to the
bottom and the victims luck is deter
mined by the crevice into which the mar
Bile drops. If il lights on certain letters,
a certain prize is given, but the schemer
so works the machine that the marble
always drops in the hole for which no re-
turn is allowed.
Atlanta Journal: While her father Ian
guished behind the bars of Fulton county
jail with a ten years sentence for per-
a little girl went out Saturday morning
and each was denied the privilege of TAX
ing a final farewell OF the other. The
child was Matte Rowe, two years old,
and the father was j. J. Rowe, convicted
of perjury in connection with the Myers
case. For day or two the little girl had
been III and II was apparent that she
could not live long. Saturday morning
her death occurred and yesterday the
father was taken TO the house 10 see his
baby once more before its little body was
inferred. Sheriff Barnes and a deputy
carried the prisoner to the house on Bern
hardt street. but the cheap little colin
had been placed IN the undertaken S
wagon and it was about to move off to
give it a pauper burial when the officers
arrived and * was turned back to this
house. Rowe was permitted TO see The
babys face again. He wept bitterly
above the silent form while the officers
used TO scenes or sorrow, We're NlSlbly
affected. The sheriff gave up the cab n
which he had taken the prisoner to the
house to the friends Of the family, who
were preparing to go to the cemetery or
a street car, and soon the big wagon with
the little coffin moved Off a second time
followed by the single vehicle from which
the faces of sympathetic women peepeC
out, Mrs. Rowe being detained at homo
by the serious sickness Of another child
Atlanta Journal: The case of Pete
Henderson, the negro who some time as,
snatched a pocketbook from a lady OF
Crew street and who was bound over t
the superior court by Judge Foute ha
proven TO be one of the most peculia
cases every heard of. 1t seems that Hen
derson committed the deed for the pur
pose Of getting arrested in order that h
might not have to marry. He had beel
engaged TO a young girl of his acquaint
ance for some time, but on further con
sideration Of the matter decided that
would be best for him TO lead a singl
life. When he went to get a license n
came back to his bride without the GOV
eted article and said that he had bee
told that it would be ten days before h
could get one. His faithful bride believe
the story and arrangements We're mad
for the wedding to take place on the las
day Of the ten. When the ten days Ia
passed the bride dressed for the weddin
and when the time for the bridegroom {
put in his appearance came she waite