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The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-11
ALABAMA MINERS STRIKE.

Operators Refused 20 Restore Cut Of Ten
Per Cent In Wages.
A special from Birmingham, Ala,
says:
s'News comes from Walker county
that mines at Corona, Lockhart, Pal
Ion, Black Diamond, Coal Valley,
Mountain Valley and Gas Light, about
1900 all told, struck Wednesday, II
is alleged, because Of the failure OF
the operators 10 restore the 10 per
cent reduction in wages made last
spring and which the miners claim the
operstors promised 70 restore Novem-
Der LIST.
"a mass meeting Of the miners st
Days Gap. Sunday formulated . hnal
demand which the operators rejected.
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RECEIVER FOR ROAD DENIED
THE WEST POINT RAILWAY WINS
VICTORY IN COURT.
A CONSENT VERDICT IS REACHED.
Charter Declared valid and the Properly
Being Well Managed-Nsison
to Pay Costa.

The Atlanta and West Point rail.
road has won in the fight that was
made upon its charter by Mr.. Levi
Nelson.
In a consent verdict which was
reached Wednesday morning the re-
ceiver was denied, the application Tor
Injunction was refused and Mr.. Nell
son, the plaintiff, as appears from the
court papers, was ordered to pay the
costs in the case.
The verdict was signed by Foreman
LYLE, bearing the consent OF the Geor'
gia Railroad and Banking company
King & Anderson, attorneys for the
plaintiff, and Dorsey, Brewster a
| Howell, attorneys for the defendant.
1t will be remembered that the It'll
CATION began several months ago, when
Mr.. Nelson, in his petition attacked
the charter of the Atlanta and West
Point, claiming that the amendment
to the charter extending it fifty yeart
WAS unconstitutional. The petition
asked for the appointment OF re
ceiver and asked that restraining
order be allowed. The petition wen
even further, charging that by opera
ton OF the law the corporation hat
been dissolved and that its propert.
and assets we're then trust fund.
Every allegation in this bill is dc
MED in the verdict reached and tn
decision is q sweeping victory for tn
road. There will be no appeal, as tn
verdict is one reached by consent o
ali parties and the decision is final.
The decision is one Of interest il
railroad circles, as every road in tn
south has been watching the case,
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-11
MARTIN THORN CONVICTED.
He Makes Confession by Saying the Yer
diet Was Correct.

He Makes q Confession by Saying the YER
diet Was Correct.
A New York special says: Martin
Thorn was convicted by q jury Of his
peers Tuesday of murder in the first
degree in killing William Gulden-
suppe, his predecessor in the affec-
tons OF Mrs. Augusta Mack, at Wood
side, L. l., on June 25th. At the re-
quest Of Thorn's counsel the passage
Of the death sentence was deferred
until Friday morning.
Thorn heard the jurymen polled on
their verdict, but his face never
changed color during the trying or
deal. With lips firmly compressed
and jaws hard set, he faced the judge,
Jury and courtroom full Of spectators
with we'll feigned stoicism.
Mrs. Nack's testimony during the
mistrial made it compulsory for Thorn's
lawyers to change their line of defense
in the second trial, and they made
direct charge against Mrs. Mack and
insisted that her alleged confession
was q lie and that she herself was the
instigator and perpetrator OF the muir
der, Thorn being ignorant Of the kill
ing until after Guldensuppe had been
shot by Mrs. Mack. The woman was
not produced during the second trial,
but Thorn went on the stand and sub
stantiated all the assertions made by
his lawyers as to the midwife's guilt.
His story, as the verdict shows, did
not have the desired effect upon the
jurymen.
Judge Maddox's charge was care.
fully prepared and we'll delivered. It
was acknowledged by the lawyers for
the prisoner to be extremely lucid,
fair end impartial.
The jury remained in deliberation
lust three hours, when they sent word
TO the Judge that they were ready TO
render a verdict. The fact Of their
remaining out SO long gave hope TO
the defense, but as each one Of them
took his seat in the jury boz his facial
expression told very distinctly the re.
suit of the three hours conference.
equity Of the charge preferred
were ominous words which fell from
the lips Of the foreman Of the jury.
Thorn's lawyers moved for Q new
trial on the ground that the verdict
was not in accordance with the weight
OF evidence, but the motion was over
ruled.
When Martin Thorn had been led
back to his cell after the conviction, hi
admitted that the verdict was just and
that he and not Mrs. Mack killed Gull
densuppe. This acknowledgement o.
guilt took place while Thorn's cell II
the Jail was being prepared for him.
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WILL MYERS AGAIN.

Detectives In Indian Territory Claim to
Have Youth full Murderer.
Requisition papers were made out at
Atlanta Saturday for the return Of
Will Myers from the Indian Territory
to Georgia.
From Musoogee, Indian Territory,
came the announcement that Will
Myers had been located, arrested,
completely identified, and that he at
that moment was in the custody OF
detectives who had traced the fugitive
murderer across the prairies, over hill
and dale, until he had been brought to
bay, and after an exciting piece OF
strategy, captured. :.
The papers we're made out by Solic-
itor Hill and forwarded, bearing the
governors signature. The identified
ton is said to have been made by q
detective who worked in Atlanta dur
ing the exposition who is now in the
west,
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DEATH IN WOOD ALCOHOL.
SEVEN MEN ARE VICTIMS Of A
DEADLY DRAUGHT.
TWENTY-FIVE WERE MADE SICK.
The Concoction Was Mixed with whisky
and Sold BY Contractor 70
the Workmen.

News reached Selma, Ala, Tuesday
from q railroad construction camp on
the line OF the Mobile and Ohio Mont.
gomery extension near Billingslea, in
Chiffon county, Of the death Of seven
men from drinking whisky containing
wood alcohol.
Friday lastJ. L. Jones, a contractor,
sent to the city for two gallons Of alco.
hol. Wood alcohol was sent him, and
not noticing the warning on the label,
he mixed it with the whisky sold to
the hands.
Sunday morning Jones was riding
with w. H. Anderson. when he sud
denly cried.
Anderson, I am dyingl" ind be-
fore he could be got back to camp,
expired.
And srson was taken sick soon after
reaching home, and died Monday.
Both men had drank OF the whisky
containing the wood alcohol.
One white man and four negroes 81
the camp have since died, and ffteer
others are desperately i'll.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-11
TO AID MRS. MOBILES.
Bill In Georgia Legislature to Change
Criminal Law.

Bill In Georgia Legislature to Change
Criminal Law.
The Georgia legislature has come to
the aid of Mrs. Mobiles, and it is prob
able that bill will be passed which
will save the Twiggs county muredress
from the gallows. :,
Mr.. Berry, Of Whitfield, introduced
a bill in the lower house Wednesday
night which makes 1t impossible for
the death sentence to be inflicted up
on a woman who has been found
guilty Of murder unless the jury ex-
pressly recommends that she be
hanged.
The bill does not mention the name
of Mrs. Mobiles, and there are some
who think it cannot affect her CASE
but it is known that the bill was in
troduced at the request OF one who
had the Mobiles case in view. Mr..
Berry says that the bill will save Mrs.
Mobiles II it passes in time.
As the jury which tried Mrs. Mobiles
did not recommend that she be hang
ed, the bill will save her life. II it is
found that the bill as it now stands
will not effect its purpose, it will be 30
am ended as to fit her case.
TWAS stated in the house that the
bill was introduced at the suggestion
of Governor Atkinson, who was anx'
ious to learn the sentiment OF the
general assembly on the subject. The
governor will soon be called upon te
commute Mrs. Mobiles sentence, and
he doubtless would feel relieved il
there was Q law on the statutes that
named life imprisonment as penalty
a.. ,,onrdar conmittAd by a woman,
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preach AGAINST MURDER
nth CAROLINA MINISTER'S AP.
POINT A SPECIAL DAY.
HOP CAPERS ISSUES ADDRESS.
.o,,ors Report Bioodshed by Violence
IN the Increase in the Palmetto
State.

\ Columbia. s. c., special says:
blowing the reports of solicitors to
attorney general, which show that
! number Of murders just doubled in
nth Carolina for the last year, or
kched a total of 200, Right Rev.
! ;son Capers, bishop of the diocese
South Carolina, has issued an ad-
bss to the Protestant Episcopal cler-
/ reproducing the resolutions on the
Ryalence Of murders passed the last
SetinQ of the diocesan council, sup
smenting that with vigorous state
knt, and fixing December 10th as
day when all clergy Of the do.
ke shall preach against the crime OF
brder, now SO prevalent in the state,
d inviting the ministers OF Christ OF
denominations to unite on that day
unfolding "the sacredness Of hu.
In life and the honor of our beloved
Rte." The bishop says:
''The sin of murder is upon us.
bmicides are of frequent, distressing
5currence, and in our judgment the
iblic conscience needs to be in
Fucted and the public mind aroused
sense of the danger which threat
the character OF our people.
"The soldiers on the battlefield,
Z officer of the law in discharge OF
5 prescribed duties, the citizen in
lfense of his own life, may take life
Ithout mourning the guilt Of murder,
they act by warrant OF delegated
5thority of rulers who are Gods
nisters' and bear the sword by di
he authority to punish evil doors:
"But such murders as have OF late
Straged the law of God and degraded
e sacredness of life, and dishonoret
e courage and character OF our PEG
e, can lay no claim whatever to thu
motion OF divine authority. We fee
at public sentiment needs to b.
oused to higher and nobler esti
ate Of human life. We call upoi
II clergy to rebuke the murderer ant
proclaim the law Of Almighty God.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-11
WALSH CAPTURES MAYORALTY.
Result ola Most Exciting Municipal Fight
in Augusta, Ga.


in Augusta, Ga.
The great mayoralty fight in Angus
IA, Ca, was settled at the ballot box
Wednesday. The result was victory
for the Hon. Patrick Walsh. He re-
ceived the mayoralty plum by good
plurality.
Fictitious and fimsy opposition
which had appeared real and substan-
tial was swept away with startling
suddenness by grand swell OF silent
strength. -,
The triumph Of Mr.. Walsh and his
absolute vindication came in o way
more emphatic than had been counted
on.
In the fourth ward, the largest in
the city, Kerr claimed ], 800 before the
election, and when he visited the polls
there at noon and saw inevitable De,
feat staring him in the face, he tainted
and was sent home in carriage.
The success Of Mr.. Walsh is attrib-
utable TO three csuses--superior gen
eralship in the capture OF the polling
places; the large number OF silent
voters who. had not cared to be con.
spicuous in the preliminary battle, and
the tireless efforts Of a loyal host OF
friends, many Of the most prominent
citizens, who crowded in among gangs
of colored voters all day.
The futter of crisp five-dollar bills
was q telling element and the Walsh
people had O barrel on tap ct every
precinct. Mr.. Kerr did not make the
race which his supporters counted on.
He was handicapped from the jump
and never recovered. He accepted his
defeat in philosophical way and &C.
counts for his failure in the predomi-
nance Of Walsh money. 1t was not ex.
pected that Mr.. w. NJ. Dunbar would
run heavy. He used no money and
kept out Of the scramble for negroes
which the friends OF the other candi-
dates resorted to.
The day was notably free from seri'
Gus difficulties. The most conspicu-
GUS incidents were the active attitude
taken by city officials and the open pur'
chase of ballots everywhere. 1t was late
at night b store the final count was an
nouncea. This showed that Walsh
had q plurality Of 1874 votes. -.
The total vote cast was 7,6O2. VI
this the white vote was: Walsh, l,6OO;
Kerr, 1857, and Dunbar, 1,428.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-11
RED To ExTERMINATE FAMILY.
rport of a Horrible Tragedy In Hale
Count y, Alabama.

eport of Horrible Tragedy In Hale
Coun ty, Alabama.
la Birmingham, Ala, special says;
h warren's store, in Hale county,
IN miles north of Greensboro, John
fngley, a wealthy farmer, was called
|om his door Wednesday night by a
ego, said to be Bill Scott, who
|orked about the-place. The negro
Did he wanted some one to aid in the
kpture of loose horse.
When about 100 yards from the
puse the negro is said to have dubbed
r. Singley and cut his throat with a
hife. The negro then broke into the
puse and killed Mrs. Singley and the
by, cutting their threats, almost sew
hing their heads. He then opened q
Fawer stole 500, after. which he He'd.
Aid was summoned from Green's
bro. Doctors were among those who
fsponded, but Singley's wife and the
by were both dead. Dogs were car
Jed to the scene and every attempt to
hn the negro down was made.
Singley was found to be badly In
bred, but was able to tellthe story
bd give the name Of his assailant.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-11
COLONEL CHIPLEY DIES.
Prominent In Political and Business Al
fnirs In Florida.

Prominent In Political and Business AZ
fairs In Florida.
A Washington special says; Colonel
W. D. Chipley, Of Florida, who has
been i'll at hospital in this city for
some weeks following an operation for
carbuncle, died at 4 o'clock Wednesday
morning The remains will be removed
To Columbus, Ga, for interment.
Colonel Chipley was o native OF Ala.
bsma and was about sixty years OF
age. He engaged in mercantile pur-
suits with success at Columbus, Ga,
until late in the seventies, when he
removed to Pensacola, Fla, where he
has since resided. He became prom.
inently identified with the building OF
railroads in Florida and ct the time OF
his death was president of the Pensa'
cola and Atlanta railroad.
He represented his county in the
state senate for several years and was
one of the most prominent men in the
state, both in business and social
circles,
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-11
O,FERRALL ON LYNCHlNG.

He Proposes Remedy To Correct EVIL In
His Message To Legislature.
In his message to the general assem-
bly,, which convened at Richmond,
Gov. O'Ferrall, Of Virginia, discusses
the lynching question and proposes
legislation to correct the evil.
He urges that q heavy pecuniary
penalty be imposed on each county
and city in which lynching occurs;
that wherever the military may be
called out TO protect prisoner in q
county or city, such county or city be
charged with the expense thereof and
that officers who allow prisoners to be
taken from their custody without first
having exhausted all possible means
to protect their prisoners, be summa.
rily suspended until the question OF
dismissal shall be determined by .
jury.
Also that there be only one penalty
for rape, and that death.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-11
NEW CONVICT BILL
Drafted BY Committee Of Eleven Georgia
Legislators.

The new convict bill, which was
adopted by the committee OF eleven
from the Georgia Legislature Thurs
day night, and which the house is
pledged to pass, will prove one OF tie
biggest surprises ever sprung upon
the state legislature.
1t Incorporates every feature that
the house ordered it to incorporate
when it answered the Brannen cate
chism and adopted the Brannen reso'
luton, but it goes much further than
that and includes many OF the reform
features of the Hall bill with none OF
the Objectionable provisions which
made that measure unpopular when IT
was first introduced.
The new bill is by no means re-
enactment of the old lease. 1t pro-
yides for the hiring out OF convicts
for short terms, but SO hedged the
system about with state control that
every convict camp is to be a little
penitentiary by itself, absolutely own
ed and managed by the state.
II provides for q central peniten-
t;ary for the women and the old men,
and a reformatory for the boys.
II makes it necessary to eqnip STOCK
AIDES with separate cells for each able.
bodied convict, and directs q separate
employment, so far as possible OF the
white and the blacks. $500.
II gives the state the right to inspec.
misdemeanor convicts and to remove
them from county authorities when
ever the law is being violated.
By answering the remaining r ques,
tions of the Brannen catechism Ihurs
day the house decided that the penn ea,,
tertiary department under the new
system should consist Of three re ,,s com
missioners, to be elected by the peeps
as other state officers are now eiec'e"
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UNIQUE LEGAL POINT.

fbraska's Convict 6nd Bondsmen Can
not BE Sued.
A novel petition has been fled IN
be district court at Omaha, Neb., ~
Pseph BARLEY, ex-state treasurer
Pw under twenty years sentence Tor
|oting the treasury of $500, 900.
The petition was an answer to the
|ate's suit, in which BARLEY is made
defendant with his bondsmen by
e state, in which it seeks to recover
e amount stolen.
The petition declares that BARLEY
pinot be sued, since he is sentenced
the penitentiary for twenty years.
rs attorneys declare that under the
ate law no convict can be sued. III
is contention is held the suit against
le bondsmen cannot be maintained
nee the principal must be sued with
before sureties are sued in Nebraska
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-11
STORM WAS DISASTROUS.
MANAGE Done In England BY wilma
And Wave.

r.~. Done In England BY wilma
And Wave
london cable dispatch says:
Stories Of wrecks fatalities so a1a to Be-
usos;ved. All the bays and poI'. a, .is
fulI Of shipping more or less seriously
damaged. o, .esn for many
wears. Several Of the 'n'ana ''"
Kent are still flooded. .ur.,,v have
Jared the worst At Mar ngn oo a1O $3.50.
S Sc@.' Reports received .h from S Dsnsy
seaside places Also ~
damages.
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REV. GIBSON INDICATED.
North Georgia Conference "Passes" His
Character without Trial.

North Georgia Conference "Passes" Afs
Character without Trial.
There turks an interesting story be-
hind the arrest OF the character OF
Rev. j. T. Gibson by Rev. @. @. Carey
in the North Georgia conference ct
Athens Friday. The charge against
Rev. Gibson was that he had been
imprudent with women. There was
no trial, however, and Rev. Gibson
was vindicated, the investigating COM
mittee having reported trial not nee
essary.
According to reports, Revs. Gibson
and Carey have not been on the best Of
terms for a number OF years, Rev.
Carey, it is said, has been circulating
some reports about Rev. Gibson,
which prompted Rev. Gibson TO de.
mand an investigation at the present
conference.
The alleged indiscretion which Rev.
Gibson is accused Of having commit
ted occurred in Rome three or four
years ago ween he was pastor Of one
of the Methodist churches of that city.
1t developed that the reports were alb
solutely false. .
The matter has been much talked
about ever since, and Rev. Carey, 1t is
said, has been largely responsible for
he circulation Of the reports. Rev.
Gibson has been very much worried on
this account and finally determined
that he would make Rev. Carey prove
his statements.
He then went to Rev. Carey, 80 1t is
said, and obtained written statement
from him to the effect he had never
circulated any such rumors. 1t is
further stated that Rev. Gibson has in
his possession certain affidavits from
responsible parties who swear Rev,
Carey did make such statements tt
them concerning Rev. Gibson's char
| scter,
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-11
M'KINLEY'S MOTHER DYING.
Stricken With Paraiysis-President Has
tens to Canton.

A special from Canton, O., says:
Mrs. Nancy Allison Mckinley, mother
OF the president, was stricken with
paralysis Thursday morning and it is
feared that her death is only cues.
ton of short time.
: The paralysis at present is a mild
form, but owing to her extreme age,
nearly SO years, DR.. Phillips, the at.
tending physician, can give but little
hopes to the family. Mr.. Abner Nc
Kinley, of New York, has been visit
ing Canton for few days and when
his mother was stricken Immediately
communicated with the president by
telephone.
DR.. Phillips expresses the belief
that death will be inevitable from the
present illness, and that the only un.
certainty is the time when it would
occur. The disease, he says, is not
primarily paralysis, but senility, the
result of old age, which has produced
the partial paralysis.
Mrs. Mckinley came OF the race Of
hardy pioneers who laid the founda-
ton Of the American republic. She
was Miss Nancy Campbell Allison,
and was born at Now Lisbon, o., in
1909. Her family originally came
from England to Virginia, thence to
Pennsylvania, and finally settled per-
manently in Ohio. She was married
to William Mckinley, ST., January 6,
1929, and was living in a two-story
frame house, still standing near Niles,
o., when her distinguished son was
born, January 20, 1843.
A Washington dispatch states that
President Mckinley left the city a,
ITO o'clock Thursday night to hasten
to the bedside of his sick mother al
Canton. The president had made hur
ried arrangements for his departure
and during the afternoon disposed o.
large volume of business awaiting
his attention.
The presidents stay in Canton viii
depend upon the condition in whicl
he finds his mother. If she improve
he will return TO Washington in tim
for the opening of congress, and late
60 again to Canton.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-11
CRACKER COMPANIES COMBINE.
Trouble Of Bakeries In st. Louis Bats
factorily Adjusted.

Trouble of Bakeries In St. Louis satis-
factorily Adjusted.
A st. Louis special says: After
mon this Of disastrous cut rate war be-
tween the three big cracker trusts,
treaty of peace has been signed and
general com olidation agreed upon.
The stock Of the American Biscuit
Company, the New York Biscuit Com.
psny and the United States Biscuit
Company will be pooled and new
company with q capital stock oil
$56, 900, 900 formed.
''St. Louis people are particularly
interested in the development OF the
trouble between the great rival corpor-
atoms, as two Of the largest cracker
bakeries in the United States are
located in the city,"
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-11
BIG FIRM FAILS.

inland, Ky. Improvement Company
Makes An Assignmsnt.
general deed Of assignment was
(aae Monday by the Ashland I'm
o,ement Company ct Ashland,
|en'ucky, to its general manager.
1e assets are Sis, 5S3 in lands and
N.Y. Slob, 2e5 in stock and %, $50 in
ss and accounts, making . total OF
oi,iiS. The liabilities in notes and
fS0unts are $40. 702.
me old town site corporation known
nentucky Iron, Coal and Manufsc-
Ing Company, and the Ashland and
.,sse'tsnurg street railway. also thus
u' Will not be embraced in the fall
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1897-12-11
TOBACCO EXPORTERS ANXIOUS.

A Large Delegstion Calls on Special Com
rnissionsr Senior Canalejss.
A delegation from the city Of Pinar
del Rio, consisting Of the mayor OF
that place and 200 merchants, planters
and agricultuYists Of oil parties, called
upon Senior Jose Canalejas, the special
commissioner Of Spain, Thursday and
reprssented to him the necessity for
the expectation Of leaf tobacco, OF
which, they added, there were 60, 600
bales In warehouse.
The delegation requested the com.
missioner TO use his influence With
Captain General Blanco.
SENIOR Canalsjss promised hs would
mako proper Representations.