The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-26

ton, a suburb of Augusta Tuesday night
by Lindsey Walker. colored. Walker was
arrested and claims to have done the Kill
ing in self-defeuso.
Kate Russell attempted to commit sui
eide al Augusta Tuesday morning by
shooting herself with revolver. The bull
let entered her breast and lodged in her
back. Ii is thought that she VIII recover.
Josh Gordon, negro about 30 years old,
was drowned in Coosa river at Kertons
landing Sunday. He undertook to swim
the river. One of his arms was drawn,
and indicated that he was taken with
cramps.
Mrs. Ficllin, wife of Mai. F. F. Flick
lin. died very suddenly at Reynolds Tues
day morning. She was stricken with par
alysis. Mai Ficklin is prominent clt-
zen of his community and an ex-member
of the Georgia legislature.
A negro boy known by the name Of
"Bear," who was riding on the trucks
beneath a SeabOard train, fell off and was
crushed to death. Bear was the valet
to the University Base Ball team, going
with them everywhere and attending TO
the wants of the players.
DR.. w. p Hardin Of Rome has been aD-
army at a salary Of $50 per month. The
appointment will only last for few
months. DIR. Hardin viii be assigned 70
the camp at Waco, Ga, which is on the
Georgia Pacific Railroad.
Jessie Marshall, a resident Of Augustus
West End, attempted to end her life
Tuesday by taking a double dose of NOR
phine. She was discovered soon after the
faIr oil rag
called. After working for several hours
the doctors pronounced her out of dan
ger.
W A. Pledger, Jr., d son Of Bill Pledger,
the politician, has reached Athens from
Santiago. He was a member of Company
II, Twenty fourth United States Infantry,
and was slightly wounded in the leg
during the charge up San Juan hill. Mr..
Pledger is visiting friends at the Classic
City.
Judge Howell Cobb of Athens has just
received. a letter from his son, Howell
Cobb, of the mounted cavalry, in service
at Santiago. that he has just recovered
from a severe attack OF the genuine yell
low fever The letter also states that he
will visit Athens as soon as he can get
a furloqgh after arriving at MOntauk
Point.
Mary Newman, who was shot by Jim
Bush at Augusta about week ago, died
at the Lamar Hospital on Tuesday night.
Bush and Mary engaged in a fight, and
the woman was getting the best of the
ARRAY when Bush drew his pistol and
fired on her. The shot entered her left
side just below the heart. She was re-
moved to the hospital, where she continued
TO improve until Tuesday, when she grew
worse and died that night. Bush escaped
after the shooting, but the authorities
have since learned of his wherea bouts
and he will be arrested and held for muir
der. 1t is said that some damaging evil
dence against him has come to light mas
much as he procured the pistol with the
intention of using it on the woman.
There is an estate in Texas awaiting
the Georgia heirs of Amos Inclusion The
following letter has been received in At
lanta from Austin. Tex, and it fully ex-
plains Itself Amos Mc0uiston we'll
known TO old settlers, as "the walking
chimney builder" was found murdered on
has ranch 1ast April. He was a queer
character, lived alone and never talked Of
his relatives. Years ago he tramped over
the country, engaged in his occupation Of
building chimneys for farmers and ranch
men. Later he purchased a ranch and ac-
cumulated some money and cattle. His
estate, worth $4,000 is now in the hands
OF an administrator, awaiting the claim
of his unknown heirs. Old-timers say
that LuciUs Gates and Robert w Rem
froe, who many years ago, were often
seen with McQuiston during his tTamps,
claimed to be his cousins, and that they
disappeared soon after the late war. This
may interest the McQuiston, Gates and
Renfroe families of Georgia The public
records also show valuable estates in the
hands of administrators awaiting claim
4.
early Texas settlers, viz John T. Wood
William Brockner, Vincent Rankowsky,
w. c. NJ. Baker, Robert Mooreland Greene,
Peter Hit, John Lafayette, Charles T.
Trowbridge. John F. Stevenson, Martin
Moran, John Harris, Drury Gardner.
Elisha w. Clark, Lewis Cleve, John G.
Wolf and Michael Riston. The Stevenson
and Hit estates are worth over $4,000
each.
The Atlanta Constitution has this to say
of the suspected spy who died at Fort
Mcpherson a few days ago: Tho body
of Frank J. AIellar, the suspected spy, who
died at Fort Mcpherson of typhoid fever
Tuesday morning, was carried to Marietta
yesterday afternoon for interment in the
national cemetery. With the remains OF
Mellar went those of six soldiers who
have passed away in the hospitals of the
post IN the last two days. 1t was al
first the intention of the officers at the
barracks TO give the body of the alleged
spy a burial in the cemetery near Fort
Mcpherson, but it was finally decided Il
send the remains to Marietta with those
of the soldiers. The peculiar conditions
of the case and the fact that Mellar died
as a citizen in one of the hospitals "a
the post led the authorities to order his
burial in the national cemetery at Mariet-
ia. So far as known the dead suspect
will be the first person other than a sol
der of the United States or an employt
of the service 10 receive the distinction o.
burial in the federal cemetery and The
instance has aroused considerable com
ment 1t was learned yesterday that Tho
papers discharging Meilar from prison an,
dismissing the case against him arrived
just before his death, and at the time o.
his death he was private citizen of tn,
United States and the stigma of spy ~
longer rested on his name The eVidenc,
ia the hands of the government of Ia
guilt was found to be circums tantial. ant