The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-03


London. August 2s.-.'The present cpl
demic of cholera" said the Simla corre-
the worst on record. The bubonic plague
is child's play compared with It. The
of 5000 a week. The epidemic Is undoubt-
eddy due to the pollution of the scanty
water supply during the famine"
Owenton, KY. August N.-Town Mar
shall Jacob Reynolds. of Jonesvilie.. KY,
shot and killed Samuel Graves while the
%so wsTe drunk and shKs ' fSHs
says he acted in self-defense.
FL Paso. Tex. August N.-Louise Booth
royd. of Manchester. England. committed
suicide here today by swallowing glass
fun of cyanide of potassium. Booth
royd had served in the British govern
ment civil service and was relative OF
the duke of Manchester.
Marion, Ind. August &C. C. Beck
was locked up here 10 escape being lynch
ed at Point Isabel his home. Beck
is a merchant at Point Isabel. where he
two granddaughters. one eight. the other
four years old.
Kansas City. Mo-, August 1.-THE city
was plunged into darkness at midday,
causing lights in stores and Offices TO pc
lighted The phenomenon prevailed for
an hour, during which time rain fell In
torrents. Much alarm was felt. many
people seeking cover in fear of a tornado:
AT the union depot daylight signals could
not be seen and train service , Mas stopped stopped
and children grouped about crying NJ
damage resulted.
Akron. August 27.-As a result of the
continued peaceful conditions existing In
this city. all of the state troops which
had been ON duty here since IhurSsday
tI.lr RI
the dismissal of the soldiers the saloons
were reopened and the city has prac-
tically resumed its usual appearance.
Terry, Miss, August 27.-Professor w;
N Hardee arose about ) O'Clock ana
walked out in the back yard of his resi-
dence where he placed the muZzle or a
nistol to his heart and fired There is no
motive known for the deed. Professor
Uardee was an educator of some promi-
nence. being well-known In this state.
washington. August N.-James 4. Sam
pie chief of the division of issue, treasury
department. VINO was one oil inc spe@i Ia
agents sent to Porto Rico by the secretary
tC make the exchange OF United states
money foe Porto Rican silver com. mas
returned to the city. and reports that ol
The original sum of S6.G0OJ In Porto
Rican silver supposed TO have been IL CIR
Culatfon on the island. all but about SdJo,-
0Dc has been exchanged.
Guthrie. Okla, Angus: 2S-Thc census
upon the Usage and Kaw reservations Just
completed shows the following: Total
osages In 1899 1,7S3; total IN is%i h i,'CSE
Sl7. number of females $50. Total kawS In
1900. 2l7 total in 1880. 2OS-increase ., mum
Der of full-bloods ": mixed-bloods 10;
females 80.
Dallas. Tex. August ga telephone
message from Cameron. Tex. states tlat
Charles Lane a farmer. shot William Ma
GERS Lane accuses Manon of an attempt
at criminal assault On Lanes tweive-year-
old daughter. Mason was , wnite f saari
hand. He recently came TO Texas from
Alabama. where ne left wife and chill
dren.
wife of Major General VI. G. Butler. died
at Old Point Comfort. Va. this afternoon
of acute neuramla. She came To Ola Pclht
three or four days ago. Mrs: Butter was
sixty-eIght years of age and the daughter
OF Governor Pickens. war governor OF
South Carolina The body will be taken
to Edgefeld. S. c., for interment.
Rosenberg, Tex, August &C. i. wal
tiers, of LaGrange, was TO-DAY hoili I.
ed by reclamation by the popunst I'll IN
gressional convention Tor the tent" us
Little Rock. Ark. August 2s.-In the
federal court today the Lesser cotton
company and thirteen fire insurance
Tnmis Iron Mountain and Southern rail-
way for an aggregate of sls5;ooo ana IN
terest. being the amount Oh lnsu' SnriI
1900 II IS alleged that the cotton lS-
nited from an engine spark ana me
plaintiffs seek to hold the raliroaT Ia
able Another suit is pending at New
port for Sl250OO
New York. August 29.-Colonei Kimball.
assistant quartermaster general, said to-
day that if suitable contracts couid De
made with the Ward line, the spanish
line and other lines of ships trading be-
tween New York, Cuba and Porto Rico
for transporting troops and supplies the
army transports now so engaged In TINS
work would probably be transferred from
the Atlantic to the Pacific and used IN
transnorting troops, ammunition ana
other supplies to the Phllpplhes anu
China.
New York, August 29.-"While In In
dia. " a Tribune dispatch from London
SAYS, there is suffering from one OF the
worst outbreaks of cholera ever recordeus
so that people are dying at the rate OF
z 900 a week Great Britain Is alarmed
by the prospect of an epidemic OF pu-
homie plague within her own boundaries.
The medical authorities at GLASGOW nave
already had several cases under their
own observation on Monday two died
within forty-eight hours OF an illness
which was at first thought to be pneu-
monia, but after a minute examination
nv the hospital authorities was pro-
nounced plague. Another death has oc-
Cured and ten families were removed 10
n reception house for patients suffering
from this disease which the municipality
has hastily established.
Houston Tex, August 30.-1n a letter
Hon Jerome C. Kearby declines the pop
ulist nomination for governor OF leAdS.
Poor heath and the cost OF mak!hs .he
race are given as causes for the WIN
drawal He devotes most of his letter 70
an a.rai gnment of the democracy. 1ne
executive committee has power 10 act'
and IL is believed VIII substitute T. w
Nugent, who is now the nominee Ior
lieutenant governor.
San Diego. Cal. August Sword mas
been received from Ensanada that Mrs.
Ryerson wife of the late Governor George
Ryerson. of Lower California, had been
found guilty of manslaughter In kllllnS
a Mexican boy and is serving out her
sentence.
Houston. Tex August I.-Congressman
A. $ Burleson was today renominated
for congress from the ninth Texas dis
trict-
Galveston Tex, August 31.-The Brit
ish steamship Mombassa left sabine Pass
this morning for Liverpool with a cargo
of 1878. 500 feet of yellow pine from the
forests of eastern Texas and Louisiana.
This is the largest cargo of lumber ever
hoated.
lightning struck the house of William
Arnold. one child was killed and three
badly injured. The house was burned.
Jucaro, Cuba, August Ex-Governor
General Wood, after a careful canvass
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