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The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
A GIRLS WILD RIDE.
Remarkable Adventure of a Pretty
Texas Maiden.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Gertrude Castle, a venturesome
Texas girl, will hereafter have a story
to tell that will not fail to arouse
breathless interest. That she survives
to tell it excites the wonder Of those
who witnessed her peril. The young
woman lives with her parents on a
ranch near the new line of railroad
that has just been constructed be-
tween Brownswood and Brady.
few days ago a young man. who
was working for Mr.. Castle, was
thrown from a wild mustang and so
badly hurt that it was deemed neces-
sary to summon a physician as hur-
riedly as possible. Mr.. Castle was con-
fined to his bed with fever, and there
was no one about the premises to at
tend to the urgent matter but his
daughter. When Miss Gertrude came
to look around for a horse she was
chagrined to discover that the animals
were all loose in a pasture a long dis
lance from the house.
In this emergency her eyes happened
to fall on pet steer that was stand
ing in one OF the cdrrals. This peculiar
animal Is as BenLle as a lamp ana uSu-
ally as easily managed under the sad
die as a trained mustang He was
raised a pet and, being finely formed,
pretty, and remarkably docile, he is a
great favorite with everybody on the
ranch. Milk white, swift and of proud
bearing, he makes his part OF an in
teresting picture as he gallops along
the road with a pretty girl on his back
The fearless Texas girl did not glance
a second time at Comanche. Calling
the pet steer she ran to the barn to
procure a halter and saddle. A few
moments afterward she was galloping
along the road toward Brentwood.
people will laugh at me-" she whis-
pered to herself, but Comanche can
travel like a race horse, and he is as
pretty as a picture"
For the first four miles nothing &C.
Cured to mar the pleasure of the ride,
for the healthy girl enjoyed the ex-
citement and the puzzled look on the
faces OF the people she met and
passed She would doubtless have con-
sidered Il a jolly outing had II not been
for the reflection that she was going
after a doctor. Congratulating her
self that she was within sight or
Brentwood and recalling that she
would present novel picture flying
through the streets on the back OF a
white steer. with her long hair and
numerous ribbons streaming in the
wind, she coaxed comanche 70 increase
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
French Fondness for Medals.
From the London Standard.


The French are particularly fond Of
distinctive signs and badges. The sem
ators, deputies. municipal councillors,
ETC., all possess a medal of some sort:
but the DANES du Corps Municipal"
as they were called in the time OF Ma
poleon III. were more favored in this
respect than the wives of the present
town councillors of Paris. They pos
sessed a badge which permitted them
TO participate in all the public ceremo-
MES without any other invitation. The
Carnavalet Museum contains one of
these badges, consisting of a medallion
bearing the arms of Paris encircled
with pearls. Curiously enough. the GU
rator OF the Municipal Museum at first
imagined that the badge was that of
the municipal councillor himself. but
he has Just been undeceived by M.
Paul Buffet, who has communicated
to him the letter from Baron Hauss-
mann which accompanied the dispatch
OF the medallion to the wives of those
municipal councillors who had been pre-
vented from being present at the dis
tribution. This badge was created on
the occasion OF the baptism Of the
Prince Imperial on Aug. 5. 1856. On
that occasion a grand fete was given
al the Hotel de VILE. and the medal
lion constituted both a permanent in
Wtation 70 all future municipal fetes
and, as saidtin the projects letter, "a
Dlodest souvenir"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
MURDER OF MARCUM
is THE CHARGE ON WHICH CUR
IT'S JET Is HELD.
HE DID NOT MAKE A FIGHT
WHEN OFFICERS APPEARED To
ARREST HIM.

sheriff and IA Posse of seven Left
on Midnight Ride for Jets
HOme-His Mother Admitted the
Officers After Farley They
Found Jett in Bed-He Yielded
without a Fight-His Uncle and
Step-Father Served Out warrants
Against H&m.
Lexington. KY, May 10.-The capture
of Curtis Jett, charged with the as
sasslnation of ]. B. Marcum in Jack
SON county, Monday. was accomplished
without bloodshed early this morning.
He is now in the Clark county Jail at
Winchester.
Bearing d warrant which had been
sworn out by Sam Jet, uncle of the
accused, Sheriff McChord and a posse
of seven men left Winchester at mid
night Saturday. Reaching Jackson's
Ferry, ten miles distant, at 2;30 a. m,
they left their buggies and crossed the
canoes. They proceeded on foot to the
home of Mrs. A. Haggin. Jett's mother,
two miles from the ferry.
Surrendered His Pistol.
Six of the posse were stationed
around the dwelling, and Sheriff Nc
Chord and Deputy stokely approached
the front door and knocked. Jett's
mother answered, and after some par
ley admitted that Curtis was within
They were admitted and found Jet
awake, but in bed. He shook hands
with the sheriff, and said he would
give no trouble. Reaching under his
pillow he drew out his pistol and turn
ed it over to his mother to keep. He
made no show of resistance, and was
landed in jail at Winchester by day
light.
Jett's stepfather, A. Haggin, charges
that when Jet reached his house last
night from jackson he proceeded to
draw his pistol on him and ordered
him to get out of the neighborhood.
Haggin went to Richmond and swore
out a warrant, charging Jett with
breach of the peace by assault with a
pistol.
In the Jail to-day Jet was commune
cative on all matter save the killing
of Marcum.
Five Men Would Swear.
'I'll get out of this all right" was
the only statement he would make
which could be construed as refer
ence to the charge. He said he want
ed to be tried in Breathitt county. He
was bitter in denouncing his uncle,
who had him arrested, and said that
the score would be evened up when
he was at liberty. When asked about
the statement that flve men would tes-
tify that he killed Marcum, he sneered
| and said:
Whats that to you?"
To Sheriff McChord he was equally
on-communicative as to the Marcun
tragedy.
Jett is rs years of age, athletic in
build, with deep set, keen eyes, and has
bushy red hair. That he submitted tC
arrest was an agreeable surprise to the
officers, who feared an encounter
Jett denied that he drove his STEP
| father from home. He will be arraign-
ed Tuesday and 1t is supposed he will
be transferred to the Jackson district
| for trial.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
TALE ABOUT CORBIN REFUTED.
How the story of the BObtaiI Flush
Arose.
From the New York Sun.

from Ine new IOTk Gun.
Philadelphia, May 3.-The Press this
morning publishes the following dis
patch from a staff correspondent in
Washington:
A lie about the bobtail flush threat
ened to disrupt the fashionable Metro
politan Club of Washington.
The lie was a fact: the bobtail flush
was not. The highest authority on
poker in the world, the late Gen. Fran
els c. Schenck, has borne evidence to
both; one Of the greatest military au-
thorities in the country has unjustly,
but patiently, and as a gentleman
should, remained silent, even though
his reputation suffered as a result.
The facts about the Metropolitan
Club trouble, briefly, are these:
In the Metropolitan Club of WASH
ington, as in all similar organizations,
a very few directors can thwart the
the purposes of host of men. This
was the case in the presentation of
Gen. Corbins name for membership in
the club by Paymaster-General Alfred
Bates.
Two men. one a professional man,
the other his henchman, by a skilful
play upon the prejudices of others, sue
ceeded in marshaling sufficient objec-
ton TO deter the 1rlenQS OF zen. CorDln
from pressing his name. And yet one
of the men, as the story goes, was a
beneficiary, OF not of Gen. Corbin. at
least Of his friends.
The story that Gen. Corbin had been
guilty Of ungentlemanly acts in connec-
ton with a certain game of cards Is
not ascribed to these men; II was the
natural outcropping Of a lie that has
covered a quarter of century: which
had its origin in a malicious and I'M
founded statement circulated by man
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR

Closes Its Eleventh Annual Con-
venttOn at Washington.
Washington, May 10.-The eleventh
annual convention of the Methodist
Protestant Christian Endeavor Union,
which has been in progress here for
several days. came to an end tonight
when a praise service was held at
which Rev. F. T. Tagg of Baltimore
delivered the address. Features of the
day were the convention sermon at the
morning service by Rev. ]. F. McCul-
loch, D. D., of Greensboro, N. c., who
spoke from the Book of Esther, and
the Junior Endeavor rally this after
noon, when Rev. ]. C. Broomfield of
Plttsburg was in charge of the serv-
ices.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
WOMAN LARIAT THROwER.
Feats of skill which Made an Ari-
soma woman Famous.

soma woman Famous.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Phoenix. Ariz., April 2S-There IS q
woman in Arizona who can rope wild
horse with a lariat as we'll as any
man on the ranches. She is the only
expert lariat thrower in the United
States and is the wife of Arizonas
gentleman cowboy. Grant w. Cham
berlain. Mrs. Chamberlain can handle
a rope with a dexterity that has made
her famous throughout the cattle re-
gions of the West.
Born in Michigan, Mrs. Chamberlain
has spent the last eight years in the
West. Her husband has been coaching
her in the work for years, but some of
her most remarkable swings she in
vented herself. Using fifty-yard rope,
Mrs. Chamberlain can capture racing
broncho with astonishing certainty and
ease. In a stampede she is as cool as
the best and few are quicker and surer
with the rope than she.
She dresses for her work in a blouse
and boomers and rides astride. Such
dexterity as hers would be impossible
in skirts. She takes exercises that
would astonish the usual beauty-seek
er who swings a two-pound dumb-be
With her fifty-yard rope, Mrs. Cham
berlain, standing well poised, throws
circles back of her, in front. over or at
the side, the spinning rope being start
ed with a small circle which gradually
enlarges as the rope is paid out. She
next holds the circling rope, first in
her right hand, then upon the wrist
and forearm, then on the left hand.
wrist and arm. This is called the
Shifting circles" act" and is one of
the most difficult known.
Then, encircled by the spinning rope,
the woman leaps into and out of the
revolving loop without marring the
curve. An instants hesitancy, a single
wrong move. would send the fifty yards
of rope out in a horizontal line and
cause 1t to collapse in an instant.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
EVEN NOT KILLED.
Report That He Was Assassinated
Proves Untrue.

Louisville. Ky, May 1o.-Private tele-
grams received from jackson and Lex
ington, KY. state that the report that
an attempt had been made to assassi-
nate ]. B. Even who was with Marcum
when he was shot, is untrue.
A curious feature of the affair tran
spired to-day when an interview with
Even was published by the Courier
Journal. The correspondent published it
on receiving information that Even
was dead.
Even, according to the story, retract-
ed his first interview, feigning igno+
rance of the assassin's identity, given
out in the presence of a member of the
Hargis faction. He told the reporter
that he recognized Marcum's assassin
as Curtis Jewett. Even was standing
near Marcum when the shots were
fired. He made the second statement
with the understanding that it should
be published when he Should be out
of harms way"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
REWARD NOW $4,000.

Lorain, o.. May 10.-A man whose
]. ]. Mahoney of the Knights of CO.
lumbus of this city, to be offered as
a reward for the detection of the muir
derer of Agatha Reichlin, which occur
red week ago Thursday night. This
sum will be added to the $1,000 already
offered by the county. More money
will be asked of the friends of the
Reichlin family. both in Lorain and
elsewhere, to make larger fund and
thereby it is hoped to induce expert
enced detectives to work on the case.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
TROUBLE Is SETTLED.
Carpenters and the brotherhood Are
on Terms Again.

on Terms Again.
New York, May 10.-Announcement
was made to-day that a settlement of
the war between the Amalgamated As
ISOLATION of Carpenters and the Broth
erhood, which caused 5000 carpenters
to stop work, is near. The Brother
hoop has decided to make application
for membership in the United Board
of Building Trades. of which the Anal
gamated Association is member, and
thus allow the united organization TO
bring about peace.
This action is to be taken, it is as
serted, in order that labor may combine
in the fight which is now being waged
against the lockout of drivers and
teamsters instituted by the Lumber
Dealers Association, and the mater
ial Mems Association.
There were no new developments IN
the matter of the striking subway Ia
borers at the meeting of the Central
Federated Union to-day.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
MAY BE A TIE-UP.

Citizens Alliance of Denver Has
Demanded Protection.
Denver. Col, May 1870 general is
the belief that a tie-up Of all the trades
in Denver will occur-to-morrow that
the Citizens Alliance has made a de-
mand upon the fire and police boards
for protection of their employees, in
the event of such a turn.
The trades and labor assemblies
took up the matter to-day and decided
to refer it to the committee from the
Building Trades Council, the State
Federation of Labor and the Western
Federation of Miners.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
Snnadron to DuhIin.

London, May 11.-Vioe Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford has notified the
Mayor of Dublin that the admiralty
has ordered him to take the channel
squadron to Dublin. May IS, and to
remain until May %. This is the first
time in many years that the Mayor
of Dublin has received such a notifl-
cation.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
IN A CAR COLLISION

One Man Was Killed and Two Were
Injured.
Cleveland, May 10.-One man killed,
another fatally crushed and a third
badly hurt, is the result of a street car
collision on the road to Euclid Beach
tonight. The dead mans name is
Calvin and his home is in Cleveland.
The fatally injured is a young man
named insolvency, 20 years old, whose
nome is said to be in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Inc third injured person is said to be
Frank Riley, II years old, of Brooklyn.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
IN CENTRAL AMERICA
Pittsburgers Are to Build n Rail-
way $50 Miles Long.

way $40 Miles Long.
Pittsburg, May 10.--Ex-United States
Senator John M. Thurston, who Is as
sociate counsel of the United States
and Nicaragua Company, arrived here
to-day to be present at the organiza-
ton meeting OF the Great Central Rail
way Company tomorrow. The Great
Central Railway Company Is capital
lied at $40. 600. 900. the majority Of the
stock having been taken by Pittsburg-
ers. The company proposes 70 build
road 800 miles long which viii con-
meet Managua, the capital Of Nicara-
qua: Tegucigalpa, capital Of Hondur-
as, and Salvador, capital Of san sal
vador.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
OBITUARY..
$. C. Powell, ThomasviIIe.

Thomasvilie, Ga, May los. G. Pow
ell an old Confederate soldier resid-
ing on the Spring Hill road, six miles
from Thomasville, died yesterday
morning at IL a. m. and was buried
this morning from the Spring Hill
church. He was stricken with paraly
sis about three months ago and sue
cumbed to a second stroke, which came
YESTERDAY
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
SETTLED AT MONTREAL.
LOngshOremen Practically Agree TO
Go Back to Work.

Go Back to Work.
Montreal, May 10.-The longshore-
mems strike was practically settled
late tonight at a conference of the
The basis of settlement was drawn
up to be submitted to the strikers to-
morrow. 1t is expected they will ac-
cept, and in this event shippers also
will agree. In the basis for settlement
it is provided among other things that
union or non-union men are not to be
Disseminated against by foremen.
Workmen molesting others are to be
discharged, whether union or non-un-
ion. Old employees are to receive first
consideration.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
Tnrkincton ImnroyinG.

indianapolis, May 10.-Booth Tark-
ington, the author. has just passed
the crisis in a very serious case of
typhoid fever. 1t is announced that
a long rest will follow his GONZALES
cence.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
NJ. MobIex. Hamilton.

Columbus, Ca, May 10.-Col. j. NJ.
Mobley. a distinguished lawyer and
one of the most prominent Masons in
Georgia, died at his home in Hamilton
Ga at an early hour this morning. He
was past grand master Of the Masonic
order in Georgia.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
MI. Nellie Omberg, Rome.

Rome, Ca, May 1O.-Miss Nellie ON
berg died this morning, after long
illness. Miss Omberg was teacher In
the public schools and was loved and
respected by all who knew her. The
funeral will take place tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
STRIKE STILL CONTINUES.
No Prospect for Cessation al
Melbourne.

Melbourne. Australia. May 10.-There
is no prospect of the cessation of the
railroad strike. Very few men have
accepted the offer of double pay to
work in the place of the strikers. The
Commissioners of Railways say enough
of such men to run one train a day on
each of the principal lines have APP
piled for work.
The cabinet was in session all this
afternoon. There have been several
cases of train wrecking and molesta-
ton of the men who have taken the
strikers places.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11

London, May 1.-THE Times this
morning announces that Timothy M.
Healy, Nationalist member of Parlia-
ment for the Northern Division of
Loath, is about to be called to the Eng
fish bar
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
Stoddard Is Ill.

New York, May 10.-Richard Henry
Stoddard, the poet and writer, is i'll at
his home here. He suffers from gen.
eral debility on account of age. There
was a slight improvement in his con-
dition tonight
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11

him a friendly pat and words of
praise.
Come. my brave Comanche," said
the happy girl, you shall have clover
and sugar plums all your life"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11

Baltimore. May l0.-Derrick Fahne-
stock. head OF the banking firm OF D.
Fahnestock h Co., and for number
OF years president OF the Baltimore
stock Exchange, died to-day. He was
a wears old.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-05-11
For good health drink
Harris Lithia Water

The most pleasant in taste, the most effective Sold
its merits. Endorsed by the medical profession.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
BRIDGE NOTICE.

Sealed bids will be received at the Chancery
Clerks Office up to II o'clock noon first Monday
i'll July. 1903, for building a bridge
across Richland Creek, near Plain,
according 10 specifications now on file in
this office. The board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
G. W. WHITE, Clerk
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25

The state democratic executive
and fixed August 9Th as the day for
holding the first primary. A resolu-
tion offered by our townsman, Sidney
T. MoLaurin and adopted BY the COM
mittee allows all white democrats to
vote in the primary who will be enti
tied to vote in the November election.
This action Of the committee will III
our opinion be to the best interest of
the;party and do substantial justice to
all democrats. The attorney general,
the members of the supreme court and
many other lawyers of great ability
are of the opinion that the law as
written would exclude all who are
not registered four months before the
primary, but all concede that there is
no reason why the law should not
have been SO worded as to permit all
to vote in the primary who are regis
tered within four months of the No
vember election. The opinion of
Attorney General Williams is fully
endorsed and approved by the supreme
court and probably CONSTITUTES the law
correctly, but the committee very
wisely takes the view that as the ques-
ton is in doubt it is better to resolve
the doubt in favor of those who did
not register four months before the
primary as all must concede that the
law should be amended so as to attain
this end This action of the state
committee is final and all who are not
registered should register at once and
be able to vote in the primary.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-06-25
LETTER NO. ONE.

i
to certify that we have known J. I.
Coyington for number of years,
that he was born and reared near
Coffeoville, Yalohusha county, Miss.
that he is an honest, Industrious
young man who has worked his own
way, that he has not for several years
claimd this county as his home, and
does not own any property here, that
he is worthy of any confidence that
may be placed in him. Any state
ments contrary to this above are abso-
lutely false, Very Respectfully,
BIB. SAYLE, M. D., Pres. Coffee
Vile Bank.
@. B. FLY, Merchant.
EDWIN NEWBURGER, Merchant
FRANCIS HEBRON, Farmer.
G. w. ROWLAND, Book-keeper.
J. Fl. TEASK, Merchant,
T. Ell. ,HAMBLET, Hotel keeper.
EUGENE CRAWFORD, Cotton
buyer.
W. A .RAYBURN.
G. W. ARMSTRONG, Merchant.
J. H. BATES and Co., Druggists.
j. S. SANDERS, Physician.
Fl. W. DURRANT, Druggist.
J. M. ALLEN, Sheriff.
J. D. MAGRUDER, Attorney.
J. W. DAVIS, Agt I. G. r. r.
J. M. EDERINGTON, merchant.
N. r. KEETON, Merchant,
w. T. STONE, Attorny.
". Fl. BALY and Bros, Merchants.
p. M. WOODALL,
WILLIS GOLLADAY, Attorney.
CALHOUN and SO. Merchants.
e. FL. BREWER, county Supt. ed
ucation.
J. f. PRVOINE, Cashier Coffee
Vile Bank.
CIV. BEEDLEs, Vice Pres Coffee
will Bank.
J. M. Hall, Mrchant.
LETTER NO. ONE.
Coffeeyille, Miss, June nth, 1908
To Whom it may concern this is
to certify that J. /. Covington, taught
the school at Gray Rock, Yalobusha
county, Miss, during the session Of
1S9S-1S99, that we offered him all
eight months school last. winter, and
again in January 1908 we wrote him
offering him an unfnised term Of two
and half months to teach this sum-
mer, and prepare to enter into con-
tract with him to teach our school two
years. That he rejects our offer sta.
ting that he liked Rankin county bet
ter than this and expected to make
his home there.
Very respectfully,
j. G. ADAMS, J. Fl. ALEWINE. !,
S. J. ADAMS,
Trustees Gray Rock school.