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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-06-10
SENT BALL THROUGH BRAIN.
w. n. Babbitt Suicides In Hotel al
Wilmlnqton, NJ. G.

Wilmington, u. c., June 0.-W. H
Babbitt, 81 years of age. government
entry taker and a leading citizen OF
Mcdowell county, this stats. commit
ted suicide early this morning by send
ing ball through his brain in tha
lobby of the Orton hotel. He had
been drinking and left short note to
his brother in a hospital here asking
the brother to look in the pockets Oh
his clothing and he would find every
thing all right.
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Appointed Arbishon.

Rome, June 8.-The vatican today
officially announced that the Rev. ].
]. Harty, pastor of st. Leo's church at
st. Louis, has been appointed archbigh.
op of Manila.
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pROFESSI0NAL CARDS.

OB j. ~, Dodson.s Pharmacy, Residence
y avenue. Phone ~
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CREST OF FLOOD HAS
PASSED ST. LOUIS
Waters of Mississippi Rush
ing Towards Gulf.
HIGH FLooDTIDE IS RECORDED

Reports Indicate that the Death List
In Madison, Granite City and Venice
May Be Larger Than at First Sup
posed.
St, Louis, Mo, June AT the
rate Of from 8 to 10 miles AN hour
the Mississippi river, over half a mile
wide and 80 feet deep in the channel,
IS pouring past st. Louis toward the
gulf For a week the river, slowly at
first, and then gaining in speed, crept
out Of its ordinary confines until on
June 8, 1908, it had established a high
water mark Of 37.5 feet, the highest
foodtide since the same mark was
unofficially established in 1853. The
river is now receding. Thirty feet
above low water mark is the danger
line for St. Louis, and the river rose
71-2 feet above the danger line.
The crest of the flood has passed
st. Louis, and any further destruction
to be wrought will be from the posi-.
Bile crumbling Of undermined build.
ings, and to the country below this
point, danger of which is lessened by
the spreading of the river over the
loWIands.
Rapid falling of water, it is expect
ed, will quickly drain the inundated
section on the Illinois side, where the
property loss will be heaviest, and re.
pairs to tie damaged property will
soon be possible.
Death List Increasing.
Reports are coming in from Madi.
son, Granite City and Venice, which
indicate the death list may be larger
than first estimated. 1t Is known
that at least 20 people have been
drowned in that vicinity. A report
was received early today from New.
port, a small town miles from Gran
1te City, that a school building in
which are sheltered SO children, was
tottering and threatened to collapse
at any moment. Appeals were made
Iof assistance, but there was no way
to reach them from ST. Louis or East
st. Louis, the only places that can
now render aid
City Attorney Robert Hagneur, OF
flooded Venice, is reported by his rel.
atives to be missing and they fear he
perished when the city was overwhelm-
ed Deputy Coroner William Ball.
horin, Of Madison county, and his son,
who lived in Venice, have been given
up as lost. Louis Kisher and wife,
who lived in Madison are believed to
have been drowned in the breaking
of the levee that flooded that town.
William Anchor and Mrs. Clifton and
her infant have been missing for sev.
eral days, and it is thought they per.
1shed.
And so reports are coming in, but
they cannot be verified until order
shall have been restored, and that will
not be until the fooQ shall have sub.
sided.
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"'NLE SPRINGS.

3. taiSmghtiul resort, 5 miles west
saR GneO nO~S, m; now open for the season.
'QtatiVe onaI:st!al uetal water is noted for its
~Ig. q O'II@'lttles. : BATHING A SPECI-
a. CIV. FL. CHAMBLISS.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
BARS BRYAN's $50, 900.
The Court Holds That Trust Letter
Cannot Be PrObated with the
Bennett VIII.

New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. z. - Judge
Livingston w. Cleaveland, of the pro-
bate court, handed down decision Fri
day in the Philo S. Bennett will case,
holding that the secret letter directing
Mrs. Bennett, the widow, to pay William
]. Bryan $4,000, was not part of the
will. The effect of this is to prevent Mr.
Bryan from obtaining the money men
toned in the letter unless the present
decision is reversed by a higher court
or unless he should be successful in legal
proceedings against Mrs. Bennett, in the
event that the $4,000 should be paid un-
der clause twelve of the will, which
reads as follows:
twelfth give and bequeath unto
my wife, Grace fmogen Bennett, the
sum of fifty thousand dollars ($5O,OOO)
in trust, however, for the purposes set
forth in sealed letter which will be
found with said will"
The text of the letter was made pub
lie at one of the hearings on the will
Mr.. Bryan was not present when the de-
cision was announced, but his attorneys
said he would undoubtedly appeal from
Judge Cleaveland's decision
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
MINISTER KILLS HIMSELF.
Member of Italian Cabinet. CHARGED
with Corruption, Commits
Suicide.

Naples, Italy, Nov. 10.-Minister of
Finance Rosano committed suicide by
shooting during the night. He was
found dead Monday morning in his
room, with a revolver at his side.
Signor Rosano was given the posi-
ton of minister of finance in the new
Italian cabinet, the formation Of
which was only announced last
Wednesday. Since the formation of
the new cabinet the socialists had at
tackled Signor Rosano, the minister of
finance, charging him with corruption
during his political career, challenging
him to disprove the charges and add
ing that otherwise they would bring
the matter up at the opening of the
chamber of deputies.
1t was at first announced from Naples
that the minister had been stricken
with apoplexy, and died while taking
train for Rome. Later, however, it
became known that he had committed
suicide, which caused a great sensation
and much excited comment.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
RUSH OF LAND SEEKERS.
Nearly thousand Persons Try ia
File Claims at Government Offices
at CrOOl<stOn. MINI.

Crookston, Mimi, Nov ~. With
women protesting against being crushed
to death and both men and women faint
ing and falling under the feet of the
greedy land hunters, nearly 1000 per-
sons on Tuesday packed the government
land office and through the halls of the
building, up to the second floor, on
which the Office is located, awaiting
the formal opening of about 100000
acres of land in the Red Lake Indian
reservation. 1t was the biggest crush
for land ever known in the northwest
and the number of entries was the
largest of any previous day.
The rush of land seekers was renewed
when the United States land Office
opened for business Wednesday. Be-
fore midnight long line of men and
women formed in front of the Office and
waited patiently until daybreak. One
woman stood in line several hours,
after she had spent the night walking
30 miles through the woods from near
Red Lake TO Bagley, where she took the
train. She was rewarded by finding her
land clear. Wednesday $50 filings were
received from outside points, but only
40 were placed on record. The rest had
been secured by other parties Tuesday.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
But Five Mlnutex-Scnatc Re-
ceives Many Bills.

Washington. Nov 1.-THE house
convened at IL o'clock Wednesday.
After prayer by the chaplain and the
reading of the journal, Messrs. G. G..
Reed and Minor Wallace and T. B. Kyle,
of Ohio, were sworn in as members of
the house. On motion of Mr.. Davne the
house at 1905 adjourned.
The senate began business in earnest
Wednesday by receiving for the first
time in the session number of petitions
and also many bills. Some of the petit
lions protested against Senator Smoot,
of Utah, remaining in the senate.
Senator Gallinger IN. HI was the
first of the senators to secure recogni-
ton for the Introduction of bills, and
the first bill introduced by him provided
for the erection of statue to Gen. John
Stark.
When the introduction of several
other bills, resolutions. etc. had been
concluded, the chair laid before the
senate the house joint resolution, maxi
Ing Immediately available the appro-
priation for mileage of senators and
members. and on motion of Senator
Hale ii was adopted.
The senate then at 1920 went into
executive session.
At LAS o'clock the senate adjourned.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
NINE ARE DEAD.
A Fatal Blaze in the Kearsarge Gold
Mine Near Virginia City,
Montana.

Butte, Mont, Nov. IA Virginia
City special to the Miner says fire in
the Kearsarge mine, six miles from Vir-
ginia City, early Friday morning killed
nine men. The damage to surface
buildings is slight. Among the dead
is superintendent r. B. Turner, of
Butte, one of the best known mining
men in the northwest. Four bodies
have been recovered.
The dead are R. B. Turner, superin-
tendent of the Kearsarge mine; George
Allen. stationary engineer; John To-
bin, James Powers, Edward Lahredy,
William Fleming, Robert Donnelly
and two unknown men, all miners.
All the dead miners are from
Butte and were single men. The Kear-
sage is one of the principal gold mines
of the state, and is considered very
valuable. It is operated by the Alder
Mining company.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
PARKS is SENTENCED.
New York Walking DELIBERATE Given
Two Yenrs Three Months in
Sing Sing.

New York, Nov. 7.-Sam Parks was
Friday sentenced to two years and three
months in Sing Sing prison. This SEN
tence was passed on the charge of ex-
torting $500 from the Tiffany studios.
1t was alleged that Parks, as walking
delegate of the Housesmiths' and Bridge
mems union, forced the Tiffany studios
to pay him $500 to call off strike. This
was Parks second sentence for extor-
ton. In the first he was released from
Sing Sing on a certificate of reasonable
doubt. In imposing sentence Judge
Eewburger said he took into considera-
ton the physical condition of Parks, who
is said by physicians to be suffering from
consumption in an advanced stage.
Parks, whose customary air of defiance
has entirely deserted him, heard the SEN
tence without movement of feature or
outward suggestion of emotion.
Former District Attorney James w.
Osborne, Parks counsel, said that he
would in all probability appeal, but that
no certificate Of reasonable doubt would
be applied for
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
LABOR LEADERS MEET.
Convention of American Federation
Begun at acknowledgements
Condition of Affairs,

Boston, Nov. 10.-The twenty-third
annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor, which was opened
in this city Monday and which will
continue probably for at least IA days,
got into working order before an ad-
journment was taken late In the after
noon. President Samuel Gompers de-
livered his annual address to the dele
gates and Secretary Frank Morrison
and Treasurer John B. Lennon pre-
sented their annual statements.
About $50 delegates were present
when the session was called to order
They were welcomed to Boston by Den
mis- D. Driscoll, president of the Contra,
labor union of this city. When Mr..
Gompers was presented with a
gavel, he took occasion to refer to
the honor accorded the convention in
having its sessions in Faneuil hall.
President Gompers' address took up
most of the afternoon. 1t showed that
the gain in membership of the affiliated
international unions and of the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor during the last
year had been 442,1 100. Mr.. Gompers re-
viewed at length what the federation
had accomplished during the year, and
he made numerous recommendations.
He pointed out that the grave danger
which confronted their movement was
the internecine strike, due to the con-
flicting claims of trade jurisdictions.
Mr.. Gompers condemned such anti
trust legislation as was secretly against
labor and urged eternal vigilance with
respect to legislation.
The treasurer's report showed the in
come Of the year was $247,S00, the ex-
penditure $196,015, and the balance OF
hand $4,000.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
gen. HALL REPORTS ON ARMY
6e Deals with Every Phase of the
M litary Establishment.
tory Work of Attaches Abroad
Recon- Made.

Washington, Nov l2--The annual
! report OF Acting Adit. Gen. Hall. of the
army, was made public Wednesday. 1t
deals with every phase OF the military
establishment. The actual strength of
the army on October IS. 1909. was 1851
officers and $4,000 enlisted men. There
were lost to the army during the year
ended June 80. 1903, 29.279 men. as fol-
lows: One hundred and thirty-eight Off
GERS, of whom 25 were killed in action or
, died of wounds or disease; 2S.141 enlisted
men, of whom S37 We're killed in action
or died of wounds or disease. the re-
mainder representing men discharged
for expiration of term of service, for dis
ability, by sentence of court-martial,
assertions and retirements.
Attention is directed to the work of
military attaches abroad. which the re-
port states has been very satisfactory,
and proves the wisdom of selecting Off
GERS peculiarly adapted to this delicate
semi-diplomatic work, which secures
to the army the most recent, authentic
and valuable information at minimum
cost.
Over one-half of the report is devoted
to the militia and it gives detailed &C
count of the workings of the act to pro-
mote the efficiency of the militia passed
at the last session of congress.
Several recommendations regarding
the organized militia are made.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY or
llcnnepin Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Ellen
Stull, Deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate
of Ellen Stull, deceased late of the Coun-
ty of st. Joseph and State of Indiana,
being granted to John w. Mcintyre. of
said County aud State
ANA IT appearing upon proper proof by
the affidavit of the said John w. McIn-
tyre. made ana filed herein that there
are no debts against the estate of the
said Ellen Stull deceased,
1T is ORDERED. That three months
be and the same is hereby allowed from
and after the date of this order, in which
all persons having claims or demands
against the snid deceased are REQUIRED to
file the same In the Probate Court of said
County. for examination and allowance,
or he forever barred
IT is FURTHER ORDERED, That the
first Monday In March, 1904. at ten o'clock
II. m., at n general term OF said Probate
Court, to be held at the Court House in
the City of Minneapolis, in said County.
be and the same is hereby appointed as
the time and place when and where the
said Probate Court will examine and adj
just said claims and demands.
AND IT is FURTHER ORDERED,
That notice of such henring be given to
all creditors and persons interested in
said estate by forthwith publishing this
order once in each week for three sue
ccssive weeks In the Irish Standard. a
newspaper printed and published in said
County.
Dated at Minneapolis. this 4th day of
November, 1903
by the Court,
+. C. HARVEY,
Judge OF Probate
J. r. CORRIGAN,
Attorney for Administrator,
400 New York Life Bldg,
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
DUKE OF ROXBURGH.

OF the wedding guests were hidden,
was held 1t had been intended to
make the wedding a more brilliant
function. but the death of Sir Michae,
Herbert, uncle of the bride, caused
the change in plans.
Fifth avenue, in the vicinity of the
church, was the scene before and during
the ceremony. of excitement and disor-
der unparalleled at any of the previous
great weddings in New York From the
church to the Goelet residence dis
lance of five blocks. the avenue was a
surging mob numbering fully 10000
persons. mostly women, whom force
of 200 policemen was powerlcss to hold
in check. Before the service began sew
eral hundred women gained entrance
to the church and seated themselves in
the galleries, from which they were
forcibly dislodged by squad of police
a few minutes before the arrival of the
bride. When the carriage Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, which was
just ahead of the bride, reached the
canopy leading from the curb to the
church, the crowd of women banked up
Is feet deep on either side, rushed fran
tically forward, carrying the solid lines
of policemen with them. and for mo-
ment chOked the entrance. They were
forced back, only to again rush forward
when the brides carriage drew up. BY
this time policemen from other points
had been collected there, but in spite of
them group of half a dozen women
stopped down and lifted the canvas OF
the canopy and crawled part way under.
They crawled to their positions, not
withstanding all the efforts of the po-
lice to pull them away, and several OF
them managed to keep their heads un-
der the canvas until the bride had passed
up.
Four hours after the ceremony Fifth
avenue was still crowded with curious
women, many of whom were laden with
spoils from the church decorations, for
after the invited guests had left tho
mob crowded into the church and pro-
ceeded at once to tear the chrysanthe-
NUNS and lilies from the pew entrance.
In few minutes they began to break
the leaves from the palms, and before
they could be stopped the church was
despoiled of many of the floral decora-
lions.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
KILN Her Husband.

Dover, Del. Nov. 12.-Mrs. Edith
Jackson Hollis, a member of an influ-
entail Camden Del.) family murdered
her husband, Delaware r. Hollis, by
shooting him early Wednesday. Hollis
was asleep in chair when his wife
placed the revolver to his head and
blew out his brains Tuesday night the
husband consented to his wife being
sent to an asylum for the insane, and
the wife believed from that moment
that her husband had turned against
her. Mrs Hollis was committed to Jail
until a jury passes upon her sanity.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. COUNTY OF
flennepin. Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Ellen
Stull, Deceased.
On receiving and filing the final account
of the administrator of the estate Of said
deceased, and his petition praying for the
allowance OF said account and for a de-
cree assigning the residue of said estate
to the persons by law entitled to tho
same,
IT IS ORDERED. That said petition he
heard at n special term OF said Court to
be held at the Court House in the City of
Minneapolis, in said County, on Monday,
the both dry OF November. 1903. at 10
o'clock IN the forenoon; and that notice
of such hearing be given to all persons
Interested, by publishing this order once
in each week for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing in the Irish
Standard, n newspaper printed and pub
lished in said County.
Dated at Minneapolis this 9Th day Of
November, 1903
BY the Court,
+. c. HARVEY.
Judge OF Probate
J. r. CORRIGAN,
Attorney for Administrator,
400 New York Life Bldg.
Minneapolis. Minnesota.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION
Contained Nitrog1ycerin and
Four Are Killed.

Lancaster, o., Nov. 9.-Four children
were instantly killed by an explosion
Of nitroglycerin at Bucks Run, in Hook
ing county, Sunday. The dead are Oscar
Bohn, and Charles Bohn, aged IA and
-; their eight-year-old sister and the
nine-year-old son of Robert Conrad.
The children were playing with a can
which had contained nitroglycerin and
1t is supposed struck it with stone.
The home of the Bohns was partially
wrecked. The bodies of the children
were terribly mutilated.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
Great Rush for Land.

Crookston, Mimi, Nov. 11.-With
women protesting against being crushed
to death and both men and women faint
ing and falling under the feet of the
greedy land hunters, nearly 1000 per-
sons on Tuesday packed the government
land office and through the halls of the
building, up to the second floor, n
which the Office is located, awaiting
the formal opening Of about 100000
acres of land in the Red Lake Indian
reservation. 1t was the biggest crush
for land ever known in the northwest,
and the number of entries was the
largest of any previous day.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14

William Croswell Doane, of Albany,
assisted by Rev. Ernest NJ Stires, of
ST. Thomas church, performed the
ceremony A company of $50 guests,
small number for an international
marriage of such Importance, wit
messed the ceremony, but masses of
palms. shrubs and flowers banked the
church so effectively that the great
nave seemed far from empty.
Afterwards, the duke and duchess
went to the home of Mrs. Ogden
Goelet on Fifth avenue, where an in
formal reception, to which only part
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
Tragedy in MicDirnn

Marquette, Mich, Nov. 12-At Mich
igamme Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Ma
poleon Bcauvais was shot and almost in
stantly killed by her stepson, Napoleon
Beauvais, Jr., who then committed sui
eide. Sitting on the edge of his bed, he
placed the muzzle of a rifle in his mouth
and pulled the trigger, blowing Off his
head His motive is unknown.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
VIII Soon BE Free,

St. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 11.-Frank H.
Hamilton, who stabbed Leonard Day
to death in the barroom of the West ho-
tel in Minneapolis November &c, 1900,
will regain his liberty within few days,
the board of pardons having committed
his sentence from seven to five years,
He is eligible to parole and the board OF
prison control, it is said, will undoubted-
ly release him this week.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
Miners strike in Colorado.

Denver, Col, Nov. 10.-More than TO-
900 coal miners in Colorado went on
strike Monday for an eight-hour day,
increased wages and other concessions.
The strike was ordered by the national
executive officers of the United Mine
Workers of America after the coal COM
panies refused to confer with union
representatives concerning the demands
of the men. OF the idle men, 5000 are
In the southern coal fields; 1000 in the
northern coal fields, and 1900 in FIRE.
mont county. One hundred mines have
been closed down.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
Seed Merchant. A..irn

Philadelphia, Nov. "a receiver has
been appointed for D. Landreth &
Sons, seed merchants. The liabilities
are about $3.50, 1000, and the assets much
less. The house is one of the Oldest
In the country, having been financed
In 1884 by David Landreth, who came
from England.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
Condition of the Emperor

Berlin, Nov. 12.-At II o'clock
Wednesday morning the following bull
letin regarding Emperor Williams con-
dition was issued by his physicians at
the new palace. Potsdam: His mai
esty is better for the walk he took yes.
terday. The wound made during the
operation is in excellent condition and
begins to grow smaller"
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
Appeals Rejected.

Paris, Nov. 6.-The court of cassa-
ton rejected the appeals of the mem
bers of the Humbert family who,
August % last, were sentenced to
terms of imprisonment varying from
two to five years on the charge of
fraud in connection with the so-called
Crawford millions.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
Retains His Title.

Jacksonville, Fla, Nov 9.-In a
wrestling match at Carnival Stadium
Saturday night between Tom Jenkins,
of Cleveland, and Tom Sharkey, of New
York, for the championship of the
world, Jenkins retained the title, throw
Ing his antagonist the first two falls.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
Wreck in Indiana.

Frankfort, Ind, Nov. 9.-West-bound
passenger train No. on the Glover Leaf
railroad was wrecked just east of this
city Saturday morning. The rails
spread and three coaches overturned.
Eighteen people were injured, none
seriously.
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
Cuba Make. a Propo.ition

Havana, Nov. 9.-The Cuban govern
ment Saturday handed to United States
Minister Squiers a proposition which,
If accepted by the United States, will
result in the immediate turning over
of the Guantanamo naval station to the
United States
The Irish standard., 1903-11-14
Liabilities Of s1o0.a oa,

Ardmore, l. T., Nov. determination
of the books of the Bank of the Chicka-
saw Nation. at Tishomingo, I. T., which
failed recently, shows liabilities of $780,
900, of which nearly $4,000 is due to
depositors. All efforts to locate Kirby
Purdom, the missing president of the
bank, lave failed.