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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-01
0s7.5oo against 1,4ss,577 last year, 1.2os,37I

6s750O against 1,496577 last year, 1.2os,37b
year before last, and 1,269,371 same time
in 1900.
These make the total movement for
the 2n days from September l to date
10, 344, O22 bales. against 9,9S4,S39 last year.
9.658,026 year before last and S,7946S3 same
time in 1900.
Foreign exports for the week have been
Is, 1927, against 37,143 last year, making the
total thus far for the season 6425,SS2,
against 61S0,031 last year. an increase Of
PAS, 81
Northern mill takings and Canada dur
ing the past seven days show decrease
of $685. as compared with the CORE
spending period last year and their total
takings since September / have de-
creased 1886.
The total takings of American mills
north and south and Canada, thus far
for the season have been 1928, 265, against
1851 127 last year. These include lob. 100
by northern spinners, against 2,02T,471.
Stocks at the seaboard and the 20 lead
ing southern interior centers nave de
creased during the week S273, against
a decrease during the corresponding pc
Rod last season of 1856. and are now
204, 1874 smaller than at this date in 1902.
Including stocks left over at the ports
and interior towns from the last crop,
and the number of bales brought into
sight thus far for the new crop, the sup
ply to date is TO- 5o9, C96 against l0'34i,o-6
for the same period last year.
1t must be remembered that the week
ly, monthly and seasons comparisons in
Secretary HeSter'S reports are made up
TO corresponding dates last year, year be
fore and in 1900. Comparisons to close of
corresponding weeks are misleading, as
totals to close OF this week last year
would take in 272 days of the season,
wear before last 273 days and i'll 1900 Pa
days, against only 21 days this year.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-01
CUBA AND PLATT AMENDMENT
Negotiations To Give Amendment Eff
feet at Standstill.

Washington, May 26.-Although Mn
lister Squiers is extremely anxious to com
plete the negotiations to give effect to
the Platt amendment, these have come to
a standstil through absence from Ha-
vana of Senior Zaldo, the Cuban minister
for foreign affairs. who was summoned
to New York by the serious illness of his
daughter.
Mr. Squiers had prepared the way for
a treaty defining the status of the Isle
of Pines and this would have completed
the work of treaty making. 1t is believed
that this last treaty will confirm the
right of Cuba to the Isle of Pines, al
though it will provide ample safeguards
for the consdera BILE American interests
there.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-01
Nav Exhibit Mississippi Levees.

Jackson, Miss. May 25.-(Special) ia
vorable impression has been made by the
suggestion that the Mississippi levees
should be exhibited a the ST Louis OK
position on canvas about thirty rect
long, making a complete showing of the
river protection on the Mississippi side
from the Tennessee line to the Natchez
bluffs. Very few people in the United
States realize the enormity of the Missis-
sippi levee system and such an exhibit
would be highly instructive A similar
plan has already been adopted by Louis
lana. II is also likely that a large map
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-01
Ira gedies in MissisSiDni

Jackson, Miss, May 20 Especial )-Sev-
eral tragedies which escaped the press
dispatches have occurred in the state
within the past few days. In Copiah coun-
ty, near Hazelhurst, VIII Vergis killed
Ed Bonner by slipping up behind his vic
tim and striking him terrific blow over
the head with a spade. The murderer Is
still at large. In Lawrence county Tom
Rutland was killed by William Chain In
the railroad camp near Blountsvile. Chain
has surrendered Two tragedies occurred
in Marion county, Tom Sheffield killing
George Arlington. and Tom Avery killing
Virgil Bass. A six-handed duel occurred
in Winston county among farmers. but
none of the parties were killed although
knives and pistols were freely used
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VIRGINIA.
Road Files Big Mortgage.

Richmond. Va, Nav Ga $4,000, 900
mortgage has been filed in the record
office of the chancery count, this city. 1t
is given by the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad Company to the
Central Trust Company Of New York to
secure bond issue to the amount of
100000. The object of the company in
placing the mortgage and issuing the
bonds is to double track and otherwise
improve it's railroad plant
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Engineer Orr Meets Death.

Charlotte. n. c, May 26.-(Special y
Engineer A. c. orr who was so badly
injured in a collision on the Southern
At Belmont l. miles south of Charlotte,
this morning at 10 o'clock. died at the
Presbyterian hospital n this city this
afternoon at o'clock Both legs were
amputated in the hope that his life
might be saved
The engine Of the Southerns south
bound train, No So, and detached freight
cars collided. The fireman was injured
and the engine of No. 30 and several
freight cars are q mass of debris
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Memphis, Tenn, May 2S.-The Interstate
Cotton Seed Crushers' Association ad-
journed tonight after electing the follow
ing officers:
President. A. G.. Perkins, Memphis vice
president 8. Fitzsimmons, Columbia s.
C.; secretary treasurer, Robert ]. Gibson,
Dallas, Tex.
Mr.. Gibson was reelected for the sew
enth consecutive time. The governing
board will be named by the officers of the
association and the place for holding the
next convention will be named by the
executive committee. which consists OF
the officers and governing board.
A resolution was adopted condemning
the special tax on colored oleomargarfne
and letltioniIg congress to repeal the
same.
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Six Hundred Teachers Attend

Jackson, Miss, May 25-(Special)-
Chancellor Fulton, of the University of
Mississippi, announces that fully six hun
summer term, which opens on the 10th of
June for a session Of six weeks, and the
session promises to be the most notable
educational event that has taken place
in the state for good while. The
ablest educators and lecturers in the Uni
lectures and special courses of training
for the teachers, and the citizens of Ok
ford are making special arrangements to
care for the visitors.
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Found Floating in River.

Wilmington. n. c., May 27.-(Special)
The body Of James d. Byrd, the white
man who SO mysteriously disappeared
from his home In this city five weeks
ago. and for whom the family and the
police made such a diigent search. was
found floating in the river today by fish
ermen The body was I'm a terrible state
OF decomposition and identification was
made possible only by papers in his
pockets
The coroner found no evidence of foul
play and the supposition is that he fell
in the river and was drowned the night
he disappeared. Several dollars were
found in his pockets. which explodes the
theory that he was murdered aud robbed.
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Fatal Boiler Explosion at Bridgeport

Knoxville. Tenn, May 2S.--Twc men
met instant death this afternoon at a
pumping station of the Southern railroad
at Bridgeport. Tenn, by the explosion of
a twenty horsepower boiler The dead
men are Frank Owens. of Knoxville.
pump inspector of the Southern, and
John Blanchard, engineer at the pump
station. Owens was summoned to Bridge
port from this city to repair the pump
at the Bridgeport station. Both men
We're blown a long distance from the
station and the building was practically
demolished by the force of the explosion.
Blanchard died instantly and Owens
lived only a few minutes. No cause IS
known for the accident
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Caught bv Belt and Killed.

Macon, Ga, May 3o,-(SpeciaL) -Whirled
around a rapidly revolving pully, held
tightly in the VlceiIle grip of the NOV
ing belt Charles Gunter had his brains
beaten out against the ceiling and walls
of the Wilingham cotton mills this morn
ing shortly after D O'Clock.
In passing by the belt Gunter observed
that it was slipping and liable to leave
one of the pullies over which it rode.
He gave the belt a kick, his foot being
near the pulley, which was only foot
or two from the floor
He was jerked off his feet and like a
flash went spinning around and around,
his head striking first the ceiling and
the floor. upon both OF which great
streams OF blood were left.
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TENN ESSEE.
Hank L. Owens Found Dead.

Memphis, Tenn, May 25-Hank T.
Owens. said to be a member of a promi-
nent Kentucky family living near Lex
lngton, was found dead in a local hotel
this afternoon. Two bottles of carbolic
acid were near the body. Owens Las been
in Memphis since the spring races and
was We'll known in turf cir,bas Hc
weighed between $50 and 400 pounds. He
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
Sudden Death for Three Men

Abbeville, s c.. May 6.-(Special)-P
NJ. TAYLOR. a white farmer, 40 years old,
fell dead in his garden Sunday near An
treville. in this county.
DR. John a. Robinson. a prominent
physician near Due West. fell dead from
his chair this morning. He reached home
Yesterday afternoon from the confederate
reunion at New Orleans. This morning
he left the breakfast table, walked lnto
the sitting room sat down and instantly
fell to the floor dead.
Ed Gordon, Is years old, fell dead this
morning at the home of his father. : miles
from Due West.
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MISSISSIPPI.
Another Negro Put in Office.

Jackson, Miss. May 25.-(Special.)-
Mississippi is threatened with another
postoffice controversy. A negro has been
appointed postmaster at Coca, in Copiah
county, and the patrons of the office are
ordering their mail sent to the Barlow
office declaring that they will not patron
ize the Coca office while the negro is in
charge Coca is located in beat No. ,
of Copiah county, neighborhood where
the citizens have reputation for occa-
sionally taking matters into their own
hands, and if the negro attempts to serve
ton. 1t is likely that the office will be
closed as none of the citizens will pat
rOuiZe the place.
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ALL THE NEWS OF DIXIE
NORTH CAROLINA.
Atkins Crazed by Religion.

Winston-Sa N. c.. May 25.-(Spe-
al.)-Crazed by religion. Charles At
kins, q farmer living miles east of this
city, yesterday morning violently attack
ed several neighbors who had been call
ed in by the family, secured an AK rush
ed to Saints Delight church, a short dis
lance away, battered down the doors and
windows and did other damages.
He then went to the home of Bunyan
Linville, in front of which was hitcned
a horse belonging to Adolphus Sink.
drove the blade of the ak up to the
handle In the back of the horse and at
tempted other violence.
The bounding forward of the horse
1erked the AK from Atkins hands and
Linville and Sink grabbed him and tied
him, later he was brought to the city
and placed in Jail for safe keeping. He
refuses to eat except at lucid intervals,
and then very little, saying that the
spirit will keep the body.
Atkins is a highly respected farmer,
married and has four children and has
relatives who are prominent in this city.
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LIVERPOOL Weekly Cotton Statistics.

Liverpool. May 28.-Followng are the
weekly cotton statistics: Total safes of
all kinds q 600 bales; total sales Ameri-
can 1900 bales English spinners tax
ipgs so. 900 bales: total export 5000 bales:
import of all kinds $4,000 bales; import
American Al 900 bales; stocks of all kinds
635. 900 bales; stock American $4,000 bales
quantity ahoat all kinds $4,000 bales; guam
tity afioat American 5000 bales: total
sales on speculation 700 bales; total sales
to eXnOrterS 500 bales.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-01
Four Outlaws Break Jail.

Jackson. Tenn, May 29.-From the
county jail here early this morning four
noted prisoners. all of whom We're con-
victed in Shelby county, escaped.
They are Sam Miller. wife murderer
under sentence of death: Lee Kahn and
George Day, hold-up men, sentenced TO
fifteen years Imprisonment and George
Carroll, bank robber. sentenced to twelve
years in the penitentiary
The men sawed their way through a
window in the second story of the jail
and let themselves to the ground with
blankets y vigorous search. aided by
blOOdhOunds IS now in progreSS
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No commencement at Tubman.

Augusta, Ga, May 25.-(Special)-At a
meeting of the faculty and students of
the THURMAN high school today, together
with representatives of the board of ed
ucation, it was unanimously voted TO
a pandon the commencement exercises OF
the school on account of the death OF
Professor Nealy. On gradua ton day the
seniors will receive their diplomas and
degrees at the school without formal
exercises OF any kind. The senior class
will wear a badge of mourning for thirty
DAVIS and the entire school will attend the
funeral in a body tomorrow.
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Augusta. Ga. May 7-(special)-r
has been feared for some time that owing
to tho illness q. Duncan Bellnger,
counsel for j. II. Tillman. there would be
a second postponement of the case, in
which event application for bail would
likely be granted. a dispatch from
Johns Hopkins hospital states that Mr..
Bellinger has recovered. He says he will
be ready in July to go ahead with the
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public in general.
Scattered all over
this broad land are
tens of thousands
whom my skill rs
n specialist h a 8
cured of oil manner
Of diseases such as
Catarrh, Asthma,
Consumption, Ner-
vous Debility, Pre-
III a turity, Weak
Heart, Weak Back,
Rheumatism, Kid
ney Trouble, Ston-
ach and Bowel All
unents. b lad d C r
Trouble, Varico-
cele, Structure, Fe-
male d isea g e 8,
Blood Poison.
Whenever it is mt
Ill -nao;hla r nrp-
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Would Stop All Escapes.

Jackson, Miss, May Y.-(Special)-
W. s Hill. a Jackson architect, has pat
ented a device to render escapes from
Jail an impossibilty He has constructed
a working model of cell with bars 50
formed that if a hole is drilled or place
sawed to a depth of more than Is of an
inch alarm bells are set to ringing by
means of electric currents. The device
will be given practical test in the new
Kinds county jail.
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TEXAS.
Bow Laid His Head on Track.

Texarkana, Tex, May 25.-kent Huslx,
q 10-year-old white boy was run over and
killed by a freight train mile west of
town lie was playing close to the track
with several other boys and when he
on the track directly in front of the
wheels His head Was severed from the
body.
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43.4Oo Bales Through Rome.

Rome. Ga. May s0.-(special) THE to-
tai cotton crop for this season is 434
bales The crop for the coming season
is about two weeks late, though plants
are growing nicely. fine rain today
will put plants we'll forward. Floyd
county will show a slightly increased
acreage the coming year.
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So 900 IS RAISED FOR MONROE.

Forsyth Ga. May 26-(Special) -Ex-
Commencement address at Monroe college
today. At the conclusion Of his address.
w. D. Upshaw took up collection TO
help pay for a new dormitory to be con
structed during the summer Eight thou
sand dollars was contributed by the people
Of Forsyth and others. Dirt was broken
for the new building on the campus this
afternoon at o clock.
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Sixteen Negroes Drowned.

Memphis. Tenn, May 30.-Sxteen ne
groes. composing two, families OF cotton
plantation cotton hands. were drowned
IN the Mississippi river near Pecan Point.
40 miles north of the city.
They left the plantation after dark In
two skiffs. Waves from q passing vessel
capsiZed the fral boats and all hands
save one went down. A lad, Win Bell.
escaped by clinging to an oar. lie was
washed ashore and reported the tragedy
to DR. B. f. Chiles, a prominent physf-
clan, who brought the news to Memphis.
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sis Foot Caught in FROG.

Birmingham, Ala. May 29.-(Special) -
J. NJ. Webb. a white switchman for the
louisville and Nashville railroad, was
crushed TO death at the Twenty-fourth
street crossing this afternoon. While
walking along the track his shoe was
caught in a frog and he could not ex-
tricate It before an approaching engine
had rushed upon him and mangled him
TO such an extent thar he died a few
hours afterwards.
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KENTUCKY.
Jett Indicted as ASA ssin

Jackson. Ky. May 25-After an all
days session OF the special grand jury,
to and from which the principal witness
was escorted under protection of a guard
o fsoldiers, Curtis Jet and Tom White
We're tonight indicted for the assassina-
ton of James b Marcum. The action
taken by the grand jury was prompt
and decisive and tonight there is a grow
ing impression that justice will at last
be administered in the Hargis- Cockrell
feud. OF which Attorney Marcum was the
vic
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-01
Bishop Hoss To Re Heard

Knoxville. Tenn. May 29.-(Special)-
Bishop f. e. Hoss. of the Methodist
Episcopal church. south, has accepted
the invitation 10 deliver the address at
the John Wesley bi-centennial celebration
here, Sunday. June u. 1t will be in
connection with the summer school for
the south
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GEORGIA..
Watching Watermelons Caused De

Americas, Ca, May 25.-(Special)-ln-
tently watching car load of water
melons being switched in the Central
railroad yards here Joshua Carter. col
ored was struck. by another train and
horribly mangled. The unfortunate ne
gros body was terribly lacerated,
though he survived nearly two hours
afterwards.
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Two Children Spirited AWAY.

Lexington, KY, May Pit is believed
the two children of Joseph Mccain have
been kidnapped from here. They were left
In q buggy on Main street by Mrs Il.
T. Hume, into whose care the circuit
court had assigned them. The mother
is the wife Of Senator J. w Peake, of
Chattanooga and the father is supposed
to have gone to the Indian Territory.
They separated several years ago.
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Boosting of Fine Cows.

Jackson Miss, May 25.-(Special RE
markable cows are being made the sub
.ects of boasts by farmers In the aSri-
cultural columns of the country press this
week. L. b Sojourner, Of the Gallman
neighborhood, Copiah county, possesses a
COW which he claims averages 81 pounds
Of strained milk each day and II pounds Of
butter for a everyday period DR.. Shep-
crd, of Holmes county, boasts of a cow
on his plantation which has produced six
calves within three years all females.
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Farmers To Buil(- Oil Mill.

Dublin. Ga, May 2S.-(Special)-A
movement Is on foot among the farm
ers Of Laurens county to establish CO.
operativ. cotton oil mill W. j. Joiner,
one OF the most progressive farmers In
the county, has charge OF the move
ment and he states that he intends push
ing it forward to completion. He is said
to be meeting with much encouragement.
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ARKAN SAS.
Shut Hanged for Murder.

Texarkana, Ark. May 90. E Shut
was hanged late this afternoon at Bos-
ton, Tex, near here, for the murder of
]. c. Whtener. Both men were promi-
nent in business in this section for more
than twenty-five years.
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CURES CANCER AND
BLOOD POISON.
Bone Pains. Itching Skin.

II You have blood poison producing
eruptions. pimples, ulcers, swollen glands
bumps and risIngs, burning, Itching skin
copper-colored spots or rash on the skin
mucous patches in mouth or throat bone
pains old rheumatism or foul catarrh
take Botanic Blood Balm lB. b. b II
kills the poison in, the blood; soon all
sores. eruptions heal. hard swellings sub
side, aches and pains stop and a per
feet cure is made of the worst Blood
r1nirnn
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New Damon and Pythias Case.

Columbus. Ga. May &.-(Special)-
The preliminary trial of F. d. Harris and
J. S. Norris. the two young men who
were arrested Friday upon warrants
sworn out by the Central Federation OF
Labor charging them with cheating and
swindling, which was to have occurred
before Justice Hargett this afternoon at
8 o'clock was postponed
young men proposition to allow one
OF them his liberty in order to try to
straighten up matters, provided the other
remained in Jail as a bond.
The young men accepted and Harris
Immediately spoke up and said he would
remain IN Jail and let Norris have his
liberty. Harris is now in Jail and Norris
is out on the streets.
Harris will quietly remain in Jail await
ing the return of his friend, no definite
time having been set for his return.
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JAMES McGrLL FOUND DEAD.

columbia, S. G.. May 30.-(Special)-
There have been four sudden deaths IN
Ahbevllle county within the past few
days, the last being James McGtl, who
lived near Due West.
Yesterday his family spent the daY a.
q nicnic and on returning home found
him dead. He was a gallant confederate
soldier and was g. years old.
Among his sons who survive him Is
j. w McGill. of The Atlanta Constitu-
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