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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-07-13
TROOPS GUARD GRIFFIN JAIL.
Father Charged With Assault by HIS
1S-Year-Old Daughter.

Griffin, Ga, July s.-(Special')-I
is great excitement in Griffin over the re-
ported assault on the Jail to chastise
or mistreat Jim Bethune, who has just
been arrested on charge of criminal as
sault on his daughter Is years OF age
Rethune is a white man we'll known
about town. This morning his daughter
had a warrant issued for him charging
him with this assault. AT o'clock to-
night Governor Terrell on kilograms
from Griffin ordered the Rifles to sur
round the Jail and protect Bethune Be
thune will be sent tonight TO Forsyth
where he will be jailed until the superior
court meets in August
Bethune's character has been sucn
as to make some doubt the story while
many believe in it. A few knots OF peo-
pie are gathered now near the jail, but
the Rifles are there with large posse
and he will be protected. lie denies his
guilt emphatically and says that his
daughter was chastised by him on &C
count Of some rnisbehayior.
Sheriff Freeman says he will protect
his man at all hazards.
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JELKS AFTER THE MILITARY.
Alabama Troops Severely Criticized
bv the Governor.

Montgomery, Ala. July u.-(Special)-
An incident of the encampment OF the
Third regiment, Alabama national guard,
at Highland park, in this city, which Is
attracting much attention Is the fact that
the governor on yesterday went to the
camp and notified the officers that they
must keep better discipline among the
troops; that he as the commander In
chief demanded that the men in camp
should be kept under strictest discipline;
that he did not want to hear any more re-
ports of misconduct among the men such
as had been reported to him the past
few days, and if there was-if there was
any officer who could not control his men
and have discipline and order-he intend
cd to take hand and To muster out such
officers regiment.
The action of the governor has created
quite a sensation among the military
The action of the governor Is said to
have been due to rumors that reached
hm--Q) that while the military were
en- route to Montgomery they shot into
along the line of the railroad, endanger-
ing the lives of his family. and CD the
alleged misconduct of the boys after
their arrival in this city.
Il have attended ten encampments for
ten successive years." said Captain Gull
lette. land I never knew the boys to
settle down to discipline the first day or
two The boys come here with some
money for they have to spend it the
first night be that little or much and
the officers allow them many privileges
before they begin to discipline them Sc
vereIy This encampment has been like
all encampments, and the boys have now
settled down, S they always settle down
after the first day and night, to real hard
work, and are under the best possible dis
ciplne."
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-07-13
HOOsIER NIB GETS ACTIVE.
Negro Cooks Not Allowed To Re
main in Linton.

Linton. Ind. July 6-The appearance of
eight Terre Haute negroes in Linton to-
day caused a demonstration In which the
men narrowly escaped death.
Alex Sanderson. a Terre Haute caterer,
was employed to serve the banquet at the
institution of a new lodge of the Elks.
He took his cook and walters with him
ana while the lodge work in the hall was
going on several hundred miners assem-
bled in the street and threatened to dyna-
mite the hail unless the negroes were
sent out of town. The eight colored men
We're hurried into a cab and driven to
Jasonville, where they were put on the
train for Tcrre Haute Six policemen
hung on the carriage and beat back the
crowd while the negroes We're driven out
of town
The intense feeling here against the
negroes has been fostered for seven years
and in that time not negro has been
allowed TO live in Linton.
In 1896 a coal company imported 800
negroes to take the places of strikers in
one OF the mines here. The negroes or
ganized a company and drilled with rifles
on the streets. One of them shot a white
boy and the entire white population
aroused at midnight by the fire bell.
Talded the negro quarters and drove
every one of them from the city, several
being shot
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-07-13
sLEDDED NEAR SOUTH POLE
Exploring Ship Discovery Establishes
New Mark in Antartic

San Francisco. July 11.-Captain VIII
liam Cobeck, of the relief ship Morning,
tender to the exploring ship Discovery.
now in the south pole regions, is here
en- route to London to report He says
the main work of the Discovery has been
the location between 400 and SEQ miles of
a new coast line and she worked as
far south as latitude II degrees 80 min
utes. BY sleds the members Of
the party got as far south as So degrees
II minutes south latitude, see furtherest
south any man has gone.
A lot of new marine fauna have been
discovered: also some marine plants, but
they are a very low type OF organism.
Seals abound but the polar bear and
walrus are not there No new large
animals were found The cold there is
far worse than in the Arctic. In The
latter region in the summer time the
temperature gets UP to so and 60 degrees
above zero. In the Antarctic region be-
low zero is summer weather. Valuable
geological seismic and rhetorical speci
mems have been secured.
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TO RELEASE THE VESSELS.
Navy Department Orders War Ships
Up the Orinoco.

Washington, July 9.-The navy depart
ment, at the instance of the state de-
partment. has taken steps to prevent fur
Their interference with American shipping
II the Orinoco by either government or
rebel forces. This action was taken upon
the advice of Mr.. Russell, United States
charge a Caracas, dated on the 9Th In
slant to the effect that the government
forces had detained two ships belonging
to the Orinoco Steam Navigation Com
pany at San Fernando. and the tnsur-
gents had detained and were likely to
destroy three other ships belonging to
the same company at Ciudad Bolivar.
United States ship Bancroft al Port
of Spain. to proceed at once up the
Orinoco and release the detained YES
sells No resistance is expected.
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HEAVY RAIN AT PENSACOLA
Northern Portion of the City Is
Under Water

Pensacola, Fla, July 11.-For the past
forty-eight hours the rainfall in this city
has been heavier than before known in
many years. In three hours yesterday
the official measurement was nearly 8
inches, and this morning it was fully
equal to that amount. AS a result streets
have been turned into lakes and rivers.
In one instance, in the northern portion
of the city, house occupied by colored
people, was taken almost from the pill
.drs, the water being 8 feet in front os
the door. police officer went to the
place and rescued an old woman from the
house and when he left the building the
furniture was floating about the rooms
in about 2 feet Of water
Traffic, both on the street car lines and
RAILROADS has been greatly retarded.
caused by sand being washed over the
tracks in many places Several small
washouts on the Pensacola and Atlantic
division of the Louisville and Nashville
are also reported. delaying trains for sew
eral hours
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NEGROES TOLD TO MOVE ON.
Murder Near Sour Lake, Tex, Cause
of the Order To Leave.

Sour Lake, Texas, July 9.-Shortly be-
fore II O'Clock this morning word reached
Sour Lake that brakeman of the South
ern Pacific. Bud Thompson, had been shot
and fatally wounded by a negro at Nome
Junction. Thompson is in a hospital
at Beaumont, where it is said his condi-
ton is critical
Indignation was expressed at Sour Lake
when this news was made public. Notices
were posted in twenty five or thirty con-
spicuous places about town:
Montenegro, don't let the sun go
down on you in Sour Lake tonight"
Many negroes hastily left the city.
over nifty left for Houston and Beau
mont. The exodus continues and many
are walking out Of town.
a restaurant which employs negroes is
being guarded by armed men tonight,
and an effort will be made TO give the
lie groes protection. The situation is
graXe and may assume serious phases al
any moment.
the Shoe String district of the oil field
and the other composed of construction
forces of the southern Pacific, We're raid
ed by a mob of 500 men. The blacks fled
precipitately and about 100 shots were
fired at them. 1t is not known whether
any of them were killed or wounded. as
the shooting was In the darkness. One
of the Mexicans in the construction gangs
had his head beaten into a pulp and
will die.
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GEORGIA MAN WINS PLACE.
DR.. Perry, Of Milledgeville, Super
intendent of Kansas Asylum

Topeka, Kans.. July 12.-(SpeciaL)-Dr
NJ. L. Perry, Of Miledgeville, Ga, has
been appointed superintendent Of the
new state insane asylum at Parsons by
the state board of charities.
The Parsons asylum will be used ex-
clusively for the treatment and detention
of epileptics and DR.. Perry is specialist
In that line. The asylum is being built
on the cottage plan.
Several of the buildings are completed
and patients will be moved there from
the Topeka and Osawa tonne asylums
about August l. The board is also ad-
vertsng for bids for the construction Of
more Gotta ges TO cost 500, 600
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WAR CLOUD OVER THE BALKANS
Conflict Between Turkey and Bulga-
ria Seems Imminent.

Salonica, European Turkey, July 10
In spite Of the reasoning advices from
Constantinople the belief prevails here
that war between Turkey and Bulgaria
IS imminent Bulgarian bands in Mace
donna are being organized under COM
mand Of officers from Sofia for use as
scouts and guerrillas and large con-
traction of troops is taking place in the
hills near Yenidie, though orders nave
been issued to avoid an immediate con-
fict with the Turks, who are concen-
trailing large forces at the Koumanivi.
Constantinople. July 10.-Oficial news
received from Sofia yesterday was more
reassuring. Bulgaria has abandoned the
intention Of reinforcing its troops on the
frontier. In diplomatic circles a calm
view of the situation is now taken and
1t is believed the storm has passed away
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-07-13
NO HOPE FOR CANAL TREATY.

Washington, July 7.-William Nelson
Cromwell counsel for the Panama Canal
Company, had an hours conference today
with Acting Secretary LOOMS respecting
condition i'll Bogota. Mr.. Cromwell has
received a cablegram from Bogota stating
that the treaty was presented to the Co
lOmbian senate July and was to be
taken up for consideration July }.
AS less than two weeks remain Of the
special session of the Colombian congress
it is apprehended here that the treaty
cannot receive final action i'll hat time.
1t is believed here that the difficulty in
that case will be met by renewal Of
the special order. j,
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as his subject Christian Young People
and the Home" He placed obedience as
the foundation of the homes greatest
happiness. He also placed Imagination
as one Of the strongest elements in the
building of character and urged that the
fresh and pure. He also placed much
stress on the matter of good reading.
high seeking and high thinking
The last address of the evening was by
Baptist state missions oe Missouri. with
headquarters at St Louis. His subject
was Christian Young People and the
State" and he advocated that the church
must save both the family and the state
and urged that the young Baptists should
be the leaders in such movement.
Close Of the Convention.
With a conservation service that was
filled with the prayer and thanksgiving
that has been an earnest Of it's every ses-
sion, the thirteenth annual convention of
the Baptist Young Peoples Union was
brought to close last evening in the
auditorium at Piedmont park
During the service Rev. C. A. Fulton,
of New York, spoke in behalf Of the Wis
itng delegates and thanked the members
of the many Atlanta committees for all
they had done to make this convention
one that must ever prove >an epoch
marker in the annals of the union. He
also spoke with much appreciation Of the
many kndnesseS that had been received
by the visitors on every side and that
from every one with whom he had spoken
he found only words of sincerest praise
for the hospitality of Atlantans and Geor-
gians, which while proverbial had been
more than realized on this visit.
William NJ. Upcraft, a missionary to
China, made an address that was repete
with dramatic experiences and helpful,
charitable suggestions, in which he plead
with the courage of conviction for CHAR
ity and love for the circumference Oh the
world.
After earnestly pleading the cause OF
common kinship of human need he closed
by urging all those who felt called TO
the work to enter the field OF missions
both at home and abroad. and labor dli,
gently until ''the Kingdom of TINS Woi Az
shall have become the kingdom OF
ChriSt.' mt,
William H. Geistweit. editor of the
Baptist Union. of Chicago, spoke on the
subject of conservation and in ms az
dress most beautifully combined the hiSIi-
" poetic and the purely practical ne
also referred appreciatlvely TO the spieii-
did work of the chor ana AIS iea"0i
Professor Porter.
The rest of the sevice last evening IN
Guided prayers and the singing or olu
familiar hymns and with the maj pene-
diction pronounced by Dr. Geistwelt tne
thirteenth annual convention held IN Az
lanta passed into the realms ol i"ppS
helnful history.
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Gnverunr 10 the Sheriff.

Indianapolis. Ind, July 6.-Governor
Durbin said tonight the situation was
very much to be regretted and he would
do everything to prevent an outbreak
He said he had authorized the sheriff
at Evansville to swear In one thousand
deputies If necessary. and II that was
found to be not sufficient he would give
him additional troops.
Adjutant General Ward said tonight:
The people of Evansville are sensible
people, and they know that the militia
has the power to kill where others have
not For that reason ! think the situa-
ton will adjust itself without bloodshed.
ANY attempt to parade by either race
will be stopped by the militia
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North State Will Exhibit.

Raleigh. N. c.. July 11.--(Special 1.-The
most active steps are being taken to Sc
cure a great display Of North Carolina
tobacco, particularly leaf. of the highest
quality at the st. Louis exposition. 1t is
the purpose that North Carolina shall
take her true statistical position In re
gard to tobacco growing. which is second
in the United States Hoge Irwin has
been appointed by the State Tobacco
Growers and Warehousemen to collect
specimens, which he is to send here SO
they can be forwarded to ST. Louis. The
executive committee which has this mat
fer of collection in charge is to meet
again at Old Point, Va. July 20.
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Each Barrel Did It's Work.

Columbia S. c., July u.-(Special.) y
Several convicts escaped from state
farm last night and guards went in pur-
through a plantation one of the guards
got B. Z. Swigert. a 16-year-old son Of
the owner of the place. to join him.
Young Swigert carried his father ;
tracks several miles the pursuers came
on two convicts in the woods.
The es capes started to run. refusing to
obey the guards order TO halt The
guards rifle refused to work. when YOUNG
Swigert fired, killing one man with each
barrel. 81
DO you think there are any morn
around?" he asked the guard.
A coroner's jury exonerated the slayer
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erection or excuses, senilty or premature old
age, unnatural discharges, geet night ennis
sions, loss of desire, Shrunken parts varicocele,
enlarged prostate and bladder troubles. Ere
duent passing of urine, especially during the
night Locomotar ataxia. paralysis, ncuras
thenio, hysteria and similar nervous disorders.
All correspondence strictly confidential Write
for symptom blank. Zeno sells for 800 per
package. Money back if it fails. If your drug
gist does not keep it send registered letter to
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Mrs. Brumley Was at Ulnner When
Attack Came

Huntsville Ala. July 11.-(Special.)-
Mrs. Mary B. Brumley, wife of J. l..
Brumley. Of Monrovia, died very sudden
ly yesterday at the dinner table, where
she was seated with her family.
She was apparently in good spirits and
fell over without struggle, expiring al
most instantly.
Mrs. Brumley was 66 years old and was
the Oldest member of Mt. Zion church.
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Negroes Sold on the Block.

Russell. Kans.. July S.-Two; negroes
We're bid for on the auction block for
harvest work. They are John and Har-
per Porter, known as good workers. The
per day August Reinhart finally secured
them on a bid of $521 per day. Adam
Bender was the auctioneer.
At Victoria, just over the line in Ellis
county, another colored man asked for
bids for a farm lahorer who would pitch
to the stack all the grain a one-header
could cut. On this condition the negro
brought Sc per day bid.
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Wisconsin Mob Hammers Negro

Marnette Wis, July 10-A negro
named Deb Flynn was nearly killed at
the street carnival here. White men re-
scented his walking With a white girl.
He talked back and a large crowd start
ed after him with hammers. The negro
was rescued by company Of the Second
regiment. Wisconsin national guards The
negro was inhiding all night and was
spirited out Of town this morning. The
incident created much excitement among
the crowd of visitors.
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Nine Men Are Dead.

Evansville, Ind. July THE tragedies
of last night whereby half dozen people
were killed and probably half a dozen
more fatally wounded and some twenty
five more or less badly wounded was a
genuine shock to the people of this city
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CONFLICT BETWEEN SOLDIERS AND
ANT|-NEGRO MOBAT EVANSV|LLE,lN

of any kind. Saloons are closed and ne
groes are keeping off the streets, and
this obviates all chances of clashes. The
newspape rs urge that all people continue
to remain at home and in that manner
help preserve order
The grand jury Is still at work and
many indictments may be looked for at
most any time
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Illinois Hob at His Heels.

Bloomington, Ills. July 10-Edward
Barton of Springfield today fatally shot
Julius Frank and Irving Rosenfield. mer-
chants Of Macon city near here Barton
was arrested and placed upon train and
taken to the county seat al Havana Just
in time to escape mob which was being
organized.
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Winchester, Va, Hit by Clo1dburst.

Winchester, Va. July 12.-Ths after
noon the most serious cloudburst ever ex-
perienced here broke over the city, sub
merging the entire town with from three
to six feet of water. The damage will
reach thousands of dollars, as every
store, residence and building in the CEN
ter of the town is several feet under wa
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Mo Charge For Gibbons.

London, July 12.-The Daily Ielegrap"
CORRESPONDENT at Pome telegraphs:
'.r am autborized to state on the au-
thoritv of two cardinals, one Of whom IS
himself a candidate, that neither Cardl-
nal Gibbons nor any other foreign member
of the sacred college possesses the r.
hottest chance of succeeding Pope Leo
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MORE TROUBLE AT NORWAY.
Arrest of Five Negroes Caused Re
newed Excitement

Augusta. Ga, July ESPECIAL )-Excite-
ment broke out at Norway. S. c., afresh
last night on account of five negroes
being arrested, charged with being acces-
series to the murder of J. r. Phillips,
for which Charles Evans was lynched
AS soon as affairs quoted down after
the soldiers returned to Columbia the
arrest came and the negroes again made
incendiary remarks, but Sheriff Dukes as
scmbled deputies and prevented an out
break.
The negroes who were taken to Column
bia this morning as precautiOn against
any attempt at lynching are William
Donaldson. John Fielder. Edward Thomas.
Ulysses and William Johnson.
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Groves Chronic Chill Cure

don't cure Made of the following fluid
extracts: Peruvian Bark, Black Root
Poplar Bark, Prickly Ash Bark, Dog
Wood Bark, and rsaparila. The Best
General Tonic. No Cure, No Pay. 50c.
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POPE DRESSES HIMSELF
THEN LISTENS TO MASS.
Continued from First Page.

Continued from First Page.
garding Monsignor Volpini. Tired of the
insistent excuses made by those who were
trying to conceal from him the TACT OK
Monsignor Volpinis death by saying that
he was ill, Pope Leo exclaimed men
we must appoint coadJutor, ana nc
thereupon solemnly declared that Monsls-
nor Marini should act as assistant 10 the
man who was buried on Friday Inc
grim oddly of the situation was heightep-
ed by the coincidence that Monsignor MA
rini himself was coadjutor to the secre-
tary of the consistorial congregation
when Pope Plus TX died. He is no" 4
substitute at the congregation or prlels.
This indication of the wishes or MS non
ness though given under circumstances
of concealment is likely to secure loi
Monsignor Marini the place MADE vacant
by the sudden death of Monslgnor FoipiIi.
Another incident showing the Wohucf-
full vitality of his Holiness occurred WHEN
the pope was told of the postponement
of KING Victor Emmanuels visit to Paris
on account Of the papal ail1lctloh. Al
said the pOnt1T, we know no" a.
rous is the house OF Savoy, even 10 us
opponents" This note of harmony suuch
from a sick bed makes IL apparent oii
all sides that the chasm between .ne
government and the vatican mas aiihos'
apparently been bridged over by the ma
tional sympathy with the dying pope. ~,
Cardinal Oreglia is credited with me
intention of not leaving anything at the
vatican untouched during his snort pc
Rod of supreme power. when after lnG
death of Pope Leo he will be Caro!llai
Cameringo until d new pope IS eiecteu;;
1t is known that he has already ueSluSu
that even the work necessary TO pulio
cells for the conclave and the WANING Wy
,fror
nents shall not be done by the regular
papal architects and engineers, Man
nucci and Schneider, but by a person en-
loving his confidence, and that ne mas
Selected an outsider, Engineer Ross, with
whom he has already conferred regarding
the matter He has also chosen con
troller Rorsi de GaspcriS to supply an
the necessities, such as food, medicine;
the services of BARRIERS and doctors ana
other persons required inside the con
clave. Naturally these measures taken
by Cardinal Oregia while the pope Is
still alive, are much commented on.
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A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles Your druggist will refund your
money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure
YOU SO cents.
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Opium, Morphine-Frae Treatment
Painless home cure guaranteed. Free
trial. DR.. Tucker, Atlanta. Ga
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Eeduces Number of Callers.

Paris. July 12.-The reassurlns news
received this morning regarding inc pope
has sensibly reduced the NUMBER oil Gu
ers at the nunciature, where tnls "ltei
r,n,r +e1apra,n from Cardinal Rampola
vas oos+ed stating that the slight I'M
provement in the condition of his hoh-
ness continued. 10000
Foreign Minister Delcasse was among
Inc earliest callers.