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The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
BARNES BIFFS SPEER.
Deposed Marshal Strongly Denounced
Jurlst for Causing Hls Removal
A salty ArraIenment.

John NJ. Barnes, late marshal Of
the southern district Of Georgia has
the following to say In .regard to his
removal by order Of President Roose'
welt at the instigation Of Judge Emory
Speer:
THE article dictated for publlca'
tlon by Judge Emory speer, in the
Macon Telegraph, bears on its face
It's authorship so plainly as to need
no reply TO those who knew the man.
It appears to be mongrel attempt
to prejudice me before the southern
people, among whom, unlike him, do
not live as a renegade, and to prove
a reputation for courage which every
one knows he does not possess. No
revolving expressions were used about
the Judge at Valdosta, and none were
uttered that he did not hear or was
not Informed about
THE provocation for this | am
resdy to establish upon the witness
stand, for no other purpose than the
patriotic intention of exposing a ty'
rant and an unlmpeached affection
who wears the ermine yet, through
the neglect of a prosecuting officer.
I'm an effort to conceal the lack Of
those manly instincts which would
have served even nervous aspirant
for the Office OF southern gentlemen,
this life incubus upon a long suf'
ferlng people has sought to shelter
himself behind a sentiment, which
those of that blood that blushed for
him would die to defend. In his dlcta'
ton he says the marshal was dlspleas'
ed because he. Judge Speer, took oc'
caslon, In his charge to the grand
jury, to make laudatory remarks with
in the confederate army, and every
"The parents of the marshal, then
in Office, had ten first cousins killed
In the conference army, and every one
, ounce OF blood and every dollar of
property was laid upon the altar Of
that il-starred republic. No man can
dlstort the criticism upon a circus,
masQueradlng under the guise OF a
court, into an unfriendly expression
toward the confederate dead.
IF he says that such an intention
as to the confederate dead was mine,
his words are as false as his motives
are foul and IL he, as the author, has
satisfied himself of his own courage
sufficiently to state what he has writ.
ten behind my back, he may have the
opportunity Of refuting his answer by
reliable evidence If he denies 1t, or 9th.
erwlse by the usual course of the
southern gentleman, made in a man.
ner known to all brave men.
In conclusion, permit me to state
that, despite the reputation for un.
flnching courage, Judge Speer, as a
newspaper correspondent, has estab-
llshed for himself, IL he undertakes
to reiterate the statement therein con.
tanned rejecting on myself, he lies
In his throat and in his soul. In the
language OF Lamar, these are words
which no man will deserve and no
brave man will bear"
George F. White, who has been en-.
ployed In the United States marshal's
office since he was IS years of age,
and who for a number Of years past
has been deputy collector Of internal
revenue, has been named as Captain
Barnes successor.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
CLOTHES OF WENTz FOUND,
Two Mountalneers Held for Compile
ltY In p.saPpearanee.

Two Mountalneere Held TOR Compile
ity In disappearance.
A special from Knoxville, Tenn.
says: There Is a strong suspicion
that Sllas Ison and Thomas Wright
the mountaineers who we're captured
at Cumberland Gap, Tenn, recently
after having been shot and wounded
by officers, had d hand In the myste
rious disappearance of Edward J..
Wentz. the young millionaire who has
been missing since last October Three
garments discovered In a house at
Glamorgan, which Ison and Wrgat
formerly occupied are believed to
have been the property Of Wentz, One
OF these a pair Of riding trousers.
has on II wha, appears TO be blood
stains. The women Of the family now
oce rying the house declare the
trousers are identlcally the same in
appearance as those worn by We1tL
The other garments are tailor-mate,
but unfinished, and bear a tag wh!,h
shows that the cloth came from Louis
vile. The men suspected In this con
nootlon are now II Jail Of Tazews!l,
Tenn.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
DEADLY TEXAS TORNADO
state 10 Visited by Three Destructive
Wind storms, Which Play
Frlghtful Havoc.

A special from Goldthwalte, Tex,
says: A tornado, accompanied by so.
we're rainfall, resulted In tho death
OF Mrs. Allen Dennis, George w. Mn.
son and child of s. e. Harper, OF
this vicinity, Luther Reed, Allen Den.
mis-, Mrs. s.. Harper, Joe Grlffitb and
a child Of s. F. Harper we're seriously
injured. Twelve or more homes we're
totally destroyed. Full particulars are
not obtainable.
A tornado in the section OF coun.
try about Star Mountain, located about
25 miles southwest OF Hamilton, In
Mills county, destroyed Ave houses,
killing George Mason and blowing
away one of his children. The child
Is alive, but is not expected to live.
G. 70. Behoolier had his house blown
away. and one child killed and other
members Of his family slightly injured.
The house OF Mr.. Rayburn was also
destroyed, injuring four Of the fam
lily.
tornado at Holiday station, in the
Wichita valley, about IL miles IRON
Wichita Falls, entirely demolished the
school house and many other build.
ings. The teacher. Sam Horton, OF the
public school, was fatally injured, and
boy, Henry Riggs, had his arm
broken.
The elevator and grain house OF
Wilson @ Nolan was totally destroyed.
The Davis grain house was wrecked
and the hotel blown from Its founda'
tion and wrecked.
At Ruby, John Mullen's house was
wrecked and Mr.. and Mrs. Mullen
were carried nearly 100 yards by the
wind. Mrs. Mullen is believed to be
fatally hurt. Wesley spurlock, 14yssrs
old, was killed,
At Sunset nearly twenty buildings
were wrecked, but no person was IA
tally hurt.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
MORE PARKER DELEGATES.
Indiana Democrats Get IN Band Wagon
of New York Jurst

of New York Jurlst.
The most interesting democratic
state convention since 1892, when
Cleveland and Isaac P. Gray contest
ed for the control Of the Indiana del
egation to the national convention,
was held in indianapolis, Thursday.
The sole purpose of the convention
was to elect delegates to the national
convention, the STATE convention for
the nomination of candidates for state
Offices having been called for July 20,
when the same delegates that were
in Thursdays convention will return,
A platform will then be adopted.
The feeling OF the delegates was
intense when tho convention opened.
The Hearst followers had been
An attempt to send q response from
nation by rouslng addresses before
hand in the Claypool hotel assembly
room by the Rev. Sam Small, Of Geor
gla, and G. A. Wlndle, Of Chicago.
The Rev. Sam Small advised against
voting for Parker, If he were nominal
ed.
The convention instructed the thirty
delegates to the rational convention
to vote as a unit for Judge Parker, Of
New York, for president and Endorsed
Thomas Taggart for national commit
teeman, and recommended him to the
national committee as its chair
man.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
SPINNERS ADJOURN.
Interesting Meeting Of Cotton Manu-
fasturers Closes at Washington
Important Recommendation.

The American Cotton Manufacture
ers Association, in session at Wash
ington, d. c., named the following Of
flcers. Vice president, A. H. Lowe,
Fitchburg, Mass; secretary and treas
urer, c. B. Bryant, Charlotte, N. G.
Chairman of board of governors, r.
r. Ray, McAdenyllle, N. c.; board OF
governors, T. H. Swift, Of Elberton,
Ca; ]. C. Smith, of Newton, N c.; Val
Taylor, of Uniontown, Ala; j. L. Leak,
Of Rockingham, N c.; w. c. Heath,
of Monroe, N. c.; A. j. Draper or
Pell City, Ala.
The next convention will be held at
Knoxville, Tenn, the second Wednes'
day and Thursday in May, 1905.
Resolutions were adopted indorslng
the establishment of industrial schools
throughout the country also for
committee to meet he Southeastern
Cotton Buyers Association to formu'
late satisfactory rules between the
buyers and mills in regard to the de-
livery of cotton.
The retiring president, Mr.. Heath,
was presented with a silver service
by the association, the presentation be-
ing made by d. A. Tompkins, of Char
lotte, N. C. One hundred and sixteen
new members we're received into the
association during the convention.
Thursday afternoon President Roose'
welt received the members Of the as
ISOLATION, their families and guests In
the east room of the white house.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
NO LIBERTY HERE.
Bishop Turner Refuses TO sing IVY
Country, 'Tls Of Thee"

DlsnOp luIUST holuooe W Guy wy
Country, 'Tis Of Thee"
81 am unwilling to sing America,
until this country Is what II claims
to be, Sweet Land Of Liberty" de
clsred Bishop II. NJ. Turner, OF At.
lanta, at Friday nights session Of
the African Methodist Episcopal Con
ference in Chicago.
THE Negro In Science" was the
subject of the address delivered by
Bishop Turner, which caused him to
take up every phase Of the negro
question in this country. and led him
t. aay that this was not the negroes
home, but on the contrary, that God
had allowed tho negro TO come to this
country, to be enslaved in order that
he could be trail ed and go back to
his native land and make It wha,
II should be.
In concluding his address Bishop
Turner said:
1.-THE supreme court OF the United
States 10 against us. We have good
friends In this country yet they are
comparatively few and the only thing
left for us to do Is to leave. Let Ne
be men, let us go where we can be
men. The negro is here, some declare
that he Is here to stay, but doubt II
very much, unless he Is to stay under
the ground"
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
Denied by Russians.

A st. Petersburg special says: The
general stan admits It is without ad
Vices as to whether the railroad or
telegraph to Port Arthur are stlll
open. Upon several points, however,
specific information is vouchsafed.
The Idea that the Russian squadron
ut Port Arthur is being destroyed to
prevent its falling into the hands Of
the enemy Is secuted at the admiralty.
We are not going to repeat ,be
mistake made at sebastopol," SAID
Vice Admiral Rojestyensky, command
or OF the Baltic fleet. "If the worst
comes to the worst, the squadron Will
put to sea, engage the enemy and In
hict as much damage as possible be-
fore going to the bottom. But you
can say that II is a little early vet
to talk OF such desperation"
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
Explosions Explained.

An explanation Of the explosions
heard at Port Arthur, which led to TO
ports that the Russians we're destroy
ing their warshlps in that harbor, Is
furnished in a dispatch from St. Pc
tersburg. II is to the effect that the
garrison at Port arthur Is endeavor'
ing to clear the harbor entrance Of
the stone-laden ships sent In by the
japanese.
In order to remove the obstruction,
divers are said to have been sent down,
who placed charges Of dynamite in po'
sition and succeeded In blowing away
enough Of the cement and rock car
goes TO admit the passage Of torpedo
boats through the channel.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17

FLEET is BLOWN UP
Rather Than Surrender Rus
SLAMS Destroy Their Ships.
NEWS FROM PORT ARTHUR
Determined that Bottled Fleet Shall
Not Fall into Hands Of Japs
When Stronghold
ls Taken,

An official Japanese dispatch has
been received in Che Foo to the ef
feet that the Russians have destroyed
their feet in Port Arthur.
A special from Toxic says: Admiral
Togo reports that since the 9Th of day
many explosions have been heard
coming from the vicinity OF Port AT.
thur but their cause has not been as
certained. The impression is that
the Russians, despalrlng Of their Abil
ity TO defend Port Arthur, are do
stroying their ships before evacuatlnE
abe place.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
ROADS CHARTER UNDER FIRE.
Question Raised as to Whether Ex.

Unes''on Raised as to Whether Elk.
emption from Taxes Is Tenable.
Inc question as to whether the Geor.
ga railroad company is liable to the
ga Railroad Company is liable to the
state Tor taxation is under discussion
before Judge William T. Newman in
,ne United States district court, at At.
lanta' and some interesting prop,si.
uons were presented Thursday for The
courts consideration by Attorney Gen.
erai Jonn c. Hart, who is supporting
the claim that this road is liable 70
the state for taxes despite the proyi.
SION y IN It's charter which seems to siye
It immunity. " CIV
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
WHIPPED UNION oRoANIzERs.
Judge Jones Renders Important Labor
Decision In Albania.

Judge Thomas c. Jones, of the
United States district court, N Biz
mingham. Ala, has rendered far
reaching decision in the Walker coun'
ty conspiracy case. Last summer 10
seph Halter, organizer Of District No.
20 Of the United Mine Workers, and
y. l.. Green, colored, vice president
of the organization, were assaulted
and whipped while they were in Walk
er county on a mission OF organising
local unions.
The opinion comedies the right to
form labor unions. but says II Is not
ona Of the rights conferred by the con-
stitution Of the United States. The
Judge says In conclusion.
1T would be lesser evh to society
to leave tho wrong unredressed than
20 usurp jurisdiction to punish the Of
fense here. This court has no juris
diction, and the defendants are dis
charged, without delay
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
WENTz NOT MURDERED.
Verdict OF coroner's Jury over Body
OF Dead Millionaire.

The dead body OF d. l.. Woutz
which was found near Big Stone Gap,
Va, last Sunday, arrived at Bristol,
Tenn. wednesday morning and an hour
later the special left for Philadelphia,
the home of the wentz family, con-
veylng the dead mans two brothers
and the body.
The ooroners jury at Big Stone Gap
gave verdict Of suicide or accidental
killing Nothing has yet developed to
lead 10 q clew to the murderer, II
murder was committed,
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
HOLLOWAY CASE POSTPONED

Sensational Primary Denoument In
Florida Attracts much Attention.
The sensational event Of the Flor
ida primary, which otherwise was free
from sensational events, was the ar
rest Of w, NJ, Holloway, candidate for
state superintendent OF schools, upon
a warrant sworn out at the instigation
Of his opponent, the incumbent Of tho
once.
The case against Holloway was call
ed at Gainesville, Wednesday, and
upon mutual agreement of attorneys
was postponed until the 10th
The court room was packed to SUI.
location, a number Of ladies belnS
pregent,
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
ABUNDANT EVIDENCE"
Official Report from Washington OF
napnoyal ~ Marahal Q.rnns

Official Report from Washington on
Removal Of Marshal Barnes.
Abundant evidence was furnished
the president and the attorney general
10 warrant the summary dismissal Of
Marshal J. NJ. Barnes and the up.
pointment OF his successor, George r.
White, OF Macon, Ca"
This is the substance OF the official
statement given ont at the departm snt
Of justice at Washington Wednesday
relative TO the removal OF Marshal
Barnes, because OF alleged offensive
conduct to Judge Emory Speer ana
other court officials in the southern
judicial district Of Georgia
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
ALABAMA REPUBLICANS.

Hold State Convention, Endorse Roose
welt and Elect Delegation.
The Alabama republican state con
yentlon adjourned at Birmingham on
wednesday afternoon after elec;ing
four delegates at large to the national
convention, nominating two preslden.
tial electors at large, naming a new
state committee, and adopting a pat
form, indorsing President Roosevelt
Tor the presidential nomination and
declaring for Senator Fairbanks, OF
Indiana, for vice president.
The question Of the nomination OF
candidates for state Offices was left
with tho state committee to do wnat
1t sees 1T.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
GEORGIA GIRL IN PARIS JAIL.
Highly Sensational Experience Of Miss
Belle Crane, Of Decatur.

Highly Sensational Experience Of Miss
Belle Crane, Of Decatur.
A dispatch from Paris says: United
States Consul General Gowdy' recently
received a letter from an American
girl, saying she was locked up In
provincial jail, without any charge hag.
ing been made against her. The con.
sui general sent representative to
the Jail and secured the girls re.
lease and return to Paris. He then
cabled to her parents residing at DE
catur, Ga, requesting funds for her
return to America.
The girl related a sensational story
She claimed to have been abducted by
an American seeking to marry her
and she had accompanied him on an
automobile tour, was locked up in r
room In country hotel, escaped and
attempted to walk across the country,
but was arrested as a wanderer by
the French authorities.
Inquiries made by Mr.. Gowdys rep.
reBentatiye established the correctness
Of her detention at the provincial jail
bat the story Of her abduction was not
verified, except by her statement, which
has been reduced to an afildavit be.
fore the consul.
The names OF the parties are With.
held as no legal steps have been tpIen
against the alleged abductor and ow.
Ing to the doubtful character OF some
Of the accusations,
Pending the arrival of funds, the
GIRL Ia being cared for by the Amcrl
can Young Mems Christian Associa.
ton.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
TWO YEARS FOR popp.
Georgia state Senator Sentenced for
Misuslng County School Funds.

"sae'H9 Nounty oehool funus.
AT Calhoun, Ga, Thursday, Senator
w, p. Dodd, who was convicted Tues.
day in an adjourned session of the
supreme court of using funds belong.
ing to the county school fund for per.
sonal purposes while he was county
school commissioner of Gordon coun.
ty, was sentenced by Judge A, w. Fite
to serve a sentence Of two years in
the penitentlary.
In addition TO the above case there
we're three or four indictments re-
naming. charging Mr. Dodd with for
gerry. These cases will not be tried.
as Judge Fite will ask that they be mol
pressed, thus making the sentence of
two years Imprisonment cover all
the cases.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
MlssusEp SCHOOL FUNDS.
on This Charge Georgia state Senator
ls Convicted hY Jury.

At Calhoun. Ga, Wednesday, the
trial OF State Senator w. p. Dodd
former county school commissioner OF
Gordon county, indicted for embezIllne
the county funds. was concluded &
having begun Monday morning. The
Jury returned verdict OF guilty with
recommendation TO the mercy Of the
court
At the February term, 1908, Ave IN
dlotments were returned against Mr.
Dodd. One was for embezzlement
charging him with having misaprro.
prlated some 5000 Of the school funds
and four were for forgery.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
PRESIDENT PLANS VACATION.
E. 9eets to Spend a Quiet Summer q,
His Home In Oyster Bay.

Expects to Spend Quiet Summer q,
His Home In Oyster Bay.
A Washington dispatch says; Pres.
ident RoOsevelt's plans for the summer
we're announced by Secretary Loeb
Thursday. They are tentative. but
probably will be carried out as ior
lows:
The president will go TO Oyster bay
about July 1, remaining there until az
ter he receives tSe Official notification
ut the choice of The republican con
Ieution, Then he expects to return
to Washington TO- a stay OF two or
uieC weeks, returning then TO Oyster
Fey and remaining there until short.
ly after the middle OF September.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
WARsHIP GOES TO CHE FOO.
Cruiser New Orleans viii Be Within
Easy Reach Of NluehWana.

Crulser view OrIeanS VIII BE Withln
Easy Reach Of Nluchwano.
The United States cruiser New Or.
leans, Rear Admiral Yates Stirling on
board, is making hurried preparations
to leave Shanghai for Cheefoo.
There is danger Of rioting at Nlu.
chwang between the time of the Rus
sian withdrawal and the occupation
OF the town by the japanese. The
navy department at Washington has
ordered Rear Admiral Cooper, com.
mander in chief Of the Asiatic squad.
ron, to send cruiser and a gunboat
to Chefoo. the nearest neutral port
TO Niuchwans to be ready for an ener
geHcy.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
JUDGE sAYRE DECLINES.
viii not Call Special Term Of Court
to Investigate Lynehlne.

70 TWNV5NIYdNI LJWOTTWY'
Judge 7, S, Sayre, of the fifteenth
Alabama circuit, has refused to order
special term Of court in Autaugs
county to investigate the recent
lynching of Gains Hall, a negro.
The judge stated his decision in a
dignifed letter to acting Governor
Cunningham Thursday afternoon.
He is in thorough accord with the
executive in his efforts to uphold the
law, but thinks it iniudlclous to mold
a term of court when the people are
Stirred up over the cause Of the tr1 i.
bic.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17

Investigation developed the fact
that the young woman referred 20 in
the above Associated Press dispatch
from Paris Is Miss Belle Crane, OF
Decatur, Ga, who went TO London
about year ago to give concert read.
ings.
Miss Crane attended the Agnes Scott
institute a number of years. Her
father. b. s. Crane holds promlnent
position with the Virginia Carolina
Chemical Company, and was very
much distressed n, the indefinite Ie
ports that had been received by MIN
from the American Consul General
Gowdy, He had heard nothing direct
from his daughter In several weeks,
but about eight days ago, in response
to cable from General Gowdy that
Miss Crane was In Paris and wished
to return home, he cabled 5000 to pay
the expenses OF her return sage
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
THIRD CALL FOR PANAMA CASH
Shaw Issues Notice to National Ban"
Before Leaving for Iowa.

Before leaving Washington for lows
Wednesday Secretary Shaw ordered
a third call on the depository BANKS
directing them to transfer to the treas
ury on or before May 20. approximate
ly, s10,OO0,OO0.
This call is for 10 per cent OF wv
authorized balances of the depos''o''
banks as they stood before the !"
previous calls.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
BOOTY or BURGLARS FOUND.
Treasure Long Buried ls Unearthed by
PloWman az Newton, Mass.

While plawing in a field at Newton.
Mass. ID. Trussell unearthed big
box OF treasure which was found to be
part OF the plumber OF burglary com
mitted In 1897. Most OF the property
was recovered. which consisted OF Jew.
els, rings. silverware. pocketbooks aD>
private papers belonging to Mrs. II &.
s. Dale, OF Savannah, Ca, who lived
in Newton some years ago.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
No DISPATCHES Accented.

An attempt to send response from
St. Petersburg to a private telegram
from Port Arthur received Thursday
MAY 12), failed, the post officials
refusing to accept it.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
Ilt. ssnienoe for curtIs Jett.

Curtis Jett, who killed J. b. Mar
cum in the court house OF Breath'tl
county. KY, has accepted life sen
tence rather than face o new trial
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
FRUIT GROWERS IN SESSION
The North Georgia Association HoId'
Annual Meeting In Rome.

Annual Meeting In Rome.
The North Georgia Fruit Growers
Association met in Rome Thursda!
The attendance was very large, ana
was composed Of intelligent and pro
gressive farmers. The problems io'
fruit growers we're fully discussed
Professor Newell enlightened them on
the diseases fruit is liable to. incluo,
ing the San Jose scale and exhioi'e'
specimens OF the scale and Mexican
boil weevil.
The Gainesville star. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1903-19??, 1904-05-17
Railroad MOI Reoponed.

Official inquiry shows that Viceroy
Alexieff's report that railroad commun'
ication with Port Arthur has been 70
stor ed is untrue.