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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08

useless, and to avoid the killing of
innocent prisoners, the authorities con-
scented to the demand of the mob for
the right man. He was dragged from
his cell to the Jail door and thence
down the stone steps to court in
the Jail yard. Fearing an attempt on
the part of the police to rescue him,
the leaders formed a hollow square.
Then Came the End.
Some one knocked the negro to the
ground and those near to him fell back
four or five feet. Nine shots were
fired into his PROSTATE body, and sat
isfied that he was dead, a dozen men
grabbed the lifeless body and with
q triumphant cheer, the mob surged
into Columbia street and marched to
Fountain avenue, one of the principal
streets of the town. From here they
marched south to the intersection of
Main street, and a rope was tied around
Dixon's neck. Two men climbed the
pole and threw the rope over the top
most cross arm. and drew the body
about eighteen feet above the street.
They then descended, and their work
was greeted with a cheer.
The fusilade then beSaa and for
forty minutes the body was kept sway
ing back and forth from the force OF
the rain of bullets. which was poured
upon it, Frequently the arms would
fly up convulsively when muscle was
struck, and the mob went fairly wild
with delight.
Throughout it all perfect order was
maintained, and every one seemed in
the best of humor. joking with his
nearest neighbor, while re-loading his
revolver.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
NO JAPANESE REPORT
OF THE COMMANDMENT.

London, March up to a late hour
this afternoon the Japanese legation
here had received no official informa-
ton regarding the bombardment of
Vladivostok. 1t is believed at the le-
cation, however, that the Japanese are
now between the Russian cruiser
squadron and Vladiviostok, and there
is reason to believe that the Russian
squadron is in the vicinity of Possiet
bav.
Russian official DISPATCHES do not
mention this squadron. and this fact
lends color to the belief that the Jap
anese warships have shut it out of
Vladivostok. 1t is pointed out at the
legation that if this is true the Rus
sian vessels are in critical position.
since they must run the gauntlet Of
the Japanese squadron off Vladivos-
tok or the japanese squadron off Port
Arthur before reaching a Russian port.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
TWO FELL BEFORE
WEATHERLY'S AIM.
He Was Finally Captured Where lie
Was in Hiding.

re WAS flhaAlF OapNUEeu WheEe ne
Was in Hiding.
Charlotte, N. c., March IA special
from Red Springs, N. c., says:
Alonzo Weatherly yesterday after
noon, three miles east Of this place,
shot and killed Doll jackson, a high
ly respected farmer. Weatherly i'm
mediately sought refuge in the Croa-
tan Indian settlement, where he be-
came involved in a quarrel with a
member of that race, Joe Locklear, re-
@ulting in the killing of Locklear's
daughter, who was acting in the ca
pacity of peacemaker.
At this hour reports are meager,
though it seems that unfriendly feel
ings had existed between Jackson and
Weatherly for some time, owing to a
misunderstanding in a business trans
action. Two deputies, with a posse
and hounds, secured the swamps in
which Weatherly was in hiding, and
he was captured to-day and lodged in
Jail
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
HOW THE SHELLS FELL
UPON VLADIV0ST0K.

Vladivostok, March 7.-Outside of
men, yesterdays bombardment of
Vladivostok by the Japanese fleet did
no material damage. The wooden cot
tage of an artisan was the only build
ing wholly destroyed. It was pierced
by shell from a 12-inch gun, which
after traversing the roof and wall,
fell in the yard. killing the woman
previously referred to.
In the quarter of the city called the
dirty corner" shell fell on the house
of Coli Shukoff.. without exploding.
1t traversed a bed room. destroying a
stove, and penetrated the wall 1t
finally burst near the regimental safe,
which was standing in the court yard.
A sentry guarding the safe was cover
ed with mud but was not injured.
Evidently fearing an outbreak of fire,
the sentry shouted:
Help! Save the regimental colors!"
which were in the house. These, ulti-
mately were brought out by the colo
nePs wife and the soldier.
Five sailors were slightly wounded
by the explosion of a shell in the
court yard of the Siberian naval bar
racks.
Outside of these casualties, no one
was killed or injured, and there was
no outbreak of fire anywhere in the
city.
The fact that the Russian batteries
did not reply to the Japanese bonn
bardment was due partially to the
slight chance of hitting the enemyNs
warships at such a long range and
partially to a desire not to betray the
position of the batteries.
1t is now thought that the attacking
squadron consisted of a battleship, four
armored cruisers and two unprotected
cruisers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
SCHOONER WAS SUNK
BY THE STEAMER ESSEX
Crew of the Gardiner c. Deering

Crew of the Gardiner c. Deering
Were Saved.
Newport News, Va, March THE
-nrasted schooner Gardiner G. Deer
ing, Capt. Ross, of Boston, was run
down and sunk at an early hour to-
day by the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company's steamer Es-
sex, Capt. Johnson.
Capt. Johnson of the Essex, refused
to make a statement regarding the ac-
cident. 1t is said that the heavy fog
on the Chesapeake bay was response
BILE for the collision.
The crew of the schooner, numbering
eleven men, were picked up by boats
from the Essex. The schooner was
owned in Boston.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
EXCITED OVER COTTON.
Trend for the Day at New Orleans
Was Generally Strong.


New Orleans, March THE cotton
market was in an excited and nervous
state for the greater part of the day.
At the opening the tone was called
steady, and prices were from IL to "a
points higher than the close of Satur-
day. The better opening was induced
by extremely favorable Liverpool ca
bles, which caused a large number of
buying orders. In addition a good vol
ume of buying orders had accumulat-
ed over Sunday. chiefly with the wire
houses
1t was a day of narrow fluctuations.
and the scalper was not conspicuous,
as he has been. A certain scalping
element found prices too high, and
sold short for a turn on the strength
of the growing bearish sentiment
which was chiefly founded on the in
equalities between spots and futures
The short scalping interest undoubted-
ly saved the market from a wide break
at the close, for as soon as prices
commenced to go down It commenced
to take profits.
During the greater part OF the day
prices huctuated over a range not
greater than 10 points.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
AMERICANS WANTED
TO FIT OUT PRlVATEERS

st. Petersburg, March THE AS
ISOLATED Press learns that the Rus
sian authorities have been approach
ed indirectly by American shipping
firms desiring authority to fit out
prfvateers to prey on japanese com
merce, but that they met with no en-
couragement.
In just what forms these offers came
or on whose behalf they were made
cannot be ascertained, as the govern
ment did not even consider them. The
Associated Press is able to announce
officially that Russia will not issue
letters of marque.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
EVENTS IN THE FAR EAST.

Viceroy AleXieff makes an adj
ditional report to the Car relative
to the bombardmcnt of VIadivos-
tOk by the Japanese squadron. In
the town, he says, one seaman
was wounded and one woman was
killed.
The Japanese vessels reappeared
off VIadivostok, but left without
opening fire.
From Seoul it is reported that
Korean troops attacked Russian
soldiers in Northern Korea, kill
ing thirty of them. The Russians
are reported to be maItreating
Korean women and pilIaging.
A dispatch, lacking. confirmation
from other sources, has it that the
Japanese are again bombarding
VIadivostok.
II is reported that American
shipping interests made tenders to
the Russian government to fit out
privateers, offers the Russians de-
clined.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
FIRE LOSS 100000.

Elmira. N. Y. March THE fire
discovered In a cigar factory under the
Lyceum Thcater shortly after IL o'clock
last night did damage to the amount
OF 100000 before the flames were ex-
tlnguished. The Lyceum Theater, and
the Realty building, In which is locat-
ed the Auditorium Theater. were to-
tally destroyed.
The FIRE IL said 70 have been started
BY an explosion Of natural gas In the
Lyceum Thoqter building, bur accord
Ing 10 another report. "A burning rag
was found On the Auditorium stage
ana this hiss given rice 60 the suspicion
thnt both iheaters we're set ga nre BY
an incenolargs
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
RUSSIAN JEWS SETTLE
ON LINE OF SOUTHERN

Mobile, Ala, March IA Jewish
colony is being established at Creola
on the line Of the Southern Railway.
near Mobile. and II is thought that at
least 300 will be located there and en-
gage IN farming. For the most part
the settlers are coming from the large
cities. The agent Of the colony says
large number Of Russian Jews Will
be brought 70 the colony soon.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
RUSSIANS ARE CHARGED
WITH GROSS PRACTICES.

Seoul, March THE Russian SOL
diers operating in the vicinity of Anju
are committing all manner of excuses.
maltreating the native women and
perpetrating robbery upon every OPP
portunity. Korean soldiers attacked a
body of the invaders on Friday last,
the fourth instant, and succeeded in
killing thirty of them.
1t is reported that as the result Of
a collision between Russian and Ko-
rean soldiers at Kang He the Russians
were driven beyond the Yalu river.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
KNOCKED NEGRO DOWN
AND ESCAPED FROM JAIL.
Posses Are Now Searching for a
Condemned Murderer.

Condemned Murderer.
Roanoke, Va, March IA telephone
message from Stanton, Va. says
John Kennedy, the train robber under
sentence to be hanged next Monday
escaped from the Staunton Jail to-
night.
The jailer left a negro to guard the
condemned man. Taking advantage of
his opportunity, Kennedy seized a club
and dealt the negro a blow on the
head, telling him to the floor. Ken
nedy then escaped from a window. us
ing a section OF rubber hose to reach
the ground.
Posses are securing the country in
every direction, but so far there has
been no trace of the man.
Kennedy was tried for wrecking
Norfolk and Western train a year ago.
at which time Engineer Bailey Of
Roanoke was killed. He was convict
ed of murder in the first degree. Two
Of his accomplices. one a woman. are
serving terms in the penitentiary for
the same crime.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08

New Orleans, March THE grain
futures department of the Board Of
Trade was opened to-day, and for the
first time in the commercial history
Of New Orleans, grain futures were
dealt in. The first sale recorded was
5000 bushels of corn at As cents.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08

London. March IA dispatch 10 the
Central News from g. Petersburg says
feleRramf received from Viadjv0sf0k
fay that seven japanese ships ap-
preached fhsf port ~ ~ OOlock ibia
morning. entered Neeun b8y ~ about
noon, AM SITTER sons WanOeuvefluF,
SEeaned o1t seward
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
ALL DAY LONG JAPS
FIRED ON VLADIVOST0K
This Is n Report That Lacks Cen
eraI Confirmation.

London, March SIN a dispatch
from st. Petersburg a correspondent
of the Standard gives a rumor that
the Car has received a telegram to
the effect that the japanese fleet bonn
barded Vladivostok all day Monday.
According to this rumor, only trifling
damage was inflicted to the Russians,
but one or two japanese cruisers were
sunk.
No word confirming this story. has
been received in any other quarter.
Although there is nothing to show that
there was not another bombardment
Of Vladivostok on Monday, this re-
port is most likely an exaggerated
version of Sundays bombardment.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
shot aBd KiIIed Jones.

Newport News. We. March 7.--siias
Jones. alias "F0nune Teller" Was
shot ana killed to-day while attempt
lng 10 escape from Dnk ~ Hank
smith. who bed BIN under arrest
Jones Waa released from me pehltea-
tiary about Ten aays age.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
SAYS THAT THEY ARE
B0MBARDiNG AGAIN

Yin Kow, March IAN oficiai Dis
patch received here says fhs Jspanese
are sgsin bomb9rding Viadiyoftok
This news lacks combination from
other sources
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-08
FIRE AT CAMILLA

Destroyed the store of I. Herman
with n Loss of $4,000.
Camilla, Ga. March III Berman, a
general merchant Of this place, was
burned out here tonight. his stock Of
goods and brick store building being
destroyed The stock was valued At
81. 900. and the building ~ $1,000 The
total insurance is $4,000.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-04
FIXING PRICE OF POETRY.
The Only Way of Deciding What the
Real Article for Magazine
Use Is.

The great magazine editor was wrapped
in thought and cigar smoke. To him came
IAN assistant editor with poem, relates
the Chicago Post.
This seems to have passed the usual
test" said the assistant
Have / read it, asked the editor.
"Yes.'
"Was / able to make anything of it,"
mo"
"Then accept it, of course"
"But how much shall we pay for it,"
The great editor increased the cloud
thought and cigar smoke.
Have. you read it!' he asked, at last.
Eyes"
"Were you able to make anything out
of it,"
NO"
Looks as if it might be pretty valuable,
doesn't it? How many of our manuscript
readers have tackled it!"
six"
"Could any of them make out what the
poet was driving att"
'.Well, Robinson thought he got glim-
mering idea Of the underlying meaning"
That takes $40 off the price" SAID the
sditor. Just figure it up according to the
usual method-sl0 added for every man
who couldn't understand it and $40 deduct'
ed for every man who could. We've got to
pay good prices for good poetry, and
there is only one way TO decide what has
teal magazine merit.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-04
Irrigation In the Southwest.

No section Of the United States is
more interested in irrigation than the
southwest 1t has arid lands. droughts
and hot winds, all of which destroy OF
stunt vegetation. The defect can be
overcome at little expense by tapping
the earth and pumping water when
needed Use either windmill or q
gasoline engine. burning in the latter
gasoline or crude petroleum. Store
water in an irrigation tank and con-
vey it to the field when needed. In
rainy weather all producers are on ar
equal footing 1t is in the dry season
when the sun parches vegetation, that
irrigation pays for itself hundred,
fold. If moisture is made to do YOU
bidding, vegetables, fruits, grain, al
falfa, etc., may be sold when the sup
ply does not equal the demand and
high prices are realized. 1t is bust
ness proposition, with hundreds o.
successful examples. Irrigate for def
mite results and reap a harvest of gold
Farm and Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-04

Every resident of 4 town or village
where there are suitable lots of ground
can proftably keep few fowls, botn
to secure fresh eggs and for pleasure.
There is no better opportunity for en-
jcyment by a family with a small plot
of ground than with a small flock.
They will cost so little for feed and
labor as to entail no loss of time what
ever in their management. The fresh
eggs daily, and the pleasure of newly
Matched lot of chickens, more than
compensate for the limited share of at
tention required. The family flock al
ways pays. because there is more or
less food from the scraps that can be
utilized. and the eggs used are known
to be fresh, which is not always the
case when one must buy them. The
younger members of the family enjoy
assisting in the work, and the work
man who comes home from the work.
shop in the evening will nearly always
find time to observe the flock and en-
joy having the hens in his yard. 1t is
asserted that more eggs are produced
by the small hocks Of towns and viii
lagos than on farms.-Farm and Fire
side.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-04
How to Keep House.

With all the luxuries and pleasures of
this life, Its big enjoyments and its smaller
comforts, there is an offset or antithesis
which we have to contend with in the
form of aches and pains. In some way
and by some means every one has touch
OF them in some form at some time
Trit.ing as some of them may be, the
risk is that they will grow to something
greater and rack the system with con-
slant torture. There is nothing, there
fore, of this kind that wezhaye a right to
trifie with. Taken in time, the worst
forms of aches and pains are easily sub
dued and cured by the free use of st.
Jacobs Oil. No well regulated household
ought to be without bottle of this great
remedy for pain. 1t is the specific virtue
of penetration in St. Jacobs Oil that
carries it right to the pain spot and
effects prompt cure even in the most
painful cases of rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Sciatica, Lumbago. You want it also in
the house at all times for hurts, cuts
and wounds, and the house that always
has it keeps up sort of insurance against
pain.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-04
FARMER AND PLANTER.
CARE OF ALFALFA FIELDS.
Improperly Treated In the
Spring.

Patches and large meadows lately
fast reaching the critical stage-the
change from spring to summer wealth
CT. The stand may be perfect now,
the land in prime condition, yet the
crop may die within 80 days if neglect
ed or treated imprope ]. Despite
warnings against nurse crops" some
farmers have planted alfalfa with oats
Or wheat. Such paintings succeeded
very generally last spring because of
the abundant rains. But The system
Of sowing alfalfa with any grain in
vites failure in case rains are light at
the time the grain is cut off. Such
lands dry out severely and the tender
alfalfa, unused to hot sun, is broiled
On the dry crust which affords no wa
ter. The roots are not yet down to
the subsoil in numbers sufficient to
support the plant when thus exposed.
Where young alfalfa is growing alone
on a moist bed of surface soil heavy
rains may SO pack the surface as to
shut out all air and when the sun
shines the leaves yellow or ''scald. "
Old alfalfa is now hardly, but We have
seen such stands lost when these con-
ditions were aggravated. Some fall
sown alfalfa has been grazed during
the dry winter. The land has become
packed in spots and the stand is en-
dangered.
Young alfalfa roots demand air.
Let in the air by the use Of light har-
rowings or apply the Hallock weeder.
Neither tool will accomplish much If
the crust has formed and moisture is
gone Use these modes of culture a.
the first signs of distress. When
weather conditions are ideal we need
not trouble about these matters, fol
the young plants will come through
safe. but successful farming demands
hat we turn aside the i'll effects OF
lnfavorable weather and tide the croI
over each crisis stage
IL the alfalfa is strongly rooted, well
stooled at the top, and in healthy con-
iition il is now showing first blooms
and ready to cut in north Texas lati-
.udes and has been cut further south
Did alfalfa requires at least one har-
rowing every year. This should be giver
promptly just after the first cutting
If small grain is removed from youns
alfalfa do not fail to harrow within "a
hours after land is clear to preven
tne severe drying out that naturally
follows. On uplands alfalfa will al
ways respond to light applications OF
manure. 1t can be given at any time
II well narrowed in. For young plants
ON light soils the weeder or the ligh
drag harrow with slanting teeth mus
be judiciously used. For loose soils OF
with old stands the disc harrow is the
better tool.-Texas Farm and Ranch.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-04
HERE AND THERE.

Benefits to be derived from good
roads are many. Viewed from any
standpoint, it is an economical pfopo-
s;tion.
He is dull farmer who is mot
learning lessons from what he is de-
ing that will help him to do it better
next time.
Low wheels and wide tires should
characterize wagons designed for driv-
ing over fields Such vehicles may be
easily loaded and do not cut deep into
soft land.
-Artichokes may be plowed out and
stored like Irish potatoes, and may be
plotitably fed TO hogs or cattle. Good
land should produce from 400 to 60l
bushels per acre.
Tea growing experiments are un'
der way at Pierce, Tex, with a view
of this ultimately becoming a money
crop. Investigations arc carried o.;
by the department of agriculture.
The seeds that look cleanesr and
brightest have not always been the
ores to germinate the quickest, or to
give the strongest plants. Sometimes
even poor-looking seeds give satisfac-
tory crops.
Moisture must be held in the sur
face soil at this season by intelligent
culture. Quick culture after rain or ir'
rigation can not be too much stressed
To make it more effectuai partially
cultivate each row in going over the
| first time.
Nearly all ills to which fowls are
subject may be traced to indigestion
resulting from overfeeding on grain
Many difficulties in the forms of all
ments would be avoided II farmers and
poultrymen were not too liberal with
grain, for at this season grass is tho
best food.
"A recent ruling by the court o1
civil appeals of Texas. holds that In
counties where stock laws are in oper-
alton it is the duty of owners of such
/ live stock to prevent them running a.
large, and not merely that ne is for
hidden to knowingly permit their free
dom.
The Colfax chronicle., 1904-06-04

land over to permanent pasture. either
for cattle OF swine; but when we COM
pare the productivity of tillable land
properly planted to profitable crops
with its | osSible income as a pasture
We wonder that farmable land can be
pastured at all. This is especially true
in regard to pasturing swine, which are
not as distinctly grazing animals as
the ruminants; ard while We must ad-
nit .Lat a fine clover field, is a mag
nificea. place in which to turn a few
brood sows or a lot of store hogs, yet,
as | have said, when we compare its
feed possibilities thus pastured with
by cutting the clover and carrying it
to the swine in feed lot, making into
hay what would be trampled by pastur-
ing, putting part of the land in sugar
corn and Indian corn, cow-peas, soy
beans and rape, moving that part
which is left in clover three or four
times in a season, the balance, of profit
is very much against the plan of pas
turing.
1t is true there is more labor in
volved in cutting and feeding the green
crops, and harvesting and storing the
surplus for winter feeding, but with
proper system and good stock the la
Dor can be made very profitable and
the yield of the land greatly increased.
All the crops have mentioned l have
found profitable to feed my swine by
the soiling plan, and while there is
generally more or less waste in the
forage not being as completely eaten
as when fed to cows, regard the waste
as much less than II the crops were
pastured. l have saved in the matter
of particular fencing. and saved prob
ably more in not having the tramping
of the soil, that must always be an
| incident of loss where animals are
turned to pasture.
am not writing against the claim
made by many farmers that pigs in
clover with an additional feed Of corn
and plenty of water to drink make good
pork, and make it easy, and that such
a field is in good condition to pro-
duce almost any crop that shall fol-
low the clover; but my claim is that
| by this method there is an unnecessary
| expense, or at least a waste of feed and
land, that our farming should not be
required to sustain.-W. F. McSparran,
| in Farm and Fireside