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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23
KENTUCKIAN ORDERED
TO SLAY FIVE MEN
Sensational Evidence In Fam
Gus Hargis Trial.
WHITE REFUSED TO KILL MEN
Brother to Judge Hargls Wanted Five
Men kiIIed-Trial Outcome Of the
Murder of Attorney Marcum, Who
Was Slain in Kentucky.

Lexington, March 22.-Dr. Cox, Jim
Cockrill, Mark Cockrill, Attorneys
Vaughn and Marcum were to be shot
by Anderson White in the courthouse
during the trial of Tom Cockrin for
killing Ben Hargis. in obedience to or
ders by James Hargis, according to a
sensational story told today by White
IN the hearing on the notion for bail
for the EarGises and Callahan.
Anderson White is the brother of
Tom W NhIte, who is under life sentence
for the murder Of J. B. Marcum.
White said that prior to the killing
OF Cockrill James Hargis took him to
the HaTgis' store and gave him a As
caliber pistol and told him he wanted
him to return to the courthouse where
the trial of Tom Cockrill for the killing
OF Ben Hargis was in progress and be
ready to do as Judge Hargis told him.
He declared that Hargis wanted him
to shoot five men, White being or
dered to shoot in the event that any
trouble started. The men he was to
shoot were DIR. Cox, Jim Cockrill,
Mark Cockrill, Attorney Vaughan and
another, the witness recalled to be
Marcum.
kill all Of these five or any damned
one of them,' is what White said Har-
gis told him to do He said he de-
clined to do this, and returned the pis-
toll. Hargis told him them that he
would be neeed probably as a wit
ness, and told him to return when
sent for.
jeff Smith followed White. He said
that before the killing OF Cockrill,
Judge Hargis in the latter's office, de-
clared to him Jim CockrilI has got
to be killed, for if he is not, CockrilI
will kill Callahan or me, or both of
u.s."
Witness said he declined to partic-
ipate in plot, and Hargis then said
he would have to get George Smith,
or Curtis Jett, to do it. On the day
after Cockrill was killed, he was at
Hargis' store Callahan and Judge
Hargis were there, and when the news
came from Lexington that Cockrill had
died in hospital they both smiled at
each other. He said Hargis asked
him only recently what he would testi.
fy to in this case, but that he would
not tell him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23
WOMAN ToNeUE-LAsHED JUDGE.
He Held that Woman's Tongue Was
a Concealed Weanon.


New York, March 22.-Edward LIE.
Cook, who dispenses New Jersey JUS
tice at Marston, in that state, has de-
cided that a woman's tongue when
used upon a justice of the peace, con.
stitutes a concealed weapon.
Two women had appeared in his
court, one charging that the other had
called her names. The justice tried
to settle the case and after dismfssing
the complaint, endeavored to make the
women shake hancs. It was then
that they turned their tongues loose
on the justice. He did not look up
the law, but made out a complaint
under a section of the disorderly act
which relates to concealed weapons,
and fined them $40 each.
One of the women hurried to her
lawyer, who brought the matter before
a county judge for review. That Off
cial set aside the conviction and or
dered the fines returned.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23
New York Hospitals FiIIad.

New York, March 22.-Pneumonia
grip, bronchitis and kindred ailments
are so near epidemic in Brooklyn thai
the hospitals, like those of Manhattan
with two exceptions, reached the linn
it of their bed accommodations. In
some of the institutions patients are
compelled to sleep on mattresses on
the floor. The condition of the
streets, particularly in the residential
sections, following the recent thaw, is
asserted to be responsible for much OF
the illness.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23
KAISER WILL VISIT MOROCCO.
Will EndeaVor to Establish Friendly
Relations with that Country,


Relations with that Country.
Paris, March 22.-Emperor William S
proposed visit to Morocco at the mo-
ment when France is establishing her
permanent influence there, attracts
marked attention and comment.
Concerning the visit itself, reports
to the effect that France had taken
unlbrage are distinctly denied, as it is
pointed out that there is nothing in
correct in such visit, which is alto
gether natural during cruise in the
Mediterranean. However, the author
tiles recognize that the visit is being
used in unfriendly quarters as a pre-
text to stir up animosity and excite
the Moors to believe that they should
resist the acceptance of the French
plan for administering the country.
The officials here say that they do
not regard the Germans as being a
party to this maneuver, which is at
tributed mainly to the Morocco CORE
spondent of leading London news
paper.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23

The ideal saddle horse is from fif-
teen to sixteen hands high, short back
ed and well coupled. 1t has thin, high
withers, long, we'll arched neck ana
a long. keen ear well set on the head
The tail should be set high on the
rump, and the rump itself should be
somewhat sloping. The horse should
have besides fat, sinewy bones in its
legs and a medium sized foot.-Coun-
try Life In America.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23
French Cabinet Minister Dies.

Paris, March 22.-2:30 p. m.-Anto.
nio Priest, minister of fine arts in the
Gambetta cabinet, died today as the
result of two shots in the head, self.
inflicted. He had long been a vic
tim of melancholy. 1t was believed
to have been intensified recently by
differences with Rosita Mauri, the
celebrated dancer of the opera, with
whom he was closely associated.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23
Antarctic Explorers at guenos AYR,

ThiGai NttS GNPIOi CTS dL BuGnOS AYrGSu
New York, March 22-The French
Antarctic expedition, under DR.. Car.
cot, arrived in port Tuesday after.
noon, cables the Buenos Ayres, Argen.
tine, correspondent of the Herald
French associations with flags, and the
banks, a representative of the min
lister of marine, and many officers OF
the Argentine navy, met the party,
members of which were escorted
ashore and given a warm reception.
DR.. Charcot, replying to an address
of welcome, said the dangers of an
antarctic expedition were not as many
as he believed existed in the streets
of Paris, with their automobiles.
which were, perhaps, more dangerous
than antarctic seas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23
Russians To Look for Togo.

st. Petersburg, March $3.50 pm
AT the admiralty it is strongly init
mated that Admiral Rojestvensky will
effect a juncture with Admiral Ne
bogatoff within ten days and then pro
oeed to meet Admiral Togo. The third
division of the Russian second Pacific
squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral
Nebogaton. left Suda bay, Island ot
Crete, yesterday for Port said
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23


To OLD People
If the people Of this town only knew
the good Vino1 does old people, we could
not get enough to supply the demand.
With old age comes feeb1eness and loss OF |
power, lack Of strength and vigor. To
prove belief that Vinol is the great
est strengthener, body builder, and in i
vigorator for old folks, we say to ALL
try it, and if you are not satisfied we
will return your money.
DODSON'S PHARMACY.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23
France Will Await Courts Decision

France Will Await Courts Decision.
Paris, March 22.-The Matin says
that Ambassador Jusserand will CON
fer with President Roosevelt today rel
ative to Venezuela and adds: can
ultimatum has not been sent. Pres
ident Castro having taken the case
of the French Gable company to the
courts, France intends to leave it
there until decision is given, when
she will be prepared to adopt all the
measures necessary to secure respect
for the rights of the French citizens"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23
r1rderstood His business,

Fashionable Tailor-Go front at once.
Two young clerks there after suits.
New Man (whispering)-I'm waiting on
a millionaire Leave him and attend
to the clerks. These millionaires don't
buy new clothes once in five years.
A clerk is good FOR a fresh suit every
three months. New York Weekly 4
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23
STANFORD MYSTERY
SOON TO BE SOLVED
Sudden Deal b of Woman Has
Been Investigated.
SUSPECTS WILL BE ARRESTED

Detectives Have Been actively at
Work and the Result OF Their La
Lors Soon To Be Made Known-Sev
eral Theories Advanced.
San Francisco, March 22.-The Cal
says today:
1t is announced at police headquar
ters that within the next IS hours the
mysteries surrounding the presence OF
strychnine poison in the bottle of Po
land water which Mrs. Stanford
Guenched her thirst On the evening OF
Jan. Il, at her California street home
will have been completely solved, and
that possibly one or two persons to
ward whom the strongest suspicion is
directed, will be arrested. AS to
whether the poison was placed in the
bottle before the water was drunk by
Mrs. Stanford for the purpose of end
ing her life, or injected into the bot
tie after she had drank from it, with
malicious intent towards Miss Berner,
the police refuse to say.
The report Of the local detectives
just returned from Honolulu has been
filed with the acting chief of police
and detectives giving the result OF
the investigation into the death of
Mrs. Stanford at Honolulu This
shows that the detectives made DR..
Humphries, of Honolulu, who was in
charge of the case, contradict himself
on points so material that the detec-
tives. are unable to arrive at the con
clusion that murder was committed.
Their only findings are to the effect
thus far that an overloaded stomach,
a weak heart excited by over-indul.
gence in exercise attending the aged
woman's outing on the day of death
and the use of cascara with strych
nine improperly prepared, combined
to bring about her death.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23
Governor Frazier Elected Senator

Nashville, Tenn, March 22.-Both
houses of the general assembly met in
joint session today and canvassed the
vote taken yesterday for United States
Senator to succeed the late William
B. Bate. James B. Frazier was de-
clared elected The vote was: Fra
Mer, 104; Brownlow, %. Captain
John w. Morton was today elected
secretary of state. and Frank Dibbrel
s1mptroller.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23
Soldiers Wounded by Bombs.

Warsaw, March 22.-1:3O p. M
Three of the soldiers wounded last
night by the explosion of a bomb
thrown from a window in Volsk street
into the midst of EatroI are report
ed to be dying. Their injuries are
horrible. Clothing and buttons were
found forced into their bodies. No
arrests have yet been made.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23

New York, March 22.-The Italian
warship Calabria which has sailed for
Kingston, Jamaica, cables the Herald's
correspondent at Santo Domingo. Her
itinerary to Havana and Laguaira has
been altered because of an unexpected
cable dispatch from Rome and her
trip to Kingston is presumably taken
because Jamaica is nearer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23
JAPANESE APPEAR IN
FRONT OF RUSSIANS
Russian Commander Is Receiv
ing Fresh Troops.
JAPANESE MEAN TO PUSH FIGHT
There Seems To Be no Change in the
War Situation Other Than that the
Japanese Are Only Waiting for Rus
slams To Step for Battle.

st. Petersburg, March pa dis
patch from General Linevitch dated
March 81, says:
Yesterday Japanese cavalry detach
ments appeared in front of our ad,
vance posts. Behind the cavalry were
infantry who halted at the village OF
Machantzy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-23
a Matter
Of fHeaHh

There is a quality in Royal
Baking Powder which makes
the food more digestible and
wholesome. This peculiarly
of Royal has been noted by
physicians, and they accord
lngly endorse and recon-
mend it.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. NEW YORK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-02

that many a month has succeeded in elapsin' since
that delightful OCCASION l will admit that pos
sibly she would not have the first prize at a
beauty show, but under the conditions made and
provided she sure was a joy forever.
when she casts her eyes in immejit direc-
ton, Phn evoluted into a GRIMM monolith l
the embarrassments goin' to coagulate
and tries to speak, but my heart had got lodged
in my windpipe. So we both takes off our hats
and bows low.
with that the Twin statue of Venus opens the
prettiest little mouth I'd seen since | kissed mother
good-by and lets out few words that sounded like
breakn hunk out of nightingale's song, and me
and Phineas we bows agin.
Then Phin shakes off his attack of partial
paralysis and breaks forth in oratorical effort
appropriate to the occasion.
'Mar'm,' says he, speakn through the en-
vironments of his dizzy joy, if thars anybody
around here that you'd like to have massacreed-
Injun, FIR instance, grizzly-why, and
Cyrus ives just achin' to kill somethin- We
Cyrus?'
eyes, Marin says l. lookin' real fierce 'Weis'
THE symphony in blue laughed like whole lot
of little jingn bells and remarked that she hadn't
sawed that Okahomy overcrowded at the
present writin'. Then she looks at Phineas and
sees where the homesickness had been gnawin',
and the sweetest sadness that ever broke mans
heart comes into her eyes.
"'Why my poor man. says she, you're ill!
Them few words of sympathy put'nigh
BEN the hnlsh OF Ph1neas, but by mighty effort
he succeeds in keepin the spark of life f1ickerin
feebly in his manly busom. But when he'd &C
cumuated enough courage to agin raise his eyes,
the fairy had vanished. Pretty soon she comes
to the door ag'in and in her hand is a tumber
and in the glass is liquid what's red to look upon
"'Here, she says, handin' the bev ridge to Phin,
drink it
'Phin takes it and bubbles with ecstasy. Marin,
says he, I'll drink it to oblige we, not meanin that
I'm fond of strong drink when it's ragin'.'
''Oh,' says the angel, that's not Ticker; it's
just
"Phin removes the glass from his lips with dis
appointment that was consurnn. 'Eh? says he.
You about to remark, mar'ml
Its just sassyfras, says she.
"Pardner, when heard that word, could sense
trouble like hunger hobbed coyote scents the last
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l just stands and looks at him until he turns
around.
"'Come, he yes, come, comet The last
word sounded like the Dustin of twenty -hoss-
power b'iler. 1t the awfullest yell that ever
raised crop of hair. | went because l had heard
that the best way to deal with lunatic is to
hurnor i'm.
'Phineas leads me to little eminence and p'ints
my face towards the northeast Now says he
squint your optics | squinted.
After about two seconds had succeeded in
passn without interruption, Phin grows anxious
Cyrus Siddons,' says he, do you notice anything?
"'Yes,' says l, L about the infernalest
stretch of prairie human critter looked upon
without stampedin'.'
"'Not that says he, scow1in'; but over there by
them willers. Don't you see somethin' kinder
wavin' in the air, like departin hopes beckonn
to us? Say, don't you9'
81 focused my sight apparatus upon the par
ticular portion of the universe he had mentioned
and got shock.
'Phneas, says I, after had given my blood a
chance to circulate again, Phineas, lists
smokei'
at is smoke says he; and bein smoke, it
implies the presence of mortal bein'. Smoke
says he, don't perneate the ambient air of Okla
horny without occasion. Let's go see.'
$50 we scouts In half hour meets up
with little ten-by-twelve dugout in the side of
knoll. There's winder starin at us like picture
of the old homestead Careful, Phin raises his chin
to the level of the sill Then he clutches wild-hke
at the atmosphere and tumbes into my
81 drags him into some chaparral and lays him
down. Pretty soon he opens IFS eyes and tries to
get up but | holds him. 'Phiaeas, says l, there
amt no doctor this side of Kingfsher and don't
know what's good for appleplexy. You've got to
cool off before you sets this cussed prairie afre.
'Leggol' he cries. Let me have another squint
Cyrus-just one more fore l die
Phin, says l, what is the of gettin so
exctedf Calm yourself and explain, before 1 let's
you up
He laid back and consumed the next two min
utes in gurglin' like intermittent spring Then
a look comes into his face that one of
angelic beauty | could reasonably expect to see
on Phns facial embellishments.
TT says he is "a woman!'
"Pardner, did you ever draw to lone and
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get a straight flush? Pardner, if you
did, you can get some idee of the ami
nations that made all my internal
organs peal forth in a grand chorus.
After my fingers had quit tinglin'
and my heart had ceased dom
the burglar alarm act on my ribs,
| looks at Phineas, and Phineas
looks at me.
You, says l, are too excited to
do the oratin', and it's up to me to
break the news to Sally / tried to
speak calm, but l hadn't seen
bit of caliker for so long that
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wv trains, Cyrus Siddons and
" started upon a casual inspection
of the town. Our course lay along the
main street, where rickety buildings ell
bowed each other and glared darkly and
blue-shirted men lolled in the shadows.
Presently we came to a store win
dow made gaudy with red and green
bottles and sign done in charcoal.
When he beheld the placard, Siddons
paused suddenly and clutched my arm.
Spell i'll" he cried. Spell it,
spell it,"
"S-a-s, sas; sly, sy, sassy; f-r-a-s,
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| couldn't help wonderin'
how it would look.
cat that Phin riz up.
Cyrus Siddons,' says he in
a voice SO sharp it cut jagged
holes through his teeth
Cyrus Siddons, full we'll l
will admit that we have
been closer together than
two brothers; but if you
dare to even hint that it is
your place to open COM
munication with that inner
cent and blushin' female
bein', here's where we part
Our friendship in the middle.
Besides says he, didn't l
discover her? Say, didn't r.
You did, says l.
Then | don't want to
hear no more out of YOU
says he. Come along!'
so we glides around to
the door and peeks in, and
there's the most be-you-tifu1
fairy that ever smiled honey
since Eve went huntin' for
a house. Of course, now
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the wild and roarin' sea of busted hopes, and all on
account of sassyfras
"Sassafras, said |.
YES" said he "sassyfras. The how of it
this: Phineas and me, copartnered round con-
siderable, and finally takes claims in Oklahomy
where we settles down to enjoy the delirium of a
consequences that was dense enough to amputate
with wood-saw.
Partner, ever cultivate an allypathic dose of
the genooine inconsistencies? Pardner it's worsern
runnin' your immortal soul through a barb-wre
machine. 1t puts kinks all you. You amt
got no more appetite than millionaire with seven
kinds of dyspepsy The smell of bacon precipitates
instruction in your department of the interior
and long distance squnt of restorant inaugurates
the cussedest siege of insomnia record
You just perambulate over the landscape with
feet that tries persistent to swap sides and knees
that amt got annations than a wet rag.
You lay awake nights wishin' that you could meet
up with the fool-killer, and you spend your days
standin' on the ragged edge of eternal dissolution
and gain with yearnin eyes the glory-haeluiah.
"Pardner me and Phn we got it, and got it bad
specially Phin. Honest he went around lookn
like fororn hope with no extenuat1n circum-
stances whatsoever. If ever there mortal
bein who prepared to meet his finish right
down cheerful, the same was Phineas. About one
third of the time he was too melancholy to know
whether he example of the present tense
simply fadin' recollection of the late lamented,
and the rest of it he too blamed miserable to
care. Pardner if the spirits in the thermometer
ever git as low Phins were during that period
of contemporaneous history this here vale of
won't thaw out in million years.
Think of i'll Never-endn, never-changin sor-
rer-brewin scenery as far you could see in two
looks, and nary Whit of anything to make an
aureate crack in the clouds of discomfort. 1t
was sure heart-renderin'.
We'll, about the time that l began to savvy
that the population of O<lahomy stood to be re-
duced by one, and it goin' to be up to me to
supply the necessary embellishments of Dutch
funeral, Phin comes ripplin' down to my cabin
sputterin' like Fourth of July nigger-chaser and
mixin' up his words worser'n a dics'nary.
Il grabs him. Phin says l, you're loco! Sit
down and catch your BREATH
No says he, 1 won't sit down You foller
me- With that he prances off a little WAYS; but
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1raS-SaSSy1raS, 1
said.
l thought he
would pinch my
arm in two. Spell
it againl" he ex-
claimed. Spell it
real slow"
| did, and the
melancholy that
settled upon his
face was a thing
to ponder on. ST.
lently he led me
back to the station
and claimed sane
tuary in the shade
of the water-tank.
Then he sighed.
" I'm consunin'
with sorrer for
Phineas," said he.
" Know Phineas
Boostnicker? No?
Well, he's a shat
tered wreck bully
washin' around on
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-03-25
TWO ESCAPED
REFORMATORY.
One a Negro Authorities Refuse
to Say Much Regarding the
Matter.

Rahw "A = Mar. 25:-Ths fact that two
prisoners Mt the New Jersey State Re
formatory, Saturday night last, made
their escape from that institution has
just come to light Regarding the es-
cape the authorities at the Teformatory
are very reticent.
So far as can be learned one of the fugi-
tives is Joseph Robinson, a negro, ana
his com panion is a white man.
The latter being a ~consumptive instead
Of being confined In the corridor among
other prisoners slept in a small shanty in
the prison yard, which is freely veDti-
lated and Robinson, a trusty, was de-
tailed as an attendant to look afer him 4,
The two made good their escape from
the yard some time between 9 O'Clock
Saturday night and 4 O'Clock Sunday
morning Whether they regained their
frt edom by climbing the fence or bur
rowing beneath it cannot be ascertalned
1.-THE negro Il obinson was sentenced to
the reformatory March I, 1908, by-Judge
B. "a. Vail, for "A murdeious assault
which caused he death of his cousin,
George, alias Bud, Robinson, on Decem-
Der 4, 1902. The Robinsons lived in the
old Isaac Roll house, in Linden town
ship, on what is known as the 1remley
Point road.
After committing the deed, Joseph
Robinson and his wife fled. On the fol
lowing Tuesday they were arrested al
Pleasant Plains, ). l.. and a few days
later brought back to Elizabeth on requi-
sition papers aud committed to Jail.
Several weeks later Robinson, on being
a%rraigped, pleaded guilty to atrocious
assault and on March 4 was sentenced to
the reformatory.
}In the reformatory Robinson behaved
himself in such a manner that he was
= finally placed on the list of trustees, and
was looked upon as a model prisoner.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-03-25
SUCCESSFUL union,
Electricians Organization Will be
Two Years Old Next Week.

Last night the members of Electrical
Worker, Union. Local No, Sos, huid 81
special meeting in the union rooms,
l3s Smith street. Next week the mion
will be two years old, but ii is not
thought that q celebration of ANY kind
win take place. During the past year
the union has crown wonderfully and
much credit is due the present man
agemcnt for the elegant way IN which
things have been handled,
In conversation with a NEWS ro-
porter, this morning, = member o Ilhc
union said chat they wore looking for
ward TO 4 prosperous year and did not
expect any labor troubles.
All Of the electricians are working.
and the demand for men in that line
is so great that some + receiving
more than the scale calls for and every
one is happy.