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BURROWS IS DEAD.
HE ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE AND IS
KILLED.
Shot Down This Morning by a Brave
Negro, While Trying to Regain His
Money, After Escaping.
SUMTER'S SHEPHERDS
WILL HAVETO AGAIN BATTLE WITH
THE FENCE QUESTION.
GORDON’S CHANCES.
Special to Recorder.
Birmingham, A).%, October S.—
A Daily News stall' corres(>ondent
actually on the ground telegraphs
that Rube Burrows was killed at
3 o’clock this nioruing while at
tempting to escape.
Yesterday afternoon in Monroe
county, Alabama. Rube Burrows,
the noted train robber, was cap
tured by Johu McDuffie and others,
sent out by the Southern Express
Company.
Yesterday Mr. McDulfie came
upon Rube, who had stopped out
of the rain In a house. Mr. Mc
Duffie arranged with two colored
men to go iutothe house, ostensibly
for some other purpose.
Rube had placed his rifle iu the
corner of the room, but had his re
volvers ou him. The darkies en
gaged him in conversation, and
then grabbed him by his hands
preventing his shooting. He
fought the darkleB manfully, until
MoDuifle and others got in, when,
after a desperate struggle, they
succeeded iu conquering and se
curely tieing the great desperado,
McDulfie went to Linden jail
yesterday afternoon with Rube
strapped hand and foot in front of
him on his horse, being across, the
head on one side and tbe feet on
the other. His position was very
painful, but he had to be allowed
no ch&uces. He had only $17,800 on
his person. The whole amount
of rewards for Rube is $7,300. $10,-
000 has been spent in the capture of
Rube and his gang.
Burrows was placed in the sher
Ifi’s office last night, guarded by
Detective McDuffie and oqp negro.
The other negro capturer, Carter,
was at the hotel with Burrows’
money. At 3 o’clock this morning
Burrows’ complained of being
hungry. One of the guards reply
ing he had nothing. Burrows’ re
quested his saddle bags saying he
had crackers in them. McDuffie
handing the saddle bags to Bur
rows he drew out two pistols, cov
ered the negro and McDuffie and
forced them to take off the hand
cuffs and untie him. He then dis
armed McDuffie and the negro, and
asked for bis money. Being told
that Carter had itjjat the hotel, he
locked McDuffie up and forced the
negro to guide him to the hotel,
where, getting tbe drop ou the ne
gro Carter, demanded hie money.
Carter sprang to one side, drawing
his pistol, and filed at Burrows.
Tbe outlaw tired at tbe same in
stant. Carter’s sudden movement
saved his life. He received the
A Decision of tbe Supreme Court Which
Practically Decides the Act of the Last
Legislature Governing the Stock Law
of Sumter Co. to be Unconatitutional.
Special to Rkcobpek.
Atlanta, Oct. 3.—The Supreme
Court met this morning and ren
dered the remaining decisions in
cases argued at the March term of
the Court. The court will again
convene on Monday, when tlio Oc
tober term will commence.
Among tlie decisions rendered
this morning was that of Mathis vs.
Jones, which will excite iuterest
throughout the entire State, as it
will affect the fence question iu up
wards of fifty counties, where local
Acts have been procured to regulate
the matter of keeping the frisky
cow within its proper meets and
hounds.
And Sumter is one of the coun
ties interested, as this decision
knocks the bottom out of the Act
passed at the last term of tiie legis
lature with regard’to the “mooted
question of fence or no fence
And like the Chicago fire, all this
disturbance was kicked up by an
unruly heifer!
The case of Mathis vs. Jones orig'
inated by the impounding of a cow
in Macon county, the plaintiff seek
ing to regain possession of his ani
mat, which had strayed onto his
neighbor's crops, by insisting that
it was impounded illegally, and
that the stock law Act governing
Macon county was illegal and void
It was this question that tho court
decided, holding that the special
law enacted for Macon county was
in conflict with the constitution
which provides that laws
must have uniform operation
throughout the State, and no spe'
cial law Bball be passed in any case
where provision has already been
made by general law.
As the general law, which pro-
vides that the question be settled
by election, has been disregarded,
and local laws have been passed in
very nearly fifty counties in this
State regulating the matter, the
decision will have very much the
effect of putting a chunk of ice
down a fellow’s back.
But Sumter must grin and bear
It, taking consolation from the fact
that it has company in its misery.
Following is the head note of the
decision, which will show exactly
the ground taken by the court
MATHIS VS. JONHS.
Bleckley, C. J.
1. The Code, as moulded and
modified by general legislation on
tbe subject of fences, has establish
ed an optional system of fence law,
general in its natureand of uniform
HIS
HOPE IS THAT LIVINGSTON
WILL RUN.
The Alliance President Again Talked Of
As a Candidate—Fhru ring Oul the
Result.
Bullet in the shoulder and was bad
ly wounded, but he will recover.
His bullet struck Burrows in the
abdomen and he fell dead.
The affair created tbe wildest of
excitement. Superintendents Ago
and Fisher of the Southern Express
Company left for the scene imme
diately. The mossage says the
body will be brought here to-day.
POLITICAL POINTS IN ATLANTA.
The Fifth Caagregglonal—Trying tc
Brine Livingston Out For the Senate.
ppeclal to Recorder.
Atlanta, Oct. Next Satur
day a Fifth District convention will
meet In Atlanta to indorse the Re
publican nominee or to put an inde
pendent Democratic nominee
against Livingston. The call was
issued at Douglassville, in an in
formal meeting of “Jeffersonian
Democrats,” and to-morrow, Tues
day, tbe Douglas county dele
gates to the convention will be
chosen in mass meeting.
The Douglass county originators
of the movement have issued, to
gether with the call ,tor a conven
tion, a “manifesto,” taking ex
treme position against Livingston.
They even go so far as to say that
they, personally, will vote for; Wilt
Haight, the Republican nominee,
in preference to Livingston.
This has weakened the move
ment Irreparably. A conservative
independent Democratic movement
might have embarrassed Living
ston, butjthis will heip rather than
hurt him—so far as congress Is con
cerned. So evident Is this that an
ulterior motive is very generally
suspected, and perhaps with
reason,
Oordou’s friends aro imbued with
the idea now that Livingston him
self has designs upon the Senator-
ship, and as the Douglassville
meeting was made up of extreme
Gordon men, their policy was prob
ably to help Gordon for the Senate
—by blocking out Livingston as a
probable candidate—rather than to
hurt Livingston for Congress.
This is really tbe only effect it
can have.
What is more pleasant than to
bathe the face, hands and neck
after a long walk with Shepard’s
B. B. Cologne.
operation throughout the State
This being so, there is no power to
legislate specially for two militia
districts so as to dispense, as to
them, with the popular vote pro
vided for in the Code of 1882, the
constitution of 1877 declaring that
“Laws of a general nature shall
have uniform operation throughout
the State, and no.speclai law shall
be enacted iu any case for which
provision has been made by an ex
isting general law.”
2. It follows that the Act of De
cember 20th, 1888, (pawph. p. 320)
requiring unconditionally that all
domestic animals be kept from run
ning at large in tho 1002d and 1070th
districts G. M., in Macon county,
and declaring their owners liable
for any damage done upon the lands
of other persons, Is unconstitution
ul and void.
Judgment reversed.
CALVIN FOR GORDON.
He Will Abide Democratic Instructions.
Augusta, Ga., October 0,—Hon.
Martin V. Calvin is out in a card in
tbe Evening Hews to-day stating
his position on the senatorial ques
tion as the same he publicly an
nounced during the campaign that
if elected he would vote for Gordon
first, last, and all the time. He
bolds it to be bis religious duty to
obey the instructions given by the
democracy of Richmond county,
and will follow them to the letter
and vofe for Gordon. This may
lose him" the speakership, but be
will not sacriflce duty for position.
He is an Alifanceman devoted to
tho order, but as between instruc
tions Issued by tho democracy of
the county and those formulated
by the Alliance, he is in honor
bouod to abide by tbe former.
RAHSPECK DEAD.
The Pistol Wound Proves Fatal.
Special to Records.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 7.—Mr. Geo.
Bamspeck, who accidentally shot
himself last Friday, which your
correspondent telegraphed the Re
corder, died at his home in De
catur this morning at five o’clock.
He was but twenty years of age,
and a bright and affable young
man, greatly admired.
Special to Record m:.
Atlanta,Oct. 1.—It is all [«>li-
tics, and nearly all'Senatorebip.
Who will R be?
.Developments are beginning to
show a method in tills chaos. The
uncertainty is lifting, like the
smoke on a battlefield when the
battle is over.
Certain it is that the Aliiauceiueu
hold the trumps in their hand, and
it will take wretched playing to
lose them the game.
One very interesting fact is this
that the Alliance drift is toward
Livingston. It it true that he will
not openly become a candidate
even after the legislature meets
But. the fences are built, and being
builded, so that when the stampede
comes there is only one way to go—
which means Livingston
I believe this because Living
ston’s closest friends say so; and
for the additional and fairly conclu
sive reason that Gordon and his
friends think so.
Indeed, some of tho most san
guine of Gordon’s friends are ready
to admit that his vote will not
elect him on the first ballot, but
argue hope in this theory:
Finally the effort will be made
to elect Livingston. Now, while
it is true that he may gather more
votes than any othet one Alliance-
man, there are Alliance members
of the legislature who will vote for
Gordon before they will for Living
ston. The General will hold his
votes—nearly enough to elect him
—and when Livingston's name is
sprung enough more will come to
Gordon to elect him.
Another thing, going to show
method in the seemingly no
method proceedings of the Alli
ance. Yesterday I was talking to
one of the closest personal and po
litical friends that Livingston has.
He had just remarked that Living
ston was almost inevitably the
next Senator. “In that event,” I
suggested,“Bute Dorsey, of Fulton,
would make a good congressman.
“I would promise to help elect
him," was the rather reluctant ad
mission, “but I'm pledged.”
“To whom?”
“Emmett Womack,”
Now, Womack did a great deal
to elect Livingston, but friends of
Livingston would not gratuitously,
I think, “pledge” themselves to
Womack or to anybody else, unless
there was solicitation from Wom
ack and acquiescence—or more than
that —from Livingston. And
Emmett Womack,,,would ask a
THEY RETALIATE!
A SUB-ALLIANCE OF DEKALB COUN
TY RESOLVES.
ij/y
“pledge” tor the sake of holding it
in his pocket.
In short, it may ul) be taken to
mean that Livingston’s own pro
gram is to go to the Senate, and
to have Womack take UU place for
Congress.
Flic at LaCrotse.
Yesterday mornipg about ten
o'clock H. H. Singletary's ginnery
at LaCrosse in Schley county
caught fire from either friction or
matches. The circumstances are
these: There were eight or Jten
bales of cotton in the seed iu the
house, and about twenty bales pack
ed and around tbe house that be
longed to tho patrons of the gin.
The alarm of “fire” was sounded
and W. J. Mauk, who Superinten
ded the business, signaled the engi
neer to stop, and at flnoe'leaped in
to the lint room and gathered up
in his arms about two thirds of the
lint that lay before the two gins,
and rushed to the door with It,
while the flames were surrounding
him, and out he went to the ground
ten feet below. Antone McCreary,
who was in attendance, tried to
throw out the rest, but the fire was
too warm for him, and by the aid
of handy buckets and barrels of
water, and the rain that was (lour
ing down at the time, was ail that
saved the entire outfltfromdestruc
tion.
Mr. Mauk was badly burned in
tbe face and will suffer much, and
the loss to B. J. Grantham of one
half bale cotton is ail.
It Protests Against tho Action of tho
County Alliance lu Opposing Gor
don.
Special to Recorder.
Atlanta, Oct. 3.—Edgewood
Alliance, In DeKaib county, resolv
ed to-day against the action of the
eounty Alliance in opposing Gor
don. The following resolutions
were adopted:
Whereas, The county Alliance of
DeKaib county,ut its sessjon yester
day, passed a resolution dictating
to Democratic Representatives iu
General Assembly, how they should
vote for United (states Senator.
Therefore, be it
Resolved, That such action does
not reflect our sentiments, nor as
we believe the sentiments of true
Alliancemcn of this county,and we
hereby enter our solemn protest
against such a resolution. We urge
our brother Aliiauceiueu every
where to pause and consider,
whether this discussion,a sub-treas
ury plan aud senatorial matter, is
not for the purpose of divertiugat
tention from the operations of the
West Point Terminal tq con
trol the next General Assem
bly of Georgia and prevent the pas
sage of any law carrying into
effect the provisions of constitution
to
HINES ANNOUNCES. ALLIANCEMEN ARISE!
WASHINGTON COUNTY ALLIANCE
BRINGS HIM OUT.
His Name Will be Formally Declared in
a Day or Bo—The Judge Consents.
GORDON’S HOME COUNTY Win
NOT SUPPORT HIM.
special to Recorder.
Atlanta, Oct. 8—Judge Jas. If.
Hines announce^ to-night that he
will permit the use of his name ns
a candidate for the Senaie.
This announcement hinges upon
the action takeq to-day by the
Washington county Alliance, in
doming him as their choice, aud
asking him directly to he their stun
dard bearer.
As soon as this information
reached Atlanta The Recorder
correspondent called upon Judge
Htnesat the Kimball Houbb and
pressed him for a reply.
“I shall permit the use of my
name,” was all lie would say for
publication.
He will be awaited ou by a com 1
rnittee to-morrow, and then formal
ly accept the nomination.
Tile ice is broken at last. This is
the first definite announcement
agaiust Gordon.
A SCOOP.
Winch a Molecule is Magnified Into
a Monster.
against unjust discrimination as
freight rates. It is well to pause
and exauiue why certain Alliance
officials, who are making war on
our fellow countryman, confer so
frequently with West Point Ter
minai officials.
Resolved, That we insist upon or
county Alliance maintaining par
amount allegiance to the cardinal
principals of the organisation and
an unyielding opposition to seduc
tive influences of the monopolies
aud Wall street combinations.
SENATORIAL TALK.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
By reference to a special from
Preston it will be keen that the
friends of Hon. J. P. Walker, Sena
tor elect from the 12th district, will
press his claims for the Presidency
of the Senate. They claim that Sir.
Walker's legislative experience
well fits him for the position, and
that Southwest Georgia lias too
long been ignored In the positions
of honor, and it is time it was rec
ognized. There is certainly justice
in these claims, aud for this reason
The Recorder would be pleased
to see Mr. Walker’ elected to tbe
Presidency of the Seua’e, aud It
asks in behalf of thijs section his
support by tho HenatOrs from this
section.
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Gordon Believed to be Defeated and
Beady to Give Dp.
Special to Recorder.
Atlanta, Oct. 8.—There is a lot
of irresponsible talk now about
Northen being a probability in the
Senatorial race. Political wise
acres have it that this is an indica-
tion that Gordon has made up his
mind to come out, and to throw his
strength to Northen.
I shouldn’t be surprised,” re
marked a prominent AUianceman
this morning, “if that is wbat Gor
don will try, or is trying to do. Ev-
erybody conceeds now that his vote
cannot elect him Senator, but that
if it goes almost solidly
some good Alliancstnau Gor
don may win a half victory
by naming the man. That’s taking
time by the fore-lock, »nd Gordon
strength may be placed yet as the
balance of power. But I don’t be
lieve the AUianceuien will consent
to any such program. I believe the
Alliauce caucus here in Atlanta,
after tho legislature meets, will de
cide absolutely, without let or him
drance from Gordo.u or Gordon's
friends. They have fought a good
fight, and won the victory. It
would be stupid to leave the enemy
witli the advantage and with all tho
spoils, after the victory is won.
don't believe they will do it.”
FELTON COUNTY'S PRIMARY.
On tho 14th of this month occurs
the primary election for county of
ficers In Fulton. It will be a close
light, and the result is doubtful
now. Ou one side are tho “lua”--
tho officers elected, in most in
stances, just after war, and who
have been in ollico ever since. On
the other side are a lot of lot of new
candidates, practically in combina
tion against the “ins.” The most
interesting light will be that for the
sheriff’s office. It is worth $20,000 or
$25,000 a year. The old tickets
headed by Capt. A. N. G; Perker-
son; the new by Captain Jim Mor-
row. These are two of tbe strong
cst men in the county.
THE COMING MAYOft.
And it looks like Alderman H. G.
Hutchison is to be the next mayor
of Atlanta. “There’s many a
slip,” etc., but that’s the outlook
now,
GILREATH-C0BB.'
A Marriage Tuesday Night In the Citjr.
Last night Mr. 'A. H. Gilreath
and Miss Lilly Cobb were united in
the holy bonds of matrimony at the
residence of Mr. Tom Cobb In this
city.
The ceremony was solemnly and
appropriately periormed by llov.
Mr. WilliamBon of the East Amer-
ieus church.
There was a large party of friends
and relatives present. The groom
is the efficient superintendent of
the gas works, and is very popular.
Tiie bride is an estimable young
lady aud has a host of friends in the
city who wish for her and her com
panion a happy voyage through
life.
If there is anything which morti
lies a Recorder reporter it is to
find that an important item of news
has escaped his drag net. It was
therefore, with humiliation that be
yesterday morning read in the issue
of a contemporary a column sensa
tional article giving the details of
horrible outrage perpetrated upon
a long suffering public by that
gigantic monoply, the Central rail
road, by taking out its telephones
and thereby preventing the anxious
inquirers from asking the agent
what time the ten o’clock train left,
Afraid to face his chief, after be
ing thus so ingloriously scooped
the scribe sauntered down to the
CentFal depot, iu the hope that he
also might tumble on some other
outrage of the railroad octopus
which had escaped the eagle eye of
his rival. As he entered the office
he was confronted with what to his
heated imagination was a spectral
telephone on the wall in the space
where the material reproducer of
the human voice was wont to hang.
It was only by actual touch and the'
sound of the bell that he was made
to realize that he as well as the
telephone was in the land of the
living.
With reportoiial instinct be in
terviewed Agent Maxwell and
astonished that official by inquiring
when the instrument was replaced
The interview elicited the fact that
the telephone had never been re
moved, and no order had ever been
issued for its removal. It was true
that for Beveral days it had been
in the same condition that a ma
jority in the city are to-day, in
such poor order that no definite
BoumlJwaB reproduced, and for that
reason all communication through
it was impossible.
The relievod reporter wended his
way back to face his chief with a
clear oonseienee, and as he walked
along came to the conclusion that
it was better to know a small
amount of facts than so much that
was not true.
THE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BURGLAR,
Otha Slapp/ Again at bis Old Tricks.
Otlia Slappy, the little seven-
year-old darkey who has commit
ted so many robberies here recently
was arrested to-day on tbe same
charge.
He broke into Hawkins barber
shop Tuesday nfght and stole six
dollars.
Yesterday morning Hawking
notified the police of bis loss. The
little darkey, while pl&ylng with
another boy, dropped the money
on the ground and the other negro
told on him.
He was arrested and part of the
money recovered.
As ho was so small, there being
no house «f correction to which no
could beseut, he was discharged on
condition that he be severely pun
ished at home.
The little fellow looks very inno
cent, and his strnuge mania for
stealing aud his great ingenuity iu
that line is very seldom seen iu
g o young a person.
A Statement That Other Cou' 0 tU» w,.
Follow Their Action, and
feat Gordon.
Hpeclal to Recohdek.
* Atlanta, Oct. 2—To-day J
Alliance of DeKaib called a i U( .J
ing in Decatur, and passed are.J
lution which will castthe two voiJ
of that county agaiust Gordon J
the Senate. It was carried V J
only one dissenting voice.
THE INSTRUCTIONS.
The resolutions instructed
two representatives, T. Y. S u
andW. C. Harris, to vote f ot ,
man unless he Btood squarely up,
the Alliance platform.
will do so.
Both representatives say openlfl
now that they will follow these ij
structions and vote against Gordo]
This action is significant, particJ
larly so,as this, DeKaib, is Gordon!
homo county.
THE SENATOR ALSO.
Tbe Alliance Senator from i
district will also vote against G
don. A prominent and entire
trustworthy Alliauceman is respi
sibie for the statement that t
County •Alliances of Fulton
Clayton counties will take similj
action tomorrow.
A BENEVOLENT ORDER,
Application for ■ Charter for a i
tion for the Protection of the I
Men.
P. L. Mackay and others hil
made application for a charter|
incorporate a body known as t
“Benevolent Railway Order j
Track and Bridge Foremen c
United States of America."
The main office is to be local
here in Amerious, aud t
of the organization ia the protect^
of track and bridge men alio
the union.
It will do doubt accomplish moj
good among those classes of t
great industry of railroading.
Building end Improving Biuii
Houses.
The work of building new l
ness houses and improving tin
already standing is an import
factor in the business flnterestsj
the city.
Nothing adds more to theapi
once of a city and better s
business of a city than haniso
business houses.
The enlarged business ot |
firms and the coming in el i
firms demand more room and i
stores.
A great deal of building ha*
done; a great deal is now g
still more is being arranged for, j
the rapidly growing population i
fill the new ones as they haved|
the others and still call for c
The number of stores now s
ing is so inadequate to the neei
the people that tents »nd oil
temporary business houses are I
ed up by enterprising merchant!
The citizens of Amerious, ref
zing the importance of havings
nle room for their own bi»ii|
and offering Inducements to i
comers,are building new slorj-'J
adding to those already finishe^
WOOLFOLK WILL SWING-
He Has Been Sentenced to Be Hti
October 20th.
Special to Recorder.
Perry, Ga., October
Tom Wonlfolk was re-sent'*
to-day by the Superior
Houston county. He is to
October 20th.
Will Be Two Negro'*
Special to RgcoBDRR. ,...
ATLANTA. Oct. «.—»»□
turns from Camden c ^ u “ \j
tbe election of John M. H°
a negro. So there will ■"'
colored member* of thenes ]
lutiire, the other being __,
Crawford, of McIntosh conn f-l
Highest of *11 in Leavening Power.—U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug.
Baki
Powct
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The Celebrated
E. D. ANSLEY ^ ...
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