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NEW SERIES VOL. XXXI.
SANDERSVILLE GEORGIA THURSDAY, JANUARY 28. 1904.
NO. 4
Five Carloads
THREE ARE KILLED
AND MANY INJURED
Aooidtnt on tho Burlington
and Quincy Bond.
I have just received three cars of
wagons.
. And two Cars of...
TRAINS COLLIDE IN SNOWSTORM.
Denver Express Which Had Stopped
at Tank to Take Water Is Run Into
by Accommodation Train—List of
Dead and Injured.
Rt. Louie, Jan. 28.—During a blind
ing snowstorm an accommodation
train on the main line of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy road crashed
Into a through train known as the
Denver Eipress hound for St. Louis,
which had stoppod last night to take
water from a tank at Carden Creek,
40 miles north of this olty.
Threo dead bodies were taken from
the wreck and with four Injured wore
brought to St. Louis over the Mis
souri, Kunsaa and Toxas on a relief
train. Beven others are reported to
have been injured, one is missing a:
it is believed that more will be found
under the debris. The dead:
K. William Conover, Denver, Colo.
Elmer English, Macon, Mo.
Benjamin Bennett, negro porter, St.
Louis, Mo.
The injured: ■> i,r
George Boberer, Quincy, 111., slight
ly wounded.
J. M. Barbee, address not known,
bruised and internally Injured.
William Davis, Cincinnati, internal
Injuries.
Dr. Edward B. Clements, Macon,
Mo., ankle fraotured and Internal In
juries.
Those missing:
Engineer John Nunns, of the accom
modation, Hannibal, Mo.
The rear end of tho Denver express
wes standing on the bridge over Oar-
den creek, when the crash came. The
bridge and accommodation train took
fire from the demolished locomotive
ana burned, the loss of the bridge tern'
porarily blockading trafflo.
The rear car of the Denver Bxpreea
was the Denver sleeper. It is said
that most of those killed and serious
ly injured were in this car.
The express train was running be
hind time because of a blinard, which
also necessitated stopping at the Gar
den tank for water.
The dense snowstorm cut off the
signal lights from view of the engi
neer on the local train.
The seven injured who were not
brought to 8t. Louis were not serious
ly hurt, and were cared for elsewhere.
A corps of men and several physi
cians remained at the wreck all night
searching the debris for possible dead
•r injured persons.
STUDENTS HOLD TRIAL.
Hsmlet Tried at Yale Law School Be
fore Student Jury.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 2li.—Hamlet
has been tried at tho Yale Law school
before a Jury of students and narrow
ly escaped theoretical conviction on
the charge of having murdered Polonl-
FIRB LOSS OF $228,000.
Judge Epaphodltus presided o.ver the
eourt, ana assisted in the effort to
solve tho question whether Hamlet
killed Polonlus with mallco after
thought or was suffering from Insan
ity.
After lengthy, arguments the case
was submitted to the Jurymen who
remained out 20 minutes. Foreman
Roraback, center of the football team;
then announced that there was no
hope for an agreement. Later it
was learnsd that Juror Leach, of Glov-
ervtlle, N. Y. ( hung the Jury and de
clared he would hold out Indefinitely.
The final ballot stood nine for convic
tion for murder in tho first degree,
two for conviction of manslaughter
and one for acquittal.
THREATENED PASTORS’ LIVES.
Warned to Leave Town Within 8tated
Tims or Will Be Murdered.
New York, Jan. 20.—The Rev. John
J. Cross, assistant rector of St. Pe
ter's Episcopal church at Port Ches
ter and ths Rev. Vincent Clgliano, who
conducts an Itallsn mission connected
wlUi the First Presbyterian church
there, have turned over to the chief
of police two letters received by them
in which their lives are threatened.
Ths ministers are warned to leave
Port Chester within 16 days or they
will be murdered.
The missives evidently were the
work of the same hand. Neither of
the clergymen can assign any reason
why their lives should be threatened
The police so far have been unable
to procure any clew to the writer, but
the affair seriously because of tho re
cent cases of threatening letters
and about New York.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Wholesale District In Louisville, Ky.,
Suffers Da mags.
Louisville, Jan. 20.—Fire today de
stroyed the Goddard Mercantile ware
house, entailing losses upon several
wholesale firms aggregating about
$225,000. Tho fire caused a slight
panic among the guests of the Galt
House, which, fortunately, did not re
mit In harm to anybody. The princi
pal losers are:
W. R. Benodict, wholes*#) coffee,
$50,000.
A. Englehart company, wholesale
coffee, $50,000.
H. Wedkind & Co., whoiosnle groc
ers, $40,000.
Torbett & Castleman, molasses, $20,-
000.
Cohen & Co., wholcsal ecommlssion,
$30,000.
Goddard company, building, $50,000.
The fire was fought with great ri
culty by the entire department. Tho
clouds of smoke sweeping east In the
direction of the Galt House and the
glare of flames In tho windows, creat
ed much excitement among the guests
and for a time a panic was feared.
People rushed from tholr rooms into
tho corridors and the rotunda cloth
ed only In night clothing, but they
were quickly reassured by the bell
boys and the clerk that the hotel build
ing waa not threatened.
It was some time before the peo
ple could be quieted.
Tno lire Is believed to have been
caused by spontaneous combustion.
A QUESTION OF COLOR.
STUPIDITY OF SHEEP.
The Matter of Ilelortit Didn’t Seem to
Flgnre In tlie Scheme.
The young man considers lihnself a
man of resources, although lie is not as
sure about It now ns he was a few
(lays ago. lie 1ms been very attentive
to a certain young Indy, nml lie was
calling on her at the lime that lie par
tially lost confidence In his resourceful
mind.
It Is unnecessary to narrate what
passed between them upon tho oecn-
Bion In question, but nt the time the
young Indy’s sister entered the room
lie was in the act of folding the young
indy to ids manly bosom.
Of course lie desisted at once, ns
young men generally do under such
circumstances, but be wns not em-'
DOG GUARDED DYING MASTER.
THE SCHAEFER MURDER.
which will
prices.
be sold at short crop
Coroner's Vsrdlct Will Probably Ba
Reachad Soon.
Bedford, Ind., Jan. 26.—Coroner
Plumber’s verdict In the Schaefer
murder case is expected before the
end of tho week. It probably will
be murder at the hands of an un
known person. Tho result of the au
topsy conducted by Drs. Emory and
Freeland, ovor Miss Schaefer’s body,
says:
"Tho body and clothing dirty and
wet. Overshoes were on common
No. 2 shoes. Stomach filled with
food. No digestion had taken place.
Head had large. Irregular bruise over
left eye, laying bare tho skull. This
blow stunned, but did not kill. Skull
fractured back of and above right ear.
The wound over left eye contained
cinders, ooal and dirt. Cut above
left ear and also directly on back ot
head. 8kull fractured at this wound.
The wound over the left eye was 3
inches long and 2 inches wide. A
■mall wound 1 inch long above this
wound. Another wound 4 inches
long above left ear, nearly on top
of head. One sandy hair about 2
Inches long was taken from right
hand, presumably a mustache hair.
The weapon used was blunt."
The Bedword committee on public
safety consisting of Mayor Smith,
President Lowe, of the school board,
and Olln Untidy, an attorney, met to
day to arrange for the continuance of
tho search for the murderer of Miss
Schaefer.
The feeling hero grows more Intense
as days go by with no apparent sue-
cess toward the apprehension of the
murderer. The authorities are Id
communication with other detectives
who will assist Detective Halpin, of
Chicago, who Is In charge of ths se-
erst work.
Tonight the authorities will call to
gather all the newspaper correspon
dents and order that there be no pub
lication of confidential matter that
might interfere with the work. Pros
ecutor Miller said tho next grand Jury
which meets within three weeks, also
twill go to work on the murder.
The public schools of Bedford open
ed this morning for the first time
since the murder. The high School
where Miss Schaefer taught will not
resume for ten days.
LOUIS COHEN.
Automobile Boat for Emperor,
Bristol, R. I.. Jan. 26.—An automo
bile loit for the German emperor de
signed by Charles Herresof, will be
built by a company here. Several
boats now unitor construction have
been examined by the designer.
By the decision of Judge Garland
8. Ferguson In New Hanover superior
court in the trial of Shell Terry for
murder only free holders can occupy
the Jury box In North Carolina in cap
ital cases.
The supreme court of Mississippi de
clared against the sale of tho South
erns Itla Bena branch to the Yazoo
and Mississippi Valley.
A vagrancy law modeled after the
Calvin law of G- orgla wns paused by
the Mississippi house.
The senate heard further discussion
an the questions of appointments to
office made during congressional re-
ccsB, listened to a speech on the Isth
mian canal question by Mr. Morgan
and parsed a number of bills of a
semi-public character.
The grand Jury at Chicago Investi
gating the Iroquois theater calamity
has made Its report, holding Mayor
Harrison, the owners, manager and
employes of the theater for action of
the grand Jury.
J. K Sartaln, of Chlckamauga, Ga.,
has been Instrumental In exposing s
laud company, with headquarters at
Minneapolis, Minn., which is adver
tising "homes for our poor In South
America."
The trial of August Machen and his
alleged accomplices In the postal
fronds has entered on Its third week.
It is thought that the government will
close Its case today.
President Roosevelt has appointed
H. Smith Wooley, a former bishop of
the Mormon church, to be assayer of
the mtut at Boise City, Idaho.
The house passed the army appro
priation bill, carrying approximately
$76,000,000, after adopting a number
of amendments.
The Interstate Association ot
National Guard officers Is In session
at St. Augustine, General Charles
Dick, presiding.
Rumor is published In London that
further cabinet resignations are like
ly. Lord LanRdowne Is mentioned as
one of those who will resign.
it Is said that ths rebellion of the
natives in German Southwest Africa
U due to the rapacity of German tra
ders.
The FIJI Islands have been swept by
a hurricane which destroyed entire
villages.
Umbrella Mender Found In His ‘‘Sleep
ing Car" Desperately III.
Greensboro, Ga., Jan. 26.—An um
brella mender who came to Greensboro
Jan. 15, supposed to be Wendel Peter
son, with heudquarters in Birmingham,
was found In a dying condition with
pneumonia In Ills covered wagon,
which he styled the "Sleeping Car
Caiolina.”
Since he has been here he has fed
his horbe each day at a local stable.
When he did not come around the
proprietor of the stable went to the
"sleeping car.” He found the door se
curely locked and heard labored
breathing on the Inside.
He got the town marshal, and he,
with the assistance of several others,
broke Into the car. Their entrance
was little approved by a bull dog that
the man had locked up with him. Tho
dog was finally overpowered and th*
man gotten out.
He had some deposit slips from a
Birmingham bank, $250 In bills In a
bag tied to his person, $20 In bills In
hts sleeping car and $5 in silver In
his pockctbook.
He is a German evidently, but Is a
naturalized American citizen, as pa
pers of naturalization were found In
his car, bignod by the secretary of
slate of the United States.
The doctors think ho has pnoumo
n'a and no hopes for his recovery are
hnd.
Not Entitled to Free Entry.
New York, Jan. 28.—Oader the lat
est ruling of the board of United
Stales general appraiser coal, which
arrived at ports In thU country pro
vlous to Jan. 15, 1903, even though It
was not unloaded until a subsequent
date, Is not entitled to free entry un
dcr the new entry act for rebate ol
duties on coal, signed on that date
This decision has been handed down
in an opinion by Judge Somerville
overruling a protest of Bunker & Co.
of San Francisco, who received a ves
sel containing coal at San Francisco
on Dec. 81, 1902.
SULTAN SPOKE PLAINLY.
Fair
Morocco's Ruler on the World's
at St. Loul9, Me
St. Louis, Jan. 26.—in the list of
nations which arc to be represented at
the world’s fair by world’s pavilions,
Morroco probably will be missing.
According to Information received
by exposition officials irom Commls
sloner Langerman, who recently re
turned from Morocco, the amount ap
propriated by the sultan waa $60,000
Anent thin appropriation an interest
ing story Is told by Mr. Danfortho, a:-
slctant to the commissioner, whe
quotes the sultan as saying:
“Here is $5,000; take It and do
what you pler.se with” It. I don't
care whether you use It for the world’s
fair or put it in your own pocket,
don’t know wlmre St. Louis is, except
that it is somewhere in the United
States, and I don’t care. Please tell
President Francis, who ever he is, to
stop writing to me letters about his
fair, as I am tired of getting them."
China and Possible Eastern War.
St. Petersburg, Jan. 20.—Referring
to the report of the Intention of Chi
na to remain neutral in case of war
between Russia and Japan the Viedcr
raostl says: “A direct declaration
of war by China would be much pref
erable to dubious neutrality, competl
ing Russia to take the same precau
tions-Xs in war time without permit
ting an invasion of Chinese territory.'
“If war'is declared the Viedmofftl fur
ther asserts, "the question of Manchu
ria could be settled forever by its
annexation as a conquered country.’
Deaths Among Russian Troops.
New York, Jan. 26.—An unnamed
person, who holds large commercial
Interests In Russia, assorts, according
to a Herald dispatch from Berlin, that
the probability of peace In the Far
Bast Is Increased by the numerous
deaths among the Russian troops In
Manchuria. Water and supplies are
asserted to have become scarce and
the hospital service !o alleged to be
unequal to meet the qpaande.
Trial Klshineff Prisoners,
Now York, Jan. 26.—Further trial
of prisoners connected with the Kish
Ineff massacre Is to be resumed says
a Times dispatch from Moscow. The
prisoners indicted were divided Into
three categories. Only the first, com
prising those charged directly with
murder have been tried. The num
ber still awaiting a hearing Is over
200. A formal appeal against thp facts
already delivered has been lodged with
the minister of Justice but the Jews
doubt If the appeal will be successful.
No Truth In Rumors.
London, Jan. 26.—Telegrams from
Lord Londonderry, president of tho
board of trade, say there Is no truth
In the Daily News' statement that fur
ther cabinet resignations ar« lmmi
neat
The Way The«e kxmncrntliislf
Foolish A n I inn I j Court Death.
A sheep herder gives some of bis ex*
porlenc-e In handling slieop on the west
ern ranges In the following:
We have to watch them every min
ute, uml if vigilance Is relaxed for an
instant the entire Hock Is likely to com
mit suicide. In handling most nulmals
roine degree of self help or Intelligence
cun be relied on to aid the owner In
saving their lives, but sheep seein to
set deliberately to work to kill them
selves
If -’aught In n storm on the plains,
they will drift before the wind and die
of cold and exposure lather than move
100 yards to windward to obtain shel
ter In their corral. To drive sheep
bo Trussed—not n bit. j against the wind Is absolutely lmpos-
The young lady’s sister said. "Excusel slide. I once lost over 1,000 head be-
mo." and started to leave the room,| cause I could not drive them to n cor-
when his resourceful mind began to
work. lie felt thnt ho ought to say
something and say It right away.
"Don’t go,” he said; "we’ve Just been
measuring to see which one Is the
taller."
She paused In the doorway and look
ed ot them Intently.
You’re both about tho same height,”
she said quietly, "hut sister is much
tho redder."
Then she went out, and ho was em
barrassed-just n little.—New York
Times.
SLEEPY WASHINGTON.
The
Home Bound After Theater
Crowd In the Capital.
There Is oue peculiarity of Wash
ington I have noticed,” said a traveling
man nt an uptown hotel, "and thnt Is
the absence of after theater crowds on
the streets and In the cafes. In many
big cities the hours from 11 to 12:30
o’clock arc among the gnyest of the
day, the streets are thronged with peo
ple hurrying to the cafes for a bite and
a sup nnd emerging afterward to stroll
slowly home or to the cars.
"These midnight cafe crowds are Jol
ly folks. They Reem to be less restrain
ed tlinn nt other hours of the day, when
bent upon tho same mission of eating,
Porlinps It Is the music nnd the lights
and the Bohemian atmosphere suggest
ed by the midnight hour. I will not
deny that It Is In n measure demoraliz
ing. 1 am sure 1 would not want my
two sisters of eighteen nnd twenty
years to he In the crowd.
I notice In Washington that ns soon
as tho theaters Tot out’ the people make
a break for home. They are anxious
to got the first car that comes along
nnd won’t wait a moment, hut would
rather hang to a strap.
“Washington is a frightfully dull
place nt night. I hate to get liung up
hero overnight. But I suppose it’s n
good thing for the young folks thnt the
town Is a little slow.” — Washington
Star.
WHISTLING JUGS.
Carious 11 pile* of a Very Ancient
Drinklnff CnatoiM.
Whistling Jugs are curious relics of
a very ancient drinking custom. All
the northern nations set great stress
upon n man's power to take off his
liquor without putting down tho glass
or honker, and in Saxon graves old ale
buckets have been found made without
rnl 200 feet away.
In the corral they are still more fool
ish. If a storm comes up, they all
move "down wind” until stopped by
tho fence. Then commences tho pro
ceeding so much dreaded by sheepmen,
known us "piling.” The sheet) "’ill
climb over one another's hacks until
they are heaped up ten feet high, Of
course all those on the bottom are
smothered. Not one lias sense enough
lo seek shelter under the lee of the
fence, ns a horse or dog would do.
Again, If a sheep goU Into quick-
sand Its fate teaches nothing to those
thnt come Immediately after, but the
whole flock will follow the leader to
destruction. No more exaspcratiugly
stupid animal than a sheep walks.
A RABBIT CAT.
The Manx Tnlllc>is Feline \Vn> Once
a .Senconxt Freak.
It seoms probable that the tailless
Manx cats originally came from Corn
wall, They managed to survive longer
as n distinct breed In the Isle of Mau
than In Cornwall, the predominance of
the common tailed eat being of course
aided In the latter district by the fact
that, although remote, It Is part of the
mainland of England, whereas new
eats could be carried to the Isle of
Man only by son. The Manx cut which
first attracted modern attention wns a
very different nnlninl from the vari
ously colored specimens which now
take prizes nt cat shows. It wns al
ways of the color of a linre nud hnd
fur like n linre.
Like n hare, too, it always moved Its
hind legs together. Its chief food wns
crabs caught on the beach, and when
transported Inland from the seaeoasts
it very seldom, If ever, survived long.
No cat of tills kind has been seen for
many years in the Isle of Mnn, though
tliero arc plenty of tailless cats, Its
crossed descendants, to he purchased
there. Wherever It origlnully came
from, the Cornish or Manx eat was
more nearly a separate species than
any kind of show eat now existing.
It wns n sen coast animal, with fur,
color, absence of tall nnd method of
locomotion obviously adapted by the
Inheritance of ages to Its hnblt of
catching crabs and other small life be
hind the ebbing tide.
To Avoid a Tie Vote.
In the history of our comic literature
there have been many genuine “Irish
i hulls” recorded, but rarely one that Is
foot or stand, so thnt the drinker could| Q f a neater brand than that encounter-
not rest them upon the hoard until I P j „t a political gathering on Locust
ed. street above Broad, in Philadelphia,
they were emptied.
But even nfter that wns accomplish
ed the hardy drinker was expected
still to hnve brenth to spare, and the
whistling jugs, n comparatively mod
ern invention, were Intended to Indi
cate this. Many of them were made
by German silversmiths—though they
ure nlso to ho seen In earthenware—
during the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, nnd their form was such
that when the contents of tho jug had
been Imbibed n whistle wns uncov
ered through which the drinker might
blow if he were able.
Tlie most advanced type of nil had
a little windmill besides the whistle,
which worked n dlnl showing the pow
er of the blow. Sometimes an ordinary
whistle wns lnid on the table nnd won
by the last tosspot who could get a
sound from It.—Pearson’s.
Rejected Willi Scorn,
A certuln social organization called
tho Young Woman’s club found itself
In difficulties after the lapse of some
twenty years. The “young” women
were no longer rightly named.' Mr.
William H. C. me, the actor, was once
consulted by sonic charming girls In
regard to (In* name of their prospective
club. Their object, they wrote, was the
building of character. They wished
that to he suggested In the title nnd
also the fact that they were unuiar
rled. Mr. Crane replied that lie had u
name for the club, “the Building and
Lone association.”
The Matinee Girl.
The matinee girl existed as early ns
the eighteenth century. In Japan girls
in those days used to throw their fans
nnd purses at the feet of the “leading
man” ns lie minced along "the flow’er
walk” to the stage. Pictures of thf.se
"heroes" were mi early product of Jap
ancse wood engraving, nud these por
traits were secret treasures of many
maidens.
says the Record of that city. A con
vention of delegates had been called to
revise the rules of the party, and in or
der to expedite matters n delegnto
moved that a committee of fifteen bo
appointed to draft tho proposed rules.
Before this was adopted nnother dele
gate suggested that a committee of fif
teen would he unwieldy and proposed
nn amendment reducing the number to
eight. This was agreed to, but before
Its adoption nil aged delegate, with a
rich Milesian brogue, arose and sol
emnly proposed, "Mlsther Chalrmnn, I
move yer that the committee be in-
er'nsed to nolue, so that in case of a
toio vote there’ll be a mnjarity of wan."
Not Without Distinction.
A note of family pride was struck
in the conversation between three small
Heading hoys the other day. The parts
played by their respective grandfathers
In the civil war were being depicted by
two of the hoys in vivid colors. The
career of each, It seemed, hnd been
halted by confinement In southern pris
ons, nnd It wan on the latter fact that
the lads laid particular stress. The
third youth, unable to match these re
citals with any military achievement of
his own forefathers, preserved nn envi
ous silence for awhile nnd then, not to
he outdone, said disparagingly:
"Why, that's not so much. My Un
cle. Bill wns in Jail n long time, and he
wns never In the army nt all!"—Phila
delphia Ledger. «
The Will Wna There.
He—So your husband lias given up
smoking? It requires a pretty strong
will to accomplish that. She—Well,
I'd havo you understand that I have
a strong will!—New Yorker.
llnneceaaary Fear.
The Lawyer—I’m nfrnld I’m going
blind. The Friend—Never mind, old
mnn. So long ns you retain your sense
of touch you’ll be all right.—Judge.
Worry, whatever its source, weakens,
takes away courage and shortens life.
Four Kind* of Liars.
Tlie late Sir Frederick Brainwell wns
famous both ns a witness and arbi
trator In engineering disputes. It is re
called that his brother, the late Lord
Justice Brainwell, on giving advice to
a young barrister told him to be care
ful of four kinds of witnesses—first,
of the liar; second, of the liar who
could only be adequately described by
the aid of a powerful adjective; third,
of the expert witness, and, finally, of
"my brother Fred.”
The Surgeon's Charges.
“I bear you’re dissatisfied with your
doctor’s bill.”
"Yes. I don’t think he’s entitled to
$250 for thnt operation.”
"Why not?”
"Because if he was he’d claim more."
—Philadelphia Ledger.
People grow old by thinking them
selves old. As surely ns they think
this It will come true, for thought Is
creative. . . ...
