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--=-== W A Sinn iw>*T VALDOSTA, GA., TU THREE BURNED IN 1 PRISON. ilen Prominently Connected Were Were Placed in the Guard House at Eastman for Disorderly Conduct Building Caught on Fire From the Inside and the Men Were Roasted Alive in the Cell. Eastman, Feb. 12—The Dodge county jail was burned here Friday night, three prominent men of the county meeting death as a result. They had been arrested for being intoxicated on the street, and conAn* ed to jail to sober up. They were E. A. Cooper, Elbert Mullls and John Hart. The Are was discovered about 9 o’clock and* was too far advanced- to be checked. Efforts to rescue the three men were unavailing and when the structure had been reduced to ashes their charred remains were found among the debris. An inquest was held Saturday over the bodies of Cooper Mullie and £lart ^ The verdict was that they had come tc their death by burning, and that the origin of the Are was unknown. The Are started from the inside, about thirty minutes after the last man was put in, and it is supposed that the Are was started by him The jail was a small wooden build' Ing about 15 by 15, and was pratical- demolished in a Bhort time after - the fire started. As soon as the Jftlarm was given the marshals rush ed to the jail, got there too late to give any Hose was im- but the Are had gained too great a , headway before being discovered. A negro in passing.the jail a short while before thq fire was discovered heard calls, and saw a light on the inside, but did not think anything Of It or give any alarm. The Jail is only about 160 yards from the princi pal business street of the town. Men Were Harmless. The men were all regarled as en tirely harmless and perfectly good na* /tured. There is some 'criHci$m of tne town oAlcials. to the effect ih*»t they should not have been put in Jali. it is claimed by the arresting marshal that the men were c nduct ing themselves in such a way as to render it necessary to lock them up. The entire town has been thrown into consternation by this fearful oc currence all of* the men concerned numbering their friends by the score. Saturday morning after the inquest the three charred and fieshloss bod ies were' started to different parts of the county tfo their last resting place 1 followed by numbers of grief strick en friends and relatives. CENTENNIAL PREPARATION. Christian Church in This Country Preparing for Great Ey^hVS-i’ The Christian chuj^j. ot Disciples of Christ in this country are prepar ing for a great’ Centennial celebration in Pittsburg, Pa:, in. .1909. -to l$09 near that city Thoeu& Campb&l* pub lished his now historic “Declamation and Address” embracing the chief principles for which this religious body stands. The churches are now in the midst of what is known among them as a “Four Years’ Campaign," One Man Burned to I $60,000 Worth Charleston, W. Va„ Feb. 12.— death and a loss of sixty thousand early today at St- Albans, West four stores, three residences and t FEBRUARY 13,1906. and erty Lost. is was burned to caused by a fire he fire destroyed church. Lodge Favors Rate Legislation. Washington, D. C., Feb. 12.-t-Sen.|tor Lodge addressed the senate at length today in support of leablation for the control of leading up to the Centennial celebra-1 railroad rates along the lines of the E®h-Townsend bill of last tlon. session, and said he believed the pra££ice of giving rebates was This people has certainly made a I the most serious of all evils complained of. Me expressed the marvelous growth and now number j op j n j on that only legislation along the lines suggested, could not less than 1.23S.OOO members in ; A , . , . , u this country alone. Their membe.. I government ownership he prevented.- He devided the 476,000 in 1905, 1,238,000. Last year ; grievances against the roads into tQfW classes, viz: Rebates ship throughout the world is not less ■ or discrimination between persons; excessive rates, and discrimi* than i,60u,ooo. In 1832 they number-! nation between localities. The senator quoted statistics show ed 12,000; in 1840, 40,000; in 1880, j that rates are lower in the Unit6^ States than in any other the> raised for all missions $814,5-said that examination ffihowdCT that rebates had for education and benevolence, $4SG,- , ' . , , , , . , J, 4$ . , , , 023, a total of $1,360,650. | been effectively stopped by legislatujfrin other lands, and said The Foreign Christian Missionary government rate-making in these cwfaptries had not lowered association, an organization of this rates but raised them and them made /inelastic: church Joes work in thirteen foreign j countries. It supports 4CC mission- arp worker, 40 schools and colleges over 400 orphans ami 18 hospitals and dispensaries. Last yeart It sent out. sixteen missionaries and its re ceipts amounted to $255,922 a gain of$44,602 over the previous year. The Arst Sunday In March is known as Foreign ^Mission day in this church and an especial active and widespread interest is being taken in the matter this year. It is expected that no less ban $300,000 will be raised. The Christian church In this com munity is making careful preparation to Join with its sister churches throughout the world In one of the largest offerings that has ever been made missions. We have no douvH9^Nxh&regation will give y relief.- The hose was im- in its character! Rtic’llberal way. put in operation and every- — ; \ ilhlo dune to aavb the men, NEW COLONY FOR CHARLTON, . m MUTINY ON MARBLEHEAD. Captain Denies Report that Crew Refuted to Work. 8an Diego, Cal., Feb. 12—It has leaked out here that during her re- r cent trip in southern waters there was a serious mutiny on the cruiser Marblehead, which reached port yesterday under command of Oept. Mulligan. At Pinchlnillnque Bay all of the 325 sailors on board except ten refused to coal the vessel be cause of Insufficient shore leave while at San Francisco, and failure DO take on fresh vegetables at San ’Diego, when going south. It was only when the captain promised to adjust these grievances in future that the men would coal the ship. Borne of the men said today they ha'l not had full shore leave to which they were entitled for nine months. Capt. Mulligan Aatl/ .^denled that there had been any trouble, but sev eral sailors admitted that the facts as state! were correct. 8yrppathy for Russian Jews. Washington, Feb. 12—The house committee on Foreign Affairs today granted a hearing on resolutions for the expression of the sympathy of the house with the suffering Jews of Russia. Simon Wolfe, of Washington, and Representatives GotJfogle and Sulzer were heard in support of the resolu . J: 8ix Thousand Acfes of Land Around Folkston to be Opened up. Folkston, Ga., Feb. 12.—Prof. C. W. Waughtel, of Pennsylvania, has Just closed a deal with T. E. Wain- right for 6,000 acres of land, adjacent to Folkston, and will begin at once to lay off and settle It up. Prof. Waugh tel has had considerable experience in the colony business. He has in his undertaking the advantage of be ing at the county site, with a good system of public schools and church es already established. The land is north and west Folkston, bordering the town on two sides, ahd only about half a mile from the depot. In addition to being near the town, both the main line and the Jesup short line of the At lantic- Coast Line railroad /un through the land. This with the lands on the east side of town, recently purchas ed by Dr. H. A. Canuon of Waycross will open up at once for settlement, about 15,000 acres of land. Railroad Presiden%J)ead. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 12—Majolfohn W. Thomas, of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Loujs Railway, died at his home here this morning, aged 76 years, jrfeart failure was the cause of his death’ He leaves a wife and one son, J, W. Thomas, Jr., general manager of the road. MajQf Thomas was one’of the best known railroad men in the coifihtry. He was a native of this city and bad been connected witli the road since 1858, Six Persons Burned to Death. Portland, Oregon, Feb. 12.—Ajb least six persons were burned to death in a fire that swept tlu commercial district here today, and ten or more ore serirusiJijjj£jured. A number of per sons are reported missini fijF •DEAF MUTE” TALKED PLAINLY. HI, Beggar Causes Surprise With ; Voice and Pile of Money. Macon, Feb. 12.—J. N. Youtshe a cpie-lefeged white man, who has been begging on the streets here, on the claim of being a deaf mutte, caused some surprise in police court Saturday morning by speaking out in natural tones, the same as other peo’ pie. '‘Do you want a lawyer?” asked the judge when he was arraigned at the bar. “Yes; and a good one, too,” replied the defendant. He created another surprise when the lawyer arrived, by bringing forth a small tin box, that had been stored in the interminable depths Of his rag ged clothes from which he counted $40, the amount of the lawyers 1 fee. In all he had nearly one hundred dol lars stored away in the recepptacle. He also had a deposit check from a Missouri bank for nearly a thousand He is being held on suspicion of being implicated in the several bank robberies that have occurred In this section, the worst of which was at Forsyth. A man named Taylor was arrested in Savannah a few days ago, and identlAed as vine of the robbers and also identlAed ns one who had been begging on the streets here un der the claim of being a deaf route. TWO CENTS A MILE IN OHIO. Bill Chicago, Feb. 12.—A theater train dn the Pennsylvania road, running twenty miles an hour, crashed into a crowded street car in South Chicago late last night, killing three passengers in the street car and injuring twelve others. The blame for the acci dent is placed on the street car crew. Put Obstruction on Track. L08T FORTUNE IN TORRENT \ Burros With $10,000 in Bullion Pre cipitated Into River. El Paso, Tex., Feb. 12.—The Gua dalupe de Los Reyes Mining Co. has Just suffered the loss of $10,000 of gold and silver bullion in a remark able manner. A train of burros loaded with bul lion were on their way to Mazatan at which point the precious cargo was to be shipped to San Francisco by boat. The little animals were winding their way along the narrow trail bordering high above the Pi- axtat river, when the roadway which had been softened by the tropical rains, suddenly caved into the river. The mules and bullion and a num ber of the Mexican drivers disap peared completely in the raging tor rent, and all were lost. Famous Pianist Disappears. Chicago*, Feb. 12.—Mrs. Fannie BloomAeld-Seeister, the world-famed pianist, has disappeared from her home and the police have been ask ed to search for her. She has been suffering tor some time past with at tacks of melancholia. Her family is apprehensive that harm has befallen her. Earthquakes-In Michigan. Calumqt, Mich., Feb. 12—Three dis tinct earthquake shocks were felt throughout the lake copper district today. One of them shook buildings considerably. No explanation is of* fered as to the cause of the shocks. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 10.—A north-bound passenger train on the Illinois Central was derailed thirty miles north of Nashville last evening. Three trainmen and sipc passengers were injured, none fatally. It is believed the wreck was caused by an ob struction purposely placed on the tr. L#ll Turks and Servians Fight. Belgrade, Servia, Feb. 12.—A serious fight occurred in old Servia between the Turkish troops and two Servian bands, near the village of Nikujan. The Turks, who were attacked lost forty men killed and wounded. Servians idst eighteen. . “ V 1 ' SHILOH 8CHOOL TO CELEBRATE I WANT8 NIAGARA 8AVED. A Voting Contest and Animal Hunt Are on the Program. Hahlra, Ga., Feb. 12—'The patrons pupils, and teachers of Shiloh school are anticipating an enjoyable event Thursday night, Feb. 22—Washing ton’s birthday. Rev. L. R. Christie, has agree to go and make an address. Those come and make us an address. Those who heard Rev. Christie when he was at Shiloh before, will rejoice In hav ing an opportunity to^hear him again. After the exercises by the children of the school and the address by Rev. Christie, there will be a voting contest, the votes to be cast for the pretties girl and the ugliest boy. The girl, receiving most voteB, will get a cup, the boy receiving tho most votes will receive a cake of soap. The condition in voting will be that the voter will pay ten cents for each vote cast. He may vote as many tiroes as he wishes, so long as he pays ten cents for each vote. Another feature of the evening will be an animal hunt for the young folk* for which there Is no charge. All are cordially invited to come and see what it is. Look In the next Tues day’s Times for the program. Midshipman Merriwether Pardoned. Washington, Feb. 12—The presi dent has pardoned Midshipman Min* or Meriwether, of Louisiana, who was convicted of hazing and sentenc ed to dismissal. Ohio Legislator’s Resolution Indorses Roosevelt—Asks Treaty. Columbus, O., Fob. 12.—Senator B. F. Goyinon, Democrat, offered In the Senate today a Joint resolution in dorsing President Roosevelt's efforts to preserve Niagara Falls, urging him to negotiate a treaty with Great In 'furtherance of this and declar ing “that in his determination to prevent the destruction of Niagara Falls by commercial vandals. Pres* Iddntj Roosevelt is entitled to the encot ragement and support of every patriotic citizen of the United States end j ftutt the General Assembly of the f Jate of Ohio in this manner Jolnii the universal protest against the destruction of this mighty cat- aract COWS FOR CONSUMPTION CURE. Beht therl Agri his Parii, Von Behring Discusses Plan to Mske Children Immune. Bfc-lln, Feb. 12—Prof. Emil von ng the discoverer of the dlph- serum, aJdressing the German ultural council today announced ietermlnation to adhere to the resol jtion which he promulgated in of keeping his tuberculosis remedy secret till Autumn. H« discussed his method of pre venting consumption by immunizing milch cows. Hie theory is that chil dren fed on milk from cows rendered immune through his treatment be come themselves Immune. Governor Signs Railroad Fare Passed by Legislature. Columbus, O., Fob. 12.—Governor Patterson this afternoon, signed the Freiner two-cent fare bill, which was accepted by the Senate today, and it is now a law that will go into effect in thirty Jays. The law pro vides that two cents a mile shall be the maximum rate charged for trans porting passengers on the railroads of Ohio tor all distances In exc$fS of Ave miles. Only one vote was recorded arinft tho now law. | * Distinguished Catholic Bishop Dead. Birmingham, Ala., Feb) 12—Itov. Henry Meurer, dean of the Catholic denomination of Northern Alabama, died today after a long illness, aged 64 years. New Postmaster for Palm Boach. Washington, Feb 12—Tho presi dent today sent to the senate the nomination of J. C. Stowers as post master at' West Palm Beach, Fla. BROTHERS KILLED AT PARTY. and Orrin McDuffie Are Shot Dead by Joe Watts. Boys Aged 19 and 16 Were at tho Gate of Josto Hearn, In Wilcox County, When a Quarrel Ensued and Both Were Shot Down by tho Man With Whom They Quarreled. . Rocheflle, Ga., Feb. 1 2—At the home of Jesse Hearn, 1 mile north of Rochelle, at 12 o'clock Saturday nigh* Joe Wntts shot and Instantly klled D. S. McDuffie, Jr., and OHn B. Mc Duffie, sons of D. S. McDuffie, aged 19 and 16. They were nt file gftto leaving for home from n party. A few words passed between Watts nn;i the elder McDuffie, when Watts shot both through the heart, killing them Inj slantly. Watts fled and Is nov pursued by the sheriff with hounds. The McDuffies nuntly connected. Great and indignation prevails. Relatives and friends of men have already offered of $150. Up to thla boor not been captured. Joe Watts was seen, afternoon at Pope City, tlnn of the Hawklnsvllli Southern railway, and Wilcox county, whet was' committed and i\re In hot pursuit, ant he will be captured, being made both by tht officers to effect the am ltlve. No definite Ini be had ua.toAhe I murder, 'but It le thought originate!] over some oM\ ftied. It !• soft that all three boys were reared up near each other. The McDuffie brothers ldere- shot down la the presence of their two sisters, who narrowly escaped flying bullets. A great deal of otcltement prevails In the county, as both fami lies are prominent Plas-tl-co at Harleys. V^cMl taking 'Powdei Absolutely Pure A GRAPE CREAM OF TARTAR BAKING POWDER It makes the most delicious and healthful hot breads, biscuit and cake FREE FROM ALUM, LIME OR PHOSPHATIC ACID , S3 Alum baking powders are unhealthful. Do not use them for raising food under any circumstances. So detrimental are alum baking powders considered, that in most foreign countries their sale is prohibited. In many States in this country the law com pels alum powders to he branded to show that they contain this dangerous acid, while in the District of Columbia, Congress ' has prohibited the sale of all food that contains alum. Alum baking powders are sold to consumers at from io cents a pound to 25 ounces for 25 cents, or 25 cents a pound, and when not branded may generally be distinguished by their price. _ % 1 /