Georgia Historic Newspapers

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Atlanta SfUfnal.
VOL. IV.
TEXAS TRAIN BURNS;
MANY LIVES LOST
■Southern Pacific Passen
| ger Train Goes Into a
| Ditch and IsTotal
| ly Destroyed.
■ DBNVER. Colo . March 7—A special to
■he Post from El Paso. Tex . says: News
■eas received here early today that the
■Oelveston, Harrisburg and San Anronio
■>essenger train, due here At 7 o'clock.
Kras wrecked near a small station named
■Maxon, about 30 miles this side of San
■iersor.. Tex. Only meager reports have
Kaached here, but it is reported 38 ara
■ id and as many more injured. ,
■ The wreck occurred at 3:30 o’clock, and
Kras caused by a broken rail. Every car
Ka the train was ditched, except one prl-
Kate car. and they immediately caught
■ire and burned. The station agent at Ta-
Kor, seven miles away, saw the light of
■he burning train and went to the scene
Ks fast as a hand car could take him. On
■caching the wreck a a lid scene greeted
who were able to get out '
running hither and thither, frantic
Ki their efforts to rescue those who were
the burning cars. It is thought that
■ew passengers in the day coaches were
■aved. as both cars were" piled on top of j
■he baggage and express cars, and were j
■he first to catch fire.
■ The Pullman and tourist sleeping car
were rescued from the flames
■nd If reports are true, none were killed
Kn those cars, although several are report
ed injured.
■ But three names of the killed are re-
Korted. They are:
■ ENGINEER A. L. MAST.
■ FIREMAN HENRY BETHSCH.
■ EXPRESS MESSENGER AIMS.
■ Conductor Stockwell was injured,
■wing to the fact that the wreck is so
Kir away from a telegraph station, the
Knly reports to reach here are over the
■lalvestcn. Harrisburg and San Antonio
and the first was the conductor's
■•port to the chief dispatcher/
■ As soon as it was received, a wrecking i
■rain, with Superintendent Martin and all
available surgeons hurried to the
■eene. leaving here at 5:30 with a seven
■ours* run before them. Surgeons and
■urses were also picked up at all way
■tations.
■ The first coach was filled with immi
■rants. and nearly all of these perished.
■ Seven other cars were overturned, but
K private car attached to the rear end. oc
■upied by a New York capitalist named
■fyan. did not leave the track. Conduc
tor Stackwell, who reported the accident.
K ked seven miles to a telegraph office
■o warn an approaching train and send
■he news of the disaster to the superin
■endent's office here.
■ The wreck occurred at a remote point
■DO miles east of this place in the rugged
■aountains. The train jumped the track
■n a reverse curve which skirts a ravine,
■t had just descended a grade two miles
Kt length and was running at a high rate
■f speed when it struck the curve. The
■ay bad not broken and most of the pas
■eflgen were stiff asleep.
■.IKE GIANT HEARSE
■ DEATH TRAIN CREPT
■ EL PASO. Texas. March 8 -Creeping
■ke a mammoth hearse across the aesert.
■be relief train conveying the dead, the
■ying and the injured of the disaster at
■taxon, pulled slowly into the depot.
■ it was a night long to be remembered
■y those who witnessed the dead and the
■taimed taken froth the coaches.
■ >ten. women and children, many of
■hem still with their night robes on.
from head to foot, made their
■say or were assisted to the vehicles
■waiting to receive them.
■ others. wUh children in their arms, and
■mothers with children lying dead in the
coach, were taken to the hotels
■r hospitals. Husbands and wives clung
■o each other. The terrible scenes of the
■torning were still fresh in their memory.
■ said a prominent New Yorker who re-
to give his name:
■ "The back coaches were not turned over,
■nd that Is all that saved us who were for
■unate enough go be riding In the Pullman.
■bey tipped slightly, but remained on the
Otherwise had we not been killed
would have been cremated. The
were burned up. and I never saw
burn so rapidly in my life. \
|K “By the time I got out of the Pullman,
■here was little left of the smoker and
car except cinders and ashes.
|H "The cries and groans of the unfortunate
and we were as helpless as babes to
■ --ist them. It Is my estimation that the
■xact number of dead will never be as
|B •‘Nearly every passenger on the train
asleep when the accident occurred,
the majority of the passengers
the front coach met death before the
finished the deadly work."
|H It was refrorted here that as the engine
the Inside of the reverse curve the
was not due Io fast running.
■ From the latest accounts received here
fifteen people were killed outright and
JW nty-elght were more or less injured
follows:
H THE DEAD.
■ three CHILDREN of Mart Riddle, of
Kans.
■ eSTAVON CONTRAS. I>el Rio. Tex
■ ANDREW C. SPELL Y. WIFE AND
■hILD. Loirer. Tex.
■ child of D E. Housens. Racine. Wls.
■MR AND MRS WHITE. Manitowoc,
■n?
■ ENGINEER AL MAST. E! Paso. Tex
■ fireman H. HERTS' MoIt. El Paso.
||l a. BOON, news agent. Doyline. I-a
■ CHRIS KEEL, contractor. San Anto
W. PRICE, englnor. San Antonio.
■ THE INJURED.
■ Mrs Mary Koehler. San Francisco, In-
injuries
|Ka S Turner. Black Hawk , Miss . hand
■ushed
E. M Sheppard. Glenn Mills Pa
hurt.
|Bj. Fuller. Washington. D. C.. leg and
erushed.
E’.ry. Del Dio. Tex . Internal in
■tries
Ollenburg. Lexington. Ky . hand
■g. C. Baker. Angleton. Tex . bruised.
H. Hoey. San Antonio. Tex.,
feet scalded.
E. Massey. Wilby. Tex., scalp wound.
I. Taylor. Mulberry, Kans , head In
■ Mrs Mitchell. Philadelphia. Pa., hurt
■ternally
R Adams express messenger. In-
injuries and badly scalded.
Battleman. North Dakota. h»ad
back hurt.
Rodriuex Del Rio. bruised.
Merales. Del Rio. Tex., slightly
Donul. Del Rio. Tex., bruised.
sHm Lobert. residence unknown, head
Hd. H Havens. El Paso. Tex., bruised.
■ a F. McKenxle. Safford. Aris . slightly
l J. Todd, Frankfort, Ky.. bruised.
MAINE VICTIMS'
FAMILIES LOSE
SPANISH TREATY CLAIMS COM*
MITTEE HANDS DOWN AN
ADVERSE DECISION.
WASHINGTON. March 6. The Spanish
treaty claims commission today handed
down a decision against the claimants for
deaths and injuries received by officers
and seamen in the wreck of the battleship
Maine, in Havana harbor.
The commission holds that “individual
ciaims of citizens of one nation may arise
against the government of another nation
for redress of injuries to persons or prop
erty which such citizens may have sus
tained from such government or any of its
agents. But such individual claims do
not arize in favor of the officers and sea
men of a ship of war, who receive, in the
line of duty, injuries to their persons for
which a foreign government is respon
sible.
“The claim against the foreign govern
ment is wholly national, and all Injuries
to such officers»and seamen are merged in
the national injury, and they can look only
to their own government for such remun
eration as it may choose to give them.
“A seaman injured by the explosion
which destroyed the battleship Maine in
the harbor of Havana, Cuba, on February
15. 1858. had no individual claim against
Spain, even if that government was re
sponsible for the explosion, and therefore
such seamen is not entitled to an award
in his favor from the Spanish treaty
claims commission organized by the act
of congresz of March 2, 1901, to adjudicate
all individual claims of citizens of the
United States against Spain which the
United States released to Spain and added
to pay by the treaty of peace. December
L 18&8.”
The claims so far filed with the com
mission which will be affected by this de
cision amount to about $2,500,000. which
probably would have been increased to
$50,000,000 had the decision been favorable
to the claimants.
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
, MEETS FRIDAY NIGHT
WASHINGTON. March 7.—Chairman
Richardson, of Tennessee, announced to
day that he would call a meeting of the
Democratic congressional campaign com
mittee for next Friday night. The pur
pose of the meeting is to select a chair
man. Mr. Richardson having declined re
election. •
There is hardly any doubt that Judge
James M. Griggs, of Georgia, will be
elected.
Nearly al! of the state delegations have
their committeemen chosen and Judge
Grigg's friends say enough votes are
pledged to elect him. Cooper, of Texas,
may be a candidate.
CHARLOTTE MAN
SUED FOR $125,000
CHARLOTTE. N. C.. March B.—The
brothers and sisters of Fred Oliver, of
Charlotte, have brought suit against him
for an amount aggregating $125,000 In con
nection with* the sale of the Charlotte Oil
and Fertilizer works to the Virginia-Caro
lina Chemical company.
The plaintiffs claim that Oliver sold their
stock in the, Charlotte works for more
than he paid them for same, and the suits
are Instituted to recover the alleged dif
ference. Oliver denies the allegations.
LIFE CONVICT A BURDEN ON
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
JACKSON. Miss.. March B.—The board
of control and penitentiary officials have
a prisoner on their hands who is in every
way different from the prisoners who
have been brought In during the past to
make their
prison.
Last night the traveling sergeant
brought down from Tunica county, a
prisoner by the name of John Pettljohn,
who was sent up by the recent term of
circuit court for life, upon the charge of
murder, and John Is in a bad fix.
He is paralyzed in both of his legs, so
that he cannot walk, or use them In any
way. and must be wheeled about, and he
is so crippled from rheumatism In both
of his arms tnat he has lost complete use
of his upper limbs, and Is all together in
a bad fix and a drag on the board, for
the negro must be taken care of and it
takes one men to look after his nteeds.
For temporary treatment the prisoner
was taken to Oakley farm, where he will
be placed In the hospital of that place and
given medical treatment, in an effort to
restore life to the withere'd limbs. John
is a life time prisoner, and if he is not
cured It will be necessary for the prlsoiL
officials to nurse him the rest of his days.
John is the only prisoner of this char
acter. in such a helpless condition that
has ever been brought to the walls and
made to don the stripes of a convict.
Thomas O. Crowder, Houston, Tex.,
bruised.
William Josephs, San Jose, Cal., Isack
bruised.
J. H. Taylor, Birmingham, Ala., slight
ly hurt. .
Hugh Mills. Chetopa, Kan., slightly In
jured.
Dr. G. C. Martin, Pecos City, Tex.,
slightly injured.
C. W. Bennett. St. Paul. Kans., bruised
W. S. Glenn, Black Hawk. Miss., leg
broken.
Mrs. Annie Wotherst. San Francisco,
leg and hand crushed.
LATEST REPORTS NOW SAY
NUMBER OF DEAD IS TWELVE
HOUSTON. Tex.. March 8.-At the
Southern Pacific headquarters this morn
ing it is reported that the number of dead
by the Maxon wreck is twelve, it being
conceded four of the missing are dead.
The two still missing and not accounted
dead, are Chris Kiel and W. Price.
Reports of the injured at El Paso are to
the effect that none have died, but three
may die during the day.
The cause of the wreck is still a mys
tery. Railroad officials believe it was an
obstruction on the track or a broken rail,
while some survivors assert that the
train was running very fast and hitting
the curve hard, caused the wreck.
The fact may never be determined as
the engineer is dead and most of the pas
sengers were asleep. Conductor Stockwell
is positive the train was running at or
dinary speed, which is not dangerous.
An official report is to be Issued later
in the afternoon. .
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1902.
ENGLfiNOFINDS
IN AMERICA
IDEALARMY
TROOPS OF THE KING WILL BE
PUT ON SAME BASIS AS ARE
THE SOLDIERS OF UN*
OLE SAM.
LONDON. March B.—The new army reg
ulations proposed by the war secretary,
Mr. Broderick, providing for increased
pay and otheF reforms which have creat
ed so much comment, appear to have been
directly copied from the United States.
Major Arthur Lee. M.P.. formerly British
military attache at Washington, said to a
representative of the Associated Press:
“At last we have taken out a leaf from
your excellent book, though I do not be
lieve we have gone quite so far In that
direction as we might, or hope we may.
Under Mr. Broderick’s proposed changes,
a private in the British Infantry now re
ceives almost as much as a private in the
United States army. With this change,
which I frequently advocated while mili
tary attache at Washington, we hope to
get a class of recruits similar to those se
cured 4n America.
“Under the old pay we were gradually
lowering the physical standard, yet still
finding it hard to get men, while our de
serting percentage was increasing at a
rate which showed there was something
radically wrong with the system. The Am
erican army was the only other voluntar
ily enlisted body in the world with which
we could make serviceable comparisons,
the continental armies, owing to conscrip
tion and other causes belng\ perfectly
worthless as examples. A year ago Mr.
Broderick pooh-poohed the idea of copy
ing the United States.
“Now he has changed his mind and has
done what the majority of the members of
the house, regardless of party, believe to
be the vjry best thing that could have
happened to the army since Mr. Cardwell
(In 1872) effected his sweeping reforms.
For the first time ‘Tommy’ with higher
pay will be In btetter position than his ag
ricultural brothers, and from that class
we ought now to get the best Instead of
the worst. Yes. It may hurt the agricul
tural interests or what is left of It in Eng
land, but I do not believe that this dam
age will be a4 serious as the evils which
the change will correct. Not only Is it
pleasing to note the influence of the Amer
ican system in these sweeping changes,
but they will have a tremendous negative
Importance. Lastly, the government clear
ly indicated fears that it might have to
resort to conscription.
“The present move banishes all possibil
ity of this, for I understand Mr. Brod
rlck is willing to go even farther in copy
ing the United States in treatment of en
listed men, and by liberal finance build up
the standard of the army. The increase in
pay means an additional annual cost of
about £2.000,000, but I maintain that it
will be a -direct saving of money for the
better class of men secured will mean
fewer men in the hospitals and prisons, as
well az obviating other forms of wastage,
and will quickly make up for the addition
al outlay. Some day, perhaps, we may be
able to adopt the sensible plan of the
United States of paying the enlisted men
of all arms at the same rate. But tradi
tions Here die hard.’*
CANDIDATE CHOSEN
OH AfIBITRATION
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., March B.—The
Keptfbllcan candidate for circuit judge,
which has been the chief topic in Republi
can political circles for some time and a
matter of importance to the entire section,
was settled at a late hour yesterday after
noon by arbitration.
The two candidates for the nomination
were Judge Lewis Shepherd, of this coun
ty, and Hon. Jesse Littleton, of Franklin
county. Both are very strong men and
their strength in very' nearly equal. De
siring to avoid having a convention it was
agreed by the two candidates that tha
matter should be left to an arbitration
board of seven, to which each candidate
Should select three members, and the
six should decide on the seventh. The six
men were in session two hours and could
not decide on the seventh man. It was
finally agreed to add two more men. This
was done, but still no agreement could be
reached. Finally about 5 o’clock the ninth
man was added, and a secret ballot gave
Mr. Littleton five votes to Judge Shep
herd's four. Mr. Littleton was therefore
decided the Republican candidate for cir
cuit judge« There will be no convention.
At the meeting of the executive commit
tee two week ago it was decided that there
should be no one named as a candidate for
the attorney generalship.
The warm fight has been watched by the
Republicans all over the state. At the
meeting of the Republican executive com
mittee at Nashville a few days ago, it
was agreed that the man that failed to
get this nomination should be placed on
the ticket as one of the Republican candi
dates for supreme judge. This honor will
be conferred on Judge Shepherd.
GUESTS IN PANIC ~
!N NEW YORK HOTEL
NEW YORK. March B.—Several hundred
guest of the Hotel Endicott were thrown
into a frenzy of excitement this afternoon
by an alarm of fire.
Despite assurances of the hotel employ
es that there was no danger, the frighten
ed people ran down the stairways, pushing
and shoving one another in a stampede
for the exits.
The two hotel entrances, one on Eighty
first street and the other on Eighty-sec
ond were both scenes of fearful
crushes. The fire Itself was confined to a
window frame in a dining rdom on the
fourth floor and did little damage. When
the fire had been put out the guests re
turned to the hotel. No one was seriously
hurt.
senator"m’laurw
VISITS HIS HOME
CHARLOTTE. N. C., March B.—A spec
ial from Bennettsville, S. C., says:
Senator John L. McLaurin is here at
his home and today drove to his fine plan
tation in Red Bluff. His numerous
friends enthusiastically greeted him and
congratulated him on his fine appearance
and good health. When any of his friends
referred to the Tillman trouble Senator
McLaurin simply laughed and treated the
matter pleasantly. His visit here is of a
purely private nature and he will return
to Washington Saturday.
PRINCE HENRY
RETURNS TO
GOTHAM
—"n
SENDS A WREATH TO BE PLACED
ON GENERAL ULYSES
8. GRANT’S
TOMB.
NEW YORK, March B—Prince Henry of
Prussia breakfasted at the Waldorf-As
toria at 9 o’clock this
After breakfast the p ■lnce sent Lieuten
ant Commander Von I Igldy, of his suite,
to Grant’s tomb, to pla :e a wreath'on the
dead president’s sarcop lagus.
His royal highness fe it the need of rest
and said he would remain in his apart
ments until after noon, when he was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Otfden Mills at
luncheon. f
After that he returned to the hotel and
rested until this evening.
At,B o’clock he will attend a dinnqr to be
given In his honor by tie German society
of New York.
The wreath sent to Crant s Tomb by
the Prince was nearly! nine feet in cir
cumference, was made almost entirely
of laurel and was tied With broad purple
ribbon. 9
Mrs. Ogden Mills gave a luncheon and
reception today in honor of Prince Henry,
of Prussia, at her dome, 2 East 69th
street. Sixty persons Attended the lun
cheon, which began at 1 o’clock and about
100 at the reception whicki followed. Mme.
Calve, le Marchl and Gi bert, of the Met
ropolitan Opera comps ly sang; Franz
Wilchz, violinist, play id, and Isador
Luckstone, pianist, acco npanled the sing
ers.' Mrs. Mills’ table i ras in white and
gold. Prince Henry satUat her right and
Mrs. Clara Mackay wa| at the right of
the prince.
Harvard Honor* Henry.
BOSTON, «March 6.—Prince Henry, of
Prussia’s first view of Boston was of a
snow-clad city, upon width there shone a
sun from a clear sky.
Long before the special train was due
crowds began to assemble In the neigh
borhood of the Great South station and
extended along the streets assigned for
thq passage of the procekslon.
A battalion of cavalry} one of the best
Massachusetts volunteer troops, had
drawn up in the station yready for escort
duty. A dozen open ci Tlages were in
waiting to convey the pri ce and his party
to ‘Hotel Somerset, thel first stopping
placo in the city. Near the carriages a
battalion of the Mass: :husetts
brigade was drawn up. With the detail
was a band.
The carriage of the p nee was placed
at the head of the line. The prince and
Admiral Evans, who wai in full uniform
were cheered heartily a the procession
made its way through Jhe throngs of
persons.
Governor Crane oondvedMl Frinoe Henry
to the hall of the house of representa
tives. The visitors were received with ap
plause. The prince merely bowed in ac
knowledgment. The party then proceed
ed to the public library where the prince
was fb pay his respects tQ Mayor Collins.
The prince was escorted by Mayor Col
lins through the library. Returning to the
Hotel Somerset, Prince Henry received
Judge Francis C; Lowell and Henry L.
Higginson, representing the corporation of
Harvard University and at 1 o’clock star
ted with them for Cambridge.
The first stop was at Cambridge city
hall, where one thousand school children
of the city sang on the arrival of the
prince. Soon after 1 o’clock the party
reached Harvard. The visitors were con
ducted to sander’s theatre, where the
honorary degree of doctor of laws was
conferred upon Prince Henry by President
Elliott. /
Prince Henry In New York State. t
ALBANY, N. Y„ March 7.—lt was 12:25
o’clock when Prince Henry boarded his
train at Boston this morning and 2:05
when the train departed for Albany. The
prince retired at once. There were no de
lays anywhere en route and the special
was kept several minutes ahead of the
schedule arranged for it. There had been
a - very heavy fall of snow in Massachu
setts, but there was no drifts and the
tracks were clear. The prince arose at
7:30 o’clock and yvas at breakfast when
his train entered the railroad yards at Al
bany. He wanted to leave the table at
once, but as the train was more than
twenty minutes ahead of time a stop was
made in the yards,' where he finished his
meal. The prince was very tired when the
Boston reception came to an end, but he
seemed to be quite freshed when he arose
this morning.
Governor Odell was late in arriving,
through some misunderstanding as to the
time, and the prince and party waited
for him. He arrived about ten minutes
later and on behalf of the state bade
the prince welcome.
Prince Henry and his escort reached the
capltol at 9:20 o’clock. They were met at
the eastern entrance by Adjutant General
Henry and escorted to the executive
chamber, where Governor Odell his
staff received the royal visitor.
The sword presented by Frederick
Great to George Washington had been
taken from the state library and placed
on a table in the executive chamber. It
was taken out for the prince to examine.
He said that it gave him extreme pleasure
to see and handle it and that It should
ever be guarded as the gift of one great
general to another.
ENGINEER IS KILLED *
IN JUMPING FOR LIFE
CHARLESTON, S. C.. March 8.-The
suburban train on the Southern road this
morning ran Into an open switch three
miles from the city.
The engineer was killed in trying to
jump, falling between the engine and ten
der an<L being crushed to death. The fire
man wits slightly bruised In jumping. No
passenger* were hurt. ,
I I I I » >■»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»<♦
♦ HENRY SETS SAIL +
♦ TUESDAY AFTERNOON ♦
•fr , ♦
4* NEW YORK, March 7.—Skilled 4*
4* artists are busy on the deck of the 4*
4» Deutschland preparing the officers' 4.
4> quarters on the bridge of the great
♦ liner for the reception and the ac- 4.
4> commodation of Prince Henry of 4*
4. Prussia on his return voyage. 4.
4» The quarters of Captain Alber and 4*
4> his officers are being completely 4.
4. transformed for the use of the 4>
4> prince and his suite. 4>
4> The Deutschland will sail at 3:30 4*
4> o’clock on Tuesday afternoon. 'lt is 4.
4» expected the royal passenger will 4.
4» board her at Hoboken. 41
mOSHILT
OUTWITS
CONGRESS
:—
PRESIDENT APPLIES CIVIL SER
VICE TO CENSUS BUREAU UN
4<’DER UNEXPECTED
CONDITIONS.
■ 1 y /
WASHINGTON, March B.—President
Roosevelt has outwitted congress. Both
house and senate passed the bill for a
permanent census bureau with the under
standing that all of the twenty-three hun
dred clerks now in the bureau should, up
on the bill becoming a law, be placed In
the classified service.
But President Rooosevelt would not
have It that way. He sent for Senator
Quarles and Representative Hopkins,
members of the conference committee, and
directed them to put a section in the bill
providing that only such clerks as are in
the census office July Ist shall go into the
classified service without examination.
The clause was inserted. Then Hopkins
and Quarles reported back to house and
senate that the conference committee had
agreed upon the bill practically as it
had been adopted. Thereupon it was
passed without further question. It was
not the original bill but a gold brick.
Under the Roosevelt clause, Director
Merriam will fire ail clerks in the bureau
before July first, except the eight hund
red he needs for the permanent bureau.
He is a republican and will of course,
pick Out eight hundred republicans for
retention.
Between now and July first, fifteen
hundred democrats and republicans will
get the ,axe . Congress knows today tha
trick has been turned and tliere Is gen
eral dismay.
Census Bill Is Signed.
WASHINGTON, March 7.—The presi
dent has signed the bill creating a perma
nent census bureau.
CONGRESS IS ANGRY
WITH THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, March 6.—President
Roosevelt is surely widening the gulf be
tween himself and congress by his delay
In signing the permanent census bureau
bill. Today the indignation of Republican
and Democratic members alike broke out
into words and in several parts of the
"house after adjournment, warm expres
sions of feeling were heard.
It is charged that the president Is with
holding his signature until Director Mer
riam can fire out nearly all the present
force of 2,300 employed in the bureau.
Theh the new force of 600 or more must
come in through the civil service door, the
president’s pet hobby.
A clause in the bill provides government
employment for the present force, if It is
signed before they are all fired out by
Merriam. So that the president, by with
holding his signature deals a blow at the
'employees who were put In by congress
men of both parties.
It is declared by many members that the
bill never would have passed the house
had It not been for the clause which seeks
to save the present force, and since It is
rendered ineffective by the president’s
delay they are angry.
BACON AND CLAY
ADDRESSED THE SENATE
WASHINGTON. March 7.—At the con
clusion of routine business In the senate
yesterday consideration begun of the bill
providing for the protection of the presi
dent of the United States.
Pending discussion of the bill, Mr. Frye,
of "Maine, in charge of the shipping bill
asked unanimous consent that a final vote
upon that bill and all amendments be
taken on Monday, March 17, at 3 p. m.
Without comment the senate agreed to
the request.
Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, a member of the
judiciary committee; then discussed the
bill for the protection of the president. It
was, he thought, a very grave question
and he did not believe that the measure
ought to be passed without amendment.
In view of the recent calamity which had
befallen the nation in the assassination of
President McKinley the subject of the
pending bill was a difficult one to discuss.
He paid a high tribute to President Mc-
Kinley, saying that he was the most
“amiable, courteous and pleasant man I
have ever met In so high a station,” and
from him he personally always had re
ceived the kindest consideration. Mr. Ba
con believed that the proposed law was
unnecessary and did not provide a more
certain punishment for the assassination
than was provided now in the state laws.
The world, he Insisted, was not large
eonugh for the criminal to get beyond the
reach of the law and there was no place
secret enough in which to hide himself
from avenging justice. He argued that
the bill indicated there was not sufficient
reliance on >.»e criminal laws of the sev
eral states.
Mr. Depew, of New York, pointed out
that in the state laws there was no differ
entiation between the assassination of the
president of the United States and any
other person and an attempt at assassina
tion was not punishable by death in any
state as the bill pending provided. Mr.
Platt, of Connecticut, added that some
states had laws against capital punish
ment.
Mr. Bacon, continuing, said that the
bill Involved the right and the propriety
of federal government to enforce a law
within a state different from any law on
the statute books of the state. So far as
the anarchist was concerned, the death
penalty was not deterrent for the
crime of assassination as the anarchist
was willing to sacrifice his own life.
Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, said that
the pending bill was proper, because the
assassination or attempted assassination
of the president was Interruption of the
government and it was vitally Important
that such interruptions should not oc
cur
Mr. Bacon urged that the bill at least
ought to be amended in accordance with
the proposition already offered so that It
should not be shown that the crime was
committed against the president, because
of his official position or fdr the purpose
of destroying the government or impair
ing the execution of Its constitutlnal
powers. .
Mr. Bacon said the bill was practically
an enlargement of. the law of treason and
proposed to make treason of something
that under the constitution was not trea
son. ,
Mr. Patterson, of Colorado, suggested
that a most embarrassing situation would
have arisen had the assassination of
President McKinley, for instance, occur
red in the state of lowa where capital
punishment Is not permissible. It would
have resulted, he believed, in the state be
ing disgraced by mob law. as no American
community, he thought, would have been
satisfied with mere imprisonment for the
assassination of President McKinley. He
agreed with the main purpose of the bill.
At 2:15 the senate took up the ship
subsidy bill and Mr. Clay, of Georgia,
cotlnued his speech begun Wednesday.
ALL EYES IN ENGLAND v
SEI ON CORONATION
MYSTERY IN FATE
OF FLOOD'S VICTIM
BODY OF BERT LOYAL, OF AUGUS-
TA, SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN
DROWNED, IS NOT FOUND.
AUGUSTA, Ga.. March B.—There Is a
mystery about the fate of Bert Loyal that
remains unsolved.
He Is the young white man who was lost
In the flood last Saturday afternoon. To
gether with a friend he had gone to the
river bank to look at the water .and they
were near the foot of Washington street
when a train passed over thb bridge. Both
tried to jump on the train, which was
moving' very slowly. Loyal’s companion
landed safely. Loyal missed his footing
and was knocked against an obstruction,
falling through the bridge Into the water.
He was swiftly swept on by the rushing
flood, though he did not sink. He had on
a rubber overcoat which Inflated as he
fell into the water, and sustained him on
the surface like a huge life preserver.
Quite a number of men saw hind as he
was thus swept down on the river,
though It was impossible to help him, and
the last seen of him was when he was car
ried under and beyond the bridge on Cen
ter street, well out In the stream, but still
floating.
It was believed that he had been drown
ed, and was so reported. His father of
fered a reward for the recovery# of the
body, and rtver men have been searching
for It all the week, but without success.
Y'esterday the report was brought to the
city that a negro living in Beech Island,
below the city, was caring for a young 1
white man at his house, whom he had
pulled out of an eddy In the river late Sat
urday evening In an exhausted condition.
The sufferer was unable to speak, but It
was believed that he must be young Loyal.
The young man’s father went at once to
Investigate, but was unable to And the
negro at whose house the white man was
said to be. Mr. Hankinson, on whose
place he was supposed to live, knew
nothing about It. Still It is Insisted that
the message was sent to the city, and no
trace of the young man’s body having
been found, the hope Is still entertained
that the report may be true. The father,
with a party of friends. Is still out -trying
to trace the source of the report. ,
The young man’s mother is prostrated.
GUERRY CLUB ORGANIZED
AT EMORY COLLEGE
EMORY COLLEGE, Oxford, Ga,, March
B.—A Guerry club was organized at Em
ory yesterday morning, amid great enthu
siasm, The object of the club is to fur
ther the Interest of Hon. Dupont Guerry
In Oxford and Newton county. A large
number of the students are his energetic
supporters and are pushing his candidacy
for all they are worth. The club is thor
oughly organized and intends distributing
Circulars and carrying Newton county for
Guerry., Mr. N. H. Blackshear, of Dub
lin, Ga., one of the most prominent men
In college, was elected president. Mr.
Stewart R. Roberts, of Macon. Ga., who
is noted for his debating as well as many
other brilliant qualities, was elected vice
president. Mr. C. L. Shepard, of Bruns
wick, was elected secretary.
Mr. I. C. G. Brooks, of the senior class,
made a magnificent speech befoze the
student boay In favor of Mr. Guerry,
and In the course of his speech used Guer
ry’s famous phrase on Terrell, “The two
eyed pigeon of plowboy roost.” Guerry
for governor is the battle cry of the ma
jority of the bovs
HimiUHSDH
CLOSES NEXT
SMIY
LINDER GEORGIA LAW NO PAR
TRIDGES CAN BE KILLED OR
TRAPPED AFTER THE •
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The hunting season in Georgia closes
next Saturday night. ..March 15th is the
last day allowed by? the state laws for the
hunting of partridges. It is expected that
the huntsmen will get busy during next
week and slay as many birds as possible,
for if people hunt after that time they are
liable to prosecution in the state courts.
The season has been a very successful
one. There has been less of "pot hunting”
than ever before, and the sportsmen are
highly delighted. Farmers who own lands
are coming to the aid of the sportsmen
and It Is a rare thing for any of them
to permit ‘‘pot hunting.”
The judges and solicitors In Georgia will
keep on the alert after the hunting season
Is over, and will prosecute to the limit of
law all people who are caught hunting.
TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED
AT THE COLISEUM RACES
Two more men, suspected of being pick
pockets, were Friday night arrested at the
coliseum. Detectives White and Simpson
made the haul and they think they have
big game. They are supposed to be two
who have operated all over the country,
and a woman equally well known to the
police authorities is said to have been with
them. She was at the coliseum that night,
but the officers know of no special charge
agaihst her.
The men gave their names at police
headquarters as Thomas Ford and A. Mor
gan. Both are fairly well dressed. Iford
Is 54 years old and Morgan Is 24. The
younger man says he Is a telegraph opera
tor from New Orleans. He came to At
lanta to try and get work, he says. He
denies being guilty of any offense. When
asked where he had been boarding since
coming to Atlanta, the man refused to
say and afterwards declined to talk alto
gether. The older man says absolutely
nothing. He is the smart one of the par
ty, the officers think.
James is Postmaster.
WASHINGTON, March B.—H. W. James
was today appointed postmaster at Big
wheel, Coffee county, vice Ell Jowers,
dead. "
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London Town Will Be
Glitter of Royal Splen- f
dor Regal ;
Ceremony.
NEW YORK, March B.—The royal jour*
ney to Dartmouth and Plymouth is the
chief theme In the London press and W
described in the usual perfunctory style,
says a Tribune special from London.
The railway arrangements for the jour
ney were made with an unusual system
of signalling and it Involves the partial
suspension of ordinary traffic and an av
erage rate of 58 miles an hour for tha
royal train.
This western journey Is a prelude to the
pomp and glory of the coronation, for
which preparations are now in progress
in every direction. The city corporation
alms to repeat the scheme of decoraton
and Illumination of the jubilee, but public
meetings have been called at the west end
and the Westminster authorities are on
their mettle. v
This city’ Is already flooded with Illus
trated literature, pointing out the advan
tageous view points from which the cor
onation parade may be witnessed. Many
single windows opening on balconies
such points as Ludgat Hill have already
been let for £43 each. Single seats In ths
Strand have been sold for £3. to £5. Tha
windows with the exceptional approaches,
on Surrey side, have fetched £73. •
Equally elaborate plans for* reviewing
the naval parade are already in full swing.
The demand for high-class steamers is
said to exceed the supply. These touts'
will include< a four-day cruise about the
channel. From eight to ten guineas are
now asked for single berths.
TECH BOYS REINSTATED
BY THE FACULTY
James Anthony, Alex Windsor and Ed
ward Cline, three Tech students who
painted the college steeple several nights
ago, and who were suspended for their
daring feat, were reinstated by the Tech;
faculty Friday afternoon. The younk'
men made an explanation of the affair,'
saying they had no Intention of defying
the school authorities, but did ths paint
ing merely to excel the other classes.
This explanation seemed acceptable to ths
faculty members after they consulted
about the matter for a few minutes, as
It was decided to reinstate the young
men at once, and today they will return
to the school as full-fledged students.
When the decision of the faculty was
learned the whole student body con
gratulated the three students. It had,
been feared the faculty would expsl the,
painters, and there had been considerable |
talk regarding the matter. Anthony,
Windsor and Cline who did the painting
agreed to pay for the cost of removing)
the stains of their work, but It Is not,
thought that the faculty will accept thelrj
proposition. The feat was such a daring
one, and required so much skill, that even
the members of the faculty had to admire
the pluck of the youngsters. Tha faculty
is being praised for its action by prom
inent Atlantians, and the members are
being complimented on the wise manner
In which they disposed of the matter.
The main charge against the students
was being out of quarters after night.
BIBLE conference;
COMES 10 J CLOSE 1
The Bible Conference at the Tabernacle “
came to a close yesterday evening after
a series of successful meetings.
More than two thousand men heard
Rev. A. C. Dixon, of Boston, at the Grand
yesterday afternoon.
The entire lower floor of the theater was
crowded so that there was not a vacant
seat. All the boxes'in the first and sec
ond tiers on both sides were occupied, and
a large number of men were in the bal
cony and gallery.
The subject of Dr. Dixon’s talk was
"What Must I Do To Be Saved?” and 1
he handled it In a forceful manner. He is
a preacher of fine presence, and has a
convincing way of presenting his points.
He held the undivided atentlon of his
large audience throughout:
The crowning service of the day was
held at the Tabernacle last night, when
Dr. A. C. Dixon preached on "Obstacles
to Christian Life.” The audience was
so large an overflow meeting was held
in the Bible institute building, over which
Rev. A. G. Bisby, of Fort Gaines, pre
sided. Nearly a thousand persons attend
ed this meeting.
WILL ADVERTISE FOR BIDS
TO BUILD AUGUSTA DEPOT
AUGUSTA, Ga., March B.—A meeting
of the Union Station company officials
was held at the office of General Man
ager T. J. Scott, of the Georgia railroad,
yesterday afternoon. Representatives of
all the railroads interested were present,’
and also Architect Milburn, whose plans
for the new building had been accepted.
All the plans and details were carefully |
given over and approved, and the decis
ion reached to advertise for blds, the ad
vertisement to appear Sunday morning
and all blds to be In by March 25. They
are to be subject, any and all, to rejec
tion, but if an acceptable bld Is received,
tne work of construction is to begin Im
mediately.
The city council has also accepted ths
new street, which the Union Station com
pany proposed to open'through the center
of the old Harrison block, and which will
face the entrance of the new depot.
Work has also been begun on the new
street railway line which Is to enter Tel
fair street at Kollock, thence run east to
Jackson and connect on Jackson street
with Broad street. The new street through
the Harrison block from, the depot will
touch this car Wne. It Is probable that
this entire block, now covered only by
shanties, will at once be built up with sub
stantial buildings.
MAN MISSING FROM
HIS POST OF DUTY
OMAHA. Neb., March 8 —Hector E. Mc-
Leod. contracting agent for the Merch
ants’ Dispatch Transportation company,
has been missing since Saturday, when he
drew his month's salary.
He had a good position and stood well
ad th the company, for which he had
worked eighteen years, first in New York
and later in Chicago, before he came Th
Omaha in 1899. ' |
No one knows of any, trouble tn which
he was involved, and his disappearance ie ,
a mystery. * . .<*
His age is 36 years and he la pot
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