Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, July 10, 1902, Image 1
—— —— Ullania Scmi-ttlecldi) Shmrnal. VOL. IV. RIVER ON RAMPAGE; WINDS ARE FIERCE Property Loss Is Accom panied By Loss of Life and Devastation In Minnesota. ST PACT* July 9.—Aa a result of the terrific storms which prevailed south and west of Waseka. Minn.. Saturday evening, the family of Andrew Bish man was within * apace of a moment grief stricken on ac count of tragic deaths in the family. On the 19th of June Philip Bishman. the ■on. was murdered in the town of Wilton. The family at the home place four miles south of here was doing the usual evening work on the place when the storm struck them Saturday evening. The younger brother, Adam. Jr., his two sisters and the hired man were in the basement of the large barn attending to the milking when the storm burst tn all its fury. The barn was torn asunder and the heavy mass of farm machinery and hay With which the upper floor of the barn was filled crashed into the basement on them. One of the women was killed In stantly, and Adams. Jr., was so crushed that he died from his injuries yesterday. The other two occupants were rescued from suffocation only after long, hours of work by the neighbors. Eight head of horses and six head of Cattle were also killed. The rest of the family sought shelter in the house, and Were unharmed. The storm scattered destruction in its Bith. but as far as yet reported no other tailties occurred. At Perham the storm levelled a circus tent, which caught fire from the lights. Several people were burned and bruised, but none fatally injured. From Atlantic comes the report that the west half of Exira Is Inundated and that Barytown is in similar condlton. Onawa has experienced a rain almost amounting to a cloudburst as a consequence of which trains can neither enter nor leave Sioux City from the south. At Marshalltown the lowa river has reached its highest point and numerous washout have delayed trains on the Northwestern and Great Western. The Des Moines river is rising two inches an hour. Many persons are being removed from their homes in small boats. Similar res cues are reported at Marshalltown, and elsewhere. At noon the Des Moines river gras M 1-2 feet above low water mark. IOWA FLOOD SITUATION IS VERY CRITICAL INDEED DES MOINES, lowa, July 9.—The flood Situation in lowa is more serious than at any time tn ten years. The Des Moines. lowa. Raccoon, Cedar and Skunk rivers are from seven to fifteen feet above the low water mark and the low lands are submerged. * Hundreds have been made homeless. In Dee Moines. JOO persons have already been forced to abandon their homes and have suffered the loss of horses, cattle and bogs. Truck gardeners have suffered. Throughout the central part of the state Continuous rain has fallen for over 24 hours. The rivers are rising rapidly and filling with drift wood. Levees in Des Moines are weakening and if a break oc curs hundreds of acres of resident prop erty will be flooded. ILLINOIS HARD STRUCK BY TERRIFIC RAINFALL PEORIA. HL. July 9—A terrific rain and ■ electric storm swept over Peoria and the adjacent country last night Rain fell in floods for several hours, and the damage wrought is extensive. All the railroad lines entering the city are more or less affected. Lake Erie and Western through freight flue hefre at 4 o'clock went through a bridge at Farmdale, six miles east of here. The engineer was fatally Injured and the fireman lies buried in the mud be fceath the engine. It will be several days before traffic will be restored. The damage to the timothy Cid oats crop is very heavy. Several ches of rainfall was recorded. FOUND HUSBAND DEAD AFTER TWENTY-TWO YEARS CHICAGO. July B.—ln Ignorance oi her husband's whereabouts for 22 years, Mrs. Burnett W. Pyle has found him lying dead from a self-inflicted wound in an undertaking establishment. Pyle shot himself on Sunday at the Garfield park •anltarium. He was said to be despondent because congress had decided on the Panama in preference to the Nicaragua canal route, where be had bought much land. •♦We separated in 1881. at Tucson. Aris.,” •Mrs. Pyle said, “and I have not seen my busband or heard from him since. I went to Florida to live with my family. Re cently I came for a visit to friends in Chi cago. I had no idea my husband was here. My first knowledge of him for 22 years came when I saw in the newspa pers that he had committed suicide.** WILL APPOINT SUCCESSOR TO CORRIGAN IN AUTUMN NEW YORK. July 7.—The congregation ut the propaganda, which will have to examine and report to the pope for the provisions for a new archibishop of New York. will only hold two more sittings be fore taking a summer vacatin. cables the Rome correspondent of the Tribune. So important a question as the succes sor to Archibishop Corrigan should not come before the congregation until au tumn: besides al! the documents are not yet here. Especially lacking are letters from American archibishops giving their views on the proposed candidates. An ap pointment is not expected before Novem- THINKSPARKEBWILL BE THE NOMINEE CONGRESSMAN BARTLETT SO EX PRESSED HIMSELF IN MACON ON TUESDAY. MACON. July 9.—Congressman Charles L. Bartlett says Alton B. Parker, of New York, will be nominated by the Democrats In 1904. and he believes the party will be led to victory by him. He does not be lieve Hill or Cleveland or Bryan have any chance for the nomination. He made this declaration at the convention here yester day afternoon. THIES SUICIDE IN UNDERTAKER'S SHOP BIRMINGHAM MAN TELLS UNDER- TAKER HE MAY GIVE HIM WORK, THEN SHOOTS HIMSELF. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., July 9.-Jack Evans, well known man about town, walked into the undertaking establish ment of E. Loy this morning, wrote his name and address upon a slip of paper, and then went upstairs where he laid down upon a cot and shot himself through the breast with a revolver. In going up stairs he remarked lightly to the undertaker that he would give him a job in a few minutes, but nothing was thought of the remark until the report of the revolver rang out a few moments later. He may recover. GIANT GEYSER SPOUTS ON COAST OF PACIFIC SAN FRANCISCO, July 9.—Near Sa lina Crus, on the Pacific side of the isth mus of Tehuantepec, a giant geyser has broken out as the result of heavy earth quakes occurring in that section since April 18th last. The column of water, rising to a height of about SO feet, roars and hisses from among the rocks and is an object of great Interest to the people and to passing ves sels, being plainly visible from the sea. It was seen and admired by the passengers and crew of the steam yacht which has reached this port. The news is brought by the steamer that affairs In Guatemala are becoming normal again after the scare occasioned by the tremendous earthquakes. The havoc wrought by the disturbances will not in terfere with harvesting of the coming crops as at first anticipated. barkeepeTshoots HIS CUSTOMER DEAD FATAL SHOOTING TUESDAY AF TERNOON IN A TENNESSEE BARROOM. DAYTON, Tenn., July A fatal shoot ing affray occurred yesterday afternoon in a saloon, in which Arthur Rose was kill ed by James Turner, a bar-tender. The shooting is said to have occurred as the result of a drunken spree of Rose and a number of companions. It is stated that Rose had just returned from Birmingham and was on a drunken spree, when he went into the saloon of Pat Haughey. With his companions he began to break up everything In the room. Turner order ed the young men to stop, and on their failure to do so, an altercation arose be tween Rose and Turner in which Turner drew his revolver and shot Rose through the breast. FIRST ORDER IS ISSUED UNDER PHILIPPINE BILL WASHINGTON, July 9.-The treasury department today issued the first order under the new Philippines civil govern ment act. That act provided that all taxes paid upon articles subject to internal rev enue taxes shipped to the Philippines since November 15, 1901, under the decision of the secretary of the treasury of that date, shall be refunded to the parties who have paid the same under regulations to b« pre scribed by the secretary of the treasury. Those regulations have now been issued. They provide that: “Claims shall be prepared upon form is sued by the commissioner of Internal rev enue for the refunding of taxes, known as form 46, and shall be made under oath. The character of the goods shipped, the date of shipment, the amount of tax paid tbereon, the name of the vessel and the name of the port to which shipped should be stated in the body of the claim. The claims should be supported, where possi ble, by clearance certificates and by an affidavit of the consignee, showing that the goods were actually received at a port of the Philippine Islands. Where neither the clearance certificates nor the affidavit of the consignee can be obtained. It will be necessary for the claimant to obtain the affidavit of the master of the vessel upon which the goods were shipped, show ing what disposition was made of the goods.” The principal articles upon which re fund will be made are whiskies, beer and other vinous, spirituous and malt liquors and tobacco. No estimate of the amount of money which will be refunded has been made at the treasury department, but it is supposed that it will aggregate several million dollars. GREAT BOER LEADERS WILL VISIT AMERICA NEW YORK, July 7—The Dally Mail's Pietermaritzburg correspondent wires, ac cording to a World special from London: “Louis Botha, in the course of conver sation. said that after their visit to Eu rope, be. Dewet and Delarey intended go ing to America, but their precise tour would have to be determined by circum stances. Their object was to collect funds for the relief of Boers ruined in the war. “Botha is arranging for an official his tory from the Boer side written by him self. Dewet and other leaders.** WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY IN YUKON TERRITORY SAN FRANCISCO, July 9.-R. Pfund. an electrical engineer, has arrived here on his way to Alaska .for the purpose of es tablishing a wireless telegraph system between Fort Gibbons on the Yukon river and the Fort at Bates Rapids.on the Tana na river, a distance of 195 miles. The line, which will be constructed under the direc tion of Chief Signal Officer Greeley, will be completed by October. FDR BETTER WORK MANY TEACHERS NIAKEPLANS EDUCATIONAL CONVENTION IN MINNEAPOLIS HAD BUSY SES SION YESTERDAY—MANY PAPERS ARE READ. MINNEAPOLIS. July 9.—This morning’s session of the National Educational asso ciation was devoted to the meeting of the following departments: Kindergarten, secondary education, nor mal schools, manual training, music and Indian education. In the afternoon the following held meetings: Higher education, art, business educa tion, child study, physical education, science instruction, special education. The feature of the normal school meet ing was the address of Dr. David Felmley, president of the Illinois state normal school university, on the "Need of More Practical Work in Normal Schools and the Concentration and Co-ordination of the Work on the Teaching of the Actual Instead of the Theoretical Child as the Ul timate Purpose of Normal Education.” A paper was read in the kindergarten section by Mary C. May, director of the kinder garten department state normal school, Salt Lake, Utah, on defects in the teach ing of English. James Remsen Bishop, of Cincinnati, •roused the enthusiasm of the secondary education department by his demand for a closer system of supervision of schools by the state. Present state bureaus he declared, do not supervise thoroughly and well, because they are small arid under paid. In the department of business edu cation the preseident, P. I. Crosy, of the regent’s office, Albany, N. Y., says he has spent the year formulating a course of procedure and detailed course of study for business education in public high schools. A. E. Winship, editor of The Journal of Education, read a strong and suggestive paper on the disciplinary value of com mercial studies as opposed to the old idea that higher mathematics were best for disciplining the mind. As an Illustration he said: “J. J. Hill is the greatest railroad man on earth because he first carried a bushel of wheat 1,100 miles for a cent and a half and a ton of coal 1,100 miles for 25 cents. It -was the plain multiplication table that made Jim Hill the best discipline man west of Chicago.’’ W. H. Norton, professor of geology at Cornell Colllege. lowa, In his address as president of the science instruction so ciety, contended that there should be enough science from primary school to university so that there should be no year in which scientific aptitudes may not find means of development. “It is physical science alone,’ he said, in referring to Christian Science, “which can render immune to such vagaries.” In the department of higher education George N. Carlan, director of Lewis In stitute, Chicago, made the second annual report for the commission on accredited schools, whose object it is to establish closer relations between the college and the secondary schools of the north cen tral states. .If its plan is put inttr opera tion any graduate of any school on the accredited list may enter any college in the association without examination. BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS COVEREDJAZITH HONORS NEW YORK, July 9.-The battleship Il linois, Admiral Crowninshield's flagship, will leave Gravesend on Friday. It is said her destination is St. Petersburg, cables The Herald’s London correspondent. The warship has been a great attraction on the Thames. Thousands of craft of every description carried people to look at the latest type of Uncle Sam's navy. All steamers passing saluted the vessel and everybody seemed to take delight in do ing honor to the American flag. Some of the officers have been entertained on shore, and the Jack Tars who got shore leave have enjoyed themselves very much. Many prominent Americans and Eng lishmen met at a dinner given in honor of H. Clay Evans, the new United States consul general at London. Among the speakers was General Joseph Wheeler. WILL PUSH WORK ON FLORIDA CANAL ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., July 9.-The steamer Three Friends has arrived from Beaufort, S. C., with a dredge boat which will begin at once the completion of the east coast canal, connecting St. Augustine with Lake Worth. GRIGGS,fIMGIA, TO,OPEN CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN OF DEMOCRATIC CON- GRESSIONAL COMMITTEE WILL OPEN OFFICE IN CHICAGO. WASHINGTON,JuIy B.—Judge Griggs, of Georgia, chairman of the Democratic con gressional committee, left this morning for New York, where he will meet Ben T. Cable, chairman of the executive commit tee. on the latter's return from Europe to morrow. "Our campaign will commence at once." said Judge Griggs, “and the issue will be tariff-nurtured trusts. The Republi cans cannot satisfy the people by having their president tour the country talking against the trusts. They have sinned away their day of grace by refusing to consider trust legislation, when they had ample opportunity and when every Democrat in congress would have joined them." The headquarters of the committee will be opened at once in Chicago. Judge Griggs will go to Chicago next week and will remain there some time, aiding Mr. Cable in organising the work. ROOSEVF' T AT WORK ON ANTI-TRUST BILL OYSTER BAY. L. 1.. July 8.-A tremend ous rainstorm kept the president in his Sagamore hill home early today. A re port gained currency that John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, would be here this afternoon, but there has been no engagement made by him to see the president. It is likely that in a week or ten days a conference will be held with the presi dent by Representative Littlefield, of Maine, with respect to the anti-trust bill, which Mr. Littlefield Is drafting. This In terchange of views will be made the basis of the first draft of the measure. The president has let it be understood that he will spend little time in the executive of fices in the toWn. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1902. DEFIED DOGS WITH RED PEPPER -4 FUGITIVE CONVICT HARRY TRA- CY SUCCESSFULLY COVERS HIS TRACKS AND ESCAPES THE OFFICERS. SEATTLE, Wa»|.. July 9.-3 p. m.— Tra cy has just been driven from the Hop house near Black river junction, and is going in the direction of the southern point on Lake Washington. The posse Is close after him. - Guard Carson with hounds and men has left Benton to Intercept him. SEATTLE, Wash., July 9.—Harry Tracy, the fugitive convict outlaw, has for the fourth time since bls arrival at Meadow Point, escaped frofn the officers. Tracy was definitely located In the home of Charles Gorrel, pne mile north of Ren on, at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. At 4:45 o'clock Deputy Sheriff Cook ar rived with a part of the posse and advanc ed up the track towards Gorrel’s home. Tracy stood In the rear of the premises and overheard a conversation between one of the women inmates of the house and two young men from Renton and then the convict plunged into the brush and was lost to view. When Tracy disappeared from the Gor ral’s home, the blood hounds were hastily brought up from the rear and turned loose on the hot scent. Both dogs struck the trail down the stream following It for a quarter of a mile and crossing the track, only to double back and swim the river. Half way between Cedar river and Bur roughs’ boat house, both dogs ran Into Cayenne pepper sprinkled into the out law's retreating footsteps. Their nostrils were filled with the fiery substance and fully ten minutes were lost In relieving the dogs so that they could again use their powers of scent. Pressed to desperation, Tracy headed due north and plumed into the outskirts of the lake where he finally succeeded in casting the scent. It was dark and the guards returned to Renton with the dogs. CHICAGO WORKING GIRL WILL WED A COUNT CHICAGO, July 9.—Sylvia U. Pio, who has been an employe In the ciyll service department at the city hall In Chicago, has started for Denmark, her native land, where she is to marry Count Knuth Burg, a member of one of the most Illus trious and wealthy families of the coun try. . Miss Pio met Count Knuth, who was traveling around the world, at Miami, Fla., last January. Louis Albert Francis Pio, father qj Sylvia, inaugurated the Danish Liberal paWT.in I®L but h* lost in the early struggles and was banished. The Liberal movemnt, however, finally triumphed In Denmark In July. 1900, King Christian organised the first Liberal min istry in the history of the country. After coming to this country Pio estab lished a Scandinavian colony in Florida, calling It the White City. Today It Is a thriving town. As a result of his explo rations in Florida, Pio died In Chicago from fever In 1869. MISSOUm DEMOCRATS NOMINATE JUSTICES SPRINGFIELD, Mo., July 9.—The Dem ocratic judicial convention finished Its work at 7 o'clock this morning after be ing In continuous session since 9 o'clock last night by nominating the following justices of the supreme court: Gavon D. Burgess, of Chillicothe, chief justice. Leroy B. Halliant, of St. Louis. James D. Fox, of Fredericktown. James Burgess and Valliant are mem bers of the present court. Eight ballots were taken. WANTED TO BETRAY PLOT . OF M’KINLEY MURDERERS CANTON, 0., July 9.-George Fisher, giving Pittsburg as his home, made an' unsuccessful attempt to see Mrs. McKin ley yesterday afternoon, claiming that he had Important disclosures to make to her of the plot which led to the assassination of her husband. He claims that the anarchists have set a price of $60,000 upon his head and that five attempts have been made to assassi nate him. The township trustees bought him a ticket to Pittsburg. GEORGE L. WEBSTErT OF OPELIKA, IS DEAD OPELIKA. Ala.. July 9.—Mr. George L. Webster, ex-tax collector of this caunty and for the last six years city clerk, died at his home today after a long illness. He was one of the best beloved a neb most popular men In this county. He was faithful in all the things of life and true to every duty. He leaves a family and many relatives. Mr. Webster was 42 years old and carried $5,000 life Insurance in the best companies. »ii n 1 1111 1 u mi 11 + TRAIN IS SAVED * + BY A LITTLE BOY. ♦ 4. NEW YORK, July 9.—Eldridge ♦ 4. Finkle, fifteen years of age, and 4’ 4. his sister, thirteen, have saved a * + tram on the Poughkeepsie and + 4> Eastern railroad from being wreck- 4* 4. ed bv flagging the locomotive just 4* 4. in time to prevent it from rolling 4* 4. upon spreading rails, which would 4- 4> have thrown the engine and pas- * + senger cars, four freight, one mail 4> 4* and one coach down a steep em- + 4> bankment. ♦ 4. The children were gathering rasp- 4> 4. berries near Boston corners, 4* 4. Duchess county, and the boy notlc- ♦ 4> ed that the rails were spread. * 4- The girl wore a red frock and as 4- the children knew that the train 4» 4> was almost due, they had a hur- 4> 4» rled consultation on the track. + 4- With the red dress In his hand 4» 4> the lad started up the track to 4* 4> meet the train. He had not gone 4> 4> 300 feet when it came along. It 4> 4> was a part of the road where fast- 4- 4> est time is made and the train was 4> running at about thirty-five miles 4- 4» an hour. + 4> The frantic waving of the red 4> frock by the boy was enough to 4> 4- warn the engineer and he brought 4* 4> his train to a standstill within a 4* 4» few feet of the dangerous trap. 4> *4>«J >j‘4-4~M~J-!-4 : *H“W’++++++v+* ■W- HIGH ROLLER'CDDY CAPTURED; WILL BE PUNISHED ALLEGED SWINDLER CAUGHT IN MOBILE AND TAKEN BACK TO COLUMBUS WHERE HE WAS WANTED. COLUMBUS, Ga.. July 9.—Detective Moore arrived today from Mobile with W. H. Cody, alias W. H. Davis, alias W. H. Cole, who is wanted here for obtain ing goods under false pretenses during last month. Cody as he called himself here was a “high roller” and lived In style, representing himself to be a special rep resentative of the Central railroad, mak ing bills olf enormous size with various merchants and skipped out leaving his "OK" on them, which was worthless. When apprehended in Mobile he refused to come back to Georgia without requisi tion papers, which were procured, and even then he strenuously objected. The story of his antics here has already been published in The Journal. He will have a hearing before the courts in a few days. englanFmolUhonor - BODY OF PAUNCEFOTE LONDON, July B.—The admiralty has made Anal arrangements for the reception of Lord Pauncefote’s body, now on its way to this country on board the armored cruiser Brook lyn. The British armored cruiser Australia and the second-class cruiser Apollo will meet ths Brooklyn outside the Isle of Wight and escort her to Southampton, where the naval com mander in chief, Admiral Sir Charles F. Ho tham, awaits- the American warship’s arrival. A hundred marines, with a band, will form the funeral guard. British bluejaokets will act as bearers from the ship to the train. At the beginning of the removal of the remains from the Brooklyn the ships will fire twenty minute guns. The body will be taken to the family Home, Preston Court, Gloucestershire. The Interment will be private. So far tt has only been arranged for Captain R. Clover, the United States naval attache here, to meet the body at Southampton In behalf of the United States. JUDGLANraATOR CAME NEAR CRASH I POLITICAL INTERVIEW OF NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR CAME NEAR LANDING HIM IN TROUBLE. RALEIGH, N. C„ July 7.—A sensation was created Saturday afternoon when Judge Thomas R. Purnell, of the United States court for the eastern district of North Carolina, threatened to deal with United States Senator F. M. Simmons for contempt of court. Judge Purnell wrote Senator Simmons a letter- in which he demanded an expt ana - tlon of the language used in an interview in which the senator exposed an alleged Republican scheme for carrying the state, wherein Senator Simmons said: "The success of the scheme requires also a prostitution of the judiciary for purely partisan purposes, but Republican of ficialdom in North Carolina is a close cor poratlon and this part of the program presents no difficulties.’’ Senator Simmons replied, saying: “I in tended to say that in the opinion of the Republican managers a decision in their favor was confidently expected and not that the courts were parties to the con spiracy.” Senator Simmons says he regrets that his language permitted of misinterpreta tion. Judge Purnell declares the reply of Senator Simmons is sufficient and he will not have him up for contempt. He had already drawn the summons and it was in the hands oi Clerk of the Court Grant. ENGLAND MAY SHIP OFFER BY MORGAN NEW YORK. July 9.—There was con siderable speculation in the house of com mons lobby with regard to J. P. Morgan’s offer to the British admiralty, cables the London correspondent of the Tribune. Mr. Arnold Forester stated definitely that Mr. Morgan had offered to place certain British ships in the shipping combination at the disposal of the admiralty for the next fifty years, but he declined to com municate the details to the house. Mr. Pierce, when questioned the other day on this topic by the steamship sub sidies committee, simply shrugged his shoulders, but It Is clear from the admir alty secretary's statement that the propo sition is now under consideration, and as it has not been promptly declined, some members of the commons are convinced that Its terms must be of a tempting na ture. At the same time, they consider it to be beneath the dignity of the greatest sea power in the world to be dependent upon another nation for cruisers. DEATH STALKS IN WAKE OF HOT WAVE PITTSBURG. July 7.—Six deaths and a score of prostrations is the heat record for the past 24 hours. •At 8 o’clock this morning the thermom eter registered 85 degrees, with the mer cury still rising and promising to pass the year’s record. Last night was the hottest of the season. There was much suffering among the mill workers and many were forced to return to their homes. SAfE'BLiERI re FURTHERPROSECUTED SOUTHERN EXPRESS CO. TO PUSH THE CASE AGAINST BLANEY LEWIS IN TENNESSEE. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., July 7.—The Southern Express company has succeeded in getting a requisition from the governor of Alabama for Blaney Lewis, a notorious safe blower, now serving time In the fed eral penitentiary at Shreveport. Lewis, with his pal, another noted cracksman, blew open the safe of the company at Reform, Ala., and secured over $4,000. The company's detective immediately took up the case and located him at Shreveport, but before they could arrest him the gov ernment officials took charge and sent him to the penitentiary to work out a fine of SI,OOO on the charge of sending tiitro-glyc erlne through the mails. SHIPS, IN DENSE FOG, MEETATFULLSPEED CHARLES MORRIS OF ROME NEARLY DROWNED HE WAS IN THE EXCURSION PAR- TY AT TYBEE AND WENT OUT BEYOND HIS DEPTH. SAVANNAH, Ga., July 9.—There was a narrow escape from drowning thia morn ing at Tybee. Among the excursionists who reached the island yesterday afternoon was Chas. Morris. Jr., of Rome. Thia morning af ter breakfast he went into the surf and soon got out beyond his depth. The alarm was given. The surf was very high and rough and Mr. Morris, who had probably entered the water quickly after eating, waa seen to be in distress. Photographer Johnson, who has a tin type tent near the beach, rushed cut of his place and went boldly into the surf to the rescue of the falling man. He soon reached him and after a brave struggle dragged him in, assisted by Will Talbert, of Rome. When Morris was brought to the stand McEwln, Fishburn and Levy, who had been attracted by the alarm and had rushed down to the beach, went to work upon him. Mr. Morris was very much prostrated but these gentlemen treated him faithfully and soon brought him around. At 12:08 o’clock he was still unconscious but the post surgeon from Ft. Screven, who was summoned to the scene, took him in charge and says he will recover. At noon has was very hopeful of the young man's condition. Mr. Morris’ mother was there, and very much distressed over her son’s condition and she waa assured, however, by physi cians and friends that her boy would soon be all right. ELLIOTT COMMITS SUICIDE; WELL KNOWN IN ATLANTA Roger Elliott, for many yearsia resi dent of Atlanta, but lately of Philadel phia, is said to have committed suicide in Atlantic City, N. J.. l«t Monday. No cause can be ascribed for the suicide, nor are any of the details known. A brothar-ln-law of Elliott, who resides in Uniontown, Ala., received a telegram from some one in Atlantic City, stating that Mr Eiltott hsd kiUsfi hlmealf Mon day morning, but giving no reason for ths suicide or anv of the details. The body of Mr. Elliott will arrive in Atlanta this morning and will be taken to Jonesboro, his old home, for interment. Roger Elliott, when in Atlanta, wus re garded as 4 most substantial young busi ness man here, occupying a position of trust and honor. He came here from Jonesboro, when 20 years of age and se cured a position as stnographer in the office of General Manager J. H. Winder, of the Seaboard Air Line. Within six months he had risen to the most responsi ble position in the office, that of chief clerk. He moved in the best society here, and was a prominent club man, being a member of the Capital City club and oth ers. He left here when Mr. St. John was made president of the Seaboard Air-Line and went to Hammond, Ind., where he was connected with a belt line road. La ter he removed to Chicago, where he was connected with the Chicago Terminal Transfer, a belt line of Chicago, as chief clerk in the superintendent’s office. When Hoke Smith was made secretary of the interior, under Cleveland’s ad ministration. Elliott was given an ap, polntment in the interior department and was sent to the Indian Territory. Later he returned to Philadelphia, Pa., where he was connected with the Link Belt Engineering company,of Germantown Junction, Philadelphia. He was in charge of the department of cataloging and ad vertising and held a most responsible po sition. Elliott was a handsome man, or exem plary habita. well liked and regarded 1:. business circles as a man of great ability. He has hosts of friends in Atlanta who will learn with sorrow of his death. GIRL SLEW BETRAYER WHEN HE DESERTED HER Fwntn<b«m. ti Nln. O.nfor.h, ih« deforawd girl, of New London, who last May abot and killed Emery at his home, haa been found, and It la believed It dleeloees the reawn for tha Danforth and Emery had been close friends, thoee who knew the young woman even claiming that sb. had gonejhrough a marriage ceremony with him. The letter in the ease waa written to tell her that their in timacy must eeaae. It said: "Os course. I am very sorry for you. but I have a wife, and other women, too, and I cannot keep up the life I have been leading with you any longer. I do not want to see you a<ain. and I do not want you to come where I am. It Is all over between us. ’ With this letter In her hand. Miss Danforth confronted Emery. What was said has not been diacloeed, but the shooting terminated the interview. Miss Danforth, who la in jail at East Cambridge, pending trial on a murder Indictment, is under supervision by expert, to determine her mental condition. CONGRESSMAN BARTLETT DECLARED NOMINEE MACON. July B—Congressman Bartlett was today declared the nominee of the Democratic party for the Bixth congressional district. His convention met at the county courthouse at 12 o’clock. He made a speech acknowledging the honor conferred upon him by hie fellow Dem ocrats. « ___ Freight Handlers’ Strike Settled. CHICAGO. July 9.—The strike of the freight handlers is virtually settled.-Meet ings nt the strikers will be held tomorrow to ratify the action taken tonight, accord log to President Curran of the order, but as he stated tonight, after a conference with the general managers of the rail roads. that he had agreed to their terms because the majority of his men were “go ing back” on him, there is little doubt that the terms will be accepted by the mass meeting of the strikers tomorrow. By the terms of the settlement the strikers accept the schedule of the wages offered to them by the railroads July L This schedule was emphatically refused by the strikers at the time it was made. It offered an average Increase of 20 per cent for all classes of labor connected with the Freight * Handlers’ union. The demands of the men would have made an average increase of about 30 per cent. Priscilla, of Fail River Line, Is Struck by the Powhattan, of the H. & M. T. Co, NEWPORT, R. 1.. July 9.—The Fall Riv er steamship Priscilla is at her dock here with a big hole in her port bow, and one of her crew dead and wedged in by wreck age so that his body will be extricated only with great difficulty. The steamer collided with the Merchants' and Trans portation steamship Powhatan off Point Judith in Narragansett Bay last night. The Priscilla was bound for New York. The victim was John Muniz, a Portu guese <-eck hand. Besides him, no one was Injured. The Priscilla was struck fair by the Powhattan and her bow was nearly cut off. The stem of the latter pen etrated fully 20 feet Into the hull of the Priscilla The inflow of water very soon extinguished the electric lights, the dyna mo room being in the vicinity of the dam aged part of the ship. Thus the passengers, most of whom were in bed were turned out of their rooms in darkness and there was great excitement as they found the men on the ship passing out life preservers by cadle light. There was no panic, although no help was near the steamer, which was apparently in great need. It was a sister ship of the Priscilla, the Puritan, which came at last to the res cue. She took the Priscilla in tow. stern fore most for Newport, and the passengers were landed safely. Their baggage was saved In good order. POWHATTAN BADLY HURT; ESCAPE WAS MIRACULOUS PROVIDENCE, R. 1.. July 9.—Tha steamer Powhattan, Captain A. T. Hud gins, bound for Baltimore, via Norfolk, from this port, arrived here this after noon and reported having been in. colli sion with the Fall river steamer Priscilla last night. Her bow was badlv damaged and a great hole was stove in the port side of the vessel below the water line, but no damage was done to the freight. Captain Hudgins reports that at 11:15 last night when at a point near Judith Point and Beaver Tall lightship the Pris cilla came suddenly out of a bank ot fog and that the ships came together af ter an exchange of signals before any thing could be done to avoid a collision and the heavy steel prow of the Pow hattan crushed into the timbers of the Prlsclllla’s bows. An offer of assistance was made to the disabled Priscilla but this was refused when it was found that there was no Immediate danger. There was not the slightest show of disorder with the 130 passenger of the Powhattan. Among them was a delegation to the con vention of the Baptist Young Union from Maryland. , PEACE DAWNS TODAY; STRIKE MAY BE SETTLED CHICAGO. July 9.—lt is hoped that with considerable assurance of consum mation, that the freight handlers’ strike, which has almost paralyzed railroad shiping since Monday, will be called off tonight. Pursuant to the plan laid out by the state board of arbitration yesterday and accepted by the parties to the contro versy. a meeting of the strikers was held this morning for the purpose of appoint ing committees from the various roads to visit the officials of their respective roads. It Is believed these committees and the railroad managers will be able to com promise, as their views on the wage, question have been very nearly similar. These committees, however, are not em powered to accept finally any compromise The plan hit upon at the various confer ences will be submitted to a general meeting of the union, scheduled for 2 o’clock this afternoon. BELL BOUND' OVER! CHARGE, MANSLAUGHTER PRESTON, Ga., July 9.—The prelimi nary trial of Charles Bell, colored, for the murder of Clarence Wallace, colored, was conducted here yesterday. On last Saturday evening, July 5. at a church at Church Hill, Ga., about eight miles north of Preston, and in this coun ty, a row was begun on the church grounds by Charley Bell cursing the Wal lace negro. This caused Wallace to ask Bell off the church grounds. They went about fifty yards and began shooting. Bell was shot once in the knee and Wallace three times in the ab domen and once in the hand. He died in about two hours. • Judge Alston committed Bell on the charge of voluntary manslaughter and assessed a bond at $l5O. MIDNIGHT ASSAILANT SHOT DEAD BY HUSBAND CONNELLSVILLE, Pa., July 7.—Dur ing the night an unknown man entered the house of Lud Pritts, a mountaineer, living near Rockwood, Pa., and proceeded to the apartments of Pritt’s young wife, evidently supposing her to be alone. Her screams aroused her husband, who was In another room and hastily grasp ing his winchester he shot the Intruder dead as he started to run from the house. FIVE WBMED BY GOV. AYCOCK TWO NORTH CAROLINA CONVICTS SET FREE ONLY TO DIE WITH CONSUMPTION. CHARLOTTE. July 9.—Governor Ay cock did somewhat of a land office busi ness in the pardoning line yesterday, is suing five free passes to convicts for dif ferent reasons. Will Doolie and Daub Bohannon, of Ire dell county, up for larceny, were pardon ed because they are in the last stages of consumption. Will Hairston, of Guilford, larceny, par doned on recommendation of many citi zens. , William McMillan, of Surry. assault with deadly weapon, dying of consump tion. E. Yagle. of Yancey; assault with dead ly weapon, in bad health. NO. 86 1