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I V ^ VOLUME XII. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1913. NO. 83. II SUCCESS US FIREBUG Mrs, Edith Rigby Makes Dra matic Confession to Starting Big Lever Fire and Explod ing Bomb in Stock Exchange (By Associated Press.) LIVERPOOL, July 10.—A dramatic confession of incendiarism was made by a well-known militant suffragette Mrs. Edith Rigby, wife of a physician at Preston, to the magistrate sitting in the police court here today. Mrs. Rigby declared it was she who last Tuesday burned down the country residence at Rivington, near Horwicn, Lancashire, of Sir William H. Lever, causing damage estimated at $100,000. She further confessed to being the perpetrator of the outrage at the Liver pool stock exchange on July 5, when a bomb exploded, but caused little dam age. Mrs. Rigby surrendered voluntarily to the police. When arraigned today she gloried in her achievements, saying she wanted Sir William H. Lever to con sider whether his house was more val uable as a show place than as a bea con lighted for the king and the coun try to see women suffering an insup portable grievance. She told the magis trate: “I lighted that beacon. I also placed the explosives in the Liverpool stock exchange ’ to show how easy it is to procure them and to place them in pub lic buildings. I might just as easily have blown up the Nelson monument.” She was remanded for further hear ing. Mrs. Edith Rigby has been a member of the Women’s Social and Political union, the militant suffrage organiza tion, for many years and has taken a great part in public movements to pro mote the welfare of women. She haa been imprisoned five times in connec tion with the suffrage movement and 'was on several occasions released owing to the breakdown of her health after hunger strikes. Mrs. Rigby said to the magistrate: *‘I chose the Liverpool cotton exchange because the cotton industry has been built up largely by women’s labor. The merchants are willing to get power and wealth out of the labor of women, while the women .themselves are denied the vote and citizenship. This is the first knock at the door. Under the cat and mouse act one of the greatest women in the land is going to be done to death. If the government is going to kill that woman this is a warning.” WOMAN URGED ITU IL1 Tennessee Woman'Held for Death of Two Children Who Were Drowned Flil SUM 10 HI m CRICKS (SURE FEDERAL MMIITN Assurance, of Government Aid Given When Directors Fix Fund's Use (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) GRIFFIN, Ga., July 10.—The federal government will not withdraw its an nual appropriation of $30,000 for the Georgia Experiment Station. This information was given the board of directors of the station yesterday at their regular quarterly meeting by Gov ernment Inspector E. W. Allen, who was present at the request of State Commis sioner of Agriculture J. D. Price. Dr. R. H. J. DeLoach, the newly- elected director, made a short address at the meeting, in which he stated that the station would be thoroughly reor ganized and in the future would be run on a strictly scientific basis. He said that the funds appropriated by the gov ernment would be used only and ex clusively for the specific purposes for vhich they were made, ana expressed himself as being very optimistic over the outlook for the station. After Director DeLoach’s remarks Dr. Allen made some recommendations as to how the* federal funds should be used. He said, that in the past too much of he work of the*station had been of an agricultural nature and r.ot enough attention given to scientific re search work. He said the government hod contemplated holding up the an nual appropriation on this account, but after the assurance of Director De- Loach, who' has the hearty co-operation of the entire staff, that the recommen dations would be complied with, said in his report to the government he would recommend a continuance of the appro priation. The directors appointed a committee, with* Hon. J. J. Flynt as chairman, to appear before the state legislature and ask for an appropriation of $7,500 for the purpose of making improvements that are needed upon the station. J. TV. McWhorter, of Oconee county, was elected a member of the board of directors to succeed Hon. J. D. Price, now commissioner of agriculture. Perry Van Ewing, of Kansas, was elected animal husbandman to succeed H. P. Lykes, who goes with the South ern railway’s industrial department. $300 in Currency Taken From Scott’s Mill Safe at Scott- dale Early on Wednesday Morning BULGARIA APPEALS TO POWERS FOR PEACE Bulgars Apparently Want Peace at Any Cost and Take Initiative (By Associated Press.) LONDON, July 10.—It is officially confirmed here that Bulgaria has tak en the initiative of asking the Euro pean powers to try to bring the Balkan war to an end. Holding an armed night-watchman of the Scottdale mills at the point of his revolver, a safe-blower who had just opened the safe in Scott’s mill store, managed not only to avert his own cap ture or death, out to effect his clean escape as well, at Scottdale, just east of Decatur, shortly after 3 o’clock Wednes day morning when day was breaking. The police have no other than a cir cumstantial clue as yet. They have ar rested J. J. Crawford, who called at the Decatur jail Tuesday to see Walter P. Turpin, confined there to answer for wrecking the postoffice safe at Kirkwood the other night, and who boarded the Georgia railroad train at Scottdale Wednesday morning, riding into At lanta. He was arrested as the train arrived in Atlanta by city officers at the request of Sheriff McCurdy, of DeKalb county. Approximately $30 Oin currency was secured l}y the robber from the safe. He used nitroglycerine and blew the doors entirely from the box. J. W. Myers, night watchman at the Scottdale mills, heard the explosion. In vestigating he found the muzzle of the intruder’s revolver staring him in the face out of the gloom. At the robber’s command the watchman, armed, but with his own weapon in his pocket and so useless, turned and walked ahead of the criminal along the road. Crawford, the man arrested as a sus pect, states that he. is a blacksmith and lives at 234 1-2 Marietta street. Sheriff McCurdy stated that when he caled on Turpin at the Decatur jail Tuesday, he told the jailers that he was a friend of Turpin and that formerly they had roomed together. The detectives were impressed by the story told by Crawford. In a small grip i his possession when he was arrested was found a miscellaneous assortment of articles, but no personal apparel. Among the assortment were a glass cutter and a leather billy loaded with lead. The address given by Crawford as his room, 234 1-2 Marietta street, is the address where Turpin was rooming when he was caught in the Kirkwod safe blowing. Crawford said that he was in Scott dale visiting a matron and her son who live there. A letter addressed to him in Scottdale was found among his belongings. Greeks Rout Bulgars From Port of Kavala MEXICANS SLAIN AS THEY (By Associated Press.) ATHENS, Greece, July 10.—^A Greek naval force today occupied the sea port of Kavala, on the Aegean sea, heretofore in the hands of the Bulga rians. The valley of Strumintsa has also been taken posession of by Greek CELEBRATE BIG VIGTORY troops. Reports in Servia Say Bulgarians Are Fleeing Federal Guns Mow Down'300 Constitutionalists Swim ming River (By —s.ted Press.) NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 10.—A tele phone message to the Banner from Troy, Tenn., four miles north of which place Mrs-. Hennie Yates is charged with drcpprning two little children of her hus band, James Yates, by a former mar riage, says that Mrs. Yates, owing to the great excitement prevailing in the communtiy, will be given a preliminary hearing this afternoon. Officers claim Mrs. Yates’ fourteen- year-old daughter, Flora Farris, made a confession to the occurrence last night. The children alleged to have been drowned by Mrs. Yates were Ligon Yates, a boy, aged twelve, and Ida May Yates, a girl, aged ten. James Yates, six years old, another of the children, escaped and ran half a mile and gave the alarm. James Yates is a farmer. He and Mrs. Yates have been married four years. (By Associated Press.) BELGRADE, Servia, July 10.—Bul garian troops continue to retire, close ly pursued by ^he Servians, according to official reports received here. The Bulgarians retreating from Istip, had intended to occupy Radovitch, an im portant town several miles to the east, but the Servian cavalry drove them out of this strategic position yesterday. The Bulgarians fled precipitately, leav ing their dead and wounded and throw ing away rifles, ammunition and food. Bulgars Throw Selves Unreservedly on Russia (By Associated Press.) ST. PETERSBURG, July 10.—Bul garia has placed herself unreservedly in the hands of Russia with the view of bringing about a cessation of, hostili ties in the Balkans and in ordef to pre vent further bloodshed, according to an announcement made here today, appar^ ently on good authority. JAPANESE COMES TO 0. S. TO STUDY CHERRY TREES JURY IN HALL CASE AT TIPTON HEARS CHARGE (By Associated Press.) ITHACA, N. Y., July 10.—Tageo Ku- safio, professor of pomology at the Imperial College of Agriculture and Forestry in Japan, the land of the cher ry tree, has come here at the expense of his government to study cherry cul ture. x He has been received as a guest- student at Cornell university, whose farm has sixty-four of the most ad vanced kinds of edible cherries, while Japan has only fourteen kinds. Prof. Kusano says that his country’s fame in the cherry line rests more upon the beauty of the blossom than on the fruit. I, B, Hall Claims He Shot and Killed Dennis B, Hall in Self Defense Special Dispatch to The Journal.) TIFTON, Ga., July 10.—The jury in the case of I. B. Hall, charged with the murder of Dennis B. Hall one month ago today, went out at 11:45 o’clock this morning, after listening to a twen ty-eight-minute charge by Judge W. E. Thomas. Hall pleads self-defense. GEORGIAN WHO SHOT UP TAMPA COURT RELEASED U. S. Senator Becomes Dan Cupid's First Aid TAMPA, Fla., July 10.—G. E. Green, of Sylvania, Ga., the man who "shot up” County Judge. Whitaker’s court here a week ago, attempting to kill W. E. Mattox, who was charged with criminally assaulting an eleven-year- old girl, was released on habeas corpus this morning by Circuit Judge F. M. Robles. Thus far no charge has been lodged against Green. All three of the shots he fired at the prisoner went wild. Saloon Keeper Convicted MACON, Ga., July 10.—J. B. Brooks, a saloon proprietor, was fqgnd guilty of violating the state law requiring saloonkeepers to take out beer licenses on January 1. A fine of $75 was im posed by Judge Matthews in the supe rior court. This is the first conviction in Bibb county under tjje statute. Sev eral other saloon men who were tried were found not guilty. Probe Flag Episode (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. July 10.—At Secre tary Bryan’s request Attorney General McReynolds is seeking to find out who tore the Paraguayan flag from its staff at the Paraguayan consulate in San Francisco on July 4. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. July 10.—Colleagues of Senator Reed, of Misouri, are twit ting him today over the record he has established as a matchmaker, for it just became known that the senator figured in that capacity in an eleventh-hour ro mance. The beneficiaries of his match making activity left today for Atlantic City to begin their honeymoon. Senator Reed was in his office late in the afternoon when lie received a tele phone message from Miss Condace B. Kern, of Kansas City, a long-time friend of his and Mrs. Reed's, who announced that she desired to be married at once to W. L. MacDonald, a retired Chicago capitalist. The pair desired to have the ceremony performed at once so that they might leave for the seashore im mediately, but they discovered that the marriage license bureau was closed. Senator Reed immediately proceeded to action. He hunted up a marriage license clerk, carried him off to the city hall for the document, provided for the clergyman and telephoned to Mrs. Reed that there was to be a wedding in the Reed home. This program tooi< mvu\ and when it was completed, Mr. and Mrs. Mac Donald found they had missed their train. Therefore they remained until today as guests of the senator and Mrs. Reed. (By Associated Press.) TUCSON, Ariz., July 10.—A belated communication from Guaymas in the hands of Mexican Consul Ainlee today- says that 300 constitutionalists met death in an effort to swim across the bay when they were repulsed by a hid den Huerta force in their attempt to enter the Caluornia gulf port. The message states that General Ojeda, after his retreat to the federal base, arranged an amliush to surprise the pursuing constitutionalists and that 800 federals fell upon the state troops who retreated in disorder, leaving many dead and wounded behind. « Obregon’s men were ceelbrating what they believed to be the fall of Guaymas when the federals closed in upon them. Cairo Police Chief Can’t Collect Street Taxes in Valdosta (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) VALDOSTA, Ga,, July 9.—Diplomatic relations between Valdosta and the town of Cairo were jarred last evening when two policemen of this city ar rested Chief of Police Horton, of Cairo, apd threatened to put him in the city prison, where he had a prisoner con fined. Chief Horton had been to Hahira to get a prisoner and was on his way home, stopping over here. While walk ing about the streets, he ran upon a Cairo negro who had left that town without paying street tax. The chief arrested him and collected $4 tax which he was said to be due the town of Cairo. The negro reported to the Val dosta officers, stating that he pays street tax here. Policemen Simmons and Walker hunted up the Cairo officer and arrested him, causing him to give up the $4 which the* negro had paid him. The negro then paid $2 of the money to Officer Walker, who collects street tax here. When Chief Horton left Valdosta last night he did so with the understanding that he was going to sue out papers when he reached Cairo that will make the ndgro pay back the $4. INEXPERIENCED ENGINEER PUT IN CHARGE OF TRAIN h THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME J05T LOOK WOW Wo OR- old dog Roiled mV flower BED ! IF YOU V/AHT to have, a dog why domV You keep it IH YouR owM Yard? I’M SETTIHG TIRED OF THIS business* OF COURSE YOU REALISE. that Your, children play with the dog as much As Mine do, BUT we’ll SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT MOULTRIE BANK AGREES TO Will Advance Cash on All Farm Products Stored in Repu table ^Warehouses (By Associated Press. \ WASHINGTON, July 10.—The inter state commerce commission’s report of its investigation of the New York, New Haven epd Hartford passenger train wreck at Stamford, Conn., on June 12, holds that the railroad was negligent in placing Engineer Dougherty in charge of the derailed train, t/nen he was "in experienced and uninstructed.” Committee Meets (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MOULTRIE, Ga., July 10.—In a drec- tors’ meeting, held in this city yester day, the Moultrie Banking company passed a resolution agreeing to lend money to farmers on hay, grain and other produce stored in bonded or other reputable warehouses in this city. This movement on the part of one of the strongest financial institutions in the state is significant and comes on the heels of a movement by the Moultrie chamber of commerce to or ganize the farmers of Colquitt county in a produce federation, for the purpose of promoting stock raising, hay and grain production and truck planting, the movement also comprehending a local market, for these products by the erec tion of a packing house, the organiza tion of a holding company to buy hay, grain and other produce and a shipping organization among the farmers to prop- truck produced in the county. This step will mean large warehouse facilities ,a proper grading of produce, a system of marketing that produce and organiaztion among the farmers to prop erly prepare that produce for market. FISH SLAUGHTERED BY OGONEE RIVER Game Warden Begins Inves tigation by_ Enjoining Big Athens Fertilizer Co, (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ATHENS, Ga, July 10.—In the last two days it is estimated that 10,000 pounds of fish have been Killed i the Oconee river between Athens and Bar nett shoals, a distance of twelve miles. It is supposed they were killed by an acid which was turned into the river from a fertilizer plant. Occasionally dead fish have been found along the river banks, suppos edly killed by this acid, which goes into the river from a branch, but a day or two «.go the vats of one of the plants were cleaned out and a large supply of acid got into the river. The Emire Chemical company has been temporarily enjoined from turning any more acid in the river. County Game Warden Ed Price is in communication with Game Warden Mercer in regard to the matter. / SIX U. S. SOLDIERS MEET DEATH IN MANILA WASHINTON, July 10.—The senate lobby committee spent the greater part of today in executive session, supposed ly looking over the books which the Na tional Wool association furnished yes terday. WASHINGTON, July 10.—The six soldiers killed in Manila yesterday when a flat car jumped the track and over turned were Privates Boyd Manes, of the quartermaster corps; Louis D. Koenig, Elmer Nertzinger, John Haul, Albert R. Whlls and George Hughes, ac cording to a dispatch received at the war department today. All belonged to the Ninty-fifth company, coast artil lery. Army officers familiar with Manila harbor believe the accident happened on a military railroad on Cerregider is land. built to transport heavy ordnance and supplies from a wharf on the bay side to the heights two miles off. cn which are fortifications. The soldiers who manned the batteries and the engineers at work on the for tifications are in the habit of using the road to avoid the steep climb to- the top of the bluff. MT. TAMALPAIS FIRE MAY E UNDE! JACK JORNSON SAYS HE'LL L NEVER COME BACA TO U. S. Flames Decrease in Fury-Army Officer Refuses to Risk Men’s Lives SAN FRANCISCO July 10.—A still, cloudless dawn brought hope to Mill Valley, Corte Madera and Larkspur that before nightfall the forest fires on Mount Tamalpals would be so thorough ly beaten out that the afternoon trade winds would not fan them to new dan ger as they have for the last three days. Faint columns of thick smoke from the beds of the canyons showed that four fires smoldered. Mill Valley was still in danger. > Communication wltlf Muir woods, a grove of giant sequoias, was still broken this morning. One newspaper man, who made the trip on foot, brought back word that although sixteen cottages on the edge of the forest had been de stroyed, the big trees were untouched. Captain Charles P. Plunkett, com manding the cruiser South Dakota, marched 600 of his men from the Mill Valley station up to the border of the fire in Cascade canyon early this morn ing, took a look at the fire, and march ed them back again: “It would take all the people in Cali fornia to put out that fire. * Let it burn out. I have expert gun pointers among my men, each worth $25,000 to the gov ernment. I am not going to risk their lives.’’ Negro Pugilist, in France, Says He Will Live There From - Now On First of New County Proposi tions Passed by Vote of 136 to 35 After Stiff Fight Put Up by Minority (By Associated Press.) * HAVRE, France, July 10.—Jack John son, the colored pugilist, arrived here today on board the Corinthian, and im mediately on landing announced his de termination never to return to the United States. He said he would in the future take up his residence in Paris. Postmasters Ware Against “Coaches” for Civil Service Exams. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. July 10.—So many ingenious and misleading communica tions have been sent out by correspond ence and other coaching schools to coax money from the 20,000 fourthclass post masters who eventually will be required to take civil service commissions, that the civil service commission has com plained to the postal authorities/ It is expected that prosecutions will follow and that fraud orders will be issued against the publications of several of those “educational” institutions. One coaching school sent out notices to postmasters in imitation of civil service publications, in which it was stated that examinations would soon be held and directing them to inquire at once for instructions. Another concern offered for $3 to send postmasters sam ple examination questions and other in formation, all of which can be obtained from the civil service commission. So many inquiries have been received from postmasters concerning these schools that a circular letter has been prepared by the cotnmission to answer them. OF mm IN JEWELS Mrs, John F, Martin Left Jew els on Table of Room in Paris Hotel (By Associated Press.) PARTS, July 10.—Mrs. John F. Mar tin. of New York, was robbed last even ing of jewelry valued at $32,000 at her hotel on the Place Vendome. She had left the jewels wrapped in a handker chief on a table in her suite. Justice Department Doesn’t Regret Loss of Johnson (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 10.—Jack John son’s announcement that he would never return to the United States caused the department of justice immediately to consider steps to bring about the for feiture of his $30,000 personal bond pending in Chicago for his appearance In connection with white slave Indict ments upon which he has not yet been tried. Judge Carpenter, a few days ago, de clined to declare the bond forfeited un til it was clear that Johnson would not appear when wanted. The depart ment of justice, it is said, probably will seek official confirmation of his announced purpose not to return and present the matter again to Judge Car penter. Government attorneys expressed no regret over the negro’s announcement* A few days ago officials considered the advisability of asking France to deport him upon arrival, but it was decided to let the case take its .usual course. Their view was that there would not be objection to his absence from the country, and if he ever should return the year’s imprisonment sentence al? ways would be enforceable, provided the circuit court of appeals approved the verdict. Jack Johnson may not find refuge in France, in the opinion of the state de partment officials. They say that, while probably there is no provision in the extradition treaty with France under which the surrender could be de manded, the French authorities, even without a formal appeal from this gov ernment, may deport Johnson, as, like most European countries, France is un derstood to have laws prohibiting the immigration of a person convicted of crime in his own country. By the vote of 136 to 35, the house of representatives Thursday afternoon passed the bill creating the new county of Barrow. The ballot in favor of the proposition was well in excess of 123 votes* the necessary two-thirds re quired. The new county of Barrow is to comprise corners of Jackson, Gwinnett and Walton counties being situated in such a position as to take from each of the three about an equal amount of acreage. Winder ,the proposed county seat, is a thriviny little town with a population of over 3,000 people. • Despite unfavorable reports from the rules committee on , the house resolu tion of Mr. Pharr, of Gwinnett, asking that the committee on constitutional amendments be instructed not to report on new county matters at this session, and a resolution by Mr. Fullbright, of Burke, asking tltht the house defer con sideration of all such propositions until the next session, owing to other more important matters, Mr. Hardeman, of Jefferson, began a fight against the con stitutional amendment creating the county of Barrow. The effort of Mr. Hardeman to post pone the vote until the next session followed a short speech by Speaker Pro Tem McMichael, of Marion, in favor of the creation of the new county. Mi. McMichael called attention to the long and unsuccessful fight that had been waged by Winder citizens for the crea tion of the county 'that would make their town the county seat and stressed particularly the fact that the people really deserved good treatment at the hands of the present general assembly. The objections of Representative Hardeman were in accordance with the unfavorably reported resolution of Mr. Fullbright. This was a time, he said, when matters of grave importance should occupy the time of the house and as no popular vote could be taken on the creation of a new county until the next general election, one year from October, it would be just as easy to hear and vote on these propositions at the next session of the legislature. The speaker declared that the new county bills would take up so much time as to endanger action on legisla tion that is of far greater general im portance to the people of Georgia than the creation of a new county that ef fects only a limited ^rea. He was not fighting new county propositions, he said, but rather moved that the matter be left in abeyance until the next ses sion. The motion to postpone the vote was ,killed and an aye and nay ballot on the main question ordered immediately aft erwards with the announced result. The early part of the session w,a» taken up with the first reading of some thirty bills, the passage of four local bills and one of a general nature af fecting the withdrawal of foreign fire insurance companies from Georgia. This general bill introduced by Mr. Wohlwender of Muscogee and Mr. Cook of Chattahoochee provides that all for eign fire insurance companies withdraw ing from the state shall render a state ment of their assets, liabilities and financial status to the state insurance commissioner and fplly reinsure all pol icies held by persons or corporations in the state prior to their withdrawal. Shorty after the house convened. Speaker Burwell announced a commit tee to invite Senator Hoke Smith to address the house and senate in joint session at some time during his con templated visit to Atlanta. The com mittee named is composed of Repre sentatives Milieu of Bibb, Adams of Hail and Slade of Muscogee, who will act in co-operation wtih a similar commit tee of two from the senate. RENEW FIGHT TO WIPE OUT COMMERCE COURT * Rep, Sims, of Tennessee, De clares He Will Redouble Effort to Break Court (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 10.—Representa tive Sims, of Tennessee, emphatically made it known today that he had not abandoned his fight for the abolition of the commerce court. He declared he would renew his effort to eliminate the tribunal at the earliest possible moment, consistent with the condition of the court’s docket. The Tennessee member has challenged Mr. Broussard, of Louisi ana, champion of the court, to divide time with him in a discussion of the question. Mr. Sims shied his caster into the ora torical ring yesterday when he request ed that one hour be set aside for Mr. Broussard on Saturday and one for him self in which to debate the matter. "Will any member ■fle required to at tend?” inquired Representative Burnett, of Alabama, with mock solicitude. Amid laughter, Mr. Sims withdrew his request. He indicated today his inten tion to renew it, however. PEACH GROP BRINGING BIG RETURNS IN BIBB Jones and Houston Counties Also Making Big Early Shipments (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MACON, Ga., July 10.—More than $800,000 has been received for the peach crop from the different sections around Macon. So far 563 cars have been shipped to northern and eastern noints, and the average price per car ***is been $1,500. The Elberta crop is yet undisturbed. The crop which has just been shipped are the early crop of Georgia Belle variety. While the crop in Jones and Houston counties are not up to the average, the peach growers are receiving more profit from their crop this year than last. An average of twenty-five cars per day is being shipped now, but after the Elberta crop opens more than that number of cars will be for warded daily until the end of the sea son. Judge Grubb Not Ready to Pass Sentence on Col, Huff (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MACON, Ga., July 10.—Word has been received from Judge J. I. Grubb, of the Birmingham federal court, who recently presided in the contempt case against Colonel W. A. Huff, that he could not hand down his decision until after he had completed a session of court that is now in progress. He de clared that he would not mail his de cision here to be placed on file. It has already been announced that he finds Colonel Huff guilty, but there has been no mention as to what time he will pass sentence. Cherokee Heights Soon To Be Part of Macon (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MACON. Ga., July 10.—An election will be held soon among the residents of Cherokee Heights, a suburb on the western side of the city, for the pur pose of bringing them inside the incor porate limits. Several newly erected houses in this section were recently burned to the ground, and it is be lieved that they were eet on fire,