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VOLUME XV.
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Buildings With Sleeping Occupants Carried Down
by Landslide and Catch Fire.
K averstraw. N. Y., Jan. 9.—Firemen, aided by hundreds of volunteers
>1 working thiB morning to subdue the flames which are slowly con
suming the remains of at least fifteen persons who, In their homes,
were carried to death In a landslide just before m<dnlght last night.
There Is little hope that the victims will ever be Identified.
In the eastern end o! the town seven houses on the edge of a clay
pit, from which material had been taken for brick, were carried down
Into the pit without warning, while most of the victims were sleeping.
The landslidge broke the watermalns, cutting off tile means of fighting
the flames which Immediately caught the houses from stoves and fire
places.
The fire department was unable to reach the flames. A'tcr the ar
rival of aid a second slide took place, and many narrowly escaped death,
and the fire engines were moved' bark to a place of snfety.
At 11 o’clock this morning It was estimated that at least, twenty
persons, and possibly more were dea l as the result of last night's land
slide. A large force Is working desperately to uncover tlio ruins and to
rescue the bodies, but the great heat from the burned buildings has pre
vented rapid work.
THE GINNERS’ REPORT TO 1.1
IS 9,721,773 BALES COTTON.
Washington, Jan. 9.—The census bureau today issued a
bulletin showing the amount of cotton ginned to January first
to be 9,721,773 bales. There is no report for the correspond
ing date of last year, for comparison.
i/IAYGET WELL
Well-Known Atlanta Wo
man Who Was Be
lieved to Be Hopelessly
111 May Recover.
Atlanta, (la., Jan. 9.—(Special.)—
According to the attending physician,
Miss Rowena Peyton, the aged wo
man who ‘'or many years has beoti
peddling matches, chewing gum and
soap upon the streets of Atlanta and
Add
100 Per Cent.
thereby won the etubrl$iet of “Moth
er Matches," has passed the crisis In
her Illness from pneumonia, and la
now likely to recover. A relative of
the aged peddler who has come here
from Sandersvllle, Ga., to minister to
the wants of the patient, says Miss
Peyton Is very much ererolsed over
the story printed Sunday that she had
danced with King Edward VII of Eng.
land when as the Prince of Wales, he
paid a visit to this country many
she has never squandered any on
dress or riotous living. She Is a poet
or no mean ability. Before the war
her people were distinguished In many
walks of life. Her great uncle was a
member of the United States senate
from Florida.
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Your F
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Field
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Mac! Linery
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Announce Allegiance to
Colombia—Have Never
Been Conquered and
, May Make Trouble.
FK GREENE UNO Hlllll
IRE BROUGHT TO TRIAL AT IlST.
Savannah, Ga., Jan. 9.—After four years in exile as
fugitives from law, Benjamin D. Greene and John F. Gay nor
appeared in the Federal court today before Judge Emory
Speer to answer several indictments charging conspiracy to
defraud the government, with embezzlement and receiving
stolen money, knowing it to have been stolen.
COUNCIL HELD
RAILROAD ASKS FOR FRONT
STREET FRANCHISE-OR
DINANCE READ PROVIDED
PAVING SIDEWALKS.
7 q’clock a. meeetlng that Is likely to
set the pace for strenuoslty .for the
year.
The first half hour of the session
was consumed with routine matters,
among other things a large number of
dray and hack bonds being accepted.
Council decided that all hacks which
bad been condemned by the hack in
spector were permanently put out of
commission and that they could not
be licensed again after undergoing a
coat of paint and other skimpy repairs.
years ago. Miss PeytonMs supposed A resolution from the board of po-
to bavo considerable money, aHhougiT TEctT comnilil'stonors was read' by Clerk
the Ceorgla Northern and the Albany
& Northern roads a franchise on
Front street. When tlio matter was
Introduced by Col. Walters, Aldermen
Jones, Tiirver and Ehrlich, members
of the special committee to which
the matter was -eferred, all slated
Hint they preferred nol to act. on the
ordinance Inst nlglt, ns they had not
been uble to decide JiiBt wlint require
ments would ho ir\do of the roads ns
to the crossing of Broad street at
I he entrane eto the county bridge,,, it
seemed the sense of the council that
a tunnel should he used at this cross.
Ing, but they were unable to deter
mine, In the absence of drawings
seemd the snso or the council last
showing tiro grades, etc., what effect
such a tunnel would have on Front
street.
Col. Walters and the Messrs. Pld-
cock wore Insistent that the ordinance
be passed last night, for reasons which
were explained to the council, and
With every chair, save that of Al
derman P. H. Jones, occupied,
and the council chamber crowded with
those whose business called them be
fore that body, the aldermanlo board ,, ... „ ...
meeting with the amendatory clause
last night, the 1906 council, began at that t , V6 r , ghtB Bl . aate( , In the ordl .
Bust. In It the sense of-.that body
was conveyed to the council as fa
voring the addition to Iho police
forre of Hie city of one or two blcy
cle mounted poll<’»men and also tlio
nace were subject to the work being
done by plans which should be first
approved by the council, and that the
TallroadB should give the city Indem
nifying bonds against any damage to
adjacent property.
The members of the council seemed
inclined to grant toe privileges Bought
but they wore wary about passing an
ordinance without further deliberation)
even under the apparently fair prop
osition of the railroads.
Mr. J. S. Crews, vlce-prosldent and
general manager or the Albany &
Northern reiki. was flnall^geht "or by
Col. Walters, and the matter was
TWO IMFOKTINT DEB*
Bt HE SFiTE SUPREME
Judge Cann’s Stove .Rate Decision Reversed—Ex-
x press Company and Liquor.
Atlanta, Jan. 9.—(Special.)—The supromo court has reversed Judge
Cann In the Injunction agnlnst the railroad commission to prevent the
enforcement of certain Btovo rateB 1 from Atlanta, Rome, Dalton and Rock-
innrt. Savnnnh parties sought to enjoin the commission from enforcing
the rates, and Judge Cann granted the Injunction. The supreme court to.
day reversed Judge Cann on the ground that the Chatham court had no
jurisdiction. The court does not enter Into the merits of the case.
The supreme court also upheld a mandamus granted by Judge Pen
dleton, of Fulton county, to force the Southern Express Company to haul
liquor to Lawrencevllle. Tliht. town passed an ordinance fixing a llcosne
of $1,000 to send 'lquor Into the place. The express company refused to
pay the same or to handle liquor. E. M. Rose, of Atlanta, sought to com
pel by mandamus. The supreme court hold that the Express Company
■was. a common carrier, and that the Lawroncevlllo ordinance was null
and void.
nu BE SEMITE COUMITTEL
Washington, Jan. 9.—All matters relating to the Fa
ama canal and the government of the canal zone and
management of Panama railroads will be investigated by the
senate committee on inter-oceanic canals. This was decide
they urged the council to adopt tho at t jj e mee ting of the committee today. The investigation
ordinance submitted at the previous , _
will begin next Tuesday;
NEW PUMPS ARE
Last of Electrically Driven
Machinery for Munici
pal Plant Nearly Ready
for Operation.
The Worthington cloctrlc pumps,
again taken up and dlscussod at 'ordered sevoral months ago for the
length. Alderman Jones asked Mr. cilv electric plant, hut delayed for vij-
Crews If his road, In consideration
of the city's granting tho franchise
providing of belts and side, arms for. on Front street, w< uld relinquish all
all the city's nfllcera. Alderman Jones, j rights on Washington street, except.
In opposing the adoption of the roso- for street car purposes.
New York, Jan. 9—A Herald dis
patch from Panama says that Infor
mation has been received there that
the San Bias Indians of the lower At
lantic coast have announced their
allegiance to Colombia. About 30,000
of these Indians are scattered along
a hundred miles of the most, fertile
part of the coast of Panama. The re
volt against Panama's rule, it Is said,
has been fermented by Colombians,
and as the Indians have, never been
conquered, the matter of bringing (hem
back to Panama may prove serious.
The Equitable Building and Loan
Association has decided to liquidate
and go out of business. This does
not mean failure. The Officers and
principal stockholders feel that the
assoclatiou ha served its term of
usefulness, however, and they have
concluded to wind up its affairs,
paying off the stockholders and
discharging all its .obligations
In full. The reasons which actu
ate those in control of the association
are fully set forth In an interview
wltn Mr. S. Reich, the president,
which Is published elsewhere in to
day’s Herald. A notice to the stock
holders, who are notified that tbelr
stock certificates will be paid off on
presentation to the secretary, is also
published in today's Herald,
The local chapter of the Knights
of Maccabees of the World held a
meeting l^dt night, the first alnco the
organization of the chapter. The
meeting was enthusiastic, and was
aige'} attended.
lutlon of the commission, gave some
Interesting figures, showing that the
expenses t,o the city for this year
would he $16,400 in excess o’ what
they had ever been. His motion not
In adil another man to the police force
was carried, byt the council voted to
provide belts and side arms of late
and approved design, as suggested.
Alderman Tarver, as chairman of
the street committee, stated that he
was of the opinion that the street
work could he done with better re
sults If a smaller gang of convicts
should work the streets constantly
than by using the 'entire county force
at intervals during the year. Thd mat
ter was referred tr-the street commit
tee for report at. o called meeting.
The purchase of 1,000 feet of addi
tional hose for the fire department, an
expenditure strongly urged by the
fire committee of last year and no
less earnestly advocated by the pres
ent fire committee, was referred to
that committee with power to act.
An ordinance w«s introduced by
Alderman Jones and submitted for
first reading providing for the pave
ment. of the sidewalks on 62 blocks
In the principal p-ttion of the city.
The ordinance provides for a 7-foot
pavement on both sides of Commerce
street from Monroe to Washington,
both sides of Bropfl, Pine and Flint,
from Monroe to Front: both sides of
Tift street from Monroe to Jackson;
both sides of Residence street from
Monroe to Washington; both sides of
Jefferson and Jackson streets from
Commerce street to Society street.
Upon the reading of this ordinance
Alderman Ehrlich arose and stated
that he wasopposed to its passage,
that he waB opposed to Its passage,
who Bpoke In support of the ordi
nance.
The matter of naming and number
ing the streets and booses was pass
ed over for the present, council decid
ed that this was an expenditure which
could be hold over for a year or two.
There appeared before the body
last night Mr. J. N. Pldeock, retiring
president yf the Georgia Northern
railroad; Mr. C. W. Pldeock, the road's
new president; Col. J. W. Walters,
the road’s attorney, who sought for
the passage of an ordinance granting
Mr. Crews replied frankly that aitch
an outcome had teen discussed by
the officials of the A. & N„ but that
while lie felt reasonably sure that
such an agreement would he sails.'ac-
tory to his road, he was not author
ized then to enter Into such an agree
ment.
The matter, was finally left standing
until a called meeting this afternoon
at 3 o’clock, when it will come up for
final settlement.
A motion to adjourn was then car
ried.
23 means exit.
9-tf
rlous" reasons, have at laBt been rd-
eelved and placed on. lliolr founda
Hons nt the municipal plant on North
streets.
This completes the equipment of
f,ho iiea- plant, whose machinery Is
practically a duplicate of that. In the
old except that In the one It Is pro
pelled by electricity nnd the other by
stoam.
The electric air li t pump arrived
several months.ago, but for weeks
awaited tho arrival of the motor In
tended to drive It. The air lift ma
chine is now In s'locessful operation,
however, and Is found to meet fully
all demands made upon it.
1 Unlike the old Deane steam pumps
I which they supersede, the new olec-
[ trie Worthingtons are not of the same
size and capacity. The larger pump
| has a capacity of 1 (100 gallons a min
ute, or little less ‘hsn n million nnd
a half gallons a dya. This pump Is
| driven by a 70 horse power motor.
I The smuller pump Is driven by a 26
| horse-power motor, and has a propor-
j tlonately smaller capacity. Both
pumps have their' motors direct
! coupled, while tho air lift machine Is
An Atlanta Young Man drlven *>- v meana °f a chal "‘
_ , _ | As soon as the new pumps nro 11m-
Wno turned burglar t)ernil up an(1 I)1It i„. commission, the
Had a Close Call for transformation of the plant will
jhavc been completed.
HIS Life. Streets and buildings In tho city
will he lighted from the Btg Shoals,
Atlanta, Ga,, Jen, 9.—(Special.)— the current passing through the mu-
Luther Thurman, aged 18, of 719 Ma-1 nldpal plant.
rietta street who admits being a| The air li't machine, working in
burglar, probably owes his life to tho the big artesian well, and the pumps,
fact that a bullet to tho revolver of j working direct on mains, will be driv-
one of the officers making the arrest' en by the same Big Shoals electric
dropped out of the weapon. When the power.
youth was caught red-handed In saloon . Not a pound of coal will ho consum-
at 35 Decatur street he attempted to ' e d, and the boilers will he cold from
ran. The officers making the dlscov- week’s end to week’s end. All the
cry called to him to halt. He ran the steam machinery .will bo kept Intact,
faster. One of the patrolmen drew his however, and ready to run on a few
gun and pulled the trigger. There wag ! minutes notice in case accident or
no report The hamfiner ^had fallen!high water should Interfere with the
on an empty Bhell Thurman Barren , j operation of the big power plant on
dered and was taken to police head- the Muckafoonee. ~ /
quarters. “I guess I’ll get about eight
years for this job* was his remark
to newspaper men yesterday. Late In
the afternoon he was bound over to
the state courts.
OFFICER’S PISTOL
FAILED TO FIRE.
BIG FIRE IN DALLAS
SOUTH BOSTON HAS
A THREATENING FIRE
Fire Started In th» Warehouse Die
trlet Thle Morning.
Boston, Jan. 9.—Fire of throeti
Ing proportions broke out
the warehouse district In South
ton.
Within an hour' the firemen i
od the flamos to one warehouse
danger of a serious spread Is 1
past .-TM loss Is ,s
to $100,000, partly Insured.
Cieii! But you have a mean
Lion.
iVJ.1
m
Always leave them laughing when
you say Good bye.
One Man Suffocated and Two Others
Probably Fatally Injured.
, Dallas, Jan. 9.—Wire this morning
damaged the Knepfley building In tho
9-tf business district, $50,000. One man
i was suffocated, another fatally and a
j Life Is a funny proposition a ter all. third seriously, injured. The loss Is
I 9-tf. nrerAMAfl h
covered by Insurance.
And kave
tkem filled
ky experienced
pkarmacists
witk pure
ingredients and
exactly ,
in tke manner
tkat
your*pkysician
wants tkem
compounded.
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