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I Y, % ALBANY, GA., tUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 20, 1906. WALLACE TALKS ON CANAL PROBLEMS 7 —: — . ■.. Former Chief Engineer Tells Senate Committee Why He Favors a Canal at Sea Level. BROOKLYN, MISS., NEAR MERIDIAN, Visited by a Destructive Cyclone—Enor mous Damage and Heavy Loss of Life. Negro Lynched by Mob at nooga Last Night. Chatta of the hanging and afterwards as though nothing unusual had occurred. The Crime He Committed. The crime for which Ed Johnson was lynched tonight was an assault on a prominent white girl at St Elmo, a suburb, which occurred some .weeks ago. Immediately after the crime a. mob made an unsuccessful attempt to get the prisoner, but Sheriff Shipp had taken him away. At that time the Jail was attacked and almost torn down, and during the excitement several per sons were seriously injured. / Ed Johnson Was to Have Been Legal ly Executed Today for Criminally Assaulting a White Woman, but When News Came that the Supreme Court of the United States Had Granted an Appeal, the Angered People Proceeded to Lynch the Pris oner. WASHINGTON, March 20.—John F. Wallace, former chief engineer of the Panama Canal Commission, made a statement today before the- Senate Committee on Interoceanlc Canals advocating, a straight sea-level canal of ample width and depth as the best type. Mr. Wallace urged that any plan placing a restriction on the prob able permanency of the canal’s efficiency, and on the speed and size of vessels using the canal, would render the canal less valuable. The questions to be considered are how much money the American' people are willing to invest, and how long they are willing to wait for the completion of the canal. Basing the probable annual tonnage on the present UBe of the Suez canal, at ten million tons, at seven dollars per ton, the approximate Income will be sufficient to justify an expenditure' of $300,000,000, whicji will be Bufflolent to construct a sea-level canal. Mr. Wallace said such a canal oan be built In ten years—twelve at the outside. A lock canal would take seven years. The witness said he believed Increased efficiency would be secured If th4 work were to be handled by a single contracting *flrm, unhampered by government methods. - NEW ORLEANS, March 20.—A cyclone'struck Brooklyn, Miss., near Meridian, last night, wrecking the town. There was enormous damage, according to specials! and the loss of life was heavy, but no exact fig ures have been recejved. The wind attained a velocity of ninety miles an hour, and everything In. the path of the tornado was leveled to the ground. Leaving Brooklyn, the tornado swept across the country, leav ing a trail of devastation.^ ' i Chattanooga, Tenn., March 20.—Ed Johnson, colored, was taken from the jail at 10:45 o’clock last night by a mob of seventy-five men and hanged to a b^am of the county bridge over the Tennessee river. The rope broke, the negro’s body fell, and the mob quickly riddled him with bullets. Sheriff Shipp and tpe Jailer were looted in a bathroom while the mob secured the .prisoner. The negro was to have been hanged today, but the United States Supreme Court yesterday granted a stay of ex ecution, and this action served to an ger the citizens of the city, and all day there was great excitement, and it was freely talked on the street that violence would result, last night. Early in ffie evening the mob began to form, and it was all done so'quietly that only those in tl}e immediate vi cinity of the Jail knew when they were ready for action. At 10:45 o’clock seventy-five deter mined. men assembled at the Jail, and at once gained admission. Overpower ing the Bheriff and his deputies, they secured the prisoner, and quietly led him to the bridge, where the hanging Was carried out ln^ the most orderly manner, the mob immediately dispers- “ v ■. ». , •. y . ‘ ' ing. / There was not the slightest attempt at rowdyism, and the mob was com posed of men of mature, years. The negro is said to have confeBsed- when first taken by the mob, but when the rope was> placed about his neck he stoutly maintained his Innocence. It is declared that the victim was dead of strangulation before the rope broke, but the mob, to make sure work of him, filled his body with bullets. The city was as. quiet at the hour TRACK OF THE STORM. MOBILE, Ala., March 20.—A special from Hattiesburg, Miss., says a cyclone passed over southern Mississippi last night. It is not known whether anyone was killed. According to best reports, the tornado orig inated between Beaumont and Brooklyn, twenty miles south of Hatties burg. With a funnel formation- a quarter of a mile wide, it sped sixteen •v • • * miles across the country, demolishing everything in Its path. It traveled at the rate of seVhnty miles an hour, Few details have been received So far, but it is believed that the damage was great. Granted an Appeal. Washington, March 19. — The Su preme Court of theyunited States to day granted an appeal in the case of a negro named Ed Johnson, under sen tence to be hanged tomorrow in Ham ilton county, Tennessee, on the charge- of assault Justice Harlan granted the appeal last Saturday, hut feeling doubt of his right as an individual member of the court to take this action, advised that formal application be made to the whole court. Washington, March 20.—^he Census Bureau today issued a bul letin showing the complete cotton crop of last year, counting round bales as half bales, to be 10,697,013, with an average gross weight of 503.8 pounds. The order of the court operates as a stay of proceedings. No reasons are assigned for inter vention, and the action will serve to bring the case before the Supreme Court for investigation. And Snow is Now Two Feet Deep on a Level-Heavy Losses of Sheep are Rev ported. Big Plney, Wis„ March "20.'-l- Tfie CHATTANOOGA NEGROES QUIT WORK TODAY. Policy Holders’ Protective ^Society Meeting Scheduled to Occur in Atlanta Went By Default Today. George W. Bossell, Princi pal Detective-Under Mc Donough Administration, Died Yesterday. Members of Mob That Lynched Ed Johnson.'! May Be Arraigned in Ll.,8. Court. Chattanooga, Tenn., March 20.—The negro employes of several large fac tories quit work today, presumably on account of the lynching of Ed Johnson, last night. Officials are in conference regarding a possible riot. Johnson was a prisoner under fed- 1 eral control, under the ruling of the United States Supreme Court, and the members of the mob are liable to in-' dictment by the federal grand jury and trial in the federal court. Special to T|ie Herald. I' Atlanta,\ Ga., March 20.—The Policy Holders’ Protective Society of Georgia has fallen through, because of lack of interest of the policy holders. The annual meeting scheduled^ for today,to ratify the tentative organiza tion formed in February was attended only by the chairman, M. F. Amerous; the secretary, Sam Barnett, and Ben L. Jones, of Macon. Atfer waiting an hour, these three adjourned sine die. This probably means the death of the organization, as only thirty-five proxies of the whole 24,000 were turned over to the society. Special to The Herald., Savannah, Ga., March 20. — The death of, George W. Bossell, which occurred yesterday at his home in this city, removed a character who at SED STEEL CLUB WITH DEADLY EFFECT, Foreman on Railroad Works Slays Seven Italian Laborers. Knoxville, Tenn., March 20.—Infor mation from Marion, N. C., says that in a riot on the construction works of the South & Western railroad, .the foreman was attacked by Italian labor ers, and that the foreman clubbed seven men to death, using a steel bar In self-defense. GARDNER DICKINSON DEAD AT SAVANNAH. Entire Country East of the Mississippi River Feeling the Effects. 'Went to Savapnah from Bainbridge and Engaged in Cotton Business. MOROCCAN CONFERENCE REACHES AN AGREEMENT. Special to the Herald. ' Savannah, Ga., March 20.—The fu neral of Mr. Gardner Dickinson, who died Monday morning, after a brief Illness, took place today at noon. The interment was private. It has been some time since a man has died In Savannah with as many friends -at Mr. Dickinson had. -He came here several years ago from Bainbridge, Ga., and entered the cot ton business. London, March 20.—A telegram re ceived here from Algeclras Indicates that the Moroccan conference has reached an agreement satisfactory to all. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 20.—The whole country east of the Mis. sissippl river has, according to the reports to the Weather Bureau, been experiencing the effects of the March storm which began on Sunday V - 0 ■ ... night. Temperatures are generally below the average for the time of year. - There have been heavy rains In the South and snow In the North. The storm began Sunday night In the South and extended Into New Eng land, New York, the lower lake region and the upper Ohio valley, where the rain turned Into snow yesterday. The rivers In the states ,of Missis sippi, Alabama, Georgia and the Carollnas are hank-full, and stages above the danger line are expetced in a majority of the big waterways. We sell them. Fresh ■ v '• V* '- f shipments of these delir cious confection'^ are re ceived weekly, 1,. 2, 3 and 5 pound boxes and MINERS FLEEING IN COLORADO. He had' just come back from a business trip through Missis sippi and Louisiana and after getting His Illness devel- Denver, Colo., March 20. — Three thousand miners have fled from-the mines to SUverton for safety from snow and landslides. Sixteen men have been killed in the last three dayB, and the property loss Is placed at half a million dollars. home -he became 111. oped very .rapidly and he died early on Monday morning. As with candy, so with everything. We‘ sell only the best. If you wdnt orders UNPRECEDENTED FLOOD FEARED IN MISSISSIPPI, MOBILE, Ala., March 20.—Information reaching here states that the tracks of the Mobile & Ohio railroad are Inundated at several points In southern Mississippi and that tho Chickasaw- river- is rising rapidly. Fears are entertained that the flood will exceed all previous over flows, which means the severance of rail communications for a month. People living on the flats have left their homes for higher places. *.The ladles'In charge of the arrange ments for the Carnival of Commerce wish to announce that a few changes hhve been made In the cast, some dropping out and others taking their places. These changes will not ap pear on the programs ' tonight, having been given in after the programs were printed. They will'not make any ma terial difference In the performance. The Indications are that a large audi ence will attend the carnival tonight, which Is sure to he highly enjoyable and well worth the low price of admis sion. - the best your should come to FROST AND ICE WROUGHT HAVOC WITH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. JACKSON, Miss., March 2"0.—Traffic was resumed on the Illinois Cen tral railroad today ‘ between Jackson and New Orleans. The Gulfport .. Ship IsltLnd road Is tied up and all trains have been abandoned. Frost and Ice wrought great havoc with early fruit and vegetables In Mississippi. ' i Machinery Huy! n* er s Candi ies Are t he