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Lawyers Now Speaking, and Trial Expected, to
End This Week.
Savanah, Ga., April 9. — The argu
ments in the Greene and Gaynor case
were continued today. They attracted
a large crowd to the United States
court room and there were many ladies
In the audience. Mr t W. W. Osborne
continued his argument for the de
fense and occupied the attention of
the court for some time. He was fol
lowed by Marlon Erwin, United States
District Attorney, who was / speaking
when the court adjourned for the day.
It Is possibld that {here will be a night
session tonight. If so, the argument
will end on Wednesday morning and
Judge Speer will then deliver his
charge to the jury.
Col. P. W. Meldrlm will deliver the
laBt speech for the defense. He will
not speak as long as the other attor
neys, as Mr. Osborne encroached
somewhat on his time. It is expected
that Judge Adams’ speech for the gov-
emnAent will be® an able effort. He
has watched the trial very closely and
It Is thought he will make one of the
finest speeches of his career In this
caad
Judge Speer'B charge will he an able
effort also. In the United States court
the judge, in charging a jury, can give
his opinion on the evidence as well as
on. the law, and Judge Speer will prob
ably do this. Ifjhe public Is advised
as to the time that,Judge Speer de
livers his charge the court room will
be crowded to the doors when he does
so. . 3 \
There Is much speculation as to
what the verdict win probably be and
how long the jury will be In reaching
its conclusion. Some look for a mis
trial. Those who have kept well up
with the trial say that the defense has
made ! a most excellent Bhowlng except
as to the distribution of the funds ac
cruing from the work at Savannah and
In Cumberland Sound. Capt. B. D.
Greene when on the stand gave a very
off-hand explanation of this. He told
of distributing hundred thousand dol
lars shares of profits with but little
formality and without giving or taking
receipts.
The Jury has borne Up well under
the strain of the trial. There has
been but one day’s recess because of
the lllneis of a Juror. Yesterday they
enjoyed a walk In the country and this
morning they appeared with their
faces bright with hope at the outlook
of a short concluilon of the eaBe.' The
prisoners look careworn.
Writes the Governor that He
is Tired of Living and
Wants to Hang. ,
But, at the 8ame Time, He, Was Busy
With Some Fellow Criminals In the
Lowndes County Jail Trying to Ef
fect an Escape.
Albany
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Machinery
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Make a specialty
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eavy
M aclimery
Southern Engine and
Boiler Works.
Higk Grade
Atlanta, Ga., April 9.—Consistency
seems not to'be a part of 3. G. Raw
lings, under sentence of death along
with two of his sons for the assassina
tion of the two Carter 'children near
Valdosta. Rawlings was convicted last
year of hatching a plot which ended in
the murder of the boy and girl of an
enemy. Appeals have been taken in
the case and it is now before the su
preme court of the United States,
counsel for the Rawlings having done
everything that an energetic lawyer
can do to save the necks of his clients.
On Saturday the governor received a
letter from the elder .Rawlings, who is,
‘an 1 inmate of the prison at Valdosta
awaiting the result of his attorney’s
efforts in his behalf. In this letter the
condemned man said he was tired of
the various stays, respites and delays
which have been a part of his case.
He intimated that he preferred death
to life, and seemed willing to dance at
the end of a hangman’s rope at the
earliest possible moment. In fact, it
appeared that the sooner the better
would just suit him.
But now comes a report from Vai
dosta to the effect that Rawlings lost
no time to effect his escape from prison
when the chance presented itself, as it
did Saturday. All that prevented a
jail delivery was a dream which Jailor
Passmore had the other night, and
which made a strong' impression upon
him. So vidid was this dream that
Passmore made a' thorough investiga
tion of the prison and found that the
Rawlings and some alleged pickpockets
who were also inmates of the prison
had secured saws from some unknown
source and filed the bars ready for
flight. In a short time they would
have been able to gain the freedom of
the jail corridor and the rest would
have been easy. They had severed ten
bars and only eight more remained be
fore the job would have been perfect.
It seems that while the governor was
reading Rawlings’ remarkable letter,
the prisoner, was busy trying to do just
the opposite from what he had given
expression to.
EVER BEFORE
Boscotrecase Has Experienced the Same
Fate that Overtook Pompeii.
The Panic Caused by the Qreat Rivers pf Molten
Lava and the Deep Detonations Which
Cause the Earth to Quake Has Reached
Naples.
Naples, April 9,—Streams of lava which have been threatening
Terre Anmmziate, a town of twenty-eight thousand population twelve
miles from Naples, have remained stationary since last evening. The
danger to the place apppers past.. The action of Vesuvius has percepti
bly diminished. The shower of ashes ceased falling over Naples for a
time this morning, but began later again.
One hundred and fifty thousand refugees have gathered in this
city. When the last train was leaving Boscotrecase, a fresh crater
opened near that station, and refugees from Ottajano say that ten
houses and five churches' there collapsed front a wave of ashes.
King Victor Emanuel and Queen Helena arrived this morning
from Rome and started for the towns in the path of jug lava stream.
“If the place is in danger, it is my duty to’be there,” Said the King.
Aprils.—The hope that Mt. | The work of succor Is hampered,
Vesuvius was becoming calm was dls- owing to delays to the railway service,
slpated today when the volcano be- which Is Interrupted by red-hot stones
came more active than ever. | throwp to a height of 3,000 feet, fall-
The panic has spread to Naples, ing on the tracks.
Two strong earthquake shocks, which! Craters Too Many to Count,
shattered windows and cracked the' . As yet It is impossible to count the
wills of buildings, were experienced craters that have openedand -from
today. The population'rushed to the which streams of lava have flooded ^he
streets In terror, many persons crying beautiful,’ prosperous and happy land
"The Madonna has forsaken us; the lying on the southeast shores of the
end of the world has come.” joulf of Naples. The atmosphere is
Boscotrecase Shares Fate of Pompeii, heavily charger with electricity and
No trace remains of oBscotrecase, a now and then the flashes of lightning
commune on the southern declivity are blinding, while the detonations
of the mountain, where np to forty- from the volcano resemble those of
eight hours ago ten thousand per- terrible explosions,
sons lived; and Torre Annunzlata, on! The churches of the city were open
the shores of the Gulf of Naples, -one all Saturday night and were crowded
mile to the southward, is almost sur- with panic-stricken people. Members
rounded by the Invading lava and has of the clergy are doing their utmost
been evacuated by Its thirty thousand to calm their fears, hut the offeets of
inhabitants. Tfce people'Were brought' their arguments go almost for naught
to Naples by. ttalns, .streetvOArs, mlllytWheu.:reihew6ai earthquake .shocks-are
tary carts redd steamship^.' Similar experienced. • - ■>
means of transportation are being eW-1 Mountain of Fire,
ployed to bring away the people from with the Janger and horror of the
Torre Bel Grec.o, The police and cpr- situation aside, Vesuvius presents one
blneers are guarding the abandoned of the most splended sights Imagine-
houses and several members of the ble. The mountain of fire, whose
government are also there. speech Is by detonation and whose
A telegram received from the mayor
of San Sebastlttno, a village near the
observatory, on the northwest decliv
ity of Vesuvius, says the lava Is ap
proaching rapidly and that the people
are terror-stricken. They have been
for nights without sleep, he says, are
destitute, and begs that assistance be
given them.
acts are destruction, seems like an
enraged giant determined to make the
pigmies of earth feel the might of his
wrath:; Here and there on the moun
tain side stand the blasted trunks of
pine trees; their bare branches out
stretched as though in protest against
the devastation the volcano has
wrought
General Stephen D. Lee and Mrs. Braxton Bragg tq;
Lead the Dance of Veterans. 1
NEW ORLEANS, April 9.—The entertainment of the U. C. V. reunion j
to be held in New Orleans April, 2®, 20 and 27, has issued a eail to vet-
orans from other cities to arrange'their "sets" for an old-time Southern .
cotillion and Virginia reel, which will be led by General Stephen D. tee ■
and Mrs. General Braxton Bragg, on the night of Thursday, April 28th. '
It is desired that each locality moke up its own set so as to be prepared
to participate in the biggest single dance ever given in the South.
The old St. Louis Hotel, whloh Is Immediately opposite the reunion
hall, has been fitted up with 3,000 oots, with electric lights and other con
veniences, all of which will be free to the veterans. The railroads have
made reduced rates to New Orleans for the occasion and fronythe present
outlook the indications are that the attendance will exceed even that of
the big reunion held here In 1904: , 1
A FIERCE RIOT
Police Interfered with Out- Will be Engaged for Prac-
door Meeting Held to Ex-
jtrpsf Sympathy for pfolP
prisoned Mine Officers. 1
San Francisco, April 9.—The fiercest
riot in many years in San Francisco oc
curred last night at an outdoor meet
ing held to express sympathy for Pres
ident Moyer and t Secretary Haywood;
of,the-Western Federation Miners, who
are imprisoned on the charge of
cation in the murder of former Gover
nor Steunenburg. The police attempt
ed io interrupt socialist speeches, and a
riot followed in which several police
men were seyerely injured and fifteen
rioters were arrested, three chargetl
with attempt to murder.
tically the Whole WeeK
on Criminal Business of
the Term.
CHILD ATE POTASH.
Three-year-old, Son of Mr,, and-'Mre.
The. Indications are that practically
the entire week; will he consumed in-
clearing the criminal docket Of Dough
erty superior court. / ( ‘
The civil business of the April 1
term was, disposed of in a few hours
,last Monday, but when jiidge Spence
called the criminal docket this morn-
ng, it was with the -expectation, !
iased on the number of- oasos which;
were awaiting trial, that close appli
cation would be necessary .to clean up
'the business of the term by the end.
9f’the week, .
'*;!The grand jury was exceedingly , ,
" usy last week, and returned a matt
er of bills of Indictment, Ther-
dozen or more Jail prisoners i
7 _g" trial, and the defendants 1
tpdrous bonded cases will be called 1
the bar before the term bee "
> c. Hi’WSodair HaeTrfiffawiMffipkr
a .matter ;of history.
..None Of’ the eases to : be ti
tried are of'
Engines, Boilers, Saw
Mills, Wood • Working
Machinery, Shingles and
Lath Mills.
Marsh
Ste am Pumps
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN
An Organization to,Be on the Llnoa
the Y. M. C. A.
New York, April 9.—A plan to es
tablish in the United States a nation
al association for Catholic youag men
on the lines of the Young Men’s Chris
tian Association’ has already taken
definite shape, according to the Tri
bune. It has the approval of Cardinal
Gibbons, Archbishop Ireland, Arch
bishop Farley and leading Catho
lic laymen. -
Berlin, April 9.—The Associated Press is officially informed that
Germany has suggested the postponement of the second Hague con
ference in order not to interfere with 'the' Red Cross conference at
Berne, Switzerland. Germany is endeavoring to postpone the as
sembling of the conference to permit .the North, Central and South
American states to send delegates without interfering with the Pan-
American conference at Rio’janiero.
Yesterday afternoon, Chas. 0. Woptl-
all, the three-year-old son of Mr, and
Mrs. C. H. Woodall, ate some potash,
and it was only through prompt and
heroic work by Dr. W. L. Davis, who
was called to minister to the little suf
ferer, that its life was spared. As It
was, the child’s face, hands and arms
were badly blistered, and'the little fel
low suffered agonies for several hours.
The child had been' brought into the
city by the negro nurse from the Wood-
all home on the southern outskirts of
town. While in town with the nurse
the little fellow ate the potash. As
soon as it was discovered, Dr. Davis
was summoned, and it washiB prompt
and efficient work only that saved the
life of the unfortunate little one.
Word from the Woodall home today
is to the effect that the child is resting
comfortably, and is not considered to
be -in a dangerous condition.
special Interest.
-
WILL BE SOMETHING
CHICAGO, April' 9,—A report received at Zion City today says that
John Alexander Dowle, on arrival there, will cause the immediate arrest
pf Overseer Vollva and the members of his coqnsel pn the charge of con
spiracy. The rumor has caused the greatest excitement In Zion City,
where the statement is made that such action will be followed by the im
mediate arrest of Dowie on a charge more seriouB than any ybt made
public.
Preparations have been made to counteract, any move made by
Dowle. Bonds have been prepared by officers of Zion City so that in
case there are arrests It will not be necessary to leave Zion City to se
cure liberty. Dowle Is coming on a train which Ip expected to reach St.
Louis abotu midnight He will be at Zion City not later than Tuesday
night
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Passover Services.
Rabbi Landau announces services
for--tfio Passover at 8:30 this evening,
and at 11 In the morning.
Fresh shipment Strawberries today,
20' cents quart
Phone 73.
Every effort U to be made this year
to secure the largest Chautauqua cho
rus ever heard In the new auditorium.
It Is sincerely hoped that those in the
community Who can sing will be
prompt to respond to the appeal which
Cash Grocery Co., will be made to them In the name of
Chautauqua.
RUNAWAY NEARLY HAD
SERIOUS RESULTS.
There was a lively runaway yester
day afternoon about 5 o’clock on Jack-
son street, and serious results were
narrowly averted.
Mr. Chovine Walters and Mr. How
ard Rawlins were driving in the lat
ter’s buggy, and the animal took fright
just before reaching North street, go
ing south. Mr. Rawlins jumped out,
and escaped with a good shaking up.
Mr. Walters remained in the buggy un
til it collided with a freight car stand
ing on a North street side track. He
was thrown out and considerably
bruised, while the buggy was almost
demolished. ‘
The friends of both young gentlemen
congratulate them that they escaped
without more derious injuries.
A Lively Tussle
•tth that old enemy of the race. Con*
itfpatlon, often, ends In AppendlcK
avoid all- serious trouble
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