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QUAKE WHELMS
AN ENTIRE TOWN
Evidently Belated News of
Disaster in Gautemala.
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DEAD
German Newspaper Receives Ad
vices of Great Seismic Wave
of April 18 last.
A dispatch from Hamburg Friday
night stating that a paper there has
advices that the town of Quezaltenan-
go, Guatemala, has been wholly de
stroyed by an earthquake shock has
been received In Mexico City.
No news of an earthquake in Guate
mala has been received in the city
and no shock was felt as was the case
on April ISth last when an earthquake
practically destroyed the town of
Quezaltenango, and resulted in the
loss of many lives. It is possible the
Hamburg paper may have received
mall advices referring to this earth
quake.
It was deported from Gautemala
City, Gautemala, April 20th, that earth
quake shocks, which were general
throughout that country April 18, 19
and 20, partly obliterated the town of
Quezaltenango, and badly damaged
Amatiland, Soloa, Nashula, Santa Lu
cia dnd San Juan, two hundred persons
were < reported killed, mostly women,
and many people were injured.
Quezaltenango has a .population of
about 25,000 people, is handsomely
built and well paved, and has a richly
decorated cathedral, several other
churches and a fine city hall.
A Washington special says: The
earthquake reported In Hamburg dis
patch, resulting In the destruction of
the city of Quezaltenango, Gautemala,
Is possibly that which occurred on the
18th of April, and which, has been de
scribed to some extent In the Ameri
can newspapers. Information received
at the Guatemala legation shows that
. the city was wholly destroyed and that
San Marcos ana several other towns
were partially destroyed. The Guate
malan authorities decided to recon
struct the city of Quezaltenango on a
plain some distance from the original
place. Reports regarding the destruc
tion of life are incomplete, but they In
dicate that at least several thousand
persons were killed and that the prop
erty loss approximated 850,000,000 In
the April earthquake.
G.1DLS DINE PRESIDENT.
Gay Old Tlmo Pulled Off on French
Battleship at Annapolis.
The luncheon given at Annapolis
Friday on board the french battleship
GauloiS In honor of President Roose
velt wa8 one of the most memorable
Incidents of the visit of the Rocham-
beau mission to this country.
The guest of honor, next to Presi
dent Roosevelt, was Governor John
Walter Smith, of Maryland.
After the delicacies of a choice
french menu had been discussed, Am
bassador Cambon arose and in the
name of President. Loubet, of the
French republic, bid a hearty welcome
to all who were present. He was es
pecially complimentary In his allusions
to President Roosevelt, in whose
hands, he said, the liberties of the
American people were safe. He con
cluded by offering a toast to "the pres
ident of the glorious American repub
lic, which had set the example of pop-'
ular liberty not only for France, but
for the whole world.”
Hts«lmmonR.Jeffries Rout.
James. J. Jeffries and Robert Fitz
simmons have agreed, npon the final
details for their battle in San Fran
cisco on July 25th. The amended ar
ticles of agreement were signed Fri
day.
Justice Andrews Passes Away.
At New Tork Friday morning Su
preme Justice George P. Andrews died
In his sixty-sixth year. Judge Andrews
suffered a stroke of apoplexy a week
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WU AT MILLEDGET1LLE. ,
Chinese Diplomat Addresses Students
ef Georgia Military College.
Chinese Minister Wu Ting-fang sur
prised, delighted and charmingly en
tertained HUledgevlUe, Ga., Wednes
day. His address at the commence
ment of the Georgia Military college,
the feature of the day, was scholarly,
appropriate and replete with wisdom
and humor.
It was during his visit to the state
sanitarium, however, that he surprised
every one by his eager questioning
and hurried movement to see all there
was' to be seen.
GIRL’S SLAYER JAILED.
Millard Lee, Who Shot Hiss Six
ties to Death, Captured After
Long Chase.
Millard Lee, the slayer of Miss Gut
tles In church at Ben Hill, Ga., Sun
day morning, after being pursued all
Sunday afternoon and night was cap
tured Monday morning at 5 -o’clock at
Mableton by a party of officers who
bad wearily followed the chase al
night. He was taken to Atlanta and
placed In the Tower, while a number
of Infuriated citizens of Ben Hill who
had come.In from the surrounding ter
ritory were making vatn efforts to lo
cate him. The feeling against Lee
was Intense an* Le would undoubtedly
have been lynched If the crowd had
gotten him.
It was not long before the crowd In
the church came to a" full conception
of the r.wful affair and those who had
shortly before bowed their head In
reverent prayer lusted for the blood of
the man who had destroyed the life
of the fair young girl. Soon men were
In hot pursuit of* Lee, parties going In
every direction that there might be no
avenue of escape.
After the terrible strain of the
night, pursued by dog and man alike,
Lee walked up to the station at Mabel-
ton at 5 o’clock Monday morning, Just
before time for the train from Atlanta
to Alabama. He probably Intended to
board It, but the officers bad figured
It out that this wad ljis Intention and
were on hand to receive him. All up
and down the track the officers were,
concealed. Until he was well within
their lines and escape Impossible th®
officers kept quiet. When they did
step out into the open he made no re
sistance whatever, but marched
straight up to County Policeman John
Oliver and Deputy Sheriff Jones and
suffered the handcuffs to be placed
upon him.
As the handcuffs were being placed
on his wrists, Lee said to the officers:
“I have surrendered; now take me
and hang me as quick as you can."
Lee claims to have been In love with
the girl be killed for years
Aged Alabama Minister Springs Sen*
satlon In Methodist ('onferiiece.
On the very last day of the Metho
dist general conference in Dallas, Dr.
Anson West, of Alabama, sprang a
sensation by the presentation of a
strongly-worded protest against the in
stitution of the order of deaconesses.
This protest most vigorously attack
ed the order of deaconesses as being
at war with the history of Protestant
ism generally, and alleged that no
where in the Bible could Justification
for the creation c» the order be found.
One of the sentences of Dr. West’s
protest said:
"Departure from divine order leads
to Infidelity, anarchy and ruin.”
Many of the delegates were opposed
to permitting the protest to become a
part of the record of the proceedings
of the general conference, but finally
It was decided to Include it In the rec
ord on the ground "of the long and
honorable service” of Dr. West in the
church. 1
GIFT TO GEORGIA TECH.
School is Offered Laboratory Under
Certain Conditions.
Provided Atlanta or the state of
Georgia will raise 810,000, the general
educational board, of which Dr. Wal
lace Butterlck Is secretary, will give
the Georgia School of Technology 810,.
000 for the equipment and mainte
nance of an experimental and elec
trical laboratory.
This gift makes a total of 829,000
which the general education board has
given In the state in the past thirty
days and comes as the direct result of
President Lyman Hall’s efforts in be
half of the school.
Some time ago, when the Ogden
party was touring the south, President
Hall induced William H. Baldwin to
visit Atlanta and the Tech. Mr. Bald
win was greatly Impressed and on his
return north reported favorably to the
board In regard to making a provis
ional donation of 15,000 with the stip
ulation that 816.000 should be raised
by local, parties.
SIGNS OF PEACE ARK DIM.
Protracted Conference of the Doers
Presages Uncertain Results.
Advices from Pretoria state that
the prevalence throughout South Af
rica of the optimistic feeling In regard
to the peace negotiations Is hardly
based npon solid facts. The protrac
tion of the conference at Vereenlging
la not necessarily a hopeful sign.
The delegates to the conference
have manp points of difference with
the government, while an obstinate
minority continues to regard the re
sumption of hostilities as the best ont>
come of the present situation.
{ GECTRGIA. I
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. Brief Summary of Doings
Throughout the State.
Town Marshal Shot Down.
One night the past week Bill
Hires, marshal of Adel, was shot and
fatally wounded "by Boisy Bryant, a
young negro whom he was attempting
to arrest at PInehurst.
Bryant was captured later and turn
ed over to the sheriff. He claims as
bis accessories six other negro men
and two women. All of the men have
been arrested and the women will be
taken. The parties Implicated are
held as much to blame os the negro
who fired the shot.
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Butchers Short on Beef.
A meat famine is on in Savannah.
The packing houses do not get enough
beef to supply the demand, though this
has diminished greatly since prices be
gan soaring sky high. Within the last
tin days there has been a still further
advance in price, but the packing
houses, even with this incentive of
higher prices, are not able to get the
beef that Is required to supply the con
sumers. Butchers are complaining of
the state of affairs.
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Carpenters and Joiners to Meet.
Frank Duffy, of Philadelphia, secre
tary-treasurer of the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America, was In Atlanta the past week
arranging certain details in advance
of the convention of the order which
is to be held in September.
He has been instrumental In build
ing up the brotherhood to be. one of
the largest organizations of Its kind In
the United States; The order now has
7.03.000 members and 1,140 local un
ions scattered all over this country
and Canada.
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Small Crop, But Fine Fruit,
It Is shown from the testimony of
those experienced in the cultdre of
fruit In Georgia that the yield this sea
son has been Injured, but also that a
fair crop will be made and that the
fruit will be unusually fine. There
are some growers In the state who In
sist that there Will be no appreciable
difference In the showing the orchards
will make. -This assertion is based on
the ground that the peaches, ripening
quickly as they do, and the necessity
of gathering the crop within a few
days, practically as many crates will
be shipped, the loss by decay being
minimized.
* * •
County Refuses to Pay.
Mayor Smith, of Macon, has been
officially notified by the county com
missioners of Bibb that they will not
pay the city’s assessment of about
83.000 against the county for paving
Mulberry street In front of the court
house. They base their refusal to pay
on the ground that the court house
comes under that head of public prop
erty that Is exempt by law from pay
ment of taxes. The mayor and coun
cil think the commissioners should
pay the paving tax from every stand
point of justice and equity, and espe
cially as the city pays seven-eighths
of the county expenses.
• • •
Big Fair Will be Held.
One of the largest and most Inter
esting fairs ever held in Atlanta will
take place at'cxposltlon park' this fall.
The directors of the Southern Inter
state Fair Association determined this
year to conduet the fair on different
lines from those that have governed
It In the past in order not to lose mon
ey. It was their intention to hold a
small fair, but the demand for exhib
its has been so great that the direc
tors baye been forced to add new fea
tures from time to time until now ar
rangements are under way for tbs
most splendid fair that has ever been
given by the association.
The exhibit of Atlanta made goods,
which was to be held In July, will now,
It Is said, be postponed until the fall,
and instead of being held in the heart
of the city. It is likely that the manu
facturers will seoure the use of one of
the fair buildings at Piedmont park,
where the exhibit will be run In con
junction with the Interstate fair.
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„ Seventeen-Year Locusts Due.
The hour of the seventeen-year lo
cust It at hand, and the Georgia farm
er Is anticipating with some algrm
the visitation which is sure to come,
unless .all signs and traditions in re
gards to locusts fall.
It is a matter of history that the sev
enteen-year locust appeared in the
state In bulk In the year 1868. He ar
rived on schedule time in 1885 and
now the time Is propitious for another
visit, and although he Is somewhat
overdue, locusts of the seventeen year
brand bare been seen In regiments In
many of the southern states.
. Maryland is, so far this year, the
ravorlte place of abode for tbe Insects
who come up smiling every seventeen
years, and Baltimore Is at present in
fested with them. The locusts’ favor
ite resting place is In trees and the
trees of Baltimore are all thickly cov
ered with them.
The locusts, wbllo not as harmful
to vegetation as many other insects,
quickly destroys the fo'lpge of trees
upon which they rest. One of the most
pescullar traits of tbe Insect Is his
very unexpected appearance. One
nay look at a tree at night without a
locust In sight and the next morning
that same tree will be covered with
hundreds of the little visitors.
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Officials Agree With Comptroller.
General Superintendent W. B, Den
ham, of the Plant system and his attor
ney called on Comptroller General
Wright the past week to adjust the tax
differences that existed between the
railroad and the state regarding the
new line built by the Plant system
from Jesup to Folkston, a distance of
53 miles.
Tho new line Is intended to cut off
an elbow made by the main line In go
ing through Way cross uud s'no. «>.ua
the distance between Jacksonville and
Savannah about twenty-one miles.
When* tbe tax returns of the company
were submitted some time ago the new
line was not returned. ComptroJer
Wright declined to accept the returns
'until the new line was put in. Tbe
.'allroad .officials claimed that the line
was not in operation on March 1st,,
the day set by the state for returning
taxes, and for that reason was not sub
ject to taxation. Comptroller Wright
contended that all property belonging
to tbe railroad company was subject
to taxation and must be returned.
At the conference the Plant system
officials agreed with Comptroller
Wright. The property was returned
for 8226,000, which return was ac
cepted by Comptroller Wright.
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Crops In Fine Condition.
Commissioner of Agriculture O. B.
Stevens says the crop prospect In
Georgia just now Is very flattering.
He has traveled over the whole state
recently. Regarding the situation Mr.
Stevens says:
“In south Georgia crop conditions
are fine. The farmers are a little late
In north Georgia, however, but tbelr
crops are growing fine. The rains have
been general all over the state, and all
the farmers I have seen seemed well
pleased with their prospects, and all
the farms I visited were In good con
dition. If the present good seasons
keep up, this will be a banner crop
year In Georgia."
In his next monthly talk to farmers
Mr. Stevens will review the situation
In detail.
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Sheriff Thanks Governor and Police.
The official report of Sheriff John
W. Nelms, of Fulton county, on the
rioting In a suburb of Atlanta has been
transmitted to Governor Candler.
In his report, the sheriff thanks the
governor for his prompt action in or
dering the state troops to the scene of
tbe rioting. He has words of praise
for the Atlanta policemen .who so dar
ingly offered to give up their lives to
capture the negro Richardson, and he
commends the policemen, soldiers and
citizens who aided him In prevntlng
further trouble after Richardson had
been shot to death and burned.
The sheriff states that two of his
deputies offered to receive the surren
der of the negro criminals, and guaran
teed them protection, but that they
refused to surrender and were killed.
Dr. Nelms proved bis bravery during
die fight, being fired at time after time
ind yet showing no fear.
TBIPLE-MUKDKItKR MEETS DOOM.
Major of Woman and Two Girls Exe
cuted In Philadelphia. .
At Philadelphia Tuesday morning
William Harmon Lane, colored, was
hanged for a triple murder. The crime
for which Lane paid tbe death penalty
was particularly atrocious. On the
morning of April 1st last he shot and
killed Ella Jardcn, by whom ho was
employed as a servant, and her two
daughters, Madeline, aged 12, and
Blolse, aged seven years.
Lane bad stolen money from bis
employer and fearing the consequences
of his thefts, be deliberately shot tho
woman and her younger daughter in
an upper room of their home and then
called the elder child from the street,
where she had been playing, and shot
and killed her.
After the shooting Lane escaped to
Camden, N. J., but was arrested a few
hours later at the railroad station in
that city. He confessed his crime and
after a formal hearing was sentenced
to death. Justice was not delayed in
meting out punishment, and In less
than two months after the commission
of the crime be was executed. i_ _
All Dead Wltblb Range.
St. Pierre, Martinique, is no longer
of interest, except to the scientists.
Mont Pelee Is still active, hut all with-
Ing Its range are dead or have fled;
KICK ON DEACONESSES.
ANOTHER DISASTER
IN PIT OF DEATH
Hundred Killed in British
Columbia Coal Mine.
WRECKED BY GAS EXPLOSION
Victims Entombed Deep Down in
Bowels p! Earth With No
Hope of Rescue.
, Advices from Vancouver, B. C„ state
that one of the most terrific mine dis
asters In the history of the frequent
accidents in British Columbia' occur
red In the Crows Nest Company’s
mines at Fernle, B. C. Over one hun
dred men aie either dead or Impris
oned in thfe mine, and little hope is en
tertained of the rescue of any who
may yet be alive. Fernle Is 300 miles
up country, and the limited telegraph
facilities have not enabled complete
details of the disaster to be sent out.
The management has a list of 133
men who aro known to have been In
thp mine and there were probably
others. Of these only twenty-four are
known to be safe.
Causo of Disaster Unknown,
What caused tbe explosion has not
yet been definitely ascertained. Many
of the miners were ignorant foreigners,
and one of the mine shafts was always
more or less gaseous. It was generally
reported In Fernle that the explosion
resulted from the use by a careless
Italian of an open or naked lamp. An
other theory Is that a miner struck
a match, exploding tbe gas, which was
always present in No. 2-shaft.
Little Hope of Rescue.
From all available sources assist
ance Is being rushed' to the scene of
the calamity, but tbere is little hope
for the rescue of tbe entombed men.
Already the work of liberation has
been begun with such means as arc at
local cbmmqnd. The presence of coal
damp makes tho work of rescue very
dangerous and is'seriously hindering
the workers.
In No. 2 tunnel, In which tho first
explosion occurred, from 100 to 120
men and boys are usually employed,
and In No. 3 tunnel, to which the ex
plosion extended, about eighty men
generally work. In both mines there
aro many foreigners, and the difficulty
of disciplining these men and Impress
ing upon them the use of unprotected
lights has always been very great.
The explosion was distinctly heard
in the village six miles away. A few
minutes later the alarming intelligence
had svread like wild fire from house
to house, and quickly the whole popu
lation was on tbe streets and hurrying
toward the scene of the disaster.
Nearly All Foreigners.
A dispatch from Seattle, Wash.,
says; Fernle Is a town In the eastern
part of the province of British Colum
bia, on the Crows Nest Pass branch of
the Canadian Pacific railroad. It lies
in the center of a country very rich in
coal deposits. The veins extend east-
word Into tbe neighboring territory
of Alberta. The building of tbe rail
way four years ago was followed by
the operation of the coal mines, which
belonged to a company composed
largely of Toronto capitalists. These
are the coal fields that J. J. Hill wag
reported to have gained control of &
year or so ago. Fernle’s only Industry
Is mining and Its population Is about
6,000. Most of the miners were for
eign born.
DOWN ON ALL POTENTATES, f >
Texas Congressman Opposed to Ac
ceptance of Maine «f Frederick.
Representative Stephens, of Texas,
Introduced a resolution In the house
Friday that' Is directly aimed at the
tender of a monument of Frederick the
Great to the United States.
It sets forth that the United States
should not accept from any foreign
nalon or erect In any public place any
statue of any king, emperor, prince or
potentate who has ruled or Is now rul
ing any nation by the supposed divine
right of kings.
CHOLERA TAKES CAPT. RUSSELL.
First American Offloer to Die of the
Dread scourge fn Manila.
Captain Charles E. Russell, of tbe
Eighth Infantry, Is dead at Manila. He
.wot the first officer to die of cholera,
i Up to the present in Manila there
have been twenty-five cases of cholera
and twenty deaths among the Ameri
cans and thirteen cases and ten deaths
among the European population.
The cholera totals to date are as fol
lows: Manila, 1,165 cases and 93.V
doaths; provinces, 6.001 cases and
3.S73 deaths.