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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 •wo. ' * _ 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 i * . 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. * * * 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. * * • 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. * • - 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. • • • „ 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. • • • 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. * * * 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. • • • . 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.