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FOURTEEN SAYED;
CORPSES
'Rescue Heroic at Ill-Fated
Cambria Mins.
■SEARCHERS BRAVE GRIM DEATH
Their Labor Rewarded in Rescue
of Both the Barely Living
and Already Dead.
A special from Johnston, Pa., says:
Just as day broke through the pall of
fcg Friday morning the grim details of
the awful disaster at the rolling mill
mine of the Cambria Steel company
Thursday afteroon, dawned' with re
newed- force on the-thousands waiting
for authentic news as to the extent of
the explosion.
The day was one of heroic rescues.
Thrilling experiences attended the ef
forts of the forty brave and daring fel
lows who went down Into the earth
with a. very fatnt hope to spur them
that still they might be In time to re
store to life some of those who were
entombed. Death lurked everywhere
arbund them, but undaunted they surg
ed forward, swayed with the noblest of
human purposes. The reward of their
efforts was the saving of the lives of
fourteen of their fellow-men and bring
ing them back again Into the sunlight
and back to living families.
Last estimates of the number of
dend reduce the fatal scope of the ca
lamity. But these, while fixing It at
around one hundred, are not conclu
sive. ,
General Superintendent 0. J. Rob
inson would not say at this tlmo
whether he thought there were 100 or
300 dead. He says there Is no way of
telling until a full Investigation of tho
mine Is made. It was 6:55 o’clock
Friday morning when the first train
load of victims were brought to the
mouth of the main entry.
Forty-nlno cars were used In bring
ing out 46 dead bodies, and four liv
ing Injured.
The discovery of the dead bodies
was made by a searching party about
10 o'clock Thurhday night. They were
lying In the main heading, two miles
in from the main pit entry.
No atempt was made to remove
them until certainty was established
that no more living remained In the
mine.
The first statement of the disaster
was given the Associated Press by
General Ulne Superlntedcnt George
T, Robinson. He said:
"As to the direct cause of the explo
sion I cannot exactly say. We know
there was an explosion of fire-damp la
the sixth right heading of a section
-commonly known as the ‘Klondike.’
“So far as I can find out now, thert
were not more than three or four
-deaths from the explosion itself. The
balance were caused by the after
-damp. ';
Rescue Was Heroic. -
"As to the rescue work, I directed
At do commence Just as soon after ths
explosion as possible. We started
working our way down by putting up
'brattices Ip order to carry tho air Is
with us. I suppose it was 10 o'clock it
wight before we came across the bod
ies of theTlvlng. Doctors John Law
man and John Hannan went down with
ws. They carried tanks of oxygen
-with thcmWnd were emptied with good
-effect on the living.
“Twenty more we found later ea.
STRIKERS DE lANT.
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Twenty Thousand Freight. Hand*
lers are Doing Things to
Chicago People. *
The second week of the freight han
dlers’ strike at Chicago began Monday
with 20,000 men Idle and shipping at a
standstill.
Tho railroad warehouses were al
most as quiet as they were Sunday,
no fay as the regular business was
New Georgia Postmasters.
Georgia postmasters appointed last
Saturday were the following: Lyerly,
jM m .. ti ic . Chattooga county, J. M. Rose, rlco E.
concerned. At a distance f?om each A . Hammond, removed; Rhlle, Dodge
Warehoute was a dompanirbf pickets CO unty, j. s. Mandevllte. vice W. J.
Taylor, resigned; Walnut Grove, Wal
ton county, Jesse Robinson, vice ). C.
Brodnax, resigned.
posted to keep freight from entering or
leaving the sheds. Near the depots
were guards of police' on duty to pro
tect tho men In the warehouses and to
quell any disturbance which might
arise.
Gangs of non-union men brought
into the-city to take the places of . the
striker* lounged about the warehouses
or In their cars with scarcely anything
to do.
President Curran, of the Freight
Tandlers’ Union, appoints^ a commit
tee to visit the various railroads, but
his proposition had reverted to the
original one, further than ever away
from the Ideal of the managers, and
no hope was expressed that a settle
ment would be made now or even
this week. The line between the op
posing parties was plainly drawn,
and no move of either aide was
made to cross It x
Wholesale houses made practically
no attempt to send out freight or to re
ceive . It. These big establishments
were all but closed down. The strike
has cost them hundreds of thousands
of dollars already, and they stand to
lose millions should the' condition
which prevailed Monday continue.
The loss in wages to tue striking
freight handlers and their sympathiz
ers, the teamsters, to the railroads and
other lines of business Is roughly esti
mated at considerably over 6100,000 a
day. The situation Is admittedly very
grave.
i GEO-RGIA. 5
Brief Summary of Doings
Throughout the State.
comer EAST RECAPTURED.
First Man to Escape From New Fen at
Atlanta is Apprehended.
After a trifle mowthan five months
of stolen liberty,/haunted by the fear
of detection and 1 capture, Henry East,
known os No. 82, the first convict to
escape from the federal prison at At
lanta, Ga., has been retaken and is
now in the hands, of employees of Un
cle Sam’s big Atlanta guard bouse.
East was captured at Brandon, Miss.,
fifty-four miles from Jackson. He was
taken by Sheriff Cook of that place.
It Is not yet definitely known for wbat
offense East was arrested, but almost
as soon as he bad been placed In the
prison Sheriff Cook noted his resem
blance to the photographs and descrip
tions that had bsen scattered broad
cast through the territory this side of
the Mississippi river.
‘ With the return of East to the pris
on It Is expected that some sensa
tional developments will materialise to
show that the convict did not get away
as has been reported. East left a let
ter for the warden hinting at bribery
having been accomplished, and the
warden himself does not hesitate to
say he believes East escaped either
because the guard was asleep at the
time or because East succeeded in his
efforts at bribery.
WEDDED HER HALF BROTHER.
Discovering Mistake, Sister Swallows
Deadly Carbolic Arid.
Because, after her marriage, she dis
covered that her husband was her
half brother, Mrs. Maggie Wagner,
They were scattered through that see- , brMe of Derick Wagner, a wealthy
•rion of the mine. Most of them wore | fanner „ Yl at BmaoUvll*-Mo.,
on tbelr way out when caught by the swaUowed carbollc acId and la
fatal after-damp.
. Will Vialt the Georgia Trade.
Atlanta manufacturers amt mer
chants will visit the Georgia trade thla
fall on a special train. The matter in
already being pushed; It has some of
the most influential men of the city
behind It, and there Is- no longer any
doubt that the trip will be made.
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Dispensary Contest In Wilkes.
The dispensary fight Is warming up*
again In Wilkes county. The primary
in which the matter will be settled:
takes place on the 30th of this month
and both sides are beginning to bestir
themselves.: It 1s the last quarter’and
both, sides are beginning to put In good
work.
• • •
Lightning Slays Two.
During a terrific thunderstorm at Sa
vannah Sunday afternoon Thomas
Roe, a watchman at the Ocean Steam
ship wharves, and Lizzie Williams, a
sma.ll negro girl who had brought him
his dinner, were Instantly killed by a
bolt of lightning. Another girl stand
ing two feet from the Williams child,
was unharmed.
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New Fort Valley -Enterprise.
Work on a new cotton seed oil mill
for Fort Valley is. now. under . good
headway and Its directors report that
It Will be ready for business by Octo
ber 16th, .next. The capital stock of
the company, 625,000, has already been
paid in In cash, the machinery ordered,
and every obstacle to the success of
this enterprise removed.
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Governor-Elect Attends Barbecue.
Hon. J. M. Terrell, governoretect,
was entertained with an Immense bar
becue by the people of Lee county.
Mr. Terrell was accompanied by sev
eral state house officials from Atlanta.
It la said .that nearly every citizen of
Lee county was on hand. The annual
barbecues of the Lee county people
never fall to be a success, and there Is
no doubt but that everybody enjoyed
the day.
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Notice to Non-Borrowers.
Judge Don A. Pardee has Issued or
ders to the effect that all non-borrow
ing stockholders 1n both tbe Southern
Home Building and Loan Association
and the Atlanta National Building and
Loan Association tyho desire to parti
cipate in past or future dividends shall
file their claims Immediately with the
receivers, John T. Pendleton for the
Southern Home and LIgon Johnson
and George A. Speer tor the Atlanta
National.
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Stat e Shoot a Brilliant Success.
The state rifle shoot at Camp Cam
dler, near Macon, came to a close last
Saturday afternoon after a most suc
cessful week.
Experienced military authorities say
that the practice was the most satis*
factory ever held In Georgia. The at
tendance of the troops was as largo
qs has ever been known, and the re
sults of the practice were highly grati
fying.
Bodies Were Mangled.
- When the bodies of the victims came
from the mine a long line of undertak
er's wagons and picnic wagons were In
waiting to take them on the round-
about route to the morgue la the city.
There they were hacked up to a door
end a large force of police were ready
to check the great throngs from pros
ing In too close.
Body after body was dragged from
the wagons add borne Inside. All of
them were blackened and umecognlx-
.able, until the undertakers got to work
great agony In her husband’s arms
with his name upon her lips.
. The young couple were devoted to
one another. Their meeting was an
acctdent, the courtship brief and their
i honeymoon Ideal.
Quite accidentally the bride discov
ered from anecdotes that he was her
mother’s son, her own half brother,
whom she had not seen for twenty
years and whom ahe believed to be
dead.
8he did Lot reveal her dlsoovery to
her husband until she had taken the
poison.
Livingston Thanks Voters.
In a note addressed by Congressman*
Livingston to Chairman W. H. Broth-
erton, of the executive committee of
the fifth district, the congressman ex
presses his thanks to the democrats of
the district and to the delegates of ths
convention for their confidence In'him
and his work. In the course of his let
ter Mr. Livingston states that he did
not mtss a single session of tho past
congress during tbe seven months It
■at, at the capital.
TOUK FUTURE WIFit OX TRIAL.
■Kentucky Farmer Adopted Unique
Flan to iist Celkr Half.
Several^weeks ago Frank Newtoa. a
young farmer living nrar Fulton, tty..
advertised In eastern papers tor a
wife. The “fid:” waa answered by a
•core or more, but from among them
he selected Miss Beatrice David, of
Montreal, Canada.
Letters were exchanged. Last Wed
nesday Miss pay# arrived a^ Fulton
and Newton agreed to take her on a
week’s trial . Xhj .trial was terml-
->ated Monday by the roll pie* going be-
« Judge Roberts and being m.vrtod.
BODY OF LOUD PAUNCBFOTB
Arrives «a EnglDh hores and Ac-
corded Naval Honor*.
The United States armored Cruiser
Brooklyn, from Annapolis, July 1, hav
ing on board the remains of Lord
Paunccfote, late ambassador of Great
Britain at Washington, arrived at
Southmpton, England, Monday. Full
naval honors were paid td the remains.
His widov followed the coffin from
the warship to the train, whjqh starred
for Newark u.<on Trent, where the
funtrAl took pb.ee Wednesday. The
ceremony' of the .rentier of the re-1 road and the work will be pull
males was impressive. I Idly to completion.
Georgia Melons to Engt*n£
agent McWilliams, of the Southern
Express Company at Cujhbert, In com
pliance with request from head officer
of his company, has secured a half
dozen of the largest watermelons to
be found and shipped the same to
England.
They go to the officer now in Eng
land, who is said to want them for the
inmates of the royal palace. The re
quest la regarded as a compliment to
the Georgia melon afed this section.
Three car loads of Iron arrived a
few days ago for the' Mount Vernon
vsd Wadley railroad. This road runs
from Douglas td the Ocmulgee river
and has hies ready some time for
track laying, which will begin at once.
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Retail Merchants to Organize.
The retail merehants of Georgia will
meetin' Warm Spring* on July 22
and 23 for the purpose of forming an
organisation, looking, to the better pro
tection of tbe retail merchants of the
state and country.
The retail grocers ef tbe state have
already formed an association and
have become affiliated with the Nation
al Grocers’ Association. The meeting
to be held In Warm Springs Is to en
large this grocers association so as to
l-fake In all retail merchants of all! lines
of business In the south.
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Dr. Nelms an Easy Winner.
The County Officers’ Association off
Georgia at Its session in Atlanta the-
past week unanimously elected Sheriff'
John W. Nelms, of Fulton county, pres-
" at for the next twelve months. N’o-
ier member was nominated in oppo*
sltlon to Dr. Nelms and the esteem in*
which he is held by tbe membership-
of the organization was abundantly at*
tested in the manner of his election.
The other officers elected were-
J-udge C. M.. Wiley, of Bibb county,
first vice president; Hon. F. A. Hoop
er, solicitor general of the Southeast
ern circuit, second vice president;
Horn G. A. Powell, of Macon, secretary
treasurer, and Judge J. E. Butler, of
Wilkinson county, assistant secretary.
Warm Springs was selected as the
next place of meeting and the conven
tion of 1903 will open on the third
Wednesday In July in that year. -The
convention unanimously adopted reso
lutions calling upon the legislative
committee to secure an amendment to
the constitution .of the state whereby
county officers will all be elected for
terms of four years each.
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Vets to Meet at Griffin.
The survivors of the Thirtieth Geor
gia regiment will', hold' a reunion on
the 26th. Ex-Governor Boynton was
the colonel of the regiment at the
^close of the war and the reunion is to
be at Grlffla on hla account, as be Is
unable to- travel by reason of feeble
ness.
President. Ozburn invites every vet
eran who. ean to meet with the Thir
tieth, an’ the 25th. All members of the
regiment ace especially urged to be
present, hut the president wants it
clearly understood that any. veteran
will, be made welcome. A special re
duced rate from all points In the state
has- been, obtained and a large attend
ance- 1* expected.
* • •
Commissioners Meet in Nashville.
Gbmmlssloner of Agriculture O. B.
Stevens has received notice that the
next meeting of the commissioners of
agriculture of tho southern states will
be held. In* Nashville, August 26, 27 and
Both Gbmmlssloner Stevens and
Assistant Gbmmlssloner Wright will
attend the eon vent ion this year and
will read papers. State Entomologist
W. M. Scott will also atteud. The sub-
leot of Mr. Stevens’ paper will be "Cot
ton. Raising In Georgia.” Assistant
Commissioner Wright will speak on
“The Industrial Growth of Georgia, 1
aind State Entomologist W. M. Scott
will read an Interesting paper on “Tho
Treatment ef the San Jose Scale.”
• « •
Lea la Refused New Trla*-
Judge John S. Candler, of the crimi
nal* superior court, at Atlanta, has re
fused a new trial to Millard Lee, slay
er of Miss. Lilia May Buttles.
The defense will prepare a bill ofr
exceptions* to Judge Candler's decision*
and carry the case to the supreme-
court.
Several* weeks will likely elapse he-
fore the swpreme court renders a decis
ion, and la the meantime a stay of sen
tence wifi have to be secured- Lee-is
sentenced to hang on July 21. but: that
date will have passed before the ap
peal is acted on.
In the event the supreme oourt
should deny tbe prisoner another, hear
ing, he will have to be rcsentenced by
Judge Candler. 8tlU another* course
would be left to escape the noose and
that U through the pardoning, board
and governor. Should a new trial
granted, Lee will have another ohanc*
for bis life before a jury.
Immense Hotel Opened.
On July 2d the Crescent Hotel, at
Eureka Springs* Ark., was opened as
an all-year-’round resort, under the
management of the Frisco System,
Extensive renovations and improve
ments have been effected which will
make the Crescent Hotel the equal of
any hostelry to be found in tbe South
west This hotel is on the main line of
tho Frisco System; is -on top of a
mountain, and has springs of wonder
ful medicinal qualities. Round trip
tickets* good for three months, now on ,
sale.
Use ef Brooch-Loading Rifles.
Breech-foading rifles were used in
the army as far back as 1817, when
the Hall breech-looamg rifle was
manufactured at Harper's Ferry. Hall
died in 1844’, and the manufacture of
the rifle was given up. Many breech
loaders (nineteen varieties) were
used Ih the Civil War, and in 1868
the-Springfield rifle was adopted.
Effect* of Chance of Weather.,
At'this-season when' people axe traveling
(hr pleasure, they wonder' ah the disordered
condition of the stomach and) bowels. In
the majority of these cases It is-disetocbange
of water.- Take Dr..BIgge»: Huckleberry
Cordial. Never f alls-to-cure..
Sold by all Druggists* -Hand 68o. bottle.
In the interest of manufacturers the Ca
nadian Government admits- cake free of
duty. ____________
Rlne Worm Kbuted.
“Sendbox of Tetterine: It'stho onlything
that makes- any- impression on' a stubborn
Bing. Worm;”—4irs. Katie Oldbam, Mon-
talba, Anderson .'County* Texas.. SOc.by mall
from J. T.SUnptrine, Savannah. Ga*, if your
druggist don’t keep It.
In> the- English Army.’ now* in South
Africa there are said-to-be about 20,000
Mfethodut soldiers..
A", square, meal is-one that will go>rmmd.
The drawbacks of literature — return
pqstage
“About a-year ago'my hair waa
coming out very fast, so I: bought
a.bottle of Averts Hair-Vigor. It
stopped : the falling and! made my
half grow very Tapldlyy until now tt
is 4 finches in length.”—Mrs.. A-
Boydston, Atchison, Kans,.
There' s another hunger
thanthat'ofthe: stomach.
Hair hunger,iorlhstBnae.
needsJuair/vigor*—Ayers,
Thisis-why we*saytftat
,Ayer’s ;Hair Vigor always
restorescolor v and makes
the hair grow*' long and
'heavy. tl.M a-MtU. . AUUnalsts*.
ofyonr
j the name
ist express omce. Address,
J. C. AYER CO., Lowell. M -
Liver Pills
That’s what youmeed!:; some
thing to cure; your bilious
ness. You need'Ayer’k'-Pills.
Douglas Gets New Depot -- ,
Ground baa been broken at Doug
las for the bulldlng"of a new depot
by the Atlanta and Blrali
HIGH WATERS IN KANSAS.
Floods Rage Mightily But. Little Ft.
aancUl Damage Is Dose.,
A'Kansas City, Me*, dispatch says:
The Missouri river began falling. Fri
day-night, despite the enormous vol
ume of water poured out . by the Kan
sas river. ' People in tike lowlands
have been driven tram their homes,
corn fields have been inundated and
water stands In the streets of Armor-
dale. where the packing houses are
pumping water from their floors. The
financial loss has been small, end qq
life has been lost
(Want year moustache or beard a
beautiful brows or.rtch black*? Use
SO ctsafdrvgglstiorR'Pr Hall li Co., Nashua,N.H
Genuine stamped C C C. Never, sold k balk.
Beware of the dealer who tries to sell .
“something just as good."
HEADACHE . by
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Maa TavaiUhnaia, Sick
Nervous H.adacha ate.. It
Sue. At Drug Mores.
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