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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. -— 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. » • • 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. .a * a 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. • • * 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. • • * 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. • • • 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. * • • x . 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. m. • » 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. * * .* 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 ■•Cured Maa TavaiUhnaia, Sick Nervous H.adacha ate.. It Sue. At Drug Mores. laaAaohe .jsssT-ysf**: , (DROPSY 1* oarTstiTEor no. Ears tudaDropry and iUea*. bentiH tkis Paper wwSJnSJS*’Thompson'* Ejr* \8ftlor