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FAYETTEVILLE). (LA. FRIDAY. JANUARY 29. 1904.
NO. 2 4.
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In Wake of Terrific
Cyclone in North
Alabama.
’'Little Town in Hale County
is Literally Wiped Off the
Map—Death List is
Thirty-Eight.
The most disastrous cyclone that
ever swept over northern Alabama
vifa.'ted Moundville, a town of 300 in-
hablidnts, Friday morning at 1 o’clock,
and as a result, thirty-eight persons,
six white and thirty-two colored, were
killed and sixty-five wounded, of
whom about a dozen are expected to
die
Every business house, with the ex
ception of a small drug store, was
completely destroyed.
The cyclone struck the city from
the southwest, dealing death and de
struction as it made its path through
the town. The path of the cyclone
was a quarter of a mile wide.
Where once stood the ouslness por
tion of the town, the depot and the
dwellings, there were found scores
of .Jangled cattle, hogs, horses and
suffering humanity. So horrible was
the scene that it is impossible to de
scribe the suffering and destruction.
Persons were blown hundreds of
feet from their bods in the blackness
of night. Through, terror, a father,
mother and three children fled from
their home to seek reiuge, and in
their excitement left a 5-year-old boy
In bed. When morning came he was
pulled from beneath some timber, and
thus far it is impossible to f.nd aii^
other member of the lamily.
Bedding, carpets and wearing appa
rel are scattered a distance of ten
miles through what was a forest, but
which is now as clear as if it had been
cut by the woodman's ax.
Freight cars were torn Lo splinters,
the “trucks from them being hurled
hundreds of feet from the track.
Thro:depot, the hotel, ware houses,
gins, thirty homes, the store houses
occupied ,by R. h. Griffin, A. W. Wig
gins & Son, W. J. Domenick, A. D.
Griffin and W. P. Phifer, together with
thelj; stocks, were completely destroy
ed. Where they stood it is impossible
to find even the pillars upon which
these structures rested.
Bales of cottpn, which were stored
In warehouses, were torn to atoms,
thq fragments of lint lodging in trees,
making it appear as if that section
had been visited by a snowstorm.
Heavy iron safes were carried by the
storm, the doors of which were torn
from their hinges.
Hundreds of homeless persons, hus
bands without wives, wives without
husbands, children without ' parents,
all without food or raiment, stood
amidst the--.debris wringing, 'their
hands in despair.
Surgeons were rushed Lo Mound
ville-from Greensboro and Tuscaloosa
and all possible was done to alleviate
the sufferings of the injured.
Relief measures were at once ta
ken by the citizens of Tuscaloosa, un
der the leadership of General W. W.
Brandon, adjutant general of Ala
bama. Six hundred dollars was raised
for the sufferers within a short time,
while the pupils from the female col
leges at Tuscaloosa weflt to Mound
ville and served hot coffee and food
to the destitute and wounded.
Telegrams were received from Bir
mingham and other places offering as
sistance.
The tornado-swept district is a
scene of - much desolation, and drew
curious crowds of spectators for
miles around.
As soon as the victims received
medical attention they were carried to
Greensboro. Many horribly mangled
vi£tfnrf(: $reire twenty-four hours with
out aUcption, owing to the great
scope’ of/Vhp'cyclone.
An oyb-wjtness of the scene de-
6cHbA$ $he : .:' cj'clone as resembling
great' dark, clouds,- one from the oast,
the btJtlSr from the west, which met
one mile south of Moundville, causing
a tremendous roaring, great gulches
being pi<»ved through the earth where
the -clouds met.
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Cream of News.!
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Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—By the decision of Judge Fergu
son in New Hanover, N. C., superior
court in a murder trial, only freehold
ers can occupy the jury box in North
Carolina in capital cases.
—The supreme court of Mississippi
has declared against tho sale of the
Southern’s Itta Bena branch to ihe
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley.
—A vagrancy law modeled after the
Calvin law of Georgia has been pass
ed by the Mississippi house.
—Monday the senate heard further
discussion on the question of appoint
ments to office made during congres
sional recess, listened to a speech on
the isthmian canal question by Mr.
Morgan and passed a number of bills
of a semi-public character.
The grand jury at Chicago in
vestigating the Iroquois theatre ca
lamity has made, its report, holding
Mayor Harrison, the owners, manager
and employes of the theatre for action
of the grand jury.
—J. R. Sartain, of Chickamauga,
Ga., ha3 been instrumental in expos
ing a land company, with headquar
ters at Minneapolis, Minn., which is
advertising “homes for our poor in
South America.”
—At Nashua, N. H., Treasurer Gog-
gin, of the trust company, is under ar
rest, accused of embezzling between
$80,000 and $100,0b0. He says ho
took the money to aid a friend.
—President Roosevelt has appoint
ed H. Smith Wooley, a former bishop
of the Mormon church, to be assayer
of the mint at Boise City, Idaho.
—The house, Monday, passed the
army appropriation bill, carrying ap
proximately $75,000,000, after adopting
a number of amendments.
—The Far Eastern situation has
again become strained. It is stated
that Japan will declare war unless her
demands are granted, and it is not be
lieved that Russia will entirely back
down.
—Mrs. N. C. Harris, of Denison,
Texas, who died Sunday, was the an
cestor of 250 persons, seventeen chil
dren, sixty-eight grandchildren and
165 great grandchildren.
—Mayor Castleman, of Greensboro,
Ala., has issued a call for aid of the
storm sufferers at Moundsville. Ail
contributions .should be sent to him.
—Negro mob at Guthrie, Ky., lynch
one of their race, charged with the
murder of an old negro woman. The
mob attacked the marshal, knocked
him down and forced the keys of the
prison from him.
—The national secretary of agricul
ture has approved the plans for the
cotton boll weevil investigation in the
southwest, for which a special appro
priation of $250,000 has been made
available.
—With an empty pistol, Mrs. Got-
wals, wife of the 'warden of tho jail
at Norristown, Pa., prevents two pris
oners, who had beaten her husband,
‘from escaping from the prison.
—Six blocks of frame houses at
Sour Lake, Texas, destroyed by the
flames Sunday. Fire also burns live
brick buildings at Texarkana.
—Literary circles of Boston are get
ting up a fund to be devoted to earing
for the grave of Bill Nye at netcher,
N. C.
—The mercury at St. Paul, Minn.,
Sunday registered 27 degrees below
zero, establishing a new record.
—A mob of Koreans attack an elec
tric car at Seoul, tho line being owned
by Americans, because it had killed a
Korean accidentally. The motorman
and conductor would have been killed
but for the prompt action of the lega
tion guard.
—The fire which swept over Aides-
und, Norway, Sunday morning, de
stroyed every building in it with the
exception of the hospital. The eleven
thousand inhabitants .were compelled
to camp in the open fields.
—Mobs of soldiers at Seoul, Korea,
loot the houses of the wealthy.
—Colonel Lynch, who commanded
the Irish brigade lighting for the
Boers in South Africa, and who was
sentenced to life imprisonment, nas
been released by order of King Ed
ward.
—Reports from the Far East are
that Japan is landing a large force.in
Korea and that Russian forces are
crossing the Yalu river.
—It is said that President Roosevelt
will refuse to be drawn into any
factional contest in Ohio between
Senators Hanna and Foraker.
—The Produce Exchange bank, of
Cleveland, Ohio, lias been forced to
the wall owing to a defalcation of
*170,000 by Cashier Rose.
f GEORGIA NEWS*
Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
MiNf -iDISASTER IN'MEXICO
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Powder House Wrecked by Dynamite
"and Twenty..Men Killed.
At/Jtfae- Los LaureJe3 mines, near -the
llttle'Jjbamlet of La Yosca .west of
Guadalajara, Mexico, a large number
of boxes-Of dynamite exploded, killing
twenty men and injuring forty others.
Complete detallB aro lacking, but it
is ruraorod that the disaster was tne
result of the explosion of a dyutunlto
cap,
—A lino of steamers is to he put
on between Columbia, S. C.', and
Georgetown, giving the Carolinawcapi-
tal all water routes to Charleston
and New York.
—The coroner of Chatham county,
Ga., declares tho death of Mrs. Eliza
Dickerson to be due lo 11 beating ad
ministered by her hitshand. Site had
several ribs broken.
—The senate lias adopted tho Gor
man resolution providing for nn in-
Dull',' concerning affairs in Panama.
Hansen Using the Ax.
General Superintendent Moise, of
the Central railway, has appointed C.
L. Calder trainmaster at Macon, su
perintendent of the first division of
ihe Central.
Expenses are being considerably re
duced under the management of
President. Hanson. It is understood
that the salaries of several high-priced
men have been cut.
Host of Agricultural Students.
Professor J. M. Johnson and Profes
sor J. F. Hart, Jr., of tho department
of agriculture in t.he University of
Georgia, are now busily engaged in
■he work of instructing a large num
ber of students in the winter school
of agriculture and in preparing for
'.he opening of the two weeks’ special
course for farmers, which will begin
the Sth of February.
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Atlant Fair Directors Meet.
The Southern Interstate Fair Asso
ciation at Atlanta will be reorganized.
An attraction of seme kind will be
maintained at Piedmont park this fall,
tut the ideas of the directors are still
in tho formative state, and it is not
certain what will be done. It is cer
tain, however, that the Southern In
terstate Fair Association will not be
allowed to die.
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Georgia Ccttcn Seed for Texas.
Six car loads of seed for the cot
ton section of Texas that was devas
tated by the boll weevil last year
were shipped from Athens a few days
ago. This was simply one of the nu
merous shipments that have been
made recently and that will continue
to be made until enough seed from
Georgia and a few other states in this
latitude arc shipped to give the farm
ers enough to plant their next crop of
cotton.
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Veterans Asked to Subscribe.
General P. A. S. McGlashin, com
mander of the Georgia division, Uni
ted Confederate Veterans, has issued
an appeal to the Confederate veterans
of Georgia to subscribe to the fund for
reproducing Sutherland, the home of
the late General John B. Gordon, as
the Georgia building at tho St. Louis
exposition. :
The order does not-make any as
sessment against the camps, but skn-
ply calls for voluntary contributions.'
Union Veterans Want Home.
A petition has been formulated .by
the old union veterans of the Fitzger
ald colony, praying congress to erect
a soldiers’ home at Fitzgerald, as
( there arq now many thousands of old
soldiers .located in the southern'states
and they- find that the genial climate
is of great advantage to them in their
declining days.
This colony was settled originally
by them and they are still coming,
finding as they do a healthy . and
balmy climate and a hearty welcome.
They fee) at' home at once, but'many
of them are cripples and* in 'p*opr
health depend upon their little pen
sion for a support, consequently many
have to live without' any of the luxu
ries of life.
A home at Fitzgerald would no
doubt be highly commendable to the
government by the old veterans.
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Request of Chairman Brown.
E. T. Brown, chairman of the state
Democratic executive committee, has
made tho following request to the
chairman or secretaries of the county
committees in the state:
“As a number cf the counties have
recently elected new county executive
committees, the chairmen or seeveta-
lies will confer a favor upon the stat
executive committee by forwarding at
once a complete list of their new com
mittees with postoffice address of each
member to- the secretary of the state,
Hon. J. W. Goldsmith, Atlanta, Ga.
“The state press will kindly pub
lish. E. T. BROWN,
“Chairman State Democratic Execu
tive Committee.”
As a number of these committees
have just recently been formed, Mr.
Brown adopted this method as the
surest one of getting a complete list
of them and avoiding all confusion.
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Wa s 120 Years Old.
“Granny” Loggins-, probably the old
est woman in Georgia, died last week
at her homo near Gilisvillc She was
just about 120 years of age, having
boon born in 1784. alia enjoyed the
unique and unusual distinction of liv
ing in three centuries, the 18th, 10th
and 20th,
Her extreme age and the statistics
of the numerous posterity of this cen
tenarian have been matters of inter
esting newspaper stories for twenty
years pnst in northeast Georgia. She
had a grandson, Klmsoy Loggins. who
was a veteran of the civil war. -and
died some years ago at an advanced
age.
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Planning for Georgia Building.
President II. H. Tift, of the Georgia
Sawmill Association, which has given
'tho state $500 in cash and alUthe ma
terial needed for erecting t-ho Georgia
state building at tho coming exposi
tion at St. Louis, was in eonfm en re
with Governor Terrell and Glascock
Barrett, assistant commissioner, at At
lanta the past week relative to the
plans in this connection.
The question of changing Ihe style
of the building from that of Liberty
Hall, Alexander Stephen’s old home,
to that of Sutherland, the home ol
the late General John B. Gordon, was
discussed at some length, and to the
proposed change Mr. Tift gave his en
tire approval.
The Georgia building will be well
located. The site is one of the high
est upon the exposition grounds, and
Georgia will be in the midst of the
most prominent state and foreign
buildings and within short walking
distance of the agricultural buildings
and others in which Georgia's princi
pal exhibits will be displayed.
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Value of Georgia's Cotton Products.
Cotton products in Georgia for tho
year 1903, according to estimates
made at the department of agriculture
amount to $101,855,000. This is an
increase of nearly $45,000,000 since
1901.
There were raised in Georgia last
year 1,300,000 hales of cotton, which
brought approximately $18,000,000.
From these 1,300,000 bales there were
650,000 tons of seed which netted $13,-
000,000. Crude oil from these seed
netted $1,800,000. The iinters from
the cotton seed were sold for $1,300,-
000, while the cotton seed hulls
brought. $1,755,000.
Cotton products, therefore, aro in
great demand, nna there is a constant
increase in the prices.
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Synods Favor Atlanta.
The special conference held in At
lanta the past week, in which the syn
ods of seven states were represented,
by a vote of 15 to 3, recommended the
consolidation of Columbia Theological
university, at Columbia, S. C., and the
Southwestern Presbyterian university,
ucational institution in Atlanta,
at Clarksville, Tenn., in one larger ed-
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Goe s to File Interesting Suit.
Attorney General John C. Hart artd
Ligon ‘Johnson, special counsel for the
state o,f Georgia, went to Washington
the past week where they will file
proceedings in the United States su
preme court against the state of Ten
nessee, tho Ducktown Copper Mines
and the Pittsburg and Tennessee Cop
per Company. ,
The suit is to be filed by the state
of Georgia because of the alleged
damage which is being done the prop
erty of citizens' in North Georgia.
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Moise Succeeds Kline.
T. S. Moise has been appointed gen
eral superintendent of the Central of
Georgia railway. The appointment is
made by the executive committee of
the railway. c ^--
J. T. Johnson ba^jje^n. appointed
superintendent of transportation.
■ JIjv. Moise has been-ITeqeral superin-
•ten-dent*- of«t«»nsportati»*:>.---Since- the
•recent' death* 'bf G£n*rsrlr«:Manager
Tliecdore. IX Kliife, Mt.' Mtflse had
been ' receiving all reports' that fiad
been, made to Mr.. Klipe.
On the promotion of General Super
intendent Kline to be general mana
ger, Mr.-Mofs<*Vis-*tnaUe ; general su
perintendent- of ‘ft-.InrspsrOat-idn. — His
rise has befell rapid. •' * *
.. .. . . . Cane^Statipp jjit'waypro^s.
The agrieu4tpfal-, <; (jepnttqjent ; .-at
W-ashin&tom'-has**sk«k .e/mgre^» -f«r
'an approprittUbfi the
ratio “syrup ’ k^titfon * aft
Wayeross. Tliq‘statioiL\V^ bj^lrated
last year- nsdier a $10,000 appropria
tion, but there was expense in the es
tablishment of Hip. plaqt which could
not be fpreseen, 'find there is a de
ficit' ofy^SiiM!'! for
will operate this and the new. year's
expenses. -Secretary- Wilson is very
much interested' in this* \vork, and has
been cooperating' with'*Mr. Brantley
in promoting, ’tbg. ‘apVffepritUfpn. It
is unders^oo^ thq iio.use cunjrui.ttCe
■ which has th,e ..making of v tlje appro
priation. bill, favors '.the iit<v case. t >,
Statement of Book Commission! •* ‘
Following 'U conference' and a for
nial meeting T iii'Atlanta the past week,
the state text-book commission, to'
which was-dfUnusted^hje work of put
ting .into, operation Ih§. uniform text
book* law, .-issued p statement ip., an
swer’to “certain charges- With refer
ence'Vo tiie rhaprfcf'iil. which the 'adop
tions were made, p’ubiis’lu'il in' certain
state-’.papers. ....
■ The recent charge consisted in the
statement that- after -all the bids for
books had been 1 Openfed and consider
ed, the American Book Company was
allowed to reduce its price on readers
by .-a-supplement bid, which was un
dated, and that tho same opportunity
was was given to other bidders.
The fact lft'tEJ'pasb’ is that the Leo
readcts,' offered ' by ' 'tae" * American
.Book Company,' were ad.oiRed,for. the
third, fourth ajid nfth.hooks, and ajl'
other books in 4bis«class offered were
rejected;-'It- waS > »hen Chat *the com
pany whs ’'asl;ei_r*r,y < "lhe'commission
to reduce Its pHi^, JifuV it*, it id so.. The
reduction, at the request of tHe com
mission, was put in writing.
Tho members of the state text-book
commission are • Governor Terrell,
Comptroller Geq^aJ, .William A.
Wright, Secretary q£ JState Phil Cook,
Attorney General John C. Hart - and
State School ' Commissioner W. B.
Merritt. Some of the members were
very mueh.wrolight up over the charg
es and were auxious to make a pretty
strong reply.
After careful consideration how
ever a statement was prepared by the
commission and given out by Gov
ernor Terrell, the gist of ,which is that
no secret or supplemental bids were
received, but lower prices were sevur
ed lor the books that were adopted
A CASUS BELLI THIS
Russians Maltreat Japanese
Women and Children,
DISQUIET AGAIN PREVAILS
Japan Lands Large Force in Korea
While Russians Cross the Dead
Line at Yalu, Thus Creating
a Serious Breach.
LIVELY DEBATE IN SENATE
Gorman Resolution of Inquiry Into
Panama Matter Adopted—Till- ,
man Ciscursas Recess
Appointments.
MINERS ENTOMBED
The correspondent cf The London
Times at Tokio, Japan, says letters
received there from Vladivostock de
clare a party of Russian marines land-
at Vladivostock January 9, and
subjected the Japanese residents lo
great violence.
They wrecked twenty-four houses,
maltreated women inflicted wounds
upon aged persons and children.
The rioting lasted for twenty hour3.
The rioters were accompanied by
their officers, according to the let
ters from Vladivostock, and were not
restrained by the civil authorities.
Japanese newspapers advocate the
withdrawal of all Japanese from Sibe
ria and ask what may be expected in
the event of hostilities if such things
occur during peace.
Special dispatches from Seoul, pub
lished in London Sunday morning, re
port the resignation of Yi Yon Gik
from the post of minister of war, ow
ing to his unpopularity with the army.
The same dispatches say Yi Kun
Sang has been ap-pointed Korean min
ister at Washington.
Japanese Land Force "n Korea.
A St. Petersburg special says: Re
ports of an .alarming nature continue
to pour out of the Far East. These
include the statements that the Jap
anese’ are landing an army at Ma-
Sam-Po, Korea, and that three hun
dred Russian troops are crossing the
Yalu river. The reported dispatch of
p. Chinese army of soldiers trained by
European officers beyond the great
wall to preserve order in Manchuria,
can not be confirmed, and the reports
of the Japanese at Ma-Sham-Po and
the Russians at the Yalu are discred
ited at the foreign office in St. Peters
burg and by the Japanese minister.
A Washington special says: The
senate Friday adopted -the resolution
of inquiry concerning affairs in Pana
ma introduced by Mr. German, and, '
in addition, listened to a speech on
the Panama question by Mr. Doiliver 1
and another on the subject of rocos3
appointments to office by Mr. Tillman. ■
Mir* Doiliver defended the course of •
the administration in Panama, con- !
tending that it was patriotic through- j
out.
Following are the main points of j
the Gorman resolution adopted:
“Resolved, That the. president be
requested, if not in his judgment in
compatible with the public interest, 1
tc inform the senate—
“1. The date when, and the circum
stances under whieu the United States
has used a military force in the in- j
ternal affairs Colombia, under the
treaty of 1846 ; whether such use of
military force was on the initiative
Explosion Causes Horror in
Pennsylvania Pit.
TWO HUNDRED VICTIMS
Another Deadly Tragedy of the Penn,
sylvania Coal Fields is Added to
the Already Long List—Res
cuers Baiked in Work.
A special from Pittsburg. Pa., says:
Nearly two hundred men were en
tombed Monday by an explosion in
the shaft of the Hardwick mine of the
Allegheny Coal Company, near Cres-
wick.
About 200 men, all told, were em
ployed at the mine, 150 working inside
and the remainder on the tipple. The
of the United States or by the request j men on the tipple were badly burned
by the explosion. With a loud report
of Colombia.
“2. Also, to inform the senate
whether or not the United States has
been asked by Colombia to execute
by armed force, either the guaranty
of the neutrality of the isthmus or
of the sovereignty of Colombia over
the same.
“3. And aiso to inform the senate
in whic-h, if any, of the disturbances
cn the isthmus of Panama the United
States employed a military force,
solely on its own initiative, and un
invited by the government owning the
isthmus.
“4. And aiso that he will inform the
senate of the dates when and circum
stances under which the United
TROUBLE WITH KOREANS,
Fanatics at Seoul Attack American
Trolley Cars Because a Native
■Was Accidentally Killed.
A Wascbington special says: The
state department Sunday received of
ficial information of an attack by a
mob of native Koreans on an electric
car in Seoul, the line being owned by
Americans, (because of the fact that
it had killed a Korean. The news
came in the following cablegram, re
ceived under Sunday's date from Min
ister Allen,-at Seoul:
“This morning, on the electric rail
way which is. the property of Ameri
can citizens a Korean was accidental-
-Ly. an^ unavoidably killed. Thereupon
a niob of-natives attacked and partial
ly destroyed the car. The operator
of’ (lie car would have been injured
'had it not been for the presence of
mind and action of our guard and se
rious _ riot would have occurred.”
Alt-iioYigli there have been previous
reports of disturbances in Korea, this
is the first mob attack made thus iar
oc-,the property of Americans. The
railroad is owned and operated by
Americans, H. H. Bostwick, of San
Francisco, and H. Collbran being its
principal officers. It runs through the
heart-of Seoul, the Korean capital.
' The guard, which made the rescue,
came from the American legation. It
■ consists of 100 marines, who were
sent there some time ago to be on
hand for the protection of Americans
and their property. Reinforcements
o$ - this- guard has been urged, and
could be made in a week’s time by
detail of marines from the Philippines,
but nothing has been decided on this
point. Conditions in Korea are rec
ognized to be critical, and the state
department is keeping in close touch
with the situation.
BURTON UNDER GRAFT CHARGE.
Kansas Senator Indicted on Nine
Counts by St. Louis Jury.
Tlie 'federal grand j\try at St. Louis.
Saturday, returned an indie' ment
against Joseph-vR- Burton, United
States senator from Kansas, charging
him on nine counts with accepting
fivtt bhccks of $500 *ach from tho
Rialto.Grain and Security Company,
wh^Ie a United States senator, for his
alleged ^services in interceding with
the postmaster-general, chief postof-
flee inspector and other high officials,
to induce them to render a favorable
decision In matters affecting the pee
mission of .the Rialto company to use
the mail*.
St
the interanl affairs of Colombia.”
Mr. Tillman was recognized to speak
cn his resolution relating to senate
recesses. His remarks referred es
pecially to the nomination of Dr. Crum
to be collector at Charleston, S. C.
Mr. Tillman disclaimed any inten
tion to consider this as a party ques
tion, but claimed that his desire was :
to prevent me establishment of a j
harmful precedent and to find out
what the senate thought of a "con
structive recess.” He said it had re- !
mained for our present executive to >
assert the right and exercise the
power of making appointments be- !
tween 12 o’clock and 12 o’clock of
the same day.
Mr. Hale took exception to the
statement that the president had
committed himself to the proposition
as set forth. As for himself, he did
not accept the theory of a construc
tive recess.
Mr. Tillman quoted a letter from
Secretary Shaw concerning the ap
pointment of Collector Crum, taking
the position that there had been a
constructive recess between -he time
of the adjournment of the late extra
session of congress and the beginning
of the present regular sessio-. This.
Mr. Tillman contended, was in viola
tion of the constitution and he also
contended that there was no common
sense in the plea that there was any
interregnum between the extra session
and regular session when one was im
mediately adjourned to prepare for
the other.
Mr. Spooner suggested that the re
sult of following Mr. Tillman's reason
ing would he to cause many vacancies
in office.
In response Mr. Tillman said:
“This is the first point I have ever
heard the senator make, but tt won't
go.”
Mr. Spooner cited the possible case
of an emergency military appointment,
but Mr. Tillman replied that there
were always officers on hand to per
form the duties required and he said:
"That won’t do, you’ll have to shout
again.” He did not object to inter
ruptions, he said, but wanted al! the
light he could get “fsr,” he said. “1
have some thundering stuff here on
this subject.”
Mr. Tillman then quoted a number
of precedents in support of his posi
tion. Among other utterances quoted
were those of Chas. Sumner and John
. Sherman, both of whom the senator
i lauded.
and an upheaval like an earthquake
the wood work of the tipple was de
stroyed. The walls of the’ shaft were
filled with debris, rocks and earth,
completely shutting off ail escape for
those in the mine.
From all that could be learned
shortly after the catastrophe, between
180 and 190 men are lying dead at the
headings and passageways of the
mine. Cage after cage was sent down
into the mine and came up again, but
only one miner out of ail those that
went down to work had been brought
tc the surface. The rescued man is
ates has employed military force in | Adolph Gunia _ and he wag sm
in a
i semi-unconscious condition.
, The explosion occurred at 8:20
a. m. and the first warning was the
! sudden rumble underground, and then
! a sheet of flame followed up the deep
i shaft. Both mine cages were hurled
I through the tipple, 20 feet above the
i Iandin gstage and the men working on
i the tipple were thrown to the ground.
A mule was thrown high, above the
j shaft and fell dead on the ground.
The injured were carried at once to
Pittsburg, where s-me of them have
died since. After the explosion the
crash at the pit mouth startled the
little village. The wives and children
of the men rushed to the scene of the
disaster,- but to gain no encourage
ment. There was no way to get into
the deep workings. The cages that
let the men into the mines and
brought them out again when the
day’s work was done were both demol
ished. All day long there was a jam
of women and children waiting at the
mouth of the pit. There were calls
for assistance, but it was not until 4
o'clock Monday afternoon that the
first attempt to rescue was made.
This was a failure, as the two men
who volunteered were driven back by
the foul air.
The rescuers were brought out
coated with ice. drenched to the skin
and unable to walk. They reported
that the dead were scattered one
above the other as thick as pine nee
dles. and that water was fast pouring
into the mine, covering the corpses,
and with a shroud of ice and making
the work of rescue almost impossible.
BILLS PASSED IN SENATE.
Important Measures of Especial In
terest to the South.
A Washington dispatch says: The
senate Monday passed the following
bills:
Providing for the appropriate mark
ing of the graves of confederate sol
diers who died in northern prisons
during the civil war and appropriating
$200,000 for this purpose.
Authorizing the erection of a monu
ment to the memory of John Paul
Jones.
Authorizing the use of the water of
tho Coosa river. Alabama, for the gen
eration of electricity.
Authorizing the construction of a
light ship off the outer bar of Bruns
wick. Ga., and appropriating $90,000
for the purpose.
CONFEDERATE DAY AT ST. LOUIS ' PROMINENT MINISTER DEAD.
I Annual Convention of Daughters Also
to Be Held During the Fair.
Mrs. A. T. Sniythe, of Charleston. S. j
! C., president general of the United j
i Daughters of the Confederacy, and !
j Mrs. A. W. Rapley, of St. Louis, pres- |
j ident of the Missouri district, United j
Daughters of the Confederacy, have j
I notified Mrs. John P. Hickman, of
I Nashville, Tenn., secretary general,
i United Daughters of the Confederacy,
I that tho annual convention will
be held in St. Louis October 4th to
Sth. 1904. and that October 7th has
been designated Confederate day at
tho Louisiana Purchase exposition.
ROOSEVELT NAMES MORMON.
Former Bishop is Given Job of Mini
Assayer at Boise City.
A Washington dispatch says: On
recommendation of Senator Hepburn,
of Idaho, the - president Monday ap
pointed H. Smith Wooley, a former
bishop of the Mormon church, to be
assayer of the mint at Boise City. The
discussion of Wooley’s appointment
has caused fonslderabj® political gos
sip.
fifteen sailors go down.
Gale Wrecks Schooner and Only Two
of Those on Board are Saved.
Fifteen lives were lost in the wreck
of the four-masted schooner Augustus
Hunt off Westhampton, Long Island,
Saturday. Two others who were on
board wero saved. Through the dense
fog the cries of tho doomed crew ap
pealed for help and the llfo savers
tried repeatedly to reach thq wrecK,
but without success.
Rev. Dr. J. O. Branch Succumbs to tho
Grim Reaper While on Duty.
Rev. Dr. J. O. Branch, presiding
elder of the Valdosta district of the
south Georgia conference of tho Meth
odist Episcopal church, south, presi
dent of the board of trustees of Wes
leyan Female college of Macon, presi
dent of the board of trustees of The
Wesleyan Christian Advocate, the or
gan of the north auil south Ge >rgia
conferences, published in Atlanta, and
one of the best known Methodist min
isters in Georgia, died at Moultrie
Sunday night.
COTTON SEED FOR TEXAS.
Georgia Product Being Shippel to Vic
tims of Destructive Boil Weevil.
On last Thursday six car loads of
seed for the cotton section of Texas
that was devastated by The boll wee
vil last year were shipped from Ath
ens, Ga. The shipments will continue
to be made until enough seed from
Georgia and a few other states in this
latitude are shipped to give the farm
ers enough to plaqt {heir flegt crop,
