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EIGHTY DIE IN
BRIDGE CRASH
Giant Structure in Course of Erect
ion Suddenly Collapsed.
WORKMEN ENTRAPPED
Horror Occurred Near Quebec On the St.
Lawrence River and Demolition Was
Complete-Few Were Saved.
A section of the new bridge acroEß
Uie St. Lawrence river, five miles be
low Quebec, collapsed late Thursday
afternbon, carrying scores cf workers
end mechanics Into the water. It is
estimated that the loss of life in at
least sixty, and many estimates ex
ceed that number by twenty.
The bridge was about a mile and a
half In length, and half of It, from
the south shore to midstream, crump
led up and dropped Into the river.
Ninety men were at work on this
section of the structure, and the whis
tle had just blown at 5:30 for the men
to quit work for the day when they
•heard a grinding sound from the bridge
In midstream.
The men turned to see what had
happened, and an Instant after the cry
vent up, “The bridge Is failing!" The
men made a rush shoreward, but the
distance was too groat for them to
escape.
The fallen section of the bridge
dragged others after it, the snapping
girders and cables booming like the
crash of a cannon and frightening the
workmen as they sped shoreward. Only
a few of them reached safety before
the last piece of iron on the south
shore was dragged into the- river.
Near the shore the wreckage of the
bridge did not go below th< surface
of the water, and Gigli workmen who
remained above water w re rescued
and taken to the hospital at Levis.
The steamer Glenninont had just
cleared the bridge when the first sec
tion foil. The water thrown up by the
debris dashed clear over the bridge of
the steamer. The captain at once low
ered boats. The small boats plied back
and forth over the sunken wreckage
for half an hour, but there was no
sign of life. The twisted Iron and
pteel had its victims in a terrible
death grasp. A few floating and
broken strands of the bridge lowards
the north shore were the only signs
that anything unsual had happened.
There was not a ripple on the smooth
surface of the St Lawrence as It
swept along toward the *Oll.
All the men drowned were employ
ees of the Phoenixvllle Bridge compa
ny and sub-contractors of Quebec and
Montreal.
At 10 o'clock Thursday night, six
teen bodies had been picked up, and
of tlie eight men in the hospital two
are not expected to lire.
The Quebec bridge was begun seven
years ago, and it was to be finished in
1909. Subsidies had been grunted by
the federal and provincial governments
ami the city of Quebec, and the esti
mated cost of the work was $10,000,-
000.
PARKER IS AGAIN CANDIDATE.'
Report to that Effect Creates Much Sur
prise Among Democrats.
A special from Columbus, Ohio,
says: The positive statement of for
mer Governor James E. Cam; b. 11, who
has Just returned from New York, that
Judge Alton Brooks Parker is a can
didate for the democratic presidential
nomination, was r f ceived in Ohio
with Incredulity. Mr. Campbell dtes
not seem surprised at the reception
given the announcement, say lug that
he did not believe it himself when he
first heard It, but that he learned later
that it was “intensely true." lie de
charge that the republican party had
from a source that was indisputable
a to veracity.
The fact that Judge Parker’s famous
barge that the republican parly had
raised au Immense corruption fuud In
New York for the support of Roose
velt has been borne out, in the faoe
of the extremely tart denial of Mr.
Roosevelt, will, it Is conceded, help
Mr. Parker in his candidacy, but it *s
not believed that he could develop suf
ficient strength between now and the
convention to become a formidable fig
ure. Nevertheless, the statement that
he is iu the race has created intense
Interest among the politicians.
NEGRO TAKES REFUGE
In Florida Jail While Being Pursued By
Georgia Posse-Is Charged With
Murder of Marshal.
Fearing a mob of his own state
might lynch a Georgia fugitive, who
sought safety fn the Tallahassee jail.
Gov* rnor Broward of Florida ordered
the Bloxham Rifles, a local company,
to hold themselves in readiness for
orders.
Pursued by ten armed men In auto
mobiles, George Simms, a negro, ar
rived from near Thornasvilie, Ga., sur
rendered to the sheriff and was jailed.
He said he feared he would not be
protected If caught.
Simms, it is charged, shot Marshal
Cargell of Cairo, Ga., to death Tues
day night. The shooting occurred at
the cabin of Simms on the Brandon
plantation, just inside the Florida
Hue.
At the time of the shooting a posse
had surrounded Simms’ cabin to effect
the capture of another negro, Char
ley Williams, who sought refuge in
the house.
It was first reported that Williams
had killed Marshall Cargell, but it was
ascertained later, according to reports,
that Simms fired the shot.
Several other negroes have been ar
rested at Thornasvilie for harboring
Williams, but he 13 still at large and
is now supposed to be hiding in Flor
ida woods.
The negro * outlaw, Charley Wil
liams, killed Sheriff Tyus, of Grady
county, August 19, while resisting ar
rest for contract jumping. He made
hia escape and was followed by a
posse headed by Marshal Cargell of
Cairo. The marshal was shot by
Simms in whose house Williams
sought to hide, and both Williams and
Simms escaped.
Marshal Cargell was the third of
ficer shot In the discharge of his duty,
and the second marshal of that town.
Marshal Deas of Cairo was killed by
W. A. Maxwell, a white man, then
Sheriff Tyus, now Marshal Cargell.
The governor later ordered the negro
sent to Live Oak, Fla., where he was
carried, under a small military guard.
The guard was kept at. the Live Oak
jail until 9 o’clock Thursday morn
ing, when It was withdrawn. There
was no evidence of violence shown to
ward the negro, either in Tallahassee
or at Live Oak, and no trouble is
feared by the officers.
FIVE HELD ON PEONAGE CHARGE.
Louisiana Men Held for Alleged Detention
of Negro Laborers.
Five well known residents of Clai
borne parish, Louisiana, have been
arrested by Deputy United States
Marshal Lea and carried to Shreve
port on charges of peonage. The in
dictment alleges that the five men, all
of whom are named Gray, held under
restraint a number or negroes. The
live Grays gave bond in the sum of
$9,000 and will be tried at the next
term of the federal court.
APPROVE THE “BIG STICKS."
Washington Representatives of Central
American Republics Gratified.
The ministers at Washington rep
resenting all of the Central American
republics except Guatemala called at
the state department Thursday and
expressed the appreciation of their
governments for the sieps taken by
Presidents Roosevelt and Diaz in ne
gotiating for permanent peace iu Cen
tral America.
FIFTEEN MILLION IN LOSSES
And Sixty Thousand Homeless as Result
of Fire in Hakodate, Japan.
Advices received in Yokahama from
the American consulate at Hakodate, ;
Japan, place the loss caused by the con- j
flagratiou there at $13,000,000. About j
15,000 houses, varying in value, were
burned and sixty thousand people ren
dered homeless. Former estimates are
regarded as being too low.
COSTLY MONUMENT TO HORSE
Provided in Will of Chicago’s Oldest Set
tler, Who is on Dying Bed.
A $50,000 monument for his horse,
is a feature that has been incorporat
ed in the will of Henry Graves, the
oldest settler of Chicago, who now deg
near death’s door.
A pioneer racing man, Graves has
provided that the costliest monument
ever erected for a horse will be ylaead
iu Washington park. It will memorial
ize Ike Cook, a famous trotter, which
he owned fifty years ago.
What Not to Ask the Captain.
“The annual rush of tourists back
and forth over the Atlantic nas be
gun,” said a liner’s captain, “and I
am hardening myself to stand the us
ual ten tourist questions.
“There are ten questions that every
tourist can get near enough puts
to me. You’ll put them to me if you
ever cross on my ship. I have been
asked these ten questions 3,764,953
times. They are:
“ ’Were you ever shipwrecked?’
“‘Any whales in this latitude?’
“ ‘How deep is the water here?’
“‘What tips are usually given, and
to whom?’
“ ‘How many times have you cross
ed the Atlantic?’
“ ‘What is the best remedy for sea
sickness ?’
“ ‘Why are you always painting this
ship?’
“ ‘Will you let me come up on the
bridge some time?’
“ ‘Do you remember my cousin who
crossed with you in the spring of ’9s?'
“ 'I suppose the passengers ask you
a great many stupid questions, don’t
they?”—Philadelphia Bulletin.
Liquid Fuel Test.
One of the best demonstrations of
the practicability of using liquid fuel
(petroleum) to afford motive power
to steamships was the recent trip of
the British steamship Goldmouth,
which arrived at Thameshaven after a
passage from Balik Pappan, Borneo, a
distance of over 12,000 miles, without
a stop. The average speed through
out the passage was something over
nine knots.
This, says a writer in Harper’s
Weekly, was the third non-stop run
pia.de by this vessel while burning
liquid fuel, the first being from Singa
pore to Rotterdam, in 1906, and the
second from Singapore to Thame
shaven, during the same year, these
runs establishing a record for non-stop
runs while using liquid fuel. That the
British Government has considerable
faith in the future of the oil-burning
marine engine is evinced by the fact
that a number of cruisers and torpedo
craft are being arranged for liquid
fuel consumption.
The old protected cruisers have
beeen for some time regarded as ob
solete, while the armored cruisers
were too costly. Anew type of
cruiser has therefore been developed
known as the scout. This type of
ship, notes the New Orleans Picayine,
has little armament, very high speed
and sufficient displacement to carry
large supplies of coal and furnish com
fortable quarters for a liberal crew.
Such ships, it is believed, will be able
to keep the sea for long periods in
any weather, and be speedy enough
to approach the enemy for observa
tion. and get away with safety.
THE EXPLANATION.
An automobile passed. It wag, a
large car, and the curtains were down
but one could easily discover the cat
to be filled with adults and children.
“Strange!” exclaimed Dabbs. “Why
should they want the curtains down
like that?”
“Easy enough,’’ Dlbbs answered.
“The owner is giving all his poor re
lations their annual ride.”—St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
HARDLY SYNONYMOUS.
She —Don’t you think the new debu
tant’s voice is perfectly heavenly?
He —Quite unearthly. The By
stander.
FEET OUT.
She Had Curious Habits.
When a person has to keep the feet
out from under cover during the cold
est nights in winter because of the
heat and prickly sensation, it is time
that coffee, which causes the trouble,
be left off.
There is no end to the nervous con
ditions that coffee will produce. It
shows in one way in one person and
in another way in another. In this
case the lady lived in S. Dak. She
says:
“I have had to lie awake half the
night with my feet and limbs out of
the bed on the coldest nights, and felt
afraid /to sleep for fear of catching
cold. I had been troubled for years
with twitching and jerking of the
lower limbs, and for most of the time
I have been unable to go to church
or to lectures because of that awful
feeling that I must keep on the move.
“When it was brought to my atten
tion that coffee caused so many nerv
ous diseases, I concluded to drop cof
fee and take Postum Food Coffee to
see if my trouble was caused by cof
fee drinking.
“I only drank one cup of coffee for
i breakfast, but that was enough to do
the business for me. When I quit it
! my troubles disappeared in an almost
miraculous way. Now I have no
j more of the jerking and twitching
and can sleep with any amount of
bedding over me and sleep all night
in sound, peaceful rest.
“Postum Food Coffee is absolutely
: worth its weight in gold to me."
•There’s a Reason." Read the little
health classic, “The Hoad to Well
ville,” in pkgs.
LOWER RATES
NOW PREVAIL
On All the Railroads Opzrating in
the State of Georgia.
CONTESTS COME LATER
Officials Will Comply With Board’s Order
Until Matter is Decided in Courts.
Complications as to Tickets.
! ""
Monday morning the reduced pas
: senger rates ordered by the railroad
! commission of Georgia, in circular No.
| 334, went into effect. Differences from
| a cent to a half-cent a mile is no-
I ticeable in the tariffs on all of the
main lines in the state in conse
quence.
Latest advices ■ indicate that all of
the roads in the state placed into ef
fect the reduced fares as offered.
The decision of Judge Shelby, Hunts
ville, Ala., in refusing to order a tem
porary injunction against the com
mission restraining them from putting
into operation the proposed rates, act
ed as a check upon the contesting cor
porations, and it is thought that all
will follow the lead of the Atlantic
Coast Line and file hills asking for a
permanent injunction, after a review
of the case, in the federal courts, if
the rates ordered are declared, by
these courts, to be unjust.
The new tariffs were shipped to all
of the roads from their respective
headquarters Saturday and every lit
tle station had its new tariff sheets
on hand for that road Monday morn
ing.
All tariffs for straight rides on the
same lines are figured out, and there
will be no trouble after getting tickets
for these stations. But the trouble
will come on these tickets from a
station on one line to another.
A man in Nevvnan wants to go to
Athens. Instead of buying in Newnan
a ticket for Athens he will find that
he can 'Purchase a ticket only to At
lanta, and then buy another ticket
from Atlanta to Athens.
It is understood that each line, for
the present, will sell only tickets over
its own line for intrastate business.
Of course, the matter of interstate
business is not interfered with at all,
and through tickets are to be had
as usual.
“How are we expected to know’ the
tariff of the Southern, Central, Geor
gia, Atlantic Coast Line and sea
board?” is the way one prominent rail
road official put the question. e
have only our own tariff sheet figured
out. The others will have to be worked
out with combination rates, later. You
go part of your journey for 2 cems
a mile; another section for 2 1-2 cents
and the third for the old rate of 3
cents.
“Say, the first distance is twenty
seven miles, the next eighty-nine and
the third twenty-three, and you see
how much figuring there is on that
ticket without a tariff sheet, so you
can guess the rest of the work on
si dozen or combination tickets. So,
for the present we will sell only for
our own line. v
The Central of Georgia Railway com
pany will obey the circular of the
state railroad commission ordering the
reduction in passenger rates. Vice
President A. R. Lawton of the Cen
tral, who is also of the firm of gen
eral counsel, said: “We have taken
the necessary steps to put the reduced
passenger rates into effect. The ac
tion of the commission not having
been enjoined, we cannot afford to do
otherwise. We shall press for a hear
ing at the earliest possible date Aind
hope and believe that when the court
has considered the evidence submit
ted by us and that submitted by the
defendant, it will grant us an in
junction. If it does do so, we expect
to withdraw the reduced rates and re
store the scale in force before the
reduction became effective. We earn
estly hope that if, and when, this shall
be done, all officers and citizens will
recognize the supreme law of the
land in the constitution of the United
States and the constitution of Georgia
and will not undertake to violate them
by disregarding the injunction. If we
are disappointed in this hope there
Is but one course for us to pursue
and that is to vigorously protect our
rights to the end and earnestly. de
fend the law of the land against the
asaults of those who violate it.”
DOES I'OL’R back ache?
Profit by the Experience of One Who
Has Found Relief.
James R. Keeler, retired farmer,
of Fenner St., Cazenovia, N. Y., says:
“About fifteen years ago I suffered
#with my back and
kidneys. I doctored
and used many rem
edies without get
ting relief. Beginning
with Doan's Kidney
. Pills, I found relief
from the first box,
and two boxes re
stored me to good,
sound condition. My wife and many
of my friends have used Doan's Kid
ney Pills with good results and I can
earnestly recommend them.”
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Cos., Buffalo, N. Y.
Any man can find work if he will go
to work and look for it.
CHILDREN TORTURED.
Girl Hail Running Sores From Ecze
ma—Boy Tortured by I’o.Non Oak
—Both Cured by Cuticura.
“Last year, after having my little girl
treated by a very prominent physician for
an obstinate case of eczema. I resorted to
the Cuticura Remedies, and was so well
pleased with the almost instantaneous re
lief afforded that ,we discarded the physi
cian’s prescription and relied entirely on
the Cuticura Soap. Cuticura Ointment and
Cuticura Pills. When we commenced with
the Cuticura Remedies her feet and limb*
were covered with running sores, in about
six weeks we had her completely well, and
there has been no recurrence of the
trouble.
“In July of this year a little boy in onr
family poisoned his hands and arms with
poison oak, and in twenty-four hours hia
hands and arms were a mass of torturing
sores. We used only the Cuticura Reme
dies, and in about three weeks his hands
and arms healed up. Mrs. Lizzie Vincent
Thomas. Fairmount, Walden's Ridge,
Tenn., Oct. 13, 1905.”
How easy it is to be liberal with
other people’s money!
Fertilizer for Wheat.
In some parts of the East farmers are
giving up wheat growing. Many of them
think it useless to try and compete with
the newer and richer soils of the West.
Many argue that wheat growing is profita
ble only on new and rich soil. Mr. C. R.
McKenzie, of Westfield. New Brunswick,
undertook to see if by the use of chemical
fertilizers on poor soil he could not com
pete with Western grain fields.
He selected a piece of dark loam, slight
ly gravelly soil which had had no fertilizer
for ten years. It had been in grass, and
farmers cati readily understand its poor
condition for grain. In order to test the
soil, Mr. McKenzie used nothing on one
part of the field. On another part he used
Thomas Phosphate to supply phosphoric
acid and nitrate of soda to supply nitrogen.
On another part he used the phosphate
and the nitrate and in addition, muriate
of potash. The object of this was to see
which element was the key to a wheat
crop on that soil.
Potash gave the yield. The answer was
clear, as the foilswing figures show:
Yield o£ Increase
Plot grain over no
per acre fertilizer
1 No Fertilizer ID bu.
~ 1 >i) lbs. Thomas Phosphate )...
i , 180 lbs. Nitrate of Soda C* 560 * 15
( MO lbs. Thomas Phosphate >
3 \ 180 lbs. Nitrate of Soda t4O bu. 30 bu.
(120 lbs. Muriate of Potash )
The natural soil gave only 10 bushels.
The phosphate and (lie nitrate brought
the yield to 2. r > bushels, but wiien the
potash was added there was an increased
yield of 16 bushels per acre. It is evident
that this increase was directly due to the
potash, and when we compare the cost of
the potash with the price received for 18
bushels of wheat we see that few other
farm investments could have paid o well.
Consider the price of wheat and straw on
an Eastern farm and it is plain that no
Western wheat field can compare acre, for
acre with such a yield as 40 bushels. The
main reason why some Eastern farmers
say that wheat will not pay is because the,*
use the wrong kind of fertilizer. They
use a smell of nitrogen, a peck of phos
phoric acid and a pinch of potash. „No
wonder their yield is poor. Mr. McKen
zie’s erperiment shows why. The wheat
crop demands potash. If the oil will not
supply it the fertilizer must do so.
It’s awfully hard to be grateful for a
gift that doesn’t please us.
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