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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. 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