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The Jones j News.
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HORROR OF THE DEEP
Survivors of Wrecked Vessels
* Miraculously Saved.
HALF SCORE WENT TO BOTTOM
Ships Collide Far Out at Sea and Both
Go Down—Survivors Took Boats
and Experienced Fright¬
ful Sufferings.
Almost crazed from their sufferings,
diost-bitten and helpless, ten men in
a boat were picked up by tho schooner
Manhassett Sunday 45 miles off High¬
land light. Then for the first time it
was learned that the schooner Frank
A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary had
boon in collision, and that they had
sunk off Hatcher’s island on Wednes¬
day evening. The survivors were land
ed at Boston Monday. Of the twenty
men that, made up the two crews, six
were carried down when the two ves¬
sels sank, four died during tne terrible
three days’ drift in Massachusetts
bay, and another became insane and
jumped overboard.
The two schooners, both heavily la¬
den with coal, doubled Cape Cod in
company, and ran into a strong north¬
wester on Wednesday flight. Both cap¬
tains put their vessels over toward the
Cape Ann shore. When off Thatcher
island they split tacks and finally both
came about at the same time and un¬
known to themselves headed toward
each other, tho Crary holding north
on the port tack and the Palmer south
on the starboard tack, and, tnerefore.
having the right of way.
The survivors are inclined to lay
the blame on Mate Smith, of the Crary,
who had charge of the deck at the time
and Who went down with the ship.
They are of the opinion that he
thought he could weather tho Palmer
but instead the Crary crashed into the
bow of the Palmer. Tho cut was deep
and it was seen instantly that there
was no hope for either vessel. Most
of the small boats were smashed an: :
some of the men killed s y the collision
but others of both crews, by quick
work, launched the long boat of Lie
Palmer, into which clambered tho can
tains of both vessels and thirteen oth¬
ers. There was not a moment foi
storing food or water in the float, and
the rowers had propelled it only a
short distance from the schooners
when the Paln-cr went down. Thret
minutes later the Crary disappeared.
Without food and water, drenched to
the skm, spray freezing to their gar¬
ments) because of the bitter cold, the
fifteen-survivors underwent sufferings
indescribable. Four men of tho Crary
on Ffiday lay down in the bow of the
boatjand that night till they Saturday died. night, Elev¬
When?Frank en runained up
Banta went insane, and,
under the delusion that his mother
beckoaed to him, he walked into the
sea. The others were powerless to re¬
strain him.
Shortly after this the two captains
decided that the bodies of the four
dead men should be consigned to the
deep, and, bending over them, Captain
Potter, of the Crary, repeateu as much
% of the burial service as ne could re¬
member. Then the strongest of the
survivors put the bodies overboard.
In the three days and a half that
the men were afloat their boat drifted
steadily off shore until at 3 o’clock
Sunday morning it was 45 miles off
Highland light. There the lookout on
the fishing schooner Manhassett
-,c*ught a glimpse of the boat, and vith-
in half a*n hour the ten mc-n were in
cabiri of £he schooner.
CROWN PRINCESS VANISHES.
Royal Circle of Saxony Furnishes a
High-Grade Sensation.
v The crown princess of Saxony fled
M %om h pr '- l0me at Dresden Dresden on the Journal night
December 11. The
of last Monday contained the follow¬
ing notice:
“The princess, in a state of intense
mental excitement, suddenly deserted
"her family at Salzburg and went
abroad. The Saxon court functions for
the winter, including the New Year's
reception, have been cancelled.”
Tie foregoing paragraph in the offi¬
cial journal, which was Inserted by
ordei of the kin ;, and crown prince of
Saxony” has turfid into truth what
for several days pal b as been regard¬
ed as an incredible^ 6 - The crown
princess of Saxony, .urrounded by her
women in waiting md numerous at¬
tendants and serVfRs °f the royal
h«usehold, has vaikhed so utterly that
tlje police of every dngdom of Europe
have for ten days b^ 0 unable to trace
her. The official jmouncement was
made in order to ct a ' n
general public in fineffi# the princess
and became I to the remain court in fiction retirement that she at
preferred return to
Salzlr.irgei rattier than to
her husband and children at Dresden,
cannot longer bo maintained.
SKIPPED WITH THE FUNDS.
Colored Treasurer of Miners' Union in
Alabama is Missing.
4/ president Ed Flynn, of the United
MinJ? Workers Of America, has asked
thed ' rmingham. Ala., police to seep
] 0u /out for a negro named Burre.i
a in his pos
(j ra ij a m who, it is said, has
session about $800 of the money be-
longing to the union. The money w as
deposited with him as treasurer of the
local union at Belle Sumpter. A re-
ward of $50 has been offered for his ar
rest. ...... ......
HAWAII FOR fcLACK MAN.
Fortune Thinks Islands Great Place
to Colonize Hie Feople—Talks
of Conditions There.
T. Thomas Fortune, special labor
commissioner appointed by Secretary
Shaw to visit the Philippine and Ha¬
waiian islands, reached Honolulu
Wednesday; In an interview ho said:
“I believe that the importation of
negroes here forma a solution of the
difficulty which unavoidably follows
tho absorption of tropical or semi-
tropieal countries by the United
States, m the southern states and
Carolinas the negro made the Indus¬
tries what they are.”
The commissioner said that there
might bo difficulty in detaining them
there, but he thought the planters
could get all they wanted If they sent
the right sort of agents after them.
“You could get 10,000 here in six
months,” he Said.
In view of the news from Washing¬
ton that the senate gave a hostile re¬
ception to the plan for allowing Chi¬
nese to enter Hawaii as laborers, the
views of Commissioner Fortune have
attracted much attention. Hawaii is in
need of more labor. The Merchants’
Association, backed by the builders
and traders’ exchange and other simi¬
lar organizations, is preparing to
make a fight in support of the plan of¬
fered by the plantation men to secure
legislation from congress, allowing
the importation of Chinese laborers
for plantation work only, under cer¬
tain restrictions. Local labor unions
have decided against the proposition
and will oppose the plan. It is un¬
derstood that the matter will be dis¬
cussed in tho forthcoming report of
the committee which visited Hawaii.
MERRY DAY AT WHITE HOUSE.
How President, Cabinet Officers and
Ambassadors Observed Christmas.
Snow, which began falling at Wash¬
ington late Wednesday night, gave
Washington a genuine Christmas ap-
pearance Thursday morning. Public
ontirely suspended, Interest cen-
and private business was practically
tered in the happenings at the white
house. Early in the morning the
president and all the members of his
family repaired to the library, where
presents were exchanged, and the
many boxes and packages which had
come from out of town opened. There
were a large number of callers and
many gifts in the shape of handsome
floral pieces were received. Soon af¬
ter breakfast the president, Theodore,
Jr,, and Lieutenant Ferguson, of the
Rough Riders, who is a guest, took
a long horseback ride, returning in
time to join the rest of the family at
luncheon with Commander and Mra.
Cowles.
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt
entertained a number of friends at
dinner Christmas night. The table
was set in the newly finished 6tate
dining room. The guests included
Senator and Mrs. Lodge, Mr. John
Lodge, Captain and Mrs. Cowles, Mr.
John Elliott, of New York; Mrs.
Charles Henry DavffT; Miss Davis, the
Messrs. Davis and Mr. Robert Fergu-
son.
At the homes of the cabinet offi¬
cers the day was quietly observed,
while, among the embassies and lega¬
tions elaborate preparations had been
made for celebrating. Official dinner
parties were given by the British,
Mexican and Russian ambassadors.
The Argentne minister and#wife gave
a children’s party at the legation,
while the minister from Peru and his
wife entertained a number of Peru¬
vian students in the various schools
and colleges of the United States.
ANYTHING SUITS CASTRO.
He Telegraphs Acceptance cf Arbi¬
tration by The Hague Tribunal.
President Castro has telegraphed
from La Victoria his acceptance of
the proposal to submit ail pending dif¬
ficulties to the arbitration of The
Hague tribunal, subject to certain
conditions, which include cessation of
the blockade and the return to Vene¬
zuela of the fleet seized by the pow-
ers. Castro’s acceptance has been
transmitted to the Washington gov¬
ernment, whence the proposal ema-
nated.
FORNEY MET TRAGIC DLATH.
Killed by Bullet from Parlor Rifle
While Amusing His Children.
The announcement of tne tragic
and sudden death o- Mr. Jacob For¬
ney, professor of pedagogy at the
University of Alabama, which occur¬
red Wednesday morning at Spring-
ville, Ala., where he, his wife and two
children were visiting Mrs. Forney’s
parents, Dr. and Mrs. James McLaugh¬
lin, will bring sincere regret to many
Alabamians.
Mr. Forney had been amusing his
children by shooting at sparrows with
a 22-calibre parlor rifle. By some mis¬
chance the rifle discharged
SHEEP PERISH IN FLAMES.
Five Hundred Incinerated in Burning
Stock Yards Barns.
At noon Christmas day the sheep
barns of the United Stock Yards Oom-
pany at South Omaha, Neb., burned,
loge ^ er 500 sheep, entailing a
of * 50 ,000. The fire is supposed
have started from a cigar stub
1 of the
dropped in the barn by one
workmea. .. ......
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GRAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 1. 190;!.
ROOSEVELT DECLINES
Castro is Referred to The Hague
With His Troubles.
JOB OF ARBITER NOT WANTED
Conditions Attached to Arbitration
Proposition of the Powers Not
Yet Made Public at Wash¬
ington.
A Washington special says: Presi¬
dent Roosevelt will not be the arbitra¬
tor of the Venezuelan controversy.
The whole vexatious subject will be
referred to The Hague tribunal for
adjudication.
Epitomized, this was the situation
as it had resolved itself at the conclu¬
sion of the cabinet meeting Friday.
The meeting was not so long as the
sessions of the cabinet usually are.
All the members except Secretary
Root were present. The Venezuelan
question was the principal and prac¬
tically the only topic of general con¬
cern under consideration. Secretary
Hay presented the net results of his
cable correspondence with the govern¬
ments at London; Berlin, Rome and
Caracas. In accordance with the
gestion made several days ago
President Roosevelt through Secretary
Hay, President Castro, of Venezuela,
was reported to have agreed to submit,
the differences between his govern¬
ment and the European powers to the
arbitration of the tribunal at The
Hague. The European powers not only
consented to submit the controversy to
arbitration, hut, while they had ex¬
pressed a preference for an arbitration
to be conducted by President Roose¬
velt, they had ’assented to his sugges¬
tion that the matter be referred to The
Hague______
The presentation of the case met Lae
hearty approval of the members of
the cabinet. No fear is expressed by
the administration that the Monroe
doctrine ■will be brought into the con¬
troversy in any manner that might re¬
sult in any embarrassing situation for
the United States. Secretary Hay is
preparing a note to the powers, in
which the gratification of this govern¬
ment is expressed for the course
agreed upon by them in settlement
of the pending difficulties.
No intimation Is given of the condi¬
tions which may have been imposed
by the European powers or by Presi¬
dent Castro precedent to the arbitra¬
tion. It is known that Great. Britain
was willing to submit the subject to
arbitration of President Roosevelt
practically- without conditions, but the
suggestion is made that one, and per¬
haps two, of the other powers involved
propose some conditions which might
have proved embarrassing to the presi¬
dent had he undertaken the responsi¬
bility of determining the question.
It is understood that some money
must pass, but it is also known that
the amount of cash to be required of
Venezuela before arbitration is not
nearly so large as has been stated. It
is not possible to iearn, either, wheth¬
er the allies insist upon apologies from
Castro, and while it is assumed that
the blockade will be speedily raised,
no arrangement to that end has yet
been made. The energies of the nego¬
tiations are now being devoted to the
framing of what will be known as a
condition protocol, and it is hoped
that while this class of document, does
not undertake to closely define issues
to be presented, it will still contain a
provision for the removal of the block¬
ade.
FIVE DEAD; FIFTEEN HURT.
News of Frightful Railroad Wreck
Comes From Canada.
It is reported that the Chicago ex¬
press on the Grand Trunk railway,
which left London, Ontario, Friday, at.
9:30 o’clock for Sarnia, collided* with
a fast freight going east, at Strath-
roy.
The railroad officials refuse to talk
about the matter, but, the latest reports
from the scene of the wreck state that
five persons were killed and fifteen
injured.
CROWN PRINCES8 LOCATED.
Leaves Husband and Skips to Switz¬
erland With Another Guy.
The crown princess of SaxoDy is in
Geneva, Switzerland, under the name
of Fraulein Von Oben. Her brother,
Arehduke Leopold Ferdinand, apd
Professor Giron aro at the same ho¬
tel. The archduke has assumed the
name of De Buriano.
King George and the Crown Prince
Frederick know where the crown
princess has sought refuge, but they
have decided to accept the estrange¬
ment of the princess and her husband
as irreparable.
AMERICAN GOLD IN MEXICO.
Half Billion of Yankee Money is In¬
vested in the Republic.
Five hundred million dollars gold
is the amount of American capital in¬
vested in Mexico by 1,117 American
companies, firms and Individuals, ac¬
cording to estimates carefully prepar¬
ed by Consul General A. D. Barlow,
at Mexico City. Practically all of
this amount has been invested within
the past five years.
WEDDED BLISS WAS BRIEF.
New Wife of Phil G. Byrd, Assistant
Adjutant General of Georgia,
Filce Suit for Divorce.
Mrs. Carrie L. Byrd, wife of Plili G.
Byrd, assistant adjutant general of
the stato of Georgia, to whom she was
married on September 25 last, has
filed a suit for total divorce from her
husband in the superior court of De-
Kalb county, in which sho makes
some very sensational charges.
Mrs. Byrd was Miss Carrie Louise
Montgomery, and her wedding to Colo¬
nel Byrd three months ago was an oc¬
casion of much interest. The cere¬
mony was quite an impressivo one,
and Interest in the occasion was
heightened by the presence in uniform
of a large number of Colonel Byrd’s
military friends.
The charges made by Mrs. Byrd are,
in general, habitual intoxication by
the use of drugs, cruel treatment and
unfaithfulness. Mrs. Byrd asks that
on these grounds she be granted a to¬
tal divorce from her husband and fhat.
Uer maiden name, Carrie Louise Mont¬
gomery, be restored to her.
In amplifying the charges the peti¬
tion makes accusations which are
quite sensational. The petition says:
“The cruel treatment complained of
and charged herein commelced on the
next day after said marriage, and has
been continuous (except with intervals
of kindness, coupled with promises to
desist, broken as often as made) until
it became unendurable, and petitioner
separated herself from defendant as
hereinafter related. * * *
“On the day after said marriage at
Nashville, being the first stop made on
the bridal trip, petitioner met her
brother, whom she had not seen for a
long time before, and put her arm
over his shoulder and kissed him, de¬
fendant being present, and as soon as
petitioner and defendant parted from
her brother, the defendant rebuked
her for kissing her brother, said it was
disgraceful,” and the petiton then pro¬
ceeds to give the language in which
it is alleged he cursed her.
Another alleged experience of the
bridal trip is to the effect that the de¬
fendant cursed her while on the way
to St. Louis, “and finally, taking some
kind of drug himself, came to the
berth in which petitioner was in ter¬
ror and heart broken, and insisted on
her taking some of it.” Mrs. Byrd
then states that she refused and there¬
upon ho took a double dose, saying he
didn’t know whether it would kill him
or not and didn't, care, and then that
lie showed her money and told her how
to ship his body home. ,
Tho petition continues to relate inci¬
dents of thi3 character which, it is
charged, occurred on the bridal trip,
and repeats frequently curse words
which, it is stated, were directed at
her.
Colonel Byrd is at present quite ill
at the Grady hospital, in Atlanta,
where he has been for the last, two
weeks, suffering from nervous prostra¬
tion. His condition has been so serious
that no one has been permitted to see
him, except his daughter, who has
been with him since he went to the
hospital.
MUROERED AND CREMATED.
Robbers Commit Dastardly Triple
Crime Near Louisville, Ga.
A terrible murder, robbery and act
of incendiarism was committed a few
miles from Louisville, Ga„ Christmas
night.
E. L. S. Gay, who runs a country
%tore about six miles out, was called
up about midnight by some one to go
to the store, which he did. As this
was a frequent occurrence, his wife
thought nothing of it, and went to
sleep.
She was awakened in a few min¬
utes to find the store in a bright,
blaze. A few of the neighbors arrived
on the scene and it was discovered
that. Mr. Gay was lying dead in the
store. A strong effort wa smade to
recover his body from the burning
building, but owing to heat it was im¬
possible. After the store burned down,
Mr. Gay’s body was taken from the de¬
bris, burned almost completely up. Ills
safe, containing about $500, was open¬
ed and all of his money was missing.
Ho was a successful farmer and mer¬
chant and always kept from one to
five hundred dollars in his safe.
IN WINTER’8 ICY GRIP.
Coldest Wave of Season Experienced
Throughout the Country.
The coldest weather of the winter
prevailed Friday throughout the Uni¬
ted States. The temperature reported
to the weather bureau from many
places south of the Ohio river range
from 6 degrees above Evansville, Ind.,
to 46 at Galveston and 48 at Corpus
Chrlstt, Texas. Some of the tempera¬
tures reported in the south are:
Louisville Sk which is 21 degrees be¬
low normal; Nashville 14, Chattanooga
16, Memphis 20, Atlanta 18, and Lit¬
tle Rock 22.
SECOND HOT SPRINGS TRAGEDY.
Chief of Detectives Shot by Man He
Attempted to Arrest
Chief of Detective Jack Donahue
was shot and killed on the street by
Frank Dougherty, a race track fol¬
lower. Dougherty, it is claimed, had
struck a woman with an ax, and, as
Donahue came up and attempted to
a rest him, Doughertty shot tho detec-
tlve over the eye, killing him in-
ztantly,
“KEEP HANDS OFF!”
i
Is Advice of American People
to President Rot swell.
OBJECT TO HIS BEING ARBITER
Concensus of OpTilon is Against Ac¬
ceptance of Such a Delicate Re¬
sponsibility (nd Compromis- ..
Ing position is Feared.
The Atlanta Journal’s Washington
correspondent wires his paper its fol¬
lows:
With tho whole country practically
at his hack in ‘he altitude of saying,
“Don’t do' that,” President Roosevelt
is yet undecided on the proposition
of the powers tp arbitrate the claims
against Venezuela.
Those sti’hflffN and ropresenfatives
who are in Washington are almost
unanimous in . the opinion that tho
president should keep his hands off
the job. The president, has entered
a refusal to tljic first Intimation of tho
powers’ proposal, but that intimation
was merely a feeler. Now (he direct
request of the powers is before him
and he must soon give a direct reply
to them.
It is tho opinion of Washington that
wo haw' Mpedit, j»er come out of tho Im¬
broglio 16 but. that we might
get serious 1 # entangled if our chief
executive attempts to act as account¬
ant for tho Venezuelan claims.
No one here advances any reason
as to why the powers should call on
our president for the great task, when
The Hagu. tribunal is constituted for
just, that purpose. It is a tribute to
him and the United States to bo
asked to io the work by all parties
concerned, hut whether he could do
it and at the same time take care of
our intf osts is another matter.j
Senaj^f Cullom, chairman of tho
senate {jmmlttee on foreign rela¬
tions, d -{lined to he publicly quoted,
but it ma bo stated that he is dis¬
posed ti regard it as a step to ho
avoided /if possible. Senator Cullom
Tuesday* received several telegrams
from constituents in Chicago, asking
him to see the president and request,
him not. to serve.
Senior Foraker, of Ohio, a mem¬
ber ofJihe committee on foreign rela-
t/ons, waid:
“I Bincereiy trust the president will
not consent, to act as arbitrator in tho
Venezuelan controversy. It is assert¬
ed that by accepting the position as
arbitrator, no responsibility attaches
to the United States. That may be
true, but at the same time the foreign
powers will naturally ex.ect the Uni¬
ted States to assume certain obliga¬
tions in support of any decision tho
president may reader. The course of
the president and the secretary of
state has thus far been firm, bu: en¬
tirely neutral, and I have no reason
to believe that there will he any ma¬
terial change in our policy which may
involve as in serious complications
with any of the parties to tho Vene¬
zuelan controversy.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, tho
ranking democrat member of tho
committee on foreign relations, said:
“I do not put it too strongly when
I say that, it is ridiculous for Germany
and Groat Britain to ask the presi¬
dent of the United States to arbitrate
this case.- There is precedence for
such action on the part of a presi¬
dent in boundary disputes and In
cases where the disputes have not
reached the point, of war. But there
is no precedent for such arbitration
when once a state of belligerency
has been established. Acts of war
have taken place and war was de¬
clared by Great Britain."
FURLOUGH FROM JAIL.
Judge is Released Long Enough to
take In Christmas Holidays.
Judge Thomas Nevitt, of St. Clair
county, Missouri, who has been in
Jail in Marysville for failing to obey
a mandate of the United Slates court,
was reloased Tuesday by Judge Phil¬
lips so he could spend Christmas with
his family. After the holidays he will
return to the Marysville jail.
THIRTY THOUSAND IN FEES.
Surgeon Lorenz Says He is Not Mak¬
ing a Barrel of Ducats.
Adolyh Lorenz, who returned to
New York Thursday from Boston,
while discussing his visit to this
country, said in an Interview:
“There is one thing I want to say,
and that is in regard to finance, i
see it reported that I nave made in
this country $160,000. Now, as a mat¬
ter of fact, I got one fee of $30,000 in
Chicago, and in ’ No four months I
have been here I have earned just
$30,000. My practice at home in four
months is worth that.”
COMING TO OUR DOMAIN.
Crown Princess and Archduke Find
Europe Too Incongenial.
It is reported in Vienna on good au-
thority that Archduke Ferdinand and
the crown princess of Saxony and
their companions purpose coming to
the United States, there being little
probability of their finding congenial
homes }» Europe,
VOL. IX. NO. 6.
! Cream of News.
♦
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—Governor Terrell, of Georgia, ve¬
toes bills creating now city courts for
Waynesboro and Jefferson on consti¬
tutional grounds.
—R. C. Whayne, of Ixmisvlllo, dies
carrying $340,000 life insurance. It is
believed (bat he committed suicide.
—Hearing a tost case Iho Birming¬
ham city court decides that the mayor
must report all fines to the board of
Aldermen
—At Mullins, S. C., robbers dyna¬
mite a bank safe and get away with
$ 6 , 000 .
—The first formal stato dinner since
the remodeling of the whlto houso was
given Thursday night.
—Cornelius Vanderbilt’s condition i3
a very serious one. Peruonitis nas de¬
veloped.
—Nino thousand Boers are preparing
to settle in Colorado, New Mexico and
Toxas.
—At the trial of Laura Biggar, at
Freehold, N. J., who Is trying to get
tho fortune of Henry M. Bennett,
claiming to be Ills widow, there were
many witnesses who swore she was le¬
gally married to Bennett.
—J. K. Murrell, in tho .rial of bood-
lors at St. Louis, tells how tho bribes
wore distributed.
—The report that there was yellow
fever at Willemstadt, Curacoa, is de¬
nied. »
—-The losses by the volcano in Gau-
temala aro said to bo enormous. Tho
voncano is still in activity and a new
eruption is feared.
—The Southern Express Company at
Baltimore refuses to haul Atlanta's
elephant on the terms agreed to by tho
Adams Express Company.
—Governor Torrell puts his signa¬
ture to tho franchise tax bill and Its
operation is no longer hindered.
—Manipulators of famous cherry
tree swindle were sentenced at Char¬
lotte, N. C., Wednesday.
—Dr. Charles M. Beckwith was con¬
secrated as bishop of Alabama at Mont¬
gomery Wednesday.
—Hundreds of cattle are killed in
Florida by government spraying St.
Johns river to destroy water hyacinths.
—-Customs officials have seized dia¬
monds valued at $24,000 at El Paso,
Texas.
—Convention at Dallas, Texas, dis¬
cusses methods to rid the south of the
boll weevil which Is destroying so
much cotton.
—General Peanuts, the midget, who
for several years was one of the attrac¬
tions in circuses, was found dead in
his bed at New York.
—Tho coal barons present their
case to the strike commission. Miners’
counsel challenge certain wage state¬
ments of (lie operators.
—Arbitration lias been decided on
to settle trouble in Venezuela. Minis¬
ter Bowen will ho one of tho arbitra¬
tors.
—Premier Balfour made a state¬
ment in tho house of commons that a
stato of war exists in Venezuela.
—M. Thiesse, former minister of
France to Venezuela, says Castro can
place an army of 40_S,000 men in tho
field.
—Former Governor A. D. Candler
Is to he chosen by Governor Terrell
to compile colonial, revolutionary and
confederate records of Georgia.
—Suit filed In United States court
at. Macon, Ga., denying the right of
officers to use force in entering ques¬
tionable places.
—W. J. Potter and Pope Potter,
father and son, were placed on' trial
at. Savannah, Ga., Monday, charged
with the murder of Gugio Bourquin
and a negro servant.
—The time allotted by court in
which tho Amos cherry tree fraud
men were to return money to victims
has nearly expired, and tho managers
will probably land In Charlotte, N. C.,
jail.
—Logan, convicted of forgery, has
been sentenced at Knoxville, Tenn.,
on varlods counts. The total of sen¬
tences amounts to 130 yoars.
—South Alabama conference of
Methodists adjourned at. Montgomery
after the reading of the appointments.
Meets next year at Pensacola, Fla.
—Five hundred men in New York
volunteer to fight for Venezuela.
—Money kings make pool of fifty
millions to prevent panic in Wall
street,
—Fourteen roads are arraigned in
Chicago for alleged rate cutting.
—Secretary Hay receives calls from
a number of South American minis¬
ters concerning Venezuelan situation.
—Four convicts escape from a
stockade in Alabama by sawing
through wall
—The situation as to Venezuela has
not improved. President Castro has
asked for arbitration while denounc¬
ing the conduct of Great Britain and
Germany.
—General assembly of Georgia ad-
Journed last Saturday morning at 2:55
o’clock after a pitched battle between
the two houses on disposition of the
public property fund.
After serving thirty years in Mis-
sissippl penitentiary for manslaughter
Jake Cooper is pardoned by governor.
GAMBLERS WHELMED
Turf Exchange at Hot Springs
Wrecked by Explosion.
RESULT HORRIBLY DISASTROUS
Two Meet Death, While Half a Hun-
dred Sustain Broken Limbs and
Other Injuries—Many May )
Not Recover.
At Hot Springs, Ark., Wednesday,
an explosion in tho cellar of tho turf
ovchange, a club houso and pool room,
operatod by Chambers & Walker, tho
building was badly wrecked and thir¬
ty peoplo were injured, two of whom
died shortly afterwards. Sixteen aro
in a serious condition and of these
four are expected to die. Twelvo
others sustained bruises and slight in¬
juries.
About 4 o’clock p. m. the pool room
was crowded with more than 100 per¬
sons. Just as a race at New Orleans
was being called by the operator tho
floor of the building seemed to rise,
and in an instant a report that shook
the entire block rang out. The tipper
floor and hack walls of tne building
fell on the mass of struggling men
who were wildly excited in an en¬
deavor to escape to the street. Tho
entire house looked as if a tornado
had ploughed through its center.
The news of the catastrophe spread’
rapidly, and soon Central avenue waa
jammed with people. Reports wero
current that several persons had been
killed. The police and firemen took
charge of tho building and the work
of rescue began. Men were pulled
from under the debris in a terribly
shattered state. One of ihe most pit¬
iable sights was when ‘‘Billy’’ Hol-
wig, the blind manager of the Lamar
hath house, was taken from the ruins.
Helwlg is widely known to the thou¬
sands of visitors who visit Hot
SprlngR annually. He died at mid¬
night. The other victim was Joe Ken¬
ney, also a resident of Hot Springs.
R. C. Chambers, one of the proprie¬
tors of the turf exchange, is also a
lessee of the Fort Erie, Ontario, rani
track, and is one of tho best known
sporting men in the country. His con¬
dition is considered serious.
Tho injured were taken in ehargd
by tho local physicians and every¬
thing possible is being done to alio*
vlato the suffering.
Tho exact cause of tho explosion:
has not yet, boon determined. Ii. it*
said by some that gas, which had es¬
caped in the cellar of the, building,
was Ignited in some manner, causing
the terrible accident.
Another report says a driver of ai
gasoline wagon was filling a tank in
the cellar when the Oxjplosion oc¬
curred.
The police have made a full in¬
vestigation, and have held Ben Mur¬
ray, who Is alleged to he responsible
for the disaster in careless handling
of the high combustible.
The Imnk roll of the pool room,
consisting of $55,000, was blown away
In the explosion, but Ihe greater part
of it. has been recovered.
BANKER’S SON SU-JIDES.
Neal Thornton, of Atlanta, Cuts Short
His Life With Pistol Ball.
At, Atlanta, Ga., Christmas Dey,
Ben Neal Thornton, son of E. H.
Thornton, president of the Neal Loan
and Banking Company, one of tho
city’s best known and most, popular!
young men, committed suicide by fir*
ing a ball into his temple.
There was no statement left by that
young man, nor any intimation given
of any causo or reason for taking his
own life.
He was a victim of lung affection,
Vanderbilt iG Greatly Improved.
A bulletin issued at New Yorli
Thursday night by tho physicians hi
attendance on Cornelius Vanberdilt
reads:
“Mr. Vanderbilt, has had a good (lay,
holding the improvement he haa
made.”
SIX KILLED IN WRECK.
Orders Forgotten and Deadly Smash*
up Occurs on Colorado Railroad.
Six men were killed in a freight
wreck on the Colorado and Southern
railroad near Trinidad, Col., Wednes¬
day night.
The cause of the accident, accord¬
ing to a statement by Engineer
Pearce, of the extra train, was that
the regular train had been overlooked,
the extra running without orders ands
expecting to meet a passenger at
Bowen, ten miles norre of Trinidad.
HOW MOB OBSERVED CHRISTMAS^
Negro Accused of Murder Hanged
Lynchers at Pittsburg, Kansas.
Montgomery Godley, colored, wa^
taken from the Pittsburg, Kansas^
jail Christmas day by a crowd of men^
who hanged him, cut his throat and(
again hanged him. The men wha
lynched Godley said they believed h<*
had deliberately killed Policeman MiN
ton Hinkle at. a Christmas dancev
Godley had. been in jail but two hours
wh en the rooh seized him. ’
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