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The Jones County News
M. 0. GREENE PUBLISHER.
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IN WRECK AND FLAME
Seven People Lose Life on Rail¬
road in Pennsylvania.
VICTIMS HORRIBLY TORTURED
Besides the Dead a Number of People
Were More or Less Seriously
Hurt—Fault of a
Brakeman.
A Pittsburg, Pa., special says; As
a result of a collision between a pas¬
senger train and the rear end of a
freight train on the Mononganela di¬
vision of the Pennsylvania railroad
Wednesday night at Cochran station,
several men are dead, one is dying and
five are injured.
The dead are: C. E. Stroud, bag-
gagemaster; C. M. Boehner, brake
man; John Stewart, passenger- four
unknown foreigners; two unknown
foreigners.
T. D. Cook, conductor, was not ex¬
pected to live.
The passenger train, which was
from Pittsburg, was on time and had
a clear track, according to the signals
displayed. At the siding at Cochran
it ran into the roar car of the extra
freight which had taken the switch,
but failed to clear the main line.
The officials of the road attribute the
disaster to the failure -of the rear
brakeman of the freight, to see that
his train had fully cleared tne main
track.
When the passenger locomotive
struck the caboose, of t.ie iroight it
was forced back upon (he combina¬
tion baggage and smoking car. The
thirteen passengers in this car were
jammed against the rear end of the
car in a mass. Three of the victims
were killcl instantly; two were roasL
ed to death and two died on the way
to the hospital.
Almost immediately after the im
pact fire from the stove in the smok¬
ing car sot fire to the wreckage and
the imprisoned victims were horribly
tortured.
GEORGIA STATE TROOPS.
Inspector Genevai Obear Compiles a
Roster for War Department.
There are 4,581 men in the. Georgia
state troops, not including the j 50 colo¬
nels on Governor Terrell’s staff. On
Wednesday last, Colonel William G.
Obear, inspector cf Georgia state
troops, completed the roster of the sol¬
diers to be sent to the war department
at, Washington, ff the colonels were
added to the list there would be over
4,700 soldiers in Georgia.
According to the figures compiled
by Colonel Obear there are -5 staff of¬
ficers, 545 cavalrymen, 217 heavy ar-
tilerymen, 3,£39 infantrymen and 115
light artillerymen. The war depart¬
ment of the United States requires a
similar report from every state in the
union.
Georgia always makes an unusually
good showing, and shows more men in
the state militia than any otner state
with twice its population.
There is a slight increase in the
number of men this year and it is ex¬
pected that even a better showing can
be made next year.
OLD OFFICERS RETAINED.
Trustees of Georgia Soldiers’ Home
Hold Business Meeting in Atlanta.
Col. W. L. Calhoun was re-elected
president of the board o. trustees of
the Georgia Soldiers’ home at a meet¬
ing of the trustees in Atlanta Wednes¬
day morning. It is understood, how¬
ever, that he will resign in a few days.
He was requested by the members of
the board to hold until his successor
was appointed by the governor as at
the next meeting his successor as pres¬
ident of the board could be selected.
Dr. Amos Fox was re-elected treas¬
urer and Captain Tip Harisn was
elected secretary. Dr. R. J. Massey
was re-elected physician without op-
position. appropriation
Owing to the limited
which was made for the home by me
legislature the trustees found u neces¬
sary to cut down expenses,
SATISFACTION IN BERLIN.
Castro’s Final Reply Received at Ger¬
man Official Headquarters.
President Castro's acceptance of the
arbitration conditions of the allied ;
powers was received Friday at the
foregin office in Berlin, where it is re¬ i
being long step toward a !
garded as a |
settlement of the questions in dispute, j
The foreign office hopes that most of
the points will be arranged amicably
at the preliminary discussion at
Washington before reaching The
Hague arbitration court.
WILCOX SENT TO HERTFORD.
Preparing for Third Trial of Alleged
Slayer of Nellie Cropsey.
James E. Wilcox was removed from
the Elizabeth City, N. C., jail Friday
and carried to Hertford, the scene of
his new trial. His removal was guard-
ed carefully. The authorities carried
him in a closed carriage to the out-
skirts of the city, and several hours
elapsed before the removal became
known to the reporters.
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CASTRO IS RILED BY ANSWERS.
Reply of Allies Causes Feeling of Co-
presson and Apprehension in
the Venezuelan Capital,
A special from Caracas, Venezuela,
says: ThA answers of the powers to
President Castro’s last proposal rela-
tive to arbitration were delivered to
President Castro Wednesday after¬
noon by United States Minister Bow¬
en. A meeting of the erbinet was at
once called to consider these commun¬
ications. It is expected that the Ven¬
ezuelan answer will be handed to
Mr. Bowen immediately.
It will be forwarded by Minister
Bowen at once to Washington, It
has been learned from an authorita¬
tive source that the answers of the
powers, delivered by Mr. Bowen have
created a feeling of depression in Vcn-
ezetielan government circles.
All sorts of rumors aro current in
Caracas concerning Prcsiuent oas
tro’s answer to the communication® n
the powers, but none of nem is relia¬
ble.
The Bank of Venezuela and the
Bank of Caracas have agreed to ad
vance to President Castro money
wherewith to pay the Venezuelan
troops during the blockade.
Want Cash Payment.
A Berlin special says: That portion
of the joint reply of the powers to
Venezuela suggesting a settlement
without arbitration only goes so far
as to offer to treat on the settlement,
out of court after the payment of
$335,000 to each power This reserva¬
tion remains as the fixed and only
condition precedent to arbitration or
negotiations direct for a supplement¬
ary agreement. The German govern
ment would much prefer to close up
the matter by negotiations throug;-
Minister Bowen while the blockade
continued, than withdrew ..he block
ade and adjust the claims through
The Hague tribunal.
Answer cf Italy.
A Washington dispatch says;
Through the United States embassy
at Rome the state department Wednes
day received the answer of the Iiai
ian government to President Castro's
proposition, and, as was mo case with
the British and German answers, Sec¬
retary Hay has forwarded it to Minis
ter Bowen, at Caracas, for submis¬
sion to President Castro. It is stated
that the Italian note is on linos simi
lar to the British and German notes.
BUBONIC THREATENS US.
Its Spread Toward United States
Causing Greatest Alarm.
The spread of the bubonic piague
toward the United States has caused
such great alarm in Arizona that six
prominent physicians at Tucson have
sent the following dispatch to the sur¬
geon of the marine nospital service:
“Reliable reports from Guayamas
indicate that an epidemic of bubonic
plague at Topolombampo and Guaya-
mas is extending north. Cargoes from
infested ports are unloading daily at
Guayamas and other ports, with no
precaution whatever. The mortality
rate is over 50 per cent and the epi¬
demic is spreading rapidly. It is a
great menace to southern Arizona and
should be investigated Immediately
and quarantine against the infected
ports should he established.”
Thirteen deaths, all certified official
ly to have been due to the plague,
took place in Mazatlan, Mexico, Tues-
day. Thirty-six persons are in the
Lazaretos and five persons are in the
observation station.
BACK UP BRITISH PROTEST.
Passage of Russian Torpedo Boats
Through Dardanelles Condemned.
Advices from Constantinople state
that Great Britain’s protest against
the permission, in September last, of
four unarmed Russian torpedo boat
destroyers to go through tne Darda¬
nelles into the Black sea under the
commercial flag of Russia will, it is be¬
lieved, be followed by a similar objec¬
tion from Austro-Hungary and Daly,
while Germany and France will re¬
main aloof.
Germany’s position is in conson-
ance with her traditional policy not to
embarass the porte, while France nat¬
urally abstains from acting against
the interests of her ally, Russia.
POLICE BOARD ROTTENNESS
is Subject of Sensational Investiga¬
tion in Atlanta, Ga.
The investigation into the records
var j 0US members of the Atlan-
ta board of police commission and
their methods of operating the police
department began Friday afternoon in
the council chamber at. the city hall.
Captain James W. English, chairman
of the board of police commissioners,
was the first witness, and while he
was on the stand some very interest-
test.mony was given. Captain
English was still testifying when the
| 0inm ittee adjourned at G o’clock until
Saturday afternoon at 3; 30 o’clock.
ON EIGHTY-FIRST BALLOT.
col. Tyson is Elected to House Speak¬
ership by Tennessee Solons.
A Nashville, Tenn., dispatch says:
Colonel L. D. Tyson, of Knoxville,
W on the house speakership on the
eighty first ballot Friday afternoon,
Austin Peay, of Clarksville, led for
se venty-six ballots, but Colonel Tyson
took the lead on the seventy-seventh,
am j held it through the eightieth,
when Peay' withdrew.
GRAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 15. lilOii.
VON HOLLEBEN OUT?
German Ambassador at Wash*
ington Rests Under a Cloud.
MEDDLED IN OUR POLITICS
Was Not Recalled by German Govern¬
ment, But His Asking for Long
Leave of Absence and Prompt
Granting is Significant.
Von Holleben, German ambassador
at Washington, goes into retirement
because of certain sins of commission
and omission which have been accu-
lating to his discredit for some time.
Whatever failures may be charged
against him, the present Venezuelan
negotiations have cut little figure in
bringing about the result. Other and
more important matters figure in tho
accounting. Perhaps the greatest of
these was the failure of Von Holle-
ben’s effort to discredit Pauncefote
by his claim of the British ambassa¬
dor’s unfriendliness during the Span¬
ish troubles. He represented to his
government that he had the proofs
which would not only pull down
Pauncefote, but would stir up Ameri¬
can resentment toward England in a
way that would not only offset the
growing unfriendliness toward Ger¬
many, but would greatly help his coun¬
try, and his plans miscarried so sig¬
nally that he injured himself with the
Berlin foreign office. Before this he
had been meddling with internal poli¬
tics, many republicans believing he
had conferred with Lentz, of Ohio, and
other German democrats with a view
to throwing German influence for the
democratic ticket. While nothing
could be proved that would warrant
request for his recall, republicans be¬
lieved the story and it hurt his useful¬
ness. When Prince Henry came to
this country he formed a great dislike
for the ambassador. Tnere were some
differences between them, and Henry
is quoted as saying he thought the
German empire ought at least be rep¬
resented here by a gentleman. All
these things and others of less impor¬
tance contributed to what is virtually
his recall.
A Berlin dispatch says: Ambassa¬
dor Von Holleben was not recalled
from Washington, but learning that
his government was not wholly satis¬
fied with his work and feeling ill and
dep essed, he cabled for £ long leave
of absence, which v/as immediately
granted.
He will not return to Washington.
Baron Speck Von Sternberg’s tempo¬
rary assignment as charge d’aiffaire3
of Germany at Washington will be
followed after an interval by his ap¬
pointment as ambassador. The baron,
in the meantime, will retain his posi¬
tion as consul general of Germany at
Calcutta. Oddly enough, the exact
whereabouts of Baron Von Sternberg
is not known at the foreign office. It
is thought, however, that he is visit¬
ing ldnspeople in Saxony.
All the foreign office officials will
say about Dr. Von Holleben is: "H-b
has not been recalled and his leave is
granted upon his own initiative. The
government would never recall an am¬
bassador in the midst of important ne¬
gotiations without grave reasons, and
these certainly do not exist in this
case. The supposition that the gov¬
ernment is annoyed because the am¬
bassador failed to obtain President
Roosevelt’s acceptance of the arbitra-
torship of the Venezuelan dispute is
wholly incorrect.
DEATH NEAR WORLD'S CROESUS.
One of the Richest Men on Earth Re¬
ported Dying in South Africa.
Alfred Beit, the well-known South
Afiican financier, has had an apo¬
plectic stroke at Johannesburg, South
Africa, and is reported to be dying.
Alfred Beit is one of the richest,
if not the richest, men in the world.
He has been prominent in gold and
diamond mining in South Africa for
many years, being associated with
the late Cecil Rhodes and Barney Bar-
nato.
REPORT WAS AN ERROR.
Rouss Estate Will Pay Money Prom¬
ised for Confederate Battle Abbey.
General Clement. A. Evans, corn-
manding the Confederate Veterans of
Georgia, has written a card in which
he corrects the impression that
Charles Broadway Rouss would not
pay $100,000 to the Battle Aojey.
There has already been paid Hie
sum of $00,000 by Mr. liouss, which
is safe in the treasury at Richmond
and the heirs of Mr. Rouss aro anx¬
ious to pay the remaining $10,000 as
soon as the contributions from othei
sources reach $100,000.
GOVERNOR NAMED FOR SENATOR
Missouri Democrats Select Chief Ex¬
ecutive of State to Succeed Vest.
The democrats of the Missouri leg¬
islature, in joint caucus Thursday
night, nominated Governor W. J.
Stone for United States senator, to
succeed Senator Vest, The nomina-
tion was made by acclamation after
William H. Wallace, of Kansas City,
withdrew from the race in support of
Stone,
COAL SHORTAGE IN CHICAGO.
Six Thousand Families In Windy City
are Suffering from the Chilly
Blasts of Winter.
There are six thousand families In
Chicago Into whoso homes the chill
of winter has come, bringing suffer¬
ing to 20,000 persons. It has ceased
being a thought with the suffering
ones where the blame for the condi¬
tion lies. Theorizing has passed into
the maw of want. The need Is not
only that of the abject poor, accus¬
tomed to poverty, but it now is felt by
the laboring man and the man of small
salary who In ordinary circumstances
could beep the bins full and at. the
aatne time buy foot - for the wife and
little ones. Now food is a secondary
condition.
The Salvation Army has secured n
car load of coal from the Great West¬
ern Coal and Coke Company, which
it is distributing among the poor In
5-cent lots at the rate of forty pounds
for a nickel. Hundreds of children,
their fingers blue with’ the cold,
clutching the precious nickels, appear¬
ed at headquarters today and were giv¬
en baskets of coal. Owing to the fuel
famine the Northwestern railroad may
abandon much of its suburban service
and lengthen out railroad schedules.
The Lake Shore road Is also threat¬
ened with a general tie-up owing to its
Inability to secure coal. Elevated
(rains and surface cars are running
cold and there is general suffering.
On Physician’s Certificate.
The coal situation in Toledo, Ohio,
has reached the point where tho phy¬
sician’s certificate is required by local
dealers before they will sell even a
ton of coal. The certificate must show
time there is iiine.ss in tne home of the
would-be purchaser and that coal is
necessary as a safeguard for the pa¬
tient.
Scarce at Washington.
The senate comi iittee on the Dis¬
trict of Columbia Thursday began an
investigation rega ding the prices and
scarcity of coal la Washington. The
local dealers were heard and their
statements indicated that, they were
able to obtain coal from the big coal¬
carrying roads at prices similar to
those paid heretofrre. which coal
they were able to sell at a slight ad¬
vance. These dealers, however, said
they could not get i. .very large sup¬
ply from the coal carrying roads. One'
dealer said coal cost him $9.45 per ton
at Port Richmond and was sold here
at $12 per ton. He said that coal was
selling at the price the market would
stand. Offers were made of consider¬
able quantities of coal at $8.26 at the
mines. Several men testified that
they bought coal from me Reading
Company at $5.75, which was sold at
$7.25, the dealer keeping his agree¬
ment with the Reading to sell at, that
figure. The hearing will continue.
DESPERATE ROBBER GANG.
Saloons Robbed, proprietors Killed
Excitement Galore.
A gang of robbers created much
excitement in the western part of Chi¬
cago Wednesday night. One of them
was captured during a robbery of a
saloon, and later three of his compan¬
ions who had escaped, robbed another
saloon and killed the proprietor.
The first, robbery was in the saloon
of Robert Koehler, 183 West Twenty-
second street. Four men compelled
the proprietor and several men who
were in the place to remain quiet, while
they robbed the cash register, A
small hoy gave the alarm, and two po¬
licemen hurried to the piace. Tho
robbers fled, and in the chase Ser¬
geant. Fitzgerald, an ex-policeman,
who was one of tho robbers.
The companions of Fitzgerald at¬
tempted to kill Sergeant nose, but he
held Fitzgerald in front of him and the
prisoner was twice hit. by the bullets
of his friends who were firing at the
officer.
Two hours after the robbery of the
Koehler saloon, three men, supposed
to he the same as those that had fig¬
ured in the first robbery, entered the
sailon of Anton Dufflek at 937 Califor¬
nia avenue and attempted to rob the
place.
The proprietor was shot and instant¬
ly killed by one of the robbers. All
three of the men escaped.
CASTRO NOW CONTENTS.
President of Venezuela Sends Answer
to Powers Regarding Arbitration.
Minister Bowen transmitted to the
state department another reply from
President Castro touching the arbi¬
tration proposal.
As heretofore. President Castro ex¬
presses willingness to submit the mat¬
ter to arbitration and in addition to his
former communication, he is now will¬
ing to recognize tho propriety of sub--
mitting the claims referred to in the
British and German notes lo the
Hague, something that he has not
unto this point, been wiiling to do.
CHINA IS WARNED.
Powers Transmit Note Regardng Pay¬
ment of Indemnity.
At a meeting in Pekin, China, We*
nesday, all the foreign ministers, ex
cept Minister Conger, signed the joint
note informing the Chinese govern¬
ment that a failure to fultnl its oblb
gatlons in refusing to pay the war in¬
demnity or. a gold basis, as provided
for by the peace protocol, would entail
grave consequences.
BULLET FOR ALFONSO
Would-Be Assassin Tries liis
Hand as King Idler.
FIRED AT WRONG CARRIAGE
On Being Seized He Excused Himself
by Saying His Intenoed Victim
Was the Grand Chamber,
lain, and Not Kino.
A Special from Madrid, Spain, says;
As King Alfonso, Dowager Queen
Christina and the court were return¬
ing from church Saturday morning a
man who afterwards gave his name ns
Feito, fired n pistol at one of the car¬
riages in the royal procession. The
bullet went v/ild and’no one was in¬
jured
The king heard the shot and pul his
head out of carriage window, but
he wivs immediately dragged back
into the seat by the queen mother.
The escort of civil guards throw them-
selves upon the miscreant and over¬
powered him.
Feito was taken to the police station,
where he said he did not desire to
kill the king, but the grand chamber¬
lain, the duke of Sotomayor, at whose
carriage he had aimed. Ho was
searched and in his pockets were
found unmailed letters marked “regis¬
tered” and addressed to President
Roosevelt, King Edward, Iho emperor'
of Germany and the president of tho
high court of justice of Mexico and
also receipts for a number of regis¬
tered letters and a visiting card of iho
mayor of Madrid.
Feito later was put under examina¬
tion hy a magistrate to whom he re¬
peated his statement as to the object,
of the shooting. He Insisted thai bo
was not an anarchist and said that hi a
wife, a French woman, had had him
confined in a lunatic asylum. Tho
prisoner, in making this statement, did
not. appear excited, but there are
cations that, he is insane.
COPS ARE GUESSING.
Club-Wielders Will Testify in Atlanta
Police Board Investigation.
The Atlanta council investigation of
police affairs has thrown iho mem¬
bers of the police force into state
of excitement since it has been an¬
nounced that policemen will he called
before the committee io loll what
they know of anything naving gone
wrong with police matters.
When the investigation was first be¬
gun the members of the force looked
on, complacent and interested It
was something unique and decidedly
out of the ordinary run to see their
bosses “tell on each other.” Often,
for these many years, they had sc . n
their fellow officers on the rack ! o-
foro the police board. Time and aga.n
they had been made to “toll on each
other;” but. no where was the whole
situation changed. II was striking, it
was sort o’ topsy-turvy, and highly en¬
tertaining.
Then came tho astounding news
that policemen would be called upon
to testily as witnesses before Hie coun¬
cil committee. It, threw the rank and
file into confusion and consternation.
They lost their alignment—for, of
course, they had lined up, as they al¬
ways do when the board factions line
up.
Not only did limy claim that they
knew nothing about how the hoard
carried on its business, but they began
to cogitate upon what the effect would
be on a policeman who got up and told
on the “bosses.”
MAN WRAPPED IN TOBACCO.
Slick Smuggler Taken In Tow by New
York Customs Officers.
Customs officials at. New York ar¬
rested Jacob Von Sternbergcn Satur¬
day night, charged with smuggling
tobacco, and subsequently made a
search of the Red Star steamship Fin¬
land lying in Ihe North river. Von
Sternberg, who is employed on the
vessel found to he wrapped with to¬
bacco, which wag cleverly concealed
under his clothing.
MINE OWNERS HAVT INNING.
strike Arbitration Will Now Hear
Side of Coat Companies.
The non-union men having closed
their ease the coal companies opened
their side of the controversy Saturday
before the strike commission in Phila¬
delphia. Chairman Gray is still con¬
fined to his room in Wilmington, suf
fering from a cold, and General Wilson
again presided.
The proceedings were opened by the
Delaware and Hudson company.
through its counsel, James K. Torrey,
of Scranton.
GIRLS THREATEN TO STRIKE.
One Thousand in Chicago Packing
Houses Demand More Wages.
One thousand young women employ-
ed in the packing houses at Chicago,
are asking a heavy increase in their
wages. Shop committees are present¬
ing the new schedule to their employ¬
ers, and if it be granted it will be the
first, time a union composed o. women
employed in different establishments
has obtained an advance in Chicago.
VOL. IX. NO. 8.
A COAL TRAIN CONFISCATED.
People of Areola, Illinois, in Despera¬
tion Over Fuel Famine, Hold
Sixteen Cars of Coal.
The coal famine which paralyzed
business at Areola, Illinois, for over a
week is broken. An Illinois Central
coal train, consisting or sixteen ears,
hound for Chicago, stopped there Sat-
usday and was immediately confis¬
cated by the citizens.
The railroad company was informed
Hint the coal would not he allowed to
be moved out of town, and the local
agent was offered pay for it. He tele-
graphed to headquarters and they re¬
fused to sell Yho coal. Thereupon the
train was' immediately eonflscalted.
Active among the confiscntors were
the pastors of I he Presbyterian and
Free Methodist churches .the presi¬
dents of the banks and one policeman.
Each load was weighed and strict
account kept, in the hope of making
a satisfactory arrangement with the
owners.
The train was stopped by a crowd of
several hundred persons who were
soon clamoring for coal. A consulta¬
tion was held and T. Woodward, pro¬
prietor of the electric plant, tendered
the railroad freight agent money for
the coal on behalf of the people. This
was refused. Hy this time the more
desperate had climbed into the cars
and were loading their wagons. Col-
anel J. It. Hoggs, president of the First
National bank, acted as marshal of
the day, and endeavored to get the
wagons in line. Thomas Lyons, presi¬
dent of the State hank;-the Hev. Ed¬
ward Beach, the Rev. William Prout,
Policeman Walter craft and many In¬
fluential citizens were In the raid.
For some reason Areola dealers
have been unable to secure coal for the
last month, and fully one-half of the
people in Areola were without fuel.
This condition made them desperate
and persons of all classes were glad to
avail themselves of this opportunity
and aided in the confiscation.
DEAD BURGLAR IDENTIFIED.
Safe-Blower Killed by Atlanta Police¬
man Was Escaped Convict.
The white burglar who died in At¬
lanta, Ga„ Thursday night as the result
of a pistol shot wound innlcted by Po¬
liceman Tom Mann, was identified
Friday by Postoffice Inspector R. E.
Barry as Harry Belmont, postofflee
robber, safe blower and escaped con¬
vict, the man who robbed the postof¬
fice at Ocilla, in Irwin county, in Au¬
gust, 1898.
Inspector Brfrry is also confident
that the dead man is the same party
who recently robbed the Decatur post-
office and made an unsuccessful at¬
tempt to blow the safe. In one of his
pockets was found a key to rural free
delivery letter boxes, which was stolen
from the Decatur office at tho time of
the robbery.
Belmont, together with Harry Nel¬
son, pleaded guilty in the United
Stales court in Savannah in August,
1898, to the robbery of the Ocilla post-
office and they were each sentenced to
a term of three years in the peniten¬
tiary at Raleigh, h C. Belmont ef¬
fected his escape, after having served
about, a year, and had never been re¬
captured .
FILIPINOS WANT TAFT.
An Enormous Delegation in Manila
Ask Governor to Remain.
A Manila dispatch says: The gen¬
eral regret of the Filipino people at
I he possible departure of Governor
Taft resulted Sunday iln a popular de¬
monstration for the purpose of urging
the governor to remain in the islands.
The streets of Manila tiave been pla¬
carded with signs, saying: “We want
Governor Taft,” in English, Tagalog
and Spanish. A crowd of 8,000 men
marched to Malacanan palace, the gov¬
ernor’s residence. On reaching the
palace speeches were made by repre¬
sentative of the federal, liberal and
nationalist parties, in which the gover¬
nor was urged to remain.
Twin Sisters Die in Blizzard.
Twin daughters of Ole Thorsen, a
farmer 7 miles west of Sissetoft, North
Dakota, were frozen lo death in the re¬
cent blizzard. They lost their way and
wandered all night, perishing before
dawn. The girls were 14 years of age.
SAFE-BLOWER KILLED.
Surprised at His Work In Atlanta and
Shot to Death by Policeman.
A professional safe-blower was shot
and killed in Atlanta about, one o’clock
Friday morning by Policeman Mann.
The robber's presence in a store on
Marietta street was discovered, and,
in bis attempt to escape, the officer
fired a bullet into his brain.
A complete outfit of safe-blower’s
tools weer found beside the safe in the
building, and evidence showed that
the robber had almost completed his
work when surprised.
MOB RELEASES LYNCHERS.
Judge Refused to Call Gpecial Term
of Court to Try i hem.
Tuesday night at midnight thirty
masked men released W. P. Hopwood
and W. H. Johnson from the Marshall
county jail, at. Lewisburg. Tcnn. The
prisoners were charged with lynching
a negro named .John Davs and. a nu
mcrousiy signed petition to Judge
Houston to grant a special term of
court to try them had been mused.
MANY LAWLESS ACTS
Charged Up (o Union Miners
by Score of Witnesses.
MITCIIELL ANGERED BY GRAY
Significant Remarks of Chairman of
Strike Arbitration Commission
Reads Much Like an In¬
dictment.
The first wilness called by the coun¬
sel for the non-union miners before the
coal strike commission at Philadelphia
Thursday was Mrs. Emily Stephens,
of Schuylkill county, whoso husband
worked during (he strike in the Silver
Brook colliery of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron company.
She was eye witness to an assault
made on her husband by strikers. Sho
said that after her husband had been,
knocked down twice she picked up a
stone and threw it at the men commit¬
ting the assault. She was seized
and held while the beating continued.
Her husband was internally injured.
Mrs. Robert Robinson, of Lower
City, told of an attack being made on
her homo while her husband worked
during tho strike. She was particular¬
ly hitter against her brother-in-law,
James Lewis, who, she said, led tho
mob.
Harry Curnow, of Hazleton, an extra
engineer, said he struck, but as tho
union gave him no relief, ho returned
to work on August 23d, On August
25lh, while on his way to work, ho
said he was attacked hy a crowd of un¬
known men and beaten into insensi¬
bility.
Michael Weldon, of Mahoney City,
a lire boss employed by tho Reading
company, said strikers refused to al¬
low him to go to work ,and that. Ills
house was damaged by dynamite.
Thomas Feeley, another Reading
company fire boss, said he was dragg¬
ed from a street car and severely beat¬
en while on his way to work.
Anthony Ferguson, outside •foreman,
at the North Mahonoy colliery, said ho
was beaten while on nis way to work.
On .cross examination he said he had
never cheated the men under him.
Ferguson said he recognized two of
his assailants, and that they were ar¬
rested and convicted.
Commissioner Parker asked if the
two men had boon expelled hy tho
Miners’ union, and Terrence Finis, a
member of the executive hoard of tho
United Mine workers was called and
asked It Die men had been expelled.
He replied that lie did not know. Ho
explained that (he union had done ail
in its power to prevent lawlessness.
Chairman Gray asked what had
been done to raise the organization
out of the mire and darkness mat the
testimony tended to snow.
President Mitchell took exception
lo Judge Gray’s remark and said the
coal companies were bringing witness¬
es here to testify against the strikers
and indirectly against the Miners’ un¬
ion.
“No crime had been fastened on llifl
union,” Mitchell said, “and I do not
want, the impression to go out. that it
was dragging in the mire.”
Chairman (iray said the testimony!
before Iho commlslon certainly in¬
volved the union and ho would like ta
see the union disentanble itself. Judga
Gray mentioned the Shenadoah riot
and said he had not heard a word of
evidence that one union man in thu
crowd of a thousand men and hoys
present when Bedell was killed, cried
“Shame on you."
One witness said many men would
not testify before the commission for
fear of being discharged, and cited thd
case of a man named Clark, employed
al the Bast colliery near Scranton,
who was refused work after he had
testified. The commissioners made u
note of I his case and said they, would
look into it. This same witness in an¬
swer to a question hy Commissioner
Wright, said many of the coal and
iron policemen had bad characters.
several having served in jail.
NEW COLLECTOR FOR ATLANTA,
Marcellus Markham Gets Appointmeni
at Hands of President.
Marcellus O. Markham has beetf
nominated by the president as collect*
or of port in Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. Markham has lived in Atlanta
the greater portion o fhis life. He ia
the son of Col. William Markham who
was one of the city’s pioneer develop*
ers and built the hotel mat bore hi*
name until it was destroyed by fire a
few years ago.
Mr. Markham has never held a pub*
lie office although his name has been
frequently mentioned by friends in
connection with government positions.
PHILIPPINE AFFAIRS.
Third Annual Report of Commission
Sent to Congress. Phit-
Tho third annual report of the
ippine commission was submitted to
congress Wednesday by the president
with extensive appendixes. A strong
letter from Secretary Root urging im-
mediate aid from congress for the ar¬
chipelago's inhabitants accompanied
President Roosevelt's letter of trana-
mission.