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The Jones County 7 o c/5
VOL* IX.
IN UPROAR CONGRESS DIES AWAY
Members of Both Parties Indulge in
Exchange of Sarcastic Badinage.
HELD BACK BY COAT TAILS
A Scrap in tl:e Ibnsc Between
Georgian and Kansan was
Narrowly Averted.
"Co to H—I!" Shouted Bartlett When
Ordered to Sit Down—Senate Was
More Decorous—Democrats Snub
Speaker Henderson— President
Signs Many Bills—Summary of
Actual Work Done.
A Washington special says: Tho
fifty-seventh congress died fighting.
7.’he battle raged ail Tuesday night
and went over into Wednesday with
democrats attacking republicans and
republicans repulsing democrats.
Once in the early hours of tho morn¬
ing a literal battle between members
was attempted and was only avoided
by the interference of half a oozon
strong arms.
Bartlett, of Georgia, and Reeder, ot
Kansas, were the principals in the
real clash. Payne, of'New York, had
moved for a three hours’ recess and
half a dozen democrats started down
the aisle howling for recognition at
Dalzell, who was in the chair.
Bartlett was of this number and as
he neared the speaker’s desk, some
one on the republican side shouted:
"Sit down, you Smart Aleck!”
“I won’t sit down. I have rights!”
shouted Bartlett, and he turned toward
the republican side.
Shaking his fist at a group, he yell-
ed:
“Go to h—11!”
Then Reeder, the Kansas giant,
arose and started for Bartlett, who
was charging up the aisle in a warlike
aspect.
Payne grabbed lteoder by the coal
tails and several democrats feil upon
Bartlett.
In the meantime the house was in an
uproar.
Dalzell, from tho chair, was howling
out, tho motion of Payne for a recess.
Democrats were howling for Bart-
” lett to “Go for ’em,” and republicans
were jeering at democrats.
Above the din of confusion, Dalzoll’s
voice was at last heard in announcing
the recess, though no one had made
a response to his statement of the mo¬
tion.
Friends bore Bartlett to a cloak
room, while Reeder left the floor.
Bartlett is one of the smallest men in
the house. Reeder is among the larg¬
est.
Democrats Snub Henderson.
When the house reconvened at 10
a. m., it was understood that the dem¬
ocrats would not present the usual
vote of thanks to the speaker. The
minority declining to follow the long
line of precedents in this usual act of
courtesy.
Representative Payne, of New York,
the floor leader of tho majority, of¬
fered the usual resolution amid ap¬
plause on the republican side.
The democrats sat silently in their
seats. *
In the meantime “Uncle Joe” Can¬
non had been called to the chair in
the absence of Speaker Henderson.
The coming speaker was given an ova¬
tion from both sides of the chsmber,
thus drawing a striking contrast be¬
tween the personal popularity of Hen¬
derson and Cannon.
Representative Cochran, of Missou¬
ri, democrat, was prepared to deliver
a severe arraignment of Speaker Hen¬
derson, but before he could obtain rec¬
ognition Mr. Payne had caught Mr.
Cannon’s eye and was proceeding to
eulogize S/eaker Henderson and cite
a few instances where the minority
had declined to pay the usual courtesy
to a retiring speaker of the house.
There was evidently considerable feel¬
ing on the democratic side against the
retiring speaker, but they did not go
to the extreme of going on record
against the Payne resolution.
When Mr. Cochran demanded a roll
call on the adoption of the resolution,
only 17 democrats stood up as being
against Henderson. Conspicuous
among thi3 small minority were Rep¬
resentatives Sulzcr and Belmont, of
New York.
Senate Calm and Dignified.
Tho senate was called to order at
10 o’clock Wednesday for the last
sitting of the 57th congress, but busi¬
ness did not begin until some time
later. The delay was due to the ab¬
sence of a quorum and to the fact that
Mr. Cockrell insisted upon the pres¬
ence of a quorum necessary to the tak¬
ing up of business.
Mr. Allison, chairman of the corn-
HOBSON HAS A MISSION.
Says He Will Start Out to Educate
People of this Country.
Richmond P. Hobson, formerly of ;
the United States navy, addressed the at* j
members of the Kansas legislature
Topeka Wednesday. He said his mis-
■slon is to educate the people of this !
country; that they the greatest :
are
people in the world. It was the great)
disappointment of his life, said Hoo-
son, that he was obliged to leave the
navy.
mittee on appropriations, made a state¬
ment regarding the amount of money
appropriated by the present congress
as compared with the appropriations
of the 56th congress. The total appro¬
priation for tho present congress, ho
stated was $1,654,108/18, ns com¬
pared with $1,440,489,438 for the C6th
congress.
It was a curious but necessary thing,
he said, to make thi3 comparison more
in detail than by a mere statement of
aggregates. The first and most im¬
portant item Included in this statement
for the present congress is the appro¬
priation of $50,130,000 for the Panama
canal, which, he said, accounts for
nearly onc-half of the increase.
Senator Hoar delivered a speech
on the Philippines bill. When ho con¬
cluded there was loud applause in the
galleries.
Acting upon a suggestion, the presi¬
dent pro tem. appointed Messrs. Alli¬
son and Jones, of Arkansas, a com¬
mittee to meet a similar committee
from the house and notify tho presi¬
dent that congress was ready to ad¬
journ.
Retiring Senators.
The closing day's session of tho sen¬
ate was Interesting not alone by the
official proceedings on the floor, hut
many occurfrences which were purely
social in their character, due to the
fact that the day marked the close of
many careers in the senate.
Of the 30 senators whoso terms ex¬
pired when tho presiding officer's gav¬
el fell at noon, 13 failed to secure re-
election either through defeat or
through their refusal to enter the con¬
tests in their various states. Included
in the number whose official presence
in the senate chamber will not be
noted are six republicans, nnd seven
democrats, but of the republicans,
two—Senator Jones, of Nevada, ana
Senator Wellington, Maryland—have
in recent years each supported for a
time the national candidates of the op¬
posing party. Two others. Senator De-
Boe, of Kentucky, and Senator Pritch¬
ard, of North Carolina, are southern
republicans and both are succeeded
by democrats. The remaining two re¬
publicans are Senators Mason, of Illi¬
nois, and Simon, of Oregon. Of the
seven retiring democrats, Senators
Harris, of Kansas; Turner, of Wash¬
ington, and Heitfeldt, of Idaho, were
oi/cted as populists and ail are suc¬
ceeded by republicans. Senator Mc-
Laurin, of South Carolina, was elect¬
ed as a democrat and while still class-
as such has acted independently dur¬
ing the greater part of his term.
The other three senators, Vest,
Jones, of Arkansas, and Rawlins, have
from first to last been in the democrat¬
ic ranks and Jones and Vest have risen
to places of conspicuous leadership
in their party.
President Signs Bills.
President Roosevelt, accompanied
by Secretary Loeb and two or three
members of the white house executive
force, arrived at the capital shortly
after 10 o'clock Wednesday. He was
conducted at once to the president’s
room in the senate wing. There he
was joined soon after by the members
of his cabinet.. W+iile the business
of the senate was being concluded,
senators and members of t,he house
called on the president in his room,
some of them taking to him hills
in which they were interested person¬
ally. All measures presented for Big-
nature were scanned carefully by the
president and members of the cabinet.
After being entered oy the executive
clerks in the white house record they
■were signed by the president.
The naval appropriation bill was
the last of the big supply measures
to w'hich the president affixed his sig¬
nature. Just previous to signing that
bill he had signed the public build¬
ings hill in which members of the con¬
gress throughout the country are in¬
terested.
What Congress Did.
Following is & summary of the work
done by the fifty-seventh congress:
Bill3 passed: Providing civil gov-
ernment for the Philippines. New
bankruptcy law. Eliminating from
interstate commerce law imprison-
ment of rai'road officials, Expedit-
ing causes under the Sherman anti-
trust law. Creating the department
of commerce and labor. Aplying gov¬
ernment aid to restoration of arid
lands. Prohibiiting transportation
of unmarked oleomargarine, Pro¬
viding a general staff for the army.
Establishing a national militia. Re¬
quiring automatic couplers on rail-
way cars. For construction of tho
Panama canal. Providing for in-
crease of the navy, Providing a Phil-
ippine currency, Immigration' bill,
with prohibition of sale of liquors in
the capitol.
HAVE MERCY ON US!
Baron Von Dem Buschehaddcnhausen
to Succeed Count Quadt.
Leave of absence of three months
has been granted by the Berlin for-
eign office to Baron Riter, second see-
retary of the German embassy at
Washington. Baron Riter will not re¬
turn to America, but will be assigned
a new post. Baron von Dem Busche-
haddenhausen has been selected to
succeed Count Quadt as counsel^,?
and first secretary of embassy.
GRAY, JONES CO.GA.. THURSDAY. MARCH 1». ]903.
PROMINENT GEORGIAN DEAD.
Hon. James H. Blount Passes Away
at His Home in Macon, After a
Brief illness.
Hon. James Henderson lilollflt, for
twenty years a member of congress,
President Clevelana s special envoy to
the Hawaiian islands and a statesman
of international fame, died early Sun¬
day morning at his residence in Ma¬
con, Ga., after an illness of only a
few days.
Colonel Blount was 67 years of ago
and for some months had been in
poor health, but it was not until a
few days ago that his friends or tho
members of his family were in tlie
least alarmed about his condition.
On Friday he was taken ill, and
within a short time those aoout him
realized that ne was rapidly approach¬
ing his end.
Saturday afternoon he began to
sink rapidly and that night the mem¬
bers of his family saw that the distin¬
guished Georgian had but a few hours
to live.
Among Georgians who have attract¬
ed tho attention of tho j ublic general¬
ly to their native state few have done
more for it than Coione. Blount.
Born and reared in the very heart
of the commonwealth, he was devoted
to its every interest and his every en¬
ergy was used in advancing the cause
of the people among wnom he lived.
As a statesman he nad lew equals
in tho south, while as a soldier in the
dark days of the sixties there were
none more devoted to his southland or
more valiant in its defense.
When the war between the states
broke out Colonel u.ount marched to
the front with the old Floyd Rifles,
one of tho most historic companies of
the state.
MILLIONAIRE MORGAN ANGERED
Reporter Asked About Deals Anent
Flagler Railroads in Florida and
is Badly Treated.
J. P. Morgan, accompanied by a
party of relatives and friends, after
spending some time in Havana, arriv¬
ed at Port Tampa, Fla., Sunday after¬
noon on board the steamer Olivett.
Immediately after disembarking the
party was escorted to a special train
which had been held in waiting for
some time. The special, which was
given the right of way over all trains
on the Atlantic Coats Line, pulled out
immediately for Jacksonville, making
no stops. The special went from that
city to New York. An Associated
Press representative handed Mr. Mor¬
gan a dispatch containing the rumor
that the Flagler system of hoteis in
Florida and the Florida East Coast
railroad had been turned over to him,
presumably for the Southern railway.
The dispatch also contained the rumor
that the Atlantic Coast Line and
Southern were to own the property
jointly and that Mr. Morgan’s plans
were to build up a large tourist busi¬
ness in Florida and establish a mod¬
ern line of steamers between Florida
and Cuba.
“I know nothing whatever of such a
deal,” said the financier when he read
the dispatch, making this statement
with considerable emphasis.*
Further questions were asked re¬
garding the trip and his plans, also re¬
garding Mr. Morgan’s reported losses
while playing the celebrated Spanish
game, “Jai Alai,” in Havana.
He replied by leading the reporter
to the car platform and saying:
“Young man, will you please get off
my car and leave me alone?”
MERRIAM IS OUT OF OFFICE.
Director of the Census Resigns to En¬
gage in Other Business.
William R. Merriam, director of the
census and former governor of Minne¬
sota, tendered his resignation to Pres¬
ident Roosevelt Saturday. The resig¬
nation is to take effect May 15. He
will remove to New York to accept
the vice presidency ot International
Mercantile agency, a corporation or¬
ganized for the purpose of rating cred¬
its in the United States and Canada.
The president expressed regret that
Governor Merriam had concluded to
leave the government service, and
wished him a large measure of suc¬
cess in his new field.
JUSTICE FULLER MAY RETIRE.
Report Revived that Taft Will be
Chief Justice of High Court.
A Washington spdc'ial says: The
possibility that Chief Justice Fuller
may, on account of ill health retire at
an early date, has revived the report
that Governor Taft will be made chief
justice of the supreme court
Aged Newspaper Suspends.
The Frankfurter Journal, Berlin, one
of the oldest newspapers in Germany,
has suspended • publication. Its ago
is not known, but the paper was first
mentioned in 1673.
A GOLDEN INVITATION.
Presented to Attend Black Hills Min-
ing Congress.
A solid gold invitation was present
ed to the president Thursday to attend
the Black Hills mining congress,
which is to be at Deadwood and Lead-
ville next September. The invitation
was inscribed on a gold plate, thre<?
Inches by six inches and an eighth of
an inch in thickness.
GORMAN IS ROOSTED
Democrats in Senate Make Him
Chairman of Cancns.
CONFERS MINORITY LEADERSHIP
Held Same Position When He Retired
from Senate Four Years Ago. .
Steering Committee, is
Selected.
A Washington special says; The
democrats of the senate unanimously
elected Senator Gorman, of Maryland,
to preside over their caucus Friday.
This is a formal selection to tho mi¬
nority leadership, the position which
Senator Gorman held nt the time he
went out of the senate four years ago.
Senator Gorman Is given the confer-
ence committee room which has been
occupied by Senator Jones during the
past four years, The caucus was
marked by harmony and enthusiasm.
Senator Gorman made a brief speech
in assuming the chair, and the confer-
once then proceeded to other business.
There wore preserft twenty-eight of
the thirty-three democratic senators.
Senator Gorman’s nomination as
chairman was suggested by Senator
Bacon, of Georgia, and there was no
opposition to his selection. In taking
the chair he thankdd the senators for
the honor conferred, but did not make
an extended speech. The remaining
time of the session was devoted large¬
ly to the discussion of the present sit¬
uation in the senate, and the necessity
for democratic harmony and unity of
action. There was a general feeling
that the vacancies caused by the re¬
tirement of democratic senators from
committees, which have to deal wiih
questions before the present called
session, should be filled, and it was de¬
cided that the designation of the mem¬
bers of these committees should ho
made by a steering committee, to bo
appointed by the chairman of the cau-
cus, but their selection should later
he ratified by the caucus. Tho steer¬
ing committee for tho past congress
has numbered only seven members,
but Senator Gorman requested that
the number should he increased to
nine, which was t'je number in tho
days of Jiis previous chairmanship,
and (his increase was decided upon.
The caucus placed in the hands of
the steering committee authority to
decide for the democrats whether
there should he a general reorganiza¬
tion of the senate committees, or tho
mere filling of the vacancies on ilieso
committees which will deal with press-
ing questions during the extra session.
The committee is empowered to nego¬
tiate with the republican steering com¬
mittee with a view to entering upon a
general reorganization, but so far as
there was no expression of opinion on
this point, it was favorable to tho
view of leaving the question of reor¬
ganization on general lines to ho de¬
termined by the republicans, as they
are in power.
It is prolmbie that they will ask that
the places vacated by Senators Vest
and Turner, on the committee on com-
mcrce, shall he filled before the nomi-
nation of Dr. Crum to be collector of
the port at. Charleston is taken up by
that committee, A similar demand
probably will he made in all oilier
cases, on which committees have
charge of nominations over which
there may he controversy. The cau-
cus was in session for almost two
hours.
Later in the day tho steering com¬
mittee was named. It consists of Sen¬
ators Gorman of Maryland, Cockrell
of Missouri, Marlin of Virginia, Bacon
of Georgia, Dubois of Idaho, Black¬
burn of Kentucky, and Tillman of
South Carolina. The new members on
the committee arc Messrs. Gorman,
Blackburn and Tillman.
To Sail “All Fool’s Day.”
The army transport Sheridan will
leave San Francisco for Manila April
1. She will take 816 men of the
Eighteenth infantry, 216 mefT of the
Thirteenth cavalry and about forty
recruits and casuals.
NNOTORIOUS OUTlAW KILLED.
Charles Jeffcoats Shot by Officers
While Resisting Arrest.
Charley Jeffcoats, alias Charley
Johnson, who was wanted in Swains-
boro, Ga., for the murder of J. C. Flan-
ders, deputy sheriff of Emanuel coun-
ty, was shot to death Thursday near
Andalusia, Ala., by Deputy Sheriffs
Prestwood and Dunson, who were at-
tempting to arrest him.
Jeffcoats was also wanted in bouth
Carolina for murder. There is a re-
ward of $1,000 for his capture from
Georgia.
Deputy Dunson was shot in the leg
by Jeffcoats.
SULLY BOOSTING COTTON.
Manipulator Declares Price Will Scon
Reach Fifteen Cents.
A New York dispatch says: Sully
still holds the whip hand in the cotton
market and found time while manag¬
ing his campaign on change Tuesday
to state that March cotton would go to
15 cents.
“I am buying all i can get,” he said,
“and I didn’t go into this deal with
my eyes shut.”
A TERROR IS KNAPP
Degenerate Murderer tf Women
Makes More Confessions.
BODY OF LAST VICTIM FOUND
Accuses His Favorite Sister of Betray*
ing Him to the Authorities—Ex¬
presses Pleasure at Finding
of Wife’s Body.
News comes from New Albany,
Ind., to tlie effect that Edward F.
King, of Cincinnati, and Charles Uod*
dard, of Hamilton, O., brother-in-law
and brother of Hannah Goddard
Knapp, have positively identified tho
body found floating in the Ohio river
into Monday afternoon as that of Han¬
nah Goddard Knapp, wife of Alfred
Knapp, now under arrest in Hamilton.
’The statement was made that the
jewelry found on the person was tho
same as that known to have been
worn by the young woman before she
became the wife of Knapp and that
there is not the slightest doubt of her
identity.
Careful work of tho cmbalmers dur¬
ing tho morning did much to restore
tho appearance of tho body. Tho re¬
mains were sent to Hamilton Tuesday
afternoon.
More Confessions Made.
A special from Hamilton says:
While talking about tho finding of. the
body of Hannah Goddard, Knapp con¬
fessed mother criminal assault.
Knapp says ho is the man who, in
the summer of 1886, assaulted a girl
in New Madrid Bend, on the Mississip¬
pi river, in Lake county, Missouri. He
says he was chased by a mob bent on
lynching and that he held a big crowd
at bay with a winchester. He succeed¬
ed in saving his life by flight, making
his way across the river.
Knapp then deliberately told of
other assaults on women in which h«
had narrow escapes.
Knapp feels pleased over tho recov¬
ery of the body of his murdered wife,
stating that he is glad it will have a
decent burial. He also says he was
desirous of heading tho searching
pnrty.
The body floated 380 miles during
the six weeks it was in the Miami and
Ohio rivers, and had not Knapp con¬
fessed the body might have been dis¬
posed of without being connected
with the Hamilton tragedy.
When asked how he oscapod in so
many cases until ho choked his wlfo
Hannah, Knapp said:
“That’s what I’d like to know. They
wouldn’t know now if it wasn’t for
my people telling that they suspected
mo.”
“It was your getting married so
soon after Hannah’s death to Anna
Gamble, in Indianapolis, that gave you
away.”
“I married Hannah twenty days af¬
ter I killed Jennie. Did they catch
me? No, it was not my getting mar-
ried. That wouldn’t have made any
difference. My sister told."
“Mary was my favorito sister, too.
They ought, to have shielded mo in¬
stead of Riming here to the Hamilton
police. If your brother was in trou¬
ble wouldn’t you shield him Instead of
giving him away? It. ain’t the police
that got me; it’s my sister, Mary, and
her husband, E6 King."
Flees from Woman Avenger.
A Cincinnati dispatch says: Mrs.
Edward F. King, sister of Alfred A.
Knapp, has reported that her life has
been repeatedly threatened by another
woman interested in the Knapp de¬
fense, and she asked for protection,
which was accorded her. Mrs. King
said:
“If I meet tho woman I guesn it will
be ail up with me. She hates me be-
cause my husband and I were the
first to start the investigation of what
Allie did in connection with the dis¬
appearance of Hannah Goddard. I am
terribly afraid that she will carry out
her threat to kill me. She knows that
r opposed Allie's marriage. I know
the woman is very vindictive.”
Liquor Barred from Capitol.
By tho adoption of the conference
report on the Immigration bill in the
senate and house Tuesday, the sale of
intoxicating liquor is prohibited in tho
capitol.
CROWNINSHIELD IS OUT.
Asked to Be Retired at Once and Re¬
quest Is Granted.
Two Interesting and insignificant
communications were received Tues¬
day at the navy department from tho
European station. One was from Rear
Admiral Crowninshield, commanding
tho European squadron, asking to be
placed on tho retired list of the navy
under the provisions of the personnel
law. The other was from Lieutenant
Ward, naval secretary to Crownin¬
shield, resigning his commission in
the navy. Secretary Moody promptly
accepted the resignations.
REMOVE JUDGE FROM BENCH.
Campbell Will Lose His Posit.on for
Whipping Preacher.
The Virginia legislative committee
which has been investigating the
charges against Judge Campbell, of
Amherst county, growing out of bis
horsewhipping of Rev. Dr. Crawford,
of the anti-saloon league, reached a
conclusion Thursday night, deciding
to report unanimously in favor of the
judge’s removal from the bench.
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Cream of News.];
Brief Summery of Most
Important Events '
of Each Day.
—Frank Cook, (i.o Hazlehurst wu'e
slayer, was convicted of murder at
Baxley, Ga.,-Thursday. Tho Jury re/
ommended him to mercy.
—Opposition to Roosevelt has devel¬
oped among Mississippi negro repub¬
licans. A new paper praises
highly in first.- issue.
—Tho wreck of the Seaboard's Lim¬
ited near Evergreen, Fin., was caused
by a small hoy throwing the switch.
—It. is rumored that Chief Justice
Fuller will retire and be succeeded by
Governor Tuft, of the Philippines,
—Corbett and Jeffries have signed
articles for a championship fight td
take place In California in July or
August.
—Making good bis inreat. President
Roosevelt has renominated the negro
Crum for collector at Charleston.
—Roplying to Mr. Cannon’s stric¬
tures, Senator Tillman denounced tho
speech of tho Illinois congressman as
“indecent.”
—Tho uonato met in extra session
Wednesday, pursuant to tho call of
tho president.. When Senator Gor¬
man, of Maryland, appeared to bo
sworn in, lie was greeted by a great
ovation.
—The Raccoon Manufacturing Com¬
pany, at Summerville, tla., has been
placed in the hands of a receiver.
—Ladies of Columbus, Ga., decide to
observe Memorial day on the regular
date, although it, falls on Sunday.
—Treasurer of Florida In his month¬
ly report shows state to be in good
condition financially.
—Dr. Flexner announces that ho has
discovered an anti-toxinfe whiEn* will
kill the germ of cholera infantum.
—Tho fifty-seventh congress expired
at noon March 4th, by limitation. The
total appropriations by the congress
foot up more than $1,600,000,000.
—The democrats of the house re¬
fused to accord Speaker Henderson
tho usual vote of thanks, for which
they were hissed by the republicans.
—The closing hours of the senate
were marked by speeches by Senators
Hoar and Mason urging freedom for
the Filipinos.
—In the closing hours of the house
Mr. Cannon made a notable speech on
wliat he termed legislative blackmail
by certain senators.
—After years of prohibition, tlie
towns of Vermont aro voting for high
license.
—Alfrod Knapp, Iho wife murderer,
says that he has confessed in order
to disgrace his sister.
—The Carter hearing was concluded
at Savannah, Ga., Monday, Captain
Gillotto being the government's last
witness.
—President Roosevelt has called tho
senate to meet in extraordinary ses¬
sion.
—Tho houso and senate worked far
into tho night Monday night. In tho
house tho democrats continued to ob¬
struct legislation.
—Arraigned at Hamilton, Ohio, Al¬
fred Knapp, who has confessed tfl
murdering many women, pleaded not
guilty.
—Tlie postoffled department has
made public the correspondence in tho
Indianola case. There is nothing new
in the correspondence.
—Tho senatorial deadlock in Dela¬
ware has been broken by the election
of AI lee (Addicks) for the long term
and Ball (antl-Addicfls) for the short
term. The result is considered an
Addicks victory.
—An attempt in tho British house of
commons to disfranchise Galway bo-
cause of the election of Colonel Lynch
wan defeated.
—Advices from China state that a
rebel plot to seize and sack the olty of
Canton has been discovered.
—Terrific seas are running in the
English channel and many disasters to
ships aro reported.
—Atlanta Typographical Union fa¬
vors arbitration in settling existing
differences with (he Employing Print-'
ers’ club.
—As tho result of heavy rains the
rivers of the Mississippi valley and
throughout the southwest are unusual-
ly high and reports of damages from
the floods come from many quarters.
—-Tho Macon, Ga., police force
chaigcd hands Sunday, Chief Patrick
Murphy taking charge to succeed Hon.
John T. Bouifeuillet, who will at once
take full charge of Tho Macon News
as editor In chief.
—Attorneys for the prosecution in
the Skinner killing case at Raleigh,
state that 100 persons saw Haywood
fire the first shot at Skinner. It is
also stated that Haywood wrote a con-
temptuous note to Mrs. Skinner, send-
ing a copy of it to her sister. '
—Twont-eight coal barges, carrying
28,000 tons of coal valued at $75,000,
sunk In the Mississippi opposite Lake
Providence, La., Sunday.
—The house held a four hours’ ses¬
sion Sunday and passed the district
bill.
—The Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe railroad has agreed to an advance
in salarios of employees.
—Speculators in “Ben Hur” tickets
aro given heavy fines by Recorder
Nash R. Broyles at Auanta. >
NO. 16!
SIXTEEN MEN DROWN
Boat, Heavily Loaded, Capsized
in Raging Hudson.
FRANTIC STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
Many Were Saved by Clinging to Up¬
turned Craft, While Victims
Were Swept to Doom by 1
Resistless Torrent. i -t
Nineteen men are dead as a result
of tho capsizing Saturday of a terry
boat used by workmen at Spier Falls,
N. Y., on the Hudson river. Over a
thousand men are employed (here at
present in the construction of the pow¬
er dam of the Hudson River Power
Company.
The laborers and many of the ma¬
sons are Italians, who live In shanties
on the norlh side of the river. Tho
main portion of (he work Is carried
on at present at the opposite side of
the river. The men have been in the
habit of crossing a small bridge where
the river (lows through the unfinished
portion of the dam, but the river had
been rising for several days and the
company, fearing that the bridge was
unsafe, destroyed it with dynamite.
Below tho work about a half mile Is a
ferry. The boat is a scow-shaped af¬
fair 30 feet long and 13 feet wide, and
is operated by means of cables. It is
large enough to carry a heavily loaded
team, and as many as 150 men have
been taken across at one time.
Saturday morning seventy or eighty
men got aboard and the boat started,
leaving a big crowd waiting on the
bank for the next trip. When 80 feet
from shore the water splashed against
the rail, and an Italian hoy seized one
of the tackle ropes which ran from
(he overhead cable to the stern of the
boat. Soino of the men started to¬
ward him, nnd instantly the boat fill¬
ed and careened and filled, every one
being thrown int othe water.
The Hudson, swollen by tho fresh¬
et, bore a score or more of the strug¬
gling men down tho stream. Many
others succeeded in catching hold of
tho boat, which had righted, and they
clung there until pulled ashore.
The wildest excitement prevailed,
the current, carried many of the men
in toward the shore, where they were
rescued.
Teams were quickly harnessed and
loaded with skilled log drivers and
sent down along the river to points
where the bodies womd bo likely to
land. Dozens of dinner pails, hats
and coats were fished out, but it was
nearly 4 o’clock before Hie first body
was found.
There were but two or three Eng¬
lish speaking men on the boat, the
Italians being all designated by num :
her. The rolls of tho men were called
and Saturday evening everybody had
been accounted for except sixteen
men, and it is certain that these men
were drowned.
BURDICK CASE MYSTIFYING.
Evidence Points to Some One Involved
in Social Scandals.
Public interest in the mysterious
murder of Edwin L. Burdick, the mil¬
lionaire president of the Buffalo En¬
velope Company, in his nome at Buf¬
falo, N. Y., on the night of February
27, increases.
From the first the evidence secured
has pointed to some one involved in!
tho social scandals of the set in weich
tho Burdicks moved. Divorce proceed¬
ings had been begun by the murder¬
ed man and his wife had brought a
counter suit.
In their eagerness to solve the mys¬
tery the police Saturday made a false
move. They immediately retraced
their steps when it was found that the
district attorney considered their case
to bo entirely too flimsy.
Marion W. Hutchinson, a young wo¬
man formerly employed in Burdick’s
office, was taken to police headquar¬
ters by detectives at an early hour.
Sho was not under arrest, tho police
say. Her attorney says she was re¬
leased because tho police could find
absolutely nothing against her.
DOOMED BY DYING WOMAN. >
Mrs. Dickerson Points Out Perpetrator
of Fiendish Crime.
Full details of the crime enacted in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dick-
erson, at Cordova, Ala., Wednesday
night, were not known until Saturday
morning, when Henry Walker, who is
charged with the triple offense, was
carried to Birmingham and taken be-
f 0 re Mrs. Dickerson at an infirmary,
When brought, face to lace with his
victim, Mrs. Dickerson raised her
hand, and, pointing at the negro, said:
“That is the man.
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SIX CREMATED IN HOTEL.
Holocaust Occurs in Mining Town In
West Virginia.
Six persons were burned to death
and one fatally injured as the result
of a fire Sunday morning in a small
hotel at Leiter, a mining Town near
Elkins, W. Va.
Several of the guests escaped with
minor injuries by jumping from a sec¬
ond story window.