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The Jones County News
VOL IX.
BIG RAILROAD DEAL
Seaboard System Scooped by
Rock Island and ’Frisco.
ANNOUNCED IN GOTHAM
Grand Total Mileage of the Systems
Now Combined is 13,907—Deal
Means a More Harmonious
Understanding by Roads.
A New York special says; The long
expected announcement that the Sea¬
board Air Line had passed at least
practically into new hands, was made
Wednesday by Ladcnberg, Thalman &
Company, who issued a statement,
showing that interests representing
the Rock Island and fet. Louis and San
Francisco had secured representation
in the Seaboard directorate and board
of voting trustees. The official state¬
ment was as follows:
“Ladenberg, Thalman & Company
announce that they have completed
negotiations whereby new and impor¬
tant Interests have become identified
with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Company. B. F. Yoakum and IT. Clay
Pierce and B. F. Guinness, of Laden¬
berg, Thalman & Company, and Ok-
leigh Thorne, president of the North
American Trust Company, have been
elected voting trustees of the Sea¬
board.
“President John Skelton Williams
also announce that B. F. Yoakum, H.
Clay Pierce, Okleigh Thorne and S. B.
Vanvorst have been elected directors
of the Seaboard Air Line railway.
"The change of personnel of voting
trustees of the stock of the Seaboard
Air Line Company does not mean the
purchase of the company by Rock Is
land or ’Frisco interests, although the
’Frisco lines extend into Birmingham
and are a part of their southern sys¬
tem. It does, however, emphasize the
fact that all the great railway systems
are carrying out the policy of more
closely cementing the railway trans
portation interests of the country,
which will greatly retard, and, it is
hoped, entirely prevent demoralization
of the whole situation, or the unneces¬
sary construction auplication ot
property.
“Attention is called to the fact that
with the discontinuance of any further
construction by the Seaboard Air Line
the value of the properties are greatly
enhanced. And another gratifying
fact at this time, and which is further
evidence of the future disposition of
the railways of the United States, is
that this deal does not call for any
financing or any supplying of new
money.”
One of the voting trustees, when
asked to state the real significance of
the deal, said that it meant a "better
understanding among interests that
have at various times conflicted.”
The policy of the Seaboard Air Lino
for a long time was one of absolute in¬
dependence, so much so as to make it
at times inimical to the interests of op¬
posing roads traversing adjacent ter¬
ritory. Wednesday’s developments, it
is thought, will do away with such
trouble in the future.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway
Company, operating 2,611 miles of
road, was formed under the laws of
Virginia in 1900, to succeed the old
Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina
railroad. Th esystem now extends
from Richmond, Va., to Tampa, Fla.,
with connecting extending west to
Montgomery and to Birmingham by
way of Atlanta, and east to Charleston,
Wilmington and Norfolk, Under a
traffic agreement with the Pennsylva¬
nia railroad, a through passenger and
freight service is maintained between
Washingon and New York.
The Seaboard’s branch from Coal
City into Birmingham, Ala., 39 miles,
has been under construction since ear¬
ly In the year, and is nearing comple¬
tion. Trains will be running into Blr-
mingham not later than next January.
The Seaboard’s Georgia Branch from
Rockmart to Atlanta, 48 miles, is un¬
der construction and will be complet- The d’3- j
ed in seven or eight months.
tance between Rockmart and Goal
City, 83 miles, covered by the Sea-
board’s East and West road, is now
operated.
TOMMY IS NOT SATISFIED.
Mayor of Cincinnati Has a Little Con-
ver.tion of His Own. I
The faction favoring Mayor Tom L. i
Johnson for governor held in Cincin-
nati, Friday nigh*, what was called ‘ an
adjourned democratic convention of
Hamilton county.” Delegates to tne
state convention were selected
te expected to favor Mayor Johnson
for the nomination for governor. The
delegatcs selected’by the previous con-
vention are in favor of John L. Zir:;
merman, of Springfield, for the nomt-
nation.
EMBEZZLLER ADMITS HIS GUILT
_
Bookkeeper of Banking Company
"Fell Down” in Speculation.
E. E. Johnson, bookkeeper for the
Commercial Banking Company, of Du
Juth, Minn., was arrested Wednesday
eveniifg^on with the embezzlement a warrant charging of $45,000 him of
the bank’s money.
Johnson admitted his guiit and said
he had squandered the money in spec¬
ulation.
C"M“M , +++++++++++++++++++++
| Cream of News.j
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—Announcement is made in New
York of the merging of Seaboard Air
bine railway system with Rock Island
and ’Frisco interests.
—The dreaded Mexican boll weevil
has at last crossed to this side of the
Mississippi river and much apprehen¬
sion is felt.
—The Georgia legislature adjourned
its summer session at 0:30 o’clock
Wednesday evening amidst great re
joicing.
—The West Indies cyclone, which
swept the Island of Jamaica last Tues¬
day, did fearful work in the destruc¬
tion of life and property.
—Before adjournment, Wednesday,
the Georgia house of representatives
agreed to senate amendments to the
convict bill, and the measure is now
up to the governor.
—An American fishing smack was
caught poaching in Canadian waters
Wednesday and was badly shelled by
a Dominion gunboat.
—Two negroes attached five while
men in Greenville county, South Caro-
lina. One of the white men is dying
and the other four were slightly
bounded.
—The Georgia legislature and Gov-
ernor Terrell take up the whipping of
Mamie DeCris, a young woman convict
at the state prison farm, and order in¬
vestigation.
—Experts declare that the will if
the late G. W. Collier, of Atlanta, Ga.,
is an impression copy and other start¬
ling testimony is given.
-—Central of Georgia railroad direc-
tors order 5 per cent dividend on first
preferred Income bonds.
—Train strikes wagon at a crossing
in Terrell county, Ga., and two ne
groes knleo.
—Charles Johnson is sent to cha’.n-
gang at Americus, Ga., for defrauding
negroes on the ex slave pension fraud.
—The amount due state of Alabama
by Tax Collector Booker, of Lee coun¬
ty, who failed to make returns is now
said to to $7,425.
■—gcmthbuuuO train No. 35, of South-
ern, was wrecked by some miscreant
near Gastonia, N. C., n.onday night.
Nobody killed. Engineer and two pos¬
tal clerks injured.
—Board of arbitration to adjust dif¬
ference lot ween Alabama miners and
operators met at Birmingham Monday.
A large number of witnesses will he
examined.
—Postmaster General Payne has de¬
cided to try baggage men as mail
clerks on certain trains.
—Tho bustle iost by Mrs. Van
Cierke, in which she had hid $7,200,
has been found. The moeny was still
in the bustle.
—Governor Durbin, of Indiana, has
written to President Roosevelt, stating
that the latter s letter on lynching has
sounded a keynote.
—The trial of tne Humberts contin-
ues at Paris. Mme. Humbert is the
star of the trial, frequently denouncing
the judge and the witnesses as liars.
—The murder of the Russian consul
at Monastir has complicated the Bal¬
kan situation. The czar has demand¬
ed the exemplary punishment of the
murderer and also of all civil and mil¬
itary officers at Monastir.
—Dr. J. W. Lee, Methodist minister
and pastor of a St. Louis church, ridi¬
cules high church views of Episcopa¬
lians.
—The Atlanta board of health will
hear tho dairymen, anent the milk
muddle, If they wish to talk, but will
probably not order an investigation un¬
less specific charges are made.
—Augusta, Ga., will probably follow
Atlanta’s example and order an insp»
tion of milk.
—Charleston, S. C., was visitel by a
terrific electrical storm Sunday. Three
persons killed by lightning in and
around the city.
—A report was current that Dewey,
the absconding cashier of the bank at
Kewbern, N. C., had committed suicide
in New York. It proved untrue.
—South Carolina negro woman de¬
capitates her two children and throws
their heads into the fire.
—The color line in the navy is wor-
rying the administration. There are
only 500 negroes in the navy, out the
officers want to get rid of them.
—Boiler of the saw mill of the Min
nesota Lumber Company, at Cutting,
Qa., exploded, killing one negro and I
injuring nine oher employes. !
—It is thought Cashier Dewey's
dealing from the Farmers and Mer- j
chants’ bank, at Newberne, N. C., w*ll ,
exceed $120,000. !
—A large meteor fell in Indian Ter-
ritory Sunday night, which Illuminated
a wide section of country.
employes of Wallace
Eros.’ circus were, killed and many
others Injured in railroad wreck In
Michigan.
—What purports to be the will of
the late king of Yap reached Savan-
nah, Ga., Wednesday. By the terms
0 f this document, the Savannah wid
ow gets nothing from the estate.
GRAY. JONES CO., GA.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 2M903.
GONCRESSTO MEET
In Extraordinary October Session in
or November.
TWO OBJECTS IN VIEW
To Make Operative the Cuban Reci¬
procity Treaty and E.Tact, if
Possible, Some Needed Flnan.
cial Legislation,
A special from Oyster Bay says:
President Roosevelt's conference Wed¬
nesday night with the members of the
sub committee of the senate finance
committee ^as not concluded until the
small hours of Thursday morning.
The whole subject of financial legisla¬
tion at the approaching session of con¬
gress was discussed thoroughly.
The committee did not present even
a tentative draft of a currency hill to
the president, although some proposi¬
tions which, subsequently may be em¬
bodied in the measure, .were reduced
to concrete form, no definite conclu¬
sions as to the shape of the proposed
legislation were reached. The confer¬
ence related rather to methods of pro¬
cedure in the work at hand, rather
than to the form of legislation. At 11
o'clock some of the members left Sag¬
amore Hill for Senator Aldrich’s homo
In Rhode Island.
One fact of distinct importance was
developed at the conference. While
an extraordinary session of congress
next fall is assured, it has not been de¬
termined whether it will be called lo
meet in October or November. It has
been supposed that the extraordinary
session would convene Monday, No¬
vember 9, but the indications now are
that tt will be called perhaps several
weeks earlier.
The primary purpose of the extraor¬
dinary session will he to enact legisla¬
tion making operative the Cuban re¬
ciprocity treaty, but financial legisla¬
tion also will be pressed qpon tho at¬
tention of congress after it convenes.
It can be said that the senate finance
committee wilt dra.t no moasure fot-
>al!y and conclusively until consulta
tions have been held with other mem¬
bers of the senate, democrats as well
as republicans, with members of the
house and with the best authorities on
finance in the country. It Is the de¬
sire of the committee to be constantly
in touch with the president, with other
senators, with members of the house,
with bankers of the west as well as
those of the east, and with country
bankers as well as city bankers, so
that some plan of legislation may be
formed by the opening of the extraor¬
dinary session of congress.
It is the hope of the committee to
devise a genuinely elastic currency
system—a system that will expand
when necessity shall arise and con¬
tract when the necessity shall have
ceased to exist.
Senator Aldrich, when asked wbh
reference to the visit, said:
“We talked with tne president about
financial conditions and the need of
legislative changes. No bill has been
drafted or agreed on and none will he
until after the fullest consultation
with our democratic associates of the
sub committee and all the members f
the finance committee. It is, however.
1 ’purpose to have K bill in readiness
our
for presentation to the senate at the
beginning of the extra session, if one
shall be called in October or Novem¬
ber. We are hopeful that a hill can bo
agreed upon and reported (hat will
receive the approval of both houses of
congress and afford prompt and effi¬
cient relief to the business interests
of tho whole country.”
FUNDS OF LEO FOUND.
Late Pontiff Had a Large Sum of
Ready Cash Laid Away.
A dispatch from Romo says: Mon¬
signor Cagiano, the major domo, ae
compnnled by Cardinals Rampolla and
Mocenni, opened the apartment of
Pope Leo Thursday afternoon, break¬
ing the seals put on at the time of
the pontiff’s death. They found a con¬
siderable amount of money, it is stat¬
ed, several millions of francs, besides
other valuables.
HOMELESS AND STARVING.
Horrible State of Affairs on Island of
Jamaica Results from Storm.
Recent dispatches state that there
are heartrend.ng scenes all over the
eastern and northern portions of the
island of Jamaica. At Port Antonio
thousands are homeless and starving,
Similar conditions prevail at Annota¬
ta bay, Bluff bay, Orange bay, Port
Maria, Manchionoal, Morant hay, Bow-
and other smaller seaports,
ln 'he interior the distress is equal-
ly acute. Scarcely a peasant’s homo is
standing.
THINK SALARY IS AMPLE.
Solons Refuse to Increase Pay of
Governor and Court Judges.
Members of the Georgia house cf
representatives at Tuesday's session
refused to concur in a senate bill pro
viding for an increase in the yearly
pay of justices of the supreme court,
MAMIE TELLS HER STORY.
Young Woman Convict Says Che Wu
Whipped Because She Would Not
Yield Honor to Prison Warden.
A special from MlllodgevlUe, Ga.,
says; Warden Jake .looro, accompa-
nied by Official Stenographer J. S.
Crawford, arrived at prison farm Tues¬
day morning to investigate the whip¬
ping of Mamie DeCris, the young wo-
man convict. The investigation was
rnado public and witnefisos were in-
structcd by Warden Moore not to bo
afraid to tell all they knew, as he
wanted the facts and would protect
them.
Miss DeCris testified’ that the roil
cause of the whipping was that Wa:-
deu Aliagood made impBoper proposals
to her ono day. On the first of Juno,
while in ids office, he (rigid to caress
her, which she resented; that he then
went into another room and sat ou a
bed, calling her to come there.
‘‘Instead of going to him I wc.u
down stairs,” s.'io testified. “He told
me that If I ever told what he had said
that ho would make it holt for me, and
ho certainly has kept his word. I
saw him at one time kiss a white wo¬
man prisoner in ’he sick ward, and at
another time saw mm In the barn with
a negro 'woman prisoner, she lying on
the hay njid ho standing by her.
“I told one of the other white wo¬
men of the improper proposals made
by Aliagood, and she told nno if I was
that kind of a woman it woulld be well
for me to do whrt Aliagood! said if 1
wanted to have an easy tlmie, but if I
was not that, kind to resist.
"Captain Aliagood learned what I had
told and went to the field where the
woman was at work and forced her to
tell him what I had said. Before this
I had many privileges. Those were af¬
terwards all denied rue.
“The evening before the whipping /
talked wth Mrs. Aliagood, but used no
disrespectful words, but when she or¬
dered me to stop talking and go hack
to .cy room I refused, and when War¬
den Aliagood returned he was told by
Mrs. Ailagood and he whipped me.”
When questioned as to how many
licks, said she lid nc>t know, but that
she was bruised so badly that she
could not sit down for several days,
and that he had to i>ut greased cloth
on places for some time; was forced
j ^ work tn the acrj witl; uet^ro women
ne arly fa|nted m
the field once.
Ono witness testified that Miss Da-
Cris told her of improper proposals
made by Allaguod; that she heard the
licks and hoard Miss DeCris’ cries;
afterwards she saw tne bruises, and
that they were very seveie.
Captain Aliagood testified that the
charges were utterly false, without the
semblance of truth; that, he never
made improper proposals to any ono,
but that Miss DeCris was mad about
her privileges beint cut off to some ex
tent on account of hei* unruly and im¬
pudent conduct; t|.*ut she had been
treated more kindly man any other
prisoner they ever -uad, but she did not
appreeiato what ,wi,s done for her.
“Her ways were utterly destructive
of discipline and \ whlppel her after
the physician had pronounced I hat she
was able to stand it. The punishment
was mild and ditd not hurt her much.
The charges are all inspired by anger
and aro false. I can face the result
with confidence."
Referring to tho matter of sending
tho woman to work in the fields mi
shortly after tho whipping, Captain
Aliagood said:
“I wanted her to see w’*»t it meant
to work In the fields. I was disciplin¬
ing her for her insubordination, and I
wanted to show her how easy a time
she was having in the house. Sho was
living as easy a life as many women
do who are out of prison. Her work
was of tho lightest character, and she
had no reason to complain.” ,
ROOT TO TENDER RESIGNATION.
Will Be Relieved Before Assuming
Duties on the Alaskan Commission.
A Washington special says: Before
Secretary Root sails for London to sit
with the Alaskan commission he will
place his resignation in the hands of
President. Roosevelt in order that the
president, may appoint a secretary of
war, if it is deemed nocessary during
Mr. Hoot’s absence, It Is expected.
however, that tho resignation will nut
ho acted upon until after congress
meets.
SWING UP BOTH MEN
Was Plea of Prosecuting Attorney in
Jett and White Case.
At Cynthiana, Ky., Tuesday Attor¬
ney Golden finished his argument for
the defense at 10 o’clock, and was fol¬
lowed by A. T. Byrd, the common-
wealth attorney.
Byrd closely followed the evidence
and summed up his case in a masterly
way, at the close demanding for l' c
commonwealth of Kentucky that both
the defendants be hanged. He hogged
the jury in the name of the childr. n
of James B. Marcum and tho widow
now living alone in Breathitt county
to affix the death penalty.
YELLOW JACK IN MEXICO.
Texas Authorities Adopt More Rigor-
ous Plan of Quarantine.
In view of the appearance of the
yellow fever at Victoria, Mexico, about
70 miles from Monterey, on the lino
of the Monterey and Gulf railway, the
quarantine against tho yollow fever
established at Laredo, Texas, has been
smhsmsmss
I by the state authorities.
TC PRISON FOR LIFE
Is the Sentence Awarded in
i j Cases of Jett and White.
NO FEAR OF GALLOWS
Verdict of Jury Was no Surprise and
is Considered a Victory for the
Defense—Motion for New
Trial to Be Made.
At Cynthiana, Ky., Saturday morn-
ing, the jury in the case of Curtis Jett
and Thomas White, charged with tho
assassination of James B. Marcum at
Jackson, returned a verdict of guilty,
fixing the punishment of each at life,
imprisonment. The verdict was re¬
turned when there were but few per¬
sons in the court room.
Jett received the verdict with com¬
parative indifference and calmness.
White, who has been apparently under
a severe strain during the trial, Hustl¬
ed up and his eyes filled with tears.
Attorney Golden, for the defense,
stated that a motion for a new trial
will bo made as soon as possible. The
general opinion seems to lie that the
motion will lie overruled by the court
of appeals. The verdict occasioned lit¬
tle surprise in Cynthiana after the de¬
liberation of the Jury had been so pro¬
longed. The only question which
caused the delay, it is said, was that
of punishment—death or life imprison¬
ment.
The verdict on the whole is regarded
as a victory for the defense, as the
prosecution asked that no middie
ground be taken and (hat the men
either go clear or be hanged.
The case has been ort trial almost
threo weeks, having been begun July
27. At. tho first trial at Jackson, tho
jury disagreed and it is believed tho
final verdict was a compromise with
a juror opposed to capital punishment.
The friends of Captain B. L. Ewen
and other witnesses for the common¬
wealth who have suffered greatly and
were living in fear of their lives aro
greatly relieved. They expected tho
death penalty which they wero confl
dent would huve been followed by con¬
fessions from the condemned mem, ex¬
posing parties high in authority in
Breathitt county who are considered
to be back of the conspiracies. There
have been twenty-seven lives lost
within the past two years in the Hnr-
gis-Cockrill fond in Breathitt county,
and this Is (ho first conviction. Nu ar¬
rests or Indictments had been made
until last May, when the troops were
ordered to Jnekson to protect tho
grand jury and afterward the trial jury
and witnesses.
Jett is still under indictment for
first, degree murder for killing To.vii
Marshal Coekrill. Jett said Friday
night tho rope had never been made
with which to hang him, but lie made
no remarks. His friends say he will
have a new trial, and oven If he fulls
in that effort, he might be pardoned in
the course of time. The friends of tho
defendants showed such reliof as io
leave no doubt of their previous appre¬
hensions of the death penalty.
CORBETT EASY FOR JEFFRIES.
Pugilistic Contest at ’Frisco Was
Tame and of Short Duration.
At San Francisco Friday night be¬
fore an Immense audience of the sport¬
ing fraternity, James J. Jeffries, cham¬
pion heavyweight of the world, played
with Jim Corbett for nine rounds and
a half, and then Corbett’s seconds mo¬
tioned to Referee Gruncy to stop the
fight in order to save their man from
needless punishment.
The end came shortly after the be¬
ginning of the tenth round, when Jef¬
fries planted one of his tlrrible left
swings on Corbett’s stomach. Tho
man who conquered John L. Sullivan
dropped to the floor immediately and
tlie memorable scene at. Carson dry,
Nevada, when Bob Fitzsimmons laud¬
ed his solar plexus blow, was almost
duplicated. This time, however, Cor¬
bett struggled to bis feet and again
faced his gigantic adversary. With
Hardly a moment’s hesitation, Jeffries
swung his right, and again landed on
Corbett’s stomach. Jim dropped to the
floor.
UNIOIN KICKS ON COLOR.
Labor Body at Newport News With¬
draws from Trades Council.
The color line has been drawn by a
union labor organization in Newpiit
News, Va. The machinists’ union, -.ho
local branch of the International As¬
sociation of Machinists, has voted to
sever its affiliation with the Central
Trades and Labor Council. The latter
organization recently admitted repio-
sentatives of a negro labor union to l’.a
membership, despite the protests oi
the machinists’ union, which Is tne
strongest and most Influential labor
body In the city.
AFTER EMBEZZLING PARSON.
Chicago Police or* Trail cf Rev. Allen,
Who Stole $80,000.
Detectives of tho Chicago police de¬
partment are watching every railway
station in the city in the hope of ar-
resting Rev. Willard fe. Allen, the
missing treasurer of the New England
Methodist Pseachers’ Aid Society, who
Is said to have absconded wi’h nearly
$80,000.
MANIAC RUNS AMUCK.
Excited by Music, ‘‘Crazy Twlgg" At¬
tacked Crowd of Three Thousand
People With Shot Cun.
At Winfield, Kansas, Thursday
night, angered by the music of a band
concert, Gilbert Twlgg, once a soldier
in the Philippines, armed himself with
a double-barrel shotgun and a revolver
and attacked a crowd of 3,000 persons
that surrounded the band, killing throe
men. probanjly fatally wounding threo
others and 'injuring twenty more be¬
fore be was shot by a policeman.
The band had just finished playing
“Hiawatha” when Twlgg came up and
fifed both ‘barrels of bis shotgun at
,he blu >J «• E. Oliver, a mu-
siclaii, fell with his back nml Arms full
of shot.
Yho cytnvd surged toward Twigg,
and he, Hiavlng mavlng reloaded, reloaded, fired fired two two
chnrges Into the audience. Men and
women fell to the ground In pain,
crush I mg children beneath them. Those
who wove not injured scattered pro¬
miscuously, knocking many others io
the groqnd. This panic allowed Twigg
to reload and fire several shots at tho
fleednj' men and women.
At last Policeman George Nichots
came up, and waiting behind a tree for
an Opportune moment, confronted
Twigg, just as the mad man had dis¬
charged his piece. Twlgg dropped the
shotgun, and drawing a pistol tired at
the policeman. The bullet went wild.
Before Twigg had time to fire a second
bullet, Nietybls put a bullet through
tho man’s abdomen,
Twigg \vas a miller and the men
about to^vh referred to him as "Crazy
Twigg,” but no one thought him dan¬
gerous. Ho lived in New Mexico for
some time before lie enlisted.
INDIANS BECOME DISSATIEFlED.
Poor Lo Makes Up His Mind to Move
Over* into Mexico.
The commUisioner of Indian affairs
at. Washington received a telegram
Thursday fr/im Indian School Superin¬
tendent Ti^ickeray, located at the
Shawnee Ijndian agency In Oklahoma,
notifying him that a largo number of
Klckapoo Indians and some of tho
Sliawnees. of the Gig Jim band, are
preparing to remove to Mexico within
the nexA few days, and asking for tn-
structljbns as to the course to be pur¬
sued.
He adds tho suggestion that to hold
them probably would require the as¬
sistance of troops, and also volunteers
the statement that tho proposed
change at baso on tho part of the In¬
dians is instigated by designing white
men.
Commflssionor Jones expressed the
opinion that nothing can he done to
prevent the plop, hut said that if the
Indians should carry their intention
Into effect they would not be permit¬
ted to lako uny property issued to
thorn by the government. This, Mr.
Thayckeray expresses tho oplnlin, they
win not attempt to do.
it Is supposed from his reicrence to
scheming whites, ijf that there is an ef¬
fort on the part tho whites lo in¬
dued the removal of the Indians with
the‘hope of securing their lands in Olt-
lahnuna, but it Is pointed out that un¬
der the law they would not lie allowed
to pell their real estate, even if they
should leave the country. There are
about 400 of the Kickapoos and Uig
Jim band oomlMned.
CITY OF ATLANTA SUES STATE.
Municipality Seeks to Have Special
Assessment or Railroad Property.
M- Atlanta, Ga., Thursday, a manda¬
mus nisi was issued against. Comptrol¬
ler General W. A. Wright, requiring
him to show epuse in the superior
court why he sluould not assess certain
railroad taxes in the manner asked
by the city of Atlanta.
In the petition It Is alleged that the
comptroller general does not require
tho various rainoads running into At-
lanta to specify; in their tax returns
what. part of thtjlr property is situated
in tho city of Atlanta. It is alleged
that ho should do this and assess such
Atlanta property separately.
Case in Hands of Jury.
In the case of Jett and Whito at. Cyn-
thlana, Ky.„ Thursday, Judge L. P:
Fryer, comimonwealth attorney, made
the closing argument. The case went
to the Jury, at 10:45 a. m.
ANTI-FLOGGING RESOLUTION.
Georgia Senate Goc3 on Record
Against Whipping of Women.
Just before adjournment Wednesday
the Georgia state senate passed a reso-
lution condemning whipping of women
convicts.
Tha bill creating a statu board cl
health was aiBo passed, as was the bill
to make an appropriation of $6,000 lor
the Winnie Davis memorial.
1 he additional appropriation to the
Soldiers Home was also authorized.
Several other local bills of a minor nu-
ture were passed
FIFTEEN NEGROES BREAK JAIL.
Delivery Occurred at Washington,
North Carolina Friday Morning.
A special from Washington, North
Carolina, says fifteen prisoners, all col¬
ored, escaped from the Beaufort coun¬
ty jail at that place early Friday morn¬
ing. Two were charged with rourde-,
while the others were chargecr with
minor offenses. The jailer failed to
lock them In their cells and they dug
through the wall.
NO. 39.
STORM ON JAMAICA
Deadly West Indies Tornado
Does Frightful Work.
ISLAND ALMOST WRECKED
At Least Fifty Lives are Thought to
Have Been Lost While Property
Damage Will Probably Reach
Ten Millions.
According to delayed advices the
West Indian hurricane struck the is¬
land of Jumuica with its full forso
Tuesday, inflicting great damage. Port
Antonio, on the north coast,, was
completely overwhelmed. Only six
houses were left standing there. The
United Fruit Company’s wharves, of¬
fice, hotel and plantations were ut'etr-
ly demolished. Five of the company’s
steamers, including the Simon Dumol*,
Alfred Dumois and Brighton, wore
driven ashore, but are lying in easy
positions. Port Maria, another town
on the north coast, also suffered simi¬
larly. The coast is strewn with wreck¬
age of local sailing boats.
The southeastern portion of the is¬
land has been completely denuded 1 of
Its crops, the rivers are flooded and
many men wore carried out to sea and
drowned. Considering the damage to
property during the hurricane, the loss
of life is comparatively small, though
the present estimate is that the death
list will reach fifty. Hundreds of per¬
sons were injured and there were nu¬
merous hairbreadth escapes, The
property loss is estimated at $10,000,-
000 .
The entire eastern end of the island
lias been devastated. Villages havo
been wiped out and public buildings
and churches demolished. Thousands
of the peasantry, rendered homeless
and destitute, are wandering about
sinking food and shelter, The de-
struetlon of the banana plantations
lias been complete and the fruit trade
is paralyzed for the next twelve
months. Hundreds of prosperous fruit
growers have been brought to bank¬
ruptcy and ruin.
The western end of the island,
which, It was at first supposed, had es¬
caped, also suffered considerably.
Thousands of houses In Kingstown
were damaged, the wharves were bat¬
tered and several coasting vessels
wore stink in the harbor.
DIRECT FROM MARK HANNA.
Senator Puts Ex-Slaves on Guard
Against Pension Bill Sharks.
Senator Hanna’s bill for the pension¬
ing of ex-slaves has been the ground¬
work for "sharks” all over the country,
but at Thoniasvlile, Ga., where the
senator is so well known, the “sharks”
have found a paradise.
For some weeks the "sharks” work¬
ed quietly and were not dtispected.
Finally, however, N. B. Wilson, an
old colored man of Thomasville, smelt
a mouse and wrolo a personal letter
to the senator. He has received a re¬
ply and it is as follows:
"Senator Hanna has authorized no
one to collect money to aid in securing
the passage of this measure, and any
efforts being made along that line with
the representation that it is done with
his sanction are fraudulent. Senator
Hanna Introduced the bill by request
and on investigation finding that the
senate committee had reported unfa¬
vorably on a similar measure In 1900,
lie withdrew the bill. It is not at all
probable that favorable action could
be secured on such a measure In tho
1 future, A. E. FISHER,
j "Acting Private Secretary."
Of course, this puts an end to tho
shearing of the lambs.
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SMUGGLLED DIAMONDS SOLD.
j I
Government Disposes of Gems at Auc-
tion to a Memphis Firm.
At the sale held in New York We1-
i nesday of the diamonds smuggled into
! this country by Michael Leinkrara, tho
firm of Joseph Goodham & Son, Mem¬
phis, Tenn., were the successful bid-
ders, paying $24,000 for the entire lot.
The diamonds, several thousand In
number, were appraised by the govern-
ment experts at $24,900, not Including
the duty of 10 per cent.
FISHING VESSEL RIDDLED.
Caught Poaching in Canadian Water*
and Badly Shelled by Gunboat.
The Silver Spray, a fishing boat own-
ed at Erie, Pa., arrived in port Wdi¬
nesday afternoon In a badly shattered
condition, due to an encounter in mtd-
lako about noon, with the Canadian
revenue cutter Petrel.
The captain of the Petrel, when he
saw that the Silver Spray was trying
to got away, opened fire with all the
! guns he had on board, and before he
: ceased firing some twenty shots had
.
1 struck the Silver Spray.
\
THOSE SHANGHAIED KIDS
Will be Detained by American and
British Consul at Santos, Brazil.
The United States commissioner at
Savannah, Ga., Friday morning held an
investigation of the case against John
Olsen, charged with shanghaing Geo.
Rucker and John Seago, Atlanta and
Savannah boys, and shipping them
aboard the ship Kambrja, for Santos,
Brazil,