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The Jones County News.
VOL- X.
THIRTY-ONE KILLED
And Fifteen Injured In Fright¬
ful Crash of Trains.
ANOTHER RAIL HORROR
Heavy Freight Plunges Into a Work
Train Crowded With Track Hands
on the Big Four Railway,
L Near Peoria, Illinois.
Thirty-ono men were killed and at
least fifteen Injured In a head-end col¬
lision between a westbound freight and
a work train on the B g Four rail¬
road between Mackinaw and Tremont,
Illinois, at 2:45 o’clock Thursday after¬
noon. Within a short time, the
bodies of twenty-six victims of the
wreck had been taken from the mass
of debris, which was pllod thirty feet
high on the tracks, while five remain¬
ed buried under a huge pile of broken
timber, twisted and distorted Iron and
steel.
All the dead and most of the in
jured were members of the work
train, the crows of both engines having
jumped in time to save their lives.
The .collision occurred in a deep cut
at the beginning of a sharp curve,
neither train being visible .o U.o new
o: the other until until they were wlu-
in filty feet. The two trains struck
with such force that the concussion
was heard for miles around. A second
after the collision the boiler of the
work train exploded with terrific force,
throwing heavy iron bars and splinters
of wood to a distance of two hundred
feet.
List of Identified Dead.
The following ie a list of the dead
who have been identified: Robert .Cng.
aged 43, Tremont, leaves widow and
three children; Thomas Troy, 50, Tre
mont, single; William Eads, 30, Tre¬
mont, leaves widow and three chil¬
dren; Charles E. Meyers, 50, Bicoming
ton, leaves widow and five children,
George Smith, 50, Bloomington, leaves
widow and three children; George Har¬
mon, 38. Bloom ngton, leaves widow
and four children; John Smith, Fred
Bachmes, John Shaw, Stephen Cutiei
and John Doran, the last five single
men, and twenty unidentified dead
bodies mangled beyond recognition.
Conductor John W. Judge, of Indian
apolls, who had charge of the freight
train, received orders at Urbana to
wait at Mackinaw for the work train
which was due there at 2:40 p. m. In
stead of this he failed to stop. The
engineer of the work train, George
Becker, had also received orders tc
pass the freight at Mackinaw and was
on the way to that station. The work
train was perhaps five minutes late
and was running at full speed in order
to make up time.
The collision was witnessed by Rus¬
sell Noon, a farmer’s boy, of 14 years
of age, who hastened to a nearby house
and telephoned to Tremont.
The workmen had been engaged in
laying rails at different points along
the track and are residents of neigh
boring towns, and the scenes about
the wreck were beyond description
Wives and children of men who were
missing thronged around, pejring at
the unrecognizable forms removed
from the debris. Out of thirty-five
men who constituted ^the crew of the
.work-strain, only four are living, and
two of these are seriously injured.
EXTENSION TO BE COMPLETED.
Election of New Directors of Seaboard
Good Thing for the South.
The election of T. JefTerson Cool-
.'idge, Jr., of Boston, as a director of
the Seaboard Air Line railway, and
the announcement that Mr. Coolidge
and Mr. Thomas F. Ryan had agreed
to loan money to the Seaboard rail¬
road means that the Atlanta and Bir
mingham extension of the Seaboard is
certain to be completed, and probably
that the Seaboard Air Line will go Into
the new passenger depot which is be
ing erected by the Atlanta Terminal
Company.
.. OPPOSITION TO CUBAN BILL.
Members from Michigan, Texas, Cali
fornia and Colorado Heard from.
* The opposition to the Cuban bill
was heard in the house and in vigo¬
rous speeches Wednesday. The features
were the speeches of Jlr. Grosven-
or, of Ohio, who opened tne discussion
in advocacy of the b'll, and of Mr.
Fordney (republican), of Michigan,
■who emphatically expressed his disap
proval of the measure. Among others
who spoke in opposition to the bill
were Messrs. Sharroth, Colorado; Bur
gess, Texas, and Bcii, California, demo¬
crats; and Messrs. McMorran and
Loud, the latter two republicans
MADDEN NOW ON SPIT.
Third Assistant Postmaster General's
Office Being Investigated.
Postmaster General Payne, Monday,
admitted that an investigation ts be¬
ing made of charges involving the of
flee of Third Assistant Postmaster
General Madden, in connection with
the speculation of philatelists in cer¬
tain valuable specimen postage
at amps.
1HE SEABOARD IS
Road Has Not Seen Shorn of Absolut*
Independence as Published—Has
Stawnsh Backers.
A New York special says: Biair
& Co., Thomas F. Ryan and T. Jeffer¬
son Coolidge, Jr., have agreed to loan
tho Seaboard Air Line railway the
amount of money deemed necessary
by the officers of that company to pay
iff it* floating debt and to complete
the BirmingUam-Atianta extension.
In pursuance of (his understanding,
all Interest represented in the proper-
ty agreed upon the following directors
who were elected at a meeting Wed¬
nesday afternoon!
John Skelton Williams, Richmond
Va.; Thomas F. Ryall, NCW York;
James A. Blair, New York; J. William
Middendorf, Baltimore; S. Davies,
Warfield, Baltimore; James F. Dooley,
Richmond; G. Sidney Shepard, New
Haven; J. M. Barr, Norfolk, Va,; Er¬
nest Thalmann, New York; B. F. Yoak¬
um, New York; H. Clay Pierde, St.
Louis; Oakleigh Thorpe, New York;
Norman R. Ream, Chicago; T. Jeffer¬
son Coolidge, Jr., Boston, and Nathan¬
iel Thayer, Boston.
The Seaboard Air Line will continue
to be operated entirely an an independ¬
ent line. President John Skelton Wil¬
liams, of the Seaboard Air Line, said
after the meeting:
"The proposition made by S. Davies
Warfield, president of the Continental
Trust Company, of Baltimore, on be¬
half of Thomas F. Ryan, Blair & Co.,
and the Old Colony Trust Company,
of Boston, has been unanimously ac¬
cepted and has resulted in the elec¬
tion of a board of directors sat’sfac
tory to all the interests concerned.
The entrance into the management oi
the company of Mr. Ryan, Blair & Co.
and the Old Colony Trust Company, in
conjunction with Ladenburg, Thai
mann & Co., and their associates,
marks a new era in Seaboard affairs
.and will place this company in an en
viable position, both as tc financial
support an3 able and vigorous diree
tion.
“In connection with the negotiations
leading up to the successful conclusion
reached today, Mr. Warfield has played
a most Important part. It was Mr
Warfield who first oaw Mr. Ryan, en
tirely without my knowledge, and who
afterwards brought Mr. Ryan and my¬
self into negotiations with the success
ful result w-hich has just been accom¬
plished. Mr. Warfield has performed
a great service to the city of Balti
more and the south, and I am glad
that he will take his old place on our
board of directors, our executive com
mlttee and on the voting trust.
“The financial arrangements which
the Seaboard Air Line railway has jus!
perfected provide among other things
for the amount required by the com¬
pany to fully complete its line from
Atlanta to Birmingham.
“At the time of the formation of the
syndicate, of which Ladenburg, Thai
maim & Co, are-managers, tho Sea¬
board obligated itself to furnish out
of its treasury, in addition to the pro¬
ceeds of the sale of the $6,000,000
bonds on the Atlanta and Birmingham
division, an amount sufficient to com
plete this extension, and this has now
been done.” *
COLOMBIA BEING DESERTED.
Two More States Seeking to Align
Themselves with Panama.
The state department late Wednes¬
day afternoon received advices that
the department of Cauca and Antio-
quia, of Colombia, are seeking to sep¬
soliciting arate from admission fiiat government and Panama are
into the
republic.
No surprise is expressed in Wash¬
ington over the report tnat these de¬
partments are making an effort to
align themselves with the republic, oi
Panama. The two departments named
and also that of Bolivar are the most
prosperous in the whole Colombian
territory. They contribute the great¬
er portion of the revenues for the fed
eral teasury, that of Antioquia alone
paying about one-third of the entire
amount.
EFFORTS AT PEACE FAILED.
Chicago City Authorities and Strikers
Fall Down on Arbitration.
All efforts of Mayor Harrison to se¬
cure arbitration of the difficulties be¬
tween tfce Chicago City railway and
its striking employes failed.
This announcement was made Thurs¬
day following a scries of conferences
between Mayor Harrison and his me
diatlon committee of aldermen and
committees representing the company
and the strikers.
Renewal of hostilities began prompt¬
ly, following the failure of the attempts
at arbitration.
FOUR PEOPLE CREMATED.
Two Men, Woman and Child Lose Life
In Burning of Home.
A dispatch from Luverne, Aia., says:
Pobe Brooks, his wife and child and
an unknown man, were cremated by a
fire which destroyed the Brooks resi¬
dence Wednesday night.
The charred remains of the four per¬
son were found Thursday morning. It
is thought no foul play was done. Cut
the coroner will investigate.
GRAY. JONES CO. GA.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 26,4903.
CANAL TREATY
Is Drawn Up and Signed by
Hay and Bunau-Varilla.
ASSURES PANAMA ROUTE
Convention is Much Simpler "fhart the
Defunct Hay-Herran Treaty—Ab¬
solute Sovereignty is Award¬
ed Uncle Bam.
A Washington special SayS: Sec¬
retary Hay and M. Phillipe Bunatl-Va 1
rllia, the minister from Panama, at
Si4o O’clock Wednesday evening sign¬
ed the riaj'‘BdflaU : VariUa treaty, pro¬
viding for the construction Of th6
Panama canal by the United States.
Tho ceremony occurred in Secretary
Hay's study. The Panama minister
arrived at Mf. Uriy’A house promptly
at 6 o’clock, having made appointment
with the secretary for a conference at
that hour. He was surprised to find
that the secretary had before him the
treaty engrogsed in duplicate. The sec¬
retary informed M. Bunau-Varilla that
he was ready to Sign the treaty. The
minister read the document carefully,
and then he and Secretary Hay at¬
tached their signatures to it.
Hearty congratulations were ex¬
changed and it wag agreed that the
new* of the signing of the treaty
should be kept from the public for
the present. President Roosevelt was
immediately advised of the signing of
the document and Minister Bunau-
Varilla sent a confidential cablegram
to his government, stating that the
treaty had been signed.
The secretary and the minister re¬
fused to comment on the ceremony.
The only official admission that can be
had is that the terms of the treaty are
practically settled.
Although the treaty has not been
made public, the Associated Press is
enabled to give the substance of the
document. It consists oi between
twenty-two and twenty-five articles,
by which Panama cedes to the United
States whatever lands throughout the
republic of Panama this government
shall find desirable in connection with
the building of the canal. In addition
the treaty gives to the United States
absolute sovereignty over the canal
strip, which, it is understood, com¬
prises between eight and ten miles on
each side of the canal. Within this
zone the power of the United States
is as absolute as if the zone were part
and parcel of this country. In general
it may be eaid that while the new
treaty contains many of the provisions
of the rejected Hay-Herran treaty, it
is not based on that convention, but
follows not only the spirit, but the let¬
ter of the Spooner act.
Thus, instead of the lease for a fixed
period of the canal strip, this new
treaty provides for a perpetual grant
of the right of way to the United
States, and Instead of a complicated
provision for courts of mixed compo¬
sition—-half American and half Co¬
lombian—to administer justice over
the canal strip, the new treaty per¬
mits this government to exercise the
most complete jurisdiction thereon.
Permission is also given the United
States to fortify the line and the ter¬
minals, and it may police it with
troops. That portion of the treaty
dealing with the fortification of the
terminals Is rather general, but suffi¬
ciently explicit not to be misunder¬
stood. The cities' of Panama and Co¬
lon retain their municipal autonomy
under the republic of Panama so long
as they maintain public order and san¬
itary conditions to the satisfaction of
the United StaTes. Failure to do this
gives the United States, according to
the treaty, the right to enforce strict,
compliance with the wishes of this
government in this direction, and tho
United States can even use force to
compel obedience to its rules as to
public order and public health in these
cities. Tho money consideration is
the same in the new treaty as in the
Hay-Herran convention, with the ex-
ception that the $10,000,000 goes to
Panama instead of Colombia.
WHITECAPPERS AT WORK.
Negroes in Several Mississippi Coun
ties are Ordered to Leave.
News was received in Jackson, Miss.,
Friday night (hat whltecappers In the
counties of Amite, Franklin and Lin¬
coln are again terrorizing the negroes.
The whitecappers have given notice
to the negroes in many neighborhoods
in the counties mentioned to leave,
and thy are doing so,
The section mentioned has been af¬
fected with whitecapism for some
years, but the authorities prosecuted
them so vigorously that they have
been quiet for the past nine months.
BOOKKEEPER BEHIND BARS.
Atlanta Firm Brings Serious Charges
Against Trusted Employe.
On a commitment from Justice
Bloodworth’s court, charging larceny,
W. E. Latimer, bookkeeper for J. J
and J. E. Maddox, at Atlanta, was lock¬
ed up In the Tower Tuesday afler-
noon. The charge, it is said, grew out
J of an allege,-] shortage of about $1,000
TO FIGHT BOLL WEEVIL
Southern Congreaamen Seek Govern¬
ment Appropriation of $500,000.
Delegation Calls on President.
Tho southern members of congress
will ask tiTe government to appropri¬
ate half a million dollars for the ex-
termination of the boll weevil pest,
whlcn i r destroying the cotton of Tex¬
as and Is such a menace to the crop
of all the southern states.
A nunlber wf conference.* have been
held, at which the S«st method to a*
cure government aid has beet! (Uscuss-
@d< Friday the representatives from
all thei ootton-ftrowlng states held a
meeting iri the niinofit* room of the
house d‘ representatives, presided
over by Hon. Sam flat'tjfum, Of Lou-
Liana. At this meeting formal
florsemfillt was given to the plan for-
inulated by Mon. George Burgess, of
Texas, Wliifcii JtroviddS tor the crea¬
tion of a cotton .coniffiifcsitfft to inquire
into the insects whiCn destroy Cdtloti,
this to consist of three expert heads
Of divisions itt the agricultural deparl-
fncdU, #ith two practical eotton plant-
ers from Texas and one from Lotlfsl-
ana. For the purposes Ot ills work
of the commission an appropriation til
half a million dollars is to be asked.
An apprpriatiofi of thi* ulae was mado
to stamp out the foot and mouth dis¬
ease in New England, and it 18 believ¬
ed that the efforts tfi git a similar up
propriation for the protection of tba
great cotton crop will be successful.
A delegation of three members from
each of the cotton growing states call¬
ed upon President Boosevelt Satur¬
day morning to urge that he insert in
his message a recommOiidaliOrt that
this appropriation be made. The tlbld-
gation consisted of the following:
Georgia, Griggs, Maddox and Bart-
lett; Arkansas, Little, Brundidge and
Robinson; Texas, Burgess, Randell and
Field; Louisiana, Pujo, Ransdell and
Breezeale; Mississippi, Candler, Hill
and Speight; Alabama, Bankhead,
Clayton and Thompson; South Caro¬
lina, Johnson, Lever and Aiken; Ten
nessee, Patterson, Padgett hnd Pierce;
North Carolina, Thomas, Pou and
Kluttz.
NOVEL EXECUTION (N UTAH.
Convicted Murderer Stationed Against
Prison Wall and Shot Down.
Peter Mortenzen, the slayer of Jas.
H. Hay, was Shot to death in the Utah
state penitentiary yard in Salt Lake
City, Friday morning. Malntainng his
innocence to the last, he walked to the
chair placed against tho stone wall of
the prison yard without weakening
and bade the guards and deputy sher¬
iffs goodby. Mortenzen was killed in¬
stantly, four bullets from the rifles
of the executing squad, concealed be¬
hind a thick curtain in the door of
a building 12 yards distant, piercing
the white target pinned over his heart.
SHERIFF HOLDS HIS JOB.
Failed to Prevent Lynching of Negro
and Suit Was Brought.
The supremo court of Indiana, Fri¬
day, affirmed the judgment of the low¬
er court In the suit of the coroner to
oust. Sheriff Dudley, of Sullivan coun¬
ty, for failure to protect a negro who
was lynched last winter. Suit was
brought under a law declaring the of¬
fice of sheriff vacated for such negli¬
gence. The lower coiTFI decided that
the law was unconstitutional. The
supreme court did not pass on the
question of constitutionality, holding
that the coroner had no Interest in
the office of sheriff.
TROOPS PROTECTING MINES.
Governor of Colorado Orders Out the
National Guard.
Governor Peabody, Friday, ordered a
detachment, of the national guard to
proceed to Telluride to protect men
who may be willing to work in the
mines and mills.
Adjutant General Bel! Immediately
Issued orders to three troops of naval
ry, eight companies of infantry and
detachments of the signal and medical
corps, a total of 700 men, to proceed
to Telluride.
APPEALS TO NATIONS.
Panama Addresses Note to Envoys of
Powers at Washington.
Accredited to the United States, the
republic of France and the world at
large, as representatives of the re-
pupblic of Panama, M. Bunau-Varilla,
under special instructions from his
government, has addressed a note to
the envoys of the powers represented
at Washington requesting them that
they notify their governments of (he
formation of the sovereign state of
Panama and expressing the hope that
his government will receive recogni¬
tion at their hande.
CHARfTY BEQUE8T ILLEGAL.
Money of Dead Millionaire Not Avail¬
able for Masonic Orphanage.
The bequest of $240,000, of If neces¬
sary, $250,000, for the erection of a
Masonic orphanage made by the late
William T. Elkins, of Philadelphia,
has been declared illegal by Register
of Wills M. Roof. .This decision is
due to the fact that the codicil provid¬
ing for the gift was maT- within thir-
ty days of the testator's death and i*
therefore inoperative.
UNCLE SAM LOSES
In First Trial Anent the Al¬
leged Postal Scandals.
MILLER AND JOHNS,FREE
On Second Trial at Cincinnati of Man
Charged With Grafting Jury
Returns Verdict of "Not
Guilty."
At Cincinnati, O., Friday night, D. V.
Miller, of Terre Haute, and Jo*eph M.
Johns, of Rockville, Ind., were acquit¬
ted of the charge of conspiracy to ex
tort a bribe from John F. Ryan, mad-j
by the postofflce department.
The verdict of "not guilty” was re-
reived by the crowd with demonstra¬
tions that could not be nppre**ed by
the court Officers. As soon as court
was adjourned afld Judge Albert C
Thompson had retired, pandemonium
broke loose among the Jollifying
friends Of the defendants. The de¬
fendants finally broke away from the
crowd of friends to shake hands with
tho jurors and wept like children as
they did so.
Chief Postofflce Inspector Cochran,
Mr. Robb, assistant attornoy general
for the postofflce department at
Washington, who had assisted District
Attorney McPherson and Assistants
Moullnor and Darby in the prosecution,
left for the east before the verdict
WsL rendered.
Among the cries of the jolUfiors was
that of "Where i# John J. Ryan?"
Ryan had been the central figure dur
lng the two Jong trials, but he was
not present. 3
The Jury retired shortly before P
m„ and rendered Its verdict after dd
liberating six hour*. ft Is understood
that a majority this time Was tot ac¬
quittal from the start. It is generally
understood that there was doubt as to
Miller's connection with the transac¬
tions between Johns and Ryan.
Tho charge of Judge Thompson dur¬
ing the afternoon occupied an hour in
its delivery and was very strong. To
all who heard the charge. to tho jury
the verdict was a surprise, as the gen
oral prediction was that the jury
would again be unable to agree. The
ponalty for the offense of such a con¬
spiracy is two years’ imprisonment
or a fine of $5,000, or both. The fed¬
eral officials acknowledge their disap¬
pointment In the final outcome. They
state that this case was not like iWy
of the other postal cases that are
pending, as this case simply dealt with
the action of Miller when he was an
assistant attornoy In tho postofflce
department.
GOOD ROADS BOOMED.
Governor Montague Emphasizes Need
of Improved Common Highways.
At tho annual banquet of the Corn-
merclal Club of Kansas City, Gover¬
nor Montague, of Virginia, spoke on
“The Supremacy and Opportunity of
the American Republic.” He said:
“What will best give American peo¬
ple their best opportunity? We nave
neglected tho old-fashioned public
highway. No civilization has ever out¬
lived the common road. Our public
highways should no longer remain a
social and industrial blockade to our
people. We want a wider and more
practical system of our public school
education. Our system Is for oppor¬
tunity to serve. We are too prone to
make education a short road to leisure.
The colored man has seen the white
educated man the only man In his
community who did not work. It has
been a stumbling block to nlm.
“Wealth has not made men, but It is
the consciousness in men (hat makes
them winners. The American wage
earners produce twice as much as any
other in the world, and our captains
of industry would not be such In other
j countries The most efficient laborer
the world over knew originated In the
American republic.”
TO COMMEMORATE TRANSFER.
8tate of Louisiana to Have an Individ¬
ual Purchase Celebration.
A New Orleans special says: The
state of Louisiana, which Has appro¬
priated $100,000 to cover ils share in
the St. Louis purchase exposition next,
year, will hold transfer commemora¬
tion exercises of its own December IS
and 20 next.
The Louisiana Historical Society,
the members of which have long been
working on such a celebration to lake
place on the date of the actual tran.v
for, have announced an eb'wrate pro¬
gram of the exercises.
ARBITRATION IS PROPOSED.
Ctreet Railway 8trike in Chicago
May Be Amicably Settled.
A Chicago dispatch says: Peace
negotiations looking to an amicable
oettlement of the struggle between
the management of the Chicago city
railway and its striking employes
were begun Tuesday afternoon, and
the indications are that both sides
to the controversy will agree to sub¬
mit their differences to arbitration,
NO. 1.
WE GIVE GREEN J?
TRADING :
STAMPS k
a
k
$850.00 Antonis Is Os Given Away November 1st
One chance free on every 5oc purchase.
STRONG SHOE STORE,
Exclusive Dealers in Fine Shoes. 368 and St-, MACON, QA.
C. B. WILLINGHAM,
COTTON FACTOR.
By a liberal policy and honorable
methods I have built up the largest cotton
commission business in Middle Georgia.
Ship me your cotton and get best returns.
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I I WILLINGHAM,
HACON, Qa.
Low Rates to California
and the Northwest.
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Will sell daily between September 15th and November 30th, 1903, low
rate colonist tickets to points in
WASHINGTON, OREGON, CALIFORNIA, MONTANA, IDAHO, WYO¬
MING, COLORADO, NEVADA, UTAH, ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO.
Short line, quick lime, no bus transfers, freo reclining chairs.
For rates achedulos, maps and full Information write to F. 1C. CLARK,
Traveling Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga.; W. T. SAUNDERS, General
Agent Passenger Department, Atlan ta, Ga.
C3 ■ VS
362 Tliirii Street, Macon, Go.
I am better prepared than ever to serve thoso who are in need
of anything in the hardware line. My new storo at 3C2 Third
street, near Cherry, is amply large to accommodate a stock of
hardware, guns, pistols, ammunition, paints, oils, varnishes,
glass, etc., complete in every <J 3tail, and I have It.
My prices are as low as the lowest.
M. C. BALKC0M, Agent.
S. S. PARMELEE,
BICYCLES, BUGGIES,
ROAD CARTS, CARRIAGES,
CHILDREN’S CARRIAGES, WAGONS,
HARNESS, LEATHER,
ETC.
Jobbers of Bicycle Sundries.
CORNER SECOND AND POPLAR STREETS MACON, GA.
G, W. GANTT. W. F. HOLMES.
Gantt & Holmes,
Cotton Factors.
MULES, HAY PRESSES,
HORSES, PEERING REAPERS,
FARM SUPPLIES, HARROWS, BINDERS,
MOWERS, RAKES.
Send us your cotton and we will work to your interest.
When visiting the State Fair mike our warehouse your headquarters.
Macou, Georgia.