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The Jones County News.
M. C. GREENE, Editor and Proprietor.
PANICKY IN RUSSIA
Czar’s Troops Given Orders
to Shoot to Kill.
WILD REIGN OF TERROR
Strikers Close Electric Plants and SL
Petersburg is in Darkness.
Rebellion Spreads Rapidly.
Through Empire.
St. Peterburg was In total dark¬
ness Friday night, the strikers hav¬
ing during the afternoon stopped the
machinery of the electric light plant
The last link of the railroads bind¬
ing the capital with the outer world
was broken late at night when the
Finland road suspended service be¬
tween St. Petersburg and the Finnish
border. Telegraphic communication is
still open, but there is a possibility
that the cable operators may be com-
pelled to join a general strike of teleg-
raphers.
General Trepoff, who Is practical¬
ly dictator, has ordered the troops
to shoot to kill should a demonstra¬
tion be made.
The most alarming reports are cir¬
culating about affairs in the south
Russia. Private reports received in
Et. Petersburg are said to confirm
stories of the mutiny on board the bat¬
tleship Catherine II, and the destruc¬
tion by incendiaries of the battleship
Patelimon, formerly Knlaz Potemkine.
In the interior of Russia the people
have neither mail nor newspapers
and are the prey to the wildest sto¬
ries of what is occurring. In some
towns a reign of terror Is reported
to exist.
That the present situation cannot
end without bloodshed is the convic¬
tion prevailing in the higher govern¬
ment circles, which from moment to
■moment are expecting a conflict be¬
tween the troops and the revolution¬
ists in St. Petersburg, and news of
trouble in the provinces, especially at
Kharkoff, which has been declared io
a state of war.
The governor of Kieff has been in¬
structed to take all necessary meas¬
ures to restore order, which the local
government and the commander of
the troops are unable to maintain.
One of the most prominent members
of the emperor’s council said with
every evidence of deep emotion:
“The situation is a grievous and a
painful one, and I see no way out
of it, except by the employment of
armed force. Please do not misunder¬
stand me. I look upon the prospect
with tears, but it is becoming more'
end more evident that the troops will
be compelled to fire. I can see no
other possible outcome. The revolu¬
tionists and terrorists are absolutely
bent on forcing a conflict upon us,
ar.d nothing we can do will satisfy
them. The extension of the suffrage
and the right of assembly will be
nothing to them. They are deter¬
mined to have bloodshed, and we can¬
not avoid the issue. It is a frightful
disease from which Russia is suffer¬
ing, and sad and painful as it is the
government must act with force.”
A Warsaw special says: The gov¬
ernor general has ordered the troops
to shoot every agitator caught armed.
At Lodz the governor has ordered
the officers in the event of disturb¬
ances to act without mercy.
SITUATION AT PENSACOLA.
Nine New Cases of Fever and Two
Deaths Friday’s Report.
The fever summary in Pensacola
Friday was*'as follows: New cases 9,
total- cases 526, deaths 2, total
deaths 74, discharged 374, under treat-
ment 7.
Although the number of cases re¬
ported shows but little decrease, the
officials are nevertheless not discour¬
aged and believe that a big reduction
will be noticeable in threo or four
days.
WIDOW SUES LYNCHERS.
Kentucky Mob Called on to Pay $50,.
000 in Damages.
A sensational suit, the echo of the
lynching of William Thacker at Flem
ingsburg, Ky., in 1903, has been filed
in the federal court of Covington, Ky.,
by Mrs. Mary Thacker, the widow.
She is suing George Gordon and oth¬
er citizens of Flemingsburg for $50,-
000 damages for mobbing her hus¬
band, who had been indicted for the
killing of the son of Gordon.
The most sensational charge is the
one made that an arrangement exist¬
ed between the mob and the jailer.
LAWYER PATRICK DOOMED.
Murderer of Millionaire Rice Must Go
to Electric Chair.
The court of appeals at Albany,
N. Y., Friday denied the motion for
a re-argument of the appeal of Albert
T. Patrick from conviction of murder
in the first degTee and sentence of
death for the killing in 1900 of W. M.
Rice, an aged millionaire, of New
York city.
ROOSEVELT IN DANGER.
Boat Carrrying President to Cruiser
Collides With Fruit Steamer In
Mississippi River.
A New Orleans dispatch says: After
a narrow escape from losing his life
in an early morning collision in which
the light house tender, Magnolia, on
which he was traveling, was struck
by the steamer Esparta, and was so
much damage that he had to abandon
her, President Roosevelt went safely
aboard the armored cruiser West Vir¬
ginia, bound for Hampton Roads. 'Nei
ther the president nor any member
of his party was Injured in the acci¬
dent.
The first news of the mishap reach-
ed New Orleans by telephone early
Friday morning in an appeal for help
from Captain Rose of the United
Fruit company’s steamer Esparata,
which came from Nairn, La., near
where the accident occurred. The
Magnolia left New Orleans at 6:30
o'clock Thursday night, and the Es-
parta was due to arrive Friday at
Chalmotte. The weather was fine,
with comparatively little wind on tho
river.
At the time of the accident the
president, absolutely worn out by his
strenuous experience in New Orleans,
was fast asleep. He had turned In
shortly after the vessel left New Or¬
leans. The two ships were near the
west shore when they came in contact
in an effort, to avoid running into each
Both vessels grounded before
Esparta got off under her own
The president showed no
when informed of the extent of
disaster. He dressed
and those of his party hurriedly
arrangements for his transfer to
lighthouse tender Ivy, which was
ried to the scene of the accident.
cept for the loss of some sleep,
president suffered nothing by the
lision.
With the whole party transferred
the Ivy, that vessel was speeded down
the river to the cruiser Wtest Virginia,
meeting with no further mishap.
Immediately upon hearing of the
accident and escape of the president,
Mayor Behrman sent the following
dispatch by wireless to the president:
“New Orleans is overjoyed to learn
that you and your party escaped with¬
out injury, and regrets inexpressibly
the discomfort the accident occasion¬
ed. We pray that your voyage home
will be snfe and delightful.”
Governor Blanchard also sent the
following: “President Theodore Roose
velt, Aboard Cruiser West Virginia:
People of Louisiana regret accident
of last night. Rejoice It had no serious
consequences. Trust your voyage to
Washington will be pleasant and de
void of further mishap.
“N. C. BLANCHARD, .Governor.”
The West Virginia was spoken Fri¬
day from Pensacola by wireless tel¬
egraphy, the ship at that time being
about three hundred miles off. The
message was received at the Pensacola
navy yard, where the DeForest sys¬
tem had been installed and stated that
the West Virginia would reach Key
West Saturday night.
WONDERFUL WORK OF WIRELESS
President’s Cruiser is Spoken at Dis¬
tance of 375 Miles.
According to a report received at
the navy department in Washington
Friday, the wireless telegraph station
at Key West picked up the armored
cruiser West Virginia at a distance of
225 miles as that vessel went down
the coast en roHte to New Orleans
and was In communication with the
cruiser at a distance of 375 miles after
she had passed.
GUATEMALAN ANT EFFECTIVE.
Enemy of Boll Weevil Recommended
by Agricultural Department.
Announcing the results of the re
cent investigations of the future of the
cotton protecting kelep of Guatemala,
a report now being issued at Washing
ton from the department of agricul¬
ture declares kelep to be wonderfully
adapted to the destruction of the cot¬
ton boll weevil, "and portrays its pos¬
sibilities in checking pest ravages."
SOUTH TO AID ROOSEVELT.
In Carrying Out His Fight for Rail¬
road Rate Control.
The Now Orleans Picayune has be¬
gun a canvass of southern democratic
members of President Roosevelt’s plan
to give the Interstate commerce com¬
mission authority to fix maximum rail¬
road freight rates, and in response to
telegraphic inquiries a number of sen¬
ators and representatives have ex
pre'ssed their views on the subject. So
far every member of congress heard
from has declared in favor of the leg¬
islation demanded by the president.
OSCAR OSTRACIZES NORWAY.
Offer of Throne to a Bernadotte Prince
is Declined.
A special from Stockholm, Sweden,
says: King Oscar has definitely and
formally declined the offer of the Nor¬
wegian throne to a prince of the
house of Bernadotte, and in a letter
to the president of the storthing final¬
ly severs his connection altogether
with Norway.
GRAY. JONES CO., GA.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1905
00TT0N VERYSHORT
Bales Ginned to 18th Octo¬
ber Were Only 4,940,728.
CENSUS BUREAU REPORT
On Same Date Last Year Ginners’
Figures Were 6,417,894 Bales.
Two Hours’ Delay of Report
Brings a Complaint.
A total of 4,940,728 hales of cotton
ginned in the United States up to Oc¬
tober 18 is the statement announced
in. a bulletin issued by the census
bureau at Washington Wednesday. In
this calculation, round halos aro coun¬
ted as half hales, and the figures giv¬
en in the bulletin are based on re
ports made by the bureau’s special
agents in the field.
No estimate is made of the total
crop for the year, but figures aro
given out concerning crops of former
years. These figures show that tip tc
this date in 1904 the product of the
gins had reached a total of 6,417,-
894 bales, out of a total of 13,693,-
279 hales for the year. In 1905, the
total production was 10,045,615 bales,
and the ginning output up to October
25 was 3,706,248; in 1902 the total
was 10,827,168, and the amount to
Oct. 25 was 5,683,006. Wednesday’s re¬
port covered 26,364 ginneries, and the
statements upon which It was prepar¬
ed were supplied by telegraph by 702
special agents in the field, most of
them representing one county each.
The fact that the bulletin was not
issued until 2 o’clock, two hours af¬
ter the usual time, caused some com¬
plaint from brokers in different cities,
and some of these, which reached the
bureau before the document was gtv
en to the public, were of a sensa¬
tional character. One from Secretary
Hester of the New Orleans cotton ex¬
change was as follows:
"New Orleans, La., October 25, 1905.
—Hon. S. D. North, Director of the
Census, Washington, D. C.: Much
disappointment and dissatisfaction
here at delay in issuing ginners’ re¬
port to 2 p. m. Bache & Co. of New
York wired Heyward, Vick & Clark
of New Orleans as follows:
“David Miller has just made the
statement to the effect that the gin¬
ners’ report has been delayed from
12 o’clock to 2 o’clock, so as to al¬
low more time to certain parties to
sell cotton on, and says he will stand
by the above.’
“One rumor here Is that re¬
port will show, counting round as half
hales, 6,100,100. All kinds of rumors
are being spread and parties are sell
ing the market down under suspicion
of something wrong in your bureau.
I send this because I think it proper
you should know it. The David Miller
referred to was the receiver of Sully
& Co., and is a prominent member
of the New York cotton exchange.
“H. G. HESTER.”
Report of the Ginners.
A synopsis of the report of the Na¬
tional Ginners’ Association was made
public at Dallas, Texas, Wednesday.
From reports received the assocla
tion estimated the amount of cotton
ginned to October 18 to he between
4,400,000 and 4,500,000 hales. These
reports show about 46 per cent of the
crop ginned and indicate a crop un¬
der 10,000,000 bales. Crop Is 80 to
90 per cent ginned in south half of
belt, 25 to 50 per cent in balance of
belt. Very little top crop and recent
frosts killed top plants in lowlands in
northern part of belt.
AN “INSIDE” INVESTIGATION.
Committee of Trustees to Probe Alleg¬
ed Grafting in Mutual Life.
More startling than the testimony
before the legislative committee inves¬
tigating the methods of insurance
companies at New York Wednesday
was the announcement by President
McCurdy of the Mutual Life that a
committee of the board of trustees
of his company had been -appointed
to investigate the company and Its
methods.
DIVORCE LEADS TO A TRAGEDY.
When Wife Presented Decree to Hus¬
band He Shot Her Dead.
Mrs. James Russell was killed on
Monday by her husband, who lives in
the eastern part of Baxter county,
Missouri. The tragedy grew out ol
a divorce Euit in which the wife se
cured a divorce a>rd the custody ol
an only child.
When she presented the court's or
der for the child, Russell shot her. He
then turned the gun on himself ano
inflicted a wound that is likely tc
prove fata).
READY TO MAKE CONTRACTS.
Taft Announces Willingness to Enter
Deals for Canal Work.
The government of the United States
is willing to enter into contracts with
corporations or individuals for the con¬
struction of any portion or all of the
Panama canal. This statement was
made by Secretary Taft at Washing¬
ton Monday, while discussing the po!
Icy of the government.
president's farewell.
Rosevelt’s Visit to New Orleans
Brings His Pleasant Trip Through
the South to an End.
At the end of nine strenuous hours
of varied entertainment In New Or¬
leans, which brought his exceptionally
pleasant trip through the south to a
close, President Roosevelt, at 6:30
o’clock Thursday night, boarded the
lighthouse tender Magnolia and later
went aboard the armored cruiser West
Virginia, which lay at anchor off the
mouth of the river to receive him.
For four days ho will be absont from
American soil, which has never here¬
tofore happened to a president during
his incumbency, but through the
means of wireless telegraphy It is
promised that he will he seldom out
of communication with the shore, and
there is no reason to doubt that the
staunch vessel la which he Is to
ti-avei will carry him safely td his
journey’s end—the national capital.
The president's New Orleans re
ception was a signal testimonial of
popular esteem and of grateful recog¬
nition of the service which he ha.i
rendered the city ift her period of
stress. N6w Orleans remembered not
only that the president had act&l With
characteristic promptness when asked
to put the federal surgeons In charge
of the fever struggle, but that
throughout the fight he had sustained
the people of the stricken city with
expressions of unfailing sympathy, and
when a large share of the public opin¬
ion of the country opposed his ven¬
turing into New Orleans with the fe¬
ver still prevalent, he refused to con¬
sider the element of personal danger
and declared his purpose to keep the
promise he made when ho accepted
the original invitation.
Probably for the first time in his
public career the president was com
polled to abandon a public address
before he had got well started on it.
It was contemplated that the military
and civic parade,,, should pass In re¬
view before the president Rt the city
hall, but ihe crowd which gathered
at this point was so tremendous that
neither the police nor the troops were
able to move it, and the president,
foreseeing a possible catastrophe, In
the event of a panic, finally gave up
the attempt to Bpeak and left the
pflatform.
When he decided to abandon his ef¬
fort he shouted to the throng to go
home and be good citizens, anil then
disappeared Into the mayor's parlors,
well nigh exhausted. To those about
him he expressed himself as immense¬
ly pleased with the demonstration in
bis honor.
The climax of the day's entertain¬
ment was the luncheon, which started
shortly after 3 o’clock, and was pro¬
longed fifteen minutes beyond the
time set for it, as a result of the
continuous ovation given to the pres
ident.
HOCH declines requisition.
Governor of Kansas Turns Down Tex¬
as Chief Executive.
e At Topeka, Kansas, Thursday, Gov¬
ernor Hoch declined to honor the
requisition from the governor of Tex
as for the return of Charles Evans, a
negro, to that state. In doing so, the
governor said:
"I believe that it Is a good thing
for Texas that Evans be not returned
there. All the testimony tends to
show that if the negro were returned
to Texas, some serious harm would
tome to him."
Evans is under indictment for shoot¬
ing a white man with intent to kill.
POUR KILLED; SCORE HURT.
Cullision of Trains Occurs on Rock
Island Railway.
Four persons were killed and be¬
tween fifteen and twenty seriously
Injured in a wreck near Fairfield,
Iowa, Thursday, between ;two fast
passenger trains on the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific railway. The cause
of tho wreck is laid to the train dis-
l atefcer’s office.
At the time of the accident the
trains were running at the rate of
a.'out 30 miles an hour. Both engines
were demolished.
KEPT WIFE’S BODY IN CAVE.
Eccentric Kentuckian’s Devotion to
Memory of Deceased Better Half.
Uncle Bije Humphrey, an eccentric
character, was found dead by the
roadside near his cabin in Adair coun-
ty, Kentucky, aged 95 years, Since
the death of his wife ten years ago
he had lived the life of a hermit.
A few days after her death the
grief-stricken husband dug up and
took the body to a cave, where he
made regular daily trips up. to the
time of his death.
SITUATION WELL IN HAND.
Government to Withdraw Guard Ves¬
sels of Fever Section.
A Washington special says: The
yellow fever situation in the south is
regarded at the treasury as so well
in hand that orders have just been
dispatched for the withdrawal of the
two revenue cutter* at all gulf
ports except at Pensacola, and the
two vessels still there will be soon
withdrawn.
Rule of Autocracy in Russia
is Tottering.
NICK GIVES WAY TO FEAR
Promises Witte to Inaugurate Reforms
at Once—He is Told That Even
a Republic Cannot Save the
Empire from Anarchy.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says :
As the result of a series of special
ministerial councils under the presi-
dency of Count Witte, held to adopt
measures to deal with the situation,
the new national assembly of law
and laws granting practical freedom
of the press and of speech and meet
ing, will be promulgated forthwith.
Upon the peremptory demand of
Prince Hilkoff, the minister of rail¬
roads, the budget covering the remun¬
eration of railroad employees will bo
rovlsed to meet promises made last
spring, Unless this was done tho
prince announced that he would re¬
sign.
interesting details have been learn¬
ed regarding Count Witte's interview
with Emperor Nicholas last week, at
which It was agreed that tho time had
come to limit the autocratic power
and give the people a real share in
the government of the empire.
The emperor asked Count Witte lo
speak frankly, and after listening to
the stateman's exposure of the situ
atlon ho appeared to be utterly un¬
nerved by the deplorable slate of af¬
fairs and cried out that he was weary
of tho struggle and felt like leaving
all and fleeing to Darmstadt, hence
probably the origin of the report that
the emperor was going abroad.
Count Witte, however, told the em¬
peror that, in his opinion, not even a
republic could now save Russia from
anarchy. It was the emperor's duty
to the people and the country to face
the situation by meeting their wishes
namely, lo abrogate tho autocratic
power and grant a constitution by cre¬
ating a ministry responsible alike to
the crown and ttie representatives of
the nation. The emperor finally ac¬
cepted, requesting Count Witte to
draft a project which in skeleton form
he approved last Sunday, when the
count agreed to accept the premier
ship on condition that he could name
the ministers and that they should
report to his majesty only through
himself ns head of the cabinet.
St.. Petersburg was In a panic
Thursday, but to a large extent ap¬
parently without reason. The most
alarming rumors were in circulation,
and the shopkeepers on all except a
few of the principal streets closed
their stores and boarded up the doors
and windows, while peaceful minded
inhabitants kept within doors. Anx¬
iety was evidenced in tho whole at¬
mosphere of the city, but so far noth¬
ing has occurred to justify these
fears. There were no disorders.
Genera! Trepoff, who has been
placed in command of St. Petersburg
garrison and given an additional di¬
vision of reinforcements, declared he
is amply able to maintain order, and
the police are allowing the strikers
to vent enthusiasm so as to avoid a
conflict. General Trepoff instructed
the police not to Interfere with the
parades so long as they were orderly,
but he gave noticeffihat he was pro
pared to cope firmly with any dis¬
order.
CREMATED IN HOTEL FIRE.
Six Invalids at Hot Springs Victims
of the Flames.
The worst hotel fire in the history
of Hot Springs occurred early Thurs¬
day morning, when the railroad men’s
hotel wias destroyed.
When the fire was gotten under con
trcl six badly charred bodies were
found )n the ruins.
The structure was a two-story frame
building, and the flames spread rap¬
idly, cutting off escape by hallway
both up and down stairs.
STRIKERS MENACE ALL RUSSIA.
First Blood in Tie-Up of Railroads
Shed in St. Petersburg.
An encounter took place In St. Po
tersburg, Wednesday evening, between
strikers and engine drivers who were
preparing to take out trains. Revolv¬
er shots were exchanged and a num¬
ber of persons were killed or wound¬
ed.
The general strike on Ihe railroads
is complete except in a few border
provinces and St. Petersburg, Mob
cow and other large cities are almost
as closely beleaguered as if they were
Invested by besieging armies.
MRS. ROGERS SCORES A POINT.
Husband Slayer Granted Appeal by
United States Supreme Court.
Mary Mabel Rogers, under sentence
of death in Vermont, for killing her
husband, was, Tuesday, granted leave
to proceed on appeal before the su
p-reme court of the United States as a
pauper, without payment of costs.
The record in the cane will be print¬
ed at public expense.
VOL. XI. NO. 51.
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Shoes for men, farm shoes—
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Shoes for ladies, every day shoes—
1 .. .. ........$1.00 to $2.00
A f Shoes for boys—that rtand rocks—
< ..............$1.25 to 82.50
Shoes for girls for senool—
.......... ,, .. ..$1.00 to $2.00
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