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CUT DEADLY SWATH
A Terrific Cyclone Swoops
Down Upon Meridian,
TOOK VICTIMS BY SCORES
Many of the Largest Buildings in tho
Center of City are Razed—Twenty
Men Caught in One
Restaurant. t.
Information reached Mobile, Ala.,
Saturday morning at two o’clock
by telephone, all telegraph
wires being down, that a destructive
tornado visited Meridian, Miss., at
6:30 o’clock Friday evening, killing
twenty-one white persons and over a
hundred colored people and damaging
property to the extent of $1,500,000.
There are also scores seriously In¬
jured through being caught in the
wreckage of houses. The tornado
caught the city on the southwest and
traveled to the northeast, expending
itself in two suburbs where many ne¬
groes "were killed and Injured, a whole
tenement district being wiped out.
Two large wholesale stores, several
smaller ones, parts of the principal
hotel, the electric lighting plant and
all the small property between the
Mobile and Ohio railroad and the busi¬
ness part of the city were badly dam¬
aged.
Twenty men were caught in one res¬
taurant and several were killed. Two
stories of the Young Men’s Christian
Association building were wrecked
and other buildings suffered in the
upper stories.
Tho negro tenement district north
of tbe city was demolished, and the
debris caught fire, threatening a new
danger, but the local department, with
the help of hundreds of citizens, over¬
came this after a hard fight. They
were assited by a torrential rain fol¬
the tornado.
The city was plunged Into darkness,
and the full extent of the disaster
w as not at first realized. The known
path of the storm was about six hun-
dicd feet wide and one mile in length.
A long “Stance message from J.
D. Brea..x, service man of the Cum¬
berland Telephone Company at Me¬
ridian, Miss., gives complete details of
the cyclone, as follows:
"During a heavy rainstorm at 6:30
o’clock a fetormcloud developed in the
south and moved on the city, striking
Front street, the business center, with
full force. The wind was (probably
Wowing 75 miles an hour. The cy¬
clone passed over in about two min¬
utes, and, during that period, three
or four whole squares were devastat¬
ed. A conservative estimate places
the number of buildings blown down
at between thirty and forty. Among
the heaviest losers are the Meyer &
Neville Hardware company, Tom Lyle
a Co., wholesale dry goods and gro¬
ceries; the Now Orleans and North¬
eastern railroad freight depot and oth¬
er buildings, the names of which are
not obtainable at this hour. The Mo¬
bile and Ohio depot is safe as well
as the SotTTTern hotel, but the Grand
Avenue hotel was considerably dam¬
aged. The guests in the latter build¬
ing escaped and no one was injured.”
A message received from the tele¬
graph operator at Toomsuba, Miss.,
four miles north of Meridian, who had
just returned from the scene of the
disaster, was to the effect that up¬
wards of one hundred persons were
killed, and that the property loss was
enormous. 'He stated all buildings be¬
tween ■ Front stret and the railroad
tracks were demolished, and calls for
a large force of workmen to assist
in removing bodies from debris were
being made.
Gillett’s Resignation Accepted.
The president, Friday, decided to ac¬
cept the resignation of Major Cassius
Gillette, engineer corps, U. S. A., and
the secretary of war accordingly has
written Major Gillette a letter accept¬
ing his resignation.
mills to resume operation.
Receiver Ordered by Court to Start
Creelman Lumber Co’s Works.
All the mills and lumber camps of
the F. E Creelman Lumber and Man¬
ufacturing company of Chicago and
New Orleans, will resume operations.
At the conclusion of a conference of
stockholders, it was decided to pe¬
tition Judge Wright, of the United
States court, at Danville, Ill., for an
order directing Receiver Lansden to
start the company’s plant* In Louis¬
iana and Alabama, and carry out ex¬
isting contracts. The petition was
granted by Judge Wright.
SLAVS GIVEN MORE PROMISES.
Main Guarantees of Liberty Have Been
Granted by Nicholas.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says: As
a result of the series of special coun¬
cils held at Tsarskoe-Selo, and com¬
posed of forty high dignitaries, under
the presidency of the emperor, the
main guarantees of liberty have been
granted and a manifesto has been or¬
dered to bJ coded and incorporated in
the fundamental law of the empire.
A CALORIC COLOQUY,
Takes Place Between Senator Morgan
of Alabama and Witness Crom¬
well Before Senate Committee.
A Washington dispatch says: The
letter from Willliam Nelson Cromwell
to the late Secretary Hay, dated in
1898, was taken up Friday by Senator
Morgan in the examination of Mr.
Cromwell before the senate commit¬
tee investigating canal affairs.
The period covered by the letter
was when the Panama Canal company
was seeking a prolongation of its con¬
cessions in the isthmus, The letter
referred to an enclosure and Crom¬
well repeatedly declined to state the
nature of the inclosure or to discuss
the correspondence in any manner.
Extraordinary political conditions in
Bogoto were referred to in a letter,
and Morgan asked concerning this ref¬
erence and when the witness declined
to discuss, the senator asked whether
the witness felt that he was obliged
to conceal any actions that were
against the interests of the United
States.
“I refuse to answer such hypothet¬
ical and impertinent questions,” said
Mr. Cromwell.
“I am compelled by the attitude of
this committee to accept your un¬
usual and indecent replies,” replied
M ! r. Morgan.
“They are no more unusual or in¬
decent than your questions,” asserted
the witffbss.
Senator Taliaferro of Florida inter¬
rupted and demanded to know where¬
in the question was indecent, and the
witness said the indecency was in
the assumption that he had been em¬
ployed to do anything against the in¬
terests of the United States. Mr. Tnl
iafervo then demanded that the wit¬
ness be instructed not to make in¬
sulting replies.
Chairman Millard said he thought
the character of the reply by the wit¬
ness was uncalled for, and Senator
Kittredge suggested that the questions
should be couched in different lan¬
guage. “This is not the first, time 1
have noticed an inclination on the
part of the witness to insult his in-
terogators,” said Mr. Taliaferro.
Mr. Morgan said he entertained no
resentment of insults from the wit¬
ness; that he had too much self-re¬
spect for that. He counselled his col¬
leagues not to concern themselves in
his behalf.
CHASTITY NOT INVOLVED.
Judge Overrules Such Testimony in
Trial of Hasty.
The trial of George Hasty was con¬
tinued in Gaffney, ®. C-, Friday. Miss
Bishop, one of the women of the
"Nothing But Money Company,” tes¬
tified and in the main her testimony
corroborated that of Miss Sheridan,
who, with Miss Bishop, was an eye¬
witness.
The defense was allowed to put up
one Strickland, to attack the chastity
of the ladies, asking as to their con
duct as ladies in Gastonia, his home,
where the women appeared a short
time before the tragedy, 'the court
ruled that the case was being tried
on a legal basis and not a moral one
and that all this about the conduct
of the women was irrelevant. He took
the same position on all other witness¬
es put up by the defense to attack the
character of the women.
ON CHARGE OF POISONING WIFE.
Young Man is Arrested in Compliance
With Coroner’s Verdict.
Reason Handley, a young man liv¬
ing on the plantation of J. B. Jones,
near Ocilia, Ga., was arrested Friday,
charged with having poisoned his wife.
She difed Thursday under peculiar cir¬
cumstances and on investigation it is
said that it was shown he bought
strychnine under the name of Willis.
The coroner’s jury returned a ver-
diet of murder by poisoning, Tho
woman’s stomach was forwarded to
the state chemist. The couple had
beeu married only two weeks.
Disastrous Fire at Buffalo.
The Wheeler elevator, Buffalo, N.
Y., was destroyed by fire Friday night.
The loss on the building and its con¬
tents is estimated at $175,000.
WALSH MADE FALSE ENTRIES.
President of Collapsed Chicago Bank
Placed Under Arrest.
John R. Walsh, president of the de¬
funct Chicago National bank, which
closed its doors December 18, 1905,
was taken into custody on Friday on
a federal warrant, which charges him
with violation of the national banking
laws in making false returns to the
comptroller of the currency, and also
asserts that he converted to his own
use, without proper authority, funds
of the bank amounting to $3,000,000.
He was released after giving bonds
to the amount of $50,000.
LONGWORTH HONEYMOON ENDS.
Bride and Groom Land at Tampa and
Proceed to Washingtn.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
arTiVed in Tampa Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Longworth said every moment of
their stay in Cuba had been made
pleasant by entertainments offered
them by the Cuban officials and others.
They left at 8:40 p. m. on the regular
Atlantic Coast Line train for Washing¬
ton.
GRAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. MARCH 8. 1900.
THIS IN OHIO TOWN
Negroes Mobbed and Houses
Burned in Springfield.
TROOPS ARE CALLED OUT
Trouble Caused by Negroes Shooting
a White Man—Eight Companies
of Soldiers Find Difficulty in
Checking the Mob.
A riot and race war which began in
Springfield, Ohio, Tuesday night as
a result of the shooting of M. M. Da¬
vis, a railroad man, by Ladd and
Dean, colored, was continued Wednes¬
day night, eight companies of troops
culled out to assist the local officials
in preserving order not being able lo
prevent the destruction of two houses
and the partial demolition of a dozen
or more others at the hands of the
mob.
Up to midnight Wednesday night
no casualties had occurred, anil the
riot had consisted mainly of march¬
ing mobs, which either set fire to or
stoned the houses of negroes.
The “Flickers’ Nest," which is in¬
habited by negroes, and which fig¬
ured in the Dixon mob and subse¬
quent race wars two years ago, was
assailed and several attempts made
to flva it, but as it was guarded by
militiamen, the effort failed.
Several negroes who had been chas¬
ed by the whites from the negro quar¬
ter of tho city, made their way to
the city building, which was in charge
of the soldiers. Colonel C. S. Ammel
of the fourth regiment arrived Wed¬
nesday evening and assumed com¬
mand of the troops, relieving Captain
Horace Keifer, who had been in com¬
mand.
The first place visited was the home
of George Miller at York and Harri¬
son streets. When the assault began
from the rear of the home, Miller ran
in his bare feet and without coat or
bat and escaped from his pursuers by
going to tbe city hall, where he found
shelter with the troops. Coal oil was
applied to his house, which was soon
a mass of flames, and was quickly
destroyed.
From Miller’s the mob went to tho
ti mes of John lx>gan and Noah In
graham, a double frame on York
street, and the torch was applied fol¬
lowing the escape of the occupants a
few minutes before. The house was
practically destroyed. The militia
give chase to some of the rioters, and
at Central avenue pursued them at
the point of the bayonet. Even while
this was going on, some of the mem¬
bers of the mob who were at a safe
distance from the soldiers continued
to '■•tone the houses of negroes.
The house of John Scurry, a negro
preacher, was stoned, and tho family
fled terror-strickcn-from it. The mob
then set fire to it, but the prompt ar¬
rival of the militia prevented its de¬
struction. The homes of Reuben
Campbell and Charles Fillmore on
Central avenue, were riddled with
£tones and at. this point a toy, whose
i a’.ne is not known, was shot in the
log. The militia have devoted their
attention to the control of the larger
crowds, leaving the police to look
after the smaller end of the riot. Pro¬
miscuous and random shooting was
a feature Wednesday night, and added
to the general terror. Two negro wo¬
men whe jumped from (he second
stories of iheir homes when assailed
by the mob were seriously hurt, and
were taken to the hospital.
Many negroes are fleeing from the
city, going to Columbus, Dayton, Xenia
and Urbana.
THOUGHT HE WAS MURDERER.
Negro Fined $;0 After Being Fugitive
Thirty Years.
Louis Dankey, a negro, thought he
killed another negro with a club thir¬
ty years ago and fled, being a fugi¬
tive all these years. A few days ago
he was arrested in Montgomery, Ala.,
and on trial Wednesday it was dts-
cavered that the man he hit was not
killed. He was let off with a fine of
$10, after being thirty years in fear.
NEW STRUCTURE BADLY NEEDED
Livingston Pleads for Appropriation
for Atlanta Public Building.
A Washington dispatch says: Rep¬
resentative Livingston went before the
committee on public buildings and
grounds Wednesday and made a strong
argument in favor of a sufficient ap¬
propriation to erect at Atlanta a new
public building adequate to provide
fer the government’s need.
Ho presenled statements of the sec¬
retary of the treasury and of the
Judges of the federal court, and other
government officials, showing the ne¬
cessity for the proposed new build-
'ng.
Cold Day for Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras was ushered In at Mo¬
bile with the coldest weather prevail¬
ing for this time of season in many
years, but bad little effect upon those
participating in the events of pro¬
gram. Tbe grandest pageants ever
produced by (he famous mystic soci¬
eties was witnessed by the largest
gathering of people ever assembled in
the city on similar occasions.
SIX MINERS WHELMED.
Mangled In Mine Explosion In Ala-
bama Twelve Others Hurt,
Some of Whom May Die.
Six men were killed and twelve so
badly injured that most of them are
expected to die by an explosion In
Little Cahaba mine, No. 2, at Piper,
Ala., at four o’clock Tuesday after¬
noon.
The dead: Peter Costello, Steve
Memetli, Matt BJlzt, John Stone, Louis
Yanko, Rich Smith (negro).
Tho mine is owned by the little
Cahaba Coal company, of which J.
R. Smith of Birmingham is president.
Pipev is in in Bibb county, In the
Blocton field, about 60 miles south
of Birmingham.
Tho little settlement Is on a spur
track of the Birmingham Mineral and
is difficult of access by wire communi¬
cation.
Among the fatally injured was Wil¬
liam Meads. Assistant State Inspec¬
tor Huffman will make an investiga¬
tion.
A PARTISAN OF JUDGE LYNCH.
Former Ambassador White Approves
of Summary Justice.
Dr. Andrew D. White, former am¬
bassador to Germany and vice pres¬
ident of Cornell university, addressed
the students there on “High Crime
In the United States.” He said,
among other things:
"The number of homicides that are
punished by lynching exceeds those
punnished by due process of law.
When we consider that out of every
forty-six homicides committed In the
United States only one in forty-five
Is legally punished, it is no wonder
that people look somewhere else for
the solution.
“There Is nothing more nonsensi¬
cal or ridiculous than the goody-goody
talk about lynching. Much may be
said in favor of the quotation of the
famous Englishman Goldwin Smith,
‘there are some communities In the
United States where lynch law is bet¬
ter than any other.’ I have no sym-
pathy for the criminal. My sympathy
is for those who will be murdered,
for tlielr families and their children.”
LAMP EXPLOSION IN JAIL
Causes Fatal Burning of Two Men
and Injury of Others.
Five men were burned, two fatally,
by the explosion of a gasoline lamp
in the corridor of the county Jail at
Lawton, Oklahoma, Tuesday.
An operator was in tho act of hang¬
ing the lamp when tho explosion oe
curred. His clothes and those of
a prisoner were covered with gaso¬
line, and instantly ignited. They were
horribly burned before aid could reach
them.
EDUCATORS AT LOUISVILLE.
Superintendents of National Associa¬
tion Holding Sessions.
The annual convention of tho de¬
partment of superintendents of tho
National Educational Association he¬
gan at Louisville Tuesday. This Is the
only section of the seventeen branch¬
es of the national association which
does not meet jointly with tho general
body and the interest in tho work
was attested by a large attendance.
AMENDMENT TO RATE BILL.
Presented and Read in Senate by Mr.
Clay of Georgia.
Mr. Clay in the senate, Tuesday,
presented and had read from the desk
a proposed amendment to the rate
bill which makes It unlawful for com¬
mon carriers to own coal or oil lands,
to deal In coal or oil, to attempt to
monopolize the trade In those commod¬
ities or to control the price. A pen¬
alty of imprisonment for from one to
three years is provided.
BIG COTTON BLAZE IN TEXAS.
Over Two Thousand Bales Are De¬
stroyed—Loss $200,000.
A fire Tuesday evenihg consumed
the compress, 2,436 bales of cotton
and tho lumber yards at LaGrange,
Texas. The total loss is estimated at
$200,000. The loss is partially cov¬
ered by insurance.
DEATH CLAIMS LANGLEY.
Was Secretary of Smithsonian Insti¬
tute and Noted Scientist.
Professor S. P. Langley, secretary
of the Smithsonian Institute in Wash¬
ington, and world-noted scientist,
known most generally by his daring
airship experiments of a few years
ago, (lied in Aiken, S. C., Tuesday,
the cause being paralysis of which he
suffered a second stroke.
Professor Langley went, to Aiken
February 6 in an effort to recuperate
from a paralytic stroke suffered in
Washington about two months ago.
WOULD BE HEARST VICTORY.
Covert Attack Being Made on Candi¬
dacy of Judge Griggs.
A Washington dispatch says: In cir¬
cles not favorable or friendly to Judge
Griggs of Georgia, an effort is being
made to create the impression that
his election to the chairmanship of
the congressional campaign commit-
tee would be a triumph of the Hearst
forces.
LIED FOR PATRICK
Texas Witness Boldly Admits
Being Perjurer.
SWORE TO A FALSEHOOD
Jordan Now Confesses That He Serv¬
ed Term In the Penitentiary—A
Brief History of Most Re¬
markable Murder Case.
Joseph Jordan, one of the Texas
witnesses who has given testimony
In the hearing at New York for a
new trial for Albert T. Patrick, con¬
victed murderer, has confessed that
he committed perjury on the witness
stand, according to an announcement
made by District Attorney Jeromo on
Tuesday. Tho announcement was
made to Recorder Goff when the hear¬
ing was resumed.
Jordan was arrested Monday night
on the perjury charge. Tho district
attorney told Recordor Goff that Jor¬
dan sent for him and voluntarily made
a confession In the presence of him¬
self and Assistant District Attorney
Garvan. The particular point on
which the perjury charge was made
was Jordan’s denial on the stand that
he had served a term of imprison¬
ment at Huntsville. Texas. In his
confession the district attorney said
Jordan admitted that he did serve
a term at Huntsville.
Ex-Judge Olcott, who appears In
Patrick's behalf, at tho hearing, said
that he regretted the circumstances.
Jordan was then called to tho stand
by the district attorney and repeated
his confession about his prison rec¬
ord. On cross-examination Jordan
said he lied when asked about Ills
prison record because ho was ashamed
to acknowledge the disgrace. He
has lived a right life for twenty-five
years, ho said. INo one could bring
anything else against him, ho added,
except arrests for drinking. That was
his worst misfortune. All the other
things ho had testified on the stand
he declared were true.
After giving his testimony Jop>
dan was taken back to the tombs.
Later Jordan was Indicted for per¬
jury. He was arraigned and after
pleading guilty was remanded for
After Jordan left the stand at the
Patrick hearing Thomas T. MoNer-
ney, another witness from Texas, was
called by Mr. Jerome. MicNerney said
that a year ago he heard Jones tell
Jordan that he got out of tho Patrick
case and was going to stay out of It.
Jones said on that occasion that Pat¬
rick had nothing to do with Rice’s
death, hut that he (Jones) was
hounded, harassed and bullyragged,
threatened with imprisonment and the
electric chair by the officers In New
York and had to put the blame on
Patrick to save hlmselt.
Following is a condensed resume of
Patrick’s fight for life on the charge
of murdering Millionaire Rice:
Arrested, October 4 , 1900.
Trial began, January 20, 1901.
Convicted, March 26, 1902.
Put in death house at Sing Bing,
April 7, 1902.
Appeal for new trial, February 10,
1903.
Petition for new trial denied by
trial court, March 3, 1903.
Argument on appeal to court of ap¬
peals postponed for second time. May
20, 1904.
Argument for re opening case, Feb¬
ruary 12, 1903.
Argument for new trial, March 15,
1905.
Court refuses to grant new trial;
affirms conviction, June 9, 1905.
Refuses stay of execution, June 14,
1905.
Execution set for August 7, June
16, 1905.
Motion for reargument and stay of
execution granted July 24, 1905.
Loses appeal before court of ap¬
peals, October 27, 1905.
Governor refuses reprieve, January,
1906.
Application for new trial now being
heard.
PRESIDENT HIGHLY ELATED.
Greatly Pleased at Turn Taken by the
Hepburn Rate Bill-
President Roosevelt is said to be
In excellent spirits over the favorable
report of the Hepburn railroad rate
bill by the senate committee on inter¬
state commerce.
"The president is delighted,” Is the
way Representative Hepburn, the
author of the measure puts It.
"The president Is greaiiy pleased,"
said Senator Dolllver, a member of
the senate committee, after his con¬
ference with President RooBevolt.
8NEEZED HERSELF TO DEATH.
Peculiar Malady Ends Fatally In the
Case of Young Girl.
Death came to Bessie Cole, daugh¬
ter of Stephen Cole of Bloominshurg,
Fayette county, Ohio, Tuesday after
a spell of sneezing which lasted ten
hours. A physician was summoned,
hut his efforts to check the sneezing
were of no avail. Tho breaking of a
blood vessel brought death.
< - X * NO. 17.
NATION TO MARK GRAVES
Foraker Bill to Care for Resting Place
of Confederate Dead In Northern
Cemeteries is Passed.
A Washington special snys: Tho
house at Thursday’s session passed
tho army appropriation bill, also.the
Foraker bill providing for the mark¬
ing of the graves of confederate dead
buried in the north.
Mr. Underwood of Alabama made a
plea for tho creation of a confederate
memorial commission of three mem¬
bers to Investigate and report the
proper steps to mark the graves of
the confederate dead and offered an
amendment to that end.
Mr. Hull stated that Ms committee
had reported the Foraker bill, which
practically accomplished the ends
sought. Mr. Underwood replied that
this applied only to confederate dead
in tho north. Mr. Williams of Mis¬
sissippi, urged Mr. Underwood to with¬
draw his rmendment ou the ground
that all that the confederate veterans
and tho women of the south wanted
was the provision of the Foraker bill;
that the confederate dead in tho south
should remain sacred to tho care of
tho south.
Mr. Grosveuor of Ohio commended
Mr. Williams’ statement and express¬
ed tlio hope that there would be no
opposition to tho Foraker bill, which
he regarded as forging another link
in welding (lie north and south.
Immediately Mr. Prince of Illinois
asked and secured unanimous consent
for immediate consideration of the
bill.
The biil provides for tho erection
of white marble headHtones over the
graves anil tho fencing of tho same.
A commission Is authorized to locate
the gravos. After a brlof discussion
the bill was passed amid general ap¬
plause.
EDITOR MACK PROGNOSTICATES.
Says Bryan Will Again Be Nominated
by Democrats.
Norman B. Mack of Buffalo, N. Y.,
a member of the democratic national
executive committee for many years,
who supported both Cleveland and
Parker, declares that William J. Bry¬
an is the only logical candidate for
president.
"Mr. Bryan has been consistent,”
he said, "and his maturity will make
him formidable, In view of the fact
that the republican party is more dis¬
organized than for many years. He
is sure to get tho nomination, and he
will have an excellent chance to ho
elected.”
PRESIDENT RECEIVES MEMORIAL.
Prelude to Invitation to Blue and Gray
Reunion In Atlanta.
A Washington dispatch says: Colo¬
nel Livingston received Thursday tho
engrossed memorial to President
Roosevelt relative to his receiving a
deputation to extend to him a formal
invitation to attend the Wheeler me¬
morial and blue and gray reunion at
Atlanta. Colonel Livingston and Sen-
ator Clay presonted tho document, to
tho president.
OPENED KNIFE WITH TEETH.
Boy’8 Broken Arm Did Not Prevent
Wielding Murderous Blade.
With his broken right arm in a sling
Hugh Beasley, the 14-year-old son of
a well known man in Birmingham,
Ala., opened a knife with his teeth
and fatally stabbed John Nelson, a
negro, aged 18.
Nelson and several other negroos
had been worrying the Beasley hoys
for several days on tholr way home
from school.
GEO. HASTY PLACED ON TRIAL.
Man Who Killed Two Actors Faces
Jury at Gaffney, S. C.
In a court room crowded to Buffo
cation the trial of George Hasty com¬
menced at. Gaffney, B. Thursday.
Hasty, It will he remembered, killed
two in tho "Nothing But Money” com¬
pany, Abbott Davison, the star, and
Milan Bennett, the musical director.
The two charges will bo tried sopa
ratoly, the case for the murder of Ben¬
nett being takenup first.
MASKED MEN WARN NEGROES.
Night Riders Visit Colored Districts
Shreveport.
At Shreveport, La., Friday, a band
of about fifty masked citizens, riding
horses, made the rounds In the negro
districts late at night, for the pur¬
pose of warning negroes that they
must recognize law an order.
A strong organization has been ef¬
fected, and it is declared (hat. all ne¬
groes found disorderly will be sum¬
marily dealt with. 'No trouble has so
far occurred.
McCALL LEFT “PUNY” ESTATE.
t
Probate of Will Shows Value to Be
“Over $20,000.”
The will tji the late John A. Mc¬
Call, who wan for many years pres
ident of the New York Life Insurance
company, was flRed for probate in New
York Friday. According to the peti¬
tion for the prrfbate. the estate is
valued at “over Ki0,000.” It is lert
entirely to his wlf<\. who is tho sole
executrix. \
JUDGE WAS DRUNK
Alabama Associate Justice
Admits His Guilt.
ANDPREACHERFELLDEAD
Ellis Aocused Anderson and Other Of¬
ficials of Being intoxicated at Fun¬
eral of Chief Justice—Sen¬
sation Is State-Wide. ii
The Rev. J- D. Ellis, editor of the
Alabama Christian Advocate, dropped
dead in Birmingham Thursday after-
noon from heart failure, It wa3 the
very day of his first signal victory nu
tho editor of the leading religious pa¬
per of tho state, due to the fact that
in Thursday’s Issue of The Advocate,
Associate Jui^lce John C. Anderson
of the supremo court has an open let¬
ter pleading guilty to the charge made
In The Advocate last week that he was
intoxicated at the funeral of the late
Chief Justice Thomas N. McClellan, in
Athens, Ala.
The deceased became editor of the
paper on December 1, last. Previous
to that he had been pastor of the
Methodist church at Anniston, Deciv
tur, East Lake and Avondale. He was
39 years old, and leaves a largo fam-
iiy.
Mr. Ellis last week editorially charg¬
ed Justice Anderson and three other
state officials with being intoxicated
at tho funeral, and the statement has
stirred Alabama ns few things have
In years. Papers in all parts of the
state have demanded the resignation •
of Justice Anderson and other offi¬
cials.
Following is a portion of the letter
written Mr. Ellis by Justice Ander¬
son, which appears in the Issue of
Tho Advocate of current date:
"Rev. J. D. Ellis of Birmingham,
Ala.—Dear Sir: My attention has just
been called to an editorial In tho last
issue of tho Alabama Christian Ad¬
vocate, lu which you, as editor, bring
charges of a very serious natuio
against certain officials of our beloved
state.
"So far as It refers to me, It pains
me to have to plead guilty In part. On
tho trip up to Athens, 1 was greatly
depressed over tho death of our la¬
mented chief Justice. I had contract¬
ed a severe cold, and, besides, my
system was considerably run-down by
a winter’s hard work, and I, unfor¬
tunately, took several drinks, which
were, as Is the case with any quantity,
too much for me. Upon my arrival
at. Athens, I went to a room In the
hotel. I did not go to the bouse
where tho body of the chief Justice lay
in state tho next day, as I felt too
bad, but I did go to the cemetery
when the body of the distinguished
dead was laid to rest. At the ceme¬
tery I saw many of your Birmingham
citizens, who, I do not think, will say
that I was Intoxicated there.
“My mortification has been as keen
•is man could foel over this unfortun¬
ate folly, and your article has but
added to my remorse and humiliation.
For twenty years, with but few ex¬
ceptions, I have led a life of almost
total abstinence, My young man-
hood was almost blighted by the whis¬
ky curse, but, by the help of God, I
havo been saved thus far from fall¬
ing Into the depths of ruin, though I
have tottered upon the brink a few
times.
”1 have been on tho bench eleven
yours, and havo never been under the
influence of liquor in the slightest
when discharging an official duty. Still,
I appreciate the fact that all men,
and especially public officials, should
set: a worthy example, whether on
duty or not, and I trust and promise
by the help of God to commit no
act. of folly In tho future that, can le-
flect upon me as a citizen or bring
in question the reputation of an hon¬
orable office bestowod upon me by the
good people of my native state.”
BILL’S SECOND SON WEDS.
Prince Friederioh and Dutchess Char¬
lotte Are Made One.
The Duchess Sophie Charlotte, of
Oldenburg, daughter of the reigning
Grand Duke of Oldenburg by his flr3t
rnarr i a g e w ith Princess Elizabeth of
Prussia, and Prince Eitel Friedrich,
the second son of the emperor and
empress of Germany, were married at
Borlin In the chapel of the palace by
the court chaplain, Dr. Dryander.
About 500 persons belonging to the
royal families of Germany or the
principal nobility, the cabinet minis¬
ters and a number of generals and ad¬
mirals witnessed the ceremony.
FATALITIES OF MOUNTAIN FEUD.
Old Trouble Breaks Out Afresh and
Three Men Will Die.
The Johnson-Motley feud In Can-
non countr Tennessee, broke out
afresh Saturday mf ht and as a result
the following arc fatally wounded :
Sam Blair, shot four times In the
stomach; Bob Motley, shot twice In
groin; Richard Johnson, throat cut.
The trouble between the Motleys
and the Johnsons, two large families
of the Pea Ridge neighborhood near
the Dekalb county line, originated ten
years ago over the operation of an
illicit distillery, when blood was shed,
and 1ms broken out frequently since.
