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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE
VOLUME V.
JEWS ARE HELPLESS
Russia Now Denies Them the
Right to Defend Homes.
TOLSTOI SCORES CZAR
Responsibility for Terrible Status of
Affairs is Made Known—Russian
Minister Plehwe Has Some¬
thing to Say.
U St. Petersburg special says: The
circular of Interior Minister Von
Plehwe, issued on May 17, ascri'bea
the massacre' of the Jews at Kishinef
largely to acts of self-defense on the
part of the Jews, and continued:
“The events at Kishinef have alarm
ed the Jewish portion of the popuia
tlon in many regions of the empire
and have occasioned rumors among
the Christians about intended Jewish
persecution. In some of the cities the
Jews began forming self-defense asso¬
ciations. After I reported to his maj¬
esty about the disorders, his majesty
commanded me to impress on the com¬
manders in the province and towns
that they are obligated and are held
personally responsible to take all the
necessary measures to prevent vio¬
lence and calm the populace in ordei
to remove the occasion of fears fo:
life and property in any portion.
“In informing your excellency of the
monarch's will I feel obliged to stale
for your guidance that no sort of as¬
sociations for self-defense can he tol¬
erated.”
The Jews are not inclined to depend
solely on the police, and have armed
themselves in spite of the circular
throughout the Jewish belt. Undoubt¬
edly thofr action prevented a repeti
ticn of the massacre at Kiev, Odessa.
Minck and elsewhere. The Minsk
Jews are so alarmed that the slight¬
est outbreak causes a general closing
and barricading of their shops.
Tcistoi Indicts Government.
Answering a private letter asking
his opinion of the Kishinef massacre.
Count Toilstoi writes:
“My relations to the Jews and the
terrible Kishinef affair must be clear
to everybody interested in my behalf.
My relations to the Jews can only be
as that to brothers whom I love, not
because they are Jews, hut because
they and everybody are the sons ol
one Father—God. That love does me
no violence, because E have met and
known Jews who are very good peo¬
ple. My relation to the Kishinef crime
Is also defined in my religious beliefs.
Before knowing all the frightful de
tails I understood the horror and felt
Intense pity for the innocent victims
of mob savagery, mingled with per¬
plexity at the bestiality of the so-call¬
ed Christians and aversion and dis¬
gust for the so-called educated people
who instigated the mob and sympa¬
thized with its deeds. Above all I was
horrified at the real culprit, namely,
the government, with foolish fanati¬
cal priesthood and gang of robber offi¬
cials. The Kishinef crime was a con¬
sequence of preaching lies and vio¬
lence which the government carries
on with such stubborn energy, The
government’s relation to the affair is
new proof of crushing movements re¬
garded as dangerous and is proof ot
its complete equanimity which is like
that of the Turkish government to
ward the Armenian massacres anu
most horrible atrocities, if only its in
forests remain untouc'hed.”
IMMICRANT RECORD BROKEN.
Nearly Three Thousand Foreigners
Landed in New York Thursday.
The Ilnmburg-American liner Penn¬
sylvania. which arrived at New York
Thursday from Hamburg, brought 233
cabin and 2.733 steerage passengers.
This is tl.e largest number of steer¬
age passengers ever brought over by
a single ship.
Sleeping sleuth Robbed.
Detective F. G. Kerlin, of Philade4
pliia, was robbed Thursday night while
asleep at his room in a Detroit hotel
of mcne.- and valuables aggregating
$660.
i
Montreal People are Vtalking.
The employees of tho Montreal,
Canada, street railway went on strike
again at an early hour Saturday and
the road is completely tied up. When
a ballot was taken on the question,
only about half a dozen of some 1,500
voted against strike-
Soldiers Sent to Frankfort.
Governor Beckham ordered that two
companies of state troops leave Lex¬
ington, Ky., for Jackson to preserve
order during the special term of court,
there, to look into the Marcum assas¬
sination.
LITTLE CHARLIE WON SUIT.
Boy Claiming to Be Son of Broadway
inttesuftrf m the suit of Sl^Broadway CharleL®!!S W ^oadwav Bourns
who Rouss was estate suing for th ® $100 partesi 000 for Broadway mainte-
nance and support, returned a v r
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„ Broadway Rouss.
MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD
Confederate Veterans, at Reunion,
Eulogize Comrades Who Have
Passed to the Great Beyond.
Wednesday’s session of the confed¬
erate reunion at New Orleans closed
with a prayer. The first words of the
petition for Divine guidance and
blessing were spoken by the chaplain
while the echoes of “taps,” the most
sad and yet the most beautiful of all
bugle calls, were yet quivering in the
air. For this was the day, a portion
of which had been set apart for ser¬
vices in honor of me hero dead of tho
Confederate cause, for the glorifica¬
tion of their deeds, for the hallowTng
of their memories, for the sanctifica¬
tion of the cause for which they lived
and died. The tribute was most am¬
ply rendered.
The memorial services were opened
promptly at 12 o'clock by General Gor¬
don, who said:
“And now, my comrades, the ap¬
pointed time has come for the ser
vices in honor of our immortal '’sad—
and for the opening of these exercises
I believe, we should give thanks to
Almighty God for the lives they lived
and ask His benediction for them and
us for the time to come. I am going
to ask General Young, of Kentucky,
to lead us in prayer.”
General Y r oung delivered an elo¬
quent invocation and was followed by
General J. A. Charlaron, who read a
eulogy on the late adjutant general of
the United Confederate Veterans,
George Moorman, of New Orleans.
General Cabell followed in a brief ad¬
dress, in which he paid a warm trib¬
ute to the late adjutant, general.
General Gordon then introduced
Rev. J. J. Finley, of Fisherville, Va„
who delivered the annual memorial
sermon. It was a strong address, fer¬
vid in its patriotism, replete with lov¬
ing words for the dead and bright
with promises of hope for the south
that is and the south that is yet to tie.
He moved his hearers to frequent ap¬
plause and several times hrough'
many of them to tears. “The vacant
chair” was played sofuy by. the band
and then “laps" was blown. A short
prayer by Chaplain General .Tones
brought the memorial exercises to a
lose and an adjournment was then
taken until Thursday morning at 9
o’clock.
Prior to the memorial exercises the
financial report of Adjutant General
Mickle was presented and approved.
THREE LYNCHED !N FLORIDA.
White Man and Two Negroes Die for
Alleged Murder of Barney Brown.
Amos Randal], white, Dan Kennedy
and Henry Golden, colored,were lynch¬
ed at Mulberry. Poik county, Fla.,
early Wednesday morning for the mur¬
der of Barney Brown, a prominent cit¬
izen of the county.
Randall was charged with being the
operator of a “blind tiger,” and
Brown was a prominent advocate for
prohibition in the campaign which
ended Tuesday.
Monday night Brown, while en
route home, was shot from ambush.
Afterwards his throat was cut.
The people of Mulberry became en¬
raged and secured evidence which led
them to believe that Randall had em¬
ployed the negroes to kill Brown.
The three men were taken into cus¬
tody and one of the negroes confess¬
ed that Randall hired them to commit
the crime.
The trio were taken out about 2
o’clock Wednesday morning and
lynched. Their bodies were riddled
with bullets.
The work was done by a mob of
about fifty unmasked men. Many of
the most prominent men in the coun¬
ty took part in the lynching.
ROOSEVELT COMING HOME.
He Enters on the Last Stages of His
Long Western Trip.
A special from Ashland, Oregon,
says: President Roosevelt completed
his tour of California Wednesday and
entered on the last stages of his long
trip, which is to end at Washington,
June 5. His journey W'as through the
mountainous region around Mount
Shasta, where the towns are few ana’
far between, consequently ar was not
cailed on to do much speaking.
PULLMAN COMPANY LIBERAL.
Makes Most Satisfactory Franchise
Return to Georgia Comptroller.
The new franchise tax law of Geor¬
gia scored a most substantial victory
Thursday when the return of the P iL
man Palace Car Company was receiv
ed by Comptroller General Wright anu
promptly accepted.
The Pullman company, by its legal
authorities, acknowledges the justice
of the Georgia law, complies full/
with its spirit, and makes what is
considered by the comptroller general
a most equitable franchise return.
COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT OUT.
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p oree d to Rccign Office on Account
U 18 rep ° rte< ! iH
ident M ™ uin ’ 01 Colo “ oia ’ ha9
been compelled to resign office on ac-
cmint of political troubles, and that
General Raphael Reyes, second vice
president of Colombia, will assume
the presidency. Friends of the ca-
nal are anxiously awaiting confirma-
y on ^ ^ (g re p Cr t.
CARNESVILLE. GA.. FRIDAY. MAY 29. 1903.
MRS. CARSON FREE
Macon Woman Who Slew
Rigsby Acquitted by Jury.
HER STORY OF KILLING
She Tells How and Why She Used
Pistol—Great Demonstration in
Court Room When Verdict
Was Announced.
In the trial of Mrs. Carson, in Ma¬
con, Ga., for the murder of the student,
Rigsby, the jury returned a verdict
of “Not Guilty.” Instantly a dozen
strong men were leaning over the
chair in which Mrs. Carson was sit¬
ting, each extending a hand and all c-x
pressing congratulations, while she sat
mute with joy and with tears stream
ing from her eyes. From all sectious
of the room men stepped forward tc
have a word with the woman who had
gone through such «. trying ordeal, and
for a second it looked as though a
stampede in that direction was sure,
but Judge Felton’s gavel quickly
brought the crowd to order and within
a. half minute Mrs. Carson and her hus¬
band, accompanied by her father and
Judge Ross, were leaving the court
room.
For half an hour Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Carson, charged with murdering
J. C. Rigsby in Attorney Bayne's of¬
fice in Macon, Ga., last January, heid
the undivided and almost breathless
attention of a packed court room.
Men, young and old, strained every
faculty to hear her every word, watch
her every jesture, and tc miss noth¬
ing of the look of mental agony
shown in the defen iant's face. From
a note book Mrs. Carson gave her ver¬
sion of the killing and of the conver¬
sation leading up to it and to this
she made frequent reference, though
at no time was her delivery in the
slightest halting or her manner the
least confused.
The defendant referred to tho dam¬
aging remarks male by Rigsby about
her and told how this information
came to her. She told how she had
attempted to secure a retraction from
him and related the conferences held
in Lawyer Bayne's office at which
others were present, telling minutely
what had occurred.
She told of the meetings Saturday
morning and Saturday afternoon, inJ
when she described the scene in which
Rigsby declined to right the wrong
he had done her there was a deep s.
lonce throughout the court room. Of
tiie purchase of the pistol Monday
morning just before the killing she
told, saying that she made the pur¬
chase because she frequently drove to
her farm and had always carried a
pistol with her.
Immediately after buying the pistol
she went to Mr. Bayne's office, whero
the trouble was discussed with him.
as her attorney. The appearance of
Rigsby in the office after Mr. Bayne
had been to see him was described,
as was the withdrawal of the attorney
and his stenograph : •, leaving her and
Rigsby alone in the office.
“It was then,” s.i.d Mrs. Carson,
“that Rigsby started to lock the door.
I did not like tha., and advancing
from the rear of th? office, where I
had been sitting, I asked him not to
lock the door. To my request he paid
no attention. Thun lie went to the
desk and spoke of drawing an agree¬
ment. or a paper Cor me to sign, say¬
ing that one of us would have to bear
the shame of this trouble, and that it
could not be him.”
Here Mrs. Carson grew absorbingly
interesting.
“When Rigsby cloied the door,” she
said, “he had one hand behind him.
When he demanded Hat I sign the pa¬
per and I refused, he shoved me back
against the window'. The second time
he pas hed me. The pistol was still in
t he window, where I had put it when i
first entered the room and I grabbed
it and went to shooting.”
Mrs. Carson recited the opening of
the door and her remark to Lawyer
Bayne, who was in the hallway. She
told of her inquiry as to the location
of Hie sheriff’s office, and of her sur-
render to that official.
FARM THAT SIMS STOLE
gold at Auction and Brings Insigni¬
ficant Sum of $5.41 an Acre.
“Richland farm,’ in Greene county,
(la., the magniflee.it plantation once
owned by G. H. Sims, the defaulting
collection clerk of Hie Capital City
national bank, of Atlanta, was sold
at auction Friday.
The entire farm, consisting of 1,936
acres, brought only $5.41 an acre, or
a total of $,10,500.
The the sale bank authorized included, by in the adouion directors to
ot
the land, the horses and mules for¬
merly used on 'be farm. These
brought, an aggregate of $2,100.
CLEVELAND GETS INVITATION.
_
Ex-President is Wanted by Hebrews
^rme^Pre^dTn' Cleveland
visited at Princeton. Friday by a par-
t y from Philadelphia, which presented
him with an invitation to speak at the
Jewish mass meeting to be held In
Philadelphia at an early date for the
purpose of discussing the present Jew
ish troubles in Russ-’a. Mr. Cievelanc
took the invitation under advisement
DEATH-DEALING AUTOS.
Great Race in France Is Called Off
After Many Frightful and Fatal
Accidents Result.
A dispatch from Paris states that,
in view of the number of accidents,
some fatal, In the first, stage of the
Paris Madrid automobile race, from
Versailles to Bordeaux, Premier
Combes has forbidden the continuance
of the contest on French territory.
The second stnge of tho race, which
was to have been continued Tuesday,
included a run over French territory
from Bordeaux to the Spanish fron¬
tier. Premier Combes’ action proba¬
bly will lead to the race being aban¬
doned.
It is reported that the Spanish gov¬
ernment has also forbidden the contin¬
uance of the race on Spanish terri¬
tory.
The first stage of the race, from
Versailes to Bordeaux, 343 miles, fin¬
ished at noon Sunday, when Louis Re¬
nault dashed at a furious pace into
Bordeaux, having made a record run
of eight hours and twenty-seven min¬
utes for the distance named. An hour
later M. Gabriel arrived with a still
better record of eight hours and sev¬
en minutes. It is estimated from the
time made that, these automobiles
covered 62 miles an hour on the road
outside the cities. In some instances
eighty-nine piiles vcie recorded.
Dispatches arriving from points
along the course added to the list of
fatalities and accidents. The most
terrible occurred near Bonneval, nine¬
teen miles from Chartres, where a
machine was overturned at a railroad
crossing and took fire. The chauffeur
was caught underneath the automo¬
bile and burned to death, while two
soldiers and a child were killed.
A woman crossing the road in the
neighborhood of Ab’’s was run over
by one of the competing cars and
killed.
Tho illumination fixed for Sunday-
night In Bordeaux m honor of the au¬
tomobile race, was countermanded as
a sign of mourning for the persons
killed during the contest.
Most of the London papers of Mon¬
day morning comment with satisfac¬
tion on the stoppage of the Paris-Mad-
rid automobile races. They dilate on
the dangers of racing, hut offer no
suggestions as to the prohibition or
regulation of such racing in general.
CUBANS SIGN TREATY,
After Months of Delay, Compact With
United States Favorably Acted
Upon by Island Congress.
A special from Havanna says: The
permanent treaty between the United
States and Cube, in which are all the
provisions of the Platt amendment was
signed Friday afternoon.
The act of signing the treaty oc¬
curred at half-past four o'clock in
the office of the secretary of state.
Tho signers were Secretary of State
Zaldo and United States Minister
Squiers, who were constituted special
plenipotentiaries for that purpose.
The permanent treaty contains no
provision for its abrogation and no ex¬
traneous conditions of any kind. If
seemly incorporated the entire Platt
amendment into the form of a treaty.
The length of time consumed by the
negotiations was principally duo to the
fact that the Cuban government de¬
sired to include in the treaty various
extraneous conditions, especially one
to the effect that there should he no in¬
tervention in Cuban affairs by the
United States except through the in¬
itiative of the president of Cuba. Al!
these conditions were rejected.
The Associated Press correspondent
saw a number of senators with refer¬
ence to the prospects of the ratifica¬
tion of both the permanent and naval
stations treaties duiing this session
of congress, but they were not inclined
to be communicative. It remains evi¬
dent that there is an inclination to al¬
low the treaties to go over this ses¬
sion. It is believed that an
message from President Palma which
will accompany tho sending of this
treaty to the senate will have a strong
influence in the direction of ratifica¬
tion.
It is now expected that an agree¬
ment covering the details of the Uni¬
ted States naval stations will be reach-
ed by President Palma and United
States Minister Squiers within three
weeks.
MADE GREAT HAUL.
Former Cashier of Westport Bank
Grabbed All in Sight.
It was learned in Westport, Conn..
Friday night, fro mi source that is
absolutely reliable that the amount
cf defalcation of Oliver Sherwood, the
former cashier of the Westport Na-
tional hank, will be very close to $200.-
000. in addition to the money taken
from the hank by Sherwood, it is be-
lieved, has disposed of notes issued
the town of Fairfield. These notes.
amounting to $62,000, already had
been redeemed and the present hold
ers will be the losers.
CASTLE AND TRACEWELL REPLY.
Postmaster General Payne Gives Out
More Scandal News.
raa 7e'3^1^ Tnswe^'oT Henr^A.
Cast] the audltor C f the treasury for
(he stofflce department, and Comp-
tr0 „ er Tracewe ji, of tho treasury, ro
ardjn the T ulloeh charges of irregn
larltie3 in the postal administration,
Th@ answers specifically deny allega-
tl0 ns ofi wrongful procedure.
CUBANS CELEBRATE
Salvos and Fireworks Com¬
memorate Freedom,
DAY OF GREAT REJOICING
Cablegrams of Well Wishes and Feli¬
citation are Exchanged Between
President Palma and Secre¬
tary Root.
A dispatch from Havana says:
The celebration of Cuba's independ-
ence, the first anniversary of the es¬
tablishment of the Cuban republic,
began at midnight Tuesday night with
the illuminating of the fronts of the
principal clubs, the sending up ot
rockets and the screeching^ of steam
whistles. The weather Wednesday
was ideally clear even for Cuba.
Justness was completely suspend¬
ed and the streets were thronged with
people.
President Palma, accompanied by
the cabinet officers and city and pro¬
vincial officials, drove to the punta,
where he reviewed the members of
the police and fire departments, and
then accompanied by Secretary of
State ZaMo he was driven up the
Prado to the palace, continually ac¬
knowledging the salutations of the
crowds which lined that thoroughfare.
At noon the guns of Cabanas for¬
tress announced that exactly a year
had elapsed since the birth of tho Cu¬
ban republic, and immediately there¬
after the rural guards and artillery
paraded on the plaza in front of the
palace and were reviewed by tho
president.
Root Cables to Palma.
Secretary Root, at Washington, sent
President Palma, of Cuba, the follow-
ing telegram of congratulation:
“Accept hearty congratulations
upon the first anniversary of the es¬
tablishment of the independent gov¬
ernment of Cuba, and upon the
strength and wisdom with which you
have conducted your great office. The
year of successful administration and
respect for law has confounded the
enemies of Cuba and strengthened the
courage and hope of her friends. You
have my sincere and earnest wishes
for continued prosperity.”
Secretary Root received the follow¬
ing reply from President Palma:
“The government and people of the
United States are entitled to the ever¬
lasting gratitude of the people of
Cuba who amidst, the happiness they
enjoy today do not forget how much
they are obliged to the American peo¬
ple for the share they took in helping
to gain independence and freedom,
and send them, through me, their sh¬
eerest wishes for the uninterrupted
prosperity of the groat republic and
the personal welfare of President
Roosevelt and the members of his
cabinet. At the same time, I send you
and family the warmest testimony of
ray sincere friendship.”
FOUND $10,000 BILL.
Bootblack Returned it to Owner, How-
ever, and Got Only $10 Reward.
At Philadelphia, Tuesday Carmine
Cammorata, a hoot black, found a $10.-
000 bill on the sidewalk at Twelfth and
Market streets. He returned It to the
loser and received $10 as a reward.
A few minutes later Policeman Vol-
ner picked up at the same corner a
pocket book containing $850. He also
restored it to the owner and his reeoin-
pense was “Thank you!”
As no one saw Cammorata find the
$10,000 bill, he might have kept it. A
moment or two after he had picked It
up a young man, shaking from nervous
fright, hurried up to the bootblack's
stand and ^ked if the note had been
found. When It was given to him he
gasped and fainted dead away.
Costly Blaze in Chicago.
Fire that for a time Wednesday
night threatened the wholesale cloth¬
ing district at Jackson and Franklin
streets, Chicago, did $500,000 damage
before it was gotten under control.
POST TRIAL POSTPONED.
Supreme Court Has Not Yet Passed
Upon Habeas Corpus Writ.
A Jacksonville, Fie., dispatch says:
The much-litigated case of the United
States vs. Helen WJImans Post, the
famous “Absent treatment cure-alls,”
set for Monday, has been postponed on
account, of the Uni.ed Stales supreme
< ' on, ’ t not yet arUn « t,n an l,ppeaI
Jlrs - f attorneys on a
writ of habeas corpus,
United States Attorney Stripling
claims their appeal to the United
States supreme court is basd on fais-
hoods. The case was made famous
on account, of mental science people
JEWESS PLEASES SHAW.
Secretary of Treasury Offers Woman
Partnership In Law Firm.
Miss Sadie Ameiican, who gained
prominence in Chicago through her ac
tire work in organizing the first in-
ternattonal Congress of Jewish Wo-
men, which was one of the features of
the world’s fair, lias been offered part-
nership in (he law firm which Secre-
tary Shaw intends to form when he
leaves the cabinet.
Cream of
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day-
—The B:ue and Gray Association o(
Fitzgerald, composed of union and con¬
federate veterans, is arranging for a
big Fourth of July celebration, to
which prominent men will he invited.
—Six people were billed by the ex¬
plosion of a boiler in a saw mill at
Maringain Station, ! a.
—Coal companies of the Lehigh re¬
gion have commenced the enforcement
of the new age ltrc.lt regulating the
employment of boys.
—On Saturday Light hundreds of
pedsons at Enid, Okla., were rendered
homeless by a cloudburst, which caus¬
ed the- water to rush down the hot-
toms, sweeping away a hundred
houses.
—A man sitting ;n an open car on
Brooklyn bridge suddenly alighted
from the car in the middle of a span
and running to the side of the bridge
jumped into East River, His 1)0,ly
was carried away by the current.
—Two persons killed, two fatally
hurt and others injured in motor acci¬
dent in England.
—Paul Blouet (Mam O’Rell), died
Sunday night at Paris. He had been
ailing several months and had never
entirely recovered from the effects of
an operation performed some lime
ago in New Y T ork.
—So many fatalities were caused by
the automobile races in France that
Premier Combes has forbidden the con¬
tinuance of the races. About ten lives
were lost and many persons injured in
Sunday’s race.
—The murder trial of Mrs. Effle U
Carson for the murder of young Rigs¬
by began in Macon, Ga., Friday and
ended Saturday in a verdict of acquit
tai.
—Mrs. Lizzie McCormick will be
tried in Memphis. The Ohio warrant
was dismissed by Governor Frazier.
—President Rooseve , vilno . spt.m ,.
at the laying of .ha corner stone of
Mississippi s new cap. o .
—The Confederate Veterans reuiv
ion at New Orleans closed Friday with
the greatest parade ever known to he
veterans.
—Suit has been entered at Orange-
burg, S. C., to break the lease under
which the Southern operates the old
South Carolina and Georgia.
—Senator Hanna will oppose the in-
dorsement of the candidacy of Rouse-
velt at the Ohio republican convcn-
tion
—Postmaster General Payne has ac-
cepted the resignation of the negro
Allgood, wilf the Tennessee carrier. Payne
not abolish the route.
letters being icoeiw ,
Abusive are ■
by Count Cassini, the Russian am >as-
sador, at Washington, because o h is
statement regarding the Jews.
—Governor Beckham, of Kentucky,
has sent troops to Jackson to guard
the court while the grand jury is in-
vestigating the Maraim assassination.
_The riots in Agram, Hungary, con-
tinue. It is said that thirty-eight >-oh-
els were hanged and forty shot in one
day.
—Interviewed in London, Mr. Me-
Cormick, American ambassador to
Russia states that the czar has given
assurances (hat Manchurian ports will
not be closed to the United States.
—Barney Brown, aged 50, was shot
from ambush and killed near Bartow,
I’' a -, Monday night,
—Henry E. Fries, who attempted to
float the southern cotton mill merger,
now states that the merger is off.
—Mrs. Lizzie McCormick will be
tried in Tennessee acording to orders
issued by Governor Frazier.
—Broker Brown, of New Orleans,
made about $40 a second during the
advance in cotton at New York Mon-
day.
—Tho United States Is determined
not to allow Russia to close Manchuria
to the commerce of the world.
—Deep interest is felt in Washing-
ton in the LaGrange, Ga., rate decision,
as it marks a difference between the
courts and the interstate commerce
commission.
—The United States court of ap¬
peals holds that the Pennsylvania rail¬
road has the right to remove from its
right of way the poles of the Western
Union Telegraph Company.
—Lieutenant Walker and two pri
vates have been killed in the Philip-
pines by fanatics.
—The fine piggery' at. Vanderbilt’s
Biltmore estate was burned Monday,
but the blooded pigs were saved.
’ of
—Jefferson B. Browne, president
the Florida railroad commission, talks
of lobbying charge.
—Clay Knobloc, a former lieutenant
governor of Louisiana, was shot down
in the streets at Thibadeaux, bis home,
Monday morning.
—The United States supreme court
has decided that the Southern railway
has no citizenship in.North Carolina.
—Russia has received no protest
from to the the Jewish United massacre, States nor in is visard \^e >
to. Secretary Hay does not see how
he can interfere.
—Citizens of New Orleans have sen/
$1,000 to Miss Hadley, the Indianapolis
chambermaid who refused to make up
a bed which Booker Washington had
slept in.
NUMBER 28
DEADLY TORNADOES
Cut a Frightfully Fatal Swath
Through Western States,
OKLAHOMA-A SUFFERER
Towns Almost Wiped Off the Map and
Damage Through Country Dis¬
tricts Will Reach Enor¬
mous Figure.
A Kansas City special says: In the
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storm that struck .en miles southeast
of Dodge City, a herder, name un¬
known, was killed and Mrs. Tlbb
Shane was fatally injured, Many
small buildings were wrecked and
scores of caltlo killed, Tho report
that Mulvane, Knus, had been swept
away by a tornado proves to have been
exaggerated. More or less damage
was caused at that place but. as far as
can ho learned there was no serious
loss and no casualties are reported.
In the northwestern corner of Dick¬
inson county eight dwellings were
blown down and several injured, but
ail will lecover, the track of the storm
in his county was a quarter of a mile
wide and twenty miles in length, and
it is estimated that $30,000 damages
was done to crops.
Hundreds Homeless.
Hundreds of persons were rendered
homeless and properly damages to tho
extent of $300,000 was done in tho
Enid, Oklahoma, bottoms alone by a
cloudburst that struck west of the city
at midnight Saturday night. The ag¬
gregate damage probably will be much
higher on account cf losses sustained,
between Enid and the seat of tho
storm.
A bank of water three feet high and
200 feet wide, swept, down through tha
bottoms at midnight, carrying house*
and everything before it. it came
upon Enid without, warning, wh.Ie
most of its Inhabitants were asleep.
Within a few minifies a hundred
house3 w-ore completely submerged,
]ost everytWng they
possessed. The means for relieving
distress are inadequate,
The r(lin f a j| f or ( Pn days was the
heaviest in t i 10 history of Oklahoma
and indications are that more will Zol-
low. Reports of losses in the country
west. of Enid are meager, hut it is be-
Heved that heavy damage was done.
Additional advices state that abojt
7:SO o’clock Saturday night the tor-
nado struck Carden. Oklahoma, and de- t
stroyed about one-'hird of the town.
including tho principal business
™d poslofflcc. P. F. Brown, of
Wichita represent!ig a machinery
™mpany, was killed instantly by flv-
tmbers h.s brains being found 3.
fce>, from the body. Mrs. Wismiller
wag ally injured. Among the buiid-
. s destroyed were the Merrill furM :
^ |jre s(orei tCarmen drug store, t .e
Halstead meat market, The Headlight
pr i n tjng office and Wismiller’s hard-
ware store. Tho Methodist church
was Be( . on top 0 f t j, e pa rsonage, whero
j t rcma | ng and can se en for miles.
The tornado also struck Fogs, a
town of 200 inhabitants on the Choc-
taw, Oklahoma and Gulf railway in
western Oklahoma, early Sunday
morning, destroying thirteen rest-
dences and wrecking many -outhouses.
Three persons were killed and a nuin-
Imr injured, one R. I’. Hall seriously.
The dead are F. M. Siagel, his wife
and daughter.
Storm Sweeps Illinois.
A tornado swept error/ central Illi¬
nois Sunday, causing much damage, al-
fhoujgh no Jives wore lost. The storm
wali aC e orr ipaniecl by torrents of rain
and by lightning. Two grain elevators
were blown over at Oarlock and manv
barns and structures were destroyed.
Thousands of shade tice3 were uproot¬
ed and electric wires were blown
down.
Great Blow in Nebraska.
A tornado struck near Randolph,
Nebr., late Saturday uight and caused
heavy loss.
The home of William Fredericks
was demolished. Fredericks and his
w jf e were carried some distance, but
j lad a miraculous escape from death,
jf any barns were blown down arid
] lorses an ,i other stock injured. Tho
home of H. Helms is in ruins.
POISONED BY PTOMAINES. '
Stomach Pump Saves Eighteen Board¬
ing House Guests in Pcrto Rico.
Eighteen people living at a boarding
house in San Juan, Porto Rico, were
poisoned Thursday by miik containing
ptomaines.
Eleven doctors responded to the
alarm and the use of stomach pumps
saved the lives of ail the sufferers.
The Americans affected were Messrs
Kellogg, Sisson, Gordon, Schultz and
Hallen and Mr. and Mrs. Chadwick.
Tho incident has caused alarm
throughout San Juan.
TRUSTED CASHIER LEVANTS.
With Him Went About $80,000 cf
Bank’s Ducats.
^ warrant was issued at Southport,
Cocn Saturday night for the arrest
of 0Uver T sherwood> cashier of thB
Southport national bank, and son ot
g q Sherwood, president of the bank,
wbo disappeared several days ago
gfi er wood is charged with the defak" 1 -
tlon of between $50,000 and $80,000
of the bank’s funds.