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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE
V OLUME V.
LAST OF POPE LEO
Remains of Pontiff are Laid
to Rest in St. Peters.
WORLD BIDS FAREWELL
Last Funeral Rites Took Place Sat¬
urday Night With Imposing Cere¬
monies—Body inclosed and
Sealed in Sarcophagus.
On the stroke of midday, as the Sat¬
urday noon gun from the castle of St.
Angelo was fired, in Rome, lying in
stato of the body of Pope Leo XIII
came quietly to an end and those few
who still lingered at the gates of the
chapel of St. Peter's, were ordered lO
leave, and some two or three hundred
persons, including Cardinal Gosseas,
who arrived at Mechlin just in time,
passed slowly out of St. Pctc£f into
the sunlit piazza, and the world’s last
farewell to the pontiff was over.
Ten minutes later Italian infantry
and gendarmes poured out of the Bas¬
ilica and lined up on the steps in im¬
posing array. Tr.e outer gates were
then closed and the body of the late
pope was left to the tender care of
those who had watched oy Leo XIII
in his lifetime.
The preparations for Saturday even¬
ing's interment vert immediately
commenced. While the bells -of the
Basilica rang out their daily melo¬
dious noon chorus, the troops formed
in column and were marched to the
barracks. Their historic incurs! an
into Vatican territory ended without
the slightest friction.
It is estimated toat 80,000 people
passed tho catafalque since Thursday
morning. The last funeral mass in
St. Peter’3 was celebrated Saturday
morning in the ciltipel choir by Mgr.
Panicy, canon of the Vatican Basilica.
At the same time funeral masse:;
were celebrated in most of the
churches of Rome.
The most imposing ceremony of the
day was tho reception by the sacred
college in the hall of the consistory
of the whole diplomatic body accred¬
ited- to the Vatican. All the diplomats
wore gorgeous uniforms and the car¬
dinals had on their magnificent violet
robes and were seated in huge arm
chairs, according to the right of pre¬
cedence. The Portuguese ambassa¬
dor, M. Martins d’Antas, dean of the
diplomatic corps, was at the head of
the body. He advanced and delivered
an address in French, expressing the
sorrow of ail the powers at the death
of Pope Leo, who had acquired the
universal esteem of the world.
Saturday night the mortal remaii.%
of the pope were consigned to the
sarcophagus witn the most solemn
ceremonies.
Several thousand of the faithful
crowded S. Peter Sunday to pay trib¬
ute before the Sarcophagus.
At the sixth meeting of the congre¬
gation of cardinals, held Sunday, for¬
ty-five cardinals were present. Car¬
dinal Dellavolpe, voicing also the
opinion of his colleagues, criticised
the ceremonies in connection with the
interment of Leo XIII Saturday night
because the cardinals did not partici¬
pate in the entire procession and com¬
plained generally of the lack of or¬
der. Cardinal Oreglia replied that he
had already noticed this and that he
would punish those who were respon¬
sible.
The will of the late pope was read
after the meeting of the congregation
of cardinals. Only that portion which
deals with the material matter of the
personal papal estate was made pub¬
lic. The religious testament was not
disclosed.
FOUR KILLED IN COLLISION.
Trains on Chicago Great Western
Crash With Frightful Results.
'A special from St. Paul, Minn.,
says: Two trains met in a head-on
collision on the Chicago Great West¬
ern railroad early Sunday and four,
men were killed and about twenty
five or thirty passengers were injured.
The two trains were the Twin City
limited and a fast freight, and the
collision was due to the latter’s crow
misreading orders.
AS RESULT OF STOCK PANIC
Two Large Brokerage Firms in New
York Go to the Wall.
The long continued decline in prices
for securities on the New York stock
exchange resulted Friday afternoon in
the anouncement of the failure of two
important stock exchange brokerage
firms.
The first announcement was of the
suspension of W. T. Stow, followed
in a few moments by the news, sen¬
sational to the entire financial world,
that Talbot J. Taylor & Co., the se¬
nior member of which is a son-in-law
of James R. Keene, had failed.
TEACHERS FORBIDDEN MARRY.
Kansas School Boards Against Presi¬
dent’s Anti-Race Suicide Policy.
A special from Topeka says: The
members of the public school boards
of Kansas evidently do not indorse
President Roosevelt’s anti-race sui¬
cide policy, for a ukase has just been
issued prohibiting teachers in the
schools from indulging in the very
pleasant pastime of courting or the
more serious one of marrying.
CRUSH IN ST. PETERS.
Horrible Impression Made on the
Thousands Viewing Remains of
Pope—Pontiff’s Will Opened.
From sunrise until sunset Thurs¬
day thousands passed before the body
of Leo XIII lying in state in the basil¬
ica of St. Peters in Rome.
The impressive ceremonies of Wed¬
nesday wene viewed by only a favored
few of the ,nobility, aristocrats and
tho highest clergy, but Thursday the
doors were opened to the entire pub¬
lic. Many remained on tho piaza all
through the hot night to gain early
admission to view the pontiff’s re¬
mains.
Elaborate preparations had been
made to guard against accident from
the crush. The streets were cleared
of vehicles, leaving them free for foot
pd-ssengers, while six ambulance Sta¬
tons -had been erected, ncludng one
at the entrance to the piaza and an
other beside the door of St. Peters.
The prevailing impression of those
who passed before the iron gates of
the ChapeJ of -the Sacrament to view
the remains was one of intense pity,
combined with a certain sense of hor¬
ror. The body was tilted up on the
catafalque in order that all might see
the terribly shrunken face. An or¬
dinary skull in a frame of gold, lying
in a mass of red roses, could scarcely
have been more typical of death.
Except at sunrise, when the crush
threatened a panic, all those who
wished it had an opportunity of enter¬
ing St. Peters. During the day many
of those who passed in stopped be¬
fore the catafatque to say a hurried
prayer. Hundreds of the women ami
even some of the men carried chil¬
dren in their arms.
An important political factor was
introduced into tho ceremony by the
entrance into St. Peters of Italian sol
diers, who remained there throughout,
the day to preserve order.
The will of the dead pope was open
at Thursday's meeting of the congre¬
gation of cardinals. It consists of
thirty-six pages, in the handwriting of
Leo XIII, and leaves ail the property
of which he died possessed to his
successor for the use of the church.
To each member of his family he
leaves a present to be chosen from
the valuable objects in his apartment.
Similar presents are bequeathed to his
physicians. The total amount of the
property which he left is not yet
known.
DARING BURGLARS CAPTURED.
Atlanta Druggist Shoots Midnight Ma¬
rauders Through Door Panel.
Two daring white burglars, each
bearing a bullet, were lodged in the
Tower in Atlanta, Ga., early Thurs¬
day morning, and the final act to one
of the most daring burglaries ever
known in the city was enacted. The
men arrested were Cleveland Wood,
aged 18, of Edgefield, S. C., and
Charles Smith, aged 28, from Boston.
Both of the men were shot at 3
o’clock a. m., by Dr. C. M. Green, of
808 Marietta street. The shots were
fired through a thick wooden door.
Wood was shot in the thigh and Smith
in the hand. They effected their es¬
cape at that time, however, but were
captured a short time later by officers.
This was the second burglary m
which they had participated during
the night. Both of the men are des¬
perate characters, and were armed
and ready for trouble.
When Wood was shot down, Smith,
who could have left him and escape,
stood by his wounded pal and took
capture rather than desert a comrade
in crime.
“MOTHER” JONES IN GOTHAM.
Sensational Cranks Hold Meeting and
Parade in Streets of New York.
The "Army of Mother Jones,” con¬
sisting of thirty-seven men, women
and children, arrived in New York
Thursday afternoon, and were met
by a delegation of the Social Demo¬
cratic Club.
Mayor Low granted a permit to
hold an evening meeting, and later a
permit to parade was also granted.
With drums beating and transparen¬
cies setting forth their demands, the
“army” walked to Madison avenue,
where the meeting took place. Two
hundred persons, exclusive of the
large police escort, were in line.
CONVICT BILL DEFEATED.
Georgia Representatives Turn Oown
Measure by Narrow Margin.
By the narrow margin of 11 votes,
the Felder convict bill, as amended by
the Hardman, Holder, Shackelford
substitute, was defeated in the Geor¬
gia house of representatives Wednes¬
day morning. The ballet was 83 to 77,
88 votes being necessary to enact by a
constitutional majority. -Immediately
after the announcement of the result,
Mr. Felder gave notice that at the
proper time he would move for a re
consideration.
EWEN HAD BAD DREAM.
Created Stir in Camp at Jackson by
Yelling in Hio Sleep.
Captain B. J- Ewen caused quite a
stir in camp at Jaokson, Ky., Wednes¬
day night by yelling in his steep, and
when aroused told the soldiers he was
dreaming that he was being filled.
The grand jury. iTter indicting
Gardner Plummer for perjury' and Ed¬
ward Tharp and Joseph Crawford for
burning Ewen's Hotel is continuing
CARNESVILEE. GA.. FRIDAY. JULY .31. 11)03.
BUCKSHOT FOR MOB
Riotous Scenes Enacted by
Lynchers in Danville, III.
WOMEN AMONG LEADERS
Mob After One Man Wreaks Venge¬
ance Upon Another—Timely Ar¬
rival of Troops Stops Car¬
nival of Bloodshed.
Two killed and twenty-two wound¬
ed, the police station wrecked, tho
county jail with a few of its windows
left unshattered, the city in the hands
of the state troops and a feeling of
uneasiness and dread prevailing ev¬
erywhere, is the situation left by a
race riot Saturday night and early
Sunday morning. The revised list of
dead and injured is as follows:
The dead: John D. Metcalf, negro,
lynched and burned; Henry Gatter
man, killed by Metcalf.
Origin of Trouble.
Saturday night a mob started af¬
ter James Wilson, a negro, who had
confessed to a brutal assault on the
wife of a farmer at Alvin, just north
of Danville. The Mayfield negro met
his fate while the mob was on the
way to lynch Wilson. The angiy
throng was passing down East Mam
street when Mayfield became involv¬
ed in an altercation with some of its
members. They started after him,
and he pulled a gun, firing into the
crowd.
Henry Gatterman, a young butch¬
er, fell mortally wounded and expired
in a few seconds. The negro turned
and fled, but was caught by the offi¬
cers within a block of the scene of
the tragedy and hurried to the police
station, with the mob in hot pursuit.
Temporarily diverted from their
march to the county jail, the officers
with their prisoner took refuge in the
city building, barricading themselves
behind the door of one of the offices.
They could not check the mob, how¬
ever, for it secured a long pole a.id
proceeded to batter down a section of
the wall and the door, both of which
were very thin. On account of the
overwhelming numbers of the mob it
was useless for the officers to resist.
Mayfield was hurriedly seized and
rushed to the spot where he had shot
down Gatterman. It was the work of
an instant to throw a rope around
his neck and swing him up to uie
nearest telephone pole. The mob d*l
not delay long, but waited to see that
their victim was dead. His life was
slowly strangled out, and he was left
hanging, while the mob proceeded to
the county jail.
Just as the mob was preparing to
storm the jail some one suggested
that they go back and cut down tho
dead negro. The suggestion was im¬
mediately acted upon. Rushing back
to the scene of the lynching, the mob
cut down the victim and carried tho
body on a run back to the public
square in front of the jail. Hay, store
boxes and barrels were collected and
the corpse was thrown upon the pile.
A torch was applied and the flames
shot up.
When the mob had done everything
its fury could suggest, it turned again
to the jail, in front of which was still
smouldering the human bonfire. A
fence rail was procured as a battering
ram and the mob charged the jail
door. Inside, guarding the prisoners,
were Sheriff R. D. Whitlock, several
deputies and a negro turnkey. The
sheriff shouted to the mob to stand
back, or he and his men would fire.
The warning was unheeded, and as
the mob was almost upon the jail
door a volley rang out from inside.
Several of the mob fell wounded and
dying.
This had the effect of dispersing
the mob, which was sullen and deter¬
mined to resume the attack later on.
In the meantime troops arrived upon
the scene and restored order.
In the mob were many women. Near¬
ly 200 men and women from Alvin,
where the assault on the farmer’s
wife was committed, were active
leaders of the mob.
Danville is a city of 26,000 and has
a negro population of between 3,000
and 4,000. The delegation from Alvin,
Ills., did not arrive until after May
field had been lynched. He was
strung up by a mob composed almost
entirety of Danville people.
When the sheriff and nis deputies
fired into the mob their bullets were
aimed at the leaders, about 200 of
whom were in the jail yard with the
fence rail, preparing for the attack on
the door.
A woman mounted a large storo
box in the middle of the public squaro
and shouted:
“Kill the sheriff. He has shot
more than one white man on account
of a negro.”
RAN AMUCK WITH GUN.
Kent Shot His Enamorita, Her Hus¬
band and Himself.
At Bucyrus. Ohio, Thursday night,
Charles Kent shot and killed Mrs. Lou
Renzell, shot and wounded John Saw¬
yer, and then killed himself, The
shooting took place at the Renzell sa
loon. Kent- is the bartender, and
some time ago eloped with Mrs. Ren
zell to California. Recently they re .
turned.
TWO BOYS SWUNG UP.
Whitney and O’Brien, Nineteen-Year
Old Youths, Pay Penalty for Mur¬
der of A. B. Chinn.
Charged with the murder of A. E.
China, an aged and respected citizen,
a confederate veteran and a prosper¬
ous merchant, on October 11, 1902,
Karl Whitney, of Nashville, and
Claude O’Brien, of Memphis, boih
aged 19, were hanged at Lexington,
Ky., Friday morning. ■v
The boys ate a hearty breakfast. At
7:30 they were dressed for the scaf¬
fold, and at 7:07 the death march be¬
gan. The drop fell at 8:08.
Both declared that they were ready
to go, and Whitney went to the scaf¬
fold with a smile on his face. O’Brien
muttered a prayer as the deputy tied
his hands. Neither made a statement.
The crime was the worst, probably,
in the history of Lexington, excepting
the murder of Bettie Rhea by Tom
O'Brien in 1889.
The boys, who were well on the
road to the point of professionalism
as burglars, had entered the residence
of Chinn, in quest of money.
Chinn's son, Asa, had just returned,
about 2 o'clock, from a dance. It was
the morning of October 11, and he had
not gone to sleep when he heard his
mother cry out, "Murder!”
Taking his revolver, he ran to the
door of the bed chamber of his pa
rents. 11a saw the flash of a revolver
and the burglars start for fho door
when he approached. He began shoot¬
ing and soon found himself wounded
and laying on the floor in a pool of
blood. His uncle came down stairs
and found the father lying in, the door
way of ills bed room dead; and the
son lying midway of the hall, uncon¬
scious. The cider Chinn had been
shot through the chest and Asa had
several wounds.
The alarm was sounded, and it was
found that the burglars had escaped.
Asa was able to tell of the battle he
had with the men, but could give no
description of them, He said he
thought he had wounded one of them,
but was not certain. The elder Chinn
had been shot as he sat on the side
of his bed, pleading for his life and
telling them to search the house.
The widow was grief-stricken and
could give no accurate description, ex¬
cepting to say that they wore masks,
were of medium height and boyish
looking. Taking these clews, the de¬
tectives began work on the case,
found both men and secured a confes¬
sion The town was so rull of tramps
that it was a difficult undertaking.
Twice friends of O’Brien attempted
to secure his escape from the prison
by surreptitiously sending him fino
steel saws, hut each time tho plot was
frustrated.
Claude O’Brien hails from Memphis,
where he had early education in
crime. He belonged to the Oscar Lee
gang that infested the town and kept
the police nonplussed by their daring.
The gang was broken up and O’Brien
formed the acquaintance of Earl Whit¬
ney in Nashville. They extended their
operations to Kentucky and many bur¬
glaries were traced to mem and their
pals. In Nashville, where Whitney
was born, many stores were robbed
and residences burglarized. Whitney’s
parents died when he was quite young
and he had served a term in the re¬
form school.
UNION LEADERS HAD GRAFT.
Forced Strikers and Employers to
Pay All Kinds of Boodle.
A New York dispatch says: Coun¬
sel for Lawrence Murphy, the former
treasurer of the Stone Cutters’ Union,
on trial charged with appropriating
the organization funds, continued his
line of defense Friday by dragging
from each witness admission as to
methods used by the Journeymen
Stonecutters’ Union in extorting mon¬
ey from employers.
Donald Call, formerly president of
the union, testified that the secret
committee had demanded $50,000 from
tho Brooklyn stone dealers to settle
the strike of 1902 and that $100,000
might have been demanded. As a
compromise the committee agreed to
accept $10,000, which was paid.
Solemn Funeral Mass Celebrated.
A solemn funeral mass for the io
poso of the soul of Pope Leo was cele¬
brated in Rome Friday
FIRST CONVICTION IN PEONAGE.
Montgomery Jury Returns Verdict of
Guilty and $1,000 Fine is Paid.
At Montgomery, Ala., Saturday
morning, the jury in the case of the
United States against R. N. Franklin,
charged with causing Pat Hill, a ne
gro, to be hold in a condition of peon¬
age, brought in a verdict of guilty.
This is said to be the first case in
the history of the United States
where a jury has brought in a verdict
of guilty in a peonage case.
Judge Tnomas G. Jones assessed
a fine of $1,000 against the defendant.,
which was immediately paid.
BELKNAP VISITS ROOSEVELT.
Tells Chief Executive that Kentucky
Republicans are Unit for Him.
Morris B. Belknap, nominated by
the republicans of Kentucky a few
days ago for governor, was among the
visitors to President Roosevelt at Oys
ter Bay, Wednesday, Mr. Belknap
conveyed formally to Mr. Roosevelt
the assurance of the republicans of
his state that they were a unit in the
support of his nomination
WORKED UNCLE SAM
Still Another Postal Depart¬
ment Official is Bounced.
SCANDAL GROWS APACE
Hedges, Superintendent of Free De¬
livery, Charged With Making
False Entries and Doing
Other Crooked Work.
A Washington special says: Chti3.
Hedges was removed from the office
of superintendent of free delivery of
the postofflee department Wednesday
on the charge of falsifying his diary
and loaning hid traveling commission.
It is charged that ho reported himself
at various places when he was not
there on the date mentioned.
Mr. Hedges, while making no gen¬
eral denial of the charges contended
that they were not sufficient justifica¬
tion for removal. Ervin II. Thorpe,
postofflee inspector in charge of Now
York, who has been assisting in tho
administration of free delivery ser¬
vice since the inception of the inves¬
tigation, has been designated acting
superintendent of free delivery, in
place of Mr. Hedges.
The following is the official state¬
ment made public by Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow:
“Charles Hedges was today remov¬
ed from the office of superintendent of
free delivery. He represented himself
at various places on public business,
when, in fact, he was elsewhere, in
some instances hundreds of miles dis¬
tant. On October 25, 1900, he stated
under oath, in his diary, that, ho was
at, Joplin, Mo., on ‘extension of free
delivery service,’ when, in fact, he
was in Mansfield, Ohio, attending the
funeral of former Secretary-John Sher¬
man. On December 7, 1899, he repre¬
sents himself at San Antonio, Texas,
‘investigating carriers’ service,’ while,
In tact, ho was in Mexico examining
mining property.
"In the month of October, 1899, A.
W. Machen, superintendent of the free
delivery, was sick with typhoid fever
and Hedges was at the department
acting as superintendent. In his diary
he states, under oath, that he was at
various places, 'actually engaged in
traveling on the business of the free
delivery service.’ Assistant superin¬
tendents of free delivery are allowed
a per diem of $4 per day in lieu of ex¬
penses for days engaged actually trav¬
eling on the business of the depart¬
ment. Hedges' false statements as to
his whereabouts on these days were
manifestly for the purpose of collect¬
ing per diem to which he was not en¬
titled.
“There are many other instances
of similar falsification. Tne facts were
submitted to the postmaster general
some days since, who directed
Hedges’ removal, for the reasons
above set forth.”
Mr. Hedges was appointed to the
postal service from the Tenth congro
sional district of Texas on July J,
1898, and was appointed superintend¬
ent of free delivery July 1, 1901. His
salary was $3,000 a year. He had
charge of the delivery service in the
cities, the rural free delivery servico
being under another superintendent
and both being under the general su¬
pervision of A. W. Machen.
PROMISE WAS SURELY MACE,
And United States Will See the#
Manchurian Ports are Opened.
Notwithstanding the publication of
dispatches from various foreign cities
questioning the extent of the promises
made to the American government by
China and Russia, respecting Manchu¬
ria, the officials in Washington posi¬
tively decline to add to or take oni
word from the statement published
from Washington just before the de¬
parture of Secretary Hay to the effect
that satisfactory assurances had been
received that two or more Manchurian
ports would be opened
It is quite certain that China,
which is regarded in Washington as
the sovereign power in Manchuria,
made these pledges, and it is equally
certain that the United States govern¬
ment fully intends that they shall be
kept.
OLDEST SOLDIER IN SERVICE.
Captain Condon Passes Away at Age
of 74 In Charleston'.
Sargeant James Condon, the oldest
soldier in the United States army in
active service, died suddenly at his
residence in Charleston, S. C., Friday.
' For the past eighteen years he has
been on duty at tho South Caroltna
Military academy as drummer.
Captain Condon was 74 years old.
He was born in Quebec, Canada, and
enlisted as a drummer hoy when he
was 10 years old. He had long since
passed the age for retirement, but re
fused a pension, deeming himself able
to perform active duty.
PREACHER ADEPT WITH GUN.
Wings Two Opponents and Gives
Thanks in Grace at Jail Table.
After killing one man and fatally
wounding another, Robert Lee, a min¬
ister at Linnie, in Casey county, Ky.
said grace at the .jail table in Liberty.
Lee became involved in a quarrel with
Ellis Woods and the latter’s son and a
shooting followed, ill which the
preacher proved himself the- victor.
J I Cream of News.| I
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each "Day.
—Four arrests were made at Annis¬
ton, Ain., Wednesday, of rrten charged
with counterfeiting. Ono of them
broke down and confessed.
—The sex of Miss Willie Kay, of
Booneville, who has been masquerad¬
ing as a man for eight years, was re
vcaled when she got into a fight and
in court declared she was a woman.
—The union bookbinders have warn¬
ed President Roosevelt that they wilt
strike if W. A. Miller is reinstated
in tho government printing office at
Washington.
—Morris Belknap, the republican
nominee for governor of Kentucky,
visited Oyster Bay Wednesday and
pledged his stale to the president in
1904.
—Charles Hedges has been removed
from the office of the superintendent
of free delivery in the postofflee de¬
partment on the charge of falsifying
his diary.
—In spite of denials, Secretary Hay
says promises have been made that
more ports will bo opened in Manchu¬
ria. The secretary adds that tho Uni¬
ted States wtli see that the promises
are kept. i
—Maude Gonno (Mrs. McBride) was
determined to make trouble during
King Edward’s visit, to Dublin. She
displayed a black flag from her house,
but it was puled down by tho police.
—The first of the ceremonies of
Pope Leo’s funeral began Wednesday
when the body lay in state in the
throne room of the Vatican and was
viewed by diplomats, prelates and the
nobility of Rome.
—The United States won a notable
victory in London Wednesday when
leave was granted by the privy coun¬
cil to appeal from the decision of the
Canadian judge in the Gaynor-Greene
case.
—As the result of a family quarrel
in Mississippi a father is dead, his
son is believed to be fatally wounded.
—The miners and operators at Bir¬
mingham have agreed on an arbitra¬
tion scheme and work is to be re¬
sumed at the mines.
—The train wreckers who tried to
destroy a Norfolk and Western train
near Roanoke, Va., have confessed
that it was their plan to murder all
the passengers.
—The Mississippi Compress Associ¬
ation has filed a paper with the inter¬
state commerce commission asking
that no discrimination in rates be al
lowed tho round bale.
—The Gainesville, Jefferson and
Southern railroad has beer ordered
Sold by Judge Kimsey at Gainesville,
Ga. The road is to be offered for sale
as a whole and then in sections.
—The orders of Colonel Anderson,
of tho Fifth regiment, know no distinc¬
tion between dispensary and bar. Mi¬
litiamen who entered the Rome, Ga.,
tank in uniform were promptly arrest
ed.
—A bear attack on stocks in New
York Tuesday resulted in a new low
level for many securities.
—Chicago was swept by a wind and
rain storm Tuesday. Much property
was destroyed and several persons in¬
jured.
—Captin Ewcn, escorted by troops,
arrived at Jackson, Ky., Tuesday to
testify in the feud cases. The troops
formed in a hollow square about Ew
en.
—After a battle in which hundreds
were killed, Castro’s forces have taken
Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela.
—King Edward and Queen Alexan¬
dra arrived in Dublin, Ireland, Tues¬
day. A warm welcome was given tho
royal couple.
—The war fever is said to be high
in Japan. The people want the gov¬
ernment to drive Russia out of Man¬
churia.
—Governor Aycock, of North Caro¬
lina, lias received a letter from King
Carlos of Portugal thanking him for
the courteous treatment, extended Por¬
tuguese who were wrecked off the
North State coast.
—Tho funeral of Justice Samuel
Lumpkin, of the Georgia state su¬
premo court, occured Monday morn¬
ing at the old Lumpkin family burying
ground in Oglethorpe county.
—The encampment of the First
Georgia cavalry began at Savannah
Monday. A troop of tho Seventn Uni¬
ted States cavalry is taking part.
—Renewal of feud is feared at.
Jackson, Ky, if court orders investi¬
gation of charge of attempt to bribe
Ewen not to testify.
—At Basin, Wyo., Sunday, a mob
stormed tho jail and took therefrom
two condemned murderers and lynch¬
ed them. During the attack on the
jail a county officer was kil/'
■—Four persons were killed hr train
while they were walking on Hu. track
near Cincinnati Sunday.
—The funeral of Chief Arthur of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
took place Monday at Cleveland, O.
—Former Postmaster General
Charles Emory Smith replies to tho
criticism made by Proctor, of the civil
service commission.
—Chance of war between Japan and
Russia over the .lenchtjrjan question
is Increasing daily,
NUMBER 37.
CONVICTS ARE SHOT
Serious Mutiny in Dade Coal
Mines at Coal City, Ga.
DESPERATE MEN AT BAY
Day Shift, Sullen end Angry, Refused
to Come Out of Mines, Defying
the Guards and Eventually
Drawing Their Fire.
The felony convicts in the Dad*
coal mines at Coal City, Ga., started
a rev’ftlt Friday, and the mutiny has
resulted in the fatal wounding of tho
ringleaders, shot down at the entrance
of tho mines by state guards. Ono
hundren and twenty-five convicts, con¬
stituting the day shift, barricaded
themselves in the shaft of the mine
and refused to come out.
Argument, had been abandoned, and
the shooting which resulted in the fa¬
tal wounding of two of the men came
from the guards after tho stubborn re¬
fusal of tho convicts to leave the
shaft.
The trouble arose over the punish¬
ment of one of the convicts for an in¬
fraction of the rules.
When the men working on the day
shift heard of it, they began making
threats, and under the advice of sev¬
eral of the most desperate men all
the convicts of the day shift refused
to come out of the mine when the
hour arrived to change shifts, and
after they had been ordered to do so
by the guards.
Those in the foremost ranks of the'
revolting convicts hurled epithets and!
missiles at tho guards and the fatter
fired into them. The rest of the con¬
victs then fled further into the mine,
and defied the guards to follow them*
There is no way for them to escape
from the mine, and to subdue them,
the guards will have to starve them
out.
It is possible that the convicts an¬
ticipating such a mutiny, prepared for 1
a siege by secreting food in the mines
and are therefore ready to defy tha
guards for an indefinite period. Since .
the only rood to escape Is at the J|
mouth of the mine the prisoners are
powerless without arms and can only
bring about a loss of time and money
to the company by their defiance.
Prison Commission Notified.
Chairman Turner, of the state prlB-i
on commission, received the following!
telegram Friday afternoon from J.
D. Goode, deputy warden in charge ofj
the Coal City camp:
"One hundred and twenty five min*>
ers in quarters. Refuse to come out.,
Pieaso advise.”
This telegram gave none of the par-i
ticulars, and Deputy Warden Jakej
Moore was ordered to go at once toj
Coal City. He was instructed by Chair-i
man J. S. Turner to be firm hut pa-i
Uent with the men, and in any eveatj
to avoid bloodshed. guards! j
The serious clash between
and the convicts occurred shortly be¬
fore 6 o’clock and several hours be¬
fore the arrival of Deputy Warden
Moore.
The Dade coal mines are located
about 50 miles from Chattanooga,
Tenn., and are worked by Georgia
convicts. Tho total force of convlrts
there is about two hundred. f’S!” hun¬
dred and twenty-five of •vkviii work
in tho day time and the rest at nignt.
Among the convicts are a number of
men sentenced to life imprisonment,'
and several desperate characters, the
most of the convicts being negroes.
The Coal City mines are the prop*'
erty of the Georgia Iron and Coal Com-;
pany, of which Joel Hurt, of Atlanta,
is president.
This is not the first time there hasj
been trouble of this kind at Coal
City. Traditions of other mutinies I
have been handed down to the new¬
comers by the older men, in grearly ,
exaggerated shape, with the result
that their minds become imbued with! I
the seditious spirit, and they are I
ready for any opportunity that pro
sents itself. 1
ARIZONA SWEPT BY TORNADO.
j
Many Towns Hard Hit, But Extent of
Damage Yet Unknown.
A terrific tornado visited Tombstone
and Fairhank, Arizona, Wednesday
night, and although reports are mea¬
ger, it is thought that many other
places were caught in the path of the
storin.
Wires are ail down and the first, re¬
ports of the storm only reached Tuc- . ]
son Thursday night. When the storn*
subsided Fairhank was under six feeC j
of water. The inhabitants fled to that
bills. In the valley below and above
Fairhank several ranch houses were
demolished.
!
WIFE SLAYER NOW A PP.ISDNCR.
Robert Smith Makes Unsi'c -aful At¬
tempt to Escape Down River.
Robert Smith, who killed his wiv«
in the eastern part of. Carroll county, <
Ga.. Thursd.'r, was arrested at iMj
o’clock Friday morning at Franklin,
iq Heard county. v I
He had gone down the river 25i
miles from the scene of h>3 crime
in a boat, Ko was almogt^paked, hav,
, Jng on orijy », 4-1