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VOLUME V.
SHERIFF COT THREE
Mob Attacked Jail and Some
Failed to Make Escape.
PRISONER SHOT TO DEATH
On e Member of Mob Was Wounded,
While One of the Captives
Makes Confession, Implicat.
ing Thirteen Others.
At Lynchburg, Tenn., early Friday
morning Sheriff George R. Davidson,
in attempting to save the life of a ne¬
gro prisoner, fired into a mob which
was assailing the jail, wounding a man
whose name was not divulged.
The sheriff summoned assistance,
but he and his aides were overpower¬
ed, the jail entered and tho much want
ed negro, Allen Small, s'not to death tn
the corridor.
The mob was composed of about
twenty-five people. Sheriff Davidson
was alone at the time. He refused to
give up the keys and opened fire from
a window. He wounded one of the
meb, but his identity is not known.
The sheriff then called for the police.
Two officers and several citizens
rushed to ihe jail, but despite thoir
presence, the mob battered down the
wooden door at the foot of the stairs
leading to the corridor. The sheriff
and posse made a stout resistance, but
were unable to prevent the mob from
breaking in the iron door at the head
of the sairs and entering the cell oc? 1 -
pied by the negro, about whose neck
they placed a rope. As soon as tl.e
men emerged from the cell, it became
apparent that the negro could not be
taken from the jail and hung for fear
of being fired on, and he was shot (o
dea )i. The mob then maae an effort
to escape, but the sheriff and his guard
captured three of them, and they are
in jail. One of them, it is said, has
made a confession, implicating thir¬
teen men in the affair.
Small was under arrest on the
charge of assaulting Mrs. Eliza Eggles¬
ton, and at his preliminary hearing the
warrant was. so amended as to charge
a simple case of assault. The negro
had waived examination and was wait¬
ing the action of the grand jury.
ATLANTA HAS POLICE MUDDLE.
Trouble is Result of Two Factions in
Board of Commissioners.
The Atlanta Constitution prints tbs
following in Friday morning’s issue:
In the formal charges made against
Captain Z. B. Moon, of the police de¬
partment, by Chief John W. Ball mat¬
ters of a far more grave and serious
aspect than have yet been made public
have come to light. Captain Moon is
said to have furnished information to a
woman warning her that the police
were about to prosecute her on the
charge of keeping a house of question¬
able character. This charge is made
in addition to the others of circulating
a false report against the chief of po
lice and with refusing to obey an or¬
der issued to him by the chief.
A letter is in the possession of the
chief of police, written in a handwrit¬
ing, the exact counterpart of Captain
Moon’s, in which one Mrs. Lulu Breen
was warned that detectives were about
to prosecute her before the grand
jury. The letter is signed “Your
Friend Jones.” There was no attempt
to disguise the handwriting and the
letter was written on the same kind of
paper which the captain had used in
making a report to the chief.
The whole affair has assumed a
very serious nature, and tlie depar'-
ment is on the eve of one of the most
sensational investigations thar'has ta¬
ken place for a long while.
VALE, SUNDAY BASEBALL.
Alabama Legislature Passes Bill Pro¬
hibiting Sport on Lord's Day.
The Alabama senate Friday after¬
noon passed the house bill to prohibit
the playing of baseball, football, golf
or tennis on Sunday by a vote of 22 to
10. It is now ready for the governor’s
signature. He will sign it. This means
no more Sunday baseball in Alabama.
The house anti boycott bill was re¬
ported favorably in the senate.
LABOR AGENT HARD HIT.
Fcr Enticing Workers Out cf Georgia
Bryant is Fined $1,099.
In Berrien county court, at Tifton,
Ga., Thursday, Arnold Bryant, color
cd, was convicted of enticing hands out
cf the state under contract to labor,
and Judge Feepies imposed a fine oi
$1,000 or eight months in the chair-
gang. fin?
This is said to be the heaviest
ever imposed in Berrien county. It is
understood that Bryant was persuad
ing hands to leave turpentine firms in
Berrien to work on places in Florida
BILL TO PROHIBIT BOYCOTTS
Passed in Alabama House of Represen-
tatives—Of Sweeping Nature.
The Alabama house of representa¬
tives, Thursday, passed the bill *o
prohibit boycotting by a vote of 60
to 32. The bill is sweeping in its na¬
ture, prohibiting blacklists, bans, and
picketing and provides a penalty there-
for.
Organized labor used ail its efforts
to have the bill deefated.
Cream of News.
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—A Dublin, Ga., negro, formerly a
preacher, who has been acting as tho
supreme scribe and treasurer of a ne¬
gro insurance order operating over tho
state, lias skipped with the funds of
the organization.
.—Fast mail train No. 97, on the
Southern, jumped the track near
Danville Va., Sunday, and nine per¬
sons were killed and seven injured.
—Colonel William Youngblood, a
leading Alabama republican, who was
third auditor of the treasury under
McKinley, declares that Roosevelt, if
nominated, will be defeated.
—In Loudon county, Tennessee
Deputy Sheriff Griffths was killed and
a citizen, John Poole, wounded while
attempting to make an arrest.
—According to advices to The Hous¬
ton Post, the cotton crop in Texas wdl
be 3,500,000 bales short, owing to dT
weather and the ravages of different
pests.
—A bulletin from Buffalo, N. Y.
states that Mrs. Davis rallied during
Sunday, and her condition showed a
marked improvement.
—Oberlin M. Carter, serving a five
years’ term in Leavenworth prison,
will be released in November, and it
is said be will appear as prosecuting
witness against Greene and Gaynor.
—President Roosevelt left Oyster
Bay, with his family, for Washington
Monday morning.
—Lewis Nixon announces his can li-
dacy for the democratic nomination ter
the New York mayoralty.
—All packing plants in the Unit?!
States is threat°ned with a tie-up bv a
general strike of butchers and affiliat¬
ed workmen throughout the country.
—It is stated that 15,000 miners, em¬
ployed by the Pennsylvania Coal and
Coke Company, will strike if Altoona
scale is not carried out by the com¬
pany.
—Chicago Federation of IvTusieians
served notice on centennial managers
that if the United States marine band
takes part in exercises that not one
of the bands of tlte federation would
participate.
—Both the plague and the cholera
are raging at Pei Tang, a seaport 50
miles east of Tien Tsin, China. Two
thousand deaths there during the past
two months.
—Lord Milner is on his way to Lon¬
don to consult with premier about ae
cepting the portfolio of secretary for
the colonies.
—Dr. H. H. Kemp, the Marietta,
Ga., physician charged with the mur¬
der of John D. Gantt, a patient, was
found guilty of involuntary manslaugh¬
ter and fined $350.
—Four negroes were sentenced for
murder at the term of Talbot coun¬
ty, Ga., superior court just closed.
Three were sent up for life and one
for twenty years.
—The directors of the Savannah,
Ga., fair are considering the advisa¬
bility of extending an invitation cj
P resident Roosevelt.
—Jack Reid, of Griffin fame, who is
now at Ozark, Ala., is. pronounced a
fraud by Mrs. Speights, of Atlanta.
—Ciifton Branham executed at
Wise, Va., for wife murder. Before gr-
ing to scaffold he made a speech and
asked indorsement of his deed. About
three hundred of the crowd agreed
with him.
—The Alabama senate Friday pass¬
ed the bill prohibiting Sunday base¬
ball. The anti-boycott bill was re¬
ported favorably to the senate.
—Mississippi is experiencing a la¬
bor famine. The mills and brick yards
are having trouble getting hands, as
well as the farmers.
—At Friday’s session of the sov¬
ereign grand lodge of Odd FeTTows nt
Baltimore the report of the committee
on the proposed million dollar memo¬
rial building was adopted.
—The marriage of Miss Ruth Bryan,
daughter of Hon. W. J. Bryan. ;o
Charles B. Leavitt, will take place .it
Lincoln, N“b., on Saturday evening,
October 3.
—In the case of Aaron and Archie
Dill, charged with peonage at Birm¬
ingham, Ala., gross cruelties and theft
were charged.
—The army worm has appeared in
the delta around Vicksburg, Miss.
Druggists are getting rich selling
paris green.
—The German sruiser Falke is nt
Pensacola, Fla. The president and the
kaiser were toasted when officials vis¬
ited the Falke.
—Hon. Harvie Jordan, of Georgia,
elected president of Farmers’ National
congress.
—Incendiaries start a fire which
nearly wipes out the village of Morse,
Wis., and causes a loss of $300,000.
—Dynamite was exploded under the
buggy of Contractor Ferguson, near
West Middleton, Pa., Friday night.
Ferguson, who was killed, had $5,000
in satchel, which is missing.
—The war maneuvers at West Poin‘,
Ky., began Monday.
—Andrew S. Wallace, formerly post¬
master at Op'ps, Ala., wrote to Post¬
master General Payne, offering a bribe
of $50 for a promotion. He has been
reading of the postal scandals, and is
now in jail.
CARNESVILLE. GA.. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 2. 1903.
ROADS RAISE HOWL
Alleged Discrimination in As¬
sessment for Taxes.
COAST LINE CASE CITED
Appeal to Courts Probable in Order to
Straighten Out a Perplexing
Problem—A Most Peculiar
i Situation.
That the railroads of Georgia will
in the near future resist in the courts
the taxes now levied against them is
the growing opinion among leading
corporation lawyers of the state.
These predictions are based upon
contentions that the arbitration sys¬
tem results in an unequal distribution
of taxation and that corporate prop¬
erty compared to other property, is
valued at a much higher per cent than
that of private individuals'.
The fact that the award in the At¬
lantic Coast Line case fixed the taxa¬
ble value of that system at a higher
rate per mile than the other lines do¬
ing a similar business is cited in sun-
port of these contentions. This road
may, indeed, be the first or among the
first to appeal from the award of arbl-
trators and submit the question of
how much it should he taxed to the su¬
preme court.
F. G. duBignon, attorney for the At¬
lantic Coast Line Rai.road Company’,
was seen touching the recent arbitra¬
tion of the properties of this company.
He said that as he understood it the
figures of the umpire in fixing the
value of the franchise and tangible
properties represented the full value
of those properties and were not re¬
duced so as to conform to the valua¬
tion for taxes of other property return¬
ed for taxation in tho state.
“Indeed,” ho said, “I understood
such a statehnent was made while the
board was in open session.’’
The evidence submitted to the board,
he said, consisted of affidavits of tax
collectors, tax receivers, ordinaries,
sheriffs and real estate agents along
the line of this road, which were all :o
the effect that property generally in
their respective counties were return¬
ed for state and county taxes at only
from 50 to 60 pr cent of its true value,
and that there was no evidence contra-
dieting this.
“In fact,” he said, “I believe the
comptroller general hart ammitted, ac¬
cording to the public prints, in one of
the preceding arbitrations, that prop¬
erty generally in this state was re¬
turned for state and county taxes at
about 62 2-3 per cent of its value l
have no idea that more than 70 per
cent of the award against the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad Company, both .’>«
to its franchise and tangible property,
can be enforced.
“The authorities upon the point are
simply overwhelming and all one way.
The question has been decided by al¬
most every district and circuit court
in the United States, and has bein
before the supreme court of the United
States more than once, and the decis-
ions of that court upon it were keen
cut and clear.
SOUGHT TO BRIBE PAYNE.
Alabama Postmaster Was Anxious to
Become Member of Graft Gang. ,
Andrew S. Wallace was until a few
weeks ago postmaster at Opp, Ala.
While serving as Uncle Sam’s agent
in that capacity Mr. Wallace read in
the papers of the bribery that was go¬
ing on in the postofflee department at
Washington and he forthwith proceed¬
ed to write to Postmaster Genera)
Payne and offered him the sum of $50
if Mr. Payne would have him appoint¬
ed postmaster at Andalusia, Ala.
This is a better office than the one
held by Mr. Wallace, and he thought
by tempting the postmaster general
with the offer of $50 he would have
no trouble in receiving the appoini-
ment. He has been removed fl'om the
office at Opp and placed under arrest.
A bond of $500 for his appearance at
the next term of the United States
court at Birmingham was required.
SENATOR PEAK GUILTY.
Aftermath of a Fight Which Occurred
in Chattanooga Last April.
In the criminal court at Chattanoo¬
ga, Tenn., Wednesday, State Senator
Walter Peak was found guilty of as¬
sault and battery and fined $200.
Senator Peak was indicted for felo¬
nious assault on the person of William
Dowling last April during the sessions
of the legislature.
Peak has now brought suit against
Dowling for $50,000 for libel. Dowling
also sues Peak for the same "amount
for personal injuries.
TURKS ARE SLAUGHTERED.
Report of Fierce Fight Wherein Six
Hundred are Slain.
According to a telegram received in
Sofia, Bulgarw, Thursday, from Kos-
tendil (53 miles from Sofia) six hun¬
dred Turks were killed in a fight ai
Kolichani, September lSth. The Turk-
iE'h forces numbered 7,0u0.
After the fight the troops, enraged
at their losses, pillaged and burned a
number 'of Bulgarian villages.
READY FOR CONGRESS.
National Capitol Building Spick and
Span for Assembling of the Solons
on November Ninth,
A Washington special says: At the
capltol Thursday the positive state¬
ment was made by those engaged in
getting the building in readiness for
the assemblage of congress that tho
date of tho extra session has been
definitely fixed for November 9. Su¬
perintendent Elliott Woods could
have the building ready lor occupancy
at an earlier date if necessary, for
when the present improvements and
decorations were commenced it was
understood that they were to bo com¬
pleted not later than October Io. Work
has been progressing steadily on this
i basis, so that Mr. Woods says he will
■ have the senate and house lobbies fin-
j ished by that date and the various
committee rooms and corridors redeco-
I rated and furnished at the same time.
In anticipation of congress being
called together earlier than November
9, the carpets are now laid upon the
I Boors of the chambers of the house
and senate and the desks are being
i placed in position.
5 The house will celebrate its entry
into the “four hundred’’ class by ap¬
pearing in a new green and gold car¬
pet. There are now au even “four
nundred” desks for members in the
nail of the house of representatives.
j The new membership, under the latest
■apportionment, is 385, and The fifteen
«jxtra desks are supplied to preserve
the symmetry in the arrangement of
j jseats in the semicircle. The senate
chamber will be covered with the same
.green and gold covering as iast year.
The house side outshines the senate
this year in making improvements for
the convenience and comfort of i’s
l ’members. The speaker's lobby has
I -been frescoed in elaborate style ny
Senor Rochermann, an understudy of
‘ the late Bermudi, whose work adorns
r the rotunda. The commit¬
the dome of
tee rooms of invalid pensions and in¬
sular affairs have been redecorated by
the same artists and fitted up with
Handsome furnishings to match. The
house library has been fitted up with
uteel shelving and a white marble floor¬
ing has replaced the carpeted floor in
J he speaker’s library,
Improvements nave ■been made in
the senate and house cafes. The most
; noticeable addition to the senate din¬
ing room is a steam table, so that hun¬
gry senators may obtain a hot quick
luncheon without being obliged to wait
their turn in the private dimng'rooms,
j ■wehere the accommodations are not el-
i ways equal to the demands of senators
j and their friends about midday.
S “Uncle Joe” Cannon is on deck wait-
1 ing to get busy. He has opened his
j ! headquarters committee in where the appropriations he
room, can keep
one eye on the speaker’s chair and at
the same time straighten out some of
the holdover details in connection with
his former duties as chairnufS of the
appropriations committee. Uncle Joo
iias- his own idea about the organiza¬
tion of the various committees, but. be
is too diplomatic to indulge in any
premature discussion on that subject
for publication.
CANNOT ACCEPT MEASURE.
Dominican Government is Warned Not
to Get Too Smart.
| made United vigorous States Minister reply to the Powfeil has
a Domini¬
can foreign minister, on the subject of
the Dominican government’ bill for
establishing the neutrality of Domini¬
can waters and making certain ports
free. In his note, Mr. Powell says the
United States government cannot ac¬
cept this measure; that the foreign
minister’s response to his receht United pro-
test is objectionable to the
Z government! Pri " CiP ' eS
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OIL TANK BLOWS UP.
As a Result About Twenty-Five Cars
Were Destroyed by Fire.
A special from Greensboro, N. 0.,
says that the explosion of the oil tank
at 1 o’clock Friday morning set fire to
a number of cars standing on the side
tracks and about twenty-five were en¬
tirely consumed.
Trains both ways were delayed by
the main line being blocked.
BULGARIANS URGED TO FIGHT.
Macedonian! Sympathizers Adopt Res¬
olution Appealing for War.
Advices of Wednesday from Sofia,
Bulgaria, state that a less hopeful feel¬
ing prevails in government circles re¬
garding the general situation, although
no actual change is reported. The
events of the next few days are await¬
ed with great anxiety, and popular
feeling is becoming more excited. A
largely attended meeting of Macedo¬
nian sympathizers, held at Kustchuk,
Bulgaria, has adopted resolutions ap¬
pealing to the Bulgarian government
to declare war on Turkey immediately.
BLAZE IN OIL FIELD.
Much Damage Done by Fire in the
Shoe String District of Texas.
Fire which started at noon Wednes
day in the Shoe String district of the
Texas oil field, burned about twenty
derricks and destroyed a quantity of
machinery, spreading over the thick¬
ly built portion of the field. The loss-
is variously estimated at from $ 50,000
to $100,000.
WOMAN’S VERSION
Mrs. Griffin Tells Story of Her
Husband’s Assassination.
A SENSATION IS SPRUNG
Eatonton Physician's Name Brought
Into the Case by Prosecution*
Charges are Vehemently De¬
nied on Both Sides.
In their effort to prove a cause or
motive for the crime charged to Mrs.
Lizzie Griffin, the state's counsel 11-
troduccd witnesses in court at Eaton¬
ton, Ga., Thursday to show that hack
of the tragedy which ended in ihe
death of Jenn Griffin was an estrange¬
ment between John Griffin and his wifo
caused by the infatuation of Mrs. Grif¬
fin for another man. This man is Dr,
L. O, McCalia, of Eatonton, John Grif¬
fin's family physician. this
All the evidence offered at
point was wholly by negroes aniT hard¬
ly trustworthy.
In her statement to the jury, Mrs.
Griffin positively denied any improper
conduct toward her on his part, and
under oath he flatly averred that he
had never visited Griffin’s house ex¬
cept when sent for and in the capacity
of a practicing physician, or on some
business with Griffin himself.
Dr. McCalia is a gentleman cf vo¬
racity and honor, and enjoys the re¬
spect and confidence of the public.
At 10 o'clock Tnursday morning ihe
6>tato rested its case and the defense
began the investigation of witnesses,
The first were statements from
Sam Knowles and Mrs* Griffin.
Knowles’ statement, was very brief,
and in substance, that after returning
home from work on that fatal after¬
noon he went to the lot and Ted the
stock. While there his mother called
him to supper. After eating he retired
to another part of the house, where,
in company with the balance of the
family, he remained /until Hulon
Knowles, his brother, who had just - e-
turned with a party from fishing, came
in and announced the killing.
Mrs. Griffin, in substance, said that
some time during the day while she
and her husband were on the porch,
she saw “old Tom Jackson” coming,
and remarked to Griffin fhat she won¬
dered what he wanted; that Tom came
up and called Griffin out and asked
him to go down to the swamp and
look at some tracks that were trou¬
bling him (other evidence alleged thit
Tom was jealous of some real or ima¬
ginary man's conduct relating to nis
wife, Mit Jackson); that late that
evening, about dark, alter John Gr'f-
fln had returned from town, they we-e
sitting in their room, John Griffin
had just told her oi hiring a big black
negro in town to <lo some work for
him, and that she had better save sup¬
per for him.
That about this time she ioojced in
the direction of the window through
which the shooting occurred, and saw
on the outside, with a gun in Ms
hands, a tall negro man. Before she
could speak to warn her husband of
the danger the report of the gun
sounded out and John Griffin fell from
his chair. Immediately thereafter and
before she had time to do anything,
the second shot was fired. She ran
out of the house with her children in
her arms and at the back steps met
the man who grabbed her and warned
her against making any noise. She
begged for her life and ran screaming
to a nearby negro cabin for help and
protection.
When flrst as,(ei1 lf sh e recognized
^VhF^ from fishing and f said they met Tom ™
Jackson down tho road one-quarter
or a half-mile away, she said it must
then have been tho big jjlack negro
John Griffin had hired in town that
day. She further stated that there
could have been no just cause Tor her
to kill her husband, as they were on
the best of terms and had gotten along
nicely all their married life, except
some times when he would come home
under the influence of whiskey, and
that then nothing of any consequence
ever transpired that was unpleasant.
BOTH PREPARING FOR WAR.
Turks are Ready to Deliver a Quick
Blow if Necessity Arises.
Whilst there was little fresh nev/e
received in London Suffuay morning
from the Balkans, it appears from Ihe
dispatches that both Turkey and Bui
garia are actively preparing for the
possibility of war. A correspondent nt
Monastir comments on the skillful dis¬
position of the Turkish troops i'or de¬
livering a quick blow against either
Servia or Bulgaria. There are 10,000
soldiers in the vilayet of Kossovo, 79,.
000 men with 300 guns in Adrianople
vilayet, 50,000 in Monastir vilayet and
170,000 in Salonica,
JETT SENT TO LOUISVILLE.
Will Be Held There for Safe Keeping
Pending His Appeal.
At Cynthiana, Ky., Saturday, Judge
Osborne ordered Sheriff L4ach and bis
deputies to take Curtis Jett, sentenced
to be hanged December 18tli, for iff
assassination of James Cockril), in
Louisville jail for safe keeping pend¬
ing Jett’s appeal to the court of ap
peals.
WILL CASE IS SETTLED.
Alleged Collier Tieue Paper Document
Withdrawn from Litigation In
Atlanta Court,
Litigation over the estate of the
late George W Collier came to an ab¬
rupt end in the superior court at At¬
lanta, Ga., Wednesday afternoon, when
a satisfactory agreement was reach ad
by a.l parties concerned and a consent
verdict ordered which removes the
matter from the courts.
The following is the ba>is of the
settlement:
The alleged last will and testament
of Mr. Collier Is set aside on the
ground that the testator had not tes¬
tamentary capacity on October S,
1900, the date of the paper.
By this arrangement the three ex¬
ecutors—Judge J. N. Bateman, Henry
L. Collier and George W. Collier—go
out of all control of the estate, their
duties aa executors ceasing with the
signing of the verdict.
The caveators—the heirs who con¬
tested the will—agree fo pay to the
three executors and their attorneys tho
sum of $10,000 in full settlement of all
expenses and claims.
The settlement, means that the or*
tate will now be administered by a 1-
ministrators to be appointed by Ordi¬
nary John R. Wilkinson. Althougn no
positive statement is made, it is under¬
stood that George W. Collier, Jr., and
Miss Elizabeth Collier, the two oldest
children of Mr. Collier, the deceased,
have been agreed on"as administrators.
The sudden adjustment of the ease
came as a surprise, even to the parties
Interested. The question of a settle¬
ment had been discussed between tie
two sides, but it is said that all ef¬
forts In this direc.ion had been aban¬
doned. They were ronewfed in the
court room Wednesday, however, and
within the space of only a few min¬
utes had proven successful, Th 3
friends of Judge Bateman consider
_
that the adjustment Is a complete vin¬
dication for him in tho matter of the
charges made in the ordinary’s court.
Counsel for the propounders stalo
that the first movement for n settle¬
ment came from outside parties. At¬
torneys for the caveators assert tint
the proposition came Nm the oppos¬
ing side. The amendment to tho ca¬
veat was of necessity filed by tlie ca¬
veators.
As to how the $10,000 will be ap¬
propriated by the two retiring execu¬
tors is not known at this time and will
probably never be given to the public.
It is understood, however, that the
most of lhe money will go towards
paying attorneys' fees, six of the most
prominent members of the Atlanta bar
having been engaged by Messrs. Bate¬
man and H. L. Collier.
ATLANTA DEPOT CONTRACCT
Awarded to a Local Firm for the Ag¬
gregate Sum of $350,000.
At Atlanta, Wodnasday, Gudo &
Walker, local contractors, were award¬
ed the contract for the constraction 3f
the new passenger station, at Mitch
ell street and Madison avenue, by the
Atlanta Terminal Company, in a meet¬
ing which was held at the residence of
Captain James W. English, president
The price is between $345,000 and
$360,000, and the depot is to be com¬
pleted within a year.
The work will be pushed as speed
ily as is consistent witn good work¬
manship and the station will be ready
for occupancy within Jess than a year.
The award was in the nature of ti
recommendation from tho Terminal
Company to the officials of the South¬
ern, Central and Atlanta and West
Point railroads, and there is no doubt
whatever that it will be confirmed.
Captain J. W. English expects to hear
from the officials of these roads im¬
mediately, so it follows that the con¬
tract will be signed without delay.
A copy of the award has been for¬
warded to Mr. Samuel Spencer, presi¬
dent of the Southern; C. A. Wicker-
sham, president of the West Point, and
.1. F. Hanson, chairlfThn of the board of
directors of the Central. These gentle¬
men will have the final say in the mat¬
ter of the award, but when it is under¬
stood that Mr. Wickersham was pres¬
ent at the meeting nnd that J. S. B.
Thompson represented Mr. Spencer, it
stands to reason that the action of the
Terminal Company will be approved
without, question.
FARMERS’ CONGRESS ENDS.
Resolutions for Bettering Rural De¬
livery Were Adopted.
Tlw Farmers’ National congress
closed its annual meeting at Niagara
Falls Thursday night, The farmers
will not urge much specific national
legislation this year, contenting them¬
selves with generalities. A set of res-
olutions favoring the extension of ru
ral free delivery and the parcels post
system, a postal telegraph system and
postal saving banks was adopted.
A resolution favoring reciprocity
with Canada was finally killed and the
question of a ship subsidy found tio
supporters in the congress
EIGHT THOUSAND MADE HAPPY.
Employes of Chicago and Northwest,
ern Railway Have Wages Raised.
A dispatch from Chicago says: An in¬
crease in the wages of 8,000 employes
of the twenty car and locomotive re¬
pair shops of the Chicago and North¬
western railroad has been granted.
The increase means an additional
expense of $300,000 a year tq the com¬
pany.
NUMBEK 40.
NINE QQ JO DEATH
In Frightful Accident on the
Southern Near Danville, Va.
GOES THROUGH TRESTLE
UI-FafaMf Fast Mail Wrecked for tho
1%rd Time Within the Year.
Scene of Disaster Presented
Horrible Sight.
While running at a high rate of
speed, No. 97, the Southern railway’s
southbound fast mail train, jumped
from a trestle 75 feet high, half a mile
north of Danville, Va., Sunday after¬
noon at 2:50 o’clock ami was almost
demolished, Of tho crew of sixteen
men on the train, eight were killed
and seven injured, and one was un¬
hurt.
The known dead are: James A.
Brodle, engineer; J. Thomas Blair,
conductor; A. G. Clapp, fireman; John
L. Thompson, postal clerk; VV. T.
Chambers, postal clerk; D. T. Fiery,
postal clerk; P. N. Ardanright, postal
clerk; S. J. Moody, flagman; twelve-
year-old boy, son pf Postal Clerk
Thompson.
The injured are: Louis W. Spiers,
Frank E. Brooks, Percival Indemeyer,
Charles E. Reames. Jennings J. Dun¬
lop, M. C. Maupin, J. Harrison Thomp¬
son, all of whom are postal clerks.
All of the injured men are seriously
hurt and are in the hospital in Dan¬
ville. Tho recovery of Mail Clerk
Spiers is not expected, and other
clerks are thought to have received
mortal injuries.
The trestle where the accident cc-
curred is 500 feet long and is located
on a sharp curve. Engineer Brolie
was a new man on that division of the
Southern, and it is said that he came
to the curve at a very high rate of
speed.
The engine had gone only about 50
feet on the trestle when it sprang
from tho track, carrying with it four
mail cars and an express car. The
trestle, a wooden structure, also gave
way for a space of 50 feel.
Cars Torn To Pieces.
At the foot of the trestle in a shal¬
low branch with a rocky bottom.
Striking this the engine and cars
were reduced to a mass of twisted
iron and steel ami pieces- of splintered
wood. As the cars went, down they
touched the sides of the Riverside cot¬
ton mill, which is very close to the
trestle.
All the dead men were killed ’di¬
stantly, it ,is thought, and all were
greatly mutilated.
Several thousand people were soon
at the scene of the wreck and removed
the bodies from the debris. No one
on any of the cars had made an effort
to jump and the bodies of all those
killed were found in the wreckage of
the different cars to which they be¬
longed. Some of the bodies wore
crushed to a ghastly degree.
It seemed miraculous that any one
should have escaped, for each car fall¬
ing with the engine bounded from it
and completely collapsed after strik¬
ing the rocks at the foot, of the trestle.
Ail unofficial opinions that have
been ascertained agree in giving only
one cause for the wreck—the high
speed of tho train on the sharp curve.
No. 97 was running about an hour te-
hind time; It is thought that the en¬
gineer being unfamiliar with the road,
did not take into consideration the
danger of coming on the curve with
such great, velocity.
The mail bags in all the mail cars
were torn open and the letters and
packages were scattered, but it is be¬
lieved none is lost. Fire which appear¬
ed in the wreckage shortly after it oc¬
curred was quickly extinguished by
the Danville fire department.
In loss of life this is one of the most
the Southern, and it is the third time
that the fast mail has been almost en¬
tirely demolished.
Within tho last twelve months *he
same train ran into a large rock on
the track near Lexington, N. C., the
engine ruined, cars gutted and several
lives were lost.
A few months ago the fast mail
struck a freight train head on near
Charlotte, N. C., and was again almost
demolished.
STORM SOMEWHAT INTERFERED,
Chicago’s Fire Celebration Considern.
bly Dampened by Rain.
The centennial celebration of the
founding of Chicago was formally
opened Saturday night when a ton or
two of red fire powder was burned on
tlie street corners, in an attempt to
give a realistic imitation of the great
Chicago fire.
The conflagration was not exactly
the success hoped for, because of a
heavy storm, which prevailed through¬
out the time for the burning of the re t
fire.
FILIPINOS AT WORLD’S FAIR.
Thirty-One Natives of Island Swoop
Down Upon St. Louis.
Thirty-one native Filipinos have ar¬
rived in St. Louis to nelp in the erec¬
tion of the Philippine exhibit buildings
and began work Thursday on the
“Cuartel de Filipinos” at the world’s
fair. The “Cuartel de Filipinos” Is i>j
be 150 feet square, with a court in the
center 90 feet square. It is to be two
stories high, with the second story
overhanging as in Manila dwelling
houses. It isi to ho rooted with nipa*
a native plant,