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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE
VOLUME VI.
THIRTY-ONE KILLED
And Fifteen Injured in Fright¬
ful Crash of Trains.
ANOTHER RAIL HORROR
Heavy Freight Plunges Into a Work
Train Crowded With Track Hands
L on the Big Four Railway,
L. Near Peoria, Illinois.
:■
Thirty-one men were killed and at
least fifteen Injured in a head-end col¬
lision between a westbound freight and
a work train on the Big Four rail¬
road between Mackinaw and Tremont,
Illinois, p.t 2:45 o’clock Thursday after-
noon. Within a short time, the
bodies of twenty-six victims of the
wreck had been taken from the mass
of debris, which was piled thirty feet
high on the tracks, while five remain¬
ed burled under a huge pile of broken
timber, twisted and distorted iron and
steel.
All the dead and most of the in
Jured were members of the work
train, the crews of both engines having
jumped in time to save their lives
The collision occurred in a deep cut
at the beginning of a sharp curve
neither train being visible io the new
o: ! the other until until they were wiut
in filty feet. The two trains struck
with such force that the concussion
was heard for miles around. A second
after the collision the boiler of the
work train exploded with terrific force,
throwing heavy iron bars and splinters
of wood to a distance of two hundred
feet.
List of Identified Dead.
The following is a list of jhe dead
who have been identified: Robert King
aged 43, Tremont, leaves widow and
three children; Thomas Troy, 50, Tie
mont, single; William Eads. 30, Tre¬
mont, leaves widow and three chil¬
dren ; Charles E. Meyers, 50, Blooming
ton, leaves widow and five children,
George Smith, 50, Bloomington, leaves
widow and three children; George Har¬
mon, 38, Bloomington, leaves widow
and ^our children; John Smith, Fred
Bac-huins, John Shaw, Stephen Cutler
aud John Doran, the last five single
men, and twenty unidentified dead
bodies mangled beyond-recognition.
Conductor John W. Judge, of Indian
apolis, w'ho had charge of the freight
train, received orders at Urbana to
wait at Mackinaw for the work train
which wag. due there at 2:40 p. m. In
stead of this he failed to stop. The
engineer of the work train, George
Becker, had also received orders tc
pass the freight at Mackinaw and was
on the way to that station. The work
train was perhaps five minutes late
and was running at full speed In order
to make up time.
The collision was witnessed by Rus¬
sell Noon, a farmer’s boy, of 14 years
of age, who hastened to a nearby house
and telephoned to Tremont.
The workmen had been engaged in
laying rails at different points along
the track and are residents of neigh
boring towns, and the scenes about
the wreck were beyond description
Wives and children of men who were
missing thronged around, pesring at
the unrecognizable forms removed
from the debris. Ou't of thirty-five
men who constituted the crew of the
work train, only four are living, and
two of these are seriously injured.
EXTENSION TO BE COMPLETED.
Election of New Directors of Seaboard
Good Thing for the South.
The election of T. Jefferson Cool-
idge, Jr., of Boston, as a director of
the Seaboard Air Line railway, and
the announcement that Mr. Coolldge
and Mr. Thomas F. Ryan had agreed
to loan money to the Seaboard rail¬
road means that the Atlanta and Bir
mingham extension of the Seaboard is
certain to be completed, and probably
that the Seaboard Air Line will go into
the new passenger depot which is be¬
ing erected by the Atlanta Terminal
Company.
OPPOSITION TO CUBAN BILL.
Members from Michigan, Texas, Cali¬
fornia and Colorado Heard from.
The opposition to the Cuban bill
was heard in the house and in vigo¬
rous speeches Wednesday. The features
were the speeches of Mr. Grosven-
or, of Ohio, who opened tne discussion
in advocacy of the bill, and of Mr.
Fordney (republican), of Michigan,
who emphatically expressed his disap¬
proval of the measure. Among others
who spoke in opposition to the bill
were Messrs. SEarroth, Colorado; Bur
gess, Texas, and Bell, California, Demo¬
crats; and Messrs. McMorran and
Loud, the latter two republicans
MADDEN NOW ON SPIT.
Third Assistant Postmaster General's
Office Being Investigated.
General Payne, Monday,
.dmitted that an investigation is be-
9* made of charges involving the of
lc$ of Third Assistant Postmaster
general Madden, in philatelists connection with
he speculation of in cer-
tain valuable specimen postage
—*
1HE seaboards saved.
Road Hat Not Been Shorn of Absolute
Independence aa Published—Has
Staunch Backers.
A Sew York special say*: Blair
ft Co., Thomas P. Ryan and T. Jeffer-
son Coolldge, Jr., have agreed to loan
the Seaboard Air Line railway the
amount of money deemed necessary
by the officers of that company to pay
>ff its floating debt and to complete
the Blrmingham-Atlanta extension.
In pursuance of this understanding,
all Interest represented in the proper¬
ty agreed upon the following directors
who were, elected at a meeting Wed¬
nesday afternoon:
John Skelton Williams, Richmond,
Va.; Thomas F. Ryan, New York;
James A. Blair, New York; J. William
Middendorf, Baltimore; S. Davies,
Warfield, Baltimore; James F. Dooley,
Richmond; C. Sidney Shepard, New
Haven; J. M. Barr, Norfolk, Va.; Er
nest Thalmann, New York; B. F. Yoak¬
um, New York; H. Clay Pierde, St '
Louis; Oakleigh Thorpe, New' York;
Norman R. Ream, Chicago; T. Jeffer¬
son Coolldge, Jr., Boston, and Nathan¬
iel Thayer, Boston.
The Seaboard Air Line will continue
to be operated entirely as an independ¬
ent line. President John Skelton Wil¬
liams, of the Seaboard Air Line, Eaid
after the meeting:
“The proposition made by S. Davies
Warfield, president of the Continental
Trust Company, of Baltimore, on be
half of Thomas F. Ryan, Blair & Co.
and {he Old Colony Trust Company,
of Boston, has been unanimously ac
cepted and has resulted In the elec¬
tion of a board of directors satisfac
tory to all the Interests concerned.
The entrance Into the management ol
the company of Mr. Ryan, Blair & Co.
and the Old Colony Trust Company, in
conjunction with Ladenburg, Thai
mann & Co., and their associates
marks a new era In Seaboard affairs
and will place this company in an en
viable position, both as to financial
support anfi able and vigorous diree
tlon.
“In connection with the negotiations
leading up to the successful conclusion
reached today, Mr. Warfield has played
a most Important part. It was Mr
Warfield who first saw Mr. Ryan, en
tirely without my knowledge, and who
afterwards brought Mr. Ryan and my
self into negotiations with the success
ful result which has just been accom¬
plished. Mr. Warfield has performed
a great service to the city of Balti
more and the south, and I am glad
that he will take his old place on our
board of directors, our executive com
mlttee and on the voting trust.
"The financial arrangements which
the Seaboard Air Line railway has just
perfected provide among other things
for the amount required by the com
pany to fully complete its line from
Atlanta to Birmingham.
“At the time of the formation of the
syndicate, of which Ladenburg. Thal¬
mann & Co. are managers, the Sea¬
board obligated itself to furnish ov.
of its treasury, in addition to the pro¬
ceeds of the sale of the $6,000,000
bonds on the Atlanta and Birmingham
division, an amount sufficient to com¬
plete this extension, and this. has now
been done.”
COLOMBIA BEING DESERTED.
Two More States Seeking to Align
Themselves with Panama.
The state department late Wednes¬
day afternoon received advices that
the department of Cauca and Antio-
quia, of Colombia, are seeking to sep¬
arate from that government and are
soliciting admission into the Panama
republic.
No surprise is expressed In Wash¬
ington over the report tnat these de¬
partments are making an effort to
align themselves with the republic of
Panama. The two departments named
and also that of Bolivar are the most
prosperous In the whole Colombian
territory. They contribute the great¬
er portion of the revenues for the fed
eral tea^ry, that of Antioquia alone
paying about one-third t< the entire
amount.
EFFORTS AT PEACE FAILED.
Chicago City Authorities and Striker!
Fall Down on Arbitration.
All efforts of Mayor Harrison to se
cure arbitration of the difficulties be¬
tween the Chicago City railway and
its striking employes failed.
This announcement was made Thurs¬
day following a series of conferences
between Mayor Harrison and hts me¬
diation committee of aldermen and
committees representing the company
and the strikers.
Renewal of hostilities began prompt¬
ly, following the f&.bire of the attempts
at arbitration,
FOUR PEOPLE CREMATED.
.Two Men, Woman and Child Lose Life
In Burning of Home.
A dispatch from Luverne, Ala., says:
Pobe Brooks, his wife and child and
an unknown man, were cremated by a
lire which destroyed the Brooks resi¬
dence Wednesday night.
The charred remains of the four por-
s on were found Thursday morning, it
is thought no foul play was done, but
the coroner will investigate.
CARNESVILLE. (1A, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 27. 1903
NEW CANAL TREATY
Is Drawn Up and Signed by
Hay and Bunau-Varilla.
ASSURES PANAMA ROUTE
Convention is Much Simpler Than the.
Defunct Hay-Herran Treaty—Ab¬
solute Sovereignty is Award¬
ed Uncle Sam.
A Washington special say*: Sec-
retary Hay and M. Phillipe Bunau-Va¬
rilla, the minister from Panama, at
6:40 o’clock Wednesday evening sign¬
ed the Hay-Banau-Varilla treaty, pro¬
viding for the construction of the
Panama canal by the United States.
The ceremony occurred in Secretary
Hay’si study. The Panama miuistcr
arrived at Mr. Hay’s house promptly
at 6 o’clock, having made appointment
with the secretary for a conference at
that hour. He was surprised to find
that the secretary had before him the
treaty' engrossed in duplicate. The sec¬
retary informed M. Bunau-Varilla that
he was ready to sign the treaty. Tho
minister read the document carefully,
and then he and Secretary Hay at¬
tached their signatures to it
Hearty congratulations were ex¬
changed and it was agreed that the
news of the signing of the treaty
should be kept from the public for
the present. President Roosevelt was
immediately advised of the signing of
the document and Minister Bunau-
Varilla sent a confidential cablegram
to his government, stating that the
treaty had been signed.
The secretary and the minister re¬
fused to comment on the ceremony.
The only official admission that can be
had is that the terms of the treaty are
practically settled.
Although the treaty has- not been
made public, the Associated Press is
enabled to give the substance of the
document. It consists oi between
twenty-two and twenty-five articles,
by which Panama cedes to the United
States whatever lands throughout the
republic of Panama this government
shall find desirable in connection with
the building of the canal. In addition
the treaty gives to the United States
absolute sovereignty over the canal
strip, which, it is understood com-
prises between eight and ten miles on
each side of the canal. Within this
zone the power of the United States
is as absolute as if the zone were part
and parcel of this country. In general
it may he said that while the new
treaty contains many of the provisions
of the rejected Hay-Herran treaty, it
is not based on that convention, but
follows not only the spirit, but the let¬
ter of the Spooner act.
Thus, instead of the lease for a fixed
period of the canal strip, this new
treaty provides for a perpetual grant
of the right of way to the United
States, and instead of a complicated
provision for courts of mixed compo-
sition—half American and half Co¬
lombian —to administer justice over
the canal strip, the new treaty per-
mits this government to exercise the
most complete jurisdiction thereon.
Permission is also given the United
States to fortify the line and the ter¬
minals, and it may police it with
troops. That portion of the treaty
dealing with the fortification of the
terminals is rather genera), hut suffi¬
ciently explicit not to be misunder¬
stood. The cities of Panama and Co¬
lon retain their municipal autonomy
under the republic of Panama so long
as they maintain public order and sail-
itary conditions^ to the satisfaction of
the United States. Failure to do this
gives the United States, according to
the treaty, the right to enforce strict
compliance with the wishes of this
government in this direction, and the
United States can even use force to
compel obedience to its'rules as to
public order and public health in theso
cities. The money consideration is
the same in the new treaty as in the
Hay-Herran convention, with the ex-
ception that the $10,000,000 goes to
Panama instead of Colombia.
WHITECAPPERS AT WORK.
Negroes in Several Mississippi Coun
ties are Ordered to Leave.
News was received in Jackson, Miss.,
Friday night that wbitecappaTS in the
counties of Amite, Franklin and Lin¬
coln are again terrorizing the negroes.
The whitecappers have given notice
to the negroes in many neighborhoods
in the counties mentioned to leave,
and thy are doing so,
The section mentioned has been af¬
fected with whitecapism for some
years, but the authorities prosecuted
them so vigorously that they have
been quiet for the past nine months.
BOOKKEEPER BEHIND BARS.
Atlanta Firm Brings Serious Charges
Against Trusted Employe.
On a commitment from Justice
Bloodworth’s court, charging larceny,
W. E. Latimer, bookkeeper for J. J
and J. E. Maddox, at Atlanta, was lock-
ed up in . the Tower Tuesday after
noon. The charge, it is said, grew out
of an alleged shortage of about $1,000
EGAN LEAVES CENTRAL.
Popular President of Great Railway
System Gets Leave of Absence,
Report 8ay« Is Permanent.
According to a dispatch sent out
from Savannah, President John M.
Egan, of the Central of Georgia rail¬
way, has tendered his resgnation and
goes to New York on a two weeks’
leave of absence. Thereafter his con¬
nection with the Central will termi¬
nate.
This action of Mr. Egan will come
aa a tremendous surprise. Wherever
Ihe Central system touches there will
be regret at his action. At the last
annual meeting of the Central railway
an announcement, was authorized that
the breach that had existed between
President Egan and Major J. F. Han¬
son. of Macon, chairman of the board,
had been healed and that all the dif¬
ferences that had obtained between
these two officials had been adjusted.
For this rason, too, tho surprise in
the announcement of Mr. Egan’s resig¬
nation will be the greater.
It has long been known that the re¬
lations between President Egan and
Major Hanson Were not pleasant offi¬
cially.
Major Hanson replied Sunday night
in response to an Inquiry by the Asso¬
ciated Press as to the resignation:
“Mr. Egan has applied for a leave of
absence and it has been granted.”
President Egan was seen by a press
representative, but he would not con¬
firm the statement that he had re¬
signed. He merely said that he had
been granted two weeks’ leave of ab¬
sence and that he was leaving for
New York. He did not know just
where he will spend his holiday, he
declared.
President Egan has been with the.
Central of Georgia since 1896, when
he came to the road in the capacity of
vice president. He was also vice pres¬
ident of the Ocean Steamship Com¬
pany.
Upon the death of the late H. M.
Comer he was made president of the
Central, and subsequently president of
the Ocean Steamship Company. In
course of time the difference between
himself and Major Hanson developed,
however, and Major Hanson was final¬
ly elected chairman of the Hoard of
the Central, and also president of the
Ocean Steamship Company, which is
closely allied. The president, of the
railroad had to report to the chairman
of the board.
RATHBONE “KNOCKS" GEN WOOD.
Former Director of Posts in Cuba
Makes Some Salty Charges.
Major Estes G. Rathbone, formerly
director of the posts in Cuba, was giv¬
en a hearing before the military af¬
fairs committee of the senate, Friday,
and reiterated the charges made sev¬
eral times before the secretary of
war, the senate committee on rela¬
tions with Cuba and in public state
ments following his trial in connection
with Cuban postal frauds.
With reference to the charge that
Governor General Wood had exceeded
his authority in giving instructions to
the courts, Major Rathbone said that
the general had pursued this course in
the Cuban postal case when he (Rath¬
bone) was under prosecution. This
was, he said, in violation of article 387
of the penal code of Cuba and in a.
manner prejudicial to the rights and
Interests of those under trial.
NO RECIPROCITY LEGISLATION.
Aldrich Makes Significant Remarks in
Discussion of Cuban Bill.
The Cuban reciprocity bill passed by
the house, was taken up in the senate
Friday and elicited the first real dis¬
cussion in that body this session. It
brought two significant declarations.
One of these had immediate bearing
upon the work of the extra session,
the other was broader and more im¬
portant in its scope. This was the
virtual acknowledgment by Senator
Aldrich, of Rhode Island, that no recip
rocity legislation may ever be expect¬
ed from the republican party as it is
now represented in the senate, despite
the declarations In the republican plat¬
forms and those of the republican na
ley.
TO COMMEMORATE TRANSFER
Stat e of Louisiana to Have an Individ-
ual Purchase Celebration.
A New Orleans special says: The
state of Louisiana, which Has appro
priated $100,000 to cover its share in
the St. Louis purchase exposition next
year, will hold transfer commemora¬
tion exercises of its own December 18
and 20 next.
The Louisiana Historical Society,
the members of which have long been
working on such a celebration to take
place on the date of the actual trans-
fer, have announced an elaborate pro-
gram of the exercises.
CHARITY BEQUEST ILLEGAL.
Money of Dead Millionaire Not Avail¬
able for Masonic Orphanage.
The bequest of $240,000, of if neces¬
sary, $250,000, for the erection of a
Masonic orphanage made by the iate
William T. Elkins, of Philadelphia,
has been declared illegal by Register
of Wills M. Roof. This decision is
due to the fact that the codicil provid¬
ing for the gift was muTTb within ihir-
ty days of the testator's death aud is
therefore inoperative.
MANY MOROS SLAIN
General Wood's Men Make
Bloody Raid Upon Rebels.
THREE HUNDRED KILLED
In Five Daye of Fighting Two Thou¬
sand of the Islanders Were Put
to Rout—Treacherous Ambus,
cade Laid for Americano.
A special from Manila says: Three
hundred Moros arc known to have
been kilted and many others were car¬
ried off dead or wounded as a result of
five days’ severe fighting in Jolo be¬
tween the American troops, under Gen¬
eral Leonard Wood, and the insur¬
gents. Major H. L. Scott, of ihe Four-
teenth cavalry, and five American pri¬
vates were wounded.
General Wood landed near Slot
lake, in Jolo, November 12. The Mo¬
ros were soon located and fighting be¬
gan immediately aud continued until
November 17.
Major Scott was taking Panglima
Hassen, the Moro leader, who had
been taken a prisoner, to Jolo. While
en route, Hassen asked to be allowed
to see his family. His request was
granted, and thereupon he led Major
Scott into an ambuscade, whore the
American detachment was fired upon.
Major Scott was shot in both hands.
Hassen succeeded in escaping during
this unexpected attack,
The fighting took place in a country
covered with rocks. The Moros were
driven across the country from Siet
lake to the town which Hassen has
made his headquarters, and whore It
was reported the Moros were 2,000
strong.
The rebel position was attacked in
the flank by the American troops, who
occupied the town and inflicted a loss
of fifty killed on the Moros. Hassen,
with a small party, surrendered. The
rest of the Moros went into the
swamps, out of which they were driv¬
en on November 16, leaving seventy-
three dead behind them. On Novem¬
ber 17 the American forces renewed
the attack on the remaining Moros, of
whom forty more were killed.
The reb«l forces have been literally
destroyed by these operations, and
General Wood says the indications are
that there will be no extension of the
uprising, which was handled without
difficulty.
On November 18 General Wood
started on an expedition against a
body of 2,(TOO Moros who are in the
mountains back of Tablibi. No news
has as yet been received in Manila as
to the result of this movement.
COLOMBIANS UNPACIFIED.
Press Continues to Criticise and Do
nounce American Government.
The press of Colombia continues to
severely criticise and denounce the
American government for its action In
isthmian affairs and the recognition of
the republic of Panama. This Is shown
in a dispatch received at the state de¬
partment late Saturday night from
Minister Beaupre, at Bogota. Presi¬
dent Roosevelt, the United States con¬
gress and the people are the targets
of violent denunciations.
A dispatch from Bogota says: A
man prominent in public affairs has
informed the correspondent of the As¬
sociated Press that the Colombian gov¬
ernment would await the result of the
mission to Washington of General
Reyes before deciding upon its policy
as regards the new republic of Pana¬
ma. The general opinion is t*tat there
will be war, but that the government
first will do its utmost to effect a dip¬
lomatic arrangement.
The belief is expressed in govern¬
ment circles that the United States
senate will not approve of the action
of President Roosevelt, regarding af¬
fairs on the isthmus. All parties In
Bogota have offered their aid to the
government, and over 100,000 volun¬
teers have tendered the’r services in
the event of the declaration of hos¬
tilities.
ASSIGNEES TAKE CHARGE.
Investigation of Camden Bank Reveals
Making of Unjudlcious Loans.
After an investigation into the af¬
fairs of the Farmers’ and Merchants’
bank, of Camden, S. C., the trouble as
was suspected, pointed to injudicious
loans. A meeting of directors was
held Wednesday morning, at which it
was decided to make an assignment
of all the property, securities and cred
its of tho bank to E. S. Vaux and A. D.
Kennedy.
A deed of assignment was executed
at once and the assignees have as
sumed charge of the bank’s affairs.
GREWSOME GIFT BY MAIL.
Postmistress of South Carolina Offi'.e
Receives Woman’s Hand.
Miss Rochester, the postmistress at
Central, Pickens county, S. C., was
the recipient of a rather odd and ghast¬
ly gift through the malls a few days
ago. It was the left hand of a woman.
A druggist is preserving the gift, at
the suggestion of the postoffice inspec¬
tor.
TO FIGHT BOLL WEEVIL
Southern Congressmen Seek Govern¬
ment Appropriation of $500,000.
Delegation Calls on President.
The southern members of congress
will ask tne government to appropri¬
ate half a million dollars for the ex¬
termination of the boll wesvl) pest,
which \» destroying the cotton of Tex¬
as and Is Such a menace to the crop
of all the southern states,
A number of conferences have been
held, at which the best method to se¬
cure government aid has been discuss¬
ed. Friday the representatives from
all the cotton growing state* held a
meeting in the minority room of the
house of representatives, presided
over by Hon. Sam Roberton, of Lou¬
isiana. At this meeting formal In¬
dorsement was given to the plan for¬
mulated by Hon. George Burgess, of
Texas, which provides for the crea¬
tion of a cotton commission to Inquire
into tho insects which destroy cotton,
this to consist of three expert heads
of divisions in the agricultural depart¬
ment, with two practical cotton plant¬
ers from Texas and one from Loulsi-
ana. For the purposes of the work
of the commission an appropriation ol
half a million dollars is to he asked.
An apprpriation of this size was mado
to stamp out tho foot and mouth dis¬
ease in New England, and it is believ¬
ed that the efforts to get a similar ap
propriatlon for the protection of the
great cotton crop will be successful.
A delegation of three members from
each of the cotton growing states call¬
ed upon President Roosevelt Satur¬
day morning to urge that he insert in
his message a recommendation that
this appropriation be made. Tho dele¬
gation consisted of the following:
Georgia, Griggs, Maddox and Bart¬
lett; Arkansas, Little, Brundidge and
Robinson; Texas, Burgess, Randeli and
Field; Louisiana, Pujo, Ransdell and
Breezeale; Mississippi, Candler, Hill
and Speight; Alabama, Bankhead,
Clayton and Thompson; South Caro¬
lina, Johnson, Lever and Aiken; Ten
nessee, Patterson, Padgett and Pierce;
North Carolina, Thomas, Pou and
Kluttz.
NOVEL EXECUTION IN UTAH.
Convicted Murderer Stationed Against
Prison Wall and Shot Down.
Peter Mortensen, the slayer of Jas.
H. Hay, was Shot to death in the Utah
state penitentiary yard in Salt Lake
City, Friday morning. Maintainng his
innocence to the last, he walked to the
chair placed against the stone wall of
the prison yard without weakening
and bade the guards and deputy sher-
•ffs goodby. Mortenzen was killed in¬
stantly, four bullets from the rifles
of the executing squad, concealed be¬
hind a thick curtain in the door of
a building 12 yards distant, piercing
the white target pinned over his heart.
SHERIFF HOLDS HIS JOB.
Failed to Prevent Lynching of Negro
and Suit Was Brought.
The supreme court of Indiana, Fri¬
day, affirmed the judgment of the low¬
er court in the suit of the coroner to
oust Sheriff Dudley, of Sullivan coun¬
ty, for failure to protect a negro who
was lynched last winter. Suit was
brought under a law declaring the of¬
fice of sheriff vacated for such negli¬
gence. The lower coilft decided that
the law was unconstitutional. The
supreme court did not pass on the
question of constitutionality, holding
that the coroner had no interest in
the office of sheriff.
TROOPS PROTECTING MINES.
Governor of Colorado Orders Out the
National Guard.
Governor Peabody, Friday, ordered a
detachment of the national guard to
proceed to Tellurlde to protect men
who may be willing to work in the
mines and mills.
Adjutant General Bell immediately
issued orders to three troops of caval¬
ry, eight companies of infantry and
detachments of the signal and medical
corps, a total of 700 men, to proceed
to Teliuride.
APPEALS TO NATIONS.
Panama Addresses Note to Envoys of
Powers at Washington.
Accredited to the United States, the
republic of France and the world at
large, as representatives of the re-
pupblic of Panama, M. Bunau-Varilla,
under special instructions from his
government, has addressed a note to
the envoys of the powers represented
at. Washington requesting them that
they notify their governments of the
formation of the sovereign state of
Panama and expressing the hope that
his government will receive recogni¬
tion at their hands.
ARBITRATION IS PROPOSED.
Street Railway Strike in Chicago
May Be Amicably Settled.
A Chicago dispatch says; Peace
negotiations looking to an amicable
settlement of the struggle between
the management of the Chicago city
railway and its striking employes
were begun Tuesday afternoon, and
the indications are that both sides
to the controversy will agree to sub¬
mit their differences' to arbitration.
NUMBER 2.
TWENTY-SEVEN BURNED.
Italian Railroad Hand: Meet Horrible
Death in Fire Which Destroyed
Shanty Wherein They Slept.
While more than a hundred Italian
laborers were asleep in a shanty near
Lilly, Pa., oil the Pennsylvania rail¬
road, early Saturday morning, the
building caught, five and before the
foreigners could escape at least twen¬
ty-seven were burned to death and a
score or more seriously injured.
The men were employed by contrac¬
tors on the Pennsylvania railvoad im¬
provement between Lilly and Portage.
There were 500 men on the job, all
Italians, and in the shanty which
burned were 125 of these. The shanty
was about 100 feet long, one story In
height. One end was used for cooking
and eating, at the other end the men
slept in bunks, which were crowded.
There was only one door at each end,
and the windows were few and small.
The fire Is supposed to have started
from an overheated stove. The build¬
ing burned like tinder and the flames
were upon the men before any of them
w’oro aroused.
Then began a struggle for the out¬
side and for life. They fought and
scrambled for the doors, the weaker
being crushed down and trampled.
Others were roasted to death.
Those who strove for the door were
in the wildest sort of panic. They
fought and kicked, and among those
who escaped there are many who bear
marks of the fierce struggle which
took place. A few got out of the small
windows minus clothing and with their
bodies cut from broken glass.
Many of those who did manage to
get. out had their savings of years in
their trunks which they left behind in
the building. Remembering this as
soon as they got outside, they fought
just as fiercely to get hack. A few
succeeded, but for the sake of their
money they gave up their lives. An
eye-witness says he does not believe
that a single man of those who return¬
ed succeeded in getting out again.
In the ruins some of the corpses
were close beside the hooped bands of
their trunks, and melted gold and sil¬
ver which had been kept in those re¬
ceptacles Indicated that they had fall¬
en and died with their treasure in their
arms. The bodies were all practically
burned beyond recognition.
SOUTH’S GREAT STAPLE.
Averages Sum of One Million Dollard
Per Day the Year Round,
Two millions of dollars a day is a.
snug sum for the total receipts from
the sale of a single agricultural pro¬
duct in a single country, even such a
country as the United States, says'
the Atlanta Constitution’s Washington
correspondent. This is the figure
shown by the department of commerce
and labor, through its bureau of sta¬
tistics, as the value of cotton exported
from the United States in tho month
of October, 1903.
The preliminary statement of the
bureau for the month of October shows
the value of cotton exported in the
month of October to be $60,283,412,
against $42,000,000 in October, 1902;
$46,000,000 in October, 1901, and $60,-
474,437 in October, 1900. The total
quantity exported in October, 1903, as
shown by this preliminary statement,
was 594,540,872 pounds, being an aver¬
age price of 10.1 cents per pound.
This figure of $60,000,000 receipts
for cotton in a single month is not
equaled in the hstory of cotton exports
except in the month of October, 1900,
when the total value of cotton export¬
ed was $60,474,437. Even the figures
of $60,283,412 for the month of Octo¬
ber, 1903, are subject, to a slight pros¬
pective increase, as this preliminary
statement of the bureau of statistics
does not include the figures of certain
distant ports, through which small
quantities are exported.
It should not bo understood from the
above statement that the value of cot¬
ton exports of the United States aver¬
ages $2,000,000 per day the year round,
although they have averaged $2,000,000
per day during tho month of October.
Taking the entire year, it may be said,
however, that (he value of cotton ex¬
ports now averages $1,000,000 per day
for each business day of the yea 1 *.
TWO BANKS CLOSE DOORS. ^
One Large Institution Fails in Texas
and Another in Indiana.
The comptroller qf the currency at
Washington was advised that tho In¬
diana national bank, of Elkhart, Ind.,
did not open for business Thursday
morning. C. H. Bosworth, national
hank examiner, has been directed to
take charge of the institution.
The Farmers’ national bank, of Hen¬
rietta, Texas., has been closed by di¬
rection of the comptroller of the cur¬
rency. Miller Weir, national bank ex¬
aminer, has been appointed temporary
receiver.
INHUMAN FATHER ON TRIAL.
Dr. Jay in Court, Charged with the
Murder of His Three Children.
The case against Dr. J. V. Jay,
charged with the murder of his three
children at Barnardsville, N. C., sever-
al weeks ago, was called in the supe¬
rior court at Asheville Wednesday, and
a special venire was ordered drawn
from which to select the jury. The
plea of the defense will be insanity.