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TRIBUNE. THERE 15 NO PAPER LIKE THE HOME PAPER TO HOME PEOPLE. VOL. V. CLAYTON, RABUN COUNTY. GA.. THURSDAY. JULY 34. 1902. NO. 37. THROUGH FLOODS Vast Areas in Missouri Covered by Waters. ENORMOUS DAMAGE TO CROPS From Reliable Authority of Grain Men Aggregate Loss Will be Four Million Dollars. A special from Keokuk, Iowa, says: Heavy rains in central Iowa Thursday and Friday are sending a flood down upon prosperous > Missouri farmers which will ruin many, of them and cause losses aggregating at a conserv ative estimate two and a half million dollars. There se^&s to be no hope „at present for tjje^ountry between the Mlsslsslp^ppm.tie Missouri bluffs be tween Keokuk and - ' Hannibal, 300 ' equarqrynlles. The Des Moines river began to rise 3 inches an hour at Its mouth at Keokuk Friday, continuing until hope of safety was abandoned late in the day, A rise of 1 1-2 feet in a short time at Ottumwa and a further rise through out Its length below the capital city was prevented from running out freely by a jjlse of a foot and a half at Dqven- pdst* Thursday night. Increasing and ’framing down rapidly. The observer of ,.fSfew..vf ea ther bureau at Keokuk sent ’l^tefegfcaphlc way^Ihg to all points south yto prepare for Anger. J, The E&rpUia- ’p v 'W, flood just receding'after strenuous ef forts to i hold It, is only slightly above the water now. and the coming flood In • Des Moiues^Kill top It certainly. This lets the water into hundreds of square miles, including the town of Alexan dria; Mo. The Inhabitants there are prefacing for an oxverflow of the en tire town to a depth of several feet. This Is the town which Mark-Twain In his “Life on the Mississippi” said: “Sometme8 comes up to blow.” Loss Will Be Four Millions. ‘The worst feature is the ttnte of the •yefcr. The corn crop Is all made, and wheat.Is in the shock, entailing a total loss of the year’s work. Grain men put the figures of the loss from the over flow nearer four millions between Keo kuk and Hannibal. It Is believed the Illinois’ levees willrhold, and the dam age there is likely to be only $20,000 to $30,000 between Keokuk and Quincy. Heavy rains were reported In south- tern Iowa. Lowland farmers, river ' i men and the weather bureau observer * alike P redlct the geatest damage ever knowft from flood on the upper river. ' Late reports 'show half the country for a distance of 30 miles between Le- grange and Hannibal was already un der witter long before the crest; of the flood arrived. , - ■» ~ ; ;—> WOMAN’S CUMMKNDABLF. ACT. Attacked By Draaken Husband She Fills HI* With Cold Lead. The Jaubert brothers, who operate a small coal mine near , Oravllte, Ill., -were both shot to death at thdlr homo early Friday morning by the wife of one of. the then. They had returned About 11 o’clock Intoxicated and the husband demanded his dinner. Mrs. Jaubert began Its-preparation and her husband began breaking the dishes and at last attacked her. Mrs. • Jaubert and stated fled -to a back rdota end locked the door. Her husband'fol- lowed, broke' in the door and renewed ..the assault, whereupon the infuriated three shots Into his body, through his heart, causing snt death. ire, who was a‘ witness to — , brother's quai^ His A Mammary of Events Boring Mouth African Campaign. Took the field Jan. 10, 1900, as Rob erts’ chief of staff. Fought at Paardeburg, where Cronje surrendered with 4,000 men, Feb. 27, 1900. Was at occupation of Bloemfontein, March 13, 1900. Barely escaped capture by De Wet June 14, 1900. Assumed supreme command of army of 25,000 Nov. 30, 1900. Built iron blockhouses every 3,000 yards along railways and In chains through country, connected by barbed- wire fences charged with electricity. Started peaco negotiations Feb. 22, 1901. through General Botha’s wife. Gave Botha leave May 10, 1901, to send envoys to tell Kruger the situa tion. Established concentration camps. Issued August 6, 1901, banishment proclamation ordered by Chamberlain. Pursued steady policy of "wearing down Boer resistance by now scat tered bodies.” Signed peace treaty with Boer lead ers May 31, 1902. Made a viscount by the king June 4, 1902. Parliament voted him $250,000 June 5, at the king's request. Turned over control of-affairs June 17, 1902, to civil authorities! Sailed from Cape Town June 23, 1902, for England. BILL ARP’S LETTER Bartow Man Convinced that Nancy Hart Was No Myth. HE KNOWS SOME OF HER RELATIVES KING GOES ABOAKB YACHT. As Help to Convalescence He Takes a Short Voyage. A London dispatch says: King Ed ward left Victoria station at 11:35 o'clock' Tuesday morning for Ports mouth, Where he will board the royal ytWrt VfcHbrta avid Albei|. The king was conveyed from Buck ingham palace to the railway station in an ambulance drawn by two horses. The only other occupant of the am bulance was Queen Alexandra. The vehicle was driven at A walking pace. Although there was a small crowd at the station there was no demonstra tion In complinnnce with the expressed wish of the king. The doctors and nurBes awaited the arrival of the ambulance and a party of blue jackets removed his majesty from the vehicle to a royal salcn-car, formerly used by the late Queen Vic toria. The removal of his majesty from the train to the royal yacht was safely ac complished by blue jackets and the king’s couch was placed In a reception room which had been specially con structed on the upper deck. The warships In the harbor" fired a salute as the king embarked and all the vessel dressed ship and manned yards or decks. The royal yacht steamed off almost Immediately after the transfer was completed. \ JUDGE REAGAN KLTIKES. Veierobl" Tixas statesman EuPglsed In >t«1e Democratic Convention. The Texas democratic -state conven tion met In Galveston Tuesday and or ganized with George Pendleton, of Bell county, as temporary chairman. The usual committee!, were appointed and adjournment was taken until Wed nesday. Ono of the features of the session was an ovation to Judge John H. Rea gan, who voluntarily retires from the -position of railroad commissioner. The convention passed a resolution eulo gising him as a patriot, for half a cen tury conspicuous as one of the. boldest. Wisest and most faithful champions of democracy. He Is the only survivor of either of the civil war cabinets. TESTING THE NEW MAINE. Speed Trial of Vessel Which Replaces One Destroyed at Havana. The new battleship Maine, built at Cramp’s ship yard at Philadelphia replaae the veesel destroyed vans harbor, started Tuesda noon on the builders’ trial trip off the Delaware Brave Woman Did^1kiil r Tortaji During Revolutionary .War and Evidence of the Fact Cannot be Suc cessfully Combatted! A few months ago some Idoubting correspondent hinted that tie story of Nancy Hart was probably an exag gerated romance or a handed down tradition-or maybe a myth. It Is for tunate that the doubt was published, for it awakened and aroused the good old people of Elbert and Hart counties and brought to light facts and records concerning the old lady that might have passed Into oblivion. That the story of her heroism Is true Is now es tablished as clearly as It were when Hart county was cut off from Elbert and named for her, the only county in Georgia that, was named for a woman. While this newspaper controversy was going on down in Georgia there was a great strapping Virginian named Tom Lee, 6 1-2 feet high and large In pro portion, operating the passenger de partment of the Lackawanna railroad: He is the great-grandson of Nancy Hart, desceff<je4frpip'her in a bee line irkrough hdnorakTej.Vlt-glnla ancestors. H'e knew- nothin jp-tof"* 4 * * controversy acestor and lAg, of her his jltfe that- iudu ted with fbrfte afnong ' ry recently Work and spaed concerning, ptaf:: said recently. •that It was he was notjjjeraQl her. jSj® 5 * „ .Talfij-Itad.:;.. the railroad*$ he wished ^to try of a new monster' locomotive and in vited the presidents pad superintend ents of several railroads and forty- three editors and newspaper men to go with him on a special to Pocona moun tain and back agala. On the northern roads the superintendents now hava an Indicator .or Dutch block In their private car that registers the speed. “What do you want?” said Tom Lee. “Well, about 70 miles, said the editor. The speed was then 55 miles an hour, but quickly the clock registered 66, 67, 68, 60, 65, 70, where It' remained for ^several minutes while the engineer was holdiag her down to an even, steady pace. A glassful of water on the floor would not have spilled a drop. Tom Lee said: “I would'have given you 80 If you had asked for It.” After a while they stopped at the Swlftwater house, where Washington and Lafay ette played croquet after the war wa> over and where JOe Jefferson spends his summers. Tom Lee knows his line age and that his parents were Virgin ians and nearly related to the Harts for whom Thomas Hart Benton was named. For the sake of her many children who have never heard the story, I will briefly relate that during the dark days of the revolution five torles came to her cabin and ordered her to get dinner for them. She did so and while they were eating and drinking and their gunB were set up In the corner of the room she quietly took them out side, and standing at the door with one in her hand she drew aim on the lead er and ordered them to surrender or die. One mnn started toward her and she shot him dead and seised another gun and shot another who had risen from table. With another gun she kept the others quiet until some neighbors came and they were taken prisoners. No doub( ^ta is a true story and a man had better hot move to Elbert or Hart county and express any doubts about it I have been there and know. Some years ago I lectured In Hart well and from there journeyed to .El- berton In a buggy with a preacher. We got a late start and the preacher’s horse wanted to slow up at "every house where there was a woman in sight, and when we got to the river the ferryman was away and we had to wait speed an hour for him to come. back. .Bo It Maine was dark when we recked ElWrton. 1-1; The court house was lighted up and inches, 'seemed-, full of-people end the boy# were rapping and calling for “Arp/ •‘Bill Arp.” The preacher unleaded in * W T‘ ■ ,; ‘r v-\ v. - near by and told me to go up stairs and open the ball while he went home to put up his horse. As I hurried in the door the doorkeeper stopped me and said: “Hold on, my friend, you haven’t paid.” I modestly told him that I was the speaker. "Oh. yes,” said he. “Maybe you are and maybe you ain't. Several other men have tried to pass on that schedule. I reck on you had better pay.” So I paid a half dollar to go in and hear myself talk; but I got half of It back when we divided the proceeds. Now, I don’t know that Nancy could read or write, but she could shoot, and In war times that Is better. At any rate Georgians are proud" of her and her great-grandson, Tom Lee, has nev er tarnished the name or fame of the family. When John Randolph boasted of his ancestral blood, Trlstam Bur gess, of Rhode Island, his bitter enemy, rose up to say that good conduct la posterity Was of more consequence than good blood in ancestors. “I have great respect,” said he, "for the gen tleman’s English blood and his Indian blood, but he should remember that he Is removed from them by several gen erations and that only one-slxty-fourtb part of Lord Rolfe or Pocahontas’ blood flows in his veins. That is not much to boast of. The rest Is widely i scattered, diluted and degenerated.” Burgess and Randolph had many spats like that, but they never came to blows. There never was a time In the south land when so much eager interest was manifested in tracing up ancestry— lineage. I receive letters almost daily from good people, from Carolina to Texas, asking for help to trace up and prove their claim to join the Sons or Daughters of the Revolution or to ser vice of their father or grandfather in the civil war of fofty years ago. The genealogical department of The Con stitution and George Smith's weekly contributions to Th# Journal are doing valuable and interesting work on thesfe lines. < * , There is one other line that has been shamefully neglected. From first to last there were near 90,000 Georgia soldiers in the confederate army, and yet there is no record of them— neither ■ in the counties nor the stare nor at Washingtop. I do not suppose there are ten in a hu'ndred Of these soldiers' whose 'Children or grand-children or near relatives can prove themselves* Colonel Avery did the best he could to make up a roll of each regiment and name the officers, but there Is no roll of the men nor a record of who was killed. Some companies changed their captains from three to eight times, but what became of those who dropped out? ' Colonel Avery says: “The fol lowing list Is painfully Imperfect. It was taken from the confederate war records at Washington, D. C., and from the meager documents in the Georgia archives and such personal Informa tion as could be had. The war de partment of the confederacy was most loosely run. Regimental muster rolls were mingled and contused; the con stantly occurring changes were not- noted.” Now, ask any old soldier, Can you prove your service by any undoubted evidence? Is there any record that you can go to? Two years ago Gov- .ernor Candler alluded to this shame ful neglect In his message and urged, the appointment of some one to gathel up and make a record of these Geor gia soldiers before the witnesses werp: all dead, but nothing was done. Why do not the veterans demand It? It would cost but little—perhaps the sal ary of a good man for a year. The chil dren and grandchildren of’ these sol diers are Interested and have a right to demand the -preservation and rec ord of their father’s or grandfather’s honorable service. Why qot^ Will there be enough veterans or patriotism In the nest legislature to spp to this and have established a muster toll— soine kind of a roll that the humblest citizen can point to’ as’ his ha'll of i tapie?—Bill-Arp, la Atlanta* CoifAtltu- tlon. ••-xV 'i': r > utU ! EACH DAI BRINGS FRIGHTFUL HORROR Explosion in Utah Mines Kills Thirty-Five Men. CAR LOADS OF POWDER IGNITE Deadly Disaster Caused by Care less Miner With A Lighted Can dle—Heartrending: Scenes. Do Iron want an vp-t<nJ»to V newspaper—#ri# ’that writ! koto'you posted on affalrt at ftomo Mid abroad! You wit I answer- the question afnnqg, ,1, II company lo MitynpiJUgqplin. A special from Park City, Utah, says: Thlrty-flve imlGers were killed In the Daly-West and Ontario {nines Tuesday night, twenty-nine In the Daly-Weqt/and stx In the Ontario. The disaster was the result of an ex plosion occasioned by John Burgy, a miner, going into one ol the magazines of the Daly-West with a lighted candle. His act cost him his life, and the lives of many other miners besides. All of the other victims are recognizable, their faces being easily Identified by relatives and friends. TJie explosion occurred at ll.:20 o’clock at night and In a twinkling deadly gas was gener ated throughout the mines. It crept through every funnel shaft and incline In a very short space of time and scores of miners found themselves fade to face with death. It la not known how much powder was exploded, hut whatever amount there was in it went off in a terrible concussion'. The shock was something terrific and was heard-far a long way, (Httitmgh it was neatly 2.o'clock \\£ed- esday morning before U w.se known In Park City, a distance of three-miles. When It was stated ■that a horse was’ killed at the mouth of the Ontario tunnel, two miles away, sg*i|tl<^ea of the force of the exploslonyn{|(jl.bb>had. The animal was In use qt the gptrance to this part of the mine and wal|jtto r l* ed against the wall and machinery with such violence as to be-killed out right. Two other horses were also killed, the latter In the Ontario, almost* as great a distance away. That the loss of life was not far gi*eater than it is seems marvelous. \ , The work of rescuing the imperiled and dead was quickly and heroically undertaken: Men were broiight to the surface 'Just as fast as the disabled machinery would permit. The victims had to be brought up the shaft In a on“-compartment cage, one of the com partments having been wrecked by the explosion. .. in the Ontario, which is connected with the Daly-West, six men lost their lives. Two of the dead were rescuei;-' John McLaughlin and John, Women and Childrep til Ontario shaft house whU^ta mk between Park City and thej6aly-V _ T ,_ Nearly all of them have hnsb&Jds or fathers in tha mines and the!* grief was pitiable, t All of the doctors in town were quickly on the scene..doing wh'dt thejr could’to restore the'jincon scious men as they wer4 taken dot. A relief party went Into the Qatar®'mine shortly after the explosion.oqfurred. James Smith, a member <?f tfee res cuing party, died soon after’hobfe. Jack Balton, a Sliver King mltferi who also went down with the tcscnei*, to ex pected, to die, ; ,j , DfKUMtoa RICH MONO THl>r.r,fc?S NT(>l\ .4— Virginia City Experiences Big fitreet Hallway Strike. h Richmond, Va'., Wedneqdgy, morning experienced her frapt big street rail way --strike. Prac totally' no are running and aU kind# of, veMicl*k , hare been put into use. , A committee, representing the local street 'edr men’s'ttftfon/ttfter'lw'con ferences With President Sitterdta’g, of ‘he t y)r*i!ito. t and-quit work. The etriks affdoll the