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KILLED, WIFE, SELF
Afc'D TWOCHILDREN
Crazed Father Wipes Out the
Whole Family.
then takes his own life.
Country Home Near Middletown, Ind.,
Is Scene of One of Those Shocking
Tragedies In “Which an Insane Par
ent Does Bloody Work.
Middletown, Ind., Feb. 21. —In his
country home, 60 miles from here, yes
terday, John M. Thornburg, aged 56,
, killed his wife, two children and him
.tsqjf. Thornburg was prosperous, but
had been mentally afflicted for months.
L- His family was. reluctant to place
refeim in confinement, and were trying
* to care for him at home.
He had a raving spell yesterday and
shot one after another and then him
self, wiping out the family.
SOUTHERN BASEBALL LEAGUE.
Fight to Finish Will Be Made Over
Montgomery Franchise.
, New Orleans, Feb. 21. —Owing to the
f fact that President Kavanaugn is de
a,4ayed on a belated train there was no
..meeting of the board of directors of
the Southern League this morning. It
was reported that Mr. Kavanaugh
would not reach the city until late in
the afternoon and that owing to the
inability to muster the full board, the
meeting of the baseball league today
flight go over until Monday. The
Birmingham and Memphis delegations
were also missing today, all of the
trains due in the city this morning
being reported late owing to the heavy
carnival travel.
; Raphael Semmes, street .“railway
manager Ragland, Colonel Berry Holt
and Lew Whistler are here from Mont
>gome:y. They have come to fight to
a finish the wrangle over the Mont
gomery franchise. Mills Hightower,
• t>f Chattanooga, is also here in an ef
fort to have the Montgomery franchise
transferred to Chattanooga. It is said
among the baseball men already here
that if the Montgomery parties are un.
able to come to an agreement the
league will find a solution in bowling
.out Montgomery and admitting Chat
tanooga. It is understoond in this
connection that Chattanooga is ready
to duplicate the guarantee made by
Shreveport to the league.
All the members of the schedule
committee, Abner Powell, of Atlanta;
Newt. Fishe», of Nashville, and Mike
, \Finn, of Little Rock, are here. The
schedule they have completed will be
presented whenever the league gets
together. President Newman, of the
New Orleans club, said today that the
schedule had been discussed by mem
bers of the league who are here, and
that the probability was that it would
be adopted without amendment.
FULTON CHOSEN SENATOR.
(r Scene of Wild Enthusiasm In Oregon
Legislature.
** Salem, Ore., Feb. 21. —At 20 minutes
I after midnight on the forty-third bal
lot, Charles W. Fulton, of Astoria,
was elected United States senator, he
having received 46 votes. All through
the evening beginning at 8 o’clock, the
two houses took ballot after ballot
with few changes until 11 o’clock,
•*when the name of Harvey W. Scott
Was presented. The Multnomah del
egation supported him solidly and in
‘.addition he drew eight votes from
Geer.
The last ballot began at 10 minutes
before midnight, and when the result
f announced a scene of wild enthu-
Jgrtpafin followed. Men hugged each
JMvther, threw up their hats and shout
ed themselves hoarse. It was several
minutes before order could be restored.
| Then President Brownell, in a few
f words introduced Senator Fulton, who
1 thanked the members of the leglsla
r ttire for the honor that had been con
ferred upon him and pledging that he
'’would represent no particular section
of Oregon, but would give his best ef
forts to the upbuilding of every sec
tion of the state.
, After the joint convention adjourned
an informal reception was held, when
bundreds of people shook hands with
Senator Fulton and congratulated him
upon his success.
WILL SAIL FOR ORIENT.
Bishop David Moore to Make Exten
sive Journey Through China.
New York, Feb. 21. —Bishop David
H. Moore, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, who leaves New York today
for the west, will sail from San Fran
cisco March 11, for the Orient, where
he will visit the various Methodist
conferences over which he has Epi:/
' copal supervision. His field is called,
Eastern Asia, and includes
Japan, Korea and China. It stretch
es from Tokio to the borders of Thibet.
Bishop Moore’s most remote destina
tion is S. Zechuen province in West
China, involving a Journey up the
Yangtse river of nearly two months.
The bishop has already spent over
♦two years in eastern Asia, going out
immediately after the Boxer uprising
of 1900, and returning to the United
States last autumn. He will be ac
companied on his trip, as on his pre
vious one, by his wife.
Dr. Homer Eaton, of the firm which
acts as publishing agents for the
Methodist Episcopal church, will ac
' company Bishop Moore as far as Chi
na. Dr. Eaton goes to Shanghai to
represent the board of directors of the
joint publishing house of the Methodls’
Episcopal church, and the Methodist
south.
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IRISH LAND QUESTION.
1 General Agreement Upon Lines of Dub
lin Conference.
London, Feb. 21.—As the result of
interviews with the duke of Abercorn,
Lord Dunraven, John Redmond and .
others, the Associated Press is able to i
announce authoritatively that the fol
lowing is the situation today as regard
ed the plan to finally settle the Irish
land question.
' All the Interested parties, National
ists, Unionists, landlords and tenants
are now for the first time in the his
tory of Ireland in agreement upon the
lines of the Dublin conference. They
*have also joined forces in bringing
about pressure on the government to
take Secretary Wyndham's forthcom
i bill agree in the spirit with the recom
| mentations of the conference and ail
I indications point to the bill conceding
■ those demands. It will be introduced
I into parliament at the end of March,
■ and if passed, will accomplish what
I Mr. Redmond and Lord Dunraven
I say will be one of the most ex-
I traordinay, peaceful revolutions ever
effected.
If Mr. Wyndham for lack of funds
or other cause fails to meet the views |
of the conference he will have on his i
hands, to quote Mr. Redmond, “an Ire
land such as the world has never
seen.”
In this view such a strong supporter
of the government as the duke of Ab
ercorn concurs. Mr. Redmond adds:
“If this agreement of keenly oppos
ing parties lacks fulfillment through
the government’s refusal there would ■■
be twice as many countries under the
bans of the crimes act than there
were prior to the. present truce. This
truce will be continued until the terms'
of the bill are revealed. A great Na
tionalist conference at which Bourke
Cochran, of New York, will bo one o!
the principal speakers, will meet in
Dublin in April to take action on the
subject. ♦
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE.
House Concurs In Senate Osteopathy
Bill.
Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 21. —The
houmr has ccacurrxsk in iha. annate .sub.
stitute for the house osteopathy bill
an-d' the most exciting question that
has come before the legislature and
the most closely contested went on
to the governor’s desk.
The house passed bills increasing
the salary of the clerk in the office ol
secretary of the state from SI,OOO to
$1,500, and that of the land clerk in
the auditor’s office from $1,200 to
$1,500.
The senate passed a joint resolutio<n
providing for a joint committee of six
from the senate and six from the
house, with the president pro tem. and
speaker added, who shall sit during
recess and frame laws to conform the
statutes to the constitution. They
are to meet as soon as possible, but
will have no limit on their sittings ex
cept the reconvening of the legislature
in September.
MIND PROBABLY UNBALANCED.
Cook, Slayer of Wife, Continues to
Confess.
Baxley, Ga.. Feb. 21. —Sheriff Crapps
of Appling County arrived here yester.
day morning, having in custody Frank
Cook, who on last Saturday killed his
wife near Hazlehurst, Ga.
Cook says he is 22 years old, but
appears to be not over 17. He is in
telligent and readily answers any ques’
tion propounded him. |
He says just had to kill his wife, '
and feels better since he committed
the crime than before. It is believ
ed by a good many people that his
mind is affected.
His friends have employed Hon. E.
D. Graham to defend him, and it is
said the defense will be that the con
fession made to Rogers and Pace was
not voluntary. However,* he contin
ues to confess and does not vary his
original story.
Sheriff Crapps believes Cook is of
unsound mind.
Think Leper Was Murdered.
Victoria, Feb. 21. —Suspicions are
being expressed that a leper on D’Arcy
Island lagaretto which lies in the Gulf
of Gerogia, was murdered. News was
received of the death of one of them
and the sanitary officer went to bury
the unfortunate, the remaining three
lepers being too weak, for the disease
has made great inroads into their
systems. Since his return there have
been rumors of foul play. The sani
tary officer refuses to discuss the mat
ter other than to say that if the body
is to be exhumed some one else may ■
taka U*e loathsome job.
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ROCKEFELLER INSTITUTE.
Plans For New Institutetion Being
Rapidly Completed.
New York, Feb. 21.—Plans of the
Rockefeller Medical institute for re
search are rapidly being completed by
the board of directors of the institu
tion.
Already the chief of staff has been
selected in the person of Dr. Simon
Flexner, professor of pathology at the
University of Pennsylvania. With Dr.
William H. Welch, the eminent pathol
ogist of the Johns-Hopkins university,
Baltimore, as president of th< board,
and Dr. Eleander, as chief of staff,
the new institute will have the ser
vices of the leading pathologists of
the United States. Dr. Flexner is a
native of Louisville, Ky., and was born
in 1863. He received his degree of
M.D. a t the university of Louisville,
and was a post, graduate student at
the Johns-Hopkins university and the
university of Strassburg, Germany. In
1889 he was appointed professor of
pathology at the university of Penn
sylvania.
DR. DUNCAN ACQUITTED.
Not Guilty of Feloniously Shootino.
Bruce Head.
Pittaburg, Feb. 21.—Dr. Ell’s Dun
can. of Louisville, Ky., was found not
guilty on the charge of shooting Bruce
Head with felonious intent. The jury
rendered a sealed verdict last night af
ter being out four hours, and when
court opened at 9:30 o’clock this mean
ing it was read by Judge Frazier.
Dr. Duncan was at once discharged.
That the verdict was a popular one
was shown by the fact that when the
announcement (Was made it was greet
ed with general loud clapping. This
was Immediately suppressed. Dr.
Duncan was the recipient of many con
gratulations from friends and strang
ers. M He had a smile on his face and
showed an air of intense relief that
the ordeal was over. He said he
would not discuss his family affairs,
and intended to pursue the same pol
icy of silence that he had always main
tained except when compelled to testi
fy. He will leave for home tonight.
LOST IN YUKON WILDS.
Friends Fear For Safety cf English
Nobleman and Party,
Chicago, Feb. 21.—Maurice Edger
ton. a young English nobleman, is be
lieved to be lost in the Yukon wilds
says a dispatch to The Tribune from
Tacoma, Wash.
He left Dawson In October with a
party of hunters after big game near
the source of the White river. The
party has not been heard from since,
though Edgerton expected to return to
Dawson by Christmas. Prospectors
returning from the region where they
intended to hunt saw nothing of Ed
gerton’s party. He belongs to a weal
thy family, his father being a baronet
and owning a town house in Mayfair,
London. The Dawson police are mak
ing a thorough search at the request
of Edgerton’s relatives who wired
from Chicago.
PASSES CHILD LABOR BILL.
North Carolina Senate Bars Children
From Factories.
Raleigh, N. C„ Feb. 21.—The bill to
regulate child labor in factories came
up on the third reading in the senate
yesterday. Mr. Brown offered an
amendment making the limit of 66
hours a week’s work apply only to
persons under 18. Mr. Woodward
thought any law restricting hours of
f labor illegal. Brown and Woodward
. said they were in favor of 66 hours
applying to children under 12 years.
Brown’s amendment was adopted with
another permitting operatives under 18
to work more than 66 hours if they so
desire.
The bill was further amended so as
not to apply to the oyster industry and
then passes the third reading. Un
der its provisions no child under 12
years of age can work in factories.
Paper Sprung Big Fake.
Carrollton. Ga., Feb. 21.—The great
est newspaper fake recently discov
ered here was a statement in the Feb
ruary number of The Home Queen, a
monthly magazine published in Water
ville, Me., to the effect that Nldah,
Ga., was a town of 2,000 population,
all of whom lived in street cars,
and that the town hall and church
buildings were street cars arranged in
banks. No one here has ever heard
of the town much less of the eccentric
ity of its inhabitants.
Liquor Bill Passes.
Raleigh, N. C., Feb. After three days’
debate, the house by a vote of 48 to
86 has passed the Watts liquor regula.
i tlon bii
BIG GAIN IS SHOWN.
Florida’s Agricultural Interests More
Prosperous than Ever Before.
Tallahassee, Fla., Feb. 21. —The bi
ennial report of Commissioner of Agri
culture B. E. McLin, now being print
ed, states that in all its history the
agricultural interests of Florida have
never before shown so wonderful a
measure of prosperity and progress
as during the past two years.
To substantiate the assertion, com
parative statements are
These show that the total value of
farm products have increased 51 per
cent in the last four years, while dur
ing the same period the total acreage
in cultivation increased only 12% per
cent, which demonstrates that the one
million acres being tilled is receiving
much more intelligent cultivation,
that more profitable crops are receiv
ing attention and better prices being
received.
In this report Commissioner McLin
makes strong recommendations for
legislative provision to secure a geo
logical survey of the state, for a pure
food law which shall authorize the state
chemist, with enlarged laboratory
force, to make analyses of manufac
tured food stuffs for peopi? offered for
sale in Florida, and for increased ap- i
propriations to carry on thq immigra
tion work of his department.
It is stated that immigration to' the
state is steadily Increasing; that the |
sales of the public lands are much
heavier than ever before, and that the
demand for literature descriptive of
agricultural conditions in Florida from
prospective new settlers is enormous.
FIRE COMPANY LAUNCHED.
Atlanta and Birmingham Capita’ists
In Large Verdure.
Atlanta, Feb. 21.—Owned and con
trolled by Atlanta and Birmingham
capitalists a fire insurance company,
proposing to tiansact business in every
southern state, with headquarters in
Atlanta, was organized at a meeting
in this city yesterday.
The capital stock of the new com
pany, over one-half of which has al
ready been paid in and the balance
assured, is to be $600,000.
The new concern is to be known as
the Atlanta-Birmingham Fire Insur
ance company, and a charter will be
immediately applied for under the
laws of the state of Alabama.
While the meeting yesterday was to
a certain extent preliminary in its na
ture there is an absolute certainty that
the company will be launched within
the next few weeks. It is more than
probable that J. T. Dargan will be
made president c“ the big concern.
He is a practical insurance man, hav
ing been the southern manager of the
Imperial of Ixrndon, one of the larg
est concerns in ’the world. It was
through his efforts that the company
was organized and he stated yester
day that of the $600,000 capital stock
$300,000 is to be a paid-in- surplus.
Cash subscriptions of over $300,000
have already been collected.
Two More Fire Victims.
Cedar Rapids, lowa., Feb. 21.—Two
of the injured in the Clifton hotel
fire died early today, making a total
of six deaths. Twenty workmen are
working at the debris and it is thought
additional bodies will be found. Os
the 12 Injured all. with the possible
exception of Miss Burna, head wait
ress.. Conductor P. S. Strickland and
B. E. Taylor, are doing well.
News of Collier Alexander.
Washington, Feb. 21.—The following
telegram has been received at the
navy department from Darien. Ga.,
signed by Joe Henson, master of the
bark Record, giving news of the col
lier Alexander: “Steamship Alex
ander In latitude 27.3, longitude 71.56,
Feb. 11, with a broken shaft, head
ing northwest, staysails set; asked to
be reported.” The position in which
the Alexander was reported is about
500 miles northeast of San Juan.
Will Support Strikers.
Amsterdam, Feb. 21.—The railroad
employes of Holland have decided to
cease work with the object of provid
ing the adoption of the proposed law
prohibiting railroad strikes. A meet
ing of the leaders of the workmen’s
union, having a membership of 90,-
000. has resolved to support the
railroad men. The date of the strike
has not yet been announced.
Fell Dead at Train.
Citronelle, Ala., Feb. 21.—J. Nickell,
a stock raiser of Bowling Green, Mo.,
about to board the train for Mobile,
had reached for the hand rail when he
was seen to topple and fall to the
ground dead. The remains were ship
ped to Missouri.
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