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AMERICUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1906.
NUMBER 46
COME FOR A VISIT
OR ELSE GO AWAY.
Those Who Come and Leave
Daily.
VISITORS AT AMERICUS. HOMES
our Own Name or That of a Friend
May Be Found Below In TheLengthy
List of People Who Came'and Went
Yesterday.
Ura. W. B. Drone has gone to Buena
Vista to spend several days with re
latives there.
Mrs. E, V. Manltaby of Albany ar
med yesterday npona visit to relatives
in Amerions.
Mr and Mrs. Neon Bnehanan are
spending today in Savannah, returning
here tomorrow.
Miss Ella and Sallle Mitehell have
returned home from an extended
visit in Mobile.
Miss Virglnu Bryant of Anderson
villa oame yesterday upon a visit to
relatives In the city.
Miss Nona Beid returned home yes-
tirday from a visit of asms length to
friends in Maeon.
Mrs. Neon Bnohanan is spending the
week with her parents, Mr. and Mira.
Jordan, in Fort Valley.
Mrs. W. E. Hawkins of Atlanta is
visiting her parents, Ool. and and Mrs.
E. A. Hawkins here.
Mrs. G. L. Childers of Lee county
was the guest of friends during a visit
in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Boy Parker has returned home
from a visit of several days to relatives
in Oglethorpe.
Miss Blsnobe Hawkins has relumed
home after a delightful visit of some
length In Valdosta.
Mrs. J. 0, Poole aod daughter of
Savannah are guests of Mrs, Allan
Mathews at her home here.
Miss M. E. Chappell of Bmlthyllle
was a visitor here the past week, go
ing hence to Atlanta.
Miss Brownie Carter is the gnsst of
Miss Bebie Wooten this week at her
home on Church street.
Mr. Phil Addy was among others
ooming from Preston to Amerions yes
terday on business.
FEARS ARE REALIZED
IN MINE DISASTER
Death List From Explosion
Reaches Eleven Hundred
600 MOROS ARE
SLAIN IN RATTLE
REGION APPALLED BY TRAGEDY
Troops Rushed to 8cene To Keep In
Check Crowds of Distracted Mourn
ers Who Wish To Go After the Im
prisoned Miners.
BOB WHITE SApE AFTER TODAY
The 8hootlng Season Is Finally at a
, Cloao.
The rattle of ahotguua and whirr of
the esoaping partridge will not be
heard in Sumter- after today; at least,
the game laws protsotlng him beoome
effeotive,and anyone shooting dovea or
partridges will bs liable to proseontionv
And the bnntera will go forth today in
numbers for the final roundup. Bev-
era! parties left yesterday to ehool par
tridges in tbs lower Beotion of Bnmter
and fn Lee eonnties, snd heavy firing
at the front may be expeoted today.
Recently the slaughter of doveB in bait
ed fields has been terrific; conn Hess
thoneanda having been killed within a
few miles of Amerions alone.
ONLY ONE WEEK NOW TO WAIT
Candidates Will Know Result Next
Thursday.
The anxlons candidate, both tbe fel
low who Is In and be who fain wonld
take bis plaoe,bave bat ooe week more
of suspense. Next Thursday is the
date of the county primary in Snmtor,
snd tbe combined candidate! host will
made tbe best of the six working days
>> maining;, A glance at tbe announce
ment eolnmn shows eighteen aspirants
m the linenp, but of oonree there is not
room for all of these aed some aie
doomed to disappointment It aeema
now that all entries for the race are in
already, and the able voter ean now
Ptooeed to piek the winners.
Paris, March —The worst fears
as to the enormity of the mine dis
aster in the Courrleres district of the
Pas-de-Calals Saturday morning have
been realized. The dead list num
bers 1,100, and the'whole of the re
gion stands appalled at the tragedy
which has brought sorrow to 6,000
fathers, mothers, wives and children.
The last great mine disaster in
France occurred in 1885, when
persons were killed and 80 Injured.
But that and all others sink into In
significance before Courrleres.
For a time hope had been held out
to the people that tapplnga on pipes
byt the Imprisoned men had been
heard, but gradually thlB hope van-
lshed and the people demanded ad
mission to see the bodies, and even
threatened to break through the cor
don of troops, who had tbe greatest
difficulty in keeping the crowds from
the pit
One mnn named Sylvester succeed,
ed In entering the mine, but he never
returned. It Is believed he groped
about Inside until he was overcome
by the gases, and perished. It is re
ported that a rescue party numbering
forty has been cut off by. the caving
in of one of the galleries.
Minister of Public Works Gautier,
Minister of the Interior Dublef and
the secretary of President Fallleres
remain on the ground endeavoring to
comfort the distressed families of the
miners. President Fallleres has given
12,000 to aid In relief measures. The
ministry will add a further sum to
this and the chamber of deputies will
be asked to vote $100,000 for the pur
pose of alleviating distress.
Ministers Gautier and Dublef have
received complete details of the cat
astrophe from M. Lavaurs, the direc
tor of the mine.
"Of 1,800 miners who were down
In the pits when the explosion oc
curred,” he said, ”073 were working
in pit No. 4; 482 were In pit No. 3;
S71 in pit No. 2, and the remainder
in pit No. 10.
"Those rescued were taken out as
follows: From pit No. 4, 190; from
pit No. 3, 15 escaped through pit No.
11; 490 came up from pit No. 2, and
74 from pit No. 10. A number of
these were Injured, and some of them
have died since. At the present mo
ment over 1,000 mJn remain Impris
oned."
Brief It Completed.,
Paris, March 7.—Edmond Kelley
has completed his brief for presents-
tlon to the minister of justice, M.
Chaumle, concerning the case of El
liott E. Shepard, who was fined and
sentenced to three months' Imprison
ment on Oct 26, for killing a girl,
who was run over by Mr. Shepard's
automobile. . Maltre Cruppl, who is
associated with Mr. Kelley, had pre^
vlously secured the assurance that the
minister would carefully consider the
brief. Until the minister decides the
case. It will remain stationary, the
sentence of Imprisonment not begin
ning until 51. Chaumle’s decblon Is
rendered.
HAS ANNOUNCED FOR CORONER
A. T. Bewail Will Make Race forth*
Offles.
Mr, A, T. Bewail snnonnoes his can
didacy for the offloe of coroner at the
Primary on 22nd Inal. “Bad" Bewail,
as he is known among all here, is s na
tive born Bnmter oonntian and has
Manda who will rapport his
aendidaey.
Zion Overseer Wjmts Gig Sum.
Chicago, March Picturing a
gloomy financial situation and recog
nizing a crisis. Overseer Volva called
on the residents of Zion City for over
$250,000, to save tbe community from
the money lendert, and thus to relieve
the present pressure and put the Indus-
trier on a paying basis. As security
he promised the people, first, . mort
gages on tbe lace factory and the
printing house. He called upon the
ministers to give up their salaries, he
asked clerks and Inborers to work for
$3.39 B week and upbraided the follow
ers of Dr. Towle for wearing Jewelry
and gaudy clothes.
American Troops Lose Fifteen
En isted Men.
AMERICAN8 CAPTURE MONT DAJO
Action Resulted In the Extinction of a
Band of Moro Outlaws Who Had
8tlrred Up a Dangerous Condition
of Affafflra.
Manila, March 9.—An important
action between American forces and
hostile Moros has taken place near
Jolo. Fifteen enlisted men were kill
ed, a commissioned officer was wound
ed, four enlisted men were wounded
and a naval contingent operating with
the military sustained 32 casualties.
The Moros lost 600 men kilted.
Major General Leonard Wood, com
mander of the division of the Philip
pines, reports as follows from Jolai,
capital of the Zulu islands:
“A severe action between troops, a
naval detachment and constabulary
and hostile Moros has taken place at
Mount Dajo, near Jolo. The engage
ment opened during the afternoon of
March 6th, and ended In &e morning
of March 8. The action involved the-
capture of Mont Dajo, a lava cone 2,100
feet higher, with a crater at fits sum
mit, and extremely steep. The last
400 feet were at an angle of 60 de
grees and there were 50 perpendicu
lar ridges covered with a growth of
timber and strongly fortified and de
fended by an Invincible force of Mo
ros.
“The army casualties were fifteen
enlisted men killed, a commissioned
officer and four enlisted men were
wounded. The naval casualties num
bered thirty-two. *
'Ensign H. D. Cooke, Jr., of the U-.
8. 8. Pampango, commanding the Ppm
panga fort, was severely wounded and
Coxswain Gilmore was severely in
jured in the elbow.
'The constabulary casualties were
Captqln John R. White, wouhded In
the thigh, severely; three enlisted men
killed and thlrteeen wounded. Captain
Tyree Rivers sustained a slight flesh
wound In the thigh; Lieutenant Gor
don was slightly wounded in the right
hand; Lieutenant Wylie T. Conway,
of the Sixth Infantry, was slightly
wounded in the left eye. All the
wounded are 'doing well.
"Colonel Joseph W. Duncan, of the
Sixth infantry directed the operations.
AH the defenders of the Moro strong
hold were killed. Six hundred bodies
were found on the field.
The action resulted in the extinc
tion of a band of outlaws, who, recog
nizing no chief, had been raiding the
friefld\ Moros and owing to'their de
fiance of the American authorities had
stirred up a dangerous condition of af
fairs."
"The artillery was lifted by block
and tackle, a distance of 300 feet In a
position on the lip of the crater.
Brigadier General Bliss and myself
were present throughout the action.
"The attacking columns were com
manded by Major Omar Bundy, Cap
tain K. P. Lawton, Captain Rivers,
Captain L M. Koehler, Captain Mc-
Glachlln and Lieutenant Johnson.
'The officers and men engaged high
ly commend the Moro constabulary,
who did. excellent work, their casual
ties numbering seventeen out of the
force of forty-four engaged.
'It Is Impossible to conceive a
stronger natural position than that at
tacked.”
FUNERALS HELD FOR
VICTIMS OF DISASTER
Hatreds Of Funeral Set vices
* i Held Tuesday.
1,212.VICTIMS OF MINE EXPLOSION
I
Twetyy-8ix More Bodies Have Been
Recovered—The Herolo Efforts of
the German Rescuers Are Exciting
Admiration and Praise.
Pails, March 13.—Hundreds of fu
neral* were held Tuesday at the towns
surrounding Courrleres, where the dis
aster occurred Saturday and resulted
In the loss of more than a thousand
lives.
Snow had fallen, the lines of mourn
ers filled every road, many of them
carrying caskets, as the number of
hearses obtainable were Insufficient
At Billy Montagny, a rough altar
was erected in the open air and fu
neral services were conducted over 60
bodies. Another and similar ceremony
occurred at Mericourt over the unlden
titled dead. ,
The company's latest figures show
that .jthere were 1,212 victims of the
explosion.
Mining Director Meyer, of Herne,
Prussia, with his rescue corps of the
Westphalians, recovered 26 more bod.
les Tuesday morning.
The heroic efforts of the Germans
are exciting admiration and praise.
LAVA IS FLOWING
INTO THE SEA
Ocean Is Boiling For Miles
Aronnd Island.
THREE VILLAGE8 DESTROYED.
Eruptions of Volcano on the Island of
8avoll,ofthe Samoan Group, Still
Continues with Disastrous Results.
Government Aids In Rescue Work.
Honolulu, March 14.—The officers of
the steamer Sierra, which has arrived
here from Sydney, N. S. W., via Sa
moa, report that the eruption of the
volcano on the island of Savall, of'the
THREE PERSONS DEAD
AND SEVERAL INJURED
In
Wreck 0 r Delaware And
Hudkf%
>
ENGINEER COULDN'T HU
’AIN
Bedauoe of Slippery Ralls, Due to Ra,n
the Engineer Was Unable to Slack
en Speed of His Locomotive Before
It Crashed Into Stalled Train,
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., 5Iarch *,—
Thrco deaths have followed tho wreck
of' the passenger train on the Dela
ware and Hudson railroad, bound from
Rutland, VL, for Troy, jN. Y., which.
Samoan group, continues on a large while held up by a freight wreck near
Negro 8hot to Death.
Franklin, Ga., March 13.—On J. J.
Daniel’s plantation near ,thls place,
Woodley Lockett shot and Instantly
killed Shock Crowder at a negro frol.
tc v , It appears that bad feelings ex-
-isted between the-- negroes. Lockett
>t: Crowder word that if he came to
: dance he would kill him, and when
^wd&l. arrived *at the dance Lockett
Iked ub near him and fired his pis
tol IHr-$he air, then*>Crowder shot him
the
l(y' thfe jaw. Lockett returned tht
fire, shooting him through tfre head
killing him Instantly. Lockett made
.hfs escape. He has only been out of
'the'Chalnjtnng about three weeks.
Negroes Arrested for-Robbing-Cars.
Winder, Ga., March 13.—For some
tltth tho Seaboard agent at this place
has been annoyed by shortage in the
freight deliveries. A sack of flour
from this man, parlor rifles from an
other, shoes from another, balls from
another. This knd of pilfering had
beon carried on until the agent here
reported the mattor to the Seaboard
officials and the town authorities with
the result of an arresk of four negro
boys, draymen, and two girls as acces
sory to the stealings by receiving and
concealing stolen goods.
Alabaman In Moro Battle.
Birmingham, Ain., March 9.—Lieu
tenant .Gordon Johnston, Jr., who Is re
ported to have been wounded in the
fight with the Moros at Jolo, Is a son
of General Robert D. Johnston, of Bir
mingham, recently appointed commis
sioner of the federal land office at
Montgomery. He is also a nephew
of former dovemor Joseph F. John,
ston, of thlB state. Relatives of Lieu
tenant Johnston recently received a
letter from him saying he wds about
to go away on an expedition as an aide
on General Wood’s staff.
Woman Placed Under Bond,
Los Angeles, Calif., March 13.—
Mrs. Margaret Sauer, nllas Margaret
Graham, the pbychlc, who is vigorous
ly resisting extradition to San Anto
nio, Tex., on a charge of having em
bezzled $30,000, had a strenuous day
In court Monday. Judge James over
ruled the petition for habeas corpux
and she was at once remanded to Jhe
custody of the sheriff. Th* decision
was no sooner rendered than another
writ was sworn out by one of her nu
merous attorneys on technical grounds
and the court granted an Immediate
hearing. Tbe ergumente proceeded,
an dat the close of court tbe matter
wax token under advisement. Mrs.
Sauer I* now under $5,000 bond.
Captain Rivers, Tenneseeoan:
Nashville, March 0.—Captain Tyre?
Rivers, ■ mentioned in the Associated
Press dispatches as having been one
of tho wounded In a fight with tho
Moros in the Philippines, Is a native
of Tennessee, his home being Pulas
ki. He Is a graduate of West Point,
and a member of one of the most
prominent families of the state.
Regiment of Guards Realgned.
6t. Petersburg, March 14.—The ru
mor thgt the officers of a regiment ot
guards had met and resigned In a body
on receiving orders recently to go to
the Baltic provinces and participate
In the pacification of the country has
been confirmed. The officers belong-
ed to the first regiment of artillery of
the guard*.
Will Make Favorable Report.
Washington, March 13.—The house
committee on Interstate and foreign
commerce has decided to make a fa
vorable report on the Townsend Joint
resluatlon providing for an appropri
ation ot, $60,000 to enable the Inter
state commerce commission to Investi
gate railway monopolies under the
Tlllman-Gillespie resolution. Tho
Townsend resolution also corrects
other defects In th#' Tlllman-GIlleepI?
resolution pointed out by the presi
dent.
, Terrible Storm ::t Hamburg.
Hamburg, March 13.—A hurricane Is.
blowing the water Into the harbor,
flooding Gouaes nnd driving vessels to
shore. The country down the Elbe
Is flooded and tho land batteries are
continuously firing alarm guns ns the
landmarks are invisible owing to a
snow etorm. Emperor William has
given up his proposed trip to Heligo
land on beard tbe battleship Kaiser
Wilhelm HI, Several minor shipping'
wrecks ..r - hern reported. .
Pl-e Cir-ei a Panic.
Plttchurr, March 13.—A slight fire
resulting from cn overheated furnace
caused a rualc among the 150 guests
of the Irondale hotel, of Donora, Pa.,
about daylight Tuesday. Many ot
the gnests in tbetr fright .rushed from
the building Into a snow storm scant!
ly clad and In their bare feet. The
fire was controlled with a loss of $3,000.
No one was hurt.
scale.
Threo villages have been completely
destroyed, including Malaeola, where
was located the finest cocoa plantation
on the Island. Tho residences of A.
King and G. Bareley have been re
duced to ruins and are a total loss.
The lava from the volcano Is flowing
into the Ocean in a stream three-quar
ters of a mile wide and 20 feet deep
at the rate of 80 feet an hour. At night
a solid wall of molten lava 5 mill
long can be seen- reaching far out into
the sea. For some distance the sea
water is boiling and the surf breaking
over the fiery stream.
Tfie government recently chartered
the steamer Maori to remove women
and children from the xone ot danger.
The Sierra reports that there has
been no communication ^rith Tahiti
since the recent disastrous hurricane.
WAR DECLARED ON 8ALOON8.
Three Prominent Birmingham Saloona
Clased by the Police.
Birmingham, Ala., March 13.—Act
ing on instructions from Mayor Ward,
Chief of Police Weir has closed three
of the promtnent.saloons ot Birming
ham and gave out a statement In which
be declared .war on the saloon men
who violate the Sunday law.'
Tbe Situation Is tensfe here, as the
mayor will close several more saloons
tomorrow, three of which are among
the biggest and richest In the city,
The mayor's Interview was as follows:
“Saloonkeepers wiio have no re
spect for our laws might as well make
up their minds right now that the war
Is on—the city has got to run over
them or they will run over the^city.
The Birmingham police department Is
trying to do its duty and must be
backed, up. The breweries, which
finance these dives and pull wires for
them when they are in trouble, can
also come Into the fight If they think
more of the saloons than they do of
the lawabldlng saloonkeepers who are
trying to assist the authorities In plac
ing the llqhor traffic on a higher ba-
.Is.” • |
There are half a dozen convictions
every week In the police cdurt for sa
loonkeepers violating tbe Sunday law,
and the new city code gives the mayor
and chief of jx>llce absolute authority
In the matter of closing tbe saloons.
70,000 PER80NS ARRE8TEO
Corbin Arrives at 8L Louis.
8L Louis, 5Io., March 14.—Major
General H. C. Corbin, IT. S. A., arrived
in St. Loul* Wednesday accompanied
by Mrs. Corbla and Captain William
Horton, his aide. General Corbin will
take command of the northern division
of the army, succeeding General John
B. Weston, who goes to tbe Philippine
Islands.
Called 8oldiers to Maintain Order.
Canton, March 14.—The rush of ap
plicants for ehart-H of tbe Canton-Han-
kow, Issued Wednesday, was so great
that tbe streets were blocked with
Chinese, end soldiers were celled out
to maintain order.
That Number of People Have Been
Held by Government
St. Petersburg, March 13.—The gov
ernment has sent a circular to tbe yo7-
ernor generals and governors cf prov
inces Instructing them that persons
taken into custody for political offence
must within 24 hours of the’.,- arrest
be confronted with the charges and
allowed to make explanations. 'The
circular also generally insists.on ex
pedition In tbe trials of political pris
oners. This step on the part of the
government is the result of the tre
mendous outcry raised against the ar
bitrary outcry of the local authorities
In arresting suspects and holding them
without trial or exiling thorn by admin
istrative order..
Over 70,000 persons hare been nr-
rorted In European Russia since the
government entered on Its active cam
paign against the revolutionists.
Brokers Aro Restrained.
Memphis, March 14.—Judge McCall,
.of the circuit court, today issued an
order restraining two local brokerage
firms from receiving the quotations of
the New York Cotton Exchange. The
decision upholds the New York legis
lature’s contention that the telegraph
companies shall deliver quotations to
only those subscribers sanctioned by
the exchange.
the local station, was run down by the
Montreal flyer, south-bound, Wednes
day night. ’
Thursday morning at tho Saratoga
hospital, where the most seriously In
jured'were taken, tho following list
ot dead and injured was given out
to the Associated Presst
Tho dead:
Mrs. Charles Esmond, aged 40, ot
Gansevoort, O.
Gertrude Esmond, aged 10 years.
Frank A. Slndreuse, traveling sales
man of Buffalo, N. Y.
Seriously Injured: ;
Frank Cardes, of Albany; Nebon M.
Varney, of Bandy Hill; Frank Torse,
of Albany; Berton Downey, of Sarato
ga. Tbe last two named are oxpected
to recover.
Mrs. Esmond died Thursday morn
ing. Her daughter survived her in
juries btit a few moments. Mr. Sln
dreuse, whose leg was sovered, die,,
during the night j
, It was said that the engineer of the
Montreal express, who had been warn
ed by a brakerann from the local train,
was because of slippery rails due to
the rain, unable to greatly slacken the
speed, of his locomotive before it had
crashed Into the stalled train.
80UTH GEORGIA GET8 NEW ROAD
Statesboro and Mldvllle Received a
Charter Wednesday.
Atlanta, March 8.—A now south
Georgia railroad, the Statesboro and
Mldvllle, has received n charter and
surveyors will be sent out at once to
lay off tho routo of the proposed road.
Tho company Is to - bo capitalized
at $60,000 with the privilege of In
creasing this by vote of tho stockhold
ers to an amount not exceeding $300,-
000.
The road which it Is proposed to
build will extend from Statesboro, In
Bulloch county, to Louisville, In Jef
ferson county, a distance of about 00
miles. It will pass through Garfield
also. The country In which the road
Is to bo laid Is one of the richest ag
ricultural sections of the state and con
tains Immense tracts of magnificent
uncut forest.
The promoters of tbe project expect
that practically all of the right of way
will be donated and that tho owners
of the timber, which Is to bo given
a railroad outlet for tae first tlmo, will
make contributions In tho shapo of
cross ties.
It, is believed that tbe ror/1 can be
built very cheaply and that It will
result In the development of otto of
the richest sections, naturally. In the
entire state of Georgia.
THREE FIRES AT COUGLA3, QA.
Or.e of Them Destroyed the Residence
of E. L. Tanner.
Dougina, Ga., March 8.—At'an early
hour Wednesday morning the resi
dence of E. L. Tanner, cashier of the
Citizens' bank, was burned.
This building was about completed
and was one of the handsomest In the
city. The origin of the fire Is unknown.
5Iany suspect that It was the work
of on incendiary. The loss Is partly
covered by $3,000 Insurance.
B. Petorsson came near losing his
store by fire, also on Wednesday. A
spittoon caught fire during tho pre
vious night and burned a hole In the
floor
An Advance for Puddlerg.
Columbus, March 14.—At tbe bi
monthly session of the National Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers, tbe rate for
puddling was advanced to 6 cento.
Attack Made on Hoepltal.
Greensburg, Pa., March 12.—Infurt-
atd upon being refused admittance to
tho Westmoreland hospital, over one
hundred Italians and Austrians asxall-
ed the hospital. The police force and
s squad from troop A, of the state
constabulary, were called out and It
wax not until seven of the rioters had
been arrested aad jailed that the dls-
tufhanoe ceased. Tho foreigners came
to Oroenaberg from their camp at
lUdebaagh to -rialt fellow cootrymen.
no hgd been Injured in the railroad
vweek I
: bn Thursday.
Delicate
• 11 small dose* of Ayer** Plito.
K^mlaren
The children cennot possibly have good health
unless tbe bowels are in proper condition. A
sluggish liver give* a coated toague, bad breath,
coned pi ted bowel*. Correct *11 these by giving
Genuine liver pUle,
!, sugar-costed.