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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORI )ER.
(H* 11
r.EIUHTH YEAR,
SEVEN lose lives
IN TRAIN WRECK
flyer Dashed Out of Tunnel and
Ouer Embankment.
TRAIN plunged into the lake
Engine and Car* Crash Down 60 FeeL
Wrecked Coaches Cateh on Firs, but
Blaze Is Extinguished by 8ubmerg-
j n g—Engine In 300 FL of WaOv,
Spokane, Wash., July 2L—At ita3t
ieun lives were lost, seven persons
fe re seriously Injured and a score oi
ctbcrs sutulned cut and bruises la
i wreck of the fast mall train on Lie
Great .Northern, a mile and a'quarter
net of Camden, Wash., late Monday
ifternuou, when the locomotive, mail,
tafsast- and smoking cars left tae
rails on emerging from a tunnel and
flungt'd over the 70-foot emoankuecut
anil were submerged in the wa.i
plamond lake.
Spreading rails, probably caused by
tun kinks. Is given as the cause.
Immediately after the smoker hit
lie water there was fa blinding flash
which spread over the part of the car
tut submerged and a fire followed.
Tlie Impact was so terrific that sev
eral other cars on the tram were
wrenched and twisted an*d the fact
that the coupling did not break on the
dining, tourist, and sleeping cars,
was the only thing that avowed even
pettier loss of life.
Engineer Munson and Fireman Bell
evidently stuck to their posts, and It
Is believed, too, that the locomoUve Is
la from 100 to 300 feet of water.
Two divers made half a dozen at
tempts to And the locomotive, but
they were unsuccessful.
S. Llnneman, a contractor for
construction work on the Oregon rail
road and Navigation company, broke
through a window to escape from the
burning and half submerged smok
ing ear.
Mr. I.tnneman said that "we were
running at a fearful speed through
that tunnel, and we passengers were
all wondering If the engineer had lost
his senses, driving at that rale of
speed with a sharp curve ahead.
AMERICUS* GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1906.
NUMBER 15
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS j 20 PERSONS KILLED
IN NEW MEXICO IN SEABOARD WRECK
Great Damage Wrought at So-|
rocco, New Mexico,
By Blunder Trains Meet In Ter*
rible Collision.
2,000 PEOPLE CAMP IN TENTS
BOTH TRAINS ARE DEMOLISHED
Earthquake Shocks Have Been Felt
Every Hour Since July 2—Provi-
sione Growing tcaree—Real Distress |
Is Feared.
Only a Few of the Dead Have Been
Identified—Nineteen Corpses So Far
Taken from the Debris-^Wreeked
Passenger Was No. 44, Northbound.
Raleigh, N. C„ July 23.—A collision
think we must surely have been go
ing 15 miles an hour/'
To Go to Hawaii.
Jlsnlla, July 26.—The Philippine
commission has adopted a resolution
lavoring the scheme of the Hawaiian
Planters' association to transport Phil-
llphie ktbdrers and their families to
Hawaii to work on the sugar planta
tions. Albrt F. Judd, representing
tho planteers, arrived In the Philip
pines two months ago and after mak
ing an investigation of the labor con
ditions, represented to the commission
a Statement of the needs of Hawaiian
planters. The commission has au
thorized vessels to pick up laborers
Various ports, provided that they
then good treatment, be allowed „
reiurn to the Philippines at the explra-
Mon of contracts, and that their trans
portation be provided. Laborers de
alring to go to Hawaii are advised
*«ept the offer of the planters. 1...
Judd want* 200 laborers and' their
families.
Albuquerque, N. M„ July 10.—Refu
gees in large numbers are arriving In
the city from Socorro, N. M., where between a freight train and a regular
great damage has been wrought by a P“«engor train on the Seaboard Air
succession of destructive earthquakes 1Jne rallroad at 8:40 Sunday night, 3
since July 2. miles south of Hamlet, regulted in the
la that time not an hour has passed dealh of four ‘ ralntnen aa <t sixteen
without one or more quakes. others and the Injuring of 24.
The center of disturbance Is a zone Tb « bodle ® ot the dead are being
30 miles long by about 10 miles wide pre P ared for burla > °t Hamlet and
running from the Ladroae mountains’ Rocklnsham ' whUe the Injured have
southeast through Socorro San An- been removed to Charlotte and placed
tonio and San Marcia] This side ln the hos P |tal there. Tho wreck
of the belt the shoekks have been was due to tho ,allura ot th ® re * ular
hardly felt. Each one of the shocks pasl ' cnger ,raln to receive orders at
is preceded by a loud rumbling like R< Jf!‘ l,, ® ham -
heavy thunder, which can be heard ap- The frelght waa an ejtlra and W3S
preaching from the northwest before '°« bbound from Raleigh to Monroe.
It reaches Socorro 1116 tral “ was manned by Conduc
Senor Paca, of‘socorro, until re- ,or Hunter and Englneer Bundy - of
cently district attorney, Is ln tbe city thla c,ty ' Conduc,or Hunter Is not
with his family. He says that people r *P° r ‘ed hurt and Engineer Bundy is
are leaving on every train, snd those on ^ a ‘5 kt I > ' h . urt
who cannot leave on trains are leav-L 71,8 ' ? aU traln wna No - 44 running
lng by wa-ons I from Charlotte to Wilmington. This
About 2.000 people are camping out ‘ ral " ™ la cbarg8 °! 5° du , c '° r j8hn
In tent, and no one dares to go In- ?' ?? Wen ; £ on ?'V*'?? le,gh a ? d
doors * I brother of Captain J. J. Bowen, of the
Practically every residence sad bus- S®"" C h °" pany her8 ' He
Fireman Thomas Hill, of Hamlet;
Baggagemaster H. Bird, of Wilmlng-
ANTI-JEWISH TROUBLE I BUCKET SHOP BILL
US AT ODESSA! PASSES THE HOUSE
Several Persons Have Already
Been Killed.
C08SACK3 PLUNDER HOUSES.
Jews Are Killed While Attempting to
Defend Their Property While Police
Looked on—Whole City Is In a State
of Panic.
D/a-.t.c Bill S2cured An Over
whelming Majority.
ANDREW COBB HEARD BY BOTH
8upreme Court Justlco Made Address
8howing Largs Increaso in Num
ber of Cases Heard by the §/[J ,c
Court of Georgia.
PEONAGE IS CHARGED
BY GERMAN LABORERS
Germans Bring Charges Against
Big Lumber Company.
100 GSRMAN8 HELD IN BONDAGE
United 8tates Officers Hava Left for
Lockhart, Where Company Is Locat
ed, To Take Action—Northern Cap
italists Own tho Company.
parably damaged.
There has been
much distress
en In the last two days, one being
the heaviest for fifty years.
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«tJ he f h enerally ° CCUr a * » bort - of them crushed to pieces.
.Mo vIoiIh; uYTt 8e ,Z ,aK H Whl ' 8 ‘ ke °'«°r 8<ve° to
adjustment of JLk’ ( be , IeT . ed ^ the * b ® P»«»engr t.Mn at Rockingham (s
^ ^ f * rug ' not known ' « 18 « ald ‘ ba ‘ ’h* opera.
** Ladr ? nea and Msgadelna moun- tor , t Rockingham Is an experienced
IhocA* he Cau,e of ,he CODUnued man. and has been a faithful and care-
rj_ *i i * . I ,ul em P*®3 r e the company for sev-
Provisions are growing scorce and era i years
real distress is feared among the ref- A , raln wa , ma j 0 np and the lnJUl q, d
, ... . I conveyed to Charlotte as soon as they
, . * *“ d ‘? e . quakea are cotM be taken from the wreck,
frightful, said Mrs. J. J. Leeson, a I Coffins were sent from here an'd
rerugee from Socorro. “I have expe-| several other points to Hamlet and
riencod earthquakes In Los Angeles! Rockingham to receive the bodies of
and San Francisco, but never anything the dead,
as terrible as these prolonged Jerktngs
of the earth at Socorro. Water placed,
ln a bowl will show continuous vibra-f Inter-Parliamentary Union.
tlons between the greater shocks,! London - July 23.—Tho fourteenth
showing that the earth Is never stllkl ac * 8,on of tho Inter-parllnmentary
Not a house In town Is safe to enter, unlon was 0 P en * <, la Westminster on
and the chimneys and walls topple MonJay ' Adberent * International
with each recnrHUg tremor." P* ace from aU the Parliaments of Eu-
rope as well as several of those of
Armistice In Effect. I the wostern hemisphere, were present,
Odessa, July 24.—6 p. m.—Anti-Jew-
ish outbreaks have commenced here,
A number of persons have already
been killed or wounded.
Cossacks and rowdies are plunder
ing tho deserted Jewish bouses and
shops.
On Srednala street three Jews were
killed and three wounded ln attempt
ing to defend their property while the
police looked on. Another bloody
conflict is now reported to be In prog
ress in Slepovla street.
The whole city Is In a state of panic.
Many of the inhabitants are fleeing.
The Black HundreJ Is distributing
blood-thirsty proclamation In the pub
lic streets.
St. Petersburg, July 24.—-Proclama
tions announcing that the death sen
tence has been Imposed on the em
peror, General Trepoff, M. Pobiedono-
stzeff, who was procurator general of
the holy synod; General Orloff, the
'pacificator” of the Baltic provinces.
Atlanta, July 25.—Despite, all at-i tcola, Fla., July 25.—Peonage In
tempts to lessen the drastic features!r, * f or m Is charged against tffo
of the substitute of Mr. Boykin, of officers , '-e. Jackson Lumber com-
Lincoln, for house bill No. 27, to pro-1 nany, a t i^/khart, Ala. and United
Mbit the making of contracts and £a£ deputies, arned wlA warrant,
agreements for the sale of future de-|f or their arrest, left here Tuesday for
livery cotton, grain, provisions, stocks! that place.
and bonds, oto., upon margins, the bill u tbe allegations nro truo. about
was passed by tbe house Just before | 0 no hundred emigrants, mostly Ger-
adjournment of Tuesday morning'sLane, are held in the lumber camp*
session by. the overwhelming majority 0 f that company virtually ns slaves,
of 132 to 15, earning only such A party of Gcrnmns reached here
amendments as the author of the hill [ Tuesday fromtho camps, stating that
saw fit to accept, which but served they had escaped. They went to the
to make the bill more sweeping In Its! German vice consul for protection, and
provisions. I told him a tale of 111 treatment and
The principal amendment adopted crue „y that has hardly a parallel In
was that providing that the payment I the south*
of any license should not be defense I They said they were brought aouth
to any prosecution for a violation of ha February under representations
the provisions of tho act The full that they would receive 23 and 73
text of the substitute at amended and per day, but recelvoj only 71 from
passed. j the company for their labor.
The afternoon session of the houae They allege that they were com-
was devoted to an address by Justice polled to eat after tho Americans, and
—. u P° n 018 necessity of giving re- if nothing was left they got nothing
and others, has been scattered over 1,cf “ “ 8 anpreme court through the! to eaL No man wna allowed to leave
part of Peterhof. .establishment of n court of appeals', I the camp,-and when they attempted
The terrorists are said to have *uc-| and th®^consideration of the rctolu-| it and were caught they were sovero-
coeded ln nailing copies of the sen-| * on °‘ Mr ' Russell, of Muscogee, tolly beaten.
tence on the doors of General Or- appropriate 750,000 for a state exhibit i n the woods tho bosses go armed,
84 4ke , m ® 3lo ' vn ^Position. I and If the men do not work to suit
The latter measure was not disposed them they are stripped and whllo two
of. ®ud remains the unfinished busl- of tbem hold n man across a log, a
ness of the house. third piles a strap or any Instrument
it was the first time this sear Ion I of torture handy,
that the brilliant member from Mus-| The Jackson Lumber company is
cogee, Mr. Russell, has spoken In the [ one of the largest In the south. It
bouse, and his stirring eloquence and! was organized three years ago, and Is
appeals to the patriotism of Georgians! composed principally of Michigan and
brought him hearty applause. | Wisconsin capitalists.
loff's and General TrepotTs quarters.
The bulk of toe members of toe out
lawed douma who held a meeting at
Vlborg Monday, and issued an address
to toe people, arrived here Tuesday
from Vlborg. A popular demonstra
tion was prevented but toe members
were not arrested.
Moscow, July 24.—The police Tues
day attempted to capture all tbe dele
gates to toe workmen's council, bat
only succeeded In capturing fourteen.
Disturbances at Odessa.
Odessa, July 24.-5 p. m.—Serious
disturbances took place ln the remote
quarters of Odessa late Monday night
The Jews sought refuge In the center
of tho city. Many of them left Odes-
nltogether.
LINEMEN STBIKE DECLARED OFF. ,0 ' 298 PE ° PI -E KILLED AND HURT
Guatemala City, Guatemala, Wed-1 kard y had tha conference open-
nesday, July 18.—The armistice ar- f? whe ? amldst a a® 808 of conildera-
rangsd between to* armies of Gusto-1 k 8 exc H* men L Profftssor Maxim Ko-
mala and Salvador and the latter's al- I aleTaky, . a “ 8m “ er ot tb ® l»*®r
ly Honduras, as a result of toe hu-| bouae ot ,be Rn**lan parliament, an-
mane and highly appreciated Inter- nouncedth,tke and h,s col| ca* ue> '
ventioa of Presidents Dlaa and HbOae- f e P™ ,8 ’>‘ 1 ' 1 * i ** yo “ n * 8at Parliament
veil, went Into effect at 5 o'clock thlsl ln ,, 4 J 8 W8rld - would b ® obllfed to
morning. The belllgerenu bare ap-l wl,hdraw ,n consequence of the dlsso-
pointed oommlsaloners who will go on
board the United States cruiser Mar
ly appointed to represent.
blehend and will draw up and sign a
treaty of peace on the high teas. I Americans Present at Wagner Jubilee.
Bleruth, Bayrnrla, July 23.—Sever
al hundred Americans were present
Lawyen Is Released.
New York, July'19.—Burton W. Gib- here Sunday at the opening of the
son, the lawyer who was committed! thirteenth year of the Wagner Jubl
to the Tombs prison In default of 725,. I®®- All Europo was strongly repre-
*400 ball to await the action of tha J seated, among those present being
grand Jury, in connection with the) tb ® Prince of Bulgaria, Prince Max,
murder of Mrs. Alice D. Klnnan, ap-( ot Baden, and Princess of Reuss, tbe
peared before Justice Blanchard on n| younger Princess Mera, Prince Rupert
writ of habeas corpus and waa dla-1 of Bavaria; John P. Jackson, the
charged from custody. The district | American minister at Athens, and
attorney's office made no opposition to| Mrs. Jackson. Herr Mottle was the
the argument of Gibson’s eonnael, that) conductor. Alfred Barry sang toe
Gibson’s commitment was Illegal.
part or Tristan and Marie Wlttich that
nf Isolde.
Franchise Is Granted.
San Salvador. July 19.—The govern-1
ment of Salvador has notified J. M.
Woman Acquitted of Murder.
Fulton, Mo., July 23.—The jury In
Neeland, vice president and ganerall the murder case of Sirs. Edmund Bat-
manager of the Pan-American road,! ley. charged with being an accessory
who hahs been here for soma days,! to toe killing of Jay Lewder,'Whom her
that Salvador will grant him a fran-l husband shot dead, returned a verdict
chlse on the same condition aa those of acquittal, after having been out 40
granted by Mexico. The Red Cross! boars. Bailey was acquitted on Sat-
hospital established here during th* nrday. When toe verdict freeing Mrs.
war hat been conducted very sue- Bailey was read'she and her husband
Bomba Thrown in'to Stores.
Sosnowlcke, Russian. Poland, Jnly
24.—Simultaneously at noon Monday,
bombs were thrown Into four stores
ot toe Singer Senring Machine com
pany, located here, at Bendzeln, Saw-
lerze, and Czenstocheau, wrecking all
of toe shops and wounding many per
sons. The bomb throwers were agents
of the Socialistic party who had ma'Je
the Singer company an example
what may happep to others for refus
ing to contribute to the revolutionary
cause.
Body of Infant Found In Well.
Valdosta, Ga., July 24.—The people
over at Whlgham are *al dto be'con
siderably stirred up over tile finding
of toe body of a nlnfant In a well
there. It Is not known whose child
It was, but it Is said to have been
white. The coroner's Jury Investigat
ed toe matter, but reached no defin
ite conclusion; A telegram was sent
to Solicitor Thomas, Informing him of
toe discovery and asking him to come
over there and advise with the offi
cers in trying to ferret out toe mys
tery. Solicitor Thomas went over to
Whlgham this morning and spent toe
day there. In formation from there
■eems to Indicate that too discovery
created a good deal of excitement ln
the community.
cessfully.
Ide Aske for Aid.
Manila, July 25.—Governor Ide has
requested military aid to punish toe
Pulsjanes ln toe province of Leyte.
battalion of the Eighth infantry
from Iloilo and a batalion of toe
Fourth infantry have been sent to the
assistance of toe constabulary. Gen
eral Allen may poeslbly conduct
campaign in Cebu, but Governor Osmo-
ra reports That there are no more out
law bands there and that the Island
ipletely pacified.
clasped hands and both thanked each
member of toe Jury. They left tbe
conrt house together.
Minflig engineers Meet
London, July 25.—A general meet
ing of'the American Institute of Min
ing Engineers was held here WeJnew
day under toe presidency of Robert
W. Hunt, of Chicago, president of. toe
American Institute. .Many members
of toe British Iron and Steel Insti
tute also attended. In his
Mr. Hunt surveyed
achieved by metallurgy
Tobacco Barn Burns.
Bainbridge, Ga., July 24.—The Itr-
gest of toe numerous tobacco barns
of A. Cohn & Co., toe big tobacco
planters of this city, has been totally
destroyed by fire. The origin of the
fire Is unknown, but It Is suppose! to
have been accidental. The barn was
filled with fresh primed tobacco leaves
and heat was used during the damp
weather to assist In curing It and toe
fire waa evidently started from toe
heating arrangements. The value of
toe barn and contents waa estimated
at 710,000, and was partially covered
by Iniurance. The company will re
build.
Date Sot for Divorce Hearing,
Paris, July 25.—The court has de
cided that tho hearing ot the suit of
Countess de Castellano against her,'
husband. Count Bonl, for divorce,
shall bo heard Oct. 17, or Oct 24. The
hearing of tho suits of tho count's
creditors In which they are seeking
.0 hold tho countess liable for the ol>-
b ' ligations incurred by the count Is fix
ed for the same days.
Southern Bell Company Was Officially A “ | d®'’t Bulletin Issued by the Corn-
Notified Yesterday, mere ® Commission.
Atlanta, July 23.—The strike of the | Washington, July 24.—The rallroa.1
linemen of. the Southern Bell Tele- * cc l d « n t bulletin which has Just been
phone and Telegraph company, which | 188110(1 by ,he Interstate commorco
was declared by the Electrical Work-1 “’“’mission for the three months end-
era’ union on April 1C, was officially | lng Harch 31, 13CC, showa tha total
and unconditionally call off by the| numbcr of casualties to passengers
officials of toe union Sunday: ®nd employes (o-bo 18,290 (1,120 killed
Upon receipt of tots Information | ar1 17 ,70 Injured). This 1st an In
toe telephone company consented to | r ' ,7 77 ’he number of killed
employ as many of the strikers cs| • ,a ,be “fimber Injured over
could be used, excepting such as had| :• ported In the preceding three
been guilty of objectionable conduct |
since the strike was declared. These | Th ® “"mbor of passengers and em-
men will be given employment upon | P k>y ®* k,ll ®l I •“ ’fain accents was
wrlten application^ without prejudice! 274 > # » against 320 In the preceding
on account of having participated In | tbre ® months, a decrease.of 46 In tha
the strike. | number killed.
The telephone company takes the ps. | Th ® '°tal pumber of collisions and
sltlon that the strikers were Hl-nd- derailments was 3,490 (1,921 collisions
vised, and those whose conduct has ami 1.CC9 derailments), of which 289
been such that they would have been | collisions and 167 derailments affect-
discharged had there been no strike, | ®d Parsenger trrlra. The damage
will not be rc-emplo.vcd. | <° ears, engines and roadway by these
The linemen's strike affected the | accidents amounts to 72,924,785. There
seven slntes ln which the Southern | 13 a decrease of 232 In the number
Bell compkny operates,, and has drag-1 07 collisions and derailments over
ged along for three montbp. | ’ho*® reported In the preceding three
The strikers-claim that more thne | months. , t
1,000 men left the employment of The number of employes killed In
the company, whllo officials of tbe I co’ii-llnjr cars and engines was- 81. be-
company state that less than 600 men | * ng one less than the number killed
joined the strike movcroenL | In the last quarter.
The work of tha telephone compa- f In closing, the bulletin eaya;
nv was delayed for only a few days, | "The most disastrous accident re port
end men were employed to fill the | * d 1“ thn present bulletin, a collision
places of those who left. Many of | causing 34 deaths and Injuring 24
toe linemen who joined tbe strike) wa s due to the striking telegraph op-
returned to work, and toe affects of j orator at a small and lonely station
toe strike were felt In only a few lo-| who bad been on duty all day and
calltles.
Identity of Bldde/ Learned.
Now York, July 26.—The Identity
of Samuel Byerley, the successful bid
der for 75,800,000 worth of-the new
Panama canal 2 per cent bonds was
learned Tuesday. Byerley turns out
be a clerk In tbe accounting depart
ment of the American Express compa-
Ever since the bid for the bonds
were announced, last Saturday, Wall
street has been trying to learn som»
thlg about 51 r. Byerley, and ha3 been
speculating as to the Interests behind
bis bid. Byerley was not Indued
answer any question* Tuesday, af
ter he had been located. The treas
urer of toe American Express compa-
— said: "This la entirely a person-
matter with Mr. Byerley, who Is
one of our clerks. Thero to absolute-
nothing in the rumor that ho rep
resents Interests in tho company."
more than half the night, fell asleep,
nnd on awakening misinformed toa
train dispatcher as to what had oc
curred whllo he was asleep.
'It Is pertinent to observe that the
block system, repeatedly advocated
by the commission, to the true means
that ought to be adopted for toe pre
vention ot such distressing disasters."
Begged To Be Killed.
Raleigh, N. C., July 26.—By too ex
plosion of a supposedly empty 40,000
gallon tank of gasbllno at toe Works
of toe Standard Oil company, la Dur
ham, N. C„ Louis Holloway, 20 year* -'
old, waa killed and Tom Lunsford, a
negro, was so badly burned he will
die. Holloway was blown from the
top of tbe tank, his clothing stripped
from his body and tho flesh burned.
Ho died ln great agony, begging to be
killed. Tho negro fell inside the burn
lng tank. Firemen got on top and
with 4 rope which ho caught Lunsford
was drawn ont
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