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AMfiRICUS. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1906.
NUMBKIC 34
$00 MEN FLEE
BURNING VESSEL
French - Schoolship Destroyed
by Fire.
created ,the greatest alarm
There Were Five Hundred Men on
Board the Flaming Torpedo Ship
But All Escaped Save Three—Tor
pedoet Exploded During Fire.
Toulon, France, Nov. 2C.—The
torpedo achoolshlp Algeclras, hUulon
ed In this harbor, has been totally de
stroyed by Are. There were SOO men
onboard when-the fire broke-out.
The burning of the schoolsblp ere
ated the greatest alarm throughout the
city. The people rushed to the
decks, whence they could see the A1
geclras, a moss of Barnes in the har
bor. The burning vessel stood out
brilliantly In the encircling darkness
and the glare of the Barnes lit up the
other shipping and the coast and the
wharves. '
There was terrlbl% anxiety concern
ing the fate of the 600 men on board
■ntll the authorities announced that
everybody bad been taken off In tbe
boats and saved witb the exception of
three. These men did not answer
the roll call, and it Is presumed they
were burned to death,
Tbe small boats of the AlgecIraB
were launched, filled with men and
rowed away, while those wbo could
not leave In this manner, awaited the
arrival of their rescuers. A few .of
the men, however, were forced by
Ibe Barnes to Jump overboard and
ewim away . Six torpedoes on board
tbe schoplshlp exploded while tbe
men were leaving the ship.
There was much fear during the
height of the fire that a torpedo mag
ailne on shore would become Igblted,
but this was prevented by deluging
tbe magazine with heavy streams of
water from powerful Are boats.
It la not known whether the fire
originate from an explosion of pow
der, or broke out among the stores
on board. '
Tbe Algeclras ■ bad been used as a
school ship since 1904-
It Is thought that, tbe fire which
broke out' had -been smouldering all
day tong lb the vessels bunkers.
Japanese Finger .lapaiw.
The Japanese have a picturesque Im
provement bn .finger bowls. t At tbe
conclusion of the repast a tiny basket,
woven of exquisite straw and In orna
mental design, la placed before each
guest This basket contains n filmy,
ratiny, paper napkin, printed with ap
ple blossoms, chrysanthemums, Irises
or some other attractive design, and
twisted lightly Into a llower-llke shape.
Before being placed In the basket the
aapkin baa been slightly dampened
With perfumed water, tbe scent cor-
responding with the design, and this
aapkin.the guest uses Instead of dip
ping the bands In water.
A Reasonable Recnrst.
“Pa. Uncle .fames bas given me bis
steamer trunk."
“Well, what of It?”
“Now. pa. don't lie peovlsb. Couldn't
you give me n trip to Europe to fort of
round out Uncle .tames' present?"—
Ilonston Chronicle. -
TRAIN HELD UP
BY LONE ROBBER
But Is. Overpowered by Brave
Conductor
AND . 18 PLACED IN PRISON
Masked Bandit Holds Up Train.and
Robs Passengers—Booty Is Recover
ed and Restored to Owners—Is a
Noted Highwayman.
Kansas City, Nov. 27.—One of the
most unique and daring train robber
ies In the history of the southwest
jt&s committed ooe hundred miles
eaet of Kansas City early Monday.
1NFBBAPE PRISON
BY PICKING LOCK
Three Alleged Murderers Were
in the Party.
ONB.-PRI80NER REFUSED TO JOIN
The Sheriff and Posse Are In Pursliit
of the Fugitives, But Without any
Distinct Clew at to Direction They
Had Taken.
Paiatka, Fla., Nov. 26.—The coun
ty Jqll here was broken open Sunday
night and nine prisoners escaped, in
cluding three alleged -murderers.
■Will Dumas, George VaHe and.Geo.
Brown, all negroes, and In-Jail fpr
Between Slater and Armstrong, ,
Mo.. a distance of 21 miles, smashed “J* “* 8 ? “™: 8re among those
man, sjngle handed, fobbed 20 pas-1 !*? WCr ° nesroes
sengere, in three cfcrs of the fast | tWO Were Wh te “ eI J*
1 In some way one of tt\e prisoners
got the lock to the cages unlocked
eastbound combination of Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy passenger Mll .... ....
train. After half an hour's work he ■ L.l
secured approximately 62,000, bealdes
several watches and other pieces of
jewelry. The man finally was over
powered by E. B. Hey wood, tbe con
ductor, who knocked a raised revol
ver from the robber's hand andfbrced
him to the car floor.
The robber' was ■ Ijound, made - to
disgorge and four hours after the
robbery was committed, was placed
In Jail. .
The robber, who said his name was
Truebeart, and that he came from
California, was recognized by the en
gineer as the some man who In No
vember in exactly the same manner,
and the same place on the same road,
went through the sleeper on an easf-
a hole with an ax In the brick wall
and - succeeded In getting out at
o’clock Monday morning.
One negro prisoner, Robert Reed,
refused to Join them in breaking the
Jail and reported the matter as soon
as they had gone. He sai<l they, had
planned to go In groups of two br
three. ' '
Sheriff Howell and posse are In pur
suit of the fugitive* but without any
distinct clews as to the direction they
had taken
Rawlings Case to Supreme Court
Valdosta, Oa,, Nov. 20.—In supe
rior court Monday John R. Cooper,
lawyer, tor J. G. Rawlings, his sons,
, Milton and Jesse Rawlings, moved
bound Chicago; Rock Island ana Pa- that verdicts in cases be set aside on
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' entering into them upon the bottle wrap
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clflt Overland limited, which, on this
division runs over the Alton tracks
Truebeart, who refused to give his
full name or tell what'town he came
from, said that it was his brother
who held up the Rock Island train.
The train was No. 24, which left
Kansas City at 9 o'clock Sunday
night. From Kansas City to Mexi
co the train is run over the Alton
tracks. At Mexico it Is cut in two
the Alton portion continuing to Chi
cago and the Burlington portion going
to St. Louis.
The train reached Slater at mid
night, and when it started out of
that place five minutes later, True-
heart boarded‘(he smoking opr. JI1»
eyes were eovere-d iby a mask. Lev
eling a revolver at'two passengers In
the seat nearest the door, he ordered
them to pass over their money and
valuables and lo’ltd if quickly. The
men complied, and when Truehdart
placed the stuff beneath bis belt and
proceeded to give his command In
loud voice to the man In the next
seat forward, the car full of passen
gers was fully aroused and ready tdl
comply. When the robber had ays
tematlcally robbed the passengers in
tbe smoker of their belongings
passed to the door, keeping them
covered. It was 26 minutes' run to
Glasgow from Slater, and he awaited
the arrival at the latter place. At
the train stopped at Glasgow be swung
off and boarded the chair car as It
rushed by a moment later. Through
the choir car the robber’s tactics, In
the smoker were repeated.; Nexi
he entered a sleeper and began again
his command to lucklss passengers to
surrender their valuables. Conduc
tor Heywood appeared on the scene
here and Troekeart, With the com
mand “Throw up yottr hands!” point
ed his revolver ot the conductor’s
breast. Instead of complying, the
conductor 'quick ae^a flash' knocked
tbe revolver from the robber’s hand,
threw himself, on tbe man and bore
him to the car floor. The two men
struggled fiercely while the passen
gers were instantly In a panic.
Finally, the dozen mala passengers
In the car came to tbe conductor’s aid
and the robber was literally pfnaed to
,the floor
When Armstrong was reached at
12:60 a. m., a marshal boarded the
train and Truebeart was tied hand
and foot and taken into the station.
Ho refused to talk, except to berate
the passengers for cowardice and to
declare that Heywood was the only
nervy one among them.
Tho money and Jewelry was taken
from him, anti after more delay and
confusion among the exlcted passen
gers, the train continued.
Trueheart was taken to Glasgow and
placed In Jail. He appears to be 3'
yean of age. He Is 6 feet , 5 inches
In height and weighs about 136
pounds. His description tallies with
of the Rock Island robber and
the engineer of Sunday night’s robbed
train positively Identified him ss the
same Identical man.
ground that records did not show
that they were present during trial
of when .verdicts Were rendered.
Judge Mitchll refused to consider mo
tion ss Georgia law does not require
records to make such showing. Mr.
Cooper then filed appeal from decision
and court refused to sign appeal.
Case now goes to supreme court again
oh this (echritcal" point It “remains
to be seeft whether Governor Terrell
Will again grant respites on these
grounds. Rawlings and Alf Moore
were to 4>e hanged ono weak froth.
Tuesday, and the two hoys the Frt-
idy fbDowlng.
A Certain AitTMlUt.
A woman can always get the better
of a man In an argument,” said the
visitor.
,y cs .-- answered Miss Cayenne. But
. should remember that in an argu
ment a woman always baa a certain
advantage. She Is not expected to be
• voDtleman."—1' ashlngton Star. j
Want T|llman Gagged.
Chicago, -Nov. 28.—A committee
of negroes, headed by Rev. A. J.
Casey, pastor of Bethel M. E. church
called upon Mayor Dunn and asked
that he us; the police force If neces
sary to prevent the delivering of an
address on the race question by Sen
ator 'Qllman next-Tuesday night, on
the ground that the address would be
a menace to public safety. Mayor
Dunn, after receiving the committee
wrote a letter to Mrs. Adele Keeler,
secretary of the Chicago Union hos
pital, for the benefit of which Senator
Tillman la to speak, declining to act
as chairman at the meeting.
LONE ROBBER SOUGHT
GASH FROM THE RICH
Man Who Robbed Passengers
. Telle His Story.
Workmen exempted by bandit
STREET CARS STOPPED
BY CITY OFFICIALS
Because Street Car Company
Refused 'to
OBEY NEW “JIM CROW” LAW
He Only Wanted Monty'from Those
Who Made It Easy and Could Af
ford to Loae—Telia How He. Wag
Overpowered and Diaarmed.
Marshall, Mo., Nov. 27.—The ban
dit who held up the Chicago and Al
ton train Sunday night between Glas
gow and Sjater/iwas brought to the
General Manager of Car Company and
a Score of Employees Were Arrest
ed, But the Matter Is Temporarily
Settled by Injunction Against City-
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 23.—Bb-
cause of tbe refusal of tbe Montgom
ery Traction company to obey the new
‘Jim Crow” law, every car operated
rouniyJallMonday afternoon, and — —
immediately opened negotiations wlth| arre,,t ot tl,e mu(ormen and cmiuc '
the prosecuting attorney, offering to 1 °” 0 ' 0n th# gtreet8
DuBose Cape Is Called.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 28.—In strong, and brought from there the
the federal court here Monday the next morning to Glasgow, and from
trial of Gordon DuBose, former prea- , there to ibis place. I .got about
Ident of tbe First National bank of *1,609 and about eight or ten watches
finley, now defunct, was called and I from -the pammngfts on the train.' I
the Indictments against him contain- , did not 1 want this jewelry, but they
tng 172 counts, was read. DuBose forced 'mo' to tako It.
ia charged with misappropriating the
bank's fnndg to the extent of about
640,000. He Is a stockholder In tho
bank to an amount of 810,000» and If
ia said that DuBose 'made good the
losses by turning oyer his stock. It
Is stated that his losses resulted from
cotton speculation. , j
The prisoner Is now awaiting a
prellmanry bearing, which' will be
heldqjfjthln a few days.
KEEPING THEM FROM BOUTH.
' ! A ■
Commissioner of Immigration Stops
"- Immigrants.
Columbia, 8. C., Nov. 27.—Being
Informed that immigrants Intended for
Panama Canal Contracts- _
NOJ Vorjc. Nov. 26-Bids for the foht£^Itaa wero botaglieid
*16,000,000 worth of the Isthmian ca- Hmi lElan( j by u, e wholesale, Gover
ns! contracts, will be opened in the Bor D c . Heyward has seen the fol-
etty of Washington, D. C on De- , low1 , s t e le gram to Robert Waltham,
cemfitrf 17. Among the bidders will commissioner of immigration, ElUs
were filled nnd
traffic stopped altogether. The first
man arrested was General Manager
Ragland. Within an hour thero were
a score of employees at the police
station and the docket was crowded
with their names.
Mayor Teague Is opposed to the law
which was passed over his veto, but
Is enforcing It to the letter. it ro-f
quires that every car shall carry either
whites or blacks exclusively find ho
Infieicd “white" or "colored."'
The Car company assertB that It is
Impossible to obey the law, us they
have not enough cars. ' 1 'j
Those who were forced to get about
the City had to walk or hire hacks.
After a delay, of an hour *.n Injtinc-
wns resumed. It proved to be one
of the most intense developments of
the race question for many years, al
though there was no conflict and' no
sort' of blnoiishcdJ > ‘ j
SWIFT JOURNEY TO UALLOW9
make a full confession If the charge
against hint was made burglary
In Missouri the maximum penalty
for train robbery Is death, and the
minimum is ten years’ imprisonment
Tho bandit then volunteered a slate
ment as follows
My name is Claude Randall. My
age Is 20 years and nine, months. 1
came from 8t. Louis to Mexico, Mo
on the- Wabash nnd from Mexico to
Slater on the Chicago and Alton rail
road Sunday. My brother was the
one who robbed the Golden State
limited, fad he4old mo that the Gol
den State limited did not slop bo-
tween Slater and Mexico, and- for that
reason, 1 catno to Slater to got on
the train. ; I got on the smoking car
and went through It, and entered two
or three jothfer car*.
“I did) not take any tponey from
workingmen ff.nd women, as I only
wanted to take money from those
who made It eqsy, and could afford
It. One man'on the train when he
heard jqfi tell another passenger, that
I did not-, want any of his money
because |ihe -was a laborer, said
he tvaq a laborer also. I did not be
lieve hW. and asked him to shew'me
S-S 1 ”;.- js mr: a «rc zs
then roGfe'hlrtfidlr UP, taking from W * K5 ‘—
him his *45 watch, which T told, hitif
I .wpuld'send to tho St. Louis Re
public, where 1)0 could get It, as I
only, wanted ft" to keep.time by.,until
I got to >My destination. ,Wl)en the
train pitched.Glasgow,- I got off oh
the platform, ai)d os thotniin started
to moye^I'mounted It again, and be
gan gding through the : passengers in
a sleeping car.-whqre I allowed the
conductor to get too close to mo, nnd
be grabbed my, pistol and my, throat.
Ho tben wrenched the pistol from mo
and I broke and ran to the back ot
the-
“Many of the passengers and all bf
the tralh crow rushed upon mo, while
the train’Was In motion, and struck
mo in the head with a pistol and
tried "to' ! throw -mo overboard while
tho tra/n was running 40 miles an
hour. • The train soon stopped, and
I was captured and put off at Arm-
TAKE NEGRO TROUBLES
BEFORE ROOSEVELT
.• *!••" „ _ £-■— . >--»j
Who Says He Is - Willing to
Consider
M'i FACT8 THAT ARE NEW
i/oj
ButiG-^A - Further indication of
What Hie-'?' Course Might Bo
III Regsrd to h. '* Order Dis
charging the Soldier,.
IVashlngton, Nov. -27v—The case of
the. soldiers of- three companies of the
TWettty-fiftlr infantry, who were dis
charged without'honoy becahso of the
trouble, at-'Brownsville, Tex., came
before President lioosevett- Tuesday
whefr ClmrlC* W. Anderson, collec
tor of internal'revenue at-New York
and Emmett J. Scott, secretary to
Booker T. Washington, called in
behalf of the.claims of the Innocent
men of iho companies who want to
I he re-instated. They had no par-
tlcular program of action to preseat
to the president and the latter gave
no indication of what his future
course might ho, 'except to reiterate
his statement that he would consider
any new facts which might be pre
sented.
NEGRO FORCEDTO LEAVE COURT
Because He Obected to .Lawyer’s Re
marks About Vagrant Blaeks.
——- - - — — —• r -—, -Knovllie, Tenn., hTov. 23.—Heai.v
tlon was granted by the city court on jgg testimony In tlie - alleged peonagi
the ground that the law could not be* caifes of ,R... B... Oliver and others was
kept nnd traffic, after a long delay., concluded ,in federal court here atid'
Texas Makes a Record In Disposing
of Dick Garrett.
- Center, Tex., Novi 22.— Dick Gar-
Dr. M. M
.. .was'. IcgUI
lyTmngetTWedhcrda)' arte::vwnr. The U*«
grand jury returned an Indictrtiont on
Tuesday morning, the scaffold was
e-> oitiiciad Tuesday night eu llio
n i.ie -quare, .the trial was held In
the:morning lasting from 9 to 11
lidnel;, lindihe execution, took piaco
at 1:29 Wednesday Sncrnuon.
y Thu troops stationed at the -Jail to-
prevent threatened mob ‘ Vlolcinje
have (|ppaitcd..a.i<l all excitement is
bow. over.
Dr. Paul, was killed by Garrott,
Whom he was endeavoring to arrest
fori displaying a weapon on the streets
Snturduy afternoon. Tho negro
sought refuge-at tho home of II. U.
Short, and killed Dr. Paul when he
enterdd. It was charged at tho time
that Short and his brlolier had offer
ed protection, to Garrett and Instruct
ed lilm to resist arrest. Later Mr.
Short, who is In a state ot nervous
prostration, made a siatement deny
ing that he had Instructed tho negro
to kill any one who attempted his cap
ture. He said that when ho caused the
negro to be admitted to his homo ho
believed him to ho unarmed. His,
condition Is critical.
argument was. begun.
General .1. It. l’cnland, United
jSuAA^'-*^*Klct. .i^orney, opened for -
,th<) .prosecution,.speaking one hour.
jKbj' said; tbis'Was' the first time in
the' history of the slate that such
ili&re 1 had . come To' trial. J. H..
IjHtotz,opened for the defense, malt-
lng' an 'ab!e"spcccch." - . > •
. During a vigorous arraignment, of
thelvagrant' ncgravsl t Mr. Frantz wals
‘ intoiruptod -by. .a-negTo who was sit
ting court room! The negro
protest*# against Mj-. .Franlz’s decla-
rationK. JudgeC. D. ('lark, presld-
Ihg. ordered the' negro removed, ;
Whicli wai doni^'' The incident cre
ated a furor, and it'was some time 1
before-quiet was restored.
. Attordey I-'rants uxplnined ho meant
bo rcflectlph upon iiegidcs as a whole
but upon tho vagrant class, which
were:' a nil I ho nee to the negroes xa
well as |he white people.'
Carpto Will Appeal Case.
New York, Nov. "28.—^Former Judge
Dlttenhoefer and Fi'cderick'AV. Ster
ling, counsel tor Enrico Caruso, tbe
tenor, complotod Sunday their affida
vit upon which will bo based an ap
plication to the- court of general ses
sions for permission to appeal from
Magistrate Baker’s conviction. Tho
application, the attorneys expect, will
be granted at once, and. they hope to
get. the appeal up for argument Inside
ot three weeks. Judge Ditten hoe- *
fer sold every effort would be made
to obtain a 'decision as soon as pos
sible. Caruso's fine of *10 will be
paid under protest,
WhenYou
Take Cold
One way is lo pty no attention to it; at
least, not until it develops Into pneumonia,
or bronchitis, or pleurisy. , A:.j:hef v/ay is
to psk your doctor about Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral, “if he says, “The best thing for
colds,’’ then take it. Do as be says, anyway.
Wo hits nci esrrr’1,1 W# publish J. C. AyerCo., - J
iLa formolfoiQi all <
bo the American Dredging company,
ot San Francisco, Marshall C. Har
ris, president, of .the .company, and
[w. H. Hooge, of Honolulu, one of
the directors, who returned Saturday
from the Isthmus, called a meeting
of their sub-contractors at the Fifth
avenue hotel. President Harrison
there announced that his company
will immediately tncrchso its capitali
zation by several million dollars .and
bid for the work. It Is stated'here
that probably six groups of contractors
wlli hid for the work.
diaries V. Liuri Mechanics.
Charles V. of Spain,.like Louis XVI.
of France, was particularly foad of
timepieces and had a decided taste for
mechanics. When In Germany he In
vented a carriage for his own accom
modation,- and after his abdication he
would amuse himself in making little
puppets—soldiers performing their ex
erclses, girls dancing with their turn
bourines and little wooden birds that
would flv in nnd out ot the window.
Too Late.
“And you didn’t propose to her?"
“No."
"Why?”
"1 was leading up to It, but suddenly
noted that her voice bad a sort of pre-
tons eneaeement ring,"—Smart Set
rFemaloW
bland:
“Pleaso adviso facta. We have not
a iihgi* person' coming in an ad
vanced! assisted'or prepaid passage,
so for- as we are cognizant, and not
ono under oven suggestion of con
tract, ’’but all under strict compliance
with Tjnlted States statutes. If this
Is correct, I proposo to carry the mat
ter to/tho president immediately, and
consequently request that you wire
the faibts, considering this as a notice
of appeal. This state, as one of the
constituent stales of tho union, has
been acting.In an open, legal manner
under United States laws as l.-urapret-
ed by the state'department. In all Its
lmfolgratlon work, and any atempt
of til.- kind reported will he most vig
orously resisted. D. Heyward,
"Governor.”
. . —r* —
Complete Depravity.
“We’ve often heard about the mean
est man, but I happen to know the
meanest woman.”
“Who's she?”
"The one who goes to weddings and
slyly femoves the cards from the pres
ent, to that the bride can never know
which of her friends it was wbo gave ,
her the plated butter knife.”—Chicago |
Record-Herald. j
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