EIGHTY DIE IN
BRIDGE CRASH
Giant Structure in Course of Erect
ion Suddenly Collapsed.
WORKMEN ENTRAPPED
Horror Occurred Near Quebec On the St.
Lawrence River and Demolition Was
Complete-Few Were Saved.
A section of the new budge across
the St. Lawrence river, five miles be
low Quebec, collapsed late Thursday
afternoon, carrying scores of workers
and mechanics into the water. It is
estimated that the loss of life Is at
least sixty, and many estimates ex
ceed that number by twenty.
The bridge was about a mile and a
half In length, and half of it, from
the south shore to midstream, crump
led up and dropped into the river,
Ninety men were at work on this
section of the structure, and the whis
tle had just blown at 5:30 for the men
to <juit work for the day when they
heard a grinding sound from the bridge
In midstream.
The men turned to see what had
happened, and an instant after the cry
went up, “The bridge is falling!” The
men made a rush shoreward, but the
distance was too great for them lo
escape.
The fallen section of the bridge
dragged others after it, the snapping
girders and cables booming like the
crash of a cannon and frightening the
Workmen as they sped shoreward Only
a few of them reached safety before
the last piece of iron on the south
shore was dragged iuto the river.
Near the shore the wreckage of the
bridge did not go beiow the surface
of the water, and dgu workmen who
remained above water were rescued
apd taken to the hospital at Levis.
The steamer Glennmont had just
cleared the bridge when the first sec
tion fell. The water thrown up by the
debris dashed clear over the bridge of
the steamer. The captain at once low
ered boats. The small boats plied back
and forth over the sunken wreckage
for half an hour, but there was no
aign of life. The twisted iron and
steel had its victims in a terrible
death grasp. A few floating and
broken strands of the bridge towards
the north shore were the only signs
tha' anything unsual had happened.
There was not a ripple on the smooth
surface of the St. Lawrence as It
swept along toward the *ulf.
Ail the men drowned were tmploy
ces of the Phoenixville Bridge compa
ny a id sub contractors of Quebec and
Montreal.
At 10 o’clock Thursday night, six
teen bodies had been picked up, and
cf the eight men in the hospital two
are not expected to live.
The Quebec bridge was begun seven
years ago, and it was to be finished In
3 909. Subsidies had been granted by
the federal and provincial government*
and the city of Quebec, and the esti
mated cost of the work was $10,000,-
000.
PARKER IS AGAIN CANDIDATE.'
Report to that Effect Creates Much Sur
prise Among Democrats.
A special from Columbus, Ohio,
says: The positive statement of for
mer Governor James E. Cam; b 11, who
has just returned from New York, that
Judge Alton Brooks Parker is a can
didate for the democratic presidential
nomination, was received in Ohio
■with incredulity. Mr. Campbell dies
not seem surprised at the reception
given the announcement, saying that
he did not believe it himself whet he
first heard it, but that he learned later
that it was “intensely true.’’ He dt
charge that the republican party had
from a source that was indisputable
as to veracity.
The fact that Judge Parker's famous
harge that the republican party had
raised an immense corruption fund in
New York for the support of Roose
velt has been borne out, in the face
of the extremely tart deuial of Mr.
Roosevelt, will, it is conceded, help
Mr. Parker in his candidacy, but it is
not b lieved that he could develop suf
ficient strength between now and the
convention to become a formidable fig
ure. Nevertheless, the statement that
he is In the race has created intense
interest among the politicians.
NEGRO TAKES REFUGE
In Florida Jail While Being Pursued By
Georgia Posse-Is Charged With
Murder of Marshal.
Fearing a mob of his own state
might lynch a Georgia fugitive, who
sought safety in the Tallahassee jail,
Governor Broward of Florida ordered
the Bloxham Rifles, a local company,
to hold themselves in readiness for
orders.
Pursued by ten armed men in auto
mobiles, George Simms, a negro, ar
rived from near Thomasville, Ga., sur
rendered to the sheriff and was jailed.
He said he feared he would not, be
protected if caught.
Simms, it is Charged, shot Marshal
Cargell of Cairo, Ga., to death Tues
day night. The shooting occurred at
the cabin of Simms on the Brandon
plantation, just inside the Florida
liue.
At the time of the shooting a posse
had surrounded Simms’ cabin to effect
the capture of another negro, Char
ley Williams, who sought refuge ia
the house.
It was first reported that Williams
had killed Marshall Cargell, but it was
ascertained later, according to reports,
that Simms fired the shot.
Several other negroes have been ar
rested at Thomasville for harboring
Williams, but he is still at large and
is now supposed to be hiding in Flor
ida woods.
The negro outlaw, Charley Wil
liams, killed Sheriff Tyus, of Grady
county, August 19, while resisting ar
rest for contract jumping. He made
his escape and was followed by a
posse headed by Marshal Cargell of
Cairo. The marshal was shot by
Simms in whose house Williams
sought to hide, and both Williams and
Simms escaped.
Marshal Cargell was the third of
ficer shot in the discharge of his duty,
and the second marshal of that town.
Marshal Deas of Cairo was killed by
W. A. Maxwell, a white man, then
Sheriff Tyus, now Marshal Cargell.
The governor later ordered the negro
sent to Live Oak, Fla., where he was
carried, under a small military guard.
The guard was kept at the Live Oak
jail until 9 o’clock Thursday morn
ing, when it was withdrawn. There
was no evidence of violence shown to
ward the negro, either in Tallahassee
or at Live Oak, and no trouble is
feared by the officers.
FIVE HELD ON PEONAGE CHARGE.
Louisiana Men Held for Alleged Detention
of Negro Laborers.
Five well known residents of Clai
borne parish, Louisiana, have been
arrested by Deputy United States
Marshal Lea and carried to Shrevt
port on charges of peonage. The in
dictment alleges that the five men, all
of whom are named Gray, held under
restraint a number or negroes. The
five Grays gave bond in the sum of
$9,000 and will be tried at the next
term of the federal court.
APPROVE THE “BIG STICKS.”
Washington Representatives of Central
American Republics Gratified.
The ministers at Washington rep
resenting all of the Central American
republics except Guatemala called at
the state department Thursday and
expressed the appreciation of their
governments for the steps taken by
Presidents Roosevelt and Diaz in ne
gotiating for permanent peace in Cen
tral America.
FIFTEEN MILLION IN LOSSES
And Sixty Thousand Homeless as Result
of Fire in Hakodate, Japan.
Advices received in Yokahama from
the American consulate at Hakodate,
Japan, place the loss caused by the con
flagration there at $15,000,000. About
15,000 houses, varying in value, were
burned and sixty thousand people ren
dered homeless. Former estimates are
regarded as being too low.
COSTLY MONUMENT TO HORSE
Provided in Will of Chicago’s Oldest Set
tler, Who is on Dying Bed.
A $50,000 monument for his horse,
is a feature that has been incorporat
ed in the will of Henry Graves, the
oldest settler of Chicago, who now lies
near death’s door.
A pioneer racing man, Graves has
provided that the costliest monument
ever erected for a horse will be Placed
iu Washington park. It will memorial
ize Ike Cook, a famous trailer, which
I he owned fifty years ago.
LOWER RATES
NOW PREVAIL
On AH the Railroads Operating in
the State of Georgia.
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CONTESTS COME LATER
Officials Will Comply With Board’s Order
Until Matter is Decided in Courts.
Complications as to Tickets.
Monday morning the reduced pas
senger iates ordered by the railroad
commission of Georgia, in circular No.
334, went into effect. Differences from
& cent to a half-cent a mile is no
ticeable in the tariffs on all of the
main lines in the state in conse
j
quence.
Latest advices indicate that all qf
the roads in the state placed into ef
fect the reduced fares as offered.
The decision of Judge Shelby, Hunts
ville, Ala., in refusing to older a tem
porary injunction against the com
mission restraining them from putting
into operation the proposed rates, act
ed as a check upon the contesting cor
porations, and it is thought that all
will follow the lead of the Atlantic
Coast Line and file bills asking for a
permanent injunction, after a review
of the case, in the federal courts, if
the rates ordered are declared, by
these courts, to be unjust.
The new tariffs were shipped to all
of the roads from their respective
headquarters Saturday and every ' lit
tle station had its new tariff sheets
on haud for that road Monday morn
ing.
All tariffs for straight rides on the
same lines are figured out, and there
will be no trouble after getting tickets
for these stations. But the trouble
will come on these tickets from a
station on one line to another.
A man in Newnan wants to go to
Athens. Instead of buying in Newnan
a ticke; for Athens he will find that
he can 'Purchase a ticket ouly to At
lanta, and then buy another ticket
from Atlanta to Athens.
It is understood that each line, for
the present, will sell only tickets over
its own liue for intrastate business.
Of course, the matter of interstate
business is not interfered with at all,
and through tickets are to be had
as usual.
“How are wp expected to know the
tariff of the Southern, Central, Geor
gia, Atlantic Coast Line and Sea
board?” is the way one prominent rail
road official put the question. “\\ e
have only our own tariff sheet figured
out. The others will have to be worked
out with combination rates, later. You
go part of your journey for 2 cents
a mile; another section for 2 1-2 cents
and the third for the old rate of 3
cents.
“Say, the first distance is twenty
seven miles, the next eighty-nine and
the third twenty-three, and you see
how much figuring there is on that
ticket without a tariff sheet, so you
can guess the rest of the work on
a dozen or Nk combination tickets. So,
for the present we will sell only for
our own line.”
The Central of Georgia Railway com
pany will obey the circular of the
state railroad commission ordering the
reduction in passenger rates. Vice
President A. R. Lawton of the Cen
tral, who is also of the firm of gen
eral counsel, said: “We have taken
the necessary steps to put the reduced
passenger rates into effect. Ihe ac
tion of the commission not having
been enjoined, we cannot afford to do
otherwise. We shall press for a hear
ing at the earliest possible data and
hope and believe that when the court
has considered the evidence submit
ted by us and that submitted by the
defendant, it will grant us an in
junction. If it does do so, we expect
to withdraw the reduced rates and re
store the scale in force before the
reduction became effective. We earn
estly hope that if, and when, this shall
be done, all officers and citizens will
recognize the supreme law of the
land in tlie constitution of the L nited
States and the constitution of Georgia
and will not undertake to violate them
by disregarding the injunction. If v>e
are disappointed in this hope there
is but one course for us to pursue
and that is to vigorously protect our
rights to the end and earnestly de
fend the law of the land against the
asaults of those who violate it.
Farm Tomes
POOREST INVESTMENT.
A poor bull or a poor boar is about
the poorest investment one can make.
On a majority of farms the grading
up is done mostly by using a high
grade sire. The quality of the off
j spring will not be improved very
| fast unless the sire is away above
the average.
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THE HOG MACHINE.
The hog should be looked on as
a machine to convert the raw ma
terial of the farm into the greatest
amount of money possible, so if one
acre of alfalfa will put on as many
. pounds of weight as two cr three
; of corn and at much les3 cost, it
stands the farmer in hand to care
fully investigate and change his
| methods, if need be.
FOR THE STABLE.
Quit storing the currycombs,
brushes, bottles, straps, sponges and
such like on the beams, and in loose
boxes, where they are hard to find
and may get knocked down into the
manure. Nail up a large box divided
into large pigeon holes by means of
shelves and cross pieces and a few
hooks for combs, buckles, etc. The
cover is hinged to the bottom of the
box and supported at the sides with
straps. A drop curtain hung from
the top of the box will answer instead
of the cover to keep out dirt.—J. A.
L., Middlesex County, Conn., in The
Cultivator.
CARE OF THE COLT.
From four to six months old is
about the best age to wean the colt,
and from that time on he should
be fed regularly and liberally. The
first winter of the cost’s life is the
most important and the so-called
economy that allows a colt to run
around the straw pile and hustle
for a living is certainly the poorest
kind of economy. Any man who
practices that stands in his own light
because he is losing the growth of
the colt at that early stage which will
never be made up in the future.
Feed generously and regularly the
first winter and allow the colt to run
out every day so hd may have abun
dance of exercise.
DOES LIBERAL FEEDING PAY?
It has been a mooted question,
whether liberal feeding increases the
percentage of fat in milk or merely
the quantity. It is popularly sup
posed that it does Increase the per
centage of fat, but some experiments
at experiment stations leave the mat
ter in doubt. Some of the richest
milk ever analyzed was from a cow
that had only straw to eat, but she
gave mighty little of it. At the New
York station, in the case of a herd
of poorly fed cows, an abundant ra
tion, easily digestible and nitrogen
ous in character, and continued
through two* years, resulted* in an
average increase of one-fourth to one
per cent, of fat in the milk (or a per
centage increase of about six per
cent.). This was accompanied by an
increase of about fifty per cent, in
total amount of milk and fat pro
duced.
WATER-GLASS.
Replying to “Querist,” it is claimed
that water-glass is unquestionably
the best preservative for eggs yet
discovered. Water-glass, silicate of
soda, dissolved glass and soluble
glass are some of the names given
it. If the glass is dissolved, w r e buy
it by the pint, or gallon, but if we
get it dry, it is a soluble powder—
sometimes like powdered stone, and
sometimes white and like powdered
glass. The powdered form dissolves
slowly in boiling water, and often
must be kept boiling for some hours.
The water-glass is made by melting
together quartz and a caustic alkali,
soda or potash, and sometimes a little
charcoal. There is nothing to get
musty. It is claimed that there are
two kinds—one the German, and the
other the American. The German
formula turns out a black glass,
which dissolves in about six times its
weight in boiling water. A speaker
at one of the New Y'ork poultry in
stitutes said that the German kind
was usually used in proportion of
one part of glass to ten parts of wa
ter; the American form, one part of
glass to eight parts of water. This
is when purchased in liquid form.
The German form produces a black
glass, and the color will be dark,
vrhile the American form is syrupy
end jelly-like.—Progressive Farmer.
R. O. JACKSON,
Attorney-at-Law,
McDonough, ga.
Office over Star Store.
E. M. SniTH,
Attorney at Law,
Me Donoitgh, Ga.
Office over Star Store, south side square.
All work carefully and jtromptly attended
to. Am premared to negotiate loan#
on real estate. Terms easy.
HELP IS OFFERED
TO WORl’llY YOUNG PEOPLE
We earnestly request all young persons, no matter
how limited their means or education, who wish to
obtain a thorough business training and good posi
tion, to write by first mail for our great half-ra«s
offer. Success, independence am 1 probable lortun#
are guaranteed. Don’t delay. Write today.
Th( Ga.-Ala. Business College, Macon, Ga.
tobacco!
IS a delicious chew, I
made from the best |
| North Carolina leaf; g
a leaf that has a spec-1
! ial texture, a special §
flavor and which!
makes RED EYE a]
specially fine and satis- J
fyingehewingtobacco. 1
Most people prefer it |
to tobacco costing one |
dollar per pound.
Ask your dealer for it and §
insist on him keeping it. i
MERCHANTS
Write for Special Prices, gj
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JAMESTOWN
Ter-Centennial Exposition April t
November, 1907.
Exceedingly low rates have been
authorized by the Southern Railway
to Norfolk, Va., and return, account
Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposi
tion.
Stopovers will be allowed on sea
son, sixty day and fifteen day tickets,
same as granted on summer tourist
lickets. Tickets will be sold daiiy
commencing April 19th, to and moul
ding November 30th, I£K)7.
The Southern Railway is taking a
very great interest in this exposition
and doing everything within their
power to promote its welfare for the
reason that it is located on historic
and southern grounds, and has evb
dence of being one of the most import
ant and attractive affairs of this kind
that has ever been held.
Through train service and sleeping
car service to Norfolk during the ex
position has not yet been announced,
but it is expected that most excel
lent schedules will be put in effect
so as to make the trip comfortable
and satisfactory in every way.
Fail and complete information will
he cheerfully furnished upon applica
tion to any ticket agent of the South
ern Railway company. t:
SMALL RAILROAD REPORTED SOLD.
Register and Glennville Line Changes
Hands for Sum of $750,000.
W. C. Perkins of the Register and
Glennville railway was in Savannah,
Ga., a few days ago, where, it is under
stood, he reported the sale of his roau
to the Georgia Coast and Piedmont.
The price is said to be $750,000.
DISASTROUS BLAZE IN CINCINNATI.
Planing Mill Sheds Containing Costly Fin.
ished Material are Destroyed.
Fire, which originated from some un
known cause early Friday mcraing,
destroyed the planing mill, lumber
sheds and hundreds of thousands of
feet of lumber, the Property of the
Farriu & Korn Lumber company of
Cincinanti. The loss is SIOO,OOO.
