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Admiral W. W. Kimball. Chosen to Command Our Ships In Nicaraguan Waters. i ggti& i ■l A - ■ i ~ m Sj m •%/ 5#^ i 31 m r . tit Admiral William Wirt Kimball is the man selected by the Washington au thoritles to command the squadron of American vessels sent to Nicaraguan waters. Admiral Kimball Is one of the newest of the nation's admirals, hav Lg been advanced only recently from the grade of captain. His previous command was the big battleship New Jersey. COTTON MARKET BOOM. Government Crop Report Shoots Price Up $2 a Bale. New York.—Not since the Sully boom of 1904 has the New York cot¬ ton exchange witnessed a more sen¬ sational scene or a more spectacular rise in prices than occurred with the announcement of the government eiop report. W r ith the galleries crowded with vis¬ itors from the south, augmented by friends and relatives of operators and other interested spectators, the mar¬ ket soared to a new high record for the season with gains of more than $2 a hale. Both the May and the July options touched the high mark ot 15.80, both gaining approximately 42 points over Thursday’s close. The government estimate is about 200,000 bales below the predictions of the most sanguine of the bulls, and the action of the market naturally followed, Slxteen-cent cotton, so much talked about, was not realized, but the market came near it. VICTIM OF LEPROSY. Only Case Known In the United States Army. Savannah, Ga.—Death has removed probably the only case of leprosy in the United States army, when First Sergeant C. O. Mix, of the Seventy second company, Coast Artillery-, died In his lonely cottage on the Fort Screven reservation. Mix enlisted from Brownsville, Tex¬ as, and served in the Cuban cam¬ paign during the Spanish-American war. It was here the disease was contracted. His father died not long since, leaving him $40,000, but the money was of no avail to him, the government having done everything possible to relieve his condition. His pay as a soldier also had accumulkted and he left a neat little fortune on his death. POWDER MAGAZINE EXPLODES. One Killed and Several Injured at Bull’s Gap, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn.—A special to the Sentinel from Bull’s Gap. Tenn,, says that a dynamite and powder maga¬ zine of A. Doncrvan, a railroad con¬ tractor, exploded there, Isaac Buc hanan was killed and W. H. Booth and Dana Berry were probably fa¬ tally injured. It is claimed Buchanan entered the powder house with a lighted pipe and the explosion followed. Window glass were broken in a largo number of buildings in the town, and a cavity about 20 feet in diameter and 10 feet deep marks the spot of the explosion. The magazinf was totally destroyed. Editor’s Home Dynamited. St. Louis.—The residence of Harry B. Wandell, city editor of The St. T.ouis Star, has been dynamited. A note shoved under the doof and found after the explosion, read: “H. W.— Be careful, next time under your chair.” The note was unsigned, Wandell refused to discuss the cause °f the explosion, pleading ignorance. Costly Toll Taken by Storm. St. John, N. F —Fifteen lives and $500,000 in property lost on land and s ea is tjie toll now known to have Teen taken by the storm which re¬ cently swept New Foundland. All The victim* of the storm were na¬ tives. A Useless Effort. 1 Isitor—I suppose you men in public dfe weigh your words? Senator— ^ hat’s the use? Some newspaper is sure to come along and monkey v dh the scales.—Judge. Exhaustive observation Is an element ® T «ry greet achievement.—Spenser. HARVEST OF DEATH Winter’s Storm on Lake Takes Toll of Many Lives. 59 PERSONS PERISHED Storm on Lake Erie Also Laid Waste More Than $1,000,000 Worth of Ves sel Property—Dead Brought tc Port. Cleveland, Ohio.—The winter storm which passed over Lake Erie reapeo a deadly harvest and laid waste mare than $1,000,000 worth of vessel' prop erty. Late reports show that 5!i lives were lost, that 20 sailors were re-scued, that four boats were de¬ stroyed and that one sustained heavy damages. A summary of the storm’s work shows: Steamer Clarion burned; ffiteen lives lost, six saved. Steamer W. O. Richardson sunk; five drowned, lOurteen saved. Car ferry Marquette and Bessemer No. 2 wrecked; thirty-two lives lost Tow boat sunk; no lives lost. Sailor from Richardson, crazed by exposure, committed suicide. Erie, Pa.—With her flag at half fnast the state fisheries’ boat, Com¬ modore Perry, brought to this poyt the dead and frozen bodies of nine members of the crew of the Bessemer and Marquette ferry No. 2, which left Conneaut, Ohio, carrying thirty-two men, and which probably foundered In the middle of Lake Erie. News of the finding of the bodies had reached the city, and thousands of persons swarmed the wharves. As soon as the fish boat made fast a force of men, with tackle, set to work raising the dead bodies of the men to the deck, where wagons were in wait¬ ing. The procession of dead passed through the principal streets cf the city with hundreds of people follow¬ ing. Conneaut, Ohio, where most of the men lived, was notified by telephone, and a hundred residents of that city arrived here within two hours. They were taken directly to the coroner's morgue, where identifications were made. FAST TRAIN WRECKED. Twentieth Century Limited on Lake Shore Telescopes Another Train. Erie, Pa.—The Twentieth Century Limited, the New York Central train en route from Chicago to New York, collided with the rear end of passen¬ ger train No. 10 on the Lake Shore railroad, at North East, Pa., 1G miles cast of here. At the time of the col¬ lision the Twentieth Century was easily making G2 miles an hour. The second section of No. 26 (the Twentieth Century) was made up of two cars from St. Louis, one from Cincinnati and one frerm Cleveland. The St. Louis cars were ahead and most of the dead are reported to be In them and in the two rear cars of No. 10. which carried passengers from Cleveland and Chicago. No. 10 was delayed an hour and forty-five minutes at North East and sent a flagman hack. It is reported that his lantern went out, but this Is not confirmed. Twenty persons are reported killed, The engine of No. 2G reared up turned over and fell upon the coaches following. BIG JEWEL ROBBERY. Largest of the Kind Occurring In New * York In Many Years. New York.—A $300,000 Jewel rob¬ bery, the largest of Its kind that has occurred here In many years, has been reported to the police. Th° Jewelry was stolen from the apart¬ ments of Mrs. John William Jenkins, who resided on the eighth floor of the hotel Lorraine at Fifth avenue and 45th street, Mrs. Jenkins told the police that she left the hotel in the afternoon for a visit When she returned she found the ’•ooms In disorder. The collection of diamonds and other jew¬ els which had been In a black leather case In her dressing table were gone. It is tho'^ht the thieves gained en trance hv means erf a false key. The value of the missing jewels is set at $300,000 by Mrs. Jenkins. FIFTY YEARS IN PRISON. Convict's Christmas Gift Will Proba b'y Be a Pardon. Winsted, Conn.—After spending 50 years as a life prisoner in the Con¬ necticut state prison at Wethersfield. John Warren. 71 years old, is expect¬ ing his pardon as a Christmas gift. Two of Warren's brothers are said to have received assurances that his ap peal for freedom will be granted. Warren was sentenced to life lro prisonment In 1859 for hilling his IS year-old wife by holding her head under the water of a brook. Oldest Odd Fellow Dead. Bangor, Maine.—Phinneas Bachei £ er ga i,j to be the oldest member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel¬ lows In the world, died here. aged»98 years. He had been an Odd Fellow for more than half a century and had held the offloe of grand patriarch. r Professor J. H. Gore. One of Three Men Chosen to Probe Polar Claims. V m V- J rnmm ; r r \ ^ mm $ m $$2 f *4 * ■■ •«. •' ■s-:, iligr . 'A . / ■■ •G* / G Professor James Howard Gore, mem¬ ber of the committee appointed by the National Geographic society to Inves¬ tigate the question of the claims of Cook and Peary to priority In the dis¬ covery of the north pole, is a Washing¬ ton educator of note who has written books on geography and other sciences. He is professor of mathematics in George Washington university and sec¬ retary of the American Meteorological society. HOSPITABLE TO THE END. In Death’s Shadow, Woman Enter¬ tains Friends at Reception. Springfield, Me.—Determined that none of her social obligations should remain unpaid when she died, Mrs. Alma Dodson, a social leader and the only woman lawyer in this county, invited all her friends to a farewell card party ahd reception immediately after being infoimed by her physi¬ cian that she must submit to an op¬ eration that would probably prove fatal. The party was held the day before the operation was performed. Smiling and cheerful, Mrs. Dodson was an admirable hostess, allowing nothing to disturb the pleasure of her guests. If she felt any anxiety she gave no evidence of it. When the party was over and she had bade her guests goodby, Mrs. Dod¬ son calmly arranged her personal ef¬ fects and picked out the clothing in which she wished to be attired after death. She then went to the hospital, where she died following the opera¬ tion. MORGAN FINANCE KING. American Magnate Now Outranks the Noted Rothschilds. London.—J. Pierpont Morgan is now the foremost figure in high financier outranking even -the Rothschilds. The recent reorganisation of the Lon¬ don firm by which it becomes Morgan. Grenfell & Co., Sir Edward Charles Grenfell becoming the junior partner. P laces the S reat American financier ' n direct connection with the Bank of England. Sir Edward Is a director ®ld Lady of Thread-needle Street. j The control of the big insurance companies In America, the steel trust, the great hanks, and many other en¬ terprises has made Mr. Morgan the , foremost financial figure In America. It is now said that he proposes to ■ take a leading position in the broader field of European finance. Taft Issues a Warning. Washington.—It is said President Taft has served notice on ambitious members of congress that the newly organized machinery for the taking of the coming census is not to be utilize:! for " political ends, He addressed eightv-flve supervisors of the census at the executive office and told them plainly that if they used their offices or permitted the enumerators directly under them to further political ends he would remove them promptly. Met Death In Elevator. Akron, Ohio.—Through the parting of an elevator cable In the new GoeC rich building, James Yenna was killed, and Guy Larocco was fatally hurt yenna’s head was practically severed from his body. Later, Frank Hardgrcrve, leaning through a window on the same floor of the. building, fell out and broke his neck. Many Arrested in Russia. London.—A St. Petersburg corre¬ spondent says wholesale arrests of prominent persons have been made there and at Moscow. The police raided numerous dwellings and say they found many compromising docu ments and seditious correspondence. Washington.—Senatcy Alexander S Clay has emphatically denied a report from Georgia which said the senator is about to resign his seat and run for governor of the state. "Outrage¬ ously false; never heard of such a thing," said the senator, when toid of it. Fatal Tenement Fire, Cincinnati, Ohio.—Seven persons lost their lives and several other* were injured as a result of a tene ment Are at Third and Sycamore street*. BLACK FIEND KILLS Gruesome Crime Discovered at Savannah, Ga. WHITE WOMEN VICTIMS 6avannah Shocked and Outraged Over One of the Most Dastardly Crimes Ever Committed In Its History— Police Arrest 150 Negroes. Savannah, Ga.—A gruesome crime as the result of an assault by a ne¬ gro was brought to light when per¬ sons forced their way into the home of Mrs. Eliza Gribble at this place, which had been closed so long as to arouse suspicions of something wrong. Upon entering the residence Mrs Gribble was found dead in one of the bed rooms with her head beaten into a pulp. Further search then found Mrs. Carrie Ohlando. a daughter, dead. Her head had been split wide open with some sharp instrument, suppos¬ The third inmate of five residence, a second daughter cf Mrs. Gribble. was later found in a dying condition In the room. All indications point to the fact that the women were murde-ed during the night by a negro who entered the home with the intention of commit¬ ting an assault. Caught In Police Dragnet. One hundred and fifty negro men caught in the meshes of the police dragnet through Yamac-raw, the negro section of the city, are prisoners in the police station, the theory of the police being that a negro man, hav¬ ing planned an assault upon Mrs Ohlander, was compelled to commit the other crimes in order to escape. Police believe that this negro, using an ax taken from the woodshed In the rear of the Gribble home, beat Mrs. Gribble to death, struck down the other woman and after assault¬ ing Mrs. OhlRnder in the wide, long hallway, where the bodies were found, finished his terrible work by beating in her skull with the weapon. $1,C00 Reward Offered. Mayor Ttdeman has offered a re¬ ward of $1,000, with evidence to con¬ vict, for the arrest of the negro who committed the crime. The city of Savannah was thrown into a furore of excitement over the awful crime. SEED OATS \ FOR SALE By L. W, Jarman, Porterdale, Ga. Appier Oats, Georgia Rust Proof, Texas Red Rust Proof, 75c to £1 a bushel. Also wheat Seed for sale W. J. HIGIGNS DENTIST Over Cohen s Store ! Patronage Solicited. in {?/ 'h « G 5 TIM T r— ; @ --CiO to J. SEIGEL Repairing . . 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It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of * t * * s The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THC CCNTAU. COM—ANT. TT MU A RAT RTACCT. NSW YORK MTV.