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A Uj*l. i tuiO K.\ “-G’hs ■* .Vlaonhictiired .• (rujelj ••! r.-cl Ml: crrecta bl errors . i I, ii.iman •* ** si-ill i ■ 1 1 <•. c • ri-fn!iv T>iaf died ami in , i wliho i pain, c:* ui a lion and <x -1: , ion • reo. w ks and uffiec : ~S li'Otfd s|,*n t, T.J i Si';' k , A. opposite Plant; r’s Hotel ODS IN THE east \orcn iiuu ui * i uij A u 11N Score3 of Lives Lost and Dam age of Millions. 10,000 OPERATIVES ARE IDLE M ny Mills Have Been Forced to Close Down, and It May I3e Many Weeks Before They Can Resume Work— Many Daring Rescues. ,\ v York, March 4. —Flood condi t as in the east are reported rapidly itnprovin although affairs in the Wy i : leg valley and northeastern Penn s-.U vania generally and along the Hud ;• =ii, near Albany, are still in bad shape. Dispatches from Wilkesbarre, Pa., show that more than a score of lives wi i'i> lost and $5,000,000 worth of prop erty was destroyed in northeastern D nnsylvaisa. The danger is over, but tie lull extent of the damage is yet to be seen. Eighteen thousand homeless persons in the Wyoming valley are anxiously watching the backward course of the waters. The water has receded in Paterson, N. J., so that the danger there practi < ally is over, but there were many*dar i g rescues of persons who had stayed in the flooded houses. So many mills were damaged that 14,(100 operatives are thrown out of work for an indefinite time. In Passaic six men are reported to l ive bef n carried down with a bridge, which was washed away. The current was so swift that it was impossible to r< scue them. ( flies and towns in almost all sec tions of Now York and in New Eng land stab s suffered heavy damage t( ;■! )])'- rty and delayed trains were re ported. >!-l for many years have the mails • idling New York been so delayed as during the last three and a half days. WRECK ON L. AND N. Two Freights Collide—One Man Kill ed, Three Injured. Nashville, Tenn., March 4. —A colli pien yesterday afternoon between two fr iylit trains at Pulaski, 80 miles ith of here on the Louisville and Nnshville road, delayed traffic two h< irs and caused the death of one man and the injury of three others. The dead: John Hariley, fireman. The injured: Joe Zanone, engineer. J. fl. Martin, conductor. Robert Wilson, brakeman. The northbound train Mas attempt ing to pass on the main track, but the switch, for some unknown reason, was turned wrong and the train ran in on a siding where the southbound train was standing. Both engines were wrecked. The killed and injured were on the moving train. DOCTOR FACES GRAVE CHARGE. Accused of Betraying Insane Girl In North Carolina. Raleigh, March 4. —Dr. W. J. Clantz, who for a long time lias been one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Buncombe county, is now under a $2,- s'hi bond, and laced with a very se rious charge. The crime of which he is accused is bertyaing an insane girl and taking I ' i to a western city, where it is said they remained for some time. Dr. Clantz makes little denial of the accusation and declares it is an at tempt at blackmail. A warrant was issued for him a few 'lays after his return from the west and he surrendered himself. His bail was fixed at first at SIO,OOO. Wedding Presents. We have the most complete stock of Dia monds, Watches, Ster ling Silver Ware, Fan- Goods especially for ALL occasions, and would be pleased to have you make our store headquerters while in Augusta. Expert engraving, HCIEBKO., Jewelers, Augusta, : : Georgia. Volume 20. SHOT WIFE AND SELF. Domestic Infelicity E?:c.'c In Sad Trag edy sc Pelham, Ga. Pelham, Ga., March 4. —In a neat lit tle cottage on Barrow avenue was found the body of Harvey Nesmith, shot through the head with a pistol ball. In an adjacent room his wife’s body lay with a pistol wound in her head. The only other member of the house hold, a 12-months-okl babe, was found unhurt by those first to arrive on the scene. It is one of the saddest tragedies, the people of Pelham have ever been called on to witness. Mr. and Mrs. Nesmith had been living in Pelham for a year or more and bad a number of friends here. For some time it was known io friends that the domestic re lations of the family were not alto gether pleasant, but no such fateful tragedy as this was anticipated. About 11 o’clock Saturday night neighbors were attracted by the report ot a pistol and the screams of a wom an. Rushing to the scene they found Mr. Nesmith lying on the flood with a bullet hole through his head and his brains slowly oozing out in a pool of blood. Close by his wife lay also, shot in the head. Both were unconscious. Mr. Nesmith died yesterday morn ing at 4 o’clock. Mrs. Nesmith suc cumbed a few hours later. Here and there over the rooms were spots of blood and on the clothing of the baby were blood stains that indi cated the efforts of the mother to reach her child in her extremity. It is supposed that Mr. Nesmith shot his wife and then killed himself. PICKPOCKETS IN CHURCH. Three Ministers Are Victimized at Baptist Tabernacle. Atlanta, March 5. —A gang of pro fessional pickpockets, composed of men and women, made their appear ance in the Baptist? Tabernacle yester day afternoon while the Bible confer ence was holding a session, and before they left they succeeded in rifling the pockets of three ministers of the gos pel. This sacriligious as well as feloni ous act was partly witnessed by Dr. Broughton, pastor of the Tabernacle, who chanced to see the gang when they came into the church and when they robbed one of their victims. Pickpockets are said to do very bold acts, but it is the first time that ever a gang of thieves operated in a church in Atlanta in the broad daylight and while religious services were going on. SAVANNAH IN DARKNESS. Fire Near Power House Destroys the Wires, Breaking Circuit. Savannah, March 5. —Savannah was shoruded in darkness last night. Save for those of a very restricted section of the city all the electric lights were out. Not only were the arc lights on the streets dark, but incandescent lights in houses were without current. The trouble occurred at about 8:30 o’clock, when a fire broke out in Yam acraw, near the power house. The flames melted the wires that ran from the power house and the current was broken. A minstrel performance was in prog ress at the theater when the lights went out. The show was practically broken up, as the gas formed but a poor substitute. Killing In Lee County, Ala. Opelika, Ala., March 5. —A killing has occurred on the farm of T. J. Whatley near Opelika. Sam Matthews shot Link Dallas. It seems from the reports that Matthews had had trou ble with other people’s cows eating his cotton seed, and becoming exasper ated, shot a cow. Dallas heard the shot and seeing the trouble, thought it was his cow and Csme to the scene with his shotgun and a qutrrel ensued. Matthews says he did not shoot Dal las until he had been knocked down several times. Matthews is now in the hands of Sheriff Hodge. Policeman Behind Bars. Wayeross, Ga., March 5. —Matt Rob inson. a policeman, has been arrested here charged with complicity in the Plant system car robbery. In default of SSOO bond he was placed in jail. Large quantities of goods were found hidden in a horse stable at Robinson’s mother-in-law’s home, 4 miles from town. Her son says Robinson paid him $4 to haul the goods there and bury them. LaGrange Dispensary Fiqht. LaGrange, Ga., March 4—Judge Harris has turned down the injunction proceedings against the dispensary. Exceptions, however, have been filed to his rulings, a supersedeas has been granted and the injunction will go by a fast bill to the supreme court. r he fight for and against a dispensary has not been as hot as the one in Rome, but has been just as determined. Colonel Charters Announces. Dahlonega, Ga., March s.—Colonel W. A. Charters, of this place, has for mally announced himself a candidate for re election as solicitor general of the northeastern circuit, subject to the Democratic primary. The piesent in dications are that Colonel Charters will have no opposition. ... m T Laxative Br^o-^uinToe'Setr ‘.he remedy that etiree a cold In one day J„h printing at thfi right prices. Advertising re tee on application. BURGLAR STABS WOMAN. Mrs. J. C-. Ar.crej Has Exciting Expe* r.cnce Near Jacksonville, Fia. Jacksonville, Fla., Mai eh 3. —Suffer- ing from ohocl., as the result of an experience Thursday night, Mrs. Joe C. Andreu is quite ill at her home on Evergreen avenue. Shortly after the midnight hour Mrs. Andreu was attacked by a ne gro burglar, who was in her bedroom. Two attempts were made to stab her, and 51 rs. Andreu has an ugly wound on her left shoulder. She was visit ing her. niece, Mrs. J. Humphrey, who lives with her husband on the rock road near the Half-Way house. Shortly after midnight Mrs. Andreu became restless and thought her little child was stroking her hair. Soon af tef she became fully awake and arose, going to the closet in the room. Open ing the door, she stooped to pick some thing from the floor and saw the two big feet of a man. Frightened and unable to scream, she raised her eyes and saw directly in front of her a tall negro with hand outstretched and rais ed on high, ready to strike at her. She does not remember how she gained her feet, but as she tried to get away (he negro sprang at her. she being between him and the open window, through which he had gained access to the room. He made two thrusts at her, the first missing her and the sec ond grazing her left shoulder and in flicting a wound. The negro then rush ed to the window, blowing out the lighted lamp in the room, and made his escape. GAME WHEN TRAP FELL. Burglar Johnson Faced Death Without a Tremor. Raleigh, March 3.—One of the pluck iest prisoners who ever met a well deserved fate on the gallows was Johnson, the white man hanged at Asheville Wednesday for burglary. He said he had much rather die than serve a life sentence in the peniten tiary. He .really appeared glad to die. The authorities here and elsewhere made all sorts of efforts to ascertain his real name. All efforts failed. He once bad the name Wilson. He was wanted for murder in the Indian Ter ritory and in Florida, and in the latter state there was SI,OOO reward out standing for him. Such are the receiv ed statements. He was by profession a safecracker, and declared he was born in north ern Ohio, but that his last home was in the Indian Territory. At almost ihe last moment he re fused to tell his name, saying it would do no good. TO GO UNDER HAMMER. Abraham Lincoln’s Birthplace Will Be Sold for Taxes. Hodgenville, Ky., March I.—The birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, near Hodgenville. is advertised at sheriff's sale for taxes. A few years ago the place promised to be a property upon which the gov ernment would spend thousands of dol lars, but it was bought by a company of eastern capitalists with the inten tion of making it a public park. This scheme fell through when the cabin in which Lincoln was born was carried to Central park, in New York city The place has been uncared for and has gradually gone down until its value is not more than enough to meet the taxes on it. Gage and Party In Florida. St. Augustine, Fla , March 3. —Hon. Lyman J. Gage, of New York, former secretary of the treasury, arrived here yesterday with a party of friends, in cluding Mr. and Mrs. William Rocke feller, Miss Rockefeller, Miss Hawley, Mrs. North and James Stillman, the well known New York banker. After a stay at the Ponce do Leon the party will proceed down the coast and visit other Florida resorts. Their stay in the south is expected to extend through several states. A Fireman's CIO'C Cal!. “I stuck to my engine, although every joint ached and every nerve was racked with pain,” writes U. W. Bel lamy, a locomotive firemen, of Burling ton, lowa. “I was weak and pale, with out any appetite and all run down. As I was about to give up, I got a bottle of Electric Bitters and, alter taking it, 1 felt as well as I ever did in my life.” Weak, sickly, run down people always gain new life, strength and vigor from their use. Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed by H. B. McMaster. Price 50 cents. Killed By Live Wire. Jacksonville, Fla., March 3. —William Stone, a young white man employed by the city electric light plant, was killed by an electric shock Saturday morning about 11 o’clock, received by him while engaged in cleaning an arc light on Riverside avenue near the residence of J. N. C. Stockton. Stone was found lying on the ground where he fell, and it Is supposed that his death was instantaneous. Florida Postoffices. Washington, March 3. —W. H. Casen has been appointed postmaster at Hil liard. Nassau county, Fla. The post office department has issued to Wil liam Worth his commission as post master at Englewood, Fla. He was appointed postmaster several days ago and the commission was issued under date of Feb. 24. You Known What You Are Taking When you take Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless form. No Cure, No Pay. 50c. job Printing promptly executed Advertorial rmtM liberal. Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, March 8, 1902. TRIPLE CR/ME NEAR SAVANNAH. Store Burglarized, Two Men Killed and Building Fired. Savannah. Ga., March 3. —Robbery, arson and double murder were crimes committed by unknown persons Satur day night cn tfie Ogeechee road, 16 miles from Savannah. The store of Michael Schrenk was entered, the pro prietor and his clerk, Jacob Carter, were killed, the safe and cash drawer were rifled and then the store and out buildings were fired. Not until yester day morning was the discovery of the triple crime made, and then there was no trace of the miscreants to be found. Schrenk was a prosperous German, who had a store in the Black Ankle district and another 4 or 5 miles away, which had been onened but recently. His wife and his stepson were away from the Ogeechee road store at the time of the murder, being at work at ihat which had been more recently es tablished. Stories of the wealth that Schrenk had amassed had been float ing around in that section for a long while, and it had been feared that a murder would be committed, for there had been an attempt made not long since to rob the store. Not until 5 o’clock yesterday -morn ing did neighbors reach the scene. A search was at once instituted, but there was naught to be gained, though it was prosecuted most faithfully. Among the ashes were found the bodies of Schrenk and Carter. The body of Schrenk lay where the cash drawer had been located, that of Car ter was in the rear room. By his side lay a burned Winchester rifle. The coroner and deputy sheriffs vis ited the scene. An inquest was held, but nothing was developed. WRECK ON SEABOARD. Freight and Passenger Trains Collide. Several Injured. Elberton. Ga., March 3. —A head-on collision occurred yesterday on the Seaboard Air Line railway just 4 miles out from Elberton. An extra freight, No. 512, and vesti bule, No. 41, ran into each other, both running at the rate of 35 miles an hour. Superintendent E. Berkeley was in the cab on the freight and was badly hurt. He was brought to Elberton on a Pullman sent for him. Will Jerrett, a negro flagman; Guer ry Hall, engineer on 41, and Flagman Murray were the others injured. Flag man Murray received internal injuries, though the physicians think he may recover. Engineer Hall was close to the freight rounding a curve before he saw it. He at once put on the brakes, called to his fireman and jumped, be ing badly though not seriously hurt by the jump. The fireman escaped uninjured. The freight crew also jumped without injrrry. Both engines were-completely demol ished. as were several cars and the track was torn up for some distance. WORK ON EXTENSION BEGINS On the Line from Tallulah Fails to Franklin, N. C. Demovest, Ga., March 4. —Work on the extension of the Tallulah Falls ra’lway from Tallulah Falls to Frank lin, N. C.. will begin this week, the contract for the first 5Y 2 miles having been let. The entire extension of over 40 miles will be, it is expected, completed with in the year. Work on the new depot at this place wiil also be commenced in a few weeks. The proposed removal of the depot from its present site on Georgia street to the new site on Main street gives almost universal satisfaction and will lie of great advantage to local manufacturers. Anew side track will be put in and the new depot will be modern in style and a credit to the road. They Want Perry To Run. Buford, Ga., March 4. —Many voters in this section of the county are urg ing Hon. J. A. Perry, of Lawrence viile, to stand for re-election to tlie next general assembly. Mr. Perry served in the last legislature with dis tinction. being the youngest member of that body save one. If Mr. Perry should decide to enter the race he will receive a handsome vote in this part of the county. Raided Blind Tigers. Tifton. Ga., March 1. —Tifton’s po lice made a raid on the blind tigers operating in Tifton. and as a result one white man and two negroes were caught. Mayor Boatright fined the white man $lO or GO days, one negro, who was acting as agent for another. sls or SO days. Both have not paid their fines and are working out sen tences. One of the negroes has not been tried yet. Wheaton's Battery Has Reunion. Savannah, March 3. —Veterans of the Chatham Artillery, known during the civil war as Wheaton’s light bat tery. bad a reunion at Tybee island Saturday afternoon. Superintendent Clement Saussy, of the Tybee railroad, was the host, and the occasion was his celebration of the fortieth anniversary of his enlistment in Wheaton's bat tery. Kelicf In Six Hours* Distressing Kidney and Bladder JJfsease re lieved in six hours by New Souith- Ameriean Kidney Cure. It is a surprise on account of its exceeding prom j.utess in re lieving pain in bladder, kidneys a’*-! back, lu male or female. Relieves retenGc*- water almost immediately. Ifyouwae. quick re lief a -d cure this is the remeuy. by H. B McM aster. Druggist Waynesuo’ I '' Ga Try one of our clubbing offers. POLICEMEN AS SPANKERS. Novel Coff-ic Witnessed In Poiice Court at Kearny, N. J. New York, March 4. —Two police men. with broad hands and plenty of strength back or them, acted as mas ters of ceremonies at a public spank ing administered to. six youthful do linquenlG in Kearny, N. J., police court. The boys, whose ages ranged from 10 to 12 years, were brought before Recorder Krebs on charge of opening freight cars and destroying property. Recorder Krebs sentenced each to “a good, hard spanking,” as the alterna tive of a $5 film. The parents spoke for the boys and chose the spank ing. Chief of Poiice Toler, selected two able-bodied policemen. Each took a boy and placed him across his knee in the approved position, and an instant later the courtroom rang with yells. When the round had been completed the, youngsters were again arraigned. They were very penitent, and alter the ( court had admonished them against evil doing they promised to be good in the future and were discharged. DEATH CAME AS HE WROTE. Body of an Aged Man Found In Bir mingham Lodging House. Birmingham, Ala., March 4. —The dead body of an aged man, H. C. Pearce by name, was found seated in a little room in the third story of the Stewart building, a cheap lodging house on Avenue B. The man had probably been dead for two or three weeks, as the body was beginning to decompose. On a table at which he sat was a Tetter which he was evidently writing at the time death overtook him and in which he was asking some unnamed relative for aid. The other rooms in the house are occupied by foreign wage workers. The old gentleman, for his clothes show ed him to have been a man of gentle surroundings, was probably unable to make them understand his necessities. The officials are looking for his rela tives. • PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. Postmasters Named In Several South ern States. Washington, March 4. —The presi dent has sent the following nomina tions to the senate: Postmasters — Georgia—Mcßae, Albert J. Mcßae. Tennessee—South Pittsburg, Robert A. Patton. Louisiana- —Plaquemine, Alexander Salomon. North Carolina—Lexington, J. G. Walser. The senate confirmed the following nominations: Ormond. Stone, Charlottesville. Va., member of the board of visitors Unit ed States naval observatory. Postmaster: Alabama —C. F. Rankin, Brewton. Navy: Captain P. H. Cooper, rear admiral; Captain G. H. Wadleigh, rear admiral. PHILIPPINE TARIFF BILL. House Votes on Adoption of Confer ence Report. Washington, March 5. —When the house met today the pending question was on the adoption of the confer ence report upon the Philippine tariff bill. On a rising division the vote stood ayes 66, nays 65. Messrs. McCall, bf Massachusetts; Heatwole, of Minnesota, and Little field, of Maine, Republicans, voted with the Democrats against the adoption of the report. Mr. Payne, the majority leader, then demanded the ayes and nays and the roll was called. Night Was Her Terror. “I would cough nearly all night loug,” writes Mrs. Oiias. Applegate, of Alexandria, lud., and could hardly get any sleep. I had consumption so bad that if I walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit blood, but, when all other medicines failed, three SI.OO bot tles of Dr. King’s New Discovery whol ly cured me and I gained 58 pounds.” It’s absolutely guaranted to cure Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Bronchitis and all Throat and Lung Troubles. Price 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottles free at H. B. McMaster’s drug store. Coal Company Leases Lands. Birmingham, Ala., March 4. —The executive committee of the board of trustees of the University of Alabama has ratified the lease of 1,200 acres of coal lands to the Galloway Coal com pany. The lands are located in Bibb county and will bring in $4,000 per an num, exclusive of royalties, which may reach as high as SIO,OOO per annum. Much Steel Is Bought. Sheffield, Ala., March 3.—T. F. John ston, president of the Sheffield Roll ing Mill company, has returned from New York, where he made the pur chase of something over SIOO,OOO worth of steel billets, to be used in liis mill here in the making of hoops and ties. The mill is running full force. Stops the Coujjn and works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day, No Cure. No Pay. Price 25 cents. Jail Birds Take Flight. Greensboro, Ga., March 4. —The larg est jail delivery that has ever occur red in this county was accomplished Sunday night. With the aid of outside parties, six prisoners regained their freedom and are now at large. They were to have been tried next week. The Best Prescription for Malaria Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove’s Tasteless Chiil Tonic. It is simply Iron aud Quinine in a taste less form. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 50c. Number 47 'iiwj ustipuScr (a! Boors, M id Blinds, LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATHS, - - - - - "fancy” Y 00D work7 IHardware, \ Plain and Ornamental Glass. []j3ir Catalogue mailed free. WHITES AND BLACKS BATTLE. Fatal Fight In Guilford County, North Carolina. Raleigh, March 1. —Seymour Shaff ner, a young white man, who, with several companions, went to the house of John Hubbard, a negro, in Guilford county, for the purpose of beating or killing a negro in the house, was him self shot and killed. This was only part of a general row between drunken whites and negroes. One of the latter was shot and his fall was the signal for a shot which killed Shaffner. Hubbard and his wife are in jail, charged with the killing of Shaffner. The negroes and the whites in the section where the fight occur red tried to keep it quiet and wanted no action taken. Another Old-Time Minstrel Dies. Hot Springs, Ark., March 4. —Billy Rice, another of the old-time minstrel men has just died at this place.-, This makes the fourth death among the fa mous burnt cork performers within two weeks. First it was Billy West, then Billy Emerson, next Johnny Queen and now Billy Rice. Rice had been lost sight of for years, but in his day and time he was at the top of the ladder. Esterhazy Seen In New York. New York, March 4. —Major Ferdi nand Walsin Esterhazy, who confess ed that he forged the Dreyfus borde reau, has, according to The Herald, been seen in this city. He is said to have spent two hours in a Broadway restaurant in animated conversation with a young man and woman. Ester hazy was shabbily dressed and -'his features were extremely thin. Working 2-1 Hours a Day. 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SO SAYS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Decision Has Caused Consternation Among Many Executive Officials of Western Roads —Traffic Must 3e Handled Free of Pools, Etc. Chicago, March 4. —President Roose velt has given the railroad manage ments of the entire country to under stand that the interstate commerce and Sherman laws will be enforced to the letter, says The Record-Herald. The information has been conveyed through the medium of the interstate commerce commission, and it is under stood that the administration will not favor any amendment to the law until the present laws have been enforced and the result noted. The Record-Herald asserts that the new order of things has caused con sternation among the executive offi cials of roads centering in Chicago, and all are engaged in the work of “cleaning house.” Hurried consulta tions have resulted in the decision that all associations and organizations which are in violation of the laws involved must he done away with, and every effort made to show the com mission that the roads purpose hand ling traffic free of all pools, agree ments or cut rates. Unless the commission insists upon it. nothing will be done with the west ern trunk line committee at present, nor with the various passenger- asso ciations which are in violation of the Sherman law. Similar action will be taken by the lines east of Chicago, and bureaus in the charge of Chairman Tucker will probably be abolished. Railroad offi cials are not a unit regarding the char acter of action necessary, but a large number of them believe that all or ganizations should be done away with, as if everything is to be han dled on tariff schedules there will be little use for associations. Upon Hunting Twenty Years. Winfield, lowa, Nov. 24 h, 1900. Gentlemen: —I write to say that I have been troubled with dyspepsia and indigestion for the past twentj years, and have tried many medi cines and spent much money to no purpose until I tried Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pep-un. 1 have taken two bottles and am entirely relieved of all stomach trouble. I cannot say too much in favor of this remedy. I recommend it to all sufferers from indigestion or dyspepsia Yours truly, Wm. Ruebsam. Sold by it B. McMaster, Waynes boro,; H. Q Bel I, Milien, Ga. Petition for Dispensary. Forsyth, Ga., March 1. —A petition is being circulated calling for an elec tion on the dispensary question for Monroe county. A sufficient number of signatures have already been ob tained and it is expected that an elec tion will be held at an early date to settle the question. Pavs ihierHt on wits. Access L. C. E. 4 yK. President. Chas. L inward o^hier.