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MACON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 1904.
OA! LY—17.00 A YEAR 1
i JUDGE PARKER IS IN
AN OPTIMISTIC MOOD
Candidate Makes His First
Public Prediction
<A SPEECH YESTERDAY
Democratio Leader Discusses State-
men of Knox, Cablegram of Wright,
and What Taylor Says, Asking a Few
Pointed and Pertinent Questions of
the American Peojle.
THE BEAR AND LION NOT I terrible casualties
TO MEET IN CONFLICT NOW 1N A MINE explosion
ESOPUS, N. Y., Oct. 28.—Judge Par-
iter today made his first public predic
tion as to the outcome of the election.
In his speech to a delegation composed
largely of farmers from Orange and
Rockland counties, New York, he In
terpolated the following:
"Before taking up the subject I wish
to discuss, I 'want to assure you that
If we work hard enough, If we each do
our part, we can win this fight. I have
not felt like saying so until lately, but
we are growing so rapidly that if our
people do their best I do believe victo
ry will be ours.”
Judge Parker said:
"No more satisfactory evidence of
the widespread public Interest In the
attempt to control the election by mon
eys of great corporations and trusts
need be looked for than that furnished
by the president and his late attorney
general, Knox. Knox was bidden to
the presence of the president for a
consultation. About what? About the
Iniquity of the large contributions—
contributions being made' by gigantic
corporations and trusts? Not at all.
But rather to devise means by which
the force of the statement of this com-
Vnonly accepted fact could be parried.
♦The outcome was an interview by Sen
ator Knox.
Statement Irrelevant.
"Now this long statement of Senator
.Knox has nothing whatever to do with
the question uppermost in the public
mind.
"Shall the creations of government-
many of which pursue Illegal meth
ods—control our elections—control
them by moneys belonging to their
stockholders—moneys not given In the
open, and charged upon the hooks as
moneys paid for political purposes, but
hidden away by false bookkeeping?
"This Interview Was Intended to <
nte a cloud of dust behind which he
hoped to hide the charge he did not
answer, and could not answer. That
charge is that vast sums of money
have been contributed for• the control
of this election In aid of the adminis
tration by corporations and trusts."
• Judge Parker said trust officials were
active In behalf of< his oppopept and-
continued:
"That activity may perhaps account
In no small measure for the ability of
both the Populist sml Socialist parties
to prosecute campaigns that appenr
largely in aid of the Republican party.
Wright’s Cablegram.
"The administration ulao puts out a
cablegram from Governor Wright, of
the Philippine commlsstson, in reply
to some quotations made by me in a
speech delivered on the 15th day of
October. The words quoted were the
careful utterances of a man who spent
four months In the Philippines study
ing the conditions there. Ho is vouched
for by ..Charles Francis Adams, Carl
Schurs, Edwin Burrltt Smith, Herbert
Welsh and Moorfleld Storey.
• "I ask you, and through you the
'American people, to examine Governor
Wright's cablegram if. connection with
that report and then answer these
questions:
•"Do you believe the man thus
vouched for by six of the best citizens
!p this country? Which is likely to be
prejudiced, the man having no motive
but to learn the truth, or the governor
who may be in some measure respon
sible for unfortunate conditions? Is
the governor's report of such charac
ter; as to Justify an expenditure by the
government of several hundred dollars
to cable a part of my speech to Manila
and to .receive hia reply by. cable?
was not government business. It was
political business.
A Searching Question.
•"If , a few hundred dollars may be
taken out from the public funds to thus
assist the prosecution of a political
campaign why may not the money In
the treasury be employed for any pur
pose that* will help the campaign? How
do we know but It Is?*
"This is one of the evidences of the
growth of imperialism.
"The head of the government 'can do
no wrong.'
"An assault upon his policy is an as
sault upon the people, and hence the
people's money can be legitimately
used for his vindication.
"My speech charging Inadmlnlstra-
tlve extravagances seems also to have
created some excitement. And this
' * time the administration puta forward
Horace A. Taylor. He makes a state
ment after a call on the president
k "Now you will observe that he no
fwhere challenges the figures given by
me. They cannot be questioned. They
Show that, after taking the fifty mil
lions paid for the Panama canal and
rights, this government spent one hun
dred and sixty millions more last year
than It did seven years ago under a
^Democratic administration. The de
ficit for the present fiscal year to Oc
tober 25 is over twenty-one million, as
against 81,141,204 for Identically the
name period last year.
Taylor's Interview.
-Returning to Acting Secretary Tay
lor's interview:
•It would seem as if its purpose—If
It had any beyond that of creating a
mist—was to deny my assertion that
there were 'administrative orders for
bidding ogveminent officers from mak
ing public any statements of estimates
upon which future appropriations are
baaed.* My answer is that the treas
ury deportment issued this order:
"Treasury department, office of the
secretary. September 7. IK4.
"The heada of bureaus and chiefs
of division*;
"‘Gentlemen—It is requested that
no information bearing upon tho eott*
iu.au* of this department for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1904, be made
public until the estimates shall have
been approved by the honorable sec
retary of the treasury.
"‘By direction of the secretary.
(Signed) *"W. H. HILLS.
‘"Chief Clerk/
"I have copies of orders issued to
other departments which I took the
precaution to obtain before making
public the statement now challenged.”
Tariff Discussed.
Judge Parker then took up the
tariff question which he discussed at
some length from the standpoint of
the farmer, saying he has suffered even
more, possibly, than the wage earner
by excessive tariff duties. Judge Par
ker referred to the higher prices un
der protection as an assess/nent on the
consumer and asked:
“Now, do you' think the law ought
to compel you to, continue to pay an
assessment every time you or the
members of your family buy an article
of clothing or buy anything to use?
That Is precisely what we have been
doing until we have concentrated the
wealth and power In this country In
comparatively few hands. There are
said to be 453 combinations, or trusts,
In this country. In order to make
many of these combinations pay good
dividends on the watered stock the
tariff taxes, they say, must be kept
up. And so these combinations tfre
trying to give success to the Republl
can party, because that party and its
president have notified the country
that they "stand pat/ as they call it,
on the tariff, which means that they
will not interfere with it”
A JAIL DELIVERY
Wholesale ExodUs of Pris
oners at Valdosta
All
Danger of a War Is
Now Over
ARBITRATION THE WAY
International Commission
Will Bo Called
MR. BALFOUR’S SPEECH
The Promier’s Remarks Were Received
With Enthusiasm When He An
nounced Peaceable Settlement of Af
fair, Though Expressions of Disap
pointment Could Be Heard.
The Incident Occurred While Keeper
Was Eating His Supper—Reward
Offered, and Sheriff With a Large
Posse is Searching for the Twelve
Fugitives With Track Hounds.
VALDOSTA, Ga.. Oct 28.—There
was a wholesale Jail delivery here to
night about dark, twelve prisoners es
caping from Jail. All were negroes on
felony charges except two. Their es
cape wqs effected by cutting three of
the large steel bars to the cell in two,
then picking their way through tho
wall with a heavy piece of iron taken
from the frame of one of the bunks. A
saw which was passed to them through
one of the windows was evidently used
in cutting the steel bars of the cell.
All of the work was done during the
day, the work of cutting through tho
wall being comparatively caay.
The escape waa made while Jailor
Ezell was at supper. Several attempts
have recently been made to get out of
the Jail but they were foiled. Owing
to these attempts the Jailer and sheriff
have been very watchful.
Track dogs have been sent for and
the sheriff and a large posse are look
ing for the fugitives everywhere. The
sheriff has offered a reward of $25 each
for the arrest of the prisoners.
The names of the escaped are as fol
lows: Grant Burton, Fayet Johnson.
Robert Wallace, Arthur Young, Bob
Johnson. Will Pringle, ^Henry White,
Lee Butler, Charlie Dickson, John Tay
lor. Will Hill and a mute known as
•Dummy." The prisoners were In four
adjoining cells on the bottom floor.
Football Yesterday.
At Gainesville. Fla.—Bast Florida Sem
inary, 51; South Florida Military Instl
tute, 0.
Official Programme
SEVENTH CAVALRY DAY.
After conclusion of the Cav
alry Drill this morning a sterl
ing silver loving cup will be
presented Troop I, of the Sev
enth Cavalry, U. S. A., by Vice
President George A. Smith, The
sponsers will by Misaes Jose
phine Shaw and Julia H^iguenln.
Their escorts will be Messrs.
Leon 8. Dure and Winshfp Cab-
anlss.
Balloon Ascension by John E.
Baldwin, from half-mile track.
Aa It requires a perfect calm
to perform this feat, the hour
for ascensions cannot be an
nounced.
1:20 p. m.—Concert at Grand
Stand by Sixteenth Infantry
Band. U. S.
2:00 p. m.—Races.
2:00 p. m.—Slide for Life, on
The Mall,” by Melvin B. How
ard.
2:20 p. m.—Music on ‘The Mall.”
by Georgia Industrial Home
Band, H. flooding, bandmaster.
2:45 p. m.—High Wire Act on
•The MalL” by Howard and
Luellita.
0:00 p. m.—Music on "The Mall”
by Georgia Industrial Home
Band. H. Gooding, bandmaster.
2:00 p. m.—Concert at the Hip
podrome by Sixteenth Infantry
Band. U. S. A.: John F. Klein,
bandmaster..
• 8:20 p. m.—Daring F.xhlbltfon of
Expert Horsemanship and Drill
by Troop I, Seventh Cavalry,
U. B. A.; Lieut. Ralph C. Cald
well. commanding.
! Preceding each cavalry drill Vola
> the Vollunt will make his
A startling leap on a bicycle at
( the Hippodrome.
> 10:00 p. m. to 12 m.—Merrymak-
t Ing on "The Mall.”
) Dally exhibitions of trotting to
S a sulky by Black Diamond, an
ostrich from Hot Springs, Ar-
% kartsa*. at the Hippodrome.
LONDON, Oct. 28.—All danger , of
war between Russia and Great Britain
has been averted and the settlement of
the only point* in dispute regarding the
attack by the Russian second Pacific
squadron on British trawlers October
21, has been referred to an internation
al commission, under The Hague con
vention.
Premier Balfour, speaking at a
meeting of the National Union of Con
servative clubs at Southampton to
night, broke that silence which had
been so long preserved and had brought
the people of the united kingdom to a
condition of almost desperate Irritation
and given rise to misconceptions which
Mr. Balfour tonight himself expressed.
"The Russian ambassador "has author
ized a statement to the following ef
fect:
Detainment of Fleet.
The Russian government on hearing
of the North Sea incident at once ex
pressed its profound regret and also
promised most liberal compensation.
The government has ordered the de
tention at Vigo of that part of the fleet
which was concerned in the incident, in
order that the naval authorities might
ascertain what officers were responsi
ble for it; that those officers and any
material witnesses would not proceed
on the voyage to the Far East; that In
quiry would bo Instituted Into the facts
by an international commission as pro
vided by The Hague convention. That,
Mr. Balfour Interpolated, had nothing
to do with arbitration; It waa tho con
stitution of an internntlonnl commis
sion In order to find out the facts and
any person found guilty would be tried
and punished adequately. Tho Rus
sian government undertook that pre
caution would be taken to guard
against a recurrence of such Incidents.
Special Instructions on this subject
would be Issued.
The Preliminaries.
Preliminary to this court, said Mr.
Balfour, there would be the coroner’s
Inquest at Hull over the dead fisher
men, a board of trade Inquiry and an
inquiry by Russian official* at Vigo.
The board of trnde inquiry would be
specially constituted by tho British
government to Include representative
men. The Russian embassy had beon
asked to send a representative and glvo
assistance.
Apology and compensation having
already been offered, nothing now re
mains but to determine which account
Is correct, Rojestvensky’s or the traw
ler*. Mr. Balfour plainly said that
Thursday evening Russia and Great
Britain neemed to be on the brink of
war, and yet gave the frankest praise
to the attitude preserved throughout
by the emperor arid Rqaslan govern
ment. While the premier waa unable
THE ANQLO-RUSSIAN 1
SITUATION.
Details ot the agreement be- ,
tween Russia anj (treat Britain <
upon a mode ot settlement of the '
questions urlsln* out of the flr- ,
In* upon British trawlers In tho
North sea by the Russian second 1
Paclflc squadron wero supplied '
by Premier Balfour in a speech
delivered before the National
Union of Conservative club* at
Southampton last night.
The ascertainment of the facts
for submission to a commission
!< formed under the rules of The
< Hague peace conferer o will be
through the coroner . Inquest
at Hull, an Investigation by the
British hoard of trade and the
examination of officers of the
Russian ships which fired upon
tho fishermen.
In his speech Mr. Balfour rid
iculed the official explanation of
Admiral Itujcstvensky, hut
prnlsed the spirit In which the
Russian emperor nnd govern
ment had met tho crista
In both Russia and Great Brit
ain the prevailing feeling Is of
relief that there no longer seems
to he danger of war botween the
nations.
Explanation of
Rojestvensky.
of the adjutant general of Georgia and
these will he Bent out at once. The
\diniral now regulations simplify Held move
ments, changing the distances between
ranks and cuts out close order move
ments.
Between Thirty and Sixty
Lost Their Lives
GIVES OUT INTERVIEW
IMPORTANT ORDERS.
EYE WITNESS’ ACCOUNT
I Commission Turns Down 8avann4h’a
Kick, and Refers Atlanta's to At-
Official Tells of Somo Inter- Ntom.y General,
ATLANTA. Ga.. Oct. 28..—The Rail-
estlllg Tilings ro ® d commission of Georgia today
1 passed two important orders. In one
of them the commission turns down
THOSE TORPEDO BOATS th ® P® t,tlon b y the merchants of
1UUOU I Savannah asking that circulars SOI and
302 he revoked, on the ground that the
They Fired on Hi. Fleet, Say, Com- I rates prescribed In the circular* indl-
... _ „ . . I cated are fair and Just,
mander, Injur,n B Two Mon-P.rt of lh , 0 , h(;r ord „ lh# commll ,| on
Czar’s Warships Must Now Tarry announces thnt at the request of the
Awhile ot Vigo, Spain, to Await Fur- AJJJ 1 *** freight bureau it had looked
I Into certain complaints of dlscrlmlna-
ther Development* In Matter. | tton against Atlanta made by the bu
renu relative to Interstate rates and
Exactly How Many Souls Were Hurled
Into Etornity May Never Be Known,
as Fire is Completing Dire Work and
Bodies Will Probably Be Consumed
^-by the Flames. /
LONDON, Oct. 28.-~The Dally Chron-
to 1 praise the pacific attitude of tho
government too highly ho bitterly as
sailed Rojestvensky’s report, declaring
that It was an insult to Great Britain
as a neutral nation and ridiculed Its
probability.
Received With Enthusiasm.
The Immense .-audience received Mr.
Balfour's nnnouheement of the nettle
ment of the nffalr with unbounded en
thusiasm which was echoed through
out the kingdom when the evening ex
tras appeared and set suspense nt re*t.
The day was an eventful one in the
metropolis. The population, atlrred by
flaring headlines In the morning news
papers seemed convinced that war was
Inevitable. The cabinet meeting which
wns held at noon served to Increase
rather than allay anxiety.
Throughout the country there had
spread n deep rooted, though perfectly
erroneous, idea that Great Britain had
given Russia a time limit In which to
reply and "Charley” Beresbord. Eng
land's naval idol, whs bn the spot
Many Indeed, thought It) was only
question of hours when {he would bo
demolishing Russian ships. Without
the leafet national deslr4 for wn
great naval excitement hud been
worked up. t
Somo Diaappoir*.«r»ent,
In the streets tonight many expres
"Ions of disappointment might b<
heard because the crisis had not devel
oped Into hostilities. This merely
voiced the opinion of the thoughtless
who comprised a considerable section
of the public. Foreign Minister Lana
downs and Ambassador Benkendorff
probably will be able to decide I bo
constitution of the International coni
mission and its date of sitting,
view of the circumstances neither Jn
pan nor Spain Is likely to object to the
temporary prolongation of the stay of
the section of the second Pacific squad
ron at Vigo end tho Inquiry will bo
expedited as much as possible.
_ hnve referred tho wholo matter to At-
fde tomorrow *111 publish .n"tnter*iew I 1[art f ® r pre.entatlon
had with Admiral Rojestvensky at Vigo | to the interstate commission,
today, which gives a few. Interesting I '
statements not yet published. The ndml- f McCUES TRIAL,
ral Is reported as saying that when the
vessels of tho Russian squadron found I Son of Defendant an Important Factor
themselves surrounded by tho fishing fleet I in the Caco,
tho warships had to stop their engines CHARLOTTE8V1LLE, Vo.. Oct. 28.
continually ao a. not to JEffS! I — 1 The trial of Ex-Mayor Samuel Mc-
frUoiTenffy save waj to tho tliwuiS! chared with tho murder of hla
Suddenly tho cruiser Aurora saw abend wife, was continued today, the defen-
two torpedo boats coming towards the ^ an fs son; Willis, being on the stand
squadron at full speed. She turned on nnrtlnn nf the
her searchlights on them and then no- I * great portion or the day. Several
tlced two floating mines clone to her. I other witnesses swore to statements
An order to tiro on the torpedo boat" having been made to them by the
«,.* in/oT th'm ih ?ink and th. oth« hoy which were dammrln* to tho do-
escaped and was lost sight of among tho I fense. The defense objected to all tea-
trawlers. - timony regarding statements attributed
Tho ,,dm!?ir'addTd°the e ro were two |<> Willie McClue, tho court ovorrullnq
on Injured on titn n„K»hlp. One. n thorn hut admonlnhln* tho Jury that tho
prloat, had a hand idiot off. BIx; shot* teatlmony relative to atatomonta could
Wt ifidffitS "Of h. uaeO »*aln»t the defendant, but
Arbitration Assured.
BT. PKTICRBBimo. Oct. 21. 8:15 p. «.
—The North sea Incident will be settled
by an International commission. This
Is absolutely assured The British pro
posal submitted to Rtl*Mia Wsn to refer
the question to a commission tinder arti
cles nine In fourteen of The Hagti* con
vention nnd a certain number of officers
of the ItiiHNlsn squadron competent to
rive testimony were to lie left behind.
Russia's proposition submitted to Orest
Britain through Ambassador Benkendorff,
declares that the emperor, being desirous
yet been repaired.
One trawler came within range of a
searrhllght and Immediately the projector
whs turned skywards nt an angle of 45
degreoH, as a signal for tho squadron not
to flro on thnt hnnt. The Are lasted alto
gether nine mlnutea. .. u . L , ,
Touching upon the warship which la al
leged to have remained behind, the nd-
ilral said:
"Any English navnl officer understands
that It would be impossible for n Russian
war vessel to remain behind considering
i presence of hontlle torpedo bouts.
Tho irnwlers hud their lights out.
need hardly confirm to you my absolute
conviction In the presence ot those tor
pedo boats.
"I nm very sorry for what has oc
curred. I did not know of .lt until I ar
rived here. 1 sincerely hope ths matter
will bo sottlcd amicably.”
only for the purpose of Impeachment.
THE ALTMAN CASE
Arguments in Trial Will Be
Heard Today
Opinion is Expressed That Defendants
Will Either Bo Acquittod or Mistrial
Declared, as Jury May Bo Dubious of
Negro Witncssos' Testimony for tho
Stato.
of shedding the fullest light on the North
sea Incident, proposes that the wholo |
question be submitted to scrupulous In
vestigation by an International tribunal.
Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, after his nu-
llence with the emperor nt Tsnrko-Bolo
thin afternoon, officially informed Ambm
WAYCROBS, Ga., Oct 28.—All th6
teatlmony In the trial of Hillary
Charley Altman wan in before adjourn
Imdor * iTardTngiT of "the chafi»cter*’of "the | ment of Charlton superior court at
Ruttslan proposal, no direct reply belnf
S ven to Orest Britain's proposition. 1
simply a question now of wnlch gov
ernment will have the honor of offering
a solution, the principle of which both ,
have decided upon, the outcome of this rd three hours for argument by Judge
nppenrlhg unimportant The British pro- „ . , , , that th
poenl also provtdee for tho representation * arker and It is figured that in
of other ^powers J^M^iJSuoala and Great | will go to the Jury about 4 o'clock In
the afternoon.
Ill be taken up In the hearing of tho
solution, the” principle of which botK I sritument. Each ilde hni heen grant-
Britain on the commission.
VIGO, Bpnln, Oct. 28.—The Russian
warships here finished coaling todny,
but no preparations for their depart
ure are visible. It Is reported that Ad
miral Rojestvensky has received an Im
portant Cipher message from Ht. Titers-
burg.
huve’ fce^tefeSrapfed 'to’viS-Admiral I nultied tor the muni* of J.ckqon
“ * * * ‘ * “"to all the I Duncan or there will be a mistrial.
authorises This belief Is based on the Ides that
—„ - - Aojeatvensky tho Jury will not believe the entjr« tes-
hus been Instructed to remain nt Vigo I „ f tho h|l|rrn wltneaaea for the
•ending the Inquiry Into the North sea I WWW the negro witnesses rot trie
incident. stats. Some of the mwere a little con-
■■ —«■ fused In thrJr teatiimony but two wero
New Infantry Regulations. positive In their statement that Hlllnry
ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 28.—An ample Altman killed Jackson Duncnn. and
supply of roplen of the new Infantry I Charley Altman killed the negro Jim
regulatlonn for all of the Infantry of- I Reilly. The killing waa committed In
flcors connected with the Georgia I the doorway of tho amoklng compnrt-
Hlnto. Home of them were a little con- I ment of the negro coach.
There were several white wltnesaea
to the row but none could any who
committed the murder. \V. M. Duncan,
father of the murdered man, testified
that his son Informed him Just before
I he died that HllJury Altman had killed
I him. Another witness stated that the
dying man had stated that "Altman
I killed me.”
Other whlta witnesses who were
There was no trouble In securing the
twelfth Juror this morning. • Sheriff
Mattox had 23 tnltsmen upon the open
ing of the court und ths second man
examined wns accepted.
The opinion la expresed here tonight
that the Altmans will either be ac
Rojcelvcnsky to detain at Vigo all the
warships widen took irnrt In the North
sea Incident. The admiralty authorises
statement that Admiral Rojentvensky
lien
Inc!
STATE FAIR JUDGES HAVE
MADE THEIR AWARDS
Spalding County Exhibit Wins First Promiunt With Bulloch Next—Individual Display !,^JSSL W D!IJSI3 ! i
Prize Captured by W. 0. Lewis of Houston—Bibb County Man Wins Another. I con«i*u. d « t ^didno\ , Lnl m h'mVp* u *k!
,,, , , ...... .. „• . , .. , ... Rome of the tratlmonjr w«. to th« ef-
btock Breeders and Raisers Held Interesting Session lesterday—speeches Wore f«t itn . nc*™ n«m«i am«w mry
wax In the alala In the negro coach Juat
Made by Several Well Kuown Cattle Men of Georgia—Dorothy Redmond, Red- •^"".’^""hrt'TiTVi* brandi.°hing n «
mond’s Black Mare, Driven by Ketcham. Breaks Track Record by Troting a Mile
TRINIDAD, Colo., Oct 28.—From
thirty to sixty men lost their liven in
a terrific explosion which occurred at
mine No. 3 of the Rocky Mountain Fuel
and Iron Co., at Terclo, forty mllea
west of Trinidad, this afternoon.
The exact number of dead may nev
er be known as the mine Is burning
and in all likelihood the bodies will
be consumed.
A large number of mine officials left
here as soon as word of the accident
wns received. The company doctors
were picked up all along the line, as
well as all available physicians.
F. J. Foreman, a government store
Inspector, was nt Tarclo when the ex
plosion occurred. He returned tonight
and gave tho following account of the
affair:
Eye Witness’ Account,
ns standing not more than 300
yards from the mouth of the tunnel
when the explosion occurred.
"The explosion was preceded by a
low. rumbling sound, resembling an
earthquake, which mnde the earth
tremble, and startled the whole neigh
borhood.
"I looked toward the mine and out
of the mouth of the tunnel and two air
shafts came a great volume of smoke
nnd dust which continued for nearly a
minute. Out of the two air shafts, each
of which are seven feet in diameter,
timbers that were fully two to three
feet in diameter were shot into the air
and brokon Into splinters. Hocks
were thrown over the camp for n <Hh-
tanco of a quarter of il mile. In fact.
It rained rocka. broken timbers nnd all
1 kinds of dehrlH for fully a minute and
many people wero Injured by being
struck with theao njjssJlas.
Liko Volcanic Eruption.
"The explosions, which resembled a
volcanic eruption, caused the wlldeat
excitement. Men, women and children
ruahed to tho mouth of the tunnel
and women whose husbands were Ln tho
mine had to be brought away by min
ers to prevent their being killed by
deadly fumes coming from the.mouth
of the tunnel.”
The mine In which the accident oc
curred employs eighty men and It is
believed that at least sixty were In
tho mine at the time. News of tho
explosion brought assistance from tho
adjacent campa and tonight hundred*
of men were trying to enter tho mine.
Deadly fumes overcame tho rescuers
frequently but their places Imin, dlate
ly were taken by others ready to risk
their lives. It was not thought possi
ble that any one ln the mine could
escape death.
It was Impossible to secure names of
the desd and Injured tonight. Nearly
all the miners employed are al.ivs. Tho
explosion la supposed to h tvo been
caused by dust. But one body has
been recovered, that of T. Duran, a
driver who was Just entering the tun
nel when tho explosion occurred.
in 2:09-»GatPS of Fail- Close Tonight at 12 O’clock.
killed by Rory.
Spalding flraL
Bulloch, iccond.
Worth, third.
Dodge, fourth.
Such waa the decision handed down
yeeterday morning by the Judge* of
the county exhibit*. It meanx that for
Bpaldlng ther* U a check for II..609
awaiting, for Bulloch one for 81.200
and check* of 8750 and 8200 for the
counties of Worth and Dodge fbapcct-
tvely.
The award, were made known hy
Vice-President Connor, of the mate ag
ricultural xcclgty yesterday mornlns In
ner* were made aware of taolrdluet'
the Smith Art Halt When the winners
wefr made known a- wave of applause
swept through the large audience in
the building.
Since the county exhibits were plac
ed over a week ago there was but lit
tle doubt ax to the wining display.
But few questioned the superiority of
the exhibit from Spalding. It waa
the race for second and third places
that caused the comment. Bulloch wax
not far beh’nd the leaders and Worth
was not greatly distanced by the coun
ty near the. aee. The Dodge county
display wax good and will in coming
fairs push contestant* hard.
In the Individual display the first
premium wax taken by Mr. W. C. Lew-
__ _ _ _ ^ r -»- Wettxuw. Houston county. Bee-
end honors foil Mr. w p Walker
of Bpaldlng. The prise of 820 for the
best bale of sea Island cotton waa
awarded to Mr. A. A. Turner, nf Mil-
ton. Messrs B. D. Lum*de n and Thom
as Oodley were winners In the on* horse
farm dlsplaya. The drat prise was 8100,
the second 800.
Everyone who has viewed the coun
ty and industrial farm exhibits at the
fair concede them to bo the best of
the kind ever on exhibition at a Geor
gia state fair. In one exhibit there
are over 1.200 articles. Th# display of
Georgia grown rice was one of the fea
tures of the agricultural display. The
great variety of natural and cultivat
ed grasses nine were qf high order.
Each exhibit waa well stocked with
the product of home Industries, panned
and pickled goods, cake and candle*,
all.are displayed. .
In speaking last night of the Bpald-
'ing county exhibit. Mr. Megel said.
'There ha* been <|Utt« a few rumors
afloat of late to th»- effect that a num
ber of our articles on exhibit were re-
cured from the experiment station at
Griffin. Such report* are groundless
and we stand ready to substantiate our
remark* What we have learned about
placing county exhibit* waa tipt found
out at the station."
Live Stock Breeders Meeting.
The meeting of the Georgia Dive
Block Breeder* Association was called
to order In Hmtth Art Hall at 12 o’clock
Immediately after th* Cavalry drill ex
hibition In the hippodrome.
The officer* In charge were Presi
dent a W. Hunt. Vico President John
FATAL ACCIDENT.
A. Cobb, and Becretary C. L. Wlllough
by. The audience comprised more | Explosion of Mill Boilort st Satilla
than fifty ot the moat prominent breed- I Bluff Kills Three,
era and live stock men In the atale. I BRUNSWICK, Ga.. Oct. 28.— New*
After a few Introductory remark* re . rhe a this city today of a fatal acct
President Hunt delivered hla annual ,, u ma „ fwl m »es f rom
address, remarking on the need for | _ ... . ...
more live atock to keep up aoll. fertl!- her*. The_large_bollerj L ln_thejnllll_of
Ity, and need for cooperation among tho I the Hllton-Dodge Lumber Company
stock growers. Ife made the statement I exploded late yesterday afternoon. The
that freight rates are so high on live I mill property waa practically demolish-
cattlo sent to Chicago or New York. *d. Three negro workmen were killed
that we should make the effort to turn I outright. The body of one man was
atock into finished packing house pro-1 blown across the river,
ducta in this state. Just as the South I Manager J. A. Foster of this place
la now doing In Making finished cotton I left this morning for the scene of the
goods Instead of shipping the raw mate- I disaster. He could give no definite de-
rial. I tails. The mill was a large one, cut-
president Hunt stated that one of I ting forty thousand to fifty thousand
the greatest losses to the cattle Indus- I fm per day. Operations are suspend-
ry has been Texas fever or tick fever, | ef j indefinitely,
but this could now be controlled by
preventive Inoculation, and entirely I q, a, r. Programme,
stamped out by enradlcatlng the cattle I atiii'NM n*. Ort 28 —The Dro-
tlc-ks. Ho favored a united effort to ATHENS, os., w. zx. xne pr
stop this pest by stock laws and quar-1 ***• meeting of the Daugaters
anttne. With this disease removed, be I of the American Revolution ln this city
stated that th<> Southern stockman has I next month has about been completed,
all things In his favor In the way of I it will be the sixth annual conference
mild climate, long growing season, a 0 f that body and will be held at Beney-
profusion of gras* crops, and no need 1 Stovall chapel, Lucy Cobb Institute, by
for expensive shelters. I invitation of the Elijah Clarke chapter
The next problem Is to secure plenty I 0 f this city,
of trained Mbor for live stock farms, I t&s arrangements look to a moat de.
and he predicted thla would soon be I Hghtful session, which will have a
solved and sureedUuf generations 1 1 - “*
ATHENS. Ga.. Oct. 2S.—Th#»
convention of the Daughters of
Confederacy today adopted resoln
protesting against the desecratlo
memorial,da?, by gam*H of bai^hal]
number of beautiful social functions i football and < tiling on al college
the South a fir.e stock prodtKlru: *ec- I W «-H as business sessions. 1 schoo 'authorin• t to di courage
tlon and as»nt In holding the cotton I The conference will open Wednes- 1 practice. Retentions were aUo pc
supremar * world. 1November 9Uk at 10 o’clock In the I condemning
AT STATESBORO NO
LYNCHERS INDICTED
Grand Jury Fails to Find True Bills,
and Judge Daly Expresses His Re
grots ThoreaL
STATESBORO. Ga., Oct 28.—The
grand Jury reported and was dlucharg-
1 today. Following la an extract from
the presentments:
"We deplore the recent acts of law
lessness In our city and community,
especially referred to by nls honer.
Judge A. F. Daley, fn hla able charge.
We have Investigated the matter In tho
light of information coming under our
personal knowledge and obtained by
the examination of a number of wit
nesses, but .. have he.-n unable to find
sufficient evidence to warrant indlct-
mento.”
The grand Jury returned no true bills
against lynchers.
Judge- Daley, In discharging tho Jury,
expr- -sed ex- * r** regret that they had
failed to lndl« t lynchers and said ho
thought they should have carried their
Investigations further and that ln his
opinion they should have had no trou
ble ln identifying the guilty parties.
Se
al Conde
(Coi ‘ nmd r .n Page Five.),
I morning.
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