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V*-L VIU.
ATE FLESH OF DEAD MEN
Horrible Story of Two Survivors of Storm-
Wrecked Bark.
DRIFTED FOR DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER.
Drew Lots to See Who Should Die and Furnish Blood
and Flesh to Survivors.
The British steamer Woodruff from
Hiuiburg, arrived at Charleston, S. C.,
Saturday with two half starved, half
wild devils who had lived for two days
on a raft at sea on a feast of blood and
human flesh. They were Morrison
Anderson and Goodman Thomas,mem¬
bers of the crew of the Norwegian bark
Drot, which was wrecked in the hur¬
ricane off the straits of Florida on Au¬
gust 11th.
The bark enrried a crew of seven¬
teen. When tlie storm came down, the
vessel was smashed into, the captaiu
mu! eight meu being swept overboard
an! drowned. Eight men clung to a
ra:T, a part of the bark’s deck, and
drifted out. The waves, however,
suaslied this iu two, and left six men
swinging to the larger part. The two
m:n on the smaller raft were driven
avay, and one saved by a passing ship
aid landed at Baltimore.
When the storm had passed the six
mm were left drifting about, with no
hOp in sight aud without food or wn-
te. Some of the bark’s trappings
w-i-e found on the raft and among
thse was a fishing hook and line.
T e fish caught were devoured raw
b the starving crew. The thirst was
firce. While one of the sailors was
filling with his line staying far out,
b'drew in a fish, but in an instant be
wnt mad. “I am saved!” he shrieked
as’ie lunged for the fish, and he
ovi- and was lost. With his death the
las means of obtaining food was gone.
Bon after the man was drowned,
twemembers of the crew were taken
Ready ^>gi! sick from eating the raw meat.
Aid of death were falling over them,
the three fellows, still strong
'Foil'll all the suffering, stood by
qemwith a knife ready to cut for the
eartblood as soon as that organ fail-
d to ieat. The sick man’s feet were
♦Id sad clammy when his heart was
it, aud the half fiends scrambled for
e trickling blood.
Cant Loin For Victim.
ATiile they were sucking this, the
fond sick man died nnd there was
t same rush for the weak blood from
I-heart and veins. Pasts of the
fiy, sickly flesh were eaten, but the
tkt for hot blood came over the three
Hi left and they agreed to cast lots
t( e who should die.
e unlucky man was a German, a
biailor, thirty-five years of age. He
bund surrendered manfully, baring
hiircast that bis heart might be
stik good aud clear. The German
xvatahbed. Anderson and Thomas
slu their lips to his breast and drain¬
ed j blood.
Arwards the heart was chopped
outid particles of the warm flesh
eahwith a relish. All the time the
mei/ere on the raft a stench to heav¬
en 11 arisen and scores of sharks
canstraggling up. They fought to
eveirn the craft and find the human
pre-hut they were driven off and
parof the German’s body was tossed
oveito them. The survivors were
weaand thirsty and had agreed among
theielves to cast another lot by Fri-
dayiorning at snn rise if no help was
in gilt, but the steamer Woodruff
sighd the raft Thursday afternoon
at n’eloek.
'je small boats sent out to rescue
thrnen hud to fight away tlio sharks.
Anerson and Thomas were picked
wef, demented and emaciated, with
ultra and sores steaming over their
boies. Both men were in a dreadful
coilition and when lauded at Charles-
to* were Bent to a hospital for treat-
met.
Iiomas was the cabin boy and was
onl seventeen years of age. Thomas’s
fac< and breast was bitten fiercely.
Hedaims that it was done by Ander-
son
N) intimation of what the courts
will do, if anything, is given. The
Dro sailed from Pascagoula for Bue-
nos .yres on August 3.
1AST YEAR’S COTTON CROP
A Record Breaker, According 1 to Mr. Hes¬
ter’s Annual Report.
The totals of Secretary Hester’s an¬
nual report of the cotton crop of the
United States were promulgated at
New Orleans Friday. They show re¬
ceipts of cotton at all United States
port? for the year of 8,579,420 hales,
against 8,769,300 last year; overland
to northern mills, 1,345,623, against
1,237,813; southern consumption,
taken direct from iuterior of the cotton
belt, 1,353,701, against 1 , 192 , 821 ,
making the crop of the United States
for 1898-99 araonnt to 11,274,840 bales,
against 11,199,994 last year and 8,-
757,963 the year before.
Jjlif Asltlmvn .\tl14ncc,
ASH BURN. <JA.. SATURDAY. SKl’TEMHKlt \m.
COURT WORKS RAPIDLY.
Trial of Rioters in Darien Satur¬
day Resulted in a Split-Up
Verdict.
At Darien, Ga., Saturday, the court
moved more rapidly in the trial of the
negro rioters. The jury, out Friday
night on the seoond batch of five, sat
on the case for twelve hours gpd tlieu
returned with tho statement that it was
impossible for them to agree on the
woman, Josephine Bird, while for
Abram Green they found a verdict of
not guilty. back
Judge Seabrook sent tho jury
nnd told thorn to agree and report.
The foreman stated thnt they would
not agree if they were out six months,
and Judge Seabrook told ihem they
could sit seven if necessary. In
about an hour the judge sent for the
jury, accepting their verdiot, as they
were then ready to return it.
Those convicted were Jones Green,
Moses Miller and Lawrence Baker.
Josephine Bird's case was reported
a mistrial and Abram Green was found
not guilty.
The cases against Charles McDon¬
ald, Dave Petty, Hugh Thompson,
Moses Bailey and John Thompson
were on trial iu the meantime and tho
jury was out only about ten minutes
when a verdict of guilty against them
w-as returned w-ith the exception of
John Thompson.
The case against Bill Jenkins was
tried separately, he having employed
a different lawyer from the rest, uud
the jury brought in a verdict of guilty
against him in about ton minutes’
time.
Court then adjourned until Monday
morning.
The grand jury Saturday afternoon
took up the caso of Henry Delegal,
charged with rape, aud about whom
the entire trouble at Darien origina¬
ted. The jury did not conclude its
labors and adjourned until Monday.
BYRNE TAKES STRONGHOLD.
Filipino Rebels Driven With Great Ross
From tlio Town of ArffOtfiila.
A Manila special says: Argognla.tho
most impregnable stronghold of the
bauds which have been destroying
plantations and levying tribute on tho
people of Negros, has been taken by
the Sixth infantry under Lieutenant
Colonel Byrne. The only means of
reaching the town was np a perpen¬
dicular hill, covered with dense shrub¬
bery anil a thousand feet high.
The Americans accomplished this
under fire, although an officer and sev¬
eral meu were hit and rocks rolled
down upon them. The native strength
was estimated at 400. Many of tho
rebels were wounded and captured,
and twenty-one were killed.
CHAMBERS IN WASHINGTON.
Chief Justice of .Samoan Inland* Will
Make Report. To the President,
Hon. W. L. Chambers, the chief
justice of the Samoan islands, nrrivod
in Washington Sunday from his home
in the south. While ut the capital ho
will make a report to the president nnd
the secretary of state of recent hup-
penings in the islands and of the part
lie took in the affairs there,
BLACKBURN BREAKS DOWN.
I5a<l Health Causes Him To Abandon
the Tour With floebel.
A spicial from Lexington, Ivy., says:
Ex-Senator Joe C. S. Blackburn has
broken down and will have to go home
to Versailles and rest, while his
brother, James Blackburn, ex-United
States marshal of Kentucky, will ae-
company Mr. Goebel oil his tour
through the mountains.
PUBLIC DEBT DECREASED.
A AVashing dispatch says: The
monthly statement of the public debt
shows that at tho close of business
August 31, 1899, the debt less cash in
treasury amounted to 81,157,300,555,
a decrease as compared with last month
of 84,281,110.
Chief Arthur Criticised.
Birmingham (Ala.) division, No.
152, Brotherhood of Locomotive F.u-
gineers, at a big meeting of the divis-
ion held Sunday passed resolutions
severely criticising Grand Chief P. M.
Arthur for riding on boycotted street
ears at Cleveland.
WAS A DREYFUS DAY
Strongest Evidenoe Yet Given In
Favor of the Prisoner.
HOPE OF DREYFUSARDS IS AWAY UP
They Declare That Conviction Is Now Im¬
possible nnd That the Tide
Hum Turned.
Elution is the only word that oonhl
express tho feelings of the Dreyfns-
ards after Saturday’s proceedings of
the Dreyfus conrtmartinl at Rennes.
The tide has turned at last, they say,
nnd Dreyfus eannot Y>« condemned af¬
ter the ovidence given Saturday morn¬
ing. The spirit of the Dreyfusards
are now bouyant, and they claim the
evidence puts the verdict out of doubt
and the judges must acquit Dreyfus.
Major Hartmann, of the artillery,
occupied nearly half the session with
tho conclusion of his expert ovidence
to the effect that Dreyfus as an artil¬
lery oflicer would not have displayed
such ignorance regarding the guns
nnd brakes as was shown in the bor¬
dereau, while the other subjects of the
bordereau were matters upon which
any officer should inform himself.
Major Hartmann's testimony prac¬
tically stood uncontested, as neither
General de Loye nor General Mercier,
who replied,refuted any material point
therein. Labori asked General Gonso
to enumerate the documents to which
he alluded.
Colonel Jouaust, president of the
courtmartial, however, declined to put
the question, whereupon Labori raid ho
reserved to himself the right to submit
a formal application for these docu¬
ments.
Then came the lending witness of
the day, M. Defend Lamothe, a pro¬
bationer contemporaneously with
Dreyfus, who is now a civil en¬
gineer, nnd has no reason to fear tho
wrath of the military clique. The
witness opened by declaring that de¬
spite the fact that he had a brother
in the garrison at Rennes, he camo to
tell what he knew in favor of Dreyfus,
and proceeded to make a statement
which, according to the Dreyfusards,
practically decided the case. First ho
recalled tho fact that a circular was
sent to tho probationers on May 1,
1894, informing them that they must
not go the inauouvres, thus showing
that the man who wrote the bordereau
in August and said, “I am going to
the manouvres,” cannot he Dreyfus.
The witness then pointed out that
none of the ministers, who, lie believed,
acted in good faith, were informed of
the existence of this circular, which ho
declared: "I consider a vital point in
the case. flhe circular, ” ho continued,
“shatters the prosecution, because af¬
ter May 17th Dreyfus could • not say,
‘I am going to the manouvres,’ for
then he kuew he would not go, while
prior to May 17th he could not have
known the five documents comprised
in the bordereau."
This practicully ended the session,
which was one of the most interesting
and undeniably tho most favorable to
Dreyfus yot hold.
UEN. OTIS ACCUSED.
Counuel for Captain Carter CliarjfctM FJiil-
lppino Commander With I’crjtiry.
The Chicago Times-IIerald says:
Charges of perjury and subornation of
perjury have been filed against General
El well S. Otis, commander of tho
American army in the Philippines
with President McKinley by Frank I’.
Blair, one of the counsel for Captain
Oberlin M. Carter.
Counsel Blair deolnres that at an
early date lie will also file charges of
perjury and subornation against Gen¬
eral Advocate Colonel II. B. Barr with
President McKinley. Colonel Barr
appeared in the famous trial of Carter
for tho government. General Otis
was president of the Carter courtmar¬
tial.
BRYAN WILL 1IKLI* M’LEAN.
Nehruskan Will Deliver Hpeechew For
Democracy In Ohio.
Jlon. W. It. Barnett announces that
Bryan will visit Ohio aud take a swing
urouud tho state with McLean.
James Seward, of Mansfield, has
been selected for chairman of the ex¬
ecutive committee, and cx-Mayor Con¬
stantine, of Springfield, is slated for
treasurer.
DISASTROUS BOILER EXPLOSION.
Five Men Killed at Republic Iron Work*
In Pittsburg, Pa.
A boiler explosion at the Republic
Iron Works, at Pittsburg, Pft., shortly
before daylight Friday, killed five
men and seriously injured seven
others. A fire which broke out fol¬
lowing the explosion added to the
horror. The mill was partly wrocked
and the entire plant was closed down,
The explosion occurred just as the
night force was leaving and the day
force was going on duty, and tlie^e
were only a few men in the mill at the
time. If it hud happened a half hour
later, the list of dead and injured
would have been appalling.
YELLOW FEVER CASE
Results Fatally In New Orleans
and Quarantining Begins.
PROMPT ACTION IS BEING TAKEN
The Situation In Key Wcst--<5ari‘lno;» at
Florida City In Ordered to Atlanta,
On., For Safety.
A special from Now Orleans states
that an autopsy held Friday on the
body of Young F. UdolpU, who died
in that city Thursday, showed the
death to be duo to yellow fever. Tho
ease wns reported to the Louisiana
board of health as yellow fever
days ago by the experts, but Mr. Mur¬
ray, of tho United States hospital ser¬
vice, did not think it that disease.
Montifomory Quuruiifiuon.
On receipt of news of yellow fever
at New Orleans tho authorities of
Montgomery at once instituted strict
quarantine against that city.
The Texas stato health department
bus alBO ordered a rigid quarantine
against New Orleans on passenger and
height ImsiuoHs, to continue indefi¬
nitely.
Mobile quarantined Friday night
against New Orleans.
Situation at Koy Wont.
Communication with Key West by
the rest of the world has been cut off
by the orders of Dr. J. Y. Porter, ex¬
ecutive officer of the Florida slate
board of health, on account of two
deaths and several cases which have
Vieon diagnosed as yellow fever. The
order was issued late Thursday oven-
iug’by Dr. Porter on tho report of the
existence of the disease in Koy West
from Dr. Charles'B. Sweeting, agent
of tho board at Key West, and sani¬
tary inspector of the port.
Dr. Porter, who left Key West a
week ago on a brief vacation, was
reached in Virginia and left immedi¬
ately for Florida, wiring his orders to
quarantine the island cities.
The board officials lmvo established
a launch quarantine patrol at Miami
and inspectors have been appointed
■ i guard possible infoction from Key
West.
At Tampa the quarantine station
and patrol are considered to be suffi¬
cient protection as all vessels are com¬
pelled to stop at tbo station.
The news of tho fever iu Key West
was reoeived in Jacksonville with no
alarm. The only communication, ex¬
cepting telegraph, is over 150 miles of
water and this rigid quarantine that
has already been ostab ished is suffi¬
cient protection.
Sent To Atlanta.
A Washington special says: Owing
to the reports of yellow fever at Key
West, the navy department decided to
withdraw the force at the naval station
there, leaving only one or two care¬
takers, who aro immunes. The station
is small, and two lugs constitute the
cruft there.
The army garrison at Key West will
go to Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga.
FIVE RIOTERS CONVICTED.
Jury Disposes of the First Block
In Fifteen Minutes’ Time.
A Brunswick, Ga., dispath says;
The first block of five of tho Darien
riotefB were found guilty Friday. Tho
jury was out only fifteen minutes. The
rioters were three men and two
women, who wero the most, prominent
in the leading affair against the sheriff
of McIntosh county.
Tho opening speech for tho de¬
fense was made by Attorney Oolding,
followed by Attorneys Hartridgo
and Charlton, for the prosecution.
The closing argument was made by
Judge Twiggs,for dofdnse, iu a speech
over one hour long. Ills main line of
argument was that the negro rioters
were not rioters ut all, but out of cu¬
riosity assembled when tho church
hell began to ring.
It took all day Friday to try the
first block of five, and at that rate it
will be a weak before those trials are
concluded. In the meantime there
are the other arrests to he made.
Following these trials comes that of
the three Delegals for the murder of
Deputy Bheriff Townsend. No sen¬
tences will be passed until all tlio cases
are disposed of.
DAIRYMEN OF GEORGIA
To flotil Annual Meetlne at fJrantvlllu (lr.
tober hitli and lBfch-
Mr. M. L. Duggan, the secretary of
the Georgia Dairymen’s association,
is sending ont a prospectus and pre¬
mium list of tho sixth annual meeting
of tho association, which is to bo held
at Grantville on October 12-13.
Five hundred dollars in premiums
will be given for the best displays and
exhibits of dairyman’s products, and
it is expected thnt the exhibits this
year will lie the beat ever seen at a
meeting of the association,
The program of the meeting is being
arranged, and it will include many
features interesting to the dairymen.
ALL FRANCE IS TREMBLING
Trouble Is Confidently Expected Over the
Dreyfus Affair,
REGARDLESS OF AN ACQUITTAL OR A CONVICTION
An Alleged Imposter Appears As a Witness Against
the Prisoner At Monday’s Session.
Advices from Bonnes, France, state
thnt as the end of tho Dreyfus court-
martial trial comes within sight the
French government is beginning to
display a fear that tho verdict will
give rise to troubles, and orders have
just been received by two regiments of
infantry and ouo cavalry regiment,
already within hail of Rennes, to hold
themselves iu readiness to inarch on
tho town at the first sign of disorder,
to occupy all strategical points and to
repress manifestations iu their incep¬
tion.
Tho local anti-Dreyfus organs, by
their nnti-foroign articles, have al¬
ready singled out foreigners as ene¬
mies of the country, and there is little
doubt that foreign journalists will lie
Ihe first victims of the violence of the
mob--not so much Anglo-Saxon ns
Austrian, German and Russian Jews,
who form a majority of tho press rep¬
resentation of their respective coun¬
tries.
Monday’s session opened rather
badly for Captain Dreyfus, ns a sur¬
prise was sprung upon the defense in
the advent, of nil Austrian political
refugee, Eugene Cermischi, who came
out with a flat-footed denunciation of
tlio accused, which, even though it
may eventually ho proved a pure fairy
tale, is bound for ihe moment to exor¬
cise a malignant, influence upon the
French people, who have not seen
Cermischi and arc thus unable to
form a personal opinion of tho man
who launched these direct accusations
against Cerniiscfii’s Captain 1 >reyfn«.
appearance is undenia¬
bly against him. Nobody even aus-
peet-s that ho is what lie claims to ho,
a scion of the royal Berviau house. On
the contrary, one would take him to
lie a groom dressed in his best Sunday
suit.
It was remarked that ns soon as ho
had delivered his testimony and M.
Labori had asked to have him put on
oath at Tuesday’s session behind
closed doors iu ordor that ho might
he puuished, if guilty of perjury, ho
loft the room hurriedly.
Cernusehi’s testimony which was in
the form of a letter to the president of
tho courtmartial, Colonel Jouaust,was
most unequivocal. He claimed that
on three distinct occasions, twice in
France nnd once in Geneva, he was
told by a high placed foreign officer
NEW YORK DI-IMOCUATS MEET.
Tlusy 1 1 it v<‘ ti HI k Rally Iu Coojtoi' Union
uud Union to A<1 <U’okhgh.
The Chicago platform democrats
hold a meeting Monday night in
Cooper Union, New York, addressed
by ex-Judge James T’arvin, of Coving¬
ton, Ky., and Congressman John ,T.
Lent/, of Ohio.
Both of them declared for tho rc-
nomination of William J. Biyrn aud
against tho policy of President Mc¬
Kinley in the Philippines. Cooper
Union wus crowded to its capacity.
At the conclusion of the speeches
resolutions were read endorsing the
whole Chicago platform anil each of
ite specific details, recognizing Will¬
iam J. Bryan as tho loader of the
democracy and the exponent of the
principles contained in tho Chicago
platform and pledging the earnest
efforts and endeavors of those present
to the presidency of Hie United Htutos
in 1900, declaring thnt the war against
the Philippines is a principles grossly immoral
assault on American of gov¬
ern ment.
Mormon Elders Mobbed.
The Mormon headquarters in Clint-
tanooga Monday received notice of a
mobbing of Mormon elders nt Oils-
ville, Va., forty miles from Richmond,
u few nights ago.
CANNIBALS WILL RECOVER.
Norwegian CoiumiI Af, Charleston Make*
In vuMltfftfion of Man UnHntf Story.
A Charleston dispatch says: Con¬
sul Witte, for the government of Nor¬
way, made a report Monday of the
cannibalism reported from tho raft of
the Norwegian hark Drot and forward-
oil it to tho consul general in Now
York. The substance of the report
will bo cabled to Norway.
Consul Witte saw Andersen and
Thomas, the survivors, anil got their
story. He is unable at present to say
if the courts of Norway will deal with
the men.
Andersen and Thomas are recover¬
ing and their livcB can ho saved.
NO. S
that Dreyfus communicated treasona¬
ble documents to a foreign power.
In the third instance Oernusuhi said
the officer showed him documents
emanating from Dreyfus, and that
this officer left France hurriedly Captain two
days prior to the arrest of
Dreyfus.
The allusion was evidently to Col.
Schwnrzkoppeu, the military attache
of tho German embassy in Taris in
1894, whoso movements were coinci¬
dent with thoso described as the
movements of the officer of Cor-
nuschi’s deposition.
Now this evidence is of transcend¬
ent importance to tho prosecution,
and it is incredible unless Ornuschi
is proving to bo a humbug, that tho
government commissary, Major Oar-
vicre, should have admitted that he
Imd received a letter from him offer¬
ing important testimony and thrown
it asido on tho ground of its coming
from a political refugee.
Tho deposition evoked expressions
of incredulity. One suspicious feat¬
ure was the fact that although tho
witness said he could not speak
French fluently, Ids letter tb Colonel
Jouaust, asking an opportunity to
testify was drawn up in perfect
Froncb. He explained thnt he had
been assisted by his wife iu writing
the letter.
This introduction of a foreigner as
a witness for the prosecution gave M.
Labori an opportunity to submit the
most important request be has made
throughout the trial, n request which
if granted by Colonel Jouaust, though
this is extremely doubtful, would cer¬
tainly lmvo momentous consequences.
May Apply to GoiTiuiny.
M. Labori announced his intention,
iu view of tho steps taken by the
prosecution in calling foreign evi¬
dence, to ask thnt inquiry should he
made through the regular diplomatic
channels sh to whether tho documents
mentioned in the bordereau were ac¬
tually communicated, uud if so, l>y
whom?
This involves an application to the
German government, which the court-
martial is scarcely likely to approve.
In any cuso the application means the
lengthening of tho trial for several
weeks.
The introduction of Cernnsehi and
tho other developments of the day, it
is generally predicted, imply another
fortnight’s sitting, at tho least.
CHANGE OF VENUE
llritiiteil tin, Ili.lcifuU At. Diirlmi lly Juil|[«
Hualiroiikn.
< < 1 am opposed to trying cbhob that
involvo human life, whflre tho shadow
of the courthouse falls upon the mili¬
tary,’’ was in substance the statement
made by Judge Seabrooko from tho
bench of McIntosh superior court in
session at Darien Monday, as ho an¬
nounced his decision to grant a change
of venue in tho eases against John
Delegal, Ed Delegul and Mirrandjr
Delegal, under indictment for the
murder of Deputy BhoriffT Townsend.
This statement created a stir in the
courtroom and a great discussion on
all sides. The judge then set the case
against tho three nogroos for trial in
Effingham county superior court.
CAR FULL OF PRISONERS.
Atlanta Pollen Make Dio Mont (/tiltjoo
Raid on Ilnf Ord.
The most novel wholesale arrest that
over occurred in Atlanta, Ga., took
place Monday night when a trolly car
wus transformed into a temporary
black maria, and about forty negro
men and women wero rolled through
the city from Lincoln park to tlio po¬
lice barracks.
An officer stood at cithqr end of the
cur with a rovofver and club, nnd etch
had a citizen whom he had deputized
to help him keep any of the prisoners
from escaping.
CARTER’S FRIENDS ACTIVE.
They Declare Courtmartial Verdict Will
Never De Approved fly McKinley.
A Washington dispatch says: Agi¬
tators of the now notorious caso of
Captain O. M. Carter are slowly but
surely crowding the front page of the
loading newspapers, and relegating
the French military scandal to less
prominent columns.
Captain Carter’s attorneys aro show¬
ing more courage and determination
in pressing their caso before the pub¬
lic, and are declaring with apparent
confidence that the sentence of the
courtmartial will never bo approved
by tho president.